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news & views Journalistic stings go mainstream / 6 Why is the media spreading news gathered with deceptive techniques? by Edward Wasserman On the cover: Turbulence / 12 Critics question impacts of proposed Longmont airport expansion by Jefferson Dodge
buzz Notes from the road / 18 Great American Taxi reflects on six years of making music by Dave Kirby Arts & Culture: Finding beauty in everything, with Andy Warhol / 23 Overtones: Drive-By Truckers release 2nd album from 2010 sessions / 24 Overtones: Infamous Stringdusters get a Grammy boost / 25 Panorama: What to do and where to go / 27 Sophisticated Sex: Vibrators and lube: allies in pleasure / 33 Elevation: Outdoor tech evolution / 34 Screen: The Adjustment Bureau; Battle: Los Angeles / 37 Reel 2 Reel: Pick your flick / 38 Cuisine: Frozen yogurt trend descends on Boulder / 42 Cuisine Review: Zudaka Healthy Latin Food / 43 Dessert Diva: Shamrock Krispie Pops / 44
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Correction: A March 10 In Case You Missed It mistakenly referred to sexual harassment at IHOP instead of the Original Pancake House, where the incidents were actually alleged.
Put it in perspective (“Revolution comes to the Midwest,” Danish Plan, March 3.) Paul Danish expressed concern over the average teacher salary of “$87,000 dollars.” I scrolled the Internet trying to determine where he got those figures. The only ones I came up with were $49,051 for 2008-09 and $52,644 for 2009-10, with starting salaries of $20,000. I just finished reading Deadly Spin by Wendell Potter, a former PR exec for CIGNA health insurance turned whistleblower. As you might imagine, he has some fascinating insights into the corporate health industry. He says the former CEO of this company, 53-year-old H. Edward Hanway, made $28.82 million per year before retiring last year, and when he did he left with a $110.9 million compensation package. Considering that there are approximately 45 million Americans without any form of health insurance (and that according to a recent Harvard University study 45,000 Americans die every year for lack of health insurance) all those millions (from just one exec!) could certainly go a long way toward helping these folks. Frankly, I think we should be more concerned about these
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villains in the economic downturn. Who’da thought? Robert Porath/Boulder
If I have this straight, in the conservative eye, public employees who have worked for years at modest pay and have built up modest and hopefully comfortable retirement plans provided by their employers are the
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The Highroad
very state legislature has its share of incompetent, insensitive and often incomprehensible goobers sitting in seats of power. Sometimes you have to wonder who helps them work the doorknobs to get out of their houses each morning. For some reason, Texas seems to have more than its share of Grade-A goobers serving in our state Capitol. One is Debbie Riddle, a right-wing Republican ideologue from the town of Tomball. Rep. Riddle is presently in a pout. She’s offended that so many people have been offended by an immigration bill she introduced. It calls for fining and jailing people who “intentionally, knowingly or recklessly” hire undocumented immigrants. OK, that’s a pretty popular position in our state, but then she stumbled and tumbled by adding a little exemption: people who Boulder Weekly
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How to hate ‘illegals’ and have them too by Jim Hightower hire unauthorized laborers to work in their homes will not be fined or jailed. Yes, it’s a “nanny loophole” for the privileged class. They rail about people they callously brand as “illegal aliens” — yet want a steady supply of these low-wage powerless workers to care for their children, clean their houses and tend their yards. They don’t want to mess with checking documents, so Debbie blithely gives them a pass, allowing them to hate “illegals” and have them, too.
uninformed, liberal novice whose facts and research come primarily from Bill Maher, biographical documentaries and old movies, but this is “like, just my opinion, man.” (The Dude from The Big Lebowski). In response to Jim Hightower’s article in The Highroad, “Plenty of American jobs” (March 3), first I see LETTERS Page 6
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How happy! She then demonstrated her deep grasp of the immigration issue by explaining that Latinos are coming into our state illegally because we put “a big ol’ bowl of candy” out for them. Yeah, madam lawmaker, those housekeeping and yard jobs (as well as chicken plucking and roofing jobs) are plenty cushy and well-paying, which is why so many of your neighbors are scrambling to grab such work for themselves. Pious politicos should try walking in the shoes of people they denigrate before they legislate. Reality can be a useful teacher. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com March 17, 2011 5
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must say, “Bravo” for his insights and telling it like it is. However, I am going to play devil’s advocate and make the case for big business, just for a moment, so please humor me as I will come back around to what I believe are a couple of pragmatic solutions. In the Caterpillar example, they might argue that in order to stay competitive globally, they have to lower their production costs vis-à-vis foreign factories and cheaper labor. One could say they have a point. And quite frankly, they have a legal responsibility to maximize shareholder wealth, according to the laws governing corporations. Pure capitalism dictates that they have no duty to help America or its workforce. As Steve Martin so aptly stated in the movie, The Jerk, “Ahhh, so it’s one of those profit deals.” I mean no condescension, as I am sure Jim understands this concept better than I do, but I digress. Our government has been subsidizing big business through tax breaks for a long time. Supply-side economics theorizes that giving companies like Caterpillar tax relief lets them take that extra money and re-invest it in things like new factories on American soil and create jobs for Americans. This creates growth for America and more Americans with money to buy Caterpillar’s products. Also, creating a greater amount to tax so the government still gets its revenues to spend on defense, social programs etc. It’s win-win! What an incredible theory! This trickle-down effect might actually work if the corporations kept their end of the bargain. We’ve been trying this since Reagan, and it doesn’t seem to be happening. The corporations take the tax relief, and then in order to maximize shareholder wealth, invest it overseas so they can make more money. Meanwhile, our country loses jobs, our deficits grow, contributing to more national debt and so on. Then the politicians start arguing about miniscule cuts to social programs, education and infrastructure programs. It doesn’t take much imagination to see where we are headed. Look south to Mexico to see what happens when you squeeze out the middle class and create a country of haves and have-nots, and a government completely beholden to the haves. Why not just stop giving corporations tax relief, since they have proven they won’t keep their tacit agreement of what to do with the relief? How about charging extra taxes on those overseas-made goods when they come back here? With those 6 March 17, 2011
extra revenues we could perhaps fund unemployment and re-training for those workers to do something that is profitable to make in America. We’ve tried this approach for 30 years. Can we agree it doesn’t work? Why do they adhere to it so resolutely? Could it be because they are determined to satisfy the moneyed interest that gets them re-elected? I suspect, but don’t really know. I do know this. Right now in America, the 400 richest CEOs make more than the poorest 50 million Americans. Two of our biggest growth industries are gated communities and prisons. I would argue that you can’t build walls high enough to protect you from millions of angry, hungry people. Louis the XIV, Czar Alexander and the dictators of the Middle East would probably agree. In the words of Charlie Sheen’s character Bud Fox, to the immortal Gordon Gecko, “How many yachts can you water ski behind? How much is enough”? Where will these haves be safe from the have-nots if they continue on their path of greed? John P. Flood/Lyons
Jobs, jobs, jobs When Republican candidates were running last year, they all promised to “create jobs,” or “put Americans back to work,” or “jobs this, and jobs that,” and, of course, we can’t forget, “jobs are our first priority.” Thanks to the Citizens United decision and Koch Industries, they were successful. Well, it seems that for the first three months of 2011, their “first priorities” have changed, as they’ve not introduced, proposed or even mentioned “jobs” legislation. What they have done is attempt to destroy unions and voter-registration efforts, revive the “drill baby drill” chant, and to appease their extremist base by de-funding women’s health care clinics. To paraphrase Grover Norquist, what they really want is one-partyrule and to make government small enough to fit in a woman’s uterus. I have faith in my fellow Americans that this is certainly not what they voted for in November. Tommy Holeman/Niwot
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ere’s a problem of professional ethics right out of today’s headlines: If a news organization prohibits its own staff from using certain reporting techniques — say, deception — should it publish information that somebody else gathered using those forbidden techniques? Take the resurgence of journalistic stings engineered by free-swinging ideologues to embarrass political opponents. Stings are a kind of undercover reporting in which targets are lured into a fabricated situation intended to make them look bad. Most recently, a major fundraiser for National Public Radio was secretly videotaped in a Georgetown restaurant by two men posing as potential contributors. The NPR official, Ron Schiller, made disparaging remarks about the tea party and acquiesced in offensive comments about Zionist influence made by the phonies, who claimed to be from some Islamic foundation. The video got picked up by established news media. Schiller, scheduled to leave NPR for a position with the Aspen Institute, lost both jobs, and NPR boss Vivian Schiller (no relation) was forced out. That came soon after another sting targeting Scott Walker, the Republican governor of Wisconsin. In late January, Walker took a phone call from a man falsely claiming to be David Koch, the ultra-rich Wichita, Kan., oil baron, and was secretly taped making a series of
embarrassing comments about politicking, funding and unions. Again, the story was picked up and reported extensively by established news media. This is a boom time for stings. In January, make-believe pimps entered a dozen Planned Parenthood clinics in six states seeking medical attention, including abortions, for prostitutes, some allegedly as young as 14. The anti-abortion activists who ran this beauty released one of the videos they took, from a New Jersey clinic, and got a clerk fired, even though the clinic had promptly called the cops. Still, the sting got wide publicity and strengthened a push to deny Planned Parenthood federal funding. Now, few of the news organizations that are dutifully reporting this rubbish would countenance such deceit themselves. The U.S. journalistic establishment frowns on undercover reporting, and stings are usually confined to cheesy exposés of sexual predation and small-bore consumer scams during TV sweeps weeks. One recent exception was the 2007 cover story in Harper’s magazine in which Washington editor Ken Silverstein claimed to be seeking high-powered PR help for a central Asian tyrant, and recounted the calisthenics K Street lobbying firms performed to audition for his money. It was a disturbing and illuminating story, but Silverstein was roundly condemned. see STINGS Page 8
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The general standards, promulgated by the Society of Professional Journalists, recognize that stings are unfair and grossly violate privacy. News organizations are admonished to avoid deception unless the story is truly important and can’t be obtained honestly, and unless they are willing to come clean with their readers. Yet now, stings are being mainstreamed — not through their wholesale adoption as a legitimate device, but in a backdoor way, when established media grant these hoaxters the news channels they are desperate for. And that’s even worse than if news organizations were doing the stings themselves. First, there are no quality controls — not the slightest assurance that the setup is what it’s presented as. One of the worthies behind the Planned Parenthood hit was also an author of the disgraceful 2009 videos purporting to show the anti-poverty group ACORN consorting with a makebelieve pimp and prostitutes, videos found to be fraudulent. Second, even if they’re not frauds, where’s the evidence the findings are reasonably representative of any underlying reality? The Planned Parenthood hit team tried a dozen offices before they got somebody to say something lame. The NPR stingers apparently tried the Public Broadcasting Service
as well but couldn’t get anybody to embarrass themselves. Where’s the footage of all the people who did the right thing? The wrongness of the stings has been completely eclipsed by the attention lavished on the marginally interesting revelations they bring. But the question remains: If stings are wrong to commit, are they any less wrong to endorse through publicity? And if established media persist in publicizing these stunts, don’t they ensure that these stings will continue and, indeed, proliferate? What we have is a dangerous and open-ended invitation to fraud. I don’t see how the news media can duck responsibility for unleashing, by proxy, a vast army of ideologically blinkered tricksters by granting them access to the country’s most trusted channels of news distribution. For the media, the solution is simple enough. Cut it out. Follow your own principles. If certain reporting techniques may not be used unless the information is exceptional and otherwise unobtainable, so be it. Stop legitimizing deceit by rewarding the deceivers. Edward Wasserman is Knight professor of journalism ethics at Washington and Lee University. (c) 2011, The Miami Herald — MCT
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Dark days Guatemalans who were deliberately infected with syphilis during medical tests in the 1940s are suing the U.S. government for compensation. Good. The lawsuit claims that hundreds of Guatemalan people, including psychiatric patients, were infected without their consent during government research studies on penicillin. Last fall, U.S. officials, including Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, issued a public apology for the atrocities, which were part of a sexually transmitted disease study conducted by the U.S. Public Health Service from 1946 to 1948. The lawsuit compares the study to the Tuskegee syphilis experiment that began in the 1930s in Alabama, in which doctors observed the progression of the disease in about 400 low-income African-Americans. The subjects were never told they had the disease and were never treated for it. Both were shameful chapters in our history that we should never forget, to prevent them from being repeated. Oops, we better not say anything negative about this country, it might be considered anti-American. Remember what happened to Ward Churchill. You might get investigated and have skeletons in your closet. You might have an offensive bumper sticker and be pulled over for an illegal search. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com
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Houston, we have a problem Some of the stories coming out of the earthquake/tsunami tragedy in Japan are simply unbelievable. And we’re not even referring to the horrible death toll, the inspiring tales of rescue or the “issues” with the nuclear plants. We’re talking about the bigger picture, brothers and sisters. Right-wing whackjob Glenn Beck says the earthquake may have been a “message” from God for us to get our acts together. “What God does is God’s business,” Beck said on his Fox television show this week. (Thanks for clarifying, we were unclear on whether we could invade God’s privacy.) “But I’ll tell you this. … There’s a message being sent. And that is, ‘Hey, you know that stuff we’re doing? Not really working out real well. Maybe we should stop doing some of it.’” Thanks, Glenn. Go back to your cave; we’ll call you when the End Times begin. Even comedian Gilbert Gottfried was getting into the act, losing his Aflac commercial gig after unfortunate tweets like: “Japan is really advanced. They don’t go to the beach. The beach comes to them.” The real truth in all of this may be coming from a Texan who periodically e-mails us predicting Armageddon and claiming to be “The Man Christ Jesus, Jose Luis de Jesus.” The thing is, this time, good ol’ Jose e-mailed us on March 7 — a full four days before the tragedy in Japan — and warned of “the severe earthquake that will soon take place — no earthquake like it has every occurred since mankind has been on Earth.” It is the beginning of the Last Judgment, according to The Man, who seems to hail from Mission Control. “Already,” the e-mail says, “The Man Christ Jesus is governing the nations directly from Houston — without having to move a finger — reaching the nations with technology and the ‘Image of the Beast,’ and has established firm soldiers worldwide who maintain the unity of the Spirit. The Great Day is near. Only 481 days left or less.” Emphasis on “or less.” People, shape up. Don’t make us report to Houston.
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CRITICS QUESTION IMPACTS OF PROPOSED LONGMONT AIRPORT EXPANSION
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ONGOING BATTLE ABOUT WHETHER TO EXTEND THE RUN-
WAY AT THE VANCE BRAND MUNICIPAL AIRPORT IN LONGMONT IS POISED TO TAKE OFF AGAIN.
A local group of activists, primarily composed of those who live near the airport, has raised concerns in the past about possible effects of an expanded runway, including noise, environmental impacts, decreased home values, even effects on schoolchildren in the area. Proponents of the longer runway have cited the positive economic impacts the expansion could have, such as companies relocating to Longmont and bringing new jobs, or even the revenue boost from existing local companies and pilots beginning to make more use of an improved airport. They say improvements are needed to bring the local airport up to modern standards. But opponents argue that an anticipated airport consultant’s report will be biased in favor of extending the runway, because the study has been funded primarily by a pro-aviation federal agency, is being conducted by pro-aviation employees, and is being guided by local groups loaded with pro-development agendas — including the city council. The standoff could become another pro-growth vs. anti-growth issue in the local November election, given that two city council seats and the mayor job are up for grabs.
THE STANDOFF
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websites. The pro-expansion group, PLANE (Promoting Longmont Airport’s Needed Expansion), has http://theplanetruth.org. The opponents, CARE (Citizens Against Runway Expansion), maintain http:// longmontairportcare.com. The former features a pointby-point rubuttal of their opponents’ long list of arguments. The pro-expansion camp likes to call the antiexpansion group “SCARE.” Howard Morgan, chair of the Longmont Airport Advisory Board (AAB), says the current runway is not long enough for many planes to refuel fully and then take off again. Weight requirements, combined with the short runway, often require jets to take off with less than a full tank, meaning they have to stop and land at other airports prior to their final destination. Morgan says this is a deterrent to using Longmont’s airport. In addition, he says, the airport, and hence the city, are losing revenue they could be making on selling fuel. (The city gets about 10 cents in taxes from every gallon of fuel sold.) “We’re just serving these planes for nothing if they’re not buying fuel,” he says, adding that the airport’s deficiencies deter corporate officials from meeting in Longmont. “They’re not flying around looking for a hamburger; they’re looking to do business.” Morgan says additional fuel revenue could lead to improvements such as a business conference room and a crew rest station. He notes that local major employers Amgen and Seagate don’t use the airport because of its deficiencies. Morgan also says the outdated facility might deter NASA from placing a planned aerospace research park in Longmont, a claim that opponents deny, citing the fact that the better-equipped Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport in Broomfield and the Fort Collins/Loveland Municipal airports are each only about 30 miles away. Morgan says the allegations that “kids are going to be retarded and wildlife are going to leave” if the runway is extended are outrageous, as is the idea that lengthening the runway is going to allow for large commercial flights, given weight limits.
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Airport manager Tim Barth adds, “Everybody thinks that if the runway is extended we are going to have large jets coming in, and we’re not. We are physically limited, by the weight of the runway, on what type of aircraft we can accommodate here, to 30,000 pounds.” Complicating things is the aerodynamics of flight. He says the “thinner” air at this altitude makes it more difficult to take off, and requires the additional speed that a longer runway can provide, especially in the higher temperatures of summer. “This runway, at sea level, would be fairly adequate,” Morgan explains. “But up here, the air is less dense. “If anything, a longer runway is safer,” he says. “If a plane has a mechanical failure [during takeoff ], it needs enough runway remaining to be able to stop.”
STACKED DECK?
Now opponents of the project have started shining a light on what they say are flaws in the process. David Hignite, who flew as a private pilot for about 10 years and now lives near the airport, questions whether “special interests” such as the city councilappointed Airport Advisory Board, the Longmont Chamber of Commerce and the Longmont Area Economic Council will exert undue influence on the outcome. He also wonders whether the consultant charged with preparing a master plan for the airport will be willing to bite the hand that feeds it. Since $150,000 of the $204,000 price tag for the master plan being drafted by consultant Jviation is being funded by the pro-aviation Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Hignite says, the consultant will naturally have a bias in favor of recommending an extension of the runway. (He also points out that members of the Jviation team used to work for the FAA and the Colorado Department of Transportation, which is contributing funding to the project as well. Jviation did not respond to a request for comment.) Hignite and other CARE members also claim that the FAA’s $150,000 contribution to the master plan is Boulder Weekly
federal stimulus money, and as such is wasting general tax dollars and contributing to the national deficit unnecessarily. “Why are we going to triplicate services, with federal dollars, that are already available in Loveland and Broomfield?” he asks. But the other side points out that the FAA requires new master plans to be developed every five to seven years, and vehemently denies that the federal grant contains a dime of stimulus money. Airport expansion proponents say the funding came from aviation users, with revenues from fuel, passenger and air freight taxes and fees. Hignite points to FAA budget documents showing that the federal appropriation for such grants received an infusion of $1.1 billion in fiscal year 2009, bringing it up to $4.9 billion. But local FAA airport planner Linda Bruce says that particular $150,000 grant included no stimulus funds, and she provided documents showing that the grant does not appear on a list of stimulusfunded projects. In addition, the master plan does not fit the description of stimulus-eligible projects, since it is not shovel-ready construction and the city is providing matching funds (the Colorado Department of Transportation chipped in $37,631, and the city is paying the balance). One lingering question, CARE member Diane Wood asks, is where the money will come from to do the runway extension or other improvements. In its proposal, Jviation cites its accomplishments in securing $34 million in stimulus funding for other airport projects, including three in Colorado. But proponents of the expansion insist that only user-generated revenue, not stimulus money, will be used to carry out improvements. “This is not taxpayer money that is being misappropriated in any way, shape or form,” says city council member Katie Witt. “I understand how some people might like it to be that, but it’s not.”
NOT NIMBYS
Some chalk up the opposition to the runway expansion as a “not in my backyard” reaction from nearby homeowners. But Hignite insists his group is not anti-growth and was “just as excited as anybody” that NASA was looking at Longmont as a possible location for a research park. “We’re very pro-growth, but let’s do it in a manner that is positive for the community,” he says. “We’re not interested in seeing the airport closing. We’re just concerned about seeing it commercialized. … Southwest isn’t going to fly 737s in there, we understand that. But they talk about charter planes flying in, which are commercial.” Hignite points to several ways in which city officials have not complied with FAA guidelines for the project, and he questions why they aren’t doing a more thorough examination of the expansion’s environmental and socioeconomic impacts. (Airport manager Barth says this is just a master plan, and that full-fledged studies of environmental and other impacts are required to be done before any improvements can be made.) City council is abdicating its responsibilities, Hignite says, because members are turning the study of the project over to a pro-aviation consultant funded by a proaviation federal agency, without doing a cost-benefits analysis. He adds that while Longmont Mayor Bryan Baum has said eight to 10 companies have decided to not relocate to Longmont because the airport is inadequate, Baum and others have declined to disclose the names of those groups. Boulder Weekly
Hignite says extending the runway now would be switching directions in midstream, given city officials’ rebuttal of a recommendation to expand it seven years ago, and their decision in the 1980s to authorize the construction of housing developments and schools in the area (he says the area around the airport has seen the addition of six schools with about 3,600 kids and approximately 4,000 homes.) “This battle was fought 20 years ago, and the decision was made that an expanded airport wasn’t that important to Longmont’s growth,” he says. But now, according to Hignite, city officials like Baum have been talking about the runway extension like it’s a done deal. He quotes an e-mail sent by council member Witt that says, “I am supporting the extended runway because we have been asked to do so by the FAA.” “It’s a very questionable process,” Hignite says. “It’s a biased process. The citizens aren’t being heard.”
AT WITT’S END
Witt, who serves as the city council liaison to the Airport Advisory Board and whose Ward II includes the airport and surrounding neighborhoods, acknowledged in an interview that she and other city officials initially spoke out of turn in favor of the runway extension, before they knew about guidelines discouraging such comments. She says that in the e-mail quoted by Hignite, she was referring to the FAA’s support for expanding the airport seven years ago, the last time city council voted the proposal down. “This was, unfortunately, handled in not the optimal fashion, just by virtue of not knowing how we do business as a city council,” she says. “I know that folks feel like the fix was in and that this is all window dressing. I can tell you from a city councilperson’s perspective that none of us on council were approached by the FAA.” As for Hignite’s claim about the consultant’s inherent bias in the process, Witt says, “I don’t know that there are any consultants out there that don’t have the same qualifications, interest and resume as Jviation. Obviously they are in this business because they see the value in it. I do not believe that there would be a consultant out there that would meet David Hignite’s requirements to be predisposed to not support taking care of our infrastructure.” Witt adds that Jviation doesn’t have a vested interest in the outcome. “They will not be doing the work to actually do the runway, so it doesn’t benefit them one way or another,” she says. “They still get paid the same amount of money whether they recommend to extend the runway or not.” Witt says she is withholding final judgment on the runway question until she sees the consultant’s final analysis. “I have not heard anything yet that would make me not vote for it, but I don’t have the study yet,” she says, adding that she’ll base her decision on what is best for the city. “Even if it means I don’t get re-elected, I will have a clear conscience,” she says. While Witt agrees that it is likely to become an election issue, she thinks most Longmont residents don’t seem too concerned about it. “I would say probably 80 percent of Longmont doesn’t care,” Witt says. “Of the last 20 percent, twothirds support extending the runway and one-third is very, very against it. That’s just based on my conversations, it’s not by any means scientific.” She does understand the concerns of area residents
about the effect an expansion might have on what is likely their largest investment — their home value — during an economic downturn. “When you have potentially something coming in that may decrease your home value, that obviously is going to upset people,” Witt says.
MILE-HI NOISE
Officials say airport noise is unrelated to the length of the runway. And AAB Chair Morgan says newer business jets are quieter than old planes, especially given tests that have shown that “the noise on the traffic on the road is quite a bit higher than the airplane’s.” The vast majority of noise complaints are leveled at the planes used by Mile-Hi Skydiving. “When they’re running both planes during the high season, we don’t have peace from early in the morning to when the sun sets at night,” says Teresa Foster, who lives nearby. “I’m worn out and ready to move. I always pray for bad weather so they can’t jump.” But officials say that company’s traffic will remain unchanged, regardless of the expansion decision. “Extending the runway will not benefit them one way or another, because they only need half of the runway anyway,” Witt says. “They do what they can to minimize their impact,” airport manager Barth says of Mile-Hi. “The thing that hurts them most is they do not have a choice where they fly. They are dictated by the FAA Air Traffic Division on where they fly and how they fly in there.” Barth says the Jviation study has just entered the first of its three phases, and the consultant is currently doing an inventory of the airport’s resources. At the end of each of the three phases, Jviation will issue a “working paper” and host a public meeting. CARE members, who say the one city advisory group on which they had representation was eliminated, express dismay that Jviation plans to have “open house style” gatherings with learning stations instead of traditional hearings with oral public comment in an audience setting. The latter, Jviation says in its proposal, “are not a good forum in which to have a beneficial discussion of issues.” Instead, it says, each of its learning stations will be manned by a staff member or consultant who “can provide information and receive input in an informal setting.” In the end, Barth says, Jviation will simply lay out the alternatives and won’t make a recommendation to city council. Then it will draft the master plan according to the option the council chooses. And this may take a while. “There’s obviously a lot of attention drawn to this from the public,” Barth says, noting that it could be early 2012 before all is said and done. “And we want to be thorough, very thorough, in our public presentation and gathering input and comment from the public, because the airport belongs to the entire city of Longmont. If that slows the timeframe down, so be it.” Barth stresses that the master plan process is not just about the debated expansion, it’s about other possible airport facility improvements, from the bathrooms to the parking lots to the utilities. “The most important thing is this is not just about a runway extension,” he says. “It’s about a plan for an infrastructure facility that needs to serve the needs of the city over the next 10 to 15 years. I know this thing has snowballed into a runway extension, but there’s so much more to it than that.” Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com March 17, 2011 13
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oug Parker, building sustainability examiner for Boulder County, is working with many of those who are determined to build anew after last year’s Fourmile Canyon fire. “What I do is talk to people about the kind of things I wish I had known when I built my own house in 1975,” says Parker, who spent 30 years in the building industry before taking on the county job created about two and a half years ago. He also helps people navigate the county’s BuildSmart energy code and pool resources with others, as is done in the Fourmile Fire Rebuilders Club, a building materials co-op. Many survivors plan to go green beyond county standards, as close to “net-zero” — when energy production matches consumption — as
by Charmaine Ortega Getz possible. These folks range from the awesomely adept to the learning-aswe-go types, and we hope to feature their progress in future columns. For instance, there’s Alice Starek, an architect who built her mountain home in the mid-1980s out of Cempo — an environmentally friendly composite of recycled polystyrene (best known as Styrofoam) and cement. Fortunately, she also had a small farm property in Boulder into which she was planning to move. She intends to replace the existing farmhouse using local materials and with simplicity — allowing her to build with unskilled labor. “Straw-bale construction with a post-and-beam structure from surplus logs cut down for fire mitigation,” she says of the materials to be used. “It will be a passive solar design also using active solar thermal for 100 percent of the domestic
hot water, photovoltaics for 100 percent of the electric (both DC direct and AC grid tie) and a woodfired cook stove for 100 percent of the home’s heat.” No less enthusiastic is Bruce Honeyman, who is working with an architect to maximize the advantages of his Sunshine Canyon site. He still has almost too many choices. “Before the fire, we just had a well-built home with a tight thermal envelope,” he says. “Now we’re looking at additional options, such as radiant heat systems. Everything has a trade-off that has to be considered.” Not everyone who suffered the fire’s devastation is rebuilding from scratch. For Sam and Cheryl Sussman, owners of Eight Days a Week Imaging & Copying Center in Boulder, replicating their vintage, ecoconscious home was too daunting.
Sam Sussman and a group of friends, inspired by the late inventor Buckminster Fuller, built his original geodesic dome home back in the 1970s. Sussman went on to found a company that built panels for geodesic homes. But what the Sussmans had would never be the same. “It was always a really windy spot,” says Sam Sussman. “Then the fire took out all the trees that acted as a windbreak.” After weighing costs and hassles, they bought a house just outside Boulder, installed a new Septic Smart system, and plan on adding more insulation. But the new inventions of a greener lifestyle still hold their attraction for an older idealist. “[We] saw a solar-powered attic fan at a home products show in Denver,” said Sussman. “We’re getting it.” Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com
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oulder Weekly and Eco-Cycle are teaming up to host the first-ever Boulderganic After Hours party this week to honor community members who have become leaders in sustainable
living. The event is open to the public and will be held from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 24, at Rueben’s Burger Bistro, at Broadway and Walnut Street in Boulder. Boulder Weekly and Eco-Cycle chose winners in five categories who are pushing the envelope toward creating smart, sustainable change in the Boulder community. The winners (and their categories) are: Namasté Solar (Innovations in Business), County Commissioner Will Toor (Public Service), Citizens for Boulder’s Clean Energy Future (Activism), the Boulder County Farmers’ Markets (Nurturing Community) and the four founding schools in EcoCycle’s Green Star Schools program (Sustainability). Those schools are the Boulder Community School of Integrated Studies, Douglas Elementary, Horizons K-8 and High Peaks Elementary. Boulderganic, a publication of Boulder Weekly Boulder Weekly
by Kaely Moore that draws on Boulder’s reputation for embracing local products and living green, is released three times a year, in the spring, summer and fall. First published in 2009, it has grown to include a burgeoning online following as well as a column that runs weekly in the newspaper. Eco-Cycle, which was created by Boulder residents 35 years ago, is one of the largest nonprofit recyclers in the United States and has an international reputation as a pioneer and innovator in resource conservation. They work locally, nationally and internationally to create model Zero Waste communities. “Eco-Cycle is working to make our community a model for sustainability and eco-conscious living,” says Marti Matsch, Eco-Cycle communications director. “To make that happen, it will take the ingenuity and participation of all sectors of our society. We are so fortunate to have among us some of the greatest visionaries who are leading the way and demonstrating what the potential is for each sector — businesses, organizations, individuals, schools and institutions — to make a difference on a significant scale. If we combine and follow their efforts, we can blaze a trail for living in balance with our planet and its finite natural
resources.” David Grimsland, director of sales and marketing for Boulder Weekly, says the goal of Boulderganic is to become more than just a publication. He says that an essential component in taking the message of sustainable living to the next step is increased community involvement. “The vision of Boulderganic is to be the catalyst for bringing people together and connecting the dots in the living local, living sustainable community,” Grimsland says. Pamela White, Boulder Weekly editor, says Boulderganic is attempting to sharpen its focus on encouraging a community that is not only green and sustainable, but also independent. “The more we can do for ourselves, the less we’re affected by economic trends and Wall Street crises,” White says. “We want to inspire people to move toward self-sufficiency and the reclaiming of their own lives.” Boulderganic will be hosting several After Hours parties during the year to foster local involvement and maintain a more active role in the community. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com March 17, 2011 17
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hen was the last time you spent an anniversary in Cincinnati? It was six years last week that Great American Taxi first climbed the Boulder Theater stage for an all-star jam benefitting the Rainforest Action Group. Six long clicks on the meter later, keyboardist/singer Chad Staehly was
unloading his bags into a Cincinnati hotel before the band’s 9 p.m. gig at Stanley’s when we cornered him for a quick interview. Not exactly an art deco venue a mere stagger from the Pearl Street Mall, but Cincinnati looks a lot more like the rest of the world than downtown Boulder does, and Staehly was jazzed to be there. see TAXI Page 20
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Can’t-miss events for the upcoming week
What’s better than green beer at Conor O’Neill’s on St. Patty’s Day?
Thursday, March 17
St. Patrick’s Day Party — Green beer at an Irish pub. Nothing like St. Patty’s Day. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-4491922.
Friday, March 18
Wendy Woo —Boulder’s blues baroness is always worth a listen. 8 p.m. The Rib House, 1801 13th St., Boulder, 303-442-RIBS.
Saturday, March 19
Tango Among Friends — Social drop-in tango class. Meet some new friends. 1 p.m. Pearl Street Studio, 2126 Pearl St., Boulder. www.Tango AmongFriends.net.
Sunday, March 20
Asher Bluegrass Pick — Check out the newest bluegrass pick on the Boulder scene. Usually some good stuff happens at these things. 4-6 p.m. Asher Brewing Co., 4699 Nautilus Court., Boulder, 303-530-1381.
Monday, March 21
Twisted Pine Brewing and Tap Room — One dollar of each pint sold goes to Kiwanis Club. 3-9 p.m. Twisted Pine Tap Room, 3201 Walnut St., #A, Boulder, 303-786-9270.
Tuesday, March 22
Open Mic Poetry and Music — Hosted by Rob Geisen and Olatundji Akpo-Sani. 8 p.m. The No-Name Bar, 1325 Broadway, Boulder.
Wednesday, March 23 Swing Blues Dance Lessons — Dance like it’s 1939. 7 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683. 18 March 17, 2011
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“Ah, we’re doin’ great here in the Rust Belt,” he says. “We’ve been boppin’ along I-70 the last week or so. We headed straight out from home, did a few stops and then headed out to Morgantown, W.V., for a special edition of the Mountain Stage Radio Show.” The Morgantown gig found GAT in familiar company, playing with longtime buddy Todd Snider and Railroad Earth, whose fiddle player Tim Carbone produced the band’s now year-old breakout second CD Reckless Habits. Staehly says the CD, a rambling and strutty cask of Americana, Gram Parsons-streaked country rock and prairie ballads, continues to show life on playlists around the country — almost, hearing Staehly tell it, to the band’s unexpected satisfaction. “Yeah, the album was received really well and is still getting a lot of airplay on Americana radio stations, community radio and independent radio,” Staehly laughs. “Surprisingly, a lot of stations have gone six and eight songs deep into the record, so it’s not even like it’s been one song that’s had a ton of life to it. It’s been a huge chunk of the record. Outlaw Country on satellite radio has been playing eight different songs off it. I just saw the Colorado Radio report, and we’re still in the top 25 on spins on Colorado radio a year later.
“That record actually … We didn’t da-backup band” observation about try to make it too concise for radio or their collaboration with Snider. anything. We weren’t even thinking “No,” Staehly chuckles, “we’re pretabout that. We just wanted to make a ty much his backup band when we’re record that kinda reflected the band … with Todd. He’s quite the performer, so there’s plenty of soloing and a little and he just has so many good songs. It bit of jamming on it. We didn’t really was an accidental thing; we met him at format it for radio, but radio’s really a festival a few years ago up in received it well.” Michigan, and ended up playing music Formed by Vince Herman and in the back of a school bus at the end Staehly at the end of 2004 as a one-off of the day. And he gave us a call not benefit gig, GAT long after that and seems to lead a asked us if we On the Bill: Great American Taxi plays quizzically charmed wanted to do a date the Fox Theatre on life as both its own here and there, and Saturday, March 19. Doors entity, pounding the we jumped at the at 8:30 p.m. Spring Creek opens. Tickets are $10 in club and alt-grass chance, being such advance, $12 day of show. festival circuit most fans of his music 1135 13th St., Boulder, months out of the for quite a while. 303-443-3399. year, and as the “So it’s been a part-time kinda-backup band for inim- really cool thing to do. And it’s opened itable Nashville songwriter Todd up a few more doors for us. We’re Snider for the rest of the year. Snider going down to Texas with him later in and GAT are probably the best ephem- March. He’s kind of regarded as part of eral musical marriage on the road these the Texas songwriter family down days; GAT brings a full and robust there, so it’s a great audience to play body to Snider’s bruised, understated for. And we usually get to play a set of Everyman yearnings, while Snider our own music as well.” lends a certain angular acerbia to But even if their association with GAT’s rollicking Flying-Riders heartSnider continues to open doors for strings. Snider is also lined up to hanthem, and the strength of Reckless Habits dle production duties for the band’s and their stage chops help keep those next CD, which they’ll start on in doors propped open, Staehly readily says Nashville this coming May. that the kinds of things that keep a Staehly, though, corrects the “kinband on the radar these days isn’t limit-
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ed to great label PR or the right marquee billings. For most bands, the paradigm in the business has changed; the live show used to be staged to sell the record — now the CD gets people out to the clubs and festivals. Or sometimes, it isn’t even the CD, which is losing its grip as the central offering from artists to fans, in deference to file-sharing, satellite radio and other, less financially impactful modes of media acquisition. “I think [the CD] still documents a band’s place in time,” Staehly says. “People do listen to the music. … They’re not paying for it, but they listen to it. It’s basically to get more people at your shows. “It seems now, to me, where I see the media is going is YouTube. So, really what you want to do is record some songs, but then make some visual representation to that song too, because that’s where so many people are going for music these days. So I think that’s what we’re going to be doing with this next recording … making some video stuff to go with it. “And it can be a little scary, when you’re talking about guys in their 30s and 40s, and there’s a pile of kids out there who are good-looking and putting their stuff up on YouTube. I mean … we’re not exactly a boy band.” Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com
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Andy Warhol’s photographs will be on display at the CU Art Museum until June 25. Admission is free, and there is a suggested donation of $5. For more information, visit http://cuartmuseum.colorado.edu/.
Finding beauty in everything Andy Warhol’s keen portraits and prints offer insight into his artistic process by Marisa Aragón Ware
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orn in 1928 in Pittsburgh His portraits, landscapes, celebrity as the third child of snapshots and still lifes offer a glimpse immigrant parents, Andy into the expansive range of Warhol’s Warhol suffered through creative interest as well as the his childhood as an outextremely varied atmospheres with cast and a hypochondriac. It seemed which he surrounded himself. Many unlikely then that this often bed-ridof the silver gelatin prints exhibit his den child would one day rise to fame attention to composition and detail, as one of the leading figures of the while the polaroids reveal his ability to pop art movement. capture candid and frank shots of With his portrayal of mass-prowhoever was in front of his camera. duced products, mundane objects and “Some of them might be recogcelebrities from American popular nizable iconic people, but I think culture, Warhol achieved massive sucwhat you’d learn is that he was photocess as a painter, sculptor and prolific graphing everybody, from wealthy filmmaker. In 1963, his piece “Eight patrons to transvestites,” Becker says. Elvises” sold for $100 million, a feat This reflects Warhol’s sentiment Left: “Unidentified Man,” 1982, gelatin silver print, 8 by 10 inches. Right: “Georgia O’Keeffe and achieved by only a handful of other when he said, “I’ve never met a perJuan Hamilton,” 1980, Polacolor Type 108, 4¼ by 3 3/8 inches. Photos gifts of The Andy Warhol artists, including Vincent van Gogh, Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc., The Andy Warhol Photographic Legacy Program. son I couldn’t call a beauty,” or when Pablo Picasso and Jackson Pollock. he said, “In the future, everyone in Warhol survived a gunshot wound from a dramat- scope of his vision. the world will be world-famous for 15 minutes.” ic attempted murder in 1968, only to die from a rou“My curatorial approach was to present more his “I think that through these more modestly scaled tine gallbladder surgery in 1987. In his will, he photographic eye rather than focus on individual piec- photographic works that are really more like beginbequeathed almost his entire estate to creating a foun- es,” Becker says. “I wanted to show the whole specning points where he’s constantly collecting ideas, you dation dedicated to the advancement of visual art. The trum of what he was looking at and the way he was really get insight into his mind,” Becker says. result was The Andy Warhol Foundation for the looking at the world through his photography.” Some of the photos on display have Coloradospecific content, such as portraits of John Denver or Visual Arts, which focuses primarily on supporting The pieces range in subject from celebrities such artistic work of a challenging and often experimental as Martha Graham to friends and patrons of Warhol’s Colorado photographer Mark Sink. The University of nature. to views of landscapes and towns. Colorado was chosen along with more than 180 eduIn 2008, The Foundation gave 156 of Warhol’s “The silver gelatin prints are much more classically cational institutions across the United States, which photographs to the University of Colorado’s Art photographic,” Becker says. “The polaroids really reptogether received more than 28,500 photographs from Museum. The museum premiered 112 of the pieces on resent a part of his process and the way he would use a The Andy Warhol Photographic Legacy Program, Jan. 21 and will continue showing them until June 25. portrait to develop a sense of a person as an icon.” launched in 2007 in celebration of the Foundation’s “It’s a rare opportunity to see the eye of the artist,” Many of Warhol’s paintings were created using 20th anniversary. says Lisa Tamiris Becker, director of the museum. photographic silk screening on canvas, so the polaroids “When you put Warhol into an historical context, “The photos show the bigger picture of him docucan be viewed as the first step of his creative process. not only does this work offer an insight into the presmenting the world around him that you might not get Warhol published three books, one posthumously, ent aspect of reality, but also into the era in which the from just knowing his iconic pieces.” which feature his black and white photographic work, works were taken,” Becker says. “It’s a powerful way to The display includes 80 Polaroids and 32 silver including Andy Warhol’s Exposures (1979), America reflect on the past, the present and the future.” gelatin prints, arranged in grids to accentuate the (1985) and Andy Warhol’s Party Book (1988). Respond:letters@boulderweekly.com
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Drive-By Truckers play the Ogden Theatre on Friday, March 18, and Saturday, March 19. Doors at 8 p.m. Heartless Bastards open on Friday; Casey James Prestwood, the Burning Angels open Saturday. Tickets are $25 to $30 for one night, $40 for both. 935 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, 303-830-2525.
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Drive-By Truckers release second album from 2010 sessions by L. Kent Wolgamott
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hen the Drive-By Truckers went into the studio to make a record a couple years ago, the songs came out fast and furious. Make that a lot of songs came quickly, very quickly. “We knew pretty early we definitely had two records shaping up,” says guitarist/singer Mike Cooley. “A bunch of the songs were done all in that batch. After [the 2010 CD] The Big To-Do was pretty much out, we went back in and cut a few more songs and had an album. It was pretty obvious we had two different albums back then. What that means is I get to tour for another year.” Go-Go Boots, the second album compiled from those sessions, was released in mid-February to the strong reviews that accompany nearly every release by the Truckers. Go-Go Boots is being called the band’s countrysoul album, while The Big To-Do was its power-pop/ rock turn. But Cooley doesn’t look at the discs that way. “I don’t really see those categories anymore,” he says. “I think what Loretta Lynn did was as much soul music as what Aretha Franklin did. It was soul music from a different place. I don’t see what rock ’n’ roll artists are doing as much different from what country artists do. It’s all the same, I think.” That said, he acknowledges that Go-Go Boots in particular was influenced by the band’s stints as backup band for soul singer Bettye LaVette, on her 2007 album Scene of the Crime, and for legendary keyboardist Booker T. Jones, on his 2009 album Potato Head. “What’s different here is more sonically than the songs themselves,” Cooley says. “The songs take a little different twist because of the way you’re playing them. But it’s more of a sonic thing. The way we’re
playing together definitely came about doing the Booker record and touring with him some.” Patterson Hood, Cooley’s partner in leading the Truckers, contributes murder ballads, tales of fired cops and family Thanksgivings to Go-Go Boots, while bassist Shonna Tucker adds a very soulful vocal on a cover of an Eddie Hinton song. Cooley’s contributions to Go-Go Boots are a trio of country shuffles, the barroom weeper “Cartoon Gold,” the woeful “The Weakest Man” and “Pulaski,” a story song about a Tennessee girl who moves to California. His vocals are classic, tear-in-my-beer twangy. That wasn’t, at all, a calculated approach to the songs, nor was the pure country outcome. “It’s what I sound like. You’ve got to work with what you’ve got,” Cooley says. “I just let my voice do what it does — which, apparently, is country.” Last year marked the 25th anniversary of the partnership between Cooley and Hood that is at the core of the Truckers. The Truckers came to national attention with 2001’s Southern Rock Opera, a record that told the story of Lynyrd Skynyrd within the band’s
usual meditations on the contemporary South. Since then, they’ve released six studio albums, a live disc and a rarities package. The Big To-Do was the band’s highestcharting album ever, and Go-Go Boots appears to be headed in the same upward direction. That’s an indicator that these are good times for the veteran band. “It seems to be kind of on an upswing,” Cooley says. “You have your ups and downs with audiences and ticket sales. That’s just the business of doing business. You have little plateaus where you don’t seem to be going anywhere, then the wind blows a different direction and things pick up. We’re in a pretty good place now.” As is their standard, the Truckers are out on the road for an extensive tour. Songs from Go-Go Boots will play a prominent role in the shows. But Cooley said there’s no telling what the band might play on any given night. “We don’t do any set lists or anything, so I’m trying to stay one step ahead, to think what would be good for this audience,” he says. “And when I remember songs, I think, ‘Did we play that at sound check or last night or have we already played it tonight?’ There are times I have to walk over to Patterson and ask if we’d played a song already. No set list, no teleprompters, no nothing.” Don’t expect to see a new Truckers record early next year. There’s not another disc in the can from the To-Do sessions. After touring for most of 2011, the band will need to recharge its batteries before it is ready to go back into the studio, Cooley says. “We’ll take a breather, back off some,” Cooley says. “We’ll still do a few shows. … We’ll take some time until we’re ready to write again and then we’ll want to tour.” Respond:letters@boulderweekly.com
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Infamous Stringdusters get a Grammy boost
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hris Pandolfi’s timing was a year off. The banjo player for the Infamous Stringdusters intently watched last year’s Grammys hoping for some recognition of the band’s self-titled release. When the time came and went, so did Pandolfi’s attention span toward the Grammy topic. With another stellar bluegrass release in 2010, the Grammys were kinder to the band, bestowing the award on the band’s third album, Things That Fly. Only this time, Pandolfi says he wasn’t paying an ounce of attention. Once a friend alerted him, Google took care of the rest as the six members of the Nashville collective found out they’d earned music’s highest honor. “I was in Nashville with [Andy] Falco when I first heard,” Pandolfi says. “I wasn’t paying any attention to it at all, but I got a message from a friend saying, ‘Congratulations on the nomination.’ There was some quick Google-searching right after that, and we were able to figure out what was going on. We had an impromptu celebration that lasted a few days, and then we did it all again in L.A. It’s a universal accolade for a musician, so it’s certainly helped, publicitywise. We’re psyched. It was a great thing all in all.” The Stringdusters participated in the usually overlooked pre-televised portion, but Pandolfi says that didn’t take away from the sheer spectacle of having so many musical icons in the same event. With an incredible night of music followed by the traditional after-party, Pandolfi and the rest certainly enjoyed themselves. Yet it was some unexpected red carpet run-ins that brought the most memorable Grammy moments. “I got a great picture of Jesse, our mandolin player, with The Situation from Jersey Shore,” Pandolfi says. “You can see that online. We also walked the red car-
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pet right next to Dave Mustaine and the rest of Megadeth, so that was nice. We’ve got an eclectic group here with some old-school tastes that aren’t quite as obvious in our music, but we have logged some time listening to Megadeth, among others. The whole thing was so cool.” The Grammy spotlight brought a memorable weekend, but it also brings some additional pressure to a touring regimen that was already rather stressful. The Stringdusters cross the country multiple times each year, and the band’s growing audience means the momentum won’t stop soon. “We’re actually looking at our schedule now and stressing at how packed it is,” Pandolfi says. “Of course, that’s a good problem to have. We’ve done this for years, which might be why it looks so daunting. We try to keep things balanced, but we also have offers coming in that are hard to say no to. It’s hard to have a
schedule that is taking advantage of the opportunities coming our way while simultaneously affording everyone the opportunity to stay sane and lead their lives.” Some established road rules keep the Dusters sane away from home, and Pandolfi says each person has his own routine. Some general rules include no overnight driving and every person sleeping in his own bed every night. Those simple pleasures maintain order and allow the guys to enjoy the musical side of things. Another challenge facing the band is playing to a larger crowd. While you might believe that it gets easier with a larger critical mass, Pandolfi says there is a whole new dynamic in play when performing for 1,000 people instead of 100. It’s a muscle the Dusters are still learning to flex, but recent sellouts even before the Grammy platform ensure they need to learn quickly. “I was having a conversation with our manager the other day and I said, ‘We’ve been selling out some bigger shows for a while now, and that helps, but it’s not until after you’ve done it a few times that you get up in front of that crowd and know what you want to do,’” he says. “You gotta be ready to collaborate with a crowd of a thousand people. You have to be able to go with them where they want to go, and if you work it that way, it can become a truly great show.” As they hone their craft, the Infamous Stringdusters will continue to draw and captivate larger crowds. That’s ultimately the exchange Pandolfi says is why they do what they do. “We know what we want to do and what we want to create on a consistent basis for people, while the audience knows that’s what they’re getting and they’re starting to just show up more and more.” Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com
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music Acoustic Open Mic Night. 9:30 p.m. Waterloo, 809 S. Main St., Louisville, 303-9932094. Back to the Woods. 7 p.m. Caffè Sole, 637R S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-499-2985. Bluegrass Pick — With Martin Gilmore. 9 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-4636683. Boa & The Constrictors. 8 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel and Suites, 800 28th St., Boulder, 303-443-3322. Chris McGarry & Two Thin Dimes. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Rd., Longmont, 303-485-9400. Colcannon. 7:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 N. Park Dr., Lafayette, 303-665-2757. Hot Soup. 10 p.m. 161 Jefferson, Whistlers Cafe Nederland, 303-258-0614. Jon Kohne. 7 p.m. Cuvée, 946 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-0475. Live Jazz with George Nelson. 6:30 p.m. Carelli’s Italian Restaurant, 645 30th St., Boulder, 303-938-9300. Live Karaoke. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 N. Park Dr., Lafayette, 303-665-2757. Music on the Mezz St. Patrick’s Day Celebration. 5 p.m. Hotel Boulderado, 2115 13th St., Boulder, 303-442-4344. North! To Nowhere & Two Tone Wolf Pack. 7:30 p.m. Swallow Hill, 71 E.Yale Ave., Denver, 303-777-1003. Open Bluegrass Pick. 7 p.m. The Rock Inn, 1675 Hwy. 66, Estes Park, 970-586-4116. Open Mic at Folsom St. Coffee 5-7 p.m. Folsom St. Coffee Co. 1795 Folsom St. 303-4408808. Open Stage — With KC Groves. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-8236685. Open Stage with Tommy and the Tangerines — Every Thursday night. Catacombs, 2115 13th St., Boulder, 303-442-4344.
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Elephant Revival —
The Wildflower Pavilion is a great venue for Elephant Revival. It’s beautiful and organic, much like the band’s sound. 8 p.m. Wildflower Pavillion, 500 W. Main St., Lyons, 800624-2422.
St. Patrick’s Day Party. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922. St. Patrick’s Day Party — With JV3. Baker St. Pub & Grill, 1729 28th St., Boulder, 720974-9490. St. Patrick’s Day Party. 4:30 p.m. St. Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696. Thursday Night Bluegrass Pick. 9:30 p.m. First Street Pub, 35 E. First St., Nederland, 303258-0782. Torna. 5:30-9:30 p.m. Whistlers Cafe, 161 Jefferson, Nederland, 303-258-0614. The Werks, Noise Org & The Magic Beans. 9 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303443-3399.
events Beginning Flamenco Dance. 6:15-7:30 p.m. Kakes Studios, 2115 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-7867050, www.flamenco-boulder.com. Beginning/Intermediate Hoopdance. 9 a.m. Boulder Circus Center, 4747 26th St., Boulder, 303-918-6617. Boulder WordPress Meetup. 7 p.m. Boulder Digital Arts, 1600 Range St., Boulder, 303-8750276. Correcting Your Photographs the Right Way in Photoshop. 6 p.m. Boulder Digital Arts, 1600 Range St., Boulder, 303-875-0276. Geeks Who Drink Pub Quiz. 6:30 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-4636683.
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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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Healing Space With Alan McAllister. 11 a.m. Whole Being Explorations, 1800 30th St., Suite 307, Boulder, 303-545-5562. Intermediate to Advanced Flamenco Dance. 7:15-8:30 p.m. Kakes Studios, 2115 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-786-7050, www. flamenco-boulder.com.
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music Annie Booth. 7 p.m. Cuvée, 946 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-0475. Bonnie and the Clydes. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685. Christabel and the Jons. 8 p.m. Swallow Hill, 71 E.Yale Ave., Denver, 303-777-1003. Claddagh. 5 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683. Dakota Blonde. 8:30 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683. Damon Wood and Harmonious Junk. 10 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303449-1922. Dark Horse Patrol. 7:30 p.m. Rock N Soul Cafe, 5290 Arapahoe Ave., Ste. I, Boulder, 303443-5108. DJ Walt White. 10 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683. The Drifter Band. 4 p.m. Rock N Soul Cafe, 5290 Arapahoe Ave., Ste. I, Boulder, 303-4435108. Elephant Revival. 8 p.m. Wildflower Pavillion, 500 W. Main St., Lyons,800-624-2422. The Fourge. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Rd., Longmont, 303-485-9400. The Indulgers. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 N. Park Dr., Lafayette, 303-665-2757. The Infamous Stringdusters, Greensky Bluegrass. 9 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-3399. Lisa Bell Trio. 7 p.m. Caffè Sole, 637R S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-499-2985. Music on the Mezz — With the Strangebyrds.
Sun., March 20th
Open Stage
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George Nelson Quartet Wed., March 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 Friday, Apr. 1st - Danny Shafer Sunday, Apr. 3rd - Open Stage Monday, Apr. 4th - George Nelson Quartet Wednesday, Apr. 6th - Highway 287
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Annie. Boulder’s Dinner Theatre, 5501 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303449-6000. Through March 31. Bread & Salt. Presented by 3rd Law Dance/Theatre. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. Through March 20. Camelot. The Jesters Dinner Theatre, 224 Main St., Longmont, 303-682-9980. Through April 17.
5 p.m. Hotel Boulderado, 2115 13th St., Boulder, 303-442-4344. Quemandita. 7 p.m. St. Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696. Sharla Jackson Band. 7 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683. Todd Tijerina Band. 8 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel and Suites, 800 28th St., Boulder, 303-4433322. Wendy Woo. 8 p.m. The Rib House, 1801 13th St., Boulder, 303-442-RIBS.
events Adobe Photoshop:The Heart of Color Correction. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Boulder Digital Arts, 1600 Range St., Boulder, 303-875-0276. Avery Tap Room — For tours and tastings. 12-8 p.m. Avery Brewing Co., 5757 Arapahoe Ave., Unit B1, Boulder, www.averybrewing.com. Beer Garden. 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. The Rib House, 1801 13th St., Boulder, 303-442-7427. Bingo:The Winning Musical. 7:30 p.m. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. Through April 2. Comida Mobile Mexi-Feast. 4:30-7 p.m.
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words Thursday, March 17 Thursday Night Poetry Reading. 7 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore, 1203 13th St., Suite A, Boulder, 303-579-1644.
Friday, March 18 Chris Dishman’s A Perfect Gibraltar. 7:30 p.m. Tattered Cover Bookstore, 2526 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, 303-3227727.
Monday, March 21 “So You’re a Poet” — Open mic
poetry. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.
Tuesday, March 22 Kate Culkin’s Harriet Hosmer: A Women of Her Time. 7:30 p.m. Tattered Cover Bookstore, 1628 16th St., Denver, 303-436-1070. Linda Fairstein’s Silent Mercy. 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.
Crimes of the Heart. Longmont Theater Co., 513 Main St., Longmont, 303-772-5200. Through April 2. Swing! Boulder’s Dinner Theatre, 5501 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303449-6000. Through May 8. Bingo! The Musical. Presented by Woof Theatre Productions. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. Through April 2.
Asher Brewing Co., 4699 Nautilus Court, Boulder, 303-530-1381. Salsa Dancing. 10:30 p.m. Trattoria on Pearl, 1430 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-544-0008. Tara Performing Arts High School Benefit Talent Show: “Desserts And Dreams.” 7:30 p.m. Nomad Theatre, 1410 Quince Ave., Boulder, 303-443-7510.
Saturday, March 19
music Acoustic Brunch. 10 a.m. Rock N Soul Cafe, 5290 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-443-5108. Angus Mohr. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 N. Park Dr., Lafayette, 303-665-2757. Another Kind of Magick. 6:30 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel and Suites, 800 28th St., Boulder, 303-443-3322. Bluegrass Pick. 12 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Rd., Longmont, 303-485-9400. Bluez House. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685. Broken Social Scene. 9 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030. Bruce Molsky. 8 p.m. Swallow Hill, 71 E.Yale Ave., Denver, 303-777-1003. Great American Taxi. 9 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-3399. Ironwood Rain,A Melodic Daydream, Perpetual Motion. 7:30 p.m. Rock N Soul Cafe, 5290 Arapahoe Ave., Ste. I, Boulder, 303-443-5108. Landsquid. 10 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683. Martin Gilmore. 8 p.m. Swallow Hill, 71 E.Yale Ave., Denver, 303-777-1003. Maudlin Magpie, Max Davies, Clay Rose. 7:30 p.m. Caffè Sole, 637R S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-499-2985. Mestizo. 7 p.m. St. Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696. Michelle McAfee. 9 p.m. Stage Stop Cafe, 60 Main St., Rollinsville, 303-258-0649. Mighty High Band. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Rd., Longmont, 303-485-9400. New Cosmic Americans. 9:30 p.m. Applebee’s, 2030 Ken Pratt Blvd, Longmont,
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303-684-9199. Notes & Oats Musical Breakfast — With The Drifter Band. 10 a.m. Rock N Soul Cafe, 5290 Arapahoe Ave., Ste. I, Boulder, 303-4435108. Saint Patrick’s Day show — With Claddagh, Sixty Six Days. 7 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683. Steve Thurston. 7 p.m. Cuvée, 946 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-0475. Wendy Woo. 8 p.m. Avogadro’s Number, 605 S. Mason, Fort Collins, 970-493-5555 The Zimmermans. 10 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922.
events Adobe Flash Hands-On Intensive. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Boulder Digital Arts, 1600 Range St., Boulder, 303-875-0276. Afternoon Tea. 2 p.m. Jill’s Restaurant at St. Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-4069696. Avery Tap Room — For tours and tastings. 12-8 p.m. Avery Brewing Co., 5757 Arapahoe Ave., Unit B1, Boulder, www.averybrewing.com. Beer Garden. 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. The Rib House, 1801 13th St., Boulder, 303-442-7427. Beginning/Intermediate Hoopdance. 10 a.m. Kakes Studio, 2115 Pearl St., Boulder, 303918-6617. Tango Among Friends — Social drop-in tango class. 1 p.m. Pearl Street Studio, 2126 Pearl St., Boulder. www.Tango AmongFriends.net. Women’s History Tea. 12 p.m. Hotel Boulderado, 2115 13th St., Boulder, 303-4424344.
Sunday, March 20
music Asher Bluegrass Pick. 4-6 p.m. Asher Brewing Co., 4699 Nautilus Court., Boulder, 303-5301381. Bluegrass Pick — All levels welcome. 12-3 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids and Solids, 1555 S. Hover St., Longmont, 303-485-9400. The Boulder Blues Mafia. 7 p.m. Cuvée, 946 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-0475. Christabel and the Jons. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685. Irish Session. 7 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922. Jazz Jam. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel and Suites, 800 28th St., Boulder, 303-443-3322. Karen Karsh. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 N. Park Dr., Lafayette, 303-665-2757. Living the Good Life: Developing Your Intuitive Capabilities. 1-3 p.m. Front Range College, 2121 Miller Dr., Longmont, 303-7763611. Mellow Cello Sunday Brunch. 11 a.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave.,Arvada, 303-463-6683. Open Stage. 9 p.m. Pearl Street Pub, 1108 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-939-9900. THUNK. 10 p.m. Mountain Sun Pub, 1535 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-546-0886. Wildgrass. 6 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Rd., Longmont, 303-485-9400.
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Annie — Presented by Peanut Butter Players. 3 p.m. Boulder Public Library, 1000 Canyon Blvd., Boulder, 303-441-3100. Avery Tap Room — For tours and tastings. 12-8 p.m. Avery Brewing Co., 5757 Arapahoe Ave., Unit B1, Boulder, www.averybrewing.com. Beginning Hawaiian Hula Class. 7:15 p.m. Boulder Ballet Studio, The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-447-9772. Chicago. 7:30 p.m. St. Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696. Children’s Used Book Sale at the Lafayette Library. Lafayette Library, 775 W. Baseline Rd., Lafayette, 303-665-4248. Through March 26.
Monday, March 21
music Brad Goode Jazz Jam. 7 p.m. Caffè Sole, 637R S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-499-2985. Electric Blues Jam. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Rd., Longmont, 303-485-9400. Jay Ryan’s Big Top. 7 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683. Open Mic. 7 p.m. Rock N Soul Café, 5290 Arapahoe Ave., Suite 1, Boulder, 303-443-5108. The Saw Doctors. 8 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030. Selah Dubb. 10 p.m. Southern Sun Pub, 627 S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-543-0886.
events Free Open Class — Meditation instruction. 7-9 p.m. Boulder Shambhala Meditation Center, 1345 Spruce St., Boulder, 303-444-0190. Geeks Who Drink Pub Quiz. 9 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922. Introduction to DSLR Video. 6-9 p.m. Boulder Digital Arts, 1600 Range St., Boulder, 303-875-0276.
Tuesday, March 22
music Adam Rey. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 N. Park Dr., Lafayette, 303-665-2757. Bluegrass Pick and Open Stage. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685. Blues Jam. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel and Suites, 800 28th St., Boulder, 303-443-3322. Clusterpluck — 9 p.m. Open jam. George’s Food & Drink, 2028 14th St., Boulder, 303-9989350. Never. 9:30 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683. 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. Sideways Reign, Zen Moustache, Moses Bone. 7:30 p.m. Rock N Soul Cafe, 5290 Arapahoe Ave., Ste. I, Boulder, 303-443-5108. Weekly Bluegrass Pick — All levels welcome. 8-11 p.m. Oskar Blues, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303823-6685.
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events Flamenco Dance Technique. 5:50 p.m. Kakes Studios, 2115 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-786-7050, www.flamenco-boulder.com. Getting Started With Adobe Illustrator. 6-9 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. Open Mic Poetry and Music — Hosted by Rob Geisen and Olatundji Akpo-Sani. 8 p.m. The No-Name Bar, 1325 Broadway, Boulder.
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Ayo Awosika. 7 p.m. Cuvée, 946 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-0475. Bluegrass Pick. 6:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Tasty Weasel Tap Room, 1800 Pike Rd., Unit B, Longmont, 303-776-1914. Bluegrass Pick. 8:30 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922. The Boulder Blues Mafia. 6:30 p.m. St. Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-4069696. Emma Beck. 6 p.m. Caffè Sole, 637R S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-499-2985. Hourglass. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 N. Park Dr., Lafayette, 303-665-2757. Miriams Well. 7:30 p.m. Rock N Soul Cafe, 5290 Arapahoe Ave., Ste. I, Boulder, 303-4435108. Open Stage. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Rd., Longmont, 303-485-9400.
events Art for Lunch. 12:15-12:45 p.m. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-2122. Arvada Business Connection. 5:30 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-4636683. 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. WordPress: Basic Theme Customization. 6-9 p.m. Boulder Digital Arts, 1600 Range St., Boulder, 303-875-0276.
Kids’ Calendar Thursday, March 17 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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Children’s Storytime. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1000 Canyon Blvd., Boulder, 303441-3100.
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Sunday, March 20 Baby Boogie — Bring kids to dance. 2 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-4636683. Children’s Storytime. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1000 Canyon Blvd., Boulder, 303441-3100. The Family Pick — All-ages bluegrass jam every Sunday. 3-6 p.m. The Stage Stop, 60 Main St., Rollinsville, 303-258-0649.
Monday, March 21 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. Twinkle Babies. 10:15 a.m. Erie Community Library, 400 Powers St., Erie, 720-685-5200.
Tuesday, March 22 Children’s Storytime. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1000 Canyon Blvd., Boulder, 303441-3100. Drop-in Storytime. 4 p.m. Erie Community Library, 400 Powers St., Erie, 720-685-5200. 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. Teen Game Night. 3 p.m. Boulder Public Library, 1000 Canyon Blvd., Boulder, 303-4413100.
Wednesday, March 23 Children’s Storytime. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1000 Canyon Blvd., Boulder, 303-441-3100. Drop-in Storytime. 11 a.m. Erie Community Library, 400 Powers St., Erie, 720-685-5200. So Rim Kung Fu for Children. 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. A Place to B Studio, 1750 30th St., Boulder, 303-440-8007. Toddler Hour. 9 a.m. WOW! Children’s Museum, 110 N. Harrison Ave., Lafayette, 303604-2424.
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Vibrators and lube: allies in pleasure by Dr. Jenni Skyler Dear Dr. Jenni, I’m worried that if I buy my wife a vibrator, she’ll begin preferring it to the real thing. —Vibrator Jealousy
Dear Rough Riding, Well done on making your marriage so loving for more than 30 years. You are certainly doing something very right! Since this is the case, I’m going to presume that the painful sex is not about relationship disDear VJ, tress, but more about natural changes the I applaud you for contemplating buying vagina experiences during menopause. your wife a vibrator. Her pleasure is clearly Because menopause causes the vaginal important to you. Hopefully she fully enjoys walls to become thin and dry, the goal is to the gift you give her, but I hear your fear help increase strength and moisture. that she may like it more than you. Many Hormone replacement therapies can assist men struggle with the fear of man vs. in the moisture department, but it sounds machine. However, you are more than your like you are looking for a more natural penis. This may seem route. Your gynecolocounterintuitive in gist probably suggestQuestions ed the estrogen ring our society, as men Send questions for Jenni because it releases are often taught to Skyler to drjenni@ about one-tenth the use their penis to pertheintimacyinstitute.org. dose of that in oral or form the perfect sexuskin-patch estrogenal act. They think replacement methods. they must be captains However, there are a few other natural tacof the sex ship! tics to help support your vaginal health and What men are often not taught is that sexual comfort. sex goes far beyond genital manipulation. Do kegels. The vagina is a muscle that While your penis can be an instrument of can atrophy without use. This doesn’t mean pleasure, you have numerous pleasure you need to have intercourse once a day, but instruments to call upon as well — like fingers, tongues and toys, as well as heart, soul I do highly suggest keeping up with your and mind. kegels to strengthen the pelvic floor. If She may end up enjoying the vibrator, you’ve never done a kegel, you can strengthbut I presume you also take pleasure in en this muscle in a short three months with masturbation. Even if you both masturbate daily practice. on a healthy and regular basis, my guess is Use a lubricant. You may have never that you don’t prefer it to sex with your needed lubrication for sex in the past, but wife. vaginal dryness that accompanies menoSo as you take that next brave step in pause certainly requires lubrication. For that your upcoming purchase, consider the vibra- matter, I tell all women, regardless of age, to tor your ally. Even if it’s bigger and can last have lubrication by the bedside. Arousal longer, together you can potentially bring does not always correlate with being natuyour wife endless pleasure. rally lubricated. As such, having a good Remember that a battery-operated toy lubricant on hand is essential for sexual can never replace the human connection comfort. Replens, for example, is a longand intimacy you have developed with your lasting lubricant designed specifically for wife. women in menopause. Eat your oil. Swallowing a tablespoon of Dear Dr. Jenni, oil, olive, sunflower, soy, or coconut oil, can I am a 59-year-old woman, post-meno- add moisture to your entire body, vagina pause. I’ve been with my husband for more included. than 30 years and we love each other dearly. Use vitamin E capsules for your vagina. However, sex has become enormously pain- This natural form of lubrication is inexpenful. My gynecologist gave me an estrogen sive and easy. Pop the capsule in your vagina ring, but I don’t feel a change and it’s quite and let your body absorb and use it. expensive. I’m against taking more horMost of all, drink lots of water. Keeping mones, but I don’t know how to make sex a hydrated vagina means keeping a hydrated more comfortable. body! —Rough Riding Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com
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box of photographs has been sitting in my closet for nearly a decade now, waiting to be digitized and organized. Film photography seems so quaint in this age of rapidly evolving technology, though the nostalgic charm is somewhat diminished as I flip through photo after photo. There we are, my friends and I, with eyes closed on the summits of mountains or with big fat thumbs obscuring an otherwise stunning sunset. And to think I paid for these crummy pictures, even more if I got them developed in an hour! If I got seven or eight good shots out of a roll of 24, I was usually pretty happy. It was 2003 when I retired my fancy-pants film camera (complete with a high tech remote!) for my first digital, a clumsy but lightweight device featuring a robust 2.2 megapixel resolution and a shutter speed that took a good three seconds to actually take a picture. Likewise, it was about that same time I acquired 34 March 17, 2011
my first GPS, the Garmin GPS12, which did little more than draw a line on a black and white screen and offer up geographical coordinates. Despite the unwieldy interface and quick-draining battery system, the fact that I could (for free) know my position on planet earth from satellites in outer space blew my mind. Actually, it still does today. Rather quietly, technology has gotten easier on the wallet, more intuitive and generally accepted in the outdoors community. With all apologies to nature purists, the fact that you can take a photograph and have it online in mere seconds or chart your tracks across the globe using free software like Google Earth adds an exciting new element to archiving outdoor adventures. There’s no doubt the technology of 2011 will seem as antiquated as whale blubber lamps in five years, but until then, here’s some of the coolest advances in outdoors tech available right now in the
Sunday, March 20 Boulder Road Runners Sunday Group Run. 9 a.m. Meet at First National Bank, 3033 Iris Ave., Boulder, www.boulderroadrunners.org. Monday, March 21 Ladies Bike Mechanics 101. 5:30-6:30 a.m. Community Cycles, 2805 Wilderness Pl., Ste. 1000, Boulder, 720-565-6019. Tuesday, March 22 Tuesday Hiking. 9 a.m. North Boulder Park, 7th and Bellwood streets, Boulder, 303-494-9735. Youth “Earn-a-Bike” Program. 5:30-7:30 p.m. Community Cycles, 2805 Wilderness Pl., Boulder, 720-5656019. Wednesday, March 23 Pearl Street Runners. Meet at 6:15 p.m. for 5k run. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder. www.pearlstreetrunners.com. To list your event, send information to: editorial@boulderweekly.com. attn: “Elevation.”
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avid Norris (Matt Damon) is a young go-getter New York politician who has a chance encounter with the quirky, engaging Elise Sellas (Emily Blunt), a ballerina who captures his attention immediately. Strange forces are at work and Norris is assaulted and wakes up in a warehouse, surrounded by mysterious dark-suited men in fedoras. Their leader is Richardson ( John Slattery), who explains to Norris that there’s a Plan, as mapped in their constantly changing notebooks. He cannot be with Elise in the Plan. The Adjustment Bureau transforms into an action film once the watchers show up, and while fate keeps causing Norris to bump into Sellas, it becomes clear that if he’s going to try to exercise free will and pursue her, he’s going to do so at the risk of the Bureau wiping his memories. Watcher Harry (Anthony Mackie) sympathizes with Norris and helps him learn what’s going on and how to wrest back control of his own fate. There’s a retro feel to The Adjustment Bureau that has just as much to do with the cinematography as set design and the Mad Men-esque costumes of the mysterious Bureau. At times I wished that they’d filmed it all in black and white. Contemporary Manhattan and the outer boroughs have a timeless-
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ar is hell. And so is alien invasion. That’s the long and short of Battle: Los Angeles, a war movie with nasty, insect-like extraterrestrials standing in for every enemy the Marines have ever faced. Yet, despite the plot predictability, the boilerplate dialog, and stretching too close to two hours, Battle: Los Angeles builds enough suspenseful tension — especially in its first half — to take it out of contention for the worst LA-gets-leveled splatter-rama to make it to the big screen. Aaron Eckhart is Michael Nantz, a staff sergeant stationed in Southern California who’s just days shy from early retirement after a particularly grueling overseas assignment in which several of his men were killed. But, wouldn’t you just know it, he can’t put his uniform away just yet because that strange meteor shower over L.A. Turns out it’s the first wave of a brutal alien attack. Nantz and his unit are tasked with rescuing a group of civilians trapped in an abandoned police station behind enemy lines in Santa Monica. They’ve got three hours to get them out before the Air Force turns the beachfront city into a bombed-out wasteland. Boulder Weekly
ness to them that is mirrored in our gradual understanding of just who the watchers are and what The Plan is. In a subtle but provocative moment, Norris responds to Harry’s assurance that the Bureau wasn’t responsible for the death of his mother by asking if it was just random chance. Harry declines to answer, one of the few glimpses of an even deeper good vs. evil story underneath the romantic chase film that made it to the big screen. Damon has made a career out of specializing in
the “strong, quiet type,” from his splendid work in the Bourne trilogy to Good Will Hunting, The Brothers Grimm and Invictus. He is similarly bland in this film, but it’s more than offset by Blunt’s nuanced performance. She has the anger, the hurt, the passion of an artist who is thrown into a situation she doesn’t understand with a man who simultaneously confesses his love for her and pushes her away. When Norris goes too far off plan in his pursuit of Sellas, the Bureau calls in the fixer, Thompson (Terence Stamp), who exudes a dangerous level of control, warning Norris that the consequences for his pursuit are great, both for him and for Sellas. Given the spiritual role of the Bureau, Thompson’s presence again invokes the same subtle question of good versus evil and the consequences of invoking evil for good intention. Ultimately, The Adjustment Bureau is a delightfully paranoid love story with a retro sci-fi spin, a film that has a polished, sophisticated feel and that will also appeal to non-sci-fi fans. It’s also George Nolfi’s first directorial outing. Well done! I enjoyed the movie and recommend you check it out. Respond:letters@boulderweekly.com
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Of course, his Marines might as well be from Hollywood Rent-a-Soldier. There’s the nervous newbie, the traumatized and stressed-out, the husband-to-be who has so much to live for and a book-smart second lieutenant (Ramon Rodriguez, The Wire). Still, for all of that, the chaotic claustrophobia and the shaky-cam vérité realism are effective, especially when the audience doesn’t yet know what the aliens look like or what they want. They’re just this malevo-
lent force intent on wiping our DNA off the face of the planet. Eckhart displays the requisite square-jawed G.I. Joe ruggedness, and the film generally looks good. Director Jonathan Liebesman (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning), working from a script by Christopher Bertolini, does a pretty good job of destroying faux L.A. Leibesman avoids the usual shots of iconic structures being turned to ash and instead makes the entire landscape a nightmare of twisted overpasses and smoky horizons. Anyone looking for the broader social implications of, say, District 9 (which shares some visual similarities to Battle: Los Angeles) or even Space: Above and Beyond — the short-lived, ’90s Fox series about Marines in combat against faceless, insect-like aliens — is bound to be disappointed. None of that may matter, though. The door, wide enough to let through a mother ship full of angry aliens, is left open for a sequel. (c) 2011, Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services. Respond:letters@boulderweekly.com March 17, 2011 37
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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
See full review on Page 37. Barney’s Version Based on Mordecai Richler’s prize-winning comic novel, Barney’s Version is the warm, wise and witty story of Barney Panofsky (Paul Giamatti), a seemingly ordinary man who lives an extraordinary life. At Esquire and Denver FilmCenter/Colfax. — Landmark Theatres
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Battle: Los Angeles See full review on Page 37. 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, Colony Square and Twin Peaks. — Rene Rodriguez Black Swan Mainlining Tchaikovsky’s “Swan Lake” ballet score like a drug addict, this film pushes
AMC Flatiron Crossing, 61 W. Flatiron Cir., Broomfield, 303-790-4262 The Adjustment Bureau Thu: 11:20, 1:50, 4:20, 7, 9:30 Fri-Wed: 11:40, 2:15, 4:45, 7:10, 9:45 Battle: Los Angeles Thu: 11:50, 3:15, 6:15, 9:15 Fri-Wed: 10:20, 1, 3:45, 6:30, 9:20 Beastly Thu: 11, 1:15, 3:50, 6:10, 8:30, 10:45 Fri-Wed: 5:35, 7:50, 10:15 Black Swan Thu: 11:30, 2:25, 5:15, 8:10, 10:50 Fri-Wed: 11:50, 2:35, 5:25, 8:20, 11 Gnomeo & Juliet Thu: 10:25, 12:30, 2:40, 4:55 Fri-Wed: 10:35, 12:45, 3:10 Just Go With It Thu: 1:45, 4:35, 7:40, 10:30 Fri-Wed: 7, 9:50 The King’s Speech Thu: 11, 2, 4:50, 7:40, 10:40 Fri-Wed: 11:10, 2:05, 5:15, 8, 10:50 Limitless Fri-Wed: 11:45, 2:25, 5:05, 7:40, 10:25 The Lincoln Lawyer Fri-Wed: 11:25, 2:30, 5:20, 8:10, 10:55 Mars Needs Moms Thu: 11:15, 1:40, 4, 6:30, 9 Fri-Wed: 11:20, 12:20, 2:45, 4:20, 5, 7:20, 9:40 Paul Fri-Wed: 10:25, 12:55, 3:25, 5:55, 8:30, 10:55 Rango Thu: 10:40, 1:20, 4, 6:45, 9:25 FriWed: 10:45, 1:25, 4:05, 6:45, 9:25 Red Riding Hood Thu: 10:20, 12:45, 3:10, 5:35, 8, 10:35 Fri-Wed: 11:55, 2:20, 5:10, 7:45, 10:20 Century Boulder, 1700 29th St., Boulder, 303-442-1815 The Adjustment Bureau Thu: 1:05, 2:30, 3:55, 5, 6:30, 7:45, 9:10 Fri-Wed: 1:40, 2:55, 4:25, 7:10, 8:35, 10:15 Barney’s Version Thu: 12, 3:15, 6:25, 9:30 Fri-Wed: 3:15, 9:05 Battle: Los Angeles Thu: 12:25, 3:10, 6:10, 8:55 Fri-Wed: 12:55, 3:40, 6:25, 7:50, 9:20 Cedar Rapids Thu: 12:35, 2:50, 5:25, 8, 10:20 Fri-Wed: 11:40, 4:30, 9:45 Gnomeo & Juliet Thu: 11:05, 1:15, 3:30, 6:05, 8:20, 10:40
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It stars garden gnomes and is rated G. We’re guessing this version of Romeo & Juliet doesn’t end in double suicide. 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
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, Wis., his whole life, selling insurance
local theaters The King’s Speech Thu: 11:15, 2, 4:45, 7:30, 10:15 Fri-Wed: 11:05, 1:50, 4:35, 7:25, 10:10 Limitless Fri-Wed: 11:30, 12:50, 2:10, 3:30, 4:45, 6:05, 7:20, 8:45, 10 The Lincoln Lawyer Fri-Wed: 11:10, 12:35, 2, 3:25, 4:50, 6:15, 7:40, 9,10:25 Mars Needs Moms Thu: 11:45, 2:15, 4:30, 6:45, 9 Fri-Wed: 11:05, 1:20, 3:55, 6:10, 8:25, 10:40 Paul Fri-Wed: 11:15, 12:30, 1:45, 3, 5:30, 6:45, 8, 9:15, 10:35 Rango Thu: 12:20, 3, 5:45, 8:35, 9:40 FriWed: 11, 12, 1:35, 4:10, 5:45, 7, 9:35 Red Riding Hood Thu: 11:30, 1:55, 4:20, 7, 9:25 Fri-Wed: 11:45, 2:35, 5, 7:30, 9:55 True Grit Thu: 11:10, 1:50, 4:25, 7:15, 9:50 Fri-Wed: 1:55, 6:55 Colony Square, 1164 Dillon Rd., Louisville, 303-604-2641 The Adjustment Bureau Thu-Wed: 1:20, 4:20, 7:20 Battle: Los Angeles Thu-Wed: 1:10, 4:10, 7:10, 10:10 Beastly Thu-Wed: 2, 4:50, 8, 10:10 Gnomeo & Juliet Thu-Wed: 1:45, 4:15, 6:50, Hall Pass Thu-Wed: 2:10, 7:50 I Am Number Four Thu: 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 Limitless Fri-Wed: 1:50, 4:50, 7:50, 10:35 Mars Needs Moms Thu-Wed: 1:25, 3:50, 7 Rango Thu-Wed: 1, 3:55, 6:55 Red Riding Hood Thu-Wed: 1:30, 4:30,
7:30, 10:30 Take Me Home Tonight Thu: 12:55, 7:35 Landmark Chez Artiste, 2800 S. Colorado Blvd., Denver, 303-352-1992 Even the Rain Thu-Wed: 4:30, 7, 9:30 The King’s Speech Thu: 4:15, 7:15, 9:50 Of Gods and Men Fri-Wed: 4:15, 7:15, 9:50 Poetry Thu: 5, 8:15 Fri-Wed: 1:45, 5, 8:15 Landmark Esquire, 590 Downing St., Denver, 303-352-1992 The King’s Speech Thu-Wed: 4:15, 7, 9:35 The Last Lions Thu-Wed: 4:30, 7:15, 9:45 Landmark Mayan, 110 Broadway, Denver, 303-352-1992 Black Swan Thu: 4:15, 7, 9:30 Fri-Wed: 4:15, 7;15, 9:45 Cedar Rapids Thu-Wed: 4:30, 7:30, 10 I Saw the Devil Fri-Wed: 1, 4, 7, 10 Kaboom Thu: 1, 4, 7:15, 9:45 Denver FilmCenter, 2510 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, 303-820-3456 13 Assassins Sat: 10:15 p.m. Barney’s Version Thu: 4, 7 Fri-Wed: 1:10, 4:15 Biutiful Fri-Wed: 1, 7:40 Cold Weather Thu: 4:30, 7:30, 9:50 Fri-Sat: 2, 7:15 F/X Fri: 10 p.m. Kaboom Fri: 4:45 p.m. Sat-Wed: 4:45, 9:45 Monogomy Fri-Wed: 4:30, 7:30, 9:50 Phil Ochs: There But For Fortune Thu: 1:45, 4:15, 7:20, 9:40 Winter’s Bone Thu: 1:30, 10 Zodiac Tue: 7:30 p.m.
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 ex-girlfriend, 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,
UA Twin Peaks, 1250 S. Hover Rd., Longmont, 303-651-2434 The Adjustment Bureau Thu-Wed: 1:25, 4:25, 7:25, 10 Battle: Los Angeles Thu-Wed: 1, 4, 7, 9:40 Gnomeo & Juliet Thu-Wed: 1:15, 4:15, 7:15, 9:45 The King’s Speech Thu-Wed: 12:50, 3:50, 7:05, 9:50 Limitless Fri-Wed: 1:40, 4:40, 7:40, 10:10 The Lincoln Lawyer Fri-Wed: 1:10, 4:10, 7:10, 9:55 Mars Needs Moms Thu-Wed: 1:20, 4:20, 7:20, 9:45 Paul Fri-Wed: 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, 10:05 Rango Thu: 1:10, 4:10, 6:50, 9:40 Fri-Wed: 12:30, 4:05, 6:50, 9:50 Red Riding Hood Thu-Wed: 1:45, 4:45, 7:45, 10:10
Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826 2011 Oscar-Nominated Animated Short Films Thu: 4, 9:30 The Flames of Paris: The Bolshoi Ballet Sun: 1 p.m. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo Wed: 4 p.m. The Harmony Game: The Making of Bridge Over Troubled Water Fri: 6:30 p.m. Sat: 4, 9:30 Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child Thu: 6:30 p.m. Fri: 4, 9:30 Sat-Sun: 6:30 p.m. You Will Meet a Tall, Dark Stranger Wed: 6:30 p.m. As times are always subject to change, we request that you verify all movie listings beforehand. Daily updated information can be viewed on our website, www.boulderweekly.com.
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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 Fantastic Mr. Fox Mr. and Mrs. Fox (voices of George Clooney and Meryl Streep) live an idyllic home life with their son Ash (Jason Schwartzman) and visiting young nephew Kristopherson (Eric Anderson). But after 12 years, the bucolic existence proves too much for Mr. Fox’s wild animal instincts. Soon he slips back into his old ways as a sneaky chicken thief and in doing so, endangers not only his beloved family, but the whole animal community. Trapped underground and with not enough food to go around, the animals band together to fight against the evil Farmers — Boggis (Brian Cox), Bunce (Hugo Guinness) and Bean (Michael Gambon) — who are determined to capture the audacious, fantastic Mr. Fox at any cost. At Denver FilmCenter/ Colfax. — Denver Film Society 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 Colony Square. — Michael Phillips The Flames of Paris: The Bolshoi Ballet A rip-roaring, ideological story of the French revolution, contrasting the highminded fervor of the people with the effete frivolities of the nobility. Composed by Boris Asafiev, choreographed by Alexei Ratmansky, reconstructed from the original choreography by Vasily Vaynonen. At Boedecker Theater. — Boedecker Theater. F/X The Justice Department enlists specialeffects wizard Rollie Tyler (Bryan Brown) for the most elaborate assignment of his lifetime — to fake the murder of a highprofile mobster (Jerry Orbach) who’s about to enter the witness protection program. But Tyler’s hoax turns frighteningly real when he realizes he’s been set up for murder. Meanwhile, a New York detective (Brian Dennehy) investigating the crime finds the FBI to be less than helpful. At Denver FilmCenter/Colfax. — Denver Film Society The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo & The Girl Who Played With Fire Based on the best-selling trilogy of books by Stieg Larsson, these films were nominated for 21 awards and won 6. See both before viewing The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets’ Nest, coming soon. (Niels Arden Oplev, Sweden/Denmark/Germany, 2009, Swedish). At Boedecker Theater. — Boedecker Theater 40 March 17, 2011
Gnomeo & Juliet
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Shakespeare’s best-known tragedy gets a kid-friendly, 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
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 Harmony Game: The Making of Bridge Over Troubled Water The Harmony Game tells the story behind Simon and Garfunkel’s last studio album, which has its legacy shrouded in rock n’ roll mythology. Simon and Garfunkel share the journey in their own words, reflecting on the album’s impact 40 years later. Limited engagement premiere. At Boedecker Theater. — Boedecker Theater 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 Colony Square. — Rene Rodriguez I Saw the Devil I Saw the Devil is a shockingly violent and stunningly accomplished tale of murder and revenge from Korean genre master Kim Jee-woon (The Good, The Bad, The Weird and A Tale of Two Sisters). Oldboy’s Choi Min-sik plays Kyung-chul, a dangerous psychopath who kills for pleasure. The embodiment of pure evil, he has committed horrifying and senselessly cruel serial murders on defenseless victims, successfully eluding capture by the police. On a freezing, snowy night, his latest victim is the beautiful Ju-yeon, daughter of a retired police chief and pregnant fiancée of elite special agent Dae-hoon. Obsessed with revenge, Daehoon decides to track down the murderer, even if doing so means becoming a monster himself. At Mayan. — Landmark Theatres Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child Official Selection, 2010 Sundance Film Festival, SXSW Film Festival. Director Tamra Davis pays homage to her artist friend in this definitive documentary, which also delves into Basquiat as an iconoclast. At Boedecker Theater. — Boedecker Theater 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 horror-comedy thriller, the latest film from iconoclastic independent filmmaker Gregg Araki. Featuring a gorgeous young cast, this hyper-stylized 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 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 Limitless Bradley Cooper is a novelist suffering from writer’s block whose life is slowly falling apart — until he starts popping illegal pills that allow him to make full use of his brain’s abilities and turn him into a supergenius. But the drug has unforeseen side effects, and the proverbial hell soon breaks loose and a Wall Street tycoon takes an interest in the new Brainiac who seems to know everything about everything. Rated PG-13. — Rene Rodriguez The Lincoln Lawyer Matthew McConaughey enters the courtroom for the first time since 1996’s A Time to Kill in this adaptation of Michael Connelly’s novel about a lawyer who conducts his business from his Lincoln town car. Rated PG-13. — Rene Rodriguez 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 PG. — Rene Rodriguez Monogomy Theo and Nat are engaged. He’s a wedding photographer, she’s an aspiring singer/songwriter, and together they live a picturesque life in New York. To supplement his modest income, Theo hatches a service bound to appeal to exhibitionists: he takes candid shots of his clients on the sly. He names it Gumshoot, creating a role for himself as a kind of private detective, stalking his clients to give them an outsider’s view of their own lives. At Denver FilmCenter/Colfax. — Denver Film Society Of Gods and Men Eight French Christian monks live in harmony with their Muslim brothers in a monastery perched in the mountains of North Africa in the 1990s. When a crew of foreign workers is massacred by an Islamic fundamentalist group, fear sweeps through the region. The army offers them protection, but the monks refuse. Should they leave? Despite the growing menace in their midst, they slowly realize that they have no choice but to stay. This historical drama is loosely based on the life of the Cistercian monks of Tibhirine in Algeria, from 1993 until their kidnapping in 1996. At Chez Artiste. — Landmark Theatres
The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2011: Animated Program includes Pixar’s “Day & Night,” “The Gruffalo,” “Let’s Pollute,” “The Lost Thing” and “Madagascar, Carnet De Voyage.” At Boedecker Theater. 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 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 Red Riding Hood Director Catherine Hardwicke 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 Take Me Home Tonight Actor Topher Grace tackles another decade: the gaudy, cocaine-fueled 1980s, in this comedy about an M.I.T. grad who rebels against the prevailing materialism of the era and tries to bag the girl of his dreams. At Colony Square. — Rene Rodriguez 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 Collony Square. — Rene Rodriguez Winter’s Bone 17-year-old Ree Dolly 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 You Will Meet a Tall, Dark Stranger Once again, Woody Allen’s wry humor shows how easy it is for our illusions to make fools of us all. At Boedecker Theater. — Boedecker Theater Zodiac David Fincher’s chilling drama based on actual events in the ’60s and ’70s recounts the infamous actions of a cryptic killer who stalked the streets of San Francisco in an executioner’s hood and left clues about his crimes in the newspaper. At Denver FilmCenter/Colfax. — Denver Film Society Boulder Weekly
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oulderites are queuing up for self-serve dessert at Ripple Pure Frozen Yogurt. On any given night, this frozen yogurt sensation — named after a Grateful Dead song — is packed with hungry people looking for a creative and affordable treat. Ripple isn’t the first of its kind, and it won’t be the last in Boulder. In a trend that seems to be sweeping in from the West Coast, self-serve frozen yogurt joints are gradually popping up around the city. Ripple’s colorful little establishment will soon be joined by Aspen Leaf Yogurt, at Table Mesa and Broadway, and Spooners on the Twenty Ninth Street Mall. With 16 flavors and at least 70 different toppings — many of which, like the cheesecake bites and birthday cake truffles, are baked fresh in Ripple’s bakery — customers have a seemingly endless combination of sweets to choose from. Ripple co-founders Jamie Gardner and David Humphrey say that they didn’t expect Ripple, which opened in January, to become such a fast-growing hit. The yogurt shop barely got a soft open before being swamped with eager customers. “It’s weird to us that we’ve started something that has gotten so popular so fast,” Humphrey says. “Everybody is in a good spirit because it’s in such a fun environment.” Gardner, an admitted frozen yogurt addict, has been interested in the self-serve model since the mid1980s after she first saw one in a convenience store attached to a gas station. She and Humphrey started work on their frozen yogurt business more than a year ago, digging into research and flying out to L.A. to find out what places were working best. After seeing how successful the
self-serve model was in California, the couple decided that it would be the best model for them as well. Unlike much of their competition, Ripple’s owners opted out of the franchise idea, going instead for a single store location on 30th Street and Canyon Boulevard. Gardner and Humphrey are moving toward generating energy for the store using wind power, and all of the products at Ripple — except for the yogurt cups — are compostable. One of the store’s primary goals, Humphrey says, is to be as carbon-neutral as possible. “We wanted to make it a distinctly Boulder store,” Humphrey says. And the store is looking at some distinctly serious competition. Scott Capdevielle, managing partner at Aspen Leaf Boulder, says that Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory — which owns the Aspen Leaf franchise —
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hile my mom wouldn’t cheese. The cornmeal pocket was hefty approve of my eaveswithout being leaden, and the fillings were dropping, committing distinct without blurring into each other as this socially dubious act they might in a burrito. Spicing tended did help me pick up an more towards mild than fiery, which was intriguing tidbit about Zudaka Healthy fine, as it helped emphasize the fresh taste Latin Food, Boulder’s new vegetarian resof this starter. taurant. Zudaka is a derogatory term for a The centerpiece of Cami’s meal was South American person, our server the $8.75 hallaquitas, a platter of explained to another table. The South Venezuelan tamales sided with black beans. American owners chose the name to One of the owners suggested that Cami diminish the word’s negative power; one drench her tamales with guacamole and suspects the term may have originated salsa, which was sage advice, as the South from the Dutch appellation for that part of American tamale is less saucy than the the world: Zuid-Amerika. Mexican version. The tamales were satisfyMost dishes here are South American, ing, and their cornmeal texture was appealwith a particular focus on Venezuela and ingly light. Columbia. Arepa, a cornmeal cake stuffed My entree was the $8.75 pabellón, a with a variety of fillings, is a signature mixed plate of black beans and rice, offering here. There’s also bean and rice cheese, an arepita (a little arepa) and meatbowls served with salsa and smooth less ground beef. This was a tasty choice Venezuelan guacamole, as well as fried s Venezuela and Columbia are neighboring nations, it’s overall, although the “beef ” would have yucca root appetizers. Less geographically not surprising that their culinary traditions share common been more appealing with less salt, and if specific choices include meatless hot dogs, dishes and influences. Tamale variations show up in both coun- everything on the plate was at the same vegetarian spaghetti Bolognese and tofu tries, although they are more apt to be wrapped in the ubiquitemperature. Nevertheless, I would order wraps. However, not everything is vegan, tous plantain leaf than the corn husk familiar to North this again if these issues were addressed, although some items can be prepared Americans. Variations on rice, bean and beef platters (perhaps particularly given the fine balance of clean without dairy on request. There are also with a side of plantains) are considered national dishes in flavors. several gluten-free selections, ranging from each country, and European, African and indigenous influencTo end our meal, a $2 cup of South tamales to hefty salads. es also abound. For example, Venezuela boasts of heavy American coffee was the perfect foil to the Friend Cami and I decided to zero in Italian-influenced pasta consumption; in Columbia, dairy proddense and buttery $3.50 quesillo, or on the South American offerings. We ucts popularized by Arab immigrants have become a part of Venezuelan flan. The owner noted this sweet is from her husband’s family recipe, started with a $4.50 order of patcones, or local gastronomy. and that she is the only one allowed to plantain patties. More substantial than the make it. She explained the mix of potent usual fried plantain chips, these had the coffee and flan is exactly what she would serve guests heft of falafel with a subtly crisp exterior. The slight declared, “This makes me want to travel.” at home. This feeling of homespun hospitality and the tang of the plantain was pleasantly balanced by the Next up was one of the arepas, in this case the unique, fresh flavors make Zudaka a welcome addithree dips of sour cream, salsa, and delicate and $5.25 zudaka version. Resembling a petite take on a tion to both the ethnic and meatless dining scene. smooth Venezuela guacamole. Inspired by the flavors pita sandwich, there was nothing derogatory about Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com and humble but colorful folk art setting, Cami this blend of meatless beef, salsa, guacamole and
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ell, you know the saying, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” I’m not a good listener. I suppose that’s not breaking news. I’m taking an old favorite and tweaking it. Just a little, mind you, but still tweaking. In honor of March, and the little leprechauns that I hang with on a daily basis, I’m making Shamrock Krispie Pops. What are they, you ask? I’m making Rice Krispie treats with a few adjustments, then shaping them into shamrocks, sticking them with a popsicle stick, dipping them in white chocolate and then dousing them with green sprinkles. I mean, who wouldn’t? Although this isn’t a treat you will see popping up on a Frasca menu anytime soon, it sure is a fun thing to do with the kids and the kid at heart. No matter how fancy-pants you are, Rice Krispie treats always somehow satisfy. This is where the “don’t fix it” part comes into play, because I am putting my own little twist on it. I am adding cinnamon and a wee bit of almond extract. Because we are dipping in white chocolate, this is a super-sweet, make-your-teeth-hurt kind of treat, and I think the additions cut down on that a bit, and make it more of a pleasure to eat. You could just pair it with a Guinness and call it a day, but I like the added ingredients, and think you will too. Either way, have that Guinness or three — it makes everything a bit more fun, including your preparation process, especially if there a lot of kids are involved. I mean, unless there are a lot kids involved, of course. You don’t have to cut these into the shamrock shapes, but gosh darn it, why wouldn’t you? Have a little fun, it’s March. People, I’m here for you all month with profound words of wisdom like, “Have fun, it’s March.” Now, follow the directions, put some love into it and invite me over when
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Shamrock Krispie Pops 1/4 cup unsalted butter 40 large marshmallows Pinch of salt 1/2 tsp. cinnamon 1/4 tsp. almond extract 5 cups Rice Krispie Cereal 1 cup white chocolate chips Green sprinkles 12-14 popsicle sticks Line a 9-inch-by-13-inch baking pan with foil or parchment paper. Grease with butter or non-stick cooking spray. In a medium saucepan, melt butter. Make sure pan is coated with butter. Add in marshmallows and let melt slowly. Stir in salt, cinnamon and almond extract, stir until smooth. Spray a large bowl with non-stick cooking spray. Add the cereal to bowl. Pour melted marshmallow mix over top of cereal. Stir gently. Press down into prepared pan. Spray your hands with cooking spray or run under cold water and it won’t stick as you press down. Let set for at least an hour. Pull treats out of pan and fold down foil. Using a shamrock cookie cutter, cut out at least 10 shamrocks (piece together scraps, press together and make an extra shamrock or two). Melt white chocolate slowly over low heat in small saucepan or in bowl in microwave. Stick popsicle or lollipop stick gently in shamrock, through the stem. Frost the top with white chocolate, top with green sprinkles. Let set. Enjoy! Note: You can just cut into squares and top with white chocolate. You can watch the Dessert Diva every Monday at 8:35 a.m. on Channel 2. To contact Danette at the station, visit 2thedeuce.com, and click on Daybreak on the Deuce. To chat and/or send comments and suggestions, write to jdromega@aol.com.
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TIDBITES Food happenings around town
Gluten-free pizza crust spreads Boulder-based Gluten Free Bistro has signed 14 more Nick-N-Willy’s locations to offer its gluten-free pizza crust. The additional Nick-N-Willy’s shops are in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, South Dakota and Kansas. Nick-N-Willy’s is offering its Signature Pizzas, like the Aegean, Big Kahuna or the Magellan, along with its Ultimate Pizzas and Build Your Own selections, atop a gluten-free crust for dining in or take-n-bake. Colorado and Utah locations of Nick-n-Willy’s already offer a glutenfree crust. The Gluten Free Bistro was founded by three gluten-intolerant Boulder locals who were dissatisfied with the gluten-free foods available. Visit www.theglutenfreebistro.com for a complete directory of restaurants that carry their products, or call 720329-3254. Chocolate fest coming The Colorado Chocolate Festival is encouraging people to celebrate moms with chocolate this Mother’s Day at its two-day event May 6-7. Starting on that Friday evening and continuing all day on Saturday, the Festival will be held at the Denver Merchandise Mart and will feature chocolate vendors from around the nation. Visitors will have the chance to sample and buy a variety of chocolates. Admission to the event is free this year, although Taste Tickets — tickets for sampling — can be purchased online at $10 for 12 tickets and $20 for 25 tickets, or at the door for $1 per ticket. For more information, visit www. chocolate-festival.org.
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et another 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.
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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.
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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’t-miss salted caramel chocolate tart.
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as Palmeras is a classic family-friendly Mexican joint with all the staple items of the classic menu. Fajitas, burritos and rellenos are present and accounted for. There are also 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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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. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com Boulder Weekly
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March 21-April 19:
Like Bob Dylan in his 1962 song “A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall,” you’ve done a lot of rough and tumble living lately. You’ve “stumbled on the side of 12 misty mountains.” You’ve “stepped in the middle of seven sad forests.” You’ve “been out in front of a dozen dead oceans.” Maybe most wrenching of all, you’ve “seen a highway of diamonds with nobody on it.” The good news is that the hard rain will end soon. In these last days of the downpour, I suggest you trigger a catharsis for yourself. Consider doing something like what Dylan did: “I’ll think it and speak it and breathe it / And reflect it from the mountain so all souls can see it.”
TAURUS
April 20-May 20:
Mythologist Michael Meade says that the essential nature of every human soul is gifted, noble, and wounded. I agree. Cynics who exaggerate how messed-up we all are, ignoring our beauty, are just as unrealistic as naive optimists. But because the cynics have a disproportionately potent influence on the zeitgeist, they make it harder for us to evaluate our problems with a wise and balanced perspective. Many of us feel cursed by the apparent incurability of our wounds, while others, rebelling against the curse, underestimate how wounded they are. Mead says: “Those who think they are not wounded in ways that need conscious attention and careful healing are usually the most wounded of all.” Your task in the next few weeks, Taurus, is to make a realistic appraisal of your wounds.
GEMINI
May 21-June 20:
Metallica’s frontman James Hetfield brashly bragged to Revolver magazine that he was proud his music was used to torture prisoners at the U.S. military’s detention camp in Guantanamo Bay. I urge you to make a more careful and measured assessment of the influences that you personally put out into the world. It’s time to find out how closely your intentions match your actual impact — and to correct any discrepancies. How are people affected by the vibes you exude and the products you offer and the words you utter and the actions you undertake?
CANCER June 21-July 22:
“In the absence of clearly-defined goals,” said Cancerian writer Robert Heinlein, “we become strangely loyal to performing daily trivia until ultimately we become enslaved by it.” If this description is even a partial match for the life you’re living, now is an excellent time to address the problem. You have far more power than usual to identify and define worthy goals — both the short-term and long-term variety. If you take advantage of this opportunity, you will find a better use for the energy that’s currently locked up in your enslavement to daily trivia.
LEO
July 23-Aug. 22:
As I was mulling over your astrological omens, I came across a short poem that aptly embodies the meaning of this moment for you. It’s by Richard Wright, and goes like this: “Coming from the woods / A bull has a lilac sprig / Dangling from a horn.” Here’s one way to interpret this symbolic scene: Primal power is emerging into a clearing from out of the deep darkness. It is bringing with it a touch of lithe and blithe beauty — a happy accident.
VIRGO
Aug. 23-Sept. 22:
As I see it, you have one potential enemy in the coming weeks: a manic longing for perfection. It’s OK to feel that longing as a mild ache. But if you allow it to grow into a burning obsession, you will probably undo yourself at every turn. You may even sabotage some of the good work you’ve done. My recommendation, then, is to give yourself the luxury of welcoming partial success, limited results, and useful mistakes. Paradoxically, cultivating that approach will give you the best chance at getting lots of things done. Here’s your motto for the week, courtesy of Theodore Roosevelt: “Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.”
LIBRA
Sept. 23-Oct. 22:
When I was 9 years old, one of my favorite jokes went like this: “What’s worse than biting into an apple and finding a worm? Give up? Biting into an apple and finding half a worm.” According to my reading of the astrological omens, Libra, that’s a good piece of information for you to keep in mind right now. If and when a serpent offers you an apple,
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SCORPIO Oct. 23-Nov. 21:
Normally we think of a garbage dump as a spot where we go to get rid of trash and outworn stuff we no longer need. It emits a stench that wafts a great distance, and it’s a not a place where you wear your finery. But there is a dump in northern Idaho that diverges slightly from that description. It has the usual acres of rubbish, but also features a bonus area that the locals call “The Mall.” This is where people dispose of junk that might not actually be junk. It has no use for them any more, but they recognize that others might find value in it. It was at The Mall where my friend Peter found a perfectly good chainsaw that had a minor glitch he easily fixed. I suspect that life may be like that dump for you in the coming week: a wasteland with perks.
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SAGITTARIUS Nov. 22-Dec. 21:
According to Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges, time “is a tiger that devours me, but I am the tiger; it is a fire that consumes me, but I am the fire.” I believe he meant for that statement to be true for all of us. Luckily for you, though, you’ll soon be getting a temporary exemption. For a while, you’ll be more like the tiger than the one the tiger devours; you will have more in common with the fire than with the one consumed by the fire. In other words, Sagittarius, you will have more power than usual to outwit the tyrannies of time. Are you ready to take advantage? You’re primed to claim more slack, more wiggle room, more permission.
CAPRICORN Dec. 22-Jan. 19:
San Francisco band Smash-Up Derby approaches their music-making with a spirit that might be useful for you to emulate in the coming week, Capricorn. Each of their songs is a blend of two famous tunes. Typically, the instrumentalists play a rock song while the singers do a pop hit with a similar chord progression. Imagine hearing the guitars, bass, and drums play Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit” while the lead vocalist croons Lady Gaga’s “Bad Romance.” The crucial part of their ongoing experiment is that it works. The sound coming from the stage isn’t a confusing assault. You could pull off a challenge like that: combining disparate elements with raucous grace.
AQUARIUS Jan. 20-Feb. 18:
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PISCES
Feb. 19-March 20:
If I had to come up with a title for the next phase of your astrological cycle, it might be “Gathering Up.” The way I see it, you should focus on collecting any resources that are missing from your reserves. You should hone skills that are still too weak to get you where you want to go, and you should attract the committed support of allies who can help you carry out your dreams and schemes. Don’t be shy about assembling the necessities, Pisces. Experiment with being slightly voracious.
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