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Highroad How do you like subsidizing corporate crime? by Jim Hightower

eadlines periodically blare that this regulator or that has imposed another jawdropping assessment on some gross polluter or other corporate criminal. “Justice Department Slaps BP with $20.8 Billion Punishment,” the media shouted months after the oil behemoth spewed billions of gallons of crude into the Gulf of Mexico. That’ll teach ’em! Hardly. Corporate lawbreakers have

colluded with Washington lawmakers to cut a sweetheart deal: Corporations are allowed to deduct huge chunks of their “punishment” from their corporate taxes, effectively forcing us common taxpayers to subsidize their criminality. The U.S. Public Interest Research Group recently analyzed the government’s 10 biggest settlements with corporate violators, finding that 60 percent of the total was quietly classified as tax deductible. For example, rather than BP taking the full $20.8 billion hit that had been so widely publicized, it was allowed — without fanfare — to treat more than $15 billion of it as a tax deductible “cost of doing business.” That was on top of $37 billion in Gulf clean-up costs BP had already deducted from the taxes it owed to our public treasury. Similarly, in 2013 JPMorgan Chase signed a $13 billion settlement for defrauding investors, but $11 billion of that was eligi-

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ble for a tax write-off — just part of a corporation’s routine expenses. As PIRG rightly points out, when these settlements are allowed to be tax deductible, our leaders are sending a message to huge corporations like BP and JPMorgan Chase that polluting our environment and ripping off the American people are acceptable ways of doing business. Not only that, it also sends a message that it’s OK to make ordinary taxpayers subsidize these corporation’s nefarious behaviors. To learn more, check out the report at www. uspirg.org. This opinion column does not necessarily reflect the views of Boulder Weekly. Boulder Weekly

anderson files Syria: A different perspective by Dave Anderson

ive years ago, the people of Syria rebelled in peaceful protests for political freedom and social justice, which were inspired by the “Arab Spring” in Tunisia and Egypt. People from many political, ethnic and religious backgrounds participated. The regime of Bashir al-Assad responded with incredible violence. In their recently published book called Burning Country: Syrians in Revolution and War, Robin YassinKassab and Leila Al-Shami say: “Revolutionary Syrians often describe their first protest as an ecstatic event, as a kind of rebirth. The regime’s savage response was a baptism of horror after which there was no going back. “Eventually, as soldiers defected and civilians took up arms to defend their communities, the revolution militarized. And then when the state collapsed or was beaten back, people set up local councils, aid distribution networks, radio stations and newspapers, expressing com munal solidarity in the most creative and practical ways.” Robin Yassin-Kassab is a regular commentator on Syria and the Middle East for mainstream and leftwing publications as well as the author of the novel The Road from Damascus about a young British man whose parents come from Syria. The father is a secular pan-Arabist intellectual, and the mother is conservative and religious. Leila Al-Shami is a founding member of Tahrir-ICN, a network that tries to connect “anti-authoritarian struggles” across the Middle East, North Africa and Europe. On April 7, they will speak and sign books at the Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl Street, at 7:30 p.m. Their book tells a detailed and well-documented story which is invig-

orating, depressing and very complicated. They offer testimonies from opposition fighters, exiles in refugee camps and human rights activists. Mainstream accounts frame the Syrian conflict as civil war (regime versus insurgents), sectarian war (Shiites versus Sunnis), and/or proxy war (Russia versus the U.S. and Iran versus Turkey and the Gulf states). The authors include those clashes as part of their story. But things are more convoluted. From the beginning, the Assad regime claimed all of the opponents were al-Qaeda types. As if to make that assertion come true, the regime went after the non-violent and nonsectarian protesters with ferocity while releasing the worst Islamist extremists from jail. Later, a study showed that the regime and ISIS avoided fighting each other. Russia, Iran and Hezbollah from early on massively intervened on the side of the regime, quite possibly saving it from collapse. The authors show that the “international community” responded with pious words but little aid to the rebels. The authors say supplies from U.S.-allied regional states were also intermittent. The tap was turned on and then off again when any progress was made. When the Free Syrian Army (FSA) won a victory, the weapons dried up, but when Assad’s forces surged back, the supply was resumed. They say, “The (unrealized) aim was to bring Assad to the negotiating table, never to end his failed regime.” Apparently the U.S. was afraid that the Islamists would benefit if it fully supported the FSA. The authors note: “In the end of course, Islamists benefitted beyond their wildest dreams from American reserve. Starved for funds,

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letters The wrong GMO question

Joel Dyer [Re: “Dyertimes,” March 17] laments the lack of action on GMOs by Boulder County on countyowned land. The failure is quite simple, and it’s the anti-GMO crowd, not the commissioners, who screwed up. They chose the wrong battle. The problem isn’t GMO’s per se; it’s that particular GMO’s allow, even encourage, massive over-use of pesticides. The problem has been re-stated often enough: way too much glyphosate, and used in ways that it can’t clear from the crop and the soil. If you presented the county with evidence of serious residues of glyphosate in crops grown on county land, you’d have an open-and-shut case. There’s a huge difference between GE to create resistance to pesticides, and GE to create resistance to diseases. Just imagine, for example, if tomatoes could be genetically modified to have resistance to Verticillium and Fusarium Wilts! Oh, wait, that’s already been done, but by conventional breeding instead of gene-splicing. But it’s genetic modification, and it works, and we accept it because the result is what we want: less use of pesticides, not more. Imagine if apple rootstock could be engineered (one way or another) to be resistant to fireblight. Would you accept that as an alternative to the fact that commercial orchards are sprayed with an antibiotic — did you know that? Lesser of evils? Choose the right battle! Saying “GMOs are bad” is as simplistic and wrong as “Drugs are bad.” Sorry, but you have to think and discriminate more than that. Dick Dunn/Hygiene

And another thing about Trump

I promised myself not to say anything more about Trump until the American people stop him at the polls in November, but apparently cannot control myself unfortunately. He was caught on tape looking down in his lap, marveling at his hands and then reflected on his gene pool, saying how much he admired his strong German genes. As a man of mixed colors this is at the center of my personal problem with him. I really don’t wanna start hearing about any superior genes, ergo races, so called inferior cultures, what have you, that’s all. Way too dangerous a conversation with this guy and his irrational following or “movement.” Thanks, Grant D. Cyrus/Boulder

A crossroads

We find ourselves introspective, contemplating our future through our past. Massive discontent with the “status quo” manifests itself via waving signs and ballots in favor of a rabid real estate tycoon or a selfproclaimed socialist from the most rural state in the Union. In nearly every way the protest is the same. But the angst arises from a misplaced accusation: government did not get us into our mess alone, or even mostly, though the efforts expended by GOP fools on the Hill accomplished plenty. These snakeoil salesmen seems determined to prevent Barack Obama doing anything the least bit presidential. Mitch McConnell admits it when he states that the next Chief Executive see LETTERS Page 8

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should select a Supreme Court justice, whoever it is. Really? McConnell represents a state that may have decent high schools, but I couldn’t swear by it. Every eighth grader I have known can tell you that the President of the United States is elected by everyone. If that isn’t “let[ting] the People choose” the next high court occupant, what is? I wonder if many of these Republicans call Obama “boy” in private. Their contempt has us in a hole. Can we dig out of it? Not with the tools offered us now. Some wonder if Trump is a Democratic plant, sent to torpedo the GOP for good. An attractive object, but too far out even for a conspiracist like myself. But what if he is some kind of a “stalking horse” for someone even less palatable to our true democratic sensibilities? Imagine a deadlocked convention, riots like 1968 in Chicago, and Governor Kasich needing to call out the National Guard. Oh, the irony. This year’s GOP convention is in Cleveland, sharing the state where Kent State is and happened. What kind of “white knight” might certain elements “discover” to relieve the pressure? Actually, the one who comes closest to reality for me is Sanders. The perps we should seize and depose are the ones — the only ones — who benefit both from immigration and stagnation, from inflation as well as deflation. They have been called the 1 percent,

but who signs the pink slip is irrelevant; it’s just as pink regardless. The sad truth is that a President can do little at most to undo the moneyed stranglehold in which our society and economy exist. The last one who tried was shot down in Texas. I sense a dark period in our collective near future — a kink in our history, or worse. There is no whiff of compromise, no gentility, and no overarching sense of reason. The rest of the world laughs its socks off, while harboring tangible fear of what may become of what has passed for western civilization. I have always hoped we put the genie back in the bottle in late April 1945. Ominous quaking in the base of the American pyramid gives me pause. I have long told those who would listen that “it” can happen here. To doubt that is to usher it in. Gregory Iwan/Longmont

Open letter to Boulder City Council members

After reading the Boulder Daily Camera story about the many qualified applicants for the Transportation Advisory Board I want to encourage you to appoint Anna Reid, a paralegal with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for Boulder’s Transportation Advisory Board. She is the most qualified and obvisee LETTERS Page 9

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guns and ammunition, the moderate leadership was unable to win loyalty or establish central control and discipline. Many of its fighters either despaired and left the country or gravitated toward the much better-funded Islamist brigades.” At a launch of the book in January, sponsored by Amnesty International UK in London, Yassin-Kassab was asked who the worst foreign actors were. He said that all of them were bad but Russia was the worst and Iran was the second worst. As a leftist, he was bitter that many prominent left writers in Europe and the U.S. are apologists for Assad and Vladimir Putin. He said that if the U.S.

had responded to the rebellion against the Mubarak regime in Egypt (a U.S. client) the way that Russia responded to the rebellion against Assad in Syria (a long-time client of the Soviet Union and then Russia), the left would have been united in outraged protest. A ceasefire was recently negotiated. Putin announced a partial withdrawal but his fighter jets are still bombing civilians. Nevertheless, the non-violent resistance has re-emerged. On March 4, there were over 100 protests against Assad all over Syria. The revolution isn’t dead. This opinion column does not necessarily reflect the views of Boulder Weekly. Boulder Weekly

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ous person to round out the other members of the board and bring added perspective. Thanks for your consideration. I do not know Anna. My reason to endorse her for the position is the overwhelming data that proves “livable communities” must serve the most vulnerable; low income, people with special abilities, people with small children and/or the elderly. By doing this, the transportation system will serve everyone. The board members needs to represent those with the most need for varied and improved transportation options. Deborah Holvey/Boulder

shelter is due to close shortly. The Point in Time for 2015, counted (an under count) of 3,456 homeless persons in Denver are experiencing homelessness on any given night. The city lists 1,500 emergency shelter beds (mostly mats). So mathematically this is 9 people for 4 beds, meaning that its impossible for all our homeless to have shelter as there aren’t enough.   As the mayor of our great city of

Denver, which has recently been named the best city in the U.S. to live in, you have a great responsibility as our elected official to see to it that all citizens receive the best to enjoy our great city’s lifestyle. It has been said, “The measure of a society is how they treat their weakest and most vulnerable members.” Our brothers and sisters currently residing on our streets are them.  Again on the behalf of DHOL, we

implore you to immediately call off the sweeps. In the article, a noted leader in our community and nationally recognized, John Parvensky stated, ”Criminalization isn’t the answer.” We are looking forward to working with you on this crisis in the most humane manner for the benefit of our houseless and housed citizens in this beautiful city of Denver. Thank you for your time.  Denver Homeless Outloud

Religious test?

We do have a religious test to come into the U.S. We do not allow practitioners of religions like headhunting and cannibalism to come to the U.S. to practice cannibalism and headhunting. All of you are misleading people by not telling them that religious freedom does not extend to religions that engage in human sacrifice and so the Constitution does not protect all religious beliefs as you liars in the press claim. And this includes the human sacrifice promoted by the religion of Islam. David Vallaire/via Internet

Open letter to The Honorable Mayor Hancock:

On behalf of DHOL, (Denver Homeless Outloud), we plead with you that under your authority as our mayor, that you order an immediate stop to the inhumane ongoing sweep of our houseless brothers and sisters.   Houseless people through no fault of their own living in public space, have no choice but to use tarps, tents, sleeping bags, anything for shelter that is in direct violation of the urban camping band.   The city is stating that the meager possessions they have to survive will be confiscated, placed into lockers, and stored for 30 days. Mayor Hancock, our question is with nothing, how are these people supposed to survive? Kindly explain to us sir, how without an ID can they retrieve their possessions? Walking around without an ID leaves them vulnerable for arrest now adding to their traumatic fate.  City officials states, “No shelters have turned away any homeless people.” Showing no disrespect sir, this is not true. What is not being stated is that shelters operate on a lottery system Monday through Friday. Overflow mostly after 7 p.m. do not accept anyone. Soon the E Boulder Weekly

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hen I first meet Juan de ing public health initiatives in the midst Dios García, he’s laughof Guatemala’s civil war. He was even ing. His dark eyes twintortured by the military for his social kle as his dimples indent work, Juan says, to the point that he and his smile broadens. changed the family name for protection. But there is something else behind his “We had to change our name, our eyes that belie his smile. identity, just to survive. My real name is Our conversation quickly takes a not Juan de Dios García,” he says. “This serious turn. As we sit down across from idea of looking for justice, that also is Courtesy of ADIVIMA one another with a translator, he leans very personal because my father is a surin, resting his forearms on his knees and vivor. ... From the time I was young, I clasping his hands together. He looks was really interested in supporting the me directly in the eye as he speaks, even community.” though he knows I can’t understand his Drawing inspiration from his father, language. He describes the tragic events he worked with an organization that that brought him here — the situation supports women and children suffering that drove him to flee his home country psychological and physical violence of Guatemala with his wife and three before joining ADIVIMA. “When they children. It’s a hard story that includes asked me to come and work with everything from village massacres to ADIVIMA and the objective was to having his own life threatened. seek justice, that is something that I can “In Guatemala, there has been a sysreally identify with,” he says. “We really tematic violation of the rights, principalfelt that we needed to look for justice ly of indigenous peoples, who struggle to and hold those who were responsible for defend nature and natural resources,” the massacres accountable.” Juan says. “This policy of expropriation Juan and ADIVIMA have worked and the economic interests of governtirelessly for their cause, seeking justice ments and investors, both national and both in the form of reparations for surinternational, have always found a way vivors of the massacres and through the Juan de Dios García has worked tirelessly to guarantee reparations for indigenous Maya Achí people in Guatemala. to abuse or take advantage of these criminal justice system. resources.” “We always felt that the two things Courtesy of ADIVIMA Juan is the executive director of the went hand-in-hand,” Juan says. “You Association for the Integral have a negative feeling if you get reparaDevelopment of the Victims of Violence tions but then the people who had in the Verapaces, Maya Achí caused the massacres, who violated your (ADIVIMA), a nonprofit human rights rights, are still walking around in the and development organization in streets. Guatemala. The organization was “... And these two types of justice founded in 1994 by survivors of the have their own particularities. The crimiChixoy massacres in Rabinal, a region nal justice, that’s something that you long populated by the Maya Achí peocan’t negotiate. You don’t sit down at a ple. Juan, from Rabinal himself, became table and dialogue. You need judges the executive director of ADIVIMA in there, it’s a question of people’s lives and 1999. there are clear laws and court systems to Beginning in 1980, funding from the resolve that,” he says. “For the other World Bank, Inter-American things, for the economic, cultural and Development Bank and a few other environmental aspects, this is really all a investment banks helped build the the question of meeting with the actors and Chixoy hydroelectric dam, roughly 200 discussing with them how they are going kilometers north of Guatemala City. But to fulfill their responsibilities to provide Survivors of the Chixoy massacre gather to demand reparations at their first the dam required the flooding of Maya these things.” demonstration in 2004. Achí communities in the valley and First, ADIVIMA focused its efforts some of the indigenous people refused on prosecuting the paramilitaries in to leave their homes, their land and their livelihoods; deaths resulted in a loss of 20 percent of the populacourt. In a decade, they have seen nine paramilitaries others tried to return after finding poor resettlement tion, left thousands of widows and unprotected sentenced for the massacres. In these cases, the orgaconditions. They were met by Guatemalan military orphans without resources to survive, and tore the nization advocated for prison sentences rather than and paramilitaries who killed 444 people in the village social fabric of the community,” ADIVIMA’s website the death penalty, adhering to their belief in the sancof Rio Negro alone. states. tity of life, Juan says. “Paramilitaries were allied with the government In the end, over 30 Mayan villages were destroyed “Even after there was some justice and some of and really the force of the destruction came on orders and thousands of people were relocated away from the the people responsible were put in jail, still the [surfrom the president,” Juan says. “And the military colriver. Although Juan didn’t lose any family or land at viving] families and the people remaining were in laborated with the paramilitary who carried out the the time, he later met his wife who is the only surviextreme poverty,” he continues. “And what good is actions.” vor of her family. having people in jail if people, as a result of [their ADIVIMA estimates that between 1980 and ’84, And Juan’s father was always deeply involved in See INDIGENOUS Page 11 4,000 people were murdered by paramilitaries. “Those the community, helping to build schools and promot10 March 24, 2016

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actions], people are still very poor? American country, speAnd that’s when we decided we cifically for its military. needed to look for justice in the It also withheld U.S.’ form of reparations.” contribution to both In 2004, Juan and ADIVIMA the World Bank and began advising the local communithe Inter-American ties in seeking reparations. Through Juan with then president of Guatemala, Otto Development Bank Pérez Molina, in 2014, at a ceremony officially intensive negotiations with governuntil the Guatemalan implementing the reparations plan. ment officials and with international government began observers such as Organization of making payments to American States, a deal was reached in 2010 that the survivors of the massacres. The first check was promised $154.5 million in reparations to the survifinally delivered in October 2015. vors of the massacres. However, as years went by and But the bill affects more than just Guatemala. the government didn’t comply, Juan didn’t back down “This U.S. legislation puts pressure on all multilateral and began looking for international allies. In 2012, he banks,” Juan says. “The African Development Bank, traveled to Washington D.C. and met with members the Asian Development Bank ... and it has conditions of the U.S. Senate. Because of these conversations, the on U.S. money going to them that says they can’t 2014 Senate foreign appropriations bill contained lan- invest in natural resource exploitation without conguage essentially forcing the Guatemalan government sulting with communities.” to make good on its reparation promises. Juan says the current model that relies on developThe bill cut off U.S. funding to the Central ment banks and business investors to develop natural

resources without consulting local communities is dangerous. Not only could it result in further atrocities such as the Chixoy massacre, but also it fails to develop the community at all. In Rabinal, for example, the companies building the Chixoy dam didn’t hire any locals for the construction or maintenance of the project. Instead they were relocated and have been living in poverty every since. There are reports of families living on one meal a day, lacking access to basic medical care and schools. Plus, “Now 30 years later, the communities finally got electricity despite the fact that their lands were generating electricity for others,” Juan says. “There was a complete destruction of the community’s social fabric. And so this is really a model that has been demonstrated to be ineffective.” Juan and ADIVIMA continue to bring their story to Washington trying to make sure the critical language affecting Guatemala’s reparation plan remains in the each year’s foreign appropriations bill. But this only partially explains why Juan uprooted his family See INDIGENOUS Page 12

Remembering Berta Cáceres by Angela K. Evans

n the early morning of March 3, 2016, prominent environmental and indigenous rights activist Berta Cáceres was killed while sleeping in her bed in Honduras. Cáceres was known for her outspoken yet peaceful campaign against the Agua Zarca hydroelectric project on the Gualcarque River. She was also a grantee of Boulder-based nonprofit Global Greengrants Fund, which supports grassroots environmental actions throughout the world. “She is, was, a really warm, sparkly-eyed, funny, laughing woman who took her work very seriously,” says Justine Reed, vice president and executive director of Global Greengrants Fund, who worked personally with Cáceres on several occasions. “She came from a long line of feisty women, and she herself was feisty.” Raised by a strong woman who took in refugees from the civil war in neighboring El Salvador when she was young, in 1993 Cáceres cofounded the National Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (COPINH) to advocate for the rights of the indigenous Lenca people on issues that threaten their livelihood, including illegal logging. Starting in 2006, Cáceres rallied behind community members in opposition to the Agua Zarca project on the Gualcarque River in western Honduras. “It wasn’t so much that she had her specific agenda of what individual action should be,” Reed says. “She was very committed to building consensus within the community, getting the community to have a voice and then taking that voice and fighting for it.” With funding from international banks and international hydroelectric companies, the dam project was approved without consultation from the local indigenous people, who consider the river sacred. Although formal complaints filed with both the Honduran government and Inter-American Human Rights Commission failed to stop the project moving forward, Cáceres organized a road blockade, with around-theclock vigilance, preventing further development. “Her feeling was that there was a lot of criminal activity and out-right lying that the local and national government was doing to assure these international investors that all was good,” Reed says. Boulder Weekly

provokes intimidation and threats to those who lead these organizations.” Reed says Cáceres was very aware of the threats to her life and went into hiding several times to protect both herself and her family, including three grown children and one grandchild. But she also wasn’t one to back down. Throughout 2013, the group maintained their “She felt very strongly that you have to be peaceful position until some major investors pulled out informed,” Reed says. “And you have to stand up for of the project completely. These efforts won Cáceres your people and you have to protect your family and the 2015 Goldman Environmental Prize for Central your community and your livelihood. That’s the way she and South America. “Of all people I thought she was led her life. She spoke very safer because she had a Courtesy of Global Greengrants Fund actively, and ironically more broader audience, a bigger consistently, about the likeliplatform, a larger stage and hood that she would die at that she would be much the hands of somebody harder for someone to take because of the work she action against because it did.” wouldn’t be easy to hide,” Cáceres continued to Reed says. “And I was fight against the ongoing wrong.” multi-dam Agua Zarca Honduras saw 101 enviproject until her assassinaronmental activists murtion on March 3. dered between 2010 and Twelve days later, her 2014 alone. The country colleague at COPINH, was deemed the most danNelson García, was shot gerous in the world per on his way home from capita for such activists by working with a Lenca comGlobal Witness, a nonprofit munity facing forced evicinvestigating human rights tion by military police. and environmental abuses Since then, other internaaround the world. tional investors have pulled “Since the mid 2000s funding for the project the governments of the amidst increasing internaCentral American region tional pressure for protechave been governments in tion of activists in the service of businesses, Honduras as well as an whose powers lie in foreign independent investigation businesses and not the Berta Cáceres, left, with Global Greengrants Fund into the killings. authorities that we as citiDirector of Communications Katy Neusteter in “If we don’t let zens elect to serve us,” 2014. [Cáceres] death go, if we wrote Ibis Colindres, just insist on justice, if we Honduran advisor for insist on shining the light on this, if we insist that it Global Greengrants Fund, in an email. “They don’t not be swept under the rug and that we get the understand why social movements oppose the projects answers, I think she will feel like she accomplished that they want to develop. The governments do very something, even in her death,” Reed says. “That’s little to guarantee the state of rights of the citizens, important, not only for her, but it’s important to and when they emit concessions, they don’t apply the give the message to the other Bertas out there, that international conventions and they disrespect people’s we will pay attention and they are not alone.” rights. It’s a situation that provokes social conflicts, and March 24, 2016 11

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and moved to the U.S. “It’s a very complicated situation in Guatemala. All of the activists, all of the defenders of human rights of the environment have basically become enemies of the state,” Juan says. “And it’s not just in Guatemala, it’s throughout the region. Activists, anyone defending the environment, defending human rights are facing prison, assassination, persecution, and this has hurt us tremendously.” Here Juan takes a long pause as he bows his head and becomes emotional. It is March 3, the day his friend and fellow environmental activist Berta Cáceres, who worked tirelessly against an internationally-financed hydroelectric dam project, was assassinated in neighboring Honduras. (See sidebar on page 11.) “I’m here for that same reason, I had to escape that,” he says. “I have to think every day about all the people who are back there who are in danger, and it really hurts.” With the news of Berta’s death still fresh, Juan lists off other activists he’s worried about in Central America. “I wish I could be invisible and go there and protect them,” he says. I watch as Juan’s demeanor changes again, this time from a moment of overwhelming grief to indignation. “I repudiate these terrible acts and I demand of the president of Honduras that he hold the people Wikimedia Commons accountable for these terrible acts that killed Berta, a dear friend,” he says. His voice begins to crack and the conversation pauses again, as we all — Juan, the translator and me — struggle to maintain composure. Eventually, I ask Juan about the threats he experienced in Guatemala. “Throughout my work on this, I’ve been subject to threats,” Juan says. “But it was after the reparations law and policies that things became more seriThousands of indigenous people were forced from their ous.” homes or massacred to make room for the Chixoy hydroelectric dam, which began flooding the region in In 2013, Juan found 1984. explosives hidden in his car and his children’s school reported suspicious people monitoring his two daughters and his son. There were also people stationed at the entrance to his community who would harass him anytime he left his house. Furthermore, Juan claims even the Guatemalan president himself publically threatened him on national T.V. through an attempt to discredit his work by saying he wasn’t Mayan but actually Cuban. Soon after these threats, Juan moved his family to Colorado, where he currently resides. Although he often considers returning home, his fellow activists in Guatemala tell him it’s still too dangerous, that actually things are just getting worse. “But as I’ve always said, any obstacle can turn into an opportunity,” Juan says. “So being here has allowed me to travel to Washington all the time and work more there.” Also, with the help of technology, he continues to work with ADIVIMA. And he is a long-distance interpreter for four different Mayan languages with an organization supporting unaccompanied children in immigration courts. Although he can’t go home, Juan is committed to seeing the reparations paid to the Maya Achí people in full. The next payment is expected in April, with complete payment promised in 15 years. But Juan says the struggle, and his fight for justice, will continue his whole life. “The essential things are the natural resources. They are our mother and they are our God. The other thing is this issue of access, especially access to justice. Indigenous people have been excluded, marginalized, from decisions,” Juan says. “It’s a huge challenge but we hope to see at some point this change in inequality. ... it’s a result of the hatred people have towards indigenous peoples, and we hope that we can reverse that and begin to leave in peace and harmony.” Boulder Weekly

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exempt them from rules determined by county was sued after it enacted oil local municipalities, the bill says. and gas drilling regulations. The case Lastly, the bill notes the demowent to the state Supreme Court, and graphic and geographical differences the county won. Since, however, within the state — from the West Joswick says the state and industry Slope to the Front Range, mountains to have been working together to plains — and codifies that current state advance oil and gas interests, and rules regarding the maneuver around siting of oil and whatever existing gas facilities prolegislation stands vide “ineffective in their way. protection” for “Local authorimany communities ty is a thorn in IS A THORN IN THEIR in the incongruous their collective COLLECTIVE SIDES AND Colorado landsides and one that scape. they will not tolerONE THAT THEY WILL Many environate; so they bully, NOT TOLERATE; SO THEY mentalists and coerce and lie to BULLY, COERCE AND LIE TO local officials agree thwart its exercise,” with the stateJoswick said. THWART ITS EXERCISE,” ments made in the Philip Doe, the — JOSH JOSWICK, bill, and the environmental FORMER LA PLATA COUNTY potential ramificadirector for the tions. Former La advocacy group Be COMMISSIONER Plata County The Change, Commissioner Josh recalled in a stateJoswick testified on ment how the March 21 about the benefits of Greeley City Council recently voted to HB 16-1355. overturn a city planning commission “By supporting this bill you can decision to disallow a zoning change on acknowledge that, as has been proven behalf of an oil and gas company that repeatedly, the state will not help local wanted to drill several wells. Doe governments, won’t help local commulamented the Council’s ruling that oil nities, but rather stands over them with and gas companies have superior propa threat of lawsuit if they so much as erty rights to the town’s citizens. raise one voice of concern,” Joswick “This legislation (HB 16-1355) will said. “You can breathe some life into not cure corrupt government, but it will the idea that local governments are not make it harder to ignore the will of the there just to do as they are told, but are people, the good of the whole, if you there to help their people when the will,” Doe wrote. state does not — which is most of the The State, Veterans and Military time.” Affairs committee will now consider Joswick said La Plata County was the bill and decide if it should be sent ground zero for the local control batto the state assembly for further considtle in Colorado, when in 1991, the eration.

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Thankfully, NASA conthe shock wave hit a few mintinued to track Apophis and utes later, a sonic boom that Scientists are working locally to track asteroids, of which there could be tens of thousands near Earth. has now eliminated the possisent glass flying into thoubility of an impact anytime sands of buildings and injured soon. more than 1,500 people. Predicting the path of an “We’ve been proposing a asteroid is a bit like forecasting new kind of survey instrument the trajectory of a hurricane. that will find more of these At any moment in time we objects,” Buie says. can measure the position, He’s been working with speed and direction of motion. 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landmass where it will freeze and stay frozen for a millennium. But to be sure of that, say the Potsdam team, at least 80 percent of the water would have to be pumped 700 kilometers inland. That would take more than 7 percent of the annual global primary energy supply just to balance the current rate of sea level rise. But even in a world recently committed to a warming of less than 2

of people worldwide, and in the long run can redraw the planet’s coastlines,” said Katja Frieler, the Potsdam scientist who led the study. The Antarctic ice sheet rises to 4,000 meters above sea level. In theory wind power could deliver energy to take the water far enough inland that it would not simply precipitate glacial discharge back into the sea. But that would mean engineers

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BUZZ ON THE BILL: Steve Hackett. 7 p.m. Monday, April 4, Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St, Boulder, 303-786-7030.

Tina Korhonen

Steve Hackett’s day job

The legendary prog guitarist dishes about staying sharp and the hardest classical piece ever

by Dave Kirby

ven among its most ardently faithful adherents, there’s little dispute that the glory days of progressive rock — at least relative to its commercial cachet — have long since disappeared below the receding horizon line. The recent sad demise of keyboardist Keith Emerson — reportedly despairing over the nerve-disease-induced loss of dexterity in his fingers — has most recently placed another punctuation mark on the first generation prog pioneers. Within that context, though, guitarist Steve Hackett remains a fond and faithful icon for first gen’ers. As guitarist for Genesis during their progressive rock era, roughly 1970 through 1977, Hackett balanced Tony Banks’ ghostly mellotron and Mike Rutherford’s latticed 12-string figures with tortured and agro electric melodies, employing then-unheard of tapping and sweep picking technique, dosing the band’s buoyant folk-based sound with urgency. Genesis, of course, went on toward arena-prog superstardom, and subsequent pop-rock popularity as singer Phil Collins helped turn the band into a singles machine in the 1980s. But Hackett, initially trading gently against his Genesis pedigree, stayed much closer to the band’s prog stylings, crafting a series of soaring, provocative solo albums that gave him the latitude to incorporate his classical acoustic playing and songwriting that his former band never fully exploited. Hackett brings his current band to Boulder on the second leg of a tour that started last year in support of Wolflight, his 24th solo album, and an unmistakable response to the cynics who still believe that prog rockers all eventually grow out of their fevered fantastical voyages and either toss in the towel or release endless live albums of glory-day retreads. From the sweeping orchestral flourishes shrouding Hackett’s low-register thematic melodies on the title track, the ELO-ish reveries of “The Wheel’s Turning” and the gut-kicking riffing of “Black Thunder,” Hackett manages unapologetic, big-sweep prestidigitation on a grand scale here; go full prog or go home. see HACKETT Page 32

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Old school, we suggested to Hackett, when we caught up with him a month ago. “Yeah, deliberately old-school experimentation,” he countered, “but experimentation nonetheless.” Not necessarily the easiest music to stage. “Well, you’re right. The two sets that I’ve been doing during the nightly shows are some of the most demanding stuff I’ve ever done. And much of that is due to the fact that solo stuff keeps changing, it keeps genre-hopping, and no matter how many times I’ve played the stuff, I’ve always got to be on my toes. ... “Although it’s been very demanding, it’s been hugely enjoyable when we come to the end of the show. (And I’m able to say, ‘Hey, I got through that alright.’) I marvel, for example, when I see some violist sailing through extraordinarily difficult stuff. But I think it’s a case of them practicing this subject matter since they were 6 and they know this stuff standing on their head in a bucket. Whereas, with your latest album, it has to get better over time. “It’s like back in the day with Genesis. Armando Gallo There were certain things that were very difficult to play early on, and then you hone it down and everyone knows what they’re doing. It’s about what you get right and the satisfaction you get from it, and the response you get from it from the audience.” Hackett has never been daunted by a technical challenge. He points to an album he did a few years ago called Tribute, a series of classical pieces performed on nylon string guitar, and one piece in particular. “The most difficult piece on that album was ‘Chaconne,’ which was written for violin. That was sort of my Everest. I started out with the most difficult track, I thought if I could crack that perhaps I could do the rest. Christopher Parkening was quoted in an interview once as saying Hackett stays true to his prog rock roots about the ‘Chaconne,’ ‘All technique is while still pushing the envelope. there. All classical guitar technique is there.’ So if you can crack that. “I’ve always tried to run before I could walk, I’m a bit naughty in that way. I’ve always tried to play way outside my capabilities.” One of the standout tracks on Wolflight is “Corycian Fire,” a brooding meditation on ancient ritual textured with Middle Eastern strings and Moroccan percussion, climaxing in sampled choirs exulting in ancient Greek, inspired by a trip Hackett took with his film director wife Jo Lehmann to Greece. And a grueling hike. “Yeah, the Corycian Cave. We were literally hiking for an hour and half, uphill, and getting very tired. I just thought, ‘Keep going… ’ because I knew my wife Jo was desperate to find this place and I didn’t want to let her down and be a party pooper. We eventually found the place; it was extraordinary. One of the spookiest places on Earth. It’s the place where divinations first took place, before the Oracle was moved to Delphi. “Jo wrote most of the lyrics, and in a way, really directed the piece a little bit like a film. When I first met her, we were going to work in film together. The film we were going to do didn’t come off, but in a sense this was a second chance for us to do something together.” Elsewhere on the CD, Hackett is joined by (recently deceased) Yes bassist Chris Squire, a longtime friend and erstwhile collaborator, on the poised and sprawling “Love Song to a Vampire.” “Chris and I, although we grew up separately, were in like-minded bands, with great players and great keyboard players,” Hackett says. “And with an appreciation of classical music and jazz. I think that was common to both bands. “We were like brothers, really. Of course he was the driving force behind Yes, which was his band and his baby from the word go. … Although he was bass player, he was really a lead player. Great singer and writer. I was very sorry when he passed on. But the last thing he recorded was ‘Love Song to a Vampire.’” And as for the Genesis material, which Hackett embraced fully a few years back with an entire touring show of old Genesis songs, he still affectionately devotes much of his live show nowadays to the “canon,” as he refers to it. “You’re quite right, I do do it with love, and I’m proud of it. I love doing it; the songs are what’s alive.” Boulder Weekly

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For King & Country are on an upward trajectory by Alan Sculley

quick look at the tour itinmendous feat. I mean, it was an amazhumility he tries to bring to For King erary of For King & ing experience. Because of that, I think & Country. Country is a good indicaWinter Jam will always hold a special “I want to be somebody that tries tion of how quickly this sib- place in our hearts.” not to take them (awards) seriously at ling duo of Luke and Joel Chances are the feeling is mutual all, other than it’s people coming Smallbone has risen through the ranks with Winter Jam’s organizers, as well as alongside of you saying ‘Hey, we’re Selma (film), 2014, PG13 of the Christian music scene. concert promoters from coast to coast. proud of what you’re doing. We THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4 The group’s headlining shows are In For King & Country, they have encourage you. Keep up the good either in large theaters or arenas, such booked a group whose two full-length work.’ I think that’s the best aspect of Courtesy of Word Entertainment as 1st Bank Center in an award,” he says. “We’re very, very Love Story (film), 1970, PG Broomfield on April 7. In the mean time, For grateful for it,” Luke says THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11 King & Country will of the Grammy. “But it wrap up a stint headlindoesn’t alter the reason ing Winter Jam, why we got into music. Christian music’s leading The reason why we got Amelie (film), 2001, R into music is because we THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18 annual package tour in early April. Luke believe there’s hope in Smallbone says he and music, and we believe THURSDAY, MARCH 24 his brother are very music can alter someCurved-Space appreciative of their sucbody’s day and can alter Comedy cess and want to make somebody’s life.” THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25 sure it doesn’t change The Smallbones’ path who they are or their into music seems logical goals as people. enough, considering the (film), 1969 “We’re very thankful background of some of Between the Folds for the opportunities their family members. THURSDAY, MARCH 31 (documentary), 2008 we’ve obviously been Born in Sydney, Australia, THURSDAY, MARCH 3 presented,” he says. “But their father (a concert I think there’s a responpromoter/artist manager), sibility when things moved the family to seemingly go your way. Nashville in 1991. The Secret of What do you do with In high school, the (film) Inish (film), 1994, PG that? Are you going to Roan brothers sang backup for THURSDAY, their older sister, the wellend up changing who THURSDAY, MARCH APRIL 7 17 ON THE BILL: For known Christian music you are or are you going King & Country. 7:30 singer and author Rebecca to continue on with the p.m. Thursday, April 7, $8 Admission St. James. And after gradmission you started out 1st Bank Center, 11450 Broomfield Lane, uating high school, they in music. ... We want to 6 pm Lounge & bar Broomfield, decided to form their own be people that are gener303-410-8497. 7:15 pm Films & group, releasing a debut ous, that are humble, and EP, A Tale of Two Towns, we want to be charactercomedy in our in 2008 before getting filled people. And that’s new theatre King & Country is an award-winning duo of brothers, and they strive signed by Warner Music our goal when we go out For to put on the most entertaining show as possible. 6 – 8 pm Museum Group. on any tour.” galleries open With the label deal in Luke Smallbone, in fact, credits the duo’s two previous out- albums — Crave (2012) and Run Wild. hand, the Smallbones chose the band name For King & Country and in 2011 ings on the Winter Jam tour — in Live Free. Love Strong. (2014) — each released a second EP, a self-titled 2012 and 2015 — with playing a part went top five on Billboard magazine’s in the upward trajectory of their career. Christian albums chart, while notching effort. A single from that release, IS A PROUD SPONSOR “Busted Heart (Hold On To Me”) “We have a lot of thanks to give three top-five Christian music singles. became a breakthrough single, reaching Winter Jam because Winter Jam was The Smallbone brothers topped off number three on Billboard’s Christian those achievements last year by win400 Quail Road | Longmont our first-ever tour that Joel and I did singles chart. back in 2012,” Luke says. “For Winter ning the Grammy for Best (303) 651-8374 This paved the way for the Crave Jam to be the first tour, which [it] was Contemporary Christian Album for longmontmuseum.org album, a second top-10 single in “The — there’s not too many tours where Run Wild. Live Free. Love Strong. you can get in front of 500,000 people Luke’s perspective on the Grammy to kind of launch our career was a trewin provides a good insight into the see SMALLBONES Page 35

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Proof of Your Love,” and then a setback for Luke Smallbone. On tour in summer 2013, he contracted ulcerative colitis and eventually landed in the hospital when the disease grew serious. Luke takes a good deal of the blame for the way is health deteriorated. “I got diagnosed Halloween of 2012 with colitis. I didn’t take it that seriously at the time,” he says. “I just kind of thought, ‘Hey, I need to just tough it out and I’ll be OK.’ And the reason I got so sick was because I didn’t listen to probably myself, knowing that gee, my body’s freaking out here. I need to kind of calm down a little bit. So I got really, really sick and the doctors were all like freaking out. I mean, it was a mess. And many times, doctors were saying, ‘You should be in a hospital right now,’ and you had other people say, ‘Hey, people don’t die of colitis. They die of their heart stopping because they’ve lost so much weight.’ And then I was sitting there at 125 pounds as a 6-foot-4-inch man. So you deal with a lot.” Luke eventually recovered, and For King & Country’s popularity only accelerated when Run Wild. Live Free. Love Strong. arrived in September 2014. Two singles from the album — “Fix My Eyes” and “Shoulders” — went top-five on Billboard’s Christian Songs chart, paving the way to the current tour headlining Winter Jam. But Luke says his battle with colitis made him appreciate and understand that being a husband and father have to be his first priorities in life. His colitis saga inspired the song, “Without You,” a duet with wife, Courtney. It’s one of several epic ballads (“Shoulders” and “No Turning Back” are among the others) on the album. Other tunes, such as “Fix My Eyes,” the title track and “Priceless” rock harder, but have the kinds of soaring vocal melodies and huge instrumentation (often with orchestral flourishes) that have inspired comparisons to anthemic rockers like Coldplay and U2. Luke feels the second album solidified and amplified the sound he and his brother crafted on Crave. “I like emotive music. I like music that moves me, so the music and the lyrics need to be in synch to do that,” Luke says. “And sometimes I think maybe that’s what developed a lot in Run Wild is we found out the things that move us. Boulder Weekly

“We felt like we kind of came into a stride on the second album and kind of understood, ‘Hey, this is what we like. This is what we don’t like. And this is type of music that we’re going to do our best to create,’” he says. Now the Smallbone brothers, who tour with a five-piece band, will try to inject as much life as possible into their

live show, augmenting the music and message with a good deal of visual production. “One of the things I always talk about is the shows these days need to be as entertaining as possible,” Luke says. “The people that you’re playing for have entertainment in their pockets. They have it on their phones. It’s

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Innisfree Poetry Bookstore and Café makes a big, if short, move by Alexa Friedman

oving can be a scary word for independent businesses and their customers. Sometimes shops close their doors and reopen miles away, out of reach to their original customer base. It can be like starting all over. Other relocations are less threatening, Innisfree being a good example. Earlier this year, the poetry-centric bookstore and café, on University Hill moved from its original location at 1203 13th Street to its new spot at 1301 Pennsylvania Avenue. While the street names may have changed, the

“[The previous location] was tighter in some ways, but everyone made it work though,” Buckley says. “Like it wasn’t necessarily a negative hanging out there, and people were excited to be in an independent shop around books and readings and events. This is a little more natural for humans to congregate and celebrate and listen and things like that.” Buckley and Hunter have made modifications to the new building, such as removing plaster to reveal more of the original red brick walls. They also added a moving bookshelf that can create a more intimate space when placed in the middle Susan France of the room but can be moved to the front or side of the space for events. The new location has enough room for an oven and the equipment necessary to make cold-brewed nitrogen coffee. Along with other new menu items, the new location has big windows and outdoor seating. “We love the porch,” Buckley says. “We love this patio facing south with the sun. It’s After five years in the same location, Innisfree Poetry Bookstore and Cafe got inviting, you see the flow to new, more spacious digs directly across the street. campus and off campus. It’s nice to sit outside.” new location is actually just accross the street from the old After 20 years of high school teaching, Buckley one in the former Hill location of Buchanan’s coffee. was ready for a change. So in 2010, he and Hunter, a Husband and wife and founding owners Kate Hunter certified massage therapist, opened Innisfree. It was and Brian Buckley say they were offered a longer lease at an act of faith to be sure, considering it is one of only the new location than the one-year term they could have four poetry bookstores in the U.S. according to secured if they’d stayed put. And along with a longer Buckley. lease, the new location came with a little more elbow Though just a stone’s throw away, switching to the room for customers, readings and performances. After new location still came with anxiety for the owners. settling in to the new space, Hunter and Buckley are But time, the encouragement offered by employees pleased. and the positive response of customers to the new digs

have all but evaporated their fears. “We’ll be the first to tell you, we’re not the most seasoned, polished business people,” Buckley says. “So we were nervous about the transition and the anxiety. We’d love to tell you we could’ve known, ‘Oh, it was going to work out perfect and things were going to look artistic and lovely.’ We didn’t know all that. And we’re thrilled. We’re thrilled how it came out.” Innisfree hosts readings, musical performances and group writing events almost every week. The shop also opens its doors to middle school and high school English-class field trips, which allow young students to peruse Innisfree’s book collection and read their own writings in an authentic poetic space. “We’re thrilled when teenagers, or even younger [people come in],” Buckley says. “We have a middle school coming in May. When that stuff happens, we think it can be powerful now, but it can also be powerful, maybe not now, but when they look back, ‘Whoa I read a poem, not in my classroom, but in a space in the town I live.’ And poetry’s a little less foreign later in life, in high school or college.” A percentage of Innisfree’s profits go to the Northern Arizona Native American Foundation, which gives scholarships to Native American students. And their coffee comes from ethical, sociallyconscience organizations and is roasted locally. “It’s been a fantastic thing,” Buckley says about Innisfree’s coffee sourcing. “And we’ve always said, all along, that if you’re going to have a poetic enterprise, a poetic endeavor, what comes in the shop has to match some of that search and journey.” During a time when bookstores nationwide are going out of business, Buckley is grateful for Boulder’s supportive community. “I would like the public to know, ‘Thank you,’” Buckley says. “We are full of gratitude, and we hope people continue to discover us because we know we’re still a small shop, not downtown. And we hope they continue to support us because we love it. Some meaningful things happen inside the shop and we’d love them to continue to happen.”

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Philosophy is thought-provoking and deep, and perhaps that depth is what makes it so easy to fish for comedy. Comedian-philosopher Gregg Eisenberg and friends will be sharing philosophical comedic relief at the Longmont Museum on March 24. The show, open to both teens and adults, will be sure to enlighten audiences with its layers of worded truths and illusions, mixed with some juggling, mindreading and comedy. Eisenberg, producer and writer for his show, will be joined by Eddie Goldstein, Erica Sodos and “Doc” Murdock. Eisenberg’s talks convey twisted truths that hinge on thoughtful humor, and his upcoming show will be both illuminating and entertaining. — Chelsea Abdullah

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Dying to Know: Ram Dass and Timothy Leary Preview Night

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

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Every once in a while, a singer comes along who taps into the very nature of the human spirit. Whether it’s his voice, his lyrics or his soulful guitar playing, Citizen Cope’s music has that ability. Front man Clarence Greenwood has spent decades producing music that is authentic — simple, yet deep. His music spans the gamut of folklore, fairy tales, small moments of everyday life, and love won and lost. His stage presence is soft, letting the music do all the talking. Stop by the Boulder Theater for a night of unforgettable music.

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Open Mic. 7 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 720-297-6397. Pat Fiddle & Company. 10 p.m. Bohemian Biergarten, 2017 13th St., Boulder, 720-328-8328. Purple Squirrel. 6:30 p.m. St Julien Hotel & Spa, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696. Events Boudoir Series. 1 p.m. What We Love — The Winery, 1501 Lee Hill Drive, Unit 14, Boulder, 303-941-4683.

Live Entertainment Nightly at our 1709 Pearl St location THURSDAY MARCH 24 8PM

GRUPO CHEGANDO LÁ & FRANCISCO MARQUES FRIDAY MARCH 25

DAVID COILE 8PM HOBO NEPHEWS 9PM SATURDAY MARCH 26

CLARK ANDREW LIBBEY MICHELE CASTRO

Art of the State 2016. Arvada Center, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada, 720-898-7200. Through March 27.

Makerspace Program: Earrings 101. 6 p.m. Louisville Public Library, 951 Spruce St., Louisville, 303-335-4849.

Case Work. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000. Through April 17.

Suds and $ustainability Release Party Happy Hour. 4 p.m. Vision Quest Brewery, 2510 47th St., Boulder, 720-446-9387. Friday, March 25 100 Watt Mind, Patrimony, The Velveteers. 6:30 p.m. The Forge, 4919 Broadway, Boulder, 303-396-8145. 40 OZ To Freedom: Sublime Tribute Band. 9 p.m. The Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 720-645-2467. 6 Million Dollar Band. 9 p.m. Breaker’s Grill, 380 Main St., Longmont, 303-772-3839.

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Above the Fold: New Expression in Origami. The Longmont Museum, 350 Kimbark Street, Longmont, 303-776-6050. Through May 1.

Late Night At The Museum. 6 p.m. Longmont Museum, 400 Quail Road, Longmont, 303-651-8374.

Music

BOULDER ARTS WEEK

A Place in the Sun. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000. Through April 24.

Ain’t No Folkin Around with Paul Sullivan. 7 p.m. Cannon Mine Coffee, 210 S. Public Road, Lafayette, 303-665-0625. Alcapones. 6:30 p.m. St Julien Hotel & Spa, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696. Bandits with The Inquiry. 10 p.m. The Lazy Dog, 1346 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-3355. Ben Hanna Music & Weston Fairfax Hailey Art Opening. 6:30 p.m. Still Cellars, 1115 Colorado Ave., Longmont, 720-204-6064.

Critical Focus: Lanny DeVuono — by Laura Shill. Museum of Contemporary Art, 1485 Delgany St., Denver, 303-2987554. Through June 5.

Sandra Haberkorn

Encounters 2016. Firehouse Art Center, 667 Fourth Ave., Longmont, 303-651-2787. Through April 4.

The Engaged Object. Foothills Art Center, 809 15th St., Golden, 303-279-3922. Through March 26.

Revolt 1680/2180: Virgil Ortiz. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000. Through May 1.

Holdfast: Seaweeds in a Time of Oceanic Change — Jill Powers. The Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. Through April 8.

Robert Therrien. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000. Through Aug. 7.

Life and Afterlife: Selections from the King Collection of Ancient Chinese Art. CU Art Museum, 1085 18th St., Boulder.

POETRY NIGHT

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David Coile. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat Coffeehouse, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.

Maus Nomdeguerre. 6 p.m. Very Nice Brewing Company, 20 Lakeview Drive, Unit 112, Nederland, 303-258-3770.

TUESDAY MARCH 29 8PM

Flynn and Co. 8:30 p.m. The Roost, 526 Main St., Longmont, 303-827-3380.

BOULDER ARTS WEEK

Foxfeather & The Prairie Scholars. 7 p.m. Skeye Brewing, 900 S. Hover St., Unit D, Longmont, 303-774-7698.

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Hobo Nephews Of Uncle Frank. 9 p.m. The Laughing Goat Coffeehouse, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628. Interstate Stash Express. 8:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Brewery, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-8236685.

The McKay Brothers. 7:30 p.m. Oskar Blues CyclHOPS, 600 S. Airport Road, Longmont, 303-776-BIKE. Split Window. 10 p.m. Bohemian Biergarten, 2017 13th St., Boulder, 720-328-8328. Thumpin’ & Tent Show Kings. 8 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 720-297-6397. Troy Clayton. 5 p.m. Pearl Street Pub, 1108 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-777-6768. Wellington Bullings. 7 p.m. Caffe Sole, 637R S. Broadway St., Boulder, 303-499-2985.

Jenna Hall. 6 p.m. Upslope Brewing Company (Lee Hill), 1501 Lee Hill Road, Suite 20, Boulder, 508-873-9185.

Wood & Wire with Taarka. 7 p.m. Wildflower Pavilion at Planet Bluegrass, 500 West Main, Lyons, 303-823-0848.

Just Sayin. 10 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922.

Events

Kerry Pastine and The Crime Scene. 8:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids and Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303-485-9400. Kindred. 10 p.m. Waterloo, 809 Main St., Louisville, 303-993-2094. Kort McCumber. 4:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Tasty Weasel Tap Room, 1800 Pike Road, Unit B, Longmont, 303-776-1914.

Pastel Paintings by Diane Wood. Community Art Program Gallery, NCAR, 1850 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, 303-497-1174. Through April 1.

Phantom Touch — by Laura Shill. Museum of Contemporary Art, 1485 Delgany St., Denver, 303-298-7554. Through July 3.

Danny Evans. 6 p.m. Jamestown Mercantile Cafe, 108 Main St., Jamestown, 303-442-5847.

JAZZ NIGHT with THE WATCHHILL

The Neighbors — by Arne Svenson. Museum of Contemporary Art, 1485 Delgany St., Denver, 303-298-7554. Through June 5.

Sandra Haberkorn takes to the outdoors to produce her plein air pastel paintings, now on display at NCAR.

Makeshift Funk Band. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 Northpark Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757.

“So, You’re a Poet,” presents

Make Your Own Friends — by Brian Bress. Museum of Contemporary Art, 1485 Delgany St., Denver, 303-298-7554. Through July 3.

Plein Air Pastel Painting by Sandra Haberkorn. Community Art Program Gallery, NCAR, 1850 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, 303-4971174. Through April 1.

Bob from Next Door. 5:30 p.m. Odd13 Brewing, 301 E Simpson St., Lafayette, 303-997-4164.

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303-492-8300. Through June 25.

Boudoir Series. 1 p.m. What We Love — The Winery, 1501 Lee Hill Drive, Unit 14, Boulder, 303-941-4683. Boulder Arts Week Opening Night Artist Reception. 6 p.m. What We Love — The Winery, 1501 Lee Hill Drive, Unit 14, Boulder, 303-9636342. Locals Only Found Object Art Exhibit. 5:30 p.m. Bricolage Gallery, at Art Parts Creative Reuse

Samurai. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000. Through June 5.

Center, 2870 Bluff St., Boulder, 720-379-5328. Makerspace Program: Zentangles 101. 2 p.m. Louisville Public Library, 951 Spruce St., Louisville, 303-335-4849. Set Yout Words On Fire Poetry Night. 7 p.m. Firehouse Art Center, 667 Fourth Ave., Longmont, 303-651-2787.

Saturday, March 26 Music The Alcapones. 8 p.m. Jamestown Mercantile Cafe, 108 Main St., Jamestown, 303-442-5847. The Big Thompson Flood & Hippo Temple. 9:30 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 720-297-6397. BioHarmonix & Dean Himes. 7:30 p.m. Cannon Mine Coffee, 210 S. Public Road, Lafayette, 303665-0625. The Champions. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 Northpark Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757. Clark Andrew Libbey, Michele Castro. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat Coffeehouse, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628. Corey Rezner. 7 p.m. Por Wine House, 836 1/2 Main St., Louisville, 970-259-3555. Dave Fulker Quartet. 7 p.m. Caffe Sole, 637R S. Broadway St., Boulder, 303-499-2985. see EVENTS Page 42

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The Relaxed Mind Meditators relax! Dza Kilung Rinpoche will

draw from his new book, The Relaxed Mind, which contains instructions for the sevenphase meditation practice Dza Kilung Rinpoche developed for students in the West.

Itâ€™s adapted from traditional instructions to counteract the overwhelming distraction that is becoming a global culture these days, not only in the West. Experienced meditators may be surprised to find their practice deepening through letting go of tension. This is also an excellent approach for any beginner.

Friday, April 8 7 p.m. Free & Open to the Public Nalanda Campus RM 9235 6287 Arapahoe Avenue Boulder,CO

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Dixie Longate’s Never Wear a Tube Top... Denver Performing Arts Complex, 1345 Champa St., Denver, 720-865-4239, Through April 24.

Ethyl and The Regulars. 8:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Brewery, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685.

Newsies. Denver Performing Arts Complex, 1345 Champa St., Denver, 720-865-4239, Through April 9.

Gramophone in Space. 8 p.m. Bohemian Biergarten, 2017 13th St., Boulder, 720-328-8328. Graphite Addiction Concert. 7 p.m. La Vita Bella Coffeehouse, 475 Main St., Longmont. Happy Hour Live Jazz. 5:30 p.m. Tandoori Grill South, 619 S. Broadway, Boulder. Heartwood Duo. 8:30 p.m. Samples World Bistro, 370 Main St., Longmont, 303-327-9318. Hello Dollface. 8:30 p.m. The Roost, 526 Main St., Longmont, 303-827-3380. Jababa. 10 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922.

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The Jauntee with Envy Alo. 10 p.m. The Lazy Dog, 1346 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-3355.

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The Jerryatrix. 9 p.m. Stage Stop, 60 Main St., Rollinsville, 303-258-0649.

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Wednesday March 30

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Thursday March 31

Jiggatones. 9:30 p.m. The Dark Horse, 2922 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-442-8162. Jus Sayin Trio. 5 p.m. Left Hand Brewing Company, 1265 Boston Ave., Longmont, 303772-0258. Mark Diamond and Ed Edwards. 8 p.m. Longs Peak Pub & Taphopuse, 600 Longs Peak Ave., Longmont, 303-651-7886. Naive Melodies Plays Talking Heads. 9 p.m. The Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 720645-2467. The Nick Willis Band. 7 p.m. Odd13 Brewing, 301 E. Simpson St., Lafayette, 303-997-4164.

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The Prairie Scholars. 7:30 p.m. Oskar Blues CyclHOPS, 600 S. Airport Road, Longmont, 303776-BIKE.

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Riley Ann: One-Woman Band. 6:30 p.m. St Julien Hotel & Spa, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720406-9696.

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The Robin Davis Duo. 7 p.m. Skeye Brewing, 900 S. Hover St., Unit D, Longmont, 303-7747698. Ultralowfi. 8 p.m. Liquid Mechanics Brewing Company, 297 U.S. 287, Lafayette, 720-5507813.

Peter and the Star Catcher. BDT Stage, 5501 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-4496000. Through May 14. Sherlock Holmes Assassins at Sea. Theater Company of Lafayette, 300 E. Simpson Street, Lafayette, 720-209-2154. Through March 26. You Can’t Take it With You. Miner’s Alley Theatre, 1224 Washington Ave., Golden, 303935-3044. Through May 1.

Sunday, March 27 Music Bluegrass Pick. 3 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids and Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303-485-9400.

Traditional Irish Session. 7 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922. Events

Hello Dollface. 10 p.m. Mountain Sun Pub, 1535 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-546-0886.

Classics: Easter Parade. 1 p.m. The Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-4407826.

Jessie Frye, Smith House. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat Coffeehouse, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303440-4628.

Easter Sunday Brunch. 9:30 a.m. Hotel Boulderado, 2115 13th St., Boulder, 303-442-4344.

Johnny O Band. 8:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Homemade Liquids and Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303-485-9400.

Movement Mondays. 7 p.m. Free Motion Dance Studio, 2126 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-379-8299.

Open Bluegrass Pick with Pat Fiddle and New Grass. 1 p.m. Owsley’s Golden Road, 1301 Broadway St., Boulder, 720-849-8458.

Music

The Robin Davis Duo. 5 p.m. Very Nice Brewing Company, 20 Lakeview Drive, Unit 112, Nederland, 303-258-3770. Scott Von. 4:30 p.m. Left Hand Brewing Company, 1265 Boston Ave., Longmont, 303-7720258.

Monday, March 28 Brooks Steele and Eric Adrian. 4 p.m. Wibby Brewing, 209 Emery St., Longmont, 303-7764594. Guest Recital: Daniel Sweaney, Viola and Megan Gale, Collaborative Piano. 7:30 p.m. Grusin Music Hall, Imig Building at CU Boulder, 1020 18th St., Boulder, 303-492-1411. see EVENTS Page 44

words Susan France

17th Annual Animation Show of Shows. 1:30 p.m. The Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826.

Priya Huffman. 7 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., Boulder, 303-495-3303.

Boudoir Series. 1 p.m. What We Love — The Winery, 1501 Lee Hill Drive, Unit 14, Boulder, 303-941-4683.

Gwen Florio — Disgraced. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-2074.

DJ Staxx. 9 p.m. Breaker’s Grill, 380 Main St., Longmont, 303-772-3839.

Monday, March 28

Saturday Morning Groove. 10:30 a.m. Free Motion Dance Studio, 2126 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-379-8299.

Spring Fever Bluegrass. 6 p.m. Oskar Blues Brewery, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685.

Boudoir Series. 1 p.m. What We Love — The Winery, 1501 Lee Hill Drive, Unit 14, Boulder, 303-941-4683.

Thursday, March 24

The Last Man on the Moon. 6 p.m. The Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826.

If you’re looking for a laugh, head to DCPA for Dixie Longate’s Never Wear a Tube Top While Riding A Mechanical Bull (and 16 other things I learned while I was drinking last Thursday).

Daniella Katzir. 3 p.m. Oskar Blues Tasty Weasel Tap Room, 1800 Pike Road, Unit B, Longmont, 303-776-1914.

Events

Embrace of the Serpent. 3:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. The Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826.

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“So, You’re a Poet” Open Poetry Reading. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628. Tuesday, March 29 Innisfree Weekly Open Poetry Reading. 7 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., Boulder, 303-495-3303.

Local bookstore Innisfree made a move across the street into a new building. To read more turn to page 37. Wednesday, March 30 Jon Kedrowski — Skiing and Sleeping on the Summits. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-2074.

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In Boulder, whether it’s a mural on the side of a building, a street performer on a corner of Pearl Street or live music accompanying your drink at a bar, art is all around us. “In Boulder and in Longmont, we have the eighth highest concentration of artists in the country,” says Emily K. Harrison, director of Boulder Arts Week (BAW). “You can’t walk into a coffee shop and not see art. There’s art everywhere in town, but I think a lot of people, because they’re busy and going about their day, they don’t take the time to notice it.” So it’s events like the third annual Boulder Arts Week that shake people from the daily grind. Happening March 25-April 2, BAW features hundreds of artists and art events all over the city. Harrison says the week features national, regional and international artists with some big name participants like the Indigo Girls. And it takes place all over the city in various art and non-art venues. “[BAW] is a large-scale, inclusive celebration of our city’s arts and culture offerings. ...,” she says. “Largely one of the biggest goal of [BAW] is to raise awareness in the community of how much incredible art is happening any given week of the week.” On March 25, head to the kick off party at Twisted Pine, where 10 percent of food and drink sold benefit BAW. For a full list of events check out boulderartweek.org.

EVENTS from Page 42

Matt Pless, Strawberrie Riot. shuad’dib. the Opiate Poet, Jay. 6:30 p.m. The Forge, 4919 Broadway, Boulder, 303-396-8145.

Open Mic with The Prairie Scholars. 6 p.m. Skeye Brewing, 900 S. Hover St., Unit D, Longmont, 303-774-7698.

Mitchell Evans Duo. 9 p.m. Pearl Street Pub, 1108 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-777-6768.

The WatchHill. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat Coffeehouse, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.

Open Mic. 8 p.m. Johnny’s Cigar Bar, 1801 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-0884.

Events

Open Stage. 6 p.m. Oskar Blues Tasty Weasel Tap Room, 1800 Pike Road, Unit B, Longmont, 303-776-1914.

Locals Only Found Object Art Exhibit. 10:30 a.m. Bricolage Gallery, at Art Parts Creative Reuse Center, 2870 Bluff St., Boulder, 720-379-5328.

The Palmico Sound. 9:30 p.m. Southern Sun Pub & Brewery, 627 S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-543-0886.

Wednesday, March 30

Tuesday, March 29 Music Bluegrass Pick. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Brewery, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685. Gasoline Lollipops. 8:30 p.m. Waterloo, 809 Main St., Louisville, 303-993-2094. Guest Master Class: Daniel Sweaney, Viola. 11 a.m. Chamber Hall, Imig Music, CU Boulder, 1020 18th St., Boulder, 303-492-6352.

Music Blues Night. 10 p.m. Pioneer Inn, 15 E. First St., Nederland, 303-258-7733. Flash Mountain Flood. 8 p.m. Owsley’s Golden Road, 1301 Broadway St., Boulder, 720-849-8458. Gina Sobel Quartet. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat Coffeehouse, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628. Karaoke. 9 p.m. Bohemian Biergarten, 2017 13th St., Boulder, 720-328-8328.

Jalbatross. 9 p.m. Owsley’s Golden Road, 1301 Broadway St., Boulder, 720-849-8458.

Kort McCumber. 6:30 p.m. St Julien Hotel & Spa, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696.

Murder By Death, Tim Barry. 9 p.m. The Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 720-645-2467.

Nelson Rangell. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 Northpark Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757.

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

Open Mic. 6:30 p.m. Cannon Mine Coffee, 210 S. Public Road, Lafayette, 303-665-0625.

Open Jam Hosted By: Boulder Sound Lab. 10 p.m. The Lazy Dog, 1346 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-3355. Open Mic. 7 p.m. Front Range Brewing Company, 400 W. South Boulder Road, Lafayette, 303-339-0767. Open Mic Hosted By Brian Rezac. 8 p.m. The Speakeasy, 301 Main St., Longmont, 720-6844728. Open Mic Hosted by Danny Shafer. 8 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922.

Sonny Landreth and Anna & Elizabeth. 7 p.m. eTown Hall, 1535 Spruce St., Boulder, 303-443-8696. Events 45 Years. 4:30 p.m. The Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. Locals Only Found Object Art Exhibit. 10:30 a.m. Bricolage Gallery, at Art Parts Creative Reuse Center, 2870 Bluff St., Boulder, 720-379-5328. Portrait Photography. 6 p.m. Boulder Digital Arts Studio, 1600 Range St., Suite 100, Boulder, 303-800-4647. Boulder Weekly

American Life in Poetry: Column 571 by Thomas R. Smith I suppose some of the newspapers which carry this column still employ young people to deliver the news, but carriers are now mostly adults. I had two paper routes when I was a boy and was pleased to find this reminiscence by Thomas R. Smith, a Wisconsin poet. His most recent book is The Glory, published by Red Dragonfly Press. — Ted Kooser, U.S. Poet Laureate

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ith news that the proposed 15,000-square-foot indoor and outdoor food truck park in Boulder is moving forward, it’s a good sign that when I drive by Upslope’s Lee Hill taproom, there seems to be a new food truck sitting in the parking lot each time. Recently, I was fortunate to stumble upon Rama Ramen, which is based out of more of a trailer than a truck, but which serves a rotating menu of ramen bowls and select sides. Operating, truly, out of a small trailer, the menu is likewise pared down. As the last customer of the day, I ordered a miso bowl and a spicy tantanmen ramen bowl. Both dishes were prepared over a small stove, upon which sat a tall metal pot that ostensibly kept water boiling throughout the shift. The ramen was served in handy to-go containers made of heavy plastic that are also deep and sturdy enough to eat out of. There are minimal accoutrements on the trailer stand — sriracha and soy sauce — but sticking your mug near either bowl reveals that there’s already more than enough flavor in Rama Ramen bowls. I start with the miso bowl. It’s made of tofu, crimini mushrooms, spinach, green onions, an egg and crisp onion furikake. The noodles in this bowl (as well as in the other dish) were thick and balanced slight sweetness with saltiness. The thicker noodles, bloated with the flavor of broth and slightly chewy, worked well for me. The components of the miso bowl were exceptionally prepared. The mushrooms clearly gave depth of flavor to the broth and also provided an earthy morsel when it landed on the spoon or in the chopsticks. The tofu was lightly fried and then dropped in; it was easy to cut (sometimes, as you

might know, the skin of fried tofu in soup will be perforation resistant), and it was nice and salty. It also provided a nice texture to the dish, adding a substantial solid element. The egg was poached and fell apart and basically dissolved after poking. Its flavor was rich and the bits of ramen that soaked up some of that egg were the best bits. Rama Ramen uses the local, natural, speckled kind of egg, and its integrity shows in this dish. The spinach was placed in last and so was crisp and cool. The texture and temperature of the spinach was a necessary component of the bowl. And speaking of texture, the dark horse of the miso bowl was the onion furikake, which were basically onions grilled to a crisp and mixed in with sesame seeds. They added deep char and onion sweetness to the bowl. Overall, the miso bowl was well-composed and balanced. The spicy tantanmen, however, was my favorite. It consisted of tempeh squares, winter squash, spinach, house- (or trailer-)made chili sauce, egg and onion furikake. What was exceptional in the dish was the refined flavor and heat of spice in the broth that the chili sauce imparted. It was the body kind of heat, as opposed to hot on the tongue, and it stayed manageable and constant throughout the bowl. The tempeh was perfectly cooked, but you’d definitely have to be accustomed to the flavor of it before diving into this bowl, or else it might seem a bit jarring. The winter squash was sweet and cut into big, soft chunks and quickly become the treasure to find on each bite. Rama Ramen is hauling itself around Boulder County, and for $10, the bowls are an easy, unique dinner that are carefully crafted and lovingly made.

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emember the ’60s and ’70s? It was a time when rebellious Baby Boom parents — often named Mike or Susan — gave their kids interesting names like Rainbow and Peace. Meet Dakota Soifer, named and raised by selfidentified “hippie parents” in rural Maine with a big garden, chickens, a goat and an unexpected piece of furniture in the kitchen. “My Dad was a chef and managed restaurants but both of my parents are amazing cooks. I just grew up around food. I remember making trips to Boston to pick up ingredients,” Soifer said as we sat at Arabesque in Boulder, his choice as a meeting place. Soifer sipped coffee, ate an omelet sandwich and pondered the path that led him from an architecture degree at University of Colorado Boulder to his comfortable Cafe Aion on the Hill. After graduation, Soifer worked in San Francisco at the legendary Zuni Café before the lure of Boulder brought him back

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to cook at The Kitchen and present farm dinners. Soifer opened his bistro in 2010 in the old Aion Bookstore space, an unusual location because chef-driven eateries are not exactly common in that neighborhood. There is a definite Spanish and Moroccan accent to the food at Cafe Aion, including Wednesday paella served familystyle with a bottle of wine. “It’s all about great ingredients — eggplant, peppers, good meats. I love that the menu is not fancyFrench and has really bold flavors,” he said. Consider his best-selling small plate: fried cauliflower with saffron yogurt, toasted cumin seed and lemons. Unlike many local chefs, Soifer has not expanded his empire. “I’m way behind the curve — five years in business, and I haven’t opened a second place. I don’t know if they are happier for all the success,” he said. “There are other see NIBBLES Page 52

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things in life.” He’s happy that Zaya, his 8-yearold daughter, goes to Flatirons Elementary School just down the street from the restaurant. She comes in and helps him with prep work. “I finally got to buy my first house in the foothills. Now I have a Suburu and a chainsaw,” he said with a wide grin. Soifer does want to get out of the kitchen a little more, so, starting April 2, he’ll man the new Cafe Aion paella booth at the Boulder County Farmers’ Market in Boulder.

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“My parents liked to have a lot of friends over for dinner. I learned by helping — one time we made dumplings for 20 people. We would go into Boston to find supplies. When I had birthday parties, my friends would come over and we’d make our own food. There was a couch in the kitchen so that was where everybody hung out.”

How did you end up in Boulder?

“I came here in 1999 to ski and climb. I also got a degree in architecture from CU, but I despised working in an office. What architecture does teach you is to think about how spaces like restaurants affect people. I had a job at Rumba (now Centro) while I was in school. I talked my way in. It was an awesome experience, and I also helped reopen the West End Tavern.”

Name a menu item that failed?

“I loved our whole grilled sardine

with breadcrumb salsa, but it never really took off. I think sardines are a tough sell and breadcrumb salsa might be hard to ‘get’ until you try it.”

Where do you source ingredients?

“I get produce from Oxford Farms (greens, tomatoes), Aspen Moon (winter squashes) and Monroe Farms (melons), and meat from Frank Silva, a rancher. An Italian lady raises greattasting rabbits that I use in paella.”

Where do you grab a bite in Boulder? “I really like Thai Avenue in the food court on the Hill, also Tibet Kitchen. I like the new My Ramen & Izakaya on 28th Street and the tacos pastor at La Chosa. It’s a legit taqueria.”

Can you share any seasoning secrets?

“I like to toast spices in a cast iron pan — only a single layer thickness over medium heat. That’s how you release the aromatics. They are done when you start to smell them — then get them off the heat. We toast almost all of the whole spices we get from Savory Spice Shop and then grind them. We do tons of cumin and coriander, also, black onion seeds, chilies, cinnamon, star anise, cardamom and caraway seeds.”

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n the mood for something different, I grabbed one of the latest releases from Avery Brewing Co.’s barrel-aged series, the Fiel al Estilo, a Mexican-style barleywine aged in tequila barrels. The Fiel is No. 31 in the brewery’s barrel-aged series, and this batch came out in mid-December. Only 485 cases of the brew were distributed, but you can still find it in the single-bottle sections of many Boulder County liquor stores. I was drawn to the Fiel because I didn’t quite recognize what a Mexican-style barleywine was. Typically, barleywine is separated into American and English styles: the former is hoppy and bitter, the latter much less so. Avery’s take on the style is of the American tradition; its color is reddish-brown, and there is a decent amount of hops in the brew. What makes it Mexican-style, one assumes, is the additions of chili peppers and agave in the recipe and tequila-barrel aging. Barleywine in general Matt Cortina clocks in higher on the alcohol scale, and the Fiel is characteristic of the style with a 9.9 percent ABV. In fact, barleywine got its name because of its high concentrations of alcohol and, of course, barley. Avery threw in malted barley, malted smoked wheat and “imported specialty German malted barley” to create the Fiel. They also put in the aforementioned agave syrup and peppers, hops and yeast. What results is a brew that is slightly sweet, punchy with alcohol and is a distinctive barleywine. Now whether you like barleywines or not, the Fiel is notable for its unique flavor profile. You’re hit with hot wood and sweet pepper in Avery’s Fiel al Estilo is a Mexican-style barleywine. the aroma. There’s also that unmistakable smell of barleywine on the nose, too. The color is pretty magnificent: like light mahogany or cherrywood with a clear composition and steady carbonation. The head is cream-colored and billows with large bubbles. The taste is pretty similar to the aroma, at least for me, and that’s because the high alcohol content sort of cuts the nuance out of the taste. The one new thing that does emanate on the tongue is a low, pleasant kick of spice. This is not a jalapeno-in-a-beer-can situation; the chili heats from the stomach, and Avery was expertly able to coax out all of the fruitiness from the pepper. You also get a fair amount of tequila flavor, imparted from the used tequila barrels. It tastes like good tequila smells — that is, it’s sweet, salty and slightly dank. Overall, it’s an excellent experiment and a beer that shows how elegantly Avery can refine a recipe. This beer could be over-the-top with flavor and alcohol, but the Fiel is easy to drink while retaining the characteristics of barleywine and the strong flavors of tequila and agave that Avery set out to achieve. Next for Avery in the series is the Expletus, which came out on March 20. Inspired by a tequila sunrise cocktail, it’s a sour ale aged with cherries in tequila barrels for six months. Find that and the Fiel al Estilo in local liquor stores now. Boulder Weekly

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In getting energy from food, we humans have at our disposal over 50,000 edible plants. And

yet we choose to concentrate on just a few. Wheat, corn, rice, and potatoes make up two-thirds of our diet, and 11 other staples comprise most of the rest. Let’s use this as a metaphor for the kind of behavior you should avoid in the coming weeks. I think it will be crucial for you to draw physical, emotional, and spiritual sustenance from a relatively wide variety of sources. There’s nothing wrong with your usual providers, but for now you need to expand your approach to getting the nurturing you need.

AQUARIUS

JAN. 20-FEB. 18: “We teach each other how to live.” Poet

Anne Michaels said that, and now I’m passing it on to you — just in time for the phase of your cycle when acting like a curious

student is your sacred duty and your best gift to yourself. I don’t necessarily mean that you should take a workshop or enroll in a school. Your task is to presume that everyone you meet and every encounter you have may bring you rich learning experiences. If you’re willing to go as far as I hope you will, even your dreams at night will be opportunities to get further educated. Even your vigils in front of the TV. Even your trips to the convenience store to buy ice cream.

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FEB. 19-MARCH 20: In her poem “Time,” Piscean poet Lia Purpura wonders about “not picking up a penny because it’s only a little luck.” Presumably she is referring to a moment when you’re walking down a street and you spy an almost-but-not-quite-worthless coin lying on the concrete. She theorizes that you may just leave it there. It adds next to nothing to your wealth, right? Which suggests that it also doesn’t have much value as a symbol of good fortune. But I urge you to reject this line of thought in the coming weeks, Pisces. In my astrological opinion, you’ll be wise to capitalize on the smallest opportunities. There will be plenty of them, and they will add up.

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JUNE 21-JULY 22:

When the young director Richard Lester got his big break, he took full advantage. It happened in 1964, when the early Beatles asked him to do their first movie, A Hard Day’s Night. Lester’s innovative approach to the project propelled his career to a higher level that brought him many further opportunities. Writing of Lester’s readiness, critic Alexander Walker said, “No filmmaker . . . appeared more punctually when his hour struck.” That’s what I hope you will soon be doing in your own chosen field, Cancerian. Do you understand how important it will be to have impeccable timing? No procrastination or hemming and hawing, please. Be crisply proactive.

LEO

JULY 23-AUG. 22:

As a young man, the poet Arthur Rimbaud (1854-1891) left his home in France and settled in Abyssinia, which these days is known as Ethiopia. “I sought voyages,” he wrote, “to disperse the enchantments that had colonized my mind.” You might want to consider a similar strategy in the coming weeks, Leo. From an astrological perspective, it’s going to be an excellent time both to wander free of your usual haunts and to disperse the enchantments that have colonized your mind. Why not find ways to synergize these two opportunities?

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because you’re afraid of the answers,” wrote Agatha Christie. I would add that there are also questions you don’t ask because you mistakenly think you already know the answers. And then there are questions you don’t ask because their answers would burst your beloved illusions, which you’d rather preserve. I’m here to urge you to risk posing all these types of questions, Libra. I think you’re strong enough and smart enough, and in just the right ways, to deal constructively with the answers. I’m not saying you’ll be pleased with everything you find out. But you will ultimately be glad you finally made the inquiries.

SCORPIO

OCT. 23-NOV. 21:

If you are enmeshed in a jumble that makes you squirm or if you are caught in a tangle that stifles your self-love, you have three choices. Here’s how Eckhart Tolle defines them: 1. Get out of the situation. 2. Transform the situation. 3. Completely accept the situation. Does that sound reasonable, Scorpio? I hope so, because the time has come to act. Don’t wait to make your decision. Do it soon. After that, there will be no whining allowed. You can no longer indulge in excuses. You must accept the consequences. On the bright side, imagine the new freedom and power you will have at your disposal.

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expansion of this Court’s original jurisdiction.” The court turned the case away in an unsigned opinion, but Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito dissented. Writing for them both, Thomas says that the court should have taken the case because “the plaintiff states have made a reasonable case” and upholding that marijuana remains illegal under federal law. “The complaint, on its face, presents a ‘controvers[y] between two or more States’ that this Court alone has authority to adjudicate,” Thomas continues. “The plaintiff States have alleged significant harms to their sovereign interests caused by another State. Whatever the merit of the plaintiff States’ claims, we should let this complaint proceed further rather than denying leave without so much as a word of explanation.” Advocates for decriminalization from the Drug Policy Alliance, an organization that believes the war on drugs is a failure and drug problems should be treated as a health issue and not a crime, released a statement in support of the dismissal of the case. “The Supreme Court’s rejection of this misguided effort to undo cautious and effective state-level regulation of marijuana is excellent news for the many other states looking to adopt similar reforms in 2016 and beyond. Other states are looking to what Colorado has accomplished — the drops in racially disparate arrests, the criminal justice dollars saved, and the tax revenue raised — and want to adopt similar marijuana law reforms.” So, for now, the state’s industry is safe. Governor Hickenlooper, who publically disagrees with Colorado voters’ decision to legalize marijuana, nonetheless affirms their right to do so. “Since Colorado voters overwhelming passed legal recreational marijuana in 2012, we have worked diligently to put in place a regulatory framework — the first in the world — that allows this new industry to

operate while protecting public health and safety,” Hickenlooper writes in a recent release. “With [Monday’s] Supreme Court ruling, the work we’ve completed so far remains intact.” Since implementing legalization in 2012, Colorado’s marijuana enforcement priority has been to push all illicit activity into legal and regulated spaces so that the industry, the public and regulators can understand and navigate cannabis legally and safely. This strategy was prompted from a 2013 memo issued by then Deputy Attorney General James M. Cole that outlined key priorities in federal enforcement in states where marijuana had been legalized. Included among those priorities was the prevention of diversion of marijuana from states where it is legal to other states where it is not. While the Supreme Court has decided not to hear the case, Nebraska and Oklahoma can still pursue it through other legal channels. Already the plaintiffs and their supporters are exploring alternative options. In a statement from the office of Nebraska’s Attorney General, Doug Peterson writes that his office “is working with its partners in Oklahoma and other states to determine the best next steps toward vindicating the rule of law.” Although marijuana is federally illegal, listed on the Controlled Substances Act as a Schedule I substance, this does not necessarily preclude individual states from allowing for the cultivation, possession or sale of marijuana. Four states and the District of Columbia have such laws and amendments in place and 23 states and the District of Columbia have laws legalizing medical marijuana. As both the recreational and medical marijuana industries grow, the economic stakes involved in legal decisions at the federal level heighten. Estimates from ArcView Market Research projects that the legal cannabis industry will bring in over $21 billion dollars by 2020, putting investment dollars, small businesses, jobs and government tax revenue on the line in any future legal decisions.

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hen it comes to marijuana, Merrick Garland, Obama’s Supreme Court nominee, deserves a special place in hell. A place where every night demons wearing Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) T-shirts kick in his door, yank him out of bed and drag him off to jail through broken glass. Every night from here to eternity. Obama’s retainers, including Wikimedia Commons his toadies in the mainstream media, are describing Garland as a “centrist,” who will have a “calming” influence on the court. Hogwash. On marijuana, Garland is no centrist. He cast the key vote in a case that, had it gone the other way, would have forced the DEA to reclassify marijuana from a Schedule 1 controlled substance (which puts it in a class with heroin) to something more in keeping with reality. The case, Americans for Safe Access, Et Al. v. Drug Enforcement Administration, was decided on January 22, 2013 by a threejudge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washinton, D.C. Senior Circuit Court Judge Harry Edwards wrote the majority opinion, which sided with the DEA. Judge Karen Henderson wrote a dissent. Garland voted with Edwards, casting the swing vote. The mainstream media is trying to down-play the practical effect of the ruling, saying all it would have done is make it easier to study the potential health benefits of pot. The truth is that had the decision gone the other

way, it would have transformed the federal government’s treatment of marijuana, possibly even removing it from the Controlled Substances Act entirely. Some background is in order here: The Controlled Substances Act, which outlaws pot at the federal level, currently treats marijuana as a “Schedule 1” controlled substance, the Schedule supposedly reserved for the most dangerous drugs, like heroin. (There are five Schedules; cocaine and methamphetamine are on Schedule 2.) The act also gives the U.S. Attorney General authority to add, relist or delist the various drugs regulated under the act in the light of new evidence. The process starts with the DEA. In 2002, the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws filed a petition calling on the agency to start hearings to reassess marijuana’s Schedule 1 classification. The DEA sat on the request — for nine years. Finally, in May 2011, NORML filed suit in Federal Court to force the DEA to act. Within two months the DEA acted; it posted a letter brusquely denying the petition. That denial led to the case in which Garland’s vote tipped the balance. Briefly the plaintiffs in the case argued that the classification of marijuana should be reconsidered because 1) “numerous peer-reviewed scientific studies demonstrate that marijuana is effective in treating various medical conditions” and 2) that the enactment of medical marijuana laws by 20 states together constitute new evidence that the DEA should consider.

The core of the DEA’s argument in the case was that marijuana shouldn’t be reclassified because there were no “adequate, well-controlled studies” demonstrating marijuana’s safety and effectiveness as a medicine. The DEA defined “adequate and well-controlled studies” as the sort of double-blind studies the Food and Drug Administration requires for approval of a new drug — the sort that can cost hundreds of millions of dollars and can go on for years, and still get it wrong sometimes. Judges Edwards and Garland bought the DEA’s argument — conveniently ignoring the fact that the reason there were weren’t any studies that rose to Food and Drug Administration standards was that deliberate, on-going DEA policy has made it virtually impossible to conduct them. Nor did the court give a rip about the DEA’s deliberate nine-year delay in even considering NORML’s rescheduling request before turning it down — which, it turns out, was the third time the DEA had subjected a rescheduling petition to the same sort of shabby treatment. It’s this last failure to which I attach the most importance in considering Garland’s fitness for the Supreme Court. Most of us learned in middle school that justice delayed is justice denied. Evidently brother Garland never got the memo. Presumably, there’s a reason they call Supreme Court judges “justices” instead of judges. The title implies that the job description involves going beyond the games lawyers play and paying a decent respect to the consequences and justness of their decisions. And Garland’s contemptable vote in the Americans for Safe Access case did have consequences. In the three years since the decision came down, roughly 1.5 million more Americans have been arrested for marijuana. Which is why I think Garland should go to hell instead of the Supreme Court.

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EQUALLY BAD Women deserve absolute equality to men in the workplace. And at Amazon, the Internet store that has driven more local businesses to extinction than any other single entity in history, equality is exactly what the company provides. Just this week, an activist investor in the massive corporation, founded by Jeff Bezos, demanded proof that women in the workplace were being paid as much as their male counterparts. The company says it checked all its records and it turns out that women and men are being treated the same even when it comes to pay. Now that sounds good on the surface, but you have to remember a couple of things about the Amazon business model. It has been widely reported that the company’s warehouses are a living hell to work in. The company won’t cool them because that costs too much, so instead, it actually pays to have an ambulance stationed outside to haul away employees after they collapse. The point being, all the recent praise for Amazon around its claim of equal treatment for the genders may be missing the point. It’s a little like Oklahoma bragging that it uses the same malfunctioning drug mix for its executions of both men and women. Equally bad and equality are not the same thing. Equally rancid working conditions for the genders should not be the goal of any company or investor. Turn on the air conditioner, and then you can boast.

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