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We believe that Coloradans deserve the right to decide how to protect their families, their property and their future from fracking. These oil and gas ballot measures would strip Coloradans of that right. That is wrong. Ballot measures #122 and #123 are the most recent intimidation tactics employed by the oil and gas industry to take away

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Nederland’s Frozen Dead Guy Days (FDGD), writer Danielle Meltz stated that, “...the festival has almost turned into a holiday for the people of Nederland.” For this person of Nederland and virtually all of my local friends and neighbors, the FDGD event has turned into a gigantic pain in our collective see LETTERS Page 8

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Highroad Shouldn’t natural foods actually be natural? by Jim Hightower

ears ago the delightfullynaughty movie star, Mae West, said: “I used to be Snow White, but I drifted.” Less delightful are some of the purity claims of such food manufacturing giants as PepsiCo, which has long marketed a line of its Frito-Lay snack foods as “Simply Natural.” Natural? Anyone who’s even looked at one of the company’s strangely-puffed, caterpillaresque, cheese-powdered, “Cheetos”

would have a hard time believing nature had anything to do with the concoctions. Sure enough, PepsiCo has quietly dropped the volatile “natural” claim from its snack packages, rebranding them with just the word “Simply.” The multibillion-dollar food maker says the shift is merely a routine adjustment of its marketing scheme — but it comes only after consumer groups have taken Pepsi, Campbell Soup, and other manufactures to court in the past couple of years, successfully challenging their use of the “natural” phrase as deceptive hype. PepsiCo settled one of its cases last year by paying out $9 million to the challengers and agreeing to stop labeling its Naked Juice brand as “all natural.” A marketing pitch for these drinks had bragged that they were “the freshest, purest stuff in the world.” The naked truth, however, was that they were not only juiced up with artificial

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vitamins and synthetic fibers, but also included an additive made from formaldehyde — a cancer-causing compound. The conglomerates say that advertising terms like “natural” are widely-misunderstood by us stupid consumers. Well, there they go again, drifting from the truth and perverting plain English. “Natural” simply means what it says: Natural. As in, go squeeze an orange, and don’t dose it with formaldehyde and lies. To keep up with the industry’s drift from purity, link up with Organic Consumers Association: www.organicconsumers.org. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com This opinion column does not necessarily reflect the views of Boulder Weekly. March 27, 2014 7

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verybody knows abortion will to seriously challenge the law, even became legal for all women within the Democratic party. That with the ‘Roe v. Wade’ Democrats so easily backed down on Supreme Court decision in the Hyde amendment is a real shame, 1973. Fewer people know because that cowardice handed the that in 1976, poor women lost that fun- GOP an effective road map for denying damental right to determine whether or healthcare coverage for people or procewhen to have children. That is the year dures they dislike.” that the Hyde Amendment (named This is disturbing since the Hyde after Illinois Republican congressman Amendment has screwed up the lives of Henry Hyde) was passed, which barred many poor women. Fortunately, activthe use of certain ists in many comfederal funds to munities around pay for abortions. the country have It ended the proviintervened to cresion of abortions ate funds to pay for REPUBLICAN for poor women an abortion and for GAINS IN THE 2010 travel to a clinic or through Medicaid, for an overnight the federal health ELECTIONS, THE stay in a motel near insurance program GUTTMACHER INSTITUTE a clinic (for women for low-income REPORTS THAT THERE HAVE who have to travel Americans. The a great distance). amendment BEEN MORE THAN 200 Some activists inspired the pasANTI-ABORTION MEASURES provide a place to sage of other simiPASSED IN 30 STATES OVER stay in their own lar provisions homes. applying to a numTHE LAST THREE YEARS. For 20 years, ber of other federal these funds were health care programs (for governlargely isolated ment employees, U.S. from each other. In military personnel and their 1993, 50 abortion fund activists from families, Peace Corps volunteers, Indian 22 funds in 14 different states came Health Service clients and federal pristogether to found the National oners). Network of Abortion Funds (NNAF). It is not a permanent law but a The group also works to repeal the “rider” that, in various forms, has been Hyde Amendment and similar laws on routinely attached to annual appropriathe national and state level. Today, the tions bills since 1976. President Clinton group represents 100 funds in the got an exception for rape and incest United States as well as Mexico, into the amendment in the 1990s. Canada and the United Kingdom. President Obama has chosen to Some abortion funds have dozens of include the abortion coverage restricvolunteers and some paid staff, while tions in his 2015 budget proposal. others are just run by one or two peoEarlier, he had agreed to extend the ple. Hyde Amendment to the Affordable This is crucial work because hunCare Act in order to secure conservative dreds of thousands of women can’t Democratic votes to pass Obamacare. come up with the money for the proceJill Filipovic, writing in Britain’s dure. Abortions cost an average of $451 Guardian, notes that these days, “outin the first trimester and can sometimes side of the civil liberties organizations cost up to $3,000. and women’s advocacy groups that are The National Network of Abortion still pointing out the harms wrought by see ABORTION ACCESS Page 11 Hyde, there’s little mainstream political

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asses. Gridlock traffic, thousands and thousands of drunken idiots pissing in our yards and general bedlam in our usually quiet community have made most of us dread this festival. We find it embarrassing that Nederland’s most famous resident is a freezer-burned corpse. Beyond the inconvenience, the festival has become a threat to public safety. FDGD weekend would be no time to have one’s house catch fire, or to need an ambulance; it could take an hour for first responders to get across town. I know the event has been a longtime BW advertiser, but in the interest of journalistic credibility you should include reporting on the widespread local opposition to it in future articles. Bill Allen/Nederland

Support for Emma Hall as county coroner

“That Hall girl is running for county coroner!” dad excitedly announced on one of our visits to Lyons. “I am going to put a sign by the road,” he continued on. If he only knew. Our dad was the only flood related casualty in Lyons Colorado. If he only knew how much care Emma Hall took with his family, how much time Emma spent on the phone and in person with us during the week that he was missing and after his body was found, how important this job is to Emma and how important he was to her. He would have put one million signs by the road. We will never forget when Emma came to tell us that dad’s body had been found. Brent said

to her, “I am so sorry that you had to identify him.” Dad was her elementary school teacher and we knew that it must have been hard. Emma looked directly into his eyes and said, “This is a very important job and I am happy to do it.” We absolutely, without reservation endorse Emma Hall for Boulder County Coroner. We could not imagine casting a vote for anyone else. Brent Boland and Amy Boland Hoh/ Longmont

Emma Hall is an asset to Boulder County Coroner’s Office.

I have had the pleasure of knowing Emma Hall for twenty years. One of the things that I admire most about Emma is her willingness to help others and serve our community. As coroner, she has conducted herself with dignity and respect. But, the most important trait that Emma brings to her work is compassion. I have consistently received compliments on how she and her staff handle cases and work with families. Although Ms. Hall is often faced with making tough decisions and working with people at very difficult times, she is reasonable, fair and respectful. I have had numerous conversations with Ms. Hall about the need for Boulder County to have a coroner’s office which operates in accordance with national standards. When investigating a death, whether due to natural causes or some type of trauma, the coroner must weigh all factors and take a see LETTERS Page 11

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WHEN TUMBLEWEEDS ATTACK Anyone who has seen the classic horror film Night of the Triffids saw it coming, but the rest of the people in parts of Utah and Colorado woke up to a nightmarish hellscape of tumblin’ tumbleweeds with absolutely no advance notice of the plantbased invasion. The usually docile plants tumbled en masse, blocking roads, sidewalks, houses and more. Disaster was barely avoided at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge when a dust devil swept into a controlled burn of the rogue weeds, transforming them into a swirling tower of flame that in no way resembled the apocalypse. That’s probably why the public works people in the apparently dusty Weld County town of Firestone sent out notice that they were now accepting tumbleweeds for disposal. They made sure to include a mention that though they planned on burning them, they weren’t in a rush. “Tumbleweeds will be burned at a later date when weather conditions deem safe,” a press release closed ominously. POVERTY: ON THE RISE IF YOU’RE A KID If you thought the Great Recession was bad, just take a look at things now. Despite politicians’ insistence for years that the economy is on the rebound, more children in Colorado lived in poverty in 2012 than at the worst point of the economic death-spiral. That’s according to the Colorado Children’s Campaign, a nonpartisan nonprofit that focuses on expanding kids’ access to health care and education. About 224,000 of the state’s kids — 18 percent of them — are poor. The findings were in the campaign’s KIDS COUNT in Colorado! report, which also concludes that child care is a “heavy burden for thousands of Colorado families, both in terms of affordability and availability.” The state is the fifth-least affordable state in the country for child care for infants and 4-year-olds. FEELING GOOD? YEP, YOU’RE IN BOULDER In never-ending-national-rankings news, the city of Boulder scores well in a predictable category: Well-being. But our yogis and bikers and GMO-less masses could neither out-sweat nor out-meditate Provo, Utah. Perusing Provo’s official website — www.provo.org — the place sounds a lot like Boulder. There’s hiking, biking, music, great shops, restaurants and even a picture of a kid on a lazy summer day blowing bubbles with his mom. The 6-year-old survey by Gallup and Healthways ranked Fort Collins as third most well-being-est in the nation, Denver-Aurora 18th, Greeley 45th and Colorado Springs 58th. Perhaps what edged the scales in Boulder’s favor was GQ’s recent conclusion that though the city’s inhabitants are the nation’s worst-dressed, they tend to look fantastic naked. POT CONVICTIONS MAY BE OVERTURNED Hey, remember way back when pot was still illegal? All the way back in December? Ever wonder what will happen to all the people who got busted back then now that the reefer madness has receded? Thanks to a ruling from earlier this month that threw out a woman’s 2011 conviction for possession of marijuana because that is no longer illegal, an unknown number of Coloradans may now be eligible to have their convictions overturned. There’s just one catch: The only folks eligible are those who were in the middle of the appeals process on Dec. 10, 2012, when Amendment 64, which legalized pot, began to go into effect. Still, lawyers estimate that could apply to thousands of people. As for those that weren’t mid-appeal, STBY, y’all. Read more about it at http://www.courts.state.co.us/Courts/Court_of_Appeals/ Opinion/2014/11CA1929-PD.pdf FACEBOOK BUYS OCCULUS RIFT Hey kids, are you worried about the creeping onset of technology and its myriad unexplored social implications? Well then pay no attention whatsoever to the fact that Facebook — the world’s largest social network with a cavalier reputation for addressing privacy concerns — just dropped $2 billion to purchase Occulus Rift, the computer gaming interface that has taken interactive virtual reality to an entirely new level. Just think of it as a really neat new way you’ll be video chatting on Facebook in the near future, and not a way Mark Zuckerberg can achieve his childhood dream of becoming The Lawnmower Man. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com Boulder Weekly

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Funds has a unique form of fund raising — a “National Abortion Access Bowl-a-Thon” held for many years throughout the month of April in dozens of cities. Participants sometimes dress up in weird outfits with team names like the “Ovary-chievers,” “At Your Cervix,” “Lara Croft’s Womb Raiders” and Texas’ “Puck Ferrys.” This whimsical attitude is refreshing because it chal-

lenges the slut-shaming stigma surrounding abortion. In Denver, it’s a “Billiards-A-Thon” at Zanzibar’s Billiards Bar and Grill downtown at 2046 Larimer St. on Saturday, April 12 from 2 to 4 p.m. You can form a team, join a team or sponsor one. Contact them at http://tinyurl. com/TFFBilliards. The Denver event is sponsored by the Freedom Fund of Colorado. It was

founded in 1984 by the First Universalist Church of Denver. In 2010, it became a project of the Mountain Desert District, a seven-state district of Unitarian-Universalist congregations. This is a dangerous time for abortion rights. Since the major Republican gains in the 2010 elections, the Guttmacher Institute reports that there have been more than 200 anti-abortion

measures passed in 30 states over the last three years. The November elections are crucial. Will access to abortion be dramatically inhibited or will there be a pushback? It is time to demand that reproductive healthcare is a right, no matter how much money you make. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com This opinion column does not necessarily reflect the views of Boulder Weekly.

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comprehensive look at each case to make an accurate ruling. Ms. Hall has been criticized, at times, for taking such a comprehensive approach. However, this method is absolutely critical for all agencies involved and especially the families. A rush to judgment can lead to additional and unnecessary grief for families who have lost a loved one, greatly increase the likelihood of misinformation, and compromise the integrity of an investigation. In three short years, I have watched Ms. Hall implement policies and procedures that have helped to move the coroner’s office into compliance with national standards. She has restructured the staff in the office and increased both the morale and professionalism of the entire organization. The construction of a new state-of-the-art facility, which Ms. Hall championed, will also be an important part of having the coroner’s office serve our community better. I’m voting for Emma Hall and I hope you will, too. Dr. Joe Meckle/Lyons

Dog lovers bite back on green tag debates

Macon Cowles cares more about dogs than homeless people. I know this for a fact. I, too, love animals. But, I wonder if anyone on Boulder Council realizes that they may also care less for some humans than even an aggressive dog. My [dog] Pockets bit someone because she was abused as a laboratory dog and did not trust humans for a long while. She was cute and cuddly but people just thought they could pet her without question and so she bit and then pulled away. It cost me more than $2,500 dollars in fines and a rabies shot. Some rich Boulder woman decided to go to the emergency room instead of simply booking an appointment to see her doctor. It was just a slight puncture. She didn’t want to use her insurance.

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Pockets was quarantined for ten days at the Shelter, paid for by me. I had to take classes for training a dog but they said Pockets was as trained as she ever could be in her condition, actually told me what a brilliant job I had done in “saving” this animal. The Humane Society warned me not to take such a dog, that she was “untrainable,” more scared than any child I’ve ever seen. So, Pockets stayed home and slept while I attended required classes by the court for a series of dog trainings, with an invisible dog. It was pretty silly and a waste of time. I held a leash in my hand and a whistle in my mouth. Perhaps the next ordinance to punish the homeless for being so should be for them to be leashed at all times! I wish Boulder Council members would think as deeply as they seem to be about the green tag program and dog tickets as they do those so unfortunate not to have a home. The only time Macon Cowles ever contacted me about anything was when he saw his own dog in one of my videos. Otherwise, I was and am, just like the homeless, persona non grata to him and to most of the Boulder City Council. Even a dog will have its day. That’s what they say. Pockets passed away in 2013, heartbroken to have had to leave Boulder, where dogs are better, sometimes, than men the likes of Macon Cowles. Seth Brigham/North Kingstown, R.I.

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I’m looking for a woman named Kirsten A. Lansing, maybe Kirsten A. Coe. Years ago she painted a painting when she was roommates with my son, Tucker Lange, in Boulder. Somehow 12 March 27, 2014

my son got to keep it, and now it’s in our basement in Albany, N.Y. I don’t have the heart to trash it, and wanted to find out if Kirsten wanted it back. Do you have any ideas on how I might track her down? According to Whitepages, she lives in Boulder, don’t know if that’s true or not. Thanks! Robert Lange/Albany, NY

Stand Your Ground an excuse for killing

I lived in Coral Gables, Florida or the capital of South America as we sometimes affectionately called it, in the early ’80s and got to know the people and place fairly well. Had a ball speaking Spanish with the fellas to the hordes of beautiful, stunning women, played futbol with the South Americans, Cricket with the West Indians and got robbed in Coconut Grove. My Trinidadian sister-in-law has a house next door to my nieces and virtually everyone I went to high school with in Jamaica has moved to the ‘Kendall’ neighborhood, most having moved there in the 70s after the [People’s National Party] and [ Jamaica Labour Party] political violence became too much for them back in Jamaica. Florida was and is the most diverse, multicultural, multiracial and integrated/integrating city in the country, California notwithstanding. There are some rebel demographers I’ve read that claim that a majority minority already exists in California, with Texas on the way, but that is an argument for another day. It is precisely this though, the ‘Browning of America’ and the fear of being overwhelmed, perhaps even absorbed, and the accompanying loss of unique power and privilege that is at the core of their special rage of xenophobia problem. ‘They’ would be the minority of White men/European Americans that are terrified of this inevitable change. And to make a short story long these ‘Stand Your Ground’ people are apparently using Florida as ground zero in the practice test run of this law. And they’re starting out with killing an old favorite, young African American men. Pathetic, dudes, just pathetic...and cowardly. Why don’t you try joining some kind of living, more positive way of life? Otherwise, well, I don’t know that I really wanna think about otherwise right now. Grant D. Cyrus/Boulder Boulder Weekly

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o one is quite sure how it happened, how he got past security or went unnoticed for so long. But on Dec. 14, a man sat at a dimly-lit back table in The Sundown Saloon and put away drink after drink after drink, glasses piling up on the unbussed table, until he was discovered passed out, covered in his own piss and in need of medical attention. It was a serious incident, and a major lapse in public safety, but it was by no means a standard weekend at one

working that section of the bar that evening, hired 30 percent more staff, outfitted them with radios to communicate cross-bar, upgraded the lighting, installed cameras and started having the doormen write down physical descriptions of patrons turned away at the door. “No one is more embarrassed than we are,” said Tuschman. They also received testimony in their favor from Boulder Police Department Liquor Enforcement Officer Carlene Hoffman, who spoke

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A Notice of Suspension in the window of the Pearl Street Pub & Cellar earlier this year.

of Boulder’s most iconic bars. Bar staff claim, and the police who responded confirm, the Sundown staff didn’t serve the man directly, but the owners agree he should have been seen. The subsequent liquor violation The Sundown received was the first in its 33-year history. When Sundown owners Anthony Milazzo and Jon Tuschman were called on March 19 to defend their liquor license to Boulder’s Beverage Licensing Authority, the board that oversees liquor licenses in the city, they outlined changes the bar had made since the incident: They fired the three people 16 March 27, 2014

to the bar’s reputation for confiscating fake IDs, its decades without a liquor violation and the time she personally witnessed them refuse service just a few months prior. The Sundown’s hope was that it could pay a fine. The board didn’t buy it. The Sundown was ordered to close for six days as punishment, with an additional 12 days put in reserve (abeyance) to be used as an additional penalty if the bar is cited again. During that same meeting, The Walrus, another downtown staple, was ordered closed for nine days after going

40 years without a violation, and Buffalo Spirits Liquor on North Broadway was rigorously interrogated, then ordered closed for several days. Its crime? Opening on Christmas due to employee error. For months now, Boulder, a town internationally renowned for its craft beer and with a high college population, has been quietly suffering a bureaucratic war on alcohol, and local bar owners are increasingly aware of their status as cannon fodder. Jim Sonn, owner of The Pearl Street Pub made that pretty clear when he had to appear before the BLA in January of this year. The Pearl Street Pub had 14 years without a violation — and has a doorman who teaches workshops on spotting fake IDs — before getting dinged for overserving twice in 2013 and the board wanted to know what had changed. “The enforcement,” he said. The BLA didn’t like that answer. The Pearl Street Pub was ordered to close for eight days, with another 13 days put in abeyance to kick in on top of any other penalties if Pearl Street Pub gets another violation. And at least one BLA member, Lisa Spalding, wanted to see the bar closed outright. But here’s the thing: Sonn was right. The number of bars or restaurants called before the BLA to defend their liquor licenses averaged between one and three per month for the last two years. Then in the final quarter of 2013 it spiked, with seven bars defending their licenses in December, and nine doing so in January. For context, there were only 20 bars that defended to their licenses to the BLA in all of 2013. The Boulder Police Department

says the spike is related to when bars are scheduled to appear before the BLA, not to enforcement itself, and there is some truth to that. The number of bars defending their licenses dropped to two in February, and four in March, and there have been spikes before, with seven bars defending their licenses in April 2011, eight in January 2011 and 10 in December 2010. As reported in Boulder Weekly’s article, “Buzz kill” in February 2011, much of that spike was due to a $34,700 grant from the Colorado Liquor enforcement division. This time, there’s no grant money, just a new series of stings executed as a partnership between the BPD and state liquor enforcement officials targeting bars for overserving. While BPD refused to comment on the stings, multiple bar owners BW spoke to for this article pegged their start to the last quarter of 2013, a timeframe that was backed up by BLA member Lisa Spalding in March’s meeting. “These overserving stings just started last year,” she said. But what Sonn and numerous other bar owners have told BW has changed of late is not just the number of busts, but the tone of liquor enforcement. “We used to work with the police, even invite them in to look for fake IDs,” says Sonn. “Now there seems to be an antagonistic relationship instead of working together.” Bar owners told BW stories of liquor enforcement officials issuing citations without getting the drunk person’s ID or contact, of undercover BPD officers camping out in bars for hours waiting to see someone that appeared intoxicated, of being told that certain kinds of music would guarantee the bar would receive liquor violations and more. Sonn likened it to a cop following a driver for 50 miles searching for any excuse to pull them over, something that appears fine and dandy with the city. “The stepped up stings are great,” BLA member Harriet Vincent Barker said at January’s BLA meeting. “And the word about them needs to spread fast and hard.” It has. And the crackdown has Boulder Weekly

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No 75.4% 1,712 forcibly reshape local culture and made local bar owners scared. force business owners who didn’t One even told BW they turned Why yes or no? Please explain: 1,291 actually commit the crime themaway a customer with cerebral palsy out of fear the police might selves into bankruptcy. Bartenders answered question 2,271 interpret that person’s slurred can even face jail time. speech and impaired movements Any reasonable analysis skipped question 0 as signs of intoxication. would say that these are serious It isn’t just college bars. Highpenalties, and that causing a busiend eatery Salt was forced to close ness to close by starving its reve6. If one exists, what do you think is the primary negative impact on the community as a down for two days and pay a large nue is still forcing it to close. result of over consumption of alcohol? Or indicate if you feel there aren’t major negative fine in December for the crime of BW tried to clarify with impacts. having a sign about the dangers of Spalding if she truly didn’t alcohol partially obscured. believe these were serious penalResponse Response The most telling piece of evities or was simply speaking off Percent Count dence that things are different is the cuff in the heat of the the sheer number of bar owners moment, but she refused to take Unclean neighborhoods 2.1% 48 BW spoke to for this story, almost BW’s questions via phone, hangDisorderly or unlawful conduct 14.3% 324 all whom wouldn’t go on record ing up on us several times and for fear of retaliation. then later refused to respond to Noise 5.5% 125 “The people who are on this emailed questions. board are there for a reason, they And as Spalding’s hardline Unsafe neighborhoods 3.6% 82 stance largely drives the board’s have an agenda,” says Sonn. There are some negative discussions, it’s all the other The member of the board impacts, but they aren’t very members can do to balance her whose agenda seems the most 45.4% 1,031 significant and are often out. defined is Lisa Spalding, whose exaggerated. The largest counterweight is rhetoric and demeanor fall somewhere between a moral crusade McMurray, the youngest member Overconsumption isn’t a problem in 29.1% 661 Boulder. and an outright witch hunt. of the board and a managing At March’s meeting after the partner at Mountain Sun answered question 2,271 city made a motion to dismiss the Brewing. charges against The Lazy Dog If anyone on the board represkipped question 0 due to lack of evidence, Spalding sents the interests of local bars threw a fit, demanding that the and restaurants, it’s McMurray, tax revenue generated by those sales, bar’s owner be drug before the board curbing alcohol consumption. who uses terms like “normative drunkand the economic activity and taxes anyhow so he could defend his “moral Her argument for closing the Pearl enness” and says he thinks the penalties that come with its employees having character.” Street Pub was that an eight-day closhould be focused more toward educadisposable income. “He wasn’t charged with anything,” sure was not a serious punishment. She tional ends than toward shutdowns. said board member Tim McMurray. said the same of the 20-day closure that3 of 246 And then there’s the fact that along “I don’t think it’s our practice or our “It doesn’t matter,” Spalding fired was levied against Bohemian Biergarten with a closure, bars must display a sign job to force people out of business,” he explaining why they’re closed in the back. at December’s meeting. told Spalding during one exchange. front window, like some sort of scarlet Less than an hour earlier she’d But here’s the numbers on those “To me, an iron fist isn’t necessarily letter. referred to residents of Boulder’s home- closures. a deterrent,” he said in another. Though Zdenek Srom, owner of the less shelter as “those types of people,” Both businesses do thousands of It’s also a common sight during Bohemian Biergarten wouldn’t talk to and “habitual drunkards.” dollars in sales a day, sales that are cruBLA meetings to see McMurray quietBW explicitly about the case because of Spalding frequently employs wild cial to making overhead, and their ly shaking his head as Spalding monospeculation and a questionable knowlrespective closures are estimated to have the pending legal issues, he did tell BW logues. that the bigger risk to him wasn’t the edge of the law to push for the harshest cost in the neighborhood of $20,000 But what neither Spalding, possibility of closure itself, but the long, McMurray nor any of the other board penalties available, which often means apiece. multi-million dollar lease on the restau- members caught in the middle of their seeing a bar closed outright. BarMore than 20 people work at The rant’s prime real estate space at 13th owners also allege she has pushed to Pearl Street Pub, closer to 40 at the game of tug-of-war has is accountabilistrip alcohol permitting from The Bohemian Biergarten, all of whom then and Pearl, which he would still be ty. Though the BLA are public officials Boulder Creek Festival and other comhad to either find other jobs or dip into responsible for paying even if the reswith the power to shut down businesses taurant was forced to close from lack of that employ dozens of people and shape munity gatherings. savings. revenue relating to the closure. The general impression Spalding “These are people who are not rich the culture of the city, its members are Penalties of that level mean that the unelected. Terms are five years and gives off is that of an almost cartoonby any means. How are they going to crime of someone being served one beer ishly firebreathing teetotaler, indifferent pay their rent?” says Sonn. too many could cost dozens of jobs, Then there’s the lost city and state to what gets quashed in the name of See BARS Page 18

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members are appointed by the city council. Once in, they become a sort of kangaroo court, a second layer of prosecution that offers defendants few of the rights constitutionally guaranteed to the accused. And though the BLA operates in a quasi-judicial manner, they are not judges and are not held to the same standards of conduct or burdens of proof. A bar or restaurant bringing a lawyer might receive a harsher penalty as the lawyer’s presence is interpreted as a sign of unrepentence. Instead of both sides presenting evidence to assess guilt, guilt is commonly presumed from the outset and the hearing is based almost entirely off police reports. And in perhaps the most problematic issue of all, those police reports are largely anecdotal. “We’re not allowed by state law to bring a portable breath test into any establishment,” says BPD Liquor Enforcement Officer Carlene Hoffman. “We’re only allowed to use the machine when we handle DUIs.” That means overconsumption tickets are issued to bars based on cops eyeballing actions like “talking loudly,” in a bar environment. Now that recreational pot is legal, they’re also on the lookout for people who might have bloodshot eyes at 1 a.m., something bartenders are also now being held accountable for. A bar that lets in a patron who consumed a slow-acting marijuana edible before its effects kick in can be held accountable when that patron orders a single beer, sits down and promptly passes out. “At 12:30 a.m., 1 a.m. on a Saturday night, if they go looking for somebody with bloodshot eyes, somebody who’s speaking loudly, they’re going to find it,” says Sonn. The big question to the crackdown is why. And no one is talking. As mentioned before, BLA member Lisa Spalding refused repeated attempts to interview her. When BW attempted to get more information about practices and goals of liquor enforcement, BPD Public Information Officer Kim Kobel took several weeks to return our calls, allotting only sev-

eral minutes to speak to us when she did. We asked about the increase in stings, which was discussed several times at January’s BLA meeting and confirmed again at March’s, and she said it didn’t exist. We asked why the numbers, the rhetoric of the board and the experiences of local bar owners seemed to point in the opposite direction and Kobel told BW we just needed to do more research. We did. And discovered that, along with the existence of overconsumption stings, there are not one, not two, but three elephants in the room. The first is city attorney Tom Carr. As previously reported in BW, Carr came to Boulder in 2010 after being run out of Seattle for his undesired and constitutionally dubious crackdown on local bars. “In 2007, Carr and the Seattle Police Department claimed that two dozen people either illegally served minors or let undercover officers who didn’t have valid ID into bars. But the campaign was widely considered overzealous and sloppy,” BW stringer Dominic Holden wrote. “Among the follies, police jailed a bar employee for 11 hours, allegedly for serving a drink to a drunk man — which would be considered over-service — but the Seattle Times wrote that the police report says the bartender ‘poured him a glass of water.’ Carr charged the bartenders and doormen with gross misdemeanors, punishable by a year in jail, but not a single case resulted in a conviction. Some cases were tossed out. One jury found a man not guilty in 20 minutes; two cases ended in mistrials. As a deluge of public criticism swelled — the entire sting appeared to be politically timed one week before the Seattle City Council was set to vote on strict new rules for nightclubs — Carr offered slap-on-the-wrist plea agreements for lesser charges to 17 of the defendants, most of whom had no criminal history. “Just before the election last year [2009], Carr faced more cries of politi-

cal motivation against bars. An assistant attorney at Carr’s office warned bar owners — who had overwhelmingly come out to support Carr’s opponent — that police would approach apparently intoxicated pedestrians, ask them where they’ve been drinking, and try to shut down any bars they name. Carr claimed problems of over-service at bars in the Capitol Hill neighborhood were linked to rising assaults and robberies. But police records showed that robberies and assaults in the neighborhood were actually down,” Holden continued. Eventually, Seattle grew so frustrated with the crackdowns that Carr was voted out of office by 28 points. Then, based in some part on his history of liquor enforcement, he was hired as city attorney in Boulder, where the position is not elected. Carr’s controversial past on bar crackdowns was actually viewed as a positive trait when he was hired by Boulder City Council. In 2010, then Boulder Deputy Mayor Ken Wilson, who had helped lead the search for a new city attorney, told BW that he was “particularly impressed by Carr’s ideas to regulate bars and defend the city’s ban on camping.” A year later, in 2011, when asked by BW about that year’s spike in achohol violations, Carr said, “I take underage drinking very seriously, but in this town the city attorney doesn’t really have a policy role there. We advise the liquor board on legal issues and help them do their hearings better, but we don’t give them policy direction. They’re pretty tough on their own.” But it appears that they have gotten much tougher in recent days. Last year, K’s China, a favorite University Hill drinking spot known for its cheap, strong drinks, got put through the ringer when a drunk minor was arrested, said that he was drinking at K’s China, and then later recanted, citing pressure from police to finger K’s China. The fallout included a BLA closure of K’s China even without a direct violation, a resulting lawsuit against Boulder Weekly

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that was an amendment to the city’s “500-foot rule” regulating liquor sales near schools and universities, the effect of which would be to force bars on University Hill to close at 11 p.m. through the use of zoning restrictions. Dozens of residents and business owners spoke against the proposal and only three spoke for it. One of them was BLA member Lisa Spalding. The city went forward with the change anyhow. In November, the University of Colorado Boulder launched its Be Boulder publicity campaign to rebrand the university’s image as a party school. In the past, the university had gone as far as pouring fish gut fertilizer on the central campus quad to put the kibosh on 4/20 celebrations, which makes it seem like no small coincidence that the PR effort kicked off just before the legalization of recreational marijuana went into effect, and at nearly the same time as efforts to crack down on drinking near the university. And as anyone could have predicted, the effect of these policies was not a decline in alcohol consumption by university students who decided to rethink their lives thanks to the joys of legislated morality, but simply an exodus to Pearl Street bars when the Hill closed at 11 p.m., causing those bars to be more congested and further exacerbating the issues that come at closing time, including the risks of overserving, a risk that increases more with every bar the city forces closed that further concentrates the fixed drinking demand in a smaller supply of venues. The third elephant in the circus is big development money. Construction recently began on the redevelopment of the former Daily Camera building, the largest development project in downtown Boulder in years. Investors with deep pockets have financial interests in the area and plain truth is they get greater returns from the sorts of restaurants that serve $12 cocktails than they do from those that offer $3 pints. The city strategy outlined in late

2013 included “land use code definitions for hospitality establishments to differentiate between lower and higherintensity uses.” The less legal-ease version of that is the city is using zoning to push restaurants instead of taverns. Downtown bar owners that spoke with BW for this story expressed concern that the same rezoning strategies that were used to shut down University Hill at 11 p.m. will soon be used to close down Pearl Street. That fear was given weight during the discussion to deny a tavern permit to the Kava Lounge during March’s BLA meeting, in which one major focus of the board was that there were already enough similar establishments in the downtown area, and that it was likely to the be the sort of place that attracted large crowds. But as McMurray protested, Boulder only has a scant few business districts, all of them pre-built, and there isn’t really anywhere to put a bar like Kava Lounge except in that cluster of downtown nightlife spaces. All those items put together is why every bar owner BW talked to for this story also said that, knowing what they now know, they wouldn’t choose to open a business in Boulder, with Longmont and Fort Collins being the top places they’d choose instead. That alone should be cause for concern. But again, no one in charge is talking. It’s simple to point out abuses of power or malpractice when they are illegal. But little if anything that the city has done as part of its alcohol crackdown is explicitly illegal. Instead, it is just opaquely conducted and questionably conceived. Despite all the stress he’s been through, even Jim Sonn agrees. “The laws are reasonable,” he says. “We [bar owners] have no problems with the laws. We want to follow the laws. We are concerned with the safety of the public and realize we have a large responsibility there. The problem is with reasonable enforcement.” Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com

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hen his silver Pontiac plunged into a river during last September’s floods, Roy Ortiz could not have known the quiet life he had built for his family in Broomfield would soon disappear. He became a household name after his “miraculous” drama played out on television, making headlines around the country. Somehow he lived as raging water gushed through his crumpled, overturned sedan by inching his way to the back seat and fitting his head into a small air pocket. He called his wife. He called 911. He prayed to God. It seemed like two hours passed, Ortiz would later claim, before rescuers splashed up to his car in a rubber raft to find him tapping on the window and yelling for help. Once at Good Samaritan Medical Center, he was treated for hypothermia and other ailments. Then, in front of cameras at a press conference at the medical center, Ortiz recounted the ordeal. He was deeply thankful and emotional. “I love everybody,” Ortiz said. He even hugged John Cook, a rescuer with the North Metro Fire Rescue District. It was the happy ending everyone seemed to want. Yet the next chapter in Ortiz’s story was starting to write itself. Something Cook said during the press conference stood out. “We didn’t know that he was in the car still,” Cook admitted. Now, several months later, a legal notice Ortiz’s lawyer sent to several entities, including North Metro Fire, the City and County of Broomfield and Boulder County, alleges that perhaps rescuers should have known Ortiz was still inside. Ortiz, also known as Rogelio Sosa-Ortiz, is seeking up to $500,000 for his family, according to the filings that also maintain there were no signs on Sept. 12 to let drivers know that Dillon Road near U.S. Hwy. 287 in Broomfield was perilous. Had warnings been posted, Ortiz may not have proceeded in his 2003 Grand Prix, followed by two trucks. All three vehicles tumbled down 15 feet into the river. Ortiz’s car overturned in the swollen, rushing waters. “Somehow, they didn’t realize Roy was there,” Ed Ferszt, Ortiz’s attorney, told Boulder Weekly. A report by Boulder County

Sheriff ’s Deputy Jeanette Cunning seems to confirm that: “It was undetermined at that time if the vehicle contained any survivors. Rescue crews and the dive team had secured the sedan in order to see if anybody was inside. Once rescuers were able to pull the vehicle up onto its side, they broke out a window and determined that the party who had been in it was in fact alive.” On the scene was Ortiz’s wife, Patricia Ortega, and their children. “At one point during the operation,” an unnamed officer or deputy “mistakenly informed Mrs. Ortega” that Ortiz “was deceased,” Ferszt wrote. That has caused the family great emotional stress. When news of the legal maneuvers broke earlier this month, Ortiz became a pariah. Headlines declared: “Colorado man pulled from violent floodwaters to sue saviors for not rescuing him sooner.” The Denver Post’s editorial board ravaged Ortiz on March 6: “Now, if there is evidence that rescuers were grossly negligent, that would be one thing. But Ortiz and many others were victims of a natural disaster of epic proportions. Perhaps he should sue Mother Nature, too.” There is no suit — not yet. Ferszt added that there may not be one. The paperwork he filed signals a possible suit, triggering a governmental investigation into events and actions that day. Meanwhile, the online commentators have issued their own verdict. “They should have let Ortiz drown,” reads a typical comment. In a brief phone interview, Ortiz explained that he turned to Ferszt because of his lingering medical issues, $40,000 in medical bills and a desire to know if the government did everything properly during the flood. Now, seeing the comments online and receiving some directly and through his attorney, Ortiz said he is afraid. “I fear for my family,” Ortiz told Boulder Weekly. “There has been a lot of angry responses.” He wouldn’t elaborate on the nature of the responses, but said some were threatening. He added that he was considering moving “for fear of being safe for me and my family.” It was in the middle of this month that online critics became especially vocal. That was after Ortiz and his attorney appeared on Fox News’ The Real Story with Gretchen Carlson. During the interview, Carlson noted her viewers’ Boulder Weekly

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potential “sense of anger that you would possibly be suing the rescuers… when your client is alive.” Then she put forth a question that seemed to come out of nowhere: “And by the way, is Mr. Ortiz a U.S. citizen? Is he here legally in this country?” “That has no bearing on this case…” Ferszt began, Carlson cutting him off. “I think our viewers would like to know that,” she said. “Is he in this country legally or not?” Ferszt persisted: “That has no bearing on this case and it certainly doesn’t prevent him from presenting any civil claims. … That’s completely irrelevant to the matter at hand.” “OK,” Carlson replied. “You told me earlier in the commercial break that you believe he is undocumented and that he is not here legally in this country.” Ferszt tried again to explain, but Carlson quickly ended the segment. Asked by Boulder Weekly whether Ortiz has legal grounds to be in the United States, neither Ferszt nor Ortiz would immediately answer. “No comment,” Ferszt said. Ever since the Fox News segment aired, Ortiz has been pilloried in blogs as an “illegal alien” and a grifter. A typical post, unedited, reads: “I’m sick and tired of these cockroaches from south of the border scamming our tax paying $, welfare benefits and our jobs. Also, that cockroach loving POS [piece of shit] lawyer needs to be toe-tagged and sent back to Mex. along with his client.” Another negative posting, one of thousands online, states: “Nice job Gretchen for cutting that forked tongue lawyer off at the end. He can file all the suits he wants, but make him do it from his own country. WE, as Americans, have rights too! DEPORTATAION!!!” And another: “Too bad he didn’t die.” And another: “Thank God for Gretchen! Thank God for FOX News!” Pastor Damaso Morales has heard Boulder Weekly

about the controversy. He has known Ortiz for about a decade, he said. Ortiz, he added, is an upstanding member of Taernaculo de Restauracion, or Tabernacle of Restoration, church in Aurora, part of the International Pentecostal Holiness Church community. “Our Mission is to develop our church into a community of multicultural believers that are well equipped,” the church website states. “Our church gives the people an opportunity to understand and experience the joy of a new life, new levels of maturity and to be part of a community of love.” Morales declined an in-person interview, but he confirmed via phone that Ortiz is a co-pastor in the church. He said Ortiz has always worked hard to provide for his family: “I can tell you that Roy is a good man. He’s a father, a friend. That is the only thing I can say about him.” Ferszt’s paperwork is on the desk of Deputy Boulder County Attorney David Hughes, who will respond to the claim. He’s also fielding scores of press calls. “I’ve received more calls about this case than any other,” he said. “It’s just unbelievable.” Ortiz’s immigration status may not even matter. “I’d be surprised if it comes up,” Hughes said. Both Ortiz and Ferszt are now extremely wary of talking to the press. Only through persistent efforts did Boulder Weekly reach them. Ortiz initially said he was open to an interview at his home, but then said he wouldn’t be around. “Sorry, will not be able to meet with you,” Ortiz texted. “I talk with my lawyer and he recommended not talk anyone because they already defamed my name too much and for the moment is better to be silent, so please excuse me and I’m so sorry for this inconvenience!!! GOD BLESS YOU.” Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com

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A woman walks the “track” in Washington, D.C. Public areas of prostitution activity are becoming rare in the age of the Internet.

Jackie, who was prostituted as a child by her mother, poses with her baby. Despite the best efforts of Sgt. Dan Steele and his family, she has not been able to stay off the streets.

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t could have been her. That’s what University of sharing stories from survivors of human rights abuses like Colorado alumnus Elizabeth Woller says she took those recorded in her documentary, The Devil Came On away from the experience of running the cameras for Horseback, about the genocide in Darfur. Tricked, a film about domestic sex trafficking. “These On any given day, according to Woller, an estimated girls could have been me, they could have been my 300 children are sold for sex in Colorado, and sold up to friends,” Woller says. 10 times day. It’s a $3 billion a year business and among Woller recorded interviews with the film’s central the fastest growing criminal industries in the United character, Danielle Douglas, a Boston college student States. whose pimp “boyfriended in” to convince her to walk the At the core of Tricked is an inquiry into how we look streets in Massachusetts towns, selling blowjobs for $30 at prostitutes in America — how often are we treating and sex for $50. Another survivor, a high school girl from victims as criminals? Aurora, met a man on the Internet who then kidnapped, Douglas, the victim-turned-advocate whose story is assaulted and prosticentral to the film, Elizabeth Woller tuted her. She says she was arrested escaped. Most don’t. as many as 50 times One of the initial supfor prostitution, and porters of Tricked was not once did somea CU mom who’s one stop and ask if daughter was trafshe needed help. So ficked while she lived her pimp would bail in Boulder. her out and within “This is an hours she was back American issue. It’s on the “track,” walknot a Third World ing the streets and issue, it’s an American selling herself. A forissue. The film focuses mer Las Vegas escort a lot on Colorado echoes, if she had A man is arrested, debriefed and ticketed in Lakewood during a john sting. because it is a major known she could He said it was his first time soliciting a prostitute. issue in Colorado, but have gone to a secuit’s in every state,” rity guard and said Woller says. “It’s your neighbors. It’s your neighborhood. she was being held, and sold, against her will and gotten It’s your city.” help, she would have. The film drills that message home in one interview The pimps, on the other hand seem to think they have impunity — and because prosecutions in these cases are so after another with trafficking victims, pimps, victims’ difficult, some days, they do. advocates, victims’ parents, attorneys and the police who But Tricked shows their faces and their conversations put boots on the ground to try to put a stop to the pracwith police as they’re being handcuffed in front of pleastice. They come from cities across the country — New antly beige suburban homes. York City, Boston, Chicago, Duluth, Las Vegas, Houston “Many of the pimps were just fine with being shown, and Denver. Woller was recruited for the Denver interviews by the film’s producer and co-director, Jane Wells, who founded the nonprofit 3 Generations to continue See TRICKED Page 24 March 27, 2014 23

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s the solar industry continues to boom nationally, Colorado could be falling behind. The National Solar Foundation found Colorado’s solar job growth to have stagnated in 2013, while 90 percent of the country saw solar job growth. The organization’s National Solar Job Census, released in February, dropped Colorado by three ranks in terms of solar jobs, though still claiming the respectable rank of nine. Many in the solar industry attribute the recent lull in growth to uncertainty surrounding net metering, the process by which Xcel Energy compensates customers with rooftop solar panels for the energy their

photovoltaic systems contribute to the grid. The ratcheting down of Xcel’s Solar*Rewards program, a program designed to incentivize installation of rooftop solar, could also be an inhibiting factor in the growth of Colorado’s solar industry. “Historically, the program has been one of the primary drivers of people installing solar in Colorado,” says Namaste Solar Vice President Amanda Bybee of the incentives program. “It’s difficult to predict how sales will go once the incentives are gone.” Xcel’s Solar*Rewards Program, put in place in 2006, has ratcheted down from $.15/kilowatt hour to See BOULDERGANIC Page 30

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by Boulder Weekly staff Famed actors try to shed light on plight of Colorado River Robert Redford and Will Ferrell, accompanied by professional surfer Kelly Slater, supported the Raise the River organization’s efforts to reconnect the Colorado River with the Gulf of California in a recent promotional clip filled with plenty of banter. According to Raise the River’s website, Courtesy of Raise the River

How the Colorado River could look with increased water flow.

its goal is to raise $10 million by 2017. These funds will be put toward planting native trees and purchasing permanent water rights dedicated to the delta. The 6 millionyear-old Colorado River used to cover 2 million acres to flow into the ocean, but is now stopping short by 70 miles due to the growing populations diverting increasing amounts of water over the last 100 years. The water flow from the Colorado River is essential for the survival of the ecosys-

appeared in Environmental Research Lettems in those remaining 70 miles of Coloters. But the increase of carbon dioxide rado River delta, the water source necesdue to climate change might actually sary for plant growth as well as animal and increase crops’ yield because it would marine life. According to Raise the River, if boost photosynthesis. Deryng stressed this dried-out area received just 1 percent that this concept is controversial because of the river’s annual flow, it would restore the scientific community is unsure how 2,300 acres of forest and marsh along the this increase in yield will affect the qual70-mile stretch. ity of the grain. PotenAlthough the organiCourtesy of Raise the River tially, the increase in yield zation stated in a recent could cause the crops press release that it has to have a lower nutrialready acquired 75 pertion value because the cent of its necessary funds, carbon and nitrogen ratio thanks to Keurig Green would reduce the protein Mountain, it’s deadline to content. obtain the rest is crucial The researchers used because the Minute 319, a this increasing yield conbi-national water-sharing cept when calculating agreement between the how much crop yields in U.S. and Mexico for Colothe future would decrease rado River water, expires or even increase. Wheat in 2017. The Raise the River crops could experience a organization hopes that 19 percent gain in yield if the funds raised will help the carbon dioxide boost ensure the future restoratheory is accurate. tion of the Colorado River The dry delta in Mexico. According to Deryng, Delta once this agreethe U.S. national average ment expires. maize and soybean yields — Mallane Dressel will still decrease by 16 and 10 percent even when factoring in the carbon dioxide Researchers study effects of increasing growth boost because of the severe imcarbon dioxide, heat waves on crops pact of the heat waves. If the crops do not Maize and soybean crops may experihave the increase in yield, the researcher ence a significant decrease in crop yield expects that these crops could decrease as climate change brings extreme heat 26 to 41 percent. waves, while wheat might experience an “I hope to increase knowledge and increase as carbon dioxide in the atmosphere increases, according to researchers understanding of global scale impact of climate change on the agriculture secfrom the University of East Anglia in Norwich, United Kingdom. tor,” says Deryng. “Mitigation policy to Extreme temperatures brought on by reduce green house gas emissions could climate change will be detrimental to help reduce the risk of extreme weather crops if these heat waves occur during events and help farmers anticipate imthe flowering stage, found researcher pacts and adapt adequately to climate Delphine Deryng, one of the authors of change.” the scholarly article, “Global Crop Yield — Mallane Dressel Response to Extreme Heat Stress Under Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com Multiple Climate Change Futures,” which

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Forty seconds before round two, and I’m lying on my back trying to breathe. Pain all through me. Deep breath. Let it go. I won’t be able to lift my shoulder tomorrow, it won’t heal for over a year, but now it pulses, alive, and I feel the air vibrating around me, the stadium shaking with chants, in Mandarin, not for me. My teammates are kneeling above me, looking worried. They rub my arms, my shoulders, my legs. The bell rings. I hear my dad’s voice in the stands, ‘“C’mon Josh!” Gotta get up. I watch my opponent run to the center of the ring. He screams, pounds his chest. The fans explode. They call him

Buffalo. Bigger than me, stronger, quick as a cat. But I can take him if I make it to the middle of the ring without falling over. I have to dig deep, bring it up from somewhere right now. Our wrists touch, the bell rings, and he hits me like a Mack truck. — Joshua Waitzkin n his book The Art of Learning, Joshua Waitzkin describes how he is able to compete, and win, against martial arts competitors much physically stronger than himself by putting his mind into the game. When I asked Waitzkin whether he thinks his mental game is a result of his high

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or psychological factors, and a whopping 83 percent of coaches rate mental toughness as the most important set of psychological characteristics for determining competitive success. One of the first descriptions of mental toughness was made by sports psychologist James Loeher. Based on his extensive work with elite athletes and coaches, he proposed seven dimensions of mental toughness that he argued are developed: self-confidence, attention control, minimizing negative energy, increasing positive energy, maintaining motivation levels, attitude

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stand why you’re in it ... and constantly reminding yourself is vital”). Remaining fully focused on the task at hand in the face of competition-specific distractions (“There are inevitable distractions and you just have to be able to focus on what you need to focus on”). Regaining psychological control following unexpected, uncontrollable events (competition-specific) (“It’s definitely about not getting unsettled by things you didn’t expect or can’t control. You’ve got to be able to switch back into control mode”). Pushing back the boundaries of physical and emotional pain, while still maintaining technique and effort under distress during training and competition (“In my sport you have to deal with the physical pain from fatigue, dehydration, and tiredness. ... You are depleting your body of so many different things. It is a question of pushing yourself. ... It’s mind over matter, just trying to hold your technique and perform while under this distress and go beyond your limits”). Accepting that competition anxiety is inevitable and knowing that you can cope with it. (“I accept that I’m going to get nervous, particularly when the pressure’s on, but keeping the lid on it and being in control is crucial”). Not being adversely affected by other’s good and bad performances (“There have been cases where people have set world records and people have gone out five or six minutes later and improved the world record again. The mentally tough performer uses others’ good performances as a spur. Rather than say ‘I can’t go that fast,’ they say ‘Well, he is no better than me, so I’m going to go out there and beat that’”). Thriving on the pressure of competition (“If you are going to achieve anything worthwhile, there is bound to be pressure. Mental toughness is

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being resilient to and using the competition pressure to get the best out of yourself ”). Remaining fully focused in the face of personal life distractions (“Once you’re in the competition, you cannot let you mind wander to other things”; and, “It doesn’t matter what has happened to you, you can’t bring the problem into the performance arena”).

Switching sport focus on and off as required (“You need to be able to switch it [i.e., focus] on and off, especially between games during a tournament. The mentally tough performer succeeds by having control of the on/off switch”). In more recent years, a number of studies have attempted to further clarify see MENTALLY TOUGH Page 34

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what mental toughness is. In one large review, Daniel Gucciardi and colleagues argued that the dimensions that comprise mental toughness influence the way we approach and interpret both positive and negative events, which in turn influence performance. Research also shows that mental toughness is an ongoing developing process. The attitudes, cognitions, emotions, and personal values that comprise mental toughness develop as a result of repeated exposure to a variety of experiences, challenges, and adversities. Once acquired, mental toughness is maintained by: • A desire and motivation to succeed that is insatiable and internalized • A perceived support network that includes sporting and nonsporting personnel • Effective use of basic and advanced psychological skills. Do athletes have higher levels of mental toughness than non-athletes? In a very recent study, Félix Guillén and Sylvain Laborde compared levels of mental toughness between athletes and non-athletes. Based on the review by Gucciardi and colleagues, they distilled mental toughness down into four main dimensions: Hope: The unshakeable self-belief in one’s ability to achieve competition goals (“I can think of many ways to get out of a jam”). Optimism: A general expectancy that good things will happen (“In uncertain times, I usually expect the best”). Perseverance: Consistency in achieving one’s goals and not giving up easily when facing adversity of difficulties (“I am often so determined that I continue working long after other people have given up”). Resilience: The ability to adapt to challenges in the environment (“I do not dwell on things that I can’t do anything about”). All four dimensions were significantly related to each other, forming a general factor of mental toughness. Athletes scored much higher than nonathletes on this general mental toughness factor, with a large effect size. What’s more, there was no difference between the type of sport (individual vs. team sports). This is consistent with prior research suggesting that mental toughness is more a function of environment than domains.

The researchers also found that mental toughness increased with age, also consistent with prior research showing that mental toughness develops through experiences. Finally, the researchers found that athletes with higher levels of mental toughness practiced for longer, on average, than athletes with lower levels of mental toughness. Mental toughness is not only important in sports. Markus Gerber and colleagues found that adolescents with higher mental toughness are more resilient against stress and depression. As Gucciardi and colleagues argue, mental toughness is important in any environment that requires performance setting, challenges and adversities.

Beyond mental toughness In Finland there is a phrase dating back hundreds of years which refers to extraordinary determination, courage, and resoluteness in the face of extreme adversity. It’s called “Sisu.” Rising superstar Emilia Lahti, who is about to begin her doctoral studies relating to Sisu, has made a good case for why Sisu is distinguishable from other dimensions of mental toughness, such as perseverance, grit, and resilience. In one large-scale survey, which she conducted as a Masters student in the Masters of Positive Psychology Program at the University of Pennsylvania, Lahti found that 62 percent of people surveyed (Finns and Finnish Americans) viewed Sisu as a powerful psychological strength capacity, rather than the ability to be persistent and stick to a task (34 percent). Lahti argues that Sisu contributes to an “action mindset,” a consistent and courageous approach toward challenges that enables individuals to see beyond their present limitations and into what might be. I think Joshua Waitzkin illustrates Sisu in his competition with Buffalo (described above), as he digs deep into the wellspring of possibility that is not evident from the surface. Lahti is currently planning further research on the topic in 2014, and I look forward to seeing where her work takes her in her Sisu journey. Scott Barry Kaufman, an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychology at New York University, is author of Ungifted: Intelligence Redefined, forthcoming from Basic Books. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com Boulder Weekly

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the event a reality. Boulder Arts Week was created as a way to increase local cultural tourism and highlight all of the art that Boulder has to offer, according to Charlotte LaSasso of the Boulder County Arts Alliance. “Without even bringing in any outside acts, just looking at our local population, it’s incredible the kind of talent that comes from here,” LaSasso says. The Boulder Arts Week highlights all the art events in Boulder, according to Emily Harrison, the project manager of

Boulder Arts Week. “There are a lot of artists in Boulder who are more experimental than traditional artists, meaning that they are more into pushing the boundaries of what art is and where art should take place. I think it’s one of the things that’s really great about Boulder,” Harrison says. Boulder Arts Week is trying to introduce the see ARTSWEEK Page 38

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art scene to people who Anna Salim, from usually aren’t involved the nonprofit with it. Downtown Boulder, “The Ptarmigan Incorporated, says the String Quartet is going banner project allows to be playing at the city to highlight the McGuckin Hardware. young, emergThat’s something that I ing artists in love about the Boulder Boulder, and ON THE BILL: Boulder Arts Week runs March 28 to April 6 at Arts Week, the potential gives the comvarious locations around Boulder. for people to encounter munity a Details are available at www. art is really great,” chance to boulderartsweek.org. Harrison says. interact with In addition to art the art. being seen in unexpect“I think part of what ed places, art is being is interesting about a made in unexpected thing like Boulder Arts ways. Artists from difWeek is that community ABOUT THE BOULDER ARTS WEEK — THE POTENTIAL ferent backgrounds and involvement element and FOR PEOPLE TO ENCOUNTER ART IS REALLY GREAT.” styles are collaborating I was really curious to see for this event. Violinist how that might unravel,” Zachary Carrettin, from Salim says. the Boulder Bach The event aims to Festival, is working with bring more awareness to dancers from 3rd Law, the variety and breadth an experimental dance which is in its second year now, is an of the art community in company for the kick-off event for example of how artists are tweaking Boulder, along with the needs and the festival. their already planned events for challenges of the art community. The combination of art and dance Boulder Arts Week. The project conEspecially since, according to Salim, makes the audience appreciate both of sists of art from elementary through for the amount of arts and cultural them differently, according to Carrettin. high school students that is displayed organizations in Boulder, funding for “A musician is essentially dancing, around the Pearl Street Mall from the arts is lacking. moving all of those muscle groups, January until April. For Boulder Arts “It’s the first large-scale, inclusive moving the arms, moving the hips Week, they added an event, People’s celebration of our community’s arts and moving the legs. Also, the music is Choice Award, where people get to culture that has ever happened in dancing, there’s a pulse and a tempo, vote for their favorite artwork. The Boulder,” Salim says. “It’s unusual in there’s an ebb and a flow, there’s sound winner of the event gets to have their Boulder to see that level of collaboragestures that make one feel excited and art displayed at the visitor information tion and it speaks to that need of highcalm,” Carrettin says. center for downtown Boulder over the lighting the community.” Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com The Student Banner Project, summer.

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oah John had to have my parents Rondeau walk me in, and as was a soon as we finished wellplaying they threw me known right out of there,” she hermit of the chuckles. “It was aweAdirondack some.” Mountains in upstate, That first show led rural New York. to another low-profile Rondeau, who said concert on the rooftop that he was “not wellof K’s China, a former satisfied with the college bar on The world and its trends,” Hill. The same night, began his hermitdom the band was invited in 1929 at age 46, to move their stuff moving to a remote downstairs and around area in the the corner to play an Cold River City shirks trends and genres to blend funk, soul and blues together impromptu set at the Northeastern woods in the name of producing a dance-worthy show. near Cold River, hidden bar behind where he lived year Cosmo’s Pizza, the round. He called him“no-name” bar, a fitself the “Mayor of ting locale for selfCold River City, proclaimed hermits. (Population 1).” They began playing “He was a social the venue every two hermit, though,” weeks for several explains Emma Fields, months, where they lead singer of Boulder got noticed and band Cold River City, picked-up shows at which named itself in well-known locales honor of Rondeau. such as Denver’s “He would go into Cervantes’ and as periods of seclusion opening acts at The and then would have people visit him. blues.” Swanky harmonized vocals Fox Theatre. He even did outdoor conferences.” mesh with rapped lyrics over funky bass Cold River City is slowly but surely Rondeau is also reputed to have ser- lines and bluesy slide guitar. emerging from their shell into the spotenaded any visitors to his wilderness Bass player Austin Pacharz, who light and showing no signs of retreat. dwelling on the violin, and in the grew up in the Adirondack State Park Since the 45-minute appearance at the absence of other people, he would play before relocating to Boulder, passed on basement bar’s open mic, the group has for the deer. the story of Noah John Rondeau to his produced two EP’s and their first fullCold River City — the band — has bandmates. length album Start a Change. some things in common with the “We all just liked the story, but also “All of us have college degrees and Adirondack hermit. For starters, they really associated with it,” Pacharz are working jobs way below our qualifiare their own tribe and define success as explains. The members of Cold River cations to get the flexibility and the being able to play the music that they City resonated with the tales of the things that we need to pursue the love. That nonoutlandish, yet music,” explains Fields. “We are all conformist style friendly and pasworking as hard as we can. It’s everyON THE BILL: Cold River City provides a refreshsionate character. thing on the table to do this.” plays The Fox Theatre on April 3, ing, original sound “We related to This week’s headlining show at The 2014. Doors at 8:30 p.m. [Must be 12 years old to enter.] [With that is turning the story in the Fox is close to a year after the band’s Atomga and Continuum.] Tickets heads and making sense that our first time taking the stage at the local are $12 DOS. The Fox Theatre, 1135 people dance. So musical style is stomping ground in 2013. 13th St., Boulder. 303-443-3399. http://www.foxtheatre.com/2014much so that it really different “The fact that we are headlining 04-03-0830PM-Cold-River-City will be playing its from a lot of other The Fox is really exciting,” adds first headlining bands, and in a Pacharz. “It’s one of the best venues in sense we seclude show at The Fox the country — amazing sound system ourselves,” adds Brian Hubbert, gui- — and to think of all the people that I Theater on Thursday, April 3. tarist and vocalist for the band. The band’s six members met while have watched play on that stage is The self-directed style has earned studying at the University of Colorado. amazing.” the band an enthusiastic following that They came from widespread musical “So much has happened in the last is beginning to move from Colorado backgrounds in blues, jazz, classic rock, year,” says Fields. “We got on the road into the world at large. Cold River City for the first time, bought a van and got hip-hop, punk and ska, bringing it all together to mold sounds rooted in funk played their first gig at an open-mic at out in the country. All of a sudden the and jazz into a style ranging from clasCatacombs Bar on Cinco De Mayo in scale has changed and everything just sic rock to hip-hop. The band calls it 2011. has really tumbled on.” “the lovechild of funky soul and dirty “I wasn’t even 21 yet,” says Fields. “I Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com

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Events 4/3 | 7:00 p.m. Sharon Salzberg

Lenz Foundation Distinguished Guest Lecturer Program in Buddhist Studies and American Culture and Values

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Celebrated meditation teacher and best-selling author Sharon Salzberg shares insights and teachings from her newest book, Real Happiness at Work.

4/3 | 7:00 p.m. School of the Arts Concert Performing Arts Center, 2130 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder

Performances by Naropa's energetic School of the Arts students will include dance, theater, improvisation, spoken word, and music.

4/4 | 7:30–9:30 p.m. “Spirit & Earth” Awakening the Heart’s Wisdom to Guide the Future Nalanda Events Center, 6287 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder

Town hall conversation featuring Nina Simons, Charles Eisenstein, and Swamini Svatmavidyananda

4/5 | 7:30–9:30 p.m. “Sacred Activism, Ecology & Humanity” Awakening the Heart’s Wisdom to Guide the Future Shambhala Meditation Center, 1345 Spruce St., Boulder

Interfaith dialogue featuring Acharya Emerita Judy Lief, Rev. Richard Cizik, Mirabai Starr, and Rabbi Jeff Roth. Sacred music by Davod Azad.

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overtones Some wolves do survive Los Lobos turns 40 by Dave Kirby

he tour leg that swings Los the 1984’s How Will The Wolf Survive one was really great, fortunately. Lobos through Boulder this to “Tin Can Trust” from 2010 and the “And it’s been fun. … I think some weekend is something of a guilt-free indulgence of the band’s of the guys maybe don’t like us not havvictory lap for the East Los landmark-turned-albatross-turned staing 200 watts of power behind them Angeles-bred band. It ple cover of “La Bamba.” You’re left every night, but the band really enjoys comes just after their December release with the sense that Los Lobos is finally it. We’ve sold out virtually every show of Disconnected in New York City, a live able to embrace its history. All of it. so far. And it’s kind of fun hearing chronicle recorded during a three-night In retrospect, the project seems a these songs in this new space, like hearstand at the City Winery in Manhattan no-brainer, but Berlin said that, in a ing the song without all the noise.” last year to celebrate the band’s four perverse kind of way, it presented the We told Berlin it reminded us of a decade mark. outfit with something of a challenge. couple Chautauqua gigs back in the But if Los Lobos is unafraid to lay “We were sort of stumbling around ’90s; although billed as acoustic shows, claim to its own tenure, it also isn’t as if trying to figure out how to properly inevitably the amps got turned up and they made a special effort to pull out commemorate this long of a career. the Les Pauls came out to bounce the the special-occasion threads to comY’know, it’s tough. I don’t think there’s dust off the auditorium’s rafters, rattling memorate it. Like the Courtesy of Los Lobos the good citizens living clock-puncher who up near Bluebell slinks into the office Preserve, almost as if on his own birthday, the band just couldn’t Los Lobos just does help themselves. what they’ve always Berlin remembered done. Work the road. those gigs and laughed. “It’s pretty much “Well, we’re not even where we live, for bringing electric guitars better or worse,” reedalong with us, to keep man/keyboardist that from happening.” Steve Berlin told us. For his part, Berlin “But we’re amazkeeps a busy schedule ingly lucky. I was just outside the band’s road having coffee with a time, not that there’s a friend of mine; we lot of it. He recently were talking about worked with longtime how hard it is for a friend David Los Lobos defies the odds and marks their 40th anniversary with a new album, band that starts today, a new label and a pared down stage show. Just don’t call it unplugged. Katznelson to contribor even five years ago, ute liner notes to It’s A to achieve anything Scream How Levine like this. We were so lucky to start in an easy way to make another record Does The Rhumba, a meshuge shisl of an era when you could build a fanbase that said, ‘Here’s 40 years’ worth of Jewish-performed/themed Latin music that wasn’t... fickle. It’s just tough, I what we’ve done.’ It’s hard enough just from the mid-20th century as well as a think, to cultivate a really long relation- to make good ones, much less having to live performance film score for a 1928 ship with fans these days. … It’s not carry that weight. Russian Yiddish silent film called His something that we really thought about “So we thought, what could we do? Excellency, a project sponsored by the a lot, but I think we all realize now that We’ve done an acoustic record, we’ve Idelsohn Society, an organization cowe’re incredibly done a record with founded by Katznelson dedicated to the blessed to still have guest artists. … preservation of Jewish musical heritage. fans who come out We’ve already done Nearer to the hearts of Boulder ON THE BILL: Los Lobos with Chicha are at Fox Theatre on to our shows.” so many of these music fans, Berlin also produced Saturday, Mar 29. Doors: 8:30 p.m. Without new permutations. We Leftover Salmon’s renaissance CD from Show: 9 p.m. Tickets are $35 genmaterial to promote were kind of stuck 2012, Aquatic Hitchhiker. The CD and eral admission for this 21+ show. (their last studio — like what subsequent tour marked a milestone for release, Tin Can haven’t we tried? the band and initiated a second rising Trust, came out in So we sort of hit arc in their lengthy career. 2010) and a stripped down instrumenon this idea: There’s a bunch of songs But characteristically, Berlin shrugs tation (no electric instrumentation, people have been requesting for a long off too much credit for all that. except for Conrad Lozano’s bass), the time, songs that we hadn’t taken the “I loved working with those guys ... band is free to extend the nightly set time to relearn or just didn’t seem like a but it wasn’t me. They were in there, list over their entire catalogue, includfit with how we sound today. committing to be together for at least a ing rarely-performed acoustic numbers. “So the idea of this ‘disconnected’ couple of years and being a band again. The passage of time has an inevitashow came up, and we got three shots It was a blast. 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The beauty in movement

Local photographer chronicles her time in the paparazzi by Audra Figgins

he world isn’t a private place comes in. [Pratt]. You can make fun of them, but anymore,” says photographer “We’re fascinated by these beautiful they made millions of dollars by making Jennifer Buhl. people that are larger than life. And I themselves famous.” Her memoir, Shooting don’t think it’s as nasty as people like to And what about the public percepStars, hits shelves April 1 say.” tion of the paparazzi as horrible, botand it chronicles the three years she Fascination with the rich and tom-feeding lowlifes? Buhl says that’s spent snapping pictures of celebrities in famous has a long history, and demonnot the case, that celebrities understand Hollywood. Yes, she that media attention is Courtesy of Jennifer Buhl was a member of the good for them, and will dreaded paparazzi, and Former paparazzi generally at her book sheds light least tolerate Jennifer Buhl chronicles her on a fascinating, and the presence of celebrity-chasing ON THE BILL: The Boulder sometimes scintillatthe paparazzi. years in the book Book Store will host an event Shooting Stars. ing, world that most Many even with Jennifer Buhl on April 1 at 7:30 PM. Vouchers to people know little enjoy the attend are $5. More informaabout. attention, and tion about her photography Buhl, from the will even tell and her book can be found at www.jenniferbuhl.com. Boulder area, is as the paparazzi energetic and bright as where they will every page of her be. memoir. Her face “Truth be told, 90 lights up in reminispercent of what the tabcence and she speaks loids buy, what we make with a confident ease money on, are pretty, and familiarity. happy celebrities looking “I couldn’t not good.” write it,” she says of how this book ized as they may be, the paparazzi arguThe world of the paparazzi is not an came about. “After that first day, it was ably show the public what they want to easy one, especially for a woman. Being too spectacular not to write it down.” see: that celebrities are only people. one of a small handful of women amidst The first day in question involved a “Here’s Zac Efron, he shops for his the hundreds of male paparazzos in L.A. wild car chase after Britney Spears, and own groceries. He’s just like you,” Buhl made it difficult for Buhl to break in. although she didn’t get the shot, her says, shrugging her shoulders. But she wasn’t afraid to ask questions first paparazzi experience left her At the same time, Buhl says that and learn from her colleagues, and that hooked on the heat of the pursuit. photos in tabloids don’t appear just so was the key to quickly becoming a top “People are, by nature, voyeurs,” says you can get the skinny on celebrities earner. Buhl. “But sometimes in our disparate while waiting in line at the grocery Once you get past the street gang world today, people form relationships store. culture of the paparazzi, the worst part by following public figures.” “Celebrities use us too,” Buhl says, of ‘papping,’ as Buhl affectionately calls And that’s where the paparazzi “Look at Heidi [Montag] and Spencer it, is the fear.

“It’s like an internal bullet, that fear of embarrassment and humiliation, and it’s the number one reason you’ll fail as a paparazzi,” she says. Besides delving into the politics of the paparazzi and the mysterious world of celebrities, the book also records Buhl’s own journey to self discovery. “That’s the last thing I wanted to write about,” Buhl exclaims. But she describes the moment where she realized she was the main character of her book. “To show my regular girl-ness and my desires was really important,” she says. “To some degree, you have to be naked on those pages, because people need to know they are getting your heart and your truth.” By telling her story, Buhl hopes people will see her for who she is, and that they will even come to see a bit of themselves in her. Buhl is now a lifestyle and family photographer here in Boulder. “It’s not nearly as exciting, but it’s definitely extremely challenging,” she says, and even though her days of papping are over, the influence of those years is readily apparent in her photographic style. “It’s a little different,” Buhl says of her photography, “because I always make people walk and run towards me. I think movement is so beautiful.” To capture the wide smile growing across her face would make a perfect shot. Respond:letters@boulderweekly.com

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HOPS AND HANDRAILS Saturday, March 29, 12-5 p.m. Left Hand Brewing Company, 1265 Boston Ave., Longmont, 303-772-0258 Thursday, March 27 music Arthur Lee Land & gogoLab. 7:30 p.m. Ferg’s Inn, 349 Main St., Lyons. Bluegrass Pick Under the Sun. 8:30 p.m. Under the Sun, 627 S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-927-6921. Bluegrass Pick. 6:30 p.m. Twisted Pine Brewing Company, 3201 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-786-9270.

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Friday, March 28: Dark Star Orchestra. 9 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030. It’s a sense of familiarity that brings the crowd alive with Dark Star Orchestra. A band whose sole purpose is to try to recreate what a Grateful Dead concert used to be like, including everything from their set list to the way they perform live. With 15 years of performing, the band gets closer to channeling the Grateful Dead every time they play.

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Sunday, March 30: A Night with Shannon Galpin. 6 p.m. The Dairy Center for the Arts. 2590 Walnut St., Boulder 303-440Courtesy of Mountain2Mountain 7826. Founder of the nonprofit organization Mountain2Mountain, which focuses on women’s rights through art, Shannon Galpin is going to be speaking about her work with global art installations. Shannon’s passion for connecting human needs to art has resulted in her getting recognized internationally as she spoke at the Rome TEDx last year. With her involvement in women’s issues all over the world, her event is sure to not only be informative but motivational.

Dance Courtesy of Irey Dance Theatre

Wednesday, April 2. The Rope. 7:30 p.m. Irey Dance Theatre, College Avenue and Broadway, Boulder, 303-492-8181. This racy yet witty version of the Roman play, The Rope includes everything from a pirate pimp named Labrax to a transgender parrot. The play contains all of the questions about gender and power roles as it’s original version, while putting a humorous spin on all of the scenes.

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arts American West: Selections from the CU Art Museum’s Permanent Collection. CU Art Museum, 1085 18th St., Boulder, 303-492-8300. Through May 10.

Monday - Friday: 10:00AM - 7:00PM Saturday: 10:00AM - 4:00PM Sunday: 10:00AM - 2:00PM

Witold Janowski, Oklahoma, 1964. Polish poster for the American film Oklahoma! (1955). Lithograph. Courtesy of the Autry National Center, Los Angeles.

The Month of Printmaking — Features the work of Theresa Haberkorn, Cheryl Rogers and Debbie Clapper. The Firehouse Art Center, 667 Fourth Ave., Longmont, 303-651-2787. Through April 6.

Collect: The Art of Colorado Individuals, Corporations and Institutions. Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada, 720898-7200. Through March 30.

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New Growth — Artist Rashid Johnson. MCA Denver, 1485 Delgany St., Denver, 303-2987554. Through June 15. Oil Paintings by Jan Burch. NCAR. 3090 Center Green Drive, Boulder, 303497-1000. Through May 29

Critical Focus — Artist Ian Fisher. MCA Denver, 1485 Delgany St., Denver, 303-298-7554. Through April 13. Epic — Artist Joseph Stashkevetch. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-8655000. Through July 13.

Rebranded: Polish Film Posters for the American Western are on on display at the Denver Art Museum through June 1.

Ed Tangen, the Pictureman. Boulder Public Library, Carnegie branch for Local History. 1125 Pine St., Boulder. 303-441-3110. Through April 19. Feminism + Co. — Thursdays, 6:30 p.m. MCA Denver, 1485 Delgany St., Denver, 303-2987554. Through April 10. A Language of Structure — Artist Derrick Velasquez. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., Boulder, 303-447-1633. Through April 13. The Land, The Space, The Square — Artist Anibal Catalan. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., Boulder, 303-447-1633. Through April 13. Left to Right, Top to Bottom — Features the work of Joel Swanson. MCA Denver, 1485 Delgany St., Denver, 303-298-7554. Through March 30.

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Modern Masters: 20th Century Icons from the Albright-Knox Art Gallery — Features works collected by Vincent van Gogh, Pablo Picasso, and more. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000.

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Paintings by Elen Feinberg. NCAR, 3090 Center Green Drive, Boulder, 303-497-1000. Through May 29. Rebranded: Polish Film Posters for the American Western. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000. Through June 1. Second Skin — Features the work of Nick Cave. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000. Through April 24. Seen in Passing: Photographs by Chuch Forsman. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-856-5000. Through May 25. Steel Powder Painting and Landscape — Artist Kim Jongku. Macky Auditorium, 285 University Ave., Boulder, 303-492-8423. Through March 30. Stories in Print — Features the work of Cynthia Brinich-Langlois, The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826.

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Bluetech. 9 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1128 13th St., Boulder, (303) 447-0095.

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Brandon Hagen. 8 p.m. Jamestown Mercantile Cafe, 108 Main St., Jamestown, 303-442-5847.

Dave Tamkin Band. 10:30 a.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-4491922.

Brazil Night. 8 p.m. Caffè Sole, 637 S. Broadway St., Boulder, 303-499-2985.

Donna the Buffalo. 7 p.m. eTown Hall, 1535 Spruce St., Boulder, 303-443-8696.

Brazil Night hosted by Francisco Marques of Ginga. 7 p.m. Caffè Sole, 637R S. Broadway St., Boulder, 303-499-2985.

Dr Izzy Band. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 North Park Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757.

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COMING SOON! 303-443-3322. Holiday Blue. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628. Honkytonk Voodoo. 8 p.m. Hoffbrau, 7699 West 88th Ave, Westminister, 303-4227755. The Laughing Hands. 6:30 p.m. St Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-4069696. Open Mic. 7 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 720-297-6397. The Prairie Scholars. 5:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Homemade Liquids and Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303-485-9400. Ski Lodge. 8 p.m. Shine Restaurant & Gathering Place, 2027 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-0120. Tyler Thompson. 6 p.m. Upslope Brewing Co. Flatiron Park, 1898 S. Flatiron Court Ste. 110, Boulder, 303-396-1898. events And the Sun Stood Still. 7:30 p.m. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. Improv Show. 7 p.m. Madcap Theater, 10679 Westminster Blvd., Westminster, 303-460-3854. Sisters of Swing. 6:15 p.m. Boulders Dinner Theatre, 5501 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-449-6000. Friday, March 28 music Americana Highway. 6 p.m. Front Range Brewing Company, 400 West South Boulder Road, Lafayette, 303-339-0767.

Mile High Express. 10 p.m. The Lazy Dog Sports Bar & Grill, 1346 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-3355. Phat Daddy. 8 p.m. Hoffbrau, 7699 West 88th Ave, Westminister, 303-422-7755. Robert Johnson Jazz Trio. 7 p.m. Caffè Sole, 637 S. Broadway St., Boulder, 303499-2985.

Signel-Z. 2 p.m. Ski Eldora (Corona Bar), 2861 Eldora Ski Road #140, Eldora Mountain Resort, Nederland, 303-440-8700. Springdale Quartet. 10:30 am Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-4491922. Thunder Radar. 7:30 p.m. Cannon Mine Coffee, 210 S. Public Road, Lafayette, 303665-0625. Troubadours Collective. 8:30 p.m. Shine Restaurant & Gathering Place, 2027 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-0120.

Boulder Arts Week Kick-Off Party. 5:30 p.m. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. Obstinate Pearl. 7 p.m. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303440-7826.

Charlie Parr. 7:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685.

Tango Practica. 8 p.m. Boulder Tango Studio, 6185 Arapahoe Ave., Unit B, Boulder, 720-278-4213.

Electric Red. 6 p.m. Front Range Brewery, 400 W. South Boulder Road, Ste. 1650, Layfayette, 303-339-0767. Funkiphino. 8 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main Street, Longmont, 720-297-6397. Ginga. 6:30 p.m. St Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696. McPherson Project. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, (303) 4404628. Michael & Jeanette McPherson. 9 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, (303) 440-4628. Boulder Weekly

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Sisters of Swing. 6:15 p.m. Boulders Dinner Theatre, 5501 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-449-6000.

DJ Rock Star Aaron. 8 p.m. Press Play, 1005 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-442-2176.

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Caribou Mountain Collective. 10 p.m. West Flanders Brewery, 1125 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-2739.

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Yellow Plate Hotel. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, (303) 4404628.

Improv Show. 7 p.m. Madcap Theater, 10679 Westminster Blvd., Westminster, 303-460-3854.

Damon Fowler Group. 8 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel & Home of the Blues, 800 28th St., Boulder, 303-443-3322.

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Rogue Sound. 10 p.m. Pioneer Inn, 15 E. First St., Nederland, 303-258-7733.

Burns Twice. 8 p.m. The Eagle Grill, 1600 Hover Rd., Longmont, 303-772-2555.

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Women’s Writing Group. 1:30 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Café, 1203 13th St., Boulder, 303-4953303.

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Friday, March 28 The Ultimate AntiCancer Cookbook — Pam Braun. Tattered Cover Book Store, 9315 Dorchester St., Highlands Ranch, 303-470-7050. Monday, March 31 Hyde — Daniel Levine. 7:30 p.m. Tattered Cover Book Store, 2526 East Colfax Ave., Denver, 303-322-7727.

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Jack Hadley. 5 p.m. Front Range Brewery, 400 W. South Boulder Road, Ste. 1650, Lafayette, 303-339-0767. Jeremey Mohney & The Swing Friends. 8:30 p.m. Shine Restaurant & Gathering Place, 2027 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-0120. Johnny O. 7:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685. The Kitchen Dwellers. 10 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-4491922.

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Esther Sparks. 5 p.m. Bootstrap Brewing Company, 6778 N. 79th St., Niwot, 303-6524186.

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The Swan Gondola — Timothy Schaffert. 7:30 p.m. Tattered Cover Book Store. 2526 East Colfax Avenue, Denver, 303-322-7727.

La Petite Chantuese. 5 p.m. Restaurante 100% Mexicano, 2850 Iris Ave. Ste. H, Boulder, 303-440-4141. Lisa Harrington. 4 p.m. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, (303) 440-7826. Living Easy. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, (303) 440-4628. Los Lobos. 9 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1128 13th St., Boulder, (303) 447-0095. My Romance. 7 p.m. Caffè Sole, 637 S. Broadway St., Boulder, 303-499-2985. Oogee Wawa. 10 p.m. The Lazy Dog Sports Bar & Grill, 1346 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-4403355. Paula Nelson Band. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 North Park Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757.

Phat Daddy. 8 p.m. Hoffbrau, 7699 West 88th Ave., Westminister, 303-422-7755. Potcheen. 10 p.m. Pioneer Inn, 15 E. First St., Nederland, 303-258-7733. Stone Soup. 8 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main Street, Longmont, 720-297-6397. Taarka. 8 p.m. Jamestown Mercantile Cafe, 108 Main St., Jamestown, 303-442-5847. events And the Sun Stood Still. 7:30 p.m. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. Earth Hour. 8:30 p.m. St Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696. Hops & Handrails. Left Hand Brewing Company, 1265 Boston Ave., Longmont, 303-772-0258. Improv Show. 7 p.m. Madcap Theater, 10679 Westminster Blvd., Westminster, 303-460-3854. The Month of Printmaking Exhibition Opening. 6 p.m. Firehouse Art Center, 667 Fourth Ave., Longmont, 303-651-2787. Obstinate Pearl. 7 p.m. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303440-7826. Sisters of Swing. 6:15 p.m. Boulders Dinner Theatre, 5501 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-449-6000. Tango Practica. 8 p.m. Boulder Tango Studio, 6185 Arapahoe Ave, Unit B, Boulder, 720-278-4213. Boulder Weekly

Sunday, March 30 music Acoustic Jam. 4 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922. Becca Neun. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628. Big Swing Trio. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel & Home of the Blues, 800 28th St., Boulder, 303-443-3322. Bob Cheevers. 9 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628. Damien Jurado. 7 p.m. eTown Hall, 1535 Spruce St., Boulder, 303-443-8696.

theater Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. Jesters Dinner Theatre, 224 Main St., Longmont, 303-6829980. Through April 19. Sisters of Swing: The Story of the Andrews Sisters. Boulder’s Dinner Theatre. 5501 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder. 303-449-6000. Through May 11. There Is A Happiness That Morning Is — Presented by The Catamounts. The Dairy Center for the Arts. 2590 Walnut St., Boulder. 303-4407826. Through March 30.

The Obstinant Pearl — Presented by Boulder Bach Festival and 3rd Law Dance/Theater. The Dairy Center for the Arts. 2590 Walnut St., Boulder. 303-440-7826. March 28-29. And the Sun Stood Still — Presented by Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company. Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-4407826. Through April 20. Ruby Horsethief,

The Beauty Queen. The Edge Colorado Theatre, 1650 River And the Sun Stood Still plays at the Teller St., Lakewood, 303-232-0363. Through Dairy Center for the Arts through March 30. April 20.

Johnny O. 6 p.m. Oskar Blues Homemade Liquids and Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303-485-9400. Los Lobos. 7 p.m. eTown Hall, 1535 Spruce St., Boulder, 303-443-8696. Lukas Nelson and Promise of the Real. 9 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1128 13th St., Boulder, 303-447-0095. Neil Bridge Trio. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 North Park Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757. Neutral Milk Hotel. 8 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-7867030. Swing Chicks. 7:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-8236685. Traditional Irish Music Open Session. 7 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922. events And the Sun Stood Still. 4 p.m. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. Comedy Night. 7 p.m. Bohemian Biergarten, 2017 13th St., Boulder, 720-328-8328. Hawaiian Hula Classes. 5 p.m. Boulder Ballet Studio at The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2690 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-4407826. Movement Mass — Align with the Divine With Melissa Michaels and Friends. 10:45 a.m. Boulder Circus Center, 4747 N. 26th St., Boulder, 303-415-0272. Sisters of Swing. 6:15 p.m. Boulders Dinner Theatre, 5501 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-449-6000. Vanessa. 2 p.m. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-4407826. Monday, March 31 music Electric Blues Jam. 7:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Homemade Liquids and Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303-485-9400. Open Jovan. 5:30 p.m. Jamestown Mercantile Cafe, 108 Main St., Jamestown, 303-442-5847. Open Mic. 6 p.m. Oskar Blues Tasty Weasel Tap Room, 1800 Pike Road, Unit B, Longmont, 303-776-1914. see EVENTS Page 54

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Wednesday, April 2: Meat Puppets and Moistboyz, 8:30 p.m., Fox Theater, Boulder, (303) 447-0095 You probably haven’t heard of Moistboyz. Heck, they aren’t even the headlining act at the Fox Theater on Wednesday, April 2. That honor goes to Meat Puppets. That’s because the fuzzy, garage-rock and psych-thrash Moistboyz have been blasting out since the mid-’90s is slightly eclipsed by some of the other bands its rotating membership splits time in, including bands like Ween, Queens of the Stone Age and Butthole Surfers, all of whom you probably have heard of. But the lo-fi, ’70s-influenced rock’n’roll is noteworthy in its own right. Tracks like “Paperboy,” and “1.0 (Fuck No)” effectively ape the gritty proto-punk style pioneered by Iggy Pop.

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Tuesday, April 1 music AZTeC. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, (303) 440-4628. Bluegrass Pick. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685. Open Mic Night. 8 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922. Piano Jazz Tuesday. 6 p.m. Caffè Sole, 637 S. Broadway St., Boulder, 303-499-2985. events Esther Sparks. 6 p.m. The Dickens Tavern, 300 Main Street, Longmont, . She Sings Open Mic. 7 p.m. Shine Restaurant & Gathering Place, 2027 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-0120. Tuesday Night Trivia. 10:30 p.m. The Sink, 1165 13th St., Boulder, 303-444-

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7465. Wednesday, April 2 music Karaoke at the Attic. 9 p.m. Attic Bar & Bistro, 949 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-4151300. Meat Puppets & Moistboyz. 9 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1128 13th St., Boulder, 303-4470095. Open Bluegrass Pick. 9 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-4491922. The Sweet Lillies. 9 p.m. Pearl Street Pub, 1108 Pearl St, Boulder. University of Colorado Jazz Combo Night. 8p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, (303) 440-4628. Walker/Clymar Duo. 7:30 p.m. Cannon Mine Coffee, 210 S. Public Road, Lafayette, 303-665-0625. Boulder Arts Week Fundraiser. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030. events Comedy for Cambio. 5:30 p.m. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. Open Mic. 6:30 p.m. Cannon Mine Coffee, 210 S. Public Road, Lafayette, 303-6650625. Boulder Weekly

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film AFTERNOON OF A FAUN Of the great ballerinas, Tanaquil Le Clercq may have been the most transcendent. She mesmerized viewers and choreographers alike her elongated, race-horse physique became the new prototype for the great George Balanchine. The muse to both Balanchine and Jerome Robbins, they loved her as a dancer and a woman. Balanchine married her and Robbins created his famous Afternoon of a Faun for Tanny. She was the foremost dancer of her day until it suddenly all stopped. At age 27, Tanny was struck down by polio and paralyzed. She never danced again. At Boedecker. — Boedecker Theater A BIRDER’S GUIDE TO EVERYTHING

A 15-year-old birding fanatic thinks that he’s made the discovery of a lifetime. So, on the eve of his father’s remarriage, he escapes on an epic road trip with his best friends to solidify their place in birding history. Ben Kingsley co-stars in this warm and funny movie about youth, birding, friends, love, loss, forgiveness, and a duck. At Boedecker. — Boedecker Theater THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL Writer/director Wes Anderson (Moonrise Kingdom, Fantastic Mr. Fox, The Royal Tenenbaums) returns with The Grand Budapest Hotel, which recounts the adventures of Gustave H. (Ralph Fiennes), a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars, and Zero Moustafa (Tony Revolori), the lobby boy who becomes his most trusted friend. The dramatic comedy involves the theft and recovery of a priceless Renaissance painting and the battle for an enormous family fortune — all against the backdrop of a suddenly and dramatically changing continent. All-star ensemble cast also includes F. Murray Abraham, Tom Wilkinson, Owen Wilson, Adrian Brody, Tilda Swinton, Mathieu Amalric, Jason Schwartzman, Willem Dafoe, Bill Murray, Jude Law, Jeff Goldblum, Saoirse Ronan and Edward Norton. At Esquire. — Landmark Theatres IN BLOOM In the early ’90s, Tbilisi, the capital of the newly independent Georgia after the collapse of the Soviet Union, is plagued by violence, war on the Black Sea coast and vigilante justice. But for Eka and Natia, 14-year-old inseparable friends, life is just unfolding: in the street, at school, with friends and elder sisters who are already dealing with men’s dominance, early marriage and disillusioned love. For these two girls in bloom, life hangs on the edge between tradition and modernity, childhood and adult life, innocence and self-determination. At Boedecker. — Boedecker Theater ELAINE STRITCH: SHOOT ME At 87, Broadway legend Elaine Stritch remains indisputably in the spotlight. In the revealing and poignant documentary Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me, the uncompromising Tony and Emmy Award-winner is showcased both on and off stage via rare archival footage and intimate cinema vérité. By turns bold, hilarious and moving, the film’s journey connects Stritch’s present to her past, and an inspiring portrait of a one-of-a-kind survivor emerges. At Chez Artiste. — Landmark Theatres THE INVISIBLE WOMAN Charles Dickens — famous, controlling and emotionally isolated within his success — falls for Nelly, who comes from a family of actors. The theatre is a vital arena for Dickens — a brilliant amateur actor — a man more emotionally coherent on the page or on stage 56 March 27, 2014

than in life. As Nelly becomes the focus of Dickens’ passion and his muse, secrecy is the price for both of them, and for Nelly a life of “invisibility.” Starring Ralph Fiennes. Rated R. At Boedecker. — Boedecker Theater THE LUNCHBOX In the romantic drama The Lunchbox, middle-class housewife Ila (Nimrat Kaur) is trying once again to add some spice to her marriage, this time through her cooking. She desperately hopes that a new recipe will finally arouse some kind of reaction from her neglectful husband. She prepares a special lunchbox to be delivered to him at work, but, unbeknownst to her, it is mistakenly delivered to another office worker, Saajan (Irrfan Khan, Life of Pi), a lonely man on the verge of retirement. Curious about the lack of reaction from her husband, Ila puts a little note in the following day’s lunchbox, in the hopes of getting to the bottom of the mystery. This begins a series of lunchbox notes between Saajan and Ila, and the mere comfort of communicating with a stranger anonymously soon evolves into an unexpected friendship. Gradually, their notes become little confessions about their loneliness, memories, regrets, fears and even small joys. In the big city of Mumbai that so often crushes hopes and dreams, Ila and Saajan become lost in a virtual relationship that could jeopardize both their realities. Co-written and directed by Ritesh Batra. At Chez Artiste. — Landmark Theatres THE MISSING PICTURE Director Rithy Panh was 13 in 1975 when the Khmer Rouge turned Cambodia into a murderous experiment in ideology. He and his family were sent to starve in a rural re-education work camp. The Missing Picture explores Panh’s quest to create the missing images of that period, of his family and the life he recalled, as a celluloid act of remembrance. He comes up with a unique and inventive way to tell his story: he uses hundreds of intricately detailed clay figurines set up in diorama scenes, intercut with what archival propaganda footage he could find, to show what is indelibly recorded in his memory; he creates the missing pictures of what does not exist in photograph or film. Surprisingly effective, the film’s impact is mesmerizing and poetic. At Mayan. — Landmark Theatres NYMPHOMANIAC VOLUME I Lars von Trier’s much-anticipated motion picture event Nymphomaniac will be released as two full-length feature films. Volume I is the story of Joe (Charlotte Gainsbourg), a self-diagnosed nymphomaniac who is discovered badly beaten in an alley by Seligman (Stellan Skarsgård), an older bachelor who takes her into his home. As he tends to her wounds, she recounts the erotic story of her adolescence and young-adulthood (portrayed in flashback by Stacy Martin). Volume I also stars Shia LaBeouf, Uma Thurman, Christian Slater, Sophie Kennedy Clark, Connie Nielsen and Udo Kier. Nymphomaniac marks von Trier’s follow-up to his critically acclaimed film Melancholia, and is his third consecutive collaboration with Gainsbourg. A groundbreaking filmmaker for more than two decades, von Trier’s other films credits include Antichrist, Dogville, Dancer in the Dark and Breaking the Waves. Note: Nymphomaniac contains graphic depictions of sexuality to a degree unprecedented in a mainstream feature film. At Mayan. — Landmark Theatres PARTICLE FEVER Imagine being able to watch as Edison turned on the first light bulb, or as Franklin received his first jolt of electricity. For the first time, a

film gives audiences a front row seat to a significant and inspiring scientific break-through as it happens. Particle Fever follows six brilliant scientists during the launch of the Large Hadron Collider, marking the start-up of the biggest and most expensive experiment in the history of the planet, pushing the edge of human innovation. As they seek to unravel the mysteries of the universe, 10,000 scientists from over 100 countries joined forces in pursuit of a single goal: to recreate conditions that existed just moments after the Big Bang and find the Higgs boson, potentially explaining the origin of all matter. But our heroes confront an even bigger challenge: have we reached our limit in understanding why we exist? Directed by Mark Levinson, a physicist turned filmmaker, and masterfully edited by Walter Murch (Apocalypse Now, The English Patient, The Godfather trilogy), Particle Fever is a celebration of discovery, revealing the very human stories behind this epic machine. At Mayan. — Landmark Theatres SCIENCE ON SCREEN: “THE LOOKOUT” AND KATHRYN HARDIN ON TBI For National Science on Screen night, Kathryn Hardin, Certified Brain Injury Specialist, will address many of the hot-button topics specifically related to Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and the information not covered by the popular press. In The Lookout a former high-school hockey star severely injured in a tragic car accident becomes an unlikely ally to a crack team of determined bank robbers in this thriller starring Jeff Daniels and Joseph GordonLevitt. When his promising career on the ice is suddenly cut short, former athlete Chris Pratt (Gordon-Levitt) goes to work as a janitor in a local bank. Cleaning floors soon gives way to criminal enterprise when the onetime puck-slinger is recruited to help clean out the very bank that employs him. A remarkably realistic portrayal of someone with severe TBI combined with the excitement and grittiness of a modern day bank heist. Screenwriter Scott Frank (Out of Sight and Minority Report) makes his directorial debut, working from his own original screenplay. At Boedecker. — Boedecker Theater WALKING THE CAMINO: SIX WAYS TO SANTIAGO Come along for an up-close look at one of humanity’s most timehonored traditions. By following pilgrims from all walks of life as they attempt to cross an entire country on foot with only a backpack, a pair of boots, and an open mind, we witness a magnetic and miraculous power, which changes lives. Driven by an inexplicable calling and a grand sense of adventure, each pilgrim throws themselves heart-and-soul into their physical trek to Santiago and, most importantly, their personal journey to themselves. At Boedecker and Chez Artiste. — Boedecker Theater THE WIND RISES In acclaimed animator Hayao Miyazaki’s The Wind Rises, Jiro (voice of Hideaki Anno, co-director of the Evangelion series) — inspired by the famous Italian aeronautical designer Caproni — dreams of flying and designing beautiful airplanes. Nearsighted from a young age and unable to be a pilot, Jiro joins a major Japanese engineering company in 1927 and becomes one of the world’s most innovative and accomplished airplane designers. The film chronicles much of his life, depicting key historical events, including the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923, the Great Depression, the tuberculosis epidemic and Japan’s plunge into war. Jiro meets and falls in love with Nahoko (Miori Takimoto), and grows and cherishes his friendship with his colleague Honjo. Writer/director Miyazaki pays tribute to engineer Jiro Horikoshi and author Tatsuo Hori in this epic tale of love, perseverance and the challenges of living and making choices in a turbulent world. Academy Award nominee for Best Animated Feature. At Mayan. — Landmark Theatres Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com Boulder Weekly

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o alter a phrase from Twain — who probably won’t mind because he’s dead — writer/ director Wes Anderson repeated history until he figured out how to rhyme. Barring a brief foray into stop-motion animation, Anderson’s oeuvre for the last decade redundantly hit the same notes with the same instruments, producing repetitive, quirky music that hipsters totally liked before you did. Until now. To alter a phrase from Batman — who probably won’t mind because he’s not real —The Grand Budapest Hotel is the movie audiences deserve and the one Anderson needed. The film fuses his signature style, his familiar players and his impeccably symmetrical cinematography with something new. Okay, “new-ish” but that’s still an improvement. Because the events are set in the past and are technically a retelling of a retelling of crazy happenings, the chasm that typically exists between how Anderson sees reality and how reality really is becomes irrelevant. Essentially, The Grand Budapest Hotel is a wild caper, littered with macabre humor, more murder than one would anticipate (including severed heads and fingers) and one hell of a lead performance. The performer who hella delivered is Ralph Fiennes, who carves out a divinely unique character, named Gustave. He is a charming rakish fop with a bizarre moral code and foul mouth. Set in the 1930s, things begin to unravel for Gustave, a legendary concierge, when an elderly, wealthy, blonde female hotel guest he routinely beds dies under suspicious circumstances. Because of this, Gustave and his side kick/lobby Boulder Weekly

boy, Zero (Tony Revolori), are thrust in increasingly madcap situations. The catalyst for the ongoing shenanigans is the will of the deceased: Madame D (Tilda Swinton). Much to the rage of her vile son Dmitri (Adrien Brody) and his murderous henchman, Jopling (Willem Dafoe), she leaves a priceless painting to her lover Gustave. Gustave is whisked in and out of prison and is on the run from a pseudo-gestapo officer, Henckels (Edward Norton). All the while, Zero pines for his lady love and rad pastry chef, Agatha (Saorise Ronan), and tries to help his fugitive mentor while keeping order at the hotel they both love. The Grand Budapest Hotel takes place in the “Republic of Zubrowka,” which some of you know doesn’t exist. This leads to the theory that all of Anderson’s films take place in an alternate universe where Zubrowka is on the map and everyone dresses like an Arcade Fire album cover. Not only does the setting free Anderson from the shackles of known reality, but it allows him to offer a fresh thematic thesis (for him anyway): the art of storytelling is insanity and lies littered with truths stolen from others. The Grand Budapest Hotel is easily Anderson’s best (live-action) film since The Royal Tenenbaums. It proves he can leverage his signature style to tell new stories, to make fresh content that resembles his previous work without ripping himself off. Anderson has always had a loyal cadre of vocal, animated supporters singing his praises. For once, it feels nice to join them. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com

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That may seem extraneous to the average eater, but to Heap, a purist, it matters. His wish is that, “at the very minimum [GMOs] need to be labeled, and, at the maximum, banned until they can be proven completely safe.” Although Heap says he feels he is close to being GMO-free in his restaurants, it’s a difficult goal for any restaurant. According to the nonprofit Center for Science in the Public Interest, 70 percent of processed foods contain at least one GMO ingredient. It’s a struggle that Jon Deering and his wife oulder is known for its staunch comEleni, owners of Volta, have faced since they mitment to organic products, sourcing opened Volta with a vision of being GMO free. local and an emphasis on avoiding “We are constantly checking with our suppligenetically modified organisms, often ers about the GMO status of their products,” he referred to as GMOs. Whether it’s says. “It’s an intense process and journey to picketers on Pearl Street, advocates at the farmbecome completely GMO-free, one we are ers’ market or social media rants from locals, it is wholeheartedly committed to each and everyday. clear there’s a rising tide of opposition to ... We believe in the natural world, and GMOs GMOs, especially in the local restaurant scene. have no place in our food supply, period.” Volta, a Mediterranean restaurant that Even with such diligence, the Deerings opened in October, has committed to completely admit that it is likely that there are traces of eliminating GMOs, and Zeal - Food For GMOs in some of their products. Zeal - Food for Enthusists, Chef Sean Smith Enthusiasts has stuck out their neck with their “It is incredibly difficult to be entirely motto printed on every one of their menus: “No GMO-free, Connect especially for with a fine dining us restaurant GMO’s ever, period.” Heap says though it’s the thing he fights the hard- like Volta that inventories hundreds if not thousands “As stewards of the earth, chefs should practice est to keep out of his restaurant, there are gray areas. of items,” Deering says. sustainable actions in the kitchen,” Sean Smith, chef Take for example pork, chicken, or beef — they’re Because the lines are blurred and there are less regde cuisine at Zeal, says. fed corn and some corn is genetically modified. Heap ulations, it becomes a slippery slope for restaurants and Another well-respected advocate for choosing non- calls this meat-to-feed scenario, “second generation chefs seeking to ditch GMOs, even with their best GMOs is chef and restaurateur, Bradford Heap of GMO,” a deep rabbit hole indeed. Second generation efforts. Connect withFor usinstance, farmers are able to plant genetiSALT: the bistro and Colterra. GMOs include yeast used in making beer, wine and cally-engineered (GE) alfalfa and the U.S. Department “I get really freakin’ annoyed by [GMOs],” he says. spirits that could be started with genetically modified of Agriculture does not keep track of who plants what “I start frothing at the mouth. It’s so wrong and it’s so sugar beets and corn. Spirits from Europe, where and where. unfair.” GMO’s are banned, can prove successful, but domesti“Alfalfa is a perennial, easily lasting five years once But even for those restaurants totally for the cause, cally its hard to tell for sure, especially with bourbon, see NON-GMOS Page 64 going GMO free is easier said than done. which is produced with more than 50 percent corn.

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THE SINK AIN’T A HOLE

Though it didn’t discuss its criteria for the rankings, Business Insider ranked the top 31 college bars in the U.S. last week. On the list: The Sink. “It’s hard to find a better deal than their 2-3-4 happy hour ($2 wells, $3 drafts, $4 martinis),” wrote Business Insider, making livers go all aflutter up on the hill. But after accolades like that, it sure would be embarrassing if The The Sink, Boulder Sink didn’t win best bar in Best of Boulder. Sinkophiles better jump online and vote before the polls close on Monday, March 31.

PASTA JAY’S GETS SAUCY

Frequent Best of Boulder subject Pasta Jay’s has three physical locations, but is now expanding beyond brick and mortar and into glass. Starting this week, Jay’s signature marinara will available bottled at its Boulder, Moab and Lone Tree storefronts. A press release cited the recipe’s origins as being rooted in 19th century Italian royalty

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and said that it has been a long-held goal of owner Jay Elowsky to bring that sauce to the world at large. Pasta Jay’s Marinara will be exclusive to Pasta Jay’s restaurants for now, but Elowsky is working to bring it to retailers as well.

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Boulder County Farmers’ Market is kicking off spring right. Opening day is scheduled for April 5, with festivities to include, breakfast, local band music, live painting and goats (sorry, not the fainting kind). Seventy five vendors will be in attendance for opening day, that number fluctuating up to 100 once the market season hits full swing. A new vendor for this year, Rowdy Mermaids, will be quenching people’s thirst with Kombucha, which they craft using farmdirect organic teas and locally-sourced fruit, as well as filtered Colorado snow melt. Other new vendors include, Rocky Mountain Fresh from Lyons, providing greenhouse pickling cucumbers, lemon cucumbers and Japanese cucumbers, El Regalo Ranch in Salida, offering goat meat and Organic Sandwich Company, selling gourmet, organic sandwiches.

Plowshare Community Farms, known for their pork and lamb meat, will be including vegetables in their sales this year because owner, Eve Teague, was able to lease land from open space. Music for opening day will be delivered courtesy of Whiskey Autumn, a local indiefolk act. Susan France While they’re doing their oohs and ahhs, artist Julia Lynn Copeland will paint live and kids can play around with baby goats — also called kids — brought over by Mountain Flower Dairy. All while taste testing and purchasing Boulder County Farmers’ Market their favorite Boulder County Farmers’ Market products. Brad Burger, manager of Boulder County Farmers’ Market, assures that all the construction in the market area will be cleaned up and sectioned off as to not cause harm or be in the way of the market activities by opening day. Get more info at www.boulderfarmers. org. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com

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ost places, barbecue is unabashedly redneck, just red meat doused in sugar-water and cooked in a manner that actively contributes to climate change. Vegetables are about as popular in this process as Stalin. But here in Boulder, where kale is a main course, barbecue is straight-up punk rock, a middle finger waved at your cholesterol from the top of the Flatirons. And all it took was a single look at the menu at KT’s BBQ to know they were devout followers of the Johnny Rotten school of culinary thought. Other than the cole slaw and a token salad, it was nothing but artery-clogging goodness: brisket, pulled pork and ribs, with a variety of starchy sides. Meat came on a bun, or piled up like a parfait. Just think of that, a chicken sundae. I went for Mike’s Basket ($9.80), a standard slab of dead cow/dead chicken/dead pig, with two sides and a drink. Pro-tip: The cashier let me swap out KT’s Hickory Pit the drink for an extra Barbecue side, so I got a half hot 7464 Arapahoe link to go with my brisRoad A1, Boulder, ket, mac and cheese and 303-786-7608 mashed red potatoes. That means that in addition to the extra side, I got a really sweet nap after lunch. Bonus. The order counter also doubled as a prep-station, with the menu items waiting to be served on a steam table. That made for a lightning-quick order. I was seated with a mouth full of brisket less than five minutes after entering. There are four KT’s locations. The East Boulder spot I visited is a converted house on 74th and Arapahoe, decorated with Elvis memorabilia, including a copy of the only cookbook this reporter owns hanging on the wall, Are You Hungry Tonight?: Elvis’s Favorite Recipes. The clean, simple wood counters and tables and the large picture windows looking out across the neutral zone between Boulder and the rest of East County made for excellent atmosphere. It didn’t hurt that the brisket was done up right,

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with a rich, lean flavor and a balanced texture. But fact is, barbecue is nothing without the sauce, and KT’s knows how to do it right, with squeeze bottles of three different heat levels out on every table. The hottest, Double Diamond, is a perfect balance with a strong bite, but not a lot of lingering heat. The middle level also has a nice touch of heat, but with a thinner Lousiana-style structure. Tricia’s Texas Sauce, the mainstay at KT’s, is thick with the taste of smoke and molasses, a great all-around sauce. But the best of the bunch is the Carolina mustard, a bright and brassy baste with the bite of mustard and a strong vinegar tang. I dipped everything in it. Brisket. Hot links. Mashers. Mac and cheese. I almost squirted some of it into my glass of water, but that would have been a little weird. In a perfect world, the Carolina

mustard would be bottled on the tables as well. But I had to ask for a ramekin of it to be poured on the side. In that perfect world, KT’s also might include collard greens or roasted corn on the menu, just to marginally offset the meat, but in the world of broke things in need of fixing, that’s somewhere on par with the world’s need for a rebooted version of Casablanca starring Gilbert Gotfried. I finished things off with a cup of key lime pie, all creamy goodness atop a luscious crumbled crust. And at prices around $2-$3 less than other local comparable barbecue joints, it’s hard to find much to critique with KT’s, besides the fact that it would be obscenely unhealthy to eat there as often as I’d like. Oi oi, Boulder. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com

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READERS: A crowd of smart, engaged students packed a theater for Savage Love Live at Centenary College of Louisiana last week. Centenary is a terrific liberal-arts school in Shreveport. Centenary students submitted more Qs than I could possibly A in the 90 minutes I had with them. So here are some bonus answers to questions I didn’t get to during my time there. How does a young person learning to accept their sexuality come to terms with losing the unconditional love of their family? You can’t lose something you never had. You weren’t aware of the conditional nature of your family’s love until you accepted yourself and asked your family to do the same. That’s how you discovered their love for you came with at least one condition: You had to be straight or be closeted. Now here’s a paradox for you: You lost the illusion of your family’s unconditional love when you came out, but coming out could win you their unconditional love in the end. Stand your ground, demand their love and respect—and your family, like the families of so many other queers, may grow to love and accept you for who you really are. It could take some time. But one day, you may be able to look back and see that your sexuality didn’t cost you your family’s unconditional love—it won it for you. What do you do when your male friend who is already in a relationship (engaged) wants to have sex with you but lets you know via social media? You block him or fuck him—or you fuck him and then block him. How can you have a conversation with a man about his sexual performance without making him feel like you’re criticizing him and without giving him the impression that you’re unsatisfied? By opening with a compliment, closing with a compliment, and making sure everything that comes between your opening compliment and closing compliment is also a compliment. Do you think “butch” lesbians are really transgender? Nope. Are you really anti-transgender? Nope. How can we be sure that having an “open” relationship won’t hurt our Boulder Weekly

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relationship? You can’t be sure that openness won’t hurt your relationship. But you can’t be sure that closedness won’t hurt your relationship, either. Yes, sometimes relationships end after people open them up—and openness gets the blame, even if it had nothing to do with the breakup. But plenty of tightly closed/ strictly monogamous relationships end every day. It’s possible that many of those failed monogamous relationships could’ve been saved by some openness, a little leeway, or embracing monogamishamy. I have been in a relationship with a married woman for five years. What are the odds that she will leave her spouse to be in a committed relationship with me instead? I put the odds at zero. Unless this woman is in an honest open relationship with her husband, and LTRs with other men are allowed, her relationship with you is proof that she’s not much good at this commitment stuff. By which I mean to say: Even if she did leave her husband for you, it would be foolish of you to expect to have a committed relationship with her—committed in the sexually-andromantically-exclusive sense of the term—as she’s currently not committed to the man to whom she’s committed. What makes you think she’ll commit to you?

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some time. January was a chaotic month. A minimum of stores were open under a worldwide blare of publicity, and though those that were open enjoyed robust sales, they could only serve so many customers. And let’s not forget one important thing about future sales. It’s not like legalization and the ability for adults to purchase cannabis introduced it to our fair state. Many Coloradans have been purchasing cannabis for decades now. This has created a “black market” that is actually a “gray market.” Many people buy from friends or neighbors or others who grow their own. That’s not likely to change right away. And with the media yammering on about the high taxes on retail cannabis and stores gouging customers at $20 a gram and up, there isn’t much incentive to come in when you can buy an ounce from a friend for around $200. Is it any wonder more people aren’t heading into stores right now? Wait until more stores open and competition for customers actually begins. Another thing that might interest the governor is that his generation is the fastest-growing age group for cannabis consumption today. And if you’re facing up to or already passing retirement age, what’s not to like about cannabis? The kids are out of the house, and legalization is breaking down the barriers that prohibition created (i.e. illegal markets and the stigma of consumption as criminal offense) that has kept many away. I’ve talked with friends who have been reading the literature about cannabis’ touted medical properties and are

more than curious, if still unsure about going into retail stores. They have watched their tax money wasted on decades of unscientific campaigns against cannabis. They have talked to people with medical cards. With legalization comes the opportunity for regular citizens for whom even a medical card might cost them their job, to find out if the stories about indica-dominant strains might help that chronic pain in their shoulder or knee instead of relying on prescription drugs with side effects of their own. The possibilities here are really promising. Prescription pain medications are a serious problem in the United States, much more so than cannabis. If someone in their 60s or 70s could get relief without relying on prescription drugs, how much better off might we all be? Here’s to Gov. Hickenlooper continuing to be curious about cannabis. The more we learn, the less we should have to rely on broken prohibition models. •••• In a column that ran March 6, I wrote that Michael Elliott founded the Medical Marijuana Industry Group, now the Marijuana Industry Group. It should have read that he joined the organization in 2010. I also wrote that medical dispensaries operating before HB 10-284 was passed that year were unlicensed. I should have stated that they were licensed as caregiving businesses or patient collectives before Colorado enacted the current regulatory process. Tips, suggestions and criticisms to weed@boulderweekly.com. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com

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