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Danish and fracking
(Re: “If you don’t like fracking, hope you like global warming,” Danish Plan, April 4.) I read your recent column about fracking and global warming. While I believe there is validity to your arguments, I feel that you are completely ignoring a critical piece of this particular issue. The COGCC and their ally Gov. Hickenlooper want to put the fracking operations ridiculously close to people’s
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Highroad Corporate chiefs say America is unattractive by Jim Hightower
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like the word “lift.” It implies upward progress and a can-do communal spirit: Yes, let's all put our backs into it, and lift this load. It's so American! That's why I was intrigued to see the emergence of a new group called the “LIFT America Coalition.” The acronym stands for Let’s Invest For Tomorrow — and, boy, is that overdue in everything from public education to
homes and neighborhood. The scientific data is extremely clear that current fracking practices adversely affect the local air and water quality. The impact to home values is also pretty undeniable. Therefore, I ask the same question to you, the governor, the COGC execs, and the all those who will profit from these operations — are you willing to have a fracking rig within 150 feet of your home? If not, your arguments are not very credible.
The tide of anti-fracking sentiment was considerably lower before the COGCC started plans to build close to where folks live, made it clear that they were legally entitled to do so, threatened to sue if there was objections, etc. This is not the behavior of a group that intends to be good partners with the local communities. So please, until you have rig in your
development of a green economy. But then, I peeked behind the shiny LIFT America logo, and — uh-oh — there was Caterpillar, Coca-Cola, Eli Lilly, IBM, Intel, Pfizer, Procter & Gamble, Xerox, and … well, all the usual global giants that constantly want Washington to do special favors for them. Despite its uplifting name, LIFT America is nothing but another corporate lobbying and PR front trying to dupe our Congress critters into giving them a lift. In particular, they’re crying for a lower corporate tax rate, wailing about “antiquated U.S. tax laws” that “are threatening America’s economic competitiveness.” Big Bad Government, they preach, has saddled these poor giants with a 35 percent tax bite — one of the highest of industrialized nations — so Congress must whack that rate to make America “a more attractive place to invest and create jobs.” Not so fast, Slick. First, these
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super-rich powerhouses are masters of the tax-dodging-and-loophole game, so the rate they actually pay is not 35 percent, but 12 — and many of them pay zero. Second, they’ve already slashed their commitment to America, not only by offshoring jobs and eliminating our middle-class future, but also by reducing the percentage of our nation’s revenue that corporations pay from 30 percent in the 1950s to less than 8 percent today. And third, if the whining CEOs in the LIFT lobby think Luxemburg is more “attractive” than America, why don't they move there? Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com This opinion column does not necessarily reflect the views of Boulder Weekly. April 11, 2013 7
commentary Continue saying no to nukes by Dave Anderson
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limate change is the biggest challenge human beings have ever faced. We don’t have much time to deal with it. Unfortunately, political transformation is usually a slow process. A growing number of climate activists are supporting nuclear power as a carbon-free “clean” alternative to fossil fuels. They include NASA scientist James Hansen and Earth Institute Director Jeffrey Sachs. Judith Mohling and LeRoy Moore of the Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center (RMPJC) are concerned about this development. They argue that nukes are highly dangerous, citing a new peer-reviewed paper published in the Open Journal of Pediatrics that says that the Fukushima nuclear plant meltdown in Japan may have given American kids health disorders which, if left untreated, can lead to permanent mental and physical handicaps. Children born on the West Coast between one week and 16 weeks after the meltdowns began in March 2011 were 28 percent more likely to suffer from congenital hypothyroidism than were kids born in those states during the same period one year earlier. Substantial quantities of the radioisotope iodine-131 were produced by the meltdowns, then traveled over the Pacific Ocean and fell on Hawaii, the U.S. West Coast and other Pacific countries, reaching levels hundreds of times greater than those considered safe. After entering a person’s body, radioactive iodine gathers in the thyroids. Thyroids are glands that release hormones that control how we grow. In babies, including those not yet born, such radiation can stunt the development of body and brain. The links between iodine radioisotope exposure and juvenile hypothyroidism were established after the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear plant meltdown. It is disturbing that nukes are becoming popular, particularly among environmentalists. Boulderites remember the Rocky Flats nuclear weapons plant (eight miles south of here) where many of us demonstrated for world peace and against the nuclear arms race. It was closed in 1989 after an FBI raid to collect evidence of environmental crimes. We might have forgotten about it if the RMPJC hadn’t been around raising a ruckus about the establishment of a wildlife refuge on the site which would 8 April 11, 2013
be open for public recreation and the construction of a major highway intended to cut through the most contaminated eastern part of Rocky Flats. Mohling and Moore have dealt with nuclear waste issues for decades and have worked with government agencies and people in endangered communities. The main contaminant at the Rocky Flats site is plutonium that remains radioactive for a quarter-million years. You cannot taste, smell or see the tiny radioactive particles. Just one particle can cause cancer if inhaled, ingested or otherwise taken into the body. Nobel chemist Glenn Seaborg (who discovered plutonium in 1941) described it as “fiendishly toxic, even in small amounts.” The late Edward Martell, an NCAR radiochemist, said that the radioactivity from plutonium dust particles at Rocky Flats is “millions of times more intense than that from naturally occurring radioactive dust particles (uranium) of the same size. Minute amounts ... are sufficient to cause cancer.” There was a “clean-up,” but Moore points out that “a lot of plutonium was deliberately left in the soil on the assumption that it would remain in place and that exposure to it would be insufficient to cause harm.” Moore says both assumptions are refuted by the 1995 detection of rapid plutonium movement in the soil on site and a study showing that 18 species of burrowing animals were constantly redistributing soil and its contents (including plutonium). He also cites evidence in 65 cartons of data on environmental lawbreaking seized by the FBI in 1989 and sealed by order of a federal court. In response to the inadequate “clean-up,” the RMPJC is seeking to implement “Nuclear Guardianship” at Rocky Flats to, as Moore says, “enable present and future generations to take responsibility for the nuclear legacy bequeathed to them in a way that protects people and the environment from further radioactive poisoning.” They want to create a model for long-term ecological caretaking of radioactively contaminated sites. Remember that plutonium is radioactive for a quarter-million years. Meanwhile, we need to build a future that is both post-carbon and postnuclear. We don’t have much time. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com This opinion column does not necessarily reflect the views of Boulder Weekly.
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back yard, stop preaching to us. Also, you lost me on the nuclear portion of your argument. Yes, we’d have cheaper energy, but we might also have a few more Chernobyls and Fukushimas. Steve Wolk/Longmont Thank you, Paul Danish, for telling the truth about fracking. Fracking is what is helping to keep our economy afloat and creating high-paying jobs in Colorado and my native state of Ohio. It also keeps us from being at the mercy of Middle East oil producers. Our natural gas prices are so low that foreign companies are relocating here to take advantage of our low energy costs. I hate to stereotype but pretty much anything the Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center is against is good for our country. Keep up the good work. Mark Mallen/Boulder
Fracking in Broomfield
I would like to comment on the proposal to allow hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) for shale gas near Prospect Ridge Academy in Broomfield. Fundamentally, the community needs to ask the following questions: • How many wells and platforms are proposed and over what area? The larger the number, the greater the environmental (air, water) impact. • How many trucks per day and over what period of time? Each well requires approximately 1 million gallons of water. A typical tanker truck can carry from 5,000 to 10,000 gallons. Clean water is mixed with a large number of organic compounds, mostly poi-
sonous, and used to crack the shale under high pressure, releasing the gas. • Will the “fracking waste” be stored on-site in a pool or trucked off-site for disposal? Fracking waste arises from partial recovery of the fracking liquid. In some cases this is stored in large pools on-site for evaporation. It is not always responsibly dealt with. • Will any of the “fracking waste” be sprayed on local roads and highways to keep down dust? This is one way that the poisonous waste can get into the air and water. • Will there be air monitors for the presence of hydrocarbons (methane, fracking waste compounds)? If so, and if high levels are found, what are the remediation steps? • Will there be gas flares burning night and day to burn off escaping shale gas? If so, how many? • Does anyone in the area rely on well water? • Should the heavy load of truck traffic break down the roadways (it usually does), who pays to repair the roads? How much dust will these trucks create on a daily basis? There are many more far-reaching questions about the overall practice of fracking. One of the biggest is, “Why is it necessary to exempt hydraulic fracturing from the Clean Air and Water Act?” This fact alone makes the entire process dubious. Other important questions include the impact of cheap gas on climate change, the wisdom of destroying bilsee LETTERS Page 11
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IS IT PAY PHONES OR THEIR USERS WE DISLIKE THE MOST? Well, it’s official. The city of Boulder is getting rid of the last few pay phones that still dot the Pearl Street Mall. Most of the city’s motive is pretty simple: The phones just aren’t used that much anymore because “everyone” has a cell phone. And then, of course, there is the city’s never-ending quest for cosmetic perfection, as highlighted by Director of Downtown and University Hill Management Molly Winter’s recent quote concerning the phones in the Daily Camera, “They’re not necessarily attractive in their current form. They don’t add to the mall’s ambiance.” We admit it, pay phones are rarely used, they are germ factories and they are not particularly attractive. But… Once again, Boulder’s administrators have been blinded by long-term exposure to life within the open-space moat. This just in: Not everyone can afford a cell phone with its monthly payments, and some people just hate the damn things too much to own one. Anyone who has paid attention to the mall’s pay phones in recent years knows exactly who is dependent on them. It is primarily the homeless and transient populations. Considering other recent actions taken by the city — actions designed to get rid of our homeless population by making it more difficult for them to get by around here — perhaps those who still use the pay phones are considered to be just as out of step with the mall’s ambiance as the pay phones themselves. Here’s a solution for city leaders that would put poor humans and those addicted to cosmetic beauty on equal footing: Leave just one measly, unattractive pay phone on the mall for those who actually need it, namely, people too poor or too wise to own cell phones. Just one. Is that really too much to ask? We’ll see. A FRACADEMIC EVENT We were happy to see that a couple of researchers featured in Boulder Weekly’s “fracademic freedom” series last year will be the guest speakers at a local event about hydraulic fracturing this month. Geoffrey Thyne, who was profiled by BW on Aug. 16, claims that after he left the Colorado School of Mines due to pressure from the oil and gas industry, he lost his university job in Wyoming after an industry association complained to his superiors about comments he made about fracking. Thyne will be one of the headliners at “Be Frack Sure” on April 27, a day-long event featuring speeches, panel discussions and music by the Hazel Miller Band. Joining Thyne as the other featured guest speaker will be Anthony Ingraffea, an engineering professor at Cornell University whose work was discussed in an Aug. 30 BW article. Ingraffea and Cornell colleagues Robert Howarth and Renee Santoro published a paper in 2011 showing that methane emissions from the extraction of shale gas were higher than they were from coal, and the findings were attacked by the gas industry. Other panelists include some of the state’s foremost experts on fracking and its impacts, including Sam Schabacker of Food and Water Watch, Phil Doe of Be the Change, retired EPA staffer Wes Wilson, Shane Davis of the Poudre Canyon Group of the Sierra Club, Jeanne Basset of Environment Colorado and Pete Morton of The Wilderness Society. They will discuss community organizing as well as the health and economic ramifications of the fracking boom. The event, sponsored by Patagonia and organized by Our Longmont, is being held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Best Western Plus Plaza Hotel and Conference Center in Longmont. Tickets cost $38, and the price includes lunch as well as snacks. Tickets must be purchased in advance. For more information, see www. fracksure.org. Sounds like a frackin’ good time. Maybe somebody should invite Hick. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com Boulder Weekly
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lions and billions of gallons of clean water, the disposal of the fracking waste (NIMBY ) since water treatment plants cannot remove the toxic compounds. Hydraulic fracturing is heavy industry — do we want this in our neighborhoods and close to our schools? Laura Fronckiewicz/Broomfield
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(Re: “Municipalization minefield,” cover story, Feb. 28.) The City of Boulder continues to win awards from various groups who measure community health and local quality of life. The reasons for these accolades have to do with the progressive citizenry and our decades-long legacy of forwardthinking planning endeavors that value the sense of place of Boulder and the local experiences that people enjoy in the city. Many of our future-oriented planning initiatives are known nationally and have focused on increasing pedestrian, cycling and transit access; preserving greenways and wildlife habitats; applying growth management techniques that delineate a precise boundary to limit sprawl and shape the city; developing a vital downtown intended to take advantage of a beautiful walking promenade along Pearl Street; and preserving a local, clean and reliable water supply. Now we are at another crossroads seeking to obtain local control for our energy future from Xcel so that we can reduce fossil fuel consumption, reduce consumer costs and increase utilization of solar, wind and other alternative fuel sources. Like our previous planning successes, the city’s Energy Future and Municipalization Project is another well-conceived, forward-thinking idea meant to enhance our quality of life and build a better energy system for future generations. Ann Moss/Boulder
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In 2008, the people of Ecuador adopted provisions in their constitution for the Rights of Nature. One provision states: “Nature ... has the right to exist, persist, maintain and regenerate its vital cycles, structure, functions and its processes in evolution.” We should have similar language included in our county comprehensive plan. One reason Ecuador adopted their Rights of Nature was because American oil and gas companies left behind environmental devastation and pollution, including groundwater contamination, when they extracted Ecuador’s natural resources. In two months, the county moratorium on oil and gas development will expire. One only has to look at the devastation in Colorado’s Western Slope communities to anticipate what will Boulder Weekly
happen here once fracking accelerates. A Rifle resident gave an account of his experience at the January COGCC hearings: “It’s too late. Our land, our water, our air, our lives already have been poisoned to the extent that I don’t think they can be repaired or healed during our lifetimes.” I fear this is what’s in store for Boulder County. I am also concerned about the decline of wildlife populations in Boulder County. A well-known and highly regarded wildlife consultant stated at a public
meeting that we are at a tipping point right now: We are about to lose the whole thing. He was referring to the dire state of grassland species in Boulder County, including wintering Ferruginous Hawk and Golden Eagle populations, which have decreased by 93 percent and 50 percent, respectively. Who would have imagined that Boulder County would be in this predicament? There needs to be a paradigm shift in how we view our relationship with nature. It should be an inclusive rela-
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Boulder family hit hard by federal sequestration photos and story by Abby Faires
**** Federal sequestration went into effect on March 1, and it’s having local impacts. When you get down to it, “sequestration” is really just a fancy word for budget 12 April 11, 2013
approximately 50 low-income families per month will be affected by the cuts, according to Karen Kreutzberg, federal housing manager for Boulder Housing Partners. Nationally, 125,000 individuals and families will lose Section 8 assistance because of sequestration, according to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) website. “A voucher can be used by any landlord,” says Willa Williford, Boulder County Department of Housing and Human Services director. “Landlords like it because it’s a steady stream of income.” Williford says that typical Section 8 tenants pay about $250 per month towards their rent, and the federal government covers the rest via the voucher. To be eligible for the program in Boulder, households must earn at or below 80 percent of the area median income. According to the Boulder County Housing Authority website, a family of six would need to earn less than $87,120 to qualify.
cuts, and in the case of the federal government, big cuts. The Taxpayer Relief Act, passed in 2012, pushed sequestration back until March 1, with the hope that Congress would strike an alternative debt reduction deal. Unfortunately, that alternative deal never happened, and across-the-board cuts were made to all discretionary programs — meaning almost all homelessness and affordable housing programs in the United States were hit hard. The Sigg-Brown family, like many Americans, isn’t really sure what sequestration means. To them, it sounds like something that might affect a jury, not a family of six struggling to keep a roof over their head. But right now, the family is living in house that has been foreclosed on, and they are looking to local organizations, such as Boulder Housing Partners and the Boulder County Housing Authority, for help. Yet these organizations depend on the federal funds being cut by sequestration. Sequestration will have a significant impact on programs such as Section 8, a federal housing program that provides assistance to low-income families, typically in the form of a federal voucher. In Boulder,
**** The Section 8 program is the Sigg-Brown family’s best shot at receiving federal assistance for housing. Aside from the $750 per month it receives in food stamps, the family virtually has no source of income. Based on food stamps alone, Jenae Sigg would be making about $9,000 per year, far below the $87,120 it takes for her to qualify for Section 8. Last year, when the Sigg-Brown children’s school closed, things began to spiral out of control for the family. Sigg was trying to figure out how to balance Boulder Weekly
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her full-time job as a barista, making approximately $10 per hour, with finding child care for her kids, not to mention $800 per month for the basement apartment she had found to rent in Coal Creek Canyon. Even though she was working full-time, receiving food stamps and making weekly trips to the food bank down in Boulder, she was struggling to make ends meet. Sigg was right back in the same situation she had been just a few months earlier when, despite working full-time, she couldn’t keep up with rent and raising a family. That time around she was evicted from an apartment in Longmont, and the inseparable family of six spent about two weeks couch surfing before Sigg couldn’t take it anymore. “I was tired,” Sigg says. “I was so tired of moving, of being unstable.” So, she rounded up the kids and decided to sit in front of the Boulder Emergency Family Assistance Association (EFAA) until someone decided they would help her family. This was the third time the Sigg-Brown family was without a home, and it was the third time she had been to EFAA for help. This time her perseverance paid off, and EFAA housed her family in a hotel room for a month while Sigg searched for a new home. Finally, she found the basement apartment for rent up in the canyon. Without federal assistance, Sigg felt like affording rent in Boulder wasn’t an option. She decided that paying the cheaper rent to live in the canyon would compensate for the extra gas she was using to make the trip to Boulder for work. Not long after finding the apartment for rent, Sigg was dealt a sweet hand: one of her regular customers raised $7,250 and donated it her family. Internally, Boulder Weekly
Sigg was struggling with whether to continue working and trying to afford child care, or choosing to stay at home with her kids. In the end, she decided that paying $800 per month for rent was far cheaper than the money she would have to spend on day care. With her rent paid for the next few months and some extra cash to live on, Sigg felt like the right choice was to quit her job as a barista, and she decided to be a fulltime mom for the summer. Her intention was to get the kids back to school in the fall, so she could get back to work. “If I had a safe place for them all to stay, I would work,” Sigg says. “I worked during my entire marriage, and I enjoyed it.” **** Sigg’s marriage to Jason Brown, who fathered four of her children, ended five years ago. According to Brown, he has been without a steady paycheck for about three months now. He says he can’t afford to pay child support at the moment, but he does see his children a few times each month. Brown did not father 3-year-old Keenan, the youngest of the Sigg-Brown children. Keenan met his father for the first time earlier this year. He has fathered several other children, according to Sigg, and says he can’t really afford to be in Keenan’s life. Sigg’s plan to get the kids enrolled in school for the fall so that she could return to work didn’t pan out. Her hope was to keep all of the kids together in a Montessori school in Gilpin County, but because she had missed the Oct. 1 enrollment deadline, she wouldn’t be able to receive federal assistance to pay for the school. After that, Sigg applied for open enrollment in Nederland and elsewhere in the Boulder
Valley School District. Sigg did get her two oldest children, Tiana and Jayden, enrolled at the Nederland Middle/Senior High School for the spring term. Luckily, the bus stop is only four blocks away from their home. Nonetheless, Nederland Elementary was full, and Sigg was told to bring Malik and Isaiah back when fall enrollment opened. As of today, 9-year-old Isaiah, 6-year-old Malik and 3-year-old Keenan stay home with Sigg while their older sisters are at school. All of the Sigg-Brown children but Keenan have been accepted and enrolled in Boulder Valley schools for the fall. But for the time being, Sigg homeschools the boys. Although they work on reading, spelling and math on a regular basis, it’s hard to anticipate how the transition into the public school system will go for the boys next fall. For their sisters, the transition from their Montessori background to public school this year was tough, but the boys are all-too-eager to get to class. “I’m excited to go to school in Boulder,” says Isaiah. “Because I get bored being up here.” “Yeah!” Malik chimes in. “I like Boulder.” With the school situation temporarily settled, the family got dealt a devastating blow. Sigg’s dream house, her family’s “mountain sanctuary,” was being foreclosed on. Soon enough, it would be auctioned off, and her family would be evicted once again. “This wasn’t supposed to happen,” Sigg says. “I thought that this house was going to be the most stable environment for us.” The basement apartment Sigg was renting, in the bottom of her dream house, belonged to a woman she See HOME Page 14
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had known for years. Plus, the house had been in this woman’s family for three generations. “When I moved into this home, my garden-level apartment in this big, beautiful mountain home, I was for sure it would be long-term,” Sigg says. In fact, Sigg was so sure that she refused to let her kids live out of boxes once they moved in. “They wouldn’t unpack,” Sigg says. “So, I unpacked for them. I was like no, we are not living out of boxes anymore.” “But I liked living that way,” says 13-year-old Tiana. “I was used to living that way. Being homeless three times, you know, that is a big impact.” **** But when the family got the laminated foreclosure notice on the front door, courtesy of a residential brokerage firm, reality set in — at least it did for the children. Even now, a month after the house was auctioned off and bought by Fannie May, Sigg still walks the property dreaming about her family’s future there. She points to the wood-paneled doghouse that sits across from their driveway. “See, and this is where I would put my chickens,” Sigg says. Then she points over to a shoddy garden area, where nothing grows. “And that would be our garden, where we could grow all kinds of herbs,” Sigg says. She looks over to the right. “And that’s the compost,” Sigg says. Then she moves on to the upstairs level, where another man currently lives. “And when Jed leaves, Tiana, Jayden and Isaiah could move upstairs,” Sigg says. “Isaiah could have his own room, 14 April 11, 2013
and Jayden and Tiana could have more of their own space. But only if they can take care of it. If they can’t take care of things up here, well, we’ll have to figure something else out.” Sigg teeters between fantasies like this and the harsh reality her family is now facing. A couple of days after talking about plans for moving upstairs and getting her own chickens, Sigg told 6-year-old Malik that he couldn’t glue a glow-in-the-dark star onto their bedroom ceiling. “But why, Mom?” Malik asked. “Well, because,” Sigg said. “Because this isn’t our house, and someday people will live here after us, and they won’t want our things glued onto the walls of their house.” Malik stared back at his mother blankly and sauntered back into their bedroom. Five minutes later, he had an epiphany: He would try to tape the star to the ceiling instead. Sigg says that she has been looking for housing ever since she learned of the foreclosure, but she hasn’t come up with any options. Her gut tells her that she needs to be in Boulder because of the great assistance programs the county has to offer. But because she hasn’t found anything else, she believes they are “right where we are supposed to be.” Sigg was able to get the rest of her rent money back, a little more than $5,000, and decided she would use that for living expenses and a deposit on her next place. At least that was the plan. But as of today, the rest of that money has run out. Sigg says the majority of it has gone to gas and food for her family. While she waits for eviction, Sigg is no longer paying rent. And for now, food stamps, food banks and friends are helping her family survive. Boulder Weekly
news In its latest installment of laminated notices, the brokerage firm posted a new “Relocation Assistance Offer” on Sigg’s door. If her family had vacated the premises by April 6, they could have received $1,700. Now, if they choose to leave by April 22, they will get $900. After doing her own research, however, Sigg found out that she legally has 90 days to vacate her mountain sanctuary, which means she can stay until July. “So, I’m sitting tight,” Sigg says. “I’m not going anywhere. Ninety days is three months of rent for me. That’s way more than the $1,700 they offered me.” **** The Section 8 lottery and the public housing wait list at Boulder Housing Partners opened on April 10. Both the lottery and the wait list will close April 24. Sigg hopes that they will get chosen for one of those programs, but she won’t let her hopes get too high. They’ve been on a wait list for housing assistance before, before sequestration happened, and they’re still waiting. Plus, Boulder Housing Partners still doesn’t know how many families they will be able to pull from the lottery this year. “That’s the million-dollar question that I don’t have the answer to yet,” says Kreutzberg. “We’ve been looking at funding from HUD, looking at what we expect to get from them for the rest of the year, looking at how many families will go off of Section 8 assistance this year, and how many will stay on. But the truth is, we just don’t know yet.” Even if the Sigg-Brown family were drawn for the lottery or taken off of the wait list for assistance, Kreutzberg says it would be at least 12 months before Boulder Housing Partners could offer them housing. “We are hoping to select lottery winners by mid-May, and then offer vouchers within 12 to 18 months,” Kreutzberg says. “That is our hope. But if we run out of federal funding, we can’t offer the money to pay for those vouchers.” The Sigg-Brown family needs a home, and they need it now. They can hardly afford to wait 90 days, let alone 12 months. “It’s one of the most difficult things we have to do — to turn people away,” Kreutzberg says. “Housing is a basic need. It is so hard to have the rest of your life in order, much less maintain stability and advance, without it.” Sigg knows that she can’t wait another 12 to 18 months for help, but she also knows that she can’t afford the rent in Boulder by herself. Boulder Weekly
“I’m tired of moving,” Sigg says. “And I’m tired of not having a home. I’m just tired. And if I didn’t have five little souls depending on me, I’d be more than happy to wait for the bank to come and literally move me and all of my shit out.” But giving up when you have five children depending on you isn’t an option. Camping, however, has always been a viable option for the SiggBrown family. “We’ve camped before,” Sigg says. “I know we could do it again.” True, the family is used to camping. For her sixth-grade language arts class, Jayden even wrote an essay about her family’s camping adventures. “I like camping,” Jayden says. “Well, except for when it rains. One time, it rained for three whole days, and we had to stay in our van.” “Yeah, that was terrible,” Tiana agrees. “We were all stuck inside the van, and we couldn’t do anything.” Camping also meant they were living without hot showers — one of Tiana most prized possessions. For the 13-year-old, shower time is her time. Tiana usually waits until later at night, when all of the younger children are in bed, or are almost there. She slips into the empty bathroom and closes the door behind her. For those few minutes, the teenage girl finds some peace and quiet. She finds time to get lost in herself and only herself. The steam rising off of the hot water relaxes her, and when she steps back out into the house again, usually all is dark and quiet. “Without my showers,” Tiana says, “I don’t know if I could sleep at night.” The dictionary says “sequestration,” like many words, has two meanings. Both apply when it comes to the SiggBrown family and the 125,000 families like them. The government that created the sequester uses the definition to “confiscate until a debt has been paid.” But for the families affected by the government’s actions, the definition “to isolate or hide away” seems more apropos. For the Sigg-Browns, it literally means that they may once again be homeless in just a few days. It means that schools and food and transportation — and even hot showers — along with all the other things that most folks take for granted are once again a question mark for the family of six. And now they are hoping for a little bit of magic. Editor’s note: Abby Faires had previously known Jenae Sigg when she was an employee at Alfalfa’s Market. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com
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try to include a stronger academic component as part of the festival’s mission. Conference on World Affairs Director Jim Palmer says he has spoken with Leigh about the direction of the conference, but he is not worried about any drastic changes coming down the pipe. First off, Palmer says, the conference isn’t in debt. “We stay in the black,” Palmer says. Palmer says he understands the top brass’s concerns about the conference, but he believes the CWA already meets an appropriate level of student and faculty involvement. “I understand. We are kind of outliers,” Palmer says. “We are not academic programs, but the conference provides a tremendous opportunity for students as far as learning internships. Students are much involved and committed to the conference. There would not be a conference without the student involvement.” Leigh is taking somewhat of a hands-off approach for now. He’s been on campus for less than a year, and he wants to experience the conference, which ends on April 12, before diving in and making any changes. The conference has an easier time than the Shakespeare Festival as far as proving its academic value to students, Leigh says. “It’s a little easier for them because during the session, they’re during the spring semester. So if we want to tie students into it, it’s much, much easier to do that,” Leigh says. Leigh says the conference provides value to the university, but during a time of crunched budgets, the College of Arts and Sciences must be very careful in how it spends money. “This is the consequence of a new funding environment,” Leigh says. “This is the way universities have always operated. They do externally facing things. That’s the whole point of a public university. And unfortunately, the state walks away from us, takes a bigger step every year.” Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com Boulder Weekly
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olorado foresters know that Colorado’s forests are changing. And over the past two decades, the change has been significant. Colorado’s forests have seen unprecedented mortality, driven by poor resiliency to insects and diseases, according to Joseph Duda, interim state forester for the Colorado Forest Service. “People should be concerned about the mortality because of the potential impacts on wildlife, watersheds, recreation sites and the creation of hazards — to name a few,” says Sky Stephens, a forest entomologist for the Colorado State Forest Service. According to U.S. Forest Service researchers, however, Coloradans can tack yet another cause for concern onto the list: their health. Forest Service researchers have used the emerald ash borer, a beetle that has killed more than 100 million trees in the eastern and midwestern U.S., to study the correlation between human health and forest health. They conclude that counties severely impacted by the emerald ash borer also had higher human mortality rates. While it is inaccurate to say that Colorado forests are dying, we can’t deny the fact that many Colorado trees are, which begs the
question: Should Coloradans be concerned for their own health? The Forest Service study, released in January, analyzed 18 years of data from more than 1,000 counties across 15 states. After accounting for demographic differences such as income, race and education, researchers found that Americans living in areas where the emerald ash borer had infiltrated forests had higher rates of lower respiratory and cardiovascular diseases than those living in non-infested areas. From 2002 to 2007, an estimated 15,080 more cardiovascular-related deaths and an additional 6,113 respiratory-related deaths occurred in areas affected by the emerald ash borer than those that were not affected, according to the Forest Service study. On the most basic level, we know that without trees, there would be no life, according to Joseph Crossno, associate professor of medicine at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. “Certainly, you need the foliage of trees for the cleansing of air — to take out carbon dioxide and to replenish it with oxygen,” Crossno says. Crossno acknowledges that the U.S. Forest Service findings take common sense one step further — connecting tree health, air quality and
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Jeffrey David Gunselman of Texas has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison after admitting to defrauding the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) by acting as a business owner of a bio-diesel fuel production company in order to generate renewable fuel credits — then selling them to brokers and oil companies, according to the EPA. Gunselman formed Absolute Fuels, LLC, in April 2009. The company had no actual bio-diesel fuel producing facility or employees beside Gunselman. Alongside Absolute Fuels, LLC, Gunselman had also created Absolute Milling, LLC; Ellipse Energy, LLC; 21 Investments, LLC; and YGOG Holdings, LLC. Each entity was completely owned and operated by Gunselman and generated a combined 48 million invalid biomass-based diesel renewable identification numbers (RINs). Fifty-one false transactions were conducted via wire communications, resulting in approximately $41,762,236 in payments from the EPA to Gunselman. After admitting to the 51 counts of wire fraud, 24 counts of money laundering and four counts of making false statements in regards to the Clean Air Act, Gunselman has been fined $175,000 and must pay more than $54.9 million in restitution, according the EPA. “Today’s sentence is the second signifi-
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ment for an association between tree and human health,” Lara says of the Forest Service report. “But they haven’t shown there to be a direct causation.” Authors of the study, however, conclude that the findings do present a direct association between the loss of trees and human mortality from cardiovascular and lower respiratory disease. But the study did not prove a causal link. As for why trees affect human health, researchers propose
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Steph Davis off the High Nose in Lauterbrunner, Switzerland.
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Flying fearless
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ven after hundreds of skydives and base jumps, Steph Davis says, stepping to the edge of that cliff still brings up a bubble of fear. But she’s spent her life pushing the line for fear that holds you back and the freedom that lies beyond it. So despite that fear — or perhaps because it’s still there to study and explore — she base jumps off that cliff, stepping into the abyss with a single parachute she packed herself and no back-up system, determined to take freedom over fear. “I think love and fear are the strongest emotions, but the thing about fear is it can just stop you
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from doing the things you want to do because 2006 that ultimately cost both of them a key sponthere’s just such a strong instinct to avoid fear that sor, Davis saw her world, her climbing career and a lot of times we’ll make decisions based on that her marriage crumbling. After hunting a reclusive instinct or feeling, but then in the long run we look Potter down in Yosemite for an encounter that left and we see we’re limiting our freedom more and her convinced there was no fixing their relationship, more,” she says. “So for that reason I’ve always been she started driving east, passing her Moab house, a really interested in fear.” favored climbing area near Rifle and on toward the Davis has been a climber for 20 years, and was Front Range. She landed — or, more appropriately, the first woman to free-climb Salathé Wall in began taking flight — in Boulder, crashing on a friend’s couch before she rented a place for herself Yosemite NationalInventory Park and to free-solo the Our Entire of Clothing, Footwear, Diamond on Longs Peak. But after her now former and her dog, Fletch, in Eldorado Springs, and spent Camp & Travel Gear & Sunglasses most of a summer at the Mile-Hi Skydiving Center husband Dean Potter made a controversial ascent in Longmont, jumping out of airplanes. When the up Delicate Arch in Arches National Park in May
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In her latest book, Learning to Fly, career rock climber Steph Davis writes about learning to base jump and skydive and connect those sports to her climbing projects.
time came to move back to her home in Moab, where there wasn’t a similar skydiving outfit, she had to look for an alternative, and the logical — if the word can be applied to a decision that landed on an incredibly risky undertaking — answer became to learn to base jump from the cliffs she had climbed. “You’re never not going to be scared. I’m scared every time I do a base jump,” Davis says. “Every time you get close to the edge, you feel it, whether it’s just a little bit and you just think ‘OK, I feel a little intensity’ or you’re actually scared. You always feel that. The thing is to figure out how to manage it and make that sure it’s not controlling you physically because that’s the only time there’s a problem with fear — when it’s kind of handicapping you physically, but the fact that it makes you extra alert, extra cautious, really aware of everything, that’s really important.” Those events, and how they impacted her life and her climbing career, are recounted in her latest book Learning to Fly: An Uncommon Memoir of Human Flight, Unexpected Love, and One Amazing Dog. Before the first time she stepped to the open door of an airplane and jumped out, 13,000 feet above the ground, falling was the last thing Davis wanted to
think about. A climber, particularly a free-soloist, does her best to keep even the word “fall” from entering her mind. But exploring that fear and finding the common threads that link skydiving or base jumping with climbing provided rich fodder for her — it was among the experiences that opened the doors to her deciding to free-solo the Diamond. “When I was younger I thought, ‘OK, if I’m afraid of something then I really should do that thing because that’s how I overcome that fear’ and for a while I just had that as my bottom line operating instinct,” Davis says. “But then, after a while, I realized when you’re too scared you just don’t function at
your best. So there are times when you have to back off from something, and usually when you have to back off from something there are some reasons, and the reasons start to stack up. “One of those reasons can simply be, I’m too scared, I can’t get control of it and I can’t function well. Then you have to back off and figure out how to deal with that and either try again in a different format where you’re not going to be so controlled by the fear, or really step it down. But I think the problem that I see a lot — that I’ve experienced and I also see in others — is that a lot of time people have this, maybe, stereotype that you should just grab the bull by the horns if you’re scared, just rip off the BandAid, jump off the high dive, just go for it. “But I think that the right way is a lot more of a step-by-step process. And I think a lot of times when you see people do extreme scary things, what you’re seeing is the final step in the process and a lot of times there’s been a lot more steps to get there.” In climbing, that can mean doing research, planning and practicing a route. Before Davis free-soloed see JUMPING Page 26
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the Casual Route (5.10a) on the Diamond, she climbed the route using gear and taking the time to memorize the moves through the crux sequence, setting minimal gear to keep from feeling too reliant on that protection. But there’s no real way to top-rope a skydive or a base jump. “Jumping out of an airplane kind of is the baby step for base jumping,” Davis says and laughs, “and that’s the funny thing about skydiving and jumping in general. There’s baby steps within it, but at the end of the day, when you need to jump out of the airplane, you’ve got to jump out of the airplane.” The groundwork comes more in the form of classes and training done before even boarding the plane. “A lot of times, I think, part of the preparation for doing something scary is doing all your homework and making sure when the moment comes you can say ‘I know everything, I’ve studied everything, I’ve prepared myself as much as I could possibly be prepared so
I should be confident because of that,’” Davis says. Recognizing the difference between fear that’s ready to be pushed through and fear that needs to be a reason to turn back just comes from a natural sense — as least for Davis. “I think you know,” she says. “If you’re there and you’re feeling a lot of anxiety and the question mark, because it’s always like, the fear is, ‘Oh, what’s going to happen?’ right? So if you’re feeling all this doubt and anxiety, and you’re thinking, well, I’m prepared, the conditions are right, everything is in line on the physical level, now I’m a little uncertain because I’ve never done this before, so that’s why I’m scared. If it’s just that, you can kind of talk yourself through it, but sometimes you’re so anxious that you’re actually physically seized up and actually can’t function, well then that’s when it’s not going to work.” In climbing, the battle with fear can manifest itself so palpably that it’s no longer possible to do the moves of the Boulder Weekly
adventure climb and make progress up improbably small holds or inhospitably small cracks. “It’s something you know you can do, but you can’t do it only because you’re scared,” Davis says. “And then you have to start working through that, and then it’s not so hard to see that that translates to daily life as well.” But skydiving or base jumping strips down most of the questions about the physical ability to get the task done, and it’s just about mental control. “The really amazing thing about jumping is that it’s so much less physically demanding than climbing that it almost gets completely boiled down to fear in order to do things that involve jumping,” Davis says. “As you get more involved in skydiving and base jumping, there’s a lot more body awareness and body control in those sports, so there is a lot of technical ability that you start to develop as you progress. But in the very beginning — anybody can jump out of the door of an airplane, so it’s just a question if you can let your mind do that, so that’s really interesting.” Davis lives and works in Moab with her husband, Mario Richard, and the two run an adventure-sports guiding company, Moab Base Adventures, which includes tandem base jumping along with crack climbing clinics in their guiding services. “We’re taking people who have never done a base jump and taking them on a base jump, and we’ve met some really amazing people because it’s all these people that are really intense, passionate people, and they want to experience that,” Davis says. “It’s just been totally amazing to meet all these different people and to see people deal with their feelings of fear, because that’s why they’re coming to do it mostly. They want to have that feeling of standing at that edge and being able to step off. It’s just really intriguing to see everybody’s different processes for being able to take that step, and I’m really impressed that people do it, actually, because I know how it feels to be at the edge of a cliff for the first time and step off it, and it’s really intense.” Between guiding and climbing and base jumping from new desert towers, Davis made use of time in the passenger seat on road trips with Richard, plus a solo retreat to Rifle to spend hours alone in the back of her truck with her laptop, to write the book. Davis will return to the Front Range to talk about and sign her latest book at the Boulder Book Store on April 16 and at the Tattered Cover on 16th Street in Denver on April 18. It’ll be nice to come to talk about the book Boulder Weekly
here, she says, because Colorado and the people here made such a difference in her adding skydiving and base jumping to the list of activities that keeps her busy. “So much of the book is about Colorado. I mean, that’s where it all starts,” she says. “One thing that I like about this book is I like the fact that there’s so many interesting characters in the jumping community and also
climbing community. Obviously a lot of the climbing is solo, but it does take place on the Diamond, which, to me, is almost like a person. But what I really love about this book is just the opportunity to share all these interesting people and their stories.” Of course, getting back in the neighborhood could also involve some extracurricular activities. She says, “I’m definitely planning to go to Longmont
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The conservator’s dilemma Preserving the Clyfford Still collection raises questions about artist intent and viewer experience by Elizabeth Miller The consequences of being rolled for half a century aren’t just manifested in canvases that have to be coaxed into laying flat and carefully affixed to stretchers, perhaps for the first time, sometimes with layers of newspaper or wax paper stuck to their surfaces. The paint has cracked where it’s been compressed in the rolls. When Still, notorious for continuing to make
small adjustments, changed the color in a spot of the painting by painting over the top of a previous layer of paint, and that top coat hasn’t bonded well to the surface below it, the paint flakes off to reveal the colors underneath. And as oil paints slowly dry, they off-gas an efflorescence — a soap-like substance of fatty acid chains. “If it’s not exposed to air, that mate-
rial has no place to go, so it migrates upward during that chemical change from viscous liquid to rigid solid and just deposits itself on the surface, creating random forms,” Squires says. The efflorescence appears on the painting’s surface in whitish clouds that can be removed with a little massage, an eraser, or a touch of water — even spit will do. As pigments and varnishes have aged, some surfaces Still painted to have a glossy shine have gone matte and some colors have even shifted. A year after the museum opened, there were still 190 rolls of paintings waiting to be readied for exhibition — job security, Squires jokes. But as paintings are discovered — they were all catalogued and photographed, but those photographs have aged to the point that their colors are no longer accurate — the museum’s curatorial staff can assemble them into new narratives and arrangements that allow for exploring Still’s work in new ways. “The real intention of this show was really to understand how he used color — the function of color in his paintings,” Dean Sobel, director of the Clyfford Still Museum, says of the latest show, Red/Yellow/Blue [and Black and White]: Clyfford Still as Colorist. “To try to understand — and this will be see CONSERVATOR Page 30
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through any number of exhibitions, too — what the role of color is in his art, as opposed to texture, scale, imagery, of course, vertical abstractions as opposed to more representational ones.” Color matters for any painter, of course, but in abstract art, color is one of very few tools the artist has left to affect the viewer. “If there isn’t a figural or landscape implied or still life or train engine — if you don’t have that as a communicator … all you have — and there’s a lot there — all you have are basic things: the way you apply the paint, the color of the paint, the scale and so forth,” Sobel says. “I think in Still’s case, he was very interested in the large role that color plays, to such a degree that if you change out one little patch of color or perhaps, in other ways, if you add [color] — because I think that’s what interesting about a lot of paintings upstairs right now, he would do just a little hit of contrasting color, just one little touch and not use that color anywhere else in the painting. It’s pretty clear that Still also recognized that color was like a note, a minor note or a chord or a crescendo.” Still would sometimes create “replica” paintings, where the composition of the paintings is the same, but the colors are varied, Sobel says. The composition of “Big Blue” or PH-247, which shows a vast, blue field with a stripe of black
and a thread of orange, reappears in PH-31, which was painted in the same year. The pulsating blue field has become bare canvas, and the strips of color are black and red. After Still decided to stop exhibiting his work, based on the abstract expressionist philosophy that an artist’s work was best viewed as a body rather than a single piece in a gallery full of pieces by other artists, the replica paintings were some of the few that he sold. The paintings selected for Red/ Yellow/Blue [and Black and White] each have a dominant color and were curated to include one early work that’s still figurative and one from late in his life. A gallery is devoted to each of these colors independently. “Having roughly 94, 95 percent of his total holdings allows this institution to develop so many different narratives and in very effective ways that other single-artist museums simply can’t do,” Squires says. While five of the galleries are devoted to individual colors, the two opening galleries show a chronological evolution from Still’s landscapes and the elongated faces and forms of farm workers he painted in the early part of his career to the point when he let go of representation imagery altogether. “I think it’s incredible that we can really tell the story of an individual’s evolution to something that a lot of Boulder Weekly
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Clyfford Still’s “1956-J-No.2 (PH-1074),” 1954
people are very uncomfortable with,” Squires says. “A lot of people are very uncomfortable with abstract expressionism, but to be able to link it to a visual language of representation and see how it changes to this, I think, allows people to make that next step. They might not like it, but at least they can see that it wasn’t just something that was thrown on a canvas and then some rationale was created. There was purpose.” In the red room, the first of the Red/Yellow/Blue exhibit, a viewer encounters one massive red canvas after another before arriving at a duo of paintings that depict farm scenes: a bare-chested man astride a boar, a knife in his hand from having just taken the first stab in slaughtering the boar, and a man in blue coveralls, leaning against a blue tractor wheel, looking out toward a white and brown field. After Still’s grand-scale red canvases, the eye leaps to the red in these paintings — the burst of red coming from the throat of the boar and the raw, cherry red hands on the farmer. “Every artist uses color, but I don’t know that many are as brilliant or that it is that front and center in terms of their practice, which I think it is for Clyfford Still. There is something just remarkable about his colors,” Sobel says. “It’s much harder than it looks to get those beautiful surfaces and that chromatic brilliance that he achieves over and over again.” Maintaining those surfaces and Boulder Weekly
those brilliant colors falls to the conservation staff, who blend both preservative and restorative tactics to prevent degradation of the paintings through strategies like environmental controls, light controls and pest management, and, when necessary, try to restore a piece to the way it looked at a specific point in time. “That seems sort of straightforward, but in many ways, it’s not, because as conservators our goal is to both honor the piece’s history — and recognize its history and integrate that history with how it looks now — with artist intent, and so that becomes the challenge,” Squires says. “I don’t want to change artist’s process. It’s just my job to keep it together.” The glistening vibrancy of Still’s surfaces stems from varnishes that can fade and yellow over time. That golden hue paintings of old masters have become known for is actually a yellowed varnish. And Still, at times, bordered on fanatical about the reflective surfaces of his paintings. He once visited his works on view at a museum, decided the varnish had faded too much, went to the local hardware store to purchase varnish and recoated the paintings while they hung on the gallery wall. He then asked the conservation staff at the museum to regularly repeat the application. They declined. Now, as the paintings unroll, there
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are passages that are still highly reflecprotects the canvas from rot. But that tive, and others that are not. glue, unevenly applied, is now yellowing “We know, historically, that Still in uneven tones. would paint a picture and then let it “From this angle, it’s really sort of be for a while, then he would actually lovely. You can almost see his brush — say as the pictures dried over time, strokes,” Squires says, looking up at a areas of reflective surface sunk, painting with vast sections of bare became more matte — he would actu- canvas. “You can see how he did it all ally go back in and re-oil sections or over the surface, and it adds a texture maybe even re-oil the whole thing,” and a rhythm to the piece that, if it Squires says. “He would literally apply was dead flat, it would never have. linseed oil to the whole surface. So But it also discolors in different ways, that material, too, has changed and so it’s like, OK, we try to keep that altered over time and done so in very rhythm, because it’s actually interestodd ways. So it becomes this question ing and complimentary to the piece, of, can we separate it, and if we can, where as some of these marks might should we? What are we trying to not be. It’s a real balancing act in emphasize? Are we terms of, right emphasizing the now, trying to artist’s hand or are determine what ON THE BILL: James Squires, we emphasizing that aesthetic is, associate conservator of paintings, artist intent? and it’s not really will lead “One Painting at a Time: “And again it for us alone to Black” to discuss PH-1102, at 1 p.m. on April 24 at the Clyfford Still becomes this baldetermine. It’s Museum. Reservations are required. ancing act of, which really for the art Red/Yellow/Blue [and Black and way do you try to world to come White]: Clyfford Still as Colorist runs until May 12. 1250 Bannock St. in go? His hand together and say, Denver, until May 12. Visit www.clyfapplied it, but it ‘OK this is, based fordstillmuseum.org or call 720-354on all of our looks like hell and 4880 for more information. knowledge of Still you can’t read the and the period and picture. Do you say ‘OK, well, our best judgment says this is all of that, this is probably what he was trying to go with, and in this case really what he was trying to achieve,’ so it’s so disfiguring we probably need to therefore it gives a credible argument to actually try to remove that, assuming we try to push back to that,’ — or ‘Ah, it’s fine.’ And once you get more voiccan, or reduce it. So that’s sort of the es it always gets more controversial.” challenge with all of this right now.” Part of the conservator’s ethic is to As they work their way through the archives of paintings, the understanding avoid doing anything that isn’t reversible, should the art world’s consensus on of Still’s materials in use will increase, Squires says, and may help in answering how to handle an issue like the yellowed glue sizing change in later generations. those questions. Still usually mixed his One canvas unrolled earlier this year own paints, but if he wrote recipes down for those paints, they haven’t been showed horizontal cracks from having been rolled — a part of the canvas’s hisfound, which adds to the challenges of tory, but an element that interrupts the knowing how to preserve or restore vertical composition of the painting. those paintings. Whether the disruption for the viewer “I’m becoming more aware of how each individual color responds, and they is significant enough to undertake restoring the painting is a choice the are different in each period, they really conservation and curatorial staff the are,” Squires says. “In one period, the museum will come to over time, after reds could be wonderful and very viewing the painting stretched and straightforward. In another period, under appropriate lighting conditions. they’re an absolute nightmare. And “Hopefully it will be fine, because similarly with the blues and the blacks. resolving that’s a real bear,” Squires says. In some periods, I can do whatever I “You have these sorts of signifiers of darn well want and I can feel confident that I’m not going to do any damage or age, and the question becomes which ones do you try to maintain and which do anything to the pieces, and in other ones do you say are not important, and ones I feel like I look at it funny and there’s all sorts of debate about that, something happens.” and there’s no one answer,” he says. Even when there’s no paint to flake “The challenge is trying to bring it or varnish to fade, the paintings can together in a way that is still harmonipresent conservation challenges. Still ous and still expresses the spirit of the applied glue sizing to canvases before artist’s intent as much as we can.” painting on them, which essentially Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com sealed the canvas from the paint and Boulder Weekly
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f you are a fan of West African say, no, I don’t have any notation. I just Highlife, that most infectious of want you to imitate. That’s the way they world music styles, you could travel learn in Japan. That’s the way they learn to Accra, Lagos or Yaounde. Or in Africa. Some students are fine with it, you could walk over to Grusin but music majors are very often chalMusic Hall on the University of lenged by this.” Colorado Boulder campus. Saturday’s concerts demonstrate that At 4:30 p.m. Saturday, April 13, bringing the music to performance is an CU’s West African Highlife Ensemble important part of the program as well. will present a free concert directed by For the Highlife Ensemble, the program Ghanaian musician Matuto Mensa. And will include both traditional African for world-music fans, that is only the music, with drums and dancing, and first concert in Grusin Saturday: The Highlife, an urban Afro-pop style that is Mexican Mariachi Ensemble will presheard in cafes and nightclubs across ent another free concert at 7:30 p.m., West Africa. directed by Francisco “Tino” Rodriguez, “For the traditional music, everyPatrick Kelly/University of Colorado a native of Guadalajara, Mexico. Highlife and Mariachi are colorful and accessible styles, but they are only part of the College of Music worldmusic program. The college also supports groups from two Asian traditions. The Balinese Gamelan, directed by I Made Lasmawan, and the Japanese Traditional Music Ensemble, directed by CU ethnomusicology professor Jay Keister and Mami ItasakaKeister, already presented ON THE BILL: The West African Highlife Ensemble plays at Grusin their spring concerts in Music Hall on Saturday, April 13, at March. 4:30 p.m. the Mexican Mariachi All four groups present Ensemble plays at 7:30 p.m. at Grusin Music Hall. Both concerts are music that is attractive, free. Visit http://bit.ly/CUWorldMusic intriguing and exotic to many body’s for more information. Americans, but Keister dancmakes it clear that he seeks a ing,” greater goal than entertaining Mensa local audiences. “While the ensembles explains. “We use the hand drum and make for nice public outreach and a col- we sing to go with it. Me and my cousorful face to the college, there’s actually in Appaddo from Ghana are playing an academic purpose,” he says. the drums, and then [one student] is Just as a goal of a language program playing the drum and one is playing the is to make students bilingual, one goal of bell. And the rest, I think 18 or 20 peothe ethnomusicology program is to help ple, are dancing. students become “bi-musical” as a way “We’re doing two traditional dances, of understanding other musical cultures. and then we’re doing seven Highlife The students are also learning important songs, one from Congo, one from aspects of those cultures along with the Guadalupe, one from Nigeria, and the music. In traditions that lack written rest of them from Ghana,” which Mensa music, they have to learn by imitation, says is the source of Highlife. “I have 22 just as the music has been learned for students in the group, so guitar, horn, centuries. saxophone, trumpet, two keyboards, and “Many people say, can I write this then of course we have people who play down?” Keister observes. “And I might percussion.” Boulder Weekly
The Mexican Mariachi Ensemble is also based in tradition. “Right now I think we are 12,” Rodriguez says. “We’ve got two trumpets, three violins, one flute, a bass guitar we call guitarron, two vihuelas — the five-string guitar — and two classical [six-string] guitars. And one singer.” As Rodriguez explains, that covers the foundations of Mariachi music. “Trumpet, violin, bass guitar and vihuela — if you’ve got those four instruments, it’s all you need to make the music,” he says. Like Mensa, Rodriguez likes to stress the origins of the style he is teaching. “We always like to get the roots of Mexican music,” he says. “So it’s pretty much the music from the state of Jalisco, Mexico, because Jalisco and Guadalajara is where the Mexican Mariachi comes from. So I start with those kinds of music from Jalisco.” The majority of the 12 pieces Rodriguez lists for the concert come from Jalisco, with a few pieces from other areas of Mexico added. The program includes the familiar “Jarabe Tapitio,” or “Mexican Hat Dance,” along with “Tilingo Lindo” from Veracruz, “Estos Celos” from popular Mexican singer Vicente Fernandez, and “La Charreada,” named for the Mexican version of rodeo, among others. Both group leaders stress how much the students enjoy their work. “When they come the first time and they enjoy it, they come again. They take the next semester class, they do that,” Rodriguez says. Mensa mentions how hard the students work. “It is really hard for them, who’ve never listened to African music before,” he says. “And they love it! After time’s gone by they’ll be like, ‘Wow! This is great!’ Dancing, smiling, moving their bodies in different directions, ‘Pow!’” And, Mensa adds, audience dancing is encouraged, too. Pow! Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com
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“Hanging Love Charm” by Merryl Rothaus
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Sparked to make a difference
Naropa professor, students plan return to Cambodia to teach art therapy by Elizabeth Miller
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he drawing shows a purple bird’s nest nest need?’ And she said, ‘It needs to be taken care of. holding five eggs, each a different color, It needs someone to take care of it, but she’s flown balanced on the limb of a tree. Filling the away and she’s far,’” Wallingford recounts. “And I said, sky around the tree branches is a crowd of ‘Well, would you like for me to draw that in the picbirds, open V shapes drawn in orange pas- ture?’ So I drew the bird, but far away because she tel. It’s a simple drawing, but a big story. wasn’t ready for it to be at the nest.” The image, and the story it carries, is one of more Wallingford kept drawing birds, and looked to than Sue Wallingford can count that came from a trip Ka’s therapist and a translator helping with the assessto Cambodia in May. Wallingford, assistant professor ment and asked if Ka would like them to help. The at Naropa Univerity’s art therapy program and faculty three gathered around the drawing. advisor of the Naropa Community Art Studio“We ended up enveloping this tree, this nest, with International, and seven of her students, went to all these birds to take care of this nest,” Wallingford Cambodia to volunteer in a says. “She just visibly relaxed, home that rehabilitates and she just was like, she took a reintegrates girls rescued from breath and said, ‘OK, that’s ON THE BILL: Small Resources = Big Possibilities matchbox art auction gala sex trafficking. She’ll return enough.’ And I reflected to her, will be held at 7 p.m. on April 12 at the this May with a group of 10 I said, ‘This nest must be really Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, students, expanding the prospecial for all these birds to 1750 13th St. All proceeds will benefit the Naropa Community Art Studiogram to visit more locations want to come see it.’” International. Tickets are $30 and are and work with girls as young as The experience has fueled available at www.NCAS-I.brownpaper5 who have been victims of Wallingford to keep expanding tickets.com. the program, increasing the trafficking and teach the staff length of the stay and the numworking with those girls to use ber of students, taking them to even more challenging art therapy to rebuild skills often lost in trauma, like settings and adding new programs, like one to teach problem-solving. women to make handicrafts that can then be brought The bird’s nest drawing was done by a 15-year-old back to the U.S. to sell, and a mini-conference on girl, Srey Ka, who lives in the shelter. At the invitausing art therapy for the staff and clinical teams of an tion of Ka’s therapist, Wallingford performed the bird’s nest assessment with her, an art therapy techorganization that supports 50 shelters for victims of nique meant to draw out and gauge attachment to trafficking in Phnom Pehn, Cambodia. and feelings toward family from childhood. Ka’s ther“It’s really important that this be a sustainable apist thought she was dealing with attachment issues project — and it has been,” Wallingford says. She and PTSD from years of sexual abuse and torture. returned to Cambodia for three weeks in November As Wallingford coached, Ka sketched out the pur- to check up on the programs, and said the evidence ple and blue lines of a nest, then Wallingford prompt- that what she and her students had taught was being ed — what was in the nest? Ka drew the five eggs. used was overwhelming. “At one point, I asked her, ‘What does the bird’s “I think one thing that’s happened, too, as a result Boulder Weekly
of having been there, rather than just me knowing a little bit more about the culture and knowing what to expect and all that, is the social justice piece — the piece around really wanting to make change,” Wallingford says. “I just can’t be complacent any more. There’s that quality of, I’m sorry but I cannot just let something like this go unnoticed. That drives me a lot.” “You go to countries as a tourist and there’s a little bit of a nice boundary for you to really understand fully what this country has experienced and the trauma that’s there,” says Danielle Rifkin, who has traveled and volunteered in Cambodia before but will return with Wallingford to practice and teach art therapy. “Really trying to understand, by being able to sit with all these people, what their experience has been I think will be really different for me.” Wallingford and the students going with her to Cambodia this year have organized the second annual matchbox art auction gala, Small Resources = Big Possibilities, for April 12 to fundraise for the trip. They distributed matchboxes around the community to use in art pieces that have since poured back in to Wallingford’s office and will be auctioned at the gala. “There’s a definite business aspect to all this, just getting prepared for the gala itself,” says Emily Wilson, who brought eight years of experience as a corporate project manager to organizing the gala. They’ve done community awareness and fundraising to keep the program sustainable, but the purpose goes beyond raising money, Wilson says. “Even more than that it’s such an outlet for community awareness and to really bring a dialogue around these issues and to let people know what we’re doing. People get excited.” Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com April 11, 2013 37
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South Park lampoons The Shining in the episode “A Nightmare on Face Time,” which will screen at the International Film Series on Thursday, April 11.
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hen Eric Stough was studying film at the University of Colorado Boulder, he wanted to get a job working on the big-budget, high-production value cartoons made by The Walt Disney Co. Then South Park happened. And instead of making Christmas specials about Mickey Mouse, he was bringing the holiday spirit to life via a character named Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo. “When [South Park co-creator Trey Parker] originally came to me and said he wanted to do a show where this kid dies every episode, of course, that’s so not Disney at all,” says Stough, who has spent the past 16 years as South Park’s animation director and co-producer. “I didn’t think it was going to go anywhere. But the way he writes it, it was just so funny. You just have to believe in his writing, and help him produce these
and make sure they make air. It’s been very challenging and very rewarding.” Stough is back at his alma mater April 11 as part of the International Film Festival, which is showing an episode of South Park called “A Nightmare on Face Time.” He will discuss what goes into making a show, share some concepts and ideas that didn’t end up making it into the episode, and answer questions from the audience afterward. (An interesting aside: Parker and co-creator Matt Stone actually designed the character Butters off of Stough’s personality.) “A Nightmare on Face Time” aired last October and is a rare South Park Halloween special. In the episode, the show’s creators aim their satirical rifle at the relationship between technology and media consumers and take shots at now-outdated business models, all told via a loving lampooning of Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining. Boulder Weekly
arts & culture “Our schedule landed right before from the script,” Stough says. “Trey Halloween last year; usually it doesn’t kind of envisions it as he’s writing. land anywhere close to Halloween,” Usually with effects like that, the ghost Stough says. “So we decided to do a effects, he’ll just kind of throw them Halloween episode, and Trey, who’s a out. big fan of Stephen King and has read “He’ll give us creative freedom to all his books, worked out the idea of sort of experiment. So what I like to doing a Blockbuster Video taking on personally do is show him three differthe role of the hotel.” ent versions and say, ‘Which one do The episode starts with Randy, you want to go with?’ fourth-grader Stan’s easily excitable “Sometimes when we’re doing that father, bursting into the family home on a Tuesday, the day before the show with good airs, we kind news, the of have to go golden ticket with whatever that will make effect that we them rich. He can come up has bought with. But the old obviously, Blockbuster because we store. The rest were parroting The Shining, of the family we kind of is less than wanted to enthused. mimic some of (“You excited, the effects that Stan?” “Huh? you see in The Sorry, I was Shining and watching a movie on my give it that iPad.”) feel.” Turns out, Stough’s no one wants history with to rent movParker actualies, creating a ly pre-dates retail isolation that fuels Randy’s inevitheir time at CU; the pair went to table plunge into insanity. junior high and high school together. Like most South Park episodes, Stough originally entered the art proStough says “A Nightmare on Face gram at CU, but Parker convinced Time” took the 25-person production him to join him in the film studies crew about six days to make. department. “We knew one of our shows was “He said, ‘If you want to do animatgoing to land on Halloween,” Stough ed movies, you should just come over says. “We were able to get a jump on into the film school and start doing the Blockbuster backgrounds. One of animated films. You’re only here for the scenes that Trey four years. If you had written, besides spend all your time Randy coming home trying to draw, you’re ON THE BILL: “A Nightmare on saying he had bought Face Time” will screen in the Visual not going to make Arts Center on CU campus on a Blockbuster, ... any films.’ It was Thursday, April 11. Screening starts [was] the bartender really good advice,” at 7:30 p.m. Visit www.internationscene, where Jack Stough says. alfilmseries.com for more information. Nicholson goes and The two started talks to the bartender working on each othabout killing his wife er’s films, and the rest and kid. So that one went into producis history. tion I think maybe four weeks, five “When I was done with my films, weeks before the show, but once we had he was doing the sound design for them done that scene, we didn’t really work and just totally fell in love with them. on it until the show aired.” And even though I had known him Parker will write part of the script from high school and junior high, it on his own and then flush out the rest was a whole other level. He got to see of the story with a team of writers, what I could do. And from that Stough says. If the script calls for spemoment on, you know, when they got cial effects — like the ghosts that the South Park gig from Comedy appear in “A Nightmare on Face Time” Central, I was the first person hired — the animation department will have onto the show, just because of my interto figure out how to make that happen. est in animation.” “[An animation idea] mostly comes Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com Boulder Weekly
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3100. Lego Club. 4 p.m. Boulder Public Library George Reynolds Branch, 3595 Table Mesa Dr., Boulder, 303-441-3120. This is Not a Film — Library Cinema Program Screening. 5:25 p.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.
Friday, April 12 Aida — Jesters Dinner Theatre, 224 Main St., Longmont, 303-6829980. Through April 14. Blue Man Group. Denver Performing Arts Complex, 14th and Curtis streets, Denver, 303-468-2030. Through April 21. The Brothers Size. Curious Theatre, 1080 Acoma St., Denver, 303-623-0524. Through April 13.
Cabaret — Presented by Ignite Theatre. Aurora Fox Arts Center, 9900 E. Colfax Ave., Aurora, 720-626-9796. Through May 5. The Ding Dongs (or What is the Penalty in Portugal?) — presented by square product theatre. Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. Through April 20. Dark Wood — Dangerous Theatre Company. 2620 W. 2nd Ave., Unit 1, Denver, 720-2334703. Through April 26. Little Women, the Musical — University
Theatre, CU campus, Boulder, 303-492-8181. Through April 21. Man of La Mancha — Arvada Center, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada, 720-898-7200. Through April 14. On Golden Pond. Arvada Festival Playhouse. 5665 Olde Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada, 303-4224090. Through April 20. Other Desert Cities — Denver Center Theatre Company. Denver Performing Arts Complex, 14th and Curtis streets, Denver, 303-893-4100. Through April 28. Sense and Sensibility — Presented by Denver Center Theatre Company. Denver Performing Arts Complex, 14th and Curtis streets, Denver, 303468-2030. Through May 26. Tigers Be Still — Presented by Firehouse Theatre Company. John Hand Theatre, 7653 E. 1st. Pl., Denver, 303-562-3232. Through May 11. The Villain of Guy Gulch — Heritage Square Music Hall, 18301 W. Colfax Ave., Golden, 303279-7800. Through May 19.
U Rock — Live Band Karaoke. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 N. Park Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757. Voxy — With John Calvin & Young Readers. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303440-4628. The Yawpers. 10 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922.
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Business Research 101. 7 p.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100. Getting Started with Final Cut Pro X. 6 p.m. Boulder Digital Arts, 1600 Range St., Boulder, 303875-0276. The Great Indian Novel. 4:30 p.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-
music Antonio A. Lopez — With Rachel and the Ruckus. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.
Benefit for Natalia — With Atomga, James & The Devil, Lead by Design and Collierad. 8:30 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683. Big Bill Morganfield — With Erica Brown. 8 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel and Suites, 800 28th St., Boulder, 303-443-3322. Bill McKay — With The Constant Tourists & Idlewhile. 5 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683. Brad Upton Quartet. 7:30 p.m. Caffè Sole, 637R S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-499-2985. Chris Daniels and the Kings. 8 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 303-8349384. Delores Scott. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685. Drive-By Truckers. 9 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030. Jazz Ensembles. 7:30 p.m. Imig Music Building, 1020 18th St., Boulder, 303-492-8008. Jeff Austin — With Larry Keel, Jenny Keel, Danny Barnes & Pro-Leisure. 9 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-3399. Jeremy Dion and the Buck Fifty with Rebecca see EVENTS Page 42
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Black Maps — A solo show by David Maisel. CU Art Museum, 1085 18th St., Boulder, 303-492-8300. Through May 11. Contemporary Realism — Works by national artists. Gallery 1261, 1261 Delaware St., Denver, 303571-1261. Through April 15. Dance Rehearsal: Karen Kilimnik’s World of Ballet and Theatre — a solo show by Karen Kilimnik. Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, 1485 Delgany St., Denver, 303-298-7554. Through June 23. The Denver Salon: Then and Now — Fine art photography. Byers-Evans House Gallery, 1310 Bannock St., Denver, 303-620-9433. Through May 31.
Katsinam, and the Land. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Pkwy., Denver, 720-865-5000. Through April 28. Hazel Barnes and the Existential Challenge in the 21st Century. Norlin Library second floor, CU campus, Boulder, ucblibraries.colorado.edu. Through June 2014. Heidi Jung: Black and White — A Jeffco Alumni Exhibition. Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada, 720-898-7255. Through May 5. Land Through the Lens. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. Through April 19. A Moment in Time: Here. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Pkwy., Denver, 720-865-5000. Through July 21. Museum of Broken Relationships. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-2122. Through May 26.
Heidi Jung, Thistle (detail) ink and charcoal on vellum, 2013. Courtesy of The Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities.
Edgar Degas: The Private Impressionist — Works on paper by the artist and his circle. Foothills Art Center, 809 15th St., Golden, 303-279-3922. April 6 through June 30.
National Photography Month Photo Exhibits. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-4407826. Through April 19.
A Neurotic Erotic Alphabet.The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. Through April 19. Primal Seen — Selections from the CU photography collection. CU Art Museum, 1085 18th St., Boulder, 303-492-8300. Through June 22.
EcoCreations4 — Art from Recycled Objects. Muse Gallery, 356 Main St., Longmont, 303-678-7869. Through April 27.
Stories, Memories + Histories. Center for Fine Art Photography, 400 N. College Ave., Fort Collins, 970224-1010. Through April 27.
Exempla — by Brian Knep. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Pkwy., Denver, 720-865-5000. Through May 19.
Western Road Movie — Landscape paintings by Patrick Kikut. Andrew J. Macky Gallery, Macky Auditorium, 1595 Pleasant St., Boulder, 303-4924247. Through May 19.
Georgia O’Keeffe in New Mexico: Architecture,
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Music Lessons of Westminster Garage Band Recital — With Deadwood Quartet. 4 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683. Paula Nelson Band. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303-485-9400. Quemandita. 7 p.m. St Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696. S. Public Rd.
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Strange Americans. 9:30 p.m. Waterloo, 809 S. Main St., Louisville, 303-993-2094. Technicolor Tonefactory. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922. Zydecoast. 10 p.m. Pioneer Inn, 15 E. First St., Nederland, 303-258-7733.
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Creating Professional Videos with iMovie. 9 a.m. Boulder Digital Arts, 1600 Range St., Boulder, 303-875-0276. Dancin’ Divas — Line dancing, two stepping, swing, salsa, club dance. 7 p.m. The Avalon, 6185 Arapahoe Rd., Boulder, 303-931-5654. Django Unchained. 9 p.m. Cristol Chemistry 140, 2000 Colorado Ave., Boulder, 303-492-7704. Discover the Districts. Musical acts and student art throughout downtown Longmont. 6 p.m. Main St., Longmont, 303-651-8484 . Jesus Loves You (But Hates Me). 8 p.m. Nomad Theater, 1410 Quince Ave., Boulder, 303-443-7510. LGBTQ Parent Group Development Discussion. 10 a.m. Parenting Place, 1235 Pine St., Boulder, 303-499-5777. Metamorphosis. 7:30 p.m. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. Space Between Stories — A public talk with Charles Eisenstein. 7 p.m. The Integral Center, 2805
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Women of the West Saturday group. 10 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.
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The 100 Percent. 7:30 p.m. Caffè Sole, 637R S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-499-2985.
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African Highlife Ensemble — World Musics. 4:30 p.m. Imig Music Building, 1020 18th St., Boulder, 303-492-8008. The Backline. 8 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 303-834-9384. Chaz de Paolo — With David Biondo. 8 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel and Suites, 800 28th St., Boulder, 303-443-3322. Dave Honig — Old & New Standards. 6:30 p.m. Carellis Restaurant, 645 30th St. Boulder, 303-9389300. Drive-By Truckers. 9 p.m Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030. Gipsy Moon. 9 p.m. Shine, 2027 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-0120. Girls on Top. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 N. Park Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757. Highwater. 10 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922.
Acoustic Jam — Followed by traditional Irish session. 3 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922. The Big Pick Bluegrass & Folk Jam. 8 p.m. Pioneer Inn, 15 E. First St., Nederland, 303-258-7733. Bluegrass Pick. 7:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303-485-9400.
Evie Laden & Keith Terry. 6 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685. Global Roots — With Sandra Wong and friends. 2 p.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100. Ian McFeron & Alisa Milner — With Sky Smeed. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628. Jami Lunde duo. 6 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303-485-9400.
Mariachi Ensemble — World Musics. 7:30 p.m. Imig Music Building, 1020 18th St., Boulder, 303492-8008.
Medicine Machine — With Magpie Zero. 7 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 303-834-9384.
Martin Gilmore — With Jesse Manley Band. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.
Mello Cello Sundays with Sam Rae. 7 p.m. Shine, 2027 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-0120.
Paula Nelson Band and Interstate Stash Express. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685. The Pamlico Sound. 10 p.m. Pioneer Inn, 15 E. First St., Nederland, 303-258-7733. Perpetual Motion. 8 p.m. Swallow Hill Tuft Theatre, 71 E. Yale Ave., Denver, 303-777-1003. Peter Yarrow with Michael Johnson. 8 p.m. Swallow Hill L2 Arts & Culture Center. 71 E. Yale Ave., Denver, 303-777-1003. Shemekia Copeland. 8 p.m. Swallow Hill Daniels Hall, 71 E. Yale Ave., Denver, 303-777-1003. Strange Byrds. 9:30 p.m. Waterloo, 809 S. Main St., Louisville, 303-993-2094. Tina and Her Pony. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Tasty Weasel Tap Room, 1800 Pike Road, Unit B, Longmont, 303-776-1914. The Werks & Eminence Ensemble. 9 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-3399.
events Calico and Boots — Square dancing. 7 p.m. Glenn’s Den, 10178 Empire Dr., Lafayette, 303-4243472. GoPro Adventure Video Hands-On Intensive. 9 a.m. Boulder Digital Arts, 1600 Range St., Boulder, 303-875-0276.
Pete Kartsounes Band. 10 p.m. Mountain Sun Pub, 1535 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-546-0886. Raising Cain — Music Train Family Concert Series. 4 p.m. Swallow Hill Daniels Hall. 71 E. Yale Ave., Denver, 303-777-1003. University Choir. 7:30 p.m. Imig Music Building, 1020 18th St., Boulder, 303-492-8008.
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Monday, April 15 music Boulder Opera Fundraising Concert. 9 p.m. Shine, 2027 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-0120.
Open Mic Night. 6:30 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683.
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La Petite Chantuese. 5 p.m. 100% Mexicano Restaurant, 2850 Iris Ave., Boulder, 303-440-4141.
Mezzo Mestizo. 7 p.m. St Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696.
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Been Rich All My Life — Cinema Program Screening. 6:30 p.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100. Cosmology and Modern Physics. 7 p.m. Boulder Public Library Meadows Branch, 4800 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-441-4390. Israel’s Independence Celebration — International Dance. 5 p.m. 3800 Kalmia Ave., Boulder, see EVENTS Page 44
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Thursday, April 11 Desperado: A Mile High Noir — by Manuel Ramos. 7:30 p.m. Tattered Cover Book Store, 2526 E. Colfax Ave, Denver, 303436-1070. Fast Times in Palestine — by Pamela Olson 7:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-2074. Hobo Jerry. 7 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe, 1203 13th St., Boulder, 303-579-1644
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PETERYARROW w/Michael Johnson
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Saturday April 13
Twist & Shout and KGNU 88.5FM/1390AM present
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So, You’re a Poet? — Feat. Jim Cohn & Sue Rhynhart on Jim Cohn’s 60th birthday. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat Coffee House, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628. Tuesday, April 16 Learning to Fly — by Steph Davis. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-2074. Weekly Open Reading. 7 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe, 1203 13th St., Suite A, Boulder, 303-579-1644. Wednesday, April 17 Animal, Mineral, Radical — by BK Loren. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-2074. Ordinary Grace — by William Kent Krueger. 7:30 p.m. Tattered Cover Book Store, 2526 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, 303-436-1070.
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Video Post-Production Transitions Certificate Program. 9 a.m. Boulder Digital Arts, 1600 Range St., Boulder, 303-875-0276.
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WordPress — Security & Backup. 6 p.m. Boulder Digital Arts, 1600 Range St., Boulder, 303875-0276.
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Good vs. Evil: An Evening with Anthony Bourdain & Eric Ripert. 7 p.m. Macky Auditorium Concert Hall, CU campus, Boulder, 303-492-6952.
CU PWR Poetry Reading — with Eric Burger, Sigman Byrd, Charles Doersch, Jami Frush, David J. Rothman and Seth Brady Tucker. 6:30 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe, 1203 13th St., Boulder, 303-579-1644
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Cherry Veil. 6:30 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe, 1203 13th St., Boulder, 303579-1644 Sunday, April 14
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National Poetry Month Reading with Eleni Sikelianos and Bin Ramke. 7:30 p.m. Tattered Cover Book Store, 2526 E. Colfax Ave, Denver, 303-436-1070.
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Boulder Bassoon Quartet — Presented by Lunchtime Concert Series. 12 p.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-4413100.
Mathias and the Crooked Streets. 8:30 p.m. Waterloo, 809 S. Main St., Louisville, 303-993-2094. Open Mic — Hosted by Maus. 8 p.m. Pioneer Inn, 15 E. First St., Nederland, 303-258-7733. Open Stage. 8 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922. Tuesday Swing Night — Feat. The Stilettos. 7 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303463-6683.
events Boulder Conversations with Extraordinary People — With Catherine Long Gates. 5:30 p.m. Chautauqua Auditorium, 900 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-4423282. Boulder World Affairs Discussion Group. 10 a.m. Boulder Public Library Meadows Branch, 4800 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-441-4390.
Bill McKay. 6:30 p.m. St Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696.
Introduction to HTML. 6 p.m. Boulder Digital Arts, 1600 Range St., Boulder, 303-875-0276
Bluegrass Pick. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685.
Walker Ranch Management Public Meeting. 6 p.m. Boulder County Clerk and Recorder’s Office, 1750 33rd St., Boulder, 303-678-6271.
Chris Theron. 6 p.m. The Dickens Tavern, 300 Main St., Longmont, 303-834-9384. The Funky Fresh Trio. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628. John Craigie. 7 p.m. Shine, 2027 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-0120. Latin Jazz & Brazilian Bateria Ensembles. 7:30 p.m. Imig Music Building, 1020 18th St., Boulder, 303-492-8008.
Wednesday, April 17 music The Big Blues Jam. 8 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683. Blues Jam. 10 p.m. Pioneer Inn, 15 E. First St., Nederland, 303-258-7733. The Boulder Blues Trio. 7:30 p.m. Caffè Sole,
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Monday Storytime. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.
Tuesday, April 16 BOLD Youth Creative Writing Group. 4 p.m. Pride House, 2132 14th Street, Boulder, 720-248-8183. Discovery Days. 10 a.m. WOW! Children’s Museum, 110 N. Harrison Ave., Lafayette, 303-6042424.
Jazz Combos. 7 p.m. University Memorial Center, 1669 Euclid Ave, Boulder.
Lap Babies. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.
Open Bluegrass Pick — All welcome. 8:30 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-4491922.
Storytime for Children — At the Reynolds Branch. 1 p.m. Boulder Public Library George Reynolds Branch, 3595 Table Mesa Dr., Boulder, 303-4413120.
Sharon and Grant Country Duo. 6 p.m. The Dickens Tavern, 300 Main St., Longmont, 303-8349384.
Tactile Tuesday. 10 a.m. WOW! Children’s Museum, 110 N. Harrison Ave., Lafayette, 303-6042424. Toddler Hour. 9 a.m. WOW! Children’s Museum, 110 N. Harrison Ave., Lafayette, 303-604-2424. Tuesday Reading Buddies. 4:30 p.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303441-3100. Zumbatomic for Kids. 4 p.m. The Avalon, 6185 Arapahoe Rd., Boulder, 303-604-9098.
Wednesday, April 17 Cruisers & Crawlers. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100. French with Veronique. 10 a.m. WOW! Children’s
Museum, 110 N. Harrison Ave., Lafayette, 303-6042424. Toddler Hour. 9 a.m. WOW! Children’s Museum, 110 N. Harrison Ave., Lafayette, 303-604-2424.ww Watercolor Wednesday. 10 a.m. WOW! Children’s Museum, 110 N. Harrison Ave., Lafayette, 303-6042424.
Wednesday Reading Buddies. 4:30 p.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303441-3100 & Boulder Public Library Meadows Branch, 4800 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-441-4390. Wednesday Storytime. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100 & Boulder Public Library Meadows Branch, 4800 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-441-4390.
Tribute to Merle Haggard. 7 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685. Zoogma — With Dynohunter & Turkuaz. 9 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-3399.
events The Business Side of Filmmaking. 6 p.m. Boulder Digital Arts, 1600 Range St., Boulder, 303-8750276. Five Keys to Closing More Construction and Retrofit Business. 9 a.m. Longmont Power & Communications Utility Building, 1251 S Bowen St., Longmont, meagan@bgbg.org. Great Books Discussion Group at Meadows. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Public Library Meadows Branch, 4800 Baseline Rd., Boulder, 303-441-4390. Pedal East Boulder Paths. 6 p.m. Starts at Community Cycles, 2805 Wilderness Pl., Suite 1000, Boulder, 720-565-6019. Socrates Cafe. 2 p.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100. Trans and Genderqueer Support Group. 7 p.m. 2132 Pride House, 14th Street, Boulder, 720-6630163.
KIDS CALENDAR Thursday, April 11 Thursday Storytime. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100. Toddler Time. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.
Friday, April 12 Friday Storytime. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-4413100. Yoga for Kids. 11 a.m. WOW! Children’s Museum, 110 N. Harrison Ave., Lafayette, 303-604-2424.
Saturday, April 13 The Dinosaur Lady. 11 a.m. & 3 p.m. Boulder Public Library George Reynolds Branch, 3595 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, 303-441-3120 & Boulder Public Library Meadows Branch, 4800 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303441-4390. Reynolds Reading Pals. 4:30 p.m. Boulder Public Library George Reynolds Branch, 3595 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, 303-441-3120. Saturday Storytime. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.
Sunday, April 14 Baby Boogie — Bring your kids into dance! 2 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303463-6683. Go Club for Kids & Teens. 2 p.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.
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Pinochet is forced by international pressure to call a plebiscite on his presidency in 1988. At Esquire. — Landmark Theatres
Jackie Robinson challenged prejudices when Branch Rickey signed him to the Brooklyn Dodgers. Rated PG-13. At Colony Square, Twin Peaks and Century.
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Starring Tina Fey and Paul Rudd. Need more? Fey plays an admissions officer at Princeton. Rudd talks her into taking on that role at his school. They get happy and funny together. Rated PG. At Century, Twin Peaks and Colony Square. CAESAR MUST DIE The auditions, the casting and the preparation of a play performed by inmates. The Shakespearean play slowly infiltrates prison cells along with the protagonists’ psyche. It’s about art — not as a means of reformation, but as the safest path to personal freedom. At Muenzinger Auditorium. — International Film Series
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The White House is captured by terrorists and the president is kidnapped. So the Secret Service has no choice but to use a former agent who left the service in disgrace to get them inside. Rated R. At Century, Twin Peaks and Colony Square.
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Acclaimed National Geographic photographer James Balog was once a skeptic about climate change. But through his Extreme Ice Survey (EIS), he discovers undeniable evidence of our changing planet. At SIE FilmCenter. — Denver Film Society
Based on Kerouac’s beloved American novel, On the Road is the story of Sal Paradise, an aspiring New York writer, and Dean Moriarty, a devastatingly charming ex-con, married to the very liberated and seductive Marylou. At Boedecker and Mayan. — Landmark Theatres
THE CROODS 3D A caveman family road-trips to a colorful world in this Flintstones-meets-Avatar animated kids movie. Rated PG. At Colony Square, Twin Peaks and Century. EDDIE — THE SLEEPWALKING CANNIBAL Thure Lindhardt stars in this quirky dark comedy as Lars, a former darling of the art scene slipping away into the land of hasbeens and struggling with lack of inspiration. At SIE FilmCenter. — Denver Film Society EVIL DEAD The Book of the Dead possesses and mutilates five friends trapped in a cabin in this bloody remake of the classic cult horror film. At Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks. FROM UP ON POPPY HILL Set in Yokohama in 1963, this lovingly hand-drawn film centers on Umi and Shun and the budding romance that develops as they join forces to save their high school’s ramshackle clubhouse from demolition. At Century and Esquire. — Landmark Theatres THE GATEKEEPERS The head of the Shin Bet, Israel’s secret service, is present for every decision made. Six former heads share their insights and reflect on their actions and decisions. At Chez Artiste. –– Landmark Theatres 46 April 11, 2013
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Two teenage girls — Ginger and Rosa (Elle Fanning and Alice Englert) — are inseparable; they play truant together, discuss religion, politics and hairstyles, and dream of lives bigger than their mothers’ frustrated domesticity. At SIE FilmCenter. — Landmark Theatres
There are no vampires or werewolves in the newest teen-romance series from the author of Twilight. This time, there are aliens. At Twin Peaks, Century and Colony Square.
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What could make the velociraptor kitchen scene even more heart-stopping? 3-D, apparently! At Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks.
With COBRA on the brink of world domination, it’s up to the GIs to do some stunts, blow stuff up and save the day. PG-13. At Twin Peaks, Century and Colony Square. HAPPY PEOPLE: A YEAR IN THE TAIGA A Werner Herzog documentary about the people living in the heart of the Siberian Taiga. Deep in the wilderness, far away from civilization, 300 people inhabit the small village of Bakhtia at the river Yenisei. At Boedecker. — Boedecker Theater HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER’S STONE Harry Potter has lived under the stairs at his aunt and uncle’s house his whole life. But on his 11th birthday, he learns he’s a powerful wizard — with a place waiting for him at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. At SIE FilmCenter. — Denver Film Society HARVEST OF EMPIRE Featuring real-life stories and rare archival footage, this film examines the political events, social conditions and U.S. government actions that led millions of Latino families to leave their homelands in an unprecedented wave of migration over the past six decades. At SIE FilmCenter. — Denver Film Society
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LAND OF MILK AND HONEY Just after May ’68, Pierre Étaix discovers the French on holiday. He captures live scenes that he edits, producing a documentary with a burlesque construction. Part of Pierre Étaix Retrospective series at Muenzinger Auditorium and SIE FilmCenter. — Denver Film Society MANET: PORTRAYING LIFE Footage of the Royal Academy of Arts in London preparing for their Manet: Portraying Life exhibit, as well as a biography of the 19th century French painter. Hosted by Tim Barlow. Part of Exhibition series. At Century. A NIGHTMARE ON FACE TIME The screening of A Nightmare on Face Time will be introduced by South Park animation director Eric Stough, who will then follow up afterwards with both a Q&A and behind-the-scenes presentation. At VAC Basement Auditorium. — International Film Series
OZ THE GREAT AND POWERFUL 3D We know all about Dorothy and have heard the Wicked Witch’s take. Now it’s the Wizard of Oz’s turn. Rated PG. At Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks. THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES Director Derek Cianfrance’s new film starring Bradley Cooper and Ryan Gosling pits a cop against a man who committed a crime to support his child. Both of their lives will be changed forever. Rated R. At Mayan and Century. QUARTET Beecham House is abuzz when an unexpected singer returns home. Rated PG-13. At Century and Chez Artiste. — Landmark Theatres RASA YATRA Photographed over a period of four years, Rasa Yatra takes the viewer on a meditative journey from the majestic Himalayan mountains into Vrindavana, the spiritual heart of India. At Boedecker. — Boedecker Theater THE ROOM
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An opera full of poignancy and exquisite sensitivity to the nuances of growing up and wrestling to understand your emotions, Eugene Onegin is an inspiring vehicle for Kasper Holten’s first production for The Royal Opera. At Boedecker. — Boedecker Theater
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Inspired by a true story, the dramatic comedy The Sapphires follows four vivacious, young and talented Australian Aboriginal girls from a remote mission as they learn about love, friendship and war when their all-girl group The Sapphires entertains the U.S. troops in Vietnam in 1968. At Century and Chez Artiste. — Landmark Theatres SCARY MOVIE V In this latest installment of the Scary Movie franchise, we get to see Charlie Sheen, Lindsay Lohan and Snoop Dogg, in their natural habitat. Now that’s scary. Rated PG-13. At Twin Peaks, Century. THE SECRET OF NIMH The Secret of NIMH is a lavish, fully animated fantasy based on Robert C. O’Brien’s Newberry Award-winning children’s book about Mrs. Brisby, a courageous mother mouse whose family is menaced by the ways of rats and men. At Esquire. –– Landmark Theatres SERVING LIFE
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Serving Life documents an extraordinary hospice program in a federal prison. Narrated and executive produced by Academy Award-winner Forest Whitaker, the film takes viewers inside Louisiana’s maximum security prison at Angola, where the average sentence is more than 90 years. At SIE FilmCenter. — Denver Film Society
A moody, fog-drenched adaptation of Shakespeare’s Macbeth set in feudal Japan. At Muenzinger Auditorium. — International Film Series TO THE WONDER
Parisian single mother Marina (Olga Kurylenko) and Midwestern tourist Neil (Ben Affleck) fall madly in love in France and relocate to Oklahoma with Marina’s young daughter to start a life together. At Esquire. — Landmark Theatres TRANCE
Simon, a fine art auctioneer, teams up with a criminal gang to steal a Goya painting worth millions of dollars, but after suffering a blow to the head during the heist he awakens to discover he has no memory of where he hid the painting. At Century and Mayan. — Landmark Theatres TYLER PERRY’S TEMPTATION A married woman is tempted by a billionaire (it used to be enough to be a millionaire) and as a result, her life falls apart. Rated PG. At Twin Peaks and Colony Square. WAR WITCH Komona (Rachel Mwanza) is only 14 years old when she is forced by rebel soldiers to kill her own parents. At SIE FilmCenter. — International Film Series THE WE AND THE I
On a hot summer day, a bicycle is found in a field of wheat — the exact scene of an unsolved crime committed 23 years ago. At Chez Artiste. — Landmark Theatres
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Everything is sanitized and clichéd enough to make this a feel-good romance. Rated R. At Century and Colony Square.
Former criminal Jacob Sternwood is forced to return to London from his Icelandic hideaway when his son is involved in a heist gone wrong. At SIE FilmCenter. — Denver Film Society
SOUND CITY Amidst run-down warehouses sits a legendary piece of history, a studio with a one-of-a-kind console that was the source of many great recordings. At Boedecker. — Boedecker Theater SPRING BREAKERS
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Brit, Candy, Cotty and Faith are best friends. They wear bikinis and go on spring break. An Oscar is surely just around the corner. Rated R. At Century.
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WRONG Dolph Springer awakens one morning to find he has lost the love of his life — his dog, Paul. Desperate to reunite with his best friend, Dolph embarks on a journey that spirals into the realm of the absurd. At SIE FilmCenter. — Denver Film Society YOYO The travels of a ruined millionaire and a horsewoman. Their son becomes a clown and restores their fortune. Part of Pierre Etaix Retrospective series at SIE FilmCenter and Muenzinger Auditorium. — Denver Film Society Boulder Weekly
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hen President Barack Obama signed Congress’s budget bill on March 26, a government shutdown was averted — but many citizens were outraged. A paragraph that could affect the regulation of genetically modified (GM) crops had slunk into the 240page draft. Some members of Congress have told the media they didn’t know the rider was in the bill. Experts can’t predict how it will affect farms and health, but they agree that it reflects fundamental problems about how laws are written. The provision debuted in drafts of other bills last summer. It says that if a court questions a crop’s approval, or decides it needs further safety testing, the crop can still be grown and sold to consumers while the Department of Agriculture completes an analysis. Several media sources report that Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., worked with Monsanto to craft the rider. (Neither Blunt nor Monsanto responded to Boulder Weekly requests for comment.) Opponents dubbed it the “Monsanto Protection Act” after the biotechnology giant. “They’ve been trying to get this passed for a while,” says Susan Schneider, director of the University of Arkansas graduate program in agricultural and food law. She’s troubled by how it was tucked into a spending bill, rather than openly debated. But because the spending bill only applies to this fiscal year, the rider will expire in September. (Schneider predicts it will reappear in a farm bill.) When it surfaced in the spending bill in March, it went viral. The
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Federal courts lose some power to regulate GMOs New industry-friendly law passed in recent budget bill by Cecelia Gilboy Internet erupted with concerns about experimental crops being planted while GM crops’ long-term effects on human and environmental health remain largely unknown. A petition to Obama by Food Democracy Now! garnered more than 300,000 signatures. But the group’s scheduled meeting with the White House was cancelled, says its founder, Dave Murphy. Hours later, Obama signed the spending bill into law. If it hadn’t been signed, the government would have partially shut down the next day. “They [Monsanto] knew this was a must-pass bill,” Murphy says. Wenonah Hauter, executive director of advocacy nonprofit Food and Water Watch, agrees. She and Murphy say Monsanto took advantage of a crisis in government.
The provision demands that the secretary of agriculture “upon request … immediately grant” temporary permits to anyone who wants to grow a crop, regardless of judges’ decisions. Supporters call it the “Farmer Assurance Act.” They claim it will protect farmers against activist court cases. In recent years, there have been lawsuits over crops — including GM sugar beets like those grown in Boulder County. But the temporary permits were issued even then, at the discretion of the Department of Agriculture. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., Congress’s only working farmer, vocally opposed the rider, calling it “giveaways worth millions of dollars to a handful of the biggest corporations.” Other opponents say it even violates
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ometimes hunger can sneak up on you like a pouncing cat or a stealthy ninja, and this is precisely the dilemma colleague Carin found herself in one fair weekday morning. Given that it was a tad late for breakfast, and a touch early for lunch, we figured that North Boulder’s Lucky’s Cafe might help us split the difference in our efforts to fill ourselves up. Located a stone’s throw from its namesake grocery store, Lucky’s Cafe Lucky’s Cafe is a cozy breakfast 3980 Broadway and lunch hangout. Both the Boulder decor, featuring boomerang303-444-5007 patterned formica tabletops, and menu, complete with daily blue plate specials, pay homage to the mid-century modern diner. Fortunately, the retro touches aren’t so pronounced as to push things into kitschy faux nostalgia. A time traveler from the past would likely recognize menu items like BLTs, Benedicts, Greek salads, burgers and a grilled cheese special. But the emphasis on quality local ingredients might be lost on them, and up the exterior. they might not fully appreciate, for As it was a Tuesday, I selected the example, that organic Conscious Coffee day’s blue plate special, the $9 Freddie’s is the $2 house brew. meatloaf. Now, I have no idea who Carin had a tough time making up Freddie is, but if I were ever to meet him, her mind as she contemplated breakfast I would shake his hand or buy him a options ranging from the huevos to chidrink in gratitude. The loaf itself consisted laquiles, the mix of tortillas, red sauce, of a thick slab of natural Frontiere beef, chicken and egg. adorned with luscious brown mushroom My friend ultimately decided on the gravy. While meatloaf typically contains $9 Boulder omelet sided with gluten-free grain-based fillers as bread, it was hard to toast. Carin was struck by the pleasant detect what these might have been. The sweetness underscoring the blend of beef was undeniably moist and flavorful, Haystack goat cheese enveloped by three and I appreciated that it wasn’t as sweet as cage-free eggs. Perhaps the roasted red the typical tomato-laced preparation. peppers, red onion, sweet potatoes and Small spud chunks in the mashed Anaheim chiles added a hint of caramel- potato indicated this was the real handization. The only minor quibble was made McCoy, reminding one of just how related to the accompanying home fries, good this buttery side can be. A fried which could have used a bit more cookonion topping with a tempura-like batter ing time to soften up the center and crisp and a red pepper and braised greens side
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T elevated this platter above mere diner fare. This dish resembled something one might enjoy at the home of an accomplished farmer/chef showcasing one’s own farm harvest. We ended by splitting a $4.50 slice of organic apple pie, topped with whipped cream. The filling was neither too sweet nor tart, making for a pleasing balance that complemented the flaky lattice crust. Like everything else, this dessert had a comforting, homemade quality. While the menu here confidently pays tribute to the old-school diner, Lucky’s Cafe goes well beyond its inspiration. The emphasis on local ingredients gives it a farm-to-table vibe far removed from roadside eateries of decades past. Yet things here remain endearingly unfussy, mixing the best of farm and diner. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com
he concept of the blue plate special may span back as far as the late 1800s and, unsurprisingly, involves blue-colored plates. Some accounts claim these were disposable dishes that could be tossed out by restaurant owners. Others note these plates had sections to separate various components, such as meat and potatoes, from each other. Over time, the blue plate special came to be more about what was on the plate than the plate itself. Now it commonly refers to a full meal (not ala carte) served on one dish, such as a combination of meatloaf, mashed potatoes and vegetables.
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Starting the next day, the restaurant will be open for lunch and dinner. The biergarten will serve eight beers on draft and about 15 bottled brews, General Manager Pavel “Pauly” Soukup said in an email. The taps include a few American — that is, Boulder — products, like Avery’s White Rascal and Shine’s Trilogy IPA. But the majority are European brews, like Paulaner Hefeweizen, Warsteiner Dunkel, Pilsner Urquell, Stiegl lager and Staropramen, a Czech beer. Soukup says the restaurant will announce daily specials on Facebook and Twitter.
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the country’s founding principles. “Our separation of powers is such a fundamental part of our checks and balances,” says Schneider, “and this blatantly interferes with the judicial process.” Bryan Endres, a biotech expert who teaches at the University of Illinois, says that altering the judicial review for GM crops is wrong, but not quite unconstitutional. He emphasizes that the bill also diminishes the Secretary of Agriculture’s power, because the secretary has no choice but to issue permits that were once issued at his discretion. These new limits on government power trouble other critics, too. “The Monsanto Protection Act makes the Secretary of Agriculture impotent to protect family farmers and consumers,” says Murphy, “and it interferes with a judge’s ability to issue an injunction.” “It’s clearly special-interest legislation that only benefits biotech companies and the people who market these crops,” Schneider says. It might benefit a few politicians, too. Blunt, who eventually took credit for introducing Monsanto’s provision, received more than $70,000 in campaign contributions from Monsanto in 2012, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. Hauter says statistics show the biotech industry spent half a billion dollars on lobbying politi52 April 11, 2013
cians over the past decade. Critics blame the cozy relationship between government and industry for biotech-friendly decisions. For example, they say Obama’s campaign promise to label GM foods vanished. In December 2012, the administration abruptly ended its investigation into Monsanto’s antitrust practices. “Monsanto, Dupont and Syngenta have a monopoly over genetically engineered seeds,” Hauter says, and they’re raising seed prices. So while the provision may only be law until September, activists are concerned about its longer-term impacts. Dave Murphy worries about how easily GM crops can contaminate other crops. Thanks to the provision, now if a crosspollinating crop gets out of hand, it can’t be stopped by a court order. It can freely spread its altered DNA, threatening the supply of non-GM seeds. “Because of this controversy it created, and because it’s only for six months, it might be more on people’s radars, to object to it in the next goaround,” Endres says. “It’s unlikely to pass as a stand-alone issue, but if it’s stuffed into another appropriation bill again …” He trails off. When crisis looms, no one can predict what a “must-pass bill” may contain. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com Boulder Weekly
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e have a tendency here to be fascinated with the new. Uh, we’re journalists. This whole beer tour was inspired by the explosion of new breweries in the county in the last few years. But celebrating Boulder’s beer is just as much about the long-standing as the new, and we’re certainly not ignorant of history. And you can’t get much more history than at Redstone Meadery, a 13-year-old establishment making what might be the world’s oldest liquor. Claude Lévi-Strauss, one of the fathers of modern anthropology, said mead was a steppingstone “from nature to culture.” That’s right: We’re talking the bedrock of civilization here. No, it’s not technically beer. It’s not much like beer. Mead is also called honey wine, since it’s fermented rather than brewed, but you know what? It’s alcoholic, and it’s not liquor, so we’ll count it. After all, we tried the berry cider at BJ’s, and we’ll try every barleywine or cider or lambic on a menu. In the Redstone tasting room, four taps pour sparkling nectars, the carbonated — sorry, we’re in wine world, “sparkling” covers it — version of Redstone’s mead, each flavored with a fruit or, in one case, with hops. The nectars are honey-sweet, light and delicious. They’re also a little more alcoholic than an IPA or porter, coming in at 8 percent ABV. In fact, mead’s generally a little weightier than beer. Redstone’s seven Boulder Weekly
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OPEN M-Sa 11am-10pm Su 5pm-10pm mountain honey wines — non-carbonated, still, with a slightly heavier body — tip the scales at 12 percent ABV. Not quite wine country, but enough to get the staff giggling as we plan the staff picks for this year’s Best of Boulder issue, now just two weeks away. Mead’s also quite a bit sweeter than beer. Aside from the hoppy nectar and a few of the mountain honey wines, Redstone’s offerings are infused with fruit and typically deliver a sweet balance between the fruit or flower infusion and the ever-present honey. Staff favorites varied. Joel’s was boysenberry, and any of the sparkling nectars, which he called “great in the heat of summer;” David, who says “all those nectars, I think, are really, really good,” chose the hops; Jeff named the blueberry honey wine; and I, as always, loved the seasonal offering on its way out, the vanilla bean and cinnamon honey wine. Dessert in a glass. Mead’s not a pale ale that you’d grab a six-pack of and sit with on the porch for a Saturday afternoon. It doesn’t even come in six-packs, first of all, and it’s a little high in alcohol for that. It’s best sipped, a glass or two at a time, before striking out on some medieval quest. And if there aren’t any of those around, mead is still a connection to mankind’s honey-sweet history. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com Next stops: Shine, 2027 13th St., Boulder, 4 p.m. April 11; Twisted Pine, 3201 Wlanut St., Boulder, 4 p.m. April 18. Members of the public are welcome.
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Goody Monster
1310 College Ave., #210 Boulder 303-449-5897 espite its name, University Hill’s Goody Monster isn’t staffed by furry blue puppets. Instead, it dishes out ice cream and other desserts, as well as first-rate homestyle Korean cooking. Don’t miss the sublime special soon do bu, a main course soup of silken tofu and seafood in a red pepper-scented broth. The boneless beef bulgogi seasoned with garlic and soy is classic stick-to-your-ribs fare.
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3601 Arapahoe Ave. Suite D-181 (inside the Peloton) Boulder 303-544-9000 iving up to its tagline of offering “farm-fresh foods,” the Poppy Cafe boasts a rustic gourmet sensibility within the urban confines of the Peloton residential complex. Weekend brunch provides a fine introduction to this spot, and offerings range from simple eggs and soy sausage to creative entree options. These include the hearty country lamb hash, scented with rosemary, and a wonderfully satisfying crab cake Benedict.
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3325 28th St., #1 Boulder 303-247-9000 rawing heavily on Philly influences, D’Angelo’s Italian Deli serves reasonably priced and topnotch East Coast sandwiches. Grandma Dot’s Meatball Parmigiana combines homemade meatballs and a satisfying marinara to create what might be the best example of this sandwich in town. Vegetarians can enjoy salads as well as a meatless version of the meatball sub.
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1932 14th St. Boulder 720-406-7548 oulder’s Tee & Cakes is a petite-yet-inviting downtown spot featuring a range of appealing baked goods. These include special occasion (including gluten-free) cakes, cakepops, macarons and other pastries, both sweet and savory. Cheddar biscuits are a Thursday special, and these slightly tangy treats are a perfect small meal, while cupcakes such as a salted bourbon caramel creation should satisfy any sweet tooth.
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4700 Pearl St., Boulder 303-447-1833 on’t expect anything too fancy at the Parkway Cafe, a classic American diner nestled among light industrial businesses off East Pearl Street. Serving up classic breakfast and lunch fare, this unpretentious eatery spotlights friendly service and expertly prepared staples like Denver omelets and not-too-spicy green chile burgers. Other dishes worth checking out include the breakfast burritos and Friday New England clam chowder.
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4457 Broadway Boulder 720-389-5578 orth Boulder’s Julia’s Kitchen dishes out a completely organic and plant-based menu. Highlights include a house-blended veggie patty, salads, hummus pizza and a selection of raw snacks such as onion crackers and nut-based sweets. Other highlights include kale chips seasoned with pumpkin and chia seeds, and the kitchari, citrus and ginger-perfumed mung beans and brown basmati billed as “Indian comfort food.”
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1335 Broadway, Boulder 303-442-RIBS he Rib House, formerly located in downtown Boulder, has relocated to University Hill, bringing with it loads of classic American barbecue meats perfumed with wood smoke. The hickoryscented offerings include the achingly tender baby back ribs, hauntingly smoky brisket and sides ranging from traditional cole slaw to mac and cheese wedges. Top these off with the house barbecue sauces, such as the sweet and subtly peppery XXX hot version, and you’ll have yourself a classic smokehouse experience.
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7980 Niwot Road, Niwot 303-652-0238 undays are ramen days at Sachi Sushi, nestled in the Niwot Market grocery store. The noodle soup here is a far cry from the dime-a-pack fare, and comes with a choice of salt, soy sauce or spicy miso broth. Toothsome noodles couple with such ingredients as pickled red ginger, sweet corn, fish cake and roast pork. For those desiring something other than noodles, this family-friendly spot also features reasonably simple sushi rolls and nigiri.
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1085 South Public Road Lafayette 303-665-0666 ike many Vietnamese restaurants featuring this nation’s signature soup in its name, Lafayette’s Pho Cafe offers other dishes, such as rice and noodle plates as well as Thai-inflected entrees. But people ignore the namesake beef noodle soup at their peril, as this cafe’s version spotlights an expertly prepared pho with appealingly fresh garnishes like jalapeño, basil and lime.
3601 Arapahoe Ave. (inside the Peloton), Boulder 303-997-8775 izzeria Basta recently changed its name to Basta — not necessarily a bad thing, as this eatery also dishes out exceptional contemporary fare in addition to its signature pies. Chef Kelly Whitaker makes the most of the restaurant’s impressive wood-fired oven and time-consuming sous vide slow-cooking techniques to turn out distinctive preparations. These include wood-fired vegetable salads and Niman Ranch chuck flap beef sided with smoked potato.
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German theologian Martin Luther (14831546) was a central figure in the rebellion against the Catholic Church that led to the Protestant Reformation. You’ll never guess where he was when he was struck by the epiphany that became the core axiom of his new religion. I’ll tell you: He was sitting on the toilet in the Wittenberg Monastery. The Holy Spirit gave him the crucial knowledge then and there, or so he testified. In this spirit, Aries, keep a very open mind about where you will be and what you will be doing when your illuminations arrive this week.
TAURUS
APRIL 20-MAY 20:
Your task is to uncover the semi-happy ending that was hidden back in the story’s beginning. Once you do that, you may be able to create a graceful and honorable climax. In fact, I don’t think you will be able to bring about the semihappy ending any other way. It’s crucial that you return to the original flash of inspiration — the time when all the plot lines that eventually developed were first germinating. You need to remember fate’s primal promise. You’ve got to read the signs you missed in the early going.
GEMINI
MAY 21-JUNE 20:
If you play poker, the odds are one in 649,740 that you will get a royal flush. That’s an ace, king, queen, jack and ten of one suit. As for drawing a straight flush — any five consecutive cards of one suit — the odds are one in 72,192. Judging from the current astrological omens, Gemini, I’d say your chance of getting one of those hands is far better than usual — maybe one in 88,000 for the royal flush and one in 8,888 for the straight flush. But those still aren’t great odds. On the other hand, getting a flush — all five cards of the same suit — is normally one in 509, but these days it’s pretty likely for you. The moral of the story, not just for when you’re playing cards, but in whatever you do: Expect really good luck, but not miraculous, out-of-this-world luck.
CANCER
JUNE 21-JULY 22:
“Wherever you stand, be the soul of that place,” wrote the poet Rumi. This is excellent advice for you right now, Cancerian. You are nearing the peak of your power to express yourself with beautiful accuracy. You have more skill than usual at understanding and conveying the interesting truth. As a result, you’re in a position to wield extra influence. People are receptive to being moved by your heart-felt intelligence. So please do more than simply push for greater efficiency, order, and discipline. Those things are good, but I hope you will also be a radiant role model who exemplifies what it means to be soulful.
LEO
JULY 23-AUG. 22:
Golden Rock is a Buddhist holy site in Burma. It’s a small pagoda built on top of a giant boulder that in turn seems to be precariously balanced at the edge of a down-sloping bed of rock. How does the boulder remain stationary? Why doesn’t it roll off the edge? It appears to defy gravity. Legend says that it’s held in place by a single strand of hair from the Buddha’s head. I suspect that many of you Leos will soon have access to a tricky asset with resemblances to that magic strand. True, it might be merely metaphorical. But if used correctly, it could become a key element in a future foundation.
VIRGO
AUG. 23-SEPT. 22:
It’s Soul-Searching Season: a good time to go in search of your soul. To aid your quest, I’ll offer a few lines from “A Few Words on the Soul,” a poem by Polish poet Wislawa Szymborska. “We have a soul at times,” she says. “No one’s got it non-stop, for keeps. Day after day, year after year may pass without it. For every thousand conversations, it participates in one, if even that, since it prefers silence. It’s picky: our hustling for a dubious advantage and creaky machinations make it sick. Joy and sorrow aren’t two different feelings for it. It attends us only when the two are joined. We can count on it when we’re sure of nothing and curious about everything. It won’t say where it comes from or when it’s taking off again, though it’s clearly expecting such questions. We need it but apparently it needs us for some rea-
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son too.” (Translation by Stanislaw Baranczak and Clare Cavanagh. Read the whole poem here: http:// tinyurl.com/SearchSoul.)
LIBRA
SEPT. 23-OCT. 22:
“I do not believe in God,” said Mexican painter Diego Rivera, “but I believe in Picasso.” My poet-musician friend Tanya has a similar philosophy. “I don’t believe in God, or even Goddess, for that matter,” she says. “But I do believe in Patti Smith.” Do you have a God-substitute, Libra? Or, if you do have faith in a Cosmic Wow, is there also a more approachable, second-tier source of divinity you love? According to my reading of the astrological omens, you would really benefit from feeling an intimate kind of reverence right now — a tender devotion for something higher and brighter that awakens the sleeping part of your lust for life.
SCORPIO
OCT. 23-NOV. 21:
This would be an excellent time to stage staring contests with yourself in the mirror. There’s a high likelihood that you will win every time. I think you’ll also have great success whenever you try to read your own mind. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, you’ve got an uncanny knack for plucking buried secrets and selfdeceptions out of their hiding places. One more thing, Scorpio: Have you ever considered how fun it might be to wash your own brain and kick your own butt? Now would be an excellent time to experiment with those radical acts of healing.
SAGITTARIUS NOV. 22-DEC. 21:
“It’s so hard to forget pain, but it’s even harder to remember sweetness,” writes novelist Chuck Palahniuk. “We have no scar to show for happiness. We learn so little from peace.” Your assignment in the coming days, Sagittarius, is to prove Palahniuk wrong. As the surges of sweetness flow through you, as your secret joy ripens into bright blooming bliss, imprint the sensations on your memory. Vow to remember them for the rest of your life. Make these breakthrough moments into talismans that will serve as magical spells whenever you need rejuvenation in the future.
CAPRICORN
DEC. 22-JAN. 19:
Philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein had his priorities straight. This is what he said about his profession: “In philosophy the race is won by the one who can run slowest — the one who crosses the finish line last.” It’s my belief, Capricorn, that a similar rule should apply to you in the coming days — no matter what project you’re working on or goal you’re trying to accomplish. Proceed slowly enough to be absolutely thorough, meticulous, and conscientious. As you make your way to the finish line, be as deep as you dare.
AQUARIUS
JAN. 20-FEB. 18:
In Samuel Beckett’s novel Molloy, the main character talks about a long overland journey he took on foot and by bicycle. Before the trip, he had read somewhere that when people are lost in a forest, they often imagine they’re moving in a straight line when in fact they’re going in a circle. That’s why, during his own travels, he intentionally walked in a circle, hoping thereby to go straight. Although this might sound like a loopy strategy, Aquarius, I think it will make sense for you to adopt in the coming week. Your apparent path may be very different, maybe even opposite, to your actual path.
PISCES
FEB. 19-MARCH 20:
Are you in competition with someone who is doing mediocre work? Do you find it incomprehensible that anyone would pay attention to that weak expression instead of flocking to your beautiful vibe? If so, here’s my advice. Withdraw your attention from your inferior opponent. Don’t waste a minute feeling jealous or resentful or incredulous. Instead, concentrate your energy on making your production so strong and smart and irresistible that you simply overshadow and overwhelm your rival’s.
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