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Highroad Far from liberalizing global policies, TPP is corporatizing them by Jim Hightower

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ords can be discombobulating when people twist them to fit concepts that are the exact opposite of what the word actually means. Consider the current debate in Washington over the Trans-Pacific Partnership. This secretly negotiated

deal is the exact opposite of a “liberal” reform, for it blatantly transfers a major portion of our people’s democratic sovereignty into the plutocratic hands of multinational corporate giants. Yet, lawmakers and pundits fronting for the corporations have disingenuously dubbed this corporatization of power a “liberalization” of global policies. I was born at night, but it wasn’t last night. For an example of the reactionary reality of TPP, look at a couple of little favors it does for Big Pharma. First, it extends the number of years that a pharmaceutical giant can keep a patent on its brand-name drugs. Not only does this artificially add more monopoly profits into the coffers of drug makers, but it simultaneously postpones competition from the makers of cheaper generic drugs, an especially dangerous delay for low-income people who’re ill. A second provision restricts public regulation of drug prices by any

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of the 12 countries that are part of the agreement. This is a gross nullification of the people’s sovereign right to remedy price gouging by corporate profiteers that hold monopolies on life-saving medicines. Those pushing TPP assert that it’s merely a trade agreement and we should not bother our little heads with worry about its details. But it’s filled with gotchas like these gifts to Big Pharma. They have nothing to do with trade, and everything to do with global elites secretively, deceitfully and immorally agreeing among themselves to steal power from us. Don’t just worry about TPP, fight it. Get the lowdown on how at www. StopTPP.org. April 30, 2015 7

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can’t remember how many times I’ve started off a column or news story with my favorite Harry S. Truman quote, but it’s happened a lot. There is just something about the short memory of Boulder County politicians and some residents that seems to keep it relevant. So without further ado, Harry says, “The only thing new in this world is the history that you don’t know.” If you don’t like Truman, I could always go with the classic: “The definition of insanity is continuing to do the same thing over and over, and then expecting different results.” Yes, these are clichés, but clichés exist for a reason, namely they tend to be true. In the case of Boulder, this “clichéd truth” applies to the city’s never ending struggle to limit growth while simultaneously trying to keep housing affordable. Recently, I was perusing a document titled “Comprehensive Housing Strategy.” It was an informative read, which had a section dedicated to the causes of Boulder’s lack of affordable housing, which the report attributed to four things: 1) “Boulder has a strong employment base, which is connected to the high wage, advanced technology and communications sector. It is projected that job growth in Boulder will increase 30 percent over the course of its build out.”

2) “Boulder has always been an attractive community, which includes a beautiful physical setting as well as a rich cultural environment. It offers both small town familiarity and the cosmopolitan resources and activities of a bigger city. For these reasons, Boulder attracts a national market driven by those who choose their residential location based on quality of life factors.” 3) “There is a large student population whose housing needs are met predominantly within the community. The University of Colorado has plans to increase enrollment over the next 10 years by 7 percent, or 1,800 students on a base of 25,100. These students compete directly for housing affordable to low and moderate-income residents.” 4) “Boulder has a long history of growth management and open space preservation. These policies effectively limit the supply of land for future residential development. The ability to provide housing in Boulder is impacted by existing policies, regulations and programs, including the Residential Growth Management System (RGMS), the Open Space Program, and the Comprehensive Plan.” I was surprised. I completely agree with this assessment of the causes of Boulder’s high housing costs and its lack of affordable housing for people who make under $75,000, which is the upper economic limit the report noted Boulder Weekly

DyerTimes for people who can’t afford to live below the Flatirons. The document then went on to suggest steps that would keep Boulder “affordable” for working and lower income folks. I’ll summarize: Build as much darn housing as humanly possible in the existing space inside city limits. Yep, that’s pretty much what it said. It was suggested that in areas around the campus, Boulder should encourage as many housing units as possible, particularly on the “Hill.” It suggested there should be a major push including a marketing campaign to encourage people with homes to build accessory units on their lots that could be rented out. It encouraged high-density housing be built on every available empty lot inside city limits. It suggested buying all the trailer parks in town to make sure that they would remain a viable affordable option for folks. And finally, it suggested having more exemptions for developers and streamlining the process for developers so they could move more quickly in a cost-effective manner to “build, baby, build.” You have to admit it sounds like a plan; so aggressive, so seemingly progressive. Unfortunately, it is also so shortsighted, so unsustainable. The proof? The document I’m quoting from and describing was the City of Boulder’s 1999 Comprehensive Housing Strategy. This was the plan to keep housing affordable for the middle class a decade and a half ago. So how well did it work? I suggest the next time you’re waiting 10 minutes to get through the third green light at the same intersection, you take that frustrating opportunity to look around and then answer that question. I think you’ll agree it didn’t, unless you’re a developer. So let’s look at what this document got right and what it got wrong. As I said, I think it nailed the reasons for Boulder’s lack of affordability on the real estate front. When you have a small island of land surrounded by open space that prevents outward expansion, and you couple such a severe restriction with height limits in order to make sure that the view of the Flatirons remains unobstructed in perpetuity, and you do this in a highly desirable town with a worldwide reputation for food, culture, natural beauty, safety and affluence, it is simply impossible to hold back housing price escalation. The market will always consume the existing stock and pressure the price upward, no matter how many little units are crammed into every nook and cranny inside the moat. How do we know this for sure? Boulder Weekly

Because we have been infilling Boulder with housing units for 30 years and housing prices have never been higher and the city is less affordable today for the working class than it has ever been. Boulder’s problem is similar to that of our prison system. Any criminologist will tell you that you can’t fight crime by building more prisons. In the 1970s, there were thousands of crimes being committed for every prison bed in the U.S. and the system was overcrowded. Over the next 35 years we tripled our

Boulder’s elected leaders should know all this. They seemed to understand it 15 years ago. The report noted the pressure that Boulder’s job and housing demands were putting on other communities in the county, causing them to grow as well. The document argued that solving public transportation issues from East County, where Boulder workers were moving due to the lack of affordable housing was

number of prisons and beds — nearly bankrupting our higher education system as funds were diverted to prisons — only to find that the system is now even more overcrowded and there are still thousands of crimes being committed for every cell. It doesn’t work. You can’t build your way to lower crime, nor can you build your way to affordable housing, unless you remove the restrictions that are driving housing prices upward, namely open space and height limits. Which brings us to today.

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paramount and encouraged Boulder to reach out and make housing cost/transportation a regional discussion with a regional solution. They were right… about that, but they were wrong about developing every square inch of Boulder as a solution to affordable housing. The place we call Boulder is finite by choice. It can’t grow out and it can’t grow up. I find it hard to believe that Boulder’s leaders can’t understand that without the ability to spread out or up, Boulder will reach build out. Actually, I find it hard to believe that they can’t acknowledge that Boulder reached its build out a while back. Now we’re just tearing down single story things with a little space around them and replacing them with three story flat squares that run lot line to lot line. Such uglification is still profitable for developers, but it doesn’t do anything for affordable housing or Boulder’s quality of life. Places like Longmont and Lafayette can continue to grow for now without excessive increases in housing prices or loss of quality of life simply because they have not radically restricted their ability to spread out and grow as market demands increase. Sure, this translates to sprawl, but the point is that a city’s growth can only be sustained in three ways: spreading outward via sprawl, upward via taller buildings and infill. Boulder has purposely eliminated two out of the three options and exhausted the third. So now it appears that Boulderites have had enough of this infilling in the name of affordable housing. Neighborhood activists are preparing to take matters into their own hands by putting a couple of amendments to the City Charter on the ballot — amendments that will give individual neighborhoods control over their growth as opposed to leaving such land-use decisions to the City Council. Is this a good idea? I can see it creating all kinds of unintended negative consequences for everyone from the business community to the area’s homeless citizens. It will make NIMBY the law of the land, pitting one neighborhood against another. That said, I understand where this neighborhood power grab is coming from. If the members of Boulder City Council can’t open their eyes and admit that Boulder is built out and that the affordable housing train left the station decades ago and for good, then the people of Boulder who do see that are going to take the growth issue into their own hands. Why should someone watch the

quality of life in their neighborhood be destroyed by development that serves no real social purpose? The answer is they shouldn’t. Neighborhood activists are acting because Boulder City Council isn’t. The same four reasons given for excessively high housing prices in 1999 are still the same forces driving Boulder housing prices ever higher today. The 1999 belief that building more housing units faster — all within the finite city limits of Boulder at less than 55 feet in height — would somehow allow Boulder’s working class to live here has run its course with the predictable results. It was wrong-headed for all but the developers and has resulted in a town that is more crowded with more traffic and a lower quality of life while being no more affordable for the middle and lower classes. So what is the answer? A reality check would be a great place to start. Why can’t Boulder simply accept what it is today — a wealthy, beautiful college town with really expensive housing in lovely neighborhoods that are being diminished by overdevelopment. It’s time to stop sacrificing Boulder’s quality of life in a futile effort to make the town affordable for middle-income workers. It can’t be done without building a good number of high-rise housing units on open space, which seems a tad unlikely. Love it or hate it, Boulder chose to be what it has become and the people living here chose to live here because of what Boulder is. So let’s stop wasting time and resources on this ridiculous and unattainable idea that if enough units are built, everyone who wants to live in Boulder will be able to do so at an affordable price. Just think where we would be today if we had taken the advice in 1999 to make housing a regional issue with the emphasis on effective mass transportation between all of Boulder County’s communities. You might not be sitting through all of those stop lights. It’s never too late to do the right thing. We can either keep pissing in the wind by turning Boulder into a giant 55-foot-high square apartment building that still isn’t affordable, or we can make this a county-wide discussion centered on public transportation solutions. If we don’t do the right thing this time around, Boulder won’t even be recognizable in another 15 years. It will simply be a less attractive, more crowded place that still isn’t affordable for the vast majority of its middle class work force, who will still be commuting 100,000 at a time from their affordable housing to the east. Boulder Weekly

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articipants in Boulder’s current conversation about growth are starting to allude to the Danish Plan, the growth control ordinance I wrote in 1976 that was adopted by a vote of the people in the November election that year, so I thought I’d provide some background on it — starting with what it said and didn’t say. First off, the Danish Plan did not, as it has often been wrongly reported over the years, cap growth in Boulder. It was a slow-growth ordinance, not a no-growth ordinance. (In 1971, Boulder’s Chapter of Zero Population Growth proposed a ballot issue that would have capped growth in the city at 100,000. It was fiercely opposed by the business community and defeated in the 1971 city election.) During the first six years of the 1970s, (1970 through 1975) Boulder’s average annual growth rate was 3 percent plus; nearly 6,000 additional units were built during that time. The Danish Plan limited Boulder’s growth rate to an average of 1 ½ to 2 percent a year by limiting the number of residential housing units (single and multifamily) that could be built in a year in new projects to 450, plus an open-ended number of exemptions. The 450-unit figure represented a 1 ½ percent annual increase in the city’s residential housing inventory at the time. I guessed, correctly as it turned out, that the exemptions would add about another half a percent to the growth rate. The exemptions included 1) a single house on a single lot if the lot existed at the time the ordinance was adopted, 2) a single multi-family structure of four units or less on a single lot if the lot existed at the time the ordinance was adopted, 3) a new subdivision of four units or less, and 4) the projects of the City of Boulder’s housing authority. The exemptions were included to protect the interests of small property owners whose projects would have little impact on growth, but who could suffer serious loss if they got caught up in the system — and to keep the Boulder housing authority’s ability to build low income rental units from being hamstrung. I also thought that the first three exemptions would encourage new development and especially redevelopment on a more human scale — which they did. There were two other major elements included in the ordinance as well. The first provided that the 450 permits would be awarded on the basis of merit, under a system to be adopted by the City Council. The council opted for a competitive system that awarded projects points for qualities like the availability of urban

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I am a longtime Boulder Resident. Yes, to allowing owner and non-owner occupied short-term rentals in Boulder. It is ridiculous to ask tax-paying property owners how to rent out their private property. Having the flexibility to rent out your property helps offset living expenses. This helps the middle class Boulderites and will bring in money to fund the city’s open space, low-income housing or other needs. Lynne Bickley/Boulder

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In an interview with MSNBC, that was reiterated in The Wall Street Journal on April 24, regarding the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP), President Obama chided that “critics on the Left don’t know what they are talking about” and urged them “to look at the facts.” Obama’s criticism sounds reasonable except for the fact that the TPP is being negotiated in secret with even members of Congress having very limited access to the plan. President Obama wants fast track authority to slip this secret pact through Congress on an up or down vote with no amendments allowed. Trust me, Obama tells us, this is not NAFTA. Obama added that this agreement entails increased opportunities for wide sectors of the economy such as agriculture, financial services, and stronger legal protections for intellectual property. However, the facts of the matter are that the trade representative negotiating the deal for the U.S. is a former Citigroup executive, and that this trade deal, like all the other trade deals negotiated in secret, appears

to be a back room deal for the 1 percent. Once again, Wall Street is obviously positioning itself to gain immensely, while wage earners and environmental protections are being delegated to the back seat. Philip Gordon/Boulder

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In voting on Fast Track for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), Congressman Jared Polis has to make a decision about who he represents — his constituents concerned about labor rights, the environment and social justice. or multi-national corporations. Fast Track usurps the power of the Congress thereby denying the American people their right to legislative representation. Once approved, Fast Track will not allow for changes in the content of the TPP. The TPP is a secretive “trade” agreement. The text is available to members of Congress but the law forbids them from discussing its content with the public. Congressman Polis’ staff has been saying that small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) would benefit from this corporate trade deal. In reality, the big beneficiaries are the large multinationals. According to Public Citizen Trade Watch SMEs comprise 99.7 percent of US firms. In Colorado only 4 percent of SMEs export any products, while 22 percent of the states’ large firms export. In the first two years, exports under the 2011 U.S. Free Trade Agreement with Korea actually fell in the top 10 products, and the overall U.S. goods trade deficit with Korea rose 50 percent to $7.6 billion, 50,000 U.S. jobs were lost. Colorado inequality has also soared since NAFTA was first passed in 1994. The richest 10 percent now receive nearly half of the income in the state, the highest inequality in 100 years. A study by The Center for Economic and Policy Research found that under TPP, 90 percent of US workers would lose more to inequality increases than gained in cheaper goods. The TPP would empower foreign corporations to challenge in foreign tribunals Colorado public health and environmental policies that they claim undermine their future profits. Congressman Polis says he is undecided about Fast Track authority, He needs to decide who he supports: his constituents or the big corporations. Isabel Olivera-Morales/Boulder Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com Boulder Weekly

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SCOTUS FINALLY TAKES ON GAY MARRIAGE On Tuesday, April 28, the Supreme Court of the United States appeared divided as they heard oral arguments on whether states can ban same-sex marriage. The case, Obergefell v. Hodges, consolidates four cases dealing with gay marriage. For the prosecution, Mary Bonauto represented 12 couples and two widowers challenging bans on gay marriage. Four states — Michigan, Ohio, Tennessee and Kentucky — defended their bans. Ludovic Bertron via Wiki Commons Banauto cited the 14th Amendment as a key reason such bans are unconstitutional. “If a legal commitment, responsibility and protection that is marriage is off limits to gay people as a class, the stain of unworthiness that follows on individuals and families contravenes the basic constitutional commitment to equal dignity,” Bonauto said to the Court in her opening statement. “Indeed, the abiding purpose of the 14th Amendment is to preThe 14th Amendment proclude relegating classes of persons to second-tier statects individual liberty and tus.” equal treatment, which proponents of same-sex The justices’ remarks illuminated their vastly difmarriage say protects the ferent views. Justice Anthony Kennedy, considered a rights of gay marriage. swing vote in this case, mentioned concern about changing the long-standing definition of marriage, while Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. asked whether a favorable ruling would lead to groups of people getting married. In the recent past, the Supreme Court’s inaction has led many to believe that Obergefell v. Hodges will lead to a landmark decision in favor of marriage equality. In October, the Court refused to hear appeals from rulings allowing same-sex marriage in five states. As such, now 36 states support same-sex marriage. While Americans will have to wait until June to hear how the Supreme Court rules, Boulder County citizens can celebrate the county’s long history of supporting marriage equality on May 31 as Boulder County Clerk Hillary Hall is awarded the Clela Rorex Allies in Action Award. In 1975, Boulder’s County Clerk Clela Rorex was the first to issue same-sex marriage licenses in the U.S. In 2014, Hall issued more than 200 marriage Wikimedia Commons licenses to same-sex couples before being stopped by former state Attorney General John Suthers. RIGHT TO REST ACT DIES IN COMMITTEE A bill intended to protect the right of homeless people to sleep outside or in their cars died in a state House committee on Monday, April 27, preserving camping bans and park closures like those in place in Boulder city officials the city of Boulder. objected to the Right to Rest Act, which would have Representatives Joe Salazar (D-Thornton) and protected basic survival Jovan Melton (D-Aurora) introduced House Bill rights of homeless people. 15-1264, known as the “Right to Rest Act,” on April 15. The bill was intended to end municipal laws that criminalize acts such as sleeping in public places or legally parked cars, using blankets or other items to protect from the elements, eating and drinking in public places where food is not prohibited, and the right to use public spaces without time limitations. Boulder’s anti-camping ordinance prevents people from using any shelter when they sleep outdoors and individuals can only sleep in a car if the vehicle is parked on private property with the property owner’s permission. Since 2012, Boulder has closed city parks from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. Boulder city officials maintained that state legislation like the Right to Rest Act would be a threat to Boulder’s home rule. Boulder City Council members openly supported Senior Assistant City Attorney Kathy Haddocks testifying against the bill at the second hearing on April 27. “‘Right to rest’ is a good phrase, it sounds good, it’s a good sound bite, but homelessness issues are not addressed simply by providing people a place to rest,” Haddocks told The Denver Post. “In fact, using public property to become a replacement home for people means that property also becomes their bathroom, cooking area, trash bin and congregating area. “As a result, those areas become unusable by others and are very expensive for the city to provide trash removal and human-waste removal services.” Boulder Weekly

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With changes looming, Boulder struggles to strike balance on building, population density by Matt Cortina Courtesy of WIkimedia Commons

erhaps the biggest issue in Boulder, and Boulder County to a growing extent, is density. How will we accommodate the ever-growing number of people who work and live here if we can’t build up and we can’t build out? If we are to believe headlines, ballot initiatives, council rhetoric and press releases, the city is working to achieve solutions that will help put more residential units in Boulder, make the city more affordable and make it easier to access from East County. But solving the problem of density is a complex issue, one that ropes in many aspects that directly affect quality of life in Boulder. “We’ve made ourselves a very desirable place to live,” says Boulder Mayor Matt Appelbaum. “That’s normally considered a good thing, but it comes with side effects that aren’t desirable, such as being expensive.” One of the main victims of this densification is the middle class. Supporting the middle class is one of the city’s main objectives as outlined in their Comprehensive Housing Strategy. Appelbaum says it’s “troubling” that Boulder will continue to lose much of this income group, who are increasingly moving to East County and elsewhere to stave off high costs of living in the city. But current proposals — from citizens, advocacy groups and council — don’t seem to provide viable solutions. There are those who want to halt building in the city limits altogether, and there are those that want to open up as much building as possible. Shutting down building and allowing individual neighborhoods to decide what and who are allowed in, as one ballot measure proposes and which Appelbaum calls the “Gated Community Act,” allows those with means to act selfishly. But putting in blocks of new housing, often in ugly, uninspiring buildings doesn’t seem to Boulder Weekly

Residents and city officials alike seem skeptical that a true solution to affordable housing in the city of Boulder exists.

be a solution either. like that if Boulder can do anything to For instance, a development of 300 support those in the middle-income senior housing units with 83 reserved bracket. Appelbaum says the debate for affordable housing was just recently about which way to solve density probproposed for the area between 47th lems has gotten off to an “irrational” street and the diagonal highway. Such a start. He also says that development project highlights will be the key issue the issues of that voters will facthrowing teator in when decidspoons of water at ing the five City wildfires — it Council seats up densely populates for election this LIMITED SUPPLY OF one area of town year, and in voting (in this case, for two potential HOUSING, AND I DON’T ballot initiatives between two highSEE THAT CHANGING ways and a railthat would have a road), creating tremendous impact DRAMATICALLY.” — on the way Boulder major transportalooks — and who tion and quality of BOULDER MAYOR decides how it life issues for MATT APPELBAUM looks — for years whomever would to come. live there, while there is still the To set the 60,000 other people scene, the City of who commute into Boulder for Boulder laid out a comprehensive plan work who might choose to live here if in January to address how to tackle possible. the density issue. The Comprehensive Housing Strategy is a series of guide“I don’t think we’re going to get lines and deadlines whose outcome is ahead of it,” Applebaum says of to hopefully create economically and Boulder’s density. “That’s just where racially diverse neighborhoods, we are.” You have to wonder after a quote improve transportation in and out of

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the city and reserve affordable housing (and to help current homeowners live affordably). Right now, we’re in “Phase Two” of said master plan, which is basically a community engagement and fact-finding mission. Phase three, which kicks off this summer, is the time for “strategic action,” where council will develop “short-, medium- and longterm” plans that will help achieve those goals listed above. Hence, why you’re hearing about development a lot more, why the city held a “Fresh Perspectives on Housing,” panel on April 27, and why those two ballot initiatives regarding development are circulating for signatures. And what of those ballot measures? The first initiative would allow voters in residential neighborhoods to veto any development projects. It’s meant to prevent development that “may have impacts on, for example, quality of life, neighborhood character and property values.” “I suppose it would give Boulder another number one ranking — we have a lot — but we would be the most elitist community,” says Appelbaum. “If that’s what you want, move to a gated community, but don’t do it in a real city that’s doing its best to manage its future and do a lot of good things.” The second initiative attacks density from another side. The city is still seeking clarity on the initiative’s wording, but “Development Shall Pay Its Own Way,” would at least prevent all new construction in the city that doesn’t eventually pay for or offset all costs incurred by the city during construction, including residential and commercial construction, renovations, add-ons and more. Both initiatives were proposed by the Livable Boulder group, whose opinion of development in the city can be summed up on their website when they say, “It is apparent that a housing binge is overtaking Boulder in See DENSITY Page 16

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a way that will destroy its appeal.” can’t technically use their dwellings for Appelbaum says the initiatives short-term rentals because they’re not “could win,” but that he is holding out licensed and not subject to the taxes hope for a more balanced approach to and regulations that, say, hotels are. solving the density issue. What is clear When 20 Airbnb renters in Boulder is that halting development and allowwere sent cease and desist letters earlier ing neighborhoods to pick and choose this year, the reasons for why these resiwhich development they want in their dents need to supplement their income area would be a major blow to middle become immediately clear. Amy class families in town, no matter how Marquis, who has a popular listing on you think the problem should be solved. Airbnb, wrote her neighbors in order to What is perhaps most disheartening rally support for her enterprise. is that many of the density issues “We did it because [my husband] Boulder faces now were addressed in a Tom had just lost his job, and we had 1999 report, “A Toolkit of Housing to quickly find a way to bring in new Options.” In that report were suggesincome if we wanted to stay in our tions like buying up trailer parks (manhome,” Marquis wrote. “We had serious ufactured homes are a vital source of discussions about selling the house. … affordable housing in town), promoting The modest income we’ve earned in cooperative housing projects, allowing return remains our steadiest, most reliaccessory dwelling units, lowering occu- able income today. It helps us buy gropancy of unrelated ceries, pay the morttenant gage and pay for restrictions,and our daughter’s premuch more. In school.” A LONG-TIME short, these soluIn a letter to BOULDERITE AND tions were proCity Council, posed 16 years Airbnb renter Erik RENTING A ROOM ago out of the Johnson outlined IN MY HOUSE IS impetus to prethe value that these vent the very denshort-term rentals ABSOLUTELY A MEANS sity issues we face provide the comTO MAKING IT IN THIS munity. today. “We provide an Given that TOWN.” — VIVIENNE affordable alternademand will PALMER, AFFORDABLE tive to visitors who always outperform may not care to stay supply in BOULDER ALLIANCE in a hotel,” he Boulder’s housing wrote. “We also market, and that provide some flex mandates in the housing for neighcity on height and bors. … We feel we are part of a trend open space building restrictions prevent an increase in housing availabil- in new economic models that people are devising across the economy — ity, what options do middle class from co-housing to car-sharing, crowdBoulder residents have at the moment? sourcing to community-supported-agriYou can look at altering the ecoculture, people are finding ways to connomic structure from within, like tax nect more directly to meet their needs.” amendments, improving transportation And Vivienne Palmer, founder of the and many of the things the city laid out Affordable Boulder Alliance, says that in 1999. But, seeing as those developments are slow-moving, one way middle renting space in homes or on lots is a class residents have earned extra income, “deeply middle class vocation,” in Boulder. “I am a long-time Boulderite and and which is getting a lot of attention renting a room in my house is absolutefrom the city now, is short-term rentals ly a means to making it in this town,” and accessory dwelling units. she says. By renting rooms, lofts and other Appelbaum says there is general units on their property, middle income consensus on the council that legalizing individuals and families are assertively short-term rentals should happen this supplementing their income, and relyyear. However, there is large disagreeing on their own assets instead of help ment on how to manage these shortfrom the city. Recently, as many as 600 term rentals, and some restrictions Boulder listings were on Airbnb, a site might prohibit the financial gain a midthat allows home owners to rent their space for short periods of time, and 300 dle-class family receives for such an endeavor. on VRBO, a vacation rental site. Those possible restrictions include a The catch, of course, is that shorthospitality tax of 8 or 9 percent, which term rentals are illegal in Boulder. Due is what hotel and motel owners deal to zoning restrictions, homeowners

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news with. Restrictions might also include a licensing fee, and a limit on how many days per year one could rent a space — Palmer says a 30- or 60-day limit, which has been tossed out in City Council, would stunt revenue so much that it might not be enough to adequately supplement her income. The biggest issue the city has with short-term rentals is that, as is, investors can swoop in and buy up property just to make a steep profit by renting it out for days or a few weeks at a time. Appelbaum says to combat this, the city would look into requiring that only space that one lives in could be rented in the short-term. The other problem Appelbaum sees is that rentals and accessory dwelling units could raise property prices. “The theory is that somebody will build this unit in their backyard and it’ll be this affordable place for someone to move into,” Appelbaum says. “[But] I don’t know how useful these various techniques are in providing people affordable places to live or providing people who live here more income. Somebody having a separate building in their yard that they’re renting out short-term, it tends to drive up the prices of the property.” So in the meantime, even as the city tries to figure out what to do to keep its middle class, more and more people in this income bracket are fleeing to East County. This population flight puts stress on a broader area, including the county’s transportation system and the cities of Longmont, Lafayette and Louisville themselves. City Council’s early contention is that solving Boulder’s density problem lies in improving transportation to East County and in the continued growth of those communities. “We have a limited supply of housing [in Boulder], and I don’t see that changing dramatically, at least in the foreseeable future,” Appelbaum says. “Even Lafayette and Longmont are coming to an end. In terms of vacant ground for subdivision, they’re getting nearer to the end.” It may be the case that Louisville is closest to Boulder in terms of filling out in development, but Longmont has room going east to I-25 that the Longmont City Council is at least considering for development. Because they do not have the building restrictions Boulder has, they have more flexibility in determining the shape and outcome of their residential and commercial neighborhoods. Lyons, too, serves as an interesting contrast to Boulder’s density issues. Trying to get residents back into their Boulder Weekly

homes after the 2013 floods, voters of people in a little area that Boulder there have knocked down multiple does not have. ballot issues asking to build replaceGiven that development in East ment housing on parkland. As options County will expand outside of county become limited there, the town will lines, that puts the onus back on transturn to solutions that include buying portation to help middle class people adjacent private land for development, work in Boulder and have a comfortpromoting accessory dwelling units able and reasonable commute, income and more; however, the point is that and quality of life. However, they have a little bit of freedom Appelbaum says he’s not confident the (unless their ballot initiatives keep city will get the funds it needs from the Canine Mini Page Ad_Layout 1 4/27/15 11:09 AM Page 1 coming) to determine how to put a lot state and its subsequent transportation

authorities, nor is there enough space in those East County towns to prevent population density county-wide. We won’t really have an answer to the density issue for another 10 to 20 years, or more. But as Boulder gears up to enact strategic plans, ballot initiatives come to a vote, construction projects start (and don’t start), there is a hazy crystal ball that looks into that distant future and could become clear in a matter of months.

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They say that the land actually taken up by wells, roads and storage facilities just between 2000 and 2012 is about 3 million hectares. This is the land area equivalent to three Yellowstone National Parks. The hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” used to extract oil and gas is between 8,000 cubic meters and 50,000 cubic meters per well, which means that the total quantity of water squirted into the ground at high pressure during the 12 years to 2012 could exceed 33,900 million cubic meters. At least half of this was used in areas already defined as “water-stressed.” The researchers considered the drilling of new wells in Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan in Canada, and in Colorado, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Utah and Wyoming in the U.S. Although there is legislation, it is limited to lands subject to federal jurisdiction, and 90 percent of all drilling infrastructure is now on privately owned land — at least, in the U.S. The study’s authors want decisionmakers to confront the challenges of this kind of ecological disruption. There are lessons from history in all this, they warn. “In the early 20th century, rapid agricultural expansion and widespread displacement of native vegetation reduced the resilience of the region to drought, ultimately contributing to the Dust Bowl of the 1930s,” they write. “It took catastrophic disruption of livelihoods and economies to trigger policy reforms that addressed environmental and social risks of land-use change.” —This article originally appeared on Climate News Network. Boulder Weekly

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fter one year of labor intensive farm work, August Miller and his wife decided to pack up and take the knowledge and experience they learned while working on a farm in Paonia, Colo., to their own community in Boulder County. Their mission: to offer residents backyard gardenbuilding and coaching that reconnects people with the nation’s agrarian roots. But in their year as farm workers, the Millers only made a combined $6,000 salary, which is the lower end of the average salary for a U.S. farm worker. Determined to start their own business, Miller and his wife decided to create an Indiegogo campaign to crowd fund their start-up costs, which totaled around $8,000. After just 45 days, the Millers reached their goal, and they were on to the next step. In February of 2012, Miller and his wife launched Foodshed Productions and began working one-on-one with clients, coaching them in best practices and helping them build gardens. “I think we realized that that might be a little ambitious,” Miller says. “There’s a lot to learn [about food production], and unlike us, most people have jobs and are working full time.” Through this experience, Miller says they quickly learned that coaching someone to be a self-reliant gardener would end up taking more than a single season. So Foodshed Productions shifted gears to focus on workshops and

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other activities that would bring their intentions full circle. In 2013, Foodshed Productions helped foster a partnership between Boulder Preparatory High School and Frog Belly Farm, where the Millers had been living and working, to teach students the inner workings of farm production. After a year with Frog Belly, Foodshed Productions and Boulder Preparatory High School began working at Second Start, a community garden in Longmont. The students worked to expand the garden and create more space for low-income families to grow

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working to get off the ground. Together, Halward and the Millers devised a plan that would allow her idea, The Front Range Foodshed Initiative, to work within the foundation of Foodshed Productions. “Our mission is basically to be able to bring in grant-supported funding for putting in gardens and small farms all over the Front Range, particularly in what we call food deserts,” Halward says of her initiative. According to the United States Department of Agriculture, food deserts are urban neighborhoods and rural towns that lack ready access to fresh and affordable food. Halward will also carry on Foodshed Productions’ Youth in Community program, the Boulder County Crop Mob, the Longmont Foodshed Meet-up and the Longmont Garden Crawl. In fact, Halward’s Front Range Foodshed Initiative has already

teamed up with Boulder Prep to work at Growing Gardens, another nonprofit community garden, where most of the food the students cultivate goes back to the school’s kitchen. “I was excited about continuing [the Foodshed Production programs] along with the other pieces that I kind of had in mind with the community gardens and farms and food deserts and so forth,” Halward says. The Front Range Foodshed Initiative will also work to raise money to purchase vacant lots throughout the county, Halward says. Rather than allow such lots to be developed, the Foodshed Initiative hopes to create urban foodsheds for locals residing near food deserts. “What gives me my energy is really working toward building community and social justice and providing healthy, affordable food for people,” Halward says. Boulder Weekly

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The road by Peter Mandel

he moon in Japan is not like our moon. There is no man in there, for one thing. No man, no horn, no cow. It is nighttime in Kyoto and Shima Enomoto, one of my guides, is pointing up. “Can you see it?” she asks. “Rabbit making a rice cake.” She laughs. “Almost a cartoon.” “Maybe it will take some time,” I say, looking above rows of buildings, trees with buds about to unwrap, and signs that flash their avenue colors into fire. “Tomorrow we will be on the road,” I say. “I’ll look again.” It is only day one of my trip, and already life feels strange. It could be jet lag, but the idea of walking fields and mountains and ending up in Tokyo, doesn’t strike me as realistic. But this is the plan. Walk Japan’s 11-day Nakasendo Way tour will guide my group along the route of an ancient and largely forgotten highway. Dating back to the 7th century, Japan’s Nakasendo was a path for shoguns, pilgrims and samurai — not to mention average travelers like we are — who wore out pair after pair of straw sandals on the rolling terrain. Boulder Weekly

Studded with Shinto shrines, and statues of deities charged with watching over those on the road, the Nakasendo reached the peak of its usefulness and romance during Japan’s Edo Period (1603-1868) before steam trains and paved roads changed the pace of travel. This was a stable time for Japan, under Tokugawa rule. Arts like Haiku, woodblock printing, bonsai and Kabuki theatre flourished in the larger cities. Since the Nakasendo linked two of the biggest, speeding commerce and messages, it was at the heart of this Japanese golden age. One of the most exciting parts of the walk for me is the chance to spend some nights at wayside inns known as ryokan or, when simpler, as minshuku. I once helped to compile a book about the world’s oldest family firms and these traditional hostels popped up in the research again and again. Sure enough, after trudging through bamboo forests during our first day on the road, we turn in at Masuya Inn in the village of Sekigahara — a minshuku which, we’re told, has been in business for more than eight centuries. Guest rooms at the inn are carved out by sliding panels made of wood and rice paper, and under our not-very-cushiony futons are floors that have been spread with tatami matting. No shoes are allowed inside and there are special plastic slippers for use only in the bathrooms. Staying here helps us to immerse ourselves in being part of a group. As will be the case on other nights, we dine at the inn, slipping on robes called yukata and curling

up tired legs under the knee-high communal table. One by one, we take turns in the Japanese-style bath, lowering ourselves into a cedar-edged tureen of steaming water and wallowing there until road-tight muscles uncoil. There are nine of us in the tour group, including Naomi Addyman, a British guide who grew up in Japan; Enomoto, a guide-in-training; and Logan Wong, one of four walkers from Singapore, who informs us that he owns the Yankee Candle distributorship there. “Yankee Candles?” I ask. “In Singapore?” “Yes, of course,” says Wong, who is dressed for hanging out in a food court, not for hiking. “Extremely popular there. Especially the Lemon Verbena.” We’re off on the road right after breakfast the next day, taking advantage of a hazy early spring sun. Plum blossoms are just starting to come out (no cherry yet) and there are puffs of mistletoe in some of the trees. The path is grassy and mostly level this close to Kyoto, winding through rice paddies and around modest farms. Carol Behm, a professor from Canberra, Australia, points out a patch of violets and yellow kumquat flowers, and someone thinks they see a snake. “It’s a stick,” I say. “No, it’s not,” says Addyman. “It’s a snake. But it’s not a dangerous one.” Every now and then the road leads us into tunnels of shade created by cedar and cypress, and at one point, we stop at a sign with a picture of an angrylooking predator. Next to it is a small steel cup. “Ring see THE ROAD Page 28

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Bell Against Bear,” translates Enomoto with a nervous laugh. Logan Wong gives it a pull and the sound reverberates around — bouncing back from hills up ahead. “Not to worry,” says Addyman. “These are Japanese bears. They’re very shy.” According to Addyman, the signmakers should be more worried about the wild boar out here. But as we begin to climb, no one seems concerned about becoming a snack for animals. Our focus is on learning to pick out the three Japanese characters carved into stone and wooden road signs that designate our route. The first symbol looks like a bird built out of bamboo; the second like the prongs of a pitchfork; and the third like Noah’s Ark. Or more like half an ark. 28 April 30, 2015

“Middle. Mountain. Way,” deciphers Addyman. “That’s the Nakasendo — literally translated.” Each day of the walk the road seems slightly steeper and mountains wearing caps of white step up to dominate the view. It may be because we’re working harder, but eating is on everyone’s mind. Meals at our inns have been like edible galleries, with a main exhibit (usually a hot pot) and interesting mini-plates presenting forest mushrooms, squares of tofu, or sashimi, on the side. “Wish there was a convenience store near here,” someone complains as we are picking our way around paving stones that were laid to make the path more predictable for tired feet and hooves. “No hope, no hope,” says Wong. “But Naomi says there’s a Boss Coffee Boulder Weekly

machine in the next village. Or it might be the one after.” “Only in Japan,” adds Tracey Yeh, a banker from Singapore. “It’s vending and more vending. You don’t want to run out of change even deep in the woods.” Yeh pulls out a bag of Calbee potato chips: “Soy Sauce and Mayo” flavor. “Want some?” she asks. We pool what we’ve got. Wong breaks open a box of Pockybrand snack sticks. “Rum and Raisin,” he grins. No one has any rice cakes but one of the guides offers around some deep fried eel bones in a cellophane pack. To clean our palates there are Kit-Kats. KitKats laced with Wasabi. We march on. We reach the top of a pass where everyone takes a break and where our guides point out a poem, a sad one, that’s been inscribed in stone. The author was a princess, we’re told. Princess Kazunomiya, who traveled the Nakasendo in the mid-1800s when she was forced to leave Kyoto for Edo to become the Shogun’s wife. “Why compose it here?” asks Wong. “Well,” says Enomoto, “this is about the point where views back to Kyoto are lost.” From now on, travelers would have turned their thoughts to Edo (now Tokyo). I try this, too. It works until we make it to a town called Okute. Here, there is a kind of shrine. It’s not like those we’ve passed so far: Most have been small and tidy, with wellmade torii gates and statues, sometimes, of Jizo Bodhisattva, guardian of travelers. This one is massive. Most have had a sacred rope, a shimenawa, strung across the entrance. This one is hung with twisted branches and with leaves. It is a tree: a giant cedar. So old, at 1,300 years, that it is thought of as a Shinto deity. The tree is watching, we are sure, as daypacks slide back on shoulders and we return to the path. Other roadside gods observe our progress in the days to follow. They inspect us as we trudge up even steeper slopes. They know what will happen: Since it is only April, we will walk in snow. Those that care to, regard us from their pedestals and temples — maybe approving, maybe grieving just a bit — as we begin to descend. Our tour, and the Nakasendo itself, end in Tokyo. From the outskirts, we board a train and tick off some miles sitting down. There is a sense of throwing off a load. And, maybe a little, of guilt. Once in the glass-box city center, we exchange our path for crosswalks. We trace the last few miles on foot. Our goal, as modern pilgrims, is Tokyo’s Nihonbashi Bridge. And almost without realizing it, we are there. It doesn’t look like a woodblock print. It looks like a bridge. Above it is Boulder Weekly

a highway humming with cars. But the cherries are out here. Blossoms spin and fly like confetti when the wind kicks up. Sidewalks, even gutters, look celebratory. Corners of buildings collect drifts of petals. Cars are dusted white, or pink. Out come cameras and, from the bottom of someone’s pack, a single package of Pocky that we somehow missed. “Have we done it?” asks Tracey Yeh. “We have,” confirms Addyman. •••• Later that evening, to try and

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remember it, I make it back to the bridge. I find myself standing underneath a cherry that’s only footsteps from where the Nakasendo ends. Its canopy is not like the cedar’s. Much more delicate. More frail. Like straw for sandals. Through branches, I see a streetlight. No, it’s rounder, whiter than that: It is the moon. I think of Shima Enomoto. But she has gone. “Can you see it?” she would ask. I would not want to tell her. Eleven days from Kyoto, I have looked again. And

what I find in the downtown Tokyo moon is not a rabbit. It is not a ricecake. It is a line through lunar plains and mountains. A path that may have snow, or paving stones, or shrines, for all I know. The moon of Japan shows a road. Peter Mandel is an author of books for children including Jackhammer Sam (Macmillan/Roaring Brook), and his newest, Zoo Ah-Choooo (Holiday House). This article first appeared in The Washington Post.

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experience it, and they each experience explore the deepest level of the experiit in a different way. Even at the end, it ence, so that allows a lot more freedom may not all be neatly tied up in a confor us to kind of permeate their stay at clusion that answers every riddle. the festival.” “I have, in my brain, what I know is Reiff builds the game through a lot the story and what I have as the of constantly changing to-do lists, and answers, but by explaining it, it loses begins with a single idea — sometimes the mystery or the magic because it linked back to the history of the place. negates people’s imagination,” Reiff Last year, he dug into ancient antiquity says. “Leaving people wondering is and Romanian history and tied it to awesome. It’s really powerful to be left elements of the Stanley Hotel. with a mystery. ... Although you need “I do my research and try to find some form of satisfaction and you need the history because if I can create [a some level of closure, to have it fully game], as best I can, to thinly layer on revealed and kind of spoon-fed I think top of the existing reality, then it makes for a less exciting experience and becomes that much more believable and one that’s less satfun, because that Courtesy of SpectreVision isfying, ultimateline between fanly.” tasy and reality is As with all a lot blurrier in games, people those instances,” engage on their he says. own level, but Horror fans, he’s learned to in particular, can be a pliable crowd count on a few to work with. basics of human “What excites nature. them in a lot of “People play ways about the the game in all genre is that different ways, moment when and people solve they’re not in problems in all control of their different ways emotions, so I and attack puzwant to create an zles in all differatmosphere ent ways and where you never something that know what’s rings pretty true, going to happen when you rally and when it does, people around Daniel Noah, co-founder of SpectreVision, says the company looks to produce films it happens in a something that’s it’s unlikely anyone else would make. way that isn’t just exciting to them, an ‘Ooh!’ is that they want moment, but there’s a larger, ominous to share. The best way to disseminate information is player to player, especial- darkness behind it that makes that ‘Ooh!’ moment even creepier,” he says. ly with social media,” Reiff says. “There’s a lot of experiences you can Sometimes, a clue may be planted have where someone jumps out from where only a couple players will find it, behind a tree with a mask, but it’s very but those pieces of information, those different when that fits into this larger necessary clues to solve the mystery, framework of horror because you’re at seem to get around. that point you’re living in it.” “We have fail safes, just in case. I Daniel Noah, a producer with plan for everything that can go wrong, SpectreVision of the horror films Open to go wrong, or I try to — it’s the Windows, Toad Road, A Girl Walks Home impossible goal — but at some point Alone at Night, Cooties and The Boy, says you have to trust that those two people last year’s game was a highlight of the that have that experience are going to festival and at one point he and his want to tell everyone about it,” he says. girlfriend pulled an all-nighter to keep “Everyone is going to have a unique playing. relationship to the game, depending on “Apparently this year it’s going to be how they want to play, and part of it is exponentially more complex and more whether you want to opt in to the full far-reaching,” Noah says. “What we experience. Anyone can play, but there really got sucked into was just playing is a deeper level of play that can only detective. There was one night where come when you consent to the opt-ins, we had a breakthrough. … It involved and those are players that want to Boulder Weekly

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films based on a couple factors — how In looking at how the film stands that film lines up compared to what’s up on its own, Noah says, “We try to already out there, and the fundamental choose films that have some sort of inquiries the film itself poses. thematic content that is resonant to our “It’s very important to us that we real lives outside of the imaginary eleonly make films that generally no one ments of the genre. Cooties, as silly and else is making, and that’s one of the heightened as it is, has some hopefully reasons we started the company to try very provocative underlying ideas in it to support films and filmmakers who about the flaws in the public school syswanted to do something that was tem, the food that we feed our children maybe a little bit outside of the norm in cafeterias. Toad Road I think is a provocative look at the role of hallucinoand so, as such, they might have a little genics in our lives. I don’t think it really bit more difficulty getting movies set takes a stand for or against, which is up,” Noah says, and cites Lily one of the things that makes it hauntAmirpour’s film, A Girl Walks Home ing.” Alone at Night, as Courtesy of Dylan Reiff Like Cooties, an example. The Boy, the first “I remember in a trilogy about when the movie a child growing was being put up to become a together and talkserial killer, takes ing to people on its own broadabout it. It’s black er themes, these and white, it’s in a of nature versus foreign language, nurture and the there’s no recogdifference good nizable stars in it parenting can — people thought make. The film we were insane. recently screened But we knew that at South by the movie was so Southwest to unusual that it great acclaim. It would be very was a social commercial, we experiment, had to just make Noah says, it to prove that, because it’s such and it has done an unusual film. incredibly well “We tried because it is so The game that accompanies the film festival draws players into their own horror very hard to unique,” he says. film-style experience. ground it in a They’ve passed very real world on films that they and tried to depict a young boy who is know will be commercially successful experiencing first symptoms or eventubecause someone else is already doing ally emerges into a form of psychopastrong work in that area and they’d like thy or sociopathy and understanding to do something different. Frequently, their chosen films come from first-time what that really looks like in real life at that age,” he says. “The movie withfilmmakers. That’s not necessarily by holds the expectations of the slasher design, Noah says. genre and the killer kid genre and I “We’re just looking for fresh ideas think it sort of subverts them to give and it’s just happened that the ones you something much more real than that have turned us on the most have you’re expecting to get from it. One of tended to come from new voices,” he the things people say haunts them is says. “The conventional wisdom is how much they find themselves rooting that a first-time filmmaker is dangerfor the boy, even as he begins to do ous because of the lack of experience, darker and darker things. So that’s my but we feel the opposite, that you get interpretation of why it’s getting under so much energy and enthusiasm. people’s skin is that it feels very real There’s a joke about how, when you’re and it kind of sneakily draws you into a director, you’re preparing to direct rooting for someone that you shouldn’t your first film for your entire life, and by any means be rooting for.” your second one you get about two Here’s hoping that if there’s a lost months. And first films are really spelittle boy at the center of this year’s horcial, there’s something really magical ror game, he’s a safer receptacle for about them. You only make your first empathy. film once.” Boulder Weekly

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Motion Trap brings things into perspective on debut album by Caitlin Rockett

hen Denver-based Boulder Weekly, Rogers, Williams and decade, even when life took them in band Motion Trap Chelewski reminisce about the start of vastly different directions — after coldrops their first fullMotion Trap, beers in hand, finishing lege, Williams moved to Denver, length album, paleeach other’s thoughts and playfully Rogers moved to Japan and Chelewski bluedot, on May 5, the teasing one another like best friends moved to Lincoln, Neb. release party the following week at do. “I remember Kyle Skyped me one Lost Lake will be, in some ways, a cel“The very first time I met Kyle, we day [while I was in] Japan and started ebration 10 years in the making. had moved into the same dorms,” sending me video from [music creation “Ten years ago, we tried software] Ableton and I had no Courtesy of Motion Trap recording home versions of idea what he was talking about, music inside of a dorm room no idea what it was,” Rogers — and we still have those says of Williams’ experimentarecordings, but it’s come a tions with the audio workstalong way since then,” says tion. “He was really excited. guitarist and singer Nathan When I came back [to the Rogers. “The new album is States], I had no idea what I [comprised of ] lots of differwas going to do or where I was ent music that we’ve created going to land, but I came out over the last 10 years. … and lived on his couch for about Some songs are newer, some two months, which is, you know, songs are older, but at the end about seven weeks too long.” of the day they are all still They started sending their describing, in a relevant way, recordings — Williams on bass the message we are trying to and creating loops with The gentlemen of Motion Trap will celebrate the release of send.” Ableton, Rogers on guitar — their debut album, palebluedot, at Lost Lake on May 15. A message, Rogers says, to Chelewski in Nebraska, who that’s simple enough: Life is would send songs back with wonderful. Rogers says. “I had played guitar for added guitar parts, the results becomTheir music, as bassist/beat maker about seven or 10 years [by that point] ing more and more cohesive. Kyle Williams says, may come across “a and I heard somebody playing Lynyrd It took some convincing, but little genre agnostic,” with each of the Skynyrd [on the guitar] down the hall Chelewski finally moved to the Mile four members bringing different musifrom me and I’m like, ‘I’m going to go High City about two years ago, and the cal proclivities to the stage: electronica, down there and show that kid how to boys have been dedicated to Motion hip hop, indie rock and jam band stylplay that song.’” Trap ever since. ings. They call it psychedelic dance By semester’s end, the two were Drummer Sean Conlin rounds the rock. recording songs in the dorm rooms, band out. Williams says Conlin has The result is calling themselves taken the band’s music to greater anything but unsure. Lost Words. heights with his multifaceted, often ON THE BILL: Motion Trap will Motion Trap blends “First we were jam-band inspired percussion. release their debut album paledigital dance floor Lost Words, then we Motion Trap’s forthcoming debut bluedot on May 5, available on grooves with layers went to Oh So album, palebluedot, is a meditation on iTunes, Google Music, Bandcamp, Spotify and the band’s website, of lush guitar, bass Evident… you know, life, an homage to the late Carl www.motiontrap.com. and live drums to back in the day Sagan’s ability to put life’s tribulations create tunes that are when you had three into perspective by looking at the bigmore than just words for a band ger picture — namely, Earth’s infinidanceable — songs name,” Rogers says. tesimal place in the ever-expanding require multiple listens to peel back the “It actually ended up being called cosmos and the wonder by which we layers of sound and explore the microhorrible, horrible music,” Williams all came to exist. cosms they’ve created. While about cracks. This idea of perspective, to cherish half of the tracks on palebluedot are Chelewski walks into the room at every moment and be kinder to one instrumental, meaningful yet accessible this point. another, is what palebluedot is all about. lyrics add yet another layer to some “Did you tell about the time I tried “[During college, Kyle and I] had songs. out for bass… and failed… miserably?” plenty of drives from Lincoln to It takes more than just talent to he asks as he takes a seat between Omaha just talking about life,” Rogers marry eclectic tastes — it requires Williams and Rogers. says. “You only live once, but every day powerful friendship. Three of the gen“We were actually going to kick we get caught up a little too much in tlemen of Motion Trap’s foursome — him out of the band,” Rogers says. “He insignificant bullshit. Sometimes we Rogers, Williams and guitarist didn’t make the cut. Worst bass player need to take a step back and have more Anthony Chelewski — met as students ever.” perspective because life is wonderful. at the University of Nebraska at Despite such ribbing, they’ve conAnd while you’re here, enjoy it the best Kearney. In a video Skype chat with tinued to make music together over a you can.” Boulder Weekly

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ON THE BILL: Helen Thorpe: Soldier Girls. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 5, Chautauqua Community House, 900 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-440-7666. Tickets $7-10.

Helen Thorpe’s new book details the lives of three women in the military by Amanda Moutinho

uniform solidifies a sense of sameness, but as Helen Thorpe set out to write her latest book, Soldier Girls, she realized that behind the uniform, experiences are anything but alike. “I’ll never look at somebody in a uniform and make assumptions about them again,” Thorpe says. “I think that it’s easy to see someone wearing a uniform and imagine and therefore think you know a lot about that person, and you can guess how they vote or what their thoughts are. … But you can’t just assume you know anything about them as an individual.” Soldier Girls tells the story of Debbie Helton, Michelle Fischer and Desma Brooks. The women joined the Indiana National Guard for a variety of reasons — one had a strong military tradition in her family, another had dreams of higher education to finance and the third joined on a dare. But all were in the Guard on Sept. 11, 2001, and each went on to serve abroad in Afghanistan or Iraq. The women differed in age, background, political views — from supporting the wars to one who voted for Ralph Nader — and family status — one a single mother of three. One has since survived an I.E.D. roadside bomb attack and suffered post-traumatic stress disorder, and the others faced different challenges when returning home. Soldier Girls details more than a decade of their lives serving in the military, from joining up to being deployed to readjusting to civilian life, through life struggles including

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In her book Soldier Girls, Helen Thorpe illustrates the hardships three female soldiers faced in the National Guard in the wake of Sept. 11.

relationships, boredom, fear and the hardships of being away from children. The idea for the book started several years ago, when military personnel were returning from deployment. Thorpe says she became interested in how they were reacclimating to civilian society and the clear separation that existed between the civilian and military worlds. “The whole time the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts were happening, I realized civilians like myself weren’t really engaged,” she says. “It seemed really disturbing to me that you could have a decade of war and then a big part of the population feeling disengaged from it. ... As the conflicts dragged on and on, people got tired of the story and turned away from it because they wished

it wasn’t happening.” Thorpe set out to do informational interviews with veterans and stumbled upon these three women who had served in the Guard and had forged a friendship. Thorpe wrote the book over a four-year span and pieced together their stories through interviews, diary entries, doctor’s records, therapy notes, letters, emails, social media posts, daily battalion newsletters and more. When Thorpe talks about the three women, she draws clear distinctions between them. Since each is so different, it’s difficult to make sweeping statements that encompass their time in the military or their thoughts and feelings since being home. But with the title Soldier Girls, it’s obvious gender

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was a significant factor for all of them. For example, Helton had enlisted in the ’80s and was one of the first groups of women to integrate into her Guard unit. She served up until a few years ago, and now the numbers of women in the military are growing and the roles women can serve are broadening. Of course, even as conditions are improving, each woman still faced some gender discrimination. Thorpe says she was surprised to find out about some of the problems women dealt with, including harassment from other soldiers, double standards and lowered expectations. “I honestly did not know the extent to which women in the military are still overcoming barriers and hurdles that, in civilian society, we think of having being overcome a long time ago,” she says. “I didn’t understand that the battle of equality is still taking place in such a daily way as I saw it play out in their lives.” Thorpe says the strength and weakness of her book is that she interviewed three individuals. While she wrote a book about women in the military, she says she is by no means an expert on the topic. She hopes that veterans will be able to relate to her book, and also that civilians will see there are a variety of different narratives taking place in the military. “Hundreds of thousands of women have deployed in the last decade,” Thorpe says. “On the civilian side of the equation, who we think of as a soldier or sailor or Marine hasn’t caught up with reality. There are all kinds of women’s stories playing out in the military.”

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Malai Llama. 10 p.m. The Lazy Dog, 1346 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-3355. Open Bluegrass Pick. 8:30 p.m. Under the Sun, 627 S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-927-6921. StrangeByrds. 8 p.m. Jamestown Mercantile Cafe, 108 Main St., Jamestown, 303-442-5847. Strings Attached Bluegrass. 9 p.m. Bohemian

Biergarten, 2017 13th St., Boulder, 720-3288328. Ultra Lowfi. 6:30 p.m. St Julien Hotel and Spa, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696. Events Boulder Potters Guild Spring Sale. 10 a.m. Boulder County Fairgrounds, 9595 Nelson Road, Longmont, 303-678-6235. Dinosaurs Without Bones — Dinosaur Lives Revealed By Their Trace Fossils. 7 p.m. Paleontology Hall, University of Colorado Museum of Natural History, 1030 Broadway, Boulder, 303-492-6892. see EVENTS Page 42

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Immigration Panel 11 a.m. Thursday, April 30, Boulder District Attorneys Office, 1777 6th St, Boulder, 303-441-3730. To cap off Sexual Assault Awareness Month, Movement to End Sexual Assault (MESA) is hosting a panel to discuss immigration. The hot button issue of immigration carries with it a unique set of problems, but one that gets overlooked is sexual assault, which happens at alarming rates throughout most communities. The talk will feature Boulder Defense Attorney Stan Garnett, Partner at RM Lawyers Qusair Mohamedbhai and Managing Attorney of RMAIN Children’s program Abbie Johnson. Join MESA and the panelists to discuss various resources and possible solutions to moving toward a safer future for all.

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Second Annual Pete Seeger Birthday Commemoration Concert 7 p.m. Sunday May 3rd, Unitarian Universalist Church, 5001 Pennsylvania Ave., Boulder, 303-494-0195. On May 3, folk legend and activist Pete Seeger would have been 95. To celebrate his life, Forked Tree Music, The Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center and the Unitarian Universalist Church of Boulder are throwing this fundraiser to benefit Earth Guardians, a group of young activists striving for a better environment through activism and art. Seeger left behind a legacy of helping young people, and this concert continues that tradition. Along with help from the local folk community, the kids of Earth Guardians will put on a show sure to inspire you to get involved. Tickets are a suggested $10 donation.

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Fashion Show: Conform to Self. 6 p.m. Macy’s, 1900 29th St., Boulder, 303-218-5955. Front Range Film Festival. 4 p.m. Firehouse Art Center, 667 Fourth Ave., Longmont, 303-6512787. Fun on 15th Street Firm Crawl. 4 p.m. 15th Street Design District, 1701-1750 15th St., Boulder, 303-449-3774. Geopolitics Series. 1 p.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100. Hike for Seniors. 10 a.m. Walker Ranch, Boulder, 303-678-6214. Lap Babies. 10:15 a.m. George Reynolds Branch Library, 3595 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, 303441-3120.

Dixie Leadfoot. 4:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Tasty Weasel Tap Room, 1800 Pike Road, Unit B, Longmont, 303-776-1914. DJ Wingo. 9 p.m. The Speakeasy, 301 Main St., Longmont, 720-684-4728. Espresso Gypsy Jazz. 7 p.m. Caffe Sole, 637R S. Broadway St., Boulder, 303-499-2985. Fairview High School Pops Show. 7 p.m. Fairview High School Auditorium, 1515 Greenbriar Blvd., Boulder, 720-561-3100. . Flute Choir and Handbell Concert. 7:30 p.m. Longs Peak United Methodist Church, 1421 Elmhurst Drive, Longmont, 303-776-0399. Genetics. 10 p.m. The Lazy Dog, 1346 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-3355.

Miss Hill: Making Dance Matter. 4 p.m. The Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826.

The Goonies in the Gathering Place. 9 p.m. Shine Restaurant & Gathering Place, 2027 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-0120.

Mr. Turner. 1:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. The Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826.

Grant Farm. 8 p.m. Owsley’s Golden Road, 1301 Broadway St., Boulder, 720-849-8458.

Navigation For Sailors And Pilots. All day. Unitarian-Universalist Church of Boulder, 5001 Pennsylvania Ave., Boulder, 303-494-0195.

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

Running off the Canvas. All day. Boulder Fastframe, 2327 30th St., Boulder, 303-448-1000. Three-Season Diet Lecture and Prix Fixe Spring Dinner with John Douillard. 6 p.m. Shine Restaurant & Gathering Place, 2027 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-0120. The Widowmaker — Documentary. 1 p.m. and 6 p.m. The Nomad Theater, 1410 Quince Ave., Boulder, 303-443-7510. Friday, May 1 Music Aaron Strumpel. 8:30 p.m. The Roost, 526 Main St., Longmont, 303-827-3380. Augustus. 7 p.m. Twisted Pine Brewery, 3201 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-786-9270. Bonnie & The Clydes. 8:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685. Brandon Hagen. 6 p.m. Upslope Brewing Company (Lee Hill), 1501 Lee Hill Road, Suite 20, Boulder, 508-873-9185. Cancellieri, The Hunters. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628. The CBDs. 6 p.m. Salto Coffeeworks, 112 E. Second St., Nederland, 303-258-3537. Chris Kroger and Friends. 9 p.m. Under the Sun, 627 S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-927-6921. Coyote Bill. 9 p.m. Stage Stop, 60 Main St., Rollinsville, 303-258-0649.

J.Wail, Kaminanda. 7:30 p.m. Fox Theatre Boulder, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-447-0095. Julie Stratton and Erin Isom. 6:30 p.m. Still Cellars, 1115 Colorado Ave., Longmont, 720-2046064. Kort McCumber and Friends. 9 p.m. Gold Hill Inn, 401 Main St., Boulder, 303-443-6461. Lee Johnson. 8 p.m. Liquid Mechanics Brewing Co., 297 N. Highway 287, Suite 100, Lafayette, 303-908-6036. Lisa Bell and Bob Story Duo. 6 p.m. Espresso Vino by Brewing Market, 2770 Dagny Way, Lafayette, 720-890-3993. Long Live Rock and Roll. 7 a.m. Longmont High School, 1040 Sunset St., Longmont, 303-7766014. Los Cheesies. 7:30 p.m. Oskar Blues CyclHOPS, 600 S. Airport Road, Longmont, 303-776-BIKE. Mike Finders. 6 p.m. Oskar Blues CHUBurger, 1225 Ken Pratt Blvd., Longmont, 303-485-2482.

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Margaret Neumann: Inscapes. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-2122. Through June 7.

Acrylic Paintings by M.G. Davis. Community Art Program Gallery, NCAR, 1850 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, 303497-1174. Through May 30.

Means of Approach. a Jeffco Alumni Exhibition — Lui Ferreyra. Arvada Center, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada, 720898-7200. Through May 10.

Barbara Bosworth: Quiet Wonder. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000. Through Sept. 20. The Book’s Undoing: Dieter Roth’s Artist’s Books. Special Collections Reading Room Norlin Library, 1720 Pleasant St., Boulder, 303-492-6144. Through May 15.

Artist Lui Ferreyra got his start at the high school art exhibition at the Arvada Center back in 1990. Now he’s displaying his work in his own exhibition, Means of Approach.

Calling all Photgraphers for 2015 Land Through the Lens Exhibit. The Great Frame Up, 430 Main St., Longmont, 303-7727293. Submission deadline June 19.

Passion for Glass: Art Glass from Colorado Collecitons. Foothills Art Center, 809 15th St., Golden, 303-279-3922. Through May 31.

Evan Colbert. Firehouse Art Center, 667, Fourth Ave., Longmont. 303-651-2787. Through May 25.

Starring Linda: A Trio of John DeAndrea Sculptures. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000. Through June 21.

Fiber Art by Gay E. Lasher. Community Art Program Gallery, NCAR, 1850 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, 303-497-1174. Through May 30.

Substrate. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-2122. Through May 3.

44th Annual Jeffco Schools Foundation High School Exhibition. Arvada Center, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada, 720-898-7200. Through May 10.

Tom Rice: Monuments to the Ephemeral. Firehouse Art Center, 667 Fourth Ave., Longmont. 303-651-2787. Through May 25.

Joan Miró: Instinct & Imagination. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000. Through June 28. Kairos. Particulars Art Gallery, 401 S. Public Road, Lafayette, 720-890-7888. Through May 1.

The Nick O’Connor Trio. 5:30 p.m. Vindication Brewing Company, 6880 Winchester Circle Suite F, Boulder, 303-530-0642.

900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696.

Old Salt Union. 8:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Homemade Liquids and Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303-485-9400.

The Railsplitters CD Release Party. 7 p.m. Wildflower Pavilion at Planet Bluegrass, 500 West Main, Lyons, 303-823-0848.

Paul Sullivan’s Folk-a-rama. 6 p.m. Cannon Mine Coffee, 210 S. Public Road, Lafayette, 303665-0625.

Randall Dubis. 12 p.m. Sun Rose Cafe, 379 Main St., Longmont, 303-651-3533.

Quemando. 6:30 p.m. St Julien Hotel and Spa,

Myopia — by Mark Mothersbaugh. Museum of Contemporary Art, 1485 Delgany St., Denver, 303298-7554. Through April 26.

Rhiannon Giddens. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030.

Trespassing — by William Matthews. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000. Through May 17. Unseen Structure, a Jeffco Teacher Solo — Joe Fretz. Arvada Center, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada, 720-898-7200. Through May 10.

Romano Paolettilisa. 9 p.m. LOCAL eat + drink, 432 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-2472. Sammy Dee. 8 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 720-297-6397. Schubert & Freunde. 7:30 p.m. Mount Calvary Lutheran Church, 3485 Stanford Court, Boulder, 303-499-1444. see EVENTS Page 44

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Seth Phillips. 5 p.m. Left Hand Brewing Company, 1265 Boston Ave., Longmont, 303-772-0258. Sympathy for the Devil “A Rolling Stones Tribute.” 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 Northpark Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757.

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Troy Clayton. 5 p.m. Pearl Street Pub, 1108 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-777-6768. Whiskey Autumn. 10 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s Traditional Irish Pub, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303449-1922. Events The Big Step Forward. 7 p.m. The Caritas Spiritist Center, 5723 Arapahoe, Boulder, 303449-3066.

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Boulder Potters Guild Spring Sale. 10 a.m. Boulder County Fairgrounds, 9595 Nelson Road, Longmont, 303-678-6235. Front Range Film Festival. 4 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Firehouse Art Center, 667 Fourth Ave., Longmont, 303-651-2787.

Mr. Turner. 3:15 p.m. and 8 p.m. The Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-4407826. Opening reception for new artists. 2 p.m. Smithklein Gallery, 1116 Pearl St., Boulder, 303444-7200. Saturday, May 2

Atomic Pablo. 10 p.m. Pioneer Inn, 15 E. First St., Nederland, 303-258-7733. Blue Canyon Boys. 8:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685.

Casino Effect. 9:30 p.m. Pizza Bar 66, 430 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6262. Chain Station. 10 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s Traditional Irish Pub, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922. Concert for Akpe Cultural Center. 7 p.m. Odd Fellows Hall IOOF, 1543 Pearl St., Boulder, 720371-1757. Dave Honig’s New Standards Project. 6 p.m. Thai Shi House, 3033 28th St., Boulder, 303-4443133.

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Author Lisa Birman. 7 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe, 1203 13th St., Suite A, Boulder, 303-495-3303.

To celebrate Independant Bookstore Day, Boulder Book Store is hosting a plethora of authors and offering deals on merchandise.

All the Wild That Remains — by David Gessner. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303447-2074.

The Stars of Summer — by Tara Dairman. 6:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-2074.

Boulder Chorale “Master Composers of Our Time.” 7 p.m. First United Methodist Church, 1421 Spruce St., Boulder, 303-442-3770.

Friday, May 1

“So, You’re a Poet” Open Poetry Reading. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.

The Aristocats. 7:30 p.m. Cannon Mine Coffee, 210 S. Public Road, Lafayette, 303-665-0625.

Coal Wars — by Richard Martin. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-2074.

Monday, May 4

Americana Highway. 6:30 p.m. St Julien Hotel and Spa, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696.

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Innisfree Weekly Open Poetry Reading. 7 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe, 1203 13th St., Suite A, Boulder, 303495-3303.

Minecrafternoons at Meadows. 3:30 p.m. Meadows Branch Library, 4800 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-441-4390.

American a Cappella Association Spring Sing Concert. 9 a.m. First Presbyterian Church, 1820 15th St., Boulder, 303-402-6400.

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Tuesday, May 5

Centennial Middle School Poetry Reading. 2 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe, 1203 13th St., Suite A, Boulder, 303-495-3303.

Aer. 9 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-447-0095.

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7 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe, 1203 13th St., Suite A, Boulder, 303-495-3303.

Poets Juliana Aragón Fatula and J Diego Frey. 7 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe, 1203 13th St., Suite A, Boulder, 303495-3303.

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Thursday, April 30

May Day Block Party. 5:30 p.m. Church of the Arts, 110 S. Roosevelt Ave., Lafayette, 303-7468579.

Miss Hill: Making Dance Matter. 1 p.m. and 6:15 p.m. The Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826.

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DJ Mr. GetDowne. 8:30 p.m. Shine Restaurant & Gathering Place, 2027 13th St., Boulder, 303449-0120. Dotsero CD Release Party. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 Northpark Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757.

Independant Bookstore Day. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-2074.

Wednesday, May 6

Poets Sinead Morrissey and Wayne Miller.

El Javi, Porcelain City. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628. Emmanuelle Martin. 7:30 p.m. Pine Street Church, 1237 Pine St., Boulder, 303-731-2036. Eric Lane. 8 p.m. Liquid Mechanics Brewing Co., 297 N. Highway 287, Suite 100, Lafayette, 303908-6036. Fairview High School Pops Show. 7 p.m. Fairview High School Auditorium, 1515 Greenbriar Blvd., Boulder, 720-561-3100. Greg Schochet and Kyle Ussery. 8 p.m. Longs Peak Pub & Taphopuse, 600 Longs Peak Ave., Longmont, 303-651-7886. James Faulk. 10:30 a.m. The Stone Cup, 442 High St., Lyons, 303-823-2345.

Johnny O Band. All day. Oskar Blues Tasty Weasel Tap Room, 1800 Pike Road, Unit B, Longmont, 303-776-1914. Kort McCumber. 7:30 p.m. Oskar Blues CyclHOPS, 600 S. Airport Road, Longmont, 303-776BIKE. Long Live Rock and Roll. 7 a.m. Longmont High School, 1040 Sunset St., Longmont, 303-7766014. Marcus Lucas Show. 10 p.m. Bohemian Biergarten, 2017 13th St., Boulder, 720-328-8328. Neal Thompson Celebration of Life. 2:30 p.m. eTown Hall, 1535 Spruce St., Boulder, 303- 4438696. Old’s Cool Rock. 10 a.m. Boulder County Fairgrounds, 9595 Nelson Road, Longmont, 720-

theater Annie. Denver Performing Arts Complex, 1345 Champa St., Denver, 720-8654239, Through May 10. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Jester’s Dinner Theatre, 224 Main St., Longmont, 303-682-9980. Through May 2.

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May 3. Hysteria — presented by Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-4407826. Through May 17.

Hysteria follows a dying Sigmund Freud as he ties up loose ends including the ever-crazy Salvador Dali. Now playing at the Dairy.

Forever Plaid. BDT Stage, 5501 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-449-6000. Through May 10.

Godspell. Miner’s Alley Theatre, 1224 Washington Ave., Golden, 303-935-3044. Through

Les Miserables. Jester’s Dinner Theatre, 224 Main St., Longmont, 303-6829980. Through May 10.

The Pillowman. The Bug Theater, 3654 Navajo St., Denver, 303-477-9984, Through May 2.

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864-6460. Patrick Dune and The DesertHearts. 8 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 720-297-6397.

Georgia Boys BBQ The Shack, 237 Collyer St., Longmont, 720-999-4099. New Family Dog. 5 p.m. Gold Hill Inn, 401 Main St., Boulder, 303-443-6461.

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Events Advanced Style. 4 p.m. The Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826.

Politiculture. 10 p.m. The Lazy Dog, 1346 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-3355.

Ran Off The Rooster. 10:30 a.m. The Stone Cup, 442 High St., Lyons, 303-823-2345.

Boulder Potters Guild Spring Sale. 10 a.m. Boulder County Fairgrounds, 9595 Nelson Road, Longmont, 303-678-6235.

Purple Squirrel. 7 p.m. Caffe Sole, 637R S. Broadway St., Boulder, 303-499-2985.

Sandra McDugel. 4:30 p.m. Left Hand Brewing Company, 1265 Boston Ave., Longmont, 303-7720258.

Fleet Feet Sports Nordic Walking Class. 8:30 a.m. Fleet Feet Sports Boulder, 2624 Broadway St., Boulder, 303-939-8000.

Schubert & Frende. 2 p.m. Mountain View United Methodist Church, 355 Ponca Place, Boulder, 303-494-5025.

Hawaiian Hula Classes. 5 p.m. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-4479772.

Sound Circle: 20th Anniversary Concert. 3 p.m. Unity Columbine Spiritual Center, 8900 Arapahoe Road, Boulder, 303-546-0114.

Kids Gone Fishing Clinic. 9 a.m. Wally Toevs Pond at Walden Ponds, 75th and Jay Road, Boulder, 303-678-6200.

Smooth Beethoven. 5 p.m. Left Hand Brewing Company, 1265 Boston Ave., Longmont, 303-7720258. Sound Circle: 20th Anniversary Concert. 8 p.m. Unity Columbine Spiritual Center, 8900 Arapahoe Road, Boulder, 303-546-0114. Teresa Storch. 7 p.m. Twisted Pine Brewing Co., 3201 Walnut St., Suite A, Boulder, 970-708-4067. Yo Flaco! 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Homemade Liquids and Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303485-9400.

Tango Negro: The African Roots of Tango. 1 p.m. The Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. Monday, May 4 Music Danny Shafer. 8 p.m. Longs Peak Pub, 600 Longs Peak Ave., Longmont, 303-651-7886.

Hot Soup does May the Fourth Be With You: The Guitar Awakens. 9 p.m. Southern Sun Pub & Brewery, 627 South Broadway, Boulder, 303543-0886. Mark Diamond and Friends. 7 p.m. Bohemian Biergarten, 2017 13th St., Boulder, 720-3288328.

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Young at Heart Band. All day. The Speakeasy, 301 Main St., Longmont, 720-684-4728. Events Boulder Potters Guild Spring Sale. 10 a.m. Boulder County Fairgrounds, 9595 Nelson Road, Longmont, 303-678-6235. Front Range Film Festival. 4 p.m. Firehouse Art Center, 667 Fourth Ave., Longmont, 303-6512787. Italian Film Festival-Boulder 2015. 6 a.m. University of Colorado, Boulder Campus, Atlas 100, 1125 18th St., Boulder. Kentucky Derby After Party. 5:30 p.m. Bohemian Biergarten, 2017 13th St., Boulder, 720-328-8328. Miss Hill: Making Dance Matter. 1 p.m. and 6:15 p.m. The Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. Mr. Turner. 3:15 p.m. and 8 p.m. The Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. Shape Diva Dash. 9:30 a.m. Bohn Park, 219 Second Ave., Lyons. Soul Whispering. 7 p.m. The Caritas Spiritist Center, 5723 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-4493066. Symphony of the Wild. 12:30 p.m. The Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-4407826, ext. 110. Women’s Tour de Taps II. 1 p.m. Oskar Blues Tasty Weasel Tap Room, 1800 Pike Road, Unit B, Longmont, 303-776-1914. Sunday, May 3 Music The Blue Quintet. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628. Community Handbell Concert. 3:30 p.m. Longs Peak United Methodist Church, 1421 Elmhurst Drive, Longmont, 303-776-0399. Congregation Har HaShem’s Spring Music Festival. 5 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030.

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David Booker Trio. 6 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685. Friends of Jazz. 1 p.m. Boulder Elks Lodge, 3975 28th St., Boulder, 303-442-5003. Jeff Finlin Duo. 6 p.m. Oskar Blues Homemade Liquids and Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303-485-9400. Kort McCumber. 3 p.m. Oskar Blues Tasty Weasel Tap Room, 1800 Pike Road, Unit B, Longmont, 303-776-1914. Left Hand Artist Group Showcase. 12 p.m. Boulder Weekly

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Open Jovan. 6 p.m. Jamestown Mercantile Cafe, 108 Main St., Jamestown, 303-442-5847. TRB Duo. 4 p.m. Pearl Street Pub, 1108 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-777-6768.

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Events Fleet Feet Sports Fun Run/Walk. 6 p.m. Fleet Feet Sports Boulder, 2624 Broadway St., Boulder, 303-939-8000. German Speaking Table. 6:30 p.m. Bohemian Biergarten, 2017 13th St., Boulder, 720-328-8328. Grateful Dead Meet Up at the Movies 2015. 7 p.m. Century Boulder, 1700 29th St., Boulder,

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Bill McKay. 6:30 p.m. St Julien Hotel and Spa, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696. Gasoline Lollipops. 7 p.m. Waterloo, 809 Main St., Louisville, 303-993-2094. Hot Damn Scandal & Intuitive Compass. 6 p.m. Still Cellars, 1115 Colorado Ave., Longmont, 720-204-6064. Los Cheesies. 6 p.m. Upslope Brewing Company (Lee Hill), 1501 Lee Hill Road, Suite 20, Boulder,

Robert Johnson Jazz Duo. 8 p.m. Agora at the Riverside, 1724 Broadway St., Boulder, 720-4774164. Stephen Brooks Trio. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628. Trios de Mexico Sales. 6:30 p.m. Oskar Blues CyclHOPS, 600 S. Airport Road, Longmont, 303776-BIKE. Events

Berndnaut Smilde: Artist Talk. 6:30 p.m. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-2122. Boulder Dance for Parkinsons. 11:30 a.m. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem. 4 p.m. The Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. Packing Light Clinic. 7 p.m. Changes in Latitude Travel Store, 2525 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303786-8406. The Unruly Mystic: Saint Hildegard. 7:30 p.m. The Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826, ext. 110. What is a Hunter-Gatherer? On the Cusp of Maize Farming in Western Nebraska. 7 p.m. University of Colorado Museum of Natural History, 1030 Broadway, Boulder. Wednesday, May 6 Music Bobby Bare Jr. 8 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-447-0095. Classical Music Unbuttoned. 2 p.m. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. Intuitive Compass. 4 p.m. Boulder Farmers’ Market, 1301 Canyon Blvd., Boulder, 303-9102236. Jack Hadley Band. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 Northpark Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757. Lewis and Church Expeditions. 6:30 p.m. Eclectic Cafe, 917 Front St., Louisville, 303- 6659761. Magpie. 6:30 p.m. Still Cellars, 1115 Colorado Ave., Longmont, 720-204-6064. The Miner’s Ghost. 7 p.m. Rosalee’s Pizzeria, 461 Main St., Longmont, 303-485-5020. Purple Squirrel. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628. Summer Jam with The Goonies. 5 p.m. The Spot Bouldering Gym, 3240 Prairie Ave., Boulder, 303-379-8806. Sweet Spot Trio. 6 p.m. Espresso Vino by Brewing Market, 2770 Dagny Way, Lafayette, 720-890-3993. Events Cruisers & Crawlers. 9:15 a.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100. Dior and I. 4:30 p.m. The Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem. 7 p.m. The Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. I Spy Beaks and Feet. 10 a.m. Walden Ponds, 75th and Jay Road, Boulder, 303-441-3407.

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The Rotary Club of Longmont St. Vrain. 7 a.m. First Lutheran Church, 803 3rd Ave., Longmont, 303-776-2704. Socrates Cafe. 2 p.m. Meadows Branch Library, 4800 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-441-4390. Tips and Tricks for Shooting Pro Video. 6 p.m. Boulder Digital Arts, 1600 Range St., Suite 100, Boulder, 303-800-4647. Wednesday Fun Run. 6 p.m. Boulder Running Company, 28th street and Pearl street, Boulder, 800-807-6179.

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edited by Ted Kooser, U.S. Poet Laureate Seventy years ago, when I entered Beardshear Elementary in Ames, Iowa, the school employed a custodian, Mr. Shockley, who had for an office a closet under the stairs. I wish I could thank him for mopping up all our vomit and helping us buckle our galoshes. Here’s a fine poem about custodians by David Livewell, from New Jersey, whose most recent book of poems is Shackamaxon (Truman State Univ. Press, 2012). Custodians Retired from other trades, they wore Work clothes again to mop the johns And feed the furnace loads of coal. Their roughened faces matched the bronze Of the school bell the nun would swing To start the day. They limped but smiled, Explored the secret, oldest nooks: The steeple’s clock, dark attics piled With inkwell desks, the caves beneath The stage on Bingo night. The pastor Bowed to the powers in their hands: Fuses and fire alarms, the plaster Boulder Weekly

Smoothing a flaking wall, the keys To countless locks. They fixed the lights In the crawl space above the nave And tolled the bells for funeral rites. Maintain what dead men made. Time blurs Their scripted names and well-waxed floors, Those keepers winking through the years And whistling down the corridors. American Life in Poetry is made possible by The Poetry Foundation (www.poetryfoundation.org), publisher of Poetry magazine. It is also supported by the Department of English at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Poem copyright ©2014 by David Livewell, “Custodians,” from Southwest Review (Vol. 99, no. 2, 2014). Poem reprinted by permission of David Livewell and Southwest Review. Introduction copyright © 2015 by The Poetry Foundation. The introduction’s author, Ted Kooser, served as United States Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 20042006. We do not accept unsolicited manuscripts.

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idway through Ex Machina, writer/director Alex Garland’s taut thinker, super genius inventor Nathan (Oscar Isaac) tells human guinea pig Caleb (Domhnall Gleeson) that the invention of artificial intelligence was always a matter of when, not if. Here’s a thought: Could we, you know, not invent that? Let’s go ahead and risk missing out on the adorbs squeakin’ n’ beepin’ from R2D2 in order to avoid the first step in the downfall of all humanity. As a general rule, if you’re making a pro/con list and “downfall of all humanity” is on it, you don’t need a pro/con list. What’s amazing about Ex Machina is Garland’s precise control over the audience both visually and through a singularly perfect script. The characters and the audience are both captive, processing the slightest information as fast as they can. We know nothing about Caleb, other than that he works for the fictional equivalent of Google and has just won an internal company lottery to spend a week with the reclusive head of the company, Nathan. Isaac doesn’t predictably ape Steve Jobs or other odd inventors with his performance, opting for a sublime “bro-tastic” delivery, complete with near-constant beer swilling and plenty of casual misogyny. This is in stark contrast to the muted Caleb, a painfully shy nice dude who is overwhelmed by the opportunity in front of him. That opportunity? To be the human component in the “Turing Test,” which determines whether a computer has achieved true artificial intelligence. That computer is Ava (Alicia Vikander), who has the face

of an angel and a body full of exposed circuitry. Nathan, in full frat-mode, tells Caleb not to get too hung up on that body though, bluntly telling him that not only is it possible for her to have sex, it’s possible for her to like it. As though a bro would make a robot he couldn’t nail. What follows is a sophisticated verbal and mental dance. Caleb tests Ava who tests Caleb who tests Nathan who tests Caleb. The action is confined to a single location, really just two or three rooms in the mansion. The result feels like a brilliant stage play, with actors testing the emotional and mental limits of themselves and others through nuanced, subtle games. Garland is so methodical, so painstakingly patient, that he doesn’t pull back the curtain until the precise moment beyond which it would have become irritating. Of all genres, science fiction may be the most fluid. It is graceful enough for a feature-length exploration on the boundaries of man and God, rich enough for garish speculative horrors and visceral enough for a slam-bang thriller conclusion. A longtime accomplished screenwriter, this is Garland’s directorial debut. More please. Lots more. Like as many more as you can. For all the kvetching about how maligned the film world is by sequelitis and remake overkill, it’s equally as important to praise those rare works of original fiction. Ex Machina is breathtaking, brilliant filmmaking that deserves to be rewarded. This reviews first appeared in The Reader of Omaha, Neb.

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ior. The name itself invokes person working at Dior wants to make the very highest of French sure that it stays that way. The work is fashion. One of the original hard, and demanding, but these people members of haute couture, love it, and they will do anything to Christian Dior opened his help Simons get those dresses on the Parisian house in December of 1946 catwalk. when he was just 41. By February 1947, Simons returns that passion by Dior launched “The New Look,” as absorbing the archives of Dior and givHarper’s Bazaar editor-in-chief Carmel ing them designs to work with that harSnow proclaimed it, turning the drab ken back to the post-war years of Dior. square-shoulder boxer look of women’s Tcheng furthers this connection by wartime clothing into flowery skirts, inserting archival photography of Dior willowy waists and accentuated hips and with excerpts from his memoir (read by bust. The New Look became immediOmar Berrada) that show Simons and ately iconic and launched the iconic Dior in a similar light. Dior recounts, “I house of French fashion. Dior was fordidn’t mean to revolutionize fashion. I ever. am a reactionary. Which is not to say Sixty-six years after Dior opened his that I am backward-looking.” Later, doors, Raf Simons was announced as Simons echoes that thought when he Dior’s new creative tells Tcheng, “The designer. The past is not romantic 44-year-old Belgian for me. It is the future ON THE BILL: Dior and I Wednesday to Saturday, May 6 designer from the that is romantic for to 9, The Boedecker Theater, minimalistic brand Jil me.” 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303Sander may have Dior and I is an 440-7826. Tickets start at $6 at www.thedairy.org. caused head scratchexploration of that ing in the fashion idea and the process world, but as the new that Simons and comdocumentary Dior and I proposes, there pany undergo to make it a reality. It is a might be more similarities between Raf series of trials and errors, 11th hour realSimons and Christian Dior than meets izations and constant tension. Simons the eye. has the luxury of working with a seemWritten, produced and directed by ingly endless budget as well as an ocean Frédéric Tcheng, Dior and I is an exclu- of talent and expertise at his fingertips, sive backstage pass to the working world but what he lacks, all artists lack, and of Dior and the eight-week run up to that is time. Simons can design whatever Simons’ first show as Dior’s creative he wants, create whatever he wants and director. do whatever he wants to do. He just has Being the new guy is never easy, but to do it in eight weeks. when Simons enters the hallowed halls Simons knows that more than anyof Dior, he inherits a staff that lives and one else, and for the 86-minute run breathes haute couture. Dior is one of time, you can watch that knowledge the last two houses still working in the build in his face. When it finally releastradition of haute couture, and every last es, it is a thing of beauty. Boulder Weekly

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like Wapos. They serve excellent, sloppy-style Mexican food. They have an outdoor covered patio where a quick afternoon drink can quickly become a full-blown night out when the temperature plays nice. They have a dozen types of margaritas and a bunch of Mexican beers. And the two owners and chef are good friends to anyone who steps in the door. But that’s not why I like Wapos. I like Wapos because it is the most laid-back restaurant in Boulder. It could be in its appearance. Wapos is the northernmost restaurant on Broadway in Boulder; it’s just about the last turn before the road meets U.S. 36. It sits in an industrial parking lot, and the neon red sign calls out from the ramshackle metal roof and soggy old wood exterior. Stepping inside, the dining room is illuminated by warm strings of overhead lights. The booths are tall wooden slats, and the brown tile on the floor all feels familiar in the way that watching an old Western feels familiar. Out through the back door is the covered patio, with wire tables and chairs arranged neatly under a high wooden and metal overhang. There are abundant plants, and the walls rise perfectly to the horizon line — just high enough to cover the highway and the unsightly industrial park nearby, but low enough to open up to light, show off an expansive sky and let a cool summer wind in. But the comfort at Wapos, I think, comes from the people. The owner, Juan, as everyone knows him, is genuinely excited to see new people come in. You become fast friends, and Juan is eager to help everyone

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drink and eat more. You can ask what’s good in the kitchen that day, or just sit outside for a couple hours and order when you feel like it. That casual vibe trickles down to the customer. Large bicycle groups cheer each other with Tecate cans, families gather together and their laughs echo through the adobe style interior and couples sit down for an evening of gorging on Wapos’ food and drink. I was recently in that last category. Wapos has a large variety of tequilas — as many as you’d need at a joint like this — and their margaritas thusly come in different varieties. Organic, skinny, fruit, coin-style, top shelf, frozen and house margaritas are all under 10 bucks. The house margarita is made simply with lime juice, Cointreau and Jimador tequila. The skinny margarita (choice of tequila, agave nectar, fresh limes and orange) is the most refreshing option on the list. For food, we started with chips, salsa and chile con queso. The latter was a ceramic tray filled with melted pepper jack cheese and green chile. You felt it in the arteries and in the pleasure center of the brain. The best thing on the menu, according to Juan,

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Sixth annual Iron Chef competition brings the best out of local middle school cooks by Renee Moen

avorite foods were on everyone’s mind at the sixth annual Iron Chef Competition at Casey Middle School, which took place on April 23. When competitors and spectators were asked about their favorite dishes, the answers ranged from Italian to Indian and Jack Cody, BVSD Mediterranean to bacon-infused Brussels sprouts. But it was Asian cuisine that dominated the menu with five out of six teams creating varied versions of Asian-influenced dishes; all for the chance to get their recipe on the hot lunch menu for the coming school year. School lunches have certainly evolved over the past few decades. No longer are kids subjected to questionable meat, smothered in brown, lard-heavy gravy and overcooked, mushy vegetables. Today, savvy students are introduced to good nutrition early. Most are offered a selection of organic, locally grown produce and healthy alternatives to meat. Six years ago, organizers of this event

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decided to get the kids involved in their food choices; the concept: Food Is Fun! Beginning at the high school level, the Iron Chef Competition now incorporates all school ages, down to elementary school, which holds its event in the fall. This year’s middle school competition theme was vegetarian cuisine. Chef Brandy Dreibelbis, district manager for the department of food services, explained that there is a vegetarian option on the hot lunch menu every day. While many students are vegetarian, the meatless option doesn’t sell well. It is difficult to balance school lunch nutritional guidelines and maintain a healthy, meat-free lifestyle. The USDA only acknowledges certain sources of protein. The students were told to keep that in mind while preparing for the competition. Four schools produced six teams for the contest this year, ranging in grades from sixth to eighth. Walking into the cafeteria at Casey Middle School, the

U.S. from a long-running Japanese cooking show in 2004, and challenges the best Jack Cody, BVSD chefs in the country to make a better dish in one hour than celebrity “iron chefs” like Bobby Flay, Mario Batali and Masaharu Morimoto). Despite the occasional clatter of bowls hitting floor, laughter punctuated the air — that doesn’t really happen on the show. Adults milled about, chatting with one another and the kids. A moderator roamed between the teams asking foodrelated questions; (Top) Addie and Wyatt Lowrie of the Monarch Mustangs Alton Brown was not get fancy with the plating for their tofu banh mi wrap. (Bottom) Natalie Hitz and Olivia Snyder from Centennial Middle available. School prep ingredients for a strawberry balsamic salad. Getting to this point in the competition takes some effort, said Anne first sense to be tempted was the sense Mechling, teaching mentor to the Aspen of smell. Spices hung in the air, pungent Creek team. Each team is required to and teasing, letting the spectators know come up with a recipe, one that may be something good is waiting in the wings. easily replicated for mass production. The overall atmosphere was calm and Boulder Valley Sschool District serves easy-going, contrary to the televised competition for which this event was see CHEFS Page 56 named (Iron Chef was adapted for the

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at the nice blend of spicy and sweet, and the interesting addition of the raisins. One of the two teams representing Centennial Middle School, “Back to Bangkok,” came in next with another version of pad thai noodles. This dish was inspired by one of the team member’s trip to Bangkok two years ago. She had taken a Thai cooking class and fell in love with the cuisine. The idea was a blend of different recipes, adding a slightly different feel to the traditional dish. The judges didn’t anticipate mango

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on their plates and said it was a pleasant surprise. Platte Middle School also had two teams in the competition. The first team, the “Wild Wolves,” served pad miri with raisin rice. Their representative explained that every ingredient was fresh except the chili sauce, including the five-spice blend that was ground by hand. The judges enjoyed the spice blend and remarked on the bold choice of cooked cauliflower. Next was the brother and sister team from Monarch K-8. Their love of Asian and Mexican food inspired the Vietnamese banh mi wrap and a visually pleasing fruit decor. Marveling at the creative blend of two cultures, the judges noted favorably the use of tofu, daikon radishes and pickled flavor in every bite. The second team from Platt Middle School, the Platt Pack, delighted the judges with their version of a Vietnamese noodle dish. Using the same five-spice blend their schoolmates used, a combination of coriander, cinnamon, cumin, cardamom and anise, the team also made a gluten-free sauce from scratch and presented their mostly organic cuisine with a smile. Centennial Middle School’s second team, “Team Chow,” broke away from the pack and presented the judges with a pesto-inspired pasta dish. Deciding that pasta was kid-friendly, this team also whipped up a side salad with strawberries and balsamic vinaigrette. The judges retired to a back room to decide on a winning dish and after 10 minutes of anticipation, the judges were back with their decision. Honorable mentions each received a $50 gift card to spend at Whole Foods, encouraging the participants to fuel their culinary creativity. The teams that received honorable mention were Team Chow and Back to Bangkok, both from Centennial Middle School, and the Platt Pack. Third place went to the Asian/ Mexican infusion of the Monarch Mustangs, and second place went to the Aston Creek Cobras, the team of sixth grade boys who said they were already looking forward to next year’s competition. And the winner of the sixth annual BVSD Iron Chef competition was the team from Platt Middle School, Wild Wolves. Their pad miri with raisin rice will be featured as a vegetarian option on the school lunch menu next year. Excellent nosh aside, the amount of creativity, teamwork and positive attitudes from the kids that participated in this competition are what made this event worthwhile. Future contestants will continue pushing the boundaries of taste and presentation with style and class. Boulder Weekly

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ferent Asian-inspired spices, create an unexpected, one-of-a-kind refreshment,” said a recent Upslope press release. Put bluntly, this is not your average IPA. With such a fruity and smooth aftertaste, the hoppy flavor that can sometimes turn drinkers away is not as prominent, as in other Upslope IPAs. “I love that beer,” says Scruby. “It’s a fun one to cook with, it’s a fun one to pair with different meals and it’s really refreshing for what it is. It’s a great summer beer.” Coming in at a modest 6.5 percent alcohol content, especially for an IPA, the Thai Style White IPA has drinkability higher than most IPAs I have ever tried. It has reedy, grassy notes, which add a touch of earthy sweetness, with a refreshing body and finish that make it perfect for sipping on the porch or beside a river on a hot day. “What started as a collaboration with Denver’s Euclid Hall Bar and Kitchen, evolved into a tap room favorite and then became a Limited Release canned offering,” says Cutter. “Uncommon ingredients like Thai basil, ginger, lemongrass and coriander combine to give our Thai IPA its unique, but well-balanced, signature flavor.” Cans of this unique IPA can be found exclusively inside of Upslope Mix Box 12-packs. However, Upslope will be offering stand-alone six-packs of the Thai Style White IPA later this summer. Or you can stop in to one of its taprooms in Boulder to get a fresh pour of the IPA.

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Poetically speaking, it’s time to purify your world of all insanities, profanities, and inanities. It’s a perfect moment for that once-in-a-blue-moon Scour-a-Thon, when you have a mandate to purge all clunkiness, junkiness, and gunkiness from your midst. And as you flush away the unease of your hypocrisies and discrepancies, as you dispense with any tendency you might have to make way too much sense, remember that evil is allergic to laughter. Humor is one of the most effective psychospiritual cleansers ever.

NOV. 22-DEC. 21:

“An escalator can never break,” mused comedian Mitch Hedberg. “It can only become stairs. You should never see an ‘Escalator Temporarily Out Of Order’ sign, just ‘Escalator Is Temporarily Stairs.’” I think a similar principle applies to you, Sagittarius. If we were to try to evaluate your current situation with conventional wisdom, we might say that part of your usual array of capacities is not functioning at its usual level. But if we adopted a perspective like Hedberg’s, we could rightly say that this part of you is simply serving its purpose in a different way.

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DEC. 22-JAN. 19:

I was in the checkout line at Whole Foods. The shopper ahead me had piled her groceries on the conveyor belt, and it was her turn to be rung up. “How are you doing?” she said cheerfully to the cashier, a crabby-looking hipster whom I happened to know is a Cancerian poet and lead singer in a local rock band. “Oh, I am living my dream,” he replied. I guessed he was being sarcastic, although I didn’t know for sure. In any case, I had a flash of intuition that his answer should be your mantra in the coming weeks. It’s time to redouble your commitment to living your dream! Say it 20 times in a row right now: “I am living my dream.”

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JUNE 21-JULY 22:

LEO

JULY 23-AUG. 22:

As I awoke this morning, I remembered the dream I’d just had. In the dream, I had written a horoscope for you. Here’s what it said: “The Kentucky Derby is a famous horse race that takes place on the first Saturday of every May. It’s called ‘The Run for the Roses’ because one of the prizes that goes to the winning horse and jockey is a garland of 554 roses. I suspect that your life may soon bring you an odd treasure like that, Leo. Will it be a good thing, or too much of a good thing? Will it be useful or just kind of weird? Beautiful or a bit ridiculous? The answers to those questions may depend in part on your willingness to adjust your expectations.”

VIRGO

AUG. 23-SEPT. 22:

Don’t calm down. Don’t retreat into your sanctuary and relax into protective comfort. If you have faith and remain committed to the messy experiment you have stirred up, the stress and agitation you’re dealing with will ripen into vitality and excitement. I’m not exaggerating, my dear explorer. You’re on the verge of tapping into the catalytic beauty and rejuvenating truth that lurk beneath the frustration. You’re close to unlocking the deeper ambitions that are trapped inside the surface-level wishes.

LIBRA

SEPT. 23-OCT. 22:

I’ve got a tough assignment for you. It won’t be easy, but I think you’re ready to do a good job. Here it is: Learn to be totally at home with your body. Figure out what you need to do to feel unconditional love for your physical form. To get started on this noble and sacred task, practice feeling compassion for your so-called imperfections. I also suggest you cast a love spell on yourself every night, using a red candle, a mirror, and your favorite creamy beverage. It may also help to go down to the playground and swing on the swings, make loud animal sounds, or engage in unusually uninhibited sex. Do you have any other ideas?

JAN. 20-FEB. 18:

When Aquarian media mogul Oprah Winfrey was born, “Oprah” was not what she was called. Her birth certificate says she is “Orpah,” a name her aunt borrowed from a character who appears in the biblical Book of Ruth. As Oprah grew up, her friends and relatives had trouble pronouncing “Orpah,” and often turned it into “Oprah.” The distorted form eventually stuck. But if I were her, I would consider revisiting that old twist sometime soon, maybe even restoring “Orpah.” For you Aquarians, it’s a favorable time to investigate original intentions or explore primal meanings or play around with the earliest archetypes.

PISCES

FEB. 19-MARCH 20:

What I propose is that you scan your memories and identify everyone who has ever tried to limit your options or dampen your enthusiasm or crush your freedom. Take a piece of paper and write down a list of the times someone insinuated that you will forever be stuck in a shrunken possibility, or made a prediction about what you will supposedly never be capable of, or said you had a problem that was permanently beyond your ability to solve. Once you’ve compiled all the constricting ideas about yourself that other people have tried to saddle you with, burn that piece of paper and declare yourself exempt from their curses. In the days after you do this ritual, all of life will conspire with you to expand your freedom.

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Dear Dan: My partner is 31 years older than I am. I know the math: He’ll be 60 when I’m 29. But that isn’t the problem. The issue is he’s been a lifelong bachelor and never been monogamous. He’s fucked hundreds of women and is close friends with a lot of his former fuck buddies. Because of our four-year friendship before we hooked up, I know a lot about his sex life. The problem isn’t jealousy — and it isn’t knowing he’s fucked every woman he’s friends with or that he fucked someone else after declaring his love for me. It’s that I know too much. We both feel vulnerable at times — him because I’m still in contact with one ex, and me because I feel like I’m fighting his past preference for no-strings-attached relationships. He tells me this relationship is different and he loves me in a way he hasn’t loved anyone before. But I still feel like because of how many people he’s been with, and how many of these amazing, beautiful, young fuck buddies are still in his life, I’ll never attain any sort of primacy. — Notable Age Gap Gets In Newbie’s Grill Dear NAGGING: At some point in the future, your partner is going to be 60 and you’re going to be 29, NAGGING, which means you’re somewhere in your 20s and he’s somewhere in his 50s, right? (Math is hard!) And since you two were friends for four years before he realized you were the only woman he wanted to stick his dick in for the rest of his life — pay no attention to the woman he dicked during the brief interlude between telling you he loved you and the aforementioned realization — that means… um… Math is hard, like Barbie says, especially when you don’t have all the relevant data. The same goes for giving advice. Answering your question without knowing your actual ages is difficult, because it makes a difference whether you’re 21 and he’s 52 (which means this man befriended you when you were a high-school student) or you’re 28 and he’s 59 (and you met this man after you got out of college). Likewise, it would help to know how long you two have been together. Three months? Three years? Essentially, you’re asking me to game out the odds for both long-term success and monogamous success (and, yes, those are two different things), and that’s hard to do without knowing your ages and how long you’ve been together. Because I would definitely give your relationship slimmer odds of long-term success if your partner were the kind of middle-aged man who befriends and eventually beds high-school students. Conversely, I would give your relationship fatter odds of long-term success if you were three years into it and your partner had been successfully monogamous all that time. That said, NAGGING, cheating Boulder Weekly

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and breakups regularly happen in the absence of significant age gaps and friendship networks composed exclusively of ex–fuck buddies. (Since people tend to partner with — and cheat on and be cheated on by — people in their same age demographic, cheating and breakups almost always happen in the absence of significant age gaps. But that is correlation, not

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causation — and sophistry, too!) There are no guarantees. Your partner may revert to nonmonogamous form at some point and either cheat (boo!) or ask for permission to open up your relationship (yay?). You could find yourself in a caretaker role in 10-plus years and find yourself asking him for permission to open up your relationship. Or you guys could stay together and stay faithful

until death comes for one of you — most likely your partner, leaving you plenty of time to hook up with your ex, if he’s still available. Oh, shit — blah blah blah, I haven’t answered your question. You’ll obtain primacy — or realize you’ve already attained it — after a significant chunk of time has passed. So give it more time. Either it will work out or it won’t. But even if this relationship isn’t a long-term success, it can still be a short-term success. Good luck. Send questions to mail@savagelove.net and follow @fakedansavage on Twitter

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recently ran a study that examined the brains of patients who never used marijuana and was able to track the changes after cannabis use. The most fascinating thing Gruber found was that there was no impairment of the brain after using cannabis, and she actually found an improvement in the anterior singular cortex, the part of the brain that affects decision-making, empathy and emotions. This finding begs for more study. Gupta also grills U.S. senators Cory Booker, Kirsten Gillibrand and Rand Paul, who recently brought to the U.S. Senate a bill to end the federal prohibition on medical pot. Now in committees, it now has 13 other co-sponsors. The Compassionate Access, Research Expansion, and Respect States (CARERS) Act would move it from Schedule 1 to Schedule 2, which would allow for research without the threat of federal prosecution. “We are seeing a revolution of common sense and compassion,” says Booker. With this third special report, Gupta has become the most important voice for medical marijuana reform in the United States. “Journalists shouldn’t take a position. Objectivity is king,” Gupta says. “But, at some point, open questions do get answered. At some point, contentious issues do get resolved. At some point, common sense prevails.” Let’s hope he’s right about all three of those things. Bring on the research. You can hear Leland discuss his most recent column and Colorado cannabis issues each Thursday morning on KGNU. http://news.kgnu.org/weed

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