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I was intrigued by Bob Berwyn’s April 24 piece on brewery concerns over fracking [Re: “Hey, frackers — don’t mess with our beer!, Cuisine, April 24]. Craft brewing has become a huge Colorado industry, one responsible for more than a little net tourism that itself brings in “multiplier” money. Not all of the oil and gas produced within

Colorado is burned here. It is unfortunate that the hydrocarbon extraction industry operates like an Oklahoma land rush — the principal difference is that in Oklahoma the acreage legally available for one claimant was limited, while in the oil patch each operator wants all of it. This generates ruinous competition (economic term, not mine), temporarily seeming to enrich a few mineral estate or landown-

ers who by means of externalities (another economic term) can pass the costs on to others not similarly endowed. Our society has gone to considerable trouble to set aside millions of acres of wilderness for permanent human enjoyment; is enjoyment of the places where we live truly any less

is meant to promote Texas as a corporate utopia that offers state subsidies, zero income taxes, low wages, handsoff regulation, and other cushy deals for corporations that relocate to the Lone Star State. It’s a hustle that glorifies Perry, even though he’s using Texas tax dollars to take good-paying jobs from the places he visits and turn them into poor-paying jobs in his state. But the governor is used to tapping the public treasury to feather his own nest — and he has recently tapped it again to the tune of $450-an-hour. That’s for a high-dollar lawyer he’s hired at taxpayer expense to try to save his bacon — and his presidential fantasies. He doesn’t mention it on his outof-state Praise Perry tour, but he’s presently on the brink of being indicted for corruption back home. This mess involves the governor’s clumsy attempt to stop an investigation

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osh, the 2016 presidential primaries are a long way off, but look out — for here comes Rick Perry of Texas, riding his state’s taxpayer dollars into the GOP primary. Technically, he’s not campaigning, yet he’s popping up from New York to California, holding press conferences, running TV ads, meeting with money people, and telling everyone how terrific he is. In other words: Campaigning. Officially, his cross-country ramble

by the state’s ethics office into one of his pet slush funds that funneled taxpayer money to his corporate campaign donors. Last year, using a personal lapse by the director of the ethics office as an excuse, Perry simply vetoed the office’s entire funding. No office, no investigation, no problem! Clever, huh? Except that other funding was made available, so that investigation continues. And then a special prosecutor was appointed to investigate Perry’s ham-handed veto, so now his indictment looms. This could take the wheels off his road show. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com This opinion column does not necessarily reflect the views of Boulder Weekly. May 1, 2014 7

danish plan Last message from Myachka

Really BAD Ideas

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My t-shirt doesn’t discriminate against anybody. It’s not my problem if it hurts you!

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’m writing this week’s rant on ing like Western leaders in the years Sunday evening, April 28, which prior to World War II — their timid, this year was the beginning of toothless response to Putin’s annexation Holocaust Remembrance Day of the Crimea being only the most (Yom HaShoah in Hebrew). recent example. I’ve been thinking about Myachka. Pre-World War Two Europe saw I guess that’s how you would spell the Rhineland remilitarization, the it. The truth is I have no idea how you Austrian Anschluss, the Spanish Civil would spell Myachka in English — or War, and the Munich Agreement and Russian or Ukrainian or Yiddish or the subsequent dismemberment of Hebrew or any other language its name Czechoslovakia, all of which were met might have been written in. I’ve with Western inaction, appeasement, Googled “Myachka,” and several other indifference, fecklessness, or betrayal. variations of the spelling, from time to It is depressingly easy to find modtime, and nothing has ever come up. ern parallels. Putin’s Crimea grab, Nor do I know with any real preciObama’s unenforced Syrian redlines, sion where Myachka was located. the continued hollowing out of Western Somewhere around Kharkiv in the east- militaries, including the U.S. military, ern Ukraine (or while potential Kharkov as it used adversaries are to be called when increasing theirs, Ukraine was part the ongoing of Russia), I think. Western refusal to Myachka no recognize that IT WAS WIPED OFF THE longer exists. It Russia and China was wiped off the are the major FACE OF THE EARTH AND face of the earth enablers of the THE MAP DURING WORLD and the map durnuclear programs WAR II. I HAVE NO IDEA ing World War II. of rogue states like I have no idea Iran and North WHAT BECAME OF THE what became of Korea, Obama’s FAMILIES WHO LIVED the families who decision to ignore THERE. WITH ONE lived there. With Pakistani perfidy in one exception — providing sanctuary EXCEPTION — MINE. mine. to bin Laden and Myachka was in sustaining the the town that my Taliban — the list paternal grandpargoes on and on. ents, my father, and his two sisAnd then there is the ugliest parallel ters came from. of all — the rise of the new anti-SemiThey were not Holocaust survivors. tism. The most recent example comes My grandparents had the wit to get out from the eastern Ukrainian city of of Myachka, and Russia, during the Donesk in eastern Ukraine, where on Russian Civil War of 1918-1922. By the eve of Passover, leaflets were anonythe time World War II started they had mously distributed ordering Jews to been safely in Chicago for nearly 20 register with the government and pay a years. My relatives — on both sides — fee. Such registrations were typically who remained in Europe weren’t so the first step the Nazis took toward lucky. After the war started, we never implementing the Holocaust. heard from them again. The Donesk leaflets were forgeries, The thing that got me thinking and it is unclear who was behind them. about Myachka on Yom HaShoah this Russian separatists, the Russian governyear is that if Putin decides to invade ment, the Ukrainian government, and Ukraine and if Myachka was where I Ukrainian rightists are all plausible susthink it was, it is possible his tanks will pects. And that’s the problem — not roll over it without even realizing that it that the leaflets were forgeries but that had been there. That and the fact that there are so many plausible suspects. on Yom HaShoah this year the stench The broader truth is that the old monof the 1930s hung heavy in the air. Western leaders generally are behav- see DANISH PLAN Page 11

MYACHKA NO LONGER EXISTS.

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important? It is apparently assumed by the moneynow-consequences-later crowd, that “we” will indefinitely consider a gallon of oil much more important than a gallon of water. Without the latter the former matters not at all. Don’t give me that “cold, dark” argument; I used it myself when I worked for Conoco. I can be warm in my thousand-kilowatt house in the hinterlands while I rot from the inside from inhaling benzene and associated “legal” vapors. I begin to think there are enough likely agents of harm, especially without full disclosure by industry, to place an indefinite moratorium on all land drilling. But if the brewers are ruined, how do I drown my sorrows at what is being done to our precious world? Greg Iwan/Longmont

Passing the PC finish line

I recycle, carry my own grocery bags, drive a midsize SUV, go to a naturopath and an MD. I’m 52, married to a man, have a kid and I believe in Jesus and gay marriage. Do not, under any circumstances, get rid of that slogan!!! It’s brilliant [re: BolderBoulder ‘sissy’ T-shirt stirs debate 4/24/14]. In this day and age of oversensitivity and PC restrictions, this is truly taking it over the top. How ’bout: Sea Level is for PantyWaists? Or: Cinch up your skirt and run high? And I lived in Portland for 15 years. Uuughh, keep up the good work BolderBoulder and run on.

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Standoff irony

It’s perversely ironic for rancher Cliven Bundy to excoriate poor people for collecting government subsidies, while ripping off the federal government of a million dollars in grazing fees. But, even if he were to pay up, Bundy and his fellow ranchers would still be living on government welfare. Livestock grazing is subsidized by federal agencies on 270 million acres of public land in 11 western states to the tune of nearly $300 million annually. Monthly grazing fees per cow and calf on private rangeland average $11.90, but corresponding fees on federal lands are set at a paltry $1.35. Even so, grazing subsidies are dwarfed by other government subsidies and the medical, environmental, and other external costs imposed on society by animal agriculture. These extra costs have been estimated at $414 billion annually, or $3,600 per household. Each of us can make our $3,600 annual contribution to the common good by replacing animal products in our diet with the rich variety of grain, nut, and soy-based meat and dairy alternatives in our neighborhood supermarket. Rudolph Helman/Boulder

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offices across Colorado. As a colleague and fellow coroner from Moffat County, I have had the opportunity to consult with Ms. Hall on several investigations over the past three years. She has always been eager to share her knowledge and experience of forensic pathology and death investigation, which has been helpful in some of our most challenging and unusual cases. Ms. Hall often presents on uncom-

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sters are on the loose in Europe again, and no one seems to give a shit. The Donesk incident is not unique. Anti-Semitic vandalism of Jewish cemeteries, monuments, and synagogues, and unprovoked attacks on Jews are on the rise in Europe. Fascist political movements are springing up all over the continent, including Ukraine. On April 7 in Hungary, the neo-fascist and explicitly anti-Semitic Jobbik Party won almost 21 percent of the vote in the country’s April 7 elections and became the second largest party in the Hungarian Parliament. Next week, Israel will mark its 67th independence day. In Israel, the day before Independence Day is the day it honors all those who have fallen in its seven major wars and in hundreds of small engagements and terror attacks since the dawn of the Zionist movement more than a century ago — 26,655 as of 2010. Israel is a dangerous place. Israelis know that every war they fight could be their last. Outside of Kiev in Ukraine there is a ravine called Babi Yar. On Sept. 29 and 30, 1941, the Nazis shot 33,771 Jews in the ravine. In other words, more Jews were killed in two days at Babi Yar than in more than 100 years of warfare in Israel and Palestine. I am not the descendent of Holocaust survivors. But I am the descendent of Myachka survivors, and as such I would like to offer the remaining Jews in Ukraine a few words of advice that should be self-evident but apparently aren’t: Get out. Now! When the wolf is at the door it is too late. If no one else will take you, go to Israel. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com This opinion column does not necessarily reflect the views of Boulder Weekly.

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mon topics at the annual conference for the Colorado Coroner’s Association. Last fall she shared her experience handling the mortuary fire in Boulder County that involved seven bodies. It was informative to hear how she managed the scene, worked with the families and identified the bodies. As a result of her investigation, she was able to verify that there were no fatalities from the fire. The case presented a

challenging question of coroner jurisdiction, and Ms. Hall received high remarks from other coroners and forensic pathologists for how she handled this situation. I appreciated her insight into the role of the coroner in this case and her ability to bring closure to the families of the deceased. I have also met several of Ms. Hall’s staff who attend and present on educational topics at the Colorado Coroners

Association Conference. I have always found her staff to be very professional and knowledgeable. I am thankful to have Ms. Hall and her staff as a resource, especially when situations arise where I need guidance in communicating and working with families in difficult situations. I firmly believe that the voters of Boulder County should re-elect Emma Hall for a second term as coroner. Kirk McKey, Coroner, Moffat County

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f you want advice on what you can do to help Boulder recover from last year’s flood, you might want to talk to Seth Blum. On Saturday, he led a team of 38 volunteers in a flood-restoration project along South Boulder Creek. By all accounts, it was a good day. Not only was the weather perfect, people were eager to get a lot done. And they did. “There were some 5th graders on the project and they did great,” Blum says. “There were some in their 50s and 60s, and they did great too.” As for Blum, he’s 17 and a senior at New Vista High School. He organized and oversaw the work along South Boulder Road, just west of Cherryvale Road. There, last September, flood waters ravaged the landscape, leaving a ruined bridge and dead branches amid the muck — essentially a mess. Blum noticed it often. He lives about 10 minutes away, and, “honestly,” he says, what was once a lush corner Wildlands Restoration Volunteers of Boulder had become an eyesore, a patch of mud and dirt cleared after the flood. But thanks to a flurry of shoveling, pick-axing, clipping, raking and moving, the site has been restored. The small group planted 900 native plants, including 300 willows, 30 cottonwood trees, 270 grasses, rushes and sedges and 300 shrubs. “It’s a good variety,” Blum says, and they’re all native to the region — “what should be there anyway.” Moreover, the plants will prevent unwanted species from invading and help prevent erosion. So will the approximately 2,500 square feet of erosion control matting installed along the banks of the river. It will help prevent loose soil from being washed away in the spring runoff. The work was organized through Wildlands Restoration Volunteers, a Boulder-based nonprofit that takes direct action to care for and restore the land. It was through the nonprofit that Blum found a youth mentorship program and was encouraged to pick a flood restoration project to lead. Blum approached Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks, which offered to collaborate on the South Boulder Road area. “I went to them and they were very receptive,” he says. The effort should also be beneficial to protecting Preble’s meadow jumping mice in the region. The mouse, which the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service classifies as an “endangered species,” was the center of controversy late last year amid news accounts suggesting that protections for the mice might somehow delay flood recovery efforts in Colorado. Those reports were “inaccurate,” the service implored at the time, emphasizing its efforts with other agencies to achieve recovery while upholding the tenets of the Endangered Species Act. Now, the mice may find cover from predators in the chokecherry and snowberry shrubs, Blum adds, planted randomly, in a pattern meant to mimic nature. Leadership, Blum has learned from the project, is about organization, particularly on the front end, like getting people, food and equipment all to show up at the same time and place, making sure everyone has what they need to do their job and maintaining positive morale. He had help. Shops, he said, donated some food and snacks. The willow shoots were harvested from Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks — Wonderland Lake. In all, with the nonprofit’s support, it was a “pretty cheap project,” Blum notes. The rewards of one Saturday are sure to linger. When Blum and others pass the site in years to come, they may smile as they mark how much the willows have spread their branches. “These projects build community,” Blum says. “The volunteers will look at it and say, ‘I worked on that.’” — Michael de Yoanna Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com Boulder Weekly

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n Monday, April 28, in a packed Opera House in San Francisco, $1,050,000 was handed out to six of the most impressive environmental activists in the world in the form of the Goldman Environmental Prize. The Goldman prizes aren’t just big in dollars; they are life changing and planet-altering awards given each year to six grassroots environmental activists who are putting forth an exceptional effort to save our planet. According to the Goldman Prize website, the work of “prize recipients often focuses on protecting endangered ecosystems and species, combating destructive development projects, promoting sustainability, influencing environmental policies and striving for environmental justice. Prize recipients are often women and men from isolated villages or inner cities who chose to take great personal risks to safeguard the environment.” This year’s recipients are no exception to the rule, but what is out of the ordinary is that five out of the six have a Boulder connection in the form of the Global Greengrants Fund. This Boulder-based fund is the largest environmental fund in the world when it comes to offering grants to support grassroots environmental action. Boulder’s Global Greengrants Fund has provided over 8,000 grants in 142 countries, worth over $37 million. With that track record, it’s understandable why both the Goldman Prize and Global Greengrants Fund have offered support to this year’s Goldman Prize winners at one time or another. The following bios of this year’s Goldman Prize winners are courtesy of the Goldman Prize. All recipients with the exception of Helen Holden Slottje have received past support from Boulder-based Global Greengrants Fund. RUTH BUENDIA — PERU Overcoming a history of traumatic violence, Ruth Buendía united the Asháninka people in a powerful campaign against large-scale dams that would have once again uprooted indigenous communities still recovering from Peru’s civil war. Ruth Buendía successfully united the Asháninka indigenous people to campaign against the large-scale dams that would have destroyed their homeland. DESMOND D’SA — SOUTH AFRICA Desmond D’Sa rallied south Durban’s diverse and disenfranchised communities to successfully shut down a toxic waste dump that was exposing nearby residents to dangerous chemicals and robbing them of their constitutionally protected right to a safe and clean environment.

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RAMESH AGRAWAL — INDIA With a small internet café as his headquarters, Ramesh Agrawal organized villagers to demand their right to information about industrial development projects and succeeded in shutting down one of the largest proposed coal mines in Chhattisgarh. SUREN GAZARYAN — RUSSIA An internationally recognized bat expert and zoologist, Suren Gazaryan led multiple campaigns exposing government corruption and illegal use of federally protected forestland along Russia’s Black Sea coast. He played a critical role in drawing attention to the environmental devastation of the Sochi Olympics. RUDI PUTRA — INDONESIA A biologist by training, Rudi Putra is dismantling illegal palm oil plantations that are causing massive deforestation in northern Sumatra’s Leuser Ecosystem, protecting the habitat of the critically endangered Sumatran rhino. HELEN HOLDEN SLOTTJE — UNITED STATES Using a clause in the state constitution that gives municipalities the right to make local land use decisions, Helen Slottje provided pro-bono legal assistance, helping towns across New York defend themselves from oil and gas companies by passing local bans on fracking. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com Boulder Weekly

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Gross Reservoir in Boulder County will undergo an expansion if Denver Water’s proposal to increase transmountain diversions from Fraser River is approved.

Proposed water diversion and Gross Reservoir expansion may trigger all-out water war Area residents and Boulder County warily eyeballing new environmental study for planned expansion by Bob Berwyn

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ater has never come easy in the West, and when people start eying the last few drops of an already dying river, things can get tense in a hurry, even in an era of Colorado River Kumbaya. Some water wranglers were already on hair-trigger alert before the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released the latest version of an environmental study for Denver Water’s proposal to increase transmountain diversions from the Fraser River and store the water in an expanded Gross Reservoir, in Boulder County — a decade is a long time to wait, for everyone involved. “After being in a permitting process for more than 10 years, we are pleased to see the release of the Final Environmental Impact Statement for Denver Water’s Moffat Collection System Project,” says Jim Lochhead, Denver Water CEO and manager. Colorado’s biggest water provider says the project will guard against future shortages on the northern branch of its system and provide more operating flexi14 May 1, 2014

bility, make the overall system more resilient to climate change and extreme weather events like floods and fires. And part of the mitigation includes water earmarked for environmental purposes on both sides of the Continental Divide, water that could benefit a sometimes stressed trout population in the South Fork of Boulder Creek. After scouring thousands of public comments and compiling the voluminous scientific and engineering studies for the Moffat Collection System Project, the federal agency says the new diversion and storage would help avert a potential major Denver Water system failure. The feds singled out Arvada, Westminster and the North Table Mountain Water and Sanitation District as especially vulnerable to raw water shortages without the project. Release of the final EIS is one of the final steps in the intricate and regulatory ritual required by the National Environmental Policy Act, commonly known as NEPA. Especially for big projects involving public resources, the law is intended as an environmental bul-

wark. Ten years is a long time, but irrevocable allocation of public resources requires a hard — not a fast — look, the law says. If that intent is met by carefully analyzing and comparing a few reasonable alternatives and disclosing impacts, then the public and stakeholders should all have a good idea of what’s at stake — after you’ve read thousands of pages. A few hours after the study was posted, the environmental community targeted media and the public with statements and blog posts from conservation groups, including a stern warning shot from Earthjustice, the legal arm of the green machine. In response to the Corps’ dire warnings of water shortages, some conservation advocates seemed to be saying they’re ready for an all-out battle over the Moffat project. Hardened battle lines are nothing new in western water wars, but if Winston Churchill were to comment on this one, he might say, “Never have so many battled so hard over so little.” Boulder Weekly

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a desire to protect the reliability of the existing system to shocks such as fires and drought,” Kenney told the Boulder Weekly via email. Another Colorado water scholar had a different perspective, illustrating the range of opinions within the natural resources community. “At a time when the Bureau of Reclamation has told us that water demand in the Colorado [River] basin now exceeds the available supply, it seems somewhat foolhardy to be taking more water out of the basin,” says Mark Turning point? Squillace, also a law Conflict over the professor at CU’s Moffat project may Natural Resources be avoided, since all Law Center. the parties worked “At this IN THE COLORADO on this collaboramoment, and notBASIN NOW EXCEEDS tively, says withstanding what THE AVAILABLE Conservation most people seem to think is a very good Colorado advocacy SUPPLY, IT SEEMS water year, lake levdirector Becky FOOLHARDY TO BE els at Lake Powell Long. TAKING MORE WATER are below 40 percent “People really of capacity and at rolled up their OUT...’ Lake Mead below sleeves and went to — MARK SQUILLACE, 44 percent of capacwork on that plan. ... CU LAW PROFESSOR ity,” Squillace says, My sense is Denver has been pretty willhighlighting the ing to mitigate and persistent strains on negotiate,” says the larger Colorado Long, who has deep River system. roots in rural agricultural water use after “Moreover, total inflows into Powell are growing up in the ranch and grazing at about 68 percent of the average lands of the Lower Blue Valley, north of inflow for April 24. Silverthorne. “To make matters worse, in a recent Even before fully studying the final letter signed by Jim Lochhead for the environmental impact statement, Long Front Range Water Council, Front says it’s clear that this proposal is differ- Range water users are apparently anticient from many past projects because of pating making future claims on the huge effort put into mitigating the Colorado River water supplies.” effects of new diversions and storage, especially on the Western Slope. Transmountain diversions, Some legal and policy experts at the transmountain impacts University of Colorado Boulder agree Even though the proposal won’t crewith her assessment, while cautioning ate anything close to a major new reserthat a renewed push for an additional voir, there will be significant effects on big new transmountain diversion in the both sides of the mountains. In Boulder forthcoming state water plan could County, people living in the hills around exacerbate overall tensions, making it Gross Reservoir are facing years of harder to reach agreement on relatively heavy construction, possibly including smaller projects like Moffat. onsite quarrying with associated air “I don’t have strong opinions about quality issues, not to mention the potenthe merits of the project,” says Doug tial for streams of heavy semi trucks Kenney, director of the Western Water rumbling along the windy mountain Policy Program at the Getchesroads. Wilkinson Center for Natural Denver Water says the final plan Resources, Energy and the tries to carefully address concerns raised Environment, University of Colorado by comments. For example, after hearLaw School. ing that quarrying rock onsite (proposed “I can say that it reflects several eleto reduce truck traffic) would leave visuments of modern water storage projects al scars, Denver Water responded to this in that it enlarges an existing facility concern by providing more details on rather than creating a new one, was the proposed reclamation measures, accompanied by negotiations with key See GROSS Page 17 West Slope interests, and is inspired by

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What a local archaeologist learned by digging up her 122-year-old privy By Joel Dyer

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hen Rebecca She says that all through history, sure-hunters have been butting heads all Schwendler found her people have thrown away very interestacross the country when it comes to dream home in ing things in their outhouses; things privy sites. As a result, the scientific Lafayette, it’s safe to say that can tell us a lot about the people community has begun to make the old that her eye for detail and the times; things that they wouldn’t outhouse locations a priority. Privy digwent well beyond that of the average want other people to know about. It ging has become its own specialty withhomebuyer. It wasn’t just the porch or makes sense. Who would plow through in archeology. In 2000, the journal kitchen or period woodwork in the their neighbor’s excrement to see what Historical Archaeology devoted an entire Victorian-era home that Courtesy of University of Colorado Museum of Natural History issue to privy digging. drew her to the closing There were many table. It was all that plus examples in that journal of a small wooden building the importance of finding in the backyard about privy artifacts in context. the size and shape of the For instance, David R. TARDIS used by the Bush, who was then teachDoctor to travel through ing anthropology at Ohio’s time. Yes, that’s a Doctor Center for Historic and Who reference. Military Archaeology at The old wooden Heidelberg College, was structure was an outable to piece together the house not a police call horrendous living condibox as in TV series, but tions of Confederate prisfor Schwendler, it was oners of war being held on still a time machine of Ohio’s Johnson’s Island. By sorts. Once she was sure examining privy pits in that no one had been context, Bush could tell meddling in the “night what the prisoners were soil” as it’s politely called given to eat, what ailments in scientific circles — they had and what medi“poop” if you’re a sixth cines were offered for treatgrader — there was ment. He even discovered nothing else she could escape attempts in the form do but buy the place. of tunnels leading out of Schwendler is an the privy pits. archaeologist with a While there was no Archaeologist Rebecca Schwendler time traveling compliments of Ph.D. in anthropology, one trying to escape from Victorian-era poop. which means there’s no Schwendler’s Lafayette need for therapy in light outhouse, there were plenof her pastime. Digging through the old they were tossing down the hole? ty of important findings to be had. feces pits of outhouses is important work “It’s not just finding old objects in Schwendler says that her privy shed for those of her ilk and we can all learn a the privies that make them important light on the people and the times in good deal from their historical proctolosites,” explains Schwendler. “It’s finding Lafayette. gy. them in context. That’s why it’s imporSchwendler’s home has quite a his“When you look at privies,” says tant that archaeologists do the digging, tory aside from its privy. The land the Schwendler, “you can get a lot of useful not artifact hunters.” house sits on today was purchased by a information about the history of a One of the reasons that Schwendler furnituremaker in 1892 from Mary place.” lectures about her Lafayette privy — she Miller. Miller was the founder of Schwendler says the poo … er, hiswill be speaking May 7, at the University Lafayette who named the town for her tory in her Lafayette privy dates back to of Colorado Museum of Natural History late husband. A preacher later lived in when her house was built in 1892. Her — is to educate the public about the his- the house, as did a union organizer research and privy-digging in 2010 indi- torical importance of privy sites and the from the area’s coalfields in the 1920s. cated that the last loaf was pinched proper way to preserve the information So what kinds of things could the outsometime in the 1930s. But even after buried within them. house tell us about the lives of such the outhouse was no longer being used “In 2012 I heard about a guy who people? for its special purpose, it still functioned was going around digging up privies in “I found that the people living in the as a household dump of sorts until the Boulder,” says Schwendler. “He wasn’t house during the Victorian era [defined late 1950s or early ’60s, which, for an an archaeologist. Once he had worked a as 1837 to 1901] had a pretty diverse archaeologist like Schwendler, is the privy, the information was lost forever.” diet,” says Schwendler. “At the Victorian equivalent of hitting the mother lode. It’s true. Archaeologists and trealevel I found butchered bones from cow 16 May 1, 2014

and pig, big peach pits, a citrus rind which would have been rare, squash seeds and fish vertebrae. That’s pretty diverse. “At the post World War I level, it was very different. I found some gnawed-on rib bones but mostly the food was canned — canned meat, canned vegetables. I think there was canned fruit. A real change.” Another interesting factoid revealed from the privy: Victorians liked their opiates. “The coolest, weirdest thing I found was a glass syringe at the Victorian level. When you learn about the Victorians you realize that they selfmedicated with all kinds of opiates for kids and adults,” says Schwendler. Besides the syringe, she also found many patent medicine bottles, which also contained various elixirs comprised of opiates and alcohol to one degree or another. She also tied her privy findings to the historical record of who had lived in her house and when. For instance, in the Victorian period, the preacher lived and eventually died in the house. She knows that he was very ill for quite some time. So it makes sense that when she excavated the Victorian level she found not only the syringes and bottles of opiates, but also an articulated pig foot. “At that time, such a pig’s foot would have been boiled to create a broth for someone who was sick,” she says. “That’s what they used as a treatment. The preacher was sick so it makes sense to find the foot at that level in the privy. We don’t know for sure that’s the story but it is a clue.” In all, Schwendler found more than 100 artifacts in the old privy pit. A complete teacup from the Victorian era, pearl buttons, patent bottles, model T parts, cans for everything from food to hair-care products and much more. If time travel privy-style sounds interesting to you, then Schwendler’s lecture at the museum might just be your ticket. If you know of a privy site that should be protected from artifact hunters, make sure that the historical society, landmarks board or even Dr. Schwendler know about it. It could turn out to be an important archaeological site. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com Boulder Weekly

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including rock sculpting and staining the exposed rock to mimic a natural rock face, and selective plantings to break up the scale of the exposed area and soften the contrasts with adjacent areas. West of the Continental Divide, the diversions would result in more than three-quarters of the flow of some Fraser River tributaries being shunted through the Moffat Tunnel and into the enlarged reservoir, further draining a river ecosystem that’s already on the brink of collapse because of reduced flows, sediment loading and water that’s too warm for trout. To address the impacts to flows in the Fraser and the Upper Colorado, Denver Water has agreed to a plan that requires extensive monitoring and hands-on management, with immediate adjustments to flows and diversion rates if conditions are deemed dangerous for river critters. If it’s lived up to, the three-way agreement between Denver Water, Grand County and Colorado Trout Unlimited could actually improve existing conditions in those headwaters streams, the stakeholders said when they announced their agreement a few weeks ago. That agreement also includes a provision for a pool of environmental water in Gross Reservoir, which would benefit South Boulder Creek below Gross Reservoir, according to Trout Unlimited. In-stream mitigation doesn’t touch the issues that would affect current residents in the hills around Gross Reservoir — that’s why Boulder County is destined to enter the fray once again, after previously punting on a proposed intergovernmental agreement with Denver Water. “At some point, Denver Water will need a permit from the county,” says Chris Garre, who lives on the south shore and has become leader of a grassroots effort to draw attention to the concerns of area residents. Standing at one of the stunning overlooks, Garre explained graphically how the landscape would permanently change with construction, including a de-forested rock face at the site of the potential quarry, along with a total inundation of the existing shoreline and the elimination of tens of thousands of trees.

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county commissioners would be within their scope of authority to deny permission for the reservoir expansion. In reality, towns and counties have been reluctant to fully exercise those so-called 1041 powers, because when they do, it leads to the ultimate showdown, when the outcome is always uncertain. Similar issues came up when Front Range water users wanted to up diversions from Eagle County via an expanded Homestake Project, a battle that shaped all subsequent water discussions between the Front Range and the Western Slope. “The lesson from that case is that it’s important to collaboratively build support for a project in order to avoid troubles with permitting,” says Kenney, who wrote a detailed paper on the Eagle County confrontation. “Denver Water clearly tried to do that, but it has proven tough to reach a deal with Boulder. If Boulder digs in its heels, then I suspect this is an issue that prompts new legislative efforts, which could all occur against the backdrop of increasing East-West tensions associated with efforts to get a big new transmountain diversion featured in the forthcoming State Water Plan. I don’t know what will happen, but it will be interesting,” Kenney says.

What next? The formal comment period ends in June, but could be extended by another 45 days, with many entities already saying they will request more time. Denver Water execs said they expect a final Corps of Engineers decision on the $360 million project within a year. The decision will be made at the regional Corps of Engineers headquarters in Omaha. Beyond that, Denver Water still needs several other major permits, including an amendment to a federal hydropower license and a water quality certification under the state-run Clean Water Act standards. Denver Water spokesman Steve Snyder said the cost of the project, based on a per acre-foot yield, is in line with other water projects along the Front Range. The first phases of construction including offsite road improvements could start as early as 2017, with dam construction expected to start in 2018 and finish in 2021, with the heaviest construction occurring between 2019 and 2020, Snyder says. All schedules are based upon the permitting schedule and may be delayed or accelerated pending approvals. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com

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Jose Beteta is city’s first non-citizen appointee by Michael de Yoanna

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ose Beteta’s American Jose Beteta is an undocumented story is a familiar kind. noncitizen who’s been appointed When he came to the to Boulder’s Human Relations Commission. United States, he was just 13 years old. His parents wanted a better life for him and his brothers and America provided good work and a fine educational system. So his family made the big decision, left everything they knew behind in Costa Rica and came here to carve out a new identity. Now, with some streaks of gray in his hair, Beteta is 32. He still has an accent but he’s deeply settled in his American self. He owns a small business. He’s recently become the president of the Boulder County Latino Chamber of Commerce. And, with the blessing of Boulder’s City Council, he is the newest member of the city’s discrimination-fighting Human Relations Commission. “I’m very humbled by it,” Beteta Boulder County Republicans, were says of his appointment. “I feel like it is supportive for their own reasons. In a a great opportunity to allow me to con- “Voter Guide” newspaper ad prior to nect the Latino community even more the election, the local GOP said 2G with itself and with the non-Latino “just seems logical — registering to community. There is a lot, I guess, of vote doesn’t have anything to do with mistrust, and a lot of resentment over one’s ability to serve.” the years that has happened because of To Human Relations Commission the treatment of underrepresented per- Chairwoman Amy Zuckerman, the sons in the community. … I hope to be election result was an affirmation of able to serve as a link — as a liaison — the commission’s mission. And last between these two groups and start the week, she described Beteta’s swearing healing process and the progress.” in as a “truly historic” moment for the Some of the hurt, he notes, stems nation. from something apparent. Boulder has “The appointment of a non-elector had few Latino leaders in prominent to a municipal board or commission is, posts over the years. as far as we have found, unprecedented What makes Beteta’s appointment not only in the city of Boulder, but so unusual is that he’s not a U.S. citianywhere in the entire country,” she zen. He represents a milestone for said. Boulder, and perhaps the nation, as the Making Beteta’s appointment more first person to be appointed to a city heartening to Zuckerman is that his commission under a new law approved immigration status is a legal mess. He’s by voters in November. Ballot Question undocumented and has struggled for 2G amended the City Charter to allow years through attorneys to resolve his adult residents to serve on boards and situation without luck. commissions “even if they are not city “A lot of people assume that electors.” Essentially, the measure, because all the 21 years that I’ve been which passed by 62 percent of the vote, here that I’ve been lazy about it, but lets people who can’t or don’t vote seek that is not the case,” he says. “I’ve seen appointments to vacant commission over 15 attorneys through this whole and board seats. process. It’s always been a negative outSome, including the Libertarian look. So that’s why I’ve never moved Party of Boulder County, had opposed on with it.” the measure. Others, such as the Beteta joins a commission that Boulder Weekly

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works to “foster mutual respect and understanding” in Boulder. Such an expansive description plays out for the board in a variety of ways. The Human Relations Commission, for instance, has a budget of tens of thousands of dollars each year to spend on events that raise social awareness, like Asian and Jewish festivals, educational, cultural and arts programs and Pridefest, just to name just a few. About four years ago, the commission, in its quasijudicial role, was at the forefront of an investigation of Siamese Plate restaurant for its alleged failure to pay its employees wages. Eventually, the commission referred the case to lawenforcement authorities, leading to a federal grand jury indictment of the owner of restaurants in Boulder and Broomfield on suspicion of abusing undocumented workers, including making them work more than 30 hours of overtime a week without compensation. The Human Relations Commission also takes a leading role in advising the City Council on where to stand on policy. This year, for example, on the advice of the commission, the council is supporting the Wage Protection Act — Senate Bill 005 — at the Legislature. The bill seeks to give the state labor department the power to investigate and adjudicate all wage

claim cases. Another measure backed by the commission was 2G. Ultimately, the commission convinced the council to place the measure on the ballot for voters to decide. The effort was about a decade in the making, says Shirly White, a member of the Human Relations Commission for two years and a naturalized U.S. citizen. “There was a feeling in the Latino community for a long time that there needs to be better representation,” White says. “Lots of folks were involved in making this happen.” The criteria for who can serve on city boards and commissions were set in the original City Charter in 1918 and amended in 1998. It states: “Each of such commissions, including the library commission, shall be composed of five electors, appointed by the council, not all of one sex, well known for their ability, probity, public spirit, and particular fitness to serve on such respective commissions…” The requirement that those who serve be “electors” prevented non-citizens and others who don’t vote from participating. But activists, including local Latinos, raised concern that too many people in the community were not being given a voice. The Human Relations Commission agreed and seven years ago first advised the City Council to support removing the “elector” requirement. But the council was closely split and declined, with some members expressing a desire to “avoid concern about ‘illegal’ immigrants sitting on local government as officials” and the fact that felons, who are barred from voting, might get on boards, according to commission documents. What turned the tide last year seemed to be the years of hard work and perseverance by community members and commissioners who wouldn’t let the issue die, Zuckerman says. Moreover, the support, from the council to voters, was there. “All of this has come back to our commission and we’re really excited,”

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Zuckerman says. “So this has been a journey … I think sometimes in the advocate role you can feel as though there isn’t a groundswell of support, but I think in this case that has been laid.” What voters have done is provide a place for people like Beteta to emerge from the background of Boulder’s daily din to play a role in shaping the community to which they belong. Beteta, who was selected from five applicants, sees his five-year appointment by “acclamation” (that is to say with the support of all) of the City Council as a special duty. “I want to be able to work more with Latinos to be able to bring more people like myself out of the shadows,” he says. Life in the shadows, he adds, is one where “you are always looking over your shoulder.” Undocumented people may be denied basics most Americans take for granted, like being able to open a bank account, rent or buy a house or have health or car insurance, Beteta says. They hesitate to raise their voice about injustices, he adds. “A lot of undocumented persons stay quiet when crimes are committed against them, whether it be wage theft, whether it be physical violence, whether it be discrimination ­— those are the kinds of things that they will not report because they are afraid that when they come into contact with law officers that they are going to be apprehended and taken away from everything that they know,” Beteta says, adding that he plans to work with law enforcement on

such issues. He has already come a long way for someone in the shadows. Seven years ago, Beteta graduated from Howard University in Washington, D.C., receiving a degree for information systems and business administration, computer and information sciences and support services. In 2008, he launched his own business, LeapTech Solutions, a network infrastructure company that emphasizes environmentally friendly, cost-saving solutions. With his wife Tamil Maldonado, a U.S. citizen from Puerto Rico, he co-founded Barrio E’, an organization that embraces Puerto Rican music, culture and education. His work with the Boulder County Latino Chamber of Commerce is a deep source of pride. Beteta joined in 2012 and by 2013, with an eye on marketing strategies, he became vice president. Now president, he says the chamber is succeeding, thanks to a combination of savvy online techniques, engaging “icebreaker” events that challenge stereotypes and outreach to young people and small businesses. Part of the strategy is low membership dues that “mom and pop shops can afford.” He’s watched the organization grow quickly around Boulder County and even has seen interest from as far away as Fort Collins and Denver. “Our membership has doubled already and it’s not even the first half of the year,” he says. “I’m very optimistic about that.” While it seems Beteta has taken firm steps into the realm of public life, Boulder Weekly

news he says his appointment to the Human Relations Commission has brought intense interest in his affairs that at times he’s struggled to become comfortable with. Before agreeing to an interview with Boulder Weekly, Beteta hesitated. He’d been branded an “illegal” immigrant in headlines by other news organizations. But eventually, Beteta said he wanted to tell BW his story so that others can learn from his experiences. The undercurrent is fear — fear that federal immigration authorities might intervene or investigate Beteta if they are paying attention to the news in Boulder. And deportations in recent years are up — way up. President Obama has earned the label “Deporter-in-Chief ” from his critics because his administration has deported some two million people at a rate of deportation that has eclipsed that of his predecessor, George W. Bush. Immigration attorneys have cried foul, saying the system has even sent some away who have legal grounds to stay in the country. But for the first time Beteta is feeling optimistic about his status. “Right now,” he says, “I see a light at the end of the tunnel.” He attributes that hope, which ends with U.S. citizenship, to going public. The light at the end of the tunnel is emanating from the collective torchbearers who want him to stay, he says. Among his supporters is Congressman Jared Polis, a Boulder Democrat. After Beteta was sworn in, Polis picked up the phone to offer congratulations. He knows Beteta “took some degree of risk” to merely apply for a place on the commission. “It really is groundbreaking that he is the first undocumented American to serve in an official public service capacity,” Polis tells Boulder Weekly. “I know that the Human Relations Commission will benefit greatly.” Polis notes that there are many people in Boulder County and across the country facing the same kinds of legal issues, looking for pathways to become Americans. “Jose is similar to so many other aspiring Americans who live in the shadows and want nothing more than to pay taxes and follow our laws and work hard and make our country stronger,” Polis says. “We certainly need to create the legal framework that allows them to do that.” Polis’ office is directly assisting Beteta in his bid for citizenship. “He has the possibility of normalizBoulder Weekly

ing his status based on his marriage,” Polis says. “It’s not an easy road, but I’m committed to supporting his case at every step, including letters of support and doing everything we can to allow him to seek a remedy under the law.” When he was sworn in, Beteta agreed to uphold the Constitution. He also took the opportunity to thank many people: his wife, his friends and all of those in Boulder who collaborat-

ed for nearly a decade to pave the way for a non-citizen to be part of civic life. In his remarks, Beteta issued “a call to action to underrepresented persons to seek leadership positions in the city, the county and the state.” “We need to make our voices heard and embrace each other’s differences to grow stronger together,” he said. “Our board is here to address your concern so please be involved in what we do.”

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Left: Arvada resident Russell Weisfield filed suit against the city after learning that council members voted anonymously during a special session on Jan. 10. Right: Denver attorney Steven Zansberg says that if a February ruling by a Jefferson County judge goes uncorrected, it will render Colorado’s Sunshine Law a dead letter.

Let the Sunshine in A JeffCo District Court ruling weakens all Colorado citizens’ rights under Open Meetings Law by Caitlin Rockett

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n February, Jefferson County District Court Judge Margie Enquist ruled that a secret ballot vote by the Arvada City Council didn’t violate Colorado’s Open Meetings Law, often referred to as the “Sunshine Law.” Enquist also ruled that the plaintiff, a citizen of Arvada, had no legal standing to take action against the city government because he couldn’t prove he suffered personal injury from the secret voting. Enquist’s ruling challenges the foundation of Colorado’s 42-year-old Sunshine Law, part of which prohibits, with odd exceptions, state and local legislative bodies from casting secret ballots. But what some people find most disturbing is that the ruling questions whether any and all citizens have the right to challenge their government when it knowingly hides actions, and if upheld, renders the Sunshine Law a dead letter. Steven Zansberg, a Denver-based attorney and president of Colorado’s Freedom of Information Coalition, says he found the ruling astonishing. “It really is hard to understand how that statute, that the Open Meeting Laws, would not provide a basis for any member of the public to go to court for denial of access to a public meeting, to challenge the denial of access,” says Zansberg. Arvada District 1 resident Russell Weisfield filed suit against the City of Arvada after learning that council members voted anonymously during a special Boulder Weekly

session on Jan. 10 to fill the District 1 seat left vacant by Rachel Zenzinger after she headed to Denver to replace the recently resigned state Sen. Evie Hudak. “From the moment I saw that they were going to be using secret ballots, as shown in their agenda, it infuriated me,” Weisfield says, referring to the fact that “Voting by Secret Ballot” was listed as Item 5 on the council’s special session agenda. As with other council meetings, the Jan. 10 session was recorded, showing the six-member group deciding between five finalists. Mayor Marc Williams can be heard on the video discussing the method by which members will cast clandestine votes. “We will each be marking with a checkmark so that no one will ever know which one of us were X’s or O’s or some other form of marking, so we will all use a checkmark designation on the ballots,” says Williams. He can later be heard discussing how ballots should be folded to further hide each council member’s identity as they voted. “In my viewpoint, it guts the Open Meetings Law,” Weisfield says of the secret vote. “The purpose behind that law, as I understand it, is to make sure that government is open, and when someone who lives in the district for which the council member is appointed can’t even know how their councilors are being appointed … the fact that I won’t be able to base my vote on how they’ve conducted

themselves in council is appalling.” Paragraph IV of the Open Meetings Law states: “Neither a state nor a local public body may adopt any proposed policy, position, resolution, rule, or regulation or take formal action by secret ballot unless otherwise authorized in accordance with the provisions of this subparagraph (IV).” In addition to the plaintiff having no legal standing, the JeffCo Court ruled that the Colorado Constitution makes municipal election issues a matter of local concern; the Colorado Open Meetings Law does not regulate filling of council vacancies; and Arvada followed its Home Rule Municipal Charter (which allows voters to create contracts that act as a city’s governing document over local issues). Weisfield says he was surprised at the ruling, and he’s not alone. Colorado lawmakers have also taken issue with the decision, leading to the late session introduction of House Bill 1390. “So Rep. [Bob] Gardner, joined by [Sen. Rachel] Zenzinger have introduced a bill to the same legislative session to clarify that it was never the intent of the general assembly to not afford standing to any member of the public that is denied access to a public meeting, or is threatened not to have access to public meeting — that includes through the use of secret ballots,” says Zansberg. According to Gardner (R-Colorado Springs), the bipartisan bill clarifies what he says he believes the original

Sunshine Law intended to accomplish. “That is, if an individual citizen wants access to a meeting of the government that is supposed to be ‘open,’ and if that individual is denied access, then he or she has indeed been harmed to the extent that the individual should have the power to challenge that potential violation of the law,” Gardner said in an email to Boulder Weekly. “It is not directed at any particular group or governmental entity.” This is not the first time Gardner has fought to keep Colorado’s Open Meetings Law robust. In 2012, he supported HB 1169 after the Colorado Court of Appeals ruled that the Fort Morgan City Council didn’t violate the Open Meetings Law when it used anonymous votes to appoint two council members and a municipal judge in 2009 and 2010. Much like the new proposed legislation, HB 1169 prohibits state or local civic bodies from taking “formal action” or adopting “any proposed policy, position, resolution, rule, or regulation” by secret ballot. The House passed HB 1390 uncontested, 65-0, on Monday, April 28. The bill now moves to the Senate for consideration. As for Weisberg, he and his attorney Elliot Fladen have filed a notice of appeal. Due to the ongoing nature of the litigation, Fladen declined to comment beyond expressing that he and his client believe in the arguments they raised in the district court. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com May 1, 2014 23

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cials increasingly resistant to coughing up open records.” First place in political enterprise reporting went to Dyer, Dodge and former Arts and Entertainment Editor David Accomazzo for “NSA uses ‘terrorism’ to justify mass surveillance that started long before 9/11 and the Patriot Act,” from June 20. Current Managing Editor Elizabeth Miller took first place in education general reporting for “Two teachers in Jamestown strive to keep their students together after schoolhouse closes,” in environmental general reporting for “Paving a contaminated parkway,” in science general reporting for “Endangered again: Fish and Wildlife Service proposal prompts debate from wolf advocates,” in arts and entertainment reporting for “The conservator’s dilemma at Denver’s Clyfford Still Museum,” in It’s all arts and enterinside tainment criticism for “Mark Rothko: The vanishing figure,” p.29 and in environmental enterprise p.17 reporting for “Gas p.25 well emissions contribute while farmsteader mounts p.53 case.” David Kirby, Susan France and Mark Goodman took first place in front page design for “It’s all Inside,” our Feb. 7 cover. Boulder Weekly also received 14 second place awards and eight third place awards. The remaining award winners were:

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Second Place Joel Dyer and Jefferson Dodge in environment enterprise reporting “Hickenlooper’s new oil and gas regulations: Real substance or fracking greenwash?” Nov. 27; and in investigative/enterprise reporting “Boulder’s municipalization minefield” Feb. 28. Jefferson Dodge: in general reporting series or package “The Chair and the Camera,” Jan. 17; in education general reporting “Outcry Prompts Longmont School to Remove Progun Link from Website” Feb. 7. Elizabeth Miller in sports general reporting “Climber Craig DeMartino asks, What rock bottom?” Aug. 8; in arts and entertainment criticism, Elizabeth Miller, “An artist reframed: Painter Chuck Forsman finally exhibits his photography” Nov. 21; in education enterprise reporting “A gentle hand: Boulderite Jan Mitchell makes a difference in Africa” Jan. 10. David Accomazzo in news reporting single story “The aftermath: How the September floods will affect Lyons residents” Dec. 5; in arts and entertainment single story “The Evolution of Dan Savage” June 13; in arts and entertainment enterprise reporting “Wonder Woman versus chauvinism” Jan. 31; Steve Weishampel in column personal/ humor for the “Boulder Weekly Beer Tour.” Joel Dyer, Jefferson Dodge, Elizabeth Miller, David Accomazzo, Steve Weishampel, Cecelia Gilboy, Zak Weinberg and Paul Danish for special edition, “Our road to recovery: The 2013 Boulder County floods” Sept. 19. Susan France in single page design for “Rarities resurface,” Aug. 29 and B oulde r C o u n t y ’ s Tr u e I n d e p e n d e n t Vo i c e / F R E E / w w w. b o u l d e r w e e k l y. c o m / D e c . 2 6 , 2 0 1 3 - J a n . 1 , 2 0 1 4

David Kirby, Susan France and Mark Goodman in front page design for “Landlocked,” our July 18 cover.

Third Place Joel Dyer in column personal/ humor for “Dyer Times.” Jefferson Dodge in public service for his profiles of the Homeless in Boulder County.

Joel Dyer and Jefferson Dodge in news reporting “On Shaky Ground” March 28. Elizabeth Miller in general reporting, series or package, for “Tracking Down the Trafficked” July 25; in health general reporting “The battle after war: One woman’s struggle for a PTSD diagnosis and how a now-suspended veterans pro-

gram helped her” May 23; in arts and entertainment criticism for “Rapping it up,” Nov. 7. David Accomazzo in education enterprise reporting “CU Plans to Create New, Consolidated Arts Department” July 18; and in arts and entertainment enterprise reporting “Explorer of the Voice” March 7. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com

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eologists and emerdeveloped “rainfall thresholds” to gency managers are help predict how much rain, over working to improve how much time — say, more our ability to prethan a half inch of rain an hour dict and prepare for over the course of a half hour — future mudslides in the Front is likely to cause a debris flow in Range region — an increasingly burn areas. But while the USGS visible issue after September’s is working to improve its underhistoric flooding led to roughly standing of these thresholds in 1,000 mudslides — but there’s the Boulder region, they’ve only still a long way to go in that area really nailed down the analysis in of natural disaster prediction and Southern California. The analyplanning. Adding to the difficulsis is rendered into an online ty, says Colorado-based U.S. map and information useful to Geological Survey researcher emergency management teams, Jonathan Godt, is that with last to help estimate the probability year’s unprecedented rainfall and and magnitude of a debris flow flooding, “we’re dealing with in a fire scar. But as of now, the things that are essentially out of agency has created only one such map for the January Colby Fire our recent historical record.” Offices at 100 Arapahoe near Boulder Canyon were destroyed by debris flows during the September in Los Angeles County. In The U.S. Geological Survey flood. is coordinating with the Office Colorado, Kean says, beyond the of Emergency Management to September flooding and the improve the community’s ability debris flows it caused, there’s still to prepare for and respond to not enough data to establish the mudslides. reliable thresholds needed for “The problem is our poteneffective mapping, particularly in tial flood season, or monsoon fire-scarred areas. season, starts April 15,” says Dan Local emergency managers, Barber, deputy director of the of course, would love to have a Boulder County Office of better idea of what’s ahead. Emergency Management. “So Gregory Anderson, Boulder we’re in it today. The snowmelt Mountain Fire District captain has started.” and incident commander for the And snowpack around the Front about four times that volume. With El again this season, or just normal, small- district during the September flooding, Range is higher than usual, nearly as Niño expected to bring higher levels of scale “nuisance” slides. says, “If there’s anything we can do to high as the record snow year in 2011. rainfall this year, plus “throw in a few Jason Kean, a U.S. Geological be better prepared, we want to do it.” Barber says that Boulder Creek, norstorms” in the late summer, Barber isn’t Survey researcher who specializes in the Fourmile Canyon Creek drains mally flowing at about 10 cubic feet per sure we can accurately predict whether links between post-wildfire landscapes See MUDSLIDES Page 28 second this time of year, is flowing at there will be problematic mudslides and debris flows, says the USGS has

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west Washington or the through the middle of Colorado Front Range, is soil Anderson’s district, and a “preplan” for action has been in place saturation. Heavy rains preceded ever since the 2010 Fourmile the Oso slide, and scientists are Fire — because when heavy rains still trying to determine just how fall on the burn scar, “the water soil saturation factored into the just runs off very, very quickly slide’s force. and takes a lot of mud with it.” In fire-scarred areas, postSo in the September rainfall, fire soil conditions come into Anderson put field scouts on the play as well. ground and blocked vulnerable “There’s a strong association roads to traffic. The detailed of debris flow activity with forest information Anderson’s crew was fire in mountainous terrain, in able to gather during the rain part because of the changes in and flooding prompted the soil properties,” Godt says. “You Geological Survey to collaborate would expect that as more places with the district to improve burn more severely that more U.S. Geological Survey researchers are still working to compile data to help predict how landscapes, landslide predictions and to help particularly those affected by wildfires, will respond to heavy rainfall. debris flow activity would occur, avert future loss of life. Before given the same rainfall activity.” the rainy season gets too far On top of its close collaboration along, Anderson says, he hopes that the Geological of the slide.) This isn’t the case along the Front with the U.S. Geological Survey, Boulder County is Survey will be able to install soil moisture monitors in Range, where the aptly-named Rockies are much working with the Urban Drainage Flood Control his district as planned — once they can turn their more, well, rocky, relatively close to the surface. District for the next five months — through Sept. 15 attention from Oso. “In the simplest of terms, Washington has a dirt — to monitor the potential for flooding and debris The recent mudslide in Oso, Wash., was more mountain, and ours is a rock mountain,” Barber says. flows. The Office of Emergency Management is raisdestructive than anyone could have predicted. An estiAnother distinction born of geological differences: ing awareness for people in Boulder’s high-risk areas mated 10 million cubic-yard surge of mud and debris, Oso was a deep landslide — “a different animal than to prepare for mudslides to the extent possible. This sliding downhill at up to 60 miles per hour, rushing we experienced on the Front Range in September,” means recognizing when hillsides are sagging, when over a 600-foot bluff and traveling nearly a mile Kean says. Nonetheless, he added, Front Range slides trees that normally stand upright are leaning and before it settled, moved three times farther and grew can quickly grow in size and strength as they gather when heavy rain has been falling and is expected to much larger than past data could indicate. The more debris on their downward path — strong continue — and staying out of harm’s way. cement-like mix of soil, water, rock and woody debris enough to slice a building in two, as happened to the The massive post-mudslide analysis in buried 30 houses and claimed 41 lives, with many offices at 100 Arapahoe at the foot of Boulder Washington will surely yield lessons for Colorado, people still unaccounted for. Canyon; or to take a person’s life and bury his house, says Kean, not to mention the lessons learned from But experts say that the mudslides, or “debris like happened to Joey Howlett of Jamestown during last September. In some ways, he says, “the post-fire flows,” that Colorado experienced in September are of the first days of the September flooding. But most of debris flow problem is quite a bit easier than the prea very different nature than the Oso slide, and we the 1,000 small Front Range debris flows in diction problem for Oso.” shouldn’t fear a flow of Oso proportions in the future. September were only a few feet deep, leaving wellBut we’re still a long way from anything resembling a fail-safe early alert system, especially if more There are real geological distinctions between Oso defined landslide scars, many of them visible along unprecedented weather events come our way. and the Front Range. The slopes along rivers draining the eastern slope of the Front Range. But in Oso, Last year, “We were preparing for flooding from the foothills of the Cascade Mountains of northwest experts say, the “failure plane” that started the slide the Four Mile burn area and the entire region floodWashington, says Godt, consist of “fairly thick packwas in glacial sediment, hundreds of feet below the surface. ed,” Barber said. “This is whole new territory.” ages of sand and silt,” a result of glacial sedimentation. One similar factor in mudslides, whether in north(Godt spent a week in Oso in April in the aftermath Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com

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niversity of Colorado graduate Thomas Cloyd has gone through painstaking changes in his life, both physically and mentally, after a spinal cord injury left him in a wheelchair. The May 4 World Run in Denver, a race organized to raise money for a cure for spinal cord injuries, has prompted Cloyd’s return cutline tk to his former stomping grounds to do his part to get himself and so many others back on their feet. Cloyd graduated from the University of Colorado with a degree in advertising from the School of Journalism and Mass Communication in the spring of 2009. Cloyd, who originally hails from Edina, Minn., has a passion for snowboarding, lacrosse and “all things extreme.” A contagious smile and penchant for comedic storytelling often make him the center of attention. Spending 90 seconds with him seems to be all the time Cloyd needs to have anyone, friend or total stranger, holding their stomach in laughter. Following graduation, Cloyd moved to Argentina to teach English. After a yearlong stint in Argentina, Cloyd returned to Minneapolis to begin a career in creative advertising. The career path and general lifestyle Cloyd envi-

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sioned for himself dramatically changed in July 2012. While on vacation in Wisconsin during the Fourth of July holiday, Cloyd was involved in a boating accident, which caused his C5 vertebrae to be pushed into the middle of his neck. Lying motionless in the lake, Cloyd knew immediately he had just gone through a life-altering mishap. “I just remember floating and thinking to myself, ‘This is one of those things in life that is a big deal,’”

Cloyd recalls. “I was pretty calm, but I still knew something had gone horribly wrong.” After discovering him partially above water, his friends brought him back into their boat, refraining from moving his head and neck in fear that he had sustained an injury to his spine. The group then raced to a Milwaukee hospital, where Cloyd was put through five hours of surgery. Five days later, Cloyd left the hospital in a wheelchair. The then 25-year-old began a grueling schedule of rehab and physical therapy. The exercises challenged Cloyd physically, but the mental hurdle of living a life as a quadriplegic was far more daunting. “As a quadriplegic, I can’t even grip anything,” explains Cloyd. “So opening doors is difficult, holding a plate is tough, cooking — everything.” Like so many others who have suffered a traumatic spinal cord injury, the first six months after undergoing surgery were the most difficult for Cloyd. Coming to terms with his injury and newly established physical limitations was challenging, to say the least. “I wasn’t living my life to its fullest extent because I felt like I was in a phase, or hibernation,” Cloyd

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says. The Race Director for Denver’s World After a six-month lull, Cloyd finally Run, Charlie Wasley, designed the course through the Mile High City. came to grasps with his injury and emerged “It’s a predefined route that starts at determined to do what he did pre-spinal Sports Authority Field at Mile High, and cord injury: live life to the fullest. runs through downtown Denver, then out “Once I pushed myself out there, I realto the east through Aurora,” Wasley says. ized there was so much more for me to do “Once you get through Aurora, you’ll end than sit around the house,” he says. up at the I-70 corridor, continuing on as far “Whether it is riding bikes with friends, as you can. At that point, any runner would touring breweries or playing adaptive sports, be over a marathon’s worth of distance runthis is life and can be fun. I’m in the prime ning.” years of my life, and I’m going to enjoy it.” Cloyd joined the local wheelchair rugby Thirty minutes after the runners take off team, and began shifting away from his inifrom Sports Authority Field, Catcher Cars tial forms of therapy and working out with will follow behind the participants starting the Courage Center’s Activity Based at 15 kilometers an hour, or just under 10 Locomotor Exercise Program (ABLE) of the miles per hour, and will gradually speed up NeuroRecovery Network in Minneapolis. as the race goes on. As Catcher Cars pass ABLE provides a form of therapy that runners, those participants bow out from includes movement training and functional the race. electrical stimulation, both of which aim to “The race is really geared towards anyAfter a boating accident that left him a quadriplegic, Thomas Cloyd joined a regain strength in muscles and functionality wheelchair rugby team and shifted his focus to forms of therapy that aim to one,” explains Wasley. “When people ask regain strength in muscles and body functionality. of the body. me how long the course is, I tell them I Not only is Cloyd performing in a more designed a 100-kilometer course. But with progressive form of rehab, but he has also taken to towards providing people with spinal cord injury with the way the event is setup, you could walk that first educating himself on the newest and most cutting wheelchairs, pay for physical therapy, or trying to part and get caught right away, or you may be an edge ways scientists are working toward finding a cure cushion anyone’s life. All of those things are great, and ultra-endurance runner who can go for 40 miles. It’s for spinal cord injuries. His passion for any news I appreciate and respect the organizations providing going to be a wide variety of participation.” relating to curing spinal cord injuries is evident even that type of care. Wings for Life is doing their all to Registration for Wings for Life World Run closed in his voice, but also in how Cloyd discovered Wings find a cure, and that’s what I’m all about.” April 27, but there will be an undetermined number for Life. The latest event Wings for Life has crafted to of registration spots available the day before the race. Created by the founder of Red Bull, Dietrich raise money for the scientific research and clinical The number of participants is limited based on the Mateschitz, and two-time motocross world champion studies of spinal cord injuries is a worldwide race event organizer’s ability to shuttle participants back to Heinz Kinigadner after Kinigadner’s son, Hannes, appropriately called the Wings for Life World Run. Sports Authority Field once a Catcher Car has passed suffered an accident that left him tetraplegic, Wings Races are taking place in 34 locations across 32 counthem. The Mile High City will be the stage for more for Life’s mission is to help find a cure for spinal cord tries on six continents. Race locations include than 2,000 runners, while Wings for Life is anticipatinjuries. Auckland, New Zealand; Barcelona, Spain; Cape ing more than 150,000 registered participants world“I’ve seen a lot of the different avenues people and Town, South Africa and Lima, Peru. wide. With a flat registration fee at $50, Wings for organizations have gone about bettering the lives of As if organizing 34 races spanning the entire globe Life is on pace to raise over $7 million, and every people with spinal cord injury, but Wings for Life is was not a remarkable achievement on its own, Wings working for a cure for this ailment,” Cloyd says. “The for Life has organized the event so each World Run money raised by the Wings for Life is not going will kickoff at the exact same time. see WINGS Page 32

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adventure The emerging tenkara, a simplistic fly-fishing technique Bringing in a fish without a reel and winning people over by Mallane Dressel Photo courtesy of Patagonia

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The tenkara rods t’s a rarity when the newest trend on the being produced by scene is actually Tenkara USA, Temple more traditional Fork Outfitters, the supthan the status quo. plier for Patagonia, and Zen Fly Fishing Gear, Such is the case with the who supplies Front emergence of tenkara, a Range Anglers, all boast Japanese minimalist flythe convenience of telefishing technique that scoping rods, which coldates back hundreds of lapse down to a size no years, and came about greater than 23 inches well before the fly-fishing and weigh no more than rod and reel method 6 ounces, a factor that that’s so universal in the may appeal to backpackstates today. ers. The less-is-more Usually the talk of the approach helps keep the town in fly fishing is startup cost down, with something progressive, the full Patagonia kit like the next big deal in costing $279.58, which reel technology, but surAllen says is one of the prisingly the tenkara prevailing reasons why method boasts a more people who don’t even fly simplistic approach, fish will be more likely to where only a rod, a line and fly, are used. Tenkara Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard teaching tenkara to a young girl who was part of a group testing out Patagonia’s give it a try. The lack of gear also allows for tenpurists take the minimal- new women’s line of fly-fishing equipment. kara to be easier to set up istic concept one step furthan regular fly fishing, ther by using just the tra“When I started introducing it around here, the which gets a person fishing quicker, and hopefully a ditional dry reverse hackle fly instead of constantly more traditional part of the industry was like, ‘That’s fish on the line sooner. But the lack of excess line picking a different fly from the diverse allotment not fly fishing,’ so it was pretty tough for awhile,” makes some wonder how they’re going to bring in a carried by most traditional fly fishers, with the says Galhardo. “I had to remind them that this was fish once they hook it. notion that they can make that one fly work for mul- actually a traditional form of fly fishing, and that “One of the great things about tenkara, in my tiple situations without troubling themselves with this is actually how fishing starting.” opinion, is that you have to keep up with the fish,” changing out the fly. The line used in tenkara, which With Patagonia introducing their own tenkara says April Vokey, Patagonia fly fishing ambassador is attached to the tip of a longer rod averaging startup kit, which includes the book Simple Fly and guide. “If your fish is on the run you have to run around 12 feet, is usually the length of the rod, or Fishing: Techniques for Tenkara and Rod & Reel, rod, with it because you don’t have the line to let it go. I not much longer. The lack of reel, absence of excess line, leader and a dozen of soft hackle flies, tenkara believe by removing the reel from the equation you amounts of line and one-fly-fits-all concept makes has come one step further on the road of acceptance. make the connection between the fish and you that tenkara seem less intimidating than the precedent, The founder of Patagonia and one of the authors of much closer.” which many in the industry believe will get more the book provided as part of the kit, Yvon Vokey says that the removal of the reel and excess people interested in fly fishing. Chouinard, has been spreading the word of tenkara line make for a less intimidating approach to fly The founder of Tenkara USA, Daniel Galhardo, and teaching it to employees on retreats for years fishing, but noted that more skill was necessary in was the first to bring this simplistic style and now, and finally made tenkara products available for some cases, such as in the presentation of the fly. approach of fly fishing to the United States in 2009. Patagonia customers this spring. Dave Allen, According to Vokey, the excess line available in reguGalhardo says that since he started the business it Patagonia fly fishing ambassador and presenter, said lar fly fishing with a reel allows people to just throw has doubled in size each year and has been taking off it was important for Patagonia to start producing the fly in the current and let it do the work. Tenkara in Boulder because of an active tenkara fly-fishing tenkara products because they wanted to make fly fishing forces the participant to pay more attention community that’s spreading the word. Galhardo says fishing more accessible to people. to what’s happening under the water in order to he believes that the acceptance of tenkara has a lot “It goes along with what this company has always make certain the fly reaches specific areas of the been about, getting more people out into the envito do with the time in which we live, where the push creek. Adam Omernick, founder of Zen Fly Fishing ronment so they can create a real personal relationfor creating and surrounding ourselves with more Gear, found this more difficult part of tenkara to ship with the outdoors,” says Allen. “And let’s face it, and more advanced technology has made our lives actually be a draw to the method. the more people interested in preserving the envimore complicated, which in turn is causing people to “I found myself focusing more on the water, ronment, especially here in Colorado because our crave simplicity. Galhardo says that like any new rivers are so threatened, the more likely they will be style or trend, acceptance wasn’t immediate by the see FLY FISHING Page 36 preserved for years to come.” fly-fishing industry though. Boulder Weekly

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the fish and my presentation,” says Omernick. “Even though my fly selection got smaller, my catch rate increased. It became less about the fly and more about what I was doing with it.” No matter how many people are taken with the tenkara method, when something new emerges there are people who will pick a side in the debate of which technique is best: tenkara or the traditional rod and reel? There are also anglers not opting for one over the other, but finding enjoyment and a use for both. Chouinard says he uses tenkara 50 percent of the time, and opts for the addition of a reel when going after bigger fish. Front Range Angler employee, Wallace Westfeld said that tenkara is most applicable for smaller streams and that he believed you couldn’t do as much with a tenkara setup as a conventional rod and reel. He also agreed with Chouinard that it was hard to make tenkara work for larger fish because they would likely break the line or even snap the pole. Front Range Angler employees said they started carrying tenkara rods because of customer demand, but once they got the Zen Fly Fishing Gear products, they didn’t sell a tenkara setup for several months. Lately though, employees say they’ve seen a rise in sales as tenkara has become more commonplace in the field. Westfeld says he understands the attraction of tenkara because of its simplicity, but prefers the adaptability that rod and reel fly fishing allows.

“Anyone who works in this shop does a multitude of types of fly fishing. There is a certain inflexibility to tenkara and I think that’s why no one in this store has really gravitated towards it,” says Westfeld. “I could be fishing different locations with completely different stream setups during a given week or even day, so I prefer the versatility over the simplicity tenkara offers.” Paul Prentise, a Front Range Angler employee, says that even though none of the staff has really taken to tenkara, they welcome tenkara into the industry because they support anything that promotes more people getting into fly fishing. Even though people in the industry have different opinions of tenkara, getting more people to enjoy the act of fly fishing is a universal thread that holds them together. An instance where tenkara’s attributes got a person involved who had never fly-fished before is when Alan Arnal’s 3-year-old son asked to learn fly fishing. After seeing an email from Patagonia promoting a tenkara fly fishing presentation in Boulder, Arnal made a point to go to the event. He noted that tenkara was cheaper and used less equipment, making it easier to get into. “For [my son,] the idea is something he is attracted to more than the actual doing because of his age, but should the experience be something he enjoys, and it’s something that we can both do together out in the sunshine, then it’s worth it,” Arnal says. “Because it could possibly be something that we share together for a lifetime.” Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com Boulder Weekly

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Donald Fagan and Randy For well-tenured guitar Brecker, a taciturn and geeks, of course, a little artistically feral solo jazz/ The Ringers may be a supergroup, but they ain’t no damned yankees. shameless exposition of fusion/avant artist) might chops isn’t such a bad therefore find it surprising thing, but none of the that the guitarist would be session all-star Landau than Herring’s players devolve into the paired up with two other guitarists, — Landau’s resume includes sideman zillion-note kind of one-dimensional Jimmy Herring and Michael Landau, in gigs with Miles Davis, BB King, Ray virtuosity that the Great Fusion something that looks an awful lot like Charles and Joni Mitchell, and has Experiment of 40 years ago unwittingly … one of those things. taken his own band Renegade Creation unleashed. But Krantz says it works. (with Ringers drummer Gary Novak) About all that, Krantz, who recently “It’s a blast,” he says. “These guys out with guitarist Robben Ford, another published a book on improvisational are the nicest possible people, who all blues heavyweight with a Miles stint in technique (An Improviser’s OS), is play great. It’s kind of an accident, real- his own past. Herring, of course, is well reflective. ly, because the whole thing was the known to the jam crowd as current lead “Y’know, the whole education thing label’s idea and most of the time label guitarist for Widespread Panic, with a is kind of centered around the more ideas aren’t very good. It’s just this situ- sprinkling of jam/fusion-esque gigs in mathematical side,” Krantz says, ation was fortuitous, because we all get his own past: Aquarium Rescue Unit, “because that’s a lot easier to teach than along and respect each other, and stay Phil and Friends and Jazz Is Dead. the poetry side. But honestly, the poetry out of each other’s way.” But Krantz draws his comparisons a side is really what ultimately matters.” Krantz has been a project leader or bit more finely. Krantz says the world is loaded with a sideman for the duration of his “In a way, I can understand why beautiful musicians, many with 30-year career, which includes a lengthy you’d say that,” he observes, “and I immense technical talent, but that the and recently concluded weekly residenthink it’s a fair thing to say. Although soul often gets lost in the technicality cy at 55 Bar in Greenwich Village. The truth be told, Mike and I are pretty and/or technology. Ringers is a new sensation. radically different. At no point does it BW also asked Krantz why Herring “It’s true,” he agrees. “This is kind feel like Mike and I have some kind of appears in the Ringers’ videos (the common language of a different anilabel’s promotional ones, as well as the that Jimmy doesn’t mal because it’s cell phone variety) standing well off to ON THE BILL: The Ringers, feahave. collaborative, stage right, more than spittin’ distance turing Jimmy Herring, Wayne “It’s really kind which I usually from Krantz in the middle and a stage’s Krantz, Michael Landau, Etienne Mbappe & Gary Novak with The of a three-headed don’t do. I mean, breadth from Landau on stage left. Congress. 8:30 p.m. Thursday, monster in that when I write it’s Almost as if Herring is … a little afraid May 8, at the Fox Theatre, 1135 way, which is really of the other two. just me, and when 13th St., Boulder, www.foxtheatre. com. 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DANNY SHAFER

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ANDREW WYNNE

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MOSES JONES BAND

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A special treat on Mother’s Day! May 11 An enchanting tale of love and mischief set to a beautiful score by Leo Delibes. With life size dancing dolls, an eccentric inventor, colorful folk dances and romantic mishaps, this show is a delight for the entire family.

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arts & culture A data-driven machine

Exhibit at BMoCA allows artists to explore our tech-centric world

ON THE BILL: The Art of Data is on view at the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., Boulder, through July 6.

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rt has an uncanny ability to cut clear ordered and then we figure it out,” Hirshberg says. through to who we are, where we’ve been “Artists play a role in helping us work that through and and where we’re headed. That we’ve become process that.” so mired in technology as to make the relaWork being done by artists now is not unlike work tionship between humans and their data done by Andy Warhol and James Rosenquist in the impossible to separate is the message poignantly posted 1960s that engaged with and helped audiences to reon the walls of the Boulder Museum of Contemporary examine the visual culture arising around them particuArt for their latest exhibition, The Art of Data. larly as demonstrated in advertising and how that When the idea arose to do an exhibition on datareflected an increasingly consumerist American culture. based art during a discussion between Seven Sacks, The exhibition is also a survey on how artists owner/director of Bitforms gallery in New York City express themselves in code, and while the works stand and guest curator of The Art of on their own as Courtesy of Bitforms Data, and Peter Hirshberg, chairinteresting, there’s man of the Re:Imagine Group and essentially a author of the exhibition’s essay, it metadata in their seemed a bit “geeky,” Hirshberg making that a says. But in the three years since, viewer can’t help the national dialogue around perbut find adds an sonal data and privacy has been irresistible layer to transformed by the information the work. Take “Net Blink” from about the National Security Addie Agency leaked by Edward Wagenknecht — Snowden. “Metadata” has become a suspended a household term. And we’re at installation of least a little more curious about brushed alumianswers to the question latent in num and PCB Rafael Lozano-Hemmer’s Siebren Versteeg’s “Something for Everyone” boards hung from “Performance Review UBS and the ceiling of the HBSC” — large canvases covered central gallery with loops of blinking LED lights in high-resolution images of fingerprints people easily gave away: Just how much of our personal, identidescending from it. The lights are triggered by smart fying information is out there to see and use? phones in the room transmitting data. Or her “Black “Dealing with data and how data is incredibly perHawk Paint,” a striking black and white painting she vasive in society — it’s obviously controversial, but completed with a drone fitted with a painting kit. Or what we discovered is that it’s also a very interesting Casey Reas’ “Pfft!” a video installation that processes foundation for artists to use within the art practice, analog TV broadcast signals captured from major netespecially in this generation,” Sacks says. works through custom software that then transcribes “We’re kind of aware of the fact that we live in a them into a digital response. The result is a scrambled completely instrumented world — everything we do view that reduces the original image to total abstraction gives out data, our cities are instrumented, and that’s with only hints of the familiar. kind of a change in the human condition and makes us How immersed are we meant to get in dissecting rethink what it means to be human if everything is and comprehending the algorithms that rapidly

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begin to place demands on our best understanding of computer programming and perhaps calculus or astrophysics? “Forget about the mathematical part, this is my brush and nobody’s interested in what my brush looks like,” says Manfred Mohr, whose “P-499Am-2” is a single line as it would be displayed across many more planes than allowed in three dimensions while the video work “P-777B” lets those forms play out in video. “I do a visual work and my result is visual, that’s what counts. If the visuals become interesting, it’s not important how I get it, really,” Mohr says. “The piece itself has to stand alone without having constantly to be referenced to how it was done because that’s only my problem. The viewer can be interested and ask me and I can explain, but that’s not the point of art.” A keen look back at where we’ve been, and perhaps the best and easiest history lesson on American presidents around, comes in “Hindsight is always 20/20.” Artist R. Luke DuBois has taken the text from every state of the union speech given by an American president, run it through a program to identify the words that president used most — not just the most in that speech, but more than any other president, ever. The results are then laid out in an eye-chart format with the word most used by that president at the top in largest and boldest font. “If you see them this way, it’s blindingly obvious what’s going on,” DuBois says. For George W. Bush, the word, perhaps not surprisingly, is “terror.” For Bill Clinton, it’s “21st,” for George H.W. Bush, “idea,” and Ronald Reagan, another shocker, “deficits.” The work was a commission for the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver, DuBois says, designed to test both the vision of these presidents and the way we view them now. What it says about where we’ve been going — not in the last decade but over the last three hundred years — as DuBois says, is that “You can get from ‘gentlemen’ to ‘terror’ in 43 easy steps.” Respond:letters@boulderweekly.com

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Enjoy fun for the whole family at the 12th Annual Longmont Celebrates Cinco de Mayo with music and dance, a car show, a chihuahua contest and lots of food. Saturday, May 3, 12p.m.-7p.m.Roosevelt Park, Longmont, 303-774-3756.

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Arthur Lee Land & gogoLab. 7:30 p.m. Ferg’s Inn,

Chancey Williams and The YBB. 8:30 p.m. Grizzly

Ash Ganley. 6 p.m. Gravity Brewing, 1150 Pine St.,

Country Mile. 8 p.m. Bohemian Biergarten, 2017 13th

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Rose, 5450 N. Valley Highway, Denver, 303-295-1330.

Unit B, Louisville, 303-544-0746.

St., Boulder, 720-328-8328.

Billy Shaddox & Kara Tauchman. 7:30 p.m. Larry’s

David Booker. 5 p.m. Oskar Blues Homemade Liquids

Guitar Shop, 508 5th Ave., Longmont, 720-340-4169.

Bluegrass Pick. 6 p.m. Twisted Pine Brewing Company,

3201 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-786-9270.

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“Starchild” has faced the music. Paul Stanley, co-founder of KISS tells all in his new autobiography Face the Music: A Life Exposed,” in which he recounts highs and lows of the band’s incredible career. So read up before you meet the rock star in the flesh — he will be autographing copies purchased from the Tattered Cover in Denver on May 5. And fair warning, he probably won’t be in full makeup.

Thursday, May 8: Kate Fagan at Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder. 7:30 p.m.

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Monday, May 5: Paul Stanley, guitar player from KISS, at Tattered Cover, 2526 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, 7 p.m.

ESPN columnist and CU graduate Kate Fagan had a big secret when she played for the CU women’s basketball team: she was gay. In her first book, The Reappearing Act, Fagan tells all about her highly personal identity struggle as a gay basketball player on a team full of born-again Christians in the homophobic world of sports. Her memoir is a coming of age story and a “coming-out” story, which she will speak about and sign at the Boulder Book Store on May 8.

Sunday, May 4: Pete Seeger Birthday Commemoration Concert, 7-10 p.m., The Friends Meeting House, 1825 Upland Ave., Boulder.

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One Thing Leads to Another. Macky Auditorium Gallery, 285 University Ave., Boulder, 303-447-1633. Through June 1. Photography — Features the work of Kate Zari Roberts. NCAR, 3090 Center Green Drive, Boulder, 303-497-1000. Through May 31. Pastels and Digital Art — Artists Terri Hammer. NCAR, 3090 Center Green Drive, Boulder, 303-497-1000. Through May 31. PAPER/PRODUCT: Portfolios from the Polly and Mark Addison Collection. CU Art Museum, 1085 18th St., Boulder, 303-492-8300. Through June 21.

Epic — Artist Joseph Stashkevetch. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000. Through July 13.

Rebranded: Polish Film Posters for the American Western. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000. Through June 1.

Erick C. Johnson. Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada, 720-898-7200. Through May 4.

Seen in Passing — Artist Chuck Forsman. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000. Through May 24.

Modern Masters: 20th Century Icons from the Albright-Knox Art Gallery — Features works collected by Vincent van Gogh, Pablo Picasso and more. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000. Through June 8.

Stories in Print — Features the work of Cynthia Brinich-Langlois. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. Wes Magyar: Means to an End. Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada, 720-898-7200. Through May 4.

New Growth — Artist Rashid Johnson. MCA Denver, 1485 Delgany St., Denver, 303-2987554. Through June 15.

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Third Stream. 8 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St.,

dRink/drAnk/pUnk. 10 p.m. Pioneer Inn, 15 E.

Boulder, 303-449-1922.

Guy Jones. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl

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First St., Nederland, 303-258-7733. St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.

The Jack Hadley Band. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Outlook

Hotel & Home of the Blues, 800 28th St., Boulder, 303-443-3322.

Ave., Boulder, 303-998-1900.

Dairy Comedy presents MOM COM!. 8 p.m.

The Jam Knights. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 North

The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826.

J. Wail. 8 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1128 13th St., Boulder,

Ignite!. All Day. Longmont Museum & Cultural Center, 400 Quail Road, Longmont, 303-651-8374.

Mezzo Mestizo. 6:30 p.m. St Julien Hotel, 900

Mojo Medicine Show. 7 p.m. Caffe Sole, 637R S. Broadway St., Boulder, 303-499-2985.

Mojo Medicine Show. 7 p.m. Caffe Sole, 637R S. Broadway St., Boulder, 303-499-2985.

Friday, May 2

Park Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757. 303-447-0095.

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

Sammy Dread. 10 p.m. The Lazy Dog Sports Bar & Grill, 1346 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-3355. Steve Itterly Band. 9 p.m. The Laughing Goat,

1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.

Thursday Open Mic. 7 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 720-297-6397.

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music Atomic Pablo. 10 p.m. Pioneer Inn, 15 E. First St., Nederland, 303-258-7733. Bill McKay Band. 8 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922. Chris Elliot. 6:30 p.m. Bittersweet Cafe & Confections, 836 Main St., Louisville, 303-317-5522.

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events The Country Touch. 9 p.m. Waterloo, 809 Main St., Louisville, 303-993-2094.

Brian Payne. 7 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.

303-442-2176.

776-1914.

Dave Fulker Trio. 7 p.m. Caffe Sole, 637R S. Broadway St., Boulder, 303-499-2985.

Caribou Mountain Collective. 10 p.m. The Lazy

Eric Richard Stone. 6 p.m. Espresso Vino by

Brewing Market, 2770 Dagny Way, Lafayette, 720890-3993.

King Sage. 6 p.m. Sanitas Brewing Company, 3550 Frontier Ave., Boulder, 303-442-4130.

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

Dog Sports Bar & Grill, 1346 Pearl St., Boulder, 303440-3355.

Clouds and Mountains. 8 p.m. Shine Restaurant

Doctor Robert — Beatles Tribute. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 North Park Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757.

& Gathering Place, 2027 13th St., Boulder, 303-4490120.

Electric Red. 6 p.m. Front Range Brewing Company, 400 West South Boulder Road, Lafayette, 303-3390767.

Chicha. 8 p.m. CyclHOPS, 600 S. Airport Road, Longmont, 303-776-2453.

Ellie Goulding. 7:30 p.m. Red Rocks Amphitheatre, 18300 West Alameda Parkway, Morrison, 720-8652494.

Louisville, 303-993-2094.

Farm Aid. 6:30 p.m. Poster Scene, 1505 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-443-3102. Gasoline Lollipops. 9 p.m. Gold Hill Inn, 401 Main St., Boulder, 303-443-6461. HoneyTree. 6 p.m. CHUBurger, 1225 Ken Pratt Blvd., Longmont, 303-485-2482. Jack Hadley Duo. 8 p.m. CyclHOPS, 600 S. Airport Road, Longmont, 303-776-2453.

Danny Schafer. 9 p.m. Waterloo, 809 Main St., DJ Bedz. 8 p.m. Press Play, 1005 Pearl St., Boulder,

George Nelson. 6:30 p.m. St Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696.

Interstate Stash Express. 5 p.m. Left Hand Brewing Company, 1265 Boston Ave., Longmont, 303772-0258. Jababa. 8 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St.,

Boulder, 303-449-1922.

Jeff Brinkman. 4:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Tasty Weasel

Tap Room, 1800 Pike Road, Unit B, Longmont, 303-

Kristina Murray Band. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685.

Nolan McInnis Band. 5 p.m. Front Range Brewing

Company, 400 West South Boulder Road, Lafayette, 303-339-0767.

Places Perennial. 9 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628. The Social Livers. 7 p.m. Twisted Pine Brewing see EVENTS Page 52

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Jim Bradford. 6 p.m. Upslope Brewing Company, 1501 Lee Hill Road, Unit #20, Boulder, 303-449-2911. Jon McCartan. 8 p.m. Whistler’s Cafe, 121 S. Jefferson St., Nederland, 303-258-0614. Kutandara. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628. The Long Run. 8 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 720-297-6397. Mark’s Midnight Carnival Show. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Homemade Liquids and Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303-485-9400. Matt Skinner Band. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685. Matty Graziano. 8 p.m. No-Name Bar, 1325 Broadway, Boulder, 303-447-3278. Quemando. 6:30 p.m. St Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696. Ragged Union. 8 p.m. Shine Restaurant & Gathering Place, 2027 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-0120. Randall Dubis. 6 p.m. Sun Rose Cafe, 379 Main St., Longmont, 303-651-3533. SF1. 8 p.m. Illegal Pete’s Boulder, 1447 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-3955. Slanted Jack. 10 p.m. West Flanders Brewery, 1125 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-BREW. Trev Taylor. 10 p.m. The Lazy Dog Sports Bar & Grill, 1346 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-3355. Young Ancients. 8 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel & Home of the Blues, 800 28th St., Boulder, 303-4433322. Zoogma. 9 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1128 13th St., Boulder, 303-447-0095.

events First Friday Contact Improvisation Jam. 7:30 p.m. Radiance Power Yoga, 2704 28th St, Boulder, 303-440-9642.

Ignite! Longmont Museum & Cultural Center, 400 Quail Road, Longmont, 303-651-8374.

Saturday May 3 music Afrosippi Band with Erica Brown. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Homemade Liquids and Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303-485-9400.

Andrew Wynne. 6 p.m. Gravity Brewing, 1150 Pine St., Unit B, Louisville, 303-544-0746.

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

Boulder Blues Quartet. 7 p.m. Caffe Sole, 637R S.

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Thursday, May 1 Black Hill Press. 7 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe, 1203 13th St., Suite A, Boulder, 303-495-3303.

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Collapsing Consciously — by Carolyn Baker. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-2074.

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Colorado Matters — With Peter Heller, author of The Painter, and Colorado Public Radio’s Ryan Warner. 7:30 p.m. Tattered Cover Book Store, 2526 East Colfax Ave., Denver, 303-322-7727.

Pace Goodman. 1:30 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe, 1203 13th St., Suite A, Boulder, 303-495-3303.

Ernest L. Blumenschein: The Life of an American Artist — by Robert W. Larsen. 7:30 p.m. Tattered Cover Book Store, 1628 16th St., Denver, 303-3227727.

Morris Hoffman will be signing and talking about his book The Punisher’s Brain The Ecstasy of at the Boulder Book Store on WednesSurrender — by day, May 7. Judith Orloff. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Book The Punisher’s Store, 1107 PearlBoulder St., Weekly Brain — by Morris Boulder, 303-447-2074. Hoffman. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 World of Warcraft: War Crimes — by Christie Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-2074. Golden. 7 p.m. Tattered Cover Book Store, 9315 Dorchester St., Highlands Ranch Town Center, 303-436-1070. Tuesday, May 6

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You Feel so Mortal: Essays on the Body — by Peggy Shiner. 7:30 p.m. Tattered Cover Book Store, 2526 East Colfax Ave., Denver, 303-322-7727.

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Semicolon. 2 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe. 1203 13th St., Suite A, Boulder, 303-4953303.

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St., Lafayette, 303-997-4164.

Tres de Mayo with Soul Sacrifice. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 North Park Drive, Lafayette, 303-6652757.

Shari Puorto Band. 8 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel & Home of the Blues, 800 28th St., Boulder, 303-4433322.

The Pamlico Sound. 9 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 720-297-6397.

Sunday, May 4 music Acoustic Jam. 4 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922. Andrea Gibson. 8:30 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1128 13th St., Boulder, 303-447-0095.

BHS Jazz Exchange . 5 p.m. eTown Hall, 1535 “ Lush, acoustic delicacy and soft, smooth-as-silk harmonies continue to Spruce St., Boulder, 303-443-8696. Zach Deputy. 9 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1128 13th St., form wave, after wave of yearning, haunting soul-searching.” – BBC Boulder, 303-447-0095. Bluegrass Pick. 12 p.m. Oskar Blues Homemade Liquids and Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, Zoë Keating. 8 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., 303-485-9400.

Boulder, 303-786-7030.

Bobby Jo Valentine Concert. 4 p.m. St. Ambrose

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Clouds and Mountains. 8 p.m. Shine Restaurant

Colorado Blues Challenge. 1 p.m. Dickens Opera

Emerge 5k. 8:30 a.m. City of Boulder Reservoir,

Craig Cornett & the Phast and Wreckless. 5 p.m. Left Hand Brewing Company, 1265 Boston Ave., Longmont, 303-772-0258.

& Gathering Place, 2027 13th St., Boulder, 303-4490120.

5565 North 5st St., Boulder, 303-441-3461.

House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 720-297-6397.

eTown Radio Show Taping withDanny ... Shafer. 5 p.m. Gold Hill Inn, 401 Main St.,

Paintings by Raina Gentry. Boulder Arts and Crafts Gallery, 1421 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-442-3683. Radiate Unified Dance Party. 8:30 p.m. Shine

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Jazz Jam with Big Swing Trio. 7:30 p.m.

Boulder Outlook Hotel & Home of the Blues, 800 28th St., Boulder, 303-443-3322.

Mulan. Jesters Dinner Theatre, 224 Main St., Longmont, 303-682-9980. Through May 3.

Jeff and Paige. 4:30 p.m. Bohemian Biergarten,

The Road to Mecca. Miners Alley Playhouse, 1224 Washington Ave., Suite 200, Golden, 303-935-3044. Through May 4.

Jon Weiss. 6 p.m. Espresso Vino by Brewing Market,

Sisters of Swing: The Story of the Andrews Sisters. Boulder’s Dinner Theatre, 5501 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-449-6000. Through May 11.

KC Groves & Greg Blake. 6 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill

Sweeney Todd. Longmont Theatre Company, 513 Main St., Longmont, 303-772-5200. Through May 10.

2017 13th St., Boulder, 720-328-8328.

2770 Dagny Way, Lafayette, 720-890-3993.

& Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685.

Live Music. 7 p.m. The Kitchen [Next Door], 1039 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-544-5973.

Pete Seeger Birthday Concert. 7 p.m. Friends Meeting Center Boulder, 1825 Upland Ave., Boulder, 303-447-2168.

Ruby Horsethief, Colorado River

This. Boulder Ensemble Theatre, 26th Walnut St., Boulder, 303-444-7328. Through May 18.

The Boulder Theatre Ensemble is putting on This through May 10.

The Poem Guy Turns 50. 8 p.m. Trident Book-

store and Cafe, 940 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-443-3133.

Sean Flynn & Friends. 8 p.m. Lyons Fork, 450 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-5014.

The Strangebyrds. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Homemade Liquids and Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303-485-9400.

SynthDef. 9:30 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.

TobyMac. 6 p.m. Red Rocks Amphitheatre, 18300 West Alameda Parkway, Morrison, 720-865-2494.

Traditional Irish Music Open Session. 7 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-4491922.

Tyler Grant. 5 p.m. CHUBurger, 1225 Ken Pratt Blvd., Longmont, 303-485-2482.

The Vixens. 6 p.m. Oskar Blues Tasty Weasel Tap

Room, 1800 Pike Road, Unit B, Longmont, 303-7761914.

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

events Comedy Night. 7 p.m. Bohemian Biergarten, 2017 13th St., Boulder, 720-328-8328.

Gimme Shelter — Film series. 2 p.m. Tattered

Cover Book Store. 2510 East Colfax Avenure, Denver, 303-322-7727.

Ignite! Longmont Museum & Cultural Center, 400 Quail Road, Longmont, 303-651-8374.

Monday, May 5 music Electric Blues Jam. 7:30 p.m. Oskar Blues

Homemade Liquids and Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303-485-9400.

Open Mic. 7:30 p.m. Johnny’s Cigar Bar, 1801 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-0884.

Pick ‘n’ Brew. 8 p.m. West Flanders Brewery, 1125 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-BREW.

events Geeks Who Drink. 7 p.m. Twisted Pine Brewing

Company, 3201 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-786-9270.

Open Mic. 7:30 p.m. Johnny’s Cigar Bar, 1801 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-0884.

Trivia Night. 9 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922.

Tuesday, May 6 music AZTeC. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.

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listen up! Free Comic Book Day Saturday, May 3, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Time Warp Comics, 3105 28th St., Boulder, 303-4434500 As the old saying goes, April showers bring May comic books. For more than a decade now, the first Saturday of May has been “Free Comic Book Day,” in which comic publishers provide shops with a long list of giveaways and special releases. And here in Boulder, the place to celebrate is Time Warp Comics. Not only will the shop have over 50 free comics available, but Batman should be chilling in his Batmobile and a couple Storm Troopers if you’re lucky. Just don’t sit on their laps and ask for a jetpack, cause that’s a bit creepy. Customers at Time Warp will be allowed to choose three comics from this year, along with three comics from each of the previous years. Wayne Winsett, owner of Time Warps says that comics are a great way to spark reading interest in children. “It’s a gateway drug to better reading,” Winsett says. There will a costume contest for kids under 12 and lots of local comic artists doing signings.

A few of the anticipated free titles this year are Guardians of the Galaxy, which is tied to the movie of the same name coming out this summer, and a Rocket Raccoon solo book, featuring a primary Guardians of the Galaxy character on his own. A few of the classics include Archie Digest, and Transformers vs GI Joe.

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Jazz Supper Club. 6 p.m. Caffe Sole, 637R S. Broadway St., Boulder, 303-499-2985.

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Open Mic. 10 p.m. Pioneer Inn, 15 E. First St.,

Nederland, 303-258-7733.

The Worst of Clay Rose. 9 p.m. Waterloo, 809 Main St., Louisville, 303-993-2094. Tuesday Open Mic. 7 p.m. Dickens Opera House,

home & garden experts, product demonstrations, fresh ideas & new stuff, food, live music & an alpaca petting zoo! (South of trader Joe’S) Come Early for goody bags!

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Homemade Liquids and Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303-485-9400.

Wednesday, May 7 music The Prairie Scholars: Grill Night. 5 p.m.

Haystack Mountain Golf Course, 5877 Niwot Road, Longmont, 303-530-1400.

Jim Herlihy. 6 p.m. Dickens Tavern, 300 Main St.,

Billy Hoke’s Xtrav XIV. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel & Home of the Blues, 800 28th St., Boulder, 303-443-3322. Billy Shaddox. 6:30 p.m. St Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696. Blues Jam. 10 p.m. Pioneer Inn, 15 E. First St., Nederland, 303-258-7733. Eminence Ensemble. 9 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1128 13th St., Boulder, 303-447-0095.

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

The Honeytree Duo. 6:30 p.m. Twisted Pine Brewing Company, 3201 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-7869270. Kim Stone Trio. 7 p.m. Caffe Sole, 637R S. Broadway St., Boulder, 303-499-2985. Open Bluegrass Pick. 9 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922. Stone Soup. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 North Park Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757. Timber! 10 p.m. Pearl Street Pub, 1108 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-939-9900.

Wednesday Night Blues. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 North Park Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757. events Judi Mitchell Whimsical Sculpture. Boulder Arts & Crafts Gallery, 1421 Pearl St., Boulder, 303443-3683.

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

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aradoxical.” “Bold.” “Mysterious.” “Eccentric.” “Private.” Five words to describe the subject of the new documentary Finding Vivian Maier. Who was Vivian Maier? A maid and nanny for families in the Chicago area. Why is everyone talking about her? Because Maier was arguably the 20th century’s most prolific and talented street photographer, she just didn’t bother to tell anyone. Maier’s rise to fame began at a storage auction house in 2007, shortly before her death in 2009. An amateur historian, John Maloof, was working on a book about Chicago and needed archival photographs. He bid blindly on a box of negatives and won. Maloof had never heard of the photographer listed on the negatives (Maier) and tried to dig up information on her, but came up blank. Yet, the more Maloof inspected the negatives, the clearer it became that someone quite talented, possibly professional, took the photos. With little to go on, Maloof began a search to uncover who Maier was.

Maloof dug through articles, receipts and mail to track down the families she worked for. He visited the children (now adults) she once cared for and began to piece together an idea of who this brilliant artist was. Though Finding Vivian Maier is a documentary, Maloof plays it like a classic detective story. He addresses the camera, provides narration and records himself at work, allowing us to join him through every strange twist and turn of the story. Maloof uncovers a portrait of an odd, obsessed woman, constantly taking photos of people on the street, documenting the daily life surrounding her. Maier was never without her trusty Rolleiflex camera and she never passed up a shot. One of the interviewees recounts a time a child Maier was watching was hit by a car. He remembers that Maier did not panic over the health of the child, or even the safety of her job; she was too preoccupied snapping pictures. She took pictures of the accident, of the police, of the people standing around, and not for any purpose other than

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ENEMY Academy Award Nominee Jake Gyllenhaal reteams with his Prisoners director, Academy Award nominee Denis Villeneuve, in this sexy and hypnotically surreal psychological thriller that breathes new life into the doppleganger tradition. Adam Bell (Gyllenhaal) is a glum, disheveled history professor, who seems disinterested even in his beautiful girlfriend, Mary (Mélanie Laurent). Watching a movie on the recommendation of a colleague, Adam spots his double, a bit-part actor named Anthony Clair, and decides to track him down. The identical men meet and their lives become bizarrely and irrevocably intertwined. Gyllenhaal is transfixing as both Adam and Anthony, provoking empathy as well as disapproval while embodying two distinct personas. With masterfully controlled attention to detail, Villeneuve takes us on an enigmatic and gripping journey through a world that is both familiar and strange — and hard to shake off long after its final, unnerving image. At Boedecker. — Boedecker Theater FINDING VIVIAN MAIER Not much was known of photographer Vivian Maier until 2007 when her work was discovered at an auction house in Chicago. The find unleashed a treasure box of photographs taken between the 1950s and 1990s by Vivian, a nanny, who lived between France, New York and Chicago during her lifetime. The filmmakers interBoulder Weekly

view dozens of people who knew Vivian and unlock the mystery of a photographer who exposed some of the greatest street scenes and faces of the 20th century. At Boedecker. — Boedecker Theater THE GALAPAGOS AFFAIR: SATAN CAME TO EDEN Darwin meets Hitchcock in this featurelength documentary. The Galapagos Affair is a gripping tale of idealistic dreams gone awry, set in the brutal yet alluring landscape of the Galapagos Islands. Featuring voice-over performances by Cate Blanchett, Diane Kruger, Connie Nielsen, Sebastian Koch, Thomas Kretschmann, Gustaf Skarsgard and Josh Radnor, this film skillfully interweaves an unsolved 1930s murder mystery with stories of present day Galapagos pioneers (a handful of Europeans, Americans and Ecuadoreans who settled idiosyncratically on the Islands between the 1930s and 1960s). As such, it is a parable about the search for paradise — about what happens when a handful of individualists settle on the same small island seeking their own distinct and sometimes clashing notions of Eden. At Boedecker. — Boedecker Theater OPERA: CAPRICCIO-VIENNA Opera superstar Renee Fleming stars alongside Bo Skovhus and Christoph Eschenbach in this delightful production of Richard Strauss’ Capriccio from the Wiener

it all made for a great shot. This story might sound a touch embellished, benefitting from an imaginative memory, but it wasn’t, and Maloof has the pictures to prove it. Maier also made home movies. In some, she talks to the children she cares for. In others, she talks to people on the street. Maloof singles one out that perfectly describes the paradox that was Vivian Maier: Maier exploring an area where a babysitter was murdered. Maier retraces the steps where the woman found the job posting, the neighborhood where the woman was likely murdered and stops by the funeral home where the services were held. “She’s kind of a journalist of the area,” Maloof says. “But usually you do that to show people. She just didn’t.” Maier shot thousands of photographs and hours of film and never showed anyone. She just kept taking photos and storing the negatives away. Shot after shot, box upon box. Many of those shots are now on display in museums and galleries in major U.S. and European cities with plans of a traveling show. Finding Vivian Maier will run at The Dairy Center for the Arts from Wednesday, May 7 to Saturday, May 10. Tickets and show times can be found online at www.thedairy.org Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com

Staatsoper. At Boedecker. —Boedecker Theater REDWOOD HIGHWAY Living in a comfortable retirement community in Southern Oregon, estranged from her family, unsatisfied with her surroundings, and generally not happy about life, Marie decides to journey 80 miles on foot to the coast of Oregon to see the ocean for the first time in 45 years and attend her granddaughter’s wedding as an unexpected guest. Along the way, she meets an extraordinary cast of characters and discovers that you’re never too old to learn something about life and about yourself. At Boedecker. —Boedecker Theater WATERMARK This film of astonishing beauty and perspective reunites awardwinning documentary filmmaker Jennifer Baichwal with acclaimed environmental photographer Edward Burtynsky. While Manufactured Landscapes, their last project together, examined large-scale industrial terrain, this follows Burtynsky’s global photographic exploration of our most vital and compromised resource: water. At Boedecker. — Boedecker Theater Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com May 1, 2014 57

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forest who is dressed like a firefighter. Fin. Here’s the thing: Under the Skin is good, maybe even great. I know it is. I just don’t know why. Certainly, it has something to do with the visual opulence and relentless tension, the latter aided in no small part by Mica Levi’s jarring score. In a sci-fi film with few sci-fi moments, it is Levi’s music that most strongly creates alien atmosphere. Johannson does most of her work with physicality, not just “come hither” looks and alluring jiggles but with smirks and burdened glances. The final shots are downright unforgettable, all but demanding the audience keep working through what they just saw. And I am. I’m working quite hard, actually. At times it feels like the film can be seen as a commentary on the base nature of human desire, the depravity of lust. But that doesn’t quite feel right. Something about turning the alien from a conniving serial sex killer to a broken target of male domination to be pitied suggests…something else. Unlike recent abstract pieces like Upstream Color, Holy Motors, Beyond the Black Rainbow or Enter the Void, there’s no singular feeling to hold on to, no lasting identifiable aura. But it’s good; I know it is! If a Supreme Court justice can declare porn to be without definition but knowable on sight, so too can art fall into the same metric. I don’t know why Under the Skin is exceptional art. I just know it is. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com

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expected Golden Sun to be a bit divey. It’s a big part of what made me seek out the Chinese restaurant tucked into an awkward corner space on a 28th Street strip mall. Chinese food is best served sketchy, and without a set of tracks to cross to the wrong side of, you have to try your luck in strip malls. But I wasn’t totally prepared for the divalicious glory of the Golden Sun, which may be the least Boulder restaurant in Boulder. For starters, it’s cheap. The lunch buffet measures in at a very thrifty $6.95. You get a bit of what you pay for in that the buffet has a smaller selection of items and some of them aren’t labeled — which makes for a fun tasting game — but those that are in the hot and cold cases are on par with your average Chinese buffet taste and qualitywise, despite their lower sticker price. Non-buffet lunch specials are between $6 and $7 across the board. Then there’s the wholly incoherent decor, which included everything from my rickety chair to the front door being propped open with a child’s toy that appeared to be a hybrid of a big wheel and a Game Boy. The lack of theme that spread throughout the awkwardly shaped space made sure that Golden Sun’s feng was about as shui as a trainwreck, and its total lack of modern lines or enormous proclamations decrying GMOs, gluten and factory farms gave the impression of being outside the Boulder bubble. Top it all off with the icy draft that wafted through the place on my visit and it makes for what

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certainly something worth valuing. Golden Sun offers a higher level Golden Sun Chinese of quality than some similarly divey 1635 28th St., joints this reporter has been known to Boulder frequent, and it’s certainly better than 303-449-0783 mall/airport food court Chinese, but isn’t a good restaurant in the way the joints along Pearl Street are. It’s certainly not where you’d want to go on a date or take your parents when they’re many would consider a perfectly horrific dining expein from out of town. But there’s much to be said for a rience. I see it otherwise. cheap hole in the wall where you won’t see anyone you There’s a flawed paradigm that eating out should know or have to discuss what farm your carrots came be upscale and making dinner at home is for meals from with the server. And then, after that non-discusyou just want to eat. But why? Not everyone has a sion, there’s as much tapioca as you want. What more nice kitchen to cook in or the ability to make a dozen can a diner really ask for? different kinds of Chinese cuisine with the various The bottom line is that despite its blatant antiside dishes and dipping sauces. Sometimes people are foodieism, Golden Sun is the sort of dirty little secret just on the go. And being able to eat rather than dine, that everyone should know. and to do so without the scourge of chain fast food is Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com

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TAURUS

APRIL 20-MAY 20:

“My personal philosophy is not to undertake a project unless it is manifestly important and nearly impossible.” So said Taurus-born Edwin Land, the man who invented the Polaroid camera. I have a feeling these might be useful words for you to live by between your birthday in 2014 and your birthday in 2015. In the coming 12 months, you will have the potential of homing in on a dream that will fuel your passions for years. It may seem to be nearly impossible, but that’s exactly what will excite you about it so much — and keep you going for as long as it takes to actually accomplish.

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OCT. 23-NOV. 21:

The U.S. military budget this year is $633 billion. In comparison, the United Nations’ peacekeeping budget is $7.8 billion. So my country will spend 81 times more to wage war than the U.N. will spend to make peace. I would prefer it if the ratio were reversed, but my opinion carries no weight. It’s possible, though, that I might be able to convince you Scorpios, at least in the short run, to place a greater emphasis on cultivating cooperation and harmony than on being swept up in aggression and conflict. You might be tempted to get riled up over and over again in the coming weeks, but I think that would lead you astray from living the good life.

SAGITTARIUS NOV. 22-DEC. 21:

I wish there was a way you could play around with construction equipment for a few hours. I’d love it if you could get behind the wheel of a bulldozer and flatten a small hill. It would be good for you to use an excavator to destroy a decrepit old shed or clear some land of stumps and dead trees. Metaphorically speaking, that’s the kind of work you need to do in your inner landscape: move around big, heavy stuff; demolish outworn structures; reshape the real estate to make way for new building projects.

Actor Matthew McConaughey prides himself on his willingness to learn from his mistakes and failures. A few years ago he collected and read all the negative reviews that critics had ever written about his work in films. It was “an interesting kind of experiment,” he told Yahoo News. “There was some really good constructive criticism.” According to my reading of the astrological omens, Sagittarius, now would be an excellent time for you to try an experiment comparable to McConaughey’s. Be brave!

CANCER

CAPRICORN

In the Transformers movies, Optimus Prime is a giant extraterrestrial warrior robot. His body contains an array of weapons that he uses for righteous causes, like protecting Earth’s creatures. His character is voiced by actor Peter Cullen. Cullen has also worked extensively for another entertainment franchise, Winnie the Pooh. He does the vocals for Eeyore, a gloomy donkey who writes poetry and has a pink ribbon tied in a bow on his tail. Let’s make Cullen your role model for now. I’m hoping this will inspire you to get the Eeyore side of your personality to work together with the Optimus Prime part of you. What’s that you say? You don’t have an Optimus Prime part of you? Well, that’s what Eeyore might say, but I say different.

“Dear Oracle: I might be hallucinating, but recently I swear my pet iguana has been getting turned on whenever I disrobe in front of it. My naked body seems to incite it to strut around and make guttural hissing sounds and basically act like it’s doing a mating dance. Is it me, or is the planets? I think my iguana is a Capricorn like me. — Captivating Capricorn.” Dear Capricorn: Only on rare occasions have I seen you Capricorns exude such high levels of animal magnetism as you are now. Be careful where you point that stuff! I won’t be shocked if a wide variety of creatures finds you extra alluring.

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LEO

JULY 23-AUG. 22:

Do you finally understand that you don’t have to imitate the stress-addled workaholics and self-wounding overachievers in order to be as proficient as they are? Are you coming to see that if you want to fix, heal, and change the world around you, you have to fix, heal, and change yourself? Is it becoming clear that if you hope to gain more power to shape the institutions you’re part of, you’ve got to strengthen your power over yourself? Are you ready to see that if you’d like to reach the next level of success, you must dissolve some of your fears of success?

VIRGO

AUG. 23-SEPT. 22:

“Beauty is the purgation of superfluities,” said Michelangelo. Do you agree? Could you make your life more marvelous by giving up some of your trivial pursuits? Would you become more attractive if you got rid of one of your unimportant desires? Is it possible you’d experience more lyrical grace if you sloughed off your irrelevant worries? I suggest you meditate on questions like these, Virgo. According to my interpretation of the astrological omens, experiencing beauty is not a luxury right now, but rather a necessity. For the sake of your mental, physical, and spiritual health, you need to be in its presence as much as possible.

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JAN. 20-FEB. 18:

“Eat like you love yourself,” advises author Tara Stiles. “Move like you love yourself. Speak like you love yourself. Act like you love yourself.” Those four prescriptions should be top priorities for you, Aquarius. Right now, you can’t afford to treat your beautiful organism with even a hint of carelessness. You need to upgrade the respect and compassion and reverence you give yourself. So please breathe like you love yourself. Sleep and dream like you love yourself. Think like you love yourself. Make love like you love yourself.

PISCES

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OPTIONS MEDICAL CENTER • BOULDER & WHEATRIDGE www.optionsmedicalcenter.com

NOW OPEN FOR RECREATIONAL 21+

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BLUEBERRY DIESEL

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DOG

ON SALE FOR $21.88 PER 1/8TH

ON SALE FOR $21.88 PER 1/8TH

ON SALE FOR $15 PER 1/8TH

REGULAR PRICE $28.75 PER 1/8TH (PLUS TAX)

REGULAR PRICE $28.75 PER 1/8TH (PLUS TAX)

REGULAR PRICE $28.75 PER 1/8TH (PLUS TAX) WHILE SUPPLIES LAST

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ROMULAN

ON SALE FOR $24.65 PER 1/8TH

ON SALE FOR $24.65 PER 1/8TH ON SALE FOR $15 PER 1/8TH

(PLUS TAX)

REGULAR PRICE $28.75 PER 1/8TH (PLUS TAX)

DIXIE ELIXIRS (OMC 100MG)

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REGULAR PRICE $35 PER 1/8TH (PLUS TAX) WHILE SUPPLIES LAST

$10 EACH

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(PLUS TAX)

WITH ADDITIONAL (PLUS TAX)

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FIRE OG

REGULAR PRICE $28.75 PER 1/8TH

From 3-6pm Mon- Fri

21+

ADULT RECREATIONAL with VALID ID DIXIE EDIBLES

$10 EACH

$4 EACH

WITH ADDITIONAL

10% OFF (PLUS TAX)

*ALL PRICES SUBJECT TO CHANGE DEPENDING ON AVAILABILITY OF PRODUCT

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on page 77.

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303.442.2565

FOR COLORADO MEDICAL MARIJUANA PATIENTS ONLY

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FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE • WOMEN’S HEALTH PAIN AND ADDICTION MEDICINE • NUTRITION & FITNESS THERAPY 1. TAXES: A $250 ounce at a medical dispensary is $400 at a recreational shop. AND A WIDE VARIETY OF 2. VARIETY: More medicinal strains with advice on dosing & use. Dr. Joe Cohen COMPLIMENTARY ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE 3. QUANTITY: 2 ounces for medical and 1 oz. for recreational. & Dr. Lisha Barre 4. PROTECTION: Better potential legal coverage.

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5377 Manhattan Circle, Suite 204, Boulder • www.holoshealth.org • By appointment only M-F • Online appointments at www.journey2life.org or call 720.273.3568