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Highroad Obama’s bizarre sales pitch for TPP by Jim Hightower

ometimes you get offered “a deal you can’t refuse.” Then there’s the deal that Barack Obama has offered to congressional Democrats. For some bizarre reason, Obama is staking his presidential legacy on a trade scam called the Trans-Pacific Partnership. It’s a corporate wet dream that would let profiteering giants in Japan, Vietnam, Brunei and eight other

Pacific nations sue to overturn our national, state and even local laws that they claim might pinch their profits. These challenges would not be filed in our courts of law, but in private, corporate-run tribunals set up by the UN and the World Bank. Unsurprisingly, the great majority of House and Senate Democrats are saying “Hell no” to such a power grab. So the President, who is famously disinclined to do the sweaty work of rounding up votes for progressive legislation, invited 30 wary-but-wavering Democratic lawmakers to the White House to make a two-hour personal plea for support of this honker. Vote with me on this highly unpopular giveaway of the people’s sovereignty, he told them, and I will personally come campaign for you if your vote prompts a real Democrat to oppose you in the 2016 primary election. Wow, that’s a double dose of political hemlock! First, he asks them to vote

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against the people by increasing corporate power. Then, the very President who led this highly-unpopular effort will come tell your constituents what a fine public servant you are for voting to impose foreign corporate power over them. Good grief, why not just have the corporate chieftains themselves come thank you for selling out to them? Apparently, Obama has thought of that, too — the week after his plea to Democratic lawmakers, he flew all the way across the country to Beaverton, Oregon to the headquarters of Nike, the champion of offshoring American jobs, to promote its endorsement of his bad TPP deal. This opinion column does not necessarily reflect the views of Boulder Weekly. May 14, 2015 5

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The campaign to pass the Danish Plan by Paul Danish

he campaign to pass the Danish Plan began in August 1976 with a panicked phone call to me from Councilwoman and future Mayor Ruth Correll. She wanted to know why the Danish Plan (officially called the Slow Growth ordinance) didn’t exempt affordable housing from its growth limits. I told her it was because I had given a draft of the plan to Boulder Housing Authority Director John Hoyer months ago and asked him for his input. He didn’t offer any. He hadn’t bothered reading it, of course. You have to exempt affordable housing, she said. The petition drive was scheduled to kick off that evening. We had 200 petitions printed and ready to hand out to dozens of volunteer circulators. Adding language exempting affordable housing would require revising and reprinting the petition and delay the petition drive by about a week. And we were already cutting it close if we were going to make it onto the November 1976 ballot. I went ballistic, of course. You have to do something about affordable housing, she said adamantly after I stopped venting. Let me think about it, I said. I’ll call you back. She was right, of course. We did have to do something. It was already obvious that in order to pass the ordinance we were going to have to fight it out with the business community. If the affordable housing advocates came out against it as well, it would most likely lose. But what to do? A blanket exemption for “affordable housing” (whatever that meant) would gut the ordinance. I called her back and told her we would add a single sentence exempting the projects of the Boulder Housing

Authority. She was relieved and mollified. The episode did indeed set us back a week. But the affordable housing advocates stayed neutral. Even so, the petition drive was a terrific success. We collected something like 5,300 signatures in about 27 days, about 800 more than we needed to appear on the ballot during the highturnout 1976 Presidential election (Carter vs. Ford). Within a week of getting on the ballot, the first anti-Slow Growth ads appeared. This is the point where the supporters of ballot initiatives often make a fatal mistake: They assume that because they have succeeded in putting their issue on the ballot their work is done. The truth is it is just beginning. If you think the job is done when you hand in your petitions, on Election Day you will be handed your head. If you don’t put as much effort and passion into fund-raising, getting out your message, mobilizing your voters and countering attacks as you did collecting signatures, you will have wasted your time in petitioning your proposal onto the ballot in the first place. While we had been petitioning, the opposition had been organizing. Four separate political action committees sprang up to fight the Slow Growth initiative, led by the Chamber of Commerce and the Board of Realtors. Together they raised and spent more than $15,000 (more than $61,000 in today’s dollars), a breath-taking sum for a local election at the time. Fortunately, we had a pretty good idea what was coming. As soon as the petition went into the field we started our own fund-raising and kept it up

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guest commentary Towards a smarter, more progressive approach to trade by Congressman Jared Polis

hese pages have written extensively over the past several months about an important topic: trade. Numerous commentaries and letters of varying levels of veracity have been printed. Unfortunately, while I admire the persistence and attention paid to this topic, the facts have often meandered from the truth. First off, let’s get one thing straight — any one that has followed my political and business career knows that I am supportive of freer and fairer trade and the benefits it brings to hundreds of thousands of small businesses and workers across the country, including thousands in our own backyard — places like Lightning Eliminators in Boulder, which helps protect buildings from lightning, Shotcrete Technologies in Idaho Springs which makes high-speed nozzles for concrete applications, Pro’s Closet biking supplies in Boulder and Keeton Industries in Wellington which makes probiotics for fish. It’s simply not fair that products produced in Japan see an average tariff of just 2 to 3 percent when coming into the U.S., yet products like cheese produced in Colorado see Japanese tariffs as high as 600 percent. Another thing we should get straight: despite my support of freer and fairer trade, I have never supported

granting the President so-called carte blanche “fast-track” authority. “Fast Track” authority was the way in which old trade deals were negotiated, and unfortunately, it allowed flawed trade deals to get through Congress. The last version of “fast track” was negotiated in 2014 by centrist Democrat Senator Max Baucus of Montana and died with the end of the 113th Congress. Recently, a new type of authority was negotiated and released. It was negotiated and co-authored by liberal Democratic Senator Ron Wyden, of Oregon. It’s different from the previous “fast-track” in significant ways. I call it “smart track” because it’s a smarter approach to trade. President Obama is calling it a “deliberate track.” The point is that this new trade authority — whatever you call it — mandates that any trade agreement must be fully public for 60 days before the President signs it, which is before the deal is sent to Congress for debate (and we all know how quickly Congress moves). This means any trade agreement will be public and available in full, online, for months before Congress votes. There’s nothing fast about that timeline. What’s more, the new TPA proposal includes a meaningful way for Congress see COMMENTARY Page 8

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to “turn off ” bad trade deals: if members believe that the negotiated trade agreement is not consistent with the trade objectives and guidelines we gave to the President, or they do not believe the President consulted with Congress in the prescribed manner, then Congress can force a “disapproval vote,” putting the brakes on the trade agreement. This “off switch” was not in the “fast-track” proposal either. But Smart Track doesn’t just set transparency guidelines and provide an “off switch.” What Smart Track does is provide a formal mechanism for Congress to weigh in on what our trade agreements look like. In this version, Congress says that any trade agreement that the President puts before Congress must have enforceable labor, environmental and human rights at its core — not a side agreement as it was with NAFTA. If this President, or the President that follows, presents a deal to Congress that doesn’t meet these guidelines, it won’t become law. That’s what “smart track” ensures. So while I don’t doubt Joel Dyer’s math in a previous column, where he stated that only 4 percent of text language has changed from previous versions of TPA, everything that is important to both me and my constituents is in that 4 percent. These concerns characterize over 90 percent of the correspondence I’ve received on this issue. Another concern I want to address head-on, and which these editorial pages have written on at length, is a component of the trade authority language that deals with sovereignty. In particular, many of my constituents are concerned that future trade deals could potentially undermine local control over laws that regulate public health, the environment, and even fracking. Any trade agreement that did any of those things would garner my staunch opposition. Let me be clear, because this is an issue that is incredibly important to me: I have received personal assurances from President Obama and his administration that no trade deal can undermine federal law, state law, local law or our national sovereignty. But assurances are not enough. This is why Smart Track includes language clarifying binding the President, in no uncertain terms, that trade deals cannot undermine local laws: SEC. 8. SOVEREIGNTY. 2 (a) UNITED STATES LAW TO PREVAIL IN EVENT OF 3 CONFLICT.—No provision of any trade agreement entered 4 into under section 3(b), nor the application of any such

5 provision to any person or circumstance, that is incon6 sistent with any law of the United States, any State of 7 the United States, or any locality of the United States 8 shall have effect. When it comes to legislative language, it simply doesn’t get any more clear and direct. In addition to the explicit assurance that the treaty won’t override any laws in our country, I also wanted certainty that no additional rights were given to any international corporations, referred to here as “foreign investors” (investing in U.S. operations): “Foreign investors in the United States are not accorded greater substantive rights with respect to investment protections than United States investors in the United States…” Thus for some of the very same reasons I did not support fast tracks, I’m supportive of the Smart Tracks TPA legislation introduced last month. It sets very clear, direct and enforceable guidelines for the President to engage in trade negotiations with other countries. From accessible health care to clean energy to minimum wage increases to job training programs to affordable higher education, President Obama has consistently been a champion for working families since he entered the White House six years ago. A smart, progressive trade agreement is part of that middle-class agenda. Not to mention the fact that increased engagement and economic ties through trade is one of the surest ways of fostering mutual respect and good will, and ultimately avoiding conflict, a platform I’ve subscribed to for my entire political career. That’s why I also support ending the embargo and free trade with Cuba. As Obama said last week, speaking to a crowd in Oregon about his trade agenda, “we can’t stand on the beaches and stop the global economy at our shores. We’ve got to harness it on our terms.” I’m doing everything I can to make sure we’re harnessing the 21st century global economy in a way that benefits Colorado and protects our environment and human rights. I believe in the power of America to do good in the world. If President Obama can accomplish what he is setting out to do with TPP and what we are directing him to do in the Smart Tracks — protecting fisheries and wildlife, banning child labor, protecting habitats, fighting piracy and theft of intellectual property, ensuring a free and open internet and increasing market access for made-in-America products in Japan and other nations — then count me in! Boulder Weekly

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through the campaign. In the end I of what we did raise for the last few days think we raised about $3,500 (more than of the campaign. I thought we would have $14,000 today). It was enough. Just. one chance to reach the undecided voter I knew we could never match the at that point — and that we had a good opposition dollar for dollar, but I was way to do it. The opposition’s campaign certain that if we had enough to 1) get had been so pervasive that it was impossiour side of the story out to the voters, ble not to have noticed that big bucks and 2) to respond to the substance of were being spent. It was making people their ad blitz convincingly in the last uneasy. So we produced a full page ad of days of the campaign — when undecid- our own. ed voters and voters with misgivings Across the top of it were pictures of were making up their minds — we the ads the opposition had been runwould have a chance. ning. The first order of business was to The headline under the pictures get our story out before the opposition read: defined us. “Someone is spending a hell of a lot of What we lacked in money we made money to kill Growth Control in up with volunteers. Boulder environBoulder. Guess who.” mentalists, including members of the The text did not fulminate about Sierra Club, PLAN money in politics. Boulder and That’s a losers’ PURE (People game. Instead it United to Reclaim focused on the the Environment, arguments the another local enviopposition had THEIR ronmental group) been raising and were rallying to rebutted them. CAMPAIGN FOCUSED ON the cause. So we And it also made SOWING THE SEEDS OF printed up an the case for passing DOUBT ABOUT OUR PROPOSeight-page booklet the ordinance. The AL — THE CLASSIC STRATEGY (on newsprint to ad told our side of save money) the story at the FOR DEFEATING BALLOT INIexplaining what moment when TIATIVES. was in the Slow people were preGrowth ordinance pared to hear it. In and providing retrospect, I think answers to what we thought it prevented the opposition from closwould be the most frequently asked ing the deal with the undecideds. questions about it. We printed 30,000 The one thing we didn’t have to do of them and set out to put one on was mount a get-out-the-vote drive on every doorstep in town as soon as posElection Day. The fact that the ordinance sible. was on the ballot during a presidential We got decent earned media; reaelection took care of that. Just about sonably fair and balanced stories and everyone in Boulder who hadn’t achieved our fair share of letters to the editor, in room temperature voted that year. the Camera and Town & Country In 1976 Boulder was voting with a Review, the weekly paper that occupied brand new punch card system that would the Boulder Weekly’s niche at the time. allow the ballots to be counted by comput(T&C was my employer at the time, er. There were glitches. The ballot countwhich did not stop editor and publisher ing dragged on all night. We thought it Jim Johnson from coming out against was going to be close, and it was. At 6 a.m. the ordinance.) the count was tied. There were seven preWe didn’t dominate in earned cincts that hadn’t been counted. We had media, but our voice was heard. That three of them down as leaning “yes”, three was enough. down as leaning “no” and one as a toss-up. In the last 10 days of the campaign The final returns came in at about 9:30 the media blitz against the Slow a.m. The plan won 18,783 to 18,230, a Growth ordinance got as intense as I 553 vote margin. thought it would — at least one fullA reporter asked me if I was conpage ad a day in the Camera and somecerned by the closeness of the vote. times more. The opposition knew what “The closeness of the vote doesn’t bothit was doing; their campaign focused on er me,” I said. “It is still a mandate. The sowing the seeds of doubt about our margin is every bit as decisive as a 5-4 proposal — the classic strategy for vote in council.” defeating ballot initiatives. This opinion column does not necessarily We didn’t remotely have the money to reflect the views of Boulder Weekly. answer it ad for ad, but we had saved most Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com

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[Re: “Hippies and street people,” Commentary, May 7] Sssshhhhh don’t tell anyone, but I fancied myself a hippie for a brief period in Detroit and most of the same police and gangster opinions by the non-hippie populace (in this America, land of free association, free speech, freedom to assemble) were alive there. Especially following the revolt by the poor and other citizens of African American decent that wanted answers to police brutality following the uprising in 1967. Aztatl Garza/Albuquerque, NM

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Thanks to the Weekly for continuing coverage of environmental issues, particularly some local ones that we might not otherwise hear about. I also appreciate coverage of global issues, particularly climate change. The Weekly recently covered a study suggesting that one of six species will disappear due to global warming and a call by local researchers for increased attention to the influence of change in high mountain regions [Re: “Study says global warming will cause one in six species to go extinct,” Eco-Briefs, May 7]. A recent NASA report projects that as global warming progresses, we in the West may be in for “mega-droughts” much worse than the one currently plaguing California. The Weekly also covers a range of sustainability actions that can form part of a response to the threat of climate change. I’d like to cut to the chase and suggest a practical path to a more comprehensive national approach. The policy, as proposed by Citizens’ Climate Lobby, includes three parts: A gradually increasing carbon fee, imposed at the point of extraction or import of fossil fuels, provides a price signal to the economy, enabling businesses and consumers to adjust gradually and unleashes American ingenuity to devise better low-carbon technologies. Second, the revenues from the fee are fully refunded to U.S. citizens through equitable monthly rebates. The rebates keep the money in the U.S. economy and compensate consumers for prices that increase in response to the carbon fee. Finally, border tax adjustments keep U.S. businesses competitive interna10 May 14, 2015

tionally and encourage other countries to enact similar climate policies. The good news about this policy is that it does not cripple the economy or kill jobs. On the contrary, a detailed economic study by Regional Economic Modeling, Inc. projects that while lowering U.S. carbon emissions by half, the policy actually increases GDP slightly, and creates 2.8 million more jobs than a business-as-usual scenario. Even if we’re unsure about the impacts and urgency of global warming, this approach provides cheap insurance. For more information on this approach, and to find out how you can help build political support for it, see Citizens’ Climate Lobby’s website at http://citizensclimatelobby.org/. David Kline/Boulder

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Could we be the one in six species to go extinct at the hand of climate change? Your article [Re: “Study says global warming will cause one in six species to go extinct,” Eco-Briefs, May 7] that referenced a new study published in the journal “science” claims one in six existing species will go extinct if the global temperature continues to increase at the current rate. Maybe that’s exactly what we need to have happen. If we were told that humans would become extinct if we didn’t address climate change then maybe we’d move off the dime. We humans seem to need a catastrophe in order to take action. The work done by Mark C. Urban of the University of Connecticut comes just months before nearly 200 governments meet in Paris for UN climate talks aimed at forming a global deal to cut carbon emissions. Now is the time for concerned citizens to contact Senators Michael Bennet and Cory Gardner and let them know that you want them to support or introduce legislation that will put a steadily-rising fee on carbon-based fuels at their source and then return those revenues to households to offset higher energy costs. Citizens’ Climate Lobby is carrying out a nonpartisan movement to make members of Congress aware of a researched study (REMI) showing that a fee and dividend approach could reduce carbon emissions and produce jobs in the coming decades. Let our species exist so others can. Let’s look for those solutions that do not further polarize our Congress and the American people. We must help our legislators to reach across the aisle to make decisions that will benefit all of us. Roberta Benson/Boulder Boulder Weekly

news briefs Latino Chamber of Boulder opens first office After 13 years serving Latino-owned and operated businesses in Boulder County, the Latino Chamber of Commerce of Boulder County opens it’s first dedicated office space in downtown Longmont on Saturday, May 16. The new building, located at 332 Main St., is 650 square feet, and was made possible through a membership drive over the past two years, as well as support from the cities of Boulder County and the county itself. Jose Beteta, president of Boulder’s Latino Chamber, says the facility will be able to host up to 30-35 people for classes or meetings. “But it’s also going to be a dynamic work space, meeting space and a place of resource for the whole community,” says Beteta. “We’re happy because we’re going to be hosting not only our events there, but opening space to other organizations to host events, and especially nonprofits that could use a hand.” Beteta says that during the first week of June, the Chamber will be part of Longmont Startup Week. “So that whole week we are going to be hosting at least eight workshops for the community dealing with different business themes, entrepreneurial themes, success stories from underrepresented business persons and women,” Beteta says. “We’re going to touch on different topics At least one of those workshops is going to be informative on who we are and what and how we can help current or prospective business move forward.” The event, which is free and open to the public, will begin at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 16 with a ribbon cutting ceremony followed by a presentation by the Chamber on its history. Food, music and networking will follow until 8 p.m.

Obama approves Shell to drill in the Arctic After years of fighting for the right to drill in the Arctic — and a record of bungled operations — Shell got a nod of approval from the Obama administration to start drilling for oil and gas in the Arctic Ocean this summer. Shell’s green light to drill seemed James Brooks/Wikimedia Commons immanent last month when the Department of the Interior approved selling offshore drilling leases in the Arctic — an approval that came despite a court-ordered reanalysis showing the environmental impacts could be significantly worse than previously thought. “Instead of holding Shell accountable and moving the country towards a sustainable future, our federal regulators are catering to an ill-prepared company in a region that does not tolerate cutting corners,” said Tim Donaghy, Greenpeace senior research specialist, to EcoWatch. “Shell has a history of dangerous malfunctioning in the Arctic while global scientists agree that Arctic oil must stay The Noble Discoverer required numerous repairs after a Coast Guard inspection in the ground if we’re to avoid catarevealed environmental and safety strophic climate change.” violations during Shell’s 2012 attempts at drilling offshore of Alaska. This isn’t the first time Shell has been given the go-ahead. In the summer of 2012, the Obama administration gave the company a permit to begin offshore Arctic drilling, but safety and operational issues halted operations. In 2013, the Department of the Interior said the company could not resume drilling until all safety issues were addressed. In a review of Shell’s 2012 Arctic operations, the Department of the Interior concluded that Shell had failed in a wide range of basic operational tasks, such as testing critical systems. According to the report, “Likewise, additional problems encountered by Shell — including significant violations identified during United States Coast Guard’s (USCG) inspection of the Noble Discoverer drilling rig in Seward last November, the lost tow and grounding of the Kulluk rig near Kodiak Island in late December, and violations of air emission permits issued by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) — also indicate serious deficiencies in Shell’s management of contractors, as well as its oversight and execution of operations in the extreme and unpredictable conditions offshore of Alaska.” Boulder Weekly

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If passed, two ballot initiatives will amend city charter and alter development by Matt Cortina

here are petitions circling in Boulder right now that, if they get enough signatures, will put on the November ballot two initiatives that amend the city charter and change the way we handle future development in the city. One ballot initiative would give individual neighborhoods the opportunity to vote on any land use changes in their area. The other initiative tacks on recuperative expenses to future development projects. The potential ramifications if either amendment passes have kindled a debate between advocacy groups, the city and developers. Oddly, or maybe not, parties on either side of the line seem to either support both issues or oppose both. On one side is the group that initiated the ballot measures, Livable Boulder, which is made up of residents, former council members and city workers, and local policy buffs. On the other side are groups with a vested interest in development, like the Chamber of Commerce, Better Boulder and some members of City Council. As Livable Boulder works to gather the 4,511 signatures needed to put the

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This map, provided by Livable Boulder, outlines the more than 60 neighborhoods that would be defined under the “Neighborhoods’ Right to Vote on Land Use Regulation Changes” charter amendment, one of two measures currently circulating for petition. Under the amendment, each neighborhood would get to vote on any land use changes in their boundaries.

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measures to a vote, let’s break down provides an opportunity to revise land each initiative, outline who is for and use codes and zones, and amend who is against, and see what still is yet them to better fit what the city (City to be determined about the measures. Council, planning department, city Livable Boulder is a citizen’s action manager) has outlined for future group that organized last fall in development and address what it response to a general feeling that there sees as pressing needs. Meanwhile, was a lot of development happening City Council is working through a everywhere in Boulder without resicommercial linkage fee that would dents being consulted on any of it. The require developers to pay a fee that is group’s eight-person steering committhen put into a city fund for affordtee includes former Boulder City able housing. A third reading and pasCouncil members Cindy Carlisle, sage of that measure is imminent. Gwen Dooley and Allyn Feinberg. Because of these concurrent Another steering committee memevents, many of those against the balber, Stephen Haydel, says the group’s lot initiatives feel like the city has consensus was that the city was moving already put into place, or is in the proforward with zoning changes as well as cess of putting into place, more reasonaffordable housing construction withable ways to accomplish what the out input from the neighborhoods that amendments seek to do. were most affected by these projects. Though LOT OF he says the city GROUPS WITH DEVELOPER BACKED and planning board were surMONEY THAT ARE GOING TO FIGHT prised at what [THE MEASURE].” — STEPHEN was “a quick pushback” from HAYDEL, LIVABLE BOULDER the community, the group decided a charter amendment, which For instance, when it comes to cannot be altered by future city coun“Development Shall Pay Its Own cils, was necessary to provide rights to Way,” Livable Boulder recognizes in Boulder homeowners. their effort that the city’s comprehenLivable Boulder floated six ballot sive plan calls for new development initiative ideas before settling on the two measures that are now circulating projects to pay their own way. A statfor petition. The first, “Neighborhoods’ ute in the city’s plan states: “Since the Right to Vote on Land Use Regulation public costs of annexation and develChanges,” gives neighborhoods as outoping several areas concurrently lined in a map the ability to vote on could prove excessive, the city will any changes to the land use code with- limit said costs to those which can in their neighborhood boundaries. If reasonably be accommodated within 10 percent of the neighborhood peti[existing city funding programs] and tions the land use change, it will go to are compatible with anticipated revea vote — either during a special elecnues.” tion or with a November election — But that clause is just a guideline that the city will fund and execute. The for the city to follow. The charter second measure, “Development Shall amendment is designed to ensure that Pay Its Own Way,” will make develop“city levels of service are not diminers pay for any costs or burdens that ished by new development.” It would result from the construction or renovacodify fees and regulations; like the tion of a building — including fees regulation that any development must that offset the cost of increased traffic, be proven to not increase traffic. any restriction of access to libraries or “We have in the initiative that the parks, additional flood control or water traffic will not increase in those areas,” treatment expenses, and more. Haydel says. “The developer and the These two ballot measures come as city and planning department have to the city is in the middle of a major show that it will not negatively impact update to the Boulder Valley traffic in that area.” Comprehensive Plan (BVCP); a change If it does negatively impact traffic, that happens every five years. This Haydel says, the developer would have process includes a general survey of to offset costs “by paying for more Boulder’s development plans, taking street work or offsetting somehow in into account environmental, logistical that region,” like adding more parking and economic considerations. The spots or increasing lanes. BVCP, most relevant in the discussion, It remains to be seen how one

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quantifies the cost of increased traffic. Livable Boulder is suggesting the city increases the collection of data through the transportation department. That would include, as it states in the amendment, tracking travel times in Boulder during morning and evening rush hours. If the travel time increases, a developer will pay a fee — how they’ll pay, how much they’ll pay and where those funds will go is still unclear. “That sort of still has to be defined,” Haydel says. “It’s sort of like the linkage fee goes to affordable housing; part of this would go to affordable housing, part of it would go to public services.” Haydel says that the linkage fee council is planning to pass is based on 2009 numbers, which he says are already out of date and inadequate, thus reinforcing his case for the group’s initiative. Of the two measures, “Development Shall Pay its Own Way,” is in rougher, vaguer shape. Kathy Haddock, senior assistant city attorney, recently returned a list of recommendations on Livable Boulder’s initiatives, though the group is not required to make those changes. Haddock’s recommendations included figuring out what the terms “fully pay” and “fully offset” mean. Can, for instance, a fire station be constructed in an area where response times are lowered because of new development, thus “fully offsetting” the added burden? Another question posed was how long do impact measurements from development need to be done? Boulder Planning Department Deputy Director Susan Richstone says the path the city is currently on will better assess and charge developers than the charter amendment. This measure, she says, will add more complications to what the city is already trying to accomplish. “I imagine [the development amendment] will change if it goes to ballot because I had a lot of questions about how you’d actually implement it,” Richstone says. “Boulder historically has had a policy that growth should pay its own way. It sounds sort of simple but what we have done is set in place a whole series of requirements that ensures that the impacts of development are addressed. Through our land use code in terms of the review, we require a whole lot of things in terms of new development; what we call exactions. Then the next phase is because we grow, we need to make sure we have the facilities and services to do that growth. “We have a lot of standards in place

about parks development and libraries and we have a whole series of impact fees and excise taxes that actually go towards new growth paying its fair share of capital facilities so we can build the new parks needed and expand existing libraries.” For the record, the Boulder Chamber of Commerce agrees with Richstone saying in a statement, “The comprehensive plan update process is the appropriate venue for a discussion about how growth pays its own way.” And Boulder Mayor Matt Appelbaum said of the issue, “I don’t think we should shut things down or raise development fees so that it effectively shuts things down.” But the opposition from Appelbaum and others is much harsher on the other ballot initiative: “Neighborhoods’ Right to Vote on Land Use Changes.” Appelbaum called it the “Gated Community Act,” and said, “Don’t do it in a real city that’s doing its best to manage its future and do a lot of good things.” The amendment draws lines on neighborhoods throughout the city — for example, Holiday, Wonderland Hills, Mapleton Hill, Foothills Community, Vista Village and more than 60 others — based on zoning codes, neighborhood names, developments and so on. From there, whenever a land use change is proposed by the city, the residents of that neighborhood would be able to decide whether to vote on allowing the land use change to occur or not. If 10 percent of the community wants a formal vote, an election at the city’s expense would be held. For instance, if the city wants to change one of its residential zone plots into a commercial, industrial or other zone, the neighborhood would get to vote. That could mean a business wants to develop next to the neighborhood and needs to meet setbacks and so needs a land use change on a segment of a neighborhood. It could also mean a developer wants to buy up several lots and build one big commercial or rental property. Any construction that is proposed within current codes and zones would not be up for a vote. Haydel says most residential areas are pretty maxed out, and so the logical conclusion is that any future development in residential areas (except for those few lots with extra space, or for renovations and rebuilds on existing residential lots) would require a land use change. Boulder Planning Department Executive Director David Driskell says the language in the amendment is still See AMENDMENTS Page 14

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And would some neighborhoods get fed up at having to pay for the issues of other neighborhoods? “That could be,” Haydel says. “We have some communities right now, for example Newlands or Frasier Meadows, where I don’t see much changes planned for them but other communities do [have changes planned]. But in 10 years, who knows what the landscape is going to be?” Some lingering questions remain about the motives of voters should these ballot initiatives make it to November. Wouldn’t most homeowners want the ability to vote on any land use changes in their neighborhood? Wouldn’t most Boulder citizens want stricter rules for development to offset traffic costs and park access? And would we really be stifling development in town with these amendments as opponents and developers say? “We hope … a neighborhood never has to fight a land use change,” Haydel says. “It’s more letting City Council know that neighborhoods should be engaged in the process.” Earning that ability, by getting the initiatives on the ballot and winning

in an election, will not be easy, Haydel says. He says there are many wealthy parties interested in seeing these initiatives fail. Livable Boulder is crossing its fingers and gearing up for a battle. “There are a lot of groups with developer backed money that are going to fight [the measures],” Haydel says. “We don’t have any big backers. We’re fighting Boulder Chamber, Better Boulder… they are going to fight this, and they have money behind them.” Also working against the group might be public perception. A recent article in the Daily Camera about the initiatives referred to the group as “Development foes,” in the headline, and Appelbaum framed all those who might be in support of the measures as “a pretty large cohort in Boulder that pretty much wants to stop all growth and development.” What it comes down to, Haydel believes, is the rights of the community, which is trying to regain control of development and what happens in their own neighborhoods from an apathetic and self-serving council. The group is working on the initiative’s language after receiving the city attorney’s feedback, but Livable Boulder thinks passing these measures will put a wrench in what they say is development spiraling out of control. “I think [the city] somehow has a vision and they want to stick to that even though there isn’t a lot of feedback,” Haydel says. “Appelbaum just doesn’t want to get community input. It’s not the entire city council; it’s just the feeling people get is that they’re doing it no matter what.” Boulder Weekly

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he world as we know With a closer inspection, is changing. As temyou’ll note that Rice’s drawings peratures soar, ice are far from perfect. You’ll see melts and water levels fingerprints, holes, tape, plastic rise, artists like Tom patchwork and other flaws. And Rice are striving to capture the Rice says that’s the point. The final moments of these landdrawings are also not attached scapes to preserve for the future. to the wall. They hang from the ceiling and float around the “I wanted to make pieces space, responding to movements about things that were vanishthe viewer makes. These interacing,” Rice says. “I’m drawn to tions with the work serve as a that temporary nature, so I wantbigger metaphor for the impresed to make monuments to things sions we have on our surroundthat may not be there when my ings. kids are older.” “One of the reasons I like Rice’s exhibit Monuments to that they hang loosely is that the Ephemeral, now on display at they move around. It shows the Firehouse Art Center, features impact of our presence in the large-scale ink drawings of landenvironment. So when I walk by scapes on thin, transparent plas- “Great Glacier” was painted from a photograph from the early 1900s of a Alaskan glacier that has since receded. them they move. You can’t be in tic. The landscapes are all bodies the presence of these things of water from glaciers to waterwithout affecting them. If you falls. They are drawn from phothese natural landscapes versus mantouch them, these materials will come tographs, including one from the early made materials. off on your hand… 1900s of a glacier near Wrangell, Ala., The pieces are a definite environ“Any time we touch the environthat has receded so much it now looks mental statement, Rice says, but he also ment it changes,” Rice says. “Some piccompletely different. wanted to make them more personal. tures develop wounds, and I like the In the past, Rice has dabbled in sev- To add that touch, the pictures include idea of having these places that are little eral art forms, but he says when he love letters that Rice has written to holes and injuries. Then you try to fix started doing performance art he began people in his life, including his partner it, and this manmade fix never looks exploring political themes. For this and his children. The letters also conright, just like in nature.” show, he says he wanted to address the tribute a sense of longing to the work, Another striking feature of the serious environmental crisis happening he says, making them feel almost like drawings are their dimensions. With in the world. Calling himself a passive post cards. most at around 10 feet by 12 feet, they environmentalist, Rice says he was “When I think of nostalgia, I think feel life-size. To contrast the bigger drawn to the plastic material — where of loss — things that have happened in pieces, the exhibit also includes Rice’s it came from, how long it lasted, how it the past that are gone now or in memoseries entitled Small Violences. The four affects the environment. In using the ry,” Rice says. “That’s how I connected pictures are 2-inch by 2-inch silverplastic he is able to question and to nostalgia, and that’s the feeling I was point drawings of the fracking industry explore the longevity and temporality of trying to create.”

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(Top) Anthony DeJesus at the top of his first climb. (Bottom row, from left) Anthony DeJesus and his best friend rapping in front of DeJesus’s apartment; DeJesus, Jesse Spiegel and Vitek Linhart meet for the first time as a group; DeJesus and Spiegel in the Shawangunks climbing area in New York.

hirty minutes outside New York City, on the road to the Shawangunk Mountains in upstate New York, Anthony DeJesus turned to his travel companions and said this was the farthest he’d ever been outside the city. Born and raised in the Bronx, he’d joined a gang as a teenager and been incarcerated for dealing drugs by his 20th birthday. His outlook on life was as narrow as the space between the buildings and pavement that surrounded him. Jesse Spiegel knew there could be another way. He was in the van with DeJesus that day, taking him on an initial exploratory outing to preface a much longer trip that is hoped to be the pilot project for “Rewilding,” a program that would take incarcerated adults far from those city landscapes and into a wider view of the world. “Because of their surroundings, these guys, they hardly leave their block, and they’ve just got no access to see or experience anything different than that, so how could they possibly know anything other than that?” Spiegel says. “If you’re not shown or don’t see or experience anything else, then you’re not aware of it. You can’t envision yourself doing it, and I think by getting himself out of that by showing him that there are other ways… I think it’ll broaden his horizons and awaken a sense of potential.” Spiegel also grew up in New York City and watched, as a teenager, as the district attorney and judge gave the nod to drop charges on him when he was arrested for fighting. He was lucky, Spiegel says, to have parents who told him to put on a suit and sent him to court with a lawyer. The kid he’d been fighting faced real penalties for the same crime — and anyBoulder Weekly

where else, the whole incident might have been ignored as teenage mischief. It was just the first in a series of signs that led Spiegel to see the justice system was broken. “We are penalizing kids for making childish mistakes,” he says. “I was a kid when I did those things. I’m a totally different person now.” Policy changes in the 1970s led to an unprecedented increase in incarceration rates — and no real increase in public safety, according to the Prison Policy Initiative, a nonprofit, non-partisan research and advocacy organization founded to document and publicize mass criminalization. The U.S. incarcerates 716 people for every 100,000 residents, a rate five times higher than most other countries, despite having a comparable crime rate, the organization states. The runner up is the United Kingdom, with 147 people incarcerated for every 100,000. It’s an expensive correctional system — running as much as $100,000 per year per criminal at some institutions and totaling $75 billion nationwide — that often fails to really change behavior. Based on the research compiled for Rewilding, 75 percent of incarcerated men will be re-arrested within five years of their release. Spiegel was lucky, too, that he had parents who spotted a need for the great outdoors in him, and sent him to climbing camps in Colorado, and that turned to college in Denver. When the former startup entrepreneur sold his company and spent two years traveling and rock climbing and searching for what to do next, he thought of how to reach back into that city and help a few other kids who hadn’t been so fortunate to climb out. That was how he met DeJesus, doing administra-

tive work for a transitional program in New York City and spotlighted immediately by the director as a great spokesperson for what was hoped to be a growing program. In all of the individuals considered for the program, Spiegel says, he saw a deep, innate desire to spend time in the woods. “There’s this primal thing in them that’s just itching for it. They’ve never been out there — they want to get out there and build fires and eat bugs,” he jokes. “I think it’ll have an amazing effect, I know it will.” The plan for this summer is a dream roadtrip: load into a van and spend six weeks traveling around the western United States, driving from New York to Colorado, Wyoming, Oregon, California, Nevada, Utah and then back to New York to climb, camp, fish, practice yoga and learn about permaculture and sustainability. DeJesus, Spiegel and Vitek Linhart, a former professional skier and outdoor educator, will travel together, joined by filmmaker Matt Corliss, who will record their journey for a web series and documentary film. Doug Metzger, who worked on Dances with Wolves, The Italian Job, Aspen Extreme, City Slickers and White Fang, has also signed on to produce the film. They’ll live at an eco-village in Oregon and climb with “dirtbags” in Utah, Spiegel says. Perhaps as influential as the things they do and the places they go will be the people they meet. “Just interacting with people in a loving way I think is very foreign in that [inner city] community,” he says. “Everybody yearns for that, I think, and by not only exposing them to experiences but feelings and awakening all that, it’s going to awaken a sense of potential.” The plan has been well-received by the transitional organizations. Their response, Spiegel recounts, was “I see REWILDING Page 22

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don’t know how you’re going to fund it, we don’t have the funding for it, but if you can do this for our guys, we think it would be outstanding.” Seven of them have signed on as partners. The hope is that this year is just the beginning, and that the web series will pave the way, financially, for more participants and, eventually, the Rewilding’s Alternative Adventure Retreat, a full-fledged alternative approach to transitional therapy for formerly incarcerated adults: one that looks to the outdoors and uses wilderness experiences and an education in sustainable living to give them a much broader perspective on the world. On that first trip into the woods in upstate New York, to camp and climb, Spiegel says, he could see the difference it was making for DeJesus. “What you saw was mostly in his eyes, it was mostly him gazing at things and taking things in,” he says. “My whole life, I’ve been boxed in,” DeJesus says in his introductory interview for Rewilding. In foster care, he

was labeled as a runaway risk and was left in a room with no windows. At one point, he was institutionalized in a room with a window so high he couldn’t even look out of it. “Growing up in my community if you weren’t tough you couldn’t survive. The things you did made you tough — being violent,” he continues in that video. “The amount of money you had made you feel tougher or like you had power. It’s not. It’s doing other things, being open to other things, other knowledge is what really gives you that power, and what really makes you tough, to say, ‘Hey man, this makes me happy. This makes me a stronger person.’ … I always wanted to see a mountain. I’ve seen buildings. I’ve seen streets, I’ve seen all these things in the city. It’s nothing new. … It’s about legacy. I want to be able to say, ‘You can do it. I’ve done it, and I came right from where you’re at.’” His journey is set to begin in midJuly. Visit www.rewildingthefilm.com for additional information and a trailer. Boulder Weekly

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Clyfford Still and the natives by Elizabeth Miller

efore he became the creator of explosive and epic-scale abstract expressionist paintings and then an artist so reclusive and elusive that he nearly wrote himself out of the art history books, Clyfford Still was a graduate student and instructor at a college in Washington state who went along with a colleague on a search for compelling subjects for portraits. That journey took them to the high plains of northern central Washington and the Colville Indian Reservation. They rode the prevailing sentiment at the time that Native American tribes were vanishing cultures and there was a need to document them before they were gone forever, chased landscape features Still described as second to none and spent their summers on the reservation. In addition to precise, reverent portraits, Still made sketches of teepees, cabins and grain silos. The work Still created, having not yet found his way to those cloud-like forms and vast canvases in single colors that would dominate his later works, shows him both stumbling that direction and indulging in a kind of plainspeaking documentation of the people he encountered. He fixated on their native costumes and customs, drawing Boulder Weekly

their clothing and shoes in detail, as well as their homes and even a fishing trap. Work that shows him forging a path toward abstraction and those precise drawings are hung together in Clyfford Still: The Colville Reservation and Beyond, 1934-1939 at the Clyfford Still Museum. “He thought these people were on their Clyfford Still’s pastel and graphite on paper works from 1926 show the artist’s work to document and explore the culture at way out, that it would the Colville Indian Reservation. be very difficult for them to preserve their He couldn’t know how right he was culture under what he could see were that the way of life that these people extremely harsh economic conditions had practiced for, by some estimates, that were tough anyway, and then we’re 10,000 years, was about to be wiped in the middle of the Depression and out, or that in painting the mile-wide people are being sustained by powdered stretch of the concrete dam, he was milk that they get from the Indian documenting the instrument of their agencies and so on, so he was very pes- destruction. simistic about their future,” says Still and his colleague at Patricia Failing, art history professor Washington State College (now emerita from University of Washington Washington State University) Worth and guest curator for the exhibition. Griffin sold the university on the idea Alongside his portraits and studies of supporting a summer artists’ colony of the tribes, he painted the rising at the Colville Reservation from 1937 foundations of the Grand Coulee Dam. to 1941, in the hopes of building an

inland art movement. Those who came, mostly, were art teachers with summers off and an interest in using the time to hone their skills. They rented rooms for about $10 a month. The exhibition of 30 works on paper and eight oil paintings are joined by sketches, photographs and even the letter pitching the artists’ colony to Washington State College. The cumulative effect shows Still moving back and forth between two modes of thinking — from the precise, graphite on paper portraits he makes of tribal leaders and figures and delicate pastels of Native American women in headdresses adorned with a pair of feathers, to the broad, rough, dark earthy tones for figures with elongated hands, faces, bare breasts, all of it stretched out as though time has worn all the elasticity out of these humans. As with many of the exhibitions at the Clyfford Still Museum, the archives have yielded dozens of these works never publicly exhibited before this first study of Still’s formative years. “What’s intriguing about this early see STILL Page 26

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material is that he’s finding his artistic person, he’s finding out how to make painting do what he wanted it to do,” Failing says. “And by the time he gets to the mid-’40s, he’s got it pretty well figured out, and then he can move on to making the kinds of decisions and the kinds of shifts in his practice that you can see in the rest of the galleries.” Still turned a documentarian-type eye to the costumes worn by the tribes, recording details in the gaudy shawls and skirts in many cases worn to the town of Nespelem to visit friends or conduct business at the Indian Agency there. The colors he was exposed to in the Native American clothing seemed to have made a lasting impression on his palette. His sketches and studies show the artist’s mind working away at the phenomena of color in the Native Americans’ shawls and dresses — he draws a study of the figure and his or her attire alongside patches of color in which the human figure has evaporated, and Still plays only in the colors, using pastels to see what emerges from a layer of violet and yellow with a little red band, or purple with blue over the top. “There’s just a new chromatic range that comes in in a very factual way because those are the colors that he experienced there,” Failing says. It’s no accident that the painting hung on a gallery wall glimpsed from the gallery hosting this exhibition is a yellow field with a bolt of red through it. The change doesn’t occur immediately — it’s not that he goes, sketches native costumes and his colors immediately change, but there’s a slow build that emerges throughout the 1940s and into the 1950s. “From my perspective, I feel very

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tion of material for people to assimilate Dam in photographs, sketches at at because you would assume that he least one oil painting, which shows the went from this way to that, but that’s skeletal infrastructure of scaffolding not how it worked at all. He’s working over the stream of water. in both directions simultaneously,” she The reservoir created by the dam, says. “He’s not someone who’s work Lake Roosevelt, covered over one of the goes in a kind of teleological trajectory most important tribal fishing areas on from point A to point B. He said his the Columbia River, Kettle Falls. The development was more like a pattern of last salmon were taken from the river flames than a successive series of ocean there in 1939. Tribes that had formerly waves, and he’s always going back, run communal fish traps and distributreturning to ideas and forms and claried salmon to each family, based on its fying them or setting them aside, or size, were offered canned salmon and a extending them in some way, and inte- little cash in place of the river that had grating various eras of practice and been central to their way of life ecovarious ideas over a period of time.” nomically, culturally and ceremonially. Curatorial staff laments that the “The whole project involved a ruthexhibition can’t travel; drawing a little less disregard of Indians as human more attention might pull a few more beings. The result can only be called a of the lost works out disaster for the of the woodwork. Colville people,” for“I’m assuming mer University of ON THE BILL: Clyfford that now the word is Washington anthroStill: The Colville Reservation out, people are going pology professor and Beyond, 1934-1939. to start peeling Verne Ray, who spent Clyfford Still Museum, 1250 Bannock St., Denver, 720-354through their archives 17 years with Colville 4880. Through September 13. and looking for lost Indians, says in a film Still paintings,” produced by the Failing says. tribes on the damage At the very least, the exhibition done by the dam. opens the door to additional study. The Colville Reservation is still “Once you do the first round, that home to 12 tribes. The Confederated raises a second round of questions. ... Tribes of the Colville Reservation There are other avenues now that reports that many of the reservation’s would make sense to explore to see if 5,000 residents live below national there’s more that one could bring in to poverty standards, lack adequate and fill out the picture,” Failing says. “I affordable housing, home water systhink this is the introduction to the tems, electricity and usable roadways. time and the project.” Long-promised compensation for Fellow abstract expressionists land lost to Lake Roosevelt wasn’t Jackson Pollock and Barnett Newman delivered until the mid-1990s. also drew inspiration from Native As an artist who spent much of his Americans, but Still was the only one life out of public view, working in his among them to have prolonged contact barn in Maryland or cramped apartwith tribes. In the terse diary he kept ment in New York City, Still left few during his initial tour of the reservarelics in the real world, other than his tion, prior to pitching the artists’ retreat paintings. There are the universities to the college, he wrote little about where he taught, and the galleries them. He did at one point describe where he exhibited — even the them as “beautiful, tragic people” whose Metropolitan Museum of Art hosted a career retrospective for the artist, shortlives were “wretchedly impoverished.” ly before he died. But in some ways, Within a handful of years, all of it those spaces are so heavily trammeled, would be forever changed. In 1939, the last year Still returned to Nespelem, the they’ve lost whatever psychic residue lingered from the artist’s brief stays. Grand Coulee Dam cut off the salmon Here, somehow, is the feeling of his migration with a mile of cement barrifingerprints. Failing raised her camera, cading their way up the Columbia River. The dam provided electricity and just this past December, to photograph a general store in town. Still once menirrigation water, but its completion tioned rewarding children who sat for exacerbated poverty on the reservation portraits with candy; it’s likely he purby depriving Colville tribes of a key chased it at that store. food source and, at its completion, For an artist so removed, so aloof, flooding entire communities into oblivion. By blocking the natural flow of the the pieces of his time in Colville channel a period that feels oddly tethered to river, flooding acres of land and covering over houses, schools and cemeteries the reality around him. They’re a welcome way to walk in his footprints, and as well as traditional fishing and foragthrough them see a world that has, like ing grounds, the way of life practiced so many other things, been lost to by tribes in that area was eradicated. Still documented the Grand Coulee time. Boulder Weekly

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obert Olson’s final concerts with the life and death and love.” Colorado MahlerFest will be memoIf the first movement starts with a sense of rable occasions — for Boulder audipeace and reflection, there is plenty of tension ences, for the festival’s world-wide later, including a section that Olson calls “the fans and for Olson himself. long nightmare that’s really quite horrifying.” Olson will lead his final two concerts with “It gets much stormier as the movement the festival that he nurtured from the merest of unfolds,” he says, “with a climax that can equal ideas 28 years ago to an event recognized any of the great climaxes that Mahler composed. around the world today, at 7:30 p.m. Saturday But the beginning and the end of the first moveand 3:30 p.m. Sunday, May 16 and 17. He will ment are gems of peaceful satisfaction.” conduct Mahler’s Ninth Symphony — the last The two central movements are types familof the composer’s completed symphonies — iar to fans of Mahler’s music: a Ländler, an which he says is “not only the most perfect piece Austrian folk dance that Olson describes as to end on, but may be one of the most perfect “really quite comical and quite delightful”; and a pieces, period.” scherzo that goes so fast that orchestral string The festival will also include film showings players find it fiendishly difficult to play. at the Boedecker Theater at the Dairy Center, at But it is the last movement, the most drawn Robert Olson will conduct Mahler’s “farewell symphony” for his own 2 p.m. Thursday and Friday, May 14 and 15; out of all of Mahler’s long-lined Adagio movefarewell to MahlerFest. and a free public symposium on the University ments, that is most memorable. of Colorado Boulder campus Saturday, May 16. “It has arguably the most beautiful melody For Love of Mahler: The Inspired Apart from the opportunity to hear one of ever created, anywhere,” Olson says. “The most ON THE BILL: Colorado Life of Henry-Louis de la Grange MahlerFest XXVIII. MahlerFest Mahler’s less frequently performed masterpieces, difficult five minutes of the piece is the last 37 (World Premiere) 2 p.m. Friday, Orchestra, Robert Olson, artistic measures, which take about five minutes to perthis year’s concerts will be memorable for audiMay 15 The Boedecker Theater director and conductor. Mahler: at the Dairy Center, 2590 form. This is Mahler’s farewell, as one section ences because Olson’s appearances at MahlerFest Symphony No. 9, 7:30 p.m. Walnut St, Boulder. Tickets: 303Saturday, May 16, 3:30 p.m. have become a familiar part of the Boulder after another drops out, the motives get reduced 444-7328. Symposium: 8:30 a.m. Sunday, May 17. Mackey musical landscape. After these concerts, that to shorter and shorter entities, and it gets softer Saturday, May 16, University of Auditorium, 303-492-8440, www. Colorado Boulder campus, free landscape changes. and softer as fewer people play. mahlerfest.org. Films: Mahler auf and open to the public der Couch (Mahler on the It will be memorable for Mahler fans around “It’s one of the most treacherous 37 meaCouch) 2 p.m. Thursday, May 14 the world who have come to Boulder over the sures in all of music. You have to maintain conyears because many of them will return to hear trol, but with all the emotional entanglements Olson conduct one last time. with this being my farewell, I’m worried about “I’m excited as I can be,” Olson says, my ability to navigate through all of this.” “because almost all of these people are planning to “But I can guarantee you, this will be my third and A successor to Olson as director of MahlerFest has come back for my final year.” fourth times.” not yet been named, but Olson says, “The board has And it will be memorable for Olson for many reaMahler wrote his Ninth Symphony in 1909, just found someone we’re all very excited about. The ink is sons: the return of old friends; the opportunity to contwo years before his death. Many of his familiar musinot on the paper yet, but it is my sincere hope that duct a symphony that is close to his heart; the meaning cal gestures are present — trumpet calls, the evocation we’ll be able to make an announcement at the festival.” of a work he calls “Mahler’s farewell symphony”; and the of distant sounds in the mountains, shocking changes In the meantime, Olson wants audiences to come inevitable emotions that come with the end of an era. of mood — distilled into the most intense essence of and let Mahler’s music wash over them again, for the Not one to dwell on his own feelings, Olson says his style that Mahler ever achieved. same reasons he started the festival in the first place: he would rather “do the last note, walk off the stage “From the very beginning we can visualize Mahler, “Every piece by Mahler contains almost every human and get on with it.” But he acknowledges that the hands in pockets, vested suit, taking his daily walk in experience within it, whether it be tragedy or celebraemotions will be powerful. the Austrian alps,” Olson says. “It’s just a leisurely pace tion, or triumph, or defeat, or death, or love — they’re “I’ve wept twice in my life on the podium,” he says. where he is reflecting on all his thoughts of his whole all there to be uncovered and enjoyed.”

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t’s safe to say Henry Rollins is still angry. In impassioned performance or a good day at the gym. fact, he’ll be the first to admit he might even be Hardly the expected rock ‘n’ roll lifestyle. extremely angry. The author/activist/artist In 1983, Rollins had his first spoken word perfordoesn’t like LA Weekly renaming his weekly colmance and, much like a drug, was instantly hooked. umn, he seemingly hates interviews and clearly It was the one thing that felt the most natural, he doesn’t like talking to people, plus you only get one says. But Black Flag’s first album had been released shot to ask him any in 1981 and at this point Heidi May questions. It’s not surhis music career was prising. One of his latest already in full swing, so columns is titled “I Like he had to learn to multiRecords More Than task. People.” He admittedly “I went onwards,” uses anger as fuel and it’s Rollins says. “It was evident in everything he either that or stop.” does. From his work with His involvement in iconic punk group Black the group lasted until Flag and The Henry 1986. Rollins Band to his spoMusic has been a ken word performances constant in his life and even at the age of 54, and countless published he’s still very much that works, rage persists as an teenage kid who used to underlying theme. geek out with Fugazi’s Rollins was born Ian MacKaye in his Henry Lawrence mother’s attic over new Garfield in Washington, music they’d discovered. D.C., the only child to “I liked records Iris and Paul Garfield. because they didn’t tease, His parents divorced didn’t try to hit you, when he was just 3 years old and he was mostly didn’t scold,” he says. “It raised by his mother. was a perfect relationRollins suffered from ship. My mother listened Henry Rollins channels his rage into music, writing, spoken depression and low self- word performances and political activism. to a lot of records, so I esteem during most of would just listen to what his formative years, she played. I had Beatles which led to an early interest in physical fitness. records as a child and liked them a lot. I thought they While most kids were doing drugs and getting drunk, were children’s records. I had no idea they had adult Rollins was swimming upstream; he’s only been appeal. To this day, records and music is a great place drunk a few times, all of them in high school, and to go. I listen to a lot of music still, probably more tried pot once — and hated it. For him, his highs are than ever. I have no idea how my life would be possiof the organic variety and usually brought on by an ble without it.”

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

Music Acoustic Mining Company. 9 p.m. Bohemian Biergarten, 2017 13th St., Boulder, 720-328-8328. Ashley Raines & The New West Revue. 8 p.m. Trident Cafe, 940 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-443-3133. Bill Smith. 10 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s Traditional Irish Pub, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922. Boulder Swing Collective. 7 p.m. Waterloo, 809 Main St., Louisville, 303-993-2094. Dave Honig’s Latin Quarter. 6 p.m. Cantina Laredo, 1680 29th St., Boulder, 303-444-2260. David Booker. 5:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Homemade

Dexter Payne Quartet. 7 p.m. Caffe Sole, 637R S. Broadway St., Boulder, 303-499-2985. DJ Royal Swan and Friends. 5 p.m. Shine Restaurant & Gathering Place, 2027 13th St., Boulder, 303-4490120. Eben Grace. 7:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Brewery, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685. The Friends of Cranial Sacred Astral Project. 8 p.m. StarWater Collective, 4949 Broadway, Suite 117, Boulder, Colorado, Boulder. Global Soul Experience. 6 p.m. Upslope Brewing Company (Flatiron Park), 1898 S. Flatiron Court, Boulder,

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7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 14, Chautauqua Community House. 900 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-440-7666. Sports have an uplifting nature that can unify communities after times of great loss; case in point Rising from the Ashes. The documentary tells the inspirational story of the first Rwandan National Cycling Team and their journey to the London Olympic Games. Back in 2005, cycling legend Jock Boyer moved to Rwanda to bring the sport to this community. In the country nicknamed “The Land of a Thousand Hills,” the team learns what it means to be professional athletes. With the backdrop of genocide, the film shows the true triumph of the human spirit.

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508-873-9185. Hiatus Kaiyote. 9 p.m. Fox Theatre Boulder, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-447-0095.

Events Art Opening: Open Studios Gallery. 5:30 p.m. OpenArts Gallery at Rembrandt Yard, 1301 Spruce St., Boulder, 303-301-2972.

Jill Cohn. 7 p.m. Larry’s Guitar Shop, 508 Fifth Ave., Longmont, 720-340-4169. Mason Brown. 9 p.m. Johnny’s Cigar Bar, 1801 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-0884. Moses Jones Quartet. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 Northpark Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757. Nick Jaina Band. 8 p.m. Jamestown Mercantile Cafe, 108 Main St., Jamestown, 303-442-5847. Selby Clyman Duo. 7 p.m. Por Wine House, 836 1/2 Main St., Louisville, 970-259-3555.

Star Anna, Latlaus Sky. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.

Best of Boulder Celebration 2015: Cirque Nouveau. 5:30 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, bit. ly/bobparty15. Business 1.0. 6 p.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100. Free Backyard Composting Workshop. 6 p.m. see EVENTS Page 34

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Sam Rae Music with Jeb Bows

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7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 4, Shine Restaurant & Gathering Place, 2027 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-0120. To celebrate a new moon and a time for recharging, Shine Restaurant is gathering an eclectic group of musicians including Lara Ruggles, Beth Preston and Sam Rae, featuring Jeb Bows. Rae has been playing the cello for over 15 years, and her music is haunting and whimsical, ranging from slow and soft to dancey and energetic. Through the use of a looping pedal on stage, Rae is able to experiment with her instrument and make interesting songs full of layers. Rae also explores improvisation, creating one-of-a-kind performances.

The Hill Music Summit 8:30 p.m. Saturday, May 16, Fox Theatre Boulder, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-447-0095. In an effort to grow and expand the Boulder music scene, four Colorado bands headed off to Austin, Texas for one of the biggest music festivals in the country, SXSW. They’re back and ready to share what they’ve gathered at The Hill Music Summit. First up, check out a free panel hosted by madelife, where they will discuss music, creativity and innovation. Then head over to the Fox for a showcase from the bands, featuring the Railsplitters, Cold River City, The Sweet Lillies and Rocktin Grove.

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Get Growing Garden Program. 11 a.m. WOW! Children’s Museum, 110 N. Harrison Ave., Lafayette, 303-604-2424.

Acrylic Paintings by M.G. Davis. Community Art Program Gallery, NCAR, 1850 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, 303-497-1174. Through May 30.

The Great Indian Novel. 4:30 p.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100. Mahlerfest: Mahler on the Couch. 2 p.m. The Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-4407826. Navigation For Sailors And Pilots. All day. UnitarianUniversalist Church of Boulder, 5001 Pennsylvania Ave., Boulder, 303-494-0195.

Barbara Bosworth: Quiet Wonder. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000. Through Sept. 20.

Running Group. 7 a.m. Outdoor DIVAS, 2317 30th, Boulder, 303-449-DIVA. Spring Concert: Madrigals, Enchantment, Festival, Age of Guinevere, Excalibur and Mass Choir. 7 p.m. Fairview High School, 1515 Greenbriar Blvd., Boulder, 720-561-3100. Welcome to Me. 7 p.m. The Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826.

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

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Evan Colbert explores the language of imagery in the modern world through signage at his exhibit at the Firehouse Art Gallery through May 25.

Calling all Photgraphers for 2015 Land Through the Lens Exhibit. The Great Frame Up, 430 Main St., Longmont, 303-772-7293. Submission deadline June 19.

Zonta Foothills Club of Boulder County. 11:30 a.m. The Boulder Cork, 3295 30th St., Boulder, 303-4439505.

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Myopia — by Mark Mothersbaugh. Museum of Contemporary Art, 1485 Delgany St., Denver, 303-298-7554. Through April 26.

Arthur Lee Land. 8:30 a.m. The Roost, 526 Main St., Longmont, 303-827-3380.

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

Big Hibiscus. 8 p.m. Cannon Mine Coffee, 210 S. Public Road, Lafayette, 303-665-0625.

Joan Miró: Instinct & Imagination. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000. Through June 28.

Booster. 6 p.m. Vindication Brewing Company, 6880 Winchester Circle, Suite F, Boulder, 303-530-0642.

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

Bos & Jodie. 7:30 p.m. Oskar Blues CyclHOPS, 600 S. Airport Road, Longmont, 303-776-BIKE. Chris Daniels & the Kings. 8:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685.

Means of Approach Jeffco Alumni Exhibition — Lui Ferreyra. Arvada Center, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada, 720-898-7200. Through May 10.

Chris Kroger & Friends. 9 p.m. Under the Sun, 627 S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-927-6921.

Of Line and Color. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. Through June 12.

Palette Knife Gone Wild. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-4407826. Through June 12. Passion for Glass: Art Glass from Colorado Collections. Foothills Art Center, 809 15th St., Golden, 303-279-3922. Through May 31. Starring Linda: A Trio of John DeAndrea Sculptures. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000. Through June 21. Tom Rice: Monuments to the Ephemeral. Firehouse Art Center, 667 Fourth Ave., Longmont, 303-651-2787. Through May 25. Trespassing — by William Matthews. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000. Through May 17.

Wildflowers. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. Through June 12.

Dan Harris. 6 p.m. Jamestown Mercantile Cafe, 108 Main St., Jamestown, 303-442-5847. Daniella Katzir. 5 p.m. Pearl Street Pub, 1108 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-777-6768. Dechen Hawk, Colin Robison & Danit. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628. Denny Driscoll. Sun Rose Cafe, 379 Main St., Longmont, 303-651-3533.

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Eclipse “A Tribute to Journey.” 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 Northpark Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757. Faye Nepon and the CMA Vocal Jazz Ensemble. 7:30 p.m. Founders Hall, 200 E. Baseline Road, Lafayette, 303-665-0599. Ginny & The Bridge Burners. 9 p.m. Johnny’s Cigar Bar, 1801 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-0884. Idlewhile. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Homemade Liquids and Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303-485-9400.

Rastasaurus. 10 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s Traditional Irish Pub, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922.

WordPress One-On-One Consulting. 9:45 a.m. Boulder Digital Arts, 1600 Range St., Suite 100, Boulder, 303-800-4647.

Robert Cline Jr. 4:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Tasty Weasel Tap Room, 1800 Pike Road, Unit B, Longmont, 303776-1914. Rue Vital. 10 p.m. Bohemian Biergarten, 2017 13th St., Boulder, 720-328-8328. Sambadende. 6:30 p.m. St Julien Hotel and Spa, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696. Strangebyrds with Kort McCumber. 7 p.m. Shine Restaurant & Gathering Place, 2027 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-0120. The Symbols. 8 p.m. Liquid Mechanics Brewing Co., 297 N. Highway 287, Suite 100, Lafayette, 303-9086036.

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

Tridium. 6 p.m. Espresso Vino by Brewing Market, 2770 Dagny Way, Lafayette, 720-890-3993.

The Longest Day of The Year. 6 p.m. Upslope Brewing Company (Lee Hill), 1501 Lee Hill Road, Suite 20, Boulder, 508-873-9185.

Under A Blood Red Sky: U2 Tribute. 8 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 720-297-6397.

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Nick O’Connor. 6 p.m. Oskar Blues CHUBurger, 1225 Ken Pratt Blvd., Longmont, 303-485-2482.

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Paul Sullivan’s Folk-a-rama. 6 p.m. Cannon Mine Coffee, 210 S. Public Road, Lafayette, 303-665-0625.

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Movie Night: 2 Seconds. 7 p.m. Community Cycles, 2805 Wilderness Place, Boulder, 720-565-6019.

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

Longmont Idol. 6 p.m. Longmont Children, Youth and Families, 1050 Lashley St., Longmont, 303-651-8580.

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Railsplitters. 9 p.m. Gold Hill Inn, 401 Main St., Boulder, 303-443-6461.

Rachel & the Ruckus. 7 p.m. Waterloo, 809 Main St., Louisville, 303-993-2094.

The Who Do’s. 7:30 p.m. Por Wine House, 836 1/2 Main St., Louisville, 970-259-3555. Events Art Night Out in Lafayette. 5 p.m. Lafayette Festival Plaza, 311 S. Public Road, Lafayette, 303-665-5588 x1265. Mahlerfest: For the Love of Mahler. 2 p.m. The Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303440-7826.

Saturday, May 16 Music Al Chesis & Bob Pelligrino. 4:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Tasty Weasel Tap Room, 1800 Pike Road, Unit B, Longmont, 303-776-1914. BluezHouse. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 Northpark Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757. Campfire Songs For Modern Kids. 4 p.m. Used Book Emporium, 346 Main St., Longmont, 303-776-6561. Christine Armstrong and Students. 6 p.m. Founders Hall, 200 E. Baseline Road, Lafayette, 303- 665-0599. Colorado MahlerFest XXVIII. 7:30 p.m. Macky Auditorium, University of Colorado, Boulder, 1595 Pleasant Ave., Boulder, 303-492-8423. Danny Schafer. 7:30 p.m. 2020 Food + Wine Bar, 2020 Ionosphere St., Longmont, 720-491-3578. Dave Honig’s New Standards Project. 6 p.m. Thai Shi House, 3033 28th St., Boulder, 303-444-3133. Dave Tamkin Band. 10 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s Traditional Irish Pub, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922. Going Home: A Reunion of Memories. All day. Vance Brand Civic Auditorium, 600 E. Mountain View Ave., Longmont, 303-651-0401. see EVENTS Page 36

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Halden Wofford and the HiBeams. 8 p.m. Jamestown Mercantile Cafe, 108 Main St., Jamestown, 303-4425847. Henry Rollins. 8 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030.

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Home for the Bewildered. 7 p.m. Still Cellars, 1115 Colorado Ave., Longmont, 720-204-6064. Honeytree. 7:30 p.m. Oskar Blues CyclHOPS, 600 S. Airport Road, Longmont, 303-776-BIKE. Hot Damn Scandal. 10 a.m. Boulder Farmers’ Market, 1301 Canyon, Boulder, 303-910-2236. Indie Night. Bohemian Biergarten, 2017 13th St., Boulder, 720-328-8328. Jeremy Dion. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628. Jesse Holt and the Cult. 10 p.m. Pioneer Inn, 15 E. First St., Nederland, 303-258-7733. Kaleidoscope Gala “Le Cirque Magnifique.” 5:30 p.m. Glen Miller Ballroom, 1669 Euclid Ave., Boulder, 303-492-6161. Lee Johnson. 8 p.m. Longs Peak Pub, 600 Longs Peak Ave., Longmont, 303-651-7886. Left Hand Artists Group After Hours. 8 p.m. Left Hand Brewing Company, 1265 Boston Ave., Longmont, 303-772-0258.

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

Saturday, May 23 • 8pm

MaryLynn Gillaspie. 7 p.m. Por Wine House, 836 1/2 Main St., Louisville, 970-259-3555.

Wednesday, May 27 • 8pm

COMEDY NIGHT FEATURING RYAN WINGFIELD Friday, May 29 • 8pm

THE JOHNNY O BAND Saturday, May 30 • 8pm

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SOUTHERN COMFORT Friday, June 19 • 8pm

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The Mighty Twisters Dance Party. 7 p.m. Caffe Sole, 637R S. Broadway St., Boulder, 303-499-2985. North Boulder Underground. 8 p.m. Liquid Mechanics Brewing Co., 297 N. Highway 287, Suite 100, Lafayette, 303-908-6036. Old’s Cool Rock. 10:30 a.m. Twenty-Ninth Street mall, 1710 29th St., Boulder, 303-444-0722. Rachel Fetler and Students. 4 p.m. Founders Hall, 200 E. Baseline Road, Lafayette, 303-665-0599. Radiate Unified Dance Party with DJ Mr. Getdowne. 8:30 p.m. Shine Restaurant & Gathering Place, 2027 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-0120. Robinson Quintet. 6:30 p.m. St Julien Hotel and Spa, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696. Roy G Biv. 9 p.m. Johnny’s Cigar Bar, 1801 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-0884. Shower Me Blue During Artwalk at Jensen Guitars. 5:30 p.m. Jensen Guitars, 350 Main St., Longmont, 303-827-3163. SXSW Teach Out and Showcase. 8:30 p.m. Fox Theatre Boulder, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-447-0095. Thomas Gronberg. 10:30 a.m. The Stone Cup, 442 High St., Lyons, 303-823-2345. Upslope Get Down (Music and Beer Fest). All day. Upslope Brewing Company (Flatiron Park), 1898 S. Flatiron Court, Boulder, 508-873-9185. Wild Road. 8 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 720-297-6397. Events Adobe Photoshop Hands-On. 9 a.m. Boulder Digital Arts, 1600 Range Street, Suite 100, Boulder, 303-8004647. Art Walk. 4 p.m. Downtown Longmont, Main Street and 4th Ave., Longmont, 303-651-8484. The Bliss Effect: Potluck and Soul-A-Bration of Resonant Relating. 6 p.m., 7091 Olde Stage Road, Boulder, 720-280-8960. Of Horses and Men. 2:30 p.m. and 6:45 p.m. The Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303440-7826. Outdoor Expo. 10 a.m. McGuckin Hardware, 2525 Arapahoe Ave., Unit D-1, Boulder, 303-443-1822. Painting Class in the “Primitivista” Style of Nicaragua. 1 p.m. Intercambio: Uniting Communities, 4735

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“So, You’re a Poet” Open Poetry Reading. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628. Tuesday, May 19 Activist Marion Moreno. 6 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe, 1203 13th St., Suite A, Boulder, 303-495-3303. Atlantis in Peril, The Wisdom of Merlin, and The Hero’s Trail — T.A. Barron. 6:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303447-2074. Innisfree Weekly Open Poetry Reading. 7 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe, 1203 13th St., Suite A, Boulder, 303-495-3303. Wednesday, May 20 Colonial Comics — Jason Rodriguez and Dr. Virginia Anderson. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-2074.

Lionel Young. 8:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685.

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Walnut St., Boulder, 303-996-0275. Sam’s Club Walk MS Boulder County. 9:30 a.m. CU Boulder, Duane Physics Building, 2300 Colorado Ave., Boulder. Strawberry Festival Antique & Collectibles Show. 10 a.m. Barn A, Boulder County Fair Grounds, 9595 Nelson Road, Longmont, 303-678-6235. Symphony of the Wild. 12:30 p.m. The Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826.

Fantasy writer T.A. Barron heads to the Boulder Book Store with his three new books Atlantis Rising, The Wisdom of Merlin and The Hero’s Trail.

Left Hand Artist Group Showcase. 12 p.m. Georgia Boys BBQ The Shack, 237 Collyer St., Longmont, 720999-4099. Margaret Romero and the Rocky Mountain Concert Band. 2:30 p.m. Founders Hall, 200 E. Baseline Road, Lafayette, 303-665-0599. Tyler Grant. 6 p.m. Oskar Blues Homemade Liquids and Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303-485-9400. Events

Third Saturday Swing Dance. 7 p.m. Avalon Ballroom Boulder, 6185 Arapahoe Rd, CO 80303, Boulder, 303440-8303.

AIDS Candlelight Memorial Walk. 6:45 p.m. Boulder County AIDS Project, 2118 14th St., Boulder, 303-4446121.

Sunday, May 17

Boulder Road Runners Sunday Social Run. 9 a.m. First National Bank Annex, 3033 Iris Ave., Boulder, 303-905-2415.

Music Acoustic Jam. 3 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s Traditional Irish Pub, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922. AK Bridal Show. 1 p.m. 17th Avenue Event Center, 478 17th Ave., Longmont, 720-684-6581. All-Star Tribute to Bob Dylan. 6 p.m. eTown Hall, 1535 Spruce St., Boulder, 303-443-8696. Andrea Taylor and Nate Dodge. 3 p.m. Oskar Blues Tasty Weasel Tap Room, 1800 Pike Road, Unit B, Longmont, 303-776-1914. Antonio Lopez: BBQ and Tunes. 12 p.m. Georgia Boys BBQ The Shack, 237 Collyer St., Longmont, 720999-4099. Arthur Lee Land. 6 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685. Bach For Kids. 2 p.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100. Colorado MahlerFest XXVIII. 3:30 p.m. Macky Auditorium, University of Colorado, Boulder, 1595 Pleasant Ave., Boulder, 303-492-8423. Denny Driscoll. 5 p.m. 300 Suns Brewing, 335 First Ave., Longmont, 720-442-8292. Denver Lutheran Chorale Concert. 7:30 p.m. Messiah Lutheran Church, 1335 Francis St., Longmont, 303-776-2573. Elise Wunder. 4:30 p.m. Left Hand Brewing Company, 1265 Boston Ave., Longmont, 303-772-0258. Glenn Colby. 9 a.m. The Stone Cup, 442 High St., Lyons, 303-823-2345. Jeri Parks and Emily Shreve. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628. Left Coast Country. 8 p.m. Mountain Sun Pub, 1535 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-546-0886.

Classics: North by Northwest. 4:30 p.m. The Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. Comedy Night. 7 p.m. Bohemian Biergarten, 2017 13th St., Boulder, 720-328-8328. Fleet Feet Sports Nordic Walking Class. 8:30 a.m. Fleet Feet Sports Boulder, 2624 Broadway St., Boulder, 303-939-8000. Fossils and Flowers. 9:30 a.m. Boulder County Parks and Open Space Building, 5201 St. Vrain Road, Longmont, 303-678-6200. Poetry Day with Julia Falkner. 2 p.m. Louisville Public Library, 951 Spruce St., Louisville, 303-335-4849. Strawberry Festival Antique & Collectibles Show. All day. Barn A, Boulder County Fairgrounds, 9595 Nelson Road, Suite 200, Longmont, 720-864-6460. Monday, May 18 Music Annie Booth and Friends. 9 p.m. Under the Sun, 627 S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-927-6921. Electric Blues Jam. 7:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Homemade Liquids and Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303-485-9400. Mark Diamond and Friends. 7 p.m. Bohemian Biergarten, 2017 13th St., Boulder, 720-328-8328. Open Jovan. 6 p.m. Jamestown Mercantile Cafe, 108 Main St., Jamestown, 303-442-5847. Open Mic Night. 7 p.m. Upslope Brewing Company (Lee Hill), 1501 Lee Hill Road, Suite 20, Boulder, 508873-9185. Open Mic Night. 8 p.m. Johnny’s Cigar Bar, 1801 13th see EVENTS Page 38

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

The Third Tuesday Lunchtime Concert Series Presents: The 101st Army Winds. 12 p.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.

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Web Development Fundamentals. 6 p.m. Boulder Digital Arts, 1600 Range St., Suite 100, Boulder, 303800-4647.

Sphinx. 9 p.m. Pearl Street Pub, 1108 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-777-6768. Whiskey Autumn. 9:30 p.m. Southern Sun Pub & Brewery, 627 S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-543-0886. Events Colorado Shakespeare Festival Lecture Series. 6:30 p.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.

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Copywriting for the Web. 6 p.m. Boulder Digital Arts, 1600 Range St., Suite 100, Boulder, 303-800-4647. Cosmology and Modern Physics. 6 p.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100. Geeks Who Drink. 7 p.m. Twisted Pine Brewing Co., 3201 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-786-9270. Healing with Culinary Herbs. 6 p.m. Bauman College, 1128 Pine St., Boulder, 800-987-7530. Women of the West Monday Group. 11:30 a.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303441-3100. Tuesday, May 19

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Music Anna Shoemaker. 8 p.m. Cannon Mine Coffee, 210 S. Public Road, Lafayette, 303-665-0625. Burn the Covers Open Mic Night. 7 p.m. 300 Suns Brewing, 335 First Ave., Longmont, 720-442-8292. Clisset and Company. 6 p.m. Espresso Vino by Brewing Market, 2770 Dagny Way, Lafayette, 720-890-3993. Jazz Combos and Ensemble Concert. 7 p.m. Founders Hall, 200 E. Baseline Road, Lafayette, 303- 665-0599. Danny Shafer. 7 p.m. Rosalee’s Pizzeria, 461 Main St., Longmont, 303-485-5020. David Booker Blues Band. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 Northpark Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757. Left Coast Country. 8 p.m. Jamestown Mercantile Cafe, 108 Main St., Jamestown, 303-442-5847. Open Mic Night. 6:30 p.m. Cannon Mine Coffee, 210 S. Public Road, Lafayette, 303-665-0625.

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Gasoline Lollipops. 7 p.m. Waterloo, 809 Main St., Louisville, 303-993-2094.

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Birding Boulder County Through the Seasons. 7 p.m. Longmont Public Library, 409 Fourth Ave., Longmont, 303-651-8470.

Open Mic. 9 p.m. Pioneer Inn, 15 E. First St., Nederland, 303-258-7733.

Boulder Ride of Silence. 12 p.m. Boulder Country Club, 1510 28th St., Unit 100, Boulder, 303-530-4600.

Open Mic Night. 6:30 p.m. Front Range Brewing Company, 400 W. South Boulder Road, Lafayette, 303339-0767.

Dickens Comedy House. 8 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 720-297-6397.

Open Mic Night. 8 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s Traditional Irish Pub, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922. Robert Johnson Jazz Duo. 8 p.m. Agora at the Riverside, 1724 Broadway St., Boulder, 720-477-4164. Events Boulder Dance for Parkinsons. 11:30 a.m. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-4407826. Das Boot Trivia. 7 p.m. Bohemian Biergarten, 2017 13th St., Boulder, 720-328-8328. R.E.M. by MTV. 7:30 p.m. Century Boulder, 1700 29th

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Great Books Discussion. 6:30 p.m. Meadows Branch Library, 4800 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-441-4390. League of Women Voters Legislative Wrap-Up Community Meeting. 5:30 p.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-499-4544. Marie’s Story. 4:30 p.m. The Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. Shifting Systems: Action for Our Climate. 7 p.m. Rembrandt Yard, 1301 Spruce St., Boulder, 303-3012972. The Wrecking Crew. 7 p.m. The Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826.

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‘The Salt of the Earth’ swims in human suffering by Ryan Syrek

ou know those feel-good documentaries that make your heart swell as you discover some unknown artist, overlooked genius or divine but unrecognized human accomplishment? The Salt of the Earth is not one of those. For about 95 of its 110 minutes, directors Wim Wenders and Juliano Ribeiro Salgado assail your soul with photographs of the absolute worst shit any human has ever seen. That’s not an overstatement or hyperbole; we’re talking exposure to the crème de la crème of evil horror. In other words, it’s perfect for blind dates, provided you hate the person who set you up on it. Technically, The Salt of the Earth is a biography of photographer Sebastião Salgado. For four decades, the Brazilian has traveled the globe, working as a “social documentary photographer.” Essentially, he and his wife, Lélia Wanick — who is oddly absent from much of the documentary — come up with a major theme, and then Salgado explores it visually for years. For example, “Workers” explored impoverished laborers, “Sahel: The End of the Road” examined the suffering in Africa during a major drought in 1984 and “Genesis” investigated tribal life and nature as close as could be to original harmony (pre-industry). The last one, “Genesis,” is beautiful and moving. It ties in to Salgado and Wanick’s Institutio Terra, which is a restoration of part of a rainforest that began in the 1990s. Yeah, they rebuilt a rainforest, in case you feel like recycling is a bit too much effort on your

part to save the planet. While that is uplifting, everything else is very much not. Salgado’s work has been criticized by some as exploitative. And it’s easy to see where that criticism stems from. The film is often a traveling exhibition, featuring scores of images of dead babies, stacks of bodies, devastated communities and on and on. Is Salgado exposing a truth we flinch from, daring us to stare in the eyes of this world’s true horror in an effort to make us confront it? Or is he an artist who wins awards and a non-insignificant amount of fame and fortune profiting from images of this world’s most broken creatures? In another documentary, we may have been provided an answer. This one, however, was directed by an admitted superfan (Wenders) and Salgado’s son. Impartiality is never easy to find between documentarian and subject, but it’s completely absent here. This isn’t to say The Salt of the Earth isn’t excellent and important. In fact, by letting Salgado’s work speak for itself and placing it in context of his life, the film provides enough evidence to convince viewers that the photographer certainly has never intended exploitation and is a true believer in social and global change. The Salt of the Earth is harrowing, haunting and holy. It’s a challenge at times to watch, but ultimately it is proof that to “see” is to “know.” Even if, sometimes, we wish we didn’t. This review first appeared in The Reader of Omaha, Neb.

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Dear Elliott Smith: ‘Heaven Adores You’ by Michael J. Casey

he 1998 Academy Awards Smith offered his music as whisCeremony felt a little bit pered poems alongside overdub harmolike a private party James nies and the occasional snarling guitar. Cameron threw for his His songs were personal, but the busimonumental Titanic, which ness is cruel, and Smith never quite got sailed away with 11 statues that evethe backing and the radio play he ning, but that was also the night 57 deserved. Did that contribute to million Americans met one singer/ Smith’s eventual exit? Possibly. But songwriter who left almost as quickly most likely, it was a deadly combinaas he came. Per usual, segments from tion of depression, alcohol and narcoteach of the five nomiics that did Smith in. nated songs were perThe truth is awfully formed, and while unglamorous. Celine Dion’s “My On Oct. 21, 2003, Heart Will Go On” Elliott Smith died took home the prize, from two stab wounds to his chest. His it was the man in the death was not offiwhite suit with the cially declared a suiunwashed hair singing cide, but no investigaa quiet little love-song tion was undertaken, (or was it a breakup adding just another song?) from Good Will question to an already Hunting that got the long list. audience talking. The Unfortunately, term “indie rock” was Heaven Adores You is not yet the catchall far too in love with its moniker that it is subject to spend much today, but there was The late Elliott Smith’s tragic story comes to light in the documentary no doubt that whomtime exploring Smith’s Heaven Adores You. ever that man was; he untimely demise and was certainly “indie.” the emotional baggage World, please meet Elliott Smith. that led to it. Of the 30 on-screen Five years later, Smith was prointerviewees Rossi cobbles together, nounced dead. He was 34. Jennifer Chiba, Smith’s partner at the Cataloguing Smith’s upbringing time of his death, is noticeably absent and musical career of six albums is the from the doc. new documentary This approach from director/proalmost treats Smith’s ducer Nickolas Dylan sickness as an ineviON THE BILL: Heaven Rossi, Heaven Adores tability of a rock ‘n’ Adores You. May 15 – 16, The You. roll lifestyle. Smith Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440Rossi constructs gained nothing in his 7825. Tickets start at $6 at Heaven Adores You in suicide and lost www.thedairy.org. the usual manner, everything — his life, gathering friends and his family and his colleagues to contribute stories, while music. If nothing else, the world is drawing from a plethora of archival missing some much needed and dearly footage to illustrate Smith at work and loved Elliott Smith albums. on stage. The approach is rudimentary, But what Heaven Adores You lacks but it works, particularly the inclusion in insight, it makes up for in music, of a radio interview Rossi sprinkles which Rossi keeps front and center. throughout the doc. In it, KCRW DJ Smith lived for and through his music, Chris Douridas manages to pull a great and Heaven Adores You is a magnificent deal from the reclusive and shy Smith, Elliott Smith mix-tape, which is proba man who told the world everything ably where Smith would have preferred in his music, and nothing with his life. to focus the story anyway. Boulder Weekly

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ou have to appreciate the moxie of a restaurant that is open until it sells out. Especially when you set up shop at the end of an empty parking lot, triangulated by Buffalo Wild Wings, PetSmart and Super Target, in the perpetually under construction, unglamorous superdevelopment of Superior. But the place is packed. It’s rainy and cold, and people are sitting outside on wooden picnic benches, slugging down meat and never minding the weather. It’s the spillover from inside, which stays at capacity throughout lunch. They sit outside and get wet because these fine patrons know something. They know that Wayne’s might be the best barbecue spot in the county, if not the state. If you’re not bracing yourself for that level of greatness after seeing the shameless and soggy crowd, you certainly are when the smell, carried by the moisture in the air, hits the back of your nose cone and your reaction is atypical. Wayne’s smelled so good it made me angry. They say pleasure and pain are at once on opposite ends of the spectrum, but that they meet back around on the other side. I guess I just “crossed over.” Or maybe it was just one of those moments when you realize all places could be like this. A place where the staff is geeking out over barbecued meat and every choice you make is a “great choice.” The smell was of bright char, rich

placed beside the brisket. A handful of shredded pork shoul406 Center Drive, Superior, 303-554-5319 der is added and the meat mountain is complete and it is awesome. After adding a side of coleslaw and mac and cheese, I brought the tray back to the table along with fresh brewed sweet tea. On the table were three sauces: a traditional variety, a peppery and spicy blend and a lighter, vinegar sauce. The latter was the best, but the meats were so expertly flavored and moist that sauce was a bonus, almost an imposition. Of the three meats, the ribs were the best — meaty hunks fell right off the bone, the bark was perfectly textured (crispy, not tough), and there was a genuine flavor of the meat and bone in each bite, not some fabricated flavor or overdone spice blend. The pork shoulder basically hovered between solid and liquid states. Plopped onto a freshly baked and moist dinner roll, it was simin two than I’ve ever seen a live chickply perfection. en. Wayne’s has done a great job of I order three-quarters of a pound transforming the space through decoraeach of the brisket, the ribs and the tion, service and product. The barbecue pulled pork with an approving nod is a Texas export, and you can taste it from the carver. The brisket is sliced in the meat and feel it in the vibe (if from two ends — one tender and one you don’t see all the portraits of Texan lean. I opt for the juicier of the two, cities on the walls or see the bright and three slabs with a two millimeter“Texas BBQ” sign on the storefront). thick black bark are carefully placed But after such a disorientatingly good onto a giant tray lined with brown parchment paper. Five smoky, black and experience, a little reminder isn’t quite unnecessary. red ribs are cut from a full rack and Wayne’s Smoke Shack

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Colorado Proud, a local food advocacy group, will host a series of pop-up picnics throughout the state, including many in Boulder County this CELEBRATE A BREWERY BIRTHDAY summer. The events were This weekend, Friday May planned as a response 15-17, head down to Broomfield to “a cultural shift in for the one year anniversary of consumers who are Wonderland Brewing Co. busier than ever and The brewery has a weekend on-the-go, but who still filled with live music, food, events Pop-up picnics are coming your way this summer from Colorado Proud. want to take healthy, and, of course, beer. The events locally grown food with start at 3 p.m. on Friday and carry them (especially duron through until 9 p.m. on Sunday. is helping a lot of early season crops in the ing summer activities),” according to the A yoga session is planned to break out at county’s farms. That precipitation isn’t so group’s press release. 3:30 p.m. on Saturday if you like drinking and nice, however, for the county’s wineries. Colorado Proud will hand out classic picflexing. Front Range vines were affected by the nic fare made from produce from Colorado Visit www.wonderlandbrewing.com for snowfall and freeze, and there is concern at farmers, including potatoes, peaches, canmore information. some local wineries that snow in Palisade taloupe, corn, lettuce and more. The picnics has caused damage to vines. It would be will pop up on June 9 and Aug. 11 at the the third consecutive year that weather Broomfield Farmers’ Market, July 22 at Bands affected vine production in the state. Fingers GROW WINE IN YOUR BACKYARD on the Bricks in Boulder and Aug. 8 and 19 crossed it’s just a scare. at the Boulder Farmers’ Market. Harlequin’s Gardens in Boulder is hosting Visit www.coloradoproud.org for more a class on Sunday, May 17 at 1 p.m. that will information. GOAT FARM EXPANSION give you the tools to plant wine grape vines

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Good news for fans of good cheese and hilarious animals: the Haystack Mountain Goat Dairy is expanding. The producer of fine goat milks and cheeses is planning to open a new creamery in Longmont. The farm says it will continue to produce its signature small-batch cheeses, but will expand its line of offerings including cow’s milk cheeses. If you can’t wait for their new offerings, you can buy prod-

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Setting a table responsibly Balancing the expectation of having everything in season all the time by Ari LeVaux

he question of how far food But if you want to do right by the should travel between climate without getting bogged down where it is produced and by details, there are a few simple rules where it is consumed has that can help cut through the nuances become a frequent matter and guide your purchasing decisions. of passionate One category debate. The pop- Wikipedia of food that’s ular rule of thumb pretty hard to is that the more justify shipping is local the food, the food from a difbetter it is, and ferent hemiwe’ve all heard of sphere that’s out the many purof season at ported benefits home, such as that eating locally tomatoes and has on local econberries during the omies, the enviwintertime. This isn’t simply a ronment and even Shipping produce globally is often a big, matter of the carone’s health. polluting operation. bon footprint of The discussion these goods. In is often framed in demanding to eat them year-round you terms of the greenhouse gas emissions are abandoning your relationship to created by food transport, with the where you are. This relationship is one presumption that local foods result in less carbon being burned, but there are of the most important benefits of eating locally, and it influences other many instances where importing important choices we make. something from a faraway market is Climate activist Bill McKibben more climate-friendly than trying to once told me his personal rule-ofproduce it locally.

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Having every bit of produce available in our grocery stores year-round might be convenient in the kitchen, but there are rules of thumb to follow in order to consume more responsibly.

thumb for making food purchasing decisions. It’s called the Marco Polo Exception, and it states that if a food is non-perishable enough that Marco Polo could have brought it home from China in a sailboat, then we don’t need to worry about eating it, even if it’s not local. But if a food is so perishable that it must be shipped refrigerated, and shipped quickly, then it’s off the table. We can’t know, of course, whether or not a package of dried noodles was flown across the ocean by plane. Most likely it was carried by a cargo boat, which burns a lot less carbon than a plane. Even so, maritime shipping is responsible for about 4 percent of

global carbon emissions, on par with the carbon footprint of Japan. But the pasta could have been shipped by sailboat, with virtually no carbon cost. Pursuing a local foods diet, with flexibility provided by the Marco Polo Exception, prepares your eating habits for a day when certain foods from around the world might be shipped carbon-free, by boats similar to Polo’s. That day might be closer than you think. Jorne Langelaan co-owns a shipping company with a fleet of two vessels and plans for two more. For somesee RESPONSIBLY Page 48

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