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NEWS:

Anti-fracking, community-rights activists turn to civil disobedience following Colorado Supreme Court ruling by Joel Dyer

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Multi-state oil and gas agency holds conference in Denver by Angela K. Evans

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....................................................................... BOULDERGANIC:

NPR’s ‘Going There’ brings a different style of jounalism to Colorado’s water issue by Grant Stringer

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....................................................................... ADVENTURE:

Crossing the Sahara on kite buggies by Stefan Simanowitz

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....................................................................... BUZZLEAD:

Samurai exhibit gives insight to the ancient warriors of Japan by Amanda Moutinho

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ARTS & CULTURE:

Hank Troy on the art of silent film accompaniment by Michael J. Casey

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A curated collection of Colorado culinary destinations for summer 2016 by John Lehndorff

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departments 5 THE HIGHROAD: What does it mean to ‘gig’ American workers? 6 GUEST COLUMN: Why I am running for Congress 7 THE ANDERSON FILES: A global New Deal 8 LETTERS: Signed, sealed, delivered, your views 16 LAB NOTES: Igniting space weather 27 OVERTONES: ‘Mahler at the top of the mountain’ 33 BOULDER COUNTY EVENTS: What to do and where to go 39 POETRY: by Don Welch 40 SCREEN: ‘Sing Street’ hums a familiar tune 41 FILM: Exploring the Louvre in ‘Francofonia’ 43 FOOD NEWS: Prospect Sound Bites festival amasses the largest collection of food trucks in Northern Colorado 49 DRINK: Wine inspired by comic books and thoroughbreds 55 ASTROLOGY: by Rob Brezsny 57 S AVAGE LOVE: Giving back for all the porn; Inappropriate dad jokes 59 WEED BETWEEN THE LINES: Breastfeeding and cannabis 61 CANNABIS CORNER: The Empire Strikes Back: New England edition 62 IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: An irreverent view of the world Boulder Weekly

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Highroad What does it mean to ‘gig’ American workers? by Jim Hightower

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o doubt you will be thrilled to learn that we now live and work in a “gig economy.” That’s the latest corporate buzz-phrase from Silicon Valley. CEOs are hailing a Brave New Workplace in which we lucky worker bees no longer have to be stuck in traditional jobs with traditional hours, traditional middleclass pay scales, traditional benefits, traditional job security and all those other fusty “traditionals” of the old workplace.

In fact, in the gig economy, you don’t even get a workplace. Rather, you’ll be “liberated” to work in a series of shortterm jobs in many places, always being on-call through a mobile app on your iPhone or through a temp agency. How exciting is that? Well, they use “exciting” in the sense of distressing and nerve-wracking. The gig economy means you’re on your own, you’re not an employee, but an “independent contractor,” with no rights and no union. You might have lots of calls to work this week, but there’ll be many weeks with no calls. Don’t get sick or injured, for no health care or workers’ comp are provided. A pension? Your retirement plan is called “adios chump.” This “alternative work arrangement” is not a futuristic concept, it’s already here and spreading fast. Some 16 percent of U.S. workers are now in this on-call, temporary, part-time, low-

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pay, you’re-on-your-own economy, up from only 10 percent a decade ago. Corporate chieftains (backed by the economists and politicians they purchase) are creating what they call a workforce of non-employees for one reason: Greed. It directly transfers more money and power from workaday families into the coffers of moneyed elites. Their gig economy is aptly named, for “gigs” are crude four-hook fishing devices that’re drug by commercial fleets through schools of fish to impale them, haul them in and cash in on the pain. This opinion column does not necessarily reflect the views of Boulder Weekly. May 19, 2016 5

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y name is Cliff Willmeng and I am a dad, husband and a full-time registered nurse from Lafayette, Colorado. I am running for U.S. Congressional District 2 because I believe the 99 percent can no longer afford to be spectators in the most important decisions affecting the environment, health, welfare, and our future. I believe that a movement is going to be necessary to bring power to people, and that through this campaign and office we can help to start building exactly that. I don’t believe that the conventional politicians are making things better, and for many reasons feel that substantial change is not only needed now, but that the possibility exists to begin something new, something relevant, substantial and meaningful. I am a community organizer that has been on the front lines in the fight against oil and gas drilling throughout Colorado, helping to ban the practice in Lafayette and advancing the Community Rights state ballot initiative that would give people a definitive say over corporations. I am a wage earner that has supported working people trying to make a better life for themselves through organizing on the job and fighting for a living wage. I am one of the millions of people around the world that organized protests against the wars that have claimed the lives of so many people in our country and globally. I am a health care worker that sees people attempting to make lifechanging decisions based on fear of

debt and bankruptcy. And I know what it means to have tens of thousands of dollars in student loans so that my wife and I could be employed in the medical and educational fields. We are here to win it. Colorado’s communities, workers, families, our environment and our basic human and civil rights can no longer accommodate the answers given to us by powerful and disconnected representatives. People are rightfully demanding solutions that don’t depend on the agreement of Wall Street, or those representatives that serve as the political wing of big business and corporations. Too much is at stake, and entire generations depend on a clear alternative to the tragic policies of war, environmental destruction, racism, poverty and community disenfranchisement. Another world is possible, and it is going to take the 99 percent to bring that world to life. I want to thank the people of Colorado for this opportunity and for the enormous enthusiasm already being felt in this campaign. I also want to thank the Green Party of Colorado for my nomination to represent Congressional District 2, and everyone that is striving to regain our world and build justice and freedom from the bottom up. We cannot afford to wait any longer. Let’s fight like the lives of our kids and the planet depends on it, and take that fight from Colorado onto Capital Hill. WillmengForCongress.org Twitter: WillmengCD2 Boulder Weekly

the anderson files A global New Deal by Dave Anderson

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he two major parties will have to change, or they are likely to be changed by voters who have had enough,” the Reverend Jesse Jackson said recently. He knows about the impact of grassroots discontent because he ran an unexpectedly strong progressive populist campaign for president in the Democratic primaries in the 1980s which was very similar to Bernie Sanders’ campaign. With Donald Trump as its presumptive nominee, the Republican Party is changing to address the fears of economically insecure Americans with a cynical and phony populism. If Hillary Clinton is the Democratic nominee, how will she respond? Mainstream pundits (and most likely rich donors) urge her to “pivot to the center” and focus on attracting affluent Republican suburbanites who are leery of Trump. Quite a few U.S. labor union leaders are alarmed at Trump’s popularity among too many workers. On May 9 and 10, Trump was a focus of concern at an international conference in Washington D.C. on rising far right populism in the U.S. and Europe. It was sponsored by the AFL-CIO (the largest federation of unions in this country), Working America (the federation’s outreach arm to nonunion workers) and the Friedrich Ebert Stiflung (a German foundation associated with the Social Democratic Party). Labor people came from France, Germany, Belgium, Canada, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden and the U.K. The conference was a response to the ascendancy of not only Trump in the U.S. but also the National Democratic Party in Germany, the National Front in France, the Golden Dawn in Greece and others. “Too many politicians in the U.S. and Europe are exploiting our differences and inciting hate and division,” said Richard Trumka, president of AFLCIO. “...Political tactics that scapegoat hardworking immigrants and refugees only serve to pit workers against one another, while ignoring the corporate excess that created these problems.” Speakers placed a good deal of blame for the far right’s rise on the center left parties’ embrace of “neo-liberalism,” an ideology pioneered by Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher. Later, a cuddlier version was offered by Bill Clinton’s “Third Way” Democrats and Tony Blair’s “New Labour” in the U.K. Damon Silvers, director of policy at the AFL-CIO, said:“Starting around 1980 in the United States and the United Kingdom, and in the 1990s in the larger Boulder Weekly

European Union, the idea that governments should not act to help people in economic pain, or to right imbalances in economic power, became gospel, not just among the right, but among parties that identified themselves as the center-left. “The idea was that after the collapse of the Soviet Union, we were going to have a market-based Utopia, where the problems that had plagued market societies in the 20th century were no longer going to exist. So the institutions and politics that had come into being to address the injustices and instabilities of market societies could be dismantled without fear of what would happen next. ... “But instead of ushering in a marketbased era of growth and good feeling, neo-liberalism brought back the economic pathologies of the pre-New Deal era — runaway inequality and financial boom and bust cycles on an epic scale. And politically, the neo-liberal consensus opened the door to a monster that many had thought had been driven permanently into the outer darkness of democratic politics—the racist, authoritarian right.” Silvers warned that “we should have learned from the 1930s that if the public is offered two choices — democracy and austerity, or authoritarianism and jobs — a lot of people will choose authoritarianism.” Those who live in comfort rightly condemn such a choice, he said, but anybody who wants to lead a democracy should “make sure that democratic governance provides economic justice and economic security.” Silvers said it is tempting to “bite our tongues and join in the neo-liberal consensus in the hopes of gaining powerful allies against right-wing authoritarianism from among the 1 percent. But this approach will only feed the authoritarian right by proving the argument they make to working people that ‘the politicians don’t care about you.’” Instead, Silvers said the labor movement must demand that politicians and parties they support be advocates for ambitious policies which produce broad-based economic growth driven by rising wages. He insisted that the politicians support “a global New Deal — a plan to get us out of global economic stagnation driven by downward pressures on wages — and into a virtuous cycle of rising wages driving investment that drives productivity.” To defeat Donald Trump, we need to confront his racism and sexism but also offer a transformational vision of a more decent and caring society. This opinion column does not necessarily reflect the views of Boulder Weekly.

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The Paul Danish column “Danish Plan” is a marvelous tonic for Boulder’s environmental and social progressivism. When Boulder’s scientists and leaders offer carefully researched and realistic proposals to address real life problems and social inequities, Paul is always there to find flaws based on his perfected ideology that has cleverly anticipated all scenarios, especially those questioning the status quo (a place he finds most durable and comfortable). Paul’s cynicism, nicely illustrated in “Goodbye to the five year ‘timeout’” [May 12, 2016], offers a good lesson in the “due diligence” of the Donald Trump & David Brooks School of Punditry. Indeed, Paul’s polished critiques are an improvement over this East Coast and Texas movement to clear the air.

Paul’s column is surely good for those fact finders and would-be reformers trying to cope with the indiscretions of the Capitalist World Order and its American adaptations. Let us celebrate Boulder’s diversity of opinion. Alan Taddiken/Boulder

It Ain’t Over

Joel Dyer’s May 5 column regarding fracking and the Colorado Supreme Court was masterful [Re: “What now?” May 5]. Never mind that the decision stinks like sour gas; this juris has no prudence. And now there is more tortured “precedent” or decisis for future courts to “stare” — that’s [phonetically] “staw-ray duhseecus,” or standing on what has been decided before. It is supremely interesting to realize that local governments in Colorado have the right to zone air rights, but go five feet below the surface and voila! No more authority. It is supremely vexing to recall a true U.S. Supreme Court landmark case from 1922 (Pennsylvania Coal Co. v. Mahon), wherein the Court held for active and permanent support for surface interests, on the part of subsurface operators. Now, oil is not coal, but the relative positions of the land estates are really no different. It’s about time we faced just what the oil operators are likely going to leave us once they have sucked all the hydrocarbons out. All the low-hanging fruit has been gone from the oil patch for a while now, and the “squeezers” are very afraid that bans and moratoria could spread. They don’t really want to have to think about where to produce; that decision generally hinges on where cost is lowest. And don’t buy that “inconsistent regulation” nonsense; the industry operates in fifty states, no two of which apply identical regulatory regimes. And the oil and gas outfits manage just fine. How tragic that our government — the one we supposedly elected — chooses to emphasize some narrow “mission” at the expense of individual rights, property, health and welfare. Again an apt example is a federal matter ­— Rocky Flats nuclear weapons plant and the U.S. Energy Department’s flaunting of environmental laws. National security, the touchstone of the Cold War and most wars since, came first and has cost many lives. What came second? Everything (and everyone) else. Now we have a state — our state — declaring that its citizens don’t count, and their needs, wishes, and votes don’t either. What to do? We Boulder Weekly

letters start by making sure everyone in elected state office learns just how much our votes count, when we turn every incumbent out in every election until the message is deciphered. Another and longer-term help in the fracking conundrum might be found in a privately funded intelligence and acquisition campaign aimed at placing severed mineral estates into a nonprofit trust, starting adjacent to and near cities and towns. This would require use of what once were called oil field scouts — persons who watch for leases to come to expiration. No production? Then it’s renew or leave, vaporheads. Buying up this acreage could be accomplished via tax sales and arm’slength market transactions. Boulder County, where real property seems to be nearly as dear as air, values nonproducing/dormant/abandoned mineral estates at less than $7 per acre. Offer ‘em $14. Surround holdouts with acquired tracts so that no oil operation could gain a unit within their fence lines, then start reducing the offer to them. A good deal of title work would be needed, for which I would volunteer. I did that for a living for years, in fully one-fourth the counties in the country. Something else may happen someday. Every town in Colorado could, at an extreme, face demunicipalization imposed by the state. The counties could be next. Don’t laugh; Connecticut did away with its counties years ago. In view of what happened last week at the highest bench in Colorado, don’t be thinking there can be comfort that the state’s cities are safe. How intriguing that many conservatives claim that government closest to the people (that’s us) is the best. But it’s much easier for the robber barons to deal with but one entity while counting their ill-gotten gain. If there is any justice left, Top Operating or another energy entity will spud a fracking well 100 feet from the residence (or second home, probably in Aspen) of every Supreme Court justice who voted for this figurative burning of the Reichstag in Denver. Gregory Iwan/Longmont

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ily homes in any neighborhood to be converted into rooming houses for 10 to 20 or more people. This is not limited to current multi-family and high-density zones. It is actually targeted to increasing the density in existing single-family residential neighborhoods without even notifying the current residents of those neighborhoods. Extreme occupancy in one house on a block will spread as neighboring families decide to move out and find that their best option is to convert their house into another high-occupancy rental.

The idea that this will encourage the type of affordable, communitybased housing that would address the needs of aging boomers and middleclass workers is wishful thinking. It is far more likely to result in the type of high-priced, luxury “co-ops” prevalent in Northern California, combined with still more crowded rental housing for university students. The Co-op Ordinance that has been crafted by city staff and the Planning Board so far has been based only on

input from a small but well-organized special interest group of co-op advocates and developers. Most residents of Boulder are not even aware that this is being considered. Very few people have any idea of the details it contains or how it is being influenced. City Council should take a step back and seek out input from all citizens, not just the special interests. Residents should let the Council know their concerns by letter or by email. Steven Meier/Boulder

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[ BLM auction in Lakewood ]

Evolution of a movement

Anti-fracking, community-rights activists turn to civil disobedience following Colorado Supreme Court ruling

Story and photos by Joel Dyer

At the May 12 Bureau of Land Management (BLM) oil and gas lease auction held at a Lakewood Holiday Inn, protesters determined to stop the sale by blocking the entrances to the hotel and the conference room where the sale was being held, ran into a police line in the hotel’s lobby and at every entrance to the building.

Despite being ordered to remain outside, protesters pushed their way into the lobby, demanding that the auction be called off.

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n May 2, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled that Longmont’s fracking ban and Fort Collins’ fracking moratorium were in conflict with state regulations and therefore invalid. It wasn’t because communities have no right to apply their own land-use and zoning ordinances to oil and gas extraction within city limits, the court upheld that right. The high court’s ruling was based on the fact that it claims the “state’s goals,” when it comes to oil and gas, are to maximize production and prevent wasting any oil and gas by leaving it in the ground, and that communities can only use their own regulations if they support that goal. While the Court’s ruling is in direct conflict with modern climate science and the desires of millions of Colorado citizens, it is, for now, the law of the land and will likely be ending all fracking bans and moratoriums throughout the state in the near future including those in Boulder, Boulder County and Broomfield. So just what recourse has been left for those who oppose the industrial process of oil and gas extraction within their neighborhoods now that the court has ruled out local democracy as a solution? As a number of observers and activists have noted, there are only a couple of options remaining: amend the state constitution and civil disobedience. There are three citizen’s initiatives that would amend the state constitution in a manner that would create more local control over energy extraction — two impacting community rights and one creating a 2,500-foot setback of oil and gas facilities from homes and schools. All three are currently gathering signatures in order to place them Eventually, eight protesters were able to make it into the hotel and block the main entrance into the conference room where the auction was to be held. However, there were several other entrances and the auction, while sparsely attended, went on as planned.

Outside, approximately 300 protesters blocked the entrance to the hotel.

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[ Thornton wellsite protest ] Bill McKibben, best-selling author and founder of 350.org, spoke in Thornton around 8 a.m. before flying on to a similar gathering in California. McKibben told the crowd that he and other oil and gas industry critics are being targeted by industry trackers with video cameras in a personal attack campaign that will cost the industry hundreds of thousands of dollars. Similarly, at an oil and gas industry gathering in Denver that began Sunday, May 15 (see page 14), industry representatives were encouraged to investigate any journalists they perceived as being particularly pesky.

on the November ballot. But even this last ditch democratic process left to voters is being challenged by the oil and gas industry and its political operatives and controlled politicians. Oil and gas industry backers have launched their own initiatives. One called “Raise the Bar” which would make it nearly impossible for Colorado citizens to ever use direct democracy to amend the constitution in the future. The campaign for this pro-oil Trojan horse is being run by the folks BW investigated in its “Behind the Curtain” report that ran September 17, 2015. EIS Solution’s Josh Penry and his old pal Joe Megyesy are handling the campaign. BW readers will recall Penry as the oil and gas consultant who specializes in creating fake or “Astroturf ” grassroots citizen groups who appear to support more drilling for oil and gas and less regulation on the industry. He works with big oil through both Citizens for Responsible Energy Development (CRED) and Vital for Colorado. CRED is funded by Anadarko Petroleum and Noble Energy and is the group that pays for many of the pro-fracking TV commercials and paid for the pro-fracking “Energy and Environment” section in The Denver Post. Together with his wife Kristom Strohm of the Republican fundraising/consulting firm Starboard Group, Penry helped launch the controversial, pro-oil, REMI economic modeling program at University of Colorado Boulder’s Leeds school of business. Megyesy, was a spokesperson for Penry during his political career. As of 2015, he is a program officer with the Gill Foundation who has ties to both Colorado Concern board member Tim Gill, one of the original four billionaires who took control of Colorado’s Democratic Party in 2002 in what is now known as the Blueprint, as well as Strohm’s Starboard Group. The Raise the Bar initiative was supposedly born out of the public meetings being held by a group calling itself Building a Better Colorado, an organization said to be the brainchild of Dan Richie, another board member of Colorado Concern.

The opening of the Thornton oil and gas protest on Saturday May 14, included a Native American ceremony using chanting, sage and drumming.

Protesters hand painted some 300 umbrellas which they used to send their opinion about oil and gas extraction via aerial photos taken by a camera-equipped drone. When assembled, the umbrellas read “Break Free CO.”

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A close examination exposes the Raise the Bar initiative as just another oil and gas industry effort to further strip the rights of Colorado citizens in order to insure its ability to continue to drill at will with ineffective state oversight. And of course, Governor Hickenlooper supports the effort along with his Republican allies. In short, 2016 may be the last realistic chance for citizens to amend their state’s constitution, a process that gave us both legalized marijuana and TABOR. In other words, if Raise the Bar passes, both conservatives and progressives will lose their ability to have a say in Colorado’s political system which is increasingly controlled by only a handful of wealthy individuals and the oil industry. Which brings us to the other remaining option left for those who want to protect their family’s health, their property values and their communities — namely, civil disobedience. With the Supreme Court having removed all legal means for communities to stop drilling, and with the fight over global warming having reached a critical tipping point according to the world’s scientists, it’s a foregone conclusion that those opposed to continued unbridled oil and gas extraction would turn to civil disobedience as the next step in their struggle. Last week there were two separate actions in Colorado that confirmed this evolution in the movement: one at a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) oil and gas lease auction at a Holiday Inn in Lakewood and the other at the proposed site of one of the state’s largest drilling and production operations to date, which is located near Silver Creek Elementary School in Thornton. The BLM protest on May 12 received a small amount of press coverage. The all-day protest in Thornton on May 14, which included an unpermitted makeshift anti-fracking festival on open space with speakers ranging from author and 350.org co-founder Bill McKibben to rapper Jonny5 of the Flobots and Rep. Joe Salazar (D-Thornton), did not receive any news coverage. This despite the protest culminating in the takeover of the well site after the warnings of 15 police officers dispatched to the location. Apparently, there were just too many oil-and-gas-are-good-for-you commercials on TV for local stations to squeeze in coverage of one of the state’s biggest news stories that day. The Post and the state’s other chainowned newspapers were also apparently too busy to send a reporter. This underreporting is why Boulder Weekly felt compelled to provide our readers with a photo essay of these two important events. We believe that they mark a turning point in the battle over oil and gas extraction in the state of Colorado. Civil disobedience now appears to be at the core of the anti-fracking movement, and with the recent Supreme Court ruling, we believe it will likely remain there well into the future. We sincerely hope that the news media that is currently gorging itself on oil and gas ad dollars will soon return to reporting on these escalating tensions.

Protesters left their unpermitted location on open space around 3 p.m. and marched in unison to the dirt road leading to the well site near Silver Creek Elementary School.

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In between speakers, visits to educational booths and umbrella painting, several local bands provided entertainment for the crowd. The reggae and ska of The AlCapones proved particularly hard not to move to.

The North Metro Neighbors for Safe Energy are fighting in Thornton to prevent some of the State’s largest production platforms from being located near their kid’s schools and in their neighborhoods. They have also instigated a recall campaign against Thornton City Councilwoman Jan Kulmann whom they claim has a conflict of interest because her husband is the deputy director of the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission and she is employed in the oil and gas industry. Kulmann represents the current swing vote in favor of oil and gas extraction in Thornton, so it’s no surprise that a well-funded counter campaign to keep a recall from occurring is being supported and financed by Colorado Concern and Vital for Colorado.

At the staging area at the top of the dirt road leading to the well site, protesters were told that only those willing to risk arrest should continue on to the well. Approximately 40 people then continued the march to the well.

As evidenced here, police who tried to stop protesters from getting to the well site were met with great resolve. She stayed at the site until the police left.

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Shortly after protesters pushed passed the three officers originally positioned at the well site, a total of 15 officers in unmarked cars arrived.

Once marchers left the pavement and started down the private dirt road towards the well site, they were told they would be arrested. They were not. After ignoring commands to stop and continuing past police to the well, the officers drew a new line in the sand. Protesters were told they would definitely be arrested if they climbed onto the spillprotection dirt embankment surrounding the tanks.

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n the wake of the recent Colorado Supreme Court decision overturning Longmont’s ban and Fort Collins’ moratorium on fracking, as activists and environmentalists gather signatures to put initiatives on the ballot that could restrict oil and gas development, and hundreds have gathered in protest of further development throughout Colorado, a group of state and federal regulators, oil and gas industry leaders and a handful of others met in Denver this week. The Interstate Oil & Gas Compact Commission (IOGCC) held its annual business meeting May 15-17 and attendees spent three days discussing a diversity of oil and gas topics from bankruptcy to safety to aging infrastructure, financial assurances and developing technology. With a price tag of $395 to attend, the public was all but absent. The IOGCC is a multi-state government agency created in 1935 by Congress at a time when overproduction was driving oil prices down and regulation was lacking. It was tasked with keeping the oil and gas industry in check by encouraging state governments to share information, technology and regulatory methods. It doesn’t have any regulatory authority, but rather functions as a forum for inter-state discussion while also passing resolutions on the matters of oil and gas that are communicated to Congress on the states’ behalf. According to an investigation by Inside Climate News, in 1978 the Department of Justice told a congressional subcommittee that the IOGCC should be dissolved, given that regulations had been implemented and prices had stabilized. Furthermore, the justice department said, the IOGCC had become more of an advocacy agency than anything else and continued congressional support could be considered inappropriate. The IOGCC has continued, however, with Congress’ consent and any oil-producing state can join the compact. What started with six oil-producing states, including Colorado, has now expanded to include 30 states and several Canadian provinces. The commission has two meetings each year where a variety of commissions and working groups discuss and address issues pertinent to oil and gas development. For example, in 2009 the resolutions committee urged Congress to throw out legislation that would’ve overturned the so-called Halliburton loophole from the 2005 Energy Policy Act, which exempts hydraulic fracturing from the Safe Drinking Water Act and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) oversight. In effect, it gives regulatory authority over fracking to the states and not the federal government. The Inside Climate News investigation also links the original 2005 legislation to the IOGCC. More recently, the commission formed a working group on natural gas storage after the Aliso Canyon methane leak went uncontained in California earlier this year and the group convened at the Denver event this week to discuss issues and possible solutions. Energy companies Schlumberger and XTO Energy, an ExxonMobil subsidiary, were the main sponsors of the recent IOGCC meeting. Anadarko Petroleum, Noble Energy and

others also contributed. Minimal sponsorship (breakfast and coffee) was provided from other member groups such as the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) and State of Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration. According to the Denver gathering’s attendance roster, as of May 10, there were 150 attendees, approximately 65 of which were representatives of regulating agencies such as the EPA, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and various state regulators, including 11 representatives of the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC). Also in attendance were representatives of oil and gas companies such as ConocoPhillips, Chevron, Anardarko, Nobel and Shell, as well as industry groups such as the Independent Oil & Gas Associations of both Kansas and West Virginia. There were a handful of other attendees from The University of Texas, the EDF and guests of others. Boulder Weekly was the only Colorado news organization represented and no one from the general public is listed on the roster. “To me it doesn’t raise a conflict of interest. I mean the public was invited too,” says Matt Lepore, director of COGCC and the IOGCC chair of the Legal and Regulatory Affairs Committee. “If I were an operator, if I were a regulatory person for an operator, I can’t think of a better place to quickly figure out what’s on regulators’ minds. I think that’s only good.” Lepore later clarified that the public, including local officials, representatives and citizens, were not explicitly invited but they were not excluded if they could pay the registration fee. Regardless, he argues, “We really aren’t discussing any specific policy decision or rulemaking decision and if something here ... we decided was the best thing since sliced-bread, we decided to roll with that, then there’s a rulemaking process that we always go through.” The meeting opened with state reports from attending representatives that, as a whole, chronicled the industry’s decline since 2014, which affects many state regulators as they rely on permitting and other fees from the industry to fund their departments. States are addressing the downturn in activity differently. Wyoming, for example, is issuing on average 500 drilling permits a month so that operators have a green light once the industry’s economy turns around. While other states are issuing 20 or fewer. “All we have to do is wait for the price of oil and gas to go up and for environmentalists to get out of the state,” said one regulator from Arkansas. “Surmountable problems,” he concluded. Some states aren’t faring quite as bad. In Ohio, for example, state regulators reported a 100 percent increase from 2014 numbers, with six natural gas power plants in the process with the hopes of being a net-exporter of electrical power. In Colorado, Dave Kulmann, deputy director of the COGCC, reported that the rig count, drilling and issuing of permits are all down large percentages over 2014 and 2015. However, production is up mainly due to horizontal drilling capacity of many operations. While the general tone of the meeting communicated an industry in economic turmoil, there was also widespread sentiment echoing the IOGCC’s belief that the industry is an Boulder Weekly

news American necessity and must be preserved. “Without energy, the quality of life we enjoy today would not exist,” the IOGCC argues on its website. “That’s why the Commission works to ensure our nation’s oil and natural gas resources are conserved and maximized while protecting health, safety and the environment.” This pro-oil/pro-environment sentiment was not the only seeming contradiction. For example, the state regulator from Nebraska, Bill Sydow, admitted in his status report to being a climate-change denier while arguing that states can’t provide basic health and safety to citizens without the oil and gas industry. Climate change wasn’t a topic of discussion at the conference. “I think there’s a different venue for that,” Lepore says. “If the environmental stakeholder community wants to bring their concerns, issues or agenda forward then I think they have other avenues to do so, especially in Colorado.” The Public Outreach Committee spent two afternoons conducting “Crisis Communications Training” for regulators and industry representatives. Speakers included Bethany McCorkle from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Mark Bruce from the industry group Ohio Oil and Gas Energy Education Program, Todd Hartman from the Colorado Department of Natural Resources and Karen Crummy, communications director for Coloradans for Responsible Energy Development (CRED) a pro-energy group funded principally by Anadarko Petroleum and Nobel Energy. The training focused around possible oil and gas incidents and the communications nightmare that can often ensue. Presenters advised attendees in regards to managing social media, dealing with reporters, promoting a single message and making sure no one says anything off the talking points. “Message consistency avoids panic,” Bruce said, as he urged regulators and industry to share communication information prior to releasing anything to the public. “All we’re doing is sharing. As an industry group, I am nowhere near telling a regulator what to say, all we’re doing is sharing what we’re going to say. ... I’m not asking for approval. It’s just awareness.” Throughout the training, regulators and industry attendees raised questions about this information sharing, anticipating conflict between industry and government messaging with fears of cover-up accusations or the legalities of issuing statements that could subsequently be seen as an admission of liability. “But what’s your top priority in an incident? It’s public health and safety, Boulder Weekly

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decades. Colorado’s water problem is partially demographic: 80 percent of the population lives east of the Rocky Mountains, while almost 90 percent of the water flows westward, out of the state. The other side of the equation is a warming climate expected to reduce snowmelt. With Colorado’s population estimated to double by 2050, Gov. John Hickenlooper ordered the state’s first water plan in 2014, which was finalized last year by the Colorado Water Conservation Board. The plan lacks regulatory authority and relies heavily on conservation. The conservation plan brought the uncertainty of Colorado’s situation to the forefront of state discourse — briefly. Even so, Martin believes, state media coverage of the water issue may have done more to divide communities rather than engage with them. “The whole point of [Going There] is to have it be an experience where you feel invigorated,” Martin says, “as opposed to the shouting tests that you hear on so many other platforms these days, where everybody walks away feeling defeated and disgusted.” With something as important as water, Martin knows people can’t come away angry and divided. A devout believer in roundtable discussions, which have been at the core of her career at NPR, Martin aims to cut through the traditional media coverage the water issue has received, which often draws from the same sources and leaves many voices out of the conversation. “Typically when you are trying to cover an issue, you would pick a committee chairman or a person with a title,” Martin says. “So my take on it [is], what if you invited people and not jobs to participate in the conversation? “Maybe the sole of all wisdom is not contained in one person,” she adds. “Maybe one person doesn’t have the answer to everything. What’s the wisdom of the group? It’s like crowdsourcing ideas. And that just feels more fresh to me.”

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and toes we unstrapped him, and carried him up a steep dune to the road where the support vehicle rushed him to the nearest hospital,” recalls team-leader Geoff Wilson. Incredibly, Guerney hadn’t broken any bones. Although he suffered some concussion, a burst eardrum and torn ligaments in his shoulder he was released from the hospital after a night’s observation. “I truly thought my days were over,” Guerney says recalling the accident. “I got that really sick feeling in the deepest depths of my stomach.” In the end, Guerney puts his lack of serious injury down to the years of experience he has of crashing into things. “Doing extreme sports has taught me how to relax the body to spread the impact over the greatest area as possible.” Two days later Guerney was back in his kite buggy ready to tackle the remaining 1,200 km (744 miles) of some of the harshest terrain in the world. “We were a bit concerned about him getting back in the saddle so soon” muses Australian Wilson. “I thought he might have had some brain damage, but seeing as he’s a Kiwi it’s really hard to tell.” It had all started about a year earlier when Wilson, a practicing vet, came up with the idea to stake a place in the record books for the first windpowered trans-Saharan crossing and the longest ever kite buggy voyage. Dubbed the Mad Way South, it began as a personal challenge but once another Australian and two New Zealanders decided to come along, it quickly became competitive. “There’s no way you can put Aussies and Kiwis

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an down, man down!” the frantic words crackle across the team walkie-talkies. Two weeks into a record-breaking attempt to cross the Sahara desert on kite buggies one of the four-man team, New Zealander Steve Guerney, has had a serious crash. His buggy has been lifted 10 feet into the air by a strong gust of wind and Guerney has slammed head-first into a large rock. His team members arrive at the scene to find him hanging upside-down, still strapped into his buggy. His head is at a strange angle and his neck is cranked tightly forward onto his chest. He is passing in and out of consciousness and the blood trickling from his nose is filling the lens of his wrap-around sunglasses. “After making sure he could wriggle his fingers Boulder Weekly

together on a trip like this without it turning into a race,” Wilson jokes. On August 4, 2009 after months of intensive planning the adventurers, wearing Mad Max-style body armor, the group arrived at the edge of the desert in Agadir in northern Morocco and unloaded four specially adapted kite buggies. The contraptions are single-seater vehicles thought to have been invented by the Chinese in the 13th century but popularized in the U.S. in the 1970s. The record speed for a kite buggy is 124 kmh (76 mph) but the specially adapted “desert buggies” used by the teams were fitted with devices to restrict their speed to a maximum of 55 kmh (34 mph). They had set themselves a target of crossing 2,500 km (1,500 miles) of desert in the height of summer in under a month. Their guide, London-based Africa expert Guy Lankester recalls the first time he heard the proposal. “I told it to them straight. I said ‘it’s the most insane idea I’ve ever heard... but I love it.’” The start of the race was a bit of an anticlimax. With winds of only 4 knots the adventurers began their epic journey with a snail-paced crawl off the start-line. However, the winds picked up and with their slick tires on firmer sand they soon found themselves travelling at maximum speed across the desert. “Winding through scrub, cacti and sharp lava rocks at that speed is really exhilarating but there’s a lot going on,” Guerney says. “It’s a bit like trying to drive a car through a slalom course whilst texting, eating and changing your undies.” The buggiers would need to cover about 100 km see KITE BUGGIES Page 23

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(62 miles) per day if they were to reach Dakar, Senegal by the end of the month as planned. However, in the first weeks it seemed as if they might’ve been overly ambitious in setting this target. Conditions in the desert were much tougher than they’d anticipated with daytime temperatures topping 120 degrees and sandstorms forcing them to take cover. But the main unforeseen problem was the delays caused by crashing their kites. In the deserts of Queensland a crashed kite could be relaunched with ease but in the Sahara Desert the kite’s intricate bridle lines would become instantly ensnared by thorns, which would take about 20 minutes to untangle. With the buggiers crashing their kites several times each day in the fickle winds, progress was slow. Whilst kite crashes might delay their journey, a much greater threat was posed by buggy crashes. As Guerney’s crash demonstrates, buggying is an extremely dangerous sport and the risks of flipping a buggy are high. Despite being heavily loaded with water and tools, the buggies were frequently lifted into the air by gusts of wind. If they landed badly the buggy would roll over. In typical Antipodean fashion the adventurers invented a name for these frequent crashes: OBEs — Outta Buggy Experiences. If they were lucky these OBEs would occur on soft sand. If they weren’t so lucky they could find themselves landing on rocky or thorny terrain. As they made their way further south another serious danger became apparent: landmines. Their route took them down the Moroccan coast and into the disputed territory of Western Sahara, scene of one of the longest running and most forgotten conflicts in the world. Western Sahara was occupied by Morocco in 1976 in defiance of a ruling from the International Court of Justice. A 16-year war followed during which thousands of miles of desert along the border regions were mined. Although a U.N. ceasefire was signed in 1991, the Moroccans repeatedly blocked the self-determination referendum and an estimated 20,000 mines remain buried beneath the sand. For a few hundred kilometers it was therefore necessary for the kite buggies to stay on the tarmac roads: the danger presented by oncoming traffic being preferable to that of accidentally travelling through a mine-field. The teams were warned not to travel more than 10 meters (33 feet) off the road but when the kites crashed it was necessary to wander into the desert to untangle the ropes. “I’ve never felt sphincter-tightening tension quite like it before,” Guerney says. “You pick your way across the sand to retrieve a kite from no mans land just listening out for the sound of a click.” “The trip was not all blood, sweat and tears,” Lankester emphasizes, describing the spectacular shift in scenery as they travelled from the deserts of the Sahel to the tropical fecundity of Equatorial Africa. “The people we met were incredibly hospitable and generous and they were fascinated by the kites. I remember sitting with a group of children as we watched those four sails approaching across the distant dunes. ‘Les oiseux’ they cried and it was true: The kites did look like a small flock of beautiful soaring birds.” Soon after Gueney’s crash the buggiers crossed the border into Mauritania, which gave them a double cause for celebration: Not only were they now out of mine-country, but they had also broken the record for the longest kite buggy journey, the previous record having been held by three British adventurers who crossed 1,000 km (320 miles) of Gobi desert in 2006. On April 29, the teams finally rolled into Dakar. As well as being a mad-cap adventure the race had also helped to promote eco-friendly, carbon neutral travel and raise funds for SHE Rescue Home in Cambodia, a refuge for trafficked women in South East Asia. Despite several few near-death experiences, the team had managed to steer a safe passage between shark-infested coastal waters, land-mined borders, Al Qaeda militants and the unremitting harshness of the Sahara. As he lets his kite fall to the ground for the last time, Wilson’s sun-crack lips form a broad smile. “Enough of this kite-buggery. Anyone for a tinny (a can of beer) on the beach?” Boulder Weekly

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Top left: Helmet from 1630, made from iron, lacquer, lacing, gold and bronze. Bottom (left to right): 19th century horse mask, made from leather, metal and lacquer; late 16th century helmet and half mask; 15th century armor, and 18th century helmet bowl, made from iron, shakudo, lacing, silver, wood, gold, brocade, fur, bronze, brass and leather; 1710 full face mask made from iron.

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dentity can take many forms. For the samurai warriors who reigned through Japan for seven centuries, a suit of armor expressed more than a need for protection. “Your helmet is your insignia as a samurai on the battlefield. Also, it shows your rank in society, how much money you have, how powerful you were,” says art historian Jessica L. Beasley. “These were all ideas they took very seriously. You can incorporate certain elements in your armor that kind of project [who you are] to the rest of the world.” Each piece of equipment contributes to the historical narrative of this ancient warrior class, and that’s what

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the Denver Art Museum is hoping do with Samurai, through June 5. The exhibit showcases multiple suits, weaponry, helmets, face guards, horse trappings and a complete armor set. With pieces ranging from the 12th to 19th centuries, the viewer is able to see the evolution of the gear as it adapted to technological advances — from bow and arrows to gun warfare, for example. All 140 artifacts in the show are from the Ann and Gabriel Barbier-Mueller Collection, which Beasley curates. The samurai represents a class of Japanese society boasting a detailed history that has filled the pages of countless books. For the layman, their origins are in the Boulder Weekly

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mid 1100s when farmable land was also decorate their helmet with all the scarce, and wealthy, high-ranking landsymbols of these animals. It’s very creowners, known as daimyos, needed a ative,” says Tianglon Jiao, curator of way to protect their property. The Asian art for the Denver Art Museum. daimyos hired men who would fight “The idea is to express yourself and to and be loyal, eventually evolving into protect yourself.” the concept of the samurai. Over the With each artifact in the exhibit, centuries, most of the fighting was the craftsmanship is undeniable. The between the landowners, with only brief attention to detail in every inch of invasions from outsiders, including an every piece is astonishing, and the attempt from the Mongols in the late viewer almost forgets that everything 13th century. The samurai’s reign ended was made to be functional. For examin the mid 19th century as the governple, one mask in the collection has a detachable nose, convenient for comment reclaimed control of the country. fort and sweat removal, Known for their but even the two small brutal and cunning batON THE BILL: tle prowess, the samurai hooks that clamp the Samurai: Armor from the were more than expert section in place are Ann and Gabriel Barbierarchers and sword carved into the shape Mueller Collection. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th swingers. Their studies of doves. Ave. Parkway, Denver, were broad and varied The relics blur the 720-865-5000. Through in order to become the line between art and June 5. war, suggesting the two ultimate soldier. can be one in the same. “They wanted to Consequently, in those days, the aeslive well-rounded lives and practice the thetics of the armor were also imporarts and understand philosophy and tant, more so than that of today’s miliwriting,” Beasly says. “They were wise enough to know education was going to tary that favors practical features like camouflage and storage space. While make them better warriors. ... They were perfectionists in how they conthe samurai suits were needed for producted their lives. Art was very importection, they also intended to scare the tant to them, literature was very impor- enemy. Dressed in the intricate gear tant. The ancient tales and the books atop their horses, which also wore ornaabout the great, epic wars were very ments like dragon masks or large horns, important to them, and all of them had the warriors would storm the battlean extensive knowledge of it.” field. It wasn’t only their minds that were “These are the ideas of propaganda influenced by literature, so was their and creating a persona for yourself and armor. One section of the Denver for your army,” Beasley says. “It’s the exhibit features a series of helmets idea of trying to invoke fear into your depicting a variety of inspirations enemy with the appearance of the including religion, animals, geography, armor. If you can imagine those horses mythology and European foreigners. coming at you in real life it’d be very “The Japanese have all kinds of serious, the menacing, frightening folklore and animals in history that appearance.” protect people and serve as a guardian The equipment used personality and of their spirit and their house. So they theatrics to evoke emotion. Boulder Weekly

“You can’t help but feel things based on what you’re seeing. [The samurai] tapped into that as much as possible,” Beasley says. “If you have religious significance within your battle regalia that’s another thing that they got power from. And that’s a scary component to deal with if you’re the enemy. These were all different things that came together to really make that impact on your enemies and also your peers. If you have the best of what’s around, that’s always intimidating.” While the pieces are in a different context hanging in a museum as opposed to the battlefield, they still conjure awe. When examining the detail of the samurai suits, the cynic asks the question, “Why even bother?” It’s a hard question to answer decades after this military aristocracy has fallen from power. Pride was a big factor for the samurai, along with education and loyalty, and these qualities seeped outward into their suits. “In the Japanese culture, even today and especially back in ancient time, these are ideas that drove everyone,” Beasley says. “If you had a place in life you had to do it for the utmost of your ability.” The samurai history is long and storied. In the later periods, Jiao says that the fighters became artists and writers themselves, communicating their culture. “They think very deeply about themselves and their way of life. To be a samurai, it’s not that easy,” Jiao says. But Samurai gives some insight to who these warriors were. The final thought of the exhibit is a quote from famous samurai Toyotomi Hideyoshi. “I came like the dew, I vanish like the dew, such is my life.” Almost 150 years later, their legacy is far from vanishing.

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ahler, it is well known, loved to hike in the Alps. So it is fitting that Kenneth Woods, the brand new artistic director of the Colorado MahlerFest, compares Mahler’s Seventh Symphony to the summit of a fourteener. Woods succeeds Robert Olson, who retired last year after 28 years as founding director of the festival. The Seventh will be the major work performed at this year’s MahlerFest XXIX, with performances by Woods and the MahlerFest Orchestra. Also on the

progressing more or less in order to the Ninth and the unfinished Tenth Symphony. When Olson ended his tenure last year with the Ninth, the third cycle was left incomplete. Woods decided to jump back to the Seventh Symphony to fill a gap in that third cycle. He also wanted to do the Seventh because, he says, “I’ve loved it since I was a little kid. It’s a largely happy work. It’s funnier than most of his music, and it’s very big-hearted music. People will love it.” Composed in 1904 and ’05, the Seventh is one of the least familiar of Mahler’s symphonies. It comprises five fairly diverse movements, Benjamin Ealovega two of which — the second and fourth — are titled Nachtmusik (Night music). The diversity of the movements is sometimes seen as a weakness, but Woods sees the diversity as strength. “I think so much of what happens in the piece is motivated by his love of music, and what you can do with different kinds of music” he says. “[There is] musical humor, musical drama, marches and devil’s dances and love songs. “It seems like he wanted to take one symphony and just say, ‘Isn’t life rich and interesting, and isn’t music fantastic?’” The new director of the Colorado MahlerFest, Kenneth Woods, broadens the repAnd then Woods ties the ertoire of this decades old festival. symphony to Colorado’s 14ers: orchestral program will be the U.S. premiere of “The Seventh Symphony comes from this moment Nachtmusiken by Austrian composer Kurt Schwertsik, when Mahler’s at the top of his game,” he says. which was commissioned for a Mahler festival in “Anyone who has climbed a 14er knows that when Manchester, and a symposium by leading Mahler you get to the top you want to savor it. You want to scholars. stop and look at the view, but you can’t stay up there Throughout its 28-year history, MahlerFest has all that long. Mahler’s Seventh is that moment when presented discrete cycles of Mahler’s major works, he’s reached the summit.” starting with the First Symphony and, in each cycle, Woods believes the Seventh also represents a

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change of focus for Mahler. His earlier symphonies had featured narratives about a hero who struggles against the world. In the Sixth Symphony, the hero is felled by three cruel blows of fate. “The Seventh Symphony seems to be pulling back the camera a little bit,” Woods says. “You start to realize how much bigger the world is, and your experiences and the experience of nature, than just what happens to a single man. It’s a much bigger canvas.” The Nachtmusik movements color parts of the Seventh Symphony, but not all. “You start in a nocturnal landscape, and you end in daylight,” Woods says. “In the last movement we open the door and walk out into downtown Manhattan on a Monday morning — noise and people everywhere, and isn’t this great? Life goes on!” It is the Nachtmusik movements that suggested the connection to Schwertsik. Not well known in this country, he has written for orchestras across Europe. Originally trained as a modernist, he changed later in life to embrace tonality and more beauty in music. “I was lucky enough to hear the premiere in Manchester,” Woods says. “Nachtmusiken is very attractive, very musically sophisticated, serious minded but also humorous and beautiful and accessible.” Besides, he adds cheerfully, “it’s got an accordion solo, and it’s a bucket list thing to me, to conduct a work with a big accordion solo.” Schwertsik is likely to be the first of many composers whose music will be brought into MahlerFest. “I wanted to broaden the repertoire and find pieces that contextualize Mahler,” Woods says. “There’s other ones I am anxious to do, and I’d love to commission a few new works.” Whether Mahler, Schwertsik or others, Woods is aiming the festival at the audience. “We want the general public to know that this is a festival for them,” he says. “If they come, they’re going to love it.” In other words, he hopes you will take the time to savor the summit at this year’s MahlerFest, even if you can’t stay all that long.

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oloradoans haven’t been lacking for silent film lately. Whether it’s Howie Movshovitz presenting Sunrise at this year’s Conference on World Affairs at the University of Colorado Boulder, or the Denver Silent Film Festival at the Alamo Drafthouse in April, the kings and queens of the silent screens are alive and well in the Centennial State. Listen to Hank Troy play alongside such Though these movies may be films as Show People during Chautausilent, Hank Troy isn’t. He is the qua’s Silent Film Series. ace pianist whose music accompanies silent stars as they flicker up on the screen. Troy is an institution in the silent film scene and with another summer upon us, Colorado moviegoers have the opportunity to hear Troy once more at the Chautauqua Silent Film Series starting on June 1. For 31 years, Chautauqua has been presenting a Though these five programs offer emotionally line-up of silent movies, and for all 31 Troy has sat complex movies, none of them are complicated. Nor is next to Chautauqua’s 30-foot screen and played along Troy’s approach to musically accompanying them. with the action — just a man at the piano, watching a “The idea is that you match the mood with the movie and filling the room with music. music,” Troy explains. “You match it as best you can “[The movies] are just so satisfying,” Troy says. with the music you are playing. And so that’s, in fact, And with this year’s line-up, Troy, and the audiwhat it was called: mood music.” ences, will have five opportunities to catch a good Troy’s journey with mood music began in 1971, movie: The General ( June 1), Show People ( June 7), when a routine movie experience turned into a lifeThe Cameraman ( July 6), The Kid ( July 20) and a time opportunity. Harold Lloyd double feature, For Heaven’s Sake and “The presenter at the Denver Folklore Center [Al Number Please (Aug. 9). Miller] was showing [silent] films using needle drop

A life alongside the movies Hank Troy on the art of silent film accompaniment by Michael J. Casey

records for accompaniment,” Troy recalls. “I went up to him afterwards and said, ‘I would like to try this and accompany these films for you.’” Troy got the gig as a live accompanist, but in 1971, silent film was only 50 years old, and did not yet have the appreciation that has built in the last 40 years. Kevin Brownlow and David Gill’s seminal 13-part survey of the period, Hollywood: A Celebration of the American Silent Film, was still a decade off and Troy didn’t have the research at his finger tips. “There was material, but I didn’t know about it,” Troy says. “So I was improvising, I was just kind of plunging in. “There were books that had been written in the ’20s — teens and ’20s — to tell people how to do this,” Troy continues. “I couldn’t find any of that music right at that time, but I did find ideas within the books that were describing how to do this. ... I got the idea pretty quick.” The idea being simply to match the mood of the music with the emotion of the image. That idea came to Troy almost instinctively, most likely from his practice as a classical musician. “I’m always listening to the classical composers with an ear for what can I use from this,” Troy continues. “That’s where a lot of the dramatic stuff comes from.” see MOOD MUSIC Page 30

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Troy draws primarily on 19th player. This further opened up Vidor’s Century romantic/classical repertoire. films to Troy and showed how they conThough 45 years behind the keyboard tinue to resonate. has seasoned and deepened Troy’s abili“He had a sense of rhythm,” Troy ties, he still relies heavily on the impro- says. “And that’s evident in his films.” visation that got him going in the first Show People, like most of the movies place. offered at Chautauqua’s series, is “I have some cas80-plus years old. Yet it sette tapes of when I plays just like a current ON THE BILL: Chautauqua Summer Film first started, and my release. Series. June 1–Aug. 9, 900 ability and style is so “Surely there is a Baseline Road, Boulder, similar [to today] it’s distinction in our minds 303-442-3282, chautauqua. com. frightening,” Troy with these old films,” The General (June 1) says with a chuckle. “I Troy says. “Because they Show People (June 7) would like to think I were experimenting, The Cameraman (July 6) The Kid (July 20) am really evolved and they were trying to figFor Heaven’s Sake and changed, but I don’t ure out how to do it. Number Please (Aug. 9) think so.” Some of them are a litAnd that’s just tle cruder than others fine with Chautauqua for that reason, and then moviegoers, who have there are ones that just come to love Troy’s aural additions to knock your socks off, because they’re so these classics. well done. One of which, 1928’s Show People “If you were to go today to see a from esteemed director King Vidor, is movie — first-run movie or an artthe movie that Troy urges people to house movie — you’d be expecting a see. In fact, it is one of the movies good movie,” Troy says. “You would Troy lobbied to have shown at this want to have something that is satisfyyear’s series. ing, that is well-acted and well-photoStarring Marion Davies, Show People graphed. It’s the same thing with silent is a fascinating take on the business of films. ... It’s not a matter of saying, Hollywood, one where reality and fantasy ‘Oh, it’s a silent film,’ the point is, it’s a run parallel. Yet, it isn’t the story that good film. “In my opinion, it’s a matter of attracts Troy to Show People, but the those aesthetics,” he says. “Not making structure. Years back, Troy had the pleathe distinction that it’s a 90- or a sure of meeting King Vidor at the 100-year-old film, but that’s it a good Telluride Film Festival and learned about film. And let’s go see it.” the director’s background as a mandolin Boulder Weekly

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Boulder Swing Collective. 9 p.m. Waterloo, 809 Main St., Louisville, 303-993-2094. Celtic Session hosted by The Gael. 6 p.m. Very Nice Brewing Company, 20 Lakeview Drive, Unit 112, Nederland, 303-258-3770. The Complete Unknowns. 7 p.m. Oskar Blues Brewery, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685. Danny Shafer. 6 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids and Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303-485-9400. David Booker. 7:30 p.m. Por Wine House, 836 1/2 Main St., Louisville,

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Ed Breazeale Jazz Trio. 6 p.m. Gravity Brewing, 1150 Pine Street, Unit B, Louisville, 303-544-0746.

Arts and Ales. 5 p.m. Left Hand Brewing Company, 1265 Boston Ave., Longmont, 303-772-0258.

Gypsy Whiskey. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 Northpark Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757.

Francofonia. 2:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. The Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826.

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

Mustang. 4:30 p.m. The Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826.

Open Mic. 7 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 720-297-6397. Sandra Jean Macdougall. 7:30 p.m. Samples World Bistro, 370 Main St., Longmont, 303-327-9318. Sherefe — Arabic Mediterranean Fusion. 7 p.m. Caffe Sole, 637R S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-499-2985. Vinyl Night, Bring Your Own Album. 7 p.m. 12Degree Brewing, 820 Main St., Louisville, 720-638-1623.

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DJ Tip Top. 10 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922.

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

Warren Miller Entertainment: KEEN International Ocean Film Tour 7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 19, The Dairy Arts Center, 2950 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-447-9772.

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Friday, May 20 Music Bourbon Street Jazz. 6 p.m. Bourbon Street, 328 McCaslin Blvd., Louisville, 303-955-0845. Brazilian Collaborative. 6:30 p.m. St Julien Hotel & Spa, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696. Card Catalog. 10 p.m. Waterloo, 809 Main St., Louisville, 303-993-2094. see EVENTS Page 34

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A Rotation of Six Video Works by Six International Artists from Collection (Anonymous). Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., 303-443-2122. Through June 12. Acrylic Painting by Lori Mattina. Community Art Program Gallery, NCAR, 1850 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, 303-497-1174. Through May 28. Critical Focus: Lanny DeVuono — by Laura Shill. Museum of Contemporary Art, 1485 Delgany St., Denver, 303-298-7554. Through June 5.

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DJ Jahstone. 10 p.m. Bohemian Biergarten, 2017 13th St., Boulder, 720-328-8328.

Life and Afterlife: Selections from the King Collection of Ancient Chinese Art. CU Art Museum, 1085 18th St., Boulder. 303-492-8300. Through June 25.

Eric Wiggs. 6 p.m. Upslope Brewing Company (Lee Hill), 1501 Lee Hill Road, Suite 20, Boulder, 508-873-9185.

Make Your Own Friends — by Brian Bress. Museum of Contemporary Art, 1485 Delgany St., Denver, 303-298-7554. Through July 3. Martha Russo: coalescere. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., 303-443-2122. Through June 12.

Foxfeather. 7 p.m. Wibby Brewing, 209 Emery St., Longmont, 303-776-4594.

Mountain Standard Clay. Foothills Art Center, 809 15th St., Golden, 303-279-3922. Through June 12.

Goatz! 5 p.m. Oskar Blues Tasty Weasel Tap Room, 1800 Pike Road, Unit B, Longmont, 303-776-1914.

The Neighbors — by Arne Svenson. Museum of Contemporary Art, 1485 Delgany St., Denver, 303-298-7554. Through June 5.

Groove a Licious. 7 p.m. Owsley’s Golden Road, 1301 Broadway, Boulder, 720-849-8458. Gumbo Le Funque. 5:30 p.m. Vindication Brewing Company, 6880 Winchester Circle, Suite F, Boulder, 303-530-0642. Haldon Wofford and the Highbeams. 8:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Brewery, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685.

Naropa University’s Summer Writing Program & the Joanna Macy Center are honored to present international environmental activist & writer Bill McKibben for a look at the current state of the climate change movement. Bill McKibben, co-founder of 350.org, is one of the world’s influential climate change activists. This event will sell out.

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Glass Mosaics by Delcia Litt. Community Art Program Gallery, NCAR, 1850 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, 303-497-1174. Through May 28.

Phantom Touch — by Laura Shill. Museum of Contemporary Art, 1485 Delgany St., Denver, 303-298-7554. Through July 3. Travel back to the time of the samurai with the Denver Art Museum’s latest exhibit. Read more on page 24.

Robert Therrien. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000. Through Aug. 7. Samurai. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-8655000. Through June 5. Sangeeta Reddy: Fractured Landscapes of the West. BMoCA at Macy, 285, University Ave., Boulder, 303-492-8423. Through May 29.

Ian Stewart. 7 p.m. eTown Hall, 1535 Spruce St., Boulder, 303-443-8696.

Stone Mosaics by Susan A. Judy. Community Art Program Gallery, NCAR, 1850 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, 303-497-1174. Through May 28.

Kim Stone Trio. 7 p.m. Caffe Sole, 637R S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-499-2985.

Tim Schwartz: CryptoTherapy. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., 303-443-2122. Through May 22.

Kristen Ford. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat Coffeehouse, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628. The Last Revel with Hen Scratch. 10 p.m. The Lazy Dog, 1346 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-3355. Lindsey Saunders. 8:30 p.m. The Roost, 526 Main St., Longmont, 303-827-3380. Mike Pedersen. 6 p.m. Very Nice Brewing Company, 20 Lakeview Drive, Unit 112, Nederland, 303-258-3770. Moses Walker. 7 p.m. Grossen Bart Brewery, 1025 Delaware Ave., Longmont, 214-770-9847. New Soul Night, Let The Beatspeak. 10 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-4491922. Rachel Ann Harding. 6:30 p.m. Still Cellars, 1115 Colorado Ave., Longmont, 720-204-6064. S’ with Art Lande, Mark Miller. 7:30 p.m. Grace Lutheran Church, 1001 13th St., Boulder, 303-4421883.

303-440-7826. Francofonia. 4 p.m. The Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. Friday Night Weird: Improv and Silent Films. 8:45 p.m. The Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. Mustang. 6 p.m. The Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. Set Your Words On Fire: Poetry Workshop. 7 p.m. Firehouse Art Center, 667 Fourth Ave., Longmont, 303-651-2787. Saturday, May 21 Music Alchemia. 9 a.m. Free Motion Dance Studio, 2126 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-379-8299.

Soul School. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 Northpark Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757.

The Aristocats. 7:30 p.m. Por Wine House, 836 1/2 Main St., Louisville, 970-259-3555.

Strange Byrds. 7:30 p.m. Oskar Blues CyclHOPS, 600 S. Airport Road, Longmont, 303-776-BIKE.

The Austrian Connection. 9 p.m. Bohemian Biergarten, 2017 13th St., Boulder, 720-328-8328.

Them Raggedy Bones. 9 p.m. Stage Stop, 60 Main St., Rollinsville, 303-258-0649.

Barrel Of Blues. 6:30 p.m. Front Range Brewing Company, 400 W. South Boulder Road, Lafayette, 303-339-0767.

Troy Clayton. 5 p.m. Pearl Street Pub, 1108 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-777-6768. Tyler Rennix Duo. 6 p.m. Jamestown Mercantile Cafe, 108 Main St., Jamestown, 303-442-5847. VooDoo Lily. 9 p.m. License No. 1, 2115 13th St., Boulder, 303-442-4344. Women in Blues. 8:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids and Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303-485-9400. Wrong Side Right. 7:30 p.m. Por Wine House, 836 1/2 Main St., Louisville, 970-259-3555. Events 7, A Ballet by Martin Schlapfer. 2 p.m. The Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder,

Blue Canyon Boys. 8:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Brewery, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685. Blue Krewe. 10 p.m. Pioneer Inn, 15 E. First St., Nederland, 303-258-7733. Blues on Tap. 6 p.m. Bourbon Street, 328 McCaslin Blvd., Louisville, 303-955-0845. Bonnie & Taylor Simms. 4 p.m. Spirit Hound Distillers, 4196 Ute Highway, Lyons, 303-823-5696. The Boulder Blues Quartet. 5 p.m. Boulder Beer Company, 2880 Wilderness Place, Boulder, 303-444-8448. Chris Kroger Duo. 7 p.m. Longs Peak Pub & Taphopuse, 600 Longs Peak Ave., Longmont, 303-651-7886.

Cleason, Dunn, Wright. 8:30 p.m. Left Hand Brewing Company, 1265 Boston Ave., Longmont, 303-772-0258. Colorado MahlerFest XXIX. 7:30 p.m. Macky Auditorium, 1595 Pleasant St., Boulder, 303-492-8423. Danny Shaffer. 9 p.m. Liquid Mechanics Brewing Company, 297 U.S. 287, Lafayette, 720-550-7813. Defunkt Railroad. 8:30 p.m. Samples World Bistro, 370 Main St., Longmont, 303-327-9318. Deja Blu. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 Northpark Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757. The Dendrites. 8 p.m. Jamestown Mercantile Cafe, 108 Main St., Jamestown, 303-442-5847. The Farmer Sisters. 4 p.m. Mudrock’s Tap & Tavern, 585 E. South Boulder Road, Louisville, 720-890-7900. Girls On Top. 8:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids and Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303-485-9400. Happy Hour Live Jazz. 5:30 p.m. Tandoori Grill South, 619 S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-543-7339. The Jack Hadley Band. 6 p.m. Wibby Brewing, 209 Emery St., Longmont, 303-776-4594. James Faulk. 10:30 a.m. The Stone Cup, 442 High St., Lyons, 303-823-2345. Jet Set. 7:30 p.m. Oskar Blues CyclHOPS, 600 S. Airport Road, Longmont, 303-776-BIKE. Jim Bradford Band. 9 p.m. The Dark Horse, 2922 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-442-8162. Ken Keusenkothen. 7 p.m. Skeye Brewing, 900 S. Hover St., Unit D, Longmont, 303-774-7698. Live Music by the McPhersons. 6 p.m. The Dickens Tavern, 300 Main St., Longmont, 303-834-9384. Longs Peak Chorus Spring Show. 7 p.m. Vance see EVENTS Page 36

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Thursday, May 19 New Vista High School Reading. 7 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., Boulder, 303-495-3303. Ren & Helen Davis — Landsacapes for the People. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-2074. Saturday, May 21

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Katy Bowman — Diastasis Recti: The Whole Body Solution to Abdominal Weakness and Seperation. 5 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-2074.

Robinson Quintet. 6:30 p.m. St Julien Hotel & Spa, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696.

Word by Word Journeys. 4 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., Boulder, 303-495-3303.

Rogue 2. 7 p.m. Odd13 Brewing, 301 E. Simpson St., Lafayette, 303-997-4164. The Runnikine. 10 p.m. The Lazy Dog, 1346 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-3355. Sean and the Sweentones. 8:30 p.m. The Roost, 526 Main St., Longmont, 303-827-3380.

Monday, May 23 Simon Van Booy — Father’s Day. 5 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-2074. Stop by the Boulder Book Store to hear from Simon Van Booy about his latest book Father’s Day.

Shower Me Blue: Live for Artwalk. 5:30 p.m. Jensen Guitars, 350 Main St., Longmont, 303-827-3163. Sliden Delta. 4:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Tasty Weasel Tap Room, 1800 Pike Road, Unit B, Longmont, 303-776-1914. The Steele Blues Band. All day. Boulder Beer Company, 2880 Wilderness Place, Boulder, 303-444-8448. Swing Saint Vrain. 5 p.m. BIN 46 Wine Bar & Restaurant, 600 Longs Peak Ave., Longmont, 720-438-7410. Tom Wieser Jazz Quartet. 7 p.m. Caffe Sole, 637R S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-499-2985. Tony & Jose. 6 p.m. Very Nice Brewing Company, 20 Lakeview Drive, Unit 112, Nederland, 303-2583770. Upslope Get Down. 1 p.m. Upslope Brewing Company (Flatiron Park), 1898 S. Flatiron Court, Boulder, 508-873-9185. Events 2016 Spring Dual Slalom Series. 1 p.m. Valmont Bike Park, 3160 Airport Road, Boulder, 303-413-7200. Belle and Sebastian. 2 p.m. The Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. DJ Chonz. 9 p.m. Breaker’s Grill, 380 Main St., Longmont, 303-772-3839. Firefly Handmade Spring Market. 10 a.m. Twenty Ninth Street, 1710 29th St., Boulder, 303-444-0722. Francofonia. 6:30 p.m. The Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. How People Make Things Hands-on Exhibition. 9 a.m. Longmont Museum, 400 Quail Road, Longmont, 303-651-8374. Learn Bridge in a Day. 10 a.m. Boulder Elk’s Lodge, 3975 28th St., Boulder, 303-442-5003. Mustang. 4 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. The Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. Once in a Blue Moon Astronomy Hike. 8 p.m. Boulder County Parks and Open Space, 5201 Saint Vrain Road, Longmont, 303-678-6214.

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Saturday Morning Groove. 10:30 a.m. Free Motion Dance Studio, 2126 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-3798299. Sunrise Photography Session. 5:15 a.m. Agricultural Heritage Center, 8348 Highway 66, Longmont, 303-776-8688. Sunday, May 22 Music Acoustic Jam. 3 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922.

“So, You’re a Poet” Open Poetry Reading. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat Coffeehouse, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628. Tuesday, May 24 Bryan Roth. 7 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., Boulder, 303-495-3303.

J. Kael Weston — The Mirror Test. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-2074. Innisfree Weekly Open Poetry Reading. 8:30 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., Boulder, 303-495-3303. Wednesday, May 25 Nick Bantock — The Pharos Gate. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-2074.

Ariana Saraha & Fernando Medina (Drums) in Concert. 7 p.m. Shine Restaurant & Gathering Place, 2027 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-0120.

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

The Bakersfield Band. 5 p.m. Oskar Blues Brewery, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685.

Open Bluegrass Pick with Pat Fiddle and New Grass. 1 p.m. Owsley’s Golden Road, 1301 Broadway St., Boulder, 720-849-8458.

Colorado MahlerFest XXIX. 3:30 p.m. Macky Auditorium, 1595 Pleasant St., Boulder, 303-492-8423.

Ostevetto Jazz Trio. 5 p.m. Gold Hill Inn, 401 Main St., Boulder, 303-443-6461.

Dave Connely. 1 p.m. The Post Brewing Company, 105 W. Emma St., Lafayette, 303-593-2066.

The Prairie Scholars. 12 p.m. Mac’s Place, 1640 Pace St., Suite 400, Longmont, 303-678-8929.

Felonius Smith Trio. 6 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids and Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303-485-9400.

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

The Foggy Tops. 12 p.m. Stage Stop, 60 Main St., Rollinsville, 303-258-0649. John McKay. 3 p.m. Oskar Blues Tasty Weasel Tap Room, 1800 Pike Road, Unit B, Longmont, 303-776-1914.

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Seth Phillips. 4 p.m. 300 Suns Brewing, 335 First Ave., Longmont, 720-442-8292. Sound Circle: Again. 8 p.m. Columbine Unity Church, 8900 Arapahoe Road, Boulder, 303-546-0114. see EVENTS Page 38

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Biloxi Blues. Miner’s Alley Theatre, 1224 Washington Ave., Golden, 303-935-3044. Through June 26. Cabaret. Longmont Theatre Company, 513 Main St., Longmont, 303-772-5200. Through May 21. Footloose. BDT Stage, 5501 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-449-6000. Through Sept. 3. Dancing at Lughnasa — presented by Coal Creek Theater. Louisville Center for the Arts, 801 Grant Ave., Louisville, 303-3454013. Through May 21.

Stop by Lafayette Theater Company to see their latest show, Time of My Life, playing through June 4.

Once. Denver Performing Arts Complex, 1345 Champa St., Denver, 720-865-4239. Through May 29. The Realish Housewives of Cherry Creek. Denver Performing Arts Complex, 1345 Champa St., Denver, 720-865-4239. Through May 22. Time of My Life. Theater Company of Lafayette, 300 E. Simpson St., Lafayette, 720-209-2154. Through June 4.

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Salsa Lotería Monologs. 2 p.m. Boulder Main Public Library Auditorium, 303-441-3100. Immigration HI-stories. 8 p.m. The Dairy Arts Center, 2950 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826.

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Crossing Borders: A conversation with the artists. 5 p.m. The Dairy Arts Center, 2950 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826.

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Where We’re From. Longmont Public Library, 409 Fourth Ave., 303-651-8470. Through May 30.

Graficomovil. Throughout Boulder County, check one-action.org/event/graficomovil/for location. Through May 30. Janelle Iglesias: Even a Simple Call Can Turn into a Complex Racket. CU Art Museum, 1085 18th St., Boulder, 303-492-8300. Through Sept. 10. Crossing Borders. The Dairy Arts Center, 2950 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. Through May 27.

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Tony Saccomanno Group. 4:30 p.m. Left Hand Brewing Company, 1265 Boston Ave., Longmont, 303-772-0258. Traditional Irish Session. 7 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922. Tribute to Bob Dylan. 6 p.m. eTown Hall, 1535 Spruce St., Boulder, 303-443-8696. A Tribute to John Denver’. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 Northpark Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757. Wildwood Roots. 5 p.m. Very Nice Brewing Company, 20 Lakeview Drive, Unit 112, Nederland, 303-258-3770. The Zimmermans. 10 p.m. Mountain Sun Pub, 1535 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-546-0886. Events Classics: The Manchurian Candidate. 4:30 p.m. The Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. Firefly Handmade Spring Market. 10 a.m. Twenty Ninth Street, 1710 29th St., Boulder, 303-444-0722. Geology of Rabbit Mountain. 9 a.m. Rabbit Mountain Open Space, Boulder, 303-678-6200. Hawaiian Hula Classes. 5 p.m. The Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-447-9772.

Nick Jaina. 8 p.m. Still Cellars, 1115 Colorado Ave., Longmont, 720-204-6064. Open Mic. 9 p.m. Pioneer Inn, 15 E. First St., Nederland, 303-258-7733. Open Mic Hosted By Brian Rezac. 8 p.m. The Speakeasy, 301 Main St., Longmont, 720-684-4728. Open Mic Hosted by Danny Shafer. 8 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922. Open Mic with The Prairie Scholars. 6 p.m. Skeye Brewing, 900 S. Hover St., Unit D, Longmont, 303-774-7698. Potluck Bluegrass. 7 p.m. La Vita Bella Coffeehouse, 475 Main St., Longmont, 720-204-6298. Events Industrial Hemp and Cannabidiol: Potential in Biotechnology and Nutraceuticals with Dr. Robert E. Sievers. 6:30 p.m. Sustainability, Energy and Environment Complex, McAllister Building, 4001 Discovery Drive, Boulder, Colorado Minimalism. 7:30 p.m. The Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. Wednesday, May 25

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Alex Heffron Quartet. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat Coffeehouse, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.

Bluegrass Jam. 7:30 p.m. 12Degree Brewing, 820 Main St., Louisville, 720-638-1623. Damon Woods Harmoniuos Funk. 9:30 p.m. Southern Sun Pub & Brewery, 627 S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-543-0886. Earth To Aaron. 9 p.m. Pearl Street Pub, 1108 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-777-6768. Open Stage. 6 p.m. Oskar Blues Tasty Weasel Tap Room, 1800 Pike Road, Unit B, Longmont, 303-776-1914. Events Birding Boulder County through the Seasons. 6 p.m. George Reynolds Branch Library, 3595 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, 303-441-3120. Movement Mondays (Ecstatic Dance!). 7 p.m. Free Motion Dance Studio, 2126 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-379-8299. Tuesday, May 24 Music The Gasoline Lollipops. 8:30 p.m. Waterloo, 809 Main St., Louisville, 303-993-2094. Jalbatross. 9 p.m. Owsley’s Golden Road, 1301 Broadway St., Boulder, 720-849-8458. Kort McCumber. 6:30 p.m. St Julien Hotel & Spa, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696. Matt Corby. 8 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030. Mike Wojniak, Monica Whittington, Patric Johnston. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat Coffeehouse, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628. Miles Wide. 6 p.m. Upslope Brewing Company

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Blues Night. 10 p.m. Pioneer Inn, 15 E. First St., Nederland, 303-258-7733. Live Music. 8:30 p.m. 12Degree Brewing, 820 Main St., Louisville, 720-638-1623. Mojo Medicine Show. 7 p.m. Rosalee’s Pizzeria, 461 Main St., Longmont, 303-485-5020. Nelson Rangell. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 Northpark Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757. Open Bluegrass Pick Hosted by Kyle Ussery. 8:30 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922. Open Mic. 6:30 p.m. Cannon Mine Coffee, 210 S. Public Road, Lafayette, 303-665-0625. The Prairie Scholars. 5 p.m. Haystack Mountain Golf Course, 5877 Niwot Road, Longmont, 303-530-1400. Ron LeGault Jazz. 6:30 p.m. St Julien Hotel & Spa, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696. Shamanic Happy Dance! 5:30 p.m. Free Motion Dance Studio, 2126 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-379-8299. Events Living Building Challenge. 4:30 p.m. Specialty Appliance, 305 McCaslin Blvd., Suite 1, Louisville, 303-516-4015. Paths of the Soul. 4:30 p.m. The Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. Soma Cafe. 12 p.m. Free Motion Dance Studio, 2126 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-379-8299. Viva. 7 p.m. The Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826.

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Early each spring, Nebraska hosts, along a section of the Platte River, several hundred thousand sandhill cranes. It’s something I wish everyone could see. Don Welch, one of the state’s finest poets, lives under the flyway, and here’s his take on the migration. His most recent book is Gnomes, (Stephen F. Austin State Univ. Press, 2013). — Ted Kooser, U.S. Poet Laureate

With Spring In Our Flesh With spring in our flesh the cranes come back, funneling into a north cold and black. And we go out to them, go out into the town, welcoming them with shouts, asking them down. The winter flies away when the cranes cross. It falls into the north, homeward and lost. Let no one call it back when the cranes fly, silver birds, red-capped, down the long sky. We do not accept unsolicited submissions. American Life in Poetry is made possible by The Poetry Foundation (www.poetryfoundation.org), publisher of Poetry magazine. It is also supported by the Department of English at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Poem copyright ©2015 by Don Welch, “With Spring In Our Flesh.” Poem reprinted by permission of Don Welch. Introduction copyright © 2016 by The Poetry Foundation. The introduction’s author, Ted Kooser, served as United States Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 2004-2006. Boulder Weekly

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f you really want to see something spectacular ON THE BILL: this summer, head to Paris and take a trip up Francofonia. May 18–21, the Eiffel Tower. And don’t skimp — shell out The Boedecker Theater, those extra Euros and head all the way to the 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7825, thedairy.org top. It’s worth it. Up there you can see for miles in every direction — just Paris. It’s almost as if the whole world lived there. Not too far from the tower, lies Paris’ — and arguably the world’s — most famous museum: the Louvre. Originally built as a palace for Philip II in the 12th century, the Louvre was converted into a massive museum in 1796 and now houses nearly 35,000 relics. Paintings hang on hallways that stretch on like football fields before weaving around another corner to a room of statues and tapestries. Work of art upon work of art. It’s almost as if the whole history of Europe is here. That world, that history, is where Russian filmmaker Aleksandr Sokurov plants his camera to tell the story of Francofonia, a history of sorts of Paris’s Louvre Museum, and the two gentlemen — Louvre director Jacques Jaujard (Louis-Do de Lencquesaing) and Nazi officer Franz Wolff-Metternich (Benjamin Utzerath) — who collaborated to save it from WWII. Comprised mainly of documentary footage of the Louvre, Francofonia is part history, part fiction and part musing. Sokurov narrates while his camera floats over the rooftops of Paris, down the halls of the Louvre and fluidly through time where the past collides with the present as Sokurov constructs the museum’s narrative by incorporating actors in historical costumes throughout the halls — S.S. Nazi soldiers admire grand works of art, Napoleon (Vincent Nemeth) leads the camera to the painting of his coronation and an Ally soldier chases a girl through the streets of Paris, passing 21st century bicyclists and backpackers. In these moments, Sokurov voices his commentary on the past, art and the nature of preserving culture. Though his questions hold merit, they also distract. The primary narrative of Jaujard and Wolff-Metternich working together to preserve the Louvre during the Nazi occupation is an important one, and one that Sokurov is clearly fascinated by. But these re-enactments pale in comparison to Sokurov’s stunning photography of the Louvre’s artwork and grand halls. This is most evident in the archival footage Sokurov includes showing civilians suffering the collateral damage of war. These are not the victims of the front, but those that starved and froze to death in the streets of an occupied city. The camera records their faces, frozen in time, like the portraits that adorn the walls of the Louvre. Sokurov seems conflicted about what is more important: the preservation of timeless works of art, or the health and safety of these nameless faces? Through the power of the camera, Sokurov finds a way to have both. Though these men, women and children are long gone, their images remain, forever captured on to celluloid. Some are warm and affirming. Others are ghastly and haunting. Both persist. In the grand scheme of things, it’s not much, but it’s something worth fighting for. Boulder Weekly

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here’s something about the onset of summer that creates a sense of ease in the soul — maybe it’s a leftover connection to our childhood joy at the end of a school year. A metaphysical weight seems to lift as the days grow longer and the weather grows warmer and the possibilities seem endless, from yearned-for vacations to lazy afternoons in the park to concerts under the stars. But perhaps that change we feel comes, too, from a change in food. We move from the heavy, starchy comfort of winter foods — the squashes, the root veggies the lasagna and beef stew and cheesy soups in bread bowls — to the lighter fare of summer. Fresh tomatoes — plump and almost meaty, not those grainy hothouse excuses for our favorite member of the nightshade family — work their way back into our diets, sometimes atop grilled pieces of meat or in light, cool pasta salads with cucumbers and fresh herbs. And we can eat outdoors again, surrounded by the very weather that has created this sense of youthful ease. So if summer means embracing that newfound comfort, getting outside, enjoying some live music and partaking in freshly prepared food, then Prospect Sound Bites is a manifestation of the season. For the past five years, Sound Bites has thrown out a gentle invitation to Boulder County: Come mingle and linger in the sunshine of Prospect Downtown Park in Longmont, where bands play and food sizzles every Monday night from May through September. And this year’s festival, its sixth run, boasts what looks to be the largest collection of food trucks in Northern Colorado. And because such a claim will make

Prospect Sound Bites kicks off summer right, with their food truck gathering on May 30.

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info. A probably, mostly complete list of food trucks at Prospect Sound Bites: 7 West — A mobile pizza unit Burger Radio — High frequency grub Comida — A mobile Mexican feast Cuban Fusion — A mobile journey for your taste buds Fajita Function/Dog Haus — Gourmet Mexican food, brats & dogs Slawpy Barn — All American food Suburban Wiener — Artisan sausages & fancy-pants dogs The French Twist — Made-from scratch, French cuisine Eighty Ate —Gourmet sliders & more Knock On Wood —BBQ & smoketruck

Farmer Girl — Local, sustainable food Lauer-Krauts — Fresh, homemade kraut burgers Munchie Machine — Gourmet munchies to the masses Talarico’s Italian Taste — Family tradition on the road The Mac Shack — Comfort food done right Verde — Work hard. Be nice. Eat burritos Seb’s Pizza —Wood-fired pizza Ba Nom A Nom — Vegan treat truck Sweet Cow — Delicious ice cream Ems Ice Cream — Certified organic ice cream

journalists call you up and ask for proof, Merry Ann Webb, event organizer for Sound Bites (and co-owner of The Rib House in Longmont), did a little recon before the interrogating began. “There’s nothing this big that draws this many people past the Denver metro area — nothing between here and Wyoming,” Webb says. “The only one is [Civic Center Eats] in Denver. I confirmed with them yesterday — they go three days for lunch and draw a crowd of around 1,000. We draw 2,000-3,000 every Monday.” So while Civic Center Eats does boast one hell of a food truck line up, Webb notes they’re missing something pretty critical to a damn-fine summer afternoon. “They don’t have a beer garden.” Indeed, in addition to the 16-22 food trucks that will be slinging everything from Mexican feasts to Italian eats to vegan treats (and lots of delicious sweets, because the rhyming just felt too good to stop), this year marks the addition of beer tents at Prospect Sound Bites, sponsored by Wibby Brewing and Oskar Blues. Proceeds from the beer garden will go to the Longmont Community Foundation, which works to improve life in Longmont and the St. Vrain Valley. Webb says this was made possible by a cultural grant from the Longmont Community Foundation back in February. The event kicks off on Memorial Day, Monday, May 30 with an all-day event featuring Pete Pidgeon and Hazel Miller. Exotico tequila will also be joining the beer tent to offer free cocktail samples on the festival’s opening day, so bring your ID and a hankering for a tiny Salty Chihuahua.

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re we there yet? Summer road trips in the state can be long and boring, even for semi-grown adults. Colorado food expeditions on the other hand are the trips everybody begs to be part of. When there’s great pizza or coffee or lavosh waiting for them the miles tick by quickly. In my travels in Colorado in the past few years I’ve found some genuinely unique tastes and culinary experiences that are not necessarily on most foodies’ radar. Here’s a curated roaster of some of my favorite hidden gems, unknown taste treats and unusual culinary encounters.

Road to Hell’s paved with pepperoni

Tiny, loud, bright red and reeking of garlic, hot Italian sausage, peppers, oregano and singed crust, Ruffrano’s Hell’s Kitchen Pizza is everything you want in a New York-style pizzeria and a great find in a mountain resort town. 9 Ruxton Ave., Manitou Springs, 719-685-4355, hellskitchenmanitou.com

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Windsor’s Cozy Cow Creamery and farm produces some wonderful cheeses and ice cream but the ultimate treat is cheddar cheese curds so fresh they squeak and are addictively tasty. 28607 Co. Road 17, Windsor, cozycows.com. To find out when fresh curds are being born text CURDS to 970-805-4269.

Straight out of Vanuatu

Tranquility base in Denver is Kavasutra Kava Bar where calming, mildly euphoric (and legal) ava root juice is served warm or chilled in a mellowing frozen kava piña colada. Cold brew coffee, kombucha and acai sorbet are also available. 1232 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, 720-708-5651, kavasutra.com. see NIBBLES Page 46

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Clockwise: Hell’s Kitchen Pizza in Manitou Springs; Save Sept. 3 for the annual Hygeine Hay Days, featuring an amateur pie-making contest with yours truly as the head judge (hygeinecommunityassociation.com); There’s a cow on the roof, a horse by the building and fresh curds inside Windsor’s Cozy Cow. NIBBLES from Page 45

Reaching Fruition

Besides creating fine sheep’s milk cheeses, the bucolic Fruition Farm in Larkspur offers classes for cheese nerds in cheesemaking with resident cheesemaker Jimmy Warren, the man responsible for Fruition’s aged Cacio Pecora, soft-ripened Shepherd’s Halo and sheep’s milk ricotta. 14347 E. Cherry Creek Road, Larkspur, fruitionfarmsdairy.com.

The Kool-Aid kolache krautburger test

I’m fairly certain that there is only one eatery in Colorado where you can taste Kool-Aid Kicker Cherry Spudnut doughnuts plus kolaches and those Midwestern fast food gems, cabbage and meat-filled krautburgers, and it’s Red’s Dogs and Donuts. 2608 11th Ave., Greeley, 970-353-2400, redsdogsanddonuts.com.

Tasting from Senegal to the Ivory Cast

The coolest food court around is Aurora’s Afrikmall, a community gathering place for local Colorado Africans from various nations. A big draw are the half dozen stalls serving rare homestyle fare from Ivory Coast, Ghana, Senegal, Ethiopia and Congo, including goat stew, fried fish, sweet and chewy fried plantains, peanut soup and okra stew. 10180 E. Colfax Ave., Aurora, 303-479-4729, afrikmall.com.

When the moon hits your eye

Native New Englanders like me find solace in chile-infused sausage sandwiches with tomato sauce and whole milk mozzarella in Pueblo’s classic claustrophobic Gagliano’s Italian Market. Be sure to get a Sicilian flag and some Torrone nougat for the road. 1220 Elm St., Pueblo, 719-544-6058.

Eagle’s exalted burger master

If the name didn’t give it away, let’s be clear: Chris McKenzie is obsessed with building a perfect burger at his new place, Expert Burger. Imagine a great hamburger ground from fresh Colorado Angus on a butter-brushed challah roll. Now imagine it covered in a layer of poutine — frites, mozzarella and a demi-glace sauce. That’s the Whistler Burger. If you sign a release, you can get it cooked rare. 313 Chambers Ave., Eagle, 970-328-1291, expertburger.com.

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Get cupping in Minturn

Tucked away in a tiny commercial park on the road into Minturn is the best place to taste coffee in the Colorado mountains. At Vail Mountain Coffee & Tea’s cupping room one of the master roasters leads a guided smell, slurp and swallow appreciation of the component roasted beans in a blend. The store offers dozens of coffee varieties and teas, but no coffee drinks unless they happen to have a pot brewed. Call ahead to schedule a tasting. 23698 U.S. Highway 6 and 24, Minturn, 970-827-4008, vailcoffee.com.

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Where the chile winds do blow

There are Colorado festivals celebrating everything from corn to potatoes to melon and cider, but the most exciting by far is the Pueblo Chile and Frijoles Festival, Sept. 23–25. The simple roasted chile and cheese quesadillas are exceptional, and so is the air infused with the pleasantly painful perfume of green chiles being torched by the thousands. pueblochilefestivalinfo.com.

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The chef and the conductor

Food as entertainment comes to the fore at the 20th anniversary Crested Butte Music Festival, July 15. The “holistic sensory experience” features Top Chef Masters star Hugh Acheson preparing a multi-course meal onstage with a performance by violinist Charles Yang and pianist Peter Dugan. crestedbuttemusicfestival.org

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Words to chew on

I lift a tomato grilled cheese sandwich to Guy Clark, one of the nicest musicians I’ve interviewed and writer of the best vegetable song ever. He passed away this week at the age of 74. Here’s some lyrics from his “Homegrown Tomatoes.” “If I’s to change this life I lead I’d be Johnny Tomato Seed ‘Cause I know what this country needs Homegrown tomatoes in every yard you see When I die don’t bury me In a box in a cemetery Out in the garden would be much better I could be pushin’ up homegrown tomatoes.”

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utside the Bay Area, few wine enthusiasts realize that California’s wine scene is incredibly welcoming. This is understandable; we see our favorite winemakers on the covers of magazines and struggle to contain our excitement when new wines hit the market. So expecting to meet any big name in the flesh seems as fantastical as expecting to meet Brad Pitt or Angelina Jolie on a trip to Hollywood. But it’s not. And sometimes, these encounters are so inspirational that lives are forever changed. Consider my own experience. Long before writing about wine, I started making regular pilgrimages to Napa Valley and Sonoma County to develop my palate and expand my knowledge. On one early trip, I sent an email to Thomas Rivers Brown, one of the nation’s hottest winemakers. The vintner behind a host of highly regarded labels — including Schrader, Outpost, and Maybach — made his first big splash in 2008 when he became the youngest winemaker in history to receive a 100point score from Robert Parker. In 2010, Brown was named Food & Wine’s “Winemaker of the Year.” I had been purchasing wines from Brown’s personal label, Rivers-Marie, for a couple of years so was hopeful he’d be available for a quick meet-and-greet. As it turned out, his schedule was wide open. We hung out for three hours. In part, experiences like this inspired me to begin writing about wine. Similar encounters motivated others to trade their desk jobs for vineyard work. Others have returned home and decided to launch their own wineries. That’s what happened with Birk O’Halloran, a self-described “wine geek and a comic book nerd.” O’Halloran fell in love with wine while studying hotel administration at Cornell. After graduation, he started working in the wine industry — first as an educator and retailer in Colorado and New Jersey and later as a sales manager for A.I. Selections, a popular importer in New York. Boulder Weekly

Through it all, O’Halloran regularly traveled to Napa Valley and developed friendships there. In 2010, Birk O’Halloran casually told Steve Matthiasson, a celebrated viticulturist, that he dreamed of making wine. Without pausing, Matthiasson offered to secure some Chardonnay. Upon hearing this news, Dan Petroski — the winemaker who makes some of Napa’s best reds at Larkmead and some of Napa’s best whites at Massican — offered to help O’Halloran figure it all out. So O’Halloran partnered with a buddy from college, drained his savings account and launched Iconic Wine. When it came time to figure out a wine label, O’Halloran decided to combine his two passions by hiring an artist to adorn his wine with a superhero fit for a comic book. Brook Smith, a business owner in Kentucky, has a similar story. A passionate gourmand who coowns Louisville, Kentucky’s top restaurant, 610 Magnolia, Smith has always loved wine. That’s why, 14 years ago, he traveled to Napa Valley with his wife to celebrate their 10th wedding anniversary. While there, the two linked up with Suzie and Paul Frank, the founders of Gemstone Vineyard. The four formed a lifelong friendship, so the Smiths began visiting Napa Valley with increasing frequency. They quickly connected with a host of industry insiders and grew especially close to Frank and Kathy Dotzler, the proprietors of Outpost Wines. The Dotzlers, in turn, introduced Smith to their winemaker, Thomas Rivers Brown. The two men hit it off. So in 2010, Brown agreed to take on another project and helped Smith launch Post Parade Wines. The name celebrates the moment when thoroughbred horses walk onto the racetrack. It’s fitting, considering that the project was hatched while traveling between Napa Valley and Kentucky. These stories are romantic, to be sure. But they’re hardly unique. David White is the founder and editor of Terroirist.com, His columns are housed at Grape Collective.

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ARIES

MARCH 21-APRIL 19: “An oar moves a boat by entering

what lies outside it,” writes poet Jane Hirshfield. You can’t use the paddle inside the boat! It’s of no value to you unless you thrust it into the drink and move it around vigorously. And that’s an excellent metaphor for you to keep in mind during the coming weeks, my friend. If you want to reach your next destination, you must have intimate and continual interaction with the mysterious depths that lie outside your known world.

TAURUS

APRIL 20-MAY 20:The short attention span is now

enshrined as the default mode of awareness. “We skim rather than absorb,” says author James Lough. “We read Sappho or Shakespeare the same way we glance over a tweet or a text message, scanning for the gist, impatient to move on.” There’s a problem with that approach, however. “You can’t skim Shakespeare,” says Lough. I propose that we make that your epigram to live by in the coming weeks, Taurus: You can’t skim Shakespeare. According to my analysis, you’re going to be offered a rich array of Shakespeare-level information and insights. To get the most out of these blessings, you must penetrate and marinate and ruminate.

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SAGITTARIUS

NOV. 22-DEC. 21: “Here’s how every love letter can be summarized,” says Russell Dillon in his poem “Past-PerfectImpersonal”: “What is it you’re unable to surrender and please may I have that?” I bring this tease to your attention because it may serve as a helpful riddle in the coming weeks. You’re entering a phase when you will have an enhanced ability

to tinker with and refine and even revolutionize your best intimate relationships. I’m hoping Dillon’s provocation will unleash a series of inquiries that will inspire you as you imagine how you could supercharge togetherness and reinvent the ways you collaborate.

CAPRICORN

DEC. 22-JAN. 19: Fifth-century Christian theologian St. Jerome wrote that “it requires infinite discretion to look for gold in the midst of dirt.” Ancient Roman poet Virgil on one occasion testified that he was “searching for gold in dung.” While addressing the angels, nineteenth-century French poet Charles Baudelaire bragged, “From each thing I extracted its quintessence. You gave me your mud, and I made gold out of it.” From what I can tell, Caprciorn, you have been engaged in similar work lately. The climax of your toil should come in the next two weeks. (Thanks to Michael Gilleland for the inspiration: tinyurl.com/mudgold.)

AQUARIUS

JAN. 20-FEB. 18: “At this time in my life,” says singer Joni Mitchell, “I’ve confronted a lot of my devils. A lot of

them were pretty silly, but they were incredibly real at the time.” According to my reading of the astrological omens, Aquarius, you are due to enjoy a similar grace period. It may be a humbling grace period, because you’ll be invited to decisively banish worn-out delusions that have filled you with needless fear. And it may be a grace period that requires you to make strenuous adjustments, since you’ll have to revise some of your old stories about who you are and how you got here. But it will also be a sweet grace period, because you’ll be blessed again and again with a visceral sense of liberation.

PISCES

FEB. 19-MARCH 20: More than halfway through

her prose poem “A Settlement,” Mary Oliver abruptly stops her meandering meditation on the poignant joys of spring’s soft awakening. Suddenly she’s brave and forceful: “Therefore, dark past, I’m about to do it. I’m about to forgive you for everything.” Now would be a perfect moment to draw inspiration from her, Pisces. I dare you to say it. I dare you to mean it. Speak these words: “Therefore, dark past, I’m about to do it. I’m about to forgive you for everything.”

GEMINI

MAY 21-JUNE 20:

“There are situations in life when it is wisdom not to be too wise,” said Friedrich Schiller. The coming days may be one of those times for you. I therefore advise you to dodge any tendency you might have to be impressed with your sophisticated intelligence. Be suspicious of egotism masquerading as cleverness. You are most likely to make good decisions if you insist on honoring your raw instincts. Simple solutions and uncomplicated actions will give you access to beautiful truths and truthful beauty, especially if you anchor yourself in innocent compassion.

CANCER

JUNE 21-JULY 22:To prepare you for the coming weeks, I have gathered three quotes from the Bulgarian writer Elias Canetti. These gems, along with my commentary, will serve you well if you use them as seeds for your ongoing meditations. Seed #1: “He would like to start from scratch. Where is scratch?” Here’s my addendum: No later than your birthday, you’ll be ready to start from scratch. In the meantime, your task is to find out where scratch is, and clear a path to it. Seed #2: “All the things one has forgotten scream for help in dreams.” My addendum: Monitor your dreams closely. They will offer clues about what you need to remember. Seed #3: “Relearn astonishment, stop grasping for knowledge, lose the habit of the past.” My addendum: Go in search of the miraculous.

LEO

JULY 23-AUG. 22: “There are friendships like circuses, waterfalls, libraries,” said writer Vladimir Nabokov. I hope you have at least one of each, Leo. And if you don’t, I encourage you to go out and look for some. It would be great if you could also get access to alliances that resemble dancing lessons, colorful sanctuaries, lion whisperers, prayer flags and the northern lights. Right now you especially need the stimulation that synergistic collaborations can provide. The next chapter of your life story requires abundant contact with interesting people who have the power to surprise you and teach you.

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AUG. 23-SEPT. 22: “Perfection is a stick with which to

beat the possible,” says author Rebecca Solnit. She is of course implying that it might be better not to beat the possible, but rather to protect and nurture the possible as a viable option — especially if perfection ultimately proves to have no value other than as a stick. This is always a truth worth honoring, but it will be crucial for you in the weeks to come. I hope you will cultivate a reverence and devotion to the possible. As messy or maddening as it might be, it will also groom your powers as a maker.

LIBRA

SEPT. 23-OCT. 22: An invigorating challenge is headed

your way. To prepare you, I offer the wisdom of French author André Gide. “Through loyalty to the past,” he wrote, “our mind refuses to realize that tomorrow’s joy is possible only if today’s joy makes way for it.” What this means, Libra, is that you will probably have to surrender your attachment to a well-honed delight if you want to make yourself available for a bright new delight that’s hovering on the frontier. An educational blessing will come your way if and only if you clear space for its arrival. As Gide concludes, “Each wave owes the beauty of its line only to the withdrawal of the preceding wave.”

SCORPIO

OCT. 23-NOV. 21: “How prompt we are to satisfy the hun-

ger and thirst of our bodies; how slow to satisfy the hunger and thirst of our souls!” Henry David Thoreau wrote that, and now I’m passing it on to you just in time for a special phase of your long-term cycle. During this upcoming interlude, your main duty is to FEED YOUR SOUL in every way you can imagine. So please stuff it with unpredictable beauty and reverent emotions. Cram it with mysterious adventures and rambling treks in the frontier. Gorge it with intimate unpredictability and playful love and fierce devotions in behalf of your most crucial dreams. Warning: You will not be able to rely solely on the soul food that has sustained you in the past. Be eager to discover new forms of nourishment.

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Dear Dan: Over the years, I have consumed what I believe to be an average amount of porn for a 44-year-old hetero guy. I have never paid for it, and I am now facing a troubled conscience for that fact. I could obviously just subscribe to some site or other now, but that would benefit only one company and/or set of performers. Is there a Dan Savage–approved charity relating to the adult film industry to which I could donate? — Seeks Penance And Needs Knowledge © LaRae Lobdell

Dear SPANK: “Porn performers almost never get royalties for their scenes when they work for big studios,” says Conner Habib, a writer, activist, and porn performer. “If you buy into the trickle-down theory of things, then more money for the studio should mean more money for the performers. If you don’t buy into that — and not everyone does — there are other options.” To get your money directly to the performers whose work you’re currently enjoying/stealing, SPANK, you can patronize smaller studios run by per-

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formers, book time with independent webcam models, and purchase porn created by performers on sites like Clips4Sale.com. To atone for your years of freeloading, SPANK, you can and should make large donations to two organizations. “The Adult Performer Advocacy Committee (APAC) (apac-usa.com) is the largest performer-based organization in the world, and its membership is made up entirely of performers,” Habib says. “Full disclosure: I’m the vice president, but no donation money goes to me or any board member. It all goes to the organization, which works to improve the working conditions, quality of life, and safety of performers, as well as to fight anti-porn laws and stigma.” Habib also recommended donating money to the Sex Workers Outreach

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Project (swopusa.org). “This isn’t a porn-specific organization,” Habib says, “but it works to protect and fight for the rights of all sex workers. Since many performers are doing other forms of sex work, donations go a long way to help porn performers.” Habib will be hosting an online lecture/seminar about the upside of porn on Sunday, June 5. His talk is titled “Pornworld: Why Pornography Is a Healthy Part of Our Culture,” and you can find out more about it by searching “pornworld” at Eventbrite.com. You can — and you should — follow Habib on Twitter @ConnerHabib. Dear Dan: I didn’t talk to my nearly70-year-old dad for most of my 20s. Now that I’m back trying to maintain relationships with my parents, I am struggling. My dad is the king of the overshare. He makes creepy comments about women who are about 30 to 40 years younger than him — including women who were kids when he

met them but are now grown-ups. Not something I want to hear. I don’t think he is abusing anyone, just being creepy, but I desperately want him to stop with the inappropriate comments. He makes about one creepy comment per phone conversation. If he were a person at work, I would be able to stand up for myself and say, “That is not appropriate.” But when he says creepy stuff, Dan, I’m a deer in the headlights. I go silent, it’s awkward, and I keep hoping he’ll understand how weird he’s being. I would say something, but bringing up things that anger me causes him to act overly sorry, and that routine is annoying too. I asked my mom (they divorced a long time ago), and she had no suggestions. She was just like, yeah, he’s like that. Any suggestions on what to say? — Seeking Help Regarding Unpleasant Guy Dear SHRUG: “Dad! It creeps me out when you make comments about women you wanna fuck. I realize you’re a sexual person, and I honor that, and blah de blah blah blah. But these are thoughts you share with friends, Dad, not with your adult children. There’s no need to go into your oh-so-sorry routine, Dad, we just need to change the subject.” Send questions to mail@savagelove.net and follow @fakedansavage on Twitter.

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even months into her pregnancy, Carrie For the next two weeks, the court collected informaTempleton fell down the stairs. The story tion about the risks of breastfeeding while using marithat unfolds is her account of what hapjuana. The four-page summary report took a clear pened next. position against the practice in both its tone and She and the baby were OK except that information. Citing data and opinions from federal, Templeton was left with severe back pain. Her doctor state and local agencies, the report suggested that .8 prescribed painkillers that percent of THC passes down Sarah Haas Templeton begrudgingly took. from mother to baby through Not wanting to expose the breast milk with mixed and baby to opioids unnecessarily moderate evidence that marijuawhile breastfeeding, she quit na use has adverse effects on taking the drug soon after the cognitive ability as the child baby was born. After consultages. ing with her pediatrician, she Underemphasized in the replaced her pills with cannabis county report are strong in hopes of caring for herself acknowledgements that there is while minimizing the risk her not enough information to draw treatment posed on her breasta conclusion about the safety of a feeding baby. baby ingesting THC in breast milk. With federal prohibition In February, Child still ongoing, there are significant Protective Services (CPS) barriers to medical and scientific showed up at her doorstep, research on marijuana based on following up on an anonymous its classification as a Schedule 1 tip with no specific complaint. drug. While in her home, CPS Ultimately, on March 15, the found a glass of wine on the court’s decision was in line with counter, a tapped bowl of canCarrie Templeton with her 6-month-old baby the tone of the research the casenabis by the back door and a at her home in Lafayette. worker compiled, and Boulder’s tiny bruise on the then 3-month-old baby’s cheek. It Magistrate Carolyn McLean wasn’t much, but it was enough ordered Templeton to either stop to bring the Templetons into the folds of Boulder breast feeding or stop using marijuana. At the court’s County family court. discretion, the baby is subject to drug testing to ensure During the family’s intake, performed in preparathat Templeton complies. tion for the upcoming hearing, Templeton underwent “[Magistrate McLean] told me that she wasn’t a drug testing during which she volunteered her marifan of marijuana,” Templeton says. “And that she juana use, under the impression that it was her legally wouldn’t allow me to breastfeed my baby.” protected right. But after testing positive for THC Templeton resents the implication that she is putand in light of her admission, she claims she was ting her baby at risk. She believed she acted in the treated like an addict — ordered to get clean, attend best interest of herself and her child by consulting her counseling and be subject to random urine analyses. pediatrician and performing her own research on the

available studies. There are not many studies about the effects of breastfeeding while consuming marijuana — just three — says Helen Thomson, executive director of Elephant Circle, a consumer advocacy and reproductive justice organization. She asserts that none of them are scientifically robust, with insufficient sample numbers, no peer review and poor or non-existent controls. Despite the insufficient methodology behind the studies, they are frequently cited and, whether through an appeal to popular culture or sheer repetition, have worked their way into popular belief and legal precedent. And so we arrive at an all-too-familiar moment in this post-prohibition era — a time without precedent and with insufficient and inconclusive evidence to guide us forward. But we should not underestimate our propensity for jumping to conclusions — the admission that more research is needed on this issue is a crucial concession to the moralism that defined the war on drugs. Even the state legislature recognizes the need to not make judgements prematurely, as evidenced by their struggle to take a position about maternal cannabis consumption. Last year, Colorado lawmakers rejected a ban on selling marijuana to pregnant women and another measure to post warning signs in pot shops, citing the lack of concrete evidence to justify such measures. In lieu of the family court’s order, Thompson is working with Templeton to protect her rights. Thompson says she is concerned by the punitive attitudes expressed in this case and worries that cases like this wrongly punish women and their families. “This is not an endorsement that cannabis use by pregnant or nursing mothers is safe,” Thompson says. “Rather, it is an assertion of a woman’s legal right to use marijuana and a recognition of her autonomy as both a mother and a woman.” This opinion column does not necessarily reflect the views of Boulder Weekly.

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Colorado and Washington, cite studies purporting to show teenage brain damage and recycle the old “today’s pot is vastly more potent than your hippie parents pot” canard. They also claim pot is addictive (a claim usually based on a dodgy definition of addiction) and point to a jump in the number of fatal car accidents in which the driver tested positive for marijuana (twothirds of whom also tested positive for alcohol). At least one poll suggests the neo-prohibitionist push-back may be having an impact. A Boston Globe/Suffolk University poll taken in the first week of May found that Massachusetts voters were closely split on the legalization question, with 43 percent in favor and 46 percent opposed. This compares with a poll conducted from April 1-10 by the Western New England University Polling Institute that found 57 percent in favor and 35 percent opposed. This may not be as dramatic a change as it sounds. Two years ago a Boston Globe poll found 48 percent in favor and 47 percent opposed, which suggests relatively little movement in public opinion. So it may be that the difference between Western New England University’s poll and the Globe’s poll results may be due to different methodologies used by the two polling companies, rather than to a sharp switch in public opinion. Still, the movement between the two Boston Globe polls, though relatively small, was toward a “no” vote on legalization. Coming on the heels of the start of what looks to be a well-organized, sustained campaign against legalization, that should be a cause for concern among pro-legalization supporters in Massachusetts.

Organized opposition is also building in Maine. Legalization supporters collected a huge number of signatures to put the Maine Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol on the ballot, and survived a shabby attempt by the Maine Secretary of State to invalidate tens of thousands of them and keep the initiative off the ballot. The initiative was formally approved for the November ballot after a court intervened. But Smart Approaches to Marijuana, a national anti-legalization organization led by former Rhode Island U.S. Representative (and recovering alcoholic) Patrick Kennedy and anti-pot activist Kevin Sabet, has an active presence in the state and is already hard at work ginning up a narrative similar to the one being pumped out in Massachusetts. And Maine polling is also showing signs of moving south. A poll conducted in March by Critical Insights found legalization favored by 55 percent of Maine voters, which would be good news except for the fact that a poll conducted a year earlier by the same polling company had found 65 percent support. A 10-percentage point drop in support should set off alarm bells among supporters, even if they are ahead. In Vermont, an attempt to legalize recreational pot in the legislature failed. Vermont had been widely touted as likely to be the first state in which marijuana would be legalized by a legislature rather than by the initiative route. A legalization bill passed the Vermont Senate, but was crushed in the state House, receiving on 28 yea votes in the 150-member chamber. Part of the reason for headwinds in all three states is that New England has been experiencing a surge in opiod use, along with a major spike in fatal overdoses. That seems to creating fertile ground for marijuana legalization opponents to sow reefer madness seeds in. What this likely means is that passage of none of this year’s initiatives is going to be a slam dunk, and if legalization advocates don’t respond forcefully — respond now — some of them could lose.

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TO VOTE OR NOT TO VOTE, THAT IS THE QUESTION... Many Americans are feeling faced with what they consider an impossible choice: Who to vote for come November’s presidential election, Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump. It is a choice on par with Hamlet’s famous conundrum, “To be or not to be.” One Virginia woman decided not to be. “Faced with the prospect of voting for either Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton, Mary Anne Noland of Richmond chose, instead, to pass into the eternal love of God on Sunday, May 15, 2016, at the age of 68,” read Noland’s obituary in the Richmond TimesDispatch on May 17. Well, if you can’t escape to Canada... And while many fake obituaries have been penned in the past to slam politicians (remember that obituary for Thomas P. Trump, the supposed cousin of The Donald, where the “deceased” implored citizens of the United States not to vote his “walking mucus bag” cousin the leader of the Free World?), this one is the real deal. The deceased’s husband, Jim Noland, told a Virginia news station that one of her sons wrote the obituary as a way to continue her sense of humor. And fine, if death is a little too extreme a choice for you, there’s always Maple Match.

WHAT TO AUCTION NEXT FOR GEORGE ZIMMERMAN? We have a few suggestions for George but first a recap. As most folks will recall, George Zimmerman is the blithering idiot that shot and killed Trayvon Martin in 2012. The needless death of the young black man caused countless riots throughout the nation. Eventually, a jury turned Zimmerman loose. Since that time, Zimmerman has devoted himself to apparently trying to prove that the jury made a mistake. First he has continued to be in trouble with the law over guns and domestic violence accusations. Instead of trying to put the incredible tragedy of this young man’s death behind him, Zimmerman has capitalized on the death and his resulting infamy. He paints pictures of Confederate flags and sells them to raise money for gun rights. Now he has just auctioned off the actual gun that killed Treyvon Martin online with a starting bid of $100,000. Zimmerman says he wants to use the money to “fight Black Lives Matter violence against police officers.” No kidding. So we would like to make a few recommendations for Zimmerman’s next auction. First, he should take bids for his brain. We will happily get the bidding going as soon as he has removed it. We would also like to see him sell his heart, although we realize that he may not have one. If that’s not an option, we suggest he put himself on eBay and see if anyone has an interest in bidding for the world’s biggest prick.

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