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What’s in Trump’s food-box? by Jim Hightower
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ven Charles Dickens, England’s masterful satirist of the Victorian upper class, couldn’t have imagined elite rulers using a box of food as a gratuitous way to slap poor people. But Donald Trump and two of his slap-happy cabinet officials did imagine it — and then did it. They slipped a malicious, punish-thepoor provision into the food stamp budget Trump sent to Congress. Instead of providing a small monthly allowance for destitute families to spend on foods of their choice, the Trump provision would take away half of the allowance and substitute a monthly box of peanut butter, canned I
goods and other packaged edibles chosen for them by the federal government. It’s bureaucratic, patronizing, demeaning... and stupid, but Trump’s agriculture secretary, Sonny Perdue, hailed it as a “bold, innovative” idea. Sonny has also disdainfully said that food-stamp recipients are hooked on a culture of dependency — so maybe a diet of peanut butter will cure them of that. Then came Trump budget director Mick Mulvaney, a Tea Party extremist who bizarrely tried putting a luxury spin on the govenrnment-issued box of grub by comparing it to Blue Apron, an upscale grocery MAY 2, 2019
delivery system. But, Mick — get a clue — Blue Apron patrons get to choose what’s in their box. And it ain’t peanut butter — it’s locally sourced, fresh food. As the leading Democrat opposing the Trump mob’s food-stamp gut job says in dismay, “My god, these people are awful... really just not nice people.” Less nice is their real intention to kill the food stamp program entirely. Trump’s budget calls for slashing 30 percent of the funding this year. As watchdogs at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities put it, “That’s the real battle.” The food-box silliness is a distraction to let them pull off the big theft. To help stop them, go to www.cbpp.org. This opinion column does not necessarily reflect the views of Boulder Weekly. I
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rump might be re-elected. He is highly unpopular but his Democratic opponent might end up being just as unpopular after a likely vicious campaign. Nate Silver of the website FiveThirtyEight said recently, “A huge question is whether Clinton’s performance (in 2016) was unique to Clinton and her particular problems, or whether her position was closer to a ‘generic Democrat.’ If it’s the former, Trump is an underdog. If it’s the latter, he might be the favorite.” We need something more than a “generic Democrat.” We need a progressive populist like Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) or Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont). If Joe Biden is the nominee, he might end up spending a lot of time defending his votes on NAFTA, the Iraq war and the crime bill. Most of all, he will likely be beholden to his rich donors. The Democrats have to provide a vision of transformational change. It will be hard because Trump is able to dominate the news cycle every day of the week. The New York Times’ Matt Flegenheimer says that his “tornado of news-making has scrambled Americans’ grasp of time and memory, producing a sort of sensory overload that can make even seismic events — of his creation or otherwise — disappear from the collective consciousness and public view.” In early 2018, a Pew opinion survey found that almost seven out of 10 Americans said they were overwhelmed by the amount of news there is. Republicans and Republicanleaning independents were more exhausted (77 percent) than Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents (61 percent). News fatigue is more prevalent among those who follow news less often and have a lower opinion of the news media. Many Americans aren’t particularly political. They tune in off and on. A substantial portion of people learn about the world from Fox News. It is the most watched cable I
news network and it functions as the propaganda arm of the administration. Recently Sen. Sanders had a Fox News town hall meeting in the Rust Belt city of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. He has introduced a bill to establish a Medicare-for-All single-payer health insurance system. Moderator Bret Baier asked him about health care. Sanders said he favors a single-payer system where people can go to any doctor or hospital, adding that “millions of people today are in networks, which prevent them from doing this, so this gives you freedom of choice in regards to doctors and hospitals.” Baier turned to the audience and asked: “How many people get their insurance from work, private insurance, right now?” Many raised their hands. “Of those, how many are willing to transition, to what the Senator says, a government-run system?” It seemed that nearly every hand that had been previously raised, stayed up. Cheers and applause rang out. Sanders emphasized that employer-provided private insurance can disappear in a flash if you are fired or switch jobs. “What we’re talking about is stability, that when you have Medicare-for-All it is there now and will be there in the future,” he said, to even more applause. Republican strategist Karl Rove was impressed by the town hall. He concluded that attacking Sanders for his socialist views “won’t be as easy as Republicans may think.” Trump was clearly upset. He tweeted about “Crazy Bernie” and wondered why his beloved network had aired the town hall. In January, Politico reported that Wall Street executives were “getting panicked” over the anticipated presidential candidacies of Sanders and Warren, two of the strongest critics of the financial sector. “It can’t be see ANDERSON Page 8
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The pageantry of oil and gas bill 181 By Cliff Willmeng
“We can put the oil and gas wars to bed.” — K.C. Becker, Speaker of the Colorado House of Representatives n Tuesday, April 17, major Colorado environmental organizations stood at the capital with Governor Jared Polis and representatives of the oil and gas industry to celebrate the signing of Senate Bill 181. The bill was the biggest and most promoted oil and gas issue since the blue wave took majority control of the state legislature this year. Headlines about the legislation have filled the news media for months, driving a debate so fierce that it seemed to be based not on the conflict between Democrats and Republicans but on the conflict between capitalism and the climate. Boulder politicians K.C. Becker and Steve Fenberg were chosen to promote the new legislation. After public pressure demanding to know the substance of the measure, Becker eventually disclosed that the bill was not being written by community representatives, climate scientists or health care representatives. Instead, it was being written by Jeff Robbins, an oil and gas attorney so trusted by government and industry that he was appointed to the infamous 2015 Oil and Gas Task Force by former gover-
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nor and drilling proponent John Hickenlooper. Polis then appointed Robbins to lead the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, the permitting body for all oil and gas matters. SB 181’s political value is critical to the new Polis administration. Local and state politicians promoted a Democratic sweep of Colorado’s legislature as the only possibility for passing legitimate environmental policy. The ensuing Democratic trifecta — both chambers and the governor’s mansion — combined with the expectations of communities in the path of expanding oil and gas extraction began to fuel concerns that the Democratic sweep would eventually encroach on oil and gas profits. Not to worry. SB 181 and its champions signaled to the important people that the environmentalists had been collared. As the bill’s spokespeople crowed at the signing event, the era of “great uncertainty and political risk for the oil and gas industry” — synonymous with the state’s grassroots activism — is over. After months of debate, Governor Polis’ press conference for SB 181 produced a display oriented to Wall Street and the investor see GUEST COLUMN Page 8
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Anyone from the political class watching the grand finale of SB 181 knows the takeaway. Colorado is open for the oil business, and under a Democratic Party trifecta, the conflicts of earlier years between communities and the Colorado Oil and Gas industry and its trade organizations like COGA are over. “The framework for SB 181 will allow us to settle our differences in a discreet and reasonable way,” Polis confirmed. As the climate around us descends into greater disorder, this is the state of the Colorado political class and its loyal opposition in the professional activist milieu. If there were ever a time to redefine environmentalism, it’s now. We can’t waste more time playing along with the ingratiating politics of the last 50 years. We know our governing and economic system is not broken, it’s fixed. This understanding tasks us to break from old ideas and pageantry and build power that can break that “fixed”system. The minute we shift from the idealism that too often defines conventional activism, we will do more than become an opposition, we will become a movement. This opinion column does not necessarily reflect the views of Boulder Weekly
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Warren, and it can’t be Sanders,” an anonymous CEO of a “giant bank” exclaimed. Sanders recently released 10 years of his tax returns and was ridiculed for having become a millionaire — a member of the 1 Percent — due to a lot of book royalties. In his New York Times column, economist Paul Krugman said these attacks are “deeply stupid. Politicians who support policies that would raise their own taxes and strengthen a social safety net they’re unlikely to need aren’t being hypocrites; if anything, they’re demonstrating their civic virtue.” Moreover, Krugman criticized the concept of the 1 Percent, saying that putting Bernie in the same class as the Koch brothers is wrong. He said many people don’t realize that the very rich are in “a completely separate social universe.” He I
said that at a recent event, a fellow economist Janet Gornick “was greeted with disbelief when she mentioned in passing that the top 25 hedge-fund managers make an average of $850 million a year. But her number was correct.” Krugman adds: “One survey found that Americans, on average, think that corporate C.E.O.s are paid about 30 times as much as ordinary workers, which hasn’t been true since the 1970s. These days the ratio is more like 300-to-1.” “It’s not about envy. It’s about oligarchy,” he said. The very rich, with a few exceptions here and there, “wield their political power on behalf of tax cuts at the top, a weaker safety net and deregulation.” This opinion column does not necessarily reflect the views of Boulder Weekly. BOULDER WEEKLY
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not destroy them. Brittany Gutermuth/Boulder
On the CU president selection
I have lived in Boulder for 42 years and have been paying close and careful attention to the actions of University of Colorado’s administration. To fully understand what is actually happening in the selection of CU’s president it is necessary to review some very relevant articles from the last few years.
Start with “Connecting the Dots” by Dr. Alan Jones, June 16, 2006, from Inside Higher Ed. Dr. Jones, Dean of Faculty at Pitzer College, details the many interconnections between various conservative organizations and think tanks, how they cite each other’s publications while trying to keep these connections hidden, and the funding sources for their coordinated attacks on higher education because they think it is too “radical” and “liberal.” I heard Dr.
Jones give his excellent presentation on this here in late April 2007 at Muenzinger. Then see BW’s Sep. 17, 2009 story “ACTA - ing Out: Who is Pulling the Strings at CU?” which details the very strong influence of the American Council of Trustees and Alumni on CU. Former CU President Hank Brown was a founding member, as was see LETTERS Page 10
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The Jefferson Parkway is a proposed toll road to help complete the Denver Metropolitan beltway. This project will disrupt nearby communities and is a risk to public health due to residual plutonium-contamination that remains at Rocky Flats along Indiana Street. Let me remind you, plutonium has a half-life of 24,110 years and inhaling one microparticle can cause severe health problems. The Jefferson Public Parkway Highway Authority has asked Arvada, Broomfield and Jefferson County for a total of $7.5 million in additional funding for the Jefferson Parkway this year. Arvada City Council voted 5-1 to approve the proposed funding at a meeting on April 1. Over 20 wellinformed individuals, including nearby residents, environmental lawyers, medical doctors and nuclear guardians commented in opposition to funding the parkway at this meeting, in addition to numerous emails, phone calls and public comment at prior meetings. I would like to thank Nancy Ford for hearing the concerns of constituents, prioritizing public health over profit and development, and voting against additional funding for the parkway. It is important to note that the Jefferson Parkway will not complete the beltway around Denver. Meaning, JPPHA will likely come back to investors requesting more money to complete the beltway down the road. This is a pit for taxpayer dollars that should be used to enhance our communities, BOULDER WEEKLY
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Lynne Cheney, Dick Cheney’s wife. Then see “Profs Silenced at CU” by Professor Martin Walter in the Nov. 13, 2007 Boulder Daily Camera. He details ACTA’s actions at CU, and what happened when he brought up the case of Professor Adrienne Anderson who taught for 11 years in CU’s School of Environmental Studies, was consistently rated one of the top teachers, but had all her classes canceled suddenly with no explanation because she had dared to publicize the fact that one of CU’s top corporate donors was also responsible for extensive environmental pollution. For more on this, and the extensive corporate and conservative influence on the selection of CU’s President, see Professor Anderson’s letter in the Friday, Feb. 15, 2008 Colorado Daily. The title is “Is the Neo-Con Agenda Your Agenda?”. After reading all these you’ll understand why the selection process was so “opaque.” Skip Keith/Boulder
The Boulder blizzard of ’19
The people of Boulder will mostly forget about the blizzard that did not happen Wednesday, March 13, 2019. There will be some short-lived ribbing towards the forecasters who got it wrong. Even though, let’s face it, they got it right. There was no promise of a blizzard in Boulder proper but yes, the conditions called for a warning. Weather is complicated. Blizzard conditions roared all around the area but Boulder had a bubble around it. A lucky bubble that kept the streets cleared and the grocery stores, restaurants and small retail shops opened up as usual for the residents and working commuters. Quickly a surge of telephone calls to stores, restaurants and small stores came in from their workforce. The second and third shifts of Boulder businesses were not coming in. Why is that? Because the labor force in Boulder does not live in Boulder. Not just the parttimers but management and supervisors and even owners have found more affordable housing outside of Boulder. And they could not get into Boulder. I walked by a grocery store and overheard a frustrated customer talking to a manager who was locking the doors at 5 p.m. “What’s going on here?” she asked. She pointed out the obvious, there was no blizzard in Boulder, and it was only 5 p.m. Yet all the gift stores and restaurants in the 10
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mall had closed hours earlier. I did not stay to listen to the answer from the manager of that stoic little grocery store who had served its community for as long as it could. I am guessing plenty of people of Boulder were annoyed that schools never opened and grocery stores closed early and they could not get a coffee in the afternoon, or a quick morning smoothie. I am guessing there are a lot of people who are angry at the weather forecasters. There was no blizzard in Boulder! So what’s going on here? I think the highly intelligent and wealthy class citizens of Boulder know what is going on. If you want your schools to open and likewise if you want stores, coffee shops and food providers to be around, it is best to have a local workforce. Boulder needs to build homes for the middle-class workforce and not just expand to those who can bid the highest prices or largely subsidized the underclass. Of course, housing is complicated. We can point to the obvious; it is free markets and it is the competition that is keeping housing prices high in Boulder. I agree. Free markets and competition is a great force but in the case of Boulder, it is keeping the incoming middle-class from owning a house or getting reasonable rent. I believe the middle-class knows what is going on in Boulder as well. And they will look for jobs closer to home. There is no reason to worry about a one-day weather event. However, what happens if something less news-sensational, harder to forecast but a more sustaining event, such as competition blows in from other towns. What happens if another municipality attracts businesses and provides the jobs to their local middle-class workforce? What happens in our lucky little bubble that does a great job attracting solid citizens only to find there’s nobody around to manage the restaurants, put together schedules in coffee houses or stay open for business past 5 p.m.? The answer might look like what happened on March 13. The roads will be clear. Fewer (but still pricey) places will be opened for dinner. Stores will shut down early. I will not predict when a competition blizzard will hit Boulder but the conditions are already around. What is not complicated about these questions is that predictably all bubbles burst, even the lucky ones. John Dungan/Boulder BOULDER WEEKLY
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aving used her fair share of dating apps, Jenny is used to “matching” with people through screens. This time, however, she was more nervous than usual walking to meet her “match,” Amanda. They shared a lot in common, approximately 25 percent of their DNA. Jenny and Amanda were half-sisters and about to meet each other for the first time. They didn’t match on a dating app but on Ancestry.com, a website to which people provide a sample of their DNA to find out about ethnicity and genealogical roots, as well as possibly discover family relationships with other users. Jenny and Amanda were born and raised just 20 miles from each other — Jenny in Boulder and Amanda in Westminster — but the sisters were conceived via sperm donation
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THE ADVENT OF and neither knew the new genealogical other existed for technology has raised most of their lives. several ethical questions about the relaJenny, in fact, tionship between offdidn’t know she was spring and sperm conceived with donors. sperm from an anonymous donor until she was in her early 30s. Nor did she know the brother with whom she had grown up was also conceived with an anonymous donor. She was shocked — Jenny had never questioned the idea that the man who raised her was her biological father, nor that her brother was her full sibling. The hits kept coming. Jenny’s brother told her that he had found a bunch of halfsiblings and family history through Ancestry. com, and her mom encouraged her to take a DNA test to find out more about herself. So Jenny ordered her kit, sent her DNA sample and impatiently waited for more than a month. She was curious about her ethnicity, and if she had any more siblings. Maybe, she thought, she’d learn the identity of her donor. It wasn’t about finding a “dad” but to
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get a picture of where she came from. “I have one dad, the one who raised me. But I felt there was this new component of myself that I didn’t know anything about. I guess it was sort of exciting and a mystery to find out who my donor was,” Jenny says. “I wanted to know how healthy the genes I inherited were and I was curious because I felt some level of connection with this person.” When the DNA results came back, Jenny found out about her ethnicity, and also matched with two half-siblings and a potential family member of her donor, who could’ve chosen to remain anonymous for a variety of reasons. However, the growth of DNA databases like Ancestry.com and 23andMe has meant that donor-conceived siblings have found each other with increasing frequency. And because so much DNA information is being put into these databases, anonymous sperm donors are even being identified in some cases. “Even if you don’t decide to be in one of those databases, if a relative is in it, you are going to be there somehow,” says Dr. Matthew DeCamp, an internal medicine doctor and bioethicist from the University of Colorado Denver. “This has changed the approach regarding donor’s anonymity and disclosure.” Though the issue of sperm-donor anonymity has raised ethical questions in the donor conception industry for a while, DeCamp says athome DNA testing has made the debate more public and relevant to a wider audience. As a result, the American Society for Reproductive Medicine’s Ethics Committee said recently that it now encourages “parent(s) to disclose the fact of [sperm] donation to children and encourages clinics and sperm banks to provide for some form of future contact between donor and child if the participants agree.” • • • • The first successful conception using frozen sperm was reported in 1953, ushering in a boom of sperm banks by the 1970s. The use of BOULDER COUNTY’S INDEPENDENT VOICE
RYAN AND HIS half-sister, Anna met for the first time in 2007 and now consider each other family.
donors continued to grow in popularity, though figuring out exactly how many donorconceived babies are born each year is tricky; clinics aren’t required to submit numbers. Every year there are an estimated 30,000 to 60,000 donorconceived babies born in the U.S. Coincidentally, the issue has gained more public attention as more donor-conceived children confront issues of identity. In 2002, Ryan Kramer, who was told he had been donor-conceived, wanted to find out the identity of that donor. From their home in Nederland, Ryan and his mother, Wendy, started the Donor Sibling Registry (DSR), an organization for donor-conceived children to find siblings by using the donors’ number provided by sperm banks. Through their DSR site, the Kramers found two of Ryan’s half-siblings, whose parents gave them more information about the donor’s background without revealing his identity. Ryan’s quest earned national media attention, and in 2004, after an appearance on Oprah, Family Tree DNA, an early DNA testing company, contacted him to see if he wanted to submit a sample. Ryan was told he was going to find out about his paternal heritage. Nine months later, through a connection with two very distant relatives, he became the first I
donor-conceived child to match with his donor through a DNA site. Through this connection, and the information Ryan had from the sperm bank and the half-siblings he found via the DSR, he managed to give his donor an identity. Ryan contacted his donor through email and forged a connection that eventually led him to meet his biological father and grandparents. While Ryan’s story has a happy ending, it’s not common for strangers who match DNA to become a family. And the path to finding one’s identity can be hard to navigate for everyone involved. For Wendy and Ryan, it was an arduous path trying to fight an industry that was designed to maintain the privacy of donors. Wendy says it used to be normal for donors to be promised anonymity, something also agreed to by recipient parents. But the offspring of donor-conception don’t have a voice in the matter, they don’t agree to anything and, once they find out they were donorconceived, they often want to know more about their roots. “It is not about having a dad. It is about knowing where you come from. Who did you get your teeth from, your athletic abilities, etcetera?” Wendy says. “It is an innate human desire to want to know where we come from. Whether you have just a mom, mom and dad, two moms, whatever your family structure is, it doesn’t negate the curiosity that you might have about your own identity.” There are several common reaMAY 2, 2019
sons why donor-conceived people want to find out about their paternal heritage, says Dr. Jennifer Moné, a marriage and family therapist who works with fertility-related cases. “Wanting to know one’s medical history, to connect with one’s roots, their family history ... to know about their ancestral history or just simple curiosity,” are all common reasons, Moné says. “But it is important to note that there are some offspring who have no desire to know their donors and to seek out that genetic piece.” • • • • Ryan was one of the ones who wanted to know, and his journey ended with him gaining an extended family. But, according to his mother, it also ended the “promise” of anonymity that sperm banks often offer recipients and donors. His case brought into the spotlight what Wendy refers to as “a highly unregulated industry with no oversight, based on money,” which is now being challenged in an era of DNA testing, data sharing and social media. The California Cryobank (CCB) — which provided Ryan’s donor — was founded in 1977 and according to Scott Brown, vice president of communications, the industry has changed a lot in the more than 40 years it has been in business, mostly due to commercial DNA tests and changes in family structures. “The changes have been happening in many areas, not just recently with DNA-based ancestry tests,” Brown says. “Back in the era when today’s modern sperm banks were established, the majority of clients were heterosexual couples with male infertility necessitating a donor. Social norms at the time generally discouraged sharing the donor conception story with the public, and with the child. Anonymity fit into an acceptable social construct at the time and was generally bilaterally desired between donors and the families that relied on these donations.” Today, approximately 70 percent see DNA Page 14
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of the clients who use a sperm donor donors who had no idea they were both a half-sister and the donor to are single mothers by choice or same- going to have 30 offspring or who share much-needed health informasex couples, according to Brown. The agreed to an ID-disclosure but were tion. social progress that drove acceptance contacted by the offspring who used DeCamp, the CU internal mediof those family structures, as well as a commercial DNA site to find them. cine doctor and bioethicist, says any the popularity of DNA commercial Curiosity isn’t the only reason to regulation must balance the rights tests, inspired CCB to “proactively” contact donors, Kramer says — it can and interests of the donor, recipient change its policies and only accept be a matter of life or death. The are and offspring. There are ways to give men willing to be “ID-disclosure many cases of donor-conceived peoimportant medical information to donors.” By donating, men consent to ple with congenital disorders, mental donor-conceived people that don’t CCB releasing their contact informa- illnesses and cancer trying to reach require disclosing the identity of the tion directly to any 18-year-old offout to their donors only to be left in donor. However, DeCamp says, COURTESY WENDY KRAMER requiring donors to spring upon request. While donors willing update medical informato be identified are now tion may be difficult. the norm for the bank “Some people actualaccording to Brown, even ly think that there is an when donors were anonobligation of the donor ymous, CCB collected to update the bank if any updated personal and new medical information health information on arises that would be reledonors, which is made vant to potential offavailable to inquiring spring,” DeCamp says. families. Furthermore, “This is something that CCB has always attemptwill be hard to make law, ed to facilitate contact that is why it is a matter between adult-age offof ethics.” spring and their donors, DeCamp says it Brown says. would be hard to require “Even vintage anonysomeone to continually mous donors are freprovide medical information over time. It would quently open to contact, also be difficult to track particularly when it’s whether the donor was facilitated in a respectful providing updates in a way through the sperm timely manner or what bank,” Brown says. “We counts as important have been fortunate to medical information. build an infrastructure the dark by sperm banks. WENDY KRAMER’S SON, RYAN, was the • • • • over time that supports a This situation has driven first person to find his With or without the help of large genetics departrecipient families to start sperm donor through sperm banks, people are finding their ment and client service a petition to the Food at-home DNA testing, effectively ending the donors and extended families by department that can proand Drug Administration promise of spermswabbing their cheeks and matching vide this level of service.” (FDA), requesting the donor anonymity. online. In Jenny’s case, she not only But there might be agency look into the found half-siblings and developed a some serious gaps in sperm donation industry relationship with her “next-door” sissperm banks’ policies, in order to develop ter, Amanda, but with some research according to Wendy Kramer and appropriate regulation and oversight. several other clients — even donors In one particular case (that can be she also found a paternal relative who — who use the DSR platform to air found on the FDA petition), a recipi- helped her identify her donor. Jenny’s donor did not come from their frustration toward unfulfilled ent family claims a sperm bank never a sperm bank. Her parents, after promises and to seek out help and reached out to update the family advice from a community that has when they were contacted by a donor struggling with fertility, went to the Advanced Reproductive Medicine endured similar hardships. In many alerting them of a possible genetic (ARM) clinic at the University of cases, Kramer claims sperm banks disorder. The family says they only Colorado, and used a live donor, were unable to offer any informafound out about it when they asked tion about donors, whether they to contact the donor years later. Also, which means it wasn’t frozen sperm, but from a medical resident. had agreed to anonymity or not. the same family says they contacted “My parents just said they wanted DSR gets emails from all parties the sperm bank when their son develinvolved in the process. There are oped mental illness at age 14, but the someone who somewhat resembled offspring who have turned 18 and, bank did not contact any half-siblings my dad and who was a runner because they thought he would be even with an ID-disclosure donor, that could have been similarly affecthealthy,” Jenny says. “Also, they wanthaven’t been able to get any help ed, they claim. 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wouldn’t need orthodontics, which is funny because at the end I had to get braces anyway.” When Jenny met her half-sister, Amanda, after matching on Ancestry.com, she also found out that Amanda was conceived at the same clinic, also through a live donation and only three months before her. Neither Jenny’s nor Amanda’s parents were told about the possibility of half-siblings, let alone that they’d be the same age and living just 20 miles away. They found out only three months ago, more than three decades later. “This happened in the ’80s,” DeCamp says. “Probably this was not an ethical discussion as it is now. Ethically, of course, the right thing would have been to ensure that both donors and recipients were equally informed. But 30 years ago, it was probably not anticipated that they could have found each other.” Nowadays, live donations from medical students, let alone multiple donations to families living in the same area, is no longer possible, according to Dr. Alex Polovsky, a fertility physician at the ARM clinic. At the time of Jenny’s and Amanda’s conceptions, he says, the field of sperm fertilization was still new and lacked all the research and information we have now. Live-sperm fertilization is rare nowadays, given that it’s significantly more expensive and time-consuming than donor-fertilization through sperm banks. If it does happen, it is usually because the donor is known to the recipient. Polovsky says ARM is aware of how sperm-donor anonymity can’t be guaranteed nor should be promised anymore. Because of the information and technology available nowadays, such as DNA commercial tests, ARM counselors help clients go through the process and understand the different donor options available at a sperm bank. Jenny says she’s been thinking about contacting her donor since she found out his identity, but she hasn’t quite been able to pull the trigger. On one hand, she’s curious to meet this stranger from whom she got 50 percent of her DNA — to see if they have facial expressions in common or see DNA Page 16
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shared abilities. At the same time, she is not looking for a “dad,” since she has one, and she doesn’t want to cause any trouble for her donor and his family. More importantly, she’s already learned that her donor’s family seems to be healthy overall and that was her main concern. “I don’t know if my donor has told his family. I don’t want to intrude into his life just out of curiosity,” Jenny says. “He did an altruistic thing that helped my parents have a family. I am nothing but grateful.” • • • • Jenny is also concerned about possible legal ramifications that could come from contacting him. There is no legal contract between an offspring and a donor, explains Laura Koupal, a lawyer who represents gestational carriers, egg and sperm donors, and recipient parents. The contracts were made between recipients, sperm banks and donors, but not the offspring. Still, there are many examples of offspring receiving cease-and-desist letters from their donors. Koupal says that in representing donors, there’s often a fear that the offspring might go after them for money. But the State of Colorado protects donors’ rights, and according to Kramer, there is no legal precedent for a donor gaining legal responsibilities. Donors don’t have any legal obligation with offspring, but they also don’t have any obligation to have any contact at all. Still, Koupal agreed anonymity is no longer possible. Most of her cliI
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ents never thought they would be contacted by one, let alone several, offspring. But now, due to DNA commercial tests, ancestry sites and social media, they are. When a donor gets a call or email from an offspring it can be a huge shock, explains Moné, the therapist who works with assisted reproductive cases and families. Donors need to figure out the extent of the connection, if any, they want with the offspring. Such contact can also affect donors’ current relationships, as many donors were young and single at the time of donation. “It is important for people who donated or who will be donating to share with their partners, their spouses that this happened,” Moné suggests. “Even if it’s an anonymous process, it is possible that someone may be contacting them at some point.” Donors can feel shocked when one person claiming to be their offspring contacts them. But they can feel overwhelmed when several people claiming such contact them. This is another “deception” of sperm banks, according to Kramer. She says donors were not always told how many children would be conceived from their donation. Her donor, for example, was overwhelmed after being contacted by more than 10 offspring. At first, Kramer claims he BOULDER COUNTY’S INDEPENDENT VOICE
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tried to keep up with some of them, but there were so many he just didn’t know what to do. At CCB, Brown says, all parties involved are informed and well aware of the guidelines, including how many babies could be conceived from one donor, and that sperm units are distributed through the U.S. and approximately 40 countries to avoid the risk of half-siblings growing up in the same city, for example. CCB has a maximum range of 25-30 recipients per donor, Brown says, which is below the American Society of Reproductive Medicine guidelines. For DeCamp, it is hard to go back and say something that happened 30 years ago was unethical simply because technology changed, and information is available now that wasn’t in the past. “Given what we know now about DNA databases, it suggests that we need to be more careful about the information we give both donors and recipients,” DeCamp says. “It would be inappropriate to promise anonymity to a donor nowadays.” DeCamp says he doesn’t believe that every parent must tell their child, but there has been an overall “shift in favor” of parents informing their children at the right time about this. “Secrecy may have been more suggested in the past, but we didn’t know as much from research back then about donors, recipients, about their offspring. Now we have a whole bunch more information,” Moné agrees. BOULDER COUNTY’S INDEPENDENT VOICE
Plus, if children know at an early age, Kramer says, it may help them better come to terms with who they are, avoiding a lot of the “drama” that is often involved when they find out in their 20s or later, for example. Donor-conceived children may go through a lot of intense emotions when they find out about their conception— anger, fear, shame and disbelief; for most of their lives they had no idea how they were really brought into the world. Kramer is a proud recipient and is also grateful that she was able to conceive Ryan. But that doesn’t take away all the gaps she sees in the sperm donation industry. She understands it’s a business, one that she benefitted from, and she isn’t trying to stop sperm banks from selling sperm. Rather, she wants them to do it “in an ethical and responsible manner.” For Jenny, technology brought her into the world and, years later, helped her put together the puzzle of her missing identity. It also gave her a new sister. “It’s wonderful,” she says. “It feels like a gift to get a new sister when I am 30 years old.” Editor’s note: Jenny and Amanda are pseudonyms to protect their families’ privacy. AS AT-HOME DNA tests are increasingly easy to access, donorconcieved people can find relatives just by swabbing their cheeks.
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t’s spring, with the last of the snow coating the high peaks and rain moistening the Flatirons’ flanks. Kids are riding bikes in town, while skiing is still in full swing at resorts like Breckenridge and A-Basin, which recently announced season extensions in the wake of an epic winter, closing a month or more later than last year. But in Boulder County and beyond, the people who produce the outdoor sports gear and clothing that equip these spring adventurers are worried. There’s a dude in the White House named Trump who has thrown the industry into chaos and with no end in sight for the ongoing bickering that is Trump’s trade war with China — those that manage outdoor brands across the Rocky Mountain West are nervous. “President Trump has imposed $250 billion in tariffs on imports from China in response to China’s IP practices,” says Rich Harper, the Outdoor Industry Association’s (OIA) manager of international trade. I
IN BOULDER COUNTY, some of the biggest losers of the current international trade spat are the folks who make hats and other soft goods.
“These additional taxes have raised costs for some outdoor companies and consumers, impeded job growth and innovation, and perhaps even discouraged more Americans from enjoying the outdoors.” In September 2018, the Trump administration imposed a third round of tariffs on products sourced from China, coupling it with threats for more tariff increases in the near future. This, says Harper, resulted in an “additional 10-percent tariff on backpacks, sports bags, kayaks, leather ski gloves, headwear, some camp stoves and camp chairs.” Currently — and perhaps surprisingly — some of see TARIFF IMPACTS Page 20
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the biggest losers in the current international trade spat in industry see the accumulating tarBoulder Country are the folks who make hats. “We were iffs as an incentive really impacted in 2018 by the tariffs on hats,” says to bring manufacRhonda Swenson of Boulder’s KrimsonKlover, a softturing and production operations goods manufacturer of fashionable sport sweaters, skirts, into the U.S. dresses, socks, tights and scarves, in addition to hats. “We had to absorb the extra cost because we had already sold into our retailers at a certain price and were not able to pass on the increase. This was a pretty big hit on our margin.” Kay Martin, CEO of Boulder hat company BOCO Gear, adds, “BOCO Gear manufactures primarily in our factory in China, and close to 100 percent of our product line is impacted by the tariff.” When products are manufactured outside the U.S. and then brought into the country, U.S. Customs and Border Patrol determines a certain percentage of the product’s value, known as the duty rate, that companies must pay in order to import their goods. Practically everything under the sun has a specific duty rate, which is determined by numerous factors, including where the item was acquired, where it was made and what it is made of. Both China and the U.S. impose these rates, also known as tariffs, on the crossflow of goods between countries. “The initial 10-percent increase in duty raised our average duty rate from 7 percent to 17,” explains Martin. “If the next installation of 15 percent goes into effect [delayed as of now], our new duty rate on all our product will be 31 percent. “For brands like BOCO Gear who are impacted by the tariff, we worry about the rise in the cost of our product to U.S. consumers and the welfare of our employees both in the U.S. and within our factory in China,” Martin adds. “The uncertainty of the [tariff ] timing has forced us to delay the timing of key hires and has caused us to divert valuable resources toward strategies to mitigate the harm the tariffs could do on our long-term development plans. As it relates to the Trump administration’s policies toward China and trade, trade wars are not the answer when there are so many U.S. companies, U.S. employees and U.S. jobs at risk, particularly when there are not existing options for manufacturing for our specialized manufacturing process within the United States.” KrimsonKlover’s Swenson agrees that jobs are at stake. “I think the tariffs have the ability to put a few smaller companies out of business that do not have the ability to take the kind of financial hit the tariffs can bring,” she says. OIA’s Harper concurs. “Faced with rising costs due to the tariffs, some small outdoor businesses may be forced to reduce staff or consider shutting I
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down all together,” he says. Also, according to Martin, the tariffs have impacted the curated relationships her company has formed with her Chinese partners. “One of our key selling points is the exclusive nature we have with our factory in China and the innovation and development we do together as a global team,” she says. “I refer to my factory owner as ‘my brother from another mother’ and his employees are critical to the continued growth and success we have both shared for the common good of both of our respective companies.” But not all local outdoor companies are worried about tariffs and, in fact, one Denver ski manufacturer is welcoming the trade war. “This industry is incredibly conscious of the environment,” says Ted Eynon, owner of Meier Skis, who believes Trump’s trade war and the associated tariffs on outdoor products might contain an environmental silver lining. “You look at the outdoor industry associations and the stances and the educational agenda. The industry wants to do whatever it can to slow down climate change. But at the same time, so much of the production comes out of China and South East Asia, where there are not the level of environmental restrictions, so the level of pollution is horrible.” Meier started in a Breckenridge garage over a decade ago but has since moved to Denver, where they produce a full line of eco-friendly high-performance skis using locally sourced beetle-kill pine and environmentally friendly production methods including bio-based epoxies. As the snow melts and most consumers’ thoughts turn to bikes and warm-weather sports, his company actually gears up. Spring and summer is when Meier starts to produce next year’s products, so that their skis will be available in August, just in time for the release of magazine buyer’s guides and ready to purchase and ride when the first snows of winter start to fall. Having a factory in Denver is part of a holistic approach that the brand takes, Eynon says, where in addition to using locally sourced environmentally friendly materials, Meier employs locals and hosts events and other gatherings. “The fact of the matter is companies are buying product and importing products and paying lower tariffs than a company would be paying to export to China. How are these entities able to say they are doing everything they can to slow down climate change?” The subject of tariffs and market access will continue to be a sore spot for Eynon because — unlike Boulder County’s hat and soft-goods companies — Meier’s competitors who manufacture skis in China have not yet been impacted by Trump’s tariffs. Still, while KrimsonKlover and BOCO Gear remain wedded to their current factories, some outdoor brands have abandoned China to repatriate construction. “We did produce exclusively in China for the first seven years of the company,” says Stephan Drake, founder of ski manufacturer DPS. Drake cites a variety of factors that led him to open a Salt Lake City factory, where DPS now produces the majority of their products. “We felt the pinch of threats to our intellectual property, saw other customers coming into the factory we were using and had delivery issues,” says Drake. “Those things prompted the repatriation.” But Drake also concedes that building skis in the shadow of the Wasatch mountains is, “an emotional thing and something we take pride in.” “Functionally and spiritually it’s a good thing,” says Drake. “I can’t say enough about how great it is for the research and design component. We can make things really quickly and drive 30 minutes to Alta or Snowbird and test them.” The repatriation of production of outdoor goods, particularly technical items such as skis and snowboards, points to the opportunities that hardgoods manufacturers have over soft-goods producers. Hats don’t need to be tested and the cheapest place to manufacturer them, even taking into account Trump’s tariffs, remains China. Swenson says she isn’t about to abandon KrimsonKlover’s Asian factories yet. But for manufacturers of hard goods there are compelling reasons why a factory close to the mountains, and insulated from the Trump administration’s political battles with China, makes good business sense. BOULDER COUNTY’S INDEPENDENT VOICE
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Transcending differences
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M
ichael Gungor isn’t one to identify with any particular label or camp of people adhering to a rigorous set of beliefs. He doesn’t like to be put in a box or forced to pick sides. If he had to choose, he’d call himself a “Buddhist, Hindu, Christian mystic,” but that doesn’t seem to really encompass all that he is
either. In an increasingly polarized world — politically, culturally, religiously, theologically — Gungor’s positioned himself right in the middle of all of it. And he’s not alone. Along with his close friend Mike McHargue, aka Science Mike, and a few others, Gungor hosts The Liturgists Podcast for the “spiritually homeless,” people who have “an interest in spiritual things, but don’t belong in any of the camps,” Gungor says. It’s as much for atheists who have spiritual experiences as it is for Christians who feel uncomfortable in church, as much for the skeptic as the devoted religious practitioner. There’s something for everyone it seems. And it’s resonating. The podcast has had as many as four million downloads an episode. A more accurate monthly audience is anywhere between 250,000-300,000 active listeners. And the breadth of that audience is quite diverse: 48 percent of listeners identify as Christian, 14 percent conservative evangelicals, while another 12 percent are atheists. Since starting in 2014, the audience has become progressively less Christian, more female and more LGBTQ, but plenty of their regular listeners are people of faith, male and straight. “We’re doing a strange thing where we’re really trying to have truly open, nonjudgmental conversation and that’s led a lot of people who don’t really associate with each other in most media audiences to converge in ours,” McHargue says. About to launch its fifth (loosely defined) season, the show merges science, faith and art centered around topical conversations between the
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hosts, and sometimes other guests. Episodes cover everything from fake news and the societal and personal impacts of social media, to the paranormal, mystical experiences and speaking in tongues. They’ve addressed racism, ableism (discrimination against people with disabilities), the reality of climate change and suffering in the world. They’ve facilitated conversations about sexual ethics, abortion, modern masculinity and feminism. Nothing is off limits, and no viewpoint is left out. “We’ve always tried to not demonize the other side,” Gungor says. “We didn’t want to just become another camp to exclude others from. The whole reason we started this is because we felt excluded. We felt not seen and not loved because we didn’t belong with our beliefs.” The two originally met at a party in Denver, instantly connecting over their shared experience of being “totally at odds with our world,” Gungor says. At the time, McHargue was both a Southern Baptist deacon and an atheist, who had a mystical experience he couldn’t explain. Gungor was a successful Christian musician who had lost his faith. They had both grown up in a conservative Christian culture with a rigorous set of beliefs that they were in the process of deconstructing. Out of these conversations The Liturgists Podcast was born. It’s a vulnerable space, a place to talk about deeply personal “faith transitions,” while giving others permission to do the same. It’s a window into both their personal thoughts and emotions, as well as their friendship. Sometimes episodes are simply conversations between Gungor and McHargue, but often they talk to other guests — friends whose personal histories intimately connect to the given topic. “We are so careful about not just preaching to the choir when we want to offer different perspectives and through the whole thing allow stories to kind of take the front stage rather than just our ideas,” Gungor says. The show saw a surge of growth after the 2016 election, almost doubling its audience. While 81 percent of white evangelical Christians voted for Donald Trump, there were plenty other people of faith who questioned why so many of their friends and families voted for a candidate seemingly at odds with the morality they had been taught their entire lives. “A lot of people did a double take on their world,” Gungor says. Then, in early 2018, they expanded to include two new co-hosts, Hillary McBride, a Canadian clinical therapist, and William 24
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Matthews, a black Christian singer-songwriter originally from Detroit. “We’ve learned from what’s happening in the cultural conversations. We’ve listened to people, to women and to marginalized voices, and we’ve heard what they have to say,” says Gungor (who is biracial but admittedly “white-passing.”) “And we have a microphone so we want to amplify voices that aren’t being amplified.” As the show has continued to grow and evolve, Gungor and McHargue have followed suit. The Liturgists offer “Gatherings” periodically around the country, a weekend conference to connect to these conversations in person. Their second Kin Men’s retreat, which seeks to break down the toxic aspects of masculinity, sold out in pre-sales. Now they’re offering Tabs and Wafers events (a confusing name, they admit, both charmingly self aware), a place to explore “personal spirituality without marginalizing other people.” They are pursuing personal projects as well. Gungor just released a new book, This, about being present in the moment, about being deeply aware of everything and everyone that is in front of you right now. “I’ve become less soapboxy about my position for others and the way I think justice should be accomplished and have tried to pay more attention to who’s right in front of my face,” he says. And McHargue has another popular podcast called Ask Science Mike, where he answers questions about both science and faith, explaining how the two can work together as allies to advance humanity and preserve the planet. But there’s something that keeps drawing Gungor and McHargue back to the premise of their original mission with The Liturgists Podcast. It’s about understanding and being understood, whether that’s to connect with like-minded people who don’t fit in any sort of religious construct, or present opposing viewpoints in the midst of so much polarization, The Liturgists are there. Perhaps one of the most impactful episodes for both Gungor and McHargue was the 2015 LGBTQ episode where they explore the intersection of Christianity and the LGBTQ community. Clocking in at more than two hours, Gungor and McHargue talk to a variety of Christian leaders and LGBTQ people about the deep-felt pain and rejection many have felt through their interactions with conservative Christians and churches. Published a month before the Supreme Court ruling that legalized gay marriage, for Gungor it felt like career suicide. He could see his BOULDER COUNTY’S INDEPENDENT VOICE
Christian music career heading straight for a cliff. At the same time, he knew it had to be shared, and the response has only affirmed this. To this day, nearly four years later, McHargue says he gets about three emails a week from people who were going to take their own life by suicide before hearing that episode. He meets happily married gay couples everywhere he goes, people who tell him the podcast gave them the courage to come out. They’ve heard from numerous parents who had been rejecting their LGBTQ kids, and the show brought them both understanding and reconciliation. That’s not to say The Liturgists haven’t had non-affirming guests on their podcast as well, people who interpret the Bible in such a way that only allows for heterosexuality. But the power is in the discussion and disagreement, not in any sort of conclusion, Gungor says. “Staying engaged with people that you have differences with is not easy,” Gungor adds. “But I feel like it’s necessary on some level, not just for the world but for us, for me.” And that’s where it seems The Liturgists Podcast stands apart. When so much media is creating echo chambers where we all get lost in our own feedback loops, The Liturgists work hard to foster conversations between people seemingly at odds with each other. “We’re not just coming at it to add a bunch of fuel to the already burning dumpster fire of our culture,” Gungor says. “We’re trying to see each other and love each other and connect and have a spirituality that transcends our differences.” To do that requires a letting go of ego, a relinquishing of any sort of identity tied up in a belief system that requires uniformity. “I think we can have our positions and our perspectives, but not cling onto them too tightly to think that we’re the saviors of the world, and if everybody thought like us the world would be better,” Gungor says. “We actually need oppositional viewpoints to remain a balanced organism as a society.” Quoting the book of Proverbs, Gungor says a diversity of opinion is essential in creating a unified humanity. “Iron sharpens iron,” he says. “There is something about that clash that makes way for unity. You can’t have unity without difference.” That doesn’t mean there aren’t some foundational perspectives behind The Liturgists, non-negotiables if you will. McHargue emphasizes that they draw the line at outright discrimination, when any one viewpoint turns into speaking ill of BOULDER COUNTY’S INDEPENDENT VOICE
other people. “We disagree with each other all the time,” he says. “What we agree on is universal human dignity, the right of every person to self determine how their life will play out and what they wish to believe.” In that, The Liturgists, both as a podcast and a growing community of listeners, is a place for people in process, a space for them to question long-held systems of beliefs without fear of rejection or exclusion or judgement. And it comes
from a deeply personal place in the hosts’ own stories. “If you go back far enough in time, I’m a conservative evangelical Republican who thought we lived in a post-racial America and thought it was a sin for two men to be married,” says McHargue, who now considers himself wildly progressive. “And the only reason I was able to accommodate a more open, more inclusive view of humanity is because other people were patient with me while I was in process.”
The Liturgists seek to do the same for other people, but it can be a challenging balance to hold. It may not be easy, but in the end, it’s been worth it. As McHargue puts it: “The reason I keep doing it is because every day I see lives being transformed from nothing more than our commitment to being honest about what we feel and what we’re going through, and giving other people, therefore, the courage to be honest with themselves.”
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serious.’ But we won, and since then we couldn’t stop that.” (They called themselves Hermanos Lopez Bravo and, for the record, Muro says he and his sister could only keep the secret from their mother for a few days at best. “Since everybody watched the program, my mother heard from her friends about the duet,” he says. “She was surprised and very happy, so she supported us from the first day she knew it.”) Muro has spent the last five decades studying, playing and teaching guitar across the globe. His passion is classical music, with a particular focus on Latin American fare — his roots. To watch Muro play is to witness a human fully LUKE SCHMITZ engaged in what Hungarian psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi calls flow, that mental state of complete and total absorption in the task at hand. When Muro plays, his focus doesn’t come from any external pressure; his drive to share music is programmed into his very being. The music tells him what to do, not the other way around. There is a look of pure joy — love, happiness, contentment — as Muro plays. His exuberance is contagious. “I like to play classical, you know, and so I play Bach, [Isaac] Albéniz, [Heitor] Villa-Lobos, [Agustín Pío] Barrios. I do that with a lot of respect, you know?” Muro says. “And when I approach Latin music, Flamenco music, tango, I feel like I’m already flying, totally free. There are many ways to express music, like a fingerprint. We are unique and the way that we touch any instrument is different than any other and the way that we express it is different. I love the freedom that you have in jazz and Latin music.” While he’s played at international guitar festivals from South America to Asia, and once played for the late Pope John Paul II at the Vatican, Muro doesn’t measure his success with these types of accomplishments. “I’m not that kind of player that says, ‘I feel so important because I played this very renowned festival or big auditoriums.’ No, I don’t believe in big or small auditoriums,” he says with a laugh. “I believe in the music and what I’m providing to the audience — what is my mission? That makes me feel so proud, to know that the guitar became my international passport to the world. It took me to many places, I don’t care how big or small, but that’s the most important thing to me, that it made me connect with different cultures, with different people.”
guitar. It’s not that his mother didn’t understand the lure of music, herself the president of a tango club in their hometown of Lima, Peru. In fact, Muro’s whole family was teeming with creativity. “I grew up in a very musical family,” he says over a Skype call recently. “I can count 20, 25 members of the family; they were singers, poets, great dancers. ... Even some of our relatives from the north of Peru... How do they call the people that work in the circus?” Amazing, I offer. Muro laughs. The Peruvian guitarist picked up the instrument when he was 10 and began teaching himself Mexican boleros, songs filled with love in all its forms, from the unrequited to the eternal. The guitar pulled ON THE BILL: Alfredo Muro into its gravitational Muro. 7:30 p.m. Thursday, field with its rich, emotional May 2, Larry’s Guitar tones, with the precise Workshop, 508 Fifth Ave., Longmont; 7:30 p.m. Friday, technique it demanded to May 3, Dan and Diane’s play the Argentine zamba Concert Series, Mennonite and Brazilian bossa nova Church, 3910 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder; 7 p.m. music that Muro loved. Saturday, May 4, Center for the “I’ve always said the Arts, 31880 Rocky Village guitar is the easiest instruDrive, Evergreen; 7 p.m. Friday, May 10, Academy Senior ment to play, and the hardLiving, 970 Aurora Ave., est to play well,” Muro says Boulder; 7:30 p.m. Saturday, with a laugh. May 11, The Arts Hub, 420 Courtney Way, Lafayette. But the young Muro Tickets at alfredomuro.com was a natural. At just 13, Muro and his sister, Connie, teamed up and decided to compete on a yearlong Peruvian television show called Trampoline to Fame, Connie singing with Alfredo on acoustic guitar. “And we changed our names, me and my sister, ’cause we were afraid my mother was... she didn’t want us to commit to music professionally, you know, she was afraid,” Muro says. “She said, ‘No, you have to find something more solid, more MAY 2, 2019
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alf of a geodesic dome fills most of the Grace Gamm Theatre stage at the Dairy Arts Center. The dome is built of thin, circular pipe. Material covers many of the dome’s triangular sections while other sections are empty. Movable, triangular platforms dot the stage, some standing on their short sides, some resting on their long ones. The set design’s simplicity belies its geometric complexity, which mirrors the thematic duality of the play for which it was constructed, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the NightTime. After premiering in London in 2012, playwright Simon Stephen’s stage adaptation of Mark Haddon’s novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the NightTime quickly became a theatrical sensation. Its London and later Broadway productions earned dozens of awards including the Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play and the Tony Award for Best Play. And yet, while theater critics on both sides of the pond have praised various aspects of the play, their plaudits have more often than not carried with them a certain reticence. That is the most curious thing about The Curious Incident. How is it that a play can garner so many accolades but still be met with such reserve? The subject matter seems to have much to do with this. While the word “autism” is never spoken, the play’s protagonist, 15-year-old Christopher Boone (Alex Rosenthal), is clearly on the spectrum. Possessing an eidetic memory and genius-level math skills, Christopher struggles to navigate social interactions. He reacts in a fiercely negative way whenever he is touched. He attends a special school where the course of study includes basic life skills in addition to the three Rs. Autism remains a hot-button issue. Concerns about the alleged — and scientifically unproven — connection between childhood vaccinations and the development of autism have fueled the anit-vax movement. Rising autism rates appear to track more with increased diagnoses in light of newly applied,
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play languishes in the doldrums of a patently unnecessary and, frankly, laborious second act. Those familiar with the London, Broadway or 2017 Denver Center for the Performing Arts productions of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the NightTime understand the intense technical requirements of this show. The play is built on a precise and demanding multimedia presentation. The screened sections of the geodesic dome are used to project still and moving images that, in concert with complex auditory stimuli, are intended to immerse the audience in the world as filtered through Christopher’s consciousness. Despite its relatively small budget, BETC succeeds unequivocally with its technical presentation of this uniquely challenging production design. In truth, every technical aspect of BETC’s production is spot on. The direction by Stephen Weitz, as usual, astounds. Tina Anderson’s set design, Colin D. Young’s lighting design, Brian Freeland’s projection design, Jonathan Holt Howard’s sound design, Brenda King’s costume design and Jordan Brockman’s properties design are all award worthy. The actors, led by a truly outstanding performance by Rosenthal in the lead role, evince high levels of skill. If only the play itself had been lighter in touch and fleeter of foot, more entertaining and less the longest PSA ever for autism awareness and equality.
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It allowed the kids to reveal painful truths while maintaining a comfortable distance. “We need these kids to get their story out there,” Kopp says. “They are working on a fictional story, so their personal tragedies, if you will, are more veiled and kept kind of mysterious. ... We just wanted to be really respectful to them in the process.” That respect might begin to explain Liyana’s longevity. While most movies exit the public consciousness as soon as they depart theaters — typically a few weeks at most — Liyana has made its way along the Front Range from the Denver Film Festival in 2017 to the Boulder International Film Festival in 2018 to regular runs at the Dairy Arts Center and CU Boulder’s International Film Series. “It’s been amazing, the responses from audiences,” Kopp says. “I think it’s really exciting that these kids from the middle of nowhere ... can have such an impact on people and inspire people that they don’t know. “All kinds of people find something about the film that really speaks to them,” Kopp says. It spoke to Goldberg. “As soon as it ended,” he says, “I said, ‘There’s got to be a way to connect the story of this beautiful movie with my friend’s, Maputo’s, efforts to build a cultural center in his hometown in Ghana. It just seemed too obvious of a connection.” Maputo Mensah, CU-Boulder’s director of the West African Highlife Ensemble — and one of Goldberg’s old soccer budI
dies — is currently working on building a center for the arts in Ghana. When finished, the Akpe Cultural Center will be a place to promote and preserve traditional African dance, drumming, song and storytelling. As Goldberg explains, up until a few years ago, there were many cultural centers of this nature, but then politics changed and money dried up. “And he saw that unlike himself — who had the opportunity to get educated and learn about African dance, music, history and arts at one of those centers — that kids now don’t have that opportunity,” Goldberg says. “It’s his personal mission and dream to rebuild.” According to the Akpe Cultural Center website (akpeculturalcenter.com), over $77,000 has been raised for the center, but another $70,000 is currently needed. Goldberg’s screening of Liyana will hopefully help the cause, both through ticket sales proceeds and donations from the audience. May 11’s screening at the Boulder Public Library is sponsored by the Boulder County Arts Alliance and will feature drumming by Mensah prior to the feature and a filmmaker Q&A following. And should you feel as inspired as Goldberg upon exiting the theater, there will be ample opportunities to get involved. Maybe even hosting your own screening of Liyana. “I wouldn’t be surprised if people wanted to host screenings and use it in their classrooms for years, really,” Kopp says. “Because the value the kids have to show the world isn’t really going to lessen as time goes on.” ON THE BILL: ‘Liyana.’ 6:30 p.m. Saturday, May 11, Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, facebook. com/events/5783493 86010383/
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7:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 8, Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030.
Texas trio Khruangbin draws influence from classic soul, dub and psychedelia. Their 2015 debut album, ‘The Universe Smiles Upon You,’ was heavily influenced by ’60s and ’70s Thai cassette tapes the band listened to on their long car rides to rehearse in the Texan countryside. The band’s latest release, ‘Con Todo El Mundo,’ takes inspiration from South East Asia and the funk and soul sounds of the Mediterranean and the Middle East, particularly Iran.
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events ‘SIGNOR DELUSO’ AND ‘CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA.’
Friday, May 3-Sunday, May 12, The Nomad Playhouse, 1410 Quince Ave., Boulder, 303-731-2036. These two passionate operas explore the extremes of human feeling: a comedy of misunderstood betrayals and a drama of revenge and heartbreak.’Signor Deluso’ will be sung in English with piano accompaniment, and ‘Cavalleria Rusticana’ in Italian with subtitles and a string quartet. The shows lasts for 1 hour and 35 minutes with an intermission. Tickets are $30 for orchestra seating, $30 for central seating and $20 for rear seating.
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1 p.m. Sunday, May 5, Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 720-297-6397. “Blues is a tonic for whatever ails you,” B.B. King said, and we’re inclined to believe him. Head over to Dickens Opera House for the finals of The Road To Memphis International Blues Challenge, presented by the Colorado Blues Society. The winners get to represent the Colorado Blues Society in Memphis during the International Blues Challenge in 2020. Tickets are $15 in advance and at the door. $100 VIP boxed seated areas available close to the stage — seats eight comfortably, dickensoperahouse.com. MAXPIXAL.NET
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BOULDER EXPERIMENTS IN ART AND TECHNOLOGY OPEN-MIC/POP-UP.
6 p.m. Monday, May 6, Rayback Collective, 2775 Valmont Road, Boulder, 720-885-1234. First Monday in May means it’s time for the Boulder Experiments in Art and Technology (B.E.A.T.) pop-up art show-and-tell. Share some past, new or in-progress work, find collaborators or just have a drink and see what’s going on. Show up at Rayback Collective around 6 p.m. and grab a drink, maybe some food, and say hello to folks. Short talks begin at 6:30. The goal of the group is to build community, as well as share, promote and foster experiments in art and technology.
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WE KNOW NOW THAT the Americas were first peopled more than 130,000 years ago — many tens of thousands of years before human settlements became established elsewhere. Have archaeologists focused for too long only on the “Old World” in their search for the origins of civilization? In ‘America Before,’ Graham Hancock draws on the latest archaeological and DNA evidence to find out. Hancock will speak about and sign his new book, ‘America Before: The Key to Earth’s Lost Civilization,’ on Wednesday, May 8 at 7:30 p.m. at First Congregational Church in Boulder.
Open Improv: Long Form. 7 p.m. Wesley Chapel, 1290 Folsom St., Boulder.
$25 BAR TAB FOR BEST SET OF THE NIGHT!
Comedy Open Mic at The Tune Up Friday, May 3 6:30-9 PM 1795 Pearl St., Boulder, Co 80302 www.tunupboulder.com
Dispatch Radio: A Conversation Between Florence Williams and Tracy Ross. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder.
FRIDAY, MAY 3 Open Poetry Reading. 10 p.m. Mercury Cafe, 2199 California St., Denver.
SATURDAY, MAY 4 Minor Disturbance Weekly Workshop + Open Mic. 1 p.m. Prodigy Coffeehouse, 3801 E. 40th Ave., Denver. Rethinking American Music — with Keith Waters on piano. 7 p.m. Innkberry Books, 7960 Niwot Road, Suite B-3, Niwot.
SUNDAY, MAY 5
World Literature Series: The work of Toni Morrison, presented by Laura Winkiel. 7 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder.
Weekly Open Poetry Reading. 7 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., Boulder.
Sunday Night Poetry Slam. 7 p.m. Mercury Cafe, 2199 California St., Denver.
So, You’re a Poet. 8:45 p.m. Wesley Theater, 1290 Folsom St., Boulder.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 8
Self-Publishing: A Writing Workshop — with Robert Dresner. 10 a.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder.
TUESDAY, MAY 7
MONDAY, MAY 6
Tara Performing Arts High School Poetry Reading. 5:30 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., Boulder.
Mesa de Português. 4 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., Boulder.
Centennial Middle School Poetry Reading. 4:30 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., Boulder. Graham Hancock — America Before. 7:30 p.m. First Congregational Church, 1128 Pine St., Boulder.
THURSDAY MAY 2 7:00 PM
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LASER BEATLES FRIDAY MAY 3
Music
9:00 PM
5th Gear Funk. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 Northpark Drive, Lafayette, 303-808-8627.
10:30 PM
Bad Suns — with Carlie Hanson. 7 p.m. Summit Music Hall, 1902 Blake St., Denver, 303-487-0111.
INCOMING! LASER QUEEN LASER BOB MARLEY 11:59 PM
LIQUID SKY THE WALL
Boulder Drum Circle. 7 p.m. The Root Kava Bar, 1641 28th St., Boulder, 707-599-1908.
SATURDAY MAY 4
Brian David Collins, Christomo. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-201-3731.
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SAMSKARA 7:00 PM
BELLA GAIA - BEAUTIFUL EARTH 9:00 PM
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Daily Bread — with SuperVision, Mux Mool, Guggenz. 9 p.m. Cervantes Masterpiece, 2637 Welton St., Denver, 303-297-1772. Deva Premal & Miten — with Manose. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030. Distant Worlds: Music from ‘Final Fantasy.’ 7:30 p.m. Boettcher Concert Hall, 1000 14th St., Denver, 720-865-4220. Dirty Rotten Rhymers. 9 p.m. Larimer Lounge, 2721 Larimer St., Denver, 303-291-1007. Jackson Cloud Duo. 6 p.m. The Tasty Weasel, 1800 Pike Road, Longmont, 303-776-1914. Jai Wolf. The Ogden Theatre, 935 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, 303-832-1874. Jennifer Jane Nicely, Beni Brosh and Alexa Wildish. 7:30 p.m. Swallow Hill Music, 71 E. Yale Ave., Denver, 303-777-1003.
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All showings at the Boedecker Theater, located in the Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826 Thursday, May 2 ‘Apollo 11.’ 4:30 p.m. ‘Wild Nights with Emily.’ 2:30 and 7 p.m. Boedecker Theater. Friday, May 3 ‘Apollo 11.’ 5 p.m. ‘Her Smell.’ 8:45 p.m. ‘Wild Nights with Emily.’ 3 and 7 p.m. Saturday, May 4 ‘Apollo 11.’ 2 and 6 p.m.
‘Wild Nights with Emily.’ 4 and 8 p.m. Sunday, May 5 ‘Caravaggio: The Soul and the Blood.’ 1 p.m. ‘What the Universe Tells Me: Unraveling the Mysteries of Mahler’s Third Symphony.’ 4:30 p.m. Monday, May 6 ‘The Sky Inside.’ 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 8 ‘Breaking Habits.’ 4:30 p.m. ‘Caravaggio: The Soul and the Blood.’ 1 p.m. ‘Diane.’ 7 p.m.
Leilani Wolfgramm — with Special Guests. 9 p.m. Cervantes Masterpiece, 2637 Welton St., Denver, 303-297-1772.
Molly Shannon in ‘Wild Nights with Emily.’
Arcoda. 8:30 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-447-0095.
Lucy Daydream. 8 p.m. Lost Lake, 3602 E. Colfax Ave., Denver.
Sound Beginnings. 10 a.m. WOW! Children’s Museum, 110 N. Harrison Ave., Lafayette, 303-604-2424.
May Day Plant Sale and Celebration. 9 a.m. Harlequin’s Gardens, 4795 N. 26th St., Boulder, 303-939-9403. Through May 5.
Spring African Music Classes. 4 p.m. Kutandara, 5401 Western Ave., Suite B, Boulder, 303-443-2969, kutandara.org.
Monolord — with The Well, The Munsens. 8 p.m. Hi-Dive Denver, 7 S. Broadway, Denver, 303-733-0230.
Taarka. 9 p.m. Ophelia’s Electric Soapbox, 1215 20th St., Denver, 303-993-8023.
The Pamlico Sound, Pete Pidgeon &
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arts All Aboard! Railroads in Lyons. Lyons Redstone Museum, 340 High St., Lyons. Aftereffect: Georgia O’Keeffe and Contemporary Painting. Museum of Contemporary Art, 1485 Delgany St., Denver. Through May 26. Amanda Wachob: Tattoo This. Museum of Contemporary Art, 1485 Delgany St., Denver. Through May 26. Andrew Jensdotter: Flak. Museum of Contemporary Art, 1485 Delgany St., Denver. Through May 26. Ansel Adams: Early works exhibit. Longmont Museum, 400 Quail Road, Longmont. Through May 26. The Art Of Resilience: Nicaraguan Perspectives. Museum of Boulder, 2205 Broadway, Boulder. Through June 3. Colorado’s Most Significant Artifacts. Lyons Redstone Museum, 340 High St., Lyons. Ongoing exhibit. Don Coen: The Migrant Series. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., Boulder. Through May 27. Dinosaurs: Land Of Fire and Ice. Museum of Boulder, 2205 Broadway, Boulder. Through May 12. Documenting Change: Our Climate, the Rockies. CU Art Museum, 1085 18th St., Boulder. Through May 2019. Eyes On: Erika Harrsch. Denver Art Museum, Hamilton Building, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver. Through Nov. 17. Fossils: Clues to the Past. University of Colorado Museum of Natural History, Paleontology Hall, 15th and Broadway, Boulder. Ongoing exhibit. Front Range Rising. Longmont Museum, 400 Quail Road, Longmont. Permanent exhibit.
NORMAN ROCKWELL (1894-1978), THE RIGHT IN THE 1940S, TO KNOW, 1968. OIL ON CANVAS, 29” X 54”. FRANKLIN D. ILLUSTRATION FOR LOOK, AUGUST 20, 1968. ROOSEVELT’S PRIVATE COLLECTION. ©NORMAN ROCKWELL FAMILY AGENCY. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. administration turned to the arts to help Americans rally behind ideals of American freedom. Norman Rockwell was among those who took on the challenge to visually communicate the notions of freedom in support of the war efforts. The results were depictions of everyday community and domestic life through universally beloved subjects. See ‘Norman Rockwell: Imagining Freedom’ at the Denver Art Museum May 3-Aug. 23.
Google Garage. Museum of Boulder, 2205 Broadway, Boulder. Ongoing, but activities change. The Incubation Effect. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver. Through Sept. 9. Jordan Casteel: Returning the Gaze. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver. Through Aug. 18. Living with Wolves. Museum of Boulder, 2205 Broadway, Boulder. Through May 20. Matthew Pevear: Mastering the Art of French Cooking. BMoCA at Macky, Macky Auditorium Concert Hall, University of Colorado Boulder, 1595 Pleasant St., Unit 104, Boulder. Through May 5.
Through April 28.
Our Planet — Art Exhibition on the Environment in a Changing Climate. National Center for Atmospheric Research, UCAR Gallery I & Gallery ll, 1850 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder. Through May. Pard Morrison: Heartmouth. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., Boulder. Through Sept. 1. Poveka: Master Potter Maria Martinez. Museum of Natural History (Henderson), Anthropology Hall, 1035 Broadway, Boulder. Through Sept. 8. Reconstructing the Past. Firehouse Art Center, 667 Fourth Ave., Longmont.
Serious Play: Design in Midcentury America. Denver Art Museum, Anschutz Gallery, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver. Opens May 5. Through Aug. 25. Treasures of British Art: The Berger Collection. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver. Through January 2020. The Unknown Polly Addison. Dairy Arts Center, Polly Addison Gallery, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder. Through June 16. Vance Brand: Ambassador of Exploration. Longmont Museum, 400 Quail Road, Longmont. Permanent exhibit.
Nicole Banowtz: Concerning Plants. Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder. Through June 16.
Water Flow: Under the Colorado River. Longmont Museum, 400 Quail Road, Longmont. Through May 26.
Norman Rockwell: Imagining Freedom. Denver Art Museum, Anschutz Gallery, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver. Opens May 3. Through Aug. 23.
World War II Diary Transcribed at the Museum. Lyons Redstone Museum, 340 High St., Lyons. Ongoing exhibit.
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Teresa Storch and Bernice Lewis. 7 p.m. Still Cellars, 1115 Colorado Ave., Longmont, 720-204-6064. Tiny Tots Inside the Orchestra. 9:30 a.m. Boulder Jewish Community Center, 6007 Oreg Ave., Boulder, 303-998-1900. Events Boulder Plein Air Fest Coot Lake Paint Out. 8:30 a.m. Coot Lake, 6247 63rd St., Longmont, 303-444-1862. Karaoke Fun and Texas Hold’em. 7 p.m. Breakers Grill, 380 Main St., Longmont, 303-772-3839.
Brazilian Quartet. 7 p.m. Caffè Sole, 637 S. Broadway St., Boulder, 303-499-2985. Breaking The Law and Angry Again. 7 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 720-297-6397.
Fanning the Flames: The Burning Man photography of Andrew Wyatt. 7:30 p.m. Twisted Pine Brewing Co., 3201 Walnut St., Suite A, Boulder, 303-786-9270. Finn O’Sullivan. 8:30 p.m. The Roost, 526 Main St., Longmont, 303-622-5021. Goatz! 5 p.m. The Tasty Weasel, 1800 Pike Road, Longmont, 303-776-1914. Jai Wolf. The Ogden Theatre, 935 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, 303-832-1874.
Live Talk: Science of Sci-Fi. 7 p.m. Fiske Planetarium, 2414 Regent Drive, Boulder, 303-492-5002.
Colorado Wind Ensemble: ‘Water Music.’ 7:30 p.m. King Center, 855 Lawrence Way, Denver, 303-556-2296.
Kendrick Scott Oracle. 7 p.m. Dazzle at Baur’s, 1512 Curtis St., Denver, 303-839-5100.
Nicole Byer. 8 p.m. Comedy Works, 1226 15th St., Denver, 303-595-3637. Shows through May 4, comedyworks.com.
Crankdat. 9 p.m. Larimer Lounge, 2721 Larimer St., Denver, 303-291-1007.
Music Afro Brazilian Dance Workshops. 6 p.m. A Place to B, 1750 30th St., Suite 64, Boulder, 303-440-8007.
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Espresso! Gypsy Jazz & Swing. 5:30 p.m. Cheese Importers, 103 Main St., Longmont, 303-875-7514.
Cisco Adler. 9 p.m. Ophelia’s Electric Soapbox, 1215 20th St., Denver, 303-993-8023.
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Dechen Hawk, HoundHeart. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-201-3731. Dirtwire. 8:30 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-447-0095.
Kerry Pastine and the Crime Scene. 8 p.m. Soiled Dove Underground, 7401 E. First Ave., Denver, 303-830-9214. The Marias. 8 p.m. Marquis Theatre, 2009 Larimer St., Denver, 303-487-0111. Nite at the Rec. 7 p.m. Recreation Center, 900 West Via Appia, Louisville, 303-335-4920. see EVENTS Page 36
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theater VIVA THEATER Beauty and the Beast. BDT Stage, 5501 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder. Opens May 4. Through Sept. 21.
Black Box Theatre, 901 Front St., Louisville. Opens May 3. Through May 12.
Between Us. Denver Center for Performing Arts Off Center, 1101 13th St., Denver. Through May 26.
Hollyweird. 1:30 and 6:30 p.m. Sunday, May 5, Su Teatro Cultural and Performing Arts Center, 721 Santa Fe Drive, Denver.
The Boys in the Band. Vintage Theatre, 1468 Dayton St., Aurora. Through May 26. Caroline or Change. Aurora Fox Theater Company, Aurora Fox Arts Center, 9900 E. Colfax Ave., Aurora. Through May 5. Chess, the Musical. Longmont Theatre Company, 513 Main St., Longmont. Opens May 3. Through May 18. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time — presented by Boulder Ensemble Theater Company. Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder. Through May 19. The Diary of Anne Frank. Arvada Center for the Arts and Humantiies, Black Box Theatre, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada. Through May 17. Disney’s Freaky Friday, the Musical. 7:30 p.m. CenterStage
Magnets on the Fridge. Buntport Theater, 717 Lipan St., Denver. Shows the first Wednesday of the month from February-June. The Marvelous Method: An Improvised Tribute to Stan Lee. Bovine Metropolis Theater, 1527 Champa St., Denver. Thursday evenings through May 23. The Memory of Water. Theater Company of Lafayette, 300 E. Simpson St., Lafayette. Opens May 3. Through May 18. The Moors. Arvada Center, Black Box Theatre, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada. Through May 18. Oliver. Candlelight Dinner Playhouse, 4747 Marketplace Drive, Johnstown. Through May 26. Outside Mullingar — presented by Coal Creek Theater of Louisville. Louisville Center for the Arts, 801 Grant Ave., Louisville. Through May 18.
WHAT WOULD THE ODD COUPLE look like if instead of Oscar and Felix you have Olive and Flo? The weekly poker game becomes Trivial Pursuit, but the witty repartee is just as sizzling. Viva Theater presents ‘The Odd Couple — Female Version’ at the Dairy Arts Center, May 3-11.
Sin Street Social Club. Arvada Center, Black Box Theatre, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada. Through May 19.
The Wizard of Oz. Jesters Dinner Theatre, 224 Main St., Longmont. Through July 7.
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Other Worlds. 9 p.m. Lost Lake, 3602 E. Colfax Ave., Denver.
Cinco de Mayo Potluck. Noon. Senior Services, 103 S. Iowa Ave., Lafayette.
Bonnie Paine — with Joe Purdy. 8 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-447-0095.
The Palmer Squares — with Probcause, Junkyard Samurai, Dylan Montayne and Friendly Strangers featuring Flavortooth. 8:15 p.m. Cervantes Masterpiece, 2637 Welton St., Denver, 303-297-1772.
Comedian Benji Brown. 8:15 p.m. Denver Improv, 8246 Northfield Ave., Denver, 303-307-1777.
Chain Station (Album Release Show) — with Buffalo Commons (Patio Set), Mackenzie Page Trio, Strings. 7:30 p.m. Cervantes Masterpiece, 2637 Welton St., Denver, 303-297-1772.
Signor Deluso & Cavalleria Rusticana. 7:30 p.m. The Nomad Playhouse, 1410 Quince Ave., Boulder, 303-731-2036. The Soundpost Session: Bonnie & Taylor Sims — with Navara. 7:30 p.m. La Vita Bella Cafe, 471 Main St., Longmont, 720-204-4525. Steve Redfern. 7 p.m. Großen Bart Brewery, 1025 Delaware Ave., Longmont, 214-770-9847. Taylor Shae Duo. 7 p.m. Georgia Boys BBQ, 250 Collyer St., Longmont, 720-204-8767. Tres de Mayo with Soul Sacrifice: The Santana Tribute. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 North Park Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757. Wild Faith. 6:30 p.m. Still Cellars, 1115 Colorado Ave., Longmont, 720-204-6064. You and I Tour featuring LÉON. 7 p.m. Summit Music Hall, 1902 Blake St., Denver, 303-487-0111. Events Barley-Har-Har Comedy Open Mic Night. 7:30 p.m. 300 Suns Brewing, 335 First Ave., Unit C, Longmont, 720-442-8292. Boulder Plein Air Festival Opening Reception. 6 p.m. Rembrandt Yard, 1301 Spruce St., Boulder, 303-444-1862.
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SATURDAY, MAY 4 Music Barbelfish Balkan Band in Concert — Fundraiser for Sing the World Green. 7 p.m. Unitarian Universalist Church of Boulder, 5001 Pennsylvania Ave., Boulder, 303-733-1120. ‘Bella Gaia/ Beautiful Earth.’ 7 p.m. Fiske Planetarium, 2414 Regent Drive, Boulder, 303-492-5002. Blue Canyon Boys. 8 p.m. Swallow Hill Music, 71 E. Yale Ave., Denver, 303-777-1003.
Digg. 9 p.m. Lost Lake, 3602 E. Colfax Ave., Denver. The Dodos. 9 p.m. Globe Hall, 4483 Logan St., Denver, 303-296-1003. Duo Vis-À-Vis: The Viola and Piano Works of 1919. 7 p.m. St. Ambrose Episcopal Church, 7520 S. Boulder Road, Boulder, 303-499-3041. The Fremonts & Foxfeather Music. 7 p.m. The Barn, 136 S. Main St., Longmont. Jackson Cloud Odyssey. 8 p.m. The Wild Game, 2251 Ken Pratt Blvd., Unit A, Longmont, 720-600-4875. The Japanese House. 7 p.m. Marquis Theatre, 2009 Larimer St., Denver, 303-487-0111. Kids + Dance + Film. 2 p.m. Lafayette Public Library, 775 W. Baseline Road, Lafayette, 303-665-5200. Kirko Bangz. 6 p.m. Summit Music Hall, 1902 Blake St., Denver, 303-487-0111. Last Men On Earth — May The Fourth Be With You. 7 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 720-297-6397. see EVENTS Page 38
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Longs Peak Chorus. 2 p.m. Longmont Museum, 400 Quail Road, Longmont, 720-675-8247.
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May The Fourth Be With You Silent Disco. 8 p.m. Tilt Pinball, 640 Main St., Louisville, 303-997-9548. Miguel Espinoza Flamenco Fusion. 7 p.m. Caffè Sole, 637 S. Broadway St., Boulder, 303-499-2985.
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JOIN THE BOULDER PHIL with conductor Brent Havens, vocalist Tony Vincent from ‘The Voice,’ and a full rock band on this symphonic odyssey by Windborne Music featuring David Bowie’s top hits. Saturday, May 4, Macky Auditorium.
Mozart’s ‘The Marriage of Figaro.’ Ellie Caulkins Opera House, 1101 13th St., Denver, 720-865-4220. May 4, 7, 10 and 12. Nacho Men. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 Northpark Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757. Nite at the Rec. 1 a.m. Recreation Center, 900 West Via Appia, Louisville, 303-335-4920. Oh Like WOW @ St. Julien Hotel. 6:30 p.m. St Julien Hotel & Spa, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696. Old’s Cool Rock. 6 p.m. Bootstrap Brewing Company, 142 Pratt St., Longmont, 303-652-4186.
THURSDAY, MAY 2
Once Around the Sun — A Year in Song. 7 p.m. Stewart Auditorium, 400 Quail Road, Longmont, 720-675-8247.
Environmental Design Open House. 6 p.m. Environmental Design Building 1060 18th St., Boulder.
Peak2Peak. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Tap Room, 921 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-776-1914.
Last Moments: Death and our Animal Companions. 6 p.m. Benson Earth Sciences, 180, 2200 Colorado Ave., Boulder.
Pink Hawks. 9 p.m. Ophelia’s Electric Soapbox, 1215 20th St., Denver, 303-993-8023. The Red Petals. 4:30 p.m. The Tasty Weasel, 1800 Pike Road, Longmont, 303-776-1914. Saturday Sing-Along: Era of Jazz. 3 p.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100. Signor Deluso & Cavalleria Rusticana. 7:30 p.m. The Nomad Playhouse, 1410 Quince Ave., Boulder, 303-731-2036. Start Making Sense — with Wake Up and Live and Special Guests. 9 p.m. Cervantes Masterpiece, 2637 Welton St., Denver, 303-297-1772.
Ed Talks: Hot topics in education through short presentations led by education professors, researchers. and collaborators. 7 p.m. Dairy Arts Center, Gordon Gamm Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder.
FRIDAY, MAY 3 Silicon Flatirons Conference: Explainable Artificial Intelligence: Can We Hold Machines Accountable? 9:30 a.m. Wolf Law, Wittemyer Courtroom, 2450 Kittredge Loop Drive, Boulder.
SATURDAY, MAY 4 Samskara. 2 p.m., 3 p.m., 5 p.m. Fiske Planetarium and Science Center, 2414 Regent Drive, Boulder. More dates through May 5.
The Music of David Bowie. 7:30 p.m. Macky Auditorium, 1595 Pleasant St., Boulder.
SUNDAY, MAY 5 In Memoriam, Phil Solomon. 5 p.m. Roser ATLAS Center, Lobby, 100 & 102, 1125 18th St., Boulder.
MONDAY, MAY 6 Aesthetics of Design End-of-Semester Show. 2 p.m. Discovery Learning Center, 1095 Regent Drive, Boulder.
TUESDAY, MAY 7 Designing for Defense Capstone Pitches. 6:15 p.m. Wolf Law, Wittemyer Courtroom, 2450 Kittredge Loop Drive, Boulder.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 8 Trash the Runway: Compositions. 4:30 p.m. Museum of Natural History (Henderson), Paleontology Hall, 1035 Broadway, Boulder.
Veronique Van Pelt presents: The Deep Cuts Showcase no. 5. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-201-3731. VINCENT: FOR YOU. 9 p.m. Larimer Lounge, 2721 Larimer St., Denver, 303-291-1007. Events Boulder Plein Air Festival 2019 Exhibit and Sale. 10 a.m. Rembrandt Yard, 1301 Spruce St., Boulder, 303-444-1862. Chelsea Handler’s Sit-Down Comedy Tour. 8 p.m. Paramount Denver, 1621 Glenarm Place, Denver, 303-623-0106. Cinco De Mayo Celebration. 11 a.m. Roosevelt Park, 700 Longs Peak Ave., Longmont. Cinco de Mayo Festival. 10 a.m. Denver’s Civic Center Park, E. Colfax Ave., Denver, 303-534-8342. Through May 5. Comedian Benji Brown. 8:15 p.m. Denver Improv, 8246 Northfield Ave., Denver, 303307-1777. More performances through May 5, denver.improv.com. Fly Fishing Rendezvous. 9 a.m. National Western Complex Expo Hall, 4655 Humboldt St., Denver, 720-233-0583. Through May 5, flyfishingrendezvous.com.
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Glitz & Glam Gala. 6 p.m. Firehouse Art Center, 667 Fourth Ave., Longmont, 303-651-2787. Magnetic Radiating. 6 p.m. The Boulder Creative Collective, 2500 47th St., Suite 10, Boulder. Mario the Maker Magician. 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. Monster Energy Outbreak Tour Presents: Slushii. 7 p.m. Fillmore Auditorium, 1510 Clarkson St., Denver, 303-837-0360. Paint Your Own Pottery | Gift Ideas for Mother’s Day. 1 p.m. Museum of Boulder, 2205 Broadway, Boulder. Saturday Morning Groove. 10:30 a.m. Free Motion Dance Studio, 2126 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-379-8299. Sketched Out: Denver’s 5th Or 6th Funniest Sketch Show in Denver. 8 p.m. Grafenberg Theater, 1223 21st St., Denver, 303-803-8894. Storybook Endings: A Fairy Tale Cabaret. 3 and 7 p.m. The Highlands Center, 2945 Julian St., Denver.
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SUNDAY, MAY 5 Music AJ Mitchell. 7:30 p.m. Globe Hall, 4483 Logan St., Denver, 303-296-1003. Boulder Friends of Jazz Jam Session. 1 p.m. Avalon Ballroom, 6185 Arapahoe Road, Boulder, 303-875-2292. Cabana Boy Tapping Party. 2 p.m. Bootstrap Brewing Company, 142 Pratt St., Longmont, 303-652-4186. Cantabile Sings ‘Reflections on a Mexican Garden.’ 4 p.m. Boulder High School, 1604 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 720-204-8806. Cinco de Mayo Fiesta para la Familia. 2:30 p.m. Boettcher Concert Hall, 1000 14th St., Denver, 720-865-4220. see EVENTS Page 40
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Cinco De Mayo Salsa Party on Pearl St. 5:30 p.m. Bar Taco, 1048 Pearl St., Suite 101, Boulder. Cinco De Mayo — with Los Mocochetes. 8 p.m. Larimer Lounge, 2721 Larimer St., Denver, 303-291-1007. Thursday May 2
daily Bread
w/ superVision, Mux Mool & GuGGenz
saTurday May 4
sTarT MakinG sense w/ wake up & liVe
Friday May 10 - dual Venue!
The uniFied Field Break science & shluMp w/ kll sMTh, ill-ésha, MoonTricks, JanoVer, Melody lines & lowpro. oFFicial sonic BlooM pre-parTy
saTurday May 11
cory henry & The reViVal
FeaT Taron lockeTT & isaiah sharkey w/ Venus cruz & enVy alo
Friday May 17 - dual Venue!
wookieFooT & Mike loVe w/ yak aTTack, analoG son, a-Mac & The heiGhT, GrahaM Good & The painTers on The paTio: pick & howl, Modern whiskey MarkeT silenT disco: dozier, ooMah (oF eVanoFF) & Tropical waFFle
saTurday May 18
nepali eVenTs colorado presenTs
neeTesh JunG kunwar & BarTika eaM rai w/ JaanVi GurunG
sunday May 19
yunG Bans
w/ derrick royce, slouch, kyTae & Trey Triple a
Tuesday May 21
The Funk sessions
FeaT isaac Teel (Tauk) w/ Marc BrownsTein (disco BiscuiTs), JenniFer harTswick & More
Thursday May 2
leilani wolFGraMM w/ rasTasaurus & luna shade
Friday May 3
The palMer squares x proBcause are Junkyard saMurai w/ dylan MonTayne & Friendly sTranGers FeaT FlaVorTooTh
saTurday May 4
chain sTaTion
w/ BuFFalo coMMons (paTio seT), Mackenzie paGe Trio, sTrinGs and The Box (paTio seT)
sunday May 5
splurGe
w/ Jnocap, lilsaTanaa, pc, JayBands & douBBBlecup, GuapBoi Velo & c hunniT M’s
wednesday May 8 re: search
FraMeworks liVe
w/ Volo, axel ThesleFF (laTe seT), Mikey Thunder & Jordan poloVina
Thursday May 9
J.wail liVe Band & phour poinT 0
w/ GrassFed (2 seTs on The paTio)
saTurday May 11
The hip aBducTion
saTurday June 1
nle choppa Thursday June 6
Tsuruda & esseks w/ GryMeTyMe & kaVsko
Friday & saTurday June 7 & 8 @cenTral ciTy
cenTral Jazz
duMpsTaphunk, The new MasTersounds, GeorGe porTer Jr. & runnin’ pardners, MelVin seals & JGB, Michal MenerT Trio, new orleans suspecTs & The color red all sTars
saTurday June 8
The crysTal MeThod w/ Mikey Thunder & aVry
sunday June 9
sold ouT!
J.i.d.
w/ saBa, MereBa & deanTe hiTchcock
Friday June 14
lonG Beach duB allsTars & The aGGroliTes
w/ ToMorrows Bad seeds
Thursday, Friday, saTurday & sunday June 20-23 @ huMMinGBird ranch
sonic BlooM GraMaTik, opiuo, eMancipaTor enseMBle & More Friday June 21
Bass inFerno
w/ he$h & BoMMer, sweeTTooTh & kleaVr B2B TanTruM
saTurday June 22
dizzy wriGhT Friday June 28
new orleans suspecTs
FeaT John “JoJo” herMan (widespread panic), eric McFadden (parliaMenT Funkadelic) – widespread panic red rocks aFTer show
Friday, saTurday & sunday auGusT 2-4 @ sunrise ranch in loVeland
wednesday May 15 re: search
BriGhTside & dorFex Bos Thursday May 16
FeaT sTeVe FolTz oF TrouT sTeak reViVal & Grace clark w/ liVer down The riVer (laTe seT), Thunder and rain (paTio seT), JacoB Moss & MaTT FlaherTy oF parT & parcel (paTio seT)
saTurday May 18
porTer neVille quarTeT FeaT GeorGe porTer Jr (The MeTers), iVan neVille (duMpsTaphunk), ian neVille (duMpsTaphunk) & Terrence housTon (The Funky MeTers) w/ JoeBaBy all-sTar JaM FeaT JerMal waTson (dirTy dozen Brass Band)
Tuesday May 21
The eloVaTers wednesday May 22 re: search
dynohunTer
w/ casual coMMander (sunsquaBi), aaron Bordas (laTe seT), Mikey Thunder & Jordan poloVina
Thursday May 23
Bloodkin
w/ daniella kaTzir Band (FeaT GaBe MerVine, Brian Mcrae oF kyle hollinGsworTh Band, Mike TallMan & ausTin zalaTel oF euForquesTra), BiG TiMe rascals (2 seTs on The paTio; 1 oriGinal & 1 pickin’ on nirVana) & The MoVes collecTiVe
Friday May 24
upsTaTe
w/ eMMa Mayes & The hip, plain Faraday
saTurday May 25
TriBuTe To allMan BroThers Band By The FaMily peach
FeaT Vaylor Trucks, Melody Trucks, JeFF Franca (ThieVery corp), Todd sMallie (JJ Grey & MoFro), JaMes duMM, Billy Mckay & eric sanders w/ coral creek (TriBuTe To The GraTeFul dead)
wednesday May 29 re: search
hoMeMade spaceship
w/ piGeon hole, kyral x Banko (laTe seT), Mikey Thunder & Jordan poloVina
Thursday May 30
coral creek
FeaT drew eMMiTT (leFToVer salMon) & Todd sheaFFer (railroad earTh) w/ Todd sheaFFer solo seT & ruM creek FeaT MeMBers oF coral creek & hoT BuTTered ruM
Friday May 31
scoTT law & ross JaMes’ cosMic TwanG
arise Music FesTiVal
FeaT nicki BluhM, keiTh Moseley & alex koFord w/ The hiGGs
Thursday & Friday sepTeMBer 12-13
saTurday June 1
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Khabu’s Magic Number Series. 7 p.m. Muse Performance Space, 200 E. South Boulder Road, Lafayette, 720-352-4327. Kodak Black: Dying To Live Tour. 7 p.m. Fillmore Auditorium, 1510 Clarkson St., Denver, 303-837-0360.
w/ Flokid, Blaine leGendary, Talien GanG, deVin lee, caMeron airBorne & JoTiki
MaGnolia norTh
(all oriGinal MeMBers) w/ rap noir, sToney hawk, s.a.V.e.1 & Mike wird
Hi Lux. 10:30 a.m. Ophelia’s Electric Soapbox, 1215 20th St., Denver, 303-993-8023.
Michael Morrow & The Culprits. 8 p.m. Lost Lake, 3602 E. Colfax Ave., Denver.
eric Biddines & Malc sTewy
saTurday May 25
Friday May 31
Espresso! 9:30 a.m. Spruce Confections, Eighth and Pearl streets, Boulder.
Tuesday May 14
w/ ransTeez, lil Manie & rhyMesiGhT
w/ Beau younG prince, MarTy GriMes, reco haVoc & indiGo ace
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DÍA — Diversity in Action/Diversidad en Acción. 2 p.m. Longmont Public Library, 409 Fourth Ave., Longmont.
Longmont Chorale: In the Mood for Pops & Jazz — with the Longmont Concert Band. 3 p.m. Niwot High School Auditorium, 8989 Niwot Road, Longmont.
w/ liTz
sunday May 12
roB Vicious oF shoreline MaFia
w/ GryMeTyMe (laTe seT), Mikey Thunder & Jordan poloVina
xaVier wulF
Colorado Blues Society — Finals. 1 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 720-297-6397.
MAY 2, 2019
Mosaic Gospel Choir Concert. 5 p.m. Mountain View United Methodist Church, 355 Ponca Place, Boulder, 303-443-3934. The Music Of David Bowie for Kids featuring Loving The Alien. 11:30 a.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030. Old’s Cool Rock. 4 p.m. Lunada Eatery & Cantina, 2770 Arapahoe Road, Unit 124, Lafayette. Pagode na Pedra. 5 p.m. Cyclhops, 600 S. Airport Road, Longmont, 303-776-BIKE. People Look East, Sarei Bird. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-201-3731. Ryan Dart. 3 p.m. The Tasty Weasel, 1800 Pike Road, Longmont, 303-776-1914. Splurge —with JNoCap, LilSatanaa, PC, Jaybands & Doubbblecup, Guapboi Velo & C Hunnit M’s. 7:30 p.m. Cervantes Masterpiece, 2637 Welton St., Denver, 303-297-1772.
Boulder Experiments in Art and Technology | open-mic / pop-up. 6 p.m. Rayback Collective, 2775 Valmont Road, Boulder, 720-885-1234. Lolo Zouaï: High Highs to Low Lows Tour. 8 p.m. Larimer Lounge, 2721 Larimer St., Denver, 303-291-1007. Musical Adventures. 10 a.m. Museum of Boulder, 2205 Broadway, Boulder. Precious Child. 7 p.m. Seventh Circle Music Collective, 2935 W. 7th Ave., Denver. Events GOES-R: Transforming Earth Observation. 7 p.m. Chautauqua Community House, 900 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-440-7666. Movement Mondays. 7 p.m. Free Motion Dance Studio, 2126 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-379-8299. Superpower Dogs 3D with Director Daniel Ferguson. 7 p.m. Denver Museum of Nature & Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd., Denver, 303-370-6000.
TUESDAY, MAY 7 Music Combichrist. 6 p.m. Marquis Theatre, 2009 Larimer St., Denver, 303-487-0111. Jack Campbell (Album Release Show). 9 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-201-3731. Sonic Tonic: Learn to Listen Like a Big Band Musician. 10:30 a.m. Blair-Caldwell African American Research Library, 2401 Welton St., Denver, 720-865-2401. Tom Pevear. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-201-3731. Events Approaching Your Market with Confidence. 11:30 a.m. Boulder Museum Of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., Boulder, 303-447-2422. Comedy Open Mic. 7 p.m. Vapor Distillery, 5311 Western Ave., Unit 180, Boulder, 303-9976134. Conscious Dance. 8 p.m. Alchemy of Movement, 2436 30th St., Boulder, 303-931-1500.
Events
Out Boulder County Gender Support Group — Longmont. 6:30 a.m. Out Boulder County, 630 Main St., Longmont, 303-499-5777.
Boulder Comedy Show. 7 and 9:15 p.m. Bohemian Biergarten, 2017 13th St., Boulder, 720-328-8328.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 8
Boulder Plein Air Festival 2019 Exhibit and Sale. 10 a.m. Rembrandt Yard, 1301 Spruce St., Boulder, 303-444-1862. The Brewery Comedy Tour. 7 p.m. Colorado Technical Center, 657 S. Taylor Ave., Louisville, 303-604-6675. Free Nia Dance Class. 1:30 p.m. Unity of Boulder Spiritual Center, 2855 Folsom St., Boulder, 303-442-1411.
MONDAY, MAY 6 Music Alyssa Frost, Andrew Kasa, Greg Kavna. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-201-3731.
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Snark Attack. 4 p.m. Louisville Public Library, 951 Spruce St., Louisville, 303-335-4849. Music Blues Night. 10 p.m. Pioneer Inn, 15 E. First St., Nederland, 303-258-7733. Khruangbin. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030. Rabblefish. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-201-3731. Events Adobe Premiere Pro Video Editing Certificate Program. 9 a.m. Boulder Digital Arts, 1600 Range St., Boulder, 303-800-4647.
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holding out doesn’t keep me sturdy I blink realizing I am always asleep always dreaming looking over at ghosts trying to sing the right song how they forget how to have a voice a clear one a right one the one I need now my family wants to celebrate Christmas this year but without a tree and without presents no church zero Jesus they just want to eat Chinese food on a motel balcony at midnight pointing out & misnaming star constellations telling one another: look! do you see it? do you see the promiseland? Samantha Albala is a Boulder-based poet, gobbling up horizons and babbling about road trips, tea and anatomical hearts. See more writing at samanthaalbala.contently.com
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Film Festival At the Dairy Arts Center July 10-13, 2019
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ellboy feels like a two-hour “previously on IN THIS ADHD REBOOT, Hellboy Supernatural” recap, somehow set to even worse (David Harbour) must music. Anyone who has ever begrudgingly loved a stop the evil Nimue “freak of the week” genre TV show and wondered (Milla Jovovich) from what it would be like with all the filler crap cut out bringing about the apocalypse. He must now has an answer. A series of expository explanations fredo this without any quently interrupted by cool monsters, Hellboy has been character developsomewhat understandably critically savaged. This, despite ment while having his pretty much delivering exactly what it promised. It is a messy, actions set to bad hair metal, so it’s awkwardly vulgar, macabre adventure that can’t decide how extra hard! campy to be, which is ultimately far more entertaining than many self-assured, boring blockbusters. You know a movie doesn’t trust its audience or itself when the opening scene includes a voiceover narrating the very things you are watching happen. As we see King Arthur slay and carve the evil Nimue (Milla Jovovich) into pieces, Ian McShane explains that King Arthur once slayed and carved the evil Nimue into pieces. In present day, a dead-ringer for Bebop from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles attempts to reassemble Nimue, whose name is totally pronounced like whatever the word is in the beginning of “The Lion Sleeps Tonight.” The half-demon Hellboy (David Harbour) and his allies, Alice (Sasha Lane) and Major Ben Daimio (Daniel Dae Kim), must prevent Nimue from opening the doors to hell and ushering in the apocalypse. Not that the plot is hackneyed, but the aforementioned Supernatural has done this annually for 15 years. All character development is wholly abandoned in favor of simply running from one weird monster fight to another. Some are dementedly great, like Hellboy’s reckoning with Baba Yaga. Others are decidedly not, like the frequent use of poorly CGI-ed snot ghosts. Look, no argument can be made that director Neil Marshall and writer Andrew Cosby have united to form some unassailable masterpiece. Jovovich is the only one being hyperbolically campy, Harbour either screams or mumbles every line of dialogue, and Thomas Haden Church steals the show with his brief turn as an exhausted but narcissistic Nazi puncher named Lobster Johnson. Hellboy is everything all at once all the time, which is an approach that can both never cohesively work and yet never cease to at least somewhat entertain. The most frustrating part for folks who were geeked for an R-rated go-round with the giant-fisted ghoul-smasher is that it is always so close to exactly right without ever achieving it. For example, with apologies to Marshall and company, Taika Waititi set the bar for music played over epic battles against the hordes of hell at Led Zeppelin. Mötley Crüe is not an adequate replacement. For anything, really. Honestly, an early music cue in the film is maybe the best description of the entire experience. As our hero wrestles a luchador turned into a vampire, a Spanish-language cover of Scorpions’ “Rock You Like a Hurricane” plays. Just like Hellboy itself, it’s not “good” so much as it is confusingly amusing, wholly unexpected, and almost super fun. This review first appeared in The Reader of Omaha, Nebraska.
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‘The happy munchkin of sex’ ‘Ask Dr. Ruth’ and the allure of pleasure
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t’s time for basking in the sun on restaurant patios all along the Front Range. In Boulder, that means stopping by the Oskar Blues Taproom on Pearl Street to sip on some of their classic brews and chow down on some scrumptious appetizers. The nachos are perfect for this. A large basket of corn chips is covered in juicy chunks of chicken, black beans, tomatoes, onions and olives, sprinkled with fresh slices of jalapeños. The entire dish is then drizzled with roasted red pepper white queso, with an ample dollop of guacamole and salsa on the side. With plenty of flavor in each bite, and plenty to go around, the nachos are hard to resist. Happy patio season to all. $12.
Black-and-White Cookie
Button Rock Bakery 1377 Forest Circle, Unit 102, Lafayette, buttonrockbakery.com
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he black-and-white cookie is iconic. Some equate it with New York City, some with the classic Seinfeld episode in which Jerry called it a symbol of racial harmony, and some just see it in bakeries and can’t resist the urge to order and devour it. But get a black-and-white cookie from Lafayette’s Button Rock Bakery and you won’t really sweat the details. It’s a classic rendition — a sweet, cakey, oversized, puffy cookie topped with half chocolate and half vanilla frosting. We were partial to the chocolate side on Button Rock’s version, but that’s the beauty of the cookie: buy one and try both flavors. $4.50.
Hoppy Lager
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anitas’ Hoppy Lager is hitting shelves across the county just in time for summer. It’s the perfect warm-weather brew, with a light, crispy lager feel and a full serving of refreshing Citra hops. It’s got a remarkably smooth finish and low ABV, so it won’t feel like an IPA. Providing backbone for the brew is the classic maltiness found in the best lagers. Prices vary.
The Road Rash
Rueben’s Burger Bistro 1800 Broadway, Boulder, ruebensburgerbistro.com
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he best stories are like the best burgers,” said journalist A.D. Posey, “big, juicy and messy.” We couldn’t agree more, so we recently took a break from following big, juicy stories and stopped by Rueben’s Burger Bistro to see if we could find a sufficiently messy burger to sink our teeth into. We hit the jackpot with a thick, grass-fed beef patty topped with tangy pickled jalepenos, spicy pepper jack cheese, chewy applewood-smoked bacon and zesty chipotle aioli, aptly named the Road Rash. Served on Rueben’s signature pretzel bun with crisp, hot French fries, this was just the sloppy mess we were looking for. Our craving for a juicy burger sufficiently sated, we can now get back to writing those juicy stories. $16.
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From Syria with Love Family and home cooking find a refuge in Boulder
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ood is culture,” says Samar Aoutabachi, manager and partner at Boulder’s Ali Baba Grill. And when it comes to her homeland of Syria, culture is much more than hummus. “I wanted to add some Syrian dishes to the menu from my grandmother and my mom,” she says. These recipes were not written down, but ones that only exist in her memory. She points out grape leaves filled with rice and lamb that are served warm, cabbage rolls stuffed with rice and ground beef, and simmering molokhia (or mallow greens). Magdoos — baby eggplant stuffed
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from her Damascus home, a place that no longer exists. “The war began and then it got worse and very dangerous. We had to move and left everything behind. Our home has been totally destroyed by bombing. What we had built together is gone,” Samar says. The family had lived in Syria for more than 200 years. “We moved to Libya where it was safer. After two years, there was no security, so we moved to Turkey,” she says. Samar’s brother, Fiyahd Aoutabachi, has been in the restaurant business locally for decades and owns Ali Baba Grill restaurants in Golden and Denver. He urged the family to move to Colorado. Samar and her husband and two sons (now 21 and 23 and attending college) settled here four years ago. They also have two older daughters, one an IT expert in Berlin, the other an architect in Canada. Family reunions are impossible because of their immigration status. Ali Baba Grill opened in Boulder three years ago. “I had never run anything. My food at home was very good but I had never cooked in a restaurant. My brother said, ‘You can’t look behind,’ so I decided to try it,” she says. Foods and peoples have had a tendency to ignore national borders in the Middle East, where variations on the same dishes pop up in Lebanon, Syria, Iran, Turkey, Greece and beyond. Ali Baba Grill has the classic lamb kabobs, gyro and baklava, but also takes a much
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Mediterranean diet at its finest. One corner of the restaurant is a sort of shrine. “I try to preserve my family’s culture and history. I wanted people to know about our traditions, not just the food,” Samar says. Black-and-white photos depict Damascus as it used to be. A “heritage table” holds reminders, toys and artifacts of Syria including a guitar-like oud, drums and a fountain. There is a Syrian cape and cap guests can wear to shoot selfies.
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Samar says that she and her husband are still adjusting to life in Boulder. “It was such a shock. Everything is so different here. I studied English literature but the language is not the same. Everyone has been nice but when you are forced to leave your country you get ... homesick,” she says. The family applied for asylum several years ago. “We applied and they said: ‘Now you wait.’ We are still waiting ... until when, we don’t know. I am happy my family is safe and my children can get an education,” Samar says. Ali Baba dishes hummus smoothed with sesame tahini, and Samar is amused that hummus has become so ubiquitous on American tables. Hummus, like pizza, is almost no longer thought of as an “ethnic” food. “Some people think hummus is the only Syrian food. For us, we mainly eat hummus for breakfast,” Samar says. TASTE OF THE WEEK My favorites on the Ali Baba Grill menu include flame-grilled chicken shawarma seasoned with pomegranate molasses and muhamara, a spicy dip of walnuts, cracked wheat, onion and lemon juice made for pita-bread dipping. Honestly, I could eat the crispy sesameseeded falafel every time I visit. When the world is a bit much, I highly recommend forgetting it over cups of hot mint tea and traditional walnut and date cookies. LOCAL FOOD NEWS Noodle House Kitchen has opened
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Colorado, distilled
Sean Smiley of Colorado Distillers Guild on the boom and future of craft spirits in the Centennial State
by Matt Cortina CRAFT DISTILLERS in Colorado, from Leopold Bros. to State-38 to the dozen or so in Boulder County, are thriving by producing unique spirits from aquavit to whiskey.
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oday, you might peruse the aisles at your neighborhood liquor store and find dozens of bottles of craft spirits made right here in Boulder County or elsewhere in Colorado. There’s whiskey, vodka, gin, tequila, rum, liqueur and everything in between made with that famous Rocky Mountain snowmelt and, say, local juniper berries or organic wheat or corn, distilled in small or large batches, and aged in often non-descript warehouses in barrels flown in from around the world. You might wonder when all this growth in local craft distilling happened. But if you ask Colorado Distillers Guild (CDG) President Sean Smiley, he’ll tell you distilling is just starting to take off. “We [the CDG] are the largest distillers guild with 67 paid members, and each of our members are reporting to us that they’re not seeing any signs of slowing and business is increasing,” Smiley says. Smiley estimates there are over 100 MAY 2, 2019
distillers operating in the state, though some of them haven’t gone to market yet or don’t plan to, for various reasons. He sees parallels in the craft coffee and beer movements that are encouraging for local distillers. “Twenty-five years ago, 30 years ago, people had limited options for coffee, they’d drink Folger’s, and that was about your variety of coffee. Then this company called Starbucks come out and said, ‘We can make coffee to your particular needs,’ and as you know there are a lot of variations, you can get a latte, soy, chocolate, vanilla… It made the experience of drinking coffee individualized for every drinker. “Then about seven years after that, everyone was drinking Coors light and Bud light. ‘Tastes great, less filling,’ right?” Smiley continues. “People started saying, ‘I don’t have to drink these flavorless lagers. I can drink an IPA or a stout or a porter that’s tailored for the type of flavor profile I like. ... The same thing is happening with distilling. There’s Jack I
Daniels, Jim Beam, Jose Cuervo and a few other liquor brands, but we’re starting to make this option with different flavors and flavor profiles.” So that’s the source of the growth — a vibrant craft-distilling scene gives people options to find liquor that meets their specific tastes. Smiley says his definition of craft is a “personalized experience for the consumer.” But coffee drinkers make up a large portion of Americans as do beer drinkers, though lower for sure. Regular spirits drinkers make up an even smaller portion of the population, and the variation between spirits — and between brands within those spirit categories — might seem like there aren’t enough consumer bucks to support such a large craft distilling scene. But, Smiley says, the numbers don’t lie — distillers are filling out their warehouses in Colorado and actively seeking growth to meet demand. Many only distribute in Colorado at the moment. Having variation to meet individual tastes is one thing — getting consumers to find the products that meet their tastes is another. Smiley says producers in Colorado are at an advantage in meeting this challenge, though, because of state laws. “The State of Colorado is fantastic in that the licensing for our distilleries allows us to have tasting rooms BOULDER WEEKLY
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attached to our distilleries, and we’re allowed two tasting rooms per distillery license. We usually have one attached to our distilleries, where people can come in and sample vodka, gin, whiskey. It becomes personal for them. ‘I love this particular distillery, because I got to meet the people making the alcohol. I saw them barrel-aging. Start to finish, I saw where it was taking place.’ When they’re looking at liquor store shelves weeks down the road, they’re going to be drawn to that particular brand. “If we didn’t have that and we just put a bottle of booze on the shelf,” Smiley says, “people might say, ‘I don’t know, am I going to spend $50 on a whiskey I’ve never tried before?’ It might be cool for a birthday gift or whatever but they’re much more likely to buy craft if they’ve made that connection.” One way the CDG is helping build that connection further is with the Colorado Spirits Trail, a map that guides people through 61 of the state’s distilleries to try everything from absinthe to smoked whiskey. Participants get a map, and upon each distillery visit get a stamp that they showed up at a certain place and tried the local drink. Ongoing visits earn you prizes — 10 visits gets a T-shirt, full completion enters you into the running for 40 bottles of craft spirits. Smiley says it’s often a year-long journey, though one person committed and completed the trail in only 10 days. In many ways, it makes a lot of sense Colorado has such a strong distilling scene. In the gold rush of the mid-19th century, people with European roots — and distilling knowledge — flooded the area, and distilled spirits served a vital purpose. “Back when we were a state that was really focused on the gold rush, the miners really needed something to help their ailments while working in the midBOULDER COUNTY’S INDEPENDENT VOICE
dle of the mountains for months at a time without seeing civilization,” Smiley says. “A lot of those miners came from European or Eastern American roots, areas where moonshining was prevalent. When they came into Colorado to hit the gold rush they would build some rudimentary stills from basically tin and a lot of stuff that you really wouldn’t want to make consumable alcohol with, and they would take raw materials they could get their hands on to ferment it. Whether it be grains or sugar, they would ferment and distill and that was their way of getting alcohol in their bellies after working in pretty extreme work conditions. They didn’t have Advil or Tylenol back then.” Smiley, in fact, has modeled his own distillery, State-38 Distilling, on those early pioneers. But he also says modern distilling has roots in Colorado, too. Stranahan’s was one of the counrty’s first craft distillers (outside Kentucky) to really “boom” and it provided inspiration for other distillers with similar dreams. “People caught on that these guys are making whiskey and selling it for $70, $80 a bottle. There must be something to this. It lit up this resurgence in distillation and craft distillation in Colorado,” Smiley says. He adds whiskey is king in Colorado, but gin is surging in popularity at the moment. But the point of the Guild’s work, and the trail, is to get people to experience different spirits and explore the state while they’re at it. “Let’s not go to Salida for just whitewater rafting, let’s visit the distillery. Let’s go to Fort Collins and check out the distilleries there,” Smiley says. “It’s a much larger thing. It’s not just a Bourbon trail, it’s gin, it’s absinthe, it’s aquavit, it’s vodka, it’s all these things. People seem to really be attracted to that right now. A lot of folks are on the journey exploring the state.” I
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New in brew: IPAs from Oskar Blues and Crystal Springs Local brewers establish beer regionality
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hat is your favorite American-style India pale ale? West Coast IPA: clear as a bell and bracingly bitter with aromas of pine and flavors of resin? Pacific Northwest IPA: fresh and fruity with intense aromatics? New England IPA: turbid and soft with loads of fresh fruit and tropical citrus? What about us in the flyover states? As Chad Yakobson, owner and brewmaster of Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project, said at this year’s Big Beers, Belgians and Barleywines Festival when introducing his unfiltered American IPA: “Some people might call it a New England IPA; we’re in Colorado, so it’s not possible for it to be a New England IPA. But, to each their own.” West Coast, East Coast, traditional, modern... Call it what you want, but the IPA — still the dominant craft beer style with 20.3 percent of craft beer sales, according to the Brewers Association (BA) — has undergone a noticeable evolution thanks to experimentation with hop utilization and a bevy of new hops to entice drinkers. And though the BA has dropped region specific demarcations for its two main IPA categories (American-style IPA and Juicy or Hazy IPA), brewers are using specificity to plant their flags in the ground. Take Oskar Blues Brewery’s new line of Mountain IPAs. Earlier this year came the release of Can-O-Bliss Tropical IPA, a juicy ale saturated with flavors of pineapple and mango and rounded off with a clean finish. The second in the series, Can-O-Bliss Hazy IPA continues the move toward higher hop saturation. Featuring Strata, Cashmere, Enigma, Hallertau Blanc and Eureka hops, Hazy IPA is unfiltered and sports a ripe banana color, a nose of tropical fruit (papaya and guava) and a strong flavor reminiscent of breakfast juice. If four hop varietals are too much for you, try the Steep Coast: Strata, a double IPA weighing in at 8 percent alcohol by volume and sporting 75 international bittering units. Not that you would know it from a sip; Steep Coast: Strata only shows bitterness on the back, where those IBUs clean up a wallop of passion fruit, guava and grapefruit. The nose is dank and musty with a hint of marijuana. Drink it in, and the brew coats the lips and gums with a pleasant stickiness, all thanks to Strata, a new-wave experimental hop. If you’ve got room in the glass, give this brew a healthy swirl as a little looseness seems to open the hops up, pricking the tongue and gums with every sip. Oskar Blues isn’t the only Boulder County brewery looking to establish IPA regionality. Louisville’s Crystal Springs Brewing Company calls its mid-coast IPA, Hudson (after Hudson, South Dakota — owner Tom Horst’s hometown), and the brew has all the fleshy-fruit juice of a New England-style IPA but none of the thick haze or soapy hop burn. In the craft beer market, nothing sells like an IPA, but locality plays a close second. Cheers to the future of regional IPAs.
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MARCH 21-APRIL 19: “How prompt we are to satisfy the
hunger and thirst of our bodies,” wrote Henry David Thoreau. “How slow to satisfy the hunger and thirst of our souls!” Your first assignment in the coming days, Aries, is to devote yourself to quenching the hunger and thirst of your soul with the same relentless passion that you normally spend on giving your body the food and drink it craves. This could be challenging. You may be less knowledgeable about what your soul thrives on than what your body loves. So your second assignment is to do extensive research to determine what your soul needs to thrive.
TAURUS
APRIL 20-MAY 20: I invite you to explore the frontiers of
what’s possible for you to experience and accomplish. One exercise that might help: visualize specific future adventures that excite you. Examples? Picture yourself parasailing over the Mediterranean Sea near Barcelona, or working to help endangered sea turtles in Costa Rica, or giving a speech to a crowded auditorium on a subject you will someday be an expert in. The more specific your fantasies, the better. Your homework is to generate at least five of these visions.
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MAY 21-JUNE 20: “We must choose between the pain of
deprecating delusions. Congrats! You’re empowered to understand yourself with a tender objectivity that could at least partially heal lingering wounds. See yourself truly!
LIBRA
SEPT. 23-OCT. 22: The country of Poland awards medals to
couples that have stayed married for 50 years. It also gives out medals to members of the armed forces who have served for at least thirty years. But the marriage medal is of higher rank, and is more prestigious. In that spirit, I’d love for you to get a shiny badge or prize to acknowledge your devoted commitment to a sacred task — whether that commitment is to an intimate alliance, a noble quest, or a promise to yourself. It’s time to reward yourself for how hard you’ve worked and how much you’ve given.
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OCT. 23-NOV. 21: Scorpio poet Sylvia Plath wrote, “I admit I desire, / Occasionally, some backtalk / From the mute sky.” You’ll be wise to borrow the spirit of that mischievous declaration. Now is a good time to solicit input from the sky, as well as from your allies and friends and favorite animals, and from every other source that might provide you with interesting feedback. I invite you to regard the whole world as your mirror, your counselor, your informant.
having to transcend oppressive circumstances, or the pain of perpetual unfulfillment within those oppressive circumstances,” writes mental health strategist Paul John Moscatello. We must opt for “the pain of growth or the pain of decay,” he continues. We must either “embrace the tribulations of realizing our potential, or consent to the slow suicide in complacency.” That’s a bit melodramatic, in my opinion. Most of us do both; we may be successful for a while in transcending oppressive circumstances, but then temporarily lapse back into the pain of unfulfillment. However, there are times when it makes sense to think melodramatically. And I believe now is one of those times for you. In the coming weeks, I hope you will set in motion plans to transcend at least 30 percent of your oppressive circumstances.
kidnapper Christopher Columbus was sailing his ship near the land we now call the Dominican Republic. He spotted three creatures he assumed were mermaids. Later he wrote in his log that they were “not half as beautiful as they are painted [by artists].” We know now that the “mermaids” were actually manatees, aquatic mammals with flippers and paddle-shaped tails. They are in fact quite beautiful in their own way, and would only be judged as homely by a person comparing them to mythical enchantresses. I trust you won’t make a similar mistake, Sagittarius. Evaluate everything and everyone on their own merits, without comparing them to something they’re not.
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JUNE 21-JULY 22: You Cancerians can benefit from always having a fertility symbol somewhere in your environment: an icon or image that reminds you to continually refresh your relationship with your own abundant creativity; an inspiring talisman or toy that keeps you alert to the key role your fecund imagination can and should play in nourishing your quest to live a meaningful life; a provocative work of art that spurs you to always ask for more help and guidance from the primal source code that drives you to reinvent yourself. So if you don’t have such a fertility symbol, I invite you to get one. If you do, enhance it with a new accessory.
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JULY 23-AUG. 22: In my horoscopes, I often speak to you about your personal struggle for liberation and your efforts to express your soul’s code with ever-more ingenuity and completeness. It’s less common that I address your sacred obligation to give back to life for all that life has given to you. I only infrequently discuss how you might engage in activities to help your community or work for the benefit of those less fortunate than you. But now is one of those times when I feel moved to speak of these matters. You are in a phase of your astrological cycle when it’s crucial to perform specific work in behalf of a greater good. Why crucial? Because your personal well-being in the immediate future depends in part on your efforts to intensify your practical compassion.
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AUG. 23-SEPT. 22: “We are whiplashed between an arrogant overestimation of ourselves and a servile underestimation of ourselves,” writes educator Parker Palmer. That’s the bad news, Virgo. The good news is that you are in prime position to escape from the whiplash. Cosmic forces are conspiring with your eternal soul to coalesce a well-balanced vision of your true value that’s free of both vain misapprehensions and self-
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DEC. 22-JAN. 19: “I want what we all want,” writes novelist
Jonathan Lethem. “To move certain parts of the interior of myself into the exterior world, to see if they can be embraced.” Even if you haven’t passionately wanted that lately, Capricorn, I’m guessing you will soon. That’s a good thing, because life will be conspiring with you to accomplish it. Your ability to express yourself in ways that are meaningful to you and interesting to other people will be at a peak.
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JAN. 20-FEB. 18: Using algorithms to analyze 300 million facts, a British scientist concluded that April 11, 1954 was the most boring day in history. A Turkish man who would later become a noteworthy engineer was born that day, and Belgium staged a national election. But that’s all. With this non-eventful day as your inspiration, I encourage you to have fun reminiscing about the most boring times in your own past. I think you need a prolonged respite from the stimulating frenzy of your daily rhythm. It’s time to rest and relax in the sweet luxury of nothingness and emptiness.
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here? Well, sometimes Person A tells Person B what Person A knows Person B wants to hear regarding Topic X in the hopes that Person B will feel differently about Topic Dear Dan: I’ve been with my boyX after the passage of friend for a few months. Prior to dating, I time or after Person B has made a large was clear with him that I would need to emotional investment in Person A. In open our relationship at some point. He many cases, Person A has the best inteninitially hesitated to respond, but then tions — by which I mean, Person A isn’t agreed we could do that when the time being consciously manipulative, but rather came. That time has come much quicker Person A sincerely hopes Person B will than I anticipated, but I feel like he’ll come to feel differently about Topic X or renege on his end of things because of that they, Person A themselves, will. But many comments he’s made recently — considering how little time has passed, comments like not underSORE — it hasn’t even ROMAN ROBINSON standing or liking nonmobeen three months, and nogamy and how “his he’s saying shitty/judgy woman” sleeping around is things to you about nonmoa deal breaker. Is this a nogamy and sexist/controlDTMFA situation? ling things about “his —Specified Open woman” — it seems clear Relationship Early that your boyfriend wasn’t being sincere, he was being Dear SORE: Early on, manipulative. DTMFA. you let your boyfriend know that openness “at some Dear Dan: This is point” was your price of another request for a kinky admission — the price he’d neologism. How about have to pay to be with you — and now those of us who like the idea of our signifihe’s letting you know that monogamy is cant other having sex with somebody else his price of admission. What’s going on but who aren’t into full-on cuckold-style
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humiliation? “Cuckold” implies a level of subordination that just isn’t my thing, and “hotwifing,” besides sounding incredibly sleazy, assumes that it’s a couple that is opposite sex and married, and the guy is only interested in watching. Can you or the hive mind solve this problem? —Cuck In Name Only Dear CINO: I don’t think the term “hotwifing” is inherently heterosexist, as there are gay men and straight women out there into “hothusbanding.” (They get off on sharing their hot spouses with others, aren’t necessarily interested in getting with anyone else themselves, and don’t, à la cuckolds, get off on humiliation.) But if that term doesn’t appeal to you, CINO, there’s already an alternative: stags (a man who may or may not be dominant who likes to share his partner and may or may not participate) and vixens (a woman who may or may not be submissive who enjoys having sex with others in front of her partner and may or may not share them with others too). Dear Dan: I am a 24-year-old pansexual trans woman, and I feel sexually broken. Hormones have made it nearly impossible for me to top a partner. I’m able to do it once in a while, but not as much or as reliably as I would like. Additionally, hormones have messed up
my digestive system and made bottoming difficult. I’m also relatively sexually inexperienced, which means I’m enthusiastic about oral but not very good at it. This leaves me feeling like I bring nothing to the table. —Horny But Sex Is Thorny Dear HBSIT: Getting good at oral — like getting good at anything — takes a little practice. Let your prospective partners know you’re relatively inexperienced, and you’ll be far likelier to wind up in bed with patient and supportive people who will let you practice on them. As for bottoming, hopefully your guts will settle down in time. As for topping, well, lots of women use strap-on dildos for penetration. Having a strap-on at the ready and actively seeking out partners who don’t regard strap-on sex as a consolation prize (or a fail) will allow you to experiment with penetration without the pressure of having to produce or sustain an erection. You can switch back and forth between your dick and the dildo as needed, and being able to make it happen for your lover — using whatever tools you need — will build your confidence. And you’re not broken, HBSIT. You are, like all of us, a work in progress. Good luck. On the Lovecast, Dan interviews sociologist and author Nicholas A. Christakis: savagelovecast.com.
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or as long as literally anyone can remember, there have been rumors that smoking weed every day turns you into a sedentary loser. Before it went mainstream, cannabis enthusiasts were cast as lazy couch potatoes whose intense munchies could only be satiated by a variation of processed, unhealthy food. And by that logic, stoners are fat and lazy. Then there are the other groups, like the World AntiDoping Agency, that consider cannabis a performanceenhancing drug and ban athletes from using it. Confusing, right? This dichotomy inspired researchers at CU Boulder to explore the connection between cannabis consumption and working out. They WIKIMEDIA COMMONS surveyed more than 600 cannabis consumers across California, Colorado, Nevada, Oregon and Washington to study how people use it in relation to exercise. A new study of their findings called, “The New Runner’s High? Examining relationships between cannabis use and exercise behavior in states with legalized cannabis research,” was released this week. Their results suggest cannabis can be an important training aid, increasing enjoyment of exercise as well as helping with post-workout recovery. It may even boost performance and motivation. Among those who pair cannabis and exercise, 70 percent said it increased their enjoyment, 78 percent said it boosted recovery and 52 percent said it gave them more motivation to work out in the first place. Specifically, those who engaged in co-use worked out an average of 43 minutes longer for aerobic exercise and 30 minutes longer for anaerobic exercise. Almost 500 participants said they endorse enjoying cannabis one hour before, or up to four hours after,
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exercising. And based on data from the questionnaire, those who did use cannabis in that timeframe worked out longer than consumers who didn’t pair the activities. “Our results suggest that prior findings of cannabis users being more likely to meet official exercise recommendations may be at least partly associated with perceived impacts of cannabis co-use on enjoyment, reductions in pain and inflammation during and after exercise, and to a lesser extent motivation,” reads the study. “Furthermore, participants who use cannabis before and/or after exercise reported that they exercised more, and had positive attitudes about co-use on exercise, which implies cannabis may be a useful tool for exercise among some users. In other words, sedentary cannabis users, particularly those who attribute low physical activity to concerns about recovery, motivation, or enjoyment, may benefit from co-use, provided that they select low-risk exercise options that do not compromise safety during intoxication.” Anecdotally, this makes so much sense to me. There are a few known barriers to exercise that researchers have identified: a lack of motivation, difficult recovery after working out and low enjoyment of the activity. Cannabis lifts those barriers for people like me. I enjoy being active and I have fitness goals that keep me in check, but I don’t always like working out. Getting stoned before going on a long run genuinely motivates me because I feel like I’m more in the moment. I’m not thinking about the list of things in my head that I should be doing instead of going for a run. I’m just stoned and listening to music and moving my body in a way that feels good to me. When I run sober, I notice I’m checking my watch more often like, “Ugh, I’ve only been doing this for three minutes? Feels like 10.”
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So I find the increase in motivation the study’s most enlightening piece of information, given the prevalence of the “lazy pothead” stereotype versus my personal relationship with the plant. Obviously the study has its limitations; researchers concede they did not look at which kind of cannabis (edibles, smoked flower, etc.) people used alongside exercise, and they only surveyed those who use cannabis regularly and in states in which it is already legalized. I mean think about it, most of those states, and the western half of the country in general, have healthier populations with more fitness-oriented lifestyles. There are also methodological limitations to the study’s findings. Respondents were anonymous, voluntarily filled out surveys, and were generally gathered from populations already interested in cannabis. While research is still ongoing, surveys suggest cannabis consumers have a lower prevalence of obesity, and data from the National Center for Health Statistics shows positive correlations between cannabis use and good metabolic health indicators, such as lower levels of fasting insulin, smaller waist circumference, and a reduced rate of type II diabetes. The study’s authors hope the information will provide a more accurate portrait of the average cannabis user. “This study represents an important step in clarifying cannabis use with exercise among adult users in states with legal cannabis markets, and provides guidance for future research directions,” the study concludes. So, moral of the story: Yes, cannabis may help you with your workout and recovery, but mostly if you’re already familiar with pot and exercise. Since there are endless possibilities for combining the two, it’s important to pair the right strain with the right activity. The antiinflammatory properties of cannabis can dampen pain while working out. Given that fact, and the results of the study, researchers think that ultimately it could be used to help older people amongst others, whom often experience a great deal of pain when exercising, the ability to exercise later in life and ultimately live healthier lives.
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ast year a study by Colorado juana is illegal; a statistically significant State professor Jesse Burkhardt increase in home values could not be found that new home prices close attributed to medicinal marijuana legalizato Denver marijuana dispensaries tion. rose faster than those for homes • States that legalize recreational farther away. Now a second study has cannabis see an immediate bump in produced similar findings on a much home values following legalization, even larger scale. without retail dispensaries opening up. The study was done by Clever Real From 2017-2019, cities where recreationEstate, a free online service that connects WIKIMEDIA COMMONS buyers with agents. It looked at home prices in communities in Colorado and Washington (the first two states to legalize recreational marijuana) with at least one dispensary. It combined Multiple Listing Service home sales data with dispensary license data, according to Clever Real Estate co-founder Luke Babich. He said the study’s key findings were: al marijuana is legal saw home values • Cities that allow retail dispensaries increase $6,337 more than cities where saw home values increase $22,888 more marijuana is illegal (controlling for popuon average than cities where marijuana lation, initial home values, and GDP). is illegal from 2014-2019 (controlling for Babich said that while public conpopulation and initial home values). cerns about legalizing pot often focus on • Research by the CATO Institute (a the possibility of legalization leading to libertarian think tank) supports these elevated crime rates that in turn lead to findings, suggesting homes close in lower property values, “our research proximity to marijuana retail dispensaries reveals the opposite is true.” increase in value. Colorado’s first recreational dispen• For cities where only medicinal mar- saries opened on Jan. 1, 2014. Today, ijuana is legal, home values increased at Denver has 180 dispensaries, according a comparable rate to cities where marito the Colorado Department of Revenue,
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home values immediately after their respective bills were passed,” the study found. “This suggests simply legalizing marijuana recreationally leads to an initial bump in home values, regardless of the economic and tax benefits,” the study said. With regard to crime, the study found that violent crimes in Colorado have increased by 25 percent since 2013, and that similar violent crime increases can be seen in Washington as well. However, the violent crime rates in both states have grown by less than the national average. The study says the connection between crime and cannabis legalization “is still hazy.” The study cites a 2017 study done at the University of Mississippi to explain the relationship between marijuana legalization and increased home prices. Recreational legalization “attracts more home buyers, including marijuana users as well as entrepreneurs and job seekers,” the Mississippi study found. It’s not clear if the reference to “entrepreneurs and job seekers” was referring primarily to start-ups in the newly legal marijuana industry or to the larger torrid pace of tech start-up businesses in cities like Denver and Seattle. Beyond the marijuana industry itself, marijuana legalization could well be contributing to the explosive growth in Denver and Seattle. Marijuana prohibition in the U.S. has been, and still is, a vicious tyranny. It shouldn’t be surprising that, finally given the opportunity, a lot of Americans are responding to it by voting with their feet.
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