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Is it a crime to make Made-InAmerica products in China? by Jim Hightower

hat’s the matter with Donald and The Trumpateers? Why won’t they stand up for the American workers and business owners who make their products right here in the Good Ol’ US of A? Oh, yeah, I know they talk a good game. Trump himself even issued a bold, star-spangled executive order promoting the purchase of “American-made goods” produced by American labor. We consumers respond positively to that pitch, generally preferring to buy everything from mattresses to hockey pucks that are manufactured here at home. For example, take Patriot Puck. What’s not to like I

about this corporation, which literally wraps its hockey pucks in American flag packaging and proudly advertises that they are, “The only American-made hockey puck”? Well, sadly, one thing not to like is that the puck-seller’s pitch was a lie. Its product actually turned out to be made in China. Such a deceptive sales scam is not just unethical, it’s a federal crime. Saddest of all, though, is that when honest competitors and defrauded consumers protested the firm’s blatant deceit, Trump’s Federal Trade Commission appointees proved to be Made-inAmerica wimps. Far from standing up MAY 23, 2019

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for U.S. workers, they coddled the jobstealing culprit — they assessed no fines, required no admission of the obvious corporate crime, didn’t even make “Patriot” Puck notify customers of its false marketing scam, and let it keep all the profits it pocketed from the fraud. Instead, Trump’s regulatory “toughies” insisted that the threat of future fines would keep such outlaws in check. Seriously? The real crime here is that our nation’s president is mocking the plight of America’s manufacturing workers by making a spectacle of standing up for them — then kowtowing to corporations that flagrantly violate Made-in-America laws. It’s a shameful political fraud. This opinion column does not necessarily reflect the views of Boulder Weekly. I

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uman Rights Watch has released a report on human rights abuses in the world’s largest totalitarian state — the People’s Republic of China. And it’s terrifying. As bad, if not worse, as anything Orwell imagined in 1984. It turns out that Human Rights Watch got its hands on a mobile surveillance app that Chinese security cops use in the Xinjiang Autonomous Region, the home to the country’s 13 million Uyghur Muslim minority. The region has been the site of Islamic fundamentalist violence that the Chinese government is attempting to crush with a program of pervasive surveillance and mass arrests called the “Strike Hard Campaign Against Violent Terrorism.” According to some reports, more than a million Uyghur Muslims have been sent to concentration camps for “re-education.” Human Rights Watch acquired the app more than a year ago and contracted with Berlin’s Cure53, a cybersecurity company, to reverse engineer it. It recently released a report on the app titled “China’s Algorithms of Repression: Reverse Engineering a Xinjiang Police Mass Surveillance App.” According to a Human Rights Watch news release, the app connects to the Integrated Joint Operations I

Platform (IJOP), a Xinjiang policing program that aggregates data about people and flags those deemed potentially untrustworthy. The reverse engineering revealed the specific behaviors and personal profiles the surveillance system collects and targets. The personal information collected includes name, ID type and number, ethnicity, address, car number (presumably license plate or VIN), profession, education, passport, phone number, relationship with the person registered as the head of household, height, blood type and photo. It also collected information about people’s political status, religion and “religious atmosphere” (whether religious feelings were “fair” or “strong”). For persons who have travelled abroad or want to, the app sought information on the “reason for seeking asylum or education” abroad, the destination country, the reason for leaving Xinjiang, and whether or not the traveler has “changed identity.” But the real totalitarian information collection begins with a list of 36 “person types” singled out for special attention. The list is a clinic on how to weaponize information on individual citizens for near-pervasive control of their lives. Here’s the translated list in its entirety: BOULDER COUNTY’S INDEPENDENT VOICE

1) Released from security-related sentence, and family 2) Unofficial imam 3) Gone on Hajj without state authorization 4) Follower, or follower of follower, of person associated with “the Six Lines,” (six religious scholars and intellectual authorities considered particularly threatening in Xinjiang) 5) Share or receive “Wahhabism” 6) Subjected to “political education” 7) Returned from abroad 8) Relative of a person who is sentenced to death, was shot to death, or detonated and killed themselves 9) Classified under categories 3, 4 and 5 by the National Security Unit of the Ministry of Public Security 10) Suddenly returned to hometown after being away for a long time 11) Sentenced to “control and surveillance” — a non-custodial sentence in which police supervise a person between three and 24 months — or “juyi,” a sentence between one and six months served in police detention centers during the Strike Hard Campaign, but sentence instead has been converted to “community corrections” 12) Released after serving a sentence for the July 2009 Urumqi riots, and family 13) Used smart-phones in the past but has stopped altogether, or using only analog phones 14) Does not socialize with neighbors, seldom uses front door, and acts suspiciously 15) Collected money or materials for mosques with enthusiasm 16) Suddenly sells all belongings and moves for no apparent reason, especially with their entire family 17) Household uses an abnormal amount of electricity 18) Violated the family planning policy and has more children than allowed 19) Knows welding and how to make explosives 20) For no apparent reason, unwilling to enjoy policies that benefit the people or fails to participate in activities organized by the local government or the Party 21) Registers [with the authorities] to travel abroad 22) Electricity meter number is missing in the data collected by government official during home-visit 23) Reported number of persons in household differs from actual number of persons found at home when government officials visit BOULDER COUNTY’S INDEPENDENT VOICE

24) Did not tell government officials conducting home visits of already having a passport 25) Gone “off-grid” since January 1, 2016, but missing trajectory was not registered with government officials conducting home visit 26) [Flagged by the IJOP system as] using an abnormal amount of electricity 27) Moved out of their locale 28) Moved into their locale 29) Person and ID card mismatch 30) Person and phone mismatch 31) Person and car mismatch 32) Linked to the clues of cases 33) Linked to “those on the run” 34) Linked to “those abroad” 35) Linked to “those who are being especially watched” 36) Other The “home visits” by government officials referred to in several of the questions can last for several days. The Human Rights Watch report also says that under the Strike Hard Campaign “Xinjiang authorities have collected biometrics, including DNA samples, fingerprints, iris scans and blood types of all residents in the region between the ages of 12 and 65.” “Additionally, authorities have required residents to give voice samples when they apply for passports,” the report said. All of this information goes into centralized, searchable databases, the report said. What should we make of this? Normalizing relations with China in the early 1970s was supposed to encourage the emergence of a free market economy (which it sort of did) and emergence of a freer society (which it obviously didn’t). The fact that the Chinese are reverting to totalitarian government shouldn’t be all that surprising. The country has a 2,500-year history of totalitarian oppression. But the fact that they have computerized surveillance and social control to a degree that makes Orwell’s 1984 look naïve is terrifying — especially since the software they’ve developed is being offered for sale to tyrannical regimes all over the planet. Xinjiang isn’t Las Vegas. What happens there isn’t going to stay there. So instead of trying to negotiate a new trade deal with China, maybe we should be asking ourselves do we still want “normal” relations with these guys. I

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In allowing a greatly expanded hunting and trapping of bobcats, their fur currently a prized item in the fashion industry, Colorado Parks and Wildlife continues its regard of wildlife as a revenue resource and commodity to be harvested. There are some who hunt and fish for food, but there remains a massive swath of male ego in hunting success and trophy taxidermy. Catch and release fishing, similarly considered a “sport” requiring skill, is more truthfully the torture of living beings for fun. Our human psyche is indeed a strange presence on the earth. Robert Porath/Boulder

How can a woman do such a thing?

Many women around the country are in shock after Alabama’s female governor signed the most stringent abortion legislation since Roe v. Wade yesterday, effectively banning all abortions — even for incest and rape — and making performing an abortion a felony. She was just defending Alabamians’ deeply held belief, Gov. Kay Ivey said, “that every life is precious and that every life is a sacred gift from God.” As a rabbi, I call this into question. Is this the way we honor sacred life? By putting women’s lives at risk? The statistics tell us that when reproductive rights are diminished, women suffer. What do we do with this? We fight it, of course. Money and support are pouring in to Planned Parenthood, ACLU, the Yellowhammer Fund and others as advocates vowed swift legal action. Each of us needs to get behind the fight. Why do people — in this case, women — vote against their own selfinterests? One way to understand this is by understanding the psychology of trauma, which I have observed in my 8

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years of counseling patients. One of the repercussions of long-term discrimination is internalizing the violence we have experienced. After centuries of being a second-class citizen, it’s easy to identify with our aggressor, believing that we are indeed shameful, deserving of cruelty. We see this with children who are abused, prisoners of war and women who believe that their bodies belong to men. It’s a kind of survival instinct, to align with the ones in power. But it means that the trauma of discrimination has seeped deep under our skin and into our psyches. As restrictions on our reproductive freedom intensify, we can remember that the fight for control of our bodies is the fight of our lives. As Gloria Steinem says, “Democracy begins with each person’s control of his or her own body. Without reproductive freedom, there is no democracy for America[n] women.” Rabbi Tirzah Firestone, PhD/ Congregation Nevei Kodesh in Boulder

Danish wrong on lithium mining

In “The Coming Lithium Wars,” (Re: The Danish Plan, May 9, 2019), Paul Danish vents that if some environmentalists oppose access to desert areas for lithium exploration, then all people concerned about global roasting must not think the problem is really any threat. Danish’s broad-brush dismissal of the sincerity of millions of Americans who understand and respect science and care about their country and their environment, based on a single data point of opposition by some individuals to mining in sensitive environmental areas, is a breathtaking example of illogic. Danish should know better. As a scientist, I see climate change as the single biggest threat to democracy in the short run and to our planet and humanity in general in the long run. I’m for whatever gets us away from burning carbon. I therefore support nuclear power as one solution. The fact that my position is an outlier relative to most environmentalists in particular and most Americans in general does not make me jump to the erroneous conclusion that my fellow citizens don’t really believe that we are looking straight down the barrel of the worst single crisis for our species in the last 100,000 years. I’m sure Danish, as a scientifically wellBOULDER WEEKLY

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DEBBIE DAVIA is Valley School District (BVSD) in one of many volun1998, but was incorporated into the teers facilitating conBoulder Valley YWCA in 2013, as part versations about racism and privilege with of the organization’s commitment to local elementary and “eliminating racism.” The program middle school stutrains volunteer readers to go into dents. BVSD elementary and middle school classrooms and facilitate a conversation around a book they read out loud. As a teacher at BVSD for 20 years, Ewing organized Martin Luther King Jr. assemblies, sponsored the Anne Frank contest and taught civil rights in the context of fifth grade U.S. history and government. What she likes about the RER program contextualizes these topics, taking them out of the history lesson and into the present. “It’s a supportive initiative that’s really allowing young students to become more exposed not only to racism as part of the past within our country but ... leading students to make connections with their lives here in Boulder County,” adds Ari Gerzon-Kessler, director of the office of equity and partnerships at BVSD. RER visits classrooms once a year, and has reached about 30 percent of Kindergarten through fifth grade students by visiting 12 schools and 126 classrooms, Ewing says. The goal is to double that next school year, as well as expand the program into the St. Vrain Valley School District. In the 2018-19 school year, RER volunteers were in BVSD schools about twice a month, with 50 active readers and another 25 or so who have been trained but for whatever reason haven’t had the chance to volunteer yet. “We’ve been in schools this year that are 95 percent white, see READING TO END RACISM Page 12

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build a lot of bridges [in the past] and pretty much they’ve been destroyed. Now we have to build them again and again. That’s exactly why I’m doing this.” Through volunteering, Camancho has been able to connect with bilingual students, enabling them to take pride in their cultural heritage as well as stand up for each other. She says the message to the kids is clear: “They’re not alone and we should fight for the cause together. It definitely teaches them to be aware, that if they ever feel threatened that it’s OK to raise your voice.” The program has also taught Camancho to share her own story, and not be afraid to talk about the discrimination she’s experienced. “They taught us that’s exactly what we need to be doing to teach others that we need to be together,” Camacho says. “And the more people that join the cause, I think that’s where we can make a change.” The children’s own experiences of racism have come up also, as the readings provide a safe space to talk about them. Ewing says one student was able to tell the rest of his class and his teachers about being called the “n” word at what is generally seen as a very supportive and inclusive school. Ewing then talked the rest of the class through what it could look like to be an ally when such situations arise. On the feedback form the boy wrote, “It felt good to get to talk about it and thanks for listening,” Ewing says. The readings often cover the topic of white privilege as well, helping the majority-population students process what they are learning. In one game, everyone is given a piece of paper and tasked with getting it into a trashcan in the front. It becomes clear pretty quickly to the students that the ones in front have much more access and possibility of making the basket than the children sitting in the back, Ewing says. “We talk about how in America it really is the white people who have the power and privilege.” After a reading and some discussion around what it means to be an ally, to come alongside people of color and other minority groups, Ewing passes out new sheets of paper and the students try the activity again. BOULDER COUNTY’S INDEPENDENT VOICE

She sees significant “transformation of children in an hour,” she says. “They’ll duck or they’ll do fire brigade (passing the paper up to the front to make a basket) or they’ll try to try to help other people hit the basket,” she says. “And I think it also reinforces that we didn’t ask any of you to move away or move back, [instead] let’s make the access there for everybody.” It’s perhaps one of the most significant outcomes of RER, according to Gerzon-Kessler. “I think one of the parallels to raising the voices of underrepresented communities is also doing the work with the majority white population so that they can be allies and leaders in this work, and it’s not completely put on the shoulders of students of color or parents of color or staff of color,” he says. As a plumber in the community for almost four decades, Johnson says he’s experienced a lot of prejudice and people’s pre-conceived notions throughout the years. “In the early days, when I started back in the ’80s, some people were really apprehensive about letting me in the door because it was out of their comfort zone. And there’s no one to blame for that, it’s just a lack of familiarity,” he says. “There was a lot of motivation, finding a lot of the unfortunate ignorance that was out there and it was too late once they were adults. So I knew for sure I needed to start earlier. Many people had already been set in their ways.” When he first started volunteering with RER, Johnson would hear comments like, “We’re so glad you could come up here today,” despite the fact that he’d lived in Boulder for decades and had daughters in the school. “This is why it’s important to be out there in the community,” he says. Now, he has kids coming up to him at the grocery store, recognizing him from RER classes, and wanting to introduce him to their parents. Although he admits it can sometimes be awkward, he welcomes these conversations that force the issue. “Kids are wide open about everything, they’re not holding anything back,” Johnson says. “A lot of the parents would just rather elude [to racism] and ignore certain things but the kids are the ones who force it. They’re the ones who make the difference.” I

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cohort of nonprofit leaders, university professors and journalists from Tajikistan visited Boulder last week to discuss the role of the media in the U.S., and share ideas about how to grow a free press in Tajikistan. Boulder was chosen as a location on the U.S. State Department-sponsored visit because of our sister-city connection with Tajikistan’s capital, Dushanbe. I joined the discussion, which included a rundown of the corporatization of American media, the current politics of division, and how journalists are working to overcome such obstacles. In our exchange of ideas, it was striking to see some of the similarities between issues within Tajik culture and our own — scapegoating migrants, restricting journalists, and the growth of extremist groups and ideals, to name a few. In the spirit of the sister-city program, which seeks to share culture and the burden of those cultures’ problems, here’s a bit of what we learned. Tajikistan is dealing with a migrant crisis, albeit one different from the situation in the U.S. Tajiks travel throughout the Central Asia region, often to Russia, in search of employment, only to face racial-based discrimination, attempts at extremism from terrorist groups, and, often, expulsion back to Tajikistan. “In our country, we have no problem of bad-natured migrants because we’re dealing with our own citizens,” said Fayzullo Nasimov, program assistant with the International Organization for Migration (IOM). “A big proportion of them are not foreign citizens. [But there are] such bad attitudes toward migrants in Russia, because it’s one of the main countries admitting migrants — xenophobia, human rights violations.” Nasimov said some xenophobic groups in Russia have usurped the BOULDER COUNTY’S INDEPENDENT VOICE

term “patriot” in their efforts to rid the country of migrants. Migrants from Tajikistan and other Central Asian countries are called “black people,” which Nasimov noted is a “very derogative term.” Tajik migrants will enter Russia, return to Tajikistan, and then, unaware of reentry laws, find themselves on a black list when they try to reenter Russia, which comes with a ban of three to five years. Mohira Fayzulloeva, another program assistant with the IOM, said it’s a “trick” used by the Russian government to keep migrants out of the country without having to pay for deportation. This creates an issue of former migrants being stuck in Tajikistan, often without much education and few job prospects. The work done at IOM is focused around attempting to integrate these people back into Tajik society. “In our organization, we have projects,” Fayzulloeva said. “We are providing income-generating activities for the vulnerable, especially for migrants with a reentry ban. ... We are working together, we are identifying the economic situations. For example, we are providing small business packages for them. We are buying equipment for them.” The migration of people from Tajikistan is born mostly out of economic need — the majority of Tajik people live on $70 a month, when a kilo of meat (2.2 pounds) costs $7. Combine that with educational challenges, particularly in the Tajik countryside, and migrants, in search for greener pastures, often end up in bad situations. “People, for example, become radicalized by not knowing where they are going — primarily with those parts of the population who left to Syria or Iraq, they joined extremist I

groups, ISIS,” Fayzulloeva said. “Of course the government, all the NGOs we have in our country, they’re working to protect and inform people about this problem.” Fayzulloeva added that extremist groups capitalize on the dire situations of Tajik migrants, sometimes offering relatively large sums of money and opportunities to join their groups. In turn, the Tajik cohort agreed that the Russian government will use these people as examples of how migrants are perpetuating terrorist organizations, even though all the recruiting is done in Russia. And if Tajik migrants aren’t joining terrorist organizations, the propaganda goes, they’re taking Russian jobs, Nasmiov said. “Russian media is used by Russian politicians to create bad image of migrants,” he said “‘They are taking your jobs,’ [but Tajik migrants] would never do the same jobs as Russian citizens. It’s usually dirty work.” At this point, a functioning media in Tajikistan would support IOM and others’ efforts to inform migrants about the dangers abroad, provide clarity to the politics of migration, and, Fayzulloaeva said, offer solutions that would keep Tajiks in the country, or at least find safer situations in other countries. But freelance journalist Asa Isoev (name changed) said the Tajik government has a strong hold over the media. Isoev publishes under a pseudonym to online sites, where other news organizations pick up her work, because the government-run media restricts what can be published and won’t work with her because of her religion. The first issue with installing a free press in Tajikistan is resource availability. “We have no special university which is teaching international standards of journalism,” Isoev said, “and our faculty of journalists, they have no high-qualified journalists who are teaching.” Isoev added that organizations trying to do work are hampered because they have no funds for MAY 23, 2019

broadcasting and no money to train cameramen how to use specialized equipment. The second issue is with the government’s involvement in the media. All journalists — domestic and foreign — have to register with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which issues an ID card. Any story published critical of the government, or in opposition to it, may be punishable by at least a $1,000 fine and the rescission of the ID. Government journalists, on the contrary, have free reign to print their version of events, Isoev said, and the IOM members in the cohort said they’ve had numerous experiences where “journalists” attribute incorrect quotes or stats from their organization, ostensibly to prove the dubious theses of their stories. And the third issue is that if a freelance journalist like Isoev writes a story that challenges the government, the outlet that runs the story will often throw the journalist under the bus. “Our chief editors are not taking care about our rights if we make some investigative report and it makes a big problem in society. They will not care about us,” Isoev said. “They will say, ‘It was her thing, you should discuss it with her, not with us.’” Isoev said, however, that wherever she goes, people are willing to talk and share their stories. Outside of government sources, the hunger for a free press is ravenous in Tajikistan, and many of her stories are shared on social media, which is so far still accessible to most people. Fayzulloeva said without a free press, the responsibility for educating people of what’s essential to a peaceful, free society — understanding, compassion, opportunity — comes down to the individual. The hope is that IOM’s work and the work of freelance journalists like Isoev make an impact and better educate the community. But it starts in the home. “One thing I observed from my experience, children, when they are very small, they don’t care who is white or who is black,” she said. “We are informing them of stereotypes.” And that message is universal. I

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n the earliest days of my residence in the People’s Republic, I lived next door to a guy who designed and crafted molds for fake teeth. He worked at home and played his stereo more or less all the time, except when the TV was on. That was actually a pretty cool thing, since he had cable (and pretty much no one else we knew did), and I’d go hang out at his house and listen to records or watch stuff like coverage of the Korean passenger jet shoot-down on Ted Turner’s brand-new-and-notyet-wince-inducing CNN station. Some years later, he caught one of my stories in the paper and phoned me up, asking if I were interested in

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Croce. But Rundgren’s turn toward flamboyantly costumed and musically ambitious progressive rock with Utopia promptly upset that profile. And within the industry itself, Rundgren was feted as a star producer, the kind of guy who could turn disjointed musical ideas from stoned or inebriated or uninspired contract-bound musicians into a finished product. His later experiments with production techniques, the incorporation of computers and synthesizers and interactive media were groundbreaking. All of the Todd Rundgrens that coexisted in those days are well documented in his recently released autobiography The Individualist, titled after a 1991 project, the second of his TR-I interactive projects. Rock star autobiographies are usually dicey propositions; a reader can expect anything from remorseful apologia for the excesses of The Life, to dishy celeb-gossip titillations, to embittered score-settling against former managers, accountants, band mates or industry villains. And there’s some of that in here, but for his part, Rundgren recounts most of his youth and professional life (up until his wedding at age 50) in a generally wry, often dispassionate voice. The book is rendered in three-part micro-chapters; first part being what happened, second part why it mattered (if it mattered), and the third part some distilled bit of wisdom he (or we) might derive from it. Funny, informative and insightful, the book is easy to digest, delivered in bite-sized portions, subtly inviting the reader to hopscotch their way through Rundgren’s life. A miniseries in seven-minute episodes, chronologically linear but not compellingly so, Rundgren examining Rundgren. “That’s the idea of the book. You’re supposed to be able to hopscotch through it. You should be able to open it, read a page, and decide if you want to read anything else,” he laughs. “Which is kind of the way I designed it; I designed it for a reader like myself, someone who doesn’t necessarily sit down and commit to a long read. I’ve done it sometimes and regretted it. What is that... that stupid Dan Brown book... the first one, [The DaVinci Code]. I got two-thirds of the way through it and tossed it in the trash. “It’s supposed to be a different sort of a read, partly because of my proclivities as the way I like to read and how much I don’t like to write.” (It’s worth noting, as a testament to enduring foreverness of the internet, that some guy’s review of the original The 20

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Individualist, another committed Rundgren obsessive who posted his column on the net years after the fact, included this observation on Rundgren’s lyric talents: “To call Mr. Rundgren the Joyce Carol Oates of pop music would probably be an understatement.” The guy who swears he doesn’t like to write.) The book project was actually pitched to him 20 years ago; Rundgren started it, put it aside, came back to it, and finally finished it last year. We wondered if the broken timeline meant some revisions to passages, reconsiderations over time. Self-reflection, as well as the fickle whims of memory, can change how we summon bits of our past. “As I got further into the project and got used to writing in that form, I did go back to some of the earlier things I had written and did a lot of editing,” he says. “Partly because I found passages that were more appropriate to different stories, so I had to move things around. Sometimes I would have an objection to my own style of writing. I think by then, I had developed an instinct for it, and anything that didn’t agree with that particular instinct would get a second look.” And the stories are great: working with the NY Dolls (“...Johnny Thunders, the ‘Keith Richards’ of the band, was working on a doctorate in sullenness...”); how he saw Meatloaf as the perfect Bruce Springsteen spoof; Andy Partridge (of XTC fame) threatening to cleave his skull with an axe; tripping with Cameron Crowe in the New Mexico desert on the then-rookie writer’s first assignment; a slightly weird story about Burton Cummings’ mic stand; the whole Liv Tyler/Bebe Buell thing (look it up). Much of the book’s content centers on the production work and the various characters Rundgren encountered in the studio. We pointed out to Rundgren that we found an odd paradox; in the studio, at the controls, Rundgren was the guy who could get things done, the reliable producer, the steady hand. Yet elsewhere, by his own admission, he infuriated the people around him for his muse-chasing and surrender to creative caprice. The Ever Popular Tortured Artist Effect, or something like it. “Well, it kind of represents the dichotomy of my professional life, if nothing else. I got into record production fairly early on, after I graduated high school and I was out on my own and had the responsibility to support myself. And I was fortunate enough to have some success with a band that I put together, at least got me some notoriety and got me established in the music business. BOULDER COUNTY’S INDEPENDENT VOICE

“But once I got into the music business, I realized the dichotomy between the necessity to be commercial and the desire to explore and be free and discover new musical things like my heroes the Beatles did... Being responsible in the studio with the acts I was producing freed me up to do anything I wanted when I was working on my own music.” But what exactly is a producer these days? Rundgren worked in a world where the primary format was an album, and the producer was there to polish the material and present it/record it/ sequence it as an album. In the days of Spotify and Apple music, where the album is a fading anachronism, does the producer even matter... except for maybe Ariana Grande, Beyonce or Taylor Swift? “Well, there are record producers, but you just cited three examples where the producer has been, not necessarily marginalized but... categorized in a certain way. If you look at the credits for any of those artists’ records, you’ll see five songwriters and three producers for every song. So the whole idea of pairing up with an artist to help them accomplish this process, that’s gone, as well as the idea of the album. The album is not the principal form factor anymore, it’s the single again,” Rundgren says. “Most of the songs that are popular these days, you won’t ever hear again after, like, a year. They will be completely forgotten. And the point of that is that music has simply become an aspect of your self-promotion. You, yourself, are the product... You’re more known for the fights you pick with other artists. It’s like, I couldn’t hum you a single line from a Cardi B song, but my Apple News gets clotted up with news from all kinds of artists for their antics.” And as for festival culture... “A couple of years ago, I went to Coachella. I had never been before, and I went and sat in on a song with the Lemon Twigs. So I had a chance to walk around a little bit to see what it was like. And I got the impression that nobody was there for any particular artist. It was mostly a hook-up — it was mostly men looking for women, and women looking for men. So they didn’t care much about the music, it was just a backdrop to a giant hook-up scene.” And finally I had to take some issue with the suggestion, in the chapter titled “Critical,” when Rundgren throws a bit of humorous and admittedly well-deserved shade at rock critics. Lester Bangs more or less defined BOULDER COUNTY’S INDEPENDENT VOICE

the form: If you could not project your own anger and ignorance into the music it wasn’t worth listening to. Unfortunately, that green lit every angry ignoramus to get into criticism, the end result being music that could no longer be criticized... Disco. OK, most music critics with even a molecule of self-awareness would concede that we’re the music industry equivalent of remora, self-anointing in the great cultural ocean by gnawing at the Great Ones’ leftovers. (Wikipedia clarifies: “Although it was initially believed that remoras fed off particulate matter from the host’s meals, this has been shown to be false; in reality, their diets are composed primarily of host feces.” We stand by our analogy...) But really, did we give the world disco? Rundgren laughs. “Well, rock criticism, for what it’s worth [wry laugh], does have an effect. There was certainly a time where an artist felt like, if you got a bad review in Rolling Stone, it was just the death of your career. You don’t want to cede that much power to someone. You do all the work making it, someone makes a snide comment about it and it’s all worthless,” he says. “I’d have to go back and read it, if I really said that critics created disco. But I do know they created punk rock. There were just a bunch of critics who didn’t like music they couldn’t understand. So they demanded a kind of music they did understand, and could play. “That essentially was why all the critics, when punk rock came along, said, ‘Yeah, that’s what you’re supposed to play. You’re supposed to play like you don’t know how to play.’” But it’s not about the critics, after all. “I expect to learn new things as long as I live. Some people think you get to a certain point in life, and you know everything you’re supposed to know. You don’t have to go through the trouble of learning anything else. But I get a lot of pleasure out of discovering new things, especially things that I may not have known about myself,” Rundgren says. “Because the music over the years has evolved into my personal therapy. It’s taking ideas that are floating around in my head and concretize them. Make them into something real. And the process of doing that reveals to me the nature of what I’m thinking. Once I’ve objectified it and put it into a song, I can say, ‘Yeah, that makes sense...’ “Or conversely I can say, ‘What an idiot you are.’” I

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BÉLA FLECK BY BRANDON MARSHALL

he concept is simple: Put a droll, middle-aged guy with a banjo on his knee in command of the legendary stage where John Lennon, Bono, Bruce and Jimi rocked the world. For the artistic director of the Colorado Symphony, booking Béla Fleck as a Red Rocks headliner for the first time makes perfect, only-in-Colorado sense. The way Chief Artistic Officer at the Colorado Symphony, Tony Pierce, sees it, everyone will be there. The diehard bluegrass and jam rock fans love Fleck along with classical music aficionados and folk music folks. Fleck has created a uniquely large tent over the past three decades and has been nominated in more categories than any other musician in Grammy-award history. The many worlds of Béla Fleck converge May 30 in a celebration orchestrated by the Colorado Symphony. The cast will include Fleck’s wife, stellar clawhammer banjoist and vocalist Abigail Washburn, dobro virtuo-

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so Jerry Douglas, plus a super-sized version of the Flecktones. The Denver-based symphony will be led by conductor Scott O’Neill, who has held the baton for the banjoist’s many orchestral explorations, including a ground-breaking gig at the Telluride Bluegrass Festival and recording his orchestral works. “All of these musicians are the same kind of talent we see when we hire a guest who is a world class singer or violinist,” Pierce says. “Their playing is so effortless. They’re living legends.” Just another banjo player from New York For those who don’t know him, the New York City-raised Fleck recorded his first solo album at 19 with a young Jerry Douglas. “Béla has put himself in some really different places for a banjo player over the years,” Douglas says. In 1981, Fleck joined the progressive bluegrass band New Grass Revival led by Sam Bush. With Douglas, Bush, Edgar Meyer and Marc O’Connor, he was a member of the groundbreaking instrumental group Strength in Numbers. His bluegrass-jazz hybrid, the Flecktones, launched in the late ’80s, and he made his classical debut in 2001. That doesn’t include his many collaborations with world musicians ranging from Bruce Hornsby to I

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Toumani Diabaté. “Béla has done more for and with his instrument than anyone who has ever played it. Nobody else on Earth can pull that off,” says Douglas, who is credited with reinventing the twangy resophonic guitar. Douglas recalls the first time the bluegrass musicians recorded together. “Béla wanted to do this tune ‘Spain’ by Chick Corea and Return to Forever. That was interesting,” Douglas says. The two have been friends for 35 years, and for a while, even next-door neighbors near Nashville. Douglas has won 14 Grammys, played on more than 1,500 albums, and is a member of Alison Krauss and Union Station and leader of Jerry Douglas Presents the Earls of Leicester. “Béla thinks further outside the box musically than even I do,” Douglas says. “I was just in the studio with him. I looked at the music he had for me and I said: ‘I don’t know if know how to play this.’ He had to explain it because he had this musical

ON THE BILL: BELA FLECK — with the Colorado Symphony, the Flecktones, Jerry Douglas and Abigail Washburn. 7:30 p.m. May 30, Red Rocks Amphitheater, 18300 W. Alameda Parkway, and Washburn will explore the Morrison. Tickets: axs.com acoustic, blue-

idea in his head. When I finally listened to all the parts together I could hear it.” Pierce of the Colorado Symphony agrees that working with Fleck is always a positive challenge. “It’s not easy — this is tough, tricky stuff that Béla writes. The orchestra’s excited about playing with these guys. It’s fun but it’s not like a onerehearsal-and-go-to-the-concert-hall thing,” he says. One night only: The best of Béla The May 30 show is not part of a tour, just a one-time-only event for 10,000

lucky attendees. It’s at Red Rocks because Colorado has been virtually a second home for these musicians over the past 30-plus years. “Colorado has had its arms open for all of us right from the start,” Douglas says. Fleck and Douglas return in less than a month for the Telluride Bluegrass Festival. “The audience is going to get to see all the parts of Béla on one stage. This is as close as you can get to having everyone in his whole orbit in one place for three hours,” Douglas says. He, Fleck

grass side of the repertoire. This concert will be the first time the Flecktones have performed with an orchestra. They will be joined by onetime Flecktones saxophonist Jeff Coffin, now a member of the Dave Matthews Band. The orchestra will back Fleck in playing movements from his concertos as well as getting its star moment performing “big” lively pieces by Bernstein, Shostakovich and others, Pierce says. “There is no other show we’ll do this year that comes closer to fulfilling our central mission as an arts organization,” he says. “To reach out to new communities.” John Lehndorff has written about Colorado music for numerous publications since the late 1970s including Bluegrass Unlimited and Sensi Magazine.

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ood news, Longmont: The movies have returned to Main Street. You’ve probably seen the building about a hundred times: the Longmont Performing Arts Center at 513 Main St. It’s been there for years (since 1939, to be precise), and though it has undergone a few name changes, its role in the Longmont community is storied. And, as Faye Lamb, president of the Longmont Performing Arts Center, explains, the building is coming full circle and starting a new chapter thanks to the wishes of its previous owner, Richard Klein. “They didn’t have the money,” Lamb explains, referring to the Longmont Theatre Company (LTC), which purchased the building — then known as Trojan Theater, a shuttered movie house — in 1991. “[Klein] worked with them to make it happen.” That involved dropping the price of the building as an in-kind donation with the stipulation that the venue be called the Longmont Performing Arts Center and that it showed movies along with live performances. “28 years later,” Lamb says with a laugh, “we finally got the movie screen in.” BOULDER COUNTY’S INDEPENDENT VOICE

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the Longmont High School mascot. For the next 25 years, the Trojan Theater did well as a first-run movie house, but as businesses left Main Street — and moviegoers flocked to multiplexes elsewhere — so too did the Trojan’s patrons. In July 1986, the Trojan Theater closed once more, sitting vacant for five years until LTC came along, bought the facility from Klein and upgraded the theater. “They took out seats to make the thrusts out on the stage,” Lamb says. “And to bring the stage out,” adds Tracy Cravens, who handles marketing for both LTC and the New Trojan Movie House. “Usually, the stage in a movie theater is only 6 feet, so they brought it all the way out.” “We also took out the balconies,” Lamb continues. “So there’s been a lot of changes inside; the historical part is the outside.” Sitting 285 people comfortably, the Richard Klein Auditorium is a warm and welcoming space, perfect for both stage shows and movies. “We like to say it reaches out and hugs you,” Lamb says. “It’s a happy place.” “When the lights go off, and you’re sitting there ready for either a movie or a performance, you can just feel it come alive,” Cravens adds. But it didn’t happen overnight. As Lamb lightly jokes, it took 28 years to bring Klein’s wishes to fruition, and it wouldn’t have happened without the Longmont community and a bit of good luck. As Lamb explains, the “dream where live stage productions and movies are playing side-by-side,” started officially in 2015 with the “Raise the Screen” campaign. Then, in July 2016, the movie house showed Dear Eleanor — a comedic road movie set during the Cuban missile crisis and filmed mostly in Colorado — for two nights on a rented screen. Both nights sold out. “It really snowballed after that,” Cravens says. “Not only for movies,” Lamb interjects, “but for the stage production theater. It was like, ‘Oh, this is a really cool place. Let’s go there.’” A little bit of attention was all they needed. “I don’t want to be woo-wooey, but it was kind of like it was meant to be,” Lamb says. “We really went on faith. And it hap-

pened.” LEFT: The Trojan Theater gets a In October 2018, the new sign. New Trojan Movie House RIGHT: The New Trojan Movie and Art Cinema screened House welcomes the big screen in its first movie: 1931’s the Richard Klein Auditorium at the Dracula. Longmont Performing Arts Center. • • • • Since then, the New Trojan Movie House has sporadically screened a bevy of classics, from Dracula for Halloween to Miracle on 34th Street and It’s a Wonderful Life for Christmas. For Valentine’s Day, the movie house showed An Affair to Remember. To celebrate Easter, it was The Greatest Story Ever Told. And back in March, the movie house celebrated the year the Fox Theater opened with a slate of Hollywood movies from 1939. “We kind of found our market,” Cravens says of the movies that are connecting with the community. “We found what doesn’t work and what does work.” Going forward, the frequency of movie screenings will be somewhat sporadic but mostly on weekends. “At least once a month,” Lamb says. “It will probably start slower that way because we’re still getting [LTC, who hasn’t had to share the space] used to this.” Selecting the movies is an advisory committee of five — Lamb says she’s open to more if anyone would like to join — and the next series runs Memorial Day weekend, a slate of four John Hughes films: Weird Science, Pretty in Pink, The Breakfast Club and Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. Future series include everything from retrospectives on Marlene Dietrich and Anthony Hopkins to Spaghetti Westerns, Three Stooges comedies, the films of Alfred Hitchcock and on and on. Lamb is also open to working with local film festivals and filmmakers to exhibit their movies. The New Trojan Movie House is just getting started. Following this weekend’s John Hughes series, the movie house will screen Shaun the Sheep Movie on June 1 before going dark over the summer — LTC’s youth programming and Taste of Shakespeare takes over the auditorium. But, when the New Trojan Movie House returns in August, it does so with that oh-so-familiar space opera from a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away. “It’s working,” Lamb says with a smile. “Things are just falling into place.”

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FLASH MOUNTAIN FLOOD — ‘SPEAK OF HEAVEN’ ALBUM RELEASE — WITH KIND HEARTED STRANGERS, EXTRA GOLD. 8:30 P.M. FRIDAY, MAY 24, FOX THEATRE, 1135 13TH ST., BOULDER, 303-447-0095.

Playing more than 500 shows since 2015, Flash Mountain Flood has worked hard to become one of Colorado’s favorite, homegrown jam bands. With their fresh take on American roots music, diverse catalog of original music, and surprise covers at every show, Flash Mountain Flood’s music brings together music lovers of all ages and backgrounds.

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events ‘JULIET’ WORLD PREMIERE — LEMON SPONGE CAKE CONTEMPORARY BALLET. 7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 23, Boulder JCC, 6007 Oreg Ave., Boulder, 720-352-2903.

Critically-acclaimed choreographer Robert Sher-Machherndl takes inspiration from human behavior and interaction in a fast-paced digital age in his latest work Juliet. Meet characters Juliet, Hanna and Klaus-Maria as they take the audience on a powerful and emotional journey with themes of connection and disconnection to intolerant behavior. Award-winning architect Mike Moore created a floating light cube in the state-of-the-art gymnasium at the Boulder Jewish Community Center. The audience will sit around the illuminated shape while the performance takes place inside. A panel discussion follows the performance with perspectives on racial intolerance, the rise of anti-semitism, and the role of the artist in today’s society. Audience inclusion and participation encouraged. COURTESY OF LEMON SPONGE CAKE CONTEMPORARY BALLET

BOULDER COUNTY’S INDEPENDENT VOICE

BOULDER CREEK FESTIVAL.

BLUEBIRD MUSIC FESTIVAL FEATURING JIM JAMES.

2 p.m. Saturday, May 25, Macky Auditorium, 1595 Pleasant St., Boulder, 303-492-8423, bluebirdmusicfestival.org. TREYCADY AT THE ENGLISH WIKIPEDIA

Don’t miss out on either the afternoon or evening performance (or both!) for the second annual Bluebird Music Festival at Macky Auditorium. Jim James, of My Morning Jacket, and Langhorne Slim headline an all-star lineup for the evening show with solo, acoustic performances. Earlier in the day catch ‘Strings & Stories’ performances from Jim James, local troubadour Gregory Alan Isakov, Langhorne Slim and Daniel Rodriguez (of Elephant Revival).

MAY 23, 2019

10 a.m. May 25-27, Boulder Creek, between Arapahoe and Canyon (north and south) and between Ninth and 14th streets (east and west), Boulder, 303-658-0605. TEAM PLAYER PRODUCTIONS

Kickoff summer with the Boulder Creek Fest this Memorial Day weekend. There will be three stages of live music, eats from local food trucks, face painting, an artisan market full of beautiful handmade goods, fitness classes, a Fine Art Expo and carnival rides… and it’s all free. Buy tickets and head to the Beer and Craft Bazaar for the ultimate shop and sip experience with artists, makers, fashion trucks and unlimited beer and cider samplings. More info at bouldercreekfest.com. RSVP at https://bit.ly/2St28Ul

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FIGHTS OVER THE GREEN River’s water, and what’s going to happen to it in the future, are longstanding and only getting worse as the West gets hotter and drier and more people depend on the river with each passing year. Heather Hansman knew these fights were happening, but she felt driven to see them from a different perspective — from the river itself. ‘Downriver’ is the story of her journey, a foray into the present — and future — of water in the West. Hansman will speak about and sign her new book, ‘Downriver: Into the Future of Water in the West,’ on Wednesday, May 29 at 7:30 p.m.

Open Improv: Long Form. 7 p.m. Wesley Chapel, 1290 Folsom St., Boulder. World’s Best Books Bookclub — My Antonia. 7 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder.

FRIDAY, MAY 24 Open Poetry Reading. 10 p.m. Mercury Cafe, 2199 California St., Denver.

SATURDAY, MAY 25 Boulder Writing Dates. 9 a.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., Boulder. Minor Disturbance Weekly Workshop + Open Mic. 1 p.m. Prodigy Coffeehouse, 3801 E. 40th Ave., Denver. Poetry Night. 7 p.m. Firehouse Art Center, 667 Fourth Ave., Longmont, 303-651-2787.

SUNDAY, MAY 26 Sunday Night Poetry Slam. 7 p.m. Mercury Cafe, 2199 California St., Denver.

MONDAY, MAY 27 Kids Creative Writing Camp Week 1. 9 a.m. Boulder Writing Studio, 777 Pearl St., Suite

211, Boulder, boulderwritingstudio.com Mesa de Português. 4 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., Boulder. So, You’re a Poet. 8:45 p.m. Wesley Theater, 1290 Folsom St., Boulder.

TUESDAY, MAY 28 Tara Walker and T.J. McElmore. 6 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., Boulder.

Weekly Open Poetry Reading. 7 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., Boulder.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 29 Heather Hansman — Downriver. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder.

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THURSDAY, MAY 23

Events

Music

Comedian Carly Aquilino. 7:30 p.m. Denver Improv, 8246 Northfield Ave., Denver, 303307-1777. Through. May 25, denver.improv.com

Archive Transformed Final Event. 5 p.m. NoBo Corner Library, 4600 Broadway, Boulder, 303-441-3100. Bloodkin — with Daniella Katzir Band featuring Gabe Mervine, Brian McRae of Kyle Hollingsworth Band, Mike. 7:30 p.m. Cervantes Masterpiece, 2637 Welton St., Denver, 303-297-1772. Bodango. 9 p.m. Globe Hall, 4483 Logan St., Denver, 303-296-1003. Boulder Bach Festival: Sound of Romanticism. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Adventist Church, 345 Mapleton Ave., Boulder, 303-442-1522. Danny Shafer Duo. 6 p.m. The Tasty Weasel, 1800 Pike Road, Longmont, 303-776-1914. The Disco Biscuits: Bisco Inferno. 8 p.m. The Ogden Theatre, 935 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, 303-832-1874. Frenship. 8 p.m. Summit, 1902 Blake St., Denver, 303-487-0111.

Devastation on the Nation. 5 p.m. Roxy Theatre, 2549 Welton St., Denver, 720-242-9782.

Video Production Certificate Program. 9 a.m. Boulder Digital Arts, 1600 Range St., Boulder, 303-800-4647.

The Disco Biscuits: Bisco Inferno. 8 p.m. The Ogden Theatre, 935 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, 303-832-1874.

West Coast Swing Night! 7 p.m. Zenergy Dancesport, 6830 Broadway, Unit D, Denver, 661-433-1291.

Dominick Antonelli. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-201-3731.

FRIDAY, MAY 24

Away Team vs. The Home Team. 8 p.m. Globe Hall, 4483 Logan St., Denver, 303-296-1003.

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Davy Knowles. 8 p.m. Soiled Dove Underground, 7401 E. First Ave., Denver, 303-830-9214.

Dexter Payne Quintet Music of Brasil. 7:30 p.m. Muse Performance Space, 200 E. South Boulder Road, Lafayette, 720-352-4327.

Maoli. 8 p.m. Lost Lake, 3602 E. Colfax Ave., Denver.

Teresa Storch Band. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 Northpark Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757.

Crimson Burlesque presents: Swingtime Strut — with Stephen Brooks & The Pastie Players. 8 p.m. The Clocktower Cabaret, 1601 Arapahoe St., Denver, 303-293-0075.

Open Mic — with Tony Crank. 6 p.m. Bootstrap Brewing Company, 142 Pratt St., Longmont, 303-652-4186.

Music

Ravin’Wolf Acoustic Mountain Sagebrush Blues Duo. 6 p.m. Wibby Brewing, 209 Emery St., Longmont, 720-606-1734.

‘Juliet’ World Premiere — Lemon Sponge Cake Contemporary Ballet. 7:30 p.m. Boulder JCC, 6007 Oreg Ave., Boulder, 720-352-2903.

Grupo Chegando Lá and Francisco Marques. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-201-3731.

Mike and the Moonpies. 9 p.m. Hi-Dive Denver, 7 S. Broadway, Denver, 303-733-0230.

Hari Kondabolu. 7:30 p.m. Comedy Works, 1226 15th St., Denver, 303-595-3637. Through May 25, comedyworks.com

1000 14th St., Denver, 720-865-4220. Through May 26, coloradosymphony.org

Antonio Lopez Band. 8 p.m. Walnut Room, 3131 Walnut St., Denver, 303-295-1868.

‘Bella Gaia/Beautiful Earth.’ 9 p.m. Fiske Planetarium, 2414 Regent Drive, Boulder, 303-492-5002. Ben Hanna. 6:30 p.m. Still Cellars, 1115 Colorado Ave., Longmont, 720-204-6064. Carmina Burana conducted by Brett Mitchell. 7:30 p.m. Boettcher Concert Hall, I

Dragondeer — with A.J. Fullerton. 6 p.m. Levitt Pavilion, 1380 W. Florida Ave., Denver, 303-578-0488. Dwarf Planets. 8 p.m. Bluff Street Bar & Billiards, 2690 28th St., Boulder, 720-318-4232. Fareed Haque’s Flat Earth Ensemble. 7 p.m. Caffè Sole, 637 S. Broadway St., Boulder, 303-499-2985. Second performance on Saturday, May 25. Felonious Smith Trio. 7:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Tap Room, 921 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-776-1914. Flash Mountain Flood: ‘Speak of Heaven’ Album Release. 8:30 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-447-0095. BOULDER COUNTY’S INDEPENDENT VOICE

Memorial Day Weekend Specials

FILMS Gonzalo Teppa Band. 7 p.m. Caffè Sole, 637 S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-499-2985.

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The Greeting Committee. 9 p.m. Larimer Lounge, 2721 Larimer St., Denver, 303-291-1007.

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Hangman’s Hymnal. 8:30 p.m. Lost Lake, 3602 E. Colfax Ave., Denver.

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Hazel Miller Band. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 Northpark Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757.

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Jim, Jimi & Janis: A Psychedelic DJ Tribute To The Doors, Hendrix. 9 p.m. Owsley’s Golden Road, 1301 Broadway St., Boulder, 720-849-8458.

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Kirtan Chanting — with Amy Biondo. 7 p.m. Elevated Yoga Studio, 324 Main St., Suite A, Longmont, 720-600-2696. The Lao Tizer Quartet featuring Eric Marienthal. 6:30 p.m. Dazzle at Baur’s, 1512 Curtis St., Denver, 303-839-5100. Laser Beastie Boys. 10:30 p.m. Fiske Planetarium, 2414 Regent Drive, Boulder, 303-492-5002. Laurie D. 6 p.m. Kettle & Spoke Brewery, 2500 47th St., Unit 12, Boulder. The Moonlit Wild. 9 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-201-3731. Music and Movement. 10 a.m. Louisville Public Library, 951 Spruce St., Louisville, 303-335-4849. My Blue Sky performs The Allman Brothers Band’s ‘Eat A Peach.’ 7 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 720-297-6397. Nalani Trio. 6 p.m. Bootstrap Brewing Company, 142 Pratt St., Longmont, 303-652-4186. Riverside. 8 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030. The Soundpost Session: Andrea von Kampen & Andrew Sturtz. 7:30 p.m. La Vita Bella Cafe, 471 Main St., Longmont, 720-204-4525. Strangebyrds. 5 p.m. The Tasty Weasel, 1800 Pike Road, Longmont, 303-776-1914. Tea Leaf Green. 7:30 p.m. The Caribou Room, 55 Indian Peaks Drive, Nederland, 303-258-3637. Tonight We Rise, Wake Me. 7 p.m. Marquis Theatre, 2009 Larimer St., Denver, 303-487-0111. Upstate — with Emma Mayes & The Hip, Plain Faraday. 9 p.m. Cervantes’ Other Side, 2637 Welton St., Denver, 303-297-1772. Events Dragon-Shakti Breathwork + Aquatic Dance — Overnight Option. 4:30 p.m. Mermaid Temple of the Womb, 18 Meadowland Court, Nederland. Through May 25, with a second overnight option. SATURDAY, MAY 25 Music The ’Cats. 8 p.m. Por Wine House, 836 1/2 Main St., Louisville, 720-666-1386. BOULDER COUNTY’S INDEPENDENT VOICE

Thursday, May 23 ‘Mondo Hollywood.’ 6 p.m. NoBo Corner Library, 4600 Broadway, Boulder, 303-441-3100. ‘The Heiresses.’ 2 and 7 p.m. Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. ‘Meeting Gorbachev.’ 4:30 p.m. Boedecker. ‘Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors.’ 7 p.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100. ‘Weird Science.’ 7 p.m. Longmont Performing Arts Center, Trojan Movie House, 513 Main St., Longmont, 303-772-5200. Friday, May 24 ‘Hagazussa.’ 8:45 p.m. Boedecker. ‘The Heiresses.’ 4 p.m. Boedecker. ‘Meeting Gorbachev.’ 2 and 6:30 p.m. Boedecker.

‘Pretty in Pink.’ 7 p.m. Longmont Performing Arts Center. Saturday, May 25 ‘The Breakfast Club.’ 7 p.m. Longmont Performing Arts Center. ‘The Heiresses.’ 3:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. Boedecker. ‘Meeting Gorbachev.’ 6 p.m. Boedecker. Sunday, May 26 ‘Faust ROH.’ 1 p.m. Boedecker. ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.’ 2 p.m. Longmont Performing Arts Center. Wednesday, May 29 ‘Faust ROH.’ 1 p.m. Boedecker. ‘Nureyev.’ 7 p.m. Boedecker. ‘Red Joan.’ 4:30 p.m. Boedecker.

THURSDAY MAY 23 7:00 PM

WE ARE STARS 9:00 PM

LASER STRANGER THINGS FRIDAY MAY 24

3rd String All Stars. 5 p.m. Ophelia’s Electric Soapbox, 1215 20th St., Denver, 303-993-8023.

Faculty Recital: Music of America. 7:30 p.m. Center for Musical Arts, 200 E. Baseline Road, Lafayette, 303-665-0599.

88GLAM: Twin Turbo Tour 2019. 8 p.m. Marquis Theatre, 2009 Larimer St., Denver, 303-487-0111.

The Famous Men. 4:30 p.m. The Tasty Weasel, 1800 Pike Road, Longmont, 303-776-1914.

African Dance Roots of Blues and Slow Jazz: Dance Workshop. 10 a.m. South High School, 1700 E. Louisiana Ave., Denver.

Flowalition, McAd, Indigenous Peoples and More. 7 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 720-297-6397.

Bluebird Music Festival featuring Jim James. 6 p.m. Macky Auditorium, 1595 Pleasant St., Boulder, 303-492-8423.

Jello Biafra’s Incredibly Strange Dance Party - Memorial Day Edition! 9 p.m. Lion’s Lair Lounge, 2022 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, 303-320-9200.

Combo Chimbita. 9 p.m. Hi-Dive Denver, 7 S. Broadway, Denver, 303-733-0230. The Dale Cisek Band. 6 p.m. Bootstrap Brewing Company, 142 Pratt St., Longmont, 303-652-4186. Dance with a Doc! — Free Saturday Morning Dance Gatherings. 10 a.m. Harlow Platts Community Park, 1360 Gillaspie Drive, Boulder, 720-971-1972. Definitely Mary Ann. 8 p.m. The Wild Game, 2251 Ken Pratt Blvd., Unit A, Longmont, 720-600-4875. I

Jorja Smith, Kali Uchis. 7 p.m. Fillmore Auditorium, 1510 Clarkson St., Denver, 303-837-0360.

7:00 PM

BLACK HOLES: THE OTHER SIDE OF INFINITY 9:00 PM

BELLA GAIA BEAUTIFUL EARTH 10:30 PM

LASER BEASTIE BOYS 11:59 PM

Lavender Jones, MoonRadish. 8 p.m. Globe Hall, 4483 Logan St., Denver, 303-296-1003.

LASER FLOYD: DARK SIDE OF THE MOON

Little Song Circle for Infants and Toddlers: 2nd and 4th. 9:30 a.m. Wesley Chapel, 1290 Folsom St., Boulder, 303-443-3934.

(Next to Coors Event Center, main campus CU Boulder)

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Fiske Planetarium - Regent Drive www.colorado.edu/fiske 303-492-5002 I

BOULDER WEEKLY CELEBRATES BEST OF BOULDER COUNTY 2019

Column 1: (Top) Troy Kilgore of Hapa Sushi Grill & Sake Bar with his very special guest. Hapa won gold for Best Japanese and Best Sushi along with a bronze for best Asian Fusion. (Middle) Brown Townsend (left) came along with Hoshi Motors owner Brandon Bowman to pick up the gold certificate for Best Auto Service. (Bottom) Eliza Marks of Lucky’s Market needed to double bag Lucky’s haul, which included a gold for Best Grocery Store, a silver award for Best Natural Foods, and a silver for Best Bakery.

Column 2: (Top) Abel Villacorta (left), with Mr. and Mrs. Boulder Weekly, Mari Nevar and Stewart Sallo. (Middle) Bradford McDevitt and his crew had a good time. Bradford’s the one holding McDevitt Taco Supply’s gold award for Best Food Truck. McDevitt also won the write-in awards for Best Mexican Food and Best Margarita while grabbing a bronze for Best Catering. (Bottom) Bolder Pilates owner/founder Donna Ligon and her talented group won for Best Palates Studio.

Column 3: (Top) Keith Hurdle and his daughter and fourth generation of Hurdle’s Jewelry, mak continues to win gold for Best Jewelry Store y Ashley Patchen and her fun-loving gang at Alc brought home the gold for Best Dance Studio.

Hurdle and his daughter Nicole represent the third of Hurdle’s Jewelry, making sure that Hurdle’s for Best Jewelry Store year after year. (Bottom) er fun-loving gang at Alchemy of Movement d for Best Dance Studio.

2019 Column 5: (Top) Acupuncture Clinic of Boulder’s owner/ founder Erin Pass (left) and company picked up the gold for Best Acupuncture. (Middle) Jacob Overton, Jason Brown, Jack Barnhardt and Blake Jones were shining bright as Namaste Solar picked up the top prize for Best Solar Systems. (Bottom) Derby Jost and Shauna McCarthy were all smiles after picking up Alchemy Face Bar’s gold award for Best Skin Care Services.

Column 4: (Top) BW’s owner/publisher Stewart Sallo hanging with 2019’s Best Local Celebrity award winner, aka Colorado Governor Jared Polis. (Bottom) Pedestrian Shop’s Zoe Polk showing off the gold award for Best Shoe Store.

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EACH MEMBER OF the Bliss family has privately invited guests for the weekend, unbeknownst to anyone else. As the guests arrive, it becomes clear that it is not they who will be the problem, but the family themselves. ‘Hay Fever,’ presented by Germinal Stage, takes a shrewd, farcical look at a dysfunctional family oblivious to their illmannered behavior. Now playing at the John Hand Theater in Denver through June 8.

Beauty and the Beast. BDT Stage, 5501 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder. Through Sept. 21.

The Language Archive. Vintage Theatre, 1468 Dayton St., Aurora. Through June 16.

Queen of Conspiracy. Miners Alley, 1224 Washington Ave., Golden. Through June 23.

Between Us. Denver Center for Performing Arts Off Center, 1101 13th St., Denver. Through May 26.

Magnets on the Fridge. Buntport Theater, 717 Lipan St., Denver. Shows the first Wednesday of the month from February-June.

Sanctions. Curious Theater Company, 1018 Acoma St., Denver. Through June 15.

The Boys in the Band. Vintage Theatre, 1468 Dayton St., Aurora. Through May 26.

Oliver. Candlelight Dinner Playhouse, 4747 Marketplace Drive, Johnstown. Through May 26.

Hay Fever — presented by Germinal Stage. John Hand Theater, 7653 East First Place, Denver. Through June 8.

Pygmalion — by George Bernard Shaw. Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder. Through May 26.

Something is Rotten. Buntport Theater, 717 Lipan St., Denver. Opens May 24. Through June 1. Wicked. DCPA Broadway, Buell Theatre, 1101 13th St., Denver. Through June 9. The Wizard of Oz. Jesters Dinner Theatre, 224 Main St., Longmont. Through July 7.

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Miguel Espinoza Flamenco Fusion. 7 p.m. Dazzle at Baur’s, 1512 Curtis St., Denver, 303-839-5100. Pan Astral. 9 p.m. Lost Lake, 3602 E. Colfax Ave., Denver. Pieces Of A Dream. 10 p.m. Soiled Dove Underground, 7401 E. First Ave., Denver, 303-830-9214. The Rabbit’s Atom. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-201-3731. Robert Johnson Sings the Blues. 7 p.m. Wesley Foundation Untd Methodist, 1290 Folsom St., Boulder, 303-443-3934. The S Band — with Art Lande. 7 p.m. Caffè Sole, 637 S. Broadway St., Boulder, 303-499-2985. Sons of Genesis & Paradise Theater. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 Northpark Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757. The Spirit of the Beehive. 9 p.m. Larimer Lounge, 2721 Larimer St., Denver, 303-2911007. Strings & Stories at The Bluebird Music Festival. 2 p.m. Macky Auditorium Concert Hall, 1595 Pleasant St., Boulder. 34

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Taylor Maxwell. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628. Tommy the Animal. 9 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-201-3731. A Tribute to Allman Brothers Band by The Family Peach featuring Vaylor Trucks, Melody Trucks, Jeff Franca. 9 p.m. Cervantes Masterpiece, 2637 Welton St., Denver, 303-297-1772. Upstate. 8:30 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-447-0095. Whole Lotta Shakin in the Park Dance Party — with Mile High Soul Club. 6 p.m. Levitt Pavilion, 1380 W. Florida Ave., Denver, 303-578-0488. Xavier Wulf: The HollowSquad Tour — with Beau Young Prince, Marty Grimes, Reco Havoc, Indigo Ace. 8:30 p.m. Cervantes Masterpiece, 2637 Welton St., Denver, 303-297-1772. Events Ali Wong: The Milk & Money Tour. 7 p.m. Paramount Denver, 1621 Glenarm Place, Denver, 303-623-0106.

Auditions: The Amazing Bratrace. 1 p.m. Lafayette Public Library, 775 W. Baseline Road, Lafayette, 303-444-4479. Boulder Creek Festival. 10 a.m. Boulder Creek, between Arapahoe and Canyon (north and south) and between Ninth and 14th (east and west), Boulder, 303-658-0605. Through May 27. Colorado Ballet Academy presents ‘Giselle.’ 1 p.m. Ellie Caulkins Opera House, 1101 13th St., Denver, 720-865-4220. Denver Arts Festival. 10 a.m. Conservatory Green, 8304 E. 49th Place, Denver. Drop In Tech Help. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100. Karaoke. 8 p.m. Bluff Street Bar & Billiards, 2690 28th St., Boulder, 303-444-1562. Opening Reception: Discarded Jewels — with Susie Biehl. 5:30 p.m. Art Parts, 2860 Bluff St., Boulder. Relationsh*t. 9 p.m. Grafenberg Theater, 1223 21st St., Denver, 303-803-8894. see EVENTS Page 36

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arts SUSIE BIEHL, PHOTO COURTESY OF DENISE PERREAULT SUSIE BIEHL’S art is a raucous, no-holds-barred extravagance of discarded organic and man-made materials. An amalgam of textures, shapes and colors from the creek to the construction site boldly integrate to form 2D and 3D pieces that are imaginative, tactile, bold and highly original. ‘Discarded Jewels’ is showing at Boulder’s Bricolage Gallery May 24-July 6.

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.

Evan Cantor, New Work (oil paintings). Seeds Cafe (Boulder Public Library), 1001 Arapaho Ave., Boulder. Through June 26 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. 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.

The Art Of Resilience: Nicaraguan Perspectives. Museum of Boulder, 2205 Broadway, Boulder. Through June 3.

EYES ON: Jonathan Saiz. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver. Through Nov. 17.

Colorado’s Most Significant Artifacts. Lyons Redstone Museum, 340 High St., Lyons. Ongoing exhibit.

Jordan Casteel: Returning the Gaze. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver. Through Aug. 18.

Discarded Jewels: Found Object Art by Susie Biehl. Bricolage Gallery, at Art Parts Creative Reuse Center, 2860 Bluff St., Boulder. Through July 6.

Mothers, Fathers, Sons & Daughters. Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder. Through June 16.

Don Coen: The Migrant Series. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., Boulder. Through May 27.

Nicole Banowtz: Concerning Plants. Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder. Through June 16.

Documenting Change: Our Climate, the Rockies. CU Art Museum, 1085 18th St., Boulder. Through May 2019.

Norman Rockwell: Imagining Freedom. Denver Art Museum, Anschutz Gallery, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver. Through Aug. 23.

Eyes On: Erika Harrsch. Denver Art Museum, Hamilton Building, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver. Through Nov. 17.

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. Serious Play: Design in Midcentury America. Denver Art Museum, Anschutz Gallery, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver. 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. Vibrant Femmes: Suspended Devotions. Firehouse Art Center, 667 Fourth Ave., Longmont. Through June 8. Water Flow: Under the Colorado River. Longmont Museum, 400 Quail Road, Longmont. Through May 26. World War II Diary Transcribed at the Museum. Lyons Redstone Museum, 340 High St., Lyons. Ongoing exhibit.

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2019 Rocky Mountain Pinball Showdown and Gameroom Expo. 11 a.m. Denver Marriott Tech Center, 4900 S. Syracuse St., Denver, 303-938-9889. Through May 27. Saturday Morning Groove. 10:30 a.m. Free Motion Dance Studio, 2126 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-379-8299. Spanish/English Storytime: Read and Play in Spanish. 10:15 a.m. NoBo Corner Library, 4600 Broadway, Boulder, 303-441-4250. SUNDAY, MAY 26 Music Afton Showcase — with JR Tycoon. 6:30 p.m. Cervantes’ Other Side, 2637 Welton St., Denver, 303-297-1772. 36

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Blues & BBQ Series: Jenn Cleary. 2 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 720-297-6397. Bootstrap LOCO Ukulele Jam. 2 p.m. Bootstrap Brewing Company, 142 Pratt St., Longmont, 303-652-4186. Boulder Concert Band Memorial Weekend Concert. 11:30 a.m. Boulder Bandshell, 1212 Canyon Blvd., Boulder, 303-478-3044. Boulder Concert Band: Memorial Weekend Salute to Veterins Concert. 11:30 a.m. Central Park, Boulder. Cassie B Project. 9 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.

Chris Dismuke. 3 p.m. The Tasty Weasel, 1800 Pike Road, Longmont, 303-776-1914. Greg Kavna. 9 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-201-3731. Midnight Tyrannosaurus. 8 p.m. Summit, 1902 Blake St., Denver, 303-487-0111. Mike Massé. 7 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 Northpark Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757. Registration for Sing the World Green Music Camp. 12 a.m. Unitarian Universalist Church of Boulder, 5001 Pennsylvania Ave., Boulder, 720-387-9182. see EVENTS Page 38

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EVENTS from Page 36

The Rolling Stones: 2019 No Filter Tour. 7:30 p.m. Broncos Stadium at Mile High, 1701 Bryant St., Denver, 720-258-3000. Rum Creek Trio. 8 p.m. Globe Hall, 4483 Logan St., Denver, 303-296-1003. Samba Colorado Presents: Roots of Samba. 7 p.m. The Clocktower Cabaret, 1601 Arapahoe St., Denver, 303-293-0075. Tea Leaf Green — with The Jive Tribe. 5 p.m. Levitt Pavilion, 1380 W. Florida Ave., Denver, 303-578-0488. Tough Old Bird. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-201-3731. Voz de la Clave + Signature Guitar Ensemble. 6:30 p.m. Dazzle at Baur’s, 1512 Curtis St., Denver, 303-839-5100. Events Boulder Comedy Show. 7 and 9:15 p.m. Bohemian Biergarten, 2017 13th St., Boulder, 720-767-2863. Go Club for Kids & Teens. 2 p.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100. Hawaiian Hula Classes. 5 p.m. A Place to B, 1750 30th St., Unit 64, Boulder, 303-440-8007. MONDAY, MAY 27 Music The Backyard Revival. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-201-3731. Blue Grass Mondays. 7:30 p.m. 12Degree Brewing, 820 Main St., Louisville, 720-638-1623. Midday Music Meditations @ Meadows. Noon. Meadows Branch Library, 4800 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-441-3100. Motown On Mondays. 7 p.m. Ophelia’s Electric Soapbox, 1215 20th St., Denver, 303-993-8023. Events

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10th Annual Memorial Day Event. Noon. Carousel of Happiness, 20 Lakeview Drive, Nederland. Boulder Ramblers Walk the Bolder Boulder! 8:45 a.m. Starbucks, 2400 Baseline Road, Boulder.

Liz Marvin. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-201-3731. Marianas Trench: Suspending Gravity Tour. 7 p.m. Summit, 1902 Blake St., Denver, 303-487-0111. Open Mic. 9 p.m. Pioneer Inn, 15 E. First St., Nederland, 303-258-7733. Open Mic. 3 p.m. Vic’s Espresso, 1055 Courtesy Road, Louisville. Primitive Man, Full of Hell, Genocide Pact, In the Company of Serpents. 8 p.m. Syntax Physic Opera, 554 S. Broadway, Denver, 720-456-7041. Sebadoh — with Flower. 8 p.m. Globe Hall, 4483 Logan St., Denver, 303-296-1003. Secrets: Fragile Figures Anniversary Tour. 7 p.m. Marquis Theatre, 2009 Larimer St., Denver, 303-487-0111. Tyler Adams and Caton Sollenberger. 9 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-201-3731. Events All Ages Storytime. 10:15 a.m. George Reynolds Branch Library, 3595 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, 303-441-3120. Around the World Storytime. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100; NoBo Corner Library, 4600 Broadway, Boulder, 303-441-4250. Boulder World Affairs Discussion Group. 10 a.m. Meadows Branch Library, 4800 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-441-3100. Comedy Open Mic. 7 p.m. Vapor Distillery, 5311 Western Ave., Unit 180, Boulder, 303-997-6134. Conscious Dance. 8 p.m. Alchemy of Movement, 2436 30th St., Boulder, 303-931-1500.

Mindful Moving Workshop and DANCEmandala. 4 p.m. The Vali Soul Sanctuary, 6717 Valmont Road, Boulder.

Conversations in English Tuesdays. 12:30 p.m. Meadows Branch Library, 4800 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-441-3100.

Movement Mondays. 7 p.m. Free Motion Dance Studio, 2126 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-379-8299.

Gym Show. Airborne Dance, 1816 Boston Ave., Longmont, 303-684-3717.

Music David Beckingham. 9 p.m. Lost Lake, 3602 E. Colfax Ave., Denver. MAY 23, 2019

Kids Summer Ukulele Camp | May 28-31. 10:30 a.m. Harmony Music House, 2525 Broadway St., Boulder, 303-444-7444.

Conversations in English Tuesdays. 6 p.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.

TUESDAY, MAY 28

Jessica Jones Project. 10 p.m. Owsley’s Golden Road, 1301 Broadway St., Boulder, 720-849-8458.

Legit Knits @ MAIN. 4:30 p.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.

Spanish/English Storytime: Read and Play in Spanish. 10:15 a.m. NoBo Corner Library, 4600 Broadway, Boulder, 303-441-4250.

Face Vocal Band. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 Northpark Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757.

Improv Cabaret. 7:30 p.m. Bovine Metropolis Theater, 1527 Champa St., Denver, 303-758-4722. Lap Babies. 9:15 a.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100;10:15 a.m. Meadows Branch Library, 4800 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-441-3100.

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2 p.m. Sunday, May 26, Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 720-297-6397.

FROM JOYFUL GROOVES THAT make you smile and dance, to soulful ballads that might just bring a tear to your eye, Jenn Cleary has an impressive catalog of songs that showcase her thoughtful songwriting and vibrant on-stage persona. Her 2010 album, ‘Back to the Wheel,’ was a finalist for Colorado Blues Society’s best self-produced album. Cleary lives in Boulder and has just released her third album ‘Blues Full of Heart,’ a collection of crowd favorites from Janis Joplin to Stephen Stills to John Prine. We don’t suggest missing this intimate performance at Dicken’s, but if you do, Cleary can be found rocking festival stages all along the Front Range with her band, entertaining at Colorado Rockies games, jammin’ with blues harp player Mad Dog Friedman, or playing solo at intimate house concerts.

Out Boulder County Gender Support Group — Longmont. 6:30 a.m. Out Boulder County, 630 Main St., Longmont, 303-499-5777. WEDNESDAY, MAY 29 Music Amasa Hines. 8 p.m. Globe Hall, 4483 Logan St., Denver, 303-296-1003. Assuming We Survive. 6 p.m. Moon Room, 1902 Blake St., Denver, 303-487-0111. Bitterroot. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-201-3731. Blues Night. 10 p.m. Pioneer Inn, 15 E. First St., Nederland, 303-258-7733. Bourbon & Blues — with 50 Shades of Blue. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 Northpark Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757. Chronologue (Single Release). 8 p.m. Lost Lake, 3602 E. Colfax Ave., Denver. Church Of Misery. 9 p.m. Larimer Lounge, 2721 Larimer St., Denver, 303-291-1007. Drop-in Acoustic Jam. 6 p.m. 300 Suns Brewing, 335 First Ave., Unit C, Longmont, 720-442-8292. RE:Search featuring Homemade Spaceship (EP Release) — with Special Guest Pigeon Hole, Kyral with Banko. 8:30 p.m. Cervantes’ Other Side, 2637 Welton St., Denver. Shady Grove Season Pass. 6:30 p.m. Four Mile Historic Park, 715 S. Forest St., Denver, 720-865-0800. Skeletonwitch. 7 p.m. Marquis Theatre, 2009 Larimer St., Denver, 303-487-0111.

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Events BeeChicas: Meet the Bees and Hold a Drone! 4 p.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100. BoulderReads Tutor Roundtable. 2 p.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100. Conversations in English Wednesdays. 10:30 a.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100. Cosmology and Modern Physics. 6 p.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100. Lap Babies. 11:15 a.m. NoBo Corner Library, 4600 Broadway, Boulder, 303-441-4250. Mad Scientist Day: Houses of the Three Little Pigs. 4 p.m. George Reynolds Branch Library, 3595 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, 303-441-3120. Musical Storytime. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100. Rachel Bradley. 7:30 p.m. Comedy Works, 1226 15th St., Denver, 303-595-3637. STEAM Storytime. 10:15 a.m. Meadows Branch Library, 4800 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-441-3100. Wobblers & Walkers. 9:15 a.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-4413100; 10:15 a.m. George Reynolds Branch Library, 3595 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, 303-441-3120.

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Saturday June 8

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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

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Saturday May 25

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Scott laW & roSS JaMeS’ coSMic tWang feat nicki BluHM, keitH MoSeley & aleX koford W/ tHe HiggS

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W/ BloSSoMn, andreW rotHScHild & tHe Moon frog Band

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c.H.a.y. (dirtyBird/ Mau5traP) & kyle Walker (Bite tHiS! / inSoMniac) W/ andy iMMerMan, Mikey tHunder & Jordan Polovina

tHurSday June 6

official BreWgraSS MuSic & Beer feStival Pre-Party

circuS no. 9 & fireSide collective (Patio Set) W/ BuncH of StrangerS (Patio Set)

friday June 7

aMoraMora & Pickin’ on HiPPieS – BluegraSS triBute to PHiSH, Panic, allManS, Moe. & dead W/ ruBy Hill & SHovelin Stone (Patio Set)

Saturday June 8

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feat JoHn “JoJo” HerMan (WideSPread Panic), eric Mcfadden (ParliaMent funkadelic) – WideSPread Panic red rockS after SHoW

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Jon Stickley trio

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Saturday July 27

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by Jennifer Carr Sunlight’s fingered rays reaching through the clouds tired of being cold I turn my eyes toward the deep blue skies yearning to break free from this Santa Fe world there is no distinction between living with him and living with his lies a hundred chances later some things never change but some things never stay the same is this spring fever or a second chance a small idea stretches into an epic daydream somewhere lost but finding myself in the Colorado Rocky Mountains moving my soul some spirit is speaking to me or maybe I’m just hearing things as I gaze up towards the sun the brightness overwhelms my body as I squint to see the truth when I close my eyes I’m lost in my thoughts until the wind rushes by the coolness snaps me back to where I stand today there’s hundreds of miles left on the road to travel before some dreams can ever become a reality

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ON THE BILL: ome movies are better left misunderstood. A Long ‘LONG DAY’S Day’s Journey Into Night might be one of those JOURNEY INTO movies. Sure, if you wanted to, you could noodle NIGHT.’ Opens May out the plot, the main characters’ desires and what it 24, Landmark Mayan Theatre, 110 all means. Or, you can surrender yourself to the Broadway, Denver. story, sitting in aesthetic arrest for the movie’s 138-minute runtime, as the images wash over you. For some, the whole experience will be like water off a duck’s back. For others, those dark and moody images will echo in the soul for years to come. Written and directed by 29-year-old Chinese wunderkind, Bi Gan, Long Day’s Journey Into Night is a ghost story of sorts, a noir-soaked dream and an ungraspable memory all rolled into one. The story centers on Luo Hongwu (Huang Jue), a man who has returned to his hometown of Kaili City in the Guizhou province. Everything here is weathered and worn. The paint has chipped off phones and walls, the upholstery is cracked and the roof is so leaky it serves no purpose in a rainstorm. What brings Luo home is a death, a death that triggers memories of another death. In the middle of this, Luo’s thoughts wander to a woman, Wan Qiwen (Tang Wei), a past love Luo was never able to shake. He searches for her, wandering the streets looking for a figment of his imagination. He goes to the movies, slides on his 3D glasses and... the movie’s title comes up, one-hour in. What follows this unusual interjection is the movie’s final shot: a 58-minute single take of Luo’s search moving from memory to reality. Like all single takes, there is a palpable tension the longer the shot goes on. When will it break and what will break it hangs over the action like the sword of Damocles. The camera follows, leads, swirls, soars (literally), glides and rides. It traverses no less than a half-dozen sets and observes at least two-dozen characters. It boggles the mind to wonder how Gan technically achieved this shot. When Long Day’s Journey Into Night debuted at 2018’s Cannes Film Festival, the 58-minute shot was also presented in 3D — hence Luo’s glasses. For moviegoers in the Centennial State, Long Day’s Journey Into Night is rolling out into art-house theaters and will be presented in 2D. But the intent of the 58-minute single take remains: The first half of the movie was then, the second half is now. This shot also clues the audience into the meaning of the title, which bears little similarity to Eugene O’Neill’s Pulitzer-winning play of the same name. The original Chinese title translates to Last Evening on Earth, which is fine but doesn’t quite capture the movie’s core. Like some of the best noir films, Long Day’s Journey Into Night captures the ominous fear of sunlit days slipping into endless nights, of the allure of memory and the looseness of logic. Few noirs make perfect sense. They don’t need to; feelings rarely require rationality. They’re just something you feel, deep down in your bones and nothing can disprove them, not even the truth. BOULDER COUNTY’S INDEPENDENT VOICE

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Mapping the route to the state’s tastiest roadside baked goods

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I see nothing wrong in setting an itinerary based around baked goods. I’ve planned vacation road trip routes based almost strictly on stops at family bakeries for cinnamon rolls. I say “almost” because I was also researching pies. Visit in the morning and you get to know the folks who actually inhabit a place. It’s a relief to get away from the chain-eatery sameness. Driving around Colorado, I make a point to track down true local bakeries. Think of the following list of places outside the Boulder area as a sort of app, a GPS (general pastry service) for tasty stops. These are the ones I’d head back to in a heartbeat, including a few that are new, or new to me.

AURORA Cuba Bakery & Cafe: Love the guava and cheese pastelitos, sweet yeasted breads, pineapple empanadas and hard-tofind Cuban dishes. 15028 E. Mississippi Ave., Aurora, 303-752-2822. Also: Daniel’s of Paris French Bakery (danielsofparis.com). GOLDEN Grateful Bread Co.: Get in line early for dark chocolate babka rolls. This great bakery is only open Saturdays 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m. with sourdough breads, baguettes, pastries and pretzels, plus house-milled corn, wheat and rye flours. 425 Violet St., Golden, gratefulbread.com/retail.html. LAKEWOOD Giovanni’s Italian Bakery & Cafe: Housebaked pignoli cookies, cream puffs, cannoli, raspberry twists, elephant ears and almond

biscotti. 13019 W. Alameda Parkway, Lakewood, 720-535-4260. Also in Lakewood: Taste of Denmark (tasteofdenmark.net).

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DENVER Rosenberg’s Kosher: Firstclass traditional bakery with water bagels, bialys, marble rye bread, hammentaschen and mandlebrot plus schmears, smoked fish and salads. 942 S. Monaco Parkway, Denver, rosenbergskosher.com. Tokyo Premium Bakery: Exceptionally crafted, French-inspired Japanese tarts, doughnut twists, pistachio cream cheese croissant and curry buns. 1540 S. Pearl St., Denver, tokyopremiumbakery.com. Also in Denver: D Bar Denver (dbardenver.com), Denver Bread Co. (thedenverbreadcompany.com); Celestial Chinese Bakery, 333 S. Federal Blvd.; Trompeau Bakery (trompeau-bakery.com); Istanbul Cafe & Bakery, 850 S. Monaco Parkway. Also notable in the Denver metro are: Rheinlander Bakery, Arvada (rheinlanderbakery.com); Dolce Sicilia, Wheat Ridge (dolcesicilia. co); Royal Bakery, 9606 Ralston Road, Arvada. FORT COLLINS Ginger and Baker: Set in a see NIBBLES Page 46

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rehabbed feed store, the hip, old-fashioned bakery/cafe crafts first-class breads, gingerbread, sweet rolls, cakes, cookies and coconut pies. Don’t miss the green chile Cheddar hand pies and pecan sticky buns. 359 Linden St., Fort Collins, gingerandbaker.com. BRECKENRIDGE La Francaise: There’s nothing new at this French-run bakery and that means nothing but classic buttery raisin brioche, éclairs, beignets, chocolate raspberry Paris and lemon meringue tarts. 411 S. Main St., Breckenridge, lafrancaiseco. com. Also in Summit County: Blue Moon Bakery, Silverthorne (bluemoonbakery. net); Butterhorn Bakery and Cafe, Frisco (butterhornbakery.com). AVON Northside Coffee & Kitchen: Look for chai and maple bacon cake doughnuts, and worth-the-drive, oversized, housebaked, toasted English muffins with butter and honey. 20 Nottingham Road, Avon, thenorthsidekitchen.com. MONTROSE Daily Bread: Blissfully hipster-free shop with fruit pies, peach turnovers, chocolate peanut butter cookies and humongous raisin cinnamon rolls. 346 E. Main St., Montrose, 970-249-8444. TELLURIDE Baked in Telluride: Hipsters abound here, but so does bliss. After a long drive, there is every sort of sweet and savory baked and fried treat including potato knish, doughnuts and bagels. 127 S. Fir St., Telluride, bakedintel.com. GRAND JUNCTION Homestyle Bakery: Honestly, you could visit this place every morning for a week and not dent the selection of downto-Earth cinnamon swirl bread, muffins and morning rings. Must-taste item: Fried peach hand pies. 924 N. Seventh St., Grand Junction, homestylebakerygj.com. In the Grand Junction area: Slice O’ Life Bakery (sliceolifebakery.com).

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sweet cream cheese frosting awaited at Winona’s. Then, there are the oversized cookies, muffins and pastries. 617 Lincoln Ave., Steamboat Springs, winonassteamboat.com. A FEW WORDS ABOUT VICKI There should be a national culinary prize for hospitality to honor someone like the late Vicki Bergstrom Esparza. You may know her as “Vicki from the Parkway.” She served generations of Boulder residents at the Parkway Cafe and at Lucky’s Cafe. We’re talking about hundreds of thousands of breakfasts and lunches and a million cups of coffee. In a mundane but meaningful way, Vicki uplifted lives. The honest truth is that you get eggs and bacon at a lot of places. When she died at the age of 64 in April, there was a celebration of Vicki’s life. Naturally, it was at the Parkway Cafe. A lot of customers noted that they came for Vicki’s smile when they walked in the door, as much as the corned beef hash and eggs. People described her as a bright light, a ray of sunshine and an energy source. She taught generations of waitresses how to serve and make each person feel special. She will be missed. LOCAL FOOD NEWS Brew Tea & Coffee Bar has opened at 802 S. Public Road in Lafayette. ... Ward and Lefthand Canyon bikers have a new/old spot to visit. The former Utica Street Market has been renovated into Jackleggers offering snacks, burritos, sandwiches and coffee. ... Coming soon: Arizona-based Oregano’s Pizza Bistro will open at 2690 Baseline Road, former home of Beau Jo’s Pizza, and one of the most poorly named eateries in recorded history: Fiasco’s Mexican Grill. ... The Diaz Family will open Tierra y Fuego Taqueria at 4558 N. Broadway. WORDS TO CHEW ON “No sooner had the warm liquid mixed with the crumbs touched my palate than a shudder ran through me and I stopped, intent upon the extraordinary thing that was happening to me. An exquisite pleasure had invaded my senses.” — Remembrance of Things Past by Marcel Proust.

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Boulder newspaperman Randy Miller makes high-end, balanced gin in Scotland

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et’s start with some fun facts: 70 percent, at least, of the gin produced in the U.K. comes from Scotland. Three of the world’s most well-known gin producers — Tanqueray, Gordon’s and Hendrick’s — are produced in the U.K.’s northernmost country. And yet, when we think of Scotch spirits in the U.S., we tend to think only of single-malt or blended Scotch whisky. That’s changing. Gin is having a moment. And gin produced in Scotland is starting to show up on more and more liquor shelves in the U.S. In turn, production of gin is increasing in Scotland, and more producers are launching gin-only distilleries and exporting their products around the world. Randy Miller is one such producer. Over the last few years, Miller, the Boulder-based former owner of the Colorado Daily and about 60 other newspapers across the country, has been traveling to Scotland with his wife, Linda, a Scotch aficionado, both in love with the “mossy hills and jagged cliffsides” of the country. Miller unsuccessfully tried passing down his network of papers to his children; they

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weren’t into it. So he started to sell his papers, in search of a new enterprise. “I had more time on my hands,” Miller says. “I was looking at, what do I want to do? I was looking for a challenge that would be something I’d never done before so I’d have to learn something brand new.” Enter gin. In tiny towns in the north of Scotland, Miller met with distiller after distiller until he found one that could create the flavor of gin he had in his mind. “Their master distiller and I, we spoke the same language,” Miller says “He understood what it was I wanted and was able to use exactly the same process and mixture of botanicals [I wanted].” The result is Scottish Kings, a gin made with an eye toward balance using water from the esteemed Highlands region of Scotland, local herbs and choice citrus imports. Balance, it turns out, was one way Miller could differentiate his gin from those of other producers — he says it’s been compared to Scotch whisky for its drinkability. The gin he produces is balanced in six flavor profiles: herbal, juniper,

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citrus, floral, heat and spice. “The thing right now is for people to make [single-flavor-specific] gins... this one has a lot of licorice or fennel or different things like that. I sought out to produce a gin that was very balanced in major flavor categories, what I think is the original concept behind gin,” Miller says. “When you drink it, it has all these flavor notes. It’s not just like this big juniper flavor that comes across in a lot of bad gins. There are 11 different botanicals, core botanicals like juniper and coriander, and then a couple in every one of those categories.” There’s basil in Miller’s gin, which is unusual, plus rose petals and a berry that only grows in Scotland. Miller says a lot of producers have jumped on the gin train, but many will likely fall off in the next five years as the market for the spirit gains equilibrium. He bills Scottish Kings as “farm-to-bottle,” because every batch is hand-made on a very small scale — using only a 100-liter still, or about 133 bottles per batch. Miller only distributes in New York and Colorado, Boulder County being a hotspot, with shelf space in several liquor stores and restaurants like OAK, Frasca and Arcana. The high quality of the gin means a higher price tag, but that’s been the trend for every spirit that’s boomed in the last few years. “This is a gin for people that are really into food and cocktails and stuff. You’re not going to find this at a sports bar, where people just go to drink and party,” Miller says. “Nobody has ever tried [Scottish Kings] that I’ve talked with and didn’t like it, but a couple people just say, ‘[The price] is too high for us.’” BOULDER COUNTY’S INDEPENDENT VOICE

SCOTTISH KINGS That price bottles depict a scene ($59.98 at from Scotland’s fight Hazel’s) is in for independence. line with other high-end spirits, and Miller is banking on the renewed interest in fine spirits, and a few early awards for Scottish Kings, to gin up sales. And for Miller, who still owns the altweekly Tucson Weekly and the Telluride Daily Planet, working with small-scale producers in Scotland provides an opportunity to ingratiate himself in the community he loves so dearly. There wasn’t much thought to producing it in Boulder County, Miller says, even if it would’ve saved years of navigating import laws, because so much of the gin’s quality is tied up in the story and the terroir that can only come from the Scottish Highlands. “We go a lot,” says Miller, who goes about four times a year, “and I didn’t want to be a tourist all the time. It certainly would’ve been much easier and quicker to have made it here.” Doubling down on the connection to Scotland, the bottles for Scottish Kings depict a battle scene representative of the country’s quest for independence. And so Miller is content to see where this gin can take him. Launched just this year, the early returns have been good, and the future is narrowly scoped. “I don’t ever expect to produce anything other than this gin,” Miller says. “I’m not trying to make this some great big business. I just wanted to create the best gin there is and then see if I could make it successful.” I

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Profiles in brew: Kristin Scott of Odd13 Brewing The view from 30,000 feet

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rying to comprehend what a company is, where they’ve been and where they’re headed is no easy task. But for Kristin Scott, president and cofounder of Odd13 Brewing in Lafayette, it’s just “one of the many joys of running a small business.” “It can be overwhelming and incredibly stressful,” Scott says, “but it’s also cool to be able to see the 30,000-foot view.” Scott founded Odd13 Brewing with her husband, Ryan — a homebrewer gone pro — in 2013. It was the first business they owned, and the first time either worked at a brewery. “I was coming into this business with a completely open mind,” Scott says. “I literally was taking one step at a time, and one week at a time.” Now, six years in, the Scotts KRISTIN SCOTT own and operate one of the most innovative breweries in the county. Like most small business owners, Scott wears many hats at Odd13 — everything from managing growth and tracking sales to supplying distributors across Colorado and Arizona with branded tap handles, coasters and glassware. Not to mention, making sure your local store is stocked with fresh Codename: Superfan, Odd13’s flagship hazy India pale ale. “It’s pertinent that we make enough to keep the market supplied,” Scott says, “but not too much because no one wants an 8-plusmonth-old IPA.” Which is why Odd13 has invested in a lab to help them better identify and eliminate contaminating off-flavors that could infect KRISTIN SCOTT, a batch of beer. president and “As we grow and distribute to farther places, shelf-stacofounder of Odd13 ble packages are key to our long-term success,” Scott Brewing in Lafayette. says. “Two- or 3-month-old IPAs with no signs of oxidation and minimal hop drop is amazing.” Not many beer drinkers think about shelf-stability, dissolved oxygen or hop drop when they pluck a six-pack out of the cooler, but that’s why Odd13 has to. If they didn’t, one bad experience could turn a drinker off to a label, a brewery, even an entire style of beer. Attention to detail is what turns a thriving local brewery into a successful regional brewery — think of the consistency and quality you’ve come to expect from New Belgium or Sierra Nevada — and Odd13 is getting there, with care and good beer. “I believe our approachable fruited sours and hazy IPAs appeal to both the core craft consumer as well as the casual craft consumer,” Scott says. “It’s fruity, it’s easy to drink, and it doesn’t taste like my dad’s beer,” she continues. “Our products appeal to those just curious about craft beer to customers who will only drink craft beer.” And with a lineup of ales and lagers that are both of the moment and on the cusp of something new, the future of Odd13 Brewing looks bright. “We wouldn’t be where we are today without the amazing people we have hired throughout the last six years,” Scott says. “Sure, it’s been a roller coaster of ups and downs and scary moments, but totally worth every second.” 50

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have the wisdom to criticize yourself in constructive ways that will at least partially solve a long-standing problem. Hallelujah! I bet you will also understand what to do to eliminate a bad habit by installing a good new habit. Please capitalize on that special knowledge! There’s one further capacity I suspect you’ll have: the saucy ingenuity necessary to alleviate a festering fear. Be audacious!

larly give yourself to generous, expansive experiences. I hope you’ll think big, funny thoughts and feel spacious, experimental emotions. I hope you’ll get luxurious glimpses of the promise your future holds, and I hope you’ll visualize yourself embarking on adventures and projects you’ve been too timid or worried to consider before now. For best results, be eager to utter the word “MORE!” as you meditate on the French phrase “joie de vivre” and the English phrase “a delight in being alive.”

MARCH 21-APRIL 19: In the coming weeks, I suspect you will

TAURUS

APRIL 20-MAY 20: What standards might we use in evaluat-

ing levels of sexual satisfaction? One cruclal measure is the tenderness and respect that partners have for each other. Others include the ability to play and have fun, the freedom to express oneself uninhibitedly, the creative attention devoted to unpredictable foreplay, and the ability to experience fulfilling orgasms. How do you rate your own levels, Taurus? Wherever you may currently fall on the scale, the coming months will be a time when you can accomplish an upgrade. How? Read authors who specialize in the erotic arts. Talk to your partners with increased boldness and clarity. While meditating, search for clues in the depths.

GEMINI

MAY 21-JUNE 20: If there were a Hall of Fame for writers,

Shakespeare might have been voted in first. His work is regarded as a pinnacle of intellectual brilliance. And yet here’s a fun fact: The Bard quoted well over a thousand passages from the Bible. Can you imagine a modern author being taken seriously by the literati if he or she frequently invoked such a fundamental religious text? I bring this to your attention so as to encourage you to be Shakespeare-like in the coming weeks. That is, be willing to draw equally from both intellectual and spiritual sources; be a deep thinker who communes with sacred truths; synergize the functions of your discerning mind and your devotional heart.

CANCER

JUNE 21-JULY 22: “People will choose unhappiness over uncertainty,” writes Cancerian author and entrepreneur Timothy Ferriss. He doesn’t do that himself, but rather is quite eager to harvest the perks of dwelling in uncertainty. I presume this aptitude has played a role in his huge success; his books have appeared on bestseller lists and his podcasts have been downloaded more than 300 million times. In telling you this, I’m not encouraging you to embrace the fertile power of uncertainty 24 hours a day and 365 days of every year. But I am urging you to do just that for the next three weeks. There’ll be big payoffs if you do, including rich teachings on the art of happiness.

SEPT. 23-OCT. 22: In the coming weeks, I hope you’ll regu-

SCORPIO

OCT. 23-NOV. 21: According to Popular Mechanics magazine, over 3 million sunken ships are lying on the bottoms of the world’s oceans. Some of them contain billions of dollars’ worth of precious metals and jewels. Others are crammed with artifacts that would be of great value to historians and archaeologists. And here’s a crazy fact: fewer than 1 percent of all those potential treasures have been investigated by divers. I bring this to your attention, Scorpio, because I hope it might inspire you to explore your inner world’s equivalent of lost or unknown riches. The astrological omens suggest that the coming weeks will be an excellent time to go searching for them.

SAGITTARIUS

NOV. 22-DEC. 21: “Some days you need God’s grace,”

writes poet Scherezade Siobhan. “On other days: the feral tongue of vintage whiskey and a mouth kissed by fire.” I’m guessing, Sagittarius, that these days you might be inclined to prefer the feral tongue of vintage whiskey and a mouth kissed by fire. But according to my astrological analysis, those flashy phenomena would not motivate you to take the corrective and adaptive measures you actually need. The grace of God — or whatever passes for the grace of God in your world — is the influence that will best help you accomplish what’s necessary. Fortunately, I suspect you know how to call on and make full use of that grace.

CAPRICORN

DEC. 22-JAN. 19: Capricorn poet William Stafford articulated

some advice that I think you need to hear right now. Please hold it close to your awareness for the next 21 days. “Saying things you do not have to say weakens your talk,” he wrote. “Hearing things you do not need to hear dulls your hearing.” By practicing those protective measures, Capricorn, you will foster and safeguard your mental health. Now here’s another gift from Stafford: “Things you know before you hear them — those are you, those are why you are in the world.”

LEO

AQUARIUS

committed to democracy and equality among their ranks. The camaraderie and fairness and mutual respect that prevailed on pirate ships were markedly different from the oppressive conditions faced by sailors who worked for the navies of sovereign nations. The latter were often pressed into service against their will and had to struggle to collect meager salaries. Tyrannical captains controlled all phases of their lives. I bring this to your attention, Leo, with the hope that it will inspire you to seek out alternative approaches to rigid and hierarchical systems. Gravitate toward generous organizations that offer you ample freedom and rich alliances. The time is right to ally yourself with emancipatory influences.

never be content,” declared poet W. B. Yeats. To provide you with an accurate horoscope, I’ll have to argue with that idea a bit. From what I can determine, love will indeed be immoderate in your vicinity during the coming weeks. On the other hand, it’s likely to bring you a high degree of contentment — as long as you’re willing to play along with its immoderateness. Here’s another fun prediction: I suspect that love’s immoderateness, even as it brings you satisfaction, will also inspire you to ask for more from love and expand your capacity for love. And that could lead to even further immoderate and interesting experiments.

JULY 23-AUG. 22: Many 18th-century pirates were

VIRGO

AUG. 23-SEPT. 22: Don’t wait around for fate to decide

which decisions you should make and what directions you should go. Formulate those decisions yourself, with your willpower fully engaged. Never say, “If it’s meant to be, it will happen.” Rather, resolve to create the outcomes you strongly desire to happen. Do you understand how important this is? You shouldn’t allow anyone else to frame your important questions and define the nature of your problems; you’ve got to do the framing and defining yourself. One more thing: don’t fantasize about the arrival of the “perfect moment.” The perfect moment is whenever you decree it is.

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BY DAN SAVAGE Dear Dan: I keep running into the same issue with my best friend of five years. (She’s also my maid of honor at my upcoming wedding.) We’re both empaths — most of my friends are — and we’re both in therapy working on how to cope with that. I have severe anxiety that impacts my physical health, so one of the empath-related issues I’m working on is not following through with plans when I need to take time alone. My friend claims she understands this but my actions severely impact her mood. Example: We’ll make tentative plans to get together, I’ll feel too sick to follow through, and then she’s in a negative emotional spiral for days. The final straw came when she called me late this past Friday night — just once, with no subsequent voice mail, text message or followup call. On Monday morning, I sent her a text message asking how her weekend was and got an icy reply. Evidently, something happened to her on Friday, she called me for support, and my failure to return her call left her feeling very upset. I apologized for the accidental trigger and tried to lay down some protocols for reaching out in an

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emergency situation (leave me a voice mail and send a follow-up text) so I know it’s urgent. She hasn’t replied. I’m really frustrated. She has a lot of baggage around being shamed for being emotional, so I try to be careful not to invalidate her feelings, but I don’t know if that’s even making a difference. We’ve had several conflicts over the last year, always triggered by something I did or said, almost always accidentally, that caused her to “take a step back.” She insists she understands I’m doing my best to be a good friend while also working through my own emotional shit. But that’s not the sense I’m getting. I’m feeling increasingly like it’s impossible to be a human being AND her friend. Until recently, I had zero emotional boundaries and made myself available to her at a moment’s notice to help shoulder her emotional burden. But now that I’m trying to be more conservative with my abundance and take better care of myself, it seems like all I do is hurt her. What the fuck do I do? I’ve tried to be open-minded and patient with her dramatic mood swings, but she seems unable to give me the benefit of the doubt, which I always try to give her. This rocky ground between us is adding more stress to the whole wedding situation. (You’re supposed to be able to rely on

your maid of honor, right?) This thing we have is not sustainable as it is, although I love her deeply. Help me figure this out? —Emotions Making Personal Affection Too Hard Dear EMPATH: Being so attuned to other people’s emotional states that you feel their pain — being an empath — sounds exhausting. But Lori Gottlieb, a psychotherapist in private practice, isn’t convinced your empath superpowers are the problem here. “EMPATH’s moods seem overly dependent on what the other person does,” said Gottlieb. “That’s not being ‘an empath.’ Most people are empathetic, which isn’t the same as what these two are doing. They’re drowning in each other’s feelings. This is what pop culture might call codependency, and what in therapy we’d call an attachment issue.” From your letter, EMPATH, it sounds like you might be ready to detach from your friend — you mentioned a final straw and described the relationship as not sustainable — and detaching would resolve this attachment issue. “This feels less like a friendship and more like a psychodrama where they’re each playing out their respective issues,” said Gottlieb. “A friendship isn’t about solving another person’s emotional issues or being the container for them. It isn’t about

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being devastated by another person’s feelings or boundaries. It should be a mutually fulfilling relationship, not being co-therapists to each other. In a strong friendship, each person can handle her own emotions rather than relying on the friend to regulate them for her.” Gottlieb started writing an advice column because, unlike psychotherapists, advice columnists are supposed to tell people what to do. I’m guessing your therapist mostly asks questions and gently nudges, EMPATH, but since Gottlieb has her advice-columnist hat on today and not her psychotherapist hat, I asked her to tell you what to do. “She should act more like a friend than a therapist/caretaker,” said Gottlieb. “She shouldn’t treat her friend or herself as if they’re too fragile to handle basic communication or boundaries. And they should both be working out their issues with their respective therapists, not with each other.” And if you decide to keep this woman in your life (and your wedding party), EMPATH, you’ll both have to work on — sigh — your communication skills. Lori Gottlieb’s new book, Maybe You Should Talk to Someone, is a New York Times best seller. Follow her on Twitter @LoriGottlieb1. On the Lovecast, Dan chats with actor Maddie Corman: savagelovecast. com.

Advocate for veteran access to cannabis this Memorial Day by sidni west

his Monday we’re supposed to clear the snow off our grills and celebrate the first vaguely patriotic holiday of the summer: Memorial Day Weekend. It’s basically three days of blacking out on rooftops while eating potato salad and catching your first sunburn of the season. Some of you are running the Bolder Boulder, which is honestly just an aggressive way to show off that you’ve maintained your bikini body throughout the entirety of the polar vortex. This weekend is more than just getting lit and complaining about the weather. It’s also about thanking the people who fought to keep America the big, beautiful, messy bitch that she is today. In all seriousness, it’s a time to remember those who sacrificed their lives for this country. But don’t stop there. As we remember our fallen soldiers, it’s also important that we support our living veterans as well. Roughly 20 veterans a day commit suicide nationwide, according to data from the Department of Veterans Affairs. Veterans are among those hit the hardest by the opioid epidemic, with the death rate from opioids among VA healthcare nearly double the national average. In fact, the latest federal data shows those vets who served in Iraq and Afghanistan are twice as likely to die from an overdose of prescription painkillers than the rest of the country. Now is the time to let our elected officials know that taking care of our troops

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when they come home needs to be a national priority. Veterans and advocates from across the country will be gathering in our nation’s capital on Memorial Day this year to not only honor those who made the ultimate sacrifice, but to advocate for veterans’ access to medical cannabis. The final ride of Rolling Thunder, a holiday tradition which includes over 500,000 motorcyclists riding through the nation’s

capital to honor military members who are missing in action or prisoners of war, will be dedicated to just that. They’ll be joined by the Veterans Cannabis Project, a group that lobbies for easier access to medical cannabis and hopes to change the stigma that surrounds cannabis. They’re also fighting to declassify marijuana from the list of Schedule I controlled substances, which are designated as having no medical use. The classification restricts federal research and prevents doctors at the Department of Veterans Affairs from recommending or

prescribing it. Nowhere is the connection between PTSD and suicide felt more strongly than in the veteran community. Because they can’t offer cannabis as an alternative to help those suffering, VA doctors are left with opioids as their only legal remedy. And a disproportionate amount of veterans battle with opiate addiction as a result. Nearly 60 percent of veterans returning from serving in the Middle East and more than 50 percent of older veterans receiving care at the VA are living with some form of chronic pain. Research has shown that cannabis can be beneficial for treating a wide range of disorders that veterans commonly deal with, including PTSD and pain management. States that have legalized medical cannabis have a nearly 25 percent lower mean annual opioid overdose death rate compared to states that have not. The federal government has the power to change the classification of cannabis as an FDA-classified Schedule I drug. There are currently a few bills in Congress designed to give Veteran Affairs clinics and hospitals more freedom to prescribe medical cannabis in states where it is legal. House Bill 2191, introduced on April 9, would prohibit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from denying a veteran benefits because they use medical cannabis in states where the substance is legal. The Veterans Medical Marijuana Safe Harbor Act would “allow

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veterans to use, possess, or transport medical marijuana and to discuss the use of medical marijuana with a physician of the Department of Veterans Affairs as authorized by a State or Indian Tribe, and for other purposes.” “This bill gives VA doctors in these states the option to prescribe medical cannabis to veterans, and it also promises to shed light on how medical marijuana can help with the nation’s opioid epidemic,” Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, one of the bill’s primary sponsors, said in a statement. “In 33 states, doctors and their patients have the option to use medical marijuana to manage pain — unless those doctors work for the VA and their patients are veterans.” It also would allocate $15 million to study marijuana’s effectiveness in treating chronic pain in veterans and whether access to marijuana can reduce opioid abuse in veterans. A study published by the American Journal of Public Health suggests that access to cannabis was associated with an 11 percent reduction in the suicide rate of males aged 20 to 29 and a 10 percent reduction in the suicide rate of men aged 30 to 39. Another study shows deaths from opiate overdoses decreased 25 percent in those states with legally accessible cannabis. So this holiday, fight for the brave humans that risked their lives for our freedom to enjoy this long weekend. Many of them cannot do the same due to pain or PTSD, so let’s show our appreciation by making sure they have access to safe and effective medicine.

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When pot legalization fails: Plan B’s and ‘consolation prizes’ By Paul Danish

emocrats emerged from the 2018 election with control of state legislatures in New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Illinois and New Mexico, where Democratic candidates had made marijuana legalization an election issue. So this was the year legalization was sup-