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news & views A tale of two sexes / 6 Women everywhere should have control over their own bodies by Pamela White Stable scare / 13 Horseowners in Boulder County on alert for equine herpesvirus by Katherine Creel On the cover: Clean acres / 14 State, county crack down on fertilizing fields with sewage by Jefferson Dodge
buzz Busting the bailouts / 18 America’s socialist senator took the system to task during filibuster by Adam Perry Overtones: Getting on the Dechen Hawk plan / 23 Overtones: Sarah Jaffe’s throwaway songs become unexpected hits / 25 Overtones: Mayer Hawthorne’s tunes steeped in his Motown roots / 26 Panorama: What to do and where to go / 29 Sophisticated Sex: Regaining your sensual rhythm / 35 Screen: Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides; Meek’s Cutoff / 37 Reel 2 Reel: Pick your flick / 38 Cuisine: Celebrity chefs prove kids can eat their veggies / 42 Cuisine Review: Radda Trattoria / 43 Dessert Diva: Raspberry Corn Muffins / 44 Elevation: The Benjamin Trail — it’s money / 48
departments Letters: Corporations vs. people; Protect our view; Our dying drug war / 4 The Highroad: What’s inside Big Oil’s head? / 4 In Case You Missed It: Apocalypse not now; Rent control revisited / 9 News Briefs: Duck race marks 24 years; Meadowlark Trail opens / 11 Boulderganic: Not exactly running toward sustainability / 17 Classifieds: Your community resource / 50 Free Will Astrology: by Rob Brezsny / 53
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Correction: A May 19 story, “We the corporations,” incorrectly reported the number of signatures that have been collected by the Move to Amend initiative. More than 111,700 people have signed the petition.
Corporations vs. people (Re: “We the corporations,” cover story, May 19.) Thank you very much for the article on David Cobb and the Move To Amend campaign last week. As David described so well in his talk in Boulder that I attended last Saturday, the issue of whether corporations should be entitled to constitutional rights deserves to be more widely discussed, as it is the root of a key political struggle of our times. Your article was excellently written and researched, and we deeply appreciate your coverage of it — and hope it will continue! We at Move To Amend Boulder will be working on getting a resolution passed by Boulder City Council and/or a ballot initiative for the fall vote. It would be a great public service to have the issues around that covered by your publication as well. It may interest you to know that Madison, Wis., held a vote and passed their own resolution in April, where it passed by a staggering 84 percent of the vote. Rick Casey/via Internet I appreciate the brilliant cover graphics and story about Move to
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Amend. I’m going to start visiting your website in the hopes of keeping an eye on what the City Council will do. Thanks. Mary O’Neal/via Internet I appreciated Jefferson Dodge’s article regarding Macon Cowles’ proposed Boulder referendum on corporate constitutional rights and David
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s one politician bluntly said of Washington’s annual tax giveaway to massively profitable oil corporations, “We don’t need incentives to the oil and gas companies to explore. There are plenty of incentives.” That was no lefty talking — it was George W. Bush. Yet, thanks to their lobbyists and campaign cash, the oil guys have been allowed to keep drilling into our public treasury, pumping out some $4 billion a year in tax subsidies — more than half of which goes to the five richest corporations. Far from exploring for more oil, hiring more Americans, or investing in renewable energy, top executives have spent the vast majority of their huge profits on driving up their own corporations’ stock prices to enrich themselves. This is why oil executives are less popular than a Mississippi River flood. Indeed, a Congressional 4 May 26, 2011
Cobb’s visit to Boulder on behalf of Move to Amend. Those who attended Mr. Cobb’s talk on Saturday were treated to a lively mix of joy, righteous anger and an analysis of American history worthy of Howard Zinn. People are waking up to the fact that democracy in America is illusory. Most of us want an end to the wars, yet the wars continue. Most of us want single-payer
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What’s inside Big Oil’s head? by Jim Hightower proposal to end Big Oil’s tax gimmies is supported by 74 percent of Americans, including a majority of Republicans. Yet, in March, every single Republican in the House voted in lockstep to protect every oil subsidy. Also, the new GOP budget retains every dime of the giveaway, even as it slashes food stamps, job training and health care for seniors and the poor. But it’s the poor oil goliaths that draw the
health care, yet health care is still a profit-extraction zone for the insurance companies. Most Americans want GMOs to be banned, as they are in Europe, but our concerns are ignored. Some 92 percent of Americans said the Bush tax cuts for the rich should expire, yet Congress renewed them. see LETTERS Page 6
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tongue-clucking sympathy of these compassionate corporatists. For example, GOP presidential hopeful Tim Pawlenty called the idea of ending the subsidy “ludicrous,” wailing that killing it would be a crude “tax increase” on the waifs of Big Oil. Meanwhile, Chevron’s CEO says, “I don’t think people want shared sacrifice [from oil corporations]. I think they want shared prosperity.” Hello, Earth to Chevron-Man, you’ve been grossly prosperous for years — where’s the sharing? If ignorance goes to $100 a barrel, try to get drilling rights on that guy’s head. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com Boulder Weekly
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Clearly, we are not a self-governing people. We are a subject people, just as the colonists were in 1770. The corporations rule. Whereas many Americans sincerely fight these harms issue by issue, battling the corporate elites on a thousand fronts, begging Congress to please do the right thing, Move to Amend is pursuing a systemic remedy: We are going to change the defining law, the legal doctrine that defines corporations as persons having the same Constitutional rights as humans. Just as the 19th Amendment (giving women the right to vote) overturned a Supreme Court decision (Minor vs. Happersett), so we need another Constitutional amendment to overrule the Supreme Court again. We the People must overrule the Court on Citizens United, and many other cases in which the Court allowed corporations to use their so-called “Constitutional rights” to weaken or overturn laws written by humans for humans: labor laws, environmental laws, banking laws, consumer protection laws, etc. The silver lining of this cloud, this long-term collusion between the corporations and the Court? It has shown us one thing: The people do not rule here. But once we have clarity and act together as sovereign people, we can change the defining law and create a true democracy. To that end, David Cobb described a joyful path for becoming a self-governing people. KGNU recorded the speech and will air it. Call them to find out when. Tell the Boulder City Council that you support Macon Cowles’ proposed referendum on corporate constitutional rights. You can email them at council@bouldercolorado.gov. If you want to learn more about Boulder Move to Amend, call the Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center at 303-444-6981, and come to our next meeting on June 8. Anita Li/via Internet
Protect our view Although I am not a resident of South Boulder’s Cherryvale Road community, I feel it is my duty as a citizen of Boulder to preserve the integrity of its open space and breath-taking scenery. This area serves as a highly frequented recreational destination on foot and two wheels. Unfortunately, a 15,000-foot-by-30-foot indoor riding arena is being placed not only on one of Boulder’s most beautiful valleys, but in front of a 50-year-old neighborhood’s view of the Flatirons. The owners of the land have gone through all the steps to make sure it is legal, but I would argue that beyond legality, where is the humility and integrity? 6 May 26, 2011
Boulder as a community is focused on natural and organic beauty, and money is prevailing over justice in this case. Brooke Stamper/Boulder
Our dying drug war Recent letters written by United States attorneys to states that have medical marijuana are proposing to state that the federal government will use “civil and criminal remedies” for the distribution and sale of marijuana even if it is done within the bounds of state medical marijuana laws. With some states actually responding to the federal threats, the risk is beyond just that of raids and criminal prosecution. The greater risk is that all the progress made to bring marijuana into mainstream culture as an acceptable, effective medicine is continually harmed by the prevailing attitude that most people who use marijuana do so recreationally and that such recreation is criminal behavior. United States attorneys all over the country are stating that they believe many medical patients are not legitimate. John Walsh implies as much in his letter to the Colorado attorney general. The opinion of the federal government is that patients in Colorado and other states where medical marijuana has been legalized are receiving marijuana for conditions that it deems frivolous or fraudulent. To actually enforce this opinion would not only be impossible, but would resemble a witch hunt in the worst ways. The DEA simply doesn’t have the resources to begin investigating who is a legitimate patient and who isn’t. Moreover, they aren’t in a position to question the conditions for which patients have been recommended medical marijuana and cast judgment on whether they are legitimate or not. What does this mean? The DEA is not going to go after patients. Walsh’s letter makes note of one portion of House Bill 1043 (a bill clarifying medical marijuana regulations) that would allow for producers of infused products to have up to 500 plants. He mentions it because the threat of “civil and criminal remedies” is targeted at the producers and distributors of marijuana. A giant contradiction comes to the surface. They have an opinion that marijuana is being distributed to patients for whom it is recreational, but that they can do nothing about. So they threaten the supply chain that produces medicine that is used by patients who need it. The convoluted logic that would drive patients back to the black market see LETTERS Page 8
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t is the best of times. It is the contraception and abortion. The worst of times. For women, that extremes they’ve gone to both in is. Congress and in state legislatures since Women have more choices at winning big in 2010 prove that women’s this point in history than ever health and happiness are the least of before, at least in some parts of the their concerns. world. They’re not always easy choices, By attempting to block all funding but having choices sure beats living your for Planned Parenthood, they’ve proven entire life in ways that they would predetermined by rather see women your sex. die of reproductive This And in some cancers and HIV “incrementalism,” areas life is look— Planned as the anti-choice ing up. According Parenthood is a brigade calls it, to the Bureau of key source of lowLabor Statistics, cost mammograattempts to make women across all phy, cervical cancer abortion so expenoccupations now screening and sive, so invasive, and earn an average of STD testing for so difficult that 81 cents for every poor women — women are cockdollar earned by than risk even a blocked from men. That’s a penny of taxpayer nickel more than money somehow actually making use they earned in going to suppleof their right to 2000 and the ment Planned choose. highest women’s Parenthood’s aborearnings have been during my lifetime. tion services. It’s preferable for a woman Of course, 81 cents per dollar is 19 to die of breast cancer than for her to cents too little, particularly given that have an abortion? Really? women now graduate from college at By passing so-called “fetal pain” laws higher rates than men, accounting for that allow no exceptions for rape, incest, 60 percent of all college graduates in the severe fetal defects, or even the health United States and Europe. Though and life of the mother, they’ve shown that maternal suffering isn’t even on young women are now earning more their radar. They dismiss the anguish of than men in some professions, it’s not rape victims by saying that it shouldn’t enough to even out the disparity. be too much to ask a woman to endure While women struggle still in the nine months of “discomfort” for the pursuit of happiness as measured by sake of a human life, not comprehendeconomic prosperity, religionists and their conservative allies continue to see TWO SEXES Page 8 press incrementally for restrictions on
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American Doublethink There were many photographic images from Vietnam that turned public opinion against that war: a young naked girl running from a village that had been hit with napalm, bodies of women and children lying in a ditch at My Lai, bombs falling like rain from B-52s. A particularly graphic picture was of a Vietnamese general killing a handcuffed man suspected of being Viet Cong with a pistol shot to the head. These images flew in the face of a general belief that we were not only there justly, but that we “respected life” differently than did other peoples. War scrambles ideas in odd ways (the My Lai massacre became a war crime, but napalm, white phosphorus, saturation bombing and Agent Orange did not), but George Orwell was brilliant in linking Doublespeak and perpetual war in the slogan “War is Peace.” Such “Doublethink” allows us to accept that which is not true as Truth, that we are righteous when we are not, and, let’s face it, we are there. 8 May 26, 2011
Torture is termed “enhanced interrogation,” the death of innocent people is “collateral damage,” “saving lives,” never an issue in revolutions across Black Africa, is a rationale for firing cruise missiles into oil-producing Libya, not having “boots on the ground” means we are not engaged, while predator drones serve as emotionally detached, video-game assassins. The saddest part is that, unlike mental illness, Doublethink is a conscious disconnect from reality. Those who believe assassination is “justice served” are, in truth, following in the same footsteps as John Wilkes Booth, Lee Harvey Oswald, James Earl Ray, Sirhan Sirhan and Osama bin Laden himself. We know it, but we don’t care. Robert Porath/Boulder
Equal under the law Sometimes America shows the very best of itself in terms of justice, and it is both a beautiful thing to behold and something I think we can all be uniquely proud of, almost but not quite, to the point of what — gushing? That a poor, black African immigrant widow and mother and the all-powerful head of the International Monetary Fund are seen as equals in the eyes of American jurisprudence really and truly proves that in terms of basic human dignity, justice and human rights, we are are exactly who we say we are. Bravo, my incredible country, bravo! Grant D. Cyrus/Boulder
Stand by Israel Peace in the Middle East can come only through negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians. Imposing a settlement by the U.N. cannot work. The Palestinians are asking for a state that includes Hamas, an organization that has the destruction of Israel as its goal. This same government does not recognize the existence of a Jewish state. Hamas has fired 300 rockets into Israel this year even though Israel pulled out of Gaza. I’m asking you to stand by Israel, the only stable country in the Middle East. Rhoda Reiss/Greenwood Village
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ing that what they downplay as “discomfort” is actually additional hell on earth for her, being imprisoned in her own body with the product of the violence that was done to her. These laws also force women who are pregnant with nonviable fetuses — babies so deformed that they cannot live outside the womb — to endure weeks and even months of purposeless pregnancy waiting for their fetuses to die and then going through the trauma of full-blown labor to deliver a baby that never had a chance at life. This feels more like “pregnancy enforcement” than anything having to do with the preservation of life. Then there are new laws mandating invasive vaginal ultrasounds — a procedure in which an ultrasound wand is thrust into a woman’s vagina — prior to having an abortion, not to mention extended waiting periods and parental notification laws that demand that both parents be notified even in cases where the whereabouts of one parent is unknown. This “incrementalism,” as the antichoice brigade calls it, attempts to make abortion so expensive, so invasive, and so difficult that women are cockblocked from actually making use of their right to choose. (For a self-congratulatory take on “incrementalism,” go to LifeNews and read this piece — http://tinyurl.com/SexistAsshats.) It’s not just abortion they’re attacking, but many forms of contraception, as well. If they had their way, hormonal birth control and IUDs would become illegal, leaving only barrier methods of contraception, such as condoms — the one kind of contraception a man can take reponsibility for, thus demonstrating respect and compassion for his partner, but which far too many men selfishly neglect. For these religious conservatives, a woman’s uterus and ovaries are her destiny. Apparently, women have no right to sexual fulfillment unless they’re willing to pay for it with physical suffering. Countless surveys demonstrate that fear of getting pregnant is THE major reason women cite for not being able to enjoy sex. But guys shouldn’t let that get in the way of their hard-ons, right? Strangely, while these religio-con-
servatives continue to press for pregnancy, I have yet to hear them call for research that would make pregnancy and childbirth 100 percent safe, traumafree and painless. Yes, painless. Someone somewhere ought to have that as a life goal. (Epidurals, while perhaps the greatest invention in human history, don’t quite manage this and aren’t always a medical option. In poor rural hospitals, this kind of pain relief is often unavailable.) Meanwhile, Arnold Schwarzenegger admits to screwing around on his wife and knocking up an employee. On the other coast, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former head of the International Monetary Fund, is arrested for allegedly raping a hotel maid. Strauss-Kahn receives an outpouring of sympathy from his countrymen, one French commentator defending his actions by describing what occured as nothing more than “troussage de domestique,” a master having nonconsensual sex with a servant. And on the other side of the world, a 13-year-old Yemeni bride is brought to the hospital bleeding profusely from her vagina. Married for all of four days to a man more than twice her age, she bleeds to death, her uterus ruptured by her loving husband’s dick. Literally fucked to death — or, more accurately, raped to death — she is known to us only because of a reporter who shared the details of her death in a National Geographic article about child brides. Her husband isn’t punished. Why would he be? Fucking her was his right. That one broke. Who cares? Get another one. While religionists in the United States might decry this girl’s forced marriage and her brutal death, what they seek in this country is at its core the same thing men in Yemen take for granted — the right to determine for women what role sexuality and reproduction will play in their lives. One planet. Two sexes. One enjoys sexuality — even sexual violence — with relative impunity. The other is repeatedly denied the right to control even her own body — who’s in it, what happens to it and why. The only power she’s allowed to have consistently worldwide is her strength to endure. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com Boulder Weekly
Apocalypse not now Breaking news: The world didn’t end on May 21. For those of you keeping score at home, this is approximately the six fucktillionth predicted Apocalypse that has failed to materialize. According to news reports, California preacher and radio host Harold Camping, the man behind this latest game of “throw a dart at the calendar,” has apologized for his mistake. His excuse? He didn’t have the dates “worked out as accurately as I could have.” What, did he forget to carry the one or something? Forget for a moment that he was predicting the End Times, convincing people to give up their worldly possessions and generally being a nutcase who believes he has an equation for predicting when the world will end. He’s basically telling the world that he just halfassed his math, no big, he’ll get it right next time. We’re wondering how often he uses this excuse in his daily life. He probably “miscalculates” his wife’s birthday all the time and “incorrectly reckons” when his mortgage payment his due. And while most of us took Camping’s “calculations” as seriously as a Magic 8 Ball prediction, thousands of people poured some — or all — of their life’s savings into this hack’s ministry. You have to be pretty hard-hearted not feel at least a little bad for those folks. And now they can’t even turn to Camping or family radio for help on what to do next. “We’re not in the business of giving financial advice,” he said on his radio program Monday. Well, thank God for that. Rent control revisited According to a national report released on Monday, May 23, the average “housing wage” in Colorado has climbed to $17.76 an hour. That’s the amount needed for a family to afford rent and utilities in a modest home here in Colorado — almost $36,940 per year. In Boulder, the wage is one penny higher at $17.77 and $36,957 per year. The report, “Out of Reach 2011,” was jointly released by the National Low Income Housing Coalition, a Washington, D.C.-based organization, and Housing Colorado. The report details housing affordability data for every state and metro area in the country and reveals that Colorado has one of the most expensive rental markets in the nation. While rents are high, earnings are not, with the average renter earning about $13.46 per hour, far beneath what they need to make rent, pay utiliBoulder Weekly
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get crises related to housing with food insecurity, health-care problems and, not surprisingly, children’s school performance. Hey, we don’t even have a real beach in Colorado, so what’s with the insane rental costs? How much profit do landlords need to make anyway? We’d like to see the “free market” resolve this, but it seems the “free market” doesn’t give a shit about families. Rent control, a topic broached in the ’90s, ought to be back on the agenda. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.co
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Duck Race marks 24 years cert series Rhythm on the Rails will The EXPAND Duck Race will be return to Whistle Stop Park on held Monday, May 30, at 4 p.m. during Thursday, June 9, from 6 to 8 p.m. the Boulder Creek Festival. The award-winning concert series The race benefits the City of continues every Thursday throughout Boulder Parks and Recreation the summer in Old Town Niwot until Department’s EXPAND (EXciting Aug. 18 and includes food vendors, Programs Adventures and New artisans, activities for kids and a beer/ Dimensions) program, which provides wine/margarita garden. recreational opportunities for children, Artists lined up for this summer’s youth and adults with disabilities. series include Girls On Top, Soul Participants can sponsor a duck for School, KUTANDARA, Hazel Miller, $5 and watch as they are dumped over The Lionel Young Band and more. the 9th Street More inforBridge and race to mation on the finish near the Rhythm on the Prizes in this Boulder Creek Rails can be found year’s Duck Library lawn at the at http://bit.ly/ Peace Garden. This jpTs5g. Race include a year’s prizes include a three-night, allGearing up for three-night, allinclusive stay at Beach Palooza inclusive stay Palace Resort in On June 11, Cancun, and airfare Boulder Reservoir at the Palace is included. Those will host Beach interested can regisPalooza, a fiveResort in ter online, at the kilometer, beachCancun. creek festival or at themed obstacle any one of the three run. The sandy recreation centers. course will include For more information, a full list of hot coals, a quicksand pit and more. prizes, and to sponsor a duck, visit Afterwards, runners can enjoy live www.EXPANDDuckRace.org. music and drinks. Runners are provided with a pineMeadowlark Trail opens June 2 apple hat prior to race time, and are A ribbon-cutting ceremony will be encouraged to gear up in their best held on Thursday, June 2, at 3 p.m., to beach bum costumes. The first wave of celebrate the grand opening of the 750 runners will begin at 11 a.m., folCoalton Trailhead and Meadowlark lowed by a second wave at 11:30 a.m. Trail in Superior. At 1 p.m., an awards ceremony will be The ceremony will be held at the held to name the best overall costume trailhead, near the new roundabout and top participants. Those who are not intersection of McCaslin Boulevard and up for participating can attend and Coalton Road, and will be followed by watch runners take on the obstacles a guided nature hike. near the finish line and enjoy the drinks The new two-acre area includes a and music. shelter with two picnic tables, restFor more information, visit http:// rooms, bike racks, a dog station, an beachpalooza.com. information kiosk and more. The new Meadowlark Trail extends from the Event raises $10K for Japan Coalton Trail at its south end to the Team Hope To Japan has Mayhoffer-Singletree Trail at the north reached its goal, raising more than end, completing a 10-mile loop that $10,000 in four hours at its May 7 includes the City of Boulder’s Japanese Charity Dinner in Superior. Greenbelt Plateau and the Community It turned out to be the bigDitch and Cowdrey Draw trails. gest grassroots charity event to aid For more information, visit the Japan held in Colorado, and it Coalton Trailhead web page at http:// was organized by Japanese women who bit.ly/iD7iqn. live in Colorado. More than 600 guests enjoyed Rhythm on the Rails returns to Niwot Japanese food prepared by the Japanese Niwot’s popular free summer conwomen members of Team Hope
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To Japan and local restaurants. There were karate demonstrations and music performances with a koto, a traditional Japanese instrument. “We cannot thank enough everybody who helped us to make it happen,” said Kayo Takahata-Awad, founding member of Team Hope To Japan, “and we were ecstatic that so many people came to see us. It was truly a team effort. Little things each of us can do could go a long way.” All proceeds from the sale of food, T-shirts, eco-bags and Japanese goods will be donated to a fund to help provide disaster relief and support for Japanese children. In addition to immediate relief, this fund will help support long-term recovery plans to restore education and childcare in Japanese communities ravaged by the disasters. Boulder school wins PETA award Boulder’s Shining Mountain Waldorf School has received a Compassionate School Award from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) for putting on a circus that included 26 performing students, “but no confused and frightened animals,” according to a PETA news release. The circus — which showcased the kids’ talents as they ride unicycles, balance on giant globes, dance on stilts, juggle, spin poi, twirl hoops and perform acrobatics and gymnastics — was the brainchild of teacher, vegetarian and environmentalist Ralph Doane. The allhuman circus was held on May 7. “Mr. Doane and the Waldorf School are teaching an invaluable lesson in compassion not only to students but also to everyone who watches their performance,” says PETA Executive Vice President Tracy Reiman. “If kids knew how elephants are beaten and tigers are whipped, parents would have to drag them kicking and screaming to any circus that uses animals.” The school will receive a framed certificate and a letter of appreciation from PETA. For more information, visit PETA.org. Lafayette parks & rec honored The City of Lafayette has been named a finalist for a national award for parks and recreation management. The American Academy for Park and Recreation Administration, in part-
nership with the National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA), recently announced that Lafayette is a finalist for the 2011 National Gold Medal Awards for Excellence in Park and Recreation Management. Founded in 1965, the Gold Medal Awards program honors communities in the U.S. that demonstrate excellence in parks and recreation through longrange planning, resource management, volunteerism, environmental stewardship, program development, professional development and agency recognition. Four finalists in each class are chosen to compete for grand honors each year. In Class V (population less than 25,000), Lafayette is competing with the City of Cullman, Ala., the City of Fairfax, Va., and the City of Green River, Wyo. This year’s finalists will compete for Grand Plaque Award honors this summer, and the six Grand Plaque recipients will be announced live during NRPA’s Annual Congress and Exposition in Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 1-3. For more information on the Gold Medal Awards, go to www.NRPA.org/ awards or www.aapra.org. Calling bike-friendly businesses Boulder businesses are being encouraged to apply for the designation of Boulder Bicycle Friendly Business, a program launched by GO Boulder and Community Cycles. Businesses are judged on various cycling-friendly practices for employees and visitors, and the next round of designees will be announced on June 22, on Boulder’s Bike to Work Day. Businesses that earn the Bike Friendly Business designation receive a certificate, window sticker and are featured on the Community Cycles and GO Boulder websites and newsletters. Business designations are Platinum, Gold, Silver and Bronze. Currently, 40 Boulder businesses have the designation, including five that have earned the Platinum-level classification. To apply, businesses complete a survey (http://svy.mk/bikefriendly) covering bike-friendly practices such as bike parking, involvement in community biking events, employee incentives such as EcoPass, availability of changing facilities, use of bicycle delivery services and availability of loaner or company bikes for employees. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com May 26, 2011 11
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Haley Burns is working hard to keep her horse Justin safe and healthy during the EHV outbreak.
ince she heard the news that a and education. potentially fatal virus had Eubanks is still urging caution, howevmade its way from a horse er. Horses boarding at Green Tree either show in Utah to stables in have to stay on the premises or, if they do Colorado, Haley Barnes has leave, stay out until the scare has passed, been waiting. and visiting farriers and veterinarians have Barnes boards her 11-year-old horse to disinfect before entering the barns. Justin at Green Tree Equestrian Center, “If you go to a trailhead and happen to and while the outbreak of equine herpesvihave a hitching rail there to tie up to, that rus-1 (EVH-1) is going around, she can’t hitching rail might have had a horse there take him riding on trails or out with other a few hours ago that had a bug,” he says. horses without risking him becoming And while the outbreak is hopefully infected with a potentially fatal disease — on its way to being contained, for many, it and spreading it to other horses. has already put a damper on the summer. “I really wouldn’t want to bring that “I feel sad for the youngsters, because back in, just like I wouldn’t want anyone the kids just love doing shows,” Eubanks else to go out and bring it back in,” she says, adding that it is doubtful there will says. be any equine events this summer. “I think And while Justin is healthy and safe for everybody will still be a littly leery of now, the waiting isn’t easy. So far, the doing shows.” Colorado Department of Agriculture has As of now at least, that seems to be reported nine confirmed cases in Colorado, the case. So far, Colorado Sate Fair orgaincluding one in Boulder County, as well nizers have rescheduled three events. The as 22 suspected cases throughout the state. Zamora Roping event, originally slated for Two horses in Colorado have been euthaMay 20-22, has been postponed, with a nized after showing severe neurological new date still to be determined. The symptoms due to EHV-1. Mounted Shooting Regional, originally MORE INFORMATION Because the disease is highly contascheduled for May 27-30, has been gious and can lead to complications such rescheduled for Oct. 7-10, and the as abortions in pregant mares, EVH-1 has As of May 24, the Colorado Department of Sagebrush Slide Cow Horse Show has always been a worrying disease for owners Agriculture reported the following information: been rescheduled from June 1-5 to Aug. and riders. What makes this outbreak What it is: Equine Herpesvirus-1 (EHV-1) 10-14. potentially more serious, though, is an Who can get it: Horses, alpacas, llamas Boulder County Fairground Manager apparent increase in the neurological How it’s spread: Horse-to-horse contact, contact with infected items, Joe LaFollette says the fairground facilisymptoms associated with this strain, nasal discharge and coughing ties will be closed not only to horses, but according to Dr. Steve Benscheidt, a veterConfirmed cases in Colorado: 9 also to camels, llamas and alpacas, which inarian with Nelson Road Veterinary Confirmed cases in Boulder County: 1 are also susceptible to EHV-1, for at Clinic in Longmont. Quarantine orders: 12 statewide, including Boulder County least two more weeks. At that time, fair“This [strain] seems to have more of a Suspect cases: 22 ground organizers will reassess the outpredisposition for the spinal cord. It’s causDeaths: 2 euthanized after showing severe neurological symptoms break level and decide whether to extend ing more neurological [illnesses],” For more information, visit veterinaryextension.colostate.edu/ the closure. The fairground normally is Benscheidt says. open daily to the public for riding and While in many cases the EVH virus exercising horses. causes flu-like symptoms such as coughing “The best thing is just keep your horse at home. In the event of an emergency, howevand nasal discharge, in a small percentage of cases, it It’s like the flu outbreak when it’s really bad. Just stay er, LaFollete says the fairgrounds would accept horscan lead to the neurological disease equine herpesvirus at home unless you really have to be out,” Benscheidt es and other large animals if absolutely necessary, although a veterinarian would be on hand to screen myeloencephalopathy (EHM), which can cause says. for any potentially infected animals. He adds, decreased coordination, lethargy, paralysis and death. Despite the severity of the disease, Randy though, that most of the horse owners in potential Because the disease spreads through horse-toEubanks, owner of Green Tree Equestrian Center, is flood or fire areas have already been contacted and horse contact, contact with shared objects such as trying to stay positive about the outbreak. feeding buckets or brushes, and to some extent “The vets I’ve been talking to have been telling me have made other arrangements for their animals in the event of an emergency. through the air, fighting the outbreak depends largely it seems like it’s nipped it in the bud,” he says. That’s on prevention and isolating sick horses. thanks in large part to effective quarantines, sanitation Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com Boulder Weekly
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CleanAcres STATE, COUNTY CRACK DOWN ON FERTILIZING FIELDS WITH SEWAGE BY JEFFERSON DODGE
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fter an outcry last spring about possible threats to local water quality, Boulder County officials have been keeping a closer eye on the use of biosolids, or treated human sewage, on open space farmland. The move was prompted in part by a local whistleblower’s concerns and a Boulder Weekly article regarding the effect that such natural fertilizers can have in areas where the water table is high. And while the battle over GMOs (genetically modified organisms) will likely take the spotlight this year as an advisory group reviews the county’s cropland policy, the use of biosolids is expected to be on that committee’s radar, as well. •••• State environmental protection specialist Kenan Diker, the person who issues permits to Colorado farmers who want to use biosolids, acknowledges that the stink raised by Boulder County resident Elvis Licul has prompted him and county officials to regulate biosolids more closely. As documented in a March 18, 2010, Boulder Weekly story that won a third-place award in the Society of Professional Journalists’ Top of the Rockies contest, Licul initially became concerned about biosolids due to the stench from farms adjacent to his property northwest of Longmont. After looking into the matter, he found research indicating that health problems have been reported in areas where biosolids were used, includ-
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ing claims of infants getting “blue baby syndrome” due to ingesting excessive nitrates in drinking water. According to test results acquired by Licul, the list of metals found in biosolids includes arsenic, lead, mercury and selenium. State regulations prohibit biosolids from being applied to lands where the water table is within five feet of the surface. Over the past couple of years, Licul has identified several farming areas where wetlands and other obvious signs indicate that the water table is higher than the five-foot threshold, and as a result, the use of biosolids has been suspended on hundreds of acres of county open space. Licul also pointed out last spring that the depth of the water table can vary by as much as seven feet on his own property between the winter and summer months, so he questioned why water depth is sometimes measured in the winter, when it is lowest. His complaints have prompted state and county officials to begin performing depth measurements in the summer, when irrigation and runoff can raise the water level. County Water Quality Program Coordinator Mark Williams told Boulder Weekly it is now standard operating procedure to measure water depth in the summer before biosolid application is approved in areas where there is any question whether groundwater approaches the five-foot mark. (In some areas of Colorado, the aquifer can be as deep as 150 feet below the surface.) The same approach is implied, if not explicitly spelled out, in state regulations on biosolid use, which say that no one can apply the human waste in areas where the “annual high groundwater table” is within five feet of the surface. •••• While it no longer smells like sewage at his property, Licul is not done. He wonders why a novice like himself was able to find maps with wetlands and high water depths clearly marked near areas where biosolids application had been approved. “Why didn’t [Parks and Open Space Director] Ron Stewart find that map?” he asks. “Why did I find it?” Licul also questions the accountability in an approval process that seems to be circular because it appears to pass respon-
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sibility from the state to the county to the applicator and back again. “I get the feeling that, in 40 years, we’ll be saying, ‘Can you believe we used to spread this on land where we grow our food?’” he says. Short of an outright ban on biosolids on taxpayer-funded open space in Boulder County, Licul now wants the new practice of measuring water table depth in the summer put into written regulations, because if it’s not in writing, the practice might be discontinued when the people in those regulatory positions change. Guidance on biosolids could be put into writing when the county’s new cropland policy is developed. A group of farmers and other citizens serving on a new Cropland Policy Advisory Group (CPAG) is in the midst of a monthslong examination of such issues. Jesse Rounds, the natural resource planner with Boulder County Parks and Open Space who is serving as administrator to CPAG, says that group is expected to discuss biosolids at its July 6 meeting. Licul’s insistence has resulted in at least one written agreement, between the county and biosolids applicator Liquid Waste Management. The agreement stipulates that the highly diluted sewage water will not be applied to the Warner open space parcel until groundwater depth is measured during the irrigation season. “I’m not against the farmers, or Liquid Waste Management,” Licul says, “but what do we have in Colorado if we don’t have clean water?” •••• Licul’s concerns prompted Diker and county officials to personally visit the half-dozen Boulder County open space properties in question last summer. The county officials on the June 28 site visit included Williams and David Bell, agricultural resource manager for Parks and Open Space. Bell told Boulder Weekly that of the county’s 98,000 acres of open space, farming is allowed on about 25,000 acres. And only six properties totaling about 1,200 acres have received state permits for biosolids. (There are about 26 other private properties where their use has been authorized by the state.) According to Bell, those six open space parcels are the Warner, Stinn, Darby, Alberta Clark, Faul and Craig properties. As a result of the recent increased scrutiny, only about 312 of those 1,200 acres have been cleared by the state and county for biosolids application. In the case of Warner, biosolids won’t be authorized until Liquid Waste Management takes a summer reading of the water table. Bell says the state Boulder Weekly
has not reissued permits for the Stinn and Alberta Clark properties, and only about half of the Darby site has been authorized for biosolids application, in a high area where there is no irrigation. The Faul property, where the water table has been measured at 7.3 feet, is being converted to an organic farming area, so no biosolids are being used there. But the same farmer who is using Faul for organic farming has gotten the green light to use biosolids at the Craig site, which Bell says is high land with no summer irrigation. (Farmers can grow several crops on land without irrigation, including winter wheat, dryland corn, dryland barley and dryland sunflowers, according to Bell.) •••• One question that Licul still asks is whether the county has financial motivation to lease open space land to farmers — and whether restricting the use of biosolids puts a damper on that side business. Bell says the county generates about $1.2 million a year by leasing open space land to farmers, but it’s no cash cow, since nearly $1 million of that is spent annually on maintaining those grounds and their fences, gates, irrigation and related expenses. Licul also questions why, in an age when organic farming is on the rise, the county would allow a practice that precludes the use of land for that purpose for three years — the amount of time a farmer must wait after applying biosolids or chemical fertilizers before being able to gain certification as an organic farm. And he wonders why the county doesn’t exert any control over its conservation easements where biosolids are applied. According to Bell, the county has no agricultural rights associated with those easements, only development rights. In other words, the county can keep those lands from being developed, but has no say on how they are farmed. But it looks like Licul will at least get the summer water-table measurement in writing at the county level. Bell says his office is creating a standing operating procedures manual in which that will be included. Licul still wonders, however, how the much more controversial GMOs will be regulated, in light of the lapses he’s seen in the regulation of biosolids. After all, he says, this is open space land paid for by the county’s taxpayers, and the citizens should have some say in how it is used. “This belongs to the people of Boulder County, not to Ron Stewart or the farmers,” he says. “Do the people of Boulder County want this on there?” Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com
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tells Boulder Weekly. Regardless, even athletics giant Nike has started making shoes that use some pre- and post-consumer recycled materials, water-based adhesives and recycled polyester, according to the company website. They’re also making leaner, meaner running shoes that use less material as a way to be nicer to runners who want to lift less weight with each step, and nicer to a planet that could use a little less waste floating around. Their packaging has also been trimmed down to use 23 percent less material, and those iconic orange boxes are 100 percent recycled cardboard. But even eco-friendly shoes need a place to die. Many local running stores partner with Boulder’s One World Running, which sends new and nearly new athletic shoes, shirts and shorts to Africa. If the shoes are not nearly new enough, they’re sent through Boulder’s Eco-Cycle program, which grinds down the plastic and reuses it through programs like Nike’s ReuseA-Shoe. Since 1990, Nike has collected 25 million pairs of shoes through ReuseA-Shoe, which converts the plastic from running shoes into surfaces for tracks, basketball courts, gym floors and playgrounds, and has started appearing in new products. There are drop-off locations at the Nike stores in Lakewood and Loveland. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com
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The Disco Biscuits and friends play the Bisco Inferno festival at Red Rocks on Saturday, May 28.
AMERICA’S ONLY SOCIALIST SENATOR TOOK THE SYSTEM TO TASK DURING ANTI-TAX-CUT FILIBUSTER BY ADAM PERRY
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don’t drive, but every time I bike or walk past a gas station I can’t help reflecting on the fact that the price Americans pay for one gallon of gas is literally more than Exxon Mobil Corp. pays in taxes. In fact, due to federal subsidies — as Jim Hightower reported in Boulder Weekly on May 12 — Exxon, which made more than $10 billion in profits during the first three months of 2011 alone, received a $156 million income tax rebate last year.
Vermont’s Bernie Sanders, the lone independent (and socialist) senator in America and author of the new book The Speech (Nation Books, $13), thinks it’s a crime to pass bills that ease tax rates for the most fortunate among us, especially when Congress doesn’t seem to be so much as proposing job-creation bills. Plus, the U.S. currently has the highest rate of child poverty in the industrialized world — we’re at 20 percent, Sanders notes, while the Netherlands is in second place at 9.8 percent — and more than 40,000 U.S. factories have closed in the past decade, so you’d think the focus would be on helping those in need. “When we try to understand why we have a such a huge national debt [currently more than $14 trillion] and a $1.3 trillion deficit, it is also important to understand that many large and profitable corporations avoid virtually all of their tax responsibility,” Sanders says in The Speech. Famously, on Dec. 10, Sanders stalled a vote on the deal President Obama had made with Republicans to extend tax cuts for the wealthiest 2 percent of Americans. One can see why the senator would be angry about Congress agreeing to extend these tax cuts: Passed by President George W. Bush 18 May 26, 2011
in 2001, they helped turn the $86.4 billion surplus President Bill Clinton left Bush into the $1.2 trillion deficit Bush left Obama in 2009. For eight hours, Sanders filibustered the extension of the tax cuts — which are taking place at a time when the richest 1 percent in our nation owns more wealth than the bottom 90 percent — by standing on the Senate floor and telling the sad truth about our country’s current fiscal situation. The worldwide rush to watch the live streaming video of the filibuster crashed the Senate television website, and Exxon was one of the targets the senator fired at the most. The Speech is the text of that historic filibuster. “People say: ‘Oh my word, in order to deal with our deficit, we are going to have to cut back on Medicare and Medicaid and education. We cannot afford it,’” Sanders says. “I guess we can afford to allow Exxon Mobil, the most profitable corporation in the history of the world, to make huge sums of money and pay nothing in federal taxes. We can afford to do that, but we cannot afford to protect work-
Thursday, May 26
Lafayette Farmers’ Market — Fresh produce and local goods. What could be better? 4-8 p.m. Festival Plaza, 311 S. Public Rd., Lafayette, 303-499-2494.
Friday, May 27
Beer Garden — Brews and BBQ is a heavenly combination handed down from the culinary gods to man. 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. The Rib House, 1801 13th St., Boulder, 303-442-7427.
Saturday, May 28
Bisco Inferno — Featuring The Disco Biscuits, Rusko, Big Boi and more. 5:30 p.m. Red Rocks Amphitheatre, 18300 W. Alameda Pkwy., Morrison, 720-865-2494.
Sunday, May 29
Avery Tap Room — One of Boulder’s finest microbreweries makes carefully crafted, exquisite beers, and they taste even better fresh at the brewery. 12-8 p.m. Avery Brewing Co., 5757 Arapahoe Ave., Unit B1, Boulder, www.averybrewing.com.
Monday, May 30
“So, You’re a Poet” — Open mic poetry. Check out what’s on the minds of local wordsmiths. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat Coffeehouse, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.
Tuesday, May 31
Geeks Who Drink Pub Quiz — Can you compete with the geeks? Better bone up on your nerd lessons, egghead. 7:30 p.m. Harpo’s Sports Bar, 2860 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-444-9464.
Wednesday, June 1
Just Sit — When was the last time you just sat for two hours? 7 to 9 p.m. Boulder Shambhala Meditation Center, 1345 Spruce St., Boulder, 303-444-0190.
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ing families and the middle class.” Alas, on May 17, a vote on ending nonsensical tax breaks for oil companies, whose profits are at an all-time high, was blocked by the Senate (ending the tax breaks would reportedly have saved $21 billion over the next 10 years). Yes, at a time when the middle class is quickly disappearing while the rich get richer and, as some have pointed out, one in five men between 25 and 54 is not working, America is blatantly giving special treatment to those who need the least help, something Sanders repeatedly pointed out in The Speech. Even harsher words were saved for the financial institutions that are “lending out money to desperate Americans at 25 or 30 percent interest rates” while making record profits in part from the taxpayer-funded 2008 government loans they took for less than 1 percent. “That, my friends, is called usury,” Sanders (who calls the CEOs of these companies “gangsters”) adds, “and according to every religion on Earth, that is immoral.” Whether politicians who proudly identify themselves as god-fearing and then propose eliminating health care and other services for the elderly, sick and poor while calling a return to the tax rates of the ’90s “un-American” are hypocritical is a topic worthy of a separate
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book. But what’s certain is that a bailout recipient like Wells Fargo, omnipresent in Boulder, will not offer citizens whose taxes went to keeping their business afloat a few years ago the same interest rate our government gave them. How do I know? I went in and asked. First, a little back story: just after purchasing Wachovia Bank for $12.7 billion and reaping gigantic tax-code benefits estimated at $25 billion, the bank (our nation’s second largest) was given $25 billion in direct funds from the federal government with the use of our tax dollars. Two weeks after the controversial $700 billion bailout of financial institutions was passed by Congress, Wells Fargo released a statement explaining that funds accumulated by issuing stock and “the capital investment from the government … will enable us to finance the Wachovia acquisition.” Though eight of the biggest banks — including Wells Fargo — fully repaid their government loans by the summer of 2009, neither Congress nor the treasury department required the banks to divulge specifics on how the San Francisco-based bank used the bailout funds. And it will be years before we know how much the government earns in interest from these financial institutions or what happens with those profits. Still, I found it fascinating to walk into
the Wells Fargo on 28th Street last week and ask for a loan with an interest rate of less than 1 percent. A “personal banker” at Wells Fargo initially seemed confused by my request. “Less than 1 percent? To tell you the truth, I don’t know if Wells Fargo offers loans at less than 1 percent,” that person told me. “The only form of credit where we offer an interest rate of less than 1 percent would be on a credit card, and it would probably be an introductory rate, not a rate you would have for the length of the account.” “Would you consider a rate of less than 1 percent unfair?” I asked. “I guess if it was a straight rule across the board, then, yes, because that’s the main tool that we use for making money,” the Wells Fargo employee said. “If the bank ended up in debt and needed a loan, and asked for it from the taxpayers, do you think it would get it at less than 1 percent?” I asked. “It’s possible,” the employee replied. When I asked why she thinks Wells Fargo enjoyed an interest rate of less than 1 percent from the government, the employee said, “I don’t think Wells Fargo needed the money. I think the reason that they took it was because Wells Fargo was purchasing Wachovia Bank, which was in trouble. I don’t know if I could say if it was right or
wrong that it happened, but Wells Fargo is a strong company.” I also asked a teller her opinion of the bailout on my way out of the bank. “Oh,” the teller replied, “the one we’ve already paid off? Eh, it’s business. I’m a business-standpoint person.” “But if a person who owns a business wants a loan at less than 1 percent, they can’t get it from Wells Fargo,” I said. “You can’t get a loan of 1 percent really anywhere.” “Unless it comes from the taxpayers.” “Yeah, the money the government gave,” the teller told me. “They did it for all the banks. We paid ours back. “The taxpayers, of course, pay the government, but the government did the bailout,” the teller concluded. “Taxpayers aren’t really involved.” I agreed to disagree with that teller on that one, and then canceled my account with Wells Fargo in favor of opening one at a credit union (none of which needed a bailout, even though, unlike banks, their interest rates are virtually always legally capped at 15 percent). But clearly, at least one taxpayer was involved in the financial crisis — Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf, who, thanks to the extension of the Bush-era tax cuts Sanders opposed, will receive a $318,000 tax break this year. Respond:letters@boulderweekly.com
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Dechen Hawk’s Soul Sessions plays the Fox Theatre on Saturday, May 28. Doors at 8:30 p.m. Rogue Sound, Paa Kow’s By All Means and Dreams Are For Rookies also play. Tickets are $5. 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-3399.
Getting on the Dechen Hawk plan Meet a major player in Boulder’s music scene by P.J. Nutting
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e sits alone by the window of The Laughing Goat. A laptop, lunch and red wine are in front of him and conversation with another table happens to his left. We’re looking for Dechen Hawk as he’s doing all of these things, blending into the surroundings because this is essentially his office, and he’s been here all day. When he’s not booking talent here at the Laughing Goat or Caffè Sole, hosting open-mic Mondays at Johnny’s Cigar Bar or haunting Pearl Street Pub sessions, he pursues music nightly through his own performances and private lessons. It sounds like a daunting and impossible life, but he’s quick to show you how to do it. One impression you get from Hawk is that generosity is not just a courtesy; it’s a business plan. “Sharing myself and what I’m excited about seems to be the type of thing that is both contagious and infectious at the same time,” he tells us with radiant eyes. Born into a Shambhala Buddhist community and raised with that outlook, his brand of soul music mirrors the values that make him an easily accessible personality: His fans are just as important as his band; life thrives beyond lines of self-preservation; the answer is never further than yourself. More than two decades of musicianship has taught him just a few of
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these things. His upcoming show at the Fox is not his first — he nearly sold out the venue in January — and unsurprisingly, he’s excited to promote his band as much as himself. “I’m basically done with the first leg of what I’m releasing, and I’m excited because it’s finally representing what you will see at this Fox 28th show, this full soul band, this nine-piece soul band,” Hawk says. Though he has the talent and character to portray the unfalteringly pleasant Mr. Schuester on Glee, he speaks of himself as only one component of the underground Boulder scene and ignores his role in booking much of it. Playing with Boulder friends such as Rogue Sound and Paa Kow’s By All Means Band is just as exciting to him as his name on the marquee. “You want be part of a scene you can stand behind and feel good about,” he says, “and be like ‘Yeah, this is my music, this is coming out of where I am. It’s just like Seattle blew up. There’s no reason we can’t do it; it’s just a matter of us working together.” A multi-instrumentalist who has played all the various instruments of his band since his 1994 Live @ Penny Lane release, Hawk morphed through various stages of Buckley-esque acoustic songwriter, jazz cat and funk trio leader to arrive as the arranger and
vocalist of a surprising new soul band. He studied music at Naropa and traced the history of soul from its gospel roots up to D’Angelo. Reading the works of Howard Thurmon, the history of black authors and why the music was expressing what it did was to fit a missing puzzle piece. “I knew it was already in me, and I knew that that’s what I needed to express, and I’m also some random white kid born in Austin, Texas,” Hawk says. “So you can get the whole blue-eyed soul thing, and blah blah blah, and I’m like, well you know what, nothing worked but Stevie Wonder to put me to sleep when I was an infant. You can’t deny that that is what’s in my soul, that’s what needs to be expressed from me.” A lot of his influences come back to Stevie Wonder, a masterful pop songwriter who mastered the powerhouse hook with an uplifting message that’s “repeated like a mantra,” Hawk says, “so you can’t help but become a part of the message as well.” It’s all in the music, anyway, he tells us. Latching onto social movements from the ’60s, soul music is the quintessential means of expressing love and peace, and even when it’s modern and sexed-up, it’s still about staying together. That is the thing in the music that calls to Hawk, no matter what genre he chooses to embrace next. “I think we, as artists, pull from all these different areas not because we’re trying to be like someone else, it’s because there’s something in us that’s being called by them to come out,” he says. When you see it and get the chills, it’s calling to you as well. “It’s real, it absolutely is, and even if they don’t believe it, I just make it real because I say so!” he says with a genial laugh. “Because that’s all that it is anyways.” Respond:letters@boulderweekly.com
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Sarah Jaffe plays at The Bluebird Theater on Thursday, May 26, and Friday, May 27. Doors at 8 p.m. both nights. Must be 16 to enter. The Old 97’s play also. Tickets are $44 (for two-day package). 3317 E. Colfax, 303-322-2308.
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arah Jaffe is well aware of the odds stacked against her success. The glut of female acoustic singer/songwriters alone makes it hard to succeed in such a saturated market. Along with that, Jaffe’s debut LP, Suburban Nature, is filled with minimal melodies penned several years before — comprising material she was less than excited about releasing. Funny then that she’s one of the hottest songwriters around. Jaffe’s stock continues to rise despite her confusion about her own success, but those in the know realize a strong melody wins every time. Whether she’s earning the respect of her musical heroes or earning new fans along the way, few artists have experienced the grassroots whirlwind like Jaffe. “There are times that I was able to realize that something amazing was going on within the last year,” explains Jaffe. “There were times I was able to fully intake the things going on around me. But for the most part I didn’t fully realize the situation until it was already past me. Even up until now, it seems a little bit of a blur, but it also just hasn’t set in yet. The momentum really hasn’t stopped, and I’ve been very busy even still. But overall it’s been a fantastic time.” The 25-year-old songwriter garnered some help from friends in the band Midlake, and touring with them certainly helped. But that doesn’t explain why Jaffe also landed tours (and picked up fans) with the Grammy-winning Norah Jones and the legendary Lou Barlow (Sebadoh, Dinosaur Jr.). Along the way, media outlets from USA Today and The New York Times to Paste and National Public Radio have decorated her music with “Best New Artist” and “Must Hear” designations.
Such opportunities and declarations aren’t lost on the Denton, Texas, native. The past 18 months yielded several surreal moments for her, but it was a simple text that provided the most unlikely surprise. “I was lucky to go out with Midlake on a European tour last year,” Jaffe says. “But while we were out in Berlin, I got a text from a friend of both mine and Norah Jones. She texted me saying that Norah wanted to take me out and call me. I got a
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text from Norah five minutes later seeing if I wanted to do some shows with her for a couple of weeks. Seeing where I was and then seeing a text from Norah, it was pretty outstanding. It was probably nothing for her, but it made my month.” The aforementioned debut, Surburban Nature, was originally something Jaffe planned to record just to get it out of the way. Her family and friends insisted she officially release those songs before moving on, and a bout of writer’s block kept her from creating any new material anyway. Consequently, she put together the raw acoustic project to be able to move on. Ironically, that’s the last thing she has been able to do, given the success of those songs. “It was very much a slap in the face,” Jaffe says. “I tend to be very stubborn with my music, and I have a certain mindset about how something should go. It’s very ironic for me to play a song that’s seven years old and have it do really, really well. So the whole thing is funny to me at times, and I’m still having fun with them. If anything, I’m just very grateful for those songs, that they’re doing what they are.” For now, Jaffe’s plan is simply to enjoy the ride she’s on before thinking about any next steps. Summer tour plans carry her coast to coast, including dates with Rhett Miller and The Old 97’s at The Bluebird Theater for two nights, and that should carry her through the fall, as well. “I’m deeply, deeply in love with what I am doing,” says Jaffe. “As much as I get tired at times and want to just be at home and curl up in the fetal position, I am in love with what I am doing. I wouldn’t change it at all, and I hope it can continue to be this busy. It’s a feel of constant progression and movement, and I love it. I hope it continues.” Respond:letters@boulderweekly.com
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Who says hipsters don’t have soul? Mayer Hawthorne’s tunes are steeped in the tradition of his Motown hometown by Matt Conner
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o equate Mayer Hawthorne to an old soul is more accurate than most would even realize. While Hawthorne’s fans recognize it as an allusion to a sound oft-compared to legendary sounds of yore like Isaac Hayes, Barry White or Curtis Mayfield, it’s also a proper description of the Detroit native’s musical personality. It’s the Smokey Robinson comparisons that garner the most interest, given Hawthorne’s bio as a 32-year-old white songwriter from Michigan. The look and background simply don’t match the sounds that emanate from Mayer Hawthorne and the County, but it’s his genuine love for the old Motown vibe and tone that comes through loud and clear. After self-releasing a couple of singles, the attention of storied label Stones Throw came into the picture, signing Hawthorne (real name Drew Cohen) to a label deal quicker than any artist in its history. As label founder Peanut Butter Wolf said, “I think Mayer is the only artist in the history of the label that I’ve signed after hearing only two songs. Sometimes, you just know it’s the right thing to do.” “It’s been incredible working with Stones Throw,” Hawthorne says. “They’re one of the most respected labels out there. The incredible thing about them is that
they put out music that they genuinely love themselves. They want to listen to it. It’s not just music that they believe will sell a million copies or will turn into a Top 40 hit. It’s just music that they love, and that’s the key to their success. They just allow me to be whatever artist I want to be, and that’s an amazing thing.” It’s not just Hawthorne’s sound that plays out in his favor. It’s also his strong work ethic and determination to become the best at his craft. He describes his regimen as relentless, no matter what he takes on, and it’s that focus that has elevated him to such a strong platform in a short amount of time. “I grew up near Detroit and one of the things that I’m really fortunate to have been instilled with is that work ethic that Detroit is known for,” Hawthorne says. “It’s that blue-collar, Detroit work ethic. I am never satisfied. I am always trying to make improvements, and we rehearse as much as we possibly can to ensure that every time you come to see Mayer Hawthorne and the County, it’s an even better show than the one you saw before. We’re really trying to be the most incredible live show that you’ve ever seen.” Currently, Hawthorne is out with Bruno Mars and Janelle Monae, and they hit the 1stBank Center Sunday, May 29. Hawthorne says the beauty of the tour is the new audience it brings, but it’s also a challenge to whit-
tle down the set to only 30 minutes. “Anytime you are playing a show where you’re not necessarily the crowd favorite, I think it’s just important to be 100 percent genuine and totally be yourself,” Hawthorne says. “You have to let people figure out who you are and let people decide for themselves whether they want to get on board or not. We just try to make sure that when we leave the stage, we leave everything there and give 100 percent.” For those wanting a preview of Hawthorne’s sound, his own website has a free EP available for download right now entitled Impressions. It’s a covers release intended to provide what the title describes — a strong impression to let you know what’s coming as he prepares his second full-length album. “The songs that I chose to cover on this EP are going to give people a really good feel for what my new album will sound like,” Hawthorne says. “I specifically chose songs that really inspired the sound for the new album, so I wanted to give people a little insight because it’s been a while since I’ve released a project. I wanted to give it away for free so nobody is talking about how they can’t afford it. I wanted everyone to hear it and understand where I am going and just get people prepared for the new sound for the new album coming out in the fall.” As much as audiences are surprised by the sounds crafted by Hawthorne, he’s equally surprised by the applause that comes his way. “I am constantly blown away by the outpouring of love I have gotten all over the world,” Hawthorne says. “It’s really the most beautiful thing that I’ve ever witnessed. To be performing for thousands of people all over the world and have them know the words to your songs and sing along, there’s nothing better than that. Every time I hit the stage, I am always blown away every time. Every performance is like the first time. I couldn’t be more thankful that I get to do this for a living.” Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com
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music Acoustic Open Mic Night. 9:30 p.m. Waterloo, 809 S. Main St., Louisville, 303-9932094. Bluegrass Pick — With Martin Gilmore. 9 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683. Blues Ambassadors. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel and Suites, 800 28th St., Boulder, 303-443-3322. The Disco Biscuits. 9 p.m. Ogden Theatre, 935 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, 303-832-1874. Doug Yager Jazz Trio. 7 p.m. Cuvée, 946 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-0475. Heyoka, R/D and Ill Esha. 9:30 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-3399. Jami Lunde Duo. 5:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Rd., Longmont, 303-485-9400. Janine e seu Ritmo. 7 p.m. Caffè Sole, 637R S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-499-2985. Lil’ Sum’n Sum’n. 9 p.m. Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom, 2637 Welton St., Denver, 303-297-1772. Live Jazz with George Nelson. 6:30 p.m. Carelli’s Italian Restaurant, 645 30th St., Boulder, 303-938-9300. Live Karaoke. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 N. Park Dr., Lafayette, 303-665-2757. Open Bluegrass Pick. 7 p.m. The Rock Inn, 1675 Hwy. 66, Estes Park, 970-586-4116. Open Mic at Folsom St. Coffee 5-7 p.m. Folsom St. Coffee Co. 1795 Folsom St. 303-440-8808. Open Stage — With KC Groves. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685. Open Stage with Tommy and the Tangerines — Every Thursday night. Catacombs, 2115 13th St., Boulder, 303-4424344. Pete Kartsounes. 8:30 p.m. The Laughing
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Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628. Neil Bridge Trio Featuring Karen Lee. 6:30 p.m. St. Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696. Old 97’s — With Sarah Jaffe. 8 p.m. Bluebird Theatre, 3317 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, 303-3222308. Thursday Night Bluegrass Pick. 9 p.m. First Street Pub, 35 E. First St., Nederland, 303-258-0782. QDiva Experience. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s Bistro, 2675 N. Park Dr., Lafayette, 303-665-2757. Smack Thompson. Open Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922.
Wendy Woo Band. 9 p.m. Cervantes’ Other Side, 2637 Welton St., Denver, 303-297-1772.
events Avery Tap Room — For tours and tastings. 12-8 p.m. Avery Brewing Co., 5757 Arapahoe Ave., Unit B1, Boulder, www.averybrewing.com. Beginning Flamenco Dance. 6:15-7:30 p.m. Kakes Studios, 2115 Pearl St., Boulder, 303786-7050, www.flamenco-boulder.com. Beginning/Intermediate Hoopdance. 9 a.m. Boulder Circus Center, 4747 26th St., Boulder, 303-918-6617. Gardening with Native Wildflowers. 5-7
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Smith. MCA Denver, 1485 Delgany St., Denver, 303-298-7554. Through May 29. Running the Numbers: Portraits of Mass Consumption — Photographs by Chris Jordan. BioLounge, CU Museum, 1035 Broadway, Boulder, 303-492-6892. Western Horizons: Landscapes from the Contemporary Realism Collection — By various artists. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave., Denver, 720-865-5000. Through Aug. 28.
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Friday, May 27
music Adam Bodine. 7 p.m. Cuvée, 946 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-0475. Bad Weather California and Hot White — With School Knights, Pacific Pride. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-3399. Bluegrass Pick. 12 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Rd., Longmont, 303-485-9400. Brad Upton Quartet. 7 p.m. Caffè Sole, 637R S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-499-2985. Bruce Cockburn — With Jenny Scheinman. 8 p.m. Chautauqua Auditorium, 900 Baseline Rd., Boulder, 303-440-7666. The Congress. 7 p.m. St. Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696. The Disco Biscuits. 9 p.m. Ogden Theatre, 935 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, 303-832-1874. Drew Schofield. 7 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683. Fat Rabbit. First Street Pub, 35 E. First St., Nederland, 303-258-0782. Future Jazz Project, Liebermonster, Broken Holmes. 8 p.m. Cervantes’ Other Side, 2637 Welton St., Denver, 303-297-1772. The Immortal Blues Ambasadors. 8 p.m. The Rib House, 1801 13th St., Boulder, 303442-RIBS. Jeff Lambert, Regarding Fury. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303440-4628. Mother Lode. 7 p.m. Nissi’s Bistro, 2675 N. Park Dr., Lafayette, 303-665-2757. Music on the Mezz — With Molly Greacen and the Sweet Life Brazilian Jazz Band. Hotel Boulderado, 2115 13th St., Boulder, 303-4424344. Onda. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Rd., Longmont, 303-485-9400. Paul F. Thompkins. 8 p.m. Gothic Theatre, 3263 S. Broadway, Denver, 303-788-0984. Pete Neuman & Real Deal. 8 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel and Suites, 800 28th St., Boulder, 303-443-3322. Rock N Soul Café Artist Showcase. 7:30 p.m. Rock N Soul Café, 5290 Arapahoe Ave., Suite 1, Boulder, 303-443-5108. Steve Manshel. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685. Tyler Grant. 7:30 p.m. The Stone Cup, 442 High St., Lyons, 303-823-2345.
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theater Boulder Ballet School Showcase. 2 p.m. & 4 p.m. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., 303-440-7826. May 28 & 29. Carousel. Jesters Dinner Theatre, 224 Main St., Longmont, 303-6829980. Through July 10. Cats. Boulder’s Dinner Theatre, 5501 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-449-6000.
Unknown Americans. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922.
events Avery Tap Room — For tours and tastings. 12-8 p.m. Avery Brewing Co., 5757 Arapahoe Ave., Unit B1, Boulder, www.averybrewing.com. Beer Garden. 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. The Rib House, 1801 13th St., Boulder, 303-442-7427. Comida Mobile Mexi-Feast. 4:30-7 p.m. Asher Brewing Co., 4699 Nautilus Court, Boulder, 303-530-1381. Salsa Dancing. 10:30 p.m. Trattoria on Pearl, 1430 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-544-0008. Upslope Brewing Co. Tap Room and Tours. 4-8 p.m. Upslope Brewing Co., 1501 Lee Hill Rd., No. 20, Boulder, www. upslopebrewing.com.
Saturday, May 28
music Acoustic Brunch. 10 a.m. Rock N Soul Cafe, 5290 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-443-5108. Acoustic Open Mic. 2-4 p.m. The Stone Cup, 442 High St., Lyons, 303-823-2345. Adele. 8 p.m. Ogden Theatre, 935 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, 303-832-1874. Bluegrass Pick. 12 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Rd., Longmont, 303-485-9400. Bisco Inferno — The Disco Biscuits, Rusko, Big Boi and more. 5:30 p.m. Red Rocks Amphitheatre, 18300 W. Alameda Pkwy., Morrison, 720-865-2494. Bruce Cockburn. 7:30 p.m. Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada, 720-898-7200. Burn the Coach. 9 p.m. Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom, 2637 Welton St., Denver, 303-297-1772. Crowboy. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Rd., Longmont, 303-485-9400. The David James Band. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s Bistro, 2675 N. Park Dr., Lafayette, 303-6652757.
Through Sept. 24. Julius Caesar — Presented by Upstart Crow Theater. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., 303-440-7826. Through May 21. Rapunzel. Boulder’s Dinner Theatre, 5501 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-449-6000. Through May 28.
Dechen Hawk’s Soul Sessions — With Rogue Sound, By All Means and Dreams Are For Rookies. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-3399. Dizastroland Volume 2 — With Fosdick and Slob, Mango and others. 10 p.m. Astroland, 4415 N. Broadway, Boulder, www.myspace. com/astrolandd. Emily Bedal, Idlewhile. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628. Gasoline Lollipops. 7:30 p.m. Caffè Sole, 637R S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-499-2985. Jack Hadley Trio. 7 p.m. St. Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696. Owen Kortz Trio. 7 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683. Pete Kartsounes Band. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922. Propoganda, The Foodchain. 9 p.m. Cervantes’ Other Side, 2637 Welton St., Denver, 303-297-1772. Romano Paoletti Band. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-8236685. Sanity’s Edge — With Inexerfy, The Vacant Throne, 7th Sin, Silent Divine. 7 p.m. Gothic Theatre, 3263 S. Broadway, Denver, 303-7880984. Stephen Thurston. 7 p.m. Cuvée, 946 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-0475. Women’s Night — With Jodie. 8 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel and Suites, 800 28th St., Boulder, 303-443-3322. Zack Heckendorf — With RMF and M. Augustus. 8 p.m. Bluebird Theatre, 3317 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, 303-322-2308.
events Afternoon Tea. 2 p.m. Jill’s Restaurant at St. Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-4069696. Avery Tap Room — For tours and tastings. 12-8 p.m. Avery Brewing Co., 5757 Arapahoe Ave., Unit B1, Boulder, www.averybrewing. com. Beginning/Intermediate Hoopdance. 10 a.m. Kakes Studio, 2115 Pearl St., Boulder, 303918-6617. Boulder Creek Festival. 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
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Avery Tap Room — For tours and tastings. 12-8 p.m. Avery Brewing Co., 5757 Arapahoe Ave., Unit B1, Boulder, www.averybrewing.com. Beginning Hawaiian Hula Class. 7:15 p.m. Boulder Ballet Studio, The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303447-9772. Boulder Creek Festival. 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. 9th Street to 14th Street between Canyon Boulevard and Arapahoe Avenue, Boulder, 303449-3137. Through May 30. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. 8 p.m. St. Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720406-9696. Continuing Hawaiian Hula Class. 5:30 p.m. Boulder Ballet Studio, The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303447-9772. Free Open House. 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. Boulder Shambhala Meditation Center, 1345 Spruce St., Boulder, 303-444-0190.
Monday, May 30
music Brad Goode Jazz Quartet. 7 p.m. Caffè Sole, 637R S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-4992985. Electric Blues Jam. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Rd., Longmont, 303-485-9400.
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Jesse Bullington’s The Enterprise of Death. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-2074. Thursday Night Poetry Reading. 7 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore, 1203 13th St., Suite A, Boulder, 303-579-1644.
Monday, May 23 “So You’re a Poet” — Open mic poetry. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.
Tuesday, May 24 Jeffrey Greene’s The Golden-Bristled Boar. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-2074. Tuesday Night Poetry Reading. 7 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Book Store, 1203 13th St., Suite A, Boulder, 303-579-1644.
Wednesday, June 1 Elana Amsterdam’s The Gluten-Free Cupcake. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-2074.
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Jay Ryan’s Big Top. 7 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683. Memorial Day Mountain Music Fest & Barbeque — With Great American Taxi and others. 12-5 p.m. Gold Hill Inn, 401 Main St., Gold Hill, 303-443-6461. Open Mic. 7 p.m. Rock N Soul Café, 5290 Arapahoe Ave., Suite 1, Boulder, 303-443-5108. Vagabond Swing. 10 p.m. Southern Sun, 627 S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-543-0886.
Boulder Improv Jam Association — Public dance jam every Tuesday. 7:30-10:30 p.m.The Avalon Ballroom, 6185 Arapahoe Rd., Boulder, 720-934-2028. Flamenco Dance Technique. 5:50 p.m. Kakes Studios, 2115 Pearl St., Boulder, 303786-7050, www.flamenco-boulder.com. Geeks Who Drink Pub Quiz. 7:30 p.m. Harpo’s Sports Bar, 2860 Arapahoe Ave.,
Boulder, 303-444-9464. Healing Space With Alan McAllister. 4-6 p.m. Whole Being Explorations, 1800 30th St., Boulder, 303-545-5562. Open Mic Poetry and Music — Hosted by Rob Geisen and Olatundji Akpo-Sani. 8 p.m. The No-Name Bar, 1325 Broadway, Boulder. Twisted Pine Brewing and Tap Room. 3-9 p.m. Twisted Pine Tap Room, 3201 Walnut St.,
#A, Boulder, 303-786-9270. WordPress Security Essentials. 6-9 p.m. Boulder Digital Arts, 1600 Range St., Boulder, 303-875-0276.
Wednesday, June 1 Bluegrass Pick. 6:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Tasty Weasel Tap Room, 1800 Pike Rd., Unit B,
events Boulder County Alcoholics Anonymous — Happy hour group. 5:30 p.m. 5375 Western Ave., Boulder, www.BoulderCountyAA.org. Boulder Creek Festival. 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. 9th Street to 14th Street between Canyon Boulevard and Arapahoe Avenue, Boulder, 303449-3137. Cornhole League. 6 p.m. Asher Brewing Co., 4699 Nautilus Court, Boulder, 303-530-1381. Free Open Class — Meditation instruction. 7-9 p.m. Boulder Shambhala Meditation Center, 1345 Spruce St., Boulder, 303-444-0190. Geeks Who Drink Pub Quiz. 9 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-4491922. “So, You’re a Poet” — Open mic poetry. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat Coffeehouse, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628. Twisted Pine Brewing and Tap Room — One dollar of each pint sold goes to Kiwanis Club. 3-9 p.m. Twisted Pine Tap Room, 3201 Walnut St., #A, Boulder, 303-786-9270.
Tuesday, May 31
music Bluegrass Pick and Open Stage. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685. Blues Jam. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel and Suites, 800 28th St., Boulder, 303-4433322. Dechen Hawk & A Murder of Prose. 6:30 p.m. St. Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696. Clusterpluck — 9 p.m. Open jam. George’s Food & Drink, 2028 14th St., Boulder, 303-9989350. Open Mic — With Danny Shafer. 8 p.m./7:15 p.m. sign-up. Conor O’Neills, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922. Open Mic. First Street Pub, 35 E. First St., Nederland, 303-258-0782. Open Mic Night. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 N. Park Dr., Lafayette, 303-665-2757. Ricky Stein and the .44. 9 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683. Salsa Night — Every Tuesday night. 7:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. The Absinthe House, 1109 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-443-8600. Super Sessions with Super Collider. 8:30 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628. Weekly Bluegrass Pick — All levels welcome. 8-11 p.m. Oskar Blues, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685.
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events Art for Lunch. 12:15-12:45 p.m. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-2122. Compulsive Eaters Anonymous-HOW. 6 p.m. Community United Church of Christ, 2650 Table Mesa Dr., Boulder, 970-5564740. Just Sit. 7 to 9 p.m. Boulder Shambhala Meditation Center, 1345 Spruce St., Boulder, 303-444-0190. Tea, Talks, Transformation — With Linda Lawson. 6:30 p.m. Boulder. For location, call 720-301-3993. Twisted Pine Brewing and Tap Room. 3-9 p.m. Twisted Pine Tap Room, 3201 Walnut St., #A, Boulder, 303-786-9270. Upslope Brewing — 4-8 p.m. Upslope Brewing Co., 1501 Lee Hill Rd., No. 20, Boulder, www.upslopebrewing.com. Vajrayana Buddhist Meditation. 7 p.m. Mipham Shedra, 2860 Bluff St., Boulder, 303449-0319.
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Sunday, May 29 Baby Boogie — Bring kids to dance. 2 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303463-6683. Children’s Storytime. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1000 Canyon Blvd., Boulder, 303-441-3100. Go Club. 2 p.m. Boulder Public Library, 1000 Canyon Blvd., Boulder, 303-441-3100. The Family Pick — All-ages bluegrass jam every Sunday. 3-6 p.m. The Stage Stop, 60 Main St., Rollinsville, 303-258-0649.
Monday, May 30 Children’s Storytime. 10:15 p.m. Boulder Public Library, 1000 Canyon Blvd., Boulder, 303-441-3100. Rise & Shine Storytime. 9:30 a.m. Barnes & Noble, Crossroads Commons, 2999 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-444-0349. Twinkle Babies. 10:15 a.m. Erie Community Library, 400 Powers St., Erie, 720-685-5200.
Tuesday, May 31 Children’s Storytime. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1000 Canyon Blvd., Boulder, 303-441-3100. Drop-in Storytime. 4 p.m. Erie Community Library, 400 Powers St., Erie, 720-685-5200. Storytime for Children. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Public Library, George Reynolds Branch, 3595 Table Mesa Dr., Boulder, 303-441-3120. Tactile Tuesday. 9-11 a.m. WOW! Children’s Museum, 110 N. Harrison Ave., Lafayette, 303604-2424. Teen Game Night. 3 p.m. Boulder Public Library, 1000 Canyon Blvd., Boulder, 303-4413100.
Wednesday, June 1 Children’s Storytime. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1000 Canyon Blvd., Boulder, 303-441-3100. Drop-in Storytime. 11 a.m. Erie Community Library, 400 Powers St., Erie, 720-685-5200. So Rim Kung Fu for Children. 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. A Place to B Studio, 1750 30th St., Boulder, 303-440-8007. Toddler Hour. 9 a.m. WOW! Children’s Museum, 110 N. Harrison Ave., Lafayette, 303604-2424.
Thursday, May 26 So Rim Kung Fu for Children. 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. A Place to B Studio, 1750 30th St., Boulder, 303-440-8007.
Friday, May 27 Children’s Storytime. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1000 Canyon Blvd., Boulder, 303-441-3100.
Saturday, May 28 Children’s Storytime. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1000 Canyon Blvd., Boulder, 303-441-3100.
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Regaining your sensual rhythm by Dr. Jenni Skyler Dear Dr. Jenni, I’m a breast cancer survivor and had a double mastectomy. I’m working with my therapist on grieving the loss of my old self and the feminine symbolism of my breasts. But I’m also struggling with the loss of sensuality from my breasts. I feel like my sexuality was also robbed. Any thoughts on how I can move forward? —Seeking Sensuality Post Cancer
time. My doctor said that because we are women, we don’t have the benefits of a male sex drive to keep us going. He suggested we enjoy the friendship and intimacy we do have. I feel put off by his advice and want a better answer on how to reclaim our sex life. —Defying Doctors Orders
Dear Defying, I can certainly understand why you want to defy your doctor’s order, considDear Seeking, ering the lack of courtesy and considerHow brave of ation for you both. I you to survive canpresume he was Questions cer and a huge surthinking that Send questions for Jenni gery. I think you women struggle are doing the with sex drive Skyler to drjenni@ smartest thing because we do not theintimacyinstitute.org. right now by givhave the same abuning yourself perdance of testostermission to grieve. When you feel ready, one as men have. Testosterone does help the next step is to reclaim and celebrate elevate the libido; however, the biggest your new self. This may take some time sex organ is the brain. Seducing your as you find a new sensual identity. Start partner upstairs can be far more imporby creating a list of what helps you tant than seducing him/her downstairs. express your feminine energy. What Because you both want to want, activities, like dancing, for example, help consider yourself on the same team, you access this energy? Are there certain steering toward the same goal. “Time” is sensual foods or smells or songs? your common adversary, as it is for most couples, regardless of sexual orientation. Perhaps take yourself shopping with a close, supportive friend to find new out- I suggest pulling out your day planners or Google calendars and penciling in fits for your wardrobe that express this sex dates, even if only for 30 minutes. new, sensual you. As for bodily sensation, this will also Initially, this may feel premeditated and be a journey of rediscovery. Imagine that unromantic, but I encourage you to your body is like a map — a large topo- imagine each date as if prepping for graphical body map. As all bodies your first time together. Remember, the change and age, the erogenous zones on objective is to seduce each other’s brain. our bodies do as well. By yourself first, Take turns setting the mood and initiatand then with a partner if you have one, ing, and make a fun list of activities you slowly explore your whole body from want to try, like a lunchtime sensual head to toe. Try out different types of shower. touch, varying pressure, using nails, Because this is a team endeavor, kneading, pinching, tickling and tapreward yourself similarly. Perhaps go out ping. You may find that your breasts do to a romantic dinner on the town after a not respond to the same type of arousal series of seven dates. The goal should be as they used to, but you may be surabout how much fun you can have prised with new stimulating finds! together, regardless of the amount of time. Dear Dr. Jenni, Send questions for Jenni Skyler, Ph.D., I’m a lesbian, and my girlfriend and to drjenni@theintimacyinstitute.org. Skyler I have been together for more than four is a sex therapist and board-certified sexolyears. We just don’t have much sex anyogist who runs The Intimacy Institute in more. We love each other, and want to Boulder, www.theintimacyinstitute.org. want, but just can’t seem to find the Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com
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e first met Johnny Depp’s memorable Captain Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, and it was a delightful film, a fun amusement park ride even more entertaining than the eponymous Disneyland ride upon which it was based. With more than a bit of hubris, director Gore Verbinski filmed Dead Man’s Chest and At World’s End, the second and third installments, simultaneously, and it showed. At World’s End was a chaotic, incomprehensible mess. Verbinski quit after the first three Pirates films and Rob Marshall directs part four, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. There are also significant casting changes: Depp is back as Sparrow, but Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley are both absent, the latter replaced by the less talented Penelope Cruz, who plays Angelica, daughter of dread pirate Blackbeard (Ian McShane). The story is a race to the fabled Fountain of Youth. Sparrow ends up shanghaied as part of Blackbeard’s crew, while Captain Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush) heads up the English privateer’s vessel, guided by Gibbs (Kevin McNally). The Spanish, meanwhile, have sent three ships to the New World, seeking to arrive first. One of the most interesting characters in the film is Philip (Sam Claflin), a Bible-toting Christian surrounded by cutthroats. He’s the naïve optimist surprised when his more cynical mates exploit him.
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Still, it’s his blossoming love for the trapped mermaid Syrena (Astrid Berges-Frisbey) that propels the story forward, even as the romance between Sparrow and Angelica proves lackluster. In fact, Angelica had no charisma on screen and was one of the most uninteresting characters in the film. There’s a sense that On Stranger Tides is a series of action scenes loosely stitched together by a flimsy storyline, but I felt that the film still had too few action sequences and a bit too much narrative exposition. During an early swordfight in “The Captain’s Daughter” pub, there is some witty banter between
Angelica and Jack that, unfortunately, rarely surfaces again. In fact, Angelica and Jack sound like a tired old couple that regrets their college breakup but are resigned to their separate lives and more than willing to ignore the small flame they have for the other. It’s uninspired, as is the vapid dialogue between Philip and Syrena. There’s also a sense that characters and creatures are introduced to the storyline but then not utilized to their full potential, most notably in the disfigured zombie officers on Blackbeard’s ship. Zombies? Sounds like a fruitful path for story twists and turns, but they are treated like just more hands on deck, not supernatural beings. The film’s treatment of mermaids was much better, presenting these lethal beauties as the sirens of the sea, not the neutered mermaids we’ve gotten used to from Ariel and her ilk in The Little Mermaid. These mermaids are scary and represent a two-edged sword of female sexuality: Get close, but don’t get too close, or you won’t live to tell the tale. On Stranger Tides wasn’t as entertaining as The Curse of the Black Pearl, but it’s a good reboot from the dismal mess that was the second and third films in the series. It’s a classic no-thought-required movie that will help hasten summer, and it’s the rare filmgoer who won’t enjoy it. Respond:letters@boulderweekly.com
A patient Western
t one point in Meek’s Cutoff, set in 1845, the frontier settler played by the excellent, plain-spoken Michelle Williams fires two warning shots after an alarming encounter with a Native American. Hurriedly she loads the rifle with gunpowder and ammunition, while director Kelly Reichardt observes the action from a patient, fixed middle-distance vantage point. It takes a good while — precisely as long as it would in real life, in this circumstance. Reichardt cuts away only after Williams’ character, Emily, discharges the rifle a second time. If you allow its windswept silences to work on you, Meek’s Cutoff gathers its own snakelike sense of momentum, as the people on screen make their way across the high-plains desert en route to the Cascade Mountains (they hope) and the West Coast. The film observes characters under duress. It doesn’t bother explaining them much. Nor does it concern itself with the usual boilerplate exposition about where they’re coming from and what dreams they have for the future. Director Reichardt and cinematographer Christopher Blauvelt have made a Western, by loose definition. I suppose you could call it a feminist Western, though that label suggests an anachronistically righteous revision of history, rather than the evocative reframing Reichardt achieves. The screenwriter Jon Raymond, who worked on Boulder Weekly
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HBO’s Mildred Pierce, puts terse, authentic-sounding argot in the mouths of these settlers, female and male, three families traveling together in three covered wagons, guided by the unreliable, unruly mountain man and trail guide played wonderfully by Bruce Greenwood. When someone relays an anecdote about a discussion between Meek (Greenwood) and the menfolk and says, “Well, Meek got to talkin’...” Emily counters with a dismissive: “’Course he did.” The one who talks the most can be trusted least. Meek’s Cutoff completes an informal Oregon trilogy of Reichardt’s, which began with Old Joy and Wendy and Lucy (astutely judged modern-day tales of those living
on, or in, the margins). The film spends much of its screen time watching the women, largely silent but critically engaged in every life-and-death decision. We watch as they watch their husbands negotiate the next step with the man who may be the death of them all. Emily’s husband, played by Will Patton, emerges as the most sympathetic and intuitive of the men, more willing (like Emily) to question Meek’s authority than the others. Shirley Henderson and Zoe Kazan play the other women; Paul Dano and Neal Huff, the other men. The captured Native American is portrayed by Rod Rondeaux, a long-time horse trainer and stuntman. As with her previous films, Reichardt does little to amp up the confrontations in Meek’s Cutoff. The film is not for the frantic of spirit. Its steady rhythm and even-handed tone threaten occasionally to stultify. But little things mean a lot in this universe, as they should. Everything in the movies suggests otherwise; usually only big things mean anything. Reichardt, by nature, stays closer to the ground and to figures ordinarily sidelined. When disasters strike, or simply another difficult day on the trail comes to an end, we’re back with the women and their families and the oxen, preparing for nightfall and another dawn. Respond:letters@boulderweekly.com
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For a list of local movie times visit boulderweekly.com could happen again in other cities across the United States. In his feature-length documentary The Big Uneasy, humorist and New Orleans resident Harry Shearer gets the inside story of a disaster that could have been prevented from the people who were there. At Denver FilmCenter/Colfax. — Denver Film Society
13 Assassins The year is 1844. A young lord rapes and kills with impunity by virtue of his political connections. Though the era of the samurai is fading, an honest government official covertly enlists 13 swordsmen to assassinate this sadistic lord before he can seize more power. With the clock ticking, the assassins lay a deadly trap for the lord and his army of bodyguards, culminating in one of the bloodiest swordfights ever put to film. At Denver FilmCenter/Colfax. — Denver Film Society
Bill Cunningham New York Bill Cunningham is obsessively interested in only one thing: the pictures he takes that document the way people dress. Bill has lived in the same small studio above Carnegie Hall for 50 years, never eats in restaurants and gets around on a worn-out bicycle. The contradiction of his monk-like existence and the extravagance of his photographic subject matter is one aspect of his private life revealed in the movie. At Denver FilmCenter/Colfax. — Landmark Theatres
African Cats This documentary follows three big cats on the African savanna. Narrated by Samuel L. Jackson. At Colony Square. — Rene Rodriguez Ballet: Coppelia A doll come to life, love triangles, illusions, doubles — the story of Coppelia is just as intriguing and fanciful today as it was in 1870! At Boedecker Theater. — Boedecker Theater Beautiful Darling Beautiful Darling pays tribute to the short but influential life of an extraordinary person — the actress Candy Darling, born James Slattery in a Long Island suburb in 1944. Drawn to the feminine from childhood, by the mid-’60s James had become Candy, a gorgeous, blonde actress and well-known downtown New York figure. Candy’s career took her through the raucous and revolutionary off-off-Broadway theater scene and into Andy Warhol’s legendary Factory. At Denver FilmCenter/Colfax. — Denver Film Society
AMC Flatiron Crossing, 61 W. Flatiron Cir., Broomfield, 303-790-4262 Bridesmaids Thu: 1:15, 4:20, 7:45, 10:30 FriWed: 10:40, 1:55, 4:50, 8, 10:55 Fast Five Thu: 1:35, 4:25, 7:25 Fri-Wed: 12:55, 4, 7:10, 10:20 The Hangover Part II Fri-Wed: 9:55, 12:25, 3, 5:35, 8:15, 10:55 Hoodwinked Too Thu: 1:05, 3:15 Kung Fu Panda 2 Fri-Wed: 10, 12:15, 2:40, 5:15, 7:45, 10:15 Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides Thu: 12:45, 1:45, 2:45, 4, 5, 6:15, 8:15, 9:20 Fri-Wed: 10:30, 1:40, 5, 8:30, 9:30, 10:35 Priest Thu: 12:25, 3:05, 5:35 Fri-Wed: 10:30 p.m. Rio Thu: 12:15, 2:40, 5:10, 7:35, 10 Fri-Wed: 10:50, 1:20, 4:15, 6:45, 9:15 Something Borrowed Thu: 11, 1:30, 4:20, 7, 9:45 Fri-Wed: 11:40, 2:15, 5, 7:50 Soul Surfer Thu: 10:55, 2:05, 4:40, 7:20, 9:50 Fri-Wed: 11:20, 2, 4:35, 7:15, 10 Thor Thu: 10:45, 1:25, 4:35, 7:30, 10:15 FriWed: 10:45, 1:50, 4:40, 7:30, 10:25 Water for Elephants Thu: 11:05, 1:55, 4:45, 7:40, 10:35 Fri-Wed: 10:15, 1:10, 4:30, 7:40, 10:45 Century Boulder, 1700 29th St., Boulder, 303-442-1815 Bridesmaids Thu: 10:30, 12:15, 1:40, 3:20, 4:45, 6:20, 7:45, 9:20,10:45, 12:10 Fri-Wed: 10:45, 1:45, 3:25, 4:45, 6:40, 7:55, 9:45, 10:45 Cave of Forgotten Dreams Thu: 11:50, 2:05, 4:20, 6:45, 9, 11:15 Fri-Wed: 10:10, 12:35, 3, 5:20, 7:35, 9:50 Everything Must Go Thu: 11:10, 1:45, 4:10, 7:05, 9:40, 12:05 Fri-Wed: 10:40, 4, 9:20, 11:50 Fast Five Thu: 10, 1:15, 4:15, 7:30, 10:30 FriWed: 12:30 p.m. The Hangover Part II Fri-Wed: 10:30,12, 1:05, 2:45, 3:35, 5:15, 6:15, 7:45, 8:45, 10:15,
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Thor
With a cocky smirk like that, you just know he’s a bad-ass superhero with a huge, ahem, hammer. He can rule our Asgard any time.
The Beaver Plagued by his own demons, Walter Black (Mel Gibson) was once a successful toy executive and family man who now suffers from depression. No matter what he tries to do, Walter can’t seem to get himself back on track — until a beaver hand puppet enters his life. At Mayan. — Denver Film Society
Colony Square, 1164 Dillon Rd., Louisville, 303-604-2641 African Cats Thu: 1:05, 3:40, 6:40, 9:40 FriWed: 10:10, 12:40, 3:40, 6:30, 9:30 Bridesmaids Thu-Wed: 1:50, 4:50, 7:50, 10:35 Fast Five Thu: 1:20, 4:20, 7:20, 10:20 The Hangover Part II Fri-Wed: 10:30, 11:20, 1:30, 2:10, 4:30, 5:10, 7:30, 8, 10:20, 10:45 Kung Fu Panda Fri-Wed: 10, 12:30, 2:45, 5, 7:20, 9:50 Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides Thu: 10:40, 1:10, 1:40,4:10, 4:40, 7:10, 7:45, 10:10, 10:40 Fri-Wed: 10:20, 1:20, 4:20, 7:40, 10:40 Rio Thu: 12:30, 3:30, 6:30, 9:30 Fri-Wed: 10:40, 1, 4, 6:50, 9:40 Thor Thu: 1, 1:30, 4, 4:30, 7, 7:30, 10, 10:30 Fri-Wed: 10:15, 1:40, 4:25, 7:10, 10 Water for Elephants Thu: 1:15, 4:15, 7:15, 10:15 Fri-Wed: 11:10, 2, 4:50, 7:45, 10:30
As maid of honor, a single woman leads her best friend and a colorful group of bridesmaids on a wild ride. At Flatiron, Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks. — Los Angeles Times/MCT
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The media reported that what happened in New Orleans was a natural disaster primarily affecting poor black people. On both counts, the media was wrong. But its inability or unwillingness to report the hard truth — that these tragic floods creating widespread damage were caused by manmade errors in engineering and judgment — has failed both journalism and public safety. For what happened in New Orleans
Werner Herzog ventures into southern France’s Chauvet caves, sealed for eons by a rock fall and only discovered in 1994, where the glistening rockfaces turn out to house humankind’s first art gallery: paintings of horses and mammoths, lions and reindeer, put there some 32,000 years ago by a budding Picasso or two. Amazing. At Century. — Steven Rea
local theaters 11:15 Kung Fu Panda 2 Fri-Wed: 11:05, 1:30, 3:45, 6:05, 8:25, 10:40 Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides Fri-Wed: 11, 12:45, 2:25, 4:15, 5:40, 7:25, 9:05, 10:35 Rio Thu: 10:55, 1:20, 4, 6:25, 8:50, 11:25 FriWed: 12:50, 6:25 Something Borrowed Thu: 10:05, 12:45, 3:30, 6:10, 8:55, 11:35 Fri-Wed: 10:25, 1:20, 4:05, 6:55, 10:05 Thor Thu: 10:15, 1, 3:40, 6:35, 9:30, 12:10 FriWed: 10:50, 1:35, 4:30, 7:10, 10:25 Water for Elephants Thu: 10:45, 1:30, 4:30, 7:15, 10 Fri-Wed: 10, 3:15, 8:55, 11:45 Win Win Thu: 11:35, 2:30, 5:05, 7:40, 10:20 Fri-Wed: 1:15, 6:45
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UA Twin Peaks, 1250 S. Hover Rd., Longmont, 303-651-2434 Bridesmaids Thu: 10:45, 1:40, 4:40, 7:20, 10:10 Fri-Wed: 10:30, 1:10, 4:05, 7:05, 10:10 Fast Five Thu-Wed: 10:35, 1:35, 4:35, 7:35, 10:30 The Hangover Part II Fri-Wed: 10:50,11:20, 1:15, 1:50, 4:15, 4:50, 7:15, 7:50, 9:45, 10:15 Kung Fu Panda 2 Fri-Wed: 11:40, 2, 4:30, 7:20, 9:40 Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides Thu-Wed: 10:20, 1:20, 4:20, 7, 7:30, 10, 10:35 Rio Thu: 10:50, 1:15, 4:15, 7:15, 9:40 Fri-Wed: 11:30, 1:40, 4:40 Thor Thu: 1, 1:30, 4, 4:30, 7, 7:30, 10 Fri-Wed: 10:25, 1, 4:10, 7:10, 9:50 Water for Elephants Thu: 10:40, 1:25, 4:25, 7:05, 9:45 Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826 Ballet: Coppelia Sun: 9, 1 Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young: Deja Vu Thu: 6:30 p.m. Fri: 4, 9 Sat: 6:30 p.m. I AM Thu: 8:30 p.m. Sita Sings the Blues Sat: 1, 4 Tiny Furniture Thu: 4 p.m. Fri: 6:30 p.m. Sat: 9 p.m. Boulder Public Library Film Program, Boulder Public Library, 1000 Canyon Blvd., Boulder, 303-441-3197 How to Have a Moneymaking Garage Sale Thu: 6:30 p.m. As times are always subject to change, we request that you verify all movie listings beforehand. Daily updated information can be viewed on our website, www.boulderweekly.com.
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bermaid Hélène (Sandrine Bonnaire) discovers her love for chess when, one day, she comes upon a couple (Jennifer Beals and Dominic Gould) engaged in an intense match. This obsession with the game, much to the chagrin of her husband and teenaged daughter, leads her to seek the clandestine tutelage of a reclusive American doctor (Kevin Kline, in his first Frenchspeaking role)—a liaison that radically transforms both of their lackluster lives. At Mayan. — Landmark Theatres
Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young: Deja Vu The war in Iraq is the backdrop as the Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young “Freedom of Speech Tour” crisscrosses North America. Echoes of Vietnam-era anti-war sentiment abound as the band connects with audiences. At Boedecker Theater. — Boedecker Theater The Double Hour Sonia (Ksenia Rappoport) and Guido (Filippo Timi) might be the two loneliest people in the Italian city of Turin. A penniless maid and a chilly ex-cop, they each go about their daily routines like ghosts, both tormented by mistakes and loss from their individual pasts, unable to truly move forward with their lives in any meaningful way. But when the two meet for the first time in the grimmest of settings — a schmaltzy speed-dating event — wary flirtation blooms into desperate passion. Only a single, shocking incident, an illtimed robbery, threatens to destroy the salvation that Sonia and Guido so quickly find in each other. The Double Hour is at once a stark romance, a touching, psychological thriller, and a story about possibilities. At Esquire. — Landmark Theatres E.T. Steven Spielberg’s 1982 smash hit tells the heartwarming story of the special bond 10-year-old Elliot (Henry Thomas) forges with an alien he names E.T. The adventures they share as Elliot tries to hide his new friend and E.T. tries to get back to his planet (“E.T. phone home!”) provide plenty of action, laughter and tears. At Denver FilmCenter/Colfax. — Denver Film Society Everything Must Go After an alcoholic relapses and his life implodes, he holds a yard sale and tries to start over. At Esquire. Los Angeles Times/MCT Fast Five The stars of all previous installments in the surprisingly successful franchise about drag racers reunite to break once again the speed limit the world over. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson joins the cast as the federal agent on the speedsters’ trail. Good luck with that, pal. Rated R. At Flatiron, Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks. — Rene Rodriguez Forks Over Knives Forks Over Knives examines the profound claim that most, if not all, of the degenerative diseases that afflict us can be controlled, or even reversed, by rejecting our present menu of animal-based and processed foods. At Chez Artiste. — Landmark Theatres The Hangover Part II On the heels of their wild Las Vegas bachelor party, four pals get into more trouble en route to a prewedding brunch in Thailand. At Flatiron, Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks. — Los Angeles Times/ MCT Hesher Loud music. Pornography. Burning stuff to the ground. These are a few of Hesher’s favorite things. And they are what Hesher (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) brings into the lives of TJ (Devin Brochu) and his father, Paul (Rainn Wilson), when he takes up residence in their garage uninvited. Grief-stricken by the loss of TJ’s mother in a car accident, Paul can’t muster the strength to evict the strange squatter, and soon the long-haired, tattooed Hesher becomes a fixture in the household. Like a force of nature, Hesher’s anarchy shakes the family out of their grief and helps them embrace life once more. At Mayan. — Landmark Theatres Hobo With a Shotgun A train pulls into the station — it’s the end of the line. A hobo jumps from a freight car, hoping for a fresh start in a new city. Instead, he finds himself trapped in an urban hell. This is a world where criminals rule the streets and Drake, the city’s crime boss, reigns supreme alongside his sadistic, murderous sons, Slick and Ivan. Amidst the chaos, the hobo comes across a pawn shop window displaying a second-hand lawn
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Rio Jessie Eisenberg, Anne Hathaway, Jane Lynch and Wanda Sykes provide the voices for this animated tale about a domesticated macaw who travels around the world to chase down the love of his life. Rated PG. At Twin Peaks, Flatiron, Colony Square and Century. — Rene Rodriguez
13 Assassins If you’re tired of bland, sanitized period pieces, check out this muddy and bloody revenge epic set in the twilight of the samurai era. (Emphasis on the bloody.)
mower. He dreams of making the city a beautiful place and starting a new life for himself. But as the brutality continues to rage around him, he notices a shotgun hanging above the lawn mower. ... Quickly, he realizes the only way to make a difference in this town is with that gun in his hand and two shells in its chamber. At Denver FilmCenter/Colfax. — Denver Film Society Hoodwinked Too: Hood Vs. Evil Hayden Panettiere, Glenn Close, Joan Cusack, Bill Hader, Amy Poehler and David Alan Grier provide the voices for this animated tale about the further adventures of Little Red Riding Hood, now training with a mysterious agency known as the Sisters of the Hood. At Flatiron, Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks. — Rene Rodriguez How to Have a Moneymaking Garage Sale Phyllis Diller shares her “garage sale secrets” with you, digging into closets, plowing through old boxes and cleaning out the attic as she organizes an attractive, moneymaking garage sale. Also screened is documentary footage and digital storytelling of actual Boulder garage sales by local filmmakers, including Casey Koehler. On stage is a typical garage sale installation, and the audience is asked to bring the strangest thing you ever bought at a garage sale to display for the evening. At Boulder Public Library. — BPL I AM I AM, a prismatic and probing exploration of our world, what’s wrong with it and what we can do to make it better, represents writer/director Tom Shadyac’s first foray into nonfiction following a career as one of Hollywood’s leading comedy practitioners. At Chez Artiste. — Landmark Theatres Incendies When notary Lebel (Rémy Girard) sits down with Jeanne and Simon Marwan (Mélissa Désormeaux Poulin, Maxim Gaudette) to read them their mother’s will, the twins are stunned to receive a pair of envelopes — one for the father they thought was dead and another for a brother they didn’t know existed. At Mayan and Denver FilmCenter/Colfax. — Denver Film Society Jane Eyre Jane Eyre suddenly flees Thornfield Hall, the vast, isolated estate where she worked as a governess for Thornfield’s brooding master, Edward Rochester. With nowhere else to go, she is extended a helping hand by clergyman St. John Rivers and his family. As she recuperates in the Rivers’ house and looks back upon the events that led to her escape, Jane wonders if the past is ever truly past. At Esquire. — Landmark Theatres Kung Fu Panda 2 The martial artist panda Po and his friends must once again protect the Valley of Peace from a formidable vil-
lain. With the voices of Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Dustin Hoffman and Jackie Chan. At Flatiron, Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks. — Los Angeles Times/ MCT Le Quattro Volte Inspired by Pythagoras’ belief in four-fold transmigration — by which the soul is passed from human to animal to vegetable to mineral — filmmaker Michelangelo Frammartino’s wondrous docu-essay traces the cycle of life through the daily rituals in a remote mountain village in the picturesque Italian region of Calabria. At Mayan. — Landmark Theatres The Lincoln Lawyer Matthew McConaughey enters the courtroom for the first time since 1996’s A Time to Kill in this adaptation of Michael Connelly’s novel about a lawyer who conducts his business from his Lincoln Town Car. Rated PG-13. — Rene Rodriguez Meek’s Cutoff See full review on Page 37. At Denver FilmCenter/ Colfax. — Denver Film Society Mile High SciFi: Conquest of the Planet of the Apes Those damn dirty apes are at it again, and the monkeys in this movie are crazy too! This month Mile High SciFi takes on one of the many ill-advised sequels to the 1968 science fiction classic now starring practically no one you would recognize or care about. This month MHSF has invited comedian Chris Charpentier to join in the embarrassingly easy task of poking fun at this barrel of primates. Watch out though, monkeys are known for throwing things when provoked. Like their poop. At Denver FilmCenter/Colfax. — Denver Film Society Miral Miral, the visceral, first-person diary of a young girl (played by Freida Pinto) growing up in East Jerusalem as she confronts the effects of occupation and war in every corner of her life. At Denver FilmCenter/Colfax. — Denver Film Society Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides See full review on Page 37. At Flatiron, Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks. Priest In the ravaged, post-apocalyptic remnants of a long war between humans and vampires, a warrior priest disobeys his superiors to try to rescue his niece after she’s abducted by bloodsuckers. At Flatiron, Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks. — Rene Rodriguez Queen to Play
Sita Sings the Blues An animated version of the epic Indian tale of Ramayana set to the 1920s jazz vocals of Annette Hanshaw. For grownups and kids alike. At Boedecker Theater. — Boedecker Theater Something Borrowed Ginnifer Goodwin is a wallflower lawyer, Kate Hudson is her domineering alpha-blonde best friend, and Colin Egglesfield is the only available man in New York City. He and Goodwin were study partners in law school, and on their way to being something more, when her smooth, confident pal swooped in and snatched him like a hawk seizing a rabbit. Now the couple is about to marry, while Goodwin smiles bravely from the sidelines with aching, unrequited longing and holds back tears. The film is a two-hour pity party, as her hopes for Egglesfield to snap out of it and realize he loves her are raised and dashed. At Flatiron, Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks. — Colin Covert Soul Surfer AnnaSophia Robb stars in this fact-based drama about a teenage girl who musters up the courage to climb back on her surfboard after losing an arm in a shark attack. Rated PG. At Twin Peaks. — Rene Rodriguez Thor The launch of the summer movie season with a bigbudget, big-profile comic-book adaptation has become a tradition, and this year, the arrogant god of thunder is kicked out of Asgard and sent to live among the lowly humans on our planet, including Natalie Portman. Kenneth Branagh handled the directorial duties. At Flatiron, Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks. — Rene Rodriguez Tiny Furniture Winner of the best narrative feature at the SXSW Film Festival, Tiny Furniture is a hilarious and endearing film that explores the depths of romantic humiliation and the heights of post-college confusion. At Boedecker Theater. — Boedecker Theater Water for Elephants
Steamy and sexy with a smack of sadism, this atmospheric adaptation of the Sara Gruen novel is a throwback to old-school Hollywood action/romance. Robert Pattinson, Reese Witherspoon and Christoph Waltz co-star as a veterinarian, trick rider and unstable ringmaster struggling to save a financially ailing circus during the Depression. Rated PG-13. At Flatiron, Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks. — Rene Rodriguez Win Win Disheartened attorney Mike Flaherty, who moonlights as a high school wrestling coach, stumbles across a star athlete through some questionable business dealings while trying to support his family. Just as it looks like he will get a double payday, the boy’s mother shows up fresh from rehab and flat broke, threatening to derail everything. At Mayan and Century. — Landmark Theatres
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ax Fish House chef and culinary celebrity Hosea Rosenberg has a longstanding streak of impressing palates, but he has yet to prove himself against some of the toughest natural-born food critics: kids. Parents everywhere know the difficulty of preparing a meal for their children. On May 30, many of them will witness pure magic when a group of kids can’t choose a favorite between grilled Brussels sprouts and fresh strawberry tarts as two of Boulder’s best chefs whip up their greatest healthy creations for a judging panel of elementary students. The Pick Chow! Across America event, hosted by the award-winning kids nutrition website ZisBoomBah.com, will encourage kids to make their own choices heard in the kitchen. The site has invited Rosenberg to compete against Eric Skokan, owner of Black Cat Bistro, in an IronChef-style competition in which a three-course meal must be prepared with a mystery ingredient and be supervised by their child-aged sous-chef. And it won’t be the typical cheese pizza and dinosaur-shaped chicken nuggets. ZisBoomBah.com is the grand-prize winner of Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move! “Apps for Healthy Kids” competition, and allows kids to play with their food on the site by combining virtual veggies, fruits, grains and proteins into their own healthy combinations. The “Add It Up!” meter shows the nutritional content in cartoon gauges, and ant mascots Zis, Boom and Bah give your child a nutritional star rating that will have them feeling like Bravo’s Top Chef. “ZisBoomBah’s goal is to give kids a voice at the dinner table by arming them with the knowledge and power to make healthy choices,” says Mike Carcaise, ZisBoomBah COO and co-founder. “Kids love the event — imagine hundreds of kids glued to their seats watching chefs create tasty meals, learning about food,
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“Kids don’t cook in the kitchen as much as they should,” Laszlo said. “We spend a lot of time with our kids doing their homework, teaching them how to brush their teeth, making sure their clothes are clean. We do a lot of teaching around that. And yet, one of the most critical things is their diet, and kids need to learn that for themselves, as well.” ZisBoomBah.com’s interactive dinner plate will collect a child’s recipes and email them to parents with recipe suggestions — and who knows, maybe zucchini might be on the menu tonight. Laszlo says kids can pick it up quickly, and watching chefs prepare colorful, tasty ingredients may inspire them to bring their own veggie wraps to school. Learning about food in a fun and wholesome way can lead them to a lifetime of out-performing the drive-through. If anything, Pick Chow! will stir the desire in kids to see food as fun instead of something to approach with caution. “Parents are astounded that the kids will taste the food, first of all. Second of all, they can’t believe they actually go up and pull the plates away from the kids,” Laszlo says. “It is hysterical.” Laszlo is less fascinated by food TV than she is watching adults pick up groceries with their kids. “We adore just sitting there and talking to kids, seeing how they think and how they’re gonna put good things together — that’s the inspiration, to see how they interact. “The cook-off is geared towards the kids, but the parents are laughing non-stop because they can’t believe what they’re seeing,” she says. “Within 20 minutes, these chefs are taking raw materials, all these fruits, vegetables, meats and spices and serving plates to the kids. Now, they know what they’re doing, but once the parents get the recipe they can do the same thing.” Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com
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ike its French counterpart, the Keith’s entree was the $14 pollo al matbistro, the Italian trattoria typitone, a brick-pressed chicken preparation cally refers to a less formal eatdating back to the Etruscans. Two things ery than a full-tilt restaurant. can go wrong with this dish: over-salting to Menus and service are more enhance crispness and unforgivably dry informal than costlier spots in these humble poultry. Fortunately, neither of these condivenues, and the fare reflects a comforting, tions afflicted the tender fowl, which had a home-cooked sensibility influenced by ruslight, crisp exterior, the result of being tic cooking. North Boulder’s Radda weighed down by the brick. The meat was Trattoria, which describes itself as a enjoyably tender and properly seasoned. The Tuscan-styled neighborhood restaurant, dish rested on a bed of rapini, toothsome succeeds in living up to its appellation. greens that complemented the simple but An airy, bright location just steps away pleasing chicken taste. from Ideal Market, Radda’s only design Craving decadence, I indulged in the fault is the hard interior surfaces that $11 carbonara, the creamy spaghetti classic amplify conversations and other noise. At possessing a richness quotient on par with times I felt like Twin Peaks FBI Bureau the unctuous Alfredo. A concoction of egg Chief Gordon Cole while communicating yolk and pancetta, or cured pork belly, with consigliere Keith, as I felt the need to Radda’s carbonara also includes shallot, strenuously amplify my voice here. Despite chive and black pepper. My only quibble this drawback, the ambience evokes a was that the otherwise fine spaghetti was a modern yet rustic European sensibility win Peaks was film director David Lynch’s early-‘90s foray shade beyond al dente. But the abundance accented with tile and natural building into network television, chronicling sinister goings-on of diced pancetta made this a winner, and materials. involving demonic possession and other lighthearted mata sprinkling of red pepper helped temper Salumi occupies pride of place on the ters in a Pacific Northwest town. Lynch himself portrayed the eggs’ substantial creaminess. A $5 side starters menu, with prosciutto, salami, speck Cole, the regional superior to protagonist FBI agent Dale of roasted asparagus helped too, with its and mortadella being just a few of the Cooper. Cole would call Cooper into a side room for confifine crisp-tender consistency and spring meaty offerings. Visitors to Radda’s East dential conversations, but the hard-of-hearing Cole would delicacy. Pearl sister, Mateo, won’t be surprised to see shout out whatever he was saying, thus making his secrets Even if one had no knowledge of the the familiar olives and frites also on tap. known to all. Twin Peaks is also notable for casting young original Italian trattoria and its place in the Salads range from starter to entrée portions, actors who went on to arguably greater things, including restaurant pecking order, it’s still easy to and there’s a wide array of pastas and artiBilly Zane (is there a finer cheesier actor?), Heather Graham appreciate what Radda seeks to accomplish. This restaurant successfully straddles the san pizzas featuring such ingredients as and David Duchovny. line between classic urban Italian restaurants Hazel Dell mushrooms and San Marzano and higher-end eateries. If substantial tomatoes. Italian food that retains rustic roots while keeping a We started lunch with a $5 piccolo fritto, a mix of opined that for the money, this could be the best sophisticated flair in preparation and ingredient fried rock shrimp, zucchini and onion accompanied by appetizer in town. What really made the dish stand aioli. This menu stalwart arrived piping hot with a out was the addition of thin, fried slices of lemon that choice appeals, Radda is worth a trip to its North Boulder neighborhood. delicate, lacy batter reminiscent of expertly crafted offered both texture and tang, a winning complement Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com tempura. We received a generous portion, and Keith to the shellfish’s clean flavor.
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s if I really need to tell you, but here it goes ... this week’s treat will be delicious. You should know by now, I aim to please and hope my simple yet tasty desserts become some of your faves and find a spot in your recipe box for years to come. That’s not asking too much, I hope. I mean you all have recipe boxes, don’t you? I have all my recipes stored in a box — it’s a box that formerly housed a case of wine (I know, shocker), but a recipe box nonetheless. Here is a recipe you will want to file under the “yum” tab: Raspberry Corn Muffins. They are light, flavorful and have that special crunch and texture only cornmeal can provide. These are the perfect little brunch or picnic treats. I guess picnics are a little out of the question with this wet weather lately, but I do love a good indoor picnic too, so it works for me. While I am on the weather subject, hey, Colorado! Seattle called, and they want their weather back. Ba dum cha! I have adorable rain boots, so I say bring it on. I love delivering my desserts wearing my rain boots. It makes me feel very London-ey, and I do love London. Back to the actual reason for this column, the dessert (I admit, I can digress like nobody’s business). You will love the sweetness factor in these muffins, it’s just enough to make it a dessert, but not too much to feel like you swallowed a packet of sugar. I am using low-fat milk and canola oil to keep them moist and tender. I prefer when the berries are a tad tart, as it is a perfect complement to the rest of the ingredients. To bump up the freshness factor, I am zesting an orange into the batter — the smell alone is intoxicating. I then squeeze the orange juice into a little bit of vodka, oh sorry, that’s not part of the recipe, but good to know just the same. No reason to waste a perfectly good zested orange. Geez, what did you think I was going to do, eat it? All in all, you won’t be disappoint-
ed with these little guys. The addition of cornmeal to the batter will make just the perfect twist to your muffins, a great recipe to make on a sleepy, rainy day, and of course, a keeper for the recipe box. I’m off to get some coffee and listen to a grunge band. Now, follow the directions, put some love into it and invite me over when it’s done.
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1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour 1 cup cornmeal 1/2 cup granulated sugar (plus 1-1/2 tbsp.) 3 tsp. baking powder 1/4 tsp. salt 1 cup milk (I used low-fat) 1 egg 1/4 cup canola oil 1 tsp. vanilla zest from 1 orange juice from 1/2 of orange (approx. 2 tbsp.) 1 cup raspberries Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Grease or line a 12-count muffin pan. In large bowl, combine flour, cornmeal, 1/2 cup sugar, baking powder and salt. Place raspberries in small bowl, combine with 1 tbsp. of the dry mixture. Toss and set aside. In small bowl, mix milk, egg, canola oil and vanilla. Zest one orange into batter, use juice from 1/2 of orange. Mix well. Stir wet ingredients into dry ingredients, mix until just combined. Fold in raspberries. Pour batter into 12-count muffin pan. Sprinkle 1-1/2 tbsp. sugar over top of muffins. Bake for 15-18 minutes, until top is golden and toothpick comes out clean when inserted in center. Take out, let cool in pan 10 minutes. Remove from pan. Serve warm or at room temperature. Enjoy! Note: You can sprinkle a touch of powdered sugar on top for a nice presentation. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com Boulder Weekly
TIDBITES Food happenings around town Walnut to open new location A deal and tentative August opening date are in the works for a third location of the Walnut Café: the Super Mini Walnut Café. The newest branch will be located in the Atlas Valley Shopping Center at 2270 Arapahoe Rd., Suite #116, in Lafayette, in the spot formerly occupied by the Canopy Grill. The site is roughly 2,000 square feet and is near the YMCA and several neighborhoods. Nicole Plotkin, a long-time employee of both existing Walnut Cafés (the Walnut Café and South Side Walnut Café), will step up as the owner and operator of the newest location. Working alongside Plotkin will be Dana Derichsweiler, who owns the Walnut Café and who, along with Julia Buonanno, co-owns the South Side Walnut Café and Walnut-a-gogo. The kitchen next door The Kitchen on Pearl Street in Boulder is opening a new restaurant next door on June 9. The casual, farm-to-table community pub will be called, appropriately, The Kitchen [Next Door]. The restaurant will serve “slow food super fast,” farm-fresh food within 10 minutes of ordering, and it will have a zero plastic, zero aluminum and zero glass waste program. All beer and wine will be served directly from barrels. In preparation for the opening, the restaurant will be holding a staff training at Cure Organic Farm at the end of May. For more information about The Kitchen, see www.thekitchencafe.com. Reading for nachos Rio Grande Mexican Restaurant is encouraging kids to read with a summer program called “Reading for Nachos.” In a partnership with the Boulder Public Library, the Rio is inviting young readers to meet reading goals and bring a completed tracking sheet to the restaurant for a free kids meal. Tracking sheets are available at the Rio, the Boulder Public Library and at www.riograndemexican.com/boulder/ special-events. The program runs from May 30 through July 15. Jax hosts benefit dinner Jax Fish House will be hosting a benefit dinner for Colorado Aquaponics Boulder Weekly
and GrowHaus on Thursday, May 26, at 7:30 p.m. that will showcase sustainably farmed Denver rainbow trout, watercress, greens and more, prepared by Chef Adam Watts. GrowHaus, a nonprofit indoor farm, marketplace and education center in Denver, has partnered with Colorado Aquaponics to both provide the meal and educate the staff at Jax Fish House on how their sustainable farm operates. The staff of Colorado Aquaponics has raised the trout in a closed system that also produced the greens provided at the dinner. A special wine pairing of JaxMaurtison Sauvignon Blanc and JaxSineann Pinot Noir will also be available for $15. For reservations in Boulder, call 303-444-1811. For more information on Colorado Aquaponics visit www.coloradoaquaponics.com. For more information about the dinner, visit www.jaxfishhouseboulder. com
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New Smiling Moose Deli opening The Smiling Moose Deli will be adding Boulder to its list of Colorado locations. On June 2, the Smiling Moose Deli will open in the southwest village area of the Twenty Ninth Street mall. The deli’s menu includes wraps, hot and cold sandwiches, soups, salads and breakfast. The deli first opened in Vail Valley in 2003 and has continued to gain momentum with more than 10 Colorado locations and various locations soon to open in Texas, Wyoming and Montana. The deli already has locations in Erie and Louisville. Chipotle fundraises for schools Both Boulder Chipotle locations are working to help raise funds for the Boulder Valley School Districts (BVSD) School Food Project, a program that works to provide children in the BVSD area with daily access to fresh and nutritious food made from wholesome and local ingredients. In an effort to fundraise for the program, both Boulder Chipotle locations will be donating 50 percent of their proceeds made between 4 and 10 p.m. on Thursday, May 26, and Friday, May 27, to the School Food Project. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com May 26, 2011 45
Two Dog Diner 645 Tenacity Dr. Longmont 303-772-2364
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pen from 4 p.m. until midnight, Boulder Baked is a no-frills joint with at-the-counter ordering and a slightly funky feel. It’s also one of the best places to enjoy comfort foods such as chili and grilled cheese sandwiches, though baked goods are the star attraction. Can’t-miss selections include the strawberry shortcake cupcake and decadently creamy cheesecake.
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affè, the newest entry in the Frasca stable, is an affordable spot of top-flight light meals, including sandwiches, salads and soup. Coffee drinks made with locally roasted Boxcar beans are above reproach, and beer and wine are also on offer. Highlights include an almond croissant that rivals the finest European examples, and the Crudo, a winning cold sandwich that reflects the shades of the Italian tricolor with its mix of prosciutto, parmigiano, arugula and heirloom tomatoes. 46 May 26, 2011
Zudaka Healthy Latin Food 4457 N. Broadway, Boulder 303-442-2717
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udaka Healthy Latin Food dishes out meatless South American fare, with a particular focus on Venezuelan and Colombian cuisine. The healthy and fresh-tasting offerings include bean and rice bowls served with salsa and smooth Venezuelan guacamole, as well as fried yucca root appetizers. Arepa, a stuffed cornmeal cake, is a signature offering here. The namesake Zudaka version, filled with meatless ground beef, salsa, Venezuelan guacamole and cheese, is especially appealing.
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rabesque, open for breakfast and lunch, is the place for some of the most authentic Middle Eastern fare in Boulder. The baba ghanoush is without peer, a suave melding of roasted eggplant, citrus and olive oil, perfectly paired with warm, rustic pita bread. Arabesque’s chicken shawarma features white-meat poultry with a pleasantly tangy taste. And the cups of thick and potent Arabic coffee make for a fine conclusion to a meal here, especially with the housemade baklava.
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eaturing impressive Flatirons views and a contemporary design that fits well with its North Boulder environs, Restaurant 4580 offers several ambitious menu items. These include lobster mac and cheese and an adult ice cream float featuring premium beer. The small plates can be particularly appealing, especially the perfectly prepared lamb brochettes dusted with smoked paprika and sided with curry aioli, as well as the frites.
Bacco Trattoria & Mozzarella Bar 1200 Yarmouth Ave., Unit A, Boulder 303-442-3899
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acco Trattoria and Mozzarella Bar lives up to its Italian moniker by virtue of being a hospitable neighborhood restaurant. Blending Italian-American with Old World influences, the menu includes pizza, lasagna and more unique offerings such as grilled chicken flattened by a brick. The wild boar pappardelle is especially memorable, with a satisfying cacciatore-like flavor and tender pork.
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Sun Rose Café 379 Main St., Longmont 303-651-3533
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un Rose Café’s rugged brick interior hosts a successful hybrid of hospitable country café and sophisticated bistro in the heart of downtown Longmont. The menu ranges from omelets in the morning to panini and soups during the day, and concludes with sophisticated dinnertime entrees like portabella mushroom ravioli. The lavender-scented lemonade is addictive and perfectly paired with an Italian cold cut sandwich. Basted eggs with flavorful chicken sausage are a top morning choice.
Pizzeria Locale 1730 Pearl St., Boulder 303-442-3003
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ndia’s Clay Oven offers straightforward subcontinental fare at affordable prices, including an $8.99 lunch buffet. This noontime offering affords an opportunity to sample some of their standout dishes, including a moist, tender and flavorful tandoori chicken and a smoothly rich butter chicken. Service is discreet and friendly and contributes to a lowkey and affordable dining experience.
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izzeria Locale is the eagerly anticipated Naples-influenced establishment from the same folks who brought you the celebrated Frasca. The menu includes salads, contorni (side dishes), desserts and pizzas ranging in price from $9 for a Marinara to $18 for a deluxe version featuring prosciutto and arugula. Standouts include the traditional Margherita, with fresh basil, tomato and mozzarella, as well as the Cassata, chocolate cake freighted with sweet ricotta and candied fruit.
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ormerly known as Ichiban, Longmont’s Sushi Kaiten brings conveyor-belt Japanese cuisine to Boulder County. Items are available both made-to-order and off the belt, and can’t-miss selections include the heavenly spicy salmon handroll and house-smoked salmon dusted with green tea powder. Other attractions include the surprisingly creamy white tuna and the aficionado’s choice, uni,
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standout among the area’s purveyors of Vietnamese soup, Broomfield’s Pho 79 serves up a noteworthy and affordable version of this beef noodle specialty. The broth is wonderfully rich, the product of a long, slow simmer of beef bones, onion and herbs. Thin rice noodles possess perfect texture, and garnishes of lime, bean sprouts, chile peppers and basil are fresh and abundant. Not bad for a place where a large soup sells for just $7.25. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com Boulder Weekly
GREAT THAI FOOD, SERVED FAST COME ENJOY OUR EVERYDAY SPECIALS! In March and April we raised a total of $559.62 for the Red Cross Japanese Earthquake Fund. That means at least 100 California Rolls were sold! We would like to thank all our customers who participated in this successful, and important fundraiser helping the people of Japan.
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Saturday, May 28 Boulder Cycling Club Saturday Morning Road Bike Ride. 10:30 a.m. Bicycle Village, 2100 28th St., # B-C, Boulder, 303-875-2241. Saturn’s Rings. 9 p.m. Boulder Valley Ranch Trailhead, Boulder, 303441-3440. Sunday, May 29 Boulder Road Runners Sunday Group Run. 9 a.m. Meet at First National Bank, 3033 Iris Ave., Boulder, www.boulderroadrunners.org. Monday, May 30 Ladies Bike Mechanics 101. 5:30-6:30 a.m. Community Cycles, 2805 Wilderness Pl., Ste. 1000, Boulder, 720-565-6019. Tuesday, May 31 Hike The Haute Route In Europe. 7 p.m. Changes in Latitude Travel Store, 2525 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-786-8406. Tuesday Hiking. 9 a.m. North Boulder Park, 7th and Bellwood streets, Boulder, 303-494-9735.
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erhaps the rapture did happen, because one evening this week my wife and I were falling into a state of bliss and shredding up the new Benjamin Loop Trail as if, in fact, there was no tomorrow. On the same theme, many fat-tire devotees thought hell would ice over before another foot of singletrack was ever built in Boulder County, especially given the recent chilly weather and the rein-
statement of mountain bike apartheid in the West TSA. But in a small victory for those who know the nursery school concept of sharing — behold the bitchin’ Benjamin Trail. No 3.12 miles of lovingly carved trail ever seemed so heavenly. The trail is located on very steep terrain and is less than three feet wide. As a see BENJAMIN Page 49
Wednesday, June 1 Pearl Street Runners. Meet at 6:15 p.m. for 5k run. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder. www.pearlstreetrunners.com. Pioneer Outdoor Company Display. Neptune Mountaineering, 633 S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-4998866. Through June 13. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com
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result, county officials urge both cyclists and equestrians to walk the trail before riding it. (OK, so we didn’t do that.) The trail leaves from the north end of the standard Canyon Loop (just beyond the bench), weaving in and out of the shapely contours of the newly acquired open space to dovetail perfectly with Betasso, fittingly the first open space acquisition. The views are airy and, yes, divine, with superb vistas directly over Fourmile Canyon, Poorman’s Canyon, Sunshine Canyon and beyond. The official ribbon-cutting was May 17, but the surface is already a honed, buttery ribbon scooting through the woods. Boulder County Youth Corps was active in the construction, and, of course, the Boulder Mountain Bike Alliance was instrumental as well in all phases dirt-to-development. Additionally there is a “huzzah!” moment on the horizon, as the Benjamin Loop will be connected to Fourmile Canyon in the next year with a bonus 0.85 mile of trail. That will allow many variations of rides, with a total of 8.5 miles of glorious terra firma when you factor in the 1.3-mile Canyon Link. Should the city make good on instructions from City Council to connect to Betasso via Settler’s Park, you start to have trail you can ride from town — something to make the zerocarbon people proud. Perhaps the fabled connection to Walker Ranch through Eldo Canyon will materialize one day, as well — hopefully long before Armageddon. Always keep in mind that Betasso and Benjamin are closed to bikes Wednesday and Saturdays, when equestrians are urged to use the trail. Also, the mandated directional signs change monthly on the Benjamin Loop, just as they do for Canyon Trail. The Benjamin Loop rides a shade easier, with gentle pitches and a very, very buff trail surface finish. If the current Betasso/Canyon Trail is too rocky for beginners, keep in mind
Details, details Free National Parks app released by Boulder Weekly staff
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himani LLC has unveiled a new application for the iPhone and iPad that works as a virtual passport for visitors to the National Parks. The free version of the Chimani National Parks App provides detailed information on 383 National Park destinations, including monuments, seashores, battlefields, historic parks and parkways. The app allows users to virtually “stamp” their locations at any park to record visits made during a year. The app also includes 385 photos, a search interface and an interactive map of the parks. With a subscription to the app from the iTunes website, users gain
that once the Fourmile connection is built, there will be a bunny slope perfect for newbies. Elements of the trail, particularly at the lovely early bridge crossing, feel positively northwestern, with towering
access to news from the National Parks Traveler News, which offers daily information on happenings throughout the National Parks. National Parks Traveler Editor-in-Chief Kurt Repanshek says he sees the new app as a way for parkgoers to enjoy their visits while staying on top of National Parks news. “Not everyone lugs their computer with them on vacation, and with Chimani on your smartphone, it’s easy to read the latest from the Traveler,” said Repanshek. “Whether you’re looking for a checklist to a specific park or curious about how the nesting season
for Kemp’s ridley sea turtles is progressing, a feed from the Traveler will help you stay on top of the parks.” To view the Chimani National Parks App on iTunes, visit http:// bit.ly/iDjC0s. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.
trees and mossy, dark-hued rocks. The wildflowers are soon to be off the hook, and our visit offered communion with a variety of wildlife, from multiple herds of mule deer to enormous wild turkeys. Bonus!
This trail system is soon to be woven into Boulder outdoor lore. Time to get out and sample it for yourself. Go to www.bouldercounty.org/play for maps, info and details. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com
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March 21-April 19:
“Weaseling out of things is important to learn,” said cartoon anti-hero Homer Simpson. “It’s what separates us from the animals — except the weasel.” I normally don’t share that sentiment. My standard advice is to face up to challenging situations and take responsibility for the part you played in creating them. But I’m going to rebel against my custom this week and endorse Homer’s approach, Aries. You may be on the verge of getting sucked into a mess that you had virtually no role in creating. Either that, or you’ll be asked to carry out a mission that is irrelevant to your long-term goals. In either case, you have cosmic permission to weasel out.
TAURUS
April 20-May 20:
I’m going to bring up a sore subject only because I think you’re finally ready to make it much less of a sore subject. The truth as I see it, Taurus, is that a part of you got petrified way back when. A formerly fluid and flexible part of your psyche got turned into stone, metaphorically speaking, losing much of its usefulness and creating distortions throughout the rest of you. Now, after all this time, you have circled back to a phase when you have the power to at least partially un-petrify this lost function. To get the process started, I suggest you turn your attention to it in such a way that you feel like laughing and crying at the same time.
GEMINI
May 21-June 20:
Poet Gerard Manley Hopkins coined the verb “to selve,” which is what a person does in the process of creating his or her distinctive presence in the world. Writing this column is an ongoing opportunity for me to selve, for example, because each time I conjure up a new horoscope I exercise the idiosyncratic combination of skills, attitudes, training and knowledge that is special to me. According to my reading of the omens, Gemini, you are in a phase when you have a sacred duty to selve with extra intensity and alacrity. In fact, I suggest you be ruthless in seeking out experiences that give you a chance to tap into, cultivate and express your most unique qualities.
CANCER June 21-July 22:
Here comes your ninth loss of innocence, Cancerian. Or is it your 10th? As you will soon prove once again, you manage to make every time feel like the first time. When the moment arrives and the sweet purity ebbs away, the twinge that shudders through you will have the same primal intensity you’ve experienced before. But here’s the redemption: Like most of the previous transitions, this one will lead to a surprising blessing you couldn’t have gotten any other way. When your innocence is reborn — as it will be, sooner or later — it will be wiser and wilder than ever before.
LEO
July 23-Aug. 22:
There’s a small chance that the following scenario will soon come to pass: You’ll be invited to become part of a situation that promises to give you special privileges or inside information, but after you join you’ll find out that your participation would require you to compromise your principles. But there’s a far greater chance — over 80 percent — that the following scenario will take place: You’ll be invited to join your fortunes to a group or circle or tribe or situation that won’t ask you to dilute your integrity or betray your values at all. In fact, it’s likely to activate a dormant part of your potential. The moral of the story, Leo: Be very discerning.
VIRGO
Aug. 23-Sept. 22:
Right now you have more power than you realize — more power to understand confusing situations, more power to influence people you’ve assumed are resistant to change, and more power to overcome your apparent disadvantages. In fact, the only factor that could prevent you from accomplishing way more than what you thought possible is a lack of confidence. Please note, Virgo: I’m not urging you to cultivate a foolishly arrogant faith in your ego. Rather, I’m clueing you in to the fact that there are hidden forces at work you can call on to help you — wisdom that has been dormant, love that has been neglected and allies who have been mum.
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SCORPIO Oct. 23-Nov. 21:
Postsecret.com is a website where people can anonymously reveal their deep, dark feelings. I came across one entry that I think would be perfect for you to use as your own in the coming weeks. “I don’t want to cover up my scar,” it read. “It’s a good conversation starter, and it makes me look badass. But thank you anyway!” To further inspire what I hope will be your fearless effort to claim the power inherent in your wounds, I also offer this spur from musician and author Henry Rollins: “Scar tissue is stronger than regular tissue. Realize the strength, move on.”
SAGITTARIUS Nov. 22-Dec. 21:
In her irreverent platinum-selling song “Monster,” Sagittarian rapper Nicki Minaj offers up a poetic sequence never before heard in the history of the planet: “Pull up in the monster ... with a bad b-tch that came from Sri Lanka / yeah, I’m in that Tonka, color of Willy Wonka.” I hope that you will soon come up with an equally revolutionary innovation in your own chosen field, Sagittarius. All the cosmic forces will be conspiring in the coming weeks to help you to do the equivalent of rhyming “Tonka” and “Sri Lanka” with “Willy Wonka.” Please cooperate! (The NSFW video is here: http://bit.ly/MinajMonster.)
CAPRICORN Dec. 22-Jan. 19:
Time is the enemy of romantic love, said Andrew Marvell in his 17th-century poem “To His Coy Mistress.” Medieval author Andreas Capellanus had a different idea, identifying marriage as the enemy of romantic love. In Richard Wagner’s opera Tristan and Isolde, Tristan rails against the daylight, calling it the enemy of romantic love. And in their book Immediacy and Reflection in Kierkegaard’s Thought, the editors theorize that “capitalism, which makes a fetish out of sex ... is the enemy of romantic love.” While all of those statements may be true, they’re only mildly relevant for you right now. The most dangerous enemy of romantic love — or any other kind of love, for that matter — is this: not listening well. Overcome that enemy, Capricorn.
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In the coming week, your psyche may sometimes have an odd tingling sensation that resembles what happens when you hit your funny bone. Is it painful? Is it pleasurable? Maybe some of both, with the net effect being a command to wake up and play harder, love stronger and notice more beauty. If you respond to that mandate with even a moderate amount of passion, I suspect you’ll get a surprising reward: At least one of the secret laws of your own nature will reveal itself to you, rising up clear and raw in a sweet waking vision.
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