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Hypocrisy in Boulder

(Re: “Unzipped,” cover story, May 17.) I read your interesting article about Seth Brigham. I would like to share with you the following information about my own restraining order by CU-Boulder. Boulderites have a nasty habit of freezing out of dialogue those whose opinions and viewpoints they cannot easily dismiss or logically refute. It is the classic behavior of the bullying coward. But God will get the last laugh. Boulder: the city that fancies itself liberal and hip, but that has a heart of stone and a reptilian brain. Laughing at the Emperor-city without clothes, Michael Korn/via Internet

Danish’s cake

I find it puzzling and sad that Paul Danish appears to have acquired some irrational and unreasonable attitudes since the “Danish Plan” was produced for Boulder. His impressions regarding oil and gas production (“Boulder’s lifestyle depends on the use of fracking,” Danish Plan, May 17) have some basis worth considering, but overall his opinion of those who oppose his ways of thinking do him no

credit. In fact, they belittle him far more than he has belittled others who want a safe, unpolluted, peaceful and, yes, warm life. If Mr. D. is so enamored by fracking and modern petrochemical exploration, production and distribution processes, then why does he not move to take advantage of his swoon? Buy a farm where the mineral rights have been leased to Big Methane, move your family to Cushing, Okla. (home of the largest natural gas storage facility this side of Greenwich), or build a home just across Dry Creek from the Suncor refinery down Commerce City way, Mr. D. Or has the “good” and comfortable life in Boulder gotten under your skin?

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ven a hog must sometimes gag at the stench of its own sty. Maybe that’s why some corporate lobbyists have launched a campaign to spiff up K-Street, Washington’s corridor of shameless high-dollar influence peddlers. The pay-to-play profession is so soiled and stinky that even the odious Newt Gingrich Boulder Weekly

Healing rapists

(Re: “It’s time to talk about rape,” Uncensored, March 29.) Dear Pamela White, I have enjoyed your columns since the first one. Share your survivor status. Thank you for turning pain into passionate journalism and other good things I imagine you do in the world. Wondering if you would be interested to research and write an article on who in

couldn’t stand it, claiming in his hapless presidential run this year that he’s a corporate “consultant” — not a lobbyist. Adding to the industry’s reputation for ick is the sight of Jack Abramoff, the convicted sleazeball lobbying hustler who’s now on a “Remorse Tour,” charging groups across the country $10,000 a pop to hear him talk about — get this — ethics reform! Sad to say, but lobbying is a huge, and hugely profitable industry. There are 535 members of Congress, one president and 23 cabinet officers in charge of our national government, but they are constantly swarmed by 12,000 registered Washington lobbyists! These hired guns hauled in $3.3 billion last year for helping Big Oil, Big Banks and other Biggies gouge us. Unsurprisingly, the American people are disgusted by them. So, the head of the American

Cleaning up the stench of Washington lobbyists by Jim Hightower

What’s that? You’d like your lifestyle to be maintained in perpetuity? You would like to have your cake and eat it too? And are you not afraid of killing the golden goose? Get in line. Greg Iwan/Longmont

the world is effectively helping rapists and potential rapists heal themselves. Over and over I read unreadably horrendous stories of crimes committed on people, usually young people, and too often the unthinkable was committed by someone who had been themselves a victim of the unthinkable. Would give me hope to read about people who know how to actually help. We have had a very positive trend toward supporting rape victims in my lifetime, but it will never ever stop, or even decline, until we can help the offenders with help that actually heals. Only then will they get help, or want to. see LETTERS Page 8

League of For more information on Jim Lobbyists (yes, Hightower’s work — and to subscribe to his award-winlobbyists have ning monthly newsletter, The their own lobHightower Lowdown — visit bying group) www.jimhightower.com. now says that a spritz of magnolia-scented Glade or maybe one of those pinetree-shaped air fresheners is needed to improve K-Street’s smell. Would he include actually stanching the stench by banning lobbyists from doling out campaign cash to lawmakers they’re hustling? Oh, gosh no — that might actually work! Instead, the lobbyists’ lobbyist is proposing less pungent reforms like giving “ethics training” to those in the trade. Wow — imagine how that would’ve changed Jack Abramoff! To make real change in this corrupt system, check with the people’s watchdog group, Public Citizen. Go to www.citizen.org. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com May 31, 2012 5

uncensored A test for ‘Make My Day’ by Pamela White

sound wakes you from deep sleep. For a moment, you think it must have been your imagination. Then you hear it again — movement inside your house — and you realize that it’s real. A stranger has invaded your home in the dead of night. On a punch of adrenaline, you get out of bed, maybe reach for the phone and dial 911. You know that seconds could mean the difference between life and death for you and your family members, but the police are minutes away. So you grab your firearm. You’ve had some firearms education, so you do what you’re supposed to do, only it seems so much more frightening because it’s not an exercise. You shout for the intruder to leave. You warn them that you’re armed. And still the intruder keeps coming, his refusal to heed your warnings a sign of dire intent. Heart thudding, you warn them that if they come any closer, you’ll shoot.

When they enter your bedroom, you aim at a shadow and pull the trigger. This is what Timothy Justice and Doreen Orion experienced at about 3:30 a.m. on Wednesday, May 23. As someone whose home was invaded in the middle of the night, I can empathize with their fear when they realized the bump in the night was real. I’m certain they felt their lives were in danger. In my case, the intruders were two men with switchblades. In the case of Justice and Orion, the intruder wasn’t a thug or even a “he,” but a drunk young woman who is lucky to be alive. Zoey Ripple, 21, a recent CU grad, reportedly had a blood alcohol content above 0.2 when she was shot, more than twice the limit of .08, the level at which an adult would be considered “driving under the influence,” or DUI. Boulder County District Attorney Stan Garnett was absolutely right not to file charges against Justice, who fired the shot that struck Ripple in the hip. Under Colorado’s “Make My Day” law, residents are allowed use deadly force

quotes “The President just called to say congrats. Caller ID was blocked, so at first I thought it was a telemarketer.” —Billionaire Elon Musk, in a Twitter message about one of the reactions he received after his company SpaceX successfully launched a supply ship to the International Space Station. “It’s difficult to imagine that the Syrian government would not only shell and mortar but also use point-blank execution against 40-plus women and 30-plus children under age 10. This is definitely the atrocity that has to be investigated.” —Alexander Pankin, Russia’s deputy United Nations ambassador, discussing reports that Syrian government forces attacked residential areas of the town of Houla. “We live in a day of CSI, fingerprinting, DNA, hand samples, and footprints and treads on bottoms of shoes and boots. There’s going to be none of that here, and that’s tough. You’re essentially relying on this guy’s own words, and whether he’s credible.” —Criminal defense attorney Arthur Aidala, discussing the man who allegedly confessed to strangling 6-year-old Etan Patz 33 years ago in New York City.

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on strangers who invade their homes. Justice had no way of knowing that Ripple was just a drunk woman and not an armed assailant. He did what he felt he had to do to protect himself and Orion. Our laws give people that right. Garnett is catching some heat, however, after his office announced it would be filing a charge of first-degree felony trespassing against Ripple next week. Some folks seem to think that getting shot was punishment enough and that Ripple ought to be allowed to deal with her injury and go on with her life at this point. Sure, a felony charge is serious, but

I seriously doubt Ripple will be convicted of the charge. Plea bargains are, after all, the SOP of our justice system. Still, people need to remember that what Ripple did was not a victimless crime. The gunshot wound was simply an unfortunate consequence of her actions. She’s lucky Justice wasn’t aiming a shotgun her way. No, Ripple is not the victim here. Through her bad judgment, she put two people through what will surely be remembered as one of the worst nights of their lives, not because Justice pulled see SHOOTING Page 7

danish plan Barack and the Choom Gang by Paul Danish

ccording to a new Rasmussen poll of likely voters, 56 percent of those surveyed favor legalizing marijuana and regulating it like alcohol. That might turn into something of a problem for the current president of the United States, who according to a new biography was a serious stoner in his high school days. Indeed, if the biography, Barack Obama: The Story by Pulitzer Prizewinning Washington Post writer David Maraniss, is accurate, calling Obama a serious stoner is an understatement. Smoking pot seems to have been at the center of his high school social life. Obama’s circle of high school buddies dubbed themselves The Choom Gang, “Choom” being a Hawaiian slang term for smoking marijuana. One Choom Gang member had a

Volkswagen microbus that they called the Choom Wagon, which functioned as a purple haze-filled clubhouse. At Obama’s instigation, the gang would smoke in the van with the windows rolled up so they wouldn’t waste any pot. And when the joint was finished “they tilted their heads back and sucked the last bit of smoke from the ceiling.” According to Maraniss, Obama insisted that the Choom chums practice “TA,” or “total absorption,” meaning that they didn’t exhale their tokes prematurely. If they did they were penalized by missing a turn the next time the joint came around. In the section of Obama’s high school yearbook where students could thank those who helped them along the way, Obama thanked “Tut [his grandmother], Gramps, Choom Gang, and see OBAMA Page 7

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Ray [the older guy who hung around with the gang and sold them pot] for all the good times.” In other words, the Choom Gang was Obama’s own little 4/20 club. Now then. The fact that Obama smoked pot is not new information. He acknowledged it in his 1995 book Dreams of My Father, in which he wrote that he had smoked “weed” and done “maybe a little blow.” So why should anyone care now? Well for openers, since Obama took office 40 months ago, approximately 2 million Americans have been arrested, and in many cases jailed, on his watch for doing the same thing Obama did — buying, possessing and using marijuana. Americans busted for pot tend to be disproportionately young and disproportionately black — like Obama voters in the 2008 election. I’ve never seen a poll of the political preferences of pot-smoking voters in 2008, but I’d be willing to bet you, uh, $420, that Obama won that demographic in a landslide. But whenever voters raise the subject of marijuana legalization with Obama, the First Choomster consistently spits in their faces, refusing even to entertain questions on marijuana reform, let alone show any interest or sympathy for the cause. Which is contemptible. Just how contemptible was neatly summarized by radio talk show host Penn Jillette in an on-air rant a couple weeks ago that’s worth quoting at length: “… Do we believe, even for a second, that if Obama had been busted for marijuana — under the laws that he condones — would his life have been better? If Obama had been caught with the marijuana that he says he used, and ‘maybe a little blow’ … if he had been busted under his laws, he would have done hard fucking time. And if he had done time in prison, time in federal prison, time for his ‘weed’ and ‘a little blow,’ he would not be president of the United States of America. He would not have gone to his fancy-ass college, he would not have sold

books that sold millions and millions of copies and made millions and millions of dollars, he would not have a beautiful, smart wife, he would not have a great job. He would have been in fucking prison, and it’s not a goddamn joke. People who smoke marijuana must be set free. It is insane to lock people up.” The reason politicians like Obama have been able to skate on the marijuana issue is that pot smokers have rarely judged candidates on the basis of their stands on marijuana legalization. However, that may be changing. Most recently, a candidate for Oregon attorney general got blown out when he promised to gut the state’s voterapproved medical marijuana law if elected. Two years ago, another antimarijuana showboat lost a race for California attorney general. Obama isn’t going to lose very many votes to Mitt Romney over pot. But Romney isn’t the only candidate running against Obama. Former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson, who has advocated marijuana legalization for years, has secured the Libertarian Party nomination for president, and will appear on the ballot in all 50 states. A recent poll showed Johnson getting 7 percent of the vote. If the election turns out to be as close as many observers think it’s going to be, the shift of a few percentage points of the vote from Obama to Johnson in one or two battleground states might be enough to decide the outcome — much like Ralph Nader winning more than 70,000 votes in Florida in 2000, most of which would have otherwise gone to Gore, put Bush in the White House. Obama’s brazen hypocrisy on marijuana, together with his consistently cavalier treatment of those favoring legalization, is the sort of thing that could move the needle enough to cost him the election. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com This opinion column does not necessarily reflect the views of Boulder Weekly.

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GET OFF THE COUCH For all of you registered Democrats who plan to skip the primary again this year, think again. When it comes to a certain Boulder County commissioners race, the June 26 primary is essenGarry Sanfaçon tially the general election, since no Elise Jones Republicans are running in November. Elise Jones and Garry Sanfaçon are facing off in the Dem primary for the District 1 seat being vacated by Will Toor. Yes, they are both opposed to fracking and GMOs, but they disagree on how aggressive the county’s approach should be in targeting them. We’ve been meeting with the candidates, and we’re still considering our endorsements. In the meantime, check them out and decide for yourself (www. EliseJones.org and www.G4BC.org). It’s a tough choice, but one that voters should be informed about, given the significant power wielded by commissioners on our three-member board.

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THE COST OF FREEDOM FIGHTING Leaders of the University of Colorado Boulder student government have tried to separate their little Wyclef Jean concert from the 4/20 smokeout, saying they weren’t trying to make a statement about marijuana. In attempting to justify Jean’s contract language prohibiting him from making references to pot during his show, student leaders said they simply didn’t want to turn it into a political event. Then the administration insisted it had nothing to do with organizing the concert as an alternative to the pot fest. And yet, in a press release last week, CU officials finally announced how much the administration — and the student government — spent “to curtail 4/20 gathering on CU campus.” Student leaders, you can’t have it both ways. Either you are actively involved in funding and promoting an effort to crack down on a constitutionally protected protest gathering, or you’re not. We understand that, politics being what they are, it’s hard to please both sides of this issue. But you’re going to have to pick one and stick with it and act proud of defending it. As for the fact that the CU administration and student government spent nearly $230,000 more on security and other efforts to snuff out this event than they usually do, we hope they got their money’s worth. Judging by Chancellor Phil DiStefano’s canned quote, he was pleased as punch with contributing the administration’s share — during a time of shriveled higher education funding in Colorado. “I view the university’s commitment of $124,000 as an investment in the health, safety and conduct of basic academic business on the CU-Boulder campus,” he sniffed in the press release. The thing is, you can’t put a price tag on the negative publicity CU got nationally for its fishy effort to suppress free speech and assembly rights. Says here the fertilizer only cost CU $699. Yeah, right.

the trigger and shot someone, but because he believed for long, terrifying moments that his life and that of Orion depended on his doing so. While getting shot was the immediate, regrettable result of Ripple’s action, facing criminal charges is the legal consequence of her irresponsible behavior. Let’s hope the justice system acts with a balance of gravity and compassion in her case. At the same time, as I watched media coverage of the incident, I wondered how much of the public comment was sparked by the photos of Ripple as

RUN, ZOMBIE! For those of you who have always subscribed to the “why would I run if no one is chasing me” school of thought, now you have no excuse for your couch potato existence. On July 14, you can run a 5K obstacle course while being chased by zombies. That’s right, zombies. A company out of Maryland has created quite a stir with its zombie-infested races, and is now bringing its aptly titled “run for your life” event to Lakewood. At Baltimore’s creepshow of a race last year, more than 10,000 people turned out to either run, watch, or dress like a flesh-eater. Fortunately, there was plenty of publicity before the run so there were no War of the Worlds-type heart attacks or pockets of crazy guys with guns shooting the costumed zombie runners in an effort to defend themselves. For more information, check out www.runforyourlives.com. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com

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a smiling, pretty, blonde co-ed. What if she’d been a black man who’d dropped out of high school? What if she’d been a Latino or a biker with tattoos or a homeless man? Would people be as quick to say that getting shot was punishment enough? Being a young, pretty blonde female is not a mitigating circumstance. As unfortunate and sad as the entire situation is, there is still a price to be paid. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com This opinion column does not necessarily reflect the views of Boulder Weekly.

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(Re: “Local farm loses the battle against local government,” Boulderganic, May 17.) Boulder County Land Use is aware of the problems in current regs for agricultural land. They have been working since late last year on a major overhaul of regulations. So far they’ve done a very good job of listening, gathering concerns,

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Vote for Sanfaçon

On June 26 the people of Boulder County will elect a new county commissioner for District 1. I am voting for Garry Sanfacon. Why Garry? On his first day in office he is commited to: making a motion to ban GMOs on open space; proposing a Community Rights Ordinance to end corporate and state interference with our right to local self-governance and to protect our environment, health, safety and quality of life, including a ban on fracking. He will also propose a resolution in support of overturning the Supreme Court’s Citizens’ United ruling and stating that constitutional rights are for people, not corporations. He will put the citizens of Boulder County at the center of his decision-making, represent the will of the people and ensure transparency. One in four children in Boulder County under the age of 5 is living in poverty. This, to Garry, is unacceptable. Part of his vision for Boulder County is to strengthen our safety net, invest in early intervention and help people to achieve economic independence and selfsufficiency. This election is critical to all citizens, especially for our childrens’ future. I encourage all of us to learn about the issues and be well informed before voting. Dick Mueser/Boulder

Selling out for a bike race

I rode up Flagstaff Mountain for the first time in May 1971 on my first 10-speed bike purchased at the High Wheeler bike shop on the Hill. There wasn’t much traffic on Flagstaff Road then, or many people biking past Chautauqua on Baseline Road. On the way up I had time to stop and try the crack on Cookie Jar Rock, fall off the Monkey Traverse and savor being on the Little Flatiron. Most of the time I was Boulder Weekly

letters alone, just the bike, the road, the rock and me. I lost track of how many times the Flagstaff Trail crossed the road, but I rarely saw anyone on it as I pedaled by. The CU ski team famously used the Flagstaff Trail in its dry land training, and I knew a bunch of people who routinely used the trail to gauge their fitness level. It was a good trail, built a long time ago, steep but purposeful and true. Over the years more cyclists, hikers and climbers came, but it was never really too crowded except on the occasional weekend in the summer. Now the city wants a bike race to go up Flagstaff Road, ending on top of Flagstaff Mountain. Thousands of spectators along the road — estimates range wildly between 30,000 and 140,000 — will watch the racers climb the mountain. There is a lot of community support and enthusiasm for this race and its worldclass ending. The race will reaffirm Boulder’s standing as an outdoor recreation mecca, hosting cool events rivaling the Tour de France, we are told. The bike race will shower worldwide attention on Boulder, fill our hotels and restaurants and bring a lot of revenue for local businesses and city coffers. Many assert the bike race will be a win-win any way you cut it. Let’s not kid ourselves, though. This bike race and its attendant features are simply about economics. But there is something else that is important to understand. Open Space and Mountain Parks lands are sacred. Make no mistake about this. These lands define what Boulder is today. They represent the community’s essence and spirit. Preservation of these lands began more than a century ago by visionaries in the community, and that effort continues right up to the present. These lands should not be treated cavalierly and disrespectfully, for if the spirit of the community is truly for sale, there is no community. This spirit, this sacredness, cannot be for sale. Sacred has no price. If sacred does have a price, then its meaning and value is lost. Oh, but the road is paved and the impacts will be miniscule, we are told. Remember the cautionary adage that the road to hell is also paved. We as a people should have something that does not have a price, is not for sale, no matter the intentions. That is the foundation of community. The community message should be that these lands are inviolate. End the bike race somewhere else. Boulder has changed in many ways since 1971. Most profoundly when, through its actions, the sacred has a price. Maybe Boulder has lost it way. But the land remembers. Dave Kuntz/Boulder Boulder Weekly

Make my day

Life in Boulder at the University of Colorado seems very far away from the Trayvon Martin case both in terms of distance and relevance. Boulder has a small minority population and there are probably no armed vigilantes patrolling our neighborhoods. But the experience of my friend who was formerly a student at University of Colorado illustrates some dangerous parallels. Rather than the “stand your

ground” law, Colorado has something that is known as a “make my day” law. Instead of exhibiting racism against minorities, the Boulder police act with a great deal of disdain to students. My friend was beaten up badly on the Boulder campus, resulting in a large gash on his head. Rather than pursuing the aggressors, the police pursued my friend because the people who beat him up didn’t violate any law, as Colorado has the “make my day” law. When my friend questioned the police, they threw him in

jail and filed multiple charges against him after he dared to talk back to them. The district attorney aggressively pursued him even though he was obviously the only victim, and his life is now in shambles. The case of my friend demonstrates that the type of system — including laws, police and DAs — that allows the killer of a young man to not be arrested can affect anybody. It is time take a serious look at Colorado laws as well as behavior of the police and the state’s attorney. David Fisher/via Internet

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The fea r tiny tow of fracking h as The Ba n of Pav illion, hit the sketeria Wyo., h have alr a a edy shu nd coffee sho rd. little m p ore tha t down, leav in n a pop the cen g t m downto er of commer achine as ce in th wn. Mis e old still han s Ginny ’s g Fear is ing on, but fo Roost is killing t r he tow how long? n. Edward Celias

he water in the town of Pavillion, Wyo., has not been contaminated by the fracking that is taking place a few miles east of town. There, I have now fulfilled the promise I made to Miss Ginny at some point during the third or fourth beer I was having at her bar a few weeks back. Miss Ginny is Ginny Warren, a Hurricane Katrina refugee who got blown all the way to Pavillion. She did take a few short detours in her life on her way from the Gulf of Mexico to this speck of a town in the middle of the Wind River Indian Reservation, but this is where she finally took root when the winds stopped Boulder Weekly

blowing. I told her I would begin this article with that particular statement about Pavillion water for a couple of reasons; one, it’s true, and two, even though she makes some of the best Cajun food I‘ve had outside of New Orleans, Miss Ginny’s Roost, as her place is called, will likely be forced to close down in the not-too-distant future if somebody doesn’t start letting people know that the water in town is safe to drink. Other businesses have already succumbed to the area’s growing international reputation as ground zero in the fracking wars, and the old town center is pretty much a ghost town at this point. The locals are mad about it, but

they can’t seem to agree on whose fault it is. Some say it’s the gas company, Encana, but a growing number are blaming their neighbors, more particularly, the local ranch families who keep telling journalists and the rest of the world that they’re sick from the toxic fracking chemicals in their water and air. Miss Ginny tells me about the town’s tough times as she refills my water glass for the umpteenth time. I keep draining it out of journalistic guilt, not thirst; the Rolling Rock tastes better. I say guilt because she tells me that most of her problems are being caused by reporters like me who are making people see PAVILLION Page 12

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too afraid to drive out from Lander and Riverton to eat at the Roost like they used to. “Every reporter who comes here,” she says, “takes a picture of that ‘Welcome to Pavillion’ sign and then starts talking about fracking and contamination and people getting sick.” I agree it’s not much of a Chamber of Commerce slogan, but I ordered another beer before I confessed that I had taken the exact same “Welcome to Pavillion” photo only a few hours earlier. Fortunately, she just laughed when I told her, which is always a good thing when coming from a woman wearing an apron bearing a picture of an AK-47 assault rifle and who has easy access to kitchen knives. Like several of the folks I spoke with at the bar that night and others whom I’d met just walking around town, Miss Ginny is starting to blame her neighbors who live a few miles to the east for the town’s problems. She has gone so far as to begin organizing a group of locals to oppose the claims being made by the ranchers who say they’ve been poisoned by fracking. Her new group doesn’t have a name yet but she says it will likely be something that includes the words “truth” and “Pavillion.” “Truth,” because Miss Ginny says that all the talk of fracking and people getting sick is exaggerated, a ploy, she suspects, by a few loudmouths out to get a big financial settlement from Encana or maybe the Northern Arapaho and Eastern Shoshone tribes that own the mineral rights under the gas wells. “They just want to get bought out,” she says. I spent the next day with Louis Meeks, one of those “loudmouths” Miss Ginny blames for scaring people away from her restaurant. Louis and his wife Donna live in the middle of the Muddy Ridge gas field about six miles from the Roost by dirt road. They have a nondescript white frame house in a very descript place. The couple’s land on the valley floor, with its plum and apple trees, offers views of the Wind River, Owl and Big Horn mountain ranges. It’s easy to see why the 62-year-old Vietnam vet chose this spot 35 years ago to call home, and why he’s now willing to fight to the death to keep it and restore it to what it once was before the drilling ruined things. Saying fight to the “death” is not an exaggeration with Louis Meeks. His health stinks and he’s already had heart and respiratory problems that have nearly killed him. He says his health issues stem from the stress of fighting Encana and the state of Wyoming as well as from drinking and showering in contaminated water. Donna looks at me and without 12 May 31, 2012

Donna and Louis Meeks haven’t been able to use their contaminated well water for five years. Both claim to have serious health issues that they say came along with the fracking of gas wells near their home six miles from Pavillion, Wyo.

showing a stitch of emotion says she knows that the fight is going to kill her husband in the near future. She’s become fatalistic about the whole contamination situation, and she’s given up trying to get Louis to just quit and move away. “He won’t listen, that’s who he is,” she says. “He’ll die before he gives in to them. Then I guess I’ll just leave it and move on.” Donna has lost all of her ability to smell and taste, a health issue she attributes to the gas field, which she says has ruined the air as well as the water. Louis hobbles over to a sink and pours me a glass jar full of water from his tap, shakes it and then offers me a drink. I recoil when the jar gets close to my nose. The water smells like kerosene, and only a fool would proceed further to find out if the flavor matched the stench. It did. The Meeks have good reason to be mad. Life on this small spread was going pretty good until about seven years ago. They raised sheep and cattle, kept chickens and gardened, but then things changed forever. In 2005, the couple’s water well started to produce the terrible-smelling and -tasting stuff that Louis handed me in the jar. So, after most of a year of drinking the tainted water, he decided to drill a new, deeper well in hopes of finding something better. When local water driller Louis Dickinson’s rig reached a depth of 540 feet, he shut down the operation to check on the water flow. A loud rumble could be heard coming from deep down in hole, and seconds later the water well blew out.

Louis Meeks’ new water well was producing gas at a rate of about 3 million cubic feet a day, from 540 feet. It shouldn’t have been possible. The gas sounded like a jet engine and shot a white foamy liquid 70 feet into the air. Louis was sure that his house, which was just a few feet away, would catch fire. A judge finally ordered Encana to use its equipment to contain the blowout after three days. Louis and Donna had no idea their troubles were just beginning. Louis suspected that gas drilling around his place — two wells were within a thousand feet of his house — had caused the gas to migrate into the groundwater aquifers below his yard, and after researching the issues, he felt like fracking was the likely culprit. Encana claimed that it was not at fault and that fracking could not have caused gas to migrate into the water wells. Under the terms of a settlement following the blowout, the company did agree to provide the couple with trucked-in water at a cost to the company of about $3,000 a month. It was a small conciliation. Prior to the blowout in 2006, their home had appraised for around $239,000. After losing its water and experiencing the blowout, the property reappraised as essentially worthless. Louis says a local Realtor said she wouldn’t even list it. In September 2009, Encana called Louis to a meeting in Riverton at their Wyoming offices. He thought and even hoped to a small degree that the company had called him in to make an offer to buy his property, even though he says

he would never have been willing to accept any offer that would have gagged his ability to tell his story about what had been done to him, but he needn’t have worried about that. Encana simply wanted to inform him that it would no longer be paying for his water to be trucked in. “It was a low point,” says Louis. The man who thought he had found the perfect place to retire and live out the rest of his days had suddenly lost everything, and all he wanted to know was why. He was broke, sick and alone in his fight against the oil and gas industry, but not for long. Meeks’ well-publicized criticism of Encana and its gas wells finally got his neighbors talking to one another, something Western ranchers do begrudgingly in the best of times. It’s a Western thing. As it turns out, quite a few of them had developed similar water and health problems, and just like those that hit the Meeks, they all seemed to have started after the increased drilling and fracking got closer to their homes. The families looked for answers and help. They had their water and air tested by Encana and the state, only to be told it was safe. Like the Meeks, they didn’t know where to turn at that point. “The state was on the side of the gas money,” says Louis. “They’d just lie to your face, just like the company.” Driving around Muddy Ridge with Louis as a guide is like touring a battleground. He knows every well and every story that goes with it at this point. As we pass the Fenton property, he downloads the appropriate list of health Boulder Weekly

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issues for the family. John Fenton has constant headaches and has lost his energy. His son is having unexplained seizures, and the boy’s mother and grandmother, like his wife Donna, can’t smell or taste anything anymore. After we round the corner and drive a ways we pass the Locker ranch, where 15 wells, 2 compressor stations and a contaminated open pit site are all within a quarter mile of the family’s home. Louis tells me that the Lockers had water problems as far back as the ’90s, even before Encana bought the field. He says Rhonda Locker has severe nerve damage that shoots pain throughout her body, and that even the Mayo Clinic can’t figure out the cause. The Meeks, Fenton and Locker families, along with others living in and around the Muddy Ridge gas field, eventually formed an organization called Pavillion Area Concerned Citizens (PACC). PACC connected up with the larger and already well-established Powder River Basin Resource Council, an organization that works primarily on coal and gas issues. It was this relationship that eventually led to Louis Meeks, John Fenton and Jeff Locker being able to tell their story to the investigators at the EPA’s Region 8 offices in Denver. It was this meeting with the EPA that would eventually get the agency to retest the water wells in Pavillion that the state and Encana had said were safe to use. Eleven of 39 water wells initially tested by the EPA in 2008 showed serious contamination, including some toxins associated with fracking. The testing by the feds found compounds linked to diesel fuel, arsenic and methane gas, along with heavy metals. The testing also found adamantanes and butoxyethanol phosphate. Louis and Donna Meeks’ well also contained elevated readings of benzene, bisphenol and toluene. The Fenton and Locker wells were also found to be seriously contaminated. Fenton has said that his home and land have lost at least half of their Boulder Weekly

value, and Locker has been quoted in media accounts expressing similar concerns about his property’s diminished value. Pavillion-area real estate has taken an unimaginable hit. All of this EPA testing was done without the benefit of knowing what they were looking for. That’s because the actual chemicals being used by Encana in its fracking process are considered a trade secret and, thanks to former vice President Dick Cheney pushing through the 2005 Energy Policy Act, which included a provision that prohibits the EPA from using the 1974 Clean Water Act to regulate fracking, they will likely stay a secret, no matter how many people get sick. The folks living in the shadow of the Muddy Ridge field will be the first to tell you that the deck is stacked against the little guy, but they just keep fighting. It’s as if they honestly believe that at some point the truth will win out. It’s a type of nationalism that died for most people decades ago. I confess that I find it refreshing, yet it almost seems naïve in today’s political environment, where pay to play drives the outcomes. But it’s hard to argue with the small successes they have had. Thanks to the efforts of a few stubborn ranchers, the Muddy Ridge gas field, located five to eight miles east of Pavillion’s center of town, is now the only place in the nation where any government agency has done the research and then concluded that fracking gas wells contaminated drinking water supplies. If he were dead, Dick Cheney would be rolling over in his grave. This is quite an accomplishment, considering that there are plenty of other locations around the country — like Weld and Garfield counties in Colorado and a growing number of areas from Texas to Pennsylvania — where you can light up tap water like a Molotov cocktail. But so far, these other places are just considered to be unlucky or, at best, the victims of bad drilling see PAVILLION Page 14

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practices not associated with fracking, well as that of Louis Meeks are undersuch as poor cement jobs and improper standable, if not always grounded in the surface casing depth. facts regarding the other side’s very real As I continued my tour with Louis, difficulties. It is simple human nature I started to notice that, at times, he that is causing Pavillion to come sounded an awful lot like Miss Ginny undone. This is always how it ends. when it came to placing blame. As we At first, everyone is concerned would pass by ranches where the folks about their neighbors’ contamination were not members of PACC, or used to and health problems and wants to supbe but had left the organization, there port them. But when one person’s poiwas always a theory to explain it: That soned water or air begins to wipe out guy got bought off, or they’re on the the home equity, life savings or business Encana payroll, or I’d of another person who like to know how he lives far enough away got that new truck, from the contamination accusations like that. to not be personally Considering all that affected by it, good will has been done to him gives way to anger and over the past seven blame. Truth be known, years, it is hard to fault the fear of fracking and Louis for his anger at its associated economic those who would quesfallout can be nearly as tion his motives or powerful a force as make friendly with his fracking itself when it adversary, Encana. He comes to splitting a has, after all, spent community wide open. most of a decade living The water and air like an innocent man in the town of Pavillion in prison, telling his may not be contamiMotivated indeed. Banks have nated, but the housing story to anyone who would listen, only to be pretty much stopped making prices have still colmortgage loans in and around told to be quiet, the lapsed as surely as if Pavillion, which has made case is closed. Encana were fracking a some properties nearly well at the town’s lone As for Miss Ginny worthless. four-way stop at the and the Roost, Louis corner of Center and speculated that it was Main. If a seller is lucky enough to find the high prices of her food that was a buyer, he or she better be able to pay causing her to lose business, and that cash because the banks aren’t too eager she was just using him and the other to lend in Pavillion or anywhere near it people fighting for their lives against these days. When it comes to fracking the gas industry as an excuse for her decline in customers. For the record, my and the fear it generates, perception is reality. four beers and a five-course meal cost For that reason, even though they me less than $20 at the Roost. I’ll happily do it again if it and Miss Ginny are may not like each other at this point, the townies and the people living on still there the next time I get back that the Muddy Ridge gas field are all in the way. same boat, and pointing fingers isn’t So what is the “truth of Pavillion,” going to get them out of their fracking as Miss Ginny puts it, and why does it mess. seem so elusive to so many of the area’s There are a decade’s worth of lesresidents? Sadly, Miss Ginny’s point of view as sons from Pavillion that can be helpful Boulder Weekly

Cleaning up the leftover contamination from open pits used to hold fracking fluid for evaporation is still an ongoing project in Pavillion. This pit is across the street from the Fenton home.

to communities all across the country, in places like Boulder County, where fracking and its associated fear are just beginning to significantly disrupt lives.

largest 100 oil and gas companies, government regulation is seen as the biggest risk to the entire industry. Another thing that made it possible for the ranchers to fight The finding Encana on the by the EPA in fracking front in 2011 that frackPavillion is the ing contaminated area’s geology. drinking water The Muddy makes Pavillion Ridge gas field that created the unique. So does The EPA’s draft report that declared conditions for the way that the fracking a source of drinking water fracking to conagency’s intervencontamination in Pavillion has tion came about. sparked a nationwide backlash from taminate groundthe oil and gas industry. water is considerThe EPA looked ably different than into Pavillion’s gas fields we find around Boulder. The water problem because of the persiswells here are quite a bit deeper — total tence of a few ranch families who depth drilled tends to be 6,000 to 8,000 refused to be silenced by the industry feet, compared to wells around and state even after Encana and the Pavillion, which produce gas from Wyoming Department of zones as shallow as 1,500 to 3,500 feet Environmental Quality (WDEQ) had both declared that the water in their below the surface. wells was safe to drink. That means that the separation Every situation is different, and just between groundwater and gas producbecause the EPA came to the rescue in ing formations here is much wider than Pavillion doesn’t mean it will return in Pavillion and, therefore, it’s considcalls to people who find themselves in ered less likely that fracking fluids similar circumstances in Colorado and pumped into a gas-bearing formation elsewhere. will be able to migrate upwards several The EPA was already engaged in thousand feet to contaminate groundtrying to figure out how an aquifer water. became heavily contaminated with benThis certainly doesn’t mean it is zene on Bureau of Land Management impossible. Research has found that property only 180 miles from Pavillion. fracked gas has migrated as far as some The Muddy Ridge complaints came 7,000 feet from its source. So in theory, along at just the right time to expand it should be possible for fracking fluid the agency’s research. to do the same. But it is far less likely What I can glean from Pavillion, that this will occur here than in the however, is that a small group of people Pavillion area — and much more diffican make a difference if they organize cult to prove even if it were to happen. and remain committed no matter how By comparison, the EPA’s draft long the fight, which in most cases report on Pavillion dated Dec. 8, 2011, involving the oil and gas industry takes states that “fluids used for hydraulic years, not months. fracturing were injected directly into That’s because fighting fracking the Wind River Formation.” That’s a regulations is the number one priority big deal because this is one of the shalof the industry. According to a recent lower formations, and it produces well study conducted by BDO USA LLP see PAVILLION Page 16 that examined the annual reports of the Boulder Weekly

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water in the area. This is the kind of disaster that can happen when gas- and water-producing zones are found in such close proximity to one another, and it is a problem that can also be proven more easily than fracking issues at greater depths. Fracking may be the buzz word that is driving the anti-drilling movement, but the actual process takes place deep underground, and it will continue to be nearly impossible to prove that contamination is the result of fracking. The industry will always be able to point to other sources that could have caused the contamination, such as bad cement and casing jobs or anything else that keeps the spotlight off of its goose that lays golden eggs, aka fracking. This is not to say that cement and casing aren’t important issues for communities trying to not become the next Pavillion. When the EPA came to Muddy Ridge in 2008 and started testing existing water wells, it was already clear that there were several possible contamination sources besides fracking. There were a number of open pits in the area where fracking fluid had been placed for evaporation purposes after being recovered from use in surrounding wells. The EPA believed the pits were a likely source for groundwater contamination down to 200 feet or so, and the agency was right. The pits were leaking in Pavillion. Boulder County has had nearly 100 open pits at one time or another in our past, according to Shane Davis of the Sierra Club. In addition, the EPA found problems with cement and casing at Muddy Ridge. Out of 169 wells examined, all but two failed to have casing that extended 150 feet below the maximum depth of area water wells, as required by Wyoming law. It was a shocking example of callously ignoring industry standards and practices. Erie residents are afraid, and at least some of their fear may be justified if Encana’s history has any bearing on the company’s future actions. Another lesson learned from

Pavillion is that state governments are cash-strapped and need revenues from the oil and gas industry to pay for things like schools and prisons. As a result, they can be counted on to support the interests of the oil and gas companies, not the citizens breathing in the fumes from the wells in their front yards. For example, in December 2011, the EPA finally published its controversial Pavillion draft report declaring that fracking had caused drinking water contamination. Then all hell broke loose. According to phone records gathered by the Associated Press, Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead called EPA Director Lisa Jackson the very next day and requested a one-month delay in releasing the report. He followed up the call in person two days later in Washington, D.C. He ultimately persuaded Jackson to wait. It was a mistake on her part. The governor was hardly unbiased in his views on Pavillion, the EPA and Wyoming’s gas industry. Mead, his oil and gas industry cronies and his fellow elected officials around the country who were beholden to the oil lobby for campaign funds and state tax revenues used Jackson’s 30-day delay to launch a massive PR campaign to discredit the EPA’s Pavillion findings before they even came to light. Terms like “junk science” were applied to the report before it was available for peer review. And nearly every research firm and university funded by the oil industry pumped out a white paper saying fracking was not the cause of Pavillion’s contamination, but rather it was the same old culprits of bad oil field practices, including casing and open pit problems. As a result of the pressure, the EPA agreed to go back to Pavillion and conduct additional testing, particularly in the two deep monitoring wells the agency drilled before finally releasing its report for peer review later in the fall. I hate to be a pessimist, but I have seen this type of “retesting” under political pressure before. Don’t be surprised Boulder Weekly

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Get The Deal You Need! if come fall the EPA — which is essentially run by political appointees, not the agency’s scientists — announces that it has reversed its findings on fracking in Pavillion. It is amazing what can be put up for trade in exchange for campaign funds and battleground state endorsements in an election year. Unfortunately for the people who live there, Pavillion is a pretty good bargaining chip right now for a president that the industry doesn’t like. In Colorado, Gov. John Hickenlooper, a former oil and gas geologist himself, has made his desire to see more drilling well known. He has also taken the lead in fighting the industry’s battles with municipalities that want to create their own ordinances regarding drilling practices in their jurisdiction, ordinances that would create larger setbacks from homes and prevent drilling around schools, parks and other public places. Colorado’s attorney general has recently made it clear that the state will sue any local government that tries to create any oil and gas regulations other than those written and enforced by the state. Not only is state government not working to protect its citizens, it is actually threatening them on behalf of the oil and gas industry. And the intimidation is working. Longmont was ready to pass its new set of drilling ordinances on May 22, and then the last-minute threat of a suit from the state caused four votes to flip. The best the council could then accomplish on the drilling front was to kick the town’s ordinance vote down the road a couple of months and then try again to pass it. But nothing will have changed. The state will still be bullying the city with its threat of a suit. The people living in Pavillion and on top of the Muddy Ridge gas field never had the opportunity to create ordinances that might have protected their water, air, home values and health. The damage was already done before anyone there had ever heard of the word fracking. Knowing what they know now, would the threat of a lawsuit by the state of Wyoming — the same state that Boulder Weekly

knowingly allowed them to be poisoned and is still fighting against them with all of its political power and wealth — have kept area residents from at least trying to pass regulations on drilling that could have protected their health and property values? I doubt it. Such a threat by the state seems trivial in comparison to the very real dangers that gas drilling and fracking brought with it. At some point Boulder County and its cities will have to try to protect their citizens by regulating drilling activity themselves. Will the state really sue? Very likely, because it has a vested financial interest in seeing more wells drilled. But that is a small price to pay to avoid being the next Pavillion. You may think that it’s only those people living on the outskirts of town, where most of today’s drilling is occurring, who are at risk. But if Pavillion has taught us anything it is that we are all in the same boat, and perception is reality. Already people are starting to sell their Erie and Longmont homes to get away from fracking. Is it a rational thing to do at this point? It doesn’t matter. The more sellers and fewer buyers, the lower the prices go. And when prices start falling, lenders get scared and stop making mortgage loans. When that happens, housing prices collapse more rapidly, even if the water and air are fine. If you have a house anywhere in Erie or Longmont, or unincorporated Boulder or Weld counties, this is your fight, like it or not. Ask the people of Pavillion if being six miles from the nearest gas well makes you less vulnerable to the economic impacts of the fear of fracking. For that reason, municipalities not only have a right but a duty to stand up to the oil companies and the state and fight for the right to create commonsense drilling ordinances that can protect the health and property values of their citizens. This is the new ground zero in the fracking war, and Boulder County residents have an important role to play in the fight ahead. That is the lesson of Pavillion. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com

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s we approach the conclusion of the Ghosts of Valmont Butte series, we’re going back to the beginning. Back to the first people who used the butte — not as a dumping ground, but as a sacred place. There is evidence that Native Americans began inhabiting Boulder Valley more than 10,000 years ago. And when pioneers arrived in Boulder Valley in 1858, Valmont Butte served as a winter camp for Arapaho Indians. According to historical accounts, like an archeological history of the property written by Peter Gleichman in 2004, the land belonged to the Arapaho and Cheyenne by treaty, and had been used by the Utes. Native Americans found the buttes (there used to be several,

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before dams were built between them to hold in tailings) and the lakes south of them suitable for camping and hunting. Settlers reported that about 400 Arapaho participated in a communal antelope hunt there in 1860. The Valmont Butte area also has a connection to the massacre of Cheyenne and Arapaho at Sand Creek in 1864 — it was at a sod fort just north of the butte where the Colorado volunteer militia mustered before the attack. The last of the remaining tribes were removed from the area in 1881. It’s been reported that the butte was used for ceremonies and Native American burials. Certain Lakota pipe carriers considered buttes sacred places and good locations to pray. Sweat lodges were held at the butte as recently as the mid-2000s, until the extent of the con-

tamination at the site became more widely known and native people elected to stay away from the site. The basalt rock of the dike has even been collected for use in sweat lodges elsewhere because of its ability to hold intense heat. “I think the word is out now to stay away from those rocks,” says Lori Windle of the Valmont Butte Heritage Alliance. Native Americans won’t say much about the possible burials and artifacts in the area, or where they’re believed to be located, for fear of encouraging looters. But over the years, some cultural resources have been documented at the butte. Several local families, especially those descended from the original Valmont settlers, say they have found or collected artifacts.

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place where the two drainages meet was believed to be sacred because it produced special plants that native people would use to make medicines. **** It was due in part to opposition from American Indian tribes and local groups like the Native American Rights Fund that the city abandoned its plans for constructing a biosolids treatment facility (to convert human waste into fertilizer) and fire training center at Valmont Butte in 2005. (Organic farmers in the area also objected, citing fears that pipes carrying human waste might rupture and contaminate their fields.) One of the heavyweights opposing development at the site was the Colorado Commission of Indian Affairs, which is chaired by the state’s lieutenant governor. “It was a sacred location for many tribes,” CCIA Executive Secretary Ernest House says of the butte. A few years after plans for biosolids processing and fire training were dropped, the city had a deal in the works to sell the property to the Trust for Public Land, which has bought and cleaned up properties to preserve them for native people. But the deal fell through, and some say it was because an appraisal came in too low. When the option to buy the site expired, Windle says, “it was a blessing in disguise.”

**** The areas deemed sensitive due to possible burials or other cultural resources have been identified by the city, its tribal monitor and various archeologists over the years, and city officials have repeatedly made assurances that none of the areas where they are digging up contaminated dirt or stockpiling clean fill dirt contain those sensitive materials. But one never knows what’s just under the surface, so the city hired a tribal monitor and an archeologist to keep tabs on the cleanup. Still, members of the tribes and the Valmont Butte Heritage Alliance have concerns about the impacts of the earth-moving. “It’s really easy for a bulldozer operator to blow something out,” says archeologist Gleichman. And city officials appear to have only exacerbated those concerns by refusing to let VBHA members meet with the monitors or visit the site. The

tribal monitor has now been sent home to Wyoming. The city’s current approach to Valmont doesn’t seem like much of a departure from its actions eight years ago. Gleichman says a city attorney tried to censor information about possible Native American burial sites on the property when Gleichman submitted his archeological history to the city in 2004. Gleichman says he went public with the attempted cover-up, and the attorney “tried to blackball me from doing any more work for the city.” **** If city workers do uncover any Native American remains or “funerary objects,” there is a set protocol for stopping work in the area and notifying authorities like the state archeologist. It is a protocol set by both the state’s burial law and the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. House, the CCIA executive secre-

tary, says he has kept tabs on the happenings at Valmont, and he wonders if city officials intend to brief Native American leaders at the end of the project about what they encountered during the cleanup. When asked whether he’s satisfied with the city’s handling of the remediation, he says, “I think that still remains to be seen. … We’re going to be watching it closely.” Windle and another member of the Valmont Butte Heritage Alliance, Steve Moore, senior staff attorney for the Native American Rights Fund, say that even though the Valmont property was a dumping ground for decades, the importance of the butte lives on. “Despite the desecration,” Windle says, “the site was sacred before people came, and will be sacred long after they’re gone. … It has its own sense of spirituality as a living thing.” “For me, the lesson of Valmont Butte is it’s a place of inherent power,” Moore says. “Man has leveled many insults at the butte over the last 100 years, but it still speaks to native people.” The butte may not be a pristine, high mountain peak straight out of a Kevin Costner movie, he says, “but native people still feel the power of that place,” in spite of the abuse it’s taken. “The butte needs to rest,” Moore concludes. “The butte needs to heal itself.” Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com

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he Fox Theatre’s empty summer calendar said it all, but then came the official word: The venue was closing for the summer, and the reason given was “roof repairs.” “The Fox has been in existence for 20 years, so it’s time,” says Shannon Bock, a spokeswoman for Z2, the Fox’s parent company. “We picked June and July, because that’s definitely our slower season.” The students may be out of town, but do they need to take live music with them? We all know that Boulder’s economy leans heavily on each year’s influx of new students and their parents’ money, but does the vitality of our arts depend on them as well? The Fox’s closing rekindles a conversation Boulder musicians and promoters often have with each other, and that is the lack of venues in Boulder. The Fox and the Boulder Theater — and Chautauqua Auditorium and Macky Auditorium, to a degree — keep a steady influx of national acts coming through town, but there is a distinct lack of a 100- to 200-person venue in town where local acts can stretch their wings and start developing an audience. But there is hope for the local music scene. A number of restaurants, coffee shops, record stores and bars around town are moving tables and display cases to the sides and hosting live music anywhere from once a month to twice a weekend. “I think there is a lack of venues in Boulder, and

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bill are mostly touring national acts, with the occasional local group, like Technicolor Tone Factory and Eminence Ensemble, thrown in for good measure. Highlights: Victor Wooten Band, July 12; James Murphy’s DJ set, Aug. 2 Absolute Vinyl Playing at Absolute Vinyl, a record store east of Foothills Parkway on Arapahoe, is a blast. Owner Doug Gaddy pushes aside the record display cases, creating a small stage on the store’s carpet. Bands play surrounded by art — colorful and famous records adorn the walls, and weird stuff, like a starched disco shirt, hangs from the ceiling. Gaddy hosts bands there once or twice a month, and here you can find music that other venues book rarely, from experimental jazz to — gasp! — actual rock bands. There may not be alcohol, as it’s a record store, not a bar, so the store provides an atmosphere focused entirely on the music.

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buzz back from musicians that there was a strong need for smaller venues to promote local artists and we wholeheartedly agreed, and so we were excited to create Shine and incorporate the live music.” The room where they host concerts is pretty glorious, too. It’s a separate room walled off from the restaurant and lounge, and when it’s standing room only, Emich says about 150 people can fit into the space. “Singer-songwriters and folk music work well in the room,” Emich says. “We do a monthly Troubadors series with up to eight singer-songwriter folk acts, and we also have monthly songwriting competitions. … We host some hip-hop reggae and world beat. We have done opera events and theatertype performances like burlesque that incorporate live singing and DJs. It is a great space for performance art like that.” Highlights: The Ladies Cabaret and Variety Show, June 6 Conor O’Neill’s, Pearl Street Pub We’re lumping these two Pearl Street bars together since Shafer does the booking for both and books the same sort of bands into both venues. “Both places, [the bands] can be fairly similar,” Shafer says. “The bands that I like to book are bands that are into it, bands that are into playing, into their music, still creating and evolving. I like to book bands that are playing out other places that are part of the musical scene and community.” The Pub hosts bands in the room just inside the entrance, and the bands at Conor’s play on a stage next to the bar in the back. Jam bands find a home at both places, as well as folk, funk and the occasional rock band. Highlights: Springdale Quartet at Conor O’Neill’s, June 23; George Nelson Quartet at the Pearl Street Pub, June 11 There isn’t enough space to list all the venues in Boulder, but don’t forget that the Brick House (next to the Lazy Dog Sports Bar & Grill), the Mountain/Southern Sun, The Laughing Goat, Caffè Sole, the Dark Horse and even the Sundown Saloon occasionally offer live music. Boulder’s music scene might be going through a rough patch, but there’s hope. “Boulder’s been through so many phases with clubs, and there’s always a worry that there’s not going to be anywhere to play,” Shafer says. “There is a lack right now, and it’s really hard right now for musicians in some ways. So we need to be looking deep.” Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com Boulder Weekly

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ON THE BILL: Sounds of Lyons happens at Bohn Park in Lyons on Saturday, June 2, and Sunday, June 3. Admission is free. For a full schedule, visit soundsoflyons.wordpress. com. 219 Second Avenue, Lyons.

MinTze Wu plays at last year’s Sound of Lyons festival. This year, all of the festival’s events will be outdoors at Bohn Park.

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val’s founder and guiding light, violinist MinTze Wu. “I wanted the town to feel that this is not my festival but their festival, so this year we decided to bring everything outdoors and to make it free because we want it to be accessible to everybody,” she says. “The diversity that Sounds of Lyons always presents is still here. For instance, we are doing readings of children’s stories, nature stories and stories of the Ute. And we’re going to put music around the stories, so it’s like the [story-based performances of previous festivals], but more improvised. “Each concert still has its focus, even though they are shorter. We have the focus for children, the string quartet, dance, and then the second day with Baroque music and gypsy jazz, and the combination of story and music. “In some ways the whole focal point of this weekend is art in Lyons, and Sounds of Lyons is part of a bigger celebration, which I love the idea of.” In addition to such community-spirited goals, Wu acknowledges that there is also a personal and practical reason for the change. The mother of a 3-month-old, she decided she could not organize the more complex formal concerts this year. “I have to change my course, yes. But I just don’t want to create something half [heartedly],” she says. “I want to do some-

Sounds of Lyons moves outdoors by Peter Alexander

ounds of Lyons, the quirky chamber-music-festivalthat-could in Lyons, returns this year in a brand new format. Ever mutable, the festival is both the same as ever and completely remade. It has all the same ingredients as the past three years: the combination and juxtaposition of musical styles, serious chamber music and folk styles, storytelling with music, and improvisation alongside music that is thoroughly composed. But unlike past years, there are no ticketed concerts. More community-oriented now, the festival takes place outdoors, alongside the St. Vrain River in Lyons’ Bohn Park. The whole festival is free. In a three-hour span on Saturday, June 2, and Sunday, June 3, there will be children’s concerts, a string quartet, Baroque duos, Gypsy jazz, dance and literary readings with music. (For the full schedule, see http://soundsoflyons.wordpress.com.) One reason for the change is the free spirit and idealism of the festi-

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Substance over style Trace Bundy doesn’t let technique overshadow melody by Dave Kirby

race Bundy’s evolution from capo-slinging, small-stage local hero (endearingly tagged as “the acoustic ninja” by his Boulder-area fans) to Internet sensation and international soloist has landed the acoustic guitarist in an enviably comfortable place — a welldefined and arrestingly honed technique, a relaxed and technically curiBoulder Weekly

ous approach to songwriting and a core audience willing to follow his instrumental meditations more or less anywhere. And by virtue of a generously filled tour schedule, swelled by word of mouth repute and a steady Internet presence, Bundy also has the luxury of taking his time releasing new material on disc. Bundy’s latest, Elephant King, coming more than three years since

Missile Bell, suggests a player less eager to test the frontier of his fingerstyle technique and more deeply committed to finding its depth. There are moments of technical prestidigitation, to be sure: the CD’s second cut, “Joy and Sorrow,” finds Bundy alternating between two guitars, one tuned to D major and the other to D minor, as Bundy unravels a lithe and ascending melodic figure over guitar-body percussion, and “Tres Capos,” wherein he employs the use of three fret board capos to pinch and tease varying shades of tonality. But in both cases, the effects on CD are relatively subtle and could be easily overlooked by the untrained ear —

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the gentle accompaniment of Dave Wilson’s bubbling Fender Rhodes underneath a section of “Tres Capos’” verse is more prominent than Bundy’s hardware experimentation. And while he uses a looping technique and overdubs himself in the mesmerizing “Overtime,” the net result presents itself as surprisingly organic. What becomes obvious is that, for a guy who has mastered the fiendish intricacies of multi-voiced fingerstyle guitar, the center of the universe is still melody. The achingly melancholic ballad “Be Still” builds gentle figures into unspoken, and the best composers will moments of single-syllable melody, with leave a melody hanging, like a sentence Bundy calling on violinist Aubrea unfinished. Sometimes technique just Alford to punctuate the main voice. needs to sit down and let the composiBrian McRae’s percussion grounding tion have its say. the bouncing “Bongolo” focuses the ear The CD comes packaged with an to the song’s shuffling accompanying DVD, beat, before Bundy shot at Bundy’s gig at steals it back and the Boulder Theater ON THE BILL: To order explores its main voice last December, featurElephant King, visit http:// store.whatarerecords.com/ with different freting live renditions of collections/trace-bundy. board voicings. And most of the new Bundy approaches the material, as well as CD’s closing number, versions of old Bundy the poised “Anchor,” with reticence and favorites like “Hot Capo Stew” and restraint, just leaving enough of the “Dueling Ninjas.” Seeing the guitarist melody to carry the listener off without live is a provocative and engaging expeoverstating or exploiting its potential. rience — Elephant King proves that just The best writers know that sometimes a listening is OK, too. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com story is served by dialogue spoken and LYONS from Page 27

thing brilliant, and this way we continue part of the tradition of Sounds of Lyons. Last year we did music on the river, and this year we follow the thread of those two concerts and make it bigger.” Fans of chamber music — one of the legs that previous Sounds of Lyons have stood on — will be most interested in the performance by Wu’s Sage Quartet, at 11 a.m. Saturday. In an hour, they will present the entire “Lark” Quartet by Haydn, plus slow movements by Schubert, Beethoven and Dvorak. “If we’re going to be outside, I’d like to incorporate that into the music,” Wu says. “For me there is the song of the river in Schubert. The Haydn quartet we are playing is ‘The Lark,’ which, when you are in Bohn Park, you are going to hear birds chirping.” Wu hints that the other choices are more personal. “First of all, I have to be very moved by the music I play,” she says. “The Beethoven Op. 132 is one of the most personal and introverted pieces of music. The Dvorak slow movement [written in the United States] is about nostalgia to homeland. That is something that everybody shares. We are all travelers of the world, and there are just different emotional dimensions to it.”

The Sunday performances start with “Baroque Time,” with Wu and viola da gambist Ann Marie Morgan playing music from a 14th-century jig in fiddling style to J.S. Bach. “Ten a.m. on Sunday is usually church time for people, and so that’s for those who come to nature for church,” Wu says. Next will be the Taarka Quartet (fiddle, mandolin, guitar and bass), described in Strings Magazine as playing “gypsyjazz, bluegrass, Celtic, chamber-folk, jazz, rock and even Indian influences, all distilled through a gifted group.” In addition to including two Lyons natives, Taarka clearly embodies the genre-crossing, improvisational aesthetic that characterizes the Sounds of Lyons event. “They are fabulous,” Wu says. “They are just great improvisers, and it’s just a great jam with the four of them.” As for the future, Wu doesn’t want to be tied down until she can announce the next festival. Still, she is always looking ahead. “Every year is an experimentation,” she says. “We are celebrating a more local element to it this year. Next year will be different.” We can count on it. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com Boulder Weekly

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round 9:05 a.m. on Memorial Day, I stood with my feet a few inches behind the Bolder Boulder starting line, ready for my wave to begin its 10K quest on a sunny, clear morning. Ron Bostwick, director of course entertainment, pumped up the excited throngs ready to run the zigzag course from 30th Street to Folsom Field by saying into a microphone, “If you’re over 21, there’s a free Michelob Ultra waiting for you.” Bostwick does a wonderful job each year of coordinating a slew of local bands to dot the 6.2-mile Bolder Boulder course with raucous performances and fill a compilation disc distributed to about 10,000 Front Range music lovers. There are few musicians who’d consider it normal to play rock music from about 7 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., and few who’d even accept such a challenge, but busting out a few hours of fun covers for more than 50,000 charged-up runners — many of whom high-fived band members as they zipped by — looks like a fun gig. At one point about halfway through this year’s Bolder Boulder, as I looked around at racers decked out in everything from graduation regalia and gorilla suits to full fireman gear and contemplated the difficulty of running 6.2 miles in anything more than a t-shirt and shorts, I looked to my left and saw a man in his front yard, just a few feet from the course, offering a beer bong to runners. And several runners were taking the man up on his offer. I’d follow this memory with the words, “Only in Boulder,” but compared to San Francisco’s legendary annual Bay

Bolder Boulder and beer bongs Annual race lives up to the hype by Adam Perry to Breakers run, our incredibly fun Bolder Boulder — with Boulderites who live along it jubilantly offering runners everything from marshmallows to hugs to bacon — is Little House on the Prairie to Bay to Breakers’ Animal House. But this year, for me, it was all about the run anyway. An avid biker, I had never run more than four miles at a time before Monday, so while I kept a keen, amused eye on the Elvis and Blues Brothers impersonators entertaining the 2012 Bolder Boulder participants, just finishing the race without stopping — minus a brief embrace from

my partner, Irene, and our daughter — was foremost on my mind. Well, that and Doug Kendall, a local senior citizen and family friend living with Lou Gehrig’s disease. Kendall, who recently retired from his post as a chemist at the Environmental Protection Agency, used to perennially run the Bolder Boulder, and run it extremely well. In 2008 Doug ran the 10K in around 49 minutes and, in 1991, 37 minutes. I was ecstatic just to finish in a smidgen more than an hour this year. Marion Raimbault, a vivacious French-born 22-year-old who works as

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an au pair for Kendall’s 3-year-old granddaughter, ran the Bolder Boulder on Monday with a sign attached to the back of her shirt reading, “Running For Poppy Doug,” a loving reference to Kendall, who can no longer walk. “It was my first 10K [and] I actually decided to run the race for Doug,” Raimbault says. “I saw him earlier in the day, and I think he told me he arrived in the third position when he was 60.” As if it wasn’t thrilling enough for a young woman who only recently moved to America to run past a plethora of sprinklers, belly dancers and hula hoopers and end up being cheered on by tens of thousands on the track at Folsom Field, Raimbault will never forget the Memorial Day she finished her first Bolder Boulder with Kendall as her inspiration. “Running in honor of this incredible man gave all the meaning of this race to me,” she says, “and might have miraculously brought me the breath I needed to finish it.” I also had a sign on my back, in honor of my grandfather, who served in World War II and passed away about 10 years ago. But if the Bolder Boulder is partly about remembering and saluting our worthy heroes, it’s also equally about what Raimbault calls “cheering us up.” I must admit that what I’ll remember most vividly and fondly from the 2012 Bolder Boulder is catching a perfect pass in stride, and then throwing it back, while running up 19th Street about halfway through the race, after an onlooker with a football called out to me from the sidewalk and yelled out, “Go long!” Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com

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Path of Beauty: Singing the Grand Canyon Music and photography mesh on a contemplative journey through the Grand Canyon with Sound Circle. June 2 and 3 at the Dairy Center for the Arts.

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Bon Iver. 7 p.m. Red Rocks Amphitheatre, 18300 West Alameda Parkway, Morrison, www.redrocksonline.com. Caleb Slade and Blake of Bare Bones. 7:30 p.m. Swallow Hill Music, 71 E. Yale Ave., Denver, 303-777-1003. David Richey Duo. 5:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Rd., Longmont, 303-485-9400. Dechen Hawk & A Murder of Prose. 6:30 p.m. St Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696. RE: Creation — Feat. Simian Mobile Disco (DJ Set) w/ Robotic Pirate Monkey & Ginger Perry x Narky Stares and special guests. 9 p.m. Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom, 2637 Welton St., Denver, 303-297-1772. Hotfoot. 8 p.m. Jamestown Mercantile, 108 Main St., Jamestown, 303-442-5847.

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James and the Devil. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922. John Wirtz & the Debut. 7:30 p.m. Caffè Sole, 637R S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-499-2985. Kort McCumber. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel and Suites, 800 28th St., Boulder, 303-443-3322. Open Mic Night. 7 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 303-834-9384. Point to Point Blues Band. 9 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683. Polarity. 7:30 p.m Nissi’s Bistro, 2675 N. Park Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757. Swing State. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder. 303-440-4628.

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“Brainwashed” in the News. Manifest ART Gallery, 108 2nd Ave., Niwot, 303-652-0952. Through July 7. Gone Fishing — An interactive, digital media installation created by University of Colorado music, art and computer science students. University of Colorado Museum of Natural History, Henderson Building, 15th and Broadway, Boulder, 303-492-6892. Kevin Singleton, Richard Greening. NCAR Mesa Laboratory, 1850 Table Mesa Dr., Boulder, 303-497-2408. Viviane Le Courtois’ Edible? and Jason Rogenes’ Sp4c3cr4ft. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., Boulder, 303443-2122. Through June 17.

Ginga. 9 p.m. Shine, 2027 13th St., Boulder, 303-4490120. Jababa. 7 p.m. St Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696. Jeff Stranhan Band. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685.

Ludlow — CU New Opera Works by Lori Laitman, based on the verse novel by David Mason. 7:30 p.m. Black Box Theater, ATLAS Building, 1125 18th St., Boulder, 303-735-4577. Maynard Mills Band. 8 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel, 800 28th St., Boulder, 303-443-3322. Missy Raines & the New Hip. 8 p.m. Swallow Hill Music, 71 E. Yale Ave., Denver, 303-777-1003. Naomi LaViolette, The Juniper Trees. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder. 303-440-4628. New Perspectives — Ars Nova Singers season finale feat. Brian du Fresne, organ, and a new work by Paul Fowler. 7:30 p.m. Saint John’s Cathedral, 1350 Washington St., Denver, arsnovasingers.com. Old-Fashioned Hootenanny. 7 p.m. Swallow Hill Music, 71 E. Yale Ave., Denver, 303-777-1003. Quemando. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Rd., Longmont, 303-485-9400. Rocky Mountain Old-Time Music Festival — National, regional and local performers, square dances, jamming, music and dance workshops, kids’ performances/ activities. 6 p.m. through June 3. Parrish Ranch, 15722 Parrish Road, Berthoud, 970-402-6589. Tab Benoit — With the Dustin Pittsley Band. 6 p.m. El Jebel Event Center, 4625 W. 50th Ave., Denver, 303455-3470. Tom Weiser & Paul Fowler Jazz Duo. 7:30 p.m. Caffè Sole, 637R S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-499-2985.

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Allegory — photos by S. Gayle Stevens. The Center for Fine Art Photography, Art Center of Fort Collins, 400 N. College Ave., 970-224-1010. Through June 30.

Alternative Processes & The Child is the Father of the Man. The Center for Fine Art Photography, Art Center of Fort Collins, 400 N. College Ave., 970-224-1010. Through June 23 and Aug. 4.

Cervantes' Summer Celebration — Feat. Missed The Boat with Frogs Gone Fishin’, Fiction 20 Down, She Said String Band and The Pamlico Sound. 9 p.m. Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom, 2637 Welton St., Denver, 303297-1772.

Last Men On Earth. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s Bistro, 2675 N. Park Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757.

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Andrew Skurka Backpacking Clinic. 7 p.m. GoLite, 1222 Pearl St. Boulder, 303-440-1484.

Tommy and the Tangerines. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922. Zen Mustache. 9:30 p.m. Waterloo, 809 S. Main St., Louisville, 303-993-2094.

events A Night of Hope — With Joel and Victoria Osteen. 7:30 p.m. 1000 Chopper Circle, Denver, tickethorse.com. Dougherty Museum opens — Collection of antique automobiles. 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. 8306 Highway 287, Longmont, 303-776-2520.

Thomas Open Space Barn Dedication — With hayrides, farm tours, appetizers by Isabelle Farm and bluegrass by the Wolftones. 4-7:30 p.m. Thomas Open Space Organic Farm, 1640 West Baseline Road, Lafayette, www.cityoflafayette.com.

Saturday, June 2 music Abi Robins, Kristina Murray and Two Hearted Jones. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St.,

Boulder. 303-440-4628. Bassnectar. 7:30 p.m. Red Rocks Amphitheatre, 18300 West Alameda Parkway, Morrison, www.redrocksonline. com. Blue Mountain Ranch Hands. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685. Bob Lind and Danny O’Keefe. 8 p.m. Swallow Hill Music, 71 E. Yale Ave., Denver, 303-777-1003. Gumbo Le Funque. 7 p.m. St Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut

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Thursday, May 31 Black Patriots & Loyalists: Fighting for Emancipation in the War for Independence — by Alan Gilbert. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-2074. Poetry Through the Skylight — With Richard Froude and Daniel Staniforth. 7 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore, 1203 13th St., Ste. A, Boulder, 303-579-1644. Saturday, June 2

I Hardly Ever Wash My Hands — Author J.J. Keeler on her life with OCD. 1 p.m. Barnes & Noble, 2999 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-444-0349.

Reading Between the Lines — Structuring and staging dialogue revelation, taught by Catherine Brady. 1-3 p.m. Villas at the Atrium, 3350 30th St., Boulder, Register at www. boulderwritersworkshop.org. Monday, June 4 Catherine Brady — Reading and reception. 6:30 p.m. Villas at the Atrium, 3350 30th St.,

Boulder, Register at www.boulderwritersworkshop. org. “So, You’re a Poet.”— Allen Ginsberg & Marilyn Monroe’s 86th Birthday Reading & Celebration. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder. 303-440-4628. Tuesday, June 5 As the Crow Flies — by Craig Johnson. 7 p.m. Barnes & Noble, 2999 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-4440349. Help is on the Way — by John Brehm. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-2074. Weekly Open Poetry Reading. 7 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore, 1203 13th St., Ste. A, Boulder, 303-579-1644. Wednesday, June 6 “Bellow” Release Party — Naropa student organization’s collaborative anthology. 7 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore, 1203 13th St., Ste. A, Boulder, 303-579-1644.

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A View from the Bridge Bug. Devil’s Thumb Productions at The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-250-8177. Through June 2. Cinderella. Boulder’s Dinner Theater, 5501 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-449-6000. Through Sept. 1. Circle Mirror Transformation. Theatre Company of Lafayette, Mary Miller Theater, 300 E. Simpson Street, Lafayette, 720209-2154. Through June 9. Into the Woods. Jesters Dinner Theatre, 224 Main St.,

St., Boulder, 720-406-9696. J Miller Band. 8 p.m. Jamestown Mercantile, 108 Main St., Jamestown, 303-442-5847. Janis Kelly and The Global Soul Experience. 8:30 p.m. Shine, 2027 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-0120. Ludlow — CU New Opera Works by Lori Laitman, based on the verse novel by David Mason. 7:30 p.m. Black Box Theater, ATLAS Building, 1125 18th St., Boulder, 303-735-4577. Monocle. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922.

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Nacho Men — Twenty Ninth Street Live! Summer Concert Series, free, opening band: 6:15 to 7 p.m., headliner: 7:30 to 10 p.m., Twenty Ninth Street Mall, 1710 29th St., Boulder,  303-444-0722. New Perspectives — Ars Nova Singers season finale feat. Brian du Fresne, organ, and a new work by Paul Fowler. 7:30 p.m. St. John’s Episcopal Church, 1419 Pine Street, Boulder, arsnovasingers.com. NuMundo. 7:30 p.m Caffè Sole, 637R S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-499-2985. Path of Beauty: Singing the Grand Canyon — A contemplative journey through the Grand Canyon, featuring the photography of Christopher Brown and music from the a capella women’s ensemble Sound Circle. 7 p.m. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. Prairie Scholars. 9:30 p.m. Waterloo, 809 S. Main St., Louisville, 303-993-2094. QDiva. 8 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel, 800 28th St., Boulder, 303-443-3322. Rebel Tongue Band. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Rd., Longmont, 303485-9400. Ronnie Shellist Duo. 4:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Tasty Weasel Tap Room, 1800 Pike Rd., Unit B, Longmont, 303-776-1914 x313. Spiral Radio 8 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 303-834-9384. TC & Sass. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s Bistro, 2675 N. Park Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757. Weir, Robinson & and Greene Acoustic Trio. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303786-7030.

Longmont, 303-682-9980. Through July 8. Sweet Storm. Miners Alley Playhouse, 1224 Washington Ave., Golden, 303-935-3044. Through July 8. A View From the Bridge. The Edge Theater, 9797 W. Colfax Ave., Lakewood, 303-232-0363.

Boulder Farmers’ Market. 8 a.m. – 2 p.m. 13th Street between Arapahoe and Canyon, Boulder, www. boulderfarmers.org. Buddha’s Birthday Bash — Multi sangha gettogether and potluck picnic. 9:30 a.m. – 2 p.m. Boulder Foothills Community Park, 800 Cherry Ave., Boulder, buddhistcoalition.org. Elise Jones, Candidate for County Commission for Boulder County, Meet & Greet. 1 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-2074. Farm to Table cooking demo — With Hosea Rosenberg of Blackbelly Catering. 12-1 p.m. Boulder Farmers’ Market, 13th Street between Arapahoe and Canyon, Boulder, www.boulderfarmers.org. Farm to Table cooking demo — With Tim Payne of Terroir Restaurant. 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. Longmont Farmers’ Market, Boulder County Fairgrounds, 9595 Nelson Road, Longmont, www.boulderfarmers.org. Fly Fishing 101. 9 a.m. Boulder Orvis Store, 629B S. Boulder Road, Boulder, 303-554-0122. The Great Ball Hunt — Odell Brewing Co. hides UnBottled Balls in favorite pubs in Fort Collins and Denver. Hints on Facebook and Twitter. Honeybee Colony Care II. 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. Growing Gardens, 1630 Hawthorn Ave., Boulder, 303-4439952. Occupy the Dream — Festival de Vida II. 7-9:30 p.m. Su Teatro Cultural and Performing Arts Center, 721 Sante Fe Drive, Denver, solvidadance.com. Salsa Lessons and Dancing. 8:30 p.m. Millennium Harvest House Hotel, 1345 28th St., Boulder, 303998-3805. Wildflower Hikes. 10 a.m. Register for location, boulderwalkingtours.com or 720-243-1376.

Sunday, June 3 music Acoustic Jam. 3 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922. Blues & BBQ — Feat. Johnny O. 2-5 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 303-834-9384. Bluegrass pick. 12 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Rd., Longmont, 303485-9400.

Kort McCumber. 10 p.m. Mountain Sun, 1535 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-546-0886. La Chanteuse, Bella Betts and The Little Stars. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder. 303-440-4628. Ludlow — CU New Opera Works by Lori Laitman, based on the verse novel by David Mason. 2 p.m. Black Box Theater, ATLAS Building, 1125 18th St., Boulder, 303-735-4577. Open Band Night. 7 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 303-834-9384. Path of Beauty: Singing the Grand Canyon — A contemplative journey through the Grand Canyon, featuring the photography of Christopher Brown and music from the a capella women’s ensemble Sound Circle. 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. Teresa Storch. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s Bistro, 2675 N. Park Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757. Weir, Robinson and Greene Acoustic Trio. 7 p.m. Mishawaka Amphitheatre, 13714 Poudre Canyon Highway, Bellvue, 970-482-4420. Willie Bean Bluegrass Band. 6 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685.

events Fly Fishing 101. 9 a.m. Boulder Orvis Store, 629B S. Boulder Road, Boulder, 303-554-0122. Hawaiian Hula Classes. 5:30 p.m. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-447-9772. Jim Hightower — PLAN-Boulder County Annual Dinner. 6 p.m. Hotel Boulderado, 2115 13th St., Boulder, 970-275-3154. Salsa Dancing. 8 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683. Vintage Motorcycle Show. 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. Heritage Square, 18301 W. Colfax Ave., Golden, heritagesquare. info. Walk and Bike Month’s B-360 Ride. 3-5 p.m. Scott Carpenter Park, 30th and Arapahoe Avenue, www. communitycycles.org. Wildflower Hikes. 10 a.m. Register for location, boulderwalkingtours.com or 720-243-1376.

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Bonnie and Taylor. 7 p.m. Left Hand Brewing Company Tasting Room, 1265 Boston Ave., Longmont.

Adobe Illustrator Hands-On Intensive. 9 a.m. Boulder Digital Arts, 1600 Range St., Boulder, 303875-0276.

Danny Shafer. 5 p.m. Gold Hill Inn, 401 Main St., Boulder, 303-443-6461.

Brad Goode Jazz Jam. 7 p.m. Caffè Sole, 637R S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-499-2985.

eTown: David Bromberg and Gretchen Peters. 6 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303786-7030.

Electric Blues Jam. 7:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Rd., Longmont, 303-485-9400.

George Nelson Band. 6 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Rd., Longmont, 303-485-9400.

Fireweed. 10 p.m. Southern Sun, 627 S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-543-0886.

Berthoud Day — Live music, parade, baseball game, 5K and pancake breakfast. 6:30 a.m. – 8:45 p.m. Berthoud Town Park, 200 7th St., Berthoud, 970-5324200. Bicycle Recycling Drive & Celebration Event. 12-3 p.m. Community Cycles, 2805 Wilderness Pl., Suite 1000, Boulder, communitycycles.org.

Jazz Jam — With Mark Diamond. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel and Suites, 800 28th St., 303-443-3322.

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Open Mic. 5 p.m. Jamestown Mercantile, 108 Main St., Jamestown, 303-442-5847.

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Wise Fool presents a series of puppetry performances and workshops at the Boulder Public Library

Thursday, May 31 Try It Yourself Circus Zone — Presented by Wise Fool. 4:30 p.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303441-3100.

Friday, June 1 Bat Discovery — With W. Perry Conway. 11 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100. Game Day Friday. 10:30 a.m. WOW! Children’s Museum, 110 N. Harrison Ave., 303-604-2424.

Too Much Noise — Puppetry presented by Wise Fool. 11 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.

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Saturday, June 2 Art Stop. 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-2122. French/English Storytime. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100. Steven Paul Winkelstein — Author of Elephant, Elephant, Come Alive! and The Wild Mind of the Winkle, poetry for children. 11 a.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore, 1203 13th St., Ste. A, Boulder, 303-579-1644.

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Baby Loves Disco — Playdates. 12-2:30 p.m. The Loft Boulder, 1710 29th St., Unit 1068, Boulder, babylovesdisco.com.

Up! Down! Explore All Around! — Story Hour and Kids Hike. 1-2 p.m. Chautauqua Ranger Cottage, 900 Baseline Road, Boulder, www. naturehikes.org.

Monday, June 4 Meadow Music — Children’s music and nature education. 5:30 p.m. Chautauqua Green, 900 Baseline Road, Boulder, naturehikes.org. Musical Storytime. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100. Rise and Shine Storytime. 9:30 a.m. Barnes & Noble, 2999 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-4440349.

Tuesday, June 5 Bilingual Spanish/English Storytime/Hora de Cuentos Bilingües. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100. Tactile Tuesday. 9 a.m. WOW! Children’s Museum, 110 N. Harrison Ave., 303-604-2424.

Wednesday, June 6 Art Stop. 4-8 p.m. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-2122. Storytime with Judy Volc. 10 a.m. Barnes & Noble, 2999 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-444-0349. Watercolor Wednesday. 10 a.m. WOW! Children’s Museum, 110 N. Harrison Ave., 303-604-2424.

Open Mic Night. 6:30 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683.

Manifest ART Gallery, 108 2nd Ave., Niwot, 303-6520952.

Weir, Robinson & Greene Acoustic Trio. 7 p.m. Chautauqua Community House. 900 Baseline Rd., Boulder, 303-442-3282.

“So, You’re a Poet” — Allen Ginsberg & Marilyn Monroe’s 86th Birthday Reading & Celebration. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder. 303-440-4628.

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Career Discovery for Women in Transition — Facilitated by YWCA Career Counselor Emma Reuss. 6:30-8:30 p.m. YWCA of Boulder County, 2222 14th St., Boulder, 303-443-0419.

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Chronic Pain Support Group. 4:30-6 p.m. First Congregational Church, 1129 Pine St., 831-402-5002.

Bluegrass Pick. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685.

Film on the Rocks — Office Space, with The Moderators and Otone Brass Band. 7 p.m. Red Rocks Amphitheatre, 18300 W. Alameda Pkwy., Morrison, 720-865-2494.

Blues Jam — With Dan Treanor. 7 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel and Suites, 800 28th St., 303-443-3322.

Introduction to DSLR Video. 6 p.m. Boulder Digital Arts, 1600 Range St., Boulder, 303-875-0276.

Gasoline Lollipops. 9:30 p.m. Waterloo, 809 S. Main St., Louisville, 303-993-2094.

Sewing and ART Camp — Through July 25. 9 p.m.

The Joints. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St.,

Adam Bodine Trio. 6:30 p.m. St Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696.

Childish Gambino. 8 p.m. Ogden Theatre. 935 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, 303-832-1874.

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Tinariwen. 8 p.m. Swallow Hill Music, 71 E. Yale Ave., Denver, 303-777-1003.

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1. Who’s afraid? Almost 40 years passed before anyone thought to miss the gray wolf. Wolves, along with grizzlies, had been deliberately eradicated in western states in the name of protecting people and their livestock. The last wolf in Colorado was killed in the 1930s. 2. Panorama (5/24) 3. Evil Cheesey rides again 4. Short-term memory loss hits Boulder power players 5. Rolling with noodles in Lafayette 6. Everest death toll climbs to 11 7. Best of Boulder 2012 8. Police investigate cause of facechewing attack 9. It’s plain as day 10. Astrology (5/24)

events Barefoot Improv Jam Association — Public dance jam every Tuesday. 7:30-10:30 p.m.The Avalon Ballroom, 6185 Arapahoe Rd., Boulder, 720-934-2028. Folk Dancing on the Plaza — Free participatory dance program, includes instruction, no experience needed. 7-10 p.m. Outside on the Boulder Municipal Plaza beside the Dushanbe Teahouse, 1770 13th St., Boulder, 303-499-6363.

Blue & Green: ’60s Crooning Jazz like Chet Baker and Kenny Burrell. 7:30 p.m. Caffè Sole, 637R S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-499-2985. Danny Shafer. 6:30 p.m. St Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696. Face. Nissi’s Bistro, 2675 N. Park Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757.

Sugar Blue. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel and Suites, 800 28th St., 303-443-3322. Willie Bean and the Bluegrass Rangers. 6 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 303834-9384.

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First Wednesday Music Club. 7:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685.

The Ladies Cabaret and Variety Show. 8:30 p.m. Shine, 2027 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-0120.

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

Wednesday Waltz Etcetera. 7 p.m. Avalon Ballroom, 6185 Arapahoe Road, Boulder, 303-449-5962.

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he first Men in Black (or MIB as our abbreviationaddled, advertising-driven society insists we call it) was just regular bad. But MIB2 was a very special kind of bad, the kind that comes from trying to replicate the box office success of the first endeavor to the point of soul-crushing, benign banality. So it was surprising to hear director Barry Sonnenfeld and writer Etan Cohen describe how they were returning with an MIB3 that would be filled with artistic, self-reflective commentary, a metaanalysis of society’s penchant for exploiting itself told through the lens of alien observers. Just kidding. They figured the franchise’s box office piñata may not be empty, so they

die named Boris ( Jermaine Clement) escapes from a prison on the moon, he travels back in time to kill a younger version of Agent K ( Josh Brolin) in order to protect his species. J goes back to stop it. The inclusion of Emma Thompson and Alice Eve as present-day and past incarnations of Agent O suggests that at one point there were subplots and things, perhaps ones in which women did more than smile and bend over. Those were likely jettisoned when someone pushed the reshoot button, but it really doesn’t matter much. Minor plot holes abound and originality is switched out for glib cleverness. And yet, it kinda works.

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et’s get this out of the way first: If you liked Transformers then you’ll like Battleship. In fact, if you were to take the basic effects and visuals from Transformers and mix them up with Pearl Harbor, you’d be close to the sci-fi spectacle and, alas, mess, that is Battleship. But then again, maybe we shouldn’t expect much from a movie based on a simple children’s board game. One of the core elements of the movie dates back to a film from 1953. War of the Worlds was the first alien invasion film to feature invaders who are weirdly impervious to even our most powerful weapons but ultimately are defeated by the most banal or mundane of ordinance, bacteria or poor Boulder Weekly

anti-virus software. It’s a fundamental challenge: The invader has to be tough enough to make us unsure what will happen, but not so tough that they win. Because where’s the fun in a film that ends with a global extinction event? Which isn’t to say that Battleship isn’t without its crass, visceral pleasures. If you like big, in-your-face action sequences and some of the best effects that the industry can produce, there’s definitely something to be said for this film. The story follows ne’er-do-well slacker Alex Hopper (Taylor Kitsch) who we meet as a drunken loser who is then dragged into the Navy by his older brother, Cmdr. Stone Hopper (Alexander Skarsgard). Alex ends up a lieutenant, which works well for the

story but is quite inexplicable otherwise given his short time in the service. Meanwhile, Lt. Hopper is in love with the gorgeous Sam Shane (Brooklyn Decker), who just happens to be the daughter of tough-old-guy-cliché Adm. Shane (Liam Neeson), commander of the Pacific Fleet. How many times has that “cute daughter of the C.O.” cliché been used in cinema? In an impassioned warning against our space communication programs, the bad guy aliens are drawn to Earth by a wide-spectrum welcome message we’re beaming to a far distant Earth-like planet. Well, that’s not smart! The aliens show up, splash into the ocean just off Hawaii just as a huge jointforces military exercise is starting up, and promptly put up a force field that

Why? Well, partially because of Smith’s gravitational charisma that has allowed him to stay uberfamous for decades despite having given us nothing of consequence. Partially because supporting characters like Clement’s eyeless, gravelvoiced villain is super fun. Partially because Griffin (Michael Stuhlbarg) and his ability to see multiple timelines unfolding at once is the franchise’s first genuinely interesting and endearing character. Do not take this for some affirmation of creative integrity. This is commercial whimsy being peddled to any and all who would be so inclined to buy it (with the added 3-D surcharge, if you please). Still, if art movies are defined by intellectual merit, summer movies are defined by fun. MIB3 is all spectacle, with its gloriously designed monsters crafted by Rick Baker. But it’s surprisingly delightful spectacle. The title of “best Men in Black movie” is akin to being named “world’s fastest sloth.” But if you’re in the race, you may as well win it, and MIB3 does just that. —This review first appeared in The Reader of Omaha, Neb. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com

covers the Hawaiian islands. Result? All the destroyers, cruisers and other military vessels are stuck on the outside, unable to help the locals. The irony of the film’s title is that the Navy has no active-duty battleships. Surprisingly, the filmmakers realized that and came up with an ingenious and amusing solution, though a bit difficult to accept. But it’s a movie, right? In addition, they deserve lots of credit for how they integrated a grid-based shooting scenario into the film, the namesake of the original board game, of course. OK. Battleship could have been a lot worse. Instead, from the special effects to the vapid storyline, the big/loud aliens who sure look like they just stepped off the set of Predator IV to the jingoistic pro-military theme, it’s just what I figured it’d be: Transformers 4. If you liked the other Transformers films, you’ll probably like Battleship, too. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com

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THE AVENGERS 3D A team of superheroes including Iron Man, Captain America, the Hulk and Thor unite to save the world. Rated PG-13. At Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks. — Los Angeles Times/MCT

A stunning production, based on the epic masterpiece by Miguel de Cervantes, originally created for the Bolshoi by Marius Pepita in 1869 with music by Ludwig Minkus. Starring Natalia Osipova & Ivan Vasiliev. At Boedecker Theater. — Boedecker Theater

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BERNIE Filmmaker Richard Linklater (Dazed and Confused, Before Sunset) returns to his Texas roots for this delightfully poker-faced black comedy — based on a true story — about East Texas assistant funeral home director Bernie Tiede (Jack Black). Everyone loved and appreciated Bernie, so it came as no surprise when he befriended Marjorie Nugent (Shirley MacLaine), an affluent widow who was as well known for her sour attitude as her fortune. Driven by her cruelty to put four bullets in her, Bernie goes to great lengths to keep up the illusion that she’s still alive. At Century and Mayan. — Landmark Theatres THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL A group of British retirees (Judi Dench, Bill Nighy, Tom Wilkinson, Maggie Smith) decide to “outsource” their retirement to less expensive and seemingly exotic India. Enticed by advertisements for the newly restored Marigold Hotel and bolstered with visions of a life of leisure, they arrive to find the place a shell of its former self. At Century and Esquire. — Landmark Theatres BEYOND THE BLACK RAINBOW Panos Cosmatos’ moody sci-fi head trip is set within the confines of a stark and sterile laboratory circa 1983, where Dr. Barry Nyle is conducting tests on a young subject, a quiet and stunned girl named Elena. This human guinea pig is becoming aware of a power hidden deep inside of her — but is it her secret, or the work of Dr. Nyle? At Denver FilmCenter/Colfax. — Denver Film Society

Snow White and the Huntsman

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A battle for religious freedom is waged over the epic backdrop of northern Mexico in this true story of a war you’ve probably never heard about. Rated PG-13. At Century. HEADHUNTERS Headhunters is an intense action thriller, as well as a provocative investigation into questions of betrayal, revenge and deadly ambition. The talented Aksel Hennie (Max Manus) stars as Roger, a charming scoundrel and Norway’s most accomplished corporate headhunter. At Chez Artiste. — Landmark Theatres

sea diver, war hero and a close relation of Michael Jackson (he can even dance like him). In reality he is an inept, wannabe gangster who has been in jail for robbery. At Denver FilmCenter/Colfax. — Boedecker Theater

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A domineering cattle farmer, constantly pumped on steroids and hormones, initiates a shady deal with a notorious mafioso meat trader. When an investigating federal agent is assassinated and a woman from his traumatic past resurfaces, Jacky must confront his demons and face the far-reaching consequences of his decisions. At Boedecker Theater. — Boedecker Theater

An overcrowded maximum-security prison in Alabama is dramatically changed by the influence of an ancient meditation program. The Vipassana retreat, an emotionally and physically demanding course of silent meditation lasting 10 days, is seen by some as a threat to their religious beliefs. But for some it may hold the key for personal redemption. At Boedecker Theater. — Boedecker Theater

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From Oren Peli, creator of Paranormal Activity, comes another spine-tingler about ignored warnings and unwelcome companions. Rated R. At Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks.

Sacha Baron Cohen is back with a character that sports a funny accent and antagonizes others. Shock! But unlike Borat, Admiral General Aladeen is neither revealing nor inherently hilarious. In what could have been a powerful and insightful statement in the wake of the Arab Spring is mostly a tired retread of moderately funny vulgar jokes. Rated PG-13. At Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks — The Reader of Omaha, Neb.

The Intouchables, by French writer/directors Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano, is the inspiring true story of two men who should never have met — a quadriplegic aristocrat who was injured in a paragliding accident and a young man from the projects. After Driss (Omar Sy, César Award winner for Best Actor) is hired as caretaker for Philippe (François Cluzet, Tell No One), they learn that sometimes you have to reach into someone else’s world to find what’s missing in your own. At Mayan. — Landmark Theatres

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Starting with the premise of an everydaylooking fairy and three wishes, these talented writers-directors-actors show circus-performer virtuosity in the magic balance between the deceptively simple and delightfully complex. With a slew of colorfully anarchistic sight gags, this Keystone-style romp is firmly grounded in the work of Chaplin, Keaton and especially Jacques Tati, to which they add a few welcome socio-political twists. At Boedecker Theater and Mayan. —

Bob Marley’s universal appeal, impact on music history and role as a social and political prophet is both unique and unparalleled. Director Kevin Macdonald’s (One Day In September, The Last King of Scotland) documentary Marley is the definitive life story of the musician, revolutionary and legend, from his early days to his rise to international superstardom. At Denver FilmCenter/Colfax. — Landmark Theatres

THE COLOR WHEEL JR, an increasingly transient aspiring news anchor, forces her disappointing younger brother Colin to embark on a road trip to move her belongings out of her professor-turned-lover’s apartment. Problem is, these grown-up kids do not get along, and are both too obnoxious to know better. At Denver FilmCenter/Colfax. — Denver Film Society

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This is a hilarious and heartfelt comingof-age tale about heroes, magic and Michael Jackson. Boy is a dreamer who lives with his brother, a tribe of deserted cousins and his Nan. Boy’s other hero, his father, is the subject of fantasies: a deep

Tribal pride blends with an underdog sports team story in this tale of how a young man tries to prove himself to his father and earn his place in his Native American tribe. Rated R. At Century.

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FIRST POSITION Every year, thousands of aspiring dancers enter one of the world’s most prestigious ballet competitions, the Youth America Grand Prix, where lifelong dreams are at stake. Bess Kargman’s award-winning documentary and feature film debut, First Position, follows six young dancers as they prepare for a chance to enter the world of professional ballet. At Chez Artiste. — Landmark Theatres

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A vampire is freed from his tomb after two centuries and set loose in the world of 1972. Rated PG-13. At Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks.

HUNGER GAMES In the post-apocalyptic ruins of North America, a teenage girl competes in a nationally televised battle to the death against 23 of her peers. Rated PG-13. At Century and Colony Square. — Los Angeles Times/MCT THE INTOUCHABLES

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Romance and violence collide in this rock ’n’ roll fantasy set against a background of highly stylized urban decay. A sexy female singer (Diane Lane) is kidnapped by a gang of vicious bikers and her cool, laconic ex-boyfriend (Michael Pare) must come to her rescue. At Denver FilmCenter/Colfax. — Denver Film Society

THE PIANIST

Roman Polanski, who as a boy growing up in Poland watched while the Nazis devastated his country and killed his parents, directed this brilliant drama about a musician’s five-year nightmare during Nazi occupation of Warsaw. This 2002 Oscarwinning film traces the true story of Polish-Jewish pianist Wladyslaw Szpilman’s harrowing experience. At Boedecker Theater. — Boedecker Theater THE PIRATES! BAND OF MISFITS 3-D In this Claymation extravaganza based on a series of books, The Pirate Captain (voiced by Hugh Grant) leads his group of hapless miscreants through an adventure that involves Charles Darwin (David Tennant). While jokes about evolution are found a plenty, laughs are not had by all in this shockingly boring endeavor. Rated PG. At Colony Square. — The Reader of Omaha, Neb. RESTLESS CITY Restless City tells the story of an African immigrant surviving on the fringes of New York City where music is his passion, life is a hustle, and falling in love is his greatest risk. At Denver FilmCenter/ Colfax. — Denver Film Society REVEAL THE PATH

Join in as the creators of Ride the Divide take you on a visually stunning, global-yet-personal adventure by bike. From Alaska’s rugged coast to Morocco’s high desert, from Scotland’s lush valleys to Europe’s snowcapped mountains, it will leave you with an eager desire to chart your own course to faraway lands, or simply to discover with eyes wide open what’s right around the bend. At Boedecker Theater. — Boedecker Theater SALMON FISHING IN THE YEMEN Salmon Fishing in the Yemen stars Ewan McGregor as Dr. Alfred Jones, a fisheries scientist who one day receives an unusual request. A businesswoman named Harriet Chetwode-Talbot (Emily Blunt, The Adjustment Bureau) wants his help in fulfilling a wealthy sheikh’s (Amr Waked) desire to bring sport fishing to Yemen. At Mayan. — Landmark Theatres SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN The second retelling this year of this classic fairytale recasts Snow White not as the hapless housecleaner for a pack of dwarves but as a woman trained in the art of war. With Kristen Stewart, Charlize Theron and Chris Hemsworth. Rated PG-13. At Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks. SMALL, BEAUTIFULLY MOVING PARTS Sarah Sparks is a freelance “technologist” who repairs everything from new computers to old-fashioned radios and considers it part of her job to interview strangers in public places about the role technology plays in their lives. At Denver FilmCenter/Colfax. — Denver Film Society Boulder Weekly

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Julian Lennon co-produced this chronicle of tribal elders from around the world gathering in Australia to celebrate their spiritual relationships with nature, especially the Mirning people’s relationship with whales. Told with moving optimism and spiritual strength, and intertwining incredible underwater footage with ancient legend, it examines the complex past and the possibly dire future of human civilization. Pierce Brosnan, John Hurt and Geoffrey Rush also appear in this stunning and passionate documentary. At Boedecker Theater. — Boedecker Theater

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The book What to Expect When You’re Expecting is approaching 30 — about time to start bearing its own offspring, though the disjointed high drama of this film may not exactly make a parent proud. The ensemble cast that includes every available face from Jennifer Lopez to Chris Rock leads to heavy-handed dramatics panning in an overall sitcommy film. Rated PG-13. At Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks.

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Life is looking up for mountain bike racer Alex Willie by Tom Winter

lex Willie might just be the best bike racer you’ve never heard of. He’s fast, damn fast, and he’s headed for the big time, with sponsorships from some of the best brands in cycling, including Intense Cycles, Fox Racing, MRP, Troy Lee Designs and Schwalbe Tires. But first he has to finish two finals and wrap up his year at Lyons High School. Fame will have to wait. I’m talking school, bike riding and commitment with Willie as we traverse the Bitterbrush trail at Hall Ranch. A cold front is moving through the area, and low clouds wrap around the rugged mesa above us. It’s been raining and the landscape is awash in the colors of spring: delicate shades of green punctuated by tiny wildflowers. “I’ve seen a lot of rattlesnakes out here,” Willie says. “I’m really scared of snakes. They freak me out.” “Freaked out” isn’t a term that you’d use to describe Willie. He’s got a confident and engaging personality and a curious mind. He converses comfortably on a wide variety of topics, from sponsorship obligations to the challenges of doing homework in cramped coach seats on cross-country flights to how he’s been blessed with mentors and coaches who’ve influenced and guided him. As the conversation drifts, it’s obvious that the kid is smart, smarter than the average bear. And his grades prove it. He’s a 3.8 GPA student who takes honors classes, an accomplishment that becomes even more impressive when you consider that Willie is one of the best see BIKING Page 46

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young downhill bike racers in North America and is on the cusp of a career as a pro bike racer. If all goes according to plan, he’ll be representing the USA at the 2012 World Championships in Leogang-Saalfelden, Austria, later this summer. Willie is a product of Boulder-based Singletrack Mountain Bike Adventures (SMBA). The youth-focused organization is the oldest independent junior mountain bike program in Colorado, and works with young athletes of all abilities and motivation levels. And for those who get serious, like Willie, it offers high-level coaching and the support to take it to the next level. Alumni include Joey Schuster, who took sixth place at the National Championships in 2010 at the age of 19, and Colin Cares, a pro cross-country racer who rides for Kendal/Tomac. With programs that range from the casual to the serious, SMBA provides everything from basic skills instruction and trail etiquette to full-on race support. The vibe is casual and fun, allowing kids to build confidence and learn the skills that provide a foundation for the pressure cooker environment of big-time racing if and when they decide to ride in that direction. It was in this incubator that Willie was able to develop his talent. “I saw some people riding in North Dakota, thought it looked fun,” Willie recalls of his modest start in mountain biking. “I started on Marshall Mesa in Boulder on a bike from Target, then got a better bike and my mom found SMBA. I did one of their weeklong camps and that was when I got really into it. I had a great coach and from there on I was riding pretty seriously.” Willie, like most neophytes, started

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clinch a good finish on race day, Willie takes a cerebral approach to racing. “You memorize the whole course,” he says. “You visualize everything until Sunday and then you try to forget about everything. You want a good balance for giving it your all but not crashing. A big side of it is mental, maybe 70 percent or so.” It’s an approach that seems to work for the 17-year-old. Willie currently sits in first in the overall standings in the Jr. Pro category for riders 18 and under and has a fistful of impressive results since January, including sixth at the Pro GRT Gravity Open in Roxbury, N.Y., a fourth at New Jersey’s Mountain Creek Classic and a fifth at the Northwest Cup in Port Angeles, Wash. With a spot in the World Championships at stake, Willie admits that he’s less concerned with winning individual races and is looking for the kind of consistency that leads to winning the overall title. Particularly since he’s all too familiar with how a crash can kill a year, after a spill at Keystone in 2011 left him with two pins in his wrist and a shortened season. “Not many Americans get the chance to go,” Willie says of the 2012 World Championships, which will be held from Aug. 29 to Sept. 9. “Only six

or seven will be on the team. I’m going for first overall in downhill, to get an automatic spot.” Willie’s approach is garnering kudos from the staff at SMBA. “He’s a really smart rider and extremely technical,” says Jessie Vogt, SMBA coach and team director. Vogt would know. A former national champion rider herself, she went on to race in three World Championships. “He’s definitely on the right track to securing a spot for the world’s team,” says Vogt. “His chances are really good.” As we wrap up our time on the Bitterbrush trail, Willie admits that he’s pretty fast, but he’s more interested in talking about everyone who has helped him (“SMBA and Lee McCormack, one of my coaches, I have a lot of success because of him”), sharing pointers about other great rides in the area (“See that mesa over there, there’s a great trail that goes up there”) and giving props to his mom (“She’s a trail runner and she understands what I’m doing and has been really supportive”). An honors student who is one of the best bike racers in North America, humble enough to credit his success to others and loves his mom? The kid is a champ already. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com Boulder Weekly

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The last time a picnic basket looked so good was when Boo-Boo was trying to keep his friend Yogi from stealing one. With its Art of The Picnic celebration, Cured is offering a choice of outdoor meals for Boulder denizens to enjoy with the beautiful weather this summer. The specialty shop that opened last year on Pearl Street is offering its take on the outdoor social meal, offering three separate choices for diners on the go. “The Stolen Hour” is perfect for those looking to escape during lunch hour, and includes cheeses, salamis, crackers, fig jam and a chocolate bar. Or take “An Afternoon Off,” which includes more food choices, along with the option of bringing along a bottle of wine. If you want full immersion, the “A Night, Not, On the Town” package sets you up with an array of culinary delights and comes with a basket replete with china see TIDBITES Page 52

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hen you get the family and friends together this summer to char up brats or make a pot of homemade spaghetti sauce with Italian sausage, there’s a good chance some of those links will have come from a local maker with ties to the area stretching back half a century. For those who have a hard time remembering Boulder Sausage that far back, yet still get pangs of nostalgia when they bite into one, it’s because the company was at one time even more local than its name currently implies. In 1962, Don Olk opened up a small delicatessen near the 1400 block of Pearl Street. Having settled in Boulder by way of Sheboygan, Wis., the previous year, the son of German immigrants brought traditional sausage and side dish recipes with him. Soon, Don’s Cheese and Sausage became a staple for the county’s lunchtime crowd. After Olk sold his share, the company expanded to about 10 different locations around the state before mismanagement sent Boulder Sausage into bankruptcy. The company was brought out of bankruptcy in 1989. Since then, it has been under the stewardship of President Tom Griffiths, who admits to early challenges after the only revenue-generating assets of the operation — the restaurants — were jettisoned to pay off back taxes and debt. “They were famous in Boulder. People would come to Don’s Cheese and Sausage for a brat, some warm German potato salad and some baked beans, and at lunch, lines would be out the door,” Griffiths says of the restaurant concept he could no longer capitalize on. “So we focused on creating a natural, quality product. [The sausage] was already a little leaner, with no MSG or preservatives, so we just made that commitment to quality, put it on our label, said ‘These are the things we’re aren’t gonna do,’ and started producing it for

Ryan Castro of Boulder Sausage runs the grinder.

stores.” What they are now is the number one local sausage company in Colorado, based on AC Nielson numbers. When it comes down to it, the process of making sausage is fairly simple. Or as Griffiths puts it, “We’re not doing brain surgery here.” Meat comes in to their Louisville facility from suppliers in huge boxes, each weighing a ton. Boulder Sausage differs from some companies in that it no longer ascribes to the “whole animal” ethos of sausage making that goes back to the first time somebody ground up the trimmings of a hog, added some spices, and encased it in the animal’s own intestine. As such, its meat is all deboned pork shoulder — a hundred hogs’ worth in each crate. Cold meat is dumped out of the box onto a huge stainless steel tray, feeding into the liquid nitrogen-cooled grinder. The grinding apparatus looks about the same as the one your see SAUSAGE Page 53

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ifties-style diners remain popular, although most patrons of these retro eateries are probably too young to have set foot in the real McCoy. If you’re like me, your initial exposure to this iconic American eatery might have been through nostalgic TV shows, like Happy Days. For those of you too young to remember this ’70s sitcom that referenced the ’50s, most of the action revolved around a diner, Arnold’s, named for its owner. Arnold eventually ditched the restaurant business and went on to teach martial arts to hapless teens like Ralph Macchio and Hilary Swank. But that’s a story for another time. A few years back, a California chain, Ruby’s, attempted to create a ’50s retro diner at Boulder’s Twenty Ninth Street. This space was recently resurrected as a retro eatery under local ownership and a new moniker, the StarLite Diner and Lounge. Like its predecessor, the ambience suggests a trip back in time, with plenty of vinyl banquettes and neon accented by cruiser bicycles and soaked in a golden oldies soundtrack. Adhering to the archetypical diner theme, the StarLite features burgers

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and sandwiches as well as pizza, and breakfast faves like French toast and Denver omelets are served any time. There’s a full bar and an assortment of ice cream treats, including milkshakes, hot fudge sundaes and banana splits. At a recent lunch, pal Paul and I started with a $5.99 fried green beans appetizer accompanied by ranch dressing. We figured this would be healthier than, say, mozzarella sticks, and we enjoyed the subtle crispness of both the clean-tasting beans and the delicately fried coating. Of course, the frying and creamy dip probably canceled out any of our healthful aspirations.

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StarLite Diner and Lounge 1750 29th St., Suite 1064, Boulder 303-443-1559 Chi Town partisan Paul seemingly turned his back on his origins by ordering a small New York-style pizza with two toppings for $12. Friendly debate arose between Paul and a gregarious server over the finer points regarding each burg’s pies. One defined the other’s favored pie as essentially bread, and an accusation flew that one variety was inedible without additional seasoning. Nevertheless, Paul had to concede that the StarLite had aced the thin Big Apple crust — there’s also a thick Brooklyn-style pie available. The hint of grease on the tasty yet unpretentious toppings of pepperoni and mushroom blessed the pie with true street food cred. I enjoyed a creamy $4.49 chocolate malt, which earned bonus points for arriving in both a glass and a steel shake cylinder freighted with additional frosty beverage. Like many others, I have a Pavlovian response when excess malt shows up in a metal vessel; I suppose it’s a touchstone of the old-school diner experience. My main course was the $8.49 Street Legal burger, a grass-fed patty

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ike the Hatfields and McCoys, Big Apple and Windy City pizza fans have been locked in eternal combat over the superiority of their respective pies. But those unfamiliar with each town’s signature creation might ask, what’s the difference? The main distinction lies in the crust. While thincrust pies are not unheard of in Chi Town, thick, deep-dish crust pies piled high with cheese and red sauce are the standard bearer. Classic New York pizzas are typically thincrusted numbers with less sauce. The crust’s thinness lends itself to folding, which makes it easier to eat as a street snack.

topped with American cheese and sided with thin-cut fries. Unfortunately, the lean beef wasn’t available rare, which detracted from flavor and texture. Garnishes of lettuce, tomato and onion exuded fresh flavor. The spuds were hot and crisp, although I prefer something more like the available thick-cut steak fries with my burgers. The StarLite’s close proximity to the Twenty Ninth Street movie theater makes it a natural choice for an unfussy pre-show dinner or après summer blockbuster milkshake. Additionally, its Friday and Saturday midnight closing time helps fulfill the need for a latenight weekend bite. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com

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It seems the restaurant concept of paying a premium so scantily clad waitresses can bring you extra napkins has not gone bust. Tapping the same vein as Hooters and the Tilted Kilt, Twin Peaks has opened its second Colorado location, at Flatiron Crossing in Broomfield. Featuring a hunting-lodge atmosphere replete with cold draft beer, HD televisions and Twin Peaks Girls (who wear pro-cheerleaderinspired “lumber-jill” costumes), the sports bar aims to become a man cave for the northern suburbs. First opened near Dallas, Texas, in 2005, the chain of restaurants serving American-inspired comfort food has expanded to 10 states. The other Colorado location at Colorado Mills in Lakewood opened in late 2011. To check out your favorite sports on the tube, drink beer chilled to 29 degrees and take your eyes off the natural surroundings, head over to Twin Peaks to indulge your senses.

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Two local chefs will be on hand at Boulder County Farmers’ Markets June 2, hosting “farm to table” cooking demonstrations highlighting local seasonal produce and their culinary techniques. Chefs Hosea Rosenberg of Blackbelly Catering and Tim Payne of Terroir Restaurant will showcase their talents with upfront lessons and insights into their culinary brilliance. Rosenberg, season 5 winner of Bravo Television’s “Top Chef” program, will appear at the Boulder Market on Saturday from noon to 1:30 p.m. Payne will be at the Longmont Market from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Boulder County Farmers’ Markets Executive Director Shanan Olson says the events are scheduled as an informal kick-off to their celebration of 25 years of serving local communities. “We’re so pleased that Chefs Hosea and Tim will showcase the best in local food for our customers and share in celebrating our milestone,” said Olson. The Boulder Market is located on 13th Street between Canyon Boulevard and Arapahoe Avenue. Hours are Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Wednesdays from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. The Longmont Market is located at the Boulder County Fairgrounds, at 9595 Nelson Road, and is open Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.

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Speaking of anniversaries, Ted’s Montana Grill is in the midst of celebrating 10 years serving its authentic beef and bison-based creations, rolling out new menu creations and offering a program that helps give something back to local communities. The restaurant is teaming up with Share Our Strength’s No Kid Hungry with a campaign to raise upwards of $150,000 for efforts to eradicate childhood hunger in America. Now through June 17, customers can give to No Kid Hungry through an online portal set up on Ted’s website and receive a special $2 bill in return. Or you can just round up your tab the next time you eat, with the extra cents going towards the cause.

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grandmother screwed onto the countertop like a vise, but about 20 times bigger. In a flash, slabs of meat go from sinewy mass to coarsely ground paste, all the while being kept a sliver above freezing to ward off contamination — a constant threat in the food processing industry. “Quality control is part of our culture, it’s everybody’s responsibility,” says Griffiths. “We need solid people. Food safety is very important. We’re screwing with peoples’ lives here. We do thirdparty audits for ourselves and for our customers. We embrace this sort of scrutiny. It only makes us better operators.” From the grinder, the meat is seasoned with one of Don’s original recipes and fed into a computerized hopper that spits out precisely proportioned lengths of sausage. Knowing automatically how tight to pack each meat mixture, as well as twisting each the appropriate number of times to form each link, the machine cascades sausage links onto a sorting table like a mini-waterfall, where workers picking the appropriate number of links for each package. Packages are then sent through a machine that seals each one in plastic wrap, and continue through a state-ofthe-art X-ray machine that can detect fragments unseen by human eyes and boot any defective packages to the garbage before they end up on a consumer’s plate. After each package is labeled for sale, the fresh sausages are ready for immediate delivery. “We take orders on a daily basis. We take an order on Tuesday for production on Wednesday, and can have it delivered Thursday,” says Griffiths. “It’s virtually the same as has always been done in the kitchen. We haven’t deviated from the recipes or the way it’s made; it’s just on a different scale.” The popularity of the sausage company has coincided with the rise of Boulder’s reputation as one of smart, individual decision-making. “To me personally, Boulder has a reputation of healthy and natural lifestyle. I’ve lived here all my life. There’s no place I’d rather live,” says Griffiths. “As far as I can remember, it’s always been that way. This melting pot of different cultures and those combine to make it what it is today. I think the Boulder Weekly

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idden in a Lafayette strip mall, Udon Kaisha offers Japanese noodles and sushi of high quality at exceptional prices. Noodle items include thick udon, as well as more svelte ramen, available in a variety of broths. Sushi selections are simple, eschewing such exotica as sea urchin roe in favor of crowdpleasing staples like salmon and tuna. Can’tmiss selections include the $5 yellowtail and scallion sushi roll, as well as the shoyu (soy sauce) broth udon noodles.

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opportunity to appreciate the skilled spicing of such dishes as the creamy chicken Tikka Masala and its fiery chile-based relation, Vindaloo. The dosa, a crisp, cylindrical crepe, is also a winner, featuring hefty veggie stuffing and subtle sourdough tang.

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ne of the main attractions of The Louisville Rex is its expansive yet comfortable rooftop deck. This spot is reminiscent of a warm-weather resort spot and makes for either a fine staycation venue or just a place to knock back a few with friends after work. The bar food classics are another strong suit, and these include Buffalo chicken wings and a decidedly guilty pleasure, fried pickles.

Moe’s Original Bar B Que 675 30th St., Boulder 303-440-4BBQ

ocated a stone’s throw from Williams Village, Moe’s Original Bar B Que is the Boulder outpost of a ‘cue operation that originated in Alabama. It spotlights sandwiches and platters featuring such classic choices as brisket, pulled pork, hot links and fried catfish. One of the top choices is a platter of falling-off-the-bone ribs with bright fried green tomatoes and creamy banana pudding to finish.

emphasis on freshness and service. The lime-marinated tandoori chicken has a lively citrus undertone, and vindi masala, spiced okra, has a pleasant crisp-tender consistency. The staff constantly replenishes such items as the hearty potato-filled samosa, ensuring that diners enjoy fare fresh from the oven.

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ombining a hospitable, homey, Key West feel with a menu of fresh seafood prepared in the manner of the Caribbean, Mexico and New Orleans, Longmont’s Tortugas is an easy winner. Noteworthy dishes include the Creole BBQ shrimp appetizer wrapped in bacon, and the bright-tasting shrimp Mojo, with a Cuban citrus, garlic and olive oil sauce. Chocolate bourbon bread pudding is an exquisite dessert, among the best endings available locally.

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owntown Boulder’s SALT Bistro, one of the newest entrants in the affordable midday meal sweepstakes, now serves a “farm-to-table” lunch for $9. Favored choices include the Reuben, made with pork belly instead of corned beef. The meatless eater will favor the quinoa and chickpea fritters. Preferred sides include the tomato soup garnished with a tiny grilled cheese wedge and the beet or apple salads, for $2 more.

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808 Main St., Louisville 303-666-6499 ocated smack dab in the middle of downtown Louisville, Zucca Italian Ristorante boasts an inviting ambience balancing the rustic with a subtle but unmistakable European flair. The same can also be said of the menu, which ranges from old standbys like comforting spaghetti and meatballs to more elevated selections like seafood cannelloni and rack of lamb. Can’t-miss items include the fried calamari starter, garnished with pickled peppers and fresh tomato, and the arugula salad, a combination of greens, gorgonzola and apple.

Fan’s Chinese Cuisine

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an’s Chinese Cuisine, situated in a Niwot strip mall near a sheriff ’s office substation, serves up dishes free of MSG, as well as gluten-free choices. Outside of that, the reasonably priced lunch bill of fare is a ChineseAmerican hall of fame, spotlighting classic, time-tested chestnuts like chow mein, Szechuan beef and vegetarian Buddha’s Delight. Top menu choices include flavorful Mongolian beef garnished with expertly stir-fried pepper and onion, as well as the fresh-tasting Grand Marnier shrimp.

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ongmont’s Santa Fe Coffee & Burrito Co. cer tainly lives up to its name. This welcoming breakfast and lunch spot features caffeine ranging from classic diner coffee to espresso drinks and hear ty, New Mexico-influenced meals. Morning highlights include anything with the green chile; piping hot skillets such as the Santa Fe, featuring bacon, chorizo, potato, bell pepper and onion; and the compelling enchiladas and eggs.

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hile Laudisio is best known for its Italianinfluenced lunches and dinners, it cer tainly satisfies with its solidly constructed brunch menu on the weekends. Offerings include egg-based dishes such as a Hazel Dell mushroom frittata, sweet choices like a perfectly balanced lemon ricotta pancake, and breakfast pizzas topped with prosciutto. Other notewor thy items include the hear ty steak and eggs sided with homefries, and the hot Italian-style donut holes. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com Boulder Weekly

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“Some people tell me I’d invented the sounds they called soul,” said musician Ray Charles, “but I can’t take any credit. Soul is just the way black folk sing when they leave themselves alone.” I urge you to experiment with this idea, Cancerian. In my astrological opinion, you need to whip up a fresh, hot delivery of raw soul. One of the best ways to do that might be to leave yourself alone. In other words, don’t badger yourself. Don’t pick your scabs and second-guess your enthusiasms and argue yourself into a knot. Create a nice big space for your original self to play in.

The state of Kansas has a law that seems more confusing than helpful. It says the following: “When two trains approach each other at a crossing, both shall come to a full stop and neither shall start up again until the other has gone.” From what I can tell, Capricorn, a similar situation has cropped up in your life. Two parties are in a stalemate, each waiting for the other to make the first move. At this rate, nothing will ever happen. May I suggest that you take the initiative?

LEO

JAN. 20-FEB. 18:

JUNE 21-JULY 22:

JULY 23-AUG. 22:

“Where’s the most convenient place to discover a new species?” asks The Second Book of General Ignorance. What do you think the answer is, Leo? The Amazon Rainforest? The high mountainous forests of New Guinea? Northwest Siberia? None of the above. In fact, your best chance of finding a previously unidentified life form is in your own garden. There are hundreds of thousands of species that science still has no knowledge of, and quite a few of them are near you. A similar principle currently holds true for your life in general. It will be close to home that you are most likely to connect with fascinating exotica, unknown influences, and far-out adventures.

VIRGO

AUG. 23-SEPT. 22:

Now and then my readers try to bribe me. “I’ll give you $1,000,” said a recent email from a Virgo woman, “if you will write a sequence of horoscopes that predict I’ll get the dream job I’m aiming for, which will in turn make me so attractive to the guy I’m pursuing that he will beg to worship me.” My first impulse was to reply, “That’s all you’re willing to pay for a prophecy of two events that will supercharge your happiness and change your life?” But in the end, as always, I flatly turned her down. The truth is, I report on the music of the heavenly spheres, but I don’t write the music myself. Still, I sort of admire this woman’s feisty resolve to

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DEC. 22-JAN. 19:

AQUARIUS

Should you get down on your knees and beg for love and recognition? No! Should you give yourself away without seeking much in return? Don’t do that, either. Should you try to please everyone in an attempt to be popular? Definitely not. Should you dilute your truth so as not to cause a ruckus? I hope not. So then what am I suggesting you should do? Ask the following question about every possibility that comes before you: “Will this help me to master myself, deepen my commitment to what I want most, and gain more freedom?”

PISCES

FEB. 19-MARCH 20:

Do you know why flamingos have their distinctive orangepink color? It’s because of the carotene in the shrimp and other food they consume. If they change their diet, their feathers turn dull grey. That’s a dramatic example of the adage, “You are what you eat.” Let’s use it as a prompt to contemplate all the stuff you take into the holy temple of your body, Pisces. Not just the sandwiches and chocolate bars and alcohol, but also the images, sounds, ideas, emotions, and energy you get from other people. Is the cumulative effect of all those things giving you the shape and color and texture you want to have? If not, this would be a good time to adjust your intake.

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