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Gun billboard is simple

I think Joel Dyer is making his story “What’s wrong with this picture?” (DyerTimes, May 2) much more complicated than necessary. The fact that Native Americans were well-armed, proud and proficient warriors became the very excuse for the White Government to vilify, demonize and ultimately extirpate them. The billboard could more accu-

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my Meyer was curious. Then she was appalled. Then she was charged with the “crime” of using a cell phone to video what appalled her. Welcome to the Brave New World of “ag-gag” laws being pushed by agribusiness corporations to stop reporters, workers, animal rights advocates and even curious 25-year-old truth-seekers like Ms. Meyer from recording abuses that

rately be titled: “Because they wouldn’t turn in their arms, the government had to ‘take care’ of them.” Those deemed, for whatever reason, enemies of the state have no chance. They are damned if they possess weapons, and once they are dispossessed of those weapons by superior state forces they are marginalized and decimated. Just as the NRA radicals will be if and when society deems

them an intolerable burden for the establishment to bear. It also is of interest that while the government repeatedly violates the Constitution, either through executive orders or blatant disregard of Constitutional procedure (eg, waging undeclared wars, privatizing Congress’s mandate to create money,

are routinely taking place on farm-animal confinement factories. Actually, these are the repressive laws of the “Cowardly New World” of industrial ag-biz, eager to keep its customers in the dark about what they’re doing to the pigs, cows, chickens, etc. under their care. A resident of Utah, which passed its gag law last year, Meyer heard about some ugly doings at the Smith & Sons Meat Packing outfit in the town of Draper City, so she decided to take a look. Even from the public roadway, where she stood, the horror was easy to see, and she dared to document it with her camera. The corporate manager scrambled out to declare that she was trespassing, later claiming she’d crossed a barbed-wire fence onto corporate property. Cops were called, no such trespass was found, and she was released. But the corporation, whose owner just happens to be mayor of Draper, got city prosecutors to charge

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her with — ready? — “agricultural operation interference,” punishable by a six-month jail term. However, thanks to a Web alert by Will Potter, author of a blog named “GreenIsTheNewRed.com,” global public outrage poured into Draper City, and in just 24 hours, prosecutors dropped all charges against Meyer — the first person in America to be charged under these ridiculous laws. Thanks to standup rebels like Amy, Will and thousands of freedom defenders, ag biz is choking on its own ag-gag scam. To help fight this corporate repression go to www.change.org/AgGag. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com This opinion column does not necessarily reflect the views of Boulder Weekly. Boulder Weekly

The bad news: Hickenlooper is not delusional

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olorado’s Republi … Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper was in Boulder a few days back speaking at the FrackingSENSE lecture series that the University of Colorado puts on. As is the norm for the governor these days, he spent a fair amount of time bemoaning his reputation as a puppet of the oil and gas industry. Hickenlooper claims his critics just don’t understand him. He even went so far the other night as to tell the audience that he’s a “fair witness” when it comes to the issue of oil and gas. A “fair witness,” as in the Quaker tradition of being a neutral party with no preset opinion one way or another on an issue. Wow. That’s quite a claim. I mean, how many other oil and gas geologists could look you in the eye and say that they’re completely impartial when it comes to … oil and gas? I actually hope that the governor is simply lying again like he did when he told members of Congress how he drank fracking fluid, knowing all the while that what he actually ingested was a food derivative, as opposed to real fracking fluid, which contains more than 600 chemicals, including many known carcinogens. I say I hope he’s simply lying, because if he isn’t, then he’s delusional, and that’s a far more serious issue than the Pinocchio syndrome that seems to strike most politicians at some point. But fear not, my fellow Coloradans, there is ample evidence to suggest our governor is many things, some of which are pretty disturbing, but delusional isn’t one of them. Consider that even as the governor was making his plea in Boulder to be seen as a wise and kind overseer, a sort of Solomon reigning over Colorado oil and gas production, his administration minions were busy working overtime to destroy any chance that the handful of badly needed oil and gas reform bills coming out of the legislature would pass with any teeth left intact. When it comes to political sleight of hand, twofaced Hick is clumsy at best. And MediaNews, the company that owns virtually every newspaper in the county and region except this one, didn’t help Boulder Weekly

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almarts have been popping up all over the country in the last five years — 455 new stores, or a 13 percent increase. Meanwhile, its U.S. workforce has been reduced by 1.4 percent, or about 20,000 employees. The number of workers per store has been cut from 343 to 301. There are fewer products on Walmart’s shelves. Bloomberg Businessweek recently reported that “pallets of merchandise are piling up in its stockrooms as shelves go unfilled” and overworked employees can’t find the time to restock the products. For several years, Walmart has placed or tied for last among department and discount stores in the American Customer Satisfaction Index. The situation for the workers is even less satisfying. Hundreds went on strike on Black Friday last fall. With the backing of the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW), thousands of Walmart employees have formed an association called OUR Walmart that works with community activists to pressure the company to make changes. OUR Walmart has stressed the importance of flexible, consistent scheduling and adequate hours. A report by the think-tank Demos noted that while unstable schedules are not unusual for low-wage workers, there is an intensifying trend toward “just-intime” scheduling where “employers rely on scheduling software and measures of demand (such as floor traffic, sales volume, hotel registrations, or dinner reservations) to match workers’ hours to labor needs.” For workers, this means schedule changes at the last minute, arriving at work only to be sent home, having to stay after the end of a scheduled shift, and working both nights and days. Walmart has increasingly made workers who are full-time (defined as 34 hours per week) into part-time so the company doesn’t have to pay anything for health care. In January, Walmart U.S. President Bill Simon responded to worker pressure when he announced in a talk that the company was “working on clarifying the opportunities that we offer,” and would act to “bring more transparency into our scheduling system” and “make sure that part-time associates have full visibility” for full-time openings. But three months later, OUR Walmart charged that the 8 May 9, 2013

situation hadn’t improved. So Walmart workers and community allies around the nation went in groups to discuss these issues with store managers. I joined an “Occupy Boulder” delegation on April 25 that visited managers at seven area Walmart stores. We stopped at the Walmart Neighborhood Market under construction in Boulder’s Diagonal Plaza and then drove to Supercenters in Broomfield, Westminster, Lafayette and Longmont. On April 27, some 50 Walmart workers and supporters held a high-spirited rally at the UFCW Local 7 headquarters in Wheat Ridge. Rev. Daniel Klawitter of Interfaith Worker Justice performed the invocation, reading from the New Testament, the Talmud and the Koran. Barb Gertz, who has worked at an Aurora Walmart for four years, talked about frustrations and indignities as well as some small victories. This struggle will have an impact on all of us. Walmart is an economic behemoth which — according to a number of studies — degrades the wages, benefits and working conditions of all working people. In terms of yearly sales, this firm is bigger than Home Depot, Kroger, Target, Costco and K-Mart combined. Walmart is the largest private-sector employer on the planet. It employs more than 1.4 million workers in the U.S., but pays them an estimated 12 percent less than average retail workers in the country. Walmart pays such low wages that in most states, it has the largest number of employees dependent on government assistance of any company. This costs American taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars each year. An increase in wages at Walmart would have an insignificant impact on prices — as little as a pack of gum per shopping visit. According to Demos, even a modest wage increase for Walmart and other low-wage retail employers would lift more than 700,000 Americans out of poverty and raise another 750,000 further from the poverty line. By boosting the spending power of low-income Americans, moreover, it would grow the economy and create 100,000 new jobs. At the Wheat Ridge rally, we chanted, “When they take on one of us, they take on all of us!” A more decent and caring America requires that kind of toughness and solidarity. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com

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illegal taxpayer-funded bailouts of crony capitalists, etc.), the NRA does nothing. It is more and more evident that the NRA exists simply to promote sales of weapons and ammunition by constantly hyping real and imagined threats. But it is doubtful if any threat will actually motivate them to take action. Michael Korn/Arvada

Disregard Danish

I recommend that readers ignore all future writings from Mr. Paul Danish. I respect him and his right to state his views, but the amount of mail that apparently wishes to react to them suggests to me that everyone would be better off devoting their attention to other portions of this newspaper. Walgreen’s might sell fewer antacid capsules, too. If “interest” in what Danish has to say withers, then the newspaper may feel led to discontinue his columns. That means more ink and space for more worthwhile and sensible thoughts. Gregory Iwan/Longmont

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It’s tempting, at today’s prices, to go along with this notion. However, these prices are the result of an industry-generated glut to spur export, and are too low for the industry to sustain — by their own admission. If/when Washington approves export of natural gas, the supposed independence we derive from increased fracking production will also be compromised as we compete with the world market. Are we going to ignore development of cleaner, renew-

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nother round of allegations about guards abusing inmates has surfaced at the Boulder County Jail, but officials are dismissing the claims as fabricated. An internal affairs investigation has cleared one officer accused of using a Taser to stun an inmate on his bare buttocks and genitals, and jail administrators are denying that two inmates were kept naked in a one-person cell for five days without a functioning toilet. Boulder Weekly has examined several recent claims of jail staff abusing inmates, including Joshua Johnson’s allegation that he was taunted and beat up by guards in September 2009 while being strapped into a restraint chair. Jail officials installed video cameras in that area of the jail the week after the Jan. 17 article was published, saying it was as much for the guards’ protection against false claims as anything else. Other cases include the allegations of Brandon Carroll, a dialysis patient who claimed he was deprived of proper medical care and was assaulted by guards on Dec. 12 after complaining to a nurse because she was handling his medications with her bare hands. And in August, Robert Kirkland filed a lawsuit alleging that deputies’ rough handling resulted in a fractured left leg, fractured big toe and dislocated left hip and elbow. Kirkland’s lawyer, prominent Denver civil rights attorney David Lane, has said he is considering filing a class-action suit because he has heard from about a half-dozen individuals who share similar tales of abuse. “There are a lot of horror stories coming out of the Boulder County Jail,” Lane told BW. “We are looking at many of them. … If we can prove it, we’ll Boulder Weekly

go after them.” Jail officials have countered the claims with reports from guards that contradict the inmates’ version of events, and they poke holes in the credibility of inmates who have serious criminal histories and may just be lashing out against the guards. Jeff Goetz, administrative commander for the jail, has said that guards receive extensive training on the appropriate use of force, and that sometimes, for the safety of the deputies and out-of-control inmates, things like a “straight-punch to the chest,” the restraint chair and the Taser are warranted. The latter was at the center of the most recent complaint against jail staff. **** Cody Finch, who has also been in touch with Lane, claims he was stunned with a Taser on his bare buttocks and testicles during an April 4 incident in his cell. He says he was singled out by guards who wrongly suspected him of causing a flood in the jail by flushing clothing down his toilet. “They have it out for me, for some reason,” says Finch, 26, adding that another inmate warned him that he could see guards coming for him with their gloves on. “When they have their gloves on, you know they’re going to get physical with someone.” Finch, whose criminal history from the Colorado Bureau of Investigation since 2006 spans six pages, was convicted of eight felonies earlier this year, including sexual assault, second-degree assault, second-degree burglary, stalking, bribery and tampering with a witness. He claims he was framed by an exgirlfriend when they had a fight after consensual sex. Finch was sentenced to 52 years to life in prison last week. (Ironically, when he was 10 years old, Finch

made national news and an appearance on the Montel Williams talk show after he reportedly harassed and punched a female classmate after their make-believe playground wedding went south. A restraining order was issued to keep the two children apart, according to media reports.) Deputy District Attorney Chris Estoll, the prosecutor in Finch’s case, casts doubt on the inmate’s credibility, saying he argued at Finch’s sentencing hearing that “his perception of reality doesn’t match with actual reality. I think his history of offenses bears that out.” Finch’s version of the events on April 4 is that when he was slow to comply with guards’ orders to stand up and be handcuffed so that his cell could be searched, they grabbed him, cuffed him, pulled his pants down and used the Taser on him from behind. Another inmate, Matthew Paiz, who says he saw the incident because his cell was across from Finch’s, wrote and signed a statement upholding Finch’s version of events. According to Paiz, after the incident he heard guards tell Finch to pull up his pants. Finch says he was told by a guard, “Who do you think they’re going to believe? You or us?” After the alleged abuse, Finch says, he was denied medical treatment for his injuries, and when he asked for his privates to be examined and photographed, a guard reportedly accused him of simply trying to embarrass the female nurse and denied his request for a male nurse. **** The deputies’ incident reports tell a different story. The two who initially responded say Finch was being See ABUSE Page 16

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uncooperative and physically resisted efforts by guards to handcuff him. They say he has a history of such behavior, and a history of flushing clothes down the toilet, which not only can cause flooding but costly damage at a nearby water treatment facility. Because Finch was being combative, the deputies say, a third officer, Sgt. Michael Cavin, came into the cell with his Taser. In their reports, the first two guards don’t mention where Cavin used the Taser on Finch’s body, other than it being placed initially on his right shoulder blade. In his report, Cavin acknowledges stunning Finch on his back and then placing the Taser on Finch’s buttock, although he says it was outside of his pants and only “in case another cycle was required to gain compliance.” The internal affairs investigation concluded that Finch’s allegations were unfounded, according to Jail Division Chief Bruce Haas. The district attorney’s office, which conducts an inquiry as well when a deputy is accused of a crime, reached the same conclusion. Haas explained that an investigator outside of the jail division conducted the internal affairs inquiry, “so we’re not investigating ourselves,” and the findings still need to be approved by the undersheriff and sheriff. While those approvals are likely, Haas says, the jail has shown it is capable of policing itself: About a year ago, deputies reported a fellow guard for treating an inmate too roughly, and that individual was suspended, even though the DA’s office determined that an assault charge was not warranted. He declined to provide the guard’s name. “I don’t ignore [complaints],” Haas says. “We look into them and investigate what happened.” In Finch’s case, the investigator determined that the guards used force

because he refused to be handcuffed, not after he was handcuffed. It would be pointless to use a Taser on someone who was already restrained in handcuffs, Haas explains. “We don’t do that,” he says. “There would be no reason to do that.” And the Taser was used only on Finch’s shoulder and back, not below the waist, Haas told BW. He says that during his interview with the investigator, Finch backed off his claim about being stunned in the testicles. “What we found in Cody’s statements was that there was obviously a lot of deception and a lot of mistruths,” he says. But Finch’s mother, Jinx Finch, who has a background in law enforcement, says it’s the Boulder cops and prosecution who are being deceptive by manufacturing evidence, offering “sweet deals” to inmates willing to testify against her son, attempting to trump up additional charges against him and reading letters in which he discussed exonerating evidence so they could get witnesses to change their stories. On the other hand, Goetz says Finch had 14 different hearings or write-ups for violations of rules during his year in jail. “He’s not the most straight-andnarrow individual we’ve had in this facility,” Goetz says. “Of course, just because he’s a problem child doesn’t condone any behavior our staff may have done. … If we did something wrong, we need to be held accountable.” But Goetz defends his deputies’ actions in this case, and he explains that Tasers reduce the chances that guards or inmates will get injured in an altercation when inmates are resisting physically. He adds that the buttocks are actually among the large muscle masses that officers are trained to aim for when Boulder Weekly

news using the Taser, because the stun device targets the muscular system. And he says Tasers work through clothing, as long as the clothing is touching the skin, so there would be no reason to stun someone’s bare buttocks. Haas initially told BW that “absolutely, he was never Tased on his butt,” but later agreed there would have been nothing wrong with using a Taser on Finch’s posterior. “If he had Tased him in the buttocks, that would have been fine,” he says. “You wouldn’t do it where Cody Finch claims he was Tased, in the testicles.” The new video cameras installed in the disciplinary area where the Taser incident occurred did not capture much, in part because it happened in a cell, and in part because the second floor was largely outside of the cameras’ view. Since then, new wideangle lenses have been installed to record what happens on that level, Goetz says. **** The Taser incident is not the only time Finch claims he was abused. He says that on Nov. 29, his cellmate was caught flushing a blanket down the toilet, and both inmates were told they were on “flush protocol,” even though his cellmate took sole responsibility for the incident. According to Finch, they were forced to strip off their clothes, even though one female guard was present, and were placed in a single-person cell with an extra mattress and only one “suicide smock,” the tear-proof clothing issued to suicidal inmates. He says the toilet could not be flushed during the five days they were confined there, so they used the smock as a cover for the stench. Finch says they resorted to urinating “through the crack in our cell door in hopes that it would get to a guard’s compassionate side and he or she would turn on our plumbing.” After the five days, he says, jail maintenance staff had to be called to unplug the toilet. Finch also claims that Sgt. Cavin told them at one point, “I hope you faggots don’t spoon in there.” According to the incident reports filed by the guards, a search of their Boulder Weekly

original cell uncovered a large amount of extra clothing, pills and other contraband, and the two were “dry-celled” to keep them from flushing items down the toilet. The reports say Finch’s cellmate initially refused to wear the suicide smock and even threw it out of the cell before the door was closed. But the reports went on to say that both were issued smocks and blankets, and that deputies were to provide water for flushing when necessary. As for Cavin’s alleged comment, Goetz doubts the veracity of that claim because he would have received complaints from others who overheard it. “Language like that is not tolerated,” he says. “That’s crazy.” “He’s above that,” Haas says of Cavin. “If we knew a deputy was engaging in behavior that would incite an inmate, or engaging in that type of behavior, we would not tolerate that.” Goetz also disputes the allegation Cody Finch that the toilet went unflushed for five days. It’s true that inmates caught repeatedly flushing items down the toilet are “dry-celled,” but deputies can activate the flushing mechanism on toilets remotely, and they do so at the end of every shift and at an inmate’s request. “Nobody stays in their cell for multiple days with unflushed toilets,” Goetz says. “Those rooms are small. It doesn’t take long for them to stink.” **** In response to Finch’s claim that there are four or five rotten apples among the guards, specifically the team that works with Cavin (including Deputy Daniel Newcomb, who was accused of assaulting Carroll), Goetz says that that crew works the night shift Wednesday through Saturday, when there is the most intake of rowdy inmates under the influence of alcohol and other drugs. “People come in uncooperative all the time,” he says, adding that Cavin and his team work in the disciplinary area reserved for the most problematic inmates. “Are they heavy-handed? Absolutely not.” Goetz also counters Finch’s allegation that guards seek retribution against See ABUSE Page 18

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ear dark iron gates that flying around, they cover cave openings in the burn through their Flatirons, a sign explains calorie reserves. In the that the caves have been cold winter, with no closed because white-nose food available, they One of the closed syndrome has already killed more than starve to death. caves in the Flatirons 5 million bats. Local author and cave Believing that the expert Richard Rhinehart informed fungal spores could be the City of Boulder’s Open Space and transmitted on human boots and cavrelease, along with nearby crags popuMountain Parks (OSMP) office of an ing gear, Boulder and the Forest lar with rock climbers. Climbers inaccuracy on the signs. But the money Service both initiated year-round cave respect the closures, says Matt Samet had already been spent, he says, on the closures to slow the spores’ westward of the Flatirons Climbing Council, sign and the ornate gate with ironmarch in 2010. because they recognize OSMP’s need wrought bat silhouettes. He guesses it’s “When white-nose syndrome made to protect species in the Flatirons. one reason why Boulder The closures protect won’t lift its year-round habitat for a declining bat cave closures, even as species, says Will Keeley, recent research has perwildlife biologist at OSMP. suaded the U.S. Forest The OSMP press release SURVIVE ONLY UNDER SPECIFIC Service to lift its clostates that the closures proTEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY CONDITIONS, sures. The differing politect species considered senACCORDING TO TINA JACKSON OF cies have sparked a sitive by the Forest Service debate about who has and Bureau of Land COLORADO PARKS AND WILDLIFE. the facts, who listens to Management (BLM) — whom and who’s really especially due to white-nose protecting bats. Both syndrome. recreationists and conBut the Forest Service servationists are questioning whether that big jump to Oklahoma, that conand BLM aren’t keeping the public out Boulder’s closures can stop the spread cerned a lot of us in the West,” says of their caves or nearby climbing areas. of the disease. Tina Jackson, species conservation “Boulder is making this decision on White-nose syndrome is caused by coordinator at Colorado Parks and their own,” says Paul Ryan, vice chair a fungus. Infected bats wake up from Wildlife. of the National Speleological Society’s hibernation, disturbed by the fungus Boulder’s caves will remain closed, Colorado Grotto. growing on their snouts. Fidgeting and according to a recent OSMP press This summer, the Forest Service

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Richard Rhinehart monitor every cave,” he says. The new Forest Service plan, which proposes opening caves to all of the public, will require observations from cavers. “The caving community can be an early warning system,” Lenzo says. “They were pleased with the decision.” The relationship between Forest Service staff and cavers has been strained since the 2010 cave closures, according to Rhinehart and Derek Bristol, chair of the Colorado Cave Survey. “There will probably be some lingering tension,” Bristol says “With the new adaptive management plan, we can try to repair the relationship.” Looking out the But the rekindled relationentrance to Spring Cave in the White ship doesn’t please everyone. River National Forest “I think [the new plan] had to do with direct pressure from the caving community,” says Mollie Matteson, conservation advoCavers dispute their role in spreadCavers say the decontamination cate at the Center for Biological ing the disease, and Bristol calls it a procedures have already been adopted. Diversity. Her nonprofit is filing an politically charged issue. Matteson is dubious, she says, because appeal against the recent Forest Matteson says the claim that cavers she’s heard how time-consuming they Service decision, arguing that it favors wouldn’t spread the fungus to other are. She says she doesn’t believe deconrecreationists over bats. caves is “inconceivable.” Laboratory tamination — or anything else — will “We’re not just recreationists,” Ryan work found spores on a caver’s gear, stop the inevitable: The fungus is comsays. Cavers are driven by a desire to but that didn’t prove that trudging a ing. explore hidden ecosystems, he says, to couple spores into another cave would “This is about buying time,” she better understand and preserve them. infect it, Rhinehart says. says, referring to the time needed for Matteson says that cavers never The main transmission is bat-toscientists to race to find a cure. “We stopped caving, despite the closures. bat, agree the cavers, scientists and recommend blanket closures. We think “The Forest Service has decided Matteson. the Forest Service should go back to that since some people break the law, “But the risk [of human transmisthe way it was three years ago.” just to get rid of the law,” she says. sion] is there, and to dismiss it is pretCavers aren’t surprised by the nonBut she explains that bat protection ty self-serving,” Matteson argues. profit’s reaction. They have clashed is critical. Without bats to devour The risk is mitigated, Lenzo says, with the Center for Biological insects, farms are in trouble. And the by the decontamination procedures Diversity before. Our Entire Inventory of Clothing, Footwear, deadly spores can piggy-back on cavers that will be required. “We share the angle of wanting to Camp & Travel Gear & Sunglasses — it’s probably how they hitched from “We’re taking no chances with cave see as much done as possible to help Europe to New York in 2006. equipment,” he says. bats,” Bristol says. “We just have dif-

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to witness such misery and violence. Holy crap, it’s scary. The road is made mostly of dirt and broken concrete as we get off the highway. We are going way uphill into what feels like a mountain peak. The street is covered with an enormous amount of trash, and the few people who are outside look like they could seriously hurt me. I can see a few women who are barely wearing any clothes. They can probably kick anyone’s butt with one of those extremely high pointy heels they are wearing. I spy a gun hiding on the back of one of the

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the SUV. It’s the helplessness, the weakness and the impotence that reign in my home. No matter what I say or do, the ones with guns will win this battle. If I want to live, or even worse, if I want to remain untouched and unhurt, I must follow orders like a dog. This feeling is so shameful that my self-esteem and my ego suffer and shrink, even when part of my consciousness still wants to play CIA agent to kick and fight back. Finally, humiliation and misery take over and I’m livid with all the crap these guys are giving me. “So, are you a virgin?” Silence. “Hey! I’m talking to you — when I ask you a question you answer! Understand?” he blurts. “Yes, I am a virgin, not that it’s any of your concern,” I respond calmly, pretending to be fearless. They said “barrio” girls are giving birth when they are 13. For a moment, they are absolutely amazed by this glimpse into a different Venezuela. “You fucking rich girls have it all, don’t you? You selfish little brat, born and raised in a golden bubble, while we impoverished people pray it’s not our house that crumbles down when it rains. Do you get it? Do you get how unfair it is? You shoving your fancy car and your fancy life in our faces … It’s not nice.” They go on with their monologue

and I finally get it. This band of kidnappers is, in fact, right about my home. They are right to be angry. I can see Venezuela through their eyes, a country of social disparities. The beautiful mansions protected by armed guards cast a shadow that reaches the tired crowds standing in the pouring rain on the corner. They are waiting for a bus, resigned; they will probably not even fit inside. As I contemplate the impact of my involuntary road trip, I realize that life in Venezuela is not fair. I am actually not in the middle of a battlefield. I am on a journey that rides on the margins of the historically poor and wealthy. Until now I had never really understood. But now that I’m traveling through the darkest reality, living the everyday life of my “secuestradores,” feeling their pain and their resentment, sharing their shoes, I get it. We bonded. The road brought us together: the highway that we transited back and forth 14 times (yes, I counted); the “barrio” we drove through; the trash we stepped on. Now I know. It is not until that feeling of knowing something’s wrong — the economy or the corruption, for example — hits home that you actually understand it, since you haven’t truly been affected by that harsh, well-known truth. I used to be that person until horror grabbed me Boulder Weekly

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from my fairy tale life and dragged me into an unwanted journey that changed my perspective forever. Venezuela is in danger and people need to know. “Hey, close your eyes and look down, I don’t want you going to the police tomorrow describing us as some handsome, brown dudes …” one of them would joke. He caught my eye with his tanned skin, eyes as green as an olive, and his perfectly aligned teeth, except for one that was hiding behind its neighbor. He was muscular and young, probably in his 20s, and he did not look like he came from the barrio. These guys were not handsome, by the way. I finally get the good news. “Your daddy loves you, kid, we got the money.” They take my belongings, including my shoes and some of my clothing, in less than 30 seconds. They slow down and one of the “secuestradores” farewells with, “Don’t look back or I’ll shoot you!” He tosses me off the car in the middle of the highway. Just like that, like a sack of potatoes. Believe me, this part of the journey, this last minute, is as scary as being taken. Now, once again, I lay vulnerable in the middle of the night, dreading the potential of another assault until I save myself. Gathering myself on the highway, I Boulder Weekly

try to make my way back home to my Caracas. My newly gained perspective is disorienting, and for a minute I don’t know where I am. Once I regain my focus, I thank God that I was released here and not on one of those dirt roads in the middle of danger. I get up. Bruised, cut, and half-naked, I indulge my new broken self into a run of shame, urged by the adrenaline rush infusing my body with life. I finally spot the bright lights of a luxury hotel in the dark. The concierge saw hell when he laid eyes on me. I came from Caracas in the dark. After being kicked out, yelled at and shamed, the manager finally allowed me to make a single phone call that would bring me back to what used to be my fairy tale life. “Dad … It’s me, I’m OK ... I’m sorry, I should have been more careful,” I muttered on the phone with tears in my eyes, as my hero ignored my words and pleaded to know where I stood so he could fly to my rescue. Carolina Salas graduated from the University of Colorado on May 9. She came to the U.S. after her kidnapping when she was 20 years old and majored in advertising and psychology. She says, “I love to visit my country, but don’t want to go back to live there.” Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com

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an important thing for us. But within that it’s also fun to write a sappy love song that has multiple different meanings. And lyrically, crafting a song is always the hardest part for me. The music just exists, the music part comes right out. But the lyrics explain, or sometimes define or give detail to what’s happening sonically and where we are, you know. Whether we are, like, in the 1930s, 1830s. One thing we like to do is put ourselves in a situation like … what year is it? What kind of world are we in? OK, go. Parameters you can stay within. We are in the Ottoman Empire, and what would be happening during the fall of the Ottoman Empire? What drum sound would be happening during that moment? There wouldn’t be an ’80s synth instrument going on, but you might have this drum beat. [Maas vocally demonstrates a drumbeat.] Each song is different. So what are some of these musical settings that you go to on Indigo Meadow? Well, it could be in the desert, it could be in the mountains. … It could be in some weird space in your mind. It doesn’t have to be a physical place; it could be just a spiritual place. I think that’s what music does for us. You hear a bass line and you instantly want a drum beat and you’re just in this space which creates a vibe, a physical vibe that your mind just latches onto. And you try to stay around that; you don’t do some guitar wankery, Stevie Ray Vaughan guitar riff around that. Unless you’re going for that. Whatever is best for the song. What would you be doing if you weren’t a musician? I would probably be a private investigator. Like a spy or something. I always wanted to be a baseball player. I don’t think that is going to happen. But a private investigator could be really fun. Private eye or a rock star. Those are two pretty cool professions. So I half-joke about how we are “music therapists.” So if we weren’t music therapists and not musicians, then it would be fun to get my hands dirty more. To work also in the environmental field. Who is the therapy for? You call yourself a music therapist. Is the therapy for you, or is it for your listeners? For everybody. … It’s probably a selfish thing in the beginning. It made us feel good. It feels good to play music. It’s a cheap way to get your kicks. It’s kind of how we started because it’s a nice outlet. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com Boulder Weekly

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ired of weird ON THE BILL: Boulder spring Chamber Orchestra plays at weather? 7:30 p.m. on Friday, May 10, Bahmann at the First Congregational Church in Boulder, and at Saless is doing some7:30 p.m. on Saturday, May thing about it. 11, at the Broomfield The conductor of Auditorium. Tickets for either show are $25. Visit http://bit. the Boulder Chamber ly/BCOMay for more Orchestra (BCO) has information. programmed Beethoven’s Third Symphony and Fifth Piano Concerto, two popular avatars of the composer’s heroic style, for its upcoming concert (7:30 p.m. Friday, May 10, at First Congregational Church in Boulder, Saturday, May 11, in Broomfield Pianist Hsing-Ay Hsu Auditorium). joins the Boulder “Both of them are Chamber Orchestra for a pair of Beethovenhopefully going to themed concerts. energize us for a fantastic, sunny spring!” he says, full of the optimistic energy that has made the BCO a valued part of Boulder’s classical music scene. The symphony and concerto are featured on a program that also includes Beethoven’s composer’s ability to manipulate his lisoverture to the ballet The Creatures of teners’ emotions, recalling a story told Prometheus. The soloist for the concerto by one of Beethoven’s students, Carl will be pianist Hsing-Ay Hsu, the Czerny. Beethoven’s piano improvisadirector of the University of Colorado’s tions, in the salons and homes of his Pendulum New Music Ensemble. patrons, were “most brilliant and strikSaless says the all-Beethoven proing,” Czerny wrote. “He knew how to gram is “the perfect end to a fantastic produce such an effect upon every hearseason. Beethoven pretty much coner that many would break out into loud quered every island in the musical hissobs.” But Beethoven often followed his tory globe.” In fact, Saless adds, “he was most moving improvisations with raunot only dominant in the music world. cous laughter, telling his listeners they I read somewhere that he was the most were fools for allowing their feelings to well-known person on earth during his be so easily controlled. time.” If Beethoven was the most famous Saless identifies two reasons for person on earth, there was at the time Beethoven’s dominance during his lifeanother figure of equal renown: time and over generations of composers Napoleon, who dominated European after him. The first is sheer creativity: political life as completely as Beethoven “He had the ability to completely overdominated music. It is one of the fascihaul the concept of composition and nating coincidences of history that music within a few years of his life, like Napoleon’s reign as emperor (1804–15) coincides almost exactly with nobody else ever could.” Beethoven’s “middle period” (1805–15) And second, “Beethoven could and what is known as his heroic style. touch our human heart. Nobody ever That heroic style was launched with came close to actually making us feel all the Third Symphony, which is called the things that he felt: sadness, happithe heroic, or “Eroica” symphony. It is a ness, craziness, all of that, and the contrast in these feelings came together as genuinely revolutionary work that was a unified piece of music, which is absooriginally dedicated to Napoleon — lutely incredible.” until he declared himself emperor and Saless is particularly struck by the Beethoven famously ripped up the ded-

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ication. The “Eroica” was a turning point in music history as an enormous expansion of the symphony. It was longer, more intense and more dramatic than earlier symphonies. “The grandeur of every single movement and how different they are is amazing,” Saless says. “You’ve got the heroic first movement; then you’ve got the funeral march. The third movement is rarely talked about, but it is wholly revolutionary with the concept of making you uncomfortable by being unpredictable rhythmically. That is all over the symphony, with the off-beat accents on the second and the third beats. It’s an unsettling yet very satisfying revolution.” The Fifth Piano Concerto has its own tie to Napoleon. It is known as the “Emperor” Concerto, although Beethoven himself did not give that name. French troops were occupying Vienna at the time of the premiere, and a French officer is supposed to have shouted “Vive l’empereur” (long live the emperor) at the performance. “The concerto is pretty much a piano concerto version of the Third Symphony,” Saless says. “First of all, it’s in the same key; second of all, it’s got the very same heroic feel and momentum. And it was again one of the these grand pieces with three completely varying movements.” The concerto marks Saless’ first collaboration with Hsu, who, in addition to leading the new music ensemble at CU, performs widely as a piano soloist and chamber musician. “She’s brilliant,” he says. “She’s got amazing grace and ridiculous power, which makes her perfect for doing these Beethoven concertos.” But can Beethoven really banish bad weather? In truth, Saless seems less than certain about the weather. But about the music he has no doubts. “It’s a dream come true for any orchestra and any conductor to get to do these pieces,” he says, “because there’s just nothing better.” Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com

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Sam Gregory and Chris Kendall

fter the rather lackluster The Other Place, the usually metronomically reliable Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company (BETC) comes back strong with Bach at Leipzig. If you enjoyed the movie Amadeus — and if you haven’t seen that film I can’t recommend it enough — you’ll revel in this jaunty, cheeky, fictionalized look at the cutthroat competition to assume one of the highest posts in the rarified world of music in Germany circa 1722. With Bach at Leipzig, BETC extends its mostly unbroken track record of choosing highly entertaining plays to produce. As selecting top-end source material is the first step toward creating a laudable theatrical experience, BETC is to be commended for zeroing in on this particular play by Itamar Moses. A prolific playwright, Moses’ talent is also evident from his work as an executive story editor on HBO’s Boardwalk Empire. As fine a job as Moses did writing this play, it takes a masterful director to translate words on a page to success on the stage. BETC co-founder Stephen Weitz may be displaying his best directing work yet with Bach at Leipzig. From his choice of a simple, static set that supports the actors without ever supplanting them to his pitch-perfect casting to the pacing and blocking, Weitz gets absolutely everything right. After Johann Kuhnau, the reigning king of the musical scene in Leipzig, passes away, the greatest musicians in Germany descend upon the city in hopes of taking over his post. Johann Fasch (Sam Gregory) seems a frontrunner from the outset. Once the favorite pupil of the deceased master, Fasch is a progressive thinker who questions the heretofore unquestionable

language throughout Bach at Leipzig is one of its greatest pleasures. More than a few laughs come from miscommunication and purposeful misunderstanding. As the competition escalates, the various Johanns and Georgs prove that they are not above blackmail, bribery, thievery, deception and kidnapping to attain their goal. At times it’s like Survivor: Leipzig as allegiances are formed and just as quickly dissolved. Surprise contenders appear, plots are hatched and crosses are doubled. Amazingly, amidst all this hilarious connivance the play also manages some moments of sincere philosophizing. While every actor turns in a commendable performance, three deserve special note. I’ve come to expect excellence from Sam Gregory every time I watch him perform, and he does not disappoint as Fasch. I guarantee he’ll have you laughing out loud. Jim Hunt, who I last saw in a much more serious role, shines as the foppish, foolish Kaufmann. And Michael Bouchard nearly steals the show from Gregory with his ever-scheming Lenck. Bach at Leipzig is a comic concerto. It’s a fleetfooted, pitch-perfect entertainment of which BETC should be exceedingly proud. Unless you hate all things musical, theatrical or German, you will thank yourself for taking in a performance during its short run. If you do, be sure not to tarry coming back from intermission. The beginning of the second act is possibly the single best part of the play. On a related note, you’ll want to arrive early for Bach at Leipzig to ensure you can find two seats together. If BETC continues to enjoy the level of success it has been, I think it’s going to need to convince the Dairy Center to move it into a larger theater. Things are getting a bit too cramped in the Carsen. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com

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SAID AN AUDIENCE MEMBER AT ONE OF THE COMEDIAN’S SHOWS, “I WANT TO LICK HER BRAIN.” A PORTION OF THE PROCEEDS WILL BENEFIT BOULDER VALLEY WOMEN’S HEALTH. THURSDAY, MAY 9, 8 P.M. BOULDER THEATER, 2032 14TH ST., BOULDER, 303-786-7030.

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sex.Now!: Confessions of a Sexual Deviant is Winnie Wenglewick’s one-woman show about her sexual misadventures.

music Commencement Honors Recital. 1 p.m. Imig Music Building, 1020 18th St., Boulder, 303-492-8008. David and Enion Tiller. 5:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303-485-9400. The Dexter Payne Quartet. 7:30 p.m. Caffè Sole, 637R S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-499-2985. The Egg & Sophie Barker. 9 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-3399. George Nelson Band. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 N. Park Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757. Jazz Nicholson. 6:30 p.m. St Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720406-9696. Kinesix. 8:30 p.m. Shine, 2027 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-0120. Lunar Light Parade & Josh McWilliams. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628. Mark Rayburn. 10 p.m. Pioneer Inn, 15 E. First St., Nederland, 303-2587733.

theater

Thursday, May 9

Bach at Leipzig — Presented by Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company. Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. Through May 18.

Church Basement Ladies — Boulder’s Dinner Theatre, 5501 Arapahoe Ave., 303-449-6000. Through May 12. The Color Purple — Aurora Fox Arts Center, 9900 E. Colfax Ave., Aurora, 303739-1970. Through May 12. The Doyle and Debbie Show — At the Galleria Theatre. Denver Performing Arts Complex, 14th and Curtis streets, Denver, 303-468-2030. Through July 14. The Fantastics — Presented by Coal

Creek Theatre of Lousiville. Louisville Center for the Arts, 801 Grant St., 303665-0955. Through May 11.

Shattered Ground — Documentary presented by Erie Rising. 6:30 p.m. Erie Community Center, 450 Powers St., Erie, www.erierising.com.

Friday, May 10 music

Theatre, 717 Lipan St., Denver, 720-9461388. Through May 11.

Fiddler On The Roof — Presented by Jesters Dinner Theatre. 224 Main St., Longmont, 303-468-2030. Through July 14.

Sense & Sensibility the Musical — Presented by Denver Center Theatre Company. Denver Performing Arts Complex, 14th and Curtis streets, Denver, 303-468-2030. Through May 26.

Glengarry Glen Ross. Mary Miller Theater, 300 E. Simpson St., Lafayette, 720-209-2154. Through May 18.

sex.Now! — Dangerous Theatre Company, 2620 W. 2nd Ave., Unit 1, Denver, 720-233-4703. Through June 8.

God of Carnage. Curious Theatre, 1080 Acoma St., Denver, 303-623-0524. Through June 8.

The Shadow Box. The Edge Theatre, 1560 Teller St., Lakewood, 303-232-0363. Through May 19.

Guys and Dolls — Candlelight Dinner Playhouse, 4747 Market Place Drive, Johnstown, 970-744-3747. Through June 16.

Tigers Be Still — Presented by Firehouse Theatre Company. John Hand Theatre, 7653 E. 1st Place, Denver, 303-5623232. Through May 11.

A Knight to Remember. Buntport

Open Mic. 7 p.m. The Dickens Tavern, 300 Main St., Longmont, 303-834-9384.

Terablue Band. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel and Suites, 800 28th St., Boulder, 303-443-3322.

Business Research 101. 7 p.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.

Open Mic. 9 p.m. Waterloo, 809 S. Main St., Louisville, 303-993-2094.

Zac Brown Band. 7 p.m. Red Rocks Amphitheatre, 18300 W. Alameda Pkwy., Morrison, 720-865-2494.

The Great Indian Novel. 4:30 p.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.

Smack Thompson. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922.

events

Katie Goodman: I Didn't F*ck It Up. 8 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030.

Spare Parts feat. Ruth Darling-Goldberg and Dave Merritt. 7:30 p.m. Swallow Hill Music Cafe, 71 E. Yale Ave., Denver, 303-777-1003.

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Boulder Portrait Photographers. 6 p.m. Boulder Digital Arts, 1600 Range St., Boulder, 303-875-0276. Boulder Salsa Social. 6:30 p.m. The Avalon, 6185 Arapahoe Road, Boulder, 303-668-7355.

Lego Club. 4 p.m. Boulder Public Library George Reynolds Branch, 3595 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, 303-441-3120.

The Black Angels — With Hanni El Khatib & Wall of Death. 9 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303786-7030. Blue Krew. 9:30 p.m. Waterloo, 809 S. Main St., Louisville, 303-993-2094. Blue Mountain Ranchhands. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685. The Boulder Blues Trio — KGNU Live Broadcast. 7:30 p.m. Caffè Sole, 637R S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-499-2985. Boulder Chamber Orchestra. 7:30 p.m. First Congregational Church, 1128 Pine St., Boulder, 303-583-1278. Ecstatic “Egyptian” Trance Dance Party. 7 p.m. Adi Shakti Sanctuary, 6717 Valmont Road, Boulder, 720-252-3962.

Ellis Paul with David Berkeley. 7 p.m. Swallow Hill Tuft Theatre. 71 E. Yale Ave., Denver, 303-777-1003. Fox Street Allstars. 10 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303449-1922.

Funkiphino. 8 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 303-834-9384. ISOVEE and Cold River City. 9 p.m. Shine, 2027 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-0120. Jakarta. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 N. Park Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757. James And The Devil. 9 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 see EVENTS Page 40

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Springtime

Our Global Village, an exhibition of multicultural art, opens at the Dairy Center for the Arts on Friday, May 10.

42nd Annual Jefferson Foundation High School Art Exhibit. Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada, 720898-7255. Through May 12. American Visionaries — Works by Dorothea Lange and Maynard Dixon. Longmont Musuem & Cultural Center, 400 Quail Road, Longmont, 303-651-8374. Through May 26. BEER! Boulder’s History on Tap. Boulder History Museum, 1206 Euclid Ave., Boulder, 303-449-3464. Through Oct. 27. Black Maps — Solo show by David Maisel. CU Art Museum, 1085 18th St., Boulder, 303-492-8300. Through May 11. Dance Rehearsal: Karen Kilimnik’s World of Ballet and Theatre — Solo show by Karen Kilimnik. Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, 1485 Delgany St., Denver, 303-298-7554. Through June 23. The Denver Salon: Then and Now — Fine art photography. Byers-Evans House Gallery, 1310 Bannock St., Denver, 303-620-9433. Through May 31. Edgar Degas: The Private Impressionist — Works on paper by the artist and his circle. Foothills Art Center, 809 15th St., Golden, 303-279-3922. Through June 30. Exempla — by Brian Knep. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Pkwy., Denver, 720-865-5000. Through May 19.

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Hazel Barnes and the Existential Challenge in the 21st Century. Norlin Library second floor, CU campus, Boulder, ucblibraries.colorado.edu. Through June 2014.

Herbert Bayer 1900 to 1928: The Bauhaus and Pre-Bauhaus Years. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Pkwy., Denver, 720-865-5000. Through July 14. Margaret Donhol. NCAR Visitor Center, 1850 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, 303-497-1000. Through May 31. A Moment in Time: Here. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Pkwy., Denver, 720-865-5000. Through July 21. Museum of Broken Relationships. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-2122. Through May 26. Our Global Village — Multiculural art. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303440-7826. Through June 14. Patrick Kikut: Western Road Movie — BMoCA at Macky. Macky Auditorium, 285 University Ave., 303-492-8423. Primal Seen — Selections from the CU photography collection. CU Art Museum, 1085 18th St., Boulder, 303-492-8300. Through June 22. This is Not a Test: The Atomic Art of Doug Waterfield. Rocky Flats Cold War Museum, 5612 Yukon St., Arvada, 720-287-1717. Through Sept. 8. Rocky Mountain Majesty — The paintings of Charles Partridge Adams. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Pkwy., Denver, 720-865-5000. Through July 21. Unmasked: The Language of Cultural Identity — Various artists. WESTend at The Muse Gallery, 356 Main St., Longmont, 303-678-7869. Through June 29.

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Kristina Murray & Jamie Davis — With Flies with Buffalo. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.

Saturday, May 11

The Living Wills — With The Journey Girls & Banned in Japan. 5:30 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683.

Bill and John McKay. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Tasty Weasel Tap Room, 1800 Pike Road, Unit B, Longmont, 303-776-1914.

The Outliers. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303-4859400.

Built To Spill. 9 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-3399.

Potcheen. 10 p.m. Pioneer Inn, 15 E. First St., Nederland, 303-258-7733. Ronnie Shellist Blues. 8 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel and Suites, 800 28th St., Boulder, 303-443-3322. Rose Red Elk - Red Feather Woman. 8 p.m. Swallow Hill Tuft Theatre, 71 E. Yale Ave., Denver, 303-777-1003. Selasee & the FaFa Family. 7 p.m. St Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696.

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Boulder’s Integrative and Creative Music Art, and Yoga Summer Camp Ages 6 - 13

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Be, Beautiful, Body with Lori Roop. 5:30 p.m. Center for Integrative Botanical Studies. Registration required. www.integrativebotanical.com, 877-202-9329. Boulder Filmmaking Incubator. 6 p.m. Boulder Digital Arts, 1600 Range St., Boulder, 303-875-0276. Dancin Divas — Social dancing. 7 p.m. The Avalon, 6185 Arapahoe Road, Boulder, 303-931-5654. Law Enforcement Torch Run — To benefit Special Olympics Colorado. 9:30 a.m. 30th Street and Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3333. Peaceful Revolution — Anti-fracking yoga practice. 10 a.m. Boulder County Courthouse, Pearl and 15th

music

Dechen Hawk & A Murder of Prose. 7 p.m. St Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696. Global Soul House Party. 6 p.m. SouLove Landing, 763 10th St., Boulder, 916-873-4856. Jake Leg Shakers. 9:30 p.m. Waterloo, 809 S. Main St., Louisville, 303-993-2094. Mojomama. 8 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel and Suites, 800 28th St., Boulder, 303-443-3322. The Music Tree of the Lomax Archives — Explore the creative process of working with field recordings from the Alan Lomax archives. 10 a.m. Chautauqua Auditorium, 900 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-4423282. Musician Classes. 2 p.m. Chautauqua Auditorium, 900 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-442-3282. New Family Dog. 10 p.m. Pioneer Inn, 15 E. First St., Nederland, 303-258-7733. Rebel Tongue. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303-485-9400. Rene Heredia’s Flamenco Fantasy Theatre Dance Concert. 8 p.m. Swallow Hill Daniels Hall, 71 E. Yale Ave., Denver, 303-777-1003.

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events Souper Jam. 10 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922. The Stone Guitar Recital — With The Guests w/ Snore, The Dead Guns, Blues Guitar and Wannabes. 1 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303463-6683. Taarka. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685. Tom Weiser’s Cookiehead’s Playground. 7:30 p.m. Caffè Sole, 637R S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-4992985.

Herbs for Pets with Teresa Koby. 5:30 p.m. Center for Integrative Botanical Studies. Registration required. www.integrativebotanical.com, 877-202-9329. Images of Nature Digital Photo Hike — Join volunteer naturalists on a guided photography walk and learn how to capture the best of the outdoors on camera. 9:30 a.m. Walden Ponds Wildlife Habitat Area, Boulder, 303-678-6214.

Electric Blues Jam. 7:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303-485-9400. Left Coast Country. 10 p.m. Southern Sun Pub, 627 S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-543-0886. Open Mic Night. 6:30 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683.

events Boulder Folders — Learn Origami. 6:30 p.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.

Mindful Movement. 7:30 p.m. Shine, 2027 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-0120. Women of the West Saturday Group. 10 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.

“So, You’re a Poet,” presents an open poetry reading. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.

Wild Asparagus Ball — Ballroom Dance. 8 p.m. The Avalon, 6185 Arapahoe Road, Boulder, 970-566-3298.

Tango Connection Classes. 6:30 p.m. The Avalon, 6185 Arapahoe Road, Boulder, 303-938-0716.

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Tuesday, May 14

music

Acoustic Jam — Followed by traditional Irish session. 3 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922.

Bill McKay. 6:30 p.m. St Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696.

Bluegrass Pick. 12 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303-485-9400. Blues Jam — With Heavy Cats. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel and Suites, 800 28th St., Boulder, 303443-3322. David Booker Trio — Mother’s Day Jazz & Blues Brunch. 10 a.m. Nissi’s, 2675 N. Park Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757. David Booker solo. 6 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303-485-9400. Ginger Roots trio. 6 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685. Left Coast Country. 10 p.m. Vine Street Pub, 1700 Vine St., Denver, 303-388-2337. Los Bohemios — Music Train Family Concert Series. 4 p.m. Swallow Hill Daniels Hall, 71 E. Yale Ave., Denver, 303-777-1003. Mello Cello Sundays with Sam Rae. 7 p.m. Shine, 2027 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-0120. Selasee and the Fafa Family. 10 p.m. Mountain Sun Pub, 1535 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-546-0886. Women in Song. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.

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Male-Female Brain Studies & Harmony in Intimate Relationships. 7:30 p.m. Shine, 2027 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-0120.

Benefit Show — Featuring Technicolor Tone Factory, Koffi Togo Vibe & Lula Granji. 8 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-3399.

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Tea Dance — With live music. 2 p.m. The Avalon, 6185 Arapahoe Road, Boulder, 720-317-3946.

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Bluegrass Pick. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685. Craig Corona. 6 p.m. The Dickens Tavern, 300 Main St., Longmont, 303-834-9384. The Dillinger Escape Plan — With The Faceless & Royal Thunder. 8 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-3399. Exploring the Origins of Folk Music — Featuring Tim O'Brien, Jayme Stone & Friends. 7 p.m. Chautauqua Auditorium, 900 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-442-3282. Fairview High School Spring Choir Concerts. Fairview High School, 7 p.m. 1515 Greenbriar Blvd., 720-561-3100. High School Jazz Recital — With Tuesday Night Swing feat. The Stilettos. 5:30 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683. Gasoline Lollipops. 8:30 p.m. Waterloo, 809 S. Main St., Louisville, 303-993-2094. Open Mic — Hosted by Maus. 8 p.m. Pioneer Inn, 15 E. First St., Nederland, 303-258-7733. Open Stage. 8 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922. The Thurston Group — Hip-hop/jazz music. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-4404628. Trail Ridge school band. 7 p.m. Oskar Blues Home see EVENTS Page 42

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Mother’s Day Brunch Buffet. 10 a.m. The Hotel Boulderado, 2115 13th St., Boulder, 303-442-4344.

Storytelling for the Young at Heart: The Fairy Folk. 2 p.m. Caffè Sole, 637R S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-4992985.

Frequent Flyers Productions: There’s an App for That. 2 p.m. & 7 p.m. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826.

Listen to Your Mother. 7 p.m. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826.

Zac Brown Band. 7 p.m. Red Rocks Amphitheatre, 18300 W. Alameda Pkwy., Morrison, 720-865-2494.

Fly Fishing 201 — Free class. 9 a.m. Orvis, 629B S. Broadway, 303-554-0122.

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Fossils and Flowers — Join naturalists for a short, moderately strenuous hike to explore the Rocky Mountains. 9:30 a.m. Meeting location provided to registered participants, 303-678-6214.

Salsa Dancing. 8 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683.

Firewise Landscaping Forestry Workshop — Learn how to help protect your home from wildfires. 9 a.m. Nederland Community Center, 750 Highway 72, Nederland, 720-564-2641.

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‘Celebrating You’ — A Danyasa movement journey honoring the Mother. 7 p.m. Shine, 2027 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-0120.

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

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Boulder Ballet’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. 11 a.m. & 2 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030.

Something Underground. 8 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 303-834-9384.

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FREE LIVE PERFORMANCE

Horn player Ron Miles is one of the musicians involved with The Lomax Project.

ON OUR NEW IN-STORE STAGE Saturday, May 11th • 3-5pm

The Lomax Project, May 9 – May 15, Chautauqua Auditorium and various other locations, Boulder Way before the Internet was cool, legendary folklorist Alan Lomax dreamed of something called a “Global Jukebox” that would allow people from all over the world to share music. Starting this week, The Lomax Project will honor Lomax’s forward-thinking mentality by inviting musicians to re-imagine a selection from his 17,000 tape recordings of folk music that are now available online. “Lomax is someone that [musicians] look to, to learn songs and to learn about cultural heritage,” says Jayme Stone, a banjo player and the event’s creator. “So one of the focal points of this week is to use old music to revive our creative process in order to come with something new.” The week-long project will feature a series of workshops and lectures given by six artists including Tim O’Brien, Greg Garrison, Ron Miles and Margaret Glaspy, and will culminate in a concert to that showcases the Lomax-inspired songs developed over the week. Though the final concert is sold out, you can still register for other Lomax Project events at chautauqua.com. —Stephanie Riesco

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EVENTS from Page 42 Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303-485-9400.

events BIJA — Barefoot Improv Jam Association Freestyle Dance. 7:30 p.m. The Avalon, 6185 Arapahoe Road, Boulder, www.bijaboulder.com. Boulder World Affairs Discussion Group. 10 a.m. Boulder Public Library Meadows Branch, 4800 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-441-4390. Brown Bag Series: HVAC Equipment Upgrades. 12 p.m. REI Community Room, 1789 28th St., Boulder, meagan@bgbg.org. Stories From Life Opening Night Reception. 5 p.m. Mary Williams Fine Arts. 5311 Western Ave. Unit 112, Boulder, 303-938-1588. Tuesday Fiction Writers. 6:30 p.m. Boulder Public Library Meadows Branch, 4800 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-441-4390. Wildflowers of Boulder County Slide Program. 7 p.m. Boulder Public Library George Reynolds Branch, 3595 Table Mesa Dr., Boulder, 303-678-6214.

Wednesday, May 15 music Ash Ganley. 6:30 p.m. St Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696. The Big Blues Jam. 8 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683. Blues Jam. 10 p.m. Pioneer Inn, 15 E. First St., Nederland, 303-258-7733. The Boulder Blues Trio. 7:30 p.m. Caffè Sole, 637R S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-499-2985. Delta Sonics Blues Jam. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 N. Park Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757. Fairview High School Spring Choir Concerts. 7 p.m. Fairview High School, 1515 Greenbriar Blvd., 720-561-3100.

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The Lomax Project — Featuring Tim O’Brien, Jayme Stone & Friends. 7:30 p.m. Chautauqua Auditorium, 900 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-442-328. Open Bluegrass Pick — All Welcome. 8:30 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-4491922. Pete Kartounes — With Muncie. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628. Raising Appalachia. 8 p.m. Shine, 2027 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-0120. Sharon & Grant Country Duo. 6 p.m. The Dickens Tavern, 300 Main St., Longmont, 303-834-9384. Tribute to Bob Dylan. 7 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685.

events Aroma-Herbalism for Beautiful Skin and Graceful Aging with Mindy Green. Center for Integrative Botanical Studies. Registration required. www. integrativebotanical.com, 877-202-9329. Dishcrawl — Pub crawl for foodies. 7 p.m. Locations to be announced later, http://dishcrawl.com/summer. Great Books Discussion Group. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Public Library Meadows Branch, 4800 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-441-4390. Ignite Boulder 21. 7 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030. Socrates Cafe at Meadows. 2 p.m. Boulder Public Library Meadows Branch, 4800 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-441-4390. Tyee Cellars Wine Dinner. 6 p.m. The Greenbriar Inn, 8735 N. Foothills Highway, Boulder, 303-440-7979. Wednesday Waltz Etcetera — Ballroom Dance. 8 p.m. The Avalon, 6185 Arapahoe Road, Boulder, 720317-3946.

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Urban Waite will sign copies of The Carrion Birds at the Tattered Cover on Colfax on Monday, May 13.

Peking to Paris — by Dina Bennett. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-2074.

Saturday, May 11

The Tooth Tattoo — by Peter Lovesey. 7 p.m. Tattered Cover Book Store, 2526 E. Colfax Ave, Denver, 303-436-1070.

Sara Falk-Mann. 2 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore and Cafe, 1203 13th St., Boulder, 303-579-1644.

Friday, May 10

Sofia Laguna. 2 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore and Cafe, 1203 13th St., Boulder, 303-5791644.

After Visiting Friends: A Son’s Story — by Michael Hainey. 7:30 p.m. Tattered Cover Book Store, 2526 E. Colfax Ave, Denver, 303-436-1070.

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events The Carrion Birds — by Urban Waite. 7:30 p.m. Tattered Cover Book Store, 2526 E. Colfax Ave, Denver, 303-4361070. So, You’re a Poet? — an open reading. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat Coffee House, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628. Tuesday, May 14 Living Poets Society Poetry Bookclub Meeting —Discussing Don’t Explain by Betsy Sholl. 7 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-2074. Open Poetry Reading. 7 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore and Cafe, 1203 13th St., Boulder,

303-579-1644. The Cool Impossible — by Eric Orton. 7:30 p.m. Tattered Cover Book Store, 1628 16th St., Denver, 303-436-1070. Wednesday, May 15 Edwidge Danticat on Film. 7 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore and Cafe, 1203 13th St., Boulder, 303-579-1644. The Emerald Mile — by Kevin Fedarko. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-2074. Mending the Moon — by Susan Palwick. 7:30 p.m. Tattered Cover Book Store, 1628 16th St., Denver, 303-436-1070.

Paint Day. 10 a.m. WOW! Children’s Museum, 110 N. Harrison Ave., Lafayette, 303-604-2424. Thursday Storytime. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100. Toddler Time. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.

Friday, May 10 Friday Storytime. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100. Get Growing! 10:30 a.m. WOW! Children’s Museum, 110 N. Harrison Ave., Lafayette, 303-604-2424. Stamp Day. 10 a.m. WOW! Children’s Museum, 110 N. Harrison Ave., Lafayette, 303-604-2424.

Saturday, May 11 The Best of Mary Sue and Cari. 11 a.m. & 3 p.m. Boulder Public Library Meadows Branch, 4800 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-441-4390 & Boulder Public Library George Reynolds Branch, 3595 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, 303-441-3120. Saturday Storytime. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.

Sunday, May 12 Baby Boogie, Bring your kids into dance! 2 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683. Bach 4 Kids. 2 p.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.

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Tuesday, May 14 Bilingual Spanish/English Storytime. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100. Clay Day. 10 a.m. WOW! Children’s Museum, 110 N. Harrison Ave., Lafayette, 303-604-2424. Lap Babies. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.

Storytime for Children. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Public Library George Reynolds Branch, 3595 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, 303-441-3120.

Toddler Hour. 9 a.m. WOW! Children’s Museum, 110 N. Harrison Ave., Lafayette, 303-604-2424. Zumbatomic for Kids. 4 p.m. The Avalon, 6185 Arapahoe Road, Boulder, 303-604-9098.

Wednesday, May 15 Cruisers & Crawlers. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.

French with Veronique. 10 a.m. WOW! Children’s Museum, 110 N. Harrison Ave., Lafayette, 303-604-2424. Stencil Day. 10 a.m. WOW! Children’s Museum, 110 N. Harrison Ave., Lafayette, 303-604-2424. Toddler Hour. 9 a.m. WOW! Children’s Museum, 110 N. Harrison Ave., Lafayette, 303-604-2424. Wednesday Storytime. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100 & Boulder Public Library Meadows Branch, 4800 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-441-4390.

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reel to reel 42 Jackie Robinson challenged prejudices when Branch Rickey signed him to the Brooklyn Dodgers. Rated PG-13. At Twin Peaks, Colony Square and Century.

Chez Artiste. — Denver Film Society Requiem for a Dream Harry and his best friend Tyrone are impoverished heroin addicts living in Coney Island, N.Y., while Harry’s girlfriend Marion is a fellow addict trying to distance herself from her wealthy father. Part of The Watching Hour series at SIE FilmCenter. — Denver Film Society

The Angels’ Share The latest film from legendary filmmaker Ken Loach and screenwriter Paul Lavery, The Angels’ Share is a bittersweet comedy about a young man from Glasgow with a criminal past who wants a way out. At SIE FilmCenter. — Denver Film Society At Any Price A firm believer in the big-agribusiness mantra “Expand or Die,” ambitious Henry Whipple wants his rebellious son Dean to help expand his family’s farming empire. However, Dean has his sights set on becoming a professional race car driver. At Mayan. — Landmark Theatres Antiviral Syd March is an employee at a clinic that sells injections of live viruses harvested from sick celebrities to obsessed fans. Biological communion — for a price. At SIE FilmCenter. — Denver Film Society The Big Wedding This wedding comedy will surely provide plenty of family antics and an excuse to see Robert De Niro, Diane Keaton, Robin Williams and Susan Sarandon in a movie together. Rated R. At Twin Peaks, Century and Colony Square. Birth Story: Ina May Gaskin & The Farm Midwives Birth Story captures a spirited group of women who taught themselves how to deliver babies on a 1970s hippie commune, rescued midwifery from extinction and changed the way a generation thought about childbirth. At SIE FilmCenter. — Denver Film Society My Brother the Devil A young man from a traditional Arab family runs with a gang that rules the streets of Hackney, one of London’s most ethnically mixed and historically volatile neighborhoods. At Mayan. –– Landmark Theatres The Company You Keep The world of Jim Grant, a public interest lawyer raising his daughter in the tranquil suburbs of Albany, N.Y., is turned upside down when a brash young reporter exposes his past as a 1970s antiwar radical wanted for murder. At Esquire and Century. — Landmark Theatres The Croods 3D A caveman family road-trips to a colorful world in this Flintstones-meets-Avatar animated kids movie. Rated PG. At Colony Square, Twin Peaks and Century. Disconnect Jason Bateman and Hope Davis team up in this tale about the destructive power of the Internet. Rated R. At Century. Friday the 13th A group of teenagers has a sleepover at a remote summer camp, but the mysterious “Jason” keeps knocking them off — one gory slice-and-dice at a time. At Esquire. –– Landmark Theatres The Gatekeepers The surviving former heads of Shin Bet, the Israeli security agency, give interviews for this documentary. At Boedecker. — Boedecker Theater GI Joe: Retaliation 3D With COBRA on the brink of world domination, it’s up to the GIs to do some stunts, blow stuff up and save the day. Rated PG-13. At Colony Square. Boulder Weekly

The Room The Room is an electrifying cult black comedy about love, passion, betrayal and lies, if you believe writer/director/star Tommy Wiseau’s version. At Esquire. — Landmark Theatres

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Moviegoers are sure to jump from their seats as Leonardo’s eyebrows leap from the screen in 3D.

The Great Gatsby 3D Set in New York during the roaring ‘20s, Nick Carraway is thrust into Jay Gatsby’s world of lavish parties and wealth. But as the writer pieces together the truth about his neighbor’s unrequited love, Carraway’s vision of the American Dream begins to crumble. Rated PG-13. At Colony Square, Twin Peaks and Century. In the House 16-year-old Claude insinuates himself into the house of fellow high school student Rapha, writing about his family in essays that perversely blur the lines between reality and fiction. The boy’s intrusion sparks a series of uncontrollable events. At Chez Artiste. — Landmark Theatres Iron Man 3 3D When his enemy leaves Tony Stark’s personal life in shambles, he must suit up once again as Iron Man. Rated PG-13. At Twin Peaks, Century and Colony Square. It’s a Disaster What starts as an impromptu therapy session/ airing of domestic grievances for eight friends takes a sudden, catastrophic turn when the city falls victim to a mysterious attack. At SIE FilmCenter. — Denver Film Society Jurassic Park 3D What could make the velociraptor kitchen scene even more heart-stopping? 3-D, apparently! Rated PG-13. At Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks. Leviathan Set aboard a hulking fishing vessel as it navigates the treacherous waves off the New England coast, the film captures the harsh, unforgiving world of the fishermen in starkly haunting yet beautiful detail. At SIE FilmCenter and Boedecker. — Denver Film Society Lore Left to fend for themselves after their parents are interred by the victorious Allies at the end of World War II, five German children undertake a harrowing journey. At Boedecker. — Boedecker Theater Louise Wimmer A middle-aged woman rushes through her chambermaid duties and confronts her manager about more hours. Then it’s on to her cramped car, which also functions as her bedroom and the only place she can call her own. The next day, the

routine begins again. Part of J’adore Cine Club at SIE FilmCenter. — Denver Film Society Mud When two boys discover a man hiding out on an island in the Mississippi River, their lives and those of everyone in their small town are changed forever. Rated PG 13. At Century. Oblivion Tom Cruise and Morgan Freeman star in this visually amazing film. As for plot, Cruise battles to save the entire planet Earth, of course, in some far-off future time. Rated PG. At Twin Peaks, Century and Colony Square. Oz the Great and Powerful 3D We know all about Dorothy and have heard the Wicked Witch’s take. Now it’s the Wizard of Oz’s turn. Rated PG. At Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks. Pain & Gain Mark Wahlberg and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson star in this action comedy flick about bodybuilders who have more brawn than brains when it comes to crime. Rated R. At Twin Peaks, Century and Colony Square. The Place beyond the Pines A cop squares off against a man who committed a crime to support his child. Both of their lives will be changed forever. Rated R. At Mayan, Century and Colony Square. The Raw Natural This film explores how organic, raw, living foods and superfoods are giving professional athletes the edge they require to heal and recover fast, stay healthy and fit and reach new performance heights. Part of DocNight series at SIE FilmCenter. — Denver Film Society The Reluctant Fundamentalist A Pakistani man named Changez tells an American journalist about his experiences in the U.S. Roll back 10 years, and we find Changez fresh from Princeton, seeking fortune on Wall Street. At Esquire. — Landmark Theatres Renoir Set on the French Riviera in the summer of 1915, Gilles Bourdos’ lushly atmospheric drama Renoir tells the story of celebrated Impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir, in declining health, and his middle son Jean, who returns home after being wounded in World War I. At

Royal Opera House’s Nabucco Plácido Domingo, one of the most celebrated talents of our time, makes a major role debut as Nabucco. A genre-defining masterwork containing some of the greatest choral music ever written. At Boedecker. — Boedecker Theater The Sapphires Inspired by a true story, this film follows four talented Australian Aboriginal girls from a remote mission as their all-girl group The Sapphires entertains the U.S. troops in Vietnam in 1968. At Century and Chez Artiste. — Landmark Theatres Scary Movie V In this latest installment of the Scary Movie franchise, we get to see Charlie Sheen, Lindsay Lohan and Snoop Lion in their natural habitat. Now that’s scary. Rated PG-13. At Twin Peaks.

Something in the Air It’s 1971, and in the wake of the revolutionary fervor of May 1968 a group of youthful Paris radicals are trying to live their ideals, contributing to the revolution they believe is just beginning. At Mayan. — Landmark Theatres Starbuck The French Canadian comedy Starbuck stars Patrick Huard as David Wosniak, a habitual sperm donor who discovers that he’s the biological father of 533 children. At Chez Artiste. –– Landmark Theatres The Story of Film: An Odyssey — Parts 9 & 10 Part 9 is the story of the maturing of American cinema in the late ’60s and ’70s. Part 10 is the story of the movies that tried to change the world in the 70s. At Boedecker. — Boedecker Theater Swing Time Considered by most to be the best dance-musical of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rodgers, Swing Time features four dance routines that are each regarded as masterpieces of their particular styles. Part of Classics series at Boedecker. — Boedecker Theater To the Wonder Parisian single mother Marina and Midwestern tourist Neil fall madly in love in France and relocate to Oklahoma with Marina’s young daughter to start a life together. Rated R. At SIE FilmCenter. — Landmark Theatres War Witch Komona, a 14-year-old girl in sub-Saharan Africa, tells her unborn child the story of when she was kidnapped by rebels. When she discovers a valuable intuition about the presence of the enemy, she is elevated as a witch and favored by the rebel leader. At Boedecker. — Boedecker Theater Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? Richard Burton and Oscar-winner Elizabeth Taylor play a New England couple whose marriage hangs by a thin thread of self-deception, vicious verbal jousting and embittered mutual need. Part of Breaking the Fourth Wall series at SIE FilmCenter. — Denver Film Society May 9, 2013 45

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lthough traditionally necessary for filmmaking, the original Iron Man was rumored not to have had much of a real script, just an outline of key moments and the note “fill in gaps with Robert Downey Jr.’s swag.” Much to the chagrin of the Writers Guild of America, it worked. But writers’ karma is a harsh mistress, and Iron Man 2’s attempt to “wing it” soared like a penguin. Enter writer/director Shane Black, known for pulpy, quick dialogue, tons of complex action sequences and copious F-bombs; two out of three of those traits are enough to make Iron Man 3 the best of shell-head’s series. Co-screenwriter Drew Pearce and Black have done the unthinkable; they created a character-based superhero movie that isn’t about the superhero not wanting to be a superhero. Gasp! Instead, this is an exploration of vainglorious personal identity, with Tony Stark (Downey Jr.) reconciling feuding public personas. The central question is whether genius Stark is synonymous with Iron Man or somehow seen as materially separate, more like Iron Man’s mechanic. It is a unique thematic consideration mirroring universal doubts, including “Do I own my stuff or does my stuff own me?” or “Does everyone see me as I see myself?” The plot contains a whopper of a twist that fundamentally alters the nowtraditional sequel format; so it’s a super spoiler. But here’s what you can know: After The Avengers, Stark is having panic attacks, relieved only by building suit after new suit. When a shadowy figure from his past, Aldrich Killian (Guy Pearce) tries to get money from Stark Industries, run by his gal Pepper Potts (Gwyneth Paltrow), things get

ugly. While this is going on, The Mandarin (Ben Kingsley) claims responsibility for a series of global bombings, one of which hurts Stark’s buddy Happy Hogan ( Jon Favreau), drawing him into the conflict. Even with armored ally Iron Patriot (Don Cheadle), Stark is facing tall odds, considering the legion of indestructible enhanced humans he’s also facing. The wicked action set-pieces are deliciously chaotic, with Black and Pearce figuring out a way to up the carnage within PG-13 bounds: have remote controlled suits face bad guys who can’t die. The star here (beyond Downey) is the script, which calls a time out halfway through to let Stark buddy up with an adolescent boy (Ty Simpkins) for 45 minutes, which shouldn’t work but totally does. Why? Because it helps rekindle Stark’s character-defining, vain sense of humor and plays off of an inversion of superhero sequel tropes: Stark isn’t considering quitting Iron Man. He can only maintain calm inside the armor. Promos have been grim; the movie is not. It’s frequently hilarious and constantly obsessed with deconstructing tired clichés. For example, without revealing anything, Pepper’s role in the final act is Black’s huge “eff you” to the traditional behaviors of cinematic superhero girlfriends. Finally! Iron Man 3 isn’t angling for a Best Picture nod like The Dark Knight series. It just wants to be a comic book movie with brains. And it is. Basically, putting Black on Iron Man put Iron Man back in the black. — This review first appeared in The Reader of Omaha, Neb. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com

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The gut as a second brain

Boulder naturopaths say food allergies can cause depression

by Abby Faires

Lisa Ganora, director of the Colorado School of Clinical Herbalism, teaches a class on food allergies.

e know that certain foods can affect the way we feel. But what about the way food makes us think? An increasing number of studies have shown that allergies, food sensitivities and intolerances are linked to mental health and, more specifically, to depression. Boulder naturopathic physicians and herbalists ride on the forefront of this food-depression frontier, yet they caution that food allergies and sensitivities aren’t a be-all, end-all solution. “I think there is definitely a link

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between food allergies and depression,” says Maile Green, a nurse and licensed acupuncturist. “That is not to say that there aren’t other factors, that depression isn’t from other things. But I think that frequently, food allergies play a role.” But it’s not just allergies that can have serious impacts on the brain. Harder to test for, and perhaps even harder to define, food intolerances and sensitivities can wreak just as much havoc as allergies. What’s the difference? Food allergies are often equated with extreme, anaphylactic responses. For example, when someone has a severe peanut

allergy, tissues in their body release histamine and other substances, which can cause airways to tighten. They often experience difficulty breathing and need immediate medical attention, as their entire immune system works to fight that harmful substance. Sensitivity or intolerance won’t cause such strong physical responses, but they still matter. “‘Food allergy’ means that the immune system is creating an immunological response to a food,” says Julieanne Neal, a naturopathic doctor. “Food sensitivity or intolerance may not have that immediate impact on the immune system, but it’s still a negative

response to food.” When a person has a food allergy, they often produce specific immunoglobulins, or antibodies, in response to the allergen. These antibodies will attach to the harmful substances so that the immune system can destroy them. Doctors can then test for specific antibodies to determine if someone has a food allergy or not. “Sensitivities or intolerances may not have that immune response,” Neal says. “So they aren’t measurable. You can’t always test for immunoglobulins see ALLERGIES Page 50

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moke gets in your food,” declared John, considered by many to be the dean of local food scribes. Indeed, our lunch courses at the recently opened FATE Brewing Company were adhering to a certain fire-seasoned theme. A rich aroma of smoke wafted off our chicken wing starter, and John’s soon-to-arrive pastrami Rueben promised to continue the smoky motif. Backing up a bit, FATE’s fate appears to be that of a new brews-and-bar-food hot spot. It’s located in a space many Boulderites remember as the erstwhile Arapahoe Avenue home of Jose Muldoon’s. Given this space’s sleek industrial design, accented by numerous microbrew taps, the kitschy boat that once stood outside this former quasi-Mexican joint would now be woefully out of place. At first glance, the menu appears firmly rooted in the bar food tradition. But closer assessment reveals envelopepushing twists on tavern fare exemplified by a BLT featuring cold-smoked salmon and a plate of ribs glazed with hoisin sauce. There’s a quartet of salads, including the comprehensive Farmer’s Market, a cornucopia of kale, arugula and other produce like asparagus, snap peas and roasted beets. Sandwiches range from a smoked portabella to a French Dip variant spotlighting smoked prime rib. Our personal smoked odyssey began with the $10 chicken wings. An accom-

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they could seek employment as a boat anchor after eating them. Not so with FATE’s $13 preparation, loaded up with fried chicken morsels spiked with Buffalo wing sauce. This isn’t to say the portion wasn’t generous, as I had the leftovers for dinner. Where the dish succeeded was in recognizing a point of diminishing returns when adding cheddar and bacon — there was just the right measure of each. The pasta also struck a proper balance between tangy hot sauce and cheesy creaminess. John’s $14 Rueben carried a hefty smoked pastrami payload. My dining companion attended college at Montreal’s McGill University, and he said this sandwich is similar to that city’s famed smoked meat. The beef was tender and nuanced in flavor, complementing the astringency of sauerkraut and pungent beer-laced Russian dressing. Gruyere classed things up, and substantial rye provided an ideally traditional foundation. FATE adroitly succeeds at crafting sophisticated twists on tavern standards. Yes, the prices are a touch higher than others, but our meal illustrated that this is money well spent. The overflowing lunch crowd seemingly supports this contention, and one suspects FATE’s expansive patio will soon become a popular summer destination. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com

Clay’s Obscurity Corner Early mac ’n’ cheese

A promising FATE for tavern food by Clay Fong panying side of coleslaw lacked any distinctive characteristics, and John deemed it “mediocre.” Regarding the wings, our server-in-training later explained that the heat of the smoking process drew out fat, making for less greasy poultry. His explanation, like the accompanying sauce, was superfluous, as the chicken spoke for itself. These wings were moist with thin, crisp skin and expertly applied smoke, making for a complex, earthy flavor that didn’t mask the taste of the bird. Simply put, these might be the best chicken wings I’ve ever had. Another starter, $6 fried pickles with Ranch dressing, was fine, spotlighting crisp cucumber, balanced brining and understated crunch. These arrived piping hot, and the only downside was they they were disadvantaged by having to follow the superlative wings. Many restaurant versions of mac and cheese are so heavy, one feels like

edieval European chefs cooked early macaroni and cheese dishes by mixing noodles with butter and cheese. These preparations resemble the first recipe for this comforting selection in an American cookbook, Mary Randolph’s The Virginia House-Wife, published in 1824. Randolph was a descendant of Pocahontas, and her book was one of the most influential 19th century cookbooks. Her brother, Thomas, was the son-in-law of one of the first Americans to purchase a pasta machine from Europe. Thomas’ father-inlaw also left behind sketches and notes regarding macaroni and its production. The father-in-law’s name? Thomas Jefferson.

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like with allergies.” don’t attribute it to what they’re eating. Neal and Green all agree that the They’re just feeling bad because it’s “gold standard” for food intolerances always there.” and sensitivities, therefore, is an elimiMore than 90 percent of the body’s nation/re-challenge, whereby patients serotonin is found in the gastrointestieliminate a specific food from their diet nal tract. Serotonin is a hormone and a for six weeks and then reintroduce that key player in the functioning of that food, in order to investigate the effects tract. It also regulates aggression, appeit has on their health — including to tite and mood. Lower levels of serosee if food is contributing to depression. tonin, caused by a damaged, inflamed “There can be a lot of problems or leaky gut, could seriously affect a with various tests,” says Lisa Ganora, person’s mood. director of the Ganora says courtesy of Boulder Natural Health Colorado School that she has seen of Clinical over and over Herbalism. “You again, in her stucan have false negdents and in the atives, false posiclinic at the tives, or the test Colorado School might be missing for Clinical certain types of Herbalism, that by antigens.” eliminating specific With eliminafood allergies or tion/re-challenge, intolerances, clients people “let all the and students see aggravation out of tremendous their system,” improvements in according to their mood. Ganora, and can For Ganora, keep a symptom there is no separachecklist to see tion between the what has or hasn’t mind and the body. “It’s all the improved. Maile Green same blood, the “In medicine, same neurotranswe love our tests mitters, same cytokines, the same moleand love being able to have an objeccules,” Ganora says. “People tend to tive test to say see, this is how it is,” forget that and think that depression is says Green. “But your health is someall in the mind — it’s all in their head. thing that you live with all the time. But there is no separation. If food is How much do you care about a test result when you feel bad when you eat causing an ongoing, low-grade, chronic inflammation in your body, it’s gonna something? It’s a common sense affect your mind, energy and spirit.” thing.” Green, Ganora and Neal all argue Food sensitivities act as a sort of that conventionally trained doctors constant, low-grade irritant, changing grow out of a tradition where emergenthe way the body absorbs what it has been fed. When it comes to food sensi- cies are priorities. But when a health problem doesn’t present an emergency, tivities, people learn to get by with this there isn’t an immediate need to solve sort of low-grade “ickyness,” Green the problem. says. But underneath the surface, the “When an allergy is anaphylactic, body is producing a constant inflammathere is a chance it could kill you,” tory reaction, similar to when a person Green says. “A food allergy isn’t so is sick with a cold or flu. bad.” “By the second day [of having a Green says that we are an incredibly cold or flu], you start feeling depressed varied species, and wellness isn’t a oneon top of being fevery and sniffly,” size-fits-all concept. It’s highly individGreen says. “That’s a reaction to ualized. inflammatory molecules that are run“Our bodies are designed to help us ning around in your body. Part of the figure out what’s good for them,” Green way that we react to them is that we says. “I think that naturopaths can be start feeling bad, and the point of that helpful allies in trying to sort things is to stay in bed and rest, and we don’t out, but there’s not really one answer feel like doing a lot. that’s true for everybody. If it were that “Gluten, soy and dairy are just so simple, it would have gotten figured out ubiquitous in our daily food that’s a long time ago.” around, that people get accustomed to Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com feeling bad,” Green says. “And they Boulder Weekly

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never taken particular notice of in downtown Boulder. Like at many breweries, brewing tanks and equipment sit behind the bar. Unlike at many breweries, these are behind glass about 15 feet in the air, accessible by stairs. It’s one of the coolest rooms we’ve been to for this tour. And Walnut offers one of the coolest programs out there, too. The Mug Club is simple: Join for free, get a mug, drink out of it, get free stuff for showing up. That’s it. Not to mention, by our estimate, Walnut’s mugs are bigger than the average pint glass. As we run through Walnut’s offerings, which range from the pale ale to the malty, smooth, nutty St. James Irish Red Ale to the smoky Old Elk Brown Ale to the slightly hoppy Spring Lager, we can’t help but glance with envy at the guys at the bar with their own mugs. So maybe we’re ready for more. The problem might be that the nicer weather, which has finally arrived, is calling us outside. So as we head up to Nederland to try out Wild Mountain and Very Nice, we’re hoping for at least one patio so we can bask in the high-altitude sun. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com Next stops: Very Nice, 4 p.m., and Wild Mountain, 5 p.m. May 9; West Flanders, 4 p.m. May 16. Members of the public welcome.

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rants and bars near the university. But many of the city’s restrictions on K’s before it was sold were directed at noise reduction. No Entiendo is Spanish for “I don’t understand.” The restaurant promises “a fusion of Colorado steez and South American swagger” on its Twitter page, and while its website is being updated, it features the phrase “Eat and drink very soon” in Portuguese.

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est of Boulder voters knew it. Now the whole nation knows it: The wine list at Frasca’s Food and Wine is exceptional. The Boulder restaurant has won the award for Outstanding Wine Program from the James Beard Foundation, a nationally respected nonprofit that dishes out annual awards in the restaurant industry. Frasca is the only Colorado restaurant to earn a national honor, and is one of very few not located in New York, San Francisco or Chicago. Meanwhile, Jennifer Jasinski of Denver’s Rioja was named the best chef in the Southwest region.

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city’s Beverage Licensing Authority May 15. K’s China was long shadowed by difficulties with city police and city council, which had targeted the Chinese restaurant for its various alleged alcohol infractions. The liquor licensing board had required K’s China to report monthly food sales, to demonstrate that it was making at least 15 percent of its gross profit from food, as required by the type of liquor license that K’s had. No Entiendo will evidently face the same reporting requirement, as the line item “No Entiendo Food Sales Reports” appears on the agenda for the May 15 BLA hearing. The city has stated its intention of limiting alcohol abuse by cracking down on restau-

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other’s Day — Sunday, May 12, you inattentive dopes — means a slew of special menus and offers from restaurants around town. Brunch buffets abound; our probably notcomprehensive list includes a brunch buffet 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the Boulderado; a fixed-price brunch at SALT; a brunch menu at Ristorante L from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.; a special brunch menu at Gold Hill Inn; a brunch buffet with unlimited mimosas and Bloody Marys at Boulder ChopHouse; a brunch menu at Zolo Grill; a 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. buffet at Thyme on the Creek in the Millennium Hotel; and a buffet at Martini’s Bistro in Longmont from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., as well as a limited dinner menu from 5 to 8 p.m. Other specials include a noon to 8 p.m. special menu at Arugula; a free pint for every mother who comes to Twisted Pine’s taproom; a free mimosa to mothers at El Centro; and a lot more we aren’t able to list here.

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What is the big adventure you’ve been postponing forever because it hasn’t been convenient? How about an intriguing possibility you have always wanted to experiment with but have consistently denied yourself? Or what about that nagging mystery you’ve been wishing you had the time and energy to solve? Wouldn’t your life change for the better if you finally dived in and explored it? In the next two weeks, Cancerian, I urge you to consider giving yourself permission to pursue something that fits one of those descriptions.

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Right now, Leo, you are a majestic and mysterious mess of raw power. You are a fresh, flaming fountain of pure charisma. Irresistible! That’s you! Unstoppable! You! Impossible to fool and immune to the false charms of heartfelt mediocrity! You! You! You! In your current condition, no one can obstruct you from seeing the naked truth about the big picture. And that’s why I am so sure that victory will soon be yours. You will overcome the fuzziness of your allies, the bad vibes of your adversaries, and your own inertia. Not all conquests are important and meaningful, but you will soon achieve the one that is.

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A character in Herman Hesse’s novel Demian says the following: “I live in my dreams. Other people live in dreams, but not in their own.” Whose dreams do you live in, Virgo? What is the source of the fantasies that dominate your imagination? Are they the authentic outpourings of your own soul? Or did they originate with your parents and teachers and lovers? Did they sneak into you from the movies and songs and books you love? Are they the skewed result of the emotional wounds you endured or the limitations you’ve gotten used to? Now is an excellent time to take inventory. Find out how close you are to living in your own dreams.

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DEC. 22-JAN. 19:

“I hate a song that makes you think that you are not any good,” said iconic songwriter Woody Guthrie. “I hate a song that makes you think that you are just born to lose. Because you are too old or too young or too fat or too slim too ugly or too this or too that. Songs that run you down or poke fun at you. I am out to sing songs that will prove to you that this is your world.” Amen, brother Woody! I have the same approach to writing horoscopes. And I’m happy to advise you, Capricorn, that you should have a similar attitude toward everything you put out and take in during the coming week. Just for now, reject all words, ideas, and actions that demoralize and destroy. Treat yourself to a phase of relentless positivity.

AQUARIUS

JAN. 20-FEB. 18:

“I know not what my past still has in store for me,” testified the Indian spiritual poet Tukaram. I believe most of us can say the same thing, and here’s why: The events that happened to us once upon a time keep transforming as we ripen. They come to have different meanings in light of the ever-new experiences we have. What seemed like a setback when it first occurred may eventually reveal itself to have been the seed of a blessing. A wish fulfilled at a certain point in our history might come back to haunt us later on. I bring up these ideas, Aquarius, because I think you’re primed to reinterpret your own past.

PISCES

FEB. 19-MARCH 20:

According to legend, Jennifer Lopez’s butt is insured for $300 million. Bruce Springsteen has supposedly insured his voice for $31 million and wine expert Angela Mount is said to have insured her taste buds for $16 million. In that spirit, Pisces, I encourage you to consider insuring your imagination. To be clear, I don’t anticipate that you will have occasion to collect any settlement. Nothing bad will happen. But taking this step could be a fun ritual that might drive home to you just how important your imagination will be in the coming weeks. Your power to make pictures in your mind will either make you crazy with unfounded fantasies and fearful delusions, or else it will help you visualize in detail the precise nature of the situations you want to create for yourself in the future.

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Dear Dan: I’m a 24-year-old straight, married female. I have been religiously reading your column in the Portland Mercury since I was 16. Thank you for explaining things that my parents wouldn’t and for helping me clear the hurdles of adolescence! I turn to you now for advice. Five months ago, I married the man of my dreams. He was driven, hardworking, loving, and happy. We had amazing, cosmic, and connected sex, and we enjoyed pleasing each other. We have been together for a little over a year. I realize now that it was WAY too soon to get married, but I let my romantic side get the best of me, and so here we are. We are miserable. Now when it comes to sex, it’s the furthest thing from my mind. When it does happen, it’s very one-sided. I rarely get off, and if I do, it’s on my own after he finishes because “it’s too much work” to get me off. That’s problem one. Problem two is that on our wedding night, he broke his foot and couldn’t work as a result. After his foot healed, he quit his job. He told me he “didn’t want to do that kind of work anymore.” So now I work an exhausting full-time job, support both of us on a salary barely big enough for one, and come home every day to a filthy apartment. Here’s what my husband does all day: plays video games and jerks off to porn. Every time I broach the subject of him getting a job or picking up after himself, all hell

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by Dan Savage breaks loose. I have brought up marriage out. Tell your shitty husband that you’re counseling, because lately neither of us is the not ready to divorce him but that you best at respectfully communicating, and his response is “You can go, but I’m not going.” I refuse to live with a man who doesn’t have a job, doesn’t cook or clean, and would appreciate any advice you have for making this work, as I am not ready to give isn’t interested in talking to a counselor and working on his marriage. Tell him up. you’re moving out to preserve your sanity —Too Soon To Quit and whatever small chance this marriage has of succeeding. Dear TSTQ: I can’t tell you how Once you move out, TSTQ, your much your letter saddens me, TSTQ. husband can find a job and pay his own Someone who started reading my rent or he can sit on the couch until his column at age 16 — and that’s just the landlord has him evicted. If he gets his right age to start reading my column — shit together, maybe you can stay marshould’ve known better than to marry a ried. If he doesn’t, well, then maybe man she’d been dating for seven short you’ll be ready to give up. months. And someone who has been All that said, the fact that you’re not reading my column for eight years ready to give up on this marriage ultishould know what to do about a useless, unemployed, inconsiderate spouse: Call a mately doesn’t mean two squarts. Because your husband has given up on divorce lawyer. it. Your husband is making himself But you’re not ready to give up on unbearable because he wants out. But this marriage, TSTQ, because an illinstead of being an adult and asking for advised quickie marriage is one thing a divorce, your husband is doing every(crazy whirlwind romance!), and a wellthing in his power to drive you away. advised quickie divorce is another (sober This is a man who — consciously or acceptance of reality). So here’s my secsubconsciously — wants out of this marond-best advice for you: Move the fuck

riage, TSTQ, and I predict that his shitty, inconsiderate behavior will escalate until he gets what he wants: out. Dear Dan: My wife and I are bi and monogamish, and we occasionally invite other swell guys, girls and couples into our bedroom. We’re crazy liberal hippies, and thus far have fooled around exclusively with similar folks. It’s difficult at the best of times to find couples where both members are bi, so when we find one, we tend to pursue them with wild abandon. We’ve recently been corresponding with a duo that seems perfect in every regard (bi, hot, intelligent). Our problem: In their last email, they labeled themselves as “compassionate conservatives,” which set off our socially progressive warning bells. Do we move on? Or do we keep politics off the table and go for it? Friends don’t let friends fuck Republicans, right? —Bisexual But Bipartisan? Dear BBB: I used to take a hard line on sleeping with conservatives — friends don’t let friends fuck Republicans and all that — but I’ve evolved. Today I support sleeping with conservatives … because someone has to fuck some sense into ’em. Might as well be you guys, BBB. Send your questions to mail@savagelove. net and follow Dan @fakedansavage. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com

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