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Trump to working class: Adios, chumps by Jim Hightower
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e have a president who mistakes price for value. Thus, to measure America’s economic health, he simply checks the price of corporate stocks. And that tells him the economy is great, for since he’s been in office, Wall Street has been whizzing! Unfortunately, though, it’s whizzing on you and me. That’s because Wall Street is an inequality machine. One, its rules allow top executives to jack up their own wealth by artificially inflating their corporation’s stock prices; two, big investors favor corporations that offshore jobs, cut wages and otherwise knock down workers. Worse, while he pretends to be a I
champion for America’s workers, he’s been a one-man working-class wrecking crew, systematically destroying employee rights and protections against the abuses of corporate bosses. On everything from overtime pay and minimum wage to workplace safety and the right to form a union, Trump & Company has sided with corporate interests over working stiffs — essentially saying to workers: You’re on your own. Adios, chumps. So, the economic “boom” that he so vaingloriously talks about is actually the sound of the middle-class crashing. That thunderous boom-boom-boom represents millions of Americans who’re living paycheck to paycheck, who have little or no savings and inadequate health JUNE 13, 2019
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coverage, who can’t afford the ripoff drug prices Big Pharma is being allowed to charge, who’re sinking in debt — and all they’re getting from Trump are his vapid political rallies, shouting “MAGA,” Make America Great Again. Inequality doesn’t just happen — it’s caused by the deliberate actions of power elites. Far from reducing inequality, Trump has intentionally escalated the corporate war on working-class Americans. Under his regime, nearly half of all new income today is going to the wealthiest 1 percent. Political sloganeering aside, America won’t be great again until all Americans — not just millionaires — are actually doing great. This opinion column does not necessarily reflect the views of Boulder Weekly. I
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he United States currently has the highest per-capita health care expenditures in the world, yet we rank last among 11 developed countries for health outcomes, equity and quality, according to a recent study by the Commonwealth Fund. They also found that more Americans die from poor quality care than do people in any of the other countries. One in four Americans said they didn’t go to the doctor about a health issue over the last year because they were worried that the solution would cost too much, according to a new survey released in March by Gallup and West Health, a health care nonprofit. Some 45 percent of Americans worry that a major health issue could send them into bankruptcy, and 19 percent have delayed purchasing medicine due to its cost. The Republicans are determined to make things much worse. U.S. Attorney General William Barr and the Justice Department, along with several state GOP attorneys general, are pushing a lawsuit to abolish the Affordable Care Act (ACA or Obamacare) altogether. That would mean that people could again be blocked from getting insurance due to pre-existing medical conditions
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such as diabetes, asthma and high blood pressure. That would mean that insurance would be ended for 21 million people covered by the ACA health insurance marketplaces and Medicaid expansion as well as 2 million young adults covered by their parents’ plans. Some 800,000 people suffering from opioid addiction would no longer get substance abuse treatment. Democrats of all political stripes have fought GOP attempts to maim and/or destroy the ACA. However, everyone agrees that the ACA is inadequate. Some 30 million people are left uninsured and tens of millions more are underinsured because they are burdened with costly out-ofpocket expenses like premiums, deductibles, and co-pays. A 2017 Kaiser Family Foundation survey found that 43 percent of adults with health insurance are having a hard time being able to afford their deductibles and about a third can’t pay their premiums. As we head toward the 2020 elections, a confusing array of new health care reform proposals have emerged from the many presidential candidates. The only truly universal proposal is offered in the bills by see ANDERSON FILES Page 7
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Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Washington state) and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) to institute an expanded and improved Medicare for All. Recent polls show that 70 percent of Americans support Medicare for All (with 85 percent of Democrats and 52 percent of all Republicans). Under Medicare for All, everybody gets their health insurance from a single government agency, which is funded by progressive taxes. You don’t pay the doctor. There aren’t any bills, deductibles, co-pay or co-insurance. You freely choose your doctors and hospitals and can keep them. Coverage isn’t tied to your job or income. A new study from the Political Economy Research Institute (PERI) at the University of MassachusettsAmherst shows that single-payer health care can save this country $5.1 trillion over a decade while decidedly reducing the health care spending of working-class Americans. The study analyzed Bernie Sanders’ Medicare for All bill. Support for Medicare for All has grown enormously among both the rank and file as well as electeds and candidates in the Democratic Party. A new coalition has formed to stop this growing consensus in the party. After the big Democratic victory in last year’s November elections, Adam Cancryn reported in the Dec. 10 issue of Politico: “The united front that helped Democrats save Obamacare just a year ago is falling apart over singlepayer health care. “Deep-pocketed hospital, insurance and other lobbies are plotting to crush progressives’ hopes of expanding the government’s role in health care once they take control of the House. The private-sector interests, backed in some cases by key Obama administration and Hillary Clinton campaign alumni, are now focused on beating back another prospective health care overhaul, including plans that would allow people under 65 to buy into Medicare. “This sets up a potentially brutal battle between establishment Democrats who want to preserve Obamacare and a new wave of progressive House Democrats who ran on single-payer health care.” Adam Green, co-founder of the BOULDER COUNTY’S INDEPENDENT VOICE
Progressive Change Campaign Committee, told Politico that, “it’s more of a mainstream position than it’s ever been before. There’s this hugely rapid advancement toward Medicare for All — single-payer — as not just an eventual North Star goal, but as something that’s increasingly possible.” We are close to a historic floor vote on Medicare for All. It’s time to get into the fight. On Sunday, June
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THE OIL AND GAS WAR IS OVER? By Joel Dyer
“Today, with the signing of this bill, it is our hope that the oil and gas wars that have enveloped our state are over, and the winner is all of us.” — Gov. Jared Polis
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ell, it’s been a couple of months now since Gov. Jared Polis declared a truce with the oil and gas industry with the signing of Senate Bill 181 and a lot has happened since then. In short, the Earth has gotten hotter and closer to passing its point of no return while the oil industry in Colorado and elsewhere moves full speed ahead, increasing its production of the very hydrocarbons that play no small part in the global warming disaster unfolding around us. And it’s only going to get worse as oil production continues to increase. You think immigration is a tough problem now? Wait until a few million more starving folks displaced by global warming decide that they are coming here whether we like it or not. You think water’s an issue now? Just wait until global warming has the Colorado River basin down to half its historical flow-rate in the not too distant future. Based on the 1922 Colorado River Compact, when that happens none of the remaining water will belong to Colorado or the states in the upper basin. Zilch. California, Vegas and Phoenix will get it all. And the always shortsighted idea that billionaire impact investors like the Waltons and their pals could save the river while turning a profit will be just another long-gone pipe dream shot down by climate change. Gross Reservoir may have a great big new dam by then, but it won’t have any water. The point to all this global warming talk is simple: The oil and gas wars aren’t over as our governor hopes. They have yet to BOULDER COUNTY’S INDEPENDENT VOICE
begin in earnest. First let me say that Coloradans are pleased that SB 181 was signed into law by the governor. We now have a little say in preventing oil and gas extraction inside the city limits of our communities and there are possibly other environmental benefits. But that hardly means that the oil and gas war is over. Our elected leaders seem to think that getting the rigs out of backyards was our only — or at least our biggest — issue with the oil and gas industry? They honestly seem to believe that we are just fine with the world’s most destructive industry so long as its wells are 1,500 feet past I
the edge of town. Well, we’re not. That’s because the vast majority of the people in Colorado actually believe in science. So when our governor and our Boulder-based Colorado House and Senate leaders put together policies that will, in the words of Jeff Robbins, our Polisappointed COGCC director, allow the oil and gas industry in Colorado to “flourish” and “thrive” in the future, we’re more than disappointed — we’re mad. (Robbins’ flourish and thrive quotes came during an interview with the Colorado Sun.) As our governor knows all too well, this is not the first time he has JUNE 13, 2019
declared a truce with the oil and gas industry on our behalf without our permission or support. Politicians seem to have an innate desire to have it both ways. They always want a solution that makes everybody happy, both voters and donors. But that isn’t possible when it comes to global warming and the oil and gas industry. Those two things are opposites and we have to choose one or the other. Either we start cutting back on the quantity of oil and gas that we produce as quickly as possible, or we continue to encourage extraction in the name of jobs and severance taxes, causing global warming to worsen until it passes the point of no return in approximately 11 years. At least those are the only two choices for people who believe in science. Politicians apparently believe in a third way based on wishful thinking and can kicking. Let’s be clear: Any elected official who claims we should fight global warming while simultaneously allowing or even encouraging more oil and gas production is simply a climate change denier wrapped in the rhetoric of environmentalism for the purpose of moving up the ladder of political power. And any environmental organization or paid “activist” who stands with such science-/climate- denying politicians is equally guilty and selfserving. The oil and gas war may indeed be over for these professional compromisers, but it’s not because the war was won. It’s because they chose to surrender. Fortunately, they are hardly the majority of Colorado citizens, most of whom are deeply committed to fighting global warming and protecting their children’s and grandchildren’s futures. So what does “flourish” and “thrive” really look like? U.S. oil prosee MISSION Page 11
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duction is expected to top out at a record 13.4 million barrels per day by the end of this year. The cause for this record amount of production is the shale oil revolution that is currently underway in places like Colorado. According to internal industry analysis, the amount of climate-destroying oil produced in the U.S. and Colorado is only expected to rise in the future. So no matter what our elected leaders claim; or how many studies they put forward to figure out how to increase electric car use; or how many new environmental units get created within government agencies; or how many plans get hatched to increase the use of renewable energy; or how many oil wells get relocated to 1,500 feet past the edge of town — if we continue to allow the oil and gas industry to “thrive” and “flourish,” all our other global-warming efforts, no matter how sincerely undertaken, will, in the end, be reduced to ineffective political theater. The industry will never voluntarily stop producing as much oil and gas as it possibly can, and we shouldn’t expect it to. But we should expect exactly that from the elected leaders who gave us SB 181, which, intended or not, gives us the power to do just that. That’s right, the appointees of our governor now have the legal authority to cutback or even halt all oil and gas production in our state. Prior to SB 181 going into effect, The Oil and Gas Conservation Act, which SB 181 amended, made it illegal to waste oil and gas, and it defined “waste” to include anything restricting the quantity of oil or gas that may be produced by the industry in Colorado. But SB 181 amended the Act so that the definition of waste “does not include the nonproduction of oil and gas from a formation if necessary to protect public health, safety, and welfare, the environment, or wildlife resources as determined by the commission.” Translation: Let the oil and gas wars begin in earnest. If global warming is not a threat to public health, safety, welfare and the environment then I don’t know what is. So it seems that we now have the power via SB 181 to halt any and all production of oil and gas within Colorado without regard to economic BOULDER COUNTY’S INDEPENDENT VOICE
Is your child not feeling well? We can help! impacts in the fight against global warming so long as the COGCC is willing to go along with the effort. In other words, we now have the legal right to stop any and all oil and gas extraction provided our governor is willing to appoint COGCC commissioners who are willing to enforce production limits to fight global warming. That is the good news. The bad news is that our current governor, House and Senate leaders and newly appointed COGCC director have already demonstrated they have no intention of using SB 181 or any other democratic remedy to do the one thing that could actually save the planet before it’s too late, namely reduce the quantity of oil and gas produced in Colorado and set that example for the rest of the world by leaving it in the ground. My fear is that the best we’ll get from our can-kicking elected leaders will be some toothless promises to someday study the possibility of maybe cutting back on future, potential blah blah blah… but they won’t lift a finger to actually cut or halt oil production between now and the time it’s too late for our kids. The path forward for the rest of us is clear and it needs to make the earlier skirmishes in the oil and gas war look like practice. We need to lawyer up in a big way to take advantage of all the potential changes offered via SB 181. And we need to dedicate ourselves to electing people with the backbone to stand up to the oil and gas industry, women and men who don’t think that cutting backroom deals that appear environmentally sound while in reality help the industry to flourish, thrive and increase production is acceptable. I for one have had my fill of billionaire-funded, pragmatic, compromising Democrats who talk a good game while always leaving us with more Earth-destroying hydrocarbons than we had before they took office. No one can sign a truce for you that will ultimately destroy your children’s future. Sorry, Governor, while we appreciate many of the efforts you are making, they are not nearly enough to end the oil and gas war. Our battle for the planet’s survival continues. I
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bout 150,000 acres of public land in Colorado and Utah previously pegged to be leased for oil and gas operations will need to undergo a substantial review of the sites’ potential greenhouse gas emissions before any drilling can commence. The Colorado sites — in clusters around Fort Collins and westward from Steamboat Springs, with a few at the New Mexico border — comprise the latest swath of public land in the West on which oil and gas drilling has been halted. In March, a federal court held up the drilling of 300,000 acres of public land in Wyoming as a result of a lawsuit by the environmental advocacy groups WildEarth Guardians, Western Environmental Law Center and Physicians for Social Responsibility. The court found the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) and its Bureau of Land Management (BLM) had failed to account for “the cumulative impact of greenhouse gas emissions generated by past, present or reasonably foreseeable BLM lease sales in the region and nation” when it approved the leases in Wyoming. Losing the case in Wyoming, DOI conceded that there was a similar lack of data on greenhouse gas emissions associated with the Colorado and Utah leasing decisions, and so instead of going through another lawsuit, the agency asked the court to allow it to remand the leases and compile the emissions data, which the court granted. The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) requires federal agencies to consider the direct, indirect and cumulative impacts of projects granted under their purview, in this case oil and gas drilling on public lands. The court found the DOI failed to address any of those impacts in their original reports in Wyoming, Colorado and Utah. “While the [DOI] qualitatively recognized climate change was an issue, it failed to actually quantify what those emissions look like and provide a measure to the public for understanding the significance of these emissions,” says Kyle Tisdel, attorney at the Western Environmental Law Center. The direct impacts of oil and gas drilling — those from the construction and use of wells — largely affect the environment and communities that surround those operations, but it’s the indirect BOULDER COUNTY’S INDEPENDENT VOICE
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and cumulative impacts that have long-lasting, farreaching and “far greater” implications, Tisdel says. “What [DOI] also failed to do was consider indirect emissions; when you drill a well, you’re drilling it to extract oil and gas from that well, and that oil and gas is not going to sit in a tank somewhere, it’s going to be used or burned somewhere down the line. ... They failed to consider those downstream [impacts].” Assessing the cumulative impacts — the last NEPA requirement — presents the biggest challenge, ostensibly, for the DOI. According to the most recent court ruling, the federal government needs to take a holistic view of oil and gas drilling and recognize how any new drilling might hasten climate change. In theory, that should be as tall a task as it sounds, Tisdel says. “That portion of the decision in particular requires a broad enough look that the agency has never performed before at any scale,” Tisdel says. But in Wyoming, the DOI completed its new environmental impact analysis in a matter of weeks, pressed to hurry, Tisdel believes, because the court ruling froze drilling activities on the leases in question. Tisdel says there are “significant deficiencies” with the new analysis and the advocacy groups have filed motions with a federal court to see if the agency met its obligation to report direct, indirect and cumulative impacts of drilling. The same process lies ahead for Colorado and Utah. The judicial system will determine when, and if, DOI and BLM have done enough to prove fracking on the 150,000 acres meets federal guidelines. I
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“BLM is always [claiming] that their analysis is good enough and that it’s on the shoulders of public interest groups to challenge whether that analysis is sufficient or not,” Tisdel says. “Ultimately courts make that call. Obviously in the first round, the court clearly said that analysis wasn’t sufficient. ... We haven’t seen remanded analysis for Colorado or Utah, but if that analysis is modeled after what was done in Wyoming on remand, we have significant concerns.” The courts represent a firewall against a Trump administration that “has been quite defiant historically” to address climate change, Tisdel says. Holding the administration accountable through the legal system might be the best way to ensure environmental standards are met, says Samantha Ruscavage-Barz, managing attorney for WildEarth Guardians. “While this motion continues to affirm the Trump administration can’t legally turn its back on climate change, we need accountability,” Ruscavage-Barz says. “This isn’t a matter of doing more paperwork. It’s a matter of enforcing restraint to preserve our ability to keep making progress for the climate.” And though mandating proper environmental assessments on these Western lands is important, Tisdel says, it’s a small part of a much larger obligation to protect the country from the effects of climate change. “It remains to be seen how [the Trump administration] will address this going forward. What the federal government should do and is actually required to do, particularly on something of this scale when we’re talking about an existential threat to this country, is to think through their decisionmaking process in the context of the facts and of the science as we know them to be,” Tisdel says. “What is called for is managed decline of our oil and gas and coal leasing and development on our public land. There’s no pathway that will allow continued extraction in a business-as-usual type of approach.” The environmental groups that brought the original lawsuit heralded the decision by the DOI as a win for the movement. It will require the administration to properly analyze and disclose the impacts of greenhouse gas emissions from fracking on public lands, which account for 25 percent of the U.S.’s greenhouse gas emissions every year. I
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by Angela K. Evans
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Reality denied
In his first solo exhibit at Firehouse Art Center, Bradley Books explores the lies he and others tell
by Caitlin Rockett
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o you mind if I have a cigarette?” Bradley Books asks as we sit soaking in late spring sunshine on the patio of Luna Cafe in Longmont. Neither a regular smoker nor a fully recovered one, I don’t mind at all. He offers me one — an unfiltered American Spirit — but I decline. Too strong, I confess. He takes a sip of coffee and says he didn’t smoke for the past two days. “I didn’t leave the house,” Books admits. Cigarettes are a tough subject for Books. He knows how people see him — weak, dirty even — but he doesn’t care. Not much, anyway. Cigarettes are part of Books’ story, a sidekick that’s accompanied him through thick and thin, through hospitalizations and more than a year of homelessness in Boulder. On the other side of homelessness, cigarettes were still with Books as he began an artistic journey that led to today, to his first solo show at the Firehouse Art Center, opening on June 12. see BOOKS Page 18
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“[Cigarettes] got me out of the house,” Books says of those first days off the streets and in his own basement apartment in Longmont. He’d intentionally smoke his last cigarette before bed. “And then I knew I had to go to the gas station [in the morning].” That got him on the bus to come to Luna Cafe for a cup of coffee, and then further downtown as he walked and smoked. Then he met “art people,” like Jessica Kooiman Parker, who was the executive director of the Firehouse at the time. A friend gifted Books some paints and canvases when he’d gotten his new place, and he was creating art for the first time in years. Kooiman Parker took notice of Books’ talent, of the way art flowed freely from him. She listened to his story and saw the meaning behind his work. The two struck up a friendship, and for the past two years they’ve been slowly developing his solo show, Some Men Lie About Other Things. So, in a roundabout way, Books would tell you cigarettes helped save his life. You can say that Books is telling himself a story, that he’s lying to himself about the role cigarettes played in his life. And that’s fine. He agrees. But there are worse things to lie about. Books knows firsthand that some men lie about other things. On June 17, it’ll have been 22 years since Books was first hospitalized for spinal meningitis. He developed the infection as a result of exposure to heavy metals at what is now an Environmental Protection Agency Superfund site in Elkhart, Indiana, near where Books grew up in Osceola. But in 1997, the Conrail Rail Yard hadn’t yet been designated as a contaminated site, and doctors kept telling Books he was delusional. 18
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Books stares at his younger self, a cigarette between his index and middle finger. He’s still definitely smoking, still filtering his breath and his thoughts through the tobacco and processing the world around him, deciding whether or not to believe what others peddle as truth. “I still have fatigue, I still have pain,” Book says, “but I can find a song in knitting, a rhythm, a count to walk in, to move in, to create in, where the cigarette smoke helps me blow off the bullshit, the negativity, the darkness from reality denied. I think of kids in Flint, Michigan — are they now being told they have mental problems when it’s something physical neurologically?” I wonder if the doom and gloom of the world is ever too heavy for Books. He offers a Neil Young lyric: People want to hear about love/Don’t talk about the Chevron/Millions going to the pipeline “In each drawing, it’s me holding that doom but not falling into the gloom, into the trembling fear, but to allow me to work with it, to live with it, to admit and then accept,” Books says. “It gives me the opportunity to talk of Superfund sites and of toxins and their effect on the body, the mind.” He takes another drag of his cigarette and processes for a moment. “I don’t want to go there, but nature’s calling me to.” A few days after I meet Books at Luna Cafe, I head to Firehouse to watch as he and Kooiman begin the installation for Some Men Lie. This time, I ask Books if I can have a cigarette. It’s been a bad day and I need to process with someone who won’t judge me. He gives me one and we sit in the sun, filtering the world.
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that believes in himself more. I think he’s always believed in himself, but we’ve been talking about it as his moment of showing off where he’s been and how far he’s come and where he is now.” It’s a complex show, Kooiman Parker says, but how else could you present a life like Books’? An avid knitter, Books represents his brain with colorful I-cords of yarn snaking back and forth across the ceiling, connecting thoughts to reality. His body is represented over and over again in the exhibition through an ever-morphing stick figure Books calls the “courage-to-be” man. “To me it’s a paradox of my paranoia, meaning some men lie about other things and that may be myself,” he says, “and to have the courage to keep my brain, body, being and breath as my own. And I fail. I do every day. But at the same time to have that as my ground to go back to and to not concern myself with this opinion or this emotional notion, but to allow myself to have that courage to think my own thoughts, [to have] my own feelings and my own actions — at least attempt to.” You could argue that the whole exhibit represents Books’ being, as the creation of art is fundamental to who he is. But one wall in particular is filled with dozens and dozens of black and white sketches, the result of a need to create art each and every day. Books admits to feeling guilty if he doesn’t create; his well-being, both mentally and physically, is tied to this act of creation. And finally, a darkened alcove within the Firehouse invites viewers to experience Books’ breath. A black-and-white photo shows Books lighting a cigarette as a young man with newly emerging health problems. A more contemporary
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Bringing people into the show
Trumpeter Chris Botti doesn’t have a hit song — but he’s got a hit show
by L. Kent Wolgamott
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days. “I don’t have a hit song,” Botti says. “If you look at Chris Isaak, Frank Sinatra, Paul Simon, they have a hit song. Did K.D. Lang play ‘Constant Craving’? You can’t ask that about me.” But, for 16 years, he hasn’t let that deficiency slow him down. “I have a hit band, a hit show. Over time, the exit poll for the show — I play 260 times a year — brings people in.” Botti’s Grammy is a Best Pop Instrumental Album award for 2013’s Impressions. But he’s really not a pop musician. In fact, if you ask him to describe himself, he says: “I’m a trumpet player first and a jazz musician second and I’m an entertainer. That’s my real problem with jazz. They think if you’re trying to be an entertainer, you’re diminishing the music. I’ve got a newsflash for them. Louis Armstrong, Cannonball
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eigh Holman, director of the University of Colorado Eklund Opera Theater, has made Boulder a mecca for composers. Every June for the past 10 years, prominent composers have brought operas in progress to the CU New Opera Workshop (CU NOW), where they can spend two to three weeks hearing their work sung by students, making changes and polishing the score. This year, the opera to be workshopped will be a comedy, Hobson’s Choice by Tom Cipullo. There are other opera workshops around the country, but CU NOW is unique in offering such a long period of time for the composer to be in residence and work on their creation. Cipullo first heard about CU NOW from former two-time visiting composer Jake Heggie, whose Wonderful Life was workshopped here two years ago and will be produced by the Eklund Opera Company in the fall. As soon as Holman contacted Cipullo about participating in CU NOW, he jumped at the chance. “It’s such a great opportunity,” Cipullo says. “A lot of workshops you work with people, but you don’t work with them for 17 days. What did you put in the water that these young people suddenly don’t have lives?” he says laughing. “They’re on call six hours a day.” “Tom is one of the foremost opera composers and songwriters in the country,” Holman says of Cipullo. She had heard students sing his music for recitals and auditions. “I thought, ‘Now that’s singers’ music,’” she says. So when Heggie suggested Cipullo for this year’s program, she got in touch right away. In the world of contemporary opera, Hobson’s Choice stands out. First, it is a BOULDER COUNTY’S INDEPENDENT VOICE
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really exciting that he took the bait and did that.” For the students in the CU NOW workshop, it is valuable experience to work with a composer like Cipullo, and rewarding to be able to leave a personal mark on a work before it is finished. “We were joking the other day that I’m going to have to give them co-composing credit,” Cipullo says. comedy, when most compos“We were doing ON THE BILL: ‘Hobson’s ers are tackling serious suba section that goes Choice,’ music and libretto by Tom Cipullo. 7:30 p.m. jects. And second, it’s based back and forth Friday, June 14, Music on a little-known play that is between two characTheatre, 1595 Pleasant St., more than 100 years old, ters and [one of the Boulder; 2 p.m. Sunday, June 16, Music Theatre; Opera when most composers are singers] said, ‘No! It scenes by CU Boulder comchoosing familiar sources. should jump an position students, 7:30 p.m. “All the [opera] companies octave here!’ And Saturday, June 15. Music Theatre performances are free want contemporary stories she was exactly and open to the public and so much of opera is dealright.” ing with social issues,” Cipullo It’s the nature of says. “That’s great, but it’s fun to just comedy that a lot of the changes involve timing. Cipullo has taken out beats, have a good story. The play itself is so added beats, and written new music to well done it still gets done. And it’s really make it all work. more contemporary than I thought.” “As a result of their input, we have The play by Harold Brighouse, first produced in 1916, concerns a shoemaker changed timing, we have changed actual pitches, we have changed register, we’ve named Henry Hobson whose daughters run his business while he spends his time gone back and added music because we need more time,” he says. “It’s wonderdrinking. Written at the time of the womful.” en’s suffrage movement, much of the Holman hopes that people will come humor derives from his oldest unmarried to the performances “to get a glimpse of daughter being a better businessman and understand the process that goes on than her father. She marries the store’s behind the scenes. It’s hard for people to talented and underpaid bootmaker, starts get their heads around a workshop for her own business, and then takes over opera. I hope they leave going, ‘That is Hobson’s shop. so illuminating.’” “It’s different from any of [the operas] Cipullo hopes to communicate some I’ve done,” Cipullo says. “People keep telling me, ’You should do a comedy,’ and of his love of opera. “Opera has this tremendous tradition of being not only great it’s a lot of fun to do.” art, but a great source of entertainment,” Holman affirms the need for good he says. “When you hear these voices comedies. “The producers are saying to put to the service of a comic story, it can the composers, ‘Please write comedies,’” be really thrilling.” she says. “Everything is so heavy. It’s I
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WITH A PROMISE OF PASSION, Wild West violence and emotional courage, follow the story of a sheepherder’s daughter as she battles against a traditional Catholic betrothal and morphs from a pawn to a player during the bloodiest territorial war in New Mexico. ‘Rosary Without Beads’ gives a voice to the silent story that haunts the hills of New Mexico. Join author Diana HolguinBalogh as she discusses her new book at Inkberry Books in Niwot on June 14 at 7 p.m.
Emilie Aries — Bossed Up. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Bookstore, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder.
LIVE MUSIC! Kyle Ashcraft The Tune Up at Full Cycle Friday, June 14 7:30–10 PM 1795 Pearl St., Boulder, Co 80302 www.tunupboulder.com
Open Improv: Long Form. 7 p.m. Wesley Chapel, 1290 Folsom St., Boulder.
FRIDAY, JUNE 14 Karen Auvinen — Rough Beauty: Forty Seasons of Mountain Living. 7 p.m. Inkberry Books, 7960 Niwot Road, Niwot. Open Poetry Reading. 10 p.m. Mercury Cafe, 2199 California St., Denver.
SATURDAY, JUNE 15 Diana Holguin-Balogh — Rosary Without Beads. 7 p.m. Inkberry Books, 7960 Niwot Road, Niwot.
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MONDAY, JUNE 17 So, You’re a Poet. 8:45 p.m. Wesley Theater, 1290 Folsom St., Boulder.
TUESDAY, JUNE 18 Karen Auvinen & David Gessner in Conversation. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder.
Weekly Open Poetry Reading. 7 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., Boulder.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19 Women Writing Loss. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Bookstore, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder.
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‘Bella Gaia/Beautiful Earth.’ 2:30 p.m. Fiske Planetarium, 2414 Regent Drive, Boulder, 303-492-5002. More show times at colorado.edu/fiske. Benyaro. 8 p.m. Globe Hall, 4483 Logan St., Denver, 303-296-1003. Hawthorne Heights, Emery. 7 p.m. Summit, 1902 Blake St., Denver, 303-487-0111. Honky Tonk Happy Hour — with Adam Lopez Duo. 6 p.m. The Tasty Weasel, 1800 Pike Road, Longmont, 303-776-1914. Jon Stickley Trio — with The Wrecklunds (Patio Set), Tara Rose & The Real Deal (Patio Set). 7:15 p.m. Cervantes’ Other Side 2637 Welton St., Denver.
Bear Cubs Camp. 10:30 a.m. Chautauqua Community House, 900 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-440-7666. Conversations in English Thursdays. 10:30 a.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100. Ecstatic Dance. 7 p.m. The StarHouse, 3476 Sunshine Canyon, Boulder, 303-245-8452. Garden Work Hour. 5 p.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100. Genealogy: City and County Directories: Windows to Your Ancestors’ Community. 1 p.m. Meadows Branch Library, 4800 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-441-3100.
KGNU’s Youth Radio Workshop for Teens! 10 a.m. KGNU Community Radio, 4700 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-449-4885. Offering two camp sessions: June 10-12 and July 29-31. Contact Verity Matthews at 303-449-4885, membership@kgnu.org.
The Great Indian Novel. 4:30 p.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-4413100; 4:30 p.m. NoBo Corner Library, 4600 Broadway, Boulder, 303-441-3100.
Live Music: Tim Ostdiek. 6 p.m. St. Vrain Cidery, 350 Terry St., Suite 130 (east side Alleyway), Longmont, 303-258-6910.
Hanuman Festival 2019. 8 a.m. Boulder High Great Lawn, 1604 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder. Through June 17.
Magnolia River Band. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 North Park Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757.
Jay Pharoah. 8 p.m. Comedy Works, 1226 15th St., Denver, 303-595-3637. Through June 15.
Paper Moonshine. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-201-3731.
Open Mic — with Tony Crank. 6 p.m. Bootstrap Brewing Company, 142 Pratt St., Longmont, 303-652-4186.
Slingshot Dakota. 8 p.m. Lost Lake, 3602 E. Colfax Ave., Denver. Swing Night — with Chez Coucou. 8 p.m. The Waterloo, 817 Main St., Louisville, 303-522-6162. Tuck & Patti. 8 p.m. Soiled Dove Underground, 7401 E. First Ave., Denver, 303-830-9214. Zimbira. 7:30 p.m. The Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-447-0095.
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Out Boulder County Gender Support Group — Boulder. 7 p.m. Boulder Pride House, 2132 14th St., Boulder. Shark’s Ink — with Teresa Booth Brown. 6 p.m. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-2122. Thursday Storytime. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.
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CLARK RICHERT, ‘STARPANTS’ (DETAIL), 2012, ACRYLIC ON CANVAS. COURTESY OF THE ARTIST AND RULE GALLERY
809 15th St., Golden. Through July 28.
‘PATTERN AND DIMENSIONS’ spans over five decades of Clark Richert’s career and encompasses works in painting, computer animation, installation art and film. Including many works not publicly shown before, the exhibition juxtaposes Richert’s instrumental early works with his well-known pattern-based paintings. Now showing at the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art through Sept. 15 .
Amuse Yeux: A Small Delight For The Eyes. Foothills Art Center, 809 15th St., Golden. Through Sept. 15. Clark Richert: Pattern and Dimensions. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., Boulder. Through Sept. 15. Discarded Jewels: Found Object Art by Susie Biehl. Bricolage Gallery, at Art Parts Creative Reuse Center, 2860 Bluff St., Boulder. Through July 6. Eyes On: Erika Harrsch. Denver Art Museum, Hamilton Building, 100 W. 14th Avenue Parkway, Denver. Through Nov. 17. Evan Cantor, New Work (oil paintings). Seeds Cafe (Boulder Public Library), 1001 Arapaho Ave., Boulder. Through June 26. Fossils: Clues to the Past. University of Colorado Museum of Natural History, Paleontology Hall, 15th and Broadway Boulder. Ongoing exhibit. Google Garage. Museum of Boulder, 2205 Broadway, Boulder. Ongoing, but activities change. The Incubation Effect. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver. Through Sept. 9. EYES ON: Jonathan Saiz. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver. Through Nov. 17.
Jordan Casteel: Returning the Gaze. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver. Through Aug. 18. The Light Show. Denver Art Museum. 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver. Through May 2020. Lyons Redstone Museum, 340 High St., Lyons. The museum has numerous permanent and temporary exhibits. Mothers, Fathers, Sons & Daughters. Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder. Through June 16. Nicole Banowtz: Concerning Plants. Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder. Through June 16. Norman Rockwell: Imagining Freedom. Denver Art Museum, Anschutz Gallery, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver. Through Aug. 23. Alex McLeod: NPC Hell. Foothills Art Center,
PACK-IT-UP. Museum of Boulder, 2205 Broadway, Boulder. Through Sept. 23. Pard Morrison: Heartmouth. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., Boulder. Through Sept. 1. Poveka: Master Potter Maria Martinez. Museum of Natural History (Henderson), Anthropology Hall, 1035 Broadway, Boulder. Through Sept. 8. Ruckus Rodeo: Pop Art & Cowboy Culture. Longmont Museum, 350 Kimbark St., Longmont. Through Jan. 5.
Serious Play: Design in Midcentury America. Denver Art Museum, Anschutz Gallery, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver. Through Aug. 25. Small Works. R Gallery, 2027 Broadway, Boulder. Through July 7. Some Men Lie About Other Things. Firehouse Art Center, 667 Fourth Ave., Longmont. Through Treasures of British Art: The Berger Collection. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver. Through January 2020. The Unknown Polly Addison. Dairy Arts Center, Polly AddisonGallery, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder. Through June 16. Vibrant Femmes: Suspended Devotions. Firehouse Art Center, 667 Fourth Ave., Longmont. Through June 8.
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Jonathan Bennett. 6 p.m. Bootstrap Brewing Company, 142 Pratt St., Longmont, 303-652-4186. Joseph Cutshall & The Night Animals — with Trevor McCord. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-201-3731. Long Beach Dub Allstars & The Aggrolites — with Tomorrows Bad Seeds and Special Guests. 9 p.m. Cervantes Masterpiece, 2637 Welton St., Denver, 303-297-1772. Max Wagner Quartet. 7 p.m. Caffè Sole, 637 S. Broadway St., Boulder, 303-499-2985. Mindi Abair and The Boneshakers. 7 and 10 p.m. Soiled Dove Underground, 7401 E. First Ave., Denver, 303-830-9214. Music and Movement. 10 a.m. Louisville Public Library, 951 Spruce St., Louisville, 303335-4849. Peter Mulvey. 8 p.m. Swallow Hill Music, 71 E. Yale Ave., Denver, 303-777-1003. Rickie Lee Jones. 7 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030. Steely Dead. 9 p.m. The Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-447-0095. Views at the Muse. 5 p.m. Museum of Boulder, 2205 Broadway, Boulder. Wu Tang Forever. 9 p.m. Owsley’s, 1700 Logan St., Denver.
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Events Art Night Out June 14. 5 p.m. Festival Plaza, 311 S. Public Road, Lafayette. Brave Space: Daringly intimate circus in a blanket fort. 7 p.m. Boulder Circus Center, 4747 26th St., Boulder, 773-782-6662. Catfish Night. 7:30 p.m. Stearns Lake at Carolyn Holmberg Preserve, Boulder. Comedian Chris Garcia. 7:30 p.m. Denver Improv, 8246 Northfield Ave., Denver, 303-3071777. Through June 16. Family Appreciation Open Gym. 5:30 p.m. Airborne Dance, 1816 Boston Ave., Longmont, 303-684-3717. Free Legal Clinic. 3 p.m. Lafayette Public Library, 775 W. Baseline Road, Lafayette, 303665-5200. Fun on the Farm: Horsin’ Around. 9:30 a.m. Agricultural Heritage Center, 8348 Highway 66, Boulder, 303-776-8688. Reception: Some Men Lie About Other Things by Bradley Books. 6 p.m. Firehouse Art Center, 667 Fourth Ave., Longmont, 303-6512787. SATURDAY, JUNE 15 Music 11th Annual 1940s WWII Era Ball — with
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theater A LOVESICK MINER, a legendary outlaw, a radical pioneer and an eclectic posse of phantom musicians — these are ghost stories as you’ve never heard them. ‘Discount Ghost Stories: A Colorado Folklore Musical’ is a unique musical experience weaving Rocky Mountain tales of life, death and the beyond. Grab a cold brew from the bar, and immerse yourself in forgotten Colorado lore and original rock tunes under the stars at Trident Booksellers and Café. Local Theatre Company presents ‘Discount Ghost Stories’ through June 29.
Beauty and the Beast. BDT Stage, 5501 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder. Through Sept. 21. Be More Chill — presented by Equinox Theatre Company. The Bug Theatre, 3654 Navajo St., Denver. Through June 29. Bull in a China Shop. Benchmark Theatre, 1560 Teller St., Lakewood. Through June 29. Discount Ghost Stories. Trident Booksellers and Cafe, 940 Pearl St., Boulder. Through June 29. Jack and the Beanstalk. Chautauqua Picnic Shelter, 900 Baseline Road, Boulder. Weekends only through June 30. The Language Archive. Vintage Theatre, 1468 Dayton St., Aurora. Through June 16.
Magnets on the Fridge. Buntport Theater, 717 Lipan St., Denver. Shows the first Wednesday of the month from February-June. My Way: A Musical Tribute to Frank Sinatra. Performance Now Theatre Company. Lakewood Cultural Center, 470 S. Allison Parkway, Lakewood. Through June 30. Newsies — presented by Tara Performing Arts High School. 1:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. The Nomad Playhouse, 1410 Quince Ave., Boulder, 303-443-7510. Nirvamlet — presented by Band of Toughs. Denver Performing Arts Complex, 1400 Curtis St., Denver. Through Aug. 3.
Northside. Su Teatro, 721 Santa Fe Drive, Denver. Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, June 30 at 2 p.m. Through June 30. Queen of Conspiracy. Miners Alley, 1224 Washington Ave., Golden. Through June 23. Sanctions. Curious Theater Company, 1018 Acoma St., Denver. Through June 15. Twelfth Night. Mary Rippon Outdoor Theatre, Boulder. Through Aug. 11. The Wizard of Oz. Jesters Dinner Theatre, 224 Main St., Longmont. Through July 7.
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Clay Rose & Adam Perry. 5 p.m. Spirit Hound Distillers, 4196 Ute Highway, Lyons, 303-8235696. Monxx. 8 p.m. Summit, 1902 Blake St., Denver, 303-487-0111. Oh Like WOW @ St. Julien Hotel. 6:30 p.m. St Julien Hotel & Spa, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696. The Rhythm Allstars. 8 p.m. The Wild Game, 2251 Ken Pratt Blvd., Unit A, Longmont, 720-6004875. Sadistik featuring KNO (Of Cunninlynguists). 9 p.m. The Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-447-0095. Shine Dance Party. 8 p.m. Shine Restaurant & Potion Bar, 2480 Canyon Blvd., Suite M-1, Boulder, 303-449-0120. The Slackers — with The Alcapones. 6 p.m. Levitt Pavilion, 1380 W. Florida Ave., Denver, 303-578-0488. Spring Festival of Choirs. 7:30 p.m. University of Colorado Boulder, Regent Drive at Broadway, Boulder. Tell Cancer to Take a Hike. 9 a.m. Wedgewood on Boulder Creek, 38470 Boulder Canyon Drive, Boulder, 917-922-7261. Events Fish Hawks of Boulder County. 10:30 a.m. Cattail Pond, Boulder County Fairgrounds, Longmont. Saturday Morning Groove. 10:30 a.m. Free Motion Dance Studio, 2126 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-379-8299.
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Science Friday. 7 p.m. Chautauqua Community House, 900 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-440-7666. Spanish/English Storytime: Read and Play in Spanish. 10:15 a.m. NoBo Corner Library, 4600 Broadway, Boulder, 303-441-4250. Summer of Discovery: Body Song, a Vocal Playshop with Mmmwhah! 11 a.m. George Reynolds Branch Library, 3595 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, 303-441-3120. Summer of Discovery: Fiske Stomp Rockets. 3 p.m. Meadows Branch Library, 4800 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-441-3100. Summer of Discovery: Live Raptors! By Rocky Mountain Raptor Program. 11 a.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100. SUNDAY, JUNE 16 Music Afton Showcase — with HardWork Playerz INC & Guests. 6:30 p.m. Cervantes’ Other Side, 2637 Welton St., Denver, 303-297-1772. Blues & BBQ Series: Eef Music. 2 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 720-297-6397. Conrad Sewell. 8 p.m. Globe Hall, 4483 Logan St., Denver, 303-296-1003. CU New Opera Workshop: “Hobson’s Choice” by Tom Cipullo. 2 p.m. Imig Music, Music Theatre, Boulder, 303-492-6352. Father’s Day Celebration featuring the music of Grateful Dead for Kids. 11:30 a.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030.
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FILMS Thursday, June 13 ‘Wladyslawa Pasikowskiego.’ 7 p.m. The Mayan Theater, 110 Broadway, Denver, 303-744-6799. ‘Non-Fiction.’ 2 and 7 p.m. Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-4407826. Journey to the Far Side of the Sun.’ 7 p.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100. Thursday Cinema Local Filmmakers’ Showcase ‘Mondo Hollywood.’ 6 p.m. NoBo Corner Library, 4600 Broadway, Boulder, 303-441-3100. Friday, June 14 ‘The Bird with the Crystal Plumage.’ 8:45 p.m. Boedecker. Friday Family Film: ‘Moana.’ 2 p.m. Longmont Public Library, 409 Fourth Ave., Longmont. ‘Space Buddies.’ 4 p.m. Meadows Branch Library, 4800 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303441-3100. ‘Non-Fiction.’ 4 p.m. Boedecker. ‘Zen for Nothing.’ 2 and 6:30 p.m. Boedecker. Saturday, June 15 ‘Non-Fiction.’ 3 and 8 p.m. Boedecker. ‘Zen for Nothing.’ 1 and 5:30 p.m. Boedecker. Sunday, June 16 ‘The Audience’: NT Live Encore. 1 p.m. Boedecker.
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Monday, June 17 ‘The Audience.’ 7 p.m. Boedecker. Tuesday, June 18 Anthill Films presents ‘Return To Earth.’ 8 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030. GoodCinema: ‘From Shock to Awe.’ 6 p.m. Alamo Drafthouse Sloans Lake, 4255 W. Colfax Ave., Denver, 720-577-4720. Kids Film Series: ‘Shrek.’ 10 a.m. Longmont Museum, 400 Quail Road, Longmont, 303-651-8374. Wednesday, June 19 ‘All Is True.’ 7 p.m. Boedecker. ‘The Audience.’ 1 p.m. Boedecker. ‘Chef Flynn.’ 4:30 p.m. Boedecker. ‘Hot Water’ (1924) and ‘His Royal Slyness’ (1920) — with Hank Troy, piano. 7:30 p.m. Chautauqua Community House, 900 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-440-7666.
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Events Adam Cayton-Holland. 7 p.m. Comedy Works, 1226 15th St., Denver, 303-595-3637. Boulder Comedy Show (2 shows). 7 p.m. Bohemian Biergarten, 2017 13th St., Boulder, 720-767-2863. Boulder Market. 11 a.m. Central Park, 1236 Canyon Blvd., Boulder, 720-272-7467. Father’s Day Fishing Craft. 11 a.m. WOW! Children’s Museum, 110 N. Harrison Ave., Lafayette, 303-604-2424. Father’s Day Special. 10 a.m. WOW! Children’s Museum, 110 N. Harrison Ave., Lafayette, 303-604-2424. Father’s Day Classic — Beer BBQ Music. 11 a.m. 300 Suns Brewing, 335 First Ave., Unit C, Longmont, 720-442-8292. K-von — Comedy Show & Book Signing. 6 p.m. The Bug Theatre, 3654 Navajo St., Denver, 303-477-9984. Meadows Teen Advisory Group (M-TAB). 4 p.m. Meadows Branch Library, 4800 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-441-3100. Mozzarella & Burrata with Dad for Father’s Day. 1 p.m. The Art of Cheese, 505 Weaver Park Road, Suite E, Longmont, 303-579-9537. Yarn-fiti 2019. 2 p.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100. MONDAY, JUNE 17 Music Andrew Kasab. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-201-3731.
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Magic is From Mars; Juggling is From Jupiter. 10 a.m. Louisville Public Library, 951 Spruce St., Louisville, 303-335-4821.
Out Boulder County Gender Support Group — Longmont. 6:30 a.m. Out Boulder County, 630 Main St., Longmont, 303-499-5777.
Modern Physics Book Discussions. 6 p.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.
PEARL iZUMi’s Tuesday Night Thunder Criterium Racing Series. 5:45 p.m. Colorado Technology Center, 101 S. Taylor Ave., Louisville, 800-328-8488.
Movement Mondays. 7 p.m. Free Motion Dance Studio, 2126 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-3798299. Rainbow Storytime. 6 p.m. Longmont Public Library, 409 4th Ave., Longmont, 303-651-8470. Spanish/English Storytime: Read and Play in Spanish. 10:15 a.m. NoBo Corner Library, 4600 Broadway, Boulder, 303-441-4250. Summer Camp: Comic Book Camp. 9 a.m. Museum of Boulder, 2205 Broadway, Boulder. Summer of Discovery: My Art Tie-Dye T-shirts. 4:30 p.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100. VIVA Theater at the Library. 2 p.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-4413100. TUESDAY, JUNE 18 Music 3rd Tuesday Lunchtime Concert Series Presents: Altius Quartet featuring Hsing-ay Hsu, Piano. Noon. NoBo Corner Library, 4600 Broadway, Boulder, 303-441-3100. 3rd Tuesday Lunchtime Concert Series Presents: Central City Opera. Noon. NoBo Corner Library, 4600 Broadway, Boulder, 303441-3100. Charly Bliss. 7 p.m. Marquis Theatre, 2009 Larimer St., Denver, 303-487-0111. Diane Coffee. 8 p.m. Globe Hall, 4483 Logan St., Denver, 303-296-1003. Face. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 North Park Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757. Jeff Ruby, Route 358. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-201-3731. Events 3rd Tuesday Lunchtime Concert Series Presents: Dexter Payne Quintet. Noon. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100. All Ages Storytime. 10:15 a.m. George Reynolds Branch Library, 3595 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, 303-441-3120.
Summer of Discovery: Fiske Stomp Rockets. 10:15 a.m. NoBo Corner Library, 4600 Broadway, Boulder, 303-441-4250. Tuesday Tapping at Upslope Brewing. 11 a.m. Upslope Brewing Company (Flatiron Park), 1898 South Flatiron Court, Boulder, 303-3961898. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19
Coheed And Cambria & Mastodon: The Unheavenly Skye Tour. 5 p.m. Fillmore Auditorium, 1510 Clarkson St., Denver, 303-837-0360.
Jazzetry Night! featuring Von Disco. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-201-3731. Jennifer Lopez: It’s My Party. 8 p.m. Pepsi Center, 1000 Chopper Circle, Denver. Joel Cummins of Umphrey’s McGee. 8:30 p.m. Ophelia’s Electric Soapbox, 1215 20th St., Denver, 303-993-8023. Musical Adventure. 10 a.m. WOW! Children’s Museum, 110 N. Harrison Ave., Lafayette, 303604-2424. Nelson Rangell. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 North Park Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757. The Singing OUT Tour 2019 — with Heather Mae & Crys Matthews. 7 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 720-297-6397. Events 50+ LGBTQ Mixer. 6 p.m. La Vita Bella Event Space, 471 Main St., Longmont, 720-204-4525. Big Bubble Circus. 2 p.m. Louisville Public Library, 951 Spruce St., Louisville, 303-335-4821.
The Ballet Project. 8:30 a.m. Airborne Dance, 1816 Boston Ave., Longmont, 303-684-3717.
Flatirons Mineral Club. 6 p.m. Meadows Branch Library, 4800 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-441-3100.
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beneath the apple blossoms by greg alston
and this time you slipped as a raindrop through the clouds of my forgetfulness to fall like the thought of a forming leaf wearing that dress i remember and laughing at the perfection of a moment that was gone before it could be described and i saw you stepping softly barefoot beneath the apple blossoms and pregnant with the tender impossibilities of this new spring reaching out with tendrils of anticipation toward an unknown father but troubled by the wildness of the seed imbedded in your womb and the memory of chaos that lies within your ancient bones
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From riches to rags in ‘Framing John DeLorean’
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he John DeLorean story has it all: Cars, cocaine, ‘Framing John supermodels, countries at war, political scuffles on DeLorean.’ Presented by the Denver Film both sides of the Atlantic, an FBI sting of ridiculous Society. Sie Film proportions, secret off-shore bank accounts, decepCenter, 2510 E. tion, avarice, opulence and ego. It could be a modColfax Ave., Denver. ern-day fairy tale parents tell their children as a reminder not Opens June 28. to fly too close to the sun or fashion your wings out of something more durable than wax. But the John DeLorean story is no fairy tale. Embellishments are unnecessary because, like the strangest stories, the truth is much more captivating. It begins, more or less, in 1956 with DeLorean accepting a job at General Motors in the Pontiac department, i.e., the old folks’ division. DeLorean saw potential and put a tiger in Pontiac’s tank with the GTO (Gran Turismo Omologato). GM hated the car, and they hated the name. But DeLorean saw something the brass at GM couldn’t: A youth culture was coming of age, and they were really into cars. The GTO propelled GM in sales and DeLorean’s cachet. It kept him employed, but it didn’t endear him to the button-ups at GM. Sure, they saw dollar signs when they looked at DeLorean, but they also saw a plastic chin, open collar, bushy sideburns and promiscuous ways. DeLorean decided to beat the bastards at their own game by building his own company, the DeLorean Motor Company, fashioning a brand new automobile and taking the world by storm. And he did until the bottom dropped out. Though many films about DeLorean have been in the works, the documentary Framing John DeLorean from filmmakers Don Argott and Sheena M. Joyce is the first to the silver screen. Trying to put a frame around DeLorean’s life is no easy task, but Argott and Joyce succeed thanks to a wealth of archival recordings, hidden camera footage from the FBI, interviews with DeLorean’s two kids and a series of re-enactments starring Alec Baldwin as the fabled car manufacturer. Argott and Joyce even allow Baldwin to explain his process of portraying DeLorean. The result is a multi-layered analysis of a multi-faceted man. Not everything here can be digested on the first viewing, and you’re likely to leave Framing John DeLorean thinking DeLorean was either the American dream incarnate or the American reality inevitable. What comes through strongest is how there is no end of second chances for the wealthy in this country — especially if you are white and male. DeLorean was a wrecking ball of a man. Inventive and visionary, sure, but look at what his life has amounted to for his children. Shady dealings caused DeLorean to lose DMC, but it’s the people who worked for him, invested in him and partnered with him who lost even more. To this end, Argott and Joyce hang DeLorean out to dry and give his son the last laugh. It’s a chilling reminder: Your children will be the ones who remember you. If you’re lucky, they’ll have nice things to say.
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f you aren’t from the South or haven’t been to the South or haven’t been to a Southern restaurant, you may have never had fried green tomatoes. If that’s you, you’re missing out. With its unique twist on the classic BLT, The Huckleberry in Louisville knows just how to serve them. Un-ripened (aka green tomatoes) are covered in cornmeal and dipped in buttermilk, then lightly fried, and served between two slices of wheat bread with bacon, lettuce and remoulade (think a Southern aioli). The fried tomatoes add a certain amount of crunch and depth to this American lunch staple. Thanks for bringing the South to us, Huckleberry! $9.50.
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Ali Baba Grill 3033 28th St., Boulder, alibabagrill.com f you’re hungry — we’re talking posthike famished — head to Ali Baba Grill for a plate of chicken kabsa that will satisfy even the most ravenous appetite. Hefty cuts of chicken (or lamb) are spiced with black pepper, cloves, cardamom, saffron, cinnamon, black lime, bay leaves and nutmeg, and served over a heaping bed of flavorful rice loaded with thick cuts of carrot, potato and bell pepper. Drizzle on some cucumber yogurt sauce to add a bit of creamy texture. If that doesn’t fill you up, the accompanying side of housemade hummus with fresh naan and a side salad should do the trick. $15.95.
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Spiral-bound community cookbooks dish usable recipes in the digital age By JOHN LEHNDORFF
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you have a recipe you cherish, one that you’ve saved because you know it works, chances are you didn’t find it in The Joy of Cooking, Julia Child’s volumes or any of the food sections I’ve edited since 1985. You might have gotten it from a relative but they probably found it in the most common recipe source for American home cooks for decades: spiralbound community cookbooks. I have some of my mother’s recipes because she contributed them to community cookbooks when I was a kid. Spiral-bound matters a lot because those books lie flat on the counter when you are cooking. I have hardbound cookbooks that I have to use a 5-pound hand weight to hold open. Over the years I’ve collected every community cookbook that has come my way, mostly from the Boulder area but also from across Colorado. Many were efforts to raise money for hospitals, diseases, churches, schools and other causes, and the recipes came largely from women. The recipe names are often very plain or attributed to a relative. I have Mother Barbara’s Rice Casserole in a collection of recipes from the Boulder Valley Women’s Health Center in 1987, Shirley Crowfoot’s Concord Grape Pie in the Shakespeare Festival’s 1998
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cookbook, and my very own Happy Family Grilled Salad included in Meals on Wheels’ 1991 Tastefully Boulder. Eventually, I’ll donate the collection to a museum because the recipes represent valuable historical documentation unavailable elsewhere. They tell you who was cooking and how they actually cooked at the time versus a historian’s account. There used to be dozens of these books available in the Boulder area, but they have virtually disappeared. They’ve been replaced by digital equivalents like allrecipes.com, where the recipe of the day on June 11 was Skinny Broccoli Mac and Cheese. Fewer people have cookbooks and recipes that they own. They, like me, simply Google “marinara.” However, I’m happy to have a new addition, the wonderful new Boulder Food Rescue Recipe Book. The collection features 55 recipes in English using fresh produce items saved by Boulder Food Rescue (BFR) from stores and delivered by bicycle to the community. Flip the book over and it’s the same recipes in Spanish. The recipes come from BFR staff and members, and staff of Boulder Housing Partners, which organizes food redistribution in its network of housing units, food pantries and preschools, such as New Horizons and the Family Learning Center. Among the participants are see NIBBLES Page 42
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recent immigrants from Peru, Mexico, Costa Rica and Morocco. It’s one thing to collect still edible produce from eager donors like Lucky’s Market or Alfalfa’s Market. It’s quite another to figure out how TOMATILLO to turn a case of SALSA makes it into the new ‘Boulfresh eggplant, der Food Rescue kale, zucchini, Recipe Book.’ leeks, Swiss chard, artichokes or beets into dinner tonight. “We don’t control the produce we receive. We sometimes get high quantities of vegetables and fruits that are not common in certain cultures,” says Hayden Dansky, executive director of BFR. Dansky says the recipes in this collection are, in part, the answers the cooks devised and were passing among themselves. The just-released volume features tested recipes for everything from Spicy Roasted Fennel and Carrots to Potato Salad with Chicken to Green Plantain Ceviche. The dessert section includes Chocolate Zucchini Squares and Mango and Strawberry Smoothies. There are classics like the Tomatillo Salsa from Jesus Rosales, which uses fresh jalapeno, avocado, cilantro, white onion and garlic. The Boulder Food Rescue Recipe Book is available to the public and ideal for any cook that is trying to use more fresh produce or is facing similar vegetable dilemmas as a member of a local farm CSA. The nonprofit organization is accepting donations on a suggested sliding scale of $25 to $45. For ordering information: boulderfoodrescue.org/recipebooklaunch. If your Boulder or Colorado organization still offers a printed, spiral-bound recipe collection, let me know at: nibbles@ boulderweekly.com
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Basta and Dry Storage) has opened two new eateries — Brutø and BOH — in Denver’s new Free Market. ... The Lafayette Farmers Market is now open for the season 4-8 p.m. Thursdays on East Simpson Street in downtown Lafayette. ... Congrats to Ann Cooper, food services director of the Boulder Valley School District, who was named one of EatingWell’s 2019 American Food Heroes, 10 people impacting the food world in meaningful ways. ... Prepare for the release of the new Downton Abbey film by taking Tea for Duchess of Bedfordshire and learning how to make and serve teatime scones, shortbread and sandwiches June 19 at Denver’s Colorado Free University. freeuregistration.com ... Jamestown is hosting a pie contest on July 4 and I’m one of the judges. Entry information: tinyurl.com/jtpiecontest TASTE OF THE WEEK CBD is everywhere and seemingly in everything, but the non-psychoactive hemp extract doesn’t always taste great while it’s having its anti-inflammatory and calming effects. Moksha CBD chocolate from Shanao Cacao is the ideal delivery vehicle. The sustainably grown, 72 percent single-varietal Criollo processed in Boulder has a complex flavor with some cherry-berry fruit, floral notes and a creamy texture that meld well with the grassy herbaceousness of 20 mg of Colorado-grown full-spectrum hemp CBD oil. Happily, the cacao is ethically sourced from farmers in Peru, and the farm-to-bar chocolate bars are organic, vegan, nutfree, gluten-free and non-GMO. WORDS TO CHEW ON “See, the thing is to not overload what the farmer did for you. Keep it simple. You don’t add anything to the plate without asking, ‘How does this enhance my meal?’” — Antonio Laudisio John Lehndorff is the former dining critic of the Rocky Mountain News. He hosts Radio Nibbles on KGNU: news. kgnu.org/category/radio-nibbles. BOULDER COUNTY’S INDEPENDENT VOICE
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The next biggest thing in alcohol is... seltzer?
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And of course Boulder County brewers are making the fizzy booze water into a craft
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ou know, we should’ve seen this coming. There were whispers. Ghosts of future daydrinking excursions. Go back to the mini-fridge in the garage of your subconscious and see if you can recall commercials for White Claw Hard Seltzer popping up on TV about a year ago.
Spend some time in a liquor store. Notice there’s probably now a rack or a whole fridge just for seltzer. Hover there. Listen. “Black cherry’s my favorite.” “Crushable.” “Let’s get three racks.” White Claw is a product of the Mike’s Hard folks. Anheuser-Busch has Bon and Viv Spiked Seltzer. MillerCoors has Henry’s (of hard soda fame) Hard Sparkling Water. There’s also Truly, and the list keeps growing. Zima is still dead. But as the big guys cover the market shortly after they created it, here comes craft, with Boulder County producers leading the way. Oskar Blues recently launched Wild Basin Boozy Sparkling Water, and Upslope, just last month, released the expertly named Spiked Snowmelt. So it’s popular, it’s got the eye of craft brewers, it’s light, it’s refreshing, OK, but what exactly is hard seltzer? “Quite a few people were thinking that I had a wine or I
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Authentic NYC BAGELS in Colorado had a cider or it’s beer or it’s like a liquor drink or something,” says Upslope’s Katie Hill of taste-testing Spiked Snowmelt around the county. “That’s not the case. The ingredients are carbonated water and alcohol from cane sugar.” And a little flavoring from herbs, fruits, hops and whatever else a brewery (a seltzery?) decides. Hill says Upslope didn’t need to buy any new equipment to start tinkering with hard seltzer: “We didn’t have to re-outfit the brewery. It’s the usual setup, right down to the canning line.” Upslope spent nine months in research and development before launching Snowmelt at its Upslope Get Down festival in May. The idea was to take a similar approach to developing flavors as the brewery does with its beer and apply it to this new form. “Certainly in our beer-making we’re strategic in what flavors are going out,” Hill says. “The same kind of thing is going into anything we do. With Spiked Snowmelt ... we didn’t want to pick the basic stuff that was out there.” Upslope brewers found inspiration close by in their Rocky Mountain Kolsh, brewed with Colorado sage and honey, a combo that, in a beer, is unique and fun. The marriage of complementary, bold flavors became the framework for the development of Snowmelt’s initial varieties. For instance, you’ll find a lime flavor in the lineup of most of the big seltzer brands. Upslope adds juniper, an herbal element that rounds out the seltzer and makes it a good partner to gin. The other initial flavors are tangerine and hops, and pomegranate and acai. The Oskar Blues’ Wild Basin lineup has an eye on refreshment: lime, melon basil, cucumber peach and lemon agave hibiscus. Both Upslope’s and Oskar Blues’
offerings clock in at 100 calories and 5 percent alcohol by volume. Both are gluten-free. Oskar Blues’ have no sugar and one carb per can; Upslope’s got 2 grams of each per can. No doubt the entire food and beverage world has been running downhill toward natural, healthy, few-ingredient products for over a decade, but seltzer, the khaki pants of drinks? Certainly we wouldn’t find ourselves at a backyard barbecue reaching for seltzer instead of beer, right? “People wanted something they can still go out and do outdoor activities with that won’t weigh them down as much as beer,” Hill says. “We liked the idea ... giving people the lighter option that’s glutenfree and that still gives them a buzz.” The most suprising thing about hard seltzer’s rise? It’s good. There’s no weird fake-sugar or tonic tang, it’s not sweet and you don’t taste the alcohol. On your first few sips, you may miss the body and finish that comes with beer, but get to the bottom of the can and you’ll forget about it. You really should mix it in cocktails; you really should bring it on hikes or to the beach; you really should drink it if you’re gluten-free; and you really should (and likely already are or will) make it a part of your social routine. That revelation is widespread. Hill says a surprising amount of the beerfocused patrons at Upslope have been ordering Snowmelt. They pour a dash of the Blackberry Lemon Sour Ale into the pomegranate acai. They take tangerine and hops home in cans and mix it with tequila. They order it in lieu of session ale. “We’ve seen tremendous success... maybe more than we’d ever anticipated,” Hill says. Us too.
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Tour de brew: Beer festival season Time to drink in the parking lot
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n June 8, Avery Brewing Company celebrated its second annual Avery Invitational, its anniversary party with an invited 60 guest breweries pouring over 200 beers. With an additional 40 beers from Avery’s taproom, barrels and cellar, it was one heck of a beer adventure. Like most beer festivals, the Avery Invitational began with a branded taster glass, thirsty drinkers sporting pretzel necklaces and the faint whiff of sunscreen in the air. But once the guests waiting in line were handed the day’s tap list, the mood shifted. Some grabbed for golf pencils and started crossing off old familiars while others start circling the can’t-misses. Many uncapped highlighters and cross-referenced the legal-sized list for rarities and long-gone favorites against various beer tracking apps on their phones. Adventure motivated these drinkers as they took note of the scheduled barrel tappings, raced across the parking lot to the out-of-state legacy breweries and wrapped their lips around pours from Avery’s 2015 Czar — an imperial stout that has softened, deepened and picked up a delicious flavor of toffee peanuts with four years in the bottle. Other favorites included Sarah’s Spicy Sorpreso — a barrel-aged sour ale brewed with jalapeño and agave that would accompany pico de gallo and a basket of chips with remarkable proficiency — and Ask Again L8er, a pineapple basil sour ale made in collaboration with Parry Pizzeria & Bar that would go oh-so-well with Parry’s white pie, The Pearl. The only drawback to a beer festival is that a two-ounce pour can only suggest, not represent, the true aroma and rich flavor of all these wonderful ales and lagers. Which explains why Avery went to the trouble to produce hard copies of the tap list — it promoted note taking and thoughtful drinking. You can’t say that about every beer festival, but there are some worth putting on your radar for this summer. With parking lot drinking season just getting underway, here are a couple more to watch for: Rocky Mountain Beer Festival (Louisville Community Park, 955 Bella Vista Drive, Louisville) June 22, 1-6 p.m. Tickets for this one start at $15, which is ideal for those looking for a good time without breaking the bank. Plus, you can try one of Old Colorado Brewing Co.’s traditional ales without having to drive up to Wellington. Hooplagers: The Lager Hoopla! (Wibby Brewing, 209 Emery St., Longmont) July 20, 12:15-5 p.m. Wibby knows lager, and they know how to throw a party. Part anniversary party, part pool party, part food drive, part silent disco, all lager love, Hoopla is becoming a Longmont must. And with 45 breweries joining in on the fun, it’s hard to say no. Tickets start at $36. Boulder Craft Beer Festival (North Boulder Park, 2848 Ninth St., Boulder) Aug. 24, 1-5 p.m. Gathering Boulder County’s best brews, the sixth annual Boulder Craft Beer Festival puts a bow on 2019’s season of drinking a la mode. Savor that sunshine while you can. BOULDER COUNTY’S INDEPENDENT VOICE
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planets to find alien life. Instead of launching expensive missions to other planets, we could look for exotic creatures here on earth. Astrobiologist Mary Beth Wilhelm is doing just that. Her search has taken her to Chile’s Atacama Desert, whose terrain has resemblances to Mars. She’s looking for organisms like those that might have once thrived on the Red Planet. In accordance with astrological omens, I invite you to use this idea as a metaphor for your own life. Consider the possibility that you’ve been looking far and wide for an answer or resource that is actually close at hand.
lated a unique definition of “criticism.” He said that it doesn’t dish out judgments or hand down sentences. Rather, it invigorates things by encouraging them, by identifying dormant potentials and hidden beauty. Paraphrasing and quoting Foucault, I’ll tell you that this alternate type of criticism ignites useful fires and sings to the grass as it grows. It looks for the lightning of possible storms, and coaxes codes from the sea foam. I hope you’ll practice this kind of “criticism” in the coming weeks, Libra — a criticism that doesn’t squelch enthusiasm and punish mistakes, but instead champions the life spirit and helps it ripen.
MARCH 21-APRIL 19: We may not have to travel to other
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SEPT. 23-OCT. 22: Libran philosopher Michel Foucault articu-
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some stories have the power to heal. That’s why he said we should actively seek out stories that have the power to heal. Buber’s disabled grandfather once told Buber a story about an adored teacher who loved to dance. As the grandfather told the story, he got so excited that he rose from his chair to imitate the teacher, and suddenly began to hop and dance around in the way his teacher did. From that time on, the grandfather was cured of his disability. What I wish for you in the coming weeks is that you will find stories like that.
OCT. 23-NOV. 21: Help may be hovering nearby, but in an unrecognizable guise. Rumpled but rich opportunities will appear at the peripheries, though you may not immediately recognize their value. A mess that you might prefer to avoid looking at could be harboring a very healthy kind of trouble. My advice to you, therefore, is to drop your expectations. Be receptive to possibilities that have not been on your radar. Be willing to learn lessons you have neglected or disdained in the past.
GEMINI
SAGITTARIUS
MAY 21-JUNE 20: In the 1960s, Gemini musician Brian
Wilson began writing and recording bestselling songs with his band the Beach Boys. A seminal moment in his development happened while he was listening to his car radio in August 1963. A tune he had never heard before came on: “Be My Baby” by the Ronettes. Wilson was so excited he pulled over onto the shoulder of the road and stopped driving so he could devote his full attention to what he considered a shockingly beautiful work of art. “I started analyzing all the guitars, pianos, bass, drums and percussion,” he told The New York Times. “Once I got all those learned, I knew how to produce records.” I suspect a pivotal moment like this could unfold for you in the coming weeks, Gemini. Be alert!
CANCER
JUNE 21-JULY 22: My dear Cancerian, your soul is so rich
and complicated, so many-splendored and mysterious, so fertile and generous. I’m amazed you can hold all the poignant marvels you contain. Isn’t it sometimes a struggle for you to avoid spilling over? Like a river at high tide during heavy rains? And yet every so often there come moments when you go blank; when your dense, luxuriant wonders go missing. That’s OK! It’s all part of the Great Mystery. You need these fallow phases. And I suspect that the present time might be such a time. If so, here’s a fragment of a poem by Cecilia Woloch to temporarily use as your motto: “I have nothing to offer you now save my own wild emptiness.”
LEO
JULY 23-AUG. 22: America’s premier eventologist is Leoborn Adrienne Sioux Koopersmith. When she was going through a hard time in 1991, she resolved to buoy her spirits by creating cheerful, splashy new holidays. Since then she has filled the calendar with over 1,900 new occasions to celebrate. What a perfect way to express her radiant Leo energy! National Splurge Day on June 18 is one of Adrienne’s favorites: a time for revelers to be extra kind and generous to themselves. That’s a happy coincidence, because my analysis of the astrological omens suggests that this is a perfect activity for you to emphasize during the coming weeks.
VIRGO
AUG. 23-SEPT. 22: “Let me keep my mind on what matters, which is my work, which is mostly standing still and learning to be astonished.” Virgo poet Mary Oliver made that statement. It was perfectly reasonable for her, given her occupation, although a similar declaration might sound outlandish coming from a non-poet. Nonetheless, I’ll counsel you to inhabit that frame of mind at least part-time for the next two weeks. I think you’ll benefit in numerous ways from ingesting more than your minimum daily dose of beauty, wonder, enchantment and astonishment.
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NOV. 22-DEC. 21: As much as I love logic and champion rational thinking, I’m granting you a temporary exemption from their supremacy. To understand what’s transpiring in the coming weeks, and to respond with intelligence, you will have to transcend logic and reason. They will simply not be sufficient guides as you wrestle and dance with the Great Riddle that will be visiting. You will need to unleash the full power of your intuition. You must harness the wisdom of your body, and the information it reveals to you via physical sensations. You will benefit from remembering at least some of your nightly dreams, and inviting them to play on your consciousness throughout the day.
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DEC. 22-JAN. 19: For the sake of your emotional and spiri-
tual health, you may need to temporarily withdraw or retreat from one or more of your alliances. But I recommend that you don’t do anything drastic or dramatic. Refrain from harsh words and sudden breaks. For now, seal yourself away from influences that are stirring up confusion so you can concentrate on reconnecting with your own deepest truths. Once you’ve done that for a while, you’ll be primed to find helpful clues about where to go next in managing your alliances.
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JAN. 20-FEB. 18: I’ve got a list of do’s and don’t’s for you.
Do play and have fun more than usual. But don’t indulge in naïve assumptions and infantile emotions that interfere with your ability to see the world as it really is. Do take aggressive action to heal any sense of abandonment you’re still carrying from the old days. But don’t poison yourself with feelings of blame toward the people who abandoned you. Do unleash wild flights of fantasy and marvelous speculations about seemingly impossible futures that maybe aren’t so impossible. But don’t get so fixated on wild fantasies and marvelous speculations that you neglect to embrace the subtle joys that are actually available to you right now.
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FEB. 19-MARCH 20: “At times, so many memories trample
my heart that it becomes impossible to know just what I’m feeling and why,” writes Piscean poet Mark Nepo. While that experience is familiar to everyone, it’s especially common for you Pisceans. That’s the bad news. But here’s the good news: in the coming weeks, your heart is unlikely to be trampled by your memories. Hence, you will have an excellent chance to know exactly what you’re feeling and why. The weight of the past will at least partially dissolve and you’ll be freer than usual to understand what’s true for you right now, without having to sort through confusing signals about who you used to be.
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Dear Dan: I’m a straight cis woman in my early 40s and a single mother. I have not dated or hooked up with anyone in years. While I miss dating, the biggest issue right now is that my sex drive is off the charts. While watching porn and masturbating once my child goes to sleep helps, I really want to get well and truly fucked by a guy who knows what he’s doing. I could likely go to a bar or on Tinder and find a man for a one-night stand, but I’m hesitant to do that. To add to my complicated backstory, I have a history of childhood sexual abuse and have had only two partners in my whole life, one of whom was abusive. My past sexual forays have not been particularly satisfying, in part due to my lack of experience and comfort indicating what I do/do not like, as well as some dissociation during the actual act. I keep thinking it would be easier to find a sex worker to “scratch the itch,” as presumably a male sex worker would be more open, sex-positive, and skilled. But I have no idea how I might go about it or what the procedure or etiquette is. And I am fearful that I could get arrested given the illegality of soliciting in my conservative southern state. Getting in trouble could have devastating effects on my life, and I would definitely lose my job. I am trying to weigh the pros and cons, but I feel out of my depth. Any advice for a gal who wants
BY DAN SAVAGE to get fucked but is not sure how to make that happen in a safe-ish space? —Single Mom Absolutely Stupid Horny Dear SMASH: “In the recent past, the answer would have been ‘Google,’” said John Oh, a Sydney-based male sex worker for women. “But in a post-SESTA/ FOSTA world, that route is now unreliable — especially in the United States, where advertising on the web is far more difficult.” SESTA/FOSTA — the “Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act/Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act” — is a 2018 law that was crafted, backers said (backers lied), to fight sex trafficking. It made it a crime for web platforms to knowingly or unknowingly allow someone to post a sex ad. The law is so vague that platforms like Craigslist, Tumblr, and Facebook purged sexually explicit content in an effort to prevent sex workers from basically being online at all. SESTA/FOSTA’s backers claim they want to protect women — and only women — but in reality, pushing sex workers out of online spaces (where they could more effectively screen clients, share safety tips with each other, and
organize politically) made sex work more dangerous, not less, and has led to more sex trafficking, not less. But one platform — one much pilloried but still popular platform — is bucking the antisex-worker/anti-sexually-explicit-content trend. “Twitter is still a (mostly) safe place for sex workers, and I have not heard of law enforcement using it to entrap potential clients,” said John. “So I believe that it is a reasonably safe place to anonymously research male sex workers. Many of us advertise there.” Since no one knows how long Twitter will allow sex workers to use its platform, you might want to get started on that search now, SMASH. And while sex work is work, and it’s work many people freely choose to do, not everyone is good at their job. Since your experiences with unpaid sex weren’t that great, I asked John for some tips on increasing your odds of finding a skilled male sex worker. “Sadly, in places where sex work is criminalized, it’s harder to find a suitable male sex worker,” said John, “especially for someone who needs extra special care due to trauma. I expect that for SMASH,
traveling to a place where sex work is not criminalized would not be practical, but that might be an option for others.” “If traveling to Australia, where John lives and where he’s been doing sex work for nine years (legally, as sex work is decriminalized in his state of New South Wales, and legalized in much of the rest of Australia), is unrealistic, John suggests chatting with sex workers in your area — but not, at least at first, the male ones. “Her best option may be to talk to female sex workers on Twitter and ask them for a recommendation,” said John. “This has two benefits — the first is that female workers in her general area will have local knowledge. The second is that female workers are generally very careful about endorsing male workers. So if a few female workers suggest a male sex worker, there is a high likelihood that he will be safe, capable, and professional. But if SMASH goes this route, tipping the female workers who help her out would be polite — otherwise this would amount to asking for unpaid labor.” You can find John Oh on Twitter @ JohnOhOfSydney. On the Lovecast, Mistress Matisse commands you to listen to the S&M show: savagelovecast.com. Email questions to mail@savagelove.net. Follow Dan on Twitter @fakedansavage and visit ITMFA.org.
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moking weed is an older pastime than you might think. That’s according to research published June 12 in Science Advances that analyzed archeological findings from the mountainous Pamir region in Central Asia. Ten wooden braziers (bowl-like burning vessels) with rocks that had burning traces on them were exhumed from eight tombs in the 2,500-year-old Jirzankal Cemetery. Scientists led by a team from the Chinese Academy of Sciences extracted organic material from the braziers and some stones and, using a process called gas chromatography– mass spectrometry, found traces of cannabis on the materials. They cross-referenced those findings with ancient cannabis from around the same time, and then tested the outside of the smoking vessels to confirm that cannabis was only burned inside the vessel. Scientists thus concluded that cannabis plants were burned for various purposes by placing hot stones in the braziers. The researchers also took note of the kinds of cannabis our ancestors were smoking in the mountains. By looking at CBD and CBN levels — CBN is what THC turns into when exposed to air, light or heat — researchers found the artifacts contained mostly CBN, indicating that the cannabis burned inside them so many millennia ago likely had higher THC levels than wild varieties. The CBN/THC levels were higher than the ancient cannabis sample the researchers were using as a cross-reference, so they surmised
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that the community of pot smokers back then may have developed higher-THC strains through selective breeding and domestication of the plant. But before we paint too rosy a picture, take note of what the researchers also found: “The preliminary results of the human bone analysis at the Jirzankal Cemetery show perforations in some skulls and signs of fatal cuts and breaks in several bones; the excavators interpret these as signs of human sacrifice. While further research is needed to verify these assumptions, it is possible that a complex set of religious practices occurred at these sites in the first millennium BCE. Other artifacts in the tombs suggest ritual practices — for example, the presence of an angular harp, an important musical instrument in ancient funerals and sacrificial ceremonies. In addition, many of the artifacts from these tombs have clear burn marks on them. We can start to piece together an image of funerary rites that included flames, rhythmic music, and hallucinogenic smoke, all intended to guide people into an altered state of mind.” Well then.
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At the very least, after referencing these findings with other cannabis-related artifacts from around that time, researchers suggested that the time period between the fifth and first centuries BCE was a time when cannabis consumption migrated from ritualistic use by those in power to more recreational, medicinal and ritualistic use by the common people. And that’s pretty cool.
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Pot’s CBD component may help combat alcoholism by Paul Danish
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he most widely used and abused drug in the United States is alcohol. According to the 2017 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 16.7 million Americans over age 12 (6.1 percent of the population) were heavy booze users in the past month, including one in 10 Americans aged 18-25. Heavy alcohol use is defined as downing five or SHERPA SEO/WIKIMEDIA COMMONS
more drinks on the same occasion five or more times a month. Now evidence is emerging — Category 5 irony alert here — that cannabidiol (CBD), the cannabinoid that won’t get you high, may be able to help alcohol users both to cut down on their drinking and to protect them against alcohol’s major averse health effects. Especially if the user happens to be a mouse. According to a recent story by Kimberly Lawson on the Marijuana Moment website, a review of 26 studies done between 1974 and 2018 found substan-
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tial evidence that “CBD reduces the overall level of alcohol drinking in animal models of AUD (Alcohol Use Disorder) by reducing ethanol intake, motivation for ethanol, relapse, and by decreasing anxiety and impulsivity.” The review was done by researchers in France and Belgium. It was published on May 31 in the journal Frontiers in Pharmacology. The review also found evidence that CBD could reduce liver and brain damage resulting from heavy drinking. One study found that the livers of mice that had been given CBD before being force-fed alcohol every 12 hours for five days were less damaged than those of mice not given CBD. CBD also may provide some protection to areas of the brain susceptible to alcohol damage, according to the reviewers. The brains of rats who had been given CBD before being subjected to a forced bender had lost “significantly” fewer brain cells in the hippocampus and entorhinal cortex. (The entorhinal cortex is an area deep in the brain that functions as a hub in a widespread network for memory, navigation and the perception of time.) The reviewers suggest that the mitigating effects of CBD on alcohol abuse may stem from the “complex” way CBD interacts with CB2 receptors on cells. CB2 receptors are the molecular “docking locations” on cells to which CBD binds. CB2 receptors are found on multiple types of cells throughout the body, which may explain why CBD seems to protect both liver and brain cells. (CB1 receptors are the ones for THC, marijuana’s main psychoactive component). The reviewers also said that the drugs currently available to help people with AUD stop drinking are “insufficiently effective” and “new therapeutic pros-
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