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Danish wrong again
In the opinion piece “Will Colorado come apart?” (Danish Plan, June 13) Mr. Danish states that Vermont seceded from New York to become a state in 1791. That is factually false. Vermont was never one of the original 13 colonies and was never part of New York. It was an independent republic from 1777 to 1791. As a Vermonter I’m proud of this fact. Damn Yankees don’t get loose with
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rrogance is an unpleasant trait, but when it’s overlaid with ignorance, it really gets ugly. Meet Arrogance: TransCanada Corporation, a $1.3 billion pipeline giant based in Calgary, is now demanding a U.S. permit to run its Keystone XL pipeline right down our country’s center in order to move toxic tar sands sludge some 1,700 miles from northern Canada to export facilities on
“facts.” Your paper has some of the best investigative journalists anywhere. Mr. Danish is not one of them. Mr. Danish is an opinion writer who doesn’t let facts get in the way of his opinions. He’s always pursued this course, and as he writes for entertainment as opposed to informing, certainly anything he states as fact cannot be presumed to be true. Seth Bayer/Boulder
the Texas Gulf Coast. The environmental threat of this KXL pipe — which would cross thousands of farms, suburbs and water sources — has been widely reported. Less known, however, is that this foreign corporation has been crudely bullying American farm families and anyone else who dares to oppose its poisonous pursuit of profit. Now, meet Ignorance: The Texas Railroad Commission, already infamous for its tail-wagging acceptance of any scam put forth by the corporations it’s supposed to regulate. Texas law meekly hands the public’s power of eminent domain to certain pipeline companies, allowing them to grab people’s land, usually at a low-ball price. To get this extraordinary power, however, the grabsters must be “common carriers,” meaning their pipelines are essentially public, available to all users. TransCanada’s line, however, exists solely for its private gain, so it is not qualified to use emi-
Paul Danish responds: I got my information about which states had been formed by seceding from another state from a news story that appeared in the Christian Science Monitor on June 8, 2013. That article cites the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia as the source of the information that Vermont seceded from New York and became a state see LETTERS Page 8
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nent domain. Nonetheless, the high-handed Canadian outfit is using it. “Sell your property at our price,” TransCanada tells landowners, “or we’ll just take it.” How can it get away with this arrogance? Because the so-called watchdog agency benightedly accepts any pipeline corporation’s word that it is a common carrier. No questions asked. The good news is that such Texans as Julia Trigg Crawford are rebelling against this toxic combo of ignorance and arrogance. To learn about her gutsy fight, go to www. StandWithJulia.com. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com This opinion column does not necessarily reflect the views of Boulder Weekly. June 27, 2013 7
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Obama learns to love fracking by Paul Danish
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resident Obama gave a speech at Georgetown University Tuesday, June 25, in which he outlined his vision for saving the country, world and civilization as we know it from the horrors of global warming. The most newsworthy item in the speech was the announcement — leaked over the weekend — that the federal government will regulate carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions from existing coal-fired power plants. Still don’t like fracking, huh? Well, learn to love it. Obama sure has. Regulating greenhouse gas emissions from existing coal-fired power plants means that American utilities will either 1) replace those plants with more efficient gas-burning ones or 2) switch them from burning coal to burning natural gas. Burning natural gas in an existing power plant produces only half as much carbon dioxide as burning coal, and if the gas is burned in a new-build combined cycle power plant, it produces only a third of the carbon dioxide as coal burned in an existing plant. American utilities will not replace coal-burning power plants with wind and solar energy anytime soon. That’s because coal-fired power plants produce base-load electric power, power that’s available 24/7, which wind and solar are still incapable of delivering because of their intermittent nature. This will eventually change; the technologies to change it — vastly improved batteries and dramatically more efficient solar cells, for example — exist in the laboratory, but will not appear in the real world anytime soon. (For these purposes, the phrase “anytime soon” is defined as sometime long after Boulder’s cadre of earnest, young Earth Guardians has grown too old to be used as props at antifracking events and has learned to think for themselves.) American utilities will still add a lot of solar and (especially) wind power in coming years, if for no other reason than 35 states have adopted renewable energy standards. They just won’t use it as a replacement for baseload coal burning power plants. By the same token, the two zero-carbon-emitting technologies that could replace coal-fired power plants in their base-load power generating role — nuclear and hydroelectric power — have 8 June 27, 2013
been politically and economically delegitimized by environmentalists. Obama alluded to increasing the electric output from existing dams and expediting nuclear plant approvals in his speech, but in an “all-of-the-above” way. He’s clearly not counting on a true resurrection of either. So what we are left with is natural gas. And we are going to need a lot of it. A ton of coal is the energy equivalent of about 30,000 cubic feet of natural gas. Replacing the approximately 824 million tons of coal the U.S. burned in its power plants in 2012 with natural gas would require about 25 trillion cubic feet of the stuff — in addition to the approximately 25 trillion cubic feet of gas we currently consume annually. Even if natural gas were to replace only half the coal currently used for electric power generation — a more likely outcome in the real world — the country would still need an additional 12.5 trillion cubic feet of natural gas a year, a 50 percent increase over current production. Now where the frack do you suppose all that natural gas is going to come from? Exactly. Indeed, the only reason Obama can seriously consider cutting the country’s use of coal is that the oil and gas industry, through the use of horizontal drilling and fracking, unleashed a torrent of natural gas, which in the last five years slashed both U.S. coal consumption and carbon dioxide output from coal burning by 20 percent. Greens talk a pretty good game when it comes to reducing carbon dioxide, but — inconvenient truth alert — when it comes to reducing U.S. carbon dioxide emissions, since 2008 it’s the roughnecks who’ve delivered the goods. Obama may not want to admit it, but by proposing to regulate carbon dioxide emissions from existing U.S. coal-fired power plants, he is assigning natural gas, and by extension fracking, a central role in reducing U.S. carbon footprint. Of course, Obama punched all the alternative energy and conservation buttons in his remarks — most of the talk was devoted to punching them — which is fine. Conservation has shown it can curtail the growth of U.S. energy demand, and solar and wind have shown they can deliver substantial amounts of carbon see FRACKING Page 11
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in 1791. After reading your letter I consulted the website of the Vermont Historical Society. I’m afraid Vermont’s history is not exactly as you recall it. However, the statement that Vermont seceded from New York and became a state in 1791 is misleading. Vermont broke away from New York in 1777, when it became an independent republic. It did not become a state (the 14th state) until 1791. The Christian Science Monitor piece leaves the impression that both events occurred in 1791. Regardless, your assertion that Vermont was never part of New York is wrong. According to the Vermont Historical Society, in 1764 King George III settled a dispute between New York and New Hampshire by fixing the boundary between the two states as the Connecticut River, which today is Vermont’s eastern border with New Hampshire. In other words, Vermont was incorporated into the colony of New York by royal decree. Between 1764 and 1777, New York governed the area that is now Vermont. Or attempted to govern it, because New York quickly encountered a serious snag. It seems that starting in 1741, Benning Wentworth, then governor of New Hampshire, issued land grants and town charters to people who wanted to settle in the Vermont territory, which both New Hampshire and New York claimed at the time. These were called the “New Hampshire Grants,” and by the time New York took over the territory there were about 130 of them. But when New York took over, it
started issuing grants and charters of its own, and crucially, chose not to recognize those that had been issued by New Hampshire. Some of the New Hampshire Grant-holders formed a militia to protect their rights — the Green Mountain Boys, which was organized by Ethan Allen. (It is best known for having captured Fort Ticonderoga at the outset of the Revolutionary War.) In 1777, Vermont unilaterally seceded from New York and declared itself an independent country, which it remained until 1791, when it joined the United States. It apparently didn’t have much use for New Hampshire either, the New Hampshire Grants not withstanding.
Wrong way to municipalize
Thank you, Dave Anderson (“Renewable energy threatens big utilities,” commentary, June 6) for bringing attention to the Edison Electric Institute (EEI) report “Disruptive Challenges: Financial Implications and Strategic Responses to a Changing Retail Electric Business.” The key line in the report that Mr. Anderson notes: “The cost of such distributed generation is set to continue falling as more of it is deployed around the world, and ‘could directly threaten the centralized utility model,’ the report acknowledges,” however, it does not coincide with Mr. Anderson’s conclusion that municipalization as Boulder plans it is a pragmatic, costeffective or intelligent approach to the near future reality described in this EEI report. Boulder’s plan is a retail see LETTERS Page 11
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YOU GO JOE! It’s way too early for us to start announcing our endorsements for the 2014 election, but we’re going to go out on a limb and say we already know who we like for Colorado secretary of state. And here’s a shocker: It’s not the incumbent. Hell, the Democrats could put a rump roast on the ballot and we’d choose that candidate over Scott Gessler, who has repeatedly proven himself to be slimier than escargot in bacon grease. Remember, Gessler is the guy who, only a few weeks into his term, wanted to moonlight with his former election campaign law firm — just a slight conflict of interest there. And he and his cronies have been involved in some campaign tactics around the state that have been, um, questionable, to say the least. He was the attorney representing the right-wing group that sued the city of Longmont over campaign transparency regulations aimed at disclosing candidates’ donors. Gessler also represented Western Tradition Partnership, a conservative group that ran attack campaigns against Democrats, including a Longmont City Council candidate. So while we would gladly take the rump roast over this character, luckily a much more deserving individual has thrown his hat into the ring. It’s Joe Neguse, probably the most upstanding individual serving on the University of Colorado’s Board of Regents. Yes, we knew Joe was going places when he was in law school and was a student government leader at CU. We just didn’t know he would be the one to save us from another four years of Gessler. HAIRSTYLES AND HAND GRENADES With the Doomsday Expo-Denver opening on Thursday, June 27, comes the rare opportunity to see the often unseen, unnoticed (unless you happen to be shopping at Costco while they’re stocking up on a five-year supply of powdered milk) urban survivalist. The conference, created in partnership with National Geographic’s Doomsday Preppers show — which is hosting auditions at the conference — will showcase plenty of opportunities to learn how to survive in the post-apocalyptic doomsday of your choice (financial collapse, zombies, nuclear wasteland, Sarah Palin as president). But our particular favorite is the advice from an admitted “girly girl” called Survivor Jane. Jane admits to being clueless until her shriveling 401(k) — as well as seriously violent storms she witnessed and “life-threatening assaults” — clued her in to the fact that the world isn’t all manicures and power suits. Some events may, in fact, call for more adequate preparation. Like, to take a cue from her website, camouflage stilettos. Jane will be attending the conference to give hour-long sessions on multiple days, providing the “girl-talk” version of disaster survival. To sample from the “PrepTorial” articles on her website, her advice could cover such necessary skills as making a “survival bidet” and an easy bathroom soap film remover. Last we checked, soap film was neither fatal on its own, nor likely to increase in the watershort, zero-electricity, food-rationed state of most post-apocalyptic versions of the world. But, just in case! Our genuine confusion is a sure sign of the likelihood we’ll be on the “golden horde” side of the equation when doomsday finally arrives. Sorry to disappoint, Jane. For more information — or to order your own survival bracelet in pink camo, possibly embellished with a stiletto charm — visit www.survivorjane.com. Additional information on the Doomsday Expo is at www.doomsdayexpo.com. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com
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model, a retail model largely dependent on decades and decades of cheap, fracked natural gas to deal with “peak power” and the intermittency of wind and solar. It is a retail model dependent on $200 million to $500 million in debt to buy the outdated infrastructure. The EEI report foresees the retail model — municipal or private — one tied to large central base loads as going the way of fossil fuels. As Anderson also provides from the EEI report: “One can imagine a day when battery storage technology or micro turbines could allow customers to be electric grid independent. To put this into perspective, who would have believed 10 years ago that traditional wire line telephone customers could economically ‘cut the cord?’” As someone who will virtually “cut the cord” within the next 12 months, I can assure you that the near future of distributed PV and micro-wind generation, solar thermal, geo-thermal and improved storage will enable the thoughtful to net produce enough electricity to sever the cord with confidence (and a reliable back-up generator). The city’s mistake is not in wanting to meet net-zero goals; it is in the stubborn and short-sighted belief that it must enter the dying retail market to get out in front of the game. The city would be better served partnering with local wind and solar companies to deploy as much local, renewable generation as possible. Instead of issuing municipal bonds to buy outdated lines and poles, the city could enter the solar and wind lease-back business and rapidly deploy community-owned generation. Why spend half a billion to get into a dead model where we have no competency? Let Xcel manage peak
loads for the short term and keep their outdated lines and poles. Let’s invest in distributed generation, keep all the money local, be ahead of the time in developing community-based storage and neighborhood back-up facilities. The EEI report is not pointing toward a retail municipal model, one that relies on the exact same lines and poles and retail market where Xcel plays. It is pointing toward the democratization and cost-effectiveness of distributed local, renewable generation, storage and community, neighborhood or dwelling-based micro-peak-load generation and back-up. Mark Gelband/Boulder
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proposal made by the BLM. How can an industry be held accountable if the governor (i.e. Hickenlooper) works to water down or kill legislation intended to regulate the oil and gas industry? Oil and gas production is expanding rapidly and with lax regulations. People and the environment deserve protection. The FracFocus problems, weak BLM proposal and politicians who represent oil and gas add up to a wellprotected industry. The only healthy and responsible future lies in more attention to promoting renewable energies. Joan Peck/Longmont
tinuing to drill, baby, drill? Shouldn’t we be implementing the precautionary principle and putting the brakes on fracking until we know the answers to these important questions? Instead, Hickenlooper’s appointee to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Dr. Urbina, specifically testified against HB 1275, which would have produced a study on health impacts. The fact that our governor is saying one thing but doing the opposite leads me to believe that he is certainly no “fair witness” to fracking, but instead is a colluding representative of the oil and gas industry. Kate Johnson/Longmont
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(Re: “The bad news: Hickenlooper is not delusional,” DyerTimes, May 9.) On May 2, Gov. Hickenlooper participated in the FrackingSENSE lecture series at the University of Colorado. There he stated that he wants to be a “fair witness” of oil and gas development (particularly of fracking) in Colorado. A fair witness is an individual trained to observe events and report exactly what he or she sees and hears, making no extrapolations or assumptions. I would venture to say Hickenlooper is anything but a “fair witness” when it comes to fracking. Consider that he has appeared in paid advertisements for the oil and gas industry claiming that fracking is safe. He has been called a “stud” by oil and gas lobbyists. He intentionally misled a Senate hearing committee and the press with his claims of drinking fracking fluid, which was not the kind of highly toxic and carcinogenic concoction that is routinely used throughout Colorado. He has even sued a local town for imposing a ban on fracking. Hickenlooper also stated that “if we find unhealthy air quality around a community and something coming out of a well that is an issue, we will put the brakes on faster than you can imagine.” Oh really? NOAA has recently reported air quality in Weld County that is worse than L.A. and Houston, and is directly related to oil and gas activity, yet there is no slow-down there. And a recent gas leak near Parachute allowed a carcinogen to seep into the ground near a large creek that feeds into the Colorado River, and we have yet to hear of any “brakes” being applied. Another alarming statement that Hickenlooper made is that the science on the impacts of fracking is far from settled; scientists don’t know the impacts of wells on air and how that might impact the health of nearby residents. If this is true, why are we con-
I wonder if anyone interested in bringing rail to Boulder County has considered the right of way of the long-ago Denver-Boulder Interurban transit system? It’s my understanding that this right of way crosses protected open space. It would take some sort of understanding that this would be a rail line that had no economic development but only a pure mobility function. It doesn’t appear to me that Boulder is on the burner (front or back), so some sort of thinking “outside the box” needs to take place. Kevin Sampson/Denver
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Hostel hostility
Plan for climbers’ lodge has Eldorado Springs in a tizzy by Jefferson Dodge
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plan to convert the Eldorado Springs Post Office building into a hostel for climbers has gotten some members of the small community up in arms. The American Alpine Club (AAC) has the property under contract and plans to convert it into lodging for about 20 climbers visiting the famous cliff walls of Eldorado Canyon State Park. “It would change the whole character of Eldorado Springs,” says Helene Jennings. “What will they do at night? We are a residential community.” Jennings, who is part of a group that has gathered about 100 signatures on a petition opposing the move, says she is worried about parking and trespassing issues. She says the town is already overcrowded during the day, but there is a reprieve at night when the park and the historic Eldorado Springs pool are closed, and a hostel could end that respite. She says correspondence between the club and residents in late May got off to a rocky start. The residents’ initial May 27 letter, accompanied by the petition, lamented the lack of a public review process, but that will be triggered as the AAC goes through a county site plan review. “Many of the Community members who are opposed to the Climbers’ Lodge hold AAC and its mission in high regard,” the letter states. “However, the extreme density of lodge guests on a very small lot, that would increase the population of Eldorado Springs townsite by at least 5 percent (10 percent according to 2010 census data), with inadequate parking to meet the Resort Lodge zoning requirement of 1.5 parking spaces per room, in a community already burdened by insufficient parking, is a very heavy price to pay. In addition, a sad consequence of AAC’s lack of engagement in a County review process providing for open disclosure and discussion of the facts surrounding your proposal, is that ‘debate’ within the Community about the ‘facts’ has resulted in significant angst, incivility and broken friendships in the Community.” Boulder Weekly
Christian Griffith, a prominent climber who operates a climbing clothes business in a section of the Post Office building, calls the club’s response to that letter “the most appalling, scathing, confrontational reply...” In that reply, dated May 28, L. Penn Burris, the club’s director of operations/chief financial officer, writes, “It is truly disappointing that such questionable ethics and situational motives has been able to create so much community drama through the peddling of knowingly false information, inflammatory statements and blatant lies. The attached petition, while seemingly ‘signed’ by so many ‘concerned’ citizens, is purely the result of concentrated efforts to promote a self-serving, alternate agenda ... as such it is barely worth the paper it is written on and certainly is incapable of capturing any real sense of the community.” Burris adds in the letter that he and the club have been “thoughtful, respectful and transparent in every step of the process,” have attended community meetings and have started the process for a site plan review with the county. The effort will “repurpose a neglected building that has been used commercially for more than forty years,” he writes. “While we respect the opinions and ideas of others, this shallow attempt to bully a small nonprofit organization, with nothing but good intentions and clearly serving the needs of others, has left us very much undeterred in our mission and plans,” Burris concluded. “Shame on you.” “It got everyone really, really upset,” Griffith says of that letter. “It made it very clear they were used to getting their way.” Burris declined to comment when contacted by Boulder Weekly, referring all questions to AAC Executive Director Phil Powers, who said neither he nor the club’s board saw or approved the letter beforehand. “That letter was not a good moment for Penn or for the club,” he told BW. “The words that he used, the tone that he used, all I can say is I apologize for that. I think that was inappropriate.”
Powers says the deal on the property, located at 3330 Eldorado Springs Drive, includes a July 12 deadline that will require the club to make a financial commitment, although the July 24 closing date has been delayed. He says that even if the AAC commits that extra funding on July 12, it’s not guaranteed that the project will move forward — it depends on “if we can figure out the logistics and if we can agree the community relationship could be managed positively. There are a lot of ifs.” Griffith says he’s not sure he’ll be able to keep his business there very long if the Alpine Club moves in, because it will likely need his space for rooms and bunks. He says that when he re-signed his lease a couple of months ago, it was short-term, for only six months. “It’s a third of the building, so there’s no way they’ll let me stay there,” says Griffith, who served as a guest speaker at the club’s annual meetings 15 to 20 years ago. Powers says that even if the club buys the property, creating the hostel is not a done deal and would take years to complete. In the meantime, he says, Griffith and the building’s other current occupants can stay. He even says plans call for preserving the Post Office space in the long term, beyond any renovation for the lodge. **** Griffith says a newer, affluent element in Eldorado Springs wants to “gentrify” the small, tight-knit community, and they favor creating the hostel as an adventure destination for the wealthy. But Griffith estimates that 80 percent of the community is opposed to the plan. He acknowledges that many climbers agree there has long been a need in the town for proximate accommodations. He just insists that there is no room for it in Eldorado Springs. See HOSTEL Page 16
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“There’s also a need for a swimming pool on the Pearl Street Mall,” Griffith says. “But it’s already pretty maxed out, with the uses going on there.” Griffith claims that there isn’t as much demand for a hostel as there used to be, since the number of climbers in the canyon has waned with the rise in popularity of bouldering and indoor climbing gyms. “The demand is probably a fifth of what it was in the ’70s and ’80s,” he says. Powers and Burris have attended a meeting of the Eldorado Springs Community Association, where Powers acknowledges saying that “if Eldorado Springs did not want us here, we would be hard-pressed to move forward with the project, and I still honestly believe that.” In addition, after Griffith contacted former club presidents he knows personally, Powers attended another community meeting, where he says some in the crowd of about 65 were sporting shirts reading “I’m not hostile, I’m antihostel.” Griffith — describes Eldorado Springs as an intimate community where everyone knows one another. It’s located at the “dead end” of a road, so no one is passing through at night unless they live there, he says, and the hostel would create a “transient community.” He worries about increased noise, an additional 20 people accessing the park and surrounding open space through private property, and the likely increase in drivers going out at night and returning after drinking. Traffic and parking are a concern as well, he says, citing the fact that the Post Office building is where the schoolbus turns around, and it’s where many community members park on snowy days, since that’s the terminus of a county road — and maintenance like snow removal. If those parking spaces are no longer available, Griffith says, residents will have to start parking along the roadside. He also questions whether this is the best future use for Eldorado Springs’ only significant commercial building, citing a café or community workspace as more appealing options. In addition, Griffith points to the community’s relatively new sewer system as being another possible downside to
having a hostel in town: The system is already nearing 80 percent of its capacity, at which point it has to be upgraded. If the hostel is created, that threshold could be reached, and even if it’s not, it will severely curtail any future additions or expansions that existing homeowners may want to make.
**** Powers acknowledges that some of the community’s concerns are valid, like the fear of having more strangers in town at night, but he says most of the issues can be overcome. “I think they had really valid concerns about their town, and the way they experience their town, but the concerns they had were with the way they felt their town might change,” he explains. “They weren’t concerns about why the hostel was completely unacceptable. Now, that doesn’t mean their concerns are invalid, from my point of view. … I’m very, very sensitive to their concerns.” In an interview, Powers addressed of the issues Phil Powers several mentioned by Griffith, such as the parking that has been available in front of the Post Office building. “They said generally that lot is empty, so we can use it when we have parties, for overflow parking,” he recalls from one meeting. “Well that’s really nice, and that’s a great happenstance, but it happens to be someone else’s property.” Powers acknowledges that the popularity of the park may have declined a bit over the past 30 years, but “it’s still one on a very short list of just extraordinary climbing destinations in the United States.” He also says the club plans to get a stronger gauge of community support for the project — or lack thereof — during the county site plan review, a six-month process that just commenced. “We’re going to have to buy it, if we do, without knowing if we passed that review,” he says. Powers adds that the club will fully comply with the county’s requirements on how many parking spaces the hostel should have, and on how many bath-
‘I GUESS I don’t like the assumption that because these people are climbers, they will be lawbreakers.’
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Silver lining for organic farmers in Monsanto suit by Joel Dyer
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n June 10, The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued a ruling in favor of Monsanto in a lawsuit filed against the seed industry giant by Organic Seed Growers & Trade Association (OSGATA), et. al., in 2010. The suit had been originally heard and dismissed by Judge Naomi
Buchwald on Feb. 24, 2011, in Federal District Court in Manhattan. The suit was then appealed to the court issuing the recent ruling. OSGATA is the Colorado organization that brought the suit on behalf of 60 family farmers, seed businesses and other organic agricultural organizations. As reported previously in Boulder Weekly, the suit was filed pre-emptively
by farmers to protect themselves from being sued for patent infringement by Monsanto should any of their crops become contaminated by Monsanto’s patented seed traits via wind blow or other uninvited means. OSGATA’s suit noted that the seed giant has a history of aggressively asserting its patent rights on farmers who have found themselves unintentionally in possession of
Monsanto’s patented seeds. To date, Monsanto has filed 144 suits and forced 700 settlements in its efforts to defend the company’s transgenic seed patents against unknowing growers. Despite the legal setback, there may well be a victory of sorts for OSGATA and organic farmers everywhere to be See MONSANTO Page 18
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rooms the sewer system can handle. As for harming that system’s ability to accommodate future growth, “that would be the same argument you could use against anyone in town who wanted to renovate their place. … Like it or not, America is built on property rights, and valuing and supporting those property rights.” When asked about the possible impacts of trespassing and driving under the influence, he replies, “If they are trespassing, that’s against the law, and that should be dealt with. If they are driving to town and driving home drunk, well, that’s against the law, and that should be dealt with. I guess I don’t like the assumption that because these people are climbers, they will be law-breakers. I think that’s a bit of a stretch.” Powers also notes that the club enforces quiet time and lights out after 10 p.m. at its lodging facilities. And as for the argument that the building should be used for another purpose, like a café, he asks why market forces haven’t already elicited such an addition: “I guess my argument is, why hasn’t that happened yet?” The club has already paid to have a traffic study done on the impact of the hostel, and the results showed that the lodge would actually reduce traffic in the area, although Powers doesn’t place a lot of credence in the findings, since it’s still unclear how many climbers would walk into the park instead of drive. “It’s hard to predict how individuals will behave,” says Powers, adding that Eldorado Canyon holds a special place in his heart because it was the destination of his first climbing trip, when he drove from Oklahoma to Colorado in the 1970s. “That’s how I got started as a climber,” he says. “It was a special experience for me. It was the kind of experience we’re trying to provide for young climbers today.” Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com Boulder Weekly
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found in the court’s final analysis and decision on the case. In its final ruling, the court wrote, “While Monsanto’s representations are not a covenant not to sue, they have a similar effect. If we rely on Monsanto’s representations to defeat the appellants’ declaratory judgment claims (as we do), those representations are binding as a matter of judicial estoppel. It is wellestablished that a party who successfully argues one position is estopped from later adopting a different position in a case involving the same patent.” The Monsanto “representations” that the court is referring to are contained in a paragraph found on Monsanto’s website that was also reiterated verbally on multiple occasions in the courtroom. Monsanto’s website reads, “It has never been, nor will it be Monsanto policy to exercise its patent rights where trace amounts of our patented seeds or traits are present in farmers’ fields as a result of inadvertent means.” The court found that this language now makes it illegal in the future for Monsanto to sue any more farmers whose crops have become contaminated with the company’s patented traits “as a result of inadvertent means.” Considering that 844 farm families had previously experienced the wrath of Monsanto’s lawyers, this is good news for the organic foods movement. But there is a catch. The devil is, as always, in the details. According to court documents, Monsanto made an oral argument that made it clear that “its view of what constitutes an ‘inadvertent infringer’ is quite narrow, excluding those growers whose crops become accidentally contaminated, and who do not treat their fields with Roundup, but who, knowing of the contamination, harvest and replant or sell the seeds.” Monsanto further argued, and the court agreed, that “trace amounts” of its patented seed would be legally defined as 1 percent of a farmer’s crop. This is significant because the USDA has never bothered to define or set an upper limit on what constitutes a “trace” amount of patented seed contamination. In other words, the federal courts allowed Monsanto to make the 1 per-
cent decision all by itself, which means that the company can still sue farm families who harvest a crop containing more than 1 percent Monsanto contaminated seed, even if the farmers are unaware of the contamination and did nothing to cause it. If a little windblown Monsanto seed infects an organic farmer’s crop one year, and part of the contaminated plants are held back for the next year’s seed, the percentage of Monsanto patented seed within the farmer’s field could go up each year, unbeknownst to the farmer. While none of the farmers participating in the OSGATA suit had experienced more than 1 percent contamination to a crop, the attorneys for the farmers told the court that they were aware of farmers in that predicament. We have likely not seen the last lawsuit by Monsanto against a farm family in possession of its patented seeds by no fault of its own, but perhaps such occurrences will now be less frequent with this ruling. But the court made it clear that this issue isn’t going away when it concluded that although the farmers in the suit were not claiming that their crops had already been contaminated by Monsanto’s patented seed, that outcome is nearly impossible to avoid in the future. The ruling stated, “The district court held that it is likely inevitable that conventional crops will be contaminated by trace amounts of wind-blown pollen or seeds from genetically modified crops or other sources … Monsanto acknowledges that conventional crops could be exposed to ‘crosspollination from nearby fields where biotech crops are grown, and that they might inadvertently contain traces of Monsanto biotech genes (because, for example, some transgenic seed or pollen blew onto the grower’s land).’” OSGATA issued a press release after the court’s ruling that says the court has made it clear that Monsanto can’t sue farmers for trace amounts of contamination that inadvertently finds its way into organic and conventional crops. The release also stated that the ruling in no way prohibits farmers from suing Monsanto as a result of its seeds contaminating their fields. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com
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hildhood lead exposure is costing developing countries $992 billion annually due to reductions in IQs and earning potential, according to a new study published June 25. The report by New York University researchers is the first to calculate the economic cost of children exposed to lead in Africa, Asia, Latin America and other developing regions. The researchers found that, despite major declines in exposure in the United States and Europe, lead is still harming brains and bottom lines in A primary classroom poorer regions around the in Kampala. world. The toxic metal is annually taking a 1.2 percent chunk out of the entire world’s gross domestic product, according to the report. “Childhood lead exposure represents a major opportunity lost,” says Leonardo Trasande, a professor at New York University School of Medicine and senior author of the study published online in Environmental Health Perspectives. “Prevention may actually accelerate economic development, which is critically needed in these countries.” Low levels of lead affect children’s IQs, their ability to pay attention and how well they do in school. It also has been linked to violent and antisocial behavior. The researchers found that Africa’s economy is harmed the most, with annual economic losses estimated at $137.7 billion, or 4 percent of its gross domestic product — a number that represents a country’s economic output and financial health. Lead exposures cause annual estimated economic losses of $142.3 billion in Latin America, which is 2 percent of its gross domestic product, and $699.9 billion in Asia, which is 1.88 percent of its gross domestic product.
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Lanphear says. “They didn’t look at things like criminal behavior, cardiovascular problems. They focused primarily on children’s intellectual ability,” he says. “The study probably quite substantially underestimates lead’s effect on IQ and GDP [gross domestic product].” Lead exposure in the United States has rapidly declined since the 1970s, largely due to the phase-out of lead in gasoline. In the 1970s, about 88 percent of kids 5 years old or younger had excessive blood lead levels (greater than 10 micrograms per deciliter of blood), according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. In 2011, about 5.8 percent of U.S. kids had excessive blood lead levels. This dramatic decrease is in spite of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention cutting its lead guideline in half, to 5 micrograms per deciliter of blood, last October in response to mounting scientific evidence that low levels can harm children’s developing brains. Similar trends have occurred in Europe. But worldwide lead consumption has risen, from about 4.7 million tons in 1970 to 7.1 million tons in 2004, according to a 2010 United Nations report. The increase is largely driven by demand for lead batteries, according to the report. “There are only a few countries using leaded gasoline, so the majority of the exposures are from leadbased paint, lead battery production and hazardous waste sites,” Trasande says. As many countries become increasingly industrialized, some, particularly in Africa, have seen spikes in
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In the days preceding the July 1 effective date for the 10-cent bag fee the Boulder City Council approved in November, the city will be distributing free bags at grocery stores throughout the city. The city of Boulder acquired about 40,000 bags to give away, and has been distributing bags throughout the month of June at grocery stores around the city. Jamie Harkins, Boulder’s business sustainability specialist, says the city has given away bags faster than expected, but anticipates purchasing more for when students return in the fall. Reusable bags have also been given to local organizations that will provide them to lower income households. Upcoming bag giveaways will be held Saturday, June 29, Sunday, June 30 and Monday, July 1 at all Boulder Safeway and King Soopers locations, and July 3 at Bands on the Bricks, on the 1200 block of Pearl Street. For more information regarding the fee, visit www.broughtitboulder.com — Patrick Fort
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REP. DIANA DEGETTE INTRODUCES COLORADO WILDERNESS ACT OF 2013 The Colorado Wilderness Act of 2013, introduced by Rep. Diana DeGette (D-Denver) on June 24, proposes wilderness protections for 750,000 acres across the state in 31 wilderness areas and two potential wilderness areas. The act is slated as a response to increasing demands on the natural resources provided by those lands, such as oil and gas, and DeGette’s announcement of the act says 13.6 percent of Bureau of Land Management lands are leased for oil and gas activities, and
2.6 percent are protected as wilderness. “These special lands not only provide clean air, clean water and critical wildlife habitat, they help drive tourism as our state’s number one economic engine,” DeGette said in a press release. “It is critically important we protect these remaining wild areas so that future generations have access to the same benefits we enjoy today.” The landscapes targeted have been midelevation lands (wilderness designation often goes to higher elevation lands) and lower-lying canyons, many of which are underrepresented in the National Wilderness Preservation System, according to DeGette. The proposed wilderness areas are in the high deserts in Fremont and Chaffee counties, as well as Mesa, Garfield, Hinsdale and Montrose counties, among others. “The 2013 Conservation in the West Poll by Colorado College found very strong support for premier public lands as being an essential part of the state’s economy and necessary to attract high-quality jobs and employers; three-fourths or more of Republicans, Independents and Democrats alike surveyed register such support, showing land protection is not a partisan issue,” said Prof. Walter Hecox, the Colorado College State of the Rockies Project faculty director, according to a press release. Additional information, including a map of the areas and a form to submit public comment, can be found at http://degette. house.gov. — Elizabeth Miller
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lead exposure over the past three or four decades. The researchers did not include mild retardation resulting from lead exposure, which is a big problem in Sub-Saharan Africa and parts of Asia, says Ken Jaffe, president and executive director of the International Child Resource Institute, a nonprofit organization that works on children’s issues around the world. Jaffe also says it’s hard to estimate IQ point losses without taking into account the state of schools in some of these countries. “Schools in many countries with high incidences
of lead also have poor schools that can be highly abusive to children,” Jaffe says. “I’ve seen schools in Ghana and Zimbabwe where children are beaten for the wrong answer — even in preschool. There are very high dropout rates.” But, as investors increasingly look to developing countries, putting a dollar amount on environmental exposures could hasten change, Jaffe says. Previous studies also have looked at economic costs of lead exposure. Every dollar invested in lead paint control results in a $17 to $220 return, according to a 2009 study. Reduced lead exposure in the
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mericans today may have a tough time imagining a woman riding a bicycle as taboo, but it was not too long ago that a female riding a bike was considered a sign of promiscuity and immorality. “The women who rode bikes at the turn of the [20th] century wore buttoned-up petticoats to their chins and giant hoopskirts,” says Shannon Galpin, who is the founder of Mountain2Mountain, which aims to create education and opportunity for women and children in conflict zones. “When you consider the role of the bike, woman gained more freedom
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because they had transportation, and then came a change in fashion because of the invention of split skirts that led to bloomers and then to pants. Today, women wear pants because of the bike, in essence.” Galpin is taking those lessons to
Afghanistan, starting by creating a women’s cycling team. It’s the beginning of using the bicycle as a tool for breaking gender barriers. Access to transportation makes commuting in rural areas, where violence has become epidemic, inherently
less dangerous for women. In fact, Galpin says, she believes it is possible to “pedal a revolution,” a phrase she has coined. Not only because of the practical solutions, but also for the shift in perception that comes with the athleticism of bicycle culture. “It’s fascinating that something so simple can be so controversial,” says Galpin, who, in 2009, became the first woman to ride a mountain bike across rural areas of Afghanistan. “The bike is becoming a visceral tool to fight gender violence. You can’t use it that way in Afghanistan yet, because you cannot safely get a woman on a bike in a rural see BIKING Page 26
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area. As these women start to challenge this barrier and represent their country at sporting competitions, a national pride starts to build up around it. Hopefully, we can get them to the Olympics. Afghans will start to rally around them as Afghans, and suddenly they aren’t just viewed as women, but as athletes, and ambassadors.” It wasn’t long after making a film about Colorado-based Galpin, on of National Geographic’s pick for adventurer of 2013, that Sarah Menzies knew it was time to buckle up and turn her camera on the long-term work Galpin is doing to give voice to the women in Afghanistan. The in-progress film, Afghan Cycles, follows the lives of 12 young competitive cyclists, some of the first ever to sit on a bike and pedal. They may be a tenth of the fewer than 100 women in the history of the country to ride bikes. But the 12 women on the team, ages 16-22, are not necessarily hopping on a bicycle to make a grand statement. “Before we left, we had in the back of our minds, these women would be freedom fighters, and I assumed these women would be feminists through and through,” Menzies says. “That the bike
would be a bike to change perception. And the biggest surprise is these girls are not conscious activists. As a filmmaker, I was excited to tell the story because of the purity of their intention of them just wanting to ride bikes.” “They are doing it because it’s fun, it’s new,” Galpin says. “It opens up travel to interact with other young women, and they can show that Afghanistan is more than just a war zone. The fact that they are changing the perception of women is inherent, but not their motivation.” Menzies was joined by Boulderbased photographer Claudia Lopez and California-based co-director Whitney Clapper. Even without a spoken language in common, the cycling team and the film crew bonded by sharing photos and dancing together on the bus. “As the bus started away from Kabul, the girls started to blast their music, looking to the others to dance, and soon everyone was laughing,” Clapper says. “Certain girls latched onto us — they wanted to know if we had boyfriends, and we showed them pictures.” The dance party speaks to the trust Boulder Weekly
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and comfort the women felt with the crew, as well as their own male coach, but the fact that some girls had their head scarves off and were dancing in a joyous and silly fashion shows a kind of freedom that would not be widely tolerated. The film will not feature any dance clips due to confidentiality agreements. Some girls did open up in interviews about glimpsing the bigness of what they are doing, Clapper says, and about wishing to wave their flag at sporting events to show how far they’ve come. “Part of it is their age,” Clapper says. “They don’t know what life is like for women elsewhere. Whereas some of our interviewees, like parliament member and presidential candidate Fawzi Koofi and Heather Barr of Human Rights Watch, they know the history of Afghanistan. They have lived it and can give us much more perspective of where women have come from, and where they are going, and how they are slowly, slowly making changes. The cyclists are like a drop in the bucket compared to a huge movement.” But for an audience geographically distant and mostly unable to fathom a violent conflict zone, Galpin has contended, the stories of an individual or a small group can offer a vital entry into complex humanitarian issues. This framework is in stark contrast to the barrage of statistics and the casualty reports common to war reporting, she says, which can leave a reader feeling overwhelmed. Galpin is no stranger to the trauma and fear of sexual violence. In the aftermath of coming to terms with her own brutal rape, Galpin sought to create a safer world — one worthy of raising her own daughter in. That’s not to mention the countless women she Boulder Weekly
meets who live in countries where rape occurs with even more frequency than in the United States, where, Galpin says in her latest TED Talk, a woman is raped every 20 minutes. She is open about her personal story, and is currently writing a memoir because she believes that if women have a voice, they can provide solutions. Her recent TED Talk begins with a quotation from Ernest Hemingway: “The world tries to break everyone, and some people are stronger in the places that were broken.” “Even though there is daily violence,” she says, “there are also huge strides against the odds, and everything I’ve been working on is changing that perception, whether it’s through sports or art — how do we highlight the beauty amongst the heartbreak? You have to break through the apathy and connect to women halfway around the world. … For anything to change — the ability to ride a bike in a country like Afghanistan, for instance — it does come down to a woman being willing to use her voice and say, ‘No more. I challenge authority and what the norm is, and realizing there is no basis for it.’” The film crew was not without their own set of challenges as women visiting the country. Travelers, especially frequenters of countries classified as thirdworld, are familiar with being granted a flexible, tourist status that allows them to act out of the social norms. In Afghanistan, this was not the case for the American film crew, which had to be careful to adhere to the same expectations of behavior and dress as locals. “We had our male translator or bus driver with us the whole time,” Clapper says. “A big part of that is security. If our escort said, ‘Stop filming and get
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back in the bus,’ sweeping up browe stopped filmken glass and ing and got back rebuilding. It is in the bus immeincredibly beautidiately. Certain ful and powerful places you have to see — and I liberties being an see it in the peoAmerican, but ple, especially in this isn’t a place the women — to you just go out see how they confor a run in the tinue to have morning… You hope, rebuild and still adhere to the believe that same rules.” somehow the Part of the next day, week, The film crew (from left): Whitney Conner Clapper, Shannon Galpin, Sarah Menzies strict adherence year, it’ll be betand Claudia Lopez. customs and ter, even though heightened alertthey’ve been livness to surroundings for the film crew ing like this for four decades, that they is that the Islamic fundamentalist are willing to fight for change is powerTaliban is active in Kabul. ful.” “Their main targets are government, “What these women are doing is military and Afghan police, and the inspiring and positive, but the truth U.S. isn’t exactly on their happy list remains — Afghanistan is a really either,” Clapper says. “We never were rough place to be a woman,” says directly targeted, but you are watched Menzies. “This team represents a culwherever you go. You play it safe and tural shift, without a doubt. But to are aware of your surroundings and are understand the importance of what open to what may need to happen in a they are doing, we must give context by blink of an eye.” also telling the story of the harsh realiThe crew experienced profound ties women still face throughout the feelings of welcoming into homes and country. Balancing the negative with communities, despite the precariousness the positive will be an important theme of moving about town to interview throughout the film. In finding that activists, locals, the cycling team’s fami- balance, audiences will understand the lies and political figures. This nuanced significance of these brave women who experience makes the story the film sets dare to ride.” out to tell a difficult task. It’s one to be The film will be completed in the met with humility, says Menzies. spring of 2015, and the crew will return Despite the positives, Afghanistan to Afghanistan for its premiere. remains one of the cruelest and most The goal is to rally enough support incomprehensibly terrifying places on for the team to be invited to the Earth for a woman in daily life, she Olympics of 2020. says. It would be a marker that would “Resiliency is the perfect word make history of the culminating efforts when you think about Afghanistan,” of women risking their lives for the Galpin says. “Things get blown up, and hopes they carry within. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com in the afternoon the Afghans are 28 June 27, 2013
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new combinations of musicians and show’s audience is intended to reflect genres will put a fresh sound on even the support the bands get from their classic songs. followings. “Everyone’s going to add their own “People want to support you,” flavor and sound to Dunbar says. “It’s each song,” hard to make it in Guaderrama says. music, but we don’t ON THE BILL: The Jet Edison He and guitar playchoose music, it Summer Superjam takes place at er Jackson will lead kind of chooses us.” the Fox Theatre on Thursday, June musicians from The unique 27. Cold River City opens. Doors at 8:30 p.m. Tickets are $10 in other bands in setup means a lot advance, $12 day of show, plus $2 Technicolor Tone of planning for Jet for under-21 tickets. 1135 13th St., Factory’s original Edison’s members, Boulder, 303-443-3399. song “Funky who had to pick all Grass.” “If I was in the bands and the audience, I’d be organize the set list hearing a Hot Soup song, and I’d be and different groupings. With more like ‘Oh, that’s Hot Soup,’ but it’s not than 20 musicians and a long set list, really Hot Soup because it sounds difthe planning took a lot of work. ferent. It’s going to make things really “The amount of organization that’s interesting.” gone into this thing is pretty funny, Not only will the bands put a new because musicians, we’re kind of all over spin on classic and original songs, the the place a lot of the time,” musicians will cover an eclectic groupGuaderamma says. “So for all of us to ing of genres. Many Boulder bands add organize this, especially with how many elements of other genres to their songs, people are actually involved, it’s pretty and the Superjam will emphasize this awesome. You definitely have to herd fusion. From Rocky Mountain freegrass some cats.” to funk-rock fusion, most genres will The jam session allows Boulder’s have a place at the Superjam. musicians to play with their peers and The jam session setup is expected get more exposure outside of individual to give the event a fresh feel and wide shows. The support within the community is the underlying theme of the attraction. While most genres will be covered in some way, providing some- event itself, Johnson says. “These are top-notch musicians,” thing for everyone, audience particiJohnson says. “We look up to these pation will also be key, says Dunbar. guys, and it’s just such a great commuThe audience will have a chance to nity. It’s fun to finally play with some of build a band, choosing the song and the people that are on this list.” members of bands that will play it Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com during the Superjam. Involving the Boulder Weekly
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Bassist Dave Schools explains why Widespread Panic is his dream gig by L. Kent Wolgamott
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or Widespread Panic, it’s all Regardless of who it is, Schools says, about the flow. someone is almost always having a That’s the term bassist good night when the band hits the Dave Schools uses to stage. describe the onstage comThat’s stayed true, even after munication and instrumental interplay Widespread Panic took 2012 off. transmitted among the members of the Schools called in the morning after one band that, when it’s right, makes for of the band’s first 2013 shows and said one of their legendary improvisationthose who turned up for the show were spiced performances. more than ready for some Panic. “If we have all six people show up “The audience was really glad to and that phenomenon is alive for have us back,” Schools says. “They everyone, it’s going to be one of the would work us to death if they could. best shows of the year,” Schools says. If it was down to some sort of concert “But it’s hard for all six to show up like party marathon, we’re pretty good at it, that. But there are too. It would be days when people interesting to see ON THE BILL: Widespread allow the collective who would survive, Panic plays Red Rocks thing to happen, it us or them.” Amphitheatre on Thursday, June 27, through Sunday, June 30. Show really happens. That loyal times vary. Tickets are $50. 18300 “It’s all the audience has had W. Alameda Parkway, Morrison, flow,” he says. much to do with 720-865-2494. “When it has been the success of really successful, Widespread Panic, you have to be which came together reminded of what you did after the in Athens, Ga. in the ’80s. show’s over. When it happens, it hapIn 1981, Bell and guitarist Michael pens and it’s great. When it doesn’t Houser, who died in 2002, met at the happen, sometimes you sit back and University of Georgia and started watch someone [else] have the game of working together, playing shows and their life.” writing songs. In 1985, Schools joined That someone could be Schools, the duo. The next year, Nance was singer/guitarist John Bell, drummer added to the lineup and Widespread Todd Nance, percussionist Domingo Panic, named for Houser’s panic “Sunny” Ortiz, keyboardist John “JoJo” attacks, was born. Hermann or guitarist Jimmy Herring. While the group built its career
Masters and mashups
Colorado Music Festival bids ‘do svidaniya’ to longtime director Michael Christie with ambitious program by Peter Alexander
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with, and is still best known for, its live performances, Widespread Panic has recorded 11 studio albums in close to two decades, the most recent of which was 2010’s Dirty Side Down. “We’ve kind of separated ourselves from the jam band pack in that way,” Schools says. “It’s an overall belief that the live shows are better and the recording process is a different thing. We look at it as totally different. Some of us like being in the studio more than others. It can be a difficult process.” Live, Schools says, Widespread Panic doesn’t just get up on the stage and start playing whatever pops into someone’s mind. “We have a road map,” he says. “It would be foolish to undertake any kind of journey with some kind of map. Years ago, we didn’t use one. But the audience didn’t seem to mind us huddling together between every song to figure out where we were going to go.” Throughout the conversation, Schools repeatedly referred to the freedom within the band, a liberation that extends even to the rhythm section that has to hold the music together. “I see myself as a pretty lucky bass
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f you stop by the Colorado Music Festival (CMF) at Chautauqua this summer ( June 29 through Aug. 9) and order “the usual,” you might get almost anything, from Bach to Brazilian guitars to Radiohead. That’s just a sample of the fare at this year’s festival, which is celebrating the 13th and final full season with Michael Christie as its adventurous and capable music director. In his years in Boulder, he has made CMF an exemplary festival, with a first-rate virtuoso orchestra, stunning soloists and revealing musical discoveries every single year.
player,” Schools says. “Most bass players stand there and see themselves as the foundation of the sound, along with the drums, and maybe sing a little background. There’s a lot of freedom in this band. When I joined the band, there was no drummer. So there was a metronomic aspect to what I played. Then once in a while, John or Michael would say, ‘Take a solo.’ I was like, ‘Bass solo? What?’ “That’s why Widespread Panic is such a dream gig,” he says. “I feel so lucky. I have such freedom. Take a poll of bass players and see how many answer that way.” That’s why Schools was excited to be back on the road — ready for a summer of shows with the band that he says continually gets better, more interesting and more fun to play with. “The notable change, the sweeping change, is we’ve gotten better at being ourselves, at being Widespread Panic,” Schools says. “That comes from having done over 2,500 gigs. Anything you do over and over when you have freedom, you have to learn to be yourself. When you do that, it just gets better and better.” Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com
This year’s festival offers new variations on previous developments, as well as something entirely new and startling. The festival-within-the-festival, a series of concerts around a specific composer or niche in the repertoire, will focus this year on Russian masters ( July 14–21). Featuring such popular orchestral showpieces as Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade and Tchaikovsky’s 6th Symphony, “that is going to be the festival on parade in as compelling a manner we can possibly do,” Christie says. see CMF Page 36
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“That big-sound orchestra virtuoso Nederland’s Elephant Revival with the playing is the kind of thing that people CMF Orchestra (Aug. 6). But the most who don’t have a ton of experience with extensive mash-up event will be a comclassical music will just be completely pletely interwoven performance of invigorated by.” Brahms’ First Symphony and music An astonishing high point of from Radiohead’s Grammy-winning OK “Russian Masters” will be the opportuComputer ( July 7). nity to hear Van Cliburn Competition The Brahms/Radiohead score was winner Olga Kern play all four arranged and will be directed by Steve Rachmaninoff piano concertos and the Hackman, a classically trained musician Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini in two who grew up listening to all kinds of evenings ( July 19 and pop music. Hackman 21) — a feat of memhas been doing mashory and stamina that up arrangements for ON THE BILL: Colorado Music Festival begins its seafew pianists would several years, putting son on Saturday, June 29, and attempt. rock into classical runs through Friday, Aug. 9. Another feature of pieces and vice-versa. Visit http://bit.ly/CMF2013 for a complete schedule. the festival season that “This Brahms/ Christie is particularly Radiohead example is proud of is definitely the most Rediscovered Masters. Originally devot- extensive that I’ve done,” he says. “I’m ed to Jewish composers who died or excited because I’ve found a way that I were suppressed during the Holocaust, can present these works that is truly the scope of the series has expanded this unique to who I am as a musician, and year to include an opening night concert to the unique circumstances that have ( June 30) of film music by Erich made me who I am.” Korngold (The Adventures of Robin “These musics are a hundred years Hood), Max Steiner (Gone with the apart, but they’re not as different as we might think they are,” he explains. Wind) and other composers who fled “When you distill these two things Nazi Germany; music by a composer down, they’re made of the same stuff.” who was nearly lost in Stalin’s Gulag; From Rediscovered Masters to the and a concert piece based on Jewish serMusic Mash-ups, Christie will leave vices. CMF with a justified sense that he has “Every piece that we’re doing on created a legacy. the Rediscovered Masters I’m very, “I hope that people find the festival very excited about,” Christie says. “To to be a warm and inviting place, and I my knowledge, we are doing the first performance of a [Warsaw-born com- think that’s something we have built poser Mieczyslaw] Weinberg sympho- over these 13 years,” he says. “I think people feel a sense of joy in the music ny in the United States [ July 11-12], making. [And] I would like to think the Third, which is really a triumph. that people have heard a lot of very It is just such a spectacular symphohigh-quality music that they would not ny.” The new kid on the CMF block this have heard almost in any other setting.” Finally, he adds, “Other people are summer is Music Mash-up, three congoing to have to decide what the legacy certs that will mix genres, from rock to is, but I hope words like joy and fun and jazz and classical on the same programs surprise and trust — I hope those are — or even in the same piece. The perthe things people would say.” formances will feature the popular trio Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com Time for Three (Aug. 2) and Boulder Weekly
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Open Mic Night. 7 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 720-297-6397.
Dechen Hawk & A Murder of Prose. 7 p.m. St Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696. Derral Gleason Trio. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 North Park Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757. Espresso! 8 p.m. Bohemian Biergarten, 2017 13th St., Boulder, 720328-8328. Filament. 10 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-4491922. Intuitive Compass & Lost Dog. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628. Jet Edison’s Summer Superjam. 8:30 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-3399. Jesse Garland. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel, 800 28th St. Boulder, 303-443-3322.
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K.C. Groves and Greg Blake. 5:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made
Thursday, July 27: David Barsamian, Trident Café, Boulder, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, June 29: Queen City Jazz Band, Best Western Plus Plaza Hotel, Longmont, 7 p.m.
The longtime locally based radio host and Noam Chomsky confidant will discuss all things related to the “surveillance state” — drones, spying, civil liberties and the permanent war on terror. Who’s in charge — the government or those holding the purse strings?
One of Denver’s top jazz bands, the Queen City Jazz Band, comes to Longmont for a fundraiser concert benefitting the 15th Longmont Jazz Festival (Saturday, July 20). The QCJB has been gigging around Denver for more than 50 years now, and its selection of jazz standards reaches back all the way to the days of Jelly Roll Morton and Bix Beiderbecke. Wendy Harston steals the show with her take on the classic jazz vocalists, from Bessie Smith to Ida Cox to Helen Humes.
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Open Mic Night. 9:30 p.m. Waterloo, 809 S. Main St., Louisville, 303993-2094. Vin De Glo. 10 p.m. Pioneer Inn, 15 E. 1st St., Nederland, 303-2587733. Widespread Panic. 7 p.m. Red Rocks Amphitheatre, 18300 W. Alameda Parkway, Morrison, 720-865-2494.
events BMoCA’s Expert Talks — Tyler Beard and Cameron Bond. 6 p.m. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., Boulder, 303-4432122. Brazil Night. 8 p.m. Caffè Sole, 637R S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-4992985. see EVENTS Page 40
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Friday, June 28, and Saturday, June 29: UP|rise, Black Box Theater on CU Campus, 7 p.m. The Rabble Dance Collective, teaming up with musicians The Courtship Proper, will perform a visual feast of aerial and acrobatic dance. Formed in 2013 by five students of the Frequent Flyers Productions professional training track, Rabble members will perform with dance, acrobatics, physical theater, rope, trapeze, stilts, aerial fabric and partner acrobalance.
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The Doug Waterfield exhibit This Is Not a Test at Rocky Flats Cold War museum explores the paranoia of the atomic 1950s and ’60s in America.
Barbara Yates Beasley, Rob Wardell. NCAR Visitor Center, 1850 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, 303-497-1000. Through Aug. 2.
BEER! Boulder’s History on Tap. Boulder History Museum, 1206 Euclid Ave., Boulder, 303449-3464. Through Oct. 27.
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Not Exactly. RedLine, 2350 Arapahoe St., Denver, 303-296-4448. Through July 28.
Cut and Paste. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-2122. Through Sept. 15.
Herbert Bayer 1900 to 1928: The Bauhaus and Pre-Bauhaus Years. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000. Through July 14.
HAPPY HOUR FOOD Acoustic Open Mic
Nick Cave: Sojourn. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000. Through Sept. 22.
Perception: Color | Line | Power. Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada, 720-898-7255. Through Aug. 25.
Hazel Barnes and the Existential Challenge in the 21st Century. Norlin Library second floor, CU campus, Boulder, ucblibraries.colorado.edu. Through June 2014.
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A Moment in Time: Here. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000. Through Sept. 22.
Cover Story. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000. Through Sept. 22.
Erotic Nature — Photography by Kate Zari Roberts. Highland City Club, 885 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-443-4430. Through Sept. 3.
HAPPY HOUR DRINKS
18th St., Boulder, 303-492-8300. Through July 27.
Historic Photographic Exhibit: Revealing Our Routes: Women of Boulder County. Carnegie Branch for Local History, 1125 Pine St., Boulder, 303-441-3110. Through Aug. 17. Imagine! Presents. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. Through July 12.
Rocky Mountain Majesty — The paintings of Charles Partridge Adams. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000. Through July 21.
Spun: Adventures in Textiles. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720865-5000. Through Sept. 22. This Is Not a Test: The Atomic Art of Doug Waterfield. Rocky Flats Cold War Museum, 5612 Yukon St., Arvada, 720-287-1717. Through Sept. 8. Transitions — by Anne Gifford. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-4413100. Through Sept. 8. Unmasked: The Language of Cultural Identity — Various artists. WESTend at The Muse Gallery, 356 Main St., Longmont, 303-678-7869. Through June 29. Victor Vasarely and Yaacov Agam: Works on Paper from the David Goodman. Arvada Center, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada, 720-898-7200 Through Aug. 25.
Jen Lewin: It’s Electric. CU Art Museum, 1085
EVENTS from Page 39 Conversations in English. 11:15 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-4413099. Do-It-Yourself Video with DSLR. 6 p.m. Boulder Digital Arts, Boulder Digital Arts, 1600 Range St., Boulder, 303-875-0276. Geopolitics Series. 1 p.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3099. Hike for Seniors. 10 a.m. Mud Lake Open Space, Boulder, 303-678-6214. The Navigator. 7:30 p.m. Chautauqua Auditorium, 900 Baseline Road, 303-440-7666. On the Surveillance State — With David Barsamian. 7:30 p.m. Trident Café and Booksellers, 940 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-443-3133. Parks and Open Space Advisory Committee. 6:30 p.m. Boulder County Courthouse, 1777 6th St., Boulder, 303-678-6268.
Friday, June 28 music Alex Culbreth. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl
St., Boulder, 303-440-4628. Banned In Japan. 9 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683. Cleason Dunn Wright. 8 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 720-297-6397. Delta Sonics. 8 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel, 800 28th St. Boulder, 303-443-3322. Dust Bowl Revival Band. 8:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685. Emily Grace Clark Band feat. Mark Karan. 8:30 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303786-7030. Family Dog Band. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303-485-9400. Jababa. 10 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922. Jaun Maclean DJ Set. 8:30 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-3399. The Mighty Twisters. 8 p.m. Caffè Sole, 637R S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-499-2985.
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summer concert series uJuly 8 Pink Martini uJuly 13 Lucero / Son Volt uJuly 16 Mary Chapin Carpenter & Marc Cohn uJuly 22 Nitty Gritty Dirt Band with Pete Wernick & Flexigrass uJuly 27 John Hiatt & The Combo with Holly Williams
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uAug 3 Paula Poundstone
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uAug 5 Indigo Girls with von Grey
Vans Warped Tour. 11 a.m. Sports Authority Field, 1701 Bryant St., Denver, 720-258-3000. They may have lost some of their momentum since their 2008 debut, Want, but Boulder natives 3OH!3 return to Denver on this year’s Vans Warped Tour for a homecoming of sorts. After transitioning from pseudo-bro rap to a more dance-pop style, the band seems to have shifted away from its somewhat ironic rap roots with the release of its latest album, Omens. The duo, comprised of Boulder locals Sean Foreman and Nathaniel Motte, will be right at home at Warped, which will be set up just outside of Sports Authority Field at Mile High in Denver. Just like the past 18 years, the Warped tour will kick off just before noon as the crowds scurry through the summer heat. — Patrick Fort
uAug 6 Elephant Revival w CMF Orchestra uAug 10 Toad the Wet Sprocket uAug 22 Shawn Colvin
TICKETS: chautauqua.com Molly’s Revenge. 8 p.m. Bohemian Biergarten, 2017 13th St., Boulder, 720-328-8328. Papa Juke. 10 p.m. Pioneer Inn, 15 E. First St., Nederland, 303-258-7733. Raul Midon. 8 p.m. Swallow Hill Music Café Daniels Hall, 71 East Yale Ave., Denver, 303-777-1003. Richie Furay — Louisville Street Faire. 6:30 p.m. Steinbaugh Pavilion, 824 Front St., Louisville, 303-6667400. Ryan Seward Quintet. 9 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628. Sambadende. 6:30 p.m. St Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696. The Shakes Brothers and the So What Brothers. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 North Park Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757. Solomon Cook. 8 p.m. Swallow Hill Music Café Tuft Theatre, 71 East Yale Ave., Denver, 303-777-1003. The Tony Furtado Band and Stephanie Schneiderman. 6 p.m. eTown Hall, 1535 Spruce St., Boulder, 303-443-8696. Widespread Panic. 7 p.m. Red Rocks Amphitheatre, 18300 W. Alameda Parkway, Morrison, 720-8652494. Widows Bane. 8 p.m. Waterloo, 809 S. Main St., Louisville, 303-993-2094.
der, 303-441-4390. History Hike to Green Mountain Lodge. 2:30 p.m. Realization Point parking lot near Flagstaff Road, Boulder, 303-449-3464. International Festival — Through June 30. Pearl Street Mall in front of the courthouse. Visit http://bit.ly/ IntFestBldr for more info. UP|rise — Presented by the Rabble Dance Collective. 7 p.m. ATLAS Black Box theater, 1125 18th St., Boulder, 303-717-6619.
Saturday, June 29 music Captain Quirk and the Cosmic Rangers. 10 p.m. Pioneer Inn, 15 E. First St., Nederland, 303-258-7733. Dan and Yoshi. 8 p.m. Waterloo, 809 S. Main St., Louisville, 303-993-2094. Dr. Robert — Beatles Tribute. 5 p.m. Boulder Beer Company, 2880 Wilderness Place, Boulder, 303-4448448. Felonius Smith Trio. 7 p.m. Minglewood, 1606 Conestoga St. #3, Boulder, 303-442-0585. Goonies. 10 p.m. Bohemian Biergarten, 2017 13th St., Boulder, 720-328-8328. Hot Club of Detroit. 8 p.m. Swallow Hill Music Café Daniels Hall, 71 East Yale Ave., Denver, 303-777-1003.
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Johnny O Band. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel, 800 28th St. Boulder, 303-443-3322.
Adobe Photoshop: The Heart of Color Correction. 10 a.m. Boulder Digital Arts, 1600 Range St., Boulder, 303-875-0276.
Margarita Brothers. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 North Park Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757.
Conversations in English. 10 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3099. Game Night at Meadows. 4:30 p.m. Boulder Public Library Meadows Branch. 4800 Baseline Road, Boul-
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THE ARVADA CENTER uJuly 7 Pink Martini uJuly 25 John Hiatt & The Combo with Holly Williams uAug 9 Toad the Wet Sprocket uAug 21 Robert Cray uAug 30 Asleep At The Wheel uSept 1 Beau Soleil avec Michael Doucet uSept 14 Los Lonely Boys
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UPCOMING EVENTS Tuesday, June 18 - 6pm - In the Tavern Tuesday, July 2 - 6pm - In the Tavern
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Wednesday, July 3 - 6pm - In the Tavern
DEAN HIMES
Friday, July 5 • 8pm
BLOOD POLLUTION Saturday, July 6 • 8pm
NINE MILE STATION Sunday, July 7
BLUES & BBQ
WITH DANNY SHAFER 2pm JULIAN DELUSION 7pm MISSION FOR MAYHEM 8:30pm Tuesday, July 9 - 6pm - In the Tavern
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Wednesday, July 10 - 6pm - In the Tavern
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Khaled Hosseini discusses his new book, And the Mountains Echoed at First Congregational Church on June 27.
Thursday, June 27 Khaled Hosseini — And the Mountains Echoed. 7:30 p.m. First Congregational Church, 1128 Pine St., Boulder, 303-442-1787. Temple Grandin — The Autistic Brain. 7:30 p.m. Tattered Cover. 1628 16th St., Denver, 303-4361070. Saturday, June 29
Bouldering Poetry— with poet Jim Steele, Mercury Cafe Slam Team and music, followed by open mic. Trident, 940 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-443-3133. Sunday, June 30 The Illusion of Separateness — by Simon Van Booy. 5 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-2074. Maureen Owen and Charles Alexander. 2 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore and Cafe, 1203 13th St., Boulder, 303-579-1644. Monday, July 1 Season of Terror — by Charles Price. 7:30 p.m. Tattered Cover. 2526 E. Colfax Ave, Denver, 303322-7727. Here Is Where — by Andrew Carroll. 7:30 p.m. Tattered Cover. 1628 16th St., Denver, 303-4361070. Wednesday, July 3 In the House upon the Dirt between the Lake and the Woods — by Matt Bell. 7:30 p.m. Tattered Cover. 2526 E. Colfax Ave, Denver, 303-322-7727.
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Friday, July 12 • 8pm
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Saturday, July 13 • 8pm
SHAVING PEGGY Sunday, July 14
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Wednesday, July 17 - 6pm - In the Tavern
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Friday, July 19 • 8pm
EVENTS from Page 41 Maynard & The Walnut. 9 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.
der Digital Arts, Boulder Digital Arts, 1600 Range St., Boulder, 303-875-0276.
Peoples Abstract & The Angle. 9 p.m. Shine, 2027 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-0120.
Irish Saturday Evenings with The McTeggart Irish Dancers. 7 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922.
Saturday, July 20 • 8pm
Queen City Jazz Band. 7 p.m. Best Western Plus Plaza Hotel, 1850 Industrial Circle, Longmont, 303926-0263.
Sunday, July 21
Quemando Salsa Band. 9 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303-485-9400.
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“Learn to Play Guitar in a Day!” workshop. 10 a.m. Front Range Community College Boulder County Campus, 2190 Miller Drive, Longmont, 303-404-5465. Meta Skateboards Video Premiere. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030.
Robinson Quintet. 6:30 p.m. St Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696.
Two Ponds Fundraiser and Benefit. 7 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683.
Scandinavian Fifth Saturday Bygdedans. 8 p.m. Pearl Street Studio, 2126 Pearl St., Boulder, 303440-8303.
UP|rise — Presented by the Rabble Dance Collective. 7 p.m. ATLAS Black Box theater, 1125 18th St., Boulder, 303-717-6619.
Shannon McNally Band & The California Honeydrops. 8:30 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-3399.
Volunteer Opportunity — Prairie Dog Fence Building Project. 8 a.m. Register online at www.BoulderCountyOpenSpace.org/wildwork.
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Songdogs. 8 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 720-297-6397.
Sunday, June 30
Sunday, July 28 COLORADO BLUES SOCIETY PRESENTS
Springdale Quartet. 10 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922.
DOORS: 1:00PM, SHOW: 2:00PM NO COVER
The Stormcellars. 8 p.m. Swallow Hill Music Café Tuft Theatre, 71 East Yale Ave., Denver, 303-7771003.
EEF 2pm FREE RANGE MARMOT 7pm ALPINE GROOVE 8:30pm Tuesday, July 23 - 6pm - In the Tavern
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Wednesday, July 24 - 6pm - In the Tavern
JOHN MCKAY
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WEEKEND MEDICINE THE INTERNATIONAL BLUES COMPETITION
Widespread Panic. 7 p.m. Red Rocks Amphitheatre, 18300 W. Alameda Parkway, Morrison, 720-8652494. Will Cuneo. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628. The Yawpers. 8:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685.
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music Acoustic Jam. 4 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922. The Big Pick Open Folk and Bluegrass Pick. 7 p.m. Pioneer Inn, 15 E. First St., Nederland, 303-2587733. Bluegrass Explosion. 10 p.m. Mountain Sun Pub, 1535 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-546-0886. Bluegrass Pick. 12 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303-485-9400. Felonius Smith Band. 6 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303-485-9400.
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events Hickory Project. 10 p.m. Southern Sun, 627 South Broadway, Boulder, 303-543-0886. Howl Moonshine Howl & Whiskey Autumn. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303440-4628. Jack Yoder & The Two Piece Suits.s 6 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-8236685.
music Blues Jam. 10 p.m. Pioneer Inn, 15 E. First St., Nederland, 303-258-7733. The Boulder Blues Quartet. 8 p.m. Caffè Sole, 637R S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-499-2985. Dean Himes. 6 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 720-297-6397.
Michael Franti & Spearhead. 7:30 p.m. Red Rocks Amphitheatre, 18300 W. Alameda Parkway, Morrison, 720-865-2494. Miles Wilder. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.
Copywriting for the Web. 9 a.m. Boulder Digital Arts, Boulder Digital Arts, 1600 Range St., Boulder, 303-875-0276.
Moe. 8 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030.
KIDS CALENDAR
Flip and Fly. 9 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.
The Secret Disco Revolution. 7 p.m. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303440-7826.
Mello Cello Sundays — With Sam Rae. 7 p.m. Shine, 2027 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-0120.
Jonny Barber & The Rhythm Razors. 6:30 p.m. Four Mile History Park, 715 S Forest St., Denver, 720-8650800.
The Tyler Walker Band. 5:30 p.m. Bands on the Bricks, 1300 Block of Pearl Street, Boulder, 303-4491582.
Peace & Love & Jigs & Reels. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 North Park Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757.
Mezzo Mestizo. 6:30 p.m. St Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696.
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Jazz Jam — With Mark Diamond & Big Swing Trio. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel, 800 28th St. Boulder, 303-443-3322.
Blackmail. 7:30 p.m. Chautauqua Auditorium, 900 Baseline Road, 303-440-7666.
Thursday, June 27 Dinosaur Detectives and Art and Nature. 9 a.m. CU Museum of Natural History, Henderson Building, 15th and Broadway, Boulder, 303-492-6892. Lego Club. 4 p.m. Boulder Public Library George Reynolds Branch, 3595 Table Mesa Dr., Boulder, 303see EVENTS Page 44
Quemando Salsa Band. 9 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303-485-9400. Traditional Irish Music Open Session. 7 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922. Two Gallants. 8 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-3399. Vans Warped Tour. 11 a.m. Sports Authority FIeld, 1701 Bryant St., Denver, 720-258-3000.
events Theatre-Hikes: Snow White. 10:30 a.m. Chautauqua Picnic Shelter, 900 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-4407666.
Monday, July 1 music Electric Blues Jam. 7:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303-485-9400.
events Naropa Summer Writing Students Open Reading. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628. Science on Screen: Genetics and Gattaca. 7 p.m. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826.
Tuesday, July 2 music Ash Ganely. 6 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 720-297-6397. Bluegrass Pick. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685. Film on the Rocks: Die Hard. 7 p.m. Red Rocks Amphitheatre, 18300 W. Alameda Parkway, Morrison, 720-865-2494. Gasoline Lollipops. 8 p.m. Waterloo, 809 S. Main St., Louisville, 303-993-2094. The Joints. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628. The Luminaries. 8 p.m. Shine, 2027 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-0120. Mark Diamond Trio. 6:30 p.m. St Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696. Todd Rundgren’s Official State Visit. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-7867030.
events All Knowledge Must Be Shared. 8 p.m. Rad-ish Collective, 710 31st St., Boulder, 201-873-6728. Boulder World Affairs Discussion Group at Meadows. 10 a.m. Boulder Public Library Meadows Branch, 4800 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-441-4390. Hike at Sunset — Heil Valley Ranch: Lichen Loop Trail. 6:30 p.m. Pella Crossing Open Space, Longmont, 303-678-6214. Mark Obmascik: Halfway to Heaven, The 14ers. 7 p.m. Chautauqua Auditorium, 900 Baseline Road, 303-440-7666.
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Collected Stories — Presented by Miners Alley Playhouse. 1224 Washington St., Golden, 303935-3044. Through July 14. The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) — Presented by the Colorado Shakespeare Festival. University Mainstage, CU campus, Boulder, 303-492-0554. Through Aug. 10. The Doyle and Debbie Show — At the Galleria Theatre. Denver Performing Arts Complex, 14th and Curtis streets, Denver, 303-468-2030. Through July 14. Fiddler On The Roof. Jesters Dinner Theatre, 224 Main St., Longmont, 303-468-2030. Through July 14. The Jackalope Play Festival: Summer Tales
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of Strangeness — Presented by Theatre Company of Lafayette. Mary Miller Theater, 300 E. Simpson St., Lafayette, 720-209-2154. Through June 30. Macbeth — Presented by the Colorado Shakespeare Festival.Maty Rippon Outdoor Ampitheatre, CU campus, Boulder, 303-492-0554. Through Aug. 10. A Midsummer Night’s Dream — Presented by the Colorado Shakespeare Festival. Mary Rippon Amphitheatre, CU campus, Boulder, 303-4920554.Through Aug. 11. Sylvia — Presented by Firehouse Theater Company with Spotlight Theater Company. John Hand Theatre, 7653 E. First Place, Denver, 303562-3232. Through June 29. The Wizard of Oz. Boulder’s Dinner Theatre, 5501 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-449-6000. Through Aug. 31.
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History Hunters. 11 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3099. Paint Day. 10 a.m. WOW! Children’s Museum, 110 N. Harrison Ave., Lafayette, 303-604-2424. Thursday Storytime. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3099.
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Go Club for Kids & Teens. 2 p.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3099.
Monday, July 1 Musical Storytime with Alice and Melanie. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3099.
Tuesday, July 2 Clay Day. 10 a.m. WOW! Children’s Museum, 110 N. Harrison Ave., Lafayette, 303-604-2424.
Friday Storytime. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3099.
Lap Babies. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3099.
Stamp Day. 10 a.m. WOW! Children’s Museum, 110 N. Harrison Ave., Lafayette, 303-604-2424.
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Bob Shea: Hilarious Author/Illustrator. 11 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3099.
Baby Boogie, Bring your kids into dance! 2 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683.
Mad Science: Fire and Ice. 11 a.m. Boulder Public Library Meadows Branch. 4800 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-441-4390.
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Saturday Storytime. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3099.
Cruisers and Crawlers. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3099.
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Just in case you thought you’d seen every buddy cop movie — now try it with women in the good cop/raunchy cop roles.
20 Feet From Stardom In his compelling new film 20 Feet From Stardom, director Morgan Neville shines a spotlight on the untold true story of the backup singers behind some of the greatest musical legends of the 21st century. At Mayan.
Princess Bride For middle- and high-school-aged youth only, showing July 2. A classic fairy tale, with swordplay, giants, an evil prince, a beautiful princess and yes, some kissing (as read by a kindly grandfather). At Boulder Library. — Boulder Public Library
100 Bloody Acres Brothers Reg and Lindsay Morgan are struggling to keep their organic blood and bone fertilizer business in motion. Their secret “recipe” for success (using dead car crash victims in their product) was a huge boon to business, but lately supply has been gravely low. At SIE FilmCenter. — Denver Film Society
The Rocky Horror Picture Show The longest-running midnight movie of all time stars Tim Curry as the kinky yet endearing “transsexual from Transylvania” Dr. Frank N. Furter. At Esquire.
After Earth In the future, a father and son (Will and Jaden Smith) crash land on Earth 1,000 years after the last human was forced to evacuate the planet. The dad is badly injured and the son must face many obstacles. Rated PG-13. At Twin Peaks.
Samurai Cop What do you do when a gang of Japanese criminals invades your city and you need a crime fighter trained by authentic martial arts masters? Have no fear! The Samurai Cop is coming! At Esquire.
Arena de Verona: Aida Verdi’s larger-than-life opera Aida is even larger than usual on the palatial outdoor stage at the Arena di Verona. At Boedecker. — Boedecker Theater
Augustine Set in Belle Époque France, director Alice Winocour’s sensual, fiercely intelligent tale of female sexual awakening follows 19-year-old “hysteria” patient Augustine, the star of Professor Charcot’s experiments in hypnosis, as she transitions from object of study to object of desire. At SIE FilmCenter. — Denver Film Society.
A Band Called Death Punk before punk existed, three teenage brothers in the early ’70s formed a band in their spare bedroom, began playing a few local gigs and even pressed a single. But this was the era of Motown and emerging disco. At SIE FilmCenter. — Denver Film Society
Before Midnight Jesse and Celine first met in their 20s in Before Sunrise, reunited in their 30s in Before Sunset and now, in director/co-writer Richard Linklater’s Before Midnight, they face the past, present and future. Rated R. At Century and Mayan.
The Bling Ring The Bling Ring tells the story of a group of teenagers who burglarize celebrities’ homes in Los Angeles. Rated R. At Chez Artiste and Century. — Landmark Theatres
Cave of Forgotten Dreams Presented by Film/STILL: Painting and the Myth of (Total) Cinema, with Melinda Barlow, associate professor of film studies at CU. The film provides unparalleled glimpses of some of the oldest art known to man and offers unexpected connections to the work of the abstract expressionists. At SIE FilmCenter. — Denver Film Society.
Dirty Wars It’s the dirty little secret of the War on Terror: All bets are off, and almost anything goes. Investigative reporter Jeremy Scahill traces the rise of the Joint Special Operations Command, the most secret fighting force in U.S. history. At SIE FilmCenter. — Denver Film Society.
The East This espionage thriller stars co-writer Brit Marling as former FBI agent Sarah Moss, who’s starting a new career at an elite private intelligence firm that protects the interests of its A-list corporate clientele. Rated R. At Century and Esquire. — Landmark Theatres
Epic When Mary Katherine visits her father, she gets lost in the forest near his house and discovers tiny warriors that her father has been studying. She joins them in a war against evil while trying to find her way home. Rated PG. At Twin Peaks, Century and Colony Square.
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bad guys and giving the spoils to their fans, all the while avoiding capture by the feds. Think magic Robin Hoods. Rated PG-13. At Twin Peaks, Century and Colony Square.
The Sapphires
Epilogue Hayuta and Berl, an elderly couple, find it hard to adjust to today’s Israel and to the social changes surrounding them. The two refuse to let go of their communal dreams and their revolutionary plans to build a welfare state in Israel. At SIE FilmCenter. — Denver Film Society
Evocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie Before entire networks were built on populist personalities, the masses fixated on a single, sociopathic star: controversial talk-show host Morton Downey Jr. At SIE FilmCenter. — Denver Film Society.
Exhibition: Munch 150 A look at an exhibition put together by the National Museum and the Munch Museum to recognize artist Edvard Munch’s 150th birthday. Rated PG. At Century.
Fill the Void Eighteen-year-old Shira (Hadas Yaron), the youngest daughter in an Orthodox Hasidic family from Tel Aviv, is about to be married to a promising young man of the same age and background. But on Purim, her 28-yearold sister dies while giving birth. At Chez Artiste.
Frances Ha Frances struggles with maintaining her relationship with her best friend Sophie and following her dreams to be a dancer. Rated R. At Boedecker and Mayan.
Hannah Arendt The sublime Barbara Sukowa re-teams with director Margarethe von Trotta for her brilliant new biopic of Hannah Arendt. At Chez Artiste. — Landmark Theatres
The Heat A foul-mouthed, dirty methods cop (Melissa McCarthy) is forced to team up with a suit-wearing, micro-managing FBI agent (Sandra Bullock) to go after a drug lord. Rated R. At Twin Peaks, Century and Colony Square.
Brit is deprived of his immigration status. He marries his lesbian best friend to remain in the country, but things get complicated when he meets the love of his life. At Boedecker. — Boedecker Theater
The Internship Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn are pals trying to work at Google. Rated PG. At Colony Square and Century.
Iron Man 3 When his enemy leaves Tony Stark’s personal life in shambles, he must suit up once again as Iron Man. Rated PG-13. At Century and Colony Square.
The Kings of Summer This comedy is about three teenage friends who decide to build their own house and live off the land. Rated R. At Esquire and Mayan.
Kon-tiki
Inspired by a true story, the dramatic comedy The Sapphires follows four vivacious, young and talented Australian Aboriginal girls from a remote mission as their all-girl group entertains the U.S. troops in Vietnam in 1968. At SIE FilmCenter. — Denver Film Society
The Secret Disco Revolution This humorous and insightful investigation into the muchmaligned genre takes up the claim that disco was in fact a misunderstood culture of protest and a movement of mass liberation for some of American society’s most marginalized citizens: women, African-Americans and gay men. At Boedecker. — Boedecker Theater
SOMM SOMM takes the viewer into a mysterious world — the Court of Master Sommeliers and the massively intimidating Master Sommelier exam. At SIE FilmCenter. — Denver Film Society
Spacehunter
This film recreates the amazing adventure of Thor Heyerdahl’s Pacific Ocean crossing in 1947 in a balsa wood raft with five men. Rated PG-13. At Chez Artiste.
Presented by Mile High Sci-Fi. After eight years of ripping apart some of the worst/weirdest sci-fi, we now get our hands on the classic Spacehunter: Adventures In the Forbidden Zone. At SIE FilmCenter. — Denver Film Society
Magic Mike
Star Trek Into Darkness
Mike spends his days pursuing the American Dream, from roofing houses and detailing cars to designing furniture at his Tampa beach condo. But at night, he’s just magic. Presented with Hey Girl Happy Hour from 6-7:30 p.m. — complete with live male dancers. At SIE FilmCenter. — Denver Film Society
When the crew of the Enterprise returns to Earth they find the whole place in chaos. Rated PG-13. At Twin Peaks, Century and Colony Square.
Man of Steel See full review, page 48. Rated PG-13. At Twin Peaks, Century and Colony Square.
Monsters University Mike and Sulley enter scare training and attempt to join the best fraternity. Rated G. At Twin Peaks, Century and Colony Square.
Hey Bartender
Much Ado About Nothing
This new documentary explores the history of the bartending profession and takes a look at the artistry and skill involved with being a successful cocktail bartender. At Boedecker. — Boedecker Theater
A series of comic and tragic events conspire to keep two couples from truly finding happiness — but then again, perhaps love will prevail. Rated PG-13. At Esquire and Century. — Landmark Theatres
A Hijacking
Mud
The cargo ship MV Rozen is heading for harbor when it is hijacked by Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean. The seamen are taken hostage in a cynical game of life and death. At Mayan. — Landmark Theatres
When two boys discover a mysterious stranger hiding out on an island in the Mississippi River, their lives and those of everyone in their small town are changed forever. Rated PG-13. At Colony Square.
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Stories We Tell Writer/director Sarah Polley discovers that the truth depends on who’s telling it. Polley is filmmaker and detective as she investigates the secrets of a family of storytellers. At Chez Artiste. — Landmark Theatres
Tabu A retired woman seeks a man who has a secret connection to her past life as a farm owner near Mount Tabu in Africa. At Boedecker. — Boedecker Theater
This is the End When the apocalypse hits, six friends find out what true friendship really means. Rated R. At Twin Peaks, Century and Colony Square.
White House Down A reluctant hero steps in to save the president when the White House comes under attack. Rated PG-13. At Twin Peaks, Century and Colony Square.
World War Z As the zombie apocalypse hits, a retired UN worker must find a way to stop the pandemic and save the world. At Twin Peaks, Century and Colony Square.
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uperman is lame. Fight it all you want to, DC Comic loyalists, but there’s a reason people cheer whenever Batman bests him. Consumed by a fetishized, flag-waving patriotism that makes his status as a full-fledged illegal alien somewhat hilarious these days, Superman is basically an American god. Invulnerable, infallible (at least in terms of his moral compass) and inapproachable to most of us (as we don’t relate to the first two adjectives), adaptations of the character have been tepid and repetitive. Insert some vanilla messianic themes, have a bald dude threaten him with a green rock, rinse and repeat. With one tiny twist in perspective, Man of Steel has reinvented the character, dominated the summer blockbuster season and invigorated the concept of rebooting a franchise. How? It’s a sci-fi movie, not a superhero movie. As such, it features an origin story, but not a superhero origin story. No, this is a sci-fi movie about the origin of a costumed persona known as Clark Kent. Writer David Goyer, who has been crushing science fiction since his brilliant Dark City, starts us on Krypton. This is no quick flyover: We see the grand scope of this dying world. Jor-El (Russell Crowe) squares off against General Zod (Michael Shannon) over the fate of their race. The former advocates an attempt to keep their species alive by embedding key elements into his newborn son and sending him to a hospitable world, the latter stages a violent overthrow of the government. You can guess how that argument ends. Suddenly, the film skips to full superhuman adulthood. No slow transition necessary, because director Zack Snyder is not telling the story of a Kansas kid coping with magnificent powers. This is a fatherless alien decid-
ing whether or not to pretend to be human. Flashbacks to Smallville are only used to show factors Superman (Henry Cavil) is weighing in this decision. His father (Kevin Costner) advised isolation and segregation from humanity; his mother (Diane Lane) didn’t much object. When Zod arrives and forces Superman’s hand, he must consider the intimate knowledge he has gained of human life through a brief relationship with Lois Lane (Amy Adams) and the bigger picture of his alien nature. This self-exploration is done amidst hella action, more than has ever been included in a comic book adaptation. Snyder fully embraces the godlike attributes of his warriors. The spectacle is breathtaking in a way that no Superman movie has ever been. Even Lois, an unrecognizable character from previous incarnations, is not relegated to helpless victim, demonstrating intelligence, loyalty and bravery that isn’t undone by the narcissism of Margot Kidder’s version. Cavil is likewise fantastic, partially because this new approach leaves him free to make a version of the iconic character from outside the reach of Christopher Reeves’ shadow. Man of Steel is admittedly missing humor and fun, consumed by the seriousness of producer Christopher Nolan’s dark overtones and grey color pallette. But the payoff is great. Unlike almost every superhero origin movie to date, the final frames don’t linger on a display of action, even if they show how a new identity came to be chosen. When Clark pushes up his glasses and smiles, we see that this human costume is the true hero we’ve been watching rise. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com — This review first appeared in The Reader of Omaha, Neb. Boulder Weekly
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utside, a homeless man sits in article about that café and, it sounds silly, a covered wheelchair vending but as I read it I started to shake and cry The Voice. His red plaid shirt and I just felt like I had to do this.” hangs from his insubstantial Robinson contacted Denise Cerreta, frame, and the American flag the founder of the Salt Lake City locaon his chair flutters minutely in the lunch tion, and subsequently accompanied her hour heat. Beside him, two young men sit to Spokane, Wash., where she helped checking out female passersby, cooing with establish One World Spokane. feigned subtlety. Through the shop door, The One World Everybody Eats patrons are met with air-conditioned relief. Foundation offers services to assist new Inside, everything bustles. Lively conversacommunity cafés with establishment, tion flows from the mouths of young polincluding mentoring for start-up cafés; a ished professionals, the deep throaty voice A model for pay-what-you-can, healthy restaurants that has taken hold in Denver “get-started packet” with checklists, IRS at places like Café 180 (pictured above) has faltered in Boulder. of a tattooed man with a sizeable beard forms and other business-related docubooms, and silverware amiably clinks as an ments; a compilation of successful cafés’ apron-clad woman with dreadlocks places best practices; an annual networking sumspoon after spoon into a receptacle. mit; fundraising strategies; and hands-on Everyone is eating, their plates piled high support. with fresh vegetables, flatbread pizza and “It really is like a family,” says hearty wraps. Robinson of the One World community, Reminiscent of a scene along Pearl citing the two Denver-based community Street Mall, the place depicted is in fact cafés, SAME Café and Café 180. Café 180, a community café at 3315 S. According to Robinson, her initial Broadway in Denver. It is also along the from the homeless to those with a fixed income to momentum was potent. She began to lines of what 20-year Boulderite and Renaissance working professionals on their lunch hours. The envision the café, a place where people of all varieties woman Sandy Robinson envisioned when she formupatrons are black, white, young, old, wealthy and would come to eat her food, become educated about lated the idea for a Boulder-based community café impoverished. There are no prices on the menu; they healthy eating, hand-paint the café’s dishes and called Peace-n-Carrots. But Robinson’s idea has since ask only that you pay what you can. become involved in a welcoming community. She derailed because, she says, she couldn’t find enough Far from a soup kitchen, these venues provide a started talking to people in Boulder about her ideas, volunteers or donors. space where a diverse assortment of people can gather holding weekly meetings, fundraising and looking for As the customary notion that everyone has a right to eat healthy food at a price they can afford. And a location. to eat has evolved into the belief that everyone has the this is something that all community cafés seem to “We had a fundraiser. A theater group donated right to a gastronomic experience that is healthful and have in common — their penchant for wholesome their talent and location and we did the food,” she dignified, community cafés and restaurants have foods of the organic, gluten-free and often vegetarian says. “That was the turning point for the whole projemerged throughout the United States. variety. ect. I had set up volunteers to run each station at the These venues allow patrons to receive food at a “The first one of the family of cafés, One World event and everyone just flaked out. Suddenly it was price that suits their means, even if that price is a few Everybody Eats, is in Salt Lake City,” says Robinson, my best friend and I washing dishes alone at midhours of volunteering. The community café signifies a whose grey hair and amiable eyes are accented by night. junction of varied demographics, feeding everyone angular iridescent glass earrings. “I saw a magazine see CAFÉ Page 54
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restaurant ownership. Price is the coowner of a new restaurant, Goodfella’s Restaurant and Bakery, in the former location of Village Inn, at 623 Ken Pratt Blvd. in Longmont. Price and his son, Jeff, will offer a wide range of options on breakfast, lunch, dinner and dessert menus, including burgers, wings and ribs. The restaurant is open now for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
The Colorado Department of Public Health and runs from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. July 4 at Alfalfa’s, Environment announced June at 1651 Broadway. More information is avail20 that customers at two resable at alfalfas.com. taurants in Colorado may have been exposed to the virus hepatitis A. The two restaurants VEGAN PIZZA DAY RETURNS include Groovy Greens in Saturday, June 29, is Vegan Pizza Day Niwot. across the nation, as both specialty and The exposure is connected conventional pizza joints preCourtesy of Mountain Flower Goat Dairy to the recall of pare cheese-free and, of Courtesy of Community Food Share Organic BOLDER course, meat-free pies. No full Antioxidant BOULDER’S list of participating restaurants Blend frozen is available, but among EXTRA FOOD berry mix, which Boulder’s participants is the PASSED ON has been Sun Deli at 2299 Pearl St., In an annual recalled from which already specializes in tradition, Bolder Costco stores vegan and vegetarian food. Boulder organizafter hepatitis A Sun Deli will be offering $4 off ers have again was discovered all large and $2 off all small donated extra to have infected vegan pizzas and calzones food to a local some of the for the day. More information food distribution packages. about the Vegan Pizza Day charity, sending Groovy event is available on extra food and Greens subseFacebook and Twitter. runners’ snack quently told the bags to Longmont TimesCommunity Food A baby goat, much like the BREWERIES BRING OUT FRUITS A volunteer lays on bags Call that none of its customers donated by Bolder Boulder to Share of Boulder ones that will be at Alfalfa’s FOR SUMMER have reported illness. The Community Food Share. July 4. and Broomfield Avery Brewing Company smoothie shop stopped using counties. will join FATE, Twisted Pine, the berry mix May 31, accordBolder Boulder sent Community Food Boulder Beer and others in brewing a summer ing to a press release from the CDPHE. Share 32,843 pounds of food, increasing the beer with fruit flavor when Avery taps its The press release says the berry mix is tied donation by 8,962 pounds compared to last Blueberry Belgian-style Pale Ale Friday, June to at least 118 cases of hepatitis A nationyear. Community Food Share has distributed 28 in its taproom. wide, including 22 in Colorado. the donation to its member agencies and The blueberry beer joins a varied lineup, Symptoms of hepatitis A, which include direct distribution programs, the nonprofit including FATE’s watermelon kolsch-style ale; fatigue, stomach pain and dark urine, start announced in a press release. an orange wheat at newly opened Kettle & around 28 days after exposure. It can range Stone; a shandy (beer and lemonade mix) at from “a mild illness lasting a few weeks to a THEY’RE GOATS, AND THEY’RE BABIES Twisted Pine; a Witbier brewed with sushi rice, serious illness lasting several months,” the Very few phrases leap off the page like lemongrass and pink peppercorns (none of CDPHE says, and in rare cases it can cause “baby goats.” See, grabbed your attention. which are fruits, maybe, but it makes the list liver failure. Vaccinations “can prevent infec“Kids” just doesn’t have the same ring to it. for creativity) at Longmont’s Pumphouse; and tion if given before exposure or within 14 days For its July 4 event, titled Hometown others. after exposure.” Throwdown, Alfalfa’s Market at Broadway and The new Avery beer won’t be too overly I’M FUNNY TO YOU? Arapahoe will have baby goats. The grocer blueberry-flavored, says Avery National Mark Price, the longtime co-owner of the will also have live music, face painting, free Marketing Director Darin McGregor. northern Longmont eatery Aunt Alice’s ice cream from Boulder Ice Cream, mural Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com Kitchen, has announced the expansion of his painting and seed-spitting contests. The event
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t had been a while since I poked my head into Mateo, noteworthy for its fine charcuterie and cheese-laden happy hour and accessible South of France cuisine. Warm, sunny days evoke recollections of tooling around Provence’s gorgeous lavender-scented landscapes. As a consequence, I thought Mateo it was high time to 1837 Pearl St., recapture some of 303-443-7766 these memories by visiting this Pearl Street spot. Inside Mateo, tastefully refined earth tones and bright whites make for an elegant-yet-welcoming setting such as one might find in a gallery staffed by friendly, unpretentious folks. Similarly, the lunchtime menu artfully strikes a balance between familiar American dishes as Cobb salad and its Côte d’Azur cousin, salad Niçoise. Colorado sirloin burgers evoke like symmetry with a Croque-Monsieur ham sandwich. Bistro traditionalists will appreciate the quiche platter or steamed mussels, and dishes like quinoa salad reflect a more global, health-conscious sensibility. Friend Paul and I mused whether the only real difference between liverwurst and pâté is price as we awaited our $7 chicken liver mousse. What we had
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diment. Paul’s main course was the $13 lamb Bolognaise atop ribbony tagliatelle pasta. The noodles were ideally al dente in texture, and the hefty sauce evoked memories of such rustic fare as cacciatore or coq au vin. The sauce included a reduction of San Marzano tomato for a hint of tang that countered the pleasantly understated game qualities of the meat. The only flaw was oil separation in the emulsified sauce, although this issue seemed to have limited impact on the taste. Steak frites is one of the most emblematic bistro standbys. Simple, hearty and not at all twee, Mateo’s $16 version hits all the traditional hot buttons. Relying on an entrecôte cut (from roughly the same part of the cow as a ribeye or sirloin), this preparation came complete with green salad, sauce Béarnaise, and the required frites. While this cut lacks the tenderness of a filet, it makes up for texture with full-bore flavor. Mine arrived rare, as requested, and the beefy savor played nicely off the lemony and creamy tones of the sublime
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was a far cry from the bulbous, livery tubes of youth that made Spam seem comparatively appealing. Arriving in the form of an oddly appropriate, elongated, egg-shaped helping, this pâté came accompanied by crisp toasts and a fig and apple confit. I’m prepared to make a principled argument that this appetizer represents the highest and best use of chicken liver. It was luxuriously creamy and arrived at a perfect, slightly chilled temperature that showcased pleasing subtleties of flavor. Sweet and tart qualities of the fruit confit balanced out the unabashed decadence of the dish, and a mellow hint of cinnamon contributed depth to this con-
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mulsions form the basis of many heated sauces, such as Béarnaise, as well as cold preparations like vinaigrette dressing. Essentially, emulsions are mixtures of fat and water, and the chef’s challenge is to prevent these two components from following their natural tendency to part ways. In some cases, such as with salad dressing, it’s easy enough to fix a “broken” sauce by vigorously mixing things together. If a sauce breaks under heat, stirring may not be enough. For example, one of the best ways to fix a Hollandaise simmering on the stove is to drop in an ice cube.
Béarnaise. The frites, which Paul maintains are the best in town, and I’m disinclined to disagree, were textbook crisp on the outside, with distinct potato flavor on the interior. My friend felt these passed the critical test of remaining appealing when cold, and the house-made spicy ketchup, with its pungent horseradish aroma, was the most simpatico accompaniment. Mateo quietly and consistently offers elegant French bistro meals at prices that aren’t too dear. Quality preparation and overall attention to detail make for an experience that evokes the best of Provence’s satisfyingly rustic cuisine. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com
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“The next couple of days, the flame of the care started to get dim. I woke up face down in the dirt. It almost never has come back to full flame.” She admits to worrying about how well the community café model would function in Boulder. She mentions a friend who reported greater luck receiving donations for free film showings in Denver than in Boulder. “Some people that have a lot of money, sometimes, it’s hard to give,” she says. “And then I see people that struggle for every dollar they make and I see them donate. What is that? But I’ve seen every variety in between. I don’t know if it would work here or not.” It appears Robinson has moved beyond that chapter in her life. “Looking back, I see where I faltered. I was pret- Camilla Sterne ty scared to do this. It was a big project,” she says. “Some people were saying, ‘I don’t know how you’re gonna do it alone.’” According to Robinson, they were right. Her finances suffered immensely and at one point she Café 180 in Englewood wasn’t sure she would be able to make the next rent check. Her mission to feed the disadvantaged suddenly became very close to home. “Working on Peace-n-Carrots, I thought I was going to be homeless,” she says. “I thought I wouldn’t be able to pay my rent.” But the model isn’t hopeless, as the pair of Denver cafés has shown. “We exist so people can eat regardless of their ability to pay,” says Café 180 Executive Director Sarah Lesyinski, whose abounding energy is obvious, even contagious, as she tends to patrons and inquiring newcomers. The nonprofit café has been open for three years. Lesyinski attributes its success to its Englewood locale. “We have an ideal location. We are in an area that has both low income and affluent areas,” she says. “We’re also surrounded by a lot of businesses, so working people come in regularly.” Pay-what-you-can is a business model that trusts in selflessness and relies on people’s inherent goodness. It also celebrates convergence of diverse communities, according to Lesyinski. “The philosophy of our café is also the community it brings,” she says. “It means businesspeople and people with a fixed income all eating lunch together
in the same space.” However, pay-as-you-can is an unfortunate slave to the possibly fickle gift economy. Other similar business models have not been as successful as Café 180. Comfort Café, formerly in northwest Denver, failed with this business model, ultimately crumbling under the pressures of a for-profit system, according to founder Jan Bezuidenhout. “The nutshell is that for us it was not financially sustainable,” she says. “It’s really sad. It was really wonderful in the community and I miss it.” Bezuidenhout, a 52-year-old hospice worker, started Comfort Café with two other women. Bezuidenhout is the youngest of the three founders, and was diagnosed with cancer soon after starting the business. She attributes the café’s termination to their inability to volunteer all of their time. “The need was there, the appreciation was there. It’s a great concept, but I think it takes people who can, on a sustained basis, give 100 percent,” Bezuidenhout says. “I think the sustainability really depends on the energy of a couple people who are the vision holders.” The original pay-what-you-can café, Salt Lake City One World, has also closed. Unlike Comfort Café, it closed so founder Cerreta could move on to other projects. Robinson was shocked upon hearing about the closure of the Salt Lake City location, partially because Cerreta had such a great influence on her own objectives. She sympathizes with Comfort Café’s dissolution and still keeps her mind open to the possibility of opening Peace-n-Carrots in the future, if the circumstances are right. She continues to be involved in the One World Everybody Eats community and, up until this year, attended the organization’s annual January summit. She now volunteers her time and cooking expertise to Boulder Food Rescue, where she satisfies her “mama bird syndrome.” “I put my blood, sweat and tears into the café,” she says. “It might happen someday, who knows. If it’s meant to be, it will happen without harm to anybody’s health or finances.” Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com Boulder Weekly
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flavored candy than the fruit itself, although it’s not overbearing at all. The only downside, Elizabeth says, is that it ruins everything else, making “all the other beers taste bitter.” So, just get another watermelon kolsch. Problem solved. Our five samples of FATE’s other beers come in a fascinating piece of ironwork, evidently soldered by hand specifically for the brewery. It’s a clever little taster carrier: FATE’s owners took the restaurant’s distinctive four-arrows logo in cast iron and tracked down taster glasses shaped just right to be caught and lifted by the arrows as the carrier is raised. The four editors present, all “words and ideas” kind of people, are probably a little too fascinated by the physics of it. The beers it carried to us span from summer brews like the watermelon-less Kolsch, a very clean and sessionable beer, to the imperial IPA, which offers a shorter hops aftertaste than most imperials without sacrificing the hops punch on the nose. Then there’s the American-style stout, which does a lot of work to redeem the “American” label in my mind. Back in February I wasn’t thrilled with the hoppiness of “American” stouts, but FATE’s emphasizes coffee scent and flavor and pairs it with a slightly bitter finish. It’s among the city’s best stouts, although while it’s hot we’re embracing the summer beers. And FATE’s just put another on tap, the brewery has announced: a golden Hefewiezen with clove and banana flavors. Those patio tables are gonna stay busy. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com
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SAVAGE by Dan Savage
Dear Dan: I am a married 54-yearold postmenopausal woman. My libido has diminished significantly, and it takes me much longer to climax. My husband gets tired sooner and is unable to maintain an erection as long as he used to; this makes it even more difficult for me to climax. I have taken up an activity I did in my 20s when I was single: giving myself enemas. The enema-induced orgasms are fantastic. It’s not an obsessive habit. I’ll sometimes do it four times in one week and then go a month without one. Am I doing any harm to my body by doing frequent quart-size soapy enemas using a retention balloon nozzle and holding it as long as possible and then masturbating as I expel? Will a doctor be able to tell what I’ve been up to when it’s time for a colonoscopy? I would die if a doctor figured it out. —Frustrated Lady Earnestly Enquires Today
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Dear FLEET: “Women need to understand that our sexualities change throughout life,” says Dr. Leah Torres, a general obstetrician/gynecologist with a special focus on family planning. “What once was will not always be. That said, menopause can be tricky, but one can adapt to changes that may occur. There are medications and lubricants and all sorts of tricks.” Yeah, yeah — but what about the freakin’ enemas, doc? “The enemas are not harmful as long as they are not painful, though this practice may change the balance of bacteria that normally live in the colon and may make one more susceptible to changes in bowel movements,” says Dr. Torres. As for your fear of being discovered, FLEET, Dr. Torres says you should be able to rely on your doc’s professionalism. “I have not seen many colonoscopies, so I would not know a physician’s ability to determine a person’s level of enema activity,” Dr. Torres says. “But as a physician who prides herself in building trust with patients, I would never disclose my knowledge of sexual activities that may make my patient uncomfortable or embarrassed unless there is a concern for her health or it directly affects her care.” If it would really and truly kill you if your doc figured it out, FLEET, how about a face-and-rump-saving white lie? Mention the fact that you’re administering enemas to yourself, leaving the masturbate-as-you-expel bit out, and ask your doc if that’s a problem. “She can ask her doctor an ‘innocent’ ques-
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tion such as ‘When I feel constipated, I give myself an enema. Is that dangerous?’” Dr. Torres says. “No need to mention masturbation, and the doctor’s answer may allay her other concerns.” Dear Dan: My mother cannot find her clit. I’m serious. She’s 80 years old, quite fit, and otherwise anatomically correct, but she noticed about a week back that she couldn’t find her clit. She went to her gyno and told him, and he didn’t seem shocked. She isn’t sexually active, but she’d like to keep as many of her original parts as she can. I searched online and couldn’t find much about missing clits. I’ve told her that no news is good news, but you try living with a clitless mother! —Help My Mother Find Her Clit
Dear HMMFHC: “It is normal for the vagina, and the parts within and around the vagina, to atrophy with age,” Dr. Torres says. “And women who have gone through menopause have very little estrogen. For the lady parts, estrogen is crucial in upkeeping the healthy, youthful appearance of vaginal and labial tissues as well as for the laxity of the vagina.” But there’s one thing that doesn’t happen during menopause. “Women do not ‘lose’ their clitorises,” Dr. Torres says. “The majority of the clitoris is located inside the body, but women recognize the ‘clitoral glans’ as the clitoris. This may become smaller with age, making it seem as though the clitoris has disappeared. But let me be clear: The clitoris never goes away.” So your mom isn’t clitless, HMMFHC. Her clit is down there somewhere. It’s just smaller and grayer than it used to be — just like your mom. Dr. Torres is a superstar on Twitter, where she regularly posts about women’s health issues and smacks down anti-choice trolls @LeahNTorres. She also blogs at Leahtorres.com. The Washington Post calls Dan’s new book, American Savage, “an extraordinarily personal, deeply felt book about traditional marriage, authentic and healthy religion, and a traditional sex life.” This week on the Savage Lovecast, Dan chats with Mollena Williams (aka the Perverted Negress) about meeting kinksters; find it at savagelovecast.com. Send your questions for Dan to mail@ savagelove.net, and follow him on Twitter @fakedansavage. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com
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Eventually he created about 250 canvases that portrayed these floating flowers. Should we conclude that he repeated SAGITTARIUS himself too much? Should we declare that he was boringly repetitive? Or might we wonder if he kept finding new NOV. 22-DEC. 21: delights in his comfortable subject? Would we have enough “The only thing that we learn from history,” said the patience to notice that each of the 250 paintings shows the German philosopher Georg Hegel, “is that we never learn water lilies in a different kind of light, depending on the anything from history.” I’m urging you to refute that stateweather and the season and the time of day? I vote for the ment in the coming weeks, Sagittarius. I’m pleading with latter view, and suggest that you adopt a similar approach you to search your memory for every possible clue that to the familiar things in your life during the coming weeks. might help you be brilliant in dealing with your immediate future. What have you done in the past that you shouldn’t do now? What haven’t you done in the past that you should CANCER do now? JUNE 21-JULY 22: “In order to swim one takes off all one’s clothes,” said CAPRICORN 19th-century Danish philosopher Soren Kierkegaard. “In order to aspire to the truth one must undress in a far more DEC. 22-JAN. 19: inward sense, divest oneself of all one’s inward clothes, According to my analysis of the astrological omens, now of thoughts, conceptions, selfishness, etc., before one is would be a pretty good time to talk about things that are sufficiently naked.” Your assignment in the coming week, hard to talk about. I don’t necessarily mean that you’ll find Cancerian, is to get au naturel like that. It’s time for you to it easy to do. But I suspect it would be relatively free of make yourself available for as much of the raw, pure, wild pain and karmic repercussions. There may even be a touch truth as you can stand. of pleasure once the catharsis kicks in. So try it if you dare, Capricorn. Summon the courage to express truths that have previously been hard to pin down. Articulate feelings that LEO have been murky or hidden. For best results, encourage JULY 23-AUG. 22: those you trust to do the same. Gertrude Stein was an innovative writer. Many illustrious artists were her friends. But she had an overly elevated AQUARIUS conception of her own worth. “Think of the Bible and Homer,” she said, “think of Shakespeare and think of me.” JAN. 20-FEB. 18: On another occasion, she proclaimed, “Einstein was the creAre you familiar with Quidditch? It’s a rough sport played ative philosophic mind of the century, and I have been the by wizards in the fictional world of Harry Potter. All seven creative literary mind of the century.” Do you know anyone books in the series mention it, so it’s an important element. like Stein, Leo? Here’s the truth, in my opinion: To some Author J.K. Rowling says she dreamed up the sport after degree, we are all like Stein. Every one of us has at least one having a quarrel with her boyfriend. “In my deepest, darkest inflated idea about ourselves — a conceited self-conception soul,” she reports, “I would quite like to see him hit by a that doesn’t match reality. It was my turn to confront my bludger.” (In Quidditch, a bludger is a big black ball made of egotistical delusions a few weeks ago. Now would be an iron.) I bring this up, Aquarius, because I suspect that you, excellent time for you to deal with yours. Don’t be too hard too, are in position to use anger in a creative and construcon yourself, though. Just recognize the inflation, laugh about tive way. Take advantage of your raw emotion to make a it, and move on. lasting improvement in your life.
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When I close my eyes, I get a psychic vision of you as a kid playing outside on a warm summer day. You’re with friends, immersed in a game that commands your full attention. Suddenly, you hear a jingling tune wafting your way from a distance. It’s the ice cream truck. You stop what you’re doing and run inside your home to beg your mom for some money. A few minutes later, you’re in a state of bliss, communing with your Fudgsicle or ice cream cone or strawberry-lime fruit bar. I have a feeling that you will soon experience an adult version of this scene, Virgo. Metaphorically speaking, either the ice cream man or the ice cream woman will be coming to your neighborhood.
In his erotic poem “Your Sex,” Joe Bolton exults: “My heart simplified, I touch the bud of happiness — it’s in season. And whatever grief I might have felt before simply dies inside me.” You might want to write that down on a slip of paper and carry it around with you this week, Pisces. According to my understanding of the astrological omens, the bud of happiness is now in season for you. You have good reason to shed the undertones of sadness and fear you carry around with you. I’ll tell you the last lines of Bolton’s poem, because they also apply: “Sometimes I think it’s best just to take pleasure wherever we want and can. Look: the twilight is alive with wild honey.” (The full poem: tinyurl. com/JoeBolton.)
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Getting over the hump about hemp Come Senators, Congressmen, please heed the call Don’t stand in the doorway, don’t block up the hall For he who is hurt will be he who has stalled
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