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Correction: The June 21 story “The wisdom of Wilco” should have said that the group’s first album, A.M., was an L.P., not an E.P.
Prairie dogs are pests
(Re: “Prairie dog poisoning shows need for protection,” Uncensored, June 14.) Reading the Pamela White article about prairie dogs, a couple points came to mind. Prairie dogs are pests that carry the sylvatic plague. These pests strip the surface of vegetation in expanse of their burrows. Ranchers must keep the land clear of the prairie dog to prevent horses and cows from being crippled when their hoof is caught in one of the numerous holes. Ms. White’s article and the Prairie Dog Coalition website fail to emphasize these important points. Ms. White raised the point that it is difficult to find a relocation site for captured prairie dogs. This is likely true, that adjoining counties restrict the dumping of prairie dogs. Where are they taken? I wonder this as I see more prairie dogs now in colonies on open space lands of Estes Park. Did these creatures hitchhike up the canyon on a
farmers’ market truck? Do the relocation collectors dump these rodents in neighboring counties without legal permission? Michael Keilty/Lyons
All soldiers are good
(Re: “Confronting the past,” Buzz, June 14.) The introduction to this piece absolutely disgusted me with its portrait of Anthony Swofford as a womanizing alcoholic/drug user. Not until most of the way through the article was the harsh reality for U.S. Marines, soldiers, sailors and air-
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men returning from combat operations even mentioned. Perhaps the Jarhead author did indeed engage in such ethically unsound activities. Perhaps journalist Sebastian Murdock thought it would be a nice character contrast in his article. The reality is that it paints U.S. Marines, and all service members, in a negative light. Just what our service members need here in Boulder: more disinformation. Before writing this, Murdock should have considered the bent of how it would paint our brave young men and women who serve their coun-
try in the People’s Republic of Boulder. I wonder what it would be like for Murdock to do a piece on some of Boulder’s own service members, who give the rest of us the luxury to tear them down ... and defend that right of freedom of speech. Semper Fidelis, —Mrs. Robin Knutson, wife of Sgt. Scot Knutson, U.S. Marine Corps/Boulder
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also infamous as a gamer of the corporate workforce of 300, defaulted on a million-dollar welfare system, causing great pain to the loan payment owed to the state, and asked taxtaxpayers of Rhode Island. payers for millions of dollars more in subsidies. After baseball, Then, he went bull-goose nuts, Schilling set up a fandefiantly declaring: “I’ve done tasy video-game comnothing but create jobs and creFor more information on Jim Hightower’s work — and to pany in Massachusetts, ate economy.” He might as well subscribe to his award-winbut moved it to Rhode have said, paraphrasing a sports ning monthly newsletter, The Island in 2010 after metaphor, “There’s no ‘I’ in narHightower Lowdown — visit www.jimhightower.com. getting a special $75 cissism.” million loan guarantee A former TV sportscaster who covered Schilling in Boston approved by the state legislature. says he was always a know-it-all, but “he wasn’t This government subsidy was a surprising curvesmart enough to know what he didn’t know.” The ball from Curt, because he has loudly proclaimed an anti-government ideology while campaigning one thing to know about this story is that it’s not for such Republicans as George W, John McCain just about one guy gaming the system, but that the corporate welfare system itself is a losing and Sen. Scott Brown. To get his taxpayer giveaway, the gamer pledged a mess of jobs for Rhode game, inviting the corruption that it inevitably attracts. Islanders. Imagine their dismay, then, when he balked on the deal this spring. He fired his entire Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com
A gamer’s wild pitch by Jim Hightower
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n sports, a “gamer” is someone who’s always eager to play. However, in such pursuits as business and politics, a “gamer” is one who games the system. So, meet a real gamer in both senses of the word: Curt Schilling. A superb pitcher and threetime World Series champion for three different teams, he’s rightly famous for his competitiveness, even gutting it up to pitch while hurt. But now he’s Boulder Weekly
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et’s take a moment from sweating in this recordbreaking heat and the catastrophic fires to think about something even less pleasant — the end of the world as we know it. The June 6 issue of Nature featured an article written by a global team of more than 20 scientists who warn that the Earth is nearing — or has perhaps already passed — a “tipping point” that will lead to dramatic and perhaps irreversible global envi-
ronmental changes affecting the planet’s abilities to support life. These could include increased temperatures, mass extinctions of flora and fauna, and wholesale shifts in the food web that could be devastating for us physically fragile homo sapiens. Brought on by increased C02 levels in the atmosphere; the loss of habitat for plants and animals; pollution in our air, soil and water; overfishing; and other causes, the situation will be made see TIPPING Page 11
quotes “It was just this God-awful orange glow. It was surreal. It honestly looked like hell was opening up.” —Amanda Rice, who recently moved from Illinois to the Manitou Springs area, referring to the Waldo Canyon fire west of Colorado Springs “It’s not a question of whether they think — it’s how they think.” —Brian Hare, a scientist at Duke University, discussing new evidence showing that animals — especially primates — are more social and intelligent than previously believed “I tell everybody in this memorable day, that because of your choice, your will, and after God’s favor, I am a president for all Egyptians.” —Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohammed Morsi, who was declared the victor in the first free presidential election ever held in Egypt
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t a recent debate on fracking, Peter Champe of the Longmont anti-fracking group Our Future, Our Health, Our Longmont, summed up his group’s brief. Fracking is a major industrial activity, he said, and major industrial activities aren’t allowed in residential neighborhoods. Trouble is, that’s not quite accurate. There is at least one major industrial activity that is allowed in residential neighborhoods. It’s called home building. Home building is an industrial activity that is as major and intensive as oil drilling — and its impacts, both immediate and longterm, are in many respects similar or worse. A square mile-sized subdivision (640 acres) developed to a density of three homes per acre (many now have four or five homes per acre) would have almost 2,000 homes on it. In contrast, an oil company attempting to produce the oil under a one- to two-square-mile area today would drill multiple horizontal wells from a single site or pad of no more than five to 10 acres. The number of wells that could be drilled from a single pad could be anywhere from six to 60, but likely, a company developing a one- to two-square-mile property would drill around half a dozen. Before a developer can build homes or an oil company can drill wells, site preparation must take place. The developer may have to level parts of his site and contour others to ensure proper drainage and to create buildable lots. He will have to create, grade, stabilize and eventually pave an internal road network of several miles. And he will have to excavate the basements and foundations for 2,000 homes. The oil company, in contrast, will have to level and prepare one five- to 10-acre site for the drilling rig and some production equipment. It will have to grade a single access road to it. It will have to install a pipeline to connect its wells to a gas gathering system. A subdivision developer would also have to install gas lines — gas mains throughout his subdivision and tap lines to the 2,000 homes. The homebuilder would also have to install water lines and sewer lines, and hundreds of utility poles. According to the anti-fracking group Western Resource Advocates, Douglas County found that a pad that was the site of a six-well drilling and fracking operation generated 11,040 trips over a 265-day period — or an average of 42 trips a day. Of those, 6,000 trips were hauling fracking water to the site and 3,000 were hauling wastewater away.
The number of truck trips that would be generated by the construction of a 2,000-home subdivision would probably be several times more than that. Trucks would have to haul heavy construction equipment in and out; other trucks would have to haul out dirt that was removed for basements and foundations, still others would have to haul in enough concrete for 2,000 foundations, and for curbs, gutters and sidewalks for 2,000 homes. And still others would have to deliver the construction materials for 2,000 homes to the site. Of course, when drilling for oil and gas, there is always a small but real risk of explosions and accidental spills. Just like there is in home building. Gas, water and sewer lines break. Like drilling, construction involves the use of hazmats. And when it comes to releasing VOCs (volatile organic compounds) into the environment, laying down asphalt in subdivision streets and tarring the roofs of a couple thousand homes is going to release plenty of them. The amount of time it takes to drill the six wells (say 265 days) is a lot less than the time it takes to build 2,000 homes — several years, even in a healthy economy. So the homebuilders will be disturbing their neighbors for a lot longer than the oil guys will be disturbing theirs. Then there’s the matter of the ongoing impacts from drilling the wells and building the homes — like traffic. The completed wells will generate a small number of trips per year, mostly for routine maintenance. The typical American detached single-family suburban home generates between five and seven vehicle trips a day, so the subdivision will generate between 10,000 and 14,000 vehicle trips a day. The oil wells will probably be abandoned after 20 or 30 years. Most residential neighborhoods are still cranking out traffic (and greenhouse gases) a century after their construction. And so on. The point is that when it comes to “major industrial activities” and their ongoing environmental consequences, home building trumps oil drilling — even in neighborhoods where the grass is neatly trimmed (and the weeds are regularly nuked with petro-chemical herbicides). The NIMBYs who are howling about drilling and fracking should be more tolerant. Their lifestyle depends on what comes out of fracked wells. Take away their natural gas and gasoline produced by drilling and fracking, and civilization as they know it collapses. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com This opinion column does not necessarily reflect the views of Boulder Weekly. Boulder Weekly
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GIVE FIREFIGHTERS HEALTH CARE A Colorado resident has launched a new effort to begin providing wildland firefighters health care between wildfires. Apparently, wildland firefighters are classified as seasonal employees and are not covered under the federal health care plan. But John Lauer, a wildland firefighter himself, has started a petition on Change.org calling for coverage to be extended to wildland fire crew members. “I’ve seen crew members’ families go into debt simply trying to start a family, because they have no coverage,” Lauer says. The National Federation of Federal Employees delivered petition signatures to the federal Office of Personnel Management on June 15. Considering the fact that, as former Gov. Bill Owens would say, “all of Colorado is burning,” this is a no-brainer. We need to take good care of our wildland firefighters, because at times like this, we need them to take good care of us. GOD DOES NOT EXIST A group called Atheist Alliance International (AAI) is rightfully coming to the defense of an Indonesian man who was attacked and arrested in January after having the gall to post “God does not exist” on Facebook. Alexander Aan is accused of other heinous crimes as well, like posting articles and cartoons about Islam. Shocking, right? But seriously, regardless of one’s beliefs about God, this is one guy who deserves to have the whole world come to his defense. AAI is asking people to exercise their freedom of expression by tweeting messages of support for Aan with the hashtag #goddoesnotexist and posting “God does not exist” on their Facebook page. To donate to a fund that AAI set up to help pay Aan’s legal expenses and support his family while he’s in jail, see www.atheistalliance.org/support-aai/donate.
HERE KITTY, KITTY If you haven’t heard about the cool cats performing in Boulder this week, you should really check them out. No, really. They are cats. The Amazing Acro-Cats, billed as one of only four purr-forming house-cat troupes in the country, are wowing audiences by pushing carts, riding skateboards, rolling barrels, walking tight ropes and jumping through hoops. Oh, and they have a band. Seriously. The “RockCats” feature Pinky on guitar, Dakota on drums, Nue on keyboards and a chicken named Hen-diana Jones on tambourine. They’re only playing the Nomad Theatre until July 1, but after that they’ll be at the Bug Theatre in Denver if you miss their Boulder run. For more information, see www.circuscats.com. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com Boulder Weekly
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worse by the growing human population, which is expected to balloon from 7 billion to 9 billion by 2045. In other words, if we’re not aggressive in slowing down population growth and reversing our overall impact on water, land and air, the Earth will eventually be suitable habitat for cockroaches and bindweed — and perhaps little else. Although the changes could occur slowly, they could also happen without warning and very quickly, the scientists concluded. This is far from the only recent study to make dire predictions about the impact of human population and activity on Earth. In his book The Ocean of Life, marine biologist Callum Roberts warns that we’re looking at a future in which the oceans will be populated primarily by jellyfish and algae — a change he claims is already under way, as most of our polluted and overfished seas have lost up to 75 percent of their sharks, whales, dolphins, rays, turtles and other larger creatures. Here in the United States, we typically deal with dire environmental predictions by leaving it up to the individual to respond. Organizations like Eco-Cycle encourage us to drive less, to recycle, to compost, to be more efficient with home energy and water use. Yet even here in educated, environmentally conscious Boulder County, compliance is far from 100 percent. Further, the changes we’ve made aren’t enough to forestall a global environmental cataclysm. To do that, we need to change the individual behavior of 7 billion people. And that means we need government to intervene and lead us. Yes, I know there are those who believe government can’t do a single thing correctly and that the world would be a paradise if only we left everything in the hands of global corporate greed mongers. But I don’t trust Halliburton, Kraft or Exxon to have anyone’s interests at heart but their own. Government, on the other hand, is elected to represent us. If we have the will, certainly we have the means. Our representatives can start by setting aside reserves of petroleum for products we can’t live without and turning to wind, solar, tidal, biomass and other forms of energy wholesale. If that means prioritizing public transportation and electric cars and placing limits on the use of gas-powered, single-occupancy vehicles, so be it. The state should also preserve and protect our remaining undeveloped land — our tundra, forests, plains, Boulder Weekly
marshes and oceans — for use by the earth itself. Protecting the parts of this planet that remain intact could be key in helping the global ecosystem rebalance itself. The state should also restrict the use of chemicals in manufacturing and farming, banning estrogenic chemicals, persistent bioaccumulative toxins and other known killers. Preserving fresh water is also paramount. The state should pass laws that prioritize water for human and
agricultural use, diverting it from uses that pollute it and take it out of the natural water cycle, such as hydraulic fracturing. While limiting the damage people and corporations do, the state should also focus on the positive things we can do for ourselves by encouraging and supporting organic urban farming, widespread reskilling, self-sufficiency and small families. When it comes to comfort, there has never been a better time to be a
human being. We can ride out this heat wave with our air conditioning set on high. But this system of living we’ve built for our own comfort is at odds with the planet’s web of life. It’s time to transform that system into something sustainable. If we can’t manage that fast enough … Well, cockroaches are edible. I’m not sure about bindweed. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com This opinion column does not necessarily reflect the views of Boulder Weekly.
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the use of fracking,” Danish Plan, May 17.) Paul Danish’s defense in the Weekly of natural gas fracking was dismissive of its downsides. Worth noting is that most Colorado natural gas is bound for places west of here willing to pay more for it. Mr. Danish remarks that if fracking were dangerous, the 20,000 hydraulically fractured wells in Weld County would have rendered it a wasteland. Scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration revealed this year that Colorado oil and gas wells emit about twice as many chemical pollutants, including methane, as we were assured. Emissions of more reactive volatile organic compounds, the kind that damage lungs, are also underestimated. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, northern Front Range summertime air has not complied with federal healthbased standards since 2007. But fracking’s effect on water is more poisonous. According to Naturalgas.org, each “frack” consumes between 2 million and 9 million gallons of fresh water. A well may be re-fracked up to six times. That’s an average of 4.5 million gallons of water times, potentially, six. Fracking fluid combines water, sand and chemicals that are industry secrets. An encased well is drilled straight into the ground; beyond the casing at between 5,000 and 10,000 feet, the well turns horizontally. Punctures in the line allow the chemical brew under very high pressure to force gas-collecting fissures into the substrate. Recoverable solution and natural gas are then pumped out. From 40 percent to 70 percent of unrecovered fracking water leaches to the surface. This wastewater is called flowback; each well produces millions of gallons. It is hazardous material. Some flowback is forced into injection wells, which are exempt from local control. Earthquakes plague many fracking areas. The water remaining underground infiltrates drilling and natural fissures, destined inevitably for aquifers. Once contaminated, an aquifer remains so indefinitely. Mr. Danish calls the anti-fracking narrative “apocalyptic” and denies the existence of victims. How cynical. Wyoming’s Pavillion area is dotted with hundreds of gas wells drilled over the last two decades. Residents complain that their water has turned dark and smells like gasoline. EPA wells
drilled into an aquifer beneath Pavillion revealed high levels of carcinogens and at least one chemical known to be used in fracking. The wells also contained benzene at 50 times tolerable, phenols, acetone, toluene, naphthalene and traces of diesel fuel. Since 2008, the EPA has warned Pavillion residents not to drink or cook with their water, even to ventilate their showers. Some residents have lost their olfactory sense and have constant nerve pain. The Canadian company Encana, owner of the wells, denies responsibility yet for a time supplied residents with drinking water. Could contamination around Pavillion be owing to agriculture? Despite searching assiduously for alternatives, EPA detected chemicals consistent only with drilling. Colorado is the only continental state into which no water naturally flows. Most of Colorado is semi-arid, receiving about 18 inches of precipitation annually. We have an active, thirsty population and intense agricultural requirements that constantly strain our water supplies. In Northern Colorado, frackers are already competing with farmers for water. Jackie Dial/via Internet
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I traveled across country to attend a seminar by your citizen daughter Michele Weiner Davis. The seminar was outstanding, and I discovered the brigadoon you call Boulder. During the trip my colleagues and I rode the hotel cruisers along the Boulder Creek path to Pearl Street. (You don’t need to be told of the magic found there.) On our way back we were swarmed by hundreds of ebullient bikers calling out “Happy Thursday! Happy Thursday!” I pulled my phone out of my back pocket to video the happy parade. My driver’s license, credit card and hotel key silently fell to the ground. It was a miracle the next day when Simone, the pixie-angel resident of Boulder, called to say she had found all of my cards. Of course everything was returned with nothing amiss. Thanks to her I was able to board the plane home with my ID! Thank you, Boulder, for your soul-nurturing beauty, food and people. Amanda Deverich/Williamsburg, Va.
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letters water in Colorado leaves me scratching my head. Apparently, those with wells can save their rainwater. I guess they own the water rights beneath their land. This would make me think that those serviced by some foreign- or domesticowned water company cannot. So is having a bird bath, potted plant or swimming pool deemed water harvesting in the cities? So maybe getting your clothes wet or opening your mouths to capture water is also illegal too? Perhaps your municipal government is depending on your water meter to determine your sewer tax. So God help you if you capture rainwater bound for the storm drain! Joseph DuPont/Towanda, Pa.
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New York City Mayor Bloomberg’s decision to ban super-sized sugary sodas has resurrected the age-old debate over the role of the state in protecting the public health. In recent years, this debate involved bicycle helmets, car seat belts, tobacco, trans fats, saturated fats in meat and dairy products and sugar (or, more aptly, highfructose corn syrup). Public subsidies for tobacco, meat and dairy, and corn production added fuel to the debate. I would argue that society has a right to regulate activities that impose a heavy burden on the public treasury. National medical costs of dealing with our obesity epidemic, associated with consumption of meat, dairy and sugars, are estimated at $190 billion. Eliminating subsidies for these products, as well as judicious taxation to reduce their use and recoup public costs, should be supported by health advocates and fiscal conservatives alike. Benjamin Franklin claimed that nothing is certain except death and taxes. Ironically, death can be deferred substantially by taxing products that make us sick. Stanley Silver/Boulder
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[Re: “Protesting is our right,” Uncensored, June 21.) If [City Manager] Jane [Brautigam] gets her way, and our City Council approves this latest attack on our First Amendment rights, it will be just one more good reason to recall the entire City Council. Granted, the recall process is a monumental task, requiring more signatures to be gathered in a mere 30 days than four of the council members received in votes that got them elected. They definitely rigged the system in their favor, but this latest attack on Boulder Weekly
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(Re: “Tame Bearcat?” ICUMI, June 21.) Thank you Boulder Weekly for calling out yet another example of Boulder County sheriff excess and bringing light to the militarization of our police force. The Occupy Movement and the movement around the world for real change (with thousands in the streets worldwide) has quickened the corporate/government police state’s desire to militarize local police forces in case of civil unrest. Excess security at the airport, where our genitals are touched by TSA Homeland Security goons with questionable backrounds; military exercises in cities like St. Louis with real soldiers, real weapons and real tanks.; the stripping of our right to free speech and protest and increased police brutality everywhere, even within the jail of our own Boulder County Sheriff ’s Department. I was shocked to hear of my friend’s false arrest and experience of police brutality (with a broken nose) within their jail by a sergeant of the Boulder County Sheriff ’s Department. That was after three officers strapped him down to a restraining chair, in a room where there’s no video cameras. Even inside the Boulder Bubble. That’s a little too close to home for me. Do you remember in the ’70s before there were security and cameras everywhere? I miss those days. Welcome to 1984. Wassup Big Brother? William Donohoe/Boulder
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afternoon that local officials were in the process of turning over firefighting authority to a federal team, likely meaning that information briefings would be more regimented, perhaps coordinated around the shift changes at 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. She said the fire had not grown aggressively as of press time on Wednesday, but it would take some time before it is contained. “The tankers are on it,” Halpin said. “This is sort of a long attack-and-wait kind of fire. … It’s going to be weeks.” Another county spokesperson, Dan Rowland, told BW that there are about 266 firefighters and support personnel working on the fire, and more on the way. Given the blaze’s new status as a federal Type 1 fire, firefighters will be coming in from out of state, he said.
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The consequences of carbon pollution are immediately apparent to residents of Colorado this week. Tens of thousands of acres of forest have burned since lightning started the High Park Fire on June 9. Smoke has been wafting over Fort Collins, as stands of pines have been going up in dramatic blazes. The fire is already the second largest in the state’s history, exceeded only by the 2002 Hayman Fire. Of course, the High Park Fire is only partially contained, so it may well take the leader spot in the days to come. And conflagrations outside of Colorado Springs and Boulder have erupted this past week as well. In the meantime, New Mexico is in the midst of fighting the largest wildfire in its history. The Whitewater-Baldy Complex Fire has already burned nearly 300,000 acres, mostly in the Gila National Forest. This fire comes on the heels of the Las Conchas Fire last summer, which ranked as the largest New Mexico wildfire at the time. What’s worse, heavy rainstorms after the fire was extinguished led to major flooding and erosion. Sediment and ash were washed downstream into the Rio Grande, affecting drinking water for Albuquerque, the largest city in New Mexico. Climate change is literally fueling these and other major fires in western states. In fact, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and Texas have all had fires since last year that ranked as one of the two largest in their histories. The frequency and extent of fires in recent decades is unlikely to happen under natural conditions. With one catastrophic fire after another, it is clear that something quite different is happening to our forests.
Climate trends and forest fires Climate scientists have identified several ways that a warming planet will increase forest fire risk. Not surprisingly, all of these factors are fanning the fires we’ve been seeing recently in the western United States. Longer fire seasons: Western forests typically become combustible within a month of the snowpack melting, which is happening one to four weeks earlier than it did 50 years ago. This year, an unusually warm and dry winter resulted in one of the smallest snowpacks in Colorado history. As of June 1, the snowpack was only 2 percent of its normal extent. Drier conditions: Climate change is expected to bring more frequent and more intense droughts to the Southwest, perhaps shifting the area to a more arid climate. As of the end of May, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and Texas all had areas in the grip of severe and extreme drought. More fuel for forest fires: Widespread beetle infestations have left broad swaths of dead and highly combustible trees in their wake. Higher temperatures enhance winter survival of mountain pine beetles and allow for a more rapid lifecycle. Ecologists in Colorado recently confirmed that beetle populations are able to complete two generations during longer, warmer summers, leading to a possible 60-fold increase in the number of beetles. Increased frequency of lightning is expected as thunderstorms become more Boulder Weekly
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Cutting carbon pollution can reduce risk To prevent wildfires from getting much worse, and to limit the risks to communities and wildlife, we must reduce carbon pollution. Recently a new climate study came out making projections that many areas of the world, including the western United States, should expect even more fires if we continue spewing carbon pollution into the atmosphere. Amanda Staudt is a Senior Scientist in the National Wildlife Foundation’s Climate and Energy Program. This piece was originally published by NWF. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com Boulder Weekly
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Communities can be rocked by wildfires. During the last decade, property losses in the U.S. have averaged $1 billion annually. Take the town of Bastrop, Texas, home to just over 7,000 people who braved the most catastrophic wildfire that state had ever seen last fall. More than 1,600 homes were destroyed and two people lost their lives. Insured property losses for the fire totaled $325 million, and clean-up cost another $25 million. That’s on top of the millions spent to put out the fire in the first place. Dealing with these sorts of disasters also takes an emotional toll on people, as discussed in a recent National Wildlife Federation report on the psychological impacts of climate change. Firefighters are having to adapt to the new wildfire realities. They are struggling to keep up with these longer fire seasons, which in some places are now effectively year-round, leaving little time to regroup and prepare for the next incident. Moreover, they are finding it harder to control fires, in part because fires are less likely to quiet down at night like they used to. Nighttime conditions are hotter and drier, meaning that fires can stay active around the clock. Taxpayers are footing the bill for fighting these fires. The cost of wildfire suppression — about $3 billion a year — has tripled in the United States since the late 1990s. The majority of these expenses are borne by the U.S. Forest Service, which now spends around half of its annual budget on fighting fires. Wildlife is not immune to the impacts of increasing fire frequency and intensity. Many ecosystems have evolved so that episodic fires are part of their natural rhythms, but are struggling to cope with the new fire patterns. These mega-fires are trapping animals that would otherwise be able to flee, causing widespread habitat destruction, and even causing wholesale landscape conversion.
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many animals, including chickens, a hedgehog, a dog and a cat, she knew that the animals would take the most time to pack if they had to leave. She described packing her car as an “interesting process,” having to decide what to take with limited space. “It was the stuff that tells our story, which this will become a part of,” said Sinclair. “Photographs, primarily photographs. My daughters, they’re 10 and 15, so they don’t really sleep with their stuffed animals anymore, but they brought their favorite baby ones.” Sinclair is concerned that news about the Waldo Canyon Fire in Colorado Springs may dwarf information about the Flagstaff Fire because it is smaller. She said see EVACUEES Page 19
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not knowing is one of the hardest parts. “Being ready to go but not going anywhere is hard on my kids — it’s hard for all of us, but especially on the kids,” Sinclair said. “The car’s packed up and ready to go, but my daughter’s going to pottery class this afternoon. It’s kinda weird.” Sinclair said a few homes along her street have already evacuated, but a majority of the street’s residents remain. Paul Riedl hasn’t made the decision to evacuate yet, but when the notice was first issued, his house was in a unique situation, because a majority of the people living there are in the same band, Velnias.
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There is a lot of musical equipment and a record collection. “We started moving our band equipment first, and all the records we just got in the mail,” said Riedl. “Because that’s the stuff that really, really matters, because we have shows to play in the summer, and we have to go on tour in December and another one in October.” Riedl said there are more than 2,000 records in the house, between everyone’s collection and the band’s merchandise. The records had to be packed up, and then unpacked, waiting to be moved to a safe house. Due to the heat, they would
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Scientists investigate the effect of smoke on Colorado’s monsoon season by Bob Berwyn
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ll eyes are on the southwest monsoon flow for some relief Heat signatures and from Colorado’s record-breaksmoke plumes from ing drought, but there’s a fires chance that regional and local haze and smoke could inhibit thunderstorm formation, potentially diminishing the chance for sigClimatologist Nolan Doesken. nificant rains. “The possible onset of a La Niña That’s what appeared to happen in 2000 and again can be good for us along the Divide The haze may also become trapped in 2002, the last time the state was gripped by a severe and Eastern Plains, but my concern in mid-atmospheric inversion, three drought, according to Boulder-based National Oceanic is, this year is very similar to 2002, when the efficiency of the monsoon and Atmospheric Administration scientist Klaus miles high, which makes it harder for Wolter, a researcher with the Earth Systems Research season was reduced,” Wolter says, Laboratory. referring to what he called a “feeble” thunderclouds to build vertically to The Rocky Mountain monsoon season usually monsoon, despite generally favorable their full potential. starts in mid-July and lasts for about a month. conditions. Moisture from the Gulf of Mexico and subtropical Similar conditions prevailed in eastern Pacific stream into the region from the south, 2000, when, after a seemingly promhelping to fuel periods of storms that can bring soakising setup, the monsoon fizzled. ing rains in some years. Doesken says he’s heard more discussion recently theory. Formation of the monsoonal flow is partially about the possible effects of haze on monsoon thunSimply put, a regional blanket of haze may prevent dependent on large-scale regional surface heating. In a derstorms. He says the idea can’t be discounted, but the intense, localized heating needed to form the most year with early snowmelt — like this year — the also pointed out that there have been many summers productive thunderclouds, Wolter explains. absence of snow can sometimes lead to an early start when the monsoon was productive despite haze and See MONSOON Page 22 of thunderstorm formation, according to State smoke. He says more research is needed to test the
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been found dead in his corral at the Tortoise Breeding and Rearing Center in Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz Island. George, a Chelonoidis nigra abingdoni tortoise, was about 100 years old. When he was found on Pinta Island in 1972, his subspecies was already thought to be extinct. Galapagos National Park staff had attempted to breed George with other subspecies, but the eggs produced after 15 years of sharing a corral with two female tortoises of a different subspecies were infertile. George and other giant tortoises Condor on the have become a symbol of the Galacoast of Big Sur pagos Islands. “The plight of Lonesome George be fooled by the progress. The recovery is provided a catalyst for an extraordinary largely due to human intervention, such as effort by the government of Ecuador to recaptive breeding and monitoring. store not only tortoise populations throughAccording to lead author of the study out the archipelago, but also improve the and research toxicologist Myra Finkelstein, status of other endangered and threat“we will never have a self-sustaining wild ened species,” the Galapagos National condor population if we don’t solve this Park service said in the press release anproblem.” nouncing George’s death. An international workshop on management strategies for restoring tortoise LAST OF TORTOISE SUBSPECIES DIES populations over the next 10 years to be Lonesome George, the last of a tortoise held in July will be conducted in Lonesome subspecies on the Pinta Island in the GalaGeorge’s honor. pagos, has died. The Galapagos National Park announced June 24 that George had
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“It reduces the sunshine that reaches the ground. … That’s not a good thing if you’re trying to create thunderstorms,” he says, emphasizing that, at this point, the impact of haze on the monsoon is still a “back-of-the-envelope” concept. Additionally, the haze may also become trapped in mid-atmospheric inversion, three miles high, which makes it harder for the thunderclouds to build vertically to their full potential. Finally, the large amount of particles
in the smoke may “over-seed” the clouds. Some particles are needed to form the nuclei of raindrops, but too many particles may upset the balance needed for efficient rain production. One clue came in 2000, when Wolter’s wife, a field biologist, was using an instrument to measure the strength of the sunlight. “She thought the instrument was broken. It was reading 20 percent less,” he says.
The impact of haze is the only reasonable explanation he’s seen for years like 2000 and 2002, when the monsoon failed after all the ingredients for good moisture were in place. As much as the monsoon may offer some hope for quenching rains, the early part of the season can actually increase the potential for new fire starts, says Tim Mathewson, monsoon and fire weather meteorologist with the Bureau of Land Management.
Mathewson says the first wave of thunderstorms can bring dry lightning. In a year like this, with fuel moisture at alltime record low levels, the chance of a lightning strike starting a new fire is high. “It’s going to take several surges of monsoon moisture to lower the fire danger,” he says, adding that fuels are so dry that, even during a rainstorm, a lightning strike could potentially start a fire. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com
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any Boulder residents rely on the beautiful and abundant outdoors to keep physically fit and mentally sound. But when we look out our windows and see a pillar of smoke rising from behind the Flatirons, we may consider alternative ways to stay in shape. In fact, in some areas, we’ll have to: Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks has closed all open space trails west of Broadway from the Flatirons Vista trailhead to Canyon Boulevard. But fear not, because active Boulderites can keep safe from smoke exposure by following a few simple and straightforward guidelines. Smoke exposure warnings are usually targeted toward children, the elderly, pregnant women and people with respiratory illnesses. Smoke is made of very fine particles that can find their way into the deepest crevices of your lungs, which can cause a temporary decrease in lung function, even in healthy adults. As of Wednesday, June 27, Boulder County issued an air quality warning for groups that are sensitive to air contaminants.
Smoke from the Flagstaff Fire obscures the Flatirons on Tuesday, June 26.
Where there’s fire, there’s smoke
Tips for keeping safe and active with haze in the air by Travis Mannon According to Michael Richen, an industrial hygienist from Boulder County Public Health, “two outdoor contaminants are pushing these bad ratings.” “Particulates are high; also ozone is high,” says Richen. “Ozone is a lung irritant. Your body dissolves ozone and makes an acid in your lungs — in your mucous membrane — so it’s very irritating. … They also deposit fine particulates in the lungs. Combining these two can make it worse.” If you fit into one of the sensitive categories and can see or smell smoke,
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bility range when there is smoke in the air. When up-to-date air quality information is not readily available, you can use these guidelines to make informed decisions regarding exercise. As long as you can see farther than five miles and are not particularly sensitive to respiratory problems, you are most likely fine to go about your usual exercise routines. However, children, seniors and people with heart or lung problems should avoid prolonged exercise when visibility ranges between three and five miles. Below three miles of visibility is when exercise and outdoor activity starts to get dicey for people of all ages. The center advises that everyone, including healthy adults, should at the very least limit heavy or prolonged exercise. If visibility is below one mile, get out of there. Unfortunately, you’re going to have to get your exercise from packing up your bags and heading for safety. If you can feel the effects of smoke exposure after exercise (such as lung irritation and coughing), it might be time to take exercise indoors. However, Richen cautions that not all buildings protect people from outdoor pollutants.
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Alex Willie named to USA World Cup Cycling Team
THURSDAY, JUNE 28 Abyss — Film screening. 8 p.m. Neptune Mountaineering, 633 South Broadway, Boulder, 303-499-8866. Boulder Stroke & Stride — With 5k run-only option. 6 p.m. Boulder Reservoir Pavilion, 51st Street, Boulder, 303-642-7917.
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lex Willie’s road to the 2012 Mountain Bike World Championships in Leogang-Saalfelden, Austria, just got a lot smoother. The 17-year-old cyclist, who was profiled in the May 31 issue of Boulder Weekly, has just been named to the elite United States World Cup Cycling Team as a downhill racer. “I’m pretty stoked,” says Willie. “A lot of pressure has been lifted.” As a member of the team, Willie isn’t a lock for the group of Americans who will represent the USA at the World Championships this August, but he says that a trip to Austria is starting to look inevitable. “I now just need to focus on having fun,” he says. “I race a lot better when I’m just having fun. I just need to ride my bike.” Based on his year-to-date results, which include consistent top-10 finishes in races across North America, Willie is one of the young, up-and-coming talents in the cycling world. His recent inclusion on the U.S. team points to the fact that even if he isn’t selected to compete at the World Championships this year, a future bid won’t be long in coming. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com
“Many [commercial or large buildings’ vent systems] can eliminate the introduction of outside fresh air and recirculate,” says Richen. However, “if they’re running a lot of outside air through the building and it’s smoky outside, it’s going to be the same inside.” To be on the safe side, the air quality expert suggests checking with your gym to see how they circulate their air. Animals are also vulnerable to smoke exposure. So if you decide to brave the smoke and go on your morn-
ing jog anyway, maybe leaving Fluffy at home is the best decision. Above all else, use common sense. If your lungs ache and you’re coughing, maybe it’s time to consider your respiratory health instead of your physical fitness. The long-term outlook is hazy. “The nature of smoke and how it interacts with meteorology and how it moves is just so highly variable,” says Christopher Dann, a public information officer at the Colorado Department of
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Public Health and Envrionment. “The situation can change from hour to hour. We can’t predict the smoke impact with any reasonable certainty beyond the next several hours and even then it can be impacted dramatically by changing weather and by the effectiveness of the firefighting activity,” Dann says. For up to date information on air quality in your area, visit http://www. colorado.gov/airquality/colorado_summary.aspx. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com
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ou would not expect to meet Aunt Eller and Curly, two of the homespun characters of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s classic American musical Oklahoma!, at the opera house. But up in Central City this summer, that’s exactly where they are. In fact, it turns out that the whole cast of Oklahoma!, which opens Central City’s 2012 season Saturday, June 30, has been hanging out at the opera house. Aunt Eller is played by Joyce Castle, who has sung at the Metropolitan Opera, New York City Opera, Santa Fe Opera and other companies around the world. Matthew Worth, who plays Curly, has sung at the Santa Fe Opera, among others. Looking down the cast list, Maureen McKay (Laurey) has sung at the Metropolitan and the Komische Oper Berlin. Curt Olds (Will Parker) has sung opera at Central City and several regional companies. Paul LaRosa (the sinister Jud Fry) has sung at the Lyric Opera of Chicago. They’ve all made careers singing opera and Broadway shows. And it’s not only singers who embrace both: Opera companies worldwide are adding musicals to their repertory. Central City presented West Side Story in 2008, and the past year has seen Show Boat at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, Sweeney Todd at the Opera Theater of St. Louis, Sound of Music at the Chatelet Theater in Paris and Carousel at the English National Opera. The trend of opera companies presenting Broadway musicals can be traced back to 1984, when the Houston
A look into why so many opera companies put on musicals by Peter Alexander Grand Opera presented Sweeney Todd. Because the production was a huge financial success in a precarious business, the opera world took notice. Ken Cazan, director of Central City’s Oklahoma!, thinks there are two reasons that opera companies have embraced musical comedy. see OPERA Page 30
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“Initially, I do believe that opera when we heard it the first time, reading companies started to do musicals to it through, it’s just a fabulous piece. It’s make money,” Cazan says. “They great because the quality is so high.” became a cash cow. But I think as time To Castle, her job is the same in went by, opera companies realized that either medium: “I’m in the business of musicals had amazing value as art, also.” entertaining.” Art it may be, but the Broadway Pat Pearce, general manager of the musical is certainly a popular medium. Central City Opera, agrees. Which raises the question: Should “We are basically storytellers. We opera houses, the bastions of high art, sing stories,” he says. “Period. That is present a popular genre like musical what we do, and that is what we’ve comedies at all? done, as people that produce opera. There are several problems with And people in music theater sing stothat question. ries, too. First, opera has always been a popu“I don’t think a definition is neceslar medium, too. As just one example, sary. If you really do look at yourself as La Bohème, featured alongside in the business of singing stories, then Oklahoma! on Central City’s current you don’t have to fight all those battles.” season, became an international sensaPearce emphatically counters anothtion in the first two years after it preer objection to opera companies premiered in 1896, a hit performed across senting Broadway: Italy as well as in the United States, “What people are always worried Argentina and about when Russia. opera singers Without popdo music theular support ater is that ON THE BILL: Central City Opera’s summer outside the things become season opens on Saturday, June 30 with a performance of Oklahoma!. Other shows include confines of too precious, La Bohème and The Turn of the Screw. Tickets privileged but most of start at $20. For tickets and more information, society, the the singers visit www.centralcityopera.org. 124 Eureka St., Central City, 303-292-6700. operas of these days Verdi, Puccini have been and other piltrained in both of those lars of “high ponds. The days when people stood and art” would not have persevered. sang and didn’t act are long gone. What’s more, opera and Broadway are not opposite poles; they are overlap- People that come along now have to be able to act.” ping regions of the musical theater This is the biggest change the opera spectrum. One definition of musicals is world has seen recently: the acting abilthat they mix separate songs with spoity of the younger singers. They far ken dialogue; so do Carmen and The Magic Flute. Another is that they origi- transcend the outmoded stereotype of the fat singer who stands in place and nate on Broadway; so did notable belts out an aria without moving an operas Porgy and Bess and The Saint of inch. Anyone who has attended opera Bleecker Street. regularly over the past 20 or 30 years Overlapping both musicals and has seen this. opera is operetta, which is comfortably “I’ve done a number of musicals in in the repertory of opera companies. opera houses, and I love doing musicals From Johann Strauss in Vienna to with opera singers,” Cazan says. “It’s Offenbach in Paris and Sigmund Romberg in America, operetta typically not good enough any more just to have mixes musical-comedy plots and spoken a gorgeous voice. I say that as an educator who runs a major program [at dialogue with a more classical musical UCLA]. You have to be able to move, style. you have to be in some kind of shape.” So any definitional distinction Cazan, like Castle, doesn’t approach between musicals and operas is bound to fail. Nor do the singers look down on musicals any differently than operas or operettas. “I always approach things the popular style of musicals. from a character and relationship point “What kind of music do I like? I of view,” he stresses. like good music,” Castle says, quoting “My first reaction [to any show] is, Leonard Bernstein. “When I was young what is my gut instinct to what the I had the Gershwin songbook, I had story is about? And my second reaction the Rodgers and Hammerstein songis, what are these characters, what are book, I had the Cole Porter songbook the relationships? That is universal, that — those were songs that I sang a lot. is timeless. That’s the basis of all the“In the University of Kansas I did ater.” Brigadoon; I did Anna in The King and Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com I. I’ve never been in Oklahoma!, but 30 June 28, 2012
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ay what you will about Tybalt or With George (or Clarence, as he is confusingly Iago, Edmund (the bastard!) or referred to throughout this appellation-chalLady Macbeth. For my money, the lenged play) out of the way, Richard moves on greatest Shakespearean villain is to imprison, execute, exile and marry his way to Richard. He opens Richard III as the top. the Duke of Gloucester and ends it as the King Until the end, when Richard is finally of England. He is, by his own hand or through opposed in open combat, the only characters his devices, a serial killer of prolific pedigree. who see him for what he is and urge others to He doesn’t hesitate to assassinate friends, relastop him are the women of the dishonored tives and even children. He is a master manipudead. An excellent Mare Trevathan plays lator whose exploits could, quite possibly, form Queen Elizabeth, Edward IV’s wife. Her scenes the etymological basis for the phrase “being a opposite Richard as she, half mad with grief dick.” and fear, tries to reason with him are some of Though Shakespeare’s tragedies and comethe best in the play. dies get the lion’s share of productions and Similarly, the deliciously named Bella praise, his histories still have a loyal, if smaller, Merlin appears early on as the widow Queen following. Of the histories, Richard III is probaMargaret to warn the rest of the women-folk of bly the most popular. The reason for this is the Richard’s treacheries, both past and future. Ms. nature of Richard himself. Though he is a powMerlin captivated the audience each and every er-hungry, murdering sociopath, he is also time she took the stage with her raving yet exceedingly clever and delightfully droll. He laser-focused Margaret. winks at the audience — even during some of Many critics and commentators over the his most disturbing years have deconstructed Richard III and the moments — and despite character of Richard himself. Reams of paper itself the audience winks have been devoted to Richard’s physical deforON THE BILL: Richard III runs back. mities and their effect on him as a person. Still through Aug. 2. Tickets start at $18. For more information, visit The plot of Richard III more study has been leveled at how he manages www.coloradoshakes.org. is the picture of simplicity. not to alienate the audience entirely despite his Richard (Nigel Gore) horrific actions. ZZ Moor as Lady Anne I think the answer to the riddle of Richard wants to be king. Really, and Nigel Gore as is simple. Shakespeare was an amazing writer, that’s it. He plans to Richard III in Colorado Shakespeare Festival’s and he crafted both play and person so masachieve that goal by any means necessary. 2012 production of Before the play has even begun, Richard has terfully that viewers are helpless in his thrall. Richard III. As per usual, the Colorado Shakespeare killed numerous rivals for the throne, in some Festival honors Shakespeare’s vision with an cases even killing father and son together. From outstanding iteration of the play. More than his first soliloquy, the famous, “Now is the winother would-be successors standing between him and that, Nigel Gore is a revelation as Richard. He ter of our discontent,” he makes plain his plan and ascendency. Just when you thought it was safe to get wrings every ounce of comedy from this dark, twistbegins to build his bridge to those of us in the crowd. back into the gene pool, right? ed character. His performance made me more eager In order to succeed in his machinations, Richard So Richard conspires, mostly with the Duke of than ever to see CSF’s Women of Will, in which he must unseat King Edward IV (Sam Sandoe) who also Buckingham (Gary Alan Wright), to do away with also stars. happens to be his brother. Getting rid of Edward his other brother, George, The Duke of Clarence If you’re a fan of Richard III you simply must see won’t secure Richard the throne, however. (Stephen Weitz), by planting the idea in King the CSF version this year. Complicated Plantagenet genealogical issues mean Edward’s head that his reign will end at the hands of Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com that Richard must also do away with any number of someone whose name begins with the letter “G.”
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he next time Mark Foster debut at No. 8 on Billboard’s album has a chance to skip out of chart. By July, “Pumped Up Kicks” was his work writing songs to crossing over to Adult Top 40 and go to the beach, don’t be Mainstream Top 40 and on its way to surprised if he decides to number three on the Hot 100 chart. stay inside and write. The song’s popularity is easy to Another time he chose work over understand. Fueled by a thumping play, things worked out pretty well for beat, a hooky bass line and a singFoster and his band, Foster The along-worthy chorus, it’s an irresistible People. slice of synthy dance pop. The rest of “I really didn’t Torches is solid as well, as on songs like have anything to do ON THE BILL: Foster the People play “Call It What You Want,” “Don’t Stop that day,” Foster (Color On The Walls)” and “Warrant,” Red Rocks Amphitheatre on Tuesday, July 3. Doors at 6 p.m. Mayer Hawthorne recalls. “I was Foster The People fashion a sound that & The County open. Tickets are $42.80. standing there in deftly blends rock, pop and dance18300 W. Alameda Pkwy., Morrison, 720the studio and this inducing rhythms. 865-2494. thought came in The song’s success, though, also Foster the People my mind, like ‘I’m created a challenge — to establish going to write a song,’ which I did all Foster The People as more than a onethe time. I just kind of built a song hit wonder. from the ground up, and whatever, “I really wanted to make sure that and then I was like I don’t feel like people knew we were more than writing. I don’t want to write a song. I ‘Pumped Up Kicks’ and that it wasn’t was a block away from the beach and a fluke,’ Foster says. it was a beautiful day. I kind of just The group got the follow-up hit it wanted to just be lazy and go hang out wanted with “Don’t Stop (Color On at the beach or whatever. But I just the Walls),” which went top 10 on forced myself to write a song. I was several rock charts. And now the latest like, ‘Nope, I want to write a song.’ By single, “Houdini,” has cracked the top out a path in music. In fact, it took him some seven that time the next day, the song was finished.” 40 on the latest Billboard Alternative Songs chart. years before he formed Foster The People with drumIt wasn’t just any song he finished. It was “Pumped The summer tour should help the band maintain its mer Mark Pontius (bassist Cubbie Fink completed the Up Kicks,” the hit song that propelled Foster The momentum heading into work this fall on its second lineup later) and wrote “Pumped Up Kicks” over the album. People’s debut CD, Torches, toward platinum-selling space of that single day. The tour will be Foster The People’s biggest prosuccess and a level of popularity that is allowing the After finishing “Pumped Up Kicks,” Foster posted duction to date. group this summer to headline outdoor amphitheaters. the song as a free download and it went viral. Around “For this tour, we wanted to bring the Torches artBeyond its success, Foster feels that he learned an the same time, Foster The People landed a slot at the work to life, bring the characters to life and kind of important songwriting lesson from “Pumped Up South By Southwest Music Festival in Austin in bring that whole world, make that whole world real,” Kicks.” March 2010. Foster says. “So we’ve got a fair amount of video, ani“I’ve heard a lot of other artists talk about this as Soon the buzz was on and by summer of 2010, well, like ‘I’m not inspired right now. I’ve got writer’s Foster The People had signed to Startime International, mation in the same style of that. We’ve got a backdrop that’s kind of a town in the same art as the characters, block. I’m just not really feeling anything,’” Foster says. part of the Columbia Records group of labels. basically like where the characters live, behind us. Then “And I’ve felt that way, too, just not being inspired and The group debuted with a self-titled EP featuring there are inflatables that blow up throughout the show wanting to wait for inspiration to come before I wrote. “Pumped Up Kicks” in January 2011. This allowed the that are different characters from the album art. But I wasn’t inspired when I wrote ‘Pumped Up Kicks,’ song to get early radio play and placements on several “I’ve not seen anything like it before,” he says. “And and that’s what came out. So it really, it just solidified high-profile television shows. then there are bubbles and confetti and all that stuff, the notion that perspiration is more powerful than By the time Torches arrived in May, “Pumped Up too, which never really gets old.” inspiration.” Kicks” had already cracked Billboard magazine’s Hot Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com Foster knows a thing or two about working to carve 100 singles chart and paved the way for Torches to
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hen Martin Sexton December. sings these days, he’s “That lets the military arrest you trying to make a difwithout any charges,” Sexton says. ference, bringing “That’s against the laws of the land. attention to pervasive But nobody says anything about it.” social and political issues while bringHe’s also against the continuing ing a diverse audience together. war in Afghanistan and wants to bring “I’m trying to use my art for someout the economic disparities that thing greater than prompted the just entertainment,” “Occupy” movement. Sexton says. “But I “I’ve had enough,” ON THE BILL: Martin think my music has a Sexton says. “I’m Sexton plays Quixotes True Blue on Wednesday, July 4. pop sensibility and standing up and sayFor tickets and a full schedcan be entertaining. I ing ‘This is bullshit.’ ule, visit www.quixotes.com. like to call what I do Other people are too. 2151 Lawrence St., Denver, 303-366-6492. ‘thinking man’s pop.’” This is what people While Sexton’s are talking about. This singer/songwriteris what I’m talking style songs aren’t protest songs per se, about. If enough people talk, maybe he’s trying to convey messages that cut things can change.” through the static of left vs. right, red Sexton’s newly prominent sociovs. blue that pervades political discuspolitical awareness can be heard on his sions, particularly on television. cover of Buffalo Springfield’s “For “I compare that [TV political talk] What It’s Worth,” the 1967 song that to World Federation Wrestling,” is one of just five cuts on his new E.P. Sexton says. “It’s all theater. It’s all Falls Like Rain. fake. It’s just noise that divides people.” That song, written at the height of Instead, Sexton says he’s trying to the Vietnam War, asks “everybody look draw awareness to increasing governwhat’s going down” and argues that ment intrusion into private lives as part “nobody’s right, if everybody’s wrong.” of the national security state that has That’s a direct reflection of Sexton’s flourished since 9/11 — from the aim at focusing attention on issues and Transportation Security Administration finding an approach to solving problems that isn’t based on division. at airports to the Patriot Act to the Appropriately, he calls it “unproduced,” National Defense Authorization Act just him and a guitar recorded live and signed by President Barack Obama in Boulder Weekly
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you make money,” Sexton says. “But when I’m a guy and a guitar and I don’t have my band with me, calling me a troubadour wouldn’t be far off.” Along the way, Sexton has gained plenty of strong reviews from the likes of Rolling Stone, Billboard magazine and the The New York Times. He may not have had radio hits, but his 2007 CD, Seeds — his most recent fulllength studio release — debuted at No. 6 on Billboard’s Heatseeker album chart. Sexton says his solo performances are more involved than those with the band, since he depends on the audience so much. “This is sort of a no-set-list tour for me,” he says. “I just show up and wing it every night. The crowd contributes to that. They’ll yell out the songs and I’ll try to do them.” Sexton’s songs, which have turned up on television shows like NBC’s Scrubs and Showtime’s Brotherhood, often require some serious vocal gymnastics, leading fans to wonder how he can make the dynamic, multiple-octave leaps that help create his highly acclaimed performances night after night. “I try to take care of it,” Sexton says. “I do a good warm-up before and I try not to talk too much after. I don’t go out carousing. A lot of people ask, ‘Why don’t you come out and sign stuff and talk?’ If I did that every night, I don’t think I’d be able to sing the way I do every night.” He makes sure he gets some stretches of time off the road to spend with his family and recharge his performing batteries. “I’ve got a good life,” he says. “I’m pretty comfortable with what I’m doing now. When I go out, I have people who come to see me and when I’m home, I’m home. It all fits together.” Sexton says he’ll continue to deliver his musical messages when he tours. But he won’t use a heavy hand. “I’m not out to alienate people, to divide,” he says. “I want people to see what’s going on. I want to bring folks together. Music can do that. I can do that.” Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com
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Contacts: Bruce: 303-884-3541 • Wade: 303-917-7873 Sri Swamiji has come to help us on the path of meditation. He does not give lectures. He silently teaches the practice of Dhyan meditation. His gift of meditation is given as a friend without obligation. His blessings serve to deepen whatever spiritual path one has undertaken.
Sri Swamijiʼs programs are always free and open to all. They include an introduction, one hour of meditation, singing traditional Indian spiritual songs called bhajans, arthi, and an opportunity to speak with Sri Swamiji individually and receive his blessings and guidance.
For more info about Sri Swamijiʼs mission and tour, visit www.shivabalamahayogi.com or e-mail ganeshplace@gmail.com or visit www.shivabalayogi.ca
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have been canceled for the most part, given the fire danger, but as of press time, Longmont’s show was still a go.
Thursday, June 28 music Acoustic Night. 9:30 p.m. Waterloo, 809 S. Main St., Louisville, 303-993-2094. Alan Jackson. 8 p.m. Red Rocks Amphitheatre, 18300 West Alameda Parkway, Morrison, www. redrocksonline.com. Ali Grayson — CD release. 7:30 p.m. Shine, 2027 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-0120.
Steve Itterly Band. 8 p.m. Shine, 2027 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-0120. Terra Gatos. 6:30 p.m. St Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696. Westwater Outlaws. 10 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922. events
Brian Davis Band. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s Bistro, 2675 N. Park Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757.
Acro-Cats. 1 p.m., 4 p.m., 7 p.m. Nomad Theatre, 1410 Quince Ave., Boulder, 303-440-4510.
Ginga. 7:30 p.m. Caffè Sole, 637R S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-499-2985.
Auditions — Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. The Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada, 720-898-7200.
Girls on Top — Niwot Rock N Rails Concert Series. Whistle Stop Park, 1st & Murray, Niwot, www.niwotcolorado.com/events. Guta. 8 p.m. Jamestown Mercantile, 108 Main St., Jamestown, 303-442-5847. Kilborn Alley. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel, 800 28th St., Boulder, 303-443-3322. Open Mic Night. 7 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 303-834-9384. Pete Kartsounes. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder. 303-440-4628. Romano Paoletti. 5:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Boulder Weekly
Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Rd., Longmont, 303-485-9400.
Bare Feet and Spanish Soles — With Kim Robards Dance and Fiesta Colorado Dance Company. 7:30 p.m. Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities Amphitheater, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada, 720898-7200. Creating Professional Videos with iMovie. 9 a.m. Boulder Digital Arts, 1600 Range St., Boulder, 303-875-0276.
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La Raza de Colorado — Episode 2 on the history and heritage of Colorado Latino culture. 6:30 p.m. Boulder Public Library Canyon Theater, 1000 Canyon Blvd., Boulder, 303-441-3100. One Book, One Boulder — Discussion of Chief Left Hand. 7 p.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100. Parlando School for the Arts: OLIVER!. 7 p.m. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-447-9772.
Geeks Who Drink Trivia. 6:30 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683.
Planting Progress — Northwest Rail Groundbreaking. 10:30 a.m. 6900 block Grove Street, Westminster, 303-299-6990.
Hike for Seniors. 10 a.m. Mud Lake Open Space, Nederland, 303-678-6214.
Taste of History — Tasting tour. 5-7 p.m. Historic Downtown Longmont, 303-776-3611. June 28, 2012 41
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NOMAD THEATRE Watch over a dozen fantastic felines: • jump through hoops • walk the high wire • roll barrels • skateboard and so much more!
Allegory — photos by S. Gayle Stevens. The Center for Fine Art Photography, Art Center of Fort Collins, 400 N. College Ave., 970-2241010. Through June 30. Alternative Processes & The Child is the Father of the Man. The Center for Fine Art Photography, Art Center of Fort Collins, 400 N. College Ave., 970-224-1010. Through June 23 and Aug. 4. Boulder Festival of the Arts. 29th Street Mall, 1710 29th St., Boulder, www.artfestival. com. June 30-July 1. Chicano Matrixes — Tony Ortega, George Rivera, Sam Coronado. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. Through July 27. Chief Niwot: Legend & Legacy. Boulder
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Thursday Night Bike to Farm Ride. 4:30 p.m. 1770 13th St., Boulder, RSVP with Awe-Struck Adventures, 303-807-6634. Friday, June 29 music
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21st Century Band. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Rd., Longmont, 303-485-9400. Avett Brothers. 8 p.m. Red Rocks Amphitheatre, 18300 West Alameda Parkway, Morrison, www. redrocksonline.com.
History Museum, 1206 Euclid Ave., Boulder, 303-449-3464. Through Nov. 25. The Ghosts of Auschwitz-Birkenau — Photos by Cole Thompson. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-4407826. Through July 27. Artists’ talk Friday, June 22, 4-5 p.m., opening reception 5-7 p.m. The Anxiety of Influence. University of Colorado Art Museum, 1085 18th St., Boulder, 303-492-8300. Through June 25. Kevin Singleton, Richard Greening. NCAR Mesa Laboratory, 1850 Table Mesa Dr., Boulder, 303-497-2408. Through Aug. 1. Simply — Juried photography exhibit. The Center for Fine Art Photography, Through July 28.
Pearl St., Boulder. 303-440-4628. Johnny O Band. 8 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel, 800 28th St., Boulder, 303-443-3322. Kirtan with Tom Fuhrmann, Steve Bross and friends. 7:30 p.m. Adi Shakti Kundalini Yoga Center of Boulder, 2014 Pearl St., Boulder, 720252-3962. Magpie. 6 p.m. Jamestown Mercantile, 108 Main St., Jamestown, 303-442-5847. Mullet Over. 8 p.m. Nissi’s Bistro, 2675 N. Park Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757.
Defy You Stars, Surviving April. 7 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683.
Numundo. 8 p.m. Shine, 2027 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-0120.
Eidolons and Shiner. 8 p.m. Absolute Vinyl, 5360 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-955-1519.
Ruined Nation Band. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685.
Holiday Blue. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709
Sambadende. 7 p.m. St Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut Boulder Weekly
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www.facebook.com/boulderweeklymedia The Addams Family. Denver Center for the Performing Arts, Denver, 303893-4100. Through July 1. Cinderella. Boulder’s Dinner Theater, 5501 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303449-6000. Through Sept. 1. Fast, Loud, and Overplayed. Upstart Crow Theatre, The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303440-7826. Footloose. Lakewood Cultural Center, 470 S. Allison Parkway, Lakewood,
St., Boulder, 720-406-9696. Smooth Money Gesture — Feat. The Mile High Horns Plays the The Band & Afro Zep. 8:30 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303786-7030. The Twinberries. 7:30 p.m. Caffè Sole, 637R S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-499-2985. Wall of Records. 9:30 p.m. Waterloo, 809 S. Main St., Louisville, 303-993-2094. The Zimmermans Fullbelly. 10 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922. events Acro-Cats. 1 p.m., 4 p.m., 7 p.m. Nomad Theatre, 1410 Quince Ave., Boulder, 303-440-4510. Adobe Dreamweaver Hands-On Intensive. 9 a.m. The Boulder Filmmaking Incubator. 6 p.m. Boulder Digital Arts, 1600 Range St., Boulder, 303-875-0276. Auditions — Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. The Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada, 720-898-7200.
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303-987-7845. Through July 1. Into the Woods. Jesters Dinner Theatre, 224 Main St., Longmont, 303682-9980. Through July 8. Legally Blonde. The Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada, 720-898-7200. Through July 1. Sweet Storm. Miners Alley Playhouse, 1224 Washington Ave., Golden, 303935-3044. Through July 8.
Fundraiser for Freedom Service Dogs of America. 5-9 p.m. Rabbit Brush Gallery, 7504 Hygiene Road, Hygiene, 303-651-1106. Ghost Tour of Historic Downtown Longmont. 6:30 p.m. Downtown Longmont, 303-776-3611. Hannah Kahn Dance Company: Mixture and Solutions and other dances. 7:30 p.m. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-447-9772. Summer of Cycling Kick-Off Rally — Food, drink, live music, raffle and “Most Outrageous Fan Competition.” 5-10 p.m. Millennium Harvest House, 1345 28th St., Boulder, 303 443-3850. Saturday, June 30 music Alison Brown Quartet. 8 p.m. Swallow Hill, 71 E. Yale Ave., Denver, 303-777-1003 x2. As the Crow Flies. 8 p.m. Jamestown Mercantile, 108 Main St., Jamestown, 303-442-5847. Avett Bros. 8 p.m. Red Rocks Amphitheatre, 18300 West Alameda Parkway, Morrison, www. redrocksonline.com. The Blendercats. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Rd.,
Bobbie Louise Hawkins will read from her collected writings at Boulder Book Store on July 3
Thursday, June 28
13th St., Ste. A, Boulder, 303-579-1644.
The Future of Mobile — with Alex Cequea, editor in chief of iPhone Life Magazine. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303447-2074.
Monday, July 2
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Co-Creation: 50 Years in the Making — Conrad Bishop and Elizabeth Fuller. 7 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore, 1203
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Jack Collom — At “So, You’re a Poet.” 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder. 303-440-4628. Tuesday, July 3 Fifteen Poems and Selected Prose of Bobbie Louise Hawkins — with Bobbie Louise Hawkins. 6 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-2074. Weekly Open Poetry Reading. 7 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore, 1203 13th St., Ste. A, Boulder, 303-579-1644.
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I Spy Bones. 9:30 a.m. Heil Valley Ranch Group Picnic Shelter, Lefthand Canyon Drive, Boulder, 303-678-6214. SunSational Exhibit Activities. 10 a.m. WOW! Children’s Museum, 110 N. Harrison Ave., 303-6042424.
Friday, June 29 Children’s Storytime. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-4413100. Family Day on the Farm. 9:30 a.m. Bike to farm tour. 11:30 a.m. Farm tour. Lone Hawk Farm, Longmont, 303-807-6634. Fishin’ Fun. 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. Call 303-441-3440 for location and reservation. Magician Week — Greg Tobo. 11 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303441-3100.
SUMMER Is Here
Game Day Friday. 10:30 a.m. WOW! Children’s Museum, 110 N. Harrison Ave., 303-604-2424. Ollin Farms Garden Program. 11 a.m. WOW! Children’s Museum, 110 N. Harrison Ave., 303-6042424.
Saturday, June 30 Art Stop. 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., Boulder, 303-4432122. Saturday Storytime. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.
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Go Club for Kids & Teens. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-4413100. Meadow Music — Children’s music and nature education. 5:30 p.m. Chautauqua Green, 900 Baseline Road, Boulder, naturehikes.org. Musical Storytime — With Alice and Melanie. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.
Tuesday, July 3 Dance Program for Kids. 6:15 p.m. Boulder Municipal Plaza, 1770 13th St., Boulder, 303-4996363.
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Lap Babies. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100. July 4th Crafts. WOW! Children’s Museum, 110 N. Harrison Ave., 303-604-2424.
Longmont, 303-485-9400. Dan Lavoie. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder. 303-440-4628. The Guests & Tommy Freed and the Trio, The Ghoulies. 5 p.m.. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683. The Informants. 8 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel, 800 28th St., Boulder, 303-443-3322. Greg Schochet and Kyle. 4:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Tasty Weasel Tap Room, 1800 Pike Rd., Unit B, Longmont, 303-776-1914 x313. Ligeia Mare. 8 p.m. Absolute Vinyl, 5360 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-955-1519. The Might Twisters. 7:30 p.m. Caffè Sole, 637R S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-499-2985. One on One. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s Bistro, 2675 N. Park Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757.
Opie Gone Bad. 6:15 p.m. Twenty Ninth Street Mall, 29th St. & Canyon, Boulder. Peter Kater & R. Carlos Nakai. 8 p.m. Chautauqua Auditorium, 900 Baseline Road, Boulder. 303-442-3282 Ryan Flick. 9:30 p.m. Waterloo, 809 S. Main St., Louisville, 303-993-2094. Terry Evans Blues and R & B Band. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685. Rob Drabkin Performing Graceland — With The Yawpers. 8:30 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030. Robinson Quintet. 7 p.m. St Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696. Serious Moonlight, Lizzie Huffman. 9 p.m. Illegal Pete’s, 1447 Pearl St., Boulder, www. illegalpetes.com. Boulder Weekly
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panorama Stories and Songs — Chamber music selections from Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, Buss’ Fables from Aesop, Troupin’s Discourse, Glickman’s Antigones Speaks, Schubert’s Die Erlkonig. 2 p.m. The Abbey of St. Walburga, 1029 Benedictine Way, Virginia Dale, www.astraiosmusic.org. Willie Bean and the Bluegrass Rangers. 6 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 303-834-9384. events Acro-Cats. 1 p.m., 4 p.m., 7 p.m. Nomad Theatre, 1410 Quince Ave., Boulder, 303-440-4510. Annual HIV Testing Day — Free and anonymous HIV testing organized by Boulder County AIDS Project and Boulder County Public Health. 11 a.m. – 7 p.m. Boulder County AIDS Project, 2118 14th St., Boulder, www.bouldercountyHIV.org. Boulder Farmers’ Market. 8 a.m. – 2 p.m. 13th Street between Arapahoe and Canyon, Boulder, www.boulderfarmers.org.
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Hannah Kahn Dance Company: Mixture and Solutions. 7:30 p.m. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-447-9772.
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The Heavy Cats Wed., July 4th
The Longest Day of the Year Fri., July 6th
Prairie Scholars Sunday, July 8th - Open Stage, 9pm Mon., July 9th - George Nelson Quartet Wed., July 11th - Modulator Friday, July 13th - Danny Shafer Sunday, July 15th - Open Stage, 9pm Mon., July 16th - The Heavy Cats Wed., July 18th - Dechen Hawk Trio Friday, July 20th - Keith Summers
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Romano Paoletti. 6 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Rd., Longmont, 303-485-9400. Sweet Wednesday. 6 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685. Thomas Hine & Jeff Mohler. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder. 303-440-4628. events Acro-Cats. 1 p.m., 4 p.m. — Nomad Theatre, 1410 Quince Ave., Boulder, 303-440-4510. Boulder Festival of the Arts. 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. 29th Street Mall, 1710 29th St., Boulder, www. artfestival.com. Parlando School for the Arts: OLIVER!. 7 p.m. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-447-9772. Prayers for Rain — Public prayer and meditation event, donations to help fire victims. 5:30 p.m. Adi Shakti Kundalini Yoga Center of Boulder, 2014 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-252-3962. Theatre-Hikes Colorado — As You Like It. 11 a.m. Chautauqua Picnic Shelter, 900 Baseline Road., Boulder, www.chautauqua.com. Trivia Quiz. 10 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922.
Salsa Lessons and Dancing. 8:30 p.m. Millennium Harvest House Hotel, 1345 28th St., Boulder, 303-998-3805.
Wildflower Hikes. 10 a.m. Register for location, boulderwalkingtours.com or 720-243-1376.
Theatre-Hikes Colorado — As You Like It. 11 a.m. Chautauqua Picnic Shelter, 900 Baseline Road., Boulder, www.chautauqua.com.
music
Unarmed and Dangerous — Three days of music and poetry for No More War. 1-7 p.m. The Mercury Café, 2199 California St., Denver, 303294-9258. The Wonder of Walden. 9:30 a.m. Walden Ponds Wildlife Habitat, 75th Street and Valmont Road, Boulder, 303-776-2520. Yoga Rocks the Park — With Jason Bowman, music by Derek Russo. 9:30 a.m. Boulder Public Library Lawn, 1000 Canyon Blvd., Boulder, 303441-3100.
Monday, July 2 Brad Goode Jazz Jam. 7 p.m. Caffè Sole, 637R S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-499-2985. David Bess. 10 p.m. Southern Sun, 627 S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-543-0886. Electric Blues Jam. 7:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Rd., Longmont, 303-485-9400. Longmont All-Stars Youth Band. 7:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Rd., Longmont, 303-485-9400. Open Mic. 5 p.m. Jamestown Mercantile, 108 Main St., Jamestown, 303-442-5847.
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Film on the Rocks — Wayne’s World, with School of Rock. 7 p.m. Red Rocks Amphitheatre, 18300 W. Alameda Pkwy., Morrison, 720-8652494.
Acoustic Jam. 3 p.m., Traditional Irish Session 7:30 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922. . Bluegrass Pick. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Rd., Longmont, 303-485-9400. City and Colour — With Birds of Chicago. 6:30 p.m. eTown Hall, 1565 Spruce St., Boulder, 303443-8696. Dan Wakefield. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s Bistro, 2675 N. Park Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757. Felonius Smith. 4:30 p.m. Left Hand Brewery Tasting Room, 1265 Boston Ave., Longmont, 303772-0258. Great American Sing-Along — With the American Music Research Center. 3-5 p.m. Grusin Music Hall, Imig Music Building, CU-Boulder campus, 303-735-3645. Jazz Jam — With Mark Diamond & Big Swing Trio, Players Welcome. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel, 800 28th St., Boulder, 303-443-3322. Monocle. 10 p.m. Mountain Sun, 1535 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-546-0886. Music in the Mountains — Faculty concert. 3 p.m. Rocky Ridge Music Center, 465 Longs Peak Road, Estes Park, 970-586-4031
“So, You’re a Poet,” — With Jack Collom, Naropa Alumni Invitational & special guests. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder. 303-440-4628. WordPress — Creating Image Galleries. 6 p.m. Boulder Digital Arts, 1600 Range St., Boulder, 303-875-0276. Tuesday, July 3 music Blues Jam — With Dan Treanor, Players Welcome. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel, 800 28th St., Boulder, 303-443-3322. Bluegrass Pick. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685. Foster the People. 7:30 p.m. Red Rocks Amphitheatre, 18300 West Alameda Parkway, Morrison, www.redrocksonline.com. Gasoline Lollipops. 9:30 p.m. Waterloo, 809 S. Main St., Louisville, 303-993-2094. James Ryan Piper. 6:30 p.m. St Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696. The Joints. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder. 303-440-4628. Boulder Weekly
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Lucero — With Nathan & Stephen. 8 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303786-7030. Matt Flaherty Duo. 6 p.m. West End Tavern, 926 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-444-3535. Open Stage. 7:15 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922.
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Singer/Songwriter Open Stage. 7:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Rd., Longmont, 303-485-9400.
Week of June 21-June 27
1. The wisdom of Wilco 2. Christopher Titus is a loser 3. Flagstaff Fire behavior ‘extreme’ 4. Mining in space Planetary Resources Inc. made international news when it held a coming-out press conference in Seattle April 24 and announced 1) its goal was to mine near-Earth asteroids, and 2) it had the backing of some serious, high-profile, and deep-pocketed entrepreneurs. 5. Methane leak detected at Marcellus fracking well 6. Panorama (6/21) 7. Heating up alternative energy 8. Best of Boulder 2012 9. Is City Council above the law? 10. Letters: The true cost of fracking
events Beginning Meditation Class. 6:30 p.m. East West Wellness, 1148 West Dillon Road, Suite 1, Louisville, 303-554-1600.
Wednesday, July 4
13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922.
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Bands on the Bricks — Rebecca Folsom. 7 p.m. 1300 block of Pearl Street, Boulder, 303449-3774.
Arvada Fourth of July Celebration. 4 p.m. W. 58th Avenue and Oak Street, Arvada, 720-8987400.
Blues Traveler — With Fitz & The Tantrums. 7 p.m. Red Rocks Amphitheatre, 18300 W. Alameda Pkwy., Morrison, 720-865-2494.
Fourth of July Twang-fest & Barbeque — Feat. Halden Wofford & the Hi-Beams, The Brothers Comatose, KC Groves & the Creekside Entertainers, Jason Eklund. 12 p.m. Gold Hill Inn, 401 Main St., Boulder, 303-443-6461.
Eminence Ensemble. 8:30 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030. George Nelson Band. 6:30 p.m. St Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696. Open Stage. 7:15 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922
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’m sick of the sparkly, romantic vampires that are haunting popular cinema, which is why I really enjoyed the historical mashup Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. It posits a Civil War era where Southern slave owners are vampires, while the North fights not just for freedom for slaves but also freedom from the enslaving clutches of the vampire hoard. In Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, I delighted in the historical facts woven into the narrative and the bad-ass ninja Abe portrayed on screen by Benjamin Walker, spinning his silver axe blurringly fast as he kills vampires left and right. With splendid special effects and visuals, it also highlights the considerable talents of director Timur Bekmambetov and producer Tim Burton. The story starts with Abe as a young boy (played by Lux HaneyJardine) working on the dock with his
father Tom ( Joseph Mawle). Slave parents are dragged onto a boat as the young boy Will (Curtis Harris, played later as an adult by Anthony Mackie) fights to stay with them. When he’s pushed down and beaten, young Abe runs to his rescue, just to be whipped too. Dad isn’t OK and intervenes, then slaveowner Jack Barts (Marton Csokas) stops the fracas and swears to take revenge. And he does, killing Abe’s mother Nancy (Robin McLeavy) while Abe watches, peeking through the bed slats. Revenge! Abe bumps into the mysterious and charismatic Henry (Dominic Cooper), who promises to teach Abraham how to be a vampire hunter if Abe pledges to kill the vampires Henry identifies, not just go after Barts. Abe learns how to channel his anger into a single task: killing vampires. He chops down a tree with a single stroke of his weapon of choice, a silver-plated axe, and rapidly evolves from a hick woodsman into a
ninja killer. Along the way, much of the real story of Abraham Lincoln is woven into the movie, including when he moves to Springfield, Mo., and meets Mary Todd (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), though at the time she’s engaged to fiery politician Stephan Douglas (Alan Tudyk). She falls in love with the lanky, mysterious Abe, even though he’s just a shop clerk working for the entrepreneurial Speed ( Jimmi Simpson) while studying the law. By night, Abe has to balance out his courtship with his vampire hunting efforts. What I found most enjoyable about Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter wasn’t the action sequences or special effects, however, but the way that the produc-
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et’s not do this, OK? Let’s not use nostalgia to forgive the unspeakable things we did to fringe, denim and the musical scale in the 1980s. Other than the 1985 Chicago Bears and that time Michael Jackson’s hair caught on fire, there is nothing even worth remembering about that shameful decade, when men were Men at Work and women jazzercised. Rock of Ages nearly realizes that those 10 years were a collective joke that the United States played on the rest of the world. At times, this adaptation of the hit Broadway show understands that it should be, nay, needs to be, a comedy. But every time it seems like director Adam Shankman is about to embrace the laughs, we’re treated to more of a schmaltzy love story. Look, nobody did “love” in the ’80s. They did cocaine and terrible things with hairspray. Julianne Hough plays “girl who is new to Hollywood,” while Diego Boneta plays “boy who dreams of making it big.” The two meet and have what appears to be a deep relationship filled with tons of memories in the span of no more than six days. We know this is the time frame because the moment Dennis Dupree (Alec Baldwin) reluctantly hires her as a waitress at his legendary club, he informs her that Friday is their biggest concert ever: Stacee Jaxx (Tom Cruise) is coming. Think Axl Rose with the whacked-
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out pseudo-religious beliefs of … well, Tom Cruise. At the behest of his manager (Paul Giamatti), Stacee is leaving his band to go solo, and their last show is the only hope Dennis and his partner Lonny (Russell Brand) have of keeping their club open. With a new mayor (Bryan Cranston) and his ample-chested but feeble-minded wife Patricia (Catherine ZetaJones) trying to “clean up the strip,” the big show is
tion team wove in so many historical figures from the era, including Underground Railroad slave emancipator Harriet Tubman ( Jaqueline Fleming) and Confederate leader Jefferson Davis ( John Rothman), along with a short vignette from the Lincoln/Douglas debate. Lincoln also gives his famous Gettysburg Address. And the last scene? You’ll laugh at the irony and historical inevitability of it all. I didn’t expect to like this film very much. Most of these historical mashups seem daft to me, but I walked out of Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter pleasantly surprised and highly entertained. It’s a throwback to an era of vampire movies that were witty and engaging while also being scary and populated by smart, scary, vicious vampires you did not want to have at your parties or visiting your place of business. Nicely done. Go see it and enjoy! Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com
their only chance to save the summer camp, er, music club. Oh, and somewhere in the middle of all of this, Cruise finds the time to warble karaoke into Malin Ackerman’s vagina. The music of Poison, Mr. Big and Twisted Sister is given the full Glee treatment, as songs are mashed together and Disney-fied, which would be depressing if they weren’t already terrible to begin with. What’s astonishing is how ugly everything looks. Musicals are confined by a stage, but movies are not; Moulin Rouge is the only one that figured that out. Shankman gives us claustrophobic sets and hideous close-ups, which is fine when it’s Hough but distressing when it’s Baldwin in a Nic Cage wig. Even the audio seemed out-ofsynch, making the actors look like lip synchers, which is not what you want in a musical. It’s kinda fun to hear Cruise try and sing, sorta entertaining to watch Hough dance and unbearable to watch Boneta act. In a summer that already features two cinematic crimes against humanity, this is too benign to rate. Really, Rock of Ages is kind of like the songs it uses: mildly pleasant yet utterly insignificant. —This review first appeared in The Reader of Omaha, Neb. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com
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See full review page 49. Rated R. At Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks.
A team of superheroes including Iron Man, Captain America, the Hulk and Thor unite to save the world. Rated PG-13. At Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks. — Los Angeles Times/MCT
Kumaré is an enlightened guru from the East who builds a following of disciples in the West, but he is not real. He is an American filmmaker named Vikram Gandhi who has transformed himself as the centerpiece of a social experiment designed to explore and test one of the world’s most sacred taboos. What starts as a lark ends up changing lives in this playful yet genuine and insightful look at belief and spirituality. At Boedecker. — Boedecker Theater
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The historical drama based on the 1885 novel of the same name by Guy de Maupassant is the story of George Duroy (Robert Pattinson), who travels through 1890s Paris. From cockroach-ridden garrets to opulent salons, he uses his wits and powers of seduction to rise from poverty to wealth, from a prostitute’s embrace to passionate trysts with wealthy beauties. At Denver FilmCenter/ Colfax. — Denver Film Society
Greta Gerwig (Damsels in Distress) plays Lola, a 29-year-old woman dumped by her longtime boyfriend Luke (Joel Kinnaman) just three weeks before their wedding. With the help of her close friends Henry (Hamish Linklater) and Alice (co-writer Zoe Lister-Jones), Lola embarks on a series of desperate encounters in an attempt to find her place in the world as a single woman approaching 30. At Chez Artiste. — Landmark Theaters
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BERNIE Filmmaker Richard Linklater (Dazed and Confused, Before Sunset) returns to his Texas roots for this delightfully pokerfaced black comedy — based on a true story — about East Texas assistant funeral home director Bernie Tiede (Jack Black). Everyone loved and appreciated Bernie, so it came as no surprise when he befriended Marjorie Nugent (Shirley MacLaine), an affluent widow who was as well known for her sour attitude as her fortune. Driven by her cruelty to put four bullets in her, Bernie goes to great lengths to keep up the illusion that she’s still alive. At Chez Artiste. — Landmark Theatres THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL A group of British retirees (Judi Dench, Bill Nighy, Tom Wilkinson, Maggie Smith) decide to “outsource” their retirement to less expensive and exotic India. Enticed by advertisements for the newly restored Marigold Hotel, they arrive to find the place a shell of its former self. At Esquire. — Landmark Theatres BOY It’s 1984, and on the rural East Coast of New Zealand “Thriller” is changing kids’ lives. This is the hilarious and heartfelt coming-of-age tale about heroes, magic, and Michael Jackson. Boy is a dreamer who lives with his brother, a tribe of deserted cousins, and his grandmother. His father is the subject of fantasies as a deep sea diver, war hero and close relation of Michael Jackson. In reality he is an inept, wannabe gangster who has been in jail. When he returns home after seven years, Boy is forced to confront the man he thought he remembered. At Boedecker. — Boedecker Theater BRAVE Brazenly red-headed Merida, princess, skilled archer and general nuisance at the royal dinner table, accidentally unleashes a curse on her kingdom. She then fights 50 June 28, 2012
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Infamously media-shy, he agreed to appear on camera for the first time in 15 years for a 2007 short by filmmaker Corinna Belz. At Denver FilmCenter/Colfax. — Denver Film Society
Children of Paradise is the tale of a woman loved by four different men. Deftly entwining theater, literature, music and design, director Marcel Carné and screenwriter Jacques Prévert resurrect the tumultuous world of nineteenth-century Paris, teeming with hucksters and aristocrats, thieves and courtesans, pimps and seers. At Denver FilmCenter/Colfax. — Denver Film Society
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This is a gripping, modern twist on the classic noir thriller. Both in second marriages, Vladimir and Elena uneasily share his palatial Moscow apartment. A sudden illness and an unexpected reunion threaten the dutiful housewife’s potential inheritance, and she must hatch a desperate plan. At Boedecker. — Boedecker Theater
A lighthearted romantic comedy that tells the surprising story of the birth of the electro-mechanical vibrator at the very peak of Victorian prudishness. At Esquire. — Landmark Theatres
FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH First-time screenwriter Cameron Crowe (Almost Famous, Jerry Maguire, Say Anything...) went undercover as a high school student and came back with the straight dope on sex, drugs and rock ’n’ roll in this romantic and funny cult classic. At Esquire. — Landmark Theaters GERHARD RICHTER PAINTING One of the world’s greatest living painters, the German artist Gerhard Richter has spent over half a century experimenting with a tremendous range of techniques and ideas, addressing historical crises and mass media representation alongside explorations of chance procedures.
Directed by Chris Eyre, Hide Away follows the story of a successful businessman (Josh Lucas) attempting to resurrect his life. Entering an idyllic harbor as a broken and haunted man, he buys and boards the dilapidated sailboat Hesperus. At Denver FilmCenter/Colfax. — Denver Film Society
THE INTOUCHABLES The Intouchables, by French writer/directors Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano, is the inspiring true story of two men who should never have met — a quadriplegic aristocrat who was injured in a paragliding accident and a young man from the projects. At Mayan. — Landmark Theatres JIRO DREAMS OF SUSHI Jiro Ono, considered by many to be the world’s best sushi chef, is the proprietor of a 10-seat sushi restaurant inauspiciously located in a Tokyo subway station. As his son faces the pressure of stepping into his father’s shoes and taking over the legendary restaurant, Jiro relentlessly pursues his continuing quest of mastery of his art in this poetic treasure. At Boedecker. — Boedecker Theater
The quest continues as zoo animals struggle to return to New York. This time, the path from Africa to America swings through Europe and tags along with a traveling circus. Rated PG. At Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks. MAGIC MIKE While it would be great to think that a movie about male strippers would be for women what movies like Striptease and Showgirls were for men, the loose threads of a plotline here suggest that Magic Mike really is just about encouraging more men to womanize and more women to fall for their ploys. Rated R. At Century. MEN IN BLACK III Seeing Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones reprise their roles as Agent J and Agent K, two representatives from a clandestine organization that protects us from aliens, is nothing new. But the addition of Josh Brolin as a younger version of Agent K and a surprisingly fun screenplay is something entirely different for the franchise. Let’s not call it good, but it’s light years from bad. Rated PG-13. At Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks. — The Reader of Omaha, Neb. MODERN TIMES The beginning of the sound period in the movies was “officially” 1929, but Chaplin avoided synchronized sound until this film, seven years later. The story is about the struggle of The Tramp to survive during The Great Depression. He gets a job as a singing waiter, but what can this character do, having never uttered a sound? The ending is magnificent, but so is the rest. At Denver FilmCenter/Colfax. — Denver Film Society MONSIEUR LAZHAR Bachir Lazhar (Mohamed Fellag) plays the Boulder Weekly
reel to reel title character in Monsieur Lazhar, a film that deals with grief in a way that feels surprisingly upbeat. As an Algerian immigrant who inherits a classroom of children whose last teacher killed herself while on the clock, Lazhar works through his own personal loss while helping them come to grips with theirs. At Chez Artiste. — Landmark Theaters
left alone in Israel with her two bachelor sons — one straight, and the other, Tomer, gay. At Denver FilmCenter/Colfax. — Denver Film Society
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Set on an island off the coast of New England in the summer of 1965, director/ co-writer Wes Anderson’s comic romance/drama tells the story of two 12-year-olds, Sam (Jared Gilman) and Suzy (Kara Hayward), who fall in love, make a secret pact and run away together into the wilderness. As various authorities try to hunt them down, a violent storm is brewing off-shore. At Century and Mayan. — Landmark Theatres
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Lies. Lust. Murder. Bizet’s masterpiece sizzles in this modern-day production from Barcelona, starring Roberto Alagna, Erwin Schrott and Beatrice Uria-Monzon. At Boedecker. — Boedecker Theater OTTER 501 As an abandoned otter pup is rescued and returned to the wild, we get to tag along with a young marine biologist in learning about the plight of sea otters, the ocean ecosystem and the efforts to save this species from the brink of extinction. At Boedecker. — Boedecker Theatres PEACE, LOVE & MISUNDERSTANDING Jane Fonda makes a triumphant return to the screen in this comedy about reunion and second chances. Catherine Keener stars as Diane, a conservative New York City lawyer who is in desperate need of an escape after her husband asks for a divorce. Along with her two children (Elizabeth Olsen and Nat Wolff), she takes refuge at her estranged hippie mother Grace’s (Fonda) farmhouse. At Denver FilmCenter/Colfax. — Landmark Theatres PROMETHEUS 3D Mid-21st century anthropologists discover cave paintings in Great Britain that share impossible similarities to other cave paintings from the same time period. The reason? Aliens! Humanity sends a spaceship out to the likely source of the alien life, and chaos ensues. All the stars aligned for Ridley Scott’s first science fiction film since the 1982 classic Blade Runner to be a great film, but Prometheus is nothing but a black hole of undeveloped characters and gaping plot gaffes. Rated R. At Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks. THE QUEEN HAS NO CROWN The Queen Has No Crown is a documentary film of Tomer Heymann’s that navigates the intimate lives of five brothers and their mother as they experience the pains of exile and the joys of family bonding. Three of the Heymann sons take their families and leave Israel, one after the other, for “better” lives in America. They fulfill their dreams, but shatter those of their mother. A divorcee, she is Boulder Weekly
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Steve Carell and Keira Knightley in an apocalypse film that tries to haul some of the trappings of a rom-com through the not-zombie-related end of humanity. Rated R. At Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks. SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN When Snow White (Kristen Stewart) escapes imprisonment by the wicked queen (Charlize Theron), she is chased down by the Huntsman (Chris Hemsworth), which turns out to be a pretty good thing. Featuring most of the same characters and general plot points as the beloved classic story, this retelling slaps a coat of gritty seriousness on the whole affair, resulting in a visually thrilling if overly simple experience. Rated PG-13. At Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks. — The Reader of Omaha, Neb. TED
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e’ve all seen dill or chives added to a summer dip. Sage, rosemary and thyme enhanced meals long before Simon & Garfunkel made the troika a part of pop culture. And most everyone at one time or another has pushed around the broccoli and cauliflower on their plate in an attempt to appease the cook. But would you consider adding marigolds and chrysanthemums to your salad, or chewing a piece of yucca plant in lieu of sucking an orange? It might come as a surprise to know that all of those herbs, vegetables and fruits have something in common — they are all plants that grow edible flow-
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ers. As food enthusiasts search out the next trend in eating, often they tend to look to the past to forecast the future. Edible plants and blossoms have been around forever, but as technological advances and agribusiness have changed what we put on our din- Chamomile ner table, our society has moved past or abandoned altogether the art of enhancing our meals with the natural flavors around us. Flowers have become such an ornamental presence that we have taken for granted any inherent culinary or health benefits. Others have fallen out of flavor
due to alternative uses of the plant, such as picking chives while green or letting a lemon tree bear fruit rather than picking the sweetly floral and mildly bitter blossoms. While interest in vegetables, fruits, herbs and flowers with edible blossoms may have wilted with the introduction of mass-produced food, the genre is beginning to bloom once again. Bergamot and English chamomile are often extracted into teas. Okra and squash make for hearty additions to
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Hop lovers rejoice! Back once again for its fourth year, the annual Jul-IPA event at the West End Tavern will feature nearly 25 India Pale Ales on tap. There are 47 breweries from all over the world participating. They range from local favorites such as the Boulder Beer Company to Brouwerij Van Steenberge, the last operational brewery left in the Meetjesland in Belgium. In addition to gaining some international flavor from the featured IPAs, the West End has made special preparations to celebrate our nation’s independence this Fourth of July. You can pair your IPAs with featured food specials that will be available, including pork BBQ-smothered hot dogs. Or mix it up with Pop Rock cocktails. The West End Tavern’s celebration will continue on July 5, with the Red, White and Oskar Blues, which is part of the Satellite Tap Room event
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later meal especially cost-competitive rusticated blunt instrument, my entree for the West Pearl neighborhood. displayed more subtle flavorings. Our Our server, Christofer, was keenly server recommended the $12 spaghetattentive, keeping our water glasses ti vongole, a white sauce pasta showtopped off and letting us know about casing Manilla clams. I took him up the progress of our dishes. These on the offer, understanding this would included a $9 Carpaccio starter gareither give the kitchen a chance to nished with lemon and nutty olive oil. shine or to fall flat on its face. To sucThe thin-sliced beef appeared to have cessfully pull this dish off, the seafood been lightly must be impeccacooked as opposed bly fresh. to being presented Fortunately it was, completely raw, and the pasta’s texbut this didn’t ture was properly detract from our al dente, and the enjoyment of the kitchen struck the earthy savor of rare correct balance of meat. garlic, herbs, hile the anti-carb tide Next up was lemon and white continues to rise, I have another appetizer, wine. to confess to a fondness for a the $7 Fritto We finished plate of pasta every now and then. Fred Plotkin’s mid-’80s Misto, a traditional with the $6 Torta tome The Authentic Pasta blend of fried bay Nonna, a vanilla Book has become a favorite scallops and calaand lemon cusnew addition to my bookshelf. mari. Adorned tard-filled tart. Plotkin, who was the perforwith asparagus Our impression mance manager of New York’s Metropolitan Opera, tips, caper berries, was that this divides the cookbook into a single fried ricotcreamy dessert regional sections. For examta-stuffed ravioli, didn’t quite reach ple, Emilia-Romagna is repreand a light tomato the loftier heights sented by spaghetti with arudipping sauce, this of the entrees. gula, among other selections, while Liguria puts forward a dish was anchored Without the toplasagna al pesto. Drawing on by the perfectly pings of powdered his opera background, Plotkin fried seafood. The sugar and plenty of also highlights recipes from batter was delicate pine nuts, this famous performers, including and not at all oversweet would have Kiri Te Kanawa’s spaghetti with green prawns. bearing, allowing been blah, but us to fully take in these additions the fish’s fresh gave it a proPastavino sweetness and texnounced Old 1043 Pearl St., Boulder ture. World accent. 303-955-8791 Every day, Pastavino I’ll admit to being offers a trio of pasta spesorry to see Juanita’s cials. Patrick went for shutter its doors, and I’ll one of the Monday features, the $12 always fondly remember its chicken canneloni di Magro, veal-stuffed pasta mole. But I also have to confess to rolls baked with a classic bechamel being pleasantly surprised by the qualsauce. Definitely a hearty dish, its fullity of the service and food at bore meaty flavor and heavy cream com- Pastavino, and it certainly is a worthponent make it a better midwinter while stop for the Italian cuisine aficionado. choice than a warm-weather one. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com Where Patrick’s selection was a
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Flagiello, known for his work at Bacaro a few doors down. The menu includes pizza and entrees like New York steaks, veal legs and baked fish cioppino. Given this restaurant’s name, no one should be surprised by the variety of noodle dishes available. Pasta choices range from my personal dinner favorite of $7 spaghetti, simply dressed with garlic, olive oil and red pepper, to a $16 Friday special of lobster ravioli. Prices appear to be the same at lunch and dinner, making the
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soups, while arugula and mustard incorporate well into salads. Various herbs can lift the flavor of a previously bland dish. With a little work, the bane of yard enthusiasts — dandelions — can be made into wine, which is a meal enhancer of its own. Most flowers used in cooking these days are reserved for garnish. Yet with subtle flavors, bright and exotic coloring and medicinal properties, adding some blossoms to your food can not only lively up the presentation of a dish, but lively up your bodily functions as well. Daylilies may act as a diuretic or laxative, clover blossoms have been used to combat gout and rheumatism, and elderberry blossoms have been used in traditional folk medicine for generations. Always make sure that what you’re planning to eat is safe. Food labeling has allowed consumers to knowingly ingest products that may contribute to unfavorable health conditions. With monikers like bleeding heart and death camas, some garden plants can be avoided by name recognition alone. Yet there are no labels on jasmine, cassava or daffodils — all of which are toxic — so look before you eat. Colorado State University’s Boulder County Extension Office has a great resource for edible flowers. More than just a scientific listing of different varieties, a CSU paper breaks down what plants are toxic and which are ingestible, by appearance, if they are an herb, vegetable or fruit, and what they taste like. It can be helpful when searching for a human with extensive knowledge doesn’t bear fruit. While there aren’t many local farmers in the business solely to cull blossoms for eating, most who grow veggies or flowers can attest to the edible properties of the plants they grow. “One that’s blooming right now is the common daylily,” Sheila Payne of Far Out Farms says. “The daylily petals are beautiful, and they’re kind of sweet. And you can eat those as a pretty addition to a salad.” In this era of organic-minded cuisine, another concern about eating flowers or blossoms is the same as with any vegetable — what chemicals have been applied to the plant to help it grow and resist predators? Unless you feel like ingesting chemicals along with your colorful garnish, stick with non-poisonous herbicides and sprays. You’re not going to be able to sustain yourself off of flowers and blossoms, so don’t go picking those squash blossoms before they produce fruit or you’ll be left with a reduced harvest. Experimenting with different varieties and combinations from a source you trust is a good way to start. Head down to the farmers’ market and strike up a conversation with your local grower. You may be able to find all kinds of previously unimaginable uses for the plants that grow around us. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com 54 June 28, 2012
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that takes place the first Thursday of every month. The event will feature beers that don’t usually make it out of Oskar Blues’ Tasty Weasel Tap Room on Sunset Street in Longmont.
On top of the patio world A special summer menu is back at the Flagstaff House, offering small plates and summer cocktails to showcase organic ingredients and local products. Tastes on the Terrace features small plates between $12 and $17, served on the terraces. Ranging from Wianno Oysters to Spicy Japanese Style Dumplings of Buffalo, the premium dishes feature organic ingredients. To complement the dishes, Flagstaff House’s new wine director, Melanie Kaman, has added new cocktails to the menu that feature Colorado products such as Leopold Bros., Rocky Mountain Soda Company and Thatcher’s Organic Liquors. “Tastes on the Terrace has become a great way to celebrate summer, and to experience a casual side of the Flagstaff House restaurant,” said Chef/Owner Mark Monette, according to a press release. For more information, see www.flagstaffhouse.com.
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ARIES
MARCH 21-APRIL 19:
Go to RealAstrology.com to check out If you play solitaire, your Rob Brezsny’s EXPANDED WEEKLY AUDIO luck will be crazy strong in HOROSCOPES and DAILY TEXT MESSAGE the coming weeks. If you HOROSCOPES. The audio horoscopes have candid, wide-ranging are also available by phone at 1-877talks with yourself in the LIBRA 873-4888 or 1-900-950-7700. mirror, the revelations are SEPT. 23-OCT. 22: likely to be as interest“The dream which is not ing as if you had spoken fed with dream disapdirectly with the river god pears,” said writer Antonio or the angel of the sunrise. Porchia. Ain’t that the truth! Especially for you right now. Taking long walks alone could lead to useful surprises, and These last few months, you’ve been pretty good at attending so would crafting a new declaration of independence for to the details of your big dreams. You’ve taken the practiyourself. It’ll also be an excellent time to expand your skills cal approach and done the hard work. But beginning any at giving yourself pleasure. Please understand that I’m not moment, it will be time for you to refresh your big dreams advising you to be isolated and lonely. I merely want to with an infusion of fantasies and brainstorms. You need to emphasize the point that you’re due for some breakthroughs return to the source of your excitement and feed it and feed in your relationship with yourself. it and feed it.
TAURUS
APRIL 20-MAY 20:
SCORPIO
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A Chinese businessman named Hu Xilin is the champion fly-killer of the world. Ever since one of the buzzing pests offended him at the dinner table back in 1997, he has made it his mission to fight back. He says he has exterminated more than ten million of the enemy with his patented “Fly Slayer” machine. And oh by the way, his obsession has made him a millionaire. It’s possible, Scorpio, that your story during the second half of 2012 will have elements in common with Hu Xilin’s. Is there any bad influence you could work to minimize or undo in such a way that it might ultimately earn you perks and prizes — or at least deep satisfaction?
Are you in possession of a talent or interest or inclination or desire that no one else has? Is there some unique way you express what it means to be human? According to my understanding of the long-term astrological omens, the coming months will be your time to cultivate this specialty with unprecedented intensity; it’ll be a window of opportunity to be more practical than ever before in making your signature mark on the world. Between now and your next birthday, I urge you to be persistent in celebrating the oneof-a-kind truth that is your individuality.
MAY 21-JUNE 20:
“Message in a bottle” is not just a pirate movie cliché. It’s a form of communication that has been used throughout history for serious purposes. England’s Queen Elizabeth I even appointed an official “Uncorker of Ocean Bottles.” And as recently as 2005, a message in a bottle saved the lives of 88 refugees adrift in the Caribbean Sea on a damaged boat. Glass, it turns out, is an excellent container for carrying sea-born dispatches. It lasts a long time and can even survive hurricanes. In accordance with the astrological omens, I nominate “message in a bottle” to be your metaphor for the rest of 2012. Here’s one way to apply this theme: Create a message you’d like to send to the person you will be in five years, perhaps a declaration of what your highest aspirations will be between now and then. Write it on paper and stash it in a bottle. Store this time capsule in a place you won’t forget, and open it in 2017.
CANCER
JUNE 21-JULY 22:
Every 10,000 years or so, reports the Weekly World News, hell actually does freeze over. A rare storm brings a massive amount of snow and ice to the infernal regions, and even the Lake of Fire looks like a glacier. “Satan himself was seen wearing earmuffs and making a snowman,” the story says about the last time it happened. I foresee a hellfreezes-over type of event happening for you in the coming months, Cancerian — and I mean that in a good way. The seemingly impossible will become possible; what’s lost will be found and what’s bent will be made straight; the lion will lie down not only with the lamb but also with the sasquatch. For best results, be ready to shed your expectations at a moment’s notice.
LEO
JULY 23-AUG. 22:
“In purely spiritual matters, God grants all desires,” said philosopher and activist Simone Weil. “Those who have less have asked for less.” I think this is a worthy hypothesis for you to try out in the next nine months, Leo. To be clear: It doesn’t necessarily mean you will get a dream job and perfect lover and 10 million dollars. (Although I’m not ruling that out.) What it does suggest is this: You can have any relationship with the Divine Wow that you dare to imagine; you can get all the grace you need to understand why your life is the way it is; you can make tremendous progress as you do the life-long work of liberating yourself from your suffering.
VIRGO
AUG. 23-SEPT. 22:
A plain old ordinary leap of faith might not be ambitious enough for you in the coming months, Virgo. I suspect your potential is more robust than that, more primed for audacity. How would you feel about attempting a quantum leap of faith? Here’s what I mean by that: a soaring pirouette that
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SAGITTARIUS NOV. 22-DEC. 21:
From the 14th through the 18th centuries, many towns in England observed a curious custom. If a couple could prove that they had gone a year and a day without ever once being sorry they got married, the two of them would receive an award: a side of cured pork, known as a flitch of bacon. Alas, the prize was rarely claimed. If this practice were still in effect, you Sagittarians would have an elevated chance of bringing home the bacon in the coming months. Your ability to create harmony and mutual respect in an intimate relationship will be much higher than usual.
CAPRICORN
DEC. 22-JAN. 19:
“If I had my life to live over,” said Nadine Stair at age 85, “I would perhaps have more actual problems, but I’d have fewer imaginary ones.” I suggest you write out that quote, Capricorn, and keep it close to you for the next six months. Your task, as I see it, will be to train yourself so you can expertly distinguish actual problems from imaginary ones. Part of your work, of course, will be to get in the habit of immediately ejecting any of the imaginary kind the moment you notice them creeping up on you.
AQUARIUS
JAN. 20-FEB. 18:
Astronomer Percival Lowell (1855-1916) was instrumental in laying the groundwork that led to the discovery of Pluto. He was a visionary pioneer who helped change our conception of the solar system. But he also put forth a wacky notion or two. Among the most notable: He declared, against a great deal of contrary evidence, that the planet Mars was laced with canals. You have the potential be a bit like him in the coming months, Aquarius: mostly a wellspring of innovation but sometimes a source of errant theories. What can you do to ensure that the errant theories have minimal effect? Be humble and ask for feedback.
PISCES
FEB. 19-MARCH 20:
Throughout the 16th century and even beyond, European explorers trekked through the New World hunting for the mythical land of El Dorado: the Lost City of Gold. The precious metal was supposedly so abundant there that it was even used to make children’s toys. The quest was ultimately futile, although it led the explorers to stumble upon lesser treasures of practical value — the potato, for example. After being brought over to Europe from South America, it became a staple food. I’m foreseeing a comparable progression in your own world during the coming months: You may not locate the gold, but you’ll find the equivalent of the potato.
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