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Not for a candidate of real substance, offering ideas that actually appeal to workaday people, getting them excited enough to become involved in the grassroots work of democracy — including putting in small bits of their own money. “That’s populist poppycock,” squawk the political pros, “impossible in the real world.” Well, welcome to Bernie’s world. Bernie Sanders, the unabashedly-progressive senator from Vermont, is running an all-out people’s campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination. He’s proposing a bold agenda for change, calling it a revolution “to rebuild our middle class, reclaim our democracy and save our planet.” To the shock of the political knowit-alls who’d dismissed him as a noncontender, Sanders is catching on big time. With straight talk and rejection of politics as usual, he’s drawing huge crowds, generating a groundswell of

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’ve always had a soft spot for the The bad news is that if we lose the canary in the coalmine. The way it sage-grouse to oil and gas extraction, we sings its tune to announce all is lose the West as we know it forever and well and then falls over dead when that doesn’t bode well for our species the poison gas appears, just to give either. The good news, on the other miners a few precious minutes to save hand, is if we list the sage-grouse under themselves from the same fate. It seems the Endangered Species Act, we will be a lot to ask of a bird that didn’t have a saving our Western places by protecting choice in the matter. Out here in the all 350 species that fall under the West, the sage-grouse is our canary grouse’s umbrella. So why are we still and its well-documented demise is a talking about a listing instead of just warning that we better act fast if our doing it? beloved way of life is to avoid the same As you could have guessed as soon fate. as you read the words “oil” and “gas,” No, I’m not exaggerating. You see, one of the biggest obstacles in Colorado the sage-grouse is what they call an to listing the sage-grouse under the umbrella species and its habitat is found Endangered Species Act is powerful oil all over the Western United States and gas industry lobbyist John including Colorado and ten other Hickenlooper who, as you know, moonstates. lights as governor of our state in his I guess the best way to describe an spare time. Hickenlooper, and not surumbrella species is prisingly his industo say that as the try pals, support sage-grouse goes, alternative plans so goes every to listing the other species that grouse as endanSAGE-GROUSE TO OIL AND shares its habitat. It gered that include GAS EXTRACTION, WE LOSE turns out that a “voluntary” THE WEST AS WE KNOW IT sage-grouse are recovery plan on sensitive birds. private land and a FOREVER AND THAT They return to cap on the quantiDOESN’T BODE WELL FOR mate in the same ty of land that OUR SPECIES EITHER. place each year. could be disThey move along turbed on BLM the same corridors lands, a “cap” that through their terriwould actually tory eating the same things. As a allow the oil industry to more than result of this behavioral predictability, double its presence in some places they are easily stressed to the point of even though the current level of intrunot reproducing by noise, construction sion is already threatening the grouse’s and most of all, territory fragmentation, entire eco-system. which most often occurs these days as Yes, it’s crazy, but what else should the result of building a checkerboard of we have expected from the man who roads and pipelines to connect dozens, traded us a meaningless oil and gas task hundreds or even thousands of dirt force in exchange for killing our vote on pads full of metal tanks that spew a few fracking last year? One thing about tons of volatile organic compounds Hickenlooper, he is consistent: he’ll into the air every year. deceive Congress; he’ll deceive voters; That’s right. For our canary of the he’ll deceive anybody about anything West it is primarily the unprecedented so long as it pushes the oil and gas intrusion of the oil and gas industry into industry’s agenda, which includes sage-grouse country that is causing the keeping the sage-grouse off the birds numbers to decline to the point endangered species list. that most sane people not in the pocket So that’s why this bird matters so of the oil and gas industry are recommuch — the environment of the West mending that the sage-grouse be added hangs in the balance. And if we drill up all the oil and gas reserves in the masto the Endangered Species List. What all this means is the decline in sive shale zones underlying grouse habitat, the future of our planet is hanging sage-grouse numbers is a warning that alongside it. So please take the time to other species in its Western habitat are read this week’s thorough piece on the in trouble as well, including everything importance of the current sage-grouse from mule deer and to rare plants.

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Republicans and Lincoln’s Marxists: Marxism in the Civil War. Kennedy said that “radical socialists and communists” helped establish the Republican Party and put Lincoln in Roof. the White House. He said Lincoln creNeoated “one big, allConfederates powerful indivisible aren’t generally government” that fringe characters led an “incessant like Roof, but attack on religious STRANGE. THE CIVIL WAR rather some of the values in America,” NEVER QUITE ENDED. THE most respectable, He said the early well-educated and Republican Party REPUBLICAN PARTY FELL well-off folks began implementTHROUGH THE LOOKING around — profesing the Communist GLASS AND CAME OUT AS sors, clergymen, Manifesto by prominent politiestablishing public THE PARTY OF JEFFERSON cians and commuschools! DAVIS. MAYBE REPUBLICANS nity leaders. The Actually, there SHOULD JUST ASK THEMRepublican Party is some truth to in the South is Kennedy’s hyperSELVES, “WHAT WOULD thoroughly bolic blatherings. LINCOLN DO?” enmeshed with Historians John neo-Confederates Nichols in The ‘S’ at the highest level. Word and Robin To them, the Civil War was Blackburn in Unfinished Revolution: the “War of Northern Aggression” Karl Marx and Abraham Lincoln show and Abraham Lincoln was a war crimi- how Lincoln was influenced by socialist nal and dictator. ideas and how socialists were influential Last year, religious right broadcaster in the early Republican Party. Kevin Swanson hosted Walter Kennedy, In 1861, Lincoln delivered his first a neo-Confederate author of books see ANDERSON Page 7 such as Lincoln’s Marxists and Red

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State of the Union address several months after the Civil War had begun. Interestingly, he ended his address by talking about another division in American society. He expressed his fears regarding “the effort to place capital on an equal footing with, if not above, labor in the structure of government.” He concluded: “Labor is prior to and independent of capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration.” In 1864, Lincoln received an “Address” from the London-based International Workingmen’s Association (IWA). It was drafted by Karl Marx and congratulated Lincoln on his reelection. Marx said: “The workingmen of Europe feel sure that, as the American War of Independence initiated a new era of ascendancy for the middle class, so the American Antislavery War will do for the working classes. They consider it an earnest of the epoch to come that it fell to the lot of Abraham Lincoln, the single-minded son of the working class, to lead his country through the matchless struggle for the rescue of an enchained race and the reconstruction of a social world.” The U.S. Ambassador in London, Charles Francis Adams, felt the letter was significant and forwarded it to Lincoln. It carried the signatures of several prominent British trade unionists as well as French socialists and German social democrats. In response, Adams conveyed Lincoln’s thanks to the IWA and said the president was encouraged by the support of Europe’s rising workers’ movements. Lincoln might have recognized the name Karl Marx when he read the letter since Marx had been a prolific writer for The New York Tribune, which was a prominent Republican newspaper and had the largest circulation in the country. The paper was anti-slavery and pro-workers’ rights. Lincoln was a fervent reader of the Tribune as well as a friend and political colleague of the paper’s founder and editor, Horace Greeley. Historian Adam Tuchinsky, in his study of the newspaper, says that the Tribune spurred one of the first public discussions of socialist ideas in the U.S. Greeley and his managing editor, Charles Dana, identified with the utopian socialism of Charles Fourier. The Tribune covered the failed 1848 democratic uprisings in Germany, France, Hungary, Denmark and other European nations. In Paris, Dana Boulder Weekly

reported, “Everyone now is more or less a Socialist.” Dana met Karl Marx who would end up writing over 500 articles for the Tribune on a wide variety of topics. Later Dana was hired by Lincoln to be the Assistant Secretary of War. Many Germans escaped to America after the defeat of the 1848 revolution. Many of them were radicals. Joseph Weydemeyer, who maintained a regular

correspondence with Marx and Engels, formed a national network of Kommunisten Klubs to promote what the New York Times denounced as “Red Republicanism.” He then joined the Republican Party. About 200,000 Germans volunteered for the Union army. Joseph Weydemeyer and August Willich, both former members of the Communist League with Marx, were promoted first

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The sage-grouse debate isn’t just about a bird, it’s about saving the West as we know it by Angela K. Evans

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andra Goodwin, a private landowner from Boulder, Wyoming, has personally seen the effects of oil and gas development on greater sagegrouse populations near her home. When a gravel mine began hauling an average of 350 semitruck loads a day on the county road in front of her house, she stopped seeing the birds on her property. “It was after the mating season, and what it did was, we didn’t see a single nesting grouse that whole three months … all the birds just left. There were no hens; there were no babies,” she says. The gravel was destined for nearby oil and gas extraction sites to feed the construction of roads and well pads. And the trucks passed by other sage-grouse nesting and mating sites in addition to Goodwin’s. While oil and gas development remains the primary threat to the greater sage-grouse and its sagebrush habitat in Colorado and Wyoming, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) has until Sept. 30 to decide whether or not to list the bird under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). At the same time, federal agencies, local governments and environmental activists disagree about the level of conservation and development restrictions needed to protect the bird and restore population levels. Sage-grouse don’t account for jurisdictional boundaries when choosing where to live, and the bird populates federal, state and private lands across 11 states in the West, including California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington and Wyoming. Federal agencies, local governments and private landowners have been working tirelessly over the last several years on conservation plans to preclude an endangered listing. Needless to say, the USFWS team charged with making the listing deciBoulder Weekly

sion doesn’t have an easy task ahead of them. They have to evaluate the 11 different federal land management plans, state plans and private conservation efforts then cross-evaluate all of those documents to understand how they will work together to protect the greater sage-grouse from continued decline.

More than just a bird As both an umbrella species and indicator species, the sage-grouse represents far more than itself. The bird is entirely dependent on vast, undisturbed Western sagebrush landscapes for its survival, and therefore protecting the

other 350 species that also call the sagebrush home is a natural byproduct of sage-grouse conservation. “If you protect the one you protect them all,” says Erik Molvar, a wildlife biologist with WildEarth Guardians, an environmental advocacy group working on conservation issues throughout the West. The health of the sage-grouse population also indicates the health of the entire sagebrush ecosystem. Theo Stein, public affairs officer for USFWS says it “would be a very good assumption” to propose that if the sage-grouse weren’t being considered for the ESA, another

species in the sagebrush ecosystem would be. For example, mule deer across the same 11 states are not currently meeting their population objectives either, Stein says. Known for their loud and colorful mating displays, sage-grouse gather at the same lek (breeding) sites year after year. The males use wide-open spaces of short grasses or bare soil to attract females. They strut around the lek each spring, fanning their tail feathers and bobbing their heads, while inflating then deflating the two yellow throat sacs which release short, booming calls that draw sage-grouse hens. The lek sites are typically surrounded by sagebrush, which females use as nesting and brooding sites throughout the summer and can be anywhere from 2 to 4 miles away from the lek. Therefore, any development around the lek, “is a double whammy for the sagegrouse — they are losing both their breeding sites and their nesting and chick-rearing habitat at the same time,” says Molvar. The birds are known for habitat loyalty, returning to the same mating and nesting sites throughout their entire 3 to 9 year life span. They are a sensitive species, unable to adapt to changes in their habitat and unlikely to find new sites when disruption occurs. According to the USFWS, the sagegrouse range on 165 million acres (257,000 square miles) across the U.S. — an estimated 56 percent habitat loss from the historic range. The current sage-grouse populations are reported at 200,000 to 500,000 throughout the entire U.S. habitat range — down significantly from historic populations between 1.6 and 16 million with an estimated 30 percent decline since 1985 alone, according to the USFWS. Molvar describes early 19th century accounts of hunters filling See SAGE-GROUSE Page 12

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wagon boxes of sage-grouse in a single Hence, the threat of continued oil and hunting expedition and flocks of sagegas development in the West is a major grouse so large, they darken the skies. concern. Counting sage-grouse is one of the The protection of the greater sagemajor challenges of conservation efforts, grouse and its habitat has been an issue as the range in population estimates of contention for close to 15 years. In proves. “We don’t know exactly how 2002, several petitions were filed with many birds there are,” says Stein. “You USFWS requesting to list the sagecount only one section of the populagrouse as part of the ESA. In 2005, tion — the males on the lek. You don’t after reviewing the petitions, the know if you got all the leks [and] some USFWS determined there was not leks you can’t reach some years because enough scientific data to warrant a listof snow. You can’t count the females, ing. However, the USFWS reconsidyou can’t count the sub-adults and you ered listing the sage-grouse after a fedcan’t count [any] of the birds that don’t eral district court ruled in favor of the show up to the lek. It’s an indexed pop- Western Watersheds Project’s 2007 ulation estimate.” Wiki Commons This methodology makes it almost impossible to estimate how many sage-grouse inhabit sagebrush in Colorado. Jeff Ver Steeg, assistant director for research, policy and planning at Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW), says sage-grouse in Colorado comprise 4 percent of the total population. But is that 4 percent of 200,000? Or 4 percent of 500,000? “I’m very hesitant to throw out estimates of population size… the science on that is not great,” says Ver Steeg. Sage-grouse populations also naturally fluctuate up and down over a roughly 10-year cycle, which makes measuring Greater Sage-Grouse recovery even more difficult. Sage-grouse population trends are currently on the rise, but complaint that the USFWS’s decision it’s hard to tell if it’s due to conservawas arbitrary and not based on the tion efforts or the natural cycle of the available science. bird. In March 2010, the USFWS Ver Steeg also points out that announced its consideration of the bird USFWS doesn’t specifically use popula- for listing as either an endangered or tion numbers in their conservation threatened species due to the “present efforts. “You won’t see any numbers or threatened destruction, modification, goals or objectives for the number of or curtailment of the habitat or range” birds. They talk about threats and how and the “inadequacy of existing regulathose threats have to be mitigated,” he tory mechanisms.” This decision says. included a “warranted but precluded” Threats to sage-grouse vary across determination, which allowed the the 11 state range — from invasive spe- USFWS to consider higher priority cies and wildfires, to agricultural develspecies before the sage-grouse. As a opment and urbanization. But in result of more litigation, USFWS has Colorado and Wyoming, USFWS says until Sept. 30 of this year to make a energy development, specifically oil and final decision. gas and the resulting habitat loss and In efforts to preclude an endangered fragmentation, substantially threatens species listing, federal and state land more than 60 percent of the species managers, as well as private landowners population. And while only 4 percent of across the West have been working on the sage-grouse population is in collaborative management plans to allay Colorado, 37 percent is in Wyoming. USFWS concerns. On May 28, the 12 July 16, 2015

Department of Interior (DOI) released 11 different Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Land Use Plan Amendments accompanied by Environmental Impact Studies (LUPA/ EIS), which deal with sage-grouse conservation on BLM and U.S. Forest Service land across the range.

Federal management The BLM proposed plans are a huge piece of the conservation puzzle since 64 percent of sage-grouse habitat is on federal lands. BLM regional offices in each state have developed separate plans through a public process, which considers comments from a variety of partners including local governments, special interest groups, hunters, cattlemen, environmental activists and other interested parties. The LUPA/EIS outlines regulations for land use that are meant to balance sage-grouse conservation with the agency’s multiple-use mission allowing for grazing, recreation and energy development. In Colorado, the BLM manages half (1.7 million acres) of greater sage-grouse habitat in the state, with approximately 500,000 acres of that area currently held by oil and gas leases. The habitat is scattered throughout Northwestern Colorado, primarily in Moffat, Routt, Jackson, Grand, Garfield, Eagle and Rio Blanco counties. The proposed LUPA/ EIS in Colorado doesn’t explicitly prohibit oil and gas development in sensitive habitat but rather seeks to “limit or eliminate new surface disturbance” in priority habitat and minimize disturbance in general habitat. Several stipulations for oil and gas development are outlined in the plan, including one- to four-mile buffers around lek sites with a 3 percent disturbance cap on surface occupancy and an average of one oil and gas facility every 640 square acres. That means the BLM plan allows for roughly 19 acres of oil and gas development and infrastructure, including roads and pipelines that further fragmentation, every square mile of habitat, which is measured on an average basis across leases allowing for clustered oil and gas development. Mitch Snow, spokesperson for the BLM Washington office, says the BLM plans for sage-grouse conservation across the range are very “innovative”

for the agency, expanding the level of monitoring in sage-grouse habitat to meet the USFWS requirement for increased regulations. “It will be changing the way we do business in a lot of ways,” he says. For instance, the BLM has never used disturbance caps to manage sensitive habitat and the agency is still working to determine the current level of disturbance in Colorado. David Boyd, from the Northwest Colorado BLM office, says his office has gathered some rough estimates, although it has been challenging. For example, Moffat County currently has an estimated 1.06 to 1.6 percent disturbance area over 556,308 acres of BLM land, both in and outside of sage-grouse habitat, leased to oil and gas companies — only 76,152 acres of which are currently held by production. Plus 200,000 additional acres possessing the potential for oil and gas development are currently being deferred by the BLM until the management plans are finalized and the new stipulations can be applied. Considering these estimates, the proposed BLM plan leaves room for a near doubling of oil and gas development within sage-grouse habitat in Moffat County while remaining under the 3 percent disturbance cap. Although the plan doesn’t specifically approve any projects, this possibility is significant given roughly 70 percent of sage-grouse habitat in Colorado is in Moffat County. If the current level of impact is affecting the birds enough to warrant a listing consideration as an endangered species, how does potentially doubling that impact stop the population from declining? “We’re not saying ‘Hey, yes, get to the top of this cap.’ We’re saying you can’t exceed this cap. As much as we can minimize impact, we’re going to do that,” Boyd defends. He estimates 70,000 acres of habitat in Moffat County will be completely closed to oil and gas development if the proposed plans are approved. “And part of having a disturbance cap in there, is it provides incentive for lands to be reclaimed,” Boyd says. The BLM is very specific about what classifies as reclamation outlined in the EIS and “our ecologists are very serious about meeting reclamation objectives and do not call something reclaimed unless it meets the requirements,” he continues. But it’s hard to know if reclamation, and the return of sage-grouse to previous leks, is even possible. “Once you run a bulldozer over sagebrush to make a road or a well pad it takes up to 125 Boulder Weekly

news years for the sagebrush to grow back to the size where it is useful habitat,” says Molvar of WildEarth Guardians. “The idea that sage-grouse will come back after oil and gas development is a theoretical concept at this point given the near permanence of the industry.” Furthermore, although the stipulations in the LUPA/EIS will restrict some areas of Colorado to oil and gas development, the plans allow for exceptions, modifications or waivers to the regulations in specific cases. “The federal agencies’ own experts told the agencies that they needed to close the most important sage-grouse habitat to leasing to oil and gas entirely. And yet the new plans leave them open under strong restrictions that have loopholes available to waive them,” criticizes Molvar. Boyd says the language in the proposed management plan considers the varying landscapes included in sagegrouse habitat. It accounts for the possibility that further research may determine bird populations have become inactive in the areas companies may want to develop, or the landscape includes low gullies where extraction can take place without disturbing the sagebrush plateaus above. In which case, the BLM, USFWS and CPW would all have to agree that permitting a particular project wouldn’t impact the bird. He maintains the language in the plans is strong enough to protect sagegrouse, while allowing oil and gas development in certain cases. The LUPA/EIS also doesn’t account for a 2012 USFWS recommendation to develop a process to deny drilling permits for sage-grouse purposes if a lease is undeveloped and provide compensation to the lessee. Jeremy Nichols, climate and energy program director for WildEarth Guardians, challenges the BLM to cancel leases, or at least let leases expire, on lands in sage-grouse habitat without production facilities. “There was no thinking about how might we be able to retire leases and restore land that is currently in the hands of oil and gas industry and return it to the public and give the BLM unlimited flexibility to conserve that area,” he says. (Leases with actively producing wells are protected from scrutiny based on valid and existing rights.) When asked why certain conservation recommendations provided by a variety of stakeholders weren’t represented in the proposed final LUPA/ EIS, Boyd says, “Again we’re trying to find a balance, we’re trying to conserve greater sage-grouse habitat but still allow the uses that we manage for that Boulder Weekly

are economically important for the communities out here too.” Although the BLM may be trying to find common ground between competing interests, balance isn’t part of the bottom line for oil and gas companies, according to Nichols. “They mean well, but fundamentally they don’t make money by saving sage-grouse,” he says. He criticizes the BLM for straying from its own science reported in the National Technical Team’s 2011 report, which was the LUPA/EIS was eventually based on. “Rather than maintain a hard, firm line on conserving the species, it’s a very blurry, squishy line that really doesn’t provide the assurances we’re looking for that this bird will be able to thrive and recover,” Nichols says. “If I had to boil it down, we’re just frustrated that [DOI] just refuses to say no,” he continues. “There are many issues where [DOI] is going to have to start saying no to if we’re going to protect clean air, wildlife, water quality. But they’re not there yet. They seem to want to be able to say yes and find a way to justify it … for the Interior Department, which is part of the Obama administration, which is supposedly serious about confronting climate change, for them to bend over backwards to keep the oil and gas industry in business is confusing to say the least.” Randi Spivak, public lands program director for the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) agrees. “For decades, the BLM has allowed sage-grouse habitat to be torn up and they basically say yes to every industrial request for degrading public lands,” she says. “We are still seeing levels of development that are likely going to be negative for the sage-grouse and its habitat.” Over and over again, BLM officials spoke of the “case-by-case” nature of putting these plans into place as new oil and gas development proposals make it into their offices. They weren’t able to answer specific questions regarding possible development scenarios, stating that each potential project in sagegrouse habitat will be evaluated individually. “These [plans] aren’t just the end all and be all. These set up the overall guidance and the overall policy. Further development [in sage-grouse habitat] is going to have to fit under this guidance,” says Snow from BLM. Under the LUPA/EIS guidelines, each proposed project will undergo varying levels of environmental review that will consider site-specific characteristics before any new oil and gas See SAGE-GROUSE Page 14

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development is approved. This approach makes it difficult to understand how the plans will tangibly protect sage-grouse populations. “You can have a promise in a plan or a goal. But unless the plan actually says how and when it will get implemented on the ground then you have a plan on paper,” says Spivak. WildEarth Guardians, the CBD and several other conservation groups filed protests to the BLM plans on June 29, asking the federal agency to delineate a clear time-line for practical, onthe-ground conservation measures to begin. The protests also specifically chronicle each aspect of the LUPA/EIS that diverts from scientific data and provide remedies that they believe will make the plan stronger and more likely to withstand the USFWS scrutiny. “We’re not saying stop, we’re saying keep going, there is still important room for improvement,” Spivak says. Both Spivak and Molvar say their goal isn’t an Endangered Species Act listing per say, but simply protections for sage-grouse that will ensure healthy and thriving populations. The plans, as currently written, don’t provide that, according to Molvar. “The sage-grouse don’t have any hard and fast protections they can count on,” he says. The BLM plans are currently undergoing a 60-day Governor’s Consistency Review process in which Gov. Hickenlooper can either sign off on the plans or appeal them. In a press release from May 29, the governor said he’s “cautiously optimistic” about the BLM proposed final LUPA/EIS. “Of course, these are significant documents and we need time to carefully read and review them to see how various concerns from cooperating agencies have been addressed,” he said. Gov. Hickenlooper has until the end of July to release a verdict, but while the fight over the BLM plans continue, the USFWS must also consider the governor’s Colorado Plan when making its decision whether or not to list the bird.

The other half of the equation “If all the habitat was on federal land this wouldn’t be as difficult as it is,” says John Swartout, senior policy advisor for Gov. Hickenlooper. While BLM manages half of sage-grouse habitat in Northwestern Colorado, the other half is either privately owned or managed by state and local governments, resulting in massive collaborative efforts between the state, the oil and gas industry, ranchers and other private 14 July 16, 2015

landowners all trying to prevent an ESA listing for the greater sage-grouse. Swartout says this model is based on former Gov. Roy Romer’s efforts to keep species off the endangered species list through collaborative engagement with local governments and private landowners. “He said, ‘You know they don’t come after the list once they’re on the list … it stops the bleeding but it doesn’t turn it around,’” Swartout says. While serving as Colorado governor between 1987 and 1999, Romer began investing in scientific research conducted by CPW and the state has been continuing that investment ever since. To date, Colorado has garnered approximately $70 million in both state and private funding for sage-grouse research and conservation, Swartout says. “Show me another state that has made that kind of investment in sagegrouse and sagebrush habitat,” he challenges. The funding has been used to conduct site-specific data collection of sage-grouse populations in order to better inform the USFWS decision. “USFWS doesn’t have science. They really don’t, they just go out and do a study of the science that is out there and a lot of that is driven by specific interest,” Swartout argues. “You have industry who does science, often times looking for an outcome, and you have advocates on the listing side that do science toward an outcome. And then you have science.” Gov. Hickenlooper is using this CPW scientific research, known as the Colorado Package, in his attempt to allay the USFWS’s concerns. He issued Executive Order D 2015-004 Conserving Greater Sage-Grouse Habitat on May 15, outlining the state’s plan to manage the sagebrush ecosystem in Colorado, while continuing to allow oil and gas development. “We’re going to have the toughest environmental regulations but we’re not going to be opposed to development. We’re going to find the right balance,” Swartout says. Gov. Hickenlooper’s plan relies primarily on voluntary buy-in from stakeholders and while some landowners are active in conservation efforts, others are not. “It’s unclear that the sage-grouse is going to expect science-based protections in terms of industrial development density on private lands in Colorado because even if the plan was strong it is unclear that the governor would be willing to apply that to private lands,” says Molvar with WildEarth Guardians. Boulder Weekly

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Add to that the complexity of oil and mineral rights, and Molvar says there is no guarantee for sage-grouse survival on private lands in Colorado. The order does direct the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC) to use its full regulatory authority to help mitigate oil and gas development impacts through its 1,200-series rules, while “respecting the ownership rights of federal, local government and private land owners.” Stein, from USFWS, says that Gov. Hickenlooper’s executive order is a step in the right direction, but still leaves room for questions. The USFWS would like further evaluation of the COGCC regulations that could result in strengthening sage-grouse habitat conservation. USFWS also specifically, “requested to see a commitment with a date certain to implement any changes [the COGCC] review uncovered or identified,” Stein says. Gov. Hickenlooper’s order also directs CPW to create a database of their consultations with landowners in order to measure effectiveness of suggested management practices. Currently, CPW consults with oil and gas developers about the impacts of their projects but aren’t required to implement their recommendations and are also free to waive consultation. CPW recommendations only become enforceable through the permitting process whereby CPW negotiates with the companies, agreeing on which regulations will be captured in the permit. Ver Steeg from CPW predicts the new database will entice companies to receive consultation, rather than waive it. “I think companies now will see [the database] and know that it is to their advantage to confer with us as much as they possibly can because we are going to be required to document occasions where we don’t. I don’t think that most of them would want to waive that opportunity,” he says. And the executive order directs the Department of Natural Resources to work with partners to launch the Colorado Habitat Exchange, which is part of a larger exchange program developed by the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) uniting the oil and gas industry, private landowners and governors of several western states. It is designed to help mitigate sagegrouse population decline, but can theoretically be used to help conserve a variety of other species in the future. As part of the Exchange, scientists will meet with landowners and oil and gas developers during a site visit and determine how their activities are impacting the habitat. Then, the scienBoulder Weekly

tists will calculate how much in percieved debt they are, based on specific quantification methods, which will then determine how much credit they owe. “The price of the credit will be determined through negotiations between the buyer and the seller … the market will determine the price,” says Eric Holst, executive director of EDF. Since the Exchange hasn’t been implemented on the ground, Holst was unable to estimate what it might cost for an oil and gas company to develop in sage-grouse habitat, but he did emphasize that the credit sites will have to create larger conservation values than the project impacts. “Each debit, under the compensatory mitigation system, would have to be offset with higher credit; there’s going to be a net benefit on every debit that occurs,” he says. “This is a completely unproven system that is likely to permit excessive levels of impact in prime sage-grouse habitat in exchange for speculative levels of improvement in the future,” says Molvar. According to him, mitigation banks have historically resulted in net-losses to species. For example, $60 million was committed to conservation projects in the Jonah Field and Pinedale Anticline region of western Wyoming to mitigate habitat destruction. “All that money was spent but not a single project was able to register an increase in sage-grouse populations as a result. Meanwhile those gas fields have destroyed some of the richest sage-grouse habitats in the country. That’s what you get with conservation banking,” he says. While admitting oil and gas companies presumably have “deep pockets” and will be able to easily pay off any amount of impact debt through the Exchange, “I think they also do behave in cost-saving ways,” Holst says. However, like everything else for private landowners in the executive order, participation in the Colorado Habitat Exchange is voluntary. “There’s no obligation on private or state land to offset your impact. But there’s incentive encouragement to offset your impacts,” says Holst. “The Governor wants to pin everything on a promise and a promise that they’ll do the right thing, yet with no clear standards, no certainty that the right thing will happen at the end of the day,” says Nichols from WildEarth Guardians. He continues to say that he doesn’t doubt Gov. Hickenlooper’s love of wildlife, but “he loves the oil and gas industry more.” See SAGE-GROUSE Page 16

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USFWS’ Stein also raises concerns about the voluntary language in the order. “While we would always applaud voluntary actions, sometimes judges that review our decisions would like to see more certainty that those actions would actually be implemented if we’re going to be basing decisions on them,” he says. Swartout says the Governor’s hands are tied — local governments have land use control and private landowners have property rights that prevent the state from making any of their recommendations mandatory. While this may be true, the Hickenlooper administration has not shied away from suing local governments claiming the right to regulate land use when it comes to oil and gas drilling. “You can pass all the Draconian rules and regulations you want but if landowners shut down and stop cooperating, you’re not going to positively affect the direction of this bird,” Swartout says. He assures that a listing will also alienate landowners. “It’s always an argument that if you list [a species], nobody is going to want to work with you,” says Gina Glenne, a biologist with the USFWS working on Gunnison sage-grouse conservation. The Gunnison grouse, an entirely different species with a population of less than 5,000 birds, 85 percent of which are in Gunnison County, was listed as a threatened species under the ESA in 2014. “When we listed the bird we heard rumblings of people wanting to pull out of [their conservation agreements],” Glenne says. But the agreements provide assurances that have remained in light of the listing and Glenne hasn’t had any landowners back track. “They can continue to do what they were doing [in terms of conservation] on their property before the listing,” she says. However, CPW has pulled funding for Gunnison sage-grouse conservation since the listing because “we fundamentally disagreed” with the USFWS decision, says Ver Steeg. The agency spent $42 million in conservation efforts for the Gunnison grouse before the listing. CPW’s main criticism is the lack of a solid recovery plan outlined by USFWS. “We don’t want to spend [funds] in ways that don’t move the needle in terms of recovery. We want to make sure we’re not going off in the wrong direction,” Ver Steeg says. “We can’t afford to just waste our money or our staff time so we would want to know whatever we do moving forward would move us closer to recovery.”

While it’s difficult to imagine how pulling $42 million from Gunnison sage-grouse research and development helps the bird recover, it’s more obvious how pulling the state funds, along with the current lawsuit filed by the Colorado state attorney general’s office against the USFWS listing, benefits the oil and gas industry since the Gunnison sage-grouse known and potential habitat extends into oil and gas fields in Northwestern Colorado. Although CPW is heavily involved in developing the management plan to avoid an ESA listing for the greater sage-grouse, Ver Steeg points out that USFWS will more heavily scrutinize state plans where there are larger bird populations, such as Wyoming. He is also relying on the BLM plans to have a large impact on the decision. “If the BLM plans get it right, they will go a long way of convincing the Service that there are adequate regulatory mechanisms in place to eliminate the need to list,” he says. “What we are talking about here [in terms of the Colorado Package] are things that are on the margin, I would expect them in the larger scale in the range-wide listing to not have a lot of weight.” Swartout concludes the Colorado Plan, incorporating the CPW’s Colorado Package, Gov. Hickenlooper’s executive order and the BLM LUPA/ EIS creates an “uneasy alliance” between federal land use agencies, the state, counties and private landowners. “We’re all in this together and it isn’t easy … But we’re moving in the right direction,” he says. But Nichols doesn’t buy the collaboration argument. “Conservation is defined by actual conservation outcomes not by how much collaboration happened or how comprehensive the planning was. We’re focused on metrics that matter and metrics that the robust science has put together,” he says. And the sage-grouse issue begs a much larger question in Nichols’ estimation: “Is it time to start saying no? Is it time to just accept the fact that oil and gas is just not going to happen in some places and accept that as the reality?” he says. “When you layer the climate realities over the sage-grouse realities, then it becomes pretty clear that’s exactly where we need to go. But we’re a long ways from getting responsible officials to embrace that truth.”

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news in Washington threaten to further delay definitive sage-grouse conservation. First of all, the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 determining federal funding includes a rider preventing the USFWS from spending any money on a listing decision. “If our status review brought us to a point where we felt the bird was still warranted [for a listing] then we could not move forward and spend any money to decide whether it was threatened or endangered until the rider is removed from the funding bill,” Stein says. However, the USFWS is operating on a “new business model” according to Stein, one that spends its resources on pre-listing conservation efforts to improve the condition of sage-grouse populations throughout the West before the Sept. 30 deadline. “The bureaucratic landscape of our decision space is constrained by this rider, but in the practical conservation landscape we can continue to do all of the things that we have been doing and support all of the partners who are working so hard to try and fix this problem before it ends up in a listing situation,” he concludes. To further complicate matters, Colorado Senator Cory Gardner introduced the Sage-Grouse Conservation and Protection Act (S.1036) on April 22, 2015. The bill proposes to transfer sage-grouse management and conservation plans from federal agencies on federal lands to the Western states’ plans. The federal agencies would still collaborate with the states in terms of scientific data collection, but under the proposed law, the federal agencies would be subject to the state plans for the implementation of conservation measures on federal lands. Players on all sides of the argument don’t support the Act, saying it will only delay the planning process and sage-grouse conservation even longer. “The Governor’s take on it is that we’re working together right now within this process to reach an outcome. We’re not supportive of the legislation because we think we should finish this effort,” says Swartout. The Act could delay a USFWS decision up to six years and doing so “doesn’t create any certainty for people to make long-term financial investments,” Swartout says. Irrespective of Washington’s antics, Stein says the USFWS is proceeding with the status review of the various federal and state plans, including current data about the overall health of the sage-grouse species, with every intenBoulder Weekly

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Who will win the tug of war? With conservation groups fighting for stricter land management plans, oil and gas industry and other interests pushing for more oil and gas development, federal agencies and states promoting a more collaborative approach based on compromise and Washington restricting USFWS funding, it’s impossible to say whether or not the greater sage-grouse and its crucial sagebrush habitat will survive. Regardless of what the USFWS ultimately decides, everyone, from Swartout, to CPW, to conservation scientists and even USFWS, expect the sage-grouse to end up in front of a federal judge. “We fully anticipate that this [decision] will be litigated like the last decision and the one before that,” Stein says. “It’s all just part of the process … an essential piece of the checks and balance system to make sure that these decisions are well thought out and defensible within the bounds of the statute.” At that point, it will be up to the courts to decide the status of the greater sage-grouse and the entire Western sagebrush ecosystem, as it continues to battle threats of anthropogenic degradation. Sandra Goodwin for one doesn’t have much hope for the birds. Although she has seen sage-grouse return to her lek in Wyoming, it’s in fewer numbers than she saw previous to the nearby oil and gas operations. Plus, after the gravel mine finished hauling its allotted limits in front of Goodwin’s house several years ago, the company applied for a small mine permit to further gravel excavation. Wyoming Game and Fish Department approved the project after meeting with oil and gasdevelopers three different times to figure out the level of disturbance. “If Game and Fish hadn’t juggled the land designation, that mine would have been over the allowed percentage of disturbance. It’s core habitat and the mine is within 4 miles of the lek,” Goodwin says. “The core area stuff is just lip service. … That’s what they’re going to do is they are going to meet with Game and Fish and juggle stuff around so industry can get in and do what they want to do.” This is a difficult observation considering the fate of the greater sagegrouse, and the West as we know it, may be at stake.

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the functions of the microbiome. Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder’s BioFrontiers Institute have found that it’s affected by everything we do, from where and how we are born, to the food and chemicals we ingest. Medical researchers suspect that changes to our communities of microscopic organisms are linked to obesity, diabetes and certain cancers. They know that antibiotics play a significant role in the life of those microbes. In addition to acting as an herbicide, glyphosate is a powerful antibiotic. Monsanto got a patent from the U.S. government to use glyphosate as an antibiotic in 2010. Like any antibiotic it kills the good along with the bad. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention began warning about overuse of antibiotics in 2013 because they are concerned about antibiotic-resistant infections. The more antibiotics we use, the more bacteria develop resistance to them. “An antibiotic usually you get a prescription for,” Smith says. “Here’s a very powerful antibiotic that has a broadspectrum capacity for killing bacteria and it’s sprayed on our food — it’s in our water; it’s in our air.” In the mid ’80s the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) determined that glyphosate caused cancer in mice, but they took it back in 1991 after reevaluating the study, according to the New York Times. Then, as now, they only tested glyphosate rather than the full chemical cocktail of Roundup. A 2014 study in France found that Roundup is 125 times more toxic than glyphosate alone. Contrary to its reputation as harmless, Roundup was “by far the most toxic” of the six herbicides and insecticides the French study examined. In 2013, the EPA raised the allowable limits of glyphosate residue on food — from 20 parts per million to 40 parts per million in oilseed crops. And foods like carrots, sweet potatoes, beets and onions can now be sold with 15 to 25 times more glyphosate than previously allowed. Paradoxically, an EPA fact sheet about glyphosate says that chronic long-term exposure to highlevels of glyphosate can cause kidney damage and reproductive problems. Before it became a weed killer, glyphosate was used as a chemical descaler, cleaning mineral deposits out of pipes and boilers. The metal chelating properties of glyphosate have invited speculation as a possible cause of a mysterious kidney disease attacking farmers in Sri Lanka, India and parts of Central America. Chronic Kidney Disease of Unknown etiology — called

such because its cause is a mystery — has killed more than 20,000 in Sri Lanka alone and has been on the rise for decades. A study published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health posits glyphosate is to blame. Glyphosate bonds with heavy metals like arsenic and cadmium, and it smuggles them through the liver and into the kidney. There the bonds break, and together the toxins destroy the kidney. The study suggests that high use of Roundup in an area where arsenic and cadmium are known to exist could be causing the epidemic. The World Health Organization lists possible causes of the disease as arsenic, cadmium, pesticides, hard water consumption, dehydration and exposure to high temperatures. Monsanto has brushed off claims that glyphosate may be linked to kidney problems. Even so, complete to partial bans on glyphosate have popped up in Colombia, Sri Lanka, Denmark, France, the Netherlands and California. “One of the issues that we’re dealing with is the power of Monsanto to disinform and highjack regulatory bodies here and around the world,” Smith says. Monsanto was convicted of false advertising first in New York and then in France, where claims that glyphosate was readily biodegradable were refuted. Their own science showed that only 2 percent of glyphosate biodegrades in 28 days. Even after losing the case in New York they continued the false ad campaign in Europe. “They continued to advertise it falsely in Europe until they were convicted there and had to pay 28,000 euros,” Smith says. “From a business standpoint, it paid to lie, but from an ethical standpoint, it’s been a disaster. “We believe there’s significant justification for an immediate ban,” Smith says. He wants glyphosate eliminated not only from the 100,000 acres in Boulder County’s jurisdiction, but also from school grounds and other private lands where it’s use is up to citizens. The EPA has a list of “minimum risk” pesticides that can be used in place of Roundup. They rely on products such as citric acid, corn meal, garlic and mint instead. When the City of Boulder banned Roundup, it switched to “mechanical means” or good oldfashioned weeding. “Boulder is really a lighthouse for the nation in organic, natural and healthy living,” Smith says. “Everyone in Boulder knows that. It makes complete sense that Boulder takes the leadership in this area.” Boulder Weekly

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Boulder Mayor Matthew Appelbaum was hand selected to attend a Vatican conference on two issues the Pope says are related emergencies: climate change and human trafficking. The event calls on mayors and local authorities to apply moral pressure on the United Nations to set goals for sustainable development and to consider human trafficking a crime against humanity, according to the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences. Their description of the conference states: “Global warming is one of the causes of poverty and forced migration, which are breeding grounds for human trafficking, forced labour, prostitution and organ trafficking.” Appelbaum is among a group of 17 mayors from the Carbon Neutral Cities Alliance who were invited to the two-day conference starting July 21 titled “Modern Slavery and Climate Change: The Commitment of the Cities.” “The City of Boulder’s leadership on climate change is globally recognized, and earned us a spot at this important meeting,” Appelbaum said in a press release. “We have an opportunity to share our community’s commitment to serious climate change initiatives in the presence of Pope Francis, who has already called on the world to find ways to address the climate crisis and its connections to human environments.” The conference follows the Pope’s June 18 encyclical Laudato Si, in which he declared climate change a principal problem for everyone living on Earth. “The earth, our home, is beginning to look more and more like an immense pile of filth,” he wrote. — Mollie Putzig

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from the Midwest fell in love with kayaking. loating downstream on the Colorado River “It’s a beautiful sport — it’s like you become a fish between the red limestone walls of Marble or something,” Mattson says. “You can just dance in Canyon on a makeshift raft, John Mattson the river.” spots a big drop. The Courtesy of John Mattson This inspired the title of the rushing waves of semi-autobiography he pubBadger Creek Rapid are ahead. lished in 2008, Dancing on the He and his friends scout the Edge of an Endangered Planet. rapid for a clean entry. A more The trip to Grand Canyon is experienced paddler breaks from only one among a collection of the group and slides down the stories about skiing, climbing middle of the river into a big and kayaking around the evereddy at the bottom. With little changing world. Mattson will time to contemplate, Mattson give a talk about the book at drops into the surge, trying to Neptune Mountaineering on follow the same easy path. July 23. “All of the sudden we were Nankoweap Canyon, a gorge near “In the early ’70s, I could in there, and the waves were Marble Canyon encountered by John sense the problems with the huge,” Mattson says. “It was just Mattson and a group of 14 kayakers who paddled 280 miles down the Colorado environment,” Mattson like a wild roller coaster ride.” River in 1983. explains. “It was becoming His nervousness becomes an obvious already to me, and I adrenaline rush as he flies over just decided that I wanted to pursue nature instead of the towering waves. The raft flips from the pressure business.” and he manages to paddle the deep waters until he On that trip down the Colorado River in late reaches the eddy, completing his first descent through his largest rapid yet. see WANDERER Page 24 That was the moment the climber and ski junky July 16 , 2015 23

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spring of 1983, Mattson traversed tains health. I think that small 280 miles to Lake Mead with a doses of reasonable amounts [act] 14-person crew in less than a kind of like the Fountain of month. Since then, he’s traveled Youth. It definitely seems to have down rivers and canyons from that kind of affect for me because Chile to Tibet. But the trip I hope to be doing this when I’m through the Grand Canyon still 80.” stands out in his memory. He’s eager to share the ways “I was in my boat everyday adventure and extreme sports for 23 days, and it did wonders have kept him healthy and fit. for my technique. I’d just turned The challenges he encounters on 30, I was going through my first mountaintops and along deep life crisis,” he says. “The new rivers keep him pushing on energy … I felt like I was 20 through the years. Between his again.” time spent writing and working The Grand Canyon not only on home-building projects, he taught him to love the unpredicttakes classes in inspirational able nature of whitewater but also speaking. invigorated his passion for travel. “[Adventure] pushes you But it took some persuading beyond what you normally think to get the 30-year-old to greet you can really do,” Mattson says. those rapids. Years earlier, his “My advice for people is: Get out climbing partner talked him into of your comfort zone.” signing up for the trip, but they The lure of wild and remote places is another reason why had to wait for the permit. At the Mattson continues to take lesstime, Mattson was in his early traveled roads. One of his most 20s and studying computer scistrenuous excursions was a ence at Arizona State University. 17-day kayaking trip across That’s where he discovered skiNepal along the Huma Kernali. ing, a sport that eventually put Pummeling through Class V rapschool on the backburner and John Mattson receives a good luck blessing from a Buddhist monk in a Kathmandu temple before his 241-mile journey on the high waters of Nepal’s Humla Karnali in 1998. ids was well worth the tropical occupied most of his time for the scenery the group found along next 15 years. He became a carthe banks of the river. penter and worked as a gold then. To Mattson, the experience of being miner in South Dakota to fund his On a kayaking trip in Peru in 2009, in such a wild place trumped all else. “The boats had to be dragged up a three-month alpine excursions along Mattson survived an earthquake while Coropuna was one of the many climbsteep, 30-foot bank, but the reward was the West Coast. Then he moved to camping near one of the world’s deeping and ski trips Brooks and Mattson an absolute paradise,” Mattson wrote in Aspen, Colorado. est canyons in the Colca Valley in the have enjoyed over the past 18 years. his book. “We spent the night in an “When you move to a ski town, you city of Arequipa. His crew cautiously Their first skiing trip in Patagonia, in irrigated orchard, with a flat terrace, move there for the skiing,” Mattson ran through Class V rapids down a nar- 2003, sparked a passion in Brooks to running water, and hundreds of bloomexplains, “and then you discover kayakrow stream that offered no chance of explore. And their years spent trekking ing plants and chirping birds.” ing and mountain climbing, and next escaping via foot. Andean condors ciracross remote mountain ranges, skiing That adventure, one that released thing you know you’re 64.” cled above him, creating a glimpse into volcanoes, mountain biking and rock Mattson from the grasp of industrialThere, he competed in ski jump the prehistoric. The descent is one of climbing has led Brooks to keep seekized American society, eventually contests and even attempted profession- Mattson’s scariest and most beautiful ing out wild places. Brooks says, brought him back safely to the reality al-league Western rodeo. Later in his memories, he says. Mattson inspired him to ride his he struggles to accept. 30s, he started to get serious. He moved He felt like he was “dropping into a motorcycle from arctic Alaska to the “The voyage suddenly ended at a Southern-most tip of South America. to Boulder and finished school at the whole other world,” he explains. “The large suspension bridge, which marked University of Colorado Boulder — whole thing was kind of mind shatter“It’s easy to get lazy and stay at our passing back into the Twentieth earning a bachelor’s degree in architecing. I’d never do it again.” home and watch other people do things Century,” he wrote. “It came complete on TV or see nature from afar,” tural engineering. Mattson started his Mattson recently returned from a with all the noise and fumes and madBrooks argues, “but [Mattson] has own design and building company soon trip to Arequipa earlier this month, ness that modern technology has been a tremendous inspiration in getafter graduation. The business took off where he climbed and skied down brought to this endangered planet.” ting me to delve deeper into nature and fast and funded his first international Coropuna, the largest volcano in Peru, He found a similar but sadder scene develop my own spirit for adventure.” trip to Peru in 1978. with his longtime ski partner James in 1998, on a return visit to the Bío-Bío Brooks. The team didn’t summit the Brooks, who is 20 years younger than “I had to save for a year to get River in Chile. Mattson had kayaked 21,075-foot peak, but reached their Mattson, has benefited from Mattson’s enough money to [go to Peru] as a carthe river in 1985 with a group of goal of 20,000 feet and turned back honed high-altitude mountaineering penter, and then I just totally lucked friends who made a documentary film when conditions became dangerous. and climbing skills. The physical and out.” Mattson explains. “I met all [of ] about their journey through remote “If you get caught in a bad storm … mental strength 64-year-old Mattson these other climbers from Canada and tropical forests and volcanoes. The river gains from doing extreme sports is he’s the guy you want to be with,” the U.S.” was dammed in 1996 — in a spot that another fuel for his travels across the Brooks says of Mattson. “He’s got a He climbed some of the Andes’ was known as the Valley of One globe. highest peaks and a 20,000-foot sumvery enduring quality about him that Hundred Waterfalls — ending rafting “I’m a confessed adrenaline junky,” mit in Bolivia while visiting, he says, just makes you want to go spend time on the river and displacing the indigeand has been to Peru six times since in the mountains with him.” Mattson admits. “I really think it main- nous Pehuenche people. 24 July 16, 2015

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How Ansel Adams’ Photos Made America a better place by Natalia Bayona

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“Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico” (1941) Ansel Adams/Courtesy of Jim Alinder

for me to think of. You have to do this.” f it doesn’t meet my standards, tear them So, Alinder did. She later scrutinized over 70 up,” Ansel Adams tells his chief assistant other photos that made it into the collection along Mary Alinder. with “Moonrise,” a body of Adams’ work that’s It’s 1979, and Alinder sits at a table with traveled the world’s musea stack of 22 prints ums and galleries for of “Moonrise, Hernandez, decades called the Museum New Mexico” in Adams’ Set. photography studio in Almost 50 of those Carmel-by-the-Sea, photos are being shown at California and begins to the Foothills Art Center seek out the photographic in the exhibition Ansel qualities that merit Adams’ Adams: Masterworks. The approval. But by the time set includes iconic images lunch was called, she hadn’t like “Moonrise, trashed one. Hernandez, New Mexico” “I sat there thinking … and “Monolith, The Face they were selling for of Half Dome.” Lesser$10,000 on the open marknown portraits of Adams’ ket, and it could feed a friends and everyday rural family forever in India,” “Frozen Lake and Cliffs,” (1932) Ansel Adams/ scenes, like “Oak Tree, she recalls. Courtesy of Jim Alinder Rain,” appear in the collecIrresolute, she explains tion. herself to Adams. “[Masterworks] is a great combination of things “You’re standing between me and how people consider my work,” Adams protests. “If prints go see ANSEL ADAMS Page 28 out that don’t meet my standards — it’s impossible July 16, 2015 27

“Monolith, The Face of Half Dome” (1927) Ansel Adams/Courtesy of Jim Alinder

“The Golden Gate Before the Bridge” (1932) Ansel Adams/Courtesy of Jim Alinder

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Ansel Adams with his 8-by-10 inch view camera atop of a car platform retrofitted for landscape work (1950). ANSEL ADAMS from Page 27

that he personally responded to as well as things that “He did not believe in days off — it was hard for he knew everybody wanted to see and have,” says me to get a day off. It was always work.” Marianne Lorenz, Foothills Art Center’s curator. Adams was reprinting pictures to create high-conThis patchwork of Adams’ life’s work not only trast and dark tones. Only through years of daily pracshowcases his diverse interests and sought-after artistic tice did he reach the point where technical proficiency technique but also translates across a strong preservaled to creative innovation. tionist philosophy. The photographer’s drive for artistic “As he got old, lots of the prints became very, very perfection helped carry out that dark,” Lorenz explains. “He really message and, ultimately, preserve started to love that sort of highthe wild places he loved the most. contrast look.” ON THE BILL: Ansel Adams: Every print in the Museum Set Training as a professional piaMatsterworks. Foothills Art Center, 809 15th St., Golden, 303-279was handmade by Adams during nist in his teens gave him the 3922. Through Aug. 30. Lecture the last few years of his life, a time rigor needed to achieve those Series on Ansel Adams: Artist and when his technical skills were high standards in craftsmanship. Conservationist, 2 p.m., Sundays, July 12, 19, 26, and August 2. highly refined. He met the project His 8-by-10 inch view camera with thrust. Well into his 70s, he allowed him to control every spent nearly 13 hours every day in aspect of focus and exposure. He the darkroom retouching images to his liking. even helped develop the Zone System, a method for “It kind of killed me to see him doing the museum perfecting exposure and development used by many sets,” Alinder recalls. “He had a valve replacement in photographers today. He mastered this technique in his heart in 1979, and he was not super strong. He black-and-white and preferred the classic look to colwas aging quickly at that point. [He was] very bright ored photographs. Through such precision, Adams illustrated the magnificence of the many American mentally but, physically, it took its toll on him. Alinder was also hired to complete Adams’ autobi- landscapes he visited throughout his lifetime. “What Ansel stood for all of his life was the creography during those years and spent considerable ation of beauty. ... That was the most important thing time with him while he was busy making prints. 28 July 16, 2015

he could do,” Alinder says. Adams found beauty in the mountains and valleys not far from his home on the foggy banks of the Golden Gate in San Francisco, California. He was raised as a transcendentalist and believed exploring nature was a gateway to “the Eternal.” “He felt that, with the greatest of his photographs, what he was trying to do was transcend reality and provide for the viewer a glimpse into that higher reality,” she adds. His yearly summer visits to Yosemite National Park led to his affinity for the Western wilderness and its expansive landscapes. On steep hikes through the mountains with the members of the Sierra Club, Adams learned to capture ephemeral light using long exposures. And in 1927, he adopted the unique style of using light to create drama, a technique that the Museum Set so explicitly highlights. He used a dark red filter to capture the emotions brought on by the contrast of a clear sky and Yosemite’s snowy peaks at 4,000 feet when photographing “Monolith, The Face of Half Dome.” The Museum Set’s “Frozen Lake and Cliffs, Precipice Lake, Sequoia National Park” and “Winter Sunrise, Sierra Nevada from Lone Pine, California” are other examples of his manipulative technique. The position of sunlight in “Frozen Lake” and Boulder Weekly

buzz “Monolith” seek out sharp, vivid details in the granite, giving the viewer a sense of time and presence. The Foothills Art Center identifies the geological processes in placards next to these and most other prints in the set to give an idea of exactly how light functions as an interpretive tool in Adams’ photographs. The placard next to “Frozen Lake” notes how the sunlight accentuates “joints” in the rock surface that appear as a result of “mountain building” and the melting of glaciers over geological time. His goal was to show detail in the darkest of blacks and the lightest of whites, Alinder says. “[He] need[ed] to have light at the right angle to make the most of a rock … and to highlight all of the edges and the insides, to achieve and communicate the textures that he was seeing.” Adams’ style quickly lent him attention. In the late ’30s, his career bloomed as he began creating collections of his alpine photographs and worked as the Sierra Club’s official photographer. The environmentalist’s 53-year-long involvement with the club could be best represented in his 1937 book Sierra Nevada: The John Muir Trail, a collection of photos he took while trailing through the High Sierra. As a result of this book, U.S. Secretary of Interior Harold L. Ickes lobbied Congress to create Kings Canyon National Park. The combined power of Adams’ activism and art led to many other environmental triumphs as well. He campaigned to protect the areas he loved until his death, even while printing the thousands of photos for the Museum Set by hand. “He wrote political letters every single day of his life,” Alinder explains. “Every president asked to meet with him on environmental matters.” Indeed, Adams’ photographs carried more than aesthetic value. Many argue his pictures defined the sacred value of Western wilderness at a time when America was searching for identity and environmental security in the early 20th century. The landscape photos in Masterworks, like early shots of Yosemite, were patriotic in that way. “The Frontier had just closed when he was born. He had these high ideals and these amazing photographs of the America that we all idealized,” Lorenz explains. “It’s not America as it really was, it’s America as we wish her to be.” Members of The Nature Conservancy gave a lecture at the Foothills Art Center last month to commemorate Adams work as a symbol of inspiration. The visitors argued Boulder Weekly

his vision led audiences to reconnect with the outdoors. Senior Conservation Ecologist of The Nature Conservancy’s Colorado Program Chris Pague saw Adams’ relationship with wild places shine through in many prints of the set. “[Adams] could see in a picture not only what it was that he loved about what he was seeing but what he wanted that photograph to give to you and me,”

Pague told the audience at the lecture. Adams’ contribution to environmentalism was greatly realized after his death in 1984. The Minarets Wilderness near Yosemite National Park is now the Ansel Adams Wilderness and Mt. Ansel Adams stands near the Merced River on the edge of the park. In looking through the Museum Set, the Foothills Art Center sees why.

“[Adams’ work] is something that we can look at, that we can aspire to,” Lorenz said at the lecture. “It’s something that we can go back to time and time again and refine our roots, which are so closely associated with the wilderness and, consequently, with conservation and preservation. “[Adams] reminds us of where we come from, and he also reminds us what we can become.”

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olorado’s high-altitude gem, the Central trol and expression. The decorative passages were not City Opera, opened Saturday night ( July mere technical display, but expressions of her fickle 11) with a winning production of Verdi’s nature before she discovers her love for Alfredo. Her La Traviata. The production, under the signature aria “Sempre libera” (Forever free) was just direction of John Baril and stage direction one shade too insistent, as if trying to convince herby Elise Sandell, runs in repertory through Aug. 8. self. And in the final scene, Dehn used the contrast This Traviata is set in 19th-century Paris, with no between the full-voiced singing that Verdi demands, signs of updating or directorial high-handedness. The and more halting moments to convey the contrast sets by Peter Harrison are traditional but effective, between Violetta’s soaring spirit and her failing body. with good use of color and light to set the mood for Opera lovers should fill the house to hear Dehn’s each scene. The party scenes — one with strong blue Violetta. accents, one with deep red against black and gold ­— The orchestra played beautifully under Baril’s made especially direction: supportAmanda Tipton good use of Central ive, precise, never City’s shallow stage. overshadowing the As the ardent singers. The chorus lover Alfredo was outstanding, Germont, Ryan especially the great MacPherson got ensemble at the better through the end of Act II, with evening, starting dramatic contrasts with a somewhat between full voice raw sound and and softer passages. reaching for his top Central City’s notes but ending other major prowith a confident, duction of the pleasing tenor. Troy summer, Leigh and Cook made the Darion’s Man of La elder Germont as Mancha, opens Ellie Dehn, Traviata’s wayward Violetta, gives a fabulous performance sympathetic a char- at the Central City Opera. Wednesday, July acter as possible for 22, and runs the unyielding through Aug. 9. If bourgeois who precipitates the opera’s tragedy. His all you know of this familiar show are sentimental performance was a shade too careful, but his rich bari- performances of “The Impossible Dream,” Central tone won the audience and received well-deserved City’s production will reveal other facets of the script “bravos” at the curtain. and music. But the star of the evening is “la traviata” herself, “There’s nothing sentimental in the production,” “the wayward one” Violetta, and with Ellie Dehn the Court Watson, the set and costume designer, says Opera has a Violetta of the first rank. She has sung at emphatically. Milan’s La Scala and the Metropolitan Opera, and on Director Paul Curran observes that Man of La the strength of her performance here she should have Mancha was written in 1965 — at the height of the more major appearances in her future. Vietnam War and civil rights protests — and begins Blessed with a lovely voice, Dehn sang with conas the story of a man who has been imprisoned for his

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einvention is as American as Edison appro- situated conveniently above Mrs. Lovett’s own failing in an unexpected bit of ickiness, Turpin himself seeks priating Tesla’s work or Donald Trump meat pie establishment. Before long, Sweeney Todd to marry her. cloaking himself in the mantle of legitimate and the morally flexible Mrs. Lovett realize that their Throats are slashed. Soylent Green meat pies are presidential candidacy. Hollywood’s current business plans share a certain synergy. Todd will murmade. Secret identities are revealed, and it’s all set to remake/reboot craze illustrates the pivotal der and rob the occasional customer, and Mrs. Lovett lavish musical accompaniment, which, it turns out, place reinvention occupies in the arts, and theatre is no will dispose of the bodies by turning them into the presented the single biggest production pothole, at stranger to the concept. Whether it’s Romeo and Juliet primary ingredient of her signature fare. least on opening night. Either the orchestra’s volume set in New York City circa 1965, the various versions It’s worth noting that with this plot contrivance was set too high or the actors’ mics were set too low of The Phantom of the Opera or English play- Taylor Roberts because the music drowned out the performwright Christopher Bond’s reimagining of a ers in all but the quietest moments. This penny dreadful villain as a crucible of rightechnical snafu must be resolved if audiences teous revenge, theatre embraces reinvention are to have any hope of actually hearing the with vim, vigor and a canny eye for profit. dialogue and lyrics. Bond’s adaptation of Sweeney Todd placed Aside from that issue, however, the cast the character on the road to theatrical fame, and crew of Sweeney Todd by and large but it wasn’t until American composer and deliver. As with any amateur production, lyricist Stephen Sondheim, of A funny Thing there were moments of shuddering disharHappened on the Way to the Forum and Into mony and questionable acting, costuming the Woods fame, turned Bond’s play into a and set design choices, but there were also darkly rollicking musical that the character some clear triumphs. Chief among them and this newly-minted iteration of his story was Lizzy Scholz’s portrayal of Mrs. achieved true immortality. Sondheim’s Lovett. Unlike anyone else on stage, Scholz Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet adopted and maintained an English accent Street garnered numerous Tony awards and for the entire show. Her singing was spawned the popular 2007 Johnny Deppstrong, and her acting equally so. Her duet starring film of the same name. Now, the with Warren on the Act One closer, “A CenterStage Theatre Company brings the Little Priest,” was easily Sweeney Todd’s mad barber’s murderous exploits to Boulder proudest moment. for a two-week run. The CenterStage Theatre Company has Brandon Warren and Lizzy Scholz give steller performances as Sweeney Todd and Mrs. Lovett, respectively. Sweeney Todd begins with the return of devoted the past 25 years to turning kids on Sweeney Todd (Brandon Warren), bent on to live theatre. Focused on middle school revenge, to London. Fifteen years earlier, a vicious, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street aspires through college-aged performers — with some outlier, malignant judge, Turpin (Nathan Elllgren), took a likto social commentary. The notion is that Todd and older-skewing shows like its upcoming production of ing to Todd’s beautiful wife. Turpin had Todd brought Lovett are balancing the societal scales by turning Avenue Q — CenterStage’s dedication both to educatup on bogus charges then convicted him and sening and empowering youth and to the Front Range upper class oppressors into food for the lower class tenced him to be transported to the penal colony of theatre scene is undeniable. In a novel, reparatory-style oppressed. It’s a cute conceit but one the musical fails Australia. Turpin took from Todd his wife, his young twist for a production of this size, CenterStage is preto follow through on. daughter, his livelihood and his freedom. Was there senting Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Judge Turpin, it turns out, has raised Sweeney ever any better reason for revenge? with two alternating casts. Though it is essentially a Todd’s daughter, Johanna (Sienna Sewell), as his own. Penniless and desperate, Todd’s luck takes a turn This creates a passel of plot perversions as Todd’s asso- high school musical, which we all know offer up wildly for the better when Mrs. Lovett (Lizzy Scholz) recogvaried levels of quality, CenterStage’s Sweeney Todd is a ciate, a sailor named Anthony ( Jacob Bloom), falls in nizes him and offers him his old shop space, which is love with Johanna, Todd seeks to reunite with her and, bloody good time.

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DJ Royal Swan and Friends. 5 p.m. Shine Restaurant & Gathering Place, 2027 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-0120.

Blue Canyon Boys. 6:30 p.m. Sandstone Park, 301 Railroad Ave., Lyons. Bluegrass Jam. 6:30 p.m. Front Range Brewing Company, 400 W. South Boulder Road, Lafayette, 303-339-0767. Boulder Swing Collective. 9 p.m. Waterloo, 809 Main St., Louisville, 303993-2094. Cellobration Part II: Impossible Dreams. 7:30 p.m. Chautauqua Auditorium, 900 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-442-3282. Celtic Session Hosted by The Gael. 6 p.m. Very Nice Brewing Company, 20 Lakeview Drive, Unit 112, Nederland, 303-258-3770. Danny Shafer. 5:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Homemade Liquids and Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303-485-9400. Dave Honig’s Latin Quarter. 6 p.m. Cantina Laredo, 1680 29th St., Boulder,

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George Nelson Trio. 8 p.m. License No. 1, 2115 13th St., Boulder, 303442-4344. Hindsight. 5 p.m. Boulder Beer Company, 2880 Wilderness Place, Boulder, 303-444-8448. The Hippie Buckaroos. 7 p.m. Cannon Mine Coffee, 210 S. Public Road, Lafayette, 303-665-0625. Jon Pickett. 6 p.m. Upslope Brewing Company (Flatiron Park), 1898 S. Flatiron Court, Boulder, 508-873-9185. see EVENTS Page 38

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Heems Thursday, July 16, 8:30 p.m., Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 720-645-2467 He may have only been one half of alternative rap duo Das Racist, but Heems is a 100 percent bona fide rapper of his own regard. Touring in support of his debut solo album, Eat Pray Thug, Himanshu “Heems” Suri has made a name for himself in the hip-hop world with a style influenced in part by his Punjabi-Indian descent. Das Racist often erred on the side of humor, but setting out on his own Heems is showing that beneath the joke-rap there is an abundance of talent that’s nothing to laugh at. — Sam Routhier

Ed Breazeale Jazz Trio. 6 p.m. Gravity Brewing, 1150 Pine St., Unit B, Louisville, 303-544-0746.

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Bill Maher Saturday, July 18, 8 p.m., Mackey Auditorium, 1595 Pleasant St., Boulder, 303-492-8423 Political commentator, activist and documentarian Bill Maher knows a thing or two about making his voice heard. As the host of Real Time with Bill Maher on HBO, Maher will make a stop at the Mackey Auditorium as a part of his nationwide tour. Winning an Emmy for his work with HBO’s news program Vice, Maher has also hosted Real Time since 2003, and over that time has made himself known for his satirical commentary. Director of Religulous, a film that takes a humorous look at extreme religious practices across the world, Maher will be sure to deliver some humorous insights on the human condition. — Sam Routhier

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Moonlight Breakdown. 6:30 p.m. St Julien Hotel and Spa, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696. New Family Dog. 10 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s Traditional Irish Pub, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922.

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Open Bluegrass Pick. 8:30 p.m. Under the Sun, 627 S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-927-6921. Open Mic Night. 7 p.m. The Dickens Tavern, 300 Main St., Longmont, 303-834-9384.

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Alec Soth: Colorado Dispatch. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000. Through Nov. 29.

Sherefe. 7 p.m. Caffe Sole, 637R S. Broadway St., Boulder, 303-499-2985.

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Strangebyrds. 8 p.m. Jamestown Mercantile Cafe, 108 Main St., Jamestown, 303-442-5847.

Plutonium: Permanent Problem at Rocky Flats

Wallpaper House Band. 7:30 p.m. Larry’s Guitar Shop, 508 Fifth Ave., Longmont, 720-340-4169.

Three dynamic speakers invite you to join the conversation about the unanswered questions on plutonium in the environment at Rocky Flats, who is protected, and why it matters. Thursday, July 30th 7:00 p.m. Performing Arts Center 2130 Arapahoe Avenue, Boulder

The Sweet Lillies. 7 p.m. Bohemian Biergarten, 2017 13th St., Boulder, 720-328-8328.

Awe-Struck’s Thursday Night Farm Dinner at Sol y Sombra. 6:30 p.m. Sol y Sambra, 75th Street and Highway 66, Boulder, 303-618-3510. Boulder Road Runners Summer Track Series 2015. 6 p.m. Potts Track Field at CU Boulder, University of Colorado, Boulder.

Revolt 1680/2180: Virgil Ortiz. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000. Through Jan. 10, 2016.

Getting Started with Adobe InDesign, Part 1. 6 p.m. Boulder Digital Arts Training Center, 1600 Range St., Boulder, 303-800-4647.

Conscious and Unconscious: Subjects of the Real & Surreal. Arvada Center, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada, 720-898-7200. Through Aug. 30.

Showing Off. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000. Through Jan. 3, 2016.

Open Mic Comedy Night. 8:30 p.m. The Riverside, 1724 Broadway, Boulder, 720-443-2322.

Contemporary Photography by Marc Bernardi. Community Art Program Gallery, NCAR, 1850 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, 303-497-1174. Through July 31.

The 4 Seasons of Veronica Read. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000. Through Oct. 11.

Public Meditation. 7 p.m. The Meditation Place, 940 Kimbark St., Studio 4, Longmont, 303-246-8333. Silent Disco. 12 p.m. Free Motion Dance Center, 2126 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-379-8299.

Friday, July 17 Music

Cellobration Part II: Impossible Dreams. 7:30 p.m. Chautauqua Auditorium, 900 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-442-3282.

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Danny Shafer. 7:30 p.m. Oskar Blues CyclHOPS, 600 S. Airport Road, Longmont, 303-776-BIKE. Dean Himes. 6:30 p.m. Lunada’s Eatery & Cantina, 400 W. South Boulder Road, Lafayette, 720-612-7315.

The Mighty Twisters. 8 p.m. The Tandoori Next Doori, 623 S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-543-7339. Policulture. 10 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s Traditional Irish Pub, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922. Reckon. 6 p.m. Upslope Brewing Company (Lee Hill), 1501 Lee Hill Road, Suite 20, Boulder, 508-873-9185. Rob Nance and The Lost Souls. 6 p.m. The Roost, 526 Main St., Longmont, 303-827-3380. Rob Roper. 6 p.m. Jamestown Mercantile Cafe, 108 Main St., Jamestown, 303-442-5847. Sharla Jackson. 6 p.m. Espresso Vino by Brewing Market, 2770 Dagny Way, Lafayette, 720-890-3993. Events Art Night Out. 5 p.m. Lafayette Festival Plaza, 311 S. Public Road, Lafayette, 303-665-5588, ext. 1265.

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

Imagine’s CORE, Labor Source Exhibit Opening. 5 p.m. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826.

Eric Wiggs Duo. 9 p.m. Pearl Street Pub, 1108 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-777-6768.

Introduction to Shamanism. 7 p.m. Edie Stone’s Office, 2027 Broadway, Suite H, Boulder, 303-415-3755.

Full Belly. 9 p.m. Por Wine House, 836 1/2 Main St., Louisville, 970-259-3555.

McGuckin Hardware Blood Drive. 10 a.m. McGuckin Hardware, 2525 Arapahoe Ave., Unit D-1, Boulder, 303-443-1822.

Gasoline Lollipops. 7 p.m. Waterloo, 809 Main St., Louisville, 303-993-2094. Ginga. 6:30 p.m. St Julien Hotel and Spa, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696. Gypsy Jazz Tricksters. 9 p.m. License No. 1, 2115 13th St., Boulder, 303-442-4344. Idlewhile. 10 p.m. Pioneer Inn, 15 E. First St., Nederland, 303-258-7733. Julie Stratton & Friends. 6:30 p.m. Still Cellars, 1115 Colorado Ave., Longmont, 720-204-6064. Kim Stone Trio. 7 p.m. Caffe Sole, 637R S. Broadway St., Boulder, 303-499-2985. Louisville Street Faire with Geno Delafose. 5 p.m. Steinbaugh Pavilion, 824 Front St., Louisville, 303-4493137. Michael Marrow. 7 p.m. The Dickens Tavern, 300 Main St., Longmont, 303-834-9384.

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Prolific photographer Ansel Adams’ work heads to Foothills Art Center through Aug. 30. Read Boulder Weekly’s story about Adams on page 27.

Oils on Canvas by Betsy Cole. Community Art Program Gallery, NCAR, 1850 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, 303-497-1174. Through July 31.

Biennial of the Americas. Museum of Contemporary Art, 1485 Delgany St., Denver, 303-298-7554. Through Aug. 30.

Carry Me Ohio. 6 p.m. Cannon Mine Coffee, 210 S. Public Road, Lafayette, 303-665-0625.

Friday, August 7th 11:00 a.m. Nalanda Campus 6287 Arapahoe Avenue, Boulder

Barbara Bosworth: Quiet Wonder. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000. Through Sept. 20.

Events

Bonnie and Clydes. 9 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685.

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In Bloom. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000. Through Oct. 11.

Ansel Adams: Matsterworks. Foothills Art Center, 809 15th St., Golden, 303-279-3922. Through Aug. 30.

Wilson Norwood. 5:30 p.m. Vindication Brewing Company, 6880 Winchester Circle, Suite F, Boulder, 303-530-0642.

Ben Hanna and The Knighthawks. 5:30 p.m. Vindication Brewing Company, 6880 Winchester Circle, Suite F, Boulder, 303-530-0642.

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Flatlander. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-2122. Through Sept. 13.

Open Mic Talent. 4 p.m. Meadows Branch Library, 4800 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-441-4390.

Longmont, 303-827-3380. Bruce Lish & George Stone. 6 p.m. Very Nice Brewing Company, 20 Lakeview Drive, Unit 112, Nederland, 303-258-3770. Cellobration Part III: Complete Beethoven Cello Sonatas. 4 p.m. First Congregational Church of Boulder, 1128 Pine St., Boulder, 303-442-1787. Contraband. 8 p.m. Jamestown Mercantile Cafe, 108 Main St., Jamestown, 303-442-5847. Dave Honig’s New Standards Project. 6 p.m. Thai Shi House, 3033 28th St., Boulder, 303-444-3133. Dustin Edge, Cranston Dean Band. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat Coffeehouse, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628. Ed Roswell Duo. 7:30 p.m. Oskar Blues CyclHOPS, 600 S. Airport Road, Longmont, 303-776-BIKE. Foxfeather. 10 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s Traditional Irish Pub, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922. Gasoline Lollipops. 7 p.m. Waterloo, 809 Main St., Louisville, 303-993-2094. Kinda Bluegrass Fest. 1 p.m. Boulder Beer Company, 2880 Wilderness Place, Boulder, 303-444-8448. Lee Johnson. 4:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Tasty Weasel Tap Room, 1800 Pike Road, Unit B, Longmont, 303-7761914.

Music

Makeshift Funk Band. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Homemade Liquids and Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303-485-9400.

Adrienne O & Three Shots. 8 p.m. The Dickens Tavern, 300 Main St., Longmont, 303-834-9384.

Mary McHenry and Friends. 6:30 p.m. Still Cellars, 1115 Colorado Ave., Longmont, 720-204-6064.

Amelie Trio. 7 p.m. Caffe Sole, 637R S. Broadway St., Boulder, 303-499-2985.

Moonalice. 8 p.m. Fox Theatre Boulder, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-447-0095.

Americana Highway. 6:30 p.m. St Julien Hotel and Spa, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696.

North Boulder Underground. 5:30 p.m. Vindication Brewing Company, 6880 Winchester Circle, Suite F, Boulder, 303-530-0642.

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Banshee Tree. 9 p.m. License No. 1, 2115 13th St., Boulder, 303-442-4344. Beauty of My Land. 8:30 p.m. The Speakeasy, 301 Main St., Longmont, 720-684-4728. The Brothers Warde. 6 p.m. The Roost, 526 Main St.,

Old’s Cool Rock. 8 p.m. Liquid Mechanics Brewing Company, 297 U.S. 287, Lafayette, 720-550-7813. see EVENTS Page 40

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Thunder The Radar. 7 p.m. Cafe Aion, 1235 Pennsylvania Ave., Boulder, 303-993-8131. The Townie Collective. 7:30 p.m. Cannon Mine Coffee, 210 S. Public Road, Lafayette, 303-665-0625. Wallpaper House Band. 2 p.m. Boulder Arts and Crafts Gallery, 1421 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-443-3683. Wooleye. 10 p.m. Pioneer Inn, 15 E. First St., Nederland, 303-258-7733.

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Thursday, July 16 The Astral Imperative Volume 4: Cosmos — Robert Dresner. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-2074. Monday July 20 “So, You’re a Poet” Open Poetry Reading. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628. Tuesday, July 21 Andy Clausen and Pamela Twining. 6 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe, 1203 13th St., Suite A, Boulder, 303-4953303. Innisfree Weekly Open Poetry Reading. 7 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe, 1203 13th St., Suite A, Boulder, 303495-3303.

Events

Wednesday, July 22

15th Annual Outdoor Cinemas. 7 p.m. Thompson Park, 420 Bross St., Longmont.

A Deeper Perspective on Alzheimer’s and Other Dementias — Megan Carnarius. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-2074.

17th Annual Longmont Jazz Festival and Art Exhibit. 11 a.m. Roosevelt Park, 700 Longs Peak Ave., Longmont. 20th Anniversary Party. 2 p.m. Twisted Pine Brewing Co., 3201 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-786-9270.

The Louder Sisters. 5 p.m. Gold Hill Inn, 401 Main St., Boulder, 303-443-6461.

ArtWalk Longmont 2015. 4 p.m. Downtown Longmont, Fifth Avenue and Main Street, Longmont, 303-651-8484.

McKay Brothers. 3 p.m. Oskar Blues Tasty Weasel Tap Room, 1800 Pike Road, Unit B, Longmont, 303-7761914.

Basic Landscape Design. 1 p.m. Harlequin’s Gardens, 4795 N. 26th St., Boulder, 303-939-9403.

Music in the Yard with Jethro and The Stool Pigeons. 11 a.m. The Post Brewing Company, 105 W. Emma St., Lafayette, 303-593-2066.

Fabulous Flora and Fauna. 10 a.m. Mud Lake Open Space, 3491 Highway 72, Nederland, 303-678-6214. Hands-On Digital Photography Introduction. 9 a.m. Boulder Digital Arts Training Center, 1600 Range St., Boulder, 303-800-4647. In Search of Synergy. 2 p.m. Savory Spice Shop, 2041 Broadway, Boulder, 303-532-1892. Lyons Red Rock Ramblers Square Dancing. 7:30 p.m. Lyons Elementary School, 338 High St., Lyons, 303-823-5215.

The Prairie Scholars. 12 p.m. Georgia Boys BBQ The Shack, 237 Collyer St., Longmont, 720-999-4099. Seth Phillips. 4:30 p.m. Left Hand Brewing Company, 1265 Boston Ave., Longmont, 303-772-0258. Summer Songwriters Series. 4 p.m. Faith Community Lutheran Church, 9775 Ute Highway, Longmont, 909776-8771. Tommy Alexander and Awna Teixeira. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat Coffeehouse, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.

Murder 1973: Vengeance is Mayan. 7 p.m. Gold Hill Inn, 401 Main St., Boulder, 303-443-6461.

Traditional Irish Session. 7 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s Traditional Irish Pub, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-4491922.

Pearl Street Arts Festival. 10 a.m. Pearl Street Mall, 1300 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-449-3774.

Tupelo Honey. 10 a.m. The Stone Cup, 442 High St., Lyons, 303-823-2345.

Robert Dresner brings his latest book and final installment of his series, The Astral Imperative Volume 4: Cosmos, to the Boulder Book Store on July 16.

Events Intro to Quilting. 12 p.m. Fabricate, 2023 17th St., Boulder, 303-997-8245. Pearl Street Arts Fest. 10 a.m. Pearl Street Mall, Pearl St., Boulder, 303-449-3774. Prairie Mountain Zen Center Morning Meditations. 9 a.m. The Meditation Place, 940 Kimbark St., Studio 4, Longmont, 303-246-8333.

Monday, July 20 Music Boulder Concert Band Summer Parks Concert. 7 p.m. North Boulder Park, Seventh Street and Dellwood Ave., Boulder, 303-478-3044. Electric Blues Jam. 7 p.m. Oskar Blues Homemade Liquids and Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303-485-9400. Landshark. 10 p.m. Southern Sun Pub & Brewery, 627 South Broadway, Boulder, 303-543-0886. Open Jovan. 6 p.m. Jamestown Mercantile Cafe, 108 Main St., Jamestown, 303-442-5847. see EVENTS Page 42

Third Saturday Swing Dance. 7 p.m. Avalon Ballroom Boulder, 6185 Arapahoe Road, Boulder, 303-440-8303.

Sunday, July 19 Music All Chiefs Duo. 5:30 p.m. Vindication Brewing Company, 6880 Winchester Circle, Suite F, Boulder, 303-530-0642. Bluegrass Jam. 2 p.m. Black Canyon Distillery, 13710 Deere Court, Unit B, Longmont, 720-209-9701. Bluegrass Pick. 12 p.m. Oskar Blues Homemade Liquids and Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303-485-9400. Blues & BBQ with Joseph Racheli. 2 p.m. The Dickens Tavern, 300 Main St., Longmont, 303-834-9384. Cellobration Part IV: Classically Cello. 7:30 p.m. Chautauqua Auditorium, 900 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-442-3282. Dixie Leadfoot. 6 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685. Jack Hadley Band. 6 p.m. Oskar Blues Homemade Liquids and Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303-485-9400. Left Hand Artist Group Showcase. 12 p.m. Georgia Boys BBQ The Shack, 237 Collyer St., Longmont, 720999-4099.

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The Comedy Crew. 7 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 Northpark Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757.

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Mark Anthony: the Psychic Lawyer 7 p.m. Friday, July 17, The Caritas Spiritist Center, 5723 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-449-3066 Mark Anthony is an attorney at law and a medium at heart. Author of Never Letting Go and the recently released Evidence of Eternity, Anthony is a fourth-generation medium, who uses his power to help people deal with grief and get in touch with loved ones in the afterlife. He has spent time studying at Oxford University and at the Arthur Findlay College for the Advancement of Psychic Science. He has been featured on ABC, NBC, FOX and other major television stations, as well as on SiriusXM satellite radio. Anthony’s life mission is to continue providing evidence of the afterlife through his gift. In addition to his two books, Anthony says he continues to write and expects a third book to be released down the road. As an “evidential medium,” he uses his experience to make strong connections when he is doing a reading of the afterlife for someone. “My focus is on providing as much evidence as possible to identify the person” says Anthony. Anthony says he connects to spirits in the afterlife through frequencies, and he is able to activate and turn off his ability at his own choosing. “I open up to frequency,” Anthony says, “and spirits will provide me with all kinds of energy.” — Sam Routhier

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Aladdin. Jester’s Dinner Theatre, 224 Main St., Longmont, 303-682-9980. Through July 25. Always a Bridesmaid. Vintage Theatre, 1468 Dayton St., Aurora, 303-856-7830. Through Aug. 30.

sity of Colorado Campus, Boulder, 303-4928008, Through Aug. 9.

The scariest barber in London comes to The Dairy in Sweeney Todd, through July 26. Check out Boulder Weekly’s review on page 32.

Guys and Dolls. Jester’s Dinner Theatre, 224 Main St., Longmont, 303-682-9980. Through Oct. 11.

Henry V. Mary Rippon Outdoor Theatre, University of Colorado Campus, Boulder, 303-4928008, Through Aug. 9. Mary Poppins. BDT Stage, 5501 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-449-6000. Through September 5. Much Ado About Nothing. Mary Rippon Outdoor Theatre, University of Colorado Campus, Boulder, 303-492-8008, Through Aug. 8. Othello. Mary Rippon Outdoor Theatre, Univer-

Pump Boys and Dinettes. Miner’s Alley Theatre, 1224 Washington Ave., Golden, 303-935-3044. Through Aug. 23.

Seussical Jr. — presented by CenterStage Theatre Co. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-4407826. Through July 23. The Spitfire Grill. Vintage Theatre, 1468 Dayton St., Aurora, 303-856-7830. Through Aug. 16. Sweeney Todd — presented by CenterStage Theatre Co. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. Through July 26. Wittenberg. Mary Rippon Outdoor Theatre, University of Colorado Campus, Boulder, 303492-8008, Through Aug. 8.

EVENTS from Page 40 Open Mic. 8 p.m. Johnny’s Cigar Bar, 1801 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-0884.

Open Mic. 6:30 p.m. Front Range Brewing Company, 400 W. South Boulder Road, Lafayette, 303-339-0767.

Prairie Scholars. 6 p.m. Oskar Blues Tasty Weasel Tap Room, 1800 Pike Road, Unit B, Longmont, 303-7761914.

Wednesday, July 22

Prospect Sound Bites with Shayne Bradley Band. 5 p.m. Prospect Park, 700 Tenacity Drive, Longmont, 303-459-5467.

Alex Heffron Quartet. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat Coffeehouse, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.

Them Raggedy Bones Duo. 9 p.m. Pearl Street Pub, 1108 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-777-6768.

Antonio Lopez. 8:05 p.m. Cannon Mine Coffee, 210 S. Public Road, Lafayette, 303-665-0625.

Events

Blues Jam. 10 p.m. Pioneer Inn, 15 E. First St., Nederland, 303-258-7733.

BCCRN Free Film Series. 7 p.m. Adi Shiki Yoga Center, 6717 Valmont Road, Boulder, 720-252-3962.

David Booker Blues Band. 8 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 Northpark Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757.

Creating WordPress Image Galleries. 6 p.m. Boulder Digital Arts Training Center, 1600 Range St., Boulder, 303-800-4647.

Delta Sonics. 6:30 p.m. Longmont Museum & Cultural Center, 400 Quail Road, Longmont, 303-651-8374.

Tuesday, July 21 Music Bluegrass Pick. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685. Face. 8 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 Northpark Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757. Greg Harris Vibe Quintet. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat Coffeehouse, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628. Music Mash-Up: Copland + Bon Iver. 7:30 p.m. Chautauqua Auditorium, 900 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-442-3282. Open Mic. 6 p.m. Twisted Pine Brewing Co., 3201 Walnut St., Suite A, Boulder, 970-708-4067. Open Mic. 9 p.m. Pioneer Inn, 15 E. First St., Nederland, 303-258-7733. Ron LeGault Quintet. 6:30 p.m. St Julien Hotel and Spa, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696. The Traveling Suitcase. 7 p.m. Still Cellars, 1115 Colorado Ave., Longmont, 720-204-6064. Events Blood Drive. 1 p.m. Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Lafayette, CO 80026, 715 Cabrini Drive, Lafayette, 970-576-8697.

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Laurie D and Karen Finch. 6 p.m. Espresso Vino by Brewing Market, 2770 Dagny Way, Lafayette, 720-8903993. Open Bluegrass Pick. 9 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s Traditional Irish Pub, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922. Open Mic Night. 6:30 p.m. Cannon Mine Coffee, 210 S. Public Road, Lafayette, 303-665-0625. Paul Sullivan’s Folk-a-rama. 8 p.m. Cannon Mine Coffee, 210 S. Public Road, Lafayette, 303-665-0625. People on Sunday. 7:30 p.m. Chautauqua Auditorium, 900 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-442-3282. Square Dance Lessons. 7 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685. Trio Con Brio. 6:30 p.m. St Julien Hotel and Spa, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696. Events Bub Comedy. 8 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 720-297-6397. Cosmology and Modern Physics. 6 p.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100. Trivia Night. 8:30 p.m. Waterloo, 809 Main St., Louisville, 303-993-2094. Wednesday Fun Run. 6 p.m. Boulder Running Company, 28th St. and Pearl St., Boulder, 800-807-6179.

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‘Minions’ is better than it should be, still not great
 by Ryan Syrek

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he Lego Movie being somehow good ruined our ability to completely dismiss a film’s concept upon first hearing it. Who knows, maybe Minions would be infused with the same cleverness, the same all-ages wonder and fun? In the first 10 minutes, a pill- The lovable gibberish-speaking sidekicks get their own shaped living Twinkie spinoff in this prequel to Despicable Me. lifts a block of ice over his head, farts and then gets smushed by it. So… nevermind. cers pouring themselves a spot of tea while Writer Brian Lynch’s Minions isn’t as in the middle of a high-speed chase. The bad as that woeful scene would suggest, plot is flimsy, sure, but this is targeted although the creatures’ unique biology toward a demographic that considers farts does somehow strip them of genitals plot points. It’s certainly busy enough to whilst leaving them buttocks for tooting never be boring, with the Minions perpetand exposing. The opening sees the evo- ually involved in some Rube Goldberglution of the Minions; apologies to Mr. esque sequences of stumbling and bumDarwin. Essentially, the organisms surbling action. But unlike animated fare that vived by serving the biggest, baddest is truly exceptional or transcendent, there’s creatures they could find. Because they nothing really going on under the hood weren’t particularly good at serving here. Lynch doesn’t even try for a light them, said big bad creatures usually died moral or brief emotional resolution. due to Minion-related accidents. The first Despicable Me was an Fast forward to 1968, and the yelintriguing concept because it was a low nuggets haven’t had a big bad vilchildren’s movie that chose to make the supposed villain the lead. Each increaslain to serve for so long they have ing installment has softened that prembecome as woeful and forlorn as a film ise to the point where it’s now just critic assigned the new Adam Sandler about characters we remember doing movie. So three brave members of the wacky crap. It’s fitting that the Minions tribe — Kevin, Stuart and Bob — venare so short, as directors Kyle Balda and ture into the modern world to find a Pierre Coffin went straight for the lowleader. They wind up being henchthinhanging fruit, opting to play up the silly gies for Scarlett Overkill (Sandra and adorable nature of creatures that Bullock), whose pseudo-feminism in frankly aren’t that interesting. bragging about being the first woman Considering that this prequel is a to break the supervillain glass ceiling is full-length feature film about characters betrayed by her obsession with being a incapable of coherent dialogue, it cer“princess” and fawning over her tool of tainly isn’t as miserable as the calculated a husband. Tasked with stealing the nature of its creation suggested. What a Queen’s crown, the trio of jelly beanringing endorsement, right? Minions shaped gibberish-spewers find themisn’t an ugly cash grab, it’s a somewhat selves in increasingly ridiculous posipleasant cash grab. tions, like Bob briefly becoming the This review first appeared in The King of England. Reader of Omaha, Nebraska. Minions lands somewhere between “meh” and “madcap.” The subtler jokes hit hard, with things like British police offi-

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film ON THE BILL: Taxi Driver. Wednesday, July 22, Landmark Theatres Mayan, 110 Broadway St., Denver, 303-744-6799. Tickets start at $8.50. www.landmarktheatres.com.

Travis Bickle (a young Robert De Niro) battles personal demons in Martin Scorsese’s 1976 film Taxi Driver.

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or most, Taxi Driver is summed up by one of the most famous lines in cinema: “You talking to me?” Conveying masculinity and bravado, it readies angry men for battle. But it is misleading. It is an act, a façade. The truth is found in the line that follows: “Well, I’m the only one here.” Both were ad-libbed by Robert De Niro — the actor who gave Travis Bickle flesh and blood 39 years ago — and both portray a violent psychotic as true then as it is today. Taxi Driver may take place on the mean streets of pre-Giuliani New York, but it is not the locale that makes Taxi Driver relevant; it’s Travis. Travis, a returning Vietnam Vet with voices in his head and hatred in his heart, takes a job driving a cab at night, hoping to drown out the demons. It doesn’t. Travis tries to express these thoughts, but he can’t. When he tries to talk about it with a co-worker, he barely manages, “I got some bad ideas in my head.” Alone, Travis fills notebook after notebook with fragmented thoughts of hatred, racism, manifestos, confusions and fears, but in the presence of another human being, eight words are the best he can do. Taxi Driver isn’t a celebration; it’s an exorcism. Watching it isn’t always a pleasant experience, but it is a necessary one. For writer Paul Schrader and director Martin Scorsese, Taxi Driver was a chance to shine a light on their own personal demons. If only Travis could have done the same. Instead, the idea of true force builds in his mind, and the only expression he is left with is violence. In Schrader’s original screenplay, Travis was to massacre a group of black men, but race relations in New York were tense and Schrader and Scorsese were afraid the movie would incite riots. Instead, they cast Harvey Keitel as a pimp, stuck a feather in his hat — referencing Scar from The Searchers, one of the models for the movie — and let a couple of Italian pimps be Travis’s target. It worked and Taxi Driver did not incite any race riots. But, it did compel John Hinckley, Jr. to try and assassinate President Reagan. Movies can harm. They can even kill. They can also illuminate. They throw light into the darkest corners of the psyche, evaporating the shadows to see where the boogeyman lives. Travis is a sick and lonely man, and maybe he was born sick. But a series of events isolated him further, and he struck back the only way he knew how. His acts are monstrous, but he is no monster. Taxi Driver understands that. It treats Travis with the same humanity and compassion as it would any character. Watch Taxi Driver more than once, and that becomes clear. Watch it enough times, and you’ll see that it’s not about Travis Bickel; but it’s actually about Dylann Roof, James Holmes, Elliot Rodger, Eric Harris, Dylan Klebold, etc. Taxi Driver allows us to understand these men and we need to understand if we are going to help them. If we don’t, they will terrorize us forever.

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he Hungry Toad was built for rainy days. It makes for a cozy pint when you can sit in the corner and watch the wind beat rain into the windows with wooden jambs. The fixtures are natural, from the exposed brick wall to the leather bar chairs to the wooden tabletops. The Hungry Toad is a warm blanket, a leather couch and a Saturday with Netflix. Of course, they are open on the “300 days Susan France of sunshine,” too, but because I’m a simple, stupid man, it always feels like foggy Londontown at The Hungry Toad. I’m always hearing Paul McCartney’s album Ram even if what’s coming through the speakers sounds much more like Billy Joel or Boston. But, though it feels effortless and cozy, the chotchkies, the menu and the whole atmosphere were carefully designed to give Boulder as close to an English pub as possible. And they pull it off — it doesn’t feel like a cheap imitation, but rather a casual and comfortable watering hole. That is, they

brought over all the superficial stuff like signs and chairs, but they also captured the spirit of a neighborhood pub. The psychedelic-feeling mural of toads getting ripped, which is painted across the back wall and is now beginning to fade, also somehow gives it an old Boulder vibe while still retaining the overall theme of the place. There’s also a unique mix of people at The Hungry Toad. All walks of Boulder make it here, from the health nuts to the boozers to the college kids to the families. Everyone has a seat at the bar. Unsurprisingly, the beer is pretty good. The Hungry Toad has a steady tap of several solid brews that make for a good English pint: Old Speckled Hen, Boddington’s and Fuller’s ESB, with tangentially sourced taps like Firestone Walker Union Jack and Guinness. The pints are served, as you would expect, in Imperial pint glasses (20 ounces) and

the English beers are served in typical English style, somewhere between cold and room temperature. If you’re a fan of brown ales, as I am, you know that draughts of Boddington’s and Old Speckled Hen is about as good as it gets. The Hungry Toad also draws in a lot of people for an excellent happy hour. Dishes range from $2 to $5 and include stacked nachos (sloppy but delicious), quesadillas, wings (the taste is always right, but can be a little inconsistent in girth), cheese dips and more. But the full menu shines with a variety of burgers, sandwiches, salads and entrees. The fish and chips are solid — small filets of whitefish breaded in beer batter and served piping hot. The London broil puts up hearty strips of steak covered in savory mushrooms, all served alongside a salty and beefy broth. It’s a warmer, and so you’ll have to wait for winter or some rain to get the full experience. The Shepherd’s Pie is another robust plate of food — sirloin tips are covered in rich gravy and the

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Alright, embattled pizza lovers in Colorado. It’s safe to come out now. Louisville will play host to the first ever Rocky Mountain Pizza & Pints Festival this Saturday, July 18 from 2-10 p.m. at Community Park. The festival will pit the area’s pizzerias and breweries against one another in a taste competition, called the People’s Choice Competition. When the dust is Boulder’s Flagstaff House took home the Grand Award from Wine Spectator for settled, the festival will name a the umpteenth time in a row. “Best Pizza” and a “Best Brewery” winner. Grand Award this year. Wine Spectator There will also be live music from Rob looks for restaurants that have “serious Drabkin and John McKay Band and games breadth of top producers, outstanding NEW BREWERS AT DRY DOCK at the celebration. A $35 ticket will give you depth in mature vintages, a selection of unlimited beer samples, and pizza by the large-format bottles, excellent harmony Aurora’s Dry Dock Brewing Company slice can be bought from the pizzerias with the menu and superior organization, recently announced two new brewers will themselves. presentation and wine service.” take the helm of their two breweries. For more information, visit www.bceproFlagstaff House will again be featured in Alan Simons started as a homebrewer ductions.com. the magazine along with the other winners before becoming a Backcountry Beer in the August issue, which hits newsstands brewer (in Frisco). Simons will man the North on July 21. Dock brewery. Tim Evon was a Utah homeFLAGSTAFF HOUSE WINS AGAIN brewer, earned his Master Brewer Certification and brewed at Bohemian Flagstaff House, our local fine dining FEED: WILD Brewery before getting the nod from Dry gem, which watches down on us from on Dock. high like a protective eagle mother, has The next installment of the FEED series is Even if you don’t make it down to won Wine Spectator’s Grand Award for the set to hit Lone Hawk Farms in Longmont on Aurora, it’s always good to hear that what32nd year in a row. July 18 and 19 at 6 p.m. ever passion you’re working on in your The Grand Award honors wine programs The series pairs food with contemporary basement or garage can one day turn into in restaurants worldwide. Around the globe, theater in a way unlike anything you can your full-time job. only 81 restaurants in total took home the

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ove over, kale. Wakame often floats in our There’s a new bowl of miso soup. Kombu vegetable on is very dark in color, and the menu. often sold in wide strips Long found used to flavor soups, such as only in Asian, especially ramen. Hijiki looks like wiry Japanese, cuisine, sea vegetablack noodles; and Arame is bles are experiencing an a lacy, delicate, mild-tasting increased popularity in the seaweed used in salads. The Western diet. While the most common of the Gaelic health benefit claims can be varieties is another red algae, over-inflated, as with most Dulse, which has a chewy, foods that find themselves soft texture and a bright red ushered into the world of color. fad eating and “superfood” With their historic use categorizations, seaweed based heavily in Japanese does contain viable amounts culture, it’s no wonder these of vitamin C, calcium and vegetables have typically antioxidants. Research also been found only in our suggests that sea greens may favorite sushi and ramen even help regulate sexual shops in town. But recently, hormone levels, aiding in chefs across the world have Seaweed, outside of Japanese cuisine, is sweeping the country; but is it sweeping Boulder County? decreasing the risk of breast been exploring the use of cancer, improving female these flavorful algae in unexfertility and alleviating PMS pected ways. symptoms. But it’s generally not recommended to increased use of sea salts contribute to the rise in these In keeping with Welsh traditions, a new breakfast start dissolving seaweed supplements in the wife’s diseases. trend utilizes the spreading of seaweed on toast or morning coffee. Enter seaweed. A gram of brown seaweed can oatmeal with bacon and malted vinegar added. Even more importantly, sea vegetables are a contain anywhere from the recommended daily intake Snackers crunch on roasted flavored nori. Chefs are adding ground seaweed to soups to create new flavor mega-source of iodine, a nutrient necessary for to 50 times the necessary amount of recommended layers, having learned that seaweed naturally increases healthy thyroid function. Seaweed is, in fact, one of iodine, depending on the variety and water source in a dish’s umami, or that elusive fifth taste. Risotto, pizthe few food sources of this valuable nutrient. which it was grown. While several producers began adding iodine to While there are over a thousand different varieties zas, mushroom appetizers, pastas, burgers and even sandwiches are all experiencing increased dimensionsalt supplies around the world as early as the 1920s to of sea vegetables, not all are viable food sources. The ality with the addition of seaweed. Flavored breads, aid in the prevention of several health issues, such as most common types hail from Japanese cuisine, but creams, ice cream, jellies and even cheeses are cropgoiters, neurodevelopmental problems in utero and a Gaelic varieties are also available. Among the red ping up in restaurants and stores the world round. host of thyroid-related diseases, there has been an algae, Nori is perhaps best known as the sushi seaBut it’s not just the food world that has found uses increase once again in iodine-deficiency related disweed. Its tell-tale dark purplish-green color is generaleases. The decrease in cooking at home, the intake of ly seen wrapped around sushi rolls. Brown algae form see SEAWEED Page 52 processed foods, toxic chemicals and even the another group of seaweed. Among this variety,

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for these “jewels of the sea.” Brewers in Maine are infusing their craft beers with seaweed, enjoying the earthy, saltiness the kelp adds. Kelp-infused whiskeys; seaweed Bloody Marys; and Martinis-By-The-Sea, heavy with the oceanic taste of seaweed are delighting drinkers across the country, and adding to the list of challenges craft cocktail creators and distillers face. Some distillers are even investigating the possibility of deriving alcohol directly from seaweed. But, in spite of its health benefits and growing popularity, the seaweed craze has yet to hit the Boulder scene. The forbidding wall of the Front Range appears, once again, to insulate Boulder from trending cuisine and adventurous recipes. Sea vegetables are still a mainWikipedia stay at any Japanese restaurant in town, and can even be found in Asian-inspired dishes at a number of other local restaurants. But chefs seem to be loath to leave the world of Asian flavors and traditional recipes, and experiment with the use of sea vegetables in other, less traditional dishes. Kelpinfused whiskey-braised short ribs atop sweet potato gnocchi, anyone? A Japanese seaweed-based gelatinous dish is a bit So where does Boulder’s extreme, but seaweed can appear on plates in myriad ways. hesitation lay? As one of the fastest growing plants in the world, seaweed farms are examples of incredible sustainability. They require no fresh water, deforestation or fertilizer. It would seem, given Boulder’s interest in all things sustainable, that seaweed utilization would be of heavy, focused interest. To those who perhaps would complain about transportation costs, examples of inland seaweed farming should come as a happy alternative to investigate. An increasing number of inland farmers are experimenting, quite successfully, with the inland cultivation of seaweed crops. There seems little standing in the way of seaweed’s increasing popularity, except a lack of zeal for the adventurous — for straying off the conventional path. With the number of award-winning chefs packed into Boulder’s republic, it’s obvious the creativity exists. Who will be the first to travel that proverbial Frost road? Will Boulder foodies be able to soon enjoy the complex layers of flavor in new menus, or will seaweed be relegated solely to crunchy Annie Chun snacks and tuna handrolls? Only tides will tell. Boulder Weekly

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aturday morning in Boulder. Your eyes are bloodshot. Your mouth tastes like the venue. When you try to stand up, it feels like food poisoning on a ship in bad weather. But you promised yourself you wouldn’t waste this Saturday, given last weekend’s take out-and-Netflix-filled bacchanal. You’ve got to make it through this hangover. Where do you go? A hangover in Boulder is harder than one suffered in most major cities. Feeling wretched in New York or Los Angeles is fine, because the world outside your door hates you as much as you hate it. But Boulder is a crunchy, ultra-positive college town, a city that runs on good vibes. Meeting that head-on with two heads on can be difficult. Accordingly, here’s an initial warnWikipedia ing: avoid the Pearl Street Mall. Teeming with children, tourists and street performers, Pearl Street can be a frustrating and nervous experience with a hangover. If you make it out without sweating through your clothes or yarfing in a trash can, you’ll have at the very least made some coffee shop patron annoyed while they wait for you to sort the dollar bills from the bar receipts in your pocket. The healthy remedy is a stop by the Dushanbe Tea House, where you can load up on warm, soothing antioxidants and plug the hunger hole with some Kookoo Sabsi or Tagliatelle. The soothing atmosphere can help calm the beast as well. But during average brunch hours, the Tea House can be loud and tourist-heavy too. A similar issue can occur at Lucille’s — though the famous Where do you go for this fine drink the Creole eatery has all the grits, chicory morning after you drank too many drinks? coffee and Cuban OJ your ravaged body needs, the long wait surrounded by excited visiting foodies can put you in a fighting mood. Tangerine is known as one of the better brunches in Boulder, and assistant manager Mara promises me they’re ready for hurting patrons. She recommends a raspberry Mimosa if you need some hair of the dog. As for food, she puts out the fire inside with grease. “For something to eat, I’d go with our biscuits and gravy,” she says. “They’re made with sausage and duck confit, and they come with potatoes. When I’m hung over, I like food big and greasy.” Shanna at Village Coffee Shop on Folsom makes a similar recommendation: “I’d go with our egg burrito if I was hung over. It’s smothered in green chili, and ours is the best.” Though it doesn’t serve booze, Village has all of the hearty diner food needed to squash one’s personal demons — not to mention it has a great history with this fine publication. “We remember when you voted us Best Place to Eat Breakfast in Last Night’s Clothes,” says Shanna. But for nausea-based hangovers, sustenance can be poison. Those who can’t be helped by food or daylight should head to the Century Theater on 29th Street, where they’re showing classic films of the ’60s, ’70s and ’80s in the early afternoon on Sundays. Watching Spaceballs in a darkened room might not be too different from watching it on your laptop, but they have soda, and at least you got out. So sure, you feel terrible while the gorgeous city outside your door bustles. But if you can avoid the masses, eat the pain away and sit through a movie, you’ve at least lived enough of a day that crawling back to bed is somewhat acceptable. Good luck, you poor souls. Boulder Weekly

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“A poet must not cross an interval with a step when he can cross it with a leap.” That’s an English translation of an aphorism written by French author Joseph Joubert. Another way to say it might be, “A smart person isn’t drab and plodding as she bridges a gap, but does it with high style and brisk delight.” A further alternative: “An imaginative soul isn’t predictable as she travels over and around obstacles, but calls on creative magic to fuel her ingenious liberations.” Please use these ideas during your adventures in the coming weeks, Cancerian.

LEO

JULY 23-AUG. 22:

July is barely half over, but your recent scrapes with cosmic law have already earned you the title of “The Most Lyrically Tormented Struggler of the Month.” Another few days of this productive mayhem and you may be eligible for inclusion in the Guinness Book of World Records. I could see you being selected as “The Soul Wrangler with the Craziest Wisdom” or “The Mythic Hero with the Most Gorgeous Psychospiritual Wounds.” But it’s my duty to let you know that you could also just walk away from it all. Even if you’re tempted to stick around and see how much more of the entertaining chaos you can overcome, it might be better not to. In my opinion, you have done enough impossible work for now.

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AUG. 23-SEPT. 22:

“People who have their feet planted too firmly on the ground have difficulty getting their pants off,” said author Richard Kehl. That’s good advice for you in the coming weeks. To attract the help and resources you need, you can’t afford to be overly prim or proper. You should, in fact, be willing to put yourself in situations where it would be easy and natural to remove your pants, throw off your inhibitions and dare to be surprising. If you’re addicted to business-asusual, you may miss opportunities to engage in therapeutic play and healing pleasure.

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Hubbard. In light of this formulation, I’m pleased to announce that you are likely to achieve at least one resounding success in the coming weeks. At this juncture in your destiny, you know exactly how to convert a past mistake into a future triumph. A gaffe that once upon a time brought you anguish or woe will soon deliver its fully ripened teaching, enabling you to claim a powerful joy or joyful power.

SCORPIO

OCT. 23-NOV. 21:

The poet Mary Ruefle describes reading books as “a great extension of time, a way for one person to live a thousand and one lives in a single lifespan.” Are there other ways to do that? Watching films and plays and TV shows, of course. You can also listen to and empathize with people as they tell you their adventures. Or you can simply use your imagination to visualize what life is like for others. However you pursue this expansive pleasure, Scorpio, I highly recommend it. You are set up to absorb the equivalent of many years’ experience in a few short weeks.

SAGITTARIUS NOV. 22-DEC. 21:

Sagittarian rapper Nicki Minaj is not timid about going after what she wants. She told Cosmopolitan magazine that she’s “high-maintenance in bed.” Every time she’s involved in a sexual encounter, she demands to have an orgasm. In accordance with the current astrological omens, Sagittarius, I invite you to follow her lead — not just during your erotic adventures, but everywhere else, too. Ask for what you want, preferably with enough adroitness to actually obtain what you want. Here’s another critical element to keep in mind: To get exactly what you want, you must know exactly what you want.

CAPRICORN

DEC. 22-JAN. 19:

A college basketball player named Mark Snow told reporters that “Strength is my biggest weakness.” Was he trying to be funny? No. Was he a bit dim-witted? Perhaps. But I’m not really interested in what he meant by his statement. Rather, I want to hijack it for my own purpose, which is to recommend it as a meditation for you in the coming weeks. Can you think of any ways that your strength might at least temporarily be a weakness? I can. I suspect that if you rely too much on the power you already possess and the skills you have previously mastered, you may miss important clues about what you need to learn next. The most valuable lessons of the coming weeks could come to you as you’re practicing the virtues of humility and innocence and receptivity.

AQUARIUS

JAN. 20-FEB. 18:

In Margaret Mitchell’s novel Gone with the Wind, Rhett Butler delivers the following speech to Scarlett O’Hara: “I was never one to patiently pick up broken fragments and glue them together again and tell myself that the mended whole was as good as new. What is broken is broken — and I’d rather remember it as it was at its best than mend it and see the broken places as long as I lived.” Your oracle for the near future, Aquarius, is to adopt an approach that is the exact opposite of Rhett Butler’s. Patiently gather the broken fragments and glue them together again. I predict that the result will not only be as good as new; it will be better. That’s right: The mended version will be superior to the original.

PISCES

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Australian actress Rebel Wilson has appeared in several successful movies, including Bridesmaids, Bachelorette and Pitch Perfect. But she didn’t start out to be a film star. Mathematics was her main interest. Then, while serving as a youth ambassador in South Africa at age 18, she contracted malaria. At the height of her sickness, she had hallucinatory visions that she would one day be “a really good actress who also won an Oscar.” The visions were so vivid that she decided to shift her career path. I foresee the possibility that you will soon experience a version of her epiphany. During a phase when you’re feeling less than spectacular, you may get a glimpse of an intriguing future possibility.

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hen I interviewed Rep. having to choose between what their Jonathan Singer last doctors are telling them to do and October, he was geargoing to school.” ing up for the 2015 More importantly, Singer says, the legislative session. It amendment is an honest demonstration adjourned in May, and I decided to of how citizens can stand up and advocheck in and find out more about what cate for themselves and their children happened this time around. and help the state, too. “It’s fascinating how marijuana has “If Stacey Linn out in Jefferson threaded its way through Colorado’s County hadn’t contacted me, come to legislative tapestry, and it’s Leland Rucker an interesting thread,” Singer, who represents House District 11, said last week at a local coffee shop. A non-user, Singer was one of only two legislators who supported Amendment 64 before its passage and has become a proponent and advocate of making legal cannabis work in Colorado. “There are so many issues and so many people ready to roll up their sleeves and look at it from different angles, which is good, because it doesn’t leave it to one or two lawRep. Jonathan Singer sat down to talk about state issues. makers to figure this out for the rest of the state.” Near the end of the session, Singer introduced Jack’s Bill, the Capitol and asked to talk to lawan amendment to the Caregiver Bill makers about how her son, who is that changes the current law to allow quadriplegic with severe muscle spasms, schools to form policies to allow docis being forced to be able to choose to tor-prescribed medical marijuana to be take his medicine when he is supposed administered on school property. to or going to school, [the amendment “It’s to make sure kids who have wouldn’t exist],” Singer says. debilitating illnesses are able to get the Linn’s testimony helped change the medical treatment they need without votes of some state lawmakers who

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for decades and the market nearly impossible to accurately gauge, but Singer said the state did a good job of estimating that first year’s numbers. “But you also have to guess the overall state budget, and when they’re incorrect on that one, and we come out any amount more than that, the difference has to be returned to the taxpayers.” As it turns out, the state’s budget estimate was off by about how much revenue the marijuana tax brought in. “That’s a disappointment. We have to go back to the voters to ask for the same thing we asked for in 2014, and if they say no, every taxpayer will get back about six dollars. Wholesale dispensary owners will get about $20 million back, and the tax will be eliminated for several months until another $20 million is accrued.” That would make it a tax break primarily for dispensary owners and cannabis users. “Hopefully it will pass, and we will get money for schools and for law enforcement,” Singer says. “The 4-H will get more money. The State Fair will get more money. Drug and alcohol treatment providers will get more money. And all that without increasing taxes. Do you want the money to go to schools or stoners?” Next week: Rep. Singer talks about legislative efforts to label and standardize edibles, banking, working with lawmakers and the growing international interest in Colorado cannabis laws. You can hear Leland discuss his most recent column and Colorado cannabis issues each Thursday morning on KGNU. http://news.kgnu.org/weed

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Dear Dan: I have been happily married for 12 years. I’m deeply in love with my wife — she’s amazing, very sexy and gorgeous. I used to be jealous, but about six years ago, I lost my feelings of jealousy. In their place, I developed a strong desire to share my wife with other men. It’s my only fantasy. She knows about this, but she says it’s wrong. I never asked her to actually do it. Am I wrong for feeling this way? — A Shamed Husband, A Marital Erotic Deadlock

Dear ASHAMED: Objectively speaking, ASHAMED, there’s nothing wrong with your fantasy — hell, there would be a fuck of a lot right with your fantasy if your wife were turned on by it. So when your wife says, “It’s wrong,” try and hear what she should be saying: “It’s wrong for me.” And if you’re the optimistic type, ASHAMED, you can opt to hear, “It’s wrong for me at the moment.” There are lots of women out there happily cuckolding their husbands — or happily playing the role of hotwife — who rejected the idea when their husbands first shared their fantasies. Don’t allow yourself to be shamed — “It’s not wrong, honey, but I understand it’s wrong for us” — and don’t pressure your wife to do it, and she may surprise you one day.

Dear Dan: My boyfriend and I have been together for two years. I moved in a year ago, and we have been happy living together since. During the past year, I’ve come across a lot of his ex’s old belongings — letters and pictures. It’s not like I snoop. He’s kind of a hoarder, and I frequently find this stuff tucked in books or drawers. It’s starting to frustrate me. I long ago threw away most of my ex’s things, and the stuff I did keep is stored in a box that’s out of sight and mind. I don’t necessarily want him to throw all this stuff away, but I want to feel comfortable in our shared environment. I also want to be able to think about our life together and not his past. How do I communicate this? — Ex’s Various Items Disturb Entirely New Couple’s Environs

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