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Clarification: A July 11 story, “Groups: City wants feeding homeless out of sight,’ reported that City of Boulder spokesperson Sarah Huntley said citizens have spoken out against downtown homeless feeding operations during city council comment periods and in letters. Huntley told BW this week that she was referring to complaints about the criminal element on the municipal campus and it becoming an uninviting place, not the feeding operations themselves. (Homeless advocates say
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Highroad If you only watch your bottom line, you can’t lift your head high by Jim Hightower
J
ust for the hell of it, let’s reimagine Walmart. Imagine if the world’s most profitable retailer were to invest a tiny piece of its corporate bottom line in a global effort to elevate its human moral line. And imagine if Walmart did this by committing to a sincere, enforceable, legally-binding effort to ensure that its thousands of garment workers will no longer die in hellish factory fires
city officials have told them complaints had been received about the feeding operations specifically.)
Cops hassle homeless
(Re: “Groups: City wants feeding homeless out of sight,” cover story, July 11.) I disagree with Chief [Mark] Beckner and the demeanor of some of his officers, who indeed knock homeless people about their social economical situations, to get an undesirable
and collapses of shoddily constructed sweatshops. Also, let’s imagine that the corporation’s executives reached out to union leaders and workers rights advocates to help make this safety effort more than a PR puff piece. Oh, one more: Imagine that the executives and the multi-billionaire owners of Walmart felt good about this little gesture of common decency — maybe even took pride in it! But, no. That wouldn’t be Walmart, would it? Yet, while the retail giant flatly refuses to be part of it, such an effort at real reform is being made. Some 70 clothing chains — mostly major European stores — are having about 1,000 Bangladeshi factories that make apparel for them thoroughly checked by independent fire and safety inspectors. Working with unions and government officials, every dangerous facility will immediately be shut down, the compa-
response from homeless people, to have an opportunity to write tickets, including bag checks. Young officers, especially, are prone to get sassy with homeless to get such reactions. Sure, some people will have bad behavior during “camping sweeps” and vice versa. I have seen numerous times when officers put down homeless people, I being one of the many in 2011 and early 2012. see LETTERS Page 8
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nies will be responsible for financing safety renovations, and they will pay workers while their factories are closed for repair. Walmart, Gap, Target and most other big American chains that profit enormously from the old slipshod factory system have pigheadedly rejected the comprehensive safety plan as too costly. Instead, trying the PR approach, they’ll soon propose a voluntary, non-binding, paint-and-patch “safety” scheme. Just once, couldn’t Walmart do something just because it’s right? Who knows — doing the right thing might even prove profitable! Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com This opinion column does not necessarily reflect the views of Boulder Weekly. July 18, 2013 7
commentary The impacts of privatizing the turnpike by Dave Anderson
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e are privatizing ourselves into one disaster after another,” veteran journalist Ted Koppel said recently on NPR. “We’ve privatized a lot of what our military is doing. We’ve privatized a lot of what our intelligence agencies are doing. We’ve privatized our very prison system in many parts of the country. We’re privatizing the health system within those prisons. And it’s not working well.” The privateers have an army of contractors, consultants, think tanks (with the Reason Foundation in the lead) and lobbyists. In particular, they see the country’s huge aging transportation infrastructure as a great money-making opportunity. Our roads and bridges are crumbling, and traffic congestion is widespread. The federal highway trust fund is running out of money. In a 2007 article called “Roads to Riches: Why investors are clamoring to take over America’s highways, bridges and airports — and why the public should be nervous,” Business Week noted that “[i]nfrastructure is ultra-low-risk because competition is limited by a host of forces that make it difficult to build, say, a rival toll road. With captive customers, the cash flows are virtually guaranteed.” A few months ago, the Colorado Department of Transportation reached a 50-year deal with a private consortium to handle the improvement, maintenance and operation of U.S. 36. This is a “public-private partnership,” or P3, which is a concept pushed by an infrastructure-industrial complex composed of global construction corporations, investment banks, private-equity firms and elite law firms organized as vertically integrated consortiums. The influential American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) has pushed “model legislation” for P3s in statehouses across the nation. The U.S. Public Interest Research Group (PIRG), a consumer advocacy group, issued a report in 2009 entitled “Private Roads, Public Costs,” which said that P3s can result in governments ceding substantial control over regional transportation policy to companies accountable only to their shareholders, and not to the public. Phineas Baxandall, a senior analyst for tax and budget policy with PIRG and author of the report, considers the U.S. 8 July 18, 2013
36 plan a “mixed bag.” “There are a lot of positive things about this project,” he said, “but the private financing is essentially just a highpriced loan. Instead of raising more of their own public revenue to finance the road, the state will make larger annual payments to the private road builders.” The consortium’s financial adviser is Goldman Sachs, the big Wall Street investment bank. Mother Jones, in a 2007 exposé on highway privatization, revealed that Goldman simultaneously has lobbied governments to privatize highways, advised them as they structure the deals and bought a piece of the action. Other Wall Street firms — Morgan Stanley, the Carlyle Group, Citigroup and many others — have also “fallen in love” (in Business Week’s words) with P3s. Elliott Sclar, director of the Center for Sustainable Urban Development at Columbia University, is concerned about this new craze. In a 2009 paper, he drew parallels between the way bankers and investors are bundling P3s and the way they handled mortgages just a few years ago. He even wonders if P3s have become the “new sub-prime.” “If sub-prime is no longer the magic elixir that produces money, what’s beginning to happen is the public-private partnership is becoming that, and nobody is looking closely at them,” he says. “The problem becomes, in a stagnating economy, when there aren’t very many private opportunities to get return on investment, the last thing left standing is the public stream of revenues. And that’s what they’re going after.” In the midst of the financial crisis in 2008, in an address to the National Council for Public-Private Partnerships, the chairman of a major finance company said, “Desperate government is our best customer. There will be a lot of desperate governments out there.” Many costs of these partnerships can be hidden (such as high fees or poor service). In Denver, the private consortium that operates the Northwest Parkway has a clause in its 99-year contract that prohibits any public road improvements near their toll road because they “might hurt the parkway financially” by providing an alternative route for drivers. There is no such thing as a free lunch. But there is a common good. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com This opinion column does not necessarily reflect the views of Boulder Weekly.
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Homeless people are an easy target and always will be an easy target. Being told to move out of Boulder now or face criminal charges for trespassing in the city of Boulder, being called “bumsickles” during winter months or, the best comment of all, “Homeless people have no fucking rights.” Since when do police officers have the right to dictate who has rights? Let’s talk about “selective policing.” It’s OK for the taxpaying resident in the city of Boulder to walk their dogs off leash, but it’s a ticket for the homeless person in the same situation. Do you know who trashes this city? Tourists, college students, high schoolers and few homeless. Do you know who picks up more trash than any group? The homeless community does. Who let Occupy run loose in Boulder 2011 into 2012? Why didn’t the city council do anything up front to curb the Occupy movement, especially “camping in front of 1777 Broadway,” defecating and urinating on the building for six-plus weeks? Chief, you paint a good picture, but it’s hard to believe that your officers are angels when in fact they’re the devils inside. I, like the many hungry, lowincome and homeless people, take full advantage of the Saturday lunch with Food Not Bombs, FEED [Friends Encouraging Eating Daily] and church groups that offer good food for everyone. I’m relying on it for my special diet. I suffer from chronic DVT and pulmonary embolism, so I can’t make the trek to the out-of-sight places to eat. Benny [Nowell]’s dinner is by far the best of all meals served here in Boulder, and of all the time I have been
going to Saturday lunch in the park, which is two years, I haven’t seen the kind of criminal activity, chief, as you describe in the article. I see nothing but harassment, between the city officials and the police aiming their sights on the homeless community every chance they get. When you read between the lines, it’s all about harassment. You can’t sweep the homeless under the rug and hope they all just go away. What about the 14.2 percent homeless nationwide, which is 20.1 million homeless as of July 1? Ron Chase/Boulder
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(Re: Savage Love, June 27.) Hey Dan and Leah, if his/her 80-year-old mother can’t find her clit — very likely she was genitally mutilated by surgery as a child. A little history lesson. Ruby Rain/via Internet
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A couple of recent events present stark illustrations of where the pro-choice mindset has escorted our society. “Reproductive Freedom” sounds wonderful, but when we see what it really means, some of the shine fades, to say the least. First we go to Kermit Gosnell’s murder trial. Gosnell is the Philadelphia abortionist who is being charged with four counts of murder, including a 41-year-old woman, and three infants who survived his late-term abortion procedure. Gosnell’s former clinic worker testified that the babies were see LETTERS Page 11
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n annual survey and count of homeless people in the metro Denver area shows that while the city of Boulder has seen a slight decrease in its homeless numbers, Longmont and Boulder County as a whole have seen a spike. Local advocates for the homeless say the “Point in Time” survey conducted Jan. 28 by the Metro Denver Homeless Initiative represents a mixed bag, but they agree that the results point to the need for more resources, less competition between agencies and more regional cooperation to address the growing number of homeless people — including more and more families. Officials from Boulder Outreach for Homeless Overflow (BOHO), an organization that uses area churches and synagogues as Ryan Cutler emergency housing for those who can’t be accommodated by the Boulder Shelter for the Homeless, say the survey is positive news for the city because the number of homeless identified that day dipped to 745, five fewer than the previous year. However, they say that since the number of homeless respondents countywide rose from 1,970 in 2012 to 2,366 this year, there is increasing need that can put strains on the city of Boulder’s resources. Nancy Brinks, chair of the BOHO board of directors, says there should be better cooperation and coordination countywide, because the city of Boulder takes in homeless from outlying areas. BOHO, which operates from October through May, saw 16,844 guest visits last season, up from 12,976 the year before. “There are many other communities surrounding the Boulder area that tend to send folks to Boulder itself and say, ‘There are a lot of services there, why don’t you go take advantage of those?’” she says. “It’s not that anyone in Boulder doesn’t absolutely say, yes, we want to help take care of people, but this is a regionwide problem really, it’s not an individual city kind of problem.” Brinks explains that while the city of Longmont, like Boulder, puts significant resources into providing services for the homeless because they have the largest homeless populations in the county, other cities don’t have the same ability. “We have heard, anecdotally, that both Lafayette and Louisville will tend to send people into Boulder Boulder Weekly
for services,” she says. “And I’m not trying to sound like I’m accusing them of anything, because they don’t necessarily have the resources available in their communities right now. I think the discussion needs to be held that we all need to come together to have a greater set of unified resources.” Bill Sweeney, BOHO board member and operations manager, says he hasn’t heard the same anecdotes about Lafayette and Louisville, although he does see homeless people come from Denver and out of state. He says the slight dip in Boulder’s numbers is a positive sign that resources like BOHO are addressing the demand. “I think the city is actually making progress,” he says, noting that Denver’s homeless population showed a decline as well. “Boulder’s finally, so to speak, gotten ahead of it and started bringing the numbers down.” Sweeney adds that it would be a nice change to actually decrease BOHO’s services. “We are as adept at shrinking as we are at growing,” he says. “It’s just fewer mats to put on the floor of a congregation.” But the picture isn’t so rosy in Longmont. Edwina Salazar, executive director of the OUR Center, says the homeless population has gone up by nearly 30 percent over the past year, which is about the same percentage increase the center has seen in the number of motel vouchers it gives out to homeless families. The tight rental market and increasing cost of living only exacerbates a housing problem in which there are sometimes two or three families living in a single rental unit, she explains. “The rate of chronic homelessness is going down and the rate of single homelessness is going down, but the rate of family homelessness is going up,” Salazar says. “That’s a risk for the future, because those children that become homeless, their education is at risk, their health is at risk and their family disorder puts a lot of emotional distress on the children.” She agrees that more collaboration is needed among the county’s various agencies. “Nonprofits, communities of faith and governments need to work together to improve the housing options for folks that live and work in our community,” Salazar says. Advocates have differing views on the reliability of the survey results. When asked whether the county-
wide spike could be attributed to more volunteers administering the survey and covering more territory, Sweeney says the survey administrators correct for such variances, so there is “stability in the methodology” with both a raw count and an adjusted count in the final report. But Greg Harms, executive director of the Boulder Shelter for the Homeless, disagrees. “I don’t pay a lot of attention to the numbers,” he says. “We do our best to try to count the folks, but there’s a lot of variability every year in how successful we are at finding people. … They try to correct for duplications and those kinds of things, but if we can’t find people, they don’t show up on the survey at all. … One of the really frustrating things about this business is that the data’s really poor, but this is about the only real data point we have about the magnitude of the problem on a regional basis.” He says the spike in the countywide numbers is probably “survey administration issues more than a change in the population.” While all agree that more cooperation among agencies is needed, that might be stymied by competition for funding, volunteers, employees and other resources. When asked if the shelter has to compete with other organizations, Harms replies, “Every day. In the morning we compete for funding, and in the afternoon we’re supposed to collaborate on providing services. That’s the nature of what we do. We have to compete against each other, and we have to collaborate, and it’s kind of a weird environment, but that’s the way it works.” Boulder District Attorney Stan Garnett told Boulder Weekly that he has been told by a number of people that the county’s homeless advocacy organizations don’t always work together as well as they could, and that a countywide entity like the DA’s office might be able to play a coordinating role. “One of the things that’s a little bit disturbing sometimes is that there’s a lot of turfiness,” Garnett says. “Not only fighting about resources, but people, second-guessing what others in the field are doing and I think sometimes undercutting it.” He also says he’s initiated discussions with officials in eastern Boulder County communities like Lafayette, Louisville, Erie and Superior about their contributions to resources for the homeless. “Those are communities that are committed to doing their share,” Garnett says. “Some would say they haven’t ever really been asked to do anything. Some would say that maybe we should use the model that’s used for the humane society, where municipalities in east Boulder County contribute to help fund what’s basically a countywide effort.” Full reports on the Point in Time survey for Boulder County and the cities of Boulder, Longmont and Lafayette are available at the Metro Denver Homeless Initiative website at http://mdhi.org. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com July 18, 2013 13
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Smashing the myths New research shines light on the perceived differences between Republican and Democratic brains
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eople use reason to convince themselves, even in the face of evidence to the contrary, that their side is right and the other side is wrong. That’s the conclusion of a new study by the Yale Cultural Cognition Project, an academic group that studies how cultural values shape public risk perceptions and related policy beliefs, headed by law and psychology professor Dan Kahan. To explore the sources of ideological polarization on subjects such as climate change, gun violence, and nuclear power, Kahan and his team devised and tested three theories: The public irrationality thesis: Nobel Prize winning economist Daniel Kahneman argues that humans employ two different cognitive systems to evaluate new information. The first uses fast rules of thumb — heuristics that are triggered by emotional reactions to new situations — while the second relies on slower, systematic reasoning. People adopt many rules of thumb from groups with whom they share cultural or ideological commitments. This theory implies that when people are challenged with new information or arguments, they find it quicker and easier to believe what their peers believe. The Republican brain hypothesis: This idea relies on
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research that shows a negative correlation between political conservatism and the traits of open-mindedness and critical reflection. Those findings suggest that conservative cognition asymmetrically relies on fast rules of thumb to make decisions and that conservatives are less likely than liberals to engage in cognitive reflection. Consequently, while liberals evaluate information with the aim of developing useful public policies, mule-stubborn conservatives dismiss discomforting scientific facts and spend their time just “standing athwart history yelling ‘Stop.’” The expressive rationality thesis: Perhaps beliefs about issues such as the riskiness of climate change or nuclear power constitute part of what it means for people to belong to specific groups. Shared beliefs form part of their identities. People assess new information so that their conclusions signal their trustworthiness and loyalty to social groups. Both the public irrationality thesis and the Republican brain hypothesis claim that ideological polarization arises from overreliance on cognitive rules of thumb. In the case of expressive rationality, people who are good at cognitive See BRAINS Page 16
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alternate site farther away from the canyon could be considered. “As many of you have pointed out, there is simply no room to grow or expand in the Post Office building,” Powers writes. “The demand for lodging from the climbing community suggests that we need a property that can be expanded over time — even if we must delay the project and compromise on our walk-in-distance criterion.” He adds, “So we will continue our search for something with a little more room to grow, but still within easy carpooling or biking distance from the beautiful place many of you live beneath. I hope we find a great location for climbers who visit the Front Range. If we do, we will strive to be great neighbors there. I also hope we can count on you to come out in support of our plan if we find something that is a better fit.” One of the opponents of the hostel proposal, Eldorado Springs resident Helene Jennings, told BW that the majority of the town’s population signed a petition questioning the plan. “We are very grateful to the American Alpine Club for considering our concerns in their decision,” she says. “Everybody’s really happy.” Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com
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reflection will be better able to rationalize their beliefs in the face of any contrary evidence. If liberals really are more inclined toward cognitive reflection, Kahan writes, that implies they “are all the more likely to succeed in resisting evidence that challenges the factual premises of their preferred policy positions.” The Yale researchers asked 1,600 Americans to place themselves on a continuum stretching from “strong Democrat” through “independent” to “strong Republican.” Next they were asked if they considered themselves “very liberal,” “liberal,” “moderate,” “conservative,” or “very conservative.” Once sorted by partisanship and ideology, the participants completed a short cognitive reflection test. Then Kahan used something like this three-question cognitive reflection test devised by Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers: 1) A bat and a ball cost $1.10 in total. The bat costs $1 more than the ball. How much does the ball cost? 2) If it takes five machines five minutes to make five widgets, how long would it take 100 machines to make 100 widgets? 3) In a lake, there is a patch of lily pads. Every day, the patch doubles in size. If it takes 48 days for the patch to cover the entire lake, how long would it take for the patch to cover half the lake? (Answers on page 17.) Once participants had completed
the cognitive reflection test, they were divided into three experimental groups. In the first group, subjects were told that “psychologists believe the questions you have just answered measure how reflective and open-minded someone is.” In the second group, subjects were told that people who are not skeptical of climate change tended to get more answers correct. The third group was told the opposite, i.e., climate-change skeptics got more answers right. Then each group was asked how valid they thought the test was as a measure of open-mindedness. Recent polling finds that conservatives are more likely than liberals to be skeptical about man-made global warming. Thus the Republican brain hypothesis would predict that rightwing subjects would be more inclined to see the cognitive reflection test as valid when told it suggests that climate-change skeptics are more openminded. On the flip side, if left-wing subjects really are more natively reflective, their assessment of the test’s validity should not depend much on the putative correlation between one’s score and one’s views regarding climate change. The public irrationality thesis predicts that motivated reasoning, i.e., jumping to conclusions congenial to one’s social group, will be more common among people who score low on cognitive reflection, no matter their
ideological biases. Unlike both the public irrationality and the Republican brain hypotheses, the expressive rationality thesis predicts that the higher people score on cognitive reflection, the more their assessments of the test’s validity will turn on their prior ideological commitments, whether they lean left or right. The idea is that the ideologically motivated flatter themselves with the belief that people who share their views are more open-minded than those who do not. So what did Kahan and his colleagues find? First of all, it turns out that conservatives and liberals score about equally badly on the cognitive reflection test: 64 percent of Republicans and 59 percent of Democrats got all three questions wrong. In fact, the difference between the two groups of partisans is less than the difference in scores associated with education, gender, and race. Recall that the Republican brain hypothesis predicted that cognitive reflection would be negatively correlated with rightwing ideology. ‘This hypothesis is not confirmed,’ concludes Kahan. Furthermore, both liberals and conservatives displayed ideological bias when assessing the validity of the cognitive reflection test. When climatechange skeptics were characterized as open-minded, Republicans thought See BRAINS Page 17
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‘BW’ takes second, third at national contest by Boulder Weekly staff May. BW was competing against other weekly publications in the United States and Canada with circulations of less than 50,000. The second-place award in the
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the test was nifty. When skeptics were branded as closed-minded, more Democrats found the test results convincing. Ideology distorts both leftwing and right-wing thinking. Were high scorers more or less likely to be politically polarized? The researchers found that the higher either conservatives or liberals scored on cognitive reflection, the more likely they were to judge the test as valid when its results supposedly confirmed their ideological views about climate change skeptics. People skilled at systematic reasoning use that capacity to justify their beliefs rather than seek the truth. Kahan notes that research has found political independents and libertarians score better on cognitive reflection than do liberals or conservatives. But before we brainy libertarians and independents start patting ourselves on our collective backs, could this simply mean that we are especially good at justifying our beliefs to ourselves? The new Yale study finds that when it comes to thinking about policy-relevant scientific information that challenges their ideological views, liberals, conservatives, and libertarians are inclined to violate physicist Richard Feynman’s famous “first principle.” As the irreverent genius put it, “You must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool.” And the smarter you are, the easier it is to fool yourself. The correct answers to the cognitive reflection test are five cents, five minutes, and 47 days. **** Ronald Bailey is Reason Magazine’s science correspondent and author of Liberation Biology: A Moral and Scientific Defense of the Biotech Revolution. This article originally appeared at Reason.com Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com Boulder Weekly
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he U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has concluded that current testing of hormone-altering chemicals is adequate for detecting lowdose effects that may jeopardize
health. It comes in response to a report written last year by 12 scientists who criticized the government’s decades-old strategy for testing the safety of many chemicals found in the environment and in consumer products. The scientists specifically focused on a phenomenon called “nonmonotonic dose response,” which means that hormone-like chemicals often do not act in a typical way; they can have health effects at low doses but no effects or different effects at high doses. The EPA frequently evaluates the risks of chemicals with tests that expose lab animals to high doses, then extrapolates to lower doses that people and wildlife encounter. Dozens of substances that mimic or block estrogen, testosterone or thyroid hormones are found in the environment, food, pesticides and consumer products. The idea that these chemicals harm people at tiny doses remains controversial. The EPA’s draft “State of the Science” report, completed last week, found that such low-dose responses “do occur in biological systems but are generally not common.” “There currently is no reproducible evidence” that the low-dose effects seen in lab tests “are predictive of adverse outcomes that may be seen in humans or wildlife populations for estrogen, androgen or thyroid endpoints,” the agency report said. “Therefore, current testing strategies are unlikely to mischaracterize ... a chemical that
has the potential for adverse perturbations of the estrogen, androgen or thyroid pathways.” The report was written by EPA officials with input from a team of scientists and managers from the Food and Drug Administration, the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and the National Institute of Child Health and Development that reviewed the science on endocrine-disrupting chemicals. It was signed by Robert Kavlock, the EPA’s deputy assistant administrator for science. The federal team was commissioned last June, in response to the scientists’ report published a few months earlier by lead author Laura Vandenberg, a Tufts University researcher, and colleagues. Pete Myers, founder of Environmental Health News and chief scientist at Environmental Health Sciences, was the senior author of that report. The EPA’s draft report will be peerreviewed by a panel of the National Academies of Sciences. The American Chemistry Council, which represents chemical companies, praised the EPA’s conclusion. The EPA “affirms what mainstream scientists have expressed for years: The purported scientific evidence for non-monotonic, lowdose exposures leading to endocrine disruption and adverse effects is, at best, very weak,” the industry group said in a prepared statement. Vandenberg said that although the debate over how to assess the risks of these chemicals remains, the EPA’s acknowledgement that nonmonotonic dose responses exist is a step forward, culminating years of science. But she added that the EPA made some See HORMONES Page 20
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by Boulder Weekly staff Gasland’s Josh Fox requests meeting with Obama administration Josh Fox, the director of the twopart film series, Gasland and Gasland Part II, on the health, economic and political impacts of fracking, has released an open letter in which he requests a meeting with President Barack Obama’s administration to discuss fracking. “We believe that the natural gas industry has not been forthcoming with your administration about the real effects of drilling and fracking on our water, air, land, climate, public health and safety — and on democracy itself,” Fox writes. “As such, we seek to discuss with you the dark side of fracking, a perspective that has not yet been presented to you with adequate weight or emphasis.” Fox presented the idea that the administration meet with six of the families in Gasland Part II who have experienced water contamination and other health problems they believed was caused by natural gas drilling on nearby properties. The meeting would also include presentations from three scientists who are featured in the film. “Do not let your legacy be a switch from coal to gas, a Pyrrhic victory, an exchange
of one form of climate-killing pollution for another that, over its entire lifecycle, is just as calamitous,” Fox writes to Obama. “Instead, ground your energy policy in careful science and let your legacy include hearing the people out.” — Joseph Wirth
Senate subcommittee to discuss potential mega-drought in Colorado River Basin A paper published in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society in June has predicted a severe mega-drought in the Colorado River Basin. The paper states that the mega-drought
could decrease the flow of the Colorado River by 45 percent by the middle of the 21st century. A Senate subcommittee is expected to consider the Colorado River Basin Study and discuss municipal water conservation, agricultural water conservation and how to maintain healthy flow levels for the Colorado River. “Congress needs to take this issue seriously now,” Gary Wockner of the Save The Colorado River Campaign said in a press release. “We need to make sure the Colorado River Basin Study is used to combat this imbalance and potential mega-drought — we can hope and pray for rain, but we need to plan for a worst-case scenario that supplies water and protects the river in the 21st century.” The U.S. Department of the Interior’s paper on water conservation and implementation of the Secure Water Act states that federal leadership will be critical to public acceptance and implementation of water conservation and reuse. “The Southwest U.S. is entering a potential severe water crisis, and we can’t build dams and pipelines to fix it,” Wockner said in the press release. “We need to develop a new economy in water conservation and river protection that meets this challenge.” — Joseph Wirth
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“odd, and possibly political, decisions” in the new report. The EPA’s belief that high-dose testing can predict safety at low doses “flies in the face of our knowledge of how hormones work,” Vandenberg told EHN in an email. “They [endocrine disrupting chemicals] are overtly toxic at high doses but act like hormones, with completely different actions, at low doses.” In the 2012 report, Vandenberg and colleagues pointed to chemicals such as
bisphenol A (BPA) — which is found in polycarbonate plastic and some canned foods and paper receipts — and atrazine, a pesticide used mostly on corn, as examples of chemicals that are inadequately tested to protect human health. “Whether low doses of endocrinedisrupting compounds influence human disorders is no longer conjecture, as epidemiological studies show that environmental exposures are associated with human diseases and disabil-
ities,” the scientists said in their report published in the journal Endocrine Reviews. They cited evidence of a wide range of health effects in people — from fetuses to aging adults — including links to infertility, cardiovascular disease, obesity, cancer and other disorders. Vandenberg said the EPA used outof-date studies on atrazine, when it should have used a new publication with dozens of authors from around the world showing the “consistent, low-
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“It is absolute torture,” says Richardson of his landlocked status. “I swim a lot to be in the water, to get some glide and have all the right muscles firing, but it is still not the same as being in the ocean.” “You’re dying,” adds Barry. “You’re here for a whole bunch of reasons, but you want to go back.” Fortunately, there’s something called the Denver International Airport, which acts as an escape portal for local surfers. As one of North America’s busiest airports, DIA has flights around the globe, and after spending two or three hours in the air, you can be on a beach. “California is two hours away,” Richardson says. “I have all of my equipment stashed out there, a garage filled with surfboards and wetsuits. Northern California is my usual go-to, depending upon the season. It can be fantastic, uncrowded surf. I also have had surfboards here in Colorado to catch the non-stops down to the Mexican mainland and Baja. “Surprisingly, my boards have been treated well; the baggage handlers have always been curious about it,” he Boulder Weekly
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Bob Montgomery, left, and Ken Walker will return once more to the Longmont Jazz Festival on Saturday, July 20.
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igh school students and renowned jazz artists will take the same stage this weekend to present a sampling of jazz in Colorado. This Saturday, the Longmont Jazz Festival will celebrate its 15th year. The festival is aimed at bringing more jazz to Longmont and exposing a new audience to the music, says Jerry Maddock, a board member of the Longmont Jazz Association. Denver has an active jazz scene with venues dedicated to the genre, from the storied El Chapultepec to Dazzle, which was named “One of the World’s 100 Great Jazz Clubs” by DownBeat Magazine. The capital’s not alone in its jazz love though: Big jazz festivals take place in Estes Park, Vail, Telluride and multiple other cities; jazz programs thrive at universities across the state; and the independent jazz radio station KUVO broadcasts jazz all over Colorado. Plus, Longmont and the surrounding region are home to many accomplished jazz musicians, says Max Wagner, the saxophonist and vocalist of the Max Wagner Quartet. see JAZZ Page 30
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“The jazz scene around here is close and acoustically is always extra special,” Wagner says. “The different than watching it on talent level is amazing. There’s a ton YouTube or listening to it on a of people from our region who are CD. There’s a lot to be learned, successful jazz artists nationally and and most of these people are very Tim Ellis internationally, and that’s amazing generous, very kind and humble 11:00 a.m. - Longmont All Star Jazz Band. A 20-piece full big band too about this part of the world.” people, so it’s fairly commonplace composed of the best of the best What sets the Longmont festival for young musicians to be received of high school musicians from the apart in Wagner’s eyes is the passion welcomingly by these fellows. Longmont area. the organizers have for jazz music. They have questions and are curi12:15 p.m. - Bob Montgomery Jazz “It’s a gem of a festival, run by ous about things, about music, Performance Clinic. A free clinic for all musicians led by internationally people who really have a great pasabout equipment, whatever. That recognized jazz trumpeter and educasion for jazz,” Wagner says. “I’m very interaction is really neat. It’s great tor Bob Montgomery. thankful to those people. They truly the festivals provide a forum for 1:30 p.m. - Bob Montgomery/ care about the music and the musithat.” Allen Hermann Quintet. Performing the same great jazz that they play cians, and they run their festival While the Longmont All Stars on the group’s international touring accordingly.” does play at jazz venues like Dazzle schedule, including original music The Longmont Jazz in Denver, they also frequent venues and standards. Association, a nonprofit started in like Oskar Blues, where their perfor2:45 p.m. - The Poudre River Irregulars. This group is a jazz mainstay throughout northern Colo1998, hosts the jazz festival every mance can seem a little bit more like rado. Since 1995, this band has been pleasing crowds with its renditions of classic jazz numbers by the likes of Louis Armstrong, Fats Waller, Jelly Roll Morton, George Gershwin and Duke Ellington. year, using money from grants. In background music to the patrons. 4:00 p.m. - Dexter Payne Sextet will get the crowd going with its Brazilian-influenced, high-energy jazz. previous years, the festival was two Because the event draws a more or three days long, but with the attentive audience, the Longmont 5:15 p.m. - Max Wagner Quartet will end the festival with its signature brand of jazz, featuring Max Wagner on saxophone and vocals, Eric Gunnison on piano, Ken Walker on bass and Alwyn Robinson at recession, the festival received Jazz Festival is a refreshing change. the drums. fewer and smaller grants for this “Generally the people that come year’s event. Even with a fundraisto the Longmont Jazz Festival have more jazz savvy than the other audiing concert held in June, the orgaences we play for,” Wilkinson says. nization could only afford to put on “When we play at Oskar Blues, it’s pretty much just a one-day festival. To make up for the lost days, performances a year are out of town, the Longmont a night club.” the festival will last longer than it has in past years, Jazz Festival gives the students a chance to return However, the festival’s audience isn’t limited to beginning at 11 a.m. instead of noon. home and perform for their families and friends. jazz enthusiasts. Families with small children also Among the jazz musicians included in the festiDuring the festival, the Longmont All Stars will frequent the Longmont Jazz Festival, as it’s a free, val are 20 who haven’t been disalso take part in an improvisaoutdoor, community event. covered yet. The Longmont All tion clinic with Bob “It’s a family affair. It’s a day out in the park,” Stars, an audition-only collecMontgomery. The inclusion of On the Bill: The 15th annual Maddock says. “The kids come and get out and tion of talented high school jazz the Longmont All Stars in the Longmont Jazz Festival takes place dance. It’s really not just for the hipsters; it’s for musicians, will perform at the festival and the band’s participafrom 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday, July 20, at Roosevelt Park Pavilion. families that want to come and bring friends. It’s a festival for the 13th year. The tion in the clinic offered by Free and open to the public. 725 free activity, and we have food and drink for them band, which includes high well-known jazz artists repreEighth Ave., Longmont. Visit http://bit. there.” school students from seven difsents a nationwide growth in ly/LongmontJazz for a full schedule. Additionally, this is the first year that members ferent schools, organized by Bill jazz education. of the Longmont Artists Guild will display and sell Wilkinson, was formed 13 years “I think for young players, their work at the festival. Maddock says he hopes the ago, just two years after the it’s always amazing to hear artists will bring new fans to the jazz festival, while Longmont Jazz Association. The organizations colmature, fully developed players,” says Wagner, laborated to incorporate the young musicians in the the music will bring new viewers to the artists. who became passionate about jazz at 17 years old. annual jazz festival. Because many of the band’s 15 Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com “To have an opportunity to see these people up
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ichael Christie is really up for this Phoenix Symphony last year. During that run, he weekend’s concerts at the Colorado asked if she would be willing to play them as part of Music Festival (CMF). this year’s “Russian Masters” mini-festival at CMF. “I think it’s going to be one of the “I said it would probably mean doing them all in most spectacular feats of artistry and one week, one concerto per program,” Christie says. stamina I’ll ever see,” he says. “She looked at me and said, ‘Well actually, the easiest And as CMF music director and conductor of the thing for me to do would be just to [do them all concerts, he should know. What he is talking about together].’ She said it’s really physically harder to rev up are performances by Russian pianist Olga Kern with and then warm down, rev up and warm down, rather the Festival Orchestra, play- David Bazemore than just to make a couple ing all four of of massive concerted efforts. Rachmaninoff ’s piano conYou just go for it while the certos, plus the Rhapsody on adrenaline’s pumping and a Theme of Paganini. Those everything’s good.” are five major works, by one And it’s not like Kern of the greatest piano virtuoobjects to playing more sos in history, all of them Rachmaninoff. Kern’s travel monumentally challenging, schedule prevented local physically and emotionally. interviews, but in a stateAnd Kern will perform ment prepared for CMF, them in just two concerts, she writes, “I am so happy on Friday, July 19, and that I will be back in Sunday, July 21 (http://bit. Colorado and perform all ly/RussianMasters). Rachmaninoff concertos. I For lovers of the don’t perform this cycle Romantic piano and highvery often; it’s a very special risk virtuosity, a perforevent for me. It takes so mance of just one much from me, emotionally Rachmaninoff concerto is a and physically, but at the Olga Kern treat. To have all four of same time it makes me the them and the Rhapsody in happiest person in this just two concerts is astonishing. world. I love Rachmaninoff ’s music.” PMS 4625 PMS 466 PMS 576 PMS 471 “You will not hear this anywhere else in thePMS 579 PMS 484 That lovePMSis631part of Kern’s heritage. Descended world,” Christie says. “And I can guarantee Olga is from a family of Russian musicians, she studied piano the only one who can do something like this.” at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow and won Lest you think that Christie is an evil genius for the first Rachmaninoff International Piano asking Kern to play all five works in only two conCompetition at the age of 17. Later she also won the certs, you should know it was her idea. She had played Van Cliburn Competition in Texas, an event founded the concertos over two weeks with Christie and the on Cliburn’s own success with Russian music at the
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arts & culture CU plans to create new, consolidated arts department by David Accomazzo
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he University of Colorado Boulder is moving to combine its three arts departments — Art and Art History; Film Studies; and Theatre and Dance — into a single entity, tentatively known as the Interdepartmental Program in Fine Arts (IPFA). The program will operate as a unit within the College of Arts and Sciences. Dean Steven Leigh and Associate Dean for Arts and Humanities David Boonin announced the new unit in an email sent to faculty on June 20. The letter named Professor Bud Coleman, the chair of the theater and dance department, as the interim director of the new unit. The proposal might finally bring some closure to faculty in the three arts departments. Since CU’s journalism program was stripped of its school status in 2011, an exploratory committee has looked at ideas for the new journalism unit. The committee’s final report, submitted to the provost in April 2012, recommended merging the fine arts departments — specifically mentioning art and art history; film studies; theatre and dance; and music — within a new journalism college. The proposals met resistance from some of the arts faculty, who saw the marriage of the arts with journalism as somewhat of a shotgun wedding. One faculty member thought the proposal sounded somewhat sloppy, mentioning that just because the university was “just sort of cobbling departments together and throwing the word digital in there as well” didn’t make it a good idea. Another professor, Phil Solomon, said the existing film studies faculty’s specialty was not in journalism. “We know media from the fine art perspective,
not necessarily from the information perspective,” Solomon says. “[Former Secretary of Defense Donald] Rumsfeld said you go to war with the army you have,” Solomon continues. “Well, the army we have is artists, and scholars interested in the arts. It’s true of our film critical studies faculty, and it’s true of our film production faculty. Every one of us is interested in the art of film. … [ Journalism] is a very different animal.” So some in the arts departments greeted the IPFA email with relief. However, confusion returned just days later. On June 25, Provost Russell Moore sent out a report announcing what seemed to be the final framework for the new journalism unit, to be called the College of Media, Communication and Information. He created a nineprofessor committee and charged it with creating the framework for several degree programs within the new college, including one in “The Moving Image and Media Production.” Moore wrote that the unit “will continue to nourish [the university’s] striking presence in experimental film and to explore such promising areas as documentary filmmaking.” It’s still unclear what the final shape of journalism college will be. The committee has until spring 2014 to complete its work. But Boonin and Leigh say that the IPFA reorganization will be “much, much lighter administratively” than that of the journalism college. Film studies faculty members don’t have to worry about being vacuumed into the new journalism school. “We circulated a message from [Moore] a few weeks ago sort of reassuring the film department that no one’s going to be kidnapped, but there will be
opportunities for people [to transfer to the journalism school] if they’re interested,” Boonin says. The combination of the arts departments is the first step in Leigh’s overall plan to consolidate some of the programs in arts and sciences into larger units. Leigh, hired in May 2012, oversaw a similar consolidation while associate dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Illinois. “When I came in, I thought it would be worth deciding if [these consolidated] schools would have advantages for CU arts and sciences,” Leigh says. “So we put together a committee of our very best people, these are chairs and directors of programs, departments, and basically we looked at the problem.” The committee identified several departments that might benefit from consolidation. Leigh says the next step will be to combine CU’s two math departments, mathematics and applied mathematics, into one. He would like to create a statistics department, since statistics is currently taught in 22 different departments. Boonin says he will talk to CU’s multiple foreign language departments to see if they would like to form a single unit within arts and sciences. The consolidation process might not be pretty, Leigh says. There might be jobs eliminated in the name of efficiency. “This is going to be controversial. There probably are some staff reductions that we’re going to see,” Leigh says. “We might very well see some overlap across professors and across expertise when we do this. So most likely, that’s going to happen when you have a pretty clear, basic curriculum. So mathematics, biology, chemistry — if we were going to work in those areas, we’d probably find a pretty fair amount of overlap in instructional staff that we could address. So it’s very possible that we could find that. So it’s hard to say. I’m cautious to pitch this as a cost-reducer. It’s cost-neutral. And again, the gain really is in efficiency.” Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com
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July 19-21: Global Dance Festival, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, 5 p.m. The Global Dance Festival comes to Red Rocks again this weekend as some of the electronic music scene’s best artists take the stage for what is sure to be a mind-blowing, counter-culture experience. Headliners include Eoto, Beats Antique, Emancipator, Gramatik, Mimosa and many more. It’s a must-see show for any bass-head in the Boulder County area.
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NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND COMES TO CHAUTAUQUA Monday, July 22: Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Chautauqua Auditorium, 8 p.m. One of country rock’s most influential groups, the legendary Nitty Gritty Dirt Band will play Chautauqua Auditorium on July 22. Playing songs off of its 2009 album Speed of Life and classics like “Mr. Bojangles,” the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band will fill the small atmosphere at Chautauqua up with ramblin’ banjo and mandolin rhythms accompanied by keyboards, harmonicas and group vocals that will be sure to knock the socks right off your feet.
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Barbara Yates Beasley, Rob Wardell. NCAR Visitor Center, 1850 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, 303-4971000. Through Aug. 2.
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BEER! Boulder’s History on Tap. Boulder History Museum, 1206 Euclid Ave., Boulder, 303-449-3464. Through Oct. 27. Bunny Rosenthal Rubin. Boulder Public Library Arapahoe Ramp, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.
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Cover Story. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000. Through Sept. 22.
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Cut and Paste. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-2122. Through Sept. 15. Erotic Nature — Photography by Kate Zari Roberts. Highland City Club, 885 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-443-4430. Through Sept. 3. Historic Photographic Exhibit: Revealing Our Routes: Women of Boulder County. Carnegie Branch for Local History, 1125 Pine St., Boulder, 303-441-3110. Through Aug. 17. Jen Lewin: It’s Electric. CU Art Museum, 1085 18th St., Boulder, 303-492-8300. Through July 27.
A Moment in Time: Here. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-8655000. Through Sept. 22. Nick Cave: Sojourn. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000. Through Sept. 22. Not Exactly. RedLine, 2350 Arapahoe St., Denver, 303-296-4448. Through July 28. Perception: Color | Line | Power. Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada, 720-898-7255. Through Aug. 25. Rocky Mountain Majesty — The paintings of Charles Partridge Adams. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-8655000. Through July 21. Sequentially Speaking:The Art of Comic Books — Graphic art by Samantha Reveley and David Balan. The Muse Gallery, 356 Main St., Longmont, 303-678-7869. Through Aug. 24. Spun: Adventures in Textiles. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000. Through Sept. 22. This Is Not a Test: The Atomic Art of Doug Waterfield. Rocky Flats Cold War Museum, 5612 Yukon St., Arvada, 720-287-1717. Through Sept. 8. Transitions — by Anne Gifford. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-4413100. Through Sept. 8.
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Boulder Salsa Social. 8:30 p.m. The Avalon, 6185 Arapahoe Rd., Boulder, 303-668-7355.
Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303-485-9400.
Elemental. 4:30 p.m. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826.
Something Underground. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 North Park Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757.
Foraging with Wendy Petty and Erin Smith. 5:30 p.m. Center for Integrative Botanical Studies. Registration required, www.integrativebotanical.com, 877-202-9329.
Stonebreakers. 9:30 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683.
Getting Started with Adobe Photoshop. 6 p.m. Boulder Digital Arts, 1600 Range St., Boulder, 303-875-0276.
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Conversations in English. 10 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3099.
Art Night Out. 5 p.m. Festival Plaza, 309 S. Public Road, Lafayette, 303-665-5588.
Fashion Gala. 7 p.m. Longmont Yarn Shoppe, 454 Main St., Longmont, 303-678-8242.
Brian Parton. 10 p.m. No-Name Bar, 1325 Broadway St., Boulder, 303-447-3278.
Hike at Sunset — Bald Mountain Scenic Area. 6:30 p.m. Bald Mountain Scenic Area, 303-678-6214.
Daddy Mack. 8 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel, 800 28th St. Boulder, 303-443-3322.
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Duststompers. 8 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 720-297-6397. Fullbelly. 9:30 p.m. Waterloo, 809 S. Main St., Louisville, 303-993-2094. Global Dance Festival: Beats Antique, Eoto. 5:30 p.m. Red Rocks Amphitheatre, 18300 W. Alameda Parkway, Morrison, 720-865-2494.
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Wonderlic. 10 p.m. Pioneer Inn, 15 E. First St., Nederland, 303-258-7733.
music 17th Avenue Allstars. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 North Park Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757. Andy McKee. 7 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030. The CBDs — Medicinal music. 6 p.m. Minglewood, 1606 Conestoga St. #3, Boulder, 303-442-0585.
The Indulgers. 10 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922.
Chicha. 10 p.m. Pioneer Inn, 15 E. First St., Nederland, 303-258-7733.
Janine Gastineau & Her Rhythm. 8 p.m. Caffè Sole, 637R S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-499-2985.
Daddy Mack. 8 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel, 800 28th St. Boulder, 303-443-3322.
Live Phish Stream. 5 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-3399.
David Booker solo. 4:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Tasty Weasel, 1800 Pike Rd. Unit B, Longmont, 303-776-1914, ext. 313.
Quemando. 6:30 p.m. St Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696.
Funkopolis & Paa Kow’s By All Means Band. 7:30 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-4433399.
Ramaya & Dechen Hawk. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628. Rocktin Grove. 8:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685. The Ronnie Shellist Band. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Home
Global Dance Festival: Savoy, Sander Van Doorn. 5 p.m. Red Rocks Amphitheatre, 18300 W. Alameda Parkway, Morrison, 720-865-2494. Highway 50. 10 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St.,
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909 Arapahoe Ave., www.compassionandchoicesboulder. org. Sugar Rush Challenge. 10 a.m. Escoffier Boulder, 637 S. Broadway, Ste. H, Boulder, 720-220-2789.
Jimbo Darville & The Truckadours — With Sharon & Grant. 8 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 720-297-6397.
Summer Heritage Evening at Walker Ranch Homestead. 5 p.m. Walker Ranch Homestead, 7701 Flagstaff Road, Boulder, 303-776-8848.
Kyle’s Brew Fest. 5 p.m. Boulder Beer Company, 2880 Wilderness Place, Boulder, 303-444-8448.
Visit the Assay Museum. 10 a.m. James F. Bailey Wall Street Assay Office Museum. 6352 Fourmile Canyon Drive, Boulder, 303-776-8848.
Longmont Jazz Festival. 11 a.m. 725 Eighth Ave., Longmont. Visit http://bit.ly/LongmontJazz for a complete schedule. Los Bohemios. 6:30 p.m. St Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696. Mojomama. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303-485-9400. Nightwolf. 9 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683. Sally Van Metter — With Open Road All-Stars. 8:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685. Skean Dubh. 9:30 p.m. Waterloo, 809 S. Main St., Louisville, 303-993-2094. Women in Song. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.
events Art and Science of Tracking with Ian Sanderson. Center for Integrative Botanical Studies. Registration required, www.integrativebotanical.com, 877-202-9329. CenterStage Theatre Company: Into the Woods. 7:30 p.m. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. Final Cut Pro X Hands-On Intensive. 9 a.m. Boulder Digital Arts, 1600 Range St., Boulder, 303-875-0276. Fitness on the Rocks. 7 a.m. Red Rocks Amphitheatre, 18300 W. Alameda Parkway, Morrison, 720-865-2494. Flora and Fauna of the Montane Wetlands and Forests. 10 a.m. Mud Lake Open Space, Boulder, 303678-6214. Irish Saturday Evenings with The McTeggart Irish Dancers. 7 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922. Kinetics Sculpture Race. 10 a.m. Union Reservoir, 0461 Weld County Road #26, http://kineticists.org. Logistics of Loss. 10 a.m. West Boulder Senior Center,
Sunday, July 21 music Acoustic Jam. 4 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922. Almanac Trail Tour. 6 p.m. University of Colorado Denver, Auraria campus, 900 Auraria Parkway, Denver, 303-444-6981. Billy Bright and the Geoff Union Trio. 9 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628. Big Daddy Love. 10 p.m. Mountain Sun Pub, 1535 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-546-0886.
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Mark Irwin. 7 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore and Cafe, 1203 13th St., Boulder, 303579-1644. The Summer Girls — by Mary Alice Monroe. 7:30 p.m. Tattered Cover, 2526 E. Colfax Ave, Denver, 303-322-7727.
Friday, July 19 The Shape of the Eye — by George Estreich. 7:30 p.m. Tattered Cover, 2526 E. Colfax Ave, Denver, 303-322-7727. Saturday, July 20
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Bluegrass Pick. 12 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Rd., Longmont, 303485-9400. Global Dance Festival: Mimosa, Griz. 5 p.m. Red Rocks Amphitheatre, 18300 W. Alameda Parkway, Morrison, 720-865-2494. Honky Tonk Festival. 3 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303485-9400. Jazz Jam with Mark Diamond & Big Swing Trio. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel, 800 28th St. Boulder, 303-443-3322. Little Brave. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628. Live Phish Stream. 5 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-3399. Mello Cello Sundays with Sam Rae. 7 p.m. Shine, 2027 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-0120. National Park Radio. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 North Park Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757. Traditional Irish Music Open Session. 7 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922. see EVENTS Page 42
Helen Phillips will discuss her book Here Where the Sunbeams Are Green on July 23 at the Boulder Book Store.
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DAILY SPECIALS
Care Homes Are Murder — by Mike Befeler. 11 a.m. Barnes & Noble, 2999 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-444-0349. The Light in Ruins — by Chris Bohjalian. 7:30 p.m. Tattered Cover, 2526 E. Colfax Ave, Denver, 303-322-7727. Sunday, July 21 The Neptune Project — by Polly Holyoke. 12 p.m. Barnes & Noble, 2999 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-444-0349. Tuesday, July 23 Here Where the Sunbeams Are Green — by Helen Phillips. 6:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-2074. Children of the Jacaranda Tree — by Sahar Delijani. 7:30 p.m. Tattered Cover, 2526 E. Colfax Ave, Denver, 303-322-7727.
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George Nelson Quartet Wed., July 24th
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EVENTS from Page 41 Weird Al Yankovic. 7 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030.
Rocks Amphitheatre, 18300 W. Alameda Parkway, Morrison, 720-865-2494.
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No Ropes Universal — Open mic. 8 p.m. Trident Booksellers & Café, 940 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-443-3133.
303 Choir “Local Heart” Benefit — With Paa Kow By All Means Band. 12 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683. Blues & BBQ with EEF. 2 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 720-297-6397. Broken. 5 p.m. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. Final Cut Pro X Hands-On Intensive. 9 a.m. Boulder Digital Arts, 1600 Range St., Boulder, 303-875-0276. HealthONE Red Rocks Fitness Challenge. 7 a.m. Red
Open Mic. 9 p.m. Pearl Street Pub, 1108 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-939-9900. Red Rocks American Indian Art Show and Festival. 10 a.m. Red Rocks Amphitheatre, 18300 W. Alameda Parkway, Morrison, 720-865-2494.
Electric Blues Jam. 7:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303485-9400. Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. 8 p.m. Chautauqua Auditorium, 900 Baseline Road, 303-440-7666. Pat Katsounes. 10 p.m. Southern Sun. 627 South Broadway, Boulder, 303-543-0886. Zing The Big Band. 7 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683.
Preserve, Boulder, 303-678-6214. Marketing with Social Media. 6 p.m. Boulder Digital Arts, 1600 Range St., Boulder, 303-875-0276.
Tuesday, July 23 music Bluegrass Pick. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685.
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Chris James Band. 10 p.m. Pioneer Inn, 15 E. First St., Nederland, 303-258-7733.
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Broken. 4:30 p.m. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826.
Jon Weiss. 6 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 720-297-6397.
Hike at Sunset — Betasso Preserve. 6:30 p.m. Betasso
Mathias and the Crooked Streets. 8:30 p.m. Waterloo, 809 S. Main St., Louisville, 303-993-2094.
Billy Bright and Geoff Union trio. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685.
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Open Mic hosted by Maus. 8 p.m. Pioneer Inn, 15 E. First St., Nederland, 303-258-7733. Open Mic Night. 8 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922. Rick Estrain & Nightcats. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel, 800 28th St. Boulder, 303-443-3322. Soul Explosion. 9 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628. The Stilletos. 7 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683. Terra Gatos. 6:30 p.m. St Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696. William Tyler & Fly Golden Eagle. 8 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-3399.
events Film on the Rocks: Princess Bride. 7 p.m. Red Rocks Amphitheatre, 18300 W. Alameda Parkway, Morrison, 720-865-2494. Introduction to Digital Photography. 6 p.m. Boulder Digital Arts, Boulder Digital Arts, 1600 Range St., Boulder, 303-875-0276. Medicinal Plants of Colorado with Erin Smith. 5:30 p.m. Center for Integrative Botanical Studies. Registration required, www.integrativebotanical.com, 877-202-9329. Teatro Real: Blood Wedding and Suite Flamenca. 7 p.m. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826.
90th BIRTHDAY BASH Saturday, July 20th
We’re throwing an epic birthday soirée to celebrate 90 years of great food & good times as Boulder's oldest bar and restaurant!
SINK RAT VIP PARTY
FOX CONCERT
5:30pm - 7:30pm @ The Sink INCLUDES:
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Funkopolis & Paa Kow’s By All Means Band
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Teen Summer Film Nexus — The King of California. 5 p.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.
Wednesday, July 24 music The Big Blues Jam. 8 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683. Blues Jam hosted by the Firebreathers. 10 p.m. Pioneer Inn, 15 E. First St., Nederland, 303-258-7733. Boulder Blues Quartet. 8 p.m. Caffè Sole, 637R S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-499-2985. Delta Sonics Blues Jam. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 North Park Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757. Fareed Haque’s MathGames. 8 p.m. Shine, 2027 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-0120. Faust. 7:30 p.m. Chautauqua Auditorium, 900 Baseline Road, 303-440-7666. Jon McKay. 6 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 720-297-6397. Off the Record. 5:30 p.m. Bands on the Bricks, 1300 block of Pearl St., Boulder, 303-449-1582. Open Bluegrass Pick. 9 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922. Origami Crane. 9 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628. The Railsplitters. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685. Robert Earl Keen — With Andrea Davidson. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030.
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Shane Tully. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628. Will Cuneo & Dustin Lowman. 8 p.m. Trident Booksellers
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Thursday, July 18 Watermelon Slim and the Workers. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel, 800 28th St., Boulder, 303-443-3322. Bill “Watermelon Slim” Homans is a roughplaying blues guitarist whose reputation for getting down and dirty with raw intensity on stage has brought him all the way to the top of the blues genre in recent years. Watermelon Slim & The Workers have received 17 Blues Music Award nominations, and Slim is the only blues artist in history with 12 nominations in two consecutive years (2007 and 2008). “From sizzling slide guitar … to nitty-gritty harp blowing … to a gruff, resonating Okie twang, Slim delivers acutely personal workingman blues with both hands on the wheel of life, a bottle of hooch in his pocket, and the Bible on the passenger seat,” Paste Magazine wrote. Slim and crew now will take on the Boulder Outlook Hotel on Thursday, July 18, bringing their sounds and environment to the Boulder blues community. Tickets are $15 in advance and $20 the day of show.
& Café, 940 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-443-3133.
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Friday Storytime. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3099. Magical Magnets. 10:30 a.m. WOW! Children’s Museum, 110 N. Harrison Ave., Lafayette, 303-604-2424.
Delicious and Nutritious Summer Dishes with Teresa Koby. 5:30 p.m. Center for Integrative Botanical Studies. Registration required, www.integrativebotanical.com, 877-202-9329.
Paint Day. 10 a.m. WOW! Children’s Museum, 110 N. Harrison Ave., Lafayette, 303-604-2424.
Happy Hour with Boulder Chamber of Commerce. 5:30 p.m. Rio Grande. 1101 Walnut St., Boulder, 303444-3690.
Go Club for Kids and Teens. 2 p.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.
More Than Honey. 4:30 p.m. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826.
Monday Storytime. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3099.
Producing the Documentary. 6 p.m. Boulder Digital Arts, 1600 Range St., Boulder, 303-875-0276.
Tuesday, July 23
Thursday, July 18 Musical Storytime with Alice and Melanie. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3099.
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Stamp Day. 10 a.m. WOW! Children’s Museum, 110 N. Harrison Ave., Lafayette, 303-604-2424.
50 Shades Of Loud. Heritage Square Music Hall,18301 W. Colfax Ave., Golden, 303-279-7800. Through Sept. 8. The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) — Presented by the Colorado Shakespeare Festival. University Mainstage, CU campus, Boulder, 303-492-0554. Through Aug. 10. Curtains. Arvada Center, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada, 720898-7200. Through July 28.
Fiddler On The Roof— Presented by the Phamaly Theatre Company. The Space Theatre, Denver Center for the Performing Arts, 1101 13th St., Denver, 303-893-4100.
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Wednesday, July 24 Stencil Day. 10 a.m. WOW! Children’s Museum, 110 N. Harrison Ave., Lafayette, 303-604-2424.
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Through Aug. 11. Macbeth — Presented by the Colorado Shakespeare Festival. Mary Rippon Outdoor Ampitheatre, CU campus, Boulder, 303-4920554. Through Aug. 10. A Midsummer Night’s Dream — Presented by the Colorado Shakespeare Festival. Mary Rippon Amphitheatre, CU campus, Boulder, 303-492-0554.Through Aug. 11. Richard II — Presented by the Colorado Shakespeare Festival. Mary Rippon Amphitheatre, CU campus, Boulder, 303-492-0554. Through Aug. 11.
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reel to reel 20 Feet From Stardom Director Morgan Neville shines a spotlight on the untold true story of the backup singers behind some of the greatest musical legends of the 21st century. At Mayan. — Landmark Theatres
Aliens After surviving her ordeal from Alien and drifting in space asleep for more than 50 years, Ripley is persuaded to return to LV-426. At Esquire. — Landmark Theatres
The Attack Israeli Palestinian surgeon Amin Jaafari’s picture-perfect life is turned upside down when a suicide bombing in a restaurant leaves 19 dead, and the Israeli police inform him that his wife Sihem, who also died in the explosion, was responsible. At Chez Artiste.— Landmark Theatres
Before Midnight Jesse and Celine first met in their 20s in Before Sunrise, reunited in their 30s in Before Sunset and now, in Before Midnight, they face the past, present and future. Rated R. At Century and Esquire.
Born to Royalty Born to Royalty is a feature-length celebration charting the history of the royal babies born in recent times. At Chez Artiste. — Landmark Theatres
Broken A charismatic girl named Skunk is the heart of this story following the interlocking tales of three households on an English cul-de-sac. At Boedecker. — Boedecker Theater
By Summer’s End Michal vows that by the end of the summer, her 7-yearold daughter Maya will learn to read and write, but the summer is set to be full of surprises. At SIE FilmCenter. — Denver Film Society
Cinema Q Film Festival at the SIE FilmCenter Before You Know It, The Campaign, C.O.G. Cruising, G.B.F., The Happy Sad, I Am Divine, Interior. Leather Bar., In Their Rooms, Kinky Boots, Last Summer, The Most Fun I’ve Ever Had with My Pants On, The New Black, Pit Stop, Polyester, Portrait of Jason, Reaching for the Moon, Valentine Road, and Who’s Afraid of Vagina Wolf?
Computer Chess It’s 1982 and a convention of tech nerds are holed up in a run-down hotel for a weekend trying to win a computer chess tournament with their rudimentary and cumbersome state-of-the-art computer programs. At Chez Artiste. — Landmark Theatres
The Conjuring When disturbing things start to happen at the Perron family’s house, paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine must step in. At Twin Peaks, Century and Colony Square.
Despicable Me 2 It’s time for more Minion madness as this animated sequel starring the voices of Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig, Russell Brand and others is sure to be a family favorite. Rated PG. At Twin Peaks, Colony Square and Century.
Elemental An Indian water official campaigns to clean the polluted Ganges river; an indigenous Canadian activist crusades against the development of the Alberta tar sands; and an Australian inventor struggles to find funding for his nature-inspired solutions. This documentary reveals three fascinating portraits of the people behind environmental movements. At Boedecker. — Boedecker Theater
Far Out Isn’t Far Enough: The Tomi Ungerer Story One man’s wild, lifelong adventure of testing society’s boundaries through his subversive art, this film combines traditional storytelling with original animation culled from seven decades’ worth of art from Tomi Ungerer, the renegade children’s book author and illustrator. At Chez Artiste. — Landmark Theatres
Fill the Void Eighteen-year-old Shira, the youngest daughter in an
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Orthodox Hasidic family from Tel Aviv, is about to be married. But on Purim, her sister dies while giving birth. At Chez Artiste. — Landmark Theatres
Girl Most Likely Failed New York playwright Imogene Duncan is forced to move back in with her New Jersey family after both her personal and professional lives hit the skids. At Esquire and Century. — Landmark Theatres
Grown Ups 2 This sequel to Grown Ups features Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Chris Rock and David Spade learning lessons from their kids on the last day of school. At Twin Peaks, Century and Colony Square.
Hannah Arendt This award-winning new biopic of the influential GermanJewish philosopher and political theorist covers her reporting on the 1961 trial of ex-Nazi Adolf Eichmann in The New Yorker. At Boedecker. — Boedecker Theater
The Heat A foul-mouthed, dirty methods cop (Melissa McCarthy) is forced to team up with a suit-wearing, micro-managing FBI agent (Sandra Bullock) to go after a drug lord. Rated R. At Twin Peaks, Century and Colony Square.
The Hot Flashes The Hot Flashes is about a basketball team of underappreciated middle-aged Texas women, all former high school champs, who challenge the current high school girls’ state champs to raise money for breast cancer prevention. At SIE FilmCenter. — Denver Film Society
How to Make Money Selling Drugs A shockingly candid examination of how a street dealer can rise to cartel lord with relative ease. At SIE FilmCenter. — Denver Film Society.
The Human Scale The Human Scale presents thinkers, architects and urban planners across the globe. It questions our assumptions about modernity, exploring what happens when we put people into the center of our planning. At SIE FilmCenter. — Denver Film Society
I Learn America At a Brooklyn public high school dedicated to newly arrived immigrants from all over the world, five teenagers strive to master English, adapt to families they haven’t seen in years and create a future while coming of age in a new land. At SIE FilmCenter. — Denver Film Society
More Than Honey
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
This documentary observes family beekeepers and industrial honey farms and explores the relationship between men and bees. At Boedecker. — Boedecker Theater
This cult classic follows newly engaged couple Brad Majors and Janet Weiss as they find themselves in the world of Dr. Frank N. Furter. At Boulder Outdoor Cinema.
Much Ado About Nothing
SOMM
A series of comic and tragic events conspire to keep two couples from truly finding happiness — but then again, perhaps love will prevail. Rated PG-13. At Esquire and Century. — Landmark Theatres
SOMM takes the viewer on a humorous, emotional and illuminating look into a mysterious world — the Court of Master Sommeliers and the massively intimidating Master Sommelier exam. At SIE FilmCenter. — Denver Film Society
Mud When two boys discover a mysterious stranger hiding out on an island in the Mississippi River, their lives are changed forever. Rated PG-13. At Colony Square.
One Track Heart: The Story of Krishna Das This film follows young musician Jeffrey Kagel’s journey to India and back, his struggles with depression and drug abuse and his eventual emergence as Krishna Das. At SIE FilmCenter. — Denver Film Society.
Jurassic Park
Pacific Rim
A multimillionaire unveils a new theme park where visitors can observe dinosaurs cloned using advanced DNA technology. At SIE FilmCenter. — Denver Film Society
When giant monsters rise from the Pacific Ocean, mankind turns to massive robots piloted by soldiers to defeat them. The robots aren’t enough, however, and an unlikely team must find a way to save mankind. At Twin Peaks, Century and Colony Square.
The King of California An unstable dad, after getting out of a mental institution, tries to convince his daughter that there’s Spanish gold buried somewhere under suburbia. At Boulder Library. — Boulder Public Library
Plimpton!
Star Trek Into Darkness When the crew of the Enterprise returns to Earth they find the whole place in chaos. Rated PG-13. At Colony Square.
This is the End When the apocalypse hits, six friends find out what true friendship really means. Rated R. At Century.
Turbo Theo the garden snail’s racing dreams come true when an accident with nitrous oxide gives him the power of incredible speed. His newfound talent inspires him to try to win the Indianapolis 500. At Twin Peaks, Colony Square and Century.
Unfinished Song
Plimpton! Starring George Plimpton as Himself becomes an insightful and compelling look into this great man’s life. At SIE FilmCenter. — Denver Film Society
Unfinished Song is a funny and inspiring drama about curmudgeonly pensioner Arthur, who is inspired by his beloved wife Marion to join a highly unconventional local seniors choir. At Chez Artiste. — Landmark Theatres
The Rabbi’s Cat
V/H/S 2
Based on the best-selling graphic novel of Algeria in the 1930s, an intersection of Jewish, Arab and French culture, this animation tells the story of a rabbi and his cat. Not rated. At Boedecker. — Boedecker Theater
This follow-up to V/H/S ventures even further down the demented path blazed by its predecessor, discovering new and terrifying territory in the genre. At SIE FilmCenter. — Denver Film Society
The Lone Ranger
RED 2
The Way, Way Back
There is much action and killing as the Lone Ranger (Armie Hammer) and Tonto (Johnny Depp) take to the Western landscape in this TV to cinema redo. Rated PG13. At Twin Peaks, Colony Square and Century.
While trying to clear his name, Frank must defuse a Cold War project involving an activated nuclear weapon in Russia. At Twin Peaks, Century and Colony Square.
A lonely and awkward yet intelligent teenage boy, Duncan, begins his transition into adulthood over the course of one transformative summer. At Century and Mayan. — Landmark Theatres
Life Tracker A man stumbles onto a little-known news story about a company called Life Tracker Limited, which claims it has discovered a way to predict biological events in humans’ lives by looking at their DNA. At Boulder Library. — Boulder Public Library
Man of Steel
R.I.P.D.
White House Down
The reboot of the Superman series focuses on Clark Kent’s childhood and transformation into a superhero. Rated PG-13. At Twin Peaks and Century.
Detective Nick Walker is recruited into the Rest in Peace Department, which is tasked with protecting the living from evil spirits, after a fatal accident. At Twin Peaks, Century and Colony Square.
Monsters University
Rock the Casbah
World War Z
This prequel to Monsters, Inc. follows Mike and Sulley through their scare training. Rated G. At Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks.
The year is 1989. After an Israeli soldier is killed, the fate of four young soldiers and one Palestinian family is sealed. At SIE FilmCenter. — Denver Film Society
As the zombie apocalypse hits, a retired U.N. worker must find a way to stop the pandemic. At Twin Peaks, Century and Colony Square.
A reluctant hero steps in to save the president when the White House comes under attack. Rated PG-13. At Century.
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here’s a really, really good chance you know if you like Pacific Rim without ever having seen it. Just close your eyes and ask yourself this question: Does the thought of nearly mountain-sized Transformers wailing away on Godzilla’s uglier stepsisters with rocket punches and wrist swords excite you, or do you have no idea what most of the words in the first half of this question mean? If you’re in the first group, congratulations! Writer/director Guillermo del Toro just spent nearly $200 million worth of rich people’s money to make a movie literally just for you. If you’re in the latter group, try to be happy for the first group. They need this. Online critics, folks who can largely be politely described as “nerd-capable,” have declared Pacific Rim only slightly less socially significant than a messianic encore. Many traditional print critics, folks who can largely be divided into “pull-quote seekers” and elitists, have poked at it with verbal sticks. Most often, the truth lies in the gap between sizable groups with polar-opposite opinions, but in this case, they’re both 100 percent right. There’s been no sleight of hand in trailers: This is a movie where kaiju (giant monsters) rise from an interdimensional bridge in the ocean to destroy humanity. Humans then build Jaegers, which is the German for hunters, which refers to huge, honkin’ robots here. Each Jaeger is piloted by two people who link minds for reasons you don’t care about if you’re willing to accept the whole kaiju thing. Our generic hero, Raleigh Becket (Charlie Hunnam), was once a Jaeger pilot, but quit when his brother/co-pilot was killed by the knife-
head of a monster called “Knifehead.” With the kaiju growing stronger, head honcho Stacker Pentecost (Idris Elba) brings him back for one more go with a new co-pilot, Mako Mori (Rinko Kikuchi). Meanwhile, Dr. Newton Geiszler (Charlie Day) and Dr. Gottlieb (Burn Gorman) are doing their best to provide science-y answers, humor and a viable subplot. Those who deride the film as silly spectacle are correct. From goofy dialogue like “Let’s do this … together!” to the fact that only the robots’ names will be remembered, Pacific Rim is two-plus hours of watching someone play the most awesome video game ever. This means anyone who gives a good review to this movie but claims “video games aren’t art” has more mouths than some intergalactic demon beasts. But those who squeal about the action, the scope of the film and the unparalleled action are also correct. All of the money is in the relentless monster-fighting violence, as evidenced by the fact that the lead actor is whatever a Charlie Hunnam is. Ultimately, the question is whether you can get behind simplistic sci-fi mayhem. And I can. Pacific Rim is gargantuan entertainment rife with the most acceptable violence: the kind where the “blood” spilled is oil or glowing-blue-alien-liquid. Remember: Top Gun wasn’t beloved because Tom Cruise sold a complicated romance (unless you count Maverick and Iceman, but I digress). Jaws is named after the central special effect. And Pacific Rim will satisfy the hell out of those who let it. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com
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The pickling revolution takes Boulder by Camilla Sterne
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ou wouldn’t think things stuffed in jars and steeped in salt, brine, spices or even their own fermented juices could be beautiful. But all lined up, pickles present a range of unique natural colors. There’s something enchanting about tidy jars all in row holding fragrant and shapely combinations of carrots, beets, onions, ginger, cauliflower, cabbage, soybeans and peppers. The result is far from our pickle archetype, but instead presents an artful array of colors, shapes, tastes and textures. Throughout Boulder County, citizens and businesses alike are lining their shelves and pantries with a similar assortment of carefully pickled goods. A long-standing cross-cultural tradition has found its place in the community, in the form of instructive classes and local products. Three Leaf Farms and Cure Organic Farm in the Boulder area offer classes in these time-tested techniques, classes that fill up quickly, according William Kelley, chef at Zucca Italian Ristorante and teacher of the pickling class at Three Leaf Farms. “First day we had sign-up for this class, I mean granted it was only eight people, but it filled up on the first or second day,” Kelley says of the upcoming July 20 class. Both Kelley and Marilyn Kakudo, pickling instructor at Cure Organic Farm, have noticed a resurgence of interest in the craft of pickling. So why the sudden interest in a process that has been in use for thousands of years?
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“I think people are trying to eat closer to home. And here in Colorado since we don’t have produce year-round, the only way you can really eat local in the winter-time would be to preserve in some way,” says Kakudo, who teaches the six-person class at Cure Organic Farm. Kelley, too, has noticed an increased awareness of pickling, particularly in the broader foodie world. “Right now what’s trending are means of preservation like curing, smoking and pickling,” says Kelley. “Nationwide, you read a lot of articles from Bon Appétit to Food and Wine to publications in Chicago, New York, L.A.; all across the nation they’re doing pickles and whatnot. In Colorado we do have a little bit more want or even need to do it, because it gives us an extension of the season.” But the term “pickling” is not limited to one specific technique. Quick pickling, fermentation pickling, relish pickling — all of these methods have received greater interest and recognition. Kakudo will teach traditional pickling at her class at Cure Organic Farm, and attendees will leave with three jars of traditional cucumber pickles. Kelley, however, plans to cover all three techniques. “I will be going over every process of pickling, from the quick pickle to the fermentation to the relish,” he says. “But we’re going to be making quick pickles to allow the people from the workshop to have something to take home with them.”
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And amateur picklers seem to be open to different techniques, though fermented pickles are of particular interest to health-conscious consumers because of a recent wealth of information on the positive benefits of probiotics. Boulder-based company Esoteric Foods has broken into the local fermented pickle market with its variety of krauts, and in two years has expanded from its first sale at Lucky’s in North Boulder to selling its products in more than 65 natural grocers. Co-founders Mara King and Willow King will also teach a class in pickling on Sept. 10 at the Lyons Farmette. “For us fermentation in some ways is sort of a philosophy, if you will,” says Willow King. “It’s like this sort of magical interaction between the world we can see, the vegetables, the salt, the things that we’re touching, and this invisible world, which is all the microbes and the friendly bacteria that come into the process and make the food this super-vital, healthy, raw food that then, when we ingest it, kind of invigorates the whole digestive and immune system.” Willow King credits the success of their Zuké “pickled things” to the supportive Boulder food and entrepreneurial community as well as the growing awareness of the health benefits of fermented products. “I think there’s a real renaissance of sort of handson, do-it-yourself food processing,” Willow King says. “People are getting a lot more interested in where their food comes from, and once they know where it comes from, and how things are made, which is really how this business was born.” In keeping with the conventional purpose of pickling, Esoteric Foods is trying to create much of its product at the end of the season, when there is excess crop production. see PICKLING Page 52
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The Sink celebrates its 90th birthday on July 20 The self-proclaimed oldest bar and restaurant in Boulder will reach a new milestone when The Sink celebrates turning 90 years old with a birthday bash on July 20 at the Fox Theatre, featuring Funkopolis and Paa Kow’s By All Means Band. The Sink originally planned to do a block party on the Hill, but chose the Fox as a suitable alternative for the festivities. Tickets to get into the Fox show are $17, while the VIP ticket, which includes a Fox ticket, dinner, drinks and a 90-year T-shirt, is $60. The VIP pre-game party starts at 5:30 p.m. at The Sink and the show at the Fox starts at 7:30 p.m. and goes until midnight. Tickets can be purchased in person at The Sink, at the Fox or online at foxtheatre.com.
Odd13 Brewing Opens Aug. 3
Old-town Lafayette will get a brand-new brewery on Aug. 3 when Odd13 Brewing puts on a full weekend party to celebrate its grand opening at 301 East Simpson St. The new brewery also plans to host an exclusive party on July 27 to its loyal Facebook fans who were selected to be on a VIP list. The event will feature several food trucks, including Bon Appetit Mobile Bistro, a Savour Affair and Orange Crunch. Live music will be playing on Saturday and Sunday, and the brewery will hold raffles of free gifts for the party guests as well. Odd13 already has several artists lined up to play at the brewery through December, and owners Ryan and Kristin Scott have high hopes for the company’s future. Ryan Scott started brewing from home in 2009 and won two medals in the 2010 Drunk Monk Challenge for his specialty beer,
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The Self Righteous Black IPA, and for his Belgian Dark Strong Ale. According to Odd13’s website, the rest was history — or is it the future?
Longmont farm to hold afternoon party
McCauley Family Farms is putting on an afternoon of fun for all ages from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. July 21 at its location at 9421 N. 63rd St. in Longmont. The price of admission for an adult is $18 and features a farm tour that includes lectures about planting, harvesting and farm animals, as well as grilled food and farm vegetables. The admission price for kids is $8, and children age 2 and under get in free. There will be creative art projects, a sheep-naming contest, a family earth circle, magical surprises for the little ones, face painting, organic snow cones and a lot more activities for kids and their parents. To learn more about the event, contact McCauley Family Farms at 303-4857688 or at mccauleyfamilyfarms@gmail. com.
Auguste Escoffier’s ‘Sugar Rush Challenge’ planned for July 20
The Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts in Boulder is hosting an event in which a select group of six students will perform its first ever Sugar Rush Challenge. The students will be responsible for bringing their high-level pastry baking skills to be tested by three judges: Christina Hong of the Four Seasons Denver, Lauren Siebert of Linger and Nina Acosta of the Hyatt Regency in Denver. All are welcome to attend the event as the six participants compete for bragging rights, prizes and pastry-baking glory. The Sugar Rush Challenge will be held at Escoffier Boulder at 637 S. Broadway, Suite H. For more information about the event, call 720-220-2789.
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ilm aficionados will doubtlessly recall the scene in Pulp Fiction when criminal kingpin Marsellus Wallace assures hitmen Vincent and Jules that their vexing body Sushi Leo disposal problem 2314 Clover will soon be Basin Drive solved. Wallace Longmont, informs his assas303-678-0553 sins that none other than The Wolf, a wellregarded fixer, is on the case. Both Vincent and Jules breathe a sigh of relief, as The Wolf is known as the consummate professional. I felt very much like Wallace’s minions upon entering the strip mall environs of Longmont’s Sushi Leo. Of the three sushi chefs behind the bar, I immediately recognized Mori-san, formerly of Boulder’s Sushi Tora. It took me a moment before I realized that another chef slicing fish was Craig Amidon. He has always impressed me with his meticulous attention to detail, as exemplified by his choice of using sake to rinse off uni, or sea urchin roe. The third chef also looked like someone I had encountered in the past, a younger veteran of the Boulder County sushi circuit. Like Vincent and Jules, I knew I was in good hands as soon as I seated myself at the bar.
of uniformly sparkling freshness. The main joy of this dish came in comparing subtle differences of texture, oil content and flavor, and each fish had unique, commendable qualities and hints of seasoning. Next up was $4 nigiri sushi servings of Copper River sockeye salmon. Having had the freshest possible Alaskan white king salmon sashimi (my brother had caught the fish) outside Juneau a few years back, I found Leo’s fish to evoke a favorable comparison. While the flavor was milder than expected, without a trace of fishiness, the sashimi’s sensual texture was unlike any other I’ve tasted. As part of my $14.75 chirashi, or mixed sashimi over sushi rice, I did receive a typical Japanese restaurant green salad. Simply composed of lettuce, cucumber and bell pepper, this preliminary course arrived drizzled with a citrusy ginger dressing. Less of this pungent condiment would improve the overall flavor. However, I didn’t particularly mind this minor shortcoming, as I considered this course as nothing more than a diversion while the chefs focused on the fish. The chirashi was well-executed, contrasting the fluffy texture of sweetened scrambled egg with the inviting firmness
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Given the sushi expertise present, I chose to ignore such offerings as the Saturday shoyu or miso broth ramen lunch special and various bento boxes. Instead I focused on sushi specials, and my opening gambit was a $12 white fish lovers’ special, which I assumed described the color of the seafood. It did, and this course consisted of four pieces of nigiri sushi, including hirame (fluke), madai (sea bream), itoyori (golden sea bream) and isaki, which sounds much better than its Englishlanguage name, grunt fish. Essentially, this was a connoisseur’s preparation, with each specimen being
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ish-naming conventions are always a complicated matter, and breams are unique in that there are both fresh and saltwater varieties. The freshwater types are found in Northern Europe and aren’t likely to put in an appearance at your local sushi bar anytime soon. Ocean-going varieties fall into the Sparidae family and are also known as porgies. There are some 125 species in this family. Gilt-head bream, also known as the golden or dorado, are common to the Mediterranean and the North Atlantic, and are generally regarded as the best-tasting species.
of perfectly cooked warm octopus. Other highlights included surprisingly creamy unagi eel and hefty chunks of tuna set off by a squeeze of lemon. Other adornments included bits of pickle and seaweed, adding a layer of complexity to the foundation of subtly seasoned sushi rice. Despite its commercial center location, Sushi Leo delivers an experience comparable to, if not superior to, the area’s priciest Japanese establishments. Here, some of the best in the business work true magic with top-notch seafood. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com
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“We’re trying to buy as much local produce as we can when it’s plentiful, pickle it and then have it to sell throughout the winter until we break back out into spring,” Willow King says. Pickles are not just practical, either. Many picklers are partial to the aesthetic qualities of pickled varieties. Willow King’s favorite Esoteric Food product is the Zuké beets, dulse and kale recipe, pointing to the deep purple color as part of her attraction to the recipe. “My kids are huge fans of them,” she says. “You can always tell when they eat them because they have these big purple mustaches.” King pickles for her young children, as does Kelley, who praises the process for its ease and low cost. “I have three children, and a wife and a dog,” he says. “It gets expensive buying vegetables, unless it’s the summertime. The seasonality of it marks up the price. Pickling gives me the opportunity to have that type of ingredient to utilize on my own without having to necessarily pay for it.” But many people do pay for their pickled goods, which can be found at local vendors for not-so-minimal prices. Lafayette vendor Isabelle Farm Stand carries Esoteric Foods products as well as the canned and pickled creations of Boulder-based MM Local. The employees at Isabelle Farm Stand are no strangers to the pickled revolution. A big underground food movement is “starting to bubble to the surface and pickle,” says the farm stand’s wholesaler, Tyler Bair. The place is teeming with farmers, all of whom seem to be extremely familiar with pickling. And most of their farmers do their own pickling, according to employee Annie Beall. “Everybody gets the leftovers, and the best way to use them is to pickle them,” says Beall. “I bet there are a few of them around, they’d probably give you tips.” There is one thing all picklers agree on: It’s easy to do. With one caveat: Be wary of the health risks of pickling at home. Kakudo warns about the hazards of air entering canned goods during the brine pickling process. “There’s a whole science and food safety issue about canning; whenever 52 July 18, 2013
you can food you have to make sure you’re canning food that has a certain amount of acidity,” says Kakudo. According to a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, many home picklers and canners are unaware of the risks of Botulism, a serious illness caused by the bacteria Clostridium botulinum, which can find its way into canned goods if pickling methods aren’t executed properly. Pickling in vinegar also tends to diminish some of the nutritional content of food, according to Kakudo and Kelley. “The rule of thumb is that any time you take something from a raw state and you cook it or manipulate it, especially when you add intense pH levels on each side, you are going to break it down and it will lose some nutritional value,” says Kelley. “It’s definitely better to eat fresh and raw as far as nutritional value is concerned.” Most pickles are used to augment a meal, whether through texture, spice or even color on the plate, and according to Willow King, many cultures have used fermented pickles to aid in the digestion of meats. “It’s also just sort of a side, so you always have a pickle as a palette cleanser or a flavor enhancer with each course,” Willow King says. “There’s lots of fun creative ways to use it.” Willow King suggests using Esoteric’s krauts on salads, in sandwiches and even in something like a fish taco. Kelley uses pickles at the Zucca Italian restaurant as a subtle palette enhancer. “It’s a nice accoutrement to our paninis for lunch, our antipastis, our saloumis. We utilize pickles in lots of different ways. I’ve got pepperoncinis on my calamari dish, we have pickled red onions in our pork chop dish.” And the vinegar brine in non-fermented pickles doesn’t have to go to waste, according to Kakudo, who suggests using the solution in place of vinegar during cooking. However, the outburst of published books on pickling, pickling classes and pickling companies is still in its relative youth. It has yet to be seen whether the pickling craze will last as long as the preserved goods themselves. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com Boulder Weekly
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ouisville’s Main Street is such an ideal small-town drag that it looks like it was pulled from The Truman Show. But it now has full credentials as a Colorado Main Street, as on June 26 it picked up the missing ingredient: a craft brewery. Belgian-centric brewery Twelve Degree Brewing Company, founded by head brewer Jon Howland, has popped up in the Main Street Marketplace next to the Empire and across from the Rex. With the Boulder Weekly staff scattered to the Steve Weishampel winds last week, I had to turn to the competition for a drinking buddy. My mystery colleague, a Boulder beer veteran, was making his first trip to Twelve Degree. Summer at a Belgian brewery means a saison, naturally, and Howland plays this one straight — no honey, passion fruit or peach added in. The mystery colleague orders one despite some misgivings. “I’m not normally a saison guy,” he says. “They’re normally too dry.” Twelve Degree’s is a little less dry than some others, he says approvingly. The Tripel, meanwhile, is quite dry, with citrus and spice overtones and a much-appreciated lack of yeast, keeping the beer refreshing on yet another hot day. But from the preview of Twelve Degree’s brewing schedule that Howland gives me, it sounds like the top beer for hot days is Walter’s White, which he says he’s brewing more of. The Witbier is smooth and a tiny bit floral, with minimal Belgian yeast flavor and a short aftertaste. Also on Howland’s brewing schedule are new versions of some of the beers currently on tap, like the saison; Howland says everything coming
down the pipe for Twelve Degree is Belgian. But the perfect order for taking a seat at Twelve Degree’s outward-facing bar and people-watching on Main Street is probably the four-beer sample, which at the moment is the saison, the white, the tripel and a Hommelbier, a collaboration with Boulder brewer FATE. Despite their recent popularity, Belgians still aren’t the most well-known or well-understood beers, and given the varieties even within one style, trying before you buy a full pint is a good idea. The fourtaster sample illustrates an odd aspect of Belgian beers: As different as the flavors are, all four are basically the same shade of wheat-y orange. The sample comes in a simple wooden box that’s in keeping with the brewery’s stripped-down, untreated wood aesthetic, including the scrapedpaint floor. It might be the brewery’s newness, but the atmosphere at Twelve Degree is one of the most welcoming and talkative I’ve seen. On my first visit on Twelve Degree’s opening day, conversations among strangers were common along the brewery’s long bar. While the brewery has developed pizzas in its open-air kitchen, it was beer only for the crowd on a Thursday after work. And even though — or maybe because — we’re in the heart of Louisville’s Main Street, it has the homey feeling of a neighborhood bar. That’s the kind of place that many brewers say should be replicated in every neighborhood, and it’s the same feeling we’re looking forward to this week, as we visit Front Range Brewing Company in Louisville, another new addition to the Boulder County beer scene. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com Boulder Weekly
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Is the grass really greener on the other side of the fence? Or is its more vivid hue just an optical illusion caused by your inability to see the situation objectively? Judging from my analysis of your current astrological omens, I suspect that you’re not deluded. The grass really is greener. But it’s important to note the reason why this is true, which is that there’s more manure over on the other side of the fence. So your next question becomes: Are you willing to put up with more crap in order to get the benefits of the greener grass?
What’s your favorite sin, Scorpio? I’m talking about the mischievous vice or rebel tendency or excessive behavior that has taught you a lot. It may be the case that now and then this transgressive departure from normalcy has had redeeming value, and has even generated some interesting fun. Perhaps it puts you in touch with a magic that generates important changes, even if it also exacts a toll on you. Whatever your “favorite sin” is, I’m guessing that you need to develop a more conscious and mature relationship with it. The time has come for it to evolve.
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You know the voice in your head that’s kind of a sneaky bastard? The voice that sometimes feeds you questionable advice and unreliable theories? Well, I suspect that this voice might be extra active in the coming week. But here’s the weird thing: It might actually have a sound idea or two for you to consider acting on. For once, its counsel may be based on accurate intuition. So don’t completely lower your guard, Gemini. Maintain a high degree of discernment towards the sneaky bastard’s pronouncements. But also be willing to consider the possibility that this generator of so much mischief could at least temporarily be a source of wisdom.
The Sagittarian writer and artist William Blake (17571827) made drawings of many eminent people who had died before he was born. Julius Caesar was the subject of one of his portraits. Others included Dante, Shakespeare and Moses. How did Blake manage to capture their likenesses in such great detail? He said their spirits visited him in the form of apparitions. Really? I suppose that’s possible. But it’s also important to note that he had a robust and exquisite imagination. I suspect that in the coming weeks you, too, will have an exceptional ability to visualize things in your mind’s eye. Maybe not with the gaudy skill of Blake, but potent nevertheless. What would be the best use of this magic power?
May 21-June 20:
CANCER
June 21-July 22:
We keep million-dollar works of art in well-guarded museums. Paintings created hundreds of years ago are treated with reverence and protected as if they were magical treasures. Meanwhile, beautiful creatures that took nature eons to produce don’t get the same care. At least 5,000 animal and plant species are going extinct every year, in large part due to human activities. Among the recently lost works of art are the Madeiran Large White butterfly, West African black rhinoceros, Formosan clouded leopard, golden toad and Tecopa pupfish. I’m asking you not to allow a similar discrepancy in your own life, Cancerian. The astrological omens say that now is a perfect moment to intensify your love for the natural world. I urge you to meditate on how crucial it is to nurture your interconnectedness with all of life, not just the civilized part.
LEO
July 23-Aug. 22:
Hurry up, please. It’s time. No more waffling or procrastinating. You really need to finish up the old business that has dragged on too long. You really should come to definitive decisions about ambiguous situations, even if they show no sign of resolution. As for those nagging questions that have yielded no useful answers: I suggest you replace them with different questions. And how about those connections that have been draining your energy? Re-evaluate whether they are worth trying to fix.
VIRGO
Aug. 23-Sept. 22:
“This morning I walked to the place where the street-cleaners dump the rubbish,” wrote painter Vincent van Gogh in one of his letters. “My God, it was beautiful.” Was he being ironic or sarcastic? Not at all. He was sincere. As an artist, he had trained himself to be intrigued by scenes that other people dismissed as ugly or irrelevant. His sense of wonder was fully awake. He could find meaning and even enchantment anywhere. Your next assignment, Virgo — should you choose to accept it — is to experiment with seeing the world as van Gogh did.
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CAPRICORN
Dec. 22-Jan. 19:
How close do you really want to be to the people you care about? I invite you to think about this with unsentimental candor. Do you prefer there to be some distance between you? Are you secretly glad there’s a buffer zone that prevents you from being too profoundly engaged? I’m not saying that’s a bad thing. It might be correct for who you are right now. I merely want to suggest that it’s important for you to know the exact nature of your need for intimacy. If you find that you actually do want to be closer, spend the next four weeks making that happen. Ask your precious allies to collaborate with you in going deeper.
AQUARIUS
Jan. 20-Feb. 18:
I love your big, energetic thoughts. I enjoy watching as your wild intuitive leaps lead you to understandings that mere logic could never produce. I have benefited many times from the Aquarian tribe’s ability to see angles no one else can discern. In the immediate future, though, I hope you will be a specialist in analyzing the details and mastering mundane mysteries. I’ll be rooting for you to think small and be precise. Can you manage that? I expect there’ll be a sweet reward. You will generate good fortune for yourself by being practical, sensible and earthy.
PISCES
Feb. 19-March 20:
Is it a river or a creek? Is it a mountain or a hill? It’s important for you to decide questions like these — preferably on the basis of the actual evidence rather than on wishful thinking. I’m not saying that the river is better than the creek or that the mountain is better than the hill. I simply want you to know that it’s important to be clear about which it is. The same principle applies to other experiences you’ll soon have. Is the catalytic person you’re dealing with a temporary friend or a loyal ally? Is the creation you’re nurturing just a healthy diversion or is it potentially a pivotal element in transforming your relationship with yourself? Is the love that’s blooming a transient pleasure or a powerful upgrade that’s worth working on with all your ingenuity?
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Dear Dan: I am a young gay man who has been so freaked out by the idea of catching an STI that I haven’t gotten with anyone for two years. But last night, I hooked up with a cute 21-year-old FTM trans boy, and maybe because it was a person with lady parts, I let caution go, and no condom was used. How worried should I be about having made a baby with a person who is way too young to have one? —Cautious Homo In Loopy Dilemma P.S.: He is on hormone therapy. Dear CHILD: Here’s a good rule of thumb for all you sex-havers out there: A new sex friend who’ll have unprotected sex with you has probably had unprotected sex with other sex friends. Yes, yes, typically cautious people have been known to “let caution go” on rare occasions. It happens, CHILD. But the odds that two typically cautious people will both simultaneously decide to “let caution go” and have unprotected sex with a brand-new sex friend just this once are pretty slim. “This person who’s having unprotected sex with me is having unprotected sex with other people” is a far more reasonable assumption than “This person who’s having unprotected sex with me would never have unprotected sex with anyone else.” Which means you should be less concerned with pregnancy — your sparkly new concern — and more concerned with that old concern of yours, sexually transmitted infections. The odds that you got that FTM trans boy pregnant are pretty slim; there’s only a 1-in-20 chance that a single act of unprotected penis-in-vagina sex will result in pregnancy. The fact that this guy is on hormone therapy may make him slightly less likely to conceive. But if your cute hookup was having unprotected sex with others — if he wasn’t making a very special exception just for you — then you’re at greater risk of acquiring an STI than you are of acquiring an heir. Go and get tested, CHILD, and while you wait for your results, ponder this: Health workers and HIVprevention educators tell me that the more freaked out someone is by the idea of catching an STI — the more paralyzed by fear someone is — the likelier that person is to have unprotected sex when they do have sex. Your recent experience is common enough to be a depressing cliché. So working to conquer your irrational fear of STIs — and actually having sex once in a while — will Boulder Weekly
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leave you less likely to contract one. Dear Dan: I’m a 19-year-old gay guy in a relationship with an 18-yearold gay guy (for nearly four years). My boyfriend and I have a good sex life, but I rarely get to top him. We’re both versatile on paper, but the actual act of getting penetrated is almost always painful or uncomfortable for my boyfriend, even with plenty of lubrication and preparation. I’m frustrated because I know it’s not his fault, but I sometimes feel that he isn’t putting in enough effort to try to bottom for me. Additionally, it’s hard for me to understand how he feels because bottoming is never painful for me, and I enjoy it a lot. We’ve discussed the possibility of me topping another guy (alone or in a threesome), and he isn’t opposed to the idea, but I’d much rather it be him. Is there any way we can make bottoming pleasurable for him? —Ready To Top Dear RTT: The best way to determine if your boyfriend is a natural-born top — not into getting fucked, never will be into getting fucked — is to sideline your dick for the time being. Explore his ass, and his capacity to experience anal pleasure, without fucking him. Get some small anal toys that aren’t designed for in-and-out play, RTT, but set-and-forget play — a few butt plugs, one or two small vibrating eggs. Pop one in his ass and then let him fuck yours. If you can take the pressure off your boyfriend while getting a toy in him, RTT, he may begin to associate having something in his ass with pleasure. If he can do that, he may be able to graduate to your cock. Good luck. Dear Dan: I’m a 21-year-old gay boy with a kinky side that I keep pretty private. (Total twink — you wouldn’t know what I’m into by looking at me.) I went to London in June to get with a guy who has an amazing dungeon. I spent a week being his slave boy and getting tied up and caged, and I had a blast. He posted some pictures of me to his porny Tumblr, which I was OK with, but some gossipy vanilla boys I go to school with recognized me even though my face was blurred out. NO! What do I say to them?!? —Kinked Twink Dear KT: “I had a blast.”
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by Leland Rucker
Gateway drugs, Dutch coffee shops and tax revenue
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ow many times have you heard the argument that cannabis should remain illegal because it is a “gateway” drug, described as one that increases the risk that a user might try other, harder drugs? The two arguments behind this theory are that a) there are pharmacological qualities in cannabis that actually lead users to try other drugs and/or b) that cannabis use puts users in places and situations where they are exposed to harder drugs. About the first one, the science has been decidedly mixed, with the Drug Enforcement Agency and federal government always quoting studies that promote its “gateway” properties and ignoring others that suggest otherwise. A Pew poll earlier this year found that 38 percent of Americans now believe cannabis is a gateway drug. That’s down from 60 percent in a 1977 Gallup poll, and a number that should continue dropping as support for legalization rises. I’ve read several research papers on both sides, and I’m most apt to go with a Rand study published in 2002 that concludes that people who are predisposed to use drugs and have the opportunity to do so are more likely than others to use both marijuana and harder drugs, and that marijuana typically comes first because it is more available. Since I haven’t found a study that proves a causal relationship, and I know a lot of people who use cannabis but not other Schedule I drugs, this is the only one that makes any sense to me. Now comes a Dutch report published this week by the Open Society Global Drug Policy Program that looks at that country’s drug policies over the last few decades. We all know the Netherlands. The country that is soft on drugs, with “coffee shops” that serve marijuana over the counter. The place where cannabis tourists flock from all around the world. “It may seem paradoxical that a nation famous for its so-called ‘permissive’ approach has had more positive outcomes in controlling the harms of drug use than many other countries that have enacted much stricter policies,” writes Kasia MalinowskaSempruch, one of the authors of Coffee Shops and
Boulder Weekly
Compromise: Separated Illicit Drug Markets in the Netherlands. “Governments are looking to reform their drug policies in order to maximize resources and promote health and security, while protecting people from damaging and unwarranted arrests. As other countries and local jurisdictions consider reforming their laws, it’s possible that the Netherlands’ past offers a guide for the future.” The most important change in Dutch policy came in 1976. In a revision to the Opium Act, Holland categorized illegal drugs into two categories: “hard drugs” with “unacceptable” risk, and cannabis and soft drugs with “acceptable” risk to the health of the user, effectively decriminalizing the use of marijuana. Another interesting distinction is that tax revenue was never the point. The money generated by cannabis sales went into public health, human rights, drug programs and needle exchanges (Europe was fighting a heroin epidemic in the 1970s). By not arresting people for cannabis possession and selling it in retail outlets, cannabis buyers would be less likely to buy it on the black market, where they might be exposed to other drugs their dealers sold. This, of course, was almost exactly the opposite of U.S. government policy. Although it does offer drug programs, after cannabis was outlawed in 1970, the U.S. began arresting users in almost ridiculous numbers, a policy that continues today, with hundreds of thousands of Americans in prison for simple possession. Since the Dutch policies, while not perfect, seem to be working, it begs the question of why the U.S. continues to emphasize the “punitive” when it comes to illegal drugs. The U.S. has invested huge resources to punish cannabis users under the principle that
stricter laws better deter users. The figures indicate otherwise. Arrest rates for cannabis dropped dramatically in Holland. In Germany, 237 people per 100,000 citizens are arrested for possession. In the U.S., the rate is the highest — 269 per 100,000 citizens. In the Netherlands, the number is 19 per 100,000. The Dutch model has not been without its downsides. Successive administrations have tried to re-institute a more American-style punitive model and fought legalization. While the country’s 700 coffee shops provide a safe place to purchase cannabis, many are still being supplied by the black market. To counter that, the Dutch are considering moving toward a “seed to stem” model, in which the government would grow, market and sell cannabis. “If Dutch drug policy offers one lesson to foreign policymakers,” the authors write, “it is that change should be comprehensive, regulating sale to consumers, wholesale supply and cultivation.” I’m not sure that that’s going to fly here, since the state’s seed-to-stem efforts, at least so far, have been ineffective in regulating medical marijuana product, but it’s something to think about, especially since Colorado, which has a particularly sophisticated underground market, is considering high — many are saying prohibitive — taxes on both state and city levels. So while Boulder city council members are pondering how much revenue they can squeeze out of over-the-counter cannabis, I suggest they study Holland’s past before licking their lips in anticipation of a major new revenue source. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com What do you want to know about legal marijuana in Colorado? Send tips, suggestions or criticisms to weed@ boulderweekly.com.
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