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For now, Blue Book analysis of Prop DD is all wet By Joel Dyer

ere we go again. Every election cycle we get to peruse the Legislative Council’s Blue Book, which is supposed to guide us in an unbiased manner as to the pros and cons of measures that will be appearing on our statewide ballots. And every year the concept of “unbiased” gets strained beyond recognition. This year is sadly no exception to this trend… that is, unless the Blue Book changes its current proposed language regarding Proposition DD. As most of you are painfully aware, in past election cycles anti-fracking propositions have been so poorly explained by the Blue Book that it I

seemed the folks in charge of the Legislative Council, whoever they are, must have had their entire retirement fund sitting in Anadarko and Noble stock. Well, this year it’s water that’s getting the biased Blue Book treatment, but don’t expect to hear about that in the news, which I’ll explain in a minute. Prop DD contains about the vaguest language I’ve ever read on a proposed measure. If the folks trying to save the planet from global warming and protect our health from fracking had written something this nonspecific, their amendment would have been tossed out the door in two seconds. But AUGUST 1, 2019

the big money is behind Prop DD so apparently anything goes, even if it means none of us have any idea what we’re actually voting for. In reality, I believe Prop DD is a trial balloon to see if taxpayers are actually willing to fund the for-profit schemes of the impact investors who intend to use Colorado River water and other critical water sources in the West to generate their return on investments. Prop DD basically says that sports gambling will be made legal and that taxes on sports gambling will go to fund “water projects.” There you go, a sin tax to fund water projects. see DYERTIMES Page 6

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But before you vote “yes” because you don’t gamble, don’t give a rat’s ass about people who do, and think that this measure might somehow help you build a pool in your backyard, think again. Don’t get me wrong. You’re not stupid for thinking that. After all, what is a “water project?” You don’t know, I don’t know, and therein lies the problem and the deception of Prop DD. As it stands now, the Blue Book tells us that Prop DD will raise $29 million per year with $27.2 million of that going toward water projects, which it describes as follows: “Water projects that address the state’s water needs and other water related obligations including projects related to water storage, conservation, land use, water education, agriculture and recreation.” So, it’s possible that your pool might fall under this vague description but I just can’t say for sure. But here’s where the Blue Book loses all credibility. It says the argument for Prop DD is that water is a scarce resource in Colorado, and that it’s needed for agriculture, recreation and industrial purposes, and that our economy and way of life will suffer if the state cannot meet its water demands. Then is describes the argument against Prop DD like this: Taxes collected on sports betting proceeds will not provide enough money for water related projects. I’m not kidding. It says that. Vote for rop DD to save your way of life because the only problem with Prop DD is that it doesn’t do more to save

your way of life. Don’t worry, taxpayers, if you show you’re willing to vote for this tax, you’ll be getting plenty more chances to save your way of life with more taxes for “water projects” in the near future. The state says it already needs $100 million a year right now for water projects and some critics claim it will actually need 10 times that amount if it continues with its current plans to dam and divert even as the world keeps getting warmer. So, what the heck is a “water project” and what are the actual arguments against voting for Prop DD? Well, to get the answer to that question I spent all of about two minutes doing the research that has apparently evaded the crack staff of the Colorado Legislative Council. There is only one Issue Committee in the entire state that has legally registered to oppose Prop DD. It’s called Coloradans for Climate Justice and it’s been trying to get its objections to this proposition into the Blue Book for some time. But so far it has been ignored by the Legislative Council. Here are a few of that group’s arguments, which were provided by the organization’s Registered Agent Gary Wockner: 1. “The ‘water projects’ to be funded by this tax increase are completely unspecified, and thus this is a ‘blank check’ to the legislature to spend the money on whatever whims they might call a ‘water project,’ which could include providing even more state taxpayer-subsidized water to the fracking industry.”

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A modest proposal to prevent meddling in our elections By Paul Danish

have a modest proposal for a sure-fire, 100-percent certain way of keeping Putin or anyone else from meddling in American elections. Get rid of elections. A lot of Americans think that the only way a country can have a functioning democracy is for the people to elect their leaders every few years. But there is another way. It’s called “sortition.” Or more plainly, selection by lot. The practice of selecting leaders by lot is at least 2,500 years old; the Athenian democracy, sometimes con-

sidered the world’s first, used it to choose all its magistrates, including the archons (the heads of the executive branch of government) and the members of the boule (a council of 500 who served as sort of a combination Supreme Court and day-to-day administrative supervisors). All those wanting to serve in a particular public office had their names listed on a purpose-built device that displayed them at random. The winners generally served for a year. see DANISH PLAN Page 8

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2. “‘Water projects’ often include new dams and diversions on our rivers, which are exorbitantly expensive and extremely environmentally damaging.” 3. “Prop DD proposes to raise taxes on Coloradans to pay for the damage caused by climate change on our water supply systems. Setting the precedent of raising taxes on working- and middle-class Coloradans to pay for the damage caused by climate change is an extreme assault on climate justice that could cost hundreds of billions of dollars per year. If taxes are to be raised, they should be raised on entities that caused climate change, principally the fossil fuel corporations, not the Colorado taxpayer.” Wow, those are better arguments against Prop DD than the Blue Book’s fear that the measure doesn’t raise enough money for water projects. And here’s a couple more arguments against. If Prop DD passes and we build the new dams and reservoirs it will fund in order to divert water from the Colorado River basin to the Front Range for the purpose of placating developers who want more growth and sprawl to increase profits, we will kill the Colorado River. And as I said earlier, water impact investors are already buying water rights and even large ranches and farms across the West in order to get their hands on still more water, which they intend to sell for a profit. So in the end,

who do you think is going to buy that water and pay for that profit? I’m afraid the only logical answer is you by way of your local and state governments using your tax dollars. And you’d be hearing more about this impact investing scheme except for the fact that the people pushing it, the Walton Family Trust and its pals, are the same people funding all the environmental groups supposedly fighting to save the Colorado River; all the academics supposedly researching how to save the Colorado River; and virtually all the news organizations supposedly doing water reporting as part of their effort to be watchdogs over the Colorado River. (I’ll only believe that last one isn’t true when news orgs taking Walton money start doing some investigative reporting on the real impact of impact investing and where the profits will come from and at whose expense. Don’t hold your breath.) Like I said, Prop DD is likely just the trial balloon and more taxes are coming as we continue to divert and waste more water instead of working to reduce water consumption and growth, which apparently isn’t a good strategy for impact investment. Want to place a sports bet? Please just call your bookie, fly to Vegas or bet among friends. Just don’t kill the Colorado River to make your fun a little more convenient.

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The system was used for close to 200 years (up until the Macedonians conquered Athens in 338 B.C. and dissolved the system in 322 B.C.) A similar system could easily be adopted by the U.S. It might look something like this: A person seeking any public office — senator, congressman, governor, state legislator, county commissioner, sheriff, chicken inspector, etc. — would buy a ticket in the lottery for the particular position. The price of the ticket would be nominal, say no more than $10. The funds would go to paying the costs of the lottery. The qualifications you would have to meet to buy a ticket would be the existing qualifications for the office, including the citizenship, age and residency requirements, plus any special requirements associated with the office, like having to have a law degree to be a district attorney in Colorado. (And maybe one more — you wouldn’t be allowed to buy a ticket until you had passed the test immigrants wishing to become U.S. citizens must take.) Those who meet the qualifications would be allowed to buy only one ticket for a particular office, and the ticket would be non-transferable. The last two requirements would be needed in order to keep a rich person or a candidate with special-interest backing from buying up all the tickets (in effect buying the selection) or from buying the winning ticket after it is drawn. Then on Election Selection Day the drawing would be held. The winners would serve for the term set by law, after which another drawing would be held. The advantages that flow from this system are so mind-boggling as to cause Uncle Sam to swallow his gum: It would minimize the ways Putin or anyone else could meddle in the election selection. For instance, he couldn’t hack his way into a voter registration list because there would no voter registration list to hack into. It would get rid of the endless campaign. Since the only pathway for a candidate to political office would be to buy a ticket, there would be no point in writing a platform, holding rallies, giving speeches or attacking your rivals. Campaigning 8

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would be meaningless. It would end mail voting, a system that maximizes the opportunities for fraud, voter coercion and human error, while diminishing the role of voting as an act of civic responsibility and personal patriotism. It would halt early voting, a practice that is a ticking time bomb in American politics. The day will come when a candidate wins with early votes, despite the emergence of game-changing information late in the campaign. It would end attack advertising. When selection is done by lot, you could spend a billion dollars on political attack ads and not make a dime’s worth of difference. It would make public office vastly more accessible to the poor. For $10 you would have a guaranteed shot at winning a public office, the odds to be determined entirely by how many other people wanted the job. Those odds in most cases would be a lot better than running for office under the present system — even for an office where half a million people bought a ticket. You would make public office vastly less accessible to the rich. A rich person would have no better chance of winning as anyone else buying a ticket. The U.S. Senate would no longer be a millionaires’ club. You would solve the problem of incumbents always getting re-elected. In a lottery incumbency, connections, money, even name recognition count for nothing. You would diminish the role of PAC money in politics. They couldn’t buy elections, because there wouldn’t be any to buy. But sooner or later, wouldn’t selecting leaders by lot lead to some real grafters, incompetents, knuckledraggers and nutters getting in? Sure, but so does selecting leaders by election. That’s why we have impeachment and recall. The Athenians went one better; while they selected their leaders by lot, they deselected them by ballot. Athenians routinely voted on whether erring leaders should not only be removed from office but expelled from the country. The process was called “ostracism.” We’ll save a discussion of its charms for a future column. BOULDER WEEKLY

U.S. military can refuse Trump’s orders to war

On August 22, Donald Trump, the president of the United States and commander in chief of the nation’s armed forces, said this about the war in Afghanistan: “If I wanted to win that war, Afghanistan would be wiped off the face of the earth. It would be gone. It would be over in, literally, in ten days.” Earlier the same day, regarding whether or not the U.S and Iran would end up in a war, Trump commented offhandedly: “I’m OK either way it goes.” And of course, there was the president’s threat against North Korea — this was before he “fell in love” with that country’s dictator, Kim Jong-un — on August 2017, commitment to unleash “fire and fury like the world has never seen” if Kim’s nuclear weapons development program continued to endanger America. Some with whom I’ve been conversing on these matters of Trump and war claim such statements by him are part of a clever strategy to scare opponents into compliance with his will, that he wouldn’t really take military actions to annihilate opponent nations. This would put Trump in the camp of practitioners of Richard Nixon’s Vietnam-era Madman Theory (see Wikipedia’s entry on Madman Theory for details). But do you recall the news that came out during the 2016 campaign about candidate Trump’s hour-long foreign policy briefing, during which he three times asked about the use of nuclear weapons? The Telegraph of Britain reported TV host Joe Scarborough’s statement, based on conversation with the foreign policy expert with whom Trump consulted: “Three times he asked. At one point ‘If we have them, why can’t we use them?’ He asked three times in an hour briefing ‘Why can’t we use nuclear weapons?’” Given Donald Trump’s clear mental-emotional instability, given his propensity to exacerbate conflict and chaos when he wants attention, or wants attention drawn away from his numerous scandals and government investigations of him and his BOULDER WEEKLY

family, and given his unquestionably demonstrated central, almost exclusive concern for himself, the chances that he will at some point, for primarily non-military reasons, attempt to initiate massively destructive, murderous military attack on another nation are real and not small. In such a situation, the leaders of the United States military must be fully prepared to follow the dictate of our armed forces that all personnel have a duty to refuse “illegitimate orders” from any superior, including the commander-in-chief. Matt Nicodemus/Boulder

Meaningless oath?

I suppose it’s too much to ask that “Republic”an Party leaders read and understand a taxpayer-funded report detailing multiple misdeeds of their “man” now occupying America’s White House. It’s certainly not too much to ask that they honor their oath to “protect and defend” our Constitution. That’s actually the job description they accepted when they joined the club. Could it be mass hysteria? I wasn’t aware that bone spurs were contagious and caused impaired judgment, but sadly that appears to be the case. Tommy Holeman/via internet

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On campaign finance

Corporate billions are spent annually on advertising because it works. The Supreme Court ruling on Citizens United upheld that limiting campaign spending was unconstitutional, insuring that elections and politicians can be bought on the open market. It is important to note just who the big campaign donors, the power brokers and special interest groups are and who they are supporting. There are reasons they want attention and consideration from public offices. Small donor campaigns are at an advertising disadvantage, but they do represent significant numbers of voters and boots on the ground not beholden to special interests. They are working for a government based on the ideal of democracy, hearing the voice of the people. Robert Porath/Boulder I

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COURTESY OF MOUNTAIN DREAMERS

Drumming up support for the Dream and Promise Act By Emma Athena

JAVIER PINEDA rode his bike 125 miles from Copper Mountain to Aspen to raise awareness of the Dream and Promise Act among both Latino and Anglo communities.

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avier Pineda learned to ride duced a new bill last March, known a bike when he was 12 as the Dream and Promise Act, that years old. It was on a silver would initiate some immigration and red BMX single-speed reform. In June, when the bill passed from Walmart that his par- in the House of Representatives with ents bought for him to share with his a 237-187 vote, it became the first kid brother, Bryan. They’d take it out time a citizenship bill passed either to the open space behind their home, chamber of Congress in six years. near Upper Blue Elementary School Whether controlled by in Breckenridge, and swap turns. Democratic majorities or Republican, This was 2006, within the first both the House of Representatives few weeks of the Pineda family’s and the Senate have declined every arrival to Colorado, and it was the bill that’s entered their chamber since first summer the whole family had 2011. In 2018 alone, the Republicanspent together in a long COURTESY OF MOUNTAIN DREAMERS time. Their dad had already been in the U.S. for years, working and saving money, hopeful his wife and kids, still in Mexico, could join someday. Breckenridge was family-friendly, safe and beautiful, they’d heard. Also, there was work in this resort town. Summit County, in which Breckenridge is nestled, is 14 percent Latino, according to official U.S. Census Bureau data. School records tell a different story. About 40 percent of children are Latino or speak Spanish at home, according to Peter Bakken, executive director of Mountain Dreamers, a nonprofit Javier helped found last year that advocates legally and socially for undocumented folks in the surrounding mountain communities. controlled Senate heard three sepaSo, when the Deferred Action for rate Republican-backed bills that Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Act was would’ve granted permanent citizenrescinded by President Trump in ship to DACA recipients, and all September 2017, it hit many in three failed. Summit County hard. The original The Dream and Promise Act’s program, started by President Barack passage in the House of Obama in 2012, allowed students like Representatives represents a win for Javier, a DACA recipient, to attend many immigration reform advocates. college, get work authorization and It offers conditional citizenship to support his family after graduating undocumented immigrants like Javier, from Summit High School. As it who entered the U.S. before the age stands today, DACA will expire com- of 18, and who have completed or are pletely next March and though it has enrolled in a high school diploma, helped many undocumented children GED cerfication or apprenticeship assimilate in U.S. academic and ecoprogram. The conditional status nomic systems, it never contained a would transition to permanent citipathway to permanent citizenship for zenship when participants earn a colpeople like Javier. lege degree, complete two years of To address both DACA’s expirapostsecondary education, serve in the tion date and the need for clear citimilitary for two years or maintain zenship pathways, Democrats introemployment for at least three years. BOULDER COUNTY’S INDEPENDENT VOICE

It would offer the same for immigrants with Temporary Protected Status (TPS). Javier, now 25, was living in Denver during the 2016 presidential transition, but he moved back to Summit County soon after, afraid his undocumented status emperiled him in the state’s capital. Through the work permit that DACA provides, he now works as a paralegal for an immigration lawyer in Frisco, attends classes at Colorado Mountain College and supports his four-year-

old daughter, Tiffany. Once Javier heard that the Dream and Promise Act — the closest step toward a green card with his name on it that he’d ever seen — would be making its way through the House, he decided to plan a bike ride, his longest and most intense one yet, in order to raise awareness among both the Latino and Anglo communities in Colorado’s mountain towns. He plotted a 125-mile route from Copper Mountain over Vail Pass, through Glenwood Canyon, and up the valley to Aspen. Along the way he’d pass community after community — Vail, Eagle, Glenwood Springs, Carbondale, Aspen — that simply could not maintain the ski resorts, restaurants, golf courses, delivery services, auto-repair shops and more without immigrant workforces. AUGUST 1, 2019

Though Javier and Bryan taught themselves the biking basics on their BMX, Javier says biking never became an integral part of his mountain endeavors. So he knew it wouldn’t be easy. The ride from Copper to Aspen, Javier says, “symbolizes the journey that many immigrants face. Every pedal symbolizes the work they’ve done to be here.” When Javier, Bryan and his mom arrived in the U.S., none of them spoke much English despite their hometown’s appeal to U.S. tourists and the English classes at their primary school in Michoacán, Mexico — an old colonial town that inspired the backdrop of Disney’s movie Coco. It was the spring of 2006, mere days after President Bush signed into law a 700-mile stretch of fencing along the U.S.Mexico border. Javier, Bryan and their mom had left Michoacán for the northern desert, approaching the border near Nogales, Arizona. To cross into the U.S., the trio walked two miles along a canal, Javier recalls. A coyote — a human smuggler — told them where to go and what to look for, but when a U.S. border patrol dog came sniffing around a corner, no one knew what to do. The agents “were really violent,” Javier remembers. All three were taken to a detention center. “It was cold,” he says, “and scary.” But the agents gave them food and after about five hours, released them into Mexico. Javier and his family checked into a nearby hotel. Javier cried to his mom, “I don’t want to be here. You guys can go.” But she coaxed him out and the next day they tried again, this time crossing successfully. Once in Breckenridge, Javier enrolled in the seventh grade ESL program, and within a year he’d surpassed everyone’s expectations. He was named “Outstanding EighthGrade Student,” and he and Bryan joined the Boy Scouts together to learn more about the outdoor spaces see DACA Page 12

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surrounding their new home. Bryan was always the extroverted one, the kid that made people laugh. Javier was more quiet, always observing. The brothers were all each other had in those first few years: learning a new language, new customs, how to be different, yet the same. Then Bryan died. He had just turned 13 and contracted swine flu. It took a full year for Javier to regain any sense of normalcy. “That was kind of my metamorphosis,” he says. “I started to live my life the way he would like me to do it, which was to be more happy and to make more friendships to be more outgoing.” So Javier branched out. He eventually became an Eagle Scout and got more involved in school politics. A month before his high school graduation in 2012, the Summit Daily News ran his profile noting he had become Summit High School’s student-body president. In the article, Javier says, “I want to make a change for minorities,” adding, “I want to help out people like me that don’t have the support they need. They’re too scared to ask for it, and don’t know where to get it.” A little more than seven years after that statement, Javier hopped on his bike and started drumming up support for the hundreds of thousands of immigrants that could benefit from the Dream and Promise Act. On Saturday, July 20, Javier rode from Copper to Glenwood Springs. Then on Sunday, July 21, he finished the ride, pedaling from Glenwood Springs to Aspen. Once arriving in Aspen, though, “I completely, right away, felt out of place,” he says. “I felt like I didn’t belong there. I felt resentment.” People looked at him funny, he said. “I felt this weird vibe.” Aspen, like much of the cycling community, is overwhelmingly represented by white people. As he dismounted his bike, confronting this racial disparity head-on, Javier couldn’t help but think about a book he’d recently read, The Slums of Aspen — published in 2011, detailing how some of Aspen’s environmental policies have covered up intentional discrimination against immigrants and the Latino workforce. “It was a relief [to be done with the ride], but at the same time I knew that there were 12

“WHAT JAVIER HAS BEEN working on is really getting the community to understand... this isn’t just a political talking point. These are your neighbors, these are your friends, these are the people you’ve graduated school with, the people who you’ve admired and they’re just as much a part of our community as anyone else.” —Marissa Molina, state immigration manager at Fwd.us bigger issues even just walking around town.” So without much fanfare, Javier and his support team hopped in a car and booked it back down valley to Glenwood Springs for a heaping plate of chicken pasta. Marissa Molina, a fellow DACA recipient who grew up in Glenwood Springs, is the Colorado state immigration manager at the national, bipartisan criminal justice and immigration reform organization Fwd.us. Javier, she believes, is the perfect person to be raising awareness about legislative immigration reform. “Not only is he a really remarkable community leader, but he is somebody who understands,” she says. “I think Javier and I have that in common: We know that our communities are interconnected. We know that immigrants play a key role in our communities.” “He’s brave, you know,” says Bakken, of Mountain Dreamers. “He’s not afraid of speaking up for himself and for others who were in the same position.” On the first day, about half-way through the ride, Javier stopped at Battle Mountain High School in Eagle. There, an entourage of supporters awaited him with signs and heartfelt stories about their own experiences with being undocumented. “Once I started mingling and talking to some of these folks, that’s where everything was really motivating because I was learning their stories, and for me that was powerful,” Javier says. One undocumented woman in the crowd was so impressed by Javier’s bravery and gumption, she approached Bakken, who was also at the high school helping disseminate information about the Dream and Promise Act and Mountain Dreamers’ nonprofit initiatives. She told him, “I’m glad that there’s a lawAUGUST 1, 2019

yer in your group because I’m going to come out and do something like this, too.” On the second day, when Javier was extra sore from sitting for hours on an uncomfortable bike seat, he says, “I just started questioning, ‘Why?’ The only thing that crossed my mind was questioning why I was suffering and why I was keeping up with the pain.” But he pedaled on, motivated by his supporters, the stories of other immigrants, and the impact he felt he could make as an undocumented person out in the open, talking about politics. “The constant message that I had repeated to myself was that it was not about me, it was about other people.” In Colorado, there are 39,700 people that could benefit from the Dream and Promise Act. On average, these “dreamers” arrived in the country at age 8, according to the Center for American Progress. They own 4,200 homes in Colorado and pay $38,100,000 in annual mortgage payments. Their households also contribute $287,600,000 in federal taxes and $138,500,000 in state and local taxes each year, annually generating $1,249,600,000 in spending power. Nationwide, the bill would benefit 2.5 million undocumented immigrants. “I see Javier’s bike ride and the way in which I’ve seen Javier advocate being such a key and important piece of this [policy] work,” Molina says. “Because at the end of the day, our senators and our elected officials move when their constituents say, ‘You need to move.’ And so, I think what Javier has been working on is really getting the community to understand that this isn’t just an issue that makes the nightly news every so often — this isn’t just a political talking point. These are your neighbors, these are your friends, these are the people you’ve I

graduated school with, the people who you’ve admired and they’re just as much a part of our community as anybody else.” During the June 4 hearing in the House of Representatives, most Republican lawmakers put up a strong fight. Democrat Rep. Joe Neguse from Boulder rose to refute claims that “gang members would be eligible for green cards“ under the new act. He said, “I would ask my [Republican] colleagues to spare me this false outrage, because if this really were about gang violence, my colleagues have continuously had opportunities to pass legislation that would curb that threat.” Neguse further clarified that a series of criminal misdemeanors (not low-level marijuana offenses nor nonviolent civil disobedience) or a felony unrelated to immigration would automatically disqualify any applicants. A background check would also be required. It’s unclear where the bill will go next. Although it was passed by the Democrat-controlled House, it awaits a hearing in the Republican-led Senate. The Trump administration officially opposes the Act, and the day after its passage in the House, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnel (R-KY ) told Fox News Radio host Guy Benson the bill would “probably not” get a vote in the Senate. For now, though, Javier says he’s resting. There’s still work to be done, but it’s also important to celebrate victories along the way, he says. Mountain Dreamers is gearing up to offer a 20-week Family Leadership Training Institute course. It will follow a national leadership and family advocacy curriculum run by Colorado State University Extension designed to help families develop leadership skills and knowledge about the civic process. Mountain Dreamers will soon also offer a legal defense fund to support legal representation for immigrants who have immigrationrelated hearings in court. As for Javier and Bryan’s silver and red single-speed BMX bike? It’s sitting in the shed behind his parent’s house. Maybe one day, Javier says, his four-year-old daughter, Tiffany, will ride it and stand up for something she believes in, too. BOULDER COUNTY’S INDEPENDENT VOICE

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CLIMBER MADELINE SORKIN has teamed up with the American Alpine Club to help a community in grief.

he avalanche that took Inge Perkins’ moves that are fleeting. Friends and climbing life in October 2017 was not a maspartners are fleeting, too.” sive one, according to the Gallatin The loss of these two shining stars in the National Forest Avalanche Center — climbing community rocked a lot of people. but it was enough. Family, friends, fellow climbers and lovers of She and her boyfriend and climbing part- nature were all struck by a deep sense of tragner, Hayden Kennedy, were skiing on Imp edy. And one of them, another professional Peak, just outside of Perkins’ hometown of climber named Madeline Sorkin, was so Bozeman, Montana. It had been a HENNA TAYLOR sporadic early winter season with high winds, and intermittent snowstorms, creating strong avalanche conditions. The two professional climbers were not doing anything too extreme, though. Not by their standards, at least. Still, when the slide activated, started moving and buried Perkins, her beacon was turned off and in her pack. There was nothing Kennedy could do to find or help her. Kennedy apparently “never called 9-1-1” to report the slide. Instead, he returned home, left a note with very explicit instructions for the moved by the sudden deaths of Perkins and rescue crew, as to where they would find his Kennedy that she determined to do somelost love, Perkins, and then he took his own thing: to create some kind of psychological life. support for her community members stricken Only a week earlier on the climbing blog, by such profound emotional pain. Evening Send, Kennedy had been reflecting: In a sport where risk isn’t just ever-present “Over the last few years, as I’ve watched but essential, Sorkin feels that one of the only too many friends go to the mountains only to ways to minimize pain and loss and suffering is never return, I’ve realized something painful. to address it openly and supportively on the It’s not just the memorable summits and crux back end. AUGUST 1, 2019

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And with that idea, the Climbing Grief Fund was born. “I’ve certainly been thinking about this topic for a long time, of how the climbing community is present with the reality [of death] and how we encourage risk or sometimes take unnecessary risks,” Sorkin says. “How do we hold that space?” Only a year prior to the tragedy on Imp Peak, Sorkin and her climbing partner Kate Rutherford had been climbing in Wyoming’s Wind River Range when they encountered a woman who had just self-rescued and was distraught. Her partner had fallen some 600 feet to his death. Sorkin and Rutherford, of course, immediately offered whatever assistance they could give, and when the emergency response was all said and done, the three women walked out of the wilderness together. “She was on a Live Your Dream grant, which is a grant that the American Alpine Club (AAC) gives,” Sorkin says. “I found that disturbing because I was thinking about what kind of support was going to be there for her afterwards.” There were plenty of grants to get people up on walls and out into the backcountry, into risky situations, Sorkin realized. And yet, there were none that helped people deal with the tragic and inevitable side of climbing — none that offered support or guidance for a grieving climbing partner, friend, lover, parent or sibling. Then, the world lost Kennedy and Perkins. Sorkin’s grief reached a monstrous new level, and as she looked around at her peers and fellow professional climbers, she saw the same kind of pain reflected in them. “I was feeling that a lot of people in my community were dragging bricks around with them,” she says, herself included. And yet, there were no resources or support systems to help anyone process those feelings in a healthy way. “Sometimes people might try escaping from their grief through higher risk-taking ... like going into the mountains to escape the grief that they’re feeling by making choices that are even riskier.” She added, “Death is such a present part of our community that we need to expand our conversation around it.” The Climbing Grief Fund aims BOULDER COUNTY’S INDEPENDENT VOICE

to do exactly that, and more, according to Sorkin. She and the AAC have teamed up to open the conversation of grief in the climbing community, and to provide support and guidance for those who’ve been struck by loss. “We are hoping to create individual therapy grants,” Sorkin explains. “We really want to make it available to people for whom it’s cost-prohibitive. So someone can at least get a really solid sense of what therapy sessions could offer.” On top of that, the Climbing Grief Fund is going to create a directory of resources that people can use to find books, programs and therapists who understand the climbing community and/or who are specialized in grief and trauma. “We really want to connect the dots for people,” Sorkin says. “I hope that will go a long way as we make grief a conversation and make it more visible and more normalized, hopefully it won’t have as much of a stigma around it.” Sorkin and the AAC are also working to create a media project that will archive stories of loss and increase the visibility of grief. They’re interviewing fellow climbers and compiling their stories in a video for social media. “It’s really just about trying to tend to the fire of this, and get people connecting more,” she says. Sorkin emphasizes, though, that the Climbing Grief Fund is still in its infancy. She and her partners at the AAC are still fleshing out the details, planning, brainstorming and, of course, fundraising. “We need funding,” she says. “But we also need people who know every target in their area. We’re trying to build a nationwide network and so if someone knows resources and therapists, or if they want to be on our directory list, please be in touch with me.” Sorkin says you can contact her at madaleines@gmail.com for anything related to the Climbing Grief Fund. The fund isn’t an outright solution, but it’s a positive step in the right direction. The Climbing Grief Fund should serve as a needed resource for the climbing community, and hopefully it will catch people before they fall too deep into their own grief. I

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here’s a panel at this year’s ARISE Music Festival called The End of Loneliness, and in a way it sums up exactly what ARISE is all about. “One of the most troubling things about our modern society is so many people feel alone and isolated,” says festival founder Paul Bassis. “You can be together with people in a large crowd and still feel that way.” But not at ARISE, the once-boutique festival that has become one of Colorado’s largest parties — and that’s saying nothing of the workshops and panel discussions that get attendees thinking critically about the world they live in before sending them back out into the splendor of Sunrise Ranch in Loveland to dance and play. “We sought to create something that was going to be uplifting,” Bassis says. “The music, the workshops, I

the panel discussions, all of ON THE BILL: the programming really is ARISE Music grounded in that intention. Festival. Aug. There’s something that 2-4, Sunrise happens in a gathering like Ranch, 100 this where community is Sunrise Ranch created. Building communiRoad, Loveland. ty is ultimately going to be Tickets at arisefesthe solution to our probtival.com lems.” For seven years, Bassis and his team have worked to cultivate a festival that focuses on environmental and social justice as much as it does music and entertainment. There are dozens of panels each day, ranging from the political (Friday’s Defense Against the Dark Arts see ARISE Page 20

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workshop, a primer for non-violent direct action) to the playful (tantra speed dating, anyone?) to the soulful (forgiveness as a path to emotional freedom). Kids under 12 still get in for free, and a tree is still planted for every ticket sold. “If we’re going to [build community], then we’ve gotta figure out how to celebrate better. We’ve gotta throw better parties if we’re gonna build a bigger movement, a greater movement,” Bassis says. “When we do come together and we celebrate, we remind each other of the incredible gift of humanity and the degree of joy that we’re capable of as a human family. That strengthens us both individually and collectively. To me, doing this kind of work is activism.” There are a few new touches to the festival this year. Mainstage artists and up-and-coming artists will collaborate together in playshops throughout the festival, and the public — not just VIP ticket holders like in the past — will have access to press conferences with artists in the oh-so-air-conditioned Big Sunrise Dome. With tension running as high as ever across the American political landscape, ARISE will continue pushing to register first-time voters and connecting new activists with the communities that can help their grassroots grow. “To build community we have to identify what we have in common,” Bassis says. “But it’s just as important to acknowledge our differences. In an ecosystem, the health of an ecosystem lies in its diversity. “A monoculture is a desert.” • • • • As always, music is the driving force behind ARISE, the gravitational I

force that pulls everyone in and holds them tight for three days. But there’s going to be a lot of music out there at Sunrise Ranch, so we put together a little list of some of the bands we thought you shouldn’t miss. We know you’re going to secure prime real estate when Tipper, Leftover Salmon, Railroad Earth and Rising Appalachia play, but it would be a shame to miss out on some of the lesser known artists (sometimes playing in far more intimate settings). While our list isn’t exhaustive, we hope it’ll help you discover a little something new each day of the festival.

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BELLA DURO — 1:30 P.M. EAGLE STAGE Right after the opening ceremony, this Boulder-based band will dish out a healthy helping of lo-fi psych rock that’s sure to get you primed for a far-out weekend. If you enjoy The Black Angels or Brian Jonestown Massacre, Bella Duro’s got a sweet surprise in store for you. MIHALY — 2:30 P.M. SALT STAGE Mihaly grew up in Fort Collins cutting his chops as a musician at his parent’s church. His simple folk melodies and enchanting songcraft are evocative of M. Ward, Ryan Adams and Leif Vollebekk. PROJECT 432 — 2:30 P.M. STARWATER STAGE The day is going to be hot by 2:30 p.m., but Project 432 offers up electro-tinged reggae sounds that are the very essence of the dog days of summer. For fans of Sublime or Dirty Heads, Project 432 will have you doing the rockaway. BOULDER COUNTY’S INDEPENDENT VOICE

MYSTERY FOLK ACT — 4 P.M. TERRAPIN STAGE No seriously, this is a mystery, right up until they take the stage, but Paul Bassis has this to say: “It’s someone who’s coming back into the market. It was the only way that we were going to be able to get him here was to do this, and we were excited about it. We like to give people a treat.” WORLD MUSIC EMBODIED: JOINING DISPARATE INSTRUMENTS TO CREATE COHESIVE SOUND — 4:15 P.M. BIG SUNRISE DOME Not only is this going to rock your socks off, there’s air conditioning. This playshop will explore world instruments and global musical traditions, featuring David Satori from Beats Antique on jumbush, kone, guimbri and ilimba; Tommy “Sidecar” Cappel from Beats Antique on drums and percussion; Arouna Diarra from Rising Appalachia on kora, ngoni, balafon, talking drum and djembe; and Biko Casini from Rising Appalachia on world percussion.

Saturday, Aug. 3

In complete darkness, Jordan Ashtree McCullum will lead the audience with harp and vocals in this Blind Cafe experience. CASUAL COMMANDER — 12:40 A.M. SALT STAGE Casual Commander is the one-man “casual electro funk guitar shenanigans” side project of guitarist Kevin Donohue, of SunSquabi. It’s far out like Herbie Hancock meets STS9.

FIERCE LE FEY — 1 P.M. SALT STAGE Listen, ARISE is where the weird go to get W-E-I-R-D, so let go and spiral out to the ethereal sounds of spoken word artist Fierce le Fey, aka Zoë Clare, the cosmic pop poet. Clare’s poetry encourages more vocal communication about emotions, more space for vulnerable expression and more compassion toward each other. Ain’t that what it’s all about?

MUSIC, SOCIAL JUSTICE & POLITICAL ENGAGEMENT: SINGING TRUTH TO POWER — 2:30 P.M. BIG SUNRISE DOME After the ARISE Pick, stick around the Big Sunrise Dome for this discussion and performance with Leah Song (Rising Appalachia), Drew McManus (Satsang), Big Samir (The Reminders), Amber Lily and Mikey Pauker about believing deeply in what you sing and raising your voice.

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them in between tours, Andrews says. They called themselves the 5 O’Clock Band, the time when school was over, homework was done and they could all grab their instruments and march the streets. “We just were imitating what we saw in the neighborhood and being a part of it,” Andrews says. “I have a PHOTO BY MATHIEU BITTON roy Andrews was whole lot of education that you handed a trombone at can’t pay for.” the age of 4, and he’s It wasn’t until age 10 that never looked back. Andrews began formal lessons “I think at that time and learning music theory. He that was one of the only other attended high school at the instruments that wasn’t occuacclaimed New Orleans Center pied and that actually worked for Creative Arts before being in the house,” he says. “I didn’t recruited to play with Lenny really know what I was doing, Kravitz after graduation. He’s but I was able to get some gone on to play and tour with type of note out.” varied artists from the Rebirth Raised in a musical family Brass Band and Dr. John to Red in the heart of New Orleans, Hot Chili Peppers and Foo his older brother James Fighters to country stars Zac already played the trumpet, Brown and Dierks Bentley. All of which made the smaller instruthat experience has created a ment off limits for Andrews. sound rooted in the rich tradition The long brass instrument was of New Orleans, but made wholly twice as big as he was, earnhis own. ing him the neighborhood nick“When you play with differname “Trombone Shorty,” a ent people, you start to pick up moniker he performs under to their rhythms,” he says. “It’s this day. just like if you moved to a difFor the past decade or ferent city, there’s something so, he’s played as Trombone from that city that you’re going ON THE BILL: Shorty and Orleans Avenue, family would gather to to pick up, certain words that they use, Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue. 6:30 releasing four albums, the first certain slang. That’s the same way with jam on a regular basis. p.m. Monday, Aug. 5, of which, 2010’s Backatown, me and music.” “It was just like a Chautauqua Auditorium, earned a Grammy nomination New Orleans has changed a lot in the music store for me at 900 Baseline Road, Boulder. Tickets are $35for best contemporary jazz last decade or so, and Andrews isn’t sure home. I would just crawl $45. album. Although he doesn’t it’s possible for kids nowadays to have the from the tuba to anynecessarily consider himself a same rich musical experience he had as a thing,” he says. “That child. Still, he hopes the next generation jazz musician — his self-prowas my playground.” can “move it forward,” just like he has claimed “supafunkrock” genre is a fusion Andrews chronicles his early years done. Through his Trombone Shorty of jazz, hip-hop, funk and rock, a sort of and the culture of New Orleans in two Foundation, Andrews helps provide music musical gumbo, he says. children’s books, Trombone Shorty and lessons for teenagers from all over New “I just look at the people that came The 5 O’Clock Band, the first of which Orleans every Monday night. The program before me and try to take from what they was named a Caldecott Honor Book in includes management, producing and created and put my own stamp on it and 2016. have my own identity,” he says. “We’re all Andrews grew up in Tremé, one of the recording — all sides of the music busiplaying in the tradition without trying to oldest neighborhoods in the city known for ness in an effort to give the kids the best chance at success, to show them the posplay the traditional music. But we’re keep- second line parades, big brass band sibilities are endless. ing that tradition alive.” marches down the street any day of the It’s not uncommon when Andrews is When he first started playing the trom- week. As a 7-year-old, he started his own home (which he rarely is given his touring bone his arms were too short to reach all neighborhood band with cousins and schedule) to gather 75-100 musicians to the positions. Andrew’s mother used to friends all joining in. celebrate and march in the streets, just stand next to him while he played, watch“I wasn’t able to speak to them musilike he’s done his whole life. ing his head tilt to one side, afraid he cally because we were so young, but I “It was never in my mind that I would would fall over any minute. But Andrews was able to teach them the notes to play,” be where I am today,” he says. “I didn’t also quickly learned the piano, bass guitar he says. The kids all played music by ear even know if it was possible. I just wanted and drums. He played the trumpet and at the time, drawing the attention of older to play.” other brass instruments, too, as his entire neighborhood musicians who would teach

Trombone Shorty brings his ‘supafunkrock’ to Chautauqua

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The hope in play

‘Serious Play’ looks at whimsical design in mid-century America

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merica was reborn after World War II. Industries that thrived producing goods during and for the war sought new means of production. Everyday Americans were refocusing on the home and the baby boom was in full swing. Hope bloomed, for a time, and Americans savored the breath of fresh air. During this fruitful time, designers of all sorts, in textiles, furniture, architecture, toy-making and more, imbued the American landscape with playfulness and whimsy. It’s this trend that is the spotlight of the Denver Art Museum’s latest exhibit Serious Play, showing through Aug. 25. Serious Play traces the styles that shaped childhood, home life and the work place in mid-century America. “This was an era just after the war. There was this younger population that wasn’t interested in their parent’s furniture,” says Darrin Alfred, curator of architecture and design at DAM. “They wanted something that was new and modern. Also, because of the rationing that happened and the scaling back of production in this realm, there was this interest for whimsical objects, for bright colors, for really fun patterns.” Co-curated by Alfred and Monica Obniski, curator of 20th and 21st century design at the Milwaukee Art Museum, the exhibit showcases items like oddshaped sofas, quirky wall hangings, funshaped clocks and knickknacks used for personal flair such as folk art and travel souvenirs. This was an age when personality was fostered, and to combat the mass consumerism of the time, Alfred says, people were encouraged to make their spaces unique. Branching off from the American home, Serious Play examines how other facets of life were developing, too. As America fought for superiority, there was a push for children to become more creative. The show displays educational, do-it-yourself and building toys that were

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heavily touted at the time. Corporations also wanted to capitalize off this prevalent spirit and infused their workspaces, products and advertisements with bold freshness. Many had to redefine their business, such as aluminum company Alcoa. During wartime, Alcoa was using its resources to support the war efforts; afterward it had to figure out how to remarket for consumers. “[Alcoa was] really interested in showing designers and the broader American public how aluminum could be this great product or material for the future,” Alfred says. “Not just for the pots and pans in your home or the aluminum furniture in your backyard. It could be really this very innovative and exciting material to use in all types of design.” Looking at design is an effective way to capture the feeling of an era. It is one of the most relatable art forms because, for example, everyone deals with furniture on a daily basis. That fact has had many people asking Alfred why furniture would be featured in an art museum. “There is this creativity and personal expression involved. Just as a painting can have a thousand different outcomes, so can designing a chair,” he says. “And I

ON THE BILL: ‘Serious Play’. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver. Through Aug. 25.

even though [with designing a chair] there’s a problem behind it, the solution can be so varied that there is this art aspect to it. “Many designers aren’t interested in solving a design problem,” he continues. “They’re more interested in using the form of a piece of furniture or a chair to express an idea or a thought whether that be social, cultural or political.” There’s a blurred line between art and function that is prominent in Serious Play. Many pieces of furniture are intriguing or beautiful to look at but might not be the coziest couch for your living room. This notion is where the theme of play emerges and shows its value. Alfred acknowledges that while play may have a negative connotation as something only for children, it was an abundant approach for designers at the time. It encourages forward-thinking, exploration and originality. “The idea of play can be approaching something without a specific solution in mind,” he says. “To be able to experiment and innovate you have to open your mind to all sorts of opportunities. Approaching these projects from a playful state of mind allows you to be a little bit more open-ended about what the solution could be, can be or would be.” While the exhibit is not explicit in its parallels, Alfred sees many similarities between mid-century America and now. Cultures frequently have to revamp when outdated ideas reach their peak. In today’s world people are striving to modernize their lifestyles, corporations are creating more visionary work spaces, industries are fighting to keep up with the breakneck market changes and the dismal political arena has many clamoring for whimsy. Fresh ideas breed hope. After hard times, a community places faith in the future. It’s an idea we can utilize: Play today for a better tomorrow. AUGUST 1, 2019

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Leo Kottke has overcome partial hearing loss and severe tendon damage to remain one of the best guitarists of his generation. He’s known as a master of the guitar, recognized for his fingerpicking style that pulls from blues, jazz and folk, with funky polyphonic melodies that mesmerize.

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events JERRY GARCIA’S BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION.

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“It’s pretty clear now,” Jerry Garcia once said, “that what looked like it might have been some kind of counterculture is, in reality, just the plain old chaos of undifferentiated weirdness.” Whether it was counterculture or just a bunch of weirdos coming together, the Grateful Dead changed the way many people understood and experienced music — and the world around them. Mr. Garcia would have been 77 this Aug. 1, so the Fox is throwing him a proper birthday bash featuring performances by Bill McKay, Chris Sheldon and Brian Adams, Larry Keel Experience and Flash Mountain Flood. Tickets are $15-$20, foxtheatre.com.

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ANNE GIFFORD BEGAN her career as a silkscreen artist. After 25 years of printmaking, she now works with watercolor where she builds successive layers of color to create her vibrantly rich, detailed paintings. Gifford’s work is on exhibit in the Community Art Gallery II at the National Center for Atmospheric Research Mesa Lab through Sept. 6.

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Eyes On: Erika Harrsch. Denver Art Museum, Hamilton Building, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver. Through Nov. 17. Eyes On: Jonathan Saiz. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver. Through Nov. 17. Fiber Art by Dianna VanderDoes. NCAR’s Mesa Laboratory, 1850 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder. Through Sept. 6. Fossils: Clues to the Past. University of Colorado Museum of Natural History, Paleontology Hall, 15th and Broadway, Boulder. Ongoing exhibit. Front Range Rising. Longmont Museum, 400 Quail Road, Longmont. Permanent exhibit. Google Garage. Museum of Boulder, 2205 Broadway, Boulder. Ongoing, but activities change. The Incubation Effect. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver. Through Sept. 9.

Jordan Casteel: Returning the Gaze. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver. Through Aug. 18.

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The Light Show. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver. Through May 2020.

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Lyons Redstone Museum, 340 High St., Lyons. The museum has numerous permanent and temporary exhibits. MONUMENTAL — coproduced by Black Cube and the Denver Theatre District. Through Jan. 31. For times and locations, denvertheatredistrict.com/ event/monumental/. PACK-IT-UP. Museum of Boulder, 2205 Broadway, Boulder. Through Sept. 23. Pard Morrison: Heartmouth. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., Boulder. Through Sept. 1. Poveka: Master Potter Maria Martinez. Museum of Natural History (Henderson), Anthropology Hall, 1035 Broadway, Boulder. Through Sept. 8.

Ruckus Rodeo: Pop Art & Cowboy Culture. Longmont Museum, 350 Kimbark St., Longmont. Through Jan. 5, 2020. Serious Play: Design in Midcentury America. Denver Art Museum, Anschutz Gallery, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver. Through Aug. 25. Treasures of British Art: The Berger Collection. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver. Through January 2020. Watercolor by Anne Gifford. NCAR’s Mesa Laboratory, 1850 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder. Through Sept. 6.

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 1 Music Beethoven’s Path to Minimalism. 7:30 p.m. Chautauqua Auditorium, 900 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-442-3282. Boulder Drum Circle. 7 p.m. The Root Kava Bar, 1641 28th St., Boulder, 707-599-1908. Clay Rose. 6 p.m. The Tasty Weasel, 1800 Pike Road, Longmont, 303-776-1914. Homevibe & eTown present The Accidentals. 7 p.m. eTown Hall, 1535 Spruce St., Boulder, 303-443-8696. Jay Cobb Anderson Band present Nirvana’s Unplugged performed — with members of Part & Parcel, Mama Magnolia. 7:15 p.m. Cervantes Masterpiece, 2637 Welton St., Denver, 303-297-1772. Jerry Garcia’s Birthday Celebration. 7:30 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-447-0095. Laser Rolling Stones. 8:30 p.m. Fiske Planetarium, 2414 Regent Drive, Boulder, 303-492-5002.

AUGUST 1, 2019

Scott Clay. 9 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-201-3731. Summer Music Series. 7 p.m. Georgia Boys BBQ, 250 Third Ave., Longmont, 720-9994099. Ten Miles South. 8 p.m. Globe Hall, 4483 Logan St., Denver, 303-296-1003. Weird Al Yankovic: Strings Attached — with the Colorado Symphony. 7:30 p.m. Boettcher Concert Hall, 1000 14th St., Denver, 720-865-4220. The Who Do’s. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 Northpark Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757. Xylø. 7 p.m. Marquis Theatre, 2009 Larimer St., Denver, 303-487-0111.

Cuban Salsa Party. 6:30 p.m. Student Recreation Center, Buff Pool Deck,1855 Pleasant Street, Boulder. Dance Intensive. 8:30 a.m. Airborne Dance, 1816 Boston Ave., Longmont, 303-684-3717. Garden Work Hour: High Yield Vegetable Gardening in Small Spaces. 5 p.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100. Open Mic — with Tony Crank. 6 p.m. Bootstrap Brewing Company, 142 Pratt St., Longmont, 303-652-4186. Phoebe Robinson. 8 p.m. Comedy Works, 1226 15th St., Denver, 303-595-3637. Through Aug. 3, comedyworks.com. Spirit Nia Dance. 9 a.m. Unity of Boulder, 2855 Folsom St., Boulder, 303-442-1411.

Zoltan and the Fortune Tellers. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-201-3731.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 2

Events

Music

Boulder Independent Business Alliance Networking Event: Library Resources. 5 p.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.

’90s Night: Anavrin’s Day & Nothing But ’90s. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 Northpark Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757.

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AFTER HER FATHER’S SUDDEN death, Alexandra Fuller realizes that if she was going to weather his loss, she would need to become the parts of him she missed most. So begins ‘Travel Light, Move Fast,’ the unforgettable story of Tim Fuller, a self-exiled black sheep who moved to Africa to fight in the Rhodesian Bush War before settling as a banana farmer in Zambia. Alexandra Fuller will speak about and sign her new book, ‘Travel Light, Move Fast,’ on Monday, Aug. 5 at 7 p.m. at Boulder Public Library’s Canyon Theater.

Carmen Rubino — Ddraig Chronicles: Reclaim. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder.

FRIDAY, AUG. 2 Write Your Story Writing Class. 10 a.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder. Matt Richtel — An Elegant Defense. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder. Open Poetry Reading. 10 p.m. Mercury Cafe, 2199 California St., Denver.

SATURDAY, AUG. 3

T.D. Walker. Noon. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., Boulder.

SUNDAY, AUG. 4 Women Write Inside Out. 1 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., Boulder. Sunday Night Poetry Slam. 7 p.m. Mercury Cafe, 2199 California St., Denver.

Colorado’s premier latin jazz band!

The Tune Up at Full Cycle Friday, August 2 7–10 PM Happy Hour till 7pm every Friday! 1795 Pearl St., Boulder, Co 80302 www.tuneupboulder.com

Boulder Writing Dates. 9 a.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., Boulder. Elizabeth Bergeland — Being Edie is Hard Today. 11 a.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder.

LC’s Latin Jazz Band

MONDAY, AUG. 5 Alexandra Fuller — Travel Light, Move Fast. 7 p.m. Boulder Public Library, Canyon Theater, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder. So, You’re a Poet. 8:45 p.m. Wesley Theater, 1290 Folsom St., Boulder.

TUESDAY, AUG. 6 Weekly Open Poetry Reading. 7 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., Boulder.

Robert Zubrin — The Case for Space. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Public Library, Canyon Theater, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder. David Bazan. 9 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., Boulder.

WEDNESDAY, AUG. 7 David Shapiro — Gesar of Ling. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Public Library, Canyon Theater, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder. THURSDAY AUGUST 1 12:30 PM

WE ARE STARS 2:30 PM

HABITAT EARTH 7:00 PM

Bonobo. 7 p.m. Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum, 7711 E. Academy Blvd., Denver, 303-360-5360.

Ramaya & The Troubadours. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 720201-3731.

Espresso! Gypsy Jazz & Swing. 5:30 p.m. Cheese Importers, 103 Main St., Longmont, 303-875-7514.

Rico Jones Quintet. 7 p.m. Caffè Sole, 637 S. Broadway St., Boulder, 303-499-2985.

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince™ in Concert. 7:30 p.m. Boettcher Concert Hall, 1000 14th St., Denver, 720-865-4220, tickets. coloradosymphony.org A Human Named David. 6:30 p.m. Still Cellars, 1115 Colorado Ave., Longmont, 720-204-6064. The Jelly Roll Bakers. 7:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Tap Room, 921 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-776-1914.

Riot All Night featuring LA Riots. 9 p.m. Larimer Lounge, 2721 Larimer St., Denver, 303-291-1007. Sidney Gish. 8:30 p.m. Globe Hall, 4483 Logan St., Denver, 303-296-1003. Summer Courtyard Concert Series. 7 p.m. 836 1/2 Main St., Louisville. The Well Intentioned. 8 p.m. Old Chicago, 1805 Industrial Circle, Longmont. Events

Lauren Alaina — with Chancey Williams. 8 p.m. Boulder County Fairgrounds, 9595 Nelson Road, Longmont, 720-864-6460.

Barley-Har-Har Comedy Open Mic Night. 7:30 p.m. 300 Suns Brewing, 335 First Ave., Unit C, Longmont, 720-442-8292.

Levitt National Tour Presents: Flor de Toloache — with Flamenco Denver. 6 p.m. Levitt Pavilion, 1380 W. Florida Ave., Denver, 303-578-0488.

Boulder County Fair. 10 a.m. Boulder County Fairgrounds, 9595 Nelson Road, Longmont.

Lionel Young Duo. 5 p.m. The Tasty Weasel, 1800 Pike Road, Longmont, 303-776-1914. Live Music Fridays. 7 p.m. The Tune Up at Full Cycle, 1795 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-1002. Nina Storey. 8 p.m. Soiled Dove Underground, 7401 E. First Ave., Denver, 303-830-9214.

Boulder Jazz Dance Workshop Performance. 8 p.m. Charlotte York Irey Theatre, 1595 Pleasant St., Boulder. Firefighter Combat Challenge. 5 p.m. Boulder County Fairgrounds, 9595 Nelson Road, Suite 200, Longmont, 720-864-6460. Spanish Modern Literature Club/Club de Literatura Moderna en Espanol. 4 p.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.

One More Time: A Tribute to Daft Punk. 9 p.m. Marquis Theatre, 2009 Larimer St., Denver, 303-487-0111.

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SATURDAY, AUGUST 3 Music

8:30 PM

’90s Alt Rock Tribute Night: Sonic Highways & Lounge Fly. 7 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 720-297-6397. All About the Brass. 7 p.m. Collision Brewing Company, 1436 Skyway Drive, Longmont. Cody Canada & The Departed. 9 p.m. Globe Hall, 4483 Logan St., Denver, 303-296-1003.

LASER ROLLING STONES FRIDAY AUGUST 2 8:00 PM

BLACK HOLES: THE OTHER SIDE OF INFINITY 9:30 PM

LASER STRANGER THINGS 11:00 PM

LIQUID SKY FLOYD: THE WALL SATURDAY AUGUST 3 1:00 PM

Dechen Hawk Band. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Tap Room, 921 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-776-1914.

DOUBLE FEATURE: LIFE OF TREES & LASER GALACTIC ODYSSEY

The Drums. Bluebird Theater, 3317 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, 303-377-1666.

STARS AND PLANETS

The Elisa Garcia Trio. 7 p.m. Caffè Sole, 637 S. Broadway St., Boulder, 303-499-2985. Festival Finale: Mahler Symphony No. 3. 7:30 p.m. Chautauqua Auditorium, 900 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-442-3282. Five Letter Word. 7 p.m. Muse Performance Space, 200 E. South Boulder Road, Lafayette, 720-352-4327. Food Truck & Live Music: Tenbucksixer. 5 p.m. Spirit Hound Distillers, 4196 Ute Highway, Lyons, 303-823-5696. Fourth Annual Denver International Festival. 2 p.m. Civic Center Park, 101 W. 14th Ave., Denver. Give Me That Old Time Music. 5 p.m. Walker Ranch Homestead, 8999 Flagstaff Mountain Road, Boulder, 303-776-8848. see EVENTS Page 30

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AUGUST 1, 2019

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INCOMING! 8:30 PM

BELLA GAIA - BEAUTIFUL EARTH 10:00 PM

LASER ROLLING STONES SUNDAY AUGUST 4 1:00 PM

WE ARE STARS & PERSEUS AND ANDROMEDA 2:30 PM

MAX GOES TO THE MOON & LASER GALACTIC ODYSSEY 4:00 PM

CAPCOM GO! THE APOLLO STORY WEDNESDAY AUGUST 7 12:30 PM

DREAM TO FLY 2:30 PM

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Gonzalo Bergara. 8 p.m. Swallow Hill Music, 71 E. Yale Ave., Denver, 303-777-1003.

theater

Hellyeah. 7 p.m. Summit, 1902 Blake St., Denver, 303-487-0111. Joe C. Wails Gang. 6 p.m. Bootstrap Brewing Company, 142 Pratt St., Longmont, 303-652-4186.

LENA HOLDS ONTO her scrubby piece of land even as a war rages on around her. She cares for young August, who is mute and appears to be profoundly impaired. Claire, a disgraced outcast, is dumped on Lena’s property after having her hair shorn by the women from a neighboring town. With humor and heartbreak, three unreliable narrators reveal secrets as they try to survive in a world under siege. Lafayette Theatre Company presents “Shorn” Aug. 2-17.

Johnny O Band & The Movers and the Shakers. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 Northpark Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757. Roots & Rhythm. 7 p.m. The Wild Game Entertainment Experience, 2251 Ken Pratt Blvd., Longmont, 720-600-4875. Live, Bush & Our Lady Peace. 7 p.m. Fillmore Auditorium, 1510 Clarkson St., Denver, 303-837-0360. Mile High Mayhem Presents: The Nuns Of Brixton. 9 p.m. Larimer Lounge, 2721 Larimer St., Denver, 303-291-1007. Orchard Creek Band. 7:30 p.m. Cannon Mine Coffee, 210 S. Public Road, Lafayette, 303-665-0625. Reel Big Fish & Bowling For Soup. The Ogden Theatre, 935 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, 303-832-1874. Summer Music Series at Upslope. 6 p.m. Upslope Brewing Company (Flatiron Park), 1898 S. Flatiron Court, Boulder, 303-396-1898. Tower of Power 50th Anniversary — with special guest Average White Band. 5:30 p.m. Levitt Pavilion, 1380 W. Florida Ave., Denver, 303-578-0488. Veronique Van Pelt presents: the Deep Cuts Showcase no. 8. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-201-3731. Events Boulder County Fair Parade. 10 a.m. Downtown, 9595 Nelson Road, Longmont, 720-864-6460. Comedy Open Mic Saturday Night. 6:30 p.m. The Tune Up at Full Cycle, 1795 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-1002. The EatingWell & Health Fit Foodie Festival & 5K. 8 a.m. Westminster City Park, N. Sheridan Blvd., Denver. Firefighter Combat Challenge. 12:30 p.m. Boulder County Fairgrounds, 9595 Nelson Road Suite 200, Longmont, 720-864-6460. First Saturday Yoga: Turtles, Frogs and Lizards. 11 a.m. George Reynolds Branch Library, 3595 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, 303-441-3120. The Incredible Lamont. 3 p.m. Boulder Public Library (Canyon Theater), 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 505-218-7589. Interweave Dance Theatre 2019 Matinee. 3 and 8 p.m. Irey Theatre, UCB 261, Boulder, 303-492-8008. Junior Ranger Adventures: Search and Rescue Dogs. 1 p.m. Walker Ranch Meyers Gulch Trailhead, on Flagstaff Mountain Road, Boulder. Mexican Rodeo. 7 p.m. Boulder County Fairgrounds, 9595 Nelson Road, Suite 200, Longmont, 720-864-6460. Mother Daughter Bookclub. 3 p.m. Meadows Branch Library, 4800 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-441-3100.

AUGUST 1, 2019

As You Like It. University Theater, 1595 Pleasant St., Boulder. Through Aug. 10. Beauty and the Beast. BDT Stage, 5501 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder. Through Sept. 21. Chicago. Denver Center for Performing Arts, Studio Loft, 1345 Champa St., Denver. Through Aug. 25. Cinderella and Her Barely Godmother. Chautauqua Community House, 900 Baseline Road, Boulder. Saturdays and Sundays only through Aug. 5

Nirvamlet — presented by Band of Toughs. Denver Performing Arts Complex, 1400 Curtis St., Denver. Through Aug. 3. Nunsense. Jesters Dinner Theatre, 224 Main St., Longmont. Friday and Saturday evenings and Sunday matinees, through Sept. 29. Our Town — presented by CenterStage Theatre Company. Starting at Louisville Center for the Arts, 801 Grant Ave., Louisville. Through Aug. 11. Richard III. The John Hand Theater, 7653 E. First Place, Denver. Through Aug. 17.

Crowns. Vintage Theatre, 1468 Dayton St., Aurora. Through Aug. 4.

Romeo and Juliet. Mary Rippon Outdoor Theatre, University of Colorado. Through Aug. 10.

Emma. Vintage Theatre, 1468 Dayton St., Aurora. Through Aug. 18.

Shorn. Theater Company of Lafayette, 300 E. Simpson St., Lafayette. Opens Aug. 2. Through Aug. 17.

It’s Not Me, It’s You — presented by The Second City. Denver Center for Performing Arts, 1345 Champa St., Garner Galleria Theater. Through Aug. 25.

Tarzan The Musical. Candlelight Dinner Playhouse, 4747 Marketplace Drive, Johnstown. Through Aug. 25.

King Charles III. University Theatre Building 1595 Pleasant St., Boulder. Through Aug. 11.

Twelfth Night. Mary Rippon Outdoor Theatre, Boulder. Through Aug. 11.

The Merry Wives of Windsor — presented by Longmont Theatre Company. Appearing at indoor and outdoor venues across the northern Front Range. Through Aug. 11, longmonttheatre.org

The Wedding Singer — presented by Evergreen Players. Center Stage, 27608 Fireweed Drive, Evergreen. Through Aug. 4.

Mixed Taste. Seawell Ballroom, Denver Center for Performing Arts Complex, 1345 Champa St., Denver. Through Aug. 21.

You Can’t Take It With You (student production). Jesters Dinner Theatre, 224 Main St., Longmont. Saturdays and Sundays through Aug. 4.

Saturday Morning Groove. 10:30 a.m. Free Motion Dance Studio, 2126 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-379-8299.

Megan Bee & Molly Jo Stanley. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-201-3731.

‘Under Our Skin.’ 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. Charlotte York Irey Theatre, 261 University of Colorado, Boulder, 303-492-7945.

Patio Blues & BBQ —with Chaz DePaulo. 2 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 720-297-6397.

SUNDAY, AUGUST 4

Reverend Horton Heat — with The Delta Bombers and Lincoln Durham. 5 p.m. Levitt Pavilion, 1380 W. Florida Ave., Denver, 303-578-0488.

Music Amo Amo. 9 p.m. Larimer Lounge, 2721 Larimer St., Denver, 303-291-1007. Beth and Ali. 3 p.m. The Tasty Weasel, 1800 Pike Road, Longmont, 303-776-1914. Colours of Monochrome. 9 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-201-3731. Flynt Flossy. 9 p.m. Lost Lake, 3602 E. Colfax Ave., Denver.

Sunny Sweeney. 6 p.m. Globe Hall, 4483 Logan St., Denver, 303-296-1003. Events Boulder Comedy Show. 7 p.m. Bohemian Biergarten, 2017 13th St., Boulder, 720-328-8328. see EVENTS Page 32

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EVENTS from Page 30

Colorado Latino Festival 2019. Boulder Bandshell, 1212 Canyon Blvd., Boulder, 303-413-7200. CPRA Rodeo. 5 p.m. Boulder County Fairgrounds, 9595 Nelson Road, Longmont, 720-864-6460. Free SUNDAY at Museum of Boulder. 10 a.m. Museum of Boulder at the Tebo Center, 2205 Broadway St., Boulder, 303-449-3464. Go Club for Kids & Teens. 2 p.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100. Goat Yoga. 9 a.m. Boulder County Fairgrounds, 9595 Nelson Road, Suite 200, Longmont, 720-864-6460. Hawaiian Hula Classes. 5 p.m. A Place to B, 1750 30th St., Unit 64, Boulder, 303-440-8007.

MONDAY, AUGUST 5 Music Blue Grass Mondays. 7:30 p.m. 12Degree Brewing, 820 Main St., Louisville, 720-638-1623. Double Vision Revisted featuring Bob James, David Sanborn & Marcus Miller, — with guests Billy Kilson & Larry Braggs. 6:30 p.m. Denver Botanic Gardens, 1007 York St., Denver, 720-865-3500. GypsySpark. 9 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-201-3731. Mountain Man. 8:30 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-447-0095. Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue. 7:30 p.m. Chautauqua Auditorium, 900 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-442-3282. Zach Day. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-201-3731. Events

FRIDAY, AUG. 2 ‘Flash Gordon.’ 8:45 p.m. Boedecker. ‘Photograph.’ 4 p.m. Boedecker. ‘Serengeti Rules.’ 2 and 6:30 p.m. Boedecker. SATURDAY, AUG. 3 ‘Photograph.’ 3 p.m. Boedecker. ‘Serengeti Rules.’ 5:30 p.m. Boedecker. SUNDAY, AUG. 4 Doris’ Sunday Matinee: ‘Monsieur Hulot’s Holiday’ (Les vacances de Monsieur Hulot). 1 p.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100. ‘Indian Horse.’ 1 and 3:30 p.m. Boedecker. Grateful Dead Meet Up at the Movies. 6 p.m. Boedecker. JJ Grey & Mofro and Jonny Lang. 6:30 p.m. Denver Botanic Gardens, 1007 York St., Denver, 720-865-3500. The Josh Glenn Experiment. 9 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-201-3731. Knotfest Roadshow featuring Slipknot, Volbeat, Gojira, Behemoth. 5:30 p.m. Pepsi Center, 1000 Chopper Circle, Denver. Stef Chura. 8 p.m. Larimer Lounge, 2721 Larimer St., Denver, 303-291-1007. Wiz Khalifa. 7 p.m. Fillmore Auditorium, 1510 Clarkson St., Denver, 303-837-1482.

Citizenship Classes. 6 p.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.

Boulder World Affairs Discussion Group. 10 a.m. Meadows Branch Library, 4800 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-441-3100.

Farm-to Table Dinner. 6 p.m. Boulder County Fairgrounds, 9595 Nelson Road, Suite 200, Longmont, 720-864-6460. Movement Mondays. 7 p.m. Free Motion Dance Studio, 2126 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-379-8299.

TUESDAY, AUGUST 6 Music Ben Hanna. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-201-3731. Charley Crockett. 8 p.m. Globe Hall, 4483 Logan St., Denver, 303-296-1003.

THURSDAY, AUG. 1 ‘Photograph.’ 2 p.m. Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. ‘Serengeti Rules.’ 4:30 p.m. Boedecker.

Arabic Literature Discussion Group. 6 p.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.

Dream Tank’s Summer Camp Accelerators for Kids and Teens. 9 a.m. Museum of Boulder at the Tebo Center, 2205 Broadway St., Boulder, 303-449-3464.

FILMS

Events

Conscious Dance. 8 p.m. Alchemy of Movement, 2436 30th St., Boulder, 303-931-1500. Cosplay and Costumes Camp (Ages 7-9). 9 a.m. Museum of Boulder at the Tebo Center, 2205 Broadway St., Boulder, 303-449-3464. FAF Youth Arts Workshop. Tinker Art Studio, 693B S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-503-1902. LongsPeak Net Meeting. 8:30 a.m. LifeBridge Christian Church, 10345 Ute Highway, Longmont.

MONDAY, AUG. 5 ‘Indian Horse.’ 4:30 p.m. Boedecker. ‘Vagabond.’ 7 p.m. Boedecker. Tuesday, Aug. 6 ‘Indian Horse.’ 4:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. Boedecker.

WEDNESDAY, AUG. 7. ‘7th Heaven’ (1927) — with Mont-Alto Picture Orchestra. 7:30 p.m. Chautauqua Community House, 900 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-4407666. ‘Hampstead.’ 4:30 p.m. Boedecker. ‘Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am.’ 2 and 7 p.m. Boedecker.

Arturo Sandoval. 6:30 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030. Blues Night. 10 p.m. Pioneer Inn, 15 E. First St., Nederland, 303-258-7733. Bourbon & Blues — with the Blue Krewe. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 Northpark Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757. Death Cab for Cutie: an intimate acoustic performance — with Noah Kahan, Jaime N Commons. 8:30 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-447-0095. Drop-in Acoustic Jam. 6 p.m. 300 Suns Brewing, 335 First Ave., Unit C, Longmont, 720-442-8292. Hussy Hicks. 9:30 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-201-3731. Kalo. 8 p.m. Lost Lake, 3602 E. Colfax Ave., Denver. The Lumineers. 8 p.m. The Mission Ballroom, 4242 Wynkoop St., Denver. MoJazz Duo. 6:30 p.m. Still Cellars, 1115 Colorado Ave., Longmont, 720-204-6064. Open Bluegrass Jam. 7 p.m. Großen Bart Brewery, 1025 Delaware Ave., Longmont, 720438-2060. Orchard Creek. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-201-3731.

Out Boulder County Gender Support Group — Longmont. 6:30 a.m. Out Boulder County, 630 Main St., Longmont, 303-499-5777.

The Renaissance Project Summer Sing. 7 p.m. Pine Street Church, 1237 Pine St., Boulder, 303-442-6530.

Snark Attack. 4 p.m. Louisville Public Library, 951 Spruce St., Louisville, 303-335-4849.

Soak + Hiss Golden Messenger. 8 p.m. FMQB Free Outdoor Stage on the Hill, 13th Street and Pennsylvania Ave., Boulder.

An Evening With: Tommy Emmanuel in Denver, CO. 8 p.m. Soiled Dove Underground, 7401 E. First Ave., Denver, 303-830-9214. Second performance Aug. 7.

Westernaires. 7 p.m. Boulder County Fairgrounds, 9595 Nelson Road, Suite 200, Longmont, 720-864-6460.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7

Events

Icon for Hire. 7 p.m. Marquis Theatre, 2009 Larimer St., Denver, 303-487-0111.

Music

Ballet on Horseback. 4 p.m. Boulder County Fairgrounds, 9595 Nelson Road, Suite 200, Longmont, 720-864-6460.

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The Art of Feminine Presence — with Rachel Jayne Groover. 1 p.m. The Riverside, 1724 Broadway, Boulder.

Woodshed Red. 6:30 p.m. Four Mile Historic Park, 715 S. Forest St., Denver, 720-865-0800.

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Friday auguSt 16

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herbie hancock tribute Feat doMinic LaLLi (big gigantic), Joey Porter (the Motet), garrett SayerS (the Motet), dave wattS (the Motet) & dan Schwindt (kyLe hoLLingSworth band)

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Snippet of a Man Talking About His New Television Set by Brice Maiurro

o I was walking around the store, just out grabbing a few things for the house and I just happened to wander into the electronics department and there she was. I’d always heard you can get some good deals on TVs after the Super Bowl but I never thought it would be this good. I won’t tell you how much I paid but I will tell you this — a 60 incher like this usually goes for a couple k. I asked the guy at the store about it. Todd, I think his name was. Todd. Yeah, anyways. Super nice kid. Said it was 1080p and that I was lucky I came in when I did because it was the last one. This is actually the store model, but Todd said he’d take it down for me. Look at that picture, am I right? Makes you feel like you’re at the game. The kids love it. With their video games and stuff, the graphics are just great. Also, we put the old TV down in the basement so they’re pretty thrilled about that. Plus Barbara spent so much money on this nice entertainment center, I felt like we deserved a good TV to go along with it. Anyways, yeah, so I went to ring up with Todd and he got me this HDMI cable that’s supposed to up the picture quality like 10% or something. I wasn’t sold at first, but he said it was definitely worth it, especially with how quickly technology changes. Hard to keep up, I guess. I got the two-year warranty. Thirty bucks, but you can’t be too safe. What’s an extra 30 bucks for peace of mind, I say. But yeah, took her home, super easy set up. It’s just nice, ya know?

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Brice Maiurro is a poet from Denver, Colorado. He is the author of Stupid Flowers (Punch Drunk Press) and Hero Victim Villain (Stubborn Mule Press). He is the editorin-chief of South Broadway Ghost Society and the poetry editor for Suspect Press.

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ON THE BILL: ‘Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am.’ Aug. 7–15, Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder.

ith the wisdom of the wise and the smile of a sage, Toni Morrison sits before the camera. No background behind her, nothing in front to distract, just Morrison talking directly to the camera as if we are opposite her. We are, and we listen with rapt attention for two hours. We could listen longer, but Morrison is busy and time is short. Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am is enough. Thanks to Morrison’s skill as a storyteller and director Timothy Greenfield-Sanders’ approach, The Pieces I Am is both stimulating and engaging. The movie feels more like a conversation than a lecture. The first conversation is between Morrison and the audience. The second is a chorus of voices all filmed using standard interview procedures: asymmetrically framed and speaking to someone just to the right or left of the lens. They are friends, scholars, historians and contemporaries: Oprah Winfrey, Hilton Als, Walter Mosley, Sonia Sanchez, Robert Gottlieb and a slew of others. They are here to fill in the gaps, provide context and perspective. Sitting mythically between their voices is Morrison, who tells her tale with grace and ease. It’s a keen approach for a writer who Mosley calls, “the Emancipation Proclamation of the English language.” It’s a good line, but heaping praise on a writer often distances them, and the reality of their struggle, from the reader. Granted, a great number of readers know Morrison thanks to Oprah’s massively successful book club, but the real life behind the work sometimes slips through the cracks. That’s what makes The Pieces I Am such a caring work; it devotes the time to Morrison’s career as a creative writing teacher at Texas Southern University and Howard University, her time as an editor at Random House — where she championed black and female authors — and her time as a single mother raising two sons. Furthermore, Morrison’s education and career traversed the 1950s and ’60s — a time when Morrison was systemically denied the simple decencies her white colleagues enjoyed. When Morrison penned her debut novel in 1970, The Bluest Eye, she provided her character Pecola a simple wish: To have blue eyes. The book jacket description found on 1987’s Beloved, for which Morrison won the Pulitzer and Nobel Peace prizes, reads: “Sethe. Proud and beautiful, she escaped from slavery but is haunted by its heritage.” The same could be said of Morrison. Only it was not slavery Morrison ran from; it was the systemic racism and oppression fostered in the shadow of the 13th Amendment. Not an easy subject to navigate, but The Pieces I Am does so with elegance, and without sidestepping the unsavory parts of life. Nothing came easy to Morrison, but she has managed much out of little. Her secret is the same secret that makes her carrot cake the best carrot cake in the world: “No one uses enough carrots!” Morrison exclaims. The same is true of Morrison’s writing and her life: She fills it with everything. Even carrots.

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othing satiates like pho. It’s salty, savory, umami and spicy, and when you’re craving it, no replacement will do. Vina Pho serves an excellent rendition of the classic Vietnamese noodle soup. In the combination pho, vermicelli noodles are bathed in a broth spiced with black pepper and star anise, along with rare steak that cooks in the bowl, tender brisket, meatball slices and flavor-boosting, texture-variant tendon and tripe. Add in chili sauce, basil, jalapenos and more to infuse the soup with more flavor, and at the end of the bowl, your taste buds will thank you. $7.50-$9.50.

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he West Side Tavern is a charming and unexpected neighborhood spot tucked between single family homes off of Third Avenue in Longmont. The small inside dining area and bar is cozy and inviting on a fall or winter night. But this time of year, the expansive side patio is the place to be. It was the perfect setting to enjoy the starter ceviche dish on a recent warm evening. Like the Tavern, the dish was unexpected, forgoing tradition for what amounted to a delicious guacamole-like experience. Thick chunks of Ahi tuna are mixed with creamy avocado, lime juice and onion, then drizzled with a balsamic vinegar glaze. Served with wonton crisps for dipping, it went down smooth and fast. $12.

oulder County is home to a number of fine natural food brands, and more crop up every day, like Louisville’s Pfizz sparkling beverages. Pfizz takes naturally fermented, probiotic ingredients and marries them with fizzy water for an enjoyable, healthful drinking experience. The beet variety is a beet lover’s dream — all the sweetness and earthiness of a beet (and its digestion- and liver-boosting nutrtional elements) without having to wait for it to bake or find something to eat alongside it. Prices vary.

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Will it grill? Flame on to cook tastier cukes, butter, bread and bananas

by John Lehndorff

ucumbers are not the first thing you think of when choosing something to grill. Neither is butter or watermelon or bread. Would they even grill well? If you ask Kyle Mendenhall, chances are he’ll say yes. When he heard the lyric, “Chestnuts roasting on an open fire,” he took it to heart. He has applied fire to nearly everything edible during his cooking career. “I’ve grilled bananas. A lot of flatbreads. Every kind of meat,” Mendenhall says. After stints at The Kitchen and Arcana, the chef is now culinary director at Boulder’s Big Red F — that’s Zolo Grill, West End Tavern, Centro, Jax and The Post. He has also been a private chef cooking meals at rugged mountain locations and has strong family ties to Western Slope farming. “I will always take an open fire. It’s trickier to manage but the flavor is unbeatable,” he says. Mendenhall grills fresh bean pods, artichokes, firm peaches, romaine lettuce, endive, mustard greens and the hot new brassica on local menus: spigarello with long, tender stalks like broccoli raab. He uses whole charred cucumbers in a simple summer salad. If you roast whole unpeeled bananas in the coals, they emerge as dessert. “Smoked butter. That’s really a thing. You put it in a pan off to the side and smoke is gradually infused into it,” Mendenhall says. Try that on your grilled sweet Colorado corn on the cob.

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There is one item he kind of regrets CHEF KYLE MENgrilling. “Once I put a whole duck egg on DENHALL, OF BIG the grill grates. It blew up. It literally RED F, knows a thing or two about grilling exploded,” he says, laughing. The less fruits, vegetables and messy approach is pinpricking the duck all sorts of foods that eggs before putting them in a pan on taste better with a little flaming. the grill. Grilling over wood isn’t the same as hot or cold smoking. “Oak is my standard go-to wood. Adding some fruit wood like peach is nice,” he says. It’s easy to overdo it with mesquite and end up with grilled salmon that tastes like chewing on charcoal. “There are times you need the flash heat of a flame, like for meats where you need a char. Some vegetables like zucchini need fast high heat so they don’t turn to mush,” he says. The key is to build a bed of coals with some flame so you can move items to different places on the grates according to temperature. “You never grill everything for a meal at the same time at the same temperature,” Mendenhall says. You can get a similar effect using hardwood charcoal as long as it is not soaked in lighter fluid, which flames and infuses your food with petrochemicals. It fracks your wild salmon. see NIBBLES Page 40

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Mendenhall uses the cover over the steam, making the skin easier to remove. grill at the end of cooking to infuse a little Don’t underestimate the power of the extra flavor. Some foods like lamb go in a char to transform flavor. “Grilling citrus is cast-iron pan over the coals and then fin- one of my favorite things. When you grill ish on the fire. Cast-iron cornbread on the a halved lemon, orange or grapefruit, you grill is almost a must. caramelize the sugars,” Mendenhall says. “Grilling breads directly on the Grilling also makes citrus much easier to grates, you really have to pay attention juice, whether squeezing over grilled and have a set of tongs ready. There is a scallops, using in a mojo marinade or magical toasting point where it gets that adding to cocktails. caramelized flavor but isn’t burning,” he LOCAL FOOD NEWS advises. “Don’t walk away. The thing about The Empire Restaurant and Lounge grilling, especially over wood, is that it is is back. Shuttered since May for renovaan event and someone has to tend the tions, the Louisville landmark — formerly fire,” Mendenhall says. It’s like babysitColacci’s — is dishing dinner again under ting, except incendiary. chef Jeff Osaka. His What if a vegetable WIKIMEDIA COMMONS notable Denver estabends up directly on the lishments include 12@ coals? Mendenhall is all Madison, Osaka Ramen in favor. Don’t waste the and Sushi-Rama. … Le bed of coals you worked French Cafe in Boulder to create after you are is now open for dinner. done with the meal. That means steak frites, Cook whole potatoes, wine and more cauliflower, round eggThursday, Friday and plant, winter squash and Saturday nights. … The whole onions directly on Rocky Mountain Tea the coals. Festival — a quiet, disFor carrots, turnips, tinctive local food event beets and radishes, wash and trim them — has concluded after 20 years, but the and seal them in a foil envelope and set Boulder Dushanbe Teahouse and its on the grill. The result is a vegetable in a many traditions continue. … The Taste of subtly sweet, self-made sauce. The Middle East Aug. 3 in Centennial’s “I’ve done coal cabbage. You stick Center Park features shawarma, kibbeh, the whole head in the coals and it steams felafel, hummus, fool, kanafi and baklava and roasts itself. It tastes really sweet. from some great Denver eateries. You sacrifice the outside part,” tasteofthemiddleeast.com Mendenhall says. The result is that woodfired taste you pay so much for at bistros, SUMMER FOOD GOSSIP trattorias and pizzerias. Some cafes have kids menus. At On a summer work night, gas grills Kingbird restaurant at Washington D.C.’s are often the answer. One mistake cooks Watergate Hotel, children go on a scavsometimes make is heavily marinating enger hunt including the room where the chicken breast (or tempeh or shrimp) in Watergate break-in was planned. I think oil and not draining it before they put it on they get a brownie sundae if they find a the gas grill. “The food will taste like co-conspirator in a closet. … Consumers burned oil, not nicely charred,” he says. are more likely to order food from healthy About those chestnuts roasting on an restaurants when the menu font looks open fire: Mendenhall says you need a handwritten, according to an Ohio State metal pan with holes in it or a screen so University study. The opposite is true at they can be moved around as they roast chain eateries. and not fall between the grates. WORDS TO CHEW ON That’s also the best way to roast the bumper crop of sweet and hot peppers “I drank their cold liquid from each coming after the state’s wet spring. Using shell and washed it down with the crisp a pan with holes over a wood flame lets taste of the wine, I lost the empty feeling you replicate the effect of those tumbling and began to be happy and to make gas-fired metal drums that chili roasters plans.” — Ernest Hemingway use. Roasting is also essential for chilis John Lehndorff hosts Radio Nibbles to remove the tough outer skin, and it 8:25 a.m. Thursdays on KGNU (88.5 FM, makes them tastier. Place warm peppers 1390 AM, kgnu.org). from the grill directly into a closed bag to I

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New in brew: Fruity goses abound Salty session ale is the talk of the town

by Michael J. Casey

hen the Delaware-based Dogfish Head Brewery released SeaQuench Ale in early 2016, it wasn’t exactly on the tips of drinkers’ tongues. Winter isn’t usually the season when drinkers clamor for sessionable sours, but timing is everything. Over the next two years, SeaQuench Ale took off in sales, becoming “America’s best-selling sour beer, bar none,” according to Forbes in August 2018. A mash-up of Kölsch, gose and Berliner weisse, SeaQuench is a light and creamy brew made with lime juice, lime peel, black limes and sea salt. The color is a hazy gold, the nose has the briny aroma of a margarita, and the mouth hits a multitude of registers, bouncing back and forth between tart acid and juicy citrus. It’s a delightful beer, and at $3 for a tall boy at most grocery and liquor stores, one that easily accompanies you home. Continuing the trend, MICHAEL J. CASEY Dogfish Head doubles down with SuperEIGHT, a gose brewed with prickly pear, mango, boysenberry, blackberry, raspberry, elderberry, kiwi juices, toasted quinoa and red sea salt. Vibrant magenta in the glass, SuperEight is a mélange of fruity aromas — no one outshines the others — but the mouth has a chewy, wheaty undertone. It’s like a gose and a rosé rolled into one, and, apparently, you can develop Kodak film with it — you’ll have to look that one up. Gose (pronouced goseuh) is certainly having its day in the sun, and you’d be hard-pressed to find a brewery that doesn’t try their hand at one. Avery Brewing’ Company’s El Gose is tart and fruity with enough salt to quench your thirst on a hot day or while dining on molé. Gunbarrel Brewing Company’s Salt Lick is cloudy yellow with briny lemon on the nose, coriander in the mouth and a springy snap of mouth-puckering citrus. Left Hand Brewing Company’s Wheels Gose ‘Round features crisp lemon and fresh raspberry in a delightfully pink and fizzy drink. Prost Brewing Company’s Gose leans a little heavier on the malt, producing a creamy mouth with a slightly sour nose and a tangy mouth reminiscent of Greek yogurt. And if you want to get really wild, Our Mutual Friend Brewing Company has Cherry Gose, which sports an unusual, but not unpleasant, aroma of sake. And for those looking for something truly different, head over to Front Range Brewing Company in Lafayette for their Kilauea Black Gose. Clocking in at a blissfully light 3.8 percent alcohol by volume, Kilauea Black Gose is a salted dark kettle sour infused with lime zest, Fresno peppers and black Hawaiian sea salt. The color is chocolate brown, the nose is fresh and briny, and the mouth has more going on than the initial sip betrays: Salty at first, with a burst of heat and a bright finish of lime citrus. A phenomenal execution of the style, Kilauea Black Gose packs salt, heat and acid into one beverage. All you need is fat — order a quesadilla with your next pint.

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IT’S PEACH SEASON in Colorado, which means peach festivals, peach pies and trips out to Palisade to see where the fruit thrives.

t’s peach season in Colorado. Walk into your neighborhood grocery store, stroll the lanes of your nearest Boulder County Farmers Market or peruse the menus of the areas locally sourced restaurants and you’re likely to find one ingredi-

thing about the hot days, cool nights and wind-swept microclimates of the Western Slope, specifically the orchards in and around Palisade, that create succulent, tangy, unique fruit. In short, all the fuss about Palisade peaches is deserved. Peaches represent at least three-quarters of Colorado’s total fruit production annually, and there are plenty of peach festivals from Lafayette’s (August 17) to one in Palisade (August 15-18) that celebrate the stone fruit. Lost in all the hullaballoo is the story of how the peach almost vanished from the Centennial State as quickly as it arrived. The first peach trees were plant-

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ed by John Petal Harlow, one of the first settlers of European descent in the Palisade region, according to Palisade Peach Festival information. Harlow planted dozens of crops and fruiting trees in the Grand Valley in the early 1880s to see what would grow in the high country climate. His first experiments with peach trees were failures — all the trees died almost instantly. But by fertilizing the soil with burnt bones and leached ashes, the trees began to fruit and flourish. In a few short years, Harlow was able to cultivate peaches that earned him accolades across the state, and his crop of five tons of peaches was a marvel. Harlow helped create a canal system that took water from the I

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Colorado River to help cultivate the fruit in such a dry region. Harlow’s success encouraged others to build bigger orchards with other crops in surrounding areas on the Western Slope, according to Joyce Sexton, the former secretary of the Colorado State Orchard Mesa Research Center. In 1883, William Edgar Pabor planted apples, pears, peaches, plums and grapes in one of the biggest orchard systems of the time near Fruita. Others followed suit, but after harsh winter weather wiped out a 110-acre peach orchard, growers focused their operations closer to the well-suited soil and climate of Palisade, where cool air from the canyons help maintain a suitable growing temperature. Shortly thereafeter, according to the Museum of Western Colorado, the growing community held a Peach Days festival to celebrate the crop. And, according to Sexton, the peaches drew attention from notable politicians like Howard Taft and William Jennings Bryan, who attended the festivities and were wowed by the product. But, Sexton wrote, there was a massive decline in peach production in the early 20th century. While apples and other fruit trees took root, peaches succumbed to pest infestations and molding that pesticides of the day couldn’t eradicate. By 1925, most of the orchards, which had been bought by folks on the East Coast that didn’t have the time or will to invest in growing the fruit, were failing. Then came DDT. That helped growers get rid of the moths that were ravaging their fruit, but, of course, DDT killed everything and posed dangers to growers themselves and the environment around wherever it was used. Thus, the peach-growing industry changed over the following decades, and as DDT was replaced with relatively safer pest control, so too were the many neglected orchards with just a few that had dedicated farm teams. Today, you can get all your peaches certified organic from the region, if you want. Though a specific mold, cytospora, has affected crop output in recent years, the industry is thriving due in large part to dedicated producers and a marketing effort that has made Palisade peaches nationally known. Morton’s Organic Orchards is a good representative of the way the industry has changed out in Palisade. Dave and Mary Morton bought 10 acres in 1978, on which they grew two acres

of peaches. After bringing their fruit to the Boulder Farmers Market for several years, they acquiesced to public demand for organic fruit. Despite most orchardists in the region calling them crazy for trying to grow peaches organically, they made the switch, and by 1996, they were certified organic. Morton’s recently purchased the 4,000tree Aloha Organic Fruit orchard in Palisade, making them one of the largest organic peach growers in the state. What makes growing peaches organically so important is that crops with thin skin, like peaches, celery and blueberries, absorb more pesticides and chemicals applied to them than crops with thicker skin. Those pesticides get passed into our bodies. What’s also unique about the Morton’s operation is that they grow varieties of peaches that can be harvested into September, far longer than in other growing regions. On the Aloha plot, 14 varieties of peaches are grown with different characteristics and fruiting periods. Peaches, by the way, have more variety than yellow and white. First, the peach is really a tree, and we call the fruit of that tree either a peach or a nectarine (the former has fuzz, the later doesn’t, due to a gene variation). In the peach fruit category, there are yellow and white peaches, yes, with yellow being tarter, but you can also divide them into clingstones and freestones — in one variety, fruit clings to the pit, and in the other, well, you can take a wild guess. And then, just like apples, there are different varieties of peaches, both clingstone and freestone, white, yellow and even purple, that have slightly different tastes and textures. Once you pick a variety, you can do whatever you want with peaches — eat them raw, bake them into pastries, grill them, can them, freeze them. If you don’t like the skin, blanch them in boiling water for a minute and dump them in an ice bath. To freeze, Colorado State University recommends selected firm, ripe fruit and adding a dose of ascorbic acid for better quality. Stop by the Lafayette Peach Festival (August 17, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. in Old Town Lafayette) to claim your share of over 30,000 pounds of organic peaches from Morton’s, Red Fox Run and Tate’s Orchards. And as you’re biting into a fresh, organic peach, take a minute to think about how far our beloved crop has come.

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dragged me to the Karaoke Bowling Alley and Sushi Bar. I was deeply skeptical. The place sounded tacky. But after being there for twenty minutes, I had to admit that I was having a fantastic time. And it just got better and more fun as the night wore on. I’m sure I made a fool of myself when I did my bowling ball imitation, but I can live with that. At one point I was juggling a bowling pin, a rather large piece of sweet potato tempura and my own shoe while singing Led Zeppelin’s “Kashmir” — and I don’t even know how to juggle. I have to admit that this sequence of events was typical of my adventures with Aries folks. I suppose I should learn to trust that they will lead me to where I don’t know I want to go.”

James Hillman said that in order to thrive, you need to develop a clear vision of that story. How do you do that? Hillman advised you to ask yourself this question: “How can I assemble the pieces of my life into a coherent plot?” And why is this effort to decode your biography so important? Because your soul’s health requires you to cultivate curiosity and excitement about the big picture of your destiny. If you hope to respond with intelligence to the questions and challenges that each new day brings, you must be steadily nourished with an expansive understanding of why you are here on earth. I bring these ideas to your attention, Libra, because the coming weeks will be an excellent time to illuminate and deepen and embellish your conception of your life story.

MARCH 21-APRIL 19: “Dear Diary: Last night my Aries friend

TAURUS

SEPT. 23-OCT. 22: What’s the story of your life? Psychologist

APRIL 20-MAY 20: In his poem “Wild Oats,” poet W. S. Merwin provided a message that’s in perfect alignment with your current astrological needs: “I needed my mistakes in their own order to get me here.” He was not being ironic in saying that; he was not making a lame attempt to excuse his errors; he was not struggling to make himself feel better for the inconvenience caused by his wrong turns. No! He understood that the apparent flubs and miscues he had committed were essential in creating his successful life. I invite you to reinterpret your own past using his perspective.

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GEMINI

SAGITTARIUS

MAY 21-JUNE 20: Even if you’re an ambidextrous, multi-

gendered, neurologically diverse, Phoenician-Romanian Gemini with a fetish for pink duct tape and an affinity for ideas that no one has ever thought of, you will eventually find your sweet spot, your power niche and your dream sanctuary. I promise. Same for the rest of you Geminis, too. It might take a while. But I beg you to have faith that you will eventually tune in to the homing beacon of the mother lode that’s just right for you. P.S.: Important clues and signs should be arriving soon.

CANCER

JUNE 21-JULY 22: What would a normal, boring astrologer

tell you at a time like now? Maybe something like this: “More of other people’s money and resources can be at your disposal if you emanate sincerity and avoid being manipulative. If you want to negotiate vibrant compromises, pay extra attention to good timing and the right setting. Devote special care and sensitivity to all matters affecting your close alliances and productive partnerships.” As you know, Cancerian, I’m not a normal, boring astrologer, so I wouldn’t typically say something like what I just said. But I felt it was my duty to do so because right now you need simple, basic, nofrills advice. I promise I’ll resume with my cryptic, lyrical oracles next time.

LEO

JULY 23-AUG. 22: Let’s check in with our psychic journalist, LoveMancer, who’s standing by with a live report from inside your imagination. What’s happening, LoveMancer? “Well, Rob, the enchanting creature on whose thoughts I’ve been eavesdropping has slipped into an intriguing frontier. This place seems to be a hot zone where love and healing interact intensely. My guess is that being here will lead our hero to breakthrough surges of love that result in deep healing, or deep healing that leads to breakthrough surges of love — probably both.”

VIRGO

AUG. 23-SEPT. 22: Virgo figure skater Scott Hamilton won

an Olympic gold medal and four World Championships. He was a star who got inducted into the United States Olympic Hall of Fame and made a lot of money after he turned professional. “I calculated once how many times I fell during my skating career — 41,600 times,” he testified in his autobiography. “But here’s the funny thing: I also got up 41,600 times. That’s the muscle you have to build in your psyche — the one that reminds you to just get up.” In accordance with current astrological omens, Virgo, I’ll be cheering you on as you strengthen that muscle in your psyche during the coming weeks.

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OCT. 23-NOV. 21: “Artists are people driven by the tension

between the desire to communicate and the desire to hide,” wrote psychoanalyst Donald Winnicott. I think that description fits many people born under the sign of the Scorpio, not just Scorpio artists. Knowing how important and necessary this dilemma can be for you, I would never glibly advise you to always favor candid, straightforward communication over protective, strategic hiding. But I recommend you do that in the coming weeks. Being candid and straightforward will serve you well.

NOV. 22-DEC. 21: Sagittarian poet Aracelis Girmay writes, “How ramshackle, how brilliant, how haphazardly & strangely rendered we are. Gloriously, fantastically mixed & monstered. We exist as phantom, monster, miracle, each a theme park all one’s own.” Of course that’s always true about every one of us. But it will be extraordinarily true about you in the coming weeks. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, you will be at the peak of your ability to express what’s most idiosyncratic and essential about your unique array of talents and specialties.

CAPRICORN

DEC. 22-JAN. 19: Sometime soon I suspect you will

arrive at a crossroads in your relationship with love and sex — as well as your fantasies about love and sex. In front of you: a hearty cosmic joke that would mutate your expectations and expand your savvy. Behind you: an alluring but perhaps confusing call toward an unknown future. To your left: the prospect of a dreamy adventure that might be only half-imaginary. To your right: the possibility of living out a slightly bent fairy tale version of romantic catharsis. I’m not here to tell you what you should do, Capricorn. My task is simply to help you identify the options.

AQUARIUS

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world? Millions. Yet there are far fewer different keys than that to open all those handcuffs. In fact, in many countries, there’s a standard universal key that works to open most handcuffs. In this spirit, and in accordance with current astrological omens, I’m designating August as Free Yourself from Your Metaphorical Handcuffs Month. It’s never as complicated or difficult as you might imagine to unlock your metaphorical handcuffs; and for the foreseeable future it will be even less complicated and difficult than usual for you.

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Dear Dan: I am a gay man in my late 50s and have never been in a relationship. I am so lonely, and the painful emptiness I feel is becoming me. I cry often and would really like it absolutely unbearable. In my early all to end. Any advice? 20s, I hooked up off and on, but it —Lonely Aging Gay never developed into anything. I have always told myself that’s OK; I’m not Dear LAG: “In the very short a people person or a relationship kind term, LAG needs to tell his therapist of guy. I have a few lesabout the suicidal idebian friends but no male ROMAN ROBINSON ation,” said Michael friends. I have social Hobbes. “In the longer anxiety and can’t go to term, well, that’s going to bars or clubs. When take a bit more to hookup apps were introunpack.” duced, I used them Hobbes is a reporter infrequently. Now I go for HuffPost and recently totally unnoticed or am wrote a mini-book-length quickly ghosted once I piece titled “Together reveal my age. Most Alone: The Epidemic of nonwork days, my only Gay Loneliness.” During interactions are with his research, Hobbes people in the service found that, despite growindustry. I am welling legal and social acceptance, a groomed, employed, a homeowner worrying percentage of gay men still and always nice to people. I go to a struggle with depression, anxiety and therapist and take antidepressants. suicidal ideation. However, this painful loneliness, Loneliness, Hobbes explained to depression, aging and feeling unnome, is an evolutionary adaptation, a ticed seem to be getting the best of mechanism that prompts us humans

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— members of a highly social species — to seek contact and connection with others, the kind of connections that improve our odds of survival. “But there’s a difference between being alone and being lonely,” said Hobbes. “Being alone is an objective, measurable phenomenon: You don’t have very many social contacts. Being lonely, on the other hand, is subjective: You feel alone, even when you’re with other people. This is why advice like ‘Join a club!’ or ‘Chat with your waitress!’ doesn’t help lonely people.” The most effective way to address loneliness, according to Hobbes’s research, is to confront it directly. “LAG may just need to get more out of the relationships he already has,” said Hobbes. “He has a job, friends, a therapist, a life. This doesn’t mean that his perceptions are unfounded — our society is terrible to its elders in general and its LGBTQ elders in particular — but there may be opportunities in his life for intimacy that he’s not

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tapping into. Acquaintances LAG hasn’t checked in on for a while. Random cool cousins LAG never got to know. Volunteering gigs you fell out of. It’s easier to reanimate old friendships than to start from scratch.” Another recommendation: Seek out other lonely guys — and there are lots of them out there. “LAG isn’t the only gay guy who has aged out of the bar scene — so have I — and struggles to find sex and companionship away from alcohol and right swipes,” said Hobbes. “His therapist should know of some good support groups.” And if your therapist doesn’t know of any good support groups — or if you don’t feel comfortable telling your therapist how miserable you are, or if you’ve told your therapist everything and they haven’t been able to help — find a new therapist. On the Lovecast—All Hail Satan! with Satanic Temple founder Lucien Greaves: savagelovecast.com. Email mail@savagelove.net, tweet @FakeDanSavage on Twitter and visit ITMFA.org.

The problem with decriminalization in New York by Seymour

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he national tide on marijuana legalization is turning, surely, and one of the first steps changewary states make is to decriminalize use and possession of the plant. New York is the latest to decriminalize marijuana use, with Governor Andrew Cuomo signing a bill on July 29 that reduces the penalty of unlawful possession of marijuana from criminal penalties to merely a fine. It also creates a process for people with previous marijuana possession convictions to have their records expunged. The move was made with an eye toward rectifying social and racial injustices drug policy has created in the state. “Communities of color have been disproportionately impacted by laws governing marijuana for far too long, and today we are ending this injustice once and for all,” Cuomo said in a statement announcing the bill signing. “By providing individuals who have suffered the consequences of an unfair marijuana conviction with a path to have their records expunged and by reducing draconian penalties, we are taking a critical step forward in addressing a broken and discriminatory criminal justice process.” But there are critics of simply decriminalizing

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marijuana. Melissa Moore, deputy state director for Drug Policy Alliance New York, says the bill doesn’t go far enough to protect those most impacted by previous drug policy in the state. “The inability of the state legislature and Governor Cuomo to pass comprehensive marijuana legalization this legislative session means that Black and Latinx individuals remain disproportionately in the crosshairs of harmful marijuana enforcement,” Moore said in a statement. “Decriminalization alone is not enough to deal with the full impact of marijuana prohibition and just

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gives law enforcement discretion. Actually addressing the legacy of harm from prohibition and targeted enforcement by comprehensively legalizing and reinvesting in communities is what policymakers need to deliver on. While it is disappointing that our leaders have once again failed to prioritize racial justice in New York, we will continue to fight on behalf of comprehensive reforms.” Moore goes on to say the measure will provide “relief” for the 900,000 low-level marijuana arrests made in New York over the last two decades, but that “wideranging instances of marijuana possession will remain a legal violation, allowing law enforcement the discretion to continue making arrests.” There are others who agree the bill doesn’t go far enough, but are framing it as one small step in the process toward a policy that works for everyone. “This law is an important step in righting decades of injustice caused by the state’s current drug laws,” New York Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie said in a statement. “By removing the barriers and stigma that come with these records, we clear the path for many New Yorkers to find a job, housing and go on to live successful and productive lives.”

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There are a few theories out there. Some blame the way our bodies actually process the differing intake methods. In writing for the website Leafly, writer Baily Rahn points out that when we eat pot, we absorb THC differently than when we smoke it. “When you consume Cannibis in an ingestible form, its THC is metabolized by the liver, which converts it to 11-hydroxy-THC.” This form of THC is thought to result in a more intense high than when you just smoke weed. When you do smoke weed, the THC travels directly to the brain without passing Go. This tends to result in a faster, shorter lived high. And that additional speed brings up perhaps the biggest reason people eating weed products tend to get too messed up to enjoy themselves: namely, they lack patience. We’ve all heard the jokes and stories about the out-of-state idiot (we prefer to make them Texans as if it hasn’t happened to thousands of us locals) who ate a quarter cookie waited a half hour, ate another quarter, waited another half hour and then, utterly frustrated at still being straight, ate three whole cookies. The story usually ends with a naked Texan walking down a crowded street singing a country song as tears roll down his face. Actually, it always ends with the cops walking away with that guy, but you get the point. In the research for her article, Khazan

spoke to researchers who confirmed the idea that eating and smoking pot create two distinctively different substances in the body based on intake method. Eating creates the previously mentioned 11-hydroxy-THC, while smoking your bud sends delta-9 THC coursing through your body. Almost all the literature everywhere agrees that 11-hydroxy-THC is thought to cause the more intense high of the two. But chances are you likely know people who only eat edibles because they find it to be a mellower experience than smoking. Maybe the best advice is to know your own body. Do what works for you and avoid what makes you drool and become paranoid. We’re only sorry we weren’t around to offer that advice to New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd, who — as you may recall from her column describing it — had a spectacularly bad experience with edibles when she flew to Colorado to experience legal pot for the first time. She bought a marijuana-infused chocolate bar that contained multiple doses, returned to her room at the Brown Palace Hotel, and ate the whole thing when she didn’t get an immediate reaction. When the full effect kicked in, she wrote that she “became convinced that I had died and no one was telling me.” We can’t be sure, but Maureen was likely born in Texas. Happily, marijuana is one of the safest drugs known, and she survived the experience and resumed her career of writing snarky columns with no noticeable deterioration or improvement in her work.

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