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Danish Plan: Is the world’s most interesting man running for president? Dyer Times: Trump’s racism will hit his supporters in their pocketbooks Letters: Signed, sealed, delivered, your views Buzz: Firehouse exhibit ‘Interesting Times’ presents beautiful art to process the ugly times Arts & Culture: Second City impresses at DCPA Boulder County Events: What to do and where to go Film: The beauty of an alternate reality Tasting Menu: Four courses to try in and around Boulder County Astrology: by Rob Brezsny Savage Love: Shrinkage Weed Between the Lines: Cheers! Cannabis and its derivatives are in water, tea and beer now Cannabis Corner: Nixon went to China. Will Trump go to pot?

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Is the world’s most interesting man running for president? By Paul Danish

orget about the guy who used to sell Dos Equis. The world’s most interesting man is Andrew Yang. OK, maybe he’s the world’s second most interesting man. The world’s most interesting man is Elon Musk. But Yang is a close second. And Yang is hands down the most interesting man (or woman) running for president this year. He’s so interesting that Elon Musk endorsed him last Saturday. “I support Yang,” Musk tweeted I

on Saturday, adding in a follow-up tweet, “He would [be] our first openly goth president. I think this is very important.” The goth reference is to an interview of Yang last April by Ashley Reese at the Jezebel website. The first half-dozen questions were about Yang’s musical tastes while he was a teenager. (He was into The Smiths and The Cure.) The interview was headlined “Andrew Yang Wants to Be America’s First Ex-Goth President.” Musk’s support is based on more than the music or the culture. Yang’s big idea, which he calls AUGUST 15, 2019

The Freedom Dividend, is to give every American adult over the age of 18 a $1,000 a month universal basic income (UBI) for life, an idea Musk has long supported. On Saturday he tweeted that it’s “obviously needed.” Yang told Jezebel that getting a UBI plan passed was the reason he decided to run for president. “After Trump won, I became convinced that the main reason he won is that we automated away 4 million manufacturing jobs in Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin... And now we’re going to do the same thing to millions of retail jobs, callcenter jobs, truck-driving jobs, and accounting jobs… financial planners, insurance agents and lawyers…” His website points to a study that predicted one-third of American see DANISH PLAN Page 7

Trump’s racism will hit his supporters in their pocketbooks By Joel Dyer

n an interview earlier this week, Trump administration official Ken Cuccinelli made the above statement — a bastardized version of the Emma Lazarus poem on the Statue of Liberty — in response to questions about Trump’s new proposal to keep non-wealthy migrants from legally immigrating to the U.S. Trump’s new proposal will require anyone wanting to legally immigrate to the U.S. to already have their own health insurance and prove they have plenty of money before they get here. Call me crazy, but that sure seems like it’s gonna make getting agricultural workers here legally to pick our crops a bit challenging. Despite being cruel and stupid, this latest manifestation of Trump’s racism and pandering to white fraidycats is going to hit everybody in their pocketbooks and actually lead to even more illegal immigration. Research shows that without being subsidized by migrant labor, a head of lettuce would cost about $7 and other hand-harvested crops even more. And that’s if we can even get

them harvested without our immigrant friends. Without migrant labor we’ll have to rely on our nation’s unemployed caucasians — you know, the ones hellbent on keeping brown workers out of our fields — to go out there and break their white backs picking our food crops. Good luck with that. They’re way too busy drinking Bud, blame shifting responsibility for their low economic status and shooting guns at Obama targets to actually do something resembling hard work. But why stop there? Instead of just not letting people without insurance and money in, why not pass a law kicking out all the people without insurance, a high-school education and enough money to never need food stamps, subsidized housing or any other form of social welfare? Oh wait, that won’t work. Even Trump knows better than to kick out the majority of his base of supporters. Better start saving up for that lettuce wrap. The price is going up if Trump gets his way. And just in case you missed the real moral of this story: We need immigrants. The vast majority of those coming here are good, kind people who work hard and just want a better life for their family. That’s what this nation has always been about, and I hope we never let the likes of Trump and his fearful followers destroy that.

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Give me your tired and your poor who can stand on their own two feet and who will not become a public charge.” —Ken Cuccinelli, acting director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

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workers will lose their jobs to automation by 2030. This has “the potential to destabilize our economy and society if unaddressed,” it says, and that a UBI is necessary “to support and preserve a robust consumer economy.” Moreover, a UBI would serve to compensate work like child care and taking care of the aged, work that is done without pay by tens of millions today, mostly by women. Yang would pay for the Freedom Dividend, which would come to more than $2 trillion a year, with a 10 percent value added tax (VAT). Tech companies whose innovations will create the putative wave of unemployment and which, like Amazon, pay little or no income tax, would be targeted. Another funding source would be a number of federal welfare programs it would displace. Interesting big idea there. But it isn’t the big ideas that make Yang’s campaign interesting and seductive. It’s the sheer number of small ideas for solving small issues he tosses out. His website lists dozens of issues other candidates don’t think to address and scores of solutions to them. Among other things, he supports: • 12-year terms for senators and congressmen and 18-year terms for Supreme Court justices • Ranked choice voting • Making Election Day a national holiday • Establishing data as a property right of individuals • Lowering the voting age to 16 • Legalizing marijuana and decriminalizing opioids • Pay for elite college athletes • Expediting the construction of a new generation of nuclear power plants • Free marriage counseling for all • Reducing harm to children caused by smart phones • Reverse boot camp to prepare veterans leaving the service for return to civilian life • Establishing a hotline where people can report intrusive and offensive robo-calls to the FCC • Allowing Americans to direct 1 percent of their taxes to the specific federal projects or departments of their choice. • Reducing packaging waste

• Ending the coinage and use of pennies • Making tax-paying patriotic and fun. And so on. There are dozens more. I can’t think of a candidate in my lifetime who has more exuberantly thrown out so many ideas on so many issues in a campaign. Yang may be many things, but “inscrutable” ain’t one of them. It sets him apart. It makes him an American original. Yang’s platform is a mash-up of standard Democratic Party fare and off-the-wall originality. Some of his ideas are stunningly creative, others are deliciously eccentric, still others are just wrong. But can he win on them? It could happen. American politics has a long tradition of candidates coming seemingly out of nowhere with disruptive ideas that shred the conventional wisdom. Yang has a ton of them. Apart from the ideas, a common quality of these candidates is that the political establishment almost always sees them as “un-presidential.” But the American people have a habit of thinking of “un-presidential” as a feature, not a bug. Think Andrew Jackson, Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Harry Truman, Ronald Reagan, and, of course, Donald Trump. Yang is about as un-presidential as they come. Campaigning on original ideas and solutions is an extremely powerful way to run for office. If your ideas catch on, you set the terms of the campaign’s conversation, which puts you in the catbird seat of politics. Full disclosure: I’m a Republican. A lot of Yang’s ideas are deal breakers for me. Especially his views on gun control, which include every silly-ass, unworkable, unconstitutional and treasonous idea the gun control movement has come up with in the last century. It will be a cold day in hell before I vote for him. But that doesn’t change the fact that Yang breaks the mold, and that might make him the most formidable candidate the Dems could run against Trump. This opinion column does not necessarily reflect the views of Boulder Weekly.

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A recent annual report claims that hate crimes in Colorado nearly doubled in 2018 to 185 reported crimes that were largely racial and religious in nature. This was up from 96 in 2017. The Lemon Tree Group in Boulder is deeply concerned about his trend and is planning its sixth annual March for Unity on Sunday, August 25. We will meet at 4 p.m. at the Second Baptist Church at 5300 Baseline Road to hear brief speeches from community and religious leaders followed by a musical presentation. Parking is available. Then we shall walk west to Congregation Har HaShem at 3950 Baseline Road for concluding services and music. Water and snacks will be available en route. The March will end at 6 p.m. and vans will be available to return walkers to their cars if needed. We invite all members of our community to join us and to walk together and talk and listen to one another. This is a wonderful opportunity to demonstrate that Boulder is a city of understanding, awareness and acceptance of all. Please join us for any part of this event. I have participated in the five preceding annual Marches with hundreds of local residents including my children and grandchildren. It has been so heartening to see the support for tolerance and unity in our community. Joan Graff/Boulder

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First, let me thank you for your expressing that we are indeed, facing a climate emergency. Unfortunately, considering the report of the conservative International Panel on Climate Change’s review of over 6,000 studies, has told us our targets are not enough. The IPCC said, “Under emissions in line with current pledges under the Paris Agreement (known as Nationally Determined Contributions, or NDCs), global warming is expected to surpass 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, even if these pledges are supI

plemented with very challenging increases in the scale and ambition of mitigation after 2030 (high confidence). This increased action would need to achieve net zero CO2 emissions in less than 15 years. Even if this is achieved, temperatures would only be expected to remain below the 1.5-degree threshold if the actual geophysical response ends up being towards the low end of the currently estimated uncertainty range.” They go on to explain the terrible consequences of not holding temperature ride to the 1.5-degree threshold, but I’m sure you’ve done your homework and read the full reports. Because, as I know you realize, this is an existential threat to life on Earth. By 2050, the UNHCR predicts there will be as many as one billion climate refugees worldwide. That’s one-tenth of the world’s projected population. The recent UN Extinction Report says there will be an unprecedented number of extinctions in just the next five years. Over one million species will be lost, including one in four mammals. That is why I am so disappointed by the targets you call for in the proclamation. They are dumbfoundingly inadequate. They merely align with the recently passed HB 1261. This should have been an aspirational call to action, especially considering it’s merely a resolution. And, it should be evidencebased and in line with science, not politics. What did you base these targets on? Compounding the damage, I am concerned that this has informed the Committee on Climate Crisis’ field hearing in Boulder that took place on August 1. Congressman Neguse surely thought that by starting in Boulder, the highest standards would be put forth. Boulder is supposed to be a leader, not kowtowing to the moderates. The committee will view this as the outer limit of what they should consider and instead, they will be getting an upholding of a middle-of-the-road status quo. I hope you will reconsider and strengthen the emission reduction goals you’ve put forth. Lisa Widdekind/via internet BOULDER WEEKLY

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or at least the past 17 years, the residents of Boulder County have been making their opposition to using chemicals such as glyphosate on public lands known to their elected officials. In response to the public’s concerns, the City of Boulder stopped using glyphosate in 2011. But as has been well documented in recent years, Boulder County has not followed the City’s lead. Despite having several County Commissioner elections in the past that were centered around promises to eliminate GMO (genetically modified organisms) crops and thereby the use of glyphosate on the County’s open space lands, these campaign promises have gone unfulfilled. There have been a series of five-year extensions given to the farmers leasing open space lands and, to date, the use of glyphosate on GMO crops continues. But it’s not just these farmers using glyphosate and other chemicals to manage our publically owned open space. Other popular areas are also being sprayed. Considering the many and massive lawsuits regarding glyphosate and its links to cancer that have been in the headlines in recent days, Boulder Weekly decided it was a good time to take a look at the County’s overall use of herbicides on open space. Since 2014, Boulder County has applied Roundup, aka glyphosate, along with the herbicide Esplanade, on approximately 1,500 acres of Boulder County open space lands, according to Steve Sauer, weed control supervisor in the Parks and Open Space Department. This number does not include the farmlands with GMO crops. Both of these herbicides are manufactured by Bayer Corporation, which in 2018, acquired Monsanto for $63 billion.

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Bayer and Boulder County have worked together to fund research conduct by Colorado State University on Boulder County open space lands using these chemicals in an attempt to control invasive grasses, especially cheatgrass. In March 2016, (as alluded to above) Boulder County Commissioners directed staff to develop a plan for transitioning County-owned agricultural land away from growing genetically engineered crops, and expressed a preference for phasing out the use of neonicotinoids and greatly reducing the use of herbicides and pesticides on County-owned open space lands. I

Despite the public’s long-held opposition to chemical management of open space lands, Boulder County continues the practice

By Rico Moore

According to a minority report prepared by the Cropland Policy Advisory Group in 2011 and included in the Boulder County Parks and Open Space Cropland Policy, “Boulder County Parks and Open Space lands should ban the use of all pesticides containing glyphosate herbicides on its lands, including croplands, rangelands and other locations. A prompt phase out program of no more than one-year duration should be implemented.” Such a ban, however, was never adopted. In fact, just the opposite appears to have occurred. Following the aforementioned studies conducted on Boulder AUGUST 15, 2019

County open space lands, in 2016 Boulder County shifted its use of the chemicals from purely experimental to largescale applications of Esplanade, and in some cases, Roundup, according to Sauer. This comes at a time when Bayer faces tens of thousands of lawsuits from people in the U.S. who claim Roundup gave them cancer. One California court initially awarded $2 billion to a couple after a jury concluded Roundup caused cancer in the husband and wife. The award has since been reduced to $86 million according to Bloomberg which also reported that Bayer is proposing to pay as much as $8 billion to settle more than 18,000 lawsuits over Roundup, a claim later dismissed by a Bayer mediator. According to the Environmental Protection Agency product label for Esplanade, aka indaziflam, among its environmental hazards is toxic to fish, aquatic invertebrates and plants. “This product may contaminate water through spray drift or runoff,” the label states, adding a warning to follow directions for use to prevent such spray drift and runoff. The label also says Esplanade may impact surface water quality due to runoff of rainwater. “This is especially true for poorly draining soils and soils with shallow ground water,” the label states. “This pesticide has properties and characteristics associated with chemicals detected in groundwater,” the label states, and “may leach into ground water if used in areas where soils are permeable, particularly where the water table is shallow.” According to Therese Glowacki, Boulder County resource management manager, Boulder County takes all these label advisories very see SPRAY Page 12

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seriously and are very cautious when they’re applying such chemicals not to inadvertently spray it on streams or an irrigation canal. She also adds that the County doesn’t spray when there are high winds to avoid drift. Derek Sebastian, Bayer vegetation management area sales manager for Colorado, Wyoming and Montana, who completed his PhD at CSU working on the Boulder County research projects, says Roundup is a component of what they do in terms of invasive grasses, but not a very big component, adding, “it’s all the benefits that we’re seeing. That was the research that was done through CSU; was quantifying the pollinators coming back, the wildlife habitat restoration, the native habitats following these treatments to eliminate the invasive annual grasses in particular.” Sebastian says it’s really those benefits that they’ve been trying to quantify over the years with the research they’re doing. These are the same reasons Boulder County representatives use to justify the County’s ongoing use of the herbicides on taxpayer-purchased land. A 2016 research report by Sebastian shows that two of the treatments for that study in Boulder County were comprised of herbicide mixtures, including Esplanade, Roundup, and other chemicals. Dr. Harry Quicke, Bayer western stewardship manager, says Bayer’s main research involves Esplanade, “and that’s where the story is and how successful it is at restoring these habitats.” But as much as Bayer, Boulder County and CSU tout the benefits of their herbicide applications, it appears they are not specifically monitoring for potential negative environmental impacts. When asked about Esplanade’s warning label, which states the product is toxic to fish, aquatic invertebrates and some plants, Quicke responded he has approximately 100 trials looking at Esplanade for invasive annual grass control across the entire West, “And no, we don’t look at all those aspects every time we put out a trial because it would be totally cost prohibitive,” he says. Quicke added that because the EPA label says Esplanade is toxic to 12

fish, that’s because it meets an EPA threshold. “There is no risk to fish. When it’s used according to label direction there is no risk to fish,” he says. Sauer says Boulder County applicators are following label guidance in their applications. But again, the County is not specifically monitoring for any potentially negative impacts associated with the studies and large-scale treatments. When asked whether there were any studies looking specifically at animal health in the study areas, Sauer said the only monitoring they can actually say they’ve done associated with the Bayer products is anecdotal. At this point, it does not appear that the streams are being monitored for potential impacts of possible runoff or that ground water is being tested for potential impact from the spaying. However, Sauer says some of the benefits of the herbicides have included increased pollinator and wildlife habitat, and reduced wildfire risk; benefits echoed by the Bayer representatives. He notes one of the studies that he says showed that by eliminating cheatgrass, it increased the amount of nectar that was out there for the pollinators and also increased the quality of nectar. His statement appears in line with Boulder County’s Comprehensive Plan, which aims to make preservation of environmental and natural resources a high priority in land use decisions. State statute also requires all counties to develop and enforce weed and pest management plans on all unincorporated lands under county jurisdiction. But when it comes to pollinators, there may be a problem. Among Roundup’s potential negatives, especially for those species supposedly helped by the use of herbicides and reduction of invasive grasses, like bees, is the speculated harm it is causing. A Sept. 2018 study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences by researchers from the University of Texas-Austin, found that Roundup may be indirectly killing bees because it destroys specialized gut bacteria in bees, leaving them more susceptible to infection and death from harmful AUGUST 15, 2019

bacteria. A press release for the study states, “More than a decade ago, U.S. beekeepers began finding their hives decimated by what became known as colony collapse disorder. Millions of bees mysteriously disappeared, leaving farms with fewer pollinators for crops. Explanations for the phenomenon have included exposure to pesticides or antibiotics, habitat loss and bacterial infections. This latest study adds herbicides as a possible contributing factor.” One of the studies conducted by CSU on County open space land in 2018 states that results indicate that controlling cheatgrass with treatments of Esplanade, “significantly increases flowering plant richness, diversity and abundance.” However, their observational studies were limited to a few hours each day resulting in low recordings of pollinator visitation rates, according to the research report. To put it plainly, increasing pollinator habitat and nectar quality doesn’t make any difference if the same chemicals used to do so harm or kill the actual pollinators, which is what some of the research is indicating. When asked about the ongoing and even increasing use of herbicides on open space lands, Boulder County Commissioner Elise Jones says, “Glyphosate ... is a problematic chemical. We want a pathway that really minimizes the use of pesticides across the board.” And even as she says the County is moving to reduce its use of agricultural chemicals, “[t]here’s also direction around environmental restoration, protection of wildlife and wildlands.” Cheat-grass is a huge problem too, she says. “Sometimes our direction [sic], in terms of County roles, don’t necessarily neatly align because there’s not really a good answer to cheatgrass.” Alternatives to industrial herbicides for combating cheatgrass do exist, however. For example, Ann Kennedy, a soil scientist with the Agricultural Research Service of the United States Department of Agriculture, has discovered naturally occurring soil bacteria that inhibit the growth of cheatgrass’ deep root system. And according to a report in

The New York Times, those bacteria leave native plants untouched. Open space areas that have been treated by Bayer-manufactured herbicides include the Ron Stewart Preserve at Rabbit Mountain; Indian Mountain; Hall Ranch; Colp; Heil Valley Ranch; Mayhoffer; Kenosha properties, and non-grazed areas of the Southeast Buffer. Boulder County also uses Roundup on parking lots in some instances, according to Sauer. Jones says even though it’s a goal to reduce chemical use, “[Boulder County] staff are managing lands trying to use all the tools in the tool box to achieve a myriad of goals.” And because there’s not an outright ban on it, Jones says, staff are using “tools” like Esplanade and Roundup, “to try to manage ecosystems.” Jones was called away and had to end the interview when asked her thoughts about the aforementioned lawsuits against Bayer. Some critics believe that the primary reason Boulder County hasn’t moved away from chemical management of its open space lands is because Boulder County staff simply don’t see it as a problem. According to Dr. Mary Mulry with the group, GMO Free Boulder, “We have a County open space staff that has openly said that they support chemical agriculture,” she says, “in spite of the fact that the majority of the public in polls and forums have said that they want non-chemical agriculture, they want regenerative agriculture.” She continues, “Our group feels that the only way to ensure that glyphosate will not be applied to public open space is to convert it all to organic because there’s no other way to control it,” she says, “We don’t have the time any more to wait.” With research now showing that most Americans have glyphosate in their bodies because of its incredibly pervasive use over the past two and a half decades, and in light of the recent lawsuits and the herbicide having been declared a likely human carcinogen, perhaps it’s time for Boulder County to stop adding more of these chemicals into our environment. And yet the spraying continues.

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n the story of St. George and The Dragon, a town is plagued by a monster, who is only satisfied when the townspeople offer up human sacrifices selected at random. When the princess is chosen, the king is beside himself, until a traveling knight comes to the rescue and slays the dragon. Growing up, Kryssi Miller was enchanted with this story and the knight who saves the day. “It was the first time I read about the notion that someone could be a traveling knight,” Miller says. “That lifestyle really appealed to me — a guy on his horse, with his cool warrior gear and a sword, trying to help people, riding across the countryside, camping out under the stars and committing great acts of bravery.” As she entered adulthood, she gave up on the dream, as many children do when their letter from Hogwarts never arrives or the back of the wardrobe doesn’t lead to a mystical land. “I ruled that out early on because I was like, ‘I don’t think that’s an option,’” Miller says, laughing. As it turns out, Miller was wrong. While she might not be literally battling fire-breathing lizards, Miller is living out her childhood fantasy as the leader of the northern-Colorado-based jousting troupe Knights of the Tempest, both a theatrical troupe and competitive team. Miller and company have competed in tournaments and put on shows throughout Colorado since 2016. Along with jousting, Miller’s skills include other medieval staples like sword fighting, mount-

jumping and, eventually, polo, which Miller says was her gateway into jousting. “I wanted to have all the tools in my tool box,” she says. “I wanted to try a little bit of everything.” Miller attended a jousting clinic on a whim and soon after began training in the sport. A few years later, lounging around reading a book with her horse, Miller was approached by someone familiar with her jousting training and asked her to run a jousting demo and clinic to raise money for at-risk youth in northern Colorado. It was then that her and friends rallied together to start their own troupe, and Knights of the Tempest was born. There are many iterations of modern-day jousting, but the two main categories are heavy- and light-armored. In heavy-armor, competitors don full suits of armor and try to dislodge their opponent from the horse. In light-armor, which Miller practices, the focus is on hitting a target on the opponent’s shield. Points are given for accuracy and force, such as unhorsing and breaking a lance, both of which can also happen in light-armored. Points are deducted for missing the target or hitting your opponent in a dangerous location. It’s an immediate disqualification if a horse is ever hit or mistreated. A jousting match consists of multiple passes, one pass lasts about 10 seconds, and takes a great

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ed spear and ax throwing, bullwhip stunts, fire eating, and trades like leatherwork and horse training. Miller has been a regular at the annual renaissance fair in Larkspur, performing as her character Aerin, and every September she and her team compete at the Longs Peak Scottish-Irish Highland Festival in Estes Park. Last year, Knights of the Tempest came in second overall in team scores. Back in 2012, Miller made the festival’s history books as the first woman to win a day competition. Miller started jousting in her early 20s, but she’d begun horseback riding more than a decade before taking up the lance. At age 9 she’d saddled her first horse and proceeded to try every horserelated activity available. She pulled from English and Western styles of riding, participating in drill team, rodeo, dressage, horse ranch versatility, I

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know it’s hard to believe, but these days I feel upset a lot of the time,” says artist Kathryn Jill Johnson with a laugh. With the never-ending barrage of crises in our country, we are all tasked with navigating the turbulent waters of everyday life. Like many artists, Johnson pours her frustration into her work. In her piece “Speaking Cycle,” (on page 22) multiple figures are seemingly connected by a series of tubing. While there’s a notable line of communication, the relationship between figures is unclear and it leaves the viewer questioning the validity and substance of the information being presented. “[I wasn’t] really thinking, ‘Oh I’m putting this in the work,’” she says. “But then when I started looking at the whole body of work I [noticed] it’s all about people who aren’t being heard, and people not saying what they mean, and [asking] who deserves to be listened to. I didn’t realize I was doing work about that.” Johnson is one of three artists featured in the Firehouse Art Center’s latest exhibit Interesting Times, now showing through Sept. 1. She is joined by Samantha Simpson and Robin Hextrum, who each digest the current political era to create art examining the palpable tension in the air. I

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“When we talk about what good art does, it’s that it doesn’t answer any questions for us, but it helps us identify the questions that are most important. It makes us think. What all three of these artists are doing really well is presenting the question in various contexts.” The takeaways vary for each artist, but Hextrum sees her work as a “tragic mirror” into which society can peer. In “Fallen Swan,” a dead swan lies among an explosion of flowers and plants. It can serve as a cautionary tale, Hextrum says, or a tragic altar for the perilous environment we’re living in. Yet Hextrum also sees optimism in her color palette and lush scenes. There’s a small glimmer of hope and triumph. “You get this sense of renewal or of nature always being able to somehow outmaneuver the trials that are thrown at it,” she says. “It’s a little bit of the same feeling you’d have seeing grass through cracks in the concrete. It’s going to somehow evolve or somehow work its way through regardless of the insane things we’re throwing at it.” As Coons suggests, Interesting Times provides no concrete political agenda or solutions. But Johnson sees the potential of art itself as a solution. “With art you can really get at things in a way that you can’t get at by rationality or even with just flat out anger and fury. Art is an important part of being a person,” she says. “I wish everyone would just make some stuff. Then I think everyone would feel better.” I

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The American dream

producer, I go into the studio with all of that in mind.” Even though Please Don’t Be Dead won the 2019 Grammy for Best Blues Album, its fresh musical mixDEANDRE FORKS ture doesn’t fit easily into any avier Dphrepaulezz category. is the son of a “I’ll hear, ‘It’s blues, but ON THE BILL: Fantastic Negrito. 8 Somali-Carribean not blues enough. It’s rock, p.m. Wednesday, Sept. immigrant, and he’s but it kind of feels like soul,’” 4, Bluebird Theater, got a story to tell. he says. “I’m like, ‘Good.’ I 3317 E. Colfax Ave., Denver. Tickets are “I think my story is the love soul. I love punk music. I $20-$25 at axs.com. American dream,” says love blues, and I love early Dphrepaulezz, who performs hip-hop. To me, there’s notha genre-blending style of roots ing more punk than Muddy music under the name Waters, Little Richard, Chuck Fantastic Negrito. “I think it’s Berry and Black Sabbath. valuable to share, to see That’s material for what I play. someone who is living it as an It’s Americana, in a way. It’s artist — from working with something that brings us all (record executive) Jimmy together and it’s gone around Iovine to being three months the world.” in a coma, years in obscurity Dphrepaulezz tackles in the L.A. underground, quitserious issues, like gun vioting music altogether to lence and addiction in “Plastic becoming the Fantastic Hamburger,” pleading for the Negrito. I have the responsibilcountry to “break out these rated and began writing songs again, testity of having a perspective, and I want to chains, let’s burn it down.” ing them out in subway stations and on share it.” Still, Dphrepaulezz says he’s not street corners. Dphrepaulezz grew up in In 2015, Dphrepaulezz, now perform- making protest songs per se. Massachusetts before moving to “It comes from being a person who ing as Fantastic Negrito, won the first Oakland, California, at age 12. Soon lives on the planet,” he says. “I’m conNPR Tiny Desk Concert Contest. The thereafter he left home, winding up on cerned about living here. I don’t look at next year, he released The Last Days of the streets and then with a strict Christian Oakland, a powerful, raw album that won myself as political or preachy, I’m just tryfoster family. Obsessed with hip-hop, he the 2017 Grammy for Best Contemporary ing to make a contribution to the society I taught himself to play piano by sneaking live in. It’s helpful to people to have a Blues Album, setting him off to play biginto practice rooms at UC Berkeley at point of view and express that. If people ger shows for larger audiences. night. curse me out, that’s fine. You have to be He’s now touring behind his By 20 he was making music, but it coming from a place in your heart.” acclaimed 2018 album, Please Don’t Be As for the name Fantastic Negrito, took a terrifying encounter with a masked Dead. The cover art features gunman to truly begin his musical jourDphrepaulezz in his hospital bed after the Dphrepaulezz says, he took it to uplift other artists. ney. He headed to Los Angeles, armed car crash. “As I was listening to Skip James, only with a demo cassette of songs he’d The album is unflinchingly honest, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Robert recorded. with a contemporary sound that sets it Johnson, Son House and more recent Success came fairly quickly. apart from other blues albums. artists like R.L. Burnside, I realized Dphrepaulezz soon signed with Prince’s “Number one, I don’t record in the nobody knew them,” he says. “I chose it former manager and, in 1994, landed a studio, I recorded in an art gallery,” (Fantastic Negrito) because I knew when record deal with industry giant Interscope Dphrepaulezz says. “I like making I’d being doing interviews like this, I’d be Records, helmed at the time by Iovine. records that have a very raw, real sound asked about it and I could say their His debut album, 1996’s The X Factor, that accounts for how organic the music names.” flopped. Then came the 1999 car crash ends up. That’s a huge priority. I try to Dphrepaulezz is “very optimistic” that left him in a coma and disfigured his make the music organic. about his future, but he’s cautious — guitar-playing hand. “I’m a middle-aged guy. I grew up at Released from his Interscope cona time when hip-hop was the music of my practical. “I take it as it comes,” he says of life. tract — or liberated from it, in his view — generation. ... I’m sampling, taking the “It’s all amazing, waking up from a coma Dphrepaulezz rehabbed and returned to drum parts, the bass parts from hip-hop. and learning to walk again, having friends Oakland in 2007. Exhausted, he gave up That’s why it doesn’t sound dated,” that help you, having people that seek music — until the birth of his son. Dphrepaulezz says. “I don’t want to Picking up a guitar to entertain his little sound like people did in 1968. And I don’t out your music. It really is all amazing.” It’s the American dream. boy, Dphrepaulezz found himself reinvigowant to be a pop star. As an artist and a

Xavier Dphrepaulezz, aka Fantastic Negrito, on record deals, being in a coma and taking life one day at a time

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Love is a battlefield

Second City impresses at DCPA

by Amanda Moutinho

ON THE BILL: ‘It’s Not You, It’s Me’ — The Second City. Now playing the Garner Galleria Theatre. 1101 13th St., Denver.

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mprov can be tough for the introverted theatergoer. The lights come up and a group of actors break the fourth wall, looking hungrily at the audience for suggestions on where and how the show will proceed. There’s tension for both audience and actor as they wonder, “What’s going to happen next?” But even the quietest audience member can find improv deeply rewarding. When done right, improv delivers a dynamic slice of creativity ripe for laughter. Now playing at the Garner Galleria Theater through Aug. 25, The Second City presents, It’s Not You, It’s Me, part improv, part skit show, that takes a look at the ins and outs of modern love. Second City, formed in Chicago in 1959, is a world-renowned comedy troupe that has turned out famous alumni including Tina Fey, Steve Carell, Gilda Radner and Bill Murray. It’s Not You, It’s Me will hit close to home for millennials — i.e., texting faux pas and awkward ride shares — but it’s enjoyable for all ages. After all, just because the technology has changed, doesn’t mean the complicated nature of love has. While it’s not a new topic, the show serves as a fresh, insightful look at the timeless battlefield of love. The performance provides a fastpaced evening of laughs. It moves along quickly and offers the audience a smorgasbord of quick one-liners and fully fleshed-out sketches delivered with sincerity and exuberance. Improv is unlike other forms of theater because it is co-created with the audience, making each performance unique. It creates an intimacy with the BOULDER COUNTY’S INDEPENDENT VOICE

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performers, and thankfully in the hands of improv veterans, any audience unease quickly dissipates. At the risk of being too vague, It’s Not You, It’s Me truly is a show best enjoyed spoiler-free. Topics cover the gamut, from the mundane to more serious subject matter including social anxiety and racism — complete with punchline, of course. One of the most refreshing choices of the night was a noticeable absence of heavy political humor. While The Donald didn’t get off unscathed, not being brow beaten with American politics was a welcome bit of escapism. The six actors — Meghan Babbe, Kiley Fitzgerald, Evan Mills, George C. Owens, Jackie Southee and Jordan Stafford — each had many chances to show off a variety of talents. You really get the sense of range when a performer goes from acting like a child, to a raccoon, to an elderly person, to an inanimate object all within five minutes. The group works as a symbiotic team, playing off of each other. There’s nothing quite like the frenzied energy of a well-oiled improv troupe, and this show offers a primer on how it’s done. I

Each actor was charismatic and funny, and while it’s unclear if an audience member will get to say they saw the next star of Saturday Night Live, that’s all part of the fun. Overall, the performance was strong and the actors delivered a great show. However, an intermission brought an undesirable, awkward slow down to a night that was otherwise moving at a pleasant pace. An improv show creates a delicate relationship between audience and actors, an atmosphere that can be destroyed far too easily. Intermission interrupted the ecosystem created in the theater. The fast-paced show put the brakes on, and then took a considerable amount of time to get back on pace. It would have benefited greatly from skipping intermission and trimming some superfluous sketches to get it down to an hour and a half show. Thankfully, the lone hiccup didn’t affect the overall outcome of the show, and the night ended just as strong as it started. As with any comedy, the audience left with a light and breezy feeling — the perfect way to spend a summer night. AUGUST 15, 2019

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Help the Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center continue its nearly 40-year mission to protect the Earth and human rights by dancing the night away at the nonprofit’s Summer Celebration and Fundraiser. Award-winning songwriter Joe Jencks headlines the event, supported by local musicians, including Matt Nicodemus and Elena Klaver. There will be plenty of appetizers and tempting desserts to enjoy before you join in for an informal song circle that will get you connected to the folks around you. Enter a drawing to win several special experiences, like a bird walk in Boulder County with Elena Klaver and a hike to learn about indigenous plants and edible plants with Ross Rogers. Tickets are $20. More details at bit.ly/2N3LWpk

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

Poveka: Master Potter Maria Martinez. Museum of Natural History (Henderson), Anthropology Hall, 1035 Broadway, Boulder. Through Sept. 8.

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

ReLove: Colorado Mosaic Artists Group Exhibit. Bricolage Gallery, 2860 Bluff St., Boulder. Through Aug. 17.

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.

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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40 Oz To Freedom (Sublime Tribute) — with Lil’ Ween (Ween Tribute) performing ‘The Mollusk’ with special guests. 9 p.m. Cervantes Masterpiece, 2637 Welton St., Denver, 303-297-1772. Abby Brown. 7 p.m. Muse Performance Space, 200 E. South Boulder Road, Lafayette, 720-352-4327. Beatles vs. Elvis — A Musical Showdown. 8 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030. Blueface. 7 p.m. Fillmore Auditorium, 1510 Clarkson St., Denver, 303-837-1482. Collidoscope & Melody Lines — with Telemetry, Floatgoat, Mr. Bugatti. 9 p.m. Cervantes’ Other Side, 2637 Welton St., Denver, 303-297-1772. Damien Jurado. 9 p.m. Globe Hall, 4483 Logan St., Denver, 303-296-1003. The Denver Moth — StorySLAM. 7:30 p.m. Swallow Hill Music, 71 E. Yale Ave., Denver, 303-777-1003. An Evening of Captivating Palestinian Music and Poetry. 6:30 p.m. Mercury Cafe, 2199 California St., Denver, 303-294-9258.

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‘PLUTONIUM & PEOPLE DON’T MIX’ looks at nuclear health physics, the history of Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons Facility, environmental impacts of the facility, and meticulously explains the little known and less understood health risks posed by Rocky Flats. Author LeRoy Moore will speak about and sign his new book at Boulder Book Store on Wednesday, Aug. 21 at 7:30 p.m.

Open Poetry Reading. 10 p.m. Mercury Cafe, 2199 California St., Denver.

SATURDAY, AUG. 17 Boulder Writing Dates. 9 a.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., Boulder. Writer’s Workshop. 7 p.m. Firehouse Art Center, 667 4th Ave., Longmont.

SUNDAY, AUG. 18 Sunday Night Poetry Slam. 7 p.m. Mercury Cafe, 2199 California St., Denver.

MONDAY, AUG. 19

The Fists of the Proletariat The Tune Up at Full Cycle Friday, August 16 7–10 PM Happy Hour till 7pm No cover 1795 Pearl St., Boulder, Co 80302 www.tuneupboulder.com

Summer Bookclub Night. 7 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder. So, You’re a Poet. 8:45 p.m. Wesley Theater, 1290 Folsom St., Boulder.

TUESDAY, AUG. 20 Andy Clausen and Pamela Twining. 6:30 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., Boulder.

Weekly Open Poetry Reading. 7 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., Boulder. Sarah C. Beasley — Kindness for All Creatures. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl

St., Boulder.

WEDNESDAY, AUG. 22 LeRoy Moore — Plutonium & People Don’t Mix. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder.

303-492-5002.

Hindsight Classic Rock. 6 p.m. Liquid Mechanics Brewing, 297 N. Highway 287, Suite 100, Lafayette, 303-908-6036.

Soldier of Love (Sade Tribute) & Paizley Park (Prince Tribute). 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 North Park Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757.

Jonathan Bennet Duo. 6 p.m. Bootstrap Brewing Company, 142 Pratt St., Longmont, 303-652-4186.

The Soundpost Sessions: Redamancy (acoustic). 8 p.m. La Vita Bella Cafe, 471 Main St., Longmont, 720-204-4525.

Laser Rolling Stones. 9:30 p.m. Fiske Planetarium, 2414 Regent Drive, Boulder, 303-492-5002.

Summer Courtyard Concert Series. 7 p.m. 836 1/2 Main St., Louisville.

Car Show — with Coop and the Chicken Pluckers and Cat jerky. Noon. The Tasty Weasel, 1800 Pike Road, Longmont, 303-776-1914.

The Unemployed Architects. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-201-3731.

Cosmic Collective — with Kimandala. 7 p.m. Muse Performance Space, 200 E. South Boulder Road, Lafayette, 720-352-4327.

The Whispering Willows. 9:30 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-201-3731.

A Deitch Family Affair featuring Adam Deitch & Friends. 9 p.m. Cervantes’ Other Side, 2637 Welton St., Denver, 303-297-1772.

Events

Figure Drawing Marathon. 10 a.m. Spark, 4847 Pearl St., Boulder.

Last Men On Earth. 9 p.m. Liquid Mechanics Brewing, 297 N. Highway 287, Suite 100, Lafayette, 720-550-7813. Lawn Concert: 3hattrio. 5:30 p.m. Clyfford Still Museum, 1250 Bannock St., Denver, 720-354-4880. Le Voyage Dans La Lune. 7:30 p.m. McNichols Building, 144 W. Colfax Ave., Denver, 720-865-4220. Lionel Young Duo. 5 p.m. The Tasty Weasel, 1800 Pike Road, Longmont, 303-776-1914. Little Twist. 6 p.m. Upslope Brewery Lee Hill Taproom, 1501 Lee Hill Drive, Boulder, 303-396-1898. Live Music Fridays. 7 p.m. The Tune Up at Full Cycle, 1795 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-1002. Mary Russell & The Robb Candler Band. 7 p.m. Caffè Sole, 637 S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-499-2985. Peter White & Euge Groove. 7 and 10 p.m. Soiled Dove Underground, 7401 E. First Ave., Denver, 303-830-9214. Ponderoso. 7:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Tap Room, 921 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-776-1914. Rhythm & Roots. 8 p.m. Bluff Street Bar & Billiards, 2690 28th St., Boulder, 303-931-5856. Seeing Stars Band. 3:30 p.m. Liquid Mechanics Brewing, 297 N. Highway 287, Suite 100, Lafayette, 303-908-6036.

BOULDER COUNTY’S INDEPENDENT VOICE

Barley-Har-Har Comedy Open Mic Night. 7:30 p.m. 300 Suns Brewing, 335 First Ave., Unit C, Longmont, 720-442-8292. The Black Manifest: All Black, All Male Burlesque Show. 8 p.m. The Clocktower Cabaret, 1601 Arapahoe St., Denver, 303-293-0075.

Bruce Hornsby & The Noisemakers. 6:30 p.m. Chautauqua Community House, 900 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-440-7666.

Grim Beard Productions Presents Kilo & Indi. 7 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 720-297-6397. Guerrilla Radio. 9 p.m. Liquid Mechanics Brewing, 297 N. Highway 287, Suite 100, Lafayette, 720-550-7813.

True West Productions Barrels Jackpot. 4 p.m. Boulder County Fairgrounds, 9595 Nelson Road, Longmont.

Jewel — with Rachel Platten and Josie Dunne. 6 p.m. Ellie Caulkins Opera House, 1101 13th St., Denver, 720-865-4220.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 17

Jocelyn Medina — with Peter Stoltzman. 7 p.m. Caffè Sole, 637 S. Broadway, Boulder, 917-710-3311.

Music Americana/Alt Country — with Hendershot. 8 p.m. The Wild Game Entertainment Experience, 2251 Ken Pratt Blvd., Longmont, 720-600-4875. The Aristocats. 12 p.m. Liquid Mechanics Brewing, 297 N. Highway 287, Suite 100, Lafayette, 720-550-7813. Asleep at the Wheel. 7 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030. ‘Bella Gaia: Beautiful Earth.’ 7 p.m. Fiske Planetarium, 2414 Regent Drive, Boulder,

Lady Gang. 7 p.m. Endo Brewing Company, 95th and Arapahoe, Lafayette, 720-442-8052. Mal Blum. 9 p.m. Hi-Dive Denver, 7 S. Broadway, Denver, 303-733-0230. The Rachel Alena Band. 3 p.m. Liquid Mechanics Brewing, 297 N. Highway 287, Suite 100, Lafayette, 720-550-7813. Ravin’Wolf. 8 p.m. The Por Wine House, 836 Main St., Louisville, 720-606-1734. see EVENTS Page 32

AUGUST 15, 2019

THURSDAY AUGUST 15 7:00 PM

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CAPCOM GO! THE APOLLO STORY 9:30 PM

LASER ROLLING STONES 11:00 PM

LIQUID SKY FLOYD: THE WALL SATURDAY AUGUST 17 1:00 PM

LIFE OF TREES & PERSEUS AND ANDROMEDA 2:30 PM

STARS AND MOONS 7:00 PM

BELLA GAIA - BEAUTIFUL EARTH 8:30 PM

LASER THAT 90’S SHOW 10:00 PM

LASER FLOYD: DARK SIDE OF THE MOON SUNDAY AUGUST 18 1:00 PM

WE ARE STARS & LASER GALACTIC ODYSSEY 2:30 PM

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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. Emma. Vintage Theatre, 1468 Dayton St., Aurora. Through Aug. 18. Fairfield. Miners Alley Playhouse, 1224 Washington St., Golden. Through Aug. 18. The Great American Trailer Park — presented by Equinox Theater Company. The Bug Theatre, 3654 Navajo St., Denver. Through Aug. 31. 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.

Rogue 2. 10 p.m. Liquid Mechanics Brewing, 297 N. Highway 287, Suite 100, Lafayette, 720-550-7813. Sleazy Grease. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Tap Room, 921 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-776-1914.

Summer Courtyard Concert Series. 7 p.m. 836 1/2 Main St., Louisville. Ultralowfi. 6 p.m. Liquid Mechanics Brewing, 297 N. Highway 287, Suite 100, Lafayette, 720-550-7813. Women in Song hosted by Shanna in a Dress. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-201-3731. ‘Woodstock @ 50 Music & Arts Festival: A Return To Peace, Love and Unity.’ Noon. Unity Columbine Spiritual Center, 8900 Arapahoe Road, Boulder, 916-873-4856. Events Comedy Open Mic Saturday Night. 6:30 p.m. The Tune Up at Full Cycle, 1795 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-1002. Double Feature: ‘Life of Trees’ / ‘Perseus & Andromeda.’ 1 p.m. Fiske Planetarium, 2414

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Mixed Taste. Seawell Ballroom, Denver Center for Performing Arts Complex, 1345 Champa St., Denver. Through Aug. 21. Nunsense. Jesters Dinner Theatre, 224 Main St., Longmont. Friday and Saturday evenings and Sunday matinees, through Sept. 29. Richard III. The John Hand Theater, 7653 E. First Place, Denver. Through Aug. 17. Shorn. Theater Company of Lafayette, 300 E. Simpson St., Lafayette. Through Aug. 17. Tarzan The Musical. Candlelight Dinner Playhouse, 4747 Marketplace Drive, Johnstown. Through Aug. 25.

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The Strange Parade. 6 p.m. Bootstrap Brewing Company, 142 Pratt St., Longmont, 303-652-4186.

Les Miserables (school edition). Jesters Dinner Theatre, 224 Main St., Longmont. Through Sept. 15.

Regent Drive, Boulder, 303-492-5002. Festival for Life 5K Walk/Run: AIDS Walk Colorado. 8:30 a.m. Cheesman Park, 1599 East Eighth Ave., Denver, 303-962-4515. Renaissance Adventures Storytelling. 11 a.m. George Reynolds Branch Library, 3595 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, 303-441-3120; 3 p.m. Meadows Branch Library, 4800 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-441-3100. Saturday Morning Groove. 10:30 a.m. Free Motion Dance Studio, 2126 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-379-8299. Second Annual Canvas Carnival. 4 p.m. Grossen Bart Brewery, 1025 Delaware Ave., Longmont, 720-438-2060. True West Productions Barrels Jackpot. 9 a.m. Boulder County Fairgrounds, 9595 Nelson Road, Longmont.

SUNDAY, AUGUST 18 Music Bruce Hornsby & The Noisemakers. 6:30 p.m. Denver Botanic Gardens - York Street, 1007 York St., Denver, 720-865-3500. Cheyenne Skye. 9 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-201-3731.

BOULDER COUNTY’S INDEPENDENT VOICE

Chris Dismuke. 3 p.m. The Tasty Weasel, 1800 Pike Road, Longmont, 303-776-1914. Eugene Tyler Band. 3 p.m. Sanitas Brewing, 3550 Frontier Ave., Unit A, Boulder, 845-825-4160. Liz Berube. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-201-3731. LOCO Ukulele Jam. 2 p.m. Bootstrap Brewing Company, 142 Pratt St., Longmont, 303-652-4186. Mark Cormican & Starwood presents A Tribute to John Denver. 7 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 North Park Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757. Patio Blues & BBQ — with Scott “Shack” Hackler. 2 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 720-297-6397.

Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100. VIVA Theater at the Library. 2 p.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.

TUESDAY, AUGUST 20 Music Community Night. 5:30 p.m. 3001 Sandstone Drive, Longmont, 303-651-8404. Diggin Dirt. 8 p.m. Lost Lake, 3602 E. Colfax Ave., Denver. Eugene Tyler Band. 9 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-201-3731. Jesh Yancey. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-201-3731.

Jon Anderson of Yes. 8 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030. Third Tuesday Lunchtime Concert Series Presents: Espresso! 12 p.m. NoBo Corner Library, 4600 Broadway, Boulder, 303-441-3100. The Tomorrow People featuring Parris Fleming (The Motet), Garrett Sayers (The Motet), Isaac Teel (TAUK). 8 p.m. Cervantes Masterpiece, 2637 Welton St., Denver, 303-297-1772. Events 1000 Books Before Kindergarten Celebration. 10:15 a.m. NoBo Corner Library, 4600 Broadway, Boulder, 303-441-4250. Anime Club. 4 p.m. Louisville Public Library,

951 Spruce St., Louisville, 303-335-4849. Conscious Dance. 8 p.m. Alchemy of Movement, 2436 30th St., Boulder, 303-931-1500. Dance For Parkinson’s Program. 11:30 a.m. Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-506-3568. GED Preparation Class. 10 a.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100. Out Boulder County Gender Support Group. 6:30 a.m. Out Boulder County, 630 Main St., Longmont, 303-499-5777. see EVENTS Page 34

Pinewood Conference 2019. 10 a.m. The Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-447-0095. Van Isaacson-Leah Jean Duo. 7 p.m. Muse Performance Space, 200 E. South Boulder Road, Lafayette, 720-352-4327. Weekend Coffee Shop Jazz Jam. Noon. Vic’s Again, 3305 30th St., Boulder. Events Boulder Comedy Show. 7 p.m. Bohemian Biergarten, 2017 13th St., Boulder, 720-767-2863. Boulder Market. 11 a.m. Central Park, 1236 Canyon Blvd., Boulder, 720-272-7467. Dog Dance. 7 p.m. Floorspace, 1510 Zamia Ave., Unit 101, Boulder, 706-372-4830. Fall Kick Off. 10 a.m. Ascent Community Church, 550 S. McCaslin, Louisville, 303-518-8084.

MONDAY, AUGUST 19 Music Blue Grass Mondays. 7:30 p.m. 12Degree Brewing, 820 Main St., Louisville, 720-638-1623. Bluegrass Potluck Live Music. 6:30 p.m. La Vita Bella Cafe, 471 Main St., Longmont, 720-204-4525. Calexico and Iron & Wine — with Madison Cunningham. 6:30 p.m. Denver Botanic Gardens - York Street, 1007 York St., Denver, 720-865-3500. Molly Healey Trio. 9 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-201-3731. Savannah King. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-201-3731. Events Conversations in English Mondays. 10:30 a.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100. Modern Physics Book Discussions. 6 p.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100. Monday Storytime. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100. Movement Mondays. 7 p.m. Free Motion Dance Studio, 2126 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-379-8299. Spanish/English Storytime: Read and Play in Spanish. 10:15 a.m. NoBo Corner Library, 4600 Broadway, Boulder, 303-441-4250. Toddler Time. 9:15 a.m. Boulder Library, 1001

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AUGUST 15, 2019

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20TH ANNUAL LAFAYETTE PEACH FESTIVAL.

9 a.m. Festival Plaza, 311 S. Public Road, Lafayette. Friday august 16

thursday august 15

(sublime tribute) w/ lil’ ween (ween tribute) PerForming “the mollusk” & Xoa

saturday august 17

w/ Julian davis & the situation (oF JeFF austin band – Patio set), buFFalo commons (late set), tara rose & the real deal (Patio set)

w/ sumthin sumthin (lost dogz), untitld (lost dogz), zerogravity & Future Joy

collidoscoPe & melody lines

40oz to Freedom zebbler encanti eXPerience thursday august 22

stunna 4 vegas Friday august 23

isaiah sharkey

(d’angelo/John mayer/cory henry) w/ Juice Feat Patrick harvey (cycles), eric luba (analog son), sean dandurand (dandu), collin o’brien (low sPark/cycles) & ghost taPes

saturday august 24

bass Physics

w/ coFresi, megan hamilton & catParty

thursday august 29

bone diggers

Paul simon’s greatest hits eXPlored Feat lebo (alo), JenniFer hartswick & James casey (trey anastasio band), reed mathis (golden gate wingmen), JeFF Franca (thievery corPoration), danny eisenberg & scott rager w/ heartbyrne (talking heads tribute)

Friday august 30

the Phunk sessions Phish late night

Feat george Porter Jr (the meters), robert walter (mike gordon),

craig brodhead, michelangelo carubba & shira elias (turkuaz), lyle divinsky, drew sayers & Parris Fleming (the motet)

Saturday auguSt 31 • poSt phiSh Show

herbie hancock tribute Feat Joey Porter (the motet), garrett sayers (the motet), dave watts (the motet) & dan schwindt (kyle hollingsworth band)

Friday sePtember 6

inFekt, mvrda & samPliFire saturday sePtember 7

chain station w/ the wrecklunds

thursday & Friday sePtember 12-13

suicidegirls

blackheart burlesque

saturday sePtember 14

the movement

Friday august 16

w/ telemetry, Floatgoat & mr. bugatti

saturday august 17

a deitch Family aFFair

Feat adam deitch & Friends (adam deitch – lettuce, borahm lee – break science, adam “shmeeans” smirnoFF – lettuce & hunter roberts – dom lalli’s bluebird quintet) & bobby deitch band

tuesday august 20

the tomorrow PeoPle

Feat Parris Fleming (the motet), garrett sayers (the motet), isaac teel (tauk) & chris beck (Jaden carlson band) w/ Fat tuesday house band Feat casey russell (magic beans), will trask (analog son), sean dandurand (dandu) & aleX cazet

wednesday august 21 re: search

hucci

w/ eXo (late set), great dane & Jordan Polovina

thursday august 22

that damn sasquatch

Pickin’ on talking heads Feat dave watts (the motet), tyler grant w/ katharsis Feat dave watts, chuck Jones (doPaPod) & marcus rezak, highland ramblers (Patio set), Jacob moss & matt Flaherty oF Part & Parcel (Patio set)

Friday august 23

mass relay

w/ notorious conduct (late set), kruza kid, dozier, Patrick skyler & FoXy doPe

saturday august 24

the new orleans susPects & cris Jacobs band w/ Jubilingo on the Patio: hachey’s haus (homemade songs & beats From scott hachey oF magic beans)

wednesday august 28 re: search

dJ logic

w/ animated earth, Jordan Polovina & brisco Jones

sunday sePtember 1

Friday September 20 • dual venue!

2019 end oF summer bash

waX tailor (dJ set), blockhead

wednesday sePtember 4

balloon PoP

little PeoPle, yPPah, natasha kmeto, arms and sleePers, & cnJr

saturday sePtember 21

mark Farina & christian martin wednesday sePtember 25 re: search

the geek X vrv

thursday sePtember 26

trev rich

Friday sePtember 27

eminence ensemble w/ dog city disco

sunday sePtember 29

aPPalachia on the rocks w/ the wooks, laid back country Picker & chelsea nolan

re: search

subdocta

w/ sFam, avry (late set) & Jordan Polovina

thursday sePtember 5

w/ nocaP, rylo rodriguez

w/ ghost-note

wednesday october 16

big k.r.i.t.

thursday october 17

the collective

(Faction ski Film denver Premiere)

Friday october 18

the main squeeze w/ Jaden carlson band

saturday october 19 cycles Presents

the game show

an interactive concert & game show eXPerience

Friday october 25

sonic blossom

Feat bluetech, sPoonbill, dynohunter, the librarian, laPa, Janover, k+lab, Phlo & Patrick skyler

saturday november 9

anders osborne

Bourbon & Blues with Mojo Mama. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 North Park Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757. Drop-in Acoustic Jam. 6 p.m. 300 Suns Brewing, 335 First Ave., Unit C, Longmont, 720-442-8292. Jazzetry Night! featuring Von Disco. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-201-3731. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard. The Mission Ballroom, 4242 Wynkoop St., Denver. Open Bluegrass Jam. 7 p.m. Großen Bart

Brewery, 1025 Delaware Ave., Longmont, 720-438-2060. Sonny Landreth. 8 p.m. Soiled Dove Underground, 7401 E. First Ave., Denver, 303-830-9214. Stonefield. 9 p.m. The Mission Ballroom, 4242 Wynkoop St., Denver. Events Boulder Arts Commission Meeting. 6 p.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100. Flatirons Mineral Club Junior Geologists Group. 6 p.m. Meadows Branch Library, 4800 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-441-3100. Organic Ink Making with Pam Rogers. 6 p.m. Firehouse Art Center, 667 Fourth Ave., Longmont, 303-651-2787. Second Annual Fire & Ice Cream Farm Dinner. 6 p.m. Lone Hawk Farm, 10790 N. 49th St., Longmont, 618-521-0654.

FILMS

saturday sePtember 7

erica Falls & boyFriend w/ what young men do

thursday sePtember 12

Friday & saturday october 11-12

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

Friday sePtember 6

w/ angelz, PunJahbae & miXed messages

the new mastersounds

Music

guilty Pleasures

w/ Jordan Polovina

Pnb rock

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21

Feat megan letts (mama magnolia), ashley niven Fairman (tiger Party) w/ isaac teel (tauk), Jay cobb anderson & eric luba (many colors)

saturday october 5 sunday october 6

Third Tuesday Lunchtime Concert Series Presents: Espresso! Noon. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.

Feat isaac teel (tauk), d-vibes, Joel gonzalez (big daddy kane), sasha brown & dan aFricano (John brown’s body)

wednesday sePtember 11

dr. Fresch

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thursday october 3

bluegrass generals

Celebrate the delectable Palisade peach. Enjoy peach pies, peach cobbler and peach smoothies, plus other food vendors, crafters, children’s activities and antique dealers.

Pick & howl

re: search

bailo

Jon wayne & the Pain wake uP & live – bob marley tribute Friday sePtember 13

ill.gates

w/ ahee, gangus & lowPro.

wednesday sePtember 18 re: search

mimosa

w/ tsimba & Jordan Polovina

thursday sePtember 19

turkeyFoot

Feat mike robinson (railroad earth) w/ bowregard (Patio set), Jackie & the racket (late set), laney lou & the bird dogs (Patio set)

saturday sePtember 21

the other brothers high country tribute to the allman brothers band Feat todd smallie (JJ grey/moFro), mark levy (circles around the sun), rob eaton Jr (brother’s keePer) & bill mckay (coral creek) w/ tori Pater’s “waiting For columbus”

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Thursday, Aug. 15 ‘Arcadia.’ 7 p.m. Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder. ‘Sword of Trust’. 4:30 p.m. Boedecker. ‘Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am.’ 2 p.m. Boedecker. Friday, Aug. 16 ‘Arcadia.’ 4:30 p.m. Boedecker. Outdoor Movie Night on the Farm. 7 p.m. Jacob Springs Farm Co-op, 7602 Arapahoe Road, Boulder. ‘Star Wars: A New Hope.’ 7 p.m. The Longmont Theatre Company, 513 Main St., Longmont. ‘Sword of Trust.’ 2:30 and 6:30 p.m. Boedecker. ‘Zardoz.’ 8:45 p.m. Boedecker. Saturday, Aug. 17 19th Annual HWNA Outdoor Cinemas. 6:30 p.m. Thompson Park, Longmont.

‘Arcadia.’ 1:30 and 6 p.m. Boedecker. ‘The Empire Strikes Back.’ 7 p.m. The Longmont Theatre Company. ‘Sword of Trust.’ 3:30 and 8 p.m. Boedecker. Sunday, Aug. 18 ‘Arcadia.’ 5 p.m. Boedecker. Hamlet NT Live Encore. 1 p.m. Boedecker. ‘Return of the Jedi.’ 2 p.m. The Longmont Theatre Company. Monday, Aug. 19 ‘Arcadia.’ 4:30 p.m. Boedecker. Hamlet NT Live Encore. 7 p.m. Boedecker. Wednesday, Aug. 21 ‘Ophelia.’ 2 and 7 p.m. Boedecker. ‘Wildland: Young Men and Fire.’ 4:30 p.m. Boedecker.

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here are two moments in Once Upon a Time... In Hollywood that take your breath away. The first is visual: A series of neon signs flickering on in the setting Los Angeles sun on Friday, Aug. 8, 1969. The second takes places a few hours later and is aural: The sound of Sharon Tate’s voice, unafraid and undead, coming through a gate intercom speaker. As the title implies, writer/director Quentin Tarantino’s film is a fairy tale, one where Tate (Margo Robbie, magnificent) survives the final reel. This revision shouldn’t come as too much of a shock for those who have seen Tarantino’s previous historical fictions. In Inglorious Basterds, Jewish-American soldiers and a Jewish theater owner exact their bloody retribution on Adolf Hitler. In Django Unchained, more than one slave master finds himself on the other end of the whip. But the violence of Basterds and Django had a gleeful catharsis to it. Through the power of cinema, literally and metaphorically, Tarantino allowed history’s victims the upper hand. That’s not exactly the case with Tate. She was not the target of the Manson family’s ire; she and her houseguests just happened to be living in the former home of Terry Melcher when Charles Manson told Tex Watson, Susan Atkins and Patricia Krenwinkel to kill everyone living there. And, “to make it look witchy.” And they did. In the midnight hours of Aug. 9, 1969, Watson and Atkins stabbed Sharon Tate and her unborn child to death. She was 26. Not so in Once Upon a Time. Here, Watson, Atkins and Krenwinkel enter a different house on Cielo Drive and find a different fate. One where the only thing witchy is garbage spewing from Watson’s mouth and the sinister sounds of Vanilla Fudge blaring from the radio. It’s not bloodless — fairy tales rarely are — but it is nowhere near as horrific as reality. Coincidentally enough, another movie this summer took a similar approach and presented another tale where the dead need not die: Yesterday. Here, a struggling musician, Jack (Himesh Patel), is injured in an accident and wakes up in an alternate reality, one where only he remembers The Beatles. It’s a fun setup, and writer Richard Curtis and director Danny Boyle mine it for all it’s worth. But the movie’s real punch comes when Jack meets John Lennon (Robert Carlyle), who isn’t a singer/songwriter; he’s a fisherman living on the coast. Why? Because in a world without The Beatles, Lennon is just another Liverpudlian laborer. And why would Mark David Chapman want to go and gun down an average fisher? Seeing Lennon alive and well as a 79-year-old man is a beautiful thing. Hearing Tate’s voice through a gate intercom isn’t just beautiful, it’s devastating. Reality was cruel to these two, but cinema need not be. What a humane present to give in a summer full of inhumanity. If only we could make movies about them all.

Only in dreams The beauty of an alternate reality

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hat defines comfort food? Is it nostalgia? Is it carbs? Is it something else altogether? We think comfort food is simply food that settles you when you’re anxious, food that sticks to the bones and softens your tone for an hour or two after you eat it. Thai food might not be nostalgic for many folks here in the States, but you can’t say it’s not comfort food. Phuket Thai in Louisville dishes out a classic menu full of straightforward comfort dishes, like green curry. Add meat if you’d like, but summer felt like it called for a vegetable curry. With crisp green beans, lightly sweet bell peppers, tender zucchini and eggplant, crunchy bamboo shoots and bright broccoli swimming in a coconut milk-based bath of green curry sauce, this is a dish that is meant to lift the spirits and soothe the mind. Lunch $8.75, dinner $10.

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ajun food is fun. Spicy, meaty, saucy, indulgent… you name the quality you’re after, there’s a Cajun dish for it. La Rue Bayou food truck serves all the classics, but we opted for a cultural hybrid of a dish — the Cajun poutine. Thick-cut, crispy and Cajun-seasoning-dusted fries are topped with blocks of sharp and mild Cheddar, and sauced with brown gravy. The fries are great, the cheese is fresh and the gravy is savory, but what makes this version of poutine pop, of course, is the piquant, paprika-heavy Cajun seasoning. These are hard to resist. $8.

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They wonder: Is that all there is? As Colorado’s unofficial culinary concierge, I take it as a challenge to seek out new food destinations, so I consulted an expert. Megan Bucholz has had a front row seat on visiting foodies’ tastes for nine years as the owner and chief guide for Local Table Tours. Focusing on walking tours with various food and drink stops, the company has grown from one tour in Boulder to a menu of tasting options in Boulder, Denver and Fort Collins. One of her downtown Boulder tours includes locally brewed beer, mead and Colorado-distilled spirits with small plates at notable eateries. “It was very different when I started the tours. There was much less to do. Now Denver is known as foodie city. People are coming here to eat, especially after Top Chef, and they have high expectations,” Bucholz says. Folks arrive with a priority dining list that typically features Frasca Food and Wine. Bucholz is drawn to destinations with multiple taste attractions like downtown I

Boulder. “I’d rather visit a neighborhood than drive from place to place. That’s why I like Old Town Fort Collins,” Bucholz says. She points to the Copper Muse Distillery, the Welsh Rabbit (a cheese-oriented bistro/ shop), Nuance Chocolate (bean-to-bar chocolatier) and the cool restaurant-bakery Ginger and Baker — all within blocks of each other. Bucholz has some other suggestions for those expecting company. If you want to try some of Boulder’s best eateries but shriek at the high dollar figure, she recommends a weekday happy hour trek that includes Oak, Via Perla, Corrida and The Med. Other notable late afternoon deals can be had at Pizzeria Locale, Blackbelly and Mateo. Boulder County is just this side of organic heaven for diet-focused diners. Bucholz says she sends folks to Wonder and Shine Restaurant & Potion Bar in Boulder. Other healthy Boulder County stops could include Fresh Thymes, Thrive, A Cup of Peace and the Organic Sandwich Co. If your guests are familiar with dim sum, see NIBBLES Page 40

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they might also enjoy Denver’s Super Mega Bien, Bucholz says. Chef Dana Rodriguez’s fun hot spot delivers pan-Latin small plates by cart from table to table. If visitors have never experienced a dim sum Chinese brunch, enjoy a weekend morning at Broomfield’s Emperor Palace or Denver’s award-winning Star Kitchen. My food things to-do list includes some new additions: Curry and the Sistine Chapel: Since Boulder has yet to open a food hall, you’ll have to take the family on a road trip. The newest is Golden’s new Tributary Food Hall & Drinkery, featuring Biju’s Little Curry Shop, Mr. Miner Meat & Cheese (from Il Porcellino salumi) and Working Title Kitchen from Daniel Asher of River and Woods. At the Stanley Marketplace in Aurora, get up close and personal with the Sistine Chapel ceiling frescoes. Huge photos of Michelangelo’s Renaissance masterpiece fill walls and you can walk through the food hall to eat at Annette, Comida and Rosenberg’s Bagels. Depending on the visitors’ politics — or in spite of them — I’d take them to the new Mango House on East Colfax in Aurora. This home for refugees from all over the globe features stalls serving Syrian, Sudanese and Somali food and the only Burmese fare around. I’d happily take anyone for weekday lunch at Denver’s Comal Heritage Food Incubator showcasing authentic fare prepared by women from Mexico, El Salvador, Syria, Iraq and Ethiopia gaining food business skills. Odd Tasting Rooms: There seems to be a tasting room on every corner but there are a few new ones that step outside the usual beer, spirits and mead. The state’s only rice wine maker, Denver’s Colorado Sake Co., offers flights of infused sakes. In Arvada you can sip at Colorado’s first hard seltzery, Elevated. Boulder’s first cidery, BOCO Cider, is open in North Boulder’s tasting room row off Lee Hill Drive, pouring

unpasteurized, unfiltered and infused varieties. HopTea — craftbrewed tea hopped like beer — opens its Boulder tasting room on weekends. In Colorado Springs, the nation’s only lemonade taproom, Pikes Peak Lemonade Co., uses only organic lemons (or limes), organic cane sugar and filtered water. It’s served with infused syrups in mason jars filled from the tap. If they haven’t tried kava yet, relax your guests at Boulder’s The Root Kava Co. Whoopie-Tie-One-On: You can’t really say you’ve gone Western until you’ve saddled up for the thoroughly kitschy Original Chuckwagon Dinner & Western Show in Estes Park. You belly up for brisket, pulled pork, cowboy beans, biscuit, potato, half a peach and beverages plus a full bar. Sit outside awhile for a very family-friendly show featuring comedy, Western music, yodeling and storytelling. It’s at the historic Elkhorn Lodge, a grand old 1847 lodging spot filled with lots of antiques and ghosts.

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LOCAL FOOD NEWS Kate Lacroix teaches a back-toschool Pantry Panic lunch hour class Aug. 20 at Food Lab including budgetfriendly snacks, lunches and dinners. foodlabboulder.com. ... Genuine scones are a different species from the sweet biscuits often available. Lafayette’s Tip Top Savory Pies is baking traditional British scones — only on Saturdays — based on a recipe from Devonshire. WORDS TO CHEW ON “It’s a rule of mine to eat local wherever I am and whatever it means ingesting — whether that’s ants in Brazil or tripe in Mexico or stinky tofu in China. Sometimes I discover something I held an irrational prejudice against and it turns out to be delicious. Sometimes it isn’t.” — Michael Pollan John Lehndorff hosts Radio Nibbles on KGNU: news.kgnu.org/category/radionibbles.

Know your brew: Weissbier How Bavarian summer ale survived the Reformation

by Michael J. Casey

hough the calendar hasn’t turned on summer, nor has the temperature dipped in humidity or heat, the changing of the seasons has started to show. School supplies line the aisles of retail stores, clothing shops roll out their fall collections, and even a few breweries have debuted this year’s märzens — the one pouring at Old 121 Brewhouse in Lakewood is worth the drive. Historically speaking, the malty märzen was so named because it was brewed in the spring months and then lagered all summer long in caves before the ceremonial tapping on the third Saturday in September. Bavarian brewers knew these beers required cooler temperatures to properly ferment and condition, and so it was decreed: No lager would be brewed after April 23. The April 23 cutoff wasn’t the only mandate Bavarian brewers had to negotiate. In 1516, the MICHAEL J. CASEY Reinheitsgebot took effect and brewers could use only barley, hops and water (yeast wouldn’t be discovered for another 300 years) to make beer. Dubbed the “Purity Law,” the Reinheitsgebot ensured Bavarian drinkers that their beer would be safe to consume. Then, much like today, brewers used just about anything under the sun to make beer. Only back then, brewers weren’t entirely sure if what was going in the kettle might be tasty or might be lethal. But, there was a hitch. While the majority of the Bavarian producers were making the bottom-fermenting lager beer, the region of Degenberg, located near the Czech border, had been brewing weissbier — which used wheat in addition to barley, and a top-fermenting yeast strain to produce ale — since 1418. In the interest in keeping the kingdom intact, families brewing with wheat in Degenberg were grandfathered in, and the Reinheitsgebot-abiding brewers up north didn’t seem to mind. Enter into the story Maximilian I, Duke of Bavaria and a devout Catholic, who took over in 1597. Looking to raise funds to combat the Protestant Reformation — ushered in by Martin Luther in 1517, one year after the enforcement of the Reinheitsgebot — Maximilian looked to beer for the answer. Munich beer halls needed beer in the summer months to sell while all that märzen was fermenting away, and weissbier was the answer. Plus, it didn’t hurt that weissbier brewers were primarily Catholic. If new weissbier brewers wanted to set up shop, all they had to do was promise to help support the Catholic Counter-Reformation and, voilà; the strictures of the Reinheitsgebot fell by the wayside. Though the popularity of weissbier has ebbed throughout the years, it remains a German staple. Even better, some bona fide classics are easily found at your local liquor store. Start with Schneider Weisse’s Tap 7, whose recipe dates back to 1872: Soft and banana-y with a touch of clove. Weihenstephaner is the world’s oldest brewery (operating since 1040), and their Hefe Weissbier is light and effervescent, creamy and sweet with just a hint of bubblegum. Lager may be grand, but a refreshing weissbier is ideal on a sweltering summer day. BOULDER COUNTY’S INDEPENDENT VOICE

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THE NEW First Bite, Boulder County Restaurant Week, has a new owner, new price points and new events

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oulder County’s restaurant week, First Bite, is getting a bit of a makeover this year. Longtime food professional and events producer Jessica Benjamin bought the rights to First Bite earlier this year, and the changes she’s implementing for the 14th annual event (Nov. 8-16) are all designed to get more people going to more restaurants. Don’t worry — you’ll still be able to eat at some of the best restaurants in the county on the cheap. The idea, though, is to refresh some of First Bite’s features and focus in on its ability to build and support the local food community. “Boulder County has changed over the last 10 years. This is a way to start fresh,” says Benjamin. “More than ever now you’re seeing people be more aware of where their money’s being spent and the impact of it. This is encouraging people to shop and buy local. It’s hard [for restaurateurs] to support all of their employees, who are often working two to three jobs. The cost of food is up and the cost of materials is up.” Communal events like First Bite help bring some of the industry’s challenges directly in front of the consumer — it’s a hard business, particularly in Boulder County with high rent prices, low

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signature roar of the fictional monster Godzilla? They slathered pine-tar resin on a leather glove and stroked it against the strings of a double bass. How about the famous howl of the fictional character Tarzan? Sonic artists blended a hyena’s screech played backwards, a dog’s growl, a soprano singer’s fluttered intonation slowed down and an actor’s yell. Karen O, lead singer of the band Yeah Yeah Yeahs, periodically unleashes very long screams that may make the hair stand up on the back of her listeners’ necks. In accordance with astrological omens, I’d love to see you experiment with creating your own personal Yowl or Laugh or Whisper of Power in the coming weeks: a unique sound that would boost your wild confidence and help give you full access to your primal lust for life.

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APRIL 20-MAY 20: “If your dreams do not scare you, they are not big enough,” said Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, ex-president of Liberia. In accordance with astrological imperatives, I propose that we make that your watchword for the foreseeable future. From what I can tell, you’re due to upgrade your long-term goals. You have the courage and vision necessary to dare yourself toward an even more fulfilling destiny than you’ve been willing or ready to imagine up until now.

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the calendula flower can be used as healing medicine for irritated and inflamed skin? It must have been a very long process of trial and error. (Or did the plant somehow “communicate” to indigenous herbalists, informing them of its use?) In any case, this curative herb is only one of hundreds of plants that people somehow came to adjudge as having healing properties. “Miraculous” is not too strong a word to describe such discoveries. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, Gemini, you now have the patience and perspicacity to engage in a comparable process: to find useful resources through experiment and close observation — with a hardy assist from your intuition.

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and in the throes of desertification. But from the fourteenth to seventeenth centuries, it was one of the great cultural centers of the world. Its libraries filled up with thousands of influential books, which remained intact until fairly recently. In 2012, Al-Qaeda jihadists conceived a plan to destroy the vast trove of learning and scholarship. One man foiled them. Abba al-Hadi, an illiterate guard who had worked at one of the libraries, smuggled out many of the books in empty rice sacks. By the time the jihadists started burning, most of the treasure had been relocated. I don’t think the problem in your sphere is anywhere near as dire as this, Cancerian. But I do hope you will be proactive about saving and preserving valuable resources before they’re at risk of being diluted, compromised or neglected.

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front set does their chewing. The second set, normally located behind the first, can be launched forward to snag prey they want to eat. In invoking this aggressive strategy to serve as a metaphor for you in the coming weeks, I want to suggest that you be very dynamic and enterprising as you go after what you want and need. Don’t be rude and invasive, of course, but consider the possibility of being audacious and zealous.

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AUG. 23-SEPT. 22: It’s relatively rare, but now and then people receive money or gifts from donors they don’t know. Relatives they’ve never met may bequeath them diamond tiaras or alpaca farms or bundles of cash. I don’t think that’s exactly what will occur for you in the coming weeks, but I do suspect that you’ll garner blessings or help from unexpected sources. To help ensure the best possible versions of these acts of grace, I suggest that

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SEPT. 23-OCT. 22: Libra-born Ronald McNair was an African

American who grew up in a racist town in South Carolina in the 1950s. The bigotry cramped his freedom, but he rebelled. When he was nine years old, he refused to leave a segregated library, which prompted authorities to summon the police. Years later, McNair earned a PhD in Physics from MIT and became renowned for his research on laser physics. Eventually, NASA chose him to be an astronaut from a pool of 10,000 candidates. That library in South Carolina? It’s now named after him. I suspect that you, too, will soon receive some vindication, Libra: a reward or blessing or consecration that will reconfigure your past.

SCORPIO

OCT. 23-NOV. 21: Scorpio author Zadie Smith wrote, “In the end, your past is not my past and your truth is not my truth and your solution — is not my solution.” I think it will be perfectly fine if sometime soon you speak those words to a person you care about. In delivering such a message, you won’t be angry or dismissive. Rather, you will be establishing good boundaries between you and your ally; you will be acknowledging the fact that the two of you are different people with different approaches to life. And I bet that will ultimately make you closer.

SAGITTARIUS

NOV. 22-DEC. 21: “Nothing fruitful ever comes when plants are forced to flower in the wrong season,” wrote author and activist Bette Lord. That’s not entirely true. For example, skilled and meticulous gardeners can compel tulip and hyacinth bulbs to flower before they would naturally be able to. But as a metaphor, Lord’s insight is largely accurate. And I think you’ll be wise to keep it in mind during the coming weeks. So my advice is: don’t try to make people and processes ripen before they are ready. But here’s a caveat: You might have modest success working to render them a bit more ready.

CAPRICORN

DEC. 22-JAN. 19: “For though we often need to be

restored to the small, concrete, limited and certain, we as often need to be reminded of the large, vague, unlimited, unknown.” Poet A. R. Ammons formulated that shiny burst of wisdom, and now I’m passing it on to you. As I think you know, you tend to have more skill at and a greater inclination toward the small, concrete, limited and certain. That’s why, in my opinion, it’s rejuvenating for you to periodically exult in and explore what’s large, vague, unlimited, unknown. Now is one of those times.

AQUARIUS

JAN. 20-FEB. 18: “Look into my eyes. Kiss me, and you will see how important I am.” Poet Sylvia Plath wrote that, and now, in accordance with astrological omens, I’m authorizing you to say something similar to anyone who is interested in you but would benefit from gazing more deeply into your soul and entering into a more profound relationship with your mysteries. In other words, you have cosmic permission to be more forthcoming in showing people your beauty and value.

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BY DAN SAVAGE Dear Dan: I am 66 years old and a MSFS find this distressing or harmful?’ It gay man. After a very promiscuous youth, doesn’t sound like five-minute total-body I have settled down a lot as far as sex masturbation-induced orgasms are painful and mostly just masturbate, with a trip to for MSFS, nor are they interfering with his the baths every few day-to-day quality of life. So months. I have a question by definition they are ‘nothROMAN ROBINSON about orgasms. I have ing to worry about.’ noted, since I’ve gotten Furthermore, they are not older, that my orgasm from the harbinger of any danmasturbation is very gerous medical condition. intense and seems to last As you like to say, Dan, this about five minutes after I is more of a ‘YAHTZEE!’ ejaculate, during which I than a problem.” feel orgasmic feelings in Anecdotal evidence — my penis, legs, and somemy own, a huge pile of it, times my whole body. I’ve gathered over the years — never had this before. Is indicates that you’re somethis normal? thing of an outlier, MSFS; —Mr. Sixty Fucking Six most of the older men I hear from with questions about their Dear MSFS: “The question of normal- orgasms are concerned about their slow cy in sexual function is hammered into us and steady deterioration, MSFS, not their from the start — but it’s pejorative and sudden improvement. (Erections are irrelevant,” said Dr. Winter. “As a physiharder to get, their orgasms are less cian, the relevant question here is: ‘Does intense and their jizz is less abundant.)

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But even if this isn’t a problem — even if this is a yahtzee — what might be going on? “That’s the far more interesting question: Why is this happening?” said Dr. Winter. “I don’t have a lot of quotable studies on that one, but I have a few thoughts. First off, this may have nothing to do with age and everything to do with his position. Contraction of the muscles in the pelvis, thighs (even calves!) and the muscles at the base of the penis (or clitoris) can contribute to strength of erection and intensity of orgasm, and certain positions may allow more effective muscle ‘recruitment.’ So differences in position or stance during partnered versus masturbatory activities may hold clues for MSFS.” Another possible explanation — and another definite “Yahtzee!” — is that you’re ever so suddenly multi-orgasmic. “While it is more common for women to be multi-orgasmic, there are men who can do this too,” said Dr. Winter. “Longer

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duration of arousal — common with porn watching — and certain medications that prevent prolactin surge in the brain and strong Kegels (those muscles again!) may lead to the ‘condensed multiorgasm,’ a phenomenon that may fit the description MSFS is providing.” But finally and again, MSFS, so long as those powerful, long-lasting, all-body orgasms aren’t diminishing your quality of life, they’re nothing to worry about. Enjoy! Follow Dr. Ashley Winter on Twitter @AshleyGWinter. Dr. Winter cohosts The Full Release (thefullreleasepod.com), a terrific, funny and informative sex-and-relationship advice podcast, with comedian Mo Mandel. On the Lovecast — Get on your knees!: savagelovecast.com. mail@savagelove.net Follow Dan on Twitter @FakeDanSavage. ITMFA.org

Cheers! Cannabis and its derivatives are in water, tea and beer now. by Seymour

on’t look now, but behind the scenes, food manufacturers from breweries to natural foods brands are trying to get marijuana into your beverage. Or at least something like that. AriZona Beverages — you know, the company that makes the big cans of tea sold for .99 cents that come in a bunch of flavors and taste great with a deli sandwich — announced on Aug. 6 that it’ll be entering the marijuana market. It’ll be partnering with Colorado’s own Dixie Brands, a seller of edible marijuana products, to distribute cannabis products under the AriZona label in pot shops in six states. “AriZona has always led the way in product innovation,” said Don Vultaggio, chairman of AriZona Beverages, in a statement. “The cannabis market is an important emerging category, and we’ve maintained our independence as a private business to be positioned to lead and seize generation-defining opportunities exactly like this one. The cannabis category is an ideal space to bring the flavor and fun of AriZona into new and exciting products, and we selected Dixie Brands as our partner to bring these products to market after touring their best in class

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manufacturing facilities, and spending considerable time building a strong relationship with their management.” The partnership represents a massive shift in the way cannabis will reach consumers, and how everyday folks think of cannabis. AriZona products are ubiquitious, and the company’s endorsement and investment of cannabis-infused beverages is a milestone. But AriZona isn’t alone in the quest to deliver cannabis and its derivatives to the public via liquid. Keith Villa, the creator of Blue Moon, stepped down from his position at MillerCoors to launch Ceria, a nonalcoholic beer infused with THC. While cannabis- and THC-infused beverages

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carve out a market for themselves, other producers are infusing CBD into beverages. Recently, Left Hand Brewing announced a partnership with WAAYB Organic for their product Present, a CBD-infused sparkling water made with organic ingredients. It comes in three flavors: lemon-lime, orange and “natural,” and in now available in Northern Colorado and online. “At Left Hand, we always strive to put the best beverages possible out in the market — we’re committed to what’s best for beer and what’s best for the community,” said Eric Wallace, co-founder and president of Left Hand Brewing, in a statement. “We look forward to offering an organic, zero-calorie option that’s free from artificial ingredients, additives or adaptogens and offers the same high standards and integrity of our beers.” Present features 20 milligrams of full-spectrum CBD distillate from hemp grown at WAAYB’s organic farm in Northern Colorado. “We oversee the entire process from putting seeds into soil, to cultivation, harvesting, extraction and distillation,” said Scott Cusack, CEO of WAAYB Organics, in a statement. “We firmly believe this is the only way to create CBD products our customers can trust.” The future is now, folks. Cheers.

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Nixon went to China. Will Trump go to pot? By Paul Danish

ill Donald Trump go to pot? Stranger things have happened. I’ve been wondering about this for some time now. Will Trump deschedule marijuana under the Controlled Substances Act by executive action? There is not a shred of evidence in the news to suggest he’s contemplating doing so, and he probably isn’t. Still, it would be a brilliant WIKIMEDIA COMMONS GAGE SKIDMORE

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Controlled Substance, along with heroin, also contains a clause that authorizes the president to re-schedule or de-schedule marijuana by executive action. In other words, Trump could remove pot from the list of prohibited drugs in the Controlled Substances Act with the stroke of a pen. Here are some of the reasons why doing so would be good politics for him: It would suck the oxygen out of what is rapidly becoming a major Democratic campaign issue. Except for Clueless Joe Biden, every Democratic presidential candidate has come out for legalizing marijuana or leaving the decision to the states. Democratic candidates throughout the country are viewing marijuana as an issue that will boost Democratic turn-out among millennial and Gen Z Americans. If Trump were to de-schedule marijuana, the issue would be largely off the table for the 2020 cycle. Nixon used a similar strategy during the 1972 election to neutralize the issue of improving U.S. relations with China, which was a major foreign policy issue for Democrats. Nixon went to China in late February 1972, recognized the Communist regime as the legitimate government of China, and returned home owning an issue on which Democrats had been expected to campaign. By de-scheduling marijuana, Trump would get a lot of conservative Republican candidates with pro-legalization constituents and an antilegalization base off the hook. De-scheduling pot might cause at least some younger voters, the demographic that is most hostile to Trump, to give him a second look. At the very least it might take the edge off some of the hostility.

De-scheduling would also allow Trump to deliver on an issue that resonates with a lot of black and Hispanic voters. It would fit with Trump’s narrative that the Democrats promise a lot while campaigning in the black community and then fail to deliver. De-scheduling marijuana would come with minimal political risk. Anti-marijuana Republican voters might not like it, but he would lose very few GOP votes over the issue. Who else would they have to vote for? In short, if Nixon could go to China, Trump could go to pot. Whether he will remains to be seen, but it’s fun to speculate. • • • • And yet another record is set. The Colorado Department of Revenue is reporting that dispensaries racked up $152 million in sales in June, a new high. The haul was up by more than $9 million from May, which also saw record sales. Earlier, the Revenue Department issued a release announcing that the “average market rate” for a pound of marijuana in Colorado during the second quarter of the year was $850 a pound “for bud” (aka flower), which works out to $53.13 cents an ounce. The wholesale price was up from $806 in the first quarter. The average market rate for trim, on the other hand, dropped to $325 a pound in the second quarter, a $100-a-pound decline from the first quarter, according to Department data. The average market rates are “the median market prices of each category of unprocessed retail marijuana.” The average market rate is calculated quarterly for use in levying the state’s marijuana excise tax.

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