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Thank you, Joel Dyer, for your excellent editorial “Don’t trade pennies for your planet” [DyerTimes, Aug. 22]. You summarized the situation perfectly: Xcel distorting the truth in order to kill municipalization and hold on to its profits, and to hell with the planet.
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Highroad Let’s check the socks market by Jim Hightower
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merica’s economic recovery can be measured not only in the performance of stocks — but also of socks. Most economists, pundits and politicos see the boom in the stock market and say: “See, the recovery is going splendidly!” But if they went to such stores as Kohl’s, Target and Walmart to find out what’s selling, the answer would be: “Socks.” Even in the
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present back-to-school season, usually the second-biggest buying spree of the year, sales are sluggish at best, with customers foregoing any spending on their kids except for socks, underwear and other essentials. This is not only an economic indicator, but also a gauge of the widening inequality in America. The highly ballyhooed “recovery” has been restricted to the few at the top who own the stocks, get paychecks of more than $100,000 a year and buy BMWs. But meanwhile, the many don’t have any cash to spare beyond necessities. Walmart’s chief financial officer seems puzzled that there is, as he puts it, “a general reluctance of customers to spend on discretionary items.” Golly, sir, could it be because job growth in our supremely wealthy country has been both lackluster and miserly? Yes, jobs today are typically very low-paying, part-time, and temporary,
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with no benefits. Mr. Walmart-man should know this, since his retail behemoth is the leading culprit in downsizing American jobs to a poverty level. In recent months, headquarters has directed Walmart managers not to hire at all or to concentrate on hiring temporary and part-time workers, while cutting the hours of many full-time employees and making it harder for all workers to get the corporation’s meager health care plan. Walmart’s sales and profits are stagnant today because — hello — even its own workers can’t afford to buy anything in the store besides socks. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com This opinion column does not necessarily reflect the views of Boulder Weekly. August 29, 2013 9
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ou can win some impressive the old NAFTA [North American Free victories against corporate Trade Agreement] trade model and in power on the local level. fact were doubling down and expandBoulder voters declared that ing the very Bush-style deal that corporations aren’t people Obama campaigned against in 2008 to and money isn’t speech. Cities across win key swing states.” Colorado (and other states) have passed The TPP will encourage U.S. corfracking bans and moratoriums. porations to offshore. This has hapThe fight is much tougher on a pened with previous “free trade” agreestatewide and national level. But on the ments. The Economic Policy Institute international level, the corporate elite is has found that nearly 700,000 U.S. jobs planning to dramatically stifle governwere lost as a result of NAFTA. In ment regulation of their behavior. Mexico, NAFTA has also destroyed Right now, secret negotiations are many agricultural jobs by allowing concluding over the Trans-Pacific imports of U.S. (government-subsiPartnership (TPP), which is a gigantic dized) corn. As a result, many proposed “free-trade” zone spanning Mexicans have been forced to emigrate the Pacific Ocean and involving 12 to the U.S. to find work. nations (the In July, the United States, Sierra Club Japan, Australia, expressed alarm New Zealand, when Japan forChile, Peru, mally joined the Mexico, Canada, TPP, declaring: Singapore, “Japan is the Malaysia, Vietnam world’s largest cannot afford the and Brunei). importer of liqueIt would be the fied natural gas, a unchecked exports largest free-trade dirty fossil fuel of fracked gas to agreement by the that is extracted Japan.” United States. from Americans’ According to a backyards through — the sierra club report by the the dangerous Congressional practice of frackResearch Service, ing. The trade pact the ministers could strip the U.S. negotiating the government’s agreement “have expressed an intent to power to manage its own gas exports, comprehensively reduce barriers in and put that power in the hands of forgoods, services and agricultural trade as eign companies, opening the floodgates well as rules and disciplines on a wide for dangerous fracking in our country range of topics” to extraordinary levels. and sacrificing our air and water qualiLeaks of TPP documents reveal ty. that corporations could avoid govern“American families and communiment review when acquiring land, natties cannot afford the unchecked ural resources or factories. Corporations exports of fracked gas to Japan.” could be guaranteed compensation for Thanks to fracking, the U.S. has the loss of “expected future profits from become — in Obama’s words — “the health, labor, [or] environmental” regu- Saudi Arabia of gas.” In 2012, this lations. Corporate performance require- country produced 651 billion cubic ments could be banned. Corporations meters of gas. We are the second top could directly challenge government producer after Russia, which produced laws and regulations in international 653 billion cubic meters. trade tribunals. Reporter Steve Horn says that “a Lori Wallach, the director of Public 21st-century ‘gas Cold War’ has arisen Citizen’s Global Trade Watch, said the between the U.S. and Russia.” He notes leaks “sent shock waves through the emergence of the Gas Exporting Congress because it showed that U.S. Countries Forum (GECF), which is “a negotiators had totally abandoned see TRADE Page 13 Obama’s campaign pledges to replace
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structure’s lot opens many eyes, I’d wager. This should illustrate how, if a city wants to do something, it finds a way. We in Longmont have an example: Resort to eminent domain to rebuild a shopping center that isn’t needed. In Boulder’s case, the most telling features of the tale appear to be (1) a salivating developer waiting in the wings, overdue Mercedes loan payment coupon in hand, and (2) the materials constituting a dismantled structure originating in central Asia, sitting in a wastewater treatment building. Both provide impetus, for good or less. Gregory Iwan/Longmont
Don’t dismiss pot sickness
[Re: “Too much medical marijuana can make you sick,” Weed Between the Lines, Aug. 8.] I took interest in this article because I briefly dated a man who claimed to have these exact symptoms a few years back. He was completely incapacitated with hyperemesis, nausea and severe abdominal pain for a period of 12-24 hours. He claimed this reoccurred every few months, the only solution being long, hot baths. In order to make some sense of this, I started researching his symptoms, Googling “extreme cyclical hyperemesis,” having been familiar with the term hyperemesis gravidarum as an extreme condition in pregnancy. Somehow, a link came up about “cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome” from Wikipedia, which was not as commonly
known then. When I read about these exact symptoms and cure, I thought I may have solved his dilemma. A bit of background: This mid-40s man is a chronic marijuana user. He was also a combat Marine during the mid-80s who has certainly been exposed to many potential carcinogens. I thought perhaps this was the cause until I found this blurb about CHS. This man has been in the “cannabis industry” for some time, exposing him continually and on a grander scale than even regular, heavy marijuana smokers, as well as having grown up in a familyrun flower nursery business — also no shortage of chemical exposure. I truly wonder how many of these 93 cases also consist of men who cultivate marijuana, especially in large, legal grow operations. Body systems which may already be overburdened from previous toxicity, as well as chronic ingestion of stimulants: coffee, cigarettes and alcohol, in conjunction with chronic cannabis usage could become cumulatively overwhelmed, especially when exposed to the array of chemicals involved in cultivation. Keep in mind that only more recently have milder or organic pesticides and the like been available. As an herbalist I suggested he look at assisting detoxification of his liver, though the suggestion that there was some connection with cannabis was met with extreme skepticism. I do not know that he resolved his issues, but think there may be more to this than a see LETTERS Page 13
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bloc of countries whose mission is to fend off U.S. and Western power dominance of the global gas trade. The 13 member countries include Russia, Iran, Bolivia, Venezuela, Libya, Algeria and several others.” Horn says the U.S. has a big disadvantage, since “Russia relies on easierto-obtain conventional gas, as opposed to tough-to-obtain unconventional shale gas” which will likely last only 15 to 20 years. A bipartisan group of 34 senators (including Colorado’s Mark Udall and Michael Bennet) is pressuring Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz to speed up applications to export liquefied natural gas to nations that lack formal free trade deals with the U.S. Speed up? Why have this global Boulder Weekly
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So now the NFL has adopted the airline industries policy of carry-on bag fees to boost profits. This is the same owner [Pat Bowlen] who asked for a metro tax to pay for a new stadium to be able to compete. I will not be attending any more live games and watch the games on TV. Shame on you, and hopefully all other NFL owners who came up with this new method to maximize profits. Mr. Bowlen (or new owner), don’t even try to ask for more tax money to build a new stadium when this one is deemed out of “date”! Go ahead and move to another state where they will be more than happy to throw money away at taxpayers’ expense. — A fed up NFL fan, no longer a live paying fan! D. Dalsbo/Longmont Editor’s note: The NFL has banned, but is not charging for, certain bags.
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“Then God said, ‘Let the waters abound with an abundance of living creatures and let birds fly above the earth. ... Let the earth bring forth the living creature according to it’s kind. ... Let us make man ...’” Genesis 1, the
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This week’s 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King’s March on Washington is being observed with marches, speeches and speculation on what causes Dr. King would embrace today. He would certainly continue to work for racial equality. But he would also likely advocate for a rapid withdrawal from Afghanistan, workers’ rights, gay rights and animal rights. Yes, animal rights. Although he is best known for advocacy of racial equality, Dr. King opposed all violence, like the Vietnam War. And there is no greater violence than that perpetrated each day against billions of cows, pigs and other sentient animals in America’s factory farms and slaughterhouses. The day before his assassination in 1968, Dr. King came to Memphis to champion the most oppressed human beings in America — African-American sanitation workers. Today, it would also be about the most oppressed living beings in America — animals raised for food, experiments and entertainment. Although Dr. King never lived long enough to extend his circle of compassion, justice and nonviolence to nonhuman animals, his wife Coretta Scott King and his son Dexter Scott King did, by embracing the vegan lifestyle. A great way for us to honor the King legacy is to follow their lead. Stanley Silver/Boulder Boulder Weekly
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allowed. he deer was a lactating “Since when does the sheriff ’s doe, which means it had office get to make policy?” Moss fawns. It had been shot asks. “They sold us out in 2011 and in the hindquarters and thought we’d be satisfied with half a had bled to death near a statute.” home in the Sugarloaf area, in the Moss and Westby assert that, as foothills west of Boulder. in the case of the commissioners’ Incidents like this one in 2009 recent extension of the moratorium have kept residents like one couple on oil/gas permits, the board has a in the area, Anita Moss and Bob duty to protect public health and Westby, agitated about hunters in safety, in this case against errant the area over the past decade. The doe pictured above was shot in the Sugarloaf area by a bow-hunter in 2009. shots. A hunter killed a bear using a They also point out that hunting, muzzle-loading rifle in 2008. A resiand the discharge of any firearms, dent’s dog was shot with a gun a few including projectiles like arrows, is years earlier. One neighbor reported prohibited on county open space in 2010 that a large buck, poorly land. The Betasso Preserve and shot with an arrow, showed an Benjamin open space areas are near extensive blood trail but could not the properties in question, on the be found. east and northeast sides. And it’s almost open season Adding fuel to the fire is the again. Bow-hunting will again be effort by the couple and other resiallowed in parts of Sugarloaf from dents to expand the area covered by Aug. 30 to Sept. 29. Resolution 80-52, a move that they It used to be worse, the couple shot, projectile or bullet may be discharged.” But say would make it easier for the sheriff ’s office to says. Until their efforts a few years ago, and those of they say they have been unsuccessful in convincing police the perimeter because it would give the parcel their attorney, Susan Morath, hunters were allowed county authorities that the ban should include shortmore defined boundaries, bringing the no-shooting to use rifles and other firearms to hunt in the area. range weapons like muzzle-loaders and bows. area all the way up to the borders of the aforemenBut about a decade ago, as documented in an Moss and Westby tell BW that they are worried tioned open spaces as well as to Fourmile Creek to Aug. 19, 2004, Boulder Weekly story, residents began about public safety, considering the population denthe north and Boulder Canyon Drive to the south. working on ways to end hunting there. The couple sity in the area, not to mention the school buses, Moss and Westby say their most recent efforts to and their attorney discovered that the county had hikers and bike riders. They have gone out of their gain a hearing with the commissioners resulted in actually passed a resolution in 1980, titled 80-52, way to document hunting activity during bow-seathem being referred to a town hall meeting about that prohibited the use of firearms in the four-andson, driving around, filming hunters, writing down shooting ranges in the region, not about hunting, a-half-square-mile area, which is a mish-mash of their license plates. They have compiled annual which is regulated by the Division of Wildlife private property and Forest Service land. reports cataloguing their findings. Once, they say, a (DOW). But it was unclear at the time whether the counhunter blocked their only path out, on a dirt road, In fact, they suspect that the DOW has had ty had the authority to enact such a ban on federal and made threatening comments to them. some effect on the county’s position in continuing to lands. After much wrangling, Moss and Westby say, The couple says they have continually asked allow hunting in the area, since the division relies they convinced the county in 2011 that, indeed, county officials to at least grant them a hearing and heavily on funding from hunting permits. there was a state statute giving the county the right make a decision on whether bow-hunting and muzMoss and Westby say one neighbor has found a to enact the 30-year-old ban in areas like Sugarloaf zle-loaders are allowed in the area. But they say they dozen arrows in the last few years, and another propwhere there are at least 100 residents per square have hit nothing but roadblocks and run-arounds. mile. So the county finally began enforcing the proMoss describes it as “stalling, stonewalling, dodg- erty owner found one lodged in an outbuilding. hibition against firearms. ing.” Moss acknowledges being opposed to hunting; “It’s been frustrating,” Westby adds. “We’re havAt least partially, according to the couple. but Westby says he is not, describing it as “a public ing trouble getting access to our public officials.” Moss, Westby and others still noticed hunting safety issue” instead. And they complain that the commissioners seem activity in the area, especially by bow-hunters. They But county officials say they have had no reports to have deferred to the sheriff on how to define and Morath did their research and found that the from the sheriff ’s office about public safety problems very statute that gave the county the right to enforce “firearms,” despite the fact that the statute authorizwith hunters in the area. ing the 30-year-old ban clearly includes bows and the ban defined firearms as “any pistol, revolver, rifle muzzle-loaders in the types of weapons that are disor other weapon of any description from which any See HUNTING Page 20
Taking aim
Sugarloaf residents up in arms over bow-hunting in area by Jefferson Dodge
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Sugarloaf residents Bob Westby and Anita Moss color-coded this map of the area. The yellow section is the location of the existing firearms ban; the couple wants the county to expand the no-shooting perimeter to include the pink areas bordered by the heavy black line. HUNTING from Page 19
**** Sheriff Joe Pelle told BW that he would like more clarity from the county commissioners about what weapons can be discharged there, because his deputies need guidance if they are expected to diverge from the traditional, criminal-law definition of firearms, namely, guns. Pelle says the firearms definition in the statute cited by Moss and Westby that gave the county the authority to pass the ban in the first place is too broad, and it conflicts with other state statutes. “A firearm could be defined as a slingshot or an Airsoft pellet gun,” he says of the broader definition. “Anything you could imagine could be defined as a firearm under that statute. … If we really were to enforce this and interpret it as these residents want us to, the device that you pick up to sling the tennis ball for your dog would be illegal. I just want clarity. You tell us what you want us to do, and define it well in the law, and we’ll enforce it.” He adds, however, that a muzzle-loader would be classified as a firearm and could only be used on private property, as long as the projectile did not leave that property. So, conceivably, hunters could use firearms on private property if their bullet did not cross property lines. “I want clarity, and I want the county resolution to be clear about the expectations,” Pelle says of the situation. “Otherwise, it’s unfair to the officers, and 20 August 29, 2013
unfair to the people that we’re issuing a summons to.” He calls it “a political decision,” adding that “it’s vague, it’s confusing, and it’s unfair to enforce the law under those circumstances.” Morath, the attorney for Moss and Westby, points out that when the county commissioners passed Resolution 80-52 in 1980, they did not take issue with the definition of firearms as it was described in the authorizing legislation, “they did not carve out any exceptions to it. I understand the sheriff and deputies not being used to this type of definition, but it’s there in black and white.” She echoes the sentiment that county officials have “insulated themselves. … We’ve tried every avenue we can think of to get an audience, and it’s been very frustrating. A bow and arrow is just as dangerous as a gun. “You have to make a decision, you have to bring it to a public hearing if we ask for it, so we have a decision on record,” Morath continues. “Because we can’t get an audience, we’re hamstrung all the way around.” **** County Commissioner Cindy Domenico and Boulder County spokesperson Barb Halpin told BW that shooting in general is the focus of a larger, regional study involving multiple counties and agen-
cies, including the U.S. Forest Service. They are apparently referring to the target-practice open houses that Moss, Westby and Morath were directed to. Both Domenico and Halpin acknowledged that the regional study and open houses did not deal with hunting, which is the territory of the DOW, but they said bow-and-arrow shooting might enter the discussions, and no decisions on specific local issues like the situation in Sugarloaf would be made until the broader study was complete. “There are strong opinions on both sides,” Halpin says of the Sugarloaf debate, adding that when the original resolution was passed back in 1980, “it’s interesting that it wasn’t challenged by [the DOW] or hunting enthusiasts.” She adds that county officials hope the Forest Service designates certain areas for shooting. When asked about the claims that Moss and Westby have been given the cold shoulder, Halpin says, “The commissioners, really, at this point, have opted to not consider any specific local issues until after they look at the regional solutions. It’s not specific to Sugarloaf, they’re applying that across the whole area.” And when asked if the commissioners are trying to appease hunters, she replies, “I don’t have any sense of that.” See HUNTING Page 22
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Domenico says she understands and empathizes with Sugarloaf residents’ concerns, but she adds that a hearing held about eight years ago on the subject was dominated by opponents of hunting and restrictions on guns. Domenico told BW that she has no personal view on the matter, and that the board is waiting for legal advice from the county attorney’s office before deciding whether to hold a hearing on the matter. In a phone interview, County Attorney Ben Pearlman agreed that additional clarity is needed, and that his office has been “keeping tabs on it.” He says that ultimately, it is up to the commissioners whether they want to address the issue. When asked about Pelle’s desire for more clarification, Pearlman said, “If you have a law, you need someone to enforce it, and you need additional clarity to have that happen.” He acknowledged that the statute authorizing the county’s 1980 resolution defines firearms broadly, to include bows, but under the letter of the law that could include things like a slingshot. “I think it’s fair to say that a lot of people think the common interpretation of that term is that a firearm really does mean a gun projected with some gunpowder or something else, not a human-powered bow and arrow,” he says. And Pearlman says that Pelle, being an elected official, has discretion on how to enforce the law. “He’s not going to bring people in on charges when he doesn’t think that’s a fair reading of the resolution,” he says. “Fundamentally, this is a political question, and the board’s going to have to decide if and when they want to bring it to the public,” Pearlman adds. “It’s the status quo until something changes, and that’s a decision the board’s going to have to make based on whatever factors they want to use.”
has a bow-hunting and archery targetshooting facility on top of Lee Hill, says there’s probably little cause for concern regarding bow-hunting in the Sugarloaf area. He describes bow-hunters as “pretty low-profile, most of the time. You’re not even going to know they’re in the area.” Radocy adds that a liberal community is likely to be opposed to hunting. “Boulder, in general, has a tendency to be somewhat anti-hunting anyway, so I’m imagining that neighbors in the area are probably more upset with the fact that it’s hunting and not that it’s bow-hunting in particular,” he says. “Bows and arrows are not firearms, they can’t be defined as a firearm. A firearm means that typically there’s an ignition, there’s a powder, there’s an explosive. It certainly is a projectile device, and in that regard, so is a spear. So is a baseball.” Radocy also says bow-hunting does not pose a significant threat to the public. “Bow-hunting has an incredibly very, very low incidence of any kind of safety issue,” he says. “It’s rarely that anyone ever gets shot. The only incidences I know of people that have been harmed fooling around with bows and arrows are people shooting apples off their heads, things like that.” Radocy explains that bow-hunters are required to take a multi-day safety course and pass a test before they can get a license. And he notes that arrows fly only 150 to 300 feet per second, compared to bullets, which travel around 2,000 feet per second, meaning the average flight of an arrow is only 60 to 70 yards, whereas a bullet can travel a mile. A bowhunter’s target is usually within 30 to 40 yards, he says, which is equivalent to the length of a basketball auditorium. “So it’s not like you’re accidentally going to shoot a pedestrian or a hiker or a bicycler or something like that, it’s not going to happen,” Radocy says. “You have to see and be very close to the quarry.” Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com
‘Fundamentally, this is a political question, and the board’s going to have to decide if and when they want to bring it to the public.’ — County Attorney Ben Pearlman
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ike Homner was a successful businessman. Then a series of events thrust him into the world of being homeless. And he has scraped his way back. Almost. Homner, on first appearance, seems like any other man. He is decently dressed, wears a brimmed hat, smiles easily. Homner, compared to other former homeless people, is lucky. A native of New Jersey, where his family lived above his dad’s successful luncheonette, Homner moved to Virginia Beach with his family when he was 15. He finished high school, but never went to college, choosing instead to work at a snow ski shop, of all places in a beach town. But ski areas were as close as four hours away, and he stayed in that job for 10 years, working his way up to general manager of the shop. Then, after meeting his future wife in the ski shop and getting married, Homner worked in the insurance business for 10 years. Their planned move to Utah, where he had secured some rentals in anticipation of the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, got waylaid when his wife, a native of the Netherlands, had trouble getting the state to recognize her foreign licensure for physical therapy, so the two set their sights on Denver, where her license would be honored. Homner got a job in Colorado selling computer memory, and she joined him in 1999. They had two kids together. “Then the train wreck began,” he recalls. His father was diagnosed with leukemia and passed away a few days later. His mother was diagnosed with breast, lung and brain cancer within six months of her husband’s death. Then his grandmother, on his mom’s side, was diagnosed with colon cancer. Homner’s mother died six months after she was diagnosed, his grandmother a year after. He and his wife regularly traveled to Europe to visit her family, but during this time of terminally ill relatives, he hung back and let his wife take the kids overseas. But the marriage was unraveling, and it was an ugly divorce, Homner says. Homner’s son was 5, and his daughter was 3. “My greatest job was being a Boulder Weekly
father,” he says now. Three close relatives passing away, on top of a hostile custody battle, was almost too much. On top of it all, Homner says, he took a job in the auto industry that required him to travel frequently, making it difficult to get back to Colorado for his allotted time with his children every other week, on Wednesday nights and weekends. “I had ‘Frontier’ tattooed on my ass,” he jokes now. Homner became too stressed, and the pressure of all the travel, on top of all that had happened to him, prompted him to take a different job, with Mercedes Benz in Littleton, in 2006. But it was too little, too late. He walked away from the working life in December 2007. “Why? I don’t know. That was the start of the depression,” Homner says. “It was the build-up of all the things that had happened to me.” Luckily, he still had a nest egg from his successful career. But it would not last long. “Basically, what I did was slept in bed,” Homner says. **** He ran out of money and became homeless in 2008. He moved to Boulder, where he had some close friends who let him stay at their house for a while. When Homner moved out, they gave him a car. And even after he moved out, they let him shower and do laundry at their house. “I wouldn’t be alive without them, let’s put it that way,” Homner says. He acknowledges that he had it much easier than many homeless people. He could keep his belongings in his car. He was able to pay for car insurance and registration by charging fellow homeless people a couple of bucks for rides. “I was a homeless taxi,” Homner recalls, adding that homeless people need rides to see their mental health practitioner or to pick up prescriptions, for instance — assuming they have the money for such things. One summer during his nearly five years of being homeless, he camped outside of Nederland with a group, and he describes the difference between See HOMELESS Page 24
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things we’re hoping to get is a similar style of doc from Utah in order to determine, are those differences that we saw in the composition, is it because just different sea creatures died there billions of years ago and got buried, or is it actually industry practices?” How much to expect in the way of air emissions from various oil and gas production activities is data tracked by the EPA. But the same month that CIRES aircraft were sampling the air above the Uintah Basin, the U.S. EPA Office of Inspector General released a report declaring: “High levels of growth in the oil and natural gas production sector, coupled with harmful pollutants emitted, have underscored the need for EPA to gain a better understanding of emissions and potential risks from the production of oil and gas. However, EPA has limited directly measured air emissions data for air toxics and critical pollutants for several See METHANE Page 30
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including wastewater treatment, pits and impoundments). Volatile organic compounds, air toxics and methane have adverse health affects, particularly on lung function, asthma incidence and respiratory illnesses, in addition to contributing to climate change. Because the data the EPA collects from and provides to states is incomplete in ways that have skewed the cumulative effects of an activity by, in one case, nearly 25 times as many tons, the inspector general’s report says, state agencies looking to that data to regulate ozone-forming pollutants may underestimate the effects the oil and gas industry’s activites have on their air quality and human health in the state. In the online system that provides data, about half of the EPA oil and gas production emission factors for various emission sources are rated “not applicable” or unrated because of insufficient data — including produced water tanks, well completions and evaporative ponds, which previous reports have suggested have a high evaporation rate, particularly in semiarid regions with hot, dry air moving from the land. Boulder Weekly
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At that point, there were nearly 14,000 operating oil and gas wells in Weld County. As of Aug. 7, there were 20,445. More than 500 air samples taken from a Weld County test site sampled in January and February 2011 by CIRES researchers, led by Gilman, also showed high concentrations of volatile organic compounds, including propane and ethane. Gilman repeated the research in the summer of 2012 and again found an oil and gas signature in the air, though at lower concentrations — typical for warmer months. The effects of those volatile organic compounds (VOCs) aren’t limited to Colorado residents living in the immediate vicinity of the wells. “Propane and ethane are fairly longlived in the atmosphere, so they travel far,” Gilman, lead author of that study, said in a January press release. “No matter where you are in the Front Range, you can still see the signature of VOC emissions from oil and natural gas operations.” Generally not considered toxic themselves, those compounds are known precursors for ozone production. A 2010 study by the Government Accountability Office also found that data collected by the Department of the Interior, which leases public lands for oil and natural gas development, was likely underestimating the amount of vented and flared natural gas because it failed to account for all sources of lost gas. From that office’s view, this was lost revenue — royalties from oil and gas development generated $9 billion in 2009. The report estimates (based on EPA data) that 40 percent of the gas vented and flared at onshore rigs could be recovered, increasing royalty payments by $23 million and reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 16.5 million tons. The EPA responded in April to the Office of the Inspector General Report on improving air emissions data with a list of corrective actions that calls for crafting a strategy for updating data by the end of 2013 and posting expected emissions for oil and gas activities that their database does not currently include by December 2014. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com
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two months to train. Repeatedly, and feverishly, biking from my apartment in North Boulder to Ward, Jamestown, Fourmile Canyon and Denver to prepare myself mentally and physically for the steep, long climbs of Switzerland, I lamented the previously constant experience of sharing a photo and/or brief note on Facebook followed by dozens of “Likes” and corresponding non sequiturs. An internal question paraphrased from Grant Peterson’s great 2012 book Just Ride kept coming back to me: Would I ride as much if I couldn’t post about it on Facebook? Thankfully, the answer was yes, although a big part of the “yes” was that if I hadn’t logged so many hundreds of Colorado miles training for Switzerland (Lee Hill now haunts my dreams) this article might be about how I passed out on my bike and fell over a cliff in the Alps. So it was that I arrived in Geneva on July 26 with Kendall, Sean Stewart (our talented young summer law see BIKING Page 34
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clerk) and our bikes, which we assembled at Genève Aéroport around 11 a.m. I was plenty nervous, having previously undertaken only one bike trip, a four-day, 300-mile ride from Washington, D.C., to Pittsburgh (my hometown) along the very calm, flat C&O Canal and Great Allegheny Passage trails. Effectively, traversing the Alps on a steel Bianchi cross bike loaded with about 25 pounds of tools, clothing and camping gear was like vaulting from tee-ball to the minor leagues. As our first day was brutally hot and humid, reaching the mid-90s, we chose to head for higher elevation after a quick train ride to Vevey along gorgeous Lake Geneva, Deep Purple’s “Smoke On the Water” (“We all came out to Montreux ...”) ringing in my head. Time seemed to stop as I marveled at the sparkling blue water, the countless statues along the water (including one of Freddy Mercury), and the gigantic sheer cliffs of the surrounding “foothills” of the Alps, which looked as much like mountains as any I’d ever seen, until finally I saw the real Alps the next afternoon. With social media such a keystone in my development into adulthood (at least the age that qualifies as adult34 August 29, 2013
hood), nearly every landmark we passed along Lake Geneva — from the stunning cliffs to the Freddy Mercury statue — gave me the impulse to tell folks back home about it. But postcards? Emails? Even a blog that several people, rather than several hundred people, might read while I was away? Those seemingly antiquated media presented a true test of my ability to simply enjoy the Swiss experience at face value. And what an exquisite face it was. In a flash, the short, wide-eyed lakeside ride from Vevey to Montreaux turned into a demanding urban climb up winding streets steeper than any mountain passes I could have trained on in the Boulder area. More pressing than wondering if a hardcore European cycling adventure counted if it wasn’t posted about on Facebook was the question of whether Boulder-trained legs, and bikes more suited for the Front Range, could hold up in the Alps. Stewart, who brought a carbon Trek road bike with only two chain rings — not a stereotypical touring bike — was presented with a trial by fire: Portions of the Col de Jaman climb from Montreux into more rural parts of French Switzerland threw at us ascents featuring grades of over 20 percent and, because of his “aggressive” gearing and
heavy rear panniers, Stewart briefly had to walk. Despite the severe heat, which literally made pavement stick to our tires and crackle loudly as we rolled, I confidently raced up the extremely steep hills and into the cooler mountain air, helped by the adrenaline of giddily outpacing Kendall, an accomplished longtime bike-tour enthusiast, and my dozens of spring rides up Poor Man Hill above Boulder. The reward — made more fun by hearing, at one point, dozens of young women at a Montreaux finishing school singing Monty Python’s “Always Look On the Bright Side of Life” — was a sweeping, breathtaking view of Lake Geneva and the approximately 4,200 feet we had somehow climbed in just 12 miles. After a Clif Bar and a round of beers we began a sometimes-treacherous 10-mile descent to quaint Châteaud’Oex, where we camped for the night and listened to traditional Swiss music. The downhill portion of our day began with gravel, which stuck to our tarsoaked tires in bunches, and a break to fix Stewart’s flat, thankfully our only of the entire trip. Day one — with a couple of wipeouts and trouble with his rear rack — wasn’t pretty for Stewart, a recent graduate of Berkeley Law, only
due to luck and the type of bike he brought, but the rest of our Swiss tour was smooth sailing for him. The joke was on me, however, as my endurance fell off after my too-eager, adrenaline-fueled rush up the Col de Jaman, and I frequently fell behind the pack. Due partly to inexperience and partly due to subsisting mostly on hamand-white-bread sandwiches stashed in my panniers while my mates ate a lot of big pasta dishes at restaurants, the rest of the trip found me back to my usual languid, slow, newbie-rider self. Day two we knocked out 40 miles by lunch, and enjoyed an emerald-blue Lake Thunersee in Spiez. But much of the ensuing diverse ride from Gstaad to the wondrously idyllic Lauterbrunnen Valley was filled with laughter over the alcoholic “Americano” I accidentally ordered in Gstaad and the headache it ended up giving me along the rolling hills that day, although nearly all conversation stopped as our eyes fell upon the waterfall-teeming area that inspired Tolkien’s Rivendell. The next morning found us waking up in Gimmelwald, a little mountain village that sits at about 4,500 feet above sea level and is easily accessible see BIKING Page 36
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by the same cable car made famous by James Bond in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969). Every gondola ride is nightmarish to me, but this one was worth it. There is no word besides magical that fittingly describes Gimmelwald (population 150), which has deftly avoided development by claiming acute avalanche danger. The views from our Gimmelwald hostel (which was built in 1563) featured miles-long waterfalls and mountains that seemed to touch the sky but
really turned into glaciers that provided the water for the bottles we filled midride each day. Looking out through mystical fog as the sun fell during our first evening in Gimmelwald, I half expected Lyra Silvertongue to race by on her polar bear in search of a wormhole home. Trying in vain on social media to convey the beauty and mystique of Gimmelwald would’ve been more frustrating than waiting to share memories of the experience after I’d returned to Colorado.
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A steady rain from dawn past dusk on day three was sort of a bummer for my boss, whose Olympic-sized goal on bike tours is to bike hard, eat a lot (necessary when you’re burning around 3,000 calories a day) and then bike hard some more. I hope to be half as athletic as him when I’m middle-aged. Still, I was glad for the chance to hike in the pouring rain up to Mürren, take an afternoon nap, and make a bunch of American and Canadian friends over chess and scotch, which both kept me
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up past 2 a.m. After exchanging contact information with some fellow hostellers the morning of day four, we rode a slew of serious switchbacks 1,000 feet up to Mürren in under two miles, gazing at the mighty Eiger (elevation: 13,000 feet) before descending to Aspen-like Grindelwald. There, after pastries and coffee, we would face Stewart’s biggest fear: Grosse Scheidegg, which connects Grindelwald and Meiringen in the canton of Bern. At just 24, Stewart is a seasoned cyclist and runner, with competitive experience in the Front Range and a longtime love of ascending Flagstaff. But climbing 3,900 feet in just six miles, on a carbon road bike with no granny gear and a 25-pound rear load? Insanity. Still, he nailed it, even with the accidental mountain-bike-path detour we took at the beginning of Grosse Scheidegg’s legendary ascent, and the Swiss lager at the top tasted especially good while looking down at what we’d accomplished. A picture of the Grindelwald side of Grosse Scheidegg from the top, maybe with a beer in my outstretched hand, would’ve prompted plenty of non-sequiturs on Facebook. “It destroyed my soul,” Stewart said of Grosse Scheidegg the next day, after we’d camped in fly-infested Meiringen (known for the waterfall where Sherlock Holmes met his unfortunate fate) and trudged “at least as high as the clouds,” which was Kendall’s answer to how far we’d ride on day five. He wasn’t kidding. Susten Pass, only part of our day, was a tougher physical and mental test than I’d imagined, forcing me to deal with tired legs; a rambling, negative mind; and generally low energy for about 5,500 feet of climbing in 20 miles, during which my speed probably didn’t exceed nine miles per hour and averaged more like seven. Looking down as I pedaled farther up Susten Pass, it seemed like a dream that I’d climbed so far, as if my suntanned calves couldn’t possibly have taken me to such heights. Plus, those 20 miles were full of sketchy interactions with Ferraris and high-speed motorcycles, sometimes halfway through dark, small tunnels. Not surprisingly, on none of the difficult mountain passes we conquered did the two Seans and I meet other cyclists with full loads of camping gear, though we did see big-haul cyclists down by Switzerland’s lakes and on the rolling hills of the national bike paths. A necessary off day in Andermatt found us avoiding an abrasive campground owner (we dubbed her “Fraulein”) and greeting Swiss National Boulder Weekly
adventure Day, which celebrates the 1291 inauguration of the Swiss confederacy. Everything was quiet, almost disappointingly so, until the sun went down around 9 p.m. and the gondola we were camping next to rose directly above us and stopped, at which point revelers inside opened a big window and began trading ample-sized fireworks blasts with fellow revelers below. “Do they not know what fireworks are?” asked Stewart. I wondered the same as professional-looking explosions took place just feet, maybe inches, from the gondola after being shot from below. This went on for maybe two hours, and kept me awake as my gondola-fearing brain wondered how anyone could enjoy partying in a hanging gondola, let alone partying in a hanging gondola while explosions rocked it. The gondola was found to be miraculously unscathed when we set out the morning of day seven for Furka Pass, another James Bond location (Goldfinger, 1964) where we slayed around 3,000 feet of smooth climbing (watched by dozens of mooing, bellringing Swiss cows along the way) before I munched on ham sandwiches and took in my first far-away view of the pointed Matterhorn. We also got a sad view of the famous Rhone Glacier after climbing the Andermatt side of Furka Pass. The glacier has been shrinking due to the earth’s warming temperatures, and the pictures on postcards for sale at the Rhone Glacier gift shop looked almost nothing like the shrunken — but beautiful — natural wonder that exists there today. Now that would’ve been something worth creating discussion about on social media. An unexpected forest detour, featuring cliffs that could’ve proved fatal if I wasn’t dumb enough to be confident on a bike in hazardous new territory, helped clock us in at just over 75 miles for the day before taking a mountain train to Zermatt. We camped for just $12 next to the train station, with a clear view of the Matterhorn (which I likened to the watchful Eye of Sauron) and good $1 beer at the adjacent grocery store. A scorching-hot, windy 75-mile ride to Martigny, though relatively flat most of the way, turned out to be the toughest day other than Susten Pass. I was dead tired, having completed just under 400 miles on the trip — not bad, but not impressive. “Just a warm-up,” in the words of the ageless Kendall, who (along with Stewart) unequivocally kicked my ass after the first day. A Roman-era amphitheatre and the elegant hilltop castle La Bâtiaz made Martigny — with its unique blend of Boulder Weekly
French and Italian culture, and marks left by not only the Romans but Napoleon and his army — an unexpected highlight of our Swiss bike tour. After the unpleasant grind of the ride from Zermatt, Stewart and I left our Martigny campground the next day for Vevey with a vow to cap our adventure in two ways: Jumping into Lake Geneva and spending every last franc jingling in our panniers on beer. Even drunk-texting and drunkdialing aren’t as painful in hindsight
as drunk-sharing on Facebook or Twitter. Thus, the last night of our trip, with Kendall having moved on to Zurich (with his amazing Soma touring bike, built by Ethan Bontrager at Queen City Cycles in Denver) to spend a few more weeks in Switzerland, ended perfectly for Stewart and myself. Feldschlösschen muscles helped give me the courage to join a group of Swiss youths in using a trampoline to leap off the pier into the swan-filled water, which was as
blue as any I’ve seen outside the Florida Keys. So am I capable, in the year 2013 and beyond, to embark on an epic journey abroad without boasting about it on social media? Sure. If there’s anything you wouldn’t do just for the sake of doing it — especially a feat like cycling through the Alps — it’s simply not worth it. But next time I’ll pace myself better, and bring more Clif bars. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com
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Program Council, which was putting on the show, and asked if her group could open for him. Program Council was amenable. “I got a call on my answering machine from Benny Goodman,” she says. “He was quite enamored with us.” The show at Macky was a success, and Goodman invited the three to accompany him on his tour. The group went from performing in area clubs with local musicians to playing gigs for thousands backed by the top jazz vets in Goodman’s band. The group’s first performance with the clarinetist was at the Boston Globe Jazz Festival, which PBS broadcasted live. It was quite a bit of exposure for the young group, and they happily soaked it all in. It was a break for Gillaspie, who says she didn’t receive any formal jazz training. It’s hard to believe when you listen to the Rare Silk recordings or watch the old performances with Goodman’s orchestra (some of which are on YouTube.) The three women sing in perfect harmony (pre-Autotune), each swell and vibrato and vocal shake executed exactly in sync. In lieu of formal training, Gillaspie says she instead grew up in a household full of jazz, and after high school her exposure to the music only increased. “When I was 19, I fell in with these people that were just into straight-ahead jazz,” she says, referring to legends like John Coltrane, see GILLASPIE Page 42
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Miles Davis and others, and she’s grate- where it was more of a struggle than ful for the experience. “I grew up with it fun,” Gillaspie says, noting that financial and then was force-fed the new stuff.” struggles were started to dog the group. The three were soaking up the suc“My identity was so wrapped up in cess and the doors opened up by touring being Rare Silk,” she says. “It was with Goodman, but they were restless. refreshing to not have that be part of my Goodman wanted them to sing stanidentity.” dards, but they had their She quit singing, starteyes on a more modern ed a photography business, On the Bill: sound. They eventually raised a family. A few years MaryLynn Gillaspie plays Caffè Sole at 8 parted ways, and the ago, she decided she wantp.m. on Friday, Aug. ladies added vocalist Todd ed to make music, and she 30. 637R S.Broadway, Buffa to the ensemble and had to overcome hurdles, Boulder, 303-499-2985. got a record deal with physical and mental, to get PolyGram. her voice back into perforWith Buffa in tow, the mance shape. She hooked group now had an incredibly unusual up with guitarist Michael Schuller, who lineup. The other leading vocal jazz played with Rare Silk for years and who group at the time, The Manhattan is now her main collaborator. Transfer, sported the standard two men, She’s making music that’s markedly two women. Rare Silk had three women different from what she did with Rare and one man, which made their sound Silk, but her creative trajectory is the markedly different. They recorded their same. She and Schuller first started first album, New Weave, in 1983, hiring writing jazz-pop fusion, and now they the best session players money could want to start incorporating Ableton buy, including Michael and Randy Live and a laptop into their sound. Just Brecker, Gary Bartz and Ronnie Cuber. like in the ’80s, Gillaspie isn’t content to The album garnered two Grammy sit around making music that has nominations, and the group got to already existed for years. attend the award ceremony to watch “We have no interest. It’s been done. Michael Jackson and company take We’re really into creating new sounds,” down eight trophies for Thriller. she says. “When I first started doing But shortly after, PolyGram inexpli- solo [shows], my first gig was at the Mercury [Lounge in Denver] with a cably dropped the group, abandoning pianist. ... I hired this guy and then it them to tour on their own. hit me. ... I didn’t want to just hand a Undeterred, the group continued to guy a book of standards and say, ‘Let’s tour, and recorded two more albums on do it in this key.’” Palo Alto Records. But by 1988, tenShe’s musically restless and eager to sions within the group started to rise, innovate. Who knows what could hapand Gillaspie and her sister made the pen, but it’ll at least make for an interdecision to quit. Separating from the project felt like a divorce, Gillaspie says. esting listen. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com “It just kind of got to the point
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There’s a method behind He’s My Brother She’s My Sister’s clothing choices.
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He’s My Brother She’s My Sister puts in the extra effort for live shows by Alan Sculley
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eople who see He’s My Brother She’s My Sister can expect the band to be able to faithfully reproduce the songs from their recently released full-length debut CD, Nobody Dances In This Town, in a live setting. The album, after all, was meant to document what the ears experience at a He’s My Brother She’s My Sister show. “We were playing a lot of these songs live for almost two years … before we recorded it,” singer/guitarist Rob Kolar explains. “Our producer, Thom [Monaham], was really interested in having those songs down live, like really well constructed and construed so that when we came in to record it, we basically hit the floor and pressed record and took everything that we played all in one take.” But if the excellent first album nicely captures the sound of this fiveperson band from Los Angeles, it’s only part of what’s unique about He’s My Brother She’s My Sister. For starters, the band has a drummer, Lauren Brown, who tap dances on some songs while playing a standup kit. The group also brings a strong fashion sense to the stage, currently favoring outfits that look straight out of vaudeville or an old-time carnival.
“There are a lot of bands out there that are almost anti- this idea of a show or a performance,” Kolar says. “They’ll keep their clothing very kind of flat and simple. And that’s fine. We have nothing against that. But we feel inspired to show the other end of the spectrum and encourage and incorporate some of those more theatrical elements and visuals, so when people come and see it, they’re really seeing a show. And we encourage them to really be part of it.” It makes sense that He’s My Brother She’s My Sister would be interested in fashion. While all of the band members have strong senses of style, singer Rachel Kolar (Rob’s sister) previously worked as a stylist for several top music artists, including Lady Gaga and Nicki Minaj — stars who are as famous for their bold clothes and hairstyles as their music. “If you listen to Lady Gaga’s songs, I think the majority of them are pretty horrendous,” says Rachel Kolar, who joined her brother for the interview. “And that goes for a lot of pop stars. Some of them are actually kind of good, but for the most part, I think they’re pretty awful. And the lyrical content is pretty bad. But they create this visual character that people gravitate toward so much that when you’re actually listening to the music, you Boulder Weekly
overtones start to see these images. It’s kind of The early shows started to draw a like hypnotism, and fashion can be that following, and soon He’s My Brother way, which is what I think we’re aware She’s My Sister grew into a full band of. I think that’s why we do incorpothat was ready to tour nationally. rate it because we want people, when “We just kind of got swept away in they’re listening to our songs, to see it,” Rob Kolar says. “I always kind of the magic in them as well.” chuckle when I think about it because Visual elements Rachel was very aside, Rachel focused on her Kolar emphasizes theater company. On the Bill: He’s My Brother She’s My Sister plays the Fox that the music She and Lauren, Theatre on Friday, Aug. 30. Doors itself is the top especially, that was at 8:30 p.m. The Outfit and Rose’s priority for the kind of their main Pawn Shop open. Tickets are $10 in advance, $12 day of show, plus group, which also drive. Then I was $2 for under-21 tickets. 1135 13th includes lap steel doing my band, St., Boulder, 303-443-3399. guitarist Aaron Lemon Sun. I was Robinson and like, this is my bassist Oliver rock band. I want Newell. to make it with this band, you know. Considering the work the group puts Then we started doing it for fun, and into its music and live show, it’s ironic people kept coming to shows. that He’s My Brother She’s My Sister “When we got Oliver and Aaron, happened in a decidedly casual way. it kind of filled out the sound and It began about three years ago as a took it to another level where it was just-for-fun acoustic duo of the Kolar much larger and louder and more siblings, an opportunity for Rob Kolar, exciting,” he says. “It all just sort of who was the songwriter/singer in the fell, it was like a natural domino Los Angeles-based band Lemon Sun, effect, one thing after another, to try writing music with his sister, unplanned. But we just rode the wave, who had written plays and wanted to and we keep riding it.” give music a try. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com
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Peter and the Starcatcher plays at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts through Sept. 1.
A starcatcher is born How Peter Pan got his crow back by Gary Zeidner
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very child yearns to grow up and throw off the seemingly unbearable yoke of parents, teachers, priests and other bullies. Invariably, they realize too late that while the adult world is a place in which they can eat ice cream for dinner and stay up as late as they want, early onset diabetes and 7 a.m. personnel meetings are extremely harsh
overlords. J. M. Barrie tapped into this cruelly ironic dichotomy with his tales of the magical Peter Pan. Peter first appeared in Barrie’s writings at the dawn of the 20th century, and he’s been enchanting audiences of all ages ever since. The boy who refused to grow up has starred — and in some instances even played second or third fiddle — in numerous books, plays, radio programs, films, TV shows, video games and other assorted media over the ensuing years, and if the national Broadway tour of Peter and the Starcatcher is any indication, he’ll be flying, fighting and crowing for hundreds of years to come. Following the zeitgeist that brings us superhero reboot movies with an exponentially increasing frequency (I mean, at this rate Superman, Batman see peter Page 50
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and Spider-Man will be spending a there’s nary a curse word to be found Saturday in detention in something — Peter and the Starcatcher is really called The Breakfast of Champions more of a grown up comedy. Aside Club by next summer), Peter and the from the occasional fart or poop joke, Starcatcher is a prequel to the original the humor bobs and weaves from pun Peter Pan story. Thankfully, and with a to topical reference to self-aware wink gratifyingly low level of angst, rather and back again without breaking a than Peter learning that with great sweat. It’s a Rube Goldberg symphony power comes great responsibility, he of limber laughter. gets great power with virtually no What impressed me most about this responsibility whatsoever. play, and it is a play that contains a few Tasked with a secret mission by songs (most notably the campy triumph none other than that opens the Queen Victoria second act) rather On the Bill: Peter and the herself (God save than a musical Starcatcher plays at the Denver her), Lord Aster proper, was its low Center for the Performing Arts through (Nathan Hosner) budget élan. Sept. 1. Tickets are $25-$90. For tickets or information, call 303-893-4100 or and his precoThough the Tony visit www.denvercenter.org. cious daughter, Award-winning Molly (Megan lighting and sound Stern), set sail design are decepwith a precious cargo. Well, actually tively complex, there are no special only one of them sets sail with the effects or even set to speak of. A rope cargo; the other embarks on a second becomes doors, windows and ocean ship with a decoy. Soon enough, both waves. A flashlight becomes a faerie. father and daughter find themselves set Various kitchen implements become the upon by nefarious types with designs breasts of shockingly bewhiskered meron the treasure. maids. It’s a beautiful example of DIY The dread pirate Black Stache theatre, and as such it is imminently ( John Sanders) along with his sidekick, adaptable for even the most modestly Smee (Luke Smith), take Lord Aster budgeted theatre company. and the legitimate captain of the ship, Everyone in the cast plays multiple Captain Scott (Ian Michael Stuart), roles, sometimes in back-to-back scenes, and they all carry off their parts hostage. Meanwhile, Molly discovers commendably. As Molly, Megan Stern that the captain of her ship, Captain held my rapt attention every moment Slank ( Jimonn Cole), is delivering she was on stage. She is obviously giftthree orphans ( Joey deBettencourt, ed in the comedic arts, but she also Carl Howell and Edward Tournier) to evoked real and complex emotions the island king to be his slaves … or when called on to do so. As the sinister worse. Molly’s minder, Mrs. Bumbrake (Benjamin Schrader), and her beau, Alf yet superlatively silly Black Stache, John Sanders sticks the landing of (Harter Clingman), prove to be little every line delivery and gesture. He is help, so it is up to Molly to suss out a one hell of an actor, and it’s easy to see way to save the day. why he got the nod to play the role on Though it is based on a widely Broadway. His performance alone is known children’s property and is cerworth the price of admission. tainly family friendly — with the Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com exception of one utterance of “bollocks” Boulder Weekly
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Julie Puma: The Immortal Jellyfish The opening reception for Julie Puma’s exhibition at Macky Auditorium, The Immortal Jellyfish, takes place on Thursday, Aug. 29, at 5:30 p.m. in Macky Auditorium, 285 University Ave., Boulder, 303492-8423. The exhibitions runs through Jan. 12.
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Astronomix — With Tiger Party and Intuit. 8:30 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-3399. David Booker. 5:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303-485-9400. Dechen Hawk & A Murder of Prose. 6:30 p.m. St Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696. Drink Drank Punk. 10 p.m. Pioneer Inn, 15 E. First St., Nederland, 303-258-7733. Lightnin Malcolm. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel,
Marrakech Express. 8 p.m. Caffè Sole, 637R S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-499-2985. Matt Flaherty Phish Tribute. 10 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922. One Republic, Sara Bareilles, Serena Ryder. 6 p.m. Red Rocks Amphitheatre, 18300 W. Alameda Parkway, Morrison, 720-865-2494. see EVENTS Page 54
Wednesday, Sept. 4: Bill Burr, Boulder Theater, Boulder, 6:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.
Thursday, Aug. 29: Fashion’s Night Downtown. Pearl Street Mall, Boulder, 6:30 p.m. Think Boulder doesn’t have fashion? Fashionable boutiques dot the Pearl Street Mall, and scores of local artists make slick jewelry and clothing. Yet Boulder seems to take a lot of flak for its fashion sense. Check out Fashion’s Night Downtown and judge for yourself. More than 25 retailers will display upcoming fall fashions, and individual locales on Pearl will host a variety of tie-in events, from live music to food and drink specials to mini-makeovers and shopping deals. Take that and suck it, GQ magazine.
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Led by singer-guitarist Monica Whittington, Monocle plays soft, emotive indie-folk that manages to be both driving and subtle at once. The sounds are straight-up acoustic folk, yet several of the band members come from a solidly jazz background, creating a foundation that at times seeps into the music. The band is working on a Kickstarter-funded debut album, but for now check out the group’s solid, solid demo at www.monocleband.com.
Bill Burr is not a comedian for the easily offended. He is as fearless as he is abrasive, delivering jokes about everything under the sun in a smarmy Boston accent that, on its own, sort of makes you want to punch him in the face. But say what you will about the man: He’s funny. Funny as all hell. Few comedians these days have his sense of timing, and if you are able to catch him (the early show was sold out as of press time, but the late show was not), you’ll be able to see a master of his craft at work.
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MONDAY OCTOBER 14
SCREAM IT LIKE YOU MEAN IT TOUR
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Julie Puma: The Immortal Jellyfish. Andrew J. Macky Gallery, Macky Auditorium, 285 University Ave., Boulder, 303-492-8423. Through Jan. 12.
Cut and Paste. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-2122. Through Sept. 15. Electrical Room — Artist Tatiana Blass. Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, 1485 Delgany St., Denver, 303-298-7554. Erotic Nature — Photography by Kate Zari Roberts. Highland City Club, 885 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-443-4430. Through Sept. 3.
Looking for the Light — 156 works by 68 local artists. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-4407826 Through Sept. 6. Nick Cave: Sojourn. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000. Through Sept. 22. Spun: Adventures in Textiles. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000. Through Sept. 22.
Mark Rothko, No. 8, 1949. Oil paint and mixed media on canvas.
F32 Commemorative Photo Show. Susan France and Dona Laureita Gallery, 820 Main St., Louisville, 303-8181616. Through Aug. 31.
Figure to Field: Mark Rothko in the 1940s.
This Is Not a Test: The Atomic Art of Doug Waterfield. Rocky Flats Cold War Museum, 5612 Yukon St., Arvada, 720-287-1717. Through Sept. 8.
Transitions — by Anne Gifford. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100. Through Sept. 8.
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Open Mic Night. 9:30 p.m. Waterloo, 809 S. Main St., Louisville, 303-993-2094.
W/ SOPHISTAFUNK
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MONDAY SEPTEMBER 23
MELT YOUR FACE MONDAY FEAT CASCADE KINKY
TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 24 SUB.MISSION PRESENTS
ELECTRONIC TUESDAY
FEAT CLOUD-D, DUBWOL, REMERGE, TRIPMENDOUS & DJ APORIA
WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 25
Project 3. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 North Park Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757. Sacrebleu. 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. Bohemian Biergarten, 2017 13th St., Boulder, 720-3288328.
The Semaphores. 8 p.m. Jamestown Mercantile Cafe, 108 Main St., Jamestown, 303-4425847. Wendy Woo. 5 p.m. Boulder Beer Company, 2880 Wilderness Place, Boulder, 303-4448448. events Boulder Salsa Social. 8:30 p.m. The Avalon, 6185 Arapahoe Road, Boulder, 303-668-7355.
Arianna Autaubo
DIZZY WRIGHT: THE GOLDEN AGE TOUR W/ EMILIO ROJAS & FUTURISTIC
SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 28
DAEDELUS
MONDAY SEPTEMBER 30 • FREE SHOW!
JARED & THE MILL WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 2
SOL
W/ SAM LACHOW & BFA (BROTHERS FROM ANOTHER)
FRIDAY OCTOBER 4
AEROPLANE & GIGAMESH THE PHIX
TUESDAY OCTOBER 15
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It’s Electric — Artist Jen Lewin. CU Art Museum, 1085 18th St., Boulder, 303-4928300. Through Oct. 26.
Sept. 28.
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 20 RALLY ROUND THE FAMILY
CELEBRATING THE MUSIC OF PHISH W/ PRIVATE GRIPWEED PLAYING THE MUSIC OF THE BEATLES
W/ JUSTIN BUA (LECTURING & LIVE PAINTING) & THE REMINDERS
Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000. Through Sept. 29.
Image courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Open Mic. 7 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 720-297-6397.
W/ GINGER PERRY
FALL SHREDDED BEATS YASIIN BEY (AKA MOS DEF)
Cheryl Carter Pierce, Norman Singer. NCAR Visitor Center, 1850 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, 303-497-1000. Through
RAKIM
WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 18
SATURDAY OCTOBER 5
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 15 • DUAL VENUE
BEER! Boulder’s History on Tap. Boulder History Museum, 1206 Euclid Ave., Boulder, 303-449-3464. Through Oct. 27.
SNARKY PUPPY
FRIDAY OCTOBER 18
SALT N PEPA
arts
Figure to Field: Mark Rothko in the 1940s continues at the Denver Art Museum through Sept. 29.
Gasoline Lollipops plays Oskar Blues Grill & Brew at 8:30 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 31. Boulder Weekly
events Chow down
Courtesy Feast of Fermentation
Thursday, Aug. 29: Feast of Fermentation: A Fundraiser for Boulder Food Rescue. 6 p.m. Shine, 2027 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-0120.
ual
15th Ann
How often do you get to eat really healthy, really different, really tasty food while raising money for a great cause? The obvious answer is “not often enough.” So here’s your chance. The Feast of Fermentation will feature a whole bunch of fermented foods made by local Boulder County folks. We now know that fermented foods offer unique health benefits, so you’ll definitely live longer if you show up. But even better, the whole feast is a benefit for Boulder Food Rescue, the nonprofit organization that saves food that would otherwise go to waste and then redistributes it to organizations that feed our homeless, hungry and low-income neighbors. — Joel Dyer
Fashion’s Night Downtown Boulder. 6:30 p.m. St Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696. Feast of Fermentation: A Fundraiser for Boulder Food Rescue. 6 p.m. Shine, 2027 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-0120. Hike for Seniors. 10 a.m. Caribou Ranch Open Space, for more information and directions to open space properties call 303-678-6214. Introduction to HTML 5. 6 p.m. Boulder Digital Arts, 1600 Range St., Boulder, 303875-0276. Julie Puma: The Immortal Jellyfish opening reception. 5:30 p.m. Andrew J. Macky Gallery, Macky Auditorium, 285 University Ave., Boulder, 303-492-8423. Through Jan. 12. Rabbit Mountain Management Plan Open House. 5:30 p.m. Parks & Open Space Building, 5201 Saint Vrain Road, Longmont, 303678-6269. Friday, August 30
Eddie Turner. 8 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel, 800 28th St., Boulder, 303-443-3322.
The Great Zucchini Race Sports & Kids Expo Classic Car Show Big Wheel 300 Family, Fun & Fitness 5K Chili Inferno Cook-Off Pie Eating Contests
The Goonies. 10 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922.
www.bceproductions.com • 303-449-3137
music Daniella Katzir. 6 p.m. Jamestown Mercantile Cafe, 108 Main St., Jamestown, 303-4425847. Delores Scott with Jack Hadley. 8:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685.
Gora Gora. 10:30 p.m. Bohemian Biergarten, 2017 13th St., Boulder, 720-328-8328. He’s My Brother She’s My Sister — With The Outfit, Rose’s Pawn Shop. 8:30 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-4433399.
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Thursday, Aug. 29
Monday, Sept. 2
Delirious Delhi — by Dave Prager. 7:30 p.m. Tattered Cover Book Store, 2526 E. Colfax Ave., 303322-7727.
‘’So, You’re a Poet,’’ presents 25th Annual Labor day Open Poetry Reading. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-4404628.
May I Be Happy — by Cyndi Lee. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-4472074.
Tuesday, Sept. 3 After Her — by Joyce Maynard. 7:30 p.m. Tattered Cover Book Store, 2526 E. Colfax Ave., 303-322-7727.
Ruth Ellen Kocher. 7 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore and Cafe, 1203 13th St., Boulder, 303-579-1644.
Weekly Open Poetry Reading. 7 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore and Cafe, 1203 13th St., Boulder, 303-579-1644.
Saturday, Aug. 31
Wednesday, Sept. 4
The Vegan Cheat Sheet — by Amy Cramer. 11 a.m. Barnes & Noble, 2999 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-444-0349.
Telling Our Way to the Sea — by Aaron Hirsh. 7:30 p.m., Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-2074.
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Johnny O Band. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road,
Amy Cramer will sign her vegan how-to book, The Vegan Cheat Sheet, at Barnes & Noble on Saturday, Aug. 31, at 11 a.m.
How the Light Gets In — by Louise Penny. 7:30 p.m. Tattered Cover Book Store, 1628 16th St., Denver, 303-436-1070.
our our 34 thth
BEER RAVE Saturday, Sept. 7 2-6pm
COLORADO’S FIRST CRAFT BREWERY CELEBRATES 34 YEARS! At The Pub at Boulder Beer
Featuring taproom-only rare brews from Boulder Beer and 30+ CO Breweries a benefit for:
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theatre
Bus Stop, William Inge’s play about strangers stuck in a blizzard, opens at the Dairy Center on Friday, Aug. 30.
Theatre Company. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 50 Shades Of Loud. Heritage 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. Through Square Music Hall,18301 W. Sept. 14. Colfax Ave., Sutherland Studios Golden, 303Cabaret. Jesters Dinner 279-7800. Theatre, 224 Main St., Through Sept. 8. Longmont, 303-682-9980. Through Oct. 6. A . . . My name will always Peter and the Starcatcher be Alice — — Ellie Caulkins Opera Obscene/ House, Denver Performing Courageous Arts Complex, 1101 13th Theatre. Mary St., Denver, 720-865-4220. Miller Theatre, Through Sept. 1. 300 E. Simpson, The Wizard of Oz. Boulder’s Lafayette, 720-209-2154. Dinner Theatre, 5501 ArapaThrough Sept. 7. hoe Ave., Boulder, 303-449Bentathlon — Obscene/ 6000. Through Aug. 31. Courageous Theatre. Time Wonder of the World. MinWarp Comics, 3105 28th ers Alley Playhouse, 1224 St., Boulder, 276-356-8393. Washington St., Golden, Through Sept. 7. 303-935-3044. Through Sept. 1. Bus Stop — Presented by Upstart Crow
EVENTS from Page 55
Longmont, 303-485-9400.
Boulder, 303-440-4628.
Keith Urban — With Little Big Town. 6 p.m. Red Rocks Amphitheatre, 18300 W. Alameda Parkway, Morrison, 720-865-2494.
Selasee & the FaFa Family. 6:30 p.m. St Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720406-9696.
Marlo and the Snake Oil. 4:30 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683.
Stephen Thurston Band. 10 p.m. The Lazy Dog Sports Bar & Grill, 1346 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-3355.
MaryLynn Gillaspie. 8 p.m. Caffè Sole, 637R S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-499-2985. Mojomama. 8 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 720-297-6397. Potcheen. 10 p.m. Pioneer Inn, 15 E. First St., Nederland, 303-258-7733. Rachel and The Ruckus — With Plume Varia. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St.,
The Yawpers. 9:30 p.m. Waterloo, 809 S. Main St., Louisville, 303-993-2094. events A Taste of Colorado. Civic Center Park, downtown Denver, www.atasteofcolorado.com. Through Sept. 2. Boulder International Folk Dancers. 7 p.m.,
Courtesy Johnny O Band
tickets at ticketmaster.com
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The Johnny O Band plays Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids at 8 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 30. Boulder Weekly
listen up Friday, Aug. 30, through Monday, Sept. 2: Hometown Fest — Arts and crafts, music, food, beer and more. Visit www.bceproductions.com for more information.
Meg Denbow
Labor Day Weekend hosts the Boulder Creek Hometown Festival, a celebration that will take over Central Park and other parts of downtown Friday through Monday. The parks alongside Boulder Creek will host carnival rides, interactive exhibits, arts and crafts vendors, food, beer and more. Check out the Chili Inferno Cook-Off on Monday and the Classic Car Show on Sunday. Kids can design vegetable-based vehicles for the Great Zucchini races, happening throughout the weekend, and race in the Big Wheel 300 on Sunday. Musical entertainment at the Bandshell includes a kick-off concert by The Samples at 7 p.m. on Friday, and performances from local bands such as The Yawpers, Quemando, Danny Shafer & The 21st Century, Hindsight, Something Underground and more. — David Accomazzo
Pearl St. Studio, 2126 Pearl St., Boulder, 303692-8213. History of Haystack Mountain — Storytelling by Donlyn Arbuthnot. 7 p.m. Haystack Mt. Golf Course, 5877 Niwot Road, Niwot, 303530-1400. Boulder Creek Hometown Festival — Arts and crafts, music, food, beer and more. Downtown Boulder. Runs through Sept. 2. Visit www. bceproductions.com for more information. Saturday, August 31 music Carbon Family Band. 9:30 p.m. Waterloo, 809 S. Main St., Louisville, 303-993-2094. Ramblin’ Jack Elliott — With Nell Robinson, Jim Nunally. 8 p.m. Swallow Hill Daniels Hall, 71 E. Yale Ave., Denver, 303-777-1003. Cameron Powers: EgyptianTranceDance. 8 p.m. Caffè Sole, 637R S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-499-2985.
pany, 6778 N. 79th St., Niwot, 303-652-4186. Jesse Manley Band — With Lucid Vigilantes. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628. The Legendary Hitchhickers. 4 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683. Little Friday. 5 p.m. Boulder Beer Company, 2880 Wilderness Place, Boulder, 303-4448448. Maus Nomdeguerre and R.N.A. 10 p.m. Pioneer Inn, 15 E. First St., Nederland, 303258-7733.
12th Annual
Saturday September 7, 2013 Quixote’s True Blue Denver, CO • 6pm-2am Frankie Paul, The Yellow Wall Dub Squad, Dynamq, Policulture, Bongo Love Experience, Intuit, Dj Blood Preshah w/ Zion Souljahz Sound System
www.soulrebelfestival.com
Mim0sa: Future Trill Vol II Preview — With Bass Science and Papa Skunk. 8:30 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-4433399. Monocle. 10 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922. Motherlode. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 North Park Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757.
Eat the Sun. 8 p.m. Jamestown Mercantile Cafe, 108 Main St., Jamestown, 303-4425847.
The Pamlico Sound. 10 p.m. The Lazy Dog Sports Bar & Grill, 1346 Pearl St., Boulder, 303440-3355.
Engines. 8:30 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 720-297-6397.
QDiva. 8 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel, 800 28th St., Boulder, 303-443-3322.
Gasoline Lollipops. 8:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-8236685.
Soul School. 7 p.m. Twenty Ninth Street Mall, 1710 29th St., Boulder, 303-444-0722.
Indigent Row. 4 p.m. Bootstrap Brewing Com-
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Matt Flaherty promotional photo
Matt Flaherty Phish Tribute plays Conor O’Neill’s at 10 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 29. Strange Parade Doors Tribute Band. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303-4859400. Vana Zedu Marimba. 6:30 p.m. St Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696. The Wolftones. 4:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Tasty Weasel, 1800 Pike Road, Unit B, Longmont, 303-776-1914, ext. 313. events Free First Sundays. 12 p.m. Boulder History Museum. 1206 Euclid Ave., Boulder, 303-4493464. Irish Saturday Evenings with The McTeggart Irish Dancers. 7 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922. Musical Geology Hike: Symphony in Stone. 3:30 p.m. Meet at NCAR, 1850 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, 303-449-1343, ext. 2. Shadow Shining: An evening of self exploration in community. 8 p.m. Shine, 2027 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-0120. Voodoo Island: 1940s and ’50s Tiki Ball & Pool Party. 4 p.m. Millennium Harvest House, 1345 28th St., Boulder, 720-924-1945. Sunday, September 1 music Acoustic Jam. 4 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922. Blackdog duo. 12 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303-485-9400. 58 August 29, 2013
Blues & BBQ with Russ Hopkins. 2 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 720-297-6397. Brian Johannesen — With Psycho Adorable. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628. Idlewhile. 6 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685. Jazz Jam with Mark Diamond. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel, 800 28th St., Boulder, 303-443-3322. Pinback — With Octagrape. 8:30 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-4433399. Polyrhythmics. 10 p.m. Mountain Sun, 1535 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-546-0886. events Comedy Night and Movie Night. 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. Bohemian Biergarten, 2017 13th St., Boulder, 720-328-8328. Frontrunners — Aerobic meet-up. 9:15 a.m. Meet at Whole Foods, 2584 Baseline Road, 303-499-5777. Open Mic. 9 p.m. Pearl Street Pub, 1108 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-939-9900. Monday, September 2 music Electric Blues Jam. 6 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303-485-9400. Packway Handle Band. 10 p.m. Southern Sun, 627 South Broadway, Boulder, 303-543Boulder Weekly
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events Courtesy of Adrienne Osborn
0886. Prairie Scholars Open Stage. 7:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303-485-9400. Sound Remedy — With Crywolf and Kommon Interests. 8:30 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-3399. events Organic Day. 11 a.m. Alfalfa’s Market, 1651 Broadway, Boulder, 720-420-8400. Tuesday, September 3 music
Friday, Aug. 30, through Monday, Sept. 2: A Taste of Colorado. Civic Center Park, downtown Denver, www.atasteofcolorado.com. A Taste of Colorado is a proud tradition of this fair state, offering up beers and turkey legs and more. Established as the Festival of Mountain and Plain in 1895, the festival gathers together more than 50 food vendors from across the state and throws them together into Civic Center Park in Denver. It’s one of the best people-watching events of the year, and in addition to the characters and tasty treats available, there is a slew of live music. MC Hammer (yes, you read that right) joins Aaron Neville, America and the Wild Feathers on the main stage throughout the weekend. Local musicians are also present. Boulder performers will represent proudly during the weekend, as Bekah Smith’s One-Woman Circus Adventure, singer-songwriter Lindsey Saunders, Mr. Kneeel’s Hip Hop for Families, AdrienneO, Sambadende and Paa Kow’s By All Means Band will perform during the weekend. — David Accomazzo
AdrienneO plays during the Taste of Colorado festival on Monday, Sept. 2.
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Yes, putting Selena Gomez and Ethan Hawke in the same movie is a crime that elicits a police response. The Act of Killing
Monsters University
When approached to make a film about their role in an Indonesian genocide, Anwar Congo and his friends eagerly comply — but their idea of being in a movie is not to provide reflective testimony, but to dance their way through musical numbers, twist arms in film noir gangster scenes and gallop across the prairies as yodeling cowboys. At Denver Film Society and Chez Artiste. — Landmark Theatres
This prequel to Monsters, Inc. follows Mike and Sulley through their scare training. Rated G. At Colony Square.
Ain’t Them Bodies Saints
One Direction: This is Us
The gritty landscape of 1970s Texas Hill Country is the backdrop for this mood-drenched collision of love and crime. After his pregnant wife makes one false move during a bloody shootout, a bank robber faces a 25-year sentence that destroys his dreams of a family life. At Mayan. — Landmark Theatres
This is one of those films that takes you on the road with the band so you get to see them as real people with real emotions, problems and personalities. If that’s not enough, you can watch it in 3-D. Rated PG. At Twin Peaks, Colony Square and Century
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones A teen girl discovers she’s the descendant of a line of half-human, half-angel warriors who prevent demons from destroying the world. Rated PG-13. At Colony Square, Century and Twin Peaks.
Paranoia
Anaconda
Liam Hemsworth, younger brother of action star Chris, is an entry-level corporate employee told to spy on his boss’s mentor. Rated PG-13. At Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks.
Rated R for ridiculous. Bad Movie. Good comedy. Have fun. At SIE FilmCenter.
Austenland
Passion
A romantic comedy produced by Twilight author Stephanie Meyer. A rabid Jane Austen fan opens a theme park dedicated to all things Austen. Rated PG-13. At Century.
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Becoming Traviata
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The reinvention of Verdi’s masterpiece, La Traviata, as sung by world-famous French coloratura soprano Natalie Dessay, is the subject of this documentary. At Boedecker. — Boedecker Theater
It’s time for more Minion madness in this animated sequel. Rated PG. At Twin Peaks, Colony Square and Century.
Blackfish
The ever-prolific Joe Swanberg (Hannah Takes the Stairs) delivers this seductive romantic comedy, a departure from his previous work. Kate (Olivia Wilde, Tron: Legacy) and Luke (Jake Johnson, Safety Not Guaranteed) are co-workers at a Chicago brewery, where they spend their days drinking and flirting. They’re perfect for each other, except that they’re both in relationships with other people. At Mayan. — Landmark Theatres
Armed with nothing more than twigs, their imaginations and a simple set of rules, a group of 12-year-olds engaged in a lively game of Capture the Flag in the neighborhood woods start dangerously blurring the lines between make-believe and reality. Rocks = Grenades. Trees = Control towers. Sticks = Submachine guns. The youthful innocence of the game gradually takes on a different tone as the quest for victory pushes the boundaries of friendship. At SIE FilmCenter. — Denver Film Society
The documentary Blackfish unravels the complexities of our relationship with orca whales, employing the story of notorious performing whale Tilikum, who has taken the lives of several people while in captivity. So what exactly went wrong? At Chez Artiste and Century. — Landmark Theatres.
The Bling Ring Oscar-winning filmmaker Sofia Coppola takes us inside the world of these teens, where their youthful naivete and excitement is amplified by today’s culture of celebrity and luxury brand obsession. The members of the Bling Ring introduce us to temptations that any teenager would find hard to resist. And what starts out as youthful fun spins out of control, revealing a sobering view of our modern culture. At Boedecker. — Boedecker Theater
Blue Jasmine After everything in her life falls to pieces, elegant New York socialite Jasmine moves into her sister Ginger’s modest apartment in San Francisco to try to pull herself back together again. Rated PG. At Esquire, Colony Square and Century. — Landmark Theatres
Closed Circuit In this suspense thriller, two former lovers wind up on the same defense team representing the only surviving member of a terrorist cell that attacked a London market. Rated R. At Century and Chez Artiste
Crystal Fairy In this freewheeling comedy from the director of The Maid, Michael Cera (Arrested Development, Superbad) stars as Jamie, a shaggy, boorish young American traveling through Chile. While searching for a rare hallucinogen — the famed San Pedro cactus — with a trio of Chilean brothers, Jamie invites a mysterious hippie (Gaby Hoffmann) along for the ride, but her free-spirited personality quickly clashes with his self-absorption. At Boedecker. — Boedecker Theater
Drinking Buddies
Elysium In the future, two classes of people exist: the very rich who live a beautiful life on a space station called Elysium, and the very poor who carry on a dreadful existence down on Earth. Rated R. At Twin Peaks, Colony Square and Century.
Free the Mind Professor Richard J. Davidson, one of the world’s leading neuroscientists, took the Dalai Lama’s advice to apply the same rigorous methods he used to study depression and anxiety to the study of compassion and kindness. Dr. Davidson, who was named one of Time Magazine’s 100 most influential people in 2006, did just that, and the results of his studies at Wisconsin’s Center for Investigating Healthy Minds are portrayed in this fascinating new documentary. At Boedecker. — Boedecker Theater
Fruitvale Station Fruitvale Station follows the true story of Oscar Grant (Michael B. Jordan), a 22-year-old Bay Area resident who wakes up on the morning of Dec. 31, 2008, and feels something in the air. Not sure what it is, he takes it as a sign to get a head start on his resolutions: being a better son, a better partner to his girlfriend and a better father. At SIE FilmCenter. — Denver Film Society
Getaway A former racecar driver’s wife is kidnapped. With the help of a hacker, he must return to his driving exploits if his wife is to be saved. Really. Rated PG-13. At Twin Peaks, Colony Square and Century.
Cutie and the Boxer
The Grandmaster
A reflection on love, sacrifice and the creative spirit, this candid New York story explores the chaotic 40-year marriage of renowned “boxing” painter Ushio Shinohara and his artist wife, Noriko. At Chez Artiste.
Stunning cinematography accompanies this Kung Fu classic by director Wong Kar Wai. Rated PG-13. At Century.
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In a World... Carol, a struggling vocal coach, strikes it big in the cutthroat world of movie-trailer voiceovers, only to find herself in direct competition with the industry’s reigning king — her father. At Chez Artiste and Century. — Landmark Theatres
Jobs This biopic starring Ashton Kutcher as Apple co-founder Steve Jobs follows Jobs’ power struggles in Silicon Valley. Rated PG-13. At Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks.
Kick-Ass 2
Brian De Palma returns to the sleek, sly, seductive territory of Dressed To Kill with an erotic corporate thriller fueled by sex, ambition, image, envy and the dark, murderous side of Passion. The film stars Rachel McAdams and Noomi Rapace as two rising female executives in a multinational corporation whose fierce competition to rise up the ranks is about to turn literally cutthroat. At SIE FilmCenter. — Denver Film Society
Planes Kids will love this Disney spinoff of the company’s animated classic Cars. Rated PG. At Twin Peaks, Colony Square and Century.
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters In this sequel, Percy teams up with his other-wordly friends to go after the Golden Fleece. Rated PG. At Twin Peaks, Colony Square and Century.
The Spectacular Now With sly humor and an intensity of feeling, The Spectacular Now creates a vivid, three-dimensional portrait of youth confronting the funny, thrilling and perilous business of modern love and adulthood. At Century and Mayan. — Landmark Theatres
Homemade superheroes return to the screen as Red Mist plots his revenge against Kick-Ass and Hit-Girl, who get help from friendly imitators. Rated R. At Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks.
Star Trek: Into Darkness/World War Z
Lee Daniels’ The Butler
The Way, Way Back
Forest Whitaker stars as a White House butler whose 34-year tenure sees incredible social change. Based on the life of Eugene Allen. Rated PG-13. At Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks.
A lonely and awkward yet intelligent teenage boy begins his transition into adulthood. At Century, Colony Square and Mayan. — Landmark Theatres
The Lifeguard
Everything that can go wrong does in this comedy when a small-time pot dealer to the soccer mom world decides to help out some local kids. Rated R. At Twin Peaks, Colony Square and Century.
Leigh (Kristen Bell) is almost 30, and living a seemingly perfect life in New York. But when her career and love life both come crashing down, she flees to her suburban hometown and regresses right back into teenage life behavior. She moves into her old room with her parents, hangs around with friends who never left town, and reclaims her high school job as a condo-complex lifeguard. But as Leigh enjoys shirking off adult life and responsibilities, and enters into an illicit affair, she begins a chain reaction that affects those closest to her. At SIE FilmCenter. — Denver Film Society
The Lone Ranger Like Armie Hammer in the film, this remake of the old TV series just keeps coming back to life. Johnny Depp is Tonto. PG-13. At Colony Square.
Sci-fi geeks night out. Watch them both and make a full evening of it. At Colony Square.
We’re the Millers
The Wolverine Logan must travel to Japan to battle an old acquaintance while stripped of his immortality. Rated PG-13. At Century and Twin Peaks.
The World’s End A pub crawl aiming for a long-awaited pint at the World’s End pub draws a group of middle-aged friends into a battle to save the world. Rated R. At Century.
You’re Next A family trying to make it through another reunion becomes the target of a massacre. Not Rated. At Twin Peaks and Century.
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riter/director Sofia Coppola has made a AM movie that says nothing #1 about people with nothing interesting to offer who steal from famous people who do nothing to be famous. And unless you’re a talk-show conspiracy theorist, it’s kind of hard to get too worked up about that much nothing. Playing like the slow, dull sister of Spring Breakers, The Bling Ring exchanges neon decadence and teen sinning for vacant crimes of boredom. The take-home message here isn’t an indictment of modern celeb-worship so much as it is “eh, whatever.” Coppola, whose Lost in Translation gets her a lifetime benefit of the doubt, waxed lazily narcissistic with her wretched last film, Somewhere. At least the muted approach makes sense here, as the approach matches the makeup of her characters. Rebecca (Katie Chang), Marc (Israel Broussard), Nicki (Emma Watson) and Chloe (Claire Julien) break in to the homes of the rich and shameless (Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan) and take stuff. Then they post pictures of them wearing the stuff they took. Then they take more stuff. This isn’t some wealth transference fetish; the young criminals are all well off. It’s not even some kind of weird celebrity idolization or shaming, even if Hilton takes her fair share of verbal barbs as they loot her “crib.” It’s just something to do … until they get caught. The fact that The Bling Ring is based on real events should have provided more fodder to fuel these characters, leaving only two possibilities: Coppola intentionally kept her thieves vacant or (gasp) the real-life malcontents were little more than kleptomaniac mannequins. Not every film
has to make a point, but every film should have a point, and this one doesn’t. What it does have is an against-type performance by Watson that doggy paddles the film’s nose just above water. Her beautifully empty moron is a combination of every person you wish had never talked to you and every object of affection who never would. Even without director Harmony Korine’s Spring Breakers as a counterpoint, The Bling Ring would have felt marginal. With it, the latter film becomes as unnecessary as male nipples. Coppola isn’t criticizing celebrity celebration or condemning the American fascination with every mundane aspect of famous people. She isn’t criticizing the famous people either. She isn’t really doing much of anything, as the film cycles and recycles through suspenseless, tension-free repetitive burglaries. Hell, finding enough to say about the film to fill a review is even difficult. Her last name may have afforded her the opportunity to get into the industry, but make no mistake about it: Sofia Coppola is remarkably talented. Specifically, she is a talented female director in an industry that is seemingly phobic of allowing creative, capable women anywhere near the camera. Were she a lackadaisical male auteur making piffle like this, she’d probably be given infinite free passes. As it stands, she’d probably best use her next opportunity to say something a bit more exciting, a bit more substantive, a bit more than absolutely nothing. — This review first appeared in The Reader of Omaha, Neb. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com
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He also says he’d like to see greater he annual Great American empathy for the position the BA is in. Beer Fest is without question the biggest craft beer event in “It’s like, ‘How do we fix the the U.S. And like the indusGABF?’” he asks. “This entity that’s been try itself, the event has in business for decades and has done a exploded in popularity in recent years. great job, somehow suddenly it’s their This year, the Boulder-based Brewers fault there’s a problem? As opposed to Association, a trade association that looking at it in terms of, just as every spends most of the year providing brewbrewery is coping with unprecedented ers with resources like assistance finding growth, so are they.” distributors and explaining taps mainteMcGregor says some media coverage nance, faced a gargantuan task. It will has appeared critical of the BA without hold four sessions of four-and-a-half providing context. hours where roughly 49,000 total attend“I hope you also mention, OK, this is ees sample beers from more than 600 the percentage of growth of new brewerbreweries. Then there’s the judged comies. This is the growing demand for how petition, where the BA will award medals many tickets and how fast they went on in 84 categories. Attendee tickets sold out sale. [I hope] that there’s context brought Beer enthusiasts imbibe at the 2012 Great American Beer Festival in Denver. in about 40 minutes. to this,” McGregor says. An event that size rarely goes off Justin Tilotta, head of logistics, linwithout a hitch. While the speed of ticket guistics and statistics for Twisted Pine, sales surprised some, it was the brewery says the BA faces unwarranted criticism. registration process that created frustra“On the one hand, I can understand tion and led to complaints in print and why people feel a little bit cheated if they online — complaints that have the typidon’t get into this hallowed event that cally genial craft beer world more terse everyone wants to be in,” he says. “But and accusatory than usual. Brewers have they do a lot more. …They’re here to accused the BA of being unprepared, protect this industry and shepherd it.” ignoring its member organizations and McGregor says Avery’s day-long failing to accommodate the growing industry it serves. times since he started brewing in 1996. SourFest faces a comparable rush to buy tickets — and Give or take a few last-minute dropouts, the festival “Last year, it took six days for them to fill it up,” he a comparable backlash when they run out. will host 714 breweries in the judged competition and says. “This year it was an hour and a half.” “In the end I think a lot of people really appreciated 628 pouring beer on the festival floor, says Barbara At least one rumor raised by smaller brewers is true: what we had done,” he says, “but there were a lot of Fusco, sales and marketing director at the BA. Breweries that sponsored the festival were given the other people who were mad about it.” Asked if the rush to register surprised the BA, opportunity to register ahead of time. Fusco says that McGregor also notes that the GABF has sold out Fusco says, “We weren’t surprised. The demand for par- Featured Brewery Sponsors could register before the for years, but not long ago, the BA was promoting tickticipation in the festival has been high year over year, registration formally opened. Brewery sponsors Left et sales, not trying to tame the GABF’s popularity. and I think what was a little different and perhaps Hand and Avery confirm the arrangement. The “But of course,” he adds, “I have friends that didn’t caught people off-guard this year was how quickly that Boulder County breweries sponsoring GABF are get in. None of us like that either.” demand was expressed.” Avery, BJ’s, Boulder Beer, Left Hand and Oskar Blues. Every brewery on the waitlist was eventually offered But in that initial rush, the number of registrants “I do find it strange that some people weren’t sitting a spot in the GABF, Fusco says, but in cases like quickly passed the BA’s plans or the amount of space it there with their finger on the button,” says Eric Huber, Asher’s, some were offered a floor spot only, not a place had reserved in the Colorado Convention Center. head brewer at Kettle & Stone Brewing. But Darin in the judged competition. That meant a waitlist for breweries popped up McGregor, Avery’s national marketing director, says “I see how space is an issue in the convention center,” within just a few hours. Chris Asher, the owner of that the BA still imposed a deadline on sponsors. He he says, “but I don’t see how judging has a ceiling on it.” Asher Brewing in Gunbarrel, is no stranger to the says Avery’s sponsorship reserved an endcap spot along see GABF Page 66 GABF, having been to the festival as a brewer several one of the rows of tables on the festival floor.
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Fried chicken fancified
There’s almost a formula to it now: Take the very bare bones of the menu of a fast food restaurant, rethink the ingredients and preparation with an eye on health and quality and add sides or dressings well beyond what fast food offers, and bam: You’re fastcasual. That’s not to say that’s the way Yellowbelly arrived at its menu. But the fast-casual fried chicken joint is most definitely in that mold, reimagining fried chicken as GMO-free, gluten-free, 100 percent natural and cooked from scratch. Among Yellowbelly’s sides are Brussels slaw, citrus quinoa and sautéed greens. During the recent USA Pro Challenge, Yellowbelly invited cyclists including Craig Lewis, Chad Beyer and Pat McCarty to dine at the restaurant. And within a month, Yellowbelly will be in Boulder. The fast-casual restaurant started in Vail and will soon open a location at 2525 Arapahoe Ave., in the Village Shopping Center. The company has said on Facebook it will open in September.
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The limited-edition-beer-machine that is Avery Brewing has released a barrel-aged sour ale, Thensaurum, in 12-ounce bottles. Released Aug. 25, the rum barrel-aged beer is brewed with Brettanomyces yeast. Avery’s Andy Parker, whose title is chief barrel herder, says in a press release he was “against the concept from the start” because the “combination of flavors seemed all wrong.” But he says the beer blew him away. In a few weeks, Boulder Beer Company will release its next seasonal, the Dragonhosen Imperial Oktoberfest, a spin on the German style that the brewery describes in a press release as a “big, malty lager.” Bottled in 22-ounce “bomber” bottles and available on limited drafts, Dragonhosen is 9 percent ABV and will be served at The Pub at Boulder Beer Company Thursday, Sept. 19, at an event that will include live polka music. Denver’s Great Divide has announced its next limitedrelease beer, Peach Grand Cru. The Belgian-style ale will use Palisade peaches and weigh in at 12 percent ABV, and it’ll be sold in 750-mL bottles, typically referred to in brewing as wine bottles. Unfortunately, it won’t be available until early
Is it really necessary for Alfalfa’s Market to hold an Organic Day? Wouldn’t that be like Boulder Weekly holding an incredible journalism day? It’s what we do already. But the answer is yes, Alfalfa’s plans a slate of activities for its first annual Organic Day with an eye on education, entertainment and outreach to children. The store already sells 97 percent organic produce, while 85 percent of its bulk department is organic, along with 100 percent of its juice bar. Organic Day, which will take place 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. Labor Day, Sept. 2, will include a panel discussion on local organic foods with farmers and experts, eco-crafts for children, organic food samples, live music and a chance to meet calves from the Aurora Organic Dairy. Alfalfa’s will also use the occasion to launch a month-long contest to design art for the store’s reusable bags. Alfalfa’s is located at Broadway and Arapahoe.
Cop coffee in the capital
Last year, java lovers had a chance to tour Boulder’s many coffee shops through the Caffeine Crawl, a company that organizes tours of coffee shops around a city. This year, the crawl will return to Denver, the second city to host a crawl. The 2013 Caffeine Crawl in Denver will take place Sept. 14 at 10 coffee shops across the city, from The Market in downtown Denver to Metropolis Coffee in the Golden Triangle to Black Eye Coffee in the Highlands. A press release from the Caffeine Crawl says it is aiming for “a wide array of cutting-edge brewing methods, roast profiles and education on the industry.” Tickets for the event are $30, and more information is available at www.caffeinecrawl.com.
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aving never eaten a Pu Pu platter on a boat or with a goat I thought it was high time I sampled this classic Chinese-American appetizer assortment. You see, when I went to Chinese restaurants with my folks, things like braised chicken feet were far more likely to appear on the menu than this Americanized appetizer platter. Lee Yuan, that venerable joint located near the intersection of Boulder’s Baseline Road and Foothills Parkway, seemed to be the place to indulge in this retro specialty. Sliding into our seats for a weekday lunch, colleague Carin and I were alarmed to see a party of eight in the midst of ordering. We feared these folks would tie up the kitchen, and we would be vexed by a lengthy wait. Undaunted, we took stock of the lunch combo selections, which featured $6.50 meatless options such as mixed vegetables in garlic sauce and family-style tofu. The most expensive items were the $8.95 duck dishes, which included a spicy Szechuan preparation. Similarly priced teriyaki chicken and an ambitious entree of scallops, shrimp, chicken and
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veggie rounded out the bill of fare’s upper end. Our fears of an inordinately long wait were quickly allayed when a server appeared, took our orders, and swiftly delivered our first course soups. These were standard-issue Chinese restaurant offerings, which wasn’t necessarily a bad thing. Carin’s egg drop was a soothing
affair, with silky threads of white and yolk streaming through a pleasantly mild broth. The hot and sour wasn’t overly assertive. Instead, it illustrated the kitchen’s judicious hand with vinegar and pepper, which prevented this soup from leaving a one-note impression of too much tang or heat.
Clay’s Obscurity Corner Three snails
Next up was the long-awaited $10.95 Pu Pu platter, a dramatically presented assortment of fantail shrimp, barbecue ribs, skewered beef, fried cheese wontons, egg rolls and chicken wings. The centerpiece of this sprawling plate was a small sterno-fueled hibachi, and I’m still unclear if its purpose was functional or simply decorative. Fried items were freshly prepared, emitting plenty of heat and mouthpleasing texture. The wings and ribs were moist, guilty pleasures, akin to good bar fare. The skewered beef had a sweet teriyaki-like appeal with an old-school garnish of maraschino cherry. Following on the dramatic pageantry of the Pu Pu platter, the solid $6.95 lunch specials Carin and I sampled seemed a touch anti-climatic. Not that there was anything wrong with these selections, as they were classic exemplars of Chinese-American eats. My lemon chicken featured a deep fried slab of white meat poultry, albeit a touch dry, but was redeemed by a bright and surprisingly fresh-tasting citrus sauce.
he Pu Pu platter has about as much in common with the authentic cuisine of China as the fortune cookie, which is to say not very much at all. This appetizer assortment, of which Lee Yuan’s version is a textbook example, likely originated in California restaurants, perhaps as early as the ’30s. It was popularized by Trader Vic’s restaurants, which also introduced the Mai Tai cocktail, as part of that chain’s Polynesianthemed dining experience. The term Pu Pu is derived from the Hawaiian language, and originally referred to tree snails, but now is synonymous with small bites or appetizers.
There was no question that Carin’s sesame tofu had arrived mere moments out of the fryer. It was mouth-burningly hot, creating a pronounced contrast between the appealingly crisp exterior and silken soy center. An encore appearance by the endearing egg roll that was a component of the Pu Pu and fluffy fried rice led additional heft to our lunches. Lee Yuan’s a solid standby when it comes to affordable Chinese chow. Whether it’s trying out one of the lunch standards or sampling a Pu Pu platter for the first time, this is a spot that won’t disappoint the aficionado of Chinese-American combos. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com
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Fusco says finding judges isn’t as easy as finding people who like craft beer. “We scrambled to add some judges to the competition, which is not easy because it’s such a particular area of expertise,” she says. But the offer of serving the masses without getting a shot at an award did steer some breweries away. “I would love to be part of the festival,” Huber says, “but if it was just for half the event, I don’t see the financial value, myself.” The BA also offered the opposite to some breweries, a judge-only group. Fusco says more than 100 breweries are in that category. And Tilotta and McGregor argue that a fixation on judging is missing the point of the festival. “For Avery, we appreciate the fact that beers are judged and medals are awarded and hey, man, when we win a medal, it’s awesome,” McGregor says. “But we don’t judge who we are by the medals we win. The biggest reason to participate in the GABF for us is to go hang out with fellow brewers and fans, and it’s fun. And I hope that that’s always the motivating factor for everybody. I hope that that sense of community is always there, and I hope that these struggles that we have now as we really grow as an industry don’t make us lose sight of that.” For some breweries, any kind of entry to the GABF is simply too much time and money. Jamie Wells, owner and brewer of Boulder nanobrewery J Wells Brewing, says he didn’t really consider entering the GABF because affording the entry fees, paying an employee to pour and setting aside enough beer are beyond his means. “I think, ultimately, that is a decision each brewery owner has to make for himself or herself,” Fusco says. “Does it make sense for them as a marketing opportunity?” Brewers say that pouring beer on the festival floor doesn’t have a lot of appeal for breweries that don’t distribute widely. “If we were in Boston or something and had to come out here, I don’t know if I’d do it unless we were a certain size,” Asher says. “Because I don’t know what the benefits would be other than winning a medal.” Tilotta has an answer to that. “If there was no judging portion, I would still enter our beers in a heartbeat and go down there because it’s a good time to be had,” Tilotta says. But most ideas for changing the GABF just wouldn’t work, says Tilotta. More sessions beyond the current schedule of Thursday evening, Friday evening, Saturday afternoon and Saturday evening, for example, wouldn’t help much. 68 August 29, 2013
“That’s only going to alleviate a very small part of the customer base,” he says. “It’s still not going to help out the breweries at all as far as getting extra breweries in there.” Renting out more halls in the Colorado Convention Center is also hard to imagine, Fusco says. “How big is too big, is the relevant question there,” she says. “We want folks to have a good time and we want it to feel just right as an experience.” Tilotta says getting around is hard enough now at the GABF. “It’s so large right now, you already can’t sample more than 15 percent of the beers there, and if you make it bigger you’re gonna get to try even less,” he says. “You’re gonna need a golf cart to get to places or you just have to focus on a region.” Another suggestion was to institute a regional qualification system. “I think that would help a lot of the small breweries out in different areas of the country,” Asher says, “because if they went to the regional one, it would be a lot cheaper, and if they win that, they would know they had a shot.” The primary drawback to that idea, Tilotta says, is the same one that the BA encountered in this year’s GABF: a lack of qualified judges to judge the beers. In fact, the only idea for next year that Tilotta didn’t shoot down is the one the BA is intending to implement in 2014: a limit on entries per brewery. In an email, BA Event Director Nancy Johnson outlines the new structure, which would guarantee every brewery an equal spot. The BA would determine how many beers could be judged. Then staff would see how many breweries signed up, then divide the two numbers to determine how many beers each brewery could enter. Festival booth space would be handled separately. Because the BA can’t reserve the Colorado Convention Center any more days — it’s often booked years in advance — tickets will be equally difficult to purchase, and there’s no reason to think they won’t sell just as quickly. As the BA continues working on the GABF, McGregor urges breweries and beer fans to have patience. “They have done so much to help us and help our friends and to help this industry,” McGregor says. “I’d hate to see this one year, these growing pains that they’re facing along with the rest of us, somehow turn the tables and have suddenly everyone mad. … It’s not my place to cast judgment about who’s mad. I don’t know, if the tables were turned, it could feel a lot different. I’m just trying to bring some perspective to it.” Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com Boulder Weekly
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having already gotten small samples of two in the Women & Beer series, I was hooked. Designed by Sabbe as a tribute to women in the craft brewing industry, Women & Beer includes four beers: a blonde, red, brown and double black IPA. None packs an overbearing hops flavor, even the smooth, balanced Jacque’s Double Black IPA. The Platinum Blonde is tangy, light and fruity, perfect for summer; the Brunette Brown is smooth and light — a stark contrast to some other brown ales on the heavier, more complex side. Similarly, the Lucille Red demonstrates just how much range there is in red ales — nothing like the hop bite of an Imperial Red or India Red Ale, Lucille is very clean and malty. I realize I’m not going to sell many people on a trip to Northglenn. If nothing else, readers might say, “Oh, yeah, I heard something about them,” if the name comes up a month or six months from now. But it would definitely be worthwhile to track down a BBD tap handle of almost any variety. And pointing your Subaru in the direction of North Denver would be a rewarding evening, too. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com Boulder Weekly
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“I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)” is a raucous love song by the Scottish band The Proclaimers. In the chorus, the singer declares, “I would walk 500 miles / And I would walk 500 more / Just to be the man who walked 1,000 miles / To fall down at your door.” In 2011, a Chinese woman named Ling Hsueh told her boyfriend Liu Peiwen she would marry him if he took the lyrics of this song to heart. In response, lover boy embarked on a thousand-mile hike to the distant city where she lived. His stunt seemed to have expedited the deepening of their relationship. The two are now wed. In accordance with your current astrological omens, Taurus, I encourage you to consider the possibility of being a romantic fool like Liu Peiwen. What playfully heroic or richly symbolic deed might you be willing to perform for the sake of love?
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Mystic poets find the divine presence everywhere. The wind carries God’s love, bestowing tender caresses. The scent of a lily is an intimate message from the Holy Beloved, provoking bliss. Even a bowl of oatmeal contains the essence of the Creator; to eat it is to receive an ecstatic blessing. But those of us who aren’t mystic poets are not necessarily attuned to all this sweetness. We may even refuse to make ourselves receptive to the ceaseless offerings. To the mystic poets, we are like sponges floating in the ocean but trying very hard not to get wet. Don’t do that this week, Scorpio. Be like a sponge floating in the ocean and allow yourself to get totally soaked.
SAGITTARIUS Nov. 22-Dec. 21:
“The works must be conceived with fire in the soul but executed with clinical coolness,” said the painter Joan Miró in describing his artistic process. I recommend a similar approach to you in the coming weeks. Identify what excites you the most and will continue to inspire and energize you for the foreseeable future. Activate the wild parts of your imagination as you dream and scheme about how to get as much of that excitement as you can stand. And then set to work, with methodical self-discipline, to make it all happen.
James Caan is a well-known actor who has appeared in more than 80 movies, including notables like The Godfather, A Bridge Too Far and Elf. But he has also turned down major roles in a series of blockbusters: Star Wars, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Kramer vs. Kramer, Blade Runner and Apocalypse Now. I present his odd choices as a cautionary tale for you in the coming weeks, Sagittarius. Don’t sell yourself short. Don’t shrink from the challenges that present themselves. Even if you have accomplished a lot already, an invitation to a more complete form of success may be in the offing.
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My vision of you in the coming week involves you being more instinctual and natural and primal than usual. I have a picture in my mind of you climbing trees and rolling in the grass and holding bugs in your hands and letting the wind mess up your hair. You’re gazing up at the sky a lot, and you’re doing spontaneous dance moves for no other reason than because it feels good, and you’re serenading the sun and clouds and hills with your favorite songs. I see you eating food with your fingers and touching things you’ve never touched. I hear you speaking wild truths you’ve bottled up for months. As for sex? I think you know what to do.
“What a terrible mistake to let go of something wonderful for something real,” says a character in one of Miranda July’s short stories. I’m offering similar advice to you, Capricorn. The “something real” you would get by sacrificing “something wonderful” might seem to be the more practical and useful option, but I don’t think it would be in the long run. Sticking with “something wonderful” will ultimately inspire breakthroughs that boost your ability to meet real-world challenges.
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The Japanese word senzuri refers to a sexual act of self-love performed by a man. Its literal meaning is “a hundred rubs.” The corresponding term for the female version is shiko shiko manzuri, or “ten thousand rubs.” Judging from the astrological omens, I’m guessing that the applicable metaphor for you in the days ahead will be shiko shiko manzuri rather than senzuri. Whatever gender you are, you’ll be wise to slowww wayyyy down and take your time, not just in pursuit of pleasure but in pretty much everything you do. The best rewards and biggest blessings will come from being deliberate, gradual, thorough and leisurely.
VIRGO
Aug. 23-Sept. 22:
“A beginning is the time for taking the most delicate care that the balances are correct,” wrote science fiction author Frank Herbert. I urge you to heed that advice. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, you will oversee the germination of several new trends in the coming weeks. Future possibilities will reveal themselves to you. You will be motivated to gather the ingredients and formulate the plans to make sure that those trends and possibilities will actually happen. One of the most critical tasks you can focus on is to ensure that the balances are righteous right from the start.
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“There is more truth in our erotic zones than in the whole of religions and mathematics,” wrote the English artist Austin O. Spare. I think he was being melodramatic. Who can say for sure whether such an extreme statement is accurate? But I suspect that it’s at least a worthy hypothesis for you to entertain in the coming weeks, Aquarius. The new wisdom you could potentially stir up through an exploration of eros will be extensive and intensive. Your research may proceed more briskly if you have a loving collaborator who enjoys playing, but that’s not an absolute necessity.
PISCES
Feb. 19-March 20:
“This suspense is terrible. I hope it will last.” So says a character in Oscar Wilde’s play The Importance of Being Earnest. I could envision you speaking those words sometime soon. Plain old drama could creep in the direction of passionate stimulation. High adventure may beckon, and entertaining stories might erupt. Soon you could find yourself feeling tingly all over, and that might be so oddly pleasant that you don’t want it to end. With the right attitude — that is, a willingness to steep yourself in the lyrical ambiguity — your soul could feed off the educational suspense for quite a while.
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Dear Dan: I’m a cute, mostly straight, twentysomething, single and (safely) sexually active woman. This happens to me pretty often: I hook up with a guy, we start fooling around, and we’re both really into it. I reach down, and he’s full sail. Things progress — clothes come off, etc. — and, as is generally the polite order of things, the lady comes first. (This isn’t the problem.) I’m not aggressive, but I’m not shy. I tell a partner what I like and how to do it. They are always happy to oblige. The thing is, after I get off, a lot of times, the guy is limp. (This is the problem.) They usually express frustration and indicate that they’re very much turned on but it’s just not working. Generally after a few times, they will stop having this problem, and we will end up having lots of fun. So I don’t think I’m doing anything “wrong” to kill the boners. I think maybe I’m just intimidating. In fact, I’ve been told so. Why does this happen and how can I reduce the awkwardness? Should I talk about it or just ignore it? And should I keep trying to make him hard? Or will that just make his dick panic worse? —Fragile Ego Males P.S. The more a guy likes me, the more this seems to happen. Dear FEM: So… you go to bed with a guy, he’s at full sail, and then you inform him that you, the lady of the hookup, will be coming first. You instruct him in the art of What I Like & How You Should Do It, and by the time he’s done — by the time he gets you off — that dick has sailed. Or his dick sails are empty. Or something. Why does this happen? I have three theories. Theory One: Lots of straight guys make it into their mid-20s without ever having encountered a sexually assertive woman, FEM. A woman who advocates for herself in the sack, who knows what she likes and isn’t too shy to ask for/insist on it, can come as a shock to a sheltered/ indulged/entitled boy’s dick-systems. And while some deeply insecure guys (guys you wouldn’t wanna waste your time and your twat on anyway) may find your assertiveness off-putting (or sail-emptying or dick-limpening or whatever), it may be the case that even the more secure guys you go to bed with (guys you would wanna lavish your time and twattention on) could be thrown by their first encounter with a sexually assertive woman. Theory Two: Guys who throw themselves into making it happen for you could be losing their erections because they’re focusing on pleasing you and getting you off. Making it happen for a partner — particularly if you’re Boulder Weekly
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making it happen with your mouth and it takes longer than 15 minutes — can be hard work. A guy can get wrapped up in giving someone pleasure, slip into a more service-oriented head space, and then discover that his dick has wandered off when it’s “his turn.” Theory Three: If you’re going home with some guy at 3 a.m. after a night of boozing, and he spends the first 45 minutes eating your pussy, he may be spent by the time you get off. And here’s how you reduce the awkwardness when it does happen: Acknowledge the situation without dwelling on it, don’t treat it like a catastrophe, and suggest taking a break — have some ice cream! Get a few hours sleep! — before having another go at it. And when you start in again, FEM, go with the impolite order of things, i.e., he comes first next time. P.S. The more a guy likes you, FEM, the more performance anxiety he may experience. And the more he likes you, the more invested he may be in — and the more distracted he may be by — getting you off.
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Dear Dan: I’m a 46-year-old homo who’s fairly content most days living the single life. Since coming out when I was 20, I’ve been in a series of failed relationships and single for the last 10 years. I’m convinced I never really learned how to flirt. I get all tripped up when I see a PYT who I want to talk to. Add to the mix that I was diagnosed in ’91 as poz. I’m so afraid of rejection that I don’t even try anymore. I’m good-looking, outdoorsy, adventurous and free-spirited. I’m not afraid of exploring caves or rappelling off cliffs, but I’m a total wimp when it comes to interacting with a potential mate. I know there are younger guys who are attracted to older guys like myself. I’d love some advice on how to increase my mojo regarding flirting and dating. —Doing It Really Trepidatiously Dear DIRT: Nothing will boost your dating mojo like getting laid, DIRT, and that won’t happen if you don’t force yourself to take risks and talk to the next PYT — pretty young thing — who catches your eye. And remember: Lots of twentysomething and thirtysomething PYTs are poz themselves, DIRT, and lots of negative guys are willing to date poz guys. Putting yourself out there may result in some unpleasant rejection from jerks who are freaked out by your HIV status — but you don’t want to date jerks, right? Send your questions for Dan to mail@ savagelove.net, and follow him on Twitter @fakedansavage. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com
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hen retail cannabis shops open in its basic opposition to cannabis law reform. A couple Colorado, most likely in 2014, of weeks ago I wrote about Attorney General Eric adults will be able to buy it overHolder’s announcement of changes to federal senthe-counter in Nederland, which tencing policy, in light of the general change in recently approved an ordinance American attitudes toward the war on cannabis. governing the sales of retail marijuana within its (Since then yet another Rasmussen study indicates borders. “We passed what we feel is a solid piece of that 82 percent of the American population believes legislation that works for the town,” Mayor Joe the drug war has been a failure, and just 4 percent Gierlach said of Ordinance 720, which was passed say the U.S. is winning the War on Drugs.) by the town’s Board of Trustees in a 6-1 vote. Those who had hoped that Holder’s plan might That’s good news for cannabis consumers around signal a thaw in the White House’s drug war policies here who are ready to give up the black market. In found out differently last week. When a CNN Boulder County, Superior and Longmont have reporter asked White House Deputy Press Secretary already banned retail sales, Josh Earnest if getting cannaLouisville is still considering bis off the list of Schedule I retail, and moratoriums in drugs was on the White House Lafayette, Lyons and Erie agenda, Earnest said that the expire Oct. 1. president, though serious about It looks like every area of not going after low-level users the state, save perhaps the eastin states where it’s now legal, ern plains, will have some hasn’t even thought about towns offering retail products. rescheduling. Breckenridge, which decrimiAnd the federal governnalized cannabis consumption ment continues, against all several years ago, will have available evidence, to point out shops, and Telluride, only cannabis’s dangers. The Steamboat Springs, Durango, National Institute for Drug Carbondale, Frisco, Leadville, Abuse (NIDA), which has as Eagle and Aspen are expected its mission statement “to lead CDC research shows 41,682 alchol deaths to offer retail outlets, too. the nation in bringing the compared to 0 deaths due to marijuana. Manitou Springs is leaning power of science to bear on toward accepting retail, and it drug abuse and addiction,” told would instantly become a magnet location after Politifact last week that there is no evidence that Colorado Springs banned retail sales in July. alcohol is any more toxic to humans than cannabis. Several cities — Thornton, Westminster and This came in a piece Politifact published that Parker among them — have also already banned looked at the claims of a television commercial aired retail sales, but others are waiting to see what hapby the Marijuana Policy Project for NASCAR audipens on a state level and with other cities. Ft. ences that suggested that marijuana was less toxic Morgan’s moratorium extends to Dec. 31 of this than alcohol. The organization looked to the year, Aurora’s goes through May 2014, and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Broomfield’s until January 2015. National Center for Health Statistics, which reportBut as Colorado moves toward opening retail ed 41,682 alcohol-related deaths in 2010, and no cannabis outlets, the federal government continues deaths from marijuana ingestion, as well as Dr.
Robert Grable’s study of toxicity levels of all illegal drugs, which found cannabis to be 100 times less toxic than alcohol or cocaine. Politifact concluded that the statement was “mostly true.” Politifact’s story also included an email response from NIDA that said, “Claiming that marijuana is less toxic than alcohol cannot be substantiated, since each possess their own unique set of risks and consequences for a given individual.” It’s not hard to find studies or statistics to back either side of the cannabis argument, but comments like this are good reasons why people have soured on the drug war and don’t offer a lot of hope that the federal government will loosen its grip, even if the commander-in-chief is a former cannabis user. Meanwhile, what of Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN’s chief medical correspondent, whose change of attitude towards medical cannabis was documented on his Weed special earlier this month? After a lengthy study, Gupta offered convincing evidence that cannabis should be studied seriously as medicine, and he admitted on national television that the federal government has been basing its cannabis policies solely on politics and not on science. For as mainstream a figure as Gupta to admit this was pretty bold, and it got a lot of media traction. But no one else has spoken up, media are on to something else, so Gupta is left with recognition of a different kind. Boulder’s Helping Hand Herbal dispensary has named a special indica strain, Gupta Kush, after him. Indica strains are naturally higher in cannabidiol, or CBD, which is what researchers believe might be the key to cannabis’s medical benefits. Gupta joins a limited list of luminaries like Willie Nelson, Snoop Dogg/Lion and Barack Obama, all who have strains named after them. Let’s just hope Gupta’s research and brave admission don’t just go up in smoke. Send tips, suggestions and criticisms to weed@boulderweekly.com. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com.
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