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Highroad Trump versus the wisdom of Robert E. Lee by Jim Hightower
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hile our present president’s moral character seems stuck somewhere between boorish and brutish, it’s only fair to note that he also has an aesthetic dimension. This surprising side of Trump popped out several days after the Charlottesville attacks by raging white supremacists. In a presidential tweet, he said: “Sad to see the history and culture of our great country being ripped apart.” Yes, very sad to see a resurfacing of raw bigotry ripping so viciously into America’s historic attempts to create a culture of mutual respect and unity in a nation of extraordinary diversity — e pluribus unum, as our national maxim puts it. Oh wait. That’s not what Donald meant. Rather than criticizing those who are out to rip apart the American culture’s Big Idea of Egalitarianism, this was just more babble from the boorish Trump. He was actually advocating the
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continued presence of statues of Confederate champions of racism, pieces of bronze and granite that publicly celebrate America’s shameful period of slavery, secession and white supremacy. The KKK thugs invaded Charlottesville in violent objection to the city’s planned removal of a statue of Robert E. Lee, who led the Southern states’ war against the U.S. so they could keep enslaving African-Americans. Trump’s lament, then, was not about the attack on America’s humanitarian ideals, but merely about “the removal of our beautiful statues.” Apparently, it never occurred to him that most Americans do not consider those statues either “beautiful” or “ours.” Ironically, Robert E. Lee himself opposed erecting Confederate statues across the South: “I think it wiser not to keep open the sores of war,” he said, but instead “to obliterate the marks of civil strife.” We could use a leader with such wisdom today, when bigots feel newly empowered to incite civil strife across our nation. This opinion column does not necessarily reflect the views of Boulder Weekly. September 7 , 2017 5
guest column Lessons for Boulder in the wake of Hurricane Harvey Plan as if your life depends on it, because it might by Leonard May
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istorically, the Houston area has experienced many devastating storms. By the 1980s, public officials understood the critical value of the wetlands and prairies, long since paved over, in mitigating the effects of storms. Since then, scientists have warned that climate change will cause ever more frequent and more intense storms along the Gulf Coast. Yet Houston kept growing and more disastrous storms kept coming.
Parallels to Boulder Boulder has some of the highest risk for flooding due to its location at the mouth of several canyons and because of development in its floodplain. As Boulder considers annexing (a precursor to development) the Hogan Pancost and CU South parcels into the City, it would be wise to consider the parallels with Houston.
CU South Since Boulder’s 2013 flood, the City and CU have developed a flood mitigation concept at the South campus. Mitigation Option D plans for a 100-year flood event by constructing a dam along US-36 with flood detention behind it. But it is unclear from the information presented to City officials and the public if Option D offers the best cost/benefit and whether other mitigation options not explored might provide better flood protection at a lower cost, when considering the $40 million-plus cost for all three phases of the South Boulder Creek (SBC) flood mitigation plan. The Water Resources Advisory Board (WRAB) evaluated a box of options presented to them by City staff, but didn’t explore outside of that box — WRAB never questioned whether the 100-year event is even the appropriate event to design for versus 200- or 500-year events. In the context of climate change predictions and available literature such as the Association of State Floodplain Managers (ASFPM) 2011 recommendations and FEMA’s 2013 Climate Change Report, this was a surprisingly passive 6 September 7 , 2017
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Hogan Pancost Residents surrounding this parcel are very concerned about flooding — it has flooded multiple times in the past 100 years. Over the past 25 years, significant changes to the vicinity that affect the area’s hydrology have been made including development in an area previously designated for flood detention as part of the SBC flood mitigation design. However, the FEMA flood maps haven’t been updated to reflect all of these changes. Further, the water table in this parcel is just beneath the ground surface. But, Boulder doesn’t manage, track or regulate groundwater, so its impacts and changes to the hydrology resulting from development are unknown. Like the prairie surrounding Houston, Hogan Pancost provides flood buffering for the surrounding area, absorbing flood waters and protecting that area. More than 50 percent of the parcel is in the 500- or 100-year floodplain and approximately 50 percent of the acreage in surrounding neighborhoods is too. However, these historical risk designations don’t reflect the reality of climate change — New York City recently doubled its estimate of city residents living in the 100-year floodplain in 2050 to 800,000 people. By comparison, FEMA’s estimate, prior to Hurricane Sandy, was about 200,000 people. Like Houston, removal of flood buffering eliminates protection for people nearby. Consequently, many cities have are considering restricting, or have already restricted, development within floodplains. After Iowa experienced devastating floods in 2008, Cedar Falls and Iowa City restricted new development within 500-year floodplains.
Climate change and policy concerns FEMA predicts areas at risk of flooding in the U.S. could increase 45 percent by 2100, largely because of climate change. With flood risk on the rise, the flood insurance program
(NFIP) will have to insure 80 percent more properties than it does today, and the average loss for each property could rise as much as 90 percent.
Cautions from state floodplains managers When structures are built in highrisk areas, it is often done with inadequate adjustments for either the flood hazard that exists and certainly not for the flood hazard that will exist in the near future. Flood mapping does not reflect future conditions. Land use decisions tend to be based on local short-term economic factors in the form of community growth and resultant increases in the local tax base. Local communities gain the “benefits” of tax base growth but then “externalize” the costs incurred during and after a flood to others (via the national flood insurance program and FEMA assistance). There are several critical elements that must be carefully considered before Boulder decides to allow development at the CU South, Hogan Pancost and other flood-prone parcels: General: Address flood mitigation holistically. CU South, along with Hogan Pancost and other parcels, offer the opportunity for a chain of undeveloped and restored wetlands along South Boulder Creek that incrementally restore flood buffers that have been incrementally lost over time. CU South: Conduct an economic cost/ benefit analysis that includes all three phases of the South Boulder Creek flood mitigation plan and within that framework, evaluate alternatives to Option D not previously considered. While staff has stated that Option D provides a superior cost/benefit ratio, the consultant’s study contains “financial cost/benefit evaluations,” not economic cost/benefit evaluations. The distinction is financial evaluations aren’t holistic — they identify the costs to Boulder but externalize many of the costs to every-
one else. Economic evaluations identify the true cost. In the context of climate change, reconsider whether the 100 year flood event is the appropriate basis of design for the dam. Hogan Pancost: Incredibly, despite all the knowledge gained by floods and climate change predictions borne out by recent flood experiences, the Boulder Planning Board, in their August annexation hearing, recommended guiding principles for development that included filling in the 500-year floodplain. Where will that displaced water go? Boulder must prohibit development in the 500-year floodplain, including filling in of the floodplain. It is irresponsible to put people at risk. Development or annexation proposals for this parcel have been before the Planning Board seven times and never received recommendations for advancement, generally because of flooding concerns. In the face of climate change, for Boulder to allow development in, or filling of floodplains, is willful negligence. The Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan CU South guiding principles preclude buildings in the 500-year floodplain; why would we promote buildings in other 500-year floodplains? It is imperative that City Council decisions give priority to the public good, especially our health and safety. City Council will hear the case for Hogan Pancost’s annexation in October. Contact them and help them do the responsible thing and vote no to annexation. For reference material, visit boulderweekly.com/opinion Leonard May is an architect and planner and former Boulder Planning Board member and has worked with extensively in international aid, development, disaster recovery and mitigation. This opinion column does not necessarily reflect the views of Boulder Weekly. Boulder Weekly
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Sorry, we created a world dumb enough for Trump by Dave Anderson
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urricane Trump presents us with a peculiar sort of national emergency. Every day, the Bullshitter-inChief deploys a blizzard of lies, half-truths, conspiracy theories and misdirection. He likes to surprise us and keep us in suspense. Will there be a nuclear war with North Korea? Which vulnerable stigmatized minority will be kicked in the teeth this week? Stay tuned for the next episode. We are suffering from a “TrumpInduced Anxiety Disorder,” according to Hollywood screenwriter Sam Friedlander. Mental health professionals around the country reported a big spike in anxiety after Nov. 8, 2016. A report issued in February by the American Psychological Association (APA) said that for at least a decade before the 2016 election, Americans generally had three big worries: money, work and the economy. The situation has now changed significantly. The APA poll indicated that “the current political climate is a very or somewhat significant source of stress for more than half of Americans (57 percent).” Seventy-two percent of Democrats are stressed out. Katherine Nordal, the APA’s executive director, concluded that “the stress we’re seeing around political issues is deeply concerning, because it’s hard for Americans to get away from it. We’re surrounded by conversations, news and social media that constantly remind us of the issues that are stressing us the most.” The study didn’t deal with how different demographic groups are coping. Most likely, women and people of color and immigrants and Muslims are more anxious. Quite possibly, journalists might be more anxious since Trump has denounced them as “the enemy of the people.” This is somewhat ironic since Trump is the Frankenstein monster of the media. Last year, CBS boss Les Moonves said Trump “may not be good for America, but he’s damn good for CBS.” He laughed and added, “The money’s rolling in, and this is fun. They’re not even talking about issues, they’re throwing bombs at each other, and I think the advertising reflects
that.” In an acerbic piece in Rolling Stone, Matt Taibbi argues that we should “blame the media for creating a world dumb enough for Trump.” He says, “The Trump presidency is like a diabolical combination of every schlock eyeball-grabbing formula the networks have ever deployed. It’s Battle of the Network Stars meets Wrestlemania meets Survivor meets the Kursk disaster. It’s got the immediacy of a breaking news crash, with themes of impending doom, conflict, celebrity meltdown, anger, racism, gender war, everything.” What precisely was the impact of journalism on the 2016 presidential election? Just recently, six academics published a study on the subject in conjunction with the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University and the MIT Center for Civic Media. The report, titled “Partisanship, Propaganda and Disinformation: Online Media and the 2016 US Presidential Election,” which used the device of a “media cloud” to show how media is consumed these days. People tend to get their news from a variety of sources such as Facebook, Twitter, talk radio, local TV, cable and network news, daily newspapers, newsweeklies and all kinds of websites. These sources vary a great deal in trustworthiness with regard to facts and evidence. They studied over 1.25 million stories published online between April 1, 2015 and Election Day. They concluded that Breitbart (a far-right proTrump media ecosystem run by Steve Bannon) played a profound role. With their help, Trump ended up shaping the election agenda in the broader media. Researcher Yochai Benkler says “Breitbart succeeded in marginalizing the center-right and the ‘Never Trump’ camp. One of the first critical turning points was when the Breitbart-centered part of the right went strongly after Jeb Bush and then Marco Rubio — and then went after Fox News for not supporting Trump. Fox essentially made the choice to join the bandwagon.” see THE ANDERSON FILES Page 9
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letters Remove Confederate statues reason that they should be taken down A great deal of public attention is being focused upon whether statues of Confederate leaders should be taken down or allowed to stand. Defenders of the statues state that they represent symbols of their heritage. When I first heard this, my initial reaction was “Really?!” So, I looked into it, and I now understand that the statues certainly are symbols of a particular Southern heritage, and it is for this very
from their public locations. Immediately after the Civil War, only a few small monuments to fallen soldiers were placed in cemeteries. In fact, few monuments or statues were erected until the 1890s through 1920, when hundreds of statues went up. As the Southern states rebuilt their economies from the devastation of the war, they passed Jim Crow laws, which reduced African-Americans to second-
class citizens under the yolks of an American form of apartheid and white supremacy. It was a time when “free” black residents of the former Confederate states suffered significant road blocks to voting, intense job discrimination, horrifying violence, lynchings and conflicts with hate groups like the KKK. Black soldiers returning from World War I hoped to gain respect and rights after giving so much in the war effort, but were
crushed by Jim Crow laws. Several organizations, most notably the United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC), aggressively and successfully lobbied cities and towns in the South to erect statues of Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, Jefferson Davis and other leaders of the Confederacy in public locations. These popped up in town squares, popular parks and city see LETTERS Page 10
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“One very surprising thing we found,” Benkler says, “was the extent to which the right-wing media ecosystem succeeded in getting its substantive agenda into the campaign. Both candidates got critical coverage but Trump had issues and he had scandals; with Clinton it was only scandals.” Stories about Clinton were almost always about her damn emails while we heard Trump talk about immigration, jobs and trade. The authors describe Breitbart as basically a propaganda outlet: “Rather than ‘fake news’ in the sense of wholly fabricated falsities, many of the most-shared stories can more accurately be understood as disinformation: the purposeful construction of true or partly true bits of information into a message that is, at its core, misleading. Over the course of the election, this turned the right-wing media system into an internally coherent, relatively insulated knowledge community, reinforcing the shared worldview of readers and shielding them from journalism that challenged it. The prevalence of such material has created an environment in which the president can tell supporters about events in Sweden that never happened, or a presidential advisor can reference a non-existent ‘Bowling Green massacre.’” Trump counselor Kellyanne Conway can claim that Trump’s lies are “alternative facts” and be believed by many because increasingly Americans are segregating themselves into ideological silos where neighbors, friends and media share the same political worldview. This situation poses a serious threat to a functioning democracy. This opinion column does not necessarily reflect the views of Boulder Weekly. Boulder Weekly
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hall buildings in most major Southern cities. The UDC based their arguments for erecting the statues on the notion of a so-called Lost Cause, a revisionist history that the Confederacy was really a noble defense of states’ rights with little acknowledgement of slavery. States who joined the Confederacy believed that slavery should be allowed if a state or Western territory wanted it, and they were willing to leave the United States to assert their perceived right to make those decisions. White supremacy is neither true nor moral. It was wrong during times of slavery, it was wrong during the era of Jim Crow, it was wrong during the Civil Rights movement, and it’s wrong today. President Trump is wrong to speak in the code of white supremacists. White Southerners erected the statues for the sole purpose of asserting their persisting domination over AfricanAmericans. However, we are a pluralistic society where no one race is supreme. If the statues represent the heritage of a failed Southern white supremacist society, then it is the appropriate time to take them down. Contact your members of Congress and tell them to support legislation that takes down these symbols of extremism. Kenneth Nova/Boulder
What about Colorado’s monuments?
A movement to remove statues and other memorials commemorating the Confederacy, and thus white supremacism, is sweeping the nation, particularly the South. This is long overdue. What about Colorado? At our capitol sits a statue honoring the perpetrator of the Sand Creek Massacre. In 1864, Colonel John Chivington’s troops attacked a Colorado camp of Cheyenne and Arapaho, killing around 200 mostly women, children and the elderly — as agreed upon by historians. Why does Colorado continue to honor a racist, mass murderer, to treat him like a hero? Let’s do what’s long overdue here at home: Chivington’s statue must go. Paul Dougan/Boulder
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When I first read this letter [Re: “Your cover is offensive,” Letters, Aug. 31, 2017], I felt that it was written by an environmentalist with an over-thetop imagination trying to make those of us who have worked in the oil fields look like we are all reactionary, illinformed supporters of Mr. Trump. Some are, and possibly this letter is 10 September 7 , 2017
from one of them, but I am suspicious. I worked in the oil fields for over 20 years and most workers I knew were hard-working, respectable men; few women in the oil patch at the time. However, many workers have given up on both major political parties. That is true. The person who created this letter seems to continue believing in the Republican party, but most workers, if they vote anymore at all, vote for the lesser of two evils because it is obvious, especially since Citizens United, that both parties have drifted toward Wall Street, where big contributions are easy if your vote increases their profits. So an oil field worker may have written this letter. Trump made promises to turn Washington D.C. upsidedown, to improve conditions for working folks, to stop illegal immigration from flooding the labor market, to rub the noses of those of us who want to stop the thoughtless destruction of our planet, in the dirt. All those things are music to the ears of people who feel less and less secure in their employment and less likely to be able to feed their children every day. The fact that Mr. Trump is gaming them even better than the Republicans and Democrats do, is not yet on their radar screen. They are scared, losing hope and willing to gamble even if it may be on a fraud. When we liberals attack those who frack, this author is correct; we may be hypocrites. In the oil fields, men work long, dangerous, thankless hours on non-union jobs to supply us with the ability to fly to Europe or Mexico on vacations, drive our cars a thousand miles to conferences to “End Fracking,” and supply us with hundreds of products we don’t even think about. There is plenty of room for change on all sides of this debate. Will you or I stop driving our cars? Live without natural gas? We need to give this author’s anger and criticism some thought. We will not prevent the global warming that causes these ever more powerful hurricanes bashing the Gulf Coast and the forest fires destroying our trees until we are all willing to make some sacrifices and be willing to sit down to talk, faceto-face, as brother and sister. I know and respect both sides of this food fight intimately. It won’t be as easy as making insults can be, but knowing both sides for over 20 years, I think it could be done if the corporations would allow us to get together. Gary Cox/Lafayette Boulder Weekly
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TRUMP KILLS DACA, BUT THE DREAMERS’ FIGHT GOES ON
Victor Galvan and Gladis Ibarra attend a Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition peace keeping training in Denver on Sunday, Sept. 3.
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fter weeks of speculation, the Trump Administration announced on Tuesday Sept. 5 that it’s rescinding the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. Despite pressure from both Republican and Democratic lawmakers, national business leaders, local mayors, governors and other local elected officials, university and higher education institutions and hundreds of advocacy organizations to keep the program, the Trump administration said it will phase out the program by March 5, 2018, giving Congress six months to pass legislation to aid the approximately 800,000 young people who currently benefit from deportation relief and work authorization under DACA. Following the announcement, thousands of people rallied across Colorado in support of the roughly 17,000 DACA recipients in the state. Known as Dreamers, these young people were brought to the U.S. as children, and are resolved to continue fighting for their right to stay in the country they call home. “We are real people,” says Gladis Ibarra, a DACA recipient from Thornton. “These are our lives that are being affected.” She crossed the border at 7 years old with her mom and sisters after traveling to the border by bus and truck. Her family was eventually left in the desert for hours without water until a smuggler finally came to show them the way. “It’s one of those things that you don’t forget no matter how much time passes,” she says. “It’s like a movie you’ve watched a hundred times; you know all the details.” Growing up she felt torn, constantly being told she didn’t quite belong even though she thought of the U.S. as her home. “It’s one of those things that you’re in between,” she says. She struggled at the beginning of high school, unmotivated by graduation and the lack of opportunities that awaited her afterward. But then she transferred to an alternative school where she felt supported and accepted. She graduated in 2008. Still, “my future was unsure,” she says. “DACA wasn’t an option yet.” She worked in restaurants for several years until 2013, when she hired a lawyer and applied for DACA. “It was scary,” she says about handing over all her personal information to the government. “There’s this saying in Spanish, que no arriesga no ganas, if you don’t Boulder Weekly
risk it you won’t gain. So really I had everything to lose but I had so much more to gain.” The day she received her work permit, she quit her job at the restaurant and now does administrative work for a local physical therapist. She’s saved up some money and taken a few community college classes, something she never would have dreamed possible in high school. But with the government’s announcement on Tuesday, it all feels threatened. “It’s going to affect literally everything. We have to rearrange everything we’re doing,” she says. But still she remains resilient, determined to find a way to stay. “I didn’t always have [protection under DACA], so I’m going to survive. It’s going to be hard for them to get me out.” Victor Galvan, a DACA recipient who works with the Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition, has been fighting for immigration reform since high school. “As scary and unnerving as this situation is right now, we have so much to fight for. Our lives depend on it,” he says. “I truly believe that we are one of the most resilient movements. We took something that was supposed to scare us, we turned that on its head and it grew into change.” Originally from Chihuahua, Mexico, he came to
the U.S. at 8 months old with his mom and two brothers. “[I] saw the terrible effects of immigration on our lives immediately. Seeing my mom go from job to job, fired or not hired because she didn’t have a social security number,” he says. “That really made me realize I was going to have to fight for everything I needed: school, work, acceptance.” In 2006, he joined a growing movement of young people determined to gain immigration relief. It was a concentrated effort by undocumented youth around the country to “come out of the shadows,” share their stories and ask Congress to act on their behalf. Galvan became politically active, publically talking about his immigration status and petitioning local legislators for immigration reform, specifically tuition equity. He quickly realized the power young people could have by speaking up and becoming involved. “I can very well affect elections by just telling my story, by sharing information, by educating people on the issues,” Galvan says. “That to me is democracy, that’s why I love this country.” It was this movement, Galvan says, that led to DACA. Since 2001, some version of the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors, or DREAM Act — which would give undocumented youth brought to the U.S. as children a pathway to citizenship — has been introduced in Congress. But each year it has failed to pass. In 2009, in the wake of high deportation rates and local anti-immigration legislation across the country, the Dreamers movement really gained momentum. “We saw this moment to leverage the fact that children are blameless in a fight for immigration,” Galvan says. “Our fight for DACA, our fight for relief, has been seeded in changing the hearts and minds of people who have thought the only way to solve the problem was to detain and deport.” But after passing the House of Representatives in late 2010, the Dream Act failed once again to pass the See DACA Page 14
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Senate. It was devastating, Galvan says. While some of his friends gave up the fight for immigration reform, he charged ahead. This time the young people directly pressured President Obama to provide some form of relief before his reelection in 2012. In June of that year, Galvan was in Longmont with friends when the president announced DACA. “I just remember feeling euphoric. We were all crying, we were so happy,” he says. But that day is also filled with heartbreak. Later that afternoon, Galvan and his family got word his older brother had been deported and was back in Mexico. Now, he hardly talks to his brother, and his sister-in-law has since left the state with his nephew and niece. “We’re supposed to spend our life with our family. And that was taken away from us that day,” he says. “I was destined to be his brother forever. And now we don’t do it right because we have this huge border between us.” Even as these young immigrants celebrated the DACA victory, conducting trainings, hiring lawyers and preparing to apply, they were forced to come to grips with the fact that their parents were still at risk. “I’m tired of hearing that it’s not the kids but the parents who are to blame. My mom did everything that she could if not more than I did to make sure we had a better life,” he says. “She had to leave an abusive relationship. She had to struggle as a single parent. She had to give us hope when she had none. That’s more American than [anything] I can think of.” He pauses, struggling with the knowledge of the risk he’s put his mom in by applying for DACA using their home address, providing information to the federal government that could now be used to deport her. Plus, while DACA was seen as a victory, it was always temporary. It never provided a path to permanent residency or citizenship. “This program was always a Band-Aid,” Galvan says. “The permanent solution is a path to citizenship.” He recently renewed his DACA for the second time, right before he got word that President Trump was considering canceling it. Although the administration says it will honor DACA status until early 2020 if Congress fails to act, it has ceased accepting new applications for the program as of Sept. 5, and will no longer accept renewal applications after Oct. 5. Ibarra is still waiting to hear if her latest renewal has been approved, and officials have said they will review applications already in process on a case-by-case basis. As DACA is phased out, the Trump administration says it doesn’t have plans to share personal information used to obtain work authorization with enforcement agencies and President Trump personally reiterated in a written statement on Tuesday that DACA recipients are not enforcement priorities, for now. But that has done little to ease the concerns of the immigrant community. “My life is still in danger. My family’s life is still in danger,” Galvan says. “I’m going to be calling on our allies as well as our opponents to step up, because a huge population of people are about to be a priority for deportation.” In light of the announcement on Sept. 5, the fate of these young people now rests with Congress, which has failed to pass immigration reform for the last 16 years. Even so, there are signs of progress. In Colorado, Republican Senator Cory Gardner announced he will support Dreamer legislation for the first time, joining with Democrat Michael Bennet in support of the bipartisan 2017 version of the Dream Act introduced in late July by Sens. Lindsay Graham (R-South Carolina) and Dick Durbin (D-Illinois). The legislation would provide a pathway to citizenship for young people who came here as children, finished high school or got their GED, pursued higher education, military service or have worked lawfully for three years, speak English proficiently and have had no felony convictions and pose no threat to national security. And any person who was previously granted DACA status would likewise be eligible for citizenship. In the House, Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Illinois) also introduced the American HOPE Act in late July, which would create a 5-year pathway to citizenship for undocumented youth regardless of educational level, military service or work history. Still, it remains to be seen if Congress will be able to pass some sort of immigration relief before the Trump administration’s March deadline. Regardless, youth like Galvan, Ibarra and countless others remain committed to the cause, determined to be heard by allies and opponents alike. “The fact is, I’m undocumented, I’m a person and I count,” Galvan says. “And I’m going to be saying that until we either see change or my life changes because of it.”
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he fight to diversify the environmental movement has many battlefields and you cannot liberate them at the same time,” says Irene Vilar, founder of the three-day Americas Latino EcoFestival (ALEF) taking place in Denver Sept. 15-17. When Vilar started the ALEF in 2013, the first fight was to rewrite the environmental activism narrative, to include Latinos in the conversation and provide a place for them at the table. While the first year was about “screaming really loud,” Vilar says, now the festival has a more focused and strategic vision. “We kind of found ourselves. We told the story, we created the niche,” she says. “Now let’s leverage this coalition we’ve been nurturing and use it to advance the call to actions that are primary.” In its fifth year, the festival brings together top Latino environmental activists, attorneys, artists, writers, musicians, policy advocates, filmmakers and others to discuss the most pressing environmental issues, celebrate the achievements of people in the community and engage the next generation in issues of environmental justice around the globe. Part of the problem, as Vilar sees it, is that the environmental debate has been relegated primarily to scientists and statisticians, rather than including the voices of those more focused on arts and culture who can draw people in on an emotional level that calls people to action. As a project of the nonprofit Americas for Conservation and the Arts, ALEF has always focused on arts and culture in the environmental movement. But now, Vilar says, it’s the next battlefield so to speak. “The environmental movement in this country has been very, very dry,” Vilar says. “It has been easier to drive campaigns with numbers, with cautionary tales of catastrophe. But a lot of our communities just blank out. It doesn’t mean anything.” Connecting the environmental justice movement to culture on the other hand, elicits a different response in people, she says. It offers them not only a way to unify behind the cause but engage in the process as well. “Culture is your emotional home,” she says. “So strategically speaking, anything anchored in emotions is going to resonate more.” It is a strategy that Vilar claims Latinos are perfectly poised to implement.
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espite losing a good deal of federal funding over the last several decades, there are still 95,000 Latino ranchers and farmers across the U.S. who comprise the membership of the National Latino Farmers and Ranchers Trade Association (NLFTRA). Rudy Arredondo, who founded the association in 2005, says the NLFRTA was created because Latinos (and black, American
“We have this incredible history of using arts and culture to advance resistance,” she continues. From the rise of graffiti as a form of resistance to the protest songs that define some of Latin America’s most famous musicians, Latinos have often moved environmental justice forward. Plus, she says, there’s a high percentage of Latin American diplomats who are artists. Take for example — the honored guest at this year’s festival — Mexican poet, environmentalist and diplomat Homero Aridjis. The publishing arm of Americas for Conservation and the Arts, MV Press, is releasing Aridjis’ memoirs for the first time in English this fall. Entitled News of the Earth, the book documents “how an incredible, environmental charismatic leader of Latin America basically leveraged arts and culture to launch a whole movement of environmental advocacy,” Vilar says. “Part of the problem of the Latino Environmental movement is that we’ve lacked that documentation piece,” she continues. “That’s part of the homework that the festival set out to do five years ago, to create a space to meet up with this leadership, network, stop working in silos and to start documenting these histories.” The work of documentation takes many forms, and the festival includes art exhibits, film screenings, workshops and learning labs, in addition to a variety of speakers from Bianca Jagger to Aridjis, renowned Cuban cartoonist Falco, Standing Rock Chief Dave Archambault and more. As ALEF continues to grow, Vilar says it will provide a space for everyone, not just Latino environmentalists, to come together, build trust and move the conversation forward by “using arts and culture to ground our movement and tell our story.”
Indian and female farmers and ranchers) were not getting the resources that their white, male counterparts were. That discrimination took, and continues to take, multiple forms, Arredondo says. “Latinos, African Americans, women... the likelihood is that the [U.S. Department of Agriculture] will say, ‘You don’t qualify,’ without going through the [application] process,” Arredondo says of receiving federal funding. “Some of them
are very direct and say, ‘You Mexicans don’t qualify, you’re a farm worker.’ “The other [form of discrimination] is more subtle... When you go into an office they’ll tell you, ‘Oh, we don’t have any money, ‘which may be the case but you are not given any instructions in terms of when there are going to be funds available for this particular program. So if you are not on the rolls, See ALEF Page 18
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it’s unlikely you are ever going to find out when the money is going to come in.” Part of the NLFRTA’s recent work was to influence the last iteration of the farm bill, the federal government’s main agriculture and food policy tool. Arredondo says the association was able to get language in the bill that required documentation anytime a rancher or farmer inquired about a service with the USDA or other office. Still, Arredondo says “folks’ habits change very, very gradually,” and minority farmers are still not guaranteed cooperation at the federal level. Arredondo has a personal relationship to family farming. His family owned land in Texas, on which they farmed, before moving to Ohio to find yearround work in manufacturing. The family eventually amassed seven small farms, and Arredondo, seeing that many families like his had to make do on their own, sought broader impact, first joining the Chicano movement, then getting into policy work at the USDA under the Carter administration. Arredondo says the policy work done by NLFRTA provides a valuable resource to minority farmers, who are often too busy to take off time to try to impact issues at the federal level. If not for NLFRTA, such influence would be left solely to Big Ag even though NLFRTA members produce 22 percent of the food that actually ends up on the plates of consumers. Arredondo says there is a major lack of representation outside the association for these workers.
Other federal policies are also impacting Latino farmers. Though the ending of DACA will be “chaotic” for NLFRTA members and their families, Arredondo says, that policy decision “was beyond the reach” of the association. He says the decision only placates people who did not adapt to changing times. “It’s incredible that we’ve arrived at this place that we have a president who is as cruel and vindictive as this person is,” Arredondo says. “Totally disengaged in terms of real issues. … What’s happening in rural America is you have the white population… they just don’t have the necessary tools to be able to reinvent themselves in terms of what to do in the case where manufacturing and other things left both in the South and the Midwest. “When they lost those [manufacturing] jobs, they were totally unequipped to be able to find ways in which to sustain themselves. … White privilege is addictive. So that’s what you have today: you have those folks that never thought beyond the immediate living standards, and they did not prepare themselves. What they see now is a lot of Latinos and immigrants who work very hard.” The model that many Latino ranchers and farmers have undertaken calls for smaller farms with a built-in place to sell goods. Often the rancher or farmer owns that establishment, like a restaurant or a grocery store. Arredondo says the efficiency of this model doesn’t sit well with folks who operate on outdated models. “The white population sees these folks and say,
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Vasquez is the New Mexico Wildlife Federation’s southern outreach coordinator, and also serves as a volunteer coordinator for the area’s Latino Outdoors chapter in his free time. He explains what he’s learned after years working as an environmental advocate trying to inspire others to care about the planet: “You have to love something before you want to take care of it.” This is a motto he wants to bring with him to Americas Latino EcoFestival (ALEF). “I want to share what’s worked for me: Recreation leads to advocacy.” Vasquez lives in Las Cruces, New Mexico, a city you might pass through if you were driving the 280-mile stretch from El Paso, Texas, to Gila National Forest, the first designated wilderness area in the country. “We have a majority, Hispanic population here,” he explains, “and we have a lot of issues with our environment.” To get people hooked on protecting the environment, Vasquez helps them fall in love with outdoor spaces by showing them firsthand how powerful spending time outside can be. During one of his most recent projects — defending the Gila River from proposed diversions — he lead an initiative to take the diocese of the local Catholic church and a few priests out on a fishing trip. “We spend days on the river, camping and fishing ... Many of the priests had never camped or fished before.” According to Vasquez, that fishing trip led the Catholic Church to imbue the importance of protecting public lands into its Sunday mass. Eventually the church took an official position against the river’s diversion. “The Catholic Church has an important influence on the Hispanic community here. I’m Catholic,” he says. “Its endorsement of the environment meant a lot.” This will be Vasquez’s first time at ALEF. “Anytime I can get together with people working on the same issue, I’m excited to learn from them and share what I’ve learned.”
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During the festival, Vasquez’s primary Thursday, September 14 mission is to continue collaborating on 6:30 p.m. GreenLatinos Welcome ways to get Latinos involved in environReception #ALEF2017 mental advocacy, especially those living 7 p.m. USFS & AFC+A WOCC Partners near environmental hotspots. As his experiMeet & Greet (Invitation Only) ences — like going fishing with the priests — have taught him, involving people Friday, September 15 directly affected, or at least living nearby 9 a.m. Colorado River Summit: A areas with environmental issues, can yield Source to See Vision LIMITED the greatest impact. “The [demographics of 10 a.m. U-CAN Bioblitz United Cultures for Arts + Nature the] majority of people that work on envi12:15 p.m. Colorado River Summit ronmental issues does not reflect the popuLuncheon (By Invitation Only) lation that lives here. We want to get more 6:30 p.m. Ripples of Hope Fiesta & Latino families involved. My goal is to get Awards: Pianist Daniela Liebman in Concert & Baragutanga in Dance & them out on the land and to enjoy outdoor Special Guest BIANCA JAGGER recreation — inspire them to take care of LIMITED our land and water.” “Without words” by Mojmir Mihatov, Croatia Saturday, He believes September 16 the mission to 9 a.m. #GreenLatinos protect the Learning Lab planet is so Summit in Five Parts: Priorities, Lessons, important WaterIsLife, because the Protectors Ceremony, Raising environment Our Voices plays a powerful 9:10 a.m. Part One: role in humaniGreenLatinos Core ty’s health. “Our Priorities - Moving Critical land and the Environmental and opportunities Conservation Issues Forward LIMITED that our land 10 a.m. Part Two: gives us are Lessons from the transformationFrontlines: How Communities Are al. As Protecting our Americans, this Water, Air, Public Lands, and Food system of public LIMITED lands and waters that we created is a 11:30 a.m. Part Three: #WaterIsLife: great source of health, exercise and theraHomage to Standing Rock and Our Shared Coalition (Special Guest: py for many. As an opportunity to DAVE ARCHAMBAULT) LIMITED increase mental health, our land gives so 12:15 p.m. Nuestro Hermano Award much to us. It’s our duty to give back Ceremony: Dave Archambault, Standing Rock what the land gives us.” 12:30 p.m. Artivism Summit Late He continues. “And that’s all of us, Luncheon (By Invitation Only) everyone. The EcoFestival brings togeth1:20 p.m. Part Four: Guardians of Life er us all, from all over the world, even Sculptures Ceremony of Alfonso Piloto Nieves Twelve Women Earth those who might feel like outsiders, espeProtectors of the Americas cially if you’re Hispanic working in the 1:45 p.m. FALCO Artivism Exhibits Walk outdoor industry. Hopefully this grows Tour the people of color working to protect 2:15 p.m. Part Five: Workshop: Raising Our Voices Through Strategic our sacred spaces.”
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he first sounds are reminiscent of metal on metal, steel against steel, like dragging a pipe across grating in short, regular intervals. An organ and cello join in and the sounds become musical though still amorphous, the makings of an industrial hymn. Dressed simply in gray and black, Robert SherMachherndl clasps his hands together and makes his way across a studio at the Boulder Jewish Community Center, his clinched hands snaking back and forth and upward — a mechanized prayer to the industrial hymn. Similarly clothed, Bailey Harper lies on the floor, face down, and slowly rises. She moves as though to wipe sweat from her brow. This is Vertical Migration Experiment, SherMachherndl’s choreographed response to global migration and immigration and the bitter divisions it often creates. A lifelong ballet dancer in companies throughout Europe and the States, Sher-Machherndl, with his wife Jenifer Sher, is the mastermind of Boulder-based contemporary ballet company Lemon Sponge Cake. The small pick-up company — named quite simply at the inadvertent suggestion of a dessert menu two decades ago — has tackled thorny socio-political topics before. Almost one year ago to the day, Lemon Sponge Cake
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performed White Fields at Boulder’s Holiday Park, taking an artful, somewhat abstract approach to discussing gun violence. In late 2015, Lemon Sponge Cake debuted White Mirror, an homage to the thousands of Jews, Romani, Ukrainians and other peoples murdered at the Babi Yar ravine during World War II. Vertical Migration Experiment takes the same artful yet oblique approach to examine today’s global exodus. The concept is meant to stimulate, not assail. While some artists try to separate their work from their politics, Sher-Machherndl sees no point in shying away. Like the old adage goes, the personal is political. While migration is a global crisis, SherMachherndl uses Vertical to tell what feels like a personal story, even if that story offers nameless, silent characters. Vertical is indirect in its message, but, one-on-one, Sher-Machherndl isn’t scared to point his finger at Donald Trump, at Trump’s inability to directly condemn the idea of white-supremacy after the deadly violence in Charlottesville, Virginia. The insanity of such an omission speaks to the very notion of seeing certain populations as “the other,” and it is this idea of otherness that is driving millions of people from their homes around the world. While Trump is fuel for an incessant, low-grade,
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Robert Sher-Machherndl and Bailey Harper rehearse for Vertical Migration Experiment.
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collective existential crisis, SherMachherndl turns to the personal once again for an answer. “I think right now we can only [effect change] on the individual basis,” he says. “When you have a leader like that, we have to just look away and we stick together and we do it ourselves. We don’t need you. That’s the only way.” Sher-Machherndl is from Vienna, Austria, where the history of Nazi occupation is attached to every life. He slaps his back: “It’s always right there.” Growing up he didn’t know much about his parents’ lives during World War II, but he came to learn that his maternal grandfather sold his children to a farm family before making his way to Texas. Sher-Machherndl’s mother, perhaps 9 years old at the time, became something like a serf throughout her adolescence. Sher-Machherndl knows less about his father’s experience in the war but he does know, like other young men at the time, his father was eventually forced to don a uniform and serve the Nazi regime in Germany. “He was a child himself. You cannot blame him. [They said,] ‘Here is a weapon; put the uniform on, do this.’ They were children.” Sher-Machherndl was born in 1961, and even then Vienna was “very dark. Buildings were gray, full of bullets holes, houses were gone.” Charlottesville touches on that history. “These young people walk around like, ‘Heil Hitler,’ and it’s like, what the hell do you know?” Sher-Machherndl says, his always-expressive hands popping up in frustration. “You’re 20 years old; you know nothing. They have no idea of history at all. You don’t play around with that.” Now we watch the entire world — not just the United States — “play” with the lives of millions of immigrants (which, incidentally, Sher-Machherndl and his wife both are). The game creates a clear division: This is “us” versus “them.” Vertical, by its primary definition, could represent a line dividing the two, but Merriam-Webster provides a bit of nuance beyond the planar definition: “Situated at the highest point: directly overhead or in the zenith.” The United Nations calculated there were 244 million international migrants in 2015, a 41 percent increase from 15 years prior. The number includes nearly 20 million refugees. This is the zenith of migration, occurring in what could be viewed as an international experiment. The outcome is extreme nationalism in the name of freedom and safety. Vertical Migration also comments on the “compassion fatigue” that occurs from a constant barrage of news. Sometimes Sher-Machherndl and Boulder Weekly
Harper move in unison, Vertical, which is mostly perhaps taking a journey designed to allow imagiON THE BILL: together, perhaps one pernations to wander around Vertical Migration Experiment. 7:30 p.m. son understanding the the concept of immigraWednesday, Sept. 13, journey of another and tion. But the 55-minute Boulder JCC, 6007 offering help. But many work takes time to Oreg Ave., Boulder. boulderjcc.wufoo.com times the two move sepaunquestionably evoke the rately, taking their own memory of one moment journeys, Harper often — one human — that distressed, Sher-Machherndl sometimes gave migration a face. seeming tired, unsure of how to help. To a backdrop of sounds reminiscent of water and the hum of electricity, As with all meaningful art, each Sher-Machherndl dances with Harper, viewer assigns meaning to the work taking her under his arm to provide based on their own experiences, biases support as her body rebels against and desires. Such is the case with
movement. She regains composure and they separate and dance again, but their movements suggest pain in their stomachs and backs. This cycle continues — moving, struggling, moving, struggling — as the sounds of water increase to a heavy downpour until Harper hits the ground for the last time, her eyes open. Sher-Machherndl stands over her, helpless, just as the world looked on as the picture of a Syrian child — Alan Kurdi — lying face down on a Turkish beach made its way into our homes and burned itself into our collective consciousness.
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s that lawnmower bothering you?” Jimmy Herring asks during our phone interview a few weeks ago. “There’s a guy cutting the grass next door, wanted to be sure you could hear me.” Nope, not a problem at all. A minute or two later, “Oh man, I gotta move my car. I guess the lawnmower guy... oh, wait, no, I’m blockin’ someone in my driveway. Hey, Carter? You want me to move my car, I’m doin’ a... Chloe! How ya doin’? You guys heading out?” Perhaps this phone call is a bit of an... intrusion. “No, man,” he laughs. “That was my son’s girlfriend; we hadn’t seen her in a long time.” So, that settles that. Jimmy Herring, one of the groove/ fusion scene’s most respected players, has a one-car driveway and doesn’t have someone to manage it. That’s Jimmy for ya’. Herring’s currently heading up another of his inbetween projects, The Invisible Whip. He brings along two old friends and fellow Aquarium Rescue Unit (ARU) veterans, organist Matt Slocum and drummer Jeff Sipe (aka, “Apt Q258,” the still obscure nickname bestowed on Sipe by ARU’s founding mad genius Bruce Hampton.) The group has been touring sporadically this summer, interrupted by a few choice Widespread Panic dates where Herring has held the lead guitar seat for several years. The road for Herring has been a twisting boulevard of improbabilities, a consistent test of genre-latitude facility for the once self-admitted Dixie Dregs fanatic from North Carolina. If most established players are too fatigued to recite their own musical biographies, Herring does so without much prompting. It’s hardly boasting — it’s almost as if Herring, a maddeningly fluid and articulate soloist, one of the most naturally virtuosic players working these days, tells the story as if he’s trying to understand it himself. ARU happened like this: “I was in a band with Jeff Sipe, Oteil [Burbidge], Kofi [Burbidge] and a guy called Charlie Williams, from Atlanta. We had this band that never played a gig. We were rehearsing in Jeff Sipe’s basement. And Kofi and Oteil moved into his house as roommates. We never did a gig because you had to have, like, so much material to get
a gig. And we were trying to do it all with original music. So we never got enough music together to actually do a gig. “During the time that was going on, Jeff Sipe had been playing with Bruce Hampton, just on the side. He started telling us how liberating it was. So next thing you knew, Oteil was playing with him. And then Oteil and Jeff kinda lost interest in our little basement band, because they found that liberating thing that Bruce had, and that thing where the more simple the music, the more freedom you had. “So finally, I got the opportunity to sit in with them, and from the minute that happened, it just changed my life instantly... See, even though Sipe and Oteil and I had played together, we’d never really played together. We were doing all these compositions, which kind of reflected all kinds of progressive music, jazz fusion, whatever you want to call it. But we’d never played blues together. They didn’t know I liked blues, and I thought they’d be bored silly playing a two beat, like a bluegrass thing. I mean, Jeff was a virtuoso, why would he want to go bap-bap-bap-bap? They didn’t know I liked that kind of stink. “So the first time I sat in with them, playing with Bruce, was very much like the first time we’d ever really played together. It was a total revelation.” ARU had a solid run in the early ’90s when, propelled by their part-eccentric, part-virtuosic performances in clubs and as one of the early H.O.R.D.E. acts, they became icons of the emerging jam scene. Constant touring and exposure well beyond anything that Hampton himself envisioned (or even really wanted) eventually burned the group out. Hampton played the role of the eccentric roots MC, chipping blues riffs away on his SG or Stratocaster while his band galloped on soaring improvisational flourishes, usually coaxed back to earth by the leader when things started getting too cerebral, pulling the band back into his unique, Zappa-meets-Muddy Waters swamp. Herring was one of the players, of course, present when Hampton collapsed and died this past May at his 70th birthday party benefit gig in Atlanta. “Yeah. I was 10 feet away. It was... incredible. But you see HERRING Page 24
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know, and this sounds like a cliché, but Bruce said it a lot in the time I knew him, that was how he wanted to Jimmy Herring looks like Steve Morse. go out.” Except he doesn’t. Herring moved on from the ARU days to play in Jazz is Dead, the Grateful Dead-fusion experiment assembled by producer Michael Gaiman. He got that connection through the late T Lavitz, former Dixie Dregs keyboardist. Herring had been to so many Dregs shows (“ ... between ’78 and ’82, I must have been to at least a hundred Dregs shows... ”) that the band had a nickname for him: North Carolina. “You know how they say that, after a while, people start to look like their pets? People started telling me that I looked like Steve Morse.” (Writer’s note: Apart from the blonde hair, he doesn’t.) “Even people who didn’t know I played guitar.” Funny story, but for Herring it also belied a problem for him in his own musical development. He was simply listening to too much guitar music. “You know, you gotta watch out for that. Alan Holdsworth, Steve Morse, Eric Johnson... these kind of guys are so infectious to a young musician’s mind ... I found myself in that place where I didn’t really have my own identity, so I stopped listening to all guitar players and just started listening to horn players. “I love Coltrane and Charlie Parker, Johnny Griffin, Lee Morgan. I love Herbie Hancock. All these cats, trying to draw inspiration from that place where you’re not getting it from the guy who plays the same instrument as you.” Until, of course, you get that phone call. Y’know, the one where your idol calls you up and asks you to go out on tour with him. Souvik Datta, founder and chief proprietor of Abstract Logix, arranged such a call for Herring last year. Herring thought it was a prank. “Souvik called me one day and I thought he was goofing on me. The phone rang, and I knew it was Souvik’s number, and the voice on the other end said, ‘Hey Jimmy, this is John McLaughlin.’ So I said, ‘Sure it is, this is Miles Davis.’ And he laughed and he said, ‘No, this is really John McLaughlin.’” Herring, still that long-haired guitar fanatic awestruck in the presence of stratospheric virtuosity, and now arguably old school fusion’s ambassador to the current jam-scene, called him “sir;” McLaughlin set about to make him feel at ease. “I know that John has always been interested in a lot of different musical dialects. I think he loves music from all cultures; I’m just not sure he’s ever worked with any hicks before.” The plan is a twin bill — Herring’s band, then McLaughlin’s, then everybody on stage for a third set. The inescapable parallel here is that McLaughlin himself broke internationally more than four decades ago in the band of another bandleader (Miles Davis) who also typically called fairly simple numbers and gave his players the freedom to find their own voices through the changes, coaxing their own nuances around the melodies. Bruce Hampton’s graduates are Herring, Oteil, Slocum and Sipe. Miles’ were McLaughlin, Chick Corea, Dave Holland, Wayne Shorter, Jack deJohnette and Herbie Hancock. Two circles, aligning 40 years apart, both started orbiting around a single gravity well of gently disciplined liberation. Where’s the intersection? Is Herring going back to learn (or re-learn) “The Dance of Maya,” “Birds of Fire,” “Sapphire Bullets of Pure Love,” et al? “Yeah, some of it. Whatever he wants to play. Some of it I’m familiar with... a lot of it I am, because I was a Mahavishnu junkie. “But whatever he wants to do, we’ll do our best to be ready.” Boulder Weekly
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Palo Negri starred in the 1918 film The Yellow Ticket, which will be live scored by fiddler Alicia Svigals at The Dairy on Sept. 15. September music events at the Dairy: CU@The Dairy: Miraculous Mozart David Korevaar, piano, and chamber orchestra. 7:30 p.m. Sept. 7 The Yellow Ticket Film screening with live music Alicia Svigals, violin, and Marilyn Lerner, piano. 7:30 p.m. Sept. 15 Jazz at the Dairy: From Peru to Mexico.
Guitarist Alfredo Muro with former Dairy music curator James Bailey, cello. 7:30 p.m. Sept. 16 Soundscape: Women in Classical Music. 2 p.m. Sept. 20 One Night Only: Shake, Schimmel, and Shout! 7:30 p.m. Sept. 27 Other fall dates and ticket information: tickets.thedairy.org/online
Svigals, a klezmer fiddler who will play her own score with the film, explains that “Kevin Brownlow, a famous film restorer, found [bits of the film] in an attic in the Netherlands. There was no intact version, so he put it together” from the fragments he could find. In 2012, the Washington D.C., Jewish Music Festival commissioned Svigals to write a score for the film. “I watched the film and I was like, ‘Oh my god!’” she says. “I got deeper and deeper into it, and then it kind of took over my life.” Co-founder of the Klezmatics in the 1980s, Svigals says the score includes “other stuff, too. I wrote stuff that sounds like klezmer, that sounds like Ukrainian, Romanian Jewish folk music. you might say it was like Bartók or Bloch, and there’s some weird sounds that come out of my own brain.” Svigals finds it particularly intriguing that “the team that made this film was part of this kind of progressive artistic team in Warsaw, and Negri wrote in her memoir that part of her motivation for making it was to promote tolerance and to combat antisemitism.” The screening of the film will be followed by a panel discussion with Shneer and Yonatan Malin from the College of Music and the Jewish studies program, and other faculty members. Returning music series presented by the Dairy, including Soundscape, One Night Only and Jazz at the Dairy, will also open this month. You can see all the dates and purchase tickets at tickets.thedairy. org/online. September 7 , 2017 27
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here is a difference between the Boulder County that we choose to see and the Boulder County that is. We choose to see the one that boasts a thriving startup community and a real estate boom, the one that is routinely ranked one of the healthiest communities in America, and the one that is surrounded by over 100,000 acres of open space. We choose not to see the one in which one in six children is food insecure, the one in which 14 percent of individuals are living below the poverty line and the one in which people struggle to make ends meet. Kassia Binkowski decided it was time to choose differently and so set her team on the path to tell the whole truth. Two years ago they embarked on an in-depth public art piece, The Sonder Collection featuring (In)Visible Boulder County, a film and photography pairing that collects and tells stories from marginalized populations across Boulder County. Perhaps to empower the audience she hopes to reach, Binkowski talks about the way we see our community as a “choice.” It is a blindness that she recognized from her unique perch at One Thousand Design, a creative production studio dedicated to working with social impact organizations. Through her work, she has gained unique insight into the network of nonprofits that serve Boulder County. She sees through the lenses of the issues that the nonprofits seek to alleviate, and also has realized the groups work in silos of their distinct causes, without the community vision and cooperation needed to create meaningful and lasting change. She sees the Boulder Weekly
potential of what these organizations can accomplish if they come together. “Having been a Boulder resident for more than a decade, I was inspired and also frustrated by the disconnect between Boulder’s self-perception and its actual reality,” Binkowski says. “I really wanted to share the voices and the stories that we don’t ever hear, to reach out to the neighbors that just don’t have the opportunities and platforms that the rest of us do. I wanted to help our community make a different choice.” (In)Visible has sprung from a fledgling idea to a comprehensive multimedia art project currently on tour across the County. You might have stumbled across it at the Pine Street Church, Front Range Community College or, most recently, at the Boulder Public Library as ordinary hallways became galleries featuring dozens of black and white photo portraits. A smiling woman with her eyes downcast, a loose smile and a bindi centered between her brows; her image blurred slightly by the ghostly image of a schoolgirl and the words “I was” boldly printed next to her face. Next in line, a photo of another woman, staring off into space, her image transposed with that of a public bathroom, the word “before” hovering next to her eyes. One by one, pictures showcase individuals and their unique stories, the accompanying words hanging nearby not in explanation, but as proof that a person can’t be boiled down to something so simple because, in such simplicity, the personal becomes universal. “My dream,” “I need,” “I am,” — declarations we all share no matter where we come from and where we have to go. The project will culminate at a screening of a film documenting the dozens of interviews conducted by One Thousand Design at the Dairy on Sept. 14, followed by a panel discussion of the nonprofits, government agencies and individuals involved in the project. The idea is to turn the art project into a conversation and to inspire an ethos
of empathy among the stakeholders and audience alike. In ruminating on the success of the project, Binkowski credits a crucial partnership with Boulder County Community Services that was integral in providing funding as well as in recruiting participants. Mike Stratton, communications specialist for the department was eager to get involved with the project two years ago when Binkowski first approached him with the idea, but says that back then its value was intangible and hard to quantify. Now, he says (In)Visible doesn’t just “feel” important, but is, and for a couple of reasons. “The political climate has forced social issues to the forefront of our public consciousness,” Stratton says. “People want to engage with these more difficult social considerations, ones that they didn’t recognize until now, but ones that Boulder area organizations have been dealing with, behind the scenes, all along.” He also brings up a more concrete concern, saying the project is bringing people into conversation as critical funding sources are cast into a shadow of doubt amid federal cutbacks likely to trickle to local governments and social programs. He says now is an important time for communities to begin exploring new ways to support the marginalized among them. (In)Visible is helping Boulder County to become aware of how dozens of organizations overlap, he says, and of the shared nature of problems, from homelessness to immigrant support to transgender rights. The project is illuminating a new approach that asks communities to look beyond individual causes in order to look at social well-being more comprehensively and more simplistically, by examining the way we relate to one another, as organizations and as individuals. “This is about busting stereotypes that keep us separate,” Stratton says. “I have come to see that everyone has a story and that every story is worth listening to.”
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John Mulaney: Kid Gorgeous. 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 7, Macky Auditorium, 1595 Pleasant St., Boulder.
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Emmy Award-winning comedian John Mulaney brings his boyish charm and sharp wit to Boulder for his Kid Gorgeous tour. Mulaney is a former writer for Saturday Night Live, where he appeared as a “Weekend Update” correspondent and co-created memorable characters like Bill Hader’s Stefon. Mulaney recently starred in the Broadway hit Oh, Hello on Broadway alongside Nick Kroll, and he currently writes for IFC’s Documentary Now and for Netflix’s Big Mouth. Macky Auditorium isn’t a shabby place to see someone who has been hailed “one of the best stand-up comics alive.”
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Bonobo. 8:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 8, Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder. Neil Krug
After a sold-out show at Red Rocks in May — with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra behind him — Simon Green is back for an intimate show at Boulder Theater. The man better known as Bonobo has been continent hopping nonstop since the release of his new album, Migration, in January. The LP is a snapshot of the beloved producer/DJ’s eclectic style, with soul-stirring ballads and intricate dance floor fist-pumpers. A DJ set in Denver on Thursday, Sept. 7 features Green solo behind the decks for a sweaty night on the dance floor. Green picks up his bass and joins his band the following night at Boulder Theater for an instrumental take on his catalog. This one’s sold out, but it’s worth a post on Facebook to find some tickets.
Jonny Lang. 9 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 9, Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder.
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Just one day after dropping his sixth studio album, Signs, Jonny Lang will melt faces with lava hot guitar riffs at Boulder Theater. Though just 36, Lang has been forging a successful career as a blues guitarist for 20 years, driven by his mind-bending solos and dedication to creating his own work and not just re-hashing blues classics. Lang has shared the stage with the Rolling Stones, B.B. King, Aerosmith and Buddy Guy, who he still tours with today. He’s branched off from pure blues over the years, but he’s never strayed from poignant storytelling.
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Brad Hudson, Lize Brittin, Kevin Beck — Young Runners at the Top. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder.
Truth be Told Story Slam. 7 p.m. Shine Restaurant and Gathering Place, 2027 13th St., Boulder.
Marjorie Power. 7 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., Boulder.
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Live Entertainment Nightly at our 1709 Pearl St location
So, You’re a Poet: Weekly Open Poetry Reading. Laughing Goat Coffeehouse, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder.
Ken Wilber — Trump and A PostTruth World/The Religion of Tomorrow. 1 p.m. First Congregational Church, 1128 Pine St., Boulder.
The Nobel Lecture Series September Lecture — Gao Xingjian. 7 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder.
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The Art of the Travel Essay: A Writing Workshop with Brad Wetzler. 2 p.m. Boulder Book Store,
Innisfree Weekly Open Poetry Reading. 7 p.m. Innisfree Poetry
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Bookstore & Cafe, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., Boulder. Valerie Szarek. 6 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., Boulder. Robert Wright — Why Buddhism Is True. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder.
Valerie Szarek’s voice and native flute is familiar at open mics and festivals in the Boulder/Denver area as well as the Western Slope. Her poetry book Signs of Life was a Colorado Author’s League Award finalist and received an EVVY Award. Her poem “Letters to an Unknown God” won First place in the National Poetry Federation Winner’s Circle and was a Colorado Author’s League Finalist. See her at Innisfree on Tuesday, Sept. 12.
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Thursday, September 7 Music Animal Ace. 8 p.m. Your Mom’s House, 608 E. 13th Ave., Denver. Authority Zero. 7 p.m. Summit Music Hall, 1902 Blake St., Denver. Ben Marshal Band — with McKay Brothers Trio. 8 p.m. Cervantes Masterpiece, 2637 Welton St., Denver. Bluegrass Pickers. 7 p.m. West Flanders Brewing, 1125 Pearl St., Boulder. Bonobo (DJ Set). 9 p.m. Club Vinyl, 1082 Broadway, Denver. Death Goes on Strike (Der Kaiser Von Atlantis). 7 p.m. Syntax Physic Opera, 554 S. Broadway, Denver.
CU BOULDER EVENTS Guest Master Class: Wycliffe Gordon, trombone.
11 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 7, Macky Auditorium, 1595 Pleasant St., Room 1B03B, Boulder. This event is free and open to the public.
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eTown at Red Rocks Amphitheatre — with Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit. 6 p.m. eTown Hall, 1535 Spruce St., Boulder.
Doctoral Student Recital: Christopher Huls, conducting.
A Flood Fortold. 7 p.m. Herman’s Hideaway, 1578 S. Broadway, Denver. Forever 27 — A Tribute to Legends Lost. 7 p.m. Oriental Theater, 4335 W. 44th Ave., Denver. Fuk Cancer Benefit. 9 p.m. Hi-Dive Denver, 7 S. Broadway, Denver. Glass Top Bar. 5 p.m. Galleria at the Denver Performing Arts Complex, 1400 Curtis St., Denver. Grassfed. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder. Juan Birch. 9 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder. Kenny Warren Trio featuring Dave Devine and Shane Endsley. 7 p.m. Dazzle@Baur’s, 1512 Curtis St., Denver. Miraculous Mozart featuring Artists David Korevaar and Friends Summary. 7:30 p.m. The Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder. One More Time: A Tribute to Daft Punk. 8:30 p.m. The Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder. Open Mic Night. 9 p.m. Outback Saloon, 3141 28th St., Boulder. Patty Jackson. 7:30 p.m. Quinlan Cafe, 71 E. Yale Ave., Denver. Sarah Banker. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder. Sego. 8 p.m. Lost Lake, 3602 E. Colfax Ave., Denver. Skyline Beer Garden. 11 a.m. Skyline Park, Arapahoe Street between 16th and 17th streets, Denver.
This event kicks off an innovative collaboration with the Dairy Arts Center. Join David Korevaar for a sublime evening featuring Mozart Piano Concertos 14 and 15. Violinist Charles Wetherbee leads a dynamic orchestra comprised of College of Music faculty, graduates and alumni, as Korevaar conducts from the keyboard. Tickets start at $10.
Dennis Small Cultural Center’s Open House.
5 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 7, University Memorial Center, 1669 Euclid Ave., Dennis Small Cultural Center 457, Boulder. The Dennis Small Cultural Center is a safe space on campus seeking to enhance multicultural and social awareness for students, staff, faculty and the greater community through collaboration with historically underrepresented student groups. This event is free to the public.
CU @ The Dairy: Miraculous Mozart.
7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 7, Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder.
7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 7, Imig Music, Grusin Music Hall, 1020 18th St., Boulder. This event is free and open to the public.
Guest Recital: Edward Parmentier, harpsichord.
7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 8, Imig Music, Grusin Music Hall, 1020 18th St., Boulder. This event is free and open to the public.
Doctoral Student Recital: Daniel Twentey, trombone.
4:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 10, Imig Music, Grusin Music Hall, 1020 18th St., Boulder. This event is free and open to the public.
Mini Law School 2017: Lifelong Learning Lecture Series for NonLawyers.
6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 12, Wolf Law, Wittemyer Courtroom, 2450 Kittredge Loop Road, Boulder. Mini Law School provides participants with a better understanding of important legal principles in key areas of the law. Taught by members of the CU Boulder law school faculty, the seven-week series provides a look into some of the hottest legal topics of our time. Session held on Tuesday evening from Sept. 12 through Oct. 24. Registration fee for the entire series is $100.
Faculty Tuesdays: Guests from the Cleveland Orchestra.
7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 12, Imig Music, Grusin Music Hall, 1020 18th St., Boulder. Renowned faculty artists perform with visiting colleagues from the Cleveland Orchestra in a virtuosic chamber music recital. This event is free and open to the public.
Physics Colloquium
4 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 13, Department of Physics. This event is free and open to the public.
Branch Out presents: Celebration of Hispanix/Latinx Heritage Month!
5 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 13, University Memorial Center, Dennis Small Cultural Center 457, 1669 Euclid Ave., Boulder. Join the Dennis Small Cultural Center and UMAS y MEXA for a fun and free celebration to explore different aspects of Latinx/Hispanisx culture including food, music and other traditions. This event is open to the public.
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Stay Rooted — with Chris Dyer Art WorkShop, Mr. Rogers, Somatoast. 7:10 p.m. The Black Box LLC, 314 E. 13th Ave., Denver. William Clark Green. 8 p.m. Larimer Lounge, 2721 Larimer St., Denver. Women Wanted! New Women’s Singing Group. 6 p.m. Heart of Longmont, 350 11th Ave., Longmont. Events 11th Annual Back to School Night. 5:30 p.m. Comedy Works, 1226 15th St., Denver. Art on Tap! Oktoberfest Beer Portrait Night. 6:30 p.m. Rackhouse Pub, 2875 Blake St., Denver. DORK: Improvised Dungeons & Dragons. 8 p.m. Voodoo Comedy Playhouse, 1260 22nd St., Denver. Jessica Kirson. 8 p.m. Comedy Works, 1226 15th St., Denver. John Mulaney: Kid Gorgeous. 6:30 p.m. Macky Auditorium, 1595 Pleasant St., Boulder. Loopr Mobile Cannabis Lounge Routes. 2 p.m. 1-Up Colfax, 717 E. Colfax Ave., Denver. On Tap Fundraiser (Adults Only). 6 p.m. WOW! Children’s Museum, 110 N. Harrison Ave., Lafayette. Friday, September 8 2017 Gospel Jazz Explosion Concert featuring Billboard Artist Ron McMillon, Smooth Jazz Guitarist Extraordinaire Gregory Goodloe. 8 p.m. The Soiled Dove Underground, 7401 E. First Ave., Denver.
Happy Hour — with DOTSERO. 5:30 p.m. Jazz@ Jack’s, 500 16th St., Suite 320, Denver.
Motown Legends Revue starring Ron Ivory & The Four Tones. 8 p.m. The Clocktower Cabaret, 1601 Arapahoe St., Denver.
Hit and Run: Musical Improv. 9 p.m. Voodoo Comedy Playhouse, 1260 22nd St., Denver.
MOVE: A Night of New Orleans Bounce. 9 p.m. The Black Box LLC, 314 E. 13th Ave., Denver.
theater Anything Goes. Jester’s Dinner Theatre, 224 Main St., Longmont. Through Oct. 1. Appropriate. Curious Theatre Company, 1080 Acoma St., Denver. Through Oct. 14.
Dinner. The Edge Theater Company, 1560 Teller St., Lakewood. Through Sept. 17. Frozen. Buell Theater, Denver Performing Arts Complex, 1345 Champa St., Denver. Through Oct. 1.
The Marvelous Wonderettes — presented by Performance Now Theatre Company. Lakewood Cultural Center, 470 S. Allison Parkway. Begins Sept. 8. Through Sept. 24.
Argentine Tango GroundSchool Classes. 7 p.m. Avalon Ballroom, 6185 Arapahoe Road, Boulder.
Barrel of Blues. 7 p.m. Cannon Mine Coffee, 210 S. Public Road, Lafayette.
A Chorus Line. Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada. Begins Sept. 12. Through Oct. 1.
The Little Dog Laughed — presented by Vintage Theatre. Vintage Theatre, 1468 Dayton St., Aurora. Begins Sept. 8. Through Oct. 22.
Deep in the American South, Charlotte and Jonny have been best friends since they were nine. She’s Jewish, he’s Christian; he’s black, she’s white. Their differences intensify their connection, until sexual desire complicates everything in surprising, compulsive ways. The Mystery of Love and Sex is an entertaining and explosive look at race, sexual identity and family dynamics. Playing at John Hand Theater through Oct. 7.
Berated. 9 p.m. Lost Lake, 3602 E. Colfax Ave., Denver. Bluegrass Pick. 6 p.m. Cellar West Artisan Ales, 1001 Lee Hill Drive, Suite 10, Boulder.
August: Osage County — presented by Vintage Theatre. Vintage Theatre, 1468 Dayton St., Aurora. Through Oct. 15.
The Music Man. Candlelight Dinner Playhouse, 4747 Marketplace Drive, Johnstown. Through Nov. 5 My Brilliant Divorce. Avenue Theater Group, 417 E. 17th Ave, Denver. Begins Sept. 8. Through Oct. 14. The Mystery of Love and Sex — presented by Firehouse Theater Company. John Hand Theater, 7653 E. First Place, Denver. Begins Sept. 9. Through Oct. 7. Rock of Ages. BDT Stage, 5501 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder. Through Nov. 11.
Bonobo (Live). 8:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 8, Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder. Brewer & Shipley — with Star Belle Ukulele Band. 8 p.m. Swallow Hill Music, 71 East Yale Ave., Denver. The Canyons. 9 p.m. Angel’s Landing, 2014 S. University Blvd., Denver. Dale Watson. 7 p.m. Marquis Theatre, 2009 Larimer St., Denver. Death Goes on Strike (Der Kaiser Von Atlantis). 7 p.m. Syntax Physic Opera, 554 S. Broadway, Denver. DJ Dugas + more. 7 p.m. The Black Box LLC, 314 E. 13th Ave., Denver.
Epica. 6:30 p.m. The Ogden Theatre, 935 E. Colfax Ave., Denver.
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Motion Trap (Album Release). 9 p.m. Larimer Lounge, 2721 Larimer St., Denver.
Les Liaison Dangereuses — presented by Miners Alley. Miners Alley Playhouse, 1224 Washington Ave., Golden. Begins Sept. 8. Through Oct. 15.
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The Grant Farm featuring Keith Moseley of The String Cheese Incident. 7:30 p.m. The Caribou Room, 55 Indian Peaks Drive, Nederland.
Alvvays. 8 p.m. The Bluebird Theater, 3317 E. Colfax Ave., Denver.
Barely Alive, Virtual Riot. 9 p.m. Beta Nightclub, 1909 Blake St., Denver.
Mike Masse. 7 p.m. Mercury Cafe, 2199 California St., Denver. Morning Bear. 8 p.m. Walnut Room, 3131 Walnut St., Denver.
Altas. 9 p.m. Hi-Dive Denver, 7 S. Broadway, Denver.
Attitude on Santa Fe (Performance Only). 7:30 p.m. Colorado Ballet, 1075 Santa Fe Drive, Denver.
Mayhem Plays Chick Corea. 7:30 p.m. Dazzle@ Baur’s, 1512 Curtis St., Denver.
Glass Top Bar. 5 p.m. Galleria at the Denver Performing Arts Complex, 1400 Curtis St., Denver.
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FamilySong Music-Demo Class. 10:30 a.m. WOW! Children’s Museum, 110 N. Harrison Ave., Lafayette. Full Moon Crystal Bowl Sound Bath. 7 p.m. Rocky Mountain Miracle Center, 1939 S. Monroe St., Denver. Girls On Top! 6:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Homemade
Idlewhile Band. 6 p.m. Bootstrap Brewing Company, 142 Pratt St., Longmont.
Music & Movement. 10:30 a.m. Louisville Public Library, 951 Spruce St., Louisville.
Integral Steps presents Music & Movement. 1 p.m. WOW! Children’s Museum, 110 N. Harrison Ave., Lafayette.
Myra Warren, Ellyn Rucker: “September Serenade.” 6 p.m. Dazzle@Baur’s, 1512 Curtis St., Denver.
Jay Martin. 6:30 p.m. Still Cellars, 1115 Colorado Ave., Longmont.
Purple Squirrel. 9 p.m. Dazzle@Baur’s, 1512 Curtis St., Denver.
The Jerseys. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 North Park Drive, Lafayette.
Ravin’Wolf Acoustic Mountain Blues. 6:30 p.m. CHUBurger, 1225 Ken Pratt Blvd., Longmont.
Jimmy Herring & The Invisible Whip. 9 p.m. The Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder.
Ron Legault Jazz. 7 p.m. Caffè Sole, 637 S. Broadway St., Boulder.
Lawn Concert: Juno What?! 5:30 p.m. Clyfford Still Museum, 1250 Bannock St., Denver.
S.N.A.F.U. — with Black Mass. 9 p.m. Streets of London Pub, 1501 E. Colfax Ave., Denver.
Pandas & People — with Chimney Choir. 7:30 p.m. Levitt Pavilion, 1380 W. Florida Ave., Denver.
Seu Jorge: The Life Aquatic — David Bowie Tribute. 7:30 p.m. Chautauqua Auditorium, 900 Baseline Road, Boulder.
Live Music. 6 p.m. Upslope Brewing Company (Lee Hill), 1501 Lee Hill Drive, Unit 20, Boulder. Live Patio Music: Juliane Stratton. 5:30 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont. Love You Madly: Ellingtonia. 7 p.m. Caffè Sole, 637 S. Broadway St., Boulder.
Silver And Smoke. 9 p.m. Globe Hall, 4483 Logan St., Denver. Skyline Beer Garden. 11 a.m. Skyline Park, Arapahoe Street between 16th and 17th streets, Denver. see EVENTS Page 36
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Living Beyond Hope and Fear: Warrior Principle, Climate Action Our times call for bravery.
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Our second annual climate change symposium, Living Beyond Hope and Fear: Warrior Principle, Climate Action, will support the cultivation of our innate courage as we engage with the ecological and social challenges that arise out of climate change.
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arts 75 — A Celebration of New Works in Fiber. The Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder. Through Oct. 22.
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Art Inspired by the Land. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder. Through Sept. 10.
Moscow-born artist Dasha Shishkin’s solo exhibition is a whimsical and unpredictable leap into a world between painting and drawing, where the follies of human nature and failings of society are performed in vivid color and imagination. See Tram Pam Pam through Sept. 10 at the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art.
Common Ground. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver. Through Nov. 12. Dasha Shishkin: Tram Pam Pam. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., Boulder. Through Sept. 10. Fork, Gun, Cake — by The Corrugated Collective. White Cube Gallery, Nalanda Campus, 6287 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder. Through Oct. 6. Front Range Contemporary Quilters. NCAR’s Mesa Laboratory, 1850 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder. Through Oct. 27. Liz Miller. Firehouse Art Center, 667 Fourth Ave., Longmont. Through Oct. 8. Mauro Giaconi: Cae a plomo/falls to lead. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., Boulder, Through Sept. 10. Mi Tierra. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver. Through Oct. 22. SOLO — works by Masha Sha. Nalanda Gallery, 6287 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder. Through Oct. 6. Variance. Abend Gallery, 1412 Wazee St., Denver. Through Sept. 9.
The Western: An Epic in Art and Film. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver. Through Sept. 10. I S K A N D A R — by Alina Gallo. Lounge Gallery, Nalanda Campus, 6287 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder. Through Oct. 6.
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Smoke Season X Armors. 7 p.m. Moon Room, 1902 Blake St., Denver.
Attitude on Santa Fe: Dinner and Performance. 5 p.m. Colorado Ballet, 1075 Santa Fe Drive, Denver.
Savor & Sample: A Growe Garden Gala. 6 p.m. Boulder JCC, 6007 Oreg, Boulder.
Soldier of Love: The Music of Sade. 8 p.m. The Clocktower Cabaret, 1601 Arapahoe St., Denver.
Boulder Phil Brass. 11 a.m. Flagstaff Sunrise Amphitheater, 1198 Flagstaff Road, Boulder.
Soul School Band. 9:30 p.m. Jazz@Jack’s, 500 16th St., Suite 320, Denver.
Brunch with Still Stompers: Post Modern Bluegrass. 10:30 a.m. Ophelia’s Electric Soapbox, 1215 20th St., Denver.
Seu Jorge Presents: The Life Aquatic, A Tribute to David Bowie. 9 p.m. The Ogden Theatre, 935 E. Colfax Ave., Denver.
Square Dance the Night Away. 7 p.m. Great Divide RiNo Event Space, 3403 Brighton Blvd., Denver. Todd Sheaffer of Railroad Earth and Dead Floyd (featuring a special Todd Sheaffer & Dead Floyd collaboration set). 9 p.m. Cervantes’ Other Side, 2637 Welton St., Denver. Events Second Friday Reception — with Liz Miller. 6 p.m. Firehouse Art Center, 667 Fourth Ave., Longmont. The Crud. 8 p.m. Buntport Theater, 717 Lipan St., Suite B, Denver. Education Abroad Fall Fair 2017. 10:30 a.m. CU Boulder Education Abroad, CU Campus, Boulder.
Dance Night: The Denver Jazz Orchestra. 9 p.m. Dazzle@Baur’s, 1512 Curtis St., Denver. The Denver Jazz Orchestra. 6:30 p.m. Dazzle@ Baur’s, 1512 Curtis St., Denver. eTown Presents: Over the Rhine. 7 p.m. eTown Hall, 1535 Spruce St., Boulder. Grieves. 9 p.m. The Bluebird Theater, 3317 E. Colfax Ave., Denver. Happy Hour Live Jazz. 5:30 p.m. Tandoori Grill South, 619 S. Broadway, Boulder.
Taste of Sertoma 2017. 6 p.m. Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum, 7711 E. Academy Blvd., Denver. Thoughtpilot. 7 p.m. Larimer Lounge, 2721 Larimer St., Denver. Tom Weiser Jazz Quartet. 7 p.m. Caffè Sole, 637 S. Broadway St., Boulder. Tony Goffredi (EP Release). 8 p.m. Lost Lake, 3602 E. Colfax Ave., Denver. Velvet Winter. 7 p.m. Herman’s Hideaway, 1578 S. Broadway, Denver. Events
An Evening at the Museum. 7 p.m. Nederland Mining Museum, 200 N. Bridge St., Nederland.
Intergalactic Peace Jelly & Legato Live Concert. 9:30 p.m. Fiske Planetarium, 2414 Regent Drive, Boulder.
120th Anniversary Gala of the Alliance Francaise of Denver. 6:30 p.m. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver.
Free Legal Clinic. 2 p.m. Lafayette Public Library, 775 W. Baseline Road, Lafayette.
The Jerseys. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 North Park Drive, Lafayette.
Jessica Kirson. 7:30 and 9:45 p.m. Comedy Works, 1226 15th St., Denver.
Jimmy Herring & The Invisible Whip. 9 p.m. The Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder.
2017 Multicultural Awards Banquet. 5 p.m. Boulder County Fairgrounds, 9595 Nelson Road, Longmont.
L’Estrange Menagerie: A Sexy Circus. 11 p.m. The Clocktower Cabaret, 1601 Arapahoe St., Denver.
Jonathan Tyler with School of Rock. 7:30 p.m. Levitt Pavilion Denver, 1380 W. Florida Ave., Denver.
Loopr Mobile Cannabis Lounge Routes. 2 p.m. 1-Up Colfax, 717 E. Colfax Ave., Denver.
Jonny Lang. 8 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder.
Makeshift Shakespeare. 8 p.m. Voodoo Comedy Playhouse, 1260 22nd St., Denver.
La Fiesta: World Party 2017. 7:30 p.m. Boulder County Fairgrounds, 9595 Nelson Road, Longmont.
Swing Dance. 7 p.m. Reverence, 1370 Miners Drive, Suite 111, Lafayette.
Live Music: Kevin Dooley Duo. 7:30 p.m. Dannik’s Gunbarrel Corner Bar, 6525 Gunpark Drive, Boulder.
We Still Like You: Denver. 7 p.m. El Charrito, 2100 Larimer St., Denver.
Live Patio Music: Robin Lore. 5:30 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont.
Saturday, September 9
Mark’s Midnight Carnival Show. 10 p.m. Pioneer Inn, 15 E. First St., Nederland.
Music The 16th Annual Soul Rebel Festival. 2:30 p.m. Sunshine Acres, Boulder. Art Out Loud! 5 p.m. Denver Art Society Cooperative: Main Gallery, 734 Santa Fe Drive, Denver.
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The CBDs. 7 p.m. SKEYE Brewing, 900 S. Hover St., Suite D, Longmont, 303-774-7698.
Skyline Beer Garden. 11 a.m. Skyline Park, Arapahoe Street between 16th and 17th streets, Denver.
Ravin’Wolf Acoustic Mountain Blues. 5:30 p.m. U-Turn BBQ, 599 Cossing Drive, Lafayette. Renée Fleming — with the Colorado Symphony. 7:30 p.m. Boettcher Concert Hall, 1000 14th St., Denver.
28th Annual Friendship Powwow. 10:30 a.m. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver. Fourth Annual Boulder Valley Beer Fest. 2 p.m. Superior Community Park, 1350 Coalton Road, Superior. Sixth Annual Wine Fest. 1 p.m. Downtown Aquarium, 700 Water St., Denver. The Agency: “Bits and Pieces.” 8 p.m. Voodoo Comedy Playhouse, 1260 22nd St., Denver. Blush: A Burlesque Fantasy. 8 p.m. The Clocktower, 1601 Arapahoe St., Denver. Celebration Fair (Mind, Body & Spirit). 10 a.m. Denver Mart, 451 E. 58th Ave., Denver. Chamber Event: Chili Fest. 2 p.m. Community Park, 1350 Coalton Road, Superior. see EVENTS Page 38
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A film adaptation of the Native American novel written by Kent Nerburn, Neither Wolf Nor Dog follows a Lakota elder, Dan, who enlists a well-intentioned white author to compile his life experiences into a book. Played by 95-year-old Dave Bald Eagle, Dan drags the writer (Christopher Sweeney) along on a journey through the Lakota’s ancestral lands and emotionally challenges his perspectives on Native American history as a white man. Funded by the audience and shot in only 18 days with a skeleton crew, the film finds itself successfully competing with the summer Hollywood blockbusters. IMBD gives it a 8.4/10 and for good reason. Dave Bald Eagle, the star of the film who died this year in July, delivers a raw and riveting performance. According to a press release, during the climax scene at the site of the Wounded Knee massacre, “the script was discarded so that Dave could speak words that he had bottled up for 95 years.” Author Kent Nerburn highly praises director Steven Lewis Simpson, saying, “He made a completely new work of art that honored the original work of art while carrying it to a new level.” — Sarah Farley
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Dances From India performed by Mudra Dance Studio. 11:30 a.m. History Colorado Center, 1200 Broadway, Denver. Jessica Kirson. 7:30 and 9:45 p.m. Comedy Works, 1226 15th St., Denver. Louisville Farmers Market. 9 a.m. Downtown Louisville, 916 Main St., Louisville.
Saturday Morning Groove. 10:30 a.m. Free Motion Dance Studio, 2126 Pearl St., Boulder.
Ukulele Jam. 2 p.m. Bootstrap Brewing, 142 Pratt St., Longmont.
So We Know We Can Dance. 3 p.m. Alchemy of Movement, 2436 30th St., Boulder.
Vinyl Sundays with the Denver Kush Club. 12 p.m. Spangalang Brewery, 2736 Welton St., Denver.
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39th Annual Park Hill Home Tour & Street Fair. 11 a.m. Park Hill Neighborhood, 2823 Fairfax St., Denver.
Boulder Pridefest. 11:30 a.m. Boulder Central Park, 1236 Canyon Blvd., Boulder. Brass Under Glass. 4:30 p.m. Denver Performing Arts Complex, 1400 Curtis St., Denver. Bretman Rock. 12 p.m. Marquis Theatre, 2009 Larimer St., Denver. Brunch with Still Stompers (Post Modern Bluegrass). 10:30 a.m. Ophelia’s Electric Soapbox, 1215 20th St., Denver.
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Boulder Comedy Show. 6 p.m. Bohemian Biergarten, 2017 13th St., Boulder. Colorado Boutique Bridal Show. Noon. Hyatt Regency DTC, 7800 E. Tufts Ave., Denver. Crafts and Trades of Olden Days. 10 a.m. Agricultural Heritage Center, 8348 Ute Highway, Longmont. Hawaiian Hula Classes. 5 p.m. A Place to B, 1750 30th St., Unit 64, Boulder. Loopr Mobile Cannabis Lounge Routes. 2 p.m. 1-Up Colfax, 717 E. Colfax Ave., Denver. Mineral, Fossil, Gem & Jewelry Show. 10 a.m. Denver Coliseum, 4600 Humboldt St., Denver. Rattlesnake Hike. 10 a.m. Ron Stweart Preserve at Rabbit Mountain, Boulder.
Doctoral Student Recital: Trombonist Daniel Twentey. 4:30 p.m. University of Colorado Boulder, Regent Drive at Broadway, Boulder.
Swing Dance. 6 p.m. Plaza by Dushanbe Tea House, 1770 13th St., Boulder.
Dryjacket — with Sundressed, The Visitors. 7 p.m. Summit Music Hall, 1902 Blake St., Denver.
Truth Be Told Story Slam. 7 p.m. Shine Restaurant and Gathering Place, 2027 13th St., Boulder.
Jay Som. 9 p.m. The Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder.
Monday, September 11
Levitt Pavilion Concert Series. 5 p.m. Levitt Pavilion, 1380 W. Florida Ave., Denver.
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Spawnbreezie — with New Kingston. 7 p.m. Marquis Theatre, 2009 Larimer St., Denver. Territorio Liberado: A Benefit for Denver Metro Sanctuary Coalition. 4 p.m. Lost Lake, 3602 E. Colfax Ave., Denver.
Boulder Phil String Quartet. 2 p.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder.
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Skyline Beer Garden. 11 a.m. Skyline Park, Arapahoe Street between 16th and 17th streets, Denver.
Mineral, Fossil, Gem and Jewelry Show. 10 a.m. Denver Coliseum, 4600 Humboldt St., Denver.
Blues and BBQ — with Nick Willis. 2 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont.
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Pierre Bensusan. 7 p.m. Swallow Hill Music, 71 East Yale Ave., Denver.
Music in the Galleries with the Palladio String Quartet. 2 p.m. Clyfford Still Museum, 1250 Bannock St., Denver. Operation Water Well. 6 p.m. Herman’s Hideaway, 1578 S. Broadway, Denver. Outlaw Yoga. 10:30 p.m. Bootstrap Brewing, 142 Pratt St., Longmont. Over The Rhine. 8 p.m. The Soiled Dove Underground, 7401 E. First Ave., Denver.
Music Bluegrass Pickers. 7 p.m. West Flanders Brewing, 1125 Pearl St., Boulder. Broken Land. 9:30 p.m. Southern Sun, 627 S. Broadway, Boulder. Geographer. 8 p.m. Globe Hall, 4483 Logan St., Denver. Skyline Beer Garden. 11 a.m. Skyline Park, Arapahoe Street between 16th and 17th streets, Denver. Tiesto. 8 p.m. Beta Nightclub, 1909 Blake St., Denver.
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USAFA Band Chamber Recital Series. 6:30 p.m. Blair-Caldwell African American Research Library, 2401 Welton St., Denver. Venom INC. 7 p.m. Marquis Theatre, 2009 Larimer St., Denver. Events Black & Blu: Comedy/Variety Show. 7 p.m. Tennyson’s Tap, 4335 W. 38th Ave., Denver. Mineral, Fossil, Gem & Jewelry Show. 10 a.m. Denver Coliseum, 4600 Humboldt St., Denver. Movement Mondays. 7 p.m. Free Motion Dance Studio, 2126 Pearl St., Boulder. Tap Dance Lessons. 7:15 p.m. Viriditas Studio, 4939 N. Broadway, Suite 65, Boulder. Tuesday, September 12
Rhythm Tramps. 8 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder.
SKRVLLZ (Album Release). 8 p.m. Lost Lake, 3602 E. Colfax Ave., Denver.
Dinner — with Jami Lunde, Eben Grace. 6 p.m. Ophelia’s Electric Soapbox, 1215 20th St., Denver.
Skyline Beer Garden. 11 a.m. Skyline Park, Arapahoe Street between 16th and 17th streets, Denver.
Ellen Pierce & The Warm Honeys. 7 p.m. Herman’s Hideaway, 1578 S. Broadway, Denver.
Smokestack Relics. 8 p.m. Globe Hall, 4483 Logan St., Denver.
HuMPday Dance Party — with The Hot Lunch Band. 9 p.m. Jazz@Jack’s, 500 16th St., Suite 320, Denver.
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Midday Music Meditation. 12 p.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder. Rebecca Rosen. 7 p.m. The Soiled Dove Underground, 7401 E. First Ave., Denver. Reggae Night. 9 p.m. Boulder House, 1109 Walnut St., Boulder.
Comedy at Tandoori. 8 p.m. Tandoori Bar, 619 S. Broadway, Boulder. Mineral, Fossil, Gem & Jewelry Show. 10 a.m. Denver Coliseum, 4600 Humboldt St., Denver. Tap Dance Lessons. 7:15 p.m. Viriditas Studio, 4939 N. Broadway, Suite 65, Boulder.
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Music Boulder Phishin. 7 p.m. Owsley’s Golden Road, 1301 Broadway St., Boulder. Coast Modern. 8 p.m. Globe Hall, 4483 Logan St., Denver.
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Espresso! Swing & Gypsy Jazz. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder. eTown Live Radio Show Taping — with Very Special Guest & Robert Finley. 7 p.m. eTown Hall, 1535 Spruce St., Boulder.
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Faculty Tuesdays: Guests from the Cleveland Orchestra. 7:30 p.m. University of Colorado Boulder, Regent Drive at Broadway, Boulder. Farmstand Storytime/¡Cuentos y Cultivos! 5 p.m. 8627 N. 95th St., Longmont.
Craft beer. Good fun. 100 Taps.
Ignite Nite: Metro Boomin. 5 p.m. History Colorado, 1200 Broadway, Denver. Iska Dhaaf. 8 p.m. Lost Lake, 3602 E. Colfax Ave., Denver. Live Music: Tony Rosario. 6:30 p.m. Dannik’s Gunbarrel Corner Bar, 6525 Gunpark Drive, Boulder. Parsonsfield — with Ian Mahan. 7 p.m. The Soiled Dove Underground, 7401 E. First Ave., Denver. Performance High Showcase. 6 p.m. Walnut Room, 3131 Walnut St., Denver. The Shadowboxers. 8 p.m. Larimer Lounge, 2721 Larimer St., Denver. Skyline Beer Garden. 11 a.m. Skyline Park, Arapahoe Street between 16th and 17th streets, Denver. Tuesday Bluegrass Open Jam at Bootstrap Brewing in Longmont. 6:30 p.m. Bootstrap Brewing Company, 142 Pratt St., Longmont. Tuesday Tapping and Live Music at Upslope. 6 p.m. Upslope Brewing Company, 1898 South Flatiron Court, Boulder.
Come enjoy the best local and regional craft beers at Louisville’s newest neighborhood pub. Some you’ll know; others you’ll come to love. Enjoy craft cuisine and hand crafted beverages in a comfortable setting. Make yourself at home… only with a much, much larger beer selection. Did we mention 100 taps? And craft beer? And wine. And ciders. And flavored kombucha teas, and more. We’re all about comfort and yumminess. Is that a word? It should be.
Events Doppelgängers! Improv Showcase. 8 p.m. Voodoo Comedy Playhouse, 1260 22nd St., Denver. Mineral, Fossil, Gem and Jewelry Show. 10 a.m. Denver Coliseum, 4600 Humboldt St., Denver. Open Mic. 6 p.m. Twisted Pine Brewing Company, 3201 Walnut St., Boulder. Open Mic — with the Prairie Scholars. 6 p.m. SKEYE Brewing, 900 S. Hover St., Suite D, Longmont. Spicy Lounge Music and Dancing. 7:30 p.m. Alchemy of Movement, 2436 30th St., Boulder. Wednesday, September 13 Music Avishai Cohen. 6 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. Dazzle@ Baur’s, 1512 Curtis St., Denver. Ben Hammond. 4:30 p.m. Viewhouse Eatery, Bar & Rooftop, 2015 Market St., Five Points, Denver. Bonnie Raitt. 8 p.m. Macky Auditorium, 1595 Pleasant St., Boulder. Bridging The Music Presents: CO Solo Artist Awards. 6 p.m. Oriental Theater, 4335 W. 44th Ave., Denver. Chameleons Vox. 8 p.m. The Bluebird Theater, 3317 E. Colfax Ave., Denver. Delbert McClinton — with Teresa James & The
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Doing Dishes by Lois Parker Edstrom She said she had always wanted to do it; throw away dirty dishes rather than wash them
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Transferring from New York to Germany with her husband and children, the movers coming that day, she chucked the dishes in among the banana peels, egg shells, coffee grounds, bits of bacon, paper towels and called it good. What she could not know is that a young mother
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home from work that evening. Bright dishes that showed up chipped and grubby like old friends with egg on their faces. Lois Parker Edstrom, a retired nurse, lives on Whidbey Island, off the coast of Washington, and her 2016 book Night Beyond Black, from MoonPath Press, has many accessible and moving poems. Here’s just one example. — by Ted Kooser, U.S. Poet Laureate We do not accept unsolicited submissions. American Life in Poetry is made possible by The Poetry Foundation (www.poetryfoundation.org), publisher of Poetry magazine. It is also supported by the Department of English at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Poem copyright ©2016 by Lois Parker Edstrom, “Doing Dishes,” from Night Beyond Black, (MoonPath Press, 2016). Poem reprinted by permission of Lois Parker Edstrom and the publisher. Introduction copyright © 2017 by The Poetry Foundation. The introduction’s author, Ted Kooser, served as United States Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 2004-2006.
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f it’s not a labor of love, then it’s a labor of something,” Errol Morris said, drawing a laugh from the Friday morning audience. Morris’s comment referred to his latest work, the four-and-a-half-hour docudrama Wormwood, but was applicable almost every time the lights went down and the screen lit up this past weekend at the 44th Telluride Film Festival. There really isn’t a film festival like Telluride. Every Labor Day weekend, the small mountain town is transformed into a moviegoer’s paradise. The local hockey rink becomes the Werner Herzog Theatre, a convention hall celebrates the work of animator Chuck Jones and a small patch of grass along the main drag transforms into the Abel Gance Open Air Cinema. Over 50 movies are screened throughout the holiday weekend; some labors of love, others labors of something, all highly personal. Few more so than Wormwood, Morris’s documentary about a father’s death, his son’s obsession, the C.I.A. and LSD. Wormwood revolves around the strange death of U.S. Army Scientist Frank Olson, a man who either fell or jumped to his death on Nov. 28, 1953. Those options, “fell” or “jumped,” never sat well with Frank’s son, Eric Olson, and in Shakespearean fashion, Olson spent the better part of his life trying to understand what really happened. Morris has spent his life uncovering the unsavory truths lies hide, but in Wormwood, the 69-year-old filmmaker takes his style to the next level and paints his masterpiece. Wormwood is a powerful reminder: What we think we saw, we may not have seen at all. A lifetime in cinema permeated many of the movies at Telluride, no less than Agnés Varda’s delightful Faces Places. Varda (89 years young and not missing a step) aligns herself with popular street artist JR, and travels around the small towns of France, photographing townsfolk and pasting their portraits on decaying buildings. Much like Morris, Varda concerns herself most with what it means to photograph a person or place, and how that photograph relates to memory — making Faces Places just as much about Varda’s career as it is about the art project at hand. The same applies to Paul Schrader’s First Reformed — the best movie at the fest and his personal best in over a decade. First Reformed is a searing drama about Reverend Toller (Ethan Hawke), a man who uses his faith to build the walls of his isolation and the radical cause that will bring him to action. Like much of Schrader’s best work, First Reformed moves into uncomfortable spaces, but they are familiar spaces — the spaces where despair waits. There is no despair in Lady Bird, the directorial debut from actress Greta Gerwig, just humor and humanity about Lady Bird (Saoirse Ronan, never better), a Catholic high school senior itching to get out of Sacramento, California, out of her working class home and out from under her caring, but sometimes overbearing, mother (Laurie Metcalf ). Unlike Morris, Varda and Schrader, Gerwig, 34 years old, is at the beginning of her career. But like these three, she has produced a profound and personal work of cinema. The fall/winter movie scene is starting to look a lot brighter. Boulder Weekly
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love farmers markets. I’m glad so many folks are visiting them and getting in touch with local food. However, these markets are not enough. They’re really just a gateway experience. Those truly hooked on local veggies and fruits can be found at the roadside farm stands scattered throughout rural Boulder County. Farm-stand people have a different look in their eyes than folks crowding farmers markets on weekend mornings. The people behind the counter are often family members or neighbors. For newbie shoppers, farm stands can be a bit intimidating. Stands — at least until Halloween and family pumpkin patch time — are not entertaining. There is no food truck court and often no free samples. There are neither bathrooms nor live musicians. It’s all about food. What farm stands do offer is the real stuff: picked-this-morning green beans and hand-gathered eggs in shells of various hues that taste far richer than the cheap store-bought dozens. The fare is worth the price, as it is keeping local farming alive for the future. Some stands, like the one at Boulder’s Sunbeam
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Farms, are sheds by the side of the road. Other stands, like Cure Organic Farm and Lafayette’s Isabelle Farm, are in buildings. Smaller stands often have an honor system in place — leave cash in the can and take the chard. Some, like Diaz Farm, sell home-prepared “cottage foods.” There are lots of regulars, from parents with kids to folks who mark the passage of seasons by the fresh produce available from rhubarb to winter squash. These are the serious eaters and cooks. These are those who preserve summer. Some of us have patronized farm stands our entire lives. At the Munson Farm stand recently there was serious chatter about how to freeze corn. A stand worker said she preferred yellow corn versus the small kernel white corn and the crowd-pleaser peaches and cream. “It’s corn-ier,” she said. Other shoppers understood exactly what she meant. You want to understand our terroir and really taste this place? Head to the farm in late summer. Grab
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their best as well as the seconds — damaged tomatoes and oddly twisted carrots — and stock up the pantry and freezer for the dark, chilly months ahead. You can easily visit three or four stands in a couple of hours. At any time of the year, when driving a rural road and you see homemade signs for “Local Honey” or “Farm Fresh Eggs,” pull in that driveway. That’s real farm-to-table taste waiting for you.
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The annual Taste of Tomato, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 9 at Boulder’s Gateway Park, is tomato geek heaven. Gardeners who bring three or more large tomatoes (or several more medium or cherry tomatoes) in named varieties get in free. No tomatoes? Admission is $5. You can taste potentially 100 or more varieties of home-grown tomatoes, talk to experts, vote for your favorites and go home and make a BLT. harlequinsgardens.com. see NIBBLES Page 46
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of grains and a real crust, Amy Sembower, especially for employee at Munson Farms toast. Slices in Boulder, takes become a percare of packing customers’ fect butter produce. sponge without sogging out. Even I wonder if there really are that many more chewy, fibrous things to add beyond flax, sunflower and sesame seeds, triticale, pumpkin seeds, barley, oats, rye, millet, spelt, cornmeal, rice, amaranth, quinoa, buckwheat, sorghum, poppy seeds, hemp seeds and various nuts.
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Round is not the only shape a good pizza can take. Take the Palermo at Pizza King, 50577 S. Boulder Road in Louisville. Something great happens when you layer chunky tomato sauce over a mozzarella layer over a substantial rectangle of crust. The Sicilian pizza is served with pecorino cheese, herbs, olive oil and, in my case, meatballs. The crispy corner slices alone are worth the price of admission. They passed the all-important next-day toaster oven warmup taste test. A week later I pulled one slice of tomato pie from the freezer, toasted it and topped it with two over easy eggs. Eggs Palermo is a damn fine breakfast.
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“As with many things in our exhibitionist social-media culture, it’s gone too far. Peruse some foodie accounts on Instagram and you’ll see people ordering more food than they could possibly ever eat so they could photograph and share it and be seen in proximity to it. The actual taste is an afterthought.” — Karol Markowicz John Lehndorff hosts Radio Nibbles at 8:25 a.m. Thursdays on KGNU, 88.5 FM. Podcasts: news.kgnu.org/category/ radio-nibbles. Comments: nibbles@boulderweekly.com. Boulder Weekly
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any people take many photographs of many foods every day. Many of those photos — taken in poor lighting and at odd angles because the photographer was too embarrassed to be seen taking a photo of a beautiful plate of food in public — are bad. But good food photography can move the viewer like any form of art. Stirring shots of the food scene, from farm to table, leap off the page or screen and compel the viewer to act. Rebecca Stumpf, a Longmont freelance photographer, who has completed dozens of stunning food photography projects for local and national food producers, retailers and publications, says there’s a trick to good food photos: they have to tell a story. “I’m trying to create these images for editorial or commercial use that still have a storytelling aspect to them,” Stumpf says. “As humans, we connect to pictures because of that human element, which [could mean] including a hand in the photo, top down, and you get the sense that you could be dining in that scene.” While so much food photography is meant to show off the food, Stumpf ’s work, though varied between projects, is united in that each shot shows off the experience of eating that food, or dining in that space. That sensibility came naturally to Stumpf, who started her career as a journalist after receiving a degree in photojournalism from the University of Montana. After life in Missoula began to grate — “you think Boulder’s a bubble...” Stumpf says — she sailed off to Costa Rica for a stint in the Peace Corps. There, she was able to use photography to tell other people’s stories. “I did a women’s photo voice workshop, meeting with women in the community and kind of giving them
the basics of photography and teaching them how to tell their story through photographs,” Stumpf says. “It was really cool to see what these women photographed and what was a part of their daily life.” After the Peace Corps, Stumpf came to Boulder and, via a marketing internship at Alfalfa’s Market, realized the breadth of Boulder County’s food scene. So many local producers sold into the store, she thought. Stumpf, Rebecca Stumpf who grew up in a house that celebrated food and had dinner at the table together every night, was a born and raised foodie, and the opportunity to marry her passions of photography and food, in the unique food haven that is Boulder County, prompted her to try to make it work as a freelance photographer. But Stumpf, who had worked mostly editorial projects, found she had a lot to learn to get into commercial and retail photography. “There was a huge learning curve there. I knew nothing about commercial shoots,” Stumpf says with a laugh. “I remember my first really big commercial shoot was for Starbucks through an agency in Denver, and I just had no idea how to put together a commercial shoot.” There are aspects of professional food shoots that the layman wouldn’t think of — nor did Stumpf initially. On commercial shoots, the client will provide a budget to the photographer, who then often has to source a venue, a food stylist (a person who sources and arranges the food and/or product), a prop stylist and sometimes an assistant. The photographer usually provides catering on set. Sometimes an art director for the client will provide instruction to the photographer, or a chef at a featured restaurant will prepare the food. Making sure those details and see STUMPF Page 50
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exchange for money. It blurs the line between what consumers have come to recognize as content and advertising. “It just feels corporate and gross and cheap and not really, I don’t know... wholesome storytelling,” Stumpf says. “It does take the art out of it. I think that’s what social media has done with photography and just content in general; it’s sort of just cheapened it a little bit.” Seeing that the cheapening of art has also taken place in schools across the country, either from lack of funding or a shift to a focus on science and technology, Stumpf continues to use her knowledge of photography as a tool for social change. While in the Peace Corps, she gave cameras to fourth and fifth graders for a photo project that was hosted online. Now, she takes a group of high school students abroad each summer with National Geographic on photography excursions. “When I hear about arts programs being cut, it just breaks my heart because it’s so important,” Stumpf says. “It’s so important for kids to develop that part of their brain.” Too, Stumpf says her favorite locations to shoot are farms, because the success of the food infrastructure relies on them. To be a foodie nowadays, Stumpf acknowledges one has to not only enjoy the fruits of the culinary world but respect and sustain the avenues from which they came. It also takes a lot to sustain a freelance career. Stumpf says she’s living out the goals she set for herself years ago, and simply continuing to find time (and the means) to pursue her photography and social work is the new daily goal. “Each time a client hires me, they’re hiring me to breathe and survive and live my passion,” she says. “I think about that, like, ‘Thank you. You’re allowing me to breathe and live this passion of mine.’” To see more of Stumpf ’s work, visit www.rebeccastumpf.com. Boulder Weekly
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his summer I turned 31. I’m not saying I’m getting old, only that suddenly my bones started creaking, commercials for over-thecounter (OTC) heartburn medications started to make sense and I found myself asking my budtender to recommend a strain of cannabis that wouldn’t get me too high. And so it is I came to be standing face-to-face with a display case of marijuana-derived cannabidiol (CBD) products, the ones I’d always dismissed with a certain flippancy. To me, non-psychoactive CBD products were like ordering a skinny decaf latte — why bother? On that day though, I asked a different question — “why not?” — and loaded my bag with a sampler of products. As the budtender rang up my order I got excited for the week that lay ahead, full of the promise of ache-free bones, stress-free nights and relaxed muscles. “31 and ready to party,” I thought to myself, but as it turns out, I am but a part of a growing trend in consumers seeking out CBD and CBD-dominant strains. According to a recent report from Brightfield Group, a market research firm focused on the cannabis industry, CBD sales are growing at a rate of 55 percent a year, on pace to become a $1 billion segment by 2020. For comparison’s sake, the marijuana industry at large is growing at an average rate of 25 percent per year, with all North American sales ringing in at $6.7 billion in 2016. Interestingly, women are at the heart of the growing CBD market demographic, accounting for 55 percent of shoppers, but constituting just 48 percent of recreational consumers. And when it comes to age, CBD users lean slightly older than the general cannabis market, possibly indicating a growing interest in OTC medical applications of CBD. The study, the largest on CBD usage to date, also reports a consumer behavior that could indicate big changes in traditional medical markets: 42 percent of people who use cannabidiol products stop taking traditional medicines.
According to the largest CBD study to date, 66 percent of users say CBD is more effective than OTC medications, particularly when treating depression, anxiety and joint pain.
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What starts as a way to complement existing health and well-being routines ends up replacing them. Sixty-six percent of CBD users say the substance is more effective than OTC medications like Tylenol and more than a third report replacing their prescription medications, like Vicodin and Ambien. In clinical trials, CBD has proven effective in treating insomnia, depression, anxiety and joint pain. As a point of note, the report surveyed 2,400 members of HelloMD, an online community for medical cannabis users, and so while it is the largest CBD usage to date, it is skewed toward the interests of the existing medical market. Nonetheless, it shows how this demographic regards CBD and the ways in which their consumer behavior has been affected by legal cannabidiol markets. Regardless of the biases of the community, the study adds substance to a long-held observation from industry insiders: the difference between recreational and medical marijuana markets is not as clear as our legal and political distinctions make them out to be. While the former implies a more casual market for consumers looking to have a good time, many believe that actual purchasing behavior is not so easily explained. In March of 2017, Travis Howard, CEO of Shift Cannabis Company and owner of a co-located
dispensary, introduced me to the idea that most people shopping “recreationally” are actually using cannabis medically, just like they would an OTC medication. “I believe the largest chunk of the current market and the bulk of the growth to the economy is going to come over-the-counter,” he said. “But, that aspect of the market is being overlooked, as concerned as regulators have been in creating a distinction between medical and recreational. There is no bright line, I guarantee you. I would estimate that up to 75 percent of both markets are truthfully an OTC market.” When you start to look at the cannabis market this way, the recreational aspect of it suddenly seems dwarfed by its OTC potentials. Even though CBD is technically illegal, it has the ability to sidestep the damaging associations that come with the plant’s psychoactive properties while providing tangible benefits. Remember back to some of the most significant political victories for cannabis, when the CBDdominant strain of cannabis, Charlotte’s Web, garnered unprecedented bipartisan support for medical marijuana legislation that would pave the way out of prohibition for medical cannabis in right-leaning states. Similarly, personal CBD use has the potential to reach consumers currently uninterested and skeptical of marijuana. It could turn out that the recreational markets that have been heralded for their massive market potential are actually niche markets, while the vast economic potential lies in the conversion of shoppers now buying bottles of pills in the aisles of the grocery store pharmacy.
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ccording to the Denver will use to pay “health care profesPost, the state of sionals to lead substance abuse, suiColorado has given 42 cide prevention and other programs school districts and at 22 high schools and middle charter schools a total schools.” of $9.2 million to hire people and (In case you’re wondering, the create programs to keep marijuana money is not misappropriated; out of the hands of students. Colorado’s voter-approved taxes on The grants are targeted toward pot contain language allowing the schools located near legal marijuana revenues to be used for a slew of Tony Webster/Wikimedia Commons dispensaries, which is weird virtue signaling even by nanny state standards. Marijuana dispensaries are probably the toughest places in Colorado for a teenager to buy pot. The dough comes from taxes on pot sales that were approved by the voters when they passed Amendment 64 in 2012 and 2013. So what exactly are the school districts going to do with the money? Good question. The story isn’t very helpful in that health-, wellness-, research-, and regard. law-enforcement-related purposes, We learn that the Jefferson some of which are only tangentially County’s School District is getting related to marijuana if at all.) $825,164, which it will use to hire Colorado schools can certainly use three full-time school nurses and six more school nurses. There are cur“social emotional learning specialists,” rently 630 of them in the state, the latter to work at elementary according to the Post, with each schools. responsible for as many as 6,000 stuThe Denver Public Schools are dents — eight times the federally getting $871,636, which the District recommended case load.
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But just what school nurses can do to prevent underage pot use, and how they will fit doing it into their existing job descriptions, which the Post says includes dealing with “flu outbreaks, diabetes, severe allergies, body image issues and football-related concussions,” not to mention handing out Band-Aids and applying tourniquets — is left unsaid. Ditto for what elementary school “social emotional learning specialists” can do to prevent kiddies from inhaling, not that there’s a lot of it in elementary schools. There are useful things that could be done in drug education programs — teaching harm reduction strategies for use in later life, for instance — but it’s hard to imagine that K-12 educators will have the courage to produce programs that make a difference. For example, any program to discourage “substance abuse” has to start by making a bright line distinction between use and abuse. Otherwise it has no grounding in reality and no credibility. But the knee-jerk reaction of high school principals and school board members will be to tell students that
any amount of pot use at their age is risky, and there is no acceptable risk. That obviously isn’t true, and the kids know it. Millions of Americans have smoked marijuana in high school and college without suffering long-term brain damage. They’re called parents and grandparents. Past drug education programs flopped because they were built on a foundation of similar lies and deceits, which teenagers were remarkably adept at sniffing out. Today’s will also have to contend with students who can fact check everything they’re told on the internet in near-real time. The Post’s story does say that in addition to being next to marijuana dispensaries, the schools receiving the grants are ones that have created “evidence-based plans to discourage underage marijuana use.” “Evidence-based plans,” huh? It’s a pretty safe bet that the folks who are producing the “evidencebased plans” (and the evidence) come out of the fever swamp that gave us Reefer Madness, marijuana: destroyer of youth, Just Say No, Zero Tolerance, D.A.R.E. instruction, the fried egg metaphor for your brain on drugs, 70 years of junk science, urine testing, asset forfeiture, 25 million arrests in the name of protecting kids from pot, and a trillion dollars flushed down the drug war toilet. In other words, keep expectations low.
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zling adventures — and half-bewildered, as well. Sometimes you’re spinning out fancy moves, sweet tricks,and surprising gambits. On other occasions you’re stumbling and bumbling and mumbling. Are you really going to keep up this rhythm? I hope so, because your persistence in navigating through the challenging fun could generate big rewards. Like what, for example? Like the redemptive transformation of a mess into an asset.
midnight and tell each other stories about our origins, revealing the secrets we almost forgot we had. Let’s sing the songs that electrified our emotions all those years ago when we first fell in love with our lives. Starlight will glow on our ancient faces. The fragrance of loam will seep into our voices like rainwater feeding the trees’ roots. We’ll feel the earth turning on its axis, and sense the rumble of future memories coming to greet us. We’ll join hands, gaze into the dreams in each other’s eyes and dive as deep as we need to go to find hidden treasures.
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GEMINI
MAY 21-JUNE 20: James Loewen wrote a book called Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong. He said, for instance, that during the Europeans’ invasion and conquest of the continent, it wasn’t true that Native Americans scalped white settlers. In fact, it was mostly the other way around: whites scalped Indians. Here’s another example: The famous blind and deaf person, Helen Keller, was not a sentimental spokesperson for sweetness and light, but rather a radical feminist and socialist who advocated revolution. I invite you to apply Loewen’s investigative approach to your personal past, Gemini. The coming weeks will be an excellent time to uncover hidden, incomplete and distorted versions of your history, and correct them.
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OCT. 23-NOV. 21: I don’t usually recommend giving gifts with strings attached. On the contrary, I advise you to offer your blessings without having any expectations at all. Generosity often works best when the recipients are free to use it any way they see fit. In the coming weeks, however, I’m making an exception to my rule. According to my reading of the omens, now is a time to be specific and forceful about the way you’d like your gifts to be used. As an example of how not to proceed, consider the venture capitalist who donated $25,000 to the University of Colorado. All he got in return was a restroom in a campus building named after him. If you give away $25,000, Scorpio, make sure you at least get a whole building named after you.
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what life would be like if you ruled the world, I’ll recommend a manual. It’s called How To Start Your Own Country, by Erwin Strauss. (Get a free peek here: tinyurl.com/ YouSovereign.) You could study it for tips on how to obtain national sovereignty, how to recruit new citizens and how to avoid paying taxes to yourself. (P.S.: You can make dramatic strides toward being the boss of yourself and your destiny even without forming your own nation.)
CAPRICORN
DEC. 22-JAN. 19: There was a time when not even the most ambitious explorers climbed mountains. In the Western world, the first time it happened was in 1492, when a Frenchman named Antoine de Ville ascended to the top of Mont Aiguille, using ladders, ropes and other props. I see you as having a kinship with de Ville in the coming weeks, Capricorn. I’d love to see you embark on a big adventure that would involve you trying on the role of a pioneer. This feat wouldn’t necessarily require strenuous training and physical courage. It might be more about daring creativity and moral courage.
AQUARIUS
JAN. 20-FEB. 18: Science fiction proposes that there
candy that’s called The Great Buddha’s Nose Snot. Each piece consists of a rice puff that resembles the Buddha’s nose filled with bits of brown sugar that symbolize the snot. The candy-making company assures customers that eating this treat brings them good luck. I invite you to be equally earthy and irreverent about your own spiritual values in the coming days. You’re in prime position to humanize your relationship with divine influences ... to develop a more visceral passion for your holiest ideals ... to translate your noblest aspirations into practical, enjoyable actions.
are alternate worlds alongside the visible one — hidden, yes, but perhaps accessible with the right knowledge or luck. In recent years, maverick physicists have given the idea more credibility, theorizing that parallel universes exist right next to ours. Even if these hypothetical places aren’t literally real, they serve as an excellent metaphor. Most of us are so thoroughly embedded in our own chosen niche that we are oblivious to the realities that other people inhabit. I bring these thoughts to your attention, Aquarius, because it’s a favorable time to tap into those alternate, parallel, secret, unknown or unofficial realms. Wake up to the rich sources that have been so close to you, but so far away.
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errand take you on a detour to the suburbs of the promised land? Will you worry you’re turning into a monster, only to find the freakishness is just a phase that you had to pass through on your way to unveiling some of your dormant beauty? Will a provocative figure from the past lead you on a productive wild-goose chase into the future? These are some of the possible story lines I’ll be monitoring as I follow your progress in the coming weeks.
ing a robust relationship with your primal longings. But I’ll be rooting extra hard for you to do that during the next 11 months. I hope you will dig deep to identify your primal longings, and I hope you will revere them as the wellspring of your life energy, and I hope you will figure out all the tricks and strategies you will need to fulfill them. Here’s a hint about how to achieve the best results as you do this noble work: Define your primal longings with as much precision as you can, so that you will never pursue passing fancies that bear just a superficial resemblance to the real things.
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Dear Dan: I’m a lady considering taking on a foot fetishist as a slave. He would do chores around my house, including cleaning and laundry, and give foot rubs and pedicures in exchange for getting to worship and jack off to my model-perfect feet when I’ve decided he’s earned it. Am I morally obligated to tell my roommates? Technically the guy would be in their common space too. I will fully vet him with references and meet him in a neutral location at least once — and anything else you might suggest I do for security’s sake. Though my roommates are not what you would call conservative, I’m not sure they’d understand this kind of arrangement. I would have my slave come over when no one is around, and then my roommates could come home to a sparkly clean common area! My slave would never have access to their personal spaces, nor would I leave him alone in any area of our home until a strong bond of trust had been established. No harm, no foul? Or am I crossing a line? —Man Into Cleaning A Shared Apartment Dear MICASA: A friend in Berlin has a similar arrangement. This guy comes over to clean his apartment once a week and — if my friend thinks he’s done a good enough job — my friend rewards him with a knee to the balls. It’s a good deal for both parties: My vanillabut-kink-adjacent friend gets a sparkly clean apartment (which he loves but doesn’t want to do himself ), this guy gets his balls busted on a regular basis (which he loves but can’t do himself ). But my friend lives alone, MICASA, and that makes all the difference. Or does it? Time for some playing-games-withfoot-fetishists theory: If you were having sex with a boyfriend in the common areas of your apartment when your roommates weren’t home — let’s say your boyfriend (or even some rando) wanted to fuck you on the kitchen floor — you wouldn’t be morally obligated to text your roommates and ask their permission. But we’re not talking about a normal guy here or normal sex — we’re talking about a fetishist who wants to be your slave. Does that make a difference? It might to people who regard kinksters as dangerous sex maniacs, MICASA, but a kinky guy isn’t any more or less dangerous than a vanilla guy. And a kinky guy you’ve gone to the trouble to vet — by getting his real name and contact info, by meeting in public at least once, by asking for and following up with references — presents less of a threat to you and your roommates than some presumed-to-bevanilla rando one of you brought home from a bar at 2 a.m. Strip away the sensational elements — his thing for feet, his desire to be your chore slave, the mental image of him jacking off all over your toes—and what are we left with? A friends-withbenefits arrangement. A sparkly clean Boulder Weekly
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apartment benefits you (and your roommates); the opportunity to worship your feet benefits him. This guy would be a semi-regular sex partner of yours, MICASA, and while the sex you’re having may not be conventional, the sex you have in your apartment — including the sex you might have in the common areas
when no one is at home — is ultimately none of your roommates’ business. That said, MICASA, unless or until all your roommates know what’s up, I don’t think you should ever allow this guy to be alone in your apartment. Dear Dan: My girlfriend drunkenly confessed to me that she used to pee on her
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