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Highroad Why would you let Jeff Bezos inside your home? by Jim Hightower
W
ould you give your house key to a complete stranger, letting that person (whose name you don’t even know) walk right into your home when you’re not there? One stranger who’s brazenly asking you and millions of other people to do just that is Jeff Bezos. He’s head honcho of Amazon, the e-commerce behemoth, whose vast supercomputer network routinely compiles and stores dossiers on every one of his customers. He’s obsessed with having the most data on the most people — it’s a little creepy. Now, adding to the creep factor, Jeff literally wants Amazon to get inside your home — and, ironically, he’s using “security” as his rationale. Rather than simply delivering the products you order from Amazon to your doorstep, the corporation wants a key to unlock your door, allowing its delivery
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crews to go inside and do you the favor of placing the packages securely in your abode. What could possibly go wrong with that? Other than you being robbed, of course, either by rogue Amazon employees or by hackers who will certainly gain access to the corporation’s computerized key codes. Or maybe “Crusher,” your Pitbull, mauls the Amazon intruder and you get sued. Need I mention that Bezos expects you to pay for the privilege of having his employees enter your home? First, his dicey, open-sesame program, which he calls “Amazon Key,” is available only to customers who shell out $99 a year to be “Amazon Prime” members. Second, you must buy a special internet-unlocking gizmo and a particular camera to join his corporate key club. And guess where you must go to buy this entry technology? Yes, Amazon — where prices for the gizmo and camera setup start at $250. This is Jim Hightower saying... What a deal! For Amazon, that is. Bezos’s real goal (indeed, his only goal, always) is not to get inside your home, but inside your wallet. This opinion column does not necessarily reflect the views of Boulder Weekly. January 18 , 2018 5
danish plan The welcome sign and a case of libel by Paul Danish
“Why are we having all these people from shithole countries come here?” — Donald Trump
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ow. That’s harsh. But it’s a serious question, and it deserves a serious answer. Why are we having all these people from shithole countries come here? Well for one thing, it’s because of what’s on the welcome sign. You know, the one out on Bedloe’s Island in New York Harbor, on the base of the Statue of Liberty. The money lines go like this (I’ve taken the liberty of rendering a couple of archaic usages into modern English for the sake of clarity): “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breath free, the wretched refuse of your shithole countries. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me...” And so on. In other words, the welcome sign gives a special shout-out to the wretched refuse. And in the preceding sentence it bluntly states who’s not welcome: “Keep, ancient lands, your pompous, condescending elites.” The welcome sign also gives a name to the statue — not the Statue of Liberty, but “Mother of Exiles.” OK, the welcome sign is just a poem written in 1883 by Emma Lazarus. It has no official or legal standing. Then again, a lot of the country’s most powerful ideas never made it into the Constitution or the U.S. Code. That’s because they were deemed too dangerous to codify — like Jefferson’s assertion in the Declaration of Independence that “the pursuit of happiness” is an unalienable right. Still, I bet if you asked the American people what they thought of Ms. Lazarus’ poem, you’d get a couple hundred million “#MeToo” shout-outs. But why does the welcome sign single out homeless, storm-tossed, human garbage from shithole countries for a special welcome, while telling pomped-up elites to stay away? It’s not just compassion. The welcome sign isn’t there to welcome tourists, foreign investment and cheap labor. It’s there to welcome people who 6 January 18 , 2018
want to become Americans. Ms. Lazarus intuitively recognized that the people who are most likely to want to become Americans, and who are most likely to succeed in the effort, are those who decisively dissolve the bands with their countries of origin. And it’s a lot easier to dissolve those bands — especially the psychological ones, the mystic chords of memory — if you come from a shithole country instead of, say, Norway. Speaking of Norway, today it’s about the last place on Earth that anyone would call a shithole country, but in the 19th century, when waves of Norwegians were arriving in the U.S., that was another matter. The people we’re after are those who have declared, or are at least willing to declare, their personal independence from the prevailing norms and underlying values of their countries of origin, people who are refugees in the broadest psychological and cultural senses of the word. Those are the ones we want. Provided they want to do one thing: Assimilate. You know... Learn English. Get a job. Buy a car. Learn enough about the country’s history, traditions and political institutions to pass a citizenship test. Show a decent respect for the flag and the rights of people with whom they disagree. Extra credit for groking American popular culture. And so on. As for Trump’s unkind characterization of the Third World’s failed and failing countries, think of it as a case of libel, not racism. And in that regard, two points need to be made. First, if Trump libeled countries like El Salvador, Haiti, Somalia, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Syria, Yemen, etc. when he called them “shithole countries,” he has a lot of codefendants. They include CNN, Washington Post, New York Times and the rest of the shithole press that interminably repeated the libel and spread it around the world, despite knowing that the reputations of the plaintiff countries would be collateral damage. Libel law would hold them just as liable as Trump, more so even, because they’re the ones who turned a slander heard by no more than a couple dozen see DANISH PLAN Page 8
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Proposed fines won’t stop what’s coming by Joel Dyer
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ut your ear to the ground on a piece of Boulder County open space and you can hear a couple of things heading your way: the rumble of approaching oil and gas rigs and the sound of thousands of anti-fracking protestors heading out to greet them. It seems inevitable at this point that the two will meet in the not-so-distant future somewhere in the middle of our protected, taxpayer-funded, open space lands. As Matt Cortina’s news piece this week (see page 10) points out, this coming conflict is not lost on County staff at the Parks and Open Space Department nor within the ranks of our County Commissioners. But what the County’s actions of late do seem to illuminate is the tendency within our County government for the tail to wag the dog. And if the recent conversations within County government are an indicator of what our open space overseers are preparing for when the rigs roll in, they are likely very out of touch and ill-prepared for what is coming their way. What occurred with regard to the recent attempt by County staff to create a new system of fines for those protesting oil and gas operations — and let’s not pretend that these regulations were aimed at anyone other than anti-fracking activists — should not be shocking to anyone. While some will try to explain this latest meat-handed attempt to add additional fines for protestors as a subversive move by the Commissioners, it’s really more a reflection of the long
existing tug of war within Boulder County government. We’ve seen the same Commissioner/staff position variances when it comes to GMOs, water, organic farms and other oil and gas issues. The Commissioners have to be responsive to the voters to keep their job and therefore tend to take more progressive positions on key issues than staff who have no need to align their positions with the electorate. I suspect now that a little light has been shown on the situation, the communication between the more oil-industry-friendly staff and the more publicopinion-oriented Commissioners will improve when it comes to the question of what to do about anti-fracking protestors. Unfortunately, I believe both staff and the Commissioners are failing to grasp what is headed their way. They seem to think that providing a place for a couple hundred people to stand and wave their protest signs will suffice as the drilling rigs and thousands of trucks carrying deadly chemicals roll by on their way to permanently destroy our public lands, our health and our quality of life. It won’t. From my experience, the threat of $75 fines for protesting or $150 fines for trespassing wouldn’t have done much to end the human rights struggle against oil and gas extraction we saw at Standing Rock, a struggle that continues to this day. And they won’t do much to stop what likely lies ahead as Boulder County races toward a similar fight. Boulder Weekly
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BW missed on #MeToo coverage
Wow, Boulder Weekly, you really missed the mark with “The State of Sex in the #MeToo World” cover and article (Re: News, Jan. 11, 2018). The cover, which depicts a scared-looking man cowering behind a smirking woman who is on her phone typing something, makes me want to scream. As the most basic explanation, what your cover says to your reader is that men should be scared by a movement that intends to bring light to harmful actions against women, and that women are somehow smug and flippant by sharing their own experiences of that harm. Your title, “The State of Sex in the #MeToo World” could be interesting if you had already written an article covering the social ramifications of the current state of harassment whistle-blowing and how it might trickle down to the Boulder community and CU (maybe you have, and I haven’t seen it?). Not doing so shows your lack of understanding about the complexity of the issue (cue Oprah’s Golden Globe speech) and instead made #MeToo about how men’s sex lives are affected. Even with my frustration, I decided to give the article a try and less than halfway through it was clear it had been written by a man, and he had missed the point of what is going on. Either he was trying to dumb it down for young men, or he
simply didn’t understand that #MeToo isn’t actually about men, how to pick up women without offending them (do we really need to spell this out) or Matt Damon. The icing on the cake was the guy who commented that BW should have interviewed a man for a more “diverse point of view.” Sage Calamari/Boulder
Troubled by #MeToo cover
I was very troubled by your recent cover photo, which depicted a zoomed-in, smug and smiling woman on her phone with a smaller, panicked man behind her and the title: “The state of SEX in the #MeToo world.” Looking at the image and headline, one might infer that there’s a new power dynamic in sex — one in which women now hold power. This, as #MeToo survivor after survivor sacrifices everything to communicate that today’s world is terrifying for women and gender non-conforming people. Sadly, the sensationalist cover undermined their messages as well as the content of your article itself, which described the ongoing shame and trauma of sexual misconduct. It’s important for us to be clear that no matter how many men are being made uncomfortable by the exposed reality of men’s violence and unearned power, they still have that power. Men’s discomfort around having to be more careful in their behavior is nothing
compared to being under constant threat of abuse. There is a difference between being uncomfortable and being unsafe. It’s a useful exercise to ask ourselves: Why do we rush so quickly from a rare women-centered moment to worrying about how it’s making men feel? Sexism teaches us all — even the most well intentioned among us — to center the feelings and experiences of men, and your cover was a perfect example of that. Anna Baltzer/via internet
Dr. King is needed today
Dr. King was a great Civil Rights leader. Wish we had his leadership to fight for our civil rights as infringed upon by the federal income/payroll tax system that includes denial of due process, no trial by jury, forced selfincrimination, unreasonable search and seizure, lack of privacy, unequal treatment of citizens and complex/ambiguous laws. The problem is the 16th Amendment, passed February 1913, that enables direct taxation of the individual. With the 16th Amendment came the first legal income tax, the IRS, payroll taxes and tax withholding. Government gained taxing power and we lost civil rights, freedom and liberty. The 16th amendment took see LETTERS Page 9
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people in a closed meeting into a global libel that reached billions. Second, Trump and his co-defendants would have a powerful defense available to them — truth. In order to prevail, all they would have to do is prove to the satisfaction of a jury that El Salvador, Haiti, Somalia, etc. really are shithole countries. An obvious way to do this would be to call witnesses to testify that life in the plaintiff countries is so god awful that a reasonable person would conclude that, “Yep, those places are real shitholes.” Able and willing witnesses shouldn’t be hard to find. There are hundreds of thousands of them in the U.S., legally and illegally. They’re called refugees, or wretched refuse, if you prefer. Why do you think they’re here in the first place? This opinion column does not necessarily reflect the views of Boulder Weekly.
The New Colossus Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame, With conquering limbs astride from land to land; Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name. Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame. “Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!” cries she With silent lips. “Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!” — Emma Lazarus
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away your God-given right to production (income, savings and investment). Want your civil rights back? The FAIRtax bill HR 25 eliminates the old tax system and collects the same tax total with a progressive national sales/ consumption tax system with only one tax refund of most value to the impoverished. You determine with your spending how much tax you pay and your effective tax rate. The FAIRtax bill repeals the 16th Amendment with companion legislation. Taxes change behavior. Join the FAIRtax cause for civil liberty plus renewed freedom and liberty. Learn more, join the cause, become a difference-maker and contribute at bigsolution.org. Paul Livingston/via internet
Ad in poor taste
I wonder what was your rationale for accepting such a hateful and plainly discriminatory full-page ad that you ran on behalf of 14erboulder.com in your Jan. 4, 2018 issue. The language in the ad was at the very least in bad taste, but if you were to substitute “female” for “male” you might better recognize how vile and unacceptable it is to suggest that if any man were to simply enter any space, it becomes “shit.” The ad states: “Put one male in the room and it all goes to s#*t. (picture of cannabis plants.) It goes without saying in the flowering room, but it isn’t said often enough everywhere else — at 14er, we celebrate and support the contribution of women, in business and everywhere.” Condemning men as a group with such intolerant language in no way supports women, and most likely harm women as well as men. Reversing oppression and discrimination only maintains violence. I wish you had exercised some judgment and rejected this repugnant and profoundly sexist ad. Katalin Fabian/Lafayette College professor via internet
Consider the lobster
The Swiss government has banned the common practice of plunging fully conscious lobsters into pots of boiling water, ruling that the crustaceans must be stunned first. Last June, Italy’s highest court ruled that restaurant kitchens must not keep live lobsters on ice because it causes the animals to suffer unjustifiably. Lawmakers are beginning to recognize what science is showing us (and Boulder Weekly
what common sense has told us all along): Lobsters and other crustaceans are not unfeeling automatons. Recent research has shown that crabs are capable of learning and remembering information, just like other animals. If left alone, lobsters can live to be more than 100 years old. They use complicated signals to establish social relationships and can recognize individu-
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fering when possible. We live in a changing world, one in which animals are afforded considerations that they might have been denied in the past. Like us, lobsters and crabs value their lives and do not want to die. And the only way to make sure that we’re not contributing to their suffering is to stop eating them. Paula Moore/PETA
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plan presented by Boulder County staff to prohibit public assembly on Boulder County open space ahead of anticipated oil and gas operations will not proceed, according to Boulder County Commissioner Elise Jones. There are remaining questions, however, about the genesis of the proposed plan, its intent and what the County is actually planning in its efforts to prepare for potential protests of oil and gas operations on County open space. On Dec. 21, Bevin Carithers, the Boulder County Parks and Open Space ranger supervisor, presented a list of proposed rules updates to the Parks and Open Space Advisory Committee (POSAC). The suggested rule revisions included banning e-bikes from paths, limiting drone use and mandating people pick up their dog crap. All of the recommended changes were approved by the Committee, and passed along to the Board of County Commissioners for final approval, except a proposed rule that would have banned public assembly on County open space without a permit. As justification for the rule, Carithers told POSAC, “We’re expecting some protests from oil and gas drilling that could end up on our property or in a park parking lot. And if we needed to, we would be able to write a ticket if people were asked to leave and they did not leave.” The Committee decided to hold back on advancing the proposal, instead requesting more information about what activity would prompt a ticket, and what exactly is defined as “public assembly.” Barb Halpin, the Commissioner’s Office public information officer, told Boulder Weekly on Jan. 11 that although the Commissioners disagreed with the rule revision and the way it had been proposed, POSAC would meet on Jan. 25 to ostensibly pass or deny the issue. Then, Commissioner Jones said on Jan.
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15, that the Commissioners had “put a kibosh” on the public assembly rule revision. When asked to confirm that meant the rule revision would not proceed, Jones said, “Correct.” Jones said she and the Open Space director Eric Lane were out of town when the rule revision was brought up during the POSAC meeting, and the Commissioners only learned
about the proposal after the holidays. Noting that the Commissioners weren’t likely to proceed with the rule revision, Jones said the Commissioners halted the process, saying there was “no reason to waste everybody’s time.” “I would say it was kind of a rare misstep during the holiday crush that [the rangers] got ahead of the process and made some suggested changes, so the Commissioners knew
nothing about them,” Jones said. “Some staffer got ahead of themselves. I don’t think there was any ill intent.” Halpin and Jones contend a lack of communication between County staff and the Commissioners led to the hurried proposal of the rule revision. “We like to think we know everything that’s going on but this is one of those areas that took the Commissioner’s office by surprise when we saw the approach,” Halpin says. “I think it was done with good intentions and looking at what might happen ... [but] it wasn’t done thinking of the big picture and how the Board of County Commissioners would approach it differently.” Carithers tells Boulder Weekly the idea came from “one of the rangers,” who suggested the change during a meeting to discuss revisions to the open space rules, which is done every two to three years. Carithers says the idea was to give park rangers the ability to enforce what is a County policy, but is not technically an enforceable regulation — the difference being, regulations need to be approved by the Commissioners. By updating the rule, rangers would’ve been able to write protesters a $75 ticket. Carithers says this would provide “a little extra tool” that rangers could use with protesters, instead of issuing a $150 trespassing fine that would be applied otherwise if the protesters were on County land that is not open to the public, such as agricultural leased land (as is the case with the tentative sites proposed for the three oil and gas operations). Carithers says the ability to say “we just saved you from the $150 ticket” would be a valuable tool when dealing with protesters, and that “$75 isn’t very much.” When asked if protesters could just be given both a trespassing and a public assemSee PROTEST Page 11
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Off Target 11: Time running out for lions, bears and your comments by Rico Moore
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n mid-December, the USDA-APHISWildlife Services (WS) released its predecisional Draft Environmental Assessment for its predator damage management in Colorado. The draft is now in its 45-day public comment period, which ends on Jan. 24. After that, WS will issue either a Finding of No Significant Impact and move to finalize the assessment, or a Finding of Significance, which would require the agency to complete a full and much more detailed Environmental Impact Statement by Aug. 1, 2018. If you have followed BW’s 10-part “Off target” series, you’ll recall that WS was contracted to do predator damage management as part of the Colorado Department of Parks and Wildlfe’s (CPW) $4.6 million Piceance Basin and Upper Arkansas River Predator Control Plans. WS agreed to prepare a new Environmental Assessment after being sued by the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) and WildEarth Guardians (WEG). The suit largely came about because of WS’s role in CPW’s predator control plans. These plans, experts argue, are based on the scientifically questionable premise that mule deer populations in Colorado aren’t growing rapidly enough because of predation from mountain lions and black bears. Thus, CPW has proposed killing the predators as a path to increasing deer populations with WS in charge of the killing. In their lawsuit, the environmental groups allege the best available science reveals loss of habitat is the driving cause of mule deer population decline in Colorado, and the best available science reveals predator control is not effective at increasing deer populations in Colorado. CBD and WEG point to massive impacts from oil
and gas extraction and associated infrastructure in the Piceance Basin as the actual cause of the mule deer’s struggle. “We believe the original EA had a number of serious errors and we will be reviewing the new draft EA closely to see if those errors have been resolved,” says See OFF TARGET Page 14
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bly ticket, Carithers said, “We rarely do that.” Halpin and Jones both say the County’s goal is to accommodate potential protesters, not issue tickets. Of the proposed $75 fine, Halpin says it was a way for rangers to issue tickets instead of calling the Sheriff ’s department, “So you’re not talking about having a standoff. This is not Waco. This is the rangers saying, ‘You know, this is closed open space land.’” While it may not be Waco, many believe Boulder County’s fight against fracking may turn out to look a lot like Standing Rock, the North Dakota Pipeline protest that turned into a massive standoff for well over a year. Jones says the Commissioners “are fully supportive of residents’ First Amendment rights. And I would go further and add I think 99 percent of Boulder County residents don’t think Boulder Weekly
open space should be drilled and that’s not why we pay tax dollars to protect open space.” Despite the fact that the regulation will not proceed, the County is still preparing in other ways for potential protests at oil and gas sites. Carithers says the rangers “have just started the conversation” and after talking to the Sheriff ’s office, have decided “we’ll take a super low-key approach to this.” “The Sheriff doesn’t want people standing out on [U.S.] 52, literally on the road. Maybe next to the road,” Halpin says, adding that it’s a state highway and the state may have jurisdiction. “As long as people are safe, as long as they’re not interfering with other operations, like farming, we’ve got some wiggle room.” Assemblies on open space larger than 25 people already require partici-
pants to obtain a permit, so it’s worth noting that the County will likely have a say, or at least attempt to have a say, over the locations of large groups of protesters. Halpin speculates that if there are protests near or on the actual oil and gas equipment (if and when they arrive), “that would be considered I believe an issue with the oil company, not with Boulder County, and I would not be surprised if companies would look to the Sheriff ’s office to enforce more criminal type of activity.” Jones says the biggest reason for pushing down the rule revision is that it’s still a long ways away from coming to pass. Companies will have to go through the state and local process to obtain permits. Halpin agrees, but says there are voices from the activist community that have County personnel at least thinking about options. “Any activity of this sort is well
over a year off, so there is time to get our heads around what ultimately we want this to look like from a County perspective,” Halpin says. “But we also understand there’s also intense interest by opponents of any of the oil and gas drilling that we believe do and should have a voice in Boulder County.” Jones says that a likely spot for protests — near the public road, which leads or passes oil and gas operations — would be met with cooperation from the County. “I could see a situation where you could work it out with the Sheriff and the County ahead of time,” she says. As to whether a rule revision to prohibit public assembly without a permit will come up again, Jones says, “In the broad sense of the word, anything is possible; if Boulder County residents come to us and say there needs to be clarification of the rules.” January 18, 2018 11
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Four months after Hurricane Maria, large parts of Puerto Rico are still without power.
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uring the weeks following Hurricane Maria, the category 4 storm that wiped out Puerto Rico’s electrical grid, dozens of messages flooded the email server at HOMER Energy. The Boulder-based company is the industry leader when it comes to optimizing the design of microgrids, small electrical units that can generate power separate from the main grid, with the use of renewable resources like solar or wind. Everyone reached out to HOMER with the same basic question: How can we help the people living without power in Puerto Rico? Four months after the hurricane, large parts of the island are still without power. Reports from December estimate the electrical grid is operating at less than 70 percent of its capacity. In rural communities on the outskirts of the grid, it could take almost two years to restore power. In response, the team at HOMER coordinated with nonprofit organizations and solar companies on the island to provide their microgrid expertise and advice on how to better rebuild Puerto Rico’s electrical grid. HOMER sent solar integration expert Alison Mason to the island, where she provided onthe-ground solar support and witnessed firsthand the aftermath of the hurricane.
“There seems to be a natural consensus that solar is going to play a big role in Puerto Rico’s recovery and there are so many factors that make that possible,” Mason says. “This really is the silver lining behind Hurricane Maria.” During her November trip to the island, Mason worked with Resilient Power Puerto Rico (RPPR) and Solar for Puerto Rico (SPR), two nonprofits that distribute small off-grid solar kits to communities in rural areas. Mason traveled throughout Puerto Rico with P.J. Wilson of SPR, who has distributed 50 systems so far, but has another 500 to be delivered by the end of this month and 5,000 by the end of February, with the goal of delivering 50,000 by the end of May. The lack of electricity has prompted some families to get creative when it comes to powering their homes. Mason interacted with one family in the Isabela region who used their car as a power source. “They used candles for light and were running their television at night off their car battery with a long cord leading into the house,” she says. While the microgrids provided by SPR are not designed to power a television, they can be used for many important household functions. Ranging from 10 to 50 watts, the electrical kits can charge cellphones,
run a few lights or a refrigerator, and pump water. But they are by no means a permanent solution to Puerto Rico’s power problem. Apart from completely rebuilding the island’s main grid in a better, more sustainable way, Mason believes that solar education is a key solution, especially in rural communities. “Solar education is going to be a huge part of what’s needed because living with solar power is fundamentally different from being connected to the grid,” she says. As Mason and Wilson set up solar systems, they made sure to spend time teaching families to operate the equipment and position it so that it receives the most sun. And people living in solar-powered homes must learn to use their power more sparingly so they also helped develop plans to economically use the generated power. But before this type of education becomes readily available, the island must improve its access to solar technology. Most equipment arrives from the mainland, and is too pricey to be a viable option for many families. Mason sees the need for a distribution service on the island that could sell equipment in bulk for lower prices. This solution may be possible with more coordination between the various organizations providing aid to Puerto Rico. Wilson is also working to start a
Puerto Rico chapter of the Solar Energy Industries Association, a U.S. organization that spearheads solar development across the country. Mason hopes that this move will create a better feeling of cohesion in the island’s solar industry. “There are a handful of solar installers in Puerto Rico and right now they are slammed busy,” she says. “They could really use some coordination and the advantages that come with a unified voice.” Although involvement from mainland companies has provided many communities with much needed resources, Mason and other solar experts worry that some companies may be seeking to benefit from Puerto Rico’s considerably smaller solar industry. But a larger concern of Mason’s is the lack of available data on the scale of power outages. While experts have estimated how much of the island remains in the dark, Mason fears that these numbers do not truly reflect how many citizens are without electricity, but rather represent the generation capacity of the electrical grid. The solar integration expert has already returned to the island since her November trip. She arrived in Puerto Rico in December to begin work on a new project: The formation of a solar installation cooperative with Mameyes de Utuado, a mountainous farming community.
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cern according to Johnson’s study. CPW says bears usually leave hibernation in mid-March, and this year’s unnatural early awakening — in the context of an extremely warm and dry winter influenced by climate change — is likely a portent of things to come. Will human-bear conflicts stemming from this dangerous change in climate be used as an excuse for even more increased predator killing? If the Draft EA is to be believed, then the answer is likely yes. Again, despite a lack of actual numbers on which to base its analysis, WS concludes that impacts to bear populations overall from its controlled killing, “will be negligible.” Like Johnson’s research, the environmental groups challenging the predator plans in court believe that killing the animals at this time of increasing temperatures and drought, which are likely attributable to climate change, could spell disaster for Colorado’s mountain lion and black bear populations. “We believe that the matters analyzed herein may have significant environmental impacts,” Santarsiere says, “especially on wildlife and public lands, and therefore we believe an Environmental Impact Statement is necessary. If Wildlife Services does not complete an Environmental Impact Statement, we are likely to end up in court again.” Meanwhile in the Piceance Basin, Rio Blanco County Commissioners have been meeting with energy officials and investors from Japan while coordinating further delegations with Department of Interior Deputy Secretary and former Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck energy lobbyist David Bernhardt and other Southeast Asian countries, including China. It’s likely these meetings are an effort to establish relationships and markets for the estimated 66 trillion cubic feet of natural gas underlying the Piceance Basin. According to the research, more natural gas exports mean more climate change, more drilling on Colorado’s public lands and more habitat loss for mule deer. It’s unclear what WS and CPW will kill next in its efforts to offset the oil and gas industry’s impact on deer populations. But if history is an indicator, it won’t be oil and gas leases on our public lands. To leave a comment on the Draft Assessment, you have until Jan. 24. Visit: tinyurl com/yb2ubj2s. Boulder Weekly
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by Gary Wockner asked our driver what he’d recently heard about the canal. He responded, “We’ve been hearing about the canal for 50 years.” We were driving from the city of Granada up to Mombacho Volcano for a day of hiking in November 2017. It was just a few weeks shy of official tourist season and so the hotels, drivers and restaurants were uncrowded and less expensive. I was traveling with my partner, Catherine, and we spent three weeks in Nicaragua, roughly following the route of the proposed canal. It was an unusual environmental-writer adventure for me because I didn’t ask too many questions of the people I met. I usually question everyone to get a good story, but in Nicaragua, the government is not fond of outsiders (or its own citizens) asking hard questions about the canal or anything controversial in Nicaragua. So, I gathered as much information as possible and stayed relatively
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These are the various routes for the canal proposed over the decades. If built, the HKND-funded canal would follow the red route.
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Gary Wockner on the island of Ometepe where locals protest the canal with “No Al Canal” graffiti. The proposed canal would be three times as long as the Panama canal, and twice as wide.
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If constructed, the canal would destroy 400,000 hectares of rainforest and wetlands, and displace up to 120,000 people. The city of Granada sits on the shore of Lake Nicaragua and would be a potential cruise ship stop if the canal is built. Photo taken from the top of Mombacho Volcano.
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quiet while in the country. I spent several days in Granada, several on the island of Ometepe in the massive Lake Nicaragua, several more days on the Pacific coast and then a final few days over in eastern Nicaragua in the rainforest. All of these areas would be completely bisected and devastated if the massive canal is built. Many news reports have called the proposed canal the “biggest infrastructure project in world history.” I would add that it would likely be the most environmentally destructive project in world history. For over a hundred years, some people in Nicaragua have dreamed of building a massive shipping canal across the country from the Caribbean Sea to the Pacific Ocean. The dream, which many people call a “scheme,” is to build a canal bigger than the Panama Canal (three times as long and twice as wide) that could transport massive container ships, tourist cruise ships and supertankers carrying oil and fracked gas. They call the proposed waterway the 18 January 18, 2018
“Interoceanic Canal,” and it would carve through near-pristine rivers and rainforest on the Caribbean side of Nicaragua, travel through the massive Lake Nicaragua, and then carve a path over to the Pacific Ocean. The environmental destruction has caught the eye
of many international environmental groups and journalists because it would destroy 400,000 hectares of rainforest and wetlands as well as imperil more than 20 already-endangered species. Further, the project would displace up to 120,000 people.
The dream/scheme got a lot of legs in 2015 when Nicaraguan President, Daniel Ortega, signed an extremely controversial agreement to build it with a Chinese billionaire named Wang Jing, owner of HKND Group. The agreement bypassed and gutted various Nicaraguan laws, gave rights and profits away to Wang Jing, and was roundly protested by thousands of Nicaraguan citizens and the international media. However, the canal has recently been put on hold because Mr. Jing lost a lot of money in the Hong Kong stock market crash of 2015, and because his business dealings have increasingly come under legal scrutiny. A November 2017 article in Bloomberg called Mr. Jing the “Canal Madman” and questioned if the project would ever be built. The city of Granada sits on the shore of Lake Nicaragua where it is a leisurely 10-minute stroll from the quaint, colonial town square down to the dock along the lake. There’s a few dozen small hotels in Granada, all less Boulder Weekly
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also relatively shallow and would have to be dredged and deepened for large ships if the canal were built. Over four days, I saw maybe 10 motorized boats on the lake, and that included the ferries transporting people to and from the island. Another handful of dugout canoes and pangas (small jon boats) were being paddled around by fishermen who threw their hand nets into the water occasionally pulling out fish. The two huge volcanoes that created the island — Concepcion and Maderas — tower overhead like sentries watching the quiet lake. Imagine a steady stream of container ships, cruise ships and supertankers passing through the lake and stopping on Ometepe. Imagine the pollution from all of that shipping and human traffic, turning the relatively clean lake into a massive shipping canal. It would be comparable to putting an interstate highway down through the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River in the U.S. to give tourists a closer look at the see CANAL Page 20
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Morning mist rises off the Rio San Juan above the rapids at El Castillo. Considering the biodiversity and wildlife along Lake Nicaragua and its surrounding rainforests, the environmental devastation caused by the canal’s construction would be catastrophic.
and dams, creating huge new reservoirs, digging massive scars across the landscape and deeply dredging the rivers and wetlands. The environmental devastation — as well as to the communities of people living in the rainforest — would be catastrophic. The final leg of the canal would have to bisect the landscape between Lake Nicaragua and the Pacific Ocean. The coastline north of the backpackertourist town of San Juan Del Sur is quiet and sleepy, scattered with tiny surfer camps and local villages. The canal would enter the Pacific Ocean at the village of Brito, which is a tiny fishing village with a few scattered boats and surfer hostels. A developer is proposing to build a massive airport near Brito and other investors have eyed the area for larger-scale tourism if the canal is built, both of which would dramatically alter the landscape, economy and environment. As we drove along the coast from San Juan Del Sur up through Brito and Boulder Weekly
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At Playa Gigante, a fishing boat rests on shore as surfers search for waves. Though the canal project is currently “on hold,” there’s no guarantee that plans won’t pick up again sometime in the near future.
canal and said it was, “...an insane project that would cause harm to the people of Nicaragua, irreparable damage to our water sources, to our rainforests, to our environment. If allowed to go ahead, it will be an environmental crime.” Because of HKND Group’s financial failings in the Hong Kong stock market crash, the canal project has been dormant for the last two years. As of this writing, practically nothing has been constructed or accomplished and the Nicaraguan government has stopped talking about it. Some news reports have called the canal “on hold;” others have said it’s “ended.” The dream of the canal, however, lives on. If you want to see Nicaragua in its wilder, protected state, go now, and you will see this beautiful country as well as why this canal should never be built. Gary Wockner, PhD, is an international environmental activist and writer based in Fort Collins. He is author of the 2016 book River Warrior: Fighting to Protect the World’s Rivers. Contact: Gary@GaryWockner.com
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Kimmerjae Macarus and the art of sitting with stone by Sarah Haas
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ood morning, friends,” artist Kimmerjae Macarus says into her iPhone camera. “I’ve been feeling like my sculpture needs to move into something different, so I’m building myself a crucible and tomorrow I’m jumping in — 12 weeks, 12 stones and everyday at Photo by Russ Croop noon I will post a twominute video of what I’m thinking about the work.” This is video one. The camera pans away from her face and toward a hefty piece of shimmery, vaguely translucent stone. It’s about the size of a toddler, though considerably heavier. Still, you can imagine cradling it in your arms. “Here’s the first piece I’m going to approach,” Macarus says. “Calcite from Utah. It’s kind of like starting with dessert first. It’s such a gorgeous stone and I feel really unclear about it.” The next day’s video shows her straddling the stone, her hands hovering above its surface with a small stick which she positions intuitively at various angles across its cracks and divots. “OK. Here we go. How to start? I’m questioning if I can make something that isn’t objective, something that isn’t an interpretation of something else that Boulder Weekly
already exists or something else that we’ve seen. Like finding faces in clouds, I want to see what emerges and some being is coming up and it has a fierce power to it, but absolutely free of malice. “I think one of the first things I’m gonna do is drill some holes in this. Here’s an object that came into space and now space is going to enter it... Where to begin?” If the artist seems a bit uncomfortable, it’s because she’s in unfamiliar territory, working so quickly on so many small stones. She tends to prefer, and is known for, carving big opuses that take a year or more to complete. Like her work “Flower of Life,” for example, a 6-foot tall face of a woman carved in white Colorado marble, or “The Boat of the Universe,” a smiling piece of glacier granite from Salida, Colorado, hollowed out like a big bowl or a scooping chair, an inviting vessel either way. It might be unexpected, but it’s easy to imagine the 100 pound, 5-foot-2inch artist carving such behemoth pieces. It seems natural. There’s an undeniable power about her, even in the way see MACARUS Page 24
Above: “Flower of Life,” a Colorado marble carving by Kimmerjae Macarus, is now in the City of Lafayette’s permanent collection. Left: “Holds Water: a kneeling rock for standing rock,” 2017, by Kimmerjae Macarus, now in Loveland.
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she walks, with a little bit of a cowboy saunter, as if she knows the secret advantage in having to stand on your tip toes to see the top of something. Macarus has always been an artist, but like most of them, her path was twisted as she figured out a way to make a living and wound up working for 20 years as the singular woman on a landscaping crew. She made less money than them, but she worked hard, harder even, and somewhere in the middle of all that sweat a thought occurred that would forever change her course: “If I can carve a stone to put it in a wall, then I can carve a stone to carve a stone.” She “went at” her first piece of marble eagerly and clumsily and under that pressure it split in two. A bit embarrassed, she sat back in her chair and that’s the first time she remembers questioning a stone, asking it aloud what she could do to be better. What happened next is between her and the rock, which now lives in her bathroom as a perfectly smooth marble sink. Since then she’s had to learn to walk the fine line between being led and leading. Sometimes, she says, the pieces of stone will be assertive, telling her what their features are, where they will be and how big. In those instances her job is to listen and perform, like an assistant, the stone her master. Other times Macarus has to be the assertive one, like with “Wind Horse,” a 9-foot tall basalt stallion commissioned for a private collection that was so big she had to work on a scaffold, and eventually had to hire a crew to help rough it out. “They started taking off big chunks and the whole thing was sharp, pieces of rock flying off in chunks, cutting us and eating us up,” she says. “It was terrifying. So one afternoon, when enough was enough, I went to the stone and said, ‘You have to be gentle now. You have to do this for me.’ And she was, she totally yielded.” But for 12 weeks, with 12 pieces of stone, Macarus wanted to try a different 24 January 18 , 2018
approach. In her video introducing the project she walks around the yard at her home in Lafayette, greeting every stone she sees like they were destined to meet. Her camera appears to be on a treasure hunt, peeking under bushes and into weed-filled corners to focus on rocks that have been sitting long enough to sink a little into the ground. To anyone else they would look like nothing special, but in the background you can hear Macarus’s voice jubilantly calling out a newly discovered piece of jade or limestone. Now in January, it’s been over a month since she finished the 12-week project, and, sitting down for a cup of hot green tea and fresh baked muffins, comes the time for reflection. Her labradorite ring, the same grayish blue color of her eyes, taps on her tea cup, not nervously, but as if keeping track of a vague sense of time that might otherwise go unkept. Everything in Macarus’s home has been touched by her hands, built in
some way, like a sculpture. Everything surrounding her has a story. The feeling inside the house spills outside, onto the patio filled with tools and pieces of stone and oddly shaped chairs, down the stone pathway she built with her ex-partner and good friends and into her small studio, partly inside, mostly out. Only a little hidden from the sidewalks circling her corner lot, Macarus at work has become a featured staple in her neighborhood. “As I work outside in the driveway a lot of people will stop by, many ask me to teach them,” she says. “Historically, I have had really bad reactions to that — it just makes me want to cry. I want people to love the work, but instead it feels like they are saying, ‘Give me the tools, give me your stone, show me how to do it.’ It feels like they don’t recognize everything that goes into the work, like they don’t have the time or the bother, they just want to do it, own it. “But in all my years working with stone I’ve learned that to make art that
succeeds in this world, you have to make work that calls people to it. I don’t know how to teach that.” The two-minute videos in the 12-week project are Macarus’s attempt to change her reaction by giving away her instruction as freely and honestly as possible. “You want to know how I do this?” she asks. “I think about what I think about. I leave behind a tremendous amount of possibility so that I can go to the studio everyday. Instead of countless other things I could do, I choose to sit with a stone and I get to know it, and it’s not easy, I’m always working through my own resistance. All of those are the big challenges of carving stone.” The irony of the idea that one can be taught to become an artist is heightened in the presence of stone. One need only watch the smaller framed Macarus labor to move massive chunks of rock to understand the weight of the matter. “Stone requires the creator to develop the sensibility to see all the way into and around the work,” Macarus says. “It’s like when you are cresting a hill and there is a false summit that evades you. The mass of that mountain is something that you don’t feel or understand. To do that you have to wrangle with your imagination of what’s possible, admit the defeat of your will because the stone will not submit. The hammer and chisel are simply revelation’s tools.” It seems only fitting to ask a deep and penetrating question of this artist, but the only one to come to mind is glaringly obvious and simple: Why do you work with stone? “I love rocks,” Macarus says. “And, as far as I can tell, most people do too. I remember as a kid, sitting in a neighbor’s gravel driveway with my legs getting all dirty and looking at each one of [those rocks] — each one — like a treasure, the gravel driveway. That’s what I remember. I think humans just know that there’s something in there. I don’t understand that so much, but I recognize it.” Boulder Weekly
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he Altius Quartet is priate for Shostakovich to on the move. write like Haydn, because Formerly quarthat wouldn’t reflect the tet-in-residence time that he lived in.” with CU’s esteemed The newest piece is JP Takács Quartet, Altius has Merz’s Through Fog, which found themselves very busy, the Altius Quartet has building their already-blosplayed on many of their soming career. Since comprograms, including the pleting the residency, the concert at Carnegie Hall. group — comprising After the CU premiere, the Andrew Giordano and composer revised the score Joshua Ulrich, violin, for Altius’s players. Andrew Krimm, viola, and “We wanted to play this Zachary Reaves, cello — piece because we’ve played has kept Colorado as their it a lot, but also because JP home base while recording was a graduate student at Castelnuovo-Tedesco and ON THE BILL: Beethoven Altius Quartet two albums, taking a trip to CU,” Reaves says. With Nicolò Spera, guitar Music of Haydn, Shostakovich, Beijing to collaborate with The three concerts the 4 p.m. Sunday, March 11; 7:30 JP Merz and Mendelssohn composer Bright Sheng, Takács Quartet will play p.m. Monday, March 12 4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 21 7:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 22 completing a tour of later in the spring feature Music of Dohnányi, California and giving other CU faculty members as Shostakovich and Tchaikovsky Takács Quartet performances in Boulder guest performers. With Erika Eckert, viola, and Music of Mozart, VaughanDavid Requiro, cello William and Dohnányi and elsewhere. “The college of music 4 p.m. Sunday, April 29 With Matthew Chellis and Next they will appear feels like a family” Karoly 7:30 p.m. Monday, April 30 Andrew Cooperstock, piano on the Takács concert Schranz, the quartet’s sec4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 4 All concerts at Grusin Music 7:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 5 series, with performances in ond violinist, says. “We Hall. Tickets via CU Presents, CU’s Grusin Music Hall have such a close conneccupresents.org/events. Music of Mozart, Boccherini, Jan. 21 and 22. The series tion with the faculty, it’s continues through the always a great feeling to spring, with performances play with them.” by the Takács Quartet Feb. For the concerts Feb. 4-5, March 11-12 and 4-5, tenor Matthew Chellis April 29-30. and pianist Andrew A major work on the Jan. 21-22 of my life. Cooperstock will join the Takács, who program is taken from Altius’s recent “I know for some people will perform Vaughan Williams’s Four album by Shostakovich, the personal Shostakovich is a little bit too out there, Hymns for tenor, viola and piano with and darkly expressive String Quartet but I’ve found that if you give it the the quartet’s violist, Geraldine Walther. No. 8. Written in a time of despair for right context, it goes over well with They will play a Mozart quartet, and the composer, it is dedicated “to the vic- audiences.” To that end, he says, the with Cooperstock the Quintet No. 2 for tims of fascism and war,” but it is above quartet will talk about the piece before piano and strings by Hungarian comall a reflection of Shostakovich’s own playing it. poser Ernó Dohnányi. bleak thoughts at the time. Stretching from the 18th to the 21st On March 11-12 the guest artist Other works on the program are centuries, the music in the concert will be guitarist Nicolò Spera playing Haydn’s well known “Emperor” String comes from four very different times. music by Boccherini and CastelnuovoQuartet in C major, which includes a “Art and music always reflect the Tedesco. Also on that program are set of variations on “God Save Emperor lifetimes they were written in,” says another Mozart quartet, and the only Francis,” the anthem the composer Reaves. “It was easy for Haydn to sound Beethoven to be heard this spring, the wrote for Austrian Emperor Francis III; light and chipper, because he’s writing Quartet in C-sharp minor, Op. 131. The Takács season ends April 29-30, Through Fog, written for the Altius for his environment [at] the Esterhazy when violist Erika Eckert and cellist Quartet by JP Merz; and Mendelssohn’s Palace. Mendelssohn is writing very String Quartet in E minor, op. 44 no. 2. much for himself — he’s always wearing David Requiro come on board for Tchaikovsky’s String Sextet, “Souvenir As daunting as the Shostakovich 8th his heart on his sleeve. de Florence,” a work that the Takács has Quartet is for many players and listen“In the case of Shostakovich, the never played before. Also new to the ers, Reaves says he finds the music very world in the 20th century is becoming Takács will be Dohnányi’s String comfortable. As the son of professional much more global. We’re talking about Quartet No. 2 in D-flat major. Filling musicians, “that was music I had grown World War II. He was in the middle of out that program will be the up hearing,” he says. “I was around it and experienced so many horrible [music by Shostakovich] pretty much all things. I always say it would be inappro- Shostakovich Quartet No. 11. Boulder Weekly
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hen you’ve seen Annie as many times as I have, it’s easy to dread another couple of hours spent with that plucky, Depression-era redhead, she of the ringlet curls and unbounded enthusiasm. Luckily and thankfully for me, BDT Stage delivers its usual superlative effort and with it an Annie to be remembered. As every production of Annie does, it all starts and ends with the actress playing Ms. Leapin’ Lizards herself. As is customary when utilizing child actors over a long performance schedule, two actresses (Lily Gruber and Darcey Keating) will be playing Annie during the BDT Stage’s run of the show. I had the pleasure of witnessing Darcey Keating in the role of the li’l orphan, and from the first notes that breaking a sweat. As Warbucks warms rang from her, I couldn’t help thinking, to Annie and Kennedy is allowed to “Wow! This young woman has some ease into his more typical performance pipes on her!” Keating’s powerful singstyle, the transition is flawless, which ing voice floored me. I can honestly say makes Warbucks’ evolution from capthat I have never experienced a strontain of industry to caring parent that ger vocal performance from an Annie. much more believable and touching. Keating’s acting chops are commendKennedy and Keating receive treable as well, but it’s her musical talent mendous support from an exceedingly that will blow you away. able cast of BDT Stage regulars and Next to Annie, the Glenn Ross Photography newcomers. Annie’s most critical character fellow orphans (a in the show is her bilrotation of: Zoe lionaire benefactor, Campion, Prugh Oliver “Daddy” Dunfee, Anna Eppe, Warbucks. Who else Summers Filion, but BDT Stage veterAudrey Fischer, an Wayne Kennedy Alexandra Foster, could fill that role? Sophia Hammons, The answer is no one. Emma Hecht, Zoe A longtime favorMalin, Katie Phipps, ite of mine, Kennedy Cammy Tow and is often relegated to Meaghan Zeff ) attack supporting roles. the vocals and choreHere, as the male ography of the classic lead, he showcases both his versatility number, “It’s the Hard-Knock Life” and his range. Kennedy usually relies with gusto. on a jovial, borderline jokey portrayal Annie Dwyer delivers as the girls’ of the characters he’s asked to play. deliciously evil “caretaker,” Miss When Warbucks is introduced in Hannigan, and Scott Beyette literally Annie, however, he is a gruff, no-noncrows as her ne’er-do-well brother, sense businessman and bachelor with Rooster. Brian Burron earns laugh after seemingly no history interacting with laugh as President Franklin D. children. Kennedy nails this out-ofRoosevelt. And yes, Annie improbably his-wheelhouse portrayal without even features FDR in a supporting role. Boulder Weekly
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Speaking of improbable, in case there is anyone out there unfamiliar with Annie, the story goes something like this. Annie sneaks away from the purgatorial orphanage in search of her parents. After hanging in a Hooverville and befriending a stray dog, she’s pinched by the cops and bounced back to Miss Hannigan’s. Almost immediately, she’s plucked from poverty and invited to spend the weeks leading up to Christmas at Oliver Warbucks’ mansion. Just as Warbucks begins warming to the littleorphan-that-could, Annie’s parents show up out of the blue to reclaim her... and the sizeable reward Warbucks has offered for their return. But are they really Annie’s parents? Will Annie end up with them or Warbucks, who now loves her like the daughter he never knew he wanted? Whatever happened to that stray dog? And will Annie somehow play an instrumental role in bringing the country out of the Great Depression? Amidst and after all-time great songs like “Tomorrow,” “Easy Street” and “I Think I’m Gonna Like It Here,” all will be revealed. Whether you’ve seen Annie enough times to sing along or it’s your first visit with this merry moppet, you’re bound to love this Annie.
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BOW WOW FILM FESTIVAL 6 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 20, Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder. Come and bliss out on stories about man’s best friend at this year’s Bow Wow Film Festival, a Boulder-based traveling film festival that features some of the year’s’ best pooch-themed short films, all wrapped up in one 90-minute package. There will also be giveaways and vendors. All ticket proceeds will benefit the Humane Society of Boulder Valley. Tickets are $15 in advance or $20 at the door for adults, and $10 for children under 12. Doors open at 6 p.m. and movies start at 7 p.m.
MAGIC BEANS 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 20, The Caribou Room, 55 Indian Peaks Drive, Nederland. Dylan Langille
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When The Magic Beans bring their genre-skirting sounds to The Caribou Room, you’d better have your dancing shoes on. The group uses no pre-recorded tracks or samples in favor of a more traditional concert experience, blending clever songwriting with modern dance music for an irresistible sound. Their new album, Casino Cabaret, is out on March 16. Basically, if you ain’t Team Bean yet, head up to the Caribou Room — they’ll get you fitted with a jersey and a big foam finger. Tickets are $12 in advance, $15 at the door.
‘BIG PHARMA, A MARKET FAILURE’ 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 23, Longmont Public Library, 409 Fourth Ave., Longmont. C. Todd Lopez - United States
The League Army via Wikimedia Commons of Women Voters of Boulder County Health Care Team is partnering with Longmont Public Forum to show the documentary film Big Pharma: a Market Failure. It explores the problem of extreme drug prices in the U.S. and how drug costs impact the public, businesses and the overall U.S. economy. The screening will be followed by a discussion with Virginia Gebhardt, a retired pharmacist and activist, and Colorado Senator Jeanne Nicholson.
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Department Colloquium — Margaret Cheney 3 p.m. Engineering Center, ECCR 265, 1111 Engineering Drive, Boulder.
Margaret Cheney, Department of Mathematics, Colorado State University; “Waveform Design for Radar Detection and Imaging.”
Senior Student Recital: Benjamin Wiebe, saxophone 7:30 p.m. Imig Music, Grusin Music Hall, 1020 18th St., Boulder. PROGRAM: Walter S. Hartley: Duo for Alto Saxophone and Piano; Alexander Glazunov: Concerto for Saxophone and Piano; Ryo Noda: Improvisation I; Marc Mellits: “Black” for Two Baritone Saxophones; Selena Wellington: “For Abby and Ben”; Pedro Iturralde: “Pequeña Czarda.”
SATURDAY, JAN. 20. Pre-Concert Lecture 7:30 p.m. Old Main, Chapel,1600 Pleasant St., Boulder,
Take in a pre-concert lecture before the Béla Fleck and Brooklyn Rider performance at Macky. The night’s featured lecturer is banjoist Jayme Stone of Jayme Stone’s Folklife.
Béla Fleck and Brooklyn Rider 7:30 p.m. Macky Auditorium,1595 Pleasant St., Boulder.
Don’t miss a rollicking collaborative concert with world-famous, 16-time Grammy-winning banjoist Béla Fleck and Brooklyn Rider, “one of the wonders of contemporary music” (NPR). Slipping seamlessly between bluegrass, jazz and classical, this quintet’s distinctive sound can’t be defined.
SUNDAY, JAN. 21 Altius Quartet 4 p.m. Imig Music, Grusin Music Hall, 1020 18th St., Boulder.
CU Boulder’s graduate string quartet-in-residence, hailed as “rich” and “captivating” by new music website I Care If You Listen, is committed to bringing chamber music to diverse audiences. Taking its name from the Latin word for “higher,” the Altius Quartet injects young energy and passion into music both old and new.
Doctoral Student Recital: Brandon Norton, trumpet 7:30 p.m. Imig Music, Grusin Music Hall, 1020 18th St., Boulder. MONDAY, JAN. 22 Music Lecture 2 p.m. Imig Music, Chamber Hall (C199), 1020 18th St, Boulder.
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AMRC Recreate Your Roots 7:30 p.m. First Congregational Church, 1128 Pine St., Boulder.
As part of the Recreate Brooklyn Rider Your Roots (pictured above) will festival, share the stage at you’re invited Macky Auditorium with to an evening banjo maestro Béla of music and Fleck on Saturday, collaboration Jan. 20. with Jayme Stone’s Folklife. Recreate Your Roots invites everyone to come together to celebrate American folk music in workshops, classes and free concerts (Jan. 22-26 and Feb. 5-7).
TUESDAY, JAN. 23 Music Library Renovation Celebration 3 p.m. Imig Music, Music Library, 1020 18th St., Boulder. Come celebrate the transformation of our music library! Party will kick off with a ribbon cutting ceremony. There will be cake and, of course, music!
Grand Opening: Campus Startup Hub at Williams Village 5 p.m. Village Center Dining and Community Commons, Main Floor, Entrepreneurial Space, 500 30th St., Boulder.
CU Boulder is opening a new space in January at the Village Center. This is the place for anyone to hang, dip your toes into the entrepreneurial mindset and test the waters of prototyping your wildest dreams
Faculty Tuesdays: David Korevaar 7:30 p.m. Imig Music, Grusin Music Hall, 1020 18th St., Boulder.
Pianist David Korevaar plays Beethoven sonatas.
AMPLIFY Radio Documentary & Podcast 9 a.m. KGNU Community Radio, 4700 Walnut St., Boulder.
AMPLIFY: Stories of University-Community Collaborations is a production of CU Engage, the Center for Community-Based Learning and Research at CU Boulder, in partnership with community radio KGNU. The show aims to amplify the voices of students and community partners who are working together to generate new knowledge and actions to address wicked public challenges.
Russian Tea Noon. Macky Auditorium, Room 223,1595 Pleasant St., Boulder.
Please join us for tea and conversation every Wednesday at noon in Macky 223. For more information contact tatiana.mikhailova@colorado.edu.
Kaffeestunde 2 p.m. Hellems Arts and Sciences, Rom 159, 1550 Central Campus Mall, Boulder.
Join us for coffee and conversation in Hellems 159 Wednesdays 2-3p.m.
Trump’s America: One Year Later 5:30 p.m. Hale Science, Room 270, 1350 Pleasant Drive, Boulder.
It’s been one year since Donald Trump took office after the most surprising and controversial election in American history. Has the Trump presidency lived up to its expectations, good or bad? A diverse panel of undergraduate students, graduate students and faculty from across the political spectrum discuss President Trump’s first year in office.
AIA Lecture Series: Brewing Beer in the Ancient World 7 p.m. Museum of Natural History (Henderson), Paleontology Hall, 1035 Broadway, Boulder.
Travis Rupp, CU Boulder adjunct professor and beer archaeologist at Avery Brewing Company, will discuss the origins of beer production in the ancient Near East and Egypt in conjunction with the rise of domestication and farming, as well as how beer grew and expanded into the Mediterranean cultures of Greece and Rome.
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Live Music! Matt Flaherty. 6:30 p.m. Full Cycle, 1795 Pearl St., Boulder.
Thursday, January 18 Music
The Long Run: Colorado’s Tribute to the Eagles. 8 p.m. The Clocktower Cabaret, 1601 Arapahoe St., Denver.
Third Thursdays Happy Hour Singer Songwriter Showcase. 5:30 p.m. Your Mom’s House, 608 E. 13th Ave., Denver.
Lori’s Cuisine. 4:30 p.m. Bootstrap Brewing Company, 142 Pratt St., Longmont.
Broken Land. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 Northpark Drive, Lafayette.
Los Fear of Shrimp. 7:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Tap Room, 921 Pearl St., Boulder.
DJ E Rose. 10 p.m. The Pop-Up, 1109 Walnut St., Boulder.
Music at Noon on Tuesdays — Colorado Chamber Players. Noon. Saint John’s Episcopal Cathedral, 1350 Washington St., Denver.
Dueling Pianos — with Colorado Keys. 9 p.m. Ophelia’s Electric Soapbox, 1215 20th St., Denver. Grey Area. 9 p.m. The Black Box, 314 E. 13th Ave., Denver.
The Nick Willis Band. 6 p.m. Bootstrap Brewing Company, 142 Pratt St., Longmont.
Gypsy Whiskey. 8 p.m. Globe Hall, 4483 Logan St., Denver.
Lauren Haldeman is the author of the poetry collections Instead Of Dying (winner of the 2017 Colorado Prize for Poetry), Calenday (Rescue Press, 2014) and The Eccentricity Is Zero (Digraph Press, 2014). Haldeman will speak at Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe on Wednesday, Jan. 24 at 7 p.m.
Hairclub. 9 p.m. Lost Lake, 3602 E. Colfax Ave., Denver. Live Music: Paul Soderman, The BBC Reunion Band. 7:30 p.m. Dannik’s Gunbarrel Corner Bar, 6525 Gunpark Drive, Boulder.
Thursday, January 18 Jared Smith and Robert Cooperman. 7 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., Boulder.
LOG. 9 p.m. Larimer Lounge, 2721 Larimer St., Denver. National Western presents An Evening of Dancing Horses. 7 p.m. National Western Stock Show, 4655 Humboldt St., Denver.
Michael Franklin — Art as Contemplative Practice. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder.
Innisfree Weekly Open Poetry Reading. 7 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., Boulder. Wednesday, January 24 Lauren Haldeman. 7 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., Boulder.
Tuesday, January 23
Open Bluegrass Jam. 6:30 p.m. Open Door Brewing Co., 2030 Ionoshere St., Suite 6, Longmont.
The Perceptionists (Mr. Lif + Akrobatik). 9:30 p.m. Your Mom’s House, 608 E. 13th Ave., Denver. The Wailers. 8:30 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder. Events Ari Shaffir’s Renamed Storyteller Show. 8 p.m. Comedy Works, 1226 15th St., Denver. Barley-Har-Har Comedy Open Mic Night. 7 p.m. 300 Suns Brewing, 335 First Ave., Suite C, Longmont. Bingo! 7 p.m. Bootstrap Brewing Company, 142 Pratt St., Longmont. Comedy Night at Vision Quest. 8:30 p.m. Vision Quest Brewing, 2510 47th St., Boulder.
Naughty Pierre’s Burlesque & Comedy Extravaganza. 8 p.m. The Clocktower Cabaret, 1601 Arapahoe St., Denver.
Cellar West Friday Bluegrass Pick. 6 p.m. Cellar West Artisan Ales, 1001 Lee Hill Drive, Suite 10, Boulder.
PGS: Intuition is Your Personal Guidance System (movie). 7:30 p.m. Village at the Peaks 12 & RPX, 1230 S. Hover St., Longmont.
Chando. 9 p.m. The Black Box, 314 E. 13th Ave., Denver.
Throwback Thursday Fly Fishing Film Fest. 8 p.m. Oriental Theater, 4335 W. 44th Ave., Denver.
Citizen Dan. 7 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont.
Trivia at Tandoori’s Bar. 6 p.m. Tandoori’s Bar, 619 S. Broadway, Boulder. Twirl Your Partner — Partner Line Dance. 6:30 p.m. Manhattan School of the Arts, 290 Manhattan Drive, Boulder. Friday, January 19 Music
The Emerging Filmmakers Project. 8 p.m. The Bug Theatre, 3654 Navajo St., Denver.
Arena Rock All-Stars. 8 p.m. The Wild Game, 2251 Ken Pratt Blvd., Suite A, Longmont.
Founder Hour: Ian Bernstein of Sphero & Misty Robotics. 6 p.m. Galvanize, 1023 Walnut St., Boulder.
Blake Brown & The American Dust Choir. 9 p.m. Hi-Dive Denver, 7 S. Broadway, Denver.
Kazu Oba: Functional Ceramics Workshop. 5:30 p.m. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., Boulder. 30 January 18 , 2018
Shanna in a Dress (Live Music). 6 p.m. 300 Suns Brewing, 335 First Ave., Suite C, Longmont. Sixty Minute Men. 9 p.m. Your Mom’s House, 608 E. 13th Ave., Denver. Winger — with Immortal Sÿnn, Jacob Cade, Driven By Turmoil. 6:30 p.m. Herman’s Hideaway, 1578 S. Broadway, Denver. Events Ari Shaffir’s Renamed Storyteller Show. 7:30 p.m. and 9:45 p.m. Comedy Works, 1226 15th St., Denver. ComedySportz Denver. 7:30 p.m. Avenue Theater, 417 E. 17th Ave., Denver.
Open Bluegrass Jam. 7 p.m. West Flanders Brewing, 1125 Pearl St., Boulder. Open Mic Night. 7 p.m. The Dickens Tavern and Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont.
Ragged Union. 8:30 p.m. Oskar Blues, 303 Main St., Lyons.
Bonnie and Taylor Sims. 6 p.m. Chuburger, 1225 Ken Pratt Blvd., Longmont. Card Catalog. 10 p.m. Pioneer Inn, 15 E. First St., Nederland.
Chris Dismuke. 5 p.m. The Tasty Weasel, 1800 Pike Road, Longmont.
Dog Dance. 7 p.m. Floorspace, 1510 Zamia Ave., Suite 101, Boulder. Fate of The Comedy Show. 8 p.m. Los Tacos Famous Taqueria, 600 E. Colfax Ave., Denver. Resolution Reset Day! 8 a.m. Natural Grocers, 100 W. South Boulder Road, Lafayette. Saturday, January 20 Music
Danny Shafer Duo. 7 p.m. Homemade Liquids and Solids, 1555 Hover St., Longmont.
Bass Physics & Exmag — with Special Guests. 9 p.m. Cervantes Masterpiece, 2637 Welton St., Denver.
Electric Love Machine — with Sixty Minute Men + Special Guests. 10 p.m. Your Mom’s House, 608 E. 13th Ave., Denver.
Béla Fleck and Brooklyn Rider. 7:30 p.m. Macky Auditorium, 1595 Pleasant St., Boulder.
Eric Dorr — with Bob Barrick. 6:30 p.m. Still Cellars, 1115 Colorado Ave., Longmont.
The Delta Sonics. 4:30 p.m. The Tasty Weasel, 1800 Pike Road, Longmont.
Flamingosis. 8:30 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder.
Dwenwen’s Welsh Fest — A Merry Evening of Folk Traditions. 6 p.m. Kirk of Bonnie Brae, 1201 S. Steele St., Denver.
Grass It Up. 7:30 p.m. Chautauqua Community House, 900 Baseline Road, Boulder.
Envy Alo. 6:30 p.m. Gunbarrel Brewing Company, 7088 Winchester Circle, Boulder.
Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris. 7:30 p.m. Louisville Center for the Arts, 801 Grant Ave., Louisville.
Fiesta Flamenca. 8 p.m. Mercury Cafe, 2199 California St., Denver.
Justin Great Season 2 Launch Party. 7 p.m. Urban Mix Coffee, 2907 Huron St., Denver.
Flamingosis. 9 p.m. Larimer Lounge, 2721 Larimer St., Denver. see EVENTS Page 32
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Drawn to the Figure. Arts Longmont Gallery, West End Gallery, 356 Main St., Longmont. Through Feb. 24.
Laboratory, 1850 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder. Through March 2. Past the Tangled Present. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver. Through Oct. 28.
Elemental Forms. University of Colorado Art Museum, Visual Arts Complex, 1085 18th St., Boulder. Through May 2018. Eyes On: Xiaoze Xie. Denver Art Museum, Hamilton Building, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver. Through July 8. Ganesha: The Playful Protector. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver. Through October. Less Ephemeral — by Marco Pinter. Dairy Arts Center, Polly Addison Gallery, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder. Through Jan. 21.
Power Of Process, Jefferson County Schools Exhibition. Foothills Art Center, 809 15th St., Golden. Begins Jan. 19. Through April 1. It started out only a trend for sailors, prisoners and freaks. Slowly the artists, bartenders, mechanics, nurses and teachers started showing visible ink. Tattoos have slowly become more of a norm in society. thINK!, aims to bring forth the creatives that are pushing boundaries to show us uncommon and inspiring styles of tattooing. Now showing at the Firehouse Art Center through Feb. 4.
Reconfigured II. Space Gallery, 400 Santa Fe Drive, Denver. Through Feb. 24. Revealing A Mexican Masterpiece: The Virgin of Valvanera. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver. Through February.
Lined Out — Ted Larsen. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St. Through Jan. 21.
Saber Acomodar: Art And Workshops Of Jalisco 1915-Now. Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, 1485 Delgany St., Denver. Through Jan. 21.
Linking Asia: Art, Trade, and Devotion. Denver Art Museum, Hamilton Building, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver. Through April 1.
Sinner in Gingham. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., Boulder. Through Jan. 21.
Marginalia — by Joel Swanson. Dairy Arts Center, MacMillan Family Lobby and Hand-Rudy Gallery, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder. Through Jan. 21.
Then, Now, Next: Evolution of an Architectural Icon. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver. Through February.
Marking Presence. Dairy Arts Center, McMahon Gallery, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder. Through Jan. 21. Member’s Show. Foothills Art Center, 809 15th St., Golden. Begins Jan. 19. Through April 22. Original Abstract Oil And Mixed Media Paintings — by Kathy Friesz. NCAR’s Mesa
thINK! Firehouse Art Center, 667 Fourth Ave., Longmont. Through Feb. 4. Unseen — by Rowan Salem and K. Vuletich. 9 p.m. Art Gym Denver, 1460 Leyden St., Denver. Through Jan. 27. Works Of Mixed Media, Digital, Ink And Paint — by Mark Ludy. NCAR’s Mesa Laboratory, 1850 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder. Through March 2.
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FloatGoat. 8 p.m. Globe Hall, 4483 Logan St., Denver.
Isobar: One Year Anniversary. 9 p.m. KCP Art Bar, 364 Main St., Longmont.
Foxfeather. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Tap Room, 921 Pearl St., Boulder.
Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris. 7:30 p.m. Louisville Center for the Arts, 801 Grant Ave., Louisville.
Halden Wofford & the Hi*Beams. 8:30 p.m. Oskar Blues, 303 Main St., Lyons. Happy Hour Live Jazz. 5:30 p.m. Tandoori Grill South, 619 S. Broadway, Boulder. Harp Jam — Beginning Harmonica. 10 a.m. Platt Middle School, 6096 Baseline Road, Boulder. Ian Mahan (Single Release). 9 p.m. Lost Lake, 3602 E. Colfax Ave., Denver.
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Jazz is PHSH — with Special Guests. 9 p.m. Cervantes’ Other Side, 2637 Welton St., Denver. Jon Writer. 8:30 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder. Lee Foss. 8 p.m. The Pop-Up, 1109 Walnut St., Boulder. Live Music: Rex Peoples. 7:30 p.m. Dannik’s Gunbarrel Corner Bar, 6525 Gunpark Drive, Boulder. Boulder Weekly
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Annie. BDT Stage, 5501 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder. Through Feb. 24. Beauty and the Beast. Candlelight Dinner Playhouse, 747 Marketplace Drive, Johnstown. Through Feb. 14. Detroit ’67. Curious Theatre Company, 1080 Acoma St., Denver. Through Feb. 24. Fermata — presented by Theater Company of Lafayette & Theatre Esprit Asia. Mary Miller Theater, 300 E. Simpson St., Lafayette. Through Jan. 28.
It’s the summer of 1967. Siblings Chelle and Lank make ends meet by running an unlicensed bar in their Detroit basement, a risky business as police crack down on after-hours joints in black neighborhoods. When Lank offers shelter to an injured white woman, tensions escalate both in their home and in their community and they find themselves caught in the middle of the violent ’67 uprising. Detroit ’67 explores a moment rife with police brutality, immense racial divide and a powder keg of emotions. Now playing at Curious Theatre Company in Denver though Feb. 24.
In the Heights — presented by Timbergriffen Theater Company. Performing Arts Complex at PCS, 1001 W. 84th Ave., Denver. Through Jan. 27.
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Siren Song: A Pirate’s Odyssey. Buntport Theatre, 717 Lipan St., Denver. Through May 14. Zoey’s Perfect Wedding. Denver Center for Performing Arts, Space Theatre, 1101 13th St., Denver. Begins Jan. 19. Through Feb. 25.
Loveapalooza. 5 p.m. Yoga Pod, 1890 30th St., Boulder.
The Rhythm All-Stars. 8 p.m. The Wild Game, 2251 Ken Pratt Blvd., Suite A, Longmont.
Magic Beans — with Cycles. 7:30 p.m. The Caribou Room, 55 Indian Peaks Drive, Nederland.
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[Colony 933] An Immersive Mystery Dance-Theatre. 7:30 p.m. Novo Coffee, 1700 E. Sixth Ave., Denver. 3MCS Stand-Up, Sketch, and Live Comedy. 9 p.m. Blackbird Pub, 305 S. Downing St., Denver. Ari Shaffir’s Renamed Storyteller Show. 7:30 p.m. and 9:45 p.m. Comedy Works, 1226 15th St., Denver. ComedySportz Denver. 7:30 p.m. Avenue Theater, 417 E. 17th Ave., Denver. The Dinner Detective Murder Mystery Dinner Show Denver. 6 p.m. Embassy Suites Downtown Denver, 1420 Stout St., Denver. Saturday Morning Groove. 10:30 a.m. Free Motion Dance Studio, 2126 Pearl St., Boulder. see EVENTS Page 34
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Stand-Up Comedy & Bottomless Margaritas. 8 p.m. Los Tacos Famous Taqueria, 600 E. Colfax Ave., Denver. Windows to Wellness. 8:30 a.m. Longmont Senior Center, 910 Longs Peak Ave., Longmont. Sunday, January 21 Music 300 Days. 5 p.m. Oskar Blues, 303 Main St., Lyons. Bluegrass Pick. 12 p.m. Homemade Liquids and Solids, 1555 Hover St., Longmont. Clare Thérèse. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat Coffeehouse, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder. Hypnotic Vibes, Larimer Lights, Dynamic Distraction, Alec Ryan Band. 9 p.m. Your Mom’s House, 608 E. 13th Ave., Denver. music@theJ — Folk Roots Pioneers. 7 p.m. Boulder Jewish Community Center, 6007 Oreg Ave., Boulder. The New Recorder Consort. 2 p.m. Golden West, 1055 Adams Circle, Boulder. No Ends. 6 p.m. EXDO Event Center, 1399 35th St., Denver. Ukulele Jam. 2 p.m. Bootstrap Brewing, 142 Pratt St., Longmont. Events Boulder Comedy Show. 6 p.m. Bohemian Biergarten, 2017 13th St., Boulder. Hawaiian Hula Classes. 5 p.m. A Place to B, 1750 30th St., Suite 64, Boulder. Nature For Kids & Parents: Surviving the Winter. 1 p.m. Shanahan Ridge Trail Access, 1903 Lehigh St., Boulder. Monday, January 22 Music Griefshare Support Group. 6:30 p.m. Longs Peak United Methodist Church, 1421 Elmhurst Drive, Longmont. Longmont Chorale Rehearsal — March Concert (Mozart Requiem). 7 p.m. Faith Community Lutheran Church, 9775 Ute Highway, Longmont.
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Tuesday, January 23 Music ’90s TV Dinners. 5 p.m. Ophelia’s Electric Soapbox, 1215 20th St., Denver. Denver SuperJam: Jamtronica. 9 p.m. Your Mom’s House, 608 E. 13th Ave., Denver. Noah Gundersen. 8:30 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder. Open Jam/Mic Night. 10 p.m. Your Mom’s House, 608 E. 13th Ave., Denver. Open Stage — Hosted by Danny Shafer. 7:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Tap Room, 921 Pearl St., Boulder. Sonoma Wine & Scotch Tasting. 5:30 p.m. Sie Film Center, 2510 E. Colfax Ave., Denver. Tiny Library Concert featuring The River Arkansas. 7 p.m. History Colorado, 1200 Broadway, Denver. Events Big Pharma: Market Failure — Documentary Screening. 6:30 p.m. City of Longmont Public Library, 409 Fourth Ave., Longmont. Conscious Dance. 8 p.m. Alchemy of Movement, 2436 30th St., Boulder. Open Mic. 6 p.m. Twisted Pine Brewing Company, 3201 Walnut St., Boulder. Taco Tuesday Stand-Up Comedy. 7 p.m. Los Tacos Famous Taqueria, 600 E. Colfax Ave., Denver. Wednesday, January 24 Music The Curation Series featuring Kid Astronaut, Animal Ace, Parkbreezy. 9 p.m. Your Mom’s House, 608 E. 13th Ave., Denver. Drop-in Acoustic Jam. 6 p.m. 300 Suns Brewing, 335 First Ave., Suite C, Longmont. Free Comedy Night! 10 p.m. Streets of London Pub, 1501 E. Colfax Ave., Denver. Ragtime Randy. 4 p.m. Flatirons Terrace, 930 28th St., Boulder. Reggae Night. 9 p.m. Boulder House, 1109 Walnut St., Boulder. Taylor Shae. 6:30 p.m. Still Cellars, 1115 Colorado Ave., Longmont. Events Big Mountain Enduro presents The Moment. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder. Digital Salon featuring Marc Sotkin. 6 p.m. Boulder Digital Arts, 1600 Range St., Suite 100, Boulder. Tap Dance Lessons. 7:15 p.m. Viriditas Studio, 4939 N. Broadway, Suite 65, Boulder. Totally ’80s: A Killing for Camp. 6:30 p.m. Rembrandt Yard, 1301 Spruce St., Boulder. Trivia in Longmont — with Quizmaster Entertainment. 6:30 p.m. Bootstrap Brewing Company, 142 Pratt St., Longmont.
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I tie the solar system around your wrist to remind you why Days are longer here. Moon-dipped mapmakers, stellar shelter-seekers, we follow cosmic river shadows through the red valleys of asteroids, track the ice tails of comets to their glacial source, chart infinite neon tides and looping lunar cycles.
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Yes, there are star-starved nights when I miss the absolute taste of gravity, when I want to swallow every heavy galaxy between here and home; To be alien in alien terrain is to wake up to three white suns and gas-thin bones, to breath mechanically, dust-lonely, desert-wild. You, dear voyager, built our one-way spaceship from the saturnine scraps of your inherited SUV and the psychedelic pulp of sci-fi comic books, fueled it with fumes of celestial optimism, the only obvious force that sticks humans to rockets. How did you launch the spiraling mass of two earth-fond bodies through the static atmosphere of our prior lives? As interplanetary transplants, we speak in paradoxes and synonyms, of glitching clocks and drifting nights. Sometimes, I ask you to remind me why Days are longer here. Sarah Rodriguez is the Poetry Editor at Punch Drunk Press and is a supporting member of the Boulder Writers’ Warehouse and Beyond Academia Free Skool. Sarah can be found reading and editing at various events in both Boulder and Denver. Boulder Weekly
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Friday January 19
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A muted, but important, retelling of the decision to publish the Pentagon Papers despite threats from Nixon, The Post features not-so-great performances but a truly important message. Perhaps this isn’t meant for angry liberals but their parents?
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f all the questions The Post raises when considered through a contemporary lens, the most surprising are: “Why is Tom Hanks constantly posing like he’s in a slutty Dockers ad?” and “Shouldn’t this movie be, you know, better?” With a thesis that’s both red meat to us liberal lions and a timely wake-up call to a country content with a largely toothless and sycophantic press, The Post’s conclusion should have been either a stern rejoinder to “do better” or a soaring reminder of when we were better. Instead, the whole thing is a muted contemplation seemingly targeted at those exceptionally few Fox News viewers who can still be saved. At the center of The Post are the Pentagon Papers, a leaked governmental report that revealed multiple presidents and scores of officials lied to the public about the truth behind the Vietnam War. Because many white American boys from middleand upper-class families died in that conflict, the public was outraged by the revelations. This is in contrast to when more recent reports detailed how we killed tens of thousands of Iraqis because of imaginary WMDs, and nobody gave a shit. So it’s not just the journalists who lost their integrity, as the movie probably should have explored.
When lapdogs were watchdogs ‘The Post’ yearns for a free press by Ryan Syrek
At any rate, the film is a methodical exploration of the decision by then-owner of The Washington Post, Kay Graham (Meryl Streep), to allow her editor, Ben Bradlee (Tom Hanks), to publish the top-secret documents despite threats from Nixon and his cronies. Because we know they did publish them, the 90 minutes of discussion about whether they should publish them feels like a labored analysis of whether someone should eat chocolate cake when their face is already covered in frosting. The final act seems set up as a welcomed pivot to a courtroom drama. Instead, more time is spent watching Streep enter and leave the Supreme Court, and the final verdict is repeated by someone hearing the results by phone. Maybe that’s the best analogy: The Post is like the game of telephone played with an important message. Sure, you can recognize the point by the time it gets to you, but it feels like odd things were inexplicably added in translation. Things like Graham’s anti-boy’s-club bravery being dramatically undercut by an insipid monologue to her daughter that waxes nostalgic for a simpler time, back when her rich father gave her rich husband all the responsibility and she got to just make babies. Even watching as competing publishers put aside corporate profits to serve the greater good of informing the people lands with the force of a mumbled, “Hey, that must have been nice.” Save for Streep, everyone in the movie talks with a goofy, affected accent and leaves no imprint, with Hanks playing footsie with an outright stinker of a performance. And yet, the message is so crucial, the weight of the increasingly forgotten journalistic obligation is so heavy, that The Post still winds up a must-see. Maybe Spielberg didn’t make this movie for those of us already flogging social media with demands for accountability. Maybe he crafted this message for those relatives who won’t read what we ask them to read but may watch a nice movie with that nice Tom Hanks about a nice idea without which very mean things happen. This review previously appeared in The Reader of Omaha, Nebraska.
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et’s get this out of the way: If you’ve Opens Feb. 2 ON THE BILL: ever been in a car The Lyric, 1209 N. The Road Movie College Ave., Fort crash, The Road Opens Jan. 19 Collins. lyriccinema. Sie Film Center, 2510 E. Movie is not for com Colfax Ave., Denver. you. Much in the same way denverfilm.org March 13–14 war vets needn’t bother International Film Series Friday, Jan. 26, 8:45 with movies depicting Muenzinger Auditorium, p.m. combat, those who have 1905 College Ave., The Boedecker Theater, University of Colorado walked away from car acciDairy Arts Center, 2590 Boulder. internationalWalnut St., Boulder. dents should simply count filmseries.com thedairy.org their blessings and catch a showing of Paddington 2. There’s little here that will seem novel. But for the rest of you adventurous viewers, what you are to see herein is neither easy nor comforting. Instead, The Road Movie, comprised entirely of Russian dashboard camera footage, is an abstract movie with non-abstract consequences. There is little doubt the events witnessed ended poorly for many. True, there is some humor and there is the occasional slice of life, but a pall of dread hangs over every image, every unfolding trip down these roads — be they icy or fiery, rainy or dry, dark or light. Directed and edited by Dmitrii Kalashnikov, The Road Movie is a 70-minute collage with a “you’ve got to see it to believe it” edge that plays on our collective “can’t look away” curiosity. In every shot, a fixed camera dispassionately views the world in front of the vehicle. Interestingly, this approach to cinematic storytelling isn’t new; it’s as old as motion pictures themselves. Known as “phantom rides,” cameras were fixed to trams and other moving vehicles in the late 1800s to show the capabilities of the motion picture camera. The results stunned audiences then, and they do now. Though none of these dashcams were installed in the hopes of selling cameras or pushing the cinematic form forward. Instead, the presence of these cameras is most likely for A) insurance purposes B) protection from vandals and C) simple vanity. Next time you come to an intersection, take note, how many bicyclists have GoPros affixed to their helmets? How many people are carrying smartphones with video capability? How many stoplights have red light cameras? How many businesses with security cams? A few years ago, those who kept track of such things could count the number of cameras in a given area. Now, that possibility is incalculable. Our world is being captured and recorded at a rate that boggles the mind. Even more boggling is how little connection and narrative will exist between the images captured by these omnipresent observers. That is what makes The Road Movie so fascinating — the world seen from the dashboard of a car is just as scary and confusing as it is from any other perspective. In some scenes we see horrible acts play out beginning to end, such as a car speeding along an icy road before losing control. In others, we see only snippets of a larger story: a crazed man attacking a vehicle for no reason, a wedding party guest seeking solace on a stranger’s car and a man casually tumbling out of the back of a delivery van for no apparent reason. “What the hell is happening?” we wonder, “And why can’t I look away?” Boulder Weekly
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Red Rooster
Village Coffee Shop 1605 Folsom St., Boulder, villagecoffeeshopboulder.com
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aybe the last restaurant holdout of Old Boulder, Village Coffee Shop is still worth the wait. And there may be a substantial wait — long lines tend to wrap around the storefront, especially when CU is in session. But once you get in, whether you’re posted up on a stool at the bar or cozily packed into a Photos by staff booth with dark brown wooden benches and a bright red table, you’re just in a different, better, older world. Dare we say, a trip to Village Coffee Shop makes Boulder great again? Its motto, “890 square feet of reality... surrounded by Boulder,” says as much, but in a much more charming way. Anyway, the food is still no-frills comfort breakfast and lunch specials. The Red Rooster — chicken fried steak with mayonnaise on toast — is crispy, salty and savory. Crinkle-cut fries feel archaic but make sense here. Coffee is topped off regularly, people are happy and conversations are abundant. It’s pure, unadulterated, simple greatness. $8.50.
Machaca con Huevos Burrito
Café Copan 1515 Main St., Unit 5, Longmont, mycafecopan.com
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he new-ish Café Copan brings Honduran coffee and food to Longmont. A small kitchen churns out dozens of Latin American staples, including the machaca con huevos burrito. Ridiculously tender beef is shredded, and biting into it reveals hints of fruit and deep earthy umami. Eggs are scrambled fluffy and light with a bit of flavor added in from salt, pepper and the skillet. Smothered in cheese and fiery green chile, it’s a stomach-stretching and delicious way to start your day. Pair it with Copan’s selection of imported Honduran coffee. $5.95.
The Jersey
Brooklyn Deli 1515 Main St., Unit 6, Longmont, thebrooklyndeli.com
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hatever you want to say about New Jersey, go ahead. Because for all the stereotypes — which, really, are mostly smell-based — the Garden State has given the world great things: Bruce Springsteen, the light bulb and the pork-based roll of meat known as Taylor Ham (or pork roll). Thus, at Longmont’s Brooklyn Deli, the classic Taylor Ham, egg and cheese on a kaiser roll is called The Jersey, and it’s as close to the real deal as you’ll find in Colorado. Two eggs are fried over hard, American cheese is gooped over and slices of Taylor Ham are fried to greasy and hot. The kaiser roll, chewy and soft, soaks it all up. $6.95.
Pepe e Nocciola Pizza
Pizzeria Locale 1730 Pearl St., Boulder, localeboulder.com
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izzeria Locale may be going national, but the Boulder outpost still stays true to its roots and treats locals well. With excellent service, top-notch wine and drinks, innovative meals and a sleek interior, the East Pearl pizza joint is still the upscale restaurant with a casual atmosphere we want it to be. But the thing at Locale is still the pizza, and its pepe e nocciola pizza is a creative feat. Mozzarella and tallegio cheeses top red pepper pesto. Hazelnuts and scorched basil are set on top. It’s all in good balance — the crust is chewy and slightly charred, the pesto is spicy and robust, the cheeses are cooling and sweet, the blackened basil is bright, and the hazelnut has an outsized starring role. $16.
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Despite the kitchen lineage, his father didn’t want him to become a chef. “He wanted me to be able to do something else. I said: ‘No!’ I wanted to stick to what I really loved: cooking. I couldn’t imagine doing anything else,” Curiel says. When he was 18, he announced he was going to travel through Mexico and cook. “I went there to really learn the cuisine and cooking traditions in different states. I took one class that was just on mole sauce. I tasted about 40 different kinds of mole,” he says.
From Baja to Oaxaca, Johnny Curiel curates a menu of regional favorites
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ohnny Curiel is the ideal candidate to bring real regional tastes of Mexico to Colorado, like grilled panela cheese with huitlacoche, corn gremolata and salsa macha. Born in Guadalajara and raised in Breckenridge, he traveled and tasted in 29 Mexican states including Jalisco, Baja, Chihuahua, Veracruz, Susan France Yucatán and Oaxaca. The one thing the new chef at Boulder’s Centro Mexican Kitchen didn’t encounter in Mexico were restaurants serving Mexican cuisine. “Mexican food is not all enchiladas, burritos and tacos. If you go to Mexico, you find out that every region serves their own food style and they are very competitive,” Curiel says. His roots are purely culinary. “Everybody in my family was a chef. When I was little I would come and hang in the kitchen. My father would seat me on a milk crate. All I saw all day was chopping, cleaning beef and cooking,” he says. When Johnny was 12 the family moved from Guadalajara to Breckenridge to open a family-style Mexican grill. His father, John Curiel, wouldn’t let him work until he was 14. “My father had me start in Curiel eventually cooked for chef Richard the dish pit. He said I had to appreciate every job in Sandoval (of Tamayo and Zengo) and Troy Guard in the restaurant starting with the most important one,” Denver and jumped at the opportunity to work with Curiel says. When the chef recently had to let his the Big Red F restaurant group that includes Zolo dishwasher go at Centro, Curiel could be found wash- Grill, Jax Fish House and Centro. ing dishes again. Given the opportunity to craft his own menu, Boulder Weekly
Curiel curated a collection of regional specialties. “I wanted to bring the food I tasted [in Mexico] to Boulder, like the lamb tacos we used to get on Sundays. For our lamb tacos, we slow-roast lamb necks, pick off the meat and then braise [them] in vinegar with chilies and spices,” Curiel says. Another traditional dish is Curiel’s hoja santa relleno: roasted sacred leaf stuffed with queso Oaxaca and queso fresco. “We bring up vegetables from Mexico — I work with a farmer there to get things like hoja santa, epazote and corn smut or huitlacoche,” Curiel says. The hoja santa or “sacred leaf ” plant produces aromatic, velvety, heart-shaped leaves that taste a little like fennel or anise. Centro’s “standard” Mexican items are not typical. The Oaxacan-style tamal is stuffed with chile rajas and queso fresco and wrapped in banana leaf. Smoked chicken and Oaxaca cheese fill enchiladas, sauced with salsa cruda. The knife and fork burro is stuffed with lamb barbacoa and Curiel’s mole negro. “We have some sauces with only three ingredients including salt. The black mole has 38 ingredients,” he says. Seafood preparations range from smoked fish salad with pickled onions and a poached egg to tumbada, a Yucatán dish with gulf shrimp and bay scallops, garlic and guajillo peppers to grilled seabream Zarandeado from coastal Nayarit, served with a hash of raddichio and Brussels sprouts and salsa verde. Curiel says he is happily at home in Boulder. “Unlike other places, people in the restaurant business here are part of a community, not a competition. Boulder diners are committed to eating healthy and are vegetarian, so I adapted some of the recipes. I made a vegan mole verde sauce that came out pretty see NIBBLES Page 42
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good,” Curiel says. When cooking Mexican cuisine at home, his advice is Johnny just to keep it simple. “It doesn’t have to have a dozen Curiel cooks a ingredients and squiggles of sauces. Get fresh produce and seafood medley at Centro. support the farmers. Roast fresh peppers. Griddle fry the corn tortillas. Do not buy ingredients in cans. Make it from scratch so you know what you are eating,” Curiel says. The culinary research never stops. This month Curiel, along with chefs Dave Query and Jamey Fader, will cook a collaborative dinner at Jazamango restaurant in Todos Santos, Mexico.
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Happy 30th anniversary to Ras Kassa’s Ethiopian Restaurant. Now in Boulder and Lafayette, the eatery originally opened as a cool roadside diner near Eldorado Springs. ... The rustic Jamestown Mercantile hosts a Jan. 30 dinner featuring food and wine from Italy’s Alto Adige region with Master Sommelier Brett Zimmerman. On the menu: Baked fennel with radicchio-speck salad and beef filet with juniper red wine sauce. ... The Chocolate Lovers Fling is 37 years old. I attended the first Flings as a chocolate dessert judge. This year’s Fling, Feb. 3 at the Omni Interlocken Hotel, includes a chocolate tasting, auction, dinner and dancing. The Flings have raised more than $3.6 million to support domestic violence prevention. safehousealliance.org. ... Planning on joining a local CSA this summer? Meet the farmers and sign up at the CSA Fair sponsored by the Boulder County Farmers Markets Feb. 12 at the Rayback Collective. bcfm.org. (Plan ahead: The first Saturday farmers market is April 7.)
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s an infant, Kallie Beebe was weaned on goat’s milk. Her parents would have to research places that sold goat’s milk when they went on family trips to be sure they’d have a source. Sometimes the milk was raw and unpasteurized. Beebe admits, “My dad probably gave me some dodgy stuff at some point.” Then by age two, for all intents and purposes, Beebe was done with goats. And their milk. That is, until about 25 years later, when she and her partner moved to Boulder and, while walking to her nannying gig one morning, Beebe passed Mountain Flower Goat Dairy. “I’m like semi-woo-woo. I’m not full woo-woo,” Beebe says, “but there was this poignant moment the first time I saw [the dairy] where I had this sense that something was there. It’s a sense I’ve felt a lot in my life where nothing’s come of it so I thought I was being this drama queen making up my own movie in my head. But there was a part of me that knew I would do something here.” Beebe filled out an application and 44 January 18 , 2018
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remembers, “really wanting people to know this is so deep in my roots. ... [Goat’s milk] is what gave me life in some ways.” Lo, she got a job as a farm hand and quickly moved her way up to executive director. Now she oversees the operations of the 17-goat dairy, runs classes on the farm, manages some finances and more. But you may not need the dark science of woo-wooism to explain how Beebe ended up managing a small goat farm in Boulder. For the sociology major from Santa Cruz who says, “most of my childhood friends were dogs,” goat farming makes a lot of sense.
Goats “are social, emotional creatures,” Beebe says, and studying their peculiarities surely presents the opportunity to inform us of something about human nature. “Oh definitely,” Beebe says. She would know, right? “But then that’s where you have to be careful with comparing animals to humans. Yes, by definition, humans are animals ... [but] we can justify some rough stuff that I think humans do to other humans that at this point we don’t have an excuse to be doing anymore because we’re not being hunted. We’re not constantly running for survival. Animals can justify those behaviors because they’re whole life is trying to stay alive.”
Beebe laughs. “I can get really intense right now,” she says. “I’m not going to.” It sounds odd, but it takes someone who cares about people to be a good animal farmer. Beebe’s passion for working with people led her initially to study sociology in college, even if she had to spend “half of those years defending my choice of sociology.” But she says elements of sociology — how society works, diversity, identity — should be a part of every curriculum. “It shouldn’t be a major to understand how your society works and delve into why certain labels don’t work for people,” Beebe says. A little sociological education, at every level of learning, could go a long way, Beebe says. It wasn’t until she went to community college before attending San Francisco State that she heard about the concept of white privilege, and questioned how even though Santa Cruz proudly promoted diversity, did it really do enough to foster and attract those diverse communities? Good thing Boulder doesn’t have that problem. When she went on a walkabout after college, twice working on a farm in Costa Rica, she learned for the first time what it’s like to be “the different one.” Being white was different for once, but also being openly gay in small-town Costa Rica presented opportunities for cultural and personal see BEEBE Page 46
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study; she found herself not wanting to make locals feel uncomfortable “because [sexual preference] wasn’t something they were used to talking about.” “There’s not a language for it that there is in San Francisco, where I came from,” she says. After hearing one gay joke too many — similar to the kind someone might say here that equates something being gay to something being stupid or broken — Beebe remembers telling some local community members that she was gay and that that kind of language hurts an entire of group of people. “And it was this mind-blowing thing,” for both parties, Beebe says, because they’d never heard it, and she’d never been one to say it. That commonplace type of human ignorance and indifference might make you look at goat culture and think there are parallels. Two goats can cuddle together one night, and if a goat is sick the next day, the whole herd will stay away for fear of being attractive to predators. Goats live in a hierarchical society, so they’re constantly jockeying for power. In short, goats put themselves above others when the chips are down. That’s not so different from a cynical view of humanity. But no, it’s neither easy nor wise to compare goats with humans, Beebe maintains. Our inputs, communities and mental faculties are not the same. But using goat communities as a simple reference point can provide lessons for people. “The reasons goats act the way they act is for their survival, whereas I think humans miseducate themselves or decide to feel certain ways because they saw something on the news that told them this is how they should feel about this. Animals just have their intuition; they’re not reading the paper deciding how they feel about things.” And lest you forget that, or don’t
have the wherewithal to intuit it while you’re in downward dog between a bunch of goats, Beebe says the act of raising goats physically pulls you from the forces that tend to drive humans apart. “It’s a reactive culture we have now,” Beebe says. “Instead of seeing something and experiencing those feelings and just sitting with that and saying, ‘Woah, that feels really uncomfortable for me right now,’ we feel like we have to get online and tweet about it. ... Our culture now is really promoting, ‘What are you gonna say about it now,’ or, ‘You better figure out how you feel about it, otherwise someone else is going to tell you how to feel about it.’ “Which is why farming is great, because during the day you’re not worried about that. You’re not on your phone, you’re not on the computer. You’re getting back in touch with something that exists in all of us. Our ancestors didn’t have Twitter.” But for those of us who can’t or won’t take up the farming life, Beebe says just interacting with goats can provide value. Consider goat yoga, which Mountain Flower and other goat farms offer. It is what it sounds like — goats hang out while you do yoga. Sometimes they’ll nudge your feet, or hop on your back, or lay down in front of you. Like you might be right now, Beebe says, “I was skeptical at first.” But, she says, “Seeing how goats bring people out of their shells with their playfulness, they get people to take themselves in a less serious manner.” But Beebe’s ultimate perspective is balanced: Goats don’t have all the answers, and humans aren’t all bad. And sometimes the nexus between those two worlds is great: chèvre, goat yoga and yes, even funny social media posts. “I Instagram a ton of goat photos, don’t get me wrong,” Beebe says. Boulder Weekly
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ight off the bat, barley wine confounds drinkers. Is it beer? Is it wine? Is it both? And is it spelled as one word or two? It doesn’t help matters that these beers are few and far between, making even the most adventurous beer drinkers reach for descriptions and recollections of the last barley wine they put down. Well, ignorance shouldn’t slow one’s drinking, and considering winter is high time for barley wine, here’s to edification alongside a little inebriation. The history of barley wines may date back to ancient Greece, but the first use of the word appeared in England in 1870 with Bass Brewery’s No. 1 ale. As its poster advertised — “Best Winter Drink!” — barley wines are made not for a midafternoon session on a hot sumPublic domain mer day, but for long, dark winter nights. Typically high in alcohol (which is probably why they used the word “wine” in the first place) and high in gravity (which refers to the amount of residual sugar in the beer), barley wines can range anywhere from syrupy sweet to earthy and hoppy, it just depends on the brewery at the helm. Take Ska Face Barleywine from Durango’s Ska Brewing Co., which exhibits a malt-forward flavor, typical of an English-style barley wine. Weighing in at 11.5 percent alcohol by volume (ABV), Ska Face is aged in bourbon barrels from Palisade’s Peach Street Distillery for two years. The oak adds hints of char to the flavor and aromas of vanilla, but the silky sweetness, almost like cola, still comes through with loads of raisin and dark fruit. Wood on beer is becoming ubiquitous these days, partly because of the nuances oak brings to the brew and partly because of how wood rounds a beer out. Take Boulder Beer’s Bourbon Barrel-Aged Barleywine — available on tap at the Walnut Pub location. Clocking in at 11.2 percent ABV, the brew has a pleasing rich brown color, a big, beefy nose of nuts, with sweet caramel in the mouth. And, like any good barley wine should, the alcohol warms every nook and cranny in your gullet on the way down. Crazy Mountain Brewing Company, based out of Edwards, also has a barrelaged version of their barley wine, but their un-oaked offering, Lawyers, Guns, & Money, provides the knockout. Their secret: a little molasses into the brew kettle. The result is an intensely malty beverage that refuses to be tamed. Malt is a crucial part of any barley wine but if hops are more to your liking, then Lafayette’s Liquid Mechanics Brewing Company has an American-style take on this old ale. It’s pleasantly hoppy with a big foamy head, a firm full mouth and a bitterness that cleans up any sweetness. Along those same lines is the American-Style Barley Wine at 4 Noses Brewing Company in Broomfield, which was covered in last week’s issue. What a time to be barley wine drinker.
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MARCH 21-APRIL 19: Many American women did not
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calling you and calling you and calling you, inviting you to answer its summons. If you do indeed answer, it will provide you with clear instructions about what you will need to do expedite your ass in the direction of the future. If on the other hand you refuse to listen to Destiny’s call, or hear it and refuse to respond, then Destiny will take a different tack. It won’t provide any instructions, but will simply yank your ass in the direction of the future.
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one of the most important reasons why I say this: Your brain would be inclined to keep the conflict going until one party or the other suffers ignominious defeat, whereas your heart is much more likely to work toward a win-win conclusion.
During recent weeks, your HOROSCOPES and DAILY TEXT MESSAGE SCORPIO main tasks have centered HOROSCOPES. The audio horoscopes around themes often associOCT. 23-NOV. 21: are also available by phone at ated with strain and strugWhen he was 24 years 1-877-873-4888 or 1-900-950-7700. gle: repair, workaround, old, Scorpio-born Zhu reassessment, jury-rigging, Yuanzhang (1328-1398) adjustment, compromise. was a novice monk with Amazingly, Leo, you have kept your suffering to a minimum little money who had just learned to read and write. He had as you have smartly done your hard work. In some cases you spent years as a wandering beggar. By the time he was 40 have even thrived. Congratulations on being so industrious years old, he was the emperor of China and founder of the and steadfast! Beginning soon, you will glide into a smoother Ming Dynasty, which ruled for 276 years. What happened stage of your cycle. Be alert for the inviting signs. Don’t in between? That’s a long story. Zhu’s adventurousness was assume you’ve got to keep grunting and grinding. a key asset, and so was his ability as an audacious and crafty tactician. His masterful devotion to detailed practical matters was also indispensable. If you are ever in your life going VIRGO AUG. 23-SEPT. 22: Norwegian artist Edvard Munch to begin an ascent even remotely comparable to Zhu’s, Scorpio, it will be in the coming 10 months. Being brave (1863-1944) created four versions of his iconic artwork The and enterprising won’t be enough. You must be disciplined Scream. Each depicts a person who seems terribly upset, and dogged, as well. holding his head in his hands and opening his mouth wide as if unleashing a loud shriek. In 2012, one of these images of SAGITTARIUS despair was sold for almost $120 million. The money went to the son of a man who had been Munch’s friend and patron. NOV. 22-DEC. 21: In 1892, the influential Atlantic Monthly Can you think of a way that you and yours might also be able magazine criticized Sagittarian poet Emily Dickinson, saying to extract value or get benefits from a negative emotion or a she “possessed an extremely unconventional and grotesque difficult experience? The coming weeks will be a favorable fancy.” It dismissed her poetry as incoherent, and declared time to do just that. that an “eccentric, dreamy, half-educated recluse” like her “cannot with impunity set at defiance the laws of gravitation and grammar.” This dire diss turned out to be laughLIBRA SEPT. 23-OCT. 22: “I think I like my brain best in a bar ably wrong. Dickinson is now regarded as one of the most original American poets. I offer this story up as a pep talk for fight with my heart,” says poet Clementine von Radics. While you, Sagittarius. In the coming months, I suspect you’ll be I appreciate that perspective, I advise you to do the opposite reinventing yourself. You’ll be researching new approaches to in the coming weeks. This will be a phase of your astrological living your life. In the course of these experiments, others may cycle when you should definitely support your heart over your see you as being in the grip of unconventional or grotesque brain in bar fights, wrestling matches, shadow boxing confantasy. They may consider you dreamy and eccentric. I hope tests, tugs of war, battles of wits and messy arguments. Here’s
you won’t allow their misunderstandings to interfere with your playful yet serious work.
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DEC. 22-JAN. 19: Bubble gum is more elastic and less sticky than regular chewing gum. That’s why you can blow bubbles with it. A Capricorn accountant named Walter Diemer invented it in 1928 while working for the Fleer Chewing Gum Company. At the time he finally perfected the recipe, the only food dye he had on hand was pink. His early batches were all that color, and a tradition was born. That’s why even today, most bubble gum is pink. I suspect a similar theme may unfold soon in your life. The conditions present at the beginning of a new project may deeply imprint the future evolution of the project. So try to make sure those are conditions you like!
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JAN. 20-FEB. 18: “When one door closes, another opens,” said inventor Alexander Graham Bell. “But we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened.” Heed his advice, Aquarius. Take the time you need to mourn the lost opportunity. But don’t take more than the time you need. The replacement or alternative to what’s gone will show up sooner than you think.
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famous portrait of America’s first president, George Washington. It’s the image on the U.S. one-dollar bill. And yet Stuart never finished the masterpiece. Begun in 1796, it was still a work-in-progress when Stuart died in 1828. Leonardo da Vinci had a similar type of success. His incomplete painting The Virgin and Child with St. Anne hangs in the Louvre in Paris, and his unfinished The Adoration of the Magi has been in Florence’s Uffizi Gallery since 1671. I propose that Stuart and da Vinci serve as your role models in the coming weeks. Maybe it’s not merely OK if a certain project of yours remains unfinished; maybe that’s actually the preferred outcome.
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Dear Dan: I’m a professional dominatrix, and I thought I’d seen everything in the last five years. But this situation completely baffled the entire dungeon. This middle-aged guy, seemingly in fine health, booked an appointment with me and my colleague for one hour of some very light play and a golden shower to finish off with. We did no CBT, no cock rings, no trauma to the dick area at all, no ass play, no sounding or catheters, no turbulent masturbation, nothing that could have caused this reaction. We brought him into the bathroom, and he laid down on his back, jerking off with a condom on his penis as my buddy was standing over him and peeing and I was saying all kinds of mean/encouraging sentiments and closely observing his progress. He came and... it was entirely blood. It looked like he shat into his condom, through his penis. He did not seem alarmed or in pain. He took off his condom himself, so he was aware of the situation. He did not remark on it to either of us! He made zero effort to prepare either of us, either. And it was not a little blood in his ejaculate — it was entirely blood. He has never returned. Is this person a monster or a vampire? Is he dying? Seriously. — Mistress Echo P.S. I went back to the bathroom with gloves on and removed the used condom from the trash and took a photo. It’s the
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only way to communicate just how much blood there was. Dear Mistress Echo: “You can tell Mistress Echo that her client was not a monster or a vampire, and he is likely not dying anytime soon,” said Dr. Stephen H. King, a board-certified urologist. “What she observed is a person with hematospermia, meaning blood in the semen.” While the sight is alarming — I’ll never be able to scrape that photo off the back of my eyeballs, thanks — Dr. King assures me that it’s nothing to worry about, as hematospermia is almost always benign. And even if you had done ball play or rough CBT (cock and ball torture), or if he engaged in solo CBT prior to the session, it’s unlikely that kind of play would result in a condom full of blood. “The vast majority of the semen actually comes from the prostate and the seminal vesicles, which are located deep in the pelvis just behind and below the bladder, respectively,” said Dr.
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King. “Very little of the ejaculate fluid actually originates from the testicles,” which primarily pump out hormones and sperm cells. “The prostate gland and seminal vesicles (also glands) store up the fluids and can become overdistended with long periods of abstinence and prone toward micro tearing and bleeding in this circumstance.” Blowing regular loads doesn’t just lower your risk for prostate cancer, as multiple studies have shown, it also lowers your risk for filling condoms with blood and alarming your friendly neighborhood pro-Dom. Two good reasons for draining those balls, guys —and other people with balls because, as the Book of Tumblr teaches us, not all guys have balls and not all balls have guys. “Also, these glands are lined by smooth muscle that contracts to force out the fluid [during ejaculation],” Dr. King continued. “If the force of contraction is excessive — a fucking great orgasm — this may lead toward rupture of some of the surrounding blood vessels and blood will enter the semen.”
Your client’s blasé reaction is a good indication that he’s experienced this previously, ME, because most guys who see blood in their semen — or only blood when they expected to see semen — freak the fuck out. “In my practice, most guys who see blood in their ejaculate the first time are sufficiently freaked out to seek immediate medical attention, and their doctors usually tell them this isn’t something to worry about — unless it persists,” said Dr. King. “In cases where the hematospermia persists, gets worse, or is associated with other symptoms such as pain, difficulty urinating, or general health decline, medical attention is definitely recommended.” Back to your client, ME: If blood loads have happened to him before (hence the blasé reaction), proper etiquette dictates that he should have said something to you about it afterward (“I’m fine, no biggie”). If it happens to him regularly, he should have warned you in advance — at least that’s what it says in my imaginary edition of Emily Post’s Etiquette. On the Lovecast, Dan chats with Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood: savagelovecast.com. Send questions to mail@savagelove.net, follow @fakedansavage on Twitter and visit ITMFA.org.
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by Sidni West
To date, or not to date a stoner?
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hroughout the majority of my 20s and as it stands right now, marijuana has been very much a part of my lifestyle. I consider myself a high-functioning stoner, meaning it’s not the first thing you would notice about me because I’m a pretty ambitious person living a multidimensional life. I find that it helps spark my creativity and lessen my ADHD by relaxing racing thoughts enough to focus on one thing at a time, both of which are essential for my career as a writer. In the past, it never mattered to me if my partner also smoked, as long as they were cool with it. But through trial and error in my own dating life, I’ve come to realize that there’s a big difference between tolerating my hobbies and indulging in them with me, which is why dating a fellow stoner is way more appealing to me on so many levels. As long as weed enhances their life and doesn’t just render them an anxious, unmotivated loser who never leaves their house, I am all about it. Here are the real reasons why dating a cannabis-enthusiast is the best:
1. They are chill AF. Depending on how much time you spend together, your romantic partner greatly influences your mood and anxiety levels. Is there anything worse than being with a high-maintenance, chronically stressed partner who always fusses over the little things and doesn’t know how to chill out? Weed helps people unwind and lower anxiety levels at the end of the day. It makes even the most mundane activities far more enjoyable. Even if that just looks like cooking dinner or going on a hike together, you know your partner is focused in the moment instead of stressing about things like work or money. This
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and I don’t know too many potheads who also rage face at the bars when they know they can come home to a fresh bowl instead of buying $15 cocktails and waking up to a miserable hangover in the morning. Stoners are usually the first ones to volunteer as the DD, meaning you’ll always have a safe ride home.
4. The intimacy is stronger.
means fewer unnecessary fights and better quality time together.
2. They are open-minded. Even though it has become legalized in so many states and more socially acceptable at this point, there’s still a stigma associated with smoking weed. It’s frustrating and unavoidable. But you know who won’t judge you? Someone that doesn’t care about what other people think. Stoners trust their intuition and don’t need society’s approval when they know how they want to live their life. That’s pretty hot.
3. They’re likely in control of other vices. OK, so this is based purely on anecdotal evidence, but most people can only afford one vice at a time,
When I look back at previous relationships, I always romanticize the beginnings and the process of going from strangers to lovers. I think about the times we smoked on my porch swing and laughed about dumb stuff for far too long or deep conversations while passing a joint back and forth in front of a campfire. Getting high allows you let your guard down and just be real and silly in a world where we’re supposed to be taking everything else so seriously all the time. Being able to relax, open up and communicate with each other encourages a stronger bond and higher levels of intimacy, which brings me to my next point.
5. The sex is sexier. Hot sex and a heightened sense of desire for your partner are great indicators of a strong relationship. Weed has a way of slowing things down and bringing you into the moment. It makes you feel free and uninhibited. You’re completely aware of all the little sensations and the only thing you’re focused on is pleasure. When you’re in this state, every kiss, every touch feels euphoric and intense, which can result in more intentional, meaningful sex. And truly, nothing beats cuddling and smoking a post-coitous spliff after an A++ stoned hookup.
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by Paul Danish
America goes to pot, discovers states’ rights
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he American people don’t think much of Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ decision to repeal the Cole Memorandum and give U.S. Attorneys discretion to enforce federal anti-marijuana laws as they see fit in states that have legalized it. According to a Quinnipiac University poll taken after Sessions’ decision, 70 percent of voters surveyed said they opposed “the government enforcing federal laws against marijuana in states that have already legalized medical or recreational marijuana.” Only 23 percent wanted to see them enforced. The same poll found that 47 percent of those surveyed had an unfavorable opinion of Sessions, compared to only 14 percent who had a favorable opinion of him. Thirty-seven percent said they hadn’t heard enough about him to have an opinion. (The poll also found 58 percent support for legalizing recreational marijuana, a result consistent with most other polls in the past year.) However, not even Republicans back enforcing federal prohibition in states that have legalized. Fortyseven percent of Republicans opposed such enforcement; 42 per-
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cent favored it. In short, marijuana has become a states’ rights issue. And one that’s prompting a lot of political crossdressing, at that. For the last half-century,
Democrats have generally opposed states rights, because states rights were invoked to oppose federal action against segregation and other state Jim Crow laws, while Republicans have supported them, as a way of opposing the growth of the federal government. But when it comes to pot, there’s been a spectacular reversal, especially on the part of Democrats. The Quinnipiac poll found that 81 percent of Democrats (and 76 percent
of independents) opposed federal law trumping state law in states that have legalized. One reason for the reversal may be that Democrats have been rediscovering the virtues of states rights on other social issues as well, like gay marriage and sanctuary cities. In other words, there’s nothing that says states’ rights are conflated with conservatism. As for Republicans, they’re discovering that states’ rights gives them a way to abandon the GOP’s traditional (and increasingly untenable) position on pot with a modicum of dignity. What sets marijuana apart as a states’ rights issue is that it is an issue that’s been driven almost entirely by grassroots activism. Elected officials of both parties have been AWOL on marijuana legalization until the last year or two — and scads of them are waking up to the fact that they are way behind the voters on the issue; and in danger of being behind the eight ball come November if they don’t change course. States’ rights allows them to change without flip-flopping. Thus in Colorado both Democratic Governor John
Hickenlooper and Republican Senator Cory Gardner, who opposed passage of Amendment 64 in 2012, have both become strong supporters of it on states’ rights grounds. This is particularly important in Gardner’s case, because he is taking an active role into opposing Sessions’ action in Congress — based on states’ rights. “I’m somebody that didn’t support the legalization of marijuana in Colorado,” he said last week, “but I also think it’s necessary to protect that state decision. If Colorado had to vote again today I think it’d probably pass with an even higher margin now than it did several years back. This is about states’ rights, this is about a federalist approach to government, and I hope that’s something that we can find a solution on.” One of the hardest things to do in politics is to change course on a position that you have not only held for decades, but that to a large extent defines you. That’s currently what a lot of Republican office-holders are up against when it comes to marijuana. They know that the party’s traditional “just say no/zero tolerance” position on pot is unsustainable, and that pot will be a major issue in a lot of next fall’s congressional and gubernatorial races. They also know that a majority (albeit a rapidly shrinking one) of the party’s base still opposes legalization. States’ rights gives them a way out. Good.
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icumi (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT) AN IRREVERENT AND NOT ALWAYS ACCURATE VIEW OF THE WORLD
DON’T PUT THAT ROUND BUNNY IN A SQUARE HOLE On Tuesday, Jan. 9, Navy Rear Adm. Dr. Ronny Jackson, who has served as the presidential physician since 2013, checked out Donald Trump and found him to be in fine health. Message to children everywhere: Eat fast food burgers by the dozen every single day, drink more than a dozen sodas a day, and for heaven’s sake don’t exercise. While you’re at it, don’t read and watch at least 14 hours of TV a day. Do all that and you can be as smart and fit as our president. It’s not as visually inspiring as the old food
pyramid but what the hell, it’s obviously the formula for greatness. And while he was at it, Dr. Jackson, at the president’s request, administered the Montreal Cognitive Assessment, which tests for things like Alzheimer’s and dementia. The president actually passed it. But before you get too excited, this particular test doesn’t tell us whether or not the president is batshit crazy. It only required him to identify animals like bunnies and cows, draw shapes like circles and squares and recall certain words. If nothing else, we now know our president has the same habits and cognitive skills of the average kindergartener. Now where’s that big red button?
TOUGH TALK? WE DON’T THINK SO OK, Donald, try to follow along here. Tough talk on immigration would be you saying something along the lines of, “I appreciate that so many people want to come here and live but our country just can’t support everyone who wants to come. That’s why my administration is going to start saying ‘no’ to those who come here illegally. And we will send you home no matter the circumstance, so don’t bother coming.” That is tough talk, Donald. Sure, saying something like that would still make you a heartless asshole deserving of our complete and total disgust, but you could at least honestly claim you were just talking tough. Now contrast that with you asking why we let black people from shithole (or, if your Republican co-conspirators prefer, “shithouse”) countries come here instead of encouraging more whiteskinned folks from Norway to move in? That’s not tough talk, Donald. That’s a steaming pile of racist bullshit that would be more fitting rolling off the tongue of a Grand Wizard in a David Duke wet dream. But it’s not really your fault. You’re just an old, fat, feeble-minded turd with bad hair and stupid offspring. The real problem is those lying and/or silent Republican stooges who can’t get the corporate tit out of their mouth long enough to say something to save this once-great nation that your stupidity and hatred is destroying. Blaming you would be like blaming the bullet for the murder. It’s time we started blaming the people holding the gun, no matter which side of the aisle they are standing on. Boulder Weekly
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