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e are facing two national emergencies: rampant economic inequality and a looming environmental Armageddon. Events in France indicate the need to deal with both crises simultaneously. Last November, massive “yellow vest” protests broke out in Paris after President Emmanuel Macron increased fuel taxes in the name of combating climate change. Trump claimed the unrest proved he was correct when he abandoned the Paris Climate Agreement. The French protesters have multiple demands involving many issues. They are supported by both leftists and the far right, and their demands can contradict each other. There is also anger that Macron is cutting taxes on the wealthy, reducing employment and investment in the public sector, and curtailing labor protections and benefits. In the United States, Center for American Progress President Neera Tanden wondered on Twitter, “why any progressive is cheering French protesters who are amassing against a carbon tax.” The Democratic Socialists of America tweeted back that she was defending “regressive taxes that don’t make the rich and fossil fuel companies pay their fair share.” Increasingly, people are talking about a Green New Deal, which would be an economic stimulus program addressing both national emergencies of climate change and economic inequali-
ty. Many conservatives would deny that either of the emergencies exists. And many progressives who live in affluent communities may not appreciate how much economic inequality is an emergency. Consider some unnerving statistics. Nearly 80 percent of full-time workers say they live paycheck to paycheck, according to a report by Career Builder. Some 50.8 million American households (or 43 percent) can’t afford basic living expenses, according to a recent report by the nonprofit United Way Alice Project. This comes from an analysis of U.S. government data using standardized measurements to calculate the “bare bones” household budget for housing, food, transportation, child care, health care and a monthly smartphone bill. Since the 2008 Wall Street crash, the top 1 percent has grabbed 46 percent of all new income. We now have more income and wealth inequality than at any time since the 1920s. Trump keeps insisting the economy is “absolutely booming” and we’ve never had it so good since he became president. Meanwhile, many in the financial world are predicting a recession in the near future. Richard Wolff, emeritus professor of economics at University of Massachusetts Amherst, observes that “the capitalist system has a downturn every four to seven years. It’s had that for centuries. And the last big downsee THE ANDERSON FILES Page 7
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Democrats. She was treated as a foolish young thing. Los Angeles Times business columnist Mike Hiltzik wrote a detailed piece explaining that Ocasio-Cortez understands economics much better than many of the conservatives. He says that her proposal is somewhat conservative: “The top marginal rate in the U.S. was 70 percent from 1965 to 1981, a period that covers the presidencies of Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, and Jimmy Carter, and for most of that period that rate was applied to incomes starting at about $200,000; that much income in 1974 is the equivalent of nearly $1.1 million today. “Going just a bit further back, the top rate was 91 percent from 1946 to 1963 (the Truman, Eisenhower and Kennedy years), applied to incomes of $400,000 or more. That income in 1956 would be the equivalent of $3.8 million today.” Those years were considered American capitalism’s golden years with a vibrant middle class. Then taxes for the rich started to fall sharply under Ronald Reagan. The wealthy have become spoiled and need some tough love. We have a lot of work to do. This opinion column does not necessarily reflect the views of Boulder Weekly.
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Danish’s river facts “With the exception of Hawaii, Colorado is the only state in the country that has no rivers flowing into it. All Colorado rivers flow out of the state.” (Re: “How to increase Colorado’s (and Arizona’s) water supply,” Danish Plan, Jan. 3, 2019.) The Green River flows into Boulder Weekly
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Professional ski mountaineer Caroline Gleich may be known for her sporting achievements, but she wants her legacy to be one of environmental activism as well.
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t is common to see professional ski mountaineer Caroline Gleich skiing an untouched line in the Wasatch Mountains one day, and the next day lobbying politicians in the Utah Capitol or Washington D.C. for greater access and protection of public lands. Gleich made a name in the world of ski mountaineering after becoming the first woman, and the fourth person, to ski all 90 backcountry lines of Utah’s Wasatch Range. But she doesn’t want to be remembered for her sporting achievements. Gleich sees her legacy in inspiring her followers to actively defend the environment. She wants to achieve change, to be a voice promoting the protection of the environment and public lands. “I want them to remember me tomorrow as an environmental activist rather than a professional athlete,” she says. With 146,000 Instagram followers, and a public platform as one of Patagonia’s global ambassadors, Gleich is helping transform the outdoor industry as the Trump Administration continually threatens the preservation of public lands. Trump’s policies, led by former Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke and almost certain to continue with Acting Interior Secretary David Bernhardt, have driven the outdoor industry into a new era of environmental and political activism. Brands are including environmental
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advocacy in their agendas and in the marketing of their products. The professional athletes sponsored by these companies are increasingly advocating on behalf of their “workplaces” in the outdoors. And the largest U.S. outdoor trade organization, Outdoor Industry Association (OIA), has used its economic power to engage in politics with unprecedented force. OIA’s Outdoor Retailer (OR) returns to Denver, Jan. 30-Feb. 1, with its annual winter tradeshow, after relocating from Utah as a political statement in 2017 in response to state officials encouraging President Trump to reduce the Bears Ears and Grand StaircaseEscalante national monuments. Colorado is now the headquarters of an industry that generates 7.6 billion jobs and $887 billion in annual profits, and plays host to the most crucial event in the industry. OR alone has an economic impact of around $110 million, bringing an estimated 85,000 visitors to Denver per year, all shows combined. As the current federal government shutdown continues,
underfunding the Department of the Interior and thus the National Park Service and some of the U.S.’s most revered public lands, the show might get even more political. When the Trump administration slashed the size of the Bears Ears and Grand StaircaseEscalante national monuments, the landing page of Patagonia’s website had one message: “The President Stole Your Land,” while The North Face launched a more understated campaign, “Walls Are Meant for Climbing.” Last November, for the first time ever, OIA started a campaign — #VoteTheOutdoors — to support candidates in the midterm elections and achieved “unprecedented success,” as 20 of its 23 endorsed candidates won, according to OIA. Plus, a recent study from the Center for Western Priorities revealed that support for public lands and outdoor issues were part of the winning campaigns across the West in last year’s mid-term elections. For athletes like Gleich, being part of a company like Patagonia makes advocating for environmen-
tal causes easier since they are on the “same page.” Other athletes have broken up with longtime sponsors due to differing stances on such issues. Jason Kruk, a retired professional alpinist and skier from Canada, drew international attention in 2012, along with the late Hayden Kennedy, for removing bolts — permanent hardware drilled into rock for protection — along the “Compressor Route” on Cerro Torre, in Argentina. Kruk refers to his ascent with Kennedy and their removal of the hardware from the route as a “fair means ascent,” because they were trying to mitigate impact on the environment as much as possible. That same “environmental awareness” led him to break eight years of professional relationship with the Canadian outdoor brand Arcteryx. “We had been diverging regarding our core beliefs for a couple of years,” Kruk says of the reason for ending his relationship with the brand in January 2018. He was trying to implement environmentally conscious practices that he thought were important for the brand, without getting much traction, until he could not find any “value” in his job anymore, he says. But his decision goes beyond political activism, as he feels he was “part of the problem,” too. He struggles with a paradox many outdoor recreation consumers face: Gear is often “directly in conflict with our love for what we do outside,” he says, referring to the use of plastic and materials that are not environmentally friendly. Kruk admires Patagonia’s leading role in environmental advocacy and he thinks it’s working for them; customers are “buying the message,” he says, while the company builds something more signifSee NEW ERA Page 12
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icant than a brand — a movement that other companies are now following. In more than 20 years as a professional athlete, alpinist Steve House says he’s never seen such political movement in the outdoor industry. But for him, the motivation is simple: “Historically, no president has ever attempted to shrink public lands protections,” he says. Known for multiple self-sufficient, first ascents in Alaska and around the world, he won the 2006 Piolet D’or — the highest international honor for mountaineers — after ascending the Rupal Face of Nanga Parbat in Pakistan. House has been an ambassador for Patagonia since 1999, working on marketing, developing and testing products. He understands why it is easier for Patagonia to take a political stand compared to other major companies: Patagonia is an entirely private company managed by its founders Yvon and Malinda Chouinard. As a B (Benefit) Corp, Patagonia includes its impact on society, workers, the community and the environment, in addition to profits, as part of its legally defined goals. Hans Cole, director of environmental campaigns and advocacy for Patagonia, explains that the company pursued its B Corp status “in order to further incorporate our values into a legal framework so that we’re not just doing this today, but even a hundred years down the road.” To this end, Patagonia is driven not only to produce high-quality products, but also to minimize its environmental footprint while operating as an activist company working to solve environmental crises. Other companies, like The North
Face, House says, cannot engage in the same political activism as Patagonia because they are publicly traded and its executive teams are legally obligated to make decisions that maximize profit to the corporation. Still, though not as straightforward as Patagonia, The North Face is taking a political stand through its “Walls are Meant for Climbing” campaign. The company donated $1 million to the Trust for Public Land to help develop public climbing walls in order to connect communities to the outdoors and to each other. Though it never explicitly names the president, or his proposed border wall that is promulgating the current partial government shutdown, The North Face recently tweeted, “We’re building free, public climbing boulders in Atlanta, Brooklyn, Chicago and Denver, as places to unite us.” The tweet includes a quote from President Trump from a speech in 2014, in which he encouraged students to work through or around concrete walls as a metaphor for overcoming hardships. This tweet is a potential clue to The North Face campaign’s underlying mission. Like the companies that sponsor them, political actions frequent the social media feeds of the most important names in the industry. Climber Tommy Caldwell posts about going to Congress in D.C. to lobby for public lands. And last year, Alex Honnold posted about attending the Woman’s March, which created immediate backlash for the infamous climber. Some of Honnold’s Instagram followers called him a “snowflake” that makes the rest of the world believe that Americans are “total idiots;” others posted “Stick to climbing” messages. Boulder Weekly
20% off Avery Gift Cards Honnold responded by publishing a photo of himself free soloing El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, with a caption about the importance of freedom of expression and standing up for one’s convictions. When people say that an athlete should stick to their sport, they are trying to quiet a voice they don’t agree with, “Full stop,” House says. “Should Colin Kaepernick also stick to football?” House asks, emphasizing the importance of the NFL star’s message that brought racial injustice to the forefront of American political commentary. For House, the world is not a better place when someone sends a route or scores a touchdown. “Social injustice is real. Environmental degradation is real. Athletes, as public figures, have platforms, and a moral obligation to use their voice to call for what they believe is right.” But not all athletes in the outdoor industry participate in political-environmental activism. Professional skier and BASE jumper Matthias Giraud, who represents several brands in the U.S. and Europe, hasn’t joined the political activism trend in the outdoor world. “I am an environmentalist at heart. But, I choose not to take part in political debates,” he says. He occasionally posts “stuff ” about the nonprofit Protect Our Winters, but you won’t see him lobbying anytime soon. Even so, Giraud is aware of how the Trump administration’s decisions are helping to unify the industry. He sees the move to Denver as a strong environmental statement, “especially with our disrespectful government right now.” On the same page as Giraud is Benjamin Rueck, a professional rock climber who works with brands such as Adidas-Terrex and La Sportiva. Rueck is also avoiding political and environmental activism, at least for now. Rueck believes that to advocate for a cause he needs to know both sides of the argument. On the issue of public lands, for example, he admits he doesn’t have the “drive” to do the research required to make an informed statement. Yet he doesn’t feel pressure from sponsors or his peers to publish activism in his social media, he says. Nor does he see anything wrong with industry athletes engaging in political debates. But in the end, he says, “I would rather not deal with it.” House says he also has never felt any pressure to publicly advocate in political debates from sponsors. While Patagonia does provide content and resources to post anything related to political activism, it is “always clear that is optional.” According to Cole, none of the athlete ambassadors of Patagonia are Boulder Weekly
required to work or participate on the campaigns. But the company does try to partner with athletes who are engaging in activism on their own. Additionally, when the company engages with an activist campaign, “We make an effort to educate our employees, ambassadors and the community. We invite people to participate and usually folks step up,” Cole says. While he remains somewhat removed, Rueck, like Kruk, believes that examples of companies like Patagonia will expand more and more in the industry. If other companies want to continue to do well, they’re probably going to have to take a stance on environmental issues. For Rueck, it’s essential to remember that since the outdoor industry has such considerable leverage now as a “political power house,” as opposed to the past when athletes were seen as a “bunch of hippies,” political activism needs to be addressed with care: “I hope that there is a large responsibility between the companies and the athletes to be projecting the right messages, as opposed to whatever is popular at that time,” Rueck says. House, on the other hand, doesn’t have much faith that most brands will take a firm stand on political issues the way Patagonia has because of fear of potential downsides to their financials. For him, to make the “right moral decision,” companies cannot have their judgment swayed by a legal obligation to return the highest profit to the corporation. “You have to not give a fuck about any of that and only care about doing the right thing,” he says. As the battle over public lands continues, outdoor athletes — and the companies they represent — could be crucial players in the protection of wild places against the effects of the Trump administration’s public land policies. It is not only about the destruction of natural monuments due to potential fossil-fuel extraction, but also about the economies that surround the 17 national monuments that might suffer, since population, employment, personal income and per-capita income growth normally increase around monuments, according to a research conducted by Headwaters Economics, an independent nonprofit research group. Outdoor athletes are in these places on a daily basis, and they understand first-hand the threats and the need for protection of public lands. But also, Cole says, they have people who follow them on social media and are inspired by their technical abilities and amazing athletic feats. “They have an incredible opportunity and a voice that will be heard if they choose to step up.”
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ind doesn’t abide by state lines or other human-made boundaries. Air moves fast or slow depending on atmospheric conditions, but when its kinetic energy is harnessed by a turbine and converted to electrical energy, the stream slows down a bit, creating a wake downwind. This is a problem when multiple turbines, and even entire wind farms, are trying to extract energy from the same windstream — a problem researchers have been analyzing closely. Wikimedia Commons Published in late November in the journal Nature Energy, a new study combines atmospheric modeling with legal and economic analysis to discuss the potential impacts of build-out on the renewable energy economy in the U.S. and elsewhere. Daniel Kaffine, from CU’s economics department, first theorized about the possibility of upwind wind farms limiting potential energy of downwind wind farms in a paper published almost a decade ago. Julie Lundquist, an atmospheric scientist from CU and the lead author of the study, had already been studying wakes on individual turbines, but used Kaffine’s economic paper as a catalyst to understanding the phenomena on a larger scale. Conducting research in Texas between 2011-2015, Lundquist and her team found strong wake effects tend to occur at night, when relatively warmer air moves
above a colder ground with less background turbulence. “That’s kind of good news, because that means that although wake effects are there, and they are significant and potentially have really large economic consequences, they are also very predictable,” Lundquist says. “Because they are predictable, they can be managed.” Nearly 90 percent of wind farms in the U.S. are located within 25 miles of each other and wakes from turbines can travel at least that far, carrying with them the possibility to reduce a neighboring wind farm’s energy production. According to the study, the average energy loss to the downwind wind farm is about 5 percent, while the peak loss could be as much as 20 percent, depending on wind conditions, direction, speed and various other factors. Based on Kaffine’s economic modeling, this translates to an estimated revenue loss of $3.7 million over several years, or roughly $730,000 annually, a significant loss on just one wind farm. Kaffine compares it to the free-for-all oil and gas industry at the turn of the 20th century, dramatized in There Will Be Blood. “The issue of course is that oil pools and gas pools aren’t under any single property, so what you saw was massive build-outs of oil rigs all trying to tap into the same resource,” Kaffine says. “Because of that it actually ended up in much less output from those oil fields than they otherwise would have gotten. Essentially
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Sandbagging is a manifestation of the egos that drive us as climbers — some argue its place in climbing, others believe it detracts from the climbing experience.
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Sandbagging drags us all down Disclaimer: Egos were bruised in the making of this article by Molly Wick
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’m at the climbing gym and spot an enticing, new orange toprope route. The grade poll taped next to the first hold lists options of 5.9, 5.10a or 5.10b: a good warm-up for me. My friend tells me it’s sandbagged, or harder than the tag suggests, but I decide to tie in anyway. I work through the first few stiff moves and reach a small roof. My right foot is on a tiny edge and my left foot is on a lower, bigger hold. My Peter Lande left hand has three fingers of purchase on a sloping, greasy hold above the roof, forcing me to lay back away from the next hold up to the right. It feels like it’s miles away. I step up on my right foot and lock off my left arm. I reach, reach, reach with my right arm, but I’m still a foot from the hold. I stubbornly attempt the move 15 more times before I finally resign with a sigh to cheat through it. We’ve all been there. Maybe it was at the gym. Maybe it was a route outside graded decades ago when 5.10 was the top of climbing’s difficulty scale. Maybe it was a friend who told you to hop on a “super easy route” that just wasn’t. Congratulations, you’ve been sandbagged! This route at the gym continued with reachy, powerful moves on awful, tiny, greasy, sloped holds that repeatedly kicked me off the wall. I gave up one move from the top. As my friend lowered me down, anger swelled up in me. I couldn’t believe I could get shut down so completely on something someone considered a 5.9 — my normal warm-up grade. I showed up to the climbing scene a little late. I’d been interested for years, but was incredibly intimidated by climbers, including my own friends and ex-boyfriend. The climbers I knew were strong and fearless and that’s just not how I saw myself. Only after I’d found some other beginner friends to climb with did the flame catch. I then went through that annoying new-climber phase wherein I was completely obsessed. Advanced climbers still intimidated me, but I also felt like I was earning some rank in their club. I faked it ’til I made it — “making it” consisting of realizing that basically everyone is faking it, because anyone that says climbing is not scary is obviously lying. • • • •
I’d been climbing for a year and a half the first time I sandbagged someone — my climber-ex-boyfriend. Years after breaking up, he was in town and I took him to a local crag. He’d been climbing for decades, but not much recently. I was still trying to prove I could play with the big kids. After a warmup, I suggested he try the first 5.11 I had ever flashed (gotten to the top without falling on my first try): an awkward off-width chimney that was too big for decent purchase with my hands or fists, yet too small to completely shimmy up inside. The suggestion came from a combination of excitement for having flashed it recently, and selfdoubt that the route was even as hard as I remembered. He fell on it, and eventually gave up completely. For a shameful second I was validated that my flash wasn’t some fluke — maybe I could climb with the big kids. But much stronger was the guilt that washed over me when I saw his downtrodden face after the attempt. I realized that I had sandbagged him big time. But it was surprisingly easy for me to brush it off as others do: Grades are so subjective. I guess off-widths just aren’t his thing. Sandbagging is a manifestation of the egos that drive us as climbers. From the privilege of comfortable lives, climbers push themselves outside their comfort zones to prove that they’re strong and capable. But the emotions running through my overpumped veins after that orange route in the gym were not feelings of strength. They could be peeled like an onion: anger, frustration, disappointment, self-doubt, and under it all, my wounded ego. But another ego is also involved in sandbagging: the person who sets the trap — consciously or subconsciously — and misleads the climber’s expectations. Now only they, the sandbagger, can climb this “easy” route, certifying their superior skills. The sandbag is climbing’s variation of the humble brag. • • • • Some argue that sandbags are good for you. They force you to climb things you might not necessarily attempt otherwise; they make you a stronger climber; they check a climber’s over-inflated egos. But we’re not all here to redefine the limits of human capability, and we’re not all egotists. Another equally valid reason you might climb: to maintain sanity in a messed-up world. I climb because it helps counter my self-doubt and the cultural conditioning that tells me to stay inside, be quiet, be careful. Also because it’s fun. For those of us that show up to the crag or gym for some basic self-care, sandbags aren’t a great fit. Anyone can still work on redefining limits without sandbagging others. I know, climbers are getting so soft these days. Boulder Weekly
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The old-timers that put up your favorite “5.9+” didn’t have the luxury of learning to believe in themselves and/or lead climb in the safety of a dry, well-lit gym with crisp orange tape for every hold. But times have changed, and they won’t change back. For every professional 5.15 crusher, there are thousands of gym climbers, 5.fun sport climbers, and 5.easy trad climbers. And we will be exactly as soft or hard as we want to be, thank you very much. Instead of assuming we know what anyone else needs, let’s celebrate and embrace the fact that climbers no longer fit a cookie-cutter stereotype. • • • • Climbing gyms evolved from the training needs of early climbers to push the limit of 5.10 outdoors. As they’ve evolved, they’ve helped make climbing accessible to the masses. The popularity of climbing has exploded, posing major challenges: a huge demand for access to climbing areas, and the rapid degradation of those areas without adequate infrastructure. Today, gyms are the epicenter of climbing communities everywhere, granting them the unique position of providing the framework of modern climbing culture and making strides in fostering an inclusive, supportive community.
Routesetting is a big part of that culture. The inherent subjectivity of grades and diversity of climbers means that we must accept that routes will always feel different to everyone. But as a routesetter, I’m also responsible for making sure everyone has fun. And it’s definitely not easy. It’s impossible to separate my perceived abilities (ahem, ego) from the routes and grades I set. It’s all I have to go off of. But routesetting isn’t about the setter. It may be an art, but it’s an art to be tailored for the masses. And to design routes for the masses, it takes the masses. Nothing but a diverse group of setters and a diverse group of forerunners (who test routes and giving feedback) guarantees a diverse set of routes for a diverse set of climbers. A good place to start: hiring as many female as male setters.
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for one climber, without making it any easier for others to “break” the Elitism, only fortiroute. fied by sandbag• • • • ging, still keeps many from adWhen I finished the orange vancing in climbroute, I tallied my own grade on the ing, especially those in underreppoll, adding 5.11a. I thought I was resented groups. being generous. I’ve never tried a 5.11 outside that I couldn’t at least work all the moves on. The route When I set, it’s was eventually graded 5.10c. I chalked it easy to focus on up as just another sandbag and tried to making sure the let it go. But these sandbags accumulate. route can’t be “bro- I count them in the gym: routes graded ken,” or made easi- well within my range that have comer than intended by pletely shut me down. And eventually, I’ll creating an uninfeel that itch to prove something again. tended move, and I just hope my poor ex is not the victim. hard to ensure a Let us all ditch this cycle of treating route is doable for our bruised egos by sandbagging-it-foreveryone. After a ward; let’s swallow our insecurities, and while, the apathy seeps in: “Welp, I focus instead on sharing our love of can’t make everyone happy.” But that is climbing. Elitism, only fortified by sandthe stuff sandbags are made of. My own bagging, still keeps many from advancing feedback about the orange route was in climbing, especially those in underrepmet with indifference or with deprecat- resented groups. Climbing is fundamening comments like, “You’ll just have to tally communal — we need each other. train harder.” Taking feedback seriously And not just for the belays, but also to makes better routes, and helps foster an come together to address much bigger inclusive and supportive community. issues like access and degradation of our And small adjustments like, say, adding climbing areas. Enough divides us, let’s another tiny, greasy bump on that make climbing something that brings us orange route, can make a move doable together.
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n April 21, 2017, Sara Connell released the first episode of the Queer Sex Ed podcast, a component of her larger Queer Sex Ed project. It was the beginning of turning a long held dream into reality. After a decade as a sexual health and LGBTQ educator, first at CU Boulder and then with Boulder-based LGBTQ nonprofit group Out Boulder County, Connell set out on her own to “fill the gap” she saw in sexual health content with sex-, transgender- and body-positive workshops and training sessions. “I really feel like sex education is a lifelong process,” Connell says. “I really wanted to create a resource where I saw myself reflected in that type of content because there wasn’t really anything going on that was about trans people and was about sexuality and kinkiness and polyamory and sex toys and education and safety and health.” But just shy of one year later, on April 11, 2018, Congress passed a bill that threatens the very existence of Connell’s Queer Sex Ed project, and pushes online queer communities and queer education even further to the margins. The Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act (SESTA) and Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act (FOSTA) package was an overwhelmingly bipartisan effort by both houses of Congress to clamp down on sex trafficking and online personals sites. The bill was at least partially a response to the federal investigation and eventual seizure of Backpage, a classified advertising website that had long been under scrutiny for its adult services section. Critics claimed Backpage knowingly allowed ads related to prostitution and trafficking, particularly of minors. On April 6, 2018, Backpage and its associated websites were shut down, and Trump signed SESTAFOSTA into law just five days later. 18 January 24 , 2019
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The law gets its far-reaching power by making an exception — the first in internet history — to the “safe harbor” rule of the internet, Section 230 of the 1996 Communications Decency Act. This important piece of legislation has made the internet the thriving marketplace of ideas (both good and bad) that we know today by shielding internet platforms and service providers from any legal responsibility for user-generated content. But no more. Now, sex is the exception. Platforms like Facebook, Craigslist and Tumblr can and will be held responsible for any content that advertises prostitution, including consensual sex work. In response, platforms across the internet — the aforementioned included — dramatically revised their terms of service to more aggressively police adult content. Craigslist shut down its beloved personals section just a few weeks before SESTA-FOSTA was signed into law, and
by early December, Facebook unveiled a new set of community standards that cracks down on content that “facilitates, encourages or coordinates sexual encounters between adults” as well as sexually explicit language such as “breasts, groin, or buttocks.” (The standards say that such language must be paired with “an offer or request to engage.”) As of Dec. 17, microblogging site Tumblr banned “adult content,” defined as anything that depicts “real-life human genitals or female-presenting nipples, and any content — including photos, videos, GIFs and illustrations — that depicts sex acts.” “When I was growing up, the only exposure I had to anything that I was interested in — which was queer, trans, gay, anything that wasn’t super normalized [cisgender, heteronormative] society — was on the internet because it didn’t exist anywhere else,” says Josie Dixon, a nonbinary professional living and working in Boulder.
Dixon’s experience is a familiar one for queer youths. “Since LGBTQ identities have often been stigmatized, the internet has been pivotal in helping those with diverse gender and sexual identities learn about themselves and find each other,” writes Stefanie Duguay, an assistant professor at Concordia University, for nonprofit website The Conversation. “Tumblr has provided a safe space for this through many of its key features (e.g. pseudonymous accounts, reblogging) and the communities it attracts.” Access to queer-centric porn on Tumblr, Deguay explains, gives queer youths a vision of themselves “in a world where heterosexuality is ubiquitously portrayed across social media and broadcast outlets.” And not all content containing genitals, “femalepresenting nipples,” or sex acts is inherently pornographic; art, selfies, film clips and GIFs provide sexual education to young queer people searching to understand who they are. Alexander Cho, a postdoctoral fellow at UC Irvine, has written about Tumblr’s “queer ecosystem” where “users circulate porn, flirt, provide support to deal with homophobia as well as advice on coming out.” And basically overnight, that was all gone. While a vastly different platform than Tumblr, Craigslist also provided a safe space for queer identities to talk, meet up and explore. “I don’t know anybody who’s my age who didn’t get on Craigslist personals to do something exploratory,” Dixon says. “The first time I did anything that wasn’t straight was [because of a] Craigslist [post]. The first time I dressed up in women’s clothes was [because of a] Craigslist [post]. The first time that I did anything with a trans person was [because of a] Craigslist [post]. Those outlets were Boulder Weekly
entirely necessary for me to define my queer identity and I think that [lawmakers] know that. And to say that it’s to prevent trafficking is — I don’t want to diminish that aspect of it — but are you kidding me? There are so many different ways to go about that.” Freedom Network USA, the largest domestic network of anti-trafficking advocacy groups and experts, echoes Dixon’s skepticism in its letter in opposition of SESTA-FOSTA: “FOSTA expands the criminalization of consensual commercial sex workers under the guise of addressing sex trafficking,” the organization states. “This squanders limited federal resources and puts sex workers at risk of prosecution for the very strategies that keep them safe.” Other organizations, programs and academics across the nation sent similar letters warning Congress that SESTAFOSTA would do little more than censor and criminalize speech online while pushing sex workers — including victims of trafficking — deeper into the shadows. For many LGBTQ youths, sex work often becomes a means for survival. A 2015 survey of 300 LGBTQ youths in New York City who were engaging in sex work revealed that homelessness was a primary driver, many of them having been rejected by their families or “aged out” of the foster system. “Sex workers are disproportionately more likely to be marginalized identities — all marginalized identities in general, but especially queer people and transgender people engage in sex work,” Connell says. “Sometimes because it’s something people want to be doing and sometimes it might be the only option that they have available because of classism,” which can take the form of refusal to hire, privacy violations, harassment, and even physical and sexual violence on the job. Transgender people of color experience these violations at even higher rates. So, by comparison, sex work can be a very appealing job for many queer people — and people with disabilities, Connell notes — because it provides financial stability, flexible hours (important for those who have numerous doctors appointments) and a degree of independence from a system that often tells queer folks they don’t belong. And with sites like MyRedBook and Rentboy, sex workers could find and screen their own clients, with no need for agencies or pimps that once provided clients, and at least a certain level of safety. But, according to a report by COYOTE-RI, a sex worker advocacy group in Rhode Island, more than 20 popular websites sex workers use for advertising and screening (including MyRedBook and Rentboy) were shut down within two weeks of SESTABoulder Weekly
FOSTA passing. “The problems that exist with sex work don’t exist because sex work is particularly bad or dangerous or harmful or scary,” Connell says. “The problems that exist with sex work exist because we live in a really unequal society and we live in a society that harms people. I do care about the labor rights of sex workers and yes, sometimes people do get forced into sex work in a way that’s really unfair and really gross, but the solution to that isn’t get-
ting rid of sex work. The solution to that is making a more equitable society where people have health care and access to food and water and housing and they don’t have to sell their body in order to get it. But I think we’re quite a ways away from that right now.” Connell says she “fears” Queer Sex Ed podcasts may be taken off iTunes or the website might be closed “because it has sex in the URL.” The methods platforms are using to deal with banned content are
“broken,” she says, echoing the concerns of other experts who point to the fact that content monitoring is often outsourced to other countries where people work for low wages and have different cultural backgrounds, meaning varied views on what constitutes truly inappropriate content. “It’s really easy for people to abuse these tools even before SESTA and FOSTA,” Connell says. “And even more so now.”
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few years ago, Sarah Brightman was planning to make a re-entry into the earthly world after a trip to space. That adventure did not happen, but Brightman found she had gone far enough into the world of space travel that she had to make a re-entry of another kind if she was to resume her primary career as a singer, recording artist and performer. So after spending five years training and preparing for a flight into space, Brightman set up a different sort of lab to transition back to music. “I rented this small house on the beach, in a warm place, and I asked a friend of mine, who is an opera singer who also teaches, if he would come and work with me for a few months,” Brightman recounted in a mid-December phone interview. “And that’s all we did, every day. We’d lie on the beach and then I would sing and work on things and listen to things. And that was how I got my head back around to doing all of this (music) and started to get inspired by, you know, what I had been doing originally.” Brightman’s planned 10-day trip in September 2015 to the International Space Station aboard a Russian Soyus rocket had been quite the source of curiosity — not to mention media coverage. She booked her ticket through Space Adventures, Ltd, a private space experience company for a reported $31 million in Canadian dollars. But then she announced in May 2015 that she was postponing her plans for the flight. Brightman has not been specific in her public explanations for why she didn’t complete her intended mission. “I came out of the space program for all sorts of reasons and not necessarily [in] my control, although, you know, I passed all of my exams. I did everything,”
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Sarah Brightman returns to Earth by Alan Sculley she said in this interview. One thing she realized when she stepped away from the space program and back into normal life, was the world around her had gone through some stark changes. “I had about five years where I wasn’t concentrating on the world,” Brightman said. “I was just trying to focus in on all of the space stuff, what I had to do, because it’s incredibly hard. And when I came out of it, because I had been away, I could see things very clearly when I suddenly looked. And I was very shocked. I was shocked at actually how kind of on the edge of dystopian we were.” So Brightman found herself turning away from the scientific toward the spiritual, and this provided her inspiration for what the Hymn album would become. “I really, really wanted to do something that is sort of enlightening for me,” she said. “All of those Biblical rules that we’re all given, and they’re very sim-
ple rules, I mean, about goodness, looking after your neighbor, enjoying the moment and being enlightened as much as you can in life because it’s a short time that we’re here, all of those [are] simple rules. So kind of like having that break from that faith thing and being in a scientific world, suddenly coming (out of it), that’s what enticed me to do an album and a piece like this.” The album that resulted has its spiritual themes (the title track, written by Barclay James Harvest, and “Better Is One Day” are very much Christian songs), but is more meant to inspire hope, happiness and belief in the ability of people to do right in this world. Musically, Hymn, like other Brightman albums, is a lush work, with orchestra and choir giving it an ornate feel, as she sings songs that are both contemporary, including the title track, “Fly To Paradise” (by Eric Whitacre) and “Sky and Sand” (by German DJ Paul
Kalkbrenner), as well as traditional works such as Gia Nel Seno (La Storia D Lucrezia).” Hymn is Brightman’s 12th studio album (not counting compilations and albums with former husband Andrew Lloyd Webber), and her sales of more than 30 million albums (as well as her elaborate concert tours) have made Brightman a leading classical crossover artist, a genre she is credited with originating. Those successes followed her initial turn in the spotlight with musical theater, where she originated the role of Christine Daae in the London production of Phantom of the Opera by Webber. Brightman figures to touch on music from throughout her career during shows on a current tour in support of Hymn. It’s an elaborate show, both musically and visually, complete with costume changes for Brightman. “It’s beautiful because there are a lot of human beings on stage,” Brightman said. “Obviously, we’ve got orchestra and band. And we’ve got all of these choir members singing. I wanted to use a huge amount of back light and beautiful light design, which bathed the whole thing. It’s amazing because my music, for whatever reason, [makes people] think of something very uplifting and very spiritual and it leaves people happy. And this album is particularly like that. So that really is what the tour is.”
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efore I knew Juliet Wittman as a writer — as acclaimed theater critic, investigative journalist, food writing professor and author — I knew her as an eater. I first met her on the back side of a mini-cupcake stand at the Boulder Farmers Market where I worked, knowing nothing of the woman except for the way she ate a cupcake. One of our first regulars, she would come to the booth every Saturday morning and order one or two small delights, eating each with eyes closed, in two precise bites. Most people ate the cupcakes as an amuse-bouche, tackling the whole thing all at once. Others like me, would eat each in three smaller bites — two of cake leading up to a shockingly sweet mouthful of icing. Juliet, though, was a rare two-bitter,
using the first to get to know the food, the second to both study and savor it until her full-mouthed mmm’s turned to small talk, weaving food into the stuff of everyday life. Eight years later these early memories are as potent as ever as I arrive at Juliet’s house to interview her about her new novel, Stocker’s Kitchen, a book about the intimate power of food, not written by a chef, but simply by a woman who loves to cook and eat. The moment I step into her house I swear I can smell something cooking, but save for a lone can of coconut milk on the counter, there’s no food in sight. There are cookbooks scattered about, a few opened to recipes for coconut curry, but Juliet assures me nothing’s in progress, at least not yet. Settling into the dining room for our
interview, I’m left wondering if I’m still under the aromatic seduction of her book, so rich in its descriptions of food that at one point while reading I pushed the pages to my nose, convinced they smelled of braised rabbit. Stocker’s Kitchen, to be released on Jan. 25, is about the book’s namesake restaurant, acclaimed by trendy New Yorkers for its food that is a “fierce dark mixing of elements,” likewise present in the characters who make up Stocker’s world. At the helm is Stocker himself, a white chef who’s as good at his job as he is at being racist, sexist and classist, and in Juliet’s words, “not a good person at all.” Reading the book, he was not always the character I wanted him to be, let alone the one I’d expect a Jewish immigrant woman to write about, “but still he’s a real person,” Juliet tells me. It’s a funny thing to say because he’s not. Stocker is a fictional character — one Juliet stumbled across accidentally in a writing prompt, but one she feels she was destined to write. He’s a complicated schmuck who finds redemption Boulder Weekly
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in food. Deep down, Juliet wondered buoyed by the heated deliciousness how it was possible for someone who is within that they almost need to be not a good person to create food that weighted down. The green energy of could transfigure those who ate it and herbs prick through his entrees. It’s as if so transform our idea of the cook. he is taking the foods apart, freeing the The book’s narrative arc traces molecules and allowing the air between Stocker’s call to his higher self, a tranto vibrate. No one could say how he scendence prompted by a love story that does it, but to eat these things is to feel begins with him yelling at a strange girl a rush of joy, a sense that life has never in the dark alleyway been so full, the heart behind his kitchen: rising, breath quicken“Hey. Hey girl, ing, memories unanON THE BILL: Stocker’s You ... You hungry?” choring themselves Kitchen, a reading by Juliet He couldn’t have from nooks and cranWittman. Wednesday, Feb. 6, 7:30 p.m. Boulder said anything better, nies of the brain and Bookstore,1107 Pearl St., Juliet says, “she’s as standing forth with Boulder. hungry a soul as startling clarity. Stocker is,” and he When we first speaks to her in food started talking, Juliet — the language of the appetite. So, as swore she had nothing in common with the two fall in love, it’s love his food her main character, and in terms of virspeaks. tue that’s true. But along the way she retracts and says, “I guess we both want Stocker begins cooking for Angela, something elemental in food.” and his food changes. His new dishes For Juliet, lover and writer of stoare filled with a coruscating energy, ries, food is the ultimate tale. A vehicle almost roaring with life. It’s all there, for memory, a keeper of tradition, she the rejoicing, the nourishment, the sees food with a poetic appreciation songs of the small green frogs courting that’s realized in Stocker, who touts their mates in the velvet darkness of a spring night. If his pastas could leap cooking as anthropologically imporfrom their plates and caper, they would; tant. To transform food with fire is the small parcels of fried dough he likes what makes us human, à la the philosto fill with savory surprises are so ophies of Richard Wrangham as Boulder Weekly
espoused in his book, Catching Fire, which claims that societies and communities started around the fire, with people sharing food with goodwill. Stocker certainly believes that; for him, all food seems to be served as if it were the Eucharist. When asked how food connects her to her sense of family and community, Juliet pauses, closes her eyes, and begins to talk of early memories of her mother: “I was born in London in 1942 when the war was on and the bombs were falling. My parents were refugees. The food situation was fairly dire — there wasn’t that much food around but, my mother, my mother, she could always feed people. If you gave her a chicken and some rice she could make something delicious.” For Juliet, food is magical — a container and metaphor for memory and tradition. It allows her, and her character Stocker, to transcend time. And just like the feast her mother magically made from a chicken and a cup of rice, the food in Stocker’s Kitchen is equally surreal. Not the kind of cuisine to be preserved in cookbooks, but the kind that lives somewhere between the page and the imagination, the imagination and the heart. It’s a feast for the reader’s soul.
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8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 25, Tilt Pinball, 640 Main St., Louisville, 303-997-9548. 8-Bit Comedy is back for Courtesy of Caitlin Gill the 2019 season with four local comics. Headliner Caitlin Gill has performed at the Oddball Comedy Tour, the Outside Lands Festival, SF Sketchfest, Bridgetown Comedy Festival and in some of the best comedy clubs in the nation. Zach Reinert is a comedian out of Denver who’s become a regular at Comedy Works. Reinert has performed on several festivals around the country. Eeland Stribling has opened for Jay Larson and Josh Blue, and will be traveling to different festivals this year. Bridget Callahan is a Fort Collins-based comedian and writer who has performed all over the country. Tickets are $10 at coloradoboxoffice.com/events/8-bitcomedy-jan.
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PARLANDO SCHOOL OF MUSICAL ARTS PRESENTS ‘MISCAST’: AN EVENING OF MUSICAL THEATER. 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 25, and 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 26, Dairy Arts Center, Carsen Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. “Parlando” means “speaking in a musical way” in Italian, and the Parlando School of Musical Arts strives to tell the most compelling stories possible through musical expression. Challenge your perceptions as Parlando students deliver an evening of PG-13 musical theater as “miscast” characters. Forget what musical theater is “supposed” to look like and open your mind to the endless possibilities. Tickets are $13 for students, $17 for other community members.
Courtesy of Boulder County What did pioneer settlers do in the winter? Learn about typical winter chores and indoor games when you explore the Walker Ranch Homestead. You’ll see a working demonstration in the blacksmith shop and smell food being prepared on the wood stove. Be prepared for cold, windy weather, and to walk in snow. Activities include a blacksmithing demonstration; Victorian board games; cooking and butter churning; button making; stitching a Valentine and taking a guided tour.
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Ansel Adams was a giant in the field of landscape photography. Many viewers are familiar with Adams’ heroic, high-contrast prints from the 1970s. Lesser known are the intimate prints that the artist crafted earlier in his career. ‘Ansel Adams: Early Works,’ showing at Longmont Museum Jan. 26 through May 26, focuses on these masterful small prints from the 1920s into the 1950s.
Assemblage/Mixed Media/Sculpture — by Michelle Lamb. NCAR’s Mesa Laboratory, 1850 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder. Through March 1. Colorado’s Most Significant Artifacts. Lyons Redstone Museum, 340 High St., Lyons. Ongoing exhibit. Creativity in Action — by Kongtrul Jigme Namgyel. Nalanda and Cube galleries, 6287 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder. Through March 15. Crossings: Migration/Immigration/Transcendence. Firehouse Art Center, 667 Fourth Ave., Longmont. Through Jan. 27. DIOR: From Paris to the World. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver. Through March 3. Documenting Change: Our Climate, the Rockies. CU Art Museum, 1085 18th St., Boulder. Through May 2019. EYES ON Julie Buffalohead. Denver Art Museum, Hamilton Building (Level 4), 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver. Through Feb. 3. EYES ON Shimabuku. Denver Art Museum, Hamilton Building ( Level 4), 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver. Through Feb. 3. Fossils: Clues to the Past. University of Colorado Museum of Natural History, Paleontology Hall, 15th and Broadway Boulder. Ongoing exhibit. Front Range Rising. Longmont Museum, 400 Quail Road, Longmont. Permanent exhibit.
Google Garage. Museum of Boulder, 2205 Broadway, Boulder. Ongoing, but activities change.
Gallery, 667 Fourth Ave., Longmont. Through January.
The Incubation Effect. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver. Through Sept 9.
Tara Donovan: Fieldwork. Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, 1485 Delgany St., Denver. Through Jan. 27.
Living with Wolves. Museum of Boulder at Tebo Center, 2205 Broadway, Boulder. Through May 20. Matthew Pevear: Mastering the Art of French Cooking. BMoCA at Macky, Macky Auditorium Concert Hall, University of Colorado Boulder, 1595 Pleasant St., Unit 104, Boulder. Through May 5. Mixed Media — by Tabitha Aaron. NCAR’s Mesa Laboratory, 1850 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder. Through March 1. Pard Morrison: Heartmouth. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., Boulder. Through Sept. 1. Robert Restaino. Firehouse Art Gallery, South
Touch: Breaking the barrier between art and viewer. Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder. Through March. 3. Vance Brand: Ambassador of Exploration. Longmont Museum, 400 Quail Road, Longmont. Permanent exhibit. Water Flow: Under the Colorado River. Longmont Museum, 400 Quail Road, Longmont, Opens Jan. 26. Through May 26. World War II Diary Transcribed at the Museum. Lyons Redstone Museum, 340 High St., Lyons. Ongoing exhibit.
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Thursday, January 24
Events
Music
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2019 National Western Stock Show. 9 a.m. National Western Complex, 4655 Humboldt St., Denver. For more information visit nationalwestern. com.
Afro Brazilian Dance Class — with Tania Santiago. 6 p.m. A Place to B, 1750 30th St., Suite 64, Boulder, 303-440-8007.
African Rhythm Songs for Moms, Pops and Babies. 10 a.m. St. John’s Episcopal Church, 1419 Pine St., Boulder, 303-219-3005. African Songs of Life. 7:30 p.m. St. John’s Episcopal Church, 1419 Pine St., Boulder, 303-219-3005. Black Tiger Sex Machine. 9 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-447-0095. The CBDs. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 Northpark Drive, Lafayette, 303-499-1829. Chelsea Williams and Marc Cohn. 8 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030. Clandestine Amigo. 6 p.m. The Tasty Weasel, 1800 Pike Road, Longmont, 303-776-1914. Grupo Chegando Lá and Francisco Marques. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-201-3731. The Jackson Cloud Duo. 6 p.m. The Tasty Weasel, 1800 Pike Road, Longmont, 303-776-1914. Jeff Cramer. 9 p.m. Hi-Dive Denver, 7 S. Broadway, Denver, 303-733-0230. Mike Ring. 7 p.m. Globe Hall, 4483 Logan St., Denver, 303-296-1003. Ten Miles South. 8 p.m. Larimer Lounge, 2721 Larimer St., Denver, 303-291-1007. Teresa Storch. Still Cellars, 1115 Colorado Ave., Longmont, 720-204-6064. WhiteWater Ramble featuring DJ Fullmetal — with Grassfed, Feed the Dog. 7:30 p.m. Cervantes Masterpiece, 2637 Welton St., Denver, 303-297-1772.
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An Evening of Dancing Horses. 7 p.m. National Western Stock Show, 4655 Humboldt St., Denver, 303-296-6977. Approaching Galleries with Confidence. 11:30 a.m. The Collective — Community Arts Center, 201 N. Public Road, Lafayette, 303-661-1261. Ari Shaffir. 8 p.m. Comedy Works, 1226 15th St., Denver, 303-595-3637. More performances and times at comeddyworks.com KGNU Fundraiser. 6:30 p.m. Tangerine, 2777 Iris Ave., Boulder, 303-449-4885. Open Mic — with Tony Crank. 6 p.m. Bootstrap Brewing Company, 142 Pratt St., Longmont, 303-652-4186. Out Boulder County Gender Support Group — Boulder. 7 p.m. Boulder Pride House, 2132 14th St., Boulder. Pop Culture Trivia @ Main. 4:30 p.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100. The Return of the Hero. 4:30 p.m. Dairy Arts Center, Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. More show times at thedairy.org. Thirsty Artists. 5:30 p.m. Rayback Collective, 2775 Valmont Road, Boulder, 720-885-1234. Wild and Scenic Film Festival. 5:30 p.m. The Mayan Theater, 110 Broadway, Denver, 303-744-6799. Friday, January 25
Baroque Chamber Orchestra of Colorado. 7 p.m. Cleo Parker Robinson Theatre, 119 Park Ave. West, Denver, 303-451-6381. Ben Knighten. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-201-3731. Boy-Girl Band: Benefit for The Muse — with Art Lande. 7 p.m. Muse Performance Space, 200 E. South Boulder Road, Lafayette, 720-352-4327. Dave Watts Birthday Bash. 9 p.m. Cervantes’ Other Side, 2637 Welton St., Denver, 303-297-1772. Second show on Jan. 26. Davey, Do You See The Light?. 8 p.m. Swallow Hill Music, 71 E. Yale Ave., Denver, 303-777-1003. The Denver Women’s Chorus presents: Nevertheless, We Persist: Singing Our Stories for 35 Years. 7:30 p.m. Central Presbyterian Church, 1660 Sherman St., Denver, 303-325-3939. Everyone Orchestra. 9 p.m. Cervantes Masterpiece, 2637 Welton St., Denver, 303-297-1772. Felonius Smith Trio. 7:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Boulder Taproom, 921 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-645-1749. Flaural. 9 p.m. Larimer Lounge, 2721 Larimer St., Denver, 303-291-1007. Harley Eblen. 9 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-201-3731. HoundHeart. 10 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-201-3731. see EVENTS Page 27
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CU BOULDER EVENTS THURSDAY, JAN. 24 Remembering Lucile — Book Release and Signing by Dr. Polly E. Bugros McLean.
4 p.m. Koenig Alumni Center 1202 University Avenue, Boulder. “Remembering Lucile” tells the remarkable life story of Lucile Berkeley Buchanan, CU’s first black woman graduate and a lifelong educator. Professor McLean depicts the rise of the African American middle class through the historical journey of Lucile and her family from slavery in northern Virginia to life in the American West.
Monthly Bard’s Book Club.
6 p.m. Colorado Shakespeare Festival offices, Conference room on second floor, 1301 Grandview Ave., Boulder. More dates through May 16. Members will meet once a month to chat about the five plays in the Colorado Shakespeare Festival 2019 season, guided by CSF staff. Participants must purchase their own copies of the plays. Seating is limited, register today. Ages 18 and up. Price is $125. Call 303735-1181.
Public Talk with Josh Kun: The Art of the Crossfade: Music, Archives, and California. 6:30 p.m. Hale Science, Room 270, 1350 Pleasant Drive, Boulder. Josh Kun uses the DJ method of crossfading to explore and animate historic
sheet music, vinyl LPs and restaurant menus as tools in addressing contemporary issues of gentrification, urban redevelopment, and racial inequality, among others.
International Holocaust Remembrance Day Lecture: The Book Smugglers of the Vilna Ghetto.
7 p.m. Old Main, Theater, 1600 Pleasant St., Boulder. CU Boulder’s Program in Jewish Studies and cosponsors will honor International Holocaust Remembrance Day (Jan. 27) with a public lecture by visiting scholar David E. Fishman, professor of history at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America.
FRIDAY, JAN. 25 Ethered and Tethered: A Liminal Space: An MFA dance concert.
7:30 p.m. University Theatre, Charlotte York Irey Theatre, 1515 Central Campus Mall, Boulder. Second performance on Jan. 26. MFA candidate Danielle Garrison invites audiences into a performative laboratory that engages the body with news stories on grief. Through this gallery-style performance, audiences are welcomed to create feedback loops with aerial dance, photography, film, live sculpture, biometrics and kinesthetic sound.
SATURDAY, JAN. 26 Family Day at the CU Museum: Little Fossils tell us BIG Things! 10 a.m. Museum of Natural History (Henderson), 1035 Broadway, Boulder. Join us to explore the amazing shapes, behaviors, and roles that microfossils have played throughout billions of years of life on planet earth.
Learning to Live with Megafires
1 p.m. Jennie Smoly Caruthers Biotec Building, Butcher Auditorium, 3415 Colorado Ave., Boulder. Award-winning journalist and CU Boulder instructor Michael Kodas shares insights about the causes and consequences of megafires and how communities remain resilient and recover from the impacts of this destructive force.
MONDAY, JAN. 28 Sutherland Seminar Series Diagnosis Part I: Bipolar Disorders.
6:30 p.m. Longmont Church of Christ, 1351 Collyer St., Longmont. A review of the formal criteria for bipolar disorders, including the differences between Bipolar I vs. Bipolar II. We also will discuss how bipolar disorders are diagnosed.
TUESDAY, JAN. 29 EU Chats: Brexit — and that’s it?
12:30 p.m. Center for Academic Success and Engagement (CASE), W313, University of Colorado, Boulder. A discussion on “Brexit”, the term widely known to refer to The United Kingdom’s decision to leave the European Union presented by Folkert Wilman, an official working for the European Commission who is spending this academic year at CU Boulder.
Lionel Young Duo. 5 p.m. The Tasty Weasel, 1800 Pike Road, Longmont, 303-776-1914. The Lonesome Days — with Bridget Law. 8 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-447-0095.
6:30 p.m. Visual Arts Complex, Art & Art History Auditorium 1B20, 1085 18th St., Boulder. Through her sculpture, performance, installation and video, Anna Tsouhlarakis is helping to create a new vocabulary within the dialogue of Native American art.
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 30 New Venture Challenge: Hardware Track Pitch Workshop #1. 5:30 p.m. CU Boulder Discovery Learning Center, 1B70 Engineering Drive, Boulder On Jan. 30, you’ll learn from serial entrepreneurs how to craft an engaging and compelling pitch for your startup.
THURSDAY JANUARY 24
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Denver, 303-830-9214.
Denver, 303-296-1003.
Kwaidan. 8:45 p.m. Dairy Arts Center, Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. More show times at thedairy.org.
Guerrilla Fanfare. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Tap Room, 921 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-776-1914.
Laser Queen. 10:30 p.m. Fiske Planetarium, 2414 Regent Drive, Boulder, 303-492-5002.
Mollie O’Brien, Rich Moore, 3hattrio. 8 p.m. Swallow Hill Music, 71 E. Yale Ave., Denver, 303-777-1003.
Wanda Sykes: Oh Well Tour. 7:30 p.m. Paramount Denver, 1621 Glenarm Place, Denver, 303-623-0106.
Movie at the Symphony: Amadeus Live. 7:30 p.m. Boettcher Concert Hall, 1000 14th St., Denver, 720-865-4220.
Saturday, January 26
tenbucksixer. 7 p.m. Grossen Bart Brewery, 1025 Delaware St., Longmont, 530-723-3026. Whiskey Starship (Album Release Party). 8 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 303-834-9384. The Wont. 9 p.m. Globe Hall, 4483 Logan St., Denver, 303-296-1003. Yawning Man. 9 p.m. Hi-Dive Denver, 7 S. Broadway, Denver, 303-733-0230. Events 8-Bit Comedy: Caitlin Gill. 8 p.m. Tilt Pinball, 640 Main St., Louisville, 303-997-9548. California Typewriter. 7 p.m. Chautauqua Community House, 900 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-440-7666. Comedy Night — with Sam Adams. 8 p.m. Soiled Dove Underground, 7401 E. First Ave.,
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The Mighty Twisters. 9 p.m. License No. 1, 2115 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-0486.
Sound Rise Alchemy. 7 p.m. Vali Soul Sanctuary, 6717 Valmont Road, Boulder, 707-599-1908.
GOLDEN on Route 93 303.279.1481 BOULDER at Meadows Shopping Center 303.554.0193
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Success for Women 50+ Conference. Double Tree Hotel, 3203 Quebec St., Denver, 303-755-0109. Through Jan. 26.
Ravin’wolf Acoustic Blues Duo. 7 p.m. Por Wine House, 836 1/2 Main St., Louisville, 720-606-1734.
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Visiting Artist Lecture: Anna Tsouhlarakis.
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Lionel Young Blues Quartet. 7 p.m. Caffè Sole, 637 S. Broadway St., Boulder, 303-499-2985.
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Music ’90s Night. 10 p.m. Bohemian Biergarten, 2017 13th St., Boulder, 720-328-8328. Allegaeon. 7 p.m. Herman’s Hideaway, 1578 S. Broadway, Denver, 303-777-5840. Bob Barrick. 9 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-201-3731. Brett Dennen. 8 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030. Classic Hip-Hop Night. 9 p.m. The Black Box LLC, 314 E. 13th Ave., Denver. Crow Cavalier. 8:30 p.m. Larimer Lounge, 2721 Larimer St., Denver, 303-291-1007. Dance with a Doc — Free Saturday Morning Dance Gatherings. 10 a.m. Avalon Ballroom, 6185 Arapahoe Road, Boulder, 720-971-1972. Drumming with Horses. Noon. Medicine Horse Program, 8778 Arapahoe Road, Boulder, 707-599-1908. Everyone’s Dead. 9 p.m. Cervantes Masterpiece, 2637 Welton St., Denver, 303-297-1772. Futurebirds. 9 p.m. Globe Hall, 4483 Logan St.,
Hank Von Hell. 8 p.m. Oriental Theater, 4335 W. 44th Ave., Denver, 720-420-0030.
LASER GAGA FRIDAY JANUARY 25 7:00 PM
BELLA GAIA: BEAUTIFUL EARTH 9:00 PM
LIQUID SKY COLD PLAY 10:30 PM
Happy Hour Live Jazz. 5:30 p.m. Tandoori Grill South, 619 S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-543-7339.
LASER QUEEN
Hippo Campus. The Ogden Theatre, 935 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, 303-832-1874.
LASER FLOYD: THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON
Homevibe and eTown present Foxfeather — with Monocle Band. 7 p.m. eTown Hall, 1535 Spruce St., Boulder, 303-443-8696. Jazz at The Wesley. 7 p.m. Wesley Community Center/Chapel, 1290 Folsom St., Boulder, 303-443-3934. Jeremy Dion. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-201-3731. Johnny & the Mongrels. 6 p.m. Bootstrap Brewing Company, 142 Pratt St., Longmont, 303-652-4186. Low Hanging Fruit. 8 p.m. Summit, 1902 Blake St., Denver, 303-487-0111. Maynard Mills Blues Band. 7:30 p.m. Dannik’s Gunbarrel Corner Bar, 6525 Gunpark Drive, Boulder, 303-530-7423. Miguel Espinoza Guitar. 7 p.m. Caffè Sole, 637 S. Broadway St., Boulder, 303-499-2985. Mister G. 11 a.m. Swallow Hill Music, 71 E. Yale Ave., Denver, 303-777-1003. Mr. Knowitall, 4 Degrees, Desert Radio. 8 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 720-297-6397. Ragged Union. 7:30 p.m. Louisville Center for the Arts, 801 Grant Ave., Louisville, 303-666-4361. Ramaya. 10 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl see EVENTS Page 28
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SATURDAY JANUARY 26 1:00 PM
DOUBLE FEATURE: WE ARE STARS / PERSEUS & ANDROMEDA 2:30 PM
STARS AND PLANETS 7:00 PM
INCOMING! 9:00 PM
LIQUID SKY PRETTY LIGHTS 10:30 PM
LASER ZEPPELIN: WHOLE LOTTA LED 11:59 PM
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DOUBLE FEATURE: LIFE OF TREES / PERSEUS & ANDROMEDA 1:30 PM
STARS AND GALAXIES 3:00 PM
SOLAR SUPERSTORMS 7:30 PM
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Pam Houston’s 120-acre homestead in the Colorado Rockies is her sanctuary, a place where she discovers how the natural world has mothered and healed her after a childhood of horrific parental abuse and neglect. In essays as lucid and invigorating as mountain air, ‘Deep Creek’ delivers Houston’s most profound meditations yet. Houston will speak about and sign her new book, ‘Deep Creek: Finding Hope in the High Country,’ on Wednesday, Jan. 30 at 6:30 p.m. at Boulder Public Library’s Canyon Theater.
Stephanie Barron — That Churchill Woman. 7 p.m. Tattered Cover Book Store, 2526 E. Colfax Ave., Denver. Gregory Hill — Zebra Skin Shirt. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder. Friday, Jan. 25 Brian Nelson — The Last Sword Maker. 7 p.m. Tattered Cover Book Store, 2526 E. Colfax Ave., Denver. Open Poetry Reading. 10 p.m. Mercury Cafe, 2199 California St., Denver. Saturday, Jan. 26
Monday, Jan. 28
Tattered Tales Storytime. 10:30 a.m. Tattered Cover Book Store, 1628 16th St., Denver.
So, You’re a Poet. 8:45 p.m. Wesley Theater, 1290 Folsom St., Boulder.
Minor Disturbance Weekly Workshop + Open Mic. 1 p.m. Prodigy Coffeehouse, 3801 E. 40th Ave., Denver.
Tattered Tales Storytime. 10:30 a.m. Tattered Cover Book Store, 2526 E. Colfax Ave., Denver.
Sunday, Jan. 27 James Rollins — Crucible: A Thriller. 2 p.m. Tattered Cover Book Store, 2526 E. Colfax Ave., Denver.
Tuesday, Jan. 29
Writers’ Group. 6 p.m. Longmont Public Library, 409 Fourth Ave., Longmont. Jackson Maloney. 6 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., Boulder.
Sunday Night Poetry Slam. 7 p.m. Mercury Cafe, 2199 California St., Denver.
Weekly Open Poetry Reading. 7 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., Boulder. Nadia Bolz Weber — Shameless: A Sexual Reformation. 7 p.m. Tattered Cover Book Store, 2526 E. Colfax Ave., Denver. Polly McLean — Remembering Lucile. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder. Wednesday, Jan. 30 Pam Houston — Deep Creek. 6:30 p.m. Boulder Public Library, Canyon Theater, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder.
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St., Boulder, 720-201-3731. The Sammy Mayfield Blues Band. 8 p.m. Soiled Dove Underground, 7401 E. First Ave., Denver, 303-830-9214. Small Potatoes. 8 p.m. Swallow Hill Music, 71 E. Yale Ave., Denver, 303-777-1003. Staylitcollegetour Blackout Edition: DMAC, Priceless Da Roc featuring Sweeney, E_Kayy. 9 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303447-0095. SunSquabi. 7 p.m. Fillmore Auditorium, 1510 Clarkson St., Denver, 303-837-0360. To Be Astronauts. 9 p.m. Lost Lake, 3602 E. Colfax Ave., Denver. The Well Intentioned. 8 p.m. The Wild Game, 2251 Ken Pratt Blvd., Unit A, Longmont, 720-600-4875. Events 2019 Denver Winter Whiskey Tasting Festival. 4 p.m. Improper City, 3201 Walnut St., Denver, 720-666-0043. The Magic Within. 7 p.m. Mercury Cafe, 2199 California St., Denver, 720-883-6132. Middleditch and Schwartz. 7 p.m. Paramount Denver, 1621 Glenarm Place, Denver, 303-623-0106,. Saturday Morning Groove. 10:30 a.m. Free Motion Dance Studio, 2126 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-379-8299. Saturday Storytime. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100. Spanish/English Storytime: Read and Play in Spanish. 10:15 a.m. NoBo Corner Library, 4600 Broadway, Boulder, 303-441-4250. Steampunk Soirée. 6:30 p.m. Montclair Civic Center (The Molkery), 6820 E 12th Ave., Denver, 720-913-0766. Sunday, January 27 Music Baroque Chamber Orchestra of Colorado. 4 p.m. eTown Hall, 1535 Spruce St., Boulder, 303-451-6381.
Bayside: Acoustic Tour. 7:30 p.m. Marquis Theatre, 2009 Larimer St., Denver, 303-487-0111. Beer and Hymns Colorado Inaugural Sing-ALong. 5:30 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 720-297-6397. Bitterroot. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-201-3731. Chris Dismuke. 3 p.m. The Tasty Weasel, 1800 Pike Road, Longmont, 303-776-1914. Cosmic Kirtan Connection. 7:30 p.m. Fiske Planetarium, 2414 Regent Drive, Boulder, 303-492-5002.
Monday, January 28 Music Animal Sun. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-201-3731. Blue Grass Mondays. 7:30 p.m. 12Degree Brewing, 820 Main St., Louisville, 720-638-1623. Boulder Chorale 50|4U Night. 5 p.m. Next Door, 1035 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-542-8159. Vocal Play Groups. 6 p.m. Boulder Circus Center, 4747 26th St., Boulder, 303-444-8110. Events
CSF Does Denver feat Noveliss. 7 p.m. Your Mom’s House, 608 E. 13th Ave., Denver, 303-860-4516.
Mis Pininos/Spanish Conversation for Kids. 4:15 p.m. NoBo Corner Library, 4600 Broadway, Boulder, 303-441-4250.
Flor de Toloache. 7 p.m. Swallow Hill Music, 71 E. Yale Ave., Denver, 303-777-1003.
All Ages Storytime. 10:15 a.m. Meadows Branch Library, 4800 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-441-3100.
Genuine Reverie. 8 p.m. Lost Lake, 3602 E. Colfax Ave., Denver.
Big Buddy Training: Reading Buddies. 4:30 p.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.
J-Diggs and J-Stalin. 8:30 p.m. Cervantes Masterpiece, 2637 Welton St., Denver, 303-297-1772. Raisins and Almonds: A Tu B’Shvat Celebration. 5 p.m. Hebrew Educational Alliance, 3600 S. Ivanhoe St., Denver, 303-355-0232. Sumac. 8 p.m. Larimer Lounge, 2721 Larimer St., Denver, 303-291-1007. The Wailers. 8:30 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-447-0095. Events Double Feature: Life of Trees/Perseus & Andromeda. 12 p.m. Fiske Planetarium, 2414 Regent Drive, Boulder, 303-492-5002. The Merry Widow: Staatsoper Dresden. 1 p.m. Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. The Messy Hour: Denver’s Drag Talk Show. 6 p.m. Dangerous Theatre, 2620 W. Second Ave., Suite 1, Denver, 720-989-3283. Winter Heritage Day. 1 p.m. Walker Ranch Homestead, 8999 Flagstaff Road, Boulder.
Chess Club. 6:30 p.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100. Citizenship Classes. 6 p.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100. Drop In Aerial Foundations. 5:45 p.m. Frequent Flyers Aerial Dance, 3022 E. Sterling Circle, Suite 150, Boulder, 303-245-8272. Legit Knits @ MAIN. 4:30 p.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100. Monday Night Belly Dance Classes. 6 p.m. Tribe Nawaar Marketplace & Classes, Boulder, 303-859-5599, www.tribenawaar.com. Movement Mondays. 7 p.m. Free Motion Dance Studio, 2126 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-379-8299. Women of the West. 11:30 a.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100. Tuesday, January 29 Music Cole Schiefele. 8 p.m. Lost Lake, 3602 E. Colfax Ave., Denver. see EVENTS Page 30
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The original fairy tale princesses are none too happy with the exploitation they’ve suffered in today’s films, books and dolls. Snow White and her angry band of storybook friends are ‘storming the castle’ in order to take their lives back, so forget the princesses you think you know, and say hello to ‘DISENCHANTED!’ Now playing at BDT Stage through March 31.
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Annie Get Your Gun. Jesters Dinner Theatre, 224 Main St., Longmont. Through Jan. 27.
Lost in Yonkers. Miners Alley Playhouse, 1224 Washington Ave., Golden. Opens Jan. 25. Through March 3.
Betrayal. Vintage Theatre, 1468 Dayton St., Aurora. Through Feb. 17.
Nunsense. Candlelight Dinner Playhouse, 4747 Marketplace Drive, Johnstown. Through March 3.
Blue Dime Cabaret. Denver’s Dangerous Theatre, 2620 W. Second Ave., Denver. Jan. 11, 18 and 25.
The Pinter Plays: Early Classic One-acts by Nobel Laureate Harold Pinter — presented by Germinal Stage. John Hand Theater, 7653 E. First Place, Denver. Through Feb. 2.
Celebration, Florida — presented by square product theatre. Buntport Theater, 717 Lipan St., Denver. Through Feb. 2. Disenchanted!. BDT Stage, 5501 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder. Through March 31. I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change — presented by Equinox Theatre Company. The Bug Theatre, 3654 Navajo St., Denver.
Rock of Ages. Denver Center for Performing Arts, Buell Theatre, 1101 13th St., Denver. Jan. 25-27. Shrek, The Musical. Jesters Dinner Theatre, 224 Main St., Longmont. Through Jan. 27. Xanadu. Denver Center for Performing Arts, Garner Galleria Theatre, 1101 13th St., Denver. Through March 31.
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The Funk Sessions feat. Adam “Shmeeans” Smirnoff (Lettuce) featuring Joey Porter and Garret Sayers. 8 p.m. Cervantes Masterpiece, 2637 Welton St., Denver, 303-297-1772. Monica Marie LaBonte and David Burchfield. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-201-3731. Events ACM Boulder Open House. 4:30 p.m. 4999 Pearl East Circle, Suite 300, Boulder. Around the World Storytime. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100. Becoming American | A Documentary Film and Discussion Series on Our Immigration Experience at the Museum of Boulder | Promise and Prejudice. 6 p.m. Museum of Boulder at the Tebo Center, 2205 Broadway St., Boulder, 303-4493464. Boulder World Affairs Discussion Group. 10 a.m. Meadows Branch Library, 4800 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-441-3100. Conscious Dance. 8 p.m. Alchemy of Movement, 2436 30th St., Boulder, 303-931-1500. Conversations in English Tuesdays. 6 p.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100. GED Preparation Class. 10 a.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100. Out Boulder County Gender Support Group — Longmont. 6:30 a.m. Out Boulder County, 630 Main St., Longmont, 303-499-5777. West Coast Swing Dance Lessons. 6 p.m. Bootstrap Brewing Company, 142 Pratt St., Longmont, 303-652-4186. Youth Maker Hangout. 4 p.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100. Wednesday, January 30 Music Blues Night. 10 p.m. Pioneer Inn, 15 E. First St., Nederland, 303-258-7733.
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Dash. 8 p.m. Globe Hall, 4483 Logan St., Denver, 303-296-1003. Daybreaker DEN / Dance Dance Resolution. 6 a.m. Cervantes Masterpiece, 2637 Welton St., Denver, 303-297-1772. DU Lamont Wind Ensemble, New Morning of Freedom. 7:30 p.m. Newman Center for the Performing Arts, 2344 E Iliff Ave., Denver, 303-871-6499. Heaven N Hell — with Stereotype Drive, The Gones. 7 p.m. Herman’s Hideaway, 1578 S. Broadway, Denver, 303-777-5840. Ones To Watch Presents: Dorothy — The Freedom Tour. 7 p.m. Summit, 1902 Blake St., Denver, 303-487-0111. Unplugged Drop-In Acoustic Jam. 6 p.m. 300 Suns Brewing, 335 1st Ave, Unit C, Longmont, 720-442-8292. Karaoke Night. 9 p.m. Bohemian Biergarten, 2017 13th St., Boulder, 720-328-8328. Events Conversations in English Wednesdays. 10:30 a.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100. Deconstructing The Beatles: Yeah Yeah Yeah. 4:30 p.m. Dairy Arts Center, Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. More show times at thedairy.org. Julia Sweeney: Older & Wider. 7:30 p.m. Comedy Works, 1226 15th St., Denver, 303-595-3637. More performances at comedyworks.com. Lap Babies. 11:15 a.m. NoBo Corner Library, 4600 Broadway, Boulder, 303-441-4250. Mad Scientist Day: LEGO Volcanoes. 4 p.m. George Reynolds Branch Library, 3595 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, 303-441-3120. Musical Storytime. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100. STEAM Storytime. 10:15 a.m. Meadows Branch Library, 4800 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-441-3100.
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Love in the time of communism
Passions run hot in ‘Cold War’ by Michael J. Casey
Well, if you want to sing out, sing out And if you want to be free, be free. ’Cause there’s a million things to be You know that there are. — Cat Stevens (now Yusuf Islam)
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ON THE BILL: Cold War. Century Theater, 1700 29th St., Boulder, 303-444-0583.
t starts with music, a siren song if you will, as a small group of Polish musicians scour rural villages collecting folk songs. Their purpose is to celebrate their cultural history while locating the best singers and dancers in the land for a touring musical act. For Wiktor (Tomasz Kot), it’s a way to serve the Soviet Union while further exploring his musical passion. For Zula ( Joanna Kulig), it’s a chance to leave a troubling past behind. He is tall, dark and handsome with a talent for the piano. She is a busty blond with a sultry voice. Naturally, they fall for each other. Too bad the fall is farther than either could have anticipated. Welcome to Cold War — the latest drama from Polish filmmaker Paweł Pawlikowski — a tempestuous love story set in Poland, France, Yugoslavia and Germany under the shadow of the Iron Curtain. As the old saying goes, “all’s fair in love and war,” but the existential angst accompanying conflict between nations is more than two people could ever overcome. A feeling Pawlikowski and cinematographer Lukasz Zal beautifully visualize in composed black-andwhite shots of Wiktor and Zula placed at the bottom of each frame. Above their heads: empty space, enough to dangle the proverbial sword of Damocles. That inevitability keeps both Wiktor and Zula’s emotions in check — passionate and violent as they may be. An early scene sets the tone: Zula admits to Wiktor that she is ratting on him to his superior. What about, he asks. The usual: Who he is, what he does, is he a good little communist and does he believe in God. Wiktor feels betrayed; but for Zula, this is the only way she knows how to survive. Does Wiktor blow up at her? Yell, scream or berate her? No, he simply gets up and walks away. Zula follows for a moment, stops, turns around, walks away from him and jumps into a river. Much in the same way the Soviets and Americans waged war for decades without firing a single missile, Wiktor and Zula will fight for each other, and with each other, with a similar icy detachment. Their passion, their undying love, is instead conveyed through music. The movie’s signature song, the Polish folk song “Two Hearts, Four Eyes,” returns time and time again, cementing Zula and Wiktor’s attachment. And like their relationship, and the countries to which they flee and return, the song undergoes similar evolutions. But it’s the invasion of two American songs, “Is You Is Or Is You Ain’t My Baby?” and “Rock Around the Clock,” that give Cold War its most memorable moments. As Zula and Wiktor drunkenly sway to one and rebelliously kick up their heels to the other, the audience is allowed a moment to soak in the lovebirds’ passion. Wars, politics and global conflicts matter not in these moments, just the rhythmic gyration of two bodies that have found each other. Boulder Weekly
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reated by of Daniel Asher, the chef behind Boulder’s River and Woods and Lafayette’s Acreage, Ash’kara is a mix of Israeli and Middle Eastern fare served up in Denver’s LoHi neighborhood. The dishes are made for sharing, whether as small plates or as a feast for multiple people. The duck tagine is exceptional. Served in a traditional clay, coned tagine from North Africa, the duck meat perfectly falls off the bone, each bite just as succulent as the next. A combination of grains, root vegetables, dates and pomegranate seeds mix together in a savorysweet combination that’s to die for. We can’t overstate how good this meal is. $42 (serves 2-4 people).
hat’s better than a burrito? How about a deep-fried burrito? Efrain’s take on the Southwest staple can’t be beat. Chicken breast is simmered in herbs and spices, then wrapped in a four tortilla and deep fried, creating just a bit of crunch that complements the tender meat sublimely. The dish is served smothered with pork chile verde, cheese, sour cream and guacamole. It’s as filling as it sounds, which is why we opted for a side salad rather than rice and beans for lunch. There’s a reason why Efrain’s is always packed... the food is so good that feeling full doesn’t stop us from finishing the plate. $8.95.
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ccording to Steve Podel, a real pastrami sandwich should be like the one on the table in front of me. The pastrami is quite juicy, not too chewy. The moist, thinly sliced smoked meat is piled on slices of dense rye bread smeared with yellow mustard and accompanied by sauerkraut and a pickle spear. That’s it. And, says the owner of Longmont’s Brooklyn Deli, all of the components come from New York City. “This is real pastrami. It costs me more but it’s
right. If you went to Katz’s deli, this is what you’d get. It’s not ‘New York-style.’ It’s really from New York,” he says with emphasis. As noon approaches, a line forms at the counter, and Podel in his apron greets each customer with a direct question: “How yah doin’?” Podel grew up in the working-class Canarsie neighborhood in Brooklyn and still speaks with its familiar, and stereotypical, accents. He is just a litsee NIBBLES Page 38
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tle opinionated, as only New Yorkers can be. Beyond the chopped liver, Podel admits that some expatriate Big Apple natives come in because they also miss that brusque take-no-crap attitude. In the 1980s he cooked at Boulder eateries including Azar’s (now Ralphies), Jose Muldoon’s (now Fate Brewing) and Pearl’s (now West Flanders), where Podel and I worked together for a while. He moved back to New York to cook in the late 1980s but returned with his family in 1995. “I wanted to open a place serving some of the things I missed from New York. If you could find it in Brooklyn or Manhattan, I wanted to have it on the menu,” Podel says. So he offers Reuben sandwiches, eggplant parmesan, sausage and peppers, a classic Chinese pork sandwich with hoisin sauce, a Greek gyro with housemade tzatziki, and a pressed Cuban sandwich. To wash it down: an egg cream or chocolate soda. Besides the pastrami, the rye bread is shipped in frozen from Queens. Even the pickles, mustard and sauerkraut are from New York along with eclairs, cheesecake, cannoli shells, black-and-white cookies and Acme smoked fish. Bagila’s square potato knish is a mouthful of spud comfort, served with tangy Ba-Tampte mustard. Podel finishes and serves par-baked bagels — sesame, bialy and everything — from the Bronx. They are available frozen by the dozen if you ask nicely. Whatever you do, don’t request fresh bagels at 4 p.m. “Nobody eats a bagel at 4 p.m. in New York. That’s for breakfast,” Podel says with a certain level of exasperation. He also bakes off poppy seed kaiser rolls for breakfast sandwiches. There are no pre-cooked egg disks. He cooks the eggs and meats including Taylor ham
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(or pork roll) to order on a flat-top griddle. “I’m a chef, not a fast-food guy,” he says. In his sunny restaurant, Podel is the staff, along with a little help at lunch.
He works the counter, cooks the food and cleans up. He is less than impressed with the current generation of cooks emerging in droves from a multitude of culinary schools. “The Food Network made everyone
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Podel laments the changes in local dining since he started cooking. “In the ’80s on Pearl Street, every store and restaurant was a ma-and-pa place, real local. Now the chains have moved in. There are a million restaurants down there but most of them are fancy, not places where people like me can grab dinner for a decent price,” he says. After nearly a quarter-century of dishing the real thing, Podel still feels that the Brooklyn Deli is largely undiscovered country. “I don’t know why people who love this kind of food don’t get here. They say it’s ‘far’ away. Where I grew up you drove 90 minutes just to get Chinese (food),” he says.
a chef. I’m old school. Cooking school is great but the only way to really learn how to work in a kitchen is to spend time in a lot of them. You have to be tough,” he says. He has the scars, burns and injuries to go with the years at the stove. Podel is justly famous for his soups. Along with daily specials, they allow him to use his culinary chops and creativity. On the menu this day is his classic creamy split pea soup with chunks of smoky bacon. Next up is Russian/ Ukrainian sweet and sour beef and cabbage soup loaded with brisket. Soup-loving customers favor the matzoh ball soup, real lobster bisque and the popular red gumbo, which has “everything in the world in it,” he says. “I post soups on Facebook. If they know I have gumbo, they will come.” His daily specials range from stromboli and banh mi sandwiches with kimchi to baked stuffed clams and chicken cutlets.
The Rio Grande Mexican restaurant is moving its margaritas to 1701 Pearl St. — formerly Ted’s Montana Grill — while its longtime Walnut Street location is being renovated. The temporary Rio will be only doors away from the Rio’s original Boulder address. ... After 17 months in business, Emmerson, the “neo-bistro,” has closed in Boulder. We’ll miss the yeasted waffles and the malted barley pavlova dessert. ... Black Diamond Restaurant at 103 N. Public Road in Lafayette is closing Jan. 27 ... R.I.P. 3.2 beer. I’ve ignored Colorado supermarket beer aisles for decades because of that weird, weak beer. That’s all changed with stores now stocking real beer. Besides the big brewers, Louisville’s King Soopers offers a pretty good local selection including beer from Wibby, Oskar Blues, Avery, Upslope, The Post and Lafayette’s Odd 13. Part of that deal is that liquor stores can now sell some food.
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pany’s expected growth beyond these three initial storefronts. Fogarty says Boulder “is high on the list of expansion plans,” and, even if we don’t get a storefront within the next few years, we may get a taste of Choice through collaborations with local chefs and food vendors. Take, for instance, Choice’s collaboration with Veganizer Denver, a plant-based food consulting agency. Together, the two will host a vegan “pop-up” event at Choice, at which Fogarty’s crew will offer an expanded vegan menu to show vegan food can indeed be convenient, satisfying and affordable. “Historically lots of vegan substitutes have not been see CHOICE Page 42
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all that tasty, but in the last five years things have really gotten better,” Fogarty says. “That allows people who are thinking about eating vegan for whatever reason to make that transition. The Beyond Meat burger is a great example of that.” The pop-up will feature Choice’s meatball sandwich, made with Beyond Meat, heralded for its similar taste and texture to beef despite being plant-
based. It was Choice’s initial customers that encouraged Fogarty to find room for Beyond Meat menu items, and it represents a greater commitment from the establishment to meet customer demands for plant-based convenience foods. “When we started, we had a large amount of plant-based and sustainable options, and that has grown,” Fogarty says. “Our chefs have created numerous
menu items at the suggestion of customers. They often ask us about new products like Just Egg and cheese substitutions. If there is demand, we are happy to incorporate. We are constantly learning and adjusting product mix based on customer feedback.” Choice is the result of Fogarty’s own search for healthy convenience foods. Growing up outside Philadelphia, Fogarty, like most people
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ARIES
MARCH 21-APRIL 19: We might initially be inclined
to ridicule Stuart Kettell, a British man who spent four days pushing a Brussels sprout up 3,560-foot-high Mount Snowden with his nose. But perhaps our opinion would become more expansive once we knew that he engaged in this stunt to raise money for a charity that supports people with cancer. In any case, the coming weeks would be a favorable time for you, too, to engage in extravagant, extreme, or even outlandish behavior on behalf of a good or holy cause.
TAURUS
APRIL 20-MAY 20: The Taurus guitar wizard known
as Buckethead is surely among the most imaginative and prolific musicians who has ever lived. Since producing his first album in late 2005, he has released 306 other albums that span a wide variety of musical genres — an average of 23 per year. I propose that we make him your patron saint for the next six weeks. While it’s unlikely you can achieve such a gaudy level of creative self-expression, you could very well exceed your previous personal best in your own sphere.
GEMINI
MAY 21-JUNE 20: Novelist Arthur Conan Doyle created
Sherlock Holmes, a fictional character who personifies the power of logic and rational thinking. And yet Doyle was also a devout spiritualist who pursued interests in telepathy, the occult and psychic phenomena. It’s no surprise that he was a Gemini, an astrological tribe renowned for its ability to embody apparent opposites. Sometimes that quality is a liability for you folks, and sometimes an asset. In the coming weeks, I believe it’ll be a highly useful skill. Your knack for holding paradoxical views and expressing seemingly contradictory powers will attract and generate good fortune.
CANCER
JUNE 21-JULY 22: In 2006, a 176-year-old tortoise
named Harriet died in an Australian zoo owned by “Crocodile Hunter” and TV personality Steve Irwin. Harriet was far from her original home in the Galapagos Islands. By some accounts, evolutionary superstar Charles Darwin picked her up and carried her away during his visit there in 1835. I propose that you choose the long-lived tortoise as your power creature for the coming weeks. With her as inspiration, meditate on questions like these: 1. “What would I do differently if I knew I’d live to a very old age?” 2. “What influence that was important to me when I was young do I want to be important to me when I’m old?” 3. “In what specific ways can my future benefit from my past?” 4. “Is there a blessing or gift from an ancestor I have not yet claimed?” 5. “Is there anything I can do that I am not yet doing to remain in good health into my old age?”
LEO
JULY 23-AUG. 22: John Lennon claimed that he gener-
ated the Beatles song’ “Because” by rendering Beethoven’s “Moonlight Sonata” backwards. Even if that’s true, I don’t think it detracts from the beauty of “Because.” May I suggest you adopt a comparable strategy for your own use in the coming weeks, Leo? What could you do in reverse so as to create an interesting novelty? What approach might you invert in order to instigate fresh ways of doing things? Is there an idea you could turn upside-down or inside-out, thereby awakening yourself to a new perspective?
VIRGO
AUG. 23-SEPT. 22: The Tsonga language is spoken by
more than 15 million people in southern Africa. The literal meaning of the Tsonga phrase I malebvu ya nghala is “It’s a lion’s beard,” and its meaning is “something that’s not as scary as it looks.” According to my astrological analysis, this will be a useful concept for you to be alert for in the coming weeks. Don’t necessarily trust first impressions or initial apprehensions. Be open to probing deeper than your instincts might influence you to do.
LIBRA
SEPT. 23-OCT. 22: The old Latin verb crescere meant
“to come forth, spring up, grow, thrive, swell, increase in numbers or strength.” We see its presence in the modern English, French and Italian word “crescendo.” In accordance
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SCORPIO
OCT. 23-NOV. 21: When animals hibernate, their
metabolism slows down. They may grow more underfur or feathers, and some add extra fat. To conserve heat, they may huddle together with each other. In the coming weeks, I don’t think you’ll have to do what they do. But I do suspect it will be a good time to engage in behaviors that have a resemblance to hibernation: slowing down your mind and body; thinking deep thoughts and feeling deep feelings; seeking extra hugs and cuddles; getting lots of rich, warm, satisfying food and sleep. What else might appeal to your need to drop out of your fast-paced rhythm and supercharge your psychic batteries?
SAGITTARIUS
NOV. 22-DEC. 21: When people tell me they don’t have time to read the books I’ve written, I advise them to place the books under their pillows and soak up my words in their dreams. I don’t suggest that they actually eat the pages, although there is historical precedent for that. The Bible describes the prophet Ezekiel as literally chewing and swallowing a book. And there are accounts of sixteenth-century Austrian soldiers devouring books they acquired during their conquests, hoping to absorb the contents of the texts. But in accordance with current astrological omens, I suggest that in the next four weeks you acquire the wisdom stored in books by actually reading them or listening to them on audio recordings. In my astrological opinion, you really do need, for the sake of your psychospiritual health, to absorb writing that requires extended concentration.
CAPRICORN
DEC. 22-JAN. 19: Among the top “how to” search inqui-
ries on Google are “how to buy Bitcoin,” “how to lose belly fat fast,” “how to cook spaghetti in a microwave” and “how to make slime.” While I do think that the coming weeks will be prime time for you to formulate and launch many “how to” investigations, I will encourage you to put more important questions at the top of your priority list. “How to get richer quicker” would be a good one, as would “how to follow through on good beginnings” and “how to enhance your value” and “how to identify what resources and allies will be most important in 2019.”
AQUARIUS
JAN. 20-FEB. 18: A motivational speaker and author named Nick Vujicic was born without arms or legs, although he has two small, unusually shaped feet. These facts didn’t stop him from getting married, raising a family of four children and writing eight books. One book is entitled Life Without Limits: Inspiration for a Ridiculously Good Life. He’s a positive guy who has faith in the possibility of miracles. In fact, he says he keeps a pair of shoes in his closet just in case God decides to bless him with a marvelous surprise. In accordance with current astrological omens, Aquarius, I suggest you make a similar gesture. Create or acquire a symbol of an amazing transformation you would love to attract into your life.
PISCES
FEB. 19-MARCH 20: About 11 percent of the Philippines’ population is comprised of Muslims who call themselves the Bangsamoro. Many resist being part of the Philippines and want their own sovereign nation. They have a lot of experience struggling for independence, as they’ve spent 400 years rebelling against occupation by foreign powers, including Spain, the United States and Japan. I admire their tenacity in seeking total freedom to be themselves and rule themselves. May they inspire your efforts to do the same on a personal level in the coming year.
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Dear Dan: I’m an early-30s hetero woman in a monogamous relationship with my mid-30s hetero guy. We’ve been together 10 years, married seven, no kids. We have a lot of fun — traveling, shared hobbies, mutual friends, etc. We have sex fairly regularly, and it’s not bad. However, his primary sexual fetish and main turnon is furry porn — namely, cartoon images. He doesn’t self-identify as a furry; he doesn’t have a fursuit or fursona. To his credit, he was up front about this with me once we started getting serious. However, I think at that younger age, I conflated the emotional openness and acceptance of his sexuality with actually being satisfied with the sexual component of our relationship. He seems only marginally attracted to me, and it bums me out that his more intense sexual drives are funneled into furry porn. I feel somewhat helpless, as his fetish doesn’t allow me to meet him halfway. Real-life furry action (fursuits and the like) does not interest him (I’ve offered). We have sex regularly, but I always initiate, and his enthusiasm is middling until we get going, at which point I think we both enjoy ourselves. But I’ve found that this turns into a negative feedback loop, where his lack of initial interest leads to me being less attracted to him, and so on. I consider myself a fairly sexual person and I get a lot of pleasure out of being desired.
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the time, you mistook “emotional openness” and your willingness to accept his sexuality for both sexual compatibility and sexual satisfaction. I think you owe it to yourself to be up front with your husband before you have kids. He’s getting a good deal here — decent sex with the wife and the freedom to take care of needs his wife can’t meet. And you’re free to ask for a similar deal — decent sex with your husband and the freedom to take care of needs your husband can’t meet. There’s a far greater degree of risk involved in you going outside the relationship to feel desired, of course; you seeing another man or men comes bundled with emotional and physical risks that wanking to furry porn does not. This isn’t an apples-to-apples comparison. But if your shared goal as a couple is mutual sexual fulfillment — and that should be every couple’s goal — and if you want to avoid becoming so frustrated that you make a conscious decision to end your marriage (or a subconscious decision to sabotage it), FURS, then opening up the relationship needs to be a part of the discussion. Send questions to mail@savagelove.net, follow @fakedansavage on Twitter and visit ITMFA.org.
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our and three and two and one! Jan. 24 is an emotional night for stoners everywhere with the fifth and final season premiere of Broad City, the critically acclaimed comedy that follows two perpetually stoned women living out their 20s in NYC. If haven’t seen an episode of Broad City, stop reading this right now. I’m serious, go watch it. It’s the best show on television that isn’t The Bachelor or a true crime series. What began as a YouTube web series has morphed into one of the most iconic cannabis comedies of all time. The creators, Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer, met while working together on an improv team at Upright Citizens Brigade (UCB) and launched their web series in 2009. Eventually, Amy Poehler, who co-founded UCB, agreed to executive produce. Comedy Central picked it up and the show premiered on Jan. 22, 2014. The show features best friends Abbi and Ilana (played by show creators Jacobson and Glazer, respectively) and their hilarious misadventures. It became an instant classic, not just for its brilliant comedy, but because the protagonists are women who are unashamed of their pot use, a refreshing break away from the tired dude humor usually associated with cannabis.
The antics of Abbi and Ilana are unprecedented. In the pilot, the girls work in the price of an eighth of weed into the cost of going to a Lil’ Wayne concert and that was one of the first times I felt represented as a female stoner on television in a real way. All of my favorite adventures with my best friend, Alex, who introduced me to the show and is basically my version of Ilana, start with us getting stoned. In college, when weed was still illegal and stigmatized, just driving around with her to find it was an adventure in itself and it’s that realistic portrayal of showing humor in the mundane that makes this show so great. Sure, there was Jackie and Donna in That ’70s Show and Nancy Botwin in Weeds, but Abbi and Ilana aren’t just punchline sidekicks in a male-centric stoner series, nor are they troubled women looking to be saved. They are the weed queens we’ve always wanted. They’re hilarious and sexy and treat cannabis as an essential that’s part of ordinary, everyday life and millions of high-functioning stoner women everywhere have been obsessed with them ever since. It’s not just the smoking that makes this show dope. Traditionally, female friendships have largely been written as frenemies who go to expensive brunches to drink and complain about men. I can’t relate to that life, mostly because my girlfriends and I actually like each other and none of us can afford brunch. But Abbi and Ilana? They epitomize what it means to be BFFs because no matter what kind of ridiculous shit is going down in their lives, they are always there to support each other over a bowl pack. Getting high to wander around Bed Bath and Beyond is a more accurate reflection of what I do with
my friends. It’s hard to believe that the show that gave us gems like “Yaaaaaas KWEEN” and encouraged us to ask dudes if they wanted to try pegging is coming to an end. The first episode of the final season starts with celebrating Abbi’s 30th birthday, which includes Ilana falling down a manhole while filming an Instagram story and Abbi having a crisis over getting a second credit card. Part of the episode is framed as an Instagram story, which lends itself to funny and realistic moments of generational humor — a crying Oprah GIF over a brunch spread; a musical zoom-in of a dog spotted on the subway. There’s even a scene of them stopping to scream at the Trump Tower, a big millennial mood. Watching the duo get stoned, awkward and unconditionally love each other for the past five years helped get me through my 20s. From hosting watch parties in my apartment to watching it on the phone with my BFF Alex (who always puts her sunglasses on when she gets too high, even if all she’s doing is FaceTiming me alone in her room), Broad City always provided laughs and a reason to never feel bad about sparking up. But much like the show’s characters, the creators and fans are growing up, too. In the final 10 episodes, we’ll see the ladies navigating their place in the world now that they’re 28 and 30, rather than 22 and 25. Even though they’ve reached new stages of adulting, they still love each other as much as ever, something we can hopefully all relate to. Grab some munchies, your bong and your BFF and get ready for the Broad City premiere on Thursday, Jan. 24, at 10 p.m. on Comedy Central.
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by Paul Danish
Medical pot gets day in court... and wins
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ijuana from a doctor who was not his treating physician. Following Judge French’s decision Carvelli sent an e-mail to the Inquirer reading in part, “we respect the court’s decision... At this juncture there is no plan to appeal.” Phillip Faccenda, the lawyer who represented Watson, said the decision might benefit insurance companies too. “We believe this will offer very powerful cost savings with respect to the entire workers’ compensation industry in New Jersey,” he said. “More costly pharmaceuticals (opioids) can be reduced and medical marijuana would be a less expensive treatment modality.” French is one of about 50 administrative law judges that handle workers’ compensation cases in New Jersey. While her decision isn’t binding on the others, let alone on judges in other states, the opinion is apt to be read by them and considered when they hear similar cases. • • • • There isn’t a lot of research on the medicinal effects of marijuana out there — the marijuana prohibitionists saw to that ages ago — but thanks to the legalization of medical marijuana in 30 states, doctors who prescribe pot are collecting a ton of information
about how their patients fare using it. Now a company named Arfinn Med has launched a web portal to allow those docs to share information. Within the portal “medical professionals can obtain peer-based reports on treatment effectiveness, daily dosage, delivery method and other information specific to patient demographics,” according to a press release issued at the time of the portal’s Jan. 14 launch. “We are pleased to launch Arfinn Med as the first collaborative and insight-driven medical marijuana portal for medical professionals,” said James West, the company’s founder and CEO. “Our goal is to provide physicians with access to benchmark data, industry news, and relevant, peer-to-peer discussions as a tool to further enhance their practices.” The portal also offers “a patient engagement tool” to allow physicians “to communicate in real-time with patients about their treatment plans and outcomes...” The collection of this sort of information is not the same as information generated by the clinical trials conducted before FDA approval of new drugs or by double-blind experiment. But it may be just as valuable. Doctors sharing clinical experiences with other doctors is how new drugs and procedures were introduced into medicine before the invention of the Food and Drug Administration, ten year drug approval cycles and predatory drug pricing.
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