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Highroad Citigroup becomes its own self-serving lawmaker by Jim Hightower

Perhaps you recall from high school civics class that neat flow chart showing the beautiful democratic process for passing a law through Congress. What a bunch of kidders those chart makers were! To see how the sausage is really made, look at the corporate favors crammed into the budget bill that Congress squeezed out last month, including: • Allowing Big Coal to explode the

tops off Appalachian mountains, then bulldoze the rubble into the valley below, destroying pristine mountain streams; • Letting truck bosses require drivers to be on the road more than 11 hours a day, up to 82 hours per week, filling our highways with highballing, sleep-deprived truckers; • Turning Wall Street banksters loose to gamble with our governmentguaranteed deposits, meaning we taxpayers are back on the hook to reimburse them when their speculative games go bad. None of these favors had anything to do with that “How-a-bill-becomeslaw” flow chart in our civics text book. No bill was filed, no public hearings were held, no debate or even a vote. Just — BAM! — there they were, a thicket of benefits were secretly slapped into the 1,600-page budget bill by… well, by whom? Corporate lobbyists (though they get one of their for-hire

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congress critters to do the actual dirty deed). The tax-payer subsidy for Wall Street, for example, was written by Citigroup lobbyists, who then got Kansas Republican Kevin Yoder to cram it into the bill. Thus, the Wall Street bank that had grabbed a $50 billion bailout from us taxpayers in 2008 to save itself from its own bad deals, essentially was allowed to become an unelected, do-it-yourself, backroom “lawmaker” to make sure that your and my tax dollars will be there to cover its next mess-up. It’s government of, by and for corporations. And that, boys and girls, is the real flow chart for making our laws. Class dismissed. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com This opinion column does not necessarily reflect the views of Boulder Weekly. January 8, 2015 7

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think it was in 1995 that I first suggested a fix to Boulder’s affordable housing problem in the pages of Boulder Weekly. As I recall, the circumstances were a lot like today; rents and real estate prices were outrageously high for the region and the Boulder bureaucracy was struggling with the question of how to maintain the city’s economic diversity while still prohibiting the town’s outward growth, upward growth, ugly growth and density growth. Two decades ago I argued that growth/height restrictions and real affordable housing were mutually exclusive. It was true then and it’s still true. Don’t get me wrong. Boulder needs and has worked hard to create low-income housing for those among us who need it most; people with disabilities or other circumstances that make it difficult to secure an income adequate to live in Boulder. That’s not the misguided component of Boulder’s infatuation with affordable housing. It’s in the contrived attempt to treat middle class working families like some kind of endangered species where the city goes a bit daft. My suggested fix 20 years ago didn’t go over real well with a lot of people. I recommended that if the city were serious about economic diversity and affordable housing it should put several thousand mobile homes on open space and make them rent con-

trolled forever. I think the only letter of support I got came from Bob Greenlee, and I’m pretty sure that neither of us really thought turning open space into trailer parks was the right answer to the problem. But looking back, my suggestion was no more absurd a solution to affordable housing than much of what Boulder attempts these days, namely spending tons of time and money so a handful of gainfully employed folks can tell their friends they live inside Boulder’s city limits. Such expenditures of time and money are not a realistic vision for creating diversity. I say “creating” as opposed to “maintaining” because if you haven’t noticed, most of Boulder’s economic diversity vaporized a long time ago in exchange for the various growth limits that helped shape Boulder into one of the most physically beautiful communities in the country. I suspect that the last 20 years of well-intentioned but mostly futile efforts to create affordable housing in Boulder are best explained as a perpetual exercise designed to ease the guilt felt by the honestly good and kind and progressive people who somewhat inadvertently helped to destroy actual affordable housing in the name of open space, beauty and the environment. Well folks, it’s time to stop beating see DYERTIMES Page 10

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real affordable housing in East County. Thirty five thousand people a day commute from East County to Boulder to work. If they could catch a bus or train every five minutes into their jobs during peak commuter hours, many people would take advantage of that and stop driving. This commuter issue is a very real problem that effort and dollars could actually impact in a positive way, and it would go a long way towards taking care of the affordable housing issue at the same time, provided that Boulder’s affordable housing problem is really about affordable housing and not about the fear of its progressive image being tarnished because blue-collar workers can’t afford to buy homes here. Wanting to make housing within its city limits affordable to the working class is the kind of progressive ideal that makes Boulder a fantastic community. Not understanding that its own growth limits make that largely impossible is less admirable as it may prove a barrier to solving the more fixable problem of getting people to and from their real, unsubsidized affordable homes in East County. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com

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Both are hard-asses on illegal immigration. Both view party affiliation as not much more than a flag of convenience. Carson was an independent until two months ago. Webb didn’t become a Democrat until he contemplated running for the Senate. Both offer something their parties badly need. Republicans know they have to reconnect with blacks. Democrats know they have to reconnect with working class whites. Both of them inspire passionate loyalty among their followers. The Atlantic once described Webb as having two qualities that have become rare in Washington — a conscience and a spine. That pretty well describes Carson too. In fact, they would nicely complement each other if they were on the same ticket. If they were both to be kicked to the curb by their respective parties, might they get together and run a third party campaign? Probably not, but I wouldn’t make any assumptions. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com This opinion column does not necessarily reflect the views of Boulder Weekly. Boulder Weekly

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Thank you for publishing Dave Anderson’s column regarding Jared Polis’s paradoxical stance on the TPP (Transpacific Partnership) negotiating process [Re: “Polis a bit too coy on TPP,” Commentary, Jan. 1]. Mr. Anderson’s journalistic restraint in laying out the facts is commendable. How can Congressman Polis justify his coyness (to put it nicely) on this matter? Anything Boulder Weekly

less than a solid “no” on FastTrack authority is a betrayal of everyone Mr. Polis pretends to represent. I will regard Mr. Polis as being on the dark side of the global class war until he proves otherwise. He can take a step toward the light by publicly coming out against FastTrack, and voting accordingly. Everything that has been revealed about the shadowy TPP, including the restrictions on Congressmen who simply want to read it, reminds me of this pas-

sage from “Democracy’s Failing Light” by Arundhati Roy, which I ask Mr. Polis to consider: “The question here, really, is what have we done to democracy? What have we turned it into? What happens once democracy has been used up? When it has been hollowed out and emptied of meaning? What happens when each of its institutions has metastasized into something dangerous? What happens now that democracy and the free market have fused into a single pred-

atory organism with a thin, constricted imagination that revolves almost entirely around the idea of maximizing profit? Is it possible to reverse this process?” I hope that everyone will call Mr. Polis and urge him to to examine his conscience and vote against Fast Track authority to President Obama. And I hope that the Boulder Weekly will continue to publish Dave Anderson — we need his voice. Anita Li/Boulder

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Winemakers in Boulder County are producing bold, exciting wine that rivals the wine of other heralded regions.

oulder County wineries are producing award-winning wines in the quietest manner, in a most hidden corner of Boulder and

Gunbarrel. Producing wine in Colorado, and selling it in Boulder County, presents unique challenges and offers unique rewards, according to these local winemakers, and there are varying degrees of optimism about the future of wine in the county. To start, not many people realize there are expert crafters making wine in the area. The first winery in Boulder County was Augustina’s Winery, opened by Gussie Walter in an old industrial complex off of Broadway in North Boulder 17 years ago. Since then, several winemakers in the county began buying, fermenting and aging wine at home, saving money while building up a product to sell. Now those home brewers have taken their product to 12 January 8, 2015

market, and there are four award-winning wineries, including three in a row in a Lee Hill Drive strip mall, within a one-mile area of Boulder; and then a fifth award-winner in Gunbarrel. Opening shop in Boulder County was either personally important or economically necessary to many of the winemakers in the area. “I was born in Boulder and have lived her my entire life,” says Settembre Cellars co-owner Tracy Eliasson. “I moved to Denver and lived there for six months before moving back.” “The great adventure,” jokes her husband and Settembre co-owner Blake Eliasson. “You’ve got a really great, educated, wine-drinking public [in Boulder],” says Tracy. “It’s a foodie town.” John Garlich, who runs Bookcliff Vineyards next door, says he and his wife were looking for vineyards in New Mexico and Utah before stumbling upon a winemaker in Moab, Utah, who

The burgeoning and challenging landscape of Boulder County wineries by Matt Cortina

said they sourced their grapes from Palisade, Colo. After buying land in Palisade, earning a wine cultivation degree from the University of California, Davis and reformatting a peach orchard into a vineyard, Garlich opened Bookcliff in Boulder in 2008. “We live here,” Garlich says. On opening a taproom in Boulder, he says, “It’s not always the wisest but that’s the way it worked.” There is a communal feeling between the five vintners — Settembre, Augustina’s, Bookcliff, What We Love Winery and Boulder Creek Winery — of camaraderie, and they have worked to support each other and share knowledge and equipment. “We get a lot of grapes from John [at Bookcliff ],” says Tracy Eliasson. “And if we don’t, he helps us get them transported. It’s funny that they’re right next door, but it’s great. Michael [at Wines We Love] lets us rent his forklift so we don’t have to buy one.”

The camaraderie is also beneficial to local wine drinkers, Eliasson says. “I think it’s great for consumers,” she says. “It’s fun for people to come up here. We’re all really different. We’re different personality-wise, our wines are different, our spaces are different. Come up and do them all, or just do one.” Indeed, each winery seems to have carved out a niche: Bookcliff is the only county winemaker to own and operate its own vineyard in Palisade; Settembre focuses on single varietals and pinpoint winemaking technique; Wines We Love has an exceptional mulled wine and sangria; Boulder Creek Winery has a unique taproom experience; and Augustina’s produces on such a small scale that it can make wines from small batches of grapes grown here in Boulder County that are rarely made into wine elsewhere. But this all leads up to the most important question about Colorado wine: Is the wine good? Boulder Weekly

“... If I were buying a budget table tomorrow, this is the one.” “Quality-wise, I think we’re just as more into a minerality that shows up in good as any wine in the country,” says the wine, and you get that in France Bookcliff ’s Garlich. “It’s never going to and places in Europe. So I always say be very big in Colorado, but I think we’re closer to Europe in terms of flavor quality-wise we can be as good as anythan California, [which has] that big, one. And that’s my goal in life, to take jammy flavor.” it as far as we can and take it to that One small example of the minerality upper echelon. There are advantages. of Colorado wine was evident when We don’t have to use as much sprays or Garlich dipped a spigot in a barrel of pesticides; all the mildews other regions aging cabernet sauvignon and the prehave to deal with, we don’t have in dominant taste, amongst mushroom, Colorado.” oak and cherry, was something like oysDespite nearly ter. Garlich says Susan France every vineyard dealthat’s because the ing with a poor harPalisade valley used vest after back-toto be seabed. back harsh winters The best variety — as much as 70 that grows in percent of the harColorado, according vest was lost at to nearly every vintsome vineyards this ner in Boulder year — local wineCounty, is Cabernet Franc. makers are certain The Cab Franc that if the grapes do makes a lighter red grow, they’ll make wine that is often great wine. used in blends else“It’s a really where, but that great growing grows so well here region,” says Blake in Colorado that Eliasson at Settembre Cellars. local winemakers “Yes, we had the are putting it on winter damage that Bookcliff Vineyards has taken home display. The Cab got us this year, but numerous awards for their wines. Franc at Boulder it’s so dry so we Creek Winery was don’t have the mold the first Colorado problems. To the extent that the growwine to win a prestigious Jefferson Cup ers are educated, you can really have prize, and the same varietal at Bookcliff immense control over the irrigation, has won “Best Cab Franc” at those which is a big thing. … It’s [also] awards four times, including this year. nowhere near Lodi temperature [a “It’s not everyone’s cup of tea in winemaking region in California], and terms of flavor,” says Garlich. “It’s a litit’s really cold at night so you get that tle light, it’s a bigger grape, so the body shift in temperature that you want. It and flavors are a little lighter than a really helps hold the acids.” cabernet sauvignon, but because of If you’re growing grapes in Colorado and our climate, we do better Colorado, you’re probably growing in than California or Washington. It has a Palisade. Famous, of course, for its perfume and a nice smell. It’s a nice peaches, the region is also ideal for alternative to the heavier reds. It’s a growing wine grapes. The further east great food wine.” in the Grand Valley toward De Beque Garlich says he is excited about a Canyon in Palisade, Garlich says, the Colorado Merlot that is currently aging more ideal the land. That’s because (despite a decline in that variety’s popuwind coming off the Colorado River larity), and also recognized petit verdot will keep the area from getting too hot and malbec as varieties that grow well during the day, but also prevent it from in Colorado. Settembre Cellars is also getting too cold at night. The region selling a strong-bodied Sangiovese from also has unique soil characteristics that 2010, the first year in which that grape promote intriguing elements in the grew enough in Colorado for them to grapes. ferment, age and bottle it. “Sommeliers or restaurateurs say The process by which these local that we have a lot of character in our winemakers produce wine is remarkably wines,” Garlich says. “They also note similar, though on different scales, and the minerality, which is due to the soil. all takes place here in Boulder County. We have a lot of calcium in our soil Once grapes arrive at the winery’s facilversus some place like Napa Valley, ity, the grapes are sorted and sent which is more acidic, which translates See WINE Page 14 Boulder Weekly

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through a de-stemming machine. The amount There’s also the challenge of working that can be done in a day depends on the with the city of Boulder and Boulder County number of volunteers who show up to help to make wineries a viable business in the out — called crush parties — though Gussie region. Boulder Creek Winery is shutting Walter at Augustina’s Winery chooses to do it down, in part, because Boulder County all herself. refused to let it produce wine on agricultural “I can process two tons a day,” Walter says. land (instead of industrial land), and wouldn’t “I usually try to keep it to one ton just support a move to viable industrial-zoned because otherwise it’s too tiring. My husband land at the edge of the city of Boulder. helps me if I get swamped, but at this point “They went through the process kind of I’ve got it pretty well under control.” fairly but in the end did nothing for us, but After de-stemming, the juice is set into at least they listened to us,” Thompson says. large stainless steel containers to ferment with “Out on Highway 36 as you leave North yeast. After one to two months — when it’s Broadway, there is a little industrial area and ready depends on taste and chemistry, when our lease was up, we looked at that Settembre’s Blake Eliasson says — the wine is and said, ‘This would be great: It’s a fallingfiltered through a special piece of equipment down building, it could be a beautiful winthat delicately separates skins and seeds, so as ery. As you’re leaving Boulder we could not to crush the seeds and introduce excessive make that crappy falling-down building our astringency, and the wine is then aged in new, own,’ and they said, ‘No way, don’t think and sometimes “toasted,” French, American or about it.’ It was zoned industrial; they just Hungarian oak barrels for a varying amount wanted that zone to be rezoned something of time. Then it’s bottled in-house and sold in else. I have a very bad taste in my mouth the taproom or delivered to restaurants and about that.” wine distributors. The Eliassons at Settembre Cellars also Getting to that point is what each winehad some issues finding affordable industrial maker is in it for. But it’s not easy here in space to rent, especially with the increase of Colorado, and in Boulder County specifically. marijuana dispensaries and breweries jacking up the prices of these finite spots. “It’s great to have these really cool variet“If you look at the industrial places in ies, but if you get a crop every four years, it’s Boulder and then you look at the kind of not that cool,” Jackie Thompson with Boulder places a wine drinking customer would want Creek Winery says, which she ran for 13 years to come to, it really limits what’s available,” but is set to close down at the end of the year. Tracy Eliasson says. “It’s a fun product to make,” she says. “It’s Boulder County also refused to allow siga tough business. To talk to a businessperson, nage near the area’s wineries that would they’d say you can’t sell anything for three denote that they are part of the Colorado years … so it’s a dumb business but it’s a fun Settembre Cellars is enjoying success with their single variety wines but it product. The worst case is you can go home Wine Trail — something that both the state wasn’t easy getting to where they are today. and drink it.” and the state wine board supported, accordGarlich says trying to find out what the ing to multiple winery owners. market can support is an ongoing battle but that win- it’s hard to anticipate the fickle and often stubborn Despite the challenges of growing in Colorado, eries are making strides. minds of wine drinkers. and growing a business in Boulder County, the winer“That’s what were dealing with in Colorado: “I can’t quite keep up on the sudden variability of ies are optimistic about the future of Colorado wine [Finding out] what grows in Colorado, what makes what people want to drink,” Walter says. “If suddenly — some more than others. great wine in Colorado and what sells. It has to be all everyone decides they want to drink malbec, well, no “It’s getting better and we’re getting better,” says three,” Garlich says. one’s growing it. If you plant, you can’t sell it until Garlich. His Cab Franc recently took home best in Walter at Augustina’s says while breweries can seven years later and everybody’s moved on. You can’t variety at the L.A. Wine Competition (formerly Los deftly react to what consumers want, brewing beer switch that fast, and I can’t even keep up with this Angeles County Fair). “That was a big deal… but we within a month of an idea or trend recognition, it kind of cycle of people wanting white versus red so still get upturned noses.” takes at least five years for winemakers to react — and I’m always guessing wrong on what to make more of.” Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com

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Statewide survey sheds light on health experiences of LGB but not T high school students for the first time by Caitlin Rockett

eing a teenager can be tough work — you’re in the business of becoming who you are. For some teens, being who they are means being unlike many of their peers. A recent statewide survey shows just how hard growing up can be for Colorado high school students who identify as lesbian, gay or bisexual. The Healthy Kids Colorado Survey has provided data about the health of middle and high school students around the state for a number of years, but the most recent version of the biannual survey was the first to capture the health-related experiences of lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) high school students in Colorado. Data shows that students who identified as LGB were six times more likely than their heterosexual peers to have attempted suicide, twice as likely to have smoked marijuana or to have been bullied, three times as likely to smoke cigarettes and five times as likely to have been forced into sexual 16 January 8, 2015

intercourse. “There is disproportionate risk across every health domain in the survey, from nutrition to substance abuse to bullying,” says Sarah Nickles, program coordinator at the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. “It’s hard to pull out what’s the most shocking because they’re all pretty disproportionately high.” This was the first year that the Healthy Kids Colorado Survey was conducted in a unified manner by three state agencies: The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, The Colorado Department of Human Services and the Colorado Department of Education. Nickles says this allowed the agencies to combine their resources and reach a larger number of students across the state — more than 40,000 middle and high school students, though high schoolers were the only ones asked to address questions about their sexual experiences. This

large sample size provides an accurate representation of Colorado students statewide. Nickles has held a number of positions that directly support and advocate for LGBT youths, including a year with the Boulder County Public Health department, where she worked closely with Boulder Valley and Saint Vrain school districts. “Unfortunately, to me, these data weren’t surprising,” Nickles says. “These were the lived experiences of many of the young people I’ve supported over the years. … I think seeing the numbers is so important because supporters, advocates and even youths themselves can say, ‘We know there are issues… ’ but it’s hard to demonstrate the need for resources and programming and prevention activities allocated for this community [unless you have data to support that need].” And while the newest survey provides hard numbers that can aid significantly in securing funding for pro-

grams that support LGB youths, the survey fails to address the issue of gender identity, those who might identify as transgender. “The fact that gender identity wasn’t acknowledged is a big deal,” says Bethy Leonardi, a research associate at the University of Colorado Boulder. “Gender identity is huge and I think we discount that phrase at the end of LGBT.” Leonardi co-heads a CU College of Education-based program called A Queer Endeavor. The initiative supports pre-service teachers by helping them better understand how to incorporate topics of gender and sexual diversity in education. Leonardi also expresses concern about the fact that the executive summary of the survey notes that “16.3 percent of students are missing sexual orientation status or responded ‘not sure’; these students are excluded from sexual orientation analyses.” “That’s an entire category of people, those who are questioning. I was Boulder Weekly

really curious about [the experiences of those youths,]” Leonardi says. Nickles readily admits that the lack of information regarding gender identity is a shortcoming of the survey, but she says that gathering information about gender identity is “part of the conversation” as researchers construct the upcoming 2015 survey. “There’s a lot of interest in being able to capture the experiences of nonconforming and transgender youth in Colorado — we are talking with community partners like One Colorado, the Gill foundation and the Gay and Lesbian Foundation to figure out how to approach that in a way that allows us to capture what we expect to find are health disparities among those young people,” Nickles says. But Nickles emphasizes the difficulty in obtaining statistically significant numbers on a state survey such as this, where students aren’t asked open-ended questions. “We need to have enough young people identify in a category to be able to have representative data. So when you’re talking about a very proportionally small group of young people, you want to make sure you’re able to get the kind of information you’re looking for,” Nickles says. Mardi Moore, executive director for Out Boulder, says that it’s not just the Healthy Kids Colorado Survey that isn’t tracking the transgender population — The U.S. Census Bureau doesn’t ask who is transgender, nor do the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Essentially, there are no reliable numbers about the trans population — youth or adult — in the U.S. Moore acknowledges that getting solid data about gender identity can be tricky. “Some [youths] might not know, they might not have the language yet,” Moore says. “But if we’re going to count people, we’re going to count people, and why exclude one group of individuals?” But counting the transgender population isn’t as simple as adding a “transgender” box to surveys — as Moore says, some people may not have an understanding of their gender identity yet, while others may disagree on the definition of transgender. Does being transgender deal more with identity, behavior or both? For example, those who have undergone gender reassignment surgery may simply identify with their new gender and not as transgendered individuals. The possibilities for miscounting the trans population are immense. Moore echoes Nickles sentiments about the difficulty in obtaining funding for risk prevention or other targeted programs when there’s no data available to illustrate the need. “We need to fund some creative thinking around this issue [of counting the transgender population],” Moore says. But Moore is quick to emphasize the positive, Boulder Weekly

noting the multitude of resources available in Boulder County for queer youth, particularly the OASOS program for youth ages 13 to 18. Heather Crate is the program specialist for OASOS. Crate says that she sees youths who are experiencing the kind of negative health issues illustrated in the Healthy Kids Colorado Survey, but that support makes all the difference in a young person’s life. “When kids have supportive families, school environments and friends, they aren’t experiencing that social stigma,” Crate says. “But on the other end of the spectrum when we have kids that don’t have that support in their family, school or faith environment, when they’re hearing negative messages about who they are, those are the kids we are often giving more support to, helping them cope in this world that’s not accepting to them.” Nickles says data from the Healthy Kids survey backs up Crate’s statement. For the first time, the survey looked at potential protective factors that could be associated with reduced risk among all young people, not just LGB students. “At first glance, LGB students who said they had someone to go to with a problem were significantly less likely to have attempted suicide or to have been electronically bullied in the last 12 months,” Nickles says. “We found similar protective effects between those who said they felt safe at school and those who participated in extracurricular activities.” But Moore, Leonardi and Crate all emphasize that LGB and gender non-conforming students will experience even greater levels of support if communities can engage in shifting the existing ethos around sexuality and gender. “We can talk about what programs for at-risk youth can be put in place forever, but the reality is that we have to change the culture through increased visability of the queer community in schools, in congregations, in churches,” says Moore. “I think a larger systemic or policy level approach would be taking a look at our schools’ curriculum,” Crate says. “Does it ever mention a gay person? In English or literature classes, are they reading any LGBTQ authors? [When teachers do that,] those kids are seeing themselves reflected.” This is exactly what Leonardi, through the A Queer Endeavor project, seeks to do. In the first

year of the program, Leonardi says that she and her project partner have been in contact with perhaps 700 pre-service teachers in the area. “In the work that we do out of CU, we focus on the context of education,” Leonardi explains. “It’s one thing to not be bullied, but it’s another thing to see yourself in the curriculum, to have your teacher acknowledge who you are, who you’re going to prom with, who your parents are. “Teachers get into teaching, I think, because they care about kids. All [my project partner] and I do is notice how under supported teachers are to not only understand the issue [of being a non-conforming youth], because there’s been pervasive silence on any of these issues for so long, but to have the support to not just stop bullying but to have this be part of the ‘normal’ of the school,” Leonardi says. “The pictures on the wall, the way you address family, the stories that you read, the ways that you read history. Bringing a critical eye to the curriculum and to sort of get students to think about how heteronormativity, as with racism or any other systemic oppressive system, is a function not only in society but in the curriculum that we have, in the stories that we read, in what certain characters do … I think that’s the kind of stuff that brings about a culture shift. It can’t just be no bullying. That doesn’t work.” In addition to agreeing on the need for a culture shift, the experts also agree fully on one other account: while there’s room for growth, Boulder is doing a lot of things right for LGBTQ youths. “Boulder County Public Health, they are a pretty unprecedented public health agency in that they develop and sponsor and fund LGBTQ youth programs,” Nickles says. Crate agrees, saying, “I’m really proud to work for a public entity where LGBTQ youth is a priority. You won’t find that in many public health agencies in the country.” Crate also points to Boulder Valley School District’s progressive policy in support of transgender and gender nonconforming students, “one of the most progressive transgender policies in the nation,” she says. The policy doesn’t require students to legally change their name or gender before allowing them to change their name with the school district. Students are allowed to use the bathroom or locker room they identify with. “I feel really positive about what’s happening in Boulder,” Leonardi says. “We might not be there yet but a lot of people have their hearts and mind and energy in the right place. I think we could be a leading district in this country in understanding how to do this well.” Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com January 8, 2015 17

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The diagnosis of scoliosis is difficult to process. Options are few, as anxious parents are told to just watch and wait to see if the curve progresses enough to warrant bracing or surgery. Adolescents with scoliosis who escape surgery often find that scoliosis is not something that you outgrow. Significant curves can progress in adulthood, causing problems with pain, arthritis, disc pathology, breathing, and muscle spasms. Conventional approaches to the management of most spinal problems, such as manual and exercise therapies have not been shown to change whether or not a curvature will progress. Many people try activities such as yoga and traditional Pilates in an attempt to do anything that might help. However, what may be good for a normal spine can be detrimental to a scoliotic spine. Forcing the spine into extreme ranges of both flexion and extension can worsen the curvature. Scoliosis is an instability of the spine, so this type of activity can feed rather than deter instability. For years Europeans have been using a curve specific approach to Physical Therapy shown to be effective for scoliosis management based on the work of Katarina Schroth. This approach is considered to be the gold standard of treatment in Europe. Dozens of studies (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18432435) support this type of treatment. The therapy is tailored to each person’s curve pattern, and involves 3 dimensional corrective exercises and postural re-education that counteracts the rotation and curvature of the spine. The goals are to halt curve progression, decrease pain, and improve posture and lung capacity. Schroth based Physical Therapy is gaining momentum in the US, as patients are demanding meaningful options for treatment, and therapists are now able to complete the extensive training here in the States. Only a handful of Physical Therapists in Colorado have been certified in this method, and 3 are at Avanti Therapy here in Boulder. Avanti Therapy is a locally owned, innovative physical therapy clinic where those with scoliosis or any other type of orthopedic problem or injury will find a safe haven. Avanti is usually not the first physical therapy experience for most people. Many of their patients have not received the care they have needed from high volume, traditional practices, where little time is allotted for problem solving by the therapist. Avanti’s patients are seen one on one by their treating therapist for a full hour visit. On average each therapist has 14 years of experience, each with hundreds of hours of continuing education. They believe that they attract the best therapists, because they allow for the time and resources necessary to provide optimal care in a supportive and compassionate environment.

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Fracking’s future is in doubt as oil price plummets There are warnings that the industry faces a crisis by Kieran Cooke

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here’s no doubt that U.S.-based fracking — the process through which oil and gas deposits are blasted from shale deposits deep underground — has caused a revolution in worldwide energy supplies. Yet now the alarm bells are ringing about the financial health of the fracking industry, with talk of a mighty monetary bubble bursting — leading to turmoil on the international markets similar to that in 2008. In many ways, it’s a straightforward case of supply and demand. Due to the U.S. fracking boom, world oil supply has increased. But with global economic The U.S. fracking industry now accounts for 20 percent of the world’s total crude oil investment, growth now slowing — the but analysts say this whole investment edifice could come crashing down. drop in growth in China is particularly significant — there’s a lack of demand and a glut in supplies, need prices of between $60 and $100 In turn, this could lead to a collapse leading to a fall in price of nearly 50 per barrel of oil to break even. As pric- in global financial markets similar to percent over the last six months. es drop to around $55 per barrel, the 2008 crash. Fracking has become a victim of its investments in the sector look ever There are also questions about just own success. The industry in the U.S. more vulnerable. how big existing shale oil and gas has grown very fast. In 2008, U.S. oil Analysts say that while bigger reserves are, and how long they will last. production was running at five million fracking companies might be able to A recent report by the Post Carbon barrels a day. Thanks to fracking, that sustain losses in the short term, the Institute, a not-for-profit think tank figure has nearly doubled, with talk of outlook appears bleak for the thoubased in the U.S., says reserves are likeU.S. energy self-sufficiency and the sands of smaller, less well-financed ly to peak and fall off rapidly, far sooner country becoming the world’s biggest companies who rushed into the industhan the industry’s backers predict. oil producer — “the new Saudi Arabia” try, tempted by big returns. The cost of drilling is also going up — in the near future. The fracking industry’s troubles as deposits become more inaccessible. The giant Bakken oil and gas field have been added to by the actions of Besides ongoing questions about the impact of fracking on the environin North Dakota — a landscape puncthe Organization of Petroleum tured by thousands of fracking sites, Exporting Countries (OPEC), which, ment — in terms of carbon emissions with gas flares visible from space — despite the oversupply on the world and pollution of water sources — another challenge facing the industry is was producing 200,000 barrels of oil a market, has refused to lower producthe growth and rapidly falling costs of day in 2007. Production is now runtion. renewable energy. ning at more than one million barrels a The theory is that OPEC, led by Fracking operations could also be day. powerful oil producers such as Saudi curtailed by more stringent regulations Fuelled by talk of the financial Arabia, is playing the long game — seeking to drive the fracking industry designed to counter fossil fuel emisrewards to be gained from fracking, from boom to bust, stabilize prices well sions and combat climate change. investors have piled into the business. above their present level, and regain its Its backers have hyped fracking as The U.S. fracking industry now place as the world’s pre-eminent source the future of energy — not just in the accounts for about 20 percent of the of oil. U.S., but around the world. Now the world’s total crude oil investment. outlook for the industry is far from cerThere are now fears that many But analysts say this whole investtain. fracking operations may default on an ment edifice could come crashing down. estimated $200 billion of borrowings, Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com Fracking is an expensive business. raised mainly through bonds issued on This article originally ran in Climate Depending on site structure, companies Wall Street and in the city of London. News Network. Boulder Weekly

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Most Western states have tried “cloud seeding,” injecting clouds with silver iodide to produce precipitation, at some point. However, there’s never been any consensus in the scientific community about Wikimedia Commons how well the process actually works. In 2008, the Wyoming Weather Modification Pilot Project embarked on a $13 million endeavor to study snowfall created from cloud seeding over the course of six winters in southern Wyoming. The project recently released an initial 16-page summary report of their findings, which suggest that during ideal conditions, a seeded cloud can produce between 5 to 15 percent more precipitation, making it a viable way to supplement existing water supplies. They also found that the process has negligible environmental effects and almost no influence on precipitation in surrounding areas. The project used ground-based seeding generators on the Wind River, Sierra Madre and Medicine Bow mountain ranges in Wyoming. Scientists studied orographic clouds that form over mountains. Working independently from the state and the cloud-seeding operator, National Center for Atmospheric Research scientists interpreted the data. But not all scientists are convinced that cloud seeding is the answer to Western water woes. That 5 to 15 percent increase in rain only occurs in clouds that have “ideal” conditions, like temperature, moisture and wind speed. A full report on the Wyoming Weather Modification Pilot Project is expected to publish in May 2015. — Caitlin Rockett Dartmouth College

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adventure ALL GROWN UP Ouray Ice Festival turns 20 by Tom Winter

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irthdays are fun. There are cold libations. People make toasts. And there is usually some cake. In other words, it’s a party. And this year the little town of Ouray in southwestern Colorado is going to be throwing a pretty big party. The town, which hosts their annual Ouray Ice Festival from Jan. 8 to Jan. 11, is celebrating two decades on the ice. It’s a major milestone for an event that started as a low-key winter happening and has grown into arguably the most important ice climbing festival in America. A cake, along with plenty of ice cream, seems in order. But even if there isn’t a cake, there will certainly be cold libations and lots of ice to go around, along with plenty of other happenings. And that’s just how event organizers like it. “We have a record number of climbing clinics this year,” says Mike MacLeod, the president of the board of directors for the Ouray Ice Park. He says that this not only means there is more than ever to do this year, but that the town also expects a record number of attendees, making the 20th year anniversary the biggest event so far in the history of the Ouray Ice Festival.

This January, the Ouray Ice Festival marks its 20th year of setting up hundreds of ice climbing routes.

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BORN IN BOULDER, COLORADO The Ouray Ice Park remains free to the public and welcomes ice climbers of all skill levels.

The seeds for this year’s festival were planted in 1996, the first year that the event was held. It’s since become a January fixture for the community, a global gathering of the ice climbing tribe. Gear companies, product manufacturers and reps, climbers (both pro and amateur), friends and family descend on Ouray during the festival. And a festival it is, combining exhibitions, presentations, slide shows, competition, clinics and more. Ouray has always been a mountaineering, climbing and backcountry skiing destination. The town is in pole position to the wild and rugged San Juan Mountains, a jagged collection of peaks that have rightly been compared to the more notable parts of the Alps. Ice climbing has been part and parcel of the outdoor challenges here for years, with natural snowmelt from the high peaks above the community forming classic and difficult climbs within easy access of the town’s center. Early test pieces such as “Stone Free” and “Tangled Up In Blue” were first climbed in the early ’90s and the area started becoming known as a winter climbing destination during that same time. Despite the natural advantages that the town has been blessed with, it took more than Mother Nature to put Ouray on the map when it came to ice. In the winter of 1993-94 locals started “farming” ice in the Uncompahgre Gorge just outside town using a system of hoses and nozzles to build new climbs in the box canyon section of the Gorge, thus germinating the first routes of what would eventually become the Ouray Ice Park. The results proved to be spectacular. So much so that the legendary climber and product designer Jeff Lowe chose the location to host the Arctic Wolf Ouray Ice Festival. That event was a success. Bolstered by Lowe’s fame and the energy and enthusiasm of the town’s residents, the event attracted nearly 400 climbers from countries around the world: England, France, Spain, Bolivia, Canada, Argentina and New Zealand were represented. The event also exceeded expectations in building community assets when it came to farming the ice in the gorge, with more than $1,100 raised to continue work on the Ouray Ice Park. Over the next few years, the festival quickly gathered steam. Only one year later, $3,000 was raised for the Ice Park via a gear auction that continues today. With an in-kind grant of $5,000 from Salomon, the financial footing of the ice park was secure. The festival also started a series of

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climbing exhibitions that evolved into before hinting that if you’re on the spot the competitions that are currently one and ask nicely, “the tribe” will probably of the highlights of the week. A look find a way to work things out. back at the history of these early He also says that while this weekend events reveals plenty of future and curmay be the busiest and arguably most rent climbing hall of famers: Barry interesting weekend to check out Blanchard (Canada), Helgi Ouray’s ice, it’s not the only opportunity Christensen (Iceland), Malcolm Daly to go climb there or even just head (USA), Will Gadd (Canada) in 1997; down to take photos (the Ice Park has with Bruno Sourzac (France), Jennifer plenty of observatory platforms that Stewart (USA), Pete Takeda (USA), make for awesome vantage points for Amanda Tarr (USA) and Jeanspectators and photographers), or to Philippe Villemaire (Canada) attendvisit the town and soak in the local hot ing in 1998. With top climbing talent springs. embracing the event, the sponsors fol“You don’t have to be a pro or an lowed. From a mere 11 sponsors in expert,” says MacLeod. “When it comes that first year, support has exploded, to Ouray ice climbing,” he adds, “we along with participation. have three and a half months of climb“It’s how many people who are ing here, and on most days there will be coming down here to climb, that is a whole lot of normal people just like This year’s Ouray Ice Festival offers the largest ever field of women competing what really jumps out at me,” me out there.” and the greatest number of clinics in the festival’s history. MacLeod says. “In regards to the competitions, we have the largest women’s Details, details: field we’ve ever had in the mixed competition and we keep increasing the number of clinics. We’ve had the biggest increase in the number of clinics since the festival started and they are filled, too.” The Ouray Ice Park is a man-made ice climbing venue operated in a specFor MacLeod, this participation is what makes the festival unique. He says tacular natural gorge within walking distance of Ouray, Colo. It is home to that despite the big names that come to compete, the festival remains at its more than 200 ice and mixed climbs, most within a 15-minute walk of the heart a participatory event, where even never-evers and young kids have the park entrance. The park and its infrastructure are jointly owned and managed opportunity to get out on the frozen waterfalls and give it a go. by the city of Ouray, the nonprofit Ouray Ice Park, Inc. and a mix of other pri“We have kids climbing, college students and all sorts of people who give it vate and public landowners. a try,” says MacLeod. “You can walk up, gear up and give it a shot.” Despite the high cost of its maintenance, the park remains free and open It’s this openness to newcomers that makes ice climbing surprisingly acces- for public use. In more than 20 years of operation, it has become one of the sible, adds MacLeod. premier ice climbing venues in the world. Visit http://ourayicepark.com to learn more. “We’re like a family or tribe,” he says and laughs. “There’s always someone The park is host to the biggest ice festival in North America, the Ouray who is willing to help you.” Ice Festival, which runs from Jan. 8 to Jan. 11. Now in its 20th year, the MacLeod adds that this is why that even while many of the clinics may be event features competitions, clinics, ice climbing lessons, gear demos and a listed as sold out on the festival’s webpage, those interested in the festival or whole lot more. Visit ourayicepark.com/ice-festival for details. who perhaps want to attend a specific clinic should probably just show up. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com “There are cancellations and sometimes people can’t make it,” he says,

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Venturing off the pavement

William Matthews retrospective only looks like a history lesson by Elizabeth Miller

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illiam good at doing what those guys do.” Matthews’ In an artist’s journal entry online, watercolor Matthews writes, “Watercolor has been paintings my paint of choice ever since I was a show a preyoung boy. It’s more than a medium dilection for cowboy hats and men for me — it is an attitude. It has to do astride horses, their faces rarely in view with feeling slightly out of control. It as they head out away from the viewer has to do with capturing the gesture. … and into an open range. It’s a trick. It “Not all of my work is fit for human says “get on or get left behind.” consumption. I have ruined thousands Choose to ride. He’ll take you to of paintings and destroyed them. I’ve places far from the well-paved habitats burned mountains of paper in the wood of most mere mortal westerners and stove in my studio. It’s part of the prointo the timeless world of American cess. I expect that at least one-third or cowboys. His subjects may look like half of the things I start are not going they strode out of the historic Wild to be successful. If the percentage were West, but in reality they’re men living higher, it would mean I wasn’t taking and breathing today, still roping steer enough chances. And if the work is too and riding hard. safe, it’s not interesting. I always try to “I’ve always thought of myself as an do something new and better than anyoutsider,” Matthews says. He sees what thing I’ve ever done before. he does as being a journalist, an observ“Watercolor has a mind of its own, er, documenting the lifestyle here and and it goes where it wants to. For me, it now, before it disappears or changes is important to work in partnership irrevocably. with the medium, and thereby yield Matthews shows the viewer places some control. It’s important that a in the world that aren’t easily accessible watercolor appear fresh and not over— remote regions of the West, private worked. And mostly, it’s important to corners of working ranches, the long know when to stop.” view of ranch life. Painting wasn’t something anyone “Not only is he trespassing into this encouraged in him, he says. It was a world that he really is not necessarily a distraction from school, and he never part of, but he allows us to do the same. went to college. He moved instead to Hollywood, where he began designing In a sense, we get to also trespass into record covers. In 1972, he came to that world,” says Thomas Smith, curaDenver, where he still lives and works, tor of Western American Art and and there met Dana Crawford, who director of the Petrie Institute of asked him to put up a one-man show Western Art at the Denver Art at a business in this struggling little Museum. urban center — Larimer Square. “The reality is,” Matthews adds, His introduction to cowboys and “the only way to see most of these things is to really get off the pavement, “Close Range,” (1998) was used as the cover art for Pulitzer prize-winning author Annie buckaroos came at the Cowboy Poetry Proulx’s book of short stories that shares the same title. Gathering in Elko, Nevada, in 1983. and most people don’t.” “They were great guys and they The Denver Art Museum’s William were very warm and they were very inviting and they Matthews: Trespassing is a one-man retrospective that about an artist’s career development,” Smith says. He invited me to come visit them, so I started painting circles (literally) through Matthews’ work, beginning sees it as important to acknowledge Matthews, who them,” Matthews says. with his first near monochromatic renderings of cowlives and works in Denver, as not just a local artist, His first works were in burnt umber and ultramaboys and returning to his most recent paintings, in but among the best watercolorists in the country. rine blue, sepia-toned rendering with flourishes of which he returns to incorporating typography as he Matthews grew up in the Bay Area, his mother an color like a teal bandana. With the passage of time did in an early career designing album covers for oil painter who often took him to museums. He has come the addition of color. Warner Brothers and Capitol Records. recalls looking at the work of watercolor painters John He’s been painting people around the Great Basin “It’s another exhibition in a long line of shows the Singer Sargent, Winslow Homer and Andrew Wyeth — Nevada, Idaho, Oregon, Utah and California — Denver Art Museum has done about creativity and and making a decision around age 12 to “get really 26 January 8, 2015

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for decades now. The American West icons he captures, the cowboys, ranches, farm architecture and broad landscapes, aren’t seen in just a trespasser’s furtive glimpse, though he embraced the show’s title. It’s a friend’s steady gaze. “These are all guys who are friends of mine. These are all people who I’ve known and in many cases knew their wives, knew their kids as little kids. Their kids have now grown up and married and are starting to have their own kids,” Matthews says. “I really have known, in some cases, three generations.” In “Hard Candy,” the anti-Marlboro Man raises a red sucker to his mouth, his effort to quit smoking being aided by a candy dependence. “This is one of my favorite paintings in the exhibition and the reason that I am so charmed by it is that in many ways it’s challenging the idea of who cowboys are in this mythical idea that has been so engrained in American cul“Hard Candy” (1995) and “Heading Up French Glen” (1992). ture,” Smith says. “I think it’s a great example as well of the key to what will make William Matthews’ work stand the test of time, and that is that he painted the West today.” He often sees artists today falling into the trap of painting scenes of the Old West. “Willy Matthews, he paints today, what cowboys look like today, what the West looks like today,” Smith says. From an art historian’s perspective, that’s an important distinction, and something likely to secure Matthews’ work in places like the Denver Art says. “There’s a lot more nuance, and they’re also Museum, which already includes a few of his works in experiences that people relate to. When you see someits collection. thing in a work of William Matthews’ that you associ“When you try to think about the development of ate with, you think, ‘Oh that’s an experience I’ve had in the West. I’ve seen that.’ It’s a much different feelWestern American art, that’s where you can look at ing than to see a painting of the 1890s and have no William Matthews and say, ‘This is where he fits. He sort of basis, any real experience that connects to that. painted his time. He painted his place,’” Smith says. It’s just something that’s a myth.” Setting aside where the works figure in history, Matthews’ isn’t an imagined history, a mythical and looking at them in and of themselves, the dedicacreation of romanticized cowboys and Indians playing tion to representing what he sees when he visits these out their dramas against a background of open prairie places also allows him to catch some of those human and bison herds. These are real men, doing real work, surprises, like a cowboy and his candy. even the flinch-worthy moments of it — as a close “Painting something that is real rather than inspection of “Branding Arrangement” will reveal. invented gives him the possibilities to look at aspects “Branding Arrangement,” grabs perhaps the most of humanity that you might otherwise not,” Smith Boulder Weekly

attention in the exhibition. The piece uses the gallery’s largest wall to hang a grid of 35 small paintings — it’s so big that Matthews’ mock-up of it in his studio couldn’t fit more than 25 at a time — that build a loose logic that ties them all together. He’d done grid paintings before, and wanted to expand on that idea, and had painted brandings before, describing them as a symbolic beginning of spring and rebirth, as well as a rite of passage (well, obviously, from the calves’ perspective). The 35 shown were selected by Smith and Matthews from 50 he made on the subject. The paintings fit together now so that close-up images of a spur or a boot against a calf ’s prone body are interrupted by paintings that collectively illustrate the act of branding — in one frame, the cowboy’s elbow and handle of the branding iron, in the next, the business end of the iron and the furred hide of the calf. Matthews wanted to do something collage- or puzzle-like. It’s like the actual act of rounding up calves in the spring. “The thing about brandings is that, there is a structure but then anything can become disorderly,” Matthews says. “It’s one of those works that the more you look at it, you will begin to see that some of them connect together — not all of them, certainly, but some of them do, and as you continue to look, you’ll see that there are more and more things that do connect together,” Smith says. “So it’s one of those brilliant pieces that, the more time that you spend with it, it really pays you back for spending that time with some creative things that will connect together to tell you other stories.” For years, Smith visited Matthews at his Denver studio, and the two worked together to select the 27 works included in the exhibition. “When you’re working with an artist who’s living, it’s always a different set of challenges,” Smith says, but it’s also allowed him to watch Matthews’ work grow and change over the years. His latest paintings revive the use of typography of his early graphic design days, and hand-lettering appears in the images, some times central in the image and sometimes a footnote. see MATTHEWS Page 28

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“All of my years as a designer, rectangular structure of a grain elevator doing album covers, is not lost and one in the empty northeastern corner of of the things I really pride myself on is Nevada, painting it in winter, in being able to design a painting, and I January at dawn and on June afterput a lot of time into the design of the noons, in moonlight and sharing the painting,” Matthews says. The boots rosy glow of sunset with a reptilian and spurs and aniridge of mountains mal hides all boil behind it. down to a design, Sometimes the view ON THE BILL: William Matthews: Trespassing is on view and image — the is head on, and at the Denver Art Museum, 100 painting is an sometimes at an W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, abstraction. angle. Sometimes it’s 720-865-5000, through May 17. The documentary William Inspiration of just a detail — a Matthews: Drawn to Paint, directcomes from everyred streak of powered by Amie Knox and Chad where, Matthews lines, the tunnel that Herschberger, will screen at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 23, at the says — for the cuts through its cenmuseum, 720-913-0130. painting “Close ter and offers a view Range” that was the of a haystack hill cover art for Pulitzer beyond, the lower prize-winning perimeter buildings, author Annie Proulx’s book of short the long shadows. Sometimes the grastories by the same name that included nary is drawn in blues and stains over a “Brokeback Mountain,” his palette field of white space. In “Moonlight, drew from the hues of her dark and #10,” the whole canvas is covered in dangerous stories of cowboys in the navy, and it appears he’s pricked the west. color away with a pin to reveal white He’s recently begun delving into beneath the blue — stars. farm architecture, and his gallery in It’s an unusual venture away from Denver will feature a show of works on cowboys and buckaroos, to study a industrial buildings by both Matthews piece of architecture so thoroughly. He and his son Austin in March. handles it with a roughness that can In the series of paintings on the only be earned through deep affection Gamble Ranch Granary, five of which and the familiarity from having become are included in Trespassing, Matthews a frequent visitor, invited or not. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com returns, Monet-like, to the singular Boulder Weekly

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The double life of the man behind Boulder-based, one-man project Ballroom Cancer and his search for a place in the city’s music scene by Caitlin Rockett

his dissimilar worlds from colliding y day, Jake Sheppard is a thus far, the gravity of his musical talBoulder-based scientist, ent may yet close the gap as the first studying how the immune system interacts with cancer, tracks from his not-easily-defined oneman project, Ballroom Cancer, make using gene-editing software their way into the to explore how canpublic consciouscer cells change ON THE BILL: Listen to ness. when certain genes Ballroom Cancer’s first two sinThe first single are repressed. gles from the forthcoming EP Lightning, No? on SoundCloud from his upcoming By night, at https://soundcloud.com/ EP Lightning, No? Sheppard practices ballroomcancer and check out is the haunting song a different science, the video for “Sides” at www. ballroomcancer.com “Sides,” set in studying how his motion by clean, emotions interact minor-key plucks of with music, using a lone acoustic guimusic-editing softtar, with Sheppard channeling Thom ware to explore the depths of his eclecYorke’s delicate falsetto overtop. But tic predilections. listeners are quickly introduced to the “I’ve kind of had an alter ego — scope of Sheppard’s vocal range as he nobody at work knows I do [music], takes on a rich baritone that belies the and I’ve got a [public relations representative] in [Los Angeles] and she has recent college grad’s age. The result is stripped, poignant and ethereal. no idea that I do science,” Sheppard “Alone in the desert/ where you says. have no one/ alone in the desert/ with And while the 24-year-old from nothing at all,” Sheppard sings in the Edwards, Colo., has managed to keep

chorus, again using the wispy falsetto to drive home the sense of vulnerability that comes from acute loneliness. The chorus seems to epitomize how Sheppard feels in Boulder’s music scene — isolated. “It is so fucking hard [here],” Sheppard admits. “A lot of people ask me, ‘Why don’t you find some people to play with?’ Because you have, like, ‘bro-step’ remixes of Journey songs that I can’t stand — it has no artistic integrity at all — and then you have jam band stuff, and those people are awesome [musicians], but it’s not something that I find interesting. So it’s been really, really hard to find a group of people that are supportive and actually want to hear your stuff and give you the time of day because it’s different.” As a one-man project, Sheppard says he is still dreaming of how to translate his music into a live show. “I could go up there on a stage and play stripped-down versions of my Boulder Weekly

stuff. Would it be interesting? It could be,” Sheppard muses. “I love to perform, but I don’t know... That would be such a sacrifice for the music. Maybe one day I’ll find some people [to play with].” Sheppard says when he does meet people who share his penchant for genre bending and blending, they’re usually on their way out of the state. “They want to go to LA or they wanna go to New York, and you can understand that. There’s really not a market here for [experimental music],” he says. Despite his feelings of isolation, Sheppard’s music as Ballroom Cancer has generated some buzz in media outlets — in October, Brooklyn-based indie music magazine IMPOSE featured a Q&A with Sheppard, as did Radio 1190 here in Boulder in early December. But what has generated the most response is a 66-word blurb in Entertainment Weekly. “I’ve been in IMPOSE a couple times, which was fucking awesome — ‘I can’t believe I’m in IMPOSE,’” Sheppard says. “But I didn’t get any reaction to [those pieces] on social media. … But posting that I was in Entertainment Weekly, I got this huge spike. But I was like, ‘Who cares? Look who’s in this magazine — it’s a bunch of garbage. I don’t care about the Hunger Games.’ It’s just funny how that stuff works.” Entertainment Weekly called Ballroom Cancer’s second single, the far more experimental “Misinterest,” “fascinatingly strange.” The process to create this “fascinatingly strange” music has been slow, Sheppard says, as he divides his time between his “real job” and his music. “They definitely sap away from each other,” he says. “Pretty much what happens is that everything takes a shitload of time because obviously my job takes priority over my music. This process has been much slower than I’ve wanted it to be, but it has to be, and for the time being, until I can start making money by making art, I’m a scientist by trade.” Where his “trade” requires following orders and adhering to the pragmatism of science, Sheppard’s alter ego as Ballroom Cancer provides an outlet for unrestrained experimentation. Sheppard’s strange and somewhat macabre musical moniker arose after stumbling on a poster for a ballroom dancing class — a dark-haired women in a red dress, a rose pursed between her teeth— after a long day of work in his lab on the campus of the University Boulder Weekly

of Colorado Boulder. “The photo on [the poster] was just so grandiose and just so ridiculous and melodramatic in its own right and I had this idea: ballroom cancer,” Sheppard says, adding, “It’s not that great of an idea. “But I just stopped and laughed at it. That’s a ridiculous thing to think of — why would I think of that?” But Sheppard couldn’t stop think-

ing about “ballroom cancer” and the phrase eventually became a part of his vernacular, a reference to things and people that were conventionally elegant but had mutated into something unrecognizable. Sheppard eventually connected the phrase to his music. “I’ll usually start with this idea and it’s very pure and all the sudden it’s just like, ‘What the fuck have I done here?’”

Sheppard says. “There are just so many elements of my life that I think that [phrase] applies to and it just made me laugh. It’s difficult to explain. It’s sort of intangible, but I love it.” Sheppard says he hopes the indefinable sounds of Ballroom Cancer will be available to the public via his 8-track EP Lightning, No? some time in or 2015. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com

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arts & culture Inspiring social change through hip-hop Rennie Harris’ new dance company comes to CU by Amanda Moutinho

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horeographer Rennie Harris The company covers myriad dancing goes beyond linking togeth- styles, including house, hip-hop, poper steps to make a cool new ping and locking and b-boying or dance. His performances are b-girling. In December, Harris held an all about narrative. In his open rehearsal for Grass Roots. In new dance company, Grass Roots keeping with his purpose, within a few Project, Harris sets out to use dance as minutes of starting, a black dancer yells, a vehicle for change. “Look at this white boy over here,” “I want to get back to the basics of reminding the audience that this isn’t street style,” Harris says. “We’re not just about dancing. The next hour here to entertain people. showed issues acted Rennie Harris We’ve been convinced out through dance — that all we’re good for is domestic abuse, racial entertainment. But no, profiling, drug use and we have to do more.” gun violence. In one Harris grew up in heated scene, two black Philadelphia and has dancers begin to get spent his life in the hipharassed by an invisible hop community. Grass police officer and we Roots Project is his third see them getting dance company after arrested, all told in lyrRennie Harris ical dance moves. Puremovement and his Hip-hop has gartraining company Rennie nered a bad reputation Harris R.H.A.W. The over the years, Harris new group came along says. Rap videos have when Harris wanted to caricatured the dance Grass Roots Project uses dance start something with a form as portraying only to deal with hot button issues like police brutality and racial West Coast vibe. He one type of message. profiling, as shown here in a considered different Harris hopes to branch piece with Larry Southall and another Grass Roots dancer. places like Los Angeles out. He says most hipbut instead decided on hoppers only want to Colorado. For the past seven years, he’s dance at a level seven to 10 intensity, but Harris wants to experiment with been teaching dance at the University slowing it down in the one to six of Colorado. Not only is he familiar with the Colorado hip-hop community, region. “In order to sustain hip-hop and he calls it the most progressive culture street dance theater, we have to explore he’s ever seen. other aspects of the style,” he says. “We With Grass Roots, Harris’ mission can’t just always be on angst and do ‘in is to tackle social and political issues your face’ dancing. That’s gangster stuff, that are at the heart of the community.

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and that’s what people are confusing with hip-hop. I want to get back to the basics of street style. We’ve become ignorant by saying that hip-hop can’t be expressive. Just because you don’t see it doesn’t mean it’s not there. It’s about pushing the envelope.” It’s that ignorance and confusion that the Grass Roots Project is hoping to fix, says artistic director Larry Southall. Hip-hop isn’t about ca$h money hoes; it’s about dancers trying to tell a story. “Hip-hop, just like any other style, has narrative; it has a vocabulary,” Southall says. “I’ve heard it commonly referred to as just shaking your booty, or that it’s just a stripper dance, but that’s just ignorant. There’s good and bad ballet; there’s good and bad jazz. The sad thing about hip-hop is people think that there’s one style. “With Grass Roots, we’re showing people that there is technique. When people see Western dance, they think that’s it’s so strong and elegant, but when they see street style, they say it’s just fun, like it’s not a serious dance style. That’s very biased.” Another facet of Harris’ vision for the company is diversity. The dancers come from different ethnic backgrounds, range in age from early 20s to early 40s and come from an assorted dance background including modern, jazz and classical. Along with using relatable issues that affect every community, the mixture of dancers adds to the universality of the project. “We’re addressing the common man,” Harris says. “What happens in black culture, Latino culture and white culture isn’t different. We’re all going through the same thing. Some of us just like different spices and a little more hot sauce. We’re all taking different modes of transportation but we’re all going to work. Grass Roots is addressing the global need for a dance company like this.” For the dancers, the diversity is a

Rennie Harris Puremovement, based in Philadelphia, is the first of Harris’ three dance companies.

growing opportunity. Millie Heckler was a dancer her whole life and initially wasn’t going to major in dance at CU. But she was inspired by the dance department and one of Harris’ classes and has since been studying dance for the past four years. Harris asked her to join the company, and Heckler jumped at the chance “More than anything, it’s been a learning experience for me,” she says. “I look up to all the dancers I’m working with. They’re all good at what they do. I have lot to learn, and growing to be done, and I’m really hungry for it.” Through her education at CU, Heckler says she’s learned more about the background and theory of different dance styles. She’s learned much more about hip-hop, which she says is important to her dancing. “I came from a competition background,” she says. “My idea of hip-hop was what I saw on MTV and So You Think You Can Dance, which is a pretty skewed version of actual hip-hop and its culture. Now I’m getting a multicultural dance education, and I’m learning where the form comes from and how it speaks to the culture and people who created it. We’re learning its true form so we’re not appropriating it or we’re not skewing it for commercial purposes, which happens a lot.” The dance department staff at CU approaches teaching with this cultural overview, says Southall, who is also a pro-

fessor at CU. He grew up in the Bronx and has been dancing hip-hop for more than 30 years. He says hip-hop is a culture that changed things in the south Bronx in the ’70s and stopped people from killing each other. He says people have seen hiphop as a sexual and deviant act, but he wants to set the record straight. “It’s good to be able to show what the positives are because it’s always the negative that’s being pushed,” Southall says. “There’s a lot more to it, just like any other society. One of the mantras for hip-hop culture is ‘love, peace, respect and having fun.’ That’s not deviant but it gets twisted.” Hip-hop has been an inspiration for Heckler, not just in dancing but in life. She says there’s a sense of community that she feels. “What I’ve learned from the tradition is how to be a better person in general — to know your own biography and know where you came from and how to be able to express your individuality in a group context,” she says. “And to be accepting. There’s a give and take. Hip-hop is a safe place. It’s a place where you can express yourself and be supported.” The people behind Grass Roots want that acceptance to flow out of the group and into the bigger culture. Southall says he wants people to understand that hiphop is just another style of dance and should be measured that way. “They don’t have the information to

understand that some people eat with metal — they use forks. Some people use chop sticks. Some use their hands. No better no worse,” Southall says. “They’re just different culturally. That’s all hiphop is — a different culture. People look at the differences and judge it more so than appreciate it as just a different dance style, a different language. “It’s about breaking down ignorant stereotypes, making people learn that we’re all people and we can learn each other’s cultures. I think that would help us all get along better to see where we come from instead of assuming from outward appearance.” To achieve that sense of acceptance, Grass Roots is using the power of movement. Heckler says it is a very poignant time for this discussion because things are very heavy in the country. When she dances, she hopes to give people a sense of humanity. “I try to be as honest as I can possibly be,” she says. “I try to have conviction and give as much of myself as I can. As far as the choreography goes, Rennie is speaking to prevalent social issues. Art is so powerfully provoking — the power of movement, to speak through the body. Art has the power to speak to the everyday person.” Harris’ main intention for the project is to spark discussion. He says he doesn’t usually like to tell people what to think about his shows, but with this project he hopes it encourages a sense of reflection. “If the work connects to you, ask yourself, ‘Why does it connect?’ and investigate that with yourself,” Harris says. “I want these conversations to start happening in the community. This is a bigger issue, it’s not just about one particular group.” The project hopes to formerly premiere sometime next year. Harris is currently adding more dancers to the group and is planning to present at dance conferences in the fall. Respond:letters@boulderweekly.com

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Govinda & Soulacybin. 7 p.m. eTown Hall, 1535 Spruce St., Boulder, 303-443-8696.

Adam and the Conundrum. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628. The Bell Hours. 6 p.m. Upslope Brewing Company (Flatiron Park), 1898 South Flatiron Court, Boulder, 303396-1898.

Honeytree. 5:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Homemade Liquids and Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303-485-9400. Jonathon Scales Fourchestra. 10 p.m. The Lazy Dog Sports Bar & Grill, 1346 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-3355.

Bluegrass Jam. 7 p.m. Front Range Brewing Company, 400 W. South Boulder Road, Lafayette, 303-339-0767.

Josh Max. 7 p.m. Larry’s Guitar Shop, 508 Fifth Ave., Longmont, 720-340-4169.

Bluegrass Jam. 7:30 p.m. Twelve Degree Brewing, 820 Main St., Louisville, 720-638-1623.

Lil Scoops. 10 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s Traditional Irish Pub, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922.

Brooklyn Bean. 9 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.

Mac Miller. 8 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1128 13th St., Boulder, 303-447-0095.

Dave Honig’s Latin Quarter. 6 p.m. Cantina Laredo, 1680 29th St., Boulder.

Open Bluegrass Pick. 8:30 p.m. Under the Sun, 627 S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-927-6921.

Dexter Payne Quartet. 7 p.m. Caffe Sole, 637R S.

Open Mic. 7 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St.,

Longmont, 720297-6397. Open Mic Night. 7 p.m. Spirit Hound Distillers, 4196 Ute Highway, Lyons, 303-823-5696. Open Stage with Eben Grace. 7:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685. Sol Kidz. 8 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 North Park Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757. Strings Attached Bluegrass. 9 p.m. Bohemian Biergarten, 2017 13th St., Boulder, 720-328-8328. Them Raggedy Bones. 8 p.m. Jamestown Mercantile Cafe, 108 Main St., Jamestown, 303-442-5847. Time for Three. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030.

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Backgammon. 7 p.m. The Outback Saloon, 3141 28th

Boulder Salsa Social plus Blues & Swing. 6:30 p.m. Boulder Dance Coalition, 6185 Arapahoe Road, Boulder, 303-440-8303. Business Research 101. 7 p.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.

Chief Niwot - Legend & Legacy. All Day. Boulder History Museum, 1206 Euclid Ave., Boulder, 303-449-3464. Citizenfour. 4:30 p.m. The Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. Copenhagen. 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. The Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. see EVENTS Page 36

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6 p.m. Friday, Jan. 9, Tom Cross Gallery, 1405 U.S. Highway 287, Broomfield, 970277-3588.

7 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 11, eTown Hall, 1565 Spruce St., Boulder, 303443-8696.

Don’t be fooled by the shakos and tuxedo jackets, this isn’t your high school pep rally, it’s MarchFourth Marching Band. The almost-20-person band features a five-piece percussion corps and six-part brass section along with more traditional rock band elements. The band got their start at a Fat Tuesday party in Portland, Ore., on March 4, 2003, and since then they’ve gone on to play tiny nightclubs and festival main stages. M4 draws its sound from worldly influences, from Louisiana to Brazil to eastern European gypsy camps. Along with the music, M4 brings some circus fun to the stage with dancers and stilt acrobats. Tickets are $16-18.

Tom Cross’ art career started in elementary school when he was asked to draw a picture of his breakfast. After getting praise from his teacher, Cross has been doing art ever since. His intention was never to display his art, but now, after a 50-year career, he’s showing a wide range of his art from over the years to the general public. Over the years, Cross has worked as a tattoo artist, shoe shiner, railroad worker and a ranch hand. His time as a cowboy shows in his several rodeo-themed paintings, which will be on display and also coincide with the kick off of the National Western Stock Show in Denver

eTown’s Handmade Song Series reaches out to teen musicians across Boulder County with an opportunity to make their original music come to fruition. After being chosen out of more than 30 high school songwriters, the five winners of the 2014 Handmade Song Series were given unlimited studio time and producers who would help them with recording, editing and mixing their songs. Volume 2 of the song series features original music from all five winners. The release party will have performances from each artist and a short documentary about their individual process.

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Aulternate Reality Jazz Trio. 6 p.m. Sun Rose Cafe, 379 Main St., Longmont, 303-651-3533. Ben Hanna. 6:30 p.m. Still Cellars, 1115 Colorado Ave., Longmont, 720-204-6064. Blackbird and the Storm. 7:30 p.m. Chautauqua Community House, 301 Morning Glory Drive, Boulder, 303-442-3282. Boogie Machine. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 North Park Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757. Brad Upton Quartet. 7 p.m. Caffe Sole, 637R S. Broadway St., Boulder, 303-499-2985. Danny Shafer & Chris Ramey. 7:30 p.m. Oskar Blues CyclHOPS, 600 S. Airport Road, Longmont, 303-776BIKE. eTown Live Radio Show Taping with Justin Townes Earle and Special Guests TBA. 7 p.m. eTown Hall, 1535 Spruce St., Boulder, 303-443-8696. Flip and Fly. 5 p.m. Pearl Street Pub, 1108 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-777-6768. The Funky Tonk Heroes. 7 p.m. Very Nice Brewing Company, 20 Lakeview Drive, Unit 112, Nederland, 303-258-3770. Hamilton Loomis. 8 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 720-297-6397. Honeytree. 7 p.m. Liquid Mechanics Brewing Company, 297 N. U.S. Highway 287, Lafayette, 303-449-8623. Jeremy Dion. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628. King Sage. 10 p.m. Pioneer Inn, 15 E. First St., Nederland, 303-258-7733. Lil’ Smokies. 10 p.m. The Lazy Dog Sports Bar & Grill, 1346 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-3355. Monte & Larry. 7 p.m. Bittersweet Cafe & Confections, 836 Main St., Louisville, 303-317-5522.

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The Great Indian Novel. 4:30 p.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.

Nick O’Connor. 4:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Tasty Weasel Tap Room, 1800 Pike Road, Unit B, Longmont, 303-7761914. Phoenix Rising Singer Songwriter Showcase. 7:30 p.m. Shine Restaurant & Gathering Place, 2027 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-0120. The Prairie Scholars. 5 p.m. Vindication Brewing Company, 6880 Winchester Circle, Suite F, Boulder, 303-530-0642. The Sharrows. 9:30 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628. Springdale Quartet. 10 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s Traditional Irish Pub, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922. Whitewater Ramble. 6:30 p.m. St Julien, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696. Wild Road Band. 8:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685. Wilson Harwood. 6 p.m. Upslope Brewing Company (Lee Hill), 1501 Lee Hill Road, Unit 20, Boulder, 303-449-2911.

Events Boulder International Folk Dance. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Dance Coalition, 6185 Arapahoe Road, Boulder, 303440-8303.

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Art Therapy: Portal to Another World. Firehouse Art Center, 667 Fourth Ave., Longmont, 303651-2787. Through Jan. 18.

munity Art Program Gallery, NCAR, 1850 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, 303-4971174. Through Jan. 30. Photography for a Change group exhibit. Community Art Program Gallery, NCAR, 1850 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, 303-497-1174. Through Jan. 30.

Brilliant: Cartier in the 20th Century. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-8655000. Through March 15. Bubble Garden — Architect Paul Andersen. MCA Denver, 1485 Delgany St., Denver, 303-298-7554. Drawings — by Carroll Dunham. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000. Through Feb. 15.

Art Therapy: Portal to Another World showcases art focuses on healing through the creative process, such as this piece entitled “Self Baptism.”

Drawn to Action: Posters from the AIGA Design Archives — Various artists. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000. Through Jan. 18. First Glance/Second Look: Quilts from the Denver Art Museum Collection. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720865-5000. Through March 22. Printed and Painted: The Art of Bark Cloth — Various artists. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000. Through Aug. 27, 2017.

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Photography and Vision: The Influence of Joyce and Ted Strauss — Various artists. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000. Through Jan. 25. Matisse and Friends. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000.

The Art of Fiber: 50 Years of the Boulder Handweaver’s Guild — Various artists. The Dairy Center for The Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. Through Jan. 18. Myopia — by Mark Mothersbaugh. Museum of Contemporary Art, 1485 Delgany St., Denver, 303-298-7554. Through April 12. Trespassing — by William Matthews. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000. Through May 17.

Acrylic Paintings by Cynthia Marsh. Com-

p.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100. Copenhagen. 1:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. The Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826.

Pub, 600 Longs Peak Ave., Longmont, 303-651-7886. Concert with Shir Yaakov. 7 p.m. Nevei Kodesh, 1925 Glenwood Drive, Boulder, 303-443-4567.

Dancin’ Divas. 7 p.m. Boulder Dance Coalition, 6185 Arapahoe Road, Boulder, 303-440-8303.

Danny Bedrosian and Secret Army Live. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Homemade Liquids and Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303-485-9400.

Family Game Night. 4:30 p.m. Meadows Branch Library, 4800 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-441-4390.

Dave Honig’s New Standards Project. 6 p.m. Tai Shi House, 3033 28th St., Boulder, 303-444-3133.

Free WordPress Lunch and Learn. 12 p.m. Boulder Digital Arts, 1600 Range St., Suite 100, Boulder, 303800-4647.

eTown Live Radio Show Taping with Strand of Oaks and Chuck Prophet. 7 p.m. eTown Hall , 1535 Spruce St., Boulder, 303-443-8696.

MTAB: Meadows Teen Advisory Board. 4:30 p.m. Meadows Branch Library, 4800 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-441-4390.

Flynn & Co. 6:30 p.m. 300 Suns Brewing, 335 First Ave., Longmont, 720-442-8292.

The Rise of Enduro. 8 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030. Trident Art Opening. 6 p.m. Trident Bookstore and Cafe, 940 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-443-3133.

Saturday, January 10 Music

Citizenfour. 4 p.m. and 8:45 p.m. The Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826.

Al Chesis & Bob Pellegrino. 3 p.m. Oskar Blues Tasty Weasel Tap Room, 1800 Pike Road, Unit B, Longmont, 303-776-1914.

Coffee Cupping. 1 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe, 1203 13th St., Suite A, Boulder, 303-495-3303.

Bear. 6 p.m. Club Ned, 154 Colorado 72, Nederland, 303-258-7981.

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The Jeremy Steading Band. 8:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685. Lonesome Rolan with No Restrictions Apply. 7 p.m. Odd 13 Brewing, 301 E. Simpson St., Lafayette, 303-997-4164. Los Cheesies. 7:30 p.m. Oskar Blues CyclHOPS, 600 S. Airport Road, Longmont, 303-776-BIKE. MarchFourth Marching Band. 9 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1128 13th St., Boulder, 303-447-0095. Mojomama. 8 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 720-297-6397. Old’s Cool Rock. 5 p.m. Left Hand Brewing Company, 1265 Boston Ave., Longmont, 303-772-0258. Private Gripweed. 10 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s Traditional

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Grounded — presented by Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. Through Jan. 18.

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Tom Weiser Jazz Quartet. 7 p.m. Caffe Sole, 637R S. Broadway St., Boulder, 303-499-2985.

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WadiRum. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628. Young @ Heart. 8:30 p.m. The Speakeasy, 301 Main St., Longmont, 720-684-4728.

Events

Jeremy Steading Band. 3 p.m. Oskar Blues Tasty Weasel Tap Room, 1800 Pike Road, Unit B, Longmont, 303-776-1914.

All Ages Art Class. 10 a.m. Tinker Art Studio, 1300 Yellow Pine Ave., Suite B, Boulder, 303-503-1902.

Kevin Watson. 5 p.m. The Post Brewing Company, 105 W. Emma St., Lafayette, 303-593-2066.

Beginner Class at Boulder Tango Studio. 6 p.m. Boulder Dance Coalition, 6185 Arapahoe Road, Boulder, 303-440-8303.

The Prairie Scholars: Dinner Music. 6 p.m. Oskar Blues Homemade Liquids and Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303-485-9400.

Birds of Prey Driving Tour. 10 a.m. Boulder County Parks and Open Space Building, 5201 St. Vrain Road, Longmont, 303-678-6200.

Ramblin’ Pan. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628. The Semophores. 6 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685.

St., Longmont, 720-684-4728. Mark Diamond and Friends. 7 p.m. Bohemian Biergarten, 2017 13th St., Boulder, 720-328-8328. Open Jovan. 6 p.m. Jamestown Mercantile Cafe, 108 Main St., Jamestown, 303-442-5847. Open Stage with Danny Shafer. 6 p.m. Oskar Blues Tasty Weasel Tap Room, 1800 Pike Road, Unit B, Longmont, 303-776-1914. Them Raggedy Bones. 9 p.m. Pearl Street Pub, 1108 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-777-6768.

Events

Boulder Track Club Youth Group. 9 a.m. Viele Lake Park, Boulder.

Sound Circle: Appetite. 5 p.m. Unity Columbine Spiritual Center, 8900 Arapahoe Road, Boulder, 303546-0114.

Cinema Program Free Screening of Stan Brakhage Films. 6:30 p.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.

Calico and Boots. 7 p.m. Glenns Den, 10178 Empire Drive, Lafayette, 303-440-8303.

Sunday Afternoon Tea Dance. 1 p.m. Avalon Ballroom Boulder, 185 Arapahoe Road, Boulder, 303-440-8303.

Citizenship Classes. 6:30 p.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.

Citizenfour. 1 p.m. and 6 p.m. The Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826.

Sunday Bluegrass Pick. 12 p.m. Oskar Blues Homemade Liquids and Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303-485-9400.

Open Mic. 7 p.m. Upslope Brewing Company (Lee Hill), 1501 Lee Hill Road, Unit #20, Boulder, 303-449-2911.

Copenhagen. 3:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. The Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. Flamenco Technique. 12:45 p.m. Boulder Dance Coalition, 6185 Arapahoe Road, Boulder, 303-440-8303.

Lafayette Quaker Oatmeal Festival. 7:30 a.m. Bob L. Burger Rec. Center, 111 W. Baseline Road, Lafayette, 303-665-0469. Mine Karaoke. 7:30 p.m. Cannon Mine Coffee, 210 S. Public Road, Lafayette, 303-665-0625. Saturday Afternoon Art Experience (Ages 5-8). 12 p.m. Firehouse Art Center, 667 Fourth Ave., Longmont, 303-651-2787. Saturday Afternoon Art Experience (Ages 9-12). 1 p.m. Firehouse Art Center, 667 Fourth Ave., Longmont, 303-651-2787. Western Views. 10 a.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100. Writing Group. 9 a.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe, 1203 13th St., Suite A, Boulder, 303-495-3303. Zippered Pouch with Laminate Lining. 11 a.m. Fabricate, 2023 17th St., Boulder, 303-997-8245.

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A Night of Improvisational Theatre — presented by Playback Theatre West. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. Jan. 10.

Tim Hill Combo. 7 p.m. Bittersweet Cafe & Confections, 836 Main St., Louisville, 303-317-5522.

Intro to WordPress Theme Customization HandsOn Class. 9 a.m. Boulder Digital Arts, 1600 Range St., Suite 100, Boulder, 303-800-4647.

Wednesday, January 14 7:00 pm

Forbidden Broadway: Alive & Kicking! Denver Performing Arts Complex, 1345 Champa St., Denver, 720-865-4239. Through Mar. 1.

Sydow, Scott, and Clark. 8 p.m. Liquid Mechanics Brewing Company, 297 N. U.S. Highway 287, Lafayette, 303-449-8623.

Free Fly Tying Classes. 10 a.m. Rocky Mountain Anglers, 1904 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-447-2400.

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Fiddler on the Roof. BDT Stage, 5501 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-449-6000. Through Feb. 28.

The Sweet Lillies. 8 p.m. Jamestown Mercantile Cafe, 108 Main St., Jamestown, 303-442-5847.

BodyMantra. 10:30 a.m. Boulder Dance Coalition, 6185 Arapahoe Road, Boulder, 303-440-8303.

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Woodpotter. 4:30 p.m. Left Hand Brewing Company, 1265 Boston Ave., Longmont, 303-772-0258.

Scandinavian Weekly Dance. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Dance Coalition, 6185 Arapahoe Road, Boulder, 303440-8303.

Events

Tuesday, January 13

20th Anniversary Open House. 2 p.m. Psychic Horisons Center, 5485 Conestoga Court, Suite 110, Boulder, 303-440-7171.

Music

Ballet: Manon. 1 p.m. The Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826.

Face. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 North Park Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757.

Boulder Silent Outdoor Group Hike. 1:30 p.m. Settlers Part & West Pearl walk, Boulder.

Funk Jam with Technicolor Tone Factory. 7 p.m. The Lazy Dog Sports Bar & Grill, 1346 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-3355.

Chief Niwot - Legend & Legacy. All Day. Boulder History Museum, 1206 Euclid Ave., Boulder, 303-449-3464. Jess’s Tango Lesson. 6 p.m. Boulder Dance Coalition, 6185 Arapahoe Road, Boulder, 303-440-8303. The Library Concert Series Presents: The Colorado Chamber Players. 2 p.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100. Read One, Purl Two Knitting Club. 2 p.m. Longmont Public Library, 409 Fourth Ave., Longmont, 303-6518470. Reynolds Teen Advisory Group (TAG). 2:30 p.m. George Reynolds Branch Library, 3595 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, 303-441-3120. Scottish Country Dancers of Colorado. 4:30 p.m. Boulder Dance Coalition, 6185 Arapahoe Road, Boulder, 303-440-8303. Sunday Morning Zumba. 9 a.m. Boulder Dance Coalition, 6185 Arapahoe Road, Boulder, 303-440-8303.

Monday, January 12 Music Electric Blues Jam. 7 p.m. Oskar Blues Homemade Liquids and Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303-485-9400. I & The Many Jazz. 7 p.m. The Speakeasy, 301 Main

Chance Trio. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.

Joy Circle. 6:30 p.m. Unity of Boulder Spiritual Center, 2855 Folsom St., Boulder, 303-442-1411. Kaleidoscope Music Free Demo Class. 9:15 a.m. JCC Boulder, 3800 Kalmia Ave., Boulder, 303-998-1900. Open Bluegrass Pick. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685.

Open Mic at the Pioneer Inn. 9 p.m. Pioneer Inn, 15 E. First St., Nederland, 303-258-7733. Open Mic Night. 5:30 p.m. Twisted Pine Brewing Company, 3201 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-786-9270. Robert Johnson Jazz Duo. 8 p.m. Agora at the Riverside, 1724 Broadway St., Boulder, 720-477-4164.

Events Bicycle Rim Brakes. 6:30 p.m. Community Cycles, 2805 Wilderness Place, Boulder, 720-565-6019. Boulder Folders: Learn Origami. 6:30 p.m. George Reynolds Branch Library, 3595 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, 303-441-3120. Boulder World Affairs Discussion Group. 10 a.m. Meadows Branch Library, 4800 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-441-4390. see EVENTS Page 40

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Thursday, Jan. 8 The Inspirational Atheist by Buzzy Jackson. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-2074. Saturday, Jan. 10 Bilingual Spanish/English Storytime/Hora de Cuentos Bilingües. 10:15 and 11:15 a.m. NoBo Corner Library, 4600 Broadway, Boulder, 303-441-4250. Monday, Jan. 12 “So, You’re a Poet” Open Poetry Reading. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628. Tuesday, Jan. 13 Innisfree Weekly Open Poetry Reading. 7 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe, 1203 13th St., Suite A, Boulder, 303-495-3303.

Buzzy Jackson discusses living meaningfully in her new book and at the Boulder Book Store on Thursday Jan. 8.

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A Doctor and a Nurse Talk About the 2014 Israeli Attack on Gaza. 7 p.m. First United Methodist Church, 1421 Spruce St., Boulder. For the Love of Mud: A Film About Cycle-Cross. 6 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303786-7030. Intro to HTML. 6 p.m. Boulder Digital Arts, 1600 Range St., Suite 100, Boulder, 303-800-4647. Meadows Creative Writing Club. 4 p.m. Meadows Branch Library, 4800 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-4414390. Mechanical Systems for High Performance Homes. 12 p.m. Clerk and Recorder Office (Houston Room), 1750 33rd St., Boulder.

Open Mic Night. 6:30 p.m. Cannon Mine Coffee, 210 S. Public Road, Lafayette, 303-665-0625. Paper Moonshine. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628. Pete Kartsounes Band. 10 p.m. Pearl Street Pub, 1108 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-777-6768. Ralphie May. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030. Tu B’Shevat Concert. 4 p.m. JCC Boulder, 3800 Kalmia Ave., Boulder, 303-998-1900. Wednesday Night Blue. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 North Park Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757.

Events All Ages Art Class. 3 p.m. Tinker Art Studio, 1300 Yellow Pine Ave., Suite B, Boulder, 303-503-1902. Ballet: Manon. 1 p.m. The Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826.

Open Mic. 8 p.m. Attic Bar & Bistro, 949 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-415-1300.

Chief Niwot - Legend & Legacy. All Day. Boulder History Museum, 1206 Euclid Ave., Boulder, 303-4493464.

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Research Rendezvous - National History Day. 4 p.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.

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Smokes and Jokes. 8:30 p.m. Johnny’s Cigar Bar, 1801 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-0884.

Flatirons Running/Under the Sun Fun Run. 6 p.m. Flatirons Running Inc., 629 S. Broadway St., Unit E, Boulder, 303-554-7837.

Trivia Night. 6:30 p.m. Crystal Springs Brewing Company, 657 S. Taylor Ave, Unit E, Louisville, 303665-8888.

Getting Started with Adobe Premiere Pro. 6 p.m. Boulder Digital Arts, 1600 Range St., Suite 100, Boulder, 303-800-4647.

Tuesday Hikers. 9 a.m. North Boulder Park, Ninth St., Boulder, 303-494-9735.

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Picnic in the Meadows. 11:40 a.m. Meadows Branch Library, 4800 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-441-4390. Tinker Open Studio for 5 and Under. 10 a.m. Tinker Art Studio, 1300 Yellow Pine Ave. Suite B, Boulder, 303-503-1902. Wednesday Fun Run. 6 p.m. Boulder Running Company, 28th Street and Pearl Street, Boulder, 800807-6179.

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ost praise for writer/director Jesse Moss’s documentary, The Overnighters, has rightly been focused on its Steinbeckian nature and explosive revelations about struggling workers in North Dakota. That wasn’t the big takeaway for me. The big takeaway for me was how brutal the burden is for those who truly embrace the core conceits of the Christian faith and its insistence upon caring for any and all who need help, no matter the sins of their past. It is a colossal, almost unfair expectation of kindness and invites the kind of hypocrisy The Overnighters wallows in. The first shock-and-awe moment comes early: People are moving to North Dakota on purpose. The town of Williston is one of many North Dakotan locales blessed and cursed with the “oil boom.” They call it an “oil boom” because “fracking the planet into oblivion” doesn’t sound as fun. Blue-collar workers from around the country left struggling during the recession have flocked north to acquire high-paying labor jobs. Except, there’s not enough for all of them. Heck, there’s not even enough space to put all these migrants. Enter Pastor Jay Reinke. Saddled with the aforementioned yoke of Christian responsibility, Reinke sees this influx of sad, broken souls as an opportunity to spread God’s will and embrace his fellow man. Much to his congregation’s chagrin, he opens the parking lot nightly to workers sleeping in their cars and offers his church floor to those without vehicles. He even offers his own home to a former convict who found work as a trucker. As expected, the strain on the community begins to turn locals against the newcomers and against the man who would be their shepherd. When accusations begin to surface about sex offenders staying at the church, all hell breaks loose. From the opening frames of Moss’s film, it is obvious he does not want to deify Reinke. That doesn’t lessen the shock of the final moments, but it helps prevent the film from being a two-hour celebration of a flawed pastor. We don’t spend long with many specific workers. In fact, I’d be hard pressed to remember any of their names. But that’s almost the point, as the sea of faces smeared with dirt and tears, speaking nearly the same story of poverty and personal strife, becomes a relentless blur. The Overnighters is judgment-free of its subjects, including Reinke. Every time the balance is about to tip into outright sympathy, he or others make a choice or reveal a fact of their past that muddies things. These men deserve compassion, yes, but redemption? Is that earned or inherently owed? There are no answers here, only questions, but the best documentaries are filmed in the gray shadows and spaces between asking and answering. The maddening, realistic, frustrating, understandable ending to the film is a jawdropper. Instead of a take-home message, audiences are left scrambling to reconcile the choices Reinke made with the content of his character. Between that and the confusion of how to handle the broken, dirty laborers just trying to work for a living and trying to just live, The Overnighters will be sticking in your thoughts for quite some time. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com Boulder Weekly

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tures white fish (in this case tilapia) 625 Ken Pratt Blvd., “cooked” or mariLongmont, 303-772-1026 nated in lime juice (citric acid essentially replicates the cooking process in fish) and topped with red onions, hot pepper, cilantro, toasted corn and a polygon of cooked sweet potato. It was bright, cold and fresh, which made it sort of an odd accompaniment to the papa rellena and a big plate of arroz haufa. Of the three, and a cup of a simple and tasty lomo saltado soup (sirloin steak, vegetables, tomato broth, quinoa), the ceviche was the best. The fish was tender and flavorful; a bite of fish, onion, lime and corn was remarkably bold and unique. Unfortunately, the arroz haufa, made with chicken fried rice, scrambled egg, chicken bits and scallion, was feckless — a little too dry and a little too bland. I through it, the shell cracks and reveals all much preferred Rosario’s smaller, the fun warm stuff inside. brighter dishes, of which I’ll include a But Rosario’s ceviche was the star. revolutionary chicha morada soda — The fish and citrus dish is a staple of Peruvian cooking, and the origins of cev- made of purple corn, cloves, cinnamon and sugar — that tastes like a more iche trace back to coastal populations in manageably sweet, thinner and more modern-day Peru. The country even celrefreshing horchata. ebrates Dia del Ceviche every June. A friendly staff, crooning Latin singThe dish is widely regarded in Peru ers on the speakers, a simple and tasteful as a hangover cure, and the juice made interior design and reasonable prices all from ceviche (leche de tigre, or tiger’s help ease the uninitiated into Peruvian milk) is also considered an aphrodisiac. cuisine at Rosario’s. Though there were Ceviche varies by region, with fish, hits and misses on my trip, I’ll be back citrus and vegetables somewhat intersoon to try, and learn, more. changeable. The ceviche at Rosario’s is Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com typical of Peru’s southern coast and feaRosario’s Restaurant

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CELEBRATE OSKAR BLUES’ NEW BREW Oskar Blues will be hosting a party at the ColoRADo Tasty Weasel taproom in Longmont on Saturday, Jan. 10 at 1 p.m. to celebrate the release of its Pinner IPA. But this is no ordinary party. There will be

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ere’s a sobering food fact: about one-third of the food produced in the world each year is lost or wasted, according to the United Nations Environment Programme. Some organizations that track food waste put that number even higher; the UK’s Institute of Mechanical Engineers contends that as much as half of the food we grow and make gets sent to landfills. Even more troubling still: most of that food is still edible. The good news is, this is a problem we can easily do something about. By cutting down on food waste in our own kitchens, we not only help reverse those alarming statistics, we also stretch our grocery shopping dollars and make the most of all of our ingredients, extending their shelf life and utility. Plus, it feels good to use what we normally throw away, not only because it means less waste, but because it becomes an exercise you peer into your refrigerator R in I Ccreativity. K S T E RWhen S or look at what you would have thrown away in the past and ask, “What can I do with this besides send TitR to I Cthe K Slandfill?” T E R S all sorts of fun and tasty possibilities emerge. Read on to find out how to trim food waste and find creative uses for items you might be throwing away.

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Tricks to not wasting fruit and vegetables by Julie Schwietert Collazo

Broccoli and Cauliflower Stems

If you only like to eat the crown pieces of broc-

coli and cauliflower, you’re likely producing lots of food waste when you buy these two vegetables. But in addition to using the stems for vegetable stock (more on that in a minute), you can trim and julienne them. If the stems seem particularly thick, blanch or steam them to soften before cutting them into matchsticks. You can do the same for asparagus stems. (Tip: Bigger is not better when it comes to asparagus. Always buy asparagus the thickness of a pencil to ensure that the stems aren’t woody). Uses: Sauteed vegetables and stir-fries. Raw or flash cooked garnishes for spring soups. Thicker, longer matchstick-sized stems also make great after-school

Watermelon rind is another summer scrap that seems almost inevitable but when used properly can avoid a huge amount of kitchen waste. One of the effective ways to reuse lots of watermelon rind is to turn it into pickles. For some home cooks, the idea of brining anything may seem a little daunting, but there are plenty of quick pickling recipes to make the task easier. Once you’ve found a recipe you like, you probably won’t throw out the rinds anymore.

Vegetable Trimmings and Scraps

Carrot and parsnip peels; broccoli and cauliflower stems; scallion and leek greens (and the white parts, too); celery you’ve let get flabby; corn cobs with all the sweet corn nibbled off of them; and the collection of half-cut onions and jalapeños or other chiles taking up a quarter of shelf space in your fridge... all of these can go into a stock pot to make vegetable broth or stock (the difference between the two is that broth is seasoned and stock is plain). If you’re doing a general fridge cleaning, throw all your scraps into the pot with see FRUIT AND VEGETABLES Page 50

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some olive oil and cook on medium until soft. For every 2-3 cups of vegetable scraps, add 6-8 cups of water; let the whole mix simmer on low for about 45 minutes. After cooking, strain the broth through a sieve or colander and discard the solids. If you’re not using the vegetable broth right away it can be frozen for future use. If you don’t have the need for

broth or stock regularly, get in the habit of saving your vegetable scraps to make occasional batches. Add the scraps to a gallon size Ziploc bag you keep in the freezer until you’re ready to stir the stock pot. Uses: As a base for soups, stews and certain rice dishes.

Citrus Peels

There are so many uses for citrus

peels that one should never really have a reason to throw them away. On the savory side, you can take the peel trimmed from any of the citrus fruits lime, lemon, orange, tangerine, grapefruit — anything, really — and use it to line the bottom of a bamboo basket to add flavor to steamed fish or chicken. On the sweet side, you can candy your trimmed peels. Use them in salads, baked goods, or for a simple, spe-

cial after-meal treat, dip the candied citrus peels in dark chocolate. Citrus peels can also be used in drinks. Use a sharp paring knife to trim a fancy, curly peel for a cocktail; add a thick swatch of peel alongside an after-dinner cup of espresso; or dry the peels to make your own tea and infusions. If you prefer to save the peels to enhance your beauty routine, you can also use peels in a homemade sugar or salt scrub.

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Papaya seeds are entirely edible, but if you’re like most home cooks, you probably scoop the seeds out of the fruit and dispose them without a second thought. This summer, as papaya becomes a regular item on your shopping list, try the simple re-use recipe of taking the black, pearly seeds and turning them into papaya seed dressing. There are endless variations, most using vinaigrette as a base. You can experiment with the flavors of balsamic vinegar until you find a combination you like. You can also use papaya seeds plain as a garnish for spring and summer soups — they’re especially pretty on chilled soups made of orange vegetables and fruits, such as cantaloupe. Papaya seeds can also be used as a visual substitute for caviar or roe.

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n a below-freezing Tuesday evening, half of the taproom at Großen (pronounced ‘grossen’) Bart in Longmont is filled with smiling people sitting in front of can-shaped glasses adorned with rpictures of various facial hair styles and sampler trays in the When you’re at Großen Bart, you have facial shape of mustaches. hair. You can smell the undeniable aroma of steeping malt in tanks behind commercial brewer by reading a book,” the bar, and the swirling fog emanating Chancey says. Bourque was able to use from the front door caused by the heat his professional experience and scale up from the kettles combined with the some of Shad and Taylor’s homebrew outside temps makes those who enter recipes, and also add some of his own. through the front door appear as Bourque says the team gives him the though they’re in an ’80s hair metal freedom to use the ingredients he wants video. to ensure a good product. Although the rock band smoke is “Whatever you need to... go ahead, unintentional, everything else at get it. [It] gives me no excuses to make Boulder County’s newest brewery is shitty beer,” Bourque says of the indedeliberate. Großen Bart has been in pendence he’s given and commitment the works for over two years, but the the team has to making good beers. wait was worth it according to coThe face follicle-themes don’t end founder Shad Chancey, as it enabled with the decor and beers, as Großen them to work on recipes and flesh out Bart has teamed up with Floyd’s 99 a complete brand. Barbershop to offer haircuts, massages “I think our marketing campaign is and beard and mustache trims in their pretty different. With all of the facial taproom on Thursday nights. “We met hair styles and pop-out mustaches on them at Oktoberfest in 2013 and the coasters, it’s pretty interactive, and thought, ‘Let’s work together.’ They it’s gaining a lot of foot traffic on really like our concept and it worked with them,” recalls Chancey. Facebook,” Chancey says. The Boulder Facial Hair Club will Just as Chancey says this, a neighalso hold meetings at Großen Bart, and boring patron laughs and points over to future events are in the works, includa table of young women, all wearing the ing a beer and cheese tasting tour with pop-out mustaches and taking pictures. a local creamery. e “I do believe a good brand is really Großen Bart currently has six taps important no matter what business you have,” Chancey says. “It’s just someavailable, with the full 18 expected to xthing I wrote down one night and roll out sometime in the late spring to pitched to them (referring to friends early summer. One of the highlights is and Großen Bart’s other co-founder, the Chin Curtain IPA, an enamelTaylor Wise) and they were like, stripping hoppy American IPA, with a ‘Yeah!’” grassy and herbaceous aroma, resiny In addition to developing a theme hops and a light candy-like sweetness and marketing plan, the two-year planin the malt for balance. A personal ning process allowed Chancey and favorite is the Chevron Dry Irish Stout: Wise to find a seasoned head brewer in An ultra crisp and dry body allows for Walter Bourque, something the two loads of roast, with a touch of smoke said would not have happened had they reminiscent of the char on a nicely opened sooner. grilled steak, but extremely sessionable “I didn’t want to be overzealous as a and easy to drink. home brewer and think I could be a Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com Boulder Weekly

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Dear Dan: I have been wearing bras and panties with stockings for so long now, it’s become a part of me, and I was wondering if you have heard of this before. —Sent From Samsung Mobile Dear SFSM: People wearing bras and panties and stockings — that is something I’ve heard of before. A quick programming note: Some weeks, half the questions I get are longer than the column itself. I can jam 1,250 words into this space, provided I avoid using longer words when shorter ones are available — e.g., “gay” has one syllable, “homosexual” has five; “asshole” has two syllables, “former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee” has twelve. Suffice it to say, very long letters rarely make it in. So while I usually appreciate letter writers who get to the point — the more succinct the question, the better the chances it will make it into the column — it’s possible to be too brief. Such is the case with your letter, SFSM, which is reproduced here in its entirety. I know what kind of phone you have, but it would be more helpful to know if you are male or female or SOPATGS.* I’m guessing you’re a dude, otherwise you probably wouldn’t feel conflicted about wearing bras, panties, and stockings. So despite what I’ve learned lurking on Tumblr — never make assumptions about other people’s gender identities, we are never going to run out of porn — I’m going to run with the “dude” assumption. Anyway, SFSM, men who wear bras, panties, and stockings — I have heard of that before, yes. Bras, panties, and stockings are things that some men enjoy. But I once got pulled aside at a party by a butch dyke who confided in me that she likes to wear lacy/girly bras and panties under her Carhartt pants and flannel shirts. She too wanted to know if I had ever heard of someone like her before — a woman who essentially cross-dressed by wearing women’s underwear — and I had to tell her that I hadn’t. But that butch dyke enjoys wearing bras, panties, and stockings for the exact same reason you and many other straight guys do: the frisson of transgression, the thrill of having a sexy secret, the reveal to a new partner. She didn’t seem particularly conflicted about her non-butch-dyke-normative tastes — heck, she seemed rather pleased with herself. You should consider her a role model, SFSM, and follow her example. Boulder Weekly

Dear Dan: I’m a (mostly) straight male and I’ve been dating the same woman for more than a year. It’s easily the best relationship I’ve been in. We get along great and rarely fight, and the sex has been great. But there were a few incidents recently when in the heat of the moment she asked me to tell her what I wanted to do, and I froze. I didn’t know what she expected me to say or do. These incidents ended in an argument. She views this as a sign that I’m not attracted to her or I don’t have a strong libido. Both are untrue. I don’t have strong preferences about sexual activities. I just enjoy it. Whether it’s going down on her, having her go down on me, doing a bit of role-play, intercourse in pretty much any position — whatever we’re doing, I’m enjoying myself. If there is something specific she wants, all she needs to do is ask. But when she asks me to take control in the bedroom or to describe my fantasies to her, I either stare blankly at her or choose something at random, achingly unsure of whether or not I made the right choice. This has always been the way my brain works. When I masturbate, I just think about having sex, not about anything specific. When I look at porn, I am far more interested in how attracted I am to the woman involved than I am in what is going on. If you could give me some ideas for how I can make myself less boring in the sack, I would love to hear it. —Mister Milquetoast Missionary Dear MMM: You know that thing you sometimes do when your girlfriend asks in the heat of the moment what you wanna do? I don’t mean stare at her blankly — that’s the wrong thing to do — I mean choosing something at random. Do that thing every time. Randomly pick something from your established repertoire and tell her you wanna do that thing right now. Then do it, MMM, provided she indicates that she wants to do it too. If she indicates her desire to do it verbally, then you can get right down to it, i.e., you can be a bit aggressive. If her signal is physical or nonverbal, then you should ease into that random selection much more gradually, so she can redirect and/ or ask you to choose again if that particular random selection doesn’t work for her. * Some other point along the gender spectrum. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com Send questions to mail@savagelove.net and follow @fakedansavage on Twitter.

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LIBRA

MARCH 21-APRIL 19:

SEPT. 23-OCT. 22:

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TAURUS

APRIL 20-MAY 20:

Novelist E. L. Doctorow says that the art of writing “is like driving at night in the fog. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.” This realistic yet hopeful assessment is true of many challenges, not just writing. The big picture of what you’re trying to accomplish is often obscure. You wish you had the comfort of knowing exactly what you’re doing every step of the way, but it seems that all you’re allowed to know is the next step. Every now and then, however, you are blessed with an exception to the rule. Suddenly you get a glimpse of the whole story you’re embedded in. It’s like you’re standing on a mountaintop drinking in the vast view of what lies behind you and before you. I suspect that this is one of those times for you, Taurus.

GEMINI

MAY 21-JUNE 20:

Most people have numerous items in their closet that they never wear. Is that true for you? Why? Do you think you will eventually come to like them again, even though you don’t now? Are you hoping that by keeping them around you can avoid feeling remorse about having wasted money? Do you fantasize that the uncool stuff will come back into fashion? In accordance with the astrological omens, Gemini, I invite you to stage an all-out purge. Admit the truth to yourself about what clothes no longer work for you, and get rid of them. While you’re at it, why not carry out a similar cleanup in other areas of your life?

CANCER

JUNE 21-JULY 22:

“Nothing was ever created by two men,” wrote John Steinbeck in his novel East of Eden. “There are no good collaborations, whether in music, in art, in poetry, in mathematics, in philosophy. Once the miracle of creation has taken place, the group can build and extend it, but the group never invents anything. The preciousness lies in the lonely mind of a man.” In my view, this statement is delusional nonsense. And it’s especially inapt for you in the coming weeks. In fact, the only success that will have any lasting impact will be the kind that you instigate in tandem with an ally or allies you respect.

LEO

JULY 23-AUG. 22:

I live in Northern California, where an extended drought led to water rationing for much of 2014. But in December, a series of downpours arrived to replenish the parched landscape. Now bursts of white wildflowers have erupted along my favorite hiking trails. They’re called shepherd’s purse. Herbalists say this useful weed can be made into an ointment that eases pain and heals wounds. I’d like to give you a metaphorical version of this good stuff. You could use some support in alleviating the psychic aches and pangs you’re feeling. Any ideas about how to get it? Brainstorm. Ask questions. Seek help.

VIRGO

AUG. 23-SEPT. 22:

Actress Uzo Aduba’s formal first name is Uzoamaka. She tells the story about how she wanted to change it when she was a kid. One day she came home and said, “Mommy, can you call me Zoe?” Her mother asked her why, and she said, “Because no one can say Uzoamaka.” Mom was quick to respond, “If they can learn to say Tchaikovsky, Dostoevsky, and Michelangelo, they can learn to say Uzoamaka.” The moral of the story, as far as you’re concerned: This is no time to suppress your quirks and idiosyncrasies. That’s rarely a good idea, but especially now. Say no to making yourself more generic.

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SCORPIO

OCT. 23-NOV. 21:

“I dream of lost vocabularies that might express some of what we no longer can,” wrote Jack Gilbert in his poem “The Forgotten Dialects of the Heart.” Judging from the current astrological omens, I’d say that you are close to accessing some of those lost vocabularies. You’re more eloquent than usual. You have an enhanced power to find the right words to describe mysterious feelings and subtle thoughts. As a result of your expanded facility with language, you may be able to grasp truths that have been out of reach before now.

SAGITTARIUS NOV. 22-DEC. 21:

“If you have built castles in the air,” said philosopher Henry David Thoreau, “your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.” That may seem like a backward way to approach the building process: erecting the top of the structure first, and later the bottom. But I think this approach is more likely to work for you than it is for any other sign of the zodiac. And now is an excellent time to attend to such a task.

CAPRICORN

DEC. 22-JAN. 19:

Songwriter RB Morris wrote a fanciful poem in which he imagines a smart mockingbird hearing rock ‘n’ roll music for the first time. “When Mockingbird first heard rock / He cocked his head and crapped / What in the hell is that? / It sounded like a train wreck / Someone was screaming / Someone’s banging on garbage cans.” Despite his initial alienation, Mockingbird couldn’t drag himself away. He stayed to listen. Soon he was spellbound. “His blood pounded and rolled.” Next thing you know, Mockingbird and his friends are making raucous music themselves — “all for the love of that joyful noise.” I foresee a comparable progression for you in the coming weeks, Capricorn. What initially disturbs you may ultimately excite you — maybe even fulfill you.

AQUARIUS

JAN. 20-FEB. 18:

Do you recall the opening scene of Lewis Carroll’s story Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland? Alice is sitting outside on a hot day, feeling bored, when a White Rabbit scurries by. He’s wearing a coat and consulting a watch as he talks to himself. She follows him, even when he jumps into a hole in the ground. Her descent takes a long time. On the way down, she passes cupboards and bookshelves and other odd sights. Not once does she feel fear. Instead, she makes careful observations and thinks reasonably about her unexpected trip. Finally she lands safely. As you do your personal equivalent of falling down the rabbit hole, Aquarius, be as poised and calm as Alice. Think of it as an adventure, not a crisis, and an adventure it will be.

PISCES

FEB. 19-MARCH 20:

You are positively oceanic these days. You are vast and deep, restless and boundless, unruly and unstoppable. As much as it’s possible for a human being to be, you are ageless and fantastical. I wouldn’t be surprised if you could communicate telepathically and remember your past lives and observe the invisible world in great detail. I’m tempted to think of you as omnidirectional and omniscient, as well as polyrhythmic and polymorphously perverse. Dream big, you crazy wise dreamer.

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