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Highroad Can a robot do your job? by Jim Hightower

ith corporations socking away massive profits, and with the labor market fairly tight, why are worker’s wages still stuck at miserly and even poverty levels? One big reason is that corporate leaders have their heads stuck in a dreamy future. They actually are spending wildly on workers — just not human workers. While few Americans are aware of it, bosses are quietly investing in hordes of autonomous robots powered by a cognitive technology called artificial intelligence. Instead of paying a decent wage to you, corporations are buying millions of these cheap, humanesque thinking machines in order to take a shocking number of jobs from... well, from you. Accountants, bank loan officers, financial analysts — all of

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these “numbers jobs” are already falling to bots that can calculate much faster and more accurately than people. Journalism? Associated Press now uses artificial intelligence machines to write thousands of financial articles and sports reports, and Forbes magazine uses an AI system named Quill to pen articles. Skilled labor? Meet SAM, a robotic bricklayer that lays three times as many bricks in a day as humans can, displacing the jobs of three people. Crane and bulldozer operators are expected to be ousted by robots in the next 10 years. Farmers? The first robot farm is opening in Japan, with automatons transplanting, watering and harvesting the crop. There’s also a shepherd robot that can run an entire livestock farm. Also, the jobs of librarians, pharmacists, lawyers, air traffic controllers, doctors, teachers, hospital administrators, bartenders — and so many more — are targeted for massive displacement. In just the next five years, six percent of all U.S. jobs are expected to be roboticized! Why aren’t our political leaders and mass media alerting the people to the “jobpocalyspe” that’s about to hit us? This opinion column does not necessarily reflect the views of Boulder Weekly. October 19 , 2017 5

danish plan The muni’s time has passed by Paul Danish

ometimes conflicts go on for so long that people forget how they started. Take the fight over whether Boulder should ditch Xcel energy as its electricity provider and form a municipal electric utility (aka the muni). The roots of the conflict go back to 2002. That was the year the City Council passed a resolution calling on Boulder to reduce its carbon dioxide emissions to a level 7 percent below its 1990 emissions by 2012. This was the same target set for the world by the Kyoto climate treaty, which was adopted in late 1997. The Council’s action grew out of a decision by Bill Clinton not to send the Kyoto treaty to the Senate for ratification. He had concluded the treaty would be dead on arrival on Capitol Hill, because it contained a clause exempting China and India from complying with it. He was right. The Senate subsequently passed a resolution opposing the treaty anyway. The vote was 95-0; in 2001 the Bush Administration took a similar position. This prompted American environmentalists to lobby city and county governments to pledge to reduce their local CO2 emissions to the Kyoto treaty’s target (7 percent below 1990 emissions by 2012). Eventually more than 900 did. Four years later it dawned on the Boulder City Council that it would take more than resolutions to reduce the

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Why environmental groups support the muni by Rebecca Dickson

ho will control our renewable energy future? The fossil fuel industry has controlled energy in the U.S. for the last century. As we move to an electric grid that is fully energized by clean energy, the fossil fuel industry wants to maintain its control of energy — its production, its distribution, its storage. If Boulder does not form its own municipal utility, Xcel Energy, an arm of the fossil fuel industry, will continue to dictate how we move forward with clean energy production. 6 October 19 , 2017

City’s greenhouse gas emissions. By 2006 it was clear Boulder’s CO2 emissions were going up, not down. Boulder would have to reduce its annual CO2 output by about 25 percent to get Kyoto compliant. So in 2006 the Council asked voters to approve a small excise tax on electricity — which initially added about $10 a year on the typical residential utility bill and $75 a year to the average business utility bill — to fund getting Boulder Kyoto compliant. The tax, which was to expire after five years, was expected to raise around $8 million. It passed. Most of the money was spent on things like energy audits, weatherization, public workshops, information distribution, energy efficient light bulb giveaways and additional city employees to nag everyone to do the right thing. It didn’t work. By 2011 it was clear Boulder still wouldn’t meet its Kyoto target. Neither would the other 900-plus local governments that had drunk the Kyoto Kool-Aid. (The two exceptions were San Francisco and Seattle, which historically got most of their electricity from hydroelectric power, and in San Francisco’s case from geothermal). So the City Council decided to double down on fighting global warming by asking the voters to double the tax and extend it for five more years. More important, it also asked them to approve using some or all of the revenues to “explore” forming a municipal utility that would displace Xcel and sup-

ply the city with non-fossil-fuel-generated electric power. And since the Kyoto treaty was about to become irrelevant, the Council adopted a new climate action goal — getting 100 percent of Boulder’s electricity from non-fossil-fuel sources. The proposal narrowly passed. Xcel was not amused. Litigation ensued. And most of the tax revenue for “exploration” was spent on lawyers and legal defense. According to Boulder City Councilman Bob Yates, $11.8 million from the 2011 tax has been used “to pay lawyers, consultants and newly-hired City staff dedicated to the muni litigation” — and it still wasn’t enough to pay the City’s muni-related legal bills. The City has spent $13.9 million on them, the extra $2.1 million coming out of the City’s general fund. Also according to Yates, the City staff estimates that over the next three years Boulder will need another $16.5 million to continue muni-related lawsuits. The tax approved in 2011 expires at the end of the year. So the City is asking the voters to extend it again starting in 2018 — and to triple it. (The proposal will appear on Boulder ballots as Issue 2L.) In other words what started out as a relatively meaningless exercise in virtue signaling over the Kyoto treaty is morphing into a $30 million legal money pit, with no guarantee that that City will prevail. And if it does prevail, then the real expenses will begin. These will include more than $300 million the City will

The fossil fuel industry, with their disastrous track record of manipulation of laws and regulations regarding their activities, their dismissal of climate change, and their disregard for the human health consequences of extracting and burning of fossil fuels, would continue to sit in the driver’s seat. It is time to put Xcel in the back seat as we move forward to embrace renewable energy. They can come along for the ride — we’ll need them — but giving them the keys to our renewable energy future would perpetuate the many problems that this industry has

caused in our world. Which is why voting yes on 2L matters. The City of Boulder — indirectly, we citizens ourselves — should control renewable energy development, not a huge corporation housed in a distant city in another state. For decades, the fossil fuel industry has known that their industry was warming our Earth, yet they did nothing to reduce their carbon emissions. Worse: as an industry, they muddied the issue, spending millions of dollars convincing the American people that climate change was not a concern.

have to pay Xcel for its distribution system in Boulder and for past capital investments it made in order to serve Boulder. These would likely cost the municipal utility’s customers $15 to $20 million a year in principal and interest payments “for decades,” according to Yates. And then there would be the costs of buying, installing and maintaining dozens of wind turbines and hundreds of acres of solar cells. Or alternatively, buying renewable energy from for-profit private sector suppliers – including Xcel. The reasons for Boulder having a municipal utility have been overtaken by events. The original argument for it was that Boulder couldn’t meet its self-imposed Kyoto “obligations” if it kept getting electricity from Xcel. But the Kyoto treaty has expired, and Xcel is replacing coal with natural gas (which produces half the CO2) and is adding several times more renewable generating capacity to its system every year than is necessary to supply all of Boulder’s electricity needs. The muni is an idea whose time has passed. If Boulder has its heart set on spending hundreds of millions of dollars on “doing something” about global warming, spend it on something that can make a significant difference locally — spend it on adapting to a changing climate, which is already baked in no matter what Boulder tries to do about it. And if it wants to “do something” about its greenhouse gas emissions, it might start by capping its growth. This opinion column does not necessarily reflect the views of Boulder Weekly.

Xcel has been part of climate change obfuscation. For years, Xcel Energy has been supporting climate change deniers like James Inhofe, Marco Rubio and Donald Trump with hefty campaign contributions (see OpenSecrets.org). Late this summer, three Category 5 hurricanes formed in an Atlantic Ocean that was 2-5 degrees warmer than usual and did massive damage to Texas, Florida and Puerto Rico while deadly fires burned across drought-stricken California and the Pacific Northwest. The fossil fuel industry has helped make these weather extremes possible. Some people feel that Xcel is doing enough — they’ve said they’ll be at 55 percent renewable energy by 2026. A see DICKSON Page 8

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college student might point out that 55 percent means you’ve failed an exam, and a climate scientist will say that 55 percent by 2026 is not enough. Because Xcel is still so heavily invested in their coal plants, they can’t get us to 100 percent clean electricity by 2030, which is where we need to be. Others are concerned about the cost. Yes, freeing ourselves from Xcel is expensive. But consider how much more expensive it could be to stay with Xcel. Xcel-Public Service has made some boondoggle mistakes in the last century. Older Coloradans might remember the Fort St. Vrain gas-cooled nuclear power plant, which Public Service built near Platteville, Colorado. In its short 10-year commercial lifespan, it never justified its massive cost. It limped along, not producing at capacity and developing some minor problems with radioactive leakage, until it was finally closed in 1989, at a cost of hundreds of millions of dollars. Public Service, now known as Xcel, recently completed Comanche 3, a billion-dollar plus power plant that will be burning coal until 2069. Xcel built this coal-fired plant after it was clear that greenhouse gasses are causing climate change. Who ultimately pays for these bad decisions? We the ratepayers. And do we want to bind ourselves to fossil fuel companies? San Francisco and Oakland just sued the five biggest oil

companies because of the growing costs of climate change. How long before cities start suing investor-owned utilities for helping to warm our climate? Do we want to be bound to Xcel as the lawsuits start? How much will that cost ratepayers and the City of Boulder? In her book This Changes Everything, Naomi Klein asserts that as we develop renewable energy, we have an opportunity to address some of the massive economic inequity that the fossil fuel industry has helped cause. But we will not be able to establish a more equitable economy if a fossil fuel monopoly becomes a renewable energy

monopoly. In establishing its own municipal utility, the City’s objectives would be to provide clean, efficient and affordable electricity. Shareholders and CEOs would not be part of the equation. The truth is, we can’t afford to stick with Xcel, which is why the Sierra Club, New Era, 350.org, Empower Our Future and Clean Energy Action all support Boulder’s muni. Vote yes vote on 2L. Rebecca Dickson is chair of the Sierra Club-Indian Peaks Group. This opinion column does not necessarily reflect the views of Boulder Weekly.

g u e s t For whom the benefits c o l u m n accrue by Leonard May

oulder has a long history of nurturing a “paying forward” culture where we adopt policies and programs that seek to ensure future generations are able to thrive and enjoy the benefits that Boulder has offered current and past generations. Innovation has been a common thread through this history — with policies such as Boulder being the first U.S. City to tax its carbon emissions, to our ground-breaking open space program that preserves acres of valuable habitat from environmental degradation, to our inclusionary affordable housing program. Boulder’s business culture has also been characterized by startups and innovation. But much of this nurturing aspect, our ability to foster continued innovation and our ability to meet the challenges of the future are at risk from big-

money interests. For example, Boulder’s formerly local newspaper, the Daily Camera, is owned by a hedge fund, Alden Global Capital, known as one of the most accomplished “vulture” capital outfits. In 2015, the Camera began to increase its influence over local politics by, once again, endorsing political candidates and issues. As we approach the 2017 election, a new group has formed, Engage Boulder, funded by the multimillionaire head of Zayo Group, Dan Caruso. Zayo, is a spinoff of Level Three Communications, formerly lead by current Councilman Bob Yates. What, you may ask, do the Camera/ Alden and Engage/Zayo have to do with each other and why should Boulder care? Both the Camera and Engage have

conducted energetic campaigns against Boulder municipalizing its electric utility. If their opposition to municipalization and ballot measures 2L, 2O and 2P is successful, they will have effectively suppressed the ultimate startup venture epitomized by municipalization — innovation at multiple levels with grid design, energy markets and renewable energy — to instead, shore up a dying, industrial revolution-era relic — the vertically integrated monopoly business model. Suppression of advancement and innovation is how the auto industry, fossil fuel industry and others fought for decades against fuel efficiency and emissions standards. It is how GM killed the electric car in the 1990s and municipal public transportation systems during the 1950s and 1960s. see MAY Page 10

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The Camera/Alden’s and Engage/ Zayo’s is a corporatist vision of what is good for them and their financial interests is good for Boulder. This is, of course, a quite antiquated perspective famously espoused by Charles Erwin Wilson, CEO of GM in the ’50s. (“What is good for GM is good for America”). As we learned from Ralph Nader and Michael Moore, GM had their own interests at heart, not yours or mine. Engage Boulder’s and the Camera’s insistence that Boulder abandon our historic fight against climate change and instead act to support the corporate interests of Xcel, takes us back 40 years to the Reaganomics idea that the private sector and markets are the most efficient and wise and best serve the public’s interests. We know from the last 40 years of experience that Reaganomics hasn’t worked for most Americans. It is during this same period that income inequality has accelerated along with corporate and investor profits. One of the ancillary benefits of municipalization is it enables the City to also provide very inexpensive, very high speed broadband internet service. High speed, cheap broadband is foundational to nourishing a local tech innovation ecosystem. Interestingly, Engage/Zayo is opposed to municipalization but Zayo seems determined to become the service provider for high speed broad-

band internet in Boulder. What do you think is the biggest impediment to Zayo realizing its ambition? Municipalization! Why? Because municipal broadband provided by a municipal electric utility is a speed and cost model the private sector has never been able to duplicate. Just look at Longmont’s cheaper and faster broadband. Killing municipalization eliminates Zayo’s most significant broadband competition. Achieving our carbon reduction goals is critical to future generations’ ability to thrive. Boulderites, do you really think that when every major polluting industry has spent millions lobbying lawmakers at every level of government against implementing measures to address climate change, that we should put the remedies to climate change in the hands of these very same corporations, including Xcel, and trust that they have our welfare as their top priority? Be mindful of who benefits most from abandoning our municipalization effort. In November, vote to fight climate change. Vote YES on ballot measures 2L, 2O and 2P. Leonard May is a former Boulder City Planning Board member and is a current member of PLAN-Boulder County’s Board and the Sierra Club’s Political committee. The views expressed herein are his alone. This opinion column may not reflect the views of Boulder Weekly.

letters Please vote no on City of Boulder Ballot Question 2Q!

Ballot Question 2Q creates huge uncertainty for the local initiative process. It will destroy this valuable aspect of direct democracy in Boulder, because it makes the process so time consuming and difficult. Currently, Boulder’s local initiative process works quite well. Ask anyone who has gone through it. But 2Q is worse than just a “solution in search of a problem.” It eliminates the current welldesigned and functional process, and substitutes the granting of arbitrary powers to the City Manager to set the rules and the timing. In fact, under 2Q the petitioners could be forced to start gathering signatures as early as January to get on the ballot for the November election. And even then, nothing is guaranteed, because the City Manager can change

the rules at any time. And worse, 2Q provides no recourse whatsoever, because the City Manager also sets the rules for the appeals process. The Ballot Title for 2Q is totally inadequate — it sounds like it’s just some cleanup, and does not at all describe the far reaching effects. The only thing that really needs fixing is to tie the 5 percent signature requirement for initiative petitions to something like the number of voters in the last election, since the number of “registered voters” on the County Clerk’s list far exceeds the real number. (This is due to federal laws that prevent the easy removal of people from the list.) But 2Q fails to address this issue, and so doesn’t fix the one thing that was seriously flawed. Please vote “No on 2Q”! Steve Pomerance/ Former Boulder city council member Boulder Weekly

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Project Censored THE 41ST YEAR HIGHLIGHTING THE BIGGEST STORIES MISSED BY THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA by Paul Rosenberg, senior editor, Random Lengths News

n America, we commonly think of press freedom and censorship in terms of the First Amendment, which focuses attention on the press itself and limits on the power of government to restrict it. But the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, drafted in the aftermath of World War II, presents a broader framework. Article 19 reads: Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.

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By highlighting the right to receive information and ideas, Article 19 makes it clear that press freedom is about everyone in society, not just the press, and that government censorship is only one potential way of thwarting that right. That’s the perspective that has informed Project Censored from the beginning, more than 40 years ago. Even though Project Censored’s annual list focuses on specific censored stories, the underlying issue has never been isolated examples. They serve to highlight how far short we fall from the fully informed public that a healthy democracy requires — and that we all require in order to live healthy, safe, productive, satisfying lives. It’s the larger patterns of missing information, hidden problems and threats that should really concern us. Each Project Censored story provides some of that information, but the annual list helps shed light on these broader patterns of what’s missing, as well as on the specifics of the stories themselves. During the 1972 election, Woodward and 12 October 19, 2017

Bernstein were reporting on the earliest developments in the Watergate Scandal, but their work was largely isolated, despite running in the Washington Post. They were covering it as a developing criminal case; it never crossed over into a political story until after the election. That’s a striking example of a missing pattern. It helped contribute to the founding of Project Censored by Carl Jensen, who defined censorship as “the suppression of information, whether purposeful or not, by any method — including bias, omission, underreporting or self-censorship — that prevents the public from fully knowing what is happening in its society.” In the current edition’s introduction to the list of stories, Andy Lee Roth writes, “Finding common themes across news stories helps to contextualize each item as a part of the larger narratives shaping our times.” He goes on to cite several examples spanning the top 25 list: four stories on climate change, six involving racial inequalities, four on issues involving courts, three on health issues, “at least two stories” involving the Pentagon, three on government surveillance and two involving documentary films produced by the Shell Oil Co. Roth goes on to say, “There are more connections to be identified. As we have noted in previous Censored volumes, the task of identifying common topical themes, within each year’s story list and across multiple years transforms the reader from a passive recipient of information into an active, engaged interpreter. We invite you to engage with this year’s story list in this way.” It’s excellent advice. But to get things started on the more limited scope of the top 10 stories, three main themes clearly seem evident: first, threats to public health; second, threats to democracy, both at home and abroad; and third, an out-of-control military. But don’t let this overview pattern blind you to other patterns you may see for yourself. Even individual stories often involve different overlapping patterns — environmental destruction and an out-of-control military in No. 7, for example, or public health and infrastructure concerns in No. 1. These patterns don’t just connect problems and issues, they connect people, communities and potential solutions as well. A shared understanding of the patterns that hold us down and divide us

is the key to developing better patterns to live by together. With that thought in mind, here is Project Censored’s Top 10 List for 2016-17:

1) Widespread lead contamination threatens children’s health and could triple household water bills

fter President Barack Obama declared a federal emergency in Flint, Michigan, based on lead contamination of the city’s water supply in January 2016, Reuters reporters M.B. Pell and Joshua Schneyer began an investigation of lead contamination nationwide with shocking results. In June 2016, they reported that although many states and Medicaid rules require blood lead tests for young children, millions of children were not being tested. In December 2016, they reported on the highly decentralized data they had been able to assemble from 21 states, showing that 2,606 census tracts and 278 zip codes across the United States had levels of lead poisoning more than double the rates found in Flint at the peak of its contamination crisis. Of those, 1,100 communities had lead contamination rates “at least four times higher” than Flint. In Flint, 5 percent of the children screened had high blood lead levels. Nationwide, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate that 2.5 percent of all U.S. children younger than six — about 500,000 children — have elevated blood lead levels. But Pell and Schneyer’s neighborhood focus allowed them to identify local hotspots “whose lead poisoning problems may be obscured in broader surveys,” such as those focused on statewide or countywide rates. They found them in communities that “stretch from Warren, Pennsylvania ... where 36 percent of children tested had high lead levels, to ... Goat Island, Texas, where a quarter of tests showed poisoning.” What’s more, “In some pockets of Baltimore, Cleveland and Philadelphia, where lead poisoning has spanned generations, the rate of elevated tests over the last decade was 40 to 50 percent.” In January 2017, Schneyer and Pell reported that, based on their previous investigation, “From California to Pennsylvania, local leaders, health officials and researchers are advancing measures to protect children from the toxic threat. They include more blood-lead screening, property inspections, hazard abatement and community outreach programs.” Boulder Weekly

But there’s a deeper infrastructure problem involved, as Farron Cousins reported for DeSmogBlog in January 2017. “Lead pipes are time bombs” and water contamination is to be expected, Cousins wrote. The U.S. relies on an estimated 1.2 million miles of lead pipes for municipal delivery of drinking water, and much of this aging infrastructure is reaching or has exceeded its lifespan. In 2012 the American Water Works Association estimated that a complete overhaul of the nation’s aging water systems would require an investment of $1 trillion over the next 25 years, which could triple household water bills. As Cousins reported, a January 2017 Michigan State University study found that, “while water rates are currently unaffordable for an estimated 11.9 percent of households, the conservative estimates of rising rates used in this study highlight that this number could grow to 35.6 percent in the next five years.” As Cousins concluded, “While the water contamination crisis will occasionally steal a headline or two, virtually no attention has been paid to the fact that we’re pricing a third of United States citizens out of the water market.”

2) Over six trillion dollars in unaccountable Army spending

n 1996, Congress passed legislation requiring all government agencies to undergo annual audits, but a July 2016 report by the Defense Department’s inspector general found that the Army alone has accumulated $6.5 trillion in expenditures that can’t be accounted for over the past two decades. As Dave Lindorff reported for This Can’t Be Happening!, the DoD “has not been tracking or recording or auditing all of the taxpayer money allocated by Congress — what it was spent on, how well it was spent, or where the money actually ended up.” But the Army wasn’t alone. “Things aren’t any better at the Navy, Air Force and Marines,” he added. The report appeared at a time when, “politicians of both major political parties are demanding accountability for every penny spent on welfare.... Ditto for people receiving unemployment compensation,” Lindorff wrote. Politicians have also engaged in pervasive efforts “to make teachers accountable for student ‘performance,’” he added. Yet, he observed, “the military doesn’t have to account for any of its trillions of dollars of spending ... even though Congress fully a generation ago passed a law requiring such accountability.” In March 2017, after Trump proposed a $52 billion increase in military spending, Thomas Hedges reported for The Guardian that, “the Pentagon has exempted itself without consequence for 20 years now, telling the Government Accountability Office that collecting and organizing the required information for a full audit is too costly and time-consuming.” The most recent DoD audit deadline was September 2017, yet neither the Pentagon, Congress nor the media seem to have paid any attention.

3) Pentagon paid PR Firm in the United Kingdom for fake al-Qaeda videos

oncern over Russian involvement in promoting fake news during the 2016 election is a justified hot topic in the news. But what about our

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results. In May 2017, he reported on an analysis of own involvement in similar operations? In October the effects of voter suppression by Priorities U.S.A, 2016, Crofton Black and Abigail Fielding-Smith reported for the Bureau of Investigative Journalism on which showed that strict voter-ID laws in Wisconsin one such very expensive — and questionable — operand other states resulted in a “significant reduction” in voter turnout in 2016 with “a disproportionate impact ation. The Pentagon paid a British PR firm, Bell on African-American and Democratic-leaning votPottinger, more than $660 million to run a top-secret ers.” Berman noted that turnout was reduced by propaganda program in Iraq from at least 2006 to 200,000 votes in Wisconsin, while Donald Trump December 2011. The work consisted of three types of won the state by just over 22,000 votes. products: TV commercials portraying al-Qaeda in a Nationwide, the study found that the change in negative light, news items intended to look like Arabic TV, and — most disturbing — fake al-Qaeda voter turnout from 2012 to 2016 was significantly propaganda films. impacted by new voter-ID laws. In counties that were more than 40 percent African-American, turnout A former Bell Pottinger video editor, Martin dropped 5 percent with new voter-ID laws, compared Wells, told the Bureau that he was given precise instructions for production of fake alAnson Stevens-Bollen Qaeda films, and that the firm’s output was approved by former General David Petraeus — the commander of the coalition forces in Iraq — and on occasion by the White House. They reported that the United States used contractors because “the military didn’t have the in-house expertise and was operating in a legal ‘grey area.’” The reporters “traced the firm’s Iraq work through U.S. army contracting censuses, federal procurement transaction records and reports by the Defense Department’s inspector general, as well as Bell Pottinger’s corporate filings and specialist publications on military propaganda.” Black and Fielding-Smith also interviewed former officials and contractors involved in information operations in Iraq. to 2.2 percent without. In counties that were less than Documents show that Bell Pottinger employed as 10 percent African-American, turnout decreased 0.7 many as three hundred British and Iraqi staff at one point; and its media operations in Iraq cost more than percent with new voter-ID laws, compared to a 1.9 percent increase without. As Berman concluded, “This $100 million per year on average. It’s remarkable that study provides more evidence for the claim that voteran operation on this scale has been totally ignored in the midst of so much focus on “fake news” here in the ID laws are designed not to stop voter impersonation fraud, which is virtually nonexistent, but to make it United States. harder for certain communities to vote.” 4) Voter suppression in the 2016 As Berman noted in an article published by presidential election Moyers & Co. in December 2016, the topic of “guthe 2016 election was the first election in 50 ting” the Voting Rights Act did not arise once during years without the full protection of the the 26 presidential debates prior to the election, and Voting Rights Act, first passed in 1965. In “[c]able news devoted hours and hours to Trump’s Shelby County v. Holder (2013), a 5-4 conservative absurd claim that the election was rigged against him majority in the Supreme Court struck down a key while spending precious little time on the real threat provision requiring jurisdictions with a history of that voters faced.” violations to “pre-clear” changes. As a result, changes to voting laws in nine states and parts of six oth- 5) Big data and dark money ers with long histories of racial discrimination in behind the 2016 election voting were no longer subject to federal government hen Richard Nixon first ran for Congress in approval in advance. 1946, he and his supporters used a wide range Since Shelby, 14 states, including many southern of dirty tricks aimed at smearing his opponent states and key swing states, implemented new voting as pro-Communist, including a boiler-room operation restrictions, in many cases just in time for the election. generating phone calls to registered Democrats, which These included restrictive voter-identification laws in simply said, “This is a friend of yours, but I can’t tell Texas and North Carolina, English-only elections in you who I am. Did you know that Jerry Voorhis is a many Florida counties, as well as last-minute changes Communist?” Then the caller would hang up. of poll locations, and changes in Arizona voting laws In 2016, the same basic strategy was employed but that had previously been rejected by the Department with decades of refinement, technological advances, of Justice before the Shelby decision. and much more money behind it. A key player in this Ari Berman, author of Give Us the Ballot: The was right-wing computer scientist and hedge-fund Modern Struggle for Voting Rights in America, was fore- billionaire Robert Mercer, who contributed $13.5 milmost among a small number of non-mainstream jour- lion to Trump’s campaign and also funded Cambridge nalists to cover the suppression efforts and their See CENSORED Page 14

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Analytica, a data analytics company that specializes in spread to 70 other countries. “election management strategies” and using “psychoSuperbugs have already killed an estimated graphic” microtargeting — based on thousands of 25,000 people across Europe — thus globally posing pieces of data for some 220 million American voters “as big a threat as terrorism,” according to a UK — as Carole Cadwalladr reported for the Guardian in National Health Service Chief Medical Officer February 2017. After Trump’s victory, Cambridge Dame Sally Davies. Analytica’s CEO Alexander Nix said, “We are thrilled “At the heart of the issue is how to motivate that our revolutionary approach to data-driven compharmaceutical companies to improve their producmunication has played such an integral part in tion practices. With strong demand for antibiotics, President-elect Trump’s extraordinary win.” the companies continue to profit despite the negative Cambridge Analytica’s parent company, Strategic consequences of their actions,” Project Censored Communication Laboratories, was more old-school noted. “The EPHA assessment recommended five until recently in elections across Europe, Africa and responses that major purchasers of medicines could the Caribbean. In Trinidad, it paid for the Anson Stevens-Bollen painting of graffiti slogans purporting to be from grassroots youth. In Nigeria, it advised its client party to suppress the vote of their opposition “by organizing anti-poll rallies on the day of the election.” But now they’re able to micro-target their deceptive, disruptive messaging. “Pretty much every message that Trump put out was data-driven” after they joined the campaign, Nix said in September 2016. On the day of the third presidential debate, Trump’s team “tested 175,000 different ad variations for his arguments” via Facebook. This messaging had everything to do with how those targeted would respond, not with Trump’s or Mercer’s views. In a New Yorker profile, Jane Mayer noted that Mercer argued that the 1964 Civil Rights Act was a major mistake, a subject not remotely hinted at during the campaign. implement to help stop antibiotic pollution. Among “Suddenly, a random billionaire can change polithese recommendations are blacklisting pharmaceutitics and public policy — to sweep everything else off the table — even if they don’t speak publicly, and even cal companies that contribute to the spread of superif there’s almost no public awareness of his or her bugs through irresponsible practices, and promoting views,” Trevor Potter, former chair of the Federal legislation to incorporate environmental criteria into Election Commission, told Mayer. the industry’s good manufacturing practices.” With the real patterns of influence, ideology, Superbugs are especially threatening modern money, power and belief hidden from view, the very medicine, in which a wide range of sophisticated concept of democratic self-governance is now fundapractices — organ transplants, joint replacements, mentally at risk. cancer chemotherapy and care of pre-term infants — “will become more difficult or even too dangerous to 6) Antibiotic-resistant undertake,” according to Margaret Chan, head of the “superbugs” threaten health and World Health Organization. foundations of modern medicine “Although the threat of antibiotic-resistant he problem of antibiotics giving rise to more microbes is well documented in scientific publicadangerous drug-resistant germs (“superbugs”) tions, there is little to no coverage on superbugs in has been present since the early days of penicilthe corporate press,” Project Censored noted. “What lin, but has now reached a crisis, with companies crecorporate news coverage there is tends to exaggerate ating dangerous superbugs when their factories leak the risks and consequences of natural outbreaks — as industrial waste, as reported by Madlen Davies of the seen during the Ebola scare in the U.S. in 2014 — Bureau of Investigative Journalism in September rather than reporting on the preventable spread of 2016. Factories in China and India — where the superbugs by irresponsible pharmaceutical compamajority of worldwide antibiotics are manufactured nies.” — have released “untreated waste fluid” into local Once again, it’s not just a problem of suppressing soils and waters, leading to increases in antimicrobial a single story, but two overlapping patterns — the resistance that diminish the effectiveness of antibiotbiological problem of superbugs and the political ics and threaten the foundations of modern medicine. economy problem of the corporate practices that pro“After bacteria in the environment become resisduce them so wantonly. tant, they can exchange genetic material with other germs, spreading antibiotic resistance around the 7) The toll of U.S. Navy training world, according to an assessment issued by the on wildlife in the North European Public Health Alliance, which served as Pacific the basis for Davies’s news report,” Projected he U.S. Navy has killed, injured or harassed Censored explained. One strain of drug-resistant bacmarine mammals in the North Pacific almost terium that originated in India in 2014 has since twelve million times over a five-year period,

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according to research conducted by The West Coast Action Alliance and reported by Dahr Jamail for Truthout. This includes whales, dolphins, porpoises, sea lions and other marine wildlife such as endangered species like the humpback whale, blue whale, gray whale, sperm whale, Steller sea lion and sea otter. The number was tabulated from the Navy’s Northwest Training and Testing environmental impact statement and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Letter of Authorization for the number of “takes” of marine mammals caused by Navy exercises. “A ‘take’ is a form of harm to an animal that ranges from harassment, to injury, and sometimes to death,” Jamail wrote. “Many wildlife conservationists see even ‘takes’ that only cause behavior changes as injurious, because chronic harassment of animals that are feeding or breeding can end up harming, or even contributing to their deaths if they are driven out of habitats critical to their survival.” As the Alliance noted, this does not include impacts on “endangered and threatened seabirds, fish, sea turtles or terrestrial species” due to Navy activities, which have expanded dramatically, according to the Navy’s October 2015 environmental impact statement, including: • A 778 percent increase in number of torpedoes • A 400 percent increase in air-to-surface missile exercises (including Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary) • A 1,150 percent increase in drone aircraft • An increase from none to 284 sonar testing events in inland waters “It is, and has been for quite some time now, well known in the scientific community that the Navy’s use of sonar can damage and kill marine life,” Jamail reported. “With little oversight on Navy training activities, the public is left in the dark regarding their environmental impacts, including especially how Navy operations impact fish in the North Pacific and marine life at the bottom of the food chain,” Project Censored noted. “There has been almost no coverage of these impacts in the corporate press.”

8) Maternal mortality a growing threat in the U.S.

he U.S. maternal mortality rate is rising, while it’s falling elsewhere across the developed world. Serious injuries and complications are needlessly even more widespread with shockingly little attention being paid. “Each year over 600 women in the U.S. die from pregnancy-related causes and over 65,000 experience life-threatening complications or severe maternal morbidity,” Elizabeth Dawes Gay reported, covering an April 2016 congressional briefing organized by Women’s Policy Inc. “The average national rate of maternal mortality has increased from 12 per 100,000 live births in 1998 to 15.9 in 2012, after peaking at 17.8 in 2011.” “The U.S. is the only nation in the developed world with a rising maternal mortality rate,” Rep. Lois See CENSORED Page 16

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Capps stated at the meeting. “Inadequate health care in rural areas and racial disparities are drivers of this maternal health crisis,” Project Censored summarized. “Nationally, African-American women are three to four times more likely than white women to die from pregnancy-related causes, with rates even higher in parts of the U.S. that Gay characterized as ‘pockets of neglect,’ such as Georgia, where the 2011 maternal mortality rate of 28.7 per 100,000 live births was nearly double the national average.” The Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health, “has developed safety bundles of ‘best practices, guidelines and protocols to improve maternal health care quality and safety,’” Gay wrote. “These ‘bundles’ include equipping hospital labor units with a fully stocked cart for immediate hemorrhage treatment, establishing a hospital-level emergency management protocol, conducting regular staff drills and reviewing all cases to learn from past mistakes, among other things.” More broadly, Kiera Butler reported for Mother Jones that doctors rarely warn patients of the potential for serious injuries and complications that can occur following birth. “Women have a right to make informed decisions about their bodies and serious medical situations; however, when it comes to birth and its aftereffects, Butler found that doctors simply are not providing vital information,” Project Censored summarized. Many state laws require doctors to inform women of the potential complications and dangers associated with delivery, but none require them to discuss potential long-term problems, including the fact that some complications are more prevalent in women who give birth vaginally, rather than by C-section. “All told, according to a 2008 study by researchers at the California HMO Kaiser Permanente, about one in three women suffer from a pelvic floor disorder (a category that includes urinary incontinence, fecal incontinence, and prolapse), and roughly 80 percent of those women are mothers,” Butler reported. “Women who deliver vaginally are twice as likely to experience these injuries as women who have a cesarean or who have not given birth. For one in 10 women, the problem is severe enough to warrant surgery.” “The corporate news media have paid limited attention to maternal mortality and morbidity in the U.S.,” Project Censored notes. There have been scattered stories, but nothing remotely close to the sort of sustained coverage that is warranted.

9) DNC claims right to select presidential candidate

key story about 2016 election has mostly been ignored by the media — a class-action lawsuit alleging that the Democratic National Committee broke legally binding neutrality agreements in the Democratic primaries by strategizing to make Hillary Clinton the nominee before a single vote was cast. The lawsuit was filed against the DNC and its former chair, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, in June 2016 by Beck & Lee, a Miami law firm, on behalf of supporters of Bernie Sanders. A hearing was held on the suit in April 2017, in which DNC lawyers argued that neutrality was not actually required and that the court had no jurisdiction to assess neutral treatment. As Michael Sainato reported for the Observer, DNC attorneys claimed that Article V, Section 4 of the DNC Charter — which instructs the DNC chair and staff to ensure neutrality in the Democratic presidential primaries — is actually “a discretionary rule” that the DNC “didn’t need to adopt to begin with.” In addition, DNC attorney Bruce Spiva later said it was within the DNC’s rights to “go into back rooms like they used to and smoke cigars and pick the candidate that way.” Sainato also reported that DNC attorneys argued that specific terms used in the DNC charter — including “impartial” and “evenhanded” — couldn’t be interpreted in a court of law, because it would “drag the Court ... into a political question and a question of how the party runs its own affairs.” Jared Beck, representing the Sanders supporters, responded, “Your Honor, I’m shocked to hear that we can’t define what it means to be evenhanded and impartial. If that were the case, we couldn’t have courts. I mean, that’s what courts do every day, is decide disputes in an evenhanded and impartial manner.” Not only was running elections in a fair and impartial manner a “bedrock assumption” of democracy, Beck argued earlier, it was also a binding commitment for the DNC: “That’s what the Democratic National Committee’s own charter says,” he said. “It says it in black and white.” Much of the reporting and commentary on the broader subject of the DNC’s collusion with the Clinton campaign has been speculative and misdirected, focused on questions about voter fraud and countered by claims of indulging in “conspiracy theory.” But this trial focuses on documentary evidence and questions of law — all publicly visible yet still treated as suspect, when not simply ignored out of hand. Boulder Weekly

As Project Censored notes, “[E]ven Michael Sainato’s reporting — which has consistently used official documents, including the leaked DNC emails and courtroom transcripts, as primary sources — has been repeatedly labeled ‘opinion’ — rather than straight news reporting — by his publisher, the Observer.”

10) 2016: A record year for global internet shutdowns

n 2016, governments around the world shut down internet access more than 50 times, according to the digital rights organization Access Now, “suppressing elections, slowing economies and limiting free speech,” as Lyndal Rowlands reported for the Inter Press Service. “In the worst cases internet shutdowns have been associated with human rights violations,” Rowlands was told by Deji Olukotun, of Access Now. “What we have found is that internet shutdowns go hand in hand with atrocities.” Olukotun said. Kevin Collier also covered the report for Vocativ, noting that Access Now uses a “conservative metric,” counting “repeated, similar outages” — like those which occurred during Gabon’s widely criticized internet “curfew” — as a single instance. The Vocativ report included a dynamic map chart, designed by Kaitlyn Kelly, that vividly depicts internet shutdowns around the world, month by month for all of 2016, as documented by Access Now. “Many countries intentionally blacked out internet access during elections and to quell protest. Not only do these shutdowns restrict freedom of speech, they also hurt economies around the world,” Project Censored notes. “TechCrunch, IPS, and other independent news organizations reported that a Brookings Institution study found that internet shutdowns cost countries $2.4 billion between July 2015 and June 2016” — a conservative estimate according to the study’s author, Darrell West. As Olukotun told IPS, one way to stop government shutdowns is for internet providers to resist government demands. “Telecommunications companies can push back on government orders, or at least document them to show what’s been happening, to at least have a paper trail,” Olukotun observed. On July 1, 2016, the U.N. Human Rights Council passed a nonbinding resolution signed by more than 70 countries lauding the internet’s “great potential to accelerate human progress,” and condemning “measures to intentionally prevent or disrupt access to or dissemination of information online.” It noted that, “the exercise of human rights, in particular the right to freedom Boulder Weekly

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When I was 6, I rode a pink Huffy. Fast forward a few years, and I have become one of those adults who loves riding bikes. When I’m ready to upgrade my mountain bike, it’s thrilling and terrifying. (Bikes cost more than a few month’s allowance these days.) I read reviews, demo bikes on Moab’s slick rock and Betasso’s singletrack, and I find a sweet deal at a local shop. I’m ready to commit. And then: “Sorry,” shrugs the guy at the register, “We only have the pink ones on sale.” I feel like doing what I imagine my 6-year-old self would: jumping up and down and pouting — “But I don’t want the pink bike, I want the black bike!” When I calm down a little, I can take a more adult approach: The pink bike has all the same components and is constructed like the black one. It’s meant to entice a buyer who perhaps has been annoyed that black bikes were the only option for a while. I get it. But still. As a bike industry journalist, I know that women are an essential and integral force in the economy of bikes — and I don’t mean that they’re peddling products. They’re producing competitive events like enduro stage races, they’re donning welding masks and crafting frames and they’re involved in advocacy to get more people riding bikes in more places. Heck, even my mom is raving about cruising down the lakefront path in Chicago. Women have embraced bikes in an impactful way; they’re riding, they’re buying,

they’re racing and they’re innovating. So, back to 6-year-old me — ON THE BILL: Women’s Off-Road shouldn’t I get to decide which bike Cycling Congress. 6:30 I want to buy? p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 25, Pearl Izumi This conundrum — let’s call it Headquarters, 101 S. the “ladies night” syndrome — is Taylor Ave., Louisville. Tickets: $7. something that Elorie Slater, owner of Boulder’s Sports Garage Cycling bike shop, has spent a lot of time thinking about. Even though the off-road cycling industry has begun to cater to women, it’s still sort of missing the point. “At the risk of making broad generalizations, the ladies’ nights I’ve attended at bike shops have been primarily open house shopping events,” she says. “At best, they are good networking opportunities, and at their worst ladies’ nights make women feel pandered to. Last winter I became obsessed with creating some kind of women’s event at Sports Garage that delivered value where the value was needed.” So, Slater founded the Women’s Off-Road Cycling Congress (WÖRCC). The inaugural event is Oct. 25 at the Pearl Izumi headquarters in Louisville, and if early ticket sales are any indication — close to 100 have already been purchased as of publication — these are politics people are eager to be involved in. WÖRCC will be structured as a meet-up style event with speakers and break-out groups, drawing inspiration, Slater says, from meet-up formats in other industries like technology, where relevant issues and innovation are being tackled in social environments. The break-out topics at WÖRCC — from branding to backpacking to role models to race day —have been carefully selected to encourage a dialogue about the aspects of women’s off-road see WÖRCC Page 20

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When she couldn’t find anything that wasn’t blocky or black, she took action, marrying her passion for the sport with her background in marketing and fashion design to create a product that met her needs. SHREDLY’s success indicates that she wasn’t the only one frustrated with her options. “If you don’t like something or feel it’s lacking, you probably aren’t alone” Rankin says. “I couldn’t find the apparel that I wanted to wear when riding so I made my own, and now it is available to other women too. I didn’t have any connections to the industry when SHREDLY started and the fact that we’re still here, and growing, five years later is indicative of the reception by the off-road cycling world. I would be lying if I said it wasn’t something that I was frustrated by that inspired me to start the brand.” Jillian Betterly, co-founder of Front Range Women’s Bikepacking, is another example of someone turning up the volume on off-road cycling’s “experience channel.” The group’s free one-day clinics have evolved into overnight and multi-day trips into the mountains. No experience is necessary to participate; greater inclusivity is one of Betterly’s own hopes for the future of off-road cycling. These ladies and more will share their stories early in the evening of the event, but the bulk of conversation will occur with WÖRCC participants in small break-out groups. Slater’s decision to structure congress like this reflects her vision of offering pertinent, meaningful information to an industry that needs more than facts and figures in order to evolve. “WÖRCC’s goal is to synthesize the qualitative feedback of 100 women into tangible actionables,” Slater says. “For example, we’re not going to come out of this event saying, ‘Bike shop service departments need to make women feel more welcome.’ We’re aiming to take it to the next level and say, ‘Bike shop service departments can improve performance by taking the three following actions...’ The outcome will be two-fold: results oriented recommendations to the industry, as well as the footprint of an event that can scale in other parts of the country.” If a congressional hearing is the principal formal method in which committees collect and analyze information in the early stages of legislative policymaking, then WÖRCC aims to position women at the forefront of industry improvement. Because, as much as current affairs try to make it seem so, jumping up and down and pouting like a six year old is not an effective way to enact change and progress. The Women’s Off-Road Cycling Congress just might be. Boulder Weekly

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OFF COUNTRY

e end, I think, at what might be called the standard paradox of the twentieth century: our tools are better than we are, and grow better faster than we do. They suffice to crack the atom, to command the tides. But they do not suffice for the oldest task in human history: to live on a piece of land without spoiling it.” — Aldo Leopold

apocalyptic imaginations are not necessary. One need only look at the history of the latent plutonium production facility turned wildlife refuge, Rocky Flats, to grasp the danger of living in the midst of atomic technologies. One would think this should be blatantly apparent to the hundreds of thousands living near what was once the primary nuclear production facility in the country, but it is surprisingly subtle. It was this subtlety that first shocked filmmakers Eric Stewart and Taylor Dunne and that led them to make an experimental film about the West’s nuclear landscape. A few years back, when Stewart and Dunne both lived in Boulder, they were driving down Highway 93 on their way to Golden and were struck by how entirely unremarkable the land of Rocky Flats appeared. They noted how suburban neighborhoods were casually popping up nearby and how easily the toxic legacy of the land had been forgotten, as the words “wildlife refuge” had replaced the once irascible “Superfund site.” For Stewart, it was a familiar tragedy. “In my work, I use film and photography as a platform for the landscape to speak for itself,” he says. “In that way, my art approaches activism and refuses to look at nature as a resource or something to be extracted. “There are two ways to look at the landscape: as

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beautiful or as a legacy of mining, contamination and genocide. Everywhere that nuclear weapons have touched are totally beautiful places, but I wanted to look behind what we so easily pass over as ‘beautiful.’ This film is about capturing these places and putting them in conversation with the generations of people whose lives have been really, seriously impacted by the nuclear industry.” Once it’s finished Off Country won’t rely on images of the bomb to shock audiences into fear nor reverence — Stewart and Dunne are not interested in such obvious displays. In fact, they consider such fetishization “dangerous” in how it seeks to turn ordinary men into gods. “It’s a hyper-inflated rhetoric that emphasizes scientific capability (nuclear weapons) and utopian projection (nuclear power as clean energy) over the very real conditions that nuclear workers endure in the mining and manufacturing of nuclear fuel and the contaminated landscapes that communities have to live around,” he says. Instead, the film will offer an interrogation of the invisible nature of radiation and the secretive histories of atomic weaponry, offered up in slow spans of the nuclear landscapes of Rocky Flats, Los Alamos and White Sands. “The story begins with the landscape,” Stewart see OFF COUNTRY Page 24

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says. “Our national perception of willay down in the sand.” derness has always been one predicated By offering these stories as part of on the elimination of people from the the film, Stewart and Dunne are illuslandscape, particularly indigenous peo- trating how advocacy seeks to make ple. We like to think that our wilderaction speak louder than individual ness is a place where animals are roam- voices, while questioning how to make ing around in some sort of fantasia atomic wounds visible. wonderland and that people are totally Perhaps the most disheartening of disconnected. But this creates a dantheir findings was the discovery of the gerous separation that allows us to look thriving ancillary industry of nuclear at a place and say it is nothing.” tourism, the central topic of the film’s He goes on to explain that when trailer. the military was setting up its nuclear It’s three minutes long, videos of programs, it had a very specific idea of people walking around a chain-link non-utilitarian land as “nothing” and fence, their hands running, clink clink an equally specific idea of non-white clink, along its surface as they gaze at people as no one. He says it progressed the empty space at White Sands with the first nuclear tests without any Missile Range in New Mexico, home understanding about the communities to the world’s first nuclear test. There’s in central New Mexico, nor about their footage of people taking selfies near uses of the land. faded photographs of the bomb and of “It was a very narrow idea of nothfamily portraits taken in front of a ing and no one,” he says. humbly sized obelisk “Forty thousand people commemorating the lived within 100,000 event. ON THE BILL: Taylor miles of the test site and It looks like they are Dunne and Eric Stewart if 40,000 people is no posing in front of nothdiscuss their in-progress documentary, Off one, well, I have to woning but empty space. Country. 10 a.m. Saturday, der who is doing this Stewart says in Oct. 28, The Art House of counting. There were working with these Nederland, 171 E. Second St., Nederland. For more hundreds of people that images, he came to see information, contact: lived as close as eight nuclear tourism as symTaylor Dunne and Eric miles away.” bolic of the disconnecStewart 719-587-7069, offcountry@gmail.com In the environmental tion between people and ethos, Stewart and landscape that sparked Dunne consider people his interest in the projan integral part of the landscape and ect in the first place. Tourism represo the slow shots of still deserts are sents the detachment we all feel, not partnered with quiet testimonies from just from the environment, but from the people they found on-site. our nuclear realities. Perhaps the most prominent char“Consider this as opposed to the acters in their loose narrative are antipeople who live there still, to the bodnuclear activists, people who have ded- ies that have been affected by what’s been done in these places, because they icated their lives and bodies to build a truly are a part of the landscape,” he life they believed in. Among the first says. “In their absence, I find myself they spoke to was Boulder’s Dr. Leroy thinking about those still suffering the Moore, who abandoned his academic effects of radiation.” career to advocate for the shutdown The film is still in production and and cleanup of Rocky Flats in the Stewart and Dunne are also collecting 1980s. oral histories as part of a multi-media Next thing Stewart and Dunne archive. The filmmakers will be in knew, they had spoken to dozens of activists, each with their own harrow- Nederland on Oct. 28 to speak with community members in Boulder ing stories of how they used their County about the film and archive, own lives to draw attention to the share personal experiences, and particihuman relationship with the planet, pate in a dialogue resisting nuclear and the poisonous properties of armament in the 21st century. nuclear material. “My fantasy is to build a multigen“We talked to one woman who was erational grassroots movement to recin nursing school back in the day, and oncile the legacy of the 20th century started doing a study about Rocky while preventing a nuclear disaster in Flats on her own time. She was so the 21st century,” Stewart says. “This touched by sadness that she was provoked to perform a beautiful backcoun- conversation is especially important now, as the government is gearing up try protest in Nevada. She found out where they were going to do an under- for a major investment in nuclear armament, without taking a serious ground test and hiked miles through look at how we are still reckoning with the desert. When she arrived on the last round.” ground zero she took off her pack and Boulder Weekly

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overtones ON THE BILL: William Patrick Corgan. 7 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 29, Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder.

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ess than two minutes into our conversation, Billy Corgan asks me to hang on. I hear a muffled and brief interaction he’s having with a police officer: something about a one-way street and turning around. “I came out of my driveway and made a turn to go to my teahouse and now I’m in trouble with the police,” Corgan says. Well, “trouble” may be overstated since he’s now on his way and our conversation about his latest solo album, Ogilala, can resume. Backed by acoustic guitar strokes and simple piano notes — sometimes accompanied by strings, sometimes not — Corgan’s idiosyncratic voice is the focal point of the stripped down album. It’s quintessential Corgan, although the scratchy, nasal reaches of the iconic ’90s alt-rock voice are more refined. And perhaps the musician is as well, choosing to release Ogilala under his full name, William Patrick Corgan, and giving up the shortened name of his youth, and arguably, The Smashing Pumpkins’ fame. “I’m 50 years old,” he says. “I think William seems a little bit more appropriate than Billy at this point in my life.” But the name change (if you can even call it that) has caused quite the stir in music circles, drawing lots of questions and maybe even a few eye-rolls. “It’s become the controversy of the record,” Corgan says, with a small chuckle. “If this is the controversy, I’m happy it’s this little.” The singer is no stranger to controversy. The known contrarian has made headlines with his public squabbles with former bandmates, girlfriends and media outlets; his appearance, more than once, on known conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ Infowars; and a recent appearance on The Howard Stern Show, where he shared an experience he had with what he calls a human shapeshifter, albeit in vague terms. But, he’s supposedly past all of that now, calling it all a part of his “artistic, whatever, insanity,” merely a “creation in my own mind.” He’s come full circle he says, back to the place where he can sit in a room with a guitar and care enough to “actually try to make something with it.” Early in his career, Corgan displayed an uncanny abili-

The Smashing Pumpkins front man confronts reality by Angela K. Evans ty to internalize the external world through his music, writing songs that captured the inner turmoil and shared angst of the late 20th century American experience. “When it’s done well, there’s a beautiful balance between that internal and external dialogue,” Corgan says. “And where I miss, and I miss a lot, is because the balance is off.” With Ogilala he seems to have found the balance again. The songs are both reflective and poignant, but this time around the social commentary is more nuanced, rooted in his experience as a father and small business owner in the Highland Park suburb of Chicago rather than American culture as a whole. “When you’re a local business owner, and you’re connecting with the community on their terms, not yours, it wires you back into the way people’s life rhythms work,” Corgan says. “Knowing the people in my community, talking to them about their life and experiences, it takes me back to the world I grew up in.” His childhood in the late ’60s and early ’70s straddled the “idealized Eisenhower” world of the ’50s with the emerging “Nickelodeon times” of the ’80s. It’s an intricate mythos that even Corgan doesn’t seem to fully understand. “I’m much more attracted to the myth of America than the reality of America,” Corgan says. “I think the myth of America is very powerful and drives a lot of us forward in ways that are certainly unconscious. But the reality of America is always a mess.”

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In many ways, the same could be said about The Smashing Pumpkins: The myth of the band from the 1990s drives people to want more from the group, but the reality of its four members has been messy for decades. “The myth is more powerful than the reality,” Corgan says. “Go watch a clip of us playing from 1994; we’re pretty ragtag. You know, we’re good, but we’re not perfect. But in people’s minds the idea of those four people on a stage, that’s a shining light.” The last time all of the original members played together was in 1999, shortly before the band dissolved in 2000. A reunion tour in 2007 with drummer Jimmy Chamberlin, but without guitarist James Iha and bassist D’arcy Wretzky, drew criticism from even the most ardent fans. “I was suddenly in a band that I had never been in before,” Corgan says. “My band had been taken away from me and I was the custodian of The Smashing Pumpkins museum, which I didn’t even have say over what statues went where.” Corgan’s current tour features one set from the new album and a second covering work from his entire career, including some The Smashing Pumpkins songs he hasn’t played live this century. What happens next remains to be seen, but the singer isn’t ruling out a full reunion of the band just yet. He seems almost hopeful it will happen soon. But maybe that’s just the power of the myth, which for America, and perhaps even for Corgan himself, is rooted in the possibility to transform.

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Seicento Baroque Ensemble will introduce their new conductor, Kevin Padworski, in a program celebrating the 500th anniversay of the Protestant Reformation.

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Boulder Chamber Orchestra, Pro Musica Colorado and Seicento launch their seasons at the same time by Peter Alexander

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n September, there were two the same day; now Boulder will see three ensembles launch their seasons in the city’s crowded classical-music calendar on the same October weekend. Each of the organizations — Boulder Chamber Orchestra (BCO), Pro Musica Colorado Chamber Orchestra and Seicento Baroque Ensemble — have a concert in the Denver area Friday, Oct. 20 and in Boulder on Saturday, Oct. 21. Seicento presents their concert a third time in Longmont on Sunday, Oct. 22. Conductor Bahman Saless and the BCO will present music of Mozart and Elgar, featuring soloists Sharon Park on violin and Andrew Krimm on viola. The program includes Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante for violin, viola and orchestra, one of his most popular pieces, and Elgar’s lovely Serenade for Strings. Pro Musica, under conductor Cynthia Katsarelis, will present a program featuring works written between the two World Wars. The music represents the neo-classical style, which used smaller ensembles and borrowed forms, styles and even tunes from earlier times. Guitarist Nicolò Spera will be the soloist in the Guitar Concerto No. 1 of Mario CastelnuovoTedesco. Other works will be by Ravel and Stravinsky. Finally, the Seicento Baroque Ensemble will introduce their new conductor, Kevin Padworksi, in a program celebrating the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation. The Reformation had enormous impact on the music of Europe, as reflected in music by J.S. Bach and others on the program. • • • • The program Saless has chosen for the Boulder Chamber Orchestra features two works of the classical period — Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante and his Symphony No. 29 in A major — plus Elgar’s Serenade for Strings. Such normal chamber orchestra repertoire represents a change from recent seasons, which saw the BCO exploring larger works includ-

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ing Brahms’s First Symphony and Beethoven’s Ninth last year. “We decided to go back to our roots after the last monumental season,” Saless says. “It’s time to remember what brought us here and what made us appreciated by the community.” Saless has another theme in mind for the coming season: slower tempos. “We’re in this crazy, rushed 21st century, we’re all affected by instant information, we’re running around like mad,” he says. “Everything is a little faster. We don’t have time to really enjoy [anything].” “What better time, with all the tensions and anxieties, to calm down a little bit. So this year I’m going to perform everything a little slower.” The lush, warm textures of the Elgar Serenade will encourage listeners to sit back and relax. “It’s a love piece,” Saless says. “It’s a romance in so many ways, and it’s got beautiful, touching, passionate moments.” Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante is the best known piece on the program, but Saless has very little to say about the score. “It’s one of the those things — it’s perfect!” he says. “Everything: the balance, of course gorgeous melodies, just the way he’s written it.” The soloists exemplify the remarkable quality of musical talent in Boulder. Both were brought to the area by the CU College of Music, and have chosen to remain. Park is curator of music at the Dairy Arts Center after receiving a doctorate in music, and Krimm is a member of the Altius String Quartet, which came to Boulder to work with the Takács Quartet and also decided to stay. Saless thinks people will recognize part of the Mozart Symphony, even if they don’t know it by name. “The 29th Symphony is one of the ones that’s very tuneful, everybody’s heard it,” he says. “It’s a little lighter, but it has a lot of little gems that you can pull out.” • • • • Katsarelis’s program with Pro Musica draws from the chamber orchestra repertoire of a different era. It’s a celebration of the neo-classical movement that arose between the World Wars, born out of both nostalgia for past times and the practical necessity of writing for smaller ensembles in the economic environment of the 1920s and ’30s. Boulder Weekly

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The return to earlier, simpler textures and styles led to some very Guitarist Nicolò Spera will be the cheerful music. “I have soloist in the Guitar to say, musically and Concert No. 1 of Mario Castelnuoexpressively, this is vo-Tedesco. probably the happiest concert we’ve ever done,” Katsarelis says. mighty challenge. The “Happy” particularly idea was to highlight applies to the guitar well-known composers concerto. Although and then some of the Castelnuovo-Tedesco is lesser ones, and to not well known in this trace the influence” country, his life characthat Martin Luther terizes the fate of many had on the music of musicians in the 1930s. the church. Born in Italy of a One of Luther’s Jewish family, he immigreatest reforms was Boulder Chamber Pro Musica Chamber Seicento Baroque grated to the U.S. in making the liturgy and Orchestra: Orchestra: Ensemble: 1939, just ahead of the scripture accessible to Bahman Saless, conCynthia Katsarelis conKevin Padworksi, conlooming European ordinary people — ductor, with Sharon ductor, with Nicolò ductor. Park, violin and Andrew Spera guitar. 7:30 pm. Friday, Oct. catastrophe, and wrote translating it into the Krimm, viola. 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 20, First Baptist Church, scores for more than language of the con7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 20, Bethany Lutheran 1373 N. Grant St., 200 films in gregation instead of 20, Broomfield Church, 4500 E. Denver. Auditorium, 3 Hampden Ave., Cherry 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Hollywood. Latin, which was only Community Park Road, Hills Village. Oct. 21, First United “What you’ll hear known by the clergy. Broomfield. 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Methodist Church, 1421 and enjoy is the chipSimilarly, he intro7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 21, Mountain View Spruce St., Boulder. Oct. 21, Boulder Methodist Church, 255 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 22, perness and the beauty duced the congregaAdventist Church, 345 Ponca Place, Boulder. Stewart Auditorium, 400 tional singing of choof it,” Katsarelis says. Mapleton Ave., Quail Road, Longmont. rales, some of which “It’s a beautiful neoclas- Boulder. he wrote himself. sical work that has a This had a tremenvery wistful, slow dous impact on music, movement.” from the texts that She relishes workcomposers used to the ing with Spera, who chorale tunes that teaches guitar at the CU College of Music. “He’s such a wonderfully positive spir- became the basis of many works, especially vocal works with it, so sunny and loving,” she says. “You can hear it in the instruments such as Bach’s cantatas. music, you can hear it in the collaboration between him and “I tired to figure out the thread of the Lutheran chorale, all the other musicians. It’s a generosity of spirit.” what composers we could use to see that influence carry Another cheerful piece is the orchestral suite from through,” Padworksi says. “I wanted to be able to trace Stravinsky’s Pulcinella, a ballet based on music that was (Luther’s) influence, either in a big way with a chorale tune, attributed to the 18th-century composer Giovanni Pergolesi. or subtly, maybe Luther penned the text.” The original classical-sounding melodies and harmonies have The performance features the Seicento chorus, an been spiced with spiky chords that remind us who made the ensemble of original instruments, and vocal soloists includarrangement. ing soprano Amanda Balestrieri, Seicento’s assistant direc“It’s a colorful orchestration,” Katsarelis says. “You have tor; mezzo Leah Biesterfield; and tenor Daniel Hutchings. these features that you would not find in the Baroque era, Bass solos, which span a wide range from very low to very like a really funky bass solo and a funky trombone solo. So it high, will be shared by two soloists: Kenneth Donahue for sounds like both [Stravinsky and Pergolesi] at the same the very lowest parts, and Aaron Harp, for the higher baritime.” tone range. The final piece will be Ravel’s Tombeau de Couperin, in The best known composers on the program are J.S. Bach, homage to the French Baroque composer Françoise Couperin. certainly the greatest Lutheran composer, and his predecessor Written in the style and form of Couperin’s keyboard suites, it at St. Thomas Church in Leipzig, Johann Kuhnau. Among imitates the older composer’s style without borrowing specific the less-known composers are Dietrich Buxtehude, Ludwig melodies. In addition to honoring Couperin, every movement Senfl, Johann Schein — and one that is hardly known even of the suite is dedicated to the memory of friends of the com- to scholars, Balthasar Resinarius. poser who died in World War I. “The lesser known composers are why Bach exists,” “The Ravel is a really beautiful work,” Katsarelis says. “I Padworksi says. “And if you come for Bach, the cantata we’re think of it as a very poignant homage to the past. We have doing is one of the cool ones, No. 106, referred to as Actus four movements, and like most Baroque movements they’re Tragicus. It’s a funeral cantata, written for a funeral in 1707 dance movements, but highly stylized and set in Ravel’s very or 1708, so the beginning of Bach’s career. It only has two colorful way.” recorders and two violas da gamba and continuo; it’s just a • • • • haunting sound.” When Kevin Padworksi was hired to lead Seicento, sucWe should be grateful for the abundance of classical ceeding founding director Evanne Brown, the theme for the music in our community. It would take planning, and some opening concert, a celebration of the 500th anniversary of the travel on the Front Range to get to all three concerts, but the Reformation, had been set, but not the program. fact that you have such choices is a sign of the musical riches “I’m glad they set it up that way,” he says, “but it was a available in Colorado today. Boulder Weekly

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Climate Change Solutions Presentation 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 19. Erie Community Center, 450 Powers St., Erie. The Colorado Energy Freedom Tour is a series of presentations in towns across eastern Colorado designed to engage people on climate policy. The Tour includes opportunities to chat about how the citizens of Colorado can save jobs, increase business certainty, clean our air and water, and manage climate risk appropriately.

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Off Balance 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 20 and Saturday, Oct. 21, Dairy Arts Center, Gordon Gamm Theatre, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder. Blue Moon Dance Company presents Off Balance, a fascinating evening of dance with new works and award-winning choreography by company members. The company moves together through a unique fusion of contemporary, modern, hip-hop and ballroom styles, creating memorable imagery in motion. Ying Chang and Julius Reinante rejoin the company to perform Pat Connelly’s “Break A Leg” with Noel Baterna, Amanda Kepus, MaryAnn Nason, Lisa Adeva Samoy, Sky Shaver and Thomas Wingerd.

Nederland Food Pantry Benefit 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 21, The Caribou Room, 55 Indian Peaks Drive, Nederland. For more than 25 years, the Nederland Food Pantry has provided support to working families in the Peak to Peak region. Its work is even more necessary now, as basic housing costs skyrocket in the region. Lend a helping hand while enjoying a concert with music from Slopeside and The Gael and an auction benefiting this important cause. Doors and cash bar open at 6 p.m., and the music kicks off at 6:30 p.m. There is a suggested donation of $15.

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Music Barb Wire Dolls with Svetlanas, 57. 7 p.m. Marquis Theatre, 2009 Larimer St., Denver. Berk and Friends. 9 p.m. Larimer Lounge, 2721 Larimer St., Denver. Bleep Bloop. 9 p.m. The Bluebird Theater, 3317 E. Colfax Ave., Denver. Bluegrass Pickers. 7 p.m. West Flanders Brewing, 1125 Pearl St., Boulder. Bruiser Queen — with Fea (x-Girl In A Coma). 9 p.m. Streets of London Pub, 1501 E Colfax Ave., Denver. Bumper Jacksons — with Chain Station, The Mallett Brothers Band. 8 p.m. Cervantes Masterpiece, 2637 Welton St., Denver. Chief Keef (Late Night Show). 11:30 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder. Consonance Publishing Showcase. 8:30 p.m. Hi-Dive Denver, 7 S. Broadway, Denver.

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The Current State of the Advertising Profession with Heat’s JB Byrne.

4:30 p.m. Armory, Room 206A, 1511 University Ave., Boulder.

Guest Recital: Lowell Liebermann, composer.

7:30 p.m. Imig Music, Grusin Music Hall, 1020 18th St., Boulder.

Friday, Oct. 20 Guest Master Class: Deborah Voigt, soprano.

Monday, Oct. 23 Music Lecture: Pursuance and Miles’ Mode. 2 p.m. Imig Music, Chamber Hall (C199), 1020 18th St., Boulder.

The Business of Creativity II: Building Your Personal Brand. 4:30 p.m. ATLAS Center, Room 100, 1125 18th St., Boulder.

Concert Band.

7:30 p.m. Imig Music, Grusin Music Hall (C112), 1020 18th St., Boulder.

Tuesday, Oct. 24 Combating the Black Death: Mitigating Sylvatic Plague in the Western United States.

7 p.m. CU Museum (Henderson Building), Paleontology Hall, 1030 Broadway, Boulder.

Rainbow Kitten Surprise.

Cowards. 9 p.m. Lost Lake, 3602 E. Colfax Ave., Denver.

2 p.m. Imig Music, Grusin Music Hall (C112), 1020 18th St., Boulder.

DU Lamont Guest Artist: Miriam Fried, violin. 7:30 p.m. Newman Center for the Performing Arts, 2344 E. Iliff Ave., Denver.

Doctoral Student Recital: Emily Alley, piano.

7:30 p.m. Imig Music, Grusin Music Hall (C112),1020 18th St., Boulder.

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Eli Cook Plays the Blues. 6 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont.

7:30 p.m. Imig Music, Grusin Music Hall (C112), 1020 18th St., Boulder.

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Falli. 8 p.m. Moon Room, 1902 Blake St., Denver.

Faculty Exhibition 2017 - Film Screening.

Fall Color Tree Walk.

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Mindi Abair and The Boneshakers. 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. The Soiled Dove Underground, 7401 E. First Ave., Denver. The Monster Energy Outbreak Tour Presents Party Favor. 9:30 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-447-0095. Open Mic Night. 9 p.m. Outback Saloon, 3141 28th St., Boulder. Passafire — with Pacific Dub, Special Guests. 9 p.m. Cervantes’ Other Side, 2637 Welton St., Denver. Penny & Sparrow. 8 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder.

4 p.m. Boulder Public Library, Canyon Theater, 1000 Canyon Boulevard, Boulder.

Sunday, Oct. 22 Doctoral Student Recital: Kristin Weber, oboe.

7:30 p.m. Imig Music, Grusin Music Hall (C112), 1020 18th St., Boulder.

Naughty Pierre’s Burlesque & Comedy Show. 8 p.m. The Clocktower Cabaret, 1601 Arapahoe St., Denver.

Peter Sommer Septet. 7:30 p.m. Dazzle@ Baur’s, 1512 Curtis St., Denver.

Taking Tea — with Jack the Ripper. 7:30 p.m. Bovine Metropolis Theater, 1527 Champa St., Denver.

Shawn Nelson. 9 p.m. Globe Hall, 4483 Logan St., Denver.

Third Thursday Improv. 7 p.m. Wesley Foundation, 1290 Folsom St., Boulder.

SOOHAN & LusiD. 9 p.m. The Black Box, 314 E. 13th Ave., Denver.

Thirsty Artists: Off Balance. 5:30 p.m. Dagabi Cucina, 3970 Broadway St., Suite 101, Boulder.

Third Thursdays Singer Songwriter Showcase. 4:30 p.m. Your Mom’s House, 608 E. 13th Ave., Denver.

Trivia at Tandoori’s Bar. 6 p.m. Tandori’s Bar, 619 S. Broadway, Boulder.

T Sisters. 6:30 p.m. Still Cellars, 1115 Colorado Ave., Longmont.

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Tnertle (Solo), Zeta June, Trouble in the Streets. 8:30 p.m. Your Mom’s House, 608 E. 13th Ave., Denver. Events Cadence. 8 p.m. The Bakery Arts Warehouse, 2132 Market St., Denver. Comedy Night at Vision Quest. 8:30 p.m. Vision Quest Brewing, 2510 47th St., Boulder. Front deRanged Improv Comedy Show! 7:30 p.m. Jesters Dinner Theatre, 224 Main St., Longmont. Halloween Film Series: Interview with the Vampire. 7 p.m. Longmont Museum, 400 Quail Road, Longmont. Killing Me Softly: A Musical Comedy Night. 7 p.m. 300 Suns Brewing, 335 First Ave., Unit C, Longmont.

Friday, October 20 Allout Helter & Black Dots FEST Sendoff. 9:30 p.m. Hi-Dive Denver, 7 S. Broadway, Denver. Anna Morgan. 9 p.m. The Black Box, 314 E. 13th Ave., Denver. Aya Maguire. 6:30 p.m. Still Cellars, 1115 Colorado Ave., Longmont. The Black Lodge. 9 p.m. The Black Box, 314 E. 13th Ave., Denver. Blind Dogs Halloween Show. 7 p.m. Herman’s Hideaway, 1578 S. Broadway, Denver.

7 p.m. University Memorial Center, Genn Mill Ballroom, 1669 Euclid Ave., Boulder.

Faculty Tuesdays: Finnish Celebration.

5 p.m. CU Museum (Henderson Building), 1030 Broadway, Boulder.

The Phoenix Years: Art, Resistance, and the Making of Modern China with Madeleine O’Dea. Eaton Humanities, Room 1B80, 1610 Pleasant St., Boulder.

Felonius Smith. 2:30 p.m. Longmont Museum, 400 Quail Road, Longmont. From Luther to Bach: Music of the Reformation. 7:30 p.m. The Church, 1160 Lincoln St., Denver. Gasoline Lollipops. 9 p.m. Lost Lake, 3602 E. Colfax Ave., Denver. Good Manners. 9:30 p.m. Oskar Blues, 303 Main St., Lyons. Head For The Hills. 9 p.m. Ophelia’s Electric Soapbox, 1215 20th St., Denver. Hit and Run: Musical Improv. 9 p.m. Voodoo Comedy Playhouse, 1260 22nd St., Denver. Javon Jackson, George Cables, Eddie Gomez, & Jimmy Cobb: Coltrane Tribute. 6:30 p.m. Dazzle@Baur’s, 1512 Curtis St., Denver. Lindsey Saunders. 5 p.m. Oskar Blues Homemade Liquids and Solids, 1555 Hover St., Longmont. Lionel Young Duo. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Homemade Liquids and Solids, 1555 Hover St., Longmont. Lori’s Cuisine. 3:30 p.m. Bootstrap Brewing Company, 142 Pratt St., Longmont.

Boombox Cartel. 8:30 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder.

Los Angeles Guitar Quartet. 7:30 p.m. Saint John’s Episcopal Cathedral, 1350 Washington St., Denver.

Chris Dismuke. 7:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Tap Room, 921 Pearl St., Boulder.

The Medium. 7 p.m. Syntax Physic Opera, 554 S. Broadway, Denver.

An Evening with Malcolm Watson, the Barefoot Violinist. 7 p.m. The Caritas Center, 5723 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder.

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Native Station. 8 p.m. Barfly, 4255 W. Colfax Ave., Suite A, Denver.

Stories United: Spirit. 7 p.m. Curious Theatre Company, 1080 Acoma St., Denver.

a.m. Ophelia’s Electric Soapbox, 1215 20th St., Denver.

Neon Masq. 7 p.m. Summit Music Hall, 1902 Blake St., Denver.

TARRA2017: Artisan Pop Up Shop. 10 a.m. The Source, 3350 Brighton Blvd., Denver.

Casey Cormier. 8 p.m. Swallow Hill Music, 71 E. Yale Ave., Denver.

New Vintage Jazz. 10:15 p.m. Dazzle@Baur’s, 1512 Curtis St., Denver.

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Dead Bars. 9:30 p.m. Hi-Dive Denver, 7 S. Broadway, Denver.

A New World: Intimate Music from Final Fantasy. 7:30 p.m. Newman Center for the Performing Arts, 2344 E. Iliff Ave., Denver.

1000 Miles of Fire, Saints of Never After. Rosedale, The Backseaters, The Violet Tides. 6 p.m. Summit Music Hall, 1902 Blake St., Denver.

Shawn Colvin — with Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams. 8 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder.

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Silent Disco. 8 p.m. Burnt Barrel Colorado Spirits & Sports, 1201 16th St., Suite 120, Denver.

Sugar Skulls & Marigolds. 9 p.m. Streets of London Pub, 1501 E. Colfax Ave., Denver.

Birds of North America — presented by Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company. Dairy Arts Center, Grace Gamm Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder. Through Nov. 12

T Sisters. 9 p.m. Gold Hill Inn, 401 Main St. Gold Hill, Boulder.

Macbeth. Space Theatre, Denver Center for the Performing Arts, 1345 Champa St., Denver. Through Oct. 29.

Ultralowfi. 6 p.m. Bootstrap Brewing Company, 142 Pratt St., Longmont.

The Music Man. Candlelight Dinner Playhouse, 4747 Marketplace Drive, Johnstown. Through Nov. 5.

Wild Adriatic + Emma Mayes & The Hip. 9 p.m. Your Mom’s House, 608 E. 13th Ave., Denver.

Richard III — presented by The Upstart Crow Theatre Company. Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder. Through Oct. 22.

Wookiefoot — with Satsang. 9 p.m. Cervantes Masterpiece, 2637 Welton St., Denver.

Zomboy. 9 p.m. The Ogden Theatre, 935 E. Colfax Ave., Denver. Events

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow — presented by Miners Alley Children’s Theatre. Miners Alley Playhouse, 1224 Washington Ave., Golden. Through Oct. 28. The Little Dog Laughed — presented by Vintage Theatre. Vintage Theatre, 1468 Dayton St., Aurora. Through Oct. 22.

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Thurston Moore. 9 p.m. Globe Hall, 4483 Logan St., Denver.

Zion I & Lyrics Born — with Kruza Kid, J.O.B., Thin Air Crew. 9 p.m. Cervantes’ Other Side, 2637 Welton St., Denver.

Devotchka. 8 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder.

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Stravinsky’s The Firebird. 7:30 p.m. Boettcher Concert Hall, 1000 14th St., Denver.

Tera Melos. 9 p.m. Larimer Lounge, 2721 Larimer St., Denver.

The Delta Sonics. 10:30 p.m. Dazzle@Baur’s, 1512 Curtis St., Denver.

Rock of Ages. BDT Stage, 5501 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder. Through Nov. 11. The Rocky Horror Show. Longmont Theatre Company, 513 Main St., Longmont. Through Oct. 28. The Music Man follows fast-talking traveling salesman, Harold Hill, as he cons the people of River City, Iowa, into buying instruments and uniforms for a boys’ band that he vows to organize — this, despite the fact that he doesn’t know a trombone from a treble clef.

CCMOW Comedy Night FUNdraiser. 7 p.m. Tri-City Elks Lodge #2541, 525 Main St., Louisville. ComedySportz Denver. 7:30 p.m. Avenue Theater, 417 E. 17th Ave., Denver. Dog Dance. 7 p.m. Floorspace, 1510 Zamia Avenue, Suite 101, Boulder. Dan Tedesco Documentary Release Show. 8 p.m. Walnut Room, 3131 Walnut St., Denver.

A Delicate Balance — presented by The Edge Theater Company. The Edge Theater Company, 1560 Teller St., Lakewood. Through Nov. 5. Girls Only – The Secret Comedy Of Women. Garner Galleria Theatre, Denver Performing Arts Complex, 1345 Champa St., Denver. Through Oct. 22.

Siren Song: A Pirate’s Odyssey. Buntport Theatre, 717 Lipan St., Denver. Through May 14. The Snowy Day. Conservatory Theatre, Denver Performing Arts Complex, 1345 Champa St., Denver. Through Nov. 18. Seussical — presented by Peanut Butter Players. Harlequin Center for Performing Arts, 1376 Miners Drive, Suite 106, Lafayette. Through Oct. 28. A Year with Frog and Toad. Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada. Through Dec. 19.

Fate of The Comedy Show. 8 p.m. Los Tacos Famous Taqueria, 600 E. Colfax Ave., Denver. Girl Rising Film Screening and Panel Discussion. 7 p.m. Regis University, 3333 Regis Boulevard, Mountain View Room, Claver Hall, Building C, Denver. Goodwill’s Moonlight Masquerade. 6:30 p.m. ART Hotel Denver, 1201 Broadway, Denver. Jay Pharoah. 7:30 p.m. and 9:45 p.m. Comedy Works, 1226 15th St., Denver.

After Midnight Jazz Band. 7 p.m. Caffè Sole, 637 S. Broadway, Boulder. Bakersfield Band. 8:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Homemade Liquids and Solids, 1555 Hover St., Longmont.

From Luther to Bach: Music of the Reformation. 7:30 p.m. First United Methodist Church, 1421 Spruce St., Boulder. Gala for Good Fundraiser. 6:30 p.m. East Simpson Coffee Company, 414 E. Simpson St., Lafayette.

Makeshift Shakespeare. 8 p.m. Voodoo Comedy Playhouse, 1260 22nd St., Denver.

Barbara Jo & the Hippie Buckaroos. 4 p.m. Medicine Horse Program Ranch, 8778 Arapahoe Road, Boulder.

Night of the Living Dead...Live! On Stage. 8 p.m. The Bug Theatre, 3654 Navajo St., Denver.

Bass Quake: 3.0: Heavy Artillery. 9 p.m. The Black Box, 314 E. 13th Ave., Denver.

Happy Hour Live Jazz. 5:30 p.m. Tandoori Grill South, 619 S. Broadway, Boulder.

Off Balance. 8 p.m. The Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder.

Bhakti Shakti Kirtan. 7 p.m. Full Circle Yoga, 519 Main St., Longmont.

The Inablers. 9 p.m. Angel’s Landing, 2014 S. University Blvd., Denver.

On The Spot. 8 p.m. Bovine Metropolis Theater, 1527 Champa St., Denver.

Bob Schneider. 9 p.m. The Bluebird Theater, 3317 E. Colfax Ave., Denver.

Propaganda: A Comedy Show featuring Brandt Tobler. 8 p.m. The Soiled Dove Underground, 7401 E. First Ave., Denve.

Boulder Opera: Gala Concert. 7 p.m. The Riverside, 1724 Broadway, Boulder.

Javon Jackson, George Cables, Eddie Gomez, & Jimmy Cobb: Coltrane Tribute. 9 p.m. Dazzle@Baur’s, 1512 Curtis St., Denver.

Brunch with Wes Watkins and Friends. 10:30

George Nelson Trio. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Tap Room, 921 Pearl St., Boulder.

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Minimalism, conceptualism and geometric abstraction prevail in Elemental Forms. See it at the CU Art Museum through May 2018.

75 — A Celebration of New Works in Fiber. The Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder. Through Oct. 22. Artistry And Craftsmanship: Ruskin Pottery, Enamels, and Buttons. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver. Through Nov. 19. Britain’s Golden Age. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver. Through Nov. 19. Canaletto: Masterwork Restored. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver. Through Nov. 19. Common Ground. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver. Through Nov. 12. Depth & Detail: Carved Bamboo from China, Japan & Korea. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver. Through Nov. 19. Discovering Generations Of Thy Reincarnated Self — by Kia Neill. Paramita Gallery, 3285 30th St., Boulder. Through Oct. 27. Elemental Forms. University of Colorado Art Museum, Visual Arts Complex, 1085 18th St., Boulder. Through May 2018. Faculty Exhibition: 2017. University of Colorado Art Museum, Visual Arts Complex, 1085 18th St., Boulder. Through Dec. 23. From The Fire: Contemporary Japanese Ceramics from the Robert and Lisa Kessler Collection. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver. Through Nov. 19.

Front Range Contemporary Quilters. NCAR’s Mesa Laboratory, 1850 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder. Through Oct. 27. Glitterati: Portraits & Jewelry from Colonial Latin America. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver. Through Nov. 19. Grand Gestures: Dance, Drama, Masquerade. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver. Through Nov. 19. Her Paris: Women Artists in the Age of Impressionism. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver. Through Jan. 14. Latin America: Endless Transformation. Redline, 2350 Arapahoe St., Denver. Through Oct. 29. Mi Tierra. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver. Through Oct. 22. Legacy — presented by Gallery 1261 and Denver Public Library. Denver Central Library, Level 7, Vida Ellison Gallery, 10 W. Fourteenth Ave. Parkway, Denver. Through Dec. 31. Lined Out — Ted Larsen. Boulder Museum of Contempoarary Art, 1750 13th St., 303-443-

2122. Through Jan. 21. Out of India: Drawings and Photographs — Sherry Wiggins. Boulder Museum of Contempoarary Art, 1750 13th St., 303-443-2122. Through Nov. 17. Retratos De Los Muertos — featuring Travis Hetman. Firehouse Art Gallery, 667 Fourth Ave., Longmont. Through Nov. 5. Revealing A Mexican Masterpiece: The Virgin of Valvanera. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver. Through Feb. 2018. River Paintings Curated by Courtney Stell — Stephen Batura. Boulder Museum of Contempoarary Art, 1750 13th St., 303-443-2122. Through Nov. 17. Sinner in Gingham. Boulder Museum of Contempoarary Art, 1750 13th St., 303-443-2122. Through Jan. 21. Then, Now, Next: Evolution of an Architectural Icon. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver. Through Nov. 19. Through February 2018.

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John Tesh Grand Piano Live. 7:30 p.m. Paramount Denver, 1621 Glenarm Place, Denver.

The Medium. 4 p.m. Syntax Physic Opera, 554 S. Broadway, Denver.

Sherefe: Arabic Mediterranean Fusion. 7 p.m. Caffè Sole, 637 S. Broadway St., Boulder.

Jon Stickley Trio — with T Sisters, Backup Planet, Special Guests. 8:30 p.m. Cervantes’ Other Side, 2637 Welton St., Denver.

Mike Massé and Jeff Hall Live in Denver. 7 p.m. Mercury Cafe, 2199 California St., Denver.

Specto4. 8 p.m. Walnut Room, 3131 Walnut St., Denver.

OrKa Odyssey Presents Tropical Saucer ‘17 “Crystal Casket Kingdoms”. 6:30 p.m. Millers and Rossi, 3542 Walnut St., Denver.

Sponge. 8 p.m. Herman’s Hideaway, 1578 S. Broadway, Denver.

Keller Williams — with The Accidentals. 8:30 p.m. Cervantes Masterpiece, 2637 Welton St., Denver. Lettuce — with Special Guests RDGLDGRN, Dreamers Delight. 8 p.m. Fillmore Auditorium, 1510 Clarkson St., Denver. Lionel Young Band. 7:30 p.m. Dannik’s Gunbarrel Corner Bar, 6525 Gunpark Drive, Boulder. Los Tigres del Norte. 8 p.m. Bellco Theatre, 700 14th St., Denver.

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Phantoms. 9 p.m. Globe Hall, 4483 Logan St., Denver. Rat’s WoodShack BBQ. 3 p.m. Bootstrap Brewing Company, 142 Pratt St., Longmont. The Sax Pack. 8 p.m. The Soiled Dove Underground, 7401 E. First Ave., Denver.

Spyn Reset & Telemetry + Chewy&Bach. 9 p.m. Your Mom’s House, 608 E. 13th Ave., Denver. Stravinsky’s The Firebird. 7:30 p.m. Boettcher Concert Hall, 1000 14th St., Denver. Tenth Mountain Division. 9 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder. Torres. 9 p.m. Larimer Lounge, 2721 Larimer St., Denver.

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Jonathan Saiz, Jason Gruhl, & Andi Todaro — The Fountain Tarot. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder. Stephanie Harper. 7 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., Boulder. Friday, October 20

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Deb Brandon — But My Brain Had Other Ideas. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder.

Tuesday, October 24

Zac Young. 7 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., Boulder.

Innisfree Weekly Open Poetry Reading. 7 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., Boulder.

Sunday, October 22 Amy Dominy and Jason Gallaher — Cookiesaurus Rex and Whobert Whover, Owl Detective. All day. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder. Monday, October 23 So, You’re a Poet: Weekly Open Poetry Reading. 8 p.m. Laughing Goat

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Andi and Jonathan Goldman — The Humming Effect. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder.

Wednesday, October 25 Chris Grabenstein — Mr. Lemoncello’s Great Library Race. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder. Grant Souders and Natalie Sharp and Justin Wymer. 7 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., Boulder.

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events The Turbonauts. 9 p.m. Streets of London Pub, 1501 E. Colfax Ave., Denver.

Mitch McVicker. 7 p.m. Faith Community, 9775 Ute Highway, Longmont.

Ukulele Jam. 2 p.m. Bootstrap Brewing, 142 Pratt St., Longmont.

Boulder Comedy Show. 6 p.m. Bohemian Biergarten, 2017 13th St., Boulder.

Waker. 8 p.m. Lost Lake, 3602 E. Colfax Ave., Denver.

music@theJ: Pete Wernick & Flexigrass. 7 p.m. Boulder Jewish Community Center, 6007 Oreg Ave., Boulder.

Weller, Kississippi. 7 p.m. Moon Room at Summit Music Hall, 1902 Blake St., Denver.

Jay Pharoah. 7 p.m. Comedy Works, 1226 15th St., Denver.

Wildflowers. 8 p.m. Globe Hall, 4483 Logan St., Denver.

The Magical Duo: Harwood & Woodward. 6:30 p.m. The Clocktower Cabaret, 1601 Arapahoe St., Denver.

Winning Scores. 7:30 p.m. Kenneth King Center for the Performing Arts, 855 Lawrence Way, Denver. Woodbelly. 8:30 p.m. Oskar Blues, 303 Main St., Lyons. Zomboy. 9 p.m. The Ogden Theatre, 935 E. Colfax Ave., Denver. Events 3MCS Stand-Up, Sketch, and Live Comedy. 9 p.m. Blackbird Pub, 305 S. Downing St., Denver.

Mutemath. 8 p.m. The Ogden Theatre, 935 E. Colfax Ave., Denver. Paul Anderson’s Student Showcase/GuitarBQ. 2 p.m. Jazz@Jack’s, 500 16th St., Suite 320, Denver. Signs and Signals. 8 p.m. Larimer Lounge, 2721 Larimer St., Denver. Stravinsky’s The Firebird. 1 p.m. Boettcher Concert Hall, 1000 14th St., Denver.

Yolk’n Around. 12 p.m. Bootstrap Brewing Company, 142 Pratt St., Longmont. Events Bolshoi Ballet: Le Corsaire. 11 a.m. Denver Pavilions 15, 500 16th St., Denver. Boulder Bourbon Launch Party. 2 p.m. Vapor Distillery, 5311 Western Ave., Suite 180, Boulder.

Mollie McGee’s 37th Annual Fall Craft Market. 10 a.m. Boulder County Fairgrounds, 9595 Nelson Road, Longmont. Taking Tea — with Jack the Ripper. 7:30 p.m. Bovine Metropolis Theater, 1527 Champa St., Denver. see EVENTS Page 38

The Agency: “Bits and Pieces.” 8 p.m. Voodoo Comedy Playhouse, 1260 22nd St., Denver. Broadway Halloween Parade. 6 p.m. Broadway between Third and Alameda, Denver. Cadence. 8 p.m. The Bakery Arts Warehouse, 2132 Market St., Denver. ComedySportz Denver. 7:30 p.m. Avenue Theater, 417 E. 17th Ave., Denver. Dia de los Muertos Bilingual Storytime. 11 a.m. Barnes & Noble, 2999 Pearl St., Boulder. The Dinner Detective Murder Mystery Dinner Show. 6 p.m. Embassy Suites, 1420 Stout St., Denver. Frequent Flyers’ Masquerade Gala. 6 p.m. Frequent Flyers Aerial Dance Studios, 3022 E.Sterling Circle, Boulder. Jay Pharoah. 7:30 p.m. and 9:45 p.m. Comedy Works, 1226 15th St., Denver. Lott Of Laughs Drag Show. 8 p.m. Mile High Hamburger Mary’s, 1336 E. 17th Ave., Denver. Mollie McGee’s 37th Annual Fall Craft Market. 9 a.m. Boulder County Fairgrounds, 9595 Nelson Road, Longmont. Night of the Living Dead...Live! On Stage. 8 p.m. The Bug Theatre, 3654 Navajo St., Denver. On The Spot. 8 p.m. Bovine Metropolis Theater, 1527 Champa St., Denver. Sleightly Impossible: Comedy Magic Show. 4 p.m. Lumber Baron Mystery Mansion, 2555 W. 37th Ave., Denver. TARRA2017: Artisan Pop Up Shop. 10 a.m. The Source, 3350 Brighton Blvd., Denver. Weird World of Animals — with Dr. Kevin Fitzgerald. 1 p.m. Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder. Sunday, October 22 Music Bones. 8 p.m. Lost Lake, 3602 E. Colfax Ave., Denver. Chronologue. 7:30 p.m. Dazzle@Baur’s, 1512 Curtis St., Denver. Cousin Stizz — with Swoosh, Big Leano. 8 p.m. Cervantes’ Other Side, 2637 Welton St., Denver. Daikaiju. 9 p.m. Streets of London Pub, 1501 E. Colfax Ave., Denver. Dinner with Joe Johnson Band. 6 p.m. Ophelia’s Electric Soapbox, 1215 20th St., Denver. Espresso! 9:30 a.m. Spruce Confections, 767 Pearl St., Boulder. A Giant Dog. 9 p.m. Hi-Dive Denver, 7 S. Broadway, Denver. Hymn for Her. 5 p.m. Oskar Blues, 303 Main St., Lyons. The Love Show. 7 p.m. The Speakeasy, 301 Main St., Longmont. Boulder Weekly

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Monday, October 23 Music Athena Project. 7 p.m. Jazz@Jack’s, 500 16th St., Suite 320, Denver. Bluegrass Pickers. 7 p.m. West Flanders Brewing, 1125 Pearl St, Boulder, Boulder. Call Me Karizma — with A Summer High, Skyhaven. 6 p.m. Summit Music Hall, 1902 Blake St., Denver.

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Hissing. 8:30 p.m. Hi-Dive Denver, 7 S. Broadway, Denver. Madeintyo. 9 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder. Remo Drive + The Diners. 8 p.m. Larimer Lounge, 2721 Larimer St., Denver. Rosetta. 8 p.m. Globe Hall, 4483 Logan St., Denver. Events Black & Blu: Comedy/Variety Show. 7 p.m. Tennyson’s Tap, 4335 W. 38th Ave., Denver.

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Dayglo Abortions. 9 p.m. Streets of London Pub, 1501 E. Colfax Ave., Denver. Helicopter Showdown & Xaebor. 9 p.m. The Black Box, 314 E 13th Ave., Denver. Jackie Greene At The State Room 2016. 8 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder. Johnnyswim. 8 p.m. The Ogden Theatre, 935 E. Colfax Ave., Denver. Kesha. 7 p.m. Fillmore Auditorium, 1510 Clarkson St., Denver.

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Wednesday, October 25 Music Aural Elixir... Potluck! 6:30 p.m. Still Cellars, 1115 Colorado Ave., Longmont. Ben Hammond. 4:30 p.m. Viewhouse Eatery, Bar & Rooftop, 2015 Market St., Denver. Crystal Garden featuring Boyd Tinsley of Dave Matthews Band. 9 p.m. Globe Hall, 4483 Logan St., Denver. DU Lamont Guest Artist: Arx Duo, percussion. 7:30 p.m. Newman Center for the Performing Arts, 2344 E. Iliff Ave., Denver. Gerard’s Pool Hall — A Boutique Billiard Room. 6 p.m. Gerard’s Pool Hall, 1305 26th St., Denver. Guided By Voices. 8 p.m. The Bluebird Theater, 3317 E. Colfax Ave., Denver. Lany. 8 p.m. The Ogden Theatre, 935 E. Colfax Ave., Denver. Joe Moss Band. 7:30 p.m. Dannik’s Gunbarrel Corner Bar, 6525 Gunpark Drive, Boulder. The Nova Kicks — with Backseat Vinyl, Sweater Belly, Meeting House. 6 p.m. Marquis Theatre, 2009 Larimer St., Denver. Rally ’round The Family. 9 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder.

Kirk Cameron’s REVIVE US 2. 7 p.m. Denver Pavilions 15, 500 16th St., Denver.

RE: Search featuring MartyParty — with Ty Coomes (of Aftermath / Lettuce), The Party People, Jubee, Special Guests TBA. 8:30 p.m. Cervantes’ Other Side, 2637 Welton St., Denver.

Larry Fuller Trio. 6 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. Dazzle@ Baur’s, 1512 Curtis St., Denver.

Reggae Night. 9 p.m. Boulder House, 1109 Walnut St., Boulder.

Max Frost. 7 p.m. Globe Hall, 4483 Logan St., Denver.

Surf Curse. 8 p.m. Larimer Lounge, 2721 Larimer St., Denver.

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Mr. Elevator. 8:30 p.m. Hi-Dive Denver, 7 S. Broadway, Denver.

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Zeke. 8 p.m. Lost Lake, 3602 E. Colfax Ave., Denver.

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T.O.N.E-z (of Gangstagrass), Articulate Tongues, Contenderz, Jordan Polovina. 8:30 p.m. Your Mom’s House, 608 E. 13th Ave., Denver. Tei Shi. 8 p.m. Larimer Lounge, 2721 Larimer St., Denver. Tuesday Bluegrass Open Jam. 6:30 p.m. Bootstrap Brewing Company, 142 Pratt St., Longmont.

Broadway Cabaret Dance. 4 p.m. Boulder Jewish Community Center, 6007 Oreg Ave., Boulder. Zero to Hero: An Improvised Superhero Musical. 7:30 p.m. Bovine Metropolis Theater, 1527 Champa St., Denver.

Tim Reynolds and TR3. 8 p.m. The Soiled Dove Underground, 7401 E. First Ave., Denver. Trinidad James and Scotty ATL — with PDF, Special Guests. 8 p.m. Your Mom’s House, 608 E. 13th Ave., Denver. Events

Night of the Dancing Dead. 8 p.m. The Clocktower Cabaret, 1601 Arapahoe St., Denver. The Roast of Halloween. 8 p.m. Comedy Works, 1226 15th St., Denver.

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Hosted by UCAR, Workforce Boulder County, and DVR. The Job Fair will be held on Thursday, November 2, 2017 from 10 am – 2 pm. The Job Fair will take place at UCAR’s Center Green campus: 3080 Center Green Drive, Boulder, CO 80301. Attendees can pre-register using: http://bit.ly/2g4bO2T. This event is open to all job seekers from 11 am – 2 pm. A variety of employers will be in attendance with job openings in Administrative, Technical, Skilled Labor, Supervisory, Hospitality, and Retail functions. Attendees are encouraged to bring multiple copies of their resume for employers to review.

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As I leave for work she holds out her arms, and I bend to lift her ... always heavier than I remember, because in my mind she is still that seedling bough I used to cradle in one elbow. Her hug is honest, fierce, forgiving. I think of Oregon’s coastal pines, wind-bent even on quiet days; they’ve grown in ways the Pacific breeze has blown them all their lives. And how will my daughter grow? Last night, I dreamed of a mid-ocean gale, a howl among writhing waterspouts; I don’t know what it meant, or if it’s still distant, or already here. I know only how I hug my daughter, my arms grown taut with the thought of that wind. Joseph Hutchison has been writing good poems for more than 40 years, and I have been reading them for just that long. He lives in Colorado, where he is the state Poet Laureate, and his latest book, The World As Is: New & Selected Poems, has just come out from New York Quarterly Books. Here’s a father’s poem from that fine collection. — Ted Kooser, U.S. Poet Laureate We do not accept unsolicited submissions. American Life in Poetry is made possible by The Poetry Foundation (www.poetryfoundation.org), publisher of Poetry magazine. It is also supported by the Department of English at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Poem copyright ©2016 by Joseph Hutchison, “Lifting My Daughter,” from The World As Is: New & Selected Poems, 1972-2015, (New York Quarterly Press, 2016). Poem reprinted by permission of Joseph Hutchison and the publisher. Introduction copyright © 2017 by The Poetry Foundation. The introduction’s author, Ted Kooser, served as United States Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 2004-2006.

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he hackneyed, half-assed backstory for the lead character in Happy Death Day involves the tragic loss of her mother, which doesn’t actually feel sad at all because that dead woman intentionally named her daughter “Tree.” Pretty much everything in writer Scott Lobdell’s script is this un-clever and maddening, as he thought-humped Groundhog Day into a slasher film and then presumably took character notes from a soft-core sorority-girl Cinemax porn. Were it not for the deceptively charismatic Jessica Rothe, who I’m assured is not Blake Lively, Happy Death Day would have less to offer than the content of any man’s tweet at Hillary Clinton.

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‘Happy Death Day’ is repeatedly dumb by Ryan Syrek Rothe — who is definitely not Blake Lively — plays Tree, who is a horrible person. To be fair, according to Lobdell’s script, literally all women are vapid, cruel sex dolls with the mental acumen of crusty toothpaste. Happy Death Day is super#NotAllMen, so the best person here is Carter (Israel Broussard). He’s a cuddly Zach Galligan clone who rescues Rothe — who is a completely different actress than Blake Lively — from her whorish bad decisions by offering up his bed after she drunkenly passes out. He even looks away when she takes her shirt off, so he totally deserves a line of dialogue later where Tree announces her desire to be impregnated by him multiple times. Nice guys rule! Tree proceeds to get killed by a knife-wielding wanker wearing a baby mask. This is because the mascot of the fictional college is apparently a drunken-murderinfant, which is the second best thing in the movie, after Rothe, who supposedly has DNA that is distinct from Blake Lively. Tree must repeat the day over and over again until she stops her killer, whose identity is concealed by a visual cheat as frustrating as Lobdell’s view of college students. Happy Death Day didn’t need to be as smart as the movies it brazenly stole from in order to be entertaining. It did, however, need to be smarter than this. Gifted a seemingly infinite lifespan, Bill Murray in Groundhog Day learns to be a selfless piano maestro and Tom Cruise in Edge of Tomorrow saves the entire world. Tree walks around naked in public; because that’s what women secretly long to do when not topless-pillow-fighting in sorority houses, right?! Worse still is the tokenism and crass treatment of the few actresses of color, which prominently feature a) an overweight black nurse; b) a smiling, pigtailed, K-pop-listening Asian sorority sister with no dialogue and c) a black sorority sister mocked for being fat. Nobody expected Happy Death Day to be a beacon of intersectional feminism, but gunning down one of the few non-white people who get to speak is more grotesque than any death scene acted by Rothe, who I’m pretty sure is actually Blake Lively. Scary movies during the Halloween season that dance between silly and spooky are great fun, and the horror genre is statistically the most inclusive film genre. Happy Death Day is none of these things, so please don’t raise the box office to the point where it gets a gazillion sequels, please. This review previously appeared in The Reader of Omaha, Nebraska.

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Falling in love with looking in ‘Columbus’ by Michael J. Casey

father is sick and the son is beckoned to his side. While the son waits for his father ON THE BILL: Columbus. Oct. to die, he meets another 19–21, The Boedecker Theater at the Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut wayward soul: a girl, stuck St., Boulder. in neutral, waiting for her real life to Talkback with producer Danielle begin. The set-up may be familiar but the Renfrew Behrens follows the Thursday, Oct. 19 screening. theexecution is anything but. dairy.org This is Columbus, the first movie from South Korean-born writer/director 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 4, International Film Series, Kogonada, a video essayist of considerable Muenzinger Auditorium, University reputation. As an essayist, Kogonada’s of Colorado Boulder. acute eye zeros in on directorial traits, internationalfilmseries.com fetishes and form. Little of that is lost in the leap to feature-length narrative, giving Columbus a considerable edge over other movies. Now to the players and the story: Jin ( John Cho) is the son of an architecture scholar who has fallen into a coma from which he will not wake. Doing what he must, Jin puts his work in Seoul, South Korea, on hold to be by his father’s side — even though dear old dad was rarely by his. Casey (Haley Lu Richardson) is a young architecture enthusiast who abandoned her studies when mother needed some parenting of her own. As is habit in these movies, Jin and Casey come together and enjoy each other’s company while biding their time in purgatory. He waits for his father to die; she waits for her life to start. Standard stuff, but in the capable hands of Kogonada, Columbus is fresh. Known as a mecca for modernist architecture, Columbus, Indiana, possess buildings and structures crafted by I.M. Pei, Eero Saarinen, Richard Meier and many others. These buildings are much more than backdrop; they are the reason Jin’s father was in the city and why Casey won’t leave. Kogonada and cinematographer Elisha Christian match these monuments with a deliberate and spare filming style that makes every shot count and wastes nothing. This doesn’t just make Columbus beautiful to watch, but it also provides the narrative thrust that keeps the story going. Both Jin and Casey lift their heads toward the sky and wonder what secrets these buildings hold. Casey has her ideas and for the most part, they work. But Jin is looking for something a little deeper. He is wondering what his father saw in these buildings. If he can find it, will he understand his father better? The same can be asked of Kogonada, an ardent admirer of Japanese filmmaker Yasujirô Ozu. Can a director better understand another director, a father figure of sorts, by cribbing their style? Can they understand the world through their eyes? Isn’t that what cinema always aspires to: communicate an experience by looking through someone else’s eyes? Take the scene where Jin asks Casey what a building means to her. Casey smiles and starts to explain, but Kogonada drops the sound out. We are left in silence with only her smiling face to study as she describes something important to her. Her hands trace an invisible box as if she is illustrating the frame of a building. She might as well be describing the movie frame. Boulder Weekly

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or the grand prize of $1 million, can you properly pronounce and list the ingredients in bibimbap and sriracha and describe what “EVOO” and “arancini” have in common? It is now not good enough to simply post cellphone images of plates of food on social media. If you want “table cred” among true foodies, you have to be able to accurately drop culinary buzz words into dinner conversations. The know-how may also come in handy if you are ever on Jeopardy. Merriam-Webster recently decided to accept 250 “new” commonly used words and phrases. The food-related items on the list are a disturbing mix of trending terms, words that dictionaries should already contain, and one completely obscure fruit. It makes sense that “acai” and “arancini” would be included — they’re hot — but “farmers market”? What has Merriam-Webster called that event where gathered growers sell to local consumers for the last 100 years or so? Then there is the callery pear, a fruit native to China and Southeast Asia that is totally unfamiliar to me. I’m happy to admit ignorance, but sources I consulted say the tree is invasive, the bitter fruit is virtually inedible, and the flowers stink in the spring. Why is this word being added to the “food” dictionary while “pumpkin spice” is not? My generation gap is also showing. I was unaware that “pregame” — when used as a verb — means imbibing alcohol prior to a game, party or workshop. see NIBBLES Page 46

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Study the following list. There will be a quiz. • Sriracha: For a while I said sir-ahchah and then sri-rah-cha before I started pronouncing it properly as see-rah-cha. The red table sauce is usually made from chilies, garlic, sugar, salt and vinegar. • Froyo: How fans of The Hobbit refer to “frozen yogurt.” • California roll: The white bread of sushi rolls is defined as “avocado, cucumber and cooked crabmeat or imitation crabmeat with a wrapping of seaweed and rice.” • Bibimbap: Pronounced bee-beembahp, this Korean dish is rice with cooked vegetables, usually meat, and often topped with a raw or fried egg. Bibimbap is served in Boulder at Korea House Restaurant, A Cup of Peace and the Goody Monster. • Choux pastry: Everything looks and tastes classier in this light eggy dough used for cream puffs and pastry. Buy it frozen and impress guests. • Cordon bleu: Meat or vegetables stuffed with ham and Swiss cheese before cooking — as in: breaded chicken cordon bleu pan-fried in EVOO. • Saigon cinnamon: All cinnamons are not the same. The bark of a Vietnamese tree (Cinnamomum loureirii) yields a sweet and spicy cassia. Mix it with other cinnamons for a bigger flavor in apple dishes. • Cross contamination: As in: “Don’t make salad on the cutting board you just used to chop raw chicken while pregaming or you’ll be sorry postgame.” • Acai: Pronounced ah-kuh-ee, it’s a superfood berry that always gets mixed with another flavor because it really doesn’t taste that great. • Arancini: Truly yummy Italian fried rice balls. • Artisanal: When you see this word on frozen dinners you know that “artisanal” — like “natural” and “gourmet” before it — has jumped the shark and become meaningless. • EVOO: Not a Pokemon character, EVOO is short for “extra virgin olive oil” and a word not used conversationally by savvy foodies.

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Next Door American Eatery (from The Kitchen group in Boulder) has opened at 1232 S. Hover St., in Longmont. ... Congratulations to the local breweries that took home medals at the Great American Beer Festival: Cellar West Artisan Ales, Twisted Pine Brewing, Wibby Brewing and Finkel & Garf Brewing, which won a gold for its Oatmeal Milk Stout. … Coming soon: Waffle Lab, 1335

Broadway, Boulder; Coabana Cuban Fusion Restaurant, 701 Main St., Louisville. ... Arugula Restaurant was his dream restaurant, but chef Alec Shuler will shutter it in July when his lease is up or when the business is sold. He will concentrate on Tangerine, his brunch/lunch eatery, opening a second location soon is Lafayette. Plus, he has four kids. ... First Bite Restaurant Week Nov. 10-18 features $29 three-course meals at more than 40 Boulder County eateries including Bacco Trattoria, Cafe Aion, Emmerson, Riffs Urban Fare, River & Woods, Basta, Boulder Cork and Leaf. firstbiteboulder.com. ... Learn to make roasted winter squash ravioli in brown butter sauce with crisp fried sage leaves and everyone you feed will love you forever. The class is Oct. 28 at Southern Hills Middle School. bvsd.org/lll/Pages/ default.aspx.

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Avalanche Cheese Co. will no longer make cheese after the goat milking season ends in December. The company has produced goat cheddar, blue cheese, robiola and chèvre that won awards at national competitions. Owner Wendy Mitchell wrote in the Aspen Times: “We aspired to do something special with our cured meats and cheeses. At the other end of the food chain, we appreciate there is a limit to what customers will pay for food that is made in this way. ... It comes down to a struggle to be profitable while sticking to our principles about how to manage a farm, how to treat employees and how to care for animals. ... So, we’ve decided to wind down the operation rather than run a business that we’re not proud of.”

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Think chai minus the black tea or milk and you have Boulder-bottled all-organic Hanuman Ayurvedic Karha. Found in the refrigerated drink section, this potent, uplifting brew includes lemon juice, turmeric, ginger, cinnamon, cloves, saffron, cardamom, tulsi and a hefty pop of black pepper.

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yle Mendenhall — the chef who helped launched The Kitchen’s national enterprise, and whose new restaurant, Arcana, was recently billed by the New York Times as the de facto savior of Colorado cuisine — has had more formal training on the oboe than he has had in the kitchen. But Mendenhall, who received a master’s in performance from CU, says the skills he learned as a professional musician have transferred well into his work in the food industry.

a chef at a similar club in Steamboat. Kyle Mendenhall, “I’m like, ‘Well, what does it in his kitchen at Arcana, displays his pay?’ ‘50 grand.’ And I said, ‘I’ll creation of port and take it,” Mendenhall laughs. beans But he had never run a kitchen, let alone worked in one for more than 20 hours a week, at most. The challenge of learning to cook, manage staff and run a business was all uncharted territory. “Fear is a pretty good motivator,” Mendenhall says. So he perused the aisles of the old Borders on Pearl Street for a book that’d give him a crash course on professional cooking. He found a textbook from the Culinary Institute of America, and started to download the information from it. Something clicked. “The time and energy I lacked [in order to] be very diligent about practicing and making a musical career happen, all of a sudden when it was in the culinary world, I didn’t have any problem. I worked 12-hour days, plus, and I’d come home and read books,” he says. The life of a country club chef helped spur Mendenhall’s culinary evolution. Club members pay dues, and generally expect consistency above all else in their food. Free from financial burdens, and given an opportunity to hone basic skills, Mendenhall thrived making classic dishes from roasts to burgers. Eventually, his natural creativity emerged, and he began to tweak recipes and figure things out via trial and error. After two years, Mendenhall switched to a more lucrative job at a country club in Evergreen. That experience, he says, was a “horror story,” in which he only took two days off in nine months. Though he was making more money than ever before, “it didn’t matter,” he says. So Mendenhall and the club parted ways, and over the next three months, he took a vision quest throughout the

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Mendenhall valued, he spoke up. “I was one of the last ones left of an early, more mom and pop kind of day,” he says. “I’d be like, ‘Hey, we get this from Cure Farm. Anne and Paul, our friends.’ And then the discussion was more like, ‘We can get that from anybody, it doesn’t really matter’. [But] we don’t know, maybe they’re spraying chemicals. [Local, sustainable food sourcing] is what we’re actually foundationally based on. This is what we’re preaching to the whole world. This is who we are, and if we’re not doing that then we have to reevaluate or at least be real with ourselves.” Mendenhall was soon let go... “nicely.” He briefly thought of opening his own restaurant with the core concepts he learned at The Kitchen, but when the opportunity came to take over the “blank slate” that was Arcana, he couldn’t resist. The kitchen was magnificent, he’d already worked with

much of the staff (many at The Kitchen), and there was a commitment to building and preserving local food relationships. For their work, Mendenhall and the staff at Arcana were recently rewarded with a rare glowing review from the New York Times, whose writer wrote that the restaurant was taking old Colorado and making it new. That struck a chord with Mendenhall, who, 12 or so years after quitting professional music, was still using those skills to promote his new passion: local food. “When I used to make oboe reeds, which are made from cane, an organic material, some pieces are denser than other pieces and what you’d do is you get good at sort of making the reeds where you have to carve them with a little knife so they vibrate a certain way. You get good at that skill; you don’t get good at growing perfect cane. What you do is you get good handling of that organic, ever-changing quality. I think it’s a lot the same in the kitchen with dishes [and organic ingredients],” Mendenhall says. Mendenhall doesn’t play music anymore — the oboe is tough to pick up and jam on, he says — but he lives vicariously through his musician wife and two musical sons. But his earlier life still pops up in Arcana. “Every once in a while in the restaurant the Mozart oboe concerto will come on amidst all the other more contemporary stuff,” he says. Fitting for the chef who’s making old new again. Boulder Weekly

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t the end of his life, the great mythologist and storyteller Joseph Campbell said, “Go on, live your life, it’s a good life — you don’t need mythology.” It’s true — we are rational creatures who can exist without fanciful stories of resurrections, splitting seas or winged Wikimedia Commons gods. But are we modern humans really better off without mythologies, to connect us and inspire us? Maybe. But Campbell suggested otherwise, warning that we have turned in the “literature of the spirit” for the “news of the day” and the “problems of the hour,” leading to an increasingly binary and divided society. Stories are consumed in bite-sized chunks, quickly integrated into whatever personal philosophy one has and daily disposed of without question or reflection. “I worry about the absence of mythology,” Campbell said in 1982 on the TV show The Power of Myth. “We don’t have a comparable literature to take its place. These stories are bits of information from ancient times, which have to do with the themes that have supported human life, built civilizations and informed religions over the millennia. They have to do with deep inner problems, inner mysteries, inner thresholds of passage, and if you don’t know what the guide-signs are along the

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way, you have to work it out yourself.” It’s not that we can’t do it alone; we can. And cannabis can be an aid in finding the inner mythologies that Campbell lamented were leaving society., With the potential to open up new ways of thinking and being, imbibing the plant reliably brings consumers to doubt sociological mythologies in favor of the knowledge imparted by their own unique experiences. But how do we know to use it this way, as a tool to guide us toward our spiritual and inner worlds? Look at history. Over the millennia, cannabis has acquired its own mythologies, encouraging various cultures to use it as a means to the end of enlightenment. One Puranic myth relates how Dhanvantari, the physician or shaman of the gods, was born during the stirring of the primordial sea, the ocean of space. He appeared holding a milk-white chalice in his hands that was filled with amrita, the elixir of immortality, for which the moon is considered to be the vessel, refilling itself every time it is emptied. Cannabis is said to have sprouted from a single drop of amrita. A Nepalese story tells of how hemp came to humans: Shiva was married to Parvati and lived with her in a beautiful house at the foot of the Himalayas. But Shiva liked to roam about in the area and amuse himself with other goddesses, and so was rarely at home. Angry at his wandering ways, Parvati plucked cannabis flowers for her husband to smoke and when he did, he became

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happy and excited. His third eye opened and he beheld the divine Parvati, recognizing her fully and as the most beautiful being in the universe. But these stories are buried in untold mythologies and are increasingly irrelevant. Recent history has offered another kind of mythology surrounding notions of prohibition, communicating everything from moral outrage to a seemingly objective and measured scientific censure, with certain themes and tropes appearing again and again, as the narrative has built on its own stories. Perhaps the seminal story of prohibition is also the most notorious, the spurious “Reefer Madness” movie and campaign of the 1930s that showed how cannabis turned bopping, wholesome youths into crazy criminals and hellish bohemians. In more recent history is the story of cannabis as the gateway drug, a tale famously told in schools across the nation by Darren the D.A.R.E. lion, telling kids that a puff of weed was the beginning of a slippery slope to a life of crime and/or death by overdose. And counter to these demonic narratives are those that spoke of cannabis as a miracle plant and an ecological savior of the planet. The hemp leaf became an emblem of the environmental movement and a turnkey solution to peace and love. With these stories, old or new, there is no need to believe — that’s not the point. They are told as fanciful but effective forms of education, maintained by society and housed in the minds of individuals. These are made of bits of information passed down across time, from generation to generation, to guide us toward right living. But as more and more people use marijuana in this, the News of the Day Era, our personal experiences are increasingly available and we are less reliant on outside stories to understand our personal relationship with the plant. What is true or false has always been less interesting to me than what we choose to believe and to deny. And perhaps it is for this reason I find legalization so fascinating — because it offers an opportunity to watch modern mythologies as they ebb and flow.

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Gorilla Glue (the glue) versus Gorilla Glue (the pot)

he whole kerfuffle would never have started (Say, isn’t the Gorilla Glue Co. also trading on if the telephone hadn’t stuck to Josey — and profiting from — the reputation and goodWhales’ hand. will GG Strains, LLC has built? There are probably Whales, a Nevada medical marijuana 20 or 30 million stoners out there who think more grower (real name Jackie Don Peabody), was highly of Gorilla Glue the glue as a result of gettrimming a new plant, the product of an accidental ting buzzed with Gorilla Glue the pot. It’s not like liason between Chem’s Sister, Sour Dubb, and we’re talking about glue sniffing here. Just sayin’. Chocolate Diesel plants, when his phone WikimediaCommons/Eric Kilby rang. The plant was particularly resinous, and Whales hands were covered with it. When he picked up the phone, it stuck. So Whales named the new strain Gorilla Glue #4. And the rest, as they say, is history. That was in 2012. Within a couple of years the new strain was winning multiple Cannabis Cups and taking the marijuana world by storm. Whales and his business partner, Lone Watie (real name Ross Johnson), were doing business under the name GG Strains LLC and licensing Gorilla Glue #4 and sister strains Gorilla Glue #1 and Gorilla Glue #5 to growers and vendors all over the place. But then word of Gorilla Glue (the pot) reached Cincinnati, Ohio, home of The Gorilla Glue Co., maker of Gorilla Glue (the But I digress.) glue). The complaint also says the lawsuit “is not a comWhen the glue company learned about the pot ment on any federal or state policy matters, medical company’s use of the Gorilla Glue name, it came or pharmaceutical issues, or choices in recreation. But unglued. And last March it sued. A 140-page comGorilla Glue has a famous, valuable brand built plaint, alleging “trademark infringement, dilution, through tremendous products and strong consumer unfair competition and cybersquatting,” ensued. confidence, and as a business matter must take appro“By licensing and marketing products under the priate steps to protect its rights.” ‘confusingly similar’ names of Gorilla Glue #4, GG Strains is no longer an underground concern, Gorilla Glue #1, and Gorilla Glue #5, GG Strains is Thomas F. Hankinson, the attorney representing the trading on — and profiting from — the reputation Gorilla Glue Co., told The Cannabist website. and goodwill the Gorilla Glue Co. built during its “It is a business that should be held to the same 23 years of business,” the complaint said. standards of fair play in branding that apply to all

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other businesses,” Hankinson said. “GG Strains not only took the name, but intentionally traded on Gorilla Glue’s reputation for high-quality adhesives’ ‘stickiness.’” In response, GG Strains argued that the two brands could co-exist – like Delta the airline and Delta the faucet or Dove the soap and Dove the chocolate. The Gorilla Glue Co., the 500-lb gorilla in the room, wasn’t into that sort of co-existence. However, it did agree to settle the case out of court. Under terms of the settlement, Gorilla Glue strains #4, #1 and #5 will henceforth be known as GG4, GG1, and GG5. Also, GG Strains has 12 months to stop using the word “Gorilla” or gorilla images, in its marketing. And during the nine months after Dec. 18, GG Strains can use the “Gorilla Glue” name only if its preceded by the GG name and the phrase “formerly known as.” (Kinda like Prince calling himself ‘the artist formerly known as Prince’ during his trademark fight with Warner Bros., the company formerly known as his record label.) GG Strains has a couple of new strains on the way that have “glue’ in their names, but not the word “Gorilla” (Purple Glue, GluChee). That’s OK under the settlement. Licensed growers and dispensaries have 90 days to stop using the Gorilla Glue name and adopt the new names, so if you’re a Gorilla Glue fan, look for the GG strains and strains with the word Glue in their names. And in case you’re wondering, the Girl Scouts have sued over the Girl Scout Cookies strain name.

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APRIL 20-MAY 20: “Happiness comes from getting what you want,” said poet Stephen Levine, whereas joy comes “from being who you really are.” According to my analysis, the coming weeks will bear a higher potential for joy than for happiness. I’m not saying you won’t get anything you want. But I do suspect that focusing on getting what you want might sap energy from the venture that’s more likely to thrive: an unprecedented awakening to the truth of who you really are.

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explore the mysterious and evocative depths? Would you be open to spending more time than usual cultivating peace and stillness in a sanctuary? Can you sense the rewards that will become available if you pay reverence to influences that nurture your wild soul? I hope you’ll be working on projects like these in the coming weeks, Leo. You’ll be in a phase when the single most important gift you can give yourself is to remember what you’re made of and how you got made.

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AUG. 23-SEPT. 22: Louisa May Alcott wrote a novel

entitled A Long Fatal Love Chase, which was regarded as too racy to be published until a century after her death. “In the books I read, the sinners are more interesting than the saints,” says Alcott’s heroine, Rosamund, “and in real life people are dismally dull.” I boldly predict that in the coming months, Virgo, you won’t provide evidence to support Rosamund’s views. You’ll be even more interesting than you usually are, and will also gather more than your usual quota of joy and self-worth — but without having to wake up even once with your clothes torn and your head lying in a gutter after a night of forlorn debauchery.

LIBRA

SEPT. 23-OCT. 22: A woman I know, Caeli La, was

thinking about relocating from Denver to Brooklyn. She journeyed across country and visited a prime neighborhood

in her potential new headquarters. Here’s what she reported on her Facebook page: “In the last three days, I’ve seen three different men on separate occasions wearing sundresses. So this is definitely the right place for me.” What sort of signs and omens would tell you what you need to do to be in the right place at the right time, Libra? I urge you to be on the lookout for them in the coming weeks. Life will be conspiring to provide you with clues about where you can feel at peace, at home, and in the groove.

SCORPIO

OCT. 23-NOV. 21: Simon & Garfunkel released their first

album in October 1964. It received only a modest amount of airplay. The two musicians were so discouraged that they stopped working together. Then Bob Dylan’s producer Tom Wilson got permission to remix “The Sounds of Silence,” a song on the album. He added rock instruments and heavy echo to Simon & Garfunkel’s folk arrangement. When the tune was re-released in September 1965, it became a huge hit. I bring this to your attention, Scorpio, because I suspect you’re now at a point comparable to the time just before Tom Wilson discovered the potential of “The Sounds of Silence.”

SAGITTARIUS

NOV. 22-DEC. 21: “Consider how hard it is to change

yourself,” wrote author Jacob M. Braude, “and you’ll understand what little chance you have in trying to change others.” Ninety-nine percent of the time, I’d advise you and everybody else to surrender to that counsel as if it were an absolute truth. But I think you Sagittarians will be the exception to the rule in the coming weeks. More than usual, you’ll have the power to change yourself. And if you succeed, your self-transformations will be likely to trigger interesting changes in people around you. Here’s another useful tip, also courtesy of Jacob M. Braude: “Behave like a duck. Keep calm and unruffled on the surface, but paddle like the devil underneath.”

CAPRICORN

DEC. 22-JAN. 19: In 1969, two earthlings walked on the moon for the first time. To ensure that astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed there and returned safely, about 400,000 people labored and cooperated for many years. I suspect that in the coming months, you may be drawn to a collaborative project that’s not as ambitious as NASA’s, but nevertheless fueled by a grand plan and a big scope. And according to my astrological calculations, you will have even more ability than usual to be a driving force in such a project. Your power to inspire and organize group efforts will be at a peak.

AQUARIUS

JAN. 20-FEB. 18: I predict your ambitions will burn

more steadily in the coming months, and will produce more heat and light than ever before. You’ll have a clearer conception of exactly what it is you want to accomplish, as well as a growing certainty of the resources and help you’ll need to accomplish it. Hooray and hallelujah! But keep this in mind, Aquarius: As you acquire greater access to meaningful success — not just the kind of success that merely impresses other people — you’ll be required to take on more responsibility. Can you handle that? I think you can.

PISCES

FEB. 19-MARCH 20: What’s your top conspiracy

theory? Does it revolve around the Illuminati, the occult group that is supposedly plotting to abolish all nations and create a world government? Or does it involve the stealthy invasion by extraterrestrials who are allegedly seizing mental control over human political leaders and influencing them to wage endless war and wreck the environment? Or is your pet conspiracy theory more personal? Maybe you secretly believe, for instance, that the difficult events you experienced in the past were so painful and debilitating that they will forever prevent you from fulfilling your fondest dream. Well, Pisces. I’m here to tell you that whatever conspiracy theory you most tightly embrace is ready to be disproven once and for all. Are you willing to be relieved of your delusions?

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SAVAGE by Dan Savage

Dead Dan: My father passed away suddenly. I had a very idyllic childhood and was close to my father and my mother (who is also deceased). Upon sorting through my father’s stuff after his death, I stumbled upon his erotica collection. If it were just a stack of Playboys, I would have thought nothing of it — that’s just men being men. However, his collection contained material that was quite disturbing to me, including photos depicting violent sexual acts and fictional erotica books and magazines with themes of incest. Additionally, there were letters from people with whom he was obviously having extramarital affairs, including during the time that I was a child and believed that we were a “normal ” family. Since discovering this, it has been hard for me to come to terms with it and think of my father in the way that I used to. I can barely stand to look at a photograph of him. I consider myself to be a sex-positive person, and I realize that even parents are entitled to be kinky, but I simply can’t get over this. Any suggestions for how to deal with what I’m feeling and how to try to get past it? —Parent’s Arousal Really Ended Nice Thoughts

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have had such an idyllic childhood if your parents’ marriage was contentious and your mom was miserable about your dad’s cheating and his kinks. It seems likely that your mom didn’t have a problem with your dad’s sexual interests or she tolerated them or — and I hope you’re sitting down

— she was an active and happy participant. (Kinky women weren’t invented in a lab in San Francisco in 2008.) If your mom didn’t have a problem with your dad’s kinks (which she had to have known about) or his affairs (which she might not have known about), I don’t see why they should be a problem for you. Send questions to mail@savagelove. net, follow @fakedansavage on Twitter and visit ITMFA.org.

Dear PARENT: Sex-positive, huh? Could’ve fooled me. Your dad was a kinky motherfucker — you know that now — and if you’ve been reading Savage Love for a while, you’ll know that lots of people are kinky and, distressingly, lots of people out there “enjoy” incest porn. “Of the top hundred searches by men on Pornhub,” Seth StephensDavidowitz writes in his book Everybody Lies: Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are, “sixteen are looking for incest-themed videos.” And it’s not just men: “Nine of the top hundred searches on Pornhub by women are for incest-themed videos.” That’s cold comfort, I realize, and it doesn’t make it any less squicky, but your dad’s tastes weren’t as freakish as you thought and/or hoped. As for his affairs, your happy childhood, and your suddenly conflicted feelings... Your mother isn’t with us, PARENT, so you can’t ask her what her arrangement was with your father. But it’s unlikely you would Boulder Weekly

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