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Blindsided: What do we do now?

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5 THE HIGHROAD: What’s being taught at Koch Kollege?

6 DANISH PLAN: Is the age of oil about to end?

This oilman thinks so 6 GUEST COLUMN: Multicultural centers 8 LETTERS: Signed, sealed, delivered, your views 16 NEWS: RMPJC announces Peacemaker of the Year Awards 17 YOUR VOICE: Standing like Standing Rock ARTS & CULTURE: Music grown from friendship BOULDER COUNTY EVENTS: What to do and where to go POETRY: by George Bilgere SCREEN: Or ‘How I learned to start worrying about the ’Batch’ FILM: Dominique Abel and Fiona Gordon to receive Rare Pearl Award DEEP DISH: Head to Flower Pepper for good fortune DRINK: Tour de Brew: Großen Bart Brewery ASTROLOGY: by Rob Brezsny S AVAGE LOVE: One Erin too many?

WEED BETWEEN THE LINES: A big day for cannabis and democracy CANNABIS CORNER: Big wins at the ballot box for marijuana legalization IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: An irreverent view of the world

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Highroad What’s being taught at Koch Kollege?

by Jim Hightower

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reaking news: An amazing new school for political activists is training thousands of people to be community organizers, using Saul Alinsky’s classic manual, “Rules for Radicals.”

Called the Grassroots Leadership Academy, the school gives how-to lessons in everything from mounting successful protest actions to recruiting middle-of-the-road voters. Progressives need this... but, wait — who’s that hid-

ing behind Saul Alinsky? Good grief, it’s the Koch brothers!

Yes, this “grassroots” outfit has been set up by the gabillionaire Koch boys to train cadres of right-wing corporatists to spread their ideological laissez-fairydust across the land. The academy is run through Americans for Prosperity, Charlie’s and David’s political wing, which put up $3 million to get it going.

About 10,000 people have gone through some of the training sessions in three dozen states. The brothers’ grandiose scheme is to take over the Republican Party and use it as their tool to rebuild America itself into a Kochlandia, ruled by the superrich.

Even their money, however, can’t overcome one huge barrier: their message. The academy’s curriculum, for example, is loaded with such corporate nonsense as a course titled “The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels.” Attendees are indoctrinated with two overarching

For more information on Jim Hightower’s work — and to subscribe to his award-winning monthly newsletter, The Hightower Lowdown — visit www.jimhightower.com.

lessons: (1) freewheeling corporate power — unrestrained by labor, environmental or other public protections — GOOD; (2) Social Security, unemployment benefits and other social programs — BAAAAAAD! Koch Kollege for right-wing social engineers is peddling a status quo agenda of corporate elitism and trickle-down ideology, which the vast majority of Americans are now openly rebelling against. It’s like trying to sell chicken salad made out of chicken manure — there’s not enough sugar in the world to make people swallow that.

This opinion column does not necessarily reflect the views of Boulder Weekly.

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danish plan Is the age of oil about to end? This oilman thinks so

by Paul Danish

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here’s a new “Peak Oil” prean idea whose time has come. diction out, and this one is For the following reasons: worth taking seriously if for All of the world’s major auto comno other reason than its panies are adding all-electric cars to source. their product lines and improving their Peak Oil, you may recall, refers to a range on a battery charge. Tesla and theory propounded by the late geologist Chevrolet will both be offering cars M. King Hubbert, who predicted that that get more than 200 miles driving world oil production would ultimately range in their latest product lines; reach a maximum and then go into a Toyota is expected to have a similar long decline. He initially predicted this offering by 2020. would happen in the 1965 to 1970 time The most critical electric car techframe. Later versions of the theory held nology, batteries, is being incrementally that Peak Oil would be achieved a few improved at an accelerating rate. It is years ago. entirely possible the range of electric The theory has been repeatedly vehicles will double or triple over the debunked by reality, most recently by next 10 years. That alone could cause the appearance of sales to explode. new oil and gas Tesla is producing all-electric cars exploration and that compete with production technology like threeelectric car technology, and out-compete all but the highestdimensional seisbatteries, is being end conventional mology, horizontal ones on perfordrilling and multiincrementally mance, which is a stage fracking. improved at an accelnecessary condition What sets the erating rate. It is if all-electric cars latest Peak Oil preare ever to take diction apart is that entirely possible the it is based on peak market share from range of electric vehidemand, not peak conventional ones. production — and “Performance” cles will double or trithat it’s predicted means metrics like ple over the next 10 to occur as soon as 0-60 mph meayears. five years from sured in seconds. now. That and the The auto industry fact that the person learned decades making the predicago that it will sell a tion is the Chief Financial lot more cars by being bad than by Officer of Royal Dutch Shell (Hubbert’s being green. old company) — who says Shell is Semi-autonomous and self-driving already taking the prospect of Peak Oil cars are on the verge of entering the demand into account in its strategic market. These technologies will save planning. fuel as well as lives.

“We’ve long been of the opinion Conventional cars are becoming a that demand will peak before supply,” lot more fuel efficient, while giving Shell CFO Simon Henry said during a away nothing in terms of performance. conference call with financial analysts In order to meet the more stringen last week. “And that peak may be some- Corporate Average Fuel Economy where between five and 15 years hence, (CAFE) standards imposed by the govand it will be driven by efficiency and ernment in 2008 auto makers have substitution more than off-setting the developed and deployed the technolonew demand for transport.” gies that are making it possible.

Back when I was writing about In the past 10 years, the CAFE of energy in the 1980s, I began wondercars sold in America has risen roughly ing whether the age of oil might end from 25 miles per gallon to 35 mpg — due to lack of demand instead of lack and is on track to rise by another 10 to of supply, but it was such a contrarian 15 mpg in the next 10. So the amount view I didn’t have the guts to write it at see DANISH PLAN Page 8 the time. Lately, I’ve been thinking it’s

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guest column Multicultural Centers: The transformative path to inclusion and equity for all

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ulticultural and multiuse is critical to the long-term viability of centers are the foundation society, including the underrepresented to empower just, inclusive sectors, to produce an inclusive and and equitable cities. vibrant city. Everyone deserves equal Barrio E’ fosters Latino access to a full, exciting, creative life, arts and culture in the state of essential to a healthy and democratic Colorado since 2012. They were leaders society. There are many inequities in in opening the first community and our society to address; a multicultural multicultural center called Barrio E’ center can be the starting point to CENTRO in Boulder County operatmake a difference. ing from Barrio E’ is September advocating for 2015-October Multicultural 2016. Its mission Centers in downcontinue being a catawas to foster civic towns in Boulder engagement, artist County and looklyst, nurturing an accessupport and the ing for endorsesible thriving venue for promotion of eduments from organication of all culzations, individuals, expression and fair distures. It developed commissions and tribution of opportunities the City to push programs and created collaborathis initiative forwith a year-round cultions with comward. Barrio E’ is tural programming. munity members, developing The service and culturMulticultural al organizations Project (TMCP), a with the goal of two-year movement bringing awareness of diversity, focused on continued conversations and and generating a safe space for all to events to expose the need for such vencreate, gather, share and celebrate their ues to support and embrace everyone in heritage and humanity. the community. Connect with the It is vital to continue being a catamovement at themulticulturalproject. lyst, nurturing an accessible thriving com, or on Facebook or admin@barrioe.org. venue for expression and fair distribuThis opinion column does not necessarily tion of opportunities with a year-round reflect the views of Boulder Weekly. cultural programming. Cultural equity

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Harvest of rage

Joel Dyer provided excellent insights to help explain the rage felt by so many against political leaders or government in general. Fear and rage were behind slaughters of “foreigners” in 14th Century Europe when Jews, Gypsies and others were accused of poisoning wells following the outbreak of bubonic plague. Germans and Austrians needed someone to blame following the horrors of WWI. People were thrilled when Hitler raged against Communists, Socialists, international bankers and particularly Jews.

Even now, demagogues commonly use similar techniques. They claim that national greatness has been stolen.

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They confidently offer themselves as saviors who know more than any others how to quickly cure the world’s ills.

Until nations face up to their own unwise and unjust behaviors, demagoguery is inevitable. It’s time for Americans to reconsider how and why we invaded Vietnam, Iraq and other nations. What explains our move toward empire and for whose benefit?

Why do we accept massive, unjust wealth distribution and denial of basic human rights? Those include the right to health care, decent housing, nutritious food, quality education, as well as alternatives to cruel and racially biased imprisonment. It may even be the time to explore greater democratic working conditions via worker-owned cooperatives and placing constraints on corporate practices which endanger our water, air and land. It’s time to do something about the impact of money on public policies. Blaming the demagogues is just too easy.

Barry Karlin/Lafayette

Wells Fargo, not so much

Jim Hightower rightly condemns Wells Fargo for “stealing from millions of its small depositors” [Re: “The see LETTERS Page 9

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of fuel used is going down while the number of cars and miles driven is going up.

The technology that is making this possible is being adopted by automakers all over the world.

And so on.

So does this mean green activists won’t have fracking to kick around anymore? Hardly.

Demand for petroleum may peak, but oil won’t become a minor player in the world’s energy mix for decades. There are about 200 million internal combustion engine powered cars in the United States. It will take the better part of a generation to replace them all.

Oil production around here will probably be among the last to be phased out.

That’s because the oil industry has invested billions of dollars in infrastructure development in the Wattenberg Field in Weld County (which extends into eastern Boulder County as well). That investment is a sunk cost that makes Wattenberg oil some of the cheapest to produce in the country. In a shrinking market, that matters big time.

As for the oil companies themselves, they will shift their focus from oil to natural gas. The latter produces half the CO2 of coal when it’s burned in power plants, and the demand for electric power is expected to explode as electric cars replace oil and gas driven ones. Natural gas has the inside track for producing a lot of it in a hurry.

The important point here is that the end of the age of oil will be brought about by a drop in demand not a drop in supply — and that the drop in demand will be brought about by fossil fuels being displaced by technological advances, not by political decisions.

This opinion column does not necessarily reflect the views of Boulder Weekly.

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Highroad,” Oct. 27] in what appears to have been an organized, and dishonest, scheme that has been going on for as many as 11 years.

In my experience, Wells Fargo is not alone in this regard. Some years ago, I opened an account at FirstBank in Boulder and deposited $100. I received a number of aggressive phone calls from the bank demanding that I buy additional services. I refused.

But months later I discovered that FirstBank had taken $60 from my account for a “service” that I did not want and had never agreed to.

When I complained, I was told I must have “inadvertently clicked” on the service and “unknowingly” ordered it.

Not so. After considerable argument, I recovered my money, but the experience was a lesson — should another one have been needed — that bank customers must always keep a close eye on their accounts.

Richard Starks/Boulder

Backcountry development

How is the Freehouse off-grid vacation rental business [Re: “Boulderganic,” Sept. 15] anything other than encouragement for development in remote, sensitive and from your picture, very high alpine environments?

To her credit writer Sarah Haas raises the issue of the impact to fragile soils but dismisses it with “property owners know best.” The trampling of soils is important but the least of it. What about the roads, construction and vehicle noise, lights and presence of people in wild places that will disrupt wildlife, habitat and scenery?

It concerns me that this isn’t even on the radar screen for the Stillmans, who think the busy rental of such places is just fine, even sustainable, because they’re off-grid. What if every new Google, or other, employee decides they want such a cool get away?

Land Trusts and Open Space initiatives are working very hard to preserve what’s left of Colorado from second home development (personally, I think it should be illegal). Why would an alternative paper in Big Green Boulder want to give it a plug?

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End car subsidies

Every form of transportation in America is subsidized, but cars are probably subsidized the most. Costs not borne directly by drivers include the medical and other spending caused by crashes killing around 30,000/year plus many more seriously injured.

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Other indirect costs include “free” parking which increases costs of store goods and huge environmental impacts.

Even in direct costs, the automobile is the largest net cost for many, perhaps most families (houses cost more, but they also sell for more).

Mr. Paul Danish, in his run for county commissioner, planned to increase already high car subsidies by

enacting a sales tax to support roads. A car registration fee increase would better reflect true car costs without a subsidy.

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Instead of unimaginative road construction, other policies such as changes to zoning should be enacted.

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et me guess: you’re scared, you’re angry, you have no idea how we got to this place or what to do now that we are here. You’re not alone. I’m right there with you, so let’s try to think this thing through together.

I want to try to calmly analyze the process that has given us a President Donald Trump without letting my anger at the Democratic establishment overwhelm my thoughts. I’ll try to move through this section quickly and get on to something more constructive.

It’s fair to say that most of us understood that this was a “change” election fueled by an extreme distrust of establishment

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politics and a disdain for business as usual in Washington D.C. It was clear throughout the primary season that Clinton’s business-as-usual approach was a risky proposition for a general election in 2016. The polls never wavered in their prediction during the primaries that Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders would do better against Trump in a general election than Hillary Clinton. But then again, the polls obviously turned out to mean nothing this year.

I should say that it was clear that “business as usual” was a bad idea to everyone except the establishment Democrats. They See BLINDSIDED Page 12

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used their corrupt influence over the Democratic National Convention (DNC), by way of Clinton insiders Debbie Wasserman Schultz and her staff (and later Donna Brazile), to stack the deck against Sanders, who had managed to tap into the anger of the disenfranchised white working class as well as millennial voters. The short version is that the Clinton campaign conspired with the DNC to take out Sanders. We know this because of WikiLeaks’ hacked emails from Clinton campaign manager John Podesta’s account.

We can save the discussion of whether what WikiLeaks did was right or wrong for another day. For my purposes here, I’ll just say the emails showed that Clinton cheated Sanders during the primaries and that turned off a lot of Bernie supporters whom she needed in order to win the general election.

Most of you already know this as Sanders won Boulder County and the state despite the best efforts of the establishment Democrats and their wealthy funders. Remember those shockingly long lines in Colorado’s Sanders-heavy precincts, which kept Sanders supporters from being able to cast their vote? How about the Colorado Dem’s delegate selection process that accidently forgot to send Sanders’ supporters notifications of the time and place?

And then there was arguably the to do so. It shows just how detached estabestablishment Democrat’s biggest lishment politicians have become and just Rural whites have been devastated blunder: having virtually all of the how willing they are to say anything the pollby global trade more than 500 Democratic Party sters tell them will get them elected, while agreements and mostly abandoned superdelegates — made up of estabsimultaneously assuring those funding the by the Democratic lishment politicians like Governor party that they will get everything they want Party. No wonder they went for John Hickenlooper, Rep. Jared Polis, no matter what is said publically. It’s not just Trump.

Sen. Michael Bennett and the like Clinton, it’s the entire political establishment — count their votes for Hillary including those superdelegates from Clinton at the very beginning of the primary process Colorado. regardless of how their own constituents had voted.

If nothing else comes from 2016, I hope politiIf it felt like the Party’s establishment was ignorcians like Clinton and her superdelegate peers have ing the will of the voters in order to crown Clinton been exposed as the deceptive, bought-and-paid-for, the nominee, it was simply because the Party WAS manipulative frauds they are, once and for all. I hope ignoring the will of the voters in order to crown establishment politics are dead, having been replaced Clinton the nominee. by something resembling authenticity such as that The Party’s wealthy funders wanted Clinton exhibited by Bernie Sanders. We’ll know in a couple because they knew she could be counted on to enact of years. their agenda.

It’s hard not to be angry, but that is an emotion If you haven’t perused the 50,000 Podesta emails that does us no good now. The angry and frustrated released by WikiLeaks, you owe it to our democracy voters who supported Sanders and watched him get 12 November 10, 2016

cheated by Clinton and the DNC did not all switch their support to Clinton in the general election, even though she was facing off against a fascist populist in Donald Trump. Some Bernie supporters stayed home, some voted for third parties and a shocking number appear to have continued their quest to blow up the Washington establishment by actually voting for Trump, whose often-crazed platform included a nod to universal healthcare and opposition to international trade agreements such as NAFTA and the TPP — agreements that most of those voting for Trump on Nov. 8, blame for the hard economic times in middle America and the Rust Belt.

I honestly believe that Tuesday’s vote was a referendum on the Clintons and establishment politics more than it was a vote of support for the positions of Donald Trump. But it doesn’t really matter, because we are now facing four years of President Donald Trump.

The first thing we need to do is to try and understand the millions of people who voted for Trump. Yes, he won white folks in rural America with no college education. But he also won Florida by carrying college-educated whites. So let’s just start by trying to understand why white people voted in historic numbers for Donald Trump.

Let me acknowledge that this part of the conversation gets tricky and uncomfortable. Donald Trump ran on a racist platform that elevated whites above other races in very overt fashion. “Make America Great Again,” Trump’s slogan, is a call to return to the days when white people did a lot better economically than other races. He supported the cops rather than the blacks who were angry over police shootings. He called for an immigration ban on persons who practice the Muslim faith, even women and children fleeing the horrors of war. He lined up white families at a microphone to describe, on national TV, how undocumented Mexican immigrants had murdered their children, as if a different microphone could not have been set up for such migrant families who have crossed our southern border only to see their children murdered by whites. He called Latino immigrants rapists and drug dealers. He refused to turn away support from white supremacists, including known members of the Boulder Weekly

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KKK and other hate groups. He even retweeted their support of him to millions of people.

And it goes on and on.

Donald Trump is a racist.

But are the 60 million people who voted for him really racists? We need to understand Trump’s massive white vote.

I think there was certainly some racism involved, but I think that economics played a much larger role. White rural America has been abandoned by the politicians of both parties for nearly four decades. If you don’t know what I’m talking about it’s because you don’t go there.

In the middle of Kansas, kids working the register at a fast-food burger joint are at the top of their earning potential.

They likely can’t afford to go to college, maybe they I believe that finished high school, but Tuesday’s election either way this is it — this was more a referendum on is their life for the next 60 Clinton and years. Towns have nothing establishment politics than a but boarded up windows. vote for trump.

Healthcare is only a memory from days gone by.

That picture can now be applied to millions of people in the Rust Belt who have seen their neighborhoods crumble as all the decent jobs — thanks to trade agreements designed to enrich global corporations — were shipped overseas where labor is cheap.

Middle-age white men are now committing suicide at a faster pace than any other demographic group. This has not always been the case. In fact, it is a new phenomenon that psychologists are attributing to the economic decline confronting these folks and their realization that the American dream is dead for them.

“Make America Great Again,” begins to sound more like a prayer than a campaign slogan for those in such pain.

These millions of white voters were once middle class with manufacturing or farm related jobs and many were once Democrats.

And here is the tricky part, racially speaking, as the Democratic Party began to analyze the changing demographics of the electorate, the numbers suggested that black and Latino voters had become the secret sauce for electoral victory. More and more in recent years, we have seen the Democratic Party put an Boulder Weekly

emphasis on turning out the black vote, the Latino vote, the suburban-mom vote. Think Hillary Clinton’s pandering to the black vote leading into the southern state primaries of Super Tuesday, her campaign even going so far as to criticize the whiteness of Sanders’ massive crowds at his rallies. I believe that one of the consequences of Clinton rallying the black and Latino vote against Sanders was to push anti-trade, economically challenged whites — many of whom were Reagan Democrats to start with — away from the Democratic Party and into the arms of Donald Trump.

To a significant extent, the Democratic Party has abandoned lower class and lower-middle-class whites, people who were once one of their major constituencies.

The numbers on election night were easy to read.

All those white rural counties that had gone 60 percent for Romney in 2012 went 80 percent for Trump in 2016, and that difference in all those red counties across America was too much for Clinton to overcome.

What Democrats missed is that the new battleground isn’t left and right but rather top and bottom.

Under-earning white men, blacks, Latinos, Native Americans and women, of all religions and sexual orientations, must be included under the Democratic Party tent. In 2016, they weren’t, at least not by the overly confident Clinton campaign.

So what now? Who really knows.

In recent years, Trump has been a Republican, Democrat, Independent and Republican again. His positions are all over the board and most of his promises to white voters are impossible to implement.

At the end of the day we know this, he is a racist,

narcissist, sexist who will likely say and do anything to enhance his own stature among white men, and that makes him incredibly dangerous.

Should we be afraid?

Of course we should. We are traveling a road none of us has ever been down.

But the most important thing to remember is we are traveling down this road together. And therein lies our strength.

And that is why we will survive Trump and, in the end, prevail as a nation of freedom and equality for all. But it will take work to get there.

Americans must come together as never before. Each of us must become a living sanctuary. Every one of us who understands the current threat must make a commitment to protect those most vulnerable among us.

We can’t close our eyes to the millions of people whom Donald Trump has threatened, either directly or by giving a wink and a nod to those who would do violence against some of our most vulnerable populations.

No matter the perceived risk, we must speak up and speak out in support of our immigrant populations. We must take a firm position against racism, whether it be aimed at Muslims or blacks, whether by the KKK or law enforcement. We must continue to demand equality and safety for our friends in the LGBTQ community. We must continue to demand equal pay for equal work for people of all genders and we must adamantly oppose those who would sexually assault or even objectify women.

And — and — we must come to understand and support those members of the white community whose sense of isolation, political abandonment and economic challenges have pushed them to the brink of revolution and violence.

Now is the time to open a dialogue with all of America. If we pull back out of fear of Trump and those who put him into power, then, and only then, have we truly lost.

I believe that we will survive Donald Trump. And I believe that we will become a stronger, more compassionate and more empathetic nation in the process. And while there will no doubt be plenty of bumps and bruises along the way, I honestly believe that four years from now, authenticity and inspiration will have replaced establishment maneuvering as the path to political victory. We have the power to make it so.

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The U.S. plays a critical role in global climate action. As the world’s largest historic emitter, the U.S. has a moral responsibility to take extremely ambitious action on climate change. We held up a “People’s Presidential To-Do List,” edited to reflect the unexpected win. Items on the list included “Break Free from Fossil Fuels,” “Respect Indigenous Sovereignty,” “Zero by 2050,” and “No Corporate Trade Deals.” Youth spoke to the leadership offered by indigenous peoples struggling for sovereignty and water against the Dakota Access Pipeline in North Dakota as an example of the action that is needed.

While I am heartbroken, I believe in the power of our local movements to create systemic change when we link together. I believe in the water protectors at Standing Rock and their power to protect their land and stop the Dakota Access Pipeline. I have more confidence in my friends across Colorado organizing to end extraction of natural gas to protect my future than I do with our new president. I believe in the hearts and visions of youth, who dream of a world free from systemic Boulder Weekly

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On Wednesday, we mixed holding space for heartbreak with calling in our vision. Outside by the flags, youth spoke about regenerative solutions. We are only as powerful as the vision we hold. While there is a lot of work to do in fighting the destruction that might be coming, we also need to put forward a vision of regenerating landscapes and communities that have already been harmed. Youth and indigenous peoples globally are already engaged in enacting a just and stable future, regardless of who is in the halls of power.

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This year’s Peacemaker Awards hit • Youth Peacemaker of the Year close to home for Boulder Weekly as Award: Presented to The University of editor Joel Dyer is among those receiv- Colorado Vegan Justice League for their compassionate, courageous, dediing the award. When asked about havcated, persistent and effective work to ing been named, Dyer says, “It’s make their vision of a just and inclusive incredibly humbling. When I look at world a reality for all beings. the folks who have received this award • Volunteer Peacemaker of the Year in the past and those who are being Award: Presented to Virginia Allen, honored this year, I find it hard to believe I merit such consideration. The for her tireless, skillful, dedicated and effective work in helping RMPJC announcement says that I have enhanced ‘the efforts of dedicated peo- achieve our mission of creating a culture of peace and justice. ple to protect the earth and human The public is invited to attend the rights.’ I can’t say this is true, but it is definitely the kindest thing that anyone Awards ceremony which also serves as a fundraiser for the Rocky Mountain could ever say about my work. I hope Peace and Justice Center. it’s true, because those ‘dedicated peoThe evening promises to be ple’ really are the heroes of this world.” entertaining and delicious. It will The following are the 2016 Peacemaker of the Year Award recipients: include a vegan dinner provided and prepared by the food justice activists • Lifetime Achievement Peacemaker of Boulder Food Rescue. Beverages Award: Presented to Dan Winters for are being donated by the WiNot his lifelong commitment to justice and Coffee Shop in Niwot. As for tunes, for his tireless work for peace at home, the press release promises “interludes in the larger community, and in many of special music throughout the eveof the war zones of the world. ning by Flautist Gary Erb, the • Peacemaker of the Year Award: Presented to Beverly Lyne, MSN, RN, RMPJC Solidarity Singers and the amazingly talented indie/folk band, for her lifetime commitment to ensurHeartstring Hunters.” ing exemplary medical care and supThere will also be a silent auction. port for vulnerable and unserved popuSee you there. lations in their own communities; and Boulder Weekly

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have been following the peaceful protest happenneed to carefully consider who you represent: people or ing at the Standing Rock Reservation in North the oil and gas industry?

Dakota. I have been watching and listening as Communities all over the country have decided to Native Americans have been gathering together in stand in solidarity with the camp at Standing Rock. an effort to stop the development of the Dakota Cities like Seattle, Saint Paul, Minneapolis, Santa Access Pipeline. They come in protest because it cuts Barbara and Oakland have adopted resolutions in near their land and if there were to be a rupture or leak, support of the camp. Recently, Lafayette, Colorado the oil from the pipeline would pollute their only water was added to that list and you recently FRCC_BoulderWeekly_11-10-16_HR.pdf 1 11/8/16 passed 3:48 PM a simisupply, the Missouri River. They are forced to come lar measure. The health and welfare of our communitogether against this pipeline to protect themselves, the land and the water from an industry that only cares about the profit to be gained from the extraction and delivery of oil.

I have seen footage of the attack on these protesters. On Sept. 3, a private security company came out with mace and dogs to harm and frighten people staying at the camp. I was amazed and inspired to see people who held their ground in the face of such an attack and drove off those sent to frighten and hurt them.

I write this to you because their fight resonates with me. It brings to mind the fight here in Boulder County to stop fracking. In the course of this fight, communities such as Lafayette, Broomfield, Boulder and Longmont completed the process to create ballot initiatives to stop fracking. These measure were voted on and won by communities, only to be rejected by a few judges. They claim our laws are not valid because the mineral rights of the extractors are protected, not the rights of communities.

The moratorium against fracking may come to a close in Boulder County and the oil and gas companies are beginning to circle us like vultures. They see dollar signs deep under the ground next to our homes, schools and open spaces. They see no barrier between themselves and what they consider their property, regardless of what type of toxic mess it leaves in the air, in the earth, and in our water.

What choices are we left with?

Communities have tried to fight the encroachment of this industry in the form of petitions, ballot measures, amendments and public comment. At every turn we are told, “Thank you for your time. We are on your side, but our hands are tied.�

As communities, we have reached a time where that answer is no longer acceptable and change will have to take place in the hands of the people, much like our brothers and sisters at Standing Rock. Where will you stand Commissioners? When communities are forced into non-violent civil disobedience against an industry protected by the law because there is no other option to oppose them, will you be on the side of your constituents or will you side with the unjust protection of an industry focused on profit above all? You

ties and environment are of deep concern to many here in Boulder County. If you act as law enforcement for the oil and gas industry, it will fall upon the communities to protect the environment. What actions are you going to take to prevent that? Extend the moratorium or ban fracking here altogether.

There should be no fracking here in Boulder County or anywhere else, and we implore you to side with the people and our land.

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boulderganic Surpassing Earthly politics

Local space journalist Leonard David says mission to Mars should be a global effort

by Amanda Moutinho

Courtesy of National Geographic/NASA/ Artwork by Pat Rawlings (SAIC)

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ince August 2010, when the Curiosity ON THE BILL: Leonard rover landed in the Gale Crater on David — Mars: Our Future Mars, it’s been providing earthlings a on the Red Planet. 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. close-up look at our neighboring plan16, Boulder Book Store, et. As part of his routine, space jour1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-2074. nalist Leonard David checks in on the rover every morning for a “dose of the Red Planet.”

“It’s pretty cool,” David says. “It’s an interesting planet, still loaded with a bunch of surprises.”

David has been working as a space journalist for the past 50 years, residing in and around Boulder County since 2001. He’s covered a multitude of topics, but Mars has always been one of his focus points. He stops by the Boulder Book Store with his latest book, Mars: Our Future on the Red Planet, on Nov. 16.

This new book came about after David’s 2013 book Mission to Mars — My Vision for Space Exploration, released by the National Geographic Society and written together with astronaut Buzz Aldrin. Soon after, Nat Geo reached out again to David and offered him a chance to write his own book, and that’s how Our Future on the Red Planet was born. He frames it by following the first fictitious crew to Mars, who land there in 2033. The book also serves as a companion to the new television series on the National Geographic Channel called Mars, directed by Ron Howard and premiering Nov. 14.

In his book, David analyzes the challenges of getting to the planet and highlights the many real people working to reach the destination.

“I’m trying to paint a picture of not only the technical and the scientific issues ahead, but also ethical, sociological, physiological, psychological [issues],” he says. “What has to happen in reality with putting people on the surface of Mars, and having them survive and thrive there?”

Mars has been the next major goal for space travel since Aldrin set foot on the moon in 1969. Progress toward Mars has been made, but almost 50 years later no country has yet sent a manned mission to the planet.

Yet it seems plans are gaining momentum. Mars has recently been in headlines, from Barack Obama penning an article for CNN about American progress toward Mars in the near future, to engineer and entrepreneur Elon Musk setting his sights on colonizing Mars within a decade.

When humans will step on Mars elicitis varied answers dependent on sev-

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Top: “Mars architecture” means not just buildings but transportation, communication, research goals and life support systems over the next few decades of planetary exploration. Bottom: NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover took dozens of images of itself that were combined to create this history-making selfie.

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eral factors, David says. NASA is working with a 2030-2035 mindset, while Musk is aiming for around Testing is under way to investigate 2020. Various other countries have their own operamethods for landing tions as well. expeditionary crews and heavy habitats The journey to Mars may seem segmented, on Mars. potentially opening the door for political conflicts and harsh competition between nations. But for David, he sees the mission to Mars as a bigger goal surpassing Earthly politics.

“You always have the one-upmanship issue,” he says. “Countries want to do it on their own and try to usurp everyone and be the first one on Mars. Good luck.

But I don’t care who’s doing it, it’s still a big deal.”

David’s ideal scenario would be a global effort to reach Mars.

“You have multiple nations interested in Mars, and contributing their technology and scientific know-how to peel away at the mysteries,” he says. “Take the best and brightest from multiple nations. Global reach for Mars, I think that’s sort of the way we’ll go.”

David sees the International Space Station (ISS) as a good example of how countries are working together to make advancements.

“There are crews from all over the Courtesy of National Geographic/NASA place. Particularly with the U.S. and Russia, even with all the tension going on, there’s still collaboration,” he says.

“And Japan is also a big player. They seem to be getting along fine. They train together as a team. And you kind of think, ‘Well is that the template for Mars?’ Probably.”

ISS is doing more than just providing a template for global cooperation; it’s also a test bed for experiments.

“Plant growth experiments are underway. There’s life science experiMars globe. ments, like what happens to your body on a six-to-nine month, one-way trek out to Mars. That’s always been an issue, calcium loss. Legs turn into rubber; you don’t use them much in microgravity,” David says. “The station is a great opportunity for multiple nations, not just NASA or the U.S., to better understand the challenges of putting people on the long duration treks.

“This isn’t pie in the sky anymore, people are working hard to pull this thing together, and make it as safe as possible and make it as productive as possible.”

David says the eventual mission will be different than the moon landing.

“We’re talking about a different kind of exploration than Apollo, where you put the flag up, you salute, you run around and get rocks, you put experiments on and you get out of there. This is much more complicated.”

Ideally the crew would spend several months on the planet gathering data and answering questions about anomalies such as Mars’ water supply and, the big one, the existence of life beyond Earth.

The next couple of decades are sure to provide more data about the Red Planet, and surely lead to many more questions. As David says, “That’s all part of the majesty and mystery of Mars.”

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BY BOULDER WEEKLY STAFF DAMMING THE BEAUTY OF ASPEN

Faced with concern over a growing population and rising temperatures due to climate change, Aspen City Council recently voted to preserve its water rights in an effort to ensure water storage in the future. Originally obtaining the water rights in November 1971, this extension would allow the City of Aspen to build dams along both Castle Creek and Maroon Creek if approved by the state’s water court.

Environmental groups like Carbondale-based Wilderness Workshop and Boulder-based Western Resource Advocates, as well as residents of Aspen, have criticized the policy saying there Sandy Horvath-Dori are other ways to protect water for future use.

The Aspen City Council stands by its decision, citing that by keeping the water rights they are preventing outside parties from being able to exploit the creeks.

Furthermore, the City Council has said that the dams are only to be built in a worst-case scenario. For example, if Aspen’s population grows to a point where the water supply from packed snow runoff were to run low, city officials would begin construction on the dams to create another water source.

The proposed dams, one at 155-feet tall on Maroon Creek and the other at 170-feet tall on Castle Creek, would flood wildlife habitats and recreational areas alike, affecting tourism and the natural beauty of the valley, opponents argue. They advocate for alternative methods of securing the City’s water future, such as increased conservation and flexible water-sharing agreements.

— Zach Evens

CHALLENGING THE USE OF NATIONAL POLICE AS PRIVATE SECURITY FORCES IN PERU

On Nov. 4, environmental activists in Peru filed a lawsuit to challenge a law that allows private companies to hire the Peruvian National Police as security forces for development projects.

The activists filed as the group Plataforma Interinstitucional de Celendín (PIC) and are represented by EarthRights International, the Legal Defense Institute and the National Human Rights Coordinator of Peru, according to a press release.

The filing alleges that the National Police have been involved in criminal activity while hired as private security forces. The claim is based on reports that environmental leaders of Peru have been attacked, detained, tortured and spied on by the police contracted by extractive companies. The lawsuit particularly targets government contracts with Minera Yanacocha, a subsidiary of Newmont Mining, based in Colorado.

Activists claim that in 2011 the police, while hired by Yanacocha, fired on unarmed protesters challenging the expansion of a nearby mine. And Máxima Acuña, winner of the 2015 Goldman Environmental Prize, also claims the police have attacked her and her family as they fought to protect their water source from a proposed mine. Acuña is not a plaintiff in this case, however.

According to a press release from EarthRights International, the Peruvian government has passed two laws allowing private companies to pay and utilize the Peruvian National Police since 2006 and the country’s Ministry of the Interior reports the police have more than 30 security agreements with extractive companies. Onequarter of the security agreements are for projects based in the Cajamarca region of Peru, where Acuña and other environmentalists fight to protect the waters that gives the region life.

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by Claire Woodcock

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no surprise when Krystalanne Curwood suggests sitting on the patio at The Laughing Goat Coffeehouse on Pearl Street,

despite the wind.

It seems reflective of her personality, of her ability to endure.

In August, Curwood was selected as one of 10 finalists for Runner’s World magazine’s annual cover search. More than 1,000 people submitted stories about how running has changed their lives, and Curwood’s rose to the top. The thing is, the Boulder runner has no idea who submitted her name.

Out on Pearl Street, dressed in a pink workout t-shirt with Sketchers, her sponsor’s logo sprawled across her chest, the gold cross around her neck catches the early autumn sunlight. She grew up

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attending Catholic school, the first place Krystalanne Curwood started running as a form she recalls having to of therapy in 2012 after do laps around the the murder of a close friend. gym. She says that for years, this experience left a bad taste in her mouth for running.

That was until the fall of 2012, when Curwood’s dear friend Howie was brutally murdered. The two met through a dance community they were both involved with. On the day of her friend’s funeral, Curwood was let go from her job. Her mother was planning to run the Las Vegas Rock ‘n’ Roll half marathon that weekend, and encouraged her daughter to come with her. She thought it would lift her see RUN Page 26

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spirits. Curwood agreed and the two set off for Sin like, wow, they went through this traumatic experiCity. ence and they’re back out on the course. As runners, Unlike most races, the Las Vegas Marathon you don’t have anything to protect you. You just have starts in the evening. The entire strip, all the way to your body and the clothes that you’re supposed to be Old Vegas, is blocked off for the runners, with room running in. Everything else is just weight on you so for folks to cheer the racers on from the sidelines. you’re defenseless in a sense. And to see them come “That day we saw wounded warriors Courtesy of Krystalanne Curwood and challenged athletes, and there was a gentleman who was doing the full marathon lying down, his head propped up on a piece of wood doing the full marathon with his arms,” she recalls. “My mom and I had tears in our eyes, looked at each other and she goes, ‘I have a feeling and I just need you to run. No excuses, just run it.’ And I said, ‘OK.’” Curwood didn’t understand the technical aspects of running, things like the difference between chip time and gun time.

“I just understood clock and go,” she says. “So I had thought I heard them say go, I’m pretty sure they said go, but I took off and like a half mile in I look back and my mom’s right by me. Nobody else is. At the mile, I look back again, she’s not with me and nobody else is either. My mom had told me to run it, so I thought, ‘I’ll just go.’”

Curwood put her earbuds in and vowed that for her friend Howie, she was just going to go for it. She crossed the finish line, her mother coming in about 10 minutes behind her. It wasn’t until they got back to their hotel room and looked up their times that they realized how fast Curwood had actually run.

She came in at 1 hour and 37 minutes.

That’s when they realized Curwood really had a knack for this. Five weeks later, she ran the Rose Bowl Half Marathon in Pasadena, California, and was the first female to finish by a full eight minutes.

She beat her own personal best time by five minutes.

From there, Curwood began competing back and be like, ‘No, we’re not After only a little more than a year as in shorter races like 5Ks and 10Ks, eventugoing to let this win us,’ it just a competitive runner, ally deciding she’d made enough progress gave me this inspiration and motiKrystalanne Curwood attempted to qualify for to tackle full marathons. In 2013, after the vation.” the Olympic trials.

Boston Marathon bombings, she decided Curwood ended up placing to run her first full marathon in San 15th in the females and qualifying Diego, intent on qualifying for the next Boston race. for Boston with a time of 3:09:57. Soon afterwards, At the starting line in San Diego, Curwood was Curwood was accepted into the USA Cross Country tinkering with her music. Her mother, who was Championships, a collection of the top runners from there to run the half marathon, noticed her daughter around the country. Back home she began running wasn’t paying attention and yelled, “Krystalanne, with the Boulder Track Club, a local organization you’re going in 5 seconds, go!” And without a watch founded by three-time Olympian Lee Troop, who or music she took off for her first 26.2-miler with would become Curwood’s coach in her journey to nary a beat to set her cadence. the Boston Marathon.

“From mile 7 to 23, I had a conversation with It was Troop who taught Curwood what running three or four other people who were at Boston who was really about. After she placed third at the were either near the bombing, heard the bombing, Cherry Creek Sneak’s 10-mile race without informheard the chaos or saw the chaos,” she recalls. “It was ing her running mates at the Boulder Track Club, 26 November 10, 2016

Troop called her out in front of the club.

“At that moment I was like, ‘You’re my coach. I like this,’” she says. “It keeps you accountable and it makes you realize you are representing your team, the people that you are with, and that you’re representing not only a brand but yourself. You’re respecting and keeping yourself accountable to your teammates, you’re being a good person.

That’s what he was teaching us.”

With Troop’s guidance, Curwood decided to make an attempt at qualifying for the Olympic trials, just a little more than a year after beginning her competitive distance running career. She worked hard in preparation for the California International Marathon (CIM), a net downhill race following a historic gold miners’ run through Sacramento. The CIM is a qualifier for both the Boston Marathon and U.S. Olympic Trails Marathon.

Despite her work, Curwood fell short of the Olympic qualifying time by a couple of minutes. It was the first time she’d missed qualifying for a race since she began running competitively.

“I was devastated,” she admits. “And a lot of people don’t know that, but I mean, I played it off. It was hard for me because it wasn’t just about the [personal record] speed. I wanted to show that if you set your mind to something, no matter what it is in life, that you can achieve it.”

An accident on a trail forced Curwood to take some time off, which was difficult for her. She bounced back in April 2015 and was preparing for her second go at the CIM, again with the goal of qualifying for the Olympic trials. At Grandma’s Marathon in Duluth, Minnesota, in June 2015, she ran a personal best time of 2 hours and 54 minutes, but she would have to do better to qualify for the Olympic trails — a full 11 minutes better. She’d need a time of 2 hours and 43 minutes.

So for the six months leading up to the CIM, she trained harder. And when the day came, she started off steady.

“I started out at a 2:45 pace because I wanted to start smart,” she says. “Halfway through, I knew I needed to pick up [the pace] because I needed to get to 2:43, but I couldn’t find my legs. I came in at 2:49 and I was excited because it was a great time, but I was bummed.”

She had missed qualifying for the Olympic trials by 6 minutes.

Her dismay grew deeper when just a few days later, USA Track & Field officials changed the Olympic qualifying time to 2 hours and 45 minutes for women, meaning Curwood had missed qualifying by only4 minutes.

“And that’s when it hit really, really hard. I didn’t tell people, but it really did devastate me,” she says.

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From December to February, Curwood says she did the Curwood is bare minimum to keep herself in shape to run, but her heart running the wasn’t in it. She couldn’t bring herself to watch the Olympic Las Vegas half marathon for trials. She began to hate running again, like she did when the fourth year she was running laps in Catholic school. But one morning in in a row on Nov. 13.

February, the weather just right, she set out for a 40-minute run through Eldorado Trail with her music on, her mind off.

“I was coming into the canyon and I stopped, I looked around and I said, ‘This is why I run. It takes you places, it clears your mind, it doesn’t have to be fast, it just has to go.’ And I fell in love with it again.”

With her new coach Kathy Butler, Curwood began adapting a new style, which took her a while. Curwood says that when someone praises her for being “talented,” she’s quick to rebut with a mantra about consistency, dedication, accountability, waking up and not wanting to run but finding the urge buried within yourself to get up and go. She says she hasn’t run a full marathon in 2016 and vows she won’t again until the qualifier for the 2020 Olympic trials. But she’s training with Butler and the rest of the Boulder Track Club, who keep her accountable.

“It’s a tight unity and you rely on them,” she says. “When you get out onto the course or the route that you’re supposed to, you then see the regular runners you always see. You may not see them for a couple weeks, but you see the same faces. And that holds you accountable. Because you realize it’s not just you and the team, it’s the community and it’s about something bigger. And you have a face in the community too. So even though you may feel like they’re holding you accountable, you may be holding them accountable too without even realizing it.”

Curwood kept her forward momentum by running the BMO Vancouver half marathon in May, placing first among runners from the U.S., and fourth among women. She placed 26th overall among 7,134 runners. She again broke her own personal best with a time of 1:16:58, and realized it was basically a minute and a half from the qualifying time for the Olympic trials. This year, Curwood has run seven races total. Her eighth race will be her fourth go at the Las Vegas half marathon on Nov. 13, a representation of her fourth year without her friend Howie, who is in her thoughts every race, she says.

Life’s not only about running for Curwood; she’s a graduate student at Colorado State University, studying criminal justice and behavioral science. Once she leaves The Laughing Goat she’ll head to class, then practice, then work.

Curwood says it doesn’t matter to her who gets the Runner’s World cover, which comes out in December. Back in September, she met and befriended the other nine finalists at a photo shoot in New York City. After meeting them and learning more about their stories, she’s more concerned about getting the group together to run a race sometime next year.

As for the Olympic Trials, she’s taking it one step at a time, just like with any other race.

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nn Cunningham was born in the gravel capital of the world, Oxford, Michigan.

Surrounded by a variety of rocks, she’d spend hours sorting through stones as a child.

When she was 15 her father brought home a book of 101 art projects and one in particular caught her attention.

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Top: Using slate as her material for “On the Divide,” Cunningham is able to carve fine details. Bottom: Cunningham with one of her panels from The Golden Goose.

“There was stone carving, and it was just a two-page spread, but I was like, ‘That’s what I want to do!’” she says.

For the next several years Cunningham worked with a variety of materials. She moved to Colorado in 1968, and one day, while working at Western Sculpting in Denver, she stumbled upon what would become her preferred medium: slate. The smooth texture drew her in, and because of its composition of fine crystals, slate allows Cunningham to create precise textures in her art.

It wasn’t until the early ’90s, when she was setting up an exhibit at Naropa University, that she had an a-ha moment. see TOUCH THE ART Page 30

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“I was hanging it up on the wall, and then I was like, ‘I wonder if someone who is blind could figure out what the picture is,’” she says. “And my whole career changed right then. It was like, boom.”

Since then, Cunningham has immersed herself in the blind community, creating art for people who are visually impaired and teaching art to students at the Colorado Center of the Blind.

Cunningham’s work is currently featured at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in one of two new exhibits that focus on tactile art and experiencing art through touch, on display through Dec. 2. Also featured is the mixed media of art students from Arapahoe Community College, as a part of their continued partnership with the Colorado Center for the Blind.

A learning curve Soon after Cunningham’s epiphany in the early ’90s, she curated another show called By Touch Alone.

She put out a nation-wide call and received a number of entries.

“And I remember in particular this one piece,” she says. “It came in a cardboard box. We pulled it out. It had a string hanging onto a piece of cardboard and it was warped, and it had what looked like meringue dried on the surface. I was like, ‘Well, I don’t know about this...’

“But then I remembered, wait, the whole thing is about touch alone. So I closed my eyes and I touched it, and I was immediately at the seashore. I could feel the sand and the waves and the seaweed, and the driftwood. It was so cool.”

There was a learning curve in making art for people who are blind, Cunningham began to realize. So she sought help straight from the source, showing up to the Colorado Center for the Blind and asking how her art could be more accessible for people without sight.

She learned multiple lessons, as evidenced in her work at NCAR. In part of her exhibit, she has a series of five panels telling the fairy tale of The Golden Goose.

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unique in their feel.

There are multiple textures that distinguish between elements — the tree has more-defined and uniform lines, while the grass is composed of bigger strokes; a character’s boots feel different than his pants that feel different than his shirt. And Cunningham uses different materials — the castle is stone, while the town is made from wood.

In the panels, objects are separate from each other.

In one, an ax is lying on the ground as opposed to leaning against the tree, “because it’s hard to tell when you’re coming onto one object and when you’re going on to another,” Cunningham says.

Characters are carved deeply into the slate and limb placement can tell the person’s body position.

“If you have people where you can feel their head, their feet and their hands, then you can generally tell what their body is doing in between,” she says.

The choice of using stories isn’t coincidental.

Cunningham frequently illustrates fairy tales to provide context for the viewer. Braille also accompanies all her pieces so people who are blind can follow along.

Taking into consideration On the other side of the NCAR exhibit hangs the art from sighted students of Arapahoe Community College (ACC). Led by their teacher Nathan Abels, and with assistance from Cunningham, the students created tactile works based off of haikus. Cunningham approached Abels about sharing the show with her, and he jumped at the opportunity.

Inspired by a summer trip to Japan, Abels had his students create simple ink drawings to illustrate haikus about small moments in nature. The drawings were later laser cut out of matboard, slightly rising off the page to create what Abels calls a two-and-a-half dimensional texture. When discussing the projects with Cunningham, Abels realized he might need to provide more context.

“I was talking to her about one of the pieces, a bird on the tree branch,” he explains. “I said that we have this cut out drawing and there’s a downward

leaning tree branch. You follow In The Golden Goose series, Cunnigham uses your fingers down multiple textures and the tree branch, materials to differentiate between objects, characdown to the bird ters and locations. and you can feel the bird on the tree branch. She said, ‘That’s great but how do you know you got to the bird?’

“That’s me assuming that everyone knows what a bird shape is. And she asked, ‘Have you held a raven?

Have you held a magpie?’ And of course I haven’t. So I thought we may need a little more information to flesh out this idea for someone who is blind. That’s where the ceramic part came in.”

Abels reached out to ACC ceramics students to add small, simple sculptures jutting from the bottom of the canvas. The haikus are also written in Braille, as is a description of the cut out drawing. “[Cunningham] helped me with that part,” he says. “They’re very direct: There’s leaves in the corner and they’re arching up and to the left. It gives somebody a point of reference if they’re experiencing the piece by touch.”

For sighted people, closing their eyes and appreciating a work of art solely through touch can seem overwhelming. Rarely is touch the first sense they use to gain information. So when going through any of the pieces in the NCAR exhibit, sighted people can quickly become lost in the details, unable to create a mental picture of what they’re feeling. The skill is called tactile literacy, and it’s something people who are blind must learn in order to maneuver through daily life.

“The difference between using your fingers and your eyes for information is that your fingers have hundreds of nerve endings. Your eyes and retinas have thousands of nerve endings,” Cunningham says. “So you can see finer detail than you can feel. So it’s not an issue of can someone understand this complex information, it’s if they can feel it. If you learn how to interpret it, you can understand it.”

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A whole new world “Growing up as a blind child, I never actually really liked art very well because I didn’t have that much access to it,” says Julie Deden, director of the Colorado Center for the Blind (CCB). “And for me, I didn’t really feel like drawing something I couldn’t see or do things I couldn’t do. It was never really fun for me. It wasn’t really so fun going to a museum where other people would describe things to me either.”

Deden has been director for 18 years, and she was there in the late ’90s when Cunningham approached the CCB for help in creating her artwork. Deden calls the move unprecedented, as an artist had never approached them before, and Deden herself didn’t have a relationship with art.

“With Ann, it’s really turned that all around for me,” Deden says. “I really enjoy art. I really love it now.”

For Deden, it’s all about the details she’s able to glean from Cunningham’s art.

“It’s pretty amazing to be able to touch something and maybe know what it is, but also get the feel of it all,” she says. “But it’s more than just knowing. Let’s say, you know there’s a girl sitting in a chair, it’s the details that you get: The girl has long hair. It’s in pigtails. There’s a beautiful sky behind her and the moon is there and there’s a tree and a chair.

“With Ann’s art, you get the whole feel of it all,” she continues. “It definitely paints a scene. I think in some ways the tactile art I get from Ann would be like for [sighted people] looking at a beautiful painting.”

Many people who are blind approach Cunningham’s work without ever having had sight. In that case, grasping the notion of a picture can be difficult. Cunningham tells the story of bringing her friend, who has been blind since birth, to one of her exhibits several years ago.

As they drove closer to the museum, Cunningham’s friend became apprehensive.

“She was like, ‘I don’t like museums. I get there and at best they have Braille labels and that does nothing for me. I could sit at home and read Braille labels,’” Cunningham recounts.

To settle her friend’s nerves, Cunningham explained that the show also had Braille explanations, not just labels. When they arrived to Cunnhingam’s exhibit telling the story of Giricoccola, essentially the Italian version of Cinderella, her friend quickly found the Braille and started to read aloud, gaining the attention of the other museum goers. She then left the Braille and started feeling one of the panels. “[She started] going back and forth between the Braille and the artwork, connecting them. The lights came on,” Boulder Weekly

Cunningham says with a snap of her fingers. “It still gives me Chandler Johnson chills. All of a sudden she got and Mikayla what a picture was.”

Marlow’s pieces feature semiCunningham saw her friend dimensional cut immerse herself in the art, even outs, sculptures and Braille to pormaking playful suggestions of tray haikus. parts of the story that Cunningham should have illustrated. She explains the significance of this using the example of fruit.

“If you’ve never had an apple, you can understand that an apple is a fruit and it’s crisp,” she says. “But if you’ve never bitten into one, you don’t know what an apple is, and it’s sort of the same for pictures, until you’ve seen one you haven’t seen one.”

Over the years, Cunningham’s work opened doors that were previously closed for people who are visually impaired.

Deden says it allows her to be an active participant, no longer experiencing museums and art through descriptions from other people.

“It’s all about being an active participant, I would say.

Being a full part of something, that is really wonderful. ...”

Deden says. “That’s one thing we teach our students is that piece of it all, that you should be an active participant in all parts of your life.”

Bridging the gaps Cunningham began teaching at CCB in 1999. Teaching students who are blind how to make art was another process that she had to learn. She got her first lesson quick. Early on in her relationship with CCB, she was asked to help make a model of a floor plan for a convention they were holding.

“This one man, he was such a gift for my interaction in this teaching situation,” Cunningham says. “Because he would say, ‘We need to make stairs to represent the escalator.

How would you do that?’”

Cunningham chose popsicle sticks and started to build the escalator.

“He said, ‘OK, show me how you’re doing that.’ And so I was getting very flustered, and he said, ‘OK Ann, just settle down, just make the stairs how you usually would, then close your eyes and make them again. Figure out how to do it with your eyes closed, then show me how you’re doing it.’ That was so cool because that’s the main technique I use with my students still.”

That wasn’t the only lesson Cunningham learned. For her first lesson with her students, she chose a familiar medium, stone carving. She brought in alabaster, rasps and files. She also brought in a hammer in case she needed to remove a large chunk of stone for anyone.

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“We get started and everybody’s working away,” Cunningham says.

“Then somebody needed something big knocked off, and I said, ‘OK, let me do that.’ As soon as I started hammering [the students] were like, ‘What are you doing?’ And then I knew that I had to teach everything.”

With this perspective, she quickly found that stone carving was easy to teach to students who are blind — no accommodations or special techniques are needed. Since then Cunningham has gone on to teach several other disciplines and essential art concepts to people who are blind.

Beyond the canvas Sighted people often underestimate the amount of knowledge they take in from visually going through the world.

But it’s tactile representation that can provide informational details for people who are blind.

“Ann’s done some things in scale,” Deden says. “Maybe she’ll make a picture, she might have a dog with a person walking and you can understand the size of the dog. Or maybe you have a bear next to the dog, and you can see, ‘Oh wow, this bear is so much bigger than that dog is.’

“Sighted people, they end up picking up things all the time because the world is so visual,” she continues. “So they’ll just automatically see something and their brain just files it away.

But that’s why tactile literacy is even more important.”

It’s a simple but often overlooked concept. It’s a notion Deden says she

doesn’t necessarily think about often until she’s reminded.

“It’s kind of like my son, he’s sighted,” she says. “I never really taught him how to make a grilled cheese sandwich.

But of course he just learned how to do it, and the way he learned how to do it is by watching me, I’m sure.

“Whereas with a blind person, and we talk to parents a lot about this, they need to show the blind child this is how to make a grilled cheese sandwich, because they’re not going to be able to watch and just learn that way.”

Outside of the artistic purpose, Cunningham stresses her work can also be informational. She calls art and information two sides of the same coin.

One of her pieces in NCAR is a skeletal representation of a small bird of prey, the Mississippi kite.

“I feel like that it is very informative. It’s really accurate ... I did my research down at the Museum of Nature and Science,” she says. “A student can really look at that and figure out what is what. I should do another one of a human body so that you can compare the two, because they are very comparable. The part up at the tip of wing is a fused hand bone, there’s the thumb, the wrist, those bones are all analogous to ours.”

Cunningham is a champion for tactile graphics. In terms of education, she says, textbooks typically used to be primarily text, but now they’re relying more on images. As our world becomes increasingly reliant on digital technology, information becomes almost completely visu-

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working on these pieces and partnering al. Cunningham stresses the imporwith CCB reminds them to not take for tance of making the information tacgranted the audiences who experience tually accessible. their art.

“So we have tons of visual graphics “I think it’s good for our students to that people get information from, but we haven’t kept up with that in the tac- think about the variety of ways that people are going to tile world,” she says. experience art,” he says.

“Braille is equivalent to “It’s also just made my print but we haven’t ON THE BILL: Tactile students a little more developed the means to Art by Ann Cunningham aware of how other keep up visual graphics and Mixed Media Art by Nathan Abels. Community people are living their with tactical graphics.”

Art Program Gallery, lives, and how other To remedy this, NCAR, 1850 Table Mesa people experience the Cunningham and her Drive, Boulder, 303-4971174. Through Dec 2. world. I’ve learned a lot colleagues are planning Artist Reception. Saturday, just from going to the to hold multiple symNov. 12, 1 p.m.

Center for the Blind posiums across the and learning from them nation in the next few and seeing how they months. She’s bringing experience life and what they notice in educators, museum staff, artists and that I don’t notice. It’s a beneficial relaart enthusiasts to begin creating more tionship.” communities around both tactile art Deden stresses the NCAR exhibit is and graphics. significant for sighted people to focus An exhibit for everyone on their sense of touch, and to realize When Cunningham curated that that sight isn’t the only way to experifirst exhibit intended solely for touch, ence something. she says it was met by skeptics who “Unfortunately in our society peomissed its value. Yet, she passionately ple believe being blind is just so diffibelieved in its importance. cult, that it’s the worst thing that could “For some reason I knew that if it ever happen,” Deden says. “There are didn’t work now, it wasn’t formatted definitely many people who still really properly,” she says, “that I needed to believe that, and we really want to dismake it better.” pel those myths to show everybody A couple decades later, that being blind is really not a big deal Cunningham says she sees many more and you can gain so much in other tactile art exhibits and the concept is ways as well. ... Hopefully with this gaining momentum. exhibit, people will try that out for These shows welcome the blind themselves and realize how much they community to spaces that often overcan take in by touching the pieces as look them. For Abels and his students, well as looking.”

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ess than 2,000 people live in the unincorporated community of Trona, California, nestled against the western edge of a dry lake bed southwest of Death Valley. To those unfamiliar with southwestern desert geology, the scene is extraterrestrial at best, apocalyptic at worst, with vast expanses of naught punctuated by limestone spires rising out of the evaporite basin.

They say the faintest smell of sulphur is ever-present from a nearby mineral processing plant.

It’s against this desolation that Chaz Bundick chose to set his first live-album concert film, Toro y Moi: Live at Trona, released this summer. In homage to the ambiance of the desert (or perhaps to the sanctity of music), there is no audience, no interview footage interspersed with the set, no backstage antics to distract. There’s only music set against a backdrop as bleak and strange as the future of our nation in the wake of this election.

The film, directed by Harry Israelson, is an obvious callback to Pink Floyd’s 1972 film Live from Pompeii — the model for fantastical, audience-free concert films — set against an ancient Roman amphitheater. But it also takes a note from the Talking Heads’ beloved Stop Making Sense; there’s no attempt to hide the film crew working around the band, yet the focus remains solely on Bundick’s ethereal melodies and the musicians creating them.

“We went into it saying we wanted to make something timeless,” Bundick says. “I think the key to timelessness is simplicity, really, approaching all of these ideas with a simple format is really what makes it transcend time.”

The 30-year-old from Columbia, South Carolina, is the bespectacled face of Toro y Moi, a la Trent Reznor with Nine Inch Nails. Bundick’s been making music under the multi-lingual moniker for more than 15 years, but it was his debut full-length album, Causers of This, in 2010 that drove his work into the public sphere.

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to have the same culture.”

Bundick doesn’t take offense when people want to categorize his music. In fact, it’s helped him compartmentalize parts of his personality in the name of exploring other parts.

Through his career he’s used various aliases to release music, like Sides of Chaz (what Bundick calls “college Chaz, free flowing into a four-track machine”) and most notably and more recently Les Sins, an electro dance project. He says he has other musical identities whipping up creative works, but he can’t really talk about that right now.

“With Les Sins, the primary focus of that is production, whether it be hip-hop or house. With Toro the motive is songwriting,” Bundick says.

“I’ve always been a fan of labels, whether it’s genres or even if it’s love: Are we dating? Are you my girlfriend?

If you put a label on it, it just makes it so much more clear sometimes.

Putting my music in those different aliases like that, it’s just sort of clear and it helps me balance that.”

Despite what project Bundick is working on, his primary goal is to create accessible music — something one of his heroes, David Byrne, once cited as a key goal of his work with the Talking Heads.

This can be difficult as a musician who is driven toward sating his creative side (Bundick, for what it’s worth, was able to learn piano by ear, performing “The Entertainer” with no sheet music at 8 years old). There’s a fine line to walk in creating music that pleases the artist and speaks to a world of listeners.

But Bundick walks that line without fear, actually embracing the pressure that increasing amounts of success have put on him.

“It’s strange to be in this position; how is it gonna get bigger? How is it gonna last longer? That kind of pressure with your creative work is so weird to me,” Bundick admits. “[But] that for me is just a free for all to just try to experiment with as much as possible.

It’s just a free pass to do that.”

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movement — down tempo, heavy with samples and digital production.

But his following albums haven’t subscribed to any set format. His sophomore effort, Underneath the Pine, was created solely with live instrumentation and no samples. Tracks like “New Beat” exude an Off The Wall funk mixed with atmospheric, free-flowing synth melodies that wouldn’t seem out of place in an early ’70s Genesis album. Then there was 2013’s Anything in Return, a darker mix of danceable tunes that harkens back to ’90s deep house, two-step and R&B, blending Bundick’s penchant for electronic production with live instrumentation. And most recently Toro y Moi released For What?, another stylistic leap that reads up front like indie rock, with soaring, sunny anthems like “Empty Nesters” that could easily pass as cuts from a Neutral Milk Hotel album.

And yet Bundick’s affinity for funk and atmospheric prog rock is a common thread through all his albums. His new album amasses live arrangements of previous works, an appreciation Bundick says stems from his love for a challenge.

“I know electronic is really big and it’s a no-brainer to go that route sometimes because it is so big; I almost enjoy the challenge of the other direction,” Bundick says. “I don’t know, because people do still like guitars, I think. I think it’s just a weird phase music is in — maybe it’s because of the internet, maybe because of how culture spreads because of social media — I feel like culture is in a weird honeymoon phase.

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Karen Bentley Pollick, who lives in Evergreen, will play the American premiere of the concerto, titled How Did it Get so Late so Soon?, Friday in Broomfield and Saturday in Boulder. The concerto is part of “The Americans,” a program by the Boulder Chamber Orchestra (BCO) and conductor Bahman Saless.

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Day, which coincides with the Friday concert. As part of the observation, BCO is offering free roots music,” she says. “Blues, folk tickets to all veterans, available at the music — it’s all in there. And it feels door both dates. good to play on violin.”

Pollick played the world premiere of In return, Jaffe appreciated the wide Jaffe’s concerto, which was written for variety of music that Pollick has perher, at the Tytuvenai formed — and the Festival in Lithuania enthusiasm she ON THE BILL: “The on Aug. 27 of this brings to her perforAmericans” Boulder Chamber year. “I strongly mances. “I’ve always Orchestra, Arthur Foote: Air and Gavotte. Samuel Barber: believe music is found her a very Adagio for Strings Aaron made between peooptimistic and enerCopland: Appalachian Spring. ple who know each getic person — one David A Jaffe: Violin Concerto, How Did it Get so Late so Soon? other,” she says. “The who sees things as (U.S. premiere). 7:30 p.m. history of music is possible as opposed Friday, Nov. 11 Broomfield people writing with to impossible,” he Auditorium, 3 Community Park Road, Broomfield. and for people that says. “That is an 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 12 they’re fond of.” asset in the music Boulder Adventist Church, 345 Pollick and Jaffe business.”

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She was living in Lithuania at the then, the violinist has played several of time, and was able to set up the prehis works, including Impossible Animals miere there as part of a music festival for violin and computer-generated voicheld at the Tytuvenai Monastery outes, and his Cluck Old Hen Variations for solo violin. side Vilnius.

“What really appealed to me was Jaffe took the title, How Did it Get how clever [ Jaffe’s music] was written so Late so Soon?, from a poem by an for the violin, because he was a violinauthor known to almost every American ist,” Pollick says. She also loved his — but hardly anyone in Lithuania: Dr. mixing of idioms across many different Seuss. A whimsical meditation on the styles. “He has such a grounding in brief duration of life, the poem struck Boulder Weekly

Jaffe as somehow appropriate.

“I’ve always loved Dr. Seuss,” he says. “Plus my musical style in general, I would say, has a similarity with Dr. Seuss.”

He has not named the individual movements, but they were partly inspired by three specific short stories: the first movement by “Yertle the Turtle,” the second by “The Zax,” and the finale by “The Sneetches.” But don’t look for the stories within Jaffe’s music. “I don’t write program music in the sense of telling the story,” he says.

Sometimes more evident than the Dr. Seuss stories are references to American music. “There’s a fair number of explicit references to folk songs, and there’s a whole lot of general bluegrass and folk and blues idioms,” he says.

Except for bluegrass fiddling in the third movement, these sources are not always obvious, either.

“There is a spectrum between obviously presenting it and having it be more of a source material,” he explains. “But I think there’s still an American sense, kind of recalling [Charles] Ives or Copland.”

Pollick agrees. “This concerto could only have been written by an American vernacular composer,” she says. “There’s a familiarity for anybody who comes from American music — they’ll feel immediately connected with this piece.

“I find [the concerto] whimsical, very light hearted. I find many dance rhythms in it, I find many songs in it, I’m finding Ives and Stephen Foster — there’s so much swirling around, it’s all this big soup of influences.”

But neither composer nor soloist think it’s necessary for the audience to recognize the influences. “It’s up to them to have their own experience with the piece,” Pollick says. “So come with open minds, and we’ll have a love fest through Copland’s Appalachian Spring, Barber’s Adagio, and the U.S. premiere of this concerto.

“My dream is to unite our audience through the celebration of eloquent varieties of American music, and the U.S. premiere of the violin concerto, creating a transcendent and memorable experience for all present.”

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Thursday, November 10 80s Dance Party. 8 p.m. Bohemian Biergarten, 2017 13th St., Boulder, 720-328-8328.

Bluegrass Jam. 7 p.m. Front Range Brewing, 400 W. South Boulder Road, Suite 1650, Lafayette, 303-339-0767.

An Evening with Candyrat Recording Artist Ian Ethan Case & Grayson Erhard. 8 p.m.

KMG Event Center, 3036 Sterling Circle, Boulder, 720-250-9020.

Many Mountains. 6 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids and Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303-485-9400.

Chris Holm. 9 p.m. The Laughing Goat Coffeehouse, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.

Funky Milkshake. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 Northpark Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757.

Danny Shafer. 7 p.m. Por Wine House, 836 1/2 Main St., Louisville, 970-259-3555.

Glovebox Money. 6 p.m. Wibby Brewing, 209 Emery St., Longmont, 303-776-4594.

David Gans. 10 p.m. The Lazy Dog, 1346 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-3355.

Holiday Blue. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat Coffeehouse, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.

Lol Tolhurst — Cured. 5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 12, Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-2074.

In 1976, childhood friends Lol Tolhurst and Robert Smith formed post-punk band The Cure and their albums have inspired an array of music genres and bands ever since.

Tolhurst will speak about and sign copies of his new book Cured: The Tale of Two Imaginary Boys at the Boulder Book Store.

Told from a participant and eyewitness’ point of view, Tolhurst writes of success, loss, redemption and the process of coming to peace with The Cure and its continuing legacy.

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Open Jam. 10 p.m. Pioneer Inn, 15 E. First St., Nederland, 303-258-7733.

Open Mic. 6:30 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 720-297-6397.

Open Mic. 7 p.m. Very Nice Brewing Company, 20 Lakeview Drive, Unit 112, Nederland, 303-258-3770.

Pur. 6:30 p.m. St Julien Hotel & Spa, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696. see EVENTS Page 40

The Rumpke Mountain Boys. 8:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 13, The Fox TheSuzy Perker atre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-447-0095.

The Rumpke Mountain Boys are bringing their intimate jams to Boulder’s Fox Theatre. Orchestrating a set of string instruments and special effects, The Rumpke Mountain Boys will deliver an emotion-filled, improvisational, musical stream of consciousness to the stage, all without a setlist. Crowd intuition makes them lifelong learners, and the Boys take turns calling the next tune, a skill that organically comes out of years of jamming.

— Claire Woodcock

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Moving to End Sexual Assault (MESA) will be hosting its 10th annual Brave, Bold and Beautiful fundraiser this week. MESA is a program established by Mental Health Partners and the event will celebrate the community’s progress in changing rape culture through a series of performances revolving around themes of empowerment, transformation and hope.

Storyteller Cooper Braun, Teresa Storch, Art as Action and Schiff Dance Collective will provide dance, live music and spoken word to patrons of this year’s fundraiser. A $30 ticket for this event will also get patrons free beverages and appetizers.

— Claire Woodcock

Support

The Malah, Brothers Gow, Egi. 9 p.m. The Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 720-645-2467.

Boulder Swing Collective. 9 p.m. Waterloo, 809 Main St., Louisville, 303-993-2094.

Brave, Bold and Beautiful Fundraiser. 5 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 10, Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826.

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Ellen Sevigny & Leonard Armijo. 6 p.m. The Riverside, 1724 Broadway, Boulder, 720-443-2322.

Forest Porridge. 10 p.m. The Laughing Goat Coffeehouse, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.

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Grace Lutheran Church, 1001 13th St., Boulder, 303-442-1883.

Bodacioussss. Museum of Contemporary Art, 1485 Delgany St., Denver, 303-298-7554. Through Jan. 29.

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Colorado Lowriders. Longmont Museum, 400 Quail Road, Longmont, 303-651-8374. Through May 31.

Adobe After Effects Motion Graphics Certificate Program. All Day. Boulder Digital Arts Studio, 1600 Range St., Suite 100, Boulder, 303-800-4647.

Ecstatic Dance. 7 p.m. The StarHouse, 3476 Sunshine Canyon, Boulder, 303-245-8452.

Susan France

HOVAB: Evolving Visions of Land and Landscape.

Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., 303443-2122. Through Jan. 5.

Fifth annual Attention Homes Sleep Out. 7 p.m. First United Methodist Church, 1421 Spruce St., Boulder, 303-442-3770.

Fall Digital Salon: Tami Simon, Founder of Sounds True. 6 p.m. Boulder Digital Arts Studio, 1600 Range St., Suite 100, Boulder, 303-800-4647.

Get Dirty: Printmaking with Melanie Yazzie. 6:30 p.m.

Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-2122.

Open House. 5:30 p.m. The Studio, 3550 Frontier Ave, Unit A2, Boulder, 720-378-8015.

Sutherland Bipolar Center Pledge Event. 7:30 a.m. Avalon Ballroom, 6185 Arapahoe Road, Boulder, 303-499-6363.

NCAR’s latest exhibit features the tactile art of Ann Cunningham and Nathan Abels that is made for the visually impaired. Read more about the exhibit on page 29.

Friday, November 11 Music Big Paddy. 10 p.m. Bohemian Biergarten, 2017 13th St., Boulder, 720-328-8328.

Boogie Machine. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 Northpark Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757.

The Contingents with The Sweet Lillies. 7 p.m.

The Caribou Room, 55 Indian Peaks Drive, Nederland, 303-258-3637.

Coral Creek. 10 p.m. The Lazy Dog, 1346 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-3355.

David Coile. 6 p.m. Very Nice Brewing Company, 20 Lakeview Drive, Unit 112, Nederland, 303-258-3770.

Delaney Davis. 6 p.m. Jamestown Mercantile Cafe, 108 Main St., Jamestown, 303-442-5847.

Emilyn Inglis Duo. 7:30 p.m. Oskar Blues CyclHOPS, 600 S. Airport Road, Longmont, 303-776-BIKE. Gasoline Lollipops. 8:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Brewery, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685.

Gumbo Le Funque. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids and Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303-485-9400.

Idlewhile. 10 p.m. Waterloo, 809 Main St., Louisville, 303-993-2094.

Joshua Radin, Good Old War. 7:30 p.m. The Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 720-645-2467.

Kyle Donovan. 6:30 p.m. 300 Suns Brewing, 335 First Ave., Longmont, 720-442-8292.

The Last Revel with Ragged Union. 8 p.m. Shine Restaurant & Gathering Place, 2027 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-0120.

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Glory of Venice. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000.

Through Feb. 12.

Logo Ligi West African Drumming/Dance Ensemble. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat Coffeehouse, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.

A Mac DZ, JaryMane. 9 p.m. Boulder House, 1109 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-443-8600.

Manhatten Transfer and Take 6. 7:30 p.m. Macky Auditorium, 1595 Pleasant St., Boulder, 303-492-8423.

HOVAB @ The Dairy Arts Center; Criss-Cross Collective; Front Range Women in the Visual Arts Founders. The Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303440-7826. Through Nov. 27.

HOVAB @ Macky: Shark’s Ink. BMoCA at Macky, 285 University Ave., Boulder, 303-492-8423. Through Nov. 18.

Art, 1485 Delgany St., Denver, 303-298-7554.

Through Jan. 29.

Mixed Media Art by Nathan Abels. Community Art Program Gallery, NCAR, 1850 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, 303-497-1174. Through Dec 2.

Moving Foward: The Next 40 Years. Arvada Center, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada, 720-898-7200. Through Nov. 13.

Mysterium Tremendum: collecting curiosity.

CU Art Museum, 1085 18th St., Boulder, 303-492-8300. Through Dec. 17.

On Desert Time. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000.

Through Jan. 8.

Pioneers: Women Artists in Boulder, 18981950. CU Art Museum, 1085 18th St., Boulder, 303-492-8300. Through Feb. 4.

Uncommon Clay. The Arts Longmont Gallery, 356 Main St., Longmont, 303-678-7869. Through Dec. 23.

Shockwave. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000. Through May 28.

Star Wars and the Power of Costume. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000. Through April 2.

Tactile Art by Ann Cunningham. Community Art Program Gallery, NCAR, 1850 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, 303-497-1174. Through Dec 2.

Words are Leaves — Kim Dickey. Museum of Contemporary Art, 1485 Delgany St., Denver, 303-298-7554. Through Jan. 29.

Ladies and Gentlemen Meet the Dramastics — Nathan Carter. Museum of Contemporary

Native Station. 7 p.m. SKEYE Brewing, 900 S. Hover St., Unit D, Longmont, 303-774-7698.

Pair Of Three. 6:30 p.m. Still Cellars, 1115 Colorado Ave., Longmont, 720-204-6064.

Pit Folk. 6 p.m. Upslope Brewing Company (Lee Hill), 1501 Lee Hill Road, Suite 20, Boulder, 508-873-9185.

Ravin’Wolf Acoustic Thunder. 7 p.m. Por Wine House, 836 1/2 Main St., Louisville, 970-259-3555.

Red Feather Tribe. 8:30 p.m. La Vita Bella Coffeehouse, 475 Main St., Longmont, 720-204-6298.

SambaDende. 7:30 p.m. St Julien Hotel & Spa, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696.

Scupanon. 7 p.m. Grossen Bart Brewery, 1025 Delaware Ave., Longmont, 214-770-9847.

Story Of Two. 5 p.m. Oskar Blues Tasty Weasel Tap Room, 1800 Pike Road, Unit B, Longmont, 303-776-1914.

Strangebyrds. 8:30 p.m. The Roost, 526 Main St., Longmont, 303-827-3380.

The T Sisters. 9 p.m. Gold Hill Inn, 401 Main St., Boulder, 303-443-6461.

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

Tony & Jose. 5 p.m. Rocky Mountain Oyster Bar, 35 E. First St., Nederland, 303-258-1100.

Troy Clayton. 5 p.m. Pearl Street Pub, 1108 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-777-6768.

Zeta June. 10 p.m. Pioneer Inn, 15 E. First St., Nederland, 303-258-7733.

Events Adobe After Effects Motion Graphics Certificate Program. 9 a.m. Boulder Digital Arts Studio, 1600 Range St., Suite 100, Boulder, 303-800-4647.

Boulder Potters’ Guild 2016 Fall — Artists’ Reception. 6 p.m. Boulder County Fairgrounds, Building A, 9595 Nelson Road, Longmont, 303-678-6235.

Boulder Potters’ Guild 2016 Fall Show and Sale.

10 a.m. Boulder County Fairgrounds, 9595 Nelson Road, Longmont, 303-678-6235.

DJ DMX All Vinyl DJ Set. 6 p.m. The Riverside, 1724 Broadway, Boulder, 720-443-2322.

Exploring 2D Art: Painting, Printing, Collaging, And More! (Ages 5-8). 3:45 p.m. Tinker Art Studio, 1300 Yellow Pine Ave., Suite B, Boulder, 303-503-1902.

Oneness Ceremony. 7 p.m. The StarHouse, 3476 Sunshine Canyon, Boulder, 303-245-8452.

Opening Reception for Gamma. 6 p.m. Firehouse Art Center, 667 Fourth Ave., Longmont, 303-651-2787.

Second Friday Events. 6 p.m. Downtown Longmont, Main Street and Fourth Avenue, Longmont.

Saturday, November 12 Music 2016 Boulder Balkan Bash. 5:30 p.m. Avalon Ballroom, 6185 Arapahoe Road, Boulder, 303-499-6363.

Acoustic New Family. 8 p.m. Longs Peak Pub & Taphopuse, 600 Longs Peak Ave., Longmont, 303-651-7886.

Amy Francis. 7 p.m. Por Wine House, 836 1/2 Main St., Louisville, 970-259-3555.

Blake & Groves Bluegrass Band. 8:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Brewery, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685.

Casual Commander & Beak Nasty featuring kLL sMTH, Vinja. 9 p.m. Boulder House, 1109 Walnut see EVENTS Page 42

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Cuban Latin Train. 7 p.m. Caffe Sole, 637R S. Broadway St., Boulder, 303-499-2985.

Flynn and Co. 8:30 p.m. The Roost, 526 Main St., Longmont, 303-827-3380.

Foxfeather. 8:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids and Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303-485-9400.

Gryffin: Whole Heart Tour. 9 p.m. The Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 720-645-2467.

Guerrilla Fanfare. 9 p.m. Bohemian Biergarten, 2017 13th St., Boulder, 720-328-8328.

Happy Hour Live Jazz. 5:30 p.m. Tandoori Grill South, 619 S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-543-7339.

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Thursday, Nov. 10 Kenneth Douglas — DNA Nanoscience. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-2074.

Friday, Nov. 11 Dusty Stray. 7 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., Boulder, 303495-3303.

Saturday, Nov. 12

The Heartstring Hunters. 10 a.m. Longmont Farmers Market, 9595 Nelson Road, Longmont, 303-678-6235.

Lol Tolhurst — Cured. 5 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-2074.

An Intimate Evening with David Gans. 8:30 p.m.

Ax and Oar, 160 E. Main St., Lyons, 303-747-3795.

Janine Shepherd — Defiant. 7:30 p.m.

Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303447-2074.

Jet Set. 7:30 p.m. Oskar Blues CyclHOPS, 600 S. Airport Road, Longmont, 303-776-BIKE. Jim Powers. 10 a.m. The Stone Cup, 442 High St., Lyons, 303-823-2345.

Left Coast Country. 8 p.m. Jamestown Mercantile Cafe, 108 Main St., Jamestown, 303-442-5847.

Monday, Nov. 14

“So, You’re a Poet” Open Poetry Reading. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat Coffeehouse, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.

Innisfree Weekly Open Poetry Reading. 7 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., Boulder, 303-495-3303.

Movers & Shakers with The Custom Shop & AJ Fullerton. 9 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 720-297-6397.

Amanda Hendrix — Beyond Earth: Our Path to a New Home in the Planets. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St.,

Native Station Band. 8:30 p.m. The Speakeasy, 301 Main St., Longmont, 720-684-4728.

Paper Moonshine. 4:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Tasty Weasel Tap Room, 1800 Pike Road, Unit B, Longmont, 303-776-1914.

Robinson Quintet. 7:30 p.m. St Julien Hotel & Spa, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696.

Space journalist Leonard David heads to the Boulder Book Store with his new book Mars: Our Future on the Red Planet. Read more about Mars and David on page 21.

Tuesday, Nov. 15

Mark Huff. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat Coffeehouse, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.

A Musical Exploration of Grief Beyond Words.

1 p.m. Chamber Hall, Imig Music, 1020 18th St., Boulder, 303-492-6352.

Boulder, 303-447-2074.

Wednesday, Nov. 16 Leonard David — Mars: Our Future on the Red Planet. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-2074.

9 a.m. Boulder Digital Arts Studio, 1600 Range St., Suite 100, Boulder, 303-800-4647.

Wild Turkeys Hike. 10:30 a.m. Sandstone Ranch Open Space, Boulder.

Longmont Elks Lodge #1055 Annual Craft Fair.

9 a.m. Longmont Elks Lodge 1055, 306 Coffman St., Longmont, 303-776-1055.

WOW!’s 20th Birthday Party. 10 a.m. WOW! Children’s Museum, 110 N. Harrison Ave., Lafayette, 303-604-2424.

Longmont Turkey Trot. 9 a.m. Altona Middle School, 4600 Clover Basin Drive, Longmont,

Sunday, November 13 Music Acoustic Jam. 3 p.m.

Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922.

Sandi King. 9 p.m.

The Laughing Goat Coffeehouse, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-4404628.

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Something Underground. 7:30 p.m.

Nissi’s, 2675 Northpark Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757.

Absurd Person Singular. Theater Company of Lafayette, 300 E. Simpson St., Lafayette, 720-209-2154. Through Nov. 12.

Andy Statman in Concert. 7 p.m. Boulder JCC, 6007 Oreg Ave., Boulder, 303-998-1900.

An Act of God. Denver Performing Arts Complex, 1345 Champa St., Denver, 720-865-4239.

Through March 12.

Billy Shaddox. 10 a.m.

The Stone Cup, 442 High St., Lyons, 303-823-2345.

The Crucible — presented by Upstart Crow Theatre Company. The Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. Through Nov. 13.

Bluegrass Pick. 12 p.m.

Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids and Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303-485-9400.

Steepland String Band. 6 p.m. Very Nice Brewing Company, 20 Lakeview Drive, Unit 112, Nederland, 303-258-3770.

The Symbols. 8 p.m.

Liquid Mechanics Brewing Company, 297 U.S. 287, Lafayette, 720-550-7813.

Them Raggedy Bones. 9 p.m. The Dark Horse, 2922 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-442-8162.

Full Code — presented by Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company. The Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. Through Nov. 13.

Jersey Boys. Denver Performing Arts Complex, 1345 Champa St., Denver, 720-865-4239.

Through Nov. 13.

Mid-Life 2. BDT Stage, 5501 Arapahoe Ave.,

Tilia Americana.

7 p.m. SKEYE Brewing, 900 S. Hover St., Unit D, Longmont, 303-774-7698.

Events Boulder Mountain Handmade Fine Art Craft and Bake Sale. 10 a.m. Boulder Elk’s Lodge, 3975 28th St., Boulder, 303-442-5003.

Boulder Potters’ Guild 2016 Fall Show and Sale.

10 a.m. Boulder County Fairgrounds, 9595 Nelson Road, Longmont, 303-678-6235.

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Upstart Crow Theatre Company brings to life Arthur Miller’s classic The Crucible. Now playing at The Dairy through Nov. 13.

Boulder, 303-449-6000. Through Nov. 12.

Tuesdays with Morrie. Longmont Theatre Company. 513 Main St., Longmont, 303-772-5200. Through Nov. 20.

720-494-3980.

Nitro Fest with Beats Antique. 6 p.m. Roosevelt Park, 700 Longs Peak Ave., Longmont, 303-651-8404.

Saturday Children’s Art Workshop: Cabinet of Curiosities. 10:30 a.m. CU Art Museum, 1085 18th St., Boulder, 303-492-8300.

Saturday Morning Groove. 10:30 a.m. Free Motion Dance Studio, 2126 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-379-8299.

Casper Allen. 2 p.m.

Stage Stop, 60 Main St., Rollinsville, 303-258-0649.

The Cody Sisters with Jackson Earles. 7:30 p.m.

Gold Hill Inn, 401 Main St., Boulder, 303-443-6461.

Craig Cornett and The Phast & Reckless. 4:30 p.m. Left Hand Brewing Company, 1265 Boston Ave., Longmont, 303-772-0258.

David Williams. 5 p.m. Gold Hill Inn, 401 Main St., Boulder, 303-443-6461.

Delaney Davis on Tour. 9 p.m. The Laughing Goat Coffeehouse, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.

Dixie Leadfoot & The Chrome Struts. 7:30 p.m.

Nissi’s, 2675 Northpark Drive, Lafayette, see EVENTS Page 44

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Open Mic Hosted by Danny Shafer. 8 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922.

The Prairie Scholars. 3 p.m. Oskar Blues Tasty Weasel Tap Room, 1800 Pike Road, Unit B, Longmont, 303-776-1914.

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8:30 p.m. The Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 720-645-2467.

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Open Mic. 9 p.m. Pioneer Inn, 15 E. First St., Nederland, 303-258-7733.

Open Mic Hosted By Brian Rezac. 8 p.m. The Speakeasy, 301 Main St., Longmont, 720-684-4728.

Boots, Buckles and Bourbon With Special Guest Ben Masters. 12 p.m. Bohemian Biergarten, 2017 13th St., Boulder, 720-328-8328.

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Open Mic. 7 p.m. Front Range Brewing, 400 W. South Boulder Road, Suite 1650, Lafayette, 303-339-0767.

Katie Tall. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat Coffeehouse, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.

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Open Mic. 6 p.m. Twisted Pine Brewery, 3201 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-786-9270.

Boulder Mountain Handmade Fine Art Craft and Bake Sale. 10 a.m. Boulder Elk’s Lodge, 3975 28th St., Boulder, 303-442-5003.

Hawaiian Hula Classes. 5 p.m. The Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-447-9772.

Monday, November 14 Music Billy Shaddox Duo. 9 p.m. Pearl Street Pub, 1108 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-777-6768.

Josh Maxey Trio. 6 p.m. Odd13 Brewing, 301 E Simpson St., Lafayette, 303-997-4164.

Lucius, The Cactus Blossoms. 8 p.m. The Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 720-645-2467.

Morrissey. 9 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030.

Open Mic. 7 p.m. Upslope Brewing Company (Lee Hill), 1501 Lee Hill Road, Suite 20, Boulder, 508-8739185.

Potluck Bluegrass. 7 p.m. La Vita Bella Coffeehouse, 475 Main St., Longmont, 720-204-6298.

Uptown Toodaloo String Band. 9:30 p.m. Southern Sun Pub & Brewery, 627 South Broadway, Boulder, 303-543-0886.

Events Ancient Polynesian Navigation. 7 p.m. Chautauqua Community House, 900 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-442-3282.

Jay Blakesberg: Chasing The Light. 6 p.m. eTown Hall, 1535 Spruce St., Boulder, 303-443-8696.

Movement Mondays. 7 p.m. Free Motion CommUnity Dance Center, 2126 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-379-8299.

Tuesday, November 15 Music Bluegrass Jam. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Brewery, 1800 Pikes Road, Unit B, Longmont, 303-823-6685.

Danny Evans. 6 p.m. Upslope Brewing Company (Flatiron Park), 1898 S. Flatiron Court, Boulder, 508-873-9185.

The Gasoline Lollipops. 8:30 p.m. Waterloo, 809 Main St., Louisville, 303-993-2094.

Max Nealon. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat Coffeehouse, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.

Open Jam. 10 p.m. The Lazy Dog, 1346 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-3355.

Open Mic with The Prairie Scholars. 6 p.m.

SKEYE Brewing, 900 S. Hover St., Unit D, Longmont, 303-774-7698.

Rachel Udow & Angel Rodriguez. 7 p.m. La Vita Bella Coffeehouse, 475 Main St., Longmont, 720-204-6298.

Reed Mathis, Electric Beethoven. 9 p.m. The Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 720-645-2467.

Events Curbside Composting. 7 p.m. Longmont Public Library, 409 Fouth Ave., Longmont, 303-651-8477.

Discovery Days Science Program. 10 a.m. WOW! Children’s Museum, 110 N. Harrison Ave., Lafayette, 303-604-2424.

Getting Started with Adobe Illustrator. 6 p.m.

Boulder Digital Arts Studio, 1600 Range St., Suite 100, Boulder, 303-800-4647.

Lowriders: Cars & Culture — Curator Conversations. 12 p.m. Longmont Museum, 400 Quail Road, Longmont, 303-651-8374.

November Brown Bag: Ignition Resistant Retrofits for Existing Homes. 12 p.m. Caribou Conference Room, Boulder County Courthouse Annex, 2045 13th St., Boulder, 303-441-3930.

Visual Arts Lecture: Creativity — Process — Meaning. 7 p.m. The Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-444-7328.

WordPress for Beginners — How to Run Your Own Site/Blog. 1 p.m. Boulder Digital Arts Studio, 1600 Range St., Suite 100, Boulder, 303-800-4647.

Wednesday, November 16 Music Blues Night. 10 p.m. Pioneer Inn, 15 E. First St., Nederland, 303-258-7733.

Open Bluegrass Pick. 7 p.m. Longs Peak Pub & Taphopuse, 600 Longs Peak Ave., Longmont, 303-651-7886.

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8:30 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922.

Open Mic. 6:30 p.m. Cannon Mine Coffee, 210 S. Public Road, Lafayette, 303-665-0625.

Silent Bear Trio. 7:30 p.m. St Julien Hotel & Spa, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696.

Tilia Americana. 7 p.m. Rosalee’s Pizzeria, 461 Main St., Longmont, 303-485-5020.

Von Disco. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat Coffeehouse, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.

Events Birds of Prey Slide Program. 7 p.m. Louisville Public Library, Louisville, 303-335-4849.

Discovery Days Science Program. 10 a.m. WOW! Children’s Museum, 110 N. Harrison Ave., Lafayette, 303-604-2424.

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

Museum of Boulder Ground Breaking Ceremony. 8:30 a.m. Museum of Boulder, 2205 Broadway, Boulder, 303-449-3464.

Watershed School — Student Shadow Days.

8:10 a.m. Watershed School, 1661 Alpine Ave., Boulder, 303-440-7520.

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Poem copyright ©2015 by George Bilgere, “The Forge,” (River Styx, Vol. 95, 2015).

Poem reprinted by permission of George Bilgere and the publisher. Introduction copyright © 2016 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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screen ‘Doctor Strange’ like

Or ‘How I learned to start worrying about the ’Batch’

by Ryan Syrek

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terrible, horrible, no good, very bad thought occurred to me about halfway through Doctor Strange. You guys, what if Benedict Cumberbatch isn’t a very good actor? What if he’s just charismatic and British enough to confuse us into thinking he is? Because the American accent he does is all-caps B-A-D, or as the British would say: “bad.” Because they speak our same language but would never raise their voice about this...

Cumberbatch stars as Stephen Strange, a hella-skilled surgeon who pronounces each word like he’s trying to get a marble out of his esophagus. Seriously, it can’t be stressed enough that Cumberbatch’s American accent sounds like a human cat horking up a hairball. One day, while texting and driving too fast in the rain at night in a luxury car, Strange crashes into a cliché and borks his hands into mush. The previously talented arrogant dickhead is now just a regular dickhead, so he travels to Katmandu after hearing rumors of magic healers. He doesn’t find a cozy sorcererrun spa, but does find a bald, bad-ass Tilda Swinton, which is way better.

Swinton is The Ancient One, the leader of a kung-fu magic monastery where Mordo (Chiwetel Ejifor) resides. Mordo and The Ancient One quasi-reluctantly train Strange, with the help of Wong (Benedict Wong), a kindly librarian whose disBenedict Cumberbatch finally gets his covery of the glory that is Beyoncé superhero on, as he plays the titular Doctor deserved more screentime. When Strange, a surgeon who seeks magic when his hands are badly injured. Before long, he’s Kaecilius (Mads Mikkelsen), a fordoing mystic kung fu and fighting some bad mer student who has surrendered to guys dressed in David Bowie face paint. dark juju, shows up to destroy all that stands between our world and the Dark Dimension, Strange must protect us with only the aid of a semi-sentient cape, who is inarguably the best supporting character in the film.

The whole thing is boilerplate hero-origin stuff, buoyed by some great trippy visual shenanigans. Unlike the comic, where Strange mumbles magic words or does kinky finger pointing stuff to fire spells, the magic manifests itself here as Matrixstyle karate, only with glowing sigils and somewhat intangible neon weapons. It looks great, and the film has a fun, kinetic pace that never lets it get too bogged down. This is good because any extra time spent thinking about what’s happening is like yanking the shit out of a Weezer-esque sweater thread.

For example, are audiences really supposed to believe that Kaecilius genuinely thought it was a good idea to ally with a monstrous, blobby creature that runs The Dark Dimension? It’s called “The Dark Dimension.” Nothing good happens in The Dark Dimension. And why does the evil power mostly manifest itself as villains wearing funky eye makeup and briskly power walking? And while we’re at it, why did they so blatantly and criminally underuse Rachel McAdams? She has a character that’s literally less developed than an anthropomorphic cape.

I love the character of Doctor Strange. Always have. His mysticism and fluctuating moral code always proved a fresh take on a comic book world that can be fatiguing with all its homogenous elements. It’s possible that this cinematic version will eventually do the same. For now, Doctor Strange just looks cool, sounds kinda lame and needs a few more friends.

This review previously appeared in The Reader of Omaha, Nebraska.

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film A couple of clowns

Dominique Abel and Fiona Gordon to receive Rare Pearl Award

by Michael J. Casey

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here is something in the air at the 39th Denver Film Festival (DFF), something ON THE BILL: Rumba.

6:45 p.m. Nov. 10, The Fairy. musical. Be it Emma Stone and Ryan 3:45 p.m. Nov. 11, Lost in Gosling channeling the spirits of Rogers Paris. 6:30 p.m. Nov. 11, 4:15 and Astaire in the opening night film La p.m. Nov. 13, Sie FilmCenter 2510 E Colfax Ave., Denver, La Land, the swinging jazz musicians found in The 720-381-0813. denverfilm.

Eccentrics’ post-World War II Poland, or even the org. diverse array offered in the Music Video Mixtape program — music and musicality is taking a forefront at DFF. But they can’t compete with the husband-and-wife team behind Rumba (2008), The Fairy (2011) and Lost in Paris (2016) and the recipients of this year’s Rare Pearl Award, Dominique Abel and Fiona Gordon.

The Belgian Abel and the Australian Gordon met over 30 years ago in a Parisian circus where they were working as clowns. Now in their 50s, Abel and Gordon continue the time-honored Courtesy of Denver Film Festival tradition of screen clowns in their unique and idiosyncratic works of art.

Time hasn’t slowed their antics, but it has sharpened their skills, and with DFF featuring three of their films, with Abel and Gordon in attendance, there is no better time to Lost in Paris is one of films showing at the Denver Film Festival that is from husband-and-wife team Dominique Abel and Fiona familiarize yourself Gordon. with the many lovable aspects of these cinematic pearls.

The best of the three is their most recent work, Lost in Paris (Nov. 11 and Nov. 13), a romantic comedy with Gordon as Fiona — they use their real names in all their movies — as a Canadian librarian who dreams of finding love in the City of Lights. She finds it when she crosses paths with Dom (Abel), a charismatic and chivalrous tramp in the vein of Charlie Chaplin. The first image we see of Dom, he is wandering happy-golucky along the Seine with one pant leg baggy and the other hiked-up — a sly reference to both Chaplin, with his ill-fitting and baggy pants, and the spindly Jacques Tati, who wore his pants tight and high.

Though Abel and Gordon channel the spirits of their predecessors, their work is wholly theirs. Take an early scene from Rumba (Nov. 10) where Abel and Gordon, who are both still shy and reserved around each other, sit quietly while their shadows leap up and consummate their relationship with a dance. Synonymous with ballroom dancing, the word “rumba” means party in Cuba, and that double meaning perfectly describes Abel and Gordon’s films.

Sometimes that dance is composed through shots and edits, as is in The Fairy (Nov. 11) with Abel playing a night clerk at a hotel full of slapstick-prone tenants. There is real musicality every time Abel runs up or falls down the hotel’s staircase.

All of these set pieces are goofy, vibrant and expressive, and few of them rely on language to explain the scenario. Instead, Abel and Gordon work wonders to set-up and payoff each gag visually, a technique that was a staple during the silent era of cinema but has dwindled ever since wisecracks took precedent in comedy. But that doesn’t mean Abel and Gordon are throwbacks or nostalgists. They are simply entertainers that use their bodies to entertain. They are clowns, and they are the best kind.

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BY CAITLIN ROCKETT

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ometimes you just need some home-cooked food, but, you know, not at your own home.

On Broadway, just across from Lucky’s Market, is Flower Pepper, a Chinese eatery serving up traditional dishes from provinces across the country. It’s set up much like a traditional diner: a narrow space lined with a few tables and a counter against a window that looks out over Broadway. The simplicity of the atmosphere keeps the attention on important things, like delicious food and the company of good friends.

Flower Pepper grew from owner Jeff Gao’s dream of bringing traditional Chinese comfort food to the

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and even their shape hold deep cultural meanings.

Cabbage stuffing represents the blessing for a life of wealth for a hundred years, as well as the enduring love between new couples. Fish represents a surplus of wealth, beef symbolizes economic growth, mushrooms

The wealth of dumplings

Head to Flower Pepper for good fortune States, and specifically to Boulder, a place he’d dreamed of living for some time.

Gao was an award-winning restauranteur back in China, and with his wife Jennifer by his side, they were able to make Gao’s dream a reality just a couple of years ago.

Flower Pepper does itself a favor by keeping its menu small and focused; as with the simplicity of the environment at Flower Pepper, the minimalism of the menu allows the restaurant to focus on quality over quantity. There are noodle dishes, rice dishes, sides and, most notable, handmade dumplings.

Dumplings are an ancient traditional food of northern China, dating back as far as 225 A.D. (There’s a legend that says a Chinese general of the time dammed a marsh with dumplings instead of the heads of his enemies.)

They are commonly filled with pork, beef or fish, finely chopped vegetables and garlic. Their fillings

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characterize increasing wealth and luck, leeks denote long-term wealth, celery stands for industriousness and, um, wealth... OK. So maybe dumpling fillings mostly represent financial gain, which is said to be due to the resemblance dumplings have to ingots, an old form of Chinese currency. Residents of northern provinces of China eat dumplings at multiple times of the year, including during the Chinese New Year, the winter solstice and during the spring festival, always as an expression of their hope for blessings and good future.

Flower Pepper offers up three kinds of dumplings that can help you deliciously express your desire for a

better life: pork and cabbage, Chinese leek and egg, chicken and shitake mushroom, and Xizolong Boa soup dumplings. You can stand at the counter while you pay and watch the cook bring sieves of boiled dumplings up from steaming water and place them straight on to plates or in to-go boxes.

While there’s no going wrong on the dumplings at Flower Pepper, the pork and cabbage offering is as traditional as it gets. Biting through a chewy dumpling skin reveals bits of juicy minced pork mixed with garlic and finely shredded Napa cabbage. Don’t be scared to double dip into Flower Pepper’s savory “special soy sauce.”

Jeff and Jennifer Gao now have a baby boy named Hugo. They say Hugo’s first real food was a dumpling he stole off of a customer’s plate.

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But in other ways, Boulder is exactly the same as any similarly sized city in the nation. “One in seven Americans experiences some form of food insecurity. It’s just about the same percentage in Boulder,” says Hana Dansky, executive director of Boulder Food Rescue. The non-profit organization salvages edible produce and other items from Boulder supermarkets and redistributes them by bicycle-pulled trailers. Last year Boulder Food Rescue recovered about 370,000 pounds of perishable edibles, which helped feed more than 21,000 people in the city. see NIBBLES Page 52

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According to Community Food Share (CFS), an estimated 14 percent of Boulder County’s population Russell Hallesy is food insecure, including 14,000 children living in volunteers for Sister Carmen Food Bank. poverty in the Boulder Valley and St. Vrain School Districts. More than 39 percent of the homes aided by CFS include children and 16 percent of the kids are 5 years old or younger.

Don’t feel bad if you didn’t know how big a problem is hiding in plain sight.

“A lot of people tell me they didn’t realize people were suffering from food insecurity here,” Dansky says. Besides hunger and malnutrition, the definition of food insecurity includes lack of access to nutritious food, including fresh produce and lack of access to culturally appropriate foods. Calories are available but not necessarily sustenance.

“A good example of food Susan France insecurity is someone who won’t pay the phone bill to put food on the table, or not refill a prescription to buy groceries. They have to make these choices. A lot of times parents won’t eat so they can feed their children,” Dansky says.

“We serve any low-income population: day care centers for the families and the children; low-income housing sites; we work with the Latino, homeless and senior populations; anyone who is struggling with accessing good food.”

Boulder Food Rescue has a partnership with Community Food Share and a lot of common recipients, Dansky says. “We operate in the perishable field. They take the nonperishables to a warehouse and redistribute them,” Dansky says.

The 32nd annual Let’s Bag Hunger Food Drive is Nov. 13-23 with supermarkets across the county collecting food for the area’s principal food bank, Community Food Share. I find myself oddly nostalgic because I was the food editor at the Daily Camera 32 years when the newspaper decided to sponsor the food drive and insert paper shopping bags. In its early days, Community Food Share had far fewer resources available to meet the great need, and food collected was essential. The sad note is that 32 years later the need is even greater, especially among people employed full-time. Now food waste and salvaging edible food are parts of the effort to fight food insecurity. see NIBBLES Page 54

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It has always both- First Bite Boulder ered me that these food drives happen primarily during the holiday feasting season when guilt will induce us to share with those less fortunate. We go to so much trouble to make sure everybody gets a turkey and fixin’s on the holiday and volunteers stream to shelters to serve food on Thanksgiving Day. On the day after Thanksgiving — now “celebrated” as Black Friday — you are on your own. Most of Spinach gnocchi us are not paying attention when these families need are on the menu for First Bite at breakfast food on a Tuesday in January or July.

Boulder’s River & The recent election proved that we are very good Woods. at disagreeing. I’d like to think we can still agree that it is bad for all of us when families do not have a steady supply of decent food to eat. When it comes to supporting local organizations fighting food insecurity, cash goes the farthest as it allows the agency to stretch it by buying food in bulk. Even in years when I can’t afford to write a check, I grab a bag at the supermarket and load it with peanut butter and canned tuna, chicken, beans and fruit. Feeding people makes me feel good. You might feel better filling bags with baby formula, diapers and toothpaste, but do something.

You can find out more about helping Community Food Share at communityfoodshare.org. Boulder Food Rescue accepts financial donations to support its efforts at boulderfoodrescue.org. Lafayette’s Sister Carmen Community Center operates a food bank and accepts food and financial donations. sistercarmen.org.

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I have friends and fellow food writers who have eaten at virtually every eatery in Boulder, but most of us are risk-averse when it comes to dining and we have a handful of go-to restaurants that we trust and revisit. The downside is missing out on new restaurants and cuisines you didn’t know existed. One of the best ways to broaden your roster of favorites is to take advantage of First Bite: Boulder County Restaurant Week, Nov. 11-19. Forty Boulder-area eateries are dishing $29, threecourse dinner deals including Colterra, 740 Front, Riffs Urban Fare, Boulder Cork, Farmer Girl and River & Woods. For instance, at Arugula Ristorante you can line up a first course of polenta fritters with romesco sauce followed by garlic chicken breast with Brussels sprouts and polenta and fudge cake with almond butter cream and orange vanilla syrup. Details at: firstbiteboulder.com.

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I’m going to miss the Boulder County Farmers Market when it closes for the season on Nov. 17. I’ll miss the veggies, the honey, the Szechuan buttons, the beet samples, fresh mushrooms and a truly stellar lineup of local food vendors. I sat at the Boulder market recently and dug into a favorite: Boulder-made cornmeal cakes from Tres Pupusas. One was filled with green chile and cheese and the other with pork canitas. Hot off the griddle they are near perfect with curtido — the crunchy, tart jalapeno-spiked coleslaw with some guac and beans. Tres Pupusas varieties are also available frozen at local supermarkets.

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“When the sale of pies runs below zero, [you know that] hard, pinching poverty is abroad in the land and that want takes the best seat at the poor man’s table.”

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With a familiar layout — the brewery in the back and the taproom up front — Großen Bart has a simple charm to it.

Großen (pronounced Susan France Grossen) Bart is German for “big beard” and each one of Großen Bart’s offerings is connected with a particular style of beard/mustache, complete with handy images on the tasting menu.

There are 10 or so beers on tap, with three standards — Stubble Kölsch (4.83% ABV), Chin Curtain IPA (7.1%) and Anker Beard Amber (5.4%) — and a rotating selection of heavy hitters. Order yourself a flight of five for $10, and the glasses come in a metal tasting holster cut into the shape of, you guessed it, a mustache. There certainly isn’t any confusion as to what the M.O. is here.

If you are a clean-shaven rookie, prime yourself with the Stubble Kölsch, and your five o’clock shadow will appear. Kölsch is a light, effervescent, easy-drinking beer, and with a hint of tree fruit, the Stubble will get you on your way to Großen Bart’s shaggier offerings.

Both the Hulihee Irish Red (5.6%) and Friendly Mutton Chop Märzen (6.6%) are perfect fall beers. With a hint of spice, this märzen is a full-bodied amber that has the crispness of an autumn afternoon. Hulihees are beefier versions of mutton chops, and the beer matches. It has a toasty profile that will keep your face warm from cool nights and sudden gusts.

The Inca Tern Porter (5.2%) is named after the Inca Tern birds of Chile and Peru, which are easily identified by their Salvador Dalí-like white mustaches.

Porter is a beer that beckons the snow, and the Inca Tern deserves to be served next to a roaring fire. To boot, for every pint of the Inca Tern that Großen Bart sells, $1 will be donated to the American Bird Conservancy.

And if the birds can get involved in Movember, so can the ladies. The Frida SMaSH Imperial IPA (9%) is a single malt, single hop IPA made in honor of the famous Mexican painter Frida Kahlo, who not only embraced the monobrow but the mustache as well. The Frida is smooth, fruity and potent. To quote the brewery pouring the samples, “It’s like a peach had sex with a nectarine in a pine forest.”

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you might have a pool table on your super yacht. And to ensure that you and your buddies could play pool even in a storm that rocked your boat, you would have a special gyroscopic instrument installed to keep your pool table steady and stable. But I doubt you have such luxury at your disposal. You’re just not that wealthy or decadent. You could have something even better, however: metaphorical gyroscopes that will keep you steady and stable as you navigate your way through unusual weather. Do you know what I’m referring to? If not, meditate on the three people or influences that might best help you stay grounded. Then make sure you snuggle up close to those people and influences during the next two weeks.

JUNE 21-JULY 22: The

JULY 23-AUG. 22: “I have always wanted ... my mouth full of strange sunlight,” writes Leo poet Michael Dickman in his poem “My Honeybee.” In another piece, while describing an outdoor scene from childhood, he innocently asks, “What kind of light is that?” Elsewhere he confesses, “What I want more than anything is to get down on paper what the shining looks like.” In accordance with the astrological omens, Leo, I suggest you follow Dickman’s lead in the coming weeks. You will receive soulful teachings if you pay special attention to both the qualities of the light you see with your eyes and the inner light that wells up in your heart.

VIRGO

AUG. 23-SEPT. 22: The Passage du Gois is a 2.8-mile

causeway that runs between the western French town of Beauvoir-sur-Mer and the island of Noirmoutier in the Atlantic Ocean. It’s only usable twice a day when the tide goes out, and even then for just an hour or two. The rest of the time it’s under water. If you hope to walk or bike or drive across, you must accommodate yourself to nature’s rhythms. I suspect there’s a metaphorically similar phenomenon in your life, Virgo. To

SCORPIO

OCT. 23-NOV. 21: “Don’t be someone that searches, finds, and then runs away,” advises novelist Paulo Coelho. I’m tempted to add this caveat: “Don’t be someone that searches, finds, and then runs away — unless you really do need to run away for a while to get better prepared for the reward you have summoned ... and then return to fully embrace it.” After studying the astrological omens, Scorpio, I’m guessing you can benefit from hearing this information.

SAGITTARIUS

NOV. 22-DEC. 21: Go ahead and howl a celebratory,

“Goodbye!” to any triviality that has distracted you from your worthy goals, to any mean little ghost that has shadowed your good intentions, and to any faded fantasy that has clogged up the flow of your psychic energy. I also recommend that you whisper, “Welcome!” to open secrets that have somehow remained hidden from you, to simple lessons you haven’t been simple enough to learn before now, and to breathtaking escapes you have only recently earned. P.S.: You are authorized to refer to the coming weeks as a watershed.

CAPRICORN

DEC. 22-JAN. 19:

Musician and visual artist Brian Eno loves to dream up innovative products. In 2006, he published a DVD called 77 Million Paintings, which uses technological trickery to generate 77 million different series of images. To watch the entire thing would take 9,000 years. In my opinion, it’s an interesting but gimmicky novelty — not particularly deep or meaningful. During the next nine months, Capricorn, I suggest that you attempt a far more impressive feat: a richly complex creation that will provide you with growth-inducing value for years to come.

AQUARIUS

JAN. 20-FEB. 18: Do you know about the Lords of

Shouting? According to Christian and Jewish mythology, they’re a gang of 15.5 million angels that greet each day with vigorous songs of praise and blessing. Most people are too preoccupied with their own mind chatter to pay attention to them, let alone hear their melodious offerings. But I suspect you may be an exception to that rule in the coming weeks. According to my reading of the astrological omens, you’ll be exceptionally alert for and receptive to glad tidings. You may be able to spot opportunities that others are blind to, including the chants of the Lords of Shouting and many other potential blessings. Take advantage of your aptitude!

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Dear Dan: I am a bi man in my late 20s in a poly relationship. My primary partner’s name is Erin. One of the rules she mandated is that I cannot date anyone else named Aaron or Erin. She thinks it would be confusing and awkward. Since those are fairly common names, I have had to reject other Aarons/Erins several times over the last couple of years. My name is very uncommon, so she doesn’t have to worry about this on her side. Overall, it seems like a superficial reason to have to reject someone. Is there any sort of compromise here?

We haven’t been able to think of any workarounds. — Not Allowed Multiple Erins Dear NAME: I can’t count the number of gay couples I’ve met over the years where both men or both women had the same first name. Okay, okay, it’s not a parallel circumstance, I realize. But having a hard-and-fast/deal-breaky rule about names — “I can’t date someone named Dan, you can’t date someone named Erin, my ideal has always been to love someone of the name of Ernest” — strikes me as silly and reductive. We are not our names, and our names are not ours. (I am not the only Dan Savage out there, nor am I the only Dan Savage capable of giving decent sex advice, as my substitute Dan Savages ably demonstrated this summer.) So here’s my suggested work-around, NAME: Your primary partner stops being a ridiculous control queen.

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But just in case you want a second opinion…

“This poor woman wants to make sure that when her lover cries out her name, he really means her,” says Dossie Easton, coauthor of The Ethical Slut: A Practical Guide to Polyamory, Open Relationships & Other Adventures. “I can understand this, but I’m wondering if there could be a work-around with nicknames — actually, that could get kind of sexy. ‘Hey, Bear! Gimme a hug.’

‘Ooh, Tiger, you are so fierce tonight!’

In all seriousness, many lovers have very personal nicknames for each other, and perhaps that would make the ‘Aaron/ Erin’ problem manageable.”

Would you like a third opinion?

“It sounds like Erin has that most common of polyamorous fears: the fear of being lost in the crowd,” says Franklin Veaux, coauthor of More Than Two: A Practical Guide to Ethical Polyamory.

“Some folks deal with this by passing rules against taking a date to a favorite restaurant or forbidding certain pet names. It sounds like Erin is dealing with

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her fear by saying, ‘Don’t date any more Erins.’ The problem is that names don’t make you unique. Erin isn’t special in NAME’s eyes because of her name. But sometimes putting words on a fear is the first step toward eliminating it. She says dating another Erin would be ‘confusing and awkward.’ What does that mean?

What are Erin’s concerns? If it’s only feeling awkward, well, being an adult means feeling awkward sometimes!”

To recap: Your primary partner needs to get over it (Dan’s advice), your primary partner might be mollified if you swore to use only pet names for other Aarons/ Erins (Dossie’s advice), keep talking and maybe your primary partner will get over it (Franklin’s advice). All in all, our expert panel doesn’t have a lot of sympathy for your primary partner’s position. So in the interest of fairness, I’m going to offer a defense of Erin’s position.

It’s not uncommon for people in open relationships to insist on a rule that seems arbitrary, even capricious, to their partners.

I call these rules “Brown M&Ms,” a reference to 1980s hair rock band Van Halen.

The band’s touring contract stipulated that bowls of M&Ms be set out backstage with all the brown M&Ms removed. To see if their contract had been followed to the letter — a contract that included a lot of technical requirements for their elaborate and potentially dangerous stage shows — all the band had to do was glance at those bowls of M&Ms. If a local promoter couldn’t be trusted to get something simple and seemingly arbitrary right, they couldn’t be trusted to get the bigger stuff right. And if the promoter didn’t get the big stuff right, it wasn’t safe for the band to perform.

Arbitrary rules in open relationships are like Van Halen’s brown M&Ms: a quick way to check if you’re safe. If your partner can’t be trusted to not sleep with someone else in your bed, not take someone else to a favorite restaurant, not use your favorite/special/beloved sex toys with someone else, etc., perhaps they can’t be trusted to get the big things right — like ensuring your physical and emotional safety and/or primacy.

So, NAME, if obeying a rule that seems silly and arbitrary makes your partner feel safe to “perform,” i.e., secure enough to be in an open/poly relationship with you, then obeying their seemingly silly rule is the price of admission.

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“I can’t believe Amendment 64 passed,” she said. “Back in the ’60s we fought for marijuana legalization, but I never believed it would actually happen.”

We expressed our mutual excitement with bated breath because it felt like what we were realizing was impossible. The joy of victory mixed with fear and wound up feeling like disbelief. Colorado may have voted to Prohibition agents destroying barrels of alcohol. legalize marijuana, but it was still federally illegal and no one knew if legalization was actually possible. modation of state law by federal institutions.

It turns out it was. And four years later, on Without the cooperation of 10 state level governNovember 8, 2016, marijuana legalization initiatives ments, it is becoming increasingly difficult for the again showed up and in a big way in what the feds to continue to enforce prohibition.

Washington Post calls a “watershed year for marijuana Consider the change from the 2005 to 2012 as legislation.” the federal government has moved its position Both recreational and medical cannabis expandfrom one of enforcing prohibition to one of accomed with four states voting for legal markets (Nevada, modation.

California, Massachusetts and Maine) and Four states The 2005 Supreme Court decision Gonzales v. voting to adopt medical programs. When you add it Raich affirmed the right of Congress to criminalize all up, nearly one fifth of people in the United States the production of cannabis even if a state approved it now have access to legal marijuana. for medical purposes, establishing a strong protection With campaigns that seek to “regulate marijuana of the precedence of federal law. like alcohol,” it seems pro-marijuana groups have But in August of 2013, then Deputy Attorney stumbled upon the winning formula to get initiatives general James M. Cole issued a memo that representpassed making the pro-legalization argument logical ed a significant shift of government priorities away without ruffling the feathers of prevailing prohibition. from strict enforcement of federal cannabis prohibiVoters are enacting the power of federalism as tion and toward a more hands-off approach, as long they use democratic elections to force an accomas certain tenets were upheld and precautions taken.

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I never expected the vote I cast for marijuana would be the one to restore hope. Even when voting doesn’t live up to the idealized promises of democracy, when it seems to represent only the brokenness of our political system, cannabis represents progress.

Seeing the votes for marijuana legalization roll in, I remembered the feeling I had when Amendment 64 passed and Colorado took that big and rebellious step against prohibition and toward legalization. This is a similar, but more promising moment. The people at large are refusing to obey certain laws and commands of their government, not as a rejection of the system as a whole, but as a necessary part of its progression.

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cannabis corner Big wins at the ballot box for marijuana legalization

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his is huge.

Initiatives to legalize recreational marijuana were on the ballots of five states Tuesday, and medical marijuana initiatives were on the ballots of four more. As of 2:30 a.m. Wednesday, three states had legalized recreational pot and it was leading in one more. All four states that voted on medical marijuana passed their initiatives.

Recreational marijuana initiatives passed decisively in California, Massachusetts, and Nevada, and a fourth was narrowly ahead in Maine. The fifth recreational initiative, in Arizona, was losing by a 48-to-52 percent margin with 91 percent of the precincts reporting.

In California, Proposition 64 was winning decisively. With 73 percent of the state’s precincts reporting, it was ahead by a 56-to-44 percent margin.

The vote was Yes: 3,960,111, No: 3,142,803.

By way of comparison, Colorado’s similarly named legalization initiative, Amendment 64, passed with 55 percent of the vote.

Twelve percent of the U.S. population lives in California.

In Massachusetts, recreational marijuana was approved 54-to-46 percent (The vote was Yes: 1,672,320, No: 1,450,177 with 97 percent of the precincts reporting).

The vote made Massachusetts the first state east of the Mississippi River (and the Hudson River come to think of it) to legalize marijuana.

The Massachusetts win was particularly significant in that the initiative encountered early and organized opposition led by Governor Charlie Baker and the Boston Mayor Martin Walsh, and by a number of police and business groups. Toward the end of the campaign, the Archdiocese of Boston entered the fray and donated more than $800,000 to the No campaign.

Recreational pot also won in Nevada. With 97 percent of the precincts reporting the vote was Yes: 602,137 to No: 503.373 — a 54.5-to45.5 margin.

The Nevada initiative encountered opposition from the gambling industry

by Paul Danish

and particularly from casino magnate and anti-marijuana crusader Sheldon Adelson.

Adelson bought the Las Vegas Review-Journal a few months before the election and flipped its editorial stance on legalization from pro to anti.

In Maine, with 88 percent of the precincts reporting a recreational marijuana legalization initiative was ahead, but with only a 5,000 vote lead. The vote was Yes: 345,652 to No: 340,666.

The closeness of the vote was somewhat surprising, in that polling showed the initiative had strong support until late in the campaign.

In Arizona, legalization was losing — Yes: 864,086 to No: 941,343. The initiative had strong opposition, including opposition from supporters of a more libertarian initiative that had failed to get on the ballot.

The medical marijuana initiatives in Florida, Arkansas, North Dakota and Montana all passed.

The victory in Florida was overwhelming. With all precincts reporting legalization had 71 percent of the vote (Yes: 6,467,202 to No: 2,607,859). The measure was in the form of an amendment to the state constitution and therefore needed 60 percent support to pass, which it easily got. A similar initiative in 2014 lost with 58 percent of the vote. Then as now, the initiative was opposed by Adelson, although he spent only about a forth as much opposing it this time.

Medical marijuana also won a crushing 64 percent to 36 percent victory in North Dakota (Yes: 215,241 to No: 122,410 with all precincts reporting). The victory came as something of a surprise, since North Dakota is one of the most socially conservative states in the country – although it probably

would have come as less of a surprise if the national press had bothered to cover the campaign. Regardless, a 64 percent victory in a conservative state sends a message.

In Arkansas, a medical marijuana initiative passed 52.2-to-46.8 percent (Yes: 581,259 to No: 511.977).

Arkansas joins Florida as the first two states south of the Mason-Dixon Line to pass any sort of marijuana legalization.

The Montana initiative differed from the others in that it loosened the restrictions in an existing medical marijuana law that were so stringent that it made the law dysfunctional. With 54 percent of the precincts reporting it had a 56-to-44 percent lead (Yes: 178,200 to No: 140,032), meaning it was headed for a solid win in a socially conservative state.

In short, a banner day for the marijuana legalization movement, despite the loss in Arizona and even if Maine doesn’t make it across the finish line.

What comes next?

Initiatives in Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Ohio in 2018 strike me as likely, and maybe even a re-do in Arizona.

On the strength of Tuesday’s wins, Congress will have to give serious consideration to change the federal marijuana prohibition to the sort of local option approach reflected in the Twenty-First Amendment to the Constitution (the one that repealed prohibition).

Also on the strength of what happened on Tuesday, it wouldn’t be surprising if the legislatures in some of the states that don’t allow ballot initiatives approved legalization. And if they didn’t, it wouldn’t be surprising if marijuana became an issue in state legislative elections.

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People of Boulder, we know these first few days after the election have been tough; the poo really hit the fan, didn’t it? We’ve used other pages in the paper to address the very real concerns many people have with a Trump presidency, so we want to spill a bit of ink here to highlight some of the good things that happened while we were collectively losing our minds over the election of Donald J. Trump.

• Though Hillary Clinton may not have gotten her chance to shatter the glass ceiling as the first female president of California Attorney General’s Office via Wikimedia the United States, the election still represented some big wins for women.

Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada became the first Latina elected to the U.S. Senate.

• Ilhan Omar of Minnesota became the first Somali-American Muslim legislator in the House of Representatives.

• California Attorney General Kamala Harris became the first black woman in more than two decades to be elected to the U.S. Senate.

• Iraq War veteran Tammy Duckworth took Barack Obama’s forU.S. Department of Veterans Affairs via Wikimedia mer seat in the Illinois Senate. She is only the second woman to hold an Illinois Senate seat.

• Kate Brown became the nation’s first openly LGBT governor in Oregon.

While New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey came out in 2004, he was already in office.

• North Carolina ousted Governor Pat McCory, the human piece of garbage best known for asking folks to show their birth certificates before entering restrooms in the Tarheel State.

• California, Massachusetts, Maine and Nevada voted to legalize recreational pot use, and Arkansas, Florida, Montana and North Dakota approved the use of medicinal marijuana.

• Minimum wage increased in a number of states. Arizona, Colorado, Maine and Washington have all agreed to raise their state’s minimum wage. Wages in Colorado will go up from $8.31 to $12 by 2020.

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