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Highroad Would you trust John Yoo? by Jim Hightower
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oting that the U.S. military was developing armed, autonomous robots to serve as battleground soldiers in our wars, a 2015 New York Times article asked an important question: “Can they learn to make moral
choices?” But wait, what about us humans — when it comes to war, can we learn to make moral choices? Remember that President George W. Bush chose to torture al Qaeda suspects (including innocent civilians) by waterboarding them. Where was the morality in that? It was, of course, immoral. But, at the request of the White House, an ambitious, eager-to-please lawyer in the Justice Department wrote a memo that whitewashed waterboarding, summarily decreeing that such torture was not, technically, torture.
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The author of that memo sanctioning Bush’s immoral warfare was John Yoo. His name is relevant to the current question about robot morality because Yoo is now at the American Enterprise Institute — a nest of far-right, neo-con war hawks — where he’s become a leading booster of turning robots into our killing machines. In a September Wall Street Journal article, Yoo exults that, unlike humans, robots won’t get fatigued in battle or become “emotionally involved” in the business of killing humans. Not merely cold-blooded warriors, these efficient machines are no-blooded — plus, they’re much cheaper than a flesh-and-blood army. But, you might ask, what if they go rogue, turning into an army of rampaging “Terminators” and using their artificial intelligence against us civilians? Tut-tut, says Yoo, admonishing us to “have more confidence in our ability to develop autonomous weapons within the traditional legal and political safeguards.” Huh? Come on, John — you’re the guy who carelessly, flagrantly and immorally violated those very safeguards in your torture memo! We’re to trust you? No thanks. This opinion column does not necessarily reflect the views of Boulder Weekly. November 2 , 2017 5
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going to transform Boulder, it starts to dawn on you that you can see how this vision of Boulder Tomorrow is playing out on the ground in Boulder Today. By driving down 28th Street. Finito! Yea, my rummy eyes have seen the Old and in the way! And not just of future. It’s gridlocked. the traffic, but of the whole arc of Groups like Boulder Tomorrow, Boulder history. Engage Boulder, Better Boulder, et al. Time to turn off, tune out, move on talk a pretty good game, but for all and let Generations X, Y and Z get on their pieties about sustainability, with the work of creating — wait for it affordability, inclusion, diversity, and — Boulder Tomorrow! quality of life, their real agenda can be That, at any rate, is how Boulder stated in two words: growth and densiTomorrow, the Chamber of Commerce ty. Or more precisely, explosive growth front group, is telling it these days. enabled and rationalized by rebranding The organization posted a tweet increased urban density as a feature originating from someone at their felinstead of a bug. low chamber front Their vision for group Engage Boulder tomorrow is that population Boulder that read growth can be as follows: “The accommodated by future of #Boulder FROM increasing the denis not to be created sity of the city — by 50-year-olds.” CONTEMPLATING, LET quite possibly douOld and in the ALONE ANSWERING, bling both. way at age 50, ONE SIMPLE SEVENAnd that doing huh? this won’t degrade Well as a dodWORD QUESTION: HOW dering old gent of the environment BIG DO WE WANT TO 75, let me say this and Boulder’s GET? about that: quality of life — Thanks a lot, and would actually assholes. enhance it. As if we’re not divided They’ve been serving up this Kool enough along racial, gender, economic Aid for years. And the local greens and and cultural fault-lines, you want to social justice crowd and the City open up generational ones. Council have been enthusiastically That’s kinda contemptible. It’s also drinking it for years. kinda dodgy considering that two of Take it from Gramps: They’re being the candidates Engage Boulder is tout- played like a fiddle. ing are aged 57 and 61. Want to jam a few hundred new I know, I know, they’re young at condos or rental units into a Boulder heart. I can relate. residential neighborhood? Just say BTW, that “Don’t trust anybody you’re increasing affordable housing over 50” meme is pretty candy ass. My and maximizing sustainability. generation’s battle cry was “Don’t trust Want to stuff as many units as posanyone over 30.” And let me tell you sible onto a lot? Talk about how much something: I still don’t! affordable housing will be created by OK, I don’t follow Boulder politics getting rid of the City’s height limits. very closely anymore. I outgrew chilWant to build a lot of units in the dren’s shows a long time ago. 28th-30th Street corridor? Swear on a But it doesn’t take a genius to see stack of Bibles that it will make what’s going on. A quick visit to the Boulder a more walkable city. Boulder Tomorrow, Engage Boulder, Want to create some new rental Better Boulder et al. websites will make properties in existing neighborhoods? that clear enough. Change the zoning to allow auxiliary Once you get past the slick graphics living units (aka apartments) in the and great Boulder eye candy photos basements of single family homes and and read far enough into the talking see DANISH PLAN Page 8 points about how the new urbanism is
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cross the globe, the movement to ban fracking is growing. France, Germany, Scotland, Ireland and the Netherlands have stopped this dangerous practice. So have New York, Vermont, Maryland and many municipalities in the United States. These victories are the result of vigorous community organizing by grassroots progressives. For example, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo decided to ban fracking in 2014 shortly after an opponent, Zephyr Teachout, won over 34 percent of the vote in the Democratic primary. A Cuomo staffer tweeted right after the election that one of the “big takeaways” was the popularity of Teachout’s strong antifracking stand. Teachout, a progressive populist Fordham University law professor, also took stands against “too big to fail” banks, big money in politics and school privatization. She wasn’t very well known, ran her campaign on a shoestring budget and entered the race rather late. Cuomo, an establishment Democrat with politics similar to John Hickenlooper, refused to debate her and spent generously from his $40 million campaign war chest. Jessica Mason of PR Watch reported that Teachout was popular in rural upstate New York where people were organizing against fracking. She said that “dozens of towns across New York
have considered banning fracking through zoning ordinances, a move the New York Supreme Court ruled legal in late July. Bans have passed in some 79 municipalities in New York state, concentrated in upstate counties like Otsego and Tompkins, both of which gave over 70 percent of their vote to Teachout.” Unfortunately in Colorado, the battles against fracking haven’t been as successful because the oil and gas industry has enormous clout in the state. Boulder Weekly has amply documented this influence. Last July, Denver Post reporter Christopher Osher also noted: “The oil and gas industry in the past four years has poured more than $80 million into Colorado to shape public opinion and influence campaigns and ballot initiatives, creating a political force that has had broad implications throughout the state.” Denver was number three in a survey of the top 10 oil-and gas-cities in the world done by Rigzone, an online industry news and analysis publication based in Houston. Number one was Dubai, the booming United Arab Emirates city that is the hub for the oil and gas industry in the Persian Gulf. The second-ranked city was Calgary, Alberta, which is the center of Canada’s energy industry. The list came from a poll of 8,000 see THE ANDERSON FILES Page 8
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industry executives and engineers focused on the places with oil-and-gas industry growth and opportunities. The opportunities are in Colorado’s tight sands and shale formations — especially the oil-rich Niobrara shale, which stretches through most of northern Colorado and eastern Wyoming, as well as into parts of Kansas and Nebraska. Niobrara may hold a reserve equal to as much as 2 billion barrels of oil, according to the Colorado Oil and Gas Association. As the industry gears up for a fracking boom in Colorado, it is easy to sink into despair or cynicism — at least for those of us who aren’t living close to the drilling with its air, water and noise pollution. With Trump as president, there is an ironic hope that his extreme anti-environmentalism will spark a serious rebellion. As Bill McKibben says, “Trump has pissed people off, and pissed-off people don’t ask for small and easy progress. They demand the shifts that reality requires. In this case, winning slowly is the same as losing, so we don’t want to substitute one for the other.” With climate change accelerating, we don’t have time for the incrementalism of President Obama with his
“all of the above” energy policy. We have to demand a 100 percent renewable economy. In April, Senators Bernie Sanders and Jeff Merkley introduced a 100 percent bill. The Sierra Club has started a #ReadyFor100 campaign to lobby cities to commit to 100 percent renewable energy. So far, 150 mayors in 33 states in all regions of the country have joined this initiative. The U.S. Conference of Mayors has endorsed the drive. Mark Jacobson, director of Stanford University’s Atmosphere and Energy Program, has published papers which argue that wind, solar and hydropower (with small amounts of geothermal and tidal power) could supply all global energy needs by the 2050s. Fossil fuels have to stay in the ground. That means the oil and gas industry has to relinquish trillions of dollars of wealth. Naomi Klein says, “We are left with a stark choice: allow climate disruption to change everything about our world, or change pretty much everything about our economy to avoid that fate.” That change won’t come without a big fight. This opinion column does not necessarily reflect the views of Boulder Weekly.
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claim they’ll be affordable. And so on. Don’t believe it. The livability of existing neighborhoods will not be increased by doubling or tripling the number of people and cars in them. And if you think the traffic problem is going to be solved by doubling Boulder’s population (to 220,000) and nagging people to ride bikes, you’re kidding yourself. That’ll happen on a hot day in January. On a cold one, not so much. The truth is the central issue that Boulder has to come to grips with transcends generations. It’s the fact that despite all the things Boulder has done to protect its environment and quality of life, including open space, height limits, growth control, comprehensive planning and reams of development regulations, it has recoiled from contemplating, let alone answering, one simple seven-word ques-
tion: How big do we want to get? The same applies to every other city in Boulder County and to the University of Colorado. For the past 50 years we’ve been kicking that can down the road. And we’re just about to the end of the road. All that said, I’ll concede the point: The future of Boulder will ultimately be decided by those under the age of 50. And that is as it should be. Life is for the living. But if you’re under 50 and want to create a better, livable tomorrow for Boulder, do yourself a favor and start by giving some serious thought to that seven-word question. And if you’re under 50 and planning to vote in this election, you should also give some thought to this question as well: What sort of city do you want to live in when you’re over 50? And old and in the way? This opinion column does not necessarily reflect the views of Boulder Weekly. Boulder Weekly
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n recent months our community has focused on whether or not Boulder should keep its municipal electric option. Voters will decide the issue this November. Some are now calling for voters to take an “off-ramp” — abandon our local power option and “make a deal” with Xcel. This might sound attractive to a community tired of a lengthy process. Something being overlooked, however, is the significant leverage which will be irreversibly lost if we terminate the effort at this time. Preserving the option for Boulder to leave Xcel keeps the pressure on, which is already leveraging significant carbon-reductions, having contributed to Xcel’s shift to renewables since 2010, when the muni effort began. The fact is, Boulder is already making substantial environmental progress just by maintaining the threat to leave Xcel. Why quit now? Let’s look at our leverage: Some claim we’re wasting money and little has been accomplished. The huge point this neglects is that every time we have won a yes vote on the local-power option (three times so far), Xcel magically becomes more environmental and promises a larger portion of renewables. In fact, Xcel has gone from proposing 15-20 percent renewables in 2010, to a recent proposal for 55 percent (which, coincidentally, is happening just before another election). This is what leverage is all about — it gets things done. Yes, we have had some nominal costs (amounting to several dollars per month per residential user over the period), but in relation to significant results, the funds have been well spent. Remember also that these improvements apply to all of Xcel’s Colorado customers, a considerable overall reduction in greenhouse emissions. Does anyone really believe that Xcel will continue to propose offers of this magnitude if we vote no on ballot measure 2L this November? Will they even honor their latest 55 percent “claim” without sustained pressure? I wouldn’t bet on it. A yes vote on 2L buys more than leverage; it preserves the possibility of local power. A muni might be the best option for achieving anything close to 100 percent renewables. Xcel is fundamentally constrained in its ability to make dramatic/timely shifts to renewables; saddled with too much coal generation, its profit model views clean/ Boulder Weekly
distributed-generation (e.g.: household solar), as competition — only to be supported under pressure. The Public Utility Commission has now approved the formation of a local-power utility for Boulder. The next steps would be a final-costs determination, followed by a Go/No-Go vote, both of which are provided for, respectively, in ballot measures 2L and 2O. How it works: 2L extends the Utility Occupation Tax, which has funded the effort to date (average cost for residential customers: about two dollars per month), and provides for a final-costs determination. 2O assures a Go/No-Go public vote after final costs are determined. Think of a yes vote on 2L and 2O as a nominal, prudent and hedged investment in our future — combining an attractive “upside” (2L: significant pressure on Xcel), with a “hedge” (2O: guaranteed opportunity for future vote on a final plan). Consequences of a yes vote on 2L and 2O: 1) Keeps pressure on Xcel to actually honor the 55 percent “proposal” and perhaps more. 2) Provides for assessment of final muni costs, allowing for a truly informed decision on the localpower option. 3) Prudently assures future go/no-go vote after final costs are determined. 4) Assures Boulder a position of considerable strength in any further negotiations with Xcel, regardless of local-power status. Consequences of a no vote on 2L: 1) Boulder enters a “partnership” with Xcel from a position of considerable weakness, receiving a few meager environmental concessions as a reward for giving up its notable leverage. 2) Little incentive for Xcel to honor its 55 percent “proposal,” much less aspire to higher goals. 3) Local-power option irreversibly gone (for all practical purposes); no chance to find out if we can get a better deal for Boulder and the environment by finishing what we started. Please join me in voting yes on 2L/2O. Plenty of future opportunities to exit exist, if needed. Now isn’t the time to abandon a working opportunity for an “off-ramp” to nowhere. Brad D. Segal is a retired chemist and 36-year Boulder resident. His experience includes 17 years as a project manager and analyst with Boulder’s Municipal Water Utility. This opinion column does not necessarily reflect the views of Boulder Weekly.
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Editor’s Note: A guest opinion that ran in last week’s Boulder Weekly required two clarifications. The original guest opinion erroneously claimed Aaron Brockett was anti-municipalization; in fact, he has previously supported municipalization efforts and has not taken a stance on this year’s relevant ballot issues. The original guest opinion also did not adequately describe the nature of donations between members of the Foundry Group and Jared Polis — donations were made by employees of the Group, not the organization itself, and were made to Polis’ congressional fund, not his gubernatorial fund, where he is only accepting donations of $100 or less.
Let’s maintain our negotiating leverage with Xcel
I’m an entrepreneur and small business owner who lives in Boulder, and I’m a strong advocate for voting yes on the two municipalization-related ballot initiatives: 2L and 2O. Without 2L, we won’t have an alternative to Xcel Energy that would pose any serious competition for them, and this would put us at a significant disadvantage for future negotiations. Every good businessperson knows that having competing alternatives helps yield the best deal, and we’ve already seen Xcel’s proposals improve tremendously in recent years as we’ve explored municipalization. Also, the cost of 2L is a drop in the bucket compared to the long-term savings we’d achieve through either municipalization or a better deal with Xcel. I believe that businesses are more efficient than government entities. So, when I first heard about municipalization, I thought, “how could a publiclyowned utility possibly be more costeffective than an investor-owned utility?” Then I learned that Colorado’s largest municipal utilities, such as Fort Collins, Colorado Springs and Longmont, all have cheaper rates than Xcel. Xcel is not a typical business that must compete in a normal marketplace. Instead, they’re a regulated monopoly that has never had to compete, so they aren’t harnessing the same innovative and competitive advantages the way normal businesses do. Also, unlike municipal utilities, Xcel must charge more to pay a return to stockholders. Ultimately, the threat of municipalization scares Xcel and motivates them to provide us with a better alternative. Let’s make them compete with a municipalization option that could yield lower rates, more renewable energy and more control for our energy future.
Lastly, I like that 2O requires another vote before municipalization could potentially occur. 2O keeps control for the final decision firmly in our hands while 2L maximizes our negotiating leverage with Xcel Energy. Vote yes for 2L and 2O. Blake Jones is a co-founder of Boulderbased Namaste Solar and Clean Energy Credit Union and a former engineer in the oil and gas industry.
Council candidate would bring balance
I am writing to support Cindy Carlisle as a very excellent candidate in this pivotal Council election. Cindy brings governing experience, knowledge about complex issues, long perspective on Boulder and real people skills to the table at exactly the right time. She has the wisdom to listen and respect all points of view. PLAN-Boulder County is not “fear-mongering;” they are giving voice to real fear. One piece is that the current height moratorium expires on July 19, 2018. The next Council will have enormous power over the future of this signature Boulder issue. I applaud PLAN for sounding the alarm that those concerned should pay attention now. It is inappropriate to disparage this organization, which has contributed enormously for almost 60 years to the evolution of Boulder values and character. Together4Boulder was formed not because their growing number of members want to cling to the past, but because of concern about how and where we go from here. It is forwardlooking, not backward-looking, and attempts to polarize this discussion do a real disservice to the quality of debate we need in the community and on Council. The question that stands out for me most in this election is “balance.” The spurt in large-scale development in the last 10 years feels a like a runaway train. It has become a Herculean task to be an engaged citizen. Now is the time to carefully consider the consequences of public processes and decisions on a city which has evolved with such care and thoughtfulness for generations. I want Council members who will do that. There are several candidates who pass my “balance” test, but Cindy rises to the top. We need her commitment to public engagement and proven integrity to work for all of Boulder. Randi Stroh/Boulder see LETTERS Page 11
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Clear choice for Council for housing upgrades
I grew up in Longmont and graduated from Niwot High School in 2014. In late 2015, I moved to Boulder to finish my degree at CU Boulder. Like many families in our county, mine was a single-parent household working hard to pay the bills every month with very little to spare for the cost of college. I was determined to rent my own apartment in Boulder close to the university, but it came at a cost. The conditions were poor. I lived in the cheapest unit in the building — the one with windows facing a concrete wall that held the lingering smell of ammonia. My student loans did not come close to covering rent, so I relied on a part-time job in food service to make rent. If I missed a day at work, I knew I would be at risk of losing my home. My food budget averaged $25 a week to pay the rest for housing. I know I’m not alone in the struggle to find quality and affordable housing in Boulder. Many of my peers have ended up in overcrowded (and even dangerous) living situations within the city because it is the only way they can afford to remain in Boulder. Fortunately, City Council has the power ensure housing is accessible to students. That’s why I’m voting for Eric Budd for Boulder City Council on Nov. 7. I’ve known Eric since I moved to Boulder and his priority is to ensure everyone — students included — are able to afford to live in this great city by preserving existing lower-cost housing options, creating duplexes and ensuring that zoning laws are reasonable. His commitment to expanding options for people like me gives me hope for the future of Boulder. Hannah Fertig/Boulder
Other answers for housing
In Leora Frankel’s recent opinion piece on Boulder election spending, [Re: “Big money is playing Boulder during elections,” Oct. 26] she makes the comment that “Both Open Boulder and Better Boulder are touting density as a solution to problems of affordability. Boulder now has a decent supply of apartments, vacant at above-average rates, that are not affordable to the middle class; I find the density arguments unpersuasive but cannot delve into them further here due to space limitations.” If that sounds like a cop out, that’s because it is. City Observatory (cityobservatory.org) recently published an excellent piece, “Signs of the times,” that demonstrates what happens when a city effectively deals with its housing crisis. Boulder Weekly
Portland responded to rapid increases in rent by building more market-rate housing. Rent increases stopped. More housing made Portland more affordable. It would do the same in Boulder. Chris F. Nicholson/Boulder
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In a talk a few days ago at Yale University, Bill McKibben pointed out that even if every nation kept their promises made with the Paris Climate
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until 2070, and at best would still be 45 percent fossil fueled, is simply too slow — it’s just another way of losing. (Xcel recently filed to increase the average residential rate by 9.6 percent over the next four years.) I’m in favor of keeping civilization and preserving the planet that we love. If you’re college age, or love someone who is of college age, vote yes on Ballot Issue 2L to keep us moving forward for clean energy and a livable future. Duncan Gilchrist/Boulder
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n Ballot Issue 2L (City of Boulder) Utility Occupation Tax Increase and Extension For the Measure n Ballot Issue 2M (City of Boulder) 0.3 Cents Capital Improvement Tax Extension For the Measure n Ballot Issue 2N (City of Boulder) Debt Authority for Capital Improvement Tax For the Measure n Ballot Question 2O (City of Boulder) Charter Requirement for Vote Before Electric Construction Debt For the Measure n Ballot Question 2P (City of Boulder) Charter Provision Allowing Executive Sessions for Municipalization Against the Measure n Ballot Question 2Q (City of Boulder) Charter Clean Up Against the Measure
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commentary Why BVSD can’t move forward until it deals with its past by Joel Dyer
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ver the past few months, we’ve learned a lot about the inner workings of the Boulder Valley School District (BVSD). While it is full of thousands of great people committed to our children’s education, it can also be complex, political, secretive and defensive of public scrutiny. You may recall that the last time I wrote about BVSD, I claimed that the Board of Education (BOE) was hiding what I believe are its own mistakes behind the secrecy of executive session. I had arrived at my opinion during the course of our previous investigation surrounding Dr. Messinger’s departure (see “Inside the turmoil at BVSD,” July 14, 2017). Well it’s been a few months since then and quite a bit has happened. I ended my last piece with a sincere plea to the BOE — OK, maybe it was a bit stronger than that — to start being transparent on this issue and to take responsibility for what I think were inadequacies in its past handling of alleged harassment complaints. I encouraged Board members to step up, or step down, because the whole story was eventually going to come out and when it did, this whole secrecy thing was going to look bad for them. In interviews with the Daily Camera, Dr. Messinger has been very clear that he believes that a more “open process” with “transparency and closure” would be to his benefit as well. We are not trying to determine the guilt or innocence of anyone, not Dr. Messinger nor anyone who ever may or may not have brought a complaint against him. We have no way of doing that. The BOE’s investigation into allegations brought by Leslie Arnold in 2017 was conducted by an outside law firm, and its findings were simply 14 November 2, 2017
meant to offer guidance to the Board, not determine guilt or innocence. Our concern in this matter is the public’s interest in this case, which we believe does not rest, for the most part, in the he-said, she-said aspects of it. We believe that the manner in which the elected officials who comprise the school Board and their legal counsel handled past complaints is the most
And then the mail came. On Oct. 11, an envelope with no return address arrived at BW’s offices addressed to myself and Angela K. Evans, who has been spearheading this investigation since the beginning. Inside were official reports generated during the 2017 investigation into allegations of harassment based on gender brought by BVSD administrator Leslie Arnold.
important part of this story with regards to public interest. As I mentioned in my last column on this subject, BW had numerous sources for this story and knew far more than we had written to date. We had held off reporting certain things last July because we believed that with the passage of time, more of our sources who had asked us to protect their identities out of fear of retaliation or concerns about harming their careers would be willing to attach their names to the information they had provided. Journalists always prefer sources with attribution whenever possible.
The investigation, its findings and the reports had all been kept confidential behind the wall of executive session until the moment that envelope was opened. We don’t know who sent us these reports. I can tell you that since our reporting was first published on this issue, our phone lines and email inboxes have seen a fair amount of activity from people claiming to be BVSD employees, many anonymously requesting our help or suggesting we look here or there for certain information. A typed note in the envelope with the reports said it came from concerned BVSD employees
who wanted the truth to come out. We have no way of knowing if that is the true source, but we did verify the documents’ authenticity. We are doing our best to handle this new information in a responsible manner. We understand that many of the people who are mentioned in the reports did not expect their comments and names to appear publicly. With that in mind, we are trying to navigate the information, using it to confirm information already gathered from other sources and to give important detail in areas where we believe it best serves the public interest. Hopefully that explains why we have not simply posted the full reports to our website. For the record, we had never seen a copy of the reports until the mail came that day. All of our previous reporting had been done via multiple sources. Nearly everything in the reports was information we already knew. In essence, the reports served to confirm our earlier reporting while adding a few details here and there. So has my opinion changed about the BOE and its secrecy? No, it has not. More than ever I believe that the Board and its legal counsel likely made serious mistakes along the way dating back to 2015. It still appears, as we reported to some extent months ago, that later questionable actions, based on the available information at hand, could be interpreted as having occurred in an effort to hide earlier mistakes. I use the word “appears” because so long as the elected members of the BOE refuse to answer our questions based on executive session secrecy, we have no choice but to write about what we know without further explanation, and what we know doesn’t look good at all when it comes to responsible oversight of a school system. Boulder Weekly
Let’s start with the whole concept of executive session; should it exist at all? Obviously journalists and citizen watchdogs hate it because it can be abused. But there is no question that it is a necessary evil in order to deal with personnel issues in a responsible fashion. No one should have their reputations soiled by unfounded allegations. So it seems appropriate to investigate such things in executive session. But that said, there is a downside: what if the Board decides not to investigate something it should have investigated while in executive session? In such an instance, that mistake is forever hidden from public view. And we all know that when mistakes have no consequences, it is more likely that they will be repeated. In September 2015, two elected Board members, Tom Miers and Shelly Benford approached BVSD legal counsel Richard Bump of Caplan & Earnest and told him they had been presented with a credible verbal complaint during several meetings over the summer with a former high-ranking BVSD employee with regards to Dr. Messinger. But the person they say told them about the problems with Messinger wrote the two Board members and Bump and said that she absolutely would not cooperate in an investigation and told them, “I have not initiated a complaint at this time.” She went on to accuse the two Board members of pursuing their own personal agendas with regards to Messinger. Miers and Benford then put those reported complaints in writing (four pages of very specific examples of alleged inappropriate behavior) and emailed them to the attorney. I won’t go into further detail now as you can find more information on the specifics in the article following this commentary. The position of the two Board members was simple. They claimed they had been told this information by the former employee, and you can’t unknow what you already know. They believed that despite the refusal of the former employee to cooperate with an investigation or even acknowledge she had made the complaint, the policies of BVSD still required an investigation into the allegations be conducted in order to ensure that no one else in the future would be at risk. This is what the BVSD guidelines seem to indicate to me when I read them. Alleged victims often refuse to cooperate with investigations for a variety of reasons. So the question is, without a cooperative complainant, is it still possible to do an investigation? The answer is obviously Boulder Weekly
yes and that’s why the BVSD policy states that with or without such cooperation, an investigation must be launched to make sure there are no other future problems of a similar nature. You go to all the people who worked with both parties and you either corroborate or refute the claims. But that never happened in 2015. According to our numerous sources on this matter, including current BVSD leadership, no investigation was ever conducted after the alleged complainant refused to cooperate. I understand the majority of the Board’s apparent position in wanting to protect the privacy and desires of the uncooperative former employee. But being nice and empathetic, while admirable, isn’t what Board members are elected to do. And being blinded to their duties of oversight by their dislike and distrust of the two Board members who brought forward the request for an investigation is also inexcusable. I understand that the BOE has a tendency to be divided and that some members find this adversarial situation unpleasant. I happen to think it looks like democracy. I hate to think where we would be today if the entire Board were in lockstep on this matter. Stop and think about this for a minute. I’ve read the four pages provided by the two Board members to legal counsel and it’s some really serious stuff. I have no opinion about whether or not it’s true because it was never investigated. What I do know is that there are only two possible explanations for what occurred in 2015. The first possibility is that two elected officials completely fabricated an incredible story including four pages of made-up examples of inappropriate behavior; and that they lied about claiming they had come from a former high-ranking employee of BVSD. And they made up this whole story in order to serve their political agenda because they did not support the superintendent and wanted him investigated in order to have him fired. That would be an incredible story of wrongdoing by elected officials. Criminal, I think, if such a thing occurred. Surely the rest of the BOE and its legal counsel, if such gross misconduct were really suspected, would have a responsibility to investigate and expose that level of political corruption. The other possibility, of course, is that regardless of these two Board members’ alleged “agenda” or professional opinion of the superintendent, the information they gave to legal
counsel, and their demands for an investigation, actually came from the alleged complainant who simply had her reasons for leaving it all behind instead of going through the difficult process of an investigation. Just so you know, we’ve never found any Board member willing to claim that the list of allegations was made up by Miers and Benford. And the 2017 Arnold investigation seems to lend credence to at least some of the behaviors noted in the list of never-investigated claims brought forward by the two Board members. And that, folks, is why an investigation was fully warranted in 2015. If elected officials were fabricating serious allegations against the Superintendent they oversee in order to get him fired, we damn sure needed to know that. But of course that wasn’t investigated because no BOE member ever really believed they made it all up. But if the other elected officials with or without the recommendation of legal counsel refused to investigate such serious allegations simply because of their dislike of or policy disagreements with Miers and Benford, or because they felt an allegiance to Messinger, or because the alleged victim refused to be involved in the investigation, I believe that was a serious mistake and an inexcusable failure to follow BVSD’s own guidelines in such instances. Next problem. Obviously, since the Board members who were there in 2015 seem to have known the complaints they were unwilling to investigate at the time could have some legitimacy, they at least had to be acutely aware that there might just be a problem that they should be on the lookout for in the future. Which is why it’s all the more disturbing what happened a year later in 2016, according to the investigative report, when Leslie Arnold told the woman doing an evaluation of Messinger that she had concerns about the superintendent’s behavior towards her. And, according to the investigative report, some of the allegations heard by the evaluator were disturbingly similar to the 2015 allegations that were never investigated. Remember, this is only a few months after the Board and its attorney from Caplan & Earnest had been made aware of the 2015 allegations and decided not to investigate. Surely they would move swiftly to get answers this time around. Nope. According to the 2017 investigative
report, when the evaluator told BOE President Sam Fuqua about the new complaint and that she was going to put it into writing, the report says Fuqua instead asked her to meet him at the Caplan & Earnest offices and make her report verbally, as in without a paper trail. It appears no other Board members were told about this new potential problem following that meeting and Arnold was left in her same predicament. The next action according to the 2017 investigative report was to place the evaluator under a nondisclosure agreement. Arnold’s 2016 concerns and subsequent complaints were not investigated until eight months later when she filed a formal complaint with the entire Board, which finally hired different outside counsel to investigate the whole thing. So folks, you’re pretty smart. How do you read the Board’s decisions not to investigate? Maybe the first time, Board members put their desire to give privacy to an unwilling alleged complainant above their responsibility as elected officials to properly oversee the school system. Not investigating in 2015 might make you a kind, empathetic Board member, but it also makes you really bad at the job you were elected to do. And what about doing nothing in 2016 when told of similar complaints? Was that lack of action and the decision to not share the new information with other Board members really made on the advice of the same legal counsel who advised the Board’s actions in 2015, when it decided not to investigate? We’d like to ask some more questions about that relationship, but the only answers we get are, “Sorry, executive session,” or, “Sorry, attorney/client privilege.” Well try this one on: Sorry, you don’t get to move forward with BVSD until you deal more responsibly with these questions from the past. The same law firm is still giving advice to the same Board that is now deciding who will lead BVSD into the future. The new superintendent they choose will only have as much credibility as the people who appoint her. How can the BOE expect to create a new culture of openness without fear of retaliation if the people at the top are unwilling to investigate their own behavior in a public fashion? Want to move on? Hire a new outside investigator to determine why the 2015 and 2016 complaints did not result in full investigations. That would be a great first step. November 2, 2017 15
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s previously reported by Boulder Weekly, Boulder Valley School District Board of Education terminated superintendent Dr. Bruce Messinger’s contract in May following an investigation into a complaint filed by Assistant Superintendent of Strategic Services Leslie Arnold. In March, Arnold filed the complaint alleging she was on the receiving end of what she believed was inappropriate behavior by Messinger. She also alleged that after she had expressed her concerns to both the Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources, Shelly Landgraf, and to an outside evaluator Abby Curnow-Chavez, Arnold believed Messinger retaliated against her, culminating in what she felt was a demotion in
by Angela K. Evans February. After Arnold filed her complaint, the Board of Education (BOE) placed Messinger on paid administrative leave and launched an investigation using outside counsel Berg, Hill, Greenleaf and Bruscetti and an independent investigator, Kathryn Miller. Following Miller’s investigation into Arnold’s allegations, the board voted 7-0 to unilaterally terminate Messinger’s contract without cause on May 9, agreeing to pay him the remainder of his contract at a price tag of $120,000. Landgraf resigned three weeks later. In July, Arnold settled with the District to the 16 November 2, 2017
tune of approximately $230,000 (one year’s salary while she’s on paid administrative leave, with an additional $100,000). The settlement includes a clause preventing Arnold from reaching out or responding to any media outlets regarding her claims. On Oct. 11, Boulder Weekly received an envelope in the mail containing multiple documents associated with the investigation, including the 2017 investigative report by Miller. There was no return address on the envelope but a short note of introduction was signed “a collection of concerned BVSD employees.” These documents confirm Boulder Weekly’s earlier reporting, and also reveal that BVSD outside counsel from Caplan & Earnest and Board President Sam Fuqua knew about Arnold’s concerns with Messinger’s behavior towards her as early as June 2016 following a 360 evaluation for Messinger conducted by Curnow-Chavez approximately eight months before Arnold filed her official complaint with the BOE. The documents also confirm that some members of the BOE — those who were in place in 2015 — knew about previous allegations against Messinger. The 2015 complaints were brought forward by two members of the BOE who claimed they were made to them verbally by a high-ranking BVSD employee who had recently left District. For reasons explained below, these claims were never investigated based on advice from legal counsel. In the summer of 2015, board members Tom Miers and Shelly Benford claim they were told by a former BVSD senior-level administrator about alleged difficulties in the workplace that carried over to evenings and weekends. Though she no longer worked for BVSD at the time, the former employee was told by one of the board members in writing that they intended to pursue an investigation into the allegations. The former employee made the decision not to be involved in any way in an investigation. She made this decision clear to Miers and Benford as well as BOE outside counsel Richard Bump of Caplan & Earnest. She responded in an email that she was “dismayed” by the decision to move forward and stated she had made it “very clear that I have not initiated a complaint against BVSD or the Superintendent and have no desire to do so at this time.” The board members, however, believed what they had been told qualified as a valid verbal complaint according to board policy AC-R, which states “whether or not the individual files a written complaint or otherwise requests action, the district is required by law to take steps to correct unlawful discrimination or harassment and to prevent recurring unlawful discrimination, harassment or retaliation.” Both Miers and Benford recorded their notes from their conversations with the former employee and sent it to Bump despite requests not to pursue the issue by the alleged complainant. Boulder Weekly has reviewed the four-page list of alleged complaints. We’re not reprinting the allegations because they have never been Boulder Weekly
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investigated or litigated. We can confirm they were serious, and when presented to a local law enforcement investigator as a hypothetical scenario with no names attached, we were told that such allegations would normally warrant further investigation. Following an executive session called to discuss the 2015 allegations — this executive session was mentioned in the 2017 investigator’s report — it appears the decision was made not to pursue a formal investigation, which would have included interviewing witnesses who worked around Messinger and the former seniorlevel administrator. “We did receive allegations in 2015,” current BOE President Fuqua says. “I think the board acted appropriately based on the information we had at the time with advice from counsel.” When asked, Miers would not comment on his conversations with the previous employee or the specific alleged complaints, although he did acknowledge he received what he believed to be serious allegations that should have been investigated further. “I did receive a verbal complaint on multiple occasions in the summer of 2015,” Miers tells BW. “In June, a short telephone call; then in the end of July a telephone call; and then an extended hour and 46 minute telephone call on Sept. 2 followed with an in-person meeting on Sept. 6. According to our policies and also the training that I’ve had in my job on workplace harassment, I felt they were valid complaints. Our policies say that a verbal complaint is a complaint and our policies say we should follow up on those complaints regardless of whether the claimant wants to pursue it or not. I subsequently recorded all my notes, met with both our inside and outside legal counsel on two separate occasions and presented what I felt was a complaint that should have been followed up on.” Benford also would not comment further on the specific complaints from 2015. She did say, however, “I received the complaint, I reported the complaint and nothing was done.” Messinger also confirmed in a conversation with BW that these two Board members brought forward allegations in 2015, which he discussed with the BOE. “Concerns were brought forward by two members of the board, not by an employee,” Messinger says. “It was never verified the employee ever expressed concerns or complaints. Certainly there was nothing ever recorded in the Human Resources office or the attorney’s office that came from any employee or former employee.” He also says he discussed the allegations with the Board in an executive session, where he says “the majority of the board felt they were unfounded.” Then in the spring of 2016, BOE hired an independent evaluator, CurnowChavez, to conduct a 360 evaluation before extending the superintendent’s contract through June 2019. As previously reported by BW, during the course of this evaluation, Arnold shared her concerns regarding Messinger with CurnowChavez. As part of her 2017 investigation, Miller spoke with more than a dozen BVSD employees and former employees, as well as Curnow-Chavez. The Board waived a nondisclosure agreement Curnow-Chavez signed with the District in August 2016, wherein she agreed “to keep confidential her writings, notes and the like generated from the work.” This allowed Curnow-Chavez to talk to Miller, according to the 2017 investigator’s report. In the report, Curnow-Chavez confirmed Arnold told her about her concerns with Messinger’s behavior during their interview on May 18, 2016. According to the report, Arnold “expressed feeling discomfort at his ‘intense’ interest in her, his requirement that she attend every meeting with him, and carpool with him to meetings with no one else.” Arnold also “expressed fear of losing her job if she complained.” According to the investigative report, “Messinger denies giving unusual attention to Arnold” and “He asserts that Arnold was not treated differently than others.” Additionally, in conversations with Boulder Weekly, Messinger says he was never made aware of these allegations in 2016. Also, when Curnow-Chavez interviewed board members Benford and Miers for the evaluation, they told her about the 2015 allegations, according to Miller’s
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2017 investigative report. “Hearing about these issues from multiple individuals, Curnow-Chavez became alarmed at what could be considered to be a pattern of inappropriate behavior. She states her ‘HR bells were going off ’ and she consulted her own counsel to determine what she should do with this information,” the investigative report states. In the end, Curnow-Chavez did not include “the details regarding these allegations of inappropriate conduct” in the evaluation summary she gave to Messinger, according to the investigative report. Rather, “she decided to discuss with him verbally.” “There was no concern brought forward in my evaluation,” Messinger tells BW. “I will tell you that Abbey (Curnow-Chavez) did not bring anything forward to me from any member from Cabinet or the administrative team or any employee or previous employee.” He does acknowledge he knew Miers and Benford had brought up the 2015 allegations, but there were no “new allegations, simply those were brought forward again and put to bed again,” he says. The report says, and Messinger confirms, that he believed “such disclosure” by the two board members “breached the agreement he had with the BOE that these concerns would remain confidential.” Additionally, he discussed this with Fuqua and attorneys from Caplan & Earnest. The report states, “During this meeting, he (Messinger) states he was told to be very careful in his interactions with all Cabinet members. Arnold was not specifically named. Among other things, they advised him to stop carpooling with Cabinet members.” However, Messinger also points out, that there is no record of any concerns in his full evaluation. “All members of the Cabinet and all members of the administrative team, exceeding 80 members of the administrative team gave me a glowing report and that was given to the Board of Education.” As part of Miller’s investigation, Curnow-Chavez says she did not include any allegations in her final evaluation. She did, however, tell Board President Sam Fuqua and lawyers from Caplan & Earnest about her concerns regarding Messinger’s behavior. As the investigative report states, “She told [Fuqua] she was going to capture it in writing. He indicated a preference to have a verbal discussion with lawyers at Caplan & Earnest.” At the meeting on June 22, 2016, almost a year before Messinger was formally investigated, Curnow-Chavez “told them she had essentially received a complaint from one staff member and she was concerned it may be similar to what they had previously received from [the former high-ranking administrator]. She wanted them to know in her opinion they had risk.” Approximately two months after this conversation, she signed a nondisclosure agreement on Aug. 17, according to the investigative report. Fuqua declined to comment on anything regarding the 2017 investigation. Caplan & Earnest and Curnow-Chavez did not respond to requests for comment before press time. Although several members of the BOE are directly named in the report, they were not interviewed as part of the investigation, given that the BOE “is the final decision-making body in this matter” and “members of the BOE cannot also be witnesses,” the report states. From both the investigator’s report and Boulder Weekly’s conversations with the rest of the board, it appears neither Fuqua nor anyone from Caplan & Earnest notified the other six board members of Curnow-Chavez’s concerns about what Arnold shared with her in 2016. The BOE approved the superintendent’s evaluation, which did not mention any allegations or complaints, in September 2016. The BOE extended Messinger’s contract in October that year, with Miers, Benford and Richard Garcia voting against it. However, it was after Arnold shared her concerns with Curnow-Chavez in 2016 that she alleges Messinger began retaliating against her, as reported in the previous BW article and conveyed in the 2017 investigative report. Arnold brought her complaint directly to the BOE, bypassing both the HR department and Messinger. Miller’s investigative report concluded Arnold’s allegations were “substantially supported by the evidence.” In light of these new documents that have come forward, Boulder Weekly plans additional reporting on other aspects of this subject in the future.
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build, but having areas to attract wildlife was a prerequisite in our development.” These spaces will not only grow perennial plants that produce nectar and pollen to attract pollinators, like milkweed, but will also be free from pesticides. Butterfly Pavilion plans to implement integrated pest management techniques, like habitat manipulation, as a guideline and policy in lieu of pesticide use. According to Tennyson, overuse and improper use of pesticides greatly contributes to pollinator habitat destruction around the country. Milkweed, a favorite plant of butterfly species like monarchs and painted ladies, decreased 21 percent in the United States between 1995 and 2013, according to National Geographic. Given humans’ dependency on pollination, this is detrimental. “Pollination is vital for our survival,” Tennyson says. “On a plate of food, one third of that food comes from the process of pollination, so these insects are vital to the food we eat.” Butterfly Pavilion has seen success in promoting the protection of pollinators because butterflies “are very well received by the public,” Tennyson says. One look at the unique markings and vibrant colors and it’s easy to see why they garner more adoration than the average bug. But Butterfly Pavilion works with many more invertebrates besides the one for which it is named. Tennyson wants to draw attention to the many other types of pollinators that claim the Front Range as their home. In addition to butterflies, local flowering plants attract moths, many different bee species like bumblebees, honeybees and solitary bees that live separate from a colony, as well as flies and beetles. Humans are not the only ones who benefit from the work of such pollinators, and the health of local habitats depend on them.
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aryLynn Gillaspie and her sister Gaile had just settled into a hotel room in Tokyo when their tourmate Dizzie Gillespie called. Gaile answered the phone. “Don’t you know how to spell?” Dizzie teased about their almost-identical last names. It was a high time for the Gillaspie sisters. Just a few years earlier they were waiting tables in Boulder, Gaile singing in local clubs. But when they met fellow jazz crooner Marguerite Juenemann, things started to change. They formed the jazz vocal group Rare Silk, which, by the end of the 1980s, had racked up two Grammy nominations, gigs at Carnegie Hall, the Hollywood Bowl and the aforementioned trip to Japan to perform alongside Benny 22 November 2 , 2017
Goodman at the Aurex Jazz Festival. “We were on a plane flying to Japan with the greats,” MaryLynn Gillaspie says. “Freddie Hubbard, Dizzy Gillespie, Alphonso Johnson, The Brecker Brothers.” Gillaspie is humble about her place in contemporary jazz history, but she sits among an illustrious group of women who carved out space in a male-dominated genre — among women who are still carving out space right here in Colorado. Gillaspie and fellow jazz connoisseur Suter Dubose decided it was time for a celebration. The two-day Celebration of Colorado’s Women of Jazz event at Caffe Sole on Nov. 3 and 4 will act as a mini festival of sorts, featuring nearly 25 of Colorado’s best female jazz musicians, including vocalists, horn, bass, drum and wind instrumentalists.
“The idea arose in my mind about three or four months ago, partly because of the backlash of Nov. 8,” says Dubose, himself a former professional musician and current owner of Caffe Sole, one of Boulder’s hot spots for live jazz. It’s no surprise Dubose felt called to celebrate women of jazz — he was raised with strong feminist values. His mother conducted some of the first research on recidivism for female prisoners in 1977 and she founded Texas’ first chapter of the National Organization for Women. “I think it’s time to celebrate the women of jazz because of the talent but also because it’s an important theme politically, the uneven playing field women face in the world,” Dubose says. Women have been a part of the evolution of jazz since its inception in New Orleans in the late 19th century, but their stories are less told, their accomplishments less lauded, particularly those of female instrumentalists. “There are a lot of women in jazz that are singers, but instrumentalists indeed see WOMEN OF JAZZ Page 23
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there aren’t,” says composer and pianist attention for, adoration for, is what he’s Carmen Sandim, who will take part in creating, what he’s making. the first night of the Colorado Women I think for young girls growing up in Jazz celebration. they get very confused. Because every Female jazz instrumentalists, mostly human has this impulse to create, but pianists, can be traced back to the early [it’s harder] to have the energy to 1920s, but at the time it simply wasn’t develop those skills and to be by culturally acceptable for a woman to yourself and spend an intense amount enter the world of jazz, a field typified of hours working on your craft, and by late nights in dark, boozy clubs. at the same time being concerned Sure, that’s changed, constantly about how Sandim says, but the way people are perceiving society speaks to girls, you and how you’re not ON THE BILL: the messages they’re fed going to be loved Celebration of Colorado’s Women of from a young age, still unless you’re considered Jazz, featuring more than leads to a male-dominatto be beautiful — like 20 of Colorado’s female ed world of music. me coming to this jazz musicians. 7 p.m. Nov. 3 and 4, Sandim points to a interview [worrying] Caffe Sole, 637 S. 2012 interview with big that it was a video. We Broadway, Suite R, band leader and composwomen get completely Boulder. Suggested cover of $15. er Maria Schneider. distracted by that stuff. “What goes into And I think that thing keeps a lot of women children’s brains when from doing what they would need to they’re young ... gives them an indicado to develop themselves as a jazz tion of themselves,” Schneider says in the videotaped interview for Big Think. musician. It takes a lot of lonely hours to do it.” “For instance, if you see a little girl ... But even for those women who do you’re more likely to say something like, push through society’s subliminal dis‘Oh, Suzy, what a beautiful little dress you have and I love your hair and you missal of female intelligence and talgot your ears pieced!’ All the things that ent to become jazz musicians, there she’s getting attention for are about are still battles to be waged against how people perceive her from the outsexism. side in. What do we say to a little boy? “I play some gigs here in town that We certainly don’t say very often, the owners come to me and say inap‘What a cute little outfit you have on; I propriate things,” Sandim says. “‘How love your boots!’ You’d say, ‘What are appropriate that you’re hot and you you making, a train set? And you built play. I think it’s great that you put that!’ So what he feels he’s getting yourself together for this gig.’ I don’t Boulder Weekly
think I’m being hired for that, but I wonder if they even hear me play. How many people are looking at us as an oddity?” But it’s better than it used to be, Sandim says, and events like the Colorado Women in Jazz Celebration help to improve the situation even more. “Maybe a way through this is [women] doing more things together,” she says. “I think that strengthening our own commitment to playing with each other helps us overall.” Colorado has a rich history of women in jazz coming together to create their own place in the genre. Back in the 1940s, 16-year-old trumpet player and South High School student Joy Cayler formed an all-girl band that played for GIs and civilians throughout the country and abroad during World War II. It’s those precious nuggets of history that the Colorado Women of Jazz celebration is meant to salute. While there’s no denying the politics, the focus is on the music. “Women jazz musicians in Colorado are really fantastic, otherwise this would be 90 percent political action and 10 percent talent,” Dubose says. “This is like 99 percent talent and 1 percent political action.” Gillaspie offers another perspective. “Maybe celebration is a form of political activism,” she says. “In times of great difficulty, people find ways to celebrate, and music was always a big piece of that. Always.”
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that night. Couldn’t have guessed that one from his pic, right? Truth is stranger than playing the blues. So the timeline from Philly and his Colvin epiphany has been a bit compressed. Gilbert’s brother lived across the street from a small college in New London, Connecticut. His brother told him schools like that were offering money for smart black kids to attend and that he should give it a try. He did. Gilbert brought his wide-ranging musical tastes from Philadelphia — Philly Soul, Coltrane, The Beatles, Motown, Joe Tex, Andrea Bocelli, Earth, Wind & Fire — to New London. New London got Philly Soul and Motown from Gilbert, Gilbert got the J-names from New London. He says everyone at his college was listening to James see GILBERT Page 26
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Taylor, Jackson Brown and Joni Mitchell, aka the J-names. Gilbert was immediately drawn to this new music. He recognized his own needs as a storyteller and this music was a perfect vehicle. A folk singer was born... sort of. Gilbert got an old 12-string guitar, then calculated he didn’t need all those strings and sawed off the top six tuning pegs. After that feat of engineering, he pretty much taught himself to play and launched a career in children’s theater in the schools. Accompanied by puppets and props, Gilbert’s life as an entertainer took flight. Children’s theater was Gilbert’s Kitty Hawk. After a while, he knew he had more to say and further to fly so he did what every aspiring singer-songwriter does: he moved to a big city, in his case Boston, and started cooking in a restaurant. It served his music well. “All my friends in Boston were at the Berkley School of Music,” he says. “So I ended up playing a lot of jazz. Being around Berkley was great. I was learning a lot.” Epiphany time. “So I was hanging out and doing jazz and then someone had these tickets to a Shawn Colvin show. I went and it was life changing. Half way through the set, her guitar just disappeared and that allowed this impressionistic artistic experience to come through. She is a great guitar player but it just disappeared.” It happens to writers, painters and all types of artists. Every so often you stumble onto another creative whose work connects to your own artistic impulses in such a powerful way that it forever shapes your craft at least to some degree. Some people can see the faint outline of the influence, to others it’s invisible. Gilbert was doubly lucky. Not only did he hear what he aspired to that
night, he ended up touring as Colvin’s opening act. From Philadelphia to being a black folk singer-songwriter in front of nearly all-white audiences in the days of Trump... the times they are a-changin’. Gilbert has always discussed race at his shows, usually by way of humor. The black folk singer tends to be the elephant in the room on the folk circuit, so Gilbert has fun with it — purposeful fun. But it’s getting stranger. “The other day I heard a guy in the audience say, ‘One great thing about having Trump in office is now I don’t have to be politically correct.’ I thought, what? What are you saying, now you can just use the word... ” He stops himself and laughs. “I think people have permission to act badly now.” So what is a great songwriter who has always been attuned to racial issues to do about it? Does Gilbert feel a responsibility to write about what’s happening currently on that front? He has recently written a tune called “Taking a Knee.” It’s classic Gilbert using humor to express an important point of view. About “Taking a Knee” he says, “I wanted to take a left turn, I wanted to express the fourth view. If you’re African American, there’s still something here to look at. Black people are held to a wacky standard.” He continues, “I keep thinking my music will be a beacon, a place to lay and rest from all this, but I don’t know what I’ll write yet. I think every night about this music, how I came to it through the side door. Folk music gave me an audience because I have a story to tell. That’s what I do. But I’m not sure what my job is at this point.” Whatever the job, it’s safe to say it has something to do with songwriting, singing, making us laugh at ourselves and bringing us all closer together. Boulder Weekly
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ianist Yekwon Sunwoo always travels with his music. “Even if I know the piece well,” he says. While on tour, he adds, “I try to go back to the score and look closely, hoping that I’m not forgetting anything.” The Gold Medal Winner of the 2017 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, Sunwoo comes to Boulder on Friday, Nov. 3 for a solo recital in Macky Auditorium. His luggage will include two weighty sonatas — the Sonata in C minor D958 of Schubert, and Rachmaninoff ’s Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor — as well as two pieces that are easier to carry around, if not to play — Percy Grainger’s rare “Ramble on the Last Love-duet” and Ravel’s La Valse. Even before he entered the Cliburn Competition, Sunwoo was a contest winner several times over. He won first prizes at the 2012 William Kapell International Piano Competition, the 2014 Vendôme Competition and the 2015 International German Piano Award Competition, among others. But it was the Cliburn Competition that really launched his career. That’s because first prize at the Cliburn Competition includes the concert tour that brings Sunwoo to Boulder, plus a recording contract and professional representation. Launching careers, he says, is one aim of the Cliburn. “Right from the beginning, Boulder Weekly
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they try to see the pianist who can really build up a career,” he says. “In some competitions, even if you win first prize nothing is guaranteed — some of them don’t give concert opportunities. That’s the reason the Cliburn Competition was very competitive.” While some pianists have a competition repertoire designed to impress the judges, Sunwoo did not do anything different for the Cliburn jurors. “I’ve heard people say, ‘Oh, this piece is not good for the competition, this (other) piece is better,’ but I really wasn’t thinking about anything differently. I programmed everything I would do in my recital programs.” The first half of his program for Macky is filled by a single large work, Schubert’s C-minor Sonata, the first of three sonatas Schubert wrote shortly before his death. “The C-minor is lesser known, compared to the last two,” Sunwoo says. “I particularly love this work, because it has such a very dark side of Schubert, but at the same time the second movement is prayer-like and takes me to another place. This sonata also resembles Beethoven’s musical style, particularly the Pathétique Sonata.” After an intermission, he will play “Ramble on the Last Love-duet,” based on a theme from Richard Strauss’ opera Der Rosenkavalier by the eccentric Australian composer Percy Grainger. After a gentle opening that reminds Sunwoo of “a sunset on the ocean,” the piece becomes rhapsodic and virtuosic. “If you look at the score you can see that he’s quite particular and I guess you could say eccentric,” Sunwoo says. As complex as the instructions become, he tries to observe them all because “it really creates magic, if you follow
[them].” The other two pieces are more familiar: Rachmaninoff ’s Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, and the piano version of Ravel’s La Valse. Unlike Ravel, Rachmaninoff was a virtuoso pianist who wrote mostly for his own performances and began composing his Second Sonata in 1913, while living in Rome, in a house where Tchaikovsky had once stayed. While he had to leave Rome before completing the sonata, the symbolism was clear: Rachmaninoff represented the continuation of the Russian musical lineage. “It’s a very virtuosic piece but what I try to bring out is a musical structure,” Sunwoo says. “There’s a lot of drama, so it’s one of my favorite works, and one I’ve played quite often.” A musical deconstruction of the Viennese waltz, La Valse was written for the ballet impresario Serge Diaghilev. Diaghilev, however, disliked the music. He never produced the ballet, and today it is mostly performed as a concert piece for orchestra. It has a nebulous quality that reflects Ravel’s own description of the music, which began “Swirling clouds afford glimpses, through rifts, of waltzing couples.” “It’s such a joy to play. Right from the beginning you see the Viennese waltz, then toward the end it goes very crazy, so it’s very captivating.” Finally, Sunwoo has some modest advice for his listeners. “When people come, I would tell them to sit back and don’t think about anything else. There are so many different emotions in the music, and I try to express and convey those emotions to the audience. “Hopefully I will transfer those emotions and they can be conscious of those feelings in their hearts.”
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Donna the Buffalo. 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 3, The Caribou Room, 55 Indian Peaks Drive, Nederland. Donna the Buffalo bring their unique mix of Cajun rock, folk and country music to The Caribou Room. This five-piece band consists of Jeb Puryear on vocals Bill Davis and guitar, Tara Nevins on guitar (and a bevy of other folk instruments), David McCracken on organ and piano, Kyle Spark on bass and Mark Raudabaugh on drums. The quintet has toured continuously since 1989, creating a unique, groove-based atmosphere at each of their shows. They root their music in positivity, and social and moral responsibility is a frequent theme in their songs. —Sydney Worth
Regenerative Earth Summit. 7 a.m. Monday, Nov. 6 and Tuesday, Nov. 7, Sustainability, Energy, Environment Complex, 4001 Discovery Drive, Boulder. Farmers, entrepreneurs, activists and academics will gather for a summit discussing the food industry and climate change. The Epicenter, a conference series focused Public Domain/ Wikimedia on creating Commons principle-based leadership and entrepreneurship, will host the event. The experience will facilitate a flow of ideas to figure out what changes need to be made in the country’s agricultural system. Organizers describe this event as a way to create a “positive revolution in how we work together to bring healthy, nutritious foods to our communities.” The summit aims to seek out potential leaders in the climate change discussion. —Sydney Worth
FIFTH ANNUAL CATRINA BALL AND SECOND ANNUAL GIGANTES PROCESSION 5 p.m. 667 Fourth Ave., Longmont. Put on your Catrina or Catrin face, gather noisemakers and join the larger-than-life parade. see EVENTS Page 32
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Co(i)nspire Fundraiser. 6 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 7, Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder. The Visual Arts Program will host its first fundraiser in honor of their 25th anniversary. Initially a dairy facility, the Center got its artistic roots as a site for local performances and events. This eventually turned into a venue for gallery exhibitions, films and lectures, and houses 11 art organization offices. Co(i)nspire will immerse attendees in different activities such as collaborating with local artists. Music, food and prizes are included in the ticket. Proceeds from the fundraiser support the Visual Arts Program. —Sydney Worth
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Thursday, November 2 Music Al Stewart presents Year of the Cat - A Classic Album Live. 7 p.m. The Soiled Dove Underground, 7401 E. First Ave., Denver. The Bloody Beetroots. 7 p.m. Summit Music Hall, 1902 Blake St., Denver. Bluegrass Pickers. 7 p.m. West Flanders Brewing, 1125 Pearl St., Boulder. Celebrating Life in Recovery. 7 p.m. Twin Peaks Seventh-Day Adventist Church, 9696 Paschal Drive, Louisville. CRYWOLF. 9 p.m. The Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder. Dia de los Muertos. 6:30 p.m. The Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder. DU Lamont Symphony Orchestra & Lamont Opera Theatre, A Night at the Opera. 7:30 p.m. Newman Center for the Performing Arts, 2344 E. Iliff Ave., Denver. Haley Reinhart. 8 p.m. The Bluebird Theater, 3317 E. Colfax Ave., Denver. Harper Powell Acoustic Music. 9 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder. Johnny Clegg - The Final Journey. 8 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder. Learn to Swing Dance. 8 p.m. Savoy at Curtis Park, 2700 Arapahoe St., Denver. Old’s Cool Rock & Dia de los Muertos. 6 p.m. Lunada Eatery and Cantina, 2770 Arapahoe Road, Suite 124, Lafayette. Scott Slay. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder. Events Art on Tap! Oktoberfest Beer Portrait Night. 6:30 p.m. Rackhouse Pub, 2875 Blake St., Denver.
Rhett Miller. 8 p.m. The Soiled Dove Underground, 7401 E. First Ave., Denver.
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The Sammy Dee Blues Band. 7 p.m. Bootstrap Brewing Company, 142 Pratt St., Longmont.
Music Argentine Tango Ground School Classes. 7 p.m. Avalon Ballroom, 6185 Arapahoe Road, Boulder. Bluegrass Pick. 6 p.m. Cellar West Artisan Ales, 1001 Lee Hill Drive, Suite 10, Boulder. Breakin’ Convention Denver 2017. 4 p.m. Denver Center for the Performing Arts, 1101 13th St., Denver. Colorado Women of Jazz Celebratory Weekend. 7 p.m. Caffè Sole, 637 S. Broadway, Boulder. Copper Leaf. 6:30 p.m. Still Cellars, 1115 Colorado Ave., Longmont. Espresso! Swing & Gypsy Jazz. 5 p.m. Cheese
Events Fifth Annual Catrina Ball and Second Annual Gigantes Procession. 5 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont. Aatsinki: The Story of Arctic Cowboys. 7 p.m. Chautauqua Community House, 900 Baseline Road, Boulder. Colorado Country Christmas Gift show. 10 a.m. Denver Mart, 451 E. 58th Ave., Denver. ComedySportz Denver. 7:30 p.m. Avenue Theater, 417 E. 17th Ave., Denver. Edgar Allan Poe is Dead and So Is My Cat. 8 p.m. Buntport Theater, 717 Lipan St., Denver.
Boulder Weekly staff pick Reel Rock Fest 12. 3-9 p.m. Nov. 3; All day Nov. 4-5
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Reel Rock Fest comes to Boulder for three days of community events dedicated to the world of climbing, including a mini film festival, climbing clinics with featured athletes, friendly competitions and a trail maintenance activity. Starting on Nov. 3, Reel Rock 12 will premiere four short films that inspire and motivate audiences while giving them something to laugh and gasp about. These films feature athletes like Margo Hayes, the first woman to climb 5.15, Chris Sharma in deep water soloing, and Brad Gobright, an emerging free soloist. Athlete-led climbing clinics follow on Nov. 4, and are sure to help you up your game and stay motivated. Ask all of your burning climbing-related questions while sweating it out side-by-side with your favorite athletes from the big screen, including Cedar Wright, Maureen Beck, Jon Cardwell and others. Visit or call Movement Climbing + Fitness to sign up. Put your training to the test during the competition following the clinics. Climb alongside the Reel Rock 12 stars and try to earn your team as many points as possible. Beer and food will follow, plus an after-party at Rayback Collective starting at 7:30 p.m. End the event by volunteering to do trail maintenance on Nov. 5. Help the trail-building professionals improve the trails at Crown Rock Boulders on Flagstaff Mountain and the northern slopes of Golden Cliffs on North Table Mountain. Lunch, tools and equipment provided. Get active and join the climbing movement! Don’t miss this action-packed three-day event. —Eliza Radeka
Celebración del Día de los Muertos — Donate for Mexico/Puerto Rico. 5:30 p.m. Cantina Laredo, 1680 29th St., Boulder. Comedy Night at Vision Quest. 8:30 p.m. Vision Quest Brewing, 2510 47th St., Boulder. Day of the Dead. 4 p.m. Centro Mexican Kitchen, 950 Pearl St., Boulder. Edgar Allan Poe is Dead and So Is My Cat. 8 p.m. Buntport Theater, 717 Lipan St., Denver. Halloween Film Series: Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride. 7 p.m. Longmont Museum, 400 Quail Road, Longmont.
Importers, 103 Main St., Longmont. The Hustle Kings. 7:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Tap Room, 921 Pearl St., Boulder. Jesus and Mary Chain. 7 p.m. Fillmore Auditorium,1510 N. Clarkson St., Denver. John Lee Hooker Jr. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues, 303 Main St., Lyons. Kessel Run — with Malai Llama. 9 p.m. The Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder. Live Music. 6 p.m. Upslope Brewing Company (Lee Hill), 1501 Lee Hill Drive, Suite 20, Boulder.
Human Flow. 1:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder.
Lori’s Cuisine. 3:30 p.m. Bootstrap Brewing Company, 142 Pratt St., Longmont.
Lighten UP Boulder. 5:30 p.m. Full Cycle Bike Shop, 1795 Pearl St., Boulder.
The Motet. 9 p.m. The Ogden Theatre, 935 E. Colfax Ave., Denver.
Morris Dees — Social Justice Lecture: “With Justice for All in a Changing America.” 7 p.m. Mizel Arts and Culture Center, 350 S. Dahlia St., Denver.
Mozart’s “Jupiter” Symphony No. 41. 7:30 p.m. Boettcher Concert Hall, 1000 14th St., Denver.
Naomi Levy — Author Lecture: “Einstein and the Rabbi: Searching for the Soul.” 2 p.m. Mizel Arts and Culture Center, 350 S. Dahlia St., Denver. Nate Bargatze. 8 p.m. Comedy Works, 1226 15th St., Denver. November Inky Fun Night. 6 p.m. Ewing Farmhouse & Bunkhouse, 1915 N. 95th St., Lafayette. Thanksgiving Food Drive. 9 a.m. Discover Health and Wellness Denver, 1231 S. Parker Road, Suite 100, Denver. Trivia at Tandoori’s Bar. 6 p.m. Tandori’s Bar, 619 S. Broadway, Boulder.
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Walking Out. 4:30 p.m. Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder.
Mr Majestyk’s 8-Track Revival. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 N. Park Drive, Lafayette.
First Annual Dia de los Muertos Celebration and Fundraiser. 6 p.m. eTown, 1535 Spruce St., Boulder. First Friday Film Night. 6:30 p.m. Firehouse Art Center, 667 Fourth Ave., Longmont. Heirs of Hogwarts: An Improvised Adventure. 8 p.m. Bovine Metropolis Theater, 1527 Champa St., Denver. Hit and Run: Musical Improv. 9 p.m. Voodoo Comedy Playhouse, 1260 22nd St., Denver. Human Flow. 3:30 p.m. Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder. Jigsaw Virtual Reality experience. 10 a.m. Cherry Creek Shopping Center, 3000 E. First Ave., Denver. The Royal Tenenbaums. 8:45 p.m. Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder.
Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel Ballerinas Celebrate Art and Therapy for Denver Arts Week. 11 a.m. Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel, 1550 Court Place, Denver. Walking Out. 1:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder. Working Together: An Improvised Sitcom. 10 p.m. Voodoo Comedy Playhouse, 1260 22nd St., Denver. Saturday, November 4 Music Bhakti Shakti Kirtan. 7 p.m. Full Circle Yoga, 519 Main St., Longmont. Billy Shaddox Band. 8:30 p.m. Oskar Blues, 303 Main St., Lyons. Colorado Women of Jazz Celebratory Weekend. 7 p.m. Caffè Sole, 637 S. Broadway, Boulder. The Fremonts. 8 p.m. Walnut Room, 3131 Walnut St., Denver.
NoBo Art District First Friday Artwalk. 7 p.m. Mandala Infusion, 4479 Broadway, Boulder.
Five Points Stomp — Meet the Scene Ball. 8:30 p.m. Savoy at Curtis Park, 2700 Arapahoe St., Denver.
Organist Adam Pajan. 7:30 p.m. Augustana Lutheran Church, 5000 E. Alameda Drive, Denver.
Free Range Marmot. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder.
Paul Kimbiris. 5 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder.
Gregory Porter. 7:30 p.m. Newman Center for the Performing Arts, 2344 E. Iliff Ave., Denver.
Quemando Salsa Party! 6:30 p.m. The St. Julien Hotel, 901 Walnut St., Boulder.
Interstate Stash Express. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Tap Room, 921 Pearl St., Boulder.
Ravin Wolf. 6 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids and Solids, 1555 Hover St., Longmont.
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Sept 21 - Oct 26 Oktoberfest opening and biertapping on Sept 15th, 6pm
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Joe and Vicki Price. 4:30 p.m. The Tasty Weasel, 1800 Pike Road, Longmont.
Video Lighting Hands-On Intensive. 9 a.m. Boulder Digital Arts, 1600 Range St., Boulder.
JAY-Z. 8 p.m. Pepsi Center, 1000 Chopper Circle, Denver.
John Lee Hooker Jr Gospel Brunch. 11 a.m. Oak Room, 1800 Pike Road Longmont.
Walking Out. 6 p.m. Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder.
Joe and Vicki Price. 5 p.m. Oskar Blues, 303 Main St., Lyons.
Live Music: Mojomama. 7:30 p.m. Dannik’s Gunbarrel Corner Bar, 6525 Gunpark Drive, Boulder.
Wandering Reel Traveling Film Festival Returns. 4:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. The Nomad Playhouse, 1410 Quince Ave., Boulder.
Moon Tooth — with Husbandry. 7 p.m. Summit Music Hall, 1902 Blake St., Denver.
Lyons Old-time Square Dance. 7 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill and Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons. Minnesota. 9 p.m. The Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder. The Motet. 9 p.m. The Ogden Theatre, 935 E. Colfax Ave., Denver.
Sunday, November 5 Music Anthony Mordechai Tzvi Russell - Music/Concert - JAAMM Festival. 1:30 p.m. Mizel Arts and Culture Center, 350 S. Dahlia St., Denver.
Mozart’s “Jupiter” Symphony No. 41. 1 p.m. Boettcher Concert Hall, 1000 14th St., Denver. music@theJ — Tiki Beat Taboo. 7 p.m. Boulder Jewish Community Center, 6007 Oreg Ave., Boulder. A Taste of Flamenco. 3 p.m. The Arts Hub Theatre, 420 Courtney Way, Lafayette.
Mozart’s “Jupiter” Symphony No. 41. 7:30 p.m. Boettcher Concert Hall, 1000 14th St., Denver. Musicians for Peace Album Release Party. 5:30 p.m. KCP Gallery, 364 Main St., Longmont.
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Rat’s WoodShack BBQ. 3 p.m. Bootstrap Brewing Company, 142 Pratt St., Longmont.
Birds of North America — presented by Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company. Dairy Arts Center, Grace Gamm Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder. Through Nov. 12.
Shakedown Street & Dead Floyd. 8 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder. TARARAM — Music/Dance — JAAMM Festival. 7:30 p.m. Mizel Arts and Culture Center, 350 S. Dahlia St., Denver. Thieves of Sunrise, Hugh Manatee, Flipcar Milo. 8:30 p.m. Your Mom’s House, 608 E. 13th Ave., Denver.
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Return to the Twilight Zone, a Parody — presented by Theater Company of Lafayette. The Mary Miller Theater, 300 E. Simpson St., Lafayette. Through Nov. 18.
Triangle Introverts. 9 p.m. Larimer Lounge, 2721 Larimer St., Denver. Upslope’s Ninth Anniversary Party. 2 p.m. Upslope Brewing Company (Flatiron Park), 1898 South Flatiron Court, Boulder.
Rock of Ages. BDT Stage, 5501 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder. Through Nov. 11.
The Well Intentioned. 10 a.m. Boulder County Fairgrounds, 9595 Nelson Road, Longmont.
Witt Lowry — I Could Not Plan This Tour. 7 p.m. Marquis Theatre, 2009 Larimer St., Denver.
The Music Man. Candlelight Dinner Playhouse, 4747 Marketplace Drive, Johnstown. Through Nov. 5. The Rape of the Sabine Women, by Grace B. Matthias — presented by Local Theater Company. The Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder. Through Nov. 19.
Tommy Castro & The Painkillers. 9:30 p.m. Oriental Theater, 4335 W. 44th Ave., Denver.
Wild Road. 8:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids and Solids, 1555 Hover St., Longmont, CO 80501, Longmont.
A Delicate Balance — presented by The Edge Theater Company. The Edge Theater Company, 1560 Teller St., Lakewood. Through Nov. 5.
Siren Song: A Pirate’s Odyssey. Buntport Theatre, 717 Lipan St., Denver. Through May 14. Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Edward Albee unnerved audiences with his 1966 drawing-room drama about an upper-middle-class family who are suddenly gripped by a mysterious existential malaise. See A Delicate Balance at The Edge Theater Company through Nov. 5.
The Snowy Day. Conservatory Theatre, Denver Performing Arts Complex, 1345 Champa St., Denver. Through Nov. 18. A Year with Frog and Toad. Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada. Through Dec. 19.
Events The Big Fat Dirty Game Show. 7 p.m. Voodoo Comedy Playhouse, 1260 22nd St., Denver. Boulder Holiday Market. 9 a.m. Central Park, 1236 Canyon Blvd., Boulder. Comedy at The Plaza. 7 p.m. Best Western Plaza Convention Center, 1850 Industrial Circle, Longmont. ComedySportz Denver. 7:30 p.m. Avenue Theater, 417 E. 17th Ave., Denver. Craft & Brews. 4 p.m. The Armstrong Center for Dance, 1075 Santa Fe Drive, Denver. Dance is for Every Body! Showcase. 11 a.m. Main Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder. Día de los Muertos Festival. Noon. Denver Botanic Gardens, 1007 York St., Denver. Edgar Allan Poe is Dead and So Is My Cat. 8 p.m. Buntport Theater, 717 Lipan St., Denver. Fab Feb Comedy Kickoff! 8 p.m. Jakes Sports & Spirits, 3800 Walnut St., Denver. Holiday Craft Fair. 9 a.m. Heart of Longmont, 350 11th Ave., Longmont. Human Flow. 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder. Jigsaw Virtual Reality Experience. 10 a.m. Cherry Creek Shopping Center, 3000 E. First Ave., Denver. Lott Of Laughs Drag Show. 8 p.m. Mile High Hamburger Mary’s, 1336 E. 17th Ave., Denver. Nate Bargatze. 7:30 p.m. and 9:45 p.m. Comedy Works, 1226 15th St., Denver. Saturday Morning Groove. 10:30 a.m. Free Motion Dance Studio, 2126 Pearl St., Boulder.
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Bluegrass Pick. 12 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids and Solids, 1555 Hover St., Longmont.
Ukulele Jam. 2 p.m. Bootstrap Brewing, 142 Pratt St., Longmont.
Boulder Friends of Jazz Jam Session. 1 p.m. Avalon Ballroom, 6185 Arapahoe Road, Boulder.
We Got Your Back, Brian Bluegrass Concert and Fundraiser. 12 p.m. Be On Key Psychedelic Ripple, 1700 Logan St., Denver.
Breakin’ Convention Denver 2017. 4 p.m. Denver Center for the Performing Arts, 1101 13th St., Denver. Dar Williams In Concert: Including a Reading & Discussion. 7 p.m. eTown, 1535 Spruce St., Boulder. Decades Rewind. 7 p.m. Newman Center for the Performing Arts, 2344 E. Iliff Ave., Denver. Diarrhea Planet. 7 p.m. Marquis Theatre, 2009 Larimer St., Denver. Eco-Wakening Circus Theater Performance with We Dream Dawn featuring Bridget Law. 1 p.m. The Caribou Room, 55 Indian Peaks Drive, Nederland. An Evening with Alejandro Escovedo. 8 p.m. The Soiled Dove Underground, 7401 E. First Ave., Denver. Guy Fawkes Gala Fundraiser. 3 p.m. Boulder Elks Lodge, 3975 28th St., Boulder. Habib Koité. 7 p.m. Swallow Hill Music, 71 E. Yale Ave., Denver. Hurricane Relief Benefit with FEMA-Funky Electric Music Allstars. 6:30 p.m. The Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder..
Events Boulder Comedy Show. 6 p.m. Bohemian Biergarten, 2017 13th St., Boulder. Colorado Coffee Expo and Festival. 9:30 a.m. Space Gallery, 400 Santa Fe Drive, Denver. Colorado Country Christmas Gift show. 10 a.m. Denver Mart, 451 E. 58th Ave., Denver. Conducting Business Workshop — with Longmont Symphony Music Director Elliot Moore. 4 p.m. Firehouse Art Center, 667 Fourth Ave., Longmont. Edgar Allan Poe is Dead and So Is My Cat. 3 p.m. Buntport Theater, 717 Lipan St., Denver. Handmade Holiday Pop-Up. 2 p.m. Rayback Collective, 2775 Valmont Road, Boulder. Hawaiian Hula Classes. 5 p.m. A Place to B, 1750 30th St., Unit 64, Boulder. Jigsaw Virtual Reality Experience. 10 a.m. Cherry Creek Shopping Center, 3000 E. First Ave., Denver. see EVENTS Page 36
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Roger Reutimann
Neo-Cubism: A New Perspective, now showing at the Dairy Arts Center, is an examination of perspective, perception and reality. Local artists Roger Reutimann and William Stoehr explore cubist themes in their works in order to get closer to what seminal cubists called “essential reality.”
Artistry and Craftsmanship: Ruskin Pottery, Enamels, and Buttons. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver. Through Nov. 19. Britain’s Golden Age. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver. Through Nov. 19.
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Otis Taylor’s
Tranceblues Festival & Jam Workshop
Brandon “Taz” Niederauer, CJ Chenier, & more
Canaletto: Masterwork Restored. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver. Through Nov. 19. Common Ground. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver. Through Nov. 12. Depth & Detail: Carved Bamboo from China, Japan & Korea. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver. Through Nov. 19. Elemental Forms. University of Colorado Art Museum, Visual Arts Complex, 1085 18th St., Boulder. Through May 2018. Faculty Exhibition: 2017. University of Colorado Art Museum, Visual Arts Complex, 1085 18th St., Boulder. Through Dec. 23.
Movie Night at eTown Hall
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Pre-show Talking Heads Karaoke! Post-show Q & A with Producer, Sandy McLeod
From The Fire: Contemporary Japanese Ceramics from the Robert and Lisa Kessler Collection. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver. Through Nov. 19. Glitterati: Portraits & Jewelry from Colonial Latin America. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver. Through Nov. 19. Grand Gestures: Dance, Drama, Masquerade. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave.
Parkway, Denver. Through Nov. 19. Her Paris: Women Artists in the Age of Impressionism. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver. Through Jan. 14. Legacy — presented by Gallery 1261 and Denver Public Library. Denver Central Library, Level 7, Vida Ellison Gallery, 10 W. Fourteenth Ave. Parkway, Denver. Through Dec. 31.
Revealing A Mexican Masterpiece: The Virgin of Valvanera. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver. Through February 2018.
Lined Out — Ted Larsen. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., 303-4432122. Through Jan. 21.
River Paintings Curated by Courtney Stell — Stephen Batura. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., 303-443-2122. Through Nov. 17.
Neo-Cubism: A New Perspective — by Roger Reutimann & William Stoehr. Dairy Arts Center, McMahon Gallery, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder. Begins Oct. 27. Through Dec. 3.
Sinner in Gingham. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., 303-443-2122. Through Jan. 21.
Out of India: Drawings and Photographs — Sherry Wiggins. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., 303-443-2122. Through Nov. 17.
Spiritual Dimensions. Dairy Arts Center, Polly Addison Gallery, MacMillan Family Lobby, and Hand-Rudy Gallery, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder. Through Dec. 3.
Retratos De Los Muertos — featuring Travis Hetman. Firehouse Art Gallery, 667 Fourth Ave., Longmont. Through Nov. 5.
Then, Now, Next: Evolution of an Architectural Icon. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver. Through February 2018.
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Crystal Bowersox Singer-Songwriter and American Idol Runner-Up
Joan Rivers: A Piece Of Work — Documentary Film — JAAMM Festival. 7 p.m. Mizel Arts and Culture Center, 350 S. Dahlia St., Denver.
La Boheme: Royal Opera House. 1 p.m. Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder. Leslie Bennetts — Author Lecture — “Last Girl Before Freeway: The Life, Loves, Losses, and Liberation of Joan Rivers.” 4 p.m. Mizel Arts and Culture Center, 350 S. Dahlia St., Denver. Medea. 2 p.m. Denver’s Dangerous Theatre, 2620 W. Second Ave., Suite 1, Denver. Mmmwhah’s Sunday Art Workshop: Figure Drawing Series. 4 p.m. Silver Sage, 1650 Yellow Pine, Boulder. The New Fire Documentary Screening at the
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The Real Deal Starring Texas Legends
Reverend 16 Horton Heat & Dale Watson
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Ella Morton — Atlas Obscura. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder. Linda C. Ehrlich. 7 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., Boulder. Saturday, November 4 Kyle and Kathryn Winograd. 4 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., Boulder. Sunday, November 5 Xiuhtezcatl Martinez — We Rise. 5 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder. Monday, November 6 So, You’re a Poet: Weekly Open Poetry Reading. 8 p.m. Laughing Goat Coffeehouse, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder.
Denver Film Festival. 1:45 p.m. UA Denver Pavilions 15, 500 16th St., Denver.
Monday, November 6
Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel Ballerinas Celebrate Art and Therapy for Denver Arts Week. 8 a.m. Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel, 1550 Court Place, Denver.
Bluegrass Pickers. 7 p.m. West Flanders Brewing, 1125 Pearl St., Boulder.
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The Drums. 8 p.m. The Bluebird Theater, 3317 E. Colfax Ave., Denver.
Strangers on a Train. 7 p.m. Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder.
Joe Teichman. 12 a.m. The Tasty Weasel, 1800 Pike Road, Longmont.
Sugarloaf Craft Fair. 10 a.m. Fire Station #2, 1360 Sugarloaf Road, Boulder. Sunday films @ Central. 1:30 p.m. Denver Central Library, 10 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver. Wandering Reel Traveling Film Festival Returns. 4:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. The Nomad Playhouse, 1410 Quince Ave., Boulder.
Open Blues Jam. 7 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids and Solids, 1555 Hover St., Longmont.
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p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder. Local Authors Open House. 7 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder. Innisfree Weekly Open Poetry Reading. 7 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., Boulder. Wednesday, November 8
Tuesday, November 7
Meet & Greet with Mike Johnston — Candidate for Governor. 5 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., Boulder.
Sarah Scoles — Making Contact. 7:30
Spanish and Portuguese Poetry Evening. 7
‘Making Contact’ is an examination of the science behind the search for extraterrestrial intelligence and its pioneer, Jill Tarter. Diving into the science, philosophy and politics of SETI — searching for extraterrestrial intelligence — Sarah Scoles reveals the fascinating figure at the center of the final frontier of scientific investigation. Scoles will speak about her new book at Boulder Book Store on Tuesday, Nov. 7. p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., Boulder. Sharon Harvey Alexander — Learning to Breathe, Learning to Live. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder.
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Man on the Train. 7 p.m. Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder. Monday Movie Nights. 6 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont. Movement Mondays. 7 p.m. Free Motion Dance Studio, 2126 Pearl St., Boulder.
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Thanksgiving Food Drive. 9 a.m. Discover Health and Wellness Denver, 1231 S. Parker Road, Suite 100, Denver. Tuesday, November 7 Music
6LACK. 8 p.m. The Ogden Theatre, 935 E. Colfax Ave., Denver. Beach Slang - Drunk or Lust Tour 2017. 7 p.m. Marquis Theatre, 2009 Larimer St., Denver. Beer Dinner: Avery Brewing. 7:30 p.m. Walnut Room, 3131 Walnut St., Denver. Bluegrass Jam Tuesday. 6:30 p.m. Bootstrap Brewing, 142 Pratt St., Longmont. Boulder Phishin. 7 p.m. Owsley’s Golden Road, 1301 Broadway St., Boulder. Brother Ali — The Own Light Tour. 9 p.m. The Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder.
“80s Dance Party”
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Tap Dance Lessons. 7:15 p.m. Viriditas Studio, 4939 N. Broadway, Suite 65, Boulder.
50th Anniversary of Open Space. 5:30 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder.
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Daniella Katzir. 12 a.m. The Tasty Weasel, 1800 Pike Road, Longmont.
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Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel Ballerinas Celebrate Art and Therapy for Denver Arts Week. 8 a.m. Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel, 1550 Court Place, Denver. Wednesday, November 8 Music Three-Course Tequila Dinner featuring Tequila Herradura. 6 p.m. Otra Vez, 610 16th St., Denver. The Argument. 9 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder. Cabinet + Billy Strings. 9 p.m. The Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder. Drop-in Acoustic Jam. 6 p.m. 300 Suns Brewing, 335 First Ave., Unit C, Longmont. Izabel Crane, Forest Porridge. 8 p.m. Walnut Room, 3131 Walnut St., Denver. Midday Music Meditation. 12 p.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder. Miles Wilder. 6:30 p.m. Still Cellars, 1115 Colorado Ave., Longmont. Mmmwhah’s Mmmwhah! Jam. 7 p.m. Alive Studio, 4593 Broadway, Boulder. Nate Hancock and The Declaration. 12 a.m. The Tasty Weasel, 1800 Pike Road, Longmont. Reggae Night. 9 p.m. Boulder House, 1109 Walnut St., Boulder. Tad Baierlein. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder.
GoldyLoxx at Lincoln Sttrry Station. 8 p.m. Lincoln Street Station Bar and 776 Lincoln St., Denver.
Trivia in Longmont — with Quizmaster Entertainment. 7 p.m. Bootstrap Brewing Company, 142 Pratt St., Longmont.
La Bohème. 7:30 p.m. Ellie Caulkins Opera House, 1101 13th St., Denver.
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Music with Friends: Meet Violinist Augustin Hadelich. 6 p.m. Syntax Physic Opera, 554 South Broadway, Denver. Spicy Lounge Music and Dancing. 7:30 p.m. Alchemy of Movement, 2436 30th St., Boulder. Tuesday Tapping and Live Music at Upslope. 6 p.m. Upslope Brewing Company (Flatiron Park), 1898 South Flatiron Court, Boulder. Events Broadway Cabaret Dance. 4 p.m. Boulder Jewish Community Center, 6007 Oreg Ave., Boulder. Bruce Henderson — Author Lecture — “Sons and Soldiers.” 11 a.m. Mizel Arts and Culture Center, 350 S. Dahlia St., Denver. Geeks Who Drink Live Trivia. 9 p.m. The Intrepid Sojourner Beer Project, 925 W. 8th Ave., Denver. Leonard Maltin — Author Lecture — How the Jews Invented Hollywood and Shaped the American Dream. 7 p.m. Mizel Arts and Culture Center, 350 S. Dahlia St., Denver. Regenerative Earth Summit. 12 p.m. University of Colorado, Boulder.
After Love. 7 p.m. Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder. Dina. 4:30 p.m. Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder. Greg Proops. 8 p.m. Comedy Works, 1226 15th St., Denver. La Boheme: Royal Opera House. 1 p.m. Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder. Mmmwhah’s NoBo Art District Mixer & Pop-up Gallery. 5:30 p.m. Alive Studio, 4593 Broadway, Boulder. Tap Dance Lessons. 7:15 p.m. Viriditas Studio, 4939 N. Broadway, Suite 65, Boulder. Thanksgiving Food Drive. 9 a.m. Discover Health and Wellness Denver, 1231 S. Parker Road, Suite 100, Denver. Tips and Tricks for Shooting Pro Video. 6 p.m. Boulder Digital Arts, 1600 Range St., Boulder. Weird Forgotten Dreams: An Improv Graduate Show. 7:30 p.m. Bovine Metropolis Theater, 1527 Champa St., Denver.
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Everyone burned coal in our neighborhood, soft coal they called it from the mountains of western Pennsylvania where my father grew up and fled as soon as he could, where my Welsh cousins dug it down in the dark. The furnace it fed stood in the dank basement, its many arms upraised like Godzilla or some other monster. It was my job to pull out clinkers and carry them to the alley bin. Mornings were chilly, frost on windows etching magic landscapes. I liked to stand over the hot air registers the warmth blowing up my skirts. But the basement scared me at night. The fire glowed like a red eye through the furnace door and the clinkers fell loud and the shadows came at me as mice scampered. The washing machine was tame but the furnace was always hungry. Marge Piercy is a distinguished poet who lives in Massachusetts. Her most recent book is Made in Detroit: Poems (Knopf, 2015). I share with her the memory of coal furnaces and clinkers, which when I was a boy we carried out in buckets and used to surface the neighborhood alleys. There’s no other sound like clinkers crunching underfoot. This poem is from the literary journal, Third Wednesday. — Ted Kooser, U.S. Poet Laureate We do not accept unsolicited submissions. American Life in Poetry is made possible by The Poetry Foundation (www.poetryfoundation.org), publisher of Poetry magazine. It is also supported by the Department of English at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Poem copyright ©2017 by Marge Piercy, “The Air Smelled Dirty” from Third Wednesday, (Vol. X, No. 1, 2017). Poem reprinted by permission of Marge Piercy and the publisher. Introduction copyright © 2017 by The Poetry Foundation. The introduction’s author, Ted Kooser, served as United States Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 2004-2006. Boulder Weekly
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hings I was unprepared for in George Clooney’s Suburbicon, based on the trailers: (1) Fatt Damon spanking Julianne Moore (doing a weird Marilyn Monroe impression) with a ping-pong paddle, (2) Oscar Isaac’s mustache (even though I knew it was coming), (3) racism playing a central role to the film’s plot and (4) the sounds Fatt Damon makes when eating a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Around 30 years ago, Joel and Ethan Coen wrote Suburbicon. The fact that they didn’t direct it, and that Clooney and Grant Heslov wrote another draft, makes it impossible to know who thought it was a good idea to attempt to make a point about white bigotry in a murderous black comedy.
Suburbs are hell
‘Suburbicon’ is a weird American nightmare by Ryan Syrek Set in the late 1950s, the film opens with an extended sequence detailing the idyllic origins of Suburbicon, a utopian neighborhood. When a black family moves into a white house, everyone loses their minds and acts vile, making ugly decisions that are ultimately against their own self-interests. So, yes, it’s a metaphorical take on present-day America with slightly less gun violence, as some people are killed with knives and poison instead. Fatt Damon plays Gardner Lodge, a schlub whose wife, Rose (Moore), is killed during a home invasion that isn’t what it appears. When Gardner and his wife’s sister, Margaret (also Moore), intentionally refuse to identify the killers in a police lineup, his son, Nicky (Noah Jupe), wisely figures out things are going to get very bad very fast. An insurance claims adjuster, Bud Cooper (Oscar Isaac), shows up asking the right/wrong questions and everyone goes bonkers. All of this happens while, right next door, white people are openly torturing a black family. The climax involves a hate crime and Fatt Damon frantically peddling a tiny bicycle, which are actually two separate things here. As someone who adores the genre-jumbling shenanigans of Joon-ho Bong and the grim nonsense that happens when the Coen brothers Fargo for it, Suburbicon’s intention to frappe together vastly disparate tones is groovy. Except it gets none of those tones quite right. The dark comedy is never funny enough, the macabre nihilism is never sincere enough, the critique of racism is never substantive enough and the noir thriller aspects are never thrilly enough. Original ambition makes even the most categorical misfire more interesting to watch than safe, measured repetition, but Suburbicon is all ambition with little execution. When white writers and directors and actors and producers get together to make a film that predominantly features racism, they have a responsibility to make a far, far more salient point than this. Ostensibly, the message is that the white neighbors condemning the new black family are not only ugly bigots, they’re stupid hypocrites who fail to see that the real evil has lived in the house next door to them this whole time. That sounds like an OK point to make, but it doesn’t play OK here. It plays weirdly trite and exploitative and not as sophisticated as it needed to be. Basically, repeatedly working with the Coens didn’t turn Clooney into a Coen any more than his playing a doc on E.R. means I’d let him near me with a scalpel. This review previously appeared in The Reader of Omaha, Nebraska.
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he Denver Film Festival (DFF) turns 40 ON THE BILL: The 40th this year, and for the next two weekends, Denver Film Festival. the Sie Film Center, the UA Pavilions and Nov. 1–12 Multiple locations the Ellie Caulkins Opera House become denverfilmfest.denverthe center of moviegoing in the Centennial film.org State. With roughly 150 movies to choose from, DFF offers viewers a strong slate of heavy hitters, foreign imports and a plethora from Colorado filmmakers. High time to head down to Denver and catch a flick, or three. DFF opens strong on Nov. 2 with nine at the Sie, the best being Darkest Hour, an energetic and invigorating backroom drama about Winston Churchill (Gary Oldman) from his appointment as Prime Minister of England to the evacuation of Dunkirk. Though Darkest Hour only covers a few weeks, there is a weariness weighing on Churchill, a weariness Oldman captures with precision, even under a mountain of makeup. All the performances in Darkest Hour are stellar, including Lily James as Churchill’s secretary and Ben Mendelsohn as King Edward VI, but it is director Joe Wright’s ability to film talking and thinking cinematically that sets it apart. Darkest Hour could have very well been a filmed play with outstanding performances, but Wright knows his way around a camera and the audience is all the better for it. The same is true for Chinese film Dragonfly Eyes (Nov. 3-5) from director Xu Bing. This half-documentary, half-narrative is constructed entirely from closed-circuit cameras — dash cams, security footage, red-light cameras, etc. — that was uploaded to a cloud service in 2013 and made available for anyone with time on their hands. But Xu Bing doesn’t simply rely on observation; he favors imagination, using the footage as a jumping off point to construct narratives between the individuals seen on screen. The results are as engaging as they are horrifying, partly because of how much of our lives are being captured and collected, and partly because of the ease with which false narratives can be constructed and made believable. There is little false in Moving Parts (Nov. 3 and 5), a sober drama about the realities of immigration and human trafficking from Nederland-based writer/director Emilie Upczak. Set in Trinidad and Tobago, Moving Parts tells the story of Chinese immigrant Zhenzhen (Valerie Tian) seeking a new life and finding a harsh reality. Money and dignity are hard to come by and easy to lose; work is menial at best and demeaning at worse — not exactly pie in the sky. There is no doubt many of the movies playing at DFF — and, frankly, any film festival — traffic in the harsh realities Moving Parts, Dragonfly Eyes and Darkest Hour depict. For those needing a spiritual pick-me-up, look no further than Agnès Varda and JR’s documentary/art project par excellence, Faces Places (Nov. 5-6). We’ve talked briefly about this uplifting and joyous artistic relationship between an 89-year-old filmmaker and a 34-year-old photographer before, but Faces Places is worth repeating time and time again. 2017 hasn’t exactly been peaches and cream for everyone, but there have been blips of humanity and hope. Faces Places is that tonic. Boulder Weekly
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his week, Michelin released its always anticipated annual ranking of New York restaurants. Among the five restaurants receiving the maximum three stars were Per Se, Eleven Madison Park and Le Bernardin. That’s relevant (and good news) for us in Boulder because Emmerson pastry chef Jeb Breakell honed his culinary chops while working in all three of those kitchens before recently coming westward. Exemplary of the “exceptional cuisine worth a special journey” that earns an establishment three Michelin stars is Breakell’s deconstructed grapefruit and fennel plate. It’s sensational, and there’s no real place to begin. Two dollops of sorbet, one grapefruit and one fennel, are then arranged with a menagerie of elements from flash frozen fennel fronds to paper thin apple crisps, to even thinner candy glass, to celery both candied and foamed. It’s aesthetically stunning and gustatorily electric. And to think it’s the product of Breakell’s attempt to convert a smoothie recipe from famed chef Charlie Trotter into his own concoction. $13.
n the sandwich game, it all starts with the bread. Cured nails this with a crazy-good artisan baguette. Its crust snaps like a thick cracker, yielding to a chewy, moist and buttery flesh, with beautiful aeration. It’s an ideal foundation for the simple and perfect Spicy Frenchman. Fresh-cut French ham is met with earthy and perfumed thick-cut brie to create a formidable and timetested flavor combination. Cured adds the classic accompaniment of butter and then elevates the whole thing with a helping of sweet and spicy peach-jalapeño jam. You’ll want more of this; the flavors don’t fatigue and the texture of crispy bread and relenting filling is wholly satisfying. $9.95.
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n our book, if you have not one, but two framed photos of New Haven, Connecticut’s, iconic Frank Pepe Pizzzeria Napoletana, hands-down the best pizza place in the world, then you’re already a winner. Rosalee’s does their best to pay homage to the crisp-crust style of East Coast pizza, with a tasty cracker-like crust, tomato-forward and pleasantly present sauce, and a restrained, tasteful amount of cheese (mozzarella and pecorino). Their sausage pie is loaded with chunks of herbaceous and savory house-made sausage, whose flavor is refined and won’t hoard your taste buds. The pies at Rosalee’s are righteously gigantic, and it’s hard to have a bad time when you’re eating good East Coast pizza in their lively Main Street shop. $21.
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f you haven’t been to Wapos in a while, as we hadn’t, you should check it out. The place is booming. Given the unfortunate closure of Pupusa’s, Wapos is North Boulder’s only sit-down place for classic Mexican dishes and margaritas, and they’ve shined in this new role. A bustling staff ships sizzling fajita plates and bowls of fresh salsa to patrons in the cozy interior and renovated back patio. It all puts you in the mood to relax and indulge, which you can do with the aptly named OMG Burrito. A 10-inch flour tortilla is filled to the brim with rice, cheese and carnitas, and it’s then smothered in green chile. The carnitas is as tender as melted chocolate, and as flavorful, too. The green chile is powerfully spiced and a little hot, but a margarita or two makes it alright. $11.75.
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ou wouldn’t know it now, but beets used to be bad. Several generations of Americans absolutely loathed beets. “I always avoid eating them,” Barack Obama, then President-elect, told the Associated Press. Less than a decade ago this ugly duckling slowly became a hot superfood. Beyond juices and smoothies, beets in various hues are now what’s for dinner with roasted beet salads, beet chips and vegan wine tasting menus featuring beet tartare. Beet greens are pushing aside that former garnish, kale, because they taste a lot better. And, seriously, a recipe for roasted pecan beet dip just popped up in my Facebook feed. I was not a beet hater, having grown up on Harvard beets. Mom took pickled sliced beets, thickened the liquid from the jar or can with a little cornstarch and served them warm. Essentially, it makes this delicious, crimson sweet and sour sauce that’s also great on roast pork. However, I drew the line there, root-wise, until my palate got more adventurous, and I tasted bliss in butter-poached turnips and an angelic celeriac soup. My parents’ and grandparents’ generations highly prized all the major roots because they were affordable, see NIBBLES Page 46
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highly nutritious with lots of vitamins and fiber, and some of the few fresh veggies available in the winter. Older cookbooks are chockablock with recipes for serving them roasted, mashed, fried and stewed. If you like beets, you just might love their underground relatives and rhizomes and the greens growing out of them. These cheap buried pleasures include yuca, parsnips, rutabagas, kohlrabi, Jerusalem artichoke, radish, ginger, horseradish, jicama, turmeric and celeriac. You just have to get over the fact that they look like something served to the Romulans in a starship galley on Star Trek. Most folks who turn up their noses at these roots have usually never tasted them, or, at least, not had them properly prepared. Smaller or “baby” roots are milder tasting and most tender. Try boiling chunks of roots until soft and mashing them simply with butter. While baby beet greens are tender enough to go directly in a salad, most other root greens (turnip, parsnip) require some cooking in a fat (like butter, coconut oil or bacon fat) and broth. My favorite thing is to roast a mix of peeled turnips, parsnips, beets, yams and onions brushed with oil or in the same pan with turkey, pork or other meats. Their sweetness and flavor really emerges when they spend enough time in a hot oven. Colorado produces tons of underground vegetables, especially potatoes and onions, but most of beet harvest is used to make sugar. Get to the final farmers markets and stock up for the winter on locally grown roots. Celeriac: Also called celery root, it is among the least attractive members of the vegetable kingdom. However, the interior of the brownish, knobby bulbs has a light, sweet celery flavor and parsley-like aroma. It takes some work washing and peeling but it is worth it. Slice thinly and serve with a simple vinaigrette. Celeriac can be roasted and adds a great flavor to soups and cheesy potato side dishes. Kohlrabi: Turnip-shaped and knobby, green or purple kohlrabi tastes like a turnip with an advanced degree. It is crisp, delicate and slightly sweet, and tastes more like broccoli and less an earthy root. Grate or shred it for coleslaw or slice thinly and steam or stir fry. Parsnips: The Romans considered parsnips an aphrodisiac, but that belief lay more in the shape than any medicinal effect. The light-colored carrot-like roots have a milder taste than most turnips and develop a distinctive sweetness
when roasted. Rutabaga: The marriage of cabbage and turnip created the rutabaga (or “swede”) but nobody in the family likes to talk about it. More nutritious per ounce than turnips, this easypeeling root has a pleasant golden color when cooked and mild, cabbage-y flavor. Turnips: The purple-topped root is white inside with a distinctive, earthy flavor that is milder in baby turnips. Slightly bitter turnip greens, like mustard greens, are nutritional powerhouses but need to be cooked — boiled, steamed or more popularly, simmered with bacon. Yuca: Also called manioc and cassava, yuca (YOO-kah) is one of the most popular vegetables in the world but it has been largely ignored in the U.S. Peel off the thick, brown skin and cook the large, white, starchy root as you would potatoes in stews or fry them in rounds. Do not overcook or they get, well, yucky.
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According to Google Trends data, avocado toast interest began slowly dropping off since its all-time high in online mentions in May 2017. It has reportedly been replaced by sweet potato toast: curry flavored on rye and maple-sweetened on raisin brioche. ... Boulder’s Heifer and the Hen has roasted beet and goat cheese ice cream on the fall menu. ... Pizzeria Da Lupo, 2525 Arapahoe Ave., is being remodeled into Vero Italian, a Neapolitan pizza joint from Denver chef Andrea Frizzi, owner of Il Posto. ... Gondolier Italian Eatery has opened a second location at 1217 S. Main St. in Longmont.
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“Training is everything. The peach was once a bitter almond, cauliflower is nothing but a cabbage with a college education.” — Mark Twain.
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American Beer Festival gold medal-winning Oatmeal Milk Stout). It’s just that successfully marketing toys and beer both require one thing: simplicity. “We saw maybe an opportunity or a need for a simpler, more accessible, approachable focus in the beer world,” Dan says. “At least from a marketing standpoint, you notice from looking at our cans that we kind of tell you what it is,” Eric adds. In the three years since opening, Finkel & Garf has attracted a legion of loyal fans because of their wellexecuted beers in a wide variety of styles. Consistency, which is sadly undervalued in today’s brewing landscape, is their goal, while ensuring there’s a beer for everyone in their selection. “From the beginning, we didn’t necessarily set out to make beer that was focused on winning awards,” Dan says. “We’re the first to admit we don’t necessarily make the most... we’re not pushing the envelope as far as we can and we’re not looking at the new styles and making new sours or new IPAs. For us, it’s focusing on really good, consistent beer and doing what we do very well.” And yet, they did win an award: the big, aforementioned gold medal at the 2017 GABF. Some of that credit surely goes to brewer Myke Johnson, recently of Fate. Some of it goes to the Finkel & Garf design. Their relatively small 15-barrel system allows them to work on a smaller scale and make tweaks throughout the brewing process. And there is room for experimentation. Finkel & Garf currently has a small barrel aging program and is one of the few local breweries to produce a lager. Too, their model of canning and labeling inhouse enables them to can whatever’s available, slap a label on it, and store for no more than a week before it’s delivered
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production, and it’s not possible to ensure everything tastes perfect or is as lovingly crafted as it was when the brewery was small. So breweries, as it’s been much reported, are put in an awkward position of having to almost limit growth or else worry about losing the core of what made them popular in the first place. This is not a concern to the Garfinkels. At least yet — it’s only been three years. “I would say we’re less growth-oriented than some,” Eric says. “We’ve never thought about, ‘Hey, we gotta get out of state.’ We’ve never said we gotta get our beer to the Western Slope or even up to the I-70 resorts. We’re never going to be a huge brewery, I can tell you that. We’re kind of in a nice spot where we can do what we do and do it right.” Staying small will also serve the Garfinkels’ quest to provide a space for the community to gather. Finkel & Garf hosts nonprofit events, comedy nights, group gatherings and more, and it also donates beer to community efforts. Beer, if done well and simply, can unite people as well as anything. “We’ve always kind of enjoyed the idea of bringing people together,” Dan says. “Growing up, there was always something social going on. We’re social people. So when you look at what we do and the way we look at beer, it’s a facilitator, and it brings people together. [Eric] describes it as a social lubricant ... people like to get together and talk over a beer. Or friends come together over a beer. For us, that’s been something we’ve always liked, whether it’s toys you’re playing with as a kid with your friends, or getting together with your friends as an adult over a beer. I think that’s something that kind of resonated with us.” Boulder Weekly
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too. According to a recent Gallup poll, 51 percent of Republicans and 72 percent of Democrats support legalization. It’s not just a number representative of constituhe legal cannabis industry has gone through a ents, but it’s one reflected in Republican leadership as lot these last few years — from prohibition well. In late September the National Organization for into the light; from nascent industry to startthe Reform of Marijuana released its 2016 congressioup free-for-all; from the birth of a market to nal scorecard on marijuana policy. While the report rapid product innovation. After it all, it seems does not indicate there is enough support to generate like Colorado’s market is on the brink of realizing a votes for significant reform, it does plot an important mature market. point along a trajectory in that direction. With only But just as the busi16 members from each house Nazrul Islam Ripon/Wikimedia Commons ness owners who made it staunchly against reforms, most happen start to loosen senators and congressmen are at their belts and let out least open to the idea. their stomachs, a new In Southern states especially, and unusual threat arrives it seems our right-leaning politias wealthy investors and cians are defying their stodgy companies recognize the conservative stereotypes as they stable profitability step forward to successfully achieved by our tireless champion the legalization of entrepreneurs. medicinal-use cannabis in red states like Louisiana, West No, those intrepid Virginia and Ohio. business owners still While the upward trend is encouraging, and can’t put their money in a bank or trade cannabis makes money-thirsty investors lick their lips, the curacross state lines, thus limiting the potential of their rent market is looking pretty good, too, even without markets, but as President and CEO of Constellation the still far-out promise of prohibition repeal. Some Brands (a spirits company that most notably sells estimates value the 2018 U.S. market at $10 billion Corona, among dozens more brands) Rob Sands said in an interview with the Wall Street Journal: “We think and the 2018 Canadian market at $7.5 billion, and it’s highly likely [that will change and national legalthat’s plenty large enough to attract big money. ization is coming] given what we have seen at the While outside investors and corporations wrestle state level.” for positioning in the cannabis industry (with On Oct. 29, Constellation Brands announced they Constellation Brands currently at the head of the are set to invest $191 million in Canopy Growth pack), state level cannabis companies are doing what Corp., a Canadian marijuana company and the world’s they can to lobby local governments for regulations largest publicly traded cannabis company, to acquire that will allow them to compete for deals like the one 9.9 percent of its stock. They plan to work with grow- recently bestowed on Canopy. ers to develop and market cannabis-infused beverages. It is not unusual for individual companies in The possibility of the federal repeal of prohibiColorado to employ their own lobbyists to work on tion of marijuana is in sight. Not only do more than ensuring city, country and state regulations that allow half of U.S. states have some form of medical or recfor sustainable company growths. But recently, several reational legalization, but for the first time, a majoriof Colorado’s most prominent businesses have banded ty of Republicans support marijuana legalization, together for discussions of forming an industry lobby,
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one that would fight for the state’s companies to become publicly traded or to accept money from outside investors, like Constellation Brands. It’s tempting to rejoice at how far we’ve come in generating public and political acceptance for the cannabis that has been so taboo for so long. But there is also something sad about the inevitable arrival of big money and corporate suits to the once humble and personable world of weed. I’ve always found the idea of corporate personhood bogus, but maybe in this case there’s something to be learned from looking at the maturation of the cannabis industry through the lens of personal development rather than through that of the industry life cycle. In its nascency, the cannabis industry was born helpless; it couldn’t talk or walk, let alone do its own taxes, and so it mimicked the business around it, observing and adopting accepted cultures until it behaved in a way that was considered acceptable by society, just like a two-year-old. Then, in stage two, it entered a phase of self-discovery. Through a lot of trial-and-error, it figured out who it was on its own terms and became less reliant on external benchmarks to determine its own success. Now, having found its own identity, the cannabis industry is firmly committed to its own success and so arrives at stage three, analogous to “business maturity.” At this point it stands at a crossroads at which it can either be co-opted by the economic way of the world or preserved through a commitment to the unique aspects forged in its coming of age. Can the industry continue to insist on a new way of doing things — on organic production, social-justice, personal liberties — while intersecting with business as usual? If it can, will it? The answer lies in the seminole question of the fourth stage of human life, one that doesn’t even make it onto the charts of the industry life cycle — legacy. As humans, we have a deep need to feel as though our lives mean something. The question now facing the cannabis industry, as more and more and more money pours into it, is no different.
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new record. Several new records, in fact. The Gallup organization is out with the results of its annual poll on whether Americans want to legalize marijuana, an issue its been asking about in its polls with increasing frequency since 1969. We’ve come a long way. In 1969, just 12 percent of American adults favored legalizing marijuana. In the latest poll, taken in early October this year, support for legalization had risen to 64 percent, a four-point increase since last year and a new record. Opposition to legalizing pot dropped five percentage points to 34 percent, a record low. The decline in the percentage opposing legalization is just as important as the increase in the number favoring it. When a campaign or a policy’s poll numbers fall much below 40 percent, it’s in real danger of going into a death spiral where its base support disintegrates to a point from which it’s nearly impossible to recover. That seems to be what’s happening to opposition to marijuana legalization. Also, a decline in constituent opposition probably carries more weight in state legislatures than a jump
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in support. State legislators are probably more concerned about losing votes over the pot issue than about gaining them (or at least up to now). According to the Marijuana Policy Project, at least 18 state legislatures are expected to consider bills to legalize either recreational or medical marijuana during their 2018 sessions. Those bills will have much easier sledding if public support for keeping marijuana illegal is in freefall. Gallup’s pot polling produced another record result as well: For the first time in 48 years of polling on the issue, a majority of Republicans, 51 percent, favored legalizing marijuana (along with 72 percent of Democrats and 67 percent of independents). The increase in yearover-year Republican support was particularly dramatic; in 2016, only 42 percent of Republicans favored legalization. This shift is a big deal. As Gallup points out, Attorney General Jeff Sessions (and by extension like-minded Republican heavies) may find himself “out of step with his own party,” if present trends continue. But there’s more to it than that. Gallup’s findings suggest that there will be a number of Democratic candidates who make marijuana a campaign issue next year, especially if they’re
running in districts where a lot of people are still getting arrested for pot. The fact that half of Republicans now favor marijuana legalization means the issue can be used by Democrats as a wedge issue — an issue introduced into a campaign to split the opposition — in some districts. Republicans will ignore this at their peril. Up until now, opposing marijuana legalization has been the “safe” political position to take in most places. The conventional wisdom was, “Nobody ever lost an election by opposing marijuana.” If Gallup’s numbers are correct, chances are that’s rapidly becoming untrue. While we won’t know that for sure until next year’s election, there is at least one race that will be decided next Tuesday in which marijuana legalization has been an issue — and in which the candidate loudly supporting it has a 20 point lead in the most recent poll. In New Jersey, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Phil Murphy has given full-throated support to legalizing recreational marijuana in the state, pledging to sign a legalization bill into law within the first 100 days of taking office if elected. According to the latest poll taken by Quinnipiac University, which was released last week, Murphy has a 20-point lead in the race over Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno, who is suffering from her association with outgoing New Jersey Governor and pot prohibition dead-ender Chris Christie. Guadagno is against legalization but favors decriminalizing pot possession. New Jersey voters say marijuana isn’t the most important issue in the election, but if Murphy wins, I suspect a lot of politicians, especially Republicans, will reconsider their anti-legalization stands, and bills pending in those state legislatures will start getting some real traction.
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TAURUS
APRIL 20-MAY 20: “I wasn’t in the market to buy a DayGlo plastic fish from a street vendor,” testified a witty guy named Jef on Facebook, “but that’s exactly what I did. The seller said he found it in someone’s trash. He wanted fifty cents for it, but I talked him up to a dollar. The best part is the expression on the fish’s face. It’s from Edvard Munch’s “The Scream.” I bring this testimony to your attention, Taurus, because I feel it’s good role-modeling for you. In the coming days, I bet you won’t know exactly what you’re looking for until you find it. This prize may not be highly valued by anyone else but you. And it will amuse you and be of use to you in just the right ways.
GEMINI
MAY 21-JUNE 20: Where are Chinese gooseberries
grown? In New Zealand. What is a camel’s hair brush made of? Squirrel fur. When England and France waged their Hundred Years’ War, how long did it last? 116 years. When do Russians celebrate their October Revolution? In November. Trick answers like these are likely to be a recurring theme for you in the coming weeks, Gemini. That’s why I advise you to NOT be a Master of the Obvious.
CANCER
JUNE 21-JULY 22: In accordance with the astrological
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VIRGO
AUG. 23-SEPT. 22: Author Clarissa Pinkola Estés encourages us to purge any tendencies we might have to think of ourselves as hounded animals, angry, wounded victims, leaky vessels aching to be filled, or broken creatures yearning for rescue. It so happens that now is a perfect time for you to perform this purgation. You have maximum power to revise your self-image so that it resounds with more poise, self-sufficiency and sovereignty.
LIBRA
SEPT. 23-OCT. 22: I used to scoff at people who play the lottery. The chance of winning big is almost nil. Why not invest one’s hopes in more pragmatic schemes to generate money? But my opinion softened a bit when the planet Jupiter made a lucky transit to an aspect in my personal horoscope. It really did seem like my chances of winning
the lottery were unusually high. I started dreaming about the educational amusements I’d pursue if I got a huge influx of cash. I opened my mind to expansive future possibilities that I had previously been closed to. So even though I didn’t actually get a windfall during this favorable financial phase, I was glad I’d entertained the fantasy. In alignment with current astrological omens, Libra, here’s the moral of the story for you: Meditate on what educational amusements you’d seek if you had more money.
SCORPIO
OCT. 23-NOV. 21: In the early stages of Johnny Cash’s development as a musician, his mother hired a coach to give him singing lessons. But after a few meetings, the teacher counseled him to quit. Johnny’s style was so unique, the seasoned pro thought it better not to tamper with his natural sound. I hesitate to offer you comparable advice, Scorpio. I’m a big believer in the value of enhancing one’s innate talents with training and education. On the other hand, my assessment of your destiny between now and October 2018 impels me to offer a suggestion: It may be useful for you to give some credence to the perspective of Johnny Cash’s voice coach. Make sure you guard and revere your distinctiveness.
SAGITTARIUS
NOV. 22-DEC. 21: I used to nurture a grudge against Tony Pastorini. He was the high school math teacher who kicked me out of the extracurricular Calculus Club because my proofs were too “intuitive and unorthodox.” The shock of his rejection drove me away from a subject I had been passionate about. Eventually, though, I came to realize what a good deed he had done. It would have been a mistake for me to keep specializing in math — I was destined to study literature and psychology and mythology — but it took Pastorini to correct my course. Now, Sagittarius, I invite you to make a similar shift of attitude. What debt of gratitude do you owe a person you have thought of as a source of frustration or obstruction?
CAPRICORN
DEC. 22-JAN. 19: In the lore of ancient Greek mytholo-
gy, the god Prometheus stole fire from his fellow deities and sneakily gave it to us humans. Before our patron provided us with this natural treasure, we poor creatures had no access to it. As I gaze out at your possibilities in the coming months, Capricorn, I foresee you having Promethean inclinations. Your ability to bestow blessings and spread benevolence and do good deeds will be at a peak. Unlike Prometheus, however, I don’t expect you’ll get into trouble for your generosity. Just the opposite!
AQUARIUS
JAN. 20-FEB. 18: Here’s a parable you may find useful.
An armchair explorer is unexpectedly given a chance to embark on an adventure she has only read and dreamed about. But she hesitates on the brink of seizing her opportunity. She asks herself, “Do I really want to risk having ragged reality corrupt the beautiful fantasy I’ve built up in my mind’s eye?” In the end she takes the gamble. She embarks on the adventure. And ragged reality does in fact partially corrupt her beautiful fantasy. But it also brings her unexpected lessons that partially enhance the beautiful fantasy.
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FEB. 19-MARCH 20: “A game of chess is usually a fairy
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Dear Dan: I am a pretty handsome gay (I have been told) and I am dating a gorgeous man. I am 34, and he is 31. I am bottom only, and he is top only — so it’s a good match. He seems sincerely interested in me and we are talking about being together. But here is the thing: He noticed that I have a rather small penis. I am under the average, and his dick is quite big and long. Since he discovered this, he fancies about “humiliating” me about my “small pee-pee.” He would even like me to show it to his friends. I am not ashamed of the size of my penis because it’s how I am made and I can’t change it. But I wonder what this idea means for him. I would somehow understand that he would put me down if he suffered from a “small dick complex,” but since he is so well-endowed, I don’t get it. Is it a common turn-on for some top guys to imagine that their partner is smaller than them? Does it hide something else maybe? — Humiliated Over Tackle P.S. English is not my mother tongue. I apologize for this.
SAVAGE by Dan Savage
— their numbers are far smaller. But the issue here isn’t stumbling over a rare small penis humiliation top in the wild, HOT, but whether or not you’re into it. Are you into power play? Do you like being degraded? Does the thought of this dude ordering you to show your dick to his friends — friends who presumably
Love
want to see your dick — turn you on in any way? If the answer is no, no, and FUCK NO, then tell your potential new boyfriend to stop making fun of your cock. If the answer is maybe, maybe, and maybe under the right circumstances, then talk it over with him and work out when, where, and how you’re willing to
indulge his SPH kink. If you stay with him, you’re also going to need to have a conversation about consent. SPH isn’t something you surprise someone with. Like most kinks, it requires advance discussion, the setting of limits, and the consent of both parties. It’s worrisome that this guy didn’t bother with obtaining your consent in advance, HOT, and if he doesn’t recognize that he made a mistake and swear not to make a similar mistake in the future, well, then you’ll have to DTMFA. Send questions to mail@savagelove.net, follow @fakedansavage on Twitter and visit ITMFA.org.
Dear HOT: I don’t have a problem with your English — it’s doubtless better than my [insert your mother tongue here] — I have a problem with your potential boyfriend. Small penis humiliation (SPH) is a kink popular enough to have spawned a porn genre. There are more than 76,000 SPH-themed porn videos on XTube — and XTube is just one of the various porn tubes out there ruining everything for everyone. Over at PornHub, there are SPH videos with more than two million views. That’s all anecdote, not data, HOT, but it’s anecdote enough to confirm that, yes, small penis humiliation is definitely a thing. And it can be a very good thing for guys whose erotic imaginations transformed their anxieties about having small dicks into a kink they enjoy. But you are not one of those guys. You like your dick fine, and you’ve got the exact right attitude about your dick — indeed, all men everywhere, regardless of size, should embrace their dicks the way you’ve embraced your own. Your dick is your dick, you can’t change it, and you shouldn’t be ashamed of it. And big or small, HOT, your dick has all the same nerve endings as that big and long thing on the guy who might be your boyfriend someday (but who’s definitely a presumptuous asshole right now). As with most kinks — bondage, cuckolding, foot fetishes, diapers, pup play — subs/bottoms are way more common than Doms/tops. So it’s usually the guy with the small dick who initiates small penis humiliation games with his partner, HOT, not the boyfriend with the bigger dick and/or the girlfriend with the pussy and/or the bigger dick. (Some women have dicks, all women can purchase strapons.) While there are SPH tops out there — just as there are bondage tops (half of whom are frustrated bondage bottoms) Boulder Weekly
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