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t’s “Cyber Monday” — get out there and buy stuff! But you don’t actually have to go anywhere, for this gimmicky shopshop-shop day lures us to consume without leaving home, or even getting out of bed. Concocted by Amazon, the online marketing monopolist, Cyber Monday is a knock-off of Black Friday — just another ploy by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos to siphon sales from real stores. Seems innocent enough, but behind Amazon’s online convenience and discounted prices is a predatory business
model based on exploitation of workers, bullying of suppliers, dodging of taxes, and the use of crude anti-competitive forces against America’s Main Street businesses. A clue into Amazon’s ethics came when Bezos instructed his staff to get ever-cheaper prices from small-business suppliers by stalking them “the way a cheetah would pursue a sickly gazelle.” John Crandall, who owns Old Town Bike Shop in Colorado Springs, is one who’s under attack. He offers fair prices, provides good jobs, pays rent and taxes, lives in and supports the community. But
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he has noticed that more and more shoppers come in to try out bikes and get advice, yet don’t buy anything. Instead, their smartphones scan the barcode of the bike they want, then they go online to purchase it from Amazon — cheaper than Crandall’s wholesale price. You see, the cheetah is a multibillion-dollar-a-year beast that can sell that bike at a loss, then make up the loss on sales of the thousands of other products it peddles. This amounts to corporate murder of small business — and, yes, it’s illegal, but Amazon is doing it every day in practically every community. So, on this Cyber Monday, let’s pledge to buy from local businesses that support our communities. For information, go to American Independent Business Alliance: www.amiba.net. This opinion column does not necessarily reflect the views of Boulder Weekly. November 22 , 2018 5
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’ve had trouble recognizing this country lately, which is my way of saying we’ve gotten pretty cruel and shortsighted when it comes to how we treat people. It seems odd that empathy and compassion would turn out to be the collateral damage of the culture wars when both sides claim to be holding the moral high ground. I guess we get so caught up fighting over the big picture we lose sight of what’s right in front of us. We argue over immigration but don’t personally do anything to help migrants. We work like crazy to hold the line on health care while failing to comfort the sick. We talk about the 1 percent and income disparity but rarely do anything for the poor. We look to politics for our salvation but it seems to me we grow more lost by the day. Or maybe that’s just my confession. I think I may need to slow down, listen more and think a little smaller. At least that’s the conclusion I came to last week sitting on the floor of a Longmont apartment. All year long I’ve been fluctuating between giving up and charging full speed ahead, and I know many of you have been on the same emotional rollercoaster. When the former hits, I find myself looking at visa requirements and real estate prices in far-flung places where sheep outnumber people. When
the latter takes hold, I’m drawn to politics and matters of social injustice like a moth to a flame, my anger providing the fuel for the fire. Neither state, mad nor sad, feels sustainable, and the constant fluctuation is a hard way to live. That seemed really clear to me last week when I met Victor, his wife, Estella, and their two young daughters, Ailin and Yaretzi. Victor and his family live in a small apartment in Longmont, which is to say they are our neighbors in the Boulder County community. I found Victor to be a kind, softspoken man. His top priorities are his wife and children, making sure that they have what they need to get by. He’s really sad these days because he’s too sick to provide the things his family needs. He can’t work, and he can’t really even get around enough to play with his girls or help his wife around the house when she comes home from her two fast-food jobs. It’s a hard reality for a 36-year-old man who only a couple of years ago was able to provide for his family by welding, working for a landscaping company and doing other trades. You see, Victor needs a heart transplant, and he needs it soon. Unfortunately for Victor and his family, they live in what has become a pretty heartless and greedy country, DYERTIMES from Page 7
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where people like him are expected to or insurance. He did get into simply give up and die, even though his UCHealth Anschutz Medical Center condition is quite treatable. So, what in Aurora this year, which is likely why exactly is it about Victor that makes he’s still with us. These other local him deserving of such horrendous hospitals used to treat him a couple of treatment? Apparently it’s because he’s times a year, shock his heart, get him brown, economically strapped and through the crisis. But now — even doesn’t have a Social Security number though they have the space, the time, because he came here as an undocuthe personnel, the equipment and the mented migrant a decade ago from expertise to save him, they just turn Guatemala to be with his father who him away to the street. There is no lives here legally. other way to say it; they have deemed It’s hard to believe that in the his life unworthy of their potential United States in 2018, not having the financial expenditure. proper paperwork is reason enough for But they are so wrong. the medical comThey should munity and our sit down and talk government to with Victor. They just sit back and should watch the watch the way he treats his destruction of a little girls. They family even should see the arguing about way his wife though the means the merits of the looks at him with of saving them is Affordable Care Act love through the readily available. or getting angry tears in her eyes. Victor needs If they did that to get his name on listening to Rachel they could never the waiting list for Maddow describe turn him away. a new heart. But how kids are being Fighting he isn’t allowed to torn form their put his name on Trumpism, arguthe list unless he ing about the mothers’ arms has insurance. merits of the can’t save Victor. Because Victor Affordable Care But we likely can. doesn’t have a Act or getting Social Security angry listening to number, he has no Rachel Maddow access to Medicaid describe how kids or Medicare. Private insurers, are being torn from their mothers’ arms thanks to the Affordable Care Act, at the border can’t save Victor. would take Victor, but that will cost him But we likely can. $800 to $1,200 a month and he has been What if we all just slow down and told he needs to come up with a full think a little smaller for a while? year’s worth of money up-front, approxi- What if we stop being angry and just mately $10,000. If he can get the private help one of our neighbors in need? If insurance, not only can he get his name you can’t think of anyone to help, I’d on the list, he can also get a heart pump like to suggest Victor. We usually installed and that will keep his heart don’t allow GoFundMe accounts to be going for up to four years. Without the published in the paper for all the heart pump, Victor is running out of obvious reasons. But we decided that time. Victor’s life-or-death circumstance How can the richest country in the was a good reason to break our own world watch this father and husband rules. If you have any interest in helpwilt away just because he can’t come up ing Victor get the insurance he needs with $10,000? What great nation would to get a new heart, his GoFundMe withhold lifesaving medical care just information is at the bottom of the because a person doesn’t have the prop- news story about Victor on page 11 of er paperwork? this paper. When Victor has found himself And with that I’d like to say Happy too sick to go on this year — when his Thanksgiving to all of you. I wouldn’t heart gets out of rhythm, and when be here and neither would this paper if fluid builds up in his other organs due it weren’t for each of you. So, here’s to a to his heart only working at 10 percent coming year I hope is filled with less normal capacity — he has gone to the anger, less despair and more time spent emergency rooms, in both Longmont helping out the people who come across hospitals and the one in Lafayette, our paths every day. only to be turned away and told to go This opinion column does not necessarily back home because he has no money reflect the views of Boulder Weekly.
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might be like in 2015, when the state’s snowpack was 5 percent of normal on April 1, the date on which it usually is at its peak. Brown ordered mandatory water conservation that year. Fortunately things improved almost to normal the following year, but drought conditions are back again. It’s not unreasonable to assume that a dramatically shrinking water supply is going to be the new normal in California and that it would be prudent to start adapting to it — like, starting yesterday. The truth is autumn brush and forest fires are neither the new normal nor the new abnormal in California. They’re the old normal. They’ve been a natural part of the California ecosystem for millennia. There’s a “new abnormal” in California, alright, but it’s not the fires. It’s the explosion of human habitation in fire hazard areas. It’s not the drought; it’s the quadrupling of California’s population in less than 75 years — from under 10 million at the end of World War II to about 40 million today. And 10 out of 10 Californians still prefer to drink water. What has to be done to adapt to the “new normal” of climate change in California isn’t rocket science, but it is going to be politically hard and expensive as hell. If the state wants to reduce the risk of forest fires, it is going to have to start managing its forests, which means thinning them, clearing out accumulated flammable material on the forest floors, and cutting wide fire breaks in forest and brush areas. If it wants to reduce the risk of catastrophes like the incineration of Paradise, California, it is going to have to require clear-cut areas around homes, subdivisions and whole towns, and require new construction in fire hazard areas to use non-flammable materials. If it wants to continue to prevent its existing forests and farms from turning into deserts, it is going to have to find alternative sources of water to replace the shortfall that would result from a 90-percent reduction in the Sierra-Nevada snowpack — about 35 or 40 million acre-feet — and still see DANISH PLAN Page 9
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letters Pardon your turkey While President Trump is pardoning a turkey for Thanksgiving, every one of us can exercise that same presidential power by choosing a non-violent Thanksgiving observance. And here are some other good reasons: • You can brag about pardoning a turkey - like Trump (or not). • You will stay awake for your entire favorite football game. • Your sensible vegetarian kid won’t have to boycott the family dinner. • Plant-based holiday roasts don’t have to carry government warning labels. • You won’t have to call Poultry Hotline to keep your family out of the hospital. • Your body will appreciate a holiday from the fat, cholesterol and hormones. • You won’t sweat the environment and food resources devastation guilt trip. • You won’t spend a sleepless night wondering how the turkey lived and died. Seriously, this Thanksgiving, let’s give thanks for our good fortune, health and happiness with a life-affirming, cruelty-free feast of plant-based holiday roast, vegetables, fruits and grains. Our own dinner will feature a store-bought plant-based holiday roast, mashed potatoes, stuffed squash, candied yams, cranberry sauce and pumpkin pie. An internet search on “vegetarian Thanksgiving” is getting us more recipes than we could possibly use. Rudolph Helman/Boulder
Vindication Brewing: Gone but not forgotten The closing of Vindication Brewing just seven months past still stings. It is missed. It seems inevitable that craft breweries will come and go, but this one hurt because the beers were so excellent, and the brew crew befriended us. Their process known as Brewtegrity® was “the practice of brewing beer with the utmost integrity for quality and transparency.” The beers were of the highest quality — each carefully crafted, made without use of chemical additives and labeled honestly. No anti-foam, no yeast washing. They faithfully practiced Brewtegrity, but it was much more than a process. It was how they comported themselves, always with integrity, honesty and humility. They worked incredibly hard at their craft, cut no corners and produced some of the best beers Boulder County will ever enjoy. The brewery is shut, the scrumptious beers no longer flow, but not forgotten. All the best to Eric, Bridgette, Marty, Sanj and Timson. Success is more than bottom-line performance, it’s also the joy you bring to others, and you made the world better one beer at a time. They will always be Kettle and Stone Brewing. Forget that other stone, it’s just a noun for purveying pedestrian beer. American Bold, Freedom Stout, Momentum, Winchester Wheat and the wicked Devil’s Helper will live on in our hearts. Thanks for the great times. Robert Carrier/Erie
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Longmont resident needs help to get transplant that would save his life by Angela K. Evans
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ictor, who emigrated from Guatemala in 1999, always carries a letter from his doctor, just in case. From Salud Medical Center in Longmont, Victor’s doctor of more than 10 years, Dr. Michael Allen, says, “I am writing this letter in regards to Victor’s complex cardiac medical problems and to be his advocate in regards to citizenship and the high risk prognosis on his health if he is forced to return to Guatemala in regards to his citizenship.” With a diagnosis of severe cardiomyopathy and congestive heart failure, which consequently leads to a long list of other health issues, Dr. Allen says that if Victor is returned to Guatemala, he “has a very high risk of death.” But in reality, Victor, 36, isn’t really worried about immigration authorities or his undocumented status or the possibility of deportation. Right now, all he’s worried about is what would happen to his wife and daughters if he can’t get the heart transplant he so desperately needs. “If something happens to me, what is she going to do to sustain them?” Victor says, looking at his wife, Estella, in their Longmont living room. Their daughters Ailin, 10, and Yaretzi, 5, are giggling and watching TV in the next room. Victor and Estella met in school as kids, but didn’t see each other for several years as they both left Guatemala for the U.S. Victor came to Longmont when he was 17 years old to join his father, a legal resident, who had been living in Colorado for more
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than a decade at that point. Meanwhile, Estella immigrated to Arizona with her aunt. For years, the two kept in touch over the phone as they established their respective lives in the U.S. Although his father wanted him to keep studying, Victor wanted to start working and joined his cousins as a welder. The first signs of health issues appeared in 2005, when his legs began to swell. A common side effect of cardiomyopathy, his cousins took Victor to the emergency room, where they told him his heart was enlarged. “I don’t know if I had this problem in Guatemala or if I was born with it. I didn’t have any issues before,” he says. “They said it could be a virus. They haven’t been able to tell exactly what it is.” For the next decade, Victor’s heart remained more or less strong, with only one visit or so to the hospital each year. Still, when Estella found out about the diagnosis, she moved to Longmont in 2007 and the two were married. Ailin and Yaretzi followed soon after. In 2016, the condition worsened, and Victor went to the hospital three times in both 2016 and 2017 to drain his liver of fluids, a result of his heart not being able to properly pump blood throughout his body. By that time he was working in landscaping, and “the man I was working for understood my situation, and he would only give me a few hours, and he would give me light tasks See HEART Page 12
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to do,” Victor says. He was able to take a few weeks or a month off after each hospital visit, and return to work. But at this point, he hasn’t been able to work for more than a year. Estella works two jobs in fast food trying to make up for it, and she advocates for her husband at hospital and doctors visits. “It’s hard,” Estella says through tears. “This year he’s gone about five or six times to the hospital. My children look at him, and they suffer as he is also suffering.” “This is really difficult because they (my daughters) are young,” Victor says. “It’s really difficult because when they take me to the hospital, they see that, and it’s a very difficult thing for me to carry.” Over the years Victor has visited all of the area hospitals, which he says at this point turn him away for what little treatment is still available. Now, Estella drives him all the way to the UCHealth Anschutz Medical Center in Aurora whenever he needs help. Without a job and Estella unable to work the necessary amount to qualify for benefits, Victor doesn’t have health insurance. And without legal residency, he has no way of accessing public health care such as Medicaid. But his health is deteriorating. His heart functions at about 10 or 11 percent, he says, adding, “I can only walk about five minutes, and I can’t lift heavy things.” The doctors say Victor’s only option is a heart transplant to treat his severe condition, a seemingly impossible task considering his undocumented status and current inability to work. “I would just like for them to help him,” Estella says. “I don’t think it can really just come down to the issue of a Social Security [number]. I asked the doctor why can’t you help him. They say the Social Security [number] issue and also the medical coverage, we just can’t do anything.” Although his immigration status doesn’t prevent Victor from getting on the heart transplant list, the lack of insurance does. “There is no law that prevents an undocumented immigrant from receiving a transplant,” says Anne Paschke from the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS). “We don’t have any policies restricting that either.” But, according to Milliman Research, a heart transplant costs approximately $1.4 million, by far the costliest transplant surgery in the U.S., and no transplant center will put Victor on the list without insurance. As of Nov. 15, there are 3,852 people in the U.S. awaiting hearts of the 114,457 candidates in need of organ transplants. This includes U.S. citizens, residents and others, and although UNOS does not collect data on immigration status, 12 November 22, 2018
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Boulder’s Permanently Affordable Home Program allows low- and middleincome residents to buy homes well below market value; but it doesn’t control HOA fees, which are rising in some affordable housing units. Amy Gahran, below, lives in one such unit.
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hen Adam Perry got home one afternoon in August, he had a notice on the door from his homeowners’ association (HOA) announcing the roofs around the Iris Hollow condominium complex were in dire need of repair. The notice said, “there’s a special assessment coming and it’s going to substantially increase your dues,” Perry recalls. “I completely freaked out.” He bought the place in 2014 through the City of Boulder’s Permanently Affordable (PA) Home Program, and this was the second time he was being hit with a special assessment. The first was in 2017, for the outdoor, uncovered stairs; now the roof. Next, he’d heard, the stucco, and then repaving the parking lot. “The people who own condos at Iris Hollow who bought in through this program are suffering right now,” Perry says. “It’s not called the permanently affordable mortgage program, it’s called the permanently affordable home ownership program.” One of his neighbors, he says, is simply unable to pay the HOA fees and there is a lien on their home. Another one is trying to sell and get out of the program but is worried they won’t be able to with both the current and upcoming assessments. “I thought this would be the next best thing, but it’s a black
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hole,” PA owner Amy Gahran says. Her current HOA payments almost equal her monthly mortgage. For Perry, it’s more than his mortgage. When he bought the home, he thought he was committing his family (including daughter Sydney, now in the third grade) to an $820 monthly mortgage payment, and monthly HOA fees of $350. Over the years, the fee increased to $420. Then came the assessments. “My monthly HOA right now is $844, and starting in March, it’s going to be just under $1,200. That’s insane,” Perry says. “I don’t think any reasonable person would call that affordable.” As a matter of comparison, Perry is currently paying a combined monthly payment equal to that of a mortgage on a $480,000 home on the open market. Unfortunately, this problem isn’t new. Back in 2010 Boulder City Council created the Affordable Housing Task Force (AHTF), which spent 14 months reviewing affordable housing programs in Boulder, and laid out a list of recommendations to further resolve affordability issues and hopefully increase affordable housing opportunities in the city. HOA fees were one of the eight topics, including inclusionary housing, mobile homes, and housing for seniors and students, that the AHTF explored in its report, which stated, “Rising HOA fees can present a challenge for owners of affordable homes, and can jeopardize a home’s longterm affordability. Consequently, the city has a role in exploring See AFFORDABLE Page 16
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ways to potentially mitigate these costs for affordable rising HOA costs aren’t a problem for PA owners. Gahran’s HOA, about 30 percent of which are in the buyers.” “As staff, we still think it’s something that is PA program, according to Gahran who was on the As recommended by the report, the City does important that needs to be addressed,” he says. HOA board until May. offer HOA education prior to purchasing a home “However, we don’t know if we have an answer to fix Some of the Iris Hollow residents in the PA through the program and encourages PA owners to it yet, but it is certainly something we are interested in program are scheduled to meet with Firnhaber and get involved in their HOA budgeting process as part pursuing.” other members of the Housing and Human of the board. It also hosts a bi-annual HOA group At this point, he says, the plan is to put the issue Services Department to discuss options, if there are through the neighborhood liaisons for PA owners to on his department’s internal work plan, and then any, next week. And on Tuesday, Nov. 20, Perry and bring concerns and ask experts questions. involve the City Council further down the line, once Gahran met with Mayor Pro Tem Aaron Brockett “I remember them saying that if anything happens they have a clearer understanding of how widespread to discuss the HOA issues at Iris Hollow. “It is defoutside of your home, it’s going to be covered by the the issue is. initely a problem,” Brockett says. “The solution is HOA,” Perry says of the HOA education he recieved. “I think that what we want to do is take a wider less clear. ... I’m not sure at this point what the “It’s not like anybody let us know when we options are.” Courtesy of Adam Perry bought there’s probably going to be literally After talking with residents, Brockett says hundreds of thousands of dollars in repairs he will continue working with the housing that need to happen in the next few years.” department on the issue, however is appropriThe report also lists a series of recommenate for the City. dations to help mitigate the effects of rising “One thing I want to look into for examHOA fees on PA owners. At the time, ideas ple, is I know that there are state laws that included capping HOA fees for affordable govern how HOAs have to behave and the units, a City-funded cash grant for capital kind of information they have to distribute, projects or a City-funded no-interest loan and I want to make sure the HOA involved is program for PA owners to cover HOA fees, following all the rules to start. But that’s not among others. As of yet, Perry, Gahran and going to solve the financial issues.” others at Iris Hollow aren’t being offered any Firnhaber says the City has contacted the relief by the City. And when Perry reached Iris Hollow HOA to begin gathering informaout to the Boulder City Council and tion like financials, but has yet to come to any Department of Housing and Human Services, conclusions about what’s going on. The Iris which runs the PA program, it took months Hollow Board provided a statement to BW that to get a response, he says. He’s still not sure if reads: “To address critical maintenance needs in the City can or will do anything to help. the community, the board proposed, and the “What happens when you buy a quote residents approved, a special assessment. The ‘permanently affordable’ home and then it’s Board has also proposed for action at the annunot affordable anymore?” Perry asks. “How al board meeting on Nov. 28 a small monthly can the City just wash their hands of that and dues increase for the first time in over three say, ‘Well, you bought the place.’” years to keep up with the rate of inflation and Kurt Firnhaber, director of Housing and to ensure we are in sound financial shape.” Human Services, says that a number of things from look [at the question]: are there other All of which means PA owners, like Perry the 2011 report have been addressed, such as an affordable homeowners in other and Gahran, have little chance of their HOA Adam Perry’s update to the inclusionary housing ordinance, comHOAs where they have a similar costs going down anytime soon. Their only third-grade daughter, Sidney hope is that the City steps in to help in some pleted in 2017, as well as an update to the accessory problem? We need to understand Perry-Joyce, in dwelling unit ordinance, which the City has been how big this problem is and what the way, or they might have to leave. front of their condo. working on for almost two years and will have its final scope of it is. And how it actually is “I’m 52, I was hoping when I bought here, reading on in front of the Council in December. I would be set. And the next thing coming out impacting [PA owners] financially.” “Those were the things that were prioritized,” he of my place in a box is me,” says Gahran, who hopes According to the City, the lion’s share of units in says, although he’s heard the issue of HOA affordabil- the PA ownership program are condominiums, with to sell her unit and move to a new development in ity raised periodically since he started working for the Longmont. associated HOA fees. Iris Hollow has a total of 81 City two and a half years ago. And while the City has housing units, 50 of which are in the middle- and “Frankly, I’m expecting I’m going to have to eat no regulatory authority over HOAs (that falls under this,” she says. “I just hope I get out in time before low-income PA program which are represented by state jurisdiction), Firnhaber says, that doesn’t mean more assessments get levied.” several HOAs. There are 28 units in Perry and
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staying up late, or I’d say to get a new boyfriend,” that has been seen is more than 500 species. Of he says. “It’s [the same thing] if somebody asks the last 50 birds added to that list, at least 35 of how to help a bird.” those 50 are southern birds coming north, One of the benefits of more data, he says, is extending their range north. That is a climate change phenomenon,” he says. “The problem is if being able to better assist government agencies and institutions in charge of public lands and con- you’re a bird like the ptarmigan that lives on the tundra on the top of Colorado mountains, where servation. For example, if a bird population is do you go if you need somewhere cold?” he conaffected by the amount of grasshoppers available to eat, then being conscious of particular pesticides tinues. “If you’re a bird that needs cold and wet, and it’s getting warmer and drier, where do you used on crops can be helpful. go if you’re at the top of the Another scenario could be world? You’re toast.” advising fisheries on what to Leatherman is also constock. cerned about dwindling bird “There’s a fish called a gizzard ON THE BILL: Hungry Birds: The Photography of populations on the Colorado shad that is often considered a David Leatherman. grasslands and prairies, which trash fish by fishery biologists, University of Colorado Museum of Natural are being used for big farms, but it occurs in schools in big resHistory, Henderson prisons and oil wells. ervoirs, and a lot of the birds go Building 15th and Broadway, Boulder. www. He is, however, far from where the shad are,” he says. “I colorado.edu/cumuseum hopeless about the future. spent all of yesterday at reservoirs Through his work, Leatherman in Denver and Boulder County. encourages hobbyist birders to There were some that had no branch out from just adding new bird sightings to birds on them and some that had a lot of birds on them, and the reason was the fish population their lists, and to instead switch their focus to in those reservoirs.” capturing what the birds are eating. He urges Because of altering food sources, precipitated everyone with an interest in gardening, animals in part by climate change, the movement of local and the environment to pay attention. bird populations has already begun to shift. In There’s a lot that can be done to improve the lives of birds. Whether choosing more environlate October, a fork-tailed flycatcher was spotted in Lafayette, Leatherman says. The bird normally mentally friendly plants for your yard or changing the type of weed killer you buy, there are migrates from Central and South America, and simple actions that start with each individual. it was the first time it had ever been spotted in “We can really help the situation, our influColorado. ence in our little world, our own little backyard,” But warm-weather birds in the state are he says. “If we just tweaked the way we did it, we hardly an anomaly. could really make a difference.” “In Colorado now, our official list of birds
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ther damage to the landfill, solar evaporation ponds where radioactive waste was once stored, and contaminated basements of buildings buried underground. Local parties are Lipsky also raised the question of whether drilling at planning to keep Rocky Flats was legal in the first place. an eye on future plans for drilling The Amended and Restated Environmental Covenant on the Rocky for Rocky Flats notes that “excavation, drilling, and other Flats site. intrusive activities below a depth of thee feet are prohibited” without review, specifically mentioning contaminated building basements. Lindsay Masters, environmental protection specialist with Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE), writes in an email to Boulder Weekly that drilling on or under the former facility site would only be approved if the agency determined it “would not result in an unacceptable release or exposure to residual subsurface contamination,” or interfere with past cleanup efforts. A Rocky Flats Stewardship Council meeting was originally scheduled for Nov. 28 to discuss the legality of drilling in or around Rocky Flats and whether any development might impact any aspect of the 10-year, $7 billion cleanup completed in 2006. However, in a Nov. 12 email to the board, executive director David Abelson wrote, “I have been told by DOE [Department of Energy] that it would oppose any effort to drill under the COU [former facility Superfund site], thereby effectively ending that option.” Yet, Scott Surovchak, site manager of Rocky Flats for DOE, tells BW that the agency would only oppose drilling if it happened on site or in certain areas where the federal government owned mineral rights. Surovchak says that, due to the depth of typical fracking operations thousands of feet below the surface, the risk of spreading lingering Rocky Flats contamination would be “none.” The speed with which Highlands applied for and then withdrew its applications makes one wonder whether there is much — if any — recoverable oil beneath Rocky Flats to begin with. Karen Berry, state geologist and director of the Colorado Geological Survey in Golden, tells Boulder Weekly that since 2000 there have been some exploration wells on the west side of what is now the Refuge. While it’s impossible to say what quantity of hydrocarbons are down there, she believes “there may be potential production.” With that in mind, some local citizens are sleeping with one eye open, ready to rouse themselves at the hint of another attempt to drill. “I’m not going to quietly accept big trucks driving up through the dirt, stirring up the plutonium-laden dirt upwind from my house,” says Marianne Whitney, who lives about seven miles from Rocky Flats. Whitney, 82, has been heavily engaged in activism surrounding Rocky Flats since 1979 when 15,000 people linked hands around the site in protest. If Highlands or another company tries to drill again, she promises that she’s “not going to shut up.”
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you are left trying to understand it both ways, as experience and as art. The scene has been designed to feel like it is real. All of the little details — the blocking, the acting, the lights, the sounds — tailored to trick your mind into forgetting the difference between realism and reality. This scene (from the play Wisdom From Everything, written by Mia McCullough and directed for Local Theater Company by Seema Sueko) owes its particular effectiveness to a woman behind the scenes, Jenn Zuko, who, if she’s done her job well, has afforded you the chance to experience something truly awful without ever knowing she had been there at all. Up until this play, Zuko would have been classified solely as a “stage combat coordinator,” one of just a handful in Colorado. Academically trained and renaissance-faire verified, Zuko’s been working in stage since 1996, coordinating fight scenes for theater companies in Denver, Boulder and beyond. In the process she’s become one of Colorado’s authorities on the subject, a reputation in part earned by her book, Stage Combat: Fisticuffs, Stunts, and Swordplay for Theater and Film, which is pretty much required reading in theater classrooms across the state (in most of which she’s also taught or lectured).
Although unseen and often underappreciated, her job comes Stage comwith a rich history in theater as bat and intimacy coorfighters and actors have long dinator had a symbiotic relationship. Jenn Zuko It’s been said mankind’s first performance art occurred as ritualistic reenactments of hunts and battles and that overtime these scenes evolved into more sophisticated art forms like fencing, capoeira or WWE wrestling, all of which combine the illusion of combat with more performative demands. Since the early beginnings, the combat coordinator’s role has always been the same, which is, as Zuko says, “to choreograph a story so it can be told after words have failed, to find the plot advanced by the violence, to continue the story with movement.” In order to effectively communicate without scripted lines, coordinators must assume both the perspective of the audience, figuring out how to progress plot-lines and status-plays in a way that feels real, and of the actors, with whom they are tasked not just with orchestrating, but with keeping safe. And, until recently, “safety” was usually explained and understood rather one dimensionally, simply as a physical demand. Case in point, Zuko has all but memorized a list of “13 things that can go wrong when you actually slap someone.” 1) A fingernail could slice an eyeball. 2) An eardrum could rupture. 3) The jaw could dislocate. see ZUKO Page 26
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The list goes on. But in a scene like that from Wisdom From A loving embrace Everything, in which a violent scene is indistinguishable between husband and wife after the from a sexual one, it’s clear the production isn’t just bride’s mother-ingrappling with the physical effects and consequences of law forcibly checked for the onstage violence, but the psychological ones as well. young woman’s Still, such considerations are infrequently included in virginity in Local Theater anyone’s job description and rarely discussed among Company’s proactors or production teams. As Zuko says, it’s probably duction of ‘Wisdom From why actors are notorious for drinking after work. Everything.’ “It’s interesting because one of the things we actors get taught is how to get into dark and scary places, that’s why we learn breathing techniques and acting techniques, so we can learn to get deep inside of a role,” Zuko says. “But how are we supposed to get back out? That’s not really talked about even though it’s a hell of a lot harder to do.“ But, with the recent swell of Hollywood’s #MeToo movement, mindsets have started to shift, highlighting invisible wounds as much as visible ones. And productions across the country, both on stage and screen, have found themselves dealing directly and intentionally with the emotional side of violence, especially when it comes to sex. And so, in February 2018, when faced with the violent sex scene in Wisdom From Everything, Local Theater Company added to Zuko’s job description. She is now the “combat and intimacy coordinator,” and it’s a role she is well trained for. In addition to her other skills, Zuko is also a star and curator of Denver and Boulder’s burlesque scene, in which one of her primary responsibilities is to ensure the safety and well-being of people in highly sexualized roles. She eagerly accepted Local’s offer, making Zuko what is believed to be the first and only intimacy coordinator in the state. “It’s exciting because it’s a radical idea to have actors communicate about what they feel about what’s happening and what they’re doing,” Zuko says. “We tend to talk about theater as a cathartic art for the audience, but we need to remember that the actors orchestrate that catharsis. My job now is to help them identify and maintain an aspect of self-control so that as they go through very intense scenes, they maintain a space in the brain that is not involved, almost like an inner stage Boulder Weekly
manager reminding them about blocking and of what comes next.” A scene in the For Wisdom From Everything, Zuko worked with both aftermath of a actors in the violent sex scene to understand how they felt violent sex act in Local about the act they were being asked to perform, about how Theater it would feel to have loved ones in the audience watching Company’s ‘Wisdom From them do it, and how to become comfortable with the scene’s Everything.’ choreography, as one actor forcefully shoved her hand, palm side up, underneath the buttock of the other. It turns out Zuko isn’t just a pioneer in Colorado, but in the industry at large. In October 2018, seven months after Zuko stepped into her new title, HBO made headlines with the implementation of a new, if not daring, policy requiring the presence of intimacy coordinators on all the company’s ongoing and future productions. The policy was brought about by actor Emily Meade who, while playing the role of a prostitute on the network’s The Deuce, became concerned with what it meant to feel safe in her work place, particularly as she was asked to perform sex acts on camera. In her article for Rolling Stone, Breena Keer quotes HBO’s first intimacy coordinator, Alicia Rodis, as saying: “With intimate moments, from kissing to intense sex scenes, it’s been the practice [for directors] to just say, ‘Whatever you’re comfortable with, just go for it.’ But if you’re not giving someone a map or an exit or a voice, just asking actors to roll around and get off on each other, are you asking your actors to do sex work? Or tell a story with their movements?” For Zuko the transition from combat to intimacy coordination has helped to illuminate the value in both; just like she has seen combat choreography empower a woman who’s never fought before, she is now seeing a person empowered to insist on sexual safety in their workplace in an unprecedented way. Radical as it may feel, Zuko offers a reminder that the basic tenant of combat coordination is the same as intimacy coordination is the same as acting itself: “When I work on a scene like the one in Wisdom From Everything I am using the exact same principles and practices as I do in a sword fighting scene as I do when I work with middle school kids in an after school Shakespeare club: The most important thing you can master regarding your movement on stage is awareness.” Boulder Weekly
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therapy — and downtime with their girlfriend, surfing, skate boarding, reading. They became a health ambassador for Beyond Blue, an Australian nonprofit that supports people with anxiety and depression. “I think it’s really important to have a journey and talk about your healing process, because people are looking for answers and if you [have any] then you should share that knowledge,” they told Billboard last year. “You only have one thing in your mind and that is your mind; once that’s gone, your whole reality is distorted.” In August, Sultana released their first full-length album, Flow State, a title that refers to the blissed out mental state people reach when they are totally absorbed by their craft... the way Sultana is when they perform. The message is more selfassured than those from the Notion EP, but there are still endearing flashes of adolescent confusion. It’s a blend of hiphop, blues, psychedelic rock and reggae, the kind of musical and cultural mash-up that represents the inclusive world Sultana champions, both in their lyrics and their actions. Sultana is an act you have to see to believe. Alone on stage, tendrils of smoke from incense curling around Himalayan salt lamps, Sultana dazzles audiences as they pull instrument after instrument from their bag of tricks, creating a solo symphony of sound. Before they start any live show, though, they set some ground rules. “If you’re homophobic, get the fuck out of my gig!” Sultana yells out early in the set. “If you’re racist, get the fuck outta here. And if you’re transphobic, get the fuck out.” Weather Sultana knows it or not, they are co-leading a generation that will accept nothing less. Sultana’s homegrown brand is built on a foundation of inclusion, not unlike the crop of progressive political figures sprouting in the States. Is Tash Sultana a musical Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez? No, but they’re both important to building a new world — a kinder world. They’re both the kind of unrepentant rebels this world needs.
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a r t s & culture Stitching through it
Jennifer Drinkwater preserves a disposable news cycle in her series, ‘168 hours’ by Amanda Moutinho
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he week of Feb. 11, 2013, Time too. But they both leave the newsstand Magazine looked at the impact seven days later and are replaced by a caused by the rising number of story that’s equally dramatic. drones, while People Magazine “So I began stitching through it,” ran a cover story about the love she continues. “Breaking down that life of American Idol winner Kelly image gave me a bit of distance from it. Clarkson. Each publication stayed on ... We’re supposed to buy these things; the newsstand for seven days, highlight- it’s supposed to trigger a sense of ing the widespread interests of the impending doom or heightened drama country: everything from warfare to love in order for you to want to read more affairs. While those covers are long forabout it. It’s like clickbait but on the gotten by most five years later, they are newsstand.” forever preserved in artist Jennifer Drinkwater’s art begs the question of Drinkwater’s series 168 Hours. Jennifer Drinkwater In her work, Drinkwater uses embroidery to re-create life-size versions of two of America’s most popular magazines. She juxtaposes two covers from the same week such as from April 22, 2013, when Time analyzed manufacturing jobs in the U.S. and People looked at royal baby fever; or from Oct. 14 when Time tackled the lack of majority rule and People covered Meg Ryan. Pairing the two together, Drinkwater leaves it to the viewer to draw their own conclusions. The title of the series serves as a double entendre: a one-week news cycle amounts to 168 hours, and that’s also the amount of time it takes for Drinkwater to complete one cover. “It’s super, super long and super, super short at the same time,” she says. “A curator once said that it was like I was carefully preserving all this disposable information.” the lasting impact of the weekly news Drinkwater first conceived of the cycle — what gets preserved? There are work with a desire to utilize her crosscommon themes thread throughout the stitching skills, which her grandmothers work from both magazines: family, love, taught her at a young age. Then at a war, international relations and more. bookstore, Drinkwater was drawn to the Even the small sample size of 14 covers spectacle presented on magazine covers. in 168 Hours serves as an archive of what “The rhetoric in our country is so is significant in society at a particular horrible. Every cover we see on the news- point in time. stand is heightened to elicit a purchase Along with assessing social values, response. ‘The end of the world is hapDrinkwater’s work also begins to unravpening,’ or, ‘Everything is terrible,’” she el the façade being presented. Sitting says. “Then you look at the People side of with the covers for so long, Drinkwater it, and it’s this sort of high-intensity perbegan to notice the not-so-subtle sonal situations, and they’re so dramatic manipulation tactics each cover can have Boulder Weekly
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with its language, color scheme, subject matter, lack of diversity and the way certain people in society are cast in certain roles. “Everything seems really seamless on these magazine covers because they’re airbrushed and Photoshopped, but when you break it down into stitches you see that they’re all elaborate constructions,” she says. “It takes the charade out of it.” Drinkwater is continuing to add to the series of 2013 covers. She’s currently creating a set from late July of that year — one cover that features Trayvon Martin’s hoodie and the other featuring the fatal overdose of Glee star Cory Monteith. “People Magazine celebrates this white guy’s life, and with Trayvon Martin’s life all you see is his fucking sweatshirt,” she says. “And they were released on the same day. This is what we value in this country.” Even though Drinkwater’s first purpose is to create art, making these pieces coincidentally helps her cope with the constantly revolving, constantly aggravating news cycle. “I have a propensity, maybe not for anxiety, but for falling into that cynical doomsday, ‘The world’s coming to an end,’ mentality. There’s something about having to sit with these images and work through them which makes it a calming process,” she says. “I’m working through the negativity and the clickbait of it by preserving it. It almost reverses that anxiety of seeing something flash. “The stitching has become more of a respite,” she continues. “It’s a weird meditation of, ‘Fuck this shit,’ with each stitch. You stab through it and move through it over and over.” And if there’s one upside of handling media from five years ago, it’s that it was before the era of Trump, she says. “So it’s great that I don’t have to do any cross-stitching of his face.”
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with Drew McManus and Karl Roth (of Satsang), Dustin Thomas and more special guests, MC’d by Waylon Lewis. 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Nov. 23 and 24, Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-7867030. All proceeds from both shows go to Conscious Alliance: Art That Feeds. Please consider donating to Conscious Alliance in the amounts of $1, $5 or $20 see EVENTS Page 34
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THE NUTCRACKER BALLET. 2 P.M. FRIDAY NOV. 23, MACKY AUDITORIUM, 1595 PLEASANT ST., BOULDER, 303-449-1343. MORE PERFORMANCES THROUGH NOV. 26, BOULDERBALLET.ORG. This Thanksgiving weekend, the curtain rises for America’s favorite ballet, brought to life by Boulder Ballet, the Boulder Phil and the Boulder Children’s Chorale. Catch the magic of this thrilling and heart-warming spectacle, all performed to Tchaikovsky’s masterful score. The performance is two hours long, including intermission. Tickets are $15-$82.
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It’s Saturday and you can’t eat another turkey sandwich or watch A Christmas Story again. You must escape your house, and a trip to Boulder’s annual Holiday Market will help you get into the holiday spirit and out of your pajamas. The market will feature high-quality handcrafted goods, delicious specialty foods and more from a diverse collection of local artists and crafters. You can meet and talk with the artists, enjoy a live musical performance, play in the park along Boulder Creek and entertain your family — for free. After you peruse the Holiday Market you can take the kids to meet Santa at the Downtown Boulder Visitor Information Center and check out the 275,000 LED lights around Central Park at the Civic Area.
Sweet Honey In The Rock is an internationally renowned, Grammy Award-nominated female a cappella vocal quartet with a four-decade history of spreading positive, loving and socially conscious messages. Their work consistently takes an activist stance toward making this planet a better place. Sweet Honey in the Rock showcases finely honed a cappella blended with world, gospel, and folk, with elements of hip-hop, jazz and R&B. Their new album, #LoveInEvolution, examines contemporary headlines and rails against systemic injustice as it pertains to people of color — past and present — police brutality, gun control and the Black Lives Matter movement. Tickets are $35-$45.
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Friday, Nov. 23
Gracie Clymer (opening for Andrea Gibson). 5:45 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., Boulder. Andrea Gibson — Lord of the Butterflies. 7 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., Boulder. Open Poetry Reading. 10 p.m. Mercury Cafe, 2199 California St., Denver. Saturday, Nov. 24
Thursday, November 22 Fourth Thursday Open Mic. 6:30 p.m. Gunbarrel Brewing Company, 7088 Winchester Circle, Boulder, 800-803-5732. Mac Sabbath. 8 p.m. The Bluebird Theater, 3317 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, 303-377-1666.
Innisfree Weekly Open Poetry Reading. 7 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., Boulder. Julia Mossbridge — The Premonition Code. 7 p.m. Tattered Cover Book Store, 2526 E. Colfax Ave., Denver.
Tattered Tales Storytime. 10:30 a.m. Tattered Cover Book Store, 1628 16th St., Denver.
Poetry Open Mic. 7 p.m. Tattered Cover Book Store, 2526 E. Colfax Ave., Denver.
Minor Disturbance Weekly Workshop + Open Mic. 1 p.m. Prodigy Coffeehouse, 3801 E. 40th Ave., Denver.
George Lakey — How We Win. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder.
Andrea Gibson with Bethy Leonardi — Lord of the Butterflies. 7 p.m. Tattered Cover Book Store, 2526 E. Colfax Ave., Denver.
Dianna Vagianos Armentrout and Dorothy Walters. 8 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., Boulder.
Sunday, Nov. 25
Wednesday, Nov. 28
Sunday Night Poetry Slam. 7 p.m. Mercury Cafe, 2199 California St., Denver.
Day Schildkret — Morning Altars. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder.
The Salvation Army Christmas Dinner. 11 a.m. Colorado Convention Center, 700 14th St., Denver, 303-228-8000. Strangers on Earth. 7 p.m. Dairy Arts Center, Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. More show times at thedairy.org.
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Thanksgiving Morning Gratitude Vinyasa Slow Flow Yoga Class. 9 a.m. awake BOULDER Yoga Studio, 3200 Carbon Place, Suite 105, Boulder, 720-445-5888. Friday, November 23 Music Boogie T. 9 p.m. The Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-447-0095. Erik Yates Band. 8:30 p.m. Oskar Blues, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685. see EVENTS Page 35
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Josh Hartwell’s hilarious, fast-paced adaptation of ‘A Christmas Carol’ uses only six actors to bring Dickens’ most beloved characters to life. From Scrooge and Tiny Tim to Bob Cratchit and Mrs. Fezziwig, ‘A Christmas Carol’ uses nothing more than simple props, fun physicality, and the power of imagination to convey this timeless story of redemption. Josh Hartwell’s adaptation of ‘A Christmas Carol’ returns to Miners Alley Playhouse Nov. 23 through Dec. 23.
The Adventures of Dracula. Jesters Dinner Theatre, 224 Main St., Longmont. Through Nov. 24. Annie Get Your Gun. Jesters Dinner Theatre, 224 Main St., Longmont. Through Nov. 25. A Christmas Carol. Miners Alley Playhouse, 1224 Washington Ave., Golden. Opens Nov. 23. Through Dec. 23.
Thanksgiving Day Turkey Bowl Flag Football Pickup Game. 9 a.m. Centennial Middle School Track, 2428 Norwood Ave., Boulder, 720-561-5441.
Mercedes-Benz Denver Christkindl Market. 11 a.m. Skyline Park, 16th Street Mall and Arapahoe Street, Denver. Through Dec. 23.
Avista Adventist Hospital Louisville Turkey Trot 5K. 9 a.m. Downtown Louisivlle, Colorado 951 Spruce St., Louisville.
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Active Minds Lecture: The Challenges of Mexico. 5 p.m. Tattered Cover Book Store, 2526 E. Colfax Ave., Denver.
Louisville Turkey Trot. 9 a.m. Downtrown Louisville, Front and Spruce streets, Lafayette, 602-312-4499.
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Tattered Tales Storytime. 10:30 a.m. Tattered Cover Book Store, 2526 E. Colfax Ave., Denver.
Fourth Annual Stanley Harvesting Hope 5K. 9:30 a.m. Stapleton Central Park, 8801 MLK Jr Blvd., Denver, 419-377-7745.
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A Very JJ Thanksgiving. 6 p.m. Hi-Dive Denver, 7 S. Broadway, Denver, 303-733-0230.
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Tuesday, Nov. 27
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Open Mic Night. 7 p.m. The Dickens Tavern and Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 303-8349384.
WED., NOV. 28 7PM
So, You’re a Poet. 9 p.m. Wesley Chapel, 1290 Folsom St., Boulder.
Boulder Writing Dates. 9 a.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., Boulder.
Finn O’Sullivan (opening for Andrea Gibson). 5 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., Boulder.
TUES., NOV. 27 7PM BUFFS DAY OF GIVING $5 GA TICKET
Monday, Nov. 26
Andrea Gibson’s latest collection of poetry is a masterful showcase from the poet whose writing and performances have captured the hearts of millions. With artful and nuanced looks at gender, romance, loss and family, ‘Lord of the Butterflies’ is a new peak in Gibson’s career. See Andrea at Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe at 7 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 23.
The Christmas Spirit — presented by Firehouse Theater Company. The John Hand Theater, 7653 E. First Place, Denver. Through Dec. 22.
Elf, The Musical. Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada. Through Dec. 23. The Humans. Curious Theatre Company, 1080 Acoma St., Denver. Through Dec. 22. Mary Poppins. Vintage Theatre, 1468 Dayton St., Aurora. Opens Nov. 23. Through Jan. 6. Scrooge! The musical. Candlelight Dinner Playhouse, 4747 Marketplace Drive, Johnstown. Opens Nov. 23. Through Dec. 31. Seussical! Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada. Through Dec. 29. Westward the Woman — presented by VIVA Theater. Dairy Arts Center, Grace Gamm Theatre, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder. Through Nov. 24. Xanadu. Denver Center for Performing Arts, Garner Galleria Theatre, 1101 13th St., Denver. Through March 31.
A Christmas Story. BDT Stage, 5501 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder. Through Jan. 5. Come From Away. Denver Center for the Performing Arts, Buell Theatre, 1400 Curtis St., Denver. Through Nov. 25.
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Nancy Sullo has a particular passion for painting people in watercolor. Her subjects come from photos she’s taken, both recently and well in the past. All are a part of her life in some way. The subjects include old and young, family and friends, strangers who cross her path and people she’s met in Central America and Mexico. See her work at NCAR’s Mesa Laboratory through Jan. 4.
100 Paintings — by Trine Bumiller. Naropa University Nalanda Campus, Nalanda Gallery, 6287 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder. Through Dec. 4.
EYES ON Julie Buffalohead. Denver Art Museum, Hamilton Building (Level 4), 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver. Through Feb. 3.
All Aboard! Railroads in Lyons. Lyons Redstone Museum, 340 High St., Lyons.
EYES ON Shimabuku. Denver Art Museum, Hamilton Building - Level 4, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver. Through Feb. 3.
Clas Oldenburg with Coosje Van Bruggen. Denver Art Museum, Hamilton Building (Level 2), 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver. Through Jan. 6. Colorado’s Most Significant Artifacts. Lyons Redstone Museum, 340 High St., Lyons. Ongoing exhibit. Cut Paper Wildlife Sculptures — By Tiffany Russell. NCAR’s Mesa Laboratory, 1850 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder. Through Jan. 4. DIOR: From Paris to the World. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Avenue Parkway, Denver. Opens Nov. 18. Through March 3. Documenting Change: Our Climate, the Rockies. CU Art Museum, 1085 18th St., Boulder. Through May 2019. Eat Well, Play Well. Museum of Boulder, 2205 Broadway, Boulder. Through Jan. 6.
Florian Hecker: Synopsis Seriation. CU Art Museum, 1085 18th St., Boulder. Through Dec. 22. Fossils: Clues to the Past. University of Colorado Museum of Natural History, Paleontology Hall, 15th and Broadway Boulder. Ongoing exhibit. Ganesha: The Playful Protector. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver. Through Jan. 13. Google Garage. Museum of Boulder, 2205 Broadway, Boulder. Ongoing, but activities change. Hungry Birds: The Photography of David Leatherman. University of Colorado Museum of Natural History, 15th and Broadway Boulder. Through Dec. 1.
Is It Photography? — Fu Wenjun. Dairy Arts Center, Hand-Rudy & MacMillon Family Gallery, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder. Through Nov. 25. Making Headlines. Firehouse Art Center, Main Gallery, 667 Fourth Ave., Longmont. Through Dec. 8. Open Space Visions. Museum of Boulder, 2205 Broadway, Boulder. Through Dec. 3. REMBRANDT: Painter as Printmaker. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver. Through Jan. 6. Small Wood Sculptures — by Charles Counter. Longmont Museum, 400 Quail Road, Longmont. Through Jan. 6. So authentic, it hurts — by Amber St Lucia. Dairy Arts Center, Polly Addison Gallery, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder. Through Nov. 25. Someday, Everything — Dave Rowe. Dairy Arts Center, McMahon Gallery, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder. Through Nov. 25. Strong Women in Bloom — by Stephen Parlato. Naropa University, Arapahoe Campus, Lincoln Gallery, 2130 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder. Through Dec. 15. Tara Donovan: Fieldwork. Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, 1485 Delgany St., Denver. Through Jan. 27. Watercolor — by Nancy Sullo. NCAR’s Mesa Laboratory, 1850 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder. Through Jan. 4. Worlds Suspended in Reality. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., Boulder. Through Jan. 20. World War II Diary Transcribed at the Museum. Lyons Redstone Museum, 340 High St., Lyons. Ongoing exhibit.
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An Evening of Song and Gratitude. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-201-3731. Grant and Tone. 7 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids and Solids, 1555 Hover St., Longmont, 303-485-9400. The Hazel Miller Band. 8 p.m. The Wild Game Entertainment Experience, 2251 Ken Pratt Blvd., Longmont, 720-600-4875. Iggy Azalea: Bad Girls Tour. 7 p.m. The Fillmore Auditorium, 1510 Clarkson St., Denver, 303-837-0360. The Long Run “Alter Eagles” Project. 8 p.m. The Soiled Dove Underground, 7401 E. First Ave., Denver, 303-830-9214. Movie at the Symphony: Home Alone in Concert. 7:30 p.m. Boettcher Concert Hall, 1000 14th St., Denver, 720-865-4220. Post Thanksgiving Party — with Robert Johnson. 7 p.m. Caffè Sole, 637 S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-499-2985. Shellist Walker Duo. 7:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Tap Room, 921 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-776-1914. The Silent Bear Trio. 9 p.m. License No. 1, 2115 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-0486. Trevor Hall. 7 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030. Second show on Saturday, Nov. 24. Um.. — with sfam, sather, Thanom. 9 p.m. Cervantes’ Other Side, 2637 Welton St., Denver, 303-297-1772. Underoath. 7 p.m. The Ogden Theatre, 935 E. Colfax
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Complex, 4655 Humboldt St., Denver.
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Cat Jerky & the Empty Growlers. 6 p.m. Bootstrap Brewing Company, 142 Pratt St., Longmont, 303-652-4186.
Belliston Academy of Ballet presents The Nutcracker. 7 p.m. Newman Center for the Performing Arts, 2344 E. Iliff Ave., Denver, 303871-7720. More performances through Nov. 25, bellistonballet.org. Birding at Coot Lake and Beers at Boulder Beer’s Pub on Wilderness. 3:30 p.m. Coot Lake, 6180 N. 63rd St., Boulder. Dairy Comedy Magic Showcase. 7:30 p.m. Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303444-7328. Deep Red. 8:45 p.m. Dairy Arts Center, Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. More show times at thedairy.org. Louis Johnson. 7:30 p.m. and 9:45 p.m. Comedy Works, 1226 15th St., Denver, 303-595-3637. More show times at comedyworks.com. The Nutcracker Ballet. 2 p.m. Macky Auditorium, 1595 Pleasant St., Boulder, 303-449-1343. More performances through Nov. 26, boulderballet.org. OptOutside Teller Farm/White Rocks Ramble. 10:30 a.m. South Teller Farms, White Rocks Trail, Boulder. Stella’s Last Weekend. 4:30 p.m. Dairy Arts Center, Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. More show times at thedairy.org. Saturday, November 24 Music Break Yo Neck Festival. 7 p.m. National Western
Celtic Thunder. 6 p.m. Paramount Denver, 1621 Glenarm Place, Denver, 303-623-0106. Cosmic Joe. 9 p.m. Globe Hall, 4483 Logan St., Denver, 303-296-1003. Flaural. 9 p.m. Larimer Lounge, 2721 Larimer St., Denver, 303-291-1007. The Foggy Tops Bluegrass Band. 7 p.m. Großen Bart Brewery, 1025 Delaware Ave., Longmont, 214-770-9847. George Nelson Quartet. 4:30 p.m. The Tasty Weasel, 1800 Pike Road, Longmont, 303-7761914. Goatz! 8:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids and Solids, 1555 Hover St., Longmont, 303-4859400. Good Manners. 8:30 p.m. Oskar Blues, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685. Happy Hour Live Jazz. 5:30 p.m. Tandoori Grill South, 619 S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-543-7339. Hazel Miller Band Christmas Show. 7:30 p.m. The Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-444-7328. Jeff & Paige. 11 a.m. Gunbarrel Brewing Company, 7088 Winchester Circle, Boulder, 800-8035732. see EVENTS Page 36
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Diem defies easy classification with its far-ranging repertoire — from classical and jazz-infused music to Gypsy, tango, folk, pop and rock inspirations.
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2 p.m. Macky AuditoRebecca Morgan CU Boulder Colrium, 1595 Pleasant St., lege of Music Boulder. More dates and times through Nov. 25. Public Talk. This Thanksgiving week2 p.m. Imig Muend, the curtain rises for sic, Chamber Hall America’s favorite ballet. (C199),1020 18th St., Don’t miss this thrilling Boulder. and heart-warming Foundational to the spectacle, all performed world-class perforto Tchaikovsky’s mastermances at CU Boulder’s ful score. A holiday College of Music is a tradition with exciting dedication to scholarchoreography and a full, ship. Join us for discuslive orchestra. sions with CU faculty, students and guests in a range of topics that delve into the intricacy SUNDAY, NOV. 25 and history of global music.
Carpe Diem Quartet: Eryilmaz, Vali, Leshnoff, Zhurbin and Fujiwara.
4 p.m. Imig Music, Grusin Music Hall, 1020 18th St., Boulder. More dates through Nov. 26. Among the most unique and soughtafter chamber ensembles today, Carpe
TUESDAY, NOV. 27 ICE Talks: Owen Toland.
5 p.m. Benson Earth Sciences, Room 185, 2200 Colorado Ave., Boulder. Join Owen Toland, manager of Advance Energy in Boulder for an ICE Talk.
Visiting Artist Lecture: Rebecca Morgan. 6:30 p.m. Visual Arts Complex, Art & Art History Building, Room 1B20, 1085 18th St.,
Boulder. Morgan works in painting, drawing, and ceramics that subvert stereotypes of Appalachia. Imbued with folk tradition and a sly sense of humor, her work peels apart the simultaneous reverence and disgust for rural people.
Russian Film Series.
7 p.m. Eaton Humanities, 135, 1610 Pleasant St., Boulder. Join us in Humanities 135 for Russian films on select Tuesday evenings 7-9 p.m.
Faculty Tuesdays: Songs of Solitude and Hope.
7:30 p.m. Imig Music, Grusin Music Hall, 1020 18th St., Boulder. Rhodes, Fejér and Lin present a program of sonatas and trios inspired by the golden magic of nature and the universal songs of solitude and hope.
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 28 Eklund Opera Scenes: Tenth annual production.
5 p.m. Imig Music, Music Theatre, 1020 18th St., Boulder. Student-directed scenes include excerpts from “Carmen,” “Lucia di Lammermoor,” “Hansel and Gretel” and “Elmer Gantry.” The scenes are produced with lighting, costumes and projections.
AIA Lecture: When the Volcano Erupts: Lessons from the Archaeological Record.
7 p.m. Museum of Natural History (Henderson), Paleontology Hall, 1035 Broadway, Boulder. How do repeated disasters shape and strengthen communities? Rachel Rachel Egan, M.A. University of Colorado Boulder addresses this question in her free lecture.
Thompson Jazz Studies Combos.
7:30 p.m. Old Main, 1600 Pleasant St., Boulder. The Thompson Jazz Studies combos explore the rich repertoire of jazz, including traditional, swing, bebop, fusion and tunes by new artists, along with presenting original student compositions.
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Kweku Collins. 8 p.m. Marquis Theatre, 2009 Larimer St., Denver, 303-487-0111.
Winter Craft Fair. 10 a.m. Flatirons Family Pharmacy, 603 Ken Pratt Blvd., Longmont, 303-440-7767.
Holiday Make & Take. 1 p.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.
Phosphorescent. 9 p.m. Oriental Theater, 4335 W. 44th Ave., Denver, 720-420-0030.
Sunday, November 25
Holiday Pop-Up Market. Noon. RSpace at Village at the Peaks Mall (next to the movie theater), 1230 S. Hover St., Suite 200, Longmont, 720-544-1693.
Ryan Dart. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-201-3731. Women Sing Out: A Concert For Survivors. 7 p.m. Herman’s Hideaway, 1578 S. Broadway, Denver, 303-777-5840. Events Fourth Saturday Gaming. 5 p.m. Evanston Center for Spiritual Wholeness and Healing, 2122 South Lafayette St., Denver, 303-722-7217. Horseshoe Holiday Market. 10 a.m. Highlands Masonic Temple, 3550 Federal Blvd., Denver, 303-222-2136. Boulder Holiday Market. 10 a.m. Central Park, 1236 Canyon Blvd., Boulder, 720-272-7467. Double Feature: Life of Trees/ Perseus and Andromeda. 1 p.m. Fiske Planetarium, 2414 Regent Drive, Boulder, 303-492-5002.
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Gruyére’s Awakening. 7:30 p.m. Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. Holiday Pop-Up Market. Noon. RSpace at Village at the Peaks Mall (next to the movie theater), 1230 S. Hover St., Suite 200, Longmont, 720-544-1693. Laser Queen. 10:30 p.m. Fiske Planetarium, 2414 Regent Drive, Boulder, 303-492-5002. Leftover Turkey Trot. 10:30 a.m. Roger’s Grove Park, 220 S. Hover St., Longmont, 720-788-9192. The Nutcracker — with Colorado Ballet. 1 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Ellie Caulkins Opera House, 1101 13th St., Denver, 303-837-8888. More performances through Dec. 24. Sugar Plum Tea Party Fundraiser. 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. Xilinx Retreat Center, 3100 Logic Drive, Longmont, 303-772-1335. Through Nov. 25. Thanksgiving Pie Craft. Noon. WOW! Children’s Museum, 110 N. Harrison Ave., Lafayette, 303-604-2424.
Music Cloud Crest. 9 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-201-3731. David Booker. 3 p.m. The Tasty Weasel, 1800 Pike Road, Longmont, 303-776-1914. The Devil Wears Prada — with Roots Above and Branches Below. 7 p.m. Summit Music Hall, 1902 Blake St., Denver, 303-487-0111. Drums of the World. 2:30 p.m. Boettcher Concert Hall, 1000 14th St., Denver, 720-865-4220. Elvis Costello & the Imposters. 7 p.m. The Fillmore Auditorium, 1510 Clarkson St., Denver, 303-837-0360. Jazz up Your Cheese with Cool and Creative Packaging. 2 p.m. The Art of Cheese, 505 Weaver Park Road, Suite E, Longmont, 303-579-9537. River North Music & Arts Showcase. 4 p.m. Larimer Lounge, 2721 Larimer St., Denver, 303-291-1007. Sweet Honey in the Rock. 8 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030. Traditional Irish Music. 7:30 p.m. Boulderado Hotel License No. 1, 2115 13th St., Boulder, 303-442-4560. Vancouver Sleep Clinic. The Ogden Theatre, 935 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, 303-832-1874. Wafia. 8 p.m. Larimer Lounge, 2721 Larimer St., Denver, 303-291-1007. Events Boulder Comedy Show (2 shows). 7 p.m. Bohemian Biergarten, 2017 13th St., Boulder, 720-767-2863. Cuba’s Forgotten Jewels: A Haven in Havana. 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. Dairy Arts Center, Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. More show times at thedairy.org.
The Importance of Being Earnest. 1 p.m. Dairy Arts Center, Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. The Messy Hour: Denver’s Drag Talk Show. 6 p.m. Dangerous Theatre, 2620 W. Second Ave., Unit 1, Denver, 720-989-3283. Unity Holiday Craft Fair. 9 a.m. Unity of Boulder, 2855 Folsom St., Boulder, 303-442-1411. Monday, November 26 Music The Body. 8 p.m. Larimer Lounge, 2721 Larimer St., Denver, 303-291-1007. FACE — Holiday Concerts. 5:30 p.m. BDT Stage, 5501 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-4496000. Jazz Workshop at the Muse Fall Series. 4 p.m. Muse Performance Space, 200 E. South Boulder Road, Lafayette, 720-352-4327. Pet Friendly. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-201-3731. Events Chess Club. 6:30 p.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100. Monday Night Movie: Harry Potter Month. 6:30 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 720-297-6397. Movement Mondays. 7 p.m. Free Motion Dance Studio, 2126 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-379-8299. NY Film Critics Series: The Mercy. 7 p.m. Dairy Arts Center, Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. More show times at thedairy.org. Women of the West. 11:30 a.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.
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BoulderReads Tutor Roundtable. 2 p.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.
The Advance Placement Tour featuring The Regrettes, Welles, Micky Jame. 6:30 p.m. Marquis Theatre, 2009 Larimer St., Denver, 303-487-0111. Chris Isaak: Holiday Tour 2018. 8 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030. Dyado. 9 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-201-3731. Earthkry — with A-Mac & The Height, Naysayers (of John Brown’s Body & The Motet), Split Window. 7:15 p.m. Cervantes Masterpiece, 2637 Welton St., Denver, 303-297-1772.
Conversations in English Wednesdays (includes beginner group). 10:30 a.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100. Cosmology and Modern Physics. 6 p.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100. High Crimes Book Group. 5:30 p.m. Meadows Branch Library, 4800 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-441-3100.
Lap Babies. 11:15 a.m. NoBo Corner Library, 4600 Broadway, Boulder, 303-441-4250.
Reading Buddies. 4:30 p.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.
Memoir of War. 4:30 p.m. Dairy Arts Center, Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303440-7826. More show times at thedairy.org.
STEAM Storytime. 10:15 a.m. Meadows Branch Library, 4800 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-441-3100; 4 p.m. George Reynolds Branch Library, 3595 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, 303-441-3120.
Musical Storytime. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100. Pages and Paws. 3:45 p.m. Meadows Branch Library, 4800 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-441-3100. Positive Engagement: The New Behavior Management. 9 a.m. Schlessman Family YMCA, Community Room, 3901 E. Yale Ave., Denver, 720-524-2750.
Wobblers & Walkers. 9:15 a.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100; 10:15 a.m. George Reynolds Branch Library, 3595 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, 303-441-3120.
FACE — Holiday Concerts. 5:30 p.m. BDT Stage, 5501 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-449-6000. Novo Amor. 8 p.m. The Bluebird Theater, 3317 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, 303-377-1666. Singing Drummer Lindsay Beaver. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 North Park Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757. Tash Sultana. 7 p.m. The Fillmore Auditorium, 1510 Clarkson St., Denver, 303-837-0360. Events All Ages Storytime. 10:15 a.m. NoBo Corner Library, 4600 Broadway, Boulder, 303-4414250;10:15 a.m. George Reynolds Branch Library, 3595 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, 303-441-3120. Around the World Storytime. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100. Boulder Audubon Holiday Sale. 5 p.m. Unitarian Universalist Church of Boulder, 5001 Pennsylvania Ave., Boulder, 303-494-0195. Boulder World Affairs Discussion Group. 10 a.m. Meadows Branch Library, 4800 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-441-3100. The Captain. 8 p.m. Dairy Arts Center, Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. More show times at thedairy.org. Conversations in English Tuesdays. 6 p.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100. GED Preparation Class. 10 a.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100. Horn from the Heart: The Paul Butterfield Story. 6 p.m. Dairy Arts Center, Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. More show times at thedairy.org. Out Boulder County Gender Support Group. 6:30 a.m. Out Boulder County, 630 Main St., Longmont, 303-499-5777. Youth Maker Hangout. 4 p.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100. Wednesday, November 28 Music An Evening with The California Honeydrops. 8:30 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030. Gucci Mane x Carnage — with Smokepurpp: The Unusual Suspects Tour. 6 p.m. The Fillmore Auditorium, 1510 Clarkson St., Denver, 303-837-0360. Justin Courtney Pierre. 8:30 p.m. Larimer Lounge, 2721 Larimer St., Denver, 303-291-1007. RE:Search: Featuring Blockhead — with Yppah, Arms and Sleepers, Mikey Thunder, Jordan Polvina. 8:30 p.m. Cervantes’ Other Side, 2637 Welton St., Denver, 303-297-1772. Screwtape — EP Release Show. 7 p.m. Oriental Theater, 4335 W. 44th Ave., Denver, 720-420-0030. Veronique — with Maya Bennett, Vidushi Goyal, Brandi Riva Ross. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-201-3731.
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ife’s pretty good for Wreck-It Ralph ( John C. Reilly) and Vanellope von Schweetz (Sarah ON THE BILL: Silverman). It’s been six years since the two Ralph Breaks the unmasked the dastardly Turbo, restored Internet. Century Princess Vanellope to her rightful place in Theater, 1700 29th St., Boulder, Sugar Rush and flipped Ralph from villain to hero. 303-444-0583. Now they live out their days playing games while spending nights at Tapper’s, downing root beer by the mug and swapping stories. For Ralph, ever the outsider looking in, life couldn’t get any better. For Vanellope, things are getting a little dull. Then something new arrives at Litwak’s Family Fun Center & Arcade: Wi-Fi. While the characters can leave their games and hang out together in the power strip — the Grand Central Station of the arcade — their interactions have always been limited to whatever games are physically present at the arcade. Now a whole new world awaits Vanellope and Ralph, though one is much more eager to explore it than the other. Released in 2012, Wreck-It Ralph was an imaginative look at the secret lives of arcade characters as they pushed against the limitations of their prescribed stations in life. The characters were defined, the story was simple and the message was clear. Not exactly the case in Ralph Breaks the Internet, Disney’s sequel to the beloved animated film. Now Ralph’s desires are a touch more complex — he wants Watching Ralph Breaks the Internet is Vanellope to be happy while hoping that her happia bit like surfing the ness is being with him — as is the world he inhabits: net for two hours: all fun at first, and then it a fully realized, hyper-noisy, every-changing, snakegets a little hairy. eating-its-own-tail internet. That sounds like a bit much, and it is at times, but the filmmakers mine Ralph for all it’s worth. In particular, the architectural structure of the internet, which the animators envision as an endlessly self-referential cross between a theme park and a utopian city. Built high in the sky — upon the bones of the former internet, now a dusty wasteland of public chat rooms and broken neon signs advertising fast dial-up speeds — websites like Instagram, Pinterest and eBay become physical spaces avatars walk around in like massive shopping malls. Commerce is ever-present, as are the pop-up ads working the streets like three-card monte hustlers. One such hustler, JP Spamley (Bill Hader), practically steals the show. But a world does not a movie make, and, thankfully, Ralph Breaks the Internet has plenty on in its mind. Some ideas are more developed than others; then again, the same can be said of the internet. In that regard, watching Ralph Breaks the Internet is a bit like surfing the net for two hours: an exciting and shiny carousel of familiar and nostalgic signposts that slowly become bizarre before refracting into an all-toorevealing hall of mirrors. And once you start reading the comments, it’s all downhill from there. That’s what makes Ralph Breaks the Internet an engaging movie. It doesn’t all work, and it doesn’t all have to, but it does come together in the end. And with a Busby Berkeley musical number in the middle, it certainly is lively. Boulder Weekly
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52 Weeks of tastes
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moked ribs and schnitzel and latkes with salsa ... these are a few of my favorite tastes from 2018, along with roasted beet salad, hop-infused coffee and a sautéed mushroom pie. Every 52 weeks, approximately 365 breakfasts, 365 lunches, 365 dinners and myriad snacks go by and most of us would be hard-pressed to recall most of those meals. You hope there will be a few dishes, drinks and foods so great you can’t forget them. Because I name a “Taste of the Week” almost every week in Nibbles as well as every week on Radio Nibbles on KGNU, I pay attention to what goes into my mouth. Going through the list of tastes at the end of the year always makes me squirm because it exposes quite a bit publicly about my tastes, obsessions, spending habits and nutritional needs.
nibbles BY JOHN LEHNDORFF
In case you’ve missed some of them, here are the best of the best — my favorite taste “favorites” — including a few brand new ones.
Dishes I’d happily order again
One food critic’s top picks from char sui to sourdough toast A dish from the Flower Pepper Restaurant
• Succulent ribs slow-smoked over hickory dished with smoky tomato-molasses barbecue sauce, Texas toast, a pickle spear and house-pickled onions at GQue Championship BBQ, Westminster. • The addictive fried Brussels sprouts tossed with toasted walnuts, bacon, mustard vinaigrette and ricotta at Empire Lounge and Restaurant, Louisville. • A thoroughly satisfying bacon and garlic cheese steak — a loaf layered with beef, grilled onions, roasted red peppers, spinach, roasted garlic and provolone at D’Angelo’s Deli, Boulder. see NIBBLES Page 44
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• Thin and crisply fried chicken schnitzel with an over-easy egg plus beet salad, German potato salad and Pilsener Urquell at Bohemian Biergarten, Boulder.
A passion for Asian fare
It was a good year for me tasting foods from all over Asia in Boulder and environs. Saag paneer (aka palak paneer) from Kathmandu Restaurants in Boulder and Nederland is a happy, comfy entrée. The buttery, bright, creamy fresh spinach dotted with paneer cheese chunks is best enjoyed scooped up with warm naan. I was thrilled to encounter the authentic Chinese cooking at The Flower Pepper, a tiny Chinese eatery shoehorned into a cubbyhole in a parking structure in Boulder. The pork and leek dumplings as well as the chicken and shitake and soup dumplings are worth a visit all by themselves. I was lucky to find the Ginger Pig food truck with its panAsian roster of addictive crispy char sui, nine-spice fried chicken and the multiflavored red curry.
Starting the day over easy
I do love going out to breakfast. Here’s three I’d be happy to eat again: • Potato latkes with peach salsa and eggs over easy plus black beans and sour cream at Morning Glory Cafe, Lafayette. • Short ribs eggs Benedict with buttery collard greens, caramelized onions, salsa, chilies and Hollandaise at Tangerine, Lafayette. • Scratch-made corned beef hash, eggs over easy, green chile and pancakes on the side at the Parkway Cafe, Boulder.
I’ve got a thing for bakeries
Regular Nibbles readers know that I’m happy to find any excuse to research locally made baked goods and in 2018, I found some four-star gems. I was driving past the Diaz Farm in North Boulder when I saw the sign for “artisan bread.” Besides running a small farm, store and food truck, the Diaz family bakes true artisan sourdough bread. I fell for the walnut cranberry sourdough with a toothsome crust, a moist interior and a wonderful slow-fermented flavor. Up in the foothills I was delighted to chomp upon a slice of Goldilocks strawberry rhubarb pie at the Gold Hill Store and Pub: Neither too tart nor too sweet, and not too much strawberry. My faith in humanity was restored when I sampled an Aussie-style sautéed mushroom pie from Tip Top Pies. It was a mouthful of yummy umami in an all-butter pastry. Love their breakfast pies, too. Tip Top Pies will open a small retail shop soon in Lafayette. I went to BRU in east Boulder for a Beezel Belgian-style Golden Strong Ale but walked out wowed by the simple, true sourdough bread the kitchen bakes in a wood-fired oven and serves in toasted, buttered slices. I also became enamored by the sourdough bread crafted at Louisville’s Precision Pours with its clean, tart sourdough flavor and a chewy, caramelized crust. Finally, I toured Longmont’s bakeries and was happy to find Death by Chocolate cake bars at La Momo Maes, and pineapple-filled empanadas at Panaderia Guanajuato.
Flavors made only in Boulder County In the past 12 months I’ve made a concerted effort to find and sample myriad food products being created in the Boulder area by artisans and natural foods companies alike. • McCauley Family Farms near Longmont makes a miraculously good hot sauce in Boulder: Picaflor Live Culture Srirawcha Hot Sauce. Sold refrigerated, it features organic cayenne and Portugal peppers and Highland Bees honey for a silky smooth texture and heat without pain. • Ryder’s Red popcorn from Boulder Popcorn is the best popcorn I’ve ever tasted, with big white kernels and a big corn flavor. The popcorn is grown on Munson Farms northeast of Boulder. • The frozen three cheese mushroom risotto bowl from Boulder-based Evol Foods is a surprisingly satisfying dish made with arborio rice, portobello and crimini mushrooms, caramelized onions, three cheeses, cream and extra virgin olive oil. • I also got reacquainted with a longtime favorite: The dense, moist cinnamon-y Rudi’s Bakery cinnamon raisin bread made in Boulder since 1975.
Brand new tastes of the week For five years Boulder’s Healthy Harvest has introduced farmers’ market customers to the taste of real olive oil and other iconic goods. One taste of their craveable True Tuscan Extra Virgin Olive Oil and you will swear off the rancid supermarket EVOO forever. Their fermented black olives changed how I thought
about the taste of olives. In Boulder, the family business infuses that EVOO with roasted chilies and garlic from Boulder County’s Monroe Organic Farm. It’s great for everything from salad dressings to sauteeing hash browns.
A toast to Boulder County sips
Besides all the artisan beer, spirits and kombucha made locally, my eyes and palate were opened to three fine beverages. • Prop’d-N-Hop’d from Erie Coffee Roasters is one cool brew. The canned nitro cold brew has a big coffee flavor smoothed by nitro’s creaminess, with the hops adding a citrus accent — like Italian espresso. • Silky on the palate with blackberry in the nose, Bookcliff Vineyards’ 2015 Syrah is a near perfect all-Colorado red wine. • For cold season, organic Bouldermade 8th Wonder Superfood Teas includes an in-your-face Yerba Mate Cayenne flavor pumped up with herbal caffeine, banana, coconut and lemon and a thermogenic dose of chile.
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Good Food 100 and the BA’s Sustainability Benchmark Report by Michael J. Casey
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s we approach the season of looking back, two recent reports in the food and beverage world are looking forward. The first, Good Food 100, may be slanted more toward what’s on the plate, but listening to Good Food Media Network co-founder and president Sara Brito talk about the need for “good food” calls to mind Charlie Papazian’s charge for “good beer,” a phrase he lovingly used long before the words “microbrew” or “craft beer” entered the lexicon. “Our ambition is to really change the way the Courtesy of Brewers Association world views and values restaurants,” Brito said at this year’s Eat. Drink. Think. event at The Source Hotel+Market Hall in Denver. “Our mission is to educate and to inspire eaters by cultivating a conversation and community around the people and businesses changing the food system for good.” The list of 100 good food restaurants — which can be found at goodfood100resturaunts.org, along with a detailed economic study produced with the Leeds School of Business, at the University of Colorado Boulder — highlights businesses that provide transparency and commit to better practices when it comes to the environment, plants and animals, producers, purveyors, restaurants and eaters. Of the 23 participating states, Colorado ranks first with 44 restaurants, 12 of which hail from Boulder. As Brito explains, the purpose of Good Food 100 isn’t just to celebrate the highest grossing businesses, but the fastest growing independent businesses as well. This focus on independence is one of the key components of Good Food 100, a focus shared by the Brewers Association, which recently released its 2017 Sustainability Benchmark Report. The report, which can be found at brewersassociation.org, not only tabulates a vast amount of data on breweries using renewable energy, reducing carbon dioxide emissions and sustainable production practices, it also features 11 case studies of Both the Good Food breweries setting examples for others who either are 100 and Brewers Asjust getting into the game or looking to follow suit. sociation’s Sustainability Benchmark Report One case study focuses heavily on how Fort highlight the need for Collins’ Horse & Dragon Brewing Company has every type of business to get on board with reduced solid waste production per barrel by 50 perconscious business cent over the past three years. Its efforts include practices. everything from spent grain recycling — local farmers use the brewery’s used malt, hops and coffee grounds to supplement feed or add to their soil — to switching from paper towels in the bathroom to hand dryers. One very simple change involves using smaller trashcans, which the report says, “reminds customers and staff that they should not be wasteful.” What do Good Food 100 and the BA’s 2017 Sustainability Benchmarking Report have in common? They both highlight the need for every type of business to get on board with conscious business practices. Be it transparency of where the food is coming from or a smaller trashcan in the tasting room, both reduce waste and improve sustainability through simple acts of consciousness. Plus, it’s a hell of a lot easier to pitch in when you know how. Boulder Weekly
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ment, Benjamin, who had said maybe nine words in his life, had made a remarkable breakthrough. “He dropped a quarter,” Kirkpatrick says. “‘No mama, that’s my money.’ That was the biggest sentence he ever said. “You had to see it to believe it. I will never forget that day.” The seizures stopped. The words came flooding out of the boy. So the Kirkpatricks up and moved to Colorado, where CBD is more easily accessible. Sight unseen, they bought a house near Colorado Springs. They’d both been working in the restaurant industry, Kirkpatrick for almost half his life. That experience helped him open the esteemed Rooster’s South of Ramen in the Springs with Chef Mark Henry. And so life was good, by all accounts; they didn’t need to look for more change. But when his wife started working at a bar serving kava, and after sampling the natural anxiety-reducing tea, Kirkpatrick felt the urge to dive deeper into naturopathy and use his restaurant industry experience to take the plunge into
Seeing is believing
The Root Kava Co.’s Winn Kirkpatrick on how naturopathic foods have changed his world by Matt Cortina side a Walgreen’s pharmacy counter could make your life better. “Jealous, but I thought, ‘Oh, it’s just a crock of horseshit for the most part,’” Kirkpatrick says. “But the more we read about [naturopathy] and the more we started doing stuff with Benjamin...” Kirkpatrick and his wife had started giving their son, Benjamin (name changed), doses of CBD, which they’d read could help children with autism. Three days into treatBoulder Weekly
ownership. “You raise barKava is grown tenders to know how in Polynesia and is reto run a business in nowned for the industry,” its calming, stress-relieving Kirkpatrick says. properties. “The ideal world is to have them open up their own bar, so we decided the route we wanted to go.” With the help of two of the people running that kava bar, and a fourth person, Kirkpatrick found that route brought them 100 miles north to Boulder, where they opened up the city’s first kava bar. After a few permitting hiccups, The Root Kava Co. opened in the Village Shopping Center in Boulder about a month ago. Immediately, Kirkpatrick noticed a funny thing happening among the early patrons, something that if he hadn’t known how natural products opened his son up to the world he may not have noticed: when people drank kava, they opened up, too. “[Kava] is something for people to gather around,” he says. “It’s anti-anxiety, antistress. It produces a calming effect on the body. Introverts come in and they won’t talk, but within 30 minutes, they’ll drink see KAVA Page 50
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kava and start talking to everybody.” Kirkpatrick says it’s been eye-opening to see how kava, and the atmosphere he’s helped create at The Root, connects people. “Completely different stereotypes of people come in and start talking to each other,” Kirkpatrick says. “I’ve worked in a bar since I was 16. You see so much drama. It’s a testosterone-fueled [environment]. It’s nice to see people have fun and relaxing [at The Root].” Kirkpatrick and the three founders created The Root to straddle the line between coffeehouse and bar. They want people to do work and hold meetings there, but they also want people to come and socialize, to listen to live music (which they have once or twice a week). They generally limit serving kava to patrons 18 and older, but Kirkpatrick says it’s a family-friendly environment. And it all revolves around this natural ingredient called kava. Originally developed and cultivated in WikiForest & KimStarr Polynesia, kava has slowly been spreading around the globe for its sedative and anxiety-reducing properties. It’s considered a dietary supplement, and so is not regulated by the Food and Drug Administration. It doesn’t produce a hangover, and only comes with side effects if you drink too much or too fast (even then, it’s just a stomachache), and it doesn’t impair driving or central nervous system function. Kava root extracts, pills and powders are available in natural foods stores already, but producing traditional kava tea extracts more of the essential elements that produce its relaxing benefits. The Root double-brews the kava, which extracts more of those beneficial compounds, and uses only noble kava, which is manufactured by kava producers overseas to be pristine and produce effects that are neither too weak nor too strong. Now, kava doesn’t taste great. A favorable description of its flavor would be “earthy.” But The Root uses a special vinegar-based mix that helps cut the flavor to make it more palatable. “It still tastes like crap, but it helps it taste less like crap,” Kirkpatrick says. Boulder’s been kind to The Root in its initial days; Kirkpatrick says the healthconcious community has allowed them to not have to educate people to just get them through the door. Still, though, there are plenty of people who come in not knowing what to expect. “This is noble kava. Another name of the kava root is pepper root. We had a guy come in who drank kava and sat there for a while, then came up and said, ‘My mouth is on fire. It’s kind of numb. Am I allergic to it?’ I said, ‘No, it’s totally normal.’” Kirkpatrick has had to stop people from ordering more kava before he thinks their stomachs are ready for it, too — “It’s bad for me because I’ll lose money, but I want people to have a good time.” The effects of kava last about 45 minutes to an hour per cup, and Kirkpatrick says several patrons will stop in to load up for the day. He himself tends to drink kava throughout the day. The Root rounds out its menu with other natural foods drinks — kombucha, kratom (another herb with similar effects to kava), ginger beer and, fittingly, CBD tonics. The full embrace of naturopathy represents the completion of a full circle for Kirkpatrick, and he’s happy to share his story with the public. But, like he says, seeing is believing. Boulder Weekly
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neurologist Oliver Sacks praised his friend Jerry’s curiosity and knowledge. “Jerry has one of the most spacious, thoughtful minds I have ever encountered, with a vast base of knowledge of every sort,” wrote Sacks, “but it is a base under continual questioning and scrutiny.” So willing was Jerry to question and re-evaluate his own assumptions that Sacks said he had “seen his friend suddenly stop in mid-sentence and say, ‘I no longer believe what I was about to say.’” That’s the gold standard to which I hope you will aspire in the coming weeks, Aries. As bright and articulate as you’ll be, you will have an even higher calling to expand your mind through continual questioning.
animal behavior at two Italian universities, chickens can do arithmetic. The birds don’t even need to be trained; the skill seems to be innate. (Read details here: tinyurl.com/ ChickensDoMath.) I’m wondering whether chickens born under the sign of Libra might even be able to do algebra in the coming weeks. According to my assessment of the astrological omens, the mental acuity of many Libran creatures will be at a peak. How will you use your enhanced intelligence?
MARCH 21-APRIL 19: In his autobiography On the Move,
TAURUS
APRIL 20-MAY 20: In recent years, a few pioneers have
gotten microchips implanted under their skin. These technological marvels enable them to open doors and turn on lights with merely a wave of their hands, or receive up-to-the-minute readings on what’s transpiring inside their bodies. Now an additional frontier has arisen: people using do-it-yourself kits to experiment on their own DNA. For example, some have tweaked their genes so their bodies create more muscle than is natural. I would love for you to change yourself around in the coming weeks, Taurus, but not in these particular ways. I’d rather see you do subtle psychological and spiritual work. The astrological omens suggest it’s a favorable time for focused self-transformation.
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JUNE 21-JULY 22: Would you agree with me that there
are both boring, tiresome problems and fun, interesting problems? If so, read on. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, you’re at a fork in your path where you could either get further involved with a boring, tiresome problem or else a fun, interesting one. (I think you’ll have to engage with one or the other.) Of course, I’m rooting for you to proactively wrangle with the fun, interesting one. Here’s timely inspiration from Cancerian author John W. Gardner: “We are continually faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems.”
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India is a 110-square-mile reserve of underground coal. In some places, it’s on fire, and has been burning for over a hundred years. This isn’t a good thing. It’s wasteful and causes pollution. But now I’ll ask you to put aside that scenario, and imagine a more benevolent kind of steadily burning fire: a splendor in your soul that never stops radiating warmth and light; that draws from an inexhaustible source of fuel; that is a constant source of strength and courage and power. I’m happy to tell you that the coming months will be a favorable time to establish and nurture this eternal flame.
VIRGO
AUG. 23-SEPT. 22: Marilyn Monroe, Georgia
O’Keeffe, and President Franklin Roosevelt were direct descendants of the pilgrims who sailed from England to the New World on the famous Mayflower ship in 1620. I, on the other hand, am a direct descendant of a nineteenth-century Slovakian coal miner who toiled in the underground darkness. What about you, Virgo? Now would be a rich and provocative time to reconnect with your roots; to remember where your people originated; to explore the heritage that served as the matrix from which you sprouted.
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OCT. 23-NOV. 21: In March 2005, far more people than usual won big money in a regional Powerball lottery in the U.S. The average for each draw is four winners, but on this special occasion, 110 players were awarded at least $100,000 and as much as $500,000. The reason for the anomaly seemed to have been an oracle that appeared in a number of widely distributed fortune cookies. It provided five of the six winning numbers. Inspired by this crazy stroke of good fortune, and in accordance with the favorable financial omens now coming to bear on you, I hereby offer you six numbers to use as your lucky charms. Will they help you win a game of chance? I can’t be sure. At the very least, they will titillate and massage the part of your psyche that is magnetic to wealth. Here they are: 37. 16. 58. 62. 82. 91.
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NOV. 22-DEC. 21: “You have two ways to live your
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than you imagine, and that’s especially true these days. Both people you know and people you don’t know may come to your assistance and offer extra support — especially if you meet two conditions: 1. you sincerely believe you deserve their assistance and support; 2. you clearly ask for their assistance and support. Now here’s more good news about the help that’s available. Whether or not you believe in spiritual beings, they, too, are primed to offer blessings and resources. If you don’t believe in their existence, I invite you to pretend you do and see what happens. If you do believe in them, formulate clear requests for what you’d like them to offer you.
AQUARIUS
JAN. 20-FEB. 18: In one of his poems, Arthur Rimbaud extolled the exquisite evenings when the mist soaked his face as he strolled, and he sipped that heavenly dew till he was drunk. Was he speaking literally or metaphorically? Probably both, if I know Rimbaud. Anyway, Aquarius, I’d love for you to engage in similar exploits. What are some natural adventures that might intoxicate you? What simple pleasures may alter your consciousness, nudging you free of its habits? Meditate with sweet abandon on how to free yourself through the power of play and the imagination.
PISCES
FEB. 19-MARCH 20: It’s illegal to hunt animals in Kenya. But members of the Dorobo tribe circumvent the law to provide food for their families. As three or more Dorobo men wander out on the savanna, they wait for hungry lions to kill a wildebeest or other creature. Then they stride toward the feasting beasts in a calm show of force until the predators run away in confusion. The brave scavengers swoop in and swiftly remove a portion of the wildebeest, then coolly walk away, leaving plenty for the lions when they return to their meal. I bring this scene to your attention, Pisces, because I suspect that in the coming weeks you will have similar levels of courage and poise as you go after what you want.
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good, and you think there’s a chance you could one day feel as strongly for him as he does for you, and you’re planning to escort only until you get your degree, NTE, you could tell him you want to Dear NTE: Let’s set the escorting take a break. Explain to him that you issue aside for a moment. You don’t don’t have the bandwidth want the same things (he © Rachel Robinson for a boyfriend just now — wants monogamy and a kid, school, work — but defined relationship, you you’re open to dating him don’t want any of that after you’re out of school if shit), you don’t feel for he’s still single and still him the way he feels for interested. you (he’s in love, you’re not), and you’re a busy sinDear Dan: I’m a gle mom and full-time 30-year-old single monogastudent — all perfectly mist, and I recently realized valid reasons to end a relaI’m bisexual. I feel much tionship, NTE. You aren’t happier. Except I recently obligated to tell him that crossed a line with a very close friend of something you were thinking about mine, a man I’ll admit to having some doing but haven’t yet done, i.e., escortromantic feelings for. After he broke up ing, factored into your decision to cut with his ex, I started getting random latehim loose. night text messages from him. And a couWhile I definitely think people ple weeks ago, we hooked up sans penetrahave a right to know if their partners are escorts, I don’t think people have an tion. We acknowledged that we both have feelings but neither of us is in a good place. absolute right to know if their partners He’s still dealing with the end of his LTR, were escorts. So if the sex is really man in my life who I respect and love, even if I am not in love with him. —New To Escorting
and I am only just coming out as bisexual. I love this person and our friendship is important to me, but I can’t stop thinking of the possibility of us being together. I’m confused by the timing and I wonder if this is real or just something I’ve allowed to distract me — or both! Also, what would this mean for my bisexuality? I’ve been to this rodeo before — meaning opposite-sex relationships — but what about the part of me I haven’t fully explored? —Between Every Thorn Solitude Yearns Dear BETSY: You describe yourself as a monogamist — so, yeah, entering into a committed relationship with this man would prevent you from exploring your bisexuality. And the timing feels off: He may be on the rebound, and you’re still coming to terms with your bisexuality. So don’t enter into a committed relationship with him, BETSY, at least not yet. Date him casually and keep hooking up with him, with the understanding — with the explicit and fully verbalized and mutually consented to understanding — that you will be “exploring” your bisexuality, i.e. you’ll be getting out there and eating some pussy. Send questions to mail@savagelove.net, follow @fakedansavage on Twitter and visit ITMFA.org.
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he first recreational marijuana shops opened in Massachusetts this week, after the state voted to legalize cannabis in 2016. It’s been a long time coming for Massachusetts residents eager to live in a world of legal weed, and the occasion was marked by a rare sighting: Sasquatch. A creature known as “potsquatch” made an appearance on Tuesday morning, according to The Boston Globe. Potsquatch is not a real ’squatch of course — no, it’s the creation of local businessman Dave Mech, who donned a full-body costume that looks like a Sasquatch covered in pot leaves. Mech — er, Potsquatch — waited outside one of two shops to open in Massachusetts this week, according to the Globe, hoping to be one of the first patrons (real or mythical) to purchase legal recreational marijuana in the state. The decision for a grown man, and a community business leader, to dress up like a mythical beast reflects the enthusiasm Massachusettans (?) have for their legal weed. But Potsquatch is far from the first marijuana-themed mascot to make a public appearance. Pro-marijuana group ResponibleOhio released “Buddie” on the world in 2015 during legalization efforts. Buddie is the stuff
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of nightmares — he’s got a marijuana bud for a head, and has rippling quadriceps and eight-pack abs that a tight, white spandex suit struggles to contain. Buddie visited college campuses in a rented RV, which was probably really fun for everyone involved, except those that had smoked too many of Buddies cousins that day and thought he was there to avenge their herbaceous deaths. Leduc, a small city in Alberta, Canada, rolled out a cartoon mascot named Buddy (the name is kind of inescapable), but it was shelved due to negative public feedback, largely from people who thought because children like cartoons, they might be attracted to a cartoon marijuana figure. I guess that makes sense. Bongman graced Toronto streets in 2010. A giant bong dressed like Superman, Bongman’s stem served as a really disconcerted and giant phallus. That’s a hard pass on Bongman from me. A San Francisco company made the social media rounds with a taxidermied goat wearing sunglasses and holding a joint in his mouth. If you think factory farming is the worst fate any livestock animal can suffer, think again. There was Bongy, a mascot that looked like one of the seven dwarves wearing an adult diaper, and he was quickly banned from his pot shop promotion duties in British Columbia. “The Herb” — hey, there’s another smart name — was a pot leaf mascot promoted by a Canadian cannabis advocacy company. His eyes were glazed over, which doesn’t make a lot of sense, because that means The Herb was smoking himself. Of course, the most esteemed de facto mascot of marijuana is Willie Nelson. I was awake at 3 a.m. the other night watching a PBS concert in which Jack Johnson sang a song about getting high with Willie Nelson. And come to think of it, there are many, many songs and tall tales about people getting on Willie’s tour bus and smoking. The man embraces it, and alongside Snoop Dogg, there are few other actual celebrities that best represent all that you can be if you smoke pot. Now all we need is to get Willie into a Superman costume with a giant bowl erection, an adult diaper and a Muppet bud head with a firm jaw line, and we’re onto the definitive weed mascot.
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cannabis corner
by Paul Danish
Marijuana legalization: Who’s next?
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ho’s next? Voters in Michigan legalized recreational marijuana in this year’s election, and voters in Missouri and Utah legalized medical marijuana
sales. As a result, we now have 10 states in which recreational marijuana is legal and more than 30 with legal medical pot. So which states are most likely to get on the legalization bandwagon in the next two years? A couple are pretty obvious: New Jersey and New York. New Jersey conducts its state elections in odd-numbered years, and last year the state’s current governor, Democrat Phil Murphy, was elected on a marijuana-legalization platform. Murphy wanted to see a bill legalizing recreational marijuana on his desk within the first hundred days of his taking office, but the process got bogged down in the state legislature. But now it looks like lawmakers, who have been negotiating over the contents of a legalization bill for a year, are nearly ready to introduce one. One benefit of the long negotiating period is that once a bill is introduced it will likely be acted on quickly and favorably, maybe within the next few weeks. In New York, Governor Andrew Cuomo blew off requests to back legalization of recreational marijuana for years — right up until last spring when former Sex and the City actress Cynthia Nixon ran against
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New Mexico House Speaker Democrat Brian Egolf says that if a legalization bill were to make it to the floor of the House it would probably pass. The Senate is more conservative, but some of the antimarijuana members seem ready to back legalization even though they personally oppose pot use. At least two states are likely to see recreational marijuana legalization questions on their ballots in 2019 or 2020. In Ohio, the backers of a botched 2015 initiative proposal say they are bankrolling a new proposal aimed at the 2019 ballot. (The 2015 proposal lost because the backers structured it in a way that would give them an effective monopoly on marijuana production. They say their 2019 proposal won’t repeat that mistake.) In Wisconsin, 16 counties and 2 cities had advisory legalization proposals on their ballots this November. They all passed. And in the governor’s race, Democrat Tony Evers ousted incumbent Republican Governor Scott Walker. Evers has said he would sign a medical marijuana bill if one reached his desk and that he favors putting the question of legalizing recreational pot up to a vote of the people. And don’t be surprised if another legalization initiative campaign is launched in Arizona, aiming for the 2020 election. In the past, legalization bills have been introduced in the Connecticut, Rhode Island and Delaware legislatures, but they haven’t gotten very far. They are nearly certain to be re-introduced this year, and are likely to get a push from the beginning of legal marijuana sales in Massachusetts this week and the likelihood of legalization in nearby New Jersey and New York. Marijuana legalization in the U.S. still comes down to state-to-state combat, but the battle is going well. And if Congress passes the Gardner-Warren bill to ban the federal government from enforcing the Controlled Substances Act’s anti-marijuana provisions in states that have legalized, the battle could turn into a rout.
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