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On the cover: Soldier to student / 10 CU veterans see growing support on campus

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departments Letters: Cheap racial slam; Dumping Darwin; Borlaug and GMOs/ 4 The Highroad: Socialists in the Senate!/ 4 EarthTalk: Beyond the Prius/ 12 News briefs: Policing efforts worked, police say; Fire crews burning slash piles; Freikin’ great program/ 12 In Case You Missed It: Pot prohibition?; Eggs are people, too / 14 Classifieds: Your community resource / 50 Free Will Astrology: by Rob Brezsny / 54

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Socialists in the Senate!

by Jim Hightower

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S Cheap racial slam

(Re: “New Age outrage,” Uncensored, Oct. 29.) I must write to protest Pamela White’s derogatory use of the term “white folks” in her recent column, especially given its “there goes the neighborhood” context. Going for a cheap laugh at the expense of European-Americans is insensitive and offensive, and dangerously implies that everybody of Northern European descent is guilty of the actions of a few. Is the white-ness of the people in question a necessary part of the story, or is she just trying to color her readers’ impressions by tapping into latent biases?

Regardless of her own ethnicity and even her name, Ms. White should be aware that slang terms for ethnic groups usually carry negative connotations. If the ancestry of the European-Americans about whom she writes is vital to her reporting, Ms. White should refer to them as such, and leave out the subtle implication that we’re all sunburned imperialists who can’t dance. (And please don’t disingenuously use the term “Caucasian” instead; we can hear you sniggering behind the keyboard as you emphasize that first syllable.)

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Dumping Darwin

(Re: “Teach Darwin’s other beliefs,” Letters, Oct. 29) Surprise! The letter writer, Mr. Robinson, has revealed to all

who, presumably, accept Darwin’ elaboration on the theory of evolution, that Darwin harbored male chauvinistic and white supremacist biases. More importantly, in the letter writer’s view, these biases put Darwin’s theory into question; as if the disproving of one of a scientist’s theories has any bearing on other of the scientist’s theories.

By this sophistry, virtually every theory advanced by 19th century European scientists becomes suspect. Male chauvinistic white supremacy comprised a major, and one of the most characteristic, aspects of the European Zeitgeist of the time.

No one conversant in the scientific method would suggest, as Mr. Robinson does, that a reasonable challenge of a hypothesis includes measuring the author’s tolerance. A scientific theory stands or falls on its elasticity, its ability to withstand hypothesis testing. On that scale, Darwin’s is as robust as they come.

To mistake a scientific theory — or any theory — as fact is to confuse the search for knowledge with one of the means of acquiring it, that is, with the thing itself. Theories assist and guide us in organizing and understanding our world and our place in it. They serve the same function as any other heuristic device, with the same shortcomings and dangers, the most salient of which is generalization — a danger to which Mr.

Says reversing a last-minute Bush-era surface mining regulation criticized as too friendly to coal companies is going to take at least another year. We can be patient if there’s good cause to be, but this feels like stalling. Get on with it!

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Robinson has succumbed.

Additionally, if Mr. Robinson had done more than search through Darwin’s correspondence he would have discovered that Darwin was not alone in recognizing the elegance of the theory. One, Alfred Russell Wallace, very nearly “scooped” Darwin in publishing conclusions based

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Eliminates a 22-year-old restriction on the entry of HIV-positive people into the United States, getting rid of one of the most restrictive policies on the immigration and travel of HIV-positive people in the world. They are people, not a plague.

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on observations of natural selection in nature similar to Darwin’s. So, if Darwin had not published the theory, some other male chauvinist, white supremacist, proto-eugenicist certainly would have.

Robert W. Dews/Boulder

That FOX gas bag Limbaugh might dismiss it as a photo op, but we found Obama’s salute to a fallen soldier on the tarmac of the military morgue in Dover, Del., touching.

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en. John Cornyn of Texas, jimhightower.com known as the “White Maned For more information on Jim Pontificator,” has recently been Hightower’s work — and to spewing a fountain of free-marsubscribe to his award-winning monthly newsletter, The ket dogma in the debate over health care Hightower Lowdown — visit reform. www.jimhightower.com.

His goal, he proclaims, is to save you and me from the horrors of socialized health care. Specifically, Cornyn is out to kill the “public option” proposal that would create a nonprofit, government-run insurance plan to give us consumers a competitive alternative to the ripoff policies now foisted on us by the giant insurance corporations. Congress cannot allow such a big-government intrusion into the hallowed free market, the senator declaims, shaking his mighty mane.

But — shhhh! — I have a shocking secret to tell you: Cornyn and other anti-public-option senators are actually closet socialists! They don’t want publicly financed health care programs for you and me, but for them — hey, bring it on!

The senators’ own health insurance is gold-plated, with dozens of tailormade coverage choices, no denial of coverage because of pre-existing conditions and — get this — up to 75 percent of the cost is passed along to us taxpayers. Cornyn is paid more than $174,000 a year for pontificating on freemarket virtue, yet he has the bulk of his insurance premiums paid by constituents who make maybe $30,000 a year and can’t afford to buy their own insurance policies.

Moreover, the senator has another secret source of socialism available to him. Ensconced in the Capitol building is the Office of the Attending Physician, fully staffed with doctors, nurses and other government-paid health care professionals exclusively serving congress critters. The cost to Cornyn is a mere $503 a year. A year!

So when you hear the White Maned Pontificator decrying “government run” health care, remember that he’s been happily wallowing in it for years.

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“I’m sure it wasn’t a nice feeling for the judge to send someone like this to prison — but someone is dead because of a text message.”

—A British police officer responding to the jail sentence of a 22-year-old woman who caused a fatal car accident “I never expected that anywhere someone would make such a big statue of me.”

—Former U.S. President Bill Clinton, on the new 11-foot bronze statue of himself in Kosovo, where he helped drive Yugoslavian troops out of the Serbian province by launching a NATO air strike “If there is no freeze on settlements, there is no wisdom.”

—Amr Mussa, secretary general of the Arab League, after U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged Israeli-Palestinian talks to resume, despite dropping the demand that all building of Israeli settlements cease first

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Great idea, bad bill

(Re: “Obameter,” letters, Oct. 29.) I feel urged to write about the passing of the Matthew Sheppard Hate Crimes Legislation and the Weekly Obameter.

The Weekly gives Obama a 90 for passing this legislation; however, it did not mention that the legislation was placed (strategically) in the 2010 military spending budget that is responsible for funding the illegal occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan. Isn’t war the biggest hate crime? The responsible thing would have been to vote against this bill, and bring the Matthew Sheppard Bill to the floor separately. Rep. Jared Polis could have been the best person to make a stand against this bill, and yet, he voted for it.

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Borlaug and GMOs

(Re: “The man who saved one billion lives,” Danish Plan, Oct 22. ) Although I found interesting Danish’s article on Norman Borlaug, the end of the article seems to imply without stating it that there is a parallel between Borlaug’s experience (awful if correct) and the GMO controversy. The mark of intelli-

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Boulder targets medical marijuana — and heads should roll

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eads should roll. And for once, let us state whose: David Driskell, executive director of community planning and sustainability.

Charles Ferro, acting land use review manager. Brian Holmes, zoning administrator. Jane Brautigan, Boulder city manager.

Messrs. Driskell, Ferro, and Holmes are the City of Boulder bureaucratic cobblers who wrote the 16-page memo on how to deal with medical marijuana dispensaries. Ms. Brautigan is the one responsible for bum’s rushing it to the Planning Board — the hearing is tonight at 6 p.m. at City Hall — and then on to the City Council, where I’m told it’s tentatively scheduled for consideration at next Tuesday’s meeting.

The memo is a long list of, what are the words we’re looking for here, ah yes, “options” for “regulating” the dispensaries — or more plainly, for demonizing, delegitimizing, and driving them out of business, up to and including an outright ban.

The last would be accomplished by

by Paul Danish amending Boulder’s sales-tax licensing process to require that all businesses be legal at the local, state and federal levels.

Since medical marijuana is still illegal at the federal level (it was legalized nine years ago in Colorado by the passage of a ballot initiative called Amendment 20) it would effectively ban the dispensaries or the growers who supply them in Boulder.

Clever. Or more accurately, cunning.

That, however, is hardly the only “option” proposed. According to the story on the memo in Tuesday’s Daily Camera: “The restrictions could include rules for how close dispensaries can operate to schools, parks, day-care centers and residences; requiring security systems in dispensaries; requiring background checks on all employees; prohibiting the sale of marijuana at locations that also sell liquor; requiring dispensaries to keep a list of all patients to determine whether their quantity complies with the law; and requiring dispensaries to report any criminal activity to police.

“The city also could choose to prohibit people from using medical marijua-

na inside the dispensaries; prohibit the hanging of signs for dispensaries; and require all patients to be notified that the use of medical marijuana is a violation of federal law and that smoking or ingesting the drug impairs a person’s ability to drive or operate machinery.”

If some of these “options” sound vaguely familiar, it may be because a lot of them have been used by anti-abortion activists to ban abortion or by gun control activists to ban guns — under the guise of adopting “reasonable” or “commonsense” regulations, of course. Of course.

So what prompted this memo and the rush to action?

Well, at the end of the last city council meeting Councilman Ken Wilson asked the city staff to look into regulating the medical marijuana.

Wilson says he asked the staff to look into regulating the dispensaries because he has been approached by some Boulder businessmen who were concerned about having dispensaries as their neighbors. see DANIsh PLAN Page 9

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gence, along with a sense of humor, is the ability to differentiate between and among those things that may seem similar but are, in fact, different.

The stated purpose for the development of GMOs is to increase crop yields, reduce costs for farmers, and to use less herbicide.

Actual results? Danish must have seen the data — as differentiated from the P.R. flack emanating from Monsanto and other biotech corporations — that clinically indicates that GM soy decreased yields by up to 20 percent compared to non-GM crops, and up to 100 percent failures of GM cotton having been recorded in India.

There is an actual increase in costs to farmers, thanks to “terminator technology,” in which seeds self-destruct through corporation design, thus forcing farmers to buy them again each year, instead of using seeds from their harvest to plant the following year, which is the traditional way.

USDA data showed that GM crops increased pesticide use by 50 million pounds from 1996 to 2003 in the United States — so much for less herbicide.

And Roundup herbicide is lethal to frogs and toxic to human placental and embryonic cells; it is used on more than 80 percent of all GM crops planted in the world.

Also, GM crops harm wildlife, and they have been linked to deaths and sicknesses, both in the fields of India and in lab tests around the world.

I urge Danish and all readers to read the excellent and factually substantiated book titled Seeds of Deception to get a true picture of what has been going on for some time now, and why we could be in some deep doo-doo if GMOs are allowed to continue to exist.

Don Barshay/Boulder

Green Revolution downside

I very much enjoyed Paul Danish’s article, “The man who saved one billion lives.” It was well written and very interesting, but I don’t agree with his conclusion that environmentalists shouldn’t criticize “scientific agriculture” or the Green Revolution. What may have been a genuinely heroic and successful breakthrough in the ’50s and ’60s need not be assumed is the proper solution for today’s world.

Whereas the Green Revolution may have saved a billion human beings from starvation, it has failed on several levels.

The hybrid seeds replaced time-proven heirloom varieties which were adapted to local Indian conditions and used up to 50 percent less water and fewer fertilizers than hybrid varieties. For the next year’s seed, they could save a percentage of their own harvest. It might have been better to begin hybridizing from Indian wheat varieties and to select for higher yields.

The result of the “Green Revolution” around the world is toxic pollution of our land and water because of pesticides, herbicides and fungicides which are designed to kill and don’t know when to stop killing. In addition, in India poor farmers have become so deeply indebted to buy American seed, fertilizers and pesticides that 200,000 farmers have committed suicide in desperation. So there are definitely drawbacks to “scientific agriculture.”

Now it is time for us to leap ahead in

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But the objectives of the regulatory scheme should be essentially the same objectives as the regulations surrounding conventional pharmacies. And the process of creating a regulatory scheme should be the same that Boulder generally uses with controversial issues — one that involves all the stakeholders, including dispensary operators, growers, consumers and property owners, among others.

Chances are the city staff will claim it has to act quickly to regulate medical marijuana because dispensaries are starting to open in Boulder.

Really now?

Amendment 20 was passed nine freaking years ago. Both the city staff and city councils have had nine years to consider their “options” for regulating medical marijuana — but have deliberately chosen to avoid the issue like the plague.

They have a lot of nerve.

There is so much hypocrisy in city government regarding marijuana generally and medical marijuana in particular that City Hall should be declared a Super Fund site.

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minors.

A review of police records reveals there have been repeated instances of burglaries and armed robberies at the stores by persons trying to get drugs. A partial list of the offending businesses include: Walgreens, Pharmaca, Safeway and King Soopers.

The point is that the reasons the city memo presents for effectively re-criminalizing medical marijuana are things that can be problems for ordinary drug stores — and they are easily dealt with.

Violence, eh? If 70 years of experience with pot prohibition has shown anything, it’s that virtually all of the violence and crime related to marijuana flows from the prohibition, not the drug.

The assertion by the city staff that the city must act to prevent violence — followed by a list of “options” that, if adopted, are almost guaranteed to worsen it by resurrecting the sort of prohibition that Amendment 20 was intended to prevent — betrays the corruption and dishonesty of the exercise.

Should medical marijuana dispensaries be regulated? Of course they should.

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He added that he voted for medical marijuana nine years ago and doesn’t want to ban the dispensaries, but just wants to regulate them. I have no reason to doubt him.

He also said he thought the Camera blew the issue all out of proportion.

I don’t think so. Heath Urie, the Camera reporter who wrote the story, is an experienced reporter. I read the original memo, and my reading of it is essentially the same as his. It’s a memo with agendas, and they aren’t hidden.

So what prompted this burst of bureaucratic busybodyism? Fears of violence, robberies, sales of marijuana to minors, among other things.

Stop the presses! This is a Boulder Weekly News Alert! This just in!

An exhaustive investigation has revealed that a number of legitimate Boulder businesses are engaged in the sale of narcotics, amphetamines and a number of other dangerous drugs. Some of this drug activity occurs near schools, parks and day-care centers. Some of stores stay open 24/7, and brazenly and openly conclude drug deals in the presence of

our thinking, to feed the world using sustainable methods that work with nature.

We need to stop throwing in the dump the energy values in our organic wastes, and instead use them to rebuild our depleted soils. And we have to consider the nutritional value of food we produce.

In general, we need to expand our awareness to recognize how our actions, and what they support, affect the world and environment around us. A 21st-century solution has to do more than skyrocket production. Our planet is shrinking fast and we have to think much bigger than volume and profit, and even bigger than saving a billion lives, if our children and other people’s children are going to inherit a healthy planet.

And no fault of Mr. Danish that the Boulder Weekly’s index stated, “Norman Borlaug earned his Nobel through GMOs.” Not so: Hybridizing by crossing two varieties of plants is not the same thing as genetically modifying plants to get a new variety.

Mikl Brawner/Boulder

Soldier to student: CU veterans see growing support on campus

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ustin Morelli sat back in his chair, set his Bloody Mary on his desk, opened up a can of chewing tobacco and put the dip under his bottom lip, where it bulged.

The American flag hung behind him on his bedroom wall.

to a person they say they have received nothing but encouragement and gratitude.

tell war stories, and that never really results in anything other than bad memories… and a lot of good memories, as well. The few bad memories stick out. They were Where we started traumatic. Some of the [veterans] that I’ve met just randomly, I tend to stay away from, depending on how our Still, some of the issues have not changed, in terms conversation went in the first place.” of obstacles facing veterans returning to college — and CU professors generally did a good job of recognizthe contributions veterans provide in the classroom. ing soldiers and their unique perspectives, according to “One of the challenges is for [veterans] to make the Morelli. transition from the military to the academic world, “It’s up to the professor if they want to help you or which can be fairly difficult,” Greg Akers, director of the be understanding or bring out your experiences and utiOffice of Veterans’ Affairs, said in an interview shortly lize them in the classroom,” said Morelli. “The profesafter the office opened two years ago. “They are used to sionals that work here at the school definitely have quite a very structured, very hierarchical environment. a bit to offer to veterans. As far as the administration, [College] is a whole new environment. they haven’t offered me anything.”

“They are used to being in a very tight organization Morelli said he was vaguely familiar with CU’s new where they know everyone around them; they know Office of Veterans’ Affairs two years ago. He used the This was two years ago. At a glance, Morelli may office to look for a work-study program, but the job have looked like your average college student, but he was everything about them; they all [have a] common goal,” said Akers. “Here, they’re a student. So they don’t neces- positions were limited, and he decided against using the not. Instead of carrying textbooks and binders to class sarily have the same association with the students around office as a resource. each day, he carried the burdens of his service in Iraq. them [because of ] the environment they’ve come from.

One former official at the Boulder Vet Center said in “[Soldiers have] a switch that we learn to flick on Also, they’re used to interaction with a supervisor in an interview two years ago that some veterans have been and off,” said Morelli. “And if you don’t learn how to frustrated by the liberal and antiflick it on and off, then you don’t Photo courtesy of the CU Office of Veterans Affairs war attitude that many students really integrate into society again have on CU’s campus. very well. You remain in your “There are a lot of points of nutty veteran stage. I want to view, [and] it’s hard to come back move on and move away from all and find such a hugely different of that.” and almost hostile point of view Two years ago, Morelli, like expressed in the classroom the other hundreds of veterans on towards someone who just put the University of Colorado at their life on the line,” he said.

Boulder campus, was putting his “There seem to be prevailing experience in Iraq behind him to points of view on campuses that move forward with his education and life. But back then, the envithe military is brutalizing civilians. ronment was somewhat different The whole thing gets slanted, and for veterans at CU. A new version it hurts for someone who tried to of the GI Bill had not yet been do the right thing and was over approved, so it was only paying a there helping civilians. It hurts to portion of his tuition and providcome home and feel slapped in ing nothing for housing or books. the face.”

And a CU veterans’ affairs office Morelli said he had a few had just opened and was still getpolitical spats in class with fellow ting ramped up to provide more students about the war, as well. support to veterans who are CU His political geography professor students. encouraged him to talk about his Today, the new post-9/11 GI military experience in class and CU alumni show off their alma mater’s flag on the flight deck of the U.S.S. Ronald Bill covers a student’s entire asked him to make a presentation Reagan. From left are Capt. Steve Fimple, Cmdr. Trey Sisson, Cmdr. Chris Ford, Cmdr. tuition, provides up to $1,000 a about the day in the life of a solMark Marzonie, Lt. Cmdr. Willard Phillips and Lt. D’Marie Ellison of the U.S. Navy. year for books and gives particidier. Morelli spoke in front of his pants in Boulder about $1,500 a class of 75 people, purposely leavyear for housing, according to veterans at CU. Under the terms of accomplishments. It takes them a while to shift ing out his opinions on the war. gears and mentally figure out what their objectives are. old Montgomery GI Bill, veterans say, they received They’re not generally used to the amount of freedom about $1,300 a month, which was almost enough to Times may have changed they have on campus.” cover in-state tuition, but no books or housing costs.

“Discipline has definitely helped me with the way I That change, along with recent state legislation that Talking to veterans on campus today, their stories grants resident tuition to all veterans, is expected to gen- live, and especially with my studies,” said Morelli at the have a different ring to them. Candace Newcomb, who time. erate a wave of veterans enrolling at CU in the next few served two tours in Iraq with the U.S. Marine Corps Morelli said his biggest problem was trying to move years. In addition, the two-year-old Office of Veterans’ before enrolling at CU in fall 2005, says she was a bit on and put the past behind him, which he said he had Affairs has made headway, not just in getting a more worried about coming to a campus that had a reputation trouble doing when talking with other veterans. accurate count of how many veterans attend the univerfor being chock full of left-leaning war protestors, so at “A lot of times, I distance myself from [other vetersity, but in connecting them to the resources they need. first she didn’t broadcast her veteran status. But she says ans] in a sense, because as much as I have in common Some questioned the reception veterans received on everyone she has encountered has been supportive, and with them… integrating back into this way of life is difcampus a couple of years ago. Today, many veterans she has gradually become more willing to tell people that ficult enough, and I don’t need constant reminders,” said acknowledge that they felt some trepidation about comshe’s a veteran, in part because the environment feels difing to a such a liberal, anti-war campus environment, but Morelli. “One thing vets do when they get together is ferent now than it did in 2005.

Newcomb knows that one can support the troops and still oppose the war.

“I’m against the war,” she says. “I had to fight in it; it sucks. Nobody likes war.”

She said most people she has encountered at CU seem to be “anti-war, but not anti-service members. …

We don’t make the policies, we just do the best we can. … I hate the war more than anyone else. I lost friends there.”

Newcomb attributes this ability to differentiate between supporting the troops and opposing the war to the fact that Boulder is an intellectual college town where most people are smart enough to know not to blame the soldiers for war.

Other veterans agree the reception they have gotten at CU today is a far cry from some of the war protestors who lashed out at soldiers returning from Vietnam and called them “baby killers.”

Paul Harris, who served in the U.S. Army from 2005 to 2008 before enrolling at CU this fall, said one of his commanding officers told soldiers about the hostile reception he and others received upon their return from Vietnam.

“This is nothing compared to what Vietnam vets went through,” he says. “Most people have been supportive, but I have to bite my tongue sometimes when I hear 18-year-olds complaining about this, that or the other.”

Sean Moleski, who served with the Marines in Iraq and Japan from 2003 to 2007, acknowledged that he was slightly nervous about his peers’ reactions to his veteran status. “Boulder has a bit of a stigma for being a bit of a liberal town,” says the Iowa native. “But people have been friendly; it’s been a nice surprise.”

Moleski agrees that people seem to be more tolerant and supportive of returning troops than they did after Vietnam, possibly because many know someone who has served in the military.

As for CU officials, Provost Stein Sture acknowledges that some in the state may think CU “would likely not be welcoming of veterans. We clearly are of the opposite opinion.” Associate Vice Chancellor for Undergraduate Education Michael Grant, who helped spearhead the creation of the veterans affairs office on campus, agrees that such perception is misplaced.

“That is not true,” he says of the assumption. “We have about 600 ROTC students on campus … so we would like to dispel that.”

That was one reason for creating the veterans affairs office on campus two years ago.

“It’s definitely been ramped up,” Newcomb said of the office and its services.

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NOV. 7 WHAT: Halftime ceremony honoring service members at CU-Texas A&M football game WHEN: Game starts at 11:30 a.m.

WHERE: Folsom Field WHO: Veterans and their families NOV. 11 WHAT: CU’s annual Veteran’s Day ceremony WHEN: 11 a.m.

WHERE: Glenn Miller Ballroom at the University Memorial Center WHO: Colorado Senate President Brandon Shaffer, D-Longmont, will be the featured speaker. A reception will follow in the UMC Veterans Lounge.

Harris credits the CU administration with providing him something quite significant in return: an advance.

Harris says the university has not yet received money from the federal government for his tuition under the new GI Bill, but has been covering those costs since the beginning of the semester anyway. “I think CU has bent over backwards,” he says. “They could have said, ‘No, we haven’t received the money yet from the government.’”

Harris traveled with soldiers as a public affairs photographer and writer, documenting the stories of medics, infantry, tankers and cooks for internal newsletters as well as international wire services like the Associated Press. “I knew when to put the camera down and pick up the rifle, let’s just put it that way,” he says, when asked about his combat situations. He suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder and was treated at Fort Carson and the Veterans’ Medical Center in Denver.

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One of Akers’ primary tasks when appointed as director of the veterans’ affairs office was to gain a more accurate idea of how many veterans there were on campus. Initial estimates two years ago ranged from 350 to 1,000. Today, after adding a question about veteran status to student applications a couple of years ago, Akers has a more reliable estimate of 400 veterans on campus, although it will be a few more years before the campus has an accurate figure.

Before the Office of Veterans Affairs’ opened, CU relied on its Veterans’ Services Office, which deals with veterans’ education benefits, primarily financial aid through the GI Bill. Akers’ office offers expanded resources. “[The Office of Veterans’ Affairs] was sorely needed,” says Akers. “Not just at CU, but at all institutions out there, to help individuals make the transition from the military to the academic world [and] to set the conditions for success for them.

“Sometimes I’ll just sit out and talk to them and see how they’re doing, if they are well treated, well respected on campus, just to get to know them better,” says Akers.

“And in the process, [they] know that I am here to help them solve any problems.”

He maintains an e-mail list of veterans on campus, which he uses to notify them of resources, news and special events. Harris, whose monthly housing stipend was delayed due to a backlog at the federal level, learned through an Akers e-mail that the feds were releasing emergency payments of $3,000 to those like him who had been waiting for months.

Moleski says he approached Akers before he applied to CU, to get help with the paperwork and the application process. Newcomb has received a couple of veteran scholarships, another area where Akers has shepherded significant growth. Two years ago, there was no campus money for such scholarships and grants; last year it rose to $8,000. This year, that total has reached $73,000, he says.

Akers says financial aid was one of three needs he identified among veterans on campus after the office was formed. The other two were more job/internship/academic counseling and more recognition.

“They wanted someone to say thank you,” Akers says.

On Veteran’s Day, Nov. 11, Colorado Senate President Brandon Shaffer, D-Longmont, will be the featured speaker at an 11 a.m. ceremony in the Glenn Miller Ballroom at the University Memorial Center. A reception will follow in the UMC Veterans Lounge.

And on Nov. 7, veterans will be recognized at the CU football game against Texas A&M at Folsom Field.

Veterans have been offered $5 tickets to the game, they are invited to a special pre-game tailgating party, and their service will be honored at a halftime ceremony, complete with photos of CU alumni serving in the military shown on the scoreboard video screen.

Harris and Newcomb both say they will be taking their dads to that game.

They both beam with pride as they say this — Harris because his dad served in the British Army in the 1950s, Newcomb because her dad is a Buffs fan but has never been to a game.

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There also seems to be an improving network of support at CU and in Boulder for veterans seeking help with psychological issues. Akers coordinates with the Wardenburg Health Center, CU Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) and the Boulder Vet Center, referring veterans to experts when they need support beyond what he can offer.

Joe Courtney, manager of psychological health and psychiatry at Wardenburg, told Boulder Weekly that his department has begun seeing greater numbers of veterans, and that number is only expected to increase. He says many have some degree of trauma if they were in combat situations.

Courtney says common problems among veterans include depression, anxiety, relationship issues and a tendency to constantly look for danger in their daily lives. He says Wardenburg offers an after-hours emergency phone line, staffed by therapists, that is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The center also has some therapists who are trained in eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR), a technique used to help people resolve trauma.

Wardenburg, as opposed to Counseling and Psychological Services, is authorized to prescribe medications and can grant a medical withdrawal to veterans who need a “time-out” to complete a treatment plan and return to the place in their academic career where they left off.

Treatment for veterans at Wardenburg is free if they have the Student Gold Health Insurance Plan; those with Wardenburg Campus Care insurance have to pay for treatment.

On the other hand, CAPS offers students, faculty and staff six free sessions, but that office cannot prescribe medi-

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Another component of changing that perception is to trumpet the contributions that veterans make on campus.

Several veterans and campus officials say that veterans tend to take college academics more seriously than other students because they are older, more mature and more disciplined — and they have an appreciation for what it costs, for the sacrifice they made to receive college funding through the GI Bill.

They also contribute to the education of their peers.

Moleski, an international affairs major, said being able to share his experiences abroad allows him to “shed a different light on the subject that maybe they wouldn’t otherwise get to see.”

Newcomb — a corporal whose primary job was to maintain weapons systems such as guns, missiles and rockets on helicopters — says she tries to help educate her classmates and others that not all soldiers return from action with mental issues. “Some need a bit of extra help, but a lot of us don’t.” “[Veterans] are a special element on campus. They bring a lot in terms of diversity to the campus,” says Akers. “They’re bringing their life experiences into the classroom. That’s very helpful in the learning process.”

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cations. Felicia Greher, a staff psychologist at CAPS, serves as the veterans’ liaison to Akers’ office and the Boulder Vet Center. She says her office is currently seeing several veterans, and has just started to track that number.

According to Greher, veterans often experience problems with sleep, concentration, motivation, impatience and feeling out of place. Exacerbating these issues is that they are often older students who have jobs, families and financial stress. At the same time, she says, they tend to be very self-reliant, motivated, goal-oriented and driven, and usually do well in class so that they can get their degree.

Greher says it is important for campus community members to be “showing compassion and openness to student veterans, and saying thanks for serving our country.”

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Beyond the Prius Dear EarthTalk: Celebrities and billionaires are shelling out big bucks for cutting-edge green-friendly cars like the Tesla Roadster. But what are the rest of us — who live in the budgetconstrained real world — to do about buying a new car that does right by the environment?

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ith so many new energy-efficient cars in showrooms today, there’s never been a better time to go green with your next car purchase. A few years ago the Toyota Prius was the go-to model for those with an environmental conscience and up to $30,000 to pay for the privilege of getting 35-40 miles per gallon (mpg) in the city and 45-55 on the highway. But today there is such a wide selection of fuel-efficient and low-emissions vehicles that even those on a budget can afford to go green.

To wit, Honda’s new Insight is the first hybrid gasoline-electric car available new for less than $20,000 (starting at $19,800). With fuel efficiency ratings of 40 mpg in the city and 43 on the highway, the Insight surely won’t cost much to operate either.

There are plenty of other hybrids to choose from today, too, though most cost at least a few thousand dollars more than equivalent non-hybrid models.

Toyota’s Prius, which is only available as a hybrid, still leads the pack as the world’s top-selling and most fuel-efficient hybrid. Its cost has dropped some, now starting at $22,400, and the “3rd generation” Prius 10 now claims an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) combined city/highway rating of 50 mpg. This most recent edition even features a whimsical solar panel on the roof to power a ventilation system that keeps the interior of the car cool even on scorching hot days. Hybrid versions of Honda’s Civic ($23,800), Nissan’s Altima ($26,780), Ford’s Fusion ($27,625) and Escape SUV ($31,500),

Mercury’s Milan ($31,590) and Mariner SUV ($29,995), and Toyota’s Camry ($26,150) and Highlander SUV ($34,700) are also in showrooms in dealerships across the U.S. Many smaller cars with regular gasoline engines also get great mileage with low emissions for even less money. Some examples include the Corolla ($15,350), Matrix ($16,550) and Yaris ($12,355) from Toyota, Honda’s Fit ($14,900), the Mazda 3 ($16,045), Chevy’s Aveo ($11,965) and Cobalt ($14,990), Hyundai’s Accent ($9,970) and Elantra ($14,145), Pontiac’s G3 ($14,335), the Kia Rio ($11,495), the MINI Cooper ($19,500), Ford’s Focus ($15,995), and Smart Car’s Fortwo ($11,990).

Diesel fuel is now cleaner than ever, and a few automakers are going down that road. Volkswagen’s Jetta TDI ($22,660), Audi’s A3 TDI ($29,950) and BMW’s 335d ($43,900) are three examples of high-performance vehicles with solid green credentials regarding fuel efficiency and emissions. An added bonus is that such cars can run on carbon-neutral biodiesel as well as petroleum-based diesel fuel.

Consumers just starting their search for a new ride should check out GreenCar.com, which provides detailed information on the many greener vehicles available today as well as those on the horizon. Also, the federal government’s website FuelEconomy.gov provides detailed mileage and emissions information on dozens of new cars every year, and provides users with an easy and free way to compare different vehicles along the lines of environmental impact.

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Policing efforts worked, police say Though crowds on the Pearl Street Mall reached an estimated size of 4,000, police made only one arrest there between 9 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 31, and the early morning hours of Sunday, Nov. 1. Because of concerns about large crowds and public safety, the Boulder Police Department scheduled more than 100 officers to work Halloween.

More than 40 of those officers were located on the Pearl Street Mall.

Another large group patrolled University Hill, the site of rioting on Halloween five years ago.

City of Boulder officials said they faced even more challenges this Halloween than in the past. This Halloween fell on a Saturday, Daylight Savings Time ended early Sunday, and there was a homecoming football game on Oct. 31, all of which contributed to significant worries about this year’s festivities, officials said. They also said media attention about a possible naked pumpkin run and revival of the Mall Crawl had them worried.

“Our goal was to have a quiet evening in Boulder, and this was one of the quietest Halloweens we’ve had in a long time.

Our pro-active efforts paid off,” said Police Chief Mark Beckner.

Fire crews burning slash piles Fire crews on the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests will be burning slash piles in the Boulder and Clear Creek Ranger Districts starting this fall and continuing through the spring of 2010.

Cold and snowy conditions in the fall and winter provide prime opportunities for firefighters to burn slash piles. Pile burning occurs in areas where forest management projects have been done to reduce fire risk. Slash created from these projects, such as limbs and small trees, are piled and left to dry out. After snow falls, firefighters burn the piles to further reduce the hazardous fuels.

Pile burning is likely to take place in a number of locations, including Porter Ranch, at approximately milepost 5 on Magnolia Road (Boulder County Road 132); at multiple locations near Gordon Gulch, Peewink Mountain and Switzerland Trail north of Sugarloaf Road; and along James Creek and Overland Road west of Jamestown.

Contacts with cooperators, fire departments, dispatch centers and local property owners located close to the units will be made prior to burning the piles. Road signs indicating prescribed fire activity will be posted in the area during burning operations.

Those who are sensitive to smoke or want further information can contact the Boulder Ranger District at 303-5412500.

First Descents relocating to Boulder On Oct. 30, First Descents, a Colorado-based cancer charity organization for young adults, announced plans to move its headquarters from Vail to Boulder as part of its expansion efforts.

One reason cited for the move is that the city of Boulder provides access to a larger community of donors, and the organization’s goal is to support more than 1,000 young adult survivors a year by 2014.

First Descents board member Brendan Synnott, co-founder of the natural food company Bear Naked, recently offered to house the organization’s headquarters in his Boulder office of Revelry Brands, and will become First Descents’ executive director for the salary of $1 per year.

Dance Bridge wins state dance award The Boulder Arts Commission’s Dance Bridge won the statewide Colorado Dance Award for Service to the Field on Saturday, Oct. 24.

The Dance Bridge acts as a clearing-house for dancers and dance-related activities in the area. Residents are encouraged to use Dance Bridge when seeking information on individual dance artists, performances, classes, studios, teachers, workshops and events.

The Colorado Dance Awards are held annually by the Colorado Dance Alliance to recognize excellence in the dance community.

Freikin’ great program Boulder’s “Freiker” (short for “frequent biker”) program was one of 12 organizations singled out in a national report as an example of ways communities can help get their kids more active and healthy. National nonprofit KaBOOM! searched the country for local initiatives that have increased the quantity of available play spaces and opportunities, improved the quality of kids’ playtime, and increased children’s safe access to them.

Freiker is a nonprofit that uses incentives and technology to increase the number of K-8 school children regularly bicycling and walking to school. A solarpowered Freikometer counts daily trips by scanning tags issued to students.

Students receive awards based on activity level. Within five years, the low-cost model has significantly increased physical activity and has spread to schools in five states and Canada.

Freiker reports that children have burned more than 6.3 million calories, saved nearly 8,000 gallons of gas, and prevented more than 150,000 pounds of CO2 emissions in the program.

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Pot prohibition?

It’s been about a month since every single candidate for Boulder City Council, including three incumbents, told the Boulder Weekly in an election Q&A that they would oppose banning medical marijuana dispensaries in the city.

Then we got a copy of a city staff memo this week that outlines options for regulating the industry, one of which is to require all businesses to adhere to federal laws.

Since the feds don’t allow growing or purchasing marijuana, such a move would effectively ban all dispensaries in town.

Curious.

It seems to be a bit of an overreaction, especially considering the somewhat more reasonable steps that have been taken by other, more uptight cities and towns in the area, such as enacting moratoriums until the legal landscape regarding dispensaries is clearer.

Why get ahead of the state legislation that is being drafted by Colorado Sen. Chris Romer for the 2010 session? Why would a city begin adopting regulations that could then be trumped by state law in a matter of months? Why, when President Barack Obama recently handed down guidance to his federal agents to leave this matter to the states, would the city of Boulder turn around and defer to the feds?

We trust that cooler heads on the Boulder Planning Board — and, more importantly, the newly elected members of City Council — will prevail in finding a way to avoid penalizing a new, voter-approved industry simply based on paranoia and misperceptions.

Everyone expects some degree of zoning and regulation to occur, but this heavyhanded approach should never have been proposed by city staff in a place like Boulder.

Eggs are people, too

A ballot initiative that will likely appear on the 2010 ballot aims to define a woman’s egg as a person, according to an Oct. 27 report in The Colorado Independent.

The report says that the new version of a failed 2008 anti-abortion measure, which will be known as Initiative 25, would move the legal definition farther back into the reproductive cycle, “granting cells the full spectrum of citizen rights.”

The report says the initiative would carry negative consequences for embryonic stem cell research and would criminalize abortion and some forms of birth control.

Why stop at the egg? Why not say a person’s right to life starts when Daddy gets an erection?

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Doggie breath

A new poll shows that the majority of pet owners would give “mouth-to-snout” resuscitation to their dog or cat.

The survey, conducted by the Associated Press and Petside.com, showed that 63 percent of dog owners and 53 percent of cat owners would perform CPR on their pet in an emergency. Women are more likely to attempt the procedure than men, by a margin of 65 percent to 50 percent, the poll said.

And the poll uncovered some alarming numbers about pet safety. For instance, only 20 percent of pet owners said they have a “pet first aid kit” in their home. So what exactly does one put in a pet first aid kit? One of those head cones for dogs?

Duct tape?

Similarly, 54 percent of the respondents said they do not have a fire evacuation plan for their pets. Shocking.

How does that one work? Train the dog to wake the family when it smells smoke and then head for the doggie door, like Lassie? We don’t see doing much training with a cat; if there were a fire, you'd probably have to look under every bed in the house to find it — not a good plan in a fire.

The survey also found that 62 percent of dog owners and one-third of cat owners let their pets ride in their cars unrestrained, without placing them in a pet carrier.

Aw, c’mon, you can’t take that dog away from the wind outside his favorite car window!

According to the AP story about the poll, people take this stuff seriously, though.

Here in Colorado, the local chapter of the American Red Cross offers a pet first aid class.

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We weren’t that clear about what a lesser prairie-chicken is, so we pecked away at the rest of the news release. Turns out, they are a native grassland grouse species that are about the size of regular chickens. They used to roam all over southeast Colorado, but now they are listed as a threatened species in the state. So if you find one, let it be.

It's one chicken that doesn't belong in your backyard.

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Vox Feminista performs at Naropa on Friday, Nov. 6.

Thursday, Nov. 5

Handweavers Guild of Boulder’s 38th Annual Show and Sale — This year’s theme is “encouraging artists to move into a new paradigm and explore different dimensions.” Whoa, man. Trippy. 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Boulder County Fairgrounds, Hover Street and Nelson Road, Longmont, www. handweaversofboulder.org, through Nov. 8.

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40 Women Over 40 brings drama, humor, and healing to stage in “Feels Like Falling”

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of its members passed away. However, “Feels Like Falling” should not be categorized as a melodramatic pity party.

Rather, it should be examined as an exploration of the ebb and flow of life as experienced through wise, feminine eyes.

“In this realm that we’re in — we’re women over 40 — everyone has experienced great loss and great joy and everything in between,” explains Cranbourne. “Everyone has lost someone or something very important to them at that point. So when we come together … there is so much communion in what we do and so much encouragement and understanding and compassion.”

And it is within this communion that she feels her dancers find their own “medicine.” With only 10 to 15 professional dancers in the company, 40 Women Over 40 embraces the amateur that brings heart and dedication.

One of the unique challenges Cranbourne expresses for women in her age group/category is a feeling of loneliness and longing to be a part of something. The troupe makes room for this by offering fellowship and camaraderie through movement, expression and theater.

And who are these 50 women who come to rehearsal, trainings and performances?

“They’re doctors, they’re lawyers — they have huge commitments — they’re CPAs and full-time moms,” notes Cranbourne.

Saturday, Nov. 7

CU’s Biggest Tailgating Party — Watch the CU football game on a mega 14-foot screen.

Now that Darrell Scott has left for greener (and warmer) pastures at UCLA, do Buffs fans have anything to look forward to? Saturday Afternoon Club at Millennium Harvest House, 1345 28th St., Boulder, 303-443-3850.

Sunday, Nov. 8

Aging Out Loud! — A performance by Stories on Stage for the Society for Creative Aging’s Festival. 2 p.m. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-2122 x10.

Monday, Nov. 9

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Boulder Improv Jam Association — All dance, the association says, began as improv dance at some point. Get the primal dancing out of your system every Tuesday.

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Bron Taylor — In his book, Dark Green Religion: Nature Spirituality and the Planetary Future, Taylor explores “green religions” that hold nature sacred and have replaced traditional religions. 7:30 p.m.

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o say that Nancy Cranbourne is excited about her dance company would be a bit of an understatement.

“I’m in love with these women,” says Cranbourne. “I’m in love with what they do.

Everything comes out of this place of inspiration and love and I’m just blessed with that. I so admire them; they are my heroes.”

She is speaking candidly about the dance troupe she founded in 2003, 40 Women Over 40. Her goal was simple: defy the normative statement that dance is only for the young and professional. Six years later, roughly 60 women auditioned for Cranbourne’s latest piece, “Feels Like Falling.”

“I ended up taking 50 [dancers],” Cranbourne says. “It is becoming very cohesive this year.”

“Feels Like Falling” is part dance, part theater. The theme of this show originated from Cranbourne’s own personal loss experience.

“The piece, the show is all about healing,” she says. “It was born out of my mother dying two and a half years ago.”

And though that specific death might have been the initial foundation for “Feels Like Falling,” Cranbourne quickly realized that the need to heal is far more universal.

The group itself suffered its own loss this year when one

The Velocity of Outrage — If you haven’t seen a Vox Feminista performance, check this one out. And bring all your conservative friends. And popcorn. Naropa Performing Arts Center, 2130 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, www.voxfeminista.org.

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These vocational and lifestyle time commitments are yet another challenge of the mature dancer. But busy schedules do not affect commitment. In fact, it is through these realities that the group continues to defy the standard conventions of an aging woman and dancer. But it is not the dancing alone that accentuates the strength and beauty of these women.

Cranbourne made a conscious decision to use several theatrical techniques when producing “Falling.” Cranbourne projects video of herself acting the advice of various healers whose advice she sought after the death of her mother. From counseling to acupuncture to Rolfing, Cranbourne includes everything traditional and then some.

Cranbourne’s stage direction is noteworthy, too. Images of dancers on a dark stage silhouetted by spotlights conjure feelings of desperate loneliness in one moment, while in the next, a joyful beat and bright lighting arrays burst onto the performers as they move in sequenced salutation. In her use of light and darkness, Cranbourne sets a mood for both her dancers and audience. In fact, Cranbourne says that the women in 40 Women do much more than perform, they give. When these 40 women take to the stage, they are sending a powerful message to viewers of all ages that it is never too late to grow and chal-

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lenge oneself, try something new and create something spectacular along the way.

“We’re a generous company. We want to give the audience something,” she says.

“It’s not about ‘we’re beautiful creatures and watch us’ — it’s inclusive.”

Cranbourne has also been pleasantly surprised by the age and gender of her audience. From husbands and families of the performers to young men and women, 40 Women has a stage presence that has

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Visions of beautiful women in black and white dresses and skirts, dancing provocatively and without fear to pulsating drums and bass, is just part of what 40 Women bring to the stage.

“They really don’t apologize for anything,” Cranbourne says of the group.

“We do what we do and in doing that, just by presenting ourselves the way we do, we defy that notion [of beauty and

age]. Our culture has such a limited idea of physical beauty and ferociousness and what is athletic.”

It’s a testament that speaks to one of the most obvious challenges for this demographic: how to convey their beauty and sensuality.

Cranbourne is very aware of the stigmas and is determined to blaze a new path for her dancers. For example, she chooses music that you might find on a pop radio station (Pink, Prince and Justin Timberlake are all represented in her pieces), and choreographs accordingly.

Cranbourne says her creation process revolves significantly around the music: “I’ll be in the car, look around, call the station … it has to feel like something to me. It’s not the brain, it’s literally the heart, the pulse of the soul, that I go ‘that’s it.’”

And what is “it”? “It” is fun, organic and, most importantly, honest. “It” might be boiled down to a conversation the company is having with the audience and within themselves. This honesty could very well be a product of time and lessons learned. And the effect is intense and evident.

“People laugh and they cry,” notes Cranbourne. “People come to rehearsal and they cry to see 35 women on stage dancing together, having such a blast. Because they are really doing for themselves at this point, they’re not proving anything.”

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Punk attitude

The Afro-Punk tour gives the finger to your expectations

by David Accomazzo

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fro-Punk is, at its core, rebellion.

It’s rebellion against labels, against societal norms; it’s about becoming yourself in a world that tries to shove you into prefabricated corporate identities.

It’s about personal identity. It’s punk rock.

“In all types of communities [not just the black community], kids are ostracized for being different for the kind of music they listen to, for not being a part of the group,” says rapper-poet Saul Williams, who is headlining the Afro-Punk tour, which makes a stop at the Fox Theatre on Sunday, Nov. 8.

“We kind of wanted to create somewhat of a support group for urban kids that are into alternative music, basically, and that are into alternative expression, because a lot of those kids end up growing up feeling alone, feeling like we don’t really fit in and feeling singled out.”

Afro-Punk, the documentary, gave a name to the movement in 2003, and the Afro-Punk festival, a daylong event with art, extreme sports and music, began in 2005. The festival offers black kids who prefer punk rock to hip-hop a common ground to meet like-minded people and share experiences. Says Williams: “Alternatives are necessary when cats feel like the only things they can do is be a thug or try to be the next Kanye or a ballplayer; it’s to say, ‘Oh dude, you can just be you,’” Williams says. “You can be you at any direction you turn. You’re not selling out; you’re not los-

ing yourself. You belong… And you’re still cool and you embody all these things, I am what you see me as and can still have street credibility.” so much more.’

This year, organizers launched the first touring ver“I don’t call him post-racial, I call him meta-racial sion of the festival and asked Williams to headline. He ... Post-racial talks about the idea of a society that no agreed, dusted off his alter ego from his latest album, longer defines itself according to race. Meta-racial can 2008’s The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of Niggy say, OK, I don’t mind being a part of this category. Yes, Tardust, and hit the road.

I am African-American. I can accept the title if you can “I think [Niggy Tardust] accept that none of the things that you want to place fits into that sort of percepwith the title are an essential part of it, essentially. So tion of what they’re talking it’s not shunning the idea of race or trying to sweep it about as far as kids who dare under a rug but it’s saying, ‘Yeah that plays a part. But to be different ... Wanting to there’s so many other things that play a part. I’m willbe around other kids who ing to use it.’ It’s like looking at race as a form of techcare to be different. That nology, saying like, ‘Being born with these things would be enabled me to understand this comcool munity, this way of speaking or what because have you, and so I use that for a parOn the Bill Saul Williams headlines the that’s what ticular thing, but it’s not where I Afro-Punk tour, coming to Niggy stay. It’s not where I live. I don’t live the Fox Theatre on Sunday, Tardust is within the concept of identity that Nov. 8. Tickets are $20.25 to $25. 1135 13th St., Boulder, about. It’s characterizes me as black or as white 303-443-3399. about that or any of those things. It’s beyond freedom of that.” expression Williams’ music has always been and about daring to be yourhard to categorize. He plays with a band that veers self even in the face of people more toward rock rhythms than hip-hop beats. His lyrwho have no clear underics can vary between spoken-word righteousness to standing of who you are and punk-rock mantras. Niggy Tardust takes a turn towards how much you can encomindustrial rock, an influence easily credited to Trent pass.”

Reznor of Nine Inch Nails, the album’s producer. The So who is Niggy Tardust, first track, “Black History Month,” is straight-up hipother than a nod to David hop, while the second song, “Convict Colony,” is more Bowie’s androgynous alien of a punk-meets-grimy-industrial-synths type of song. rock star?

Reznor’s back-up vocals on “WTF!” provide a chilling “He’s a hybrid,” rapper complement to Williams’ lead, making the song one of Williams says of Niggy the album’s highlights. The album is an eclectic examTardust. “What I mean by ple of how many different directions hip-hop can go; that is I see him as a member of sort of a neo-envisionit’s as much inspiring experimentation as it is Williams’ ist tribe. Those of us born today, we could easily fall own brand of music. And that head-first journey into into categories of what we’re born into — white, music, damn the results, is the spirit of the Afro-Punk Catholic, black, Christian or any of these things. Those movement — do what’s truest to your own self, and to things signify our parents more than they signify us ... hell with anyone who tells you otherwise.

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Bearfoot … or, how a nice girl from California dominated Courtney Love and came to play Americana in Colorado

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ive us a minute while we Still, Jorgensen stepped into a dab some yoke off our functioning outfit with a decent folface. lowing, a couple of CDs and scads of A little Internet land- festival appearances under their belts mine caught us unawares — fronting said outfit, no less.

“It was a challenge, at first," when we were preparing to chat with Jorgensen said. "Whether you’re formOdessa Jorgensen the other day. See, Ms. ing a band or coming into an estabJorgensen, fiddler and singer/songwriter lished band, you just kind of have to fly formerly of the California-based Biscuit Burners, is now the lead singer and one of by the seat of your pants, take it as it comes, moment by moment. two fiddle players for the Alaska-formed, “But … I’m a confident person. mostly Nashville-based Americana quinI’m friends tet Bearfoot, and with Annalisa, she’s actually the new I really enjoyed kid on the block, On the Bill the band with having joined the Bearfoot opens for Solas at her. Y’know, outfit in September Swallow Hill on Friday, Nov. 6. it’s a different of last year.

Doors at 8 p.m. Tickets are $23 to $27. 71 E. Yale Ave., Denver, band. It’s not A clever little 303-777-1003. me getting up piece in the there just singBluegrass ing someone Intelligencer reported else’s tunes. It’s my tunes now.” the prior August that Bearfoot was holdAnd actually, the band’s latest ing auditions to fill the space left by origCD is titled after one of Jorgensen’s inal member Annalisa Tornfelt, who left contributions, Doors and Windows, the band to spend more time off the road an affecting, almost dirge-like rumiand at home with family. The piece went nation on dancing warily just outon to list Billy Bob Thornton, Carla side the clutches of mortality.

Bruni and Courtney Love as audition Somehow gentle, vaguely haunting, prospects. carefully bejeweled by swelling fidWow. How does it feel beating out dle tones and tinkling mando lines around Kurt Cobain’s widow, the Slingblade guy and the First Lady of France to get this gig? the edges of its spare and spacious production … the CD’s center of gravity, as well “Some people thought that was real, as its namesake. which was really hilarious,” chuckled “I actually never played this tune with Jorgensen.

Um … well, the music world can get a a band before," Jorgensen said. "It’s one that I started writing when I was 16. We little weird sometimes, but, OK, not that got with Compass Records three weeks weird.

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I write a lot on the road, and whenever I write, I record. And sometimes I just go back to old songs, and I found this one

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that I hadn’t finished. I had about five days where I locked myself in a practice space to finish things and get ideas down. And that was one of the songs I was really stuck on. I mean, I kept thinking, ‘Are these guys going to like this?

They’re going to think it’s creepy. …’

“And I just threw it out there. We rented a house up in Nederland, and just showed each other our songs. … They ended up digging the tune, and it was really fun to see what we could do with each musically.”

The album also includes a few bouncing songwriter tunes (“Single Girl,” “Time Is No Medicine”), and a curiously weird cover of the Beatles’ “Don’t Let Me Down,” Jorgensen’s vocal languid and teasing the fringes of irony.

“Yeah, that [was] our booking agent’s idea,” she said. “It’s not a cover you hear all the time, especially with a chick singing it. But … I loved it right off. People do say, ‘wow, that was interesting,’ but why not, I figure. I mean, it’s a good song. And you can never go wrong with the Beatles.”

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Befriending Your Body: A Healing Retreat for Women — With Peach Friedman and Sara Avant Stover. Shambhala Mountain Center, 4921 County Rd. 68C, Red Feather Lakes, www.peachfriedman.com, through Nov. 8.

Beginning Flamenco. 6:15-7:30 p.m. Kakes Studios, 2115 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-786 7050, www.flamenco-boulder.com.

Boulder Public Library Film Program — Navajos Film Themselves. 7 p.m. Boulder Public

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Rock N Soul Café, 5290 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-443-5108.

Crude — International Film Series showing. 7 p.m. and 9:15 p.m. CU campus, Muenzinger Auditorium, Boulder, 303-492-1531.

Discover your Leadership Style — An evening seminar and networking event for women outdoor enthusiasts. 4:30 p.m. REI, 1789 28th St., Boulder, www.oiwc.org.

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Calaveras — Skulls, skeletons, devils and demons in Mexican folk art. The Arvada Center for the Arts, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada, 720-898-7200, through Nov. 15.

Celebrating Clay: 40 Years with the Boulder Potters Guild — Ceramic work by guild members. Boulder Public Library, 1000 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-443-2056, through Nov. 29.

Continental Divide — A collection of work by 45 ceramic artists. The Arvada Center for the Arts, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada, 720898-7200, through Nov. 15.

Down on the Farm: Chickens, Fresh Fruit and Vegetables — By Jill Musser. Boulder Arts and Crafts Gallery, 1421 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-443-3683, through Jan. 4, 2010.

Faces of Hong Kong, 1966 — Photos by Mel Schockner. Loveland Museum Gallery, 503 N. Lincoln Ave., Loveland, 970-962-2410, through Nov. 22.

Front Range Art Faculty Exhibit — Various artists. The Great Frame Up Artists’ Gallery, 430 Main St., Longmont, 303-772-

7293, through Nov. 7.

Fountain — By Andrea Modica. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-2122, through Jan. 17.

Grand Opening Reception — New paintings by Anthony Grant. The Art Underground, 917 Front St., Lousiville, 303408-5533, on Nov. 6 from 5 to 9 p.m.

Inspirational Discoveries — By Mary Jo McGillivray. The Art Center of Estes Park, 517 Big Thompson Ave., Estes Park, 970-586-5882, through Nov. 17.

Metaphors and Memories — By Sally Elliott.

Ras Kassa’s Ethiopian Restaurant, 2111 30th St., Boulder, 303-447-2919, through the fall.

Oil Paintings — By Linda Armantrout. NCAR’s Mesa Laboratory, 1850 Table Mesa Dr., Boulder, 303-497-2408, through Nov. 28.

Only in Boulder — A celebration of Boulder’s 150th anniversary. Boulder History Museum, 1206 Euclid Ave., Boulder, 303-449-3464, www. boulderhistorymuseum.org, through May 23, 2010.

Pears and Angels — By Judith Babcock.

Christine Marguerite Designs Inc., 1721 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-2344, through Dec. 31.

Resistencia Visual — By the Oaxacan Assembly of Revolutionary Artists. UMC Art Gallery, CU campus, Boulder, umc.colorado.

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Sculptures in Locally Reclaimed Wood — By Patrick Marold. The Arvada Center for the Arts, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada, 720-8987200, through Nov. 15.

The State — By Andrew Rising. UMC 5th Floor Roofdeck, CU Boulder, 303-492-6161, through Nov. 23.

The Surface and Beneath — By Heather Wilcoxon & Vintage Carnival Folk Art. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-2122, through Jan. 17.

Through the Veil — By Theresa Anderson, Karin Dremel and various artists. The Old Firehouse Art Center, 667 Fourth Ave., Longmont, 303-651-2787, through Nov. 6.

Urban Chicken Coop Projects — By CU-Boulder. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-2122, through Jan. 17.

Weaving Memory: Monotypes — By Melanie Yazzie. University of Colorado Museum of Natural History, CU campus, Boulder, 303-4926892, through May 30, 2010.

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CU College of Music Doctoral Student Recital — With Marcin Arendt, violin and ShuWei Tseng, piano. 7:30 p.m. Grusin Music Hall, 1020 18th St., Boulder, 303-492-8008.

CU College of Music Graduate Student Recital — With Sarah Stoneback, trumpet. 4:30 p.m. First Baptist Church 1237 Pine St., Boulder, 303-492-8008.

CU College of Music Guest Master Class — With Marianne Gedigian, flute. 2 p.m. Imig Music, Chamber Hall, 1020 18th St., Boulder, 303-492-8008.

Early Music Ensemble — With CU-Boulder student performers. 4:30 p.m. Grusin Music Hall, 1020 18th St., Boulder, 303-492-8008.

The Ethereal Plane. 10 p.m. Boulder Draft House, 2027 13th St., Boulder, 303-440-5858.

Greg Greer Trio. 6 p.m. Q’s Restaurant, 2115

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Intercambio de Comunidades Fundraiser — With DJ Diablo. 8 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683.

Josh Blackburn. Baker St. Pub & Grill, 1729 28th St., Boulder, 720-974-9490.

Old-Fashioned Hootenanny. 7:00 p.m. Tuft Theatre at Swallow Hill, 71 E.Yale Ave., Denver, 303-777-1003, www.swallowhillmusic.org.

Open Mic — For poets, comedians and musicians. 7 p.m. 8 Port Coffee & Tea House, 1727 15th St., Boulder, 303-955-2221.

Open Reheasal of Pro Musica Colorado Chamber Orchestra. 7 p.m. Rocky Mountain Center for Musical Arts, 200 E. Baseline Rd., Lafayette, 303-665-0599.

The Patrice LeBlanc Duo — With Rex Spease. Caper’s Italian Bistro & Tap, 600 Airport Rd., Longmont, 303-776-7667.

Perpetual Groove & Underground Orchestra. 9 p.m./8:30 p.m. doors, Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-3399.

Radical Knitting Circle — With Ben Hanna. 8 p.m. Laughing Goat Coffeehouse, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.

Ragin’ Cajun Doug Kershaw. 8 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel and Suites, 800 28th St., Boulder, 303-443-3322.

The Rockin’ Jake Band. Oskar Blues, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685.

Something Underground. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 N. Park Dr., Lafayette, 303-665-2757.

The Unknown Masterpiece — With St. Martin’s Chamber Choir. 7:30 p.m. Grace Lutheran Church, 1001 13th St., Boulder, 303298-1970.

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Act of God — International Film Series showing.

7 p.m. and 9 p.m. CU campus, Muenzinger Auditorium, Boulder, 303-492-1531.

Anthony Grant Studio Gallery Opening Reception. 5 p.m. The Art Underground, 917 Front St., Louisville, 303-408-5533.

Astro Boy — Film showing at 7 p.m. Backdoor Theater, 740 Hwy. 72 N., Nederland, 303-2580188.

Bravo — Fall dance concert. 7 p.m. The Arvada Center, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada, 720-8987200, through Nov. 7.

Boulder Beer Company Fondue and Beer Night. 6:30 p.m. The Melting Pot, 732 Main St., Louisville, RSVP at 303-666-7777.

Boulder Public Library Film Program — Mr. Tompkins Inside Himself. 7 p.m. Boulder Public Library, 1000 Canyon Blvd., Boulder, 303-4413197.

First Friday at osmosis — The 2009 Holiday Season Art Show Achievable Art. 5 to 8 p.m. osmosis gallery, 290 Second Ave., Niwot, 303652-2668.

40 Women Over 40: Feels Like Falling — Dance performance. 8 p.m. Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826, through Nov. 15.

HDR Nirvana: High Dynamic Range Photography. Boulder Digital Arts, 2510 47th St., Boulder, 303-875-0276.

Heart Connection Community Kirtan — Group chanting of sacred mantras. 7:30 p.m.

White Stone Yoga, 442 Main St. Longmont, www. kirtancommunity.com.

I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change — With Woof! Theatre Productions. 7:30 p.m. Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826, through Nov. 21.

Pears and Angels — Artisit reception. 6 p.m.

Christine Marguerite Designs, Inc., 1721 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-2344.

Philistines — Theater production. University Theatre, CU Boulder, 303-492-8181, through Nov. 15.

Rumors — With The CHS Dionysus Theatre Company. 7:30 p.m. Centaurus High School,

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The Velocity of Outrage — Vox Feminista performance. Naropa Performing Arts Center, 2130 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, www.voxfeminista.org.

Warren Miller’s Dynasty — Film showing.

6:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030.

White Space at DWR — Fundraiser for BMoCA with live art session. Design Within Reach, 2049 Broadway, Boulder, 303-443-2122.

The Zikr Sacred Dance Ensemble — Works based on transcendent dance rituals. 8 p.m. Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826.

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music

Perpetual Groove —

The Savannah, Ga., band brings its trippy, space-heavy, distortion-filled jams to the Fox Theatre. Los Angeles’ Underground Orchestra opens. 9 p.m./8:30 p.m. doors, Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-3399.

PANORAMA PICK p.m. St. Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696.

events The Accident — Theater performance with Gemma Wilcox Productions. Naropa Performing Arts Center, 2130 Arapahoe, Boulder, 1-800-8383006, through Nov. 8.

Afternoon Tea. 1 p.m. Jill’s Restaurant at St. Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-4069696.

A Night of Improvisational Theatre — With Playback Theatre West. 8 p.m. Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826.

Astro Boy — Film showing at 7 p.m. Backdoor Theater, 740 Hwy. 72 N., Nederland, 303-2580188.

Beginning/ Intermediate Hoopdance. 10 a.m. O Dance Studio, 1501 Lee Hill Rd. #4, Boulder, 303-415-1877.

Bravo — Fall dance concert. 2 p.m. The Arvada Center, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada, 720-8987200.

Boulder County Farmers’ Market. 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.13th Street and Canyon Boulevard, Boulder, 303-545-2047.

CU’s Biggest Tailgating Party — Watch the

CU football game on a mega 14-foot screen.

Saturday Afternoon Club at Millennium Harvest House, 1345 28th St., Boulder, 303-443-3850.

Cocktails and Tails: An Evening of Art-nBark — Fundraiser with the Rocky Mountain Great Dane Rescue. 5:30 p.m. Rembrandt Yard Gallery, 1301 Spruce St., Boulder, 303-301-2970.

Music and Mimosas — Every Saturday 9 to 11 a.m. The Curious Cup Café, 1377 Forest Park Cir., Lafayette, 720-890-4665.

Rumors — With The CHS Dionysus Theatre Company. 7:30 p.m. Centaurus High School, 10300 S. Boulder Rd., Lafayette, 720-301-4439.

Tantra Yoga Secrets — Transformative energy yoga practices. 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Solstice Center, 302 Pearl St., Boulder, 856-397-1632, through Nov. 8.

Thinking like a DP (Director of Photography). Boulder Digital Arts, 2510 47th St., Boulder, 303-875-0276.

The Trouble With Jesse — With Imagination Makers Theater Company. 3:30 p.m. Boulder Public Library, 1000 Canyon Blvd., Boulder, 720565-1055.

Upslope Anniversary Party — Celebrate with beer, food and bluegrass. 2 to 6 p.m.

Upslope Brewing Co., 1501 Lee Hill Rd. No. 20, Boulder, www.upslopebrewing.com.

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The Accident — With Gemma Wilcox Productions. Naropa Performing Arts Center, 2130 Arapahoe, Boulder, 1-800-838-3006, on Nov. 7 at 7:30 p.m. and Nov. 8 at 2 p.m.

And Then There Were None. The 73rd Avenue Playhouse, 7287 Lowell Blvd., Westminster, 720276-6936, through Nov. 15.

CALAMITY! Rock ’n Soul Café, 5290 Arapahoe Ave. #1, Boulder, 720-323-4665, through Nov. 15.

Communicating Doors. Longmont Theatre Company, 513 Main St., Longmont, 303-772-5200, Nov. 6 through Nov. 21.

I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change — With Woof! Theatre Productions. Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-444-7328, Nov. 6 though Nov. 19.

Rumors — With The CHS Dionysus Theatre Company. Centaurus High School, 10300 S. Boulder Rd., Lafayette, 720-301-4439, through Nov. 7.

The Second Tosca. The Arvada Center for the Arts, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada, 720-8987200, through Nov. 22.

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Boulder’s Dinner Theatre, 5501 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-449-6000, through Nov. 7.

The Velocity of Outrage — With Vox Feminista.

Naropa Performing Arts Center, 2130 Araphahoe, Boulder, www.voxfeminista.org, on Nov. 6 at 8 p.m.

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Alice in Wonderland. The 73rd Avenue Theatre Company, 7287 Lowell Blvd., Westminster, 720-2766936, through Nov. 15.

Philistines. Univeristy Theatre, CU Boulder, 303-4928181, through Nov. 15.

Return to the Twilight Zone Volume 7 — With The Theater Company of Lafayette. Mary Miller Theater, 300 E. Simpson St., Lafayette, 720-209-2154, through Nov. 7.

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Art Opening for Benjamin Coleman — With Pawn Ticket Trio and Junk Drawer. 8:30 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303463-6683.

Catfish Kray Blues Band. 8 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel and Suites, 800 28th St., Boulder, 303-443-3322.

The Chapmans. 8 p.m. Tuft Theatre at Swallow Hill, 71 E.Yale Ave., Denver, 303-777-1003, www.swallowhillmusic.org.

David Grier & Mike Compton. Wildflower Pavillion at Planet Bluegrass, 500 W. Main St., Lyons, 303-823-0848.

The Digger Trends. 10:30 p.m. George’s Food & Drink, 2028 14th St., Boulder, 303-998-9350.

The Floozies — With Fresh2Death and Michael Garfield 9:30 p.m. The b.side Lounge, 2017 13th St., Boulder, 303-473-9463.

Flyleaf — With Paper Tongues. 9 p.m./8:30 p.m. doors, Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303443-3399.

Giddyup Kitty and Quickdraw — Fundraiser for the Altona Grange and Colorado Bluegrass Society. 7 p.m. Altona Grange, 9386 N. 39th St., Longmont, www. coloradobluegrass.org Gordon Bok — With John Winn. 8 p.m.

Daniels Hall at Swallow Hill, 71 E.Yale Ave., Denver, 303-777-1003, www.swallowhillmusic. org.

Grass It Up. 10 p.m. Boulder Draft House, 2027 13th St., Boulder, 303-440-5858.

The Informants. Oskar Blues, 1555 S. Hover St., Longmont, 303-485-9400.

Jenn Cleary. 7 p.m. 8 Port Coffee & Tea House, 1727 15th St., Boulder, www.jenncleary.com Josh Blackburn. Baker St. Pub & Grill, 1729 28th St., Boulder, 720-974-9490.

Mostly Mozart — With Pro Musica Colorado Chamber Orchestra 7:30 p.m. Mountain View United Methodist Church, 355 Ponca Pl., Boulder, 303-776-5355.

Pianist Dr. Robert Dusek — Performs sonatas by Mozart, Beethoven and Ives. 6 p.m.

Rivendell College, 5495 Baseline Rd., Boulder, www.rivendellcollege.org.

Ramaya — With Havilah. Laughing Goat Coffeehouse, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-4404628.

Something About Lulu. 7:30 p.m. Rock N Soul Café, 5290 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-4435108.

Stellar Atlas — With The Gull Beats. 9 p.m.

Club 156, CU campus, Boulder, 303-492-7704.

U4X. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 N. Park Dr., Lafayette, 303-665-2757.

Vox Anima Choir — America Veteran’s Day concert. Manhattan Middle School, 290 Manhattan Dr., Boulder, 303-449-5713.

Women of the Great White Way — A concert of solos and choral settings with ASTER Women’s Chamber Choir. Broomfield Auditorium, 3 Community Park Rd., Broomfield, 303-466-2879.

Zivanai Masango & Pachedu Africa. 6:30

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Warren Miller’s Dynasty — Film showing. 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030.

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Acoustic Jam — With Jax Delaguerre. 11:30 a.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303463-6683.

Afropunk featuring Saul Williams — With Earl Greyhound American Fangs Mu$a. 9 p.m./ 8:30 p.m. doors, Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-3399.

Bill Nershi, Darol Anger, Tao RodriguezSeeger & Scott Law. 7 p.m. Daniels Hall at Swallow Hill, 71 E.Yale Ave., Denver, 303-7771003, www.swallowhillmusic.org.

Blues Jam — With Lionel Young and Mark Diamond. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel and Suites, 800 28th St., Boulder, 303-443-3322.

Chris Kroger. Renaissance Hotel, 500 Flatiron Blvd., Broomfield, 303-464-8400.

CU College of Music Doctoral Student Recital — With Anna Jesaitis, viola. 2 p.m. Imig Music, Chamber Hall, 1020 18th St., Boulder, 303-492-8008.

CU College of Music Graduate Student Recital — With Sarah Cranor, violin. 4:30 p.m.

Imig Music, Chamber Hall, 1020 18th St., Boulder, 303-492-8008.

Felonius Smith Trio. Boulder Public Library, Meadows Branch 4800 Baseline Rd., Boulder, 303-441-4390.

Irish Session. Conor O’Neills, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922.

John McEuen (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band). 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 N. Park Dr., Lafayette, 303-6652757.

Long Road Home. Oskar Blues, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685.

Old Time Music with Aaron Keim. 8:30 p.m.

Laughing Goat Coffeehouse, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.

Papadosio. 10 p.m. Mountain Sun Pub & Brewery, 1535 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-546-0886.

Public Property. 10 p.m. Vine Street Pub, 1700 Vine St., Denver, 303-388-2337.

University Choir. 7:30 p.m. Imig Music, Grusin Music Hall, 1020 18th St., Boulder, 303-492-8008.

World Musics. 2 p.m. Imig Music, Grusin Music Hall, 1020 18th St., Boulder, 303-492-8008.

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events The Accident — Theater performance with Gemma Wilcox Productions. Naropa Performing Arts Center, 2130 Arapahoe, Boulder, 1-800-8383006, through Nov. 8.

Aging Out Loud! — Performance by Stories on Stage for the Society for Creative Aging’s Festival. 2 p.m. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., Boulder, 303443-2122 X10.

CALAMITY! — Theater performance. 7:30 p.m.

Rock N Soul Café, 5290 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-443-5108.

Hawaiian Hula. 6:30 p.m. Boulder Ballet Studio, The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-447-9772.

Hotel Boulderado Bridal Show — Free event with complimentary wine tasting and gourmet lunch. 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Hotel Boulderado, 2115 13th St., Boulder, 303-4422880.

Kamikazee Karaoke Gong Show. Juanita’s Mexican Food, 1043 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-4495273.

Playful Yoga — With Ashley Sargent. 4 p.m. Vida Yoga, 2749 Iris Ave., Boulder, 303-562-5963.

Sunday Afternoon Tea — With live traditional Asian music. 1:30 to 4 p.m. Ku Cha House of Tea, 2015 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-3612.

p.m. Laughing Goat Coffeehouse, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.

Tuesday, Nov. 10

music

The Chapmans —

Join the self-billed “dysfunctional music family” for a night of friendly, accessible folk music. 8 p.m. Tuft Theatre at Swallow Hill, 71 E.Yale Ave., Denver, 303777-1003, www.swallowhillmusic.org.

PANORAMA PICK Warren Miller’s Dynasty — Film showing. 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030.

Monday, Nov. 9

music

Acoustic Plug-In — Blues jam and open stage.

7:30 p.m. Oskar Blues, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303823-6685.

Caribbean and African Ensembles. 7:30 p.m.

Imig Music, Grusin Music Hall, 1020 18th St., Boulder, 303-492-8008.

CU College of Music Graduate Student Recital — With Derek McDonald, trumpet.

7:30 p.m. Imig Music, Chamber Hall, 1020 18th St., Boulder, 303-492-8008.

CU College of Music Performance — Chinook Winds. The Academy, 970 Aurora Ave., Boulder, 303-492-8008.

Cosmopolitics.10 p.m. Southern Sun, 627 S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-543-0886.

Dechen Hawk. 14th Street Bar & Grill, 1400 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-604-2888.

Jay Ryan’s Big Top. 7 p.m./6:30 p.m. sign-up, D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-4636683.

Kate Voegele — With Kevin Hammond. 9 p.m./8:30 p.m. doors, Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-3399.

Open Mic. 7:15 p.m., Rock N Soul Café, 5290 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-443-5108.

events Boulder Public Library Film Program — Scenes from the New American Cinema 1967-1974: Getting Straight. 7 p.m. Boulder Public Library, 1000 Canyon Blvd., Boulder, 303-441-3197.

Complete Digital Photography Four-Part Series! Boulder Digital Arts, 2510 47th St., Boulder, 303-875-0276.

Geeks Who Drink Pub Quiz. 8 p.m. The b.side Lounge, 2017 13th St., Boulder, 303-4739463.

Geeks Who Drink Pub Quiz. 9 p.m. Conor O’Neills, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922.

New Mexico at the Borderlands of Popular Music of Greater Mexico — College of Music lecture with Brenda Romero. 2 p.m. Imig Music, Chamber Hall, 1020 18th St., Boulder, 303-4928008.

“So, You’re a Poet.” — With Emily Owens, Jonathan Montegomery and Allison Langley. 8

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Thursday, Nov. 5 Karen Kissel Wegela — The Courage to Be Present: Buddhism, Psychotherapy, and the Awakening of Natural Wisdom. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-2074.

Friday, Nov. 6 Audrey Nelson — Code Switching. 7 p.m. Barnes & Noble, 2999 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-444-0349.

Saturday, Nov. 7 Ballerinas from Boulder Ballet — The Nutcracker. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-2074.

Gayle D. Marriott — Perilous Presence. 1 p.m.

Borders, 1 W. Flatiron Crossing Dr., Broomfield, 303466-4044.

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Joshua Berman — Moon Belize. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-2074.

Open Mic Poetry. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.

Tuesday, Nov. 10 T.A. Barron — Doomraga’s Revenge (Merlin’s Dragon #2) 7:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-2074.

Wednesday, Nov. 11 Bron Taylor — Dark Green Religion: Nature Spirituality and the Planetary Future. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-2074.

Open Mic. Burnt Toast, 1235 Pennsylvania Ave., Boulder, 303-440-5200.

Jessica Brody — Love Under Cover. 7:30 p.m.

Tattered Cover Book Store, 2526 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, 303-322-7727.

Atomic Pablo Band — Smooth Jazz. 7 p.m.

Rock N Soul Café, 5290 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-443-5108.

Bilboa. 6:30 p.m. St. Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696.

Boulder Talent Night. Boulder Draft House, 2027 13th St., Boulder, 303-440-5858.

Bluegrass Pick. Oskar Blues, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685.

Blues Jams — With Delta Sonics. 7:30 p.m.

Boulder Outlook Hotel and Suites, 800 28th St., Boulder, 303-443-3322.

Breakin’ and Eggs — All breakbeats night. 9 p.m. The b.side Lounge, 2017 13th St., Boulder, 303-473-9463.

Clusterpluck — Open jam. George’s Food & Drink, 2028 14th St., Boulder, 303-998-9350.

CU College of Music Faculty Series — Songs of Mourning, Dances of Joy with Matthew Dane, viola, and friends. 7:30 p.m. Grusin Music Hall, 1020 18th St., Boulder, www.colorado.edu/ music.

Daedelus & Evol Intent — With James Pants.

9 p.m./8:30 p.m., Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-3399.

Dueling Pianos. Shooters Bar & Grill, 180113th St., Boulder, 720-312-3957.

Hot Damn And The Hell Yeahs — With Project Majesty. 7 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683.

Open Mic — With Danny Shafer. 8 p.m./7 p.m. sign-up, Conor O’Neills, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922.

Paper Stars. 8:30 p.m. Laughing Goat Coffeehouse, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-4404628.

Weekly Bluegrass Pick. Oskar Blues, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685.

events Boulder Improv Jam Association — Public dance jam every Tuesday. 7:30 to 10:30 p.m.The Avalon Ballroom, 6185 Arapahoe Rd., Boulder, 720-934-202.

Chile and The Magic of Patagonia — 7 p.m.

Free Traveler’s Tuesday program. Changes in Latitude Travel Store, 2525 Arapahoe Rd., Boulder, 303-786-8406.

Geeks Who Drink Pub Quiz. 7:30 p.m.

Harpo’s Sports Bar, 2860 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-444-9464.

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Chali 2na & Gift of Gab — With Mr. Lif. 9 p.m./8:30 p.m., Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-3399.

The Clamdaddys. 7:30 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683.

CU College of Music Doctoral Student Recital — With Benjamin de Kock, double bass.

7:30 p.m. Chamber Hall, 1020 18th St., Boulder, 303-492-8008.

CU College of Music Pendulum New Music — Featuring Frederic Rzewski’s Atticca.

7:30 p.m. Imig Music, Grusin Music Hall, 1020 18th St., Boulder, 303-492-8008.

CU Jazz. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel and Suites, 800 28th St., Boulder, 303-443-3322.

FACE — CD release party. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030.

George Nelson Band. 6:30 p.m. St. Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696.

Goonies. Baker St. Pub & Grill, 1729 28th St.,

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Chali 2na & Gift of Gab

This night brings together two of the biggest-name MCs of the last decade or so in underground hiphop. Chali 2na’s deepvoiced delivery was always fun to listen back in the Jurrasic 5 days, and Gift of Gab’s lyrical aerobics as part of Blackalicious are always fun to listen to. With Mr. Lif. 9 p.m./8:30 p.m., Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-3399.

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Karaoke Night — Starring Tom Kim. Juanita’s, 1043 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-449-5293.

Neil Kolwey. 8:30 p.m. Laughing Goat Coffeehouse, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-4404628.

Pendulum New Music Series. 7:30 p.m.

Grusin Music Hall, 1020 18th St., Boulder, 303492-8008.

Pete Wernick & FLEXIGRASS. 7:30 p.m.

Nissi’s, 2675 N. Park Dr., Lafayette, 303-6652757.

Reggae Wednesday — Rising Lion. 10 p.m.

Boulder Draft House, 2027 13th St., Boulder, 303-440-5858.

SIC & SWEET Artist Showcase. 7:30 p.m.

Rock N Soul Café, 5290 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-443-5108.

Twiddle. The b.side Lounge, 2017 13th St., Boulder, 303-473-9463.

Weekly Jazz Jam. Laughing Goat Coffeehouse, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.

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Kids’ Calendar Thursday, Nov. 5

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Tuesday, Nov. 10 Baby Time. Boulder Public Library, 1000 Canyon Blvd., Boulder, 303-441-3100.

Just Gaming. Boulder Public Library, 1000 Canyon Blvd., Boulder, 303-441-3100.

Wednesday, Nov. 11 Gymboree Storytime. 1 p.m. Barnes & Noble Crossroads Commons, 2999 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-444-0349.

So Rim Kung Fu for Children. A Place to B Studio, 1750 30th St., Boulder, 303-440-8007.

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Pajamarama Storytime. 7 p.m. Barnes & Noble Crossroads Commons, 2999 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-444-0349.

Monday, Nov. 9 Rise & Shine Storytime. 9:30 a.m. Barnes & Noble Crossroads Commons, 2999 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-444-0349.

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So Rim Kung Fu for Children. A Place to B Studio, 1750 30th St., Boulder, 303-440-8007.

Storytime. Boulder Public Library, 1000 Canyon Blvd., Boulder, 303-441-3100.

Sunday, Nov. 8 Baby Boogie — Bring kids to dance. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683.

Biscuit Storytime and Coloring. 1 p.m.

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French Short Films — International Film Series showing. 7 and 9 p.m. CU campus, Muenzinger Auditorium, Boulder, 303-492-1531.

Geeks Who Drink Pub Quiz. 6:30 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-4636683.

Healing Space — With Alan McAllister. 12 a.m. to 2 p.m. Whole Being Explorations, 1800 30th St. Ste. 307, Boulder, 303-545-5562.

Magical Mystical Muse Experience –– For dancers and musicians. Mandala Community Center, 2516 Broadway, Boulder, www.rhythmharvest.org.

Open Mic Readings. Burnt Toast, 1235 Pennsylvania Ave., Boulder, 303-440-5200.

Saturday, Nov. 7 Costume Character Storytime — With Winnie-the-Pooh. 10 a.m. Barnes & Noble Crossroads Commons, 2999 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-444-0349.

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Off the beaten path

The Starz Denver Film Festival presents high-brow cinema

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ovember is already upon us, so it’s time to put away the Halloween gear, recover from the candy hangover, and get the popcorn ready. A local cinematic holiday is just around the corner, as this month marks the 32nd year of the Starz Denver Film Festival (SDFF), bringing a slew of indie and art-house films to the Boulder and Denver area.

The 10-day festival begins Nov. 12 at the Starz FilmCenter at the Tivoli Student Union in Denver.

The festival is a rare opportunity for general audiences to explore feature films heavy with artistic merit but light on commercial distribution. The audience will also vote on the best short films of the festival, several of which will be shown before each full-length film.

Among the highlights for this year is the annual Red Carpet Gala Event, which will take place prior to the premiere of Precious (based on the novel Push by Sapphire).

Actor Ed Harris will be As part of the festival’s international focus, this year honored at the Starz Denver Film Festival brings the Festival de Cine Mexicano, a program that features many of Mexico’s most recent and influential films.

“Our festival is known for its annual focus on a Wild) will receive the festival’s Excellence in Acting national cinema, and this year, Festival de Cine award.

Mexicano will bring to Denver eight new films, as well “We are honored to present the award to the talentas a number of directors from ed and prolific actor Ed Harris,” said Mexico,” says Brit Withey, SDFF Ron Henderson, SDFF founder and artistic director. “These reflect the senior program advisor. “His long and On the Bill: wide-ranging styles and themes of impressive career is marked by all the The Starz Denver Film Festival begins Nov. 12. To contemporary Mexican filmmaking.” right stuff: dedication, versatility, integdownload the full schedule, visit Notable films include Ariel Gordon’s rity, keen instinct and courage.” http://bit.ly/G1lmp.

Caja Negra, Mando Alvarado and Since Landmark Theatres closed in Michael Ray Escamilla’s Cruzando, Boulder, the only viable alternative to and Julián Hernández’s Rabioso Sol, mainstream cinema has been the Rabioso Cielo.

Boulder International Film Series, which for the 10th Actor Ed Harris, who will be presented with the straight year will run a Boulder-based preview of some 2009 Mayor’s Career Achievement Award for Acting, of the SDFF events, beginning Nov. 13. highlights the celebrities scheduled to appear at the fes“These are the same festival prints that screen at tival. Hal Holbrook (All the President’s Men, Into the the Telluride Film Festival or Cannes, where people

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pay anywhere from $20 to much more, and yet we keep the price affordable,” explains BIFS Program Director Pablo Kjolseth. “It’s definitely something that the Boulder community should be excited about.”

Friday will kick off with Gustav Deutsch’s Film Ist. A Girl & a Gun. This experimental and psychedelic venture into human mythology and cinema attempts to illuminate Jean-Luc Godard’s quote, “All you need for a movie is a girl and a gun.” Following that will be Leaves of Grass, a dark comedy starring Edward Norton. He plays twins scheming to take down a local drug lord in a performance lauded by many critics as his best.

Saturday opens with Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, another pitch-black comedy directed by legend Werner Herzog.

“This has my vote for the most delirious and entertaining cinematic romp of the year. It’s utterly bizarre and unexpectedly hilarious,” Kjolseth says. “Nicolas Cage ‘really lets the pig loose,’ to use Herzog’s words, which is saying something, because Cage’s methodacting mania is always chewing up the scenery. But what’s more fascinating is how the intertwining of over-the-top, campy black comedy with Herzog’s instinctive filmmaking for transcendental moments makes for a truly unique cinematic experience.”

Portuguese film Eccentricities of a Blond Hair Girl, an atmospheric and romantic tale adapted from a short story by 19th-century “realist” Eça de Queiroz, will follow.

Best Worst Movie, showing Sunday, documents the legacy of treasured cult classic Troll 2, which has been prized as the “worst film of all time.” Appropriately shown after will be the masterpiece itself, in a rare 35mm print about which Horrorwatch.com raves, “Some films are so bad, they’re great. Troll 2 is so bad it’s a life changing experience.”

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Thursday, Nov. 5 Frontrange Paddlesports Meetup Group — Join the group for a fun and informative presentation on how to buy a new kayak. 7 p.m. REI Boulder Community Room, 1789 28th St., Boulder, www.meetup.com/ FrontRangePaddlesports.

Sarmiento to Everest — Stephen Venables epic climbs with remarkable Americans . 7 p.m. Neptune Mountaineering, 633 S. Broadway Ste. A, Boulder, 303-499-8866.

Saturday, Nov. 7 Visit the Champion Cottonwood Tree — This stately tree, over a century old, stands some 105 ft. tall and nearly 9 ft. in diameter. North of the intersection of Crane Hollow and St. Vrain Roads near the town of Hygiene, 303-6786200.

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t starts with a gentle soreness in your lower back or quads, after your second or third ski run of the year.

By lunchtime, each turn increases the burn in muscles that haven’t been used this way in months. By the end of the day, walking to the car causes screams of protest from hamstrings, upper legs and thighs, and you wonder, was skiing this hard last year?

It was.

Skiing and snowboarding are intense aerobic and anaerobic activities, which can burn about 375 calories an hour, depending how vigorously you attack the mountain.

by R. Scott Rappold But your first tracks of the year don’t have to leave you feeling like you’re in traction the next day.

Fitness experts and ski instructors say skiers can greatly ease their transition into skiing and have a much better season with an exercise routine. And the time to start is now.

“Since people don’t ski year-round, it’s that kind of activity that you need to do some sort of off-season training for,” said Greg Wiggins, president of Coloradobased AlpenQuest, who has been teaching ski conditioning courses for 30 years.

“Skiing and riding are pretty athletic endeavors. I think a lot of people probably underestimate the physical nature of

the two sports,” said Michael Ray, wellness director at the YMCA of the Pikes Peak Region’s downtown facility, and an avid skier.

Many skiers, those who bother with pre-season conditioning, focus on the legs, and experts say that is important.

Skiers should build up their quadriceps and hamstrings, while snowboarders should focus on calves and shins.

But experts say strengthening the “core” — the abdomen and lower back — and working on balance are much more important, whether you ski or ride.

“I certainly don’t want to minimize

Sunday, Nov. 8 Boulder's Future as a Cycling Mecca — Join the Boulder Cycling Club for their first monthly meeting with guest speaker Scott Christopher of Bicycle Colorado. 7 p.m. REI Boulder Community Room, 1789 28th St., Boulder, www.bouldercyclingclub.com.

Tuesday, Nov. 10

Chile & The Magic of Patagonia. 7 p.m. Changes in Latitude, 2525 Arapahoe

Rd., Boulder, 303-786-8406.

Tuesday Hiking. North Boulder Park, 7th and Dellwood streets, Boulder, 303494-9735.

Wednesday, Nov. 11 Porters of Kilimanjaro: Facilitating Fair Treatment — Come learn about the hardworking porters on Mt. Kilimanjaro who make climbing Africa’s highest mountain possible and what is being done to improve their lives. 7 p.m.

REI Boulder Community Room, 1789 28th St., Boulder, 303-583-9970. ners. com.

Rock Climbing Around the World — Presented by Sonnie Trotter. 7 p.m., Neptune Mountaineering, 633 S. Broadway, Ste. A, Boulder, 303-499-8866.

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Pick your park

By Andrew Katz

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he leaves are changing colors, temperatures are cooling and each week it’s getting darker a bit earlier than the last. It’s been just over a month since the seasons changed. Have you visited a national park yet?

For the adventurous bunch who plan to do so before winter’s wrath, visit NationalParks.org, the website of the National Park Foundation.

“Our website is a way to help people connect to their parks,” National Park Foundation Spokesman Mark Shields said. “It’s an online community around the parks, and it gives people the chance to learn more about [them].”

“Our role is to build a connection between the American people and the parks, and we’re bringing that through our website to people on their computers,” he added. “That hasn’t been done before.”

Upon visiting the site, nature lovers are welcomed by the organization’s “This is your land” application, which allows them to pick their favorite national parks, share stories and pictures with other outdoor enthusiasts and plan their next national park adventure.

Launched in September to coincide with the PBS television premier of Ken Burns’ 12-hour, six-part series National Parks: America’s Best Idea, about the birth and evolution of the idea of the national park, the front-page application encourages the public to “explore” the parks, “connect” with others and “take action” to ensure they last.

“We wanted to create an online community,” Shields said. “We believe technology is a great tool to help connect people to their parks.”

Aside from “This is your land,” the site offers “Child’s Play,” a section full of tips for families with children to stay safe and enjoy daylong visits to any national park.

The news section also updates park admirers about nationwide happenings and future events to ensure that no one misses a step.

For example, elementary and middle school children experienced an Electronic Field Trip to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park on Nov. 3, when schools in more than 40 states, totaling 3 million students, logged on to interactively visit and learn about the biodiversity of the park.

Site visitors can also read about the upcoming groundbreaking ceremony for the Flight 93 National Memorial, planned in Shanksville, Pa., on Saturday, Nov. 7.

As the charitable partner of the National Park Service, the National Park Foundation works closely with the organization to increase public awareness about the National Park System and “strengthen the enduring connection between the American people and their national parks,” according to the site.

For more information about visiting the national parks, visit NationalParks. org.

— MCT

Fitness tips for skiers Many websites offer tips and exercises for ski conditioning.

Some of the better ones are www.ifyouski.com/health/ and www.abc-of-skiing.com/ski-fitness/ski-fitness.asp, or search for “ski conditioning.”

Exercises for skiers and snowboarders —Cycling: Hit the trail, or a stationary bike, for a cardio workout that strengthens leg muscles you’ll need on the slopes, and do quick intervals to condition for the sudden burst of energy that is skiing.

—Squatting: Squat and walk sideways, placing weight on the inside of your legs, to mimic skiing movements.

—Balance: Stand on your toes

and bend one leg back and hold it. Stand on your toes and lean to the left and right and hold it. Try a Pilates class.

—Jumping: Hop from side to side over an object, with knees bent, landing and springing on one foot at a time.

—Stretching: Stretch for 10 minutes before exercising and hitting the slopes. Yoga is great for improving flexibility for skiing.

—Rollerblade or skating: You will use many of the same muscles as skiing, and, more importantly, work on staying upright with your feet strapped into foreign objects. Just remember, pavement is a lot less forgiving than snow.

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having very fit or strong legs, but without the core, which is the foundation of the body, you’re definitely not going to be at your peak in terms of physical conditioning,” Ray said.

About 12 weeks before he plans to start skiing, Ray ratchets up his workouts, supplementing hiking and mountain biking with strength training for the torso, weight lifting on balance boards and workouts with balance balls.

He also recommends skiers take a ski conditioning class, or “boot camp”-style class, offered at many local gyms.

As the season approaches, Winter Park ski instructor Julie Pierce focuses on interval training, quick bursts of exercise to get the heart rate up, to mimic a day of skiing. She agrees skiers need to work on their core for strength training, and that too many build up their quads while neglecting other key areas, like the hamstring.

“I may not be able to leg press as much as a guy who’s way bigger than me, but because my stomach is fairly strong, I can hold my own [on the slopes],” said Pierce, who was Colorado

Ski Country USA’s instructor of the year last season.

Before the first day on the slopes, skiers should take it easy for a few days, she said. They should stretch before starting to ski, take lots of water and not be afraid to call it a day early. There’s a lot of ski season left.

“If you over-do it, it’s going to take you twice as long to recover,” she said.

And don’t feel bad if you find yourself in recovery mode after the first day. After all, exercise in a gym can only prepare you so much.

“It’s really good for people do to programs, but sometimes you just have to ski,” she said. “People shouldn’t get discouraged if they ski their first day and they’re sore. They used their muscles, and they should [be sore].”

Said Wiggins, “They’re going to be less sore if they’ve been working out, I can tell you that.” (c) 2009, The Gazette (Colorado Springs, Colo.)

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Jacko, through his estate’s eyes

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by Michael Phillips

ow much of Michael Jackson’s This Is It can we believe?

Was Jackson, 50 at the time of his death on June 25, in rougher shape overall than the concert rehearsal footage assembled here suggests? Most certainly, yes. Produced with the full, watchful cooperation of the Jackson estate, pulled from 100-plus hours of film and video shot between March and June 2009, This Is It has no interest in telling the full story of anything, or the crumbling state of anyone.

Rather, director Kenny Ortega — Jackson’s partner in staging the London concert that never came to fruition — is simply trying to suggest in some detail what sort of overstuffed career retrospective Jackson was attempting in this phantom arena affair. Naivete, calculation and all, it looks like it would’ve been a helluva show, complete with eco-consciousnessraising, an onstage bulldozer and 3-D “Thriller” footage, newly created to dazzle audiences left high and dry by fate and Jackson’s demise.

This Is It is best taken as a bittersweet celebration of Jackson the dancer, the greatest popular dancer since Fred Astaire

and Gene Kelly, or at least James Brown. When he revisits “Billie Jean” and “Beat It,” we see someone who never really grew into any kind of visually recognizable adulthood, belonging to no easily recognizable notion of manhood. But the quicksilver limbs and perpetually busy hands (penguin flippers one second, rotating pinwheels the next, never at ease) were Jackson’s way of expressing what he expressed best.

He was a man both confined and liberated by movement, and This Is It constitutes a farewell to, and from, that man.

He was the only entertainer who, within

four bars, could do the mashed potato followed by the moonwalk followed by seven other moves that never really had a name.

The self-made and then selfremade performer surrounded himself with a great group of backup dancers for this concert. Ortega’s film showcases their efforts.

There’s a “Chorus Line” bit at the beginning where we see the cattle call, then the principals selected for the top slots, plus lots of testimonials from dancers addressing the camera on the subject of what Jacko means to them. You forgive the clichés because the dance footage makes this movie. (Though even Ortega might

agree: a sharper-minded concert film might’ve weeded out the blather a little.)

Through the way Jackson interacts with Ortega (“Yeah, I totally agree, Michael!” Ortega says at one point in rehearsal, trying not to sound like a sycophant), or any of the army of collaborators, the audience can piece bits of Jackson’s personality together. He is coy, nonchalant, controlling, a trouper, a sweetheart, a poseur — sometimes all at once. We rarely see the performer in close-up, and the choice seems deliberate; that face was not his greatest piece of self-reinvention, only his most apparent. But in the film’s longest extended take, when Jackson duets on “I Just Can’t Stop Loving You” with Judith Hill, we see how this performer used a vocal rehearsal to explore, and figure things out, and match his somewhat fraying voice to what he was thinking in terms of movement. He could dance brilliantly right up to the end, it’s clear.

This Is It may be a court documentary, but as a heavily lawyered portrait of an artist, it’s still pretty compelling.

—TMS, Chicago Tribune

An educating adaptation

By Michael Phillips

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hy was I, a conventional Twickenham schoolgirl, running round London nightclubs with a con man?” British journalist Lynn Barber asks herself this question in her memoir, published earlier this year. The question has now led to a movie, which answers Barber’s query in its own genial, highly enjoyable way.

By temperament, adapter Nick Hornby, the popular novelist and screenwriter (High Fidelity, About a Boy), prefers to risk only so much audience discomfort. His screenplay for An Education sands a few edges off the corners of its heroine’s story, in the service of keeping some of the later narrative developments palatable. Yet the film is awfully charming. It bops along with so much esprit and lively, responsive acting, and such an observant sense of the period, you’re seduced by the results in the same way charming, slightly oily David, played by Peter Sarsgaard, entices young Jenny into his glamorous orbit of night life, day-tripping and illusions.

Sarsgaard, sporting a workmanlike posh dialect, receives top billing, but the film belongs to Carey Mulligan as Jenny. Now 24, the actress with the thrummy alto delivery already has done a good deal of film and theatrical work. An Education showcases her comic range and natural authority. She is excellent.

Jenny is a prototypical good girl, bright, avid-eyed, living with her buttoned-down parents (played by Alfred Molina and Cara Seymour) in the “beige” Twickenham

area of southwest London. The time is 1961, just as the culture was being pulled forward and apart. The girl has a moony-eyed teenage suitor named Graham, but just as she’s knuckling down for her Oxford entrance exams, Jenny meets a good-looking fellow a decade and a half her senior, with a maroon sports car and the promise of something new, dangerous and dazzling.

David and his chums, played by Dominic Cooper and Rosamund Pike, offer Jenny a metaphorical room with a view, ushering her into a world of culture, good food, the dog track, the high life. How does David make his money? Something to do with property. An Education keeps key information hidden until it’s good and ready to spill. Well in advance, the Sarsgaard character’s

Jewishness is a red flag for certain influential and repressive parties in Jenny’s universe, especially the school headmistress, played by Emma Thompson. Olivia Williams provides the antidote, as Jenny’s badly needed mentor, Miss Stubbs. We are the people we know, and An Education illustrates the value as well as the cost of exploring the human condition fully.

The film version of Breakfast at Tiffany’s came out in the year in which An Education is set, and beyond the hairstyles, there’s something of the willful, gleeful Golightly reinvention expert about Jenny. Still, she’s no poseur, at least not in Mulligan’s deft portrayal. As the character’s sexual initiation (discreetly handled) gives way to a new chapter, director Lone Scherfig plays the developments for as much truth and sensitivity as the material — somewhat facile in the home stretch — allows. Danish-born Scherfig has said she wanted to make the ’60s coming-of-age picture she never got to see growing up. Mulligan seizes the day. Parts like these do not come around very often. She has a touch of Wendy Hiller’s intelligence around the eyes, and a dash of Audrey Hepburn mischief in her smile.

She’s here to stay, and while An Education might have worked perfectly well with a different young actress, happily we’ll never know.

Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com —TMS, Chicago Tribune

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Act of God You and your friends get hit by a ball of lightning.

The person standing right next to you dies, but you don’t. You just get knocked off your feet. What would you think about that? How would you think about that? Was it chance? Dumb luck? A trick of science? Divine intervention? That all depends upon who you ask, according to Act of God, a brilliant new documentary from Jennifer Baichwal that examines the metaphysical effects of being struck by lightning.

Baichwal’s movie ventures into the places where science and religion get all smushed together, where the math of probability and the facts of electrical differential meet the human need to find a deeper meaning behind the apparently random and destructive. Not rated. At International Film Series.

— IFS Amelia This Amelia Earhart biopic isn’t a bad movie, but it’s distressingly ordinary for such an extraordinary subject. Director Mira Nair (Monsoon Wedding) has successfully dramatized and celebrated risk-taking women and lives lived outside the strictures of convention. But a director can do only so much with a script that feels like it’s on the runway, waiting, even when it’s up in the air. Played by an aptly cast and game Hilary Swank, Earhart becomes a checklist of Historical Legend accomplishments. Rated PG

darker philosophical outlook than No Country for Old Men but with a script rich in verbal wit. Physics professor Larry Gopnik, (Michael Stuhlbarg) is God’s chosen sufferer, coping with a failing marriage, his son’s imminent bar mitzvah, a South Korean student bribing him for a better grade, and a brother (Richard Kind) plagued by a literal pain in the neck.

Rated R (language, drug use, some sexuality/nudity, and brief violence). At Esquire and Century. — Michael Phillips

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(some sexuality, language, thematic elements and smoking). At Flatiron, Century, Colony Square, Chez Artiste and Esquire. — Michael Phillips

Mayan.

An Education

Set in 1967 in the Minneapolis suburbs, A Serious Man is a tart, brilliantly acted fable of life’s little cosmic difficulties, a Coen brothers comedy with a

See full screen review on page 38. Rated PG-13. At

A Serious Man

Astro Boy Astro Boy first appeared in a Japanese comic in 1951. His adventures led to a ‘60s Japanese TV series, then to the first of the American spin-offs, and now Astro Boy hits the big screen. The old TV theme song referred to the robotic wonder as “brave and gentle and wise.” The computer-animated feature prefers “brave and perpetually pummeled and maybe a little bit wise and then pummeled some more.” I wish the film version of Astro Boy provided a stronger antidote to mediocrity. With the voices of Freddie Highmore, Kristen Bell and Nicolas Cage. Rated PG (some action and peril, and brief mild language). At Flatiron and Twin Peaks. — Michael Phillips Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant In this campy vampire flick, the truce between vam-

local theaters 9:15, 10:35 Paranormal Activity Fri-Thu: 11:00, 1:15, 3:40, 6:05, 8:25, 10:50 Where the Wild Things Are FriThu: 11:55, 2:30, 5:05, 7:35, 10:20 Zombieland Fri-Thu: 12:20, 2:55, 5:20, 7:50, 10:15

Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Avenue, Boulder, 303-441-3100.

Navajos Film Themselves Thu: 7:00pm Mr. Tompkins Inside Himself Fri: 7:00pm Getting Straight Mon: 7:00pm

Colony Square, 1164 Dillon Rd., Lousiville, 303-604-2641 Amelia Fri-Sun: 10:00, 9:30 Fri-Thu: 12:50, 3:40, 6:20 The Box Fri-Sun: 10:40, 10:20 Fri-Thu: 1:30, 4:50, 7:40 Couples Retreat Fri-Sun: 10:20, 9:40 Fri-Thu:1:00, 4:00, 6:50 Disney’s A Chrsitmas Carol Fri-Sun: 11:10, 9:20 Fri-Thu: 1:40, 4:10, 6:40 The Fourth Kind Fri-Sun: 11:20, 10:30 Fri-Thu: 12:20, 5:10, 8:00 The Informant! Fri-Sun: 10:50, 9:55 Fri-Thu: 1:50, 4:30, 7:00 Law Abiding Citizen Fri-Sun: 10:10, 9:10 Fri-Thu: 1:10, 3:50, 6:30 The Men Who Stare at Goats FriSun: 11:40, 10:10 Fri-Thu: 2:30, 5:20, 7:50 Michael Jackson’s This Is It Fri-Sun: 10:30, 10:00 Fri-Thu: 1:20, 4:20, 7:10 Paranormal Activity Fri-Sun: 11:50, 10:25 Fri-Thu: 2:40, 5:30, 8:10 Where the Wild Things Are Fri-Sun: 11:30, 9:50 Fri-Thu: 2:10, 4:40, 7:20 Zombieland Fri-Sun: 11:00, 10:05 FriThu: 2:00, 5:00, 7:30

Century Boulder, 1700 29th St., Boulder, 303-442-1815 A Christmas Carol Fri-Thu: 10:50, 11:40, 12:30, 1:20, 2:10, 3:00, 3:50, 4:40, 5:30, 6:20, 7:10, 8:00, 8:50, 9:40, 10:30 Amelia Fri-Thu: 10:45, 1:35, 4:20, 7:05, 9:50 A Serious Man Fri-Thu: 11:45, 2:20, 4:55, 7:30, 10:05 The Box Fri-Thu: 11:10, 2:00, 5:00, 7:50, 10:40 Coco Before Chanel Fri-Thu: 10:55, 1:40, 4:15, 6:50, 9:45 Couples Retreat Fri-Thu: 11:05, 4:35, 10:00 The Fourth Kind Fri-Thu: 12:10, 2:40, 5:10, 7:40, 10:10 Men Who Stare at Goats Fri-Thu: 11:25, 12:40, 1:55, 3:10, 4:25, 5:40, 6:55, 8:10, 9:25, 10:45 Michael Jackson’s This Is It Fri-Thu: 11:15, 12:45, 2:05, 3:30, 4:50, 6:25, 7:45,

International Film Series, CU-Boulder, Muenzinger Auditorium

(Room E050), Boulder, 303-492-1531 Crude Thur: 7:00pm, 9:15pm Act of God Fri: 7:00pm, 9:00pm French Short Films Wed: 7:00pm, 9:00pm Landmark Chez Artiste, 2800 S. Colorado Blvd., Denver, 303-352-1992 Amelia Fri-Sun: 11:15, 1:45 Fri-Thu: 4:30, 7:15, 9:50 Coco Before Chanel Fri-Sun: 11:00, 1:30 Fri-Thu: 4:15, 7:00, 9:30 Motherhood Fri-Sun: 11:30, 2:00 FriThu: 4:45, 7:30, 9:40 Landmark Esquire, 590 Downing St, Denver, 303-352-1992 Amelia Fri-Sun: 11:15, 1:45 Fri-Thu: 4:15, 7:00, 9:30 A Serious Man Fri-Sun: 11:30, 2:00 Fri-Thu: 4:30, 7:15, 9:40 Landmark Mayan, 110 Broadway, Denver, 303-352-1992 An Education Fri-Sun: 1:20pm FriThu: 4:20, 7:20, 10:00 Antichrist Fri-Sun: 1:00pm Fri-Thu: 4:00, 7:00, 9:45 New York, I Love You Fri-Sun: 1:05pm Fri-Thu: 4:05, 7:05, 9:40 Starz Film Center, 900 Auraria Pkwy., Denver, 303-820-3456 Green For Danger Sat: 7:00pm Hansel & Gretel Sat: 3:00pm Ink Fri-Thu: 4:45, 7:15 Fri-Sat: 9:45pm Suspiria Fri-Sat: 10:00pm Under Our Skin Sat-Sun: 3:00, 7:00

Fri: 7:00pm Visual Acoustics Sat-Sun: 2:45pm FriThu: 5:15, 7:45 Youssou Ndour: I Bring What I Love Sat-Sun: 2:30pm Fri-Thu: 5:00, 7:30 Fri-Sat: 9:30pm UA Twin Peaks, 1250 S. Hover Rd., Longmont, 303-651-2434 Astro Boy Fri-Thu: 4:25, 9:35 The Box Fri-Thu:1:20, 4:00, 7:20, 10:00 Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs Fri-Thu: 11:25, 1:40, 7:25 Couples Retreat Fri-Thu: 1:10, 3:50, 7:05, 9:50 Disney’s A Christmas Carol FriThu: 11:30. 12:00, 1:50, 2:20, 4:10, 4:40, 7:00, 7:30, 9:25, 9:55 The Fourth Kind Fri-Thu: 11:50, 12:15, 4:50, 7:50, 10:10 The Men Who Stare at Goats FriThu: 11:45, 2:10, 4:20, 7:40, 10:05 Michael Jackson’s This Is It Fri-Thu: 11:20, 2:00, 4:30, 7:10, 9:40 Paranormal Activity Fri-Thu: 11:40, 1:55, 4:45, 8:00, 10:15 Where the Wild Things Are FriThu: 11:10, 1:30, 4:05, 6:50, 9:30 As times are always subject to change, we request that you verify all movie listings beforehand. Daily updated information can be viewed on our website, www. boulderweekly.com.

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pires who sip, leaving humans a little weaker but none the wiser, and those who gorge, leaving death and destruction behind, comes to an end. This is an adaptation of the frothy kids book series by Darren Shan, and director Paul Weitz can’t get a handle on what the film should be. The story and characters are mostly sized for the 8- to 10-year-old crowd, but the action and themes are more fit for teens.

Rated PG-13 (sequences of intense supernatural violence and action, disturbing images, thematic elements and some language). — Betsy Sharkey Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs Fairly inventive and exceedingly manic, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs comes from the 1978 picture book by Judi and Ron Barrett. Inventor Flint (voiced by Bill Hader) perfects a machine that turns water into food. But things get out of hand, and the food keeps coming in obesity-epidemic portions. Crazy doesn’t always equal funny, and the gigantism of this 3-D offering’s second half puts a damper on your enjoyment. But this film wasn’t made for you; it was made for easily distracted 9-year-olds who’ll probably love all the sight gags. Rated PG (brief mild language). At Twin Peaks and Flatiron. — Michael Phillips

ings by protesters without interfering with actual campus life. Not rated. At the Boulder Public Library. — BPL Film Program Green For Danger A witty British thriller set in a hospital emergency room in the English countryside during World War II. Alistair Sim plays the investigator, who also narrates the film and from time to time hasn’t a clue about either the case or the German buzz bombs that punctuate the story. Trevor Howard plays the anesthesiologist, and Sally Gray is the woman who may end their engagement. Free Tattered Cover classic. Not rated. At Starz. — Denver Film Society Hansel & Gretel Faerie Tale Theatre brings to life 26 of the most magical fairy tales. Joan Collins, Rick Schroder and Paul Dooley star in Hansel and Gretel, the story of a brother and sister who outsmart a wicked witch and an even wickeder stepmother and manage to find their way home after being lost in the treacherous woods. Ages 5-12. Free showing at Starz. — Denver Film Society

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Four couples on a tropical retreat think they’re in for umbrella drinks and beach time. They’re met instead with a stern regimen of “couples-whispering” tactics. The sloppily written shenanigans are all about movie star maintenance, giving Vince Vaughn (who also co-wrote and produced) the last word in every situation. Though it boasts a good cast that also includes Jason Bateman, Kristen Bell and Jon Favreau, Couples Retreat is pretty meager and more than a little depressing.

It’s a commodity made to be consumed, not remembered. Rated PG-13 (sexual content and language). At Flatiron, Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks. — Michael Phillips

In this deliciously deadpan comedy from director Steven Soderbergh, Matt Damon gets a chance to work his sly comic chops in the role of a biochemist who becomes a corporate whistle-blower.

Based on Kurt Eichenwald’s exhaustive nonfiction chronicle, the film is both outlandish and subtle.

Damon, beefed up and grinning underneath a fake mustache and rug, gets his character just right and demonstrates once again what a fine actor he is.

Rated R. At Colony Square. — Michael Phillips

Crude Taking on the tricky subject of one of the largest and most controversial legal cases in history, Joe Berlinger charts the progress of courtroom attempts to get redress from Texaco (and by extension Chevron) for the aftermath of oil drilling in Ecuador. Berlinger documents the state of the Ecuadorian rainforest and the people of the region, who, the film attests, are bearing the brunt of Texaco’s failure to clean up after itself. There are around 30,000 people living under the rainforest’s canopy, reliant upon it for their existence, but now many are suffering from a multitude of health problems — from cancer to birth defects and skin ailments — which lawyers representing them say can be laid at the feet of the oil company’s pollution. Not rated. At International Film Series. — IFS French Short Films The program includes a broad range of styles and genres, from animation to fiction to documentary, reflecting the diversity of both the visions of contemporary French filmmakers and the people of France — from foundry workers in Brest, to Algerian immigrants transplanted to Paris; from the malaise of la vie quotidienne for a bourgeois married couple, to flirtatious youths in the capital’s Metro system. Not rated. At International Film Series. — IFS Getting Straight (1970) A returning Vietnam veteran goes back to the classroom to get his master’s degree in order to teach high school English and is soon caught up in events playing out between the student anti-war protesters and the conservative college administration. Lane Community College in Eugene served as the location for the film. The new campus was in the final stages of construction at the time of production. This allowed the film crew to easily simulate the occupation of offices and build-

Ink An 8-year-old girl becomes a pawn in a metaphysical war being fought between the forces of light and darkness in this visually outrageous indie thriller. Kidnapped by a large, strange creature known as Ink, the girl is taken through a labyrinthine world of dream states while those who love her fight to bring her back into the real world and bring salvation to her desperate father. Not rated.

At Starz. — Denver Film Society Law Abiding Citizen Gerard Butler and Jamie Foxx star in this brutal, preposterous revenge fantasy that taps into a lot of fears about the American legal system. Butler plays a gadget-maker who survives the slaughter of his family and sets out to get even, and then some. Foxx is the politically ambitious Philadelphia prosecutor who lets one of the killers get off easy so the other will be executed. It’s a “Who dies next?” slasher film masquerading as a revenge thriller. Rated R (strong, bloody, brutal violence and torture, a scene of of rape and pervasive language). — Roger Moore Michael Jackson’s This Is It See full screen review on page 38. Rated PG. At Flatiron, Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks.

Mr. Tompkins Inside Himself (1960) In 1937 George Gamow decided to create a fictional character, a bank clerk, who was completely ignorant of science but loved to attend popular science lectures. After the lecture he would go home and have wild dreams. In his dreams, Tompkins finds himself interviewing the famous scientists who he heard about in the lectures. Gamow, always playful even in his serious scientific papers, gave Mr. Tompkins three initials, c. G. h., the three most famous universal constants in physics (“c” is the speed of light, “G” is the universal gravity constant and “h” is Planck’s constant, the basis of quantum mechanics). C. P. Snow had written some detective stories himself and, more importantly, he was editing a magazine called Discovery, published by Cambridge University Press. Snow loved the story

and asked for more stories and, soon after, Cambridge asked Gamow to expand his stories to book length, which he did and they published them.

The series was a magnificent success. In 1960 Stan Brakhage became enthusiastic about filming one of Gamow’s Tompkins books. Not rated. At the Boulder Public Library. — BPL Film Program Navajos Film Themselves Intrepid Shadows by Al Clah is one of the most complex films and least understood by other Navajos, and has been called by Margaret Mead “one of the finest examples of animism shown on film.” It deals with subjective rather than objective aspects of Navajo life. Clah in this film attempts to reconcile the Western notion of God with his traditional Navajo notions. The Navajo Silversmith

by Johnny Nelson traces the creation of some small Yebitchai silver figures, from mining the silver to the finished figure. A Navajo Weaver by Susie Benally depicts her mother weaving at the loom and includes all the necessary preparatory steps.

Old Antelope Lake by Mike Anderson shows the source of the lake and moves around the lake portraying the unity of natural things and human beings in the environment. The Spirit of the Navajos

by Maxine and Mary J. Tsosie begins with an old medicine man looking for roots to use in a curing ceremony. He prepares for a sand painting, and part of the actual ceremony is featured. All films are silent. Not rated. At the Boulder Public Library. — BPL Film Program New York, I Love You The ongoing Cities We Love project that began three years ago with Paris, je t'aime continues its global exploration with New York, I Love You. Eleven directors and 16 screenwriters contributed to the omnibus affair. I like the idea of the film more than the film itself; the batting average with the Paris project was a good deal higher. Nonetheless, this one provides some compensatory satisfactions, thanks mostly to the actors as they make the most of a series of pencil sketches. The eclectic cast includes Natalie Portman, Ethan Hawke and Bradley Cooper. Rated R (language and sexual content). At Mayan. — Michael Phillips Paranormal Activity Paramount is hoping this micro-budget horror flick is the new Blair Witch Project. At the right moments, it’s genuinely hair-raising. A middle-class couple (Katie Featherston, Micah Sloat) living in a San Diego subdivision set up a camcorder with night vision to see what’s making weird noises in their home every night, and they gather video evidence that something is messing with their relationship, their sleep and the covers on their bed. Rated R (language). At Flatiron, Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks. — Roger Moore Suspiria Dario Argento’s masterpiece of horror, with its assault of garish colors, booming soundtrack and horrifically dreamlike set pieces, is the cinematic equivalent of an exceptionally scary fun house. It tells the story of Susan (Harper) a young, impressionable American who travels abroad in order to study at a prestigious European ballet academy.

From the first day, however, she begins to realize that frightening things are afoot at the hallowed institution. Enduring a rain of maggots, poisoned food and other unpleasant occurrences, she discovers that the school is a secret convening place for an ages-old witches’ coven. Not rated. At Starz. — Denver Film Society Under Our Skin A dramatic tale of microbes, medicine and money, Under Our Skin plays like a taut thriller — but it is our own lives that may be at stake. This riveting film, a documentary with the propulsion of a narrative, investigates the untold story of Lyme disease, an emerging epidemic larger than AIDS. Each year thousands go undiagnosed or misdiagnosed, told

that their symptoms are “all in their head.”

Following the stories of patients and physicians as they battle for their lives and livelihoods, the film brings into focus a haunting picture of our health care system and its ability to cope with a silent and growing terror, and the even more terrifying response the medical status quo has given it. Not rated. At Starz. — Denver Film Society Visual Acoustics Narrated by Dustin Hoffman, Visual Acoustics celebrates the life and career of Julius Shulman, the world’s greatest architectural photographer, whose images brought modern architecture to the American mainstream. Shulman, who passed away this year, captured the work of nearly every modern and progressive architect since the 1930s including Frank Lloyd Wright, Richard Neutra, John Lautner and Frank Gehry. His images epitomized the singular beauty of Southern California’s modernist movement and brought its iconic structures to the attention of the general public. This unique film is both a testament to the evolution of modern architecture and a joyful portrait of the magnetic, whip-smart gentleman who chronicled it with his unforgettable images. Not rated.

At Starz. — Denver Film Society Where the Wild Things Are Warner Bros. Pictures should be applauded for such a breathtaking achievement — the rare adaptation that goes deeper, not dumber, in its translation of a children’s classic. Based on Maurice Sendak’s 338-word storybook, Spike Jonze’s film strikes minor chords and plaintive emotions where other directors would’ve gone for the throat. A boy (Max Records) coping with a household unsteadied by divorce sets sail for an island where the Wild Things wrestle with the same clique issues and hurt feelings the boy deals with back home. Rated PG (mild thematic elements, some adventure action and brief language). At Flatiron, Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks.

— Michael Phillips Youssou Ndour: I Bring What I Love Youssou Ndour: I Bring What I Love is a musicinfused cinematic journey about the power of one man’s voice to inspire change. One of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people in the world and called “the rare rock star whose music matters,” Senegalese singer Youssou Ndour is beloved internationally and at home. In 2005, the Grammywinning artist defied expectations and produced his most personal album, Egypt, presenting his Islamic faith as a peaceable and tolerant religion.

While the record received international acclaim, it was denounced as blasphemy in his native Senegal.

Director Chai Vasarhelyi follows Ndour for over two years, filming in Africa, Europe, and America, to tell the story of how he faces these challenges and eventually wins over audiences both at home and abroad. Not rated. At Starz. — Denver Film Society Zombieland Warts, entrails and all, I had a ball at Zombieland.

It’s 81 minutes of my kind of stupid. The setup is standard zombie-movie stuff: zombie plague, country destroyed, few humans left. Honing the dry comic skills he brought to Adventureland, Jesse Eisenberg plays a kid from Columbus, Ohio, who joins head-splattering forces with Woody Harrelson, having a high old time as humankind’s last best hope. It’s a strangely high-spirited lark, giving its leading players plenty to eviscerate in between sweet nothings and wisecracks. Rated R (horror violence/gore and language). At Flatiron, Century and Colony Square. — Michael Phillips

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ootball season is upon us, and whether you’re cheering for the home team, or are on the visitor’s side, sustenance is essential. More than 35 million Americans think so, anyway.

That’s the number of football fans who fire up their grills in stadium parking lots from coast to coast — according to the American Tailgaters Association — and mix their gridiron enthusiasm with a hankering for friendly, casual cuisine.

The trick to successful tailgating — the kind that’s fun for guests and cooks alike — is doing most of the work ahead of time, says Guy Fieri, the spiky-haired host of Food Network’s “Diners, Driveins and Dives.”

The Santa Rosa, Calif., chef and his film crew were spotted on the Oakland Raiders’ sidelines recently, enjoying some football action and filming scenes for his next tailgate show, which will air Feb. 10.

Fieri is, after all, something of a tailgate expert, and last year’s pregame episode is still a popular download on the Food Network’s website.

Dips, chips and grilled foods may be traditional fare, Fieri says, but there’s no need to settle for rehydrated onion dip and boring burgers. Transform a classic artichoke-spinach dip with a dollop of pesto. Go wild with wings. And above all, start the cooking at home.

A third of the nation’s tailgaters follow the latter advice. They precook their chicken, form their burger patties or smoke the ribs, then finish them in the parking lot.

Salads? Torn and ready for tossing.

The rest of the tailgaters somehow manage to chop, whisk, sauté and garnish in a parking lot. Either that, or they’re relying heavily on wieners.

Some college fans take an easier route.

They join the large-scale tailgate parties

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organized by their local alumni associations. For example, Oski, the University of California at Berkeley’s mascot, cavorts among the tailgating fans on Berkeley’s Underhill Field. And Stanford alums enjoy their repast under the white umbrellas dotting the fields near the campus stadium.

Some enterprising tailgaters go a different route. Die-hard San Francisco 49ers fan Marian Briones sets up an entire camp kitchen — everything including the sink — in the Candlestick parking lot.

“I’m really good at it,” the Fremont, Calif., resident says. “I’ve got my 30,000 BTU stove. I do all kinds of stuff — chicken skewers, ribs, a deep-fried turkey the game before Thanksgiving. I’ve even baked cornbread on the grill. Oh yeah,

I’m serious.”

The self-styled “Martha Stewart biker chick” makes her own meat rubs and apple-laced barbecue sauce, and a wide array of side dishes and appetizers — bacon-wrapped jalapeño poppers are a favorite.

“This one dish I always make is garlic pepper noodles with sautéed bell peppers,” she says. “It’s delicious — great cold or hot. It looks very pretty on the plate, and goes with barbecued chicken.”

And foodie football fans fill the Oakland Coliseum’s parking lot hours before every game. Drive by, says avid tailgater Denise Barsamian, a Moraga, Calif., resident, and you’ll think the Coliseum has caught on fire. Smoke billows into the air from hundreds of grills, and the aromas of baby back ribs, mari-

nated chicken breasts and well-seasoned tri-tips mingle in the charcoal-tinged breeze. Some people go all out, bringing in elaborate table setups and backyard grills they’ve chained to their pickups.

“You cannot believe the ingenuity of some people,” she says. “We’ve seen people bring a couch and a couple of recliners, and a satellite dish on top of their cars to watch earlier games.”

By those standards, the Barsamian clan is relatively restrained. They only have two shelves in their garage set aside for their tailgate accoutrements, the Raiders tableware and place mats, the skull-themed salad set, and hibachi-sized gas grill.

But having all the basics on hand means they can concentrate on the food.

“We mostly stick with your basic allAmerican things, lots of tri-tip, ribs, hamburgers — and fajitas,” says Barsamian.

The trick, she says, is planning, delegating — divide salad and dessert responsibilities among your guests — and packing lots and lots of paper towels. And when the weather turns chilly, opt for baked potatoes. They’re a do-ahead side dish that tastes great, she says, but there’s an even more important reason: “You can hold them in the parking lot.”

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Shifting seasonings

Two Spoons gelato shop churns out soups, sandwiches in winter

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uickly glancing into its window, it’s easy to dismiss Pearl Street’s Two Spoons as a mere gelato shop. But as the temperature drops, this self-proclaimed “smallbatch kitchen” shifts its focus from frozen treats to a more seasonally appropriate menu of warming soups and panini.

Additionally, Two Spoons (which begs the Pythonesque question that if they were to acquire another spoon, would they be known as “Three Spoons”?) maintains a selection of organic salads as well as a modest gelato sampling.

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hat are the differences between American ice cream and Italian gelato? The major differences lie in the quantities of butterfat and air in each. Gelato is typically made with milk as opposed to cream, resulting in a product with less butterfat than ice cream. While the production of both desserts involves whipping dairy products with flavorings, the process for making gelato introduces much less air into the finished product.

Therefore, gelato tends to be denser and its flavors less diluted.

This full flavor sometimes leads consumers to mistakenly conclude that gelato contains a higher percentage of butterfat than ice cream.

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While the temperatures were cool, the frosty delights of gelato still beckoned. I ended the meal with a modest serving of Earl Grey gelato, a creamy marvel of simplicity. The rich dairy cream created a solid, pleasing contrast to the orange aroma, which was more floral and less bitter than they might be in this dessert’s namesake tea.

While Two Spoons isn’t the cheapest spot for lunch, and some might be put off by the prepackaged salads, it is not without virtues. Fans of soups that successfully cross homemade style with a gourmet sensibility will find much to enjoy here. Indeed, a bowl of soup and a piece of bread should be a sufficient lunch at a price competitive with a chain sandwich.

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added a welcome touch of crunch and chew. A side green salad ($1.15 with a sandwich) came subtly-dressed with a well-balanced vinaigrette that was neither too oily nor tart.

An accompanying $4.84 8-ounce bowl of chicken matzo ball soup proved a worthy successor to the version produced by the late, lamented New York Deli. The poultry had the tender falling-off-the-bone qualities of slow-simmered homemade soup, and the broth benefited from sweet and tender carrots.

The matzo balls were somewhere between floaters and sinkers, balancing fluffiness of texture with decent heft.

This dish’s thickness was more akin to stew, enhanced by pleasingly subtle seasoning.

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True to its small-batch description, Two Spoons is a modestly sized operation, with salads tucked away in a refrigerated case and freshly made soups displayed under glass. But this restaurant makes the most of its diminutive venue, prompting my colleague Denise to liken it to a quaint café resembling those found in European villages. The continental appeal is enhanced by a dark yet intimate color scheme, understated but efficient service, and the almost de rigueur emphasis on locavore ingredients. The pricier sandwiches, which go for about seven dollars, include such local fillings as RedBird chicken and Long Farm ham.

Two Spoons gets its bread from its sister operation up the street, Spruce Confections.

First up was Denise’s 12-ounce, $5.54 sweet pea and asparagus soup.

This was not a leaden traditional split pea plagued by one-note flavor. Instead, this soup was marked by a surprising lightness of flavor and texture. The delicacy of the peas allowed for the perfume of the asparagus to make itself known, and the consistency wasn’t overly heavy.

A slice of Spruce’s ciabatta bread rounded out this choice, and this portion size left Denise with ample leftovers for later.

My choice of a $2.77 half grilledcheese sandwich was a far cry from Velveeta on white. A triumphant mix of comforting cheddar and complex Emmental made this filling reminiscent of a good fondue. Tempered by a slice of fresh tomato, the toasted country bread

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h, Halloween is over, and on to Christmas we go.

Wait, Thanksgiving comes first, even though these days, who would know? I happen to love Thanksgiving and everything that comes along with it.

Some things just go together naturally, sugar and spice, football and beer, Jon and Kate, and pumpkin desserts at the Thanksgiving Day table. OK, so one of those combos is not like the others, just seeing if you were paying attention. The dessert this week is Pumpkin Spice Bread with Cheesecake Filling. More than just a dessert, really. It can be breakfast, a snack, or a great treat with afternoon tea. Quick breads are easy to make. No yeast, no kneading, and we are using canned pumpkin, so even easier.

Do make sure to buy pure canned pumpkin and not pumpkin-pie filling — the filling already includes spices, and this we don’t want! Every November all my friends and the crew at the TV station wait for my pumpkin desserts; I usually do a month filled with them (lucky you), and I’m always surprised by how many people only think to do pies.

Pilgrims, expand your pumpkin-baking horizon. Your peeps will be glad you did.

Your house will smell like heaven, or at least like Bath & Body Works in November, with the pumpkin and spices floating through the air. Sorry, I’m slipping into a pumpkin-induced coma right now. See you at Hanukkah… OK, I’m awake now and ready to face November and all it has to offer.

Boulder is beautiful and restaurants are buzzing. I’m sure I will walk into a delish restaurant and discover a pumpkin dessert to die for. So sift your way through all the Christmas hoopla and remember there is a very important holiday that comes first. Let’s all just give thanks that Jon and Kate won’t be at your Thanksgiving Day table. Now, follow the directions, put some love into it, and invite me over when it’s done!

BEFORE YOU START: Make sure cream cheese is at room temperature. Use pure pumpkin, not pumpkin pie filling. You can use different nuts if you choose, walnuts are just

my preference. If you like it spicier, add more allspice or ginger.

Pumpkin Spice Bread with Cheesecake Filling 4 ounces cream cheese (room temperature) 1 egg 1/4 cup sugar 1 tbls. flour 2 cups flour 1/4 tsp. salt 1/2 tsp. baking powder 1/2 tsp. baking soda 1 1/2 tsp. cinnamon 1 tsp. allspice 1 tsp. ginger 2 eggs 1/4 cup canola oil 1/4 cup water 1 can (15 ounces) pumpkin 1 cup brown sugar 1/2 cup chopped walnuts Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees.

Grease a 9-inch by 5-inch loaf pan.

In medium bowl, combine cream cheese,egg, sugar and flour. Beat and set aside.

In medium bowl combine flour, salt, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, allspice and ginger and set aside.

In large bowl, whisk eggs, oil and water. Stir in pumpkin, sugar and mix well.

Add dry ingredients into wet ingredients. Stir until well combined. Fold in walnuts.

Pour half of pumpkin mixture into loaf pan. Spread cream cheese filling over mix. Top with remaining pumpkin mixture.

Bake for 50 minutes until golden brown and toothpick inserted in middle comes out clean.

Let set. Cut and serve. Enjoy!

NOTE: You can sprinkle with powdered sugar and/or cinnamon for a finishing touch.

You can watch the Dessert Diva every Monday at 8:35 a.m. on Channel 2. To contact Danette at the station, visit 2thedeuce.com, and click on Daybreak on the Deuce. To chat and/or send comments and suggestions, write to jdromega@aol.com.

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1. Prepare pasta al dente, according to package directions.

2. In a large skillet, heat olive oil.

Saute garlic for about 30 seconds, add bell peppers and saute for 2 to 3 minutes more. Add broth and wine and bring to a boil. Lower heat and simmer for 20 to 30 minutes, until mixture

cooks down to a quarter of its original liquid volume.

3. Toss with pasta and serve hot or cold.

— Marian Briones, Fremont (c) 2009, Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, Calif.).

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Big Daddy Bagels 4800 Baseline Road #8101 Boulder 303-554-0193

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Need a quick, reasonably priced and filling workday meal? Look no further than Big Daddy Bagels, which not only serves up its namesake, but also entrée salads, soups and pastries. The classicist will enjoy the New Yorker bagel sandwich, the timeless combination of lox, cream cheese, onions, tomatoes and capers. For those preferring something without meat, try the flavorful portobello melt, which features marinated mushrooms, sun-dried tomato spread, as well as feta and provolone cheeses atop a bagel.

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ffering one of the better Indian buffets in town, the Tandoori Grill goes the extra step in interpreting Indian classics. The moist and subtly smoky tandoori chicken thankfully lacks the red dye prevalent in some other versions, and desserts such as the kheer rice pudding are seasoned by a pleasing mix of nuts, spice and citrus zest. Other notable attractions include the impossibly airy meatballs in masala gravy and a first-rate mango lassi with a dominant fruit flavor.

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Waterloo Ice House 809 S. Main St., Louisville, 303-993-2094

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n Texas, an ice house is a place to knock back a cool one and enjoy some classic barroom fare. True to this spirit, Louisville’s Waterloo Ice House follows Lone Star tradition by offering up live music, credible nachos and, on weekends, a respectable plate of barbecue. The relaxed Main Street setting makes this friendly joint just the place for slowly savoring a burger or the three-cheese mac and cheese.

Crane Hollow Café 7504 Hygiene Rd., Hygiene 303-776-1551

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lightly off the beaten path, Hygiene’s Crane Hollow Café provides a charming country venue for a leisurely weekend breakfast. Hearty corned beef hash, world-class biscuits and gravy specials, and fresh-from-the-oven fruit pies are just some of the specialties here.

Combine these delectable items with a bright home-style setting and reasonable prices, and you’ve got the makings of a fine morning meal experience.

George’s Food & Drink 2028 14th Street Boulder 303-998-9350

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on’t let the fact that George’s Food & Drink is named after a friendly spirit said to roam the halls of the neighboring Boulder Theater scare you off. Instead, count on George’s to dish out screaming deals such as $2 barbecue pulled pork sliders and $3.50 well drinks at happy hour. Other compelling choices include a panko-topped mac and cheese, and the dazzlingly fresh entrée salads. However, some might be daunted by the availability of chocolate-covered bacon as a dessert.

Lucky’s Café 3980 Broadway, #107, Boulder, 303-444-5007

version to a top-flight white pizza brimming with garlic, mozzarella, spinach and extra virgin olive oil. For dessert, try the homemade oatmeal chocolate chip cookies.

The Buff Restaurant 1725 28th St., Boulder, 303-442-9150

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lthough The Buff Restaurant is attached to the Golden Buff Lodge, don’t think that this eatery caters only to folks passing through Boulder. The generous portions, friendly service and classic breakfast and lunch menu make this a locals’ favorite. Omelets include the Atlantic, which comes with everything you’d expect to find on a lox bagel, except the bagel itself. The California is another worthwhile effort, consisting of tomatoes, bacon and Swiss cheese.

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1136 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-938-0330

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apango differentiates itself from the competition by providing economical yet filling bento lunches ranging from $7.50 to $9.50.

For a price comparable to a takeout sandwich lunch, you can enjoy a meal of meat, fish or poultry, along with well-prepared rice, salad and miso soup. Other bento features include California rolls and fresh-from-the-fryer tempura.

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4800 Baseline Rd., Boulder, 303-494-4210

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heap and cheerful are the names of the game when it comes to Lee Yuan’s fine Chinese-American lunch specials. For an aver-

hidden hole-in-the-wall, Lucky’s Café occupies the same North Boulder shopping mall as its namesake grocerystore sibling. It’s worth seeking out for economical breakfasts and lunches, with diner-style fare consisting of American staples such as Denver omelets and Cobb salads. Fresh-from-the-kitchen french fries are outstanding, and the huevos rancheros pack a lot of pork green chile flavor while not being as heavy as other examples.

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1708 Main St., Longmont, 303-485-8924

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his is one of those guilty-pleasure places that you can’t tell your food-snob friends about. If they do find out, they’ll give you a hard time for patronizing a burger joint, let alone a chain. But the subterfuge and potential shame are worth it, as the payoff is the best fast-food fries you’ll ever have and a defiantly greasy burger that comes within striking distance of Southern California’s legendary In-N-Out.

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his is one of the few local establishments where you can get something as simple as a decent club sandwich at a fair price. Bob’s features an less-than-$5 menu with such items as a mini Philly cheesesteak sandwich, and many of the burgers go for less than a five spot. Higherend items include the $8.95 blackened salmon and mahi sandwiches. Those inclined towards healthier offerings can pick up a generously portioned entrée salad.

3980 Broadway, Boulder, 303-444-9100

welcoming North Boulder neighborhood spot, O! Pizza dishes out thin-crust pie in the Philadelphia-style, which bears a close resemblance to its New York cousin. Civic origins aside, O! offers pie for every palate, ranging from a soy cheese and gluten-free crust

age price of seven bucks, you can get a classic meal consisting of hot and sour or egg drop soup, an egg roll and an entrée. Standouts include the surprisingly flavorful Mongolian beef or the fish with hot bean special, consisting of exquisitely fried seafood topped with a chile black bean sauce.

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1630 N. 63rd St., Boulder, 303-440-4045

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overs of green chile and other pungent Mexican-style dishes will have much to celebrate at Efrain’s. This Boulder institution is just the ticket when one craves a traditional combination plate consisting of tacos, enchiladas and tamales. The green-chile-drenched chile relleno is a pungent winner, and the costillas, or Mexican ribs, rival those of traditional barbecue joints.

The Cup Espresso Café

1221 Spruce St., Boulder, 303-440-0807

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oulder’s Amu, the sister restaurant to the popular Sushi Zanmai, offers a unique dining experience. Shying away from typical Japanese menus, this establishment features a variety of top-shelf sakes and unusual small plates from land and sea. Simple dishes, such as chilled tofu, rise to another level with Amu’s garnishes of minced ginger, scallions and dried fish flakes. Sashimi and soft crab are also available, and meatless choices abound, including a winning salad of daikon radish and sprouts.

Tandoori Grill 619 S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-543-7339

1521 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-449-5173

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rom morning to evening, The Cup Espresso Café on Pearl has something for everyone to get through the day. Early risers can appreciate the heady cups of brewed fair-trade coffee, along with a top-shelf array of house-made delicacies ranging from a habanero-laced quiche to a terrifically moist zucchini bread.

Sandwiches such as the turkey with brie and pesto are on tap for those desiring something more substantial, and those with a sweet tooth shouldn’t miss the carrot cake or espresso milkshake.

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Thurs, Nov. 5 BOULDER

See the acclaimed new film, Ò CRUDE,Ó Joe BerlingerÕ s chronicle of the legal battle to force ChevronTexaco to clean up the devastating mess it left behind in EcuadorÕ s Amazonian region.

International Film Series Muenzinger Auditorium CU-Boulder 7pm and 9:15 pm.

THURS, NOV. 5 DENVER

RALLY AND SIT-IN in support of Single Payer Health Care at Blues X health insurance company, 700 Broadway at 11 a.m. Pre-rally meeting at 9:30 AM, 1ST MENNONITE CHURCH, 9TH & ELATI ( SO. ON ELATI AT 11TH AVE OFF SPEER, OR NORTH ON DELAWARE OR ELATI FROM 8TH AVE) STRATEGIZING BEFORE RALLY. Some people are planning to do civil disobedience. If you can join them make sure to attend the pre-rally meeting at 9;30 a.m. Everyone is needed for support, even if you canÕ t risk arrest.

Thurs, Nov 7 BOULDER

BINGO! Join the Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center for a good old-fashioned game of bingo. 7-9 p.m. at Friends Meeting House, 1825 Upland. $2 per card per game. Sweet treats amd warm apple cider will be provided. Dress up as your favorite activist for a chance to win our best costume award. 303-444-6981.

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March 21-April 19:

There was a time when wetlands were considered dismal and unproductive. At best they were thought to be a waste of space, and at worst stinky breeding grounds for insect pests.

For more than 200 years, many marshes, bogs and swamps were filled with dirt and transformed into places suitable for farms, houses, and recreational areas. But all that has changed in the last 30 years. Science has rehabilitated the reputation of wetlands, showing how crucial they are. They clean toxins from water, help control floods and soil erosion and are home to more biological diversity than any other ecosystem.

The coming weeks would be an excellent time for you to make a comparable conversion, Aries. Something you once demeaned or underestimated could become an inspirational catalyst.

TAURUS

April 20-May 20:

In the coming week, you will have the potential to articulate what has never been spoken before and to name truths that everyone has been avoiding. Uncoincidentally, you may also be able to hear what you’ve never been able to hear up until now and tune in to truths you’ve been oblivious to. As you might imagine, Taurus, you must fully activate both of these capacities in order for either to function at its best.

GEMINI

May 21-June 20:

Nature’s rhythm is cyclical. Everything alive waxes and wanes. If you’re smart, you honor that flow by periodically letting parts of your world wither or go to sleep. If you’re not so smart, you set yourself up for needless pain by indulging in the delusion that you can enjoy uninterrupted growth.

According to my reading of the astrological omens, Gemini, this is your time to explore the creative possibilities of ebbing and slackening. Ask yourself the following question, which I’ve borrowed from the Jungian author Clarissa Pinkola Estes: “What must I allow to die today in order to generate more life tomorrow?”

CANCER June 21-July 22:

Pregnant women sometimes have unusual cravings. From the fourth to sixth month of her daughter’s gestation period, for example, my friend Marta was on occasion beset by the longing to eat toothpaste. I’ve known other women who fantasized about nibbling on mud, coffee grounds and chalk.

Fortunately, they all resisted the urge, which is what health practitioners recommend. Instead they tried to figure out if their bodies were trying to tell them about some legitimate deficiency of vitamins or minerals. I offer this to you as a metaphor to keep in mind. As your own special creation ripens, you may experience odd desires. Don’t necessarily take them at face value.

LEO

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Aug. 23-Sept. 22:

“Hey Rob: I was having trouble finishing my novel — typical writer’s block. So I sidetracked myself into making silly creative projects — papier-mache chickens, masks made out of junk mail, collages incorporating bottle caps and dryer lint. I can’t say any of it is ‘art,’ but I feel creative again and my house is full of colorful stuff I whipped up myself. If you wait to be perfect, I concluded, you’ll never make anything. I tried something I knew I’d be bad at, so failure didn’t matter.

Now I’m branching out with my inadequacy — not waiting for Mr. Perfect but having a beer with Joe Flawed, forgetting to be right all the time, admitting that I haven’t a clue. I’ve become smilingly, brilliantly dumb. —Inappropriate Virgo.”

Dear Inappropriate: Congrats! You’re doing exactly what I want to advise all Virgos everywhere to try.

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composed for you. As a public service, I’m providing it here.

“The graceful dragonfly lives for just a few months. But a sequoia tree’s time on earth can last 2,000 years. In the same way, some bonds, some creations, some worlds, endure for a mere blink in eternity, while others are destined to outfox the ravages of time. What will be the lifespan of the dream you recently hatched, Libra? It is time to decide and take action.”

SCORPIO Oct. 23-Nov. 21:

Your anti-role model — the person you should be the opposite of — is the Scorpio warrior, U.S. General George Patton, also known as “Old Blood and Guts.” He once said, “Practically everyone but myself is a pusillanimous son of a bitch.” That’s an attitude you should especially avoid in the coming weeks, since your success will depend on you seeing the best in people — even if they sometimes don’t seem to warrant it. P.S. It may be OK to think of yourself as “Old Blood and Guts” if and only if you dedicate your ferocity to the service of smart love and ingenious collaboration.

SAGITTARIUS Nov. 22-Dec. 21:

Congratulations, Sagittarius! Free Will Astrology’s Task Force on Creative Suffering has confirmed that your current dilemmas are exceptionally interesting and useful. You have demonstrated an impressive talent for getting embroiled in riddles that promise to bring out your dormant reserves of vitality and ingenuity. The dumbfounding questions you’ve been wrestling with are high-caliber tests that have drawn you closer to the heart of the reasons you’re here on Earth.

Take full advantage of this beautiful mess, my dear. Chaos this fertile is hard to come by.

CAPRICORN Dec. 22-Jan. 19:

When Dante was nine years old, long before he became one of Italy’s supreme poets, he fell in love with Beatrice, an eightyear-old girl he met at a May Day party. They never had a close relationship. In the years after their initial encounter, they met infrequently, and both eventually married other people. But Beatrice played a crucial role throughout Dante’s life, although she died at the age of 24. She was not just his muse, but also his “beatitude, the destroyer of all vices and the queen of virtue, salvation.” Dante even wrote her into his Divine Comedy in the role of a guide. Is there any person or influence in your life equivalent to Beatrice? Any once-upona-time blessing that might be ready to give you the fullness of the gifts it has been waiting all this time to deliver?

AQUARIUS Jan. 20-Feb. 18:

I would love it if you could find a sword that could cut itself.

Or a fire that could burn itself. Or some water you could wash. But even if you can conjure the magic to attract an experience that simply resembles one of those marvelous paradoxes, it would set in motion a series of epiphanies that would liberate you from an inferior paradox — a confusing absurdity that is not worthy of you and that has been draining your life force.

PISCES

Feb. 19-March 20:

The planets are aligned in such a way that suggests you may be able to experience an orgasm solely by meditating. This rare cosmic alignment also means that it’s conceivable you could generate money or attract new resources by following your holy bliss, or that you might stumble upon the tricky treasure you’ve been looking for in all the wrong places. But I can’t say for sure that you will actually be able to capitalize on any of these remarkable opportunities. It will depend on whether you can more fully express one of the skills that is your birthright as a Pisces: being wild and disciplined at the same time.

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