Boulder Weekly 11.02.2023

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world COPING with the climate crisis P. 8

DEAR WHOLE FOODS DADDY P.13

GINGER PIG RETURNS TO BOULDER P. 25

An Open Letter to Boulder Voters: City of Boulder voters have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to enhance our future by voting Yes on Ballot Issue 2A. A broad coalition of community organizations, citizen groups, elected officials, candidates, and businesses support 2A. Key points: 2A IS NOT A TAX INCREASE. It extends an existing sales tax of just 15 cents on every $100 of purchases, which raises approximately $7.5m a year for the City. Under 2A, 50% of these funds will be dedicated to the City’s General Fund to support public safety, human services, and other needs; 50% will be dedicated to creating a sustainable ecosystem for Boulder’s arts, culture, and heritage purposes.

2A WILL NOT IMPACT EXISTING SERVICES. Mayor Aaron Brockett and Councilmember Bob Yates, both of whom are running for Mayor, have confirmed that 2A will not cause adverse impacts on current or future City services. The City will have additional spending power of $10m/year due to the new Boulder Public Library District, a separate entity voters approved last year that removes library expenses from the General Fund.

2A WILL GENERATE MORE TAX REVENUES. A new study commissioned by the City shows that Boulder's arts and culture nonprofits produced a direct annual economic impact of over $115m in 2022, generating City and County tax receipts of $4.6m. The arts already produce greater revenues than they receive from the General Fund. Arts and culture generate taxes through spending on events, eating in restaurants, shopping, and hotel stays, with an estimated 40% of those taxes coming from Boulder visitors.

2A BOOSTS INVESTMENT IN THE ARTS. Arts and culture have been underfunded in Boulder for many years. The City spends an average of $17/person on cultural affairs compared to $43/person in similar-sized cities. Loveland, Arvada, and Fort Collins will spend $3.2m, $4.4m and $5m respectively, versus Boulder’s budgeted $1.8m. Chronic underinvestment in the arts leaves our cultural organizations, artists and arts educators struggling to make ends meet and risks more creatives moving to other communities.

2A ADVANCES EQUITY, CREATIVITY AND COMMUNITY. 2A would bolster nonprofit arts and culture organizations, which would support advances in diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility, multicultural projects, arts education in schools, free lessons and classes for low-income youth, and more affordable arts workspaces and performance venues. Investing in 2A means investing in our community well-being.

2A IS A WIN-WIN FOR ALL BOULDER RESIDENTS AND THE CITY. 2A will ensure the stability of essential services, sustain our arts and culture scene, and build a more equitable, connected and vibrant community for generations to come.

Please visit 2AforAll.com and Vote Yes on 2A! “When a city embraces cultural awareness and art, the result is revenue, vibrancy, and prestige.” --Jude Landsman, NAACP

“The arts are the heart and soul of our community.

Fortunately we have a huge opportunity to support them in Boulder with ballot measure 2A. Without raising taxes or cutting city services, this measure would create a dedicated stream of arts and culture funding for the next 20 years. It would be a small amount in the scope of the city budget, but enough to be transformational for our local arts community.

Please join me in supporting 2A! -- Aaron Brockett, City of Boulder Mayor and Candidate for Mayor

“Boulder Weekly knows the power and widespread impact of the arts, and we want to see this community, which is known for its art and culture, put its money where its mouth is and support these important organizations and artists.”-- Boulder Weekly

“Ballot Measure 2A is brilliant. It continues funding for essential City work, including public safety, human services, and homelessness solutions, while doubling funding for arts and culture in our community, all without raising taxes. I unequivocally and enthusiastically endorse Ballot Measure 2A, and I encourage all Boulder residents to vote in favor of its passage.” --Bob Yates, Boulder City Council and Candidate for Mayor

Endorsed By: City Council Members Voting to Approve 2A: Aaron Brockett Matt Benjamin Lauren Folkerts

Rachel Friend Junie Joseph

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Tara Winer Bob Yates

CONTENTS 11.02.2023

29 Credit: Joni Schrantz

08 NEWS: Former NCAR scientist turned ecopsychologist talks

coping with climate anxiety BY KAYLEE HARTER

13 ADVICE: Dear Whole Foods Daddy BY GABBY VERMEIRE 16 THEATER: Regional premiere of ‘Cadillac Crew’ turns up the volume on a muted history of Black resilience BY TONI TRESCA

25 NIBBLES: Michelin-honored Ginger Pig returns to Boulder

BY JOHN LEHNDORFF

DEPARTMENTS 04 EDITOR’S

15 FOUND

Worth a fortune

What’s in Boulder’s headphones?

NOTE:

06 OPINION:

‘Safe Zones’ is not a serious solution; ‘Yes’ on 2A

11 NEWS:

Vote Guide recap

14 MUSIC:

Sadie Dupuis untangles trauma on first Speedy Ortiz album in half a decade

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SOUNDS:

17 FILM:

Non-marquee movies to see at the Denver Film Festival

18 EVENTS: Where to go and what to do

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ASTROLOGY:

23 SAVAGE LOVE: Footrubs and funerals

29 GOOD TASTE:

Lobster hotspot opens new headquarters on Pearl Street

31 WEED:

New research looks at how practicing yoga affects a cannabis high

Big Gemini energy

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COMMENTARY NOVEMBER 2, 2023 Volume 31, Number 11

PUBLISHER: Fran Zankowski

ED ITOR IAL ARTS & CULTURE EDITOR: Jezy J. Gray REPORTERS: Kaylee Harter, Will Matuska FOOD EDITOR: John Lehndorff INTERN: Lily Fletcher CONTRIBUTING WRITERS: Will Brendza, Rob Brezsny, Michael J. Casey, Caitlin Rockett, Dan Savage, Alan Sculley, Toni Tresca, Gabby Vermeire, Colin Wrenn

SAL ES AN D M AR KETIN G MARKET DEVELOPMENT MANAGER: Kellie Robinson SENIOR ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE: Matthew Fischer ACCOUNT EXECUTIVES: Chris Allred, Ryan Peterson SPECIAL PROJECTS MANAGER: Carter Ferryman MRS. BOULDER WEEKLY: Mari Nevar

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EDITOR’S NOTE

WORTH A FORTUNE

BY CAITLIN ROCKETT

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bout a decade ago, I cracked open a fortune cookie after lunch at Tsing Tao with the Boulder Weekly editorial staff.

“You have found good company — enjoy,” the cookie’s clairvoyant guts instructed.

That slip of paper moved around the office with me over the next 10 years, from intern to special editions to arts and culture to managing editor and finally to editor-inchief. The fortune is taped to my computer now as I write this, my final piece as a staff member at Boulder Weekly.

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moment, this transition, warrants a step outside my comfort zone to thank the many people who have helped me live a childhood dream.

Much has changed since I first stepped into Boulder Weekly’s digs on South Lashley Lane, but the company I’ve kept here has always been extraordinary. It takes a certain kind of person-

ality to be a journalist: inquisitive, social, intrepid, disciplined. But it’s compassion that has always made me feel at home, no matter who shared the masthead with me. It takes bottomless humility to interview strangers about unfamiliar or difficult subjects, a deadline always looming. Your writing will be analyzed, dissected and reconstructed from its constituent parts. Mistakes require public apologies. Compensation is modest.

People accuse journalists of being biased — of course we’re biased. The reporters I know want the world to be a better place, where everyone has

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EDITOR’S NOTE access to stable housing, nutritious food, quality healthcare and advanced education. They want a world where people with uteruses have the right to choose whether or not they want to give birth. A world where universal healthcare separates the ability to maintain physical wellbeing from full-time employment. A world where free childcare and colLeft to right: Matt Cortina, Caitlin Rockett, Amanda Moutinho lege education means and Angela Evans circa 2016. a single parent can Public Radio before bringing his talstill follow their professional dreams. ents to Boulder Weekly; and reporter A world where a physician isn’t comKaylee Harter, a journalism graduate mitting a felony by providing genderfrom Ohio State who came to Boulder affirming care to a 25-year-old transgender individual. A world where cap- Weekly after dipping her toes in the nonprofit world at Community italism doesn’t justify endless extracResource Center in Denver. It’s a tion. small but mighty staff, and each of Community journalism localizes them, including Shay, has lifted my these issues and brings them home, where change can truly begin. When spirits when I didn’t think I could do done correctly, journalism does much the job. My gratitude to and respect for each of them is boundless. more than merely inform: It speaks Thanks to publisher Fran truth to power.

Zankowski for asking me to challenge I hope I’ve made some positive changes through my work at Boulder myself in the role of editor-in-chief. I didn’t always like it, Fran, but I invariWeekly, even if that’s simply to help ably loved it. people feel seen and heard. I know My final plea as editor is to ask you this job has changed me for the better. I’ve expanded my mind and heart to continue to support local journalexponentially by engaging with count- ism — you’re already doing it by less people across many walks of life. reading this. Boulder Weekly is a truly independent newspaper, staffed by Thank you for sharing your stories people who live in your community. with me. Thanks for calling me out when I was wrong … and when I was This isn’t “the media,” these are your right. Thanks for showing me things I neighbors. Become a regular donor to the paper at boulderweekly.com/ never would have seen otherwise. donate, share BW stories on socials Thanks for reading. and write letters to the editor (letAs I close my chapter at the paper, ters@boulderweekly.com).

I’m ecstatic to welcome the new ediMay your fortune be as rewarding tor-in-chief, Shay Castle, whose work as mine at Boulder Weekly. with the Daily Camera, and then her Caitlin Rockett was a reporter and own enterprise, Boulder Beat, exemeditor at Boulder Weekly for 10 years. plifies her versatility, resiliency, empathy and dedication as a journalist. She She has freelanced at alternative newsweeklies across the country, has a fantastic team of reporters including LA Weekly. She’s now the behind her: arts and culture editor director of communications at Out Jezy Gray, a prolific writer and crackBoulder County, which facilitates conerjack editor whose title belies the nection, advocacy, education, weight he carries around the office; reporter Will Matuska, who got his first research and programming to ensure experience in journalism at Minnesota LGBTQ+ people thrive.

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OPINION SAFE ZONES IS NOT A SERIOUS SOLUTION

BY BRIAN C. KEEGAN

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he Simpsons has a long-running gag centered on pearl-clutching busybody Helen Lovejoy exclaiming “Won’t somebody please think of the children?” The “think of the children” argument has become a rhetorical cliché and pop culture meme, but like a B-movie zombie it has been resurrected during this 2023 campaign season to unironically justify a City ballot initiative.

Proposition 302 (“Safe Zones 4 Kids”) would “prioritize removal of prohibited items, such as tents, temporary structures, or propane tanks, within five hundred feet of a school or fifty feet of any multi-use path or sidewalk.” Proponents claim they want the City to do more to protect children and regularly accuse opponents of opposing children’s safety.

According to CDPHE data, the leading causes of death among Colorado children are from preventable causes like suicide, motor vehicles, maltreatment, firearms and overdoses. Violence from unhoused people is not on the list. Why oppose this measure then?

First, Safe Zones supporters want a blank check for enforcing their nebulous priorities over all the other demands Boulder faces. According to the City’s Safe and Managed Public Spaces (SAMP) dashboards, out of 2,192 assessments and 1,376 cleanups across the city between Oct. 21, 2021 and Oct. 18, 2023, approximately 650 assessments and 475 cleanups have happened in the area around Central Park, Boulder Creek and Boulder High School.

If approximately a third of the City’s cleanup resources are already focused on this area, what additional amount of City resources would satisfy Safe Zones supporters? Should the City de-prioritize clearing encampments with dangerous items or violent behavior in residential areas? Most Boulder residents probably will not like how Safe Zones answers these questions.

Second, Safe Zones would triple the area that the Safe and Managed Public Spaces team and Boulder Police would be required to prioritize without a corresponding increase in budgets. Under the current City policy of 500 feet around schools and playgrounds and adjacent to streams, there are a total of 13.7 million

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square meters the City is committed to prioritizing. But Safe Zones would add 50 feet within any sidewalk or path, an area of 41.3 million square meters. Tripling the area without tripling the resources is just diluting enforcement by a third.

Third, the City just experienced a natural experiment involving enhanced antiencampment enforcement. Following an incident in which a man drove his truck through Central Park targeting people and encampments (luckily, no one was seriously injured), the City issued an emergency order and fenced the area off for two weeks to evaluate the damage.

Astonishingly, fencing off Central Park for two weeks did not cause the people living in encampments in the area to evaporate; they were just displaced into other areas. This episode foreshadows the most likely outcome of passing Safe Zones.

Finally, Safe Zones supporters cannot even agree on the legislative intent behind their efforts. Their branding says they want to prioritize the safety of children. Other supporters want to use the initiative to remove the “bike chop shops” or “meth camps.” Still others admit that the initiative will not fix the issues but will “send a message” to City Council. Safe Zones organizers failed to include any language in the initiative about prioritizing spaces with children. They also failed to propose any changes in raising or appropriating funds to achieve their goals.

People are right to be upset about the deteriorating health and safety conditions in our city. After the millions of dollars already appropriated to manage encampments since 2021, ask yourself two questions: First, have these problems gotten better? Second, will more of the same expensive and failed enforcement strategies make children safer? Boulder’s forward-looking voters should reject this effort and elect a new City Council to pursue evidence-based solutions.

Computational social scientist Brian C. Keegan is an assistant professor in information science at CU Boulder. His research resides at the intersection of human-computer interaction, network science and data science.

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

A ‘YES’ ON BOULDER’S BALLOT ISSUE 2A HELPS BUILD A MORE VIBRANT, INCLUSIVE AND RESILIENT COMMUNITY

BY DEBORAH MALDEN

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o paraphrase an old expression: In this election, you can fill your potholes and invest in the arts.

This November, City of Boulder voters will have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to shape our City’s future by voting ‘yes’ on Ballot Issue 2A. 2A is not a tax increase: It extends an existing 25-year-old general fund sales and use tax of just 15 cents on every $100 of purchases and raises approximately $7.5 million a year for the City. Under 2A, 50% ($3.75 million) of these funds are dedicated to the City’s Office of Arts & Culture to strengthen Boulder’s arts and culture ecosystem and 50% ($3.75 million) to the City’s general fund.

Most Boulder residents are surprised to learn that we spend less on cultural affairs than our Front Range neighbors: In 2023, Loveland, Arvada and Fort Collins will spend $3.2 million, $4.4 million and $5 million, respectively, versus Boulder’s budgeted $1.8 million.

Chronic underinvestment in the arts leaves our cultural organizations, artists and arts educators struggling to make ends meet and risks hollowing out our arts and culture ecosystem.

Of course, we have other important uses for limited City resources, from filling potholes to addressing homelessness. Fortunately, 2A will not result in any cuts to existing City services. This has been publicly confirmed in multiple City Council meetings by City of Boulder staff, mayor Aaron Brockett and councilmember Bob Yates, both of whom are running for mayor this November and support Ballot Issue 2A. This is in part because, starting in 2025, the first year of the tax extension, the City will have an additional $10 million a year in general fund spending power due to the new Boulder Public Library District, a separate entity that voters approved last year. The Library District shifts library expenses out of the City’s budget, in perpetuity.

Although the amount of dedicated arts funding would be transformative for the arts and the community, it represents a mere 2% of the City’s general fund. Further, unlike the expense of

filling potholes and providing other City services expenditures, the arts are an investment with a clear economic return. A just-released study commissioned by the City shows that Boulder’s arts and culture nonprofits have an annual direct economic impact of over $115 million. This includes incremental spending by audiences ($61.6 million), household income ($80 million) and City and County taxes ($4.6 million).

This is money that helps keep our businesses open, sustains our families and workers and provides incremental funding to address other city priorities (did I mention potholes?). Meanwhile, 2A also will provide a much-needed lifeline for Boulder’s long-underfunded arts and culture sector. The City’s 2015 cultural master plan clearly outlines the path toward investing in a strong arts and culture ecosystem.

Unfortunately, since its adoption, the current budget has proven insufficient to meet our master plan goals.

Finally, aside from the economic benefits to the arts that Ballot Issue 2A will help secure, I quote from the comments of Jude Landsman, vice president of our local NAACP: “Boulder’s Office of Arts and Culture has done more to support racial equity than any other City department to date.”

Decades of research show that a thriving arts and culture landscape benefits the whole community — helping to bring us together, making us individually and collectively healthier, happier, more tolerant, more welcoming and more resilient.

Ballot Issue 2A is a win-win for all Boulder residents. It will ensure the stability of essential services, sustain our arts and culture scene and build a more equitable, connected and vibrant community for generations to come.

Please visit 2AYesforAll.com to learn more and join me in voting ‘yes’ on 2A! Deborah Malden is the arts liaison and advisor at the Boulder Chamber, a board member of Create Boulder, and chair of the Yes on 2A campaign.

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

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ing at a university, but he still leads workshops and gives talks. Things are different from when Kiehl first began his work of marrying psychology and climate — back then only a few others were thinking about ecopsychology, which wasn’t even a term at the time, he says.

Now there’s a whole body of work dealing with the intersections of climate and psyFormer NCAR scientist turned chology. A 2021 survey of ecopsychologist talks coping 10,000 people ages 16 to 25 with climate anxiety found that more than half of respondents were very or extremely worried about cliBY KAYLEE HARTER mate change, with more than 80 percent at least moderately worried. Half felt “sad, anxious, eff Kiehl had been a climate angry, powerless, helpless, and guilty.” scientist at NCAR in Boulder After the hottest summer on record studying topics like the greenand with local climate disasters like house effect and stratospheric fires and flooding looming fresh in ozone for nearly two decades when our collective memory, I had a something started to shift. conversation with Kiehl Sometime around the year 2000, he about the psychology of was looking at the projections for rapidclimate change and ly increasing emissions over the next century and decided to look back to the how we can address our last time the Earth’s atmosphere conmounting anxiety. tained that much carbon dioxide.

The interview He was struck by what he saw — it has been editwas 40 million years ago and “a comed for clarity pletely different world.” and brevity.

“I distinctly remember sitting at my desk, looking at these numbers, looking at the projected warming and CO2 levWhat are els, and just asking myself, ‘What are the psychowe doing? Why would we do this?’” he logical reasays. “In that moment, my feeling was, sons we ‘This has to be psychological.’” might avoid Kiehl was so bothered by this discon- acting on the nect between the severity of the probinformation we lem and our collective capacity for have about cliaction that he went back to school for mate change? clinical psychology and trained in Fight, flight and freeze Jungian analysis. Since then, he’s prac- mechanisms are an integral ticed as a Jungian psychotherapist and part of the older part of the brain analyst, written a book on ecopsycholo- [known as the limbic system]... It’s gy, led conferences and workshops, affective, and it’s emotional … When taught at Pacifica Graduate Institute you’re presented with traumatic inforand UC Santa Cruz, and won AGU’s mation, the self-regulatory processes Climate Communication Prize in 2012. that normally work in a fluid manner He also continued his work at NCAR are disrupted to the point where you until retiring from his position in 2018. cannot take in information. So if Kiehl is winding down his career now, you’re going to talk to people about no longer practicing clinically or teachsomething that’s really threatening,

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like climate change, if you just bombard them with images of disaster after disaster after disaster, and that’s typically how it’s conveyed in the media, one response would be, well, people saturate. They’ll just shut down. They’ll disassociate.

Evolution has provided us with very primitive ways of responding as well as more sophisticated ways. A more sophisticated way from a psychodynamic, psychoanalytic approach is projection. ‘It’s not me that’s causing this.

It’s them.’… These are not, in themselves, harmful ways of dealing with the world. They’re actually there for a reason — to preserve us and protect us, especially when we’re a young child.

The problem is when we grow up, they no longer benefit us. They can actually prevent us from living a fully engaged, ethically responsible life. There are

other factors that are more social, which are fear based. Fear of losing one’s autonomy — it’s a big one in the United States … It’s a culture we thrive on, but it is preventing us from acting on this problem

How can someone combat feelings of helplessness, hopelessness, fear or anxiety?

If it’s severe, you go find somebody to work with. But in addition to that, or if you’re not going to do that, I think it’s absolutely essential to talk about how you’re feeling. And so one of the things I always encourage people to do is talk to your friend, talk to your family, or get a neighborhood group together. If you’re a member of a church or a social organization, find a time where you can just sit in a room.

You don’t have to do psychotherapy, you just give people a chance to talk about how they’re feeling about what’s happening in the world with regards to the environment. That alone is helpful.

I think in recent years, it feels like the realities of climate change are hitting a lot closer to home. Boulder County, for example, has experienced devastating wildfire, drought and flooding in the last decade.

How do those local climate disasters affect our psyche differently than when it felt like those problems were farther away?

I hate to say this, but that’s a good thing in terms of getting people to realize the severity of what’s happening.

From that point of view, scientists will often say nothing’s going to be done about this problem until there’s a really, really big catastrophe, which will be so shocking that people will finally get their act together and start reducing

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NEWS value — it’s sacred… There are still people out there living this story. We have unfortunately created a system which has created this other story, which has been very destructive. And from my perspective, it’s really the cause of the symptoms. So we can treat the symptoms — getting off of fossil fuels is treating the symptom — but ultimately, we are going to have to change our conscious and unconscious relationship to the natural world. Otherwise, it’s just a quick fix, but we’re in such a dire situation that we need the quick fix.

emissions of carbon…I think the appearance of these catastrophes and disasters more frequently, more intensely, at home, not just in some remote place, are going to force people to take action.

What are some of the ways we can take action?

For me, there are three things to do. I’ll start with the personal level.

Personally, how am I living my life? What’s my carbon footprint? Can I change my lifestyle so that my footprint is smaller?

Beyond the individual, there’s local activities. These are the things like: Could I get together with a group of people — friends, family or strangers — and meet once a week or once a month? Could I get involved in my city’s planning for how it’s addressing climate change? Can I communicate this issue? The science [behind climate change] is not rocket science; it is pretty straightforward. The more you talk about it, the more it’s visible.

Then we work to the national scale.

If you want to be on the frontlines in a march or protest, that’s what you do.

Another one of equal importance is to vote. Vote for people that are committed to actually reducing carbon emissions. Your political engagement and your environmental activism are things you can choose to do.

There are things from a psychological perspective to be concerned about or aware of, even at the local level, that I’ve seen with environmentalists who burn out. So if you’re going to get engaged in social and environmental activism in particular, you should have a support network. And then of course, there’s the global level.

I believe in tipping points, social tipping points. And I think if you want to be hopeful, perhaps there is a social tipping point around climate change that we will reach a point where enough people are catalyzed that radical change can happen very quickly, and we can finally address the symptom.

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Looking for more on the intersections of climate and mental health? Here’s three resources Kiehl recommends: CLIMATE MENTAL HEALTH NETWORK: bit.ly/49lERsa PSYCHOLOGY ALLIANCE NORTH AMERICA: bit.ly/49josnL GOOD ENERGY: bit.ly/47fnLdr

symptom, the symptom being climate warming. But what’s the root cause?

For me, that’s our relationship to nature. And this is deeply embedded in our myths, our religions — these are thousands of years old.

What are some of those myths and how would you characterize our relationship to nature?

Well, our relationship to nature is one of dissociation. We are just collectively fragmented and distanced from nature.

We view ourselves as apart from nature, rather than a part of nature.

And to see that contrast, you just have to spend time with Indigenous peoples. And one of the key phrases of an Indigenous society is reciprocity and that we are in reciprocity with the natural world. We’re not separate from it. We’re inherently connected, interconnected to the natural world.

The mythic system that has pervaded the West is the JudeoChristian belief system, in which from the very getgo we are told we have dominion over the earth.

Dominion is just the opposite of reciprocity. So if you’re raised as an individual, you go through history as a culture, with the innate inherit lesson that we have dominion over nature.

The end result of that is going to be a very, very different relationship to the natural world than one in which I am born into and culturally informed that I have in reciprocity with nature.

Ultimately, we are paying the price for inculcating in us, generation after generation, this belief that our purpose is to control nature.

We have to recognize that we are in a reciprocal relationship interconnected with nature. It has an inherent

Is there anything else that you want to add or think we’ve missed in this conversation?

I was thinking about what we were going to talk about this morning and there was a word that just spontaneously came to me. The word was courage. That’s something that isn’t talked about a lot anymore. It’s a part of many stories… That doesn’t mean military courage or power or to dominate other people. It’s a sense of feeling that I can go out and can make a difference in the world. I can make a difference in my own life. And I can go out and help be of aid to nature, first and foremost for me. And the choice to actually do that, that for me is courage — to consciously say, ‘I’m not going to be complicit. I’m not going to stand back and watch all this happen.’ … We are innately born with a sense of courage, but we don’t realize it. And if there was ever a time in the history of our civilization in which we all need to find that sense of courage within ourselves, it’s now.

ON THE PAGE: Facing

Climate Change: An Integrated Path to the Future

by Jeff Kiehl is available via Columbia University Press.

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VOTING CENTERS

VOTE GUIDE RECAP COLORADO BALLOT ISSUES PROPOSITION HH: Reduce property taxes and retain state revenue Yes/For

BOULDER VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF EDUCATION

PROPOSITION II: Retain nicotine tax revenue in excess of blue book estimate Yes/For

DISTRICT A Jason Unger DISTRICT C Alex Medler DISTRICT D Andrew Brandt DISTRICT G Jorge Chávez

BOULDER COUNTY BALLOT ISSUES

LONGMONT CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATES

BALLOT ISSUE 1A: Open space tax extension and revenue change Yes/For

LONGMONT MAYOR Joan Peck (incumbent)

BALLOT ISSUE 1B: Affordable and attainable tax extension and revenue change Yes/For BALLOT ISSUE 6A: Nederland ecopass extension Yes/For

BOULDER CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATES BOULDER MAYOR (RANKED CHOICE): 1. Aaron Brockett 2. Nicole Speer 3. Bob Yates 4. Paul Tweedlie BOULDER CITY COUNCIL: Silas Atkins Ryan Schuchard Tara Winer Taishya Adams

BOULDER BALLOT ISSUES BALLOT ISSUE 2A: Tax extension For the measure BALLOT QUESTION 2B: Elections administrative charter cleanup For the measure BALLOT QUESTION 302: Safe Zones 4 Kids Against the measure BOULDER WEEKLY

LONGMONT CITY COUNCIL: Sean McCoy (At-Large, incumbent) Nia Wassink (Ward 1) Susie Hidalgo-Fahring (Ward 3, incumbent)

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LOUISVILLE CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATES MAYOR Chris Leh (incumbent) CITY COUNCIL: WARD 1 Caleb Dickinson (incumbent) WARD 2 Deborah Fahey WARD 3 (VOTE FOR TWO) Barbara Hamlington Dietrich Hoefner

LONGMONT BALLOT ISSUES BALLOT ISSUE 3C: Construction of a new library branch Yes/For BALLOT ISSUE 3D: Funding for a performing arts center Yes/For

LOUISVILLE BALLOT ISSUES BALLOT ISSUE 2C: PARKS AND OPEN SPACE FUNDING Yes/For

TOWN OF SUPERIOR

BALLOT ISSUE 3E: Rec centers and land swap Yes/For

BALLOT QUESTION 301: Home rule charter commission Yes/For

TOWN OF ERIE

SUPERIOR HOME RULE CHARTER COMMISSION CANDIDATES (VOTE FOR NINE)

BALLOT QUESTION 3A: Adopting a home rule charter Yes/For BALLOT QUESTION 3B: Compensation of mayor and council members Yes/For

LAFAYETTE CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATES Tim Barnes (incumbent) JD Mangat (incumbent) Eric Ryant David Fridland

Dalton Valette Heather Cracraft Ryan Hitchler Claire Dixon Ryan Welch Sean Maday Clint Folsom Mike Foster Chris Hanson

• Boulder County Clerk & Recorder — 1750 33rd St. • CU Campus – UMC — 1669 Euclid Ave.

LAFAYETTE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• Southeast County Community Hub — 1755 S. Public Road

LONGMONT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• St. Vrain Community Hub — 515 Coffman St.

HOURS OF OPERATION:

Monday, Oct. 30 – Friday, Nov. 3, 8 a.m.–6 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 4, 9 a.m.–1 p.m.

Monday, Nov. 6, 8 a.m.–6 p.m.

Tuesday, Nov. 7 (Election Day), 7 a.m.–7 p.m.

BALLOT BOXES BOULDER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• Boulder County Clerk & Recorder — 1750 33rd St. • Boulder County Courthouse — 2025 14th St. • Boulder County Housing & Human Services — 3400 Broadway at Iris Avenue • CU Campus – UMC — 1669 Euclid Ave. • CU Campus – Williams Village Center — 500 30th St. • Emergency Family Assistance Association (EFAA) — 1575 Yarmouth Ave. • South Boulder Recreation Center — 1360 Gillaspie Drive

ERIE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• Meadowlark School — Staff / bus parking lot

GUNBAREL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• Avery Brewing — 4910 Nautilus Court N.

LAFAYETTE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• Lafayette Public Library — 775 W. Baseline Road • Southeast County Community Hub — 1755 S. Public Road

LONGMONT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• Boulder County Clerk & Recorder — 529 Coffman St. • Boulder County Fairgrounds — 9595 Nelson Road • Front Range Community College — 2121 Miller Drive, Classroom Building • Garden Acres Park — 18th Avenue between Sunset and Juniper • YMCA — 950 Lashley St.

LOUISVILLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• Louisville Recreation Center — 900 W. Via Appia Way

LYONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• Lyons Town Hall — 432 5th Ave.

NEDERLAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• Nederland Community Center — 750 North Highway 72

SUPERIOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• Superior Town Hall — 124 E. Coal Creek Drive

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ADVICE

DEAR WHOLE FOODS DADDY

BY GABBY VERMEIRE

Your burning Boulder questions, asked and answered

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e all have questions and need advice, but sometimes the pseudo therapy in the Instagram stories of astrology girls doesn’t cut it. Or maybe the gate-keeping culture of adventure bros has you fearing the judgment that comes with revealing yourself as a newbie at anything. This advice column exists to hold space for you and your Boulder queries (especially the uncool ones).

things when you find yourself crying with fear on the Second Flatiron as your buff athlete date says something about “4 grades,” all because you thought going to the rec center semiregularly qualified you to identify as “active” on your dating profile.

BEST WAYS TO KICK SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER’S ASS THIS YEAR?

Don’t listen to “welladjusted” people who’ll give you the same tired old prescriptions of “outdoor activities,” or to the Boulder moms in your life who swear by consuming vitamin D straight from the dropper; they are denying the natural vibes of the season of the crone.

HOW DO I BAG A JACKED HOTTIE WITHOUT HAVING TO BE A RIPPED/ELITE ATHLETE?

Along with the delicate morning sight of the frost-glazed Flatirons, the promise of winter brings cuffing season.

And maybe it’s the cultural zeitgeist that has you thirsty for the Travis to your Taylor, but who better to receive the warmth of your increasingly desperate affection than an endurance athlete, whose lack of natural insulation makes them biologically susceptible to the cold?

But if you’re anything like me, the rom-coms of our childhood have illprepared you for the unforgiving reality of trying to seduce a Type-A Boulder athlete. You know how the protagonist in movies like Maid in Manhattan pretends to be someone else whom their romantic interest is tricked into falling in love with, and when all is revealed, it’s all cool and good, etc.? I promise, it is not those BOULDER WEEKLY

Instead of kicking SAD’s ass, contend with it as you would with your dependable winter situationship: a cold, lonely winter’s night leads to a winedrunk text to Seasonal Depressive Disorder which leads to a “lets catch up! :)” at Bitter Bar, which leads to bad decisions and a hookup arrangement of convenience with seasonal melancholy.

WHAT’S THE MOST CURSED PLACE IN BOULDER?

I posed this question to my Instagram followers once; their answers (frankly, “everywhere”) only reveal that Boulder’s darkness remains deeply

personal to all of us. While many — myself included — get the creeps from the sterile eeriness of the 29th Street Mall or the fluorescent-lit sadness of a Sweet Green, others find a haven in a consistent corporate product amid Boulder’s chaos. Similarly, many may find the Illegal Pete’s bathroom to be Sharpie-graffiti’d ick, while to some of us it is where our most sincere revelations to our deepest friends were sobbed between bouts of throwing up all those free shots of Cuervo.

WHAT GHOST WOULD YOU CHILL WITH IN BOULDER AND WHY?

TBH, we’re living on stolen land and I accept that most of the ghosts here don’t want to chill with a colonizer. But, plenty of weary travelers have been lucky enough to share a toke and a laugh with the ghost of Jerry (no last name needed), who haunts a dusty bus stop on the RTD NB Line. It turns out he’s just an old Ned-head named Charlie who has some heady homegrown and rolls ’em fat. Real good guy.

PLEASE RANK THE SQUASHES

Getting asked to rank squashes must be what it feels like to be a dude with extra-long arms and an addictive personality who just discovered bouldering.

It’s like I’ve been training to do this my whole life.

1. Delicata – I promise, watching someone realize that squash can taste like candy as they consume your roasted delicata squash side dish like Edmund devouring Turkish delight is the ego boost we all need.

2. Kobucha – Yes, I will feel shame when presenting the Whole Foods cashier (who will soon come to despise my existence) with esoteric and niche squashes whose highlyobscure PLUs will confound all but the most hardened of cashiers. But the Kobucha’s homely exterior belies a starchy carb-bomb that makes it worth it.

3. Buttercup – Oh, so buttercup squashes are literally just perfectly tiny butternut squashes that are so cute I want to die? I’ll take 100, thanks.

4. Full-moon canterbus – Not a real squash, but you thought it was for a second!

Got a burning Boulder question or conundrum? DM @wholefoods_ daddy on Instagram, or email letters@ boulderweekly.com with the subject line “Dear Whole Foods Daddy.”

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MUSIC

KNOTTY BY NATURE Sadie Dupuis untangles trauma on first Speedy Ortiz album in half a decade

for Speedy Ortiz, coming to Globe Hall in Denver on Nov. 16. In order to translate the band’s first album in half a decade to the stage, Dupuis and her bandmates — Andy Molholt (guitar), Audrey Zee Whitesides (bass) and Joey Doubek (drums) — was the most involved process of the band’s career.

BY ALAN SCULLEY

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he mysterious process of making art can bring once-buried feelings to the surface. Just ask Sadie Dupuis, the celebrated singersongwriter behind the Philadelphia indie-rock outfit Speedy Ortiz. During a writing session with New Pornographers mastermind A.C. Newman, the 35-yearold musician found herself unpacking trauma from her childhood that she never intended to explore in her art.

“My lyrics are a little archaic-sounding, but I can tell this is about the child abuse that I went through — [which] I never wanted to write about before, because it’s not even something I [talk about] in person with my friends,” Dupuis says. “But if it keeps coming out in my writing, I think I should try to honor that impulse. It seems like what my brain wants me to do.”

At first, Dupuis was uneasy about sharing such painful and personal details with the world. (“I was just like, ‘Oh, this is going to destroy my life,’” she recalls.) But she has since found that dragging those dark feelings into the light on her band’s anticipated fourth album, Rabbit Rabbit, has carved more space for connection.

“So many of us have had these harrowing yet formative experiences that we’ve been afraid to talk about or relate to one another because of the way child abuse is stigmatized,” Dupuis says. “I’m not alone in these feelings, and for other folks … to also know that they’re not alone, that has been helpful in a big way.”

Dupuis’ journey of connection rolls on with an extensive headlining tour

‘Rabbit Rabbit,’ the first Speedy Ortiz album in five years, is out now via Wax Nine / Carpark Records.

“This new material was really timeconsuming to rehearse, more so than previous stuff because there are so many little details we wanted to make sure we get just right,” Dupuis says.

“We want everything to be very tight live, so we spent more time rehearsing this new stuff than we’ve ever spent on rearranging a new record for the live setting.”

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Rabbit Rabbit, the first Speedy Ortiz album since 2018’s Twerp Verse, is the band’s most intricate offering yet.

Here Dupuis’ trademark overabundance of melodies and hooks meet instrumental breakdowns, rich vocal harmonies and shifting time signatures that reward

listeners who venture down the proverbial rabbit hole.

“We did a fair amount of rearranging, too. So a song like ‘Cry Cry Cry,’ for example, opens with this choral arrangement with a lot of layers of my voice. I was like ‘I am not doing this. I will die of shame if I use a vocal pedal to create a chorus of me live,’” she says. “So we took a synth part that I played on the record — it’s pretty buried in the mix, but it’s like a cool texture. Now the live version opens up with that. So we had a lot of fun creating little things like that [to] differentiate the live set from the recording.”

But all that work put into making Rabbit Rabbit a reality didn’t come without a significant investment of time and labor. For Dupuis, that meant writing and demoing all of the songs — as she has done since forming Speedy Ortiz as a solo project in 2011. But this time around, the process was more involved than ever.

The result will feel like a familiar embrace for Speedy Ortiz fans long clamoring for new material. The album’s angular, intertwining guitar lines and catchy vocal melodies dance with Dupuis’ opaque, impressionistic lyrics. But these new songs are more intricate, more rhythmically creative and a bit thornier than previous efforts.

“I basically made a version of the album at home by myself and produced and mixed it so the band could learn it and change things and go from there. It gave us a really strong blueprint and direction toward what production might sound like, even before we picked a studio and brought Sarah [Tudzin of Illuminati Hotties] on as a co-producer. I think that accounts for a lot of the knottiness of it,” Dupuis says.

“Of course, my bandmates brought their own ideas and twists and turns to the table. So it’s very dense, hopefully in a way that’s comprehensible.”

ON THE BILL: Speedy Ortiz with Spacemoth and Mr. Atomic. 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 16. Globe Hall, 4483 Logan St., Denver. $16

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FOUND SOUNDS What’s in Boulder’s headphones?

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ick of the Spotify algorithm?

Lucky for you, we’re back with another monthly round-up of the bestselling new vinyl releases at Paradise Found Records and Music (1646 Pearl St., Boulder).

From Front Range favorites King Gizz to sublime sad-boy superstar Sufjan Stevens, these are the albums your neighbors couldn’t stop spinning in October.

1. TAYLOR SWIFT 1989 (Taylor’s Version) 2. MAC MILLER NPR Tiny Desk Concert 3. ROLLING STONES Hackney Diamonds 4. KING GIZZARD AND THE LIZARD WIZARD The Silver Cord 5. SUFJAN STEVENS Javelin

For the complete list of top new local vinyl releases, visit bit.ly/FoundSoundsBW. BOULDER WEEKLY

STAFF PICK

Radical Romantics, the new record by Swedish electronic artist Fever Ray, is a ghastly and groove-forward return for groundbreaking performer Karin Dreijer. Formerly one half of the celebrated sibling duo, The Knife, their brother Olof Dreijer returns to produce four tracks on the new record, alongside contributions from Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross. Don’t miss a BW interview with Dreijer next week ahead of their performance at Denver’s Fillmore Auditorium on Nov. 10.

— Jezy J. Gray, arts and culture editor

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THEATER

‘AIN’T I A WOMAN?’

lows in the footsteps of her father, Denver theater legend Jeffrey Nickelson, who helped build the Shadow Theatre Regional premiere of ‘Cadillac Crew’ turns up the Company to bring African volume on a muted history of Black resilience American stories to the stage before his untimely death in 2009.

BY TONI TRESCA Vintage Theatre took over the building Shadow operated we just accept the information that’s out of in Aurora after his hen it comes to the proud given to us, whether it’s through the death, but kept his name on and painful song of educational system or word of the mainstage theater: the American history, many mouth, about our own history.”

Jeffrey Nickelson Auditorium. voices are often missing from the choir.

Following four women working in Staton’s daughter, Lyons, is Among these muted narratives are the the Virginia Office for Civil Rights — also in the cast, forming a stories of Black women whose contriplayed by Loren, Shadiya Lyons, familial connection that underbutions to social movements have Kenya Mahogany Fashaw and scores the play’s theme of many times been written out of the offiKatelyn Kendrick — Cadillac Crew legacies and the importance cial record.

Kenya Mahogany Fashaw as Rachel in ‘Cadillac Crew,’ on thrusts us into a world where the fight stage through Nov. 26 at Vintage Theatre in Aurora. Photo of preserving Black history.

Tori Sampson’s Cadillac Crew, playfor racial and gender equality collide.

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Cadillac Crew stays relevant Nov. 26, is a defiant refusal to let by addressing issues of erasure, identhese women be forgotten. This tity and social justice we’re still grapregional premiere directed by pling with today. To that end, the play ShaShauna Staton deftly highlights forces the audience to confront the often-overlooked role of women uncomfortable truths and become in the struggle for racial equality active participants in the ongoing fight during the Civil Rights Movement. for equality.

“Cadillac Crew is framed around “I really hope that white people who a speech that Rosa Parks never got consider themselves allies come to to give about rape, which is also a see it,” says Kendrick, one of the procivil rights issue,” Staton says. “It duction’s only non-Black performers. “I was about consent, which the male think it’s a great history lesson and leaders did not want any woman to touches on things that are culturally discuss … I had never heard of important but that we don’t talk about, Cadillac crews before working on like mixed families and those racial this play, but they were real groups dynamics. I want the audience to be of women who drove across the the same as it is on stage, with people country organizing Black and white from various backgrounds coming to women for civil rights.” hear the story and each taking someThese extremely risky operations thing different away from it.” were organized by Dr. Dorothy In a world that often consigns the Height, an activist who devoted her Kenya Fashaw, Zeah Loren, Shadiya Lyons and Katelyn Kendrick in ‘Cadillac Crew.’ Photo by narratives of Black women to the life to the advancement of Black RDGPhotography. shadows, Cadillac Crew stands as a women. While these heroics may “After receiving awful news, you’re The play begins optimistically, with beacon of remembrance. Through have been excised from history textseeing a bit of fear, hesitation and fight Sampson’s eloquent prose and the activists eagerly anticipating Parks’ books, the play brings them urgently to or flight. You get to see what motivates stellar performances of its cast, the arrival to deliver a keynote speech life in part by fusing a contemporary about the importance of including wom- these women to work for an office play is a testament to the enduring connection with the Black Lives Matter dedicated to eradicating class and en’s issues in the movement. However, power of storytelling, working to (BLM) movement. color segregation,” Loren says. “The as the day progresses, things begin to ensure that these once-forgotten “I’ve really enjoyed this story climax of Act 1 is all about how far you turn. On top of receiving irate phone echoes resound loud and clear. because I love being forced to learn,” are willing to go to make the world a calls and bullets taped to their doors, says actor Zeah Loren, who plays better place for future generations.”

1960s activist Dee and BLM co-founder the women discover male leadership is blocking Parks’ speech because they Patrisse Cullors. “I learned that the ON STAGE: Cadillac Crew. believe it will be “a distraction,” which BLM movement was founded by three Various times through Nov. 26, FAMILY TIES comes alongside devastating news that One of the unique aspects of this prowomen, two of whom identify as queer, Vintage Theatre, 1468 Dayton four women in a Cadillac crew were which I was completely unaware of.

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UNDER THE RADAR Non-marquee movies to see at the Denver Film Festival

BY MICHAEL J. CASEY

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ire up the projector and dim the lights — the 46th Denver Film Festival kicks off this weekend. This year’s slate opens with a screening of American Fiction, the story of a serious Black novelist (Jeffrey Wright) who becomes unwittingly acclaimed for the very tropes he mocks.

And while the film by first-time director Cord Jefferson will no doubt garner a good deal of attention when it enjoys a theatrical run this Christmas, many of the 160-plus movies playing DFF Nov. 3-12 may not. Here, then, is a roundup of films that might not be on your radar but certainly should be.

THE CRIME IS MINE

1:15 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 5, and 4:15 p.m. Monday, Nov. 6, AMC 9 + CO 10, 826 Albion St., Denver.

A fun and funny farce set in 1930s Paris revolving around Madeleine (Nadia Tereszkiewicz), accused of murdering her theater producer, and Pauline (Rebecca Marder), Madeleine’s friend and lawyer. Directed by François Ozon, The Crime is Mine moves at a breakneck pace, never stopping to take itself seriously, even though what it says about gender roles, fame and wealth is pretty spot on.

FANCY DANCE

4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 7, and 6:45 p.m.

Wednesday, Nov. 8, Sie FilmCenter, 2510 E. Colfax Ave., Denver.

Filmed on the lands of the Cherokee Nation, Lily Gladstone stars as Jax, the aunt of teenage Roki (Isabel DeroyOlson), whose mother has gone missing. Child protective services have come to relocate Roki off the reservation to the home of her white grandfather (Shea Whigham). Part familial drama, part murder mystery, part road movie, Fancy Dance is a quiet narrative that feels at once personal and political.

If Killers of the Flower Moon has piqued your interest in either Native narratives or the acting prowess of Gladstone, then Fancy Dance is for you.

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6:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 3, and 4:40 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 4, AMC 9 + CO 10, 826 Albion St., Denver.

Isabel Deroy-Olson (left) and Lily Gladstone in ‘Fancy Dance,’ screening at the Denver Film Festi-

Ann (Joanna Arnow, who also writes and directs) is a 30-something drifting through New York City and a handful of sexual relationships as a submissive. The movie is equally passive and droll, depicting a world where no one can be bothered to get excited about anything. Even the sexual encounters are stripped of enthusiasm, which only builds in humor, as does Arnow’s stark naked performance. It’s an odd duck, sure, but it earns its laughs.

ILEANA’S SMILE

THE GREAT DIVIDE

7:15 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 7, and 4:30 p.m. Nov. 8, Sie FilmCenter, 2510 E. Colfax Ave., Denver.

Documentarian Tom Donahue looks at the historical significance of gun violence in the context of the mass shootings that have come to define the American experience. It’s a familiar argument — especially in Colorado — but Donahue finds enough to keep the conversation from feeling rote thanks to the rapport he exhibits in the interviews.

Filmmakers in person.

val Nov. 7-8. Photo courtesy Cercamon.

4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 4, Holiday Theater, 2644 W. 32nd Ave., Denver.

When Denver-based musician Brad Corrigan of Dispatch fame visited Nicaragua in the 2000s, a trip to La Chureca — a massive open-air landfill — introduced him to Ileana, a 14-year-old girl with a million-watt smile living with her sisters and mother in the dump. She left a mark on Corrigan, who returned year after year to understand how and why Ileana, among others, could survive in such a hostile environment. Running a lean 60 minutes, Ileana’s Smile smartly tries not to tackle more problems than the frame can contain.

Filmmaker in person.

RICHLAND

7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 6, and 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 7, AMC 9 + CO 10, 826 Albion St., Denver.

Located in southern central Washington, the city of Richland was erected during World War II with the explicit purpose of working on the

Manhattan Project. Richland contributed to the war effort, but the effects are still lingering, and documentarian Irene Lusztig embeds herself in a town grappling with the long shadow of the 20th century. Filmmaker in person.

STORY AND PICTURES BY

1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 4, Sie FilmCenter, 2510 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, and 1:45 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 5, AMC 9 + CO 10, 826 Albion St., Denver.

Easily the most heartwarming pick on this list, Joanna Rudnick’s documentary follows three children’s picture book authors as they practice their craft.

Rudnick provides a solid history of the artform, including the challenges and outright banning of these books — many of which are considered classics today. Filmmaker in person.

ON SCREEN: Denver Film Festival. Nov. 3-12, multiple venues. Full schedule and pricing at denverfilm.org.

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FREE BouldER BluEgRass JaM

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aRi MElingER CohEn alBuM RElEasE SAT. 11/4 - 8:00PM

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1-3 p.m. Friday, Nov. 3, Louisville Medical and Professional Center, 325 W. South Boulder Road.

Free

7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 3, Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder. $25

QUEER AUTHENTIC MOVEMENT

This free workshop led by somatic and dance-movement therapist Lauren Pass Erickson is designed to help people in the LGBTQ community relieve stress, heal their bodies and share their stories. The event will include guided practice, open movement and more.

ADVICE FOR GIRLS: AN ALL-WOMEN’S SKI FILM

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Head to Boulder Theater for a screening of an adventure film spotlighting women in the ski industry. “My hope is that the film will help girls skip over some of the limiting beliefs … and inspire them to show up as their truest selves,” says producer and athlete Addy Jacobsend.

9 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 4, Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder. Free

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Support Native art and artists during the Creative Nations Indigenous Arts Market at the Dairy Arts Center. This showcase of creativity and talent will include vendors, live music, traditional dance performances, panels and more.

FRI. 11/10 - 8:00PM

JERRy gaRCia BluEgRass night

SAT. 11/11 - 8:00PM

RivER Mann w/guEst MaddiE Cody SUN. 11/12 - 2:00PM

MoJoMaMMa & FRiEnds MusiC FoR Maui THU. 11/16 - 7:00PM

Clay RosE w/ sPECial guEsts Many Mountains

Purchase Tickets at

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CU HOMECOMING WEEKEND 2023

Nov. 2-4, University of Colorado and off-campus locations, Boulder. Free CU welcomes back alumni of all ages to celebrate their network of Forever Buffs all weekend long. Homecoming festivities include a stampede, tailgates and other CU traditions to support the Buffs as they take on Oregon State on Saturday night.

HONORING ASTRUD GILBERTO

7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 3, Muse Performance Space, 200 E. South Boulder Road, Lafayette. $20 The Muse invites audiences to celebrate the life of Astrud Gilberto who was known as “The Girl from Ipanema” and “The Queen of BossaNova.” The event will honor the jazz vocalist with a series of performances featuring vocals from Elena Camerin Young.

SUGARLOAF CRAFT FAIR

10 a.m.- 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 4, Sugarloaf Fire Station 2, 1360 Sugarloaf Road, Boulder. Free Show some love for the all-volunteer Sugarloaf Fire Department with a craft-fair fundraiser supporting their efforts in the Boulder area. Handcrafted gifts, home-baked goods and a silent auction are all part of the community-supporting fun.

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COLORADO SOUND MUSIC AWARDS 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 6, Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St. $35

Celebrate the Centennial State at the historic Boulder Theater during the second annual Colorado Sound Music Awards. Winners in each category will be announced live, with performances

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Nov. 2-12, Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder. $25

Celebrated humorist and author David Sedaris brings his sardonic stylings to Macky Auditorium at CU Boulder for an evening of storytelling you won’t want to miss. The event will include a reading and audience Q&A, followed by a book signing.

Head to the Dairy Arts Center for a full week of movies during the 2023 Boulder Jewish Film Festival. Back for its 11th year, the event will feature a variety of international films exploring topics surrounding Jewish life and culture from around the world.

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ALO WITH CLAY STREET UNIT. 8 p.m.

Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder. $25 MESHELL NDEGEOCELLO. 8 p.m.

Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder. $25 BALTHVS WITH THE ONLY SMITH.

9 p.m. Velvet Elk Lounge, 2037 13th St., Boulder. $12

BOULDER B-SIDES. 5 p.m. BOCO Cider,

1501 Lee Hill Drive, Unit 14, Boulder. Free

DENNY DRISCOLL. 6 p.m. Bootstrap

Brewing Company, 142 Pratt St., Longmont.

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LYNN PATRICK. 7 p.m. eTown Hall,

1535 Spruce St., Boulder. $25

NOBUNTU. 7:30 p.m. Macky Auditorium, 1595 Pleasant St., Boulder. $20 SWITCHFOOT WITH A PLACE FOR OWLS. 7:30 p.m.

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MS. LAURYN HILL AND FUGEES.

Ghanaian-Australian artist Genesis Owusu brings his genrescrambling fusion of punk, hip-hop, soul and funk to Denver’s Globe Hall for a can’tmiss night of live music with support from The Deep Faith.

The artist comes to the Front Range on the heels of his second studio album, Struggler, hailed by critics as one of the best independent releases of the year.

MR. KNOBS WITH THE COWARDS AND KRASH AND THE BANDAHOOTS. 7 p.m. Confluence

NESSA BARRETT WITH MAY-A. 8 p.m.

Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St. $35

LIONEL YOUNG DUO. 9 p.m. Velvet Elk

6 p.m. Trident Cafe, 940 Pearl St., Boulder.

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THE BROTHER COMATOSE WITH RAINBOW GIRLS. 7 p.m. The Caribou

Room, 55 Indian Peaks Drive, Nederland. $22

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ARI MELINGER-COHEN-ALBUM RELEASE. 8 p.m. Roots Music Project,

FLEETMAC WOOD PRESENTS SILVER STORMS BALL. 9 p.m. Fox

DRUNKS WITH GUNS, FLESH NARC, UKKO’S HAMMER, SEWERSLIDE.

9 p.m. Hi-Dive, 7 S. Broadway, Denver. $15

GENESIS OWUSU WITH THE DEEP FAITH. 9 p.m. Globe Hall,

4483 Logan St. Denver. Resale: $78+ BW Pick of the Week

DEADMAU5, JAUZ, GOOD TIMES AHEAD, VOLARIS NIGHT ONE.

7:30 p.m. Red Rocks Park and Amphitheatre, 18300 W. Alameda Parkway, Morrison. $56

NE OBLIVISCARIS, BEYOND CREATION, THE OMNIFIC. 7:30 p.m.

Gothic Theatre, 3263 S. Broadway, Englewood. $29

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PIGEONS PLAYING PING PONG, DOGS IN A PILE, JOE HERTLER & THE RAINBOW SEEKERS. 7 p.m.

SUPERTASK, KHIVA, BROTHEL, ESCPE B2B BACKWHEN, CORPOREAL, INDOBEATS. 8 p.m.

Lounge, 2037 13th St., Boulder. Free

4747 Pearl Street, Boulder. Free

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

THE GATOS. 7 p.m. The End Lafayette,

FR I D AY, N O V. 3 8 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder. $25

OPEN MIC WITH DENNY DRISCOLL.

LOS CHEESIES. 9 p.m. Velvet Elk Lounge, 2037 13th St., Boulder. $13

POOL SHARKS WITH SPONSORED CONTENT AND SHADOW WORK.

Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder. $15

GOOD MUSIC MEDICINE. 8 p.m. Roots Music Project, 4747 Pearl St., Boulder. Free CHRIS PUREKA WITH SPECIAL GUEST AVERY MARSHALL. 7 p.m.

eTown Hall, 1535 Spruce St., Boulder. $25

ASHLEI PRIEST. 6 p.m. BOCO Cider, 1501 Lee Hill Drive, Unit 14, Boulder. Free THE STILL TIDE, BODY, CALAMITY.

9 p.m. Hi-Dive, 7 S. Broadway, Denver. $12

DEADMAU5, JAUZ, GOOD TIMES AHEAD, VOLARIS NIGHT TWO.

7:30 p.m. Red Rocks Park and Amphitheatre, 18300 W. Alameda Parkway, Morrison. $56

OCIE ELLIOTT WITH RYAN HARRIS. 8 p.m. Ogden Theatre, 935 E. Colfax Ave., Denver. $25

TAKACS QUARTET. 7:30 p.m. Grusin Music Hall, 1020 18th St., Boulder. $38

ANDY MANN WITH ELI WEST AND MARTIN GILMORE. 6:30 p.m. Stone

525 Courtney Way, Lafayette. $12

DEL WATER GAP, KRISTIANE. 8 p.m. Gothic Theatre, 3263 S. Broadway, Englewood. $25

Summit Music Hall, 1902 Blake St., Denver. $28

Mission Ballroom, 4242 Wynkoop St., Denver. $34

Cottage Studios, 3091 7th St., Boulder. $30

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SLAYYYTER. 7 p.m. Summit Music Hall,

Garage, 75 Waneka Parkway, Lafayette. $10

7:30 p.m. Ball Arena, 1000 Chopper Circle, Denver. $70

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Ogden Theatre, 935 E. Colfax Ave., Denver. $30

THE BREVET WITH SETH BEAMER AND IAN MAHAN. 8 p.m. Globe Hall,

4483 Logan St. Denver. $15

CITIZEN. 6:30 p.m. Summit Music Hall, 1902 Blake St., Denver. $28 NESSA BARRETT WITH MAY-A. 8 p.m.

Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder. $40

SUN D AY, N OV. 5 DELTA SONICS DUO. 9 p.m. Velvet Elk Lounge, 2037 13th St., Boulder. Free

TUE S DAY, N OV. 7 PATTY GRIFFIN. 8 p.m. Boulder Theater,

2032 14th St. $35

SUN ROOM WITH SARAH & THE SUNDAYS, SANTA ANA RODEO.

8 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder. $18

LOLA KIRKE WITH ALANA MARS. 8 p.m. Hi-Dive, 7 S. Broadway, Denver. $15 LEISURE, RUMTUM. 8 p.m. Gothic Theatre, 3263 S. Broadway, Englewood. $25 DALE HOLLOW WITH SARAH ADAMS AND PETER STONE. 8 p.m.

Globe Hall, 4483 Logan St., Denver. $15

WE DN E S DAY, N OV. 8 BELA FLECK, ZAKIR HUSSAIN, EDGAR MEYER FEAT. RAKESH CHAURASIA: AS WE SPEAK. 8 p.m.

Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St. $55

MASS OF THE FERMENTING DREGS, REPLICA CITY, THE SICKLY HECKS.

TULPA, TOTEM POCKET, HOUSE OF WARMTH. 9 p.m. Hi-Dive, 7 S. Broadway,

8 p.m. Hi-Dive, 7 S. Broadway, Denver. $15

FELONIUS SMITH TRIO. 4 p.m. BOCO Cider, 1501 Lee Hill Drive, Unit 14, Boulder.

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3263 S. Broadway, Englewood. $25

Denver. $12

SLAUGHTER BEACH, DOG WITH BONNY DOON. 8 p.m. Gothic Theatre,

AZIZI GIBSON WITH WNTR. 8 p.m.

Globe Hall, 4483 Logan St., Denver. $25

ART LANDE WITH TIM WENDEL AND AARON LANDE. 7 p.m. Muse

Performance Space, 200 E. South Boulder Road, Lafayette. $20

DEER TICK WITH ABBY HAMILTON. 8 p.m. Globe Hall, 4483 Logan St., Denver. $33

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BY ROB BREZSNY ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19): “Our bodies sometimes serve as the symbolic ground where order and disorder fight for supremacy,” writes storyteller Caroline Kettlewell.

Here’s good news, Aries: For you, order will triumph over disorder in the coming weeks. In part through your willpower and in part through life’s grace, you will tame the forces of chaos and enjoy a phase when most everything makes sense. I don’t mean you will have zero problems, but I suspect you will have an enhanced power to solve problems. Your mind and heart will coordinate their efforts with exceptional flair.

TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20): I recently endured a three-hour root canal. Terrible and unfortunate, right? No! Because it brought profound joy. The endodontist gave me nitrous oxide, and the resulting euphoria unleashed a wild epiphany. For the duration of the surgery, I had vivid visions of all the people in my life who love me. I felt their care. I was overwhelmed with the kindness they felt for me.

Never before had I been blessed with such a blissful gift. Now, in accordance with your astrological omens, I invite you to induce a similar experience — no nitrous oxide needed. It’s a perfect time to meditate on how well you are appreciated and needed and cherished.

GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20): Unless you are very unusual, you don’t sew your clothes or grow your food. You didn’t build your house, make your furniture, or forge your cooking utensils. Like most of us, you know little about how water and electricity arrive for your use.

Do you have any notion of what your grandparents were doing when they were your age? Have you said a prayer of gratitude recently for the people who have given you so much? I don’t mean to put you on the spot with my questions, Gemini. I’m merely hoping to inspire you to get into closer connection with everything that nourishes and sustains you. Honor the sources of your energy.

Pay homage to your foundations.

CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22): Cancerian singer-songwriter Suzanne Vega has had a modest but sustained career. With nine albums, she has sold over three million records, but is not in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. She has said, “I always thought that if I were popular, I must be doing something wrong.” I interpret that to mean she has sought to remain faithful to her idiosyncratic creativity and not pay homage to formulaic success. But here’s the good news for you in the coming months, fellow Cancerian: You can be more appreciated than ever before simply by being true to your soul’s inclinations and urges.

LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22): “Everything in the world has a hidden meaning,” wrote Greek author Nikos Kazantzakis. Did he really mean everything? Your dream last night, your taste in shoes, your favorite TV show, the way you laugh? As a fun experiment, let’s say that yes, everything has a hidden meaning. Let’s also hypothesize that the current astrological omens suggest you now have a special talent for discerning veiled and camouflaged truths. We will further propose that you have an extraordinary power to penetrate beyond surface appearances and home in on previously unknown and invisible realities. Do you have the courage and determination to go deeper than you have ever dared? I believe you do.

VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22): How many glowworms would have to gather in one location to make a light as bright as the sun? Probably over a trillion. And how many ants would be required to carry away a 15-pound basket of food? I’m guessing over 90,000. Luckily for you, the cumulative small efforts you need to perform so as to accomplish big breakthroughs won’t be nearly that high a number. For instance, you may be able to take a quantum leap after just six baby steps.

LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22): In the 17th century, John Milton wrote a long narrative poem titled Paradise Lost. I’ve never read

it and am conflicted about the prospect of doing so. On one hand, I feel I should engage with a work that has had such a potent influence on Western philosophy and literature. On the other hand, I’m barely interested in Milton’s story, which includes boring conversations between God and Satan and the dreary tale of how God cruelly exiled humans from paradise because the first man, Adam, was mildly rebellious. So what should I do? I’ve decided to read the Cliffs Notes study guide about Paradise Lost, a brief summary of the story. In accordance with astrological omens, I suggest you call on similar shortcuts, Libra. Here’s your motto: if you can’t do the completely right thing, try the partially right thing.

SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21): Who would have guessed that elephants can play the drums really well? On a trip to Thailand, Scorpio musician Dave Soldier discovered that if given sticks and drums, some elephants kept a steadier beat than humans. A few were so talented that Soldier recorded their rhythms and played them for a music critic who couldn’t tell they were created by animals. In accordance with astrological omens, I propose that you Scorpios seek out comparable amazements. You now have the potential to make unprecedented discoveries.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21): Sagittarian novelist Shirley Jackson wrote, “No live organism can continue for long to exist under conditions of absolute reality; even larks and katydids dream.” Since she wrote that, scientists have gathered evidence that almost all animals dream and that dreaming originated at least 300 million years ago. With that as our inspiration and in accordance with astrological omens, I urge you to enjoy an intense period of tapping into your dreams. To do so will help you escape from absolute reality. It will also improve your physical and mental health and give you unexpected clues about how to solve problems.

CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19): Capricorn writer Kahlil Gibran believed an essential human longing is to be revealed.

We all want the light in us to be taken out of its hiding place and shown. If his idea is true about you, you will experience major cascades of gratification in the coming months. I believe you will be extra expressive. And you will encounter more people than ever before who are interested in knowing what you have to express. To prepare for the probable breakthroughs, investigate whether you harbor any fears or inhibitions about being revealed — and dissolve them.

AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18): November is Build Up Your Confidence Month. In the coming weeks, you are authorized to snag easy victories as you steadily bolster your courage to seek bigger, bolder triumphs. As much as possible, put yourself in the vicinity of people who respect you and like you. If you suspect you have secret admirers, encourage them to be less secretive. Do you have plaques, medals, or trophies? Display them prominently. Or visit a trophy store and have new awards made for you to commemorate your unique skills — like thinking wild thoughts, pulling off one-of-a-kind adventures, and inspiring your friends to rebel against their habits.

PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20): I’m glad we have an abundance of teachers helping us learn how to be here now — to focus on the present moment with gratitude and grace. I love the fact that books on the art of mindfulness are now almost as common as books about cats and cooking. Yay! But I also want to advocate for the importance of letting our minds wander freely. We need to celebrate the value and power of NOT always being narrowly zeroed in on the here and now. We can’t make intelligent decisions unless we ruminate about what has happened in the past and what might occur in the future. Meandering around in fantasyland is key to discovering new insights. Imaginative ruminating is central to the creative process. Now please give your mind the privilege of wandering far and wide in the coming weeks, Pisces.

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BY DAN SAVAGE DEAR DAN: Young, gay, gym member. A few years ago, I was alone in the sauna when this older guy asked if he could massage my feet. I’m pretty vanilla but he didn’t seem like a menacing pervert. So, I took your advice (been a reader forever) and used my words: I told him he could massage my feet on the condition that he didn’t do anything else. He respected my boundary, so I let him do it again and it turned into a regular thing. We would nod to each other in the weight room and follow me into the sauna when I was done working out. We started to make stupid small talk to relieve the tension (sexual for him, regular for me) and it turned out he worked in the field I wanted to go into. (I can’t be more specific than that, sorry.) He offered to look at my resume and then wrote me a letter of recommendation that led to a job offer.

Here our story takes a sad turn: This old man died and I’m not sure of how to process what I’m feeling. We emailed a little, but we never met outside of the gym. Am I allowed to feel grief? And should I go to his funeral?

It’s not a private ceremony but how would I explain my presence to his family? I didn’t know this man socially and I feel like saying, “I knew your husband and father from the gym,” might raise questions or suspicions. He was bisexual but not out and I don’t want to cause his family any additional pain.

— Getting Your Meaning DEAR GYM: I’m guessing you haven’t buried anyone — maybe a grandparent or two, but not a parent or a partner. So, here’s how condolences work at funerals: if someone wants to express their condolences to the immediate family of the deceased, that person approaches the family before or after the service. If that person is unknown to the family, that person can mention (but isn’t obligated to mention) how they knew the deceased before expressing their sympathy (“I’m so

sorry for your loss”). It’s meant to be a brief interaction — you want to acknowledge their grief, not burden them with your own — and it’s an entirely optional one. If you don’t want to say something to the family, or don’t know what to say, you don’t have to approach the family.

There were a lot of people at my mother’s funeral that I didn’t know, GYM, and some of those strangers — strangers to me, not my mother — approached me and my siblings and stepfather and my mother’s siblings to express their condolences and some did not. But we were grateful to each and every person who came to my mom’s funeral, whether they approached us or not, and we didn’t run around asking strangers how they knew my mother. (For all I know, GYM, there were a dozen people at my mother’s funeral whose feet she rubbed in the sauna at the gym we didn’t know she belonged to.) So, go to the funeral, dress appropriately, sit at the back, don’t be surprised if you recognize a few other faces from the gym (I’m guessing the deceased didn’t have a monogamous relationship with your feet), and don’t feel obligated to approach the family. If someone sitting in your pew asks how you knew the deceased, feel free to tell (part of) the truth: “We went to the same gym, he gave me some professional advice, and I really appreciated his friendship.”

I’m sorry for your loss, GYM. Your share of the grief is tiny compared to that of this man’s wife and kids, but he touched your life — not just your feet — and your grief is real, meaningful and touching.

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lashback to the summer of 2016 in Boulder. Ex-collegiate hockey player, ex-lawyer and neophyte chef Natascha Sherman Hess takes a leap of faith. She launches a food truck dishing the Asian home and street food she fell in love with as a student living in Asia. She calls the business Ginger Pig. Over the next four years, Boulderites flock to her rich red curry, nine-spice fried chicken, char sui, and Bangkok rice balls with kaffir lime aioli.

Then, in the middle of the pandemic in 2020, Hess took another giant step and opened a Ginger Pig restaurant in Denver, earning new fans and unexpected kudos. Earlier this year, it was one of nine Colorado eateries to receive the prestigious Bib Gourmand honor in the state’s inaugural Michelin Guide Awards.

“I have to be honest: It’s shocking that we got the Michelin, and I still don’t really believe it. It’s not like our dream came true. We never even thought about a Michelin,” Hess says. “To have our name in the same sentence as that word is humbling. Getting to serve our food at the ceremony in Denver was a highlight of my life.”

All the while, Hess says she yearned to bring her food back to the place where it started, serving street food in the traditional style: take-out only.

After a year of planning, Ginger Pig opened Oct. 24 at 1203 13th St. on the Hill, former site of La Chosa.

Initially, the eatery will only be serving dinner.

“They always say ‘Location, location, location’ when it comes to restaurants and this is a great spot,” Hess says.

“There’s so much foot traffic from the university.”

Ginger Pig Boulder was never intended as a sit-down eatery. “I really look at it as a food truck that stays at one location,” she says. “It feels like it did when we had the truck with the take-out window.”

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The new menu includes many of the old favorites along with some additions. “I tried to make the food more transportable, and more approachable,” Hess says. “These are dishes they could grab and eat on the way to class or something somebody could eat in their car.”

Ginger Pig opened Oct. 24 at 1203 13th St. in Boulder. Photos by Jeff Fierberg.

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Besides rice and noodle bowls, bánh mì are a major new player on the Ginger Pig Boulder roster.

“I spent some time in Vietnam tasting various styles of bánh mì,” Hess says.

“I found a Denver bakery that makes the right kind of loaves that are a bit more chewy and a little bit softer and less crispy.”

Ginger Pig offers traditional pâté and cold cut Vietnamese sandwiches plus others layered with barbecued pork, fried chicken or Sichuan eggplant.

While the menu may be simpler, nothing has been dumbed down. “This

is quick takeout and delivery but everything includes all the same great ingredients, like the pork we cook for 17 hours,” she says.

The signature star of the new Ginger Pig menu is an unlikely and somewhat outlandish sweet-and-savory dish.

“The Hong Kong French toast might be the best thing I’ve ever made in the seven years I’ve been doing this,” Hess says. “Hong Kong French toast normally has peanut butter in it, but I replaced it with kaya coconut jam.”

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jam, dipped in eggs seasoned with soy sauce and white pepper, rolled in cornflakes and panko, fried and then drizzled with sweetened condensed milk.

“It’s a really common dish all over Singapore and Malaysia and a really addictive thing once you have it,” she says. “You just crave it and want more.”

The Ginger Pig Boulder menu is simply full of things Hess loves. “We have a kimchi hot dog … on a King’s Hawaiian roll [with] kimchi and scallions and sesame seeds on top. I eat that one a lot,” she says. The opening roster also features shaking beef, a

cornflake-crusted Korean corn dog and Taiko Tots — furikake-coated spuds served with salty cod roe mayo.

The outside wall of the new location sports a huge mural of the original Ginger Pig food truck that launched Hess toward success. A lot has changed in the years since, but the chef is glad to return to the place where it all started.

“It is coming full circle for us to be back in Boulder where people were so receptive to our food,” she says.

“They helped us make the leap to open Ginger Pig in Denver. It feels comforting and safe to come home.”

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● The World Famous Dark Horse may soon go dark as the Baseline Road property it has occupied since 1975 is slated for redevelopment. What will become of the historic decorations that adorn the walls of the famous burger restaurant and bar? ● Kawaii Konbini is open at 332 Main St. in the Old Town Marketplace in Longmont, selling Japanese foods and goods along with made-to-order rice balls and sandos. ● Boulder’s Moksha has created a limited release of its Pueblo Green Chile Chocolate Bars made with peppers from Mauro Farms in Pueblo and ground into the cacao and sprinkled on top. ● Two Longmont beverage crafters, Dry Land Distillers and St. Vrain Cidery have collaborated on a limited-edition Apple Ginger Pommeau Colorado aperitif.

TIME FOR THE GREEN TOMATO VARIATIONS

The sudden arrival of winter in Boulder County has left farmers and gardeners like me with an abundance of green tomatoes. Some that have already started turning may ripen into red ones, but most won’t.

While we will dearly miss the sweet red ripe summer crop, green tomatoes are a culinary treat on their own. You can treat them as a firm vegetable like squash or eggplant — roasted, or chopped and sauteed in a stir fry or stew. There’s always fried green tomatoes (egged and coated in crumbs or cornmeal) which are delicious. They also make good pickles. Finally, there are Depression-era recipes that substitute green tomatoes for green apples in pies.

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“The act of eating is very political. You buy from the right people, and you support the right network of farmers and suppliers who care about the land and what they put in the food.” — Alice Waters

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MAINE LINE Lobster hotspot opens new headquarters on Pearl Street

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hen Drew Ryan opened Maine Shack in Denver’s LoHi neighborhood at the tail end of 2019, he was looking for a home away from home.

Ryan grew up in Maine, where his father ran an independent broadline food distribution company. “That inspired me to be our own distributor,” he says. That means Ryan deals directly with several fishermen, all in Maine, and he heads down to the airport twice a week to pick up the hundreds of pounds of lobster that go into the signature dishes. He does another weekly stop to claim the rest of the seafood, which includes fresh scallops, shrimp, haddock and clams.

The Denver location, which he and partner John Caprio established as a celebration of their East Coast roots, is a two-story shack a stone’s throw from another one of the city’s more iconic perpetual lines, Little Man Ice Cream.

Both draw crowds on hot summer days, with more than a few finger-food fanatics bouncing directly from one to the other.

Boulder’s new location at 16th and Pearl will debut on Nov. 3 with a ribbon cutting and celebratory claw cracking.

Maine Shack opens Nov. 3 with a ribbon-cutting and claw-cracking ceremony at 2010 16th St. in Boulder. Photos by Joni Schrantz.

The 59-seat dining room is big and bright, the bar alone roughly the size of Denver’s whole kitchen. The place is outfitted with offices downstairs and will serve as the company’s new headquarters and catering wing.

“It was just a natural progression,” says Ryan, adding that he’s been anxious to get a spot open in Boulder since before the Denver location launched. In the years between, Maine Shack added a food truck in Naples, Florida, became an official partner of the Boston Red Sox, began serving at both Empower Field and Coors Field and started vending at Ralphie’s Corral at CU Boulder.

“We’ve got a good relationship with CU and we’re very proud of that,” says Ryan. Director of Operations Britt Gralka has helped to solidify the connection after a five-year stint in the same role for Levy Restaurants, which was named the university’s culinary partner in 2014.

Ryan says the Boulder outpost will start with a menu similar to Denver’s.

This isn’t such a bad thing, considering that the rolls, of which there are many, are joined by sides like fried Ipswich whole belly clams, lobster mac and cheese and clam chowder dense enough to threaten the integrity of most plastic spoons.

But the new location’s menu isn’t all the same. The seafood bouillabaisse, established in collaboration with on-site chef Damon Garcia, is the first Boulder exclusive and is already a contender for pièce de résistance. The dish, which combines large chunks of about every one of the house’s available fish in a robust tomato-based broth, was one of Ryan’s childhood favorites and is entirely exquisite for both the nostalgic and the first-timer. “As it gets colder, we’re gonna start running heartier dishes,” Ryan says.

The new bar will feature eight taps, with lines that include the Maine Beer

Co.’s famous Lunch IPA. A Maine Shack Crisp Clean Lobster Ale, produced in collaboration with Diebolt Brewing Company, will be available onsite and to-go in 16 ounce cans.

Classic cocktails will be joined by an allday lobster Bloody Mary, garnished with a lobster tail, lemon, celery and olives; the Maine Mule, which takes the standard copper-mug classic and infuses it with fresh Maine blueberries; and the Cape Codder, which combines vodka, lime and cranberry juices with smoked sea salt.

Decor-wise, Ryan spared no expense in making sure that Maine Shack Boulder is the real deal.

“If you’re going to do Maine Shack, you gotta do it as authentic as possible,” he says. Designed in collaboration with Maine Cabin Masters’ Ryan Eldridge, Jared “Jedi” Baker and Ashley Morrill, the place is covered head to toe with reclaimed wood from back home.

A massive firewood display gives a nod to the forest that covers nearly 80 percent of what is affectionately known as The Pine Tree State.

“Our visiting friend said this is more Maine than any place in Maine,” Ryan says.

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DANKWARD DOG New research looks at how practicing yoga affects a cannabis high — and the findings could be useful for psychedelic therapy

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hen a person takes psychoactive drugs, the experience is heavily influenced by their surroundings and frame of mind. Sage advice often repeated to first-time users is to focus on the “set and setting,” referring to one’s mindset and social surroundings as key components of a successful trip.

New research looking at yoga and cannabis use seems to back up that idea. A dissertation recently published with the University of British Columbia examined the impact of “contextual factors during cannabis use” on the outcomes of a patient’s well-being.

Author Sarah Elizabeth Ann Daniels measured how the set and setting of a yoga class affected a person’s cannabis experience.

“In studies of other psychoactive drugs used therapeutically (i.e., psychedelics) there is considerable attendance to extra-pharmacological factors during the drug experience, as it is well-known that such contextual factors can significantly impact clinical outcomes,” Daniels wrote in her dissertation’s abstract.

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Could those same contextual factors similarly affect the outcome of a person’s therapeutic cannabis experience?

Daniels designed a study to find out. She recruited nearly 50 participants who would self-administer cannabis twice, one week apart.

One session involved practicing yoga while high. The other was spent doing whatever the participants normally did when using cannabis, like eating, watching TV or socializing. The participants would then score their experience on things like “state mindfulness,” “mysticality of experience,” and “state affect.”

The results unequivocally suggested that yoga helped improve the quality of the cannabis experience on all those fronts. The most commonly reported outcome of combining yoga with cannabis use, according to respondents, was an “enhanced physical awareness.”

“For example, participants reported they were more ‘in touch’ or ‘in tune’ with their body and their body’s needs, and felt their body, sensations, and

sense of movement on a ‘deeper’ level,” Daniels wrote in her study.

Respondents said this experience was not typical of their normal ‘sober’ experiences with yoga and that it represented a positive change or gain.

More than 70% said they would combine cannabis and yoga again following the study.

Cannabis and yoga have a long history of use together going back thousands of years to ancient India (Weed Between the Lines, “Ganja Asana,” December 10, 2020). And here in Colorado, there are now numerous

businesses capitalizing on the dynamic duo: Bend & Blaze, Ganja Asana and Twisted Sister Yoga, to name a few.

So it should come as no real surprise that the yoga experience can be enhanced by cannabis use (at least subjectively). But these results also

suggest that the reverse is true, that the cannabis experience can be enhanced with yoga — speaking to the importance of set and setting. When the study’s respondents were in a safe space, mentally focused and mindfully moving, their high was better, more enjoyable and more remedial.

“These findings suggest that paying attention to contextual factors and providing guidelines for therapeutic cannabis users may improve clinical outcomes when using cannabis to support mental health and well-being,” Daniels wrote.

Daniels’ research could also help scientists and therapists better tap into the potential usefulness of cannabis as a therapeutic drug. Because so many patients use cannabis to manage anxiety, this knowledge could be useful for both cannabis users and therapy facilitators.

“Providing specific behavioral directions as well as psychoeducation on the role of set and setting may stand to maximize benefits and minimize harms of therapeutic cannabis use,” Daniels wrote. “Based on the high degree of acceptability of the yoga intervention, yoga or similar mindful movement may be a useful recommendation.”

It could also be helpful information for psychedelic-assisted therapy providers, Daniels notes, adding more evidence to support the importance of set and setting to help patients get the most benefit out of a psychedelic experience.

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