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09 ELECTION 2023: Unofficially official results as ballots roll in BY BOULDER WEEKLY STAFF
10 MUSIC: Electronic music iconoclast Karin Dreijer on love, stage fright and breaking the binary BY JEZY. J GRAY
24 NIBBLES: Leave the Thanksgiving baking to your friendly neighborhood pie maker BY JOHN LEHNDORFF
DEPARTMENTS 04 THE
ANDERSON FILES:
The wild, crazy and dangerous Colorado GOP
05 EDITOR’S NOTE:
Better together
06 NEWS:
15 THEATER:
Motus Theater storytelling event shines a spotlight on trans experiences
17 BOOKS:
Boulder-based Bhakti Chai owner Brook Eddy pens part memoir, part business guide
22 SAVAGE LOVE:
Puppeteers and privilege
23 FILM:
‘The Holdovers’ is a chilly comedy perfect for the holidays
29 GOOD TASTE:
Guaranteed income applications open, complaint filed against Bob Yates campaign
18 EVENTS: Where to go and what to do
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13 MUSIC:
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COMMENTARY NOVEMBER 9, 2023
Volume 31, Number 12 COVER: Image courtesy Hinman Pie PUBLISHER: Fran Zankowski
ED ITOR IAL EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: Shay Castle ARTS & CULTURE EDITOR: Jezy J. Gray REPORTERS: Kaylee Harter, Will Matuska FOOD EDITOR: John Lehndorff INTERN: Lily Fletcher CONTRIBUTING WRITERS: Dave Anderson, Will Brendza, Rob Brezsny, Michael J. Casey, Justin Criado, Dan Savage, Bart Schaneman, Toni Tresca, Colin Wrenn
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THE COLORADO GOP: WILD, CRAZY AND DANGEROUS BY DAVE ANDERSON
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onald Trump has been a disaster for the Colorado Republican Party, according to Dick Wadhams, the party’s chair from 2007-2011. Wadhams isn’t some play-by-the-rules moderate. He was known as Colorado’s Karl Rove (George W. Bush’s dirty trickster). He recently told Denver podcaster Bree Davies that he has criticized Trump for his behavior but not his policies or views. “Let me stress, I voted for Trump twice,” Wadhams said. “I like what he accomplished in terms of judicial nominations, tax cuts [and] border policies. I 4
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think what he did on COVID was amazing. I could go on, but having said that, his behavior after the 2020 presidential election in terms of immediately saying the election was stolen, and almost two years later there is no evidence of that, his behavior on Jan. 6, which was reprehensible — he squandered all the good things I think he did as president, and I think Republicans have suffered greatly because of that behavior, and it has imposed a stench on the Republican Party and Republican candidates that really revealed itself this last election.” That’s a problem for “establishment”
Republicans like Wadhams. For them, it was wonderful that Trump was the most rightwing president ever, but there’s a hangover from the drunken roller coaster ride of his presidency. Back in 2016, the entire Colorado delegation at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland staged a lastminute walk-out to prevent Trump from getting the nomination. They thought he was insufficiently rightwing. They were all social conservatives who supported Ted Cruz and were led by Congressman Ken Buck. Two days later, Buck told the delegates to “suck it up” and support Trump.
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THE ANDERSON FILES At the party’s 2020 national convention in Charlotte, Buck gave Trump an enthusiastic endorsement. Like Wadhams, he was impressed with Trump’s record. He told The Colorado Sun that the number of Colorado Republicans who were “Never Trumpers” from 2016 was insignificant. Most recently, he gained national attention by refusing to support anyone for Speaker of the House who claimed that Joe Biden wasn’t legitimately elected. Then he and all of the other House Republicans voted for MAGA Mike Johnson who was the congressional architect of the push to overturn the 2020 election. Buck recently announced he wouldn’t run for re-election and stated: “Too many Republican leaders are lying to America, claiming that the 2020 election
was stolen, describing Jan. 6 as an unguided tour of the Capitol and asserting that the ensuing prosecutions are a weaponization of our justice system.” Buck’s occasional dissents aren’t wel-
come in the state party whose leaders are fervent election deniers. Current party chair Dave Williams is notorious. Whether on a Denver radio talk show or a QAnon-affiliated forum, he spreads unsubstantiated B.S.
On Dec. 7, 2020, when Williams was a member of the Colorado House of Representatives, he and seven other Republicans requested that a committee be formed on “election integrity” to conduct an audit of the Dominion Voting Systems used in Colorado’s 2020 elections in spite of no evidence of issues. Speaker of the House KC Becker rejected the request, saying they were promoting “debunked conspiracy theories.” They have been debunked by Colorado election officials of both parties. We just had a week-long trial in Denver over whether Trump is disqualified under a provision of the 14th Amendment passed after the Civil War. Section 3 of the amendment says no person who took an oath to support the Constitution then “engaged in insurrection” can hold any office in the U.S. In
the 1860s, many ex-Confederate legislators, judges and executive branch officials were removed or barred from office. Trump was represented by Scott Gessler, a former Republican Secretary of State (2011-2015). In his opening statement, he said, “There are lots of definitions of what an insurrection is. When there are numerous definitions, there might as well be none.” As a highly partisan Secretary of State, Gessler got some national notoriety for voter suppression tactics on MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow show. Boulder Daily Camera editorialized against his attacks on Boulder County Clerk and Recorder Hillary Hall in 2012. The Colorado GOP is a wild, crazy and dangerous bunch. Buckle up: 2024 is coming. This opinion does not necessarily reflect the views of Boulder Weekly.
EDITOR’S NOTE
BETTER TOGETHER An introduction to the editor and an invitation to the community BY SHAY CASTLE
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column introducing the new editor-in-chief of Boulder Weekly should start with an introduction: Hi. I’m Shay Castle. I was born in Ohio, went to college in Florida and moved to Boulder in 2012 to take a job at the Daily Camera. For the past five years, I’ve been running Boulder Beat as essentially a one-woman newsroom (with lots of community support). I’m a former theater kid. In my entire academic career, the two lowest grades I ever got were B’s in Geometry and Human Sexuality. I like
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bikes, hiking, yoga, sunshine, being barefoot, reading and dogs. I have a 22-year-old Toyota Corolla with 198,600 miles on it, one odd-colored door purchased at the junkyard and a custom-built bed instead of passenger seats. Her name is Roxie. My 12-yearold commuter bicycle is Charles Bikely. So that’s me. But I’m really more interested in you. Journalists come and go: There’s been a lot more leaving in recent years as traditional funding structures for local news shift and shrink. Through it all, you — the community and the readers — are there. When we do our jobs well, you are better informed and more connected. When we struggle or make mistakes, you suffer. As I wrote for Boulder Beat, “Good journalism helps a community have a conversation with itself. It reflects the con-
versations already happening and leads with new information and perspectives.” Without you, that conversation runs the risk of becoming a monologue. I would like my time at Boulder Weekly to be defined by, first and foremost, collaboration. The old way of doing journalism — us as the experts, parachuting into your neighborhoods and extracting pieces of your lives for stories — had some serious flaws, not least of which was the people it left out of the conversation. We, the media, have done real harm. The way to repair harm is to build (and, in some cases, rebuild) relationships, to empower readers and community members to tell their own stories. Thankfully, Boulder Weekly has always been news by and about the community. As outgoing editor Caitlin Rockett wrote in her goodbye column last week, “This isn’t ‘the media,’ these are your neighbors.” So let’s get neighborly, starting by getting to know one another. You know a little bit about me: Now it’s your turn. Consider this column less of an introduction and more an invitation.
Send us your story ideas, your letters and opinions, your suggestions and your thoughtful criticisms. I like to say that journalism is like democracy: It’s gonna happen with or without you, but it works a whole lot better when you participate. I believe we can work together to make the Weekly and this community stronger and more connected than ever. To plagiarize myself one last time: You need the news. And the news needs you. Contact Shay at scastle@boulder weekly.com. Opinions and letters go to letters@boulderweekly.com. For news tips and all other communications, email editorial@boulderweekly.com NOVEMBER 9, 2023
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COMPLAINT FILED AGAINST YATES CAMPAIGN
The campaign for Boulder City Councilman and current mayoral frontrunner Bob Yates is being criticized for its financial practices. An official complaint was sent to the city clerk’s office Monday, one day ahead of the election, by a Boulderite backing two of Yates’ competitors. The official complaint was filed by Brian Keegan, a professor at CU Boulder and board member of Boulder Progressives. The Boulder Progressives organization is backing Aaron Brockett and Nicole Speer for mayor. Keegan alleges that Yates’ campaign, Bob Yates for Mayor, improperly reported $8,861.80 in pre-campaign spending. Rather than accounting for the expenditures as a loan (from Yates or someone else), the campaign recorded the June and July purchases of yard signs, newspaper advertisements and web hosting as being paid for by $6,800 in individual donations, recorded Aug. 9 and Aug. 10. Bob Yates for Mayor did report a $2,061.80 personal loan in his first filing — exactly covering the gap between the donations and the June and July spending. “In effect,” Keegan wrote in his complaint, “the $6,800 in donations in August were backdated to reimburse the Committee for the undisclosed and unsecured loans covering the pre-candidacy expenses.” Keegan believes this “accounting sleight-of-hand” does not meet the spirit of Boulder’s campaign finance laws, in particular because Yates’ campaign did not disclose who paid for the pre-filing expenses (though Keegan believes Yates likely spent his own money). Reached by email, Yates declined to comment while his campaign treasurer, Susan Connelly, is out of town. The phone number for Connelly on file with the city is the general phone number for Colorado Chautauqua. Connelly was executive director of the Chautauqua Association for 12 years. She last held the post in 2015. Complaints are common in local elections. They have been filed in 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2021 elections, often by members of opposing political groups. This is the second official complaint of the 2023 election. The first was filed by Crystal Gray, a former city councilwoman, about a political mailer criticizing Yates for his previous party affiliation as a Republican. (He switched to unaffiliated in 2022; city council races in Boulder are nonpartisan.) Boulder’s new city council and mayor will be sworn in Thursday, Dec. 7 at 5 p.m. — Shay Castle
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ELECTION RECAP COLORADO BALLOT MEASURES As of 12:23 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 8
PROPOSITION HH
Reduce property taxes and retain state revenue Yes: 574,558 (39.78%) No: 869,641 (60.22%)
PROPOSITION II
Retain nicotine tax revenue to fund preschool Yes: 946,617 (66.73%) No: 471,905 (33.27%)
BOULDER COUNTY ELECTION RESULTS
As of 12:50 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 8 unless otherwise noted
BOULDER COUNTY BALLOT ISSUES 1A
Open space tax extension Yes: 73,681 (80.28%) No: 18,094 (19.72%)
1B
Affordable housing tax extension Yes: 64,577 (70.87%) No: 26,543 (29.13%)
6A
Nederland EcoPass extension Yes: 741 (79.25%) No: 194 (20.75%)
BOULDER CITY COUNCIL With at least 6,000 ballots outstanding in the City of Boulder, this race was too close to call by press time.
BOULDER MAYOR (RANKED CHOICE)
Round 1. Their vote totals only reflect first-choice votes received in Round 1. Eliminated candidates can “return” to the race in later rounds. However, that is unlikely in this case.
LONGMONT CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATES MAYOR
Joan Peck
BOULDER CITY COUNCIL (4 SEATS) These results could also change, so we’re listing them in descending order Tara Winer: 17,803 Tina Marquis: 12,862 Terri Brncic: 12,167 Taishya Adams: 11,422 Ryan Schuchard: 11,372 Jenny Robins: 9,546 Waylon Lewis: 7,068 Silas Atkins: 4,985 Aaron Gabriel Neyer: 2,563 Jacques Decalo: 2,549
BOULDER BALLOT ISSUES 2A
Arts-funding tax extension Yes: 19,783 (73.75%) No: 7,043 (26.25%)
2B
Charter cleanup Yes: 21,289 (86.53%) No: 3,314 (13.47%)
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Safe Zones 4 Kids Yes: 16,633 (62.09%) No: 10,156 (37.91%)
BOULDER VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF EDUCATION As of 12:23 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 8
DISTRICT A Jason Unger
AT-LARGE
Sean McCoy With at least 8,500 ballots left to count in Longmont, Ward 1 and Ward 3 races are too close to call as of the latest results at 12:23 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 8
WARD 1
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3C
New library branch Yes: 8,297 (33.41%) No: 16,534 (66.59%)
3D
Performing arts center funding Yes: 7,884 (31.74%) No: 16,956 (68.26%)
3E
Rec centers, land swap Yes: 7,435 (29.94%) No: 17,398 (70.06%)
TOWN OF ERIE BALLOT QUESTION 3A Adopting a home rule charter Yes: 4,823 (57.42%) No: 3,576 (42.58%) BALLOT QUESTION 3B Compensation of mayor and council members
DISTRICT C DISTRICT D
We’re not quite ready to call this one done.
* Under the Ranked Choice
DISTRICT G
Yes: 4,676 (54.11%) No: 3,966 (45.89%)
Voting system, Speer and Tweedlie were eliminated after
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Parks and open space funding Yes: 4,747 (69.09%) No: 2,124 (30.91%)
TOWN OF SUPERIOR BALLOT QUESTION 301
Home rule charter commission Yes: 1,812 (64.28%) No: 1,007 (35.72%)
LOUISVILLE CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATES
WARD 3
LONGMONT BALLOT ISSUES
BALLOT ISSUE 2C
JD Magnat: 5,940 Tim Barnes: 4,899 David Fridland: 4,656 Crystal Gallagos: 2,720 Eric Ryant: 2,661 Gala W. Orba: 2,117 John W. Watson: 1,320
MAYOR
Susie Hidalgo-Fahring: 3,336 Gary Hodges: 2,998
LOUISVILLE BALLOT ISSUES
We’re not calling this one just yet, since there are potentially thousands of ballots left to count. Reminder: The top four candidates win.
Diane Crist: 2,945 Nia Wassink: 2,113 Harrison Earl: 1,999
1.) Bob Yates: 13,178 (50.42%) 2.) Aaron Brockett: 12,957 (49.58%) 3.) Nicole Speer: 4,627* 4.) Paul Tweedlie: 553*
Alex Medler
LAFAYETTE CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATES
SUPERIOR HOME RULE CHARTER COMMISSION (9 SEATS)
Chris Leh
Clint Folsom: 1,580 Jeff Chu: 1,512 Heather Cracraft: 1,503 Claire Dixon: 1,488 Mike Foster: 1,274 Chris Hanson: 1,215 Ryan Welch: 1,195 Ryan Hitchler: 1,167 Dalton Valette: 1,150 Stephanie Schader: 1,132 Sean Maday: 979
J. Caleb Dickinson
WARD 2
We’re not officially calling Ward 2, either, just to be safe Deborah Fahey: 1,149 George Colbert: 954
WARD 3 (2 SEATS) Barbara Hamlington Dietrich Hoefner
MAKING THE CALL We want to stress that these are all unofficial results — ballots are still being counted, and will be until next week. Boulder County gets a lot of ballots on Election Day: 49,000 in the 2021 election! While checking the “official” unofficial numbers from county and state reports, we’re also trying to figure out how likely things are to change. That’s because election officials don’t “call” races: We do. It’s an inexact science. Or, more accurately, math. We calculate the likelihood of outcomes changing based on a bunch of data: how many ballots have been returned versus how many have been counted and how many more are likely to be coming in, based on historic turnout and other factors. As of this writing, there are still some 14,000 ballots left to count in Boulder County — not including overseas and military ballots and any that have (fixable) issues like a wonky or forgotten signature. All that to say: Everything on this page is subject to change. It ain’t truly over until every ballot is counted. For the most up-to-date results, check the Secretary of State’s website at https://bit.ly/3QQE9fb — Shay Castle, editor-in-chief
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MUSIC because so much time passed in between. And I guess in a way, the last one is slower and a bit more from a place where you have thought stuff through a bit. The Plunge [2017] album is a bit itchy and restless — which I definitely have those sides still. But for me, they’re like returning from very different times in life. It’s like stuff you have gone through and then put behind.
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Critics have called this a ‘vulnerable’ album. Does that feel right to you?
Electronic music iconoclast Karin Dreijer on love, stage fright and breaking the binary BY JEZY J. GRAY
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chedule a video call with Karin Dreijer, and you might not know what to expect on the other end of the screen. The enigmatic recording artist has been something of a shadowy figure since they first broke through as one half of The Knife, a culture-busting electronic duo formed with their brother Olof near the turn of the century in Gothenburg, Sweden. The pair largely eschewed interviews and public appearances amid runaway success, sporting beaked plague-doctor masks in rare press photos and snubbing awards ceremonies as they racked up repeat Swedish Grammys in major categories like Pop Group and Songwriters of the Year. Dreijer carries on this tradition with their solo project, Fever Ray, whose singular self-titled 2009 debut marked a new era for an artist with an impish reputation for biting their thumb at the establishment. Inhabiting macabre costumed characters to match their pitchshifted vocal style — a standard Fever Ray club banger can catapult from a grime-stained growl to a bird-like flutter in the span of a single chorus — the 14 years since have found Dreijer expanding the map of possibilities as they push the boundaries of sound, style and gender performance. 10
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On their ghastly Since rising to the top It’s been about seven and groove-forward of the avant-garde months since the release of third LP Radical electronic music Radical Romantics. How Romantics, released scene as one half of does it feel now that your March 10 via their the revered duo The third Fever Ray LP is out in own Rabid Records, Knife, artist Karin the world? Dreijer applies this Dreijer has carved I mean, I think I’m very happy. time-tested toolkit their own freaky and It’s been very well received, with a new vulneraferocious path under and I guess it feels very good. bility on earthbound the moniker Fever Ray. We’ve mostly been touring subjects like love Credit: Nina Andersson since the album was out, and I and aging. Take a have enjoyed that a lot. But line from the album’s now it’s been a while since I findancefloor-ready lead single, “Kandy,” ished it, so I’m starting to feel like I which finds the artist grappling with the would like to go back to the studio. long game of creating art under the grim specter of the grave: “What if I Do you feel more comfortable die with this song still inside?” there than you do on stage? Dressed in a nondescript black No, I don’t think that anymore. It’s two hoodie and ballcap, Dreijer was a far very different kinds of work. In the stucry from their gruesome stage characdio, I’m mostly by myself for a very long ters when they met over Zoom with time writing, recording and producing. Boulder Weekly during a recent interOn tour it’s very much a collective, view. The 48-year-old iconoclast being around a lot of people. So it can opened up about life, love and their also be a bit lonely to be in the studio, sublime new record ahead of the Nov. but I enjoy both. 10 Fever Ray show at the Fillmore Auditorium in Denver — one of only When you look back on these five cities on the artist’s forthcoming last three Fever Ray records, U.S. tour. what sets apart Radical The following has been edited for brevity and clarity.
Romantics in your mind?
I’m much older. [Laughs.] For me it’s almost like three different lives,
Yes. Because you have to be vulnerable to be honest, I think. And if you want to tell a story in a very true, clear way, then you have to go into that space of vulnerability. It is a scary place. You have to be a bit brave, I guess, to go there.
I would describe your music as brave.
To be brave you have to be afraid of things. And I am afraid of a lot of things. Then it becomes brave.
What are you afraid of?
So many things, but it has become better. I’m afraid of losing my mind. And I had a lot of stage fright also in the past. Which, I think this tour is our first tour that I really enjoy doing, and I’ve been doing this for more than 30 years now. So it’s interesting to see that things can change. You can actually overcome fear.
What led to you becoming more comfortable on stage?
I think there was a lot of things. One thing I realized is we’re doing some kind of storytelling. And I acknowledge the whole history behind me: all the people who have done this before me. I think it’s like a continuation that I am part of now. So I just have this tiny small role in a long line … and that has made it much easier for me. Because then it’s not so much about me. It’s about what we do on stage. BOULDER WEEKLY
MUSIC You inhabit these often grotesquelooking characters in your performances and videos, and you often obscured your face in public appearances with The Knife. Did that grow in some part out of that fear of being on stage?
I actually think there is no such thing as authenticity. Everything is performance. Every time you go up in the morning, you choose what to wear, how to look, how your hair looks and everything. So I don’t think there is a natural way of being. I work very close to Martin Falck, who is a collaborator I worked with also on the Plunge album. We make the videos together and he does the costumes and everything around the tour. We work very intuitively. We want it to be fun and humorous — which I think it is, but I know it’s also a bit dark and more emotional and sad sometimes. I think the characters are needed to express the things that we want to talk about in a more clear way.
And as far as that relates to gender performance, your vocals have always played in a space between what people might call ‘male’ and ‘female.’ How has that specific type of performance changed for you over the years?
I mean, when we started with The Knife — this is, like, 25 years ago — we played around with the sound of the vocal a lot. It was not so much thinking about gender at that time. It was more intuitive and just feeling what kind of voice and what kind of character would want to tell this story or sing this song. And to make it as clear as possible. Then you feel like there’s a lot of people, and maybe yourself sometimes: When you hear a voice, you feel a very strong need to categorize it. Like, “What is this person singing?” We thought that was very fun to play around with. This was before I knew of the expression or identity of non-binary. In Sweden at that time, it wasn’t a common thing. That is something I just continued with, because when I think of songs and vocals in my head, I have different voices. How do I want to say this in the best way? It has different sounds. It’s a tool, I think, for expressing things — and it makes it more open. It’s a very free space in my recording studio. I can do whatever I want, almost. BOULDER WEEKLY
What was it like working with your brother again on some of these songs?
It was fun. We didn’t really have a plan when we started. I just asked: “Would you like to help out with this track?” And then he was like, “Yes, sure!” And then we just did a few more. We have our studios next to each other, and there’s a window in between. But yeah, it was nice to work together again.
Fever Ray comes to the Front Range for a rare U.S. performance at Denver’s Fillmore Auditorium on Nov. 10. Credit: Anna Ulfung Arnbom
So it sounds like the idea was always that these would be Fever Ray songs. There was never a thought that you might be getting The Knife back together?
Yes, because I had already started the songs — finished lyrics and everything. And when we do Knife stuff, we always do everything together. We start from scratch and talk about what it is that we want to do. And here it was very clear. So for me it was much easier because I had sort of the last say in everything.
I know bell hooks’ All About Love was an influence on this record. What did you find so radical about the ideas in that book, and how do they show up in the music?
I think to understand that love is a verb — it’s something that you do — that was a very radical thing to me. Then putting it to practice: It’s actually what we do for each other. It’s not what we say or manifest in different ways. It comes through in the lyrics here and there: the doing. The music is more about feelings.
What do you think makes a good love song, and do you have any favorites?
Me and Martin realized there are probably no love songs on the album. [Laughs.] I was thinking the other day about this old ’90s song “Górecki” by Lamb. That is a good one.
If you ask me, ‘Heartbeats’ [by The Knife] is one of the greatest love songs of all time. Yes, but I couldn’t use it. [Laughs.]
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MUSIC FOR MAUI Longmont band Mojomama spearheads benefit concert for victims of Hawaiian wildfires BY JUSTIN CRIADO
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s flames engulfed the Hawaiian island of Maui in early August, Jessica Rogalski immediately thought about how to help all her friends dealing with the widespread destruction. Many of them were fellow musicians living in the town of Lahaina on the northwest coast. “When I saw the devastation happening there, it just really hit my heart,” says the singer of Longmont bluesy rock band Mojomama. The natural disaster reminded her of the 2021 Marshall Fire that broke out in Boulder County. “I couldn’t stop thinking about that correlation of what we all went through with the fires here.” Over the past decade, Rogalski and her husband and bandmate Paul have regularly vacationed on the Big Island and enjoy visiting the Konalani Yoga Ashram, which is akin to their local Eldorado Mountain Yoga Ashram. Both are meditation centers of the ShambhavAnanda School of Yoga. The Marshall Fire initially started near the Eldorado Canyon, not far from the ashram. Though the flames spared the yoga center, the Marshall Fire destroyed more than 1,000 structures and is considered the most destructive wildfire in state history. In Lahaina, 2,200 structures were damaged or destroyed, many of which were residential. Three months later, people are left to pick up the pieces and try to rebuild their beloved hometown. “Things are slowly coming back for them,” Rogalski says. “Not as it was, but people are still struggling. Some people are still homeless or without
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Longmont blues-rock group Mojomama wanted to lend support after the recent Maui wildfires, so they put together a benefit show with fellow local musicians slated for Nov. 12 at Roots Music Project in Boulder. Courtesy Mojomama
jobs, and three months [from now] they’re still going to be struggling.” To help those in need, Rogalski organized the upcoming “Music 4 Maui” benefit concert slated for Sunday, Nov. 12, at Roots Music Project in Boulder. The concert will feature local musicians Taylor Shae, Clay Rose, Danny Shafer, Wendy Woo, Scott “Shack” Hackler and Mojomama. Proceeds from ticket sales will go toward the Maui Rapid Response Fund. Rogalski also teamed up with longtime singer-songwriter and friend Tempa Singer-Nave, who moved to Lahaina from Boulder 10 years ago. Singer-Nave started a fundraiser called Lahaina Strong. If patrons donate $30 to the Lahaina charity, they’ll receive a commemorative T-shirt, Rogalski explains. “She did that from the get-go and has had a lot of success with that,” she says. “We’re going to give people the option to donate directly [at the show], as well as the Maui Rapid Response Fund.” Pieces from local artists Faith Stone and Melissa Pickering will also be available for purchase during the event, with all art sales contributing to the Maui fund donations. “We are still gathering more artists’ works, too,” Rogalski adds. The entire benefit, including a finale jam session that’ll bring Mojomama and all the musicians on the bill
together on stage, will be livestreamed on Mojomama’s Facebook page. “It’s going to be a great day for sharing our love of music and our love of Hawaii and the people and community there,” Rogalski says.
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For Rogalski, the upcoming benefit concert is the least she can do to help the land and people she’s come to love so much. And what better way than through the universal language of music, she thought. “I said, ‘I need to do something. I can’t sit here.’ I just started to brainstorm,” she says. “Well, we’re musicians, let’s play music and gather some of the really well-known, staple Boulder musicians and bring our efforts together to try to raise awareness and help people.” When first approached with the idea of putting together the show, everyone involved immediately agreed to support the cause, Rogalski adds, since many share the same special connection with the islands as she does. “Everyone really felt strong and engaged with the concept, because everybody has some beautiful memory or experience in their life that’s connected to either Lahaina or the islands of Hawaii,” Rogalski says. “All of these people are also close, dear friends of mine, so we all have a story and a connection to the islands. We all just
felt that it was an important thing to take part in together.” As the co-founder of Mojo’s Music Academy in Longmont, Rogalski also recently put together a “Music 4 Maui” student showcase fundraiser at the Dickens Opera House on Nov. 5. She hasn’t ruled out hosting another benefit moving forward, if there’s still a need. But the current outpouring of empathy for a community similarly ravaged by wildfire is evidence that Boulder and Hawaii are more connected than one may realize, even if the two are separated by thousands of miles on the map. “There are a lot of these correlations that really affected my interest in wanting to help the people of Hawaii,” Rogalski says. “Hawaii is this big chain of islands, but they’re all one big island, really. Even though something happens on one island like Maui, it still affects the Big Island; it affects the people of Kauai and all of the surrounding areas. The people there are very community-based and loving and in tune with nature.”
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TRUTH TO POWER World premiere storytelling event shines a spotlight on trans experiences in Boulder and beyond BY TONI TRESCA
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Brown says. “When you read the espite the progress won by monologues, you kind of get a feel for LGBTQ advocates in recent decades, it’s a dangerous time the music that would best support what they’re saying. … I’m not composing; I to be a trans person in America. This read their piece, paid attention year alone, state legislators have introto what I was feeling, and then duced 586 anti-trans bills in nearly selected a piece of music to every state. While 125 have failed, reply to the story the monologist including two in Colorado, 85 have shared.” passed and 376 are still active. “We never really think of Colorado as a state that would have bills like this introduced in our legislature, and thankfully legislators’ hateful efforts failed, but many haven’t,” says Cristian Solano-Córdova, a queer DACA recipient who serves as communications director for Motus Theater, a Boulder-based social justice performance group. “In light of that environment, which is characterized by discrimination and exclusion, Motus must assist our community members. The political discourse is so tainted by misconceptions, falsehoods and unfounded claims that we as a Rev. Nicole Garcia is one of eight monologists who community have to stand up will share their personal experiences on stage as part against these derogatory tactics.” of ‘TRANSformative Stories’ at eTown Hall on Nov. 12. Through a day of music and Credit: Chris Cleary Media storytelling, the world premiere of Motus Theater’s TRANSformative ‘PEOPLE ARE PEOPLE’ Stories aims to do just that. Debuting Motus Theater has been leading the on Nov. 12 at eTown Hall in Boulder, way in the production of autobiographithe spoken-word event features eight cal monologue plays since 2011. trans and nonbinary leaders from the TRANSFORMative Stories builds on Front Range and around the country, the company’s previous work with artalongside musical accompaniment by fully crafted autobiographical monorenowned violinist and mezzo-soprano logues featuring queer people on the Tona Brown. frontlines of violence and oppression in Known for being the first trans person the United States. to perform for a sitting U.S. president “Motus Theater has always been a and the first Black trans woman to play space where art and activism interat Carnegie Hall, Brown will provide twine,” artistic director Kirsten Wilson musical responses to each monologue. told Boulder Weekly in a previous inter“Music is the foundation of all things, view this fall. “Our theater serves as a but a lot of the time people don’t think transformative vehicle for societal about how important it is to have music change, igniting critical conversations at your event until the last minute,” through storytelling.”
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Another monologist and the director of the CU Boulder Pride Office, Morgan Henry Seamont, credits the event’s resonance to the universal power of storytelling. He believes that sharing their authentic experience in front of a crowd is one of the best ways to help people understand their perspectives and develop empathy for trans people. “I work at the university, so I have had exposure to a lot of trans stories, but these stories were even a broader set of diversity than I had encountered,” Seamont says. “TRANSformative Stories goes beyond the typical story of trans people going through a difficult transition with their families and blah-blah-blah. I really enjoyed being a part of this group because the stories are so rich with nuance about what it has been like for these people to identify as trans that people may not be aware of.” The storytelling experience is divided into two sessions, with Seamont, Alison Reba, Shauna The upcoming Motus Theater storytelling Brooks and Garcia performing at event will feature musical accompaniment by 2 p.m. and Ruby Sofia Lopez, renowned violinist and mezzo-soprano Tona Jahmil Roberts, Raye Watson and Brown, the first Black trans woman to play at Breña performing at 5 p.m. Carnegie Hall. Credit: Cathi Stetson Attendees can attend one or both sessions to listen to speeches Mardi Moore of Out Boulder designed to challenge societal norms, County was an invaluable advisor break down stereotypes and celebrate who made connections between our shared humanity. different people and organizations. “This is the type of event that will After the eight performers were bring out the humanity in all of us,” selected, Motus began meeting Brown concludes. “If you listen to the with monologists as a group via fear-mongering about trans people in Zoom to polish the stories they our politics, it is very dehumanizing would be presenting on stage. and makes trans people appear evil. “We have been meeting for two hours on Saturday mornings for several Hearing the words of transgender people read aloud gives you a sense of months to write the monologues and the humanity of who they are and who build community,” Rev. Nicole Garcia we all are. That is what I want people says. “By reading my monologue to to take away from the theater: the them, I found the story that I wanted to understanding that people are people. tell. I’m in my 60s, and I transitioned 20 We are all human beings who have years ago when attitudes were very diffaced many challenges, and we’re far ferent. I transitioned because I needed more alike than we are different.” to go from one gender to another, male to female, but it is wonderful to work with people who have not had that intensive socialization with the binary. ON STAGE: TRANSformative As a trans elder, hearing stories about Stories. 2 and 5 p.m. Nov. 12, the younger generation truly carving out eTown Hall, 1535 Spruce St., a new space for themselves has been Boulder. $30-$55 so life-giving and life-affirming.” Through a National Endowment for the Arts grant, Motus was able to bring TRANSformative Stories to the stage. Wilson initiated the project by meeting with leaders in Colorado and nationwide to inform them about the new Motus initiative, along with David Breña, who in addition to serving as a Motus board member also worked as a strategist for TRANSformative Stories and will contribute a monologue to the show. While many people helped in the search for monologists, the team says
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says. “Post-COVID, [we are] focusing on stabilizing the company.” That decision to pare Boulder-based Bhakti Chai owner Brook Eddy down wasn’t without its heartache for Eddy. “I’m a pens part memoir, part business guide foodie. I love flavors and combining flavors,” she BY BART SCHANEMAN says. Eddy’s plan is to double train in South Asia, at another down on her flagship prodhe story of how Boulder entrethey are joining her in a pitch ucts while seeking out a preneur Brook Eddy built the meeting where she sells investors new partner with the Bhakti Chai company starts on on her idea. resources and capital to rea trip to Bangalore, India, in 2002. “It might not be for every readgrow the brand. There she found adventure, inspiration er, but that’s how I wanted to put “We’re profitable. We and a love for the South Asian beverit together,” she says. have the two [products] age. One problem: When she came While it could seem counterinthat are selling well,” she back to the United States, the only chai tuitive for someone with a lot on says. “We’ve got a small, she could find was made from syrups, their plate to devote so much time lean team. We’re just trying powders or something Eddy calls “nutBoulder entrepreneur Brook Eddy built the Bhakti Chai company and energy to penning a book, to really keep it stable until meg milk.” after a trip to Bangalore, India, in 2002. Courtesy Brook Eddy Eddy says she’s always loved we come across a partner.” “It was just gross,” she says. “I wantIf Bhakti can secure that investment, ed to have something different. I started writing. She had previously published around to chai as a popular drink, but some freelance articles, dabbled in she has her eye on distribution in making it just for myself.” the selection for consumers was somepoetry and short stories, and honed her what limited. Her main competitor was Target and Walmart as well as internaAt the time, Eddy was raising twins tional markets. as a single mother and working a the powdered chai that the A well-capitalized investor would also full-time job as a development cafes around the country mean Bhakti could “press on the acceldirector at the Boulder Valley Health stocked. erator” and develop new products, Eddy Center. People liked her chai, and Twenty years later, Bhakti is a says. When Bhakti released a sparkling her side business was born. “That’s top-ranking player in the chai tea line, Eddy estimates it cost about a how it started,” Eddy says. “People concentrate category on the million dollars to put out another drink enjoying my recipe and seeing that shelves of health-food stores style. there was this white space to sell it like Colorado’s Natural Grocers. “All the research and development, in cafes.” “We’ve carved out a nice little Part Eat Pray Love, part How I piece for ourselves in the natural then the testing and manufacturing, and the slotting fees,” she says. “We can’t Built This, Eddy details the progreschannel,” Eddy said. really do any innovation right now, sion from her early travels to busiHer chai is also sold in King because we don’t want to waste the ness owner in her book Steeped: Soopers, Sprouts, Costco and, money we have in the bank on someAdventures of a Tea Entrepreneur, according to Eddy, has a “good, thing that may or may not be a home released Aug. 22 via Lioncrest strong Amazon business.” Publishing. The tea-entrepreneur journey run.” As far as the economics of further Neither a traditional travelog nor isn’t finished with Eddy yet. writing, Eddy has a clear-eyed perspeca typical business owner’s memoir, She’s going through a company ‘Steeped: Adventures of a Tea Entrepreneur’ was released tive on the financial prospects of putting Steeped intertwines Eddy’s personrefocus at the moment after a Aug. 22 via Lioncrest Publishing. Courtesy Brook Eddy al story with the history and backfailed attempt at bringing on pri- out more books. “I’ve been told the publishing world skills editing her kids’ college papers. ground of tea, all while detailing how vate equity partners to grow the busiisn’t about making money or success,” During the COVID-19 pandemic, she she grew her company, making the ness. she says. “For me it’s just wanting to decided to pursue a longer project. book more of what she calls “a choose For a time, Bhakti was operating a get the story out. I love the process of “I love words,” Eddy says. “I love your own adventure.” 20,000-square-foot brewery in writing. And I didn’t want to write some“I wanted to weave in some of the Longmont and launched up to 18 differ- writing, and I want to write more.” thing that was a traditional business personal stories because that’s who I ent products. book — not ‘The Top 10 Ways to Start am and that’s how I got to that place of “Then it kind of went backwards,” a Company.’ I’m bringing creative story- Eddy says. “It was so expensive.” The resiliency and tenaciousness to build ON THE PAGE: Steeped: telling to a business journey.” the company out of nothing,” she says. company has gone from 32 employees Adventures of a Tea Chapters alternate between Eddy’s to five. Entrepreneur author event time in India and her trials and tribulaNow she’s back to basics, sticking with Brook Eddy. 6:30 p.m. HOW SHE BUILT IT tions as a fledgling business owner trywith her core, original Bhakti chai conWednesday, Nov. 15, Boulder Eddy’s business venture started at a ing to build a company from scratch. At centrate, both sweetened and unsweetBook Store, 1107 Pearl St. $5 fortunate time in U.S. tea culture. In the one turn, the reader is with Eddy on a early aughts, more people were coming ened. “We’re in a rebuilding place,” she
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7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 10, 1300 Pearl St., Boulder. Free
CINE-CONCERT
The CU program in Jewish Studies partners with the Jewish Film Festival and the College of Music to present the silent film, The Man Without a World, from renowned director Eleanor Antin. The movie will be accompanied by live music from acclaimed Klezmer violinist Alicia Svigals and pianist Donald Sosin.
PEARL STREET STAMPEDE
Come celebrate the last CU football game of the season with the Stampede kickoff celebration. Join hundreds of Buffs fans to watch the parade of players and coaches accompanied by the marching band, cheer squad and more special guests as they celebrate a close to a historic season.
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BOULDER POTTERS GUILD FALL HOLIDAY POTTERY SALE Various times, Thurs.-Sun., Nov. 9-12, Boulder County Fairgrounds Exhibit Building, 9595 Nelson Road, Longmont. Free
Stock up on gifts for the holiday season with local handmade pottery, sculpture work, glassware, ceramics and more. More than 40 vendors with Boulder’s Potters Guild will be at this annual event to showcase their unique craftsmanship.
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6-9 p.m. Friday, Nov. 10, Sunshine Schoolhouse, 355 County Road 83, Boulder. $30 Enjoy some vino and support a great cause during Sunshine Schoolhouse’s night of community fundraising, with all proceeds from your reservation and a silent auction benefitting the Sunshine Fire Protection District.
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10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sat.-Sun, Nov. 11-12, Boulder Elks Lodge, 3975 28th St., Boulder. Free This long-running community festival and art market will feature more than 50 artisans with live music and family craft stations, plus a bake sale and live fire truck tours. Presented by the Boulder Mountain Fire Auxiliary, the event raises funds for the Boulder Mountain Fire Department.
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SANITAS SKI SWAP
Whether you want to sell your old gear, trade for something new or just see what’s what in the world of local ski brands, this event has you covered. Join the local ski community for a day of beers, live music and killer deals just in time for the upcoming season.
CREATURE CABARET
Paisley Peach presents a night filled with performances of mythical creatures and the magic of the big top. Burlesque, drag performances and a DJ set from Tesla Nikole will round out this evening of whimsy and wonder at Junkyard Social Club.
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7:15-8:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 13, Yoga Pearl, 900 Pearl St. Unit 4, Boulder. $27 Welcome the new moon with Yoga Pearl through a nurturing Yin Yoga session followed by a sound bath. This class will allow you to fall into a relaxed practice and provide you with refreshing healing sounds through gongs, singing bowls and other sacred instruments.
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3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 11, Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St. $18 Experience the birth of ski towns across America and the trailblazers who explored them. This documentary serves as Warren Miller’s love letter to the sport, the community and the celebrated films he’s made since 1949. BOULDER WEEKLY
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6:30-8:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 12, Unity Columbine Spiritual Center, 8900 Arapahoe Road, Boulder. $20 This 20th-anniversary concert and dance party features a lineup of Colorado’s best Middle Eastern musicians and local belly dancer Sadie Marquardt. The event supports Musical Ambassadors of Peace, which “promotes peace worldwide through the power of music.”
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2023 AMGA AWARDS
4:30-8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 15, The Rayback Collective, 2775 Valmont Road, Boulder. $50 The American Mountain Guides Association invites all climbers, outdoor enthusiasts and industry professionals to network, share stories and connect during this awards ceremony for Guide of the Year and more. A ticket includes two free drinks, a raffle ticket to win prizes, a goodie bag and more.
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KIMMERJAE WITH KENT MCLAGAN. 7 p.m. Muse Performance Space, 200 E. South Boulder Road, Lafayette. $20
THE HOLY GHOST TABERNACLE CHOIR WITH EDITH PIKE AND FAINTING DREAMS. 8 p.m. Hi-Dive,
7 S. Broadway, Denver. $15
WOMBAT AND THE MONKEY MAN WITH COLDRIDGE AND NICKI WALTERS. 5 p.m. Larimer Lounge, 2721
AUGUSTUS WITH BOOT GUN. 9 p.m.
Velvet Elk Lounge, 2037 13th St., Boulder. $14
Larimer St., Denver. $12
GEORGE NELSON. 7 p.m. R Gallery +
AJ LEE WITH BLUE SUMMIT AND TWO RUNNER. 8 p.m. Marquis Theatre,
Wine Bar, 2027 Broadway, Boulder. Free
2009 Larimer St., Denver. $18
RICHMAN. 5 p.m. BOCO Cider, 1501 Lee Hill Drive, Unit 14, Boulder. Free
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BOULDER OLD-TIME JAM. 6 p.m. Trident Cafe, 940 Pearl St., Boulder. Free DEVIL MASTER WITH FUMING MOUTH AND FINAL GASP. 7:30 p.m.
Hi-Dive, 7 S. Broadway, Denver. $25
PUSSY RIOT WITH SLOPPY JANE. 8 p.m. Gothic Theatre, 3263 S. Broadway, Englewood. $30
FR I D AY, N O V. 1 0 MISHMISH. 2:30 p.m. Stewart Auditorium, 400 S. Quail Road, Longmont. Free BLUE EYED KELLY. 5:30 p.m. Sanitas Brewing Company, 3550 Frontier Ave., Boulder. Free MIKE LAMITOLA. 5 p.m. BOCO Cider,
1501 Lee Hill Drive, Unit 14, Boulder. Free
JACK CAMPBELL & THE HEAD MESS WITH EATING COLORS. 6 p.m. Trident
Cafe, 940 Pearl St., Boulder. Free
FEVER RAY WITH CHRISTEENE. 7 p.m. Fillmore Auditorium, 1510 N. Clarkson St., Denver. $20-$85. STORY ON P. 10
MYRA WARREN. 7 p.m. Muse Performance Space, 200 E. South Boulder Road, Lafayette. $20 PERT NEAR SANDSTONE WITH HENHOUSE PROWLERS. 9 p.m. Velvet
Elk Lounge, 2037 13th St., Boulder. $24
CRICK WOODER. 2 p.m. Rosalee’s Pizzeria, 461 Main St., Longmont. Free 20
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The Mañanas may be Denver’s closest thing to a supergroup. Bursting onto the local scene with 2019’s Cheers, they’ve since enlisted Ecuadorian stars Neoma and Fruta Brutal on their explosive new project, 3000. On Nov. 11, band members Danny Pauta and Brandon Unpingco will be celebrating their birthdays in style at Larimer Lounge, with help from alt-rockers BRŪHA. See listing for details. ANDY EPPLER. 6 p.m. 300 Suns Brewing, 335 1st Ave., Unit C, Longmont. Free CINDY LEE WITH FREAK HEAT WAVES, BOBBY AMULET AND TEPID. 9 p.m. Hi-Dive, 7 S. Broadway,
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THE MAÑANAS WITH BRUHA.
6 p.m. Larimer Lounge, 2721 Larimer St., Denver. $16. BW PICK OF THE WEEK
8 p.m. Mission Ballroom, 4242 Wynkoop St., Denver. $36
TWIDDLE WITH MELT. 8:30 p.m. Mission Ballroom, 4242 Wynkoop St., Denver. $40
SATUR DAY, N OV. 11
JUBILATE! SACRED SINGERS (VETERANS DAY CONCERT). 7 p.m.
AJ LEE WITH BLUE SUMMIT. 7:30
St. Andrew Presbyterian Church, 3700 Baseline, Boulder. Free
p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 St., Boulder. $18
RIVER MANN. 8 p.m. Roots Music Project, 4747 Pearl, Suite V3A, Boulder. $15 KATELYN KLICKMAN. 7 p.m. Muse
Performance Space, 200 E. South Boulder Road, Lafayette. $20
ATOMGA. 9 p.m. Velvet Elk Lounge, 2037 13th St., Boulder. $24 CRICK WOODER. 2 p.m. Rosalee’s Pizzeria, 461 Main St., Longmont. Free ANDY EPPLER. 6 p.m. 300 Suns Brewing, 335 1st Ave., Unit C, Longmont. Free
SUN D AY, N OV. 12 BOULDER PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA WITH RICHARD SCOFANO. 7 p.m. Macky Auditorium,
1595 Pleasant St., Boulder. $25
MOJOMAMA AND FRIENDS.
2 p.m. eTown Hall, 1535 Spruce St., Boulder. $20. STORY ON P. 13
SPEARFISH JUNCTION. 5 p.m. BOCO Cider, 1501 Lee Hill Drive, Unit 14, Boulder. Free DEAD ALIVE. 6:30 p.m. The Spark,
4847 Pearl St., Unit B4, Boulder. $18
PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE. 7:30 p.m. Grusin Music Hall, 1020 18th St., Boulder. Free SEMIOTICS DEPARTMENT OF HETERONYMS WITH MVTANT, CHURCH FIRE AND SELL FARM.
8 p.m. Hi-Dive, 7 S. Broadway, Denver. $18
ANGEL DU$T WITH CANDY, BIB AND MARY JANE DUNPHE. 7 p.m.
Marquis Theatre, 2009 Larimer St., Denver. $25
TUE S DAY, N OV. 14 KESHA WITH JAKE WESLEY ROGERS. 8 p.m. Mission Ballroom, 4242
Wynkoop St., Denver. $100 (resale only)
THIS WILD LIFE WITH BROADSIDE, WORRY CLUB AND NOT MY WEEKEND. 7 p.m. Marquis Theatre,
2009 Larimer St., Denver. $23
WE ARE SCIENTISTS WITH SEAN MCVERRY. 8 p.m. Globe Hall, 4483
Logan St., Denver. $20
WE DN E S DAY, N OV. 15 ALLISON RUSSELL. 8 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 13th St., Boulder. $25 BLUEGRASS JAM. 7 p.m. Roots Music Project, 4747 Pearl, Suite V3A, Boulder. Free SYMPHONIC BAND. 7:30 p.m. Macky Auditorium, 1595 Pleasant St., Boulder. $25 Want more Boulder County events? Check out the complete listings online by scanning this QR code
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ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19): In accordance with astrological omens, I would love you to experiment with blending the sacred and mundane. Bring your deep self into the daily routine and imbue ordinary rhythms with tender care. Here are a few fun rituals to get you in the groove: 1. Say prayers or chant ecstatic poems while you’re shopping. 2. Build a shrine in a parking lot. 3. Stir up an inspired epiphany while doing housework. 4. If you find yourself in a confusing or awkward situation, dance like a holy person to conjure a blessing. 5. Commune with the Divine Creator during crazy-good sex. TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20): I’ve met many people who feel their love lives are jinxed. Often, they believe this nonsense because a creepy fortune-teller declared they will forever be denied a satisfying intimate relationship. I hate that! Any astrologer who delivers such crippling bewitchments should be outed as a charlatan. The good news for you, Taurus, is that you are in a grace period for all matters regarding romance, intimacy and togetherness. If you have ever worried there is a curse, obstruction or bad habit inhibiting your love life, the coming weeks will be a favorable time to free yourself from it. GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20): Gemini comedian Drew Carey says, “If I didn’t run from my fears, I wouldn’t get any exercise at all.” Let’s discuss his approach in relation to you. After analyzing the astrological omens, I believe that as 2023 draws to a close and 2024 unfolds, you will feel less and less motivated to run from your fears. In part, that’s because you will face them with more courage and poise; they won’t have the same power over you. In addition, I suspect your fears will become objectively less scary. They will be less likely to come to pass. More and more, your fine mind will see how they trick you into imagining they’re more threatening than they truly are. Congratulations in advance, Gemini! CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22): I would love to see you intensify your devotion to your masterpiece — however you understand “masterpiece.” It could be a work of art or an innovation in your job or business. It could be a new baby, an adopted pet, a redefinition of what family means or an invigorated community. It might even be a beautiful alliance or enhanced connection with the divine or a refinement of the best gift you give the world. Life will conspire to help you in unexpected ways during the coming months if you rededicate yourself to this treasure. LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22): Dear Sun, our one and only star: We love you and appreciate you! It’s amazing that you consume five million tons of yourself every second to generate the colossal energy you send in our direction. Thank you, beloved Sun! Is it OK with you if we think of you as a god? You are a superpowered genius of nourishment! And by the way, do you know who adores you the best? I’ll tell you: the Leo people here on Earth. They comprehend your grandeur and majesty better than anyone else. Would you consider giving them extra rewards in the coming weeks? They need and deserve a massive delivery of your bounty. Please fill them up with even more charisma, personal magnetism, vitality and generosity of spirit than usual. I promise they will use it wisely. VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22): Virgo musician and actor Shirley Manson has a message for you. She testifies, “I say embrace the total geek in yourself and just enjoy it. Life is too short to be cool.” This will be especially helpful and inspirational counsel for you in the coming months, dear Virgo. The wish to appear chic or trendy or hip should be so far down on your list of priorities that it drops off the list entirely. Your assignment is to be passionately devoted to your deepest truths, unique desires and imaginative experiments.
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LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22): If you’re given a choice to advocate for either a dull, mediocre truth or a beautiful, invigorating truth, give your love to the latter. If you wonder whether you should ask a polite question that engenders harmony or a provocative question that pries loose agendas that have been half hidden, opt for the latter. If you feel nostalgic about an old tradition that stirs up little passion or fresh insight, let it go. Instead, dream up a new tradition that moves you emotionally and excites your mind. SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21): Icelandic singer Björk is a triple Scorpio, with sun, moon and ascendant in your sign. Neptune is there, too, giving her even more Scorpionic intensity. It’s not surprising that she describes her daily practice like this: “I have to re-create the universe every morning when I wake up and kill it in the evening.” In another quote, she places greater emphasis on the rebirth: “To wake up in the morning and actually find the day exciting is the biggest victory you can have.” In accordance with current astrological omens, I invite you to exalt and celebrate the post-resurrection aspects of your life’s work. It’s time for you to shine and sparkle and shimmer and bedazzle. SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21): At the risk of sounding melodramatic, I prophesy that what has been lost will be found. What was last may not catapult all the way into the first spot, but it might — and will at least be close to the first. Here are more zingers for you as you move into the climactic stages of the Season of Turnarounds and Switcheroos: A difficult test will boost your intelligence; a rut will be disrupted, freeing you to find a smooth new groove; an unsettling twist will ultimately bring you delightful support. To get the best out of the upcoming challenges, Sagittarius, welcome them as opportunities to expand your understanding of how the world works. CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19): Many cultures throughout history have staged rites of passage to mark the transformation from childhood to puberty. In ancient Greece, for example, kids formally relinquished their toys, symbolizing the intention to move into a new phase of their destinies. In accordance with astrological omens, I want to tweak this custom for your use, Capricorn. I propose that you embrace your second childhood. Fantasize about how you might refurbish your innocence, curiosity, playfulness and spontaneous joy. Then select an object that embodies a burdensome or unpleasant aspect of adulthood. Discard it. Find an object that signifies the fresh young spirit you’d like to awaken within you. Kiss it, sing to it, and keep it in a prominent place. AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18): For advice about money, I talk with a banker who sometimes analyzes financial trends using Tarot cards. To keep abreast of politics on the ground level, I consult with a courtesan who has a Ph.D. in political science and cultivates intimate relations with governmental leaders. For guidance about rowdy ethics and etiquette, I seek input from an activist singer in an allwomen punk band. How about you, Aquarius? Now is a favorable time to take an inventory of your posse of teachers, helpers and counselors. Make sure it’s serving you well and providing maximum inspiration and support. Hot tip: It may be time to add a new facilitator or two to your entourage. PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20): Now and then, you glide through a phase I describe as Freedom from Cosmic Compulsion. During these grace periods, fate has a reduced role in shaping your destiny. Your past doesn’t have its typical power to limit you or entrance you. According to my astrological analysis, you are now enjoying such a chapter. That’s why I predict that an infertile status quo will soon crumble. A boring, inflexible rule will become irrelevant. These and other breakthrough developments will give you extra leeway to innovate and invent. You will have a big, bright emptiness to work and play around in.
DEAR DAN: I have a question that is neither related to sex or relationships, but rather on the ethics of doing a theater project on sex work. I’m a puppet theater artist based in Montreal, and I am interested in creating a documentary theater piece on the topic. My friends told me that it isn’t my place to explore the topic since I have never done sex work. I am interested in talking with providers, clients and advocates, and I plan to donate a portion of any (unlikely) profit to local groups. Puppetry is the perfect medium for this topic, but I don’t want to do harm to a marginalized group. What do you think? — Puppeteer Understands Personal Privilege Extracts Toll DEAR PUPPET: Anyone can make art about anything — good art, bad art, meh art — and lots of people with “lived experience” have made deeply shitty art about their own experiences, and lots of artists without “lived experience” have created moving and deeply humanizing works of art about people whose experiences, identities and employment histories bear no resemblance to their own. That said, structural barriers prevent extremely talented people who happen to be racial minorities, religious minorities, sexual minorities (which includes sex workers), etc., from getting funded, published, produced, exhibited or greenlit. Creators, curators and consumers need to bear that in mind and work to correct it. But that shouldn’t stop anyone from making their own art. The novelist Lionel Shriver gave a famous/infamous speech about identity and art at the Brisbane Writers Festival in 2017. Shriver cited Susan
Scafidi, a law professor at Fordham, who defined cultural appropriation as the “taking [of] intellectual property, traditional knowledge, cultural expressions, or artifacts from someone else’s culture without permission.” “What strikes me about that definition,” Shriver said, “is that ‘without permission’ bit. Are we as writers to seek permission to [create] a character from another race or culture, or to employ the vernacular of a group to which we don’t belong? Do we approach passers-by with a clipboard, getting signatures that grant limited rights [the] way political volunteers get a candidate on the ballot?” If you’re creating a show about sex work based on interviews with sex workers, their clients and their advocates — and you’re honest with the people you interview about your intentions — your subjects are essentially granting you permission to tell their stories. You could still wind up making a shitty puppet show that pisses off a bunch of sex workers and/or their allies, PUPPET, but the existence of a few pissed off pupaphobes isn’t by itself proof you’ve done something wrong and/or created shitty art. But if it makes you feel better, PUPPET, find someone who’ll pay you $20 to suck their dick, and then hand that same $20 to someone who’ll suck your dick, then go home and write a letter to Justin Trudeau about how you made and lost $20 doing sex work and — et voilà! — you’re a provider, a client and an advocate.
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and Angus is determined rofessor Paul Hunham Dominic Sessa, to make the least of it. A (Paul Giamatti) loves histo- Paul Giamatti sullen figure with a wealth and Da’Vine Joy ry. Not just any old history of emotional baggage, he Randolph in ‘The but antiquity: Greeks, Romans, is as bitter at the world as Holdovers.’ Sumerians — you name ’em, Paul Paul is cranky. They knows all about ’em. And not just make for a perfect pair and venture off because he believes the past informs the present, but because the past is the the school grounds for a trip to the present. The clothing might be different emergency room, a holiday party hostand the names have changed, but if we ed by one of Barton’s teachers and an can solve those ancient riddles, then overnight adventure into Boston. we might be able to crack the code The Holdovers is a calmly paced right in front of us. movie that allows its characters space It’s fitting then that director Alexander to breathe, think and express themPayne sets his latest feature, The selves in their own manner. It’s a narHoldovers, not in the present but in the rative not in any hurry to go anywhere past. The year is 1971, and the movie but to revel in comedic moments of looks like it: lots of yellows and browns, character. tweed for days and grainy cinematograAnd thanks to the comedy and the genuine heartwarming relationships that phy shot on 35 mm. build, The Holdovers is not a movie you Paul teaches at Barton Academy, a want to hurry up and get to where it’s New England prep school for rich kids, going. Where that is, I’m not so sure. and ends up with the fuzzy end of the lollipop when he gets stuck supervising For all of Paul’s emphasis that the past helps us confront our present, I’m at a the students who can’t go home for loss for what Payne and Hemingson Christmas break. Those held-over stuhoped to accomplish by setting their dents (Brady Hepner, Michael Provost, story in the early 1970s. Maybe they Ian Dolley, Jim Kaplan and Dominic don’t want anything out of it more than Sessa) make for a motley crew. Add in an enjoyable time tinged not by nostalthe school cook, Mary (Da’Vine Joy Randolph), the janitor, Danny (Naheem gia but by appreciation. Everything Garcia), a school establishment too seemed hopeless then, too, and we cheap to keep the heat going, and no made it out of that. one’s happy to be stuck here during the That’s not exactly an earth-shattering cold Massachusetts winter. revelation, but like Paul’s speech to Salvation comes when a student’s Angus about the importance of learning dad arrives in a helicopter and offers to from history, it’s something worth being take everyone skiing for the holidays. reminded about from time to time. Angus (Sessa) is the only one left behind. ON SCREEN: The Holdovers Now it’s just Angus, Paul, Mary and is now playing in theaters. Danny stuck inside Barton’s drafty halls, BOULDER WEEKLY
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PIE LOCAL For Thanksgiving dessert, leave the baking to your friendly neighborhood pie maker BY JOHN LEHNDORFF
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on’t bake your own pie for Thanksgiving! By all means, roast the turkey and bake the stuffing, potatoes and side dishes, but leave the most important dish on the feast menu to experts. I’m normally the last person to discourage DIY pie. I’ve spent years encouraging pie-making, teaching scratch pie classes and judging amateur pie contests. But the biggest pie day of the year is different. If you’re already an experienced pie maker, enjoy yourself. If you visit family and your grandmother in a flourdusted apron offers to tutor you, grab the opportunity. Otherwise, this may not be the best time to make your first one, given the crust challenge. If you’re the host, you have a lot of other dishes to worry about. The reality is that most cooks never bake pies from scratch. However, you
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don’t have to settle for those cheap, mass-produced supermarket pumpkin or pecan pies. Get your pies from an independent Boulder County bakery. There is a catch. If you want to slice into beautiful handmade pumpkin, pecan or Key lime pies at your Thanksgiving feast, you have to order it NOW. Today would be best. This is the busiest time of the year for bakeries and other pie bakers and many have deadlines in the coming days. Don’t dawdle and be disappointed.
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Blackbelly Market (blackbelly.com): Bourbon pecan and Dutch apple pies, plus pumpkin cheesecake, carrot cake and cinnamon rolls. Boulder Baked (boulderbaked.com): Apple and pumpkin pies, plus dozens of varieties of cookies and cupcakes.
Great Harvest Bread Company (ghboulder.com): Pumpkin, apple and pecan pies plus cinnamon rolls, breads, brownies and pastries. Hinman Pie (hinmanpie.com): Pecan, salted maple, apple and pumpkin pies plus pork green chile hand pies. Available at the Boulder and Longmont Farmers Markets, at South Street Market and through the BCFM online store: bit.ly/shop_BCFM Lucky’s Bakehouse (luckysmarket. com/bakehouse): Gingersnap pumpkin pie, salted maple pecan pie, spiced apple pie and chocolate chess pie. Meals on Wheels (mowboulder.org): Bake-at-home apple, cherry, blueberry, strawberry-rhubarb and pumpkin pies, along with quiche available at Boulder’s Niche Market. Purchases support Meals on Wheels Boulder. The Pie Lady (pieladypies.com): Delivery in Jamestown, Boulder and Nederland of caramel apple crumble, triple berry, bourbon pecan and pumpkin pies. Shamane’s Bakery & Cafe (shamanesbakery.com): Pecan, sweet potato chocolate ginger, pumpkin, apple, sea salt caramel apple crumble pies, as well as quiche, cakes, cookies, muffins and holiday breads. Spruce Confections (spruceconfec tions.com): Pumpkin, pecan, chocolate pecan, cherry, apple streusel and peach raspberry streusel pies, as well as cookies, rugelach and pastries. $1 for each pie ordered donated to Community Food Share. Sweet Sisters Bake Shop (sweetsisters boulder.com): Gluten-free pumpkin, pecan, coconut cream and banana cream pies. Tip Top Savory Pies (tiptoppies.com): Gunbarrel shop offers individual New Zealand-style apple, strawberry rhubarb, pumpkin and blueberry pies, savory pies and buttery pastry for home pie-making. Walnut Cafe (walnut cafe.com): The Boulder restaurant makes only 100
pies for the holiday: Pumpkin, pecan, Dutch apple cranberry, coconut cream, chocolate cream, chess and Dutch cherry pies.
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The Huckleberry (thehuckleberry. com): Peach huckleberry, cherry, apple crumble, pumpkin and chocolate bourbon pecan pies. Gluten-free and vegan pies are also available. South Street Market (southstmarket. com): Offering Hinman Pie pecan, pumpkin and salted maple pies as well as gluten-free vegan pumpkin pies.
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• Sparked by the recent openings of Ginger Pig and Alice & Rose, The Hill’s hot dining scene will add another attraction when Nana’s Dim Sum & Dumplings opens at 1125 13th St. • Day Day Up Tea is open at 535 S. Boulder Road in Lafayette, properly serving traditional Chinese teas. • Wing Shack, a Northern Colorado-based restaurant group, opens its first Boulder location at 2690 28th St. on Nov. 10. • Coming soon: Illegal Pete’s opening in the Table Mesa Shopping Center in December. • Longmont’s beloved Winchell’s Donut House is set to reopen in January. • Sushi Yoshi, a longtime favorite in Louisville (and previously in Superior), has closed. Primitive Beer is closing its Longmont location on Dec. 24. • Aside from their Gunbarrel and Lafayette shops, look for Tip Top Savory Pies’ new trailer location in the roundabout in Nederland for hot pies on the way to Eldora.
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Your barbecuing skills could probably use an upgrade. Learn from the best when Michelin Award-winning AJ’s Pit Bar-B-Q in Denver hosts its BBQ 101 Cooking Class on Nov. 12. Reservations: pitbarbq.com High tea is not a form of drinkable cannabis, but a lovely relaxed holiday tradition. Boulder’s St Julien Hotel hosts high tea Sundays through Dec. 17. Traditional teas, scones, sandwiches and petit fours will be served to live jazz. Bored, dressed-up children can decorate gingerbread people. High tea time at the St Julien Credit: St Julien Hotel & Spa. Reservations: stjulien.com
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Get restaurant-choosing advice in Boulder Weekly’s new 2023 Best of East Boulder County special section. Reader-voted dining recommendations in tasty categories include Fine Dining (24 Carrot Bistro), Barbecue (Georgia Boys BBQ Co.), Burgers (The Waterloo), Pizza Restaurant (Urban Field) and Seafood (Reelfish Fish & Chips). See the other winners at: bit.ly/3Qtc2Bb
WORDS TO CHEW ON: IN YOUR FACE!
“‘Entarting’ is delivering (by ‘lovingly pushing’, not throwing) a cream pie into the face of a deserving celebrity, preferably in full view of the world’s media, in order to make a point.” — Janet Clarkson, “Pie: A Global History”
John Lehndorff is the former executive director of the American Pie Council and chief judge at the National Pie Championships. He hosts the Global Pie Society group. Join at: facebook.com/groups/piekind.
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Courtesy Masas & Agaves asas & Agaves did not hit the beans, rice and mole found anywhere outside scene with some loud with Suerte and Grove Street orange her home state of Michoacán. The announcement. But since liqueur, and a Cantarito with Lalo, whole staff exudes talent, with servers July, there’s been the lingering scent of grapefruit, orange and a grapefruit executing their role with a grace that fresh tortillas wafting as far west as spritz. There are also some more matches the food’s caliber and ambiLolita’s and, on a good day, on the adventurous options like the truly tions. south end of the St Julien. unmissable Quetzal with Bozal “A good restaurant is not just about For those lured in by the aroma or Ensamble mezcal, beet, orange and one person,” Gandara says. “It’s about the restaurant’s growing reputation, agave that is both powerfully earthy the entire team.” they will immediately be blown away Even so, the menu takes time to give and as resplendent as its namesake. by the design, with chic accouterments The NA crowd is also in luck, being credit where credit is due, listing chef befitting the kind of stylish haunts that treated to a list of regional fermentaSilvestre Fernandez and “mixologist” have been popping up in New York or tions rather than a list of simple mockSteven Fernandez as the men behind Mexico City. tails. The tepache, with pineapple, pilothe magic in both kitchen and bar. The “We wanted to create something ncillo, chai, cinnamon and clove, is a cocktail list is full of carefully composed more unique, more elevated,” says house favorite, but the chicha morada, classics including a margarita, made general manager Manuel Gandara, a with maiz azul or blue corn, clove, native of Durango, Mexico, cinnamon, anise, apple peel and who moved to Boulder in his dehydrated pineapple might be the 20s to attend the University of better fit for the holidays. Colorado. The menu will change seasonThe place is a vision of ally, and the latest fare is set to refinement, with the cuisine roll out Nov. 10. Two new dishes landing squarely in the realm — Sopa Oaxaca, with chicken of Oaxacan fine dining. Salsa and fresh vegetables, and Posole macha and mole negro underde Pescado, a seafood-rich take pin a number of the dishes, on the classic hominy-heavy dish each one alone being reason — will land just in time for soup enough to visit. The scratch season. tortillas are made by Lola “We cannot overlook the tradiGonzalez, who Gandara also tional tamales during this holiday credits with making the best Courtesy Masas & Agaves
season,” Gandara says. New additions include the tamales de asado with succulent pork and dried peppers and the tamales de rajas with cheese and poblanos. While there’s plenty to get excited about in the fall offerings, there are a few evergreen dishes that are sure to endear Masas to Boulder’s dining public and help to establish it as a lasting institution. The tlayuda — a fried tortilla topped with cotija and Oaxaca cheeses, refried beans and the truly divine salsa macha — is easy snack fare with deceptive depth. The scallops al ajillo with garlic, dried peppers, lemon and avocado is a good light entree, but it’s the pollo rostisado that will have guests dreaming about their next visit. It’s probably the best way to approach Gonzalez’ mole negro headon, though the enmoladas are sure to be a hit with the enchilada crowd, being served with tinga, cotija, black beans and a healthy helping of the rich sauce. The tacos are also worthwhile, arriving three to a plate on tortillas massive enough to make a single one a solid meal for less-hungry visitors. Go with the arrachera that comes with a chimichurri that’s almost reminiscent of Greek fare’s brighter flavors. While its arrival has been gentle, Masas & Agaves is clearly the kind of place that speaks softly and carries a big stick. It deserves its cool confidence and clearly has the juice to make a lasting impression. “We love the people,” says Gandara. “They’re ready to celebrate new cultures.”
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overnor Jared Polis appeared on the cannabis podcast Weed Wonks on Nov. 2 outlining the scope of his 2024-2025 budget proposals and sharing his plans to keep Colorado at the very center of the U.S. cannabis industry once federal prohibition is finally ended. “As this becomes more of a national and global industry, our goal in Colorado would really be to be at the center of it,” the governor said in the interview. Right now, that’s difficult under the umbrella of the federal prohibition. But Polis plans for the state to keep leading on cannabis policy, and the marijuana proposals he’s included in his budget are a big part of it. The proposed budget was unveiled on Nov. 1. It asks the legislature to appropriate millions of cannabis tax dollars for workforce development, licensing and industry investment in lower-income areas that have been more directly affected by the war on drugs. “Colorado has kind of what you call a ‘first-mover advantage’ in this space, where we were one of the first states [to legalize],” Polis said. “But you can never get complacent, and we want to
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continue to be a leader in the legal cannabis market.” Polis’ budget asks for $5 million annually “in perpetuity” to support the Office of Economic Development and International Trade’s (OEDIT) Cannabis Business Office (CBO). That division was created in 2021 by SB21-111 (Program To Support Marijuana Entrepreneurs) and received one-time funding from the Marijuana Tax Cash Fund. OEDIT creates new opportunities for economic development, local job creation and “community growth,” according to its website. Importantly, it also links loans and grants that are not available at the federal level to companies in this sector. In the last two years, it has dispensed social equity grants and loans to dozens of cannabis businesses that are just getting off their feet. Polis called for another $3 million in his proposed budget for the state’s Marijuana Enforcement Division (MED) to enable faster license processing. The MED has not historically been able to
keep up with Colorado’s cannabis business license demand because the process was solely funded with licensing fees. Now the state will have significantly more resources at its disposal to clear up licensing backlogs and start turning them around quickly, according to the governor. Another $2 million in tax credits would help cannabis businesses operating in Colorado’s 16 economically distressed “enterprise zones.” These zones were designated by OEDIT based on high unemployment rates, low per capita income, and/or slow population growth. The funding would
enable cannabis businesses in these zones to access tax credits that are available to businesses in other traditional sectors. “We’re trying to make sure that cannabis industries can participate in the same kind of favorable tax considerations as other industries,” said Polis. However, given the continued federal prohibition of cannabis and its status
as a Schedule I narcotic, states can only help businesses cover those costs so much. Polis specifically pointed to the IRS code 280E, which prevents cannabis businesses from making legal deductions on their federal taxes. Colorado has its own statute in place that allows cannabis businesses to make state tax deductions. But, as Polis pointed out, federal taxes are usually much higher. That’s why Polis, along with many senators and representatives, strongly supports the Secure and Fair Enforcement Regulation (SAFER) Banking Act, which is awaiting a Senate vote for the first time in its long history on Capitol Hill (Weed Between the Lines, “Banking on it,” Oct. 12, 2023). “We’ve got to get what’s right there in front of us,” Polis said. “Let’s get these things done, and then we’ll start fighting again tomorrow on the next phase.” Until those changes are made at a federal level, the best Colorado and its governor can do is continue the fight at home. Polis intends to stay at the tip of the spear when it comes to cannabis policy in the U.S. “We need to continue to innovate because obviously, many other states have caught up with where we are from a basic legalization of commercial and medical perspective,” the governor said. “That’s no longer as innovative as it was at the time when we did it.”
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