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news & views Another lump of coal / 6 The hypocrisy of powering NCAR’s new supercomputer

by Paul Danish Thrown a curve / 13 One man’s rocky journey chasing down a dream

by Ryan Casey Small crime, less time / 17 Commission recommends sentencing reform for nonviolent drug crimes

by Pamela White On the Cover: Kids gifts / 19 Your resource for children’s presents this holiday season

buzz History lesson / 28

Legendary guitarist Al Stewart rediscovers his obscurities

by Dave Kirby Overtones: 3OH!3 finally get a break to work on new music / 35 Overtones: Flobots’ activism remains a priority / 37 Panorama: What to do and where to go / 38 Reel 2 Reel: Pick your flick / 45 Cuisine: Favorite cookbooks for holiday giving; Korea House / 51 Dessert Diva: Snowman Sugar Cookies / 55 Arts & Culture: 2,600-year-old Buddhist relics make a stop in Boulder / 58 Screen: Up in the Air; Invictus / 64 Elevation: The lost roots of Colorado skiing / 71

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departments Letters: Danish omits climate facts; We must halt Iran; Dirty political wrestling; Looting Social Security; Bennet should lose his job / 4 The Highroad: Credit-rating finaglers freed by meek Congress / 4 News briefs: Fight against hunger gets boost; Boulder woman honored for human-rights work; Library offers meters for checkout / 8 In Case You Missed It: They’re not really lords; RIP, Bart’s CD Cellar; The moral of the story / 15 EarthTalk: Keep saving the whales / 18 Classifieds: Your community resource / 74 Free Will Astrology: by Rob Brezsny / 78

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Credit-rating finaglers freed by meek Congress

by Jim Hightower

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We must halt Iran

Stop Iran. Don’t be fooled by a terrorist. Please vote with your heart and your God-given knowledge and wisdom. Let us all stop being so politically correct and apologetic for our great country. Our goodness has turned into our own worst enemy, and the terrorists know how to take advantage of that. Be smart. Stand up to the threat of terrorism.

Penny Missirlian/Fort Collins Iran’s nuclear project(s) must be halted immediately one way or another. Iran supports Hezbollah and Hamas and interferes with the governments of Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Iraq and most of the Gulf Arab states. If Iran is allowed to develop nuclear weapons, it is a certainty that several terrorist organizations will be supplied with these weapons.

Europe will certainly be put at risk, as will Israel, Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Egypt.

The United States will be threatened from several bases in Latin America. The world is at a critical junction. Iran simply must be stopped before it develops nuclear weapons.

Fred Nadel/Westminster

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(Re: “Climategate,” Danish Plan, Dec. 3.) That Paul Danish finds “corrupt science” in the “Climategate” e-mails says less about how science is actually done and more about his own willingness to distort and omit facts.

What is the evidence for his accusation that Michael Mann did “graft the actual temperature data from 1960 onwards to the end of a graph of the tree-ring data up until 1960”? Mann and co-authors did not “graft” anything, but did combine both kinds of data in an appropriate way. Don’t rely on me.

Because of their work’s scientific significance, over the 11 years since it was published, it has been scrutinized and critically compared in numerous scientific publications, as well as by specific reviews by the National Academy of Sciences and National Research Council in 2006.

This practice of good science ultimately found that any methodological flaws in the original work had small effect, and also that subsequent research verified the main finding: Recent decades have been much warmer than during at least 400 years before.

Aimé Fournier/Boulder

Dirty political wrestling

Recently, former Vice President Al Gore took on a notorious ex-governor over climate change. Does he not realize that wrestling with certain life forms only gets you dirty? And that those life forms actually like it?

The day after the airing of a 60 Minutes interview in which he called the CEOs of financial institutions “fat-cat bankers,” meets with bank officials on Dec. 14 and urges them to do more to help the economy, such as increasing loans to small businesses, since the banks received bailouts. Good to keep the heat on those collecting millions in bonuses.

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To tell the truth, I am no longer concerned that the hockey mom can run for higher office. First, the necessary brain transplant would take at least a year and a half from which to recover. Then there’s see LETTERS Page 6

In speech accepting the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, immediately acknowledges and discusses the two main criticisms aired about him receiving the award: that he hasn’t done much yet, and that he is continuing military efforts in the Middle East. Good leaders don’t ignore criticisms or sweep problems under the rug; they deal with them openly and directly.

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Believe it or not, this is how congressional leaders are addressing the thievery of three little-known gangs. Congress’ compassionate approach is not meant for common robbers, of course. No, no — lawmakers are happy to punish them to the hilt. Rather, the kid-glove treatment is reserved for thieves named Moody’s, Standard & Poor’s and Fitch’s — the Big Three credit rating agencies that exist to evaluate the worthiness of corporate issued bonds, assigning a grade (from triple-A to “junk”) that helps investors know the risk involved in buying the bonds.

But the Big Three run a rigged game that robs our pension funds and other investors. Moody’s, S&P and Fitch are not independent public regulators, but for-profit firms that are paid fat fees by the very corporations whose bonds they rate. Yes, this is an inherent conflict of interest! It allows rating firms to profit by merrily putting smiley-faced grades on lousy bonds, thus deceiving (and robbing) the public. For example, the Big Three gave thumbsup to the subprime housing bonds that turned out to be worthless, leading to trillions of dollars in losses for the public and crashing our economy.

Yet, our soft-on-corporate-crime Congress critters have declared these finaglers “too big to jail.” Rather than taking the Big Three off the street, Congress is coddling them, meekly freeing them to continue their corrupt, forhire, monopolistic system of credit-rating flim-flammery.

The important financial responsibility of grading corporate bonds should be done by a public entity whose sole loyalty is to the public — not to the corporations whose bonds are being rated.

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“We have a problem with wallabies entering poppy fields, getting as high as a kite and going around in circles.”

—Lara Giddings, attorney general of the state of Tasmania in Australia, regarding the pattern of marsupials entering medicinal poppy fields owned by the state.

“Though I don’t know exactly what’s in it, from what I hear, I certainly would have a hard time voting for it.”

—Sen. Joseph Lieberman, discussing the chances that he would join Republicans to oppose health care legislation if it allows uninsured people as young as 55 to buy Medicare coverage.

“They paint me as a monster, but I don’t think I am one — firstly, because I am goodlooking, and secondly, because I’m a decent chap.”

—Silvio Berlusconi, Italian prime minister, just before a man broke his nose using a souvenir of Milan’s cathedral.

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the matter of a heart transplant; every GOPer seems to require one of those.

One cannot do both simultaneously — look what happened to Dick Cheney when he chose not to undergo that procedure.

Greg Iwan/Longmont

Looting Social Security

High Social Security payroll taxes have contributed to yearly Social Security Trust Fund surpluses until the proclaimed surplus is now in excess of $2.42 trillion. However, Congress has elected to sacrifice Social Security on the altar of corruption by spending the entire surplus, requiring the U.S. Treasury to cover the embezzlement by issuing non-negotiable IOU bonds to the Trust Fund. Such economically irresponsible and morally reprehensible behavior by the politicians demonstrates total disrespect for working people.

Congress must now determine how to legally fund the IOU bonds when they mature. The choices are increase taxes, sell legitimate T-bonds or monetize the debt. It is doubtful China will see LETTERS Page 7

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Another lump of coal

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CAR is going to build a giant new supercomputer, the better to study climate change, which is cool.

Indeed, the project has already provided one profound, if wickedly ironic, insight into the problem.

According to an article in The Denver Post, the machine, which will contain more than 100,000 processors and be 20 times more powerful than NCAR’s current computer, will be used to create models showing how climate change will impact specific regions like the Rocky Mountains or even a ski area, according to Lawrence Buja, a director of NCAR’s climate science and applications program.

Buja says that while climate scientists are used to thinking and modeling globally, they are now being asked to think and model locally, which, perhaps nonintuitively, requires more complex models and more computing power.

NCAR climatologists are now being asked to solve much more complex ques-

tions, he said, which are often local in nature, like “Where are the impacts?

How fast is it coming? What does it mean on a regional scale? What does it mean to me in the Rocky Mountains?”

Examples of those requesting models include utilities in major western cities, insurance companies, an international bank and a ski area, he said. All want to plug unique variables into climate change models to anticipate how people can prepare and adapt.

“We didn’t have that in models before. Now people are asking. It requires us to engage with whole new communities,” he said.

Like Cheyenne, Wyoming.

Cheyenne, Wyoming? Where the idea of a Climate Action Plan is to find an air-conditioned bar when the temperature goes over 90? Where they don’t give a rip about local climate models, because they know that 50 years from now it will still suck?

Yup, Cheyenne.

NCAR’s going to engage with it, alright.

It turns out that The Mother of All Supercomputers — maybe better described as The Daddy of Them All under the circumstances — will not be located on Table Mesa or anywhere else in Boulder. The $500 million machine will be housed in a $66 million building to be built on a 24-acre tract of land in Cheyenne, Wyo. Why Cheyenne?

Because Cheyenne is one of the world’s leading centers of both climate and computer research, and, what’s more, a disproportionately high number of both climatologists and computer geeks inexplicably like to ride the rodeo and photograph freight-car graffiti in their spare time.

OK, I made the last part up.

The real reasons are that: 1) Land and construction cost less in see COAL Page 7

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buy additional T-bonds, so Congress will select the easy way out and ask the Federal Reserve to create money out of thin air. Of course, debasing the currency means that the dollar becomes a peso and your Social Security check will only buy some coffee beans or, at best, a bowl of java.

After a long string of yearly Social Security program surpluses, the program will show a deficit this year, thus our gold hoard in Fort Knox should be distributed to future Social Security recipients.

Congress will scream out a refusal, claiming that it will doom Social Security.

What really frightens them is that we will gain control of both our Social Security program and the gold in Fort Knox. Then let the politicians destroy the value of the dollar!

In the future, when the Social Security eagle takes off on its monthly mission, what would you rather receive in your hand — a gold coin, a worthless Federal Reserve note, or an IOU? The choice is yours.

Robert Dahlquist/Orange, Calif.

Bennet should lose job

Sen. Michael Bennet should lose his job for voting for mandatory health insurance. By his support of mandatory health insurance, he is rewarding a liar. He is saying to those who started health savings accounts and bought high-deductible health plans that you will be fined and go to jail if you don’t buy into Obama Care — “Heath Care at Gun Point!” Obama said that he was against mandatory health care to get elected, and now he wants to fine us and jail us for something that he said that he was against! That is not change you can believe in.

Joseph DuPont/Towanda, Pa.

Define ‘moral obligation’

Rhetoric should have meaning.

Language should have value.

What, then, is meant by the phrase we are now hearing so often from the

politico, “We have a moral obligation to pass this legislation”?

Morals must be based on some standard. Among the most frequent standards used as a basis for moral values are scripture, tradition, reason and experience.

Most of our government officials have totally rejected scripture. They have also rejected traditional values. When scrutinized, the legislation they are trying to pass does not hold to sound reason. And, when you compare the policies being put forth by those in power to the experience of history, you find that experience teaches that big government and total government control don’t produce anything good.

So, other than just being persuasive words, what value, what basis, do these so-called “moral obligations” have?

In recent decades, contrary to traditional values, we have been taught that when it comes to morals there are no absolutes. So why is the government that has propagated the educational system that teaches no absolutes telling us that we absolutely have a moral obligation to do what they are demanding?

Added to this reasoning without rationalization coming from our govern-

ment is the “duty” on our part to pay the bill for all their dictated moral obligations!

I guess my point is simple. Listening to our present leadership talk about moral obligations is about as logical as listening to Larry Flint and Hugh Hefner talk about chastity!

Steve Casey/Stonewall, La.

including wind-generated power …”

Huh. It doesn’t take a freaking supercomputer to tell you why electricity is cheap in Wyoming. It’s because most of it is produced by burning coal — and the folks at NCAR know it. Yeah, Wyoming has 985 megawatts of wind energy on line and 300 more under construction, but most of its power comes from 24 coal-fired power plants, which have a capacity of 6,255 megawatts. The wind plants, which probably produce electricity no more than 35 or 40 percent of the time, compared with 80 percent of the time for coal, probably account for less than 10 percent of the state’s electric output — and the more expensive part at that.

And since Wyoming produces more

coal than any state in the country — more than 467 million tons in 2008 — it will probably be one of the last states in the country to quit using coal to produce electric power.

What we seem to have here is one of those “moments of clarity” we’ve heard so much about.

The folks at NCAR spend a lot of time sounding the alarm about global warming and lecturing the world on the need to reduce its carbon footprint in order to combat it.

They’re at the center of the global conversation on climate change. But when it came time to choose between reducing their own carbon footprint or reducing their electric bill by buying coal-produced kilowatts, they chose the latter.

Obama shows leadership

President Obama and many of his followers have dwelled on the past and attempted to blame George Bush for the country’s ills. The Obama administration has been in charge for almost a year and should have made more progress towards solving our problems, especially with a Democratic-controlled Congress since 2006. It is the easy way out to blame others for problems. Bush could have blamed Clinton for decimating our military, but he didn’t.

Bush was castigated for the Iraq war, but it was Rumsfeld who promoted the “shock and awe” war of taking Iraq with 125,000 troops (Rumsfeld originally requested 75,000 troops) when Gen. Shinseki, the Army chief of staff, said we needed 250,000 troops to subdue the

Iraqi military and the countryside. The general was correct, and the result was the military mess in Iraq. Gen. Petraeus finally got enough troops into Iraq to do the job.

Now, President Obama has added 30,000 troops in Afghanistan to try to decimate the Taliban and al Qaeda. We are in Afghanistan and have to win the war or we risk emboldening and encouraging potential attacks of terrorists throughout the world.

I am pleased President Obama is showing some leadership.

Donald Moskowitz/Londonderry, N.H.

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This is hypocritical, but that’s beside the point. The important point here is that the people who would have the world turn the global economics and global politics every which way but loose in the name of combating global warming clearly don’t take their own narrative very seriously.

And the broader lesson couldn’t be clearer either. If the world’s leading climatologists in the world’s richest country have concluded that reducing their own carbon footprint is too burdensome, why should we expect anyone else to conclude differently?

If you want to know why nothing is apt to come out of the Copenhagen conference, ask NCAR. Better yet, ask its computer.

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Cheyenne, where the average time it takes to get a $500 million construction project approved is probably slightly shorter than the average Brahma Bull ride at a rodeo, and 2) electricity is cheaper in Wyoming than in Colorado.

How much cheaper?

According to the Post, the average cost of a kilowatt-hour of electricity is 6.03 cents in Wyoming, compared with 8.16 cents per kilowatt-hour in Colorado.

That can add up to big savings when your computer center could be sucking down megawatt-hours worth of juice 24/7.

And why is electricity so cheap in Wyoming?

The Post story makes vague allusions to “cheaper and more plentiful electricity from Wyoming’s relatively untapped grid,

Fight against hunger gets boost Boulder County CROP Hunger Walk recruiters, walkers, sponsors, organizers and friends are handing over a check for almost $15,000 to Community Food Share in Longmont.

It’s the largest amount the Boulder County charity walk has ever raised for Community Food Share in the walk’s 24-year history. About 480 walkers — also a record number — walked up to six miles around Macintosh Lake in Longmont on Oct. 18. The walk is held each year not only to raise funds for relief agencies, but also to heighten awareness of hunger and poverty locally and globally.

In all, the event raised more than $60,000 to help people suffering from hunger and poverty. Seventy-five percent goes to national and international organizations like CARE, Heifer International and Church World Service; 24 percent is given to Community Food Share of Boulder and Broomfield counties; and 1 percent goes to Bread for the World.

Community Food Share, like other food banks around the nation, is currently seeing more demand for its services than ever before.

CROP Hunger Walks are sponsored by Church World Service (CWS), which has provided millions of dollars in emergency aid and assistance to those in need.

Go to www.bouldercropwalk.org for more information.

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Boulder woman honored for human-rights work Torkin Wakefield, co-founder of BeadforLife, has won the 14th annual International Human Rights award, given annually by the United Nations Association of Boulder County. She was honored at a private reception at the Leanin’ Tree Museum on Dec. 16.

BeadforLife is an organization of African women, principally located in Uganda, who make decorative beads from waste paper and other found materials and create jewelry and other items from them. The jewelry is then exported and sold abroad at prices designed to allow the women to make a living wage. Co-founded by Wakefield 10 years ago, the organization has blossomed into a major economic force for tens of thousands of Ugandans. The profits are returned to fight extreme poverty, specifically in areas of health care, housing and business training initiatives. More information is available at www.BeadforLife.org.

The Board of Directors of UNA of Boulder County recognized Torkin as its International Human Rights winner for her efforts to improve the lives of these women.

To be eligible for the award, nominees must be residents of Boulder County and must have made major contributions toward the support of one or more of the rights found in the Universal Declaration. The award was created in 1995 as a means of recognizing the often unrecognized efforts of people who care about the dignity and value of people everywhere to labor in the international human rights field. Nominations are solicited annually in August, and the reception is held each December.

Work on Hwy. 66 almost done The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) has completed concrete resurfacing on State Highway 66 between U.S. 36 and U.S. 287, but some minor work remains and will take place over the rest of December.

“The main goal of this project was to resurface a deteriorating segment of SH 66 in order to extend the life of the roadway,” said James Flohr, CDOT resident engineer. “Improving the roadway surface also means improving curb and gutter and other roadway elements, which is the work we are completing now.”

Because the concrete work is complete, SH 66 has reopened to bicyclists. Some work will still be under way during daytime hours, so CDOT is reminding motorists and bicyclists to pay attention to construction signs and abide by the reduced speed limit of 45 mph.

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http://www.boulderweekly.com The entire project involved rotomilling eight miles of asphalt on SH 66 and resurfacing the highway in concrete. The project did not include rotomilling and paving the SH 66/Hover Street intersection, as the City of Longmont reconstructed the intersection last summer.

The entire project will be complete by the end of December, weather permitting.

Library offers meters for checkout The Boulder Public Library began offering Kill-AWatt meters for checkout to patrons on Dec. 15 as part of the “Power Check” program. The program is a collaboration with Xcel Energy and the joint city and county ClimateSmart program. Power Check encourages residents to use the meters in their homes and learn how much energy appliances and devices consume. The meters come with instructions.

The Kill-A-Watt meters will be available at the main Boulder Public Library, as well as the Meadows and Reynolds branches. The meters can be checked out for three weeks and must be picked up at the front desk. The meters can be placed on hold in the library system using a library card. Users may search for the meters in the library catalog using “Power Check.”

For information, visit www.boulderlibrary.org, or call 303-441-3100.

Ferro heads land-use review division The City of Boulder has announced that Charles Ferro has been promoted to the position of manager for the city’s Land Use Review Division in the Department of Community Planning and Sustainability, following a competitive search process. Previously, Ferro held the position of senior planner in the division.

Ferro has significant work experience in current and long-range planning, including working in the areas of development review, physical planning and comprehensive planning policy development in both Florida and Colorado. He joined the City of Boulder in 2005 and has served as senior planner on a number of highly visible community planning projects, including the Crestview East Annexation, Recycle Row and the recent interim land use regulations related to medical marijuana. He has a master’s degree in urban and regional planning from the University of Colorado and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners.

The Land Use Review Division is part of the city’s Planning and Development Services (P&DS) workgroup, which oversees the development review process. The land use review manager works closely with other managers in P&DS, including engineering, building review and comprehensive planning.

Ferro has served as acting land use review manager since September. The position was previously held by Robert Ray and remained open while the department underwent reorganization.

Police seek civilian volunteers The Boulder Police Department is looking for two community volunteers to serve on the Professional Standards Citizen Review Panel.

The panel reviews investigations into allegations of serious misconduct by members of the police department and makes recommendations to the chief of police.

Applicants must be at least 21 years old, be U.S. citizens, have lived within the city limits for at least three years, have no felony convictions, and have no misdemeanor convictions in the past five years.

Volunteers will be required to attend a nine-hour training class on Feb. 6, and are asked to make a service

commitment of two years. The panel meets as needed.

Although the number of meetings can vary, the panel historically has met fewer than 10 times each year.

All applications are due no later than Jan. 7.

Qualified applicants who reflect Boulder’s diversity and qualified members of the CU community are encouraged to apply.

Anyone wanting more information or an application should contact Sgt. Kerry Yamaguchi at 303-4413312 or YamaguchiK@bouldercolorado.gov.

Fringe fest seeking applications The 2010 Boulder International Fringe Festival began accepting applications online on Dec. 15. The first 25 percent of slots in each category will be awarded on a first-come, first-served basis. The rest will be entered into the general lottery to be drawn in February at The Big Fringe Lottery Party. The final application deadline is Jan. 30 at 11:59 p.m. The Sixth Annual Boulder International Fringe Festival will run Aug. 18–29 in Boulder.

NCAR director tapped for Florida State post Eric Barron, director of the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), has announced that he is stepping down from his position to assume the presidency of Florida State University. An alumnus of FSU, Barron was recently selected by its Board of Trustees to lead the university.

“In his brief tenure at NCAR, Eric has made a large positive impact,” says Richard Anthes, president of the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR), which manages NCAR for the National Science Foundation. “He has begun a number of significant initiatives that will continue to guide the future of this organization at a critical time for weather and climate research. We are sorry to lose him, but thank him for the thoughtful leadership and ability to build consensus that will also serve him well in the leadership position at Florida State.”

Barron says that although it was a difficult decision to leave NCAR, he is excited to return to his alma mater.

“Florida State is an outstanding university that is poised to become one of the finest in the world,” he says.

Barron took over as NCAR director in July 2008.

Cats need homes The Longmont Humane Society is continuing its “Name Your Price for a Kitty” event through December.

Through the end of the month, all cats 1 year old and over are available at the Longmont Humane Society for whatever adoption fee patrons wish to pay. Adoptions include a spay or neuter, a microchip and vaccinations.

Currently there are 182 cats seeking good homes at LHS. The normal adoption fee is $115. For information, go to www.longmonthumane.org.

Dog park closes for construction The dog park at East Boulder Community Park, adjacent to the East Boulder Community Center at 5660 Sioux Dr., was closed on Dec. 14 and will remain closed through spring 2010. The closure of the temporary park will allow for the second phase of construction at the park to begin, which will include a permanent dog park, as well as multi-purpose athletic fields and other infrastructure improvements.

Dog park improvements will include new surfacing and drainage upgrades, improved fencing and trashreceptacle access, pond-shore enhancements and additional parking.

There are other city dog parks that remain open, including the Foothills Community Dog Park at 7th Street and Silver Lake (between Locust Avenue and Lee Hill Drive); Valmont Dog Park at 5275 Valmont Rd.; and the Howard Heuston Dog Park at 34th Street, south of Iris Avenue (unfenced dog park; voice and sight control tag required).

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Mike Newton at Extra Innings

THROWN A CURVE One man's rocky journey chasing down a dream

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the scar at the base of his skull. It’s much smaller now, about the size of a half-dollar coin, and much more manageable. There are other scars: two incisions along the base of his neck, and one right below his larynx — “almost like a tracheotomy,” he shrugs. The latter serves as a

reminder of the day surgeons removed samples of his lymph nodes from his chest, found them to be massively swollen and black as coal, and concluded that Mike Newton’s cancer had spread.

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Longmont’s Silver Creek High School’s varsity team, is always in a ballcap — almost the perfect recipe. But he returned from the trip to questions from a few Silver Creek players about the cyst, which had grown. Did you hit your head? they asked.

Newton, 42, shrugged it off. He’d already been diagnosed with basal cell carcinoma, a non-lethal form of skin cancer, and was due for an appointment at his dermatologist.

So Newton went in for his check-up, had it removed. His doctor didn’t think much of it, either, but sent it along to be tested.

The following Wednesday, April 8, was a late-start day in the St. Vrain Valley School District. While he was at home that morning with his three kids — Capper, 13; Ashley, 11; and Jan, 5 — the phone rang. It was Newton’s dermatologist, who had an urgent tone. The test results came back as melanoma.

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His eyes study the nets, artificial turf and pitching machines that serve as the final product of an 18-year dream nearly derailed by that day. Newton’s baby, the 12,000-square-foot baseball and softball training facility Extra Innings, will allow the area’s talent to train year-round — even on days like this day, when two inches of snow blanket the empty parking lot outside. It’s a facility that Newton’s wife, Leta, says is bringing him back to his roots after years of running a Boulder-based legal document support company. It’s here that Newton has removed his cap and is showing a visitor his scar.

“I thought it was an ingrown hair,” he says. “Seriously. I thought it was an ingrown hair.”

Earlier this year while on a spring break vacation, Newton noticed a cyst-like blemish on the back of his head, along his hat line. Ingrown hairs were nothing new: Newton often shaves his head, and, being an assistant on

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Sitting at his kitchen table, Newton gazed at his kids.

“They could kind of hear the change in my voice,” he says.

Still, not knowing what this news meant — the most dangerous type of skin cancer, melanoma is often fatal if not caught early — he assured them it was a client from work. Newton made another appointment, and soon was meeting with an oncologist from Rocky Mountain Cancer Center.

“He went through my reports. I went through some scans,” Newton says, “and he said, ‘Everything’s looking good right now. It looks like it’s going to be a simple procedure.’” Newton laughs. “As far as that goes.”

Newton was set for a sentinel lymph node biopsy, which would determine how far the melanoma had spread. Before he left the appointment, there was a final procedure to go through: a PET scan, which measures function of the body’s organs and tissues. It can also be used to detect changes in the body at the cellular level to determine the progression of a disease, such as melanoma.

The next day, Newton met his surgeon for the biopsy.

“Everything was flying fast,” Newton says. “I went from Wednesday, meeting with my dermatologist, to meeting with the oncologist by Thursday, and then meeting with the surgeon on Friday. I was in-and-out. Fast. And so I’m meeting with [workers] on the build out [for Extra Innings], I’m still working my other job at [Flatirons Document Support], and then still helping coach at the same time — which was good. Great distraction.”

That Friday morning — two days after his world was turned upside down — Newton was having his pre-surgery appointment, where a nurse was taking him through a series of questions. He’d switched off his phone while there, so when he went to turn it on, he was greeted by a series of voicemails. As Newton went to check them, Leta called. Mike’s oncologist was leaving town for the weekend, but needed to speak with him right away. He was concerned with the results of the PET scan.

Sitting in the hospital’s lobby, Newton called his oncologist. The scan had showed high activity in his chest, neck and abdomen. The biopsy scheduled for the following Monday was canceled.

“Everything we’re going to do is now changed,” he was told. Newton was scheduled for an MRI that night, the results of which would be discussed at an appointment the following Monday. The thought doctors left Newton with for the weekend was that the cancer may have invaded his lymphatic system, which is the foundation of the human body’s immune system. he idea for an Extra Innings in Longmont literally popped its way into the Newtons’ lives. It was 2 a.m. on a weeknight in the summer of 2008. Leta was working late when a popup ad for the company, advertising franchise opportunities, found its way onto her screen. She forwarded it to Mike,

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knowing that the concept — a year-round baseball and softball facility in Colorado – was something he’d wanted to do since he graduated from Regis University in Denver in 1991.

Mike and Leta had met at Regis, where he was a baseball player, and she starred in volleyball and softball — she continues to hold a few records to this day. He was set to be an assistant on the baseball team, “but I kind of ruined that,” Leta says with a laugh. “I made him get a real job.” Mike did give private lessons after college, but didn’t get back into coaching until Capper, his oldest son, was born.

“I think that just kind of rekindled everything,” Leta says.

Four years ago, Trevor Platt, the head coach at Silver Creek, was looking for a pitching coach. It was a perfect fit.

And so, it seemed, was the opportunity in front of them in the early morning hours of that summer day in 2008. After years away from the sport, Mike had long wanted to return to baseball. It gave him life, helped to soothe his stress. The chance to fully jump back in, and also the potential as a business opportunity, couldn’t be passed up.

“It was almost like a sign,” Leta says.

“Like, time for a change. He’s been ready for a change for several years, so going back to his roots is going to be good for him.”

Together, they decided to fill out a franchise application, and heard from the corporate office the following morning.

They signed papers for the franchise in late June 2008. By October, the Newtons had found the perfect location, in a former sports warehouse off Atwood Street and Ninth Avenue in Longmont.

It wasn’t all smooth, though. The builder working with the landlord was supposed to have everything done by January of this year. That didn’t happen. Then, just as the Newtons were trying to secure funding, the market collapsed.

“There were a lot of loops we had to go through, and just the frustration of having to wait,” Leta says. “We really wanted to open a year ago.”

Finally, a loan secured, things moved forward again. But construction still couldn’t be completed until this past April. It turned into a busy month for the Newtons. Around the time Mike found out about his melanoma, Leta learned she was pregnant with their fourth child. ike tugs on his navy Easton sweatshirt and laughs to himself.

He’s just come from a check-up MRI appointment and is reminded of that first scan he had on the Friday the week he found out about his melanoma.

“I was walking out the door today and I looked down, and I was literally wearing the same clothes that I wore that day,” he says, noting his grey sweatpants. Down to a snowstorm, Mike says, it was a near mirror image of that day.

That day.

Mike had gone from feeling totally fine, from throwing batting practice and fielding ground balls at Silver Creek, to

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an uncertain future. Heading into the first weekend following his diagnosis of melanoma, all he knew was that he had it. He and Leta weren’t sure of the course of action doctors would recommend. Still, she sent out an e-mail to a close group of friends with basic information and the promise of more news Monday. Those friends sent it to other friends, who in turn sent it to other friends.

“By that time,” Mike says, “the e-mails had just gone all over the place.”

Baseball became Mike’s outlet. On Saturday, the day following his initial MRI, Silver Creek’s practice was pushed into the gym because of the snow.

Arriving late after talking with well-wishers at home, Mike sat down next to Platt, Silver Creek’s coach, who asked how he was doing.

“I just need to be here right now,” Mike said. Then, he looked down and noticed a flash of yellow on Platt’s wrist.

It was a Livestrong bracelet. As Mike looked around the gym, he saw every member of the team wearing one.

“I was taken back and I just kind of looked at them,” Mike says. “I didn’t really say anything about it, or didn’t mention it, until we got done with practice, and coach (Platt) goes, ‘I ran by Dick’s and got that, is that OK?’ I said, ‘That’s more than OK. I really appreciate it.’”

As it turns out, every team Mike was involved with — from his son’s sixthgrade team on up — did the same thing, with some also wearing yellow sweatbands during games.

“It was emotional just seeing how many people were supporting us in what we were going through,” Leta says.

A life-long fan of country music, Mike stopped listening to it altogether after Tim McGraw’s “Live Like You Were Dying” came on the radio. He said I was in my early 40s, the song starts, with a lot of life before me. And one moment came that stopped me on a dime. I spent most of the next days, looking at the X-rays, talking about the options and talking about sweet times. Listening from his office that day, Mike got up and walked down Boulder Creek to gather his thoughts, as he often does. onday came, and along with it, the results of the MRI. Mike was told, with certainty, that he had melanoma, and that he was “all lit up like a Christmas tree” with high activity in his chest, abs and neck. What doctors didn’t know with certainty, though, was if the melanoma had spread to his lymphatic system, requiring experimental drugs and things like biochemotherapy, or if Mike had lymphoma, which would have a more defined course of treatment.

Because Mike’s case was so unusual, they planned on taking it to a tumor board, made up of a group of oncologists, pathologists and surgeons.

Full of questions, Mike couldn’t hold back. “So what are you telling me?” he asked. “Do I have days? Do I have years?

Do I have months? Let’s get to the nittygritty. What do I got?”

“Could be months, could be years,” was the response he got. “Just don’t know,

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depending on what it is.”

The Newtons’ only option was to sit and wait for the opinion of the tumor board. Mike, furious with feeling helpless, went back to his office at Flatirons Document Support, where he ran into his mother.

“I’m pissed,” he told her.

“Good,” she said. “That’s what you need to be.”

“One way or another,” he vowed, “this thing’s getting out of my body.”

As the tumor board mulled his case over, neither Mike nor Leta heard a bit of news for a week and a half.

“Nothing,” Mike says. “Dead silence.

That was hard. And I was calling about every other day to see what was going on … calling the oncology and calling the surgeons — all that stuff — to say, ‘OK, what are we doing? What are we doing?

What are we doing?’ Here you move me rapid speed and all of a sudden you stop me. We waited and waited and waited and waited.”

Life settled back to its former self over that span.

“You knew in the back of your mind it was still there, but it was like everything was normal,” Leta says. “So just waiting to know what our next step was was very difficult. You felt like life was the same, but it really wasn’t.”

Sleep didn’t come easy for Mike during that time.

“It was just crazy,” he says. “A few late nights. A few sleepless nights. Quite a few. Wake up at 3 o’clock in the morning.

I’d go downstairs, turn on the TV, fall asleep. I had to get my mind on something else. My mind was just going. Then about an hour later, go back up and go to bed.” He laughs at the memory. “Or, at that point in time, I’d just stay up and go into work.”

The community that was baseball engulfed the family. Some would share survival stories, which was something Mike greatly appreciated. One player’s grandmother shared how she’d beaten melanoma, how they’d taken a piece of her arm. “Look at me!” she said, arm held high over a smile. “I’m still here.”

He’d turn around, then think, This is in my lymph nodes. They can’t take all those out. But Mike’s duties as an assistant coach at Silver Creek, and the sport of baseball as a whole, Leta says, “probably kept him sane.”

“There were days where he would be coming from work and he would call me and he would just be in tears, because he didn’t know if he was going to be gone and if our kids were going to have a father in a matter of months,” she adds.

“So it was hard. He would call me in tears on the way to the baseball field, and the baseball field just allowed him to escape. He could be out there and just be one of the guys and joke around and escape it all.”

Finally, the phone rang. The tumor board had agreed that the best course of action was a surgery that went down Mike’s trachea, next to his heart, and removed four lymph nodes for testing.

Lymph nodes, which act as a filter for the body’s lymphatic system, often “catch”

doesn’t flush them out, causing his lymph nodes to swell.

On his follow-up appointment, his doctor simply raised both hands and yelled, “Yes!” A major hurdle cleared, Mike still had melanoma. A week-and-a-half later, in the first week of June, he was set for another surgery — which was the initial surgery the team had planned before scrapping it for the first procedure: a sentinel lymph node biopsy. Again, surgeons found nothing.

“All coming down to it, my dermatologist removed everything at that point in time, as far as the tumor goes,” Mike says.

His next major hurdle is a two-year window he needs to clear in which he’ll go in for scans, blood work and other tests at three-month intervals to ensure that the melanoma doesn’t return.

Slowly, the size of the scar on the back of his head is being reduced through visits to a plastic surgeon. What was once covering nearly the entire back of Mike’s skull is now the size of a coin.

Eventually, the hope is to get it down to a minimally invasive, and entirely unnoticeable, size.

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They’re not really lords

What is it with guys who own mobile home parks? From what we can tell, they all graduated Summa Cum Laude from the Academy for Arrogant Assholes.

First Lou Nuttall, the dude who owns Orchard Grove Mobile Home Park, put the property up for sale, hoping to rake in big bucks. His scheme threatened to leave Orchard Grove’s lowincome residents without homes and to destroy the special character of the land.

The City Council rezoned his property to be mobile-home only. So he raised the rent — surely a punitive measure.

Then California businessman Harvey Miller had a fence put across a bike path, cutting off the only westfacing access to Vista Village Mobile Home Park, forcing residents and their children to take a longer, more dangerous route to bus stops, bike paths and schools. When the residents of Vista Village objected, he ignored them, responding only through hired help and demanding that his henchmen call the cops on residents who protested near their homes. Boulder City Council continues to work to protect residents’ access to parks and paths, at one point threatening to declare eminent domain on a portion of Vista Village.

Now, Nuttall is refusing to allow Boulder Housing Partners access to his property to study the conditions that residents of Orchard Grove face.

But the city isn’t giving up. It plans to conduct its survey — from the air, if necessary. Hopefully, City Council will consider every measure available, including condemning the property, so that it can upgrade living conditions there and protect this truly affordable housing — a rare commodity in Boulder.

So what’s wrong with Nuttall and Miller? Why is it so hard for them to recognize the legitimate concerns of their paying tenants? Why can’t they be concerned property owners? What stops them from doing the right thing?

Perhaps they take the “lord” part of “landlord” too seriously. Or maybe they’re just greedy.

RIP, Bart’s CD Cellar

The announcement this week that Bart’s CD Cellar will close its doors in late January is an unfortunate sign of the times.

Until it was sold to a chain a few years ago, Bart’s — and Albums on the Hill — represented the last surviving independent record stores in Boulder.

And there’s something wrong about a Boulder without a vibrant, independent

record store scene.

Some of our fondest memories of this town are strolling down the Hill or Pearl Street on a free afternoon in the sun and popping into a record store to flip through vinyl albums. Then it became flipping through tapes, and finally CDs. Now, it seems, people are resigned to “flipping” through the “shelves” of the iTunes Music Store.

Not quite the same. There’s something endearing and therapeutic about looking through the dollar bin for a hidden gem, finding a long-lost favorite in the used section, or discovering an obscure import single that couldn’t be found at one of the big-box chain stores. There’s some tactile gratification about unwrapping that new album from one of your favorite artists and reading the liner notes for the first time.

Thankfully, we still have Albums on the Hill. You just can’t find that experience in the sterile, commercial caricature of Best Buy or Barnes & Noble.

In those places you won’t find the same patchouli-scented hodgepodge environment of classic T-shirts, tour posters, free stickers and memorabilia.

And you won’t find vinyl.

These stores are going the way of the dinosaur. It’s with a heavy heart that we bid farewell to Bart’s.

The moral of the story

The closure of Bart’s is a symptom of a larger trend, one of technology and mass production and chain stores, a trend in which we are continually seeing the consolidation of business — and the concentration of power among a decreasing number of major corporations.

Soon, we will be left with only two choices: Wal-Mart or Target.

This phenomenon has also extended to the media industry. A decreasing number of media corporations own all of the messages you receive from your TV, movies, newspapers, radio stations and mainstream websites. Dangerous?

Only if you think a wide diversity of views and perspectives in a marketplace of ideas gives you the best chance to learn the truth.

Of course, you’ve always got the driveling idiots on the blogs to rely on.

Buck the trend. This holiday season, make a point of shopping local.

Oh, and that means independently owned, not chains that happen to have a store located in Boulder County.

Check out our I Love Local campaign at www.boulderweekly.com and make a pledge.

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ehind Mike, the front door to Extra Innings swings open. It’s a deliveryman, arms full of boxes.

“You can always tell which ones are the bats,” he says, nodding toward the longest of the bunch as he signs for the packages.

It’s the day before Extra Innings’ grand opening, and the to-do list is whittling down. The pro shop is now fully stocked, all eight batting cages are ready for use, but Mike is on his way out to pick up signs he ordered. It’s almost as if they’re the final hurdle. After all the delays, all the tests, all the surgeries, after 18 years of dreaming, the facility is set to open.

“It was just one thing after another,” says Leta, now the proud mom of fourweek-old Colt, “and [the opening] was kind of just like seeing the light at the end of the tunnel.”

The new business now stands as a monument of sorts to everything the Newtons have overcome in 2009. Mike remembers a time between his surgeries when he walked into the facility while it was still being built and only had a few interior walls standing. No nets, no fences. Just walls.

“I finally had a chance to get it going,” he says. “I don’t want to use the word, ‘cheated,’ but it was almost like, ‘OK. What other road block are we going to run into next?’

“I was just in here, walking around,” he adds, glancing about the facility, “and I was just like, ‘This is going to get done.’”

Extra Innings had been a project, but, like Leta’s pregnancy, it was also a focal point, an outlet, an escape. And scrapping those plans had never even been an option.

“No,” Leta says, quickly, decisively.

“Never. No. We never even discussed it.”

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cancerous cells and thus serve as a good measure as to whether the cancer has spread. There are about 600 lymph nodes in a human body.

Mike finally had a concrete plan as to what his team of doctors was going to do.

His first surgery was May 20, and just before he was put under, his surgeon laid out exactly what was ahead. There were two very likely scenarios: the melanoma had spread to his lymphatic system, or it was another form of cancer, such as lymphoma.

There was also a third, “very, very small chance,” the surgeon added, “that it’s nothing.”

It was during this hour-and-a-half surgery that the massive, blackened lymph nodes were removed from Mike’s body. The consensus in the OR was the same: Not good.

In the waiting room, Leta’s mind wandered.

She was in the early stages of pregnancy, at a point when she needed her husband the most. Yet here she was, sitting in a hospital while her husband was undergoing exploratory surgery to see if cancer had spread further into his body.

“Not only the fact that I wasn’t feeling well — I had morning sickness — but I wanted to be there for him,” Leta says. “He was sick, and I needed to let him lean on my shoulders.”

Briefly, she contemplated the possible repercussions of news that could be coming her way in a matter of minutes.

“I fully expected them to come out and tell me it was melanoma [that had spread],” Leta says. “I was basically just praying for lymphoma.”

“I didn’t know if I was going to be a widow with four kids,” she adds. “I really just didn’t even want to think about it.”

Leta’s pregnancy also gave the family another focal point during the initial months of Mike’s diagnosis. “It turned out to be a blessing in disguise,” Mike says.

“It’s meant to be,” he adds. “That’s all there is to it. It was just meant to be.”

Midway through Mike’s surgery, a surgeon burst into the waiting room.

Clearly, the news could not wait.

His first words changed everything.

Again.

“It’s not cancer,” he said, referring to the lymph nodes.

Leta was floored. “I think I was as emotional hearing that as I would’ve been hearing it was melanoma,” she says. “It was a huge weight lifted.”

When Mike woke up from the surgery in the recovery room — albeit in a sedated state — Leta was on the phone around the corner. Upon noticing him, she hurriedly hung up.

“She looks at me,” Mike says, “and she goes, ‘It’s great news! It’s great news!

You’re fine! You’re fine!’ I said, ‘What do you mean I’m fine?’”

The cancer hadn’t spread to his lymphatic system, nor did Mike have lymphoma. Instead, he was diagnosed with sarcoidosis, an immune deficiency in which his body removes toxins, but

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Small crime, less time

Commission recommends sentencing reform for nonviolent drug crimes

by Pamela White

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n 1987, there were 192 drug offenders in Colorado prisons.

Today, there are more than 4,000, with drug offenders making up more than a third of the state’s prison population.

Not only do their numbers contribute to the growth of the expensive prison industry, but experts have long questioned the efficacy of locking nonviolent drug users behind bars — a choice that too often adds substantial hardship to offenders’ lives without offering adequate treatment.

This summer, the Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice (CCJJ) created a drug policy task force that included representatives from throughout the judicial system, as well as inmate advocates, to re-examine the state’s drug sentencing laws. The task force brought a host of recommendations to the CCJJ, which has approved 29 separate recommendations.

Those recommendations will take the form of legislation when the Colorado General Assembly convenes in January.

The bulk of the recommendations downgrade the severity of various drug crimes and increase the amount of controlled substances that can be considered as being for personal use. These changes result in substantial reductions to the time those convicted must spend behind bars and the length of time they serve on mandatory parole. One of the recommendations would set aside any money derived by the legislature from medical marijuana sales for drug treatment programs.

Among the major recommendations the commission hopes to see turned into law include the following:

Create a separate and distinct statute for possession of controlled substances.

Under current law, drug possession as well as distribution offenses are included within a single statute.

Increase the threshold that defines possession for personal use from 1 gram to 4 grams for all schedule I and schedule II drugs, except methamphetamine, which would be increased to 2 grams.

Personal possession up to those quantities would be lowered to a class 6 felony (sentence range 12 to 18 months). Under current law, possession of over 1 gram of a schedule I drug (like heroin) is a class 3 felony (sentence range four to 12 years) and possession of more than 1 gram of a schedule II drug (like cocaine or methamphetamine) is a class 4 felony (sentence range two to six years).

Repeal felony class aggravation for drug possession so that simple possession would always be a class 6 felony, rather than a higher felony class if the person has a prior drug conviction. For example, under current law, if someone is charged with possession of 1.1 grams of heroin, cocaine or methamphetamine and he has a prior drug conviction, the crime charged could be aggravated to a class 2 felony, which carries a potential sentence of eight to 24 years. Under the approved recommendation, this offense would be a class 6 felony which carries a potential sentence of 12 to 18 months.

Lower the felony classification for possession of more than 4 grams of a schedule I from a class 3 felony (sentence range four to 12 years) to a class 4 felony (sentence range two to six years).

Reduce possession of any quantity of schedule III-V drugs to a misdemeanor,

except for flunitrazepam and ketamine, both of which are “date-rape drugs,” which would be treated as schedule I drugs for purposes of crime classification and sentencing.

Reduce the crime classification for drug use of any controlled substance (schedule I-V) to a misdemeanor.

Currently, this crime is a class 6 felony.

Narrow the definition of a drug crime “involving a deadly weapon,” which triggers a sentence enhancement, to require that the weapon actually be used, displayed, or possessed on the defendant’s person or within the defendant’s immediate reach, or in a vehicle where the defendant had access in a manner that posed an immediate threat to others during the commission of a drug offense.

The commission also made a host of recommendations that specifically address the use and cultivation of marijuana. The commission recommends increasing the quantity threshold that defines possession for personal use of marijuana from 1 ounce to 4 ounces, reducing the crime classification to a petty offense, and increasing the quantity of marijuana possessed that is a misdemeanor offense from 4 ounces to 16 ounces. Under current law, possession of more than 4 ounces of marijuana is a class 5 felony on a first offense and a class 4 felony on a second or subsequent offense.

The commission recommends reducing the crime classification for possession of any quantity of marijuana concentrate from a class 5 felony to a misdemeanor and reducing the crime classification for cultivation (of up to six plants) from a class 4 felony on a first offense or class 3

felony on a second or subsequent offense to a misdemeanor. Under current law, any cultivation is a felony, even a seedling.

Other marijuana-related recommendations include: lowering the crime classification for distribution of up to 4 ounces of marijuana without remuneration (i.e., sharing) from a class 4 felony to a class 2 petty offense; repealing the felony class aggravation for second and subsequent marijuana convictions for marijuana offenses; reducing the crime classification for distribution of up to five pounds of marijuana from a class 4 felony to a class 5 felony; and setting aside revenues from medical marijuana earned by the legislature to fund drug treatment.

Some of the commission’s recommendations specifically addressed the freedom a judge has to make decisions from the bench, including restoring a judge’s ability to give a probation sentence to someone convicted of a nonviolent offense, even if they have a prior felony conviction. Right now, a judge must order a prison sentence for someone with two prior convictions unless the district attorney agrees to a probation sentence.

The commission also hopes to give judges the freedom to decide whether certain drug offenders will face an additional sentence for walking away from treatment programs or for absconding while on parole. Currently, such sentences are mandatory.

The Independence Institute, the national office of Drug Endangered Children and Colorado Attorney General John Suthers have already indicated their support for these proposed reforms.

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by Jefferson Dodge “Alternative Medicine” heading. She wasn’t permitted to add words like “tinctures” or “edibles.” On the other hand, she was successful in having the words “Free RN consultation” printed in green.

“I don’t understand why a legal business in the state of Colorado is being prohibited … from listing a legitimate business in the phone book,” Wolfstar says. “The Bus Stop is listed. There’s no problem listing an alcohol ad, even with the word ‘liquor’ in it. Even tobacco ads

are in the book.”

Peter Larmey, manager of external communications for Dex’s parent company, R.H. Donnelley, told Boulder Weekly that the company had, in fact, reviewed the whole marijuana advertising issue a few months ago and decided against running such ads because marijuana is still prohibited at the federal level, and because there is still such regsee DEX Page 18

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At one point, Wolfstar says, her Dex ad representative offered to place it under a new heading, “Dispensaries.”

But the representative then backed off on that offer, telling Wolfstar that the ad wouldn’t be included at all because “the attorneys and higher-ups were concerned about placing the listings,” she says.

So Wolfstar compromised, removed “medical cannabis” from the listing, and agreed to have the ad placed under the

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he Dex Yellow Pages may operate under the moniker “DexKnows,” but if you go searching for medical marijuana dispensaries in its paid listings, Dex is pleading ignorance.

Wolf Wolfstar, a co-owner of the dispensary Indigenous Medicines in Boulder, told Boulder Weekly that when she recently tried to place a paid advertisement with Dex, she wanted to list the term “medical cannabis” in the ad.

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EarthTalk http://www.boulderweekly.com Keep saving the whales Dear EarthTalk: What is the current status of whales?

How effective is the International Whaling Commission, and which countries are involved in illegal whaling?

— Jonathan Wingate, Yulee, FL ome larger whale species have been recovering since the dark days before the whaling industry was regulated, but the majority of cetaceans — that is, the distinct order of marine mammals consisting of whales, dolphins and porpoises — are in decline, with some likely headed for extinction in the near term.

According to data collected by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), which maintains a “Red List” of threatened or endangered species, two of the largest whale species, humpbacks and southern rights, have rebounded since 1982, when the International Whaling Commission (IWC) imposed a moratorium on commercial whaling. Based on IUCN’s 2008 survey of cetaceans, both species, while still threatened, were upgraded from “Vulnerable” to “Least Concern” status on the Red List. “Humpbacks and southern right whales are making a comeback in much of their range mainly because they have been protected from commercial hunting,” says Randall Reeves, IUCN’s assessment leader. “This is a great conservation success and clearly shows what needs to be done to ensure these ocean giants survive.”

But other cetaceans haven’t fared so well.

Almost a third of the world’s 80-plus cetacean species had their Red List status changed based on the IUCN’s 2008 assessment, with the vast majority now considered at greater risk than before. Overall, nearly a quarter of cetacean species are considered threatened, and of those, more than 10 percent (nine species) are listed as Endangered or Critically Endangered, the highest categories of threat. Reeves says that the real situation could be much worse, as researchers could not obtain enough data on more than half of the world’s cetacean species to properly classify their status.

While commercial whaling is what first put cetaceans at risk — the IWC’s 1982 moratorium greatly reduced stress on many species — other threats loom larger than ever: Whales the world over withstand ship strikes, habitat deterioration and declining prey. And the smaller cetaceans (dolphins, porpoises and small whales) often drown in huge fishing nets that trawl the ocean scooping up everything in their path.

And of course commercial whaling still goes on despite the moratorium. Norway,

even with its IWC membership, disregards the moratorium and resumed commercial whaling in 1994. Iceland, which initially withdrew from the IWC over the moratorium, began commercial whaling again in 2006. Japan claims to hunt whales for scientific research purposes — but critics say this is just a front to obtain and sell whale meat under the false pretense of species counts. Whalers from several nations, including the U.S., hunt limited amounts of cetaceans for subsistence purposes, but these numbers are very small.

The IWC is a voluntary organization not backed up by any treaty, so its ability to regulate whaling is limited. Perhaps the biggest factor in nations’ willingness to honor the moratorium is the court of public opinion; awareness of the plight of cetaceans has skyrocketed since the 1960s, when environmental groups like Greenpeace first began publicizing the threats faced by the largest creatures on the planet. Today “Save the Whales” might seem like a cliché from bygone days, but with so many cetacean species in decline, it just might be a more needed environmental battle cry than ever before.

CONTACTS: IUCN, www.iucn.org; IWC, www.iwcoffice.org; Greenpeace, www.greenpeace.org.

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company determines whether a business is a dispensary, he acknowledged that it’s a “gray area” in which Dex relies on its ad reps to make the determination.

“It’s a difficult area that we police as best as we can,” Larmey said. “If it’s found out that a business is promoting or selling marijuana in any way, we don’t include their ad in our book.”

A search for “medical marijuana” in Dex’s online directory this week turned up a handful of Colorado providers.

Larmey said those dispensaries are not Dex advertisers; they are simply telephone listings obtained from Qwest.

Wolfstar says it’s not just the phone book that is treating dispensaries like lepers. She says her dispensary

approached a Broomfield bank about obtaining a loan, and bank representatives were open to the idea — until they learned the business was a dispensary.

Laura Kriho, public relations coordinator for the Cannabis Therapy Institute, told Boulder Weekly that she has heard similar stories from dispensary owners.

Kriho says it’s simple: businesses that are medical marijuana-friendly will make money from this growth industry, and those that aren’t, won’t.

“If we need to go to other people for these services, they will profit all the more,” she says. “So it’s fine if we weed these others out early.”

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ulatory uncertainty in states that have authorized it.

“As long as it’s federal law, we don’t feel it is appropriate to list those kinds of ads in our book,” Larmey says.

He adds that it’s still unclear which dispensaries are legitimate. “We try to make sure that all businesses in our book are legitimate,” he says. “We thought that customers would be better served by erring on the safe side.”

When asked what other terms besides “cannabis,” “tinctures” and “edibles” have been blackballed by the company, Larmey consulted with his company’s legal office, then replied that the issue is not the words used, but whether the business sells pot. Asked how the

Create a tradition

by Marissa Hermanson

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his holiday season Boulder County elementary schools participated in Boulder Weekly’s Kids Holiday Greeting Card contest with kids submitting a festive drawing. Our Grand Prize Winner, Nederland Elementary first-grader Corbin Oxnard’s painting is featured on our cover.

Corbin won a $50 gift certificate to PlayFair Toys for his snowman painting. Our six Runners-up each won a $25 gift certificate to Gateway Park. Our winners, along with 16 Honorable Mentions, won $5 gift certificates to Glacier Ice Cream. Congratulations, young artists, and thank you to all the children who participated. Give a hand to Boulder County’s young artists for their season’s greetings.

Also inside: thoughtful gifts for kids from gender-neutral, nonviolent and environmentally friendly toys to books and experiences, as well as ideas for holiday traditions and crafts.

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s a child, my favorite part of the holidays was going to the Nutcracker Ballet performance at the Naples Philharmonic. I loved wearing my velour holiday dress, frilly ankle socks and patent leather mary janes. I would squirm in my seat until Tchaikovsky’s brief “Minature Overature” would sound, and then my smile would widen and eyes brighten. I would imagine that I was Clara, gracefully dancing across the stage into the Land of the Sugar Plum Fairy. During intermission, the Philharmonic would have a tree ceremony with dozens of decorated evergreens. Growing up, this was my favorite holiday tradition.

Here are some fun holiday traditions for you and your children to celebrate for years to come.

Movie Madness Movie night is a cozy holiday tradition. Heat up some hot cocoa or chai tea and pop some kettle corn.

The Grinch (2000) or How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1966) are both entertaining because of the Grinch’s silly Scrooge-like character. Jim Carrey’s overacting in the 2000 movie suits the Grinch’s spirit and will cause your children to squeal with delight. Will Ferrell’s naïve character Buddly the Elf in Elf (2003) is laugh-out-loud with a touch of adult humor. For the nontraditional holiday movie, go with Tim Burton’s The Nightmare before Christmas (1993). Or how about those oldies but goodies that you remember from your childhood? Rudolph the

Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964), A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965) or White Christmas (1954).

Or just head down to the movie theater to catch a new flick. Disney’s A Christmas Carol, Mr. Fantastic Fox and The Princess and the Frog are now showing. Also, Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel is coming out on December 23. If you haven’t seen the first Alvin and the Chipmunks, it’s definitely worth renting. Visit www. hollywood.com for movie reviews, news and times.

Snow day For the outdoors family, plan an adventure. With the whimsical blizzards blowing in this month, you’ll probably get lucky and be able to plan a snow day. Make a snowman and go sledding. For a sled selection, head down to Liberty Hardware (691 S. Broadway) or McGuckin Hardware (2525 Arapahoe Ave.). Liberty Hardware offers torpedos, saucers, baby sleds and foam sliders. McGuckin offers saucers, toboggans, inflatable or wood sleds, ski sleds with breaks and torpedo. Visit www.sledriding.com to find designated sledding areas.

The Boulder County-based Ice Meister manufactures the SLICER, a sled for winter and summer use.

Freeze water in the huge ice trays and attach them to the bottom of the SLICER and you are set to sled on snow or grass. Visit icesled.com for more information.

Also, head downtown to the ice rink, located 1801

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13th St., between Walnut and Canyon Boulevard to teach your kids how to skate. Skate rentals are $3, and ice rink admission is $6.00 for adults, $4 for children 4 to 12 years old, and free for kids 3 and younger. For après skate, stop at the neighboring Boulder Creek Market for a tasty Crazy Cajun sandwich, or try the Rib House, dubbed one of the West’s top 10 BBQ joints by Sunset magazine. Boulder Valley Ice at Superior (125 Superior Plaza Way) also has public skating. Visit www.bvice.pucksystems.com for times.

Recreational skating is $6 per session and skate rental is $3.

Miracle on Twenty Ninth Street On Saturday, Dec. 19th, the Twenty Ninth Street Mall will be hosting holiday events at Macy’s Plaza. While you are finishing up your last minute shopping, your kids can decorate gingerbread houses and cookies at Camp Culinary from 2 to 4 p.m. Your kids can meet all of Santa’s reindeer from 4 to 6 p.m. Carolers will be singing from 4 to 6 p.m., and there will be free horsedrawn carriage rides from 5 to 8 p.m. Visit www.twentyninthstreet.com for more information.

Giving is receiving Reminding your child that the holidays are about giving is important.

Spend a day with your kids shopping for kids in need. Have your kids decorate holiday greeting cards and wrap gifts for the less fortunate and then drop them off at a gift drop box. Visit www.toysfortots.org or www.shareagift.org for information on toy drop-off locations and participation and volunteering opportunities. Or drop off items to at-risk teens at Attention Homes’ Broadway House. Visit attentionhomes.squarespace.com/wishlist/ to find out what items are on their wish lists.

Baking cookies Get out the icing and sprinkles! Decorating holiday cookies is a tasty tradition. Whether you are going with the no fuss Nestle’s Toll House dough or making your cookies from scratch, pick up some holiday cookie cutters at Peppercorn Gourmet Goods (1235 Pearl St.) and McGuckin Hardware. Buy your seasonal spices — juniper berries, cardamom, cinnamon and nutmeg — at the Savory Spice (2041 Broadway). For fun and creative recipes, buy Joan Nathan’s The Children’s Jewish Holiday Kitchen: 70 Fun Recipes for You and Your Kids or Holiday Cookbook for Kids by Mystic Seaport Museum at the Boulder Book Store (1107 Pearl St.).

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layFair Toys opened in 1982 with the focus of providing nothing but non-violent toys that cater to both boys and girls. The store didn’t have a section for boys with a bunch of toy guns or a pink section with baby dolls targeting little girls — a boy or girl could enjoy every single toy in the store. Almost three decades later, PlayFair Toys is still holding strong to that vision.

“Gender-neutrality is still important,” says Marilyn Walker, an environmental biologist with a doctorate who bought the store in 2004. “I wouldn’t say it’s nowhere near as important as it was back then; I won’t reject a toy because maybe it’s pink. But we really stay away from violence. We don’t carry any kind of guns. We actually carry plastic toy soldiers because we have a lot of people with family in the military, and I feel like they should be able to act that out a little bit. I think that’s a good thing for them, but we don’t go heavy in that area at all. But from the very beginning, non-violence I hold very dear.”

So if there aren’t any Barbies or Star Wars lightsabers in the store, what kind of toys do they carry? Quite a variety. The toys range from games and construction sets to a wide array of action figures, dolls, puppets and stuffed animals.

“Our toys are engaging,” says Walker, who is also affectionately known as Professor PlayFair. “Every toy in here has an intrinsic value. We’re

RUBIX CUBE “This toy made a real resurgence after The Pursuit of Happyness came out,” Walker says. “It’s become a classic toy.”

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“It’s just a toy that grandparents really love, and the story is really touching,” Walker says.

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really different. I picked every toy in here, personally, to be engaging. Every toy in a place like Toys ‘R’ Us has to do with margins, corporate agreements and trying to take things to the masses and what’s on TV. To me, it’s all about ‘what are our customers going to love?’”

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Build-a-Road “It’s a real simple concept,” Walker says. “They have these plastic pieces so they can build their road however they want. They come with batteryoperated cars, and you can switch the track around, to make different things happen. It’s like a train set but with cars.”

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“This is a new line this year that has been really popular with 8-year olds and older,” Walker says.

Magformers It’s a collection of triangle and square-shaped magnets that children can use to create different objects and shapes. “It’s also a really great adult desk toy too,” Walkers says.

My Little Sandbox Play Set It’s a miniature sandbox that comes with action figures, environments and tools.

Playfair Toys is located at 2550 Arapahoe Ave. Visit www.playfairtoys. com for more information.

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Leaf your kids a tome A local book buyer’s guide to the best children’s books

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4 to 6. $17.95.

• Fu Finds the Way, by John Rocco. A good book for boys, especially those between the ages of 4 and 8, Freudenstein says. This is a Taoist parable about a boy who doesn’t want to plant rice, and who gets frustrated when his father simply tells him he must do it with purpose. He storms off, throws some dirt at a warrior, and the warrior challenges him to a fight.

So the boy goes to a swordmaster to learn how to fight, but the swordmaster will only teach him how to pour tea correctly — with purpose. She says the book ends with a nonviolent resolution to the conflict, as his tea-pouring abilities end up winning over the warrior. $16.99.

• The 39 Clues, by various authors.

This series published by Scholastic has been gaining popularity among kids old enough to read for themselves, the 8- to 12-year-old crowd. “It’s really starting to take off,” Freudenstein says.

The series, which combines reading, card-collecting and online gaming, centers around the Cahills, the most powerful family the world has ever known. The source of its power is a mystery that can only be solved by finding 39 clues hidden around the world throughout history. Six books have been published so far; presumably there will be 39 of them. $12.99.

• Odd and the Frost Giants, by Neil Gaiman. This take on Norse mythology features a crippled boy named Odd in ancient Norway who encounters a bear, a fox and an eagle who are really gods that have been tricked into assuming the form of animals by the

Frost Giants. His challenge is to find out how to restore them to their godly status. Freudenstein says this one is good for reading aloud to 6- to 9-yearolds, or for older kids who can read. $14.99.

• Book of the Maidservant, by Rebecca Barnhouse. This piece of his-

torical fiction revolves around a secondary character in the first autobiography ever published in the English language, The Book of Margery Kempe.

In that book, Kempe undertakes a pilgrimage to Rome in 1413, along with her maidservant, Johanna. Barnhouse tells the story in the first person, from the perspective of Johanna.

Freudenstein says the tale is fascinating and contains rich description. $16.99.

• The Doom Machine, by Mark Teague. This space adventure is a flying-saucer thriller for kids 10 and up, Freudenstein says. “It’s Lost in Space meets The Jetsons meets Star Trek,” she explains. Set in the 1950s, this book tells the story of aliens that look like giant bugs who try to take over earth. Two kids try to save the day. Complete with slime and time paradoxes. Good for kids who like science, Freudenstein says. $17.99 Other good children’s books: (from friends who have kids and from the libraries of my own 5-year-old and 8-year-old) • Captain Underpants series by Dav Pilkey • Magic Tree House series by Mary Pope Osborne • Pigs Over Boulder by Kerry MacLean (an ABC book about Boulder) • Go, Dog, Go by P.D. Eastman (a Dr. Seuss book) • Love You Forever, by Robert N. Munsch • A Series of Unfortunate Events series by Lemony Snicket • Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer (for teens) • Finally, an oldie but a goodie, Where the Wild Things Are, by Maurice Sendak

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iesl Freudenstein spends a lot of time reading children’s books. And not just because she has a 6-year-old and a 9-year-old at home.

Freudenstein is the employee at the Boulder Book Store responsible for buying the kids’ books.

And, as any good book buyer would, she has some alternatives to the latest video game when it comes to holiday gifts for children.

When asked to discuss four or five good books for kids, Freudenstein has trouble narrowing her list down to seven: • The Lion & the Mouse,

by Jerry Pinkney. This book has no words, other than “Grrr,” Freudenstein says. But what it lacks in text it makes up for in amazing color-pencil illustrations by Pinkney. It’s Aesop’s classic tale of lion captures mouse, agrees to let mouse go, then mouse later helps free lion. She says this is a good book for ages 1 to 5 — or for anyone who appreciates good art. $16.99 • Tell Me a Dragon, by Jackie Morris. Another great illustrator, this time from Wales and this time in water color. Freudenstein says each page has Morris pairing one of her dragon illustrations with a poem about dragons. At the end, it invites children to describe their own dragon. For ages

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o you have a little artist on your hands? Here are some places around town where your child can get into the holiday spirit by creating decorations or gifts.

At Color Me Mine (1938 Pearl St., www.colormemine.com) your little one can paint holiday ornaments for the tree. Into the Wind Kites (1408 Pearl St., www.intothewind.com) has a snowflake-making kit to so your child can create a winter wonderland indoors. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art is hosting a half- and full-day holiday crafts day for kids on Dec. 21. BMoCA will host Holiday Celebrations Around the World, where kids will make crafts while they learn about the various holiday traditions.

Also kids will participate in the Art of Giving, where they can create presents for their family from recycled materials. To register or for more information, call Shannon at 303-443-2122, ext. 12.

Or keep your little one occupied at home with these simple and fun holiday crafts.

Menorah centerpiece Materials: 8 10.5-oz soup cans 1 18.5-oz soup can (this one will serve as the shamash) Pencil Hammer and nail Acrylic paint

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our children may have smaller feet than you, but their carbon footprints are just as big as yours. Buy your child ecofriendly toys this year. Pass up the toys with the excess packaging, toxins and BPD and opt for a toy made from reclaimed materials. Shop locally for your green toys at Joe Brands, Ginger & Pickles, Grandrabbit’s, PlayFair Toys, ellie’s Eco Home Store, Into the Wind, Real Baby, Momentum, It’s Your Move and Shop Exclusive Baby.com. Here are some suggestions for hot, new eco toys.

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Plastiki toy boat kit A group of scientists, sailors and adventurers are sailing across the Pacific Ocean on a 60-foot catamaran made from reclaimed plastic bottles. This is the Pastiki Expedition — a mission to inspire sustainable solutions and shed light on the damage done to the Earth’s oceans. Purchase a Plastiki boat model for your child to build for $30. The model is manufactured and designed by Jamily (www.jamily.co.uk) in Manchester, UK, and is made from FSCapproved card stock and printed using sustainable vegetable inks. The manufacturing process was designed to create minimal waste and efficient energy use, according to Plastiki. Half of the proceeds will be donated to the Sculpt The Future Foundation. Fore more information on the Plastiki Expedition visit www.theplastiki. com.

A handmade holiday Holiday crafts for your kids

by Marissa Hermanson Glue Glitter Puffy paint 9 tea lights Directions: Remove all labels from soup cans. Using a pencil draw a pattern on the can. Take a hammer and nail and start hammering out the design. Using paint, glitter and puffy paint decorate the can. Let the cans dry overnight. Put a tea light in each can and arrange the cans in a row with the largest one in the middle.

Graham cracker holiday house Materials: Piece of cardboard (i.e. shoebox top) Aluminum foil Small milk carton Plastic knife Box of graham crackers Vanilla frosting Coconut flakes Your favorite kinds of candy* Directions: Use a piece of cardboard, for instance a shoebox top, as the foundation for your gingerbread house. Cover

the cardboard in aluminum foil. Frost the bottom of the small milk carton and then place it on the foil-covered cardboard base (the frosting acts as glue).

Spread the frosting on the milk carton and stick graham crackers on the milk carton’s sides and top. Spread frosting on the foil-covered base as well. Taking your favorite candies, start decorating the house and yard. Be creative! Continue using the frosting as glue. Scatter coconut flakes on base, covering the frosting, to represent snow. You can also do this on the roof of the house. *Candy suggestions: Use candy corn as roof shingles. Candy canes for light posts, Twizzlers as trim for the house, nuts as rock siding, pretzels sticks as log siding, pretzel shapes for windows or fencing, an M&M for the doorknob, upside-down ice cream cones as fir trees (cover cone in frosting and dust with green sprinkles)

Clothespin reindeer Materials: 3 Clothespins

Eco-friendly toys

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United States and are packaged in recycled corrugated boxes with no plastics, PlanToy’s Green Dollhouse teaches cellophane or twist-ties and are recyclakids how to live in ble. Green Toys prodaccordance with nature ucts are BPA-, phthalPlastiki boat model through alterative ate- and lead paintenergy generators that free and meet toy safedon’t hurt the environty standards. They ment. The house feamake beach toys, gartures a wind turbine, dening sets, jump solar cell panels with ropes, trucks, tool sets electrical inverter for and cookware for kids. generating electricity, a Boulder shops that rain barrel, a shade carry Green Toys are canopy and recycling Joe Brands, Ginger & bins. Furniture can be Pickles, Grandrabbit’s, purchased along with the dollhouse or PlayFair Toys, Ellie’s Eco Home Store, separately. The Modern Doll Family, a Into the Wind, Real Baby, Momentum hip and eco-conscious family, is sold sep- and the Lafayette-based Shop Exclusive arately. PlanToys creates innovative and Baby.com. Visit www.greentoys.com for eco-friendly educational toys for kids more retailers and information. from non-chemically treated rubberwood. The company is committed to Ecozoo backpacks lessening its impact on nature. Visit www.plantoys.com to find retailers.

The company ecogear makes a line of animal packs called Ecozoo for your kids.

Recycled milk jug toys The organic cotton canvas bags are made with non-toxic dyes, recycled rope material, Green Toys, Inc. makes environmen- as well as recycled plastic and wood.

Choose from panda, pig, elephant or tally friendly toys for your kids out of recycled plastics – mainly used milk jugs. puppy for $30. Also, coming soon: Ecozoo All Green Toys products are made in the rolling backpacks in panda, pig, frog and

2 Googly eyes 1 Small red pom pom Glue Directions: Glue three clothespins together (two facing down as the reindeer’s legs and one facing up as the antlers). Let dry. Glue the two googly eyes and red pom pom as nose on the reindeer’s face (the clothespin that is facing up). Let dry.

Clothespin reindeer can serve as a tree ornament or a fun toy.

Picture frame ornament Materials: 4 Popsicle sticks Acrylic paint 1 picture Glue Colored yarn Directions: Paint the four Popsicle sticks and then let them dry. Glue the four sticks together to make a square — two parallel on the bottom and glue the other two on top. Let the glue dry.

After the glue has dried, turn the square so that it looks like a diamond and tie a piece of colored yarn at the top (this is so you can secure your ornament to a tree).

Then turn the square over so the colored side is facing down. Carefully glue a diamond-shaped picture in the frame and let dry.

puppy. Visit www.ecogear-products.com fore more information.

Solar powered toys Teach your children about the benefits of solar energy. OWI Robots & Education Kits makes easy-to-assemble solar robot kits for $7 to $13. Choose one of the many vehicles, or an orangutan, frog, grasshopper or seagull. Visit www.owirobots.com to order or for more information.

Earth friendly crafts EcoToyTown sells earth friendly art supplies for kids. The eco-art pad isn’t made from trees, but from 100 percent post-consumer recycled materials and agricultural waste ($14/50 sheets). The eco colored pencils are made from recycled newspapers with natural wax and mineral dyes. They are lead- and toxic-free ($12/eight colored pencils and two rainbow pencils). The eco finger paints made from natural ingredients are $20 for the regular paints or $30 for gluten-free. The eco dough is made with plant, fruit and vegetable extracts and are free of chemicals, artificial dyes and metals ($20/six three-ounce containers.)

Choose from pink, orange, yellow, green, blue white or brown dough.

Gluten-free dough is $30/six containers. Visit www.ecotoytown.com to order or for more information.

Honorable Mention The following students won $5 gift certificates to Glacier Ice Cream

Lars Luscher, Nederland Elementary, 2nd Grade

Fernando, Columbine Elementary, 4th Grade

Casey Conroy, High Peaks Elementary, 5th Grade

Sophia Zhai, High Peaks Elementary, 2nd Grade

Ethan Schacht, High Peaks Elementary, 4th Grade

Ben Kohav, High Peaks Elementary, 1st Grade

Mary Grace Carroll, High Peaks Elementary, 5th Grade

Isaac, Columbine Elementary, 4th Grade

Anastasia Rye-Kirova, High Peaks Elementary, 3rd Grade

Bianca Barrios, High Peaks Elementary, 4th Grade

Ari Diddams, High Peaks Elementary, 4th Grade

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• Outdoor ice skating: Most people are familiar with the seasonal ice rink in downtown Boulder, but there are several others around the county.

The Longmont Ice Pavilion at Roosevelt Park offers public skating, drop-in hockey, drop-in ice skating and programs for learning how to skate and play hockey. See www.ci.longmont.co.us/REC/ ICERINK. WinterSkate in historic downtown Louisville (and at FlatIron Crossing) offers traditional holiday music, skate rentals and group discount rates. The Louisville rink is at the Steinbaugh Pavilion, 824 Front St., and it has more than 6,500 square feet of ice, concessions and a covered seating area. Check out www.bceproductions.com/winterskate.

In the winter, the town of Nederland’s tennis court complex gets turned into an Olympic-size ice rink offering not only hockey and figure skating, but even a curling club. For more information, visit nedrink.com.

• B&C Bounce Town: Located at 1821 Lefthand Circle in Longmont, this is a great place to let the kids get their energy out, jumping, slipping and running their way through inflatable castles, slides and obstacle courses. There are open bounce times during the weekdays; the weekends are reserved for parties.

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• WOW! (World of Wonder) Children’s Museum: Talk about interactive. This place offers everything from climbing on a pirate ship to science experiments to arts and crafts. There are exhibits where kids can pretend they are shopping at the grocery store or counting money at the bank. There is also a stage with costumes for dressing up and a toddler area with a sand box, puzzles and blocks. See www.wowmuseum.com.

• Crackpots: Similar to Color Me Mine in Boulder (1938 Pearl St., www.

boulder.colormemine.com), here’s a place in Longmont where you and your child can pick out an unpainted piece of pottery and turn it into a colorful creation that will always remind you of that time you spent together. And you’re not limited to pottery; they also offer mosaics, glass fusing and silver clay. It’s at 501 Main St. Check out www.ecrackpots.com.

• Snow sports: Whether it’s sledding, snowshoeing or cross-country skiing, if you want to save your cash and you already have the gear, this is a great way to give kids more appreciation for the outdoors in winter. Good sledding hills include Scott Carpenter Park near 30th Street and Arapahoe Ave. in Boulder and Sunset Middle School on Sunset Street in Longmont.

• Climbing gyms: Whether it’s a climbing wall at one of the county’s recreation centers or a full-bore operation like The Spot Bouldering Gym (www.thespotgym.com), many kids prove to be excellent rock climbers even at a young age. It gives them a great sense of accomplishment when they reach the top — and when they make it higher than you, too.

• Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art: Take a guided tour of the museum, or check out a special event. Young Artists at Work is offering holiday workshops on Dec. 21 designed to jump-start creativity in kids aged 5 to 10. For more information, check out www.bmoca.org/events.

• Gateway Park Fun Center: The good times roll year ’round now at this north Boulder facility off of Hwy. 36.

The center features go-karts, miniature golf, batting cages, a human maze, an arcade, inline hockey and a driving range.

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here was probably mud on their boots when they were marched out to the Katyn

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Forest that day in 1940.

curse in their native language on their way

a fretful land tight in its comforting and abundant embrace, and the kind that soldiers of many different uniforms learn to to glory.

Or oblivion. That’s what faced these men that day in April 1940. Some of them officers, some of them foot sol-

diers, but all of them men who learned the art of warfare from atop a horse. No one’s quite sure how many exactly, but probably in the few thousand. They probably had their uniforms on, such as they were, and no one will know what they were told or by whom. A few ounces of lead cracked through a smoky volley, then digging (a lot of digging), and then it was done.

As a longtime and dedicated — almost obsessed — student of World War II history, songwriter Al Stewart saw a sign that said: “Dig here.”

“The last movie I rented,” Stewart says, “was Katyn, which was nominated for the Oscar for Best Foreign Film.

It’s a history of what the Russians did to the Polish officers in the Katyn Forest.”

It was an obscure atrocity, one amongst so many from those days, but despite having mined Russian history for decades, modern and ancient, for inspiration, in this case that subtle turn of conflict that called out for a song was stymied.

“Oh, God, there’s no end to it. I nearly wrote a song about the Katyn forest thing, but from a completely different see STEWART Page 33

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angle,” Stewart says. “The Russians were so serious about the placement of the Polish frontier after World War I that they actually invaded Poland and fought a war against them in the 1920s, which no one seems to know anything about, of course. And the general who was responsible for the invasion of Poland actually got his ass kicked and the Russians were forced to retreat ignominiously, and was later shot by Stalin.

“Somehow or other, all of that feeds into the story of Katyn, and the idea of putting all these elements together,” he continues. “I realized once I started trying to write this song, that this was such a specialized history it was just not going to work with a normal audience. I actually kept the tune and rewrote it into the song "Sleepwalking." That was the music from what was going to be the Katyn song.”

Songwriters get blocks all the time — every writer does — but it’s hardly the point that Stewart couldn’t easily seduce the intrigues and recriminations and loathing of this particular bit of appalling Stalinist scheming into song. The point is, it even occurred to him to try.

Stewart recently did a little digging into his own history. His latest CD, Uncorked, features live renditions (with guitarist Dave Nachmanoff ) of over a dozen obscure gems from the songwriter’s 40-plus-year career. Obscure, in that Stewart specifically selected songs that have typically eluded his live shows, and

at least one that has never seen the glare of stage lights since first committed to vinyl, 30 years ago.

“I did a live record with (former collaborator) Peter White, and I’ve done a lot of shows with Dave recently, and there’s been this sort of low murmur of ‘why don’t you do a live record with Dave,’ and as I do shows with him all the time, it was just a matter of recording a few,” Stewart says. “And I wanted not to repeat anything from the record I did with Peter White, which had all the obvious hits and so forth, so we had the interesting option of doing songs we don’t normally play. So we wandered into the catalog and started digging up things that were pretty obscure.”

One of which, “News From Spain,” immediately stands out as one of the CD’s lynchpins. Stewart says that one was first recorded for Oranges in 1972.

“I haven’t played that song in 30 years,” he says. “And one of the reasons I hadn’t done it is if you hear the studio version, you hear Rick Wakeman doing a big piano solo on it, and I didn’t think it was possible to do that on acoustic guitar.

But Dave rose to the occasion and said ‘I’ll do the solo.’ I was very dubious, but when I listened to the playback I said ‘whoa!’ and that song now has become the favorite for many people off this record.

“And so, it sort of turned out to be part live album, and part excavation of my past. It’s sort of spurred us into going

back and finding even more obscure things. It made me think that there are probably 100 songs, out of the 200 I’ve recorded, that I’ve never played live at all, just because I thought I couldn’t.”

Stewart, of course, is known stateside primarily as the voice behind “Year of the Cat” and “Time Passages,” mild rock staples that gained him commercial appeal in the U.S. and continue to bob along three decades later on light rock and oldies stations. We wondered if Stewart ever wishes that something else had become the “big hit.”

“They’re calling cards … in a way that, if you say my name to anybody off the street, it probably wouldn’t mean anything to them,” he says. “If they were above age 45 and you said ‘Year Of The Cat’ or ‘Time Passages,’ it’s possible they would go, ‘Oh yes, that’s right ….’

“In terms of whether I would have wanted other things to become hits … yeah. Well, yes and no. ‘Roads to Moscow’ and ‘Old Admirals,’ for example, are much better songs than ‘Year Of The Cat’ and ‘Time Passages,’ no doubt about it. If they had the same wallpaper radio coverage nationwide that ‘Year Of The Cat’ did, they would have been much bigger hits. The thing is, these things are a bugger to play live. Between these two songs, you have almost 20 minutes of very, very fast strumming, and my wrist would have fallen off years ago.”

We recalled a show from the early ‘80s, where we caught Stewart and a full

band doing a surprisingly invigorated set in Denver.

Stewart not only remembered the gig, but like any conversation with a storyteller with such a mercilessly refined sense of the unexpected, this ended up in a very strange place.

“Oh yes, I remember that gig. It was 1983,” Stewart remembers. “Rainbow Music Hall?”

Yes, indeed.

“Here’s a story about that. I had a girlfriend who was into American football. At the time, even though I was hanging out with Lynn Swann all the time, I still never really knew if he caught it or threw it. This girlfriend gave me a football that was signed by Joe Montana, and instructed me that we were to watch football games. All the time it was something of a mystery to me. It just seemed like all out warfare, until the fog cleared one day and I suddenly understood it.

“So she said to me, ‘you should pick a team to root for.’ I said, ‘I’m English, I don’t have any favorites,’” Stewart says.

“But I said I would pick the team where I had the best gig that year. And that’s why I remember it … not that I remember a thing about the gig, but that was just a great gig, and I ended up picking the Denver Broncos.”

And that’s how Al Stewart, storyteller, disciple of Sartre and Solzhenitsyn, student of history and wordsmith of uncommon flourish … became a Broncos fan.

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From Boulder to MTV and back 3OH!3 finally get a break to work on new music

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n the Dec. 4 broadcast of the mtvU Woodie Awards, Sean Foreman and Nathaniel Motte walked out on stage to present the Left Field Woodie Award dressed like a couple of Lady Gagas.

Foreman and Motte, known as the Boulder-bred group 3OH!3, lost the Best New Artist award to the pop diva at MTV’s Video Music Awards in September. Was this their way of getting back at her?

“Nah, we weren’t dissing her, we were just being funny and having fun,” says Motte. “She’s had a great year; she’s had like four or five number ones.

Personally, I think ‘Just Dance’ is a rad song, but I’m impartial to everything else. But I respect what she’s done, she’s put in a lot of work and she’s done some cool stuff. But it was actually my idea to do the whole thing, and we went back and forth with the MTV people and they very kindly made us some Lady Gaga outfits.”

This is how the duo rolled since coming together in 2004 — a tongue-in-cheek attitude that permeates throughout their music. And it worked. The two rapper/producers paid dues all over Colorado through 2006 and 2007, doing shows, getting radio play and garnering a rabid following.

Once the guys started playing out-of-town shows and scored a spot on The Warped Tour, it was a wrap.

Atlantic Records’ subsidiary Photo Finish Records signed 3OH!3 to a deal, released their album Want in July 2008, and they’ve been all over the world and MTV since. The video for their song “Don’t Trust Me” was in constant rotation and helped the single go double platinum. They followed that hit with “Starstrukk,” recording a version with sexpot singer

Katy Perry.

“She has a very nice and soft tongue, it was very soft,” Motte says, referring to Perry licking his face in the video for the song. “It was good, man. I think her tongue and her teeth were freshly brushed when she did it. Unfortunately, it was just one take.”

With the duo’s extensive touring schedule, they’ve been unable to hunker down and concentrate on a new album. They have, however, been able to do a few things in the last year. They contributed a song to the upcoming soundtrack for Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland. They also collaborated with new artist Kesha on her second single, “Blah, Blah, Blah,” which is sure to break soon; plus they recorded a song with one of their idols, rapper/producer Lil Jon, which will hit airwaves in 2010. Their single, “Still Around,” is also gaining momentum on radio. But as soon as everything slows down with the touring, the award

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shows and special appearances, they’re hitting the studio in full throttle.

“We’re going to get back in the studio in the first few months of the year and write a whole new record,” Motte says. “We’re excited about the life of our album [Want], it was prolonged by the success that we’ve had. It’s a good thing, in the sense that we got to tour all over the world, play shows and kind of grow ourselves as a band, but at the same time, it’s been awhile since we put out some new music. So we’re itching to go write some new music and put a new CD out. So we’ll hit the studio early next year and release something in the spring or summer.”

3OH!3 returns home to Colorado this weekend for a pair of shows, the first on Saturday, Dec. 19, at the Fillmore Auditorium in Denver. The show will feature some of the group’s favorite Colorado bands: The Pirate Signal, Meese and Photo Atlas. The second show will be at Boulder’s Fox Theatre the following night, Dec. 20, where all the proceeds will go towards Motte and Foreman’s favorite charities, Colorado Coalition for the Homeless and Emergency Family Assistance Association, respectively.

“It’s called Back to Basics,” Motte says. “We’re doing our whole first self-released, self-titled album, and we’ll have some friends open for us, so it should be a fun night.”

In the meantime, the group is dealing with another award show loss. At this year’s mtvU Woodie Awards, 3OH!3 was nominated for the Performing Woodie Award and lost to another heavy hitter — Green Day. “At least we do our losing well,” Motte says.

In our eyes, however, the band keeps winning.

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he Front Range has been plentiful in its supply of musical success stories over the past several years. The Fray effectively candy-coated radio airwaves in a transcontinental scope and, in turn, provided a steady supply of green to starving music industry wallets.

DeVotchKa married diverse sounds and textures with infectious results that have met with massive exposure.

The list continues with no end in sight, much like the line at the annual Great American Beer Festival, but by far the most interesting tale is that of Flobots.

Combining hip-hop, rock, funk and even classical influences (courtesy of the viola), the ensemble has created an amalgam of sound that has turned heads globally since its major label debut, Fight with Tools, landed last year.

The real story, however, is what band members Jonny 5, Brer Rabbit, Andy Rok, Mackenzie Roberts, Jesse Walker and Kenny O do in the not-for-profit sector.

There’s a sense of activism that runs through their collective bloodstream.

“I think, first and foremost, it’s who we were even before we were in the band,” says MC/vocalist Jonny 5.

“Everyone was either teaching music or involved in schools or nonprofit activities or community activism. So when we started doing music it was natural to combine those things.

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are if it weren’t for the support of those communities of activists who spread the word and said, ‘Hey, there’s this band that talks about these issues that never get talked about. They mention global warming and they talk about these things that we care about.’ There are people who spread the word about our music for that reason. I think that’s been the key to our success: being tied into social movements.”

Per the group’s website, the guys and

girl have a registered nonprofit, Flobots.org, run a community space and are involved in a host of causes — all with a demanding touring and recording schedule.

The energy expounded shows no signs of waning, and there’s a staunch refusal to allow anything to stand in the way of community involvement.

“We’re now in our third year of a program [at Denver Children’s Home],” says Jonny 5. “It started when a friend of ours who had seen us do some hip-hop worship services at my church, Capital Heights Presbyterian Church, [approached us]. It was kind of a Black History Month service about some veterans of the Southern Freedom Movement.

Somebody at the church said, ‘Look, there’s this place at Denver Children’s Home where it’s kids who are really experiencing the worst of the worst of the system.

They’ve been through neglect, abuse and trauma. They’re essentially in foster care now in this kind of residential treatment for the trauma they’ve dealt with.

These are kids who I would love to get in contact with you.’

“She helped fund the studio in their basement. We set up classes that were weekly: lyrics classes, guitar, music theory and recording sessions in the new studio.

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gonna sing.’ It was empowering for them, it was empowering for us. It really encouraged us to say, ‘What more can we do in terms of utilizing the power of music for social change?’”

The answer to that question is ongoing for Jonny 5 and the rest of Flobots.

This continuous desire for transformation through tunes certainly weaved its way into the overarching direction of their forthcoming disc, Survival Story. The album, slated for a March release, may add the desired amount of yeast to the flour and become an impetus for change upon repeated listens.

“We love the songs,” says Jonny 5.

“There’s a lot more depth and a lot more breadth. There are a lot more personal songs. It’s still very political. There’s a lot of that sort of content, but it’s packaged differently.

“The last album was very much about slogans. This album is very much about stories. What are the stories that we need to tell ourselves if we’re going to survive, given the conditions in the world today?

“There’s a temptation to look at the world with a doomsday lens, to see Armageddon, to see 2012 in the Hollywood sense, to see all around us self-fulfilling prophesies of destruction,” he continues. “So we thought, ‘What’s the antidote to that?’ It’s really [by] telling stories of how we survive. The theme really is, ‘What is the way that we can look at the future and still be optimistic about it, but also realistic about it? What are the things that we have to delve into in ourselves and give up and sacrifice in order to live in a world where people survive and even thrive?’”

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Elephant Revival with Jubal and John Beacher $15 door

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music Best of Open Stage. 7 p.m. Swallow Hill Café, 71 E.Yale Ave., Denver, 303-777-1003, www.swallowhillmusic.org.

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

The Flobots — With Matt Morris and Speakeasy Tiger. 9 p.m./8:30 p.m. doors, Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-4433399.

Holden Young Trio. 10 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-4491922.

Hot Cheese Soup. Baker St. Pub & Grill, 1729 28th St., Boulder, 720-974-9490.

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

THUNK. 7-9:30 p.m. The Blending Cellar, 946 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-0475.

Open Bluegrass Pick. 7 p.m. The Rock Inn, 1675 Hwy. 66, Estes Park, 970-5864116.

Ruins of Ooah. 9 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683.

Scott Martin Trio. 6:30 p.m. St. Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-4069696.

Teresa Lynne Band. Oskar Blues Homemade Liquids and Solids, 1555 S. Hover St., Longmont, 303-485-9400.

The End is Near — Free b.side community celebration with a line-up of all-star DJs. 6:30 p.m. The b.side Lounge, 2017 13th St., Boulder, 303-473-9463.

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Speakeasy Tiger —

It’s just a matter of time before this quintet blows up on a national level. Their mix of ‘80s-inspired pop and rock makes for a live show that will have concert-goers humming and dancing long after the band leaves the stage. They open for Flobots alongside Matt Morris. 9 p.m./8:30 p.m. doors, Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-3399.

PANORAMA PICK events

Argentine Tango. 7 p.m. Pearl Street Studio, 2126 Pearl St., Boulder, www.tangocolorado.org.

Avery Tasting Room — Open 3-8 p.m. for tours and tasting. Avery Brewing Co., 5757 Arapahoe Ave., Unit B1, Boulder, www.averybrewing.com.

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

boulder.com.

Celebrate the Holidays with Upslope — With beer, food, tunes and the release of Colorado Christmas Ale. 4-8 p.m.

Upslope Brewing Company, 1501 Lee Hill Rd. #20, Boulder, 303-960-8494.

Dance Home’s Barefoot Boogie — Free-form dancing. 8:30 to 11:30 p.m. The Solstice Center, 302 Pearl St., Boulder, 303444-3264.

Geeks Who Drink Pub Quiz. 6:30 p.m.

D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada,

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Boulder/Denver Area Arvada Center Annual Fine Art Market and Sale — Featuring more than 100 artists.

Arvada Center for the Arts, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada, 720-898-7200, through Dec. 20.

Beyond the Earth Mother — New works by Grahame Atkinson. Muse Gallery, 356 Main St., Longmont, 303-678-7869, through Dec. 23.

Chimera — Fall 2009 BFA Exhibition with various artists. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-492-8300, through Dec. 18.

Down on the Farm: Chickens, Fresh Fruit and Vegetables — By Jill Musser. Boulder Arts and Crafts Gallery, 1421 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-4433683, through Jan. 3, 2010.

Dali Illustrates Dante’s Divine Comedy —

By Salvador Dali. Loveland Museum/Gallery, 503 N. Lincoln Ave., Loveland, 970-962-2410, through Jan. 21, 2010.

Elemental Transformations — By Vickie Mastron Cody. The Art Center of Estes Park, 517 Big Thompson Ave., Estes Park, 970-586-

5882, through Dec. 31.

Fountain — By Andrea Modica. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-2122, through Jan. 17, 2010.

Holiday Gift Boutique — Original art from resident artists. Muse Gallery, 356 Main St., Longmont, 303-678-7869, through Dec. 23.

Millefiori Glass Installation — By Angelo Ambrosia. Muse Gallery, 356 Main St., Longmont, 303-678-7869, through Dec. 23.

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

Pears and Angels — By Judith Babcock.

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

16th Annual Judaica Show — A fundraiser for the Boulder Jewish Community Center.

Boulder Arts & Crafts Gallery, 1421 Pearl St.,

Boulder, 303-443-3683, through Jan. 10, 2010.

The Surface and Beneath — By Heather Wilcoxon & Vintage Carnival Folk Art. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-2122, through Jan. 17, 2010.

Time Machines — Sculptures by Randy Mulder. Loveland Museum/Gallery, 503 N. Lincoln Ave., Loveland, 970-962-2410, through March 28, 2010.

Transformation — By Sean Rozales. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826, through Dec. 18.

Twirling Dali’s Moustache — Regional artists show work that honors Salvador Dali. Loveland Museum/Gallery, 503 N. Lincoln Ave., Loveland, 970-962-2410, through Feb. 14, 2010.

Urban Chicken Coop Projects — By CU-Boulder. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-2122, through Jan. 17, 2010.

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Geeks Who Drink Pub Quiz. 8 p.m.

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

Intermediate Flamenco Dance. 7:15 to 8:30 p.m. Kakes Studios, 2115 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-786- 7050,www.flamencoboulder.com.

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Boulder Digital Arts, 2510 47th St., Boulder, 303-875-0276.

Sea to Summit — Benefit to support initiatives pursuing ski and surf-inspired economic development projects in Kyrgyzstan and Nicaragua. 7 p.m. Avery Brewery, 5763 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, www.thekyrgyzstanplan.com.

DEC.

18 African Banjo —

If you wanted to learn anything about the banjo, who would be a better teacher than Béla Fleck? The legendary banjo player is hosting a workshop at 12:30 p.m. Swallow Hill, 71 E. Yale Ave., Denver, 303-7771003, www.swallowhillmusic. org.

Friday, Dec. 18

music African Banjo — Workshop with Béla Fleck. 12:30 p.m. Swallow Hill, 71 E.Yale Ave., Denver, 303-777-1003, www.swallowhillmusic.org.

Caper’s House Band — Traditional jazz.

7-10 p.m. Caper’s Italian Bistro & Tap, 600 Airport Rd., Longmont, 303-776-7667.

Chris Daniels and the Kings. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 N. Park Dr., Lafayette, 303-665-2757.

The Flobots — With Houses and Kinetix.

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

Forged In Violet — With OPM and DJ B-Money. 9:30 p.m. The b.side Lounge, 2017 13th St., Boulder, 303-473-9463.

Home for the Holidays — Christmas with Ars Nova Singers. 7:30 p.m. St. John’s Episcopal Church, 1419 Pine St., Boulder, 303-499-3165.

John Ridnell and Friends — CD Release Party. 9:30 p.m. Boulder Draft House, 2027 13th St., Boulder, 303-440-5858.

J Shogren Band. Oskar Blues, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685.

Maynard Mills Band. Oskar Blues Homemade Liquids and Solids, 1555 S. Hover St., Longmont, 303-485-9400.

Niwot Timberline Symphony Orchestra — Christmas Concert: Bach & Handel Extravaganza with the Colorado Choral Arts Society. 7:30 p.m. First United Methodist Church, 1421 Spruce St., Boulder, 970-577-1550.

PANORAMA PICK Open Mic — For poets, comedians and musicians. 7 p.m. 8 Port Coffee & Tea House, 1727 15th St., Boulder, 303-9552221.

Running Five. 7:30 p.m. Rock N Soul Café, 5290 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-443-5108.

Seismic Shift. 10 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922.

Solstice Concert — With Sound Circle, a women’s a cappella ensemble. 7 p.m.

Columbine Unity Church, 8900 Arapahoe Rd., Boulder, 303-473-4525.

Steady Rollin’ Bob Margolin. 8 p.m.

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

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

Wendy Woo Band — With Hazel Miller and Savanna Rose. 6:30 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683.

Zivanai Masango & Pachedu Africa.

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

events Buddhist Relics Show and World

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Caroling through the Woods — With Theatre-Hikes Colorado. Chautauqua Park, 900 Baseline Rd., Boulder, 303-413-7270, weekends through Dec. 20.

A Christmas Cactus. The 73rd Avenue Theatre Company, 7287 Lowell Blvd., Westminster, 720276-6936, through Jan. 3.

The Christmas Rescue. Heritage Square Music Hall Children’s Theatre, 18301 W. Colfax D-103, Golden, 303-279-7800, through Dec. 30.

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AOA — Alive On Arrival. 7:30 & 10 p.m.

Nissi’s, 2675 N. Park Dr., Lafayette, 303665-2757.

Songs of the Mother & Child — Holiday concert with the The Cantabile Singers.

7:30 p.m. First Congregational Church, 1500 W. 9th Ave., Longmont, 303-499-8502.

Caper’s House Band — Traditional jazz.

7-10 p.m. Caper’s Italian Bistro & Tap, 600 Airport Rd., Longmont, 303-776-7667.

Christmas Bells Ringing in the Season — Community handbell ensemble. 7 p.m.

Rialto Theater, 228 E. Fourth St., Loveland, 970-962-2120.

The Christmas Revels: Celtic Roads. 2 & 7 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030.

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A Tuna Christmas — With Coal Creek Community Theater. Mary Miller Theater, 300 E. Simpson St., Lafayette, 303-665-0955, through Dec. 20.

Best Christmas Pageant Ever. Longmont Theatre Company, 513 Main St., Longmont, 303-772-5200, through Dec. 20.

It’s A Wonderful Life! A 1940’s Radio Play.

Miners Alley Playhouse, 1224 Washington Ave., Golden, 303-935-3044, through Dec. 20.

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. The Arvada Center, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada, 720-898-7200, through Dec. 27.

Once Upon a Holiday — With Peanut Butter Players. Harlequin Center for the Performing Arts, 990 Public Rd., Lafayette, 303-786-8727, every Saturday through Dec. 19.

SantaLand Diaries — With the Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-444-7328, through Dec. 20.

Swing into the Holidaze! — With Frequent Flyers Productions. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-444-7328, Dec. 11 through Dec. 20.

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Peace Event — 7-10 p.m. Masonic Lodge, 2205 Broadway Ave., Boulder, 303-2583289.

Christmas Gala and Fundraiser — Sacred dance show with Syzygy Butoh. 7 p.m. Wesley Chapel, 1290 Folsom St., Boulder, 928- 301-1849.

Fantastic Friday — Winter sing along and food drive. 10 a.m. Rock N Soul Café, 5290 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-443-5108.

Heart Connection Community Kirtan — Sacred group chanting. 7:45 p.m. Yoga Elements, 908 Main St., Louisville, www.kirtancommunity.com.

Interstate Cowboy Christmas Ball — Music, humor and dance. 7:30 p.m. Rialto Theater, 228 E. Fourth St., Loveland, 970962-2120.

The Nutcracker — With Ballet Nouveau Colorado. Performing Arts Complex at PCS, 1001 W. 84th Ave., Denver, 303-4503985, through Dec. 20.

Salsa Dancing. 10:30 p.m. Trattoria on Pearl, 1430 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-5440008.

Swing into the Holidaze — Aerial dance with Frequent Flyers Productions. 7:30 p.m.

Dairy Center, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-444-7328, through Dec. 20.

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Conjunto Colores —

Colorado salsa legends bring their Latin flavor to Boulder. Put your dancing shoes on and get ready for a night of salsa, merengue and Latin jazz. 6:30 p.m. St. Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696.

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Center A Mystery School A SOUL REGRESSION CAN ANSWER: Who am I as a Soul?

What is my life purpose?

Who are my closest Soul Friends?

The skill with which you took me into unusual regions of my consciousness is consummate. Insights that were on the threshold of my awareness came fully into my present.

— Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi

Past Life and Between Lives Soul Regression Sessions & Training Dr. Linda Backman, Licensed Psychologist, 30 years in practice, studied/ taught with Dr. Michael Newton, author of Journey of Souls.

Contact us at: 303-818-0575 www.BringingYourSoultoLight.com

Dead Floyd — Recreating the Grateful Dead and Pink Floyd with Springdale Quartet. 9 p.m./8:30 p.m. doors, Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-4433399.

Giddyup Kitty. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat Coffeehouse,1709 Pearl Street Boulder, 303- 440-4628.

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

Kate Keiser and the Joseph Trio Band.

10 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922.

K.C. Groves & Friends. Oskar Blues, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685.

Kort McCumber. Tasty Weasel, 1800 Pike Rd., Longmont, 303-776-1914.

Latin Grass — With Onda. 10 p.m.

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

Mestizo. 7 p.m. St. Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696.

Solstice Concert — With Sound Circle, a women’s a cappella ensemble. 7 p.m.

Columbine Unity Church, 8900 Arapahoe Rd., Boulder, 303-473-4525.

Steady Rollin’ Bob Margolin. 8 p.m.

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

Stigmas — With Crowboy and Drew Schofield. 7 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683.

Top of the Hill Faculty Concert Series — With Perpetual Motion. 8 p.m. Tuft Theatre at Swallow Hill, 71 E.Yale Ave., Denver, 303-777-1003, www.swallowhillmusic.org.

The Troubadours Collective. 9 p.m. The b.side Lounge, 2017 13th St., Boulder, 303473-9463.

events Afternoon Tea. 1 p.m. Jill’s Restaurant at St. Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696.

Beginning/ Intermediate Hoopdance.

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

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Thursday, Dec. 17 The Great Indian Novel — Read and discuss the work of contemporary Indian authors who write in English. 4:30 p.m. Boulder Public Library, 1000 Canyon Blvd., Boulder, 303-447-8831.

Friday, Dec. 18 Boulder Bookies — Book discussion group. 1 p.m.

Boulder Public Library, George Renolds Branch, 3595 Table Mesa Dr., Boulder, 303-440-6756.

Saturday, Dec. 19 Bryan Rich White — Prelude Lake. 1 p.m.

Borders, 1 W. Flatiron Crossing Dr., Broomfield, 303-466-4044.

Monday, Dec. 21 Open Mic Poetry — “So You’re a Poet.” The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-4404628.

Tuesday, Dec. 22 Madeleine Albright — Read My Pins: Stories from a Diplomat’s Jewel Box. 1 p.m. Tattered Cover Book Store Historic LoDo, 1628 16th St., Denver, 303436-1070.

Wednesday, Dec. 23 Open Mic. Burnt Toast, 1235 Pennsylvania Ave., Boulder, 303-440-5200.

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23 Gregory Alan Isakov and Reed Foehl —

Two of Colorado’s finest folk/rock artists are joining forces for a special night before Christmas Eve concert. Be prepared for inspired comfort music. 8 p.m. Gold Hill Inn, 401 Main St., Boulder, 303-443-6461.

Buddhist Relics Show and World Peace Event — 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Masonic Lodge, 2205 Broadway Ave., Boulder, 303258-3289.

Dinner Detective Murder Mystery Dinner Show. Millennium Harvest House Hotel, 1345 28th St., Boulder, 888-5753884.

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

Twisted Pine Brewing and Tap Room — Open 12-6 p.m. Twisted Pine Tap Room, 3201 Walnut St. #A, Boulder, 303-786-9270.

Upslope Brewing Co. Tap Room and Tours — Open 4-8 p.m. Upslope Brewing Co., 1501 Lee Hill Rd., No. 20, Boulder, 303-960-8494.

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music Acoustic Jam — With Jax Delaguerre.

11:30 a.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683.

Cajun Brunch — Hosted by Bonnie and Taylor Sims. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oskar Blues Homemade Liquids and Solids, 1555 S. Hover St., Longmont, 303-485-9400.

Gadjukes — Local ukulele band. Oskar Blues, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685.

George Nelson. 5-8 p.m. The Blending Cellar, 946 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-0475.

Go Go Lab. 10 p.m. Vine Street Pub, 1700 Vine St., Denver, 303-388-2337.

Gristal Gals. 10 p.m. Mountain Sun Pub & Brewery, 1535 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-5460886.

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

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

Open Mic — 2:30 p.m. Hosted by Hotfoot. Avery Brewing Company, 5763 Arapahoe Ave., Unit E, Boulder, 303-4404324.

Rocky Mountain Chamber Singers — ’Tis the Season. 2 p.m. Rialto Theater, 228 E. Fourth St., Loveland, 970-962-2120.

Solstice Concert — With Sound Circle, a women’s a cappella ensemble. 5 p.m.

Columbine Unity Church, 8900 Arapahoe Rd., Boulder, 303-473-4525.

3OH!3 - Back to Basics — With The Chain Gang of 1974, Cobraconda and The Life There Is. 7 p.m./6:30 p.m. doors, Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-4433399.

White Christmas Holiday Show — With The 17th Ave Allstars and Pink Champagne. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 N. Park Dr., Lafayette, 303-665-2757.

Winter SolFest 2009 — Technocosmic ritual dance celebration with Lil Sum’n Sum’n, Buddha Bomb and Mountain Trance Medicine Band. 7 p.m. The Double Rainbow Ranch, 6541 N. 63rd St., Niwot, www.BoulderSolFest.com.

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Buddhist Relics Show and World Peace Event — 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Masonic Lodge, 2205 Broadway Ave., Boulder, 303258-3289.

Free Open House. 10:30-noon. Boulder Shambhala Center, 1345 Spruce St., Boulder 303-444-0190.

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

Movement Mass — Prayer and community through dance with Melissa Michaels. 11 a.m. Boulder Circus Center, 4747 N. 26th St., Boulder, 303-415-0272.

Salsa Dancing Lesson — With music from Conjuntos Colores. 8 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-4636683.

Sunday Afternoon Tea ­— With live traditional Asian music. 1:30-4 p.m. Ku Cha House of Tea, 2015 13th St., Boulder, 303443-3612.

Sunday Evening Bluegrass — With K.C. Groves. Duo. 5-7 p.m. Gold Hill Inn, 401 Main St., Boulder, 303-443-6461.

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Check out excellent folk, rock, and Americana with one of Boulder’s most talented bands. 7 p.m. St. Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696.

Panorama pick stage. 7:30 p.m. Oskar Blues, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685.

Boulder Blues Club — With Paul Söderman. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel and Suites, 800 28th St., Boulder, 303-443-3322.

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

Jay Ryan’s Big Top. 7 p.m./6:30 p.m. signup, D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683.

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

events Geeks Who Drink Pub Quiz. 8 p.m. The b.side Lounge, 2017 13th St., Boulder, 303473- 9463.

Geeks Who Drink Pub Quiz. 9 p.m.

Conor O’Neill's, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922.

Magical Mexican Mondays — With live magic by Erica Sodos. Juanita’s Mexican Food, 1043 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-449-5273.

“So, You’re a Poet.” 8 p.m. Laughing Goat Coffeehouse, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303440-4628.

Story Circle. 7 p.m. Swallow Hill, 71 E. Yale Ave., Denver, 303-777-1003, www.swallowhillmusic.org.

Tuesday, Dec. 22

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events Boulder Improv Jam Association — Public dance jam every Tuesday. 7:30-10:30 p.m.The Avalon Ballroom, 6185 Arapahoe Rd., Boulder, 720-934-2028.

Customer Appreciation Day — With holiday cookies and cider. 7 p.m. Free Traveler’s Tuesday program. Changes in Latitude Travel Store, 2525 Arapahoe Rd., Boulder, 303-786-8406.

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

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

Flamenco Technique. 5:45-7 p.m. Kakes Studios, 2115 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-7867050.

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The Clam Daddys — Transcendental blues jam. 7:30 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683.

The Colorado Harp Ensemble — Holiday, Jazz and Celtic. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 N. Park Dr., Lafayette, 303-665-2757.

Brazilian Music — With Joao Junqueira.

7-10 p.m. The Blending Cellar, 946 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-0475.

Gregory Alan Isakov and Reed Foehl — With special guests. 8 p.m. Gold Hill Inn, 401 Main St., Boulder, 303-443-6461.

Hello Winter — Feat. Ivy, Jansten and Alala.one. 9:30 p.m. The b.side Lounge, 2017 13th St., Boulder, 303-473-9463.

JV3. Baker St. Pub & Grill, 1729 28th St., Boulder, 720-974-9490.

Kamikazee Karaoke Gong Show. 9 p.m.

Juanita’s Mexican Food, 1043 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-449-5273.

Reggae Wednesday.10 p.m. Boulder Draft House, 2027 13th St., Boulder, 303-

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Bluegrass Jam. 7 p.m. Swallow Hill, 71 E. Yale Ave., Denver, 303-777-1003, www.swallowhillmusic.org.

Blues Jam — Hosted by Gretchen Troop.

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

Clusterpluck — 9 p.m. Open jam.

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

Colcannon — Holiday show. 7:30 p.m.

Nissi’s, 2675 N. Park Dr., Lafayette, 303665-2757.

Conjunto Colores. 6:30 p.m. St. Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-4069696.

Electronica Tuesday! — Breakin’ and Eggs with Dirt Monkey. 9 p.m. The b.side Lounge, 2017 13th St., Boulder, 303-4739463.

The Hip Replacements and Fallen Hero. 8 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683.

Jay Ryan’s Acoustic Showcase. 7 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303463-6683.

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

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

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Rocky Mountain Chamber Singers — Get in the holiday spirit with RMCS’ Christmas program ’Tis the Season. 2 p.m.

Rialto Theater, 228 E. Fourth St., Loveland, 970-962-2120.

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

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Geeks Who Drink Pub Quiz. 6:30 p.m.

D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683.

Just Sit. 7-9 p.m. Boulder Shambhala Center, 1345 Spruce St., Boulder, 303-4440190.

Kids’ Calendar Thursday, Dec. 17 So Rim Kung Fu for Children. 4:305:30 p.m. A Place to B Studio, 1750 30th St., Boulder, 303-440-8007.

Friday, Dec. 18 Pajamarama Storytime. 7 p.m. Barnes & Noble, Crossroads Commons, 2999 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-444-0349.

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Saturday, Dec. 19 Breakfast with Santa and Elvis — With kid-friendly brunch, face painting, music, and Elvis. 10 a.m. to noon. A Spice of Life Event Center, 5706 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, www.tashiking.com.

Sunday, Dec. 20 Baby Boogie — Bring kids to dance. 2 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683.

Go Club — Learn to play the ancient and mysterious board game known as Go. 2 p.m. Boulder Public Library, 1000 Canyon Blvd., Boulder, 303-441-3100.

Max and Ruby Storytime and Coloring. 1 p.m. Barnes & Noble, Crossroads Commons, 2999 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-444-0349.

Monday, Dec. 21 Children’s Storytime. 10:15 p.m.

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

Rise & Shine Storytime. 9:30 a.m.

Barnes & Noble, Crossroads Commons, 2999 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-444-0349.

Tuesday, Dec. 22 Drop-In Science Explorations — Informal hands-on science sessions. 10

a.m. to 2 p.m. WOW! Children’s Museum, 110 N. Harrison Ave., Lafayette, 303-6042424.

Family Storytime Creekwalk: Give a Hoot — Storytime and a walk along Boulder Creek. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1000 Canyon Blvd., Boulder, 303441-3099.

Holiday Ornament Making. 10-11 a.m.

WOW! Children’s Museum, 110 N. Harrison Ave., Lafayette, 303-604-2424.

Teen Game Night. 3 p.m. Boulder Public Library, 1000 Canyon Blvd., Boulder, 303-441-3100.

Storytime for Children. 10:15 a.m.

Boulder Public Library, George Renolds Branch, 3595 Table Mesa Dr., Boulder, 303-441-3120.

Wednesday, Dec. 23 Baby Time — Explore language and books in a fun and intimate setting. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1000 Canyon Blvd., Boulder, 303-441-3100.

Children's Storytime. 10:15 a.m.

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

Drop-In Science Explorations — Informal hands-on science sessions. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. WOW! Children’s Museum, 110 N. Harrison Ave., Lafayette, 303-6042424.

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

So Rim Kung Fu for Children. 4:305:30 p.m. A Place to B Studio, 1750 30th St., Boulder, 303-440-8007.

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(Bill Hogan/Chicago Tribune/MCT)

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Rose’s Heavenly Cakes

Gourmet Today Giving a gift for the kitchen, such as a fine cookbook, is often a gift from the heart

Edited by Ruth Reichl because we cook for those we love.

(Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $40) Mastering the Art of Chinese Cooking Unfortunately, Gourmet magazine is no more, but this hefty volume is a fitting au revoir from the magaBy Eileen Yin-Fei Lo zine as well as a travel companion for those headed into (Chronicle, $50) the kitchen for the first (or 500th) time.

Yin-Fei Lo sees herself as an educator above all That’s because Reichl and her team approached the else. Consider this 384-page book to be an accessible if book with the understanding that, “You aren’t eating exacting tutorial on how to cook Chinese food. Her the way you used to. None of us are,” she writes in the book is divided not into chapters but lessons. She book. wants you to absorb her traditional teachings in a cerSo among the more than 1,000 recipes — from tain sequence. She starts off with the simpler dishes simple (roasted asparagus with feta) to involved (pork belly buns, opera cake) — are sidebars coaching on “sea and more familiar ingredients and grows increasingly more sophisticated. Yin-Fei Lo has no hesitation about vegetables” (aka seaweeds), offering a “beef buyer’s dropping a topic or a food — rice, say — only to come guide” and defining “softened butter.” back around to it later with more challenging presentaTechniques and resources round out the book.

So does the recipe for Elvis Presley’s favorite pound tions. Large, colorful photographs underscore the teaching. This is one cookbook you are meant to read cake.

By Rose Levy Beranbaum (Wiley, $39.95) Author of the venerable The Cake Bible, Beranbaum rises to the occasion with her new take on cake, raising the subject to new heights without eschewing the seminal book that made her reputation. The glorious photos capture a tempting array of 100-plus recipes, from cupcakes to wedding cakes. More important is Beranbaum’s authoritative, passionate and personable text. These recipes, from chocolate layer cake with caramel ganache to no-bake whipped cream cheesecake, will challenge the veteran and guide the less experienced. If you like to bake, this book will keep you busy for a long time.

Baking

By James Peterson (Ten Speed, $40) Peterson has earned a reputation for his comprehensive focus on single topics; this hefty tome delivers a comprehensive tutorial on the subject, covering 350 recipes and techniques. What distinguishes this book from the competition might well be the 1,500 photographs, the majority providing step-by-meticulous-step instruction that will prove invaluable for anyone looking to master a technique, whether it’s for crimping a pie crust or mastering apple strudel. see COOKBOOKS Page 54

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Take a ride on the Korean side

by Clay Fong

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Spartan dining space with cinder block walls and minimal artwork, Boulder’s Korea House is one of the few local spots where one can enjoy this seldom-seen Asian cuisine.

While the décor hasn’t changed much over the years, the prices seem more reasonable than they have in the past. A special lunch menu, with options ranging from $7.95 to $8.95, represents fine value, offering a bowl of miso soup, a side of kimchi, rice and entrée.

Colleague Jeff and I split an ample

table nearly ice cold. Had it been slightly warmer, the pungent flavors of pepper, garlic and ginger would have emerged to full advantage. My preference also runs to kimchi that retains some crispness, and the softness of these cabbage leaves closely resembled that of jarred supermarket versions.

My lunch choice was the $9.95 hot stone bi bim bab. Literally translated as “mixed rice,” this one-dish meal blends a little of everything in a heavy ceramic bowl — hence the hot stone moniker.

Carrot strips, spinach, bean sprouts and tender bits of beef and onion were artfully arranged atop a bowl of rice. The centerpiece was a raw egg — traditionalKorea House ly the hot stone bowl is supposed to aid 2750 Glenwood Dr. #4 the cooking process, however the temperature wasn’t hot enough. I contented Boulder, 303-449-1657 myself with mixing the egg in the hot rice along with everything else, and seasoned it all with a dash of ginger-scentorean tacos are currently the hottest fusion food trend in the $9.95 appetizer of kimbap, which closely ed red chili sauce. On balance, this dish United States. Popularizing this fare is Kogi, a Southern resembles a sushi roll with its nori seawas a more-than-satisfying mix of flavor California operation consisting of a string of catering trucks. weed wrapper and rice filling. But unlike and texture. Crisp-tender spinach and Diners follow Kogi’s Twitter feed to determine where the trucks sushi, this is Korean grab-and-go food carrot played off the richness of the egg will show up next, so they can feast on delicacies such as the intended for an al fresco concert or a hikyolk sticking to the rice. The beef added signature Korean short rib taco. This selection comes topped ing trip. Jeff was especially impressed with heft and was savory, while the peppery with such garnishes as sesame-chili salsa, and lettuce and cabthe sticky texture of the rice, and the sauce added just the right amount of bage dressed with chili-soy vinaigrette. Kogi’s cuisine has weight of this roll’s sliced vegetables and heat for a chilly day. become so popular that this business will occasionally borrow beef easily made it a meal unto itself.

Korea House won’t take a blue ribtrucks and offer their menu in other locales, such as New York Jeff ’s main course was a lunch special, bon for upscale décor or taking advenCity. the $8.95 platter of barbecue ribs and turous flights of culinary fancy. But mandoo, a cousin to Chinese pot stickers. sometimes nothing sounds better than a Korean ribs, or kalbi, consist of short ribs big bowl of steamed rice with decently marinated in soy sauce, seasoned with sugar and garlic.

Both of us received a side of kimchi, spicy pickled prepared vegetables and flavorful proteins, perhaps Jeff ’s quarter-inch thick ribs were reasonably tender, Napa cabbage. I’ll admit to being a kimchi snob, prone with some pungent kimchi on the side. In that case, with a hearty beef flavor tempered by the marinade. to making my own (consuming a tin of Altoids is manthis craving for flavor can be easily satisfied here, at a Possessing a crisp panfried exterior, the mandoo was datory afterwards, given my love of garlic), or buying price competitive with other reasonably inexpensive more flavorful than pot stickers or Japanese gyoza, homemade jars from Korean churches. My main knock lunch choices. aided by a whiff of garlic. against Korea House’s version is that it came to the Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com

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New American Table

By Marcus Samuelsson (Wiley, $40) Samuelsson is on a roll. Author of previous well-regarded cookbooks (Aquavit: And the New Scandinavian Cuisine and The Soul of a New Cuisine), the chef of Aquavit restaurant in New York now turns to America and its regional and ethnic cuisines. As an immigrant (from Sweden) himself, the author focuses on many immigrant stories he has learned during travels throughout the States. With them, he includes 300 appealing recipes, such as his greens recipe (mixing typical Southern black food with Asian touches of lemon grass and bok choy) and an intriguing quick beef curry with avocado and plantains. Natural looking photos of people, ingredients and finished dishes enhance the eclectic book.

(Shambhala Publications Inc., $35) Subtitled “Recipes, Techniques and Reflections From the Famed Zen Kitchen,” this volume offers 300-plus vegetarian recipes (some use eggs and dairy) and a nurturing text. “I want you to know that cooking is not just about working on food, but working on yourself,” writes Zen priest/chef Brown, who cooked and baked at the Bay Area’s Tassajara Zen Mountain Center for several years. Recipes have been tweaked. His early free-wheeling, noquantities style remains in some recipes; others offer measurements and incorporate now-common ingredients (balsamic vinegar, goat cheese). More than recipes for kim chee, tofu burritos, a quick vegan spice cake and potato gratin with celery root and fennel, the book boasts tips (handling knives, dissolving cornstarch) and Brown’s essays and urgings: “Let your innate capacity flourish.”

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How to Roast a Lamb

By Thomas Keller (Artisan, $50) One of the heftier tomes in a bevy of hefty tomes this year, Keller’s cookbook declares the contents to be “Family-Style Recipes” to let readers know this is not just another chef/coffee-table book. Despite the fact that the author is one of the world’s most famous chefs (owner of The French Laundry, per se, Ad Hoc and other restaurants around the country), it appears he can come down to earth and offer his fans doable, tasty weeknight fare.

We’re talking great fried chicken and biscuits, for gosh sakes. Plus chicken soup with dumplings and meatballs with pappardelle. “Lightbulb” tips dot the book as Keller teaches us how to tie a roast, trim green beans with scissors and other handy lessons. It’s fun and approachable.

By Michael Psilakis (Little, Brown, $35) The inspiring story of Psilakis, the self-trained chef of acclaimed New York restaurants Anthos and Kefi, among others, informs this celebration of “New Greek Classic Cooking,” as the subhead reads. The tales of his immigrant parents and the lessons they instilled set up the chapters. Instead of appetizer, entrée, dessert, you’ve got his father’s vegetable garden (salads), a hunting trip (game) and an emotional lesson about where food comes from (lamb and goat). He also applies modern sensibilities to Greek ingredients.

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French Feasts

By Stephane Reynaud (Stewart, Tabori & Chang, $40) “I remember the Sundays of my childhood (just one a week was never enough),” writes Reynaud in the opening essay of this charming if massive homage — 480 pages, 500 color photographs and illustrations, 299 recipes — to traditional French family cooking.

Francophiles will drool at the sexy food shots, chortle over the witty cartoons and study up on Burgundian wines.

Heck, they can even learn how to sing “Moulin Rouge.” But whether anyone will cook out of this book is another matter. Recipes are simple, yes, but some are too simple in that terse shorthand way professional chefs use to render instructions. You’ll need cooking experience. You’ll also need muscle. At 5.6 pounds, this book sorely needs its padded cover to cushion the blow.

The Complete Tassajara Cookbook

By Edward Espe Brown

Good Eats: The Early Years

By Alton Brown (Stewart, Tabori & Chang, $37.50) From a let's-put-on-a-show naive beginning, “Good Eats,” the kitchenscience-laced Food Network standout, has emerged as the best-written cooking show on television, consistently funny and entertaining, often teaching us something surprising. This weighty tome captures that essence, with mad scientist star Alton Brown dispensing heaping helpings of the sometimes droll, sometimes goofy wit that seasons the show. Nearly 400 pages — it’s just book one of a three-volume set conceived to celebrate the show’s 10th anniversary — the book dedicates a chapter to each of the first 80 episodes.

You’ll find each show’s salient points, the “Knowledge Concentrate,” and the recipes, or “Applications” of that knowledge, most reworked. Tons of photos, explanatory line drawings, trivia and anecdotes make “Good Eats” almost as vividly visual as the show itself. To paraphrase Brown’s gambit that opens each program, it’s good fun — and a must for fans.

—By Chicago Tribune Newspapers reporters Bill Daley, Renee Enna, Joe Gray, Carol Haddix and Judy Hevrdejs. (c) 2009, Chicago Tribune.

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A local chef shares her sweet secrets

by Danette Randall

’m so honored that our trusty ier cookies work with the frosting.

weather gurus listened to me.

Snow, snow, went away and won’t Snowman Sugar Cookies come back ... well until at least next week.

2 cups flour To celebrate the snow in the moun1/8 tsp. salt 1/2 tsp. baking powder tains and the sun down here, I am mak1/2 cup softened unsalted butter ing Snowman Sugar Cookies.

3/4 cup sugar Delicious, tender cookies with crisp 1 egg edges coated in a buttercream frosting and dusted with powdered sugar, to rep- 1 tsp. vanilla Zest of one orange licate freshly fallen snow. I’m sure it fools people every time.

Buttercream Frosting Now, who doesn’t love them some Frosty? Not the Wendy’s cool concoc2 cups powdered sugar tion but the ever-lovable Frosty the 1/2 cup softened unsalted butter Snowman. Magical, friendly and very 1/2 tsp. vanilla politically correct, that one. You can 3 1/2 tbsp. heavy cream (you can use break out Frosty plates, napkins and of milk) course cookies at just about any party in Powdered sugar for dusting December and all’s well.

The song is such a winter pick-meIn small bowl, combine flour, salt up; the Jimmy Durante or Gene Autry and baking powder. Set aside. version rock. Just shoot me when they In large bowl, decide to release a cream butter and Miley Cyrus version, sugar until light or even worse 50 Now, who and fluffy. Add in Cent (ummm, proegg, vanilla and nounced fitty cent doesn’t love orange zest. Stir in to you not in the them some flour mixture and know). Actually, that combine well. might not be too Frosty the Form dough with bad — rapping hands into round Frosty the Snowman Snowman? ball. Divide in half could be just as and wrap each magical as living Magical, piece with Saran inside a snow globe. friendly and wrap. Put in refrigAs much as I erator for 1/2 hour. love Frosty, I have politically Preheat oven to to ask: Why is it 350. charming and correct, that Place parchwhimsical that he ment paper over rides a broomstick, one. baking sheet. however, (and by Take out one this time you know ball of dough at a time. Roll out with there is always a “however” with me — rolling pin until 1/4 inch thick. Cut out or a cocktail, but not in this column) with snowman cookie cutter (or cookie when it is a broomstick and woman, it cutter of your choice) and place on bakalways has a witch connotation to it? ing sheet. Repeat this process with I think maybe next time I find a remaining dough and second half in woman charming and lovely, I just refrigerator. might say, “Hey, why don’t you jump on Bake for 8-9 minutes until edges are your broomstick and meet me at just starting to brown. Place on baking Cantina Laredo?” Think she will know rack or parchment paper to cool. it’s a compliment? Just the fact I invited For frosting: Cream together on her to Cantina Laredo should be enough medium speed all ingredients for frost... Yummy! ing until smooth and fluffy. You can add OK, nobody knows how to turn an more heavy cream if you don’t like it as innocent subject like snowman sugar thick. cookies into a gripe session like me.

Spread frosting on each snowman Make the cookies, you won’t be disapcookie. Dust with powdered sugar. pointed.

Enjoy!

As for me, I’m going to hop on my Note: Looks cute with colored or broomstick and settle back into my snow chocolate sprinkles as well. globe of a life I think I lead.

Now, follow the directions, put some You can watch the Dessert Diva every love into it and invite me over when it’s Monday at 8:35 a.m. on Channel 2. To condone. tact Danette at the station, visit 2thedeuce.

Before you start: Make sure butter and com, and click on Daybreak on the Deuce. To egg are room temperature. You can bake chat and/or send comments and suggestions, for a minute or two less if you prefer softer cookies. I like the way these crisp- write to jdromega@aol.com.

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ederland’s Neapolitan’s, or Neo’s, as it’s popularly known, dishes out first-rate East Coast-style Italian. Dishes with red sauce are the star of the show here, such as lasagna and the parmigianas.

However, this cozy eatery also excels in the details, as evidenced by the subtly garlicky rolls and an outstanding gorgonzola-laden salad dressing. Neo’s is a fine spot for casual and extremely satisfying Italian dining in the mountains.

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well-prepared rice, salad and miso soup.

Other bento features include California rolls and fresh-from-the-fryer tempura.

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welcoming North Boulder neighborhood spot, O! Pizza dishes out thin-crust pie in the Philadelphia-style, which bears a close resemblance to its New York cousin. Civic origins aside, O! offers pie for every palate, ranging from a soy cheese and gluten-free crust version to a top-flight white pizza brimming with garlic, mozzarella, spinach and extra virgin olive oil. For dessert, try the homemade oatmeal chocolate chip cookies.

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estively decorated, Boulder’s Rincon Del Sol serves up California-style Mexican fare in a hospitable setting.

Meals begin with chips, bean dip and first-rate salsa that you can enjoy while choosing from an array of tacos, enchiladas, burritos and combination plates.

Chief among these is the Tampiqueña platter, a selection that you’re equally likely to encounter in both the U.S. and Mexico. This classic plate consists of flavorful carne asada garnished and a molé chicken enchilada, expertly balancing tones of spice and chocolate.

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estled in Boulder’s Days Hotel, the Eggcredible Café serves up skillfully prepared egg dishes, such as an assortment of Benedicts, and sandwiches for breakfast and lunch. But what helps set the Eggcredible apart from the rest, besides its Eastern Europe meets the American West ambience, is a variety of sweet and savory pierogi dumplings. For breakfast, one can enjoy these delicacies stuffed with sweet cheese or fruit, while savory lunchtime varieties come with fillings ranging from a threemeat combo to the zakopane, a mix of sauerkraut and mushrooms.

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Murphy’s Grill bears more than a passing resemblance to the set of the ’80s sitcom Cheers. But unlike Cheers, Murphy’s displays considerable culinary prowess beyond chicken wings and nachos. Best bets include the expertly prepared walnut-crusted trout and the “smallest dessert in town” a sweet bargain consisting of a hunk of moist brownie and a scoop of vanilla ice cream.

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Other menu winners include the organic salads and a simple-but-satisfying grilled cheese panini.

Murphy’s Grill 2731 Iris Ave., Boulder, 303-449-4473

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4800 Baseline Rd., #8101, Boulder, 303-554-0193

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

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lightly off the beaten path, Hygiene’s Crane Hollow Café provides a charming country venue for a leisurely weekend breakfast. Hearty corned beef hash, world-class biscuits and gravy specials, and fresh-from-the-oven fruit pies are just some of the specialties here. Combine these delectable items with a bright home-style setting and reasonable prices, and you’ve got the makings of a fine morning meal experience.

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apango differentiates itself from the competition by providing economical yet filling bento lunches ranging from $7.50 to $9.50. For a price comparable to a takeout sandwich lunch, you can enjoy a meal of meat, fish or poultry, along with

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his is one of the few local establishments where you can get something as simple as a decent club sandwich at a fair price. Bob’s features a lessthan-$5 menu with such items as a mini Philly cheesesteak sandwich, and many of the burgers go for less than a five spot. Higher-end items include the $8.95 blackened salmon and mahi sandwiches.

Those inclined towards healthier offerings can pick up a generously portioned entrée salad.

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

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heap and cheerful are the names of the game when it comes to Lee Yuan’s fine Chinese-American lunch specials. For an average price of seven bucks, you can get a classic meal consisting of hot and sour or egg drop soup, an egg roll and an entrée. Standouts include the surprisingly flavorful Mongolian beef or the fish with hot bean special, consisting of exquisitely fried seafood topped with a chile black bean sauce.

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roviding higher quality sandwiches than its competition for only a few dollars more, the Lafayette branch of Smashburger follows the famed In-N-Out’s lead by serving cooked-to-order burgers made from fresh meat. Burgers, such as the Spicy Baja, come in either one-third or half-pound portions, and are accompanied by such fresh toppings as jalapeño peppers and garlic mushrooms. Other featured items include a stellar root beer float, crispy fried onions and Chicago hot dogs.

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

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2,600-year-old Buddhist relics make a stop in Boulder

by Quibian Salazar-Moreno

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ome of the foundational beliefs of Buddhism are peace and lovingkindness among all living things. For the past 30 years or so the Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso has been spreading this message in the Western world with hopes of inspiring and making changes worldwide. But with the Dalai Lama’s announcement of semi-retirement in 2008, the spread of the Buddhist message rests in the hands of other Buddhist leaders.

One of these leaders is Lama Zopa Rinpoche, a Tibetan teacher who is leading a venture called the Maitreya Project. The project is a planned construction of a 500-foot statue of the Buddhist figure Maitreya in northern India. For the statue itself, the projected budget is to be around $195 million. But in addition to the statue, the Maitreya Project will include development of the surrounding area with health and education services that will cost somewhere in the range of $55 million.

In an effort to promote the project, Rinpoche launched the Maitreya Project Heart Shrine Relic Tour in 2001. The tour showcases more than 1,000 sacred Buddhist relics, some going back as far as 2,600 years from the Buddha and others from Buddhist masters from other parts of the world. The tour stops at Boulder’s Masonic Lodge this weekend — the second time it’s been in Colorado — where visitors can see the relics free of charge. But questions may arise — what exactly are these relics and where did they come from?

“The relics themselves are primarily from the ashes of holy masters that have been cremated,” says Elizabeth Prather, a former relic tour manager who is volunteering to host the tour’s Boulder dates. “When you sift through the ashes you actually find these little pearl-like substances. They can be white, translucent,

they can be different colored rocks, and they’re small.

And depending on the master in the situation, it could be two of them, or hundreds of them, or even thousands of them.”

Some of the relics that are on display include pieces of hair and bone from Buddhist masters who have passed on. But of course people come to the show to see the supernatural-like pieces that seemingly came out of nowhere. According to Prather, the relics may still contain some sort of supernatural power.

“A relic is the embodiment or the symbol of the higher qualities of compassion and wisdom that the master has,” Prather says. “What we see in the ashes is that they’re leaving a symbol of their wisdom, lovingkindness and compassion. That’s what people feel when they come into the room. It doesn’t matter what’s happening outside, it’s like people let go and they feel peaceful. They can just relax. That’s kind of a general feel.”

Prather related a story about a 5-year-old girl with

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cerebral palsy who would act out in public and had a hard time controlling her limbs and focusing. The girl and her parents came to a relic show and saw a change in their daughter afterwards.

“I saw her last year in Nevada City, she was a different girl,” Prather says. “She was quiet. She looked at you and her limbs weren’t flailing. Her parents were just telling me this story with tears in their eyes, and said the change had happened right after they had been to the relic show the year before, so they came back again.”

Prather also said a man with cancer came to a show and told her that he had a really light feeling in his body during his visit. After he left, he went to the doctor and, “I can’t prove this, but he was told that the cancer went into remission,” Prather says.

The miracles don’t stop there. Prather also says that the relics themselves seem to be multiplying. “So now we have more relics than we did when we started,” she says.

Although the relic show is free, donations are being accepted, and there will be a sale of various items at the show, with all proceeds going directly towards the Maitreya Project. The event is open to people of all faiths and backgrounds, and whether or not you subscribe to Buddhist beliefs, Prather promises you will feel something.

“In our world view these items are more precious than any amount of money,” Prather says. “In certain people’s minds the preciousness of them comes from what they’re emanating — this compassion and wisdom. That’s what people are feeling, that special quality. To have that peace of mind, to feel that lovingkindness, to be without war or conflict in our lives, that’s what we’re looking for and that’s what these items represent.”

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The case makes it is more difficult for a primary caregiver or primary caregiver business, a.k.a., “dispensary,” to avoid prosecution. The Court of Appeals ruled that in order to receive any legal protection a primary caregiver must (1) have a personal relationship with the patient; (2) be assigned the exclusive right to cultivate and provide MMJ by the patient; and (3) must assist the patient with daily activities including, but not limited to, meal preparation, transportation, housekeeping, groceries, medical appointments and providing the patient with medical marijuana. This was a clear rejection of the Department of Health’s statement that providing medical marijuana to a patient was the only responsibility of a

The Law of Medical Marijuana; Part 2 Jeffrey S. Gard, 303-499-3040 or www.MedicalMarijuanaLawColorado.com primary caregiver. As the governmental entity responsible for interpretation of Amendment 18, the Clendenin constitutional definition of primary caregiver is likely to survive future regulation and legislation of medical marijuana.

The Clendenin decision should come as no surprise. Primary care giving always meant more than cultivating and providing MMJ to patients. A primary caregiver has been assigned by the patient significant responsibility for the management of their patient’s medical condition. Providing MMJ to a patient is only one small part of a primary caregiv-

er’s responsibility.

Rather view the case as a burden, primary caregivers should view Clendenin as an opportunity to support and foster their patient care business. If the caregiver cannot provide a particular service, they can align themselves with a local business people who can help their patients. For instance, the caregiver can employ a local handyman to assist a homebound patient with a small repair. Or, a local housekeeping business can assist the caregiver and their patients. In this way, the caregiver is helping fellow business people, while carrying out the responsibility of care giving. By following the Clendenin requirements, the medical marijuana caregivers have a great opportunity to help patients, local business people and their communities. Such activities are likely to inspire patient loyalty and community support.

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imbaland’s overwhelming success as a producer and songwriter has landed his once-unusual space-age, percussion-heavy style of hip-hop square in the mainstream. Good for the bank account but bad for the creativity, it seems. Shock Value II feels mass-produced, from the name to the way pal Justin Timberlake uses fast-food ordering as a come-on in “Carry Out” and the dreary rocktinged pop served by One Republic (“Marching On”) and The Fray (“Undertow”). Only on the infectious “If We Ever Meet Again,” with Katy Perry, and the playful “Morning After Dark” and “We Belong to Music,” with Miley Cyrus, do we get flashes of the mad-scientist Timbaland who once seemed unstoppable. — Glenn Gamboa, MCT Blakroc — Blakroc

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ast year, blues-rock revivalists the Black Keys teamed with left-field hip-hop producer Danger Mouse for the sorely overlooked Attack & Release. That concept continues with Blakroc, a collaboration born out of the Keys’ friendship with Roc-a-Fella co-founder Dame Dash.

Here, though, lead vocal duties have been turned over to a random helping of MCs — Mos Def, Q-Tip, Jim Jones, Jay-Z sound-a-like NOE, and M.O.P.’s Billy Danze among them — and R&B crooner Nicole Wray. All of it unlikely, sure, but what looks like a mess on paper is rather impressive on record. The drums are thick and the rhythms — driven by jarring guitars and organs — are warm and woozy, giving things a psychedelic feel. It’s a backdrop that fits well with lyrical warnings on sex, love, money and betrayal, themes owned by the blues long before rap gave them a fresh makeover. — Michael Pollock, MCT BOOKS You Better Not Cry: Stories for Christmas

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urroughs is the master of making tragedy funny, with memoirs of a dark childhood in Running With Scissors and alcoholism in Dry. You Better Not Cry is no exception.

Burroughs follows his own strange relationship with Christmas from his early memories of Santa (who was the same person as Jesus) to holiday disasters in adulthood in his terribly funny, tragically honest style.

In one story, Burroughs wakes up in an unfamiliar house — and is horrified when he discovers Santa Claus lying next to him. In another, he kisses a plastic Santa/Jesus then bites his lips off. Such things rarely happen to normal people, but Burroughs has never claimed to be normal.

A Wolf at the Table, Burroughs’ last memoir, was much darker than his previous books, but here he’s back in fine form. You may not cry, but you’ll definitely laugh. — Sara Frederick, MCT

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ifth-grader Felix Funicello has a new lay teacher at his strict Catholic school. Madame Frechette teaches class in French, wears tight sweaters and doesn’t seat students according to grade-point average.

Felix is the cousin of the famous Annette Funicello — Lamb’s story is set in 1964 — and for some reason, when he looks at her wearing a white two-piece swimsuit in a poster on his family’s bus station diner wall, he feels something that he doesn’t understand quite yet. But his best friend Lonny, who was held back a couple grades, and a fiesty new student from Russia, who may be a Communist, help him figure things out.

Wishin’ and Hopin’ culminates in a tableaux vivant organized by Madame Frechette, which predictably ends in disaster. But Lamb’s vividly detailed portrait of the 1960s and the inner workings of a Catholic schoolboy’s mind put his first Christmas book on par with his previous three novels. Fans — and Lamb newbies — will love it. — Sara Frederick, MCT

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The story, which takes place both in the present and back in time, is both captivating and intriguing.

And along with the huge open-world environment and the hustle and bustle of an old Italian city, Assassin’s Creed II is giving Grand Theft Auto IV’s Liberty City a run for its money. Without a doubt, Assassin’s Creed II is one of 2009’s best titles. — Quibian Salazar-Moreno, Boulder Weekly

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sually gamers avoid video games having to do with a movie, since most of the games are just a part of the film’s marketing machine. But for James Cameron’s upcoming film, Avatar, there was a concerted effort to make sure the game had the quality of a top-tier title. Too bad they didn’t get there.

Avatar: The Game was supposed to act as a sort of prequel to the movie, but the game hardly tells a story. Most of the time you’re fighting an enemy, trying to obtain an item, or meeting someone to tell you to do one of those things.

You have the choice of playing as a human or a Navi character, but both paths are the same just with different perspectives. The third- and firstperson gameplay is run-of-the-mill and is done much better in games like Gears of War or the Call of Duty series. While the game does a solid job of showcasing the nature of the Pandora moon and its lush environment (especially on a 3D TV), it’s just another sub-par movie game. — Quibian Salazar-Moreno, Boulder Weekly

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yan Bingham (George Clooney) has a job that keeps him flying 200+ days/ year in Up In The Air — he’s a corporate downsizer brought in to fire excess employees. It’s a tough job and Bingham has made a career out of detaching, disassociating from anything that could tie him down, including his long-estranged siblings.

Perpetually on the go, he meets up with fellow frequent flier Alex Goran (Vera Farmiga) and they flirt as they empty their wallets onto the hotel bar table, comparing rewards programs and avoiding anything personal. They end up in bed and the next morning search for schedule overlaps so they can rendezvous again.

Meanwhile, Bingham’s boss, Craig Gregory ( Jason Bateman), has been bowled over by the young, naive efficiency expert Natalie Keener (Anna Kendrick), who is convinced that they can just as easily fire people via videoconference, saving millions by not having the senior staff in the air.

Director Jason Reitman has a light touch with this material, sufficiently so that I expect he’ll see an Academy nomination for Best Director. There are many points in the movie where it could have turned maudlin or sappy, but all were deftly sidestepped.

For example, in one scene Bingham offers to walk his estranged younger sister Julie (Melanie Lynskey) down the church aisle at her wedding, but she informs him that

she’s asked someone else already. That could have become a cloying, sappy scene but was instead presented without pretension of “a deeper meaning,” making it a far more satisfying and believable scene.

Road warriors have an on-the-road life that’s often quite different from their home life, something that’s played out in a surprising manner in the movie. Again, it’s a surprise not because we expect things to be exactly as they seem in life, but precisely because we are so used to Hollywood storylines where things aren’t believable but instead proceed in boring, safe paths.

There’s also the emotionally challenging task of firing someone from a company that just doesn’t need them any

more. Multiple times in the film we see a montage of employees being fired and their various reactions. It deeply affects Natalie, who ends up in the field watching how Bingham goes through the process of terminating employees.

“We are here to make limbo tolerable” he explains at one point, and later reminds her that “we take people at their most fragile and set them adrift ...”

The core relationships in the movie are between Ryan and Alex, who have a steamy affair, and between Ryan and Natalie, the latter of whom acts as a reminder of his younger, more optimistic self. As both relations follow their inevitable course, we learn quite a bit about Bingham, and yet, we never really learn anything about this man who has spent his life keeping his metaphorical backpack as light as possible.

I’ve seen a lot of movies in 2009, but few of them have left me both entertained and thoughtful. Up In The Air accomplishes this difficult task and makes it look easy.

Clooney has a suave, elegant style that’s becoming more and more reminiscent of Cary Grant, and Vera Farmiga brings a sexy, thoughtful energy to her role. All in all, a splendid film, highly recommended and one that I think has a good shot at the Best Picture Academy Award. I know it’s one of my favorites of the year.

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f we’re so post-racial in the Obama era, why does every other movie this season lead to another round of ethnographic scrutiny? The Princess and the Frog presents to the world Disney’s first AfricanAmerican princess, and therefore comes with more baggage than a princess should be forced to carry. (Why does the prince have lighter skin than the princess? Is the hoodoo villain a stereotype? Why does the female protagonist struggle for prominence in her own story?) The Blind Side, a walloping success, is drawing crowds everywhere, but the love is especially fierce among conservative Southern audiences, most of whom respond to the story not as racially patronizing toward the African-American character, as many have said (I said it), but as a demonstration of pure Christian charity embodied by Sandra Bullock’s steel magnolia.

And now we come to stately, impressive Invictus, the latest from director Clint Eastwood. I confess to feelings of resistance going into it. Would this be the latest cinematic tale to sideline its primary black character — South African president and revolutionary game-changer Nelson Mandela, beloved, revered, prime Morgan Freeman material — in favor of a white protagonist, in this case a South African rugby captain played by Matt Damon?

The answer, happily, is no. Taken from a screenplay by Anthony Peckham, Invictus manages a tough thing: to seesaw between Freeman’s Mandela and Damon’s Francois Pienaar in such a way that actually works, in steady, measured dramatic terms.

It’s a crafty film, made in the conciliatory spirit of the statesman Eastwood sees in Mandela. It’s also fascinating

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how Invictus — as with Eastwood’s masterwork of the decade, Letters From Iwo Jima — challenges its maker’s screen reputation for sweet, bloody revenge.

“We have to surprise them with our compassion, our restraint, our generosity,” Mandela says early on, referring to the white Afrikaner population in his uneasily integrated country, post-apartheid. No one wussed around with a line like that in Gran Torino.

A key supporting character, Mandela’s head of security, is played by a wonderful actor named Tony Kgoroge. This man couldn’t care less about the South African rugby team, the Springboks. But in this team’s long-shot chances for 1995 World Cup Final victory, Mandela sees a grand opportunity. If the Springboks under Pienaar’s stewardship can prevail, the country just may skip a step or two on the road to its democratic future.

Invictus takes its title from the William Ernest Henley poem Mandela cherished while in prison (“I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soul”). The film would have us believe Mandela didn’t do much as president beyond following the progress of his new favorite team. Though the script manages a satisfying balance in its portraits, some of the details ring less than true.

Pienaar’s father (Patrick Lyster) is seen early on as no friend of Mandela, a white Afrikaner threatened by change. By the end of the picture he is a conveniently changed man. The musical score, meanwhile, offers Hollywood trumpet lines too much like the ones we heard in the last few Eastwood pictures.

For all that, Invictus chugs toward its climactic match with ease and a sense of purpose. One of the shrewdest touches is nearly dialogue-free: As two Afrikaner policemen huddle close to their radio outside the Johannesburg stadium during the final showdown, a poor young denizen of the slums joins them. It’s not an all’s-well moment of unity; rather, the way Eastwood handles it, it’s a glancing moment of connection in a country feeling its way past miserable divisions. The actors anchor the film. Freeman goes only so far with a dialect, and the script barely gets into Mandela’s complexities, but the performance feels fresh and spontaneous. Damon is becoming one of the truest, most reliable actors of his generation. And Eastwood has more films in development, proving, at 79, that 79 is just a number like any other.

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as a drug-addled police detective. The drugabusing cop has been relocated from New York to New Orleans, and in place of Keitel’s fits of anguish, Herzog has found his ideal interpreter, a performer whose truth lies deep in the artifice of performance: Nicolas Cage, at his finest. Rated R (drug use and language throughout, some violence and sexuality). At Esquire, Flatiron and Colony Square. — Michael Phillips

Director Roland Emmerich’s disaster movie 2012 samples everything from Earthquake to The Perfect Storm to The Towering Inferno to the Bible. John Cusack, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Amanda Peet, Oliver Platt, Thandie Newton, Danny Glover and Woody Harrelson are among the actors pushing along whatever “story” you can find here. For visual noise by the ton, Emmerich is my kind of hack, the pluperfect blend of leaden self-seriousness and accidental-onpurpose self-satirist. Rated PG-13 (intense disaster sequences and some language). At Flatiron and Twin Peaks. — Michael Phillips

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A Serious Man Set in 1967 in the Minneapolis suburbs, A Serious Man is a tart, brilliantly acted fable of life’s little cosmic difficulties, a Coen brothers comedy with a darker philosophical outlook than No Country for Old Men but with a script rich in verbal wit. Physics professor Larry Gopnik, (Michael Stuhlbarg) is God’s chosen sufferer, coping with a failing marriage, his son’s imminent bar mitzvah, a South Korean student bribing him for a better grade and a brother (Richard Kind) plagued by a literal pain in the neck.

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

Novelist Nick Hornby’s screenplay for British journalist Lynn Barber’s memoir sands a few edges off the corners of its heroine’s story, yet the film is awfully charming. It bops along with so much esprit and lively acting, and such an

The Princess and The Frog This new animated Disney movie staring an African American princess and a frog prince is set in New Orleans in the 1920s. observant sense of the period (the early ’60s), you’re seduced by the results in the same way charming, slightly oily David (Peter Sarsgaard), entices young Jenny (Carey Mulligan) into his glamorous orbit. The film belongs to Mulligan, who showcases her comic range and natural authority. Rated PG-13 (mature thematic material involving sexual content and for smoking).

At Mayan. — Michael Phillips Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans

Director Werner Herzog’s delirious new movie is a true feat of daring and one of the craziest films of the year. It’s a very loose remake of the 1992 Bad Lieutenant, in which director Abel Ferrara unleashed Harvey Keitel

Based on a book by Michael Lewis, this film fumbles a true story of an African-American product of the Memphis projects who ended up at a Christian school and in the care of a wealthy white family, then went on to NFL glory. The star is Sandra Bullock, whose character is conceived as a steel magnolia with a will of iron. Michael Oher (Quinton Aaron), now a starting tackle for the Baltimore Ravens, has been sidelined in his own story. At its queasiest The Blind Side veers perilously close to the concept of poverty tourism. Rated PG-13 (one scene involving brief violence, drug and sexual references). At Flatiron, Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks. — Michael Phillips Brothers

This gripping film is an honorable addition to the tradition of homefront war stories. The stars

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Landmark Mayan, 110 Broadway, Denver, 303-352-1992 A Serious Man Fri-Sun: 1:20 p.m. Fri-Thu: 4:20, 7:10, 9:50 An Education Fri-Sun: 1:15 p.m. Fri-Thu: 4:15, 7:15, 9:55 The Road Fri-Sun: 1 p.m. FriThu: 4, 6:50, 9:35 Starz Film Center, 900 Auraria Pkwy., Denver, 303-8203456 Curious George: A Very Monkey Chirstmas Sat: 3 p.m.

Hausu Fri-Sat: 10 p.m.

Me and Orson Welles SatSun: 2:10 p.m. Fri-Thu: 4:30, 7:15 Mile High Sci Fi: Surprise Film Sat: 6:30 p.m., 9 p.m.

Peter and Vandy Sat-Sun: 2:30 p.m.

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Century Boulder, 1700 29th St., Boulder, 303-442-1815 Avatar Fri-Thu: 11:10, 12:35, 1:40, 2:55, 4:10, 5:25, 6:40, 7:55, 9:10, 10:20 The Blind Side Fri-Thu: 12:45, 3:45, 7, 10:10 Brothers Fri: 11:45, 2:25 SatThu: 5:05, 7:45, 10:25 Did You Hear About the Morgans? Fri-Thu: 11:35, 2:10, 4:45, 7:20, 9:55 Fantastic Mr. Fox Fri-Thu: 10:55, 1:20, 3:40, 5:55, 8:15, 10:30 Invictus Fri-Thu: 11:50, 1:15, 3, 4:25, 6:10, 7:35, 9:20, 10:45 The Metropolitan Opera: Les Contes D’Hoffmann Sat: 11 a.m.

Precious Fri-Thu: 11:40, 2:20, 5, 7:40, 10:40 The Princess and The Frog Fri-Thu: 11:20, 12:35, 1:50, 3:05, 4:20, 5:35, 6:50, 8:05, 9:30 The Road Fri-Thu: 11:15, 1:55, 4:40, 7:30, 10:15 Twilight Saga: New Moon Fri-Thu: 12:15, 3:15, 6:20, 9:25 Up In the Air Fri-Thu: 11:25,

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AMC Flatiron Crossing, 61 W. Flatiron Cir., Broomfield, 303790-4262 2012 Fri-Thu: 11:10, 2:40, 6:25, 9:45 Avatar Sat-Sun: 9:40 p.m., 10:10 p.m., 10:40 p.m. Fri-Thu: 10:30, 11, 12, 2:15, 2:45, 3:40, 6, 6:30, 7:15, 9:30, 10 Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans Sat-Sun: 9:55 p.m.

Fri-Thu: 10:05, 1, 4:10, 7:05, 9:50 The Blind Side Sat-Sun: 7:35 p.m., 10:30 p.m. Fri-Thu: 10:20, 1:20, 4:20, 7:10, 10:05 Brothers Sat-Sun: 7:25 p.m., 10 p.m. Fri-Thu: 10:45, 1:30, 4:15, 7, 9:35 Did You Hear About the Morgans? Fri-Thu: 11:30, 2:20, 4:50, 7:40, 10:20 Disney’s A Christmas Carol Sat-Sun: 7:50 p.m., 10:15 p.m., FriThu: 10:10, 12:35, 3, 5:25, 7:45, 10:10 Everybody’s Fine Sat-Sun: 7:30 p.m., 9:50 p.m. Fri-Thu: 7:25 p.m., 9:55 p.m.

Invictus Fri-Thu: 10:20, 1:25, 4:25, 7:20, 10:25 Old Dogs Sat-Sun: 7:45, p.m., 10:05 p.m. Fri-Thu: 10:15, 12:45, 3:05, 5:20, 7:35. 9:55 Planet 51 Fri-Thu: 10:25, 12:40, 2:55, 5:10

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playing the brothers of the film’s title, Tobey Maguire and Jake Gyllenhaal, have been effective in much of their respective screen work, but their best stuff here is the their best stuff to date.

Along with Natalie Portman, they anchor a tightly packed melodrama. The story hews closely to Susanne Bier’s 2004 Danish film about a soldier presumed dead overseas, his ex-con brother and the soldier’s wife, who develops an emotional bond with her brother-in-law. Rated R (language and some disturbing violent content). At Flatiron and Century. — Michael Phillips

visually astonishing, raucous reality. Never before released in the United States, House is one of the most exciting genre discoveries in years. Not rated. At Starz. — Denver Film Society

Flatiron, Colony Square and Twin Peaks. — Michael Phillips

Invictus

As anyone who’s ever been in love can tell you, it’s a slippery slope from “We’re head over heels in love!” to “We’re fine.” Peter and Vandy takes us through the relationship of a young New York couple — just not in chronological order. Most movie romances end when the relationship is beginning. Peter and Vandy’s love story goes much further than that. The story shifts back and forth in time, whipping between their romantic beginnings and the inevitable struggles that follow. With star-making performances by Jason Ritter and Jess Weixler, Peter and Vandy is a unique take on the exhilaration and frustrations love can bring — a love story in disorder. Not rated.

At Starz. — Denver Film Society

See full screen review on Page 64. Rated PG-13.

At Flatiron, Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks.

Me and Orson Welles

Peter and Vandy

George and The Man with the Yellow Hat are having a great time getting ready for Christmas. There’s only one problem: neither of them can figure out what to give the other for a present. The Man finds George’s wish list indecipherable. And George doesn’t have a clue about what to get for The Man who has everything. Can they resolve their dilemma in time? Ages 2 - 5. Free showing at Starz. ­— Denver Film Society

A real charmer, Me and Orson Welles is the work of a director who takes nostalgia, romantic possibility and the theater seriously, without being a pill about it. Richard Linklater’s film version of a Robert Kaplow novel tells a fairy tale based in fact. Strolling the Manhattan theater district one day in 1937, the story’s fictional protagonist, a New Jersey high school student (Zac Efron), stumbles into Orson Welles and his Mercury Theatre associates and is hired to appear in Welles’ modern-dress revival of Julius Caesar.

Rated PG-13 (some sexual references and smoking). At Starz. — Michael Phillips

Disney’s A Christmas Carol

The Men Who Stare at Goats

Robert Zemeckis has long been a filmmaker divided against himself, the techno-geek warring with the storyteller. His newest work, Disney’s A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens — demoted!), is an extravaganza of colliding intentions. But just when you’re ready to give up on it, Zemeckis reminds you that he’s capable of true visual dynamism, enhanced but not wholly dictated by the digital landscape he so clearly adores. Plus, Jim Carrey is good as Scrooge. There’s surprisingly little shtick in his performance. Rated PG (scary sequences and images). At Flatiron. — Michael Phillips

Here’s a quirky comedic drama about one of the stranger aspects of the modern U.S. Army: a time when certain high-ranking officers felt that the New Age techniques and beliefs of the counterculture could transform military practice as we know it.

Director Grant Heslov is unable to make Goats a completely successful film, but it’s still worth watching because it provides a Planet 51 Peter and Vandy showcase for a group of actors (George Directed by Jay DiPietro A genial but generic riff Clooney, Ewan on sci-fi movie history, McGregor, Jeff Bridges, Planet 51 has barely Kevin Spacey) who enough slapstick to keep really appreciate this the kids interested. Children won’t get the sci-fi kind of farcical comedy. Rated R (language, movie references, and adults probably won’t find some drug content and brief nudity). At them funny. The big joke here is that an alien has Colony Square. ­— Kenneth Turan “invaded” a suburban town. The alien is us, a NASA astronaut (voiced by Dwayne Johnson) The Messenger who touches down and bounces out with his American flag, only to realize he’s interrupting an A decorated Army soldier (Ben Foster) with alien barbecue. This is a good-looking movie; it’s post-traumatic stress disorder is assigned to just low on laughs. Rated PG (mild sci-fi action the Casualty Notification program, meaning and some suggestive humor). At Flatiron. — that he and a fellow officer (Woody Roger Moore Harrelson) must deliver news of a fallen soldier’s death to family members. This pungent Precious little chamber piece offers a full yet delicate range of emotions, and it humanizes its charThe first 20 minutes of Precious are so intense, acters so that polemics are left in the backyou may not feel like sticking it out. Stick it ground. It takes place in the present, but the out. This is an exceptional film about nearly conflict claiming military lives could be any unendurable circumstances, endured. The conflict, not just America’s involvements in story is about a teen living in 1980s Harlem, Iraq and Afghanistan. Rated R (language and raped by her barely glimpsed father, abused by some sexual content/nudity). At Chez Artiste. her unfathomably cruel mother (Mo’Nique).

— Michael Phillips Precious is illiterate but bright, and she switchMile High Sci Fi: Surprise Film! es to an alternative school where she comes under the life-saving tutelage of Ms. Rain (Paula Mile High Sci-Fi says “Merry F’in X-mas” with Patton). There’ll be an Oscar nomination or a special gift to you all ... a FREE show! The two in this film’s near future. Rated R (child film title won’t be announced until they hit abuse including sexual assault and pervasive play. Sweet. At Starz. — Denver Film Society language). At Century, Colony Square and Esquire. ­— Michael Phillips

Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas

Everybody’s Fine

It’s a relief to see Robert De Niro giving an honest, effective starring performance in a project that does not stink. How long has it been? This Americanized remake of Giuseppe Tornatore’s 1990 Stanno Tutti Bene is gracefully acted by a good cast (including Drew Barrymore, Kate Beckinsale and Sam Rockwell), with De Niro as a father who travels to see how his grown kids are doing, one city at a time. The actors come riding to the rescue of the schematics in this simple, sincere heartwarmer. Rated PG-13 (thematic elements and brief strong language). At Flatiron. — Michael Phillips Fantastic Mr. Fox

So many clever visual felicities dot the landscape of Wes Anderson’s animated feature, I’m flummoxed as to why the movie left me feeling up in the air.

Partly, it’s how Anderson’s sense of humor rubs up against that of the story’s author, Roald Dahl. It’s also a matter of how the fox at the center has been turned into a more arrogant wiseacre, as voiced by George Clooney. Anderson fails to make Foxy’s glibness much fun, and the self-knowing irony seems ill-suited to Dahl’s traditional story interests. Rated PG (crude and sexual content, and for language including a drug reference). At Century and Colony Square. — Michael Phillips Hausu (House)

How to describe Nobuhiko Obayahshi’s 1977 movie House? As a psychedelic ghost tale? A stream-of-consciousness bedtime story? An episode of Scooby Doo as directed by Dario Argento? Any of the above will do for this hallucinatory head trip about a schoolgirl who travels with six classmates to her ailing aunt’s creaky country home, only to come face to face with evil spirits, bloodthirsty pianos, and a demonic housecat. Too absurd to be genuinely terrifying, yet too nightmarish to be merely comic, House seems like it was beamed to Earth from another planet. Or perhaps the mind of a child: the director fashioned the script after the eccentric musings of his eleven-year-old daughter, then employed all the tricks in his analog arsenal (mattes, animation, and collage) to make them a

Pirate Radio

With nearly 60 classic cuts, this may be the coolest music video masquerading as a movie ever. Filmmaker Richard Curtis has written and directed a love letter signed, sealed, delivered to the early rock era just as a tidal wave of groundbreaking British bands began hitting. It’s hard not to feel the love as Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bill Nighy, Rhys Ifans and others in the groovy ensemble spin this mostly tall tale of the English Parliament’s fight to crush rock radio and the rogue broadcasters who went to sea to keep it afloat. Rated R (language, and some sexual content including brief nudity). At Colony Square. ­— Betsy Sharkey

Old Dogs

I would rather watch John Travolta and Robin Williams sitting on a tree trunk, doing nothing, than endure their best efforts to energize this ol’ hound of a movie. Seven years after his whirlwind 24-hour marriage, an uptight Felix Unger-esque fellow (Williams) learns he’s the father of twins. He and his footloose-bachelor friend (Travolta), end up baby-sitting these two for a couple of weeks, and unfunny chaos ensues. Rated PG (some mild rude humor). At

The Princess and The Frog

How can a good-looking animated feature with a Randy Newman song as kicky as “When We’re Human” end up being just sort of ... all right? Featuring Disney’s first African-American princess, this movie lacks for nothing in setting and atmosphere (New Orleans, mostly in the 1920s, with side trips to bayou country) but comes up short where it counts: the charac-

ters. Human, insect or amphibian, their appeal is hard-sell and engineered. And the princess, oddly, is sidelined by her own story. Rated G. ­At Flatiron, Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks. — Michael Phillips Red Cliff

This is the first Chinese-language film from John Woo in more than a decade, and reportedly the most expensive Chinese-language movie ever made. Red Cliff tells the story of the pivotal Battle of Red Cliff (as famous in China as the Battle of Gettysburg is here), which finds vile Prime Minister Cao Cao (Zhang Fengyi) leading an armada into the Southland of China to take on a rabble of rebellious warlords. It’s the rare war movie less concerned with putting a face on sacrifice than showcasing strategy, and Woo manages to make it all work. Rated R (sequences of epic warfare). At Chez Artiste. ­— Christopher Borrelli The Road

It’s a miracle that this movie works at all, given the severity of its source, a 2006 Cormac McCarthy novel. The best thing about the film is Viggo Mortensen’s performance. He plays the man with no name, a survivor of the global apocalypse, making his way to the coast with his son (Kodi Smit-McPhee) while scrounging for food and dodging cannibals and marauders. The good father and his saintly boy cannot help but tug at the heart, even as John Hillcoat’s direction struggles to find a rhythm. Rated R (some violence, disturbing images and language). At Century and Mayan. — Michael Phillips The Twilight Saga: New Moon

This much-anticipated sequel is actually pretty good — a tick better than the first Twilight, which wasn’t bad, either. The second film in the series is bigger, better in the effects and more vibrant visually. When last we left Bella (Kristen Stewart) and her vampire boyfriend, Edward (Robert Pattinson), they’d come through a serious test or three of their endless love. New Moon separates the pair early on. Bella pines, then is pulled out of her funk by her pal Jacob (Taylor Lautner), who is sweet and hunky but also a werewolf. MPAA rating: PG-13 (some violence and action). At Flatiron, Century, and Twin Peaks. — Michael Phillips Up In the Air

See full screen review on Page 64. Rated R. At Century.

William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe

Emily and Sarah, the 30-something daughters of radical leftist lawyer William Kunstler, have ambivalent feelings about their father, who died in 1995. For one thing, they wonder why, late in his storied career, he defended the indefensible — drug dealers, the assassin of Jewish militant Meir Kahane, and New York mafia don John Gotti. But this vivid portrait of a man and his causes is mostly sympathetic, a labor of familial love codirected with care and passion. Not rated. At Starz. — Denver Film Society Word Is Out

In 1978, Word is Out: Stories of Some of Our Lives startled audiences across the country when it appeared in movie theaters and on television. The first feature-length documentary about lesbian and gay identity made by gay filmmakers, the film had a huge impact when it was released and became an icon of the emerging gay rights movement of the 1970s. It has since become a landmark in the history of documentaries. In honor of its place in our collective history, Word is Out was selected for restoration for the Legacy Project for GLBT Film Preservation by Outfest and the UCLA Film & Television Archive. Not rated. At Starz. ­— Denver Film Society

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n the golden aspens this fall, we finished a day of biking by riding up the final grade of the Walrod Cutoff Trail, finally stopping to catch our breath as the trail leveled out. Perched on the northern slope of Cement Creek, about eight miles south of Crested Butte, this trail provides a great vista of Cement Mountain, Round Mountain and the lower Cement Creek drainage. Sitting in the grass, gazing at the southern slope of the drainage, I distinctly made out what

by Conan Bliss looked like a couple of ski trails cut into the forest, and a steeply ascending lift line cut. The trails were now densely populated with second-growth forest that looked to be 40 or 50 years old, and I could not make out any lift apparatus of any kind.

Intrigued by my “discovery,” I did some research to find out more about what seemed to be an abandoned ski area. It turns out that this little area, a few miles from my home, had, indeed, been a little gem of a ski area, cut into

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the steep mountainside in 1939 and aptly named “Pioneer Ski Area.” The area featured two trails, the Big Dipper and the Little Dipper. There was a small base lodge and a few cabins to stay in, currently noted by the sign for the Pioneer Guest Cabins, a small local business that continues today on the beautiful site and caters to tourists and anglers, although the lifts have not run in more than half a century. see SKI AREAS Page 72

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The ski area was built with labor from the Works Progress Administration and used the meager supplies available in Gunnison County in the Depression years of the late 1930s. Namely, the rope tow ran off of a used Model A Ford engine, and the amenities were Spartan in nature.

What made Pioneer Ski Area truly a pioneer in Colorado skiing was its 3,000-foot aerial tram, which was Colorado’s first aerial ski lift. Even this was a little dodgy, as there was only one tram operator at the base area, over a half mile away from the upper station, “Star Point,” where skiers had to fend for themselves in the unloading process. There is little doubt that this lift in no way complies with even the most basic of the safety requirements in place today, but it certainly made for more exciting skiing.

After finding some entertaining history on Pioneer, I began to wonder about what other ski areas have come and gone in Colorado, what eventually became of them, and who skied these areas. It then occurred to me that I had skied one such area. I don’t want to date myself, but I spent many days in my formative ski years at another one of Colorado’s “lost” ski areas — Berthoud Pass.

Most people know Berthoud Pass as the apex of a large number of switchbacks en route to Winter Park, but Front Range backcountry skiers flock to Berthoud Pass today because of its abundant snow and proximity to Denver and Boulder.

Snowcat operations take place here as well. In its former life, Berthoud Pass proudly ran two lifts, one on the east side of the pass, one on the west side of the pass, and it is doubtful whether the combined total vertical of both lifts was more than a thousand feet. What really made Berthoud Pass great were the shuttles, which, simply put, were small passenger buses, outfitted with ski and board racks, that went up and down either side of the pass, stopping at the switchbacks to load skiers who would ski the untracked snow on the sides of the pass. Because only one shuttle ran on either side of the pass approximately every half hour, it effectively kept skier numbers low, so the powder always seemed to be untracked. The drawback was that sometimes you would have to wait 20 or 30 minutes on the side

of the road to catch a shuttle back to the pass, only to be subjected to obscure, scratchy Grateful Dead bootlegs on the “hi-fi” cassette stereo, completely subject to the whims of the inevitable 1980s Rasta wannabe super-kind driver. That certainly kept it real.

Of all of the lost ski areas, one stands out at the top of the “keeping it real” pile: Sharktooth. With connotations of steep couloirs beneath a huge jagged tooth-like granite spire, I couldn’t help but wonder how a ski area with such a name could ever go defunct. It turns out that Sharktooth, in operation from 19711986, held one record that no other Colorado ski area will ever match, especially in light of global warming: lowest base elevation. At 4,600 feet above mean sea level, and boasting a 150-foot vertical, Sharktooth’s summit was almost half as high as the base of Arapahoe Basin, and boasted around 7 percent of the vertical.

Located just outside the bustling cattle feedlot town of Greeley, Sharktooth had as many dust storms as snow storms and catered to local kids and families, UNC college students and ranchers who were used to this environment and just wanted to have some fun sliding down the snow, never mind the grit. It is a fair bet that you would stand out if you weren’t skiing in jeans, preferably a tight set of Wranglers. In spite of its humble statistics, Sharktooth had what many ski areas dream of: a local fan base that enjoyed what it had to offer. Sadly, we may not get to ski at Sharktooth again unless humans collectively and conclusively stop global warming.

Closer to the hearts of Boulderites is the fabled Chautauqua Mesa Ski Area. In operation from 1949–52, and again in 1962–63, Chautauqua Mesa began as a ski jump built by local residents seeking a little excitement. A 200-foot rope tow powered by a World War II Dodge Truck engine followed soon thereafter, and Boulder briefly had its own ski area. As one might guess, the snowpack in Boulder was highly variable, making operation of the ski lift subject to the whims of nature.

In spite of this, a number of current Boulder residents recall skiing at Chautauqua Mesa years ago as young men and women, enjoying the winter rec-

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The more I explore Colorado, the more of these little abandoned resorts I find, each with its own unique story. They all began with optimism, but most passed away for similar reasons, such as lack of money, poor location, inadequate skier visits, inability to compete with larger mega-resorts, or lack of consistent snow.

In spite of this, a number of these little

resorts remain and have flourished, humbly running the low-speed lifts with little or no marketing budget, relying on word of mouth to attract skiers.

The next time you think of heading to a large resort, take the time to stop at a small ski area to make some turns and experience a different kind of Colorado skiing.

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I don’t understand why the astronomers responsible for naming new-found objects are so devoid of flair. Here’s a prime example: They found a blazar, or blazing quasi-stellar object, in a faraway galaxy. It’s powered by a supermassive black hole that’s 10 billion times larger than our sun. Why did they give this fantastic oddity the crushingly boring name “Q0906+6930”? Couldn’t they have called it something like “Queen Anastasia” or “Blessed Quasimodo” or “Gastromopolopolis”? I trust you won’t be as lazy in your approach to all the exotic discoveries you’re going to be making in 2010, Aries. Start getting your imagination in top shape. Make sure it’s primed and ready for your upcoming walkabout to the far reaches of reality.

TAURUS

April 20-May 20:

Scientists say that pretty much everywhere you go on this planet, you are always within three feet of a spider. That will be an especially useful and colorful truth for you to keep in mind during 2010. Hopefully it’ll inspire you to take maximum advantage of your own spider-like potentials. It’s going to be web-spinning time, Taurus: an excellent phase in your long-term life cycle to weave an extended network — with you at the hub — that will help you catch an abundance of the resources you need.

GEMINI

May 21-June 20:

I don’t normally recommend that you worry too much about what others think of you. In 2010, however, you could benefit from thinking about that subject more than usual. Judging from the astrological omens, I suspect that you’ll be able to correct misunderstandings that have negatively affected your reputation. You might even have the power to shift people’s images of you so that they’re in relatively close alignment with the truth about who you actually are. Here’s the best news: You may be more popular than you’ve ever been.

CANCER June 21-July 22:

I’m hoping that you will get out more in 2010. And I mean way out. Far out. Not just out to the unexplored hotspots on the other side of town (although that would be good), but also out to marvelous sanctuaries on the other side of paradise.

Not just out to the parts of the human zoo where you feel right at home, but also out to places in the urban wilderness where you’ll encounter human types previously unknown to you. In conclusion, traveler, let me ask you this: What was the most kaleidoscopic trip you’ve ever taken? Consider the possibility of surpassing it in the next 12 months.

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One of the 20th century’s greatest scientific minds was Nobel Prize-winning physicist Max Planck. He knew that in his field, like most others, ingenious innovation doesn’t automatically rise to the top. The advancement of good new ideas is hampered by the conservatism and careerism of scientists. “A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light,” he wrote, “but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it.” In 2010, Leo, there’ll be a similar principle at work in your sphere. Influences that have been impeding the emergence of excellence will burn out, dissipate, or lose their mojo. As a result, you’ll be able to express and take advantage of innovations that have previously been quashed.

VIRGO

Aug. 23-Sept. 22:

Twenty-two percent of American rightwing fundamentalists believe that Barack Obama is the Anti-Christ. On the other hand, 73 percent of the people who read my horoscopes think that if there were such a thing as an Anti-Christ, he would be an American rightwing fundamentalist. But I’d like to discourage speculations like that among the Virgo tribe in 2010. According to my reading of the omens, you should take at least a year off from getting worked up about your version of the devil. Whoever you demonize, just let them alone for a while. Whatever you tend to fault as the cause of the world’s problems, give your blame mechanism a rest. As much as possible, create for yourself an Enemy-Free Zone.

LIBRA

Sept. 23-Oct. 22:

I’m hoping that 2010 will be the year you do whatever it takes to fall more deeply in love with the work you do. I’d like to see you reshape the job you have so that it better suits your soul’s

imperatives. If that’s not possible, consider looking for or even creating a new job. The cosmos will be conspiring to help you accomplish this. Both hidden and not-so-hidden helpers will be nudging you to earn your livelihood in ways that serve your highest ideals and make you feel at peace with your destiny.

SCORPIO Oct. 23-Nov. 21:

“It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)” is a jazz tune composed in 1931 by Duke Ellington and Irving Mills. In accordance with your long-term astrological omens, I propose that we make that song title your motto in 2010 — the standard you’ll keep referring to as you evaluate which experiences you want to pursue and which you don’t. Please proceed on the assumption that you should share your life energy primarily with people and situations that make your soul sing and tingle and swing.

SAGITTARIUS Nov. 22-Dec. 21:

I hope you will get more sleep in 2010. And eat better food, too. And embark on some regimen like meditation that will reduce your stress levels. In general, Sagittarius, I hope you will learn a lot more about what makes your body function at optimum levels, and I hope you will diligently apply what you learn. That doesn’t mean I think you should be an obsequiously well-behaved pillar of the community. On the contrary, what I’m envisioning is that by taking better care of yourself you will make yourself strong enough to run wilder and freer.

CAPRICORN Dec. 22-Jan. 19:

Even if you don’t plan to go to school in 2010, I suggest you make plans to further your education. Your current levels of knowledge and skill may be quite impressive, but they simply won’t be enough to keep you growing and adapting forever. Eventually, you’re going to need to learn more. And the coming months will be a perfect time, from an astrological perspective, to get that process underway. Here are a few questions to jumpstart your meditations: What ignorance do you find yourself having to increasingly hide? What subjects captivate your imagination and tantalize your future self?

What skills and know-how do your competitors have that you don’t?

AQUARIUS Jan. 20-Feb. 18:

Imagine that money is not just the literal cash and checks you give and receive, but that it is also an invisible force of nature like gravity or electromagnetism. Then imagine that it’s possible for this primal energy to be favorably disposed toward you — that on some occasions its rhythms may be more closely aligned with your personal needs. Can you picture that, Aquarius? I hope so, because there is a sense in which this seeming fantasy will be an actuality for you during much of 2010. How well you’re able to capitalize will depend in part on how high you keep your integrity levels. Are you prepared to be more impeccably ethical, fair, and honest than you’ve ever been?

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Feb. 19-March 20:

Have you been toiling away earnestly at the exhausting homework that life has dumped on you this past year? Have you kept the faith even when you’ve been fooled and confused?

Have you applied yourself with a pure heart to the maddening details and puzzling riddles you’ve been asked to master? If you’ve been less than conscientious at doing these tasks, the next two months will bring you a series of tricky final exams.

But if you have been doing your due diligence, then you’re on the brink of graduating from boring old problems that you have been studying and studying and studying for a long time. Do we dare hope that you will soon be free of a history that has repeated itself ad nauseam? Yes, I think we do dare.

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