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news & views

When a fetus is the victim / 6 Finding a middle ground between “personhood” and pro-choice

by Pamela White Burned again / 12 Fourmile fire victims report problems getting insurance money

by Jefferson Dodge On the cover: Body art battle / 14 County, body artists face off on regulations, fees

by Elizabeth Miller Conscious Gifts / 17 Giving gifts with meaning

buzz Dismal days in Denver / 18 Need direction, Pat Bowlen? Look at Pittsburgh

by Adam Perry Overtones: Adam Bodine Trio plays from the heart / 23 Overtones: Jeremy Dion takes control of new album / 24 Arts & Culture: Live-painter Jason García makes art in the moment / 25 Panorama: What to do and where to go / 31 Sophisticated Sex: Holiday horniness / 35 Elevation: Prevent meltdown on the slopes / 36 Screen: Tron: Legacy; The Fighter / 38 Reel 2 Reel: Pick your flick / 40 Cuisine: A one-bite wonderland for your holiday open house / 42 Cuisine Review: Las Palmeras / 43 Dessert Diva: Gingerbread Cake with Crystallized Ginger Glaze / 44

departments Letters: WikiLeaks saga; Enough compromise / 5 The Highroad: Obama to top executives: I feel your pain / 5 In Case You Missed It: Obama fails again; Coffman’s spear is limp / 9 Boulderganic: Last-minute thrift / 11 Classifieds: Your community resource / 48 Puzzles: Crossword and sudoku / 49 Free Will Astrology: by Rob Brezsny / 53

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WikiLeaks saga (Re: “A Nobel Prize for Assange?”

Danish Plan, Dec. 16.) Paul Danish is both wrong about WikiLeaks and disturbingly mean-spirited. First, he confuses the secretive, routinely illegal machinations of a 21st-century empire with the aspirations of 18th-century American revolutionaries. Few similarities exist between the American Revolution and the perpetual wars a hyper-militarized U.S. government now wages around the world. What does occupying countries, lavishing precious resources on corrupt puppet governments, enabling rampant criminality and terrorizing civilians have to do with the Declaration of Independence? How is U.S. support for brutal dictators and sabotaging of democracy around the globe consistent with the Founding Father’s transcendent vision of liberty and freedom?

Mr. Danish then offers a pseudorationale for unfettered secrecy, providing cover for those who have little interest in peace or respect for international law. The leaked cables reveal that one important function of official secrecy is to hide from public view the mendacity, bullying, law-breaking, violence and subterfuge that constitute “diplomacy” in our name. WikiLeaks confirms in sordid detail what many already knew: The overriding purpose of U.S. foreign policy is to maintain by any means imperial advantage and corporate hegemony over global resources and markets. Forget the

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uess who’s whining the loudest these days, wailing that they’re getting a raw deal from Barack

claptrap about compromise and peaceful resolution of international disputes.

Mr. Danish says Assange and 1,400 other “co-conspirators” should be jailed forever in Gitmo, a once-secret place now well-known for extra-judicial imprisonment and wanton torture. We

The Highroad boulderweekly.com/highroad

Obama to top executives: I feel your pain

Obama?

Not the unemployed and barely employed — even though the White House has blithely ignored their critical need for a national jobs program.

Not the poor, even though their ranks are swelling as millions of Americans fall out of the middle class.

No, no, the most insistent demand for attention is coming from way above the poor and the middle class. Believe it or not, it’s the CEOs of America’s biggest corporations and the top bankers of Wall Street who’re stamping their little Gucci-clad feet, bawling that they should be getting more love and support from the president.

It seems that the feelings of these precious ones have been hurt by Obama’s occasional condemnation

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can only suppose “patriots” like Danish would relegate millions who like what WikiLeaks has done to some comparable subhuman status. It seems one unfortunate consequence of the WikiLeaks phenomenon is that armchair warriors like Danish are encour-

by Jim Hightower of the stupefying greed that’s been shown by the likes of health insurance executives and Wall Street banksters. As one CEO put it, Obama’s attitude “felt too much like we were the bad guys.”

Yoo-hoo, Mr. Multimillionaire Executive, YOU ARE! Corporate chieftains are ruthlessly downsizing the middle class, carelessly polluting our air and water, gleefully destroying our democracy by using their corrupting corporate money to buy our government and generally feeling entitled to run roughshod

aged to spew malevolent bile as they attempt to excuse imperial violence.

Ken Bonetti/Boulder As the WikiLeaks/Julian Assange see LETTERS Page 6

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over everyone — all while pocketing obscene levels of wealth for themselves.

Yet they’re the ones crying.

Those guys are pathetic. They’re a bunch of narcissists with a sense of entitlement. Obama ought to send each of them a box of Kleenex and tell ’em to go to hell. But unfortunately, he’s no Harry Truman. So instead, he’s giving in to them! “[I intend] to make clear to the business community,” he recently announced, “that the most important thing we can do is to boost and encourage our business sector.” Hello ... they’re doing fine. The most important thing you can do is boost America’s middle class.

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uproar devolves into a soap opera-style witch hunt, I was surprised that Boulder Weekly pundits Pamela White (“Terrorist or Freedom Fighter?”

Uncensored, Dec. 16) and Paul Danish didn’t address two fundamental aspects of the situation.

First, how did a low-level military intelligence analyst, presumably Pfc. Bradley Manning, get access to a 250,000-record U.S. State Department database, and why was military security so lax as to allow him to download it?

Manning, who has been held without charge in solitary confinement for seven months, is undergoing cruel and unusual punishment verging on torture.

However, that is not unusual, given the abusive human rights records of the Bill Clinton, Bush II and Obama administrations.

Second, the ultimate villain or villainette is whoever allowed military intelligence (an oxymoron if there ever was one) access to state department cables. Someone at State authorized collection of the database, and someone, perhaps the same person, authorized distribution to the military database SIPRNet. If the cable database is truly as important as various authorities claim it to be, only Secretary of State Hillary Clinton could have signed off on its distribution. If so, she can, at the very least, be charged with dereliction of duty. No way can Hillary disassociate herself from a leak of this magnitude.

Further, any person who takes seriously anything a lying thug like G. Gordon Liddy says ... well, that should speak for itself.

I believe Mike Huckabee, one of FOX News’ gossip mongers, also has called for Assange’s assassination. If the accusation is accurate, then Mike cannot identify himself as a Man of God (“Thou Shall Not Kill”), nor can he claim to be a practicing Christian in any context whatsoever despite his posturing as a church minister.

It is sad to witness Danish resort to gutter language to make his points. I can only surmise that he is scraping the bottom of his meager intellectual barrel at this point in time. Lastly, since Danish cited Rudyard Kipling an issue back, let me quote some doggerel from Britain’s great apologist for imperialist rule: “It is not wise for the Christian white/To hustle the Asian brown/For the Christian riles/And the Asian smiles/And weareth the Christian down/At the end of the fight/Lies a tombstone white/With the name of the late deceased/And the epitaph drear/A fool lies here/Who tried to hustle the East.”

Dave Morton/Longmont Danish has it right. White is dead wrong. If she thinks the State 6 December 23, 2010

Department should be embarrased for doing whatever it takes to defend our country, then she should go live somewhere else. Ugly things happen in the course of war and negotiations, as Danish says; to believe otherwise is dangerously naive. Assange should be executed for espionage against the U.S. (and any other offended country).

And by the way, it seems White has never noticed how left-leaning the regular mainstream media is, since she targets the tiny media segment that is right-leaning as her examples of politically agenda-ed journalists. It takes more intelligence than she apparently has to see that what you personally agree with is not “truth” for everyone.

Amy Puls/via Internet

Enough compromise Mr. Obama, sir, it is not that I don’t genuinely like as well as admire you and your sincere cerebral appreciation of and approach to the political world. But I am now losing hope of your having a concrete success of any kind in cooperation with the Tea Party Republicans and beginning to think the only Republicans that you can actually communicate and/ or have any positive success working with are those with the more realistic, more practical perspectives. I’m thinking of the more pragmatic, responsible, moderate and positive Republicans like Colin Powell and those unlikely potential heroes for Republicans in the future, like Meagan McCain and her group of young, “Progressive Republicans,” for example.

The yahoos from the right will, of course, attack your connecting so closely with Powell & Co. and try to distort it as a racial thing. In fact, Rush Limbaugh already tried this the first time you two met even before the election, if memory serves. But rather than you chasing all the Republicans — like high-school girls that rejected you, that you can’t get over and yet you’re determined to get their attention — you must stop. Enough. No. No, sir, don’t you dare defy, much less lecture, those of us on the left that are and have been your very heart and soul (as there is such a thing as staying home), while you bend “far too over” for the Republicans. Do not, do not, do not let them intimidate you, sir, with their noise and bluster. Por favor.

Grant D. Cyrus/Boulder

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When a fetus is the victim

by Pamela White

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t’s hard for anyone who hasn’t lost a child to imagine Laurie Gorman’s grief. Only six weeks away from giving birth to a baby boy, she was struck by a driver in a dark SUV who ran a stop sign, left tire tracks on her body and drove away. She barely survived. Her son did not.

As a mother, I was sickened to learn the baby had died. I remember being pregnant, remember how very much I wanted each of my baby boys. I don’t know how women deal with the grief of miscarriage or stillbirth, but to lose a viable baby as the result of a criminal act …

It’s a shame that our society has splintered into politically useless and intellectually dishonest factions. Rather than improving our country, we waste our time bickering, fighting over the scraps of our democracy, while so many important issues go unaddressed. The left is every bit as guilty as the right, the right as guilty as the left. And those who say and do nothing are the guiltiest of all. But that’s a topic for another column.

Back to Laurie Gorman.

Right now, Republican lawmakers are throwing together legislation similar to that in effect in 35 other states that recognizes the fetus as a legal victim if it is harmed or killed during the commission of a crime. It’s a statute Colorado lacks, but getting such a bill passed is going to require a kind of

cooperation and nuanced thinking that hardly seems possible these days in the political arena.

While religious conservatives will overreach by pushing for a “personhood” bill that targets abortion rights, liberal lawmakers will be told by lobbyists that any attempt to protect the unborn puts Colorado on the proverbial “slippery slope” to the reproductive enslavement of women. The bill will get caught between the demands of extremists on both sides, leaving parents with no recourse when someone deprives them of a wanted, awaited child.

It doesn’t have to be that way.

If religious conservatives could think pragmatically and stop breathing fire and brimstone for a moment, they might realize that they have a choice: fighting for something they will never achieve or passing a law that will actually help the future Laurie Gormans of our state find justice.

Voters have repeatedly shown that they overwhelmingly oppose efforts to outlaw abortion and give fetuses full legal rights. Any attempt to push for a bill that goes to such an extreme is a waste of ink, paper and a lot of time for the poor folks in Legislative Legal Services. In this case, religious conservatives will do more good if they compromise, something that is hard for any religious zealot to do. see FETUS Page 8

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I suspect that many Democrats are sympathetic to Laurie Gorman and the need for such a law. I’m willing to bet that many would be in favor of passing a law similar to Laci and Connor’s Law, the federal statute that defines a fetus as a legal victim if it is harmed during the commission of a host of different federal crimes. It would be an easy task to adapt the language of that law, which specifically exempts abortion, for the state of Colorado.

But any Democrat who appears to be on board with such a bill will find people like the National Abortion Rights Action League’s Toni Panetta darkening their doorway, telling them that the bill creates a “slippery slope” that endangers abortion rights. Never mind that the federal statute already applies to Colorado, as it does all 50 states, and that women’s right to have an abortion remains intact here. For some pro-choice advocates, everything represents a slippery slope.

Panetta spent no small amount of time last spring lobbying for changes in the language of SB 193, which was signed into law and which regulates the shackling of pregnant inmates, specifically banning the use of shackles on inmates in labor. Panetta didn’t

want references to trimesters in the bill — such as a ban on the use of belly belts on women in the second and third trimesters of pregnancy — because that apparently created a “slippery slope.” The reason for including trimester language was medically sound; women in more advanced stages of pregnancy face a greater risk from belly shackles. But Panetta wanted none of it.

Her arguments were absurd, extreme and showed no respect for the facts of pregnancy. She made it clear that NARAL didn’t know whether it would support the bill, which was focused on lessening the pain and humiliation suffered by pregnant inmates. In her mind, the potential threat to abortion rights — surely a figment of her lobbyist imagination — seemed to be a higher priority than the suffering endured by pregnant inmates and the potential harm that shackling might inflict on their unborn babies.

Are there enough lobby-resistant moderates in the Colorado General Assembly to pass a law that acknowledges the love a pregnant mother feels for the life inside her without careening into Roe v. Wade?

Don’t hold your breath.

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—President Barack Obama, praising broadcast news legend Larry King on his final show “Well, it’s not because of the food. I like the food. I’m a big fan of brown things.”

—Comedian Jerry Seinfeld, announcing that he will perform in the United Kingdom for the first time since 1998 and insisting that the hiatus was not due to the cuisine 8 December 23, 2010

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Obama fails again Al Gore invented the Internet, and Barack Obama gave it to the corporations.

In yet another act of pitiful compromise, FCC Chairman Julian Genachowski oversaw this week’s passage of supposed “Net neutrality” rules, weak regulations that place some limits on how big corporations can rule the Internet.

At the moment, when you go online, the entire Internet is available to you. No one can block your access to any kind of legal site or service. You probably pay a flat rate for usage, based on the speed you desire.

Now, thanks to the Obama doctrine of compromise at all costs, ISPs will be able to block smart phone access to websites they don’t like. They’ll also be able to charge websites for access to faster delivery. Big companies like Google won’t have difficulty paying to ride in the fast lane, but small businesses and bloggers will. And rather than having one big, open Internet, we’ll have public and private Webs with levels of access that depend entirely on how much money you can pay.

This week’s action on the part of Genachowski and the FCC amount to nothing less than a government-mandated corporate handover, taking what has largely been a public resource and using government regulation to create new ways for the big companies like Verizon and Comcast to profit. And guess what? Those “small government” Republicans were all over it, wanting even stronger pro-corporate rules.

Small government our ass.

Coffman’s spear is limp Just a few days before Congress passed the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, our own Rep. Mike Coffman, a Republican, decided it would be good to send out a press release bending over backwards to explain his opposition to the repeal. He failed miserably. But he did manage to work in some phallic imagery, which was amusing.

His “point,” for lack of a better term, was that the repeal is bad because of its impact on “combat forces at the tip of the spear.” He goes on to whine about how he wants more analysis of a recent military survey about the repeal, because he’s just positive that there has to be more opposition to it, especially in really brave, heterosexual branches like the Army and Marine Corps, which have done “the toughest fighting” and have suffered the largest percentage of casualties in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Um, maybe we’re missing something here, but what the hell does that have to do with homosexuals in the military? Is he trying to say that gays aren’t as tough or as willing to die as other members of the armed forces?

Why won’t he just come out and admit that he’s a bigot?

He should know better, having served in both the Army and the Marines, a fact he loves to brag about. With his experience, he should know that you simply follow orders in the military, and if those orders change, no survey results or personal opinions are going to matter. You’ll still answer, “Sir! Yes, sir!”

If he has as much confidence in the professionalism and discipline of the armed forces as he says he does, he and his fellow right-wing nuts should stop implying that a soldier is going to do something bad because of intolerance toward gays.

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China’s state press and publishing body has banned newspapers, publishers and website owners from thinking — oh, sorry, we mean printing — non-Chinese words in Chinese-language media. According to the General Administration of Press and Publication, all those filthy foreign words have “seriously damaged” the purity of the Chinese language and have had “adverse social impacts” on the cultural environment.

If a word absolutely must be written in an inferior language, it has to be accompanied by an explanation in Chinese. Hybrid words, “coined terms” and the arbitrary use of English are all prohibited. Seriously, who do these guys think they are? France?

Though to be fair, maybe they’re just trying to avoid more embarrassing “Chinglish,” like “Slip and fall down carefully” and “If you are stolen, call the police at once.” (You can see a whole mess of examples at www.engrish.com/category/chinglish.)

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(or even a single bottle of holiday ale), a stick of cinnamon or peppermint to stir with.

Goodie tin — Your choice of home-made cookies or other nibbles in a colorful tin container.

Either find one without some specific brand-name label on it (so you don’t mislead the recipient), or something wildly different than the contents, for the comic factor.

Line the tin with a bunch of colorful paper napkins (nothing has to match or even be specifically Christmasthemed).

Versatile gift card — Don’t have a clue as to what to get? The Humane Society of Boulder Valley offers gift cards at any dollar amount for a variety of Society goods and services. It’s a great gift for the person who loves scavenging the thrift store, is looking for a class to train the dog, or is thinking of adopting an animal from the shelter: www.boulderhumane.org/ hsbv/index.asp In Boulder, EcoCycle offers a Tour de Thrift map of Boulder resale outlets from secondhand bookstores to thrift shops, vintage clothing purveyors to home decor consignment stores: www.ecocycle. org/reuse/Tour_de_Thrift_ Boulder.pdf To find more resale stores in your area, try your favorite search engine with “thrift shop” or “consignment” as the key words. Or try the shopping directory at the website for the National Association of Resale Professionals: www.narts.org Once again, a reminder that EcoCycle offers great tips for reducing one’s seasonal eco-footprint with its Zero Waste Holiday Guide ’10: www.ecocycle.org/seasonal/winter/index.cfm Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com

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by Charmaine Ortega Getz t this point in the holiday season you may have more green intentions than green in your wallet, but if you still need to pick up some last-minute gifts, consider a quick expedition to some of Boulder County’s “resale retail” shops.

If nothing else, these kinds of purchases recycle usable items and help sustain our local economy. Some stores are also run as nonprofit charities, and the money goes to a number of good causes. Others help people who simply need extra cash (and who doesn’t these days?) to sell unwanted items.

From consignment antiques to gently used thrift shop bargains, there is enough variety at low prices to satisfy both the bargain hunter and the conscientious eco-shopper. You can often pick up interesting cheap containers and craft items at the same places for great packaging.

You’ll have to check their hours, and don’t push it! Given the constant flow of eclectic, often one-only daily inventory, the lastminute resale shopper needs to be creative and ready to visit several places with a few gift ideas in mind for every recipient.

While you can find almost anything at any of these shops, here are few ideas that will suit most recipients: Read ’n’ sip basket — An interesting book in gently worn condition and a handsome mug or nice teacup, arranged in a basket, are the chief items. Shred the Sunday newspaper comics section for filler. Use some colorful yarn (thrift shops are full of it) instead of ribbon. Add a couple of exotic tea bags or instant cocoa packets

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Gift Guide II 2010 We here at Boulder Weekly love the holidays. The parties, the concerts, the festive lights, the seasonal food and drink, and, of course, all the fabulous local shopping. Boulder’s merchants, artisans, chefs and crafters really shine this time of year. But we know how hard it can be to find that perfect gift for everyone on your list.

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news Burned again

Fourmile fire victims report problems getting insurance money

by Jefferson Dodge

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ome residents who lost their homes in the Fourmile Canyon fire are telling horror stories about trying to get their insurance companies to reimburse them for the full cost of their belongings and rebuilding their homes.

One homeowner, who asked not to be identified for fear of retaliation, says his insurance company, State Farm, is taking its sweet time reviewing his detailed list of the contents of his home, and he’s already had to fight to keep them from depreciating things that he had just recently purchased.

They won’t tell him what process is used to determine how the value of his older possessions is assessed. He asked for the tables they use to calculate the depreciation of belongings, and they declined to produce them, saying they’re “proprietary.”

“You’re trying to argue with someone who has a rule book that you can’t see,” he says.

He adds that while he wasn’t permitted to negotiate the price of his monthly premium, when it comes to insurance companies coughing up money, there is a lot of leeway, and he fully expects State Farm to lowball him when he finally does get an estimate of what they are willing to pay to rebuild his house.

“I’m expecting them to come in low, but I’m not sure how low, because it’s all been nebulous hand-waving so far,” he says. “They need to be exposed. And you hate to put yourself in the spotlight, because they have a lot of lawyers and they could run this out for years.”

“It’s a nightmare,” says another homeowner who didn’t want to be identified. “Some insurance companies depreciate things 80 percent, across the board.”

He says he knows of one woman whose china was depreciated 99 percent. (Insurance companies typically pay homeowners for the depreciated value upfront, then later reimburse the balance for any new belongings purchased as replacements.)

Nana Will, who lost her Rim Road home to the Fourmile fire, says the solar panels on her house were depreciated by her insurance company, Safeco, by more than 66 percent, even though she just purchased them in January.

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ance is often based on the assessed value of the home, and that amount can be too low. Some are hoping state legislators enact new laws in the upcoming session to help ensure that insurance companies pay the full policy limit, not a lesser amount, especially in the case of a disaster.

Under-insurance Even so, that policy limit can be too low if it hasn’t been updated recently.

Many Fourmile victims were unaware they were “under-insured,” either because they haven’t updated their policy in decades or were sold less insurance than they actually needed.

Lewis Perkins, who lost his home in the Fourmile fire, is one of those who was badly under-insured, and he blames his insurance company, Nationwide.

Perkins, an iron worker who was laid off from his job at the Comanche Power Plant in Pueblo a year and a half ago, only received $91,000 for the value of his home, even though the assessed value was $210,000. He only got $68,000 for his tools and other belongings, which were valued at $246,000. The cause? His policy had not been updated in many years.

He says he’s frustrated by being left out in the cold after paying insurance to Nationwide for 26 years.

“Am I supposed to be a professional insurance adjuster to figure this out?” Perkins asks. “I thought if you bought insurance, it would take care of things. They should be responsible. These insurance companies are getting away with murder.”

Being under-insured because you haven’t looked at your policy in decades is one thing. But Will, the Rim Road homeowner whose solar panels were depreciated, says she called her insurance company when the solar panels were installed in January and was told her coverage was appropriate as long as the system didn’t exceed $50,000, which it didn’t.

Turns out, that coverage wasn’t appropriate. The company has written her a check for $177,679, but the lowest estimate she has found for the reconstruction is about $450,000. She claims Safeco performed an improper valuation on the home due to the solar panels issue and other mistakes. For example, one appraisal estimated the depreciated value of her property at $66,412. She repeatedly requested copies of the appraisal, she says, and after receiving several illegible versions, finally got one she could read more

than a month later.

“I’m not going to tolerate it,” Will says. “It’s just not right.”

United Policyholders Being under-insured is a common condition, one that Karen Reimus of United Policyholders (UP) says is suffered by about 70 percent of the victims in any natural disaster. Reimus, who lost her own home in an October 2003 fire in San Diego, serves as disaster recovery aid outreach and education coordinator for UP, which is an advocacy group dedicated to helping disaster victims get the amounts they deserve from their insurance companies.

Reimus calls under-insurance the number one problem facing those who lose their homes in a natural disaster, and she recommends that people examine their policies closely. She recommends dividing the policy limit for your house (often called “coverage A”) by the square footage, and comparing that to the cost per-square-foot needed to rebuild in your area. If that coverage A amount is too low, then the amount set for replacing personal property inside the home is probably too low as well, she says.

Others recommend that people make an inventory of their personal property or take pictures of their belongings, and keep that record outside of the home, in case disaster strikes, so that they have the documentation that the insurance companies will request.

This is especially important, they say, given that attempting to mentally go through your belongings after they are lost can be re-traumatizing.

“You have to go back visually and walk through your home, and you’re revisiting the lost thing, item by item,” says Bret Gibson, Fourmile fire chief. “You have to back through your jewelry box and you remember your grandfather’s pocket watch.”

To you, he explains, that watch is priceless, but then you have to look up its value online and find out that it’s only worth $80, “all while living elsewhere, while going to work and having endless friends and family asking how you’re doing.”

The bottom line Reimus says insurance companies actually underinsure homes intentionally. It’s counter-intuitive, according to Reimus, because one would assume that the companies would want to sell you as much insurance as they can, to collect higher premiums. But actually, she explains, they want to minimize their exposure to loss and protect their market share by keeping premiums competitive.

Reimus says she was a victim of intentional underinsurance as well. The home she lost in the 2003 California fire had just been purchased four months earlier, and she specifically asked at the time about the Boulder Weekly

insurance for her house.

“I made the mistake of thinking replacement meant replacement,” she says. “Most people don’t have any reason to suspect that those numbers are too low. It’s a very silent problem.”

The second-most common problem with insurance companies, according to Reimus, is that they will lowball homeowners with their initial estimate of what is owed. Coming in a close third is over-depreciation, she says.

“These problems are heinous,” Reimus tells Boulder Weekly. “It’s all about being twice burned — once by the fire, and once by the insurance company. People paid good money for this. They thought they were covered, and then they find out they’re not.”

Many homeowners will be in for another rude awakening when insurance coverage runs out on the cost of their current living arrangements, she adds. Some companies only cover the expense of renting another home for a year. Given the delays often associated with claims processing, and the time needed to rebuild, a year is not enough time.

“It’s particularly bad in your community, because you can’t always build in winter,” Reimus says. “It’s like an added insult to injury.”

She declines to single out a particular insurance company that has the worst track record, but adds that the big three — State Farm, Farmers and Allstate — tend to receive the most complaints simply because they have the biggest market share.

‘Number one issue’ “Probably the number one issue people are facing right now is insurance,” says Garry Sanfaçon, the county’s Fourmile fire recovery manager, who has brought Reimus in to deliver a series of monthly workshops with local fire victims. He says that in addition to lowballing and over-depreciation, he has heard complaints about unreturned calls, difficulty receiving a full copy of policies, and insurance companies’ demands for highly detailed lists of the contents of the home.

In the case of under-insurance, Sanfaçon says he heard of one case in which a homeowner spent 10 hours with an architect going over rebuilding plans and realized the insurance company had omitted significant expenses from its settlement, like the cost of doors.

Anecdotally, he says, he has heard positive things about Travelers and Farmers, while the most complaints have been about State Farm, which insures a large percentage of the homes burned in the Fourmile fire.

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Alan Miller, assistant public affairs manager at the State Farm office in Greeley, says his company received 218 claims from the Fourmile fire — 42 structures with heavy damage or total loss, and the rest based on smoke damage.

Asked whether State Farm intentionally under-insures customers to reduce exposure or maintain competitive premiums, he said, “Absolutely not.”

He does acknowledge, however, that under-insurance is common when homeowners haven’t updated their policies in a long time.

“Ultimately, the decision of how much coverage is taken is up to the homeowner,” Miller says. “We encourage them to insure to 100 percent of the replacement cost value. … We want people to be able to rebuild the home they have, and if they are insured to the full value, that should be the case.”

He said he didn’t know the specifics about how State Farm calculates the depreciation of property.

Bob Blume, team manager for a State Farm claims department that has been handling Fourmile fire victims, says the company’s strategy is not to minimize the amount it pays out, and there is never internal pressure to reduce settlements.

“In fact, it’s just the opposite,” he explains. “It’s our job to look for every penny that can be found to reimburse the policyholder. That’s what insurance is for, to indemnify people against a loss. It’s just the right thing to do.”

Blume acknowledges that there is some back-and-forth about personal belongings in the home, because State Farm is relying on homeowners “when it comes to how many pairs of jeans were in the closet.” Negotiation and communication are key in determining the worth of say, a 10-year-old television that has seen constant use compared to one that has been stored in a box during that time, he says. When asked to provide the depreciation guides the company uses, Blume says that he “would have to check. I’ve never had anybody ask for a photocopy of it.”

He acknowledges that there can be delays, especially when big-ticket items need to be sent up the ladder for approval. But he insists that his business is all about helping people, not about a corporation’s bottom line.

“Our number one job is to pay policyholders what is owed them and put them back in the place they were before the fire,” Blume says. “It’s never about trying to get out of paying anything.”

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nchanted Ink, a tattoo and piercing studio on Pearl Street, was open for appointments only on Wednesday, Aug. 25, the last time the Boulder County Public Health inspector stopped by.

Melissa Ellis knocked on the door and was refused entry, according to the official report.

And that is also essentially the way Gwynn “Wolf ” Wolfstar and Tara Gray-Wolfstar retell the story.

It was Oct. 6 before Wolfstar and Gray-Wolfstar were able to pick up the certified letter sent from the health department, informing them that they were being fined $250 for refusing entry to a health department inspector and needed to pay the fine by Sept. 17.

The letter was dated Sept. 23. This isn’t the only time Ellis has been denied entry, but she hasn’t fined anyone for it before.

“I’ve had businesses say to me, Melissa, this is a really bad time, and so I’ve left. So that’s not entirely out of line for somebody to request a different time, but this wasn’t a nice request,” Ellis says.

Wolfstar and Gray-Wolfstar took the matter to the public health division manager, Joe Malinowski, and the fine was dismissed.

“We’re RNs [registered nurses],” Wolfstar says.

“We’re in favor of public safety. We’re not opposed to the regulations, but we’re opposed to capricious enforcement — inconsistent, retaliatory enforcement,” Wolfstar says. “The county doesn’t consistently enforce the rules, or seem to know and understand the rules.”

Wolfstar and Gray-Wolfstar are part of a group of body artists who have begun to object to the way Boulder County Public Health (BCPH) runs its body art program, particularly after the licensing fee for body art establishments nearly tripled this year. Body artists say if they’re going to pay more, they want a program that works, instead of one in which rules appear to be enforced arbitrarily and the inspections process often fails to be effective. That, or get rid of the program altogether, save the county the cost and fall back on state regulations, they say.

Tattoo artists at two tattoo shops on the Hill, Tribal Rites and Immortal Ink, say they were written up for improper sharps disposal because they were throwing away single-use disposable razors — the kind for shaving legs or facial hair — in the trash. Ellis says they needed to dispose of these razors in a sharps disposal container, but disposable razors are specifically exempted from disposal in sharps containers by the state regulations. Boulder County is revising its regulations to include disposable razors on required sharps disposal, but those regulations won’t be approved until early next year.

A county inspection covers body artists’ training and hygienic practices, employee and client records, the cleanliness and condition of the studio, the number of and access to sinks, the equipment used, and how it’s

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disposed of or sterilized.

Details like dating and labeling chemicals and a date and sterilization indicator for packs containing needles are also on the list.

Ellis says she starts an inspection with the paperwork — checking client consent forms, after-care forms, employee records and spore tests.

“Then it just sort of depends from there,” she says.

“Usually we’ll go through all the stations. It’s nice to see somebody working, setting up or breaking down. If nobody’s working, then I ask them a lot of questions.”

She checks to see how they wash their hands, she says. Some of the tattoo artists say they don’t always see her wash hers, although she says she does.

“A lot of these things are stuff that if you didn’t have a camera here watching me, you’d have no way of knowing,” says Jason Breidner, owner of Immortal Ink. “It’s like, ‘Are you using clean needles, Jason?’ ‘Sure, Melissa, I’m using clean needles. Here they are.’ How do you really know? You have no way of knowing. At a certain point, it’s like how do you know they wash their hands at the restaurant? You don’t.”

“It’s kind of a joke, to be honest with you,” says Lance Talon, owner of Bolder Ink. “They don’t tattoo.

They don’t know how to tattoo.”

Tattoo artists agree that the key way to transmit disease between clients would be in the actual tattooing and piercing process, but only some of them say Ellis has watched them do a procedure.

“I’ve never felt that Melissa was very effective. I always felt she was not very informed,” Gray-Wolfstar says. She and Wolfstar each have 25 years of experience as nurses. “[Where] the regulations stopped she did not have the medical reasoning. She had a list of regulations.”

Body artists, who normally compete with one another for business, joined together to object to the body art program this year after the fee increased from $250 to $680 for a body art establishment doing both tattooing and piercing.

“As far as the percentages, it definitely is a big step,” says Lane Drager, consumer protection program coordinator for BCPH. “The Board of Health was looking

at full cost recovery, and looking at full cost recovery, this is an incremental step.”

Public health department officials want to make the program pay for itself, charging body artists as much as it costs to run the program. The increase brings them to about 60 percent of that.

In 2011, the fee is expected to increase again, but officials won’t say by how much. If $680 is about 60 percent of full cost recovery, getting the fees to pay for the whole program could mean charging fees of closer to $1,000.

The fee is designed to cover the cost of inspections and outreach. This year, each of the 25 establishments got one inspection, and Drager estimated each inspection costs the department between $80 and $200.

Some of the body artists say they’d be willing to pay more if they were getting more — a high-quality inspection program, services to the artists and some educational outreach throughout the year. Instead, they say they’re getting less — fewer inspections and relying on spore tests, which check that autoclaves are effectively sterilizing equipment that’s reused, but spore test results can be inaccurate.

“If we’re going to pay over $1,000 for a licensing fee, I’m just wondering what we’re getting out of this,” Talon says.

And they want to know what it’s going to cost them to stay in business next year.

The health department has held meetings with the body artists and discussed the changes in fees and the changes in regulations, but some say key concerns have gone unheard. Artists have been bringing up issues like piercing pagodas, which reuse piercing guns but aren’t required to have an autoclave to sterilize them, and unlicensed, at-home tattoo artists, and say they have seen little response from the department on those issues.

“We feel powerless to control our industry, and the increased fees and increased oversight feel like extortion,” says Phill Bartell, owner of Rising Tide Tattoo.

Carlos Haas, a tattoo artist for Tribal Rites, is near legendary for his encyclopedic knowledge of body art regulations and programs, his work collecting data, including meeting minutes and audio recordings of meetings, and his subsequent list of questions on the way the body art program is run in Boulder County.

And yes, he admits, he can ramble.

He’s been such a regular attendee at Board of Health meetings that BCPH administrative staff have e-mailed him to let him know when a meeting is canceled. He’s served as a proxy, reading written statements, for both Wolfstar and Mike Shugar, owner of Tribal Rites.

But when health department officials sat down on Oct. 25 to talk to body artists about the proposed revisions to the rules and regulations and the fee schedule, Haas was asked not to attend.

“I think we really had spent a lot of time addressing

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any questions or requests for information and had multiple sit-down meetings with Carlos and the facility owner, Mike Shugar,” Drager says. “He had hours and hours of historic reference to provide whatever things he was looking for, and his presence at meetings had been disruptive.”

The final decision, Drager says, was to give other artists the opportunity to be heard.

“It doesn’t matter how much I know, because government is going to win either way,” Haas says. “I’m not all about the money. I just want to make sure if I want to open up a one-room studio in Boulder that I can do that. Just pay the rent and be an artist. … I don’t want to pay my first $2,000 for something that doesn’t have the value.”

Karl Schiemann, environmental specialist for the Denver Department of Environmental Health, has worked with counties across the Front Range over the past decade as they’ve written regulations for body art.

“It’s a weird little beast,” he says.

“Piercing and body modification really didn’t take off until the late ’90s, and I don’t think health departments have really caught up with it until recently.”

It’s been a learning process, he says, and he’s seen health departments come into that process with a lack of knowledge about what they’re regulating.

“Nobody knows how to handle this animal,” he says. “It’s a different animal than what we’ve ever seen. It’s not something we’re familiar with and it’s a different language.”

When Schiemann was trained as a body art establishment inspector, he said, he was taught to focus on details like carefully checking client paperwork and harshly enforcing spore-testing logs. It was only after getting more training, attending things like the educational conference held annually by the Association of Professional Piercers, that he started to recognize that the emphasis was misplaced, that there was only so much you could learn from the paperwork that was useful, and that the spore tests turn back inaccurate results.

What no one talked about was washing his hands.

“I wasn’t trained that way, but Alicia Cardenas [the former president of the Association of Professional Piercers] looked at me and said, ‘Are you kidding me?’” he says.

There’s no way to inspect that a sterilized bag is sealed properly and dated without touching it, he said, and no way to do that without contaminating it unless you’ve washed your hands and gloved them, and then washed them when switching inspection areas.

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handled in such a way that it reduces any chance of introducing anything,” he says.

Body art regulations are unique as public health regulations because they’re designed to protect both the consumers and the artists, who are exposed to blood on a daily basis for the 20 or 30 years of their careers.

It inspires a lot of self-regulation, body artists say. They don’t want to transmit anything to themselves any more than they’d want to transmit it to someone else. And since they’re inspired to regulate themselves, they’ve started talking about the benefits of eliminating the program.

In 2009, Denver discontinued its regular inspections because of budgetary constraints, and now inspections are done only occasionally. There have been no reported incidents of disease transmission, and though they do still get complaints, many have little to do with what happened in the tattoo studio.

“I would say probably 99 percent of what comes through the phone is usually something that the person who received the body art did after the fact,” Schiemann says. “It’s rarely related to the studio.”

If Wolfstar and Gray-Wolfstar were running the program, which they say they’d be happy to do for $12,000 a year (what the health department makes in licensing fees), they’d find space in the budget for a sting to bust scratchers, those who do tattoos at home.

They’ve already done the kind of outreach the health department officials say it does or would like to do, visiting hospitals to talk to emergency room doctors about how to remove piercings and appearing in the American Journal of Nursing on care for piercings. Ellis said newspaper stories have been a primary method of outreach for the health department’s body art program.

“Definitely the health department needs to be sure people are set up, go over what would be expected from an environmental standpoint for business setup,” Wolfstar says.

But she adds that body artists could form a coalition that would educate itself on training they now have to pay for in Denver, like preventing blood borne pathogen training, and could produce more public service announcements to educate the public. They would identify themselves to the public with a decal on the door, and perhaps use secret handshakes or code rings to identify themselves to one another, she says.

Ellis says she doesn’t think ending inspections is a good idea. With every inspection, she says, she finds something out of compliance.

“I think if you license somebody and you’re saying we approved that facility to operate, there’s a certain expectation behind it that it’s being maintained,” she says.

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Gifts that matter

by Katherine Creel

W

e give gifts to make people happy. There are some gifts, however, that can make more than the recipient happy.

Bead for Life, a Boulder nonprofit founded in 2004, works to help women raise themselves out of poverty. One of the ways they accomplish that is through income-generation programs that help women build up an initial nest egg, which they can then use to start their own businesses.

Bead for Life’s primary income-generation program involves training women to roll recycled paper into colorful, beautiful beads, which Bead for Life then buys at fair trade prices and sells to consumers worldwide.

Torkin Wakefield, founder of Bead for Life, says these beaded jewelry items make meaningful, attractive gifts for the holidays.

“The person you give it to has something that’s really pretty and they’re helping someone else. What could be better than that?” Wakefield says.

1 BYOBag, skip the fluff

Bring your own bags when you go shopping. Bags that stuff into little pouches are a great choice. Also, say no thanks to the tissue paper, ribbons and stickers that often accompany even the smallest holiday purchases.

2 Avoid the junk mail

At $5 to $30 for different styles of bracelets, necklaces and other jewelry, and $4 for Shea butter lip balm and soap, these gifts won’t strain the wallet, either.

“Almost everybody can afford them,” Wakefield says.

Bead for Life’s work doesn’t stop at bead-making. The income generation program is only the first step. The real emphasis is on entrepreneurial education and helping women set up viable businesses within the Ugandan economy.

“We’re not training bead-makers,” Wakefield says. “That’s what Bead for Life is about … helping women really leave poverty.”

So far, Wakefield says, more than 600 women have graduated from bead-making to owning their own homes or businesses, and Bead for Life is also expanding into Shea butter production to hopefully reach even more women and their families.

And even when the holidays are over, you can still share beautiful art and support a

great cause by hosting a “bead party.” Bead for Life provides the host with a party box of about 300 beaded jewelry items and Shea butter products, along with informational DVDs and pamphlets to share with guests.

The proceeds from any items sold benefit Bead for Life, and the unsold items are returned and repackaged for another bead party. Wakefield says there are about 3,000 bead parties held each year.

For more about Bead for Life, visit www.beadforlife.org, or stop by the store at 2336 Canyon Blvd. in Boulder.

Bead for Life isn’t the only place for fair trade gifts in Boulder. Momentum, at 1625 Pearl St., has been offering fair trade, environmentally friendly and responsible gifts since 2007.

After a number of years doing aid work overseas, owners Kevin and Jenny Napatow settled down in Boulder and opened Momentum. The aim, says Kevin, is to provide a place where people can “shop their conscience” and to show people that fair

Tips from EcoCycle

How to have a fun, green holiday 4 Re-charge it!

6 An alternative to cut trees

3 Green cards in all colors

5 Wrap and pack eco-style

While we’ll be accepting wrapping paper for a limited time, we encourage you not to use it, as it is difficult to recycle. Get creative and choose a reused/reusable alternative: comics, posters, maps, calendars (all recyclable), fabric, reusable gift bags, etc. If you’re shipping gifts, replace foam packaging or bubble wrap with plastic bags or glossy ads from newspapers (the ink doesn’t smear like newspaper).

7 Throw a waste-free party

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one-time use. Create centerpieces from what you have, like pottery, glass ornaments, fruit, pine cones, gourds and fallen leaves. Buy local flowers whenever possible, or choose potted plants for a year-round green.

9 Plan for green dining

When ordering from a catalog or online, use the magic words “Please do not rent, sell or trade my name” to avoid having it shared with other companies and marketers. To let someone else get rid of junk mail for you, check out our partner 41pounds.org. Learn more at www.ecocycle.org/junkmail.

To make sure your holiday cards can easily be recycled, look for cards without any non-paper embellishments like foil or ribbon.

Also, look for cards that contain post-consumer recycled content. They can be found at the Boulder Bookstore, Ellie’s, Bliss and local natural food stores. Or, give trees a break this holiday season by using e-cards through www.care2.com or www.evite.com.

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“We’re a fair trade store,” Kevin says. “It essentially guarantees that all the artisans we work with receive a living wage.”

Momentum carries items from more than 65 countries, and its selection includes everything from children’s toys to stationery to bath and body products.

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Artisans featured at Momentum include Asha Imports, which provides skills training and employment to women in southern Asia, and the Batsiranai Craft Project, a group of 26 women affected by or living with AIDS who started the business in Harare, Zimbabwe, in 2004.

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Replace one-time-use alkaline batteries with rechargeable ones. These days, they can charge in as little as 20 minutes! Plus, you can save money and help the environment at the same time.

Instead of cutting down a tree, decorate a favorite houseplant or buy a live tree that can be planted in the spring. If you do opt for a cut tree, you can have it turned into mulch through city-sponsored programs.

Rather than disposable cutlery and plates, use real dishware. RC Special Events in Boulder and All Events in Longmont provide rentals. Or use our compostable Zero Waste Event Kit for 25 to 250 guests. Learn more at www.ecocycle.org/zwevents.

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When planning a party, avoid streamers, balloons and other decorations designed for

Plan your dinner party menu to include seasonal, organic food from local farms.

Find local food suppliers at www.localsustainability.net. An easy way to make your meal eco-friendly is to choose more vegetarian dishes. And don’t let leftovers go to waste! Invite guests to bring reusable containers to take home any leftover food, or let them borrow your own reusable or recyclable containers.

10 Use LED holiday lights

LED lights use 80 percent less energy than traditional incandescent holiday lights and can last up to 10 times longer. Find them at your local hardware store, and don’t forget to recycle your old lights!

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A Muppet Christmas Carol plays at the St. Julien Hotel on Sunday.

Thursday, Dec. 23

A Christmas Carol — Presented

by Colorado Shakespeare Festival. 7 p.m. University Theatre, CU campus, 303-4920554.

Friday, Dec. 24

Christmas Eve Dinner at Q’s — Celebrate the holiday season with fine dining on Pearl Street.

3-8 p.m. Q’s Restaurant, Hotel Boulderado, 2115 13th St., Boulder, 303-442-4344.

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Christmas Dinner — Give yourself the gift of not cooking. 5:30 p.m. St. Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696.

Need direction, Pat Bowlen? Look at Pittsburgh

by Adam Perry

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he Denver Broncos — a franchise most remembered for winning the Super Bowl twice with John Elway at quarterback and fielding more than a dozen playoff teams from the ’80s through the mid-’00s — are now in shambles.

Kid-like coach Josh McDaniels, 34, started last season — his first as a head coach in the NFL — 6-0 and then helped the Broncos lose 17 of their next 22 games. This ineptitude represents Denver’s worst stretch of football since 1971-72 and ended with McDaniels’ firing, which the team announced via Twitter (yes, really) early this month.

The young Bill Belichick disciple’s see BUZZLEAD Page 22 .393 winning percentage was the worst for a Denver head coach since 18 December 23, 2010

Lou Saban (1967-71). With more than 70,000 devoted fans buying tickets for each game at Invesco Field, it’s understandable amid such an embarrassing string of losses — and news that McDaniels’ staff had spied on the San Francisco 49ers during an October practice — that Broncos owner Pat Bowlen pulled the trigger and fired McDaniels with four games remaining.

But how did things go so wrong so fast?

Well, McDaniels kicked off his first head-coaching gig by running the Broncos’ previously high-quality rushing game into the ground and trading star quarterback Jay Cutler, who is now busy helping the Chicago Bears make the playoffs. Then McDaniels gave elite wideout Brandon Marshall

— perhaps the team’s best player — to the Miami Dolphins for two draft picks. Perhaps worst of all, McDaniels traded talented young power tailback Peyton Hillis to Cleveland, where he’s now taking the league by storm Jerome Bettis-style, for the wellknown bust named Brady Quinn.

With so many key players gone, it’s no surprise the Broncos are subjecting their fans to terrible losses like the historic 59-14 drubbing the Oakland Raiders handed Denver this fall.

“In large part, this is because they have allowed their head coaches to run the personnel operation,” Denver Post sports columnist Dave Kreiger told me in a recent conversation.

Sunday, Dec. 26

A Muppet Christmas Carol — Haven’t had your fill of the holidays yet? Luckily, Christmas lights will be up until Easter, and you will be able to see this movie. 8 p.m. St. Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-4069696.

Monday, Dec. 27

Free Open Class — Meditation instruction. 7-9 p.m. Boulder Shambhala Meditation Center, 1345 Spruce St., Boulder, 303444-0190.

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Laser Nutcracker — Perhaps the trippiest way to celebrate the holidays. 1 p.m. Fiske Planetarium, CU campus, 303492-5001.

Wednesday, Dec. 29

Just Sit — A self-explanatory time for meditation. 7 to 9 p.m.

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“Since coaching and personnel are both full-time jobs, they have brought less expertise to bear on final personnel decisions than many other teams. That’s what needs to change.”

Whoever ends up running the show for the Broncos next year — assuming interim head coach Eric Studesville is replaced at season’s end — might want to sprint to the nearest bookstore for inspiration and wisdom concerning sustained success in the NFL. Chad Millman and Shawn Coyne recently released the captivating book The Ones Who Hit the Hardest: The Steelers, the Cowboys, the ’70s and the Fight For America’s Soul, and anyone interested in pro football can learn about winning — and then winning a whole lot more — from this gritty, enlightening gridiron tome.

As Millman and Coyne note, although Pittsburgh has won more Super Bowls (six) than any other team, from the franchise’s inception in 1933 until its unrivaled run of four Super Bowl wins in six seasons (1975-80) the Steelers were basically the laughing stock of the NFL. Back then, baseball’s Pirates were the competitive team from Pittsburgh, if you can believe it. But the astute stewardship of original owner Art Rooney’s sons led to the drafting of a seemingly endless list of future Hall-

of-Famers in the early 1970s, including Terry Bradshaw, Lynn Swann, Jack Lambert, Franco Harris and many more. Within a few years the Steelers had the most storied defense in NFL history, not to mention four championships and the love of a distressed city.

Pittsburgh-based U.S. Steel was once the largest corporation in the world, and steelworkers came to define southwestern Pennsylvania. When the steel industry began its steep decline in the ’70s — Pittsburgh’s population has gone from about 700,000 to 300,000 in the past 40 years — the Steelers’ sudden rise to greatness provided a huge lift that has repeatedly carried the city in the many tough years since.

It’s no coincidence that the esteemed Steelers franchise to this day continues to draft players as tough as they are talented — take current stars James Harrison, Ben Roethlisberger, Troy Polamalu and Hines Ward, for instance — in an effort to make sure Pittsburgh’s most treasured sports team embodies Pittsburgh’s blue-collar reputation.

Interestingly, up until the Steelers started winning in the early ’70s, their underpaid players used to have it almost as bad as the steelworkers, whose experience of living “in the terror of the mill” Millman and Coyne so deftly

describe. For many years the Steelers practiced on a mud-pit field in the South Hills of Pittsburgh, but after Three Rivers Stadium opened in 1970 and new coach Chuck Noll built a dynasty based on a vicious defense and a relentless running game, things changed quickly.

Pittsburgh’s running attack was led by the mellow, afro-wearing Harris and a Vietnam veteran named Rocky Blier, who literally won Super Bowls with shrapnel in his body. Lineman “Mean Joe” Greene and linebacker Jack Lambert, who Greene calls “so mean he doesn’t even like himself ” in The Ones Who Hit the Hardest, led Pittsburgh’s menacing “Steel Curtain,” the legendary defense that ruled the NFL in the ’70s.

The Steelers’ two Super Bowl wins over the glamorous Dallas Cowboys in the ’70s represented “the triumph of blue collar over white collar,” according to Millman and Coyne. Maybe that was true for some, but what’s certain is that nothing has ever made the footballobsessed city of Pittsburgh as proud as when the Steelers won another Super Bowl trophy.

Though they’ve only won two Super Bowls (in 2006 and 2009) since 1980, the dependably competitive post-’60s Steelers (who’ve already cracked double-digit wins this season) have never

experienced a string of losing like the one Denver fans are currently being tormented by. Krieger thinks the fact that the Steelers have always been a mom-and-pop operation is a big part of their consistently winning ways.

“Everything changed in 1970, when they drafted [quarterback] Terry Bradshaw,” says Krieger, who was a Steelers fan as a kid “because of the uniforms.

“But it wasn’t just him. They did an amazing job drafting in the early ’70s.

Their ’74 class is still the only one with four Hall of Famers in it, as far as I know [Swann, John Stallworth, Lambert and Webster].”

“They’ve remained competitive since then because of good leadership,” Krieger concludes. “A single family has owned them throughout their history.

From 1969 to 2004, they had two coaches [Noll and Pittsburgh-born Bill Cowher]. And they’ve consistently drafted well.”

In the end, it seems clear what the Broncos’ front office could learn from reading The Ones Who Hit the Hardest.

“Plenty of stuff about how to run a franchise,” Krieger says. “Also that it really helps to have an extremely talented quarterback who can run in a pinch.

Someone like, say, Jay Cutler.”

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scar Wilde believed that “most people are other people.” He never met Adam Bodine.

The local jazz pianist and leader of the eponymous Adam Bodine Trio follows his own muse when it comes to his art, so it’s no surprise that modern jazz became the outlet for this lifelong piano player. Given the trio’s early successes, it’s fair to say that obeying his internal impulses is the right move after all.

The Adam Bodine Trio officially came together in 2008 after Bodine’s original material began to appeal to him more than the 100-plus other musical outlets he’d been playing with during college and after.

“I was constantly putting myself out there for whatever situation I could,” he says. “I’ve played in so many different kinds of musical situations — funk, jazz, bluegrass, rock ’n’ roll. I’ve even played with operas or accompanied choirs.”

Now 29, Bodine says he’s relieved and happy to play his own music. At first, writing original music was something on the side, but it soon became the only thing that interested him, mainly because of the artistic challenge.

“I wasn’t necessarily sick of playing with others and I don’t want to put that down by any means, but the original stuff was what became the most challenging for me,” Bodine says. “It became a matter of wanting to progress as a musician and develop that repertoire. I just wanted to start something on my own, and it’s been really rewarding. It’s not rewarding by selling CDs or the amount of shows or anything like that. But in the last two years, I feel I’ve really grown as a musician and feel I’m in a really good spot.”

Stepping out on his own comes naturally for the Chicago native. Even his earliest experiences as a child with the piano include moments of breaking musical convention, much to the chagrin of his teach-

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ers and competition judges. Evidence of Bodine’s penchant for obeying his inner musical guide was found at one early classical piano competition in downtown Chicago.

“I remember at the competitions, I would start to improvise on these classical pieces,” he says. “I didn’t necessarily get knocked points-wise, although sometimes I would, but the panel of judges would come to me at 10 years old because at one point I would just start to stretch it out and improvise. I didn’t really know why or what I was doing, and I wasn’t trying to cover any mistakes. It just happened. I wasn’t antiauthority or rebellious. It just came naturally.”

The trio came together when Bodine grabbed longtime friend and fellow musician Kalin Capra to play upright bass. A rotating cast of local drummers rounds out the Trio when available for recording sessions and live performances, but Bodine insists he trusts and enjoys playing with each.

Recently, Bodine and company have found local traction performing in front of storied acts like The

Bad Plus and Robert Glasper. A recent gig placed them with the former, providing an exciting yet stressful night playing for some of his primary influences.

“We’re huge fans of The Bad Plus, and it was really a privilege to play and be there that same night,” explains Bodine. “They stuck around for a good hour of our set and that was really cool, yet slightly nerve-wracking. Those are some guys who we really respect, and we have all of their albums, [guys] who have definitely been a huge source of inspiration for me and for the group. So that was really cool.”

Still, as a new group, Bodine admits he’s trying to leverage the experience and credibility that comes with playing in front of jazz legends and national touring acts. He describes each event, like a recent stint with Eddie Gomez, as both a learning experience and a “resume piece.”

The uphill climb of the digital music age can be taxing, so Bodine finds the most joy in the higherprofile shows.

“The whole music business can be really frustrating, so moments like that really make it all worth it,” he says.

With varied influences from legends like Miles Davis and Frank Zappa to modern pianists like Brad Meldhau or Herbie Hancock, audiences of all ages are bound to enjoy themselves at an Adam Bodine Trio show. After all, the greatest jazz musicians can be described in the same individualistic fashion.

“Jazz really has a demand for self-expression,” says Bodine. “That’s a huge part of it. So when I play tunes, it really reveals my personality, but it also tells how I’m feeling and gives a mood to certain things.

With each note I’m playing, I’m trying to immerse myself in the instrument and stay true to myself to get that out there.”

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Jeremy Dion takes control of new album

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he year 2010 was tough for many, but musically, Louisville singer-songwriter and coffee shop staple Jeremy Dion has been having a career year.

He placed highly in two prestigious songwriting contests, qualifying as one of 10 regional finalists in the 2010 Mountain Stage Newsong Contest, as well as placing in the top 10 of Planet Bluegrass’ Folks Festival Songwriter Showcase.

While the former contest sputtered for Dion after that initial selection, the latter offered him a chance to perform on the big stage at the Folks Festival in Lyons in front of a crowd of thousands. He had the misfortune of drawing the short straw and performing first, which all but killed his chances of winning, but it was a highlight, he says — surely an enormous understatement.

“In addition to playing my set on the big stage, which was a thrill, I got a backstage pass,” Dion recalls. “I’m literally hanging out with Ani DiFranco, David Wilcox, all these people I love and try to emulate.”

It was a great experience for the up-and-coming songwriter, one that reaffirmed in his mind that he was right in pursuing his musical dreams and that he deserved to rub shoulders with his heroes as a peer, not just an adoring fan.

The Naropa grad and therapist-by-day has come a long way since his first album, Finally, dropped in mid-2008. Back then, Dion says, he was having doubts about trying to make it as a career musician when a talent scout heard him one night and offered to set him up with Denver producer Lance Bendiksen. Dion came into the recording process without knowing a thing about how to record a CD and pretty much handed the reins over to Bendiksen without considering what that might entail.

“The first time around, I didn’t have a clue what

kind of a record I wanted to make,” Dion says. “I said, ‘Let’s do it. You tell me what to do,’ and I sort of abdicated a lot of the decision-making to him. So he made the kind of record that he wanted to make.”

The result is an album impressively put together for an independent musician. It’s slickly produced, and each song has a full band backing Dion, including multiple backup singers. There are technical, impressive guitar and mandolin solos woven throughout each tightly written song, courtesy of

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the professional studio ringers Bendiksen brought in. It’s an impressive end result; it sounds like a major label release. But after more than two years of songwriting and performing (he estimates he plays around 50 shows a year), Dion is back in the studio recording a new album, and he is doing things a bit differently this time.

In the time since he released his first album, he has submerged himself in the folk music world, paying closer attention to details he only could have noticed after obtaining a certain amount of experience as a performing musician.

For instance, over time he has come to realize that his first CD, with the full band and chorus backing him, sounds great but isn’t necessarily representative of his one-man show. It can be awkward when the venue manager who books acts is expecting a six-piece band and gets only one guy with a guitar. So for the next CD, which Dion is in the process of recording, he plans to keep things simple.

He loved the sound work on Gregory Alan Isakov’s album and tracked down his producer, Jamie Mefford. Dion has a vision of the finished product this time, and he is ready to be in the driver’s seat rather than ride shotgun on his project.

“I’m much more clear about what I want to make this time around, so I’m able to steer the ship,” Dion says. “I think also in contrast, that first album, because it was my first and only I’ve made, some of those songs were new, some of them have been around for 10 years. … In contrast, these songs on the new album have all been written in the last two years. I’m performing them weekly, and they just feel much more congruent with where I’m at as a person, as a therapist, husband, father, songwriter.

So I think they have a little more juice to them.”

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orn and raised in the suburbs of Los Angeles, Boulder artist Jason García’s paintings still carry with them the edge and ferocity of the city. An accomplished artist on various fronts, García’s art has manifested everywhere from murals on city streets to fine art pieces hanging in downtown galleries. He can also take credit for being one of the founding pioneers of live painting, having toured with Sound Tribe Sector Nine for nearly a decade.

While these days it’s a common sight to see an artist onstage with a band, back when García started, the concept was virgin and unexplored. When he was first approached by a San Francisco band in 1998 to paint onstage, he had never heard of anyone doing such a thing.

“When I first started, all the club managers and stage managers would immediately say, ‘No, you can’t do that,’” García says. “We’d have to have all these meetings with the management and explain to them that I’m not splashing paint all over the stage like Jackson Pollock, that it’s this meticulous sort of process. Eventually they became cool with it. Now it’s not uncommon to see people’s names on flyers for doing live painting. It’s completely blown up.”

García has live painted at venues across the country and the world, having done an estimated 150 shows with STS9 alone.

“There’s been moments when I’ve been on stage with STS9 and there’s all these people behind us having a great time, but what really does it for me is the bond between us, that we’re all doing what we love,” García says. “There’s nothing like it, to be honest.”

Many of García’s paintings were started while he was onstage, but later finished after months of fastidious work in his studio. His most recent work, currently displayed at the Lucid Gallery in Denver, are multilayered explorations of therianthropy, a term referring to the metamorphosis of humans into other animals.

“When I first started exploring the therianthropic concept, human hands and canine jaws began to appear from an articulated abstract geometric background,” García says. “As one embraces or retreats from the unknown, the beastly inner world begins to reveal itself.

As a human observer of that inner world, we have the option to attempt to conceal or openly integrate that into the outer experience and express it to others. I think that a lot of my paintings are identifying some sort of unpredictable and solemn anger that can exist within people because they’ve buried something or they have something within them that they haven’t really dealt with.”

While García is developing a painting, he does so without attempting to conceptualize it, allowing it the

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“Of course there’s intention in the paintings and the process, but if I made an attempt to completely understand the paintings, it would be forced,” García says.

“Most of the time, a painting and the complete meaning and reason for making it reveal itself to me over time. On a certain level, the paintings are an acceptance of having an amicable relationship with the unknown.”

García has been exploring this relationship through art since he was a kid, when he would spend his time drawing armies with his friends instead of playing on the playground. His teachers noticed his talent at an early age, encouraging his parents to nurture his artistic aptitude. He later got a degree in fine arts from UCLA. While his work could easily be grouped into a variety of different categories — whether surrealist, pop surrealist, visionary, low-brow or transformative — he willfully refuses to label his own work and seems to resist being pigeonholed.

“When you get down to it, that sort of labeling, especially when it’s self-labeling, just isn’t approachable. When someone self-labels their work as visionary or transformative, that can be based on a kind of egocentric perspective revolving around a specific peak experience that’s just not the type of blue-collar experience that everyone has had,” García says. “I’m not saying it’s not powerful, but my observation is that it can tend to be alienating and understood by only an exclusive few.”

Perhaps García’s resistance to being labeled comes in part from his desire to keep his work evolving and free from the restrictive and stagnant impact a label can sometimes have on creativity.

“I think people can get stuck on a look,” García says.

“The artists that I really admire reshape their subject matter and their art over time. If an artist changes the way they look at things and the things they look at, they can create change around them.”

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New Year’s Eve Guide Blackhawk City of Black Hawk Fireworks Display — The City of Black Hawk invites everyone to a spectacular New Year’s Eve celebration! The skies above the casinos of Black Hawk will come alive at the stroke of midnight with a dazzling fireworks performance. This fast-paced pyrotechnic production will showcase a tremendous variety of scintillating fireworks that will complement the green, silver and gold colors you can win in the casinos. City of Black Hawk, 303-582-2292.

Boulder Absinthe House New Year’s Party — One all-inclusive price gets you into the hottest NYE party in Boulder. Enjoy music from DJ Dimitri and DJ Ricard, party favors and a FULL OPEN BAR ALL NIGHT for only $55 per person! Absinthe House, 1109 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-443-8600.

Alba’s New Year’s Dinner — Join Alba Restaurant and Wine Bar for a special chef’s tasting menu to ring in the new year.

They will also be serving their regular menu.Visit www.albaboulder.com for a full menu, or call 303-938-8800 for more information. Alba Restaurant and Wine Bar, 2480 Canyon Blvd., Boulder.

BMoCA New Year’s Eve Party — Celebrate the future at the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art. Dance, eat and drink 2010 away. Then count down to 2011 with an Art Drop performance. Champagne toast included. Members who are 21 and older receive a complimentary drink. Cash bar provided. Tickets are $20 in advance and $30 at the door. 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-2122.

Boulder’s Dinner Theatre New Year’s Eve Show — Dinner, show, champagne and dancing all under one roof! Let the talented performers at BDT entertain you with a special performance of Hello Dolly, and then enjoy dancing on the stage for the rest of the evening and a champagne toast at midnight. Each table will receive a complimentary bottle of champagne. Tickets start at $85 per person. Boulder’s Dinner Theatre, 5501 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-449-6000.

Centro Latin Kitchen — Ring in the New Year with some heat! The four-course dinner is $50, with an optional $25 champagne cocktail pairing. Call for reservations. 950 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-442-7771.

Crystal Castles. 9 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030.

Gold Hill Inn New Year’s Celebration — Dinner buffet and dance featuring Halden Wofford & The Hi-Beams with special guests The Mary Russell Band. Doors at 7 p.m. with a light buffet from 7-10 p.m. Music starts 8 p.m. Tickets are $29 and include food and music. ($2 service charge for phone orders.) Gold Hill Inn, 401 Main St., Gold Hill, 303-443-6461.

Holden Young & HY3. 10 p.m. Pearl St. Pub, 1108 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-939-9900.

Hotel Boulderado New Year’s Eve Dance Party — Dressed in Black and Funkiphino provide the music for one of Boulder’s biggest and most elegant New Year’s Eve celebrations.

Taking place at the historic Hotel Boulderado, the Gala Ball dinner and dance package includes a buffet dinner and dancing in the lobby, and guests can also choose overnight packages. Ticket prices vary. Hotel Boulderado, 2115 13th St., Boulder, 303-442-4344.

and the plunge starts at 11:30 a.m., New Year’s Day. For more information, visit www.alz.org/co.

Hotsoup New Year’s Eve Concert. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922.

Lucky Me New Year’s Eve Concert. 10 p.m. Trattoria On Pearl, 1430 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-544-0008.

New Year’s Eve Dance Party at Avalon — Ring in the New Year dancing with friends in the Avalon Ballroom. Doors at 7 p.m. The dance orchestra plays a variety of couples dance music from 7:30 to 11 p.m., champagne toast at 11 p.m. and DJ music throughout the night. Cost is $27 per person. The Avalon, 6185 Arapahoe Rd., Boulder, 303-449-5962.

New Year’s Eve Surprise! You don’t know what you’re going to get, but you can bet it’ll be awesome! Live music (the line-up is secret) and great food and drink will make this an evening to remember. Cost is whatever you can or want to pay.

Capacity is limited, so RSVP to admin@rocknsoulcafe.com, or call for more info. 7:30 p.m. Rock N Soul Cafe, 5290 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder.

New Year’s Eve Apres Ski Party. The West End Tavern, 926 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-444-3535.

New Year’s Eve Dinner — Enjoy a gourmet, six-course dinner in a beautiful setting. Reservations are required and limited tables will be available for guests without reservations. 5:30-10 p.m. Jill’s at the St. Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-4067399.

New Year’s Eve Dinner and Music — With John Beacher and Meniskus. 8 p.m. Boulder Draft House, 2027 13th St., Boulder, 303-440-5858.

New Year’s Eve Package With Delta Sonics. 8 p.m.

Boulder Outlook Hotel and Suites, 800 28th St., Boulder, 303-4433322.

Rose Hill Drive New Year’s Show. 9 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-3399.

Sambadende New Year’s Eve Bash — Enjoy a classy New Year’s Eve celebration at the St. Julien Hotel. Dance to the rhythms of Brazilian roots band Sambadende and raise your glass at midnight for a champagne toast. Tickets are $30 per person in advance, $35 day of the show. 8 p.m. Xanadu Ballroom at St. Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696.

New Year’s Eve Celebration with Elephant Revival.

Elephant Revival plays two shows at Nomad Theatre. The Shook Twins join them on Dec. 30, and the Sally Van Meter Trio opens on Dec. 31. Tickets are $20 for Dec. 30 and $30 for the Dec. 31 show. Both shows start at 7 p.m. Nomad Theatre, 1410 Quince Ave., Boulder, 303-443-7510.

Polar Plunge 2011 — Shake off that New Year’s hangover with a plunge in the Boulder Reservoir to help raise funds for Alzheimer’s education, counseling, support groups and the 24-hour Helpline provided by the Alzheimer’s Association of Colorado. Cost is $20-$25. Registration is 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.,

Rio Grande New Year’s Eve Party. Enjoy a complimentary midnight champagne toast, party favors and more at the Rio Grande Mexican Restaurant. No reservations necessary. 1101 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-444-3690.

Arvada The Teaching — With DJ Chonz. 8 p.m. to midnight. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683.

The Who’s Tommy. 8 p.m. Miners Alley Playhouse, 1224 Washington Ave., Golden, 303-935-3044.

Denver Annual Erotic Poetry Festival — Accompanied by Tribal Belly Dancers. For something a little different on New Year’s Eve. 7-9 p.m. Mercury Cafe, 2199 California St., Denver, 303-294-9281.

Big Head Todd and the Monsters. 9:30 p.m. Paramount Theatre, 1621 Glenarm Place, Denver, 303-623-0106.

Casselman’s Good Life New Year’s Eve Bash. 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. Casselman’s Bar & Venue, 2620 Walnut St., Denver, 720-2428923.

Champagne Hotel. 9 p.m. Marriott Denver Tech Center, 4900 S. Syracuse, Denver, 303-779-1100.

Comedy Works Downtown Presents Ralph Harris.

Three shows, at 6 p.m., 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. The 10 p.m. show includes champagne and party favors. Comedy Works Downtown, 1226 15th St., Denver, 303-595-3637.

Comedy Works South Presents Brad Upton. Three shows, at 5 p.m., 7:30 p.m. and 10 p.m. The 10 p.m. show includes champagne and party favors. Comedy Works South, 5345 Landmark Pl., Greenwood Village, 720-274-6800.

Denver’s Grandest New Year’s Eve Party. Grand Hyatt Denver, 1750 Welton St., Denver 303-295-1234.

Diamond After Dark. 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. 511 W. Colfax Ave., Denver, 720-690-1045.

Downtown Denver Fireworks — Two fireworks displays will take place over the 16th Street Mall in downtown Denver.

The first show is at 9 p.m., and the second begins at midnight. For more information, call 303-534-6161.

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New Year’s Eve Guide Tango du Masque — A black-tie option for New Year’s Eve with Passport New Year’s Eve. Suite 200, 1427 Larimer St., Denver, Global New Year’s Eve — Featuring the Triad Dragons, with dinner and dancing at 15th and Grant streets. Tickets are $90 per 720-560-4433.

Kostas, Dragon, Trajikk, Hycloud and Jontron on the main floor. 9 p.m. person or $720 for a table of eight. 1555 Grant Ave., Denver, 303Railroad Earth — With Great American Taxi. 9 p.m. Ogden The Church, 1160 Lincoln St., Denver, 303-832-3528.

877-6019.

Theatre, 835 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, 303-832-1874.

Gora Gora Orkestar. 10 p.m. Mercury Cafe, 2199 California St., Tavern NYE Olive Drop. 7 p.m. The Tavern Downtown, 1949 The Sensual City — The Sensual City’s NYE show features Denver, 303-294-9281.

Market St., Denver, 303-299-0100. dancers in sexy vaudeville attire. Tickets are $25 in advance, $38 at Greensky Bluegrass. 9 p.m. Cervante’s Other Side, 2637 Welton The White Rose Gala — Tickets start at $59 and include a balthe door. 8 p.m. Bar Standard, 1037 Broadway, Denver, 303-534-0222.

St., Denver, 303-297-1772. loon drop with $2,000 in cash at midnight. Guests are encouraged to Singles New Year’s Eve Party — Jazz @ Jack’s is the place to Hazel Miller Sings in the New Year — Tickets are $55 each wear white. 9 p.m. Hyatt Regency Denver Tech Center, 7800 E. Tufts be this New Year’s Eve if you are single! Rocky Mountain Singles has or $100 per couple and include a spectacular coffee and dessert bufAve., Denver, 303-779-1234. rented out the space for a private, singles-only party. 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. fet and a midnight champagne toast! A portion of the proceeds benWidepsread Panic. 8 p.m. Pepsi Center, Denver, 877-686-5366.

Jazz @ Jack’s, 500 16th St., Denver, 303-433-1000 efit KUVO public radio. Sherman St. Events Center, 1770 Sherman Viernes De Reventon New Year’s Eve St., Denver, 303-778-0916.

Fiesta — Swing your hips into the new year and The Informants — With GT & The celebrate 2011 Latin-style with the sounds of Sidewinders. Ticket price includes midnight chamsalsa, merengue and more. 9 p.m.Vinyl, 1082 pagne toast and party favors! 9 p.m Soiled Dove, Broadway, Denver, 303-506-8078.

7401 E. 1st St., Denver, 303-366-3001.

Zoo Year’s Eve. 5 p.m. Denver Zoo, 23rd Jet Hotel — Ring in the New Year downtown at Avenue and York Street, Denver, 303-376-4800. the Hollywood Paparazzi Ball. Dress as your favorite celebrity for the VIP affair. Tickets are $30 Rollinsville in advance for the 21-and-up venue. 1612 Wazee Mountain Standard Time — With Smooth St., Denver, 303-572-3300.

Money Gesture. Stage Stop Inn, 60 Main St., The Knew Year’s Eve Party — With The Rollinsville, 303-258-0649 Knew, American Tomahawk and DJ Nick Sullivan.

Tickets are $8 in advance, $15 day of the show, Englewood with free champagne at midnight. Larimer Lounge, Warlock Pinchers — With Il Cattivo, Bobby C 2721 Larimer St., Denver, 303-291-1007.

Sound TV, MegaJive. 8 p.m. Gothic Theatre, 3263 S. Masquerade Ball with Bop Skizzum. The Broadway, Englewood, 303-951-6705.

Lobby, 2191 Arapahoe St., Denver, 303-997-9911.

Mercury Cafe’s NYE Dinner — This is the FEATURING TWO FABULOUS BANDS & OPTIONAL BUFFET DINNER: Estes Park Chef’s favorite night of the year! Dinner will be New Year’s at Marys Lake Lodge — Join served from 5:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., accompanied $40 Entry ($60 after Dec 27th) $35 Sumptuous Buffet featuring: Wendy Woo in the Grand Room or Dennis by soft classical and jazz music. Mercury Cafe, Chef-Carved Beef Tenderloin, Seared Tobias in the tavern for a musical start to the new 2199 California St., Denver, 303-294-9281.

Petite Norwegian Salmon, Cheese “Dressed in Black” year. Marys Lake Lodge, 2625 Marys Lake Rd., Milk New Year’s Eve. 9 p.m. Milk, 1037 Tortellini, and an Array of Other From Frank Sinatra to Aretha Estes Park, 970-586-5958.

Broadway, Denver, 303-534-0222.

Delicacies ($45 after Dec 27th) Franklin The Motet and John Brown’s Body — With Fort Collins Juno What?! and Tatanka. 9 p.m. Cervantes’ Special Prices for Overnight New Years Eve Party — With The Honey Masterpiece Ballroom, 2637 Welton St., Denver, “Funkiphino” Packages Gitters & Constitution. 9 p.m. Tickets are $10 and 303-297-1772.

Colorado’s Funk Sensation include a champagne toast and late-night buffet.

New Year’s Eve at Impulse Theatre and Avogadro’s Number, 605 S. Mason St., Fort Wynkoop Brewing — This package includes an Collins, 970-493-5555.

Impulse Theater Comedy show, dinner at the Wynkoop Brewing Company, a champagne toast Lafayette with dinner and a mead toast at midnight. Dinner New Year’s Eve Party with The Vintage is 7-8:30 p.m. Packages are $70. Impulse Theater, Rock Band. 7 p.m. & 10 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 N. 1634 18th St., Denver, 303-297-2111.

Park Dr., Lafayette, 303-665-2757.

New Year’s Eve Gala — Celebrate the occasion WOW! Children’s Museum New Year’s and benefit a good cause with the Sheraton’s 7th Celebration — Noise-maker crafts, refreshAnnual New Year’s Eve Package. A portion of the ments, musical performance at 11 a.m. by local proceeds benefits the Tennyson Center for musician Eric West and special countdown at Children. Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel, noon! All included with museum admission! 110 1550 Court Place, Denver, 303-893-3333.

N. Harrison Ave., Lafayette, 303-604-2424.

New Year’s Eve with Basslab and Bass.Code ­— City Hall hosts Basslab and Bass.Code. Tickets Longmont are $40 (with a $5 service fee) in advance. 9 p.m.

2115 13th Street, Boulder, CO | 303.440.2880 A Grand Night for Singing. Tickets $23-$32.

City Hall, 1114 Broadway, 1144 Broadway, Denver, Jesters Dinner Theatre, 224 Main St., Longmont, www.boulderado.com 303-832-8628.

303-682-9980.

New Year’s Eve with Lannie Garrett’s She Groovez. 9 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Swingin’ Big Band — This sultry diva and her Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Rd., Longmont, big swingin’ band will ring in the New Year with 303-485-9400.

Slim Cessna’s Auto Club. 9 p.m. Bluebird Theater, 3317 East their hit show AnySwing Goes! Doors at 8 p.m. $125 per person.

Colfax Ave., Denver, 303-377-1666.

Lannie’s Clocktower Cabaret, 16th St. Mall, Denver, 303-293-0075.

Niwot Smash Putt Miniature Golf Apocalypse! Smash Putt, The Night in Vienna with the Colorado Symphony Niwot Tavern New Year’s Party — Enjoy dinner and midMiniature Golf Apocalypse, destroys Denver with six weekends of Orchestra — Spend a classy New Year’s Eve with the Colorado night champagne toast at Niwot Tavern. 7960 Niwot Rd., Niwot, mechanized mayhem and excitement beginning on New Year’s Eve. Symphony Orchestra as they perform waltzes, polkas and classics.

303-652-0200.

Launch balls at moving targets! Putt past accelerator pads! Dodge 6:30 p.m. Boettcher Concert Hall, Denver Performing Arts Complex, devilish actuators! Press the giant glowing button to scramble the 1000 14th St., Denver, 303-623-7876.

Lyons course as your opponent takes a swing! Open New Year’s Eve from Noon Year’s Eve. Come see the Children’s Museum of Denver Peaceful Valley Ranch New Year’s Package — Includes 6 p.m. Tickets can be purchased a week in advance, and the event transformed into Times Square! The ball drops at 10 a.m., 11 a.m., lodging, meals and New Year’s Dinner and Dance! Peaceful Valley runs Fridays through Sundays from Dec. 31 to Feb. 6. 2762 Walnut noon, 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. Free for members, $5 for non-members.

Ranch, 475 Peaceful Ranch Rd., Lyons, 303747-2881.

St., Denver, www.smashputt.com.

2121 Children’s Museum Dr., Denver, 303-433-7444.

Spring Creek Band. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., STS9 — STS9 takes over the sector known as the Fillmore NYE Glitter Balls — Come ring in the new year with Top 40 Lyons, 303-823-6685.

Auditorium for three nights, Dec. 29-31. Show at 7 p.m. The Fillmore dance mashups by DJ Skylar, go-go dancers, free champagne at midAuditorium, 1510 Clarkson St., Denver, 303-837-0360. night and more! 8 p.m. Mo’s, 1037 Broadway, Denver, 303-832-8628.

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New Year’s Eve Guide Tango du Masque — A black-tie option for New Year’s Eve with Passport New Year’s Eve. Suite 200, 1427 Larimer St., Denver, Global New Year’s Eve — Featuring the Triad Dragons, with dinner and dancing at 15th and Grant streets. Tickets are $90 per 720-560-4433.

Kostas, Dragon, Trajikk, Hycloud and Jontron on the main floor. 9 p.m. person or $720 for a table of eight. 1555 Grant Ave., Denver, 303Railroad Earth — With Great American Taxi. 9 p.m. Ogden The Church, 1160 Lincoln St., Denver, 303-832-3528.

877-6019.

Theatre, 835 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, 303-832-1874.

Gora Gora Orkestar. 10 p.m. Mercury Cafe, 2199 California St., Tavern NYE Olive Drop. 7 p.m. The Tavern Downtown, 1949 The Sensual City — The Sensual City’s NYE show features Denver, 303-294-9281.

Market St., Denver, 303-299-0100. dancers in sexy vaudeville attire. Tickets are $25 in advance, $38 at Greensky Bluegrass. 9 p.m. Cervante’s Other Side, 2637 Welton The White Rose Gala — Tickets start at $59 and include a balthe door. 8 p.m. Bar Standard, 1037 Broadway, Denver, 303-534-0222.

St., Denver, 303-297-1772. loon drop with $2,000 in cash at midnight. Guests are encouraged to Singles New Year’s Eve Party — Jazz @ Jack’s is the place to Hazel Miller Sings in the New Year — Tickets are $55 each wear white. 9 p.m. Hyatt Regency Denver Tech Center, 7800 E. Tufts be this New Year’s Eve if you are single! Rocky Mountain Singles has or $100 per couple and include a spectacular coffee and dessert bufAve., Denver, 303-779-1234. rented out the space for a private, singles-only party. 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. fet and a midnight champagne toast! A portion of the proceeds benWidepsread Panic. 8 p.m. Pepsi Center, Denver, 877-686-5366.

Jazz @ Jack’s, 500 16th St., Denver, 303-433-1000 efit KUVO public radio. Sherman St. Events Center, 1770 Sherman Viernes De Reventon New Year’s Eve St., Denver, 303-778-0916.

Fiesta — Swing your hips into the new year and The Informants — With GT & The celebrate 2011 Latin-style with the sounds of Sidewinders. Ticket price includes midnight chamsalsa, merengue and more. 9 p.m.Vinyl, 1082 pagne toast and party favors! 9 p.m Soiled Dove, Broadway, Denver, 303-506-8078.

7401 E. 1st St., Denver, 303-366-3001.

Zoo Year’s Eve. 5 p.m. Denver Zoo, 23rd Jet Hotel — Ring in the New Year downtown at Avenue and York Street, Denver, 303-376-4800. the Hollywood Paparazzi Ball. Dress as your favorite celebrity for the VIP affair. Tickets are $30 Rollinsville in advance for the 21-and-up venue. 1612 Wazee Mountain Standard Time — With Smooth St., Denver, 303-572-3300.

Money Gesture. Stage Stop Inn, 60 Main St., The Knew Year’s Eve Party — With The Rollinsville, 303-258-0649 Knew, American Tomahawk and DJ Nick Sullivan.

Tickets are $8 in advance, $15 day of the show, Englewood with free champagne at midnight. Larimer Lounge, Warlock Pinchers — With Il Cattivo, Bobby C 2721 Larimer St., Denver, 303-291-1007.

Sound TV, MegaJive. 8 p.m. Gothic Theatre, 3263 S. Masquerade Ball with Bop Skizzum. The Broadway, Englewood, 303-951-6705.

Lobby, 2191 Arapahoe St., Denver, 303-997-9911.

Mercury Cafe’s NYE Dinner — This is the FEATURING TWO FABULOUS BANDS & OPTIONAL BUFFET DINNER: Estes Park Chef’s favorite night of the year! Dinner will be New Year’s at Marys Lake Lodge — Join served from 5:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., accompanied $40 Entry ($60 after Dec 27th) $35 Sumptuous Buffet featuring: Wendy Woo in the Grand Room or Dennis by soft classical and jazz music. Mercury Cafe, Chef-Carved Beef Tenderloin, Seared Tobias in the tavern for a musical start to the new 2199 California St., Denver, 303-294-9281.

Petite Norwegian Salmon, Cheese “Dressed in Black” year. Marys Lake Lodge, 2625 Marys Lake Rd., Milk New Year’s Eve. 9 p.m. Milk, 1037 Tortellini, and an Array of Other From Frank Sinatra to Aretha Estes Park, 970-586-5958.

Broadway, Denver, 303-534-0222.

Delicacies ($45 after Dec 27th) Franklin The Motet and John Brown’s Body — With Fort Collins Juno What?! and Tatanka. 9 p.m. Cervantes’ Special Prices for Overnight New Years Eve Party — With The Honey Masterpiece Ballroom, 2637 Welton St., Denver, “Funkiphino” Packages Gitters & Constitution. 9 p.m. Tickets are $10 and 303-297-1772.

Colorado’s Funk Sensation include a champagne toast and late-night buffet.

New Year’s Eve at Impulse Theatre and Avogadro’s Number, 605 S. Mason St., Fort Wynkoop Brewing — This package includes an Collins, 970-493-5555.

Impulse Theater Comedy show, dinner at the Wynkoop Brewing Company, a champagne toast Lafayette with dinner and a mead toast at midnight. Dinner New Year’s Eve Party with The Vintage is 7-8:30 p.m. Packages are $70. Impulse Theater, Rock Band. 7 p.m. & 10 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 N. 1634 18th St., Denver, 303-297-2111.

Park Dr., Lafayette, 303-665-2757.

New Year’s Eve Gala — Celebrate the occasion WOW! Children’s Museum New Year’s and benefit a good cause with the Sheraton’s 7th Celebration — Noise-maker crafts, refreshAnnual New Year’s Eve Package. A portion of the ments, musical performance at 11 a.m. by local proceeds benefits the Tennyson Center for musician Eric West and special countdown at Children. Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel, noon! All included with museum admission! 110 1550 Court Place, Denver, 303-893-3333.

N. Harrison Ave., Lafayette, 303-604-2424.

New Year’s Eve with Basslab and Bass.Code ­— City Hall hosts Basslab and Bass.Code. Tickets Longmont are $40 (with a $5 service fee) in advance. 9 p.m.

2115 13th Street, Boulder, CO | 303.440.2880 A Grand Night for Singing. Tickets $23-$32.

City Hall, 1114 Broadway, 1144 Broadway, Denver, Jesters Dinner Theatre, 224 Main St., Longmont, www.boulderado.com 303-832-8628.

303-682-9980.

New Year’s Eve with Lannie Garrett’s She Groovez. 9 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Swingin’ Big Band — This sultry diva and her Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Rd., Longmont, big swingin’ band will ring in the New Year with 303-485-9400.

Slim Cessna’s Auto Club. 9 p.m. Bluebird Theater, 3317 East their hit show AnySwing Goes! Doors at 8 p.m. $125 per person.

Colfax Ave., Denver, 303-377-1666.

Lannie’s Clocktower Cabaret, 16th St. Mall, Denver, 303-293-0075.

Niwot Smash Putt Miniature Golf Apocalypse! Smash Putt, The Night in Vienna with the Colorado Symphony Niwot Tavern New Year’s Party — Enjoy dinner and midMiniature Golf Apocalypse, destroys Denver with six weekends of Orchestra — Spend a classy New Year’s Eve with the Colorado night champagne toast at Niwot Tavern. 7960 Niwot Rd., Niwot, mechanized mayhem and excitement beginning on New Year’s Eve. Symphony Orchestra as they perform waltzes, polkas and classics.

303-652-0200.

Launch balls at moving targets! Putt past accelerator pads! Dodge 6:30 p.m. Boettcher Concert Hall, Denver Performing Arts Complex, devilish actuators! Press the giant glowing button to scramble the 1000 14th St., Denver, 303-623-7876.

Lyons course as your opponent takes a swing! Open New Year’s Eve from Noon Year’s Eve. Come see the Children’s Museum of Denver Peaceful Valley Ranch New Year’s Package — Includes 6 p.m. Tickets can be purchased a week in advance, and the event transformed into Times Square! The ball drops at 10 a.m., 11 a.m., lodging, meals and New Year’s Dinner and Dance! Peaceful Valley runs Fridays through Sundays from Dec. 31 to Feb. 6. 2762 Walnut noon, 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. Free for members, $5 for non-members.

Ranch, 475 Peaceful Ranch Rd., Lyons, 303747-2881.

St., Denver, www.smashputt.com.

2121 Children’s Museum Dr., Denver, 303-433-7444.

Spring Creek Band. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., STS9 — STS9 takes over the sector known as the Fillmore NYE Glitter Balls — Come ring in the new year with Top 40 Lyons, 303-823-6685.

Auditorium for three nights, Dec. 29-31. Show at 7 p.m. The Fillmore dance mashups by DJ Skylar, go-go dancers, free champagne at midAuditorium, 1510 Clarkson St., Denver, 303-837-0360. night and more! 8 p.m. Mo’s, 1037 Broadway, Denver, 303-832-8628.

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music Bluegrass Pick — With Martin Gilmore. 9 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303463-6683.

Jeremy Dion,The David James Band. 8:30 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder.

303-440-4628.

Live Jazz with George Nelson. 6:30 p.m.

Carelli’s Italian Restaurant, 645 30th St., Boulder, 303-938-9300.

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

Music on the Mezz — With Colleen O’Brien Trio. 5:30 p.m. Hotel Boulderado, 2115 13th St., Boulder, 303-442-4344.

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

Open Bluegrass Pick. 7 p.m. The Rock Inn, 1675 Hwy. 66, Estes Park, 970-586-4116.

Open Stage. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685.

Open Stage with Tommy and the Tangerines — Every Thursday night.

Catacombs, 2115 13th St., Boulder, 303-4424344.

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

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

events Avery Tap Room — For tours and tastings.

12-8 p.m. Avery Brewing Co., 5757 Arapahoe Ave., Unit B1, Boulder, www.averybrewing.com.

Beginning Flamenco Dance. 6:15-7:30 p.m.

Kakes Studios, 2115 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-7867050, www.flamenco-boulder.com.

Beginning/Intermediate Hoopdance. 9 a.m.

Boulder Circus Center, 4747 26th St., Boulder, 303-918-6617.

A Christmas Carol — Presented by Colorado Shakespeare Festival. 7 p.m. University Theatre, CU campus, 303-492-0554.

Geeks Who Drink Pub Quiz. 6:30 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-

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

13th St., Boulder, 303-442-4344.

Christmas Eve Dinner at Arugula Bar e Ristorante. Arugula Bar e Ristorante, 2785 Iris Ave., Boulder, 303-443-5100.

Christmas Eve Dinner at Q’s. 3-8 p.m.

Q’s Restaurant, Hotel Boulderado, 2115 13th St., Boulder, 303-442-4344.

Christmas Eve Dinner. 5:30 p.m. St. Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696.

Salsa Dancing. 10:30 p.m. Trattoria on Pearl, 1430 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-544-0008.

Twisted Pine Brewing and Tap Room. 12-9 p.m. Twisted Pine Tap Room, 3201 Walnut St., #A, Boulder, 303-786-9270.

Upslope Brewing Co.Tap Room and Tours. 4-8 p.m. Upslope Brewing Co., 1501 Lee Hill Rd., No. 20, Boulder, www.upslopebrewing. com.

Saturday, Dec. 25

music Acoustic Brunch. 10 a.m. Rock N Soul Cafe, 5290 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-443-5108.

Bluegrass Pick. Noon. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Rd., Longmont, 303-485-9400.

Dexter Payne. 6 p.m. St. Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696.

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Gindi Cafe Gay Night. Every Thursday night.

Gindi Cafe, 3601 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 720242-8961.

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

Friday, Dec. 24

music Acoustic Open Mic. 7-9 p.m. The Stone Cup, 442 High St., Lyons, 303-823-2345.

Bluegrass Pick. Noon. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Rd.,

Longmont, 303-485-9400.

Danny Meyer Quartet. 9 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder. 303-440-4628.

Dechen Hawk. 6 p.m. St. Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696.

events Avery Tap Room — For tours and tastings.

12-8 p.m. Avery Brewing Co., 5757 Arapahoe Ave., Unit B1, Boulder, www.averybrewing.com.

Beer Garden. 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. The Rib House, 1801 13th St., Boulder, 303-442-7427.

A Christmas Carol — Presented by Colorado Shakespeare Festival. 2 p.m. University Theatre, CU campus, 303-492-0554.

Christmas Eve Brunch at Q’s. 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Q’s Restaurant, Hotel Boulderado, 2115

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events Afternoon Tea. 2 p.m. Jill’s Restaurant at St. Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-4069696.

Avery Tap Room — For tours and tastings.

12-8 p.m. Avery Brewing Co., 5757 Arapahoe Ave., Unit B1, Boulder, www.averybrewing.com.

Beer Garden. 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. The Rib House, 1801 13th St., Boulder, 303-442-7427.

Beginning/Intermediate Hoopdance. 10 a.m. Kakes Studio, 2115 Pearl St., Boulder, 303918-6617.

Christmas Brunch at Q’s. 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Q’s Restaurant, Hotel Boulderado, 2115 13th St., Boulder, 303-442-4344.

Christmas Brunch. 10 a.m. St. Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696.

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Boulder/Denver Area BioLounge — Rotating exhibit of art and science.

CU Museum, 1035 Broadway, Boulder, 303-492-6892.

Deutsch-Amerikanische Freundschaft — Drawings by Marc Brandenburg. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave., Denver, 720-865-5000. Through Feb. 20.

Edits — Paintings by Stephen Batura. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-2122. Through Jan. 30.

Moments In Between — Paintings by Barbara Shark. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-2122. Through Jan. 30.

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Light Leaks — Paintings by Isca Greenfield-Sanders.

MCA Denver, 1485 Delgany St., Denver, 303-298-7554.

Through Jan. 9.

NCAR Community Art Program Gallery I — Collages by Gerda Rovetch. NCAR Mesa Laboratory, 1850 Table Mesa Dr., Boulder, 303-497-2408. Through Dec. 31.

NCAR Community Art Program Gallery II — Paintings by Tina Will. NCAR Mesa Laboratory, 1850 Table Mesa Dr., Boulder, 303-497-2408. Through Jan. 30.

Shut Your Face Off! Mixed media by Donald Fodness & Alvin Gregorio. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-

2122. Through Jan. 31.

Slides of a Changing Painting — By Robert Gober. MCA Denver, 1485 Delgany St., Denver, 303298-7554. Through Jan. 16.

Swimming in Cola — Sculptures by Dewane Hughes.

UMC Art Gallery, CU campus, 303-492-6161. Through Dec. 17.

Tutankhamun: The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave., Denver, 720-865-5000. Through Jan. 9.

A Visual Alphabet: Herbert Bayer’s Anthology Paintings. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave., Denver, 720-865-5000. Through Dec. 31.

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Christmas Dinner at Q’s. 3-8 p.m. Q’s Restaurant, Hotel Boulderado, 2115 13th St., Boulder, 303-442-4344.

Christmas Dinner. 5:30 p.m. St. Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696.

Gingerbread Tea. Noon. St. Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696.

Sunday, Dec. 26

music Acoustic Jam. 11 a.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683.

Bluegrass Pick — All levels welcome. 12-3 p.m.

Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids and Solids, 1555 S. Hover St., Longmont, 303-485-9400.

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

Hit List. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 N. Park Dr.,

Lafayette, 303-665-2757.

The Key of Joy, Esther Sparks. 8:15 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder. 303-4404628.

Mellow Cello Sunday Brunch. 11 a.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-4636683.

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Avery Tap Room — For tours and tastings.

12-8 p.m. Avery Brewing Co., 5757 Arapahoe Ave., Unit B1, Boulder, www.averybrewing.com.

Beginning Hawaiian Hula Class. 7:15 p.m.

Boulder Ballet Studio, The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-447-9772.

Continuing Hawaiian Hula Class. 5:30 p.m.

Boulder Ballet Studio, The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-447-9772.

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theater A Christmas Carol — Presented by Colorado Shakespeare Festival. University Theatre, CU campus, 303-4920554. Through Dec. 24.

A Christmas Carol, The Musical. Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada, 720898-7200. Through Dec. 23.

Hello Dolly! Boulder’s Dinner Theatre, 5501 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-449-6000. Through

Feb 26, 2011.

Schoolhouse Rock Live!

Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada, 720-898-7200.

Through Dec. 30.

The SantaLand Diaries — Presented by Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826.

Through Dec. 23.

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Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3099.

Monday, Dec. 27 Children’s Story Time. 10:15 a.m.

Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3099.

Conversations in English —For ESL learners. 1 p.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3099.

Spruce St., Boulder, 303-444-0190.

Gingerbread Tea. Noon. St. Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696.

Planetary Healing and Harmony Teleclass — Teachings and meditation. 8 a.m. For more information, call 720-301-3993.

Gingerbread Tea. 2 p.m. St. Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696.

A Muppet Christmas Carol. 8 p.m. St. Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696.

Monday, Dec. 27

music Electric Blues Jam. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Rd., Longmont, 303-485-9400.

Go Go Lab (Post) X-mas Show. 10 p.m.

Southern Sun Pub, 627 S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-5430886.

Jay Ryan’s Big Top — Open stage. 7 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683.

Open Bluegrass Pick. 5 p.m. Boulder Draft House, 2027 13th St., Boulder, 303-440-5858.

Open Mic. 7 p.m. Rock N Soul Café, 5290 Arapahoe Ave., Suite 1, Boulder, 303-443-5108.

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

events Boulder County Alcoholics Anonymous — Happy hour group. 5:30 p.m. 5375 Western Ave., Boulder, www.BoulderCountyAA.org.

Free Open Class — Meditation instruction.

7-9 p.m. Boulder Shambhala Meditation Center, 1345 Spruce St., Boulder, 303-444-0190.

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” — Open mic poetry. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat Coffeehouse, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.

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“So You’re a Poet” — Open mic poetry. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.

Tuesday, Dec. 28 Active Minds Presentation: The National Parks. 5:30 p.m. Tattered Cover Bookstore, 2526 East Colfax Ave., Denver, 303-322-7727.

Tuesday Fiction Writers. 6:30 p.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3099.

Twisted Pine Brewing and Tap Room. 3-9 p.m. Twisted Pine Tap Room, 3201 Walnut St., #A, Boulder, 303-786-9270.

Tuesday, Dec. 28

music Bluegrass Pick and Open Stage. 8 p.m.

Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685.

Blues Jam. 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, 303-9989350.

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

Jazz Night with Supercollider. 8:30 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder. 303-4404628.

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

Morsoul Presents Dika & Friends. 8 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-4636683.

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

Weekly Bluegrass Pick — All levels welcome. 8-11 p.m. Oskar Blues, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685.

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events Astronomical Star of Bethlehem. 10 a.m.

Fiske Planetarium, CU campus, 303-492-5001.

Avery Tap Room — For tours and tastings.

12-8 p.m. Avery Brewing Co., 5757 Arapahoe Ave., Unit B1, Boulder, www.averybrewing.com.

Bonfils Blood Drive. 10 a.m. REI, 1789 28th St., Boulder, 303-583-9970.

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.

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Healing Space — With Alan McAllister. 4-6 p.m. Whole Being Explorations, 1800 30th St., Boulder, 303-545-5562.

Holiday Tea. 12-1:30 p.m Hotel Boulderado, 2115 13th St., Boulder, 303-442-4344.

Laser Nutcracker. 1 p.m. Fiske Planetarium, CU campus, 303-492-5001.

Open Mic Poetry and Music — Hosted by Rob Geisen and Olatundji Akpo-Sani. 8 p.m. The No-Name Bar, 1325 Broadway, Boulder.

Salsa Night — Lessons and open dance. 7 p.m.

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

Twisted Pine Brewing and Tap Room. 3-9 p.m. Twisted Pine Tap Room, 3201 Walnut St., #A, Boulder, 303-786-9270.

Wednesday, Dec. 29

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

Bluegrass Pick. 6:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Tasty Weasel Tap Room, 1800 Pike Rd., Unit B, Longmont, 303-776-1914.

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

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

Lew Collins. 7:30 p.m. Rock N Soul Cafe, 5290 Arapahoe Ave., Ste. I, Boulder, 303-4435108.

Open Stage. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Rd., Longmont, 303-485-9400.

events Arvada Business Connection. 5:30 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-4636683.

Just Sit. 7 to 9 p.m. Boulder Shambhala Meditation Center, 1345 Spruce St., Boulder, 303-444-0190.

Laser Nutcracker. 10 a.m. Fiske Planetarium, CU campus, 303-492-5001.

Seasons of Light. 1 p.m. Fiske Planetarium, CU campus, 303-492-5001.

Swing Blues Dance Lessons. 7 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683.

Tea,Talks,Transformation — With Linda Lawson. 6:30 p.m. Boulder. For location, call 720301-3993.

Vajrayana Buddhist Meditation. 7 p.m.

Mipham Shedra, 2860 Bluff St., Boulder, 303-4490319.

Kids’ Calendar Thursday, Dec. 23 Drop-in Storytime. 10:15 a.m. Erie Community Library, 400 Powers St., Erie, 720685-5200.

So Rim Kung Fu for Children. 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. A Place to B Studio, 1750 30th St., Boulder, 303-440-8007.

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Preschool Storytime. 10:15 a.m. Erie Community Library, 400 Powers St., Erie, 720685-5200.

Saturday, Dec. 25 Children’s Storytime. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1000 Canyon Blvd., Boulder, 303441-3100.

Sunday, Dec. 26 Baby Boogie — Bring kids to dance. 2 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-4636683.

Children’s Storytime. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1000 Canyon Blvd., Boulder, 303441-3100.

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

Monday, Dec. 27 Children’s Storytime. 10:15 p.m. Boulder Public Library, 1000 Canyon Blvd., Boulder, 303441-3100.

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

Tuesday, Dec. 28 Children’s Storytime. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1000 Canyon Blvd., Boulder, 303441-3100.

Drop-in Storytime. 4 p.m. Erie Community Library, 400 Powers St., Erie, 720-685-5200.

Storytime for Children. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Public Library, George Reynolds Branch, 3595 Table Mesa Dr., Boulder, 303-441-3120.

Teen Game Night. 3 p.m. Boulder Public Library, 1000 Canyon Blvd., Boulder, 303-4413100.

Wednesday, Dec. 29 Children’s Storytime. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1000 Canyon Blvd., Boulder, 303-441-3100.

So Rim Kung Fu for Children. 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. A Place to B Studio, 1750 30th St., Boulder, 303-440-8007.

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Gift Wrapping Fundraisers at REI! 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. REI Store, 1789

28th St., Boulder, 303-583-9970.

Saturday, Dec. 25 Boulder Cycling Club Saturday Morning Road Bike Ride. 10:30 a.m. Bicycle Village, 2100 28th St., # B-C, Boulder, 303-875-2241.

Sunday, Dec. 26 Boulder Road Runners Sunday Group Run. 9 a.m. Meet at First National Bank, 3033 Iris Ave., Boulder, www.boulderroadrunners. org.

Monday, Dec. 27 Ladies Bike Mechanics 101.

5:30-6:30 a.m. Community Cycles, 2805 Wilderness Pl., Ste. 1000, Boulder, 720565-6019.

Tuesday, Dec. 28 Bonfils Blood Drive. 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. REI Store, 1789 28th St., Boulder, 303-583-9970.

Tuesday Hiking. 9 a.m. North Boulder Park, 7th and Bellwood streets, Boulder, 303-494-9735.

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Community Cycles, 2805 Wilderness Pl., Boulder, 720-565-6019.

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“One of the biggest things I see is that parents want their kids to ski or snowboard and keep them out there too long,” says Jamie Zolber, ski school director at Bogus Basin Mountain Recreation Area near Boise, Idaho.

“Be ready to go out for an hour or so, and if that is all they can take, go home or take them to day care and continue skiing,” Zolber says.

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Get them ready —Get your kids excited about skiing or snowboarding.

Tell them what they will be doing so they will be prepared for the snow and excitement of a ski area.

—Have them wear their snow and ski gear in advance.

Let them play in the clothes, including mittens and hat or helmet so it feels familiar.

—Make sure your child is well rested and has a good breakfast before hitting the slopes. If children start their day tired and hungry, their mood probably isn’t going to improve later.

Wednesday, Dec. 29 Pearl Street Runners. Meet at 6:15 p.m. for 5k run. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder. www.pearlstreetrunners.com.

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Clothing —A child’s ski clothes should be as warm as your own, if not warmer. Small bodies lose heat faster than larger bodies, and a child should dress in layers just like you do.

—Avoid dressing them in anything made of cotton. Kids and snow mean wet clothing. Wet cotton has no insulation value and actually speeds heat loss. Clothing made of polyester is usually as inexpensive as cotton but still insulates when it’s damp.

—Mittens are better than gloves for kids. Gloves are harder to put on, not as warm as mittens, and young kids don’t have the manual dexterity to take advantage of the benefits of gloves. Clip mittens to their jacket so they won’t get lost.

On the slopes —Enroll youngsters in a lesson.

Instructors have a lot of experience teaching kids as young as 3 years old to ski.

—It’s not all about skiing. If a young child would rather eat snow, roll in it, or just play around, let them. The point is for them to have fun in the snow. The skiing can come later. Don’t force it.

—Watch their moods.

Anticipate a problem and head it off before it reaches meltdown stage. Talk to the child and ask if he or she is tired, hungry or cold.

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—Keep the trips short. Young kids don’t have the stamina to stay on the slopes all day. You might only get an hour or two on the hill before they’re tired and ready to go home.

—Take breaks. A trip to lodge for hot chocolate or snacks will keep their energy and enthusiasm up.

—Focus on technique, then terrain. It may take a lot of time skiing on easy terrain for children to develop good skills. If you scare them on terrain that’s too difficult, it’s harder to get them back later.

Gear —Buy a helmet that fits the child. Don’t get a larger size so they can grow into it. A loose-fitting helmet is uncomfortable and possibly ineffective. If the child outgrows it, you can always pass it on to a sibling or other young skier.

—Leasing ski equipment is better than buying for young kids who are growing fast. Prices for lease packages for kids’ gear is very attractive, and at the end of the season you turn it back in.

—If you buy used gear or get hand-me-downs, take it to a ski shop and make sure it works properly, especially the boots and bindings. (c) 2010, The Idaho Statesman (Boise, Idaho) —MCT Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com

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et me just start out by admitting that Tron: Legacy is one of the most entertaining geeky sci-fi films I’ve seen this year and is sure to fill theaters for months to come.

The film follows Sam Flynn (Garrett Hedlund), son of Kevin Flynn ( Jeff Bridges) from the original Tron. Twenty years have passed, and Sam still wonders what happened to his dad, who vanished while he was a boy. He stumbles into Kevin’s research lab and is promptly pulled into the computer-based world of the Grid. Sam finds his father hiding out in the wastelands beyond the main Grid with a beautiful young woman, Quorra (Olivia Wilde). Kevin has become a monk, meditating and talking about finding his zen-like center rather than fighting the evil CLU (a digitally mapped, younger Jeff Bridges).

The story is one of journeys traveled, risks taken and challenges overcome, as we’d hope with any epic adventure. That it primarily takes place within the digital realm of the Grid gives the production team complete freedom, and it’s an amazing, compelling world. The Grid is also a dark, Orwellian world where storm troopers march in lockstep, “derezing” apps that seek freedom or think for themselves.

There are depths to Tron: Legacy that I never expected, and the revision of the original story from the banal video game trinket of Tron to the backstory of the new movie was a splendid step. I really dug Tron: Legacy, loved its countless references to other

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sci-fi films, and found it far more enjoyable and engaging than Avatar, a similarly sweeping sci-fi epic.

Remakes are a tricky business, as Hollywood has learned. Whether it’s a foreign film (La Femme Nikita) or a science fiction classic (Invasion of the Body Snatchers), it’s difficult to both be true to the original work and create a contemporary story that resonates with modern viewers.

It gets even more challenging when the source material wasn’t a great film, just a cult classic. Yes, this

Fun with boxing

ix years ago, Clint Eastwood’s Million Dollar Baby showed up late in the release calendar and walloped enough fans of boxing melodrama cliches to send it straight to the Academy Awards. Now comes The Fighter, an off-center but exceptional boxing film that I prefer in every aspect, especially one: It feels like it comes from real life as well as the movies.

Set and shot mostly in Lowell, Mass., with a wonderful eye for atmosphere, this one took a long time to get made. Originally it was to be filmed by Black Swan director Darren Aronofsky. David O. Russell, whose stimulating resume (Flirting With Disaster, Three Kings) reveals a much wider stylistic range than Aronofsky’s, took over. Excellent choice.

As written, this true story of welterweight Micky Ward and his trainer-brother, Dicky Eklund, careens from addiction themes to brotherly love and familial crises to the sort of comedy the boxing genre typically resists. The comedy feels natural and right, because The Fighter concerns itself more with Ward’s squalling family than with what goes on in the ring.

Dicky, played as a chemically addled whirligig by Christian Bale, was once the “pride of Lowell,” having knocked down (or did he slip?) Sugar Ray Leonard.

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means that the remake of the Rocky Horror Picture Show is going to be awful.

Tron falls into that same category: it wasn’t very successful when released in 1982, and it’s better known for its groundbreaking — now dated — visual effects than any sort of story.

One of my favorite aspects of Tron: Legacy was the multitude of science fiction film references woven throughout, from opening exterior shots right out of Blade Runner to an apartment that reminded me of 2001: A Space Odyssey to Quorra, who looked like she was the twin of Leeloo (Milla Jovovich) from The Fifth Element.

Castor (Michael Sheen) is the delightfully flamboyant nightclub owner who holds the key to Sam and Quorra finding their way out of the Grid, even as he’s looking out for his own best interests. His techno nightclub, however, is reminiscent of the club in another iconic sci-fi film, The Matrix.

Tron: Legacy is a rarity in modern cinema, a film that works both as a purely visual experience and as a film exploring deeply religious topics — there are many obvious nods to Judeo-Christian mythology — and a son’s journey to understand and build a meaningful relationship with his father. It’s terrific, and I’ll see it again in the theater and then again when it’s available on Blu-ray.

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the family’s new hope for boxing glory. Alice, the siblings’ formidable, chain-smoking mother, also has seven — count ’em, seven — big-haired daughters who run as a heavily aerosoled pack. The fabulous Melissa Leo has a ball as Alice, Micky’s manager, whose ruling credo when it comes to outsiders is simple: Do not trust them if they’re not related.

The latest in a series of run-ins with the local police lands Dicky in jail, and while the title The Fighter is singular, it refers to just about everybody on

screen. Dicky’s recovery, both in terms of his addiction and self-worth, runs parallel to Micky’s rise in the ring once he has (temporarily) left the bosom of his family. The film does not deal with Ward’s career highlight, the bouts against Arturo Gatti; rather, Russell and company keep the focus where it belongs. As Micky’s lover, Charlene, Amy Adams delivers the sort of honesty and hard-shell truth we too rarely see with depictions of working-class characters in American movies. Jack McGee, as Micky’s bulldog of a father, couldn’t be better.

Real-life Lowell cop and boxing trainer Mickey O’Keefe plays himself. These are all faces to remember.

Three-quarters of The Fighter is terrific and plays exactly like the film Russell wanted to make.

The final quarter is more like the film he felt he had to deliver to get by with the rest. The climactic fight doesn’t quite come off (it’s filmed indifferently, with a series of conventional fade-outs and dissolves). And as impressive as Bale’s performance is, you’re made aware of the actor, acting, mightily, as opposed to inhabiting a flamboyantly combustible character with ease.

Small matters in a rich experience. It’s one of the year’s best, and I liked it even better the second time.

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The latest film from Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire) dramatizes the true story of mountain climber Aron Ralston (James Franco), who has to resort to desperate measures to save himself after a fallen boulder crashes on his arm and traps him in an isolated canyon in Utah. Rated R. At Flatiron, Century, Mayan and Esquire. — Rene Rodriguez

Two–time Academy Award-winner Kevin Spacey gives the performance of a lifetime in Casino Jack, a riotous new film starring Spacey as a man hell bent on acquiring all that the good life has to offer. He plays in the same game as the highest of rollers and resorts to awe-inspiring levels of conning, scheming and fraudulent antics to get what he wants. Inspired by true events that are too over-the-top for even the wildest imaginations to conjure, Casino Jack lays bare the wild excesses and escapades of Jack Abramoff. Aided by his business partner Michael Scanlon (Barry Pepper), Jack parlays his clout over some of the world’s most powerful men with the goal of creating a personal empire of wealth and influence. When the two enlist a mob-connected buddy (Jon Lovitz) to help with one of their illegal schemes, they soon find themselves in over their heads, entrenched in a world of mafia assassins, murder and a scandal that spins so out of control that it makes worldwide headlines. At Chez Artiste. ­— Landmark Theatres

Black Christmas The few remaining residents of a Canadian sorority house are celebrating the onset of Christmas vacation when a 13-year-old girl is found dead in the park. Soon, it is discovered that one of the sorority sisters is missing, which triggers a terrifying chain of murders within the house. Director Bob Clark’s (Porky’s, A Christmas Story) tense, effective film is a precursor to the slasher films that would come a half decade later, but never relies on gore. Olivia Hussy (Romeo and Juliet) stars alongside Margot Kidder and SCTV’s Andrea Martin. At Denver FilmCenter/Colfax — Denver Film Society Black Swan Mainlining Tchaikovsky’s “Swan Lake” ballet score like a drug addict, this film pushes Nina (Natalie Portman), a Manhattan ballerina devoted to her craft, to the brink of insanity and then a couple of subway stops beyond. Director Darren Aronofsky’s film is with her all the way.

Tourist trap What’s better than one absurdly attractive lead actor? Two, of course. Oh, and a plot, but let’s not get greedy.

Portman’s performance as the dying swan is formidable in its nerve-racking expressivity. It is, in fact, a racked nerve, personified. This is Aronofsky’s most interesting film to date, and there’s not a more exciting fairy tale for grownups in theaters right now. Rated R. At Mayan, Colony Square, Century and Flatiron. — Michael Phillips

Burlesque In her first starring role in more than a decade, Cher returns as the owner and headliner of a cabaret who hires an ingenue (Christina Aguilera) as a cocktail waitress. Rated PG-13.

At Flatiron, Colony Square and Twin Peaks. — Rene Rodriguez

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader Director Michael Apted tackles the third installment in the series of beloved novels by C.S. Lewis, in which the Pevensie siblings and their young cousin return to the magical land and sail to the edge of the world alongside Prince Caspian. There will be dragons. At Flatiron,

local theaters AMC Flatiron Crossing, 61 W. Flatiron Cir., Broomfield, 303-790-4262 Black Swan Thu: 2:30, 5:30, 8:20, 10:55 Fri-Wed: 11:50, 2:30, 5:10, 7:50 Burlesque Thu: 10:50, 1:20, 4:15, 7:15 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader Thu: 11:40, 2:20, 5:10, 7:50, 10:35 Fri-Wed: 10:45, 1:35, 4:25, 6, 7:20 The Fighter Thu-Wed: 10:50, 1:50, 4:50, 7:40 Gulliver’s Travels Sat-Wed: 11:40, 2, 4:20, 6:45, 9:05 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 Thu: 12:10, 3:25, 6:45, 10:05 FriWed: 9:30, 12:40, 3:55, 7:10 How Do You Know Thu: 10:20, 1:30, 4:20, 7:20, 10:10 Fri-Wed: 10, 1, 4:10 The King’s Speech Sat-Wed: 11:10, 2:10, 5:15, 8:10, 10:55 Love and Other Drugs Thu: 2:10, 4:50, 7:45, 10:25 Little Fockers Fri-Wed: 10:35, 12:10, 1:15, 2:45, 3:50, 5:20, 6:30, 8 Tangled Thu: 12:40, 3:10, 5:40, 8:10, 10:40 Fri-Wed: 10:55, 1:25, 4:05, 6:45 The Tourist Thu: 11:10, 1:40, 4:30, 7:10, 9:50 Fri-Wed: 11:20, 2:10, 5, 7:45 Tron: Legacy Thu: 11, 2, 5, 8, 10:55 FriWed: 9:25, 12:15, 3:15, 6:15 True Grit Fri-Wed: 11, 1:45, 4:30, 7:15 Yogi Bear Thu: 10:30, 12:45, 3, 5:15, 7:30, 9:45 Fri-Wed: 9:45, 12, 2:20, 4:40, 7 Century Boulder, 1700 29th St., Boulder, 303-442-1815 127 Hours Thu: 11:50, 2:20, 4:45, 7:20, 10

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Black Swan Thu-Wed: 12:15, 1:45, 3:15, 4:35, 6:15, 7:35, 9, 10:15 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader Thu: 11:10, 2:10, 5:05, 6:25, 7:45, 9:10 The Fighter Thu: 1:10, 3:45, 6:40, 9:25 Gulliver’s Travels Sat-Wed: 11:50, 2:25, 4:40, 7:05, 9:20 How Do You Know Thu: 12:25, 3:45, 6:45, 10:05 Little Fockers Fri-Wed: 10:30, 11:45, 1, 2:15, 3:40, 4:50, 6:05, 7:15, 8:30 Tangled Thu: 11:15, 1:40, 4:25, 6:50, 9:15 The Tourist Thu: 12, 2:40, 5:10, 7:40 Tron: Legacy Thu-Wed: 11, 2, 5, 8, 10:50 True Grit Thu-Wed: 10:45, 1:30, 4:15, 7, 9:46 Yogi Bear Thu-Wed: 11:35, 1:55, 4:10, 6:20, 8:40 Colony Square, 1164 Dillon Rd., Louisville, 303-604-2641 Black Swan Thu-Wed: 1:35, 4:25, 7:05 Burlesque Thu: 1:30, 4:40, 7:25, 10:15 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader Thu: 2, 4:50, 7:35, 10:20 Fri-Wed: 11, 2, 4:35, 7:10 The Fighter Thu-Wed: 1:20, 4:20, 7:20, 10 Gulliver’s Travels Sat-Wed: 2, 4:20, 6:50, 9:45 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 Thu: 1, 4:15, 7:03, 10:40 Fri-Wed: 9:30 How Do You Know Thu-Wed: 1:40, 4:30, 7:40, 10:25 Little Fockers Fri-Wed: 10:50, 1:30, 4:10, 7 Love and Other Drugs Thu: 2:10, 5, 7:50,

10:35 Tangled Thu-Wed: 1:25, 3:50, 6:30 The Tourist Thu: 2:20, 5:10, 8, 10:30 FriWed: 11:30, 2:10, 4:45, 7:20 Tron: Legacy Thu-Wed: 1:10, 4:10, 7:10 True Grit Fri-Wed: 10:10, 12:50, 3:40 Yogi Bear Thu-Wed: 1:50, 4, 6:40, 9:30 Landmark Chez Artiste, 2800 S. Colorado Blvd., Denver, 303-352-1992 Black Swan Thu: 2:15, 5, 7:15, 8:15, 10 FriWed: 1:45, 4:30, 7:15 Casino Jack Fri-Wed: 2, 4:45, 7:30 The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest Thu-Fri: 1, 4, 7 The King’s Speech Sat-Wed: 1:30, 4:15, 7, 9:40 White Material Thu: 4:15, 7, 9:30 Landmark Esquire, 590 Downing St., Denver, 303-352-1992 127 Hours Thu: 4:15, 7, 9:20 The King’s Speech Fri-Wed: 2, 4, 7:10, 9:50 Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale Thu: 4:30, 7:15, 9:30 Landmark Mayan, 110 Broadway, Denver, 303-352-1992 Black Swan Thu: 2:30, 4, 5:15, 7, 8 I Love You Phillip Morris Thu-Wed: 1:30, 4:15, 7:15 Denver FilmCenter, 2510 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, 303-820-3456 Black Christmas Fri: 10 p.m. Sat: 11:55 p.m.

Howl Thu: 2:15, 7:30, 9:40 Inside Job Thu: 4:45, 7:10 Marwencol Thu: 2:30, 7:20 The Social Network Fri-Wed: 2, 4:40, 7:15, 9:50 Vision: From the Life of Hildegard von Bingen Thu: 2, 4:30 William S. Burroughs: A Man Within Thu: 5, 9:20 UA Twin Peaks, 1250 S. Hover Rd., Longmont, 303-651-2434 Burlesque Thu: 7:05, 9:45 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader Thu: 12:50, 4, 7:10, 9:45 Fri-Wed: 10:50, 12:50, 3:50, 6:50, 7:20 The Fighter Thu-Wed: 11, 1:50, 4:50, 7:50, 10:30 Gulliver’s Travels Sat-Wed: 12:10, 2:30, 4:30, 7:30, 9:45 How Do You Know Thu-Wed: 10:40, 1:40, 4:40, 10:25 Little Fockers Fri-Wed: 11, 1:25, 4:25, 7:05 Tangled Thu-Wed: 1:30, 4:35, 7:15, 9:50 The Tourist Thu-Wed: 10:35, 1, 4, 7:35, 10:10 Tron: Legacy Thu-Wed: 10:30, 1:20, 4:20, 7:10 True Grit Fri-Wed: 10:45, 1:15, 4:15, 7 Yogi Bear Thu-Wed: 1:10, 4:10, 7:10 As times are always subject to change, we request that you verify all movie listings beforehand. Daily updated information can be viewed on our website, www.boulderweekly. com.

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Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks. — Rene Rodriguez The Fighter This movie is an off-center but exceptional boxing film that feels like it comes from real life as well as the movies. Set and shot mostly in Lowell, Mass., this is the true story of welterweight Micky Ward (Mark Wahlberg) and his trainer-brother, Dicky Eklund (Christian Bale), careening from addiction themes to brotherly love and familial crises. Nearly all of the acting performances are fantastic, including Amy Adams as Micky’s lover, a performance with the sort of honesty and hard-shell truth we too rarely see. This film is one of the year’s best.

Rated PG-13. At Flatiron, Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks. — Michael Phillips The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest In The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest — the final installment of Stieg Larsson’s Millennium Trilogy — Lisbeth Salander is fighting for her life in more ways than one. In intensive care and charged with three murders, she will not only have to prove her innocence, but also identify and denounce those corrupt government institutions that very nearly destroyed her life. Once upon a time, she was a victim.

Now Salander is fighting back. Also starring Michael Nyqvist as journalist Mikael Blomkvist.

Directed by Daniel Alfredson. At Chez Artiste.

— Landmark Theatres Gulliver’s Travels Jack Black stars in this contemporary reimagining of Jonathan Swift’s novel, playing a mailroom clerk who travels to the Bermuda Triangle and finds himself in a magical land where people are really, really small. Rated PG. At Flatiron, Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks. ­— Rene Rodriguez Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 Harry, Ron and Hermione set out to find the rest of the Horcruxes to defeat Voldemort.

With Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson and Ralph Fiennes. Rated PG-13. At Flatiron, Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks. — Los Angeles Times/MCT How Do You Know The usually reliable writer-director James L. Brooks (Terms of Endearment, As Good As It Gets) returns with his first movie in six years. Reese Witherspoon stars as a former softball player caught in a love triangle with a major-league pitcher (Owen Wilson) and a corporate executive (Paul Rudd). Rated PG-13. — Rene Rodriguez Howl James Franco stars as the young Allen Ginsberg — poet, counter-culture adventurer and chronicler of the Beat Generation. In his famously confessional, leave-nothing-out style, Ginsberg recounts the road trips, love affairs and search for personal liberation that led to the most timeless and electrifying work of his career, the poem Howl. Meanwhile, in a San Francisco courtroom, Howl is on trial. Prosecutor Ralph McIntosh (Strathairn) sets out to prove that the book should be banned, while suave defense attorney Jake Ehrlich (Hamm) argues fervently for freedom of speech and creative expression. The proceedings veer from the comically absurd to the passionate as a host of unusual witnesses (Jeff Daniels, Mary-Louise Parker, Treat Williams, Alesssandro Nivola) pit generation against generation and art against fear in front of conservative Judge Clayton Horn (Bob Balaban). At Denver FilmCenter/ Boulder Weekly

Colfax — Denver Film Society I Love You Phillip Morris Steven Russell (Jim Carrey) leads a seemingly average life — he’s an organ player in the local church, happily married to Debbie (Leslie Mann), and a member of the local police force.

That is, until he has a severe car accident that leads him to the ultimate epiphany: He’s gay and he’s going to live life to the fullest — even if he has to break the law to do it. Taking on an extravagant lifestyle, Steven turns to cons and fraud to make ends meet and is eventually sent to the state penitentiary, where he meets the love of his life, a sensitive, soft-spoken man named Phillip Morris (Ewan McGregor). His devotion to freeing Phillip from jail and building the perfect life together prompts him to attempt (and often succeed at) one impossible con after another. Told with an uncanny sense of humor and a lot of heart, I Love You Phillip Morris is an oddball tale of what can happen when the legal system, a daredevil spirit and undying love collide. Written and directed by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa, screenwriters of the cult hit Bad Santa. At Mayan. — Landmark Theatre Inside Job From Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Charles Ferguson comes Inside Job, the first film to expose the shocking truth behind the economic crisis of 2008. The global financial meltdown, at a cost of more than $20 trillion, resulted in millions of people losing their homes and jobs. Through extensive research and interviews with major financial insiders, politicians and journalists, Inside Job traces the rise of a rogue industry and unveils the corrosive relationships that have corrupted politics, regulation and academia. At Mayan and Denver FilmCenter/Colfax.

— Landmark Theatres The King’s Speech Colin Firth (A Single Man) and Geoffrey Rush (Shine) are both Oscar-worthy in this heartfelt, funny, gripping story. Firth plays Bertie, the second son of King George V (Michael Gambon), afflicted with a stammer and overshadowed by his confident older brother, the heir to the throne (Guy Pearce). Bertie’s loving wife Elizabeth (Helena Bonham Carter) has tried everything to help him, and finally discovers something that works: maverick Australian speech therapist Lionel Logue (Rush). Initially the enthusiastic, ultra-casual Logue and the repressed, oh-so-formal Bertie clash, but neither will give up, and ultimately they become good friends. When Bertie’s brother becomes King Edward VIII in 1936, he refuses to give up his lover (American divorcee Mrs. Simpson), resulting in his abdication and Bertie’s extremely reluctant ascension to the throne as King George VI, leading a nation facing the horrors of looming war. At Chez Artiste and Flatiron. ­— Landmark Theatres Little Fockers In the third installment of this wildly popular franchise, Greg (Ben Stiller) and Pam Focker (Teri Polo) are now the parents of 10-year-old twins, and Greg’s uptight father-in-law (Robert DeNiro) has learned to relax a bit. But when parenthood puts a dent in the family’s budget, the old suspicions come roaring back. Harvey Keitel, Laura Dern and Jessica Alba join the growing ensemble cast, which includes return appearances by Barbra Streisand and Dustin Hoffman. Rated PG-13. At Flatiron, Century, Colony Square. — Rene Rodriguez

Anne Hathaway) who work in the pharmaceutical industry and fall for each other. Rated R. At Flatiron, Century and Colony Square. — Rene Rodriguez Marwencol In 2000, five men beat Mark Hogancamp outside a bar so severely that he nearly died. After nine days in a coma and 40 days in the hospital, Mark was discharged with little memory of his previous life. Unable to afford therapy, Mark decided to create his own. In his backyard, he built Marwencol (named for Mark/Wendy/ Colleen), a one-sixth scale World War II-era town that he populated with dolls representing his friends, family and even his attackers. He used the small dolls and props to redevelop his hand-eye coordination, while he dealt with the psychic wounds from his attack through the town’s many battles and dramas. He developed an elaborate fantasy life for the world of Marwencol and took photographs of the dramatic scenes, which were eventually discovered and published in an art magazine. His homemade therapy suddenly became “art,” attracting a lot of attention and forcing Mark to make a choice between the safety of his fictional town and the real world he’d avoided since his attack.

A surprising tale of love, secrets, pain and adventure. At Denver FilmCenter/Colfax. — Denver Film Society Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale It’s the eve of Christmas in northern Finland, and an “archeological” dig has just unearthed the real Santa Claus. But this particular Santa isn’t the one you want coming to town! When the local children begin mysteriously disappearing, young Pietari (Onni Tommila) and his father Rauno (Jorma Tommila), a reindeer hunter by trade, capture the mythological being and attempt to sell Santa to the misguided leader of the multinational corporation sponsoring the dig. Santa’s elves, however, will stop at nothing to free their fearless leader from captivity.

What ensues is a wildly humorous nightmare — a fantastically bizarre polemic on modernday morality. At Esquire. — Landmark Theatres The Social Network On a fall night in 2003, Harvard undergrad and computer programming genius Mark Zuckerberg (Jesse Eisenberg, Zombieland, The Squid and The Whale) sits down at his computer and heatedly begins working on a new idea. In a fury of blogging and programming, what begins in his dorm room soon becomes a global social network and a revolution in communication. A mere six years and 500 million friends later, Mark Zuckerberg is the youngest billionaire in history ... but for this entrepreneur, success leads to both personal and legal complications.

From director David Fincher (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Fight Club) and screenwriter Aaron Sorkin (Charlie Wilson’s War, A Few Good Men) comes a film that proves you don’t get to 500 million friends without making a few enemies. Co-starring Andrew Garfield (Never Let Me Go), Justin Timberlake, Rooney Mara and Rashida Jones. At Denver FilmCenter/Colfax. ­­— Denver Film Society Tangled This witty and charming 3-D computer-animated adventure is loosely based on the legend of Rapunzel, the long-haired princess (voiced by Mandy Moore), and the intrepid thief (Zachary Levi) who frees her from her tower prison.

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Director Claire Denis returns to Africa, where she grew up, for this haunting story of a stubborn woman (Isabelle Huppert) obsessed with staying on her coffee plantation even as an increasingly violent civil war threatens to engulf the area. Her listless son (Nicolas Duvauchelle) refuses to help, and becomes an out-of-control vigilante after encountering threat. Her ex-husband (Christopher Lambert) tries to sell the property behind her back. Meanwhile, a wounded rebel soldier with a bounty on his head (Isaach de Bankole, who starred in Denis’ 1988 debut film Chocolat) is hiding on the premises.

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A one-bite wonderland for your holiday open house

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holiday open house often means open season on the host’s resources. Whether you use a caterer or prepare the food yourself, it’s possible to offer guests a feast for their senses without a feast on your nerves.

One secret to simple sophistication: “One-bite wonders,” says Elaina Vazquez, owner and executive chef of catering company Boutique Bites. “They’re not messy and there’s not a lot involved.”

Guests appreciate smaller hors d’oeuvres over four- or five-bite appetizers.

“You pop it in your mouth and it’s done,” she says. No fumbling with crumbling foundations or talking with your mouth full.

Restaurant-quality nibbles, not standard chips and salsa, are feasible and affordable even for the do-it-yourselfer. Vazquez advises starting with inexpensive, versatile and hearty ingredients such as polenta, chorizo and pasta. A sauce adds instant zing, and most can be made the day before, then heated in the microwave the day of.

Polenta cakes with tomato jam and goat cheese, and dates with chorizo are elegant but easy.

“People don’t think about polenta. But there’s so much you can do to it. You can add different herbs.

Chopped tarragon. Saffron. Every single time, at our tasting events, clients always choose it.”

Focus on complementary bites.

“I always incorporate one spicy and one or two comfort ones, and then I usually like to have one upscale one, like a buckwheat-flour blini with smoked salmon and creme fraiche.”

Her shrimp lollipops happen to be economical because Vazquez butterflies the shrimp so that one turns into two, to make them manageable in one bite.

“The day of the party we reheat until they’re just warm — you want guests to be able to pick them up.”

She sprinkles minced chives on top.

• Olives with pits. “You can find any kind of olive pitted.”

3 to remember:

• Sufficient glassware. “You don’t really want to be washing and drying to replenish,” Vazquez says. “You don’t have to go out and buy it, you can rent it — or there are nice options in disposables.”

• A shot glass or other vessel for disposal of toothpicks/skewers.

• Cocktail napkins and disposable towels for the bathroom.

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“The good thing about hors d’oeuvres, unless you’re getting into caviar, is that since they are so small, they’re not really going to cost you a lot.”

As a ballpark estimate, for an hors d’oeuvres and cocktail party, she recommends planning 10 to 12 bites per guest per hour and a half. A rough budget for a DIY host would be about $7 to $10 a person; for catered bites, $15 to $20.

“The only thing I like to do the day of is assembly and garnish and reheating,” she said. “The last thing you want on the day of is to be stressed out. If I can, I set the table the day before. The more you can do the day before, it really frees you up to enjoy the party.”

Here are some of her party trio tips and recipes.

3 to avoid:

• A one-dimensional table. “Height is always a good thing. I use risers, and you can get them at CB2 or Crate & Barrel,” Vazquez said. Even cake pans can be pulled out to add height.

• Chips and salsa. Guests standing at the bowl can create a blockade.

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• Table cloths: “I always like the look of just the table, even if it’s distressed wood,” she says. “Then I use different serving pieces and garnishes to make the table pop.”

• Flowers. In winter, consider potted herbs, flowering artichokes or kale, or branches in a simple cylinder.

• New platters. Disguise humble serving trays with banana leaves cut to the size of the plate. They can be found in the freezer section at some produce stores.

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It’s menudo time again

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ith snow starting to fall on although this didn’t make up for the the ground, and the end of blandness of this presentation. The mole the year drawing near, I realsauce was more akin to simple brown ized it was time to exercise a gravy than the richly complex mélange of holiday tradition, the annual chile, chocolate and cinnamon that’s a consumption of a bowl of menudo. This hallmark of the best examples. Those used Mexican tripe stew, a special-occasion dish to whole pieces of chicken in this dish and supposed folk remedy for hangovers, may need to adjust to the smaller shredisn’t for everyone. But on a cold day it can ded bits of poultry that gave this preparabe a wonderfully comforting dish sided tion a stew-like quality. with warm tortillas and the traditional Of course, I had to experience the $7.50 embellishments of pepper and herbs. menudo with the expected accoutrements Driving along Longmont’s main drag, of diced raw onion (I prefer red onion over I noticed the low-slung Las Palmeras, the white on offer), dried oregano and red which appeared to be a typical Mexican pepper. Texturally, Las Palmeras hit all the family-style restaurant. Venturing inside right notes, as the tripe had the appropriate with colleague Lisa, my hypothesis was measure of tenderness without regressing confirmed. The lunchtime crowd spoke into the realm of the rubbery. Typical of English and Spanish in equal measure, restaurant preparations of this dish, the and the laminated menus revealed few broth could have benefited from a deeper, culinary surprises. Higher-end items meatier flavor, or even a squirt of citrus included $15 seafood fajitas, while more juice. The accompanying flour tortillas inexpensive options included tacos, burriwere dinner plate-sized and piping hot, and tos and enchiladas. There are also small t’s likely that both menudo and fajitas trace their history back fine for dipping into the liquid. Overall, plate specials, such as $5 portions of to Texas cattle drives, where vaqueros relied on livestock for the soup made for an acceptable annual shrimp wrapped in bacon. The familyboth making money and short-term sustenance. It didn’t make foray into the heady depths of menudo. friendly quotient is boosted by child’s financial sense for these cowboys to save all the filet mignons While many choices are inexpensive plates in the sub-$5 range, including tacos, for themselves, so the less desirable parts of the cow became here, there’s still room for improvement, burgers and pizza with sides of fries. cattle drive staples. That’s why tripe, or stomach, in the form of even at this price. It wouldn’t be fair to The meal began with the obligatory menudo, took center stage as a working hand’s meal. Skirt fault Las Palmeras on quantity, but those basket of tortilla chips and a bowl of red steak, a traditionally inexpensive cut that possesses decent flawith a more than passing familiarity with salsa. The chips were appropriately fresh vor, was initially the favored meat for fajitas, which were easy family-style Mexican will desire some and crisp, and the dip was pleasingly pepto prepare over a grill or cook fire. deepening of the flavors. The chicken mole would have benefited from more pery with a decent tomato and onion flaassertive seasoning that would have highlighted this vor. Like that offered by most Mexican restaurants in Anonymous meeting. dish’s earthier qualities. Similarly, the menudo tasted this price range, the salsa’s texture was more thin than Lisa’s $7 chicken mole platter was pretty much like it was 85 percent there, with a broth needing a chunky. Nevertheless, this starter possessed the addic- everything you’d expect in an affordable Mexican boost. tive crunchy and salty qualities that will lead to my joint, with plenty of refried beans and rice on the Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com inevitable attendance at a Chips and Salsa side. There was enough for at least two meals,

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Dessert Diva Gingerbread Cake with Crystallized Ginger Glaze

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ow can any holiday baking marathon be complete without everyone’s favorites, gingerbread men?

I guess it’s gingerbread man, unless you eat more than one. Then it’s men? Good thing I waste time thinking about these things. Being alone all day in the kitchen will do that to a girl.

Well, I just always feel so darn guilty about biting the little guy’s head off (not my husband’s, the gingerbread man’s) that I am going a different way with the gingerbread.

How about a Gingerbread Cake with Crystallized Ginger Glaze?

That’s a whole lotta ginger going on, but, oh, so festive and tasty. The wafting scents of the ginger alone will have you singing “Frosty the Snowman” morning, noon and night, and one bite of this moist and flavorful cake will turn you into a tapdancing Bing Crosby singing “White Christmas” in no time flat.

This cake can serve as your dessert, your snack, you can pair it up with tea and hot chocolate, or, of course, with coffee and a little bit of Bailey’s. I believe that’s the route I will be taking. Ginger is also good for you, so really this dessert can do double-duty as your gift to a friend or loved one’s well-being. It can’t be any worse than a star being named after you when you thought you were getting an iPhone. Thanks, honey.

Oh wait, perhaps I did bite his head off, along with the gingerbread man’s.

Thank goodness for the cake this year.

The sweet and rich scent of molasses also fills the air, and gives this treat such a nice, deep color, along with complementing the ginger and bringing out all its best qualities. That molasses, it’s so wellbehaved.

All and all, this dessert will not only taste great, but give you that comfortable cozy feeling of home, even if that’s not where you are.

Make someone feel special and whip this cake up for them — you will feel all warm and tingly inside. Of course,

that might be the crystallized ginger digesting, but whatever the reason, warm and tingly is always a good thing.

Now, follow the directions, put some love into it, and invite me over when it’s done.

Gingerbread Cake with Crystallized Ginger Glaze 2 cups all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking soda 1/4 teaspoon salt 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon 1 teaspoon ground ginger 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves 1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temperature 1/2 cup brown sugar 2 eggs 1/2 cup light or dark molasses (I used light) 1 cup milk Preheat oven to 350 degrees, grease a 9 x 9 square baking pan. Sift flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and ginger cloves in small bowl. Set aside.

In large bowl, beat eggs and sugar until fluffy. Add eggs one at a time and mix well. Slowly beat in molasses. Mix in dry ingredients and milk alternately, beginning and ending with dry ingredients. Pour into prepared pan and smooth top.

Bake for 40-45 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Take out and place on cooling rack for 15-20 minutes. Flip out onto serving platter and let cool completely. When cooled, pour glaze over top and let set. Garnish with a little extra ginger. Enjoy and happy holidays!

Crystallized Ginger Glaze 1/4 cup melted butter 2 cups powdered sugar 2 tbsp. milk (might need a tad more, build slowly until desired consistency) 2 tbsp. chopped, crystallized ginger (plus a few extra for garnish) Beat all ingredients except ginger until smooth. Fold in ginger.

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TIDBITES Food happenings around town Dinah, blow your horn Fans of Walnut Café and Southside Walnut, rejoice! Your favorite wraps, sandwiches and lattes are coming to a location near you. Dinah, a hard-to-miss, red-and-white mobile kitchen, is making stops throughout Denver and Boulder. To find out where its next tasty stop will be, check out Walnut-a-gogo on Facebook, or follow them on Twitter at www.twitter.com/walnutagogo. Dinah accepts all major credit cards, and if you’re short on time, you can call ahead to place your order at 720-340-0730.

Another slice for Boulder Boulder has a new gourmet pizzeria to add to its list. Pizzeria Da Lupo, located at 2525 Arapahoe Ave., serves up delicious wood-fired pizza and seasonal dishes from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. every day. If that’s not enough reason to give Da Lupo a try, it also offers beer, wine and spirits. For more information, or to check out the menu, visit www.pizzeriadalupo.com or call 303-396-6366.

Garbanzo bonanza Denver-based Garbanzo Mediterranean Grill, a fast-casual restaurant concept featuring fresh, healthy and authentic Mediterranean cuisine, opened its first Boulder restaurant on Dec. 22. The Boulder location joins 10 other Garbanzos in the Denver metro area and two in Colorado Springs.

The Boulder Garbanzo is located in the Twenty Ninth Street mall, at 1905 29th St., and is open 10:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily.

Garbanzo Mediterranean Grill is Colorado owned and operated. The company’s founder, Alon Mor, grew up in the Mediterranean region and is a 15-year veteran of owning and running restaurants. St. Louis Bread Company/Panera Bread founder Ken Rosenthal also is an owner and cofounder of the company. It was voted 2010-11 Best Healthy Lunch in Denver’s 7 A-List. To learn more about Garbanzo Mediterranean Grill, visit www.EatGarbanzo.com.

Heat oven to 350 degrees. Stuff each date with about 1/2 tsp. of chorizo.

Wrap each with 1/2 strip of bacon.

Arrange dates on a baking pan; bake until bacon is crispy, about 22 minutes.

Meanwhile, heat a skillet over medium heat; add paprika. Cook just until fragrant, 30 seconds. Add peppers and tomato sauce; cook, stirring occasionally, 5 minutes. Add to a food processor or blender; pulse until almost smooth. Keep warm. Remove dates from oven; dab with paper towels. Pour the warm sauce on a platter. Top with dates.

Polenta cakes with tomato jam and goat cheese Prep: 40 minutes Cook: 20 minutes Makes: About 80 cakes, 20 servings You can make these a day ahead, including frying. When ready to serve, top with tomato sauce and goat cheese and heat in the oven.

5 cups water 1 pint (2 cups) whipping cream 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese 2 cups instant polenta 2 tbsp. plus 1/4 tsp. coarse salt 1 12-oz. can diced tomatoes in sauce

1 tsp. tomato paste 1/4 tsp. sugar 1 tbsp. olive oil 3 ounces goat cheese, crumbled Heat water and cream to a simmer in a heavy saucepan over medium heat.

Whisk in Parmesan and 2 tbsp. salt.

Whisk in polenta in a steady stream, until thick and smooth, about 2 minutes.

Transfer to a greased 17-by-12-inch baking pan. Cover with parchment paper; refrigerate until firm, about six hours.

Heat diced tomatoes in sauce to a simmer in a saucepan over medium heat.

Add tomato paste; cook 5 minutes. Add sugar and 1/4 tsp. salt. Transfer to a food processor or blender; pulse until slightly chunky. Keep warm.

Cut 1 1/2-inch shapes out of the polenta. Heat olive oil in a medium skillet; add polenta shapes in batches. Cook until golden brown on both sides, about 16 minutes. Transfer to a paper-towel lined plate. Dab with more paper towels.

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Andrea’s Homestead Cafe

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rendy is not how one would describe Andrea’s Homestead Café in downtown Lyons, with ambience that crosses a hunting lodge with a European relative’s home. Indeed, this establishment has a definite Teutonic vibe, as evidenced by the ample selection of dinner menu schnitzels and old country bric-a-brac. The morning menu features standard bacon-andegg breakfasts with such flourishes as German-style potatoes and fine vegetarian green chile.

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efty’s is a New England pizza joint transplanted to Niwot. The bill of fare consists of the expected pizza, as well as subs, salads, calzones and pasta.

Spaghetti and meatballs are affordable, with a wonderfully tangy marinara sauce and a side of buttery garlic bread. The thin crust pies have a fine texture, and those featuring the garlic and olive oil sauce pack a flavorful punch.

Aunt Alice’s Kitchen 1805 Main St., Longmont 303-651-0495

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ou’d be hard-pressed to find a superior alternative to Longmont’s Aunt Alice’s for an affordable coffee shop breakfast. This eatery has retro charm and features overstuffed omelets such as the Works: four eggs, bacon, sausage, cheddar cheese, mushrooms, onions and bell peppers. Other choices range from simple oatmeal to surprisingly good steak and eggs. The lunch and dinner menu features old favorites like patty melts and fried chicken.

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l Pastaio’s a petite spot near the 30th Street King Soopers. The menu relies heavily on fresh pasta, ranging from ribbons of fettuccine to delicious stuffed ravioli, topped with anything from creamy Alfredo to herbaceous pesto. Of note are the hearty lasagnas, available in meatless, turkey and beef versions, and the raviolis, which are great paired with tomato cream sauce.

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

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drink specials, tavern staples ranging from wings to burgers, and big-screen TVs perfect for watching games. Menu highlights include the delightfully crispy fish and chips with dill-scented batter, and the Boulder Burger, a half pound of beef topped with bacon, roasted red pepper and pepper jack cheese.

Salvaggio’s Italian Deli 2609 Pearl St., Boulder 303-938-1981

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alvaggio’s won’t win awards for ground-breaking sandwiches, but that isn’t the point. In this case, a predictable menu is a virtue. Fans of textbook delistyle sandwiches will be content here, and the generous portions and classic flavors will put the diner in a comfortable frame of mind. Top choices include the traditional Italian sub with its mix of pepperoni, Genoa salami, mortadella and provolone. Chicken salad is another fine entry.

Pupusas Sabor Hispano 4550 N. Broadway, Boulder 303-444-1729

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oulder’s Pupusas Sabor Hispano decamped a few months back from the west side of Broadway to bigger, more posh digs across the street.

Fortunately, one can still enjoy the restaurant’s namesake Salvadorean pupusas and staples typically associated with Mexican cuisine, such as menudo, burri-

tos and tacos, at moderate prices.

Vegetarians will enjoy the flavorful bean pupusa, while the carnivore will delight in the rich pork versions.

equestered in the Peloton residences, Pizzeria Basta features an unintimidating selection of starters focusing on cheese and charcuterie, as well as pasta, salads and pizza. The $10 lunch special is an especially excellent value, offering soup or salad with an entree choice of pizza, calzone or sandwich. A chef ’s special calzone stuffed with cheese, bright tomato sauce and salami is a winner, as are desserts like the house-made spearmint ice cream and a lavender-scented panna cotta.

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ituated not far from the Louisville multiplex movie theater and home improvement monoliths, Delhi Darbar serves a classic Indian menu, including a reasonably priced luncheon buffet. There are vegetarian specialties such as an okra bhindi, which matches this unique vegetable with onion. Other worthwhile choices at this establishment include a pleasing lamb stew and a delicious, freshfrom-the-oven Tandoori chicken.

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treat Chefs, the brainchild of Top Chef victor Hosea Rosenberg, is an Airstream trailer that moves around town to provide a winning mix of ethnic street food and American comfort classics. Use the operation’s website to track down its whereabouts, and you’ll be rewarded with savory items like an authentic Vietnamese banh mi sandwich or an outstanding grilled cheese. The menu is constantly changing, but reasonable prices and high quality are certainly the norm.

The Kitchen

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elf-described as a “community bistro,” The Kitchen prides itself on using such sustainable local ingredients as Long Farm pork, Monroe Farm veggies and Fox Fire lamb. The diverse menu, which has attracted national media attention, includes charcuterie and cheese platters, as well as melon salads and heirloom squash soup.

Those with small appetites will appreciate petite servings of fries and other starters, while the famished can enjoy full-bore entrees like meatless red wheat berries and Long Farm pork chops.

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“There’s always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in,” wrote novelist Graham Greene. I’ll add to that: There are at least three moments in adulthood when a new door opens and invites the rest of the future in. Judging by the astrological omens, I’m guessing that one such breakthrough lies ahead for you in 2011. What can you do to expedite and encourage fate’s summons? Here’s one possibility: Surrender to the naked truth of what you love.

TAURUS

April 20-May 20:

If oil companies were given permission to sink their drilling rigs into the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, the petroleum they produced would ultimately lower gasoline prices by four cents per gallon. To my mind, that’s not a good tradeoff. Let this scenario serve as a cautionary metaphor for you in 2011, Taurus. Don’t share your pristine wilderness or soulful beauty with exploitative types who offer iffy rewards.

Instead, hold out for those who appreciate you profoundly and whose own gifts help you to thrive.

GEMINI

May 21-June 20:

Freud said that among all human endeavors, there were three “impossible professions” that inevitably yielded unsatisfying results. They were child-rearing, the governing of nations and psychoanalysis. My own experiences don’t entirely confirm this. My parents raised me pretty well, and I’ve given my daughter a decent upbringing. Of the nine psychotherapists I’ve consulted in my life, two were excellent healers and none were damaging. But even those relatively winning projects were sometimes fraught with unsolvable riddles, chronic frustrations and maddening uncertainties. I bring this up, Gemini, because I think 2011 will be a time when you will generate far more gratification and success than usual in your own versions of “impossible professions.”

Unsolvable riddles, chronic frustrations and maddening uncertainties won’t be completely absent, but they could very well be at an all-time low.

CANCER June 21-July 22:

“We have to believe in free will. We have no choice.” So said author Isaac Bashevis Singer. I encourage you to adopt that puckish thought as your motto in 2011, my fellow Cancerian. According to my reading of the astrological omens, this will be our year to supercharge our willpower and intensify our ability to carry out our plans — but always with good humor and a highly tuned sense of irony. In fact, one of the best ways to deepen our command over our own unconscious impulses and the caprices of fate will be to take ourselves — and everything else, too — less seriously.

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July 23-Aug. 22:

The coming year will be a time to think big — maybe even bigger than you’ve dared to think in more than a decade.

That doesn’t mean you should be rash, reckless or unrealistic. On the contrary. Your expansive dreams should be carefully wrought and anchored in a detailed understanding of how things actually work. As an example of what not to do, learn from Snoop Dog. The rapper wanted to rent all 62 square miles of the small European nation of Liechtenstein so he could film his music video there. Liechtenstein authorities turned him down, but only because his team didn’t ask far enough in advance. Had he been better organized, the whole country could have been his.

VIRGO

Aug. 23-Sept. 22:

An Oregon man named Don Wesson stopped his truck by the side of the road and took home a 40-pound rock that caught his eye. That was more than a decade ago. For years he used it as part of a border to prevent his dog from messing up his garden. Then he saw a TV show about meteorites and brought the rock to scientists. They told him it was a 4.5 billion-year-old meteorite that fell to earth long ago and originally came from the asteroid belt. Other experts told him he could probably sell the exotic artifact for as much as $40,000. I predict a metaphorically similar development in your life during the coming year: the discovery of a valuable old thing from far away that you will underestimate at first.

LIBRA

Sept. 23-Oct. 22:

Richard Grossinger is my friend, my teacher and the brilliant author of numerous books. (His latest is called 2013.)

He is also a humble adept in the high art of gratitude.

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appreciation for the 71 best teachers of his life. (bit.ly/ YourTeachers) His testimony is a riveting and touching reminder of how each of us is a creation of all the important people we’ve loved and hated. Compiling such a list should, I think, be a rite of passage for anyone who aspires to be an authentic human being. There will never be a better time than 2011 for you to do this work yourself, Libra.

SCORPIO Oct. 23-Nov. 21:

“Just when I found out the meaning of life,” said comedian George Carlin, “they changed it.” I’m hoping that will be one of your top inspirational jokes in 2011, Scorpio. If all goes well, you will no longer be content with all your previous answers to the question “What is the meaning of life?” — either because “they changed it,” as Carlin suggested, or because it’s no longer interesting or useful to you. This is very good news, in my opinion. You will have the invigorating privilege of going off in search of fresh answers to the riddle of the ages!

SAGITTARIUS Nov. 22-Dec. 21:

The United Nations has declared that 2011 will be the International Year of Chemistry — a time to honor the role chemistry plays in our lives. Meanwhile, you Sagittarians will be celebrating your own personal Year of Chemistry, although in a different sense of the word — the sense that means natural attraction, spontaneous connection, intuitive allure and uncanny synchronicity. Don’t let this abundance of grace make you overconfident, and don’t just sit back and let it run wild. Be a master chemist intent on rigorously cultivating the very best experiments.

CAPRICORN Dec. 22-Jan. 19:

I have tracked down a formula that I think should be one of your central ongoing meditations in 2011. It’s from newsman David Brinkley: “A successful person is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks that others throw at him or her.” In the coming months you will be extra smart about knowing which of these bricks to use and how exactly to position them in your foundation. And more than that, Capricorn: You will have special insight not only about bricks that have been flung fairly recently, but also about those that have been hurled at any time in your life.

AQUARIUS Jan. 20-Feb. 18:

The city of Stockholm, Sweden, consists of 14 islands that are spanned by more than 50 bridges. It’s a beautiful, clean, culturally rich place that’s ranked among the best urban centers in the world. I’m hoping that in the coming year you will develop a certain resemblance to it. With a little luck and a clear intention to forge strong new links, you will connect the many fragmented areas of your life, creating a unified network that ensures each part is humming in resonance with the whole. In fact, let’s call 2011 your Bridge-Building Year.

PISCES

Feb. 19-March 20:

At age 19, I wanted to be a poet when I grew up. My goal was to write a poem every day forever. And yet I had almost no ambition to get published. I was satisfied to bask in the ecstatic epiphany that accompanied each fresh poetic eruption. Then one day I was browsing in a bookshop and saw a flyer for a big upcoming poetry reading. It included every major poet in my then-hometown of Santa Cruz — except me. I was shocked and hurt. Why was I left out? Eventually I realized it was because all the other poets listed had written a book. From that moment on I was obsessively driven to publish my own tome. A year later, after much hard work, it came to pass. I would love to see you experience a similar wake-up call in 2011, Pisces: a friendly jolt that motivates you to rise to the next level.

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