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ven the word “greed” is not negative enough to characterize the all-out assault on workers by today’s corporate elite. From offshoring jobs to busting unions, from slashing wages to looting pensions, corporate take-aways from America’s used-to-be middle-class workforce certainly are driven by the avarice of top executives and wealthy investors. Plainly put, the more they can take from workers, the more they can

put in their own pockets (or, most likely, in their offshore bank accounts). It adds up to a massive redistribution of wealth from the many to the few. In addition to greedy, though, these people are rank thieves. As Woody Guthrie succinctly put it: “Some’ll rob you with a six-gun, some with a fountain pen.” We’re now in a rapacious fountain-pen economy. Since the Wall Street crash of 2008 (itself a product of grand theft by financial elites), the productivity and creativity of all Americans have regenerated every bit of the wealth that was frittered away by bankers, and we created trillions of dollars in new income. What a phenomenal national achievement that is, produced in an astonishingly short time by the shared effort of our people! But strenuous effort is all we shared. The richest 1 percent of Americans have grabbed 91 percent of the gains in income, and the even-rich-

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er one-tenth of 1 percent sucked up 22 percent of the new wealth. Thus, the vast majority of us have still not recovered the wealth we lost (homes, cars, savings, etc.) and 99 percent of us are getting less income today than we were before Wall Street crashed our economy seven years ago. It’s time we robees started talking plainly about what’s going on. The rich are not getting richer because they’re more enterprising than everyone else, harder working, or of strong moral character. They’re thieves. They’re getting richer by stealing from you. This opinion column does not necessarily reflect the views of Boulder Weekly. December 24, 2015 5

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ever let a serious crisis go Damascus. to waste,” Obama’s pal While the Syrian Liberation Army Rahm Emmanuel once would be sponsored and funded by the famously remarked, adding EU, it would be placed under the conthat what he meant by that trol of the French government. That’s was “it’s an opportunity to do things because it would be modeled after that you think you could not do before.” uniquely French institution, the Legion The current mayor of Chicago’s dic- Etrangere, or the Foreign Legion, tum is the key to solving the Syrian ref- which would be put in charge of their ugee crisis and gettraining. ting rid of ISIS It would work and Assad in the like this: All male bargain. refugees of military And, mirabile age — and males dictu, France is of military age OF uniquely suited to make up about 70 MILITARY AGE ... WHO lead the effort. percent of the refuARRIVE IN THE Instead of gees — who arrive (grudgingly) in the European EUROPEAN UNION BY granting migrant Union by any ANY MEANS WOULD status to the hunmeans would IMMEDIATELY BE dreds of thousands immediately be of Syrian refugees conscripted into CONSCRIPTED INTO washing up on its the Syrian THE SYRIAN shores, the Liberation Army. LIBERATION ARMY. European Union The length of their should draft them service would be for military service for however long it — not in any takes to liberate European army, but in Syria. a newly organized Syrian Once they have been sworn in they Liberation Army. will be transported, along with their The Syrian Liberation Army’s raidependents, to the Island of Corsica, son d’être would be to rid Syria of its where the Foreign Legion is based, for numerous sectarian and secular tyrantraining. This would keep the countries nies — starting with (but not limited of the EU from being over-run with to) ISIS, al Qaida, and Assad — and install a democratic government in see DANISH PLAN Page 8

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compensation and costly legal fees. The TPP will constrain how governments at all levels can spend tax dollars, limiting their freedom to create jobs, protect communities, build infrafter five years of secret nego- structure, preserve the environment and tiations, that agreement, the provide necessary public goods and serTrans-Pacific Partnership vices. Any action thought to reduce for(TPP), is headed for an up eign profits will be subject to an ISDS or down congressional vote. suit. To consumer watchdogs, representatives The TPP expands definitions of of labor, most environmental groups, as “investor” and “investment” to cover well as Internet freedom and promuch more than is allowed under curdemocracy advocates, the TPP is worse rent U.S. law. Nearly anyone with the than anticipated because what weak lan- wherewithal to incorporate in one TPP guage initially existed to protect the country and make a minimal investment public and the enviin another will have ronment was largestanding to sue. ly eliminated from Thousands of foreign corporations, the final text durincluding a vast ing a last minute number of U.S. negotiating frenzy. WILL subsidiaries based Unfortunately, HAVE TO COMPETE in TPP countries, Congressman Jared will be newly Polis has become AGAINST 60-CENTSempowered, an enthusiastic AN-HOUR VIETNAMESE increasing the likesupporter of the PEASANTS AND lihood of suits TPP, touting aimed at overturnalleged benefits MALAYSIAN SWEATfrom increased U.S. ing democratically SHOPS BENEFITING exports. For nearly determined laws, FROM A BURGEONING two years, a broad regulations and coalition of local policies. ASIAN SLAVE TRADE groups have been Opportunities trying to convince to exploit cheap Mr. Polis that this foreign labor will deal is bad for workbe significantly ers, bad for communities, bad for expanded, inducing companies to offthe environment and bad for democracy. shore American jobs. American workers Sadly Mr. Polis has ignored the facts will have to compete against 60-centsand simply repeats U.S. trade office an-hour Vietnamese peasants and talking points. Malaysian sweatshops benefiting from a Here’s a sampling of the reasons why burgeoning Asian slave trade. Professor Stiglitz perceives “grave risks” In Colorado, regulations passed to arising from the TPP: reduce fracking pollution or keep drillThe TPP is much more than a trade ing away from homes and schools can treaty; it is an all-encompassing interna- be challenged under the TPP, forcing tional investment agreement that carries the government to repeal those regulathe potential to negate a broad range of tions or pay huge fines. Moreover, the U.S. laws, regulations and policies. TPP requires its members to allow the Foreign investors will be empowered to export of liquefied natural gas, thereby sue governments in international accelerating fracking activity. Investor-State Dispute Settlement Efforts to green our economy and (ISDS) tribunals whenever their create local green jobs will be subject to “expected future profits” are threatened. challenge by foreign investors seeking a Governments that lose these suits will piece of the action or whose expected be forced to modify or repeal national, profits may be affected by changes in state and local laws, regulations and pol- policy. The broadly popular 1933 Buy icies aimed at protecting public health see GUEST COLUMN Page 8 and the environment or pay unlimited “Numerous reports in the business press make it clear that the agreement presents grave risks on all sorts of topics.” — Nobel Prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz.

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refugees and would make it clear to the refugees that they’ll be liberating Syria, not settling in Europe. Training would be to Foreign Legion standards, which are rigorous to say the least. The Foreign Legion doesn’t spend a lot of time on spit and polish. It does spend a lot of time teaching its troops (to borrow a phrase from Mike Huckabee) how to kill people and break things. It also has a lot of hands on experience in turning malcontents into warriors. The Legion also teaches its recruits how to speak French, which would also be done in the case of the Syrian Liberation Army. This is important because in order to ensure that the Syrian Liberation Army didn’t come apart at the seams like the U.S. trained Iraqi army did, it will be commanded by French officers, like the Foreign Legion is. Syrian Liberation Army recruits would be taught something else as well — Western civics. Recruits would be drilled constantly in how democratic institutions work and how citizens of a democracy are required to behave if the democracy is to function. That includes the importance of free speech, the rule of law, and the separation of church and state, for openers. This instruction is critical, because there wouldn’t be much point in enabling the refugees to shoot their way into Damascus if all they did was set up a new tyranny when they got there. Special attention would be given to

a democratic principle which is too often ignored in the West these days. That’s the concept of the loyal opposition, the idea that it is possible for you or your political faction to disagree with the government and the majority of your fellow citizens and still be loyal to the state. It’s the failure of people to understand this concept that explains why Iraq disintegrated after the U.S. withdrew and why so many attempts at nation-building in the Third World flop — and why American democracy is increasingly fraying around the edges. When the Syrian Liberation Army was properly trained and armed, it would be returned to Syria in force and, with the support of European air power, sea power and logistics, get on with the job of liberating it. The reason the current “refugee” problem in Europe is a problem is that the refugees are being treated as “migrants” instead of “exiles” who need assistance in reclaiming their country. Instead of being treated as hat-in-hand refugees they should be treated as exiles whose mission is to train for and participate in the liberation of Syria. Of course once word got out about what migrants could expect when they got to Europe, chances are the flow would diminish — but those who did continue to come would be the ones interested in liberating Syria instead of abandoning it. Those are the ones Europe should be helping. This opinion column does not necessarily reflect the views of Boulder Weekly.

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American Act, which encourages government purchases of American made products, will be effectively suspended. Intellectual property rules will extend monopoly patents for life-saving drugs, allowing patent renewal for minor changes to formulations and delivery methods, thus delaying the availability of generic drugs and consigning thousands to unnecessary suffering and untimely deaths. Harsh Internet restrictions and extended copyrights will protect vested interests, interfere with non-commercial “fair use” of information and cultural products, criminalize owners who tinker with their personal computers, and impede research, innovation and the dissemination of knowledge. Foreign food exporters will be able to challenge U.S. border inspections and

food safety regulations intended to protect consumers from contamination and unsafe handling of imported food products. So with all these untoward consequences potentially arising from the TPP, one has to wonder whose side Mr. Polis is on. Does he represent his Colorado constituents or large foreign corporations that stand to benefit from the emasculation of governments’ ability to serve and protect those constituents? If you believe the TPP goes too far, let Mr. Polis know. Send an email through his website or call his office at 303-484-9596 and 202-225-2161. Tell Jared in no uncertain terms to vote “No” on the TPP. To learn more go to tinyurl.com/pj7h669. This opinion column does not necessarily reflect the views of Boulder Weekly. Boulder Weekly

Correction: Last week’s Boulderganic article “20 years behind Europe” used numbers of anaerobic digesters on farms and at wastewater treatment plants from the American Biogas Council’s online FAQs page. However, these numbers are outdated and other information on the site reflects current data. “ The U.S. has over 2,100 sites producing biogas: 247 anaerobic digesters on farms and 1,241 at wastewater treatment plants, as well as 38 standalone anaerobic digesters and 645 landfill gas projects.” Our apologies for any inconvenience.

Yes to a strong COP21 agreement

I agree with Christian O’Rourke that a strong international climate agreement would benefit Colorado [Re: “An ambitious agreement would benefit Colorado,” Dec. 10], and I’d like to point out another way this could be true. Consider the case of a revenue-neutral carbon fee with dividend. Under this increasingly popular market-based concept for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, a fee would be instituted on all carbon-based fuels, and 100 percent of the fee revenue would be returned equally to U.S. households. This national system would reward climatefriendly states for using renewable energy and reducing per-capita emissions. And it would be comprehensive enough to address the scale of the climate problem while leveling the playing field by preventing unfair competition or “importing” of greenhouse gases via products made in higher-emitting areas. Low carbon consumers could actually make money and choose to invest in clean energy options, while large consumers would have an extra incentive to make changes. Colorado’s renewable portfolio standard (requiring investor-owned utilities to generate 30 percent of electricity with renewables by 2020), renewable energy industry and research and development, and forward-thinking citizenry position us well to benefit under such a system. A study from the nonpartisan Regional Economic Models, Inc. suggests a revenue-neutral carbon fee would slash emissions and add net jobs to the U.S. economy, with major benefits for the mountain west region (see citizensclimatelobby.org/remi-report/). There are economic, environmental, and ethical reasons for Coloradans to support a strong climate change pact — we must remind our representatives of that. Jarett Zuboy/Golden

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Bernie hammers in the issue of income inequality. It really is behind everything else. It creates an overworked, poorly fed, discouraged, disenfranchised populace that doesn’t want to take part in the political process. It then impacts climate change, the media, education, pensions, womens rights, race relations, equal rights for all, etc. Bernie presents the greatest threat to Boulder Weekly

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the “establishment” everywhere in the world. He identifies the roots of our problems. He names climate change the greatest threat, even more than ISIS. He is opposed to everything the “establishment” has wanted us to do: TPP, the wars, an inordinate focus on ISIS threat and national security, a shift in the wealth of this country. So Bernie’s access to supporters and potential supporters was practically shut down by closing access to the database (maintained by a company with a long histo-

ry with the Clintons). The debates are set at a time when few Americans will watch. The Talking Heads declare Hillary as the frontrunner and say how the other two will have to behave to make a strong show in the debates. O’Malley complies and begins that aspect of the “show.” Bernie, seeing what is being done, gets worked up also but it is because he is passionate about issues and knows how the show is directed. Other issues are permitted, but as in the second debate, ISIS and national secu-

rity take up the most time and allow Hillary to tout her international experience, all of which is not as positive as it is played. This morning The New York Times declares Hillary the winner, and that Bernie’s issue about income inequality is dead. The campaign is NOW, they say, about ISIS and national security. REALLY? So two people in San Bernardino, in one terrorist incident, have shifted the entire campaign for President of the United States!!! (as an aside, did any of the even worse domestic terrorist incidents create such a tectonic shift?) Padma Wick/Longmont

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y mother’s the oldest person there,” says will be mistreated. Most of the family members and who had tough times finding a facility that met speFern Bowman. Her mother is a resident caregivers who claim to have witnessed the alleged cific needs of relatives. at Brookdale Boulder Creek, an assisted mistreatment at the Brookdale Boulder Creek facility “It was really hard to find a place where Donna living facility for seniors in Boulder. have since moved on from the facility, are trying to or could go and have care, and they promised they could “She’s happy as she can be because she are unable to for a variety of reasons. do everything,” says Alison Castro, an independent just turned 100 years old. She loves it. She has no clue None of them expected this level of care when caretaker who worked with Brookdale resident Donna that anything is wrong.” they initially signed up. Beeman before and during her stay at the facility. Bowman is one of nearly two dozen “Donna would not have been able to family members, residents, former exist there if she didn’t have extra care employees and senior care professionals providers,” Castro claims. “We went into that are pressing for major changes at the situation with the understanding that the Brookdale facility. The group claims much of our usual care of Donna would FOR SERVICES THEY the facility is understaffed and underbe covered by the Brookdale staff. ... trained, the result of indifferent and However, because of high turnover and DON’T PROVIDE AND THAT THEY CHARGE FOR SERVICES ONE unqualified management personnel. MIGHT NOT TYPICALLY THINK REQUIRE PAYMENT — LIKE HUGS. that Brookdale was consistently underThere are claims that loved ones staffed, Donna did not receive the care have repeatedly been left to sit in their she needed.” own waste when overworked caregivers Castro alleges many of the services couldn’t make it to their rooms in time. promised by Brookdale were ignored, There are claims, corroborated by local like two-person transfers, basic househealth officials, that residents have been keeping and emergency response — over-dosed and under-dosed on their duties she had to assume as a supplemedications, and that some prescriptions have gone “We were impressed with the place. It looked mental caretaker. unfilled for days. And Bowman says if she didn’t good and didn’t stink. But we were lied to,” Bowman “Another big reason we moved in was that the know the Heimlich maneuver, her mom wouldn’t have says. speech therapy services would be in-house,” says JoJo made it to 100 after she choked on a lozenge and Relatives of residents say they were given itemized Beeman, Donna’s daughter. “But it took them over a caregivers did not respond. care plans that were tailored to the needs of each indi- week to tell us that they didn’t have time to do my It’s every family member’s worst fear when a loved vidual resident. Some say Brookdale was liberal with mom, so we had to rehire the old company that was one is checked into an assisted living facility that they promises in those care plans. That appealed to people See BROOKDALE Page 12

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doing our services.” dogs. Hammond Donna lived in says Brookdale also the facility for neglected to order seven months after some of her mothTOO MANY TIMES WE TOOK THE BLAME FOR SEVERE PROBher melanoma had er’s medication, and LEMS THAT WE HAD NO CONTROL OVER.” — MICHELLE AND progressed, causalleges the facility ing a significant administered the MON, FORMER WORKERS AT BROOKDALE BOULDER CREEK increase in incorrect dose of required care. She her blood pressure eventually passed medication for the away two weeks first three months after JoJo removed of her stay. Even her from worse, “My mom Brookdale. and “had to train each other” on oxygen wouldn’t know that she’s been over“Considering she only had eight dosed on medication,” Hammond adds. tanks, transferring residents, hygiene more weeks of life [upon entering Michelle and Mon, the former careand more. They said they were someBrookdale], that was two weeks she givers, allege improper medicine dosing times never told when new residents wasn’t getting things that were supwas a consistent problem, and a third came in, or the specifics of their care, posed to help her get stronger,” JoJo caregiver said she was asked to dispense like when a schizophrenic patient was says. admitted and no additional training was medicine alone without training on her Willie Hammond, whose mother is first day. administered. a Brookdale resident, says the facility is “Residents have been wrongly-dosed, Michelle, Mon and another former either unequipped or unmotivated to over-dosed, under-dosed and ignored,” caretaker told Boulder Weekly that there provide the services they promise. Michelle and Mon wrote. “Too many is a high rate of staff turnover because “They’re taking people with higher times we took the blame for severe probof too much work and not enough care needs than they can provide,” lems that we had no control over, did resources. They say they often had to Hammond accuses. “And they promise not cause or were left without the choose between urgent situations and this. They charge you more money, but resources to handle situations properly.” inevitably failing to promptly address they don’t add staff or apply money to When her mother’s medication certain duties. This takes a toll on resiadded services.” began to get inconsistent, Hammond dents and loved ones. Hammond also alleges Brookdale JoJo Beeman says after a few weeks, asked around about the quality of care charges for services they don’t provide, other residents were having. She conthe Brookdale care staff wasn’t able to nected with many of the residents and and that they charge for services one bathe her mother more than once a caregivers featured in this article. That might not typically think require payweek. There was also the time, Beeman ment — like hugs. claims, that her mother fell and pressed process spurred several meetings with Brookdale management and several “[Brookdale personnel] told me her emergency call button repeatedly. about psychosocial charges. ‘That’s so Beeman says her mother waited for four investigations by health officials. The Colorado Department of when we see your mom walking down hours “in her own waste, sweating and the hall we go up to her and say, “Hi crying,” before caregivers came. Beeman Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) conducted an investigation Yvonne. How are you doing?”’” says on another occasion that her of the medications at Brookdale Hammond says, pantomiming a caremother had to wait 45 minutes before Boulder Creek in May 2015. They giver giving a hug. “And I was like, ‘Oh, caregivers attended to her after a bout found that “the facility failed to follow OK. Yeah, I would like them to go up of diarrhea. physician’s orders affecting three current and say ‘Hi.’” Beeman’s independent caretaker, residents.” The CDPHE also interHammond claims that service costs Castro, says she saw “literally feces viewed a Brookdale administrator and $331 a month. stuck to the floor and the toilet for found that “she was unaware of the There are close to 90 residents at weeks.” the Brookdale Boulder Creek facility, Fern Bowman says when her moth- medication administration issues.” The department also outlined several steps and relatives of residents and former er choked on a lozenge, she had to employees say that caregivers are peradminister the Heimlich maneuver her- to streamline the medication ordering process. fectly nice people, but they believe the self even after pushing the emergency Steven Seay, the long-term care group is understaffed and undertrained, call button three times. ombudsman for the Boulder County leading to quality of care issues. “Finally they show up and [the Area Agency on Aging, concluded in a “When we began working at caregiver] says, ‘I came from the third report that complaints from relatives of [Brookdale], we were happy, and lookfloor because the caregivers from the loved ones and former caregivers “repreing forward to being there,” wrote two first and second floor were serving sent a pattern of problems at Brookdale former caregivers Michelle and Mon breakfast.’” Boulder Creek. Some of these problems (last names redacted upon request), in a Willie Hammond says she gave have resulted in harm to residents.” letter to Boulder Weekly and Brookdale. Brookdale the benefit of the doubt Seay added that the Brookdale staff had “After less than a year, we became miswhen issues with her mother started to communicated openly about these conerable. ... They left us understaffed and routinely occur — like when, she says, cerns with his agency, and had taken unsupervised constantly. For a while, in caregivers didn’t take her mom’s dogs measures to correct them. the afternoon, they were leaving two out to the bathroom enough, and so “What remains to be seen is whethcaregivers for all three floors.” one of the animals began to defecate in er these measures will be effective in The two caregivers say they were her mother’s room, prompting the long run,” Seay wrote in his brief left “with no training in various areas,” Brookdale to force the removal of the Boulder Weekly

news on the situation. Despite the investigations, many relatives and former caregivers believe that Brookdale hasn’t really changed. Hammond says the agencies are unable to force the removal of Brookdale Boulder Creek Executive Director Cassidy Young, who the group of concerned parties says is responsible for the issues of understaffing and under-training employees, “because it’s a private company.” Brookdale declined to answer specific questions about Young and the individual concerns described in this article. They did, however, issue this statement to Boulder Weekly when given a detailed list of the complaints: “We are aware of these concerns and have met several times with the individual who has reached out to you. Unfortunately we disagree with their allegations pertaining to the health and safety of our residents. Local as well as regional leadership are available to meet with resident [sic] and families as we have done here. This family has commented that they are in the process of filing a claim and we will handle that accordingly. Therefore at this time we do not feel it is appropriate to comment. We take the comments of residents and families seriously, as our priority is to protect the health, safety and well-being of our residents and associates.” To be clear, Boulder Weekly notified Brookdale that the concerned parties represented well more than one family. In a letter to Brookdale, the group of relatives and former employees said although promises have been made for improvement, “Ms. Young and her team inevitably revert to the same pattern of callous and neglectful behavior.” Castro, the independent caretaker who has worked at other assisted living facilities in the area, says the issue could be bigger than just the Boulder Creek facility or any employee. “Everyone kept talking about the caretakers being scared of Cassidy [Young],” she says. “But it could be that the higher management is also afraid of the policies of Brookdale. They might have a protocol they have to follow.” Brookdale Senior Living is by far the largest assisted living care company in the U.S., operating more than 1,100 facilities with two in Boulder County and another in Arvada. Shares of the company are publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange. Hammond and others are quick to wonder where their money goes — monthly bills range from $2,000-$10,000 — if it doesn’t go directly to the care of their loved ones. Ultimately, the group of concerned parties feels like they’ve hit a wall with Boulder Weekly

Brookdale. Many are removing their loved ones or have quit their jobs at the facility, but there is concern for the dozens of other residents who are not aware of the issues at Brookdale Boulder Creek and who do not have loved ones paying close enough attention to things like services not administered and extra bill line items. “It’s kind of like your credit card bill; you don’t notice $20, because it doesn’t stick out to you,” JoJo Beeman says. “But [residents or loved ones] are

not going to be remembering from month to month that they’re paying for some psychosocial care or something that sounds official.” Hammond says current Brookdale residents are leery of responding critically to “investigations” Brookdale has run in its Boulder Creek facility. “[Brookdale] says, ‘We’ve talked to a lot of residents who are happy living there.’ Well you’re walking around in your Brookdale nametag and your suits and these people are scared of retalia-

tion. How is that an investigation?” Hammond says. Changes that have been made in recent weeks are easy, popular fixes, the group says, like updating cabinet doors, installing hand sanitizers and pledging to make food better. But Hammond and others say it’s just not enough, and they’ve run out of patience with Brookdale. “We are a nice group of people,” she says. “We are also a very angry group of people.”

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shley left home at 18, just after graduating from high school. “They kicked me out, but I was happy to leave,” she says about her mom and step-dad. Her parents gave Ashley an ultimatum — obey their rules or get out. Their rules included taking care of her 10-year-old brother and “literally doing every chore in the house,” she says. So she left. “I know it sounds selfish, but not when you’re there.” She describes moving constantly for as long as she can remember — 14 times between East Texas, where she was born, and Colorado. Sometimes they lived in motels, sometimes they shared houses with other families. They were evicted a couple of times. Ashley went to three elementary schools, four middle schools and two high schools. She claims her stepdad is an alcoholic and her mom smokes six or seven bowls a day. They yell at each other constantly and have almost divorced, she says. So at 18, Ashley had had enough. A person she met online picked her up from her parent’s apartment just outside Boulder County. “It was really crazy. I’ve never met this person before, and they just came and picked me up from my parents’ house,” she says. “I trusted him, he wasn’t a monster. He didn’t want something out of it, he wanted to help me.” This new friend helped Ashley find a job at Burger King and let her crash on his couch. But his roommates weren’t so generous, and Ashley only lived there for a week. From there, she went to stay with another guy she met online, and he had an entire spare room for her. “The only thing that I didn’t like about it is he was a big time weed smoker, and he would always bring home girls which was really weird,” she says. “Because [they were from] the site he found me on and he was helping me out. And in return I had to give him favors.” She left that situation too and over the course of the next six weeks spent a night or two with different guys she met online. “It was really hard to find guys that weren’t just wanting sex,” she Boulder Weekly

says. She started screening guys based on their photos, their interests and their posts. And how they talked to her. She finally ended up with another 18-year-old who still lived with his mom. “I got to stay two nights with him, and his mother actually helped me find this place,” she says. We’re sitting at The Source, the runaway and homeless youth shelter run by Attention Homes, a Boulder nonprofit helping at-risk and homeless youth with shelter, hot meals and life

skills to build an independent future. “This is the happiest I’ve lived,” Ashley says. “I enjoy the people, I enjoy the friendships I have gotten here.” On any given night, there are 168 youth experiencing homelessness in Boulder County, according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Point-in-Time count. “Where it gets sort of sticky with youth is that it’s a hard definition of homelessness, and it doesn’t count couch surfing…” says Chris Nelson, director of programs at Attention Homes. “It’s largely counting people who are literally living on the streets. And youth are still pretty culturally connected, and so they are still staying with friends and stuff. Plus youth are just tough to find.” The Source houses 14 kids each night and has served over 800 unique

individuals in 2015. “Significant family conflict” is the major reason kids leave home, Nelson says, whether that means the youth are kicked out or their family knows they are leaving and don’t stop them. Another cause of teen homelessness is aging out of the foster care system, as 60 percent of youth Attention Homes works with have been in the foster care system at some point. And a small but increasing percentage of youth experiencing homelessness are a product of dissolved or disrupted adoptions. Forty percent of youth experiencing homelessness identify as LGBTQ and are ostracized from their communities or kicked out of their homes, Nelson says. Emerging mental health issues and substance abuse are also prevalent among youth experiencing homelessness, and often go hand-in-hand. Another 10 percent of youth that Nelson and Attention Homes work with are rebelling against authority at home, and these youth can be difficult to keep track of. “It’s independence and sort-of developmentally normative free will exercise,” Nelson says. As further proof that the Point-in-Time count understates the problem, there are 700 youth in Boulder Valley School District and 750 in the St. Vrain Valley School District who are registered as homeless this year. And while these statistics are staggering, Attention Homes has been fairly successful in re-engaging youth with their families, whether that’s a direct guardian or other relatives. “We identify people in their lives that they would be willing to live with, and then we start exploring with those people that they’ve identified whether or not it would be an option and then what kind of support do they need,” Nelson says. “That’s a priority for every youth that comes into our shelter, no matter what their age, is to reconnect them with family or engage them with family that maybe they haven’t lived with but it might be an option now.” While working with Attention Homes, Ashley reconnected with her maternal grandparents in Texas and was able to purchase a plane ticket to Texas

to live with them. Previous to staying at The Source, Ashley hadn’t even considered traveling back to her home state. “Texas was a no go for me because I knew I wouldn’t have a way to get there,” she says. “The complications… I wasn’t ready.” After close to four months at The Source, Ashley left Boulder on December 2. I spoke with her this week and asked her how it feels being back in Texas. “It feels like home,” she says. She’s living with her mom’s parents, visits her step-dad’s parents and sees her uncles often. She spent an entire day decorating for Christmas, including putting up a tree and outside lights, which didn’t always happen when she lived at home. “It’s something I’ve missed,” she says. She doesn’t miss the Colorado winter and is enjoying the weather in Texas, but she does miss some of her friends from Attention Homes and her little brother. “I felt bad because I couldn’t get him out,” she says. “All my friends told me I should have gotten him out, but he’s 10 right now. I can’t. And if I take him from my parents, it will kill [my] relationship [with them].” She’s taking driver’s ed classes and hopes to get her license soon. She’s already applied for several jobs and while she’s waiting to hear back, she’s been helping her grandma clean out the house, and putting aside furniture and other things for a future home of her own. “I can stay with [my grandparents] for as long as I need or want,” she says. “I just want to get my own place. But who doesn’t?” Plus, she’s reconnected with some childhood friends, including one girl she grew up riding the bus to school with, who turns out to be her half sister. Although Ashley has never met her biological father, he still lives in the same town. They are friends on Facebook and she has plans to meet him soon, after the holidays. Ashley is excited. “It’s going to be a different experience, but I kind of want it,” she says. “The next chapter is starting.” Editor’s note: Due to safety concerns and legal considerations, Ashley is a pseudonym. For more information on Attention Homes or to make donations, visit www. attentionhomes.org or call 303-447-1207 December 24, 2015 15

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“My first actual, sort of pseudo-documentary, was about the meaning of life,” Nóbile says. “I feel like I’ve always been interested in bigger questions, and I found a way to make it a business.” Nóbile went on to study theater at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts where she created and performed documentary theater pieces along with the likes of Anna Deavere Smith. After college, Nóbile relocated to Chicago and worked at the Piven Theatre and Second City Theatre, where she honed her skills as a storyteller and a listener. “When you are interviewing someone, it’s all about them,” Nóbile explains. “You have to really put yourself completely [out of it] — almost become just a big ear. And a big mirror.” In 2005, Nóbile started small, but started professional. After obtaining a camera and some editing equipment, Nóbile interviewed her own grandmothers with her mind set on producing a product that was personal, but could also help launch her career. “It was really transformative for my relationship with them, and in general, for both sides of my family,” Nóbile recounts. “It really answered a lot of questions that I always had, about who these women were, beyond what I perceived of them.” Nóbile was already thinking bigger. This was something that she could do for other families — families who had similar questions. “I think people are aware of the fact that with younger generations, if they want to connect with them — the grandkids, great-grandkids — they need to do this,” Nóbile says. “Making a 100-page book about their life, while it’s beautiful … is not going to have the same impact on the grandkids and the greatgrandkids who may never pick it up and read it. But a movie will [have that impact].” Nóbile’s discovery is one shared by all filmmakers: images have the power to transcend time and space. Words on a page may tell a story, but images tell it in the present tense. That is exactly what captured Linda Leahy’s attention and was the impetus to make her own legacy film. “I wasn’t really interested in doing ancestry,” Leahy says. “But the [images] seemed to be something I could relate to. Something concrete that I could see. “My husband’s company is American Hotel Register Company, and this year is our 150th year as a company, so it just seemed timely that we could do something around his family,” Leahy continues. “That was the initial intention, do something with the people in his family, because his grandfather, Thomas Leahy, started the business in 1865.” Theirs is a multi-generational story, and Nóbile’s approach to the material was a multi-layered one. “I usually don’t make one film, I usually make multiple movies for a family,” Nóbile explains.

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“People don’t know what they want, because they don’t know what’s possible,” Nóbile continues. “I usually steer them toward what would be the best for their family.” For the Leahys, Nóbile made six movies in all, interviewing 12-13 people over the course of a year. The films cover the family’s lineage and business, specifically looking at the maternal side of the family. “I personally feel, especially in these patriarchal business lines, which there are many of, the women’s stories often get lost, and [Linda Leahy] has four daughters, and I just thought this is so important that they know where you come from too,” Nóbile says. To help out with the production process, Nóbile enlisted the help of Boulder-based digital editor, J.J. Evans, who Leahy singles out in her praise for LCF: “He was extraordinarily skillful at pulling out the story, pulling out the sound bites, pulling out the thing and making the transitions just like a film.” Leahy was so pleased with the end results that she debuted one of the videos — which focused on the history of the American Hotel Register — at the company’s 150th anniversary celebration to a dinner crowd full of customers and business associates. “It was about 20 minutes long, but it told the story of our company in a way that we couldn’t have even thought of doing,” Leahy says. “There wasn’t a dry eye in the place; it was just an extraordinarily powerful film.” And like all filmmakers, Nóbile achieves that power with the production process. Everyone has a story to tell, but the ability to tell it well is where images derive their emotional power. “I try to tell the stories that will unite the family versus be divisive,” Nóbile explains. “This is not about looking for some truth, necessarily. ... There is no such thing as truth, everyone has their own truth, everyone has their own right to their memory. So I’m not trying to design some ultimate, ‘This happened,’ necessarily, but more: this is how this was remembered and this is the soul of this person.” Leahy’s recount of the American Hotel Register video’s debut echoes that sentiment: “The story spoke to me. And I think the story spoke to everybody in that room.” But, and there is always a but, quality never comes cheap. The average price tag for a LCF production runs at $50,000 and up — Leahy’s project was over $100,000. But as Leahy says, it takes money for the amount of time and effort that Nóbile puts into it. Arielle Nóbile established Legacy Connection Films as a one-woman operation but her staff has now grown to three — communications director Heather Marchek Lopez and editor J.J. Evans have both joined. And with 10 years, 350 interviews and 100 movies under her belt, Nóbile is just getting started.

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dam Aijala says Yonder ed for the mandolin slot by Yonder “And that’s not to diminish the Mountain String Band has Mountain’s former manager, DJ records we did with Tom [Rothrock],” never been a group to plot McLauhglin. the guitarist continues. “I think those out its career — or just The two new recruits stepped right records were great, and they were really about anything the group into the lineup, allowing Yonder fun to do, and he really helped us get to does. To hear him tell it, these guys Mountain to resume its touring scheda point where our only limitations in couldn’t be calculated if they were math ule without missing any gigs. Then the music are our musical abilities. It’s not majors. group turned its attention to the studio the style or what we do with it, or what “That’s kind of the way we do it,” and making Black Sheep. instruments we play or any of that.” guitarist/singer Aijala says. “It seems Fans will still recognize Black Sheep Aijala doesn’t hesitate to say Yonder like from the very beginning, even our as the work of Yonder Mountain, even Mountain is also a different band live shows are like that. We don’t play the without Austin, who along with without Austin, who was a charismatic same set every night. performer and a We’re always kind of Courtesy of Yonder Mountain String Band focal point on winging it in general. stage. But he I’d like, in the busilikes what Jolliff ness sense, to maybe and Kral bring not wing it as much, to the live show. but as far as the “I think it’s artistic side, I like a huge differthat element of it.” ence,” Aijala So perhaps it’s says. “You know, not surprising that it’s one of those when Yonder things where it’s Mountain String different, but it’s Band’s future was still good. It’s thrown into question different, and in April of 2014 — for me, I’m lovafter mandolin player ing it. I feel like Jeff Austin left the the Yonder group — there was energy is still no clear plan for how there, and this is Yonder Mountain members (left ot right) Allie Kral, Jacob Jolliff, Ben Kaufmann, Dave to move forward. not a dig on Jeff Johnston and Adam Aijala will continue the tradition and play four consecutive nights at Now, some 18 at all, but he Boulder Theater for New Year’s Eve. months later, Yonder tended to take Mountain has come out of that time of Johnston, Aijala and Kaufmann, formed us to a darker place sometimes. We uncertainty smelling like a rose. Two the group in 1998 in Nederland. In don’t really do that as much [now].” new members have joined — mandolin fact, because Black Sheep is a largely Aijala says bassist Kaufmann interplayer/singer Jacob Jolliff and violinist/ acoustic album without drums, in some acts more with the crowd now that singer Allie Kral — and the group is ways it is more similar to Yonder Austin has left, and the newcomers also moving full speed ahead, having released Mountain’s first couple of albums — add certain stage presence. a new album, Black Sheep, in June. which introduced the group’s tuneful “People just love her. There are “The way it all played out was not and energetic blend of bluegrass-rooted women and men screaming, ‘Allie, planned at all. We didn’t know what was music and rock improvisation — than Allie,’ like every show. It’s awesome,” going to happen,” Aijala says, when the group’s 2006 self-titled album and Aijala says. “And Jake’s just a demon. asked about confronting the Austin-less 2009’s The Show. People just look at him while he’s solofuture. “We had some people in mind The latter two albums were proing, and [they’re] putting their arms up other than the people we’re playing with. duced by Tom Rothrock (who is known the air like, ‘What the hell? This dude’s And the way it worked out, I think, I for his work with rock acts such as out of control. He’s so good.’ So it’s a really hope they ( Jolliff and Kral) stick Beck, the Foo Fighters and Elliott different dynamic completely. It feels around. I love playing with them.” Smith) and added a notable instrument more, I don’t know what the [word is] The remaining original band memto Yonder Mountain’s music — drums. — there’s more camaraderie. Even bers, Aijala, banjo player/singer Dave “I think that this album (Black though we were super tight with Jeff, Johnston and bassist/singer Ben Sheep) is more akin to Elevation and maybe it’s because these dudes are stepKaufmann, met Kral when she sat in Town By Town,” Aijala says, referring to ping into something new, and so therewith the band during a trio of shows on the band’s first two albums. “But it’s fore they’re paying a lot of attention. Austin’s last tour with Yonder Mountain. also the band that’s been around for 17 But I feel, on and off stage, I feel really Jolliff, meanwhile, was recommend- years, too, so it’s evolved as well. synced.” Boulder Weekly

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usicals get a bad rep. It’s as if breaking into song has to equate with jazz hands and snappy songs about Oklahoma. But for decades musicals have tackled dark subject matters and made the macabre their playground. Take Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. Just before the second act, Todd and Mrs. Lovett sing a pun-filled cannibalistic ditty called “A Little Priest,” about murdering patrons and serving them up as delicious pies. There’s The Rocky Horror Show and Little Shop of Horrors — even classics like The Phantom of the Opera. It’s clear that musical The Addams Family (snap, snap) is back theater loves the weird and twisted. So when with a new musical. The Addams Family was set to hit the stage, with source material that is creepy, kooky, mysterious and spooky, it had potential for greathusband; Morticia the nagging wife; and Wednesday ness. Yet, the final project came up short. the whiney daughter. The Addams Family musical, now playing at BDT The treatment of Wednesday’s character was particuStage through Feb. 27, tells the story of Wednesday larly egregious. Wednesday’s strengths came from her “Princess of Darkness” Addams meeting a boy and — aversion to normalcy and her morose outlook. But brace yourself for the plot twist — he’s normal! As instead of questioning what it would look like if that their families come together for dinner, Wednesday kind of girl fell in love, the musical creators squeezed out begs her odd family to be normal for once. her personality and turned her into a puppy-dog-loving, “Please, can’t we be an average family?” she sings. unicorn-singing-about shell of what she was. Suggesting “One normal night, that’s all I want. That’s all I need that love and happiness instantly changes your personalifrom you!” ty is silly and untrue — e.g., Morticia and Gomez. But, of course, the Addamses are far from ordiThe show is best when it’s playful, and there are nary, and asking them to tone down their morbid flair some fleeting moments of fun. At the start of the is the main downfall of the show. The musical, written show we see a silly gag with Lurch and Thing, and by Andrew Lippa in 2010, doesn’t utilize the essence then the curtain pulls back to present a non-smiling of the Addamses, but instead presents a boring, lazy Addams family standing stiff as fog rolls in. Cousin It interpretation that lacks the clever wit that the and his son What make brief, humorous appearances, Addams Family is known for. and Grandma’s floating bosom serves for a laugh. The The story is unoriginal and flabby with unremark- musical high point of the night is the old timey tune able songs. And it is also weighed down by the addi“Just Around the Corner.” tion of unnecessary characters, like the peculiar chorus As Morticia laments about her family drama she of dead family ghosts that seem to be on stage only to sings optimistically, “But I can’t let these latest problems rob me of my bliss, for when I’m scared of true add background vocals, beef up choreography and disaster, I remember this: Death is just around the change set pieces. Worst of all, they watered down all corner, waiting patiently to strike.” the classic characters into one-dimensional, afterThe song sits in the center of the Venn diagram school-special stereotypes: Gomez the goofy, groveling

of abnormal Addams’ humor and musical theater, a feat far from impossible, but one in which The Addams Family musical consistently fails. However, the cast and crew of BDT Stage manage to shine through the flabby source material. Combined with a high production value, the show serves up a few highlights worth noting. The strongest performances of the show come from Alicia King as Morticia, Joanie Brosseau as Alice Beineke and Sarah Grover as Wednesday. Grover’s talent and spunk infuses the stage with energy, and King’s velvety voice is a pleasure in every song she sings. The surprise breakthrough moment comes from Brosseau, who brings down the house with her powerful rendition of “Waiting,” a song reminiscing on a marriage that’s lost its spark. Fester, played by the always-fabulous Wayne Kennedy, is a delight. Over his 23 years with BDT Stage, Kennedy continuously brings charm to his characters, whether the star of the show or appearing in a one-song shot. His portrayal flourishes from subtley, with a flick of his head or a slight crazed smile, Kennedy steals the scene every time. Along with the great performers, the show features ornate, complex props, costumes and sets, which all come together to create a visually stimulating show. The most striking scene is “The Moon and Me,” where a chorus, donning vintage bathing suits and caps, dance with light up parasols against a night sky. During a musical with many pitfalls, this moment was almost lovely enough to save the whole show. The Addams Family was a missed opportunity to create a smart and timeless show that amplified its franchise. Next time, take your own advice, Addams Family: “Move toward the darkness, welcome the unknown,” the cast sings in the final number. “Face your blackest demons, find your weakest bone. Lose your inhibitions. Love what once was vile. Move toward the darkness and smile.”

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The Holiday Hoedown Sunday, Dec. 27, Gold Hill Inn, 401 Main St., Boulder, 303-443-6461. The holiday season is the perfect time to get together with family and make some memories. If you and your loved ones enjoy good local music, then head down to the Gold Hill Inn for their Holiday Hoedown. Enjoy tunes from Gipsy Moon and special guests The Good Time Travelers. The latter troubadour duo, comprised of Pete Karsounes and Michael Kirkpatrick, present a set packed with soulful music from a guitar, a mandolin and two microphones. Simple yet full of heart, their music is sure to make for a good night.

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Unwind from any wintertime stress with a night of soothing acoustic music presented by Brian Rezac, with tunes from local bands Cat Jerky and The Left Hand Market Boys. Both bands play a mixture of oldies and bluesy rock that will entertain all ages. The bands will be joined by special guests, including Kevin Hawkins from the New York band Quick Draw, whose music has won multiple awards and been featured on myriad shows from Gator 911 to Pimp My Ride to Top Model to General Hospital. Tickets to the show are $7.

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The String Cheese Incident will grace Broomfield with its presence over the course of three nights at the 1STBank Center in celebration of the New Year. As one of Colorado’s famous — if not most famous — jam bands, SCI is pretty much guaranteed to put on a great show every night. The band’s roots go back to 1993 with its creation in Telluride and has since gone on to fame and acclaim across the nation. Always known as prolific, the band has released 10 albums since its formation and boasts many hard-earned tour miles.

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BOULDER: Dance The Night Away: An Evening with Hazel Miller — To ring in 2016, St Julien will offer guests and locals an evening of bubbly, balloon drops, food and the stunning vocals of Hazel Miller. Dress to impress in black, gold and silver. 9 p.m. St Julien Hotel and Spa, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, www.stjulien.com. $150. The Jerseys — A special one-night tribute to Franki Valli and the Four Seasons. Admission includes a bottle of champagne for two and dancing on stage to ring in the New Year after the show. 6:30 p.m. Boulder’s Dinner Theatre, 5501 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-449-6000. New Year’s Eve — Hit Bohemian Biergarten at 4 p.m. to celebrate the Central European New Year, then again at midnight for the Colorado New Year, with DJ Gangsterish. Free champagne for both. 4 p.m. and midnight. Bohemian Biergarten, 2017 13th St., Boulder, 720-328-8328. New Year’s Eve with Caribou Mountain Collective and Steepland String Band. 10 p.m. The Lazy Dog Sports Bar & Grill, 1346 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-3355. Free. New Year’s Eve Dance Party — Greet the New Year with a night filled with fun. Head to the Avalon Ballroom for a dance party, with American Vernacular Dance, featuring swing, sala, bachata, kizomba and ballroom. 7 p.m. The Avalon Ballroom, 6185 Arapahoe Road, 303440-8303. $35 advanced, $45 at the door.

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New Year’s Eve at the Mad Tea Party — Get ready for a fall down the Rabbit Hole to celebrate New Year’s Eve at BMoCA’s Alice in Wonderland NYE party and benefit. The party features a magician, tarot card readings, psyhicis, a photobooth, turntables and some Wonderland favorites. 9:30 p.m. BMoCA, 1750 13th St., Boulder, 303-4432122. $75-95.

New Year’s Eve with The Subdudes and Pro Leisure — Led by singer/guitarist Tommy Malone and accordionist, John Magnie, The Subdudes draw most of their inspiration from the sounds of their native New Orleans, blending blues, gospel, funk and R&B with their own harmony vocals. 9 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1128 13th St., Boulder, 720645-2467. $45 general admission.

New Year’s Eve Masquerade Gala — Dance to two live bands at the Hotel Boulderado’s New Year’s Eve Masquerade Gala. Dressed in Black will return this year to play everything from Sinatra to Gaga, and local variety band Milestone will wow gusts with their versatile sounds. A limited number of guests will enjoy a decadent buffet dinner with reserved seating on the mezzanine. 8 p.m. Hotel Boulderado, 2115 13th St., Boulder, 303-442-4344. $80-175.

ShinePotions and LuvGroove Productions Present Awaken 2016 — A night with Dundragon, LuvGroove, Kanyon Walk, and DJ Jahsonic. 8 p.m. Shine Restaurant and Gathering Place, 2027 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-0120. $15 advance, $20 at the door.

New Year’s Eve Meditation — Ring in the New Year with prayer and meditation. 11:15 p.m. Unity of Boulder Spiritual Center, 2855 Folsom St., Boulder, 303-442-1411. New Year’s Eve with The Alcapones —Homegrown ska and reggae tunes inspired by mountain living, The Alcapones mix vocal and instrumental music that brings a new school feel to what was made popular in Jamaica during the 1960s. 10 p.m. Conor O’Neills, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303449-1922. $1 Cover.

Yonder Mountain String Band — With their traditional lineup of instruments, the band may look like a traditional bluegrass band at first glance but they’ve created their own music that transcends any genre. 9 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030. $66. EAST COUNTY: Delta Sonics. 9 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids and Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303-485-9400. Hamilton Loomis — National artist Hamilton Loomis rings in the New Year at the Dickens Opera House with his blend of blues, funk, soul and rock. Tickets include a champagne toast and party favors. 9 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 303-834-9384. $21.

The Johnny O Band. 9 p.m. Bootstrap Brewing Company, 6778 N. 79th St., Niwot, 303-6524186. $10. New Year’s Eve Blowout @ Oskar Blues Lyons — Two party options for those who want to party all night or those who only want to party some of the night. Choose the dinner option or the party option to suit your needs. Celebrate the end of 2015 with a toast and tunes KC Groves & The Hometown Honky Tonk Heroes. 4 p.m. or 7 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685. New Year’s Eve Party — WOW! Children’s Museum’s annual New Year’s Eve party is back with two parties this year. Ring in 2016 a few hours early with noise maker crafts, face painting, family photo station, music and countdown to the New Year. 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. WOW! Children’s Museum, 110 N. Harrison Ave., Lafayette, 303-604-2424. $5-10, infants under 1 get in free. New Year’s Eve Featuring The Corporation — Two shows, two seatings. First show includes three-course dinner and show from 6:30-9:30 p.m. for $65 per person. Second show rings in the New Year for $30 admission and $20 per person food and drink minimum. 10 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Nissi’s, 2675 Northpark Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757.

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Friday & saTurday January 15-16

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Thursday January 21

TerraviTa W/ special guesTs

Friday & saTurday January 22-23

FruiTion W/ The caliFornia honeydrops & gipsy moon

Friday & saTurday January 29-30

The bluegrass generals FeaT chris pandolFi & andy hall (The inFamous sTringdusTers), billy

mix masTer mike vs dJ qberT

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Tuesday January 12

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Thursday January 14

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Noon Year’s Eve — Ring in 2016 in classic Noon Year’s Eve style with ball drops and coutdowns every hour, plus there will be rainbow confetti, bubble wrap fireworks, art projects, music, performances and stories. 9 a.m. Children Museum of Denver, 2121 Children’s Museum Drive, Denver, 303-433-7444.

Noon Year’s Eve Party — Kids can’t stay up until midnight? Come join us for a Noon Year’s Eve party to remember. Family fun for all ages. They’ll have balloon creations from Bongo and a magic show by Rosey Rosebud, plus a sparkling cider toast and a balloon drop at noon. 10:30 a.m. The Family Garden, 600 S. Airport Road, Suite B, Longmont, 303-678-1144. $5 per family pre registration and $10 at the door.

aTomga & sisTers oF soul FeaT kim daWson, chrisTie chambers & Tanya shylock

Wednesday January 20

road To euphora music FesTival

FeaT The nadis Warriors & kineTik Force (blunT Force + kineTik groove) W/ homemade spaceship & mass relay

Friday January 22

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Paper Bird and The Congress. 9 p.m. The Oriental Theater, 4335 W. 44th Ave., Denver, 720-420-0030. $25. Resolution New Year’s Eve — Multiple parties under one roof by the Collective 360 with DJs, games, decorations and more. 8 p.m. The Curtis Hotel, 1405 Curtis St., Denver, 303-571-0300. $119-$129.

MOUNTAIN TOWNS:

Ring in The New Year Central Style — Central is offering a four-course meal with choices to fit any palate. Make sure to add on a wine paring for $25. 4:30 p.m. Central Bistro & Bar, 1691 Central St., Denver, 303-477-4582. $75

New Year’s Eve Dance Party — Dan Treanor’s Afrosippi Band with Erica Brown, along with special guests Banshee Tree. Tickets include a dinner buffet and beads. Tickets available in person or over the phone. 7 p.m. Gold Hill Inn, 401 Main St., Gold Hill, 303-443-6461. Admission is $32. Cash bar.

White Rose Gala — A 1920s-themed celebration where attendees can enjoy Vegas-style mash-up music, swing, big band and more across multiple levels and balconies. Listen to the tunes from several DJs, and Barron’s Big Band will perform live. 9 p.m. Ellie Caulkins Opera House, Denver Performing Arts Complex, 1101 13th St., Denver, 303-8934100. $35-109.

New Year’s Eve Party with Rogue. 10 p.m. Pioneer Inn, 15 E. First St. Nederland, 303-258-7733. BROOMFIELD/WESTMINSTER/ARVADA: Hip Pocket. 9 p.m. Hoffbrau, 9110 Wadsworth Parkway, Westminister, 303-422-7755. $20-25.

Psycho X and Karaoke. 7 p.m. Jake’s Roadhouse, 5980 Lamar St., Arvada, 303-424-7266. Free.

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New Year’s Eve with The Magic Beans and The Pine Dwellers. 8 p.m. Stage Stop, 60 Main St., Rollinsville, 303-258-0649.

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Friday January 15

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New Year’s Party! 9 p.m. Tennyson’s Tap, 4335 W. 38th Ave., Denver, 303-455-4269.

cas haley

W/ lil skoops FeaT members oF Fox sTreeT

FeaT sixis, bogTroTTer, cloud-d, resonanT language & dmvu

pink Floyd experience

New Year’s Eve with Ian Edwards. 6 p.m., Comedy Works, 1226 15th St., Denver, 303-595-3637. $25-55.

New Year’s Eve Party — with DJ Drumm and Party O’Clock. Plus, enjoy a special beer brew ready for a midnight cheers. 6 p.m. Odyssey Beerwerks, 5535 W. 56th Ave., Suite 107, Arvada, 303-421-0772. Free.

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The String Cheese Incident — Born in 1993 in Colorado’s Rocky Mountains, String Cheese Incident has since released several studio and live recordings from their relentless tour schedule. Their history is packed full of surreal experiences, epic moments, groundbreaking involvement and huge accomplishments. 8 p.m. 1stBank Center, 11450 Broomfield Lane, Broomfield, 303-410-0700. $82.50-85. DENVER: New Year’s Bash — Featuring Slamabama, a free midnight breakfast buffet, balloon drop and a toast of champane. 8 p.m. Grizzly Rose, 5450 N. Valley Highway, Denver, 303-295-1330. $15.

Zoo Year’s Eve — A celebration for the entire family. Enjoy the annual Zoo Lights installation and a countdown to the New Year at 9 p.m., so your kiddos can get in the spirit but also get to bed early. 5:30 p.m. Denver Zoo, 2300 Steele St., Denver, 303-337-1400. Included with Zoo Lights admission. GOLDEN:

New Year’s Eve Countdown Party — The new New Year’s Eve tradition downtown includes three parties on three floors. Sip on drink specials and watch two Colorado DJs battle with the best jams. 8 p.m. Union Station Great Hall and Terminal Hall, 1701 Wynkoop St., Denver, 303-592-6712. New Year’s Eve Fireworks — Ring in the new year with fireworks that light up the 16th Street Mall. 9 p.m. and midnight, 16th Street Mall, Denver. Free.

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Austin Young Band and My Blue Sky — Colorado native Austin Lee Young has been playing guitar since 12 years old and hasn’t stopped rocking since. He’ll be joined by fellow Colorado players My Blue Sky, which plays a mixture of rock, jazz and blues. Joining them on stage will be award-winning Gunslinger. 8 p.m. Buffalo Rose, 1119 Washington Ave., Golden, 303-2786800. $15-25. New Year’s Eve — To ring in a delicious new year, Bridgewater Grill is offering a three-course dinner or dinner and wine paring. Enjoy music from Clear Creek Jazz Quintet along with your meal. 6 p.m. Bridgewater Grill, 800 11th St., Golden, 303-279-2010. $49-60. New Year’s Eve Celebration — Head to In the Zone for live music and a country line band. 9 p.m. In the Zone, 15600 W. 44th Ave., Golden, 303-279-3888.

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Wednesday & Thursday december 30-31

The chris robinson broTherhood

every Thursday @ The oTher side

grass For ThaT ass

Free beFore 8pm & Free beFore 9pm For all TexT message subscribers

W/ digiTal da don & mike d

TexT cervanTes To 91944 To sign up 1/7: WhiTeWaTer ramble perForms pickin’ on The 90’s – parT deux W/ somebody’s darling & daniella kaTzir band saTurday december 26

Thursday January 7

W/ TWine & bloodThinnerz

saTurday January 2

nappy rooTs marTyparTy W/ love & lighT, aTomic reacTor & nadasound

Friday January 8 • duaL VEnuE

head For The hills W/ granT Farm bluegrass reunion

dubloadz

monday december 28

monday nighT menagerie FeaT bang!, Trivial psychic & sns

Tuesday december 29

sub.mission presenTs

elecTronic Tuesday

FeaT andy Thorn oF leFTover salmon

FeaT TruTh + megalodon W/ sWayd & dis_1

& Tyler granT

Wednesday december 30

pickin’ on phish FeaT andy Thorn, horseshoes & hand grenades, kiTchen dWellers & caribou mounTain collecTive

saTurday January 9

cookie monsTa W/ grimblee vs hecka, sWayd

(aka The dream Team) W/ mikey Thunder & Friends, dJ a-l, colorado cuT commiTTee FeaT kruza kid, dassaro x JeraFF

Thursday december 31

people under The sTairs

& curlyone

W/ J.o.b., (uniT)e, broWn skin hippie & dJ Wesley Wayne

Thursday January 14

saTurday January 2

blueTech W/ iamnobi

Friday & saTurday January 15-16

cervanTes’ 14Th anniversary parTy FeaT everyone orchesTra 1/16: dirTWire FeaT david saTori oF beaTs anTique & evan Fraser

Thursday January 21

TerraviTa W/ special guesTs

Friday & saTurday January 22-23

FruiTion W/ The caliFornia honeydrops & gipsy moon

Friday & saTurday January 29-30

The bluegrass generals FeaT chris pandolFi & andy hall (The inFamous sTringdusTers), billy

mix masTer mike vs dJ qberT

nershi & keiTh mosely (sci) & billy sTrings 1/29: granT Farm 1/30: Taarka

Friday February 5

non phixion W/ FloWaliTion, proximiTy & arkus

Friday & saTurday February 12-13

The neW masTersounds W/ earphunk

saTurday February 20

WildlighT “a collaboraTion proJecT From The polish ambassador & ayla nereo” W/ The human experience (laTe seT)

Friday & saTurday February 26-27

Tea leaF green & hoT buTTered rum

The Formo anniversary parTy

FeaT minesWeepa, Jorgen odegard & deTrace

sunday January 3

secreT oTher Family

FeaT Wyllys, garreTT sayers & Joey porTer (The moTeT), marcus reznak (digiTal Tape machine), nicholas gerlach (Turbo suiT) & Tanner bardin (eminence ensemble)

Tuesday January 5

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elecTronic Tuesday FeaT algo W/ siren

saTurday January 9

dead Floyd W/ Workshy

monday January 11

monday nighT menagerie FeaT cycles, WabakinoseT & The WhaTness

Tuesday January 12

sub.mission presenTs

elecTronic Tuesday

FeaT dJunya W/ subliminal & crix saiz

Thursday January 14

rocky mounTain graTeFul dead revue

FeaT all original members including del The Funky homosapien, pep love, opio, a plus, casual, phesTo & TaJai

aTomga & sisTers oF soul FeaT kim daWson, chrisTie chambers & Tanya shylock

Wednesday January 20

road To euphora music FesTival

FeaT The nadis Warriors & kineTik Force (blunT Force + kineTik groove) W/ homemade spaceship & mass relay

Friday January 22

Weirdos in The hood

scoTT morrill birThday celebraTion FeaT dave WaTTs & Friends W/ loTs oF very special guesTs

Friday January 29

mike dillon band

MOUNTAIN TOWNS:

Psycho X and Karaoke. 7 p.m. Jake’s Roadhouse, 5980 Lamar St., Arvada, 303-424-7266. Free.

W/ brighTside (Formerly clayTon Joseph scoTT) & policulTure

Tuesday January 26

hieroglyphics

New Year’s Eve with The Magic Beans and The Pine Dwellers. 8 p.m. Stage Stop, 60 Main St., Rollinsville, 303-258-0649.

saTurday January 16

Friday January 15

marco benevenTo

saTurday march 26

New Year’s Party! 9 p.m. Tennyson’s Tap, 4335 W. 38th Ave., Denver, 303-455-4269.

cas haley

W/ lil skoops FeaT members oF Fox sTreeT

FeaT sixis, bogTroTTer, cloud-d, resonanT language & dmvu

pink Floyd experience

New Year’s Eve with Ian Edwards. 6 p.m., Comedy Works, 1226 15th St., Denver, 303-595-3637. $25-55.

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saTurday January 30

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Thursday, December 24 Music Bluegrass Jam. 7 p.m. Front Range Brewing Company, 400 W. South Boulder Road, Lafayette, 303-339-0767. Boulder Swing Collective. 9 p.m. Waterloo, 809 Main St., Louisville, 303-993-2094. George Nelson Trio. 9 p.m. License No. 1, 2115 13th St., Boulder, 303-442-4344. Holiday Harpist And Friends. 11 a.m. McGuckin Hardware, 2525 Arapahoe Ave., Unit D-1, Boulder, 303-443-1822. Open Jam: Jam Night. 10 p.m. Pioneer Inn, 15 E. First St., Nederland, 303-258-7733. Open Mic Hosted By Brian Rezac. 7 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 720-297-6397. The Sunset Series: DJ Royal Swan and Friends. 5 p.m. Shine Restaurant & Gathering Place, 2027 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-0120.

A Place in the Sun. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-8655000. Through April 24. Good Penmanship — Elizabeth Morrisette. Firehouse Art Center, 667, Fourth Ave., Longmont, 303-651-2787. Through Jan. 3.

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Through Jan. 31. Revolt 1680/2180: Virgil Ortiz. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-8655000. Through May 1.

Get some last minute Christmas gifts or spend some of that Santa cash at Foothills Art Center’s holiday art market, through Dec. 31.

Gunther Gerzso: A Mexican Master. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000. Through Jan. 3. Holiday Art Market. Foothills Art Center, 809 15th St., Golden, 303-279-3922. Through Dec. 31.

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Oil Paintings by Theresa Beckemeyer. Community Art Program Gallery, NCAR, 1850 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, 303-497-1174. Through Jan. 30.

Monty Python and the Holy Grail. 8 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. The Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826.

Photography by Glenn Randall. Community Art Program Gallery, NCAR, 1850 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, 303-497-1174. Through Jan. 30.

Saturday, December 26

Pretty/Dirty. Museum of Contemporary Art, 1485 Delgany St., Denver, 303-298-7554.

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Showing Off. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-8655000. Through Jan. 3.

Super Indian: Fritz Scholder, 1967-1980. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000. Through Jan. 17. Susan Wick: Wild Women Never Get the Blues. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-2122. Through Jan. 3. Uncommon Clay: Functional to Fantastic. Muse Gallery, 356 Main St., Longmont, 303678-7869. Through Dec. 23 Wyeth: Andrew and Jamie in the Studio. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000. Through Feb. 7.

Music Chris Kroger Duo. 7 p.m. Longs Peak Pub, 600 Longs Peak Ave., Longmont, 303-6517886. Couple of Sinners. 7:30 p.m. Oskar Blues CyclHOPS, 600 S. Airport Road, Longmont, 303-776-BIKE. Davy Allard and the Honkabilly Heroes. 7 p.m. Skeye Brewing, 900 S. Hover St., Unit D, Longmont, 303-774-7698. Espresso! Gypsy Jazz and Swing. 5:30 p.m. Cheese Importers, 103 Main St., Longmont, 303-772-9599. Happy Hour Jazz. 5:30 p.m. Tandoori Grill (Southside Bar), 619 S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-543-7339. Heartwood. 8:30 p.m. The Roost, 526 Main St., Longmont, 303-827-3380. Hindsight. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 Northpark Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757. Janine Gastineau. 7 p.m. Caffe Sole, 637R S. Broadway St., Boulder, 303-499-2985. Jesse R. S. 5 p.m. Left Hand Brewing Company, 1265 Boston Ave., Longmont, 303-7720258. Mitchel Evan and The Mangrove. 9 p.m. Johnny’s Cigar Bar, 1801 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-0884. New Family Dog. 8:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids and Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303-485-9400. Pete Kartsounes. 4:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Tasty Weasel Tap Room, 1800 Pike Road, Unit B, Longmont, 303-776-1914. Boulder Weekly

RADIATE Unified Dance Party. 8:30 p.m. Shine Restaurant & Gathering Place, 2027 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-0120.

Zarafa. 2:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. The Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826.

Robin Davis Trio. 9 p.m. Oskar Blues Brewery, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685.

Sunday, December 27

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

Acoustic Jam. 3 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s Traditional Irish Pub, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922.

St. Stephen’s Day Acoustic Apres Ski Party with Andrew Wynne. 1 p.m. Ski Eldora (Corona Bar), 2861 Eldora Ski Road, Suite 140, Eldora Mountain Resort, Nederland, 303-4408700.

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

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Bluegrass Pick with Bonnie & Taylor Sims. 12 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids and Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303485-9400.

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David Booker. 3 p.m. Oskar Blues Tasty Weasel Tap Room, 1800 Pike Road, Unit B, Longmont, 303-776-1914.

Best of NYICFF: Kid Flix Mix. 12:30 p.m. The Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826.

Gipsy Moon with The Good Time Travelers. 8 p.m. Gold Hill Inn, 401 Main St., Boulder, 303-443-6461.

Boulder Folders Learn Origami. 10 a.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.

Holly and the Husbands. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 Northpark Drive, Lafayette, 303-6652757.

Ecstatic Dance. 10 a.m. Free Motion Dance Studio, 2126 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-379-8299.

Johnny O. 6 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids and Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303-485-9400.

Heart of a Dog. 4:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. The Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826.

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Particulars Holiday Craft Faire. 12 p.m. pARTiculars Art Gallery and Teaching Studio, 401 S. Public Road, Lafayette, 720-890-7888.

Sundays at Vic’s. 12 p.m. Vic’s Espresso & News, 2680 Broadway, Boulder, 303-4408209.

Starbucks Hover Street Blood Drive. 9 a.m. Starbucks, 1087 S. Hover St., Longmont, 303774-0143.

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A Christmas Carol. Denver Performing Arts Complex, 1345 Champa St., Denver, 720-865-4239, Through Dec. 27. A Christmas Story, The Musical. Denver Performing Arts Complex, 1345 Champa St., Denver, 720-865-4239, Through Dec. 27. The Addams Family. BDT Stage, 5501 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-449-6000. Through Feb. 27.

WE OFFER Large Menu Selection & Daily Specials Daily Drink Specials 28 Taps & Large Selection of Craft Beers 16 Large Screen TVs 8 Billiard Tables Dart Boards Video Games

Cult Following. Denver Performing Arts Complex, 1345 Champa St., Denver, 720865-4239, Through Feb. 23. Murder for Two. Denver Performing Arts Complex, 1345 Champa St., Denver, 720865-4239, Through Feb. 21. The SantaLand Diaries. Denver Performing Arts Complex, 1345 Champa St., Denver, 720-865-4239, Through Dec. 27. Gomez, Morticia, Wednesday, Pugsley, Grandma, Uncle Fester, Lurch and Thing are back in The Addams Family at BDT Stage. Read BW’s review on page 27.

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Traditional Irish Session. 7 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s Traditional Irish Pub, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922. Events Go Club for Kids and Teens. 2 p.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303441-3100.

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Open Mic. 9 p.m. Pioneer Inn, 15 E. First St., Nederland, 303-258-7733. Open Mic Night with The Prairie Scholars. 6 p.m. Skeye Brewing, 900 S. Hover St., Unit D, Longmont, 303-774-7698.

Heart of a Dog. 4:30 p.m. The Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826.

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Monday, December 28 Music Blues Jam with Boa & The Constrictors. 7 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids and Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303485-9400. Open Mic. 8 p.m. Johnny’s Cigar Bar, 1801 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-0884. Pete Kartsounes Band. 9:30 p.m. Southern Sun Pub & Brewery, 627 S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-543-0886. Citizenship Classes. 6 p.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.

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Hawaiian Hula Classes. 5 p.m. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-447-9772.

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Open Jam. 8 p.m. The Lazy Dog, 1346 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-3355.

Tuesday, December 29 Music Gasoline Lollipops. 8:30 p.m. Waterloo, 809 Main St., Louisville, 303-993-2094. Left Lane Hwy. 6 p.m. Upslope Brewing Company (Flatiron Park), 1898 S. Flatiron Court, Boulder, 508-873-9185.

Boulder World Affairs Discussion Group. 10 a.m. Meadows Branch Library, 4800 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-441-4390. Green Holiday Bazaar. 10:30 a.m. Bricolage Gallery, at Art Parts Creative Reuse Center, 2870 Bluff St., Boulder, 720-379-5328. Run. 5 p.m. Newton Running Lab & Retail Store, 1222 Pearl Street Mall, Boulder, 303357-2383. Wednesday, December 30 Music

Open Bluegrass Pick Hosted by Eric Wiggs. 8 p.m. Longs Peak Pub, 600 Longs Peak Ave., Longmont, 303-651-7886.

Open Mic. 6:30 p.m. Cannon Mine Coffee, 210 S. Public Road, Lafayette, 303-665-0625. Run Forever, Looming, Sea Of Teeth, Jack’s Smirking Revenge. 6:30 p.m. The Forge, 4919 Broadway, Boulder, 303-3968145. Yonder Mountain String Band with Sam Bush. 9 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030. Events ALDA-Boulder (Social Sign Language Class). 3 p.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100. Green Holiday Bazaar. 10:30 a.m. Bricolage Gallery, at Art Parts Creative Reuse Center, 2870 Bluff St., Boulder, 720-379-5328. The Messenger. 7 p.m. The Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-4407826.

Blues Jam. 10 p.m. Pioneer Inn, 15 E. First St., Nederland, 303-258-7733.

Pearl Street Runners. 6:30 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s Traditional Irish Pub, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922.

Flash Mountain Flood. 7 p.m. Owsley’s Golden Road, 1301 Broadway St., Boulder, 720-849-8458.

The Rotary Club of Longmont St. Vrain. 7 a.m. First Lutheran Church, 803 Third Ave., Longmont, 303-776-2704.

Lindsey Saunders. 6 p.m. Espresso Vino by Brewing Market, 2770 Dagny Way, Lafayette, 720-890-3993.

Three Person Holiday Art Show. 9 a.m. Ace Self Storage & Community Art Gallery, 4635 Broadway St., Boulder, 303-444-7870.

Open Bluegrass Pick. 9 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s Traditional Irish Pub, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922.

The Wonders. 4:30 p.m. The Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-4407826.

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We do not accept unsolicited submissions. American Life in Poetry is made possible by The Poetry Foundation (www.poetryfoundation.org), publisher of Poetry magazine. It is also supported by the Department of English at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Poem copyright ©2015 by Patricia Traxler, “Weather Man.” Poem reprinted by permission of Patricia Traxler. Introduction copyright © 2015 by The Poetry Foundation. The introduction’s author, Ted Kooser, served as United States Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 2004-2006.

American Life in Poetry: Column 558 by Patricia Traxler

I’m well into my seventies, and I warm to simple, peaceful scenes. Here’s a fine love poem by Patricia Traxler, a Kansas poet, whose newest book, Naming the Fires, will be out in early 2016. — Ted Kooser, U.S. Poet Laureate

Weather Man by Patricia Traxler When it snows, he stands at the back door or wanders around the house to each window in turn and watches the weather like a lover. O farm boy, I waited years for you to look at me that way. Now we’re old enough to stop waiting for random looks or touches or words, so I find myself watching you watching the weather, and we wait together to discover whatever the sky might bring.

Send poetry submissions of 250 words or fewer to poetry@boulderweekly.com.

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merica in the 1970s was not exactly abundant with optimism. The tragic death of Meredith Hunter at the Altamont Free Concert on Dec. 6, 1969 cast a dark shadow over the free love and hippy counterculture of the ’60s. Then came the fallout from the Vietnam War, the Watergate scandal in ’72 and Nixon’s resignation in ’74. The movies of the ’70s, known as the New American Cinema, reflect that disaffection and disillusionment. Cinemas were populated with The Godfather, All the President’s Men, Chinatown, Taxi Driver and more. To borrow a phrase from Robert Kolker, it was “a cinema of loneliness.” But on May 25, 1977, that all changed. The houselights went down and for the first time, cinemagoers were treated to John William’s blaring fanfare and the now iconic opening title crawl lifted from Buck Rogers serials. Star Wars had arrived. Thirty-seven years, six installments and billions of dollars later, the Star Wars franchise is no longer just movies; Star Wars is Hollywood’s way of life. While the product itself is endlessly fascinating, so too is writer/director George Lucas’s achievement. Star Wars remains separate from the usual New American Cinema fare because it is divorced from time and place. (The 1977 film was originally titled just Star Wars, as it was intended to be a stand-alone movie. It was renamed Star Wars: Episode IV — A New Hope in 1981.) While others were engaging in personal and political street-level dramas, Lucas turned his attention to a starry-eyed farm boy dreaming of adventure; a cultural zeitgeist that not even Lucas knew existed. Using Joseph Campbell’s The Hero with a Thousand Faces as his guide, Lucas modeled his space opera after the familiar ’40s serials of Buck Rogers and Flash Gordon with the sci-fi tech of Star Wars: Episode 4 — A New Hope shatStanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey tered box office records and changed American cinema when it first premiered and cribbed the framework from Akira on May 25, 1977. Kurosawa’s The Hidden Fortress — even Lucas’s Jedis are derivative of Japanese samurai movies called “jidaigeki.” Toss in a wise old man, a princess, a scruffylooking Nerf Herder, an overgrown hairball and a villain clad in all black, and Star Wars became the stuff of legend. But Lucas’ achievement was not in his post-modern pastiche, but his ability to enchant audiences with simplicity. Much like Golden Age Disney movies, Lucas did not bog down his audience with medical explanations of what the Force is and how Jedis use it; where the Empire gets its money to build a planetary destruction device; or how intergalactic travel had been accomplished. Lucas simply showed these things and the audience went along for the ride. Because seeing is believing. And see they did. Star Wars shattered box office records and held on to those records for 20 years. Audiences from all walks of life flocked to the theaters. They idolized Luke, Leia and Han. They donned Darth Vader and stormtrooper outfits. They made swishing noises while transforming mop handles into their own personal lightsabers. Luke Skywalker never could have imagined that he would find himself in the middle of an intergalactic battle against the Empire anymore than Lucas could have imagined himself the propagator of another sort of empire. Writer/director John Milius summed it all up beautiful when he said, “[Star Wars] brought kids out of the residue of the counterculture and interested them in American technology again.” Lucas also interested them in another kind of American technology: movie merchandising. But that is another story entirely. Boulder Weekly

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Rey, played by Daisy Ridley, steels the show in Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

Awake my soul Star Wars is back by Ryan Syrek

ostalgia, like love, erodes rough edges; it fills in gaps, paints clean what was scuffed and forgives copious small sins in the name of happiness. I’m sorry, but none of the Star Wars movies have been perfect. Although some are demonstrably (and laughably) worse, all abound with fractures and flaws. That we deeply love (some of ) them is a gentle affirmation of their use of the monomyth and a reflection of how they made us feel. Basically, if you don’t think Star Wars: The Force Awakens is as good as the original trilogy, that’s almost certainly on you and not the film. To be spoiler-free as can be, this is the tale of Rey (Daisy Ridley), a scavenger on a desert planet who finds a droid (the adorably rolly BB-8) with important information. She’s joined by Finn ( John Boyega), the rarest of all Stormtroopers: One with heart and good aim. They stumble into Han Solo (Harrison Ford) and Chewbacca, run afoul of the evil Kylo Ren (Adam Driver) and assist heroic pilot Poe Dameron (Oscar Isaac) in his fight against the evil First Order. It’s all standard, boilerplate blockbuster content. So what makes it special? The characters. I don’t know if I can even pick a favorite. Finn restores the franchise’s sense of wonder and enthusiasm. Unlike any other character in the entire franchise, he’s a man searching for something to believe in. Poe is a brash, swashbuckling pilot. Fearless and loyal beyond reproach, he’s also quick-witted, sparring as well with heroes like Finn as he does with villains like Kylo Ren. Speaking of our new man in black… The creative team took the impossible task of trying to live up to the reputation of Darth Vader and made that into a character. Lord Vader was an invulnerable fear machine; Kylo Ren is a petulant child with a laser sword. And then there’s Rey. For some reason, people forgive the fact that Luke Skywalker sucks as a minor flaw; as if having the epic hero of an “epic hero journey” be obnoxious is a small issue. Rey is the new Luke analogue. And she is perfection. Exceptionally clever, fierce as hell, kind, loyal and kick-ass, Rey is the physical incarnation of this new series’ promise. Her every action dispels the ignorant assumption that feminine and strong can’t inherently be the same thing. Every complaint leveled at director J.J. Abrams’ triumphant, exhilarating reboot feels petty or ill-conceived. Is there essentially “another Death Star?” Yes. Tell me, are real-world militaries still developing the biggest bombs they can? Does the story skew remarkably close to the plot of A New Hope? You betcha. Were you expecting a franchise whose main character is on the cover of Joseph Conrad’s The Hero With a Thousand Faces to break new storytelling ground? Every once in a great while, the world congregates around a piece of popular culture. It is a unifying, blissful experience. Such a thing requires a large degree of universality in storytelling. That’s not an oversight, it is intent. The Force Awakens faced one of the most impossibly daunting challenges in the history of modern cinema, restoring the greatest cinematic franchise in history to its rightful place. It did. You’ll forget everything else over time. This review first appeared in The Reader of Omaha, Nebraska.

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cuisine review Susan France

hat with all the wood furniture and the fireplace and the quiet and the snow, Praha feels like a model of a restaurant in a miniature holiday village. The keeper of the restaurant is a nonagenarian with very poor hearing, and she struggles with the weight of our coats as she checks them upon our arrival. Down the hall from the coatroom is a modest wooden bar in a small Praha Restaurant room with a friendly & Bar. 7521 Ute bartender. To the left Highway, Longmont, is the dining room, 303-702-1180. and that’s where we’re led on a recent weekday evening. We sit at a table beside the fireplace. There are holiday lights strewn around, and festive fixtures have been placed on chandeliers, awnings and side tables. It feels familiar, as it would to anyone with a small amount of Northern European roots. Praha refers to Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic, and the restaurant used to be the Old Prague Inn. The business was passed down in the family to Monica Smetana, who re-opened as a restaurant about a decade ago, after training throughout Europe. The menu highlights the staples of Czech, Austrian, German and American cooking, while filtering each dish through Praha’s unique style of home cooking. There are also beers and wines on the menu from Eastern and Northern Europe. The meal starts with a bowl of carrot cream soup. Its consistency is medium-thick, with soft and small shreds of carrot adding texture. The taste is rich and sweet from the added cream, and whatever fruitiness can be pulled out of a carrot is pulled out in this soup. Fresh black pepper adds a pleasant kick to the soup,

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dumplings, potatoes, red cabbage and vegetables. The rahmschnitzel was a thin-sliced cut of pork bathed in a cream, vermouth and mushroom sauce on top of the dumplings. The pork was tender and its flavor benefitted greatly from the richness of the dressing, while the texture of the meat benefitted from the sauce’s thickness. The weinerschnitzel was an exceptional take on the classic dish. Very thin and tender pork was coated in a crispy, perfectly apportioned breading. To develop such a satisfying and flavorful crisp while also keeping the crust so thin was no small feat. The red cabbage wasn’t as spiced as it might be elsewhere, but the thick strands provided a nice texture to mix in with the other food on the platter, and it still possessed the characteristic cabbage tang. The only miss at dinner was the roast duck, which was disappointing. Served as a half bird, the skin was nicely seasoned and crispy, but the meat was overdone. The flavor was right, and we ate it all nonetheless, but there was something to be desired in the moisture level of the meat and its texture. Fortunately, the meal ended with an exceptional apple strudel. Warm baked apples filled a thin and chewy pastry crust aside whipped cream and vanilla ice cream. The temperature play between the cold cream sides and the warm strudel was a delight. It was a final note on a meal that balanced old and new cuisine, and intrigued both the taste buds and the soul.

Praha is good for the taste buds and the soul by Matt Cortina and the bowl ends up being an ideal warmer on a cold and snowy night. The next plate featured Hungarian gulasch with a side of spaetzle. The chunks of pork in the gulasch had clearly been braised and slow-cooked for hours, if not a day, in a savory and robust brown gravy. The pork fell apart with the slightest effort — gravity was really enough — and it was the perfect flavor and texture to eat with a forkful of spaetzle. The spaetzle, little soft egg noodles, were thick and short. They had a satisfying springiness and chew, and consumed with the brown gravy, it was an indulgent side. The whole dish, aside from delighting the tongue, warmed the body with fat, salt, carbs and goodness. Then there was the Praha Haus special: a massive plate of roast duck, rahmschnitzel, weinerschitzel,

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Blank Plate Boulder, one of the county’s finest popup dinner makers, is hosting a special New Year’s Eve dinner this year. Self-described as “celebratory but non-debaucherous” and “intentionally minded yet not overly serious,” the New Year’s Eve dinner will consist of five courses with or withGoodBird Kitchen is coming to Longmont on Jan. 5 with fried chicken, signature out drink pairings. As beer and more. FLOUR + FIRE SERIES with all Blank Plate Boulder dinners, the Pizzeria Locale in Boulder “estimates about 60 seconds from the time a location will only be revealed recently announced the lineup of their secguest pulls on the door until they have an just ahead of the dinner to ond Flour + Fire series, which will explore traice-cold beer in their hand.” And you’ll also guests who reserve seats. ditional oven-baked Southern Italian cookbe able to grab a beer or several from the We can say, though, that the dinner starts ing. roaming beer cart once you’re seated. at 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 31, and tickEach month will focus on a different Chef/Partner Brett “Smitty” Smith will ets are $135 per person without drinks, and Italian region, serving up a four-course famdirect the kitchen. GBK said in a press $160 per person with drinks. Find more inforily-style meal that includes wine pairings. release that Smith performed hundreds of mation and reserve tickets at blankplateThe dinners will take place in the restautest runs and took fact-finding missions to boulder.com. rant’s private dining room, formerly the Nashville, Texas, Chicago and New York to Caffe space. develop the GBK chicken recipe. This past The fun starts Jan. 26 with food from CHICKEN IS COMING TO LONGMONT fall, Smith, Query and a few others visited 13 Emilia-Romagna and continues Feb. 23 with fried chicken joints in 36 hours on a trip to Alto Adige; March 29 with Le Marche; and The GoodBird Kitchen is opening Jan. 5 at New York City. We don’t know if that leads April 26 with Sardinia. 1258 Hover Road in Longmont. Goodbird to good fried chicken, but it does sound Tickets are $125 per person, which Kitchen, or GBK as they call it, is “the littleawesome. includes pairings, tax and gratuities. Seating irreverent-younger brother to The Post “You don’t want a lot of ingredients on a is limited to 14 guests and each meal starts Brewing Company in Lafayette,” and will fried chicken sandwich,” Smith said in the at 6:30 p.m. To make reservations for one or serve their trademark chicken & fixin’s, beer press release. “The chicken is the main event all of the dinners, contact Lindsay Koegn at and pies. and you want it to really shine. Fresh bread, Lindsay@frascafoodandwine.com or call GBK is the latest launch of the Big Red F a good sauce, and that crispy, golden, perRestaurant Group, and owner Dave Query 303-442-0608.

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Pulling up a chair again at Boulder’s big community dinner table by John Lehndorff Susan France

he earliest known comment on my had brought home a B.A. in English. future career choices was uttered Mom was more upset with the prediction by Grandma Alice, my dad’s than I was. Even back then, I couldn’t escape mother, in 1954 a few months my dominant genetic predisposition toward after I was born. all things edible, drinkable and cook-able. I’m Rose Mazzola was a nurse and the a little bit cannoli, a little bit wienerschnitzel daughter of entrepreneurial Sicilian immiand all American. grants who owned a small grocery store I was the overweight child who hung out where they made Italian sausage, the essential in the kitchen to talk and learn how to make ingredient in our Susan France lasagna. High Thanksgiving school summers stuffing. My I worked for a Dad, Peter, and catering compahis parents were ny putting on all physicians clambakes for and wartime refhundreds of ugees from people, not Austria. His interning with a parents were newspaper. apparently less After movthan thrilled ing to Boulder with who their in 1976, I son fell in love worked in reswith and taurants, cooked Long-time food writer extraordinaire John Lehndorff has joined the BW family and this is now his space. unhappy that for a sorority, my mother kept catered events, having more kids. I was the third of five taught cooking classes, judged food competiLehndorff siblings. tions, ran food benefit events and started Upon first seeing yours truly, Grandma penning stories about food and music for varAlice remarked: ious publications. “He looks like a Mazzola. He’ll become a In 1985, as the Daily Camera’s new food butcher just like his grandfather.” editor I named my column Nibbles and That’s the story Mom liked to tell me but penned it weekly for 15 years. Before the she didn’t mention it until I’d progressed see NIBBLES Page 46 through school with mostly straight A’s and

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Internet was a thing, a wire service version of Nibbles was distributed to newspapers nationally. I wrote about everything from Boulder County’s nascent natural foods and brewing scene, to the first things that my son Hans ate, to the fact that too many local parents and kids living among us were — and still are — malnourished. (If I could go back and talk to the younger me writing his first Nibbles column, I would tell me to have a lot more fun, to save a lot more money and to consider writing less about SPAM, the canned ham-pork loaf.) I became the dining critic for the Rocky Mountain News in 2000, reviewed more than 400 eateries and reinvented Nibbles as a restaurant column until that paper ceased to publish. Nibbles moved with me to Yellow Scene Magazine for a time, then to the Aurora Sentinel for a couple of years. It is the name of my blog and for many years I’ve talked about food weekly on my Radio Nibbles show on KGNU. Life has a way of coming full circle. Now I’m a freelance writer again and I’m thrilled that Nibbles has found a home in Boulder Weekly. I can say with some authority that the eating, dining, drinking and grocery shopping have never been better in Boulder County. From the beginning Nibbles has been a personal column that happens to be about food … or maybe it’s the other way around. I won’t be reviewing restaurants. I don’t eat out often but when I do, I promise to report back about the best and worst things I discover locally and across the state. You will read about food news and trends and what I cook at home in Lafayette. I will sometimes share recipes even though I loathe them. (That’s a column for another week). I am appalled at the steadily worsening cooking skills of several generations of cooks and plan on doing my part to entice them back to the stove. Other columns will profile some of Colorado’s legion of artisan chefs, cheesemakers, vodka distillers, bakers, chocolatiers, coffee roasters, canners, craft brewers, cooking teachers and farmers. Nibbles isn’t a food history feature but I’ll occasionally get nostalgic for a more innocent time before I went to Casa Bonita to taste “real” Mexican food. Pie will always be on the menu. I have devoted an inordinate amount of my life to all things enclosed in crust. Sometimes I Google “Lehndorff Pie” and wonder, as I scroll through pages upon page of items, where I would be now if I had been obsessed with kale instead. I’m a lucky man. My Christmas

present has been to cook for and with my son, who will graduate from college in May with a degree in economics and quite a good palate. He just made his first batch of pretzels and used half the yeasted dough to make cinnamon rolls. I made him vegetable pancakes that fused latkes, Indian uttapam and a recipe I learned in college from The Tassajara Cookbook. Grandma Alice may have been right about me. I have ended up in the family business and there’s nothing I like better than seeing how the sausage is made.

In the kitchen

I recently grabbed a jar of vanilla beans that was in the markdown bin at a local market. I used one of the two black beans to season a Thanksgiving cranberry-cherry-rhubarb pie and then I remembered how much I like vanilla sugar. I put the other bean in the glass spice jar, added white sugar to the top, sealed it tightly and promptly forgot about it for two weeks. When I opened the jar that wonderful floral aroma filled my brain. I have used it sprinkled on buttered toast, whole grain hot cereal and pork chops. Raw sugar, maple sugar, cinnamon sugar and even brown sugar can also be used. When the jar is empty, add more sugar. After several refillings the perfume will lose its intensity but don’t compost the sugary vanilla bean yet. First, add it to a pot of coffee or simmer it in a batch of apple sauce.

On the Menu

How good could an egg salad sandwich possibly be? Pretty damn fine if it is made at Cured, the Boulder cheese and fine foods purveyor. The kitchen uses carefully boiled fresh local organic eggs in a silky mix that is generously spread on a pretzel roll along with fresh greens and house-pickled red onions. The sandwiches are pre-made and only sold on Saturdays at Cured until they run out (which is usually very quickly). To gild the lily, add a few paper-thin slices of prosciutto.

Words to Chew On

“What I say is that, if a man really likes potatoes, he must be a pretty decent sort of fellow.” — A.A. Milne, author of Winniethe-Pooh (1926) John Lehndorff hosts Radio Nibbles at 8:25 a.m. Thursdays on KGNU, 88.5 FM, 1390 FM, kgnu.org. To listen to archived shows and read John’s blog visit news.kgnu.org/category/features/radionibbles. Send your comments, questions, baked goods and quibbles to: Nibbles@ boulderweekly.com. Boulder Weekly

drink Finally, a definitive guide to Napa Valley by David White

hen Kelli White, one of the nation’s most impressive sommeliers, realized that her bookshelf lacked a definitive guide to Napa Valley, she simply wrote one. Napa Valley, Then & Now shipped out last month. Available only online, the well-researched, smartly organized book is a long overdue addition to the global wine cannon. White’s path towards writing the book began at Veritas, the now defunct wine retreat in New York City. From the turn of the millennium till 2013, Wall Street’s wine obsessives spent their evenings there. Virtually everything an oenophile could want was on offer; the restaurant boasted a cellar of 75,000 bottles. While the economy roared, wine geeks eagerly drained their bank accounts at Veritas each night. But then the market crashed. During the post-boom haze, White headed up Veritas’ sommelier team. New York’s profligate spending had slowed, of course, but White was still opening some of the greatest wines in the world each night. New York wasn’t the same, though. So White and her boyfriend — sommelier Scott Brenner, who opened a wine bar as the economy tumbled — began looking for a change. In the spring of 2010, they left for Napa Valley to revamp the wine program at Press, a steakhouse in St. Helena. Inspired by the provincial wine lists that spot Europe’s wine regions, Press’ owner, Leslie Rudd, tasked White and Brenner with creating an all-Napa wine program. So they immersed themselves in Napa Valley. And Press quickly gained a reputation for the breadth and depth of its program. Eager to show guests that Napa could offer more than Cabernet Sauvignon and Sauvignon Blanc, White and Brenner filled their list with obscure varieties like Charbono, Ribolla Gialla and Albarino. Eager, too, to show off the ageability of Napa’s top wines, White and Brenner purchased older bottlings from area wineries and collectors. Press became a required stop for history buffs. White noticed, though, that some oenophiles could stump her with their questions. This never happened at Veritas, even though the wine program there was considerably more extensive. The reason? When confronted with difficult questions about vine age, soil type, viticultural practices and the like, White could run to her office and consult reference books like Clive Coates’ Cote d’Or, Robert Parker’s Wines of the Rhone Valley, or Jancis Robinson’s World Atlas of Wine. Such books are indispensible for sommeliers. But there wasn’t a comprehensive guide to Napa Valley. As White explains in the book’s introduction, “Though there were great books about the history and the nitty-gritty geology of the region, the more traditionally styled books profiling the producers were either woefully out of date or too broad in scope to provide the level of information I required.” So she decided to write one. The 1250-page tome chronicles the history of Napa Valley from its earliest days. The writing is honest, examining the Valley’s triumphs and its failures. White profiles over 200 other producers, from “the large-scale and the Lilliputian, the cult and the quaffer, the founders and the new wave.” Importantly, she also checks in on the arc of every producer’s wines, sharing tasting notes on current releases and back vintages. Napa Valley finally has a definitive guide. And it belongs on every oenophile’s bookshelf. David White is the founder and editor of Terroirist.com, one of the world’s most popular wine blogs. His columns are housed at GrapeCollective.com. Boulder Weekly

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ARIES MARCH 21-APRIL 19: The raw materials you have at your disposal in 2016 may sometimes seem limited. You might not have access to all the tools you wish you did. You could be tempted to feel envy about the vaster resources other people can draw on. But I honestly don’t think these apparent inhibitions will put you at a disadvantage. Within your smaller range of options, there will be all the possibilities you need. In fact, the constraints could stimulate your creativity in ways that would have never occurred if you’d had more options. TAURUS APRIL 20-MAY 20: You know what physical hygiene is. But are you familiar with imaginal hygiene? Educator Morgan Brent defines it like this: “Imaginal hygiene is the inner art of self-managing the imagination, to defend it from forces that compromise, pollute, colonize, shrink, and sterilize it, and to cultivate those that illuminate, expand, and nourish it.” It’s always important for everyone to attend to this work, but it’s especially crucial for you to focus on it in 2016. You will be exceptionally creative, and therefore likely to generate long-lasting effects and influences out of the raw materials that occupy your imagination.

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In giving this positive spin to the cosmic tendencies, I’m hoping to steer you away from any behavior that might lead to 2016 being your Year of Fruitless Obsessions. One way or another, I think you’ll be driven to express your passions with single-minded intensity. Focused devotion — sometimes verging on compulsive preoccupation — is likely to be one of your signature qualities. That’s why it’s so important to avoid wasteful infatuations and confounding manias. Please choose fascinations that are really good for you.

PISCES FEB. 19-MARCH 20: Your symbol of power in 2016 will be the equal sign: =. Visualize it in your mind’s eye every morning for 20 seconds. Tattoo it on your butt. Write it on an index card that you keep under your pillow or on your bathroom mirror. Gestures like these will deliver highly relevant messages to your subconscious mind, like “Create balance and cultivate harmony!” and “Coordinate opposing forces!” and “Wherever there is tension between two extremes, convert the tension into vital energy!” Here are your words of power in 2016: “symbiosis” and “synergy.”

GEMINI MAY 21-JUNE 20: Your mind sometimes works too hard and fast for your own good. But mostly it’s your best asset. Your versatility can sometimes be a curse, too, but far more often it’s a blessing. Your agile tongue and flexible agenda generate more fun than trouble, and so do your smooth maneuvers and skillful gamesmanship. As wonderful as all these qualities can be, however, I suggest that you work on expanding your scope in 2016. In my astrological opinion, it will be a good time for you to study and embody the magic that the water signs possess. What would that mean exactly? Start this way: Give greater respect to your feelings. Tune in to them more, encourage them to deepen, and figure out how to trust them as sources of wisdom. CANCER JUNE 21-JULY 22: Swedish movie director Ingmar Bergman won three Academy Awards and was nominated for eight others. Numerous filmmakers have cited him as an important influence on their work. His practical success was rooted in his devotion to the imagination. “I am living permanently in my dream, from which I make brief forays into reality,” he said. Can you guess his astrological sign? Cancer the Crab, of course! No other tribe is better suited at moving back and forth between the two worlds. At least potentially, you are virtuosos at interweaving fantasy with earthy concerns. The coming year will afford you unprecedented opportunities to further develop and use this skill. LEO JULY 23-AUG. 22: Avoid pain and pursue pleasure. Be kind, not cruel. Abstain from self-pity and ask for the help you need. Instead of complaining, express gratitude. Dodge time-wasting activities and do things that are meaningful to you. Shun people who disrespect you and seek the company of those who enjoy you. Don’t expose yourself to sickening, violent entertainment; fill your imagination up with uplifting stories. Does the advice I’m offering in this horoscope seem overly simple and obvious? That’s no accident. In my opinion, what you need most in 2016 is to refresh your relationship with fundamental principles. VIRGO AUG. 23-SEPT. 22: Many of the atoms that compose your flesh and blood were not part of your body 12 months ago. That’s because every year, 98 percent of you is replaced. Old cells are constantly dying, giving way to new cells that are made from the air, food, and water you ingest. This is true about everyone, of course. You’re not the only one whose physical form is regularly recycled. But here’s what will be unique about you in 2016: Your soul will match your body’s rapid transformations. In fact, the turnover is already underway. By your next birthday, you may be so new you’ll barely recognize yourself. I urge you to take full charge of this opportunity! Who do you want to become?

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Dear Dan: After spending some years in the doldrums after having kids, my husband and I are now enjoying hot kinky sex and the occasional free pass to fuck other people. We couldn’t be happier. I have a friend who was extremely keen for me to cage his cock with the same kind of locking male chastity device I got for my husband — a fixedring stainless-steel type. I have two questions: (1) It took some maneuvering to get my husband’s balls through one by one, followed by his cock, but he managed. Is it okay for his balls to swell up tight, get cold, and go purple when he’s wearing the cock cage and he is aroused? He says it doesn’t hurt, and he is wearing it only while I peg him — a couple of hours tops. I worry that even though he can squeeze into the ring, he might be cutting off circulation and doing damage. (2) My friend couldn’t get his balls and cock into the cage. His balls never dropped as a child, so he had an operation that pulled them down but fixed them in place. Consequently they sit “high and tight” and can’t be pulled away from his body. Can you recommend a cage that might fit him? He is into total submission and orgasm denial, and he wants to experience long-term forced chastity and relinquish control of his dick to me. (Hot, right?!) If a cage can’t work for him, are there other toys/methods I can use to give him that sense of surrendered cock and loss of control? — Bitch Ably Locking Lucky Sluts Up Properly Dear BALLSUP: 1. “The first rule of thumb when it comes to male chastity is this: If the balls go blue or cold, take the fucking cock cage off!” says Christopher Miers, the founder and creative force behind Steelwerks (steelwerksextreme.com), purveyors of the world’s finest male chastity devices. “I’m a firm believer in play safe, stay comfortable and cause pain or discomfort only when it’s asked for and

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nobody is at risk of long-term damage,” Miers says. “So for the sake of their marriage and the longevity of their hot kinky sex life, BALLSUP needs to get her guy a cage that keeps him trapped but still in the realm of safe!” A short primer for readers who aren’t familiar with male chastity devices: Most are anchored in place by a ring that goes around the shaft and behind the balls. The penis slides into a cylinder that attaches to the top of the ring, and the cylinder prevents erections and can even punish erections. (Some are lined with spikes.) Once the chastity device is locked — cheaper ones with a wee padlock, custom ones with something more artful — there’s no way to remove it (and free the cock) without tearing the balls off. Back to you, BALLSUP: Miers has been creating custom-made, high-quality stainless-steel male chastity devices for 15 years — so he’s the recognized expert on male chastity devices here, not your husband. Listen to Miers and toss the device you’re using now and get your husband a chastity cage that doesn’t turn his balls purple. You may have to experiment with some other designs and an assortment of cock rings before you find the one that locks his cock down without choking his balls off. “I often hear from guys who wear cages made with a one-piece, slip-on-style cock ring that it allows them to slip in easily and comfortably — but a lot of guys can remove these chastity devices even when they’re locked,” Miers says. “But a cage with a smaller, more secure cock ring often results in a cock ring that is too tight, especially when

the person is using cheaper, mass-produced cages. The best chastity devices are ones that come with a cock ring that can be opened via a hinge or taken apart — then you can get a ring that might be too small to push his balls through using the one-ball-after-the-other method, but because the ring comes apart, getting it on and off is much easier while providing the safety and inescapability both parties are looking for.” 2. “I encountered my first client with the ‘balls not dropping issue’ a few years back, and it is a challenge when it comes to chastity,” Miers says. “For most of these guys, I encourage a PA as a means of anchoring a lightweight chastity device.” (A PA, also known as a Prince Albert, involves poking a bonus hole in the urethra below the head of the cock and putting a ring through it.) “A PA combined with a chastity device is the most durable and secure way to lock a guy’s cock up for long-term orgasm denial and forced chastity play.” But if your friend can handle some pressure on his balls, BALLSUP, a traditional style chastity device with a hinged or two-piece cock ring might work. “Because his balls sit high and tight, it is important that the scrotal gap (the gap between the front of the cock ring and the tube opening) isn’t too tight, as this could possibly put more pressure on his balls,” Miers says. “The last option would be a full chastity belt. While some of the belts out there are incredibly sexy and completely secure, experience and client feedback tell me that in the long-term, these are not ideal for a guy who wants to be kept in chastity every day.” You can follow Christopher Miers on Twitter @steelwerks. Send questions to mail@savagelove.net and follow @ fakedansavage on Twitter.

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