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Highroad Searching for integrity in Trumplandia by Jim Hightower

ring those jobs back home, Donald Trump bellowed to those greedheaded corporate executives who’ve hauled our middle-class jobs out of country, or I’ll slap you with a big tariff when you try to sell your foreign-made products here. Great stuff, Donnie — and to prove you mean business, I know just the CEO you should target first: Her name is Ivanka. Yes, your daughter! Her multimillion-dollar line of clothing and acces-

sories, sold through major national retailers, ranging from Macy’s to Amazon, are pitched to America’s working women. Yet, practically all of her products are made on the cheap in lowwage factories in China, Indonesia, Vietnam — anywhere except America. Imagine the message it would send to runaway corporations and the integrity it would establish for The Donald if he slapped his first tariffs on Ivanka’s goods! But, neither Daddy Trump nor the daughter want to discuss the embarrassing conflict between his political bluster and her ethic of runaway capitalism. Instead, she’s tried to dodge the issue by saying it doesn’t matter, since she’ll “separate” herself from the business if she becomes a White House advisor. Nice try, Ivanka, but the stench of hypocrisy will only grow nastier if you’re at your father’s side while he castigates

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and punishes other corporations that’ve absconded from America. The only way to salvage even an iota of moral virtue is to repatriate the manufacturing of your brand-name apparel. And bringing those middle-class jobs home to the Good Ol’ US of A would also make a powerful political statement. But, no — showing that money trumps both political savvy and the morality of simply doing what’s right, Ivanka says her corporate brand will stay offshore. As a spokeswoman put it: “We want to make responsible business decisions.” Really? How does that “Make America Great Again?” This opinion column does not necessarily reflect the views of Boulder Weekly. Boulder Weekly

the anderson files Trump’s Bizarro World by Dave Anderson

n the 1960s, DC introduced “Bizarro World” in their Superman comic books. It is the fictional planet of “htraE” (“Earth” spelled backwards) where everything is inverted and backwards. Up is down, wrong is right, logical is illogical, giving is taking, insanity is sane, liberty is tyranny. A salesman gets rich selling Bizarro bonds: “Guaranteed to lose money for you.” A number of commentators have compared the Trump administration to Bizarro World, with cabinet picks who are hostile to the mission of their departments led by a plutocratic grifter posing as a working class hero. In The New Republic, Jeet Heer argues that Trump is the Bizarro Noam Chomsky. Republicans have a habit of saying that Democrats don’t believe America is the morally superior nation which must lead the world. However, Trump is a Republican who challenges this notion of American goodness. In an interview on Fox News, Bill O’Reilly asked Trump if he respected Russian President Vladimir Putin. Trump said he did. “He’s a killer, though,” O’Reilly said. “Putin’s a killer.” “There are a lot of killers,” Trump replied. “We’ve got a lot of killers. What, you think our country’s so innocent?” Heer argues that Trump’s point of view is similar to that of the radical left as expressed by linguist and political commentator Noam Chomsky. Heer writes, “Trump often describes the goals of America as not the promotion of democracy and international order, but brutal capitalist pillaging. As he told members of the CIA when he visited their headquarters in January, ‘The old expression: “to the victor belong the spoils” — you remember. I always used to say, keep the oil.’” The idea is that Chomsky and Trump both believe that our nation tends to do many of the right things for all the wrong reasons. Heer adds, “Both are skeptical of claims made by mainstream liberals and conservatives that America has any special moral status. The crucial difference is that Chomsky wants the U.S. to stop behaving in this manner, while Trump promises to be more effective in his Boulder Weekly

brutality and looting. Trump, then, is a kind of Bizzaro Chomsky — one bereft of a conscience, of any sense of right and wrong.” During the presidential campaign, Trump accused his opponents of being hypocrites. The other candidates would point out his inconsistencies but the charge of hypocrisy wouldn’t stick in his case, argues Russian American journalist Masha Gessen in a recent New York Times op-ed. She says Trump was destroying the rules of political conduct: “He was openly claiming that he abused the system to benefit himself. If he didn’t pay his taxes and got away with it, this made him a good businessman. If he could force himself on women, that made him more of a man.” Gessen asserts that this pose is not new: “Fascists the world over have gained popularity by calling forth the idea that the world is rotten to the core. In The Origins of Totalitarianism, author Hannah Arendt described how fascism invites people to ‘throw off the mask of hypocrisy’’ and adopt the worldview that there is no right and wrong, only winners and losers... In the last decade and a half, post-Communist autocrats like Vladimir V. Putin and Viktor Orban (current Prime Minister of Hungary) have adopted this cynical posture.” Trump’s peculiarities have created confusion and division everywhere. Even on the American left. He expressed a desire for better relations with Russia at the time when other Republican presidential candidates and Hillary Clinton seemed stridently hawkish. Unfortunately, he legitimized and condoned Putin’s territorial encroachments and foreign interventions at the same time. It is a little unlikely that his consistently pro-Putin sentiments are based upon a principled pacifist stance. Bill Browder, who once operated the largest foreign-investment fund in Russia, has said: “Trump is a dealmaker, and I can’t imagine that he would be doing this [promoting policies favorable to Russia] unless there was something in it for him. He doesn’t think of it as high treason. He thinks of it as a deal. What that see THE ANDERSON FILES Page 8

letters Moore on target

Kudos to Rico Moore for his investigation of the real reasons Colorado Parks and Wildlife is hell-bent on killing mountain lions and bears [Re: News “Off target,” Feb. 9]. CPW’s credibility with the public continues to crater as they frame “wildlife management” with bad science and pandering to special interests. Anita Moss/Boulder

Off target/fracking

Thanks for this revealing article, which exposed new facets of how the oil and gas industry continues to operate in an unethical fashion, for no other reason than to maximize profit [Re: News, “Off target,” Feb. 9]. Now the Colorado attorney general threatens a lawsuit against Boulder County, even after completely disregarding the citizen’s wishes to stop drilling within the city limits of Lafayette and other places. Read this closely... there are many activities restricted and not allowed within city limits, for the singular reason of public safety. Given that we have already allowed drilling on state and federal lands and we have vast federal reserves, there is no need to threaten public safety by allowing a dangerous situation in our municipalities. If nothing else, I will do my own research as to whether drilling is going on in my neighborhood and if there is any effect on my land such as newly formed cracks on my property (as I am seeing), then I have no other recourse but to sue the state, the city and the oil or gas company responsible for ruining my property and/or tainting any city water source.

We could effectively keep our cities safe from the effects of drilling, if those that call themselves “conservatives” actually get on board with being a conservative. As of now, they are blind energy liberals. Michael Ortiz/Lafayette

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In this case, that’s Despicable Debacle of Deconstruction. I’ll offer no points to the new president for transparency, but what you see (or saw) is what you get (got). The overarching question, then, is what will remain in January 2021. I assume this Congress will do nothing to remove this chief executive, no matter what he does (or will not do), or says. Those fools on the Hill are having too much fun getting even with all those pinko liberal rules, people and regulations. Capitol Hill is very much like a world-class meth lab. Anything goes, because the pit bull outside has got their backs. And a friendly Supreme Court nomination. Funny how the Constitution seems to mean something, once it’s in the hands of a “friendly” mechanic. Not craftsman. This president has no regard for our country’s goals, welfare or institutions. Courtesy? Inconvenient. Fairness? Useless. Alliances? Burdensome, if not perfidious. In short, the only thing that seems to count for anything is his ratings — with himself and an electoral minority. We see disrespect for the judiciary, plus threats against the media, the “loyal opposition,” state and local governments, and especially see LETTERS Page 8

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foreign nations who haven’t yet caught Caesar’s “bowing disease” (W. Shakespeare). How to tiptoe around an immature schoolyard bully who’s armed to the teeth? Are we to find ourselves soon fearing the nighttime knock on the door? What about federalism? If instead of nationalizing a state’s national guard he sends regular troops into Chicago, for example, would he even be advised regarding the 19th-century “posse comitatus” law? Could he spell it? Would he listen? Care? We need to care. This administration, if left alone, is likely to drive our economy, our republican (small R!) traditions, and our reputation into the sewer. Small comfort it would be if once we arrived we would find it necessary to take comfort from our jailers. You’ll know them by their red baseball caps. And they won’t be any better off than the rest of us. Gregory Iwan/Longmont

Thirty days is enough to judge this president

Thirty days into the new administration, we can now characterize the president we’ll have for the next four years: Shallow, manipulable, untrustworthy, secretive, unethical, vain, careless, bullying, divisive. And these all are brought together under the umbrella quality: inept. Trump’s message about the need to strengthen the middle class economic core of our country was right on, which is why he was elected, and if he were able to get over himself there is the possibility that this could be achieved. However, he spends more energy in self-promotion, in distorting reality, in vilifying criticism, and in fomenting adversarial relationships than he does in developing a healthy, productive, focused leadership. He demonstrates neither knowledge of nor interest in the truth on anything that affects his brand. He abrogates policy responsibility to narrow-minded, single-issue supporters with neither responsibility to the general public nor interest in how their ideas fit in the big picture of our free society. He makes poorly considered decisions based on the potential for headlines and adulation. He regularly demonstrates his disdain for civility. He wants to change America from an established three-branched government with time-proven checks and balances to an imperial autocratic form that has been shown time and time again to be anathema to freedom of expression and personal liberty. 8 February 23, 2017

The bottom line is that America will not be great with Trump at the top. To borrow a phrase from a generation to which he may be able to relate, Trump doesn’t have the right stuff. It’s important that those of us who feel that America embodies the principles laid out in the Declaration of Independence and in the Constitution encourage our fellow citizens and our elected public servants to uphold that foundation, in clear rejection of everything Trump, relegating him to the sideshow that he is. Paul Atcheson/Longmont

Speak up to protect our democracy

Since apathy can lead to the end of our democracy, the logical thing to do is take action [Re: Letters, “Apathy will cost us our democracy,” Feb. 9]. When we write, call or speak to our legislators we can influence our government. That is why the House recently passed the READ Act, on a voice vote, which basically means no opposition from either party. When this bill becomes law, it will help more children in our world receive an education. When children are educated, earnings rise, birth rates drop and conflict decreases. So be the opposite of apathetic and ask your elected officials to pass legislation that makes a difference for millions in America and our world! Willie Dickerson/Snohomish, WA

A voice for peace

Humanity wants peace, but peace seems a far-off goal. According to the International Peace Bureau, “The world’s governments are spending more than $1.7 trillion a year on their militaries, more than at the peak of Cold War.” $100 billion of this is going toward the production and modernization of nuclear weapons, weapons which would destroy the planet, humanity and all living beings if used in an all-out war. The United States spends as much on our military as the next 10 countries combined. The figures for what we spend annually range from $773.5 billion to over a trillion dollars, depending on what is counted. China spends about a quarter of what we spend, Russia onetenth. How do we get to peace when we spend more than 54 percent of our tax dollars on war and the preparations for war? How do we protect our environment, address climate change, fix our roads and bridges, fund our schools and health care, and take care of the elderly when the majority of our tax dollars are spent on the military?

We appear to need some help. Maybe a voice from another continent would give us some ideas on how to address our present dilemma. Reiner Braun has been a German peace activist since 1982 and is the copresident of the International Peace Bureau based in Berlin, Germany. He’s has also been the executive director of several peace organizations in his career. He will be speaking on the relations between U.S., NATO and Russia, a topic that has been highlighted in the national news lately. Braun will speak on Friday, March 3 at 7 p.m. at the Eaton Humanities Building, Room 250 at CU Boulder. The event is free and sponsored by the Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center. For more info: Carolyn@rmpjc.org. Carolyn Bninski/Boulder

Christian faith leaders press Colorado delegation

As Christians and as leaders of churches in Colorado, we grieve the action of President Trump to temporarily halt refugee resettlement programs for 120 days, to restrict the legal travel of green card holders, and to ban Syrian refugees indefinitely. We cannot support an immigration policy based on the exclusion of persons from Muslim majority nations. While we acknowledge the need for national security, we do not support fear and anxiety as a foundation for

immigration policy. We are compelled by Christ to offer hospitality to the stranger, food to the hungry, shelter to the refugee, and compassion to all displaced individuals. For years, many of our congregations have worked with compassion and energy to resettle asylum seekers, refugees and immigrants in Colorado. We want to continue increasing these ministries. The current ban will have the opposite effect, drastically impacting the important work of our local resettlement agencies. Therefore, with one voice, we request that President Trump rescind the Executive Order signed on Friday, January 27, 2017 titled “Protecting the Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry Into the United States.” We ask that each member of Colorado’s Congressional delegation publicly call on President Trump to rescind this Executive Order as quickly as possible. Let us work together to create communities of respect and relief for the world’s 65 million displaced persons — including over 21 million refugees — who have experienced the war, hatred and loss of family, community and vocation. Let us welcome them in the spirit of our Lord Jesus who came so that all may have life — and have it abundantly. This letter was signed by nearly two dozen church leaders and church organizations

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deal is we don’t know.” Trump has had numerous business relationships with Russian buyers and investors over the years. Money from Russia was important to Trump’ because bankers on Wall Street were unwilling to lend to him after his many bankruptcies. “We see a lot of money pouring in from Russia,” his son Donald Jr. told the global trade publication eTurboNews in 2008. He said that Russians were key investors in the Trump Organization’s assets. “And in terms of high-end product influx into the U.S., Russians make up a pretty disproportionate cross-section of a lot of our assets; say in Dubai, and certainly with our project in SoHo and anywhere in New York,” Trump Jr. added. Now all 17 U.S. intelligence agen-

cies are charging that Russia intervened in the 2016 elections in order to elect Trump. Such interference is happening in Europe as well. A European Union task force reports that Putin is targeting French, German and Dutch elections with disinformation. Putin has an alliance with far-right Trumplike political parties throughout Europe. We need an independent, non-partisan investigation as soon as possible. This is poisoning the political climate. If the charges are true, Russia might have embarrassing information that could be used to blackmail Trump. If the charges are false, Trump is the victim of a huge injustice. Bizarro. This opinion column does not necessarily reflect the views of Boulder Weekly. Boulder Weekly

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Capital One Celebrates New Denver and Boulder Cafés Banking Reimagined Tour Hits Denver February 25-26 According to a recent study, four out of five Denver residents agree that they would be happier if they felt more confident in their personal finances.* That’s why Capital One has set out on a mission to empower people to feel confident in their relationship with money by redesigning banking to be more simple and straightforward. At the heart of that journey, the newest Denver Cafe (1550 Wewatta St, Denver CO, 80202) and Boulder (1247 Pearl Street) Capital One Cafes that opened earlier this year. “Banking is ripe for transformation,” said Lia Dean, Head of Capital One Cafes. “We want to create experiences that fit more naturally into people’s lives. And that really comes to life in two ways – innovative products and digital tools, and also the human connection we know people to crave.”

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At the intersection of both the digital and physical worlds are Capital One Cafés – a space that’s intentionally designed for how people live and bank today. If you haven’t been to a Capital One Café, we highly recommend it. It’s not your typical banking experience; it’s a space that’s warm, welcoming and highly interactive. When you walk in, you are greeted by Café Ambassadors sporting apparel curated by former Project Runway contestant Shirin Askari. These Ambassadors order coffee for guests using an Apple iWatch and then take them to sit on a comfortable sofa (not behind a desk) to help coach them through setting up an account, paying their bills online, applying for a credit card and more.

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In the face of increasingly aggressive federal immigration policies, the Colorado sanctuary movement grows by Angela K. Evans

hen Jeanette Vizguerra entered sanctuary in the First Unitarian Society church in Denver on Wednesday, Feb. 15, she brought national attention to a growing movement of activists and faith communities around the country working to protect undocumented immigrants facing rising deportation rates and anti-immigrant rhetoric over the last several years. But while the new Trump administration continues to roll out aggressive policies, broadening removal priorities and vowing to deport millions of people from the country, Jeanette has been fighting for immigrant rights for almost a decade. And considering sanctuary since 2013. “This problem has always been there,” Jeanette says. “The difference is that Obama put some make-up on it with a smile and Trump is doing it in a very cynical, blunt way. He’s being very clear about what he’s going to do and he’s doing it.” As Jeanette told Boulder Weekly in August 2015, she immigrated to Colorado from Mexico City in 1997, after her husband, a bus driver, was threatened at gunpoint multiple times. The mother of four and grandmother of three has been working tirelessly to stay in Denver with her family ever since her first run-in with immigration in 2009 when she was convicted of a misdemeanor for being in possession of false identity documents. Although she was given a final deportation order in 2013, she has survived with six-month to year-long stays of removal, or temporary postponement granted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). All through the process, she’s been a catalyst in Colorado’s burgeoning sanctuary movement, asking faith communities to commit to providing safe places where people can stay while fighting their immigration cases. In December 2016, Jeanette applied early for another stay of removal while she awaits the processing of her U Visa application. A U Visa is a pathway to citizenship available to people who have been victims of violent crime (like Jeanette more than a decade ago) and who are assisting law enforcement in the prosecution of that crime. She applied for an extended stay of removal early in hopes that it would be processed before Trump’s Jan. 20 inauguration, and before her current one ran out on Feb. 7. But as that date came and went, and with no response from ICE before her scheduled check-in 10 February 23, 2017

with the agency on Feb. 15, she started thinking about entering sanctuary. If she had any doubts about making that difficult decision, they vanished when friends told her about Guadalupe Garcia de Rayos’ removal in Arizona. Guadalupe, mother of two, was deported at her scheduled ICE check-in — something she had done without incident since 2013 — on Wednesday, Feb. 8. In the aftermath of President Trump’s executive orders on immigration and border security, Jeanette feared she would be next. “I usually get this gut feeling when I know things

ter of the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), a national Quaker immigrant-rights nonprofit, which in turn began sanctuary discussions with several area churches. The discussions eventually led to a the formation of the Metro Denver Sanctuary Coalition, a group of nine faith communities throughout Denver and Boulder County committed to keeping families together and protecting immigrants facing forced removal from the U.S. “The point of sanctuary is not to make some big huge media splash and a spectacle,” says Jennifer Piper from AFSC and a spokesperson Angela K. Evans for the sanctuary coalition. “The point is to be able to negotiate or discuss with immigration (ICE) the positive factors we see in people’s cases that maybe they’ve missed and to push for discretion in those cases.” After the First Unitarian Society overwhelmingly agreed to be the first host congregation, the coalition began converting a basement storage room into a living area, installing a closet and painting the walls yellow and white, Jeanette’s favorite colors. “White because it means purity and yellow means hope, and then the room was finished,” she says. But in October 2014, another member of the community needed a safe place to stay while fighting his immigration case. Since Jeanette still had several months left on her stay of aren’t going to be OK,” Jeanette says removal, Arturo Hernandez Garcia from her new, hopefully temporary, moved into the room painted for her Jeanette Vizguerra in her sanctuary room at the home in a brightly painted room in at First Unitarian Society, his wife and First Unitarian Society in the basement of the First Unitarian children often staying with him. He Denver. ended up staying nine months. Society where she took sanctuary. As Jeanette’s next ICE check-in Before we sit down to talk, approached and with room for only Jeanette chooses a few items from a one family at the church, the coalition began planning table full of food that has been dropped off for her — for another sanctuary space, another place where she tortillas, rice, canned soup and an entire tray of Cup could stay if her next extension was denied. Noodles. She jokes about setting up a calendar for Mountain View Friends Society, a Quaker comfood drop off that extends several months “because in munity near the University of Denver, offered their three months people will forget I’m here,” she says. attic room in response. However, Janette never needed She coughs throughout our conversation, burying her face in the bend of her elbow, sipping on a tall cup the space thanks in large part to the actions of U.S. Rep. Jared Polis, who has consistently introduced priof water. She’s been talking with multiple reporters a vate legislation on her behalf. day and battling a cold at the same time. Her three Historically, when a member of Congress puts foryoung kids, ages 6, 10 and 12, are spending the night ward a bill asking for residency for an individual, ICE with their dad, so the basement is mostly quiet. grants a stay to that individual simply because the legStarting in the spring of 2013, it took about nine islation is pending. months to get a plan in place and set up a sanctuary With Rep. Polis’ help, Jeanette was continually room at the church. Jeanette was involved throughout approved for extensions to her removal. But that all the process. She first approached the Colorado chapBoulder Weekly

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changed with the new administration. On the night of Donald Trump’s election, Jeanette stayed up until around midnight, watching in disbelief as the Republican candidate won state after state. “I decided to go to sleep and get some rest because I knew the next day I’d have a lot of work,” she says. The following morning she started organizing with other activists and groups at the local, state and national level, making plans for “know your rights” classes and protests around the inauguration in January. “As a response to him taking the presidency, we were going to take to the streets — particularly against the climate he created of hate, racism and discrimination,” she says. Jeanette marched in Denver both on inauguration day and as part of the Women’s March on Jan. 21. She began to think about entering sanctuary once again, even as she helped others explore the option at the same time. One of those she talked with was Ingrid Encalada Latorre. Ingrid first learned about sanctuary from her niece who had seen news reports of Arturo’s nine-month stay at First Unitarian. Originally from Peru and facing separation from her two U.S. born children, she contacted Jeanette who put her in touch with the sanctuary coalition. She began going to a support group sponsored by AFSC for families facing or experiencing the threat of deportation. After pleading guilty to a felony for identity theft in 2010 on bad-advice from a lawyer who told her this wouldn’t affect her immigration status, Ingrid spent four and a half years on probation and paid $11,500 of back taxes. She’s currently attempting to reopen her criminal case at the same time ICE has formal deportation orders for her forced removal. It’s a complicated legal situation that left Ingrid little choice but to enter sanctuary. On Nov. 28, 2016 she moved into the room at Mountain View Friends Society with her 1-year-old son Anibal. She hopes her stay of removal is approved through ICE so she can attend the spring court date for her criminal case, without fear of deportation. “It was really a months-long process, the decision to enter sanctuary, because I knew once I entered sanctuary I’d be here for an indefinite amount of time,” she says. “It could be weeks or months or years before I’m able to leave the building.” Every day goes by more or less the same. She wakes up and makes breakfast for Anibal, people come to visit and Ingrid practices her English with them. She and Anibal eat lunch and play, before the toddler goes down for an afternoon nap. She tries to exercise everyday, using YouTube videos or a stationary bike at the church. As evening rolls around, the two have dinner and watch a little TV before going to bed. Most evenings, her partner, Anibal’s father, comes by to say good night. When her older son doesn’t have school the next day, he spends the night Boulder Weekly

continue to petition for a stay of removal while Janette’s U Visa application is processed, she is bracing herself for a long sojourn at First Unitarian. “I have no idea how long I’ll stay,” she says. “I’m thinking I could be here for the full four years that Trump’s going to be president.” For now, she tries to stay busy, filling her days in the church basement planning events and coordinating forums to help educate the undocumented community about their rights, as well as bring the larger community into the conversation through more visible marches and awareness campaigns. “For 20 years, I’ve worked almost everyday, so I’m trying to look at this as a sort-of vacation,” Jeanette says. “But it’s more of a forced vacation.” Even so, she says she treasures the time with her four children and grandkids when they are able to come visit. “The difference is that if I am sent back to Mexico they won’t be able to hug me and make me feel better,” Jeanette says, tearing up for the first time in our conversation. “I want to empower other families to do the same, to tell them if I can do it, you can do it too.” The Metro Denver Sanctuary Coalition with his mom and younger is currently working with more than a dozen Ingrid and her son Anibal brother. individuals currently facing deportation, await action from ICE on her stay of removal But Ingrid isn’t looking for eight of whom will have their stay of removapplication in sanctuary pity. “This is a choice I made, als expire over the next six months. at the Mountain View Friends Society in Denver. and a sacrifice I’m making to According to Piper, more than 60 faith be with my kids. This is really communities have approached the coalition an opportunity for me to consince the election, asking how they can get tinue to be with my family,” she says. “It is painful to be involved. But, for now, there are no other host congrein sanctuary because of the changes in our lives, but I gations besides the two occupied by Jeanette and just focus on the love that I have for my children and Ingrid. “We are facing a critical moment,” Piper says. the fact that we belong together. That clears my mind.” “We’ve been in conversation with immigrants in the Across town, after only a week at First Unitarian, community and faith communities about the need for Jeanette faces similar challenges. more space and also maybe a need for a different “Since I began creating sanctuary, I’ve been prepar- strategy, although I don’t know what that will be.” ing myself mentally,” Jeanette says. “Since I went pubFor now, sanctuary is a relatively short-term lic with my case (in 2009), I’ve been delivering this solution to a broken immigration system, aimed at message, saying there is a problem, but putting a voice leveraging community support against immigration and a face to it, telling people laws are being violated.” authorities’ discretionary powers. Around the counWhen Jeanette still hadn’t heard from ICE by try more than 800 congregations have declared 8:30 a.m. the morning of her ICE check-in, she themselves sanctuaries for immigrants, with only a decided not to go, sending her lawyer and pastor in handful of people currently living in these churches. her place. Later that afternoon, she received word her Although there is nothing that explicitly prevents stay of removal extension had been denied. Although ICE from obtaining a warrant and forcibly removPolis had once again introduced his private bill for ing individuals from places of worship, they are Jeanette on Jan. 30, under the Trump administration it considered sensitive locations by the agency and did little to help. therefore not places for immigration enforcement “It shows that Donald Trump, in his battle against priority unless there is an immediate security threat immigrants, is willing to even trod over congressional involved. However, in the age of President Trump, prerogative because traditionally when a private bill is even this policy has come into question. “We hope that the president continues to honor introduced the executive branch honors that and the last two times we introduced it a stay was granted,” the sanctuary status of churches,” Rep. Polis says. Rep. Polis says. “It really shows his fervor of breaking “And doesn’t violate that as well.” families apart.” Interviews with Jeanette and Ingrid were conducted While Polis’ team and countless other advocates through a translator. February 23, 2017 11

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olorado Parks and Wildlife’s (CPW) two predator management plans have been embroiled in controversy and uncertainty as to their scientific legitimacy since being unanimously approved by CPW Commissioners late last year (see Boulder Weekly’s “Off target,” Feb. 9). As a result, Colorado Rep. Steve Lebsock (D-Northglenn) arranged for CPW researchers, Colorado State University (CSU) professors and members of the Colorado General Assembly to participate in a panel discussion at the state capitol on Feb. 16 as part of the Colorado Legislative Animal Welfare (CLAW) Caucus. Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Executive Director Bob Randall, who oversees CPW, was Wikimedia Commons/ Tony Hisgett present in the packed room. Citing CPW information, Kevin Crooks, professor in the CSU department of fish, wildlife and conservation biology, noted mule deer populations in both management areas have been increasing. Despite this fact, Chuck Anderson, CPW mammals research section leader, hopes to accelerate population growth rates by killing mountain lions and black bears. Crooks, Joel Berger and Barry Noon, also professors in the same department at CSU, asserted the vast majority of scientific evidence conducted both in Colorado and elsewhere throughout the mule deer’s natural range suggests that killing mountain lions and bears is an ineffective and expensive means to alter long-term population dynamics of mule deer. These CSU professors also said CPW’s management plans fail to meet the standard of best available science. They further questioned the plans because CPW has no accurate population data for the mountain lions and bears they hope to kill. According to Crooks, not having scientifically defensible estimates of population size is a limitation of the study. Anderson agreed that having such data would be preferable. But CPW maintains its position that the proposed killing of predators will have no impacts on those populations. However, Noon argued against this statement, saying it isn’t supported by data. He added what we do know is largebody carnivores, like mountain lions and bears, are most at risk in every ecosystem. Furthermore, both CPW’s Mat Alldredge, carnivore wildlife researcher, and Anderson have stated they believe there are actually fewer mountain lions in both of the plan areas than their stated estimates. Crooks suggested a look at the weight of evidence from CPW’s own research regarding the impact of energy development on mule deer in Colorado shows the oil and gas industry to have had a greater impact in previous population declines than mountain lions and bears. “It’s overwhelming that energy development is impacting mule deer populations,” he says.

As a part of this research, Crooks noted a recent study done in collaboration with CPW showing oil and gas extraction may actually increase predation rates on fawns because there are fewer places for them to hide in developed areas. Crooks said that he, along with Berger and Noon, are struggling to understand why CPW’s research showing oil and gas extraction’s negative impact on mule deer, and specifically predation, “aren’t being incorporated in a more fully transparent way in the arguments being made here.” CPW officials did not directly respond to Crook’s question and there is a likely reason for their silence. CPW researchers are overseen by the DNR, which is also responsible for assistance and oversight of oil and gas extraction in Colorado. As a rule, DNR’s role is to mitigate — not limit — extraction activities with regards to wildlife. This is not the only conflict of interest for CPW. The majority of CPW’s funding comes from the sale of hunting licenses and federal dollars that are tied to those license sales. This creates a conflict between peer-reviewed scientific research and constituentbased predator-killing plans. Panelists also discussed the impacts of climate change on mule deer. Noon said there is tremendous evidence that climate change effects in Colorado, such as soil moisture content, “will ultimately affect the vegetation productivity and the quality of the forage.” Since the primary factor limiting mule deer populations is habitat quality and quantity, climate change, driven in large part by oil and gas extraction, is accelerating impacts on Colorado’s interrelated wildlife populations, including mule deer, mountain lions and bears. Noon claims our wildlife and fisheries are greatly stressed, and those stresses will increase as we transform the landscape and climate change takes effect. Therefore, he argues, killing mountain lions and bears to supposedly boost mule deer populations is not the best use of $4.6 million. Suggestions were made to ameliorate the highlighted problems. One suggestion was to require that a majority of CPW Commissioners be wildlife biologists. Currently, not one commissioner has such expertise. There are, however, individuals on the CPW Commission with ties to the oil and gas and ranching industries. Other suggestions included requiring external peer review for CPW-proposed studies and shifting CPW’s funding away from hunting license sales towards the general fund. At one point, Randall was asked if Colorado wanted mule deer or oil and gas extraction? His response: “I apologize, but that’s not a question I can answer.” Following the caucus, Lebsock asked Randall to request the CPW Commission delay implementation of the predator management plans for one year until it can be determined whether or not they’re based in sound science. Randall did not indicate whether or not he would comply. Boulder Weekly

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utdoor Retailer, the outdoor recreation industry’s largest trade show, has announced plans to cut ties with Utah in protest of the state’s opposition to the recently-created Bears Ears National Monument. After 20 years of gathering in Salt Lake City, the trade show, which brings in approximately $45 million per year to the state, is now entertaining bids from prospective replacement hosts, including Colorado, Montana and Oregon. The move will come after its current contract expires next year. The decision follows a meeting between the trade show, industry groups and Utah Gov. Gary Herbert, in which the parties failed to resolve differences regarding Utah’s public land policy. “Salt Lake City has been hospitable to Outdoor Retailer and our industry for the past 20 years, but we are in lockstep with the outdoor community and are working on finding our new home,” said Marisa Nicholson, Outdoor Retailer’s director, in a press release. The move marks the latest in a series of escalating protests against the state of Utah’s position. On Feb. 7, Patagonia announced it would boycott the 2017 show — a response to the Utah legislature’s resolution asking President Trump to rescind the monument designation for Bears Ears. Several other highprofile retailers including Arc’teryx and Polartec have since joined Patagonia in a boycott. “[Gov. Gary Herbert] and other Utah elected officials do not support public lands conservation nor do they value the economic benefits — $12 billion in consumer spending and 122,000 jobs — that the outdoor recreation industry brings to their state,” Patagonia CEO Rose Marcario said in a statement. The American Alpine Club (AAC), based in Golden, collected more than 1,000 letters in support of protecting lands incorporated in the Bears Ears Monument, petitioning the Obama administration to protect the area. “I’m just happy that the outdoor industry has been able to prove itself a significant enough economic engine that this [conversation] is becoming a real one and an important one,” says AAC CEO Phil Powers. “As opposed to years ago where people would have discounted this threat as unimportant.”

The monument In the final month of his presidency, Barack Obama created the 1.4-million acre Bears Ears National Monument, the result of years of efforts by Native American groups and Boulder Weekly

conservationists to further protect the area. The monument is home to more than 100,000 ancestral Native American artifacts and structures, spectacular canyon country and world-class rock climbing. Many Native Americans consider the land sacred or spiritually significant. The monument is now co-managed by the five tribes of the Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition in collaboration with the federal government — specifically the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service. According to University of Colorado Boulder law professor Charles Wilkinson, who has advised the five tribes of the Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition for more than a year, it’s an unprecedented success

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permits will still be available. Increased funding from the federal government will help the park’s managers establish additional infrastructure, enforcement and education. Proponents also see the designation as an economic opportunity for surrounding communities. “There will certainly be more tourist traffic because of the monument designation,” says CU law professor Sarah Krakoff. “If that kind of traffic is well managed and well regulated by the land managers then it’s often a longer-term economic boom for the surrounding areas than other kinds of development.” But the designation is not universally popular. According to a poll conducted by the Salt Lake City Tribune and the Hinckley Institute of Politics, about half of Utahns opposed the monument designation and would like to see it overturned. Utah’s congressional delegation and Gov. Herbert signed a resolution earlier this month urging Trump to rescind the monument. Opponents of the designation cite presidential overreach, the size of the monument (roughly 2.5 percent of the entire state) and potential negative economic implications of limiting the land’s use. “By unilaterally locking up 1.35 million acres — an area roughly the size of the entire State of Delaware — the president has misused his authority under the Antiquities Act and violated assurances made by his Interior Secretary to take into account local concerns before making a monument designation,” Herbert said in a statement after Obama announced the monument. “Today’s designation demonstrates how overreach from the federal government often disregards the well-being and interests of rural Americans.” The abundance of natural resources in the area varies. A 2016 drilling operation by Houston’s EOG Resources suggests some potential for oil and gas extraction, despite a general lack of drilling in the past. Mining has proven more successful — so much so that the Inter-Tribal Coalition’s original proposal for a 1.9 million-acre monument was trimmed down by 550,000 acres to

accommodate future mining operations expected to occur in the area. In any case, the area is so large that one couldn’t realistically expect Utah’s governing bodies to accept it flat out. With two-thirds of Utah’s land already under federal control, and the state being the fourth most conservative in the U.S., it would seem that Utah’s Republican representatives had little choice but to oppose the designation, even if that means losing Outdoor Retailer. “That’s why we have the Antiquities Act,” AAC’s Powers says. “When our other institutions fail to get to the place they need to get to, we do have this tool to rise above partisanship and allow something important to happen when our other mechanisms don’t get the job done.”

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Looking forward Now that Outdoor Retailer has pulled out of Utah, the future of Bears Ears is as unclear as ever. In theory, the monument could be rescinded or scaled back by either the president or Congress, but either option comes with its fair share of legal obstacles. “If Congress reverses the monument, then that’s Congress’s prerogative. But I think that’s less likely to happen — it’s hard to get a publiclands bill through Congress that provides less protection,” Krakoff says. “Even this Congress would be reluctant to do that because, in general, the public likes protecting its public lands.” President Trump has yet to take a public stance on Bears Ears. And there’s no historical precedent for a repeal of a national monument — no president has tried. That the Antiquities Act doesn’t explicitly mention it seems to suggest that he can’t, but modifications to the monument, like scaling back its boundaries, are less clear. Either way, any actions threatening the monument will surely be challenged in court. “The tribes and conservation groups have put in a huge amount of work to have this accomplished. It’s been a tremendously hard thing to do. But President Obama did do it,” Wilkinson says. “If they try to scale it back, there’s no way we’re going to lie down and accept it.” Boulder Weekly

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Canada with an extensive program that tackles mountains from every direction. After playing Banff, the festival then sets off on a yearlong tour where each host city picks their own lineup from the broad programming. The idea is that each venue exhibits the movies that best fit their audience. For programmers and audience members alike, it’s “choose your own adventure” in film festival form. And though each venue’s lineup will differ slightly, the overall intent of the Banff Mountain Film Festival is to highlight unfamiliar landscapes, unsung adventurers and remote cultures. Are you itching to get out there and do something different? Here are a variety of movies designed to show you a few paths — some familiar, others less so — several challenges and some quirky individuals to consider and inspire you. Take Poumaka (directed by Andy Mann and Keith Ladzinski from Boulder-based 3 Strings Productions), a 14-minute film that documents a V13 climb up a tower that juts out of the muggy Polynesian jungles of Ua Pou. Mike Libecki and Angie Payne’s ascent up the tower’s face is plagued by wind, rain, loose flora and a heck of a lot of mud see BANFF Page 24

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walking (running, depending on who tells the story) around his Boulder home with a 101 Dalmatians bed sheet on his head. The P-Funk Mothership had landed in Boulder, and the linens belonged to none other than Dr. Funkenstein himself, George Clinton. Clinton had taken to wearing the bed sheet as a costume of sorts during a three-night run of P-Funk All Stars shows in Boulder. Like the music, the sheets were getting funky. Reminded of the story, it takes Strasburg a moment to regain composure. “I remember that so well,” he says. “That was his outfit he wore onstage and someone said, ‘Can you take these home and wash them?’, and I remember thinking ‘Oh my god, I’ve got George Clinton’s 101 Dalmatian sheets.’” The bed-sheet-wearing 25-year-old grew up to be a giant in the Colorado music scene: the co-president and senior talent buyer for AEG Live Rocky Mountains and AEG Live Northwest, and a co-owner of Boulder’s talent-buying authority Z2 Entertainment. But that night in 1994 Strasburg was still a budding entrepreneur, reveling in the growing success of what he and his business partners had created, the landing site for the Holy Mothership and a host of otherworldly music still yet to come, the Fox Theatre. The Fox was 2 years old at the time, a new addition to Boulder’s clutch of live music venues: Tulagi’s and Taylor’s on the Hill, J.J. McCabe’s on Walnut Street where the Chop House sits now, and the Dark Horse were the live-music settings de jour. The Boulder Theater was out of commission at the time as a result of former owner Richard MacLeod’s costly and ultimately untenable foray into television. 26 February 23, 2017

But the Fox was creating something new, a place where folks could see live music nearly every night of the week — and they could see it cheap. (Think: $7.35 for Radiohead during the Pablo Honey years.) With a complete remodel before they opened on March 6, 1992, and the installation of a world-class sound system rivaled by few other clubs in the country, the Fox became an incubator for artists, sound and lighting engineers, photographers, talent buyers and damn near anyone that graced the building at 1135 13th St. with their presence. That was clear in 1994, when the little nightclub that could was only a toddler. This year the Fox turns 25, and much like Strasburg at 25, it’s still running around wearing a 101 Dalmatians bed sheet, so to speak. It’s still a place for music lovers to revel, to find new music or stand so close to a cultural icon they can smell the sweat. It’s a place where local acts can grow and touring acts can gain traction. It’s where folks who want to make the music biz their biz go to learn how to be the best at their craft. And it’s still one funky party.

A very, very brief history of the Fox The history of the Fox is well documented; its home, the building at 1135 13th St., was constructed in 1926, originally as the Rialto Theatre, which may or may not have been a vaudevillian stage. It changed hands — and street numbers, and businesses — a number of times. Few businesses lasted more than five years, save the 500-seat movie theater that was installed in 1961. That one stuck for 30 years. And then came The Pyramid Group. The idea for the Fox as a nightclub was born two years before the club itself came to life, back in December of 1990. Still a student at Colorado College, a young Don Strasburg was promoting a concert for The Samples at Colorado Spring’s Fine Arts Center. It was there he Boulder Weekly

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the Fox Theatre becomes a classic by met two folks that set that idea in motion: the band’s manager, Ted Guggenheim, and Samples acoustic guitar player Charles Hambleton. The two convinced Strasburg that he was up to the task of starting a club in Boulder. And that was the moment the idea of the Fox Theatre was born. But there’s always a lot to do when you have a baby — or a nightclub — like amassing the capital necessary to purchase or lease a space. Then there was the very real likelihood that the space would need to be gutted and remodeled. Then there was the matter of equipping the venue with a sound system. Strasburg was 20 years old at the time. He was going to need some help. So, naturally, he partnered up with a couple of other 20-somethings, his buddies Dave MacKenzie, James Hambleton (Charles’ brother) and Jon O’Leary. They eventually rounded out the crew with an old hand of the business, Dicke Sidman, a former production manager at the Boulder Theater. At first, the team — who’d dubbed themselves The Pyramid Group — had their eyes on the Peak Theater at the 1109 Walnut Building (today the home of Boulder House), but they lost the bid. It was all for the best, really, after Strasburg stopped at the Fox Movie Theater on the Hill one day and asked if they’d be interested in selling the space. The rest is history.

‘Where the sound is the difference’ “We hoped that the Fox would be the place that really accepted and welcomed the music community,” Strasburg says. “We felt that the other venues operating in the area at the time had a much different perspective toward the customer and how they were being treated. We felt we had to treat people like we wanted to be treated. ... At 22 years old, your perception of how you’re treated at a club is different than a 40 year old.” So The Pyramid Group began recruiting the best and the brightest to help them create a venue that would, more than a decade later, earn a nod from Rolling Stone as the fourth best rock club in America. Boulder Weekly

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One of those folks was audio wunderkind Bret Dowlen. Dowlen is the kid who made speaker cabinets in woodshop while you made a crappy shelf that your mother pretended to love and your father hung in the spare room so you wouldn’t feel bad. As an adult he became the man behind the sound at many of your favorite Front Range music haunts. He built sound systems at the Fillmore, Ogden, Paramount and Bluebird in Denver, and the system at the Black Sheep in Colorado Springs. He built state-ofthe-art speaker cabinets at Red Rocks, and has managed the sound for countless (probably hundreds) of shows there over the years. It was the speakers at Red Rocks that gave birth to the game-changing system at the Fox. “No one had done anything quite like what the Fox was gonna turn out to be, so it was important to set the bar pretty high,” Dowlen says. “At the time there were very few speaker cabinets available commercially — EAW (Eastern Acoustic Works) out of box ... there were a few others out there from England, but they were expensive and didn’t sound that good, especially at this altitude. It takes some different tuning at low frequency chambers and subchambers to make it work up here. So I had the advantage of tuning [the Red Rocks system] at this altitude.” He got the notion that the same system might be good for the new club in Boulder. The Fox was still being remodeled when Dowlen joined the effort, and things were still a little rough around the edges. “When I walked in, it sounded like a basketball arena: no seats, no curtains, they were chipping out parts of the floor at the time and it was a hideous sounding place,” Dowlen says. “So we had them spray down the roof and sidewalls with what was at the time new[ly developed] foam insulation, which deadened the room significantly.” The remodel included reinforcing the stage to negate droning sounds and see THE FOX Page 28

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feedback. Instead of stacking the sound system on the that the real story of the Fox is found in the people — stage, they installed I-beams to hang it from above. in those who created it, in the artists who’ve graced its Since the Fox is located in an area that already stage, in the fans that made it a hangout, and in the accommodated a fair amount of commercial and resipeople who have made it run night after night. dential buildings, getting enough power to the venue Their stories and experiences often overlap, each to handle the load from the sound system was a conperson setting up a story for the next. There’s rarely cern. At best, too much load causes hums and buzzes any demur, because who the hell objects to a good in the sound, and at worst it can blow a transformer. rock ‘n’ roll story? So Dowlen did a speculative estimate and an isolation It was actually Dave Watts, drummer for the transformer was installed. improv-funk group The Motet, who first relayed the Once the acoustic treatments were in place, the story of Strasburg wearing George Clinton’s bed actual system was installed in a day. Tuning took sheet. Watts, who was playing with the pioneering another day. And then they brought in a band — jam band Shockra at the time, moved to Boulder Wall of Windows — to do the first sound check. from Boston in ’94. “We shook it out one night with them to make “[Don Strasburg] owned a house and when I first sure we didn’t have any issues and I Provided by Tony Behrendt Provided by Tony Behrendt think the next night we were open for sale,” Dowlen says with a laugh. Though he had some of the equipment in stock from his work at Red Rocks, Dowlen had to borrow “a bunch of money” to get the rest of the system built and installed. It was a big venture for what was then a small company. “I think it paid off in the long run,” Dowlen says. “Fox kind of obtained a life of its own, in large part due to Dickie Sidman.” In what Strasburg has called his “least favorite memory” of the Fox, Sidman passed away in 1995, just three years after the Fox set sail. “He was the coolest guy. He was a musician as well,” Dowlen says of Sidman. “He knew how he wanted [the Fox] to run. He liked to make repairs. I could go moved to Boulder he’s like, ‘I’ve got a basement,’” hang out with him on the front porch and watch traf- Watts says. “He didn’t realize I’ve got a drum set.” fic go by. One day I looked at him and said, ‘This is Since they’d met before, Strasburg did indeed your job? Just hanging out here and looking at these know Watts had a drum kit. But maybe their roomcollege girls?’” mate didn’t know. College girls aside, the Fox became a nationally “Oh God, yeah. Watts lived in my basement,” recognized name among those who knew a thing or Strasburg says. “[The drums] didn’t bother me at all. two about music, thanks to the work of Dowlen, Our other housemate Bobby, it drove him batshit Sidman and Jon O’Leary. crazy. ... Oh God, those were good times.” It was also the envy of many a club around the Watts backs up Strasburg’s suggestion that times nation. were good. “Anybody could buy a ticket and come in and take “So I grew up in Boston, where everyone hates pictures and try to whip out a tape measure. I’m sure their job and their life, and we showed up in Colorado and pulled up at the Fox and these guys there was a lot of espionage at one point,” Dowlen were like, ‘What’s up? High five!’ and grabbing our quips. “There wasn’t a place like it.” gear,” Watts says. “I couldn’t believe how psyched and Dowlen made sure the Fox was always a step positive people were.” ahead of the game as sound technology moved forIt’s easy enough to assume that the blissed-out ward. He was constantly upgrading the Fox’s sound system, estimating that he installed five systems worth vibe grew from the burgeoning music scene the Fox was creating — and likely a healthy consumption of of amplifiers and speaker components over a 20-year pot, psychedelics and Coors. Boulder was becoming a period. hotbed for jam music, the bedrock upon which the While the Fox has a new system now, an MLA6 Fox was built, due in part to Strasburg’s status as a by McCauley Sound, Dowlen made modifications to Dead Head. Nascent bands that now enjoy cult-like that system to account for the altitude, and still tunes followings — Phish, The String Cheese Incident, and tweaks it. “I spend many hours checking it here in the shop,” Widespread Panic, The Flaming Lips — were rolling into town like psychedelic circuses. Funk masters he says. “It’s not such an easy process, but that’s what George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Maceo Parker and it takes.” The Meters were bringing sweaty, sexy agents of The people Supergroovalisticprosifunkstication to the Hill. When Dowlen talks about the laughs he shared Boulder rolled deep in blues and country from with Dicke Sidman, when Strasburg cracks up about Blues Traveler, Brandi Carlile, Bonnie Raitt and wearing George Clinton’s bedsheet, it’s a reminder Willie Nelson (Strasburg says Raitt and Nelson got 28 February 23, 2017

into a pissing match of sorts over who was going to play first during their co-headlining set at the Fox. “So I’m running back and forth, up and down the alley between their busses, their mangers playing me like a ping pong ball.”) Emerging rock acts hit the stage, like The Killers, The Strokes, Ryan Adams, Sunny Day Real Estate — and Radiohead. Strasburg used to frequent a nearby pinball arcade in those earliest days. His cell phone would get the best signal there, and he could take a breather from work. He remembers a particular day in ’93 when “a short guy with a fluttering eye” came in. Strasburg remembers asking, “Wanna play pinball?” His new friend replied, “Yeah. My name’s Thom.” “I remember teaching him to play this pinball game; he was literally as good at this game as I was,” Strasburg, an admitted pinball junky, says of the Radiohead front man Yorke. “He was just so tuned in. [Radiohead] was on the ‘Creep’ tour. Nobody thought Radiohead was going to be much, just a one-hit wonder. I walked away thinking this band is going to be massive because nobody does that to a pinball game.” As the repute of the Fox grew larger, playing there became a dream for many bands, including those who called Boulder home. Local rockers Rose Hill Drive cut their teeth at the Fox in the early aughts. They went on to perform with other Fox veterans like Gov’t Mule, Robert Randolph and Wilco, as well as Stone Temple Pilots, The Who, Queens of the Stone Age, Van Halen and Aerosmith (none of which played the Fox). In 2007, Rolling Stone called Rose Hill Drive one of the top ten bands to watch. And it all started at the Fox. Lead guitarist Daniel Sproul remembers going to Boulder’s preeminent nightclub before he could even get in the door. “We’d go behind the alley and stand by the doors in back and listen,” Sproul says. “I remember doing that with Big Head Todd. They were a huge inspiration for us. I must have seen them 40 times in concert.” Rose Hill Drive will release their fourth record — their first in six years — on the day of their Fox anniversary show on March 9. Spending years at the Fox, both on the stage and in the alley, Sproul made friends with the employees. He’s known former cocktail waitress Lisa Siciliano since he was 15. Siciliano worked at the Fox from September of 1992 to 2001. She’s now a sought-after photographer, shooting regularly at Red Rocks and the Boulder Theater. She never went to school for photography, but her job at the Fox gave her compelling subject matter and an ever-growing pool of connections. Her job was tough — serving drinks to a room with no sections or tables, carrying as many as 40 drinks at a time, trays lined, the pockets of her apron and pants stuffed, no computers, just a pen and pad — but it wasn’t always thankless. Maceo Parker brought her on stage once so the crowd could cheer for her, and he even encouraged her passion for photography. Boulder Weekly

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Always ‘Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell’ Punk forefathers, Social Distortion, are headed our way by Jim Bolt

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contemporaries, Agent Orange, Black Flag, Circle Jerks, X, The Vandals, D.l., Bad Religion, T.S.O.L. and the Offspring, helped shape the original Southern California punk sound in the late 1970s. Although originally much more of a “hardcore” band in the beginning, Social Distortion successfully evolved, incorporating heavy influences from blues, country, rockabilly and rock ‘n’ roll (all while maintaining its original punk-rock edge). The scorching guitars and distinct vocal style from the first album, 1983’s Mommy’s Little Monster, still remain. Today’s sound is more refined, yet it still captures that unique Social Distortion sound. February marks the 25th Danny Clinch anniversary of Social Distortion’s 1992 album, Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell. The record was the follow up to 1990’s self-titled, Social Distortion. Both albums went gold. Social D was a “Modern Rock” (the radio format term used before “alternative”) favorite from the get-go. In the late ’80s and early ’90s, the alternative radio format was just starting to gain traction on a national level. Los Angeles’ KROQ (which pioneered the rock of the ’80s/ modern rock/alternative sound), and in particular, DJ “Rodney on the ROQ,” helped cement the band in the genre from the very beginning. Front man and founder Mike Ness, has always written songs from his life’s experiences and related observations. It’s his authenticity and ability to tell a story that has helped the band become a perennial favorite in alternative music. In the classic spirit of country and blues, many songs speak of the difficult trials and tribulations of life. Social Distortion concerts are usually packed, high-energy affairs and all-around great shows. When asked about what to expect on this tour through Colorado, Ness says, “We’ll play Heaven and Hell... I’ve also been writing and I would like people to hear new stuff and to know more is coming. I felt like getting on the road again was a good way to kick-start everything... the writing, the pre-production process. It’s just something about playing together every night. The chemistry is already there and everyone’s already in that mode.” Colorado has been a Social D stop since the band started touring on a national level in the late ’80s. “I feel like it’s just one of the first places we established roots,” Ness says. “I know where to go, where to eat, where to stay. It was one of our regular stops.” Formed in 1978, Social D’s music has now spanned at

ON THE BILL: Social Distortion with Jade Jackson. 7:00 p.m. March 29, Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030. 8 p.m. March 30-31, Ogden Theatre, Denver, 935 E. Colfax Ave., 303- 832-1874.

least a couple of generations. Ness says the demographic at his shows has changed over the years. “It’s been a very interesting phenomenon to watch over the last 20-25 years. The crowd is bringing young kids. It’s so awesome to me... parents bringing kids, kids bringing parents to shows. I never wanted to be just a punk band playing to punk rockers. I felt like we already had them,” he says. “I always wanted more variety, people who just appreciate good music. I wanted us to be more universal. I thought when we had that I’d feel validated.” Although there is no target release date for a new album, Ness says new material is in the works. “The main thing is that I’m neck deep in writing right now. I’m really happy with the stuff I’m writing. I put a lot of pressure on myself. It raises the bar and makes it more of a challenge. I feel at this point in my career, I have to write the record to set the stage for the next 20 years.” Traditionally, Social D songs have focused on hard luck, women and life. However, for the new album Ness would like to incorporate a political theme for a song or two. “Typically, I don’t write politically, but I do feel the need right now given what’s going on,” he says. “It’s a change because it’s out of my wheelhouse. You can’t just write a punk rock grocery list of things you’re pissed off about. That’s already been done.” Ness says he’s also become a bit of a historian. “Learning about history helps me have a clear picture of what’s happening right now. As I’ve gotten older, I’ve become a lot more aware and active. I want to write songs that make the Left and the Right think about things.” College radio has always been important to Social Distortion, and the entire alternative music scene, for decades. The entire genre started in record-stacked, basement college stations back in the mid-’70s and early ’80s. College DJs broke early punk and new wave bands coming out of places like NYC’s CBGB (Blondie, Ramones, Television, Talking Heads) and California. They also put bands like Devo, R.E.M. and the B-52s on the map. “I think the government does not want college radio because it does not want people pointing out things and making them accountable,” Ness says. “I can’t express the urgency for that. That’s the youth, and they need to say what they need to say and get the message to the people to hear it. If it wasn’t for college radio, I don’t know how Social Distortion would have survived.” Boulder Weekly

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Music of Renaissance England forms “Voices and Viols” program

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choral piece for “only” 19 parts is almost too easy for the experienced voices of Boulder’s Ars Nova Singers. Last year they sang two pieces in 40 parts, which artistic director Thomas Edward Morgan admits was “a challenging thing to do — in the middle of winter and flu season!” Each of the 40 parts had to be sung by only a single singer, so any absences would have scuttled the performance. With those works successfully performed last year, the group is now adding a 19-voice motet from the Renaissance to their list of musical accomplishments. “The group discovered that having done [the 40-voice pieces] last year, this other piece is considerably more accessible,” Morgan says. The piece is “O bone Jesu” (Oh, good Jesus), by the 16thcentury Scottish comCourtesy of STRING poser Robert Carver, which Morgan has wanted to perform for a long time. It will be part of “Voices and Viols,” a joint concert between Ars Nova and STRING, a viola da gamba trio directed by Ann Marie Morgan. Thomas Morgan and Ann Marie Morgan — they are not related — planned the program together. “Ann Marie had approached me a couple of years ago about doing a program this Viola da gamba trio season,” Thomas STRING will perform with Ars Nova Singers in “Voices Morgan says. “She is a and Viols.” world-class performer on her instrument, so any opportunity you get to perform with an instrumentalist of that caliber is something that you want to take advantage of.” The viola da gamba is a fretted string instrument of the Renaissance period that is played with a bow. The name, meaning “viol for the leg,” refers to the fact that the instruments are held between the legs, like a modern cello. STRING was formed in 2016 by Anne Marie Morgan with fellow gambists Sarah Biber and Sandra Miller to perform music for gamba as it was originally heard. Because the gamba was particularly popular in England during the 16th and 17th centuries, that was the music that was the natural fit for their joint program with Ars Nova. “Voices and Viols” will include verse anthems works by William Byrd, Thomas Morley and Orlando Gibbons, three of the most important Renaissance English composers. Verse anthems are sacred works that alternate between full Boulder Weekly

ON THE BILL: “Voices and Viols.” Ars Nova Singers and STRING. 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 25, St. John’s Episcopal Church, 1419 Pine St., Boulder. 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 26, St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, 1600 Grant St., Denver. Tickets: 303-499-3165, arsnovasingers.org

choir and soloists or smaller groups. “This allows us to have the alternation of textures between the viols and solo voices that play together, and the full chorus,” Morgan explains. “Singers love to sing the music of this era because with independent voices, they always have significant melody all the time,” he says. “There’s wonderful music from the English Renaissance, and when these pieces were performed in chapel, they were frequently done with viols instead of with organ. “So this is a wonderful opportunity to explore this repertoire in the way it was originally heard.” The program opens with verse anthems by Byrd and concludes with similar works by Morley and Gibbons. In between there will be a variety of contrasting works, including small sacred motets by 16th-century Italian composer Orazio Vecchi sung by a few men from the full chorus. There will also be other works in various combinations of gambas with small vocal groups. In each half of the concert, STRING will play a set of two pieces for gambas alone. Each set will open with a fantasia for three voices, followed by a set of variations on the popular 16thcentury tune known as “Browning,” or “The leaves be greene.” One of the most common works for gamba “consorts,” or ensembles, “Browning” was set by most English composers of the time, most often in a series of virtuoso variations. And the program of English Renaissance music gave Thomas Morgan the opening to perform Carver’s 19-voice “O bone Jesu.” A meditation on the word “Jesu” — which Ars Nova will sing with the Scottish pronunciation of Latin as “Jay-ziu,” — this is a work not often heard in live concerts. “It’s quite a challenging piece” Morgan says. “You have large 19-part textures that we perform with the whole ensemble. And then interspersed are wonderful, very decorated trios and quartets, different numbers of solo voices. It’s really an unusual piece.” Besides the Carver piece, what Morgan is most excited about is the opportunity to perform with the gambas. “Because they don’t use modern vibrato, the gamba doesn’t have as directly emotional a sound,” he says. “It’s a much more subtle thing. When you get to hear the music on the level of detail that the gambas can do, it really inspires the singers to perform that way, too. “It makes for a unique showcase of this repertoire, and challenges both the singers and the audience to tune in to the details.”

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The Box Marked Black — presented by Square Product Theatre Feb. 23-25, Boulder Creative Collective Warehouse, 2500 47th St., Unit 10, Boulder. Join Damaris Webb for The Box Marked Black, a one-woman show combining dance, Courtesy of Square Product performance art, Theatre theater and education. Subtitled “Tales from a HalfricanAmerican Growing Up Mulatto. With sock puppets!,” the hour-long performance explores issues of race in America through the story of Webb’s childhood in a mixed-race family. The show ranges from funny to profound but it’s ultimately a thought-provoking take on what it means to be black. Following Saturday’s performance is Being Black in Boulder, a panel discussion exploring race in our city. — Billy Singleton

2/26 Watch Lom Nave Love 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 26, The Nomad Playhouse, 1410 Quince Ave., Boulder, 303-506-540. Lom Nava Love Lom Nava Love follows Shirley Foulks, a community organizer working in housing projects in one of Baltimore’s poorest neighborhoods. The documentary tells the story of several of the families Foulks has worked with, serving as an inspiring account of resilience and dignity in the face of adversity. Foulks works with the film’s director Fanon Hill, artist Navasha Daya and their program, the Youth Resiliency Institute, using the power of art to transform the lives of Baltimore’s families. The three (Foulks, Hill and Daya) will attend the screening and take part in a discussion with the audience after the film. — Billy Singleton

2/27 Listen John Scofield’s Country for Old Men. 8 p.m. Monday, Feb. 27, Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030. Since the midCourtesy of Boulder Theater 1970s, John Scofield has showcased his personal touch on the jazz guitar, playing with legends like Miles Davis and Herbie Hancock. Thirtyplus albums later and a few Grammy awards under his belt, Scofield continues to tour and play music more than 200 days a year. And he continues to push the envelope of his music and that of the jazz genre. His latest album Country for Old Men is just the latest example. Stop by the Boulder Theater for a night of tunes from a powerhouse jazz player.

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WHETHAN SAVAGE TOUR.

9 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 22, The Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-447-0095.

The 17-year-old electronic artist known as Whethan first achieved notoriety on Soundcloud and has since been booked at top EDM festivals, including HARD Summer and Spring Awakening. The Chicago-born DJ, while still in his junior year of high school, has already collaborated with big names like Skrillex, Flux Pavillion and Ashe. Joined by Oklio and the 19-year-old producer Melvv, Whethan brings his upbeat and infectious dance music to the Fox Theatre Thursday for the latest stop on his Savage Tour. — Billy Singleton see EVENTS Page 34 February 23, 2017 33

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Thursday, February 23 Music Bluegrass Pickers. 7 p.m. West Flanders Brewing, 1125 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447BREW.

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Two Degrees takes on climate change and politics. Read more on page 19.

Inside the Orchestra’s Tiny Tots Events. 9:30 a.m. Boulder Jewish Community Center, 6007 Oreg Ave., Boulder, 303-998-1900.

Feb 25

DEAD FLOYD

Open Mic Night Hosted by Brian Rezac. 6:30 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 720-297-6397.

w/ Pickin’ on Ween

Mar 4

GIPSY MOON & MIPSO

Outback Saloon Open Mic Night. 9 p.m. Outback Saloon, 3141 28th St., Boulder, 573-569-0370.

Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None — presented by Coal Creek Theater. 7:30 p.m. Louisville Center for the Arts, 801 Grant Ave., Louisville, 303-665-0955. Through March 11.

Reggae Night with Red Sage! 10 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s Irish Pub, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922.

An Act of God. Denver Performing Arts Complex, 1345 Champa St., Denver, 720-865-4239. Through March 12.

School House Fun Part Deux! 7 p.m. Bohemian Biergarten, 2017 13th St., Boulder, 720-328-8328.

An Iliad — presented by Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company. The Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. Through Feb. 26.

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That Mockingbird. 7 p.m. La Vita Bella Coffeehouse, 475 Main St., Longmont, 720-224-7209.

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The Book of Will. Denver Performing Arts Complex, 1345 Champa St., Denver, 720-865-4239. Through Feb. 26.

Whethan Savage Tour. 9 p.m. The Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-447-0095.

The Christians. Denver Performing Arts Complex, 1345 Champa St., Denver, 720-865-4239. Through Feb. 26.

Winter Wildlands Snowball 2017. 7 p.m. Sanitas Brewing Company, 3550 Frontier Ave., Unit 1, Boulder, 303-442-4130.

HIR. Miner’s Alley Theatre, 1224 Washington Ave., Golden, 303-935-3044. Through March 5.

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The Unsinkable Molly Brown. 7:30 p.m. Jesters Dinner Theatre, 224 Main St., Longmont, 303-6829980. Through April 2.

Free Screening of CODE: Debugging the Gender Gap. 5:30 p.m. Boulder Digital Arts, 1600 Range St., Suite 100, Boulder, 303-800-4647. Smokes & Jokes. 8:30 p.m. Johnny’s Cigar Bar, 1801 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-0884. Up Down Circus — Juggling & Ground Skills Class. 4 p.m. Boulder Circus Center, 4747 N. 26th St., Boulder, 303-444-8110. Friday, February 24 Music Banned in Japan and Retrosonics. 12 a.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 720-297-6397. Ben Hammond. 7 p.m. SKEYE Brewing, 900 S. Hover St., Suite D, Longmont, 303-774-7698. Boom! 6 p.m. Vali Soul Sanctuary, 6717 Valmont Road, Boulder, 720-393-0434. Clash of the Titans — Boulder Symphony. 7 p.m. First Presbyterian Church, 1820 15th St., Boulder, 720-383-1610. Collage Concert. 7:30 p.m. Macky Auditorium, 1595 Pleasant St., Boulder, 303-492-8423. Cultural Cul-de-sac: Women’s March Action 2: Huddle Public Program. 5 p.m. Boulder Museum Of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-2122. Galvarino with All Chiefs. 7:30 p.m. Bohemian Biergarten, 2017 13th St., Boulder, 720-328-8328. Julie Stratton. 6:30 p.m. Still Cellars, 1115 Colorado Ave., Longmont, 720-204-6064.

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Beowulf: A Thousand Years of Baggage — presented by the Catamounts. 8 p.m. The Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-468-0487. Through March 18.

Two Degrees. Denver Performing Arts Complex, 1345 Champa St., Denver, 720-865-4239. Through March 12.

MarchFourth! + Pimps of Joytime. 9 p.m. The Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-447-0095.

Big Paddy! 8 p.m. Großen Bart Brewery, 1025 Delaware Ave., Longmont, 214-770-9847.

Max Wagner. 7 p.m. Caffè Sole, 637 S. Broadway St., Boulder, 303-499-2985.

Broadway, Billboard and Beyond. 6:15 p.m. BDT Stage, 5501 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-449-6000.

Music & Movement. 10:30 a.m. Louisville Public Library, 951 Spruce St., Louisville, 303-335-4849.

The Firebringers Opera and Workshop for Kids. 3 p.m. Center for Musical Arts, 200 E. Baseline Road, Lafayette, 303-665-0599.

Opera on Tap — Meet Your Local Composers. 7 p.m. The Collective Community Arts Center, 201 N. Public Road, Lafayette, 303-900-3430.

Get UR Goat. 7 a.m. SKEYE Brewing, 900 S. Hover St., Suite D, Longmont, 303-774-7698.

Pink Talking Fish. 9 p.m. Owsley’s Golden Road, 1301 Broadway, Boulder, 720-849-8458. Sam Bush. 8 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030. Seth Phillips, Longmont’s Own Geek Songwriter. 8:30 p.m. Großen Bart Brewery, 1025 Delaware Ave., Longmont, 214-770-9847.

Happy Hour Live Jazz. 5:30 p.m. Tandoori Grill South, 619 S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-543-7339. ITB’s 23rd Birthday Concert: Acappellympics. 8 p.m. University of Colorado, Math 100, Boulder. Janine Gastineau. 7 p.m. Caffè Sole, 637 S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-499-2985.

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JK & B United present Jason Kelly Music. 7:30 p.m. Wesley Chapel, 1290 Folsom St., Boulder, 303-443-3934.

Dance Nia on Friday Nights at LRC. 6 p.m. Longmont Recreation Center, 310 Quail Road, Longmont, 303-774-4800.

Lip Sync “Battle for Buckhorn” 2.0. 6 p.m. Longs Peak United Methodist Church, 1421 Elmhurst Drive, Longmont, 303-776-0399.

Password: Comedy. 7 p.m. The Speakeasy, 301 Main St., Longmont, 720-412-8604.

The Long Run. 7 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 720-297-6397.

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Mardi Gras Beer Bash in New Oskar Blues Oak Room. 3 p.m. Oskar Blues Brewery Headquarters, 1800 Pike Road, Longmont, 303776-1914.

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Live Music at Upslope Brewing Company. 6 p.m. Upslope Brewing Company (Lee Hill), 1501 Lee Hill Drive, Unit 20, Boulder, 303-396-1898.

“Night Train to Saudade” Dave Fulker, Don Grusin, Robert Johnson, & Teresa Carroll. 7:30 p.m. The Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826.

Live Music. 9 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s Irish Pub, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922.

Ben Hammond. 8:30 p.m. The Roost, 526 Main St., Longmont, 303-622-5021.

My Blue Sky & All-Star Special Guests — A Tribute to Butch Trucks at Fox Theatre. 9 p.m. The Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-447-0095. Offsteady. 10 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s Irish Pub, Boulder Weekly

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1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922. Opera on Tap — Meet Your Local Composers. 7 p.m. The Collective Community Arts Center, 201 N. Public Road The Collective Community Arts Center, Lafayette, 303-900-3430. Ott & The All-Seeing I. 9 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030. Pink Talking Fish. 9 p.m. Owsley’s Golden Road, 1301 Broadway St., Boulder, 720-8498458.

Art as Medicine: Artists in Recovery. The Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. Through Feb. 26. Basquiat Before Basquiat: East 12th Street, 1979-1980. Museum of Contemporary Art, 1485 Delgany St., Denver, 303-298-7554. Through May 7. Bawdy Bodies: Satires of Unruly Women. CU Art Museum, 1085 18th St., Boulder, 303-492-8300. Through June 24. Bobbie Benson. Community Art Program Gallery, NCAR, 1850 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, 303-497-1174.

The Prairie Scholars. 6 p.m. 300 Suns BrewThrough March 31. ing, 335 First Ave., Unit C, Longmont, 720-442-8292. Courtesy of the Arvada Center/James Milmoe Quirktett. 7 p.m. Caffè Sole, 637 S. Broadway., Boulder, 303-499-2985.

Double Exposure: An Exhibition of Photography and Video. Arvada Center, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada, 720898-7200. Through March 26.

Something Underground. 6:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 Northpark Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757.

Events

Colorado Lowriders. Longmont Museum, 400 Quail Road, Longmont, 303-651-8374. Through May 31. Contemplative Landscapes — Suzanne Frazier. The Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-4407826. Through Feb. 26.

RL Grim + TY Dolla $ign + Blackbear. 6 p.m. Balch Fieldhouse, 2055 Regent Drive, Boulder, 303-492-7931.

Storylight: A Festival of Fairytale. 4 p.m. The Nomad Playhouse, 1410 Quince Ave., Boulder, 303-506-540.

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Dylan Gebbia Richards: Eclipse. Boulder Museum of Contempoarary Art, 1750 13th St., 303-443-2122. Through May 29.

The Arvada Center features the photos of James Milmoe in their exhibit Stop/Look/ See, showing through March 26.

101 Dalmatians, Kids Performing for Kids. 3 p.m. Mt. View Church Stage, 355 Ponca Place, Boulder, 303-8594195.

Mark Bueno: Ghost Lights. Boulder Museum of Contempoarary Art, 1750 13th St., 303-443-2122. Through March 24. Mathias Kessler: Artifacts & Other Errors of Perception. Boulder Museum of Contempoarary Art, 1750 13th St., 303-443-2122. Through May 29.

Matt Angiono. Community Art Program Gallery, NCAR, 1850 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, 303-497-1174. Through March 31.

BEHOLD! A night of Comedy Magic & Hypnotism. 8:30 p.m. The Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826.

Mi Tierra. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000. Through Oct. 22.

The Box Marked Black & Practicing. 7 p.m. Boulder Creative Collective Warehouse, 2500 47th St., Unit 10, Boulder.

Ryan McGinley: The Kids Were Alright. Museum of Contemporary Art, 1485 Delgany St., Denver, 303298-7554. Through Aug. 20.

New Luncheon Theatre Show Opens. 12 a.m. Avalon Ballroom, 6185 Arapahoe Road, Boulder, 303-786-8727.

Star Wars and the Power of Costume. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720865-5000. Through April 2.

Saturday Morning Groove. 10:30 a.m. Free Motion Dance Studio, 2126 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-379-8299. WinterCraft Beer Festival. 1 p.m. 29th Street Shopping Center, 1700 29th St., Boulder, 303-444-0722. Sunday, February 26 Music “Night Train to Saudade” Dave Fulker, Don Grusin, Robert Johnson, & Teresa Carroll. 6 p.m. The Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. dHAPPY HOUR JAZZ. 5:30 p.m. Tandoori Grill, 619 S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-447-9772. Felonius Smith Trio. 5 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-499-1665. Pink Talking Fish. 9 p.m. Owsley’s Golden Road, 1301 Broadway St., Boulder, 720-849-8458. We Are All One: Celebrating Diversity Through Performance. 2 p.m. Stewart Auditorium at Longmont Museum, 400 Quail Road, Longmont, 303-666-0944. Events Boulder Comedy Show. 7 p.m. Bohemian Biergarten, 2017 13th St., Boulder, 720-328-8328. Dance Nia on Sunday mornings at LRC. 11 a.m. Longmont Recreation Center, 310 Quail Road, Longmont, 303-774-4800. Hawaiian Hula Classes. 5 p.m. A Place to B, 1750 30th St., Unit 64, Boulder, 303-440-8007. Boulder Weekly

Ninel Senatorova. Community Art Program Gallery, NCAR, 1850 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, 303-497-1174. Through March 31.

Shockwave. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000. Through May 28.

Stop/Look/See — James Milmoe. Arvada Center, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada, 720-898-7200. Through March 26. Then, Now, Next. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000. Through Aug. 31. Wall Writers: Graffiti in its Innocence. Museum of Contemporary Art, 1485 Delgany St., Denver, 303298-7554. Through May 7.

Mardi Gras Carnival. 11 a.m. Unity of Boulder Spiritual Center, 2855 Folsom St., Boulder, 303-442-1411. Monday, February 27 Music Bluegrass Pickers. 7 p.m. West Flanders Brewing, 1125 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-BREW. Gospel Voices of Boulder to Perform at Golden West. 7 p.m. Golden West, 1055 Adams Circle, Boulder, 303-939-0883.

Upslope Brewing Company (Flatiron Park), 1898 S. Flatiron Court, Boulder, 303-396-1898. Open Mic with The Prairie Scholars. 6 p.m. SKEYE Brewing, 900 S. Hover St., Suite D, Longmont, 303-774-7698. Salsa Level 1. 6 p.m. Art Underground, 901 Front St., Louisville, 720-675-9656. Silent Disco Yoga Flow at The Studio. 6:30 p.m. The Studio Boulder, 3550 Frontier Ave., Unit A2, Boulder, 303-475-8603. Events

John Scofield’s Country For Old Men. 8 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030.

Banff Mountain Film Festival. 7 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030.

Open Mic Night. 8 p.m. Johnny’s Cigar Bar, 1801 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-0884.

IMPROV Round 2. 12 a.m. South Building, Congregation Har HaShem, 3950 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-499-7077.

Events Movement Mondays. 7 p.m. Free Motion Dance Studio, 2126 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-379-8299. Tap Dance Lessons. 7:15 p.m. Viriditas Studio, 4939 N. Broadway, Suite 65, Boulder, 303-444-7888. Tuesday, February 28 Music Live Music at Upslope Brewing. 6 p.m.

Open Mic at Twisted Pine. 6 p.m. Twisted Pine Brewing Co., 3201 Walnut St., Suite A, Boulder, 303-786-9270. Smokes & Jokes. 8:30 p.m. Johnny’s Cigar Bar, 1801 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-0884. Spellapalooza. 7 p.m. The Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-447-1206. Storytime with Dalcroze Eurhythmics. 10:15 a.m. Longmont Public Library, 409 Fourth see EVENTS Page 36

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Dan Brooklyn. 7 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., Boulder, 303-495-3303. Friday, Feb. 24 Mike Lala. 7 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., Boulder, 303-495-3303. Hester Young — The Shimmering Road. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-2074. Monday, Feb. 27 “So, You’re a Poet” Open Poetry Reading. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat Coffeehouse, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628. Tuesday, Feb. 28 Innisfree Weekly Open Poetry Reading. 7 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., Boulder, 303-495-3303. Florence Williams — The Nature Fix. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-2074. Wednesday, March 1 Peace Corps Storytelling Night. 7 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., Boulder, 303-495-3303. Kim Dickey — Kim Dickey: Words are Leaves. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-2074.

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Ave., Longmont, 303-651-8470. Wednesday, March 1 Music Ben Hanna — Special Wednesday Night Treat. 6:30 p.m. Still Cellars, 1115 Colorado Ave., Longmont, 720-204-6064. Boulder In The Round. 7 p.m. eTown Hall, 1535 Spruce St., Boulder, 303443-8696. Drop-In Acoustic Jam — Every Wednesday. 6 p.m. 300 Suns Brewing, 335 First Ave., Unit C, Longmont, 720-442-8292.

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Musk’ N Boots. 7 p.m. Rosalee’s Pzzeria, 461 Main St., Longmont, 303-485-5020. Open Mic Night at Sanitas Brewing Company. 7 p.m. Sanitas Brewing Company, 3550 Frontier Ave., Unit 1, Boulder, 303-442-4130. Reggae Night at the Boulder House. 9 p.m. Boulder House, 1109 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-997-4108. Travel Show: Tales of a Wandering Bagpiper. 7 p.m. Changes in Latitude Travel Show, 2525 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder.

Events Banff Mountain Film Festival. 7 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030. Free Dance Class 3-6 Year Olds — Princess and Pirate Time! 4:30 p.m. Reverence Academy of Dance, 1370 Miners Drive, Suite 111, Lafayette, 303-661-0719. Swing Dancing. 7 p.m. SKEYE Brewing, 900 S. Hover St., Suite D, Longmont, 303-774-7698. Tap Dance Lessons. 7:15 p.m. Viriditas Studio, 4939 N. Broadway, Suite 65, Boulder, 303-444-7888. Boulder Weekly

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ew filmmakers are as devoted to cinema as Alex Cox. Since his debut in 1984, Cox has made movies for the studios, for BBC’s Channel 4, for Roger Corman, for his students and for himself. He’s penned three books on movies, taught screenwriting at the University of Colorado Boulder and back in 2015, he retired to the woods of Oregon to write and live. But the woods didn’t hold him long and last year he ventured to the Arizona desert to film his latest movie, Tombstone-Rashomon, a passion project that dates back to his days as a high schooler. Even passing fans will recognize Tombstone as home to one of the most famous shootouts in the American Jason Graham West: the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. The activity took as Virgil Earp talks with all of 30 seconds and when all was said and done, Tom Director Alex and Frank McLaury and Bill Clanton lay dead in the Cox. dust while Doc Holliday and the Earp brothers —Virgil, Morgan and Wyatt — all stood victorious. According to the history books, it’s the moment when the law pushed back against the lawlessness of the frontier and what transpired on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 1881 has become the stuff of legend. But legends have a way of being manipulated. Were the Earps, and temporary policeman Holliday, justified in their actions? Did the Clanton and the McLaury brothers have it coming to them? Were they set up? “When I was a teenager ... I read Stuart N. Lake’s Wyatt Earp: Frontier Marshall,“ Cox tells Boulder Weekly. “It’s such a romantic story. It’s so heroic and so prejudice in favor of the Earps and Holliday — I thought, ‘What a great story! I’d like to make this as a film.’” Nearly five decades later, Cox’s teenage fantasies have come to fruition, but not without a little inspiration from his students. During Cox’s tenure at CU, he crowdfunded a feature film adaptation of Harry Harrison’s Bill, the Galactic Hero and used his students to bring it to the screen. Bill was funded by a successful Kickstarter campaign, one that gave Cox hope that there might be a new way to make movies. But as Cox quickly learned, the science fiction of Bill proved an easier sell than the Western style of TombstoneRashomon. “When I saw how little money we raised, [I thought] ‘We are so screwed, man!’ Cox says with a hearty laugh. “We were so screwed because we had no money at all.” Cox and company adjusted their already micro budget to $50,000 but still only managed to raise $31,642 with 297 backers on Indiegogo. Not nearly enough to tell their Tombstone story with the ambition Cox had in mind. Thankfully, friends in high places came to the rescue. “We were really lucky because a video streaming company, Fandor, came in and added to the budget,” Cox explains. “Then the producers of Snowden and the Iggy Pop documentary, Gimme Danger, also came in and matched what we raised from Indiegogo and Fandor. So, it was still minimal but at least we could afford to feed people and have horses.” Boulder Weekly

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he St Julien is kind of a special spot for the Boulder Weekly editorial staff, especially on Thursdays after the paper comes out. We’re typically tired — haggard might be the word — and every now and then (don’t judge us) we’d kind of like to have a good meal and a glass of wine in the middle of the day. Just one glass of wine. Most of the time. Don’t judge. On those occasions, we head to the French-inspired Jill’s Restaurant at the St Julien Hotel for their weekday Oh Là Là Lunch buffet, which just so happens to come with a free glass of wine, thus the reason we often only have one glass. Jill’s has the ambience and cuisine of an upscale restaurant without the ostentation: white linen table clothes with matching napkins, big windows for natural light and chefs working at an open kitchen who often chat with diners about the dishes. The delightful Philippe Antoine — a man with a rich history in the restaurant business, smashing taste in suites and an unparalleled moustache — leads the crew in both style and personality. Our own motley crew has some specific dietary needs — some of us don’t eat meat, sometimes we don’t eat dairy, some of us are allergic to squash and some of us have absolutely no gastronomic quirks whatsoever. This is what makes Jill’s the perfect lunch destination — options. There are always vegetarian dishes like ratatouille and slices of vegetable pizza, quinoa and various green salads with house-made dress-

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few years ago, the humble egg went through a public relations nightmare. Blemished with the falsehood of causing high cholesterol, eggs scared many people away. Health seeking consumers eschewed the nutritious yolk, favoring the boring, flavorless white, if they ate eggs at all. A sad sight. Then, along came a Harvard School of Public Health study, stating that the dietary cholesterol in eggs did not raise cholesterol levels in the majority of the population and found no association with heart disease. Slowly, like the picked-on kid in elementary school who grows up to be a tech billionaire, eggs became popular. But not without adding more confusion. We’re now faced with a multitude of choices from Cage-Free to Pastured to Omega-3, a morass of labeling that can be confusing and many of the monikers mean nothing. But they capture your heart and money. To clear up the pasture, here’s the skinny on eggs.

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The Nutrition Breakdown One whole egg weighs in at 6 grams of protein, around 70 calories and heaps of vitamin B12, A, E and lutein (good for the eyes), as well as minerals such as iron, selenium and calcium.

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• Buy in bulk. Eggs stay fresh about a month after you bring them home, usually long after the sell-buy date is past. Keep them in the middle of the refrigerator, not in the door, to retain their freshness. • The color of the shell only indicates the variety of chicken the eggs came from, not the quality. • Keep ‘em cool. An egg stored for an hour at room temperature will age faster than you waiting in line at the DMV. • Use older eggs for hard boiling. Hard-boiled eggs keep see EGGS Page 44

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The Labels, Revealed The Helpful: • “Free-Range” means that hens live outside of cages and must have access to the outdoors. It’s not mandated how much access, so that’s up to the farmer. Want a clear conscious? Buy local and get to know or research the farmer you’re buying from. • “Cage Free” indicates the hen can roam about indoors but do not have access to the outdoors. They can spread their wings, nest and do other chicken things. But, in this instance, their diet consists of what the farmer gives them rather than pecking about outside for stuff in the dirt. This means less flavor and nutrition. • “Certified Organic” meets the standards of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) organic program and the birds must be cage-free with outdoor access, given no antibiotics, and their food must be organic and vegetarian. • ‘Omega-3’ or ‘DHA’ eggs are produced by hens that are fed high amounts of omega-3 fatty acid food like flaxseed. Check the packaging to make sure DHA and EPA are included in the fatty acids, those linked to heart health. • “Certified Humane” ensures that the chickens live uncaged with room for nesting and perching. The nonprofit organization Humane Farm Animal Care works with the USDA to inspect and certify farms. • “Animal Welfare Approved” is a label created by the Animal Welfare Institute to indicate the eggs came from an independent family farm with flocks of up to only 500 birds, where the hens spend as much time as they want in pasture and have never had their beaks altered (this sometimes occurs in chicken houses that are overcrowded). The Virtually Useless Label Fodder: • “Fed a Vegetarian Diet” doesn’t mean much since the majority of time, chickens are fed grain products. • “Hormone Free” is the same since chickens are rarely treated with hormones (unlike beef cattle). • “Natural” only means that the egg contains no artificial flavors or colors. Duh. • “United Egg Producers Certified” attests that the company gives food and water to its caged hens. Um... yeah. I hope so. So whether you’re laying the foundations for a healthier diet or simply trying to mix up your breakfast options, fear no more the ordinary egg and its yolk.

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t smells like stale vodka when you sniff it. Then it singes your throat with its flaming jet-fuel flavor, rendering your throat desiccated and begging for mercy. Sake. This memory is why I avoided it for umpteen years. But a sake enthusiast recently transformed me, and I learned that this drink, at least the quality stuff, is worth re-exploring. Sake is not a spirit, although the lower quality ones certainly taste like a $1 shot in a college bar. It’s often described as “rice wine,” but its production is closer to grain-fermentation like beer. However, it tastes closer to wine and isn’t carbonated. Yes, confusing, I know. Sake production begins by “polishing” the outer layer of specially selected short-grain rice to expose its inner starch. After the rice is cleaned, soaked and steamed, sake brewers use a Japanese mold called koji to break down the starch into sugar for fermentation. Adding yeast and water starts the process of convertsee SAKE Page 46

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ing this sugar into alcohol; then it’s filtered, pasteurized — except for some specialty sakes — and bottled. After a six-month aging period, it’s ready to drink. Unlike wine, sake doesn’t improve with age and should be consumed within six months after bottling. The fresh ones should be transparent, so shy away from those taking on a darker hue. Several different types of “premium” sake exist. To be labeled “premium,” at least 40 percent of the rice grain must be polished away, and sometimes as little as 30 percent of the grain remains after this arduous process. This is one reason for the higher price of this Japanese specialty drink. The best sakes I tried were the ginjo, junmai and daiginjo varieties. Junmai sake is full-bodied, earthy and smacks of wild mushrooms. And it is also the best pairing with sushi. Ginjo tastes lightbodied and has a slightly fruity aroma. Daiginjo falls one quality step above the ginjo, and is the cleanest and nuttiest. There’s also unfiltered, cloudy sake with a milky appearance — the lack of filtration leaves particles of rice floating in it. In style, sakes range from sweet to dry. The sweetness profile in all of these “wines” varies, so it’s best to ask your server before ordering. I found the best selections hailed from Japan, but Oregon’s Momokawa efforts aren’t bad. Premium sakes should be served chilled or at room temperature. The hot sakes you’ll find in many places are heated to cover up their cheap, harsh flavors, much like extra cold beer covers up its faults. Heating sake also gives it that Kamikaze taste, leading many to believe sake is high in alcohol. But in reality, sake is about 15 percent alcohol — only slightly higher than wine. Incidentally, sake contains no sulfites and is free from hangover-inducing congeners found in many wines and dark-colored spirits. Bonus. I tend to think that sake is best before dinner, as an appetizer, or with oilier fish. Try a lighter, cleaner sake with spicy Asian foods or sushi. It’s an acquired taste, but don’t rule it out. I’ve scratched only the surface of this complex topic. To learn more, check out esake.com or sake-world.com

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here are many pleasures to discover during Stout Month, but new beers and new breweries are chief among them. For the past four years, Mountain Sun has featured exclusively Colorado beers on their guest tap list and this year, they had no less than 29 stouts from breweries all over the Centennial State. “We try to mix it up and share the love with as many local breweries as we can,” Mountain Sun’s Director of Brewery Operations John Fiorilli tells Boulder Weekly. “The beers themselves are seldom the same just because everyone’s experimenting and everyone has something new every year.” Cannonball Creek brewer Brian Hutchinson has been experimenting with one stout in particular ever since the Golden brewery opened its doors in 2013 — the Imperial Almond Chocolate Stout (9.6% ABV). “I hate having a beer that uses an ingredient in the name that doesn’t taste like it,” Hutchinson says. “I’ve always found working with nuts in beer to be particularSusan France ly interesting just because they are so subtle most of the time. ... It took me a couple of iterations of this beer to really get to a point where it really lived up to its namesake.” Drinking the Imperial Almond Chocolate Stout is like sinking your teeth into an Almond Joy, which is precisely what Hutchinson had in mind. A similar approach was taken by Ska Brewing, located in Durango, with their Autumnal Molé Stout Makenzie Ketchersio loves to serve up a nice, dark, Chocolate Stout to her thirsty patrons. (5.8%), a beer brewed with three chili peppers: Ancho, Guajillo and Hatch Green Chiles. Few beers exhibit Colorado’s southwest flavor quite like the Molé Stout and that’s thanks to the chilies, which, as Ska’s Arlo Grammatica says, “It’s on everything here.” “It’s fun putting a big bag of chilies in the beer,” Grammatica says. “Chilies tend to keep giving, so you really have to watch the timing and how long you keep them in there.” “I feel like [Mountain Sun’s] tap list grows every year, and they’ve been featuring more unique beers,” Wild Woods Brewery’s Erin Evans says. Boulder’s own Wild Woods has been featured on Mountain Sun’s tap wall the past four Stout Months, and each year Stout Month brings a little more attention to their brewery. “The Smores Stout, people recognize us for that,” Evans says. “We actually sent them a double chocolate version of our Smores Stout. We specifically brewed a smaller batch of it just to go to Stout Month locations.” But some stout drinkers are just looking for a proper balance of roasted malts. That is what makes Durango Brewing Co.’s Imperial Stout (8%) so enjoyable, it’s a hearty beer with a lingering malty finish; just the sort of stout people look for during the colder, darker days of the year. It’s one that former Mountain Sun brewery employee, now with Durango Brewing, Nate Watkins takes pride in. “I love putting the beer we make beside the best beer you can get,” Watkins says. This sense of camaraderie is what makes Fiorilli’s job at Mountain Sun easier and a heck of a lot more fun. “Every year it just gets easier and easier to fill the taps with awesome stouts that are within 100 miles of us,” he says. Boulder Weekly

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that I love you. So I’m doing it now. I LOVE YOU. More than you could ever imagine. And that’s why I continue to offer these horoscopes to you free of charge, with no strings attached. That’s why I work so hard to be a playful therapist and an edgy mentor for you. That’s why I am so tenacious in my efforts to serve you as a feminist father figure and a kindly devil’s advocate and a sacred cheerleader. Again, I don’t expect anything in return from you. But if you would like to express your appreciation, you could do so by offering a similar type of well-crafted care to people in your own sphere. Now would be an excellent time to give such gifts.

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SEPT. 23-OCT. 22: How would Buddha ask for a raise or promotion? How would Jesus tinker with his career plans as he took into consideration large-scale shifts in the economy? How would Confucius try to infuse new approaches and ideas into the status quo of his work environment? Ruminate deeply on these matters, dear Libra. Your yearning to be more satisfyingly employed may soon be rewarded — especially if you infuse your ambitions with holy insight. How would Joan of Arc break through the glass ceiling? How would Harriet Tubman deal with the inefficiencies caused by excess testosterone? How would Hildegard of Bingen seek more emotional richness on the job?

acquiring a new bedroom name, my dear. But should I be the one to give it to you? I’m not sure. Maybe you could invite a practical dreamer you adore to provide you with this crazy sweet new moniker. If there is no such person to do the job (although given the current astrological omens, I bet there is), I’ll offer the following array of amorous aliases for you to choose from: Wild Face... Kiss Genius... Thrill Witch... Freaky Nectar... Boink Master... Lust Moxie... Pearly Thunder... Peach Licker... Painkiller... Silky Bliss... Slippery Diver... Swoon Craver.

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in 18 months. At first glance it might seem odd for an astrologer like myself to have selected two Sagittarians to be my housesitters. Members of your sign are reputed to be among the least home-nurturing people in the zodiac. But I’m confident that by the time I return, raccoons won’t be living in my kitchen, nor will my plants be dead or my snailmail stolen or my TV broken. The current astrological omens suggest that most of you Centaurs, at least for the foreseeable future, will display an uncommon aptitude for the domestic arts.

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whimsical and fluky. It’ll be serendipitous, mercurial and extemporaneous. You should expect happy accidents and lucky breaks. Your ability to improvise will be quite valuable. Do you believe in lucky numbers? Even if you don’t, yours will be 333. Your sacred password will be “quirky plucky.” The cartoon characters with whom you will have most in common are Bugs Bunny and Roadrunner. The place where you’re most likely to encounter a crucial teaching is a threshold or thrift shop. Your colors of destiny will be flecked and dappled. (P.S.: I suspect that an as-yet-undiscovered talisman of power is crammed in a drawer full of junk.)

Carl Jung’s concept of the shadow? It’s the unflattering or uncomfortable part of you that you would prefer to ignore or suppress. It’s the source of behavior about which you later say, “I wasn’t acting like myself.” Jungians say that the shadow hounds you and wounds you to the degree that you refuse to deal with it. But if you negotiate with it, it leads you to beautiful surprises. It prods you to uncover riches you’ve hidden from yourself. I mention this, Leo, because any shadow work you do in the coming weeks could generate rather spectacular breakthroughs.

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Inside a sanctuary in East Boulder, the experience was finally underway with a ritualistic intake of the “sacrament” performed in each of the seven directions — east, south, west, north, earth, sky, interior. Inhaling so much cannabis in such a short amount of time put me far, far past the height of my typical dose. When the time came, I was more than ready to lie down, be still, close my eyes and discover what came next. Loosely, I wrapped a piece of fabric over my eyes and went deep inside. Immediately, I lost sense of time and place and my body felt as if it was shuttling through space. From behind the darkness of my blindfold I was swarmed with atypical somatic distortions and disorienting visuals. I felt waves of warmth followed by cold, my body producing inexplicable spasms of energy. I had vivid imaginations of my mother, of children, of an orange glow and yes, I even had an encounter with Beyoncé. Never have I felt so in touch with the origin of creativity. Soon my internal world was interrupted by the external and I became aware of the group, of which I was only a part. I heard their noises, sensed their movements and suddenly became very aware that I was the only woman in the room — I felt the responsibility of holding that space but also felt slightly afraid. Heightened to a defensive state, my body grew tense and I watched it transform from flesh into a crystalline structure as shards of rose quartz grew out of me in every direction. Later, McQueen told me rose quartz is the stone of the heart and I thought it beautiful that, faced with fear, I sprouted an armor of compassion. My experience was different than a psychedelic one, less intense only because the thinking self came along for the ride, a capable agent in an otherwise trippy world. But the experience was, as McQueen had promised, “deeply transformative.” And I can’t help but stand in awe of the way in which cannabis guided me to confront my own prejudices, just as it has been doing for many along the likewise “deeply transformative” journey of legalization.

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et’s hope this isn’t an example of fake news in The New York Times. Last Friday (Feb. 17) the Times reported that it had “obtained” an “internal memo” from the Office of Management and Budget that contained a “hit list” of nine federal agencies and programs it wanted to see eliminated. The list included several perennial Republican targets for elimination, including the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the Legal Services Corporation, AmeriCorps and the National Endowments for the Arts and the Humanities. No surprises there. But it also included one agency that you would most definitely not expect to find on a Republican administration’s hit list: The Office of National Drug Control Policy (aka the Office of the Drug Czar). “Mr. Trump has spoken volubly about the nation’s drug problems, yet the list includes the White House’s Office of National Drug Control Policy, which dispenses grants to reduce drug use and drug trafficking,” the Times reported without elaboration. “Grants to reduce drug use and drug trafficking” isn’t the only thing the office dispenses. It also dispenses a steady stream of anti-marijuana propaganda and outright lies. It also has actively campaigned against legalization initiatives. When it comes to providing information about marijuana, the office is required by law to disseminate only information about its ill-effects and is prohibited by law from funding research that might show it has medical benefits. (The office is also the rock that Kevin Sabet, the director of the anti-legalization pressure group Project SAM and self-described “quarterback of the anti-legalization movement,” crawled out from

Import Bank, which has been targeted for elimination repeatedly by congressional Republicans, but which helps finance bigticket American export products. Like airliners made by Boeing. Especially airliners made by Boeing. Which happen to be one of the county’s largest manufactured exports in dollar terms. The day before the Times’ story on the hit list came out (Feb. 16) Trump was in South Carolina touring Boeing’s assembly plant and praising the company and its products. Effusively. Which raises doubts about the accuracy of the story. Still, there is one good reason to believe Trump may well be thinking about giving the chop to the Drug Czar and his retainers: They’re a bunch of losers. The Office of National Drug Control Policy has been doing its thing for 28 years. The most notable thing that happened on its watch, if you don’t count the arrests of say 40 million Americans (half of them for pot) and the growth of federal spending on the drug war to about $25 billion a year, is the emergence of a national opioid epidemic that is currently killing about 15,000 Americans a year. In other words, the policies created by the Office of National Drug Control Policy leave a lot to be desired. If the Office of National Drug Control Policy was the policy-making arm of a private sector corporation, the company would have sacked everyone in it for incompetence and non-performance years ago. Trump has never been bashful of getting rid of non-performing business units and firing non-performing employees. It’s hard to think of a more obvious example in the Washington swamp of both than the Drug Czar and his court, and more deserving candidates for a presidential “You’re fired.”

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under. Sabet served as an advisor, propagandist, and all-around mini-me to Drug Czars in the Obama, Bush and Clinton administrations.) Sending the Office of National Drug Control Policy and the Drug Czar to the budgetary guillotine would be terrific news, but the Times’ report should be read with some caution, for at least two reasons. First, the paper reported the memo was circulated within the Office of Management and Budget on Tuesday, Feb. 14, three days before former congressman and budgetary hard-ass Mick Mulvaney, Trump’s choice for budget director, was confirmed by the Senate. That suggests the hit list may reflect the work product of staffers and not the thinking of the director. Second, the hit list also included the Export-

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ALL HAIL ZORON Hey NASA, want to increase your funding? We’ve got a great idea how you can get all the money you could ever want. It works like this: So astronomers have just announced that they’ve found a star that is being orbited by seven “Earth-like” planets and its only 40 light years away. So all you have to do is tell a little white lie. Let it leak that you’ve picked up radio broadcasts from one of these planets and that you’ve managed to translate them. Let it be known that the broad-

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casts appear to be election results and that somebody named Zoron has been elected supreme ruler with 310 electoral votes and that more than two million people attended his inauguration. Just for fun throw in that Zoron lives in a building that really has 68 stories and that he’s famous for his big hands.

Next, it’s important to get just the right media coverage of this leak. Considering your ultimate target, you should probably slip it to Breitbart News and the National Inquirer. Just put an unmarked envelope in the two front row seats in the White House press room marked “reserved” and

they’ll do the rest. And finally, just think of the biggest number you can, put a dollar sign in front of it and tell the president that’s how much it will cost to make Zoron go away. Now sit back and watch your budget grow.

WHO YOU CALLING A CRAZY CAT LADY? When you choose a side, battle lines are drawn. It becomes almost impossible to understand the opposition. No matter how much you try to bend your mind, it’s baffling how someone could disagree with the fundamental beliefs that are so rooted in the core of your humanity. We’re of course talking about the fierce battle between dog and cat lovers. For years both sides have had ammunition: Dogs are needy, cats are sleazy. Dogs are slobs, cats are snobs. Kids that grow up with dogs become functioning adults, while kids that grow up with cats develop schizophrenia. Well, hold your horses, that last one might not be true anymore. A new study conducted by the University College London (UCL) concludes — drumroll please — that having a pet cat during childhood does not cause mental illness later in life. Imagine that! The mere existence of this study might be shocking to some of us, especially those who enjoy the company of our furry feline friends. But back a couple years ago, multiple studies linked cat ownership with developing schizophrenia later in life. The folks that conducted the UCL study say the pervious studies linking the two were misleading and flawed. No kidding, since cats are pretty popular house pets and schizophrenia only affects roughly 1 percent of the world population... We’re just glad hardworking people are spending their time proving things we already knew were true. Now we’re not suggesting the dog people had anything to do with this. But we know some cat people working to prove dog ownership leads to unemployment and baldness. The conclusions are yet to be determined. Here are a few studies we suggest conducting: Do ferret owners commit more murders than bird owners? Does having a snake during middle school directly coincide with increased divorce rates? Do mouse lovers get laid more than fish lovers? Boulder Weekly

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