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Highroad Debt buyers bury hard-hit consumers in lies

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henever a corporation issues a statement declaring that it is committed to “treating consumers fairly and with respect,” chances are it’s not.

After all, if the outfit was actually doing it, there would be no need for a statement. Indeed, this particular claim came from Encore Capital, one of our country’s largest buyers of bad consumer debt — and it definitely has

not been playing nice with the people it browbeats to collect overdue credit card bills, car loans, etc.

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman found that Encore, based in San Diego, filed nearly 240,000 lawsuits against debtors in a recent four-year period, using our courts as its private collection arm.

Problem is, Encore’s bulk filing of lawsuits are rife with errors, out-ofdate payment data, fabricated credit card statements, etc. Tons of them are missing original loan documents, payment histories and other proof of debt.

Debt predators, however, scoot around this lack of facts by simply having their employees sign affidavits asserting that the level of money owed is accurate. Judges, overwhelmed by the unending flood of lawsuits filed by Encore et al., have accepted those affidavits as true, thus ruling in favor of the corporations. But Schneiderman

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found that — Surprise! — affidavits were simply being rubber-stamped by company employees, who didn’t have time to check for accuracy. An employee of one large debt-buyer testified that he was having to sign about 2,000 affidavits a day!

This is no minor scam — one in seven adults in the U.S. is under pursuit by debt collectors. It’s hard enough for struggling families to claw their way out from under the economic crash without having lying, cheating, predator corporations twist the court system to pick their pockets and shut off their hope of recovery.

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commentary Time for TABOR to go

Really BAD Ideas

We’ve reached a compromise. Coloradans don’t get to vote on fracking and in exchange, they get a task force that accomplishes absolutely nothing.

Only politicians could make this Lousy stuff up. politicians.

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olorado’s economy is goods, in part because public services improving and more taxes are less likely to reap the efficiency and are being collected. That productivity gains achieved by other means the state legislature sectors of the economy. For example, can start to catch up on teachers can only teach so many stuspending for vital education and dents, and nurses can only care for so human-service programs which are many patients.” grossly underfunded by national stanTABOR is a long and complex law. dards.

It applies to every unit of government But will that happen? Perhaps not below the federal level including state, as Colorado is uniquely constrained county, city, school district, etc. It spefrom functioning as a representative cifically prohibits certain kinds of taxes democracy. In 1992, voters passed the such as the graduated income tax, a so-called Taxpayers’ Bill of Rights statewide property tax and increased (TABOR), a constitutional measure real estate transfer taxes. which is the most restrictive tax and In 2000, voters approved expenditure limit in the nation.

Amendment 23, which mandates TABOR annual increases in K-12 educamandates election spending. tions for all tax IT. That was in and debt response to increases. It limWE ARE GUINEA PIGS IN A TABOR-related its state revenue cuts to educacollections to a DYSTOPIC EXPERIMENT. tion. Later the cap set according TABOR WAS CLEVERLY state legislature to the rate of reinterpreted inflation plus DESIGNED TO SHRINK Amendment 23 population so they could cut growth, requirAND MAIM DEMOCRATIC ing rebates to K-12 funds. taxpayers when In January at GOVERNMENT AND revenue exceeds Gov. John that cap.

Hickenlooper’s EMPOWER PRIVATIZING The populainaugural celetion-plus-inflabration, former PLUTOCRATS. tion formula is Gov. Roy Romer not grounded in urged reality. First, the Hickenlooper “to sectors of Colorado’s population lead a movement in this state to repeal who require the most state services, the TABOR amendment.” He was such as seniors and school-aged kids cheered. At an assembly of school under 18, are projected to grow faster administrators this month, Boulder than the population as a whole.

School Superintendent Bruce Second, TABOR’s inflation meaMessinger repeated Romer’s plea. sure — the Consumer Price Index for However, Hickenlooper is afraid All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) — that TABOR is just too popular. He doesn’t allow Colorado to keep pace doesn’t even want to ask voters whether with the cost of maintaining social the state can keep the upcoming services. The CPI-U calculates the cost TABOR rebates. The refunds to each of goods and services that individual taxpayer wouldn’t amount to much — consumers buy such as food, housing from $25 (for the poorest person) to and transportation, not the services $70 (for the richest). state governments provide such as eduPerhaps the answer is in the courts. cation and health care. The Center for In 2012, a lawsuit was filed in federal Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) court arguing that TABOR has limited notes: the powers of the legislature so much “The cost of providing public serthat we no longer have a “republican” vices grows much faster than the gensee COMMENTARY Page 8 eral rate of inflation for consumer

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letters A shaky prospect

I can’t wait to see what fracking leaves in its wake [Re: “No solid ground,” Feb. 19]!

Jay Nelson/Boulder

Subsidence questions hit home in Erie

This has been on my mind for some time. I thought investigative journalism was gone [Re: “No solid ground,” Feb. 19].

Here’s a response I put on an Erie Facebook page.

“Hmm, so the facts of the area appear to be Erie landfil former super fund site, NOAA tower detecting higher than normal benzine emissions from gas wells, large amounts of underground unmapped mining, new intense fracking to destabilize already unstable old mine sites, and high bentonite soils (trenches were dug 20 to 30 feet deep and back filled to try to stabilize foundations). Major subsidence problems in Vista Ridge and Anthem also undermined. A new solidification plant with unknown effects. I’d say it’s the perfect place to live and raise a family. The houses next to Rocky Flats (plutonium), Rocky Mtn. Arsenal (nerve gas), Or the new Globeville (heavy metals) development might be better. The nice thing about selling houses to people new to an area is they know nothing about its history. You know they call Old Town Erie a blighted area. I think they got it backwards, all of this new development is the blighted area.”

David Moore /Erie

All for taxation and taxation for all

I do agree with Danish plan [Re: “Real tax reform,” Jan 22] that everyone pays something! As I am in my mid 70s and started paying my tax at 14 years old, I do believe no free ride, just pay your part! Our new national statement should be “No representation...without taxation.”

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Time for independent voters to elect independents

Mr. Dyer, please, please, please do continue to tell your readers all about how deceptive the Democratic Party is [Re: “Deception, the shared value of both parties,” Feb. 12]. I wasted nearly a year and a half working to elect Obama in 2008. Oh sure, we’re probably slightly better off than we would be if the Republicans had won the White House. On the campaign trail Obama portrayed himself as a leader of progressive change. Yet it took six years before he got around to promoting such policies and only then because these changes are destined to go absolutely nowhere due to the Republican takeover of Congress. It’s nothing but pure political posturing. I’m now 62 and have always had no choice but to vote for the lesser of two evils. I’m sick and tired of being triangulated. Now is the time to look for alternatives to the Republican Party and the Democratic (Republican wannabe) Party. Now is see LETTERS Page 8

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This bill would require tax payers to reimburse owners of mineral rights to be paid for lost value by tax payers where hydraulic fracking has been banned or limited.

My name is on two U.S. patents on hydraulic fracking technology. I worked as a consultant to major oil companies, Department of Energy, Department of Defense, and major corporations. I own stock in Schlumberger and most major oil companies.

This bill fails to address the economic and health issues caused by fracking in close proximity to the homes of families including children who all too often have worse allergy problems and often miss school.

Who compensates people that may have almost their entire personal assets tied up in their homes?

Who compensates families whose

letters existence is substantially disturbed by the noise, vibrations, and unhealthy air, as well as the noise and dust from the hundreds of trucks passing in front of homes and in some cases the enormous amount of dust generated?

Who is paying for the very significant wear and tare on our roads as a result of hundreds of heavy trucks using tax payer funded roads?

The fracking industry needs to better develop protections of people and property before suing tax payers.

Bob Norris/Longmont

Municipalization: more info needed

Joel Dyer’s column [Re: “End Municipaliztion Secrecy,” Jan. 15] nailed the gist of the concern from supporters and skeptics alike. The January 14 finding by Boulder District Judge Judith LaBuda regarding Public Utilities Commission oversight creates a new level of uncertainty that cannot be ignored.

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form of government, which violates the U.S. Constitution and the act that made Colorado a state in 1876. The plaintiffs are current and former public officials (state legislators, university presidents, county commissioners, school board members, city councilors, teachers and citizens). Two-thirds of the plaintiffs are Democrats and onethird are Republicans.

If you calculate government expenditures as a percentage of a state’s gross domestic product (GDP), Colorado’s state government spending is considerably below the country’s average — ranking 48th — which means only two other states have smaller relative state government size.

TABOR’s impact on the state’s public services has been disasterous.

The CBPP cites a few examples: “Colorado fell from 35th to 49th in

the nation in K-12 spending as a percentage of personal income.

“College and university funding as a share of personal income declined from 35th in the nation to 48th.

“Colorado fell to near the bottom of national rankings in providing children with full, on-time vaccinations.”

Let’s admit it. We are guinea pigs in a dystopic experiment. TABOR was cleverly designed to shrink and maim democratic government and empower privatizing plutocrats. However, far rightists (such as Grover Norquist, the Koch brothers and ALEC) fell on their face when they to tried to peddle TABOR snake oil in some 30 other states. They failed each time. Does that tell you something?

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of the city’s plan are turning out to be unlikely, protracted, more expensive or simply unknowable.

Our key concerns include: · The affirmation that Boulder must seek approval of the Colorado Public Utilities Commission (PUC) before proceeding with condemnation of Xcel Energy’s assets outside city limits. This extends the timeline Boulder had presumed to begin providing cleaner energy to the city. · The information released borne of the Murphy lawsuit showing possible 30 percent increases in electricity rates between 2017–2019 if the city were to be running the electric utility. · Rulings by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) have clarified — in opposition to Boulder’s legal challenges — that Boulder must get FERC approval to acquire transmission assets from the regional grid borne of their responsibility for system wide reliability. This delays the timing of possible implementation and creates additional potential that the plan will be not approved after years and millions of tax dollars are spent. In regards to stranded costs, FERC denied Boulder’s petition “without prejudice, finding that the Commission does not have before it sufficient facts to address the issue presented.” The implication in the city’s response that this rejection was some kind of legal victory calls into question if the city is being an objective source of information. Furthermore, the city’s varying stranded cost estimates are a great source of concern as we try to assess the viability of this effort. · From a business perspective, it is unconscionable that after this much time there are not detailed cash flow projections showing all calculations and supporting documentations. Besides simply being transparent, all such information will be almost certainly required during the discovery phase of upcoming lawsuits: the decision to keep such information from the public is inexplicable.

More generally, we believe there is a growing consistency among many of the legal and process decisions by the city: a subtext of resistance to being double-checked or questioned on this path to municipalize. For example, lawsuits initiated by the city seek to defer oversight from other agencies. Mr. Pat Murphy’s lawsuit prompted last-minute release of information that should have already been public. Council asked for and got permission from the voters in November 2014 for Executive Session authority to discuss muni issues behind Boulder Weekly

closed doors. This secrecy theme was heightened when the Camera reported on Jan. 12, 2015 that the city worried release of certain assumptions would be “confusing.”

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true sense of the risk we are taking to further weigh if it is a risk worth taking.

The signs are there that it is time to discontinue this path and once again try to work out a partnership with Xcel Energy similar to what Minneapolis has achieved, or consider spending money on community renewable energy projects instead.

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shley is 32. She looks 52. A 20-year addiction to heroin has changed her. She sits in Boulder County detox, nine months sober, and talks about the most traumatic experience she’s had in her life. It lingers more than giving up two children, than walking away from a nursing job, and from injecting $300 of heroin into her body almost every day for two decades.

“He would show up every now and then,” Ashley says. “He’d come find me if he needed something. He lived in Longmont. He would come to Boulder just to get drugs. He had a house. He ran a business. So, I mean, he had a lot going for him, and it was just really sad.”

Ashley is one of at least 750 Boulder County residents who injected illegal drugs last year. She talks about being a part of one of last year’s 13 heroin-related deaths in the county, the acquaintance from Longmont, as the lowest point in her addiction.

“I was actually at a friend’s house.

We’d been staying there because it was cold outside because of the snow. It was really late in the year for snow, which was really weird. I get a knock on the door and it’s this kid and I tell him, ‘No, we don’t have nothing.’ Me and my husband go out a little bit later, and we went and get ours for the day.

“I came back and right as I was coming back, I hadn’t even opened the door yet, and this kid came back and was like, ‘Got anything yet?’ And I’m like, ‘Ah, fuck.’ So I’m like ‘Yeah, I guess so.’

“So I sold him like a 20 bag of my personal stuff. He was sick. I could obviously see he was sick. His nose was running, his eyes were watering, he was shaking. We knew he was sick. We go inside, and I didn’t know he had been doing benzo’s, and the guy we were staying with was doing meth, so while I was breaking up the dope to give to Boulder Weekly

him, he went and got meth from the guy so he mixed the two, which I didn’t know because I was also getting high at the same time. He was in the living room, I was in the bathroom, my husband was in the bedroom, and I heard him say something to me like ‘Ashley, something’s not right’ and I walk in, and I’m like, ‘Shit. Fuck.’”

Ashley says she doesn’t recall too many memories over the last 20 years,

someone overdosed.

“I start doing CPR, he doesn’t come out of it. Hit him again with Narcan, still doesn’t bring him out of it. So I start banging on the door, screaming at my husband, ‘You need to get out and help me now. I have felony warrants out on me.’

“So I’m like, ‘Fuck, we need to call the paramedics. There’s nothing we can do.’ I’m pulling up another shot of

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Heroin use in Boulder County is skewing younger, with high school and college kids getting addicted on opiates primarily through prescription painkillers.

but she speaks clearly, lucidly. She leans forward spontaneously, scratching at her arms reflexively. She is wearing an oversized red hoodie and a graphic T-shirt. She has short blond hair and sun damage. She has white teeth. Her pace quickens.

“So I go and grab my Narcan, hit him once. And he still doesn’t come out of it,” she says. Narcan is an emergency drug that reverses the effects of heroin.

Boulder County offers free Narcan training and supplies monthly, and Ashley says she’s seen at least 10 overdosed bodies in Boulder because she was the only user in her circle to take Narcan training. People called her when

Narcan as we were speaking, and I’m like, ‘You know, I’m kind of afraid to give it to him because basically it’s not working,’ and I couldn’t understand why it wasn’t working.

“And then I looked in his backpack ’cause it was open ’cause he was getting high so all his crap was laying on the floor, and I hadn’t paid attention to it before but the spoon was still there.

The rig was still half full, like he didn’t even do the whole shot that he mixed up so I can’t even imagine what shape he would’ve been in if he would’ve done the whole shot. And I look, and I see a whole bunch of Xanax and I’m like, ‘Ah, shit.’

“So my husband is doing CPR, I’m getting dressed, putting on my shoes, grabbing all the dope, grabbing all the money, and I take off, but by the time I took off, he was already dead. He was no longer breathing. There was no more death gurgle. There was nothing.

“I should’ve been able to stop it and I couldn’t, you know? It’s just… there was nothing I could fucking do. No, there was nothing I could do. It was really traumatic. I’ve seen people die, and this one was really the worst one.

“And I really didn’t even like the kid.”

Yet witnessing that death wasn’t a turning point for Ashley. Not even the birth of her second child last June was enough to get her to quit heroin. In jail from a prior offense, she was transferred to a hospital to give birth. When her daughter was born, the state took the baby, and Ashley returned to the streets.

She smoked meth for four days before she was arrested again.

Now, sitting in detox, Ashley is part of a work release program, hopes to find housing when she leaves the facility in March (or else return to jail), and reunite with her daughter in August.

She thinks about how she might one day tell her infant and her 7-year-old daughter who lives with Ashley’s exhusband in Louisville about her addiction.

She might start at the beginning.

Ashley grew up in Philadelphia and loved training horses. At 12, she says she fell off a horse and was prescribed painkillers. Ashley, who says she “doesn’t blame anyone for [her] choices,” had moved onto heroin by 14, encouraged by older friends who had been selling her pills once doctors stopped writing prescriptions, and who said heroin was cheaper and stronger than the pills she had become addicted to. She hadn’t hit puberty yet and was See HEROIN Page 14

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addicted to opiates.

That addiction trajectory for opiates is common, especially in Boulder County, says Widd Medford, program manager at Boulder County Addiction Recovery Center, the county’s detox facility.

“Heroin addicts … started out probably taking painkillers, hurt their shoulder playing football in high school, starting taking Vicodin or Percocet. After a period of time, they start feeling like, ‘Hey, I kind of like the pill, and all of a sudden they can’t get the pills because they burned all the docs, and then they go to heroin.”

Medford says the brain changes with prolonged opiate use. At first, painkillers reduce pain and elicit euphoria. But slowly the chemicals that produce pleasure and joy naturally in the brain shut off due to the increase in synthetic chemicals that produce those same feelings. Eventually, the euphoria goes away, Medford says, and what’s left is dependence. Addicts need to get high just to feel normal.

“The heroin groups that are shooting up half a gram or a gram a day are the saddest group of people you will ever see,” Medford says. “It’s because the normal things in life — you have sex with your partner, you get a raise at work — there’s this great release of chemicals in your brain. The brain doesn’t do that when someone’s on heroin; so they lose that normal joy of life that all of us experience because we’re not using it.”

Cody Gardner, director of operations for Northstar Transitions, a Boulder drug abuse rehabilitation facility, says he hears the story of heroin addiction starting with prescription pain management pills “probably once a week.”

“We’re seeing people saying it started with prescription pills, where they had legitimate medical needs for medication, and that medication turned into addiction pretty quickly,” Gardner says.

“I think the typical story is, ‘I was in a skiing accident, I was in an automobile accident, and they gave me Percocet, and after a period of time, the Percocet stopped treating the pain.’”

The jump from prescription painkillers, even if bought illegally on the street, to heroin abuse still seems like a drastic jump, to the layman at least. But Medford says most heroin users think that at the beginning, too.

“Most everybody can relate to a time when they either went to a dentist or a doctor … and they were given muscle relaxers or painkillers. And they work. That’s what’s great about them.

They work,” Medford says. “So when

you begin taking them, everyone I’ve ever talked to that has begun taking them, there was a part in [their] recovery where [they] began looking forward to the next pill.

“It catches people because they think, ‘Well a pill’s OK because a doctor gave it to me.’ Then they get hooked. Then once they get hooked and addicted and are dependent on that medication, all reason goes out the window. Most people say, ‘Oh, heroin? No way,’ ‘Needles? No way,’ but if you’re craving it and you can’t get it, and you’re going to go into this terrible withdrawal if you don’t get it, the pattern for us has been pills, can’t get them anymore, then they’ll buy them off the street, they’re too expensive, [then] they’ll buy heroin and smoke it, and then pretty soon tolerance develops, and they’re told, ‘Hey, you can use a lot less with a needle and get the same high,’ and that’s when they go to the needle.”

Ashley says that she had built up such a tolerance to heroin that she had to use three times a day just to function and feel relatively normal. She also says that she couldn’t go back to painkillers after using heroin so extensively, saying that when she was at the height of her addiction, she could “eat a whole prescription of morphine and still not feel well.”

Medford laments a medical system that isn’t doing all it can to prevent opiate abuse. For instance, he says, the average medical student spends no more than six hours on addiction, and doctors often won’t screen for abuse potential.

“If you’re sitting there in a practice and you walk in there clean cut, say, ‘My knee’s killing me,’ he says ‘You know what, I’m going to give you a referral to physical therapy, and I’ll give you some pills just to get you through.

Give me a call if you run out.’ And he’s on to the next patient. Is he going to say, ‘Have you had an addiction issue?

Do you ever bang heroin?’ They just don’t ask those questions.”

Medford says instead of prescribing 60 Percocet or Vicodin, doctors should prescribe about a dozen at a time, so there aren’t 40 pills lying around after the initial necessity for them has subsided.

“And then you’ve got kids,” Medford continues, “that now think with the onset of medical marijuana who think if it’s medical it’s OK, and if it’s in a prescription bottle then it’s OK, and so they take it. ‘It’s not heroin, no way, but it’s a painkiller my dad had for his back, it seems OK, I’ll just have one of those,’ and so they go down that

path.”

And the “kids” who are starting to abuse opiates in Boulder County are getting younger.

The county’s Works Program, which provides intravenous drug users free and clean injection supplies, tracks the numbers and demographics of users in the county. Though data of intravenous drug users is not limited to heroin, “by and large most of it is heroin,” Medford says.

The number of people 24 and under in Boulder County who came in for injection supplies increased from less than 20 people in 2010 to more than 160 last year. That rate of increase is similar for users age 25-34.

It’s also estimated that supplies from one person’s visit to the exchange program are shared with three users who don’t come in, so those numbers could be far greater.

Ashley, Medford and Gardner all say they’ve personally seen heroin use in Boulder County skew younger.

“I’ve noticed it’s more high school kids nowadays,” Ashley says. “[They’re] 15, 16, 17 years old. I wouldn’t even give them a cigarette if they asked they look so young. They’re walking to the park from Boulder High on their lunch break.

“They keep getting younger and younger and younger, and they’re all from Boulder. Like, what are you doing? You need to go home.”

Medford adds, “A lot of college kids will take a painkiller to just relax socially in a situation they’re new to, like a Xanax or a benzodiazepine. That social pressure leads a lot of kids down that road, where like, ‘When I took that pill I was able to relax. I was able to talk to people. My defenses were down. I felt great.’”

Medford adds that many kids are able to stay in school and keep jobs with an opiate addiction. Ashley, for instance, was able to earn a nursing degree and hold a job at a medical facility in Louisville before walking away from the job because, “Fuck it all, I’m going back to the street.” She added that it was, “the worst mistake I ever made.”

Statistics show that overall heroin abuse in Boulder County is also on the rise. Overdose death rates in Boulder County rose 600 percent from 1990 to 2012. Heroin deaths, often caused by mixing drugs or after relapsing, in Boulder County went from six in 2011 and 2012, to 15 in 2013, and 13 (a preliminary number from the coroner’s office) in 2014.

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In 2010, heroin represented less When I first got here [we used drugs than 2 percent of all Boulder County on] Pearl Street, then we moved to the detox admissions. It now represents library, then we moved to Central Park, more than 6.5 percent. then we moved to the horseshoe, then So where is the heroin coming we moved to Canyon Park, then we from, who is using and selling it, and moved back to the horseshoe. They just why are more young people using it? keep chasing us around, and so we hide What’s on the street in Boulder and come out when we’re done.”

County is called Mexican tar, Ashley Ashley says that she knows of about says. It’s brought up from Mexico and five heroin dealers in Boulder, about 10 Honduras. It runs about $70 a gram, cocaine dealers, but that those numbers which would get an average user high don’t include dealers who sell to college about four times, Ashley says. It’s a dif- students, which she says is a different ferent form of heroin from China Wikimedia Commons/Phillipp von Ostau White, Ashley says, which is available on the East Coast, and is much purer — a $10 bag of China White will get you high four times, by comparison.

Ashley says because Mexican tar is black and shiny, thrifty dealers will melt tootsie rolls or cook Coca-Cola into the heroin so as to cut the total quantity sold. When you do get high on it, withdrawals are stronger than those with China White.

“Out here, your stomach’s horrible, you’re throwing up, you can’t sleep. The last time I withdrew … it took me a good two and half months before I was done. It progressively gets worse. Every withdrawal gets harder every time,” Ashley says, adding that she once feared withdrawal so much that instead of going to jail for four days on a minor crime, she evaded police and earned herself a felony charge that’s still being sorted out.

Boulder County dealers are The county’s syringe exhange program provides often “white kids” in their late 20s clean injection materials for free. who grew up here, Ashley says.

Local dealers will go to Denver and buy large quantities from a typically scene entirely. Still, new users are eviMexican supplier. She says the Mexican dently finding ways into the market, dealers are “too scared” to deal in even if locations are not concrete. (A Boulder County because of the concen- recent bust of a Longmont heroin ring tration of police. Ashley says she by the police and FBI revealed deals financed her addiction by transporting were occurring in front of a preschool.) heroin from Denver to Boulder starting Looking broadly at the increase in in 2004. heroin use, Commander Scot Williams Once the substances get up to of the Boulder County Drug Task Boulder County, though it’s not necesForce says the legalization of marijuana sarily easy for people to find a dealer. has had an effect.

“Up here you actually have to know “I think what they’re seeing down in somebody. You can’t just go look for it.

Mexico is the cartels are replacing their You have to know somebody or know marijuana crops with poppies in order some person who knows a person,” to seize demand of the opiates in Ashley says, adding that’s it’s equally America,” Williams says. “The supply hard for police to catch a user in the of heroin is increasing due to the loss in act. revenue from marijuana by those who “You can only pretty much smoke are providing it out of Mexico.” [heroin] or shoot it here. It’s just so To that end, nearly everyone with dirty,” Ashley says. “So most people knowledge on the subject thinks the hide out. There’s cops everywhere. heroin problem is going to get worse in 16 February 26, 2015

Boulder County.

The county is working to curb the issue though, via the syringe exchange program and innovative rehab therapies and facilities. That includes providing rehab drugs like suboxone, which would cost about $1,000 at a doctor, Medford says, to users for free in Boulder County. Medford says there’s at least one support group for drug abusers to attend in the county every day. The syringe exchange program also provides the opportunity to let the drug user hear about treatment. Early data shows positive signs for the efficacy of local treatment.

And so that’s where we leave Ashley: in treatment. She says she wants to stay clean — and nine months is the longest she’s been sober since age 11 — and reunite with her daughters. She says she likes working (even if she doesn’t exactly love the work) and living at the detox facility. She says she wants to start training horses again. She says she’s “leery about it,” because even though she loves it, it “kind of put me in this position to begin with.”

But like other addicts, there are a lot of things out of Ashley’s control. She can’t control what the state will decide on her child, she can’t control what her children will say about her addiction if she is alive to have that conversation, and she’s scared that she won’t be able to control her addiction once she’s back on the street.

“Even if I’m sober for a long time, and I have that conversation with my daughter … that’s going to bring up feelings from her that I really do not want to hear because then I have to face what I’ve done. Like if she has a bad reaction, am I going to go use because that’s what I’ve always done in the past?

“If I lose my infant to the state, am I going to go use and say, ‘Fuck it all,’ and not give a shit anymore? It’s a high possibility because, I don’t know, heroin’s been my life for 20 years. That’s more than half my lifetime. It’s ridiculous.

“I don’t know if I lose my kids and go back to using or something happens, I don’t know if I can do another 20 years. I really don’t think I’ve got it in me. It’s just ridiculous.”

If you or someone you know in Boulder County is struggling with addiction, call Mental Health Partners at 303-4438500.

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ere’s what we know doesn’t know where it’s coming from. said. “I know by Friday I’m not going to saying are safe, the EPA says doesn’t for sure about the At this point, parents and teachers taste or be able to drink.” apply to children?” she asked. “It seems air at Casey Middle and other concerned parties have started to me like it needs to be shut down and Her son, a student at Casey, often School: It smells to say that after four years of tinkering, goes home with headaches. Her husband the problem needs to be sorted out.” bad. it’s time for more drastic measures. At a also spoke to the board, suggesting that Val Wheeler, an eighth grade lanSince the new, $33 million rebuilt special meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 24, for guage arts teacher at Casey and member five years later, maybe it’s time to think school opened in August 2010 and the Boulder Valley School District Board of the faculty advisory committee for the the problem is more than a few driedbecame home to just under 600 students of Education to review the situation, it out P-traps. school, said that the district received a and about 50 teachers, reports have cirsounded like some board members have “I took a big risk by coming here letter in 2011 from a doctor who stated culated of air that smells like rotten eggs begun to consider more radical options because I am not tenured, but I know “that low levels of hydrogen sulfide will and, sometimes, feces. Air monitors and are already pushing for increased morally and ethically that this is not cause health effects.” brought into the school have identified transparency to families — before they right,” Thacker said. “I love what I do.

This year, within a month of school levels of hydrogen sulfide (H2S), a colenroll their children at Casey.

I’m passionate about what I do and opening, people were already reportorless, flammable gas known for every day I try to get kids to pay BVSD its rotten egg smell. attention but I can’t even talk to Those levels, according to them. … The kids there, they’re reports from now multiple thirdnot learning. ... And my job is to party monitoring agencies, are teach them, can I do that withbelow the levels that immediately out a voice? Can I do that withtrigger cause for concern for out being able to taste my food? adults in the work place.

I’m going to tell you no, but I But here’s the thing: That may sure fake it every day, because I not be true for children. want to let them know that During the few days they’ve Casey is a good place to be, gases tested, the school district’s conor not.” tracted monitoring companies Thacker told Boulder Weekly have found levels of gas that she has vomited during class on briefly exceeded the levels the more than one occasion. She also U.S. Environmental Protection said that she has taken photoAgency (EPA) recommends for graphs of air quality monitors prolonged exposure for sensitive that show concentrations of populations, including children hydrogen sulfide far higher than and the elderly. While the levels the levels documented during the are generally low, just around the week-long periods outside comthreshold for a noticeable odor, panies have come in to monitor depending on whose standards are the air quality. Photographs of being consulted, they have also monitors posted to the website been documented increasing ten- Casey Middle School has been plagued with concerns over air quality in the years since a major fixcaseynow.org show levels as remodel. The district maintains there is no medical proof the illnesses reported are tied to the building. to twentyfold in a matter of minhigh as 0.6 ppm compared to the utes. At one point, they surged contractors reports showing levfrom .003 parts per million (ppm) to The public comment portion of the els most often around 0.005 ppm. Tha’t ing health effects, which included dizzi.021 ppm in 10 minutes. meeting saw parents and teachers voicmore than 100 times the H2S level ness, bloody noses, nausea, headaches Students and teachers have reported ing the concerns they’ve been bringing found by contractors. and other pain, inflammation and joint getting sick with symptoms that match to the district for years now about the Luana Rubin said she recently pain, she said. As many as 27 of the those expected of exposure to hydrogen removed her 12-year-old daughter from school’s air quality. Their list of sympfewer than 50 teachers have cited health sulfide — at much higher levels than Casey, having had her blood tested and toms includes headaches, dizziness, complaints in meetings and surveys, she what the air monitors have shown on the nausea, mouth sores and menstrual found what at least one physician called said. Two have been removed from their days they have been utilized. Air quality “shockingly high” levels of thiosulfate, a disruption. rooms because of irritants in the air. reports have also shown that the marker for hydrogen sulfide poisoning.

Jenna Moran came to the meeting What if just as high a percentage of increased levels of hydrogen sulfide to tell the board about her son, children are also affected by the building, The district has asked to review medical essentially go to sleep at night, dropping records of any child supposedly sickened Fletcher. Since starting at Casey in the she asked. from the 0.004 ppm and 0.005 ppm lev- fall, her usually healthy child has been by the building, but Rubin stated that Kris Thacker, a math teacher at the els recorded over the course of the day to sick for a month’s worth of days, includher attorney advised her against giving school, was hoarse when she took the 0.001 ppm and 0 ppm overnight, suging two weeks over winter break. His podium. Having been an educator for 16 those records over. She called on the disgesting that the source of this poisonous trict to take immediate action: “If you classes have been relocated from years, she says, she knows that her worn gas may be tied to human activity. cannot fix the school in two weeks, rooms with rotten-egg odor to the gym out voice can’t be attributed to stress.

Despite having hired several third or lunchroom.

“I can tell you every Monday when I please evacuate the school.” party contractors to identify the source “Why is this going on when the go in, I’m going to get sick by Tuesday See CASEY Page 20 of the H2S, the school district still EPA is saying that the levels that you’re and my mouth is going to burn,” she Boulder Weekly

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“The testimony that we have here, the parents, the staff, people I’ve talked to, indicate that this problem is not any better. … We’re not ready to put it to bed. The efforts so far have failed.

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“Putting aside the acute symptoms, I’d ask if any of you can say that there are no long-term effects,” he said. “The presence of hydrogen sulfide has been confirmed and these levels are anything but acceptable.”

Godman also suggested closing the school until the source of the gases can be identified and permanently alleviated, or shutting down systems to use a process of elimination to determine which contribute to the gases, and looking carefully at the geothermal system for the school. He pointed to information from the Union of Concerned Scientists that the main byproduct of geothermal energy is hydrogen sulfide.

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toms, and can include an accumulation of fluid in the lungs, dizziness, nausea, vomiting and staggering.

“Repeated exposure can result in health effects occurring at levels that were previously tolerated without any effect,” says the Occupational Safety and Health Administration fact sheet on hydrogen sulfide.

About the levels

People can smell hydrogen sulfide at levels as low as 0.0005 ppm, according to OSHA. Eye irritation is said to begin at 10 ppm.

At Casey, monitoring in March 2014

by Quality Environmental Services and Technologies, Inc. recorded maximum levels of .004 ppm and .006 ppm in the three rooms monitored. In October, the same company again monitored hydrogen sulfide in the building, and found maximum readings of .005 ppm, .006 ppm and .021 ppm in the rooms monitored.

These are consistently described in communications from the evaluating agency as levels well below even the thresholds for noticeable odor, much less “nuisance” odors, which they peg at .008 ppm and .040 ppm, respectively.

However, the World Health Organization’s air quality guideline for exposure averaged over a 24-hour period is 0.0106 parts per million. According to Earthworks, the World Health Organization also recommends that “concentrations not exceed 0.005 ppm over a 30-minute period to avoid substantial complaints about odor.”

Earthworks also reports that state standards for exposure to hydrogen sulfide over a 24-hour period range from .00065 ppm in Massachusetts to .2 ppm in Oklahoma.

Casey’s reports show it exceeding Massachusetts’ standard, but staying well below Oklahoma’s.

According to Occupational Health & Safety, the EPA and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry estimates safe lifetime exposure levels at 0.7 parts per billion — or 0.0007 parts per million — and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry lists 30 parts per billion as the acceptable level for chronic exposure. EPA health scientists recommend no more than 15 ppb for residences — and set a safe exposure level for sensitive populations, including children and the elderly, at 0.00014 ppm.

That limit is well below the levels found at Casey.

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news trations of hydrogen sulfide greater than 0.6 mg/m3, or 0.400 parts per million.

Those levels are well above what reports from contractors have documented at Casey. However, they are below the levels documented in photographs released by one teacher.

Overexposure has led to a variety of symptoms in the central nervous system including dizziness, nausea and headache.

At the far opposite end of the specturm from what anyone has seen in or near Casey, the real horror stories emerge. Levels associated with abrupt physical collapse are estimated to be 500 ppm to 1,000 ppm, and pulmonary edema to 250 to 500 ppm. The EPA’s Toxicological Review of Hydrogen Sulfide notes that using the odor as a warning isn’t an adequate system — levels of 100 ppm to 200 ppm can lead to the loss of smell and olfactory paralysis.

The EPA estimates the odor threshold at .003 ppm to .02 ppm — lower than the levels cited by the school district.

Case studies included in the EPA’s Toxicological Review of Hydrogen Sulfide describe how a 14-year-old boy and his father died after finding a discarded cylinder of hydrogen sulfide in a dump where a local refinery had been discarding waste. The boy died immediately; his father died trying to rescue him. Both bodies were the deeply bluish purple color associated with oxygen deprivation.

Also, a 20-month-old child that lived near a coal mine that was emitting hydrogen sulfide exhibited abnormal eye movements and was unable to stand, and a brain scan suggested toxic encephalopathy. But it all resolved within weeks after his admission to the hospital and the burning tip on the coal mine that was emitting hydrogen sulfide was extinguished. The maximum recorded hydrogen sulfide level in that family’s home, which was monitored for four months, was 0.6 ppm.

From studies of communities with prolonged exposure to hydrogen sulfide come reports of effects to the central nervous and respiratory systems, as well as to blood. Workers exposed to pulp and paper mills saw an increase in cardiovascular-related deaths.

And what about cancer? The EPA says studies have been inadequate to determine the carcinogenic potential of hydrogen sulfide.

The EPA does say, however, thatthere is anecdotal evidence that children may be more susceptible than adults to hydrogen sulfide exposure.

The history of air quality complaints at Casey Reports started coming from Casey Boulder Weekly

in December 2010, after the school opened in August 2010 following a multi-million dollar redesign that earned it the highest level of certification from the United States Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED). Casey was the first school in Colorado and one of only two middle schools in the country to attain that level of certification, according to a BVSD press release. The redesign kept two of the original 1924 school building exterior walls and incorporated a row of solar photovoltaic panels, a rooftop garden, natural daylighting and a ground source heat pump that provides 90 percent of the school’s heating and cooling.

The building scored the highest level LEED certification, platinum, by earning points for reduced water use, sustainability of the site itself and optimized energy performance. LEED also scores for indoor environmental air quality, which was among the school’s two lower-scoring categories. The design did not earn points for outdoor air delivery monitoring, mold prevention, increased ventilation or indoor chemical and pollution source control. The bulk of its points in that category came from use of low-emitting materials, daylight and acoustical performance.

Since complaints about the odor began, the school has made adjustments to its drains, vents and filtration systems to mitigate complaints. During the 2010-11 school year, staff and students were relocated to other areas of the building due to gas concerns. In the years that have followed, staff and students have reported health concerns they feel are attributed to hydrogen sulfide.

The school district has reiterated that the levels of hydrogen sulfide found in the school during air monitoring tests in that year and the years that followed have always been far below levels deemed safe.

“We believe Casey is a safe learning environment while we continue to fine tune the building’s systems,” Assistant Superintendent Don Orr said during the Feb. 24 meeting. That’s a belief supported by views from medical professionals and industrial hygienists.

The district’s efforts to mitigate the concerns over hydrogen sulfide odor have included addressing issues with floor drains, internal sanitation and air filters, as well as working to rebalance the air pressure — the school has been recorded exhibiting negative air pressure, meaning it pulls air in rather than pushing it out and dispersing it into the environment — and increase fresh air flow.

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Smoke tests also located cracks in the pipes that were either part of the original installation or failed shortly thereafter.

In November and December, complaints of odor brought BVSD staff out to Casey to test for hydrogen sulfide.

Their reports show they found none of the gas in the rooms tested, but as recently as December, have identified structural problems that might be contributing to the odors. Rooftop vents are positioned such that heavier gases might be pouring right down the side of the building where they can enter classrooms through windows. They did document a “distinct” hydrogen sulfide smell on some areas of the roof and determined that the charcoal filters on air vents needed to be replaced. BVSD staff also found a leak in the sanitary sewer system in the crawl space near the air handling unit for the main office and south classrooms and repaired that leak.

The school has also been tested for carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide, which were found within acceptable OSHA levels. The building’s air handling units were adjusted anyway and testing in January showed reduced levels of those gases.

Indoor Air Diagnostics, one of the companies hired to inspect air at Casey, suggested that the city’s sewer system could be responsible for the gas coming in to Casey. Subsequent investigations determined that not to be the case.

Quality Environmental Services and Technologies, Inc., which monitored sewer-line pressure for a week, recommended that BVSD add sewer vent lines near the kitchen grease trap to neutralize air pressure and consider extending the existing sewer vent lines farther from the building.

“This is a relatively new building, so we’re working some of the bugs out,” Boulder Valley School District Superintendent Bruce Messinger said during the Feb. 24 board meeting.

Indoor air quality monitoring results have been reviewed by the Boulder County Health Department, State Health Department and National Jewish Health. The latest round of data collected is still being analyzed, but initial reports don’t show levels that exceed cause for concern. The school may consider some ongoing monitoring to address parent concerns, Messinger said, and BVSD technicians are on call to conduct immediate onsite air quality tests if concerns are reported.

“We have not received any medical opinion that the building has ever been unsafe,” Messinger said.

Messinger and Don Orr, assistant superintendent of operations and leader

of the presentation to the board on the history of remediation efforts at Casey, failed to point out that the highest levels reported were documented this December — after the many mitigation measures said to have put the school, as Messinger said, on the track to putting this issue to bed once and for all.

During the meeting, Board of Education members Shelly Benford and Tom Miers grilled Messinger, Benford asking about the devices used to measure air quality, the methods for selecting when sporadic monitoring has taken place and the standards applied to consider the level of hydrogen sulfide found in the building to be safe.

Told that the district is using equipment that measures air contaminants down to 3 to 5 parts per billion, Benford asked Messinger, “Are you aware that the EPA has put safe levels at 0.00014 parts per billion? These measurements are not going that low, so how would we pick up levels that low?”

Messinger says he’s in conversations with the EPA to get a device that measures quantities that low.

“Again, we’re confident that we’ll be fine,” he said.

In Colorado’s climate, P-traps, which rely on liquid present to block odors, often dry out and many schools require replacing liquid in those traps as maintenance to block hydrogen sulfide odors — which he said are detected everywhere.

“We have reports of hydrogen sulfide in our buildings across the district regularly, so we just need to get to the point that it isn’t a pattern that’s consistent in any one building and that’s what we’ve been dealing with,” Messinger said.

Benford also questioned the district’s set levels for safe exposure.

“My understanding that the permissible levels of exposure that Don [Orr] was talking about and that we’ve read are mainly for industrial settings for grown adults,” she said. “Even the EPA and OSHA have said they’re not really sure that there’s any safe level for children, so not sure how Boulder County Public Health or Colorado Public Health can state with certainty that these are the safe levels for children.”

Messinger’s response was to state that we have hydrogen sulfide everywhere, to which Benford pointed out that not every school is producing the crowds at meetings that this school was, gesturing to the meeting room in which nearly every seat was occupied and additional viewers stood in the aisles, and emails of concern and requests for transfer Casey has been receiving.

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Parents and teachers have emailed lists of symptoms, she said, and they’re leaving because of those symptoms.

Messinger attributed them to other environmental concerns or physical conditions, insisting that they have not found any medical evidence that hydrogen sulfide is the cost. The district is only now beginning to work with a pediatric toxicology specialist at National Jewish and considering whether there are other environmental issues present within the building.

“The symptoms that are described could be caused by many, many things,” he said. They’re working case-by-case to examine the medical files, when available, from teachers and students.

“So when people leave the building either because the student transfers or a teacher does and they’re not experiencing symptoms anymore, what does that lead you to conclude?” Benford asked.

“That’s a source of information, but really I’d probably prefer to have medical tests,” Messinger replied.

Among the 31,000 students in the district, he said, there are children who have a higher sensitivity to environmental factors, such as cleaning solutions and flooring.

“I think one of the concerns is that the symptoms that people are experiencing are not being published in any place that people can see them and say, ‘Oh wait a minute, my child is experiencing that,’” Benford said. She’s repeatedly heard requests that the district be more transparent that something in the air quality at Casey may be affecting students so that parents can make an educated choice before open-enrolling their student into the school.

Messinger argued against that approach.

“We have no medical evidence presented to us to date that there’s anything in that environment,” Messinger said.

“Otherwise we would just create fear, an unnecessary or unfounded fear.”

That statement was met with derisive laughter from the crowd.

“It’s disturbing if the air quality is even causing discomfort, [like eyes burning and nausea],” Benford said.

Among her concerns were that Casey community members have expressed frustration with a lack of transparency, and that there’s a sense teachers may not be coming forward with their medical issues out of fear of retribution.

“That’s maybe why you’re not getting the information that you need,” Benford suggested.

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workman’s comp doctors information to teachers and staff at Casey and encouraged those who believe they have symptoms to come forward.

“I really find that very upsetting that people would immediately go to some explanation like having a mass delusion about this as opposed to thinking much more logically about it, that maybe some people are affected by what’s going on in that school,” Benford said.

Messinger clarified that message did not come from the district office.

The kitchen, which produces a third of the district’s school lunches, has been named as a possible source for some of the odors and hydrogen sulfide; a grease trap in the kitchen that drains into the sewer may be contributing to the gases.

“There isn’t any indication that there’s a source of toxins or gases coming from the kitchen, but there certainly are smells,” Messigner said. BVSD schools prepared food in regional kitchens; Casey is one of few where cooking actually takes place.

What children and staff are experiencing there he attributes to a difference in sensitivity.

“It doesn’t mean that any of it’s harmful,” he said. “All of these are levels that are well below any health regulation. … Our goal is to have it at a level that’s not detectable.”

The district has followed up with families who have complained of ill effects from the odor and with workman’s compensation doctors who have treated teachers with health issues, he said, and so far, they have not found any connections to the symptoms exhibited in the medical results. At this, heads in the audience shook and someone muttered that that wasn’t true.

Benford also mentioned that the district should consider looking at the school’s geothermal system.

“When I started reading up on this, that was the first thing that popped up was the possibility that boreholes could be leaking hydrogen sulfide gas,” Benford said.

The staff with Indoor Air Diagnostics has said that’s an unlikely source because the geothermal system is a closed system that cycles fluid, and it’s operating now without a flaw — that would likely appear in a loss of water in that system.

The 107,000-square-foot facility uses geoexchange heat pump technology and exhaust air heat recovery ventilation systems in an automated building control system that monitors and controls the systems. Each classroom is heated by a water-to-heat air pump that connects to

the school’s geoexchange system, which loops pipes underground through 70 vertical boreholes that are 370 feet deep.

It’s the school’s primary heating system.

The outdoor air delivery system both recovers heat and adds fresh air to the system. Water is heated by a gas-fired condensing boiler domestic water heating system, using a recirculation loop.

Geothermal power plants, in contrast, use open-loop systems that suck water out of the ground and may expose communities to hydrogen sulfide, ammonia, carbon dioxide and radon.

One of the primary environmental concerns with generally clean geothermal energy is the release of hydrogen sulfide.

The Journal of Forensic Science published an article in 1998 on a death that occurred at a geothermal power plant, in which a man suddenly collapsed and died shortly after. An analysis of sulfide and thiosulfate in his blood, brain, lung and femoral muscle was similar to those for hydrogen sulfide gas fatal cases. The concentration of thiosulfate in his blood was 48 times higher than control samples and his death was attributed to hydrogen sulfide gas poisoning.

In May 2012, the journal Environmental Research published a three-year study from Iceland linking ambient hydrogen sulfide to increased dispensations of drugs to treat asthma.

Researchers compared respiratory illnesses in adults to daily air pollution levels and counted the number of adults who filled prescriptions for asthma-related drugs.

Several air pollutants were monitored, including ozone, nitrogen dioxide and particulate matter. Peak traffic was associated with increases in adults filling prescriptions — as was an increase in hydrogen sulfide. It was one of the first studies to connect hydrogen sulfide with poor respiratory health, according to Environmental Health News. Previous work had connected workers with higher exposures to neurologic effects. More research will determine whether other pollutants released from geothermal power facilities also play a role. The study also found that short peaks in air pollutants may cause more respiratory harm than longer averages.

The district’s director of health services consulted with an environmental and occupational health sciences specialist in June, Dr. Karin Pacheco, who stated, “There are many known and unknown toxins in the environment that can harm growing children. As a physician trained in occupational and environmental medicine, however, I would not be concerned about the H2S expo-

sures in the Casey Middle School.”

The reasons cited for that opinion were that the levels at the school “are really, really low,” measuring in levels so low that they leave “a thousand to ten thousand-fold buffer of concentration between what is measured in the school, and what is permitted in the workplace.” The odor is not indicative of a toxic level because the odor threshold is so much lower than the level at which hydrogen sulfide would have health effects. And, she adds, “the fact that students and teachers can still detect an occasional whiff of H2S is, in fact, reassuring.” At higher levels, there’s “odor fatigue” and the nose can’t detect hydrogen sulfide. Pacheco cites an OSHA-permitted eight-hour exposure level of 10 parts per million.

Updated information on the levels detected in the school during the late 2014 air monitoring period and the EPA’s statement that levels greater than 0.00014 are of concern were sent to Pacheco, but she is out of town and was unable to respond.

“I think clearly here are enough people coming forward — parents, members of the community and teachers — to know that this is an issue. We have symptoms, and I don’t want to wait for some rock solid medical proof of sick children to do something about it. I think we need to move forward, even if it means being disruptive to do so for the safety of our children,” Miers said at the conclusion of the special session. “I think the current plan is lacking urgency in what we need to do.”

He proposed constant monitoring of the air quality at Casey, securing the services of a pediatric toxicologist, compromising the LEED certification if necessary to increase air circulation in the building and hiring someone with geothermal expertise to evaluate that system.

Benford added that the district needs to make a statement to affirm that some people attending Casey may be affected by the air quality there and that statement should be available in public places, particularly where parents looking to enroll their children at Casey will see it.

She and Miers reiterated that any concerns over fears of retribution toward teachers who come forward to cite health concerns they believe are tied to the air quality of the building need to be immediately countered.

She added, “This should be about acknowledging that even medical tests may not be up to measuring whether these children and teachers are being harmed by a toxic gas and we ought to take their word for it.”

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idden cameras, undercover reconnaisThough the movie may feel like it’s packing a bit sance, international travel — the folks at much into 90 minutes, the overall effect is emotional the Boulder-based Oceanic Preservation as viewers travel with Psihoyos and his team of activSociety are at it again, following up their ists, scientists, nature photographers and visionaries to 2010 Academy Award-winning docuexplore both the beauty of this planet and the horrifymentary The Cove with ing ways in which humanity Andrew Eckmann/Oceanic Preservation Society more high-risk, covert camis decimating that beauty. paigns, stunning cameraThrough Psihoyos’ keen work and an even bigger vision — sharpened by call to action in Racing years as a photographer for Extinction.

National Geographic — In this new, ambitious viewers see warehouses in endeavor, director Louie China where sharks have Psihoyos tackles the role been stripped of their fins humans play in advancing for use in soup and where what is shaping up to be manta rays have been gutthe world’s sixth mass ted for their gills for use in archaic medicinal practices. extinction — an annihilaBut audiences also see tion scientists say could lead In their new film Racing Extinction, the Oceanic Preservation Society teams up with innovators and an upscale dining establishto the loss of 50 percent of activists to take their message of man’s impact on ment in Santa Monica, the world’s species in the global species to the streets via projections.

Calif., serving whale sushi. next 100 years.

“It’s really easy for us to “I remember thinking look east and say, ‘Look what China’s doing.

They’re this is the biggest story in the world — it’s like we’re destroying the planet. They’re polluting everything. living in the age of dinosaurs but we could do someThey’re wiping out species.’ But the West is already thing about it,” Psihoyos says in the opening minutes doing an incredible job of massively depleting and of the documentary.

Indeed, Racing Extinction is a massive story, weav- damaging the environment and taking out a lot of the threatened species,” says Boulder-based ocean activist ing together multiple issues that threaten life on Earth. The effect can be dizzying as the film bounces Sean Henrich in the documentary. “What’s happening between threads, from black market wildlife trade to in China now is they’re going through the same growcarbon dioxide emissions to livestock production and ing pains that we did. But when we went through our back again. growing pains, there were only a billion people on the “It’s an enormous subject,” says producer Olivia planet. With China going through its growing pains, Ahnemann. “You’re looking at the sixth mass extincthere’s over 1.3 billion people in China alone.” tion. … You’re not just focusing on one cove and one “It’s very easy to point the finger at another culspecies. It was an enormous challenge from a writing ture or country and what they’re doing, but it’s good and editing and storytelling point — how do you fit to put the mirror up to our own practices and relaall of this into one flowing narrative?” tionships with these things,” Ahnemann says. “It may

ON THE BILL: Racing Extinction, Q&A to follow with director Louie Psihoyos, producer Olivia Ahnemann, co-producer Gina Papabeis and racecar driver Leiland Munter, who is featured in the film. Sunday, March 8, doors open at 6:15 p.m., movie begins at 7:30 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St, Boulder. Tickets are $30, free for passholders.

not be rhino horn or manta ray gills, but do you know whether there are shark products in your omega-three oils or your makeup?”

Unlike documentaries such as Blue Planet, with its inspiring cinematography of marine creatures that had never been captured on film before, Racing Extinction doesn’t attempt to move us merely through the beauty of our world, but reminds us that humans are a species, too — the only species, in fact, to single-handedly accelerate mass extinction.

“I think when you become aware of what’s going on in our planet with nature and how vulnerable it is at our doing, you want other people to understand it,” Ahnemann says. “I read a statistic in National Geographic yesterday that half of Americans do not believe in climate change at the hand of humans — it shocks me. So being able to play a role in communicating these issues and the science on a more popular platform and format is amazing and I feel a responsibility as a citizen of this planet to do my part for it.”

Ahnemann acknowledges that the subject matter is deep and the consequences of remaining on our current path are dire, but even the smallest changes — from consuming less meat to getting involved in local politics — are steps in the right direction.

“We don’t have a choice. It can’t be insurmountable because it has to be solved and it has to be solved collectively from an individual standpoint and from an environmental standpoint and an industry stand point — we all have to turn this ship around,” she says. “So if [the film] can inspire children and adults to look at themselves and think, ‘Well I can do something like that; I can offer pro-bono legal work to an organization that’s working on conservation efforts,’ or, ‘I can have my school start a garden in the playground,’ whatever it is, I think that collective energy is what’s going to get us there.”

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Bidding Farewell to a long-time friend Bill Vielehr —a Rembrance

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ill Vielehr won’t be at this year’s BIFF, but his work will be.

The BIFF Chairman and longtime Boulder metal sculptor left this planet unexpectedly last October — a shock to the system for his staggeringly wide circle of friends, including this writer — but Kathy Beeck, BIFF co-founder and a friend of Vielehr’s for years before there was any such thing as BIFF, told us that an eerily miraculous thing happened a few weeks after his passing.

The BIFF Award statue, for anyone who doesn’t know, is named after the artist, who designed and crafted unique statue awards every year at his studio on West Pearl. We chatted with Beeck at Bill’s memorial service the weekend after his passing (well, it was a party, which at the risk of relying on a cliché, was what Bill would have wanted) about what she and her sister Robin were going to do about this year’s award.

“Well, here’s the wonderful thing,” Beeck told us last week. “After that party, [Vielehr’s brother] Chuck and the family were going through Bill’s shop and found one mold of an award that Bill had done for BIFF... It was Boulder Weekly

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just an early mold ­— maybe it was experimental, I don’t know — so we took that and went to a foundry in Berthoud and had 15 of them made for this year’s BIFF. “I just saw one for the first time last night, and it is unbelievable. The best work Bill had ever done for us… I’m guessing he must have done it in September or early October, but I really don’t know….We did them Metal sculptor in bronze this year, and Bill Vielehr lent they’re gorgeous. Totally his craft to BIFF by making the Bill. ” annual award Vielehr’s association statue. with BIFF came through a long friendship with Beeck, who helped the artist years ago with checks in construction, a few from installment commission funding Ball Brothers, a few through the proposal letters; later, through his burger-bar industry. wide network of artists and artist Friends were welcome at FIBArk, patrons, Vielehr came to help the as long as they respected their boat Beeck’s in finding patrons and spon- captains and pitched in: lift a cooler, sorship to launch BIFF. It started as run a shuttle, chip in for beer or gas. a dollars and cents thing — most of We camped on a scratchy, cactusthese things do — but Vielehr’s tire- mined hillside outside Salida, the less creativity and fearless optimism part-time home of an old artist endure as a hallmark of the Boulder friend of Vielehr’s who opened up his International Film Festival. property every Father’s Day weekend “As long as there is a BIFF,” Beeck to The Loons, their friends and their told us, as if we didn’t already know, brimmed-up coolers of Budweiser. “the award will always be a ‘Vielehr.’”

The punchy splash of Browns I first came to know Bill Vielehr Canyon by day, the country fair atmoaround Father’s Day of 1989, when a sphere of the festival grounds in town friend persuaded me to join him and by evening and bonfires all night. his rafting buddies for the annual Part Colorado thrill-sport euphoFIBArk river festival weekend in ria, part sudsy sitcom chaos, Vielehr Salida. They called themselves The was at the center of this yearly ritual, Loons, a loose association of Boulder gently stage-managing boat passenger area and Western Slope 20 and 30 itineraries and shuttles, taking the somethings, variously connected lead boat down the Class IV Browns through locale and roommates, fishCanyon run or throwing casual rafting and trade. Some drew their paying tips over his shoulder at shaky

rookie oarsmen. He’d been immersed in this sport since the early ’70s, when the equipment was primitive, safety rules were little more than good ideas and river access was often a dicey proposition.

Lifelong friendships were forged here, sealed by the icy waters of Collegiate Range runoff.

Many of us will always remember Vielehr by the light of a FIBArk weekend bonfire. For me, that first FIBArk ignited a passion for riverrunning that continues to this day: two wives, three rafts, four trucks and hundreds of river miles later.

Beyond the friendship and many years of boating and parties at his studio on West Pearl, Vielehr’s warmth, unique humanism and his unqualified welcome at my first FIBArk gave me something that’s now an irreplaceable piece of my life.

The river goes on forever.

Thanks, Bill. We miss you.

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Directed by But what of the civilLaurent Bécueians and others in the Renard, Of Men And war zones where War is a haunting examination of these these men fought and killed? If these soldiers wounds: damage not of the physical kind but — trained professionals with access to help of the mental and emotional trauma of war and therapy at home — are so damaged, what and the collateral impacts to family, friends deeply profound emotional scars do those and colleagues of those who suffer from postwho have been left to live in the wreckage traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). that remains of their countries and civilizaRaw and unfiltered, the documentary tions carry? We can only guess at the answers. was created over the course of five years, the — Tom Winter majority of which were filmed at The

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initial goal of stopping police brutality toward African Americans to constant battles with the government, the incarceration of their members and the party’s eventual demise. The viewer gets a bevy of perspectives from former members, white police officers, FBI informants and sympathizers of the group. Through archival footage and beautiful photographs, the film captures the Panthers’ iconic image. It also sheds light on lesser-known facets of the group, such as providing a free breakfast program for those in need, and doesn’t shy away from touchier he Black Panthers: Vanguard of the subjects, including the Revolution starts with Courtesy of Theblackpanthers.com party’s mistreatment of Panther member Ericka female members.

Huggins telling the story Vanguard of the of three blind men Revolution is a look at describing an elephant. what all documentaries Each man feels a different should be — well section — the side, the researched, thought-prosnout, the tusk — therevoking and balanced. fore each has a different Documentarian Stanley image of the animal.

Nelson masterfully hits “We know the party we on many of the moving were in, not the entire parts and works to define the Black Panthers’ thing. ... It was complex,” Huggins says. Since legacy, without seeming to make judgments its start in 1966, the Black Panthers Party has of the group or put it in a box. had a split reputation between being protectors In the current white-washed state of the of peace and violent radicals. The truth is more movie industry, films like Vanguard of the complicated than that. Vanguard of the Revolution are essential to show how far our Revolution aims to clear up the muddled legacy country has come and how far it still needs to go. with an honest look into the group’s history.

— Amanda Moutinho The film follows the party through their Boulder Weekly

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‘Song of the Sea’ S

et on an island off the Irish Coast, Song of the Sea follows Saoirse (voiced by Lucy O’Connell), a young girl whose mother disappeared under mysterious circumstances when she was born. The loss has caused Saoirse’s older brother, Ben (David Rawle), to resent her presence while dad (Brendan Gleeson) drowns his loss at

the local pub.

Grandma (Fionnula Flanagan) decides to take the two children to the city to raise them, but when Saoirse is removed from the sea, she grows deathly ill, and Ben executes a rescue mission to return Saoirse to the water. The two undertake a long journey that not only binds them together, but also uncovers the mystery of their mother and the enchanted island their family inhabits.

Based on Irish folklore and soaked with mythic iconography, Song of the Sea confronts loss and sorrow head on.

Hand-drawn with beautiful watercolor imagery, Song of the Sea is buoyed with childlike wonder as Ben and Saoirse encounter magical creatures — and a slew of adorable seals that will delight many viewers — but it is how writer and director Tomm Moore addresses loss directly that makes Song of the Sea worthwhile for children and adults alike. The loss of a loved one is devastating, but that loss can be confronted with understanding and acceptance, easing the process of moving on.

— Michael J. Casey

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ocumenting a small Romanian town, Stream of Love interviews the two dozen widows and three widowers, their ages ranging from 75-90, that make up this tiny agrarian town. What do they talk about? Sex, naturally.

Ferenc, one of the few men in the town, cruises the streets in a horse-drawn carriage, calling to the ladies, “Hello, my lovelies!”

The women watch and wave to Ferenc, giggling like a bunch of teenagers. Ferenc wonders to the camera, “Why is there desire, if the ability is lost?”

Ferenc and the women of the village discuss the many aspects of love, both their fond memories of romantic love and the not-so-fond memories of maritial duties that were often forced upon them. For some, sex is strictly a duty, while others find a great deal of excitement and wonder in it.

What led director Ágnes Sós to this village to ask these questions is never addressed, but what is remarkable is how easily and candidly these octogenarians talk in front of a camera. One tells the story of a difficult childbirth, another recounts her moment of sexual discovery (long after her husband passed on) and Fernec gives out seriously considered ideas on the social ramification of sexual positions.

At 70 minutes, Stream of Love is short and sweet with the lush Romanian countryside providing the best possible backdrop for an easygoing discussion of love.

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How theNEWDEAL got its jam back

by Dave Kirby

J

Courtesy of theNEWDEAL

amie Shields, kind of noticed that keyboardist and things were moving in a founder of different direction, espetheNEWDEAL, cially with stuff like dubwas enjoying a step. … I kind of equate break from the brain-lock it with musical fireworks, cold last week. Well, what where people will go to passes for a break from it those types of concerts in Toronto, anyway. and oooh and ahhhh at “Yeah, it’s only 10 what they’re hearing, but below today,” he said with to me, and this is just my a laugh. opinion, there wasn’t a Well, all right then, whole lot of a musical time for a vacation. element to it.”

So what passes for a Kind of a Burning vacation for Shields is Man thing. Performance taking his jamtronica trio art.

After taking a break, theNEWDEAL is back, bringing their brand of improout again for a swing “Exactly, and that vised dance music to the Boulder Theater on Feb. 27. through Colorado (where wasn’t what we were really it isn’t much warmer these about. We were about where that wasn’t the case anymore.” days), Texas and the East Coast for improvising and creating dance music on The band’s original drummer, morsel-sized bits of road work. Born in stage that had resonance with us in the Darren Shearer, moved off to Los the early days of jamtronica, theband and with our crowd. We kind of Angeles a few years ago and mostly NEWDEAL had been one of the drifted away from the working musician felt like we were the odd man out when genre’s more spontaneous, less manscene (his seat’s being filled by longtime we were going to some of these festinered outfits, deeply invested in vals... It wasn’t the right fit anymore.” band friend and sometime-collaborator euphoric galactic anthems, layers of Leave it to the French guys in helJoel Stouffer). Kurtz was living in Shields’ synth colliding and sparkling mets to save the day.

London when Shields invited him to across a furious rhythm section.

“And then about a year and a half help with a film score he was working Longtime fans of the outfit already ago, Daft Punk came out with their on about a year and a half ago; Kurtz know that this is a small but welcome album [Random Access Memories] and moved back to Toronto and the film step back into the fold, as Shields and Dan had gotten an advance copy of it,” project inspired them both to start the bassist Dan Kurtz decided a few years he said. “And we just thought, if this band up again. was a barometer of where the music is ago to put the enterprise on ice.

But beyond that, Shields says that heading, kind of returning to a more “When we stopped the scene had started groove-based or emotion-based style of playing at the end of to change to a point ON THE BILL: theNEWDEAL dance music, then maybe it’s something 2011,” Shields said, where he and Shearer with Escort (DJ Set) & we can slide back into.” “we kind of felt that it felt that their gig — Dynohunter. Friday, Feb. 27, While Shields is passionate about had run its course, at broadly reaching, Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030. his band’s ethic and their (for this least for us. heavily improvised, Tickets: $20 advance, $25 writer, underappreciated) role in the “theNEWDEAL make-it-up-as-you-go day of. Doors: 8 p.m. Show: 9 development of the electronic jam/ had always kind of led jamtronica — was p.m. All ages. this shambolic music struggling a bit to find EDM scene, he is deferential about his own personal musical ambitions — existence. We never a place in a world which, he says, are egregiously misreally rehearsed, we never had a set list, increasingly dominated by dubstep and aligned to the second decade of the we’d just sort of wander on stage and other more formally structured genres. current century. start playing whatever tickled our fancy.

In a sense, theNEWDEAL always felt “I’m the guiltiest for guilty pleaAnd so much of our set was improvised. like a small venue act, more spontanesures. I’ve always said that I’m playing … All that sort of translated into our ous and intimate than the big-stage, soft rock onstage, the other two guys collective lives. If we wanted to play, we big-production acts who brought out are the cool guys. They’ve got the cool played. If we didn’t, we didn’t. Wanna heavy duty multimedia hardware and sounds and the electronic element, and do a 40-minute jam? OK. And that whose music seemed increasingly I’m playing Steely Dan,” he said. “My worked for us for a long time. wrapped about samples. latest obsession is collecting television “I think it got to the point where it For Shields, the jam and electronic library music from the ’60s. Pop and started to feel like work. We always said festivals from the early aughts seemed talk show music, stuff that they played that as long as the two hours onstage to embrace a musical ethic consistent on TV shows. Love it, I can’t get outweighed the 22 hours when it was with the band’s approach, but that enough of it.” just travel and so on, then it was worth started to change.

Respond:letters@boulderweekly.com it, and we kind of got to the point “About four or five years ago, we

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overtones Carrettin and the Boulder Bach Festival take a new look at the B-minor Mass

by Peter Alexander

B

ach’s B-minor Mass is one of them and learning from them,” movements. the most studied, most wellCarrettin says. “Bringing together the “It’s an extraordinary piece of music, known works of music there wealth of experiences and the distinct just for the counterpoint and the haris. But have all the answers relationships that we all have to Bach mony and the virtuoso and gorgeous been found to performing and the B-minor Mass — it’s a great orchestral and choral writing,” he says. this monumental work? Zachary honor and a great thing to be part of.”

And, “the piece is so diverse, from Carrettin, the music director of the A much loved and celebrated massongs of lament and longing and joy Boulder Bach Festival and conductor terpiece, the B-minor Mass nonetheless [that] it’s not like witnessing a sonic for the B-minor Mass this weekend, sits awkwardly in Bach’s career. It is a painting; it’s like going to an entire doesn’t think so. setting of Latin texts for the Catholic museum.”

“The great choirs all Because the score is Courtesy of the Boulder Bach Festival over the world have not suited for the celebeen performing the bration of Mass, perforB-minor Mass for over mances become hybrid 200 years,” he says. events — concerts that “Each one of those have sacred texts and masterful renditions difreligious significance. fers greatly in tempo, in For the Boulder Bach the sense of the musical Festival, Carrettin has line, in the dramaturgy embraced the hybrid of the text and the nature of the performusic. So there is still mance in new ways, room for us to re-examincluding markers of ine the music and what the liturgical purpose of it means to us today.” the text — bells in Carrettin’s approach places they would is based in the particusound during mass, for larities of the perforexample. mances: the specific But he has also Conductor Zachary Carretin will lead the Boulder Bach Chorus and Players performers and the made decisions that in a “re-examination” of Bach’s celebrated and well-studied B-minor Mass. spaces where it will be run counter to the presented. requirements of the lit“A performance starts with a comliturgy written by a German Lutheran. urgy. So he has decided to place the poser and goes through the individuals It is in length and musical style unsuitintermission not where it is usually interpreting and playing the work, and ed to performance as part of a service. found — between the Gloria and the then that rings in an acoustic environIt was not written in a single burst of Credo — but at a dramatic moment ment,” he explains. “All these forces are creativity, but was compiled from music within the Credo, where it literally collaborating — and this is a conBach wrote over more than 20 years. makes no sense liturgically: between cert not to miss, The first two the “Crucifixus” (“He was crucified“) because of the personmovements, Kyrie elei- and “Et Resurrexit” (“He rose again”).

ON THE BILL: J.S. Bach: nel involved.” son and Gloria, were “I thought, maybe that’s a good Mass in B minor, Boulder Bach Festival and soloists. Zachary Carrettin has invitwritten in 1733 as a place to take an intermission,” Carrettin Carrettin, conductor, 7:30 ed vocal soloists and sort of job application says. “We can reflect on the notion of p.m. Friday, Feb. 27, other performers to to the music-loving sacrifice and salvation, and after the Montview Blvd. Presbyterian Church,1980 Dahlia St., join the Boulder Bach Catholic court in intermission we come back for the repDenver. 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Chorus and Players.

Dresden. The music resentation of the resurrection.”

Feb. 28, First United Methodist The guest artists will was performed, but “What speaks to an audience that Church, 1421 Spruce St., Boulder, 303-444-7328, Tickets: be soprano Josefien Bach was never does not attend a weekly Mass?” $28-$30.

Stoppelenburg from offered more than a Carrettin asks. “How does the form and the Netherlands; title at the court. the text of this piece take on a different American mezzoThe remainder of meaning in a concert? How does the soprano Melissa Givens; alto Julie the work — the Credo, Sanctus and context change, for a non-Catholic, or a Simson, who returns to Boulder where Agnus Dei sections of the Latin mass — non-Christian? she taught at CU; tenor John Grau from were pulled together much later, in part “In 2015 in Boulder, I’m interested Minneapolis, who also taught at CU; using music Bach had written earlier in what is absolutely universal in this and American bass-baritone Michael for Lutheran cantatas. The result is sty- music. Whether we are reading a story Dean. Violinist Kenneth Goldsmith will listically diverse, from Renaissance from the Bhagavad Gita or hearing the be concertmaster. counterpoint to the modern style of his Mass in B minor, there are profound “I have chosen such autonomous sons’ generation. text and harmonic elements that should musicians that a lot of my work will But the B-minor Mass is, Carrettin inspire us to reflect and to grow.” involve listening to them, watching Respond:letters@boulderweekly.com says, much more than a collection of Boulder Weekly

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arts & culture Fecking brilliant

ON THE BILL: The Cripple of Inishmaan, through March 8, Miners Alley Playhouse, 1224 Washington Ave., Golden, www.minersalley.com, $12-$23.

Miners and McDonagh are a cracking match

by Gary Zeidner

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f you’ve never seen the sadly short-lived British and his wife and partner, Paige Larson, bowed out of TV series Father Ted (R.I.P. Dermot Morgan), Miners Alley in 2014, Len Matheo, Lisa DeCaro, you owe it to yourself to give it a look. It’s a Brenda Worley Billings and Jim Billings took over, screamingly funny show set on the fictitious and I am happy to report that the new management Craggy Island off Ireland’s western coast. It is thus far continues to meet the high standards set by also the spiritual sibling to Martin McDonagh’s The the original one.

Cripple of Inishmaan, which takes place on a real Miners Alley’s attention to detail is apparent island in the same general vicinity. before The Cripple of Inishmaan even begins. John Both the show Scott-McKean’s set Sarah Roshan Photography and the play share a greets the milling wicked, machine gun audience with a fluidwit, profoundly ly trifurcated worldquirky characters and at-a-glance. A human obvious love of ble bedroom gives dear old Ireland, but way to a rocky seawhere you’ll have to shore, complete with hunt down a streamoverturned boat, ing option or DVD which transitions into copy of Father Ted, a rustic, countryside pub. This design you’ll only have to choice instantly and drive to Golden to elegantly establishes see The Cripple of the world of the play Inishmaan live on and all but eliminates stage in all its Celtic distracting, time conglory. suming set changes.

For my money, The pub is owned McDonagh is one of Miners Alley has the details dialed in The Cripple of Inishmaan.

by Eileen (Sasha the most talented Fisher) and Kate playwrights working today. His Leenane (Linda Suttle) who trilogy and his Aran Islands trilogy, of which The also act as custodians to local boy and orphan, Billy Cripple of Inishmaan is a part, showcase his uproari(Cody Schuyler). Though his “aunts” worry about ously dark sense of humor, his penchant for injecting Billy’s predilection for staring at cows, Billy is fundascenes of random, sometimes shocking violence and mentally sound of mind. It’s his body that holds him his facility with creating indelible characters. He’s back, but when he learns from local “newsman” also successfully made the jump into screenwriting Johnnypateenmike (Mark Collins) that a Hollywood and directing with the well-received films Seven movie is filming on Inishmore, the next island over, Psychopaths and In Bruges. even Billy’s physical infirmities can’t keep him from Since its move to Golden in 2003, the Miners trying to find a way to the set to beg for an audition.

Alley Playhouse has produced an incredible volume Knowing that Babbybobby (Sam Gilstrap) will be of outstanding work. When founder Rick Bernstein ferrying the juvenile Bartley (Brandon Palmer) and

his querulous sister Helen (Meredith Young) to Inishmore, Billy pulls out all the stops to secure a seat on the tiny boat. What happens from then on is too much fun to spoil here.

Director Len Matheo brings McDonagh’s superb script to loving, vibrant life. With McDonaugh’s flawlessly drawn characters and lilting, earthy, oftenbiting dialogue to work with, Matheo more than succeeds in his goal of transporting the audience to Inishmaan. He also shows a sure hand dealing with the play’s periodic radical shifts in tone, and he uncovers all of the humor as wells as the pathos the play has to offer.

Matheo’s spot-on casting choices no doubt aided his cause. Miners newcomer Schuyler takes the difficult role of Billy and makes it look easy. He is not only convincing, but also makes the most of the more surprising aspects of Billy’s personality. He even sticks the landing on his one tour de force, wheezing, twitching, “Acting!” scene without once crossing the line into self-parody.

Fisher and Suttle are the very picture of loving, concerned, occasionally befuddled aunts. Palmer and Young play their supporting roles with keen attention to balancing big and small moments. Gilstrap continues his trend of outperforming himself from role to role each time I see him. And Collins earns every one of his many laughs. Collins is also responsible for the dialect coaching, and given the paramount importance of consistent, believable accents in a play such as this and that every actor’s Irish brogue remains strong throughout, he deserves extra points for that.

Putting on a play is always a gamble. Miners Alley’s The Cripple of Inishmaan is an example of hitting the theatrical trifecta. When an exceptional script is put in the hands of a skilled director lucky enough to have a passionate, talented cast and crew, the payoff is huge. To use the play’s own Irish vernacular, The Cripple of Inishmaan is fecking brilliant.

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7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 28, eTown Hall, 1535 Spruce St., Boulder, 303-443-8696.

Grupo Chegando L and Francisco Marques.

Thursday, February 26 Music Adam Bodine Trio. 6:30 p.m. St Julien Hotel and Spa, 900 Walnut

St., Boulder, 720-406-9696.

Augustus. 8 p.m. Jamestown Mercantile Cafe, 108 Main St., James-

town, 303-442-5847.

Bluegrass Jam. 7:30 p.m. Twelve Degree Brewing, 820 Main St.,

Louisville, 720-638-1623.

Bonnie & the Clydes. 7:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Homemade Liquids and

Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303-485-9400.

The Dreams. 10 p.m. The Lazy Dog, 1346 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-

440-3355.

Grant McIntosh. 7 p.m. Larry’s Guitar Shop, 508 Fifth Ave., Long-

mont, 720-340-4169.

8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.

Jockamo. 7 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 Northpark Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757.

Waterloo, 809 Main St., Louisville, 303-993-2094.

Lineage Music Project: Bluegrass. 9 p.m. Bohemian Biergarten,

2017 13th St., Boulder, 720-328-8328.

Naan Stop. 10 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s Traditional Irish Pub, 1922 13th

St., Boulder, 303-449-1922.

Open Bluegrass Pick. 8:30 p.m. Under the Sun, 627 S. Broadway,

Boulder, 303-927-6921.

Open Mic. 7 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont,

720-297-6397.

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6:45 p.m. Tuesday, March 3, Macky Auditorium, 285 University Ave., Boulder, 303-492-8423.

Not many people know what it’s like to walk on the moon. Luckily, the Distinguished Speakers Board is bringing Buzz Aldrin to Boulder to enlighten the rest of us. Aldrin was the lunar module pilot on the Apollo 11 mission in 1969. He was the second person to walk on the moon, following Neil Armstrong’s one small step for man. Since then, Aldrin’s received the Presidential Medal of Freedom among a bevy of other awards. He’s continued to work with NASA, and he recently penned an opinion piece in the New York Times urging for a manned mission to Mars.

Upslope Brewing Company (Flatiron Park), 1898 S. Flatiron Court, Boulder, 508-873-9185.

5 p.m. Shine Restaurant & Gathering Place, 2027 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-0120.

Events Aerosmith Rocks Donington 2014. 7 p.m. Century Boulder, 1700

29th St., Boulder, 303-444-0583.

Art and Technology: Where Art Meets Technology. 11 a.m. Muse

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Johnny Cash Birthday Blackout Party. 7 p.m.

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Houndmouth

The baobab tree has been a symbol of community in West Africa for generations. People gather under it to drum, dance, sing and tell stories. The BaoBao festival celebrates this tradition and has been bringing African flavor to Colorado for 12 years. On March 3, head to Shine Restaurant for some festivities from the statewide festival. Shine will feature a dance workshop for kids and for dancers of all levels, traditional drumming along with music and songs of Ghana. The ultimate goal of the festival is to strengthen the local community through traditional West African arts, and the proceeds go toward building a library in Ghana.

Houndmouth’s creation was a matter of the right place at the right time.

The band, hailing from southern Indiana, started off as loose friends, each with a different musical background — a mix of blues, Motown, acoustic, classic rock and bluegrass. Houndmouth’s music lies in that sweet spot between alternative, country and folk. Their songs are full of emotion and feel like a comforting hug from an old friend. Since their debut at SXSW in 2011, the band has been gaining some heat and now is on the brink of releasing a new album, Little Non Limelight, out in mid-March.

9 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 26, Fox Theatre, 1128 13th St., Boulder, 303-4470095.

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Backgammon. 7 p.m. The Outback Saloon, 3141

28th St., Boulder, 303-444-0081.

Find Your Ahahaha Moments. 6:30 p.m. Casey

Middle School, 1301 High St., Boulder, 720-5612700.

arts

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Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.

Geopolitics Series. 1 p.m. Boulder Library, 1001

Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.

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Concert Series: LOUIS COLAIANNIA AND KATHRYN KAYE

A celebration concert featuring the two Colorado artists appreaing on The Gathering CD

Stories with Spirit: Happily Ever After? 6 p.m. Still

Cellars, 1115 Colorado Ave., Longmont, 720-2046064.

Friday, February 27 Music Acoustic Harmony. 6 p.m. Sun Rose Cafe, 379

Main St., Longmont, 303-651-3533.

Acoustic Open Mic Night. 6 p.m. Espresso Vino

by Brewing Market, 2770 Dagny Way, Lafayette, 720-890-3993.

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Barrel of Blues. 6:30 p.m. Front Range Brewing

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Bear. 6 p.m. Club Ned, 154 Highway 72, Nederland, 303-258-7981.

GLOBAL TOWN HALL:

Bluesology Boogie-Woogie Extravaganza. 7 p.m.

Cannon Mine Coffee, 210 S. Public Road, Lafayette, 303-665-0625.

Boa & Jodie. 4:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Tasty Weasel

Tap Room, 1800 Pike Road, Unit B, Longmont, 303-776-1914.

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Bonnie & Taylor Sims. 7:30 p.m. Oskar Blues CyclHOPS, 600 S. Airport Road, Longmont, 303776-BIKE. Brian Parton. 6 p.m. Upslope Brewing Company (Lee Hill), 1501 Lee Hill Road, Unit 20, Boulder, 303-449-2911.

Casey James Prestwood and The Burning Angels.

7 p.m. Waterloo, 809 Main St., Louisville, 303993-2094.

Colorado Floyd “A Pink Floyd Jam” and Rush Archives “A Tribute to Rush.” 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s,

Live Theater:

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First Glance/Second Look: Quilts from the Denver Art Museum Collection. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000. Through April 19.

The Guardians of the Spirit. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-4407826. Through Feb. 27.

Printed and Painted: The Art of Bark Cloth — Various artists. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000.

Through Aug. 27, 2017.

Life Once Removed — Suzanne Heintz.

Firehouse Art Center, 667 Fourth Ave., Longmont, 303-651-2787. Through March 29.

Myopia — by Mark Mothersbaugh. Museum of Contemporary Art, 1485 Delgany St., Denver, 303-298-7554. Through April 12.

Oil Paintings by Shari Farabaugh. Community Art Program Gallery, NCAR, 1850 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, 303-497-1174. Through March 28.

Phil Bender. Arvada Center, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada, 720-898-7200. Through March 29.

rePOPulated: Contemporary Perspectives on Pop Art. Arvada Center, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada, 720-898-7200. Through March 29.

Sean O’Meallie: Freeplay. Arvada Center, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada, 720-898-7200.

Through March 29.

Seeing, as I am — by Conor King. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-2122. Through March 29.

Substrate. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-2122.

Through April 5.

Textile Art by Annette Kennedy. Community Art Program Gallery, NCAR, 1850 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, 303-497-1174. Through March 28.

Trespassing — by William Matthews. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000. Through May 17.

Vessels: Environmental Parables. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. Through Feb. 27.

der, 303-530-0642.

The Mighty Twisters. 7 p.m. Caffe Sole, 637R S.

The Symbols. 8 p.m. Liquid Mechanics Brewing

DJ Goodie. 10 p.m. Tahona Tequila Bistro, 1035

Broadway St., Boulder, 303-499-2985.

1535 Spruce St., Boulder, 303-443-8696.

Flynn & Co. 6 p.m. Jamestown Mercantile Cafe,

108 Main St., Jamestown, 303-442-5847.

Full Belly Band. 7:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Home-

made Liquids and Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303-485-9400.

Monte & Larry. 7 p.m. Bittersweet Cafe & Confec-

tions, 836 Main St., Louisville, 303-317-5522.

Moses Walker. 7:30 p.m. Cannon Mine Coffee,

Simpson St., Lafayette, 303-997-4164.

My Blue Sky: Eat A Peach. 7 p.m. Dickens Opera

Art and Technology: Where Art Meets Technology.

House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 720-297-6397.

theNEWDEAL. 9 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th

St., Boulder, 303-786-7030.

The Prairie Scholars: Burgers, Brews and Tunes.

Good Manners Quartet. 9:30 p.m. LOCAL eat +

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

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

Rex Peoples and X Factr. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Homemade Liquids and Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303-485-9400.

Jake Schepps Quintet featuring Matt Flinner. 7:30

Rob Larkin. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl

drink, 432 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-2472.

Toney Rocks. 7 p.m. Odd 13 Brewing, 301 E.

Events

6 p.m. Oskar Blues CHUBurger, 1225 Ken Pratt Blvd., Longmont, 303-485-2482.

Nederland, 303-258-7733.

Co., 297 Highway 287, Suite 100, Lafayette, 303-908-6036.

210 S. Public Road, Lafayette, 303-665-0625.

Global Soul. 10 p.m. Pioneer Inn, 15 E. First St.,

11 a.m. Muse Gallery, 356 Main St., Longmont, 303-678-7869.

Coffee Cupping. 11 a.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe, 1203 13th St., Boulder, 303-4953303.

Cranial Lecture and Demonstration. 7 p.m. The

Solstice Center, 302 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-8000601.

Saturday, February 28 Music

Band in a Hat Competition. 8 p.m. Jamestown

p.m. Chautauqua Community House, 301 Morning Glory Drive, Boulder, 303-952-1632.

St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.

Mercantile Cafe, 108 Main St., Jamestown, 303442-5847.

Sacrebleu. 9 p.m. Bohemian Biergarten, 2017

13th St., Boulder, 720-328-8328.

Chris Hoffman. 6:30 p.m. Wild Sage Co-housing

Kyle Hollingsworth Band. 9 p.m. Fox Theatre, Matt Flaherty. 10 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s Traditional

The Strangebyrds. 4:30 p.m. Vindication Brewing Company, 6880 Winchester Circle, Suite F, Boul-

see EVENTS Page 42

1128 13th St., Boulder, 303-447-0095.

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Artist Annette Kennedy translates her personal experiences using fabric, paint and thread. See her work at the NCAR gallery through March 28.

Irish Pub, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922.

An Evening with Karla Bonoff. 7 p.m. eTown Hall,

Mar 20 - Film Series: BEST OF BIFF SHORTS

Fire and Rain. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. Through Feb. 27.

Danny Shafer. 5 p.m. Pearl Street Pub, 1108 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-777-6768.

St., Boulder, 303-440-3355.

Neighbors & more

Call for Artists. Community Art Program Gallery, NCAR, 1850 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, 303-497-1174.

Deadline April 1.

Crow Radio. 8:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685.

The Dreams. 10 p.m. The Lazy Dog, 1346 Pearl

and the

Brilliant: Cartier in the 20th Century. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000.

Through March 15.

2675 Northpark Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757.

Pearl St., Boulder, 303-938-9600.

Live Radio Show Taping Mar DrewBonoff Holcomb 18 Karla

Annette Kennedy

Beyond Words: Contemporary Book Art. Foothills Art Center, 809 15th St., Golden, 303-279-3922.

Through March 22.

Common House, 1650 Zamia Ave., Boulder, 303571-9335.

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Dave Honig’s New Standards Project. 6 p.m. Tai

Shi House, 3033 28th St., Boulder, 303-4443133.

Denny Driscoll. 7:30 p.m. 2020 Food + Wine Bar, 2020 Ionosphere St., Longmont, 720-491-3578.

Pearl St., Boulder, 303-938-9600.

Shawnte Orion. 7 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe, 1203 13th St., Suite A, Boulder, 303-495-3303.

Dukes of Winter. 7:30 p.m. Oskar Blues CyclHOPS,

Monday, March 2

Finals of the Battle of the Bands. 8:30 p.m. Oskar

“So, You’re a Poet” Open Poetry Reading. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.

600 S. Airport Road, Longmont, 303-776-BIKE.

Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303823-6685.

The Indulgers. 10 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s Traditional Irish Pub, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922.

Friday February 27

Intuit. 10 p.m. Pioneer Inn, 15 E. First St., Neder-

“A Pink Floyd Tribute”

Kap Slap. 9 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1128 13th St.,

& RUSH ARCHIVES “A Tribute to Rush”

Saturday February 28

SOMETHING UNDERGROUND “Seth’s Birthday Show”

Wednesday March 4 WEDNESDAY NIGHT BLUES FEATURING

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Thursday March 5

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Wednesday March 11

Island on Fire ­— by Alexandra Witze and Jeff Kanipe. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-2074.

ny, 1265 Boston Ave., Longmont, 303-772-0258.

Man of 1000 Songs: Rob Wivchar. 8 p.m. Liquid

Mechanics Brewing Co., 297 Highway 287, Suite 100, Lafayette, 303-908-6036.

Marcus Lucas Show. 10 p.m. Bohemian Biergar-

ten, 2017 13th St., Boulder, 720-328-8328.

Mark Diamond and Ed Edwards. 8 p.m. Longs

Church, 1421 Spruce St., Boulder, 303-442-3770.

Mokomba Ensemble. 9 p.m. The Laughing Goat,

1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.

Purple Squirrel. 7 p.m. Caffe Sole, 637R S. Broad-

way St., Boulder, 303-499-2985.

Radiate Unified Dance Party. 8:30 p.m. Shine Res-

taurant & Gathering Place, 2027 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-0120.

Chinese New Year Celebration. 2 p.m. Silver Creek

High School, 4901 Nelson Road, Longmont, 720494-3721.

Traditional Irish Session. 7 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s Traditional Irish Pub, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303449-1922.

Introduction to Contemplative Art. 9:30 a.m. Cre-

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ative Life Center at St. Ambrose, 7520 S. Boulder Road, Boulder, 303-499-3041.

It’s a Girl Thing: Mother-Daughter Bookclub. 3

p.m. George Reynolds Branch Library, 3595 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, 303-441-3120.

Red Party. 8 p.m. Apex Movement Boulder, 3850

Frontier Ave., Suite 250, Boulder, 720-432-0279.

Savoring the Second Half of Life. 9 a.m. New Vista High School, 700 20th St., Boulder, 720-561-5250.

Tibetan Cranial Public Clinic. 11 a.m. The Solstice

Center, 302 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-800-0601.

UFC 184: Rousey vs. Zingano. 8 p.m. Century Boul-

der, 1700 29th St., Boulder, 303-444-0583.

WOW: Women of Wisdom. 2:30 p.m. Meadows

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Reverend Freakchild. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat,

Branch Library, 4800 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-441-4390.

Thursday March 12

Rex Peoples Band. 7:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Home-

Youth Open Mic and “What Can I Do?” Spaceship Earth. 2 p.m. Longmont Library, 409 Fourth Ave.,

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Poet Shawnte Orion brings his new book The Existentialist Cookbook to Innisfree on Feb. 26.

ater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030.

Lightly Toasted. 5 p.m. Left Hand Brewing Compa-

Mass in B Minor. 7:30 p.m. First United Methodist

Saturday March 7

Wednesday, March 4

Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe. 9 p.m. Boulder The-

Free Admission

THE KING STAN BAND

Innisfree Weekly Open Poetry Reading. 7 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe, 1203 13th St., Suite A, Boulder, 303-495-3303.

Boulder, 303-447-0095.

Friday March 6

“Classic Dance from yesterday to today”

Courtesy of Innisfree

Tuesday, March 3

land, 303-258-7733.

Peak Pub, 600 Longs Peak Ave., Longmont, 303 651-7886.

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Thursday, Feb. 26

DJ Goodie. 10 p.m. Tahona Tequila Bistro, 1035

“New Orleans Blues” Free Admission

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The Clarks. 7 p.m. Bittersweet Cafe & Confections, 836 Main St., Louisville, 303-317-5522.

1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.

made Liquids and Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303-485-9400.

Longmont, 303-651-8470.

Robinson Quintet. 6:30 p.m. St Julien Hotel and

Music

Spa, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696.

Something Underground. 7 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 Northpark Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757.

Steve Manshel. 4:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Tasty Weasel Tap Room, 1800 Pike Road, Unit B, Longmont, 303-776-1914.

Thumpin. 8 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main

St., Longmont, 720-297-6397.

WadiRum. 7:30 p.m. Cannon Mine Coffee, 210 S. Public Road, Lafayette, 303-665-0625.

Whiskey Autumn. 7:30 p.m. Spirit Hound Distillers, 4196 Ute Highway, Lyons, 303-823-5696.

Sunday, March 1 Acoustic Jam. 3 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s Traditional

Irish Pub, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922.

Andrew Wynne. 4:30 p.m. Left Hand Brewing

Company, 1265 Boston Ave., Longmont, 303772-0258.

Community Day at Next Door. 11 a.m. The Kitchen [Next Door], 1039 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-5445973.

Danielle Ate the Sandwich. 7 p.m. Shine Restau-

rant & Gathering Place, 2027 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-0120.

Elvis Costello (Solo). 8 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032

Events

14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030.

Adobe Lightroom Hands-On. 9 a.m. Boulder Digital

Jeff & Paige at Biergarten. 4:30 p.m. Bohemian

Arts, 1600 Range St., Suite 100, Boulder, 303800-4647.

Biergarten, 2017 13th St., Boulder, 720-3288328.

Art & Technology: Where Art Meets Technology.

Lawrence Power, Simon Crawford-Phillips viola/ piano recital. 2 p.m. CU Boulder, College of Music,

11 a.m. Muse Gallery, 356 Main St., Longmont, 303-678-7869.

Grusin Hall, 18th and Euclid, Boulder, 303-492-1198.

Calico and Boots. 7 p.m. Glenns Den, 10178

The Prairie Scholars. 6 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill &

Empire Drive, Lafayette, 303-440-8303.

Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685.

Adam Devine. 6:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. Fox

Theatre, 1128 13th St., Boulder, 303-447-0095.

Art Studio Open House. 12 p.m. Bridge Park Plaza

Studios, 1515 Main St., Suites 201 and 202, Longmont, 303-775-2720.

Bicycle Dreams, presented by Boulder Cycling Club. 4 p.m. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590

Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826.

Boulder Comedy Show. 7 p.m. Bohemian Biergarten, 2017 13th St., Boulder, 720-328-8328.

Hawaiian Hula Classes. 5 p.m. The Dairy Center for

the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-447-9772.

Kundalini Workshop. 9 a.m. Madelife, 2000 21st

St., Boulder, 303-927-0802.

Tibetan Cranial Public Clinic. 11 a.m. The Solstice

Center, 302 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-800-0601.

Wedding Preview and Vendor Showcase. 11 a.m.

Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 720-297-6397.

Monday, March 2 Music

The DBC. 10 p.m. Southern Sun Pub & Brewery,

627 S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-543-0886.

Electric Blues Jam. 7 p.m. Oskar Blues Homemade Liquids and Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303-485-9400.

I & The Many Jazz. 7 p.m. The Speakeasy, 301

Main St., Longmont, 720-684-4728.

Mark Diamond and Friends. 7 p.m. Bohemian Bier-

garten, 2017 13th St., Boulder, 720-328-8328.

Open Jovan. 6 p.m. Jamestown Mercantile Cafe, 108 Main St., Jamestown, 303-442-5847.

Open Mic Night. 6 p.m. Oskar Blues Tasty Weasel Tap Room, 1800 Pike Road, Unit B, Longmont, 303-776-1914.

Open Stage. 9 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s Traditional Irish

Pub, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922.

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Arabic Literature. 6 p.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100. see EVENTS Page 44

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Benediction. Denver Performing Arts Complex, 1345 Champa St., Denver, 720-865-4239.

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Fiddler on the Roof. BDT Stage, 5501 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-449-6000. Through Feb. 28.

Forbidden Broadway: Alive & Kicking!

Denver Performing Arts Complex, 1345 Champa St., Denver, 720-865-4239. Through March 1.

Les Miserables. Jester’s Dinner Theatre, 224 Main St., Longmont, 303-682-9980. Through April 26.

Twelfth Night — presented by The Upstart Crow. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. Feb. 28.

Tuesday, March 3 Music The Aristocats. 7:30 p.m. Cannon Mine Coffee, 210 S. Public Road, Lafayette, 303-665-0625.

Bo Burnham. 8 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th

St., Boulder, 303-786-7030.

Gasoline Lollipops. 7 p.m. Waterloo, 809 Main St.,

Louisville, 303-993-2094.

Longest Day of the Year. 9 p.m. Illegal Pete’s, 1447

Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-3955.

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Maxwell Hughes. 9 p.m. Illegal Pete’s, 1124 13th St., Boulder, 303-444-3055.

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Mokomba. 7:30 p.m. Shine Restaurant & Gathering Place, 2027 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-0120.

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

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Bohemian Biergarten, 2017 13th St., Boulder, 720-328-8328.

Lewis and Church Expeditions. 6:30 p.m. Eclectic

Cafe, 917 Front St., Louisville.

Open Bluegrass Pick. 9 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s

Traditional Irish Pub, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922.

Open Mic. 6:30 p.m. Sanitas Brewing Company, 3550 Frontier Ave., Boulder, 303-442-4130.

Open Mic Night. 6:30 p.m. Cannon Mine Coffee, 210 S. Public Road, Lafayette, 303-665-0625.

The Prairie Scholars’ Double Album Release and Listening Party. 6 p.m. Rosalee’s Pizzeria, 461

Main St., Longmont, 303-485-5020.

Purple Squirrel. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.

Ron LeGault Quintet. 6:30 p.m. St Julien Hotel and

Spa, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696.

Sweet Spot Trio. 6 p.m. Espresso Vino by Brewing Market, 2770 Dagny Way, Lafayette, 720-8903993.

Creating WordPress Image Galleries. 6 p.m.

Boulder Digital Arts Training Center, 1600 Range St., Boulder, 303-800-4647.

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Karaoke hosted by Marcus Lucas. 9 p.m.

Colorado Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Symposium. All day. University of Colorado Dis-

NOMAD PLAYHOUSE 1410 Quince Avenue, Boulder

JOEGA. 5 p.m. Mountains Edge Fitness, 555 30th

Silent Bear. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 Northpark

covery Learning Center, 1111 Engineering Drive, Boulder, 303-492-5071.

for the purchase and rehabilitation of the historic

St., Boulder, 303-447-0095.

Boulder World Affairs Discussion Group. 10 a.m.

Gala

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The Cripple of Inishmaan. Miners Alley Playhouse, 1224 Washington Ave., Denver, 303935-3044. Through March 8.

German Speaking Table. 6:30 p.m. Bohemian Bier-

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Boulder Digital Arts, 1600 Range St., Suite 100, Boulder, 303-800-4647.

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Ver Dar Luz. 7 p.m. Boulder Distillery, 2500 47th St., Unit 10, Boulder, 303-444-6121.

Events Colorado Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Symposium. All day. University of Colorado Dis-

covery Learning Center, 1111 Engineering Drive, Boulder, 303-492-5071.

Das Boot Trivia. 8 p.m. Bohemian Biergarten,

Cruisers and Crawlers. 9:15 a.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.

Express, Create, Learn Kids Art Group. 3 p.m.

Danceophile Studio/Postoley Dance Ensemble/Tom Masterson. 7:45 p.m. Danceophile Studio, 2126

2017 13th St., Boulder, 720-328-8328.

Boulder Art Therapy Collective, 1400 Lee Hill Drive, Suite 7, Boulder, 303-593-0277.

Open Free Form Weekly Dance. 7:30 p.m. Solstice

Center, 302 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-800-0601.

Wednesday, March 4 Music

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

Horse Feathers. 8:30 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1128 13th

Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-8303.

Library Commission Meeting. 6 p.m. Carnegie

Branch Library, 1125 Pine St., Boulder, 303-4413110.

Mindfulness for Stress Management. 6:30 p.m.

BVSD Manhattan School of the Arts, 290 Manhattan Drive, Boulder, 720-561-5968.

Socrates Cafe. 2 p.m. Meadows Branch Library, 4800 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-441-4390.

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it down, Sartre. Writers/directors Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne get it a bit more right: Hell isn’t just other people. Hell is asking other people to surrender their bonuses so you can keep your job. Two Days, One Night is a harrowing social allegory, a dramatic minimization of a growing socioeconomic reality. The bosses of the world are greedily devouring an ever-expanding amount of wealth, leaving the impoverished to fight each other for table scraps. It is undignified, disgusting and downright heartbreaking to watch human beings alternate between fighting and begging each other for basic survival needs.

The singularly brilliant Marion Cotillard plays Sandra, a wife and mother who wishes to return to her job after having taken leave for a crippling bought of depression. We’re not talking sadness here; we’re talking panic attacks that strip speech and spark suicidal ideation. Her boss, having discovered that 16 people can do the work that 17 people were doing, gives his staff a choice: They can keep their bonus or surrender it and hire Sandra back.

Two Days, One Night refers to the amount of time that Sandra has to go door-to-door begging her equally struggling workmates to give up desperately needed bonuses so that she can provide for her family. You think you know shame until you watch a woman internally retching as she asks downtrodden friends to take from themselves and give to her. After every “no,” Sandra tells her husband, Manu (Fabrizio Rongione), that she can’t go on, she can’t ask another colleague to do this.

At one point, when she asks two coworkers at the same time, the two men get into a physical altercation about it.

Forget the collateral damage of most major blockbusters, the stakes here are simultaneously intimate and massive. This is life or death to Sandra and her family, and she’s a woman desperately patching the hull of her psyche with massive doses of Xanax. Cotillard is goddamn brilliant again, refusing to

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Marion Cotillard pulls out another stellar performance as a woman pleading to keep her job in Two Days, One Night.

play Sandra as weak-willed or melodramatic. She endows this character with so much grace, so much bravery and quiet strength that it’s devastating and inspiring to watch.

If the film has a flaw, it lies in its repetitive nature. Instead of seeking votes from more than a dozen people, Two Days, One Night would have been better served with deeper interactions between Sandra and half that number.

Manu is also woefully underdeveloped, never coming into focus as either a truly supportive and loyal husband or a pitying spouse burdened by his wife.

Sandra initially alleges the latter, but it’s never clear if that is her depression talking or actual insight.

Two Days, One Night is a lot like Steven Spielberg’s War of the Worlds.

For real! Both movies show the consequences of global destruction playing out in just one family. Sure, Spielberg had giant aliens while this film only has the specter of economic disparity.

But to be honest, if forced to choose which were more evil, intergalactic murderers or CEOs, the answer isn’t obvious…

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veryone is happy at The Post. On a Friday afternoon, three cooks are laughing behind the bakery counter. When I return a week later, three new cooks — or who knows — are laughing again.

The waiters, too, are all happy. Not the giddy, storemandated affability that drives you nuts. Just the calm joy of a person who’s happy to be at work.

Happiness inhabits the place, an old VFW that was chicly remodeled and restored into a post-industrial lodge.

It keeps smiles on the faces of the folks who have to wait tables and the folks who have to wait for tables.

Luckily, the lunch and dinner I ate at The Post came with no wait, though a waiter did say it’s downright impossible nowadays to get a table without at least having to take a walk around the block on weekend nights.

The Post has two specialties: beer and chicken. We’ll get to both of those in a bit, but there’s a lot of other food worth talking about.

Like the baked ceramic bowl of warm pimento goat cheese. The cheese is pulsed together with cherry red peppers, eggplant and a few other vegetables and herbs. It’s served with grilled garlic breadsticks cut from a focaccia roll, and cauliflower that is lightly pickled in red and green chilies and onion.

It’s gooey and warm, and if people are eating this once a week, no wonder

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best. It is juicy, expertly cooked, seasoned well and pieces are meaty. The fried chicken, I think, suffered a little bit by association. It was, compared to the rotisserie bird, cooked askew of perfect, a little less meaty and certainly less flavorful.

The chicken fried chicken, which comes on feather light waffles (and which would compete for ‘Best Waffle’ at the Waffle Fair on their own), was a bit tough. The meat was cut for scaloppini, and although I wolfed down the whole plate, I just always had that rotisserie chicken on my mind.

And, of course, there’s the beer. The Post has about two The Post dozen regular brews that 105 W. Emma St., rotate through the menu. I Lafayette, had the Big Rosie, a dry and 303-593-2066 drinkable porter; the Right Side Amber, which was loaded with American hops; and Mashed potatoes are whipped with a the Ol’ Zippy, a light and tasty throwlot of butter and cream and served with down. Then there was the special cockbrown gravy. Green chili mac and tail — called something about cheese was a favorite: shell pasta baked Reykjavik (I’m in a chicken and beer with green chilies, breadcrumbs and a coma at this point) — with vodka, sweet, light cheese mixture. crème de cassis and ginger beer. It was But the sides are all second fiddle to pink and it was delicious. the chicken. The Post does offer barbeYou can’t guarantee happiness in cue, catfish, roast beef and daily entrée life, but it seems like The Post is onto specials, but the menu highlights the something. Like all Big Red F restauchicken, extolling The Post’s humanely rants (Zolo, Jax, Centro), every detail is raised birds that are brined for hours to planned. The Post does casual dining retain succulence. You can get chicken and chicken and beer right, and if that in three forms: fried, rotisserie or chick- doesn’t make you happy, then who en fried. knows what will.

The rotisserie chicken is by far the Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com

Everyone is happy

It must be something in the chicken

by Matt Cortina they’re so happy here.

For meals, The Post serves both individual dishes and family style buckets. Sides come in two sizes and are often shared at the table. Many of these were great.

A seasonal side was roasted butternut squash with mushrooms, pickled red cabbage, green onion and lots of garlic. It was robust, and the texture of all the parts in the dish was well designed.

Collard greens are cooked down with butter and bits of slow-roasted pork shoulder. There’s a tanginess in there too that is probably vinegar.

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Joining Redzikowski in the category are Denver chef’s Dana Rodriguez of Work & Class, and Alex Seidel of Fruition. The southwest region includes Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado and Utah.

The only other Denver nominee in any other category is Yasmin LozadaHissom at Spuntino for Outstanding Pastry Chef.

Finalists will be named March 24, and the winners will be crowned on April 24. The James Beard Foundation receives about 35,000 applications every year, and a committee of critics, writers and editors narrow down and judge the field.

Lucky for us food freaks, the Boulder County dining scene will not be left out of the Boulder International Film Festival fun.

On Friday, March 6 from 6-7 p.m., seven local chefs will participate in CineCHEF, an event run by the film festival that challenges the chefs to “choose a movie theme and create film-inspired dishes Kyle Mendenhall of The Kitchen will be one of several Boulder chefs competing in the CineCHEF competition on March 6. for a fun and friendly competition.”

Participating chefs JAMES BEARD AWARD SEMIFINALISTS include Dave Query of Centro Latin ANNOUNCED Kitchen, Kyle Mendenhall of The Kitchen, CHEESE FOR CHARITY Bradford Heap of Salt and Colterra, Kelly The semifinalists for the 2015 James Kingsford of Brasserie Ten Ten and The Beard Awards, which honor the best chefs The Art of Cheese in Longmont will be Med, John Platt of RIFF’s, Radek Cerny of and restaurants across the U.S., were hosting its monthly “Cheese for Charity” class L’Atelier, and Alec Schuler from Arugula. announced on Feb. 18 and include several on Friday, Feb. 28 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.

The chefs will create tasting stations Front Range professionals.

For $39, this month’s class includes demand serve small plates based on their In the Outstanding Restaurant category, onstrations on how to make Brie and chosen theme. Wines from the Francis Frasca Food and Wine in Boulder was nomiCamembert, which the shop says are easy Ford Coppola Winery will be served, nated alongside 19 other restaurants. to make. The class will be spent “highlightand Lucky’s Bakehouse pastry chef Jen Frasca won a James Beard Award in 2013 ing the similarities and differences, and Bush will supply desserts. There will be for its wine program, and sommelier Bobby [participants] will also sample several other live music from Maxwell Hughes, formerStuckey won Wine Enthusiast magazine’s versions of mold-ripened cheeses including ly of The Lumineers, and directors, Sommelier of the Year award in January.

Saint Maure, which is coated in ash for a actors and producers will be at the Frasca will now compete against nation- rich and pungent flavor.” event as well. al perennial contenders Per Se and Half of the entry fee will be donated to CineCHEF takes place at Rembrandt Momofuku Noodle Bar in New York City, charity.

Attendees will have the opportunity Yard on the corner of Spruce and 13th in Spiaggia in Chicago, Acquerello in San to nominate their favorite charity, tell the Boulder, and tickets are $95, the proceeds Francisco and a number of newcomers. class about it, and then the students will of which benefit the Boulder International Elsewhere, Steve Redzikowski of Oak at vote on which charity to donate to this Film Festival. For tickets, visit www.biff1.

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The trend is national now. We expect a certain quality, but we forget that those same Raising meat locally and on a smale scale may increase the quality of the product supplied to resestablishments need quantity in order to stay in business. taurants and stores, but it’s not always easy to do.

While local farms provide the quality, generally speaking, the larger farms provide the quantity necessary to fill menus and grocery aisles. It means chefs and farmers (and Boulder County consumers) need to be an outbreak in disease, they’re all sitting ducks, and they’ll die. flexible, but it’s interesting to hear “No one wants to see sick and dying animals. So, you do it partially out of this what people in the industry have to feeling of wanting to relieve the suffering of the animals, but really the solution is, say about why when we look at don’t put them in the feedlot to begin with,” Skokan says. small versus large farms. It is Once the cattle are processed, they are distributed through grocery stores and always a matter of quality versus restaurants from specialty meat companies and broad line food distributors like Cisco quantity. and Lombardi Meats.

First, consider that a large-scale When raising cattle on a large scale, and sourcing from those production facilirancher may have as few as 50 ties, there are things that a farmer and chef must sacrifice in order to remain profitheads of cattle and as many as able.

2,000. These cattle are usually kept “Quality, food safety, connection to the land, connection to your community; out on the range for about a year those are all things that you have to throw away,” Skokan says.

Piglets at Black Cat Farm in Boulder are being before they are sold to a feedlot Skokan says that the length of time between harvest and the plate is only hours raised for meat. with thousands of other cattle. On at the Black Cat, but when you buy something from Cisco, it’s days to weeks. the feedlots, the cattle’s diets are Because Skokan has his own farm just miles away from the restaurant, he is able often changed from grass to grain, and are kept there for about three or four months to call in the food he needs for that day, which is produced up to his highest stanbefore they are processed. dard.

Eric Skokan, executive chef and owner of the Black Cat Bistro and Farm, says As a chef, having your own farm or relying on a local farmer definitely meets the that when you pack thousands of cattle into one field in close proximity, you have no see QUALITY Page 54 choice but to pump antibiotics through the whole herd every day because if there’s

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Last year during the floods, the Black Cat Farm lost $58,000 worth of produce, while companies like Cisco are hardly affected by these natural disasters because they can just buy from another part of the country.

Because of problems like this, a chef will have to meet on the farmer’s terms, because the farmer may not have what the chef wants to put on the menu.

Kyle Mendenhall, executive chef at The Kitchen says, “There is no doubt that the entire system is built on some sort of flexibility.”

For instance, when you need tomatoes in the middle of winter, you are most likely not going to be able to find any, so you can’t put tomatoes on the menu, Mendenhall says.

“It’s really, really rare that a chef and a farmer can get on the same page together such that the chef can have all of the things that they’re having in the restaurant,” Skokan agrees. “The specific varieties … just cost too much money from the farmer’s perspective.”

Skokan says that he has to change the menu every day to account for these inconsistencies. Similarly, Anne Cure, owner and farmer at Cure Organic Farm, says that they do not sell a lot of their meat to restaurants because they can’t provide a consistent supply if they want to continue raising their animals the way the want to, given the amount of land they have.

Mendenhall says that what a chef has to do is find efficient and creative ways of using products, and that is really where the talent of a chef lies.

Raising animals or produce on a smaller scale is typically fresh and sustainable, and consumers are aware of that and are willing to pay more for the extra heart and soul that went into pro-

ducing the food, says Andre Houssney, a farmer at Jacob Springs Farm.

“The big industries that we’re competing with are putting out a terrible product, and the people in Boulder are really aware of that and are ready to pay the premium, so our prices are a little bit more. So the customers are there, the market is there, everything is ready for us — we don’t need any help,” Houssney says.

The organic standard is important in maintaining quality, he adds, but it only tells farms what they can’t do. The standard says you cannot use hormones, pesticides or synthetic fertilizers, which he agrees with. However, Houssney says that his farm surpasses this standard and practices something which he calls “beyond organic.”

“Beyond organic to us is … thinking more about what we are doing proactively to make the best quality product and to find the synergy with also taking care of our planet,” Houssney says.

Chefs and farmers who contribute to this system seem to pride themselves on what they do, and instead of taking an easier route, they choose to stay loyal to their community and methods.

“Could we be more profitable doing it in a different way? “ Skokan says.

“Yeah, but I’m a dad. I have four kids. I want to create the world that I want my kids to value. I don’t want my kids to see their father as a hypocrite. I’m not willing to do that.”

Of course, all this quality is reflected in the menu price that consumers have to pay at restaurants that only source food locally. But Houssney says the financial sacrifice runs through the system, from the first local producer to the final local consumer.

“It’s not the best financial choice I could be making for myself or my family.

The reason I’m doing it is because the rewards are more than financial,” Houssney says. “One of the things I’m trying to show is that it can be done, and it can be done well.”

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raft brewing has been around for 500 years. In the past decade, though, it’s taken off — especially in the United States. The appeal is obvious. Smaller batch sizes and creative recipes lend the craft brew flavors (and identities) that Budweiser can’t match. Similarly, artisan distilleries are multiplying inexorably. Liquor stores offer more American-made bourbons, whiskies, rums and vodkas than ever before. One can easily see how America’s wine industry will benefit from the craft boom.

And as interest in artisanal wine, beer and spirits has increased, so has the number of television shows and documentaries detailing the art of creating these drinks.

Here are some of the recent best.

‘United States of Drinking’

This Smithsonian Channel travelogue, hosted by food journalist Josh Ozersky, takes on nothing less than the history and production of all types of alcohol in the United States. From craft beer to cocktails to fine wine and moonshine, each beverage’s recipe and historical context are explored. It’s not only a lesson on how these beverages get made, but also a history lesson, which isn’t found with many other similar shows or documentaries about the industry. It’s a great choice if you’re a history buff.

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DirecTV released this documentary about the growing popularity of Bourbon bars where guests can taste dozens of offerings. Bourbontucky also goes in depth for a behind-the-scenes look at some of the most prominent distilleries, and breaks down the process of production, from corn harvest to mash fermentation to oak-barrel aging.

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‘Booze Traveler’

Stage and screen actor Jack Maxwell travels the globe — stopping in places like Tokyo, Nepal and New Orleans — in search of great drinks. He also interviews some of the most renowned mixologists in the world and tastes their finest concoctions. The show isn’t just about booze, though. Maxwell also finds time to examine local food, culture and scenery.

‘Three Sheets’

This TV series ran for four seasons on Spike TV, and follows comedian Zane Lamprey as he travels the world indulging in local debauchery.

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Writer/director Anat Baron, who developed the project while working as general manager for Mike’s Hard Lemonade, continues to report on microbreweries’ struggle against “big beer” in her blog.

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Told from the viewpoints of seven different wineries in Burgundy, this documentary delves into the different production philosophies of each winery as well as their means of coping with a particularly tumultuous 2011 growing season. Beautifully shot, this awardwinning film is really an informative and entertaining look at the wine industry.

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ARIES

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Lately your life reminds me of the action film Speed, starring Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves. In that story, a criminal has rigged a passenger bus to explode if its speed drops below 50 miles per hour. In your story, you seem to be acting as if you, too, will self-destruct if you stop moving at a frantic pace. I’m here to tell you that nothing bad will happen if you slow down. Just the opposite, in fact. As you clear your schedule of its excessive things-to-do, as you leisurely explore the wonders of doing nothing in particular, I bet you will experience a soothing flood of healing pleasure.

TAURUS

APRIL 20-MAY 20:

One of the most dazzling moves a ballet dancer can do is the fouetté en tournant. The term is French for “whipped turning.” As she executes a 360-degree turn, the dancer spins around on the tip of one foot. Meanwhile, her other foot thrusts outward and then bends in, bringing her toes to touch the knee of her supporting leg. Can you imagine a dancer doing this 32 consecutive times? That’s what the best do. It takes extensive practice and requires a high degree of concentration and discipline. Paradoxically, it expresses breathtaking freedom and exuberance. You may not be a prima ballerina, Taurus, but in your own field there must be an equivalent to the fouetté en tournant. Now is an excellent time for you to take a vow and make plans to master that skill. What will you need to do?

GEMINI

MAY 21-JUNE 20:

If you’re a martial artist and you want to inject extra energy into an aggressive move, you might utter a percussive shout that sounds like “eee-yah!” or “hyaah!” or “aiyah!”

The Japanese term for this sound is kiai. The sonic boost is most effective if it originates deep in your diaphragm rather than from your throat. Even if you’re not a martial artist, Gemini, I suggest that in the coming weeks you have fun trying out this boisterous style of yelling. It may help you summon the extra power and confidence you’ll need to successfully wrestle with all the interesting challenges ahead of you.

CANCER

JUNE 21-JULY 22:

The prolific and popular French novelist Aurore Dupin was better known by her pseudonym George Sand. Few 19thcentury women matched her rowdy behavior. She wore men’s clothes, smoked cigars, was a staunch feminist and frequented social venues where only men were normally allowed. Yet she was also a doting mother to her two children, and loved to garden, make jam and do needlework.

Among her numerous lovers were the writers Alfred de Musset, Jules Sandeau and Prosper Mérimée, as well as composer Frederic Chopin and actress Marie Dorval.

Her preferred work schedule was midnight to 6 a.m., and she often slept until 3 p.m. “What a brave man she was,” said Russian author Ivan Turgenev, “and what a good woman.” Her astrological sign? The same as you and me.

She’s feisty proof that not all of us Crabs are conventional fuddy-duddies. In the coming weeks, she’s our inspirational role model.

LEO

JULY 23-AUG. 22:

It seems you’ve slipped into a time warp. Is that bad? I don’t think so. Your adventures there may twist and tweak a warped part of your psyche in such a way that it gets healed. At the very least, I bet your visit to the time warp will reverse the effects of an old folly and correct a problem caused by your past sins. (By the way, when I use the word “sin,” I mean “being lax about following your dreams.”)

There’s only one potential problem that could come out of all this: Some people in your life could misinterpret what’s happening. To prevent that, communicate crisply every step of the way.

VIRGO

AUG. 23-SEPT. 22:

In English and French versions of the word game Scrabble, the letter z is worth ten points. In Italian, it’s eight points.

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LIBRA

SEPT. 23-OCT. 22:

“Learn all you can from the mistakes of others. You won’t have to make them all your yourself.” So said Alfred Sheinwold in his book about the card game known as bridge. I think this is excellent advice for the game of life, as well. And it should be extra pertinent for you in the coming weeks, because people in your vicinity will be making gaffes and wrong turns that are useful for you to study.

In the future, you’ll be wise to avoid perpetrating similar messes yourself.

SCORPIO

OCT. 23-NOV. 21:

“Love her but leave her wild,” advised a graffiti artist who published his thoughts on a wall next to the mirror in a public restroom I visited. Another guerrilla philosopher had added a comment below: “That’s a nice sentiment, but how can anyone retain wildness in a society that puts so many demands on us in exchange for money to live?” Since I happened to have a felt-tip pen with me, I scrawled a response to the question posed in the second comment: “Be in nature every day. Move your body a lot. Remember and work with your dreams. Be playful. Have good sex. Infuse any little thing you do with a creative twist. Hang out with animals. Eat with your fingers. Sing regularly.” And that’s also my message for you, Scorpio, during this phase when it’s so crucial for you to nurture your wildness.

SAGITTARIUS NOV. 22-DEC. 21:

“Don’t worry, even if things get heavy, we’ll all float on.” So sings Modest Mouse’s vocalist Isaac Brock on the band’s song “Float On.” I recommend you try that approach yourself, Sagittarius. Things will no doubt get heavy in the coming days. But if you float on, the heaviness will be a good, rich, soulful heaviness. It’ll be a purifying heaviness that purges any glib or shallow influences that are in your vicinity. It’ll be a healing heaviness that gives you just the kind of graceful gravitas you will need.

CAPRICORN

DEC. 22-JAN. 19:

“What I look for in a friend is someone who’s different from me,” says science fiction novelist Samuel Delany.

“The more different the person is, the more I’ll learn from him. The more he’ll come up with surprising takes on ideas and things and situations.” What about you, Capricorn?

What are the qualities in a friend that help you thrive?

Now is a perfect time to take an inventory. I sense that although there are potential new allies wandering in your vicinity, they will actually become part of your life only if you adjust and update your attitudes about the influences you value most.

AQUARIUS

JAN. 20-FEB. 18:

At the turn of the 19th century, Russian laborers constructed thousands of miles of railroad tracks from the western part of the country eastward to Siberia. The hardest part of the job was blasting tunnels through the mountains that were in the way. I reckon you’re at a comparable point in your work, Aquarius. It’s time to smash gaping holes through obstacles. Don’t scrimp or apologize. Clear the way for the future.

PISCES

FEB. 19-MARCH 20:

The British rock band the Animals released their gritty, growly song “The House of the Rising Sun” in 1964.

It reached the top of the pop music charts in the U.S., Canada, U.K. and Australia, and was a hit with critics.

Rolling Stone magazine ultimately ranked it as the 122nd greatest song of all time. And yet it took the Animals just 15 minutes to record. They did it in one take. That’s the kind of beginner’s luck and spontaneous flow I foresee you having in the coming weeks, Pisces. What’s the best way for you to channel all that soulful mojo?

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Dear Dan: Shame on you for recommending adultery as a solution to a husband who can’t satisfy his wife! Satisfying a woman is easy! I learned it from a book!

You just tickle the clitoris continuously with as light a touch as possible until she comes, as many times as you like. Sorry, I forget the name of the book.

— Bad Advice Destroys Dear BAD: I’m not sure which column you’re objecting to — I’ve recommended adultery to so many husbands and wives over the years that I’ve lost track — but I’m pretty sure the book you’re referring to is God, Guns, Grits, and Gravy by Mike Huckabee.

Dear Dan: I’m a 33-year-old man in a monogamous relationship with a 32-year-old woman for eight months. In the beginning, she was really passionate and required sex all the time. But I noticed that she was the first woman I was ever with who didn’t like to give pleasure with normal sex, by which I mean vaginal intercourse. Instead, she was only interested in sex that directly pleasured her. She didn’t think about my pleasure while I satisfied her with cunnilingus or helped her to masturbate herself. After six months, I was losing interest, so I asked her why it was like this. After that talk, I had to leave for work, and after a month, we met again.

Her sexual desire for me had disappeared, while my desire for her had only grown.

My two questions: (1) Does she have another man? (2) Is our relationship over?

Please let me know what you think.

— Too High Too Low Dear THTL: 1. I couldn’t tell you.

2. Looks that way. And if the genders were reversed — if you were a woman dating a man who didn’t care about your pleasure and only wanted blowjobs and help jacking off — no one would hesitate to tell you that your lover was selfish and that this relationship needed to end.

Dear Dan: I’m a high-school sophomore. I’m a mostly closeted gay, having come out only to some of my friends, but my best friend was the first one I told. I’ve had a crush on him since sixth grade.

Sometimes he acts very gay with me: He’s stroked my hair and leaned on my shoulder, some light rubbing of feet, etc., usually with me reciprocating. Most of this was before he knew I was gay. But just a month ago, at a sleepover, we had to share a bed, and basically the entire night I was the closest I have ever been to a non–family member. Yet he continues to protest that he is straight. My question: Do you think he is gay or at least questioning?

— Crushing On Bestie

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be gay, COB, or he could be one of those New Model Straight Boys, aka a straight boy so secure in his heterosexuality that he’s comfortable with what the sex researchers call “homosocial intimacy,” e.g., leaning on a male friend’s shoulder, stroking a male friend’s hair, rubbing a male friend’s

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feet (a form of homosocial contact that this homo isn’t comfortable with), etc.

If your friend is gay, COB, he may not have come out yet for all sorts of reasons (he’s not ready, his parents might freak, he’s not sure if he’s gay or bi or what). Or your friend may know he’s gay but hasn’t come out to you

because he knows how you feel about him (crush since sixth grade) and he doesn’t feel the same way about you (he likes you only as a friend). So he tells you he’s straight to spare your feelings, COB, because then the rejection isn’t so personal.

But only your friend knows what he is for sure, and right now he says he’s straight. Respect his sexual identity, COB, just as he respects yours — sleepovers and homosocial intimacy notwithstanding.

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“We want the federal government to be a responsible partner with the rest of the universe of marijuana interests,” Blumenauer said of the bills, “while we address what federal policy should be regarding drug taxation, classification and legality.”

Both have been assigned to committees, which will determine whether

they finally go to the floor. Though not likely to get too far, the bills are part of a strategy to keep hammering Congress to do something about the disparity between the federal government and the more than 30 states that allow medical or recreational marijuana. At least in part due to their efforts, industrial hemp is finally being separated from the Controlled Substances Act — it should never have been there in the first place, of course — and it will take more of the same to get this done.

And then we have the prohibitionists, who at least in this case don’t mind being labeled as such, since both suits were filed by a Washington, D.C.based organization called Safe Streets

Alliance, that according to its website is devoted to two things: “Protecting the most vulnerable in our society from violent predators” and stopping the legalization of marijuana.

“With the passage of Amendment 64 in November of 2012, the citizens of Colorado not only broke faith with the Constitution,” its website states, “they broke faith with the parents and grandparents in their sister states who are committed to doing all they can do to insure that their children and grandchildren grow up healthy and drug free.”

One was filed in federal court by Phillis Windy Hope Reilly and Michael P. Reilly, who own 195 acres in rural Pueblo County. A grow operation owned

by Alternative Holistic Healing LLC is being built on land to the west of their property. According to the complaint, “although the Reillys do not live on their land, they often visit on weekends with their children to ride horses, hike and visit with friends in the closely knit neighborhood.”

Since marijuana is illegal under federal law, the Reillys are claiming that the grow is an ongoing criminal operation under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), which was designed to go after crime families and organizations. The suit alleges a conspiracy, so it includes anyone who does business with Alternative Holistic Healing LLC as well as the

state for licensing the criminal operations and even Gov. John Hickenlooper.

Besides spoiling their views, they allege, it might bring a criminal element into their neighborhood, which today is mostly open space.

The second suit we’ve mentioned before in this space. It was filed by a Holiday Inn in Frisco that is upset about a dispensary opening in a building in an adjacent parking lot. This is the same Holiday Inn that, while asking for zoning changes, complained to the city that some occupants don’t like to talk with their children about something as unpleasant as a marijuana store. In January, the city turned the hotel down flat and reminded the owners that cannabis is legal in Colorado and that parents do their children a disservice by not talking to them about it.

How a group like Safe Streets Alliance believes that our neighborhoods will be safer with people getting their marijuana on the black market is beyond me. Perhaps a clue is that at the press conference announcing the lawsuits, a lawyer for the organization said that every person who grows or sells marijuana in Colorado should be in prison.

So the next time you’re in Frisco, remind the Holiday Inn that there are consequences for actions like these by not spending your money there. And take a moment to sign the Marijuana Policy Project/Change.org’s Boycott the Holiday Inn petition.

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That’s right. At the very same time federal legislators are trying to sort out the inconsistencies between state and federal cannabis statutes, lawsuits are being filed to try and stop legislation approved by Colorado voters in 2012. You can’t make this shit up.

The federal legislation from Colorado’s Rep. Jared Polis and Oregon’s Rep. Earl Blumenauer would provide a system of regulation and taxation for marijuana in states where it is legal. Polis’ H.R. 1013 would remove marijuana from the Controlled Substances Act and move enforcement from the DEA to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms.

Blumenauer’s H.R. 1014 would create a federal excise tax on marijuana of 50 percent on the first sale from producer to processor, apply an occupation tax on owners and workers and provide civil and criminal penalties for failure to comply with tax regulations.

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THE VERDICT IS IN… BEND OVER Is there really anyone in Colorado with an IQ over 70 who didn’t see this political screw job coming?

More than a quarter of a million Colorado voters signed petitions to put two amendments to the state constitution on the November 2014 ballot.

Those amendments would have given greater control to local governments over drilling and fracking and created 2,000-foot setbacks between oil and gas operations and people’s homes and schools. But on the very day that the signatures were to be turned over to the Secretary of State’s office, they were traded away by Courtesy of Co.gov Rep. Jared Polis (who had funded the ballot initiatives) to oil and gas industry shill Governor John Hickenlooper.

The trade amounted to an Governor John exchange of the “gotcha again” Hickenlooper right of Coloradans to vote on fracking for a Hickenlooperappointed panel that would make suggestions on better ways to deal with oil and gas conflicts.

Well, Hickenlooper’s panel has now finished its important work and as a result, the same bureaucratic incompetents who don’t regulate the oil and gas industry worth a damn now will continue to not regulate the oil and gas industry in the Wiki Commons future. Real surprise there.

In other words, the people of Colorado did not get one constructive thing out of the Polis trade that Rep. Jared “oops” killed our right Polis to vote on this critical issue.

On a positive note, “Coloradans Against Fracking,” a coalition of a number of local anti-fracking groups, announced that it will attempt to place a fracking ban on the 2016 ballot.

Presumably, after this latest fiasco, this new organization now knows to stay as far away from Polis, Hickenlooper and all the other Democratic politicians in the state who are controlled by a few well-known billionaires and their consultants who made a deal to get in bed with the oil and gas industry years ago.

It’s past time for real progressives to clean house.

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by Boulder Weekly staff rescue. They put because they only all their pointy killed 11,493 heads together and came up with this people in the U.S. while bats, knives, fix: more concealed guns, only without blunt objects, etc. killed 16,799. the permits.

Interesting, but not true. The real stats Not only was this party-line vote say a total of 16,121 people were murbought and paid for by the gun lobby, dered and 11,208 of those killers used the bill’s sponsor, Sen. Vicki Marble, guns. Which means only 4,913 nongun murders were committed. got her facts completely wrong.

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