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Correction: A Feb. 20 article, “Colorado grappling with greenhouse gas inventory,” incorrectly characterized the amount of greenhouse gas cuts needed to avert catastrophic climate impacts. According to city of Boulder environmental planner Brett KenCairn, global cuts of 80 percent are needed by the year 2050 to avoid the worst-case global warming scenarios.
Get real on water, Paul
Your Feb. 21 opinion piece (“How to increase Colorado’s water supply,” Danish Plan) suggesting the way to increase and perhaps “drought-proof ” Colorado’s water supply was to have California build desalination plants and then use that water while Colorado in turn used at least some of the Colorado River supply that California would then give up was very interesting, but, in my
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Highroad Making consumer protection into corporate protection
by Jim Hightower
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he giants of food manufacturing are very concerned about you. They fear you could come down with a terrible plague called “consumer confusion” — and these selfless corporate entities are going all out to save you from it. The altruistic corporations say that this plague emanates from the grimy and untrustworthy grassroots. Indeed, several states intend to require food
manufacturers that put genetically modified organisms in their products to include that information on their labels. Labeling advocates note that, since millions of consumers don’t want their families eating foods with altered DNA, putting the phrase “Contains GMO Ingredients” on the packages will let every shopper decide whether to buy that product or not. It seems both simple and honest. “No way,” shout lobbyists for the food adulterators. One, they claim that such efforts would create “a patchwork of state labeling laws,” inflicting confusion on consumers. Also, they say the labels might further spread confusion by implying that the genetically tampered ingredients are, well, tampered with by corporate engineers. So, the benevolent corporations are lobbying Congress to save you from confusion by autocratically preempting the states’ authority to write consumer
opinion, not very realistic. This idea has been considered by all the basin states for years, but the chances of it being successfully implemented are pretty low. There are, as you note, daunting legal, environmental and economic barriers to implementing such a program. And do you really think California is going to willingly spend see LETTERS Page 12
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protection laws. Instead, the industry demands that a federal agency be directed to create a national labeling program that would take precedence over all state laws. Not that the national GMO label would be mandatory. No, no — it would be voluntary, so each corporation could decide for itself whether to tell consumers what’s in their food. I was born at night, but it wasn’t last night. No consumer is so confused as to believe that even a single GMO user would “volunteer” to be honest with us. Anything less than mandatory GMO labeling is flagrant consumer fraud. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com This opinion column does not necessarily reflect the views of Boulder Weekly. February 27, 2014 7
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Why people who are unwilling to disclose their business relationships should not serve on city council
H ey C ou n ci lm a n K a ra k eh ia n, a re y ou g on n a ge t a re st ra in in g orde r on M aco n C o w le s n o w th a t h e agree s w it h me?
by Joel Dyer
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t feels a bit odd to be writing this particular column. I mean, honestly, is it even possible for someone who wants to run for elected office in this day and age to be so out of touch as to suggest that they should be allowed to keep their business interests and relationships secret from the people they are representing? Apparently it is. So for the sake of councilman George Karakehian and any other current or future city council members who think that the law should be suspended for them because their personal integrity is obviously above reproach, I’ll try to explain it. Again. Now listen closely. We, the majority of voters, don’t trust you. We have no reason to trust you. We don’t know you well personally. We have never done business with you. We have no idea if you are honest. We have no idea if you are greedy. We have no idea if you are willing to lie to us and cheat us and abuse your elected position to benefit yourself at our expense. Because the vast majority of us never have close personal relationships with the people we elect to office, the best we can do is to create safeguards such as financial disclosure requirements that will at least help to protect us from those who would abuse their position for personal gain or for the benefit of their friends and business partners. Disclosure protects the public in two ways. First, if a candidate or councilperson lies on their disclosure form and the media does its job and reports this fact, then all of us can draw our own conclusions about the character of the person who was not forthcoming. Second, if a candidate or elected official is honest on their disclosure form, then the citizenry and media can watch the officials’ voting record to make sure that special treatment is not being given to themselves or their friends and business partners. I can’t believe that I’m having to write this in 2014. I can’t believe that there are actually elected members of Boulder City Council who can walk 8 February 27, 2014
and chew gum at the same time, who are still acting like the idea of full disclosure of business relationships — particularly those concerning the limited liability companies (LLCs) that have been used in recent years by multiple members of council and which conceal the identities of business partners, campaign contributors and real estate ownership — is somehow an inappropriate expectation on the part of the electorate and that it is still open for debate. Did you miss the part where I said, “We don’t trust you”? Let me say it again. We don’t trust you. And furthermore, we shouldn’t. We would be terribly naïve voters if we simply voted for a bunch of candidates we don’t know personally and then blindly trusted that they would always do the right thing and recuse themselves when a conflict arises. Our government at all levels only works because it is based on checks and balances. And when those are weakened, government tends to stop working. I don’t mind telling you that most of us got pretty tired watching the previous council wiggle and whine as it screwed us over at every turn on disclosure. It appears that the current council is ready to finally do the right thing, and for that its members should be applauded, at least those members who are willing to finally bring an end to the despicable LLC loophole that has made a mockery of local government in Boulder for too long. Think about it, Councilman Karakehian, just because you are obviously above reproach doesn’t mean the next person who takes your place will be. Why do you insist on weakening the disclosure requirements for LLCs so that some future jerk with lots of developer friends will be able to get onto the city council and vote on landuse issues that will enrich them and their pals without voters ever knowing they’ve been had? Why? Why would any honest person in office oppose disclosing their business relationships in an LLC? Karakehian’s answer of “that’s see DYERTIMES Page 11
by Joel Dyer & Dave Kirby
commentary Potholes in the road to privatization by Dave Anderson
“There’s a reason that there’s been so much enthusiasm in the finance community for privatization deals. You are dealing with a less savvy partner ... The bigger sucker is always the government.” —David Johnson, a partner in a law firm that advises struggling municipalities.
T
he current uproar over the Colorado Department of Transportation’s U.S. 36 deal reflects a growing national unease about the mad rush to
privatize. In New Jersey, legislation to guarantee public services won’t be privatized unless there are actual savings for taxpayers has passed both chambers of the legislature. In Texas, tea party activists have joined progressives in fighting against a private prison in Montgomery County, and Kentucky has decided to reject any private prisons. In Fresno, Calif., voters spurned a proposal backed by the city’s popular mayor to privatize trash collection services. Minneapolis is shifting nearly 180 privately owned bus shelters to public ownership after many complaints about the lack of maintenance and upkeep. Many studies show that privatization tends to cost more and provide lower quality services than the government. For example, David Morris of the Institute for Self-Reliance notes: “Every year, the Minnesota Department of
Transportation’s (MnDOT) eight regional districts solicit bids from private contractors as well as MnDOT’s own striping division to paint lane stripes on every highway in Minnesota. Without fail, MnDOT’s public striping crew beats the private competitors by a large margin.” These days, privatization frequently goes by the name of “Public-Private Partnerships” (or P3s). In this set-up, a private investor or consortium of companies pays a governmental entity to build or operate an asset in exchange for the right to collect user fees and other revenue streams. In a notorious case in 2009, Chicago leased its 3,600 parking meters for 75 years to a Morgan Stanley consortium. Within weeks, meter rates quadrupled in many parts of the city. Later, the city’s inspector general concluded that the lease contract lacked “meaningful public review” and neglected the city’s long-term interests to solve a short-term budget crisis. Specifically, the IG found that “the City was paid, conservatively, $974 million less for this 75-year lease than the City would have received from 75 years of parking-meter revenue ...” Chicago got $1.2 billion in the deal but city drivers will pay the privateers at least $11.6 billion to park at meters over the life of the contract. “A P3 is attractive to lawmakers because it provides quick upfront cash,” says Ken Beitel, a major critic of the U.S. see COMMENTARY Page 11
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BEATING PUSSY RIOT TO THE PUNCH Everybody, gather round and revel in BW’s supreme moment of hipsterism, ’cause we wrote about Russian environmental activist Evgeny Vitishko before he was cool. We remember it like it was two weeks ago, largely because that article was published two weeks ago, just as the Olympics in Sochi were ramping up. But this week, as the games were winding down, the new music video from the world’s hippest political prisoners, Pussy Riot, hit the Web. And in addition to it featuring video of the baddest mothers in Mother Russia being beaten with whips by security forces at the Olympic village as they tried to perform, they namechecked Vitishko in the lyrics. “The constitution is in a noose, Vitishko is in jail, Putin will teach you to love the Motherland,” they sing. Whatever, Pussy Riot. Vitishko is, like, so 14 days ago. You’re going to have to sing about the Longmont City Council and an oil/gas access road in this week’s issue if you want to keep up.
COLORADO IS BETTER THAN CALIFORNIA, BUT WORSE THAN CONGRESS Recently published research used polling and voting data from 1996 to 2013 and found that out of 50 state legislatures, 26 of them are more polarized than Congress. The most polarized state in the country shouldn’t come as much of a surprise: California. But taking silver in the dysfunction Olympics is Colorado, with Democrats and Republicans in the state legislature rocking an average rate of 2 points ideological distance from the median. Us? Really? But things are going so smoothly with TABOR and legal pot and gun control recalls and fracking and drone hunting licenses and … Who are we kidding? Look out California, we’re coming for you. Read more about it here: http://wapo.st/1cLNYkZ A SOLITARY MAN Colorado prison chief Rick Raemisch penned a New York Times op-ed last week detailing his experience spending a night in solitary confinement. “First thing you notice is that it’s anything but quiet. You’re immersed in a drone of garbled noise — other inmates’ blaring TVs, distant conversations, shouted arguments. I couldn’t make sense of any of it, and was left feeling twitchy and paranoid,” he wrote. Yeah. That must be tough. Spending 20 hours in a cell as a research project while admitting that the average length of confinement for Colorado inmates sent to solitary is 23 months. And to have to do so knowing that in no way would any of the guards mistreat you or lengthen your stay if you snap. And that you’d get to write a widely read op-ed in the nation’s newspaper of record that would boost your professional profile to a national level afterwards. We’re crying for you, Argentina. Raemisch said he left the experience more convinced that prisons need reform. To which we here at BW say, “duh.” It’s just too bad Raemisch isn’t in a position of power that would allow him to reform prisons or end solitary confinement with the stroke of a pen since he’s so against it. Oh wait… Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com Boulder Weekly
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36 privatization. “But it’s like a highinterest credit card loan. The state of Colorado has to pay high interest and profits to foreign toll road firms and Wall Street bankers for the next 50 years.” Beitel is an analyst at the Drive Sunshine Institute, which he characterizes as a “pro-business, nonprofit, clean-energy research organization.” He says the institute is conducting research on public finance options for U.S. 36. They are considering ballot initiatives to fund the highways from new marijuana tax revenue, a 1–2 percent flat tax on all income (including capital gains over $500,000) and a small increase in the fuel tax as well as the tax on oil and natural gas production. That’s a good beginning. We need to deal with basics. A public service and a business are inherently different creatures. A business is an amoral and undemocratic entity legally obligated to make a profit for its shareholders above all. A public service exists to serve social needs, and if it fails to deliver, we can hold those responsible to account at the ballot box. There is an alternative to privatization — those “big government” public works projects of the 1930s that involved the construction of 1 million miles of roads and 200,000 public facilities, including schools, playgrounds, courthouses, parks, swimming pools, bridges and airports. Malarial swamps were drained and rats were exterminated in slums. People created works of art, gave concerts, and taught illiterate adults to read and write. People working in these government jobs built the Golden Gate Bridge, the Lincoln Tunnel and the Hoover Dam. Today we have millions of people out of work. Our public infrastructure is falling apart. Let’s dream big and re-build America. But the process must be democratic and transparent. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com This opinion column does not necessarily reflect the views of Boulder Weekly. Boulder Weekly
them. More information is always best. But let’s not let anything like personal income create a smokescreen that blinds us to the real issue when it comes to disclosure requirements. LLCs are partnerships specifically designed to protect the identities of the partners from the public. You can’t look up the partners at the secretary of state’s office or at any other public venue. The answer is simple. If you want
to restore the public’s confidence that has been lost due to this issue over the past several years, then require every member of all LLCs and other partnerships to be disclosed. And this, by the way, is not a new requirement. It is what has always been required by the very clear and easy-to-understand language of Boulder’s disclosure requirements. The language only became confusing to council and the city attorney that they pay to keep them out of trou-
ble after members of council got caught hiding information they were required by law to provide. As for those on council who believe that they should be allowed to keep their business relationships secret from voters and their fellow councilpersons? That’s pretty simple, too; get off council now. No one made you run, and if you don’t want to play by the rules, quit. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com
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hundreds of millions of dollars to build and operate ocean desal plants, deal with the environmental impacts of such plants, and blithely charge its citizens much, much more for their water so Coloradans can continue to use cheap water? I don’t think so, either. The idea of building desal plants in Mexico, and having them use that water in lieu of some of their Colorado River allocation has also been discussed. While the regulatory issues here aren’t as difficult, they still exist. Perhaps some day, despite the huge obstacles these proposals face, they may become reality. But before that happens, I think states will have to look at other options to address their future water needs, options such as increased conservation, more in-state water exchanges, even in-state water reclamation and reuse plants. It is good to look at the future, but I’m always a bit amazed that the most difficult option seems to be the one most people look to to address near-term problems. Finally, I’d like to note that your statement that “Under the Colorado River Compact of 1922, which allocated the water among the seven states in the Colorado River Basin and Mexico, ...” is not correct. The Colorado River Compact did not allocate water to any individual state, or to Mexico. The lower basin states (Nevada, Arizona and California) were allocated water under the Boulder Canyon Project Act of 1928; Mexico’s allocation was established in the Mexican Water Treaty of 1944; and individual allocations to the upper basin states (Colorado, Utah, Wyoming and New Mexico) were made through the Upper Basin Colorado Compact of 1948. Robert Walsh/Henderson, Nev. Regarding Paul Danish’s idea to increase Colorado’s water supply by using desalinization, he fails to note a crucial difference between California and Israel, which uses Mediterranean Sea water. California must use Pacific Ocean water that is rapidly being contaminated with radioactive waste from the Fukushima meltdowns. Massive sea life die-offs are just the beginning of this problem, as the U.S. government refuses to monitor the situation, pretending that ignorance is bliss. That desalinization does not remove radiation is tragically attested by the crew of the U.S.S. Ronald Reagan, who became ill with ghastly symptoms of radiation poisoning after drinking desalinated water off the coast off Fukushima right after the tsunami wrecked the power plant. While Danish’s idea is clever, I doubt that Californians are willing to glow in the dark so Coloradans can stay hydrated.
Menachem Mevashir/via email Paul Danish proposes a hugely expensive and complicated way to increase Colorado’s water supply with desalination of sea water, transported from California yet! May I suggest a tried-and-true, cheaper alternative: conservation. An example is San Antonio, Texas, which reduced its consumption from 225 gallons per person per day in the early ’80s, to under 140 g/ppd currently. (And there are many pools as well as a long, hot watering season there.) Interventions included high-efficiency toilets and urinals (these were distributed free to hundreds of thousands of citizens) numerous public education and email initiatives, a tiered billing system which placed high levies on high water use, rebates/incentives for efficient (drip) watering systems or native plant landscaping, and more. Simple education programs can raise awareness of water waste. Those who are profligate users can pay a premium for their excess consumption. It beats spending a half billion dollars. Larry Frayne/via email
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What ever happened to the best bid system where government awards construction contracts to the lowest bidder? Instead of bidding to do the work on U.S. 36, Goldman Sachs is “partnering” with the government (you and I). This apparently had to be done behind closed doors because the general public is either too stupid, or maybe too smart, to want to deal with the underpinnings of high finance. This clandestine deal will result in the public paying a multiplier of the actual cost while being inconvenienced for decades with delays at the tollgate or time spent writing checks for endless toll bills. Partnering with banks always means we pay the money and they make the money. Why don’t we offer the general public the same deal? We all would pay an annual state or sales tax surcharge to finance the project and after it is completed we will all enjoy a nice tax rebate for several decades. I know, it’s too simple! Tom Lopez/Longmont
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This photo of a statewide Ku Klux Klan rally hosted by the Boulder Klavern in a canyon near Boulder is believed to have been taken in the 1920s by a reporter posing as a KKK member. According to research done as part of the Boulder County Latino History Project, it shows the head of the Boulder group, the “Exalted Cyclops,” receiving the Klavern’s official charter while a cross burns in the background.
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Editor’s note: In Part 2 of our continuing “Eracism” series on the history of Latinos in Boulder County, being conducted in partnership with the Boulder County Latino History Project, we explore the role of the Ku Klux Klan.
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he sometimes troubling story of how Latinos have been treated in Boulder County over the past century reached a low point in the 1920s, when an environment of racism and mistrust was fueled by the Ku Klux Klan. The rise of the Klan in Colorado in the early 1920s has been documented in newspaper accounts over the years. Clippings compiled as part of the Boulder County Latino History Project, led by retired University of Colorado history professor Marjorie McIntosh, paint a sordid picture of the KKK’s activities in 16 February 27, 2014
Boulder County. While the KKK is perhaps most widely known nationally for its racism against African Americans, the Klan also promoted discrimination against Jews, Catholics and immigrants, including Latinos. A chapter of the Latino History Project book being drafted by McIntosh notes, “In the Boulder area, KKK venom was directed at Latinos: They were brown-skinned, Catholic, and assumed to be immigrants to this country (sometimes wrongly). Many Americans in the early 21st century think that the Klan was active only in the southern part of the United States, focusing its hatred and violence — including lynchings — on African-Americans. So it may come as a shock to realize how powerful the organization was in Colorado and Boulder County, and to learn that its attacks were targeted at Latinos.”
After the first Klavern was formed in Denver in 1921, the Daily Camera reported on July 15, 1922, that Denver Klan members, traveling in about 50 cars, took 200 Boulderites to a secret ceremony five miles north of the city to “an abandoned road east of Twelfth,” and initiated them into the group that would become the state’s third Klavern, which reportedly grew to between 300 and 500 members. “The Camera’s informant stated that a flash light [photo] was taken of the group and was to be turned over to the paper for publication,” the newspaper reported. “This has not been done. A few members, unmasked, were required to turn their backs while the photo was being taken. A white cross was used in the ceremony.” The following November, KKK members made headlines again after making their first public appearance in Boulder: paying a visit to a Salvation Army meeting and dropping 50 half Boulder Weekly
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dollars into the Salvation Army kettle. what was believed to be the first Klan funeral in “Believing in the tenets of the Christian relithe state, for the KKK-affiliated mayor of gion as we do and backed by a desire to express Lyons. And in December 1924, an unknown 100 per cent Americanism in assisting those Klan member erected an eight-foot red cross on agencies engaged in uplifting work of a truly the Longmont Christmas tree at Fourth and Christian character, we are making this donaMain. Longmont was home to Klavern No. 2. tion to assist you in your local activities,” Klan In April 1925, the KKK’s Progressive members wrote in a letter presented at the time Economic Party took control of the Longmont of the gift. City Council and replaced several city officials, “Twenty-five dollars is a great deal of money prompting a paid advertisement in the local to the Salvation Army at any time, especially at paper protesting the Klan and its “continued this time of the year,” Capt. John Z. Davis, who stirring of ill feeling among our citizens, the provided the Camera with the letter, told the creation of hatred and distrust, the development newspaper, adding that any time the Klan of destructive factional antagonisms … Citizens wished to repeat the gesture, they would be welare threatened. A campaign of persecution has comed. been started.” A Camera article also described the scene The KKK-controlled city council went on to the following month when about 300 Klan push through the controversial and expensive members paraded along Pearl Street in downconstruction of the Chimney Rock dam, which town Boulder in a caravan of 63 cars, led by a was only partially completed when Klan memfloat. The cars had their license plates partially bers were ousted in the 1927 election — and painted over to prevent the tracing of their work on the dam was discontinued. identities, the paper reported. Masked men on The KKK takeover in Boulder County was a the float, most of whom were believed to be mirror of what was going on around the state, from Denver, threw folded circulars bearing the which reportedly had more than 50,000 memgroup’s views to people on the street. According bers at its peak. According to newspaper to those leaflets, “We stand for free speech, free accounts, the Denver Klavern was responsible press, free public schools and separation of for naming a KKK-friendly mayor, city attorney, church and state” as well as “the purity of wompolice chief, public safety manager, district court anhood and are pledged to protect and defend judge, district grand jury and many police offithe sanctity of the home. cers. Led by Grand Dragon John Galen Locke, “We are anti-nothing,” the circulars continthe Klan was credited with electing not only ued, “save those principles which are un-Chris- This cartoon from the KKK’s Rocky Mountain American newspaper Gov. Clarence Morley in 1925, but state legisladepicts the true identity of a Klansman: Uncle Sam. tian and un-American. Watch us grow in tors who held a majority in the House and Boulder.” nearly a majority in the Senate, the secretary of The KKK also pledged to defend Christian state and two U.S. senators. beliefs, abide by U.S. laws and protect “the flower of **** white American womanhood.” There was a pattern of Klan takeover being dupli**** At one point, eight Klansmen reportedly intercated along the Front Range, emanating from Evidence of the KKK’s antagonism against immirupted a men’s Bible class in a Boulder Presbyterian Denver. grants, including Latinos, is widely documented. Church, marching to the altar with candles and According to a 1926 account, there were 100 to According to an April 19, 1982, article in the chanting, “Who took the Bibles out of public school? 200 KKK members in Lafayette, a group that includ- Colorado Daily, Denver Klavern No. 1 issued warnWe’re going to put them back.” ed a majority of city council, school board members, ings like “insane, feebleminded and diseased undesirIn 1924, the Klan sent cards to Boulder County most teachers, the mayor and other city officials. able aliens are being freely admitted to this country.” residents with a list of Klan-friendly candidates to (The city’s first two members were reportedly a den“There is no evidence from Boulder County that vote for in the upcoming election. A June 9, 1925, tist and a manager with the Public Service Co., and the Klan carried out lynchings,” McIntosh writes, headline in the KKK’s own newspaper, the Rocky the first meeting was held at the “J” barn near Isabelle “but it did try to terrorize those whom it opposed, Mountain American, proclaimed, “Mammoth Klan Road north of town.) particularly Latinos who were acting too indepenParade in Longmont Followed by Initiating Big According to an April 10, 1971, story by Jim dently — who did not accept the natural and GodClass.” The event reportedly featured Klan members Gregory in the Longmont Times-Call, there was a given authority of the whites above them. At least from all over northern Colorado and a huge flaming cross burning in Erie in April 1924 as a protest occasionally the Klan used some degree of violence cross in “the large open space south of the city.” against local mines hiring “foreigners” instead of local against Latinos or their homes. If it could not chase The Klan’s newspaper carried ads from businesses citizens. At that time, Latinos constituted a signifithem out of the county, it could at least remind them friendly to their cause, bearing slogans like “Klothing cant percentage of the mine workers. In the Latino that they were to remain subservient to whites.” Karefully Kleaned” and “Klean Klassy Kars.” History Project book chapter dealing with the KKK, By the late 1920s, the influence of the Klan in Some in Boulder publicly opposed the Klan. McIntosh writes that Sally Martinez, “who was living Boulder County seems to have subsided, and yet its Daily Camera Editor L.C. Paddock referred to the with her parents at the Columbine Mine camp in influence lingered. group as the “Komic Kapers Klub,” and when Serene, three miles east of Lafayette, recalled that the “In Longmont, Fred W. Flanders ran successfully Klan erected crosses there too.” Klansman and U.S. Senate candidate W. Rice Means for mayor in 1927 on an anti-Klan platform; when Crosses were being burned in Louisville and on asked to participate in the kickoff for a football game Klan members attended to march through the downthe lawns of known Catholics in Boulder, according between the University of Colorado and the town later that year, he stopped them,” McIntosh to media reports, and a 53-foot-high cross that was University of Utah, CU officials replied, “Mr. Means writes. “But the local chapter continued to meet for burned on Flagstaff Mountain in May 1924 was visi- some time longer. Tony Gomez said that his dad, can kick-off anywhere he wants, except in Boulder.” ble to towns in East County. When CU President George Norlin was ordered by who was living in Longmont in the 1930s, told him Newspapers reported that the Klan also managed the Klan-controlled governor to rid the university of that the town was ‘KKK all the way.’” its Jewish and Catholic faculty, he refused, and CU to gain power in the town of Lyons and the city of An incident in Lafayette further indicates that lost state funding as a result. Longmont. About 50 KKK members participated in See KKK Page 18
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the Klan’s racism against Latinos lingered into the 1930s. A community-wide effort to build a public swimming pool — a construction project in which MexicanAmericans participated — was reportedly thwarted after the pool was completed in 1934 when a sign was posted at the entrance saying: “We reserve the right to eject any and all persons without cause. White trade only.” McIntosh writes that Latinos were outraged, and while they challenged the move in court unsuccessfully, the pool was never used, and it was eventually filled in with dirt to make room for a softball field. The Bob L. Burger Recreation Center now sits on that property and, according to McIntosh, “Sharon Stetson, the first Latina City Council member in Lafayette, described her satisfaction in helping to choose tiles for the swimming pool in the new building, on the very site from which Mexicans had been excluded more than 50 years before.” **** In the end, Latinos may have
played a role in turning away the KKK in Boulder County. “Oli Duncan, a local historian of Longmont, said that sometime in the 1920s, there was a showdown in Longmont between the Klan and a group of Mexican men,” McIntosh writes. “The Klan’s rallies were on the southeast corner of Third Avenue and Martin, which was then an open field. At one nighttime meeting, dozens of armed Hispanic men appeared. They warned the Klan that if any harm was done to any one of them, all of them would respond. The spokesperson for the group was José Hilario Cortez, the informal head of Longmont’s Hispanic community, a person to whom Latinos turned for advice and help.” According to newspaper reports, the KKK printed its own obituary when it folded its doors in Boulder: “Boulder Klavern No. 3 officially died at the stroke of midnight, Thursday, July 23, 1925.” And while this chapter in the often racist treatment of Latinos in Boulder County would close, unfortunately the story is not yet finished. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com Boulder Weekly
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ater is the lifeblood of in Colorado are located in areas facing Colorado’s Weld and extreme water stress, 89 percent of Garfield counties, and which are located in Weld and Garfield lately it’s been in short counties. supply. Both of these In 2012 alone, according to the counties face extremely high stress in report, 3.3 billion gallons of water were terms of water scarcity, and both have used in the state of Colorado for frackseen an intense concentration of the ing, shy of the state’s earlier projections water-intensive hydraulic fracturing of 5.2 billion gallons for that purpose. (fracking) process. As a matter of comparison, the city of It’s a bad combination, according to Boulder used 266 million gallons of a recent report issued by Ceres, a nonwater for municipal purposes in the profit devoted to promoting corporate same year, according to Michael responsibility and sustainability leaderBañuelos, spokesperson for the city’s ship. public works department. The report, released Wednesday, But the sheer volume of water used Feb. 4, is titled, “Hydraulic Fracturing for fracking is not the primary cause for & Water Stress: alarm, according Demand by the to Monika Numbers,” and it Freyman, author projects that the of the report. clash between water It’s more about THAT 100 PERCENT OF what areas the shortages and THE NATURAL GAS AND water is coming fracking is only OIL WELLS IN COLORADO from. going to get worse, James given that a signifiARE LOCATED IN AREAS Famiglietti, a cant increase in FACING EXTREME WATER University of shale development STRESS, 89 PERCENT OF California provia fracking in these fessor of civil areas is likely. In WHICH ARE LOCATED the Denverand environIN WELD AND GARFIELD Julesburg (DJ) mental engiCOUNTIES. Basin alone, which neering, who covers parts of was not Boulder and Weld involved in the counties, Ceres prewriting of the dicts a redoubling of fracking report but who did participate in Ceres’ activity by 2015. press conference, agrees. Fracking is the process used in shale “The total amount of water used for oil and gas plays wherein 2 million to 9 fracking at a statewide level is very million gallons of water per well is small, but it is localized in a very small mixed with 500 to 700 toxic chemicals area — in a particular town [for examand sand and forced into the formation ple],” he says. “The water used for that under great pressure, causing fractures purpose [in such an area] is close to 100 in the shale that allow hydrocarbons to percent.” more readily flow to the wellhead. This water scarcity in areas where The organization found that 100 companies have chosen to frack poses a percent of the natural gas and oil wells risk to the longevity and profitability of
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fracking wells. Ceres’ report constitutes the first systematic effort to investigate water usage by natural gas companies. One of the purposes of the report is to identify water sourcing risks to oil and gas companies, thereby generating information previously unavailable to the public. Famiglietti lauds the “deep dives,” or meticulously detailed case studies, conducted by Ceres for the report. It is, however, by no means a comprehensive study of the risks associated with fracking. Concentrated usage of water in extremely dry regions was just one of three primary concerns Famiglietti points out regarding the report. Famiglietti listed earthquakes and the removal of water from the natural water cycle as additional issues demanding further investigation. Both of these concerns arise from the practice of using injection wells to dispose of wastewater from the fracking process by injecting it into deep formations. The report also issues recommendations and identifies some of the most progressive current practices in the industry. It specifically mentions, among other companies, Anadarko, the single largest natural gas producer in the DJ Basin in terms of water use, as a “pocket of success.” Anadarko earned the mention for its practice of leasing wastewater from local municipalities. Even so, Anadarko is one of the most at-risk companies in terms of drilling in water-scarce areas, according to Freyman. “In a general year, cities have more water than they can use,” says Brian Werner, public information officer of the Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District (NCWCD). Leasing excess water to oil and gas companies to use for fracking allows municipalities to pad meager budgets. The years 2009, 2010 and 2011, for
example, were wet years, according to Werner. In 2012 the Front Range was hit with a drought. Werner expects 2014 to be a particularly wet year. According to Werner, it is not unheard of to see a town both lease excess water and impose water rationing simultaneously, since water rationing is used to keep water conservation on the public’s minds. “In most years [how much, if any, excess water leased] depends on comfort levels and a number of other factors,” Werner says. No towns in Colorado currently lease water directly to companies for fracking purposes, according to Werner. Generally, a water leasing company such as A&W Water Service Inc. secures water from municipalities or local farmers, who might own the rights to more water than they need, and then resells the water to a third party for fracking purposes. The increased demand for water by “deep-pocketed” oil and gas companies is not beneficial to all farmers, though. According to the Ceres report, it has driven up the price of water in Colorado, making it difficult for struggling farmers to stay afloat. Famiglietti maintains optimistic that the oil and gas industry can rise to address these concerns. “There needs to be more of a sense of corporate responsibility, and I think it can be done,” he says, noting that he feels more pressure needs to be put on the industry. In the end, the report concludes that “all shale operators and service providers should be deploying a variety of tools and strategies — including substantially improved operational practices related to water sourcing, more robust stakeholder engagement and stronger disclosure — to protect freshwater resources for the future.” Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com
Longmont’s previous negotiations with oil and gas company TOP Operating Inc. “It’s not just about a road out of Union Reservoir. It’s not just about we will or we will not have a road. It’s about Longmont having a say in protecting its citizens and about having local control against the state.” Bagley adds that the city council is fighting both lawsuits from the state in
response to the fracking ban and regulations in Longmont “tooth and nail.” “We’re going to fight it vigorously until it’s over with,” says Coombs. “I can’t predict how the courts are going to rule on that. I know I’ve sworn under oath to protect the city charter, and protecting the city charter is to adamantly defend that lawsuit.” Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com
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nton Sponar’s first budding ski mountaineer, who trip to ski Aconcagua spends his summers guiding in was enough to justify Chile, has mapped out a plan to a life of in-bounds spend the early summer in skiing, but what he carried with Alaska, working on the trio of him, as he hiked peaks called the out of the valley “Alaska Family,” that houses the Mount tallest peak in McKinley, the western Mount Foraker hemisphere on and Mount frostbitten toes Hunter, over a and fueled by six-week period. little more than Anton Sponar making turns on the slopes of Aconcagua In 2009, he undertook his first expedition to a few Snickers Aconcagua to ski the 22,841-foot-tall peak in western Argentina. He and bars, was a little self knowledge, a his partner, Ollie Nieuwland-Zlotnicki, hiked for three days across crusty snow fields in tennis shoes, lot more knowledge about moun- cutting steps with their ski gear. From base camp, they ferried gear even higher for a camp at 19,000 feet that taineering and the will to contin- would position them to push for the summit and then ski down. ue returning to the peaks. The “We finally started to acclimate ourselves to where Boulder Weekly
it didn’t hurt all the time,” he says. But those first turns, he admits, “kind of sucked.” From that high camp, however, they could see a storm hovering over the city of Mendoza, Argentina, just beyond the next ridge of mountains, lightning bolts sending shots of light through the thunderheads as the sun set. Sponar and NieuwlandZlotnicki lingered to watch the storm until the chill drove them into their tent. Word came later that another storm was rolling in, this one expecting to crash over the summit of the peak and trap anyone at elevation in a white-out. They rushed back down to base camp to avoid being buried at elevation in three feet of snow. That storm, however, had a bright side. “It put all the snow where we needed it,” Sponar says. Wind scoured snow off base camp enough that they felt comfortable heading back up to 19,000 feet, this time with ski mountaineer Kellie Okonek, now a Scarpa athlete, but arrived only to be caught by another two-day storm so dense the tent disappeared if they took more than five steps away from it. Everyone peed in bottles. When the storm broke, they headed up again, pursuing a more advanced route, an alternate to the standard approach to the summit. They bootpacked up 4,000 feet of 30- to 50-degree slopes that got both increasingly steep and increasingly deep as they ascended. “We got to a point where it was just too steep and the snow was just too deep and we just weren’t making forward progress,” Sponar says. “We had to essentially dig out the snow in front of us, push it back behind us, and then we were able to take a step. … It see ALASKA Page 30
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was slowing us down too much. We couldn’t keep going.” So they skied down from 21,000 feet, more than 1,000 feet short of the summit. But summit fever wasn’t done with them yet — they snagged a couple hours of sleep and started the traverse around to the other side of the mountain to try the standard route, which meant climbing up a loose scree gully. “Everything at 22,000 feet is brutal, but that was just demoralizing,” Sponar says. They made the summit and then reached the pitch they wanted to ski, the Polish Direct Glacier Route, thought about the avalanche danger posed by the recent snowfall, and decided to ski nonstop for 4,000 feet, starting at 23,000 feet. “We didn’t think how difficult it was going to be,” Sponar says. The few photos he was able to snag show the sagging forms of exhausted skiers. They’d realized during their Thanksgiving meal that they were running low on food and had begun to ration it out. But almost a week later, what little they’d had left was almost gone. Returning to the base at 10 p.m. after starting at midnight, they pulled boots off, took a look at their purplish, frostbitten toes and their nearly empty food supplies, and decided to push to get out of the valley and back to sup-
plies — making for a 36-hour day of hiking to the peak, skiing down and hiking back out. People were hiking in at the time, psyched on shooting for the peak Sponar and Nieuwland-Zlotnicki had just completed. The exchanges went something like this, Sponar recounts: “Did you summit?” the in-bound hikers would ask. “Yeah,” he’d reply. “How was it?” the eager and upwardly mobile would ask, to which, Sponar laughs as he recalls, they would demand, “Do you have any food?” They bummed a few more candy bars to hold them over for the rest of the hike out, slept 36 hours to recover, then headed to the Chilean coast to go surfing. He’s spent the years since, and a few before, working summers in South America snowcat powder guiding for Ski Arpa, a ski guiding company founded by his father. There have been worse ski mountaineering trips — mostly trips where they didn’t actually make the summit. “It’s always hard when it doesn’t work out,” Sponar says. “When it does work out, it’s pretty amazing, and even if it doesn’t work out, it’s the whole process that’s really enjoyable to me. … If you don’t make it to the top, yeah, it sucks, but the whole thing is, usually, Boulder Weekly
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that’s always just the main crux — you see it flying in, if it’s a sheet of ice, it’s an unskiable face, but if it’s in good condition, that makes it skiable,” McLean says. Mount Foraker took two tries for McLean, the first in 2005 on the Arch Angel Ridge, an ambitious line off the back side that was too icy. Then, in 2009, he completed the Sultana Ridge. “I think people, including myself, underestimate it. You think, ‘Well, it’s 17,000 feet, so it’s 3,000 feet smaller than Denali,’ but it’s kind of right in the wind pattern,” he says. The safest route up it, he says, is the Sultana Ridge, but it’s still not safe or easy. “The Sultana Ridge is very long and meandering, and you go across a highaltitude, windy ridge line for a couple miles — so nothing all that hard, step by step, but it’s just a matter of attrition. It just kind of wears on you as you’re weaving in and out of crevasses and over cornices and things like that, so that made it very hard. And that’s got a very low success rate on it for a variety of reasons. There’s a lot of hard routes on it and it gets a lot of weather. People, I think, underestimate it quite a bit.” All three peaks required roping up to cross crevasses, but McLean says they never faced climbing so steep they had to set an ice screw. Boulder Weekly
adventure “I would say that to do the whole project takes a lot of patience — a lot of experience, but patience is definitely number one,” he says. “If you just rush into them, bad avalanche conditions or icy conditions, then you’re going to get yourself in trouble. If you were to be plopped perfectly on top of each peak in perfect conditions by a helicopter, the skiing itself would be doable by a lot of people, but there are endless pitfalls — crevasses, avalanche danger, bad weather, storms, surviving the cold, all that type of stuff would make it more of an advanced outing.” In an essay he wrote for The Ski Journal in 2011, he describes the feeling of that final summit as “like skiing through a graveyard.” The routes were marked by encounters with fatalities or accidents, friends lost and bodies unrecovered that lay buried under avalanche snow. Alaska can make or break a ski mountaineer’s career — either you make it on the many high, skiable peaks, or the peaks break you. In the years he’s been skiing Alaska peaks — an ongoing mission, though his interest has shifted farther south to the Wrangell St. Elias range, the largest national park and preserve in the United States with many options that don’t require topping out above 14,000 feet to establish something new and exciting — he says the key has been patience, and a generosity with the weather. “The Alaska Range can really dish it out in terms of weather, that’s just something you have no control over,” he says. “But part of what makes the Alaska Family such a challenge and great experience is that there are so many wild cards thrown in. For me, I’ve just learned to add in lots and lots of extra time because, that way, you’re not charging out into the middle of these things in less than ideal conditions, because they’re so big and unforgiving that if you’re on a timeline and you go up one of these huge peaks and it’s avalanche conditions, it’s unsurvivable.” So squeezing the entire mission into a single month and a half stretch of the summer season? Sponar and company wouldn’t be the first to have tried, but they’d be the first to succeed. “They would have to get perfect conditions for it, and that’s hard to do,” McLean says, adding that in addition to cooperative weather and snow conditions, they’ll have to craft a strategy, like perhaps skiing the lower peaks earlier. “I wouldn’t doubt that somebody sometime will do it, do them all in one season. I’ve heard other people talk about trying to go up there and spend two months up there trying to tick all Boulder Weekly
them off, and sometimes the mountains have other ideas.” **** “Obviously, we’re going to take whatever any of these mountains will give us as far as routes,” Sponar says. He’s eyeing the Messuer Couloir and the Orient Express on Denali “just because it’s a little more exciting.” The length of the trip is expected to be tough — it’s a lot of food to pack, a lot of books to have on hand
(thankfully, handy electronic devices have made it easier to pack enough books to be mentally transported away from a snow-bound tent) and a long time to be sleeping on the snow. But then, of course, there’s the basics: “I think the climbing is going to be tough,” he says. “The climbing on Hunter is definitely going to be the hardest, and that’s my weaker suit for sure,” he adds. “Looking at all the skiing stuff, obviously the conditions will dictate a lot, but I’ve always
felt way more confident once the skis are on my feet than the crampons.” To prepare, he’ll also be skinning uphill inbounds at ski resorts and hauling sleds loaded with rocks or water bottles up mountains near Aspen. “It’s a pretty fun time in history to be a ski mountaineer,” McLean says. “There’s lots of great peaks to be skied and the sport is relatively young in the U.S. and growing rapidly, so a lot of great exploring to be done.” Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com
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Visit Naropa.edu/ upcoming-events for details.
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overtones
T
he term “offshoring” has a lot of negative connotations these days, but not necessarily if you’re a tribogroove band. In the midst of a pitiless winter, while a lot of their peers are dodging ice storms and emergency-cone zones in North America, the North Carolina-based outfit Papadosio is just back from a rumble in the Costa Rican jungle called Envision, where they were second (right behind Tipper) on a lengthy bill of bands, some Papadosio casts a wide imported and some locally grown. net, appealing to prog heads as well as devotees Mind expansion and velvety to groove music. synth grooves in the tropics sounds like the kind of offshoring we need more of. Papadosio drummer Mike Healy talked about the fest a bit when we caught up with them earlier this week. “It’s refreshing to get out of our comfort zone and the day-today in the States and immerse ourselves in a new environment,” he says. “Everything from language barri- passages, abstract and evocative lyrical ers to differences in food choices — it meditations on self-awareness — the really puts performing into a different band (which formed originally in southperspective. … It was really cool to check ern Ohio and moved to North Carolina out some of the local acts that made the a few years back) deals in a kind of postbill and tap in with what they’ve got jam, third-generation Gaia-rock aesthetgoing on.” ic. Half instrumental and half lyric-drivBut, Healy insists, Envision was a lot en tunes, with poetic flourishes that more than just slacker time on the beach might elicit a smile of approval from a — the event is a self-aware exercise in late-’60s Jon Anderson, Papadosio’s cremelding sustainability and art, tapping ations nonetheless carry a formidable gently into local culture while overlaying onstage heft, anchored decisively by some of the groove scene’s aesthetics. Healy’s aggressive, athletic drumming “Envision was pretty unique in that it and bassist Rob McConnell’s nimble bass demands your attention to some of the lines. At times, you get the feeling that more disposable sides the psychedelia is a of festival life statevelvet glove over an ON THE BILL: Padadosio plays side … [like] the way iron fist. the Fox Theatre on Friday, March 7, and Saturday, March 8. Door everything was built If Papadosio is time for both shows is 8:30 p.m. from bamboo and forgiving about being Tickets are $14 in advance and local materials, and associated with the $16 day of show, plus $2 for under21 tickets. 1135 13th St., Boulder, the absence of corpogroove scene, and this 303-443-3399. rate sponsorship was is likely where they really conducive to draw a lot of their people finding a audience, they’re also space to absorb art with a more open a little reluctant to sign up as charter members. mind. They also had running filtered “I’d like to think we have fostered water on site as well as a deposit system something rare if not unique,” says singfor reusable dishes if you didn’t bring er/lyricist/guitarist Anthony Thogmartin, your own or take one of the workshops “that we didn’t decide early to be solely to make your own silverware and dishan electronic project or subscribe to any ware out of bamboo. musical constrictions. “Not to mention, equatorial tropical “Perhaps that stems from the fact beach life is so dope.” that our influences span such a wide variAnd Papadosio was a natural fit for ety of styles that it would be impossible the scene. Unabashedly prog in some of and not quite feasible to list them all. ... their musical ambitions — fiendish time I’ d say we are probably way more influsignatures, spacious synth-draped chill
Aaron Lingenfelter
Better living through grooves
The North Carolina electro-psych-tribal quintet deals a two-night stand at the Fox by Dave Kirby
enced by prog greats such as Yes, Floyd and Tool and pop greats like Radiohead, Fleet Foxes and Beck than groove scene bands which get little to zero playtime in the bus.” Many years now into the evolution of the groove scene, the best bands have learned the right lessons. Make the songs matter in the studio, make sure they have substance, and then take them out and play them hard. Papadosio’s last proper studio release, T.E.T.I.O.S. (To End the Illusion of Separation), a two-CD magnum opus released about a year and a half ago, has sustained them well on their 100-plus-gig-per-year road schedule, and it will have to last a little longer. “T.E.T.I.O.S. took about three years to complete in the end,” says Healy, “and [the album] was a collection of a lot of material that was composed on and off the road. … When looking to the horizon, taking a more traditional approach might be something we want to consider to see what kind of music comes forth without as much influence from life on the road.” That horizon may yet be a ways off. “Hopefully within the next couple years,” Healy says about the band’s next trip into the studio. “We’re constantly writing songs and everyone is deepening their craft. … Once we do, though, it will be a comprehensive process looking at how to really release a record in this day and age that will leave a mark, and we will want to make it count.” Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com Boulder Weekly
arts & culture THIS WEEKEND Left: Kady B. Faulkner’s “Nebraska Sandhills” (serigraph). At right, Eve Drewelowe’s “The Tetons — Wyoming” (oil on canvas). Photos by Kerry Doran/CU Art Museum.
Friday, Feb 28 • 8pm
JOHN McKAY BAND
Saturday, March 1 • 8pm
JIMBO DARVILLE AND THE TRUCKADOURS
UPCOMING EVENTS Tuesday, March 4 - 6pm - In the Tavern
ASH GANLEY
Wednesday, March 5 - 6pm - In the Tavern
ARTHUR LEE LAND
Friday, March 7 • 8pm
DEADSET
From left: Charles Partridge Adams’ “Untitled (Mountain Sunrise Scene)” (oil on canvas); Muriel Sibell Wolle’s “Taos Church (1847 Ruined)” (watercolor on paper); Juan Amadeo Sanchez’s “Our Lady of Guadalupe” (polychrome wood, cloth, paper bulto); and “Flowers — Type #1” (woodcut, watercolor) by an unknown artist. Photo of “Untitled (Mountain Sunrise Scene)” by Jeff Wells, all others by Kerry Doran.
Saturday, March 8 • 8pm
JOHNNY O BAND
Sunday, March 9 • 7pm
ANOTHER EARTH
Tuesday, March 11 - 6pm - In the Tavern
FRANKIE AND FLOYD
Wednesday, March 12 - 6pm - In the Tavern
STRANGEBYRDS
Friday, March 14 • 8pm
HIGHWAY 50 WITH GUESTS THE DENDRITES Saturday, March 15 • 8pm St. Paddy’s Celebration
BIG PADDY
From left: A still from Rick Silva’s “A Rough Mix,” a still from Mary Lucier’s “Ohio to Giverny: Memory of Light,” a still from Liliana Porter’s “A Fox in the Mirror: A Concert.” Images courtesy of the artists.
Tuesday, March 18 - 6pm - In the Tavern
THE GROOVETRAMPS
Wednesday, March 19 - 6pm - In the Tavern
DANNY SHAFER
Two ways of looking back
Friday, March 21 • 8pm
CU Art Museum exhibitions show vastly different ways of looking at the world by Danielle Meltz
S
o much of art is a reflection grasp of the artist’s view on society of the time period in which it now versus a hundred years ago. was created, and two new, “I think they both worked out realvery different exhibitions at ly well next to each other as kind of a the University then-and-now parallel,” of Colorado Art says Sarah Diver, curaMuseum, American West torial assistant for the ON THE BILL: American West will be and Interlaced, demonmuseum. at the CU Art Museum strate that point very The paintings in through May 10. clearly. American West portray Interlaced will show through March 22. American West feafarmers branding cattle tures paintings from the on a ranch, an array of late 19th and early 20th landscapes from mouncentury, while Interlaced tains to flowers and porshows contemporary videos, mostly traits of different Native American from the past 10 years. The historical tribe members. events of both time periods come out “A lot of [artists] were interested in through the art to give spectators a capturing a spirit of the American Boulder Weekly
LAST MEN ON EARTH
Saturday, March 22 • 8pm
SOMETHING UNDERGROUND
Tuesday, March 25 - 6pm - In the Tavern
THE PRAIRIE SCHOLARS
landscape and really putting a visual language to what had been happening around that time,” Diver says. One of the artists displayed, Muriel Sibell Wolle, a former writer and art collector, donated many of the paintings in the CU Art Museum’s permanent collection. She was chair of the fine arts department at CU for decades in the early 20th century. Wolle, a Brooklyn native, moved to Colorado to teach at CU and soon developed a deep love for the land and its history. She spent a lot of her time in mountain towns and wrote multiple books, such as The Bonanza Trail,
Wednesday, March 26 - 6pm - In the Tavern
SETH PHILLIPS
Friday, March 28 • 8pm
FUNKIPHINO
Saturday, March 29 • 8pm
STONE SOUP
Tuesday, April 1 - 6pm - In the Tavern
ESTHER SPARKS
Wednesday, April 2 - 6pm - In the Tavern
KEVIN DOOLEY
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EVENTS AND MUSIC FOR FROZEN DEAD GUY DAYS
Schedule of Events
10:30am - 5:00pm
Wild Bear Mountain Ecology Center Open house with the Turkey Vultures with Rocky Mountain Raptor Program (presentation 2:00pm) and Spiders, Scorpions and Cockroaches. Located in the Shopping Center.
11:00am and 8:00pm Brain Freezer Tent located on First Street • Microbrew beer from Avery • Free Live Music • Grandpa’s Gift Shop & Food vendors
11:00am - 8:00pm
Grandpa’s Mall Crawl Located on First Street east of the Visitor Center Nederland’s First Street will be transformed into a pedestrian mall so revelers can enjoy music in the Brain Freezer tent, street performers and participate in brain freezing, frozen t-shirt contests, icy turkey bowling and more!
11:00am - 6:30pm
ReAnimate Yourself Beer Tent in Chipeta Park • Microbrew beer from Avery • Free Live Music • Grandpa’s Gift Shop & Food vendors
11:00am - 4:00pm
FRIDAY, MARCH 7 5:00pm - 10:00pm
Blue Ball ReAnimate Yourself Beer Tent in Chipeta Park • Annual Blue Ball featuring DeadPhish Orchestra, Gipsy Moon and Caribou Mountain Collective • Ice Queen and Grandpa look-alike contest at 8pm • Microbrew beer from Avery Brewing • Specialty Corpse Reviver & Grandpa’s Spirit drinks • Grandpa’s Gift shop & food vendors • $10 at door / buy in advance to get beer token
6:00pm
Opening Ceremony and Zombie Procession. Nederland’s Round About. Open Frozen Dead Guy Days with at the Nederland round about with the lighting of the center piece followed by a Frozen Zombie
Procession to the Blue Ball.
10:00pm
LIVE MUSIC Area restaurants and bars. See Music Schedule.
SATURDAY, MARCH 8 9:00am - 11:00am
Event Day Registration and Waiver Wristband pick up and Parade Line up at Teen Center East end of First Street • Register for the Polar Plunge & Coffin Races & Parade Contest • Waiver pick up for ALL FDGD events • Line up for the Parade All event participants must sign a waiver and get waiver wristband.
8:00am - 11:00am
FDGD Pancake Breakfast at the Community Center Pancakes and more! Eggs and sausage, coffee and juice and all you can eat pancakes. $7 adults ,$5 Seniors, $4 Under 12 years.
Grandpa’s in the TUFF SHED at Black Forest Resaurant Watch the award-winning Grandpa’s in the Tuff Shed short film at the Black Forest Restaurant. Shows approximately every 30 minutes.
Noon
Parade of Hearses on First Street Parade starts at the Nederland Teen Center and goes up (west) First Street. Parade Participants check in and line up at the Teen Center.
3:00pm - 6:00pm
Tiny Disco at Chipeta Park in Polar Plunge warming tent Put a little boogie in your butt at the Tiny Disco
1:00pm - 2:00pm
Costume Polar Plunge at Chipeta Park Stay Frozen my friends and take the plunge. RC Rental sponsoring a warming tent & changing area. Entry fee: $20 A portion of the proceeds go to the Nederland Bucket Brigade supporting the Nederland Fire Department with supplies in times of emergency.
1:00am - 5:00pm
The Newly Dead Game & Funny Films Talk Located at the Black Forest Restaurant Funny Films for Funeral Planning is a collection of comedy movie and TV scenes about funerals, cremation, and cryonics! Gail Rubin, presents must-know-NOW details and hosts The Newly-Dead Game, quizzing couples on how well they know each others last wishes.
2:00pm - 3:30pm
Coffin Races Located in Chipeta Park Teams race with a coffin and ‘corpse’ in tow through a course full of obstacles, mud, snow, other racers. CASH PRIZE for best costumed team, trophies and lots of goodies for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners.
3:00pm - 5:00pm
Glass Werx Icy Turkey Bowling on First Street across from Brain Freezer Tent Test your poultry bowling skills in the Icy Turkey Bowling Contest…you’re welcome to BYOFF (bring your own frozen fowl). $5 entry.
3:00pm - 4:00pm
Brain Freeze Contest in front of the Brain Freeze Tent on First Street Be a Brain Freezer in front of the Brain Freezer Tent on First Street Contestants race against each other downing ice cold treats for fabulous prizes. $5 entry.
3:00pm - 5:00pm
Frozen T-shirt Contest Located on First Street in front of the Pioneer Inn Try and slip into something Frozen....faster than everyone else. $10 entry.
5:00pm - 6:00pm
Frozen Dead Poet Society Open Readings On a soap box on First Street across from the Brain Freezer tent. Bring your poems, musings and Odes to Grandpa for open readings.
6:30pm - 1:00am
Grandpa’s Pub Crawl live music at First St., Pioneer Inn, Whistlers and Stage Stop.
SUNDAY, MARCH 9 8:00am - 11:00am
FDGD Pancake Breakfast at the Community Center Pancakes and more! Eggs and sausage, coffee and juice and all you can eat pancakes. $7 adults ,$5 Seniors, $4 Under 12 years.
9:30am - 4:00pm
Wild Bear Mountain Ecology Center Open house with the Turkey Vultures with Rocky Mountain Raptor Program (presentation 11:00am) and Spiders, Scorpions and Cockroaches. Located in the Shopping Center.
11:00am - 6:00pm
Brain Freezer Tent located on First Street • Microbrew beer from Avery • Specialty Corpse Reviver and Grandpa’s Spirit drinks • Free Live Music • Grandpa’s Gift Shop & Food vendors
11:00am - 8:00pm
Grandpa’s Mall Crawl First Street Nederland’s First Street will be transformed into a pedestrian mall so revelers can enjoy music in the Brain Freezer tent, street performers and participate in brain freezing, frozen t-shirt contests, icy turkey bowling and more!
11:00am - 2:00pm
Frozen Monster Remote Control Truck Demo Located in Chipeta Park
11:00am - 4:00pm
Grandpa’s in the TUFF SHED located at Black Forest Restaurant Watch the award-winning Grandpa’s in the Tuff Shed short film. Shows approximately every 30 minutes.
1:00pm
Frozen T-shirt Contest Located on First Street in front of the Pioneer Inn How fast can you “get it on” for frosty booty! $10 entry.
1:00am - 3:00pm
Glass Works Icy Turkey Bowling On First Street Test your poultry bowling skills in the Icy Turkey Bowling Contest. $5 entry fee.
3:00pm - 4:00pm
Snowy Beach Volleyball at Chipeta Park Speed tournament, first come, first serve! $20/team Spiketacular Prizes!
5:00pm - 6:15pm Caribou Mountain Collective 6:45pm - 8:00pm Gipsy Moon 8:30pm - 10:00pm Deadphish Orchestra
SUNDAY, MARCH 9
SATURDAY, MARCH 8 ReAnimate Yourself Beer Tent @ Chipeta Park 11:00pm - 12:30pm New Family Dog 1:00pm - 2:30pm Kort McCumber and the High Road 3:00pm - 4:30pm Tracorum 5:00pm - 6:30pm Smooth Money Gesture 7:00pm - 8:30pm Dead Floyd Brain Freezer Tent Stage @ East 1st Street (‘Downtown’ Nederland)
Acoustic Mining Company ONDA’s Latin Grass The Zimmermans Dawg Nabbit!
ReAnimate Yourself Beer Tent @ Chipeta Park 11:00am - 12:30pm Reina del Cid & the Cidizens 1:00pm - 2:30pm Zen Mustache 3:00pm - 4:30pm Jeff Brinkman Band 4:30pm - 6:30pm Rocktin’ Grove Brain Freezer Tent Stage @ East 1st Street (‘Downtown’ Nederland) 11:00am - 12:30pm NoGo Gilbillies 1:00pm - 2:00pm Lesley Kernochan 2:30pm - 4:00pm Jelly Bread 4:30pm - 6:00pm Holden Young & Friends
11:00am - 12:35pm Louder Sisters & Friends
2:00pm - 3:00pm
11:00am - 2:00pm
11:00am - 2:00pm
The Blue Ball - Reanimate Yourself Tent stage Tickets: $10
1:00pm - 2:30pm 3:00pm - 4:30pm 5:00pm - 6:30pm 7:00pm - 8:30pm
The Newly Dead Game & Funny Films Talk at Black Forest Restaurant Funny Films for Funeral Planning is a collection of comedy movie and TV scenes about funerals, cremation, and cryonics and The Newly-Dead Game.
ReAnimate Yourself Beer Tent in Chipeta Park • Microbrew beer from Avery • Specialty Corpse Reviver and Grandpa’s Spirit drinks • Free Live Music • Grandpa’s Gift Shop & Food vendors Salmon Toss & Sunday Brunch at the Sundance Cafe at the Sundance Cafe Furthest Toss wins the prize. Come by Anytime! $5 entry 1 mile South of Nederland on HWY 119
FRIDAY, MARCH 7
1:00pm
Brain Freeze Contest Located in front of the Brain Freezer Tent on First Street Be a Brain Freezer in front of the Brain Freezer Tent on First Street Contestants race against each other downing ice cold treats for fabulous prizes. $5 entry fee.
11:00am - 6:30pm
Music Line Up
Frozen Dead Poet Society Open Readings On a soap box on First Street across from the Brain Freezer tent. Bring your poems, musings and Odes to Grandpa for open readings.
3:00pm
Rocky Mountain Oyster Eating Contest Race to eat as many rocky mountain oysters as possible. $5 entry at First Street Pub & Grill.
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Schedule of Events
10:30am - 5:00pm
Wild Bear Mountain Ecology Center Open house with the Turkey Vultures with Rocky Mountain Raptor Program (presentation 2:00pm) and Spiders, Scorpions and Cockroaches. Located in the Shopping Center.
11:00am and 8:00pm Brain Freezer Tent located on First Street • Microbrew beer from Avery • Free Live Music • Grandpa’s Gift Shop & Food vendors
11:00am - 8:00pm
Grandpa’s Mall Crawl Located on First Street east of the Visitor Center Nederland’s First Street will be transformed into a pedestrian mall so revelers can enjoy music in the Brain Freezer tent, street performers and participate in brain freezing, frozen t-shirt contests, icy turkey bowling and more!
11:00am - 6:30pm
ReAnimate Yourself Beer Tent in Chipeta Park • Microbrew beer from Avery • Free Live Music • Grandpa’s Gift Shop & Food vendors
11:00am - 4:00pm
FRIDAY, MARCH 7 5:00pm - 10:00pm
Blue Ball ReAnimate Yourself Beer Tent in Chipeta Park • Annual Blue Ball featuring DeadPhish Orchestra, Gipsy Moon and Caribou Mountain Collective • Ice Queen and Grandpa look-alike contest at 8pm • Microbrew beer from Avery Brewing • Specialty Corpse Reviver & Grandpa’s Spirit drinks • Grandpa’s Gift shop & food vendors • $10 at door / buy in advance to get beer token
6:00pm
Opening Ceremony and Zombie Procession. Nederland’s Round About. Open Frozen Dead Guy Days with at the Nederland round about with the lighting of the center piece followed by a Frozen Zombie
Procession to the Blue Ball.
10:00pm
LIVE MUSIC Area restaurants and bars. See Music Schedule.
SATURDAY, MARCH 8 9:00am - 11:00am
Event Day Registration and Waiver Wristband pick up and Parade Line up at Teen Center East end of First Street • Register for the Polar Plunge & Coffin Races & Parade Contest • Waiver pick up for ALL FDGD events • Line up for the Parade All event participants must sign a waiver and get waiver wristband.
8:00am - 11:00am
FDGD Pancake Breakfast at the Community Center Pancakes and more! Eggs and sausage, coffee and juice and all you can eat pancakes. $7 adults ,$5 Seniors, $4 Under 12 years.
Grandpa’s in the TUFF SHED at Black Forest Resaurant Watch the award-winning Grandpa’s in the Tuff Shed short film at the Black Forest Restaurant. Shows approximately every 30 minutes.
Noon
Parade of Hearses on First Street Parade starts at the Nederland Teen Center and goes up (west) First Street. Parade Participants check in and line up at the Teen Center.
3:00pm - 6:00pm
Tiny Disco at Chipeta Park in Polar Plunge warming tent Put a little boogie in your butt at the Tiny Disco
1:00pm - 2:00pm
Costume Polar Plunge at Chipeta Park Stay Frozen my friends and take the plunge. RC Rental sponsoring a warming tent & changing area. Entry fee: $20 A portion of the proceeds go to the Nederland Bucket Brigade supporting the Nederland Fire Department with supplies in times of emergency.
1:00am - 5:00pm
The Newly Dead Game & Funny Films Talk Located at the Black Forest Restaurant Funny Films for Funeral Planning is a collection of comedy movie and TV scenes about funerals, cremation, and cryonics! Gail Rubin, presents must-know-NOW details and hosts The Newly-Dead Game, quizzing couples on how well they know each others last wishes.
2:00pm - 3:30pm
Coffin Races Located in Chipeta Park Teams race with a coffin and ‘corpse’ in tow through a course full of obstacles, mud, snow, other racers. CASH PRIZE for best costumed team, trophies and lots of goodies for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners.
3:00pm - 5:00pm
Glass Werx Icy Turkey Bowling on First Street across from Brain Freezer Tent Test your poultry bowling skills in the Icy Turkey Bowling Contest…you’re welcome to BYOFF (bring your own frozen fowl). $5 entry.
3:00pm - 4:00pm
Brain Freeze Contest in front of the Brain Freeze Tent on First Street Be a Brain Freezer in front of the Brain Freezer Tent on First Street Contestants race against each other downing ice cold treats for fabulous prizes. $5 entry.
3:00pm - 5:00pm
Frozen T-shirt Contest Located on First Street in front of the Pioneer Inn Try and slip into something Frozen....faster than everyone else. $10 entry.
5:00pm - 6:00pm
Frozen Dead Poet Society Open Readings On a soap box on First Street across from the Brain Freezer tent. Bring your poems, musings and Odes to Grandpa for open readings.
6:30pm - 1:00am
Grandpa’s Pub Crawl live music at First St., Pioneer Inn, Whistlers and Stage Stop.
SUNDAY, MARCH 9 8:00am - 11:00am
FDGD Pancake Breakfast at the Community Center Pancakes and more! Eggs and sausage, coffee and juice and all you can eat pancakes. $7 adults ,$5 Seniors, $4 Under 12 years.
9:30am - 4:00pm
Wild Bear Mountain Ecology Center Open house with the Turkey Vultures with Rocky Mountain Raptor Program (presentation 11:00am) and Spiders, Scorpions and Cockroaches. Located in the Shopping Center.
11:00am - 6:00pm
Brain Freezer Tent located on First Street • Microbrew beer from Avery • Specialty Corpse Reviver and Grandpa’s Spirit drinks • Free Live Music • Grandpa’s Gift Shop & Food vendors
11:00am - 8:00pm
Grandpa’s Mall Crawl First Street Nederland’s First Street will be transformed into a pedestrian mall so revelers can enjoy music in the Brain Freezer tent, street performers and participate in brain freezing, frozen t-shirt contests, icy turkey bowling and more!
11:00am - 2:00pm
Frozen Monster Remote Control Truck Demo Located in Chipeta Park
11:00am - 4:00pm
Grandpa’s in the TUFF SHED located at Black Forest Restaurant Watch the award-winning Grandpa’s in the Tuff Shed short film. Shows approximately every 30 minutes.
1:00pm
Frozen T-shirt Contest Located on First Street in front of the Pioneer Inn How fast can you “get it on” for frosty booty! $10 entry.
1:00am - 3:00pm
Glass Works Icy Turkey Bowling On First Street Test your poultry bowling skills in the Icy Turkey Bowling Contest. $5 entry fee.
3:00pm - 4:00pm
Snowy Beach Volleyball at Chipeta Park Speed tournament, first come, first serve! $20/team Spiketacular Prizes!
5:00pm - 6:15pm Caribou Mountain Collective 6:45pm - 8:00pm Gipsy Moon 8:30pm - 10:00pm Deadphish Orchestra
SUNDAY, MARCH 9
SATURDAY, MARCH 8 ReAnimate Yourself Beer Tent @ Chipeta Park 11:00pm - 12:30pm New Family Dog 1:00pm - 2:30pm Kort McCumber and the High Road 3:00pm - 4:30pm Tracorum 5:00pm - 6:30pm Smooth Money Gesture 7:00pm - 8:30pm Dead Floyd Brain Freezer Tent Stage @ East 1st Street (‘Downtown’ Nederland)
Acoustic Mining Company ONDA’s Latin Grass The Zimmermans Dawg Nabbit!
ReAnimate Yourself Beer Tent @ Chipeta Park 11:00am - 12:30pm Reina del Cid & the Cidizens 1:00pm - 2:30pm Zen Mustache 3:00pm - 4:30pm Jeff Brinkman Band 4:30pm - 6:30pm Rocktin’ Grove Brain Freezer Tent Stage @ East 1st Street (‘Downtown’ Nederland) 11:00am - 12:30pm NoGo Gilbillies 1:00pm - 2:00pm Lesley Kernochan 2:30pm - 4:00pm Jelly Bread 4:30pm - 6:00pm Holden Young & Friends
11:00am - 12:35pm Louder Sisters & Friends
2:00pm - 3:00pm
11:00am - 2:00pm
11:00am - 2:00pm
The Blue Ball - Reanimate Yourself Tent stage Tickets: $10
1:00pm - 2:30pm 3:00pm - 4:30pm 5:00pm - 6:30pm 7:00pm - 8:30pm
The Newly Dead Game & Funny Films Talk at Black Forest Restaurant Funny Films for Funeral Planning is a collection of comedy movie and TV scenes about funerals, cremation, and cryonics and The Newly-Dead Game.
ReAnimate Yourself Beer Tent in Chipeta Park • Microbrew beer from Avery • Specialty Corpse Reviver and Grandpa’s Spirit drinks • Free Live Music • Grandpa’s Gift Shop & Food vendors Salmon Toss & Sunday Brunch at the Sundance Cafe at the Sundance Cafe Furthest Toss wins the prize. Come by Anytime! $5 entry 1 mile South of Nederland on HWY 119
FRIDAY, MARCH 7
1:00pm
Brain Freeze Contest Located in front of the Brain Freezer Tent on First Street Be a Brain Freezer in front of the Brain Freezer Tent on First Street Contestants race against each other downing ice cold treats for fabulous prizes. $5 entry fee.
11:00am - 6:30pm
Music Line Up
Frozen Dead Poet Society Open Readings On a soap box on First Street across from the Brain Freezer tent. Bring your poems, musings and Odes to Grandpa for open readings.
3:00pm
Rocky Mountain Oyster Eating Contest Race to eat as many rocky mountain oysters as possible. $5 entry at First Street Pub & Grill.
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about the gold and silver mining history in Colorado. “While she was department chair here she would go almost every weekend with her students in this little Jeep in these rugged back roads and sketch what she saw and take notes,” Diver says. The black-and-white sketches from Wolle’s weekend trips have harsher
lines and are more life-like than her colored paintings, which have more neutral tones and soft edges. The work of other artists who spent time with the Zuni tribe and in the Navajo Nation are on display, as well as some paintings of religious iconography from New Mexico. William Pennington’s posed photos of the Navajo show them dressed in tribal
cloth and holding weapons. Some of the artwork dates to the Works Progress Administration (WPA) under President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal, when artists made prints of scenes of New Mexico. “This portfolio of Spanish colonial design goes to show how thorough and investigative a lot of these [WPA] artists were, and how it’s more than just
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documenting the visual qualities of the [religious] statues,” Diver says. A group of paintings done by one anonymous Mexican artist shows the representations of images that the artist saw on a painted wooden chest. The chest paintings have two themes, a scene of people with horses and buildings, and an all-over floral design with an object in the center. The second exhibition, Interlaced, contains recent contemporary film and video works, the oldest one dating back to 1968. (The term “interlaced” comes from a technological term that describes how some video cameras process images.) “I think [video] is an important contemporary art; it’s from our time,” Diver says. The first video in the exhibition is Tongue Twister Variations, directed by Dan Boord and Luis Valdovino. They videotaped people all over the world saying a tongue twister in their native language, and then showed the clips with English subtitles below them. The consistent rhythm of the tongue twisters makes the video poetic to listen to, even though the language is foreign. In the same way that American West highlights issues relevant during the New Deal era, Interlaced sheds light on the environmental issues the world is currently facing. Rick Silva, an assistant professor at the University of Oregon, created a piece, “A Rough Mix,” where he brings an instrument into different types of terrain and acts like a DJ — scratching and mixing with earth elements instead of albums. He uses his hand to move around sand and snow, and brushes against trees and bushes. The sounds of the video change depending on the element he uses. “It’s really manic to watch. It kind of has that imminent, immediate feeling to it. I have a hard time looking at it for a while; I think that’s kind of the point,” Diver says. Bruce Nauman’s “Slow Angle Walk,” is a 1968 black-and-white film, and the oldest work in Interlaced. Nauman filmed the piece in his studio and used the idea that anything he creates in his studio must be art. He turned a camera onto its side and filmed him walking around his studio. His goal was to investigate film’s ability to alter the viewer’s spatial orientation. “Playing with this disorienting feeling of standing on one leg, it looks like he should fall back, but he doesn’t,” Diver says. Boulder Weekly
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Storybook Ballet C’est La Vie An ordinary guy in search of extraordinary love
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arts & culture Hands buried deep Local author pries into her past in memoir by Audra Figgins
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he first thing I notice about Michelle Theall is that she lied about her hands. In her book, she describes them as ugly. In person, they are petite with short, clean nails. They are expressive, moving about as she talks, cupping her soda. A small knick on her knuckle interrupts the smooth landscape, but it seems right at home. After this interview she’s on a plane to Anchorage, where she is an editor for Alaska Magazine. The staff is working on the April issue, and she will spend all week focusing on that, rather than fretting about her book — a memoir titled Teaching the Cat to Sit that came out Feb. 25. Theall will host a book signing at the Boulder Book Store on Tuesday, March 4, at 7:30 p.m. “Hands down,” Theall says, “writing this book is the hardest thing I’ve ever done.” The memoir chronicles Theall’s childhood in Texas and the struggles she went through with sexual abuse, spirituality, multiple sclerosis, family and her realization that she is gay. In alternating chapters, she discusses her more recent past here in Boulder, as those struggles continued when she and her partner had their adopted son baptized at the Sacred Heart of Jesus parish. The baptism was rescheduled at the last minute and did not occur during the regular church service, which she soon realized was happening to the children of all gay couples. These “closet baptisms” infuriated Theall, and she and her partner withdrew their son from the Sacred Heart of Jesus School. “Anywhere you go, someone will say that it’s not OK to be who you are,” Theall says, her hands, previously so energetic, now still on the table. Theall began openly telling her story through the Boulder Weekly in 2010, when she sent an email to Managing Editor Jefferson Dodge after reading about how a different lesbian couple’s child had been turned away from the Sacred Heart of Jesus School. Dodge wanted to interview her but told her she couldn’t remain anonymous, she recalls. Theall decided it was time to speak up. She talks about writing as therapy, how repeatedly
editing the lines in the book gave her the strength to face the pain of her past head on, rather than hiding from it. Her book is also timely in an age where gay rights are constantly in the headlines. Bullying and trauma still exist but, Theall says, we are creating a more inclusive world, and she wants her memoir to be a part of building that world. Still, putting her story out there is terrifying. “It’s like running around naked in front of everyone I know,” Theall says. That “everyone” includes her mother, who has had an enormous influence on her life and is the person who instilled in Theall a strong sense of spirituality. “We’re in a good place right now,” Theall says of her relationship with her mother, although this hasn’t always been true — Theall’s mother has had a difficult time reconciling her own dedication to Catholicism with her daughter’s sexuality. Her mother declined to read the drafts of the book, though she previously requested total transparency from Theall for her nonfiction works. Theall’s mother plays a major role in the book, as her influence and the growth of their relationship has been important to the person Theall has become. She worries about what will happen if her mother decides to read the book, or begins hearing about it from others. But Theall remains firm. Nothing can change the truth behind who she is or what she has been through, and for Theall, that truth is everything. “I wouldn’t change one thing. All of it has made
ON THE BILL: Michelle Theall will host a reading and sign books at the Boulder Book Store on Tuesday, March 4. 7:30 p.m. Vouchers to attend are $5 and may be used towards purchase of the book, or any other purchase the day of event. 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-2074.
me who I am,” Theall says. Despite the therapeutic effect that this book had, she doesn’t plan on writing another memoir. Instead, along with the work for Alaska Magazine, she’s got a novel in the works about a brother and sister and their experiences in foster care. She says there are more than 400,000 children in foster care in America and she and her partner are being re-certified as foster parents. She is spinning so many plates it is dizzying, but Theall isn’t the type to buckle under pressure. Theall’s insight into her strength is simple. She says that no matter what you are going through, someone out there has gone through something similar, maybe even something worse. What matters is being able to conquer your struggles. “Our experiences are universal,” she says. “I think of it as sweeping up a pile of dirt and finally being able to stand on top of it.” This sense of universality is what she hopes to convey with the book. “This book is really about how we navigate, and how we are navigating,” Theall says, speaking not only of our own personal struggles, but also of the struggles that come with building and maintaining relationships. You are born into one family, but along the way, you figure out who you are and who is important to helping uphold that. “I think it’s about who stays,” Theall says, and for anyone lucky enough to be a part of her life, Theall isn’t going anywhere. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com
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Thursday, February 27 music Almost Unplugged: Concert for Nepal. 6 p.m. Mountain View Methodist Church, 355 Ponca Place, Boulder, 303-4945025. Bluegrass Pick. 8:30 p.m. Under the Sun, 627 S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-927-6921. Brazil Night. 8 p.m. Caffè Sole, 637 S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-499-2985. Brian Parton. 6 p.m. Upslope Brewing Co. (Flatiron Park), 1898 S. Flatiron Court, Ste. 110, Boulder, 303-449-2911. Ciara Glasheen: Artem. 7:30 p.m. Grusin Music Hall, Imig Building at CU-Boulder, 1020 18th St., Boulder, 303-4921411. The Deadly Gentlemen & Danny Barnes. 7 p.m. eTown Hall, 1535 Spruce St., Boulder, 303-443-8696. DeadSet. 8 p.m. Jamestown Mercantile Cafe, 108 Main St., Jamestown, 303-442-5847. Dechen Hawk. 6:30 p.m. St Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696. Ethan Morrison. 9 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.
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Eric The Viking. 8:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685. Joseph Della Penna. 7:30 p.m. Grusin Music Hall, Imig Building at CU-Boulder, 1020 18th St., Boulder, 303-4921411. Miss Rancho. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.
Thursday, Feb. 27, 7 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030.
Open Mic Night. 7 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 720-297-6397. Open Mic Night. 7 p.m. Catacombs Bar, 2115 13th St., see EVENTS Page 48
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Saturday, March 1: The Vagina Monologues. 7:30 p.m. Glenn Miller Ballroom, 1889 Euclid Ave., Boulder, 303492-6161. A team of University of Colorado students will be putting on their take on Eve Ensler’s world-renowned play, The Vagina Monologues. The act touches on feminine issues ranging from love and sex to rape and violence, originally crafted with the goal of raising awareness about women’s issues. This production is coordinated by iEmpathize, a foundation working to eradicate child exploitation through creative solutions. The cast consists of students from various academic departments at CU.
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Three-time Grammy Award winner Kevin Moore, better known as Keb’ Mo’, comes to Boulder on tour in support of his new album. The album is called BLUESamericana, named after the blues/ roots veteran’s self-proclaimed style, and is scheduled to drop April 22. Fans can get a preview of the new album via the EP “The Old Me Better,” which is available exclusively at his live shows. General admission tickets are $30.
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Saturday, March 1: 11th Annual BaoBao Festival. 5 p.m. Casey Middle School, 1301 High St., Boulder, 720561-2700. In Ghana, it is tradition to gather under the baobao tree to dance, sing, drum and share stories. The BaoBao Festival is the local hub for Ghanaian culture, a showcase of theatrical dancing and drumming to build community while entertaining and educating about West African traditions. Members of the Ghana National Dance Ensemble from around the world join local talent at the event.
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American West: Selections from the CU Art Museum’s Permanent Collection. CU Art Museum, 1085 18th St., Boulder, 303-492-8300. Through May 10. Boulder Stories of Romance and Courtships. Boulder Public Library Carnegie Branch, 1125 Pine St., Boulder, 303-441-3110. Through Feb. 28. Collect: The Art of Colorado Individuals, Corporations and Institutions. Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., 720-898-7200. Through March 30. Critical Focus — Artist Ian Fisher. MCA Denver, 1485 Delgany St., Denver, 303-298-7554. Through April 13. Epic — Artist Joseph Stashkevetch. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000. Through July 13. Focus — Artist Robert Motherwell. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000. Through March 9. Humanity, Earth, Intention and Consequences — Featuring the work of Tania Dibbs, The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. Through March 7.
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Interlaced: Selections from the CU Art Museum’s Video Collection. CU Art Museum, 1085 18th St., Boulder, 303-492-8300. Through March 22.
by Frederic C. Hamilton, Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-8655000. Through March 23. Narrative Forms at the WESTend — Features the paintings and sculpture of Damon Mohl and the small metal work of Jessica Mohl. Muse Gallery, 356 Main St., Longmont, 303-678-7869. Through March 1. New Growth — Artist Rashid Johnson. MCA Denver, 1485 Delgany St., Denver, 303-2987554. Through June 15. Second Skin — Features the work of Nick Cave, Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000. Through April 24. Steel Powder Painting and Landscape — Artist Kim Jongku. Macky Auditorium, 285 University Ave., Boulder, 303-492-8423. Through March 30. Oil Paintings by Jan Burch. NCAR. 3090 Center Green Drive, Boulder, 303-497-1000. Through May 29 PAPER/PRODUCT: Portfolios from the Polly and Mark Addison Collection. CU Art Museum, 1085 18th St., Boulder, 303-492-8300. Through June 21. The Power of Water. Fire House Art, 667 4th Avenue, Longmont, 303-651-2787. Through March 5. Paintings by Elen Feinberg. NCAR, 3090 Center Green Drive, Boulder, 303-497-1000. Through May 29. Rebranded: Polish Film Posters for the American Western. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000. Through June 1. Seen in Passing — Artist Chuck Forsman. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000. Through May 24. Stories in Print — Features the work of Cynthia Brinich-Langlois, The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826.
EVENTS from Page 47
Boulder, 303-442-4344. Preservation Hall Jazz Band. 7 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030. The Pharcyde. 9 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1128 13th St., Boulder, 303-447-0095. Smack Thomson. 10 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922. Thursday Night Live Music. 9 p.m. Bitter Bar, 835 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-442-3050.
Watersong. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 North Park Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757. events Lecture by Larry Benson, Ph.D.: “Dating North America’s Oldest Petroglyphs.” 7 p.m. University of Colorado Museum of Natural History, Paleontology Hall, 1030 Broadway, Boulder, 303492-6892. Live DJ and Dancing. 10 p.m. Catacombs Bar, Boulder Weekly
listen up! 2115 13th St., Boulder, 303-442-4344. Tyler Grant Solo. 5:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Homemade Liquids and Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303-485-9400. Friday, February 28 music Ash Ganley. 6 p.m. Sun Rose Café, 379 Main St., Longmont, 303-651-3533. BLOrk. 7:30 p.m. ATLAS Black Box Theatre at CUBoulder, 1201 18th St., Boulder, 303-735-1605.
Thursday, February 27: The Pharcyde. 9 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1128 13th St., Boulder, 303-447-0095.
In the era of gangster rap the Pharcyde kept it underground. The hip-hop group came out of South-Central L.A. in the early ’90s and has earned prestige within the alternative rap genre, as contemporaries of A Tribe Called Quest and De La Soul. Despite their quirky lyrical and musical style, The Pharcyde has garnered popular success as well, with songs featured in productions like Eminem’s movie 8 Mile, the Adam Sandler film hit Big Daddy and the independent film The Wackness. Also on the group’s long list of accomplishments is a Spike Jonze-directed music video for its 1995 single “Drop.” In recent years, The Pharcyde members have feuded over rights to tour and record with the group’s name. The Boulder performance will feature two original members of the group, Imani (Emandu Wilcox) and Bootie Brown (Romye Robinson), who continue to record new music and tour as The Pharcyde. Opening for the group is Wheelchair Sports Camp and Eddie Knolls. —Nadia Mishkin
Blue Mountain Ranch Hands. 8:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-8236685. Boulder Chamber Orchestra. 7:30 p.m. Grace Lutheran Church, 1001 13th St., Boulder, 303442-1883. Conrad Sclar. 7:30 p.m. Grusin Music Hall, Imig Building at CU-Boulder, 1020 18th St., Boulder, 303-492-1411. The Delta Routine. 9 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628. DJ Bedz. 8 p.m. Press Play, 1005 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-442-2176. Foxfeather. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628. Fully Belly. 9 p.m. Waterloo, 809 Main St., Louisville, 303-993-2094. Ginga. 6:30 p.m. St Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696.
MARCH EVENTS
Jababa. 10 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922. Jeff Lambert. 6 p.m. Upslope Brewing Company, 1501 Lee Hill Road, Unit 20, Boulder, 303-4492911. JiHye Chung. 7:30 p.m. Grusin Music Hall, Imig Building at CU-Boulder, 1020 18th St., Boulder, 303-492-1411. The Mighty Twisters. 8 p.m. Caffè Sole, 637 S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-499-2985. Mojomama. 7 p.m. Oskar Blues Homemade Liquids and Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303-485-9400. Mountain Standard Time. 9 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1128 13th St., Boulder, 303-447-0095. The Prairie Scholars: Tacos, Tequila & Tunes. 8:30 p.m. CyclHOPS, 600 S. Airport Road., Longmont, 303-776-2453. Soul School. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 North Park Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757. Steep Canyon Rangers. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030. Steve Itterly. 10 p.m. No-Name Bar, 1325 Broadway, Boulder, 303-447-3278. Them Raggedy Bones. 6 p.m. Front Range Brewery, 400 W. South Boulder Road, Suite 1650, Lafayette, 303-339-0767. events Boulder Opera presents Vanessa. 7:30 p.m. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. Global Soul Experience. 8 p.m. Shine Restaurant & Gathering Place, 2027 13th St., Boulder, 303449-0120. Happy Hour Fundraiser For PeopleForBikes. 5 p.m. Polar Bottle Warehouse, 4601 Nautilus Court South, Boulder, 303-440-0358. see EVENTS Page 50
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7:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl Street, Boulder, 303447-2074.
Ice ‘N’ Go — by Jenny Moshak. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-2074.
Weekly Open Poetry Reading. 7 p.m.–8:30 p.m. Innisfree Poetry, 1203 13th St., Suite A, Boulder, 303-4953303.
The Second Bud — by Martha Ezzard. 7:30 p.m. Tattered Cover Bookstore, 2526 East Colfax Ave., Denver, 303-322-7727.
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The Future of the Mind— by Michio Karu. 7:30 p.m. Tattered Cover Bookstore, 2526 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, 303-322-7727. Tuesday, March 4 Teaching the Cat to Sit — by Michelle Theall.
Execution is the Strategy — by Laura Stack. 7 p.m. Tattered Cover Bookstore, 9315 Dorchester St., Highlands Ranch Town Center, 303-470-7050. Wednesday, March 5
City of Darkness and Light — by Rhys Bowen. 7:30 p.m. Tattered Cover Bookstore, 9315 Dorchester St., Highlands Ranch Town Center, 303-470-7050. The Horse Lover — by H. Alan Day, Lynn Wiese Sneyd, Justice Sandra Day O’Connor. 7:30 p.m. Tattered Cover Bookstore, 2526 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, 303-322-7727.
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John McKay Band. 8 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 720-297-6397.
Katie Glassman. 7:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685.
Live DJ and Dancing. 10 p.m. Catacombs Bar, 2115 13th St., Boulder, 303-442-4344.
Keb’ Mo’. 8 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030.
ONE ACT. 8 p.m. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826.
Logo Ligi. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.
Seeing Through Sound. 7:30 p.m. Grace Lutheran Church, 1001 13th St., Boulder, 303442-1883.
Los Cheesies Chiquitos. 5 p.m. Restaurante 100% Mexicano, 2850 Iris Ave., Ste. H, Boulder, 303-440-4141.
White Space — A live art event and silent auction. 6:30 p.m. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-2122.
The Magic Beans. 9 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1128 13th St., Boulder, 303-447-0095.
Saturday March 1 music Boulder Laptop Orchestra Plays Sun Ra. 7:30 p.m. ATLAS Black Box Theater, 1125 18th St., Boulder, 303-717-6619. Chicha. 6:30 p.m. St Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696. DJ Ish. 10 p.m. Attic Bar & Bistro, 949 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-415-1300. Electric Red. 10 p.m. Pioneer Inn, 15 E. First St., Nederland, 303-258-7733. Jockamo. 6 p.m. Oskar Blues Homemade Liquids and Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303485-9400. Jimbo Darville. 8 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 720-297-6397.
MaryLynn Gillaspie. 7 p.m. Caffè Sole, 637 S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-499-2985. The Mill Burrys. 10 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922. Nolan McInnis Band. 5 p.m. Front Range Brewery, 400 W. South Boulder Road, Suite 1650, Lafayette, 303-339-0767. Second Acts. 7 p.m. Caffè Sole, 637 S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-499-2985. The Strangebyrds. 4:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Tasty Weasel Tap Room, 1800 Pike Road, Unit B, Longmont, 303-776-1914. events 11th Annual BaoBao Festival. 5 p.m. Casey Middle School, 1301 High St., Boulder, 720-5612700. Boulder Opera presents Vanessa. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Weekly
The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. Definition of Magic. 7:30 p.m. Naropa University, 2130 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-444-0202. Junior Ranger Adventures. 11 a.m. Mud Lake Open Space, two miles north of Nederland on County Road 12, 720-352-7041. Live DJ and Dancing. 10 p.m. Catacombs Bar, 2115 13th St., Boulder, 303-442-4344. Mardi Gras Dance Benefit. 6:30 p.m. Avalon Ballroom, 6185 Arapahoe Road, Boulder, 303440-8303.
listen up! Friday, February 28: Global Soul Experience. 8 p.m. Shine Restaurant & Gathering Place, 2027 13th St., Boulder, 303449-0120.
The Global Soul Experience is a seven-piece Boulder-based group that brings funk and soul rooted in anything from hip-hop to Latin to African music. “We are a multicultural, original band,” says Janis Kelly, vocalist and founding member of the band. “Something that is really unique about us is that we have two vocalists, three rappers and two percussionists. It’s a lot going on. We try to carry on the full tradition of being socially conscious while bringing that groovy music with a message of peace and community.” The Global Soul Experience originally formed when a group of musician friends got together to form an ensemble to perform at Burning Man Festival in 2012. While only three members of the original group remain, the current forma-
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tion of the band will be releasing its first demo at the Shine concert. “We call ourselves a ‘higher vibe of planetary groove,’ and all we mean by that is we want people to be dancing to uplifting words. That is what makes the music so powerful,” Kelly says. —Nadia Mishkin
Raising Backyard Chickens. 1 p.m. Agricultural Heritage Center. 8348 Ute Highway 66, Longmont, 303-776-8848. The Vagina Monologues. 7:30 p.m. Glenn Miller Ballroom, 1669 Euclid Ave., Boulder, 303-4926161. Sunday, March 2 music Acoustic Jam. 4 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922. Arthur Lee Land. 6 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685. Bluegrass Pick. 12 p.m. Oskar Blues Homemade Liquids and Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303-485-9400. Esther Sparks. 6 p.m. Oskar Blues Homemade Liquids and Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303-485-9400. Live Bluegrass Pluckin’. 4 p.m. Twisted Pine Brewing Company, 3201 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-786-9270. Open Mic. 7 p.m. Mamacita’s, 1149 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-2300. Traditional Irish Music Open Session. 7 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-4491922. The Sweet Lillies. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628. events Boulder Opera presents Vanessa. 2 p.m. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. Comedy Night. 7 p.m. Bohemian Biergarten, 2017 13th St., Boulder, 720-328-8328. Hawaiian Hula Classes. 5 p.m. Boulder Ballet Studio at The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2690 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. Monday, March 3 music Electric Blues Jam. 7:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Homemade Liquids and Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303-485-9400. Open Mic. 6 p.m. Oskar Blues Tasty Weasel Tap Room, 1800 Pike Road, Unit B, Longmont, 303776-1914. Open Mic. 7:30 p.m. Johnny’s Cigar Bar, 1801 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-0884. events Geeks Who Drink. 7 p.m. Twisted Pine Brewing Company, 3201 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-7869270. Lecture: “Environmental Impacts Facing the Indian Peaks Wilderness.” 7 p.m. Forest Service office, 2140 Yarmouth Ave., Boulder, www. indianpeakswilderness.org. see EVENTS Page 52
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Girls Only: The Secret Comedy of Women. The Garner Galleria Theatre, 1101 13th St., Denver. 303-893-4100. Through March 9. Jack and the Beanstalk. Jesters Dinner Theatre, 224 Main St., Longmont, 303-682-9980. Through March 22.
The Lyons. Vintage Theatre, 1468 Dayton St., Aurora, 303-856-7830. Through March 9. The Nerd. Longmont Theatre Company, 513 Main St., Longmont, 303-772-5200. Through March 15. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. Jesters Dinner Theatre, 224 Main St., Longmont, 303682-9980. Through April 19. Spamalot. Boulder’s Dinner Theatre, 5501 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-449-6000. Through March 1.
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Open Mic. 7:30 p.m. Johnny’s Cigar Bar, 1801 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-0884. Open Poetry Reading. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628. Story in the Rocks: The Geology of Boulder County. 7 p.m. Louisville Public Library, 951 Spruce St., Louisville, 303-335-4849. Trivia Night. 9 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922. Tuesday, March 3
Geeks Who Drink. 7 p.m. Oskar Blues Homemade Liquids and Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303-485-9400. Tuesday Night Trivia. 8 p.m. Catacombs Bar, 2115 13th St., Boulder, 303-442-4344. Tuesday Night Trivia. 10:30 p.m. The Sink, 1165 13th St., Boulder, 303-444-7465. Wednesday, March 5 music
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Disquietude. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.
Ash Ganley. 6 p.m. The Dickens Tavern, 300 Main St., Longmont, 303-834-9384.
Karaoke at the Attic. 9 p.m. Attic Bar & Bistro, 949 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-415-1300.
AZTeC. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.
Open Bluegrass Pick. 9 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922.
Bluegrass Pick. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685.
Soloman Goldbas. 6:30 p.m. St Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696.
Magnie, Amandie & Young. 7:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-8236685.
Watersong (Zing for Zonta). 6 p.m. Avalon Ballroom, 6185 Arapahoe Road, Boulder, 303499-6363.
Open Mic Night. 8 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922.
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Piano Jazz Tuesday. 6 p.m. Caffè Sole, 637 S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-499-2985. events Faculty Tuesday. 7:30 p.m. Grusin Music Hall, Imig Building at CU-Boulder, 1020 18th St., Boulder, 303-492-1411.
Karaoke Night. 8 p.m. Catacombs Bar, 2115 13th St., Boulder, 303-442-4344. Team Trivia. 7 p.m. Boulder Beer Company, 2880 Wilderness Place, Boulder, 303-444-8448. Wednesday Mini Bike Races. 10:30 p.m. The Sink, 1165 13th St., Boulder, 303-444-7465.
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Like Snakes on a Plane with Liam Neeson instead of snakes. About Last Night
They Live
An updated version of the classic romantic comedy. This film follows two couples from pickup line to bedroom. Rated R. At Century.
Aimless drifter John Nada (Roddy Piper) finds work as a construction worker in Los Angeles, where a wide gulf separates the upper classes from the working classes. After donning a pair of special sunglasses, Nada discovers that many of society’s elite are not humans, but aliens who control humanity through subliminal messages. Now he’s the only one who can save the Earth from these villainous invaders. An unusually clever, fascinating sci-fi thriller from director John Carpenter. Rated R. At Esquire. — Landmark Theatres
American Hustle When the FBI decides to recruit con artists to infiltrate the Jersey mob and crooked power brokers, things get interesting in a hurry. Rated R. At Colony Square and Century.
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues Super-Sized R-Rated Version Ron Burgundy and his pals are back in this all new cut of the movie that manages to be even more foul and sophomoric than the original foul and sophomoric version. Oh boy. Rated R. At Twin Peaks.
The Armstrong Lie In 2009 Alex Gibney was hired to make a film about Lance Armstrong’s comeback to cycling. The project was shelved when the doping scandal erupted, and re-opened after Armstrong’s confession. As sportswriter Dan Coyle says in the film, “It’s not a story about doping, it’s a story about power.” At Boedecker. — Boedecker Theater
The Best Offer Virgil Oldman is an antiques dealer who has never been close to another human being, not even Robert, his only friend. But he meets a mysterious young woman who changes everything. At Boedecker. — Boedecker Theater
The Boulder Jewish Film Festival The following films will be showing at the festival. Check with the theater for days and times. Sukkah City; Orthodox Stance; When Comedy Went to School; Quality Balls: The David Steinberg Story; In the Shadow; Natan; Fill the Void; The Sturgeon Queens: Russ and Daughters; Aftermath. At Boedecker.
3 Days to Kill Gravity
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Like George Clooney’s character in this Oscar-nominated film about Sandra Bullock being stranded in space, this film just keeps coming back. Rated PG-13. At Century, Twin Peaks and Colony Square.
Liam Neeson plays an air marshal on a flight from New York to London on which a passenger is being murdered every 20 minutes by someone demanding $150 million by text. All is not as it appears is this action thriller. Rated PG-13. At Twin Peaks, Colony Square and Century.
Her Only Spike Jonze could come up with a comedy flick wherein a shy writer (Joaquin Phoenix) falls in love with his computer’s sexy-voiced operating system. Rated R. At Century.
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Another entertaining installment in the Lord of the Rings series. This one has a giant dragon guarding treasure. Rated PG-13. At Colony Square.
If You Build It This documentary follows activist educators Emily Pilloton and Matthew Miller as they fight a change-resistant school and school board to improve a high school in rural Bertie County, North Carolina. NR. At Mayan.
In Secret This film is a tale of obsessive love turned to crime and revenge in the lower depths of 1860s Paris. Rated R. At Chez Artiste and Century. — Landmark Theatres
Captain Phillips
Inside Llewyn Davis
Tom Hanks gives a commanding performance in this film based on the true story of a freighter that was highjacked by modern day pirates off the coast of Somalia. Rated PG-13. At Century.
The Coen brothers craft this story of a homeless young folk singer trying to create a name for himself in the Greenwich Village of the 1960s. Rated R. At SIE Film Center and Mayan.
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Matthew McConaughey stars in Dallas Buyers Club as real-life Texas cowboy Ron Woodroof, whose freewheeling life was overturned in 1985 when he was diagnosed as HIV-positive and given 30 days to live. Rated R. At Century, Colony Square and Esquire. — Landmark Theatres
Emmet is a normal, nerdy LEGO dude. So when he is mistakenly identified as the only LEGO who can topple an evil tyrant, things get pretty funny. Rated PG. At Twin Peaks, Colony Square and Century.
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Based on the true story, this film follows a special platoon of art experts and soldiers charged with finding and saving the art that has been stolen by the Nazis before it is destroyed and lost forever. Rated PG-13. At Twin Peaks, Colony Square and Century.
Alex Pettyfer and Gabriella Wilde star as two teens having a love affair of which their parents don’t approve. This creates drama as the parents try to keep them apart. Rated PG-13. At Twin Peaks, Colony Square and Century.
Frozen When the snow queen traps a tiny kingdom in eternal winter, Anna and Kristoff, accompanied by Sven the reindeer and a comical snowman that has trouble keeping his head, set out to end the spell. Rated PG. At Twin Peaks and Century.
Gloria Gloria (Paulina García) is a “woman of a certain age” but still feels young. Though lonely, she makes the best of her situation and fills her nights seeking love at social dance clubs for single adults. Her fragile happiness changes the day she meets Rodolfo (Sergio Hernández). Rated R. At Esquire and Mayan. — Landmark Theatres
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Nebraska After receiving a sweepstakes letter in the mail, a cantankerous father (Bruce Dern) thinks he’s struck it rich, and wrangles his son (Will Forte) into taking a road trip to claim the fortune. Shot in black and white across four states, Nebraska tells the stories of family life in the heartland of America. Rated R. At Century, Colony Square and Chez Artiste. — Landmark Theatres
The Nut Job 3D This animated film is an action-packed comedy starring a mischievous squirrel named Surly (voiced by Will Arnett). Rated PG. At Twin Peaks.
The Oscar-Nominated Short Films of 2014: Animated and Action The animated shorts and action shorts have different showtimes, so check in with the theater. At Mayan and SIE Film Center.
The Past After four years apart, Ahmad (Ali Mosaffa) leaves Tehran for Paris to meet up with his estranged French wife Marie (Berenice Bejo) so they can finalize their divorce so she can marry her new boyfriend. Their daughter and secrets from their past throw a wrench into their plans. NR. At Century.
Philomena The unparalleled Dame Judi Dench brings to life the story of a woman who gave away the child she conceived out of wedlock for adoption in the United States and her search, decades later, to find that son with the help of a BBC reporter. Rated PG-13. At Colony Square and Chez Artiste.
Kevin Costner plays a spy who wants out of the racket but has to do one more hit job while watching his teenage daughter and rushing around trying not to die. Rated PG-13. At Twin Peaks, Colony Square and Century.
Tim’s Vermeer Tim Jenison, a Texas-based inventor and the visionary behind the desktop video revolution, attempts to solve one of the greatest mysteries in all art: How did 17th century Dutch Master Johannes Vermeer (“Girl with a Pearl Earring”) manage to paint so photo-realistically — 150 years before the invention of photography? The epic research project Jenison embarks on to test his theory is as extraordinary as what he discovers. Spanning eight years, Jenison’s adventure takes him to Delft, Holland, where Vermeer painted his masterpieces, on a pilgrimage to the North coast of Yorkshire to meet artist David Hockney and even to Buckingham Palace to see a Vermeer masterpiece in the collection of the Queen. Rated PG-13. At Esquire. — Landmark Theatres
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In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man, is abducted and sold into slavery. The heart-wrenching film has Oscar potential, and it landed nine nominations. Rated R. At Colony Square and Mayan. — Landmark Theatres
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Milo (Kit Harington) is a slave turned gladiator who has to hurry up and fight his way out of the arena in order to save Cassia (Emily Browning) before the volcano wipes out everything. Rated PG-13. At Twin Peaks, Colony Square and Century.
Thirty years after Koyaanisqatsi, writer, producer and director Godfrey Reggio — with the support of composer Philip Glass and editor, producer and associate director Jon Kane — once again leapfrogs over earth-bound filmmakers and creates another stunning, wordless portrait of modern life. Presented by Steven Soderbergh in black and white digital projection, Visitors reveals humanity’s trancelike relationship with technology, which, when commandeered by extreme emotional states, produces massive effects far beyond the human species. At Chez Artiste. — Landmark Theatres
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Kevin Hart and Ice Cube star in this latest tale about misfit cops as partners. Rated PG-13. At Twin Peaks.
Writer Director Hayao Miyazaki pays tribute to engineer Jiro Horikoshi in this epic tale set in 1927. Rated PG13. At Mayan and Century.
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Robocop The year is 2028 and a good cop, Alex Murphy (Joel Kinnaman), has been all but killed doing his job. Technology gives him a new lease on life. Rated PG-13. At Twin Peaks, Colony Square and Century.
Winter’s Tale In this film that spans more than a century, the age-old battle of good and evil plays out in New York City. Rated PG-13. At Twin Peaks, Colony Square and Century.
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This story of the life and death of Jesus is approriate for families. Mel Gibson is nowhere to be found. Rated PG-13. At Twin Peaks, Colony Square and Century.
Martin Scorsese directs Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill and Jean Dujardin in this adaptation of 1990s bankergone-bad Jordan Belfort’s memoir. Rated R. At Century.
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National Theatre of Great Britain performs the stage version of this touching tale live from London’s West End. Rated PG-13. At Century.
Zac Efron, Miles Teller and Michael B. Jordan star in this film about three friends who find themselves confused by their dating situation. Rated R. At Century.
Additional films showing at the Denver Film Society’s SIE Film Center in Denver: Oscar-Nominated Shorts; The Square; August: Osage County; Dirty Wars; The Hunt; The Great Beauty; Cutie and the Boxer; Inside Llewyn Davis; The Best Offer; Fifth Element.
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happens to have a magic, glowing serum that fixes brain cancer. But she’ll only give it to him if he stops multiple bad guys whose names have the article “the” in them. There’s The Albino (Tómas Lemarquis), who is albino, and The Wolf (Richard Sammel), whose real name is Wolfgang. There’s also an accountant you’d think would be called “The Numbers,” but his actual name is Guido (Bruno Ricci). In case you didn’t know he was Italian, he offers a recipe for spaghetti sauce at gunpoint. Then there are the squatters who take over Ethan’s apartment out of nowhere. It’s a whole family infused with the “magic negro” racist schtick, including a young black kid who just wants a high five and a father figure who reminds Ethan what’s really important. Between that and the depiction of Vivi, who inexplicably transforms from trusted high-ranking official to sex-obsessed trollop, it’s hard to say what’s most offensive. (The scarf. The scarf is most offensive.) There are two competing and incompatible movies happening at once in 3 Days to Kill: one is a loosey-goosey action comedy, the other is a dramedy about a dad reconnecting with his teenage daughter by doing things like teaching her how to finally ride a bike. Both of those movies suck. Combine them, and you have a reminder why we must stay vigilant lest Costner get famous again. Not this time, Kevin. Not on my watch. —This review first appeared in The Reader of Omaha, Neb. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com
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he food truck landscape has rapidly been expanding in Boulder, offering a variety of colorful and inventive mobile food concepts, each with its own unique challenges. Especially for those just offering desserts on wheels. The Tasterie Truck is now in its fourth year of business in Boulder. Boulder’s first dessert truck started by only offering sweets and pastries. As a “a tasty mobile patisserie,” they were well loved for their whoopie pies, Shannon Aten’s Tasterie Truck is a Walken-up kind of place. stickyboxes (bundt cake), milk and cookies cupcakes, lemon roulades and more. However, since food trucks are limited to industrial zones and technology parks with Boulder’s food truck laws, The Tasterie Truck found customers kept asking if they had any “real food,” not just moved back to Pennsylvania to start his $20,000 through a Kickstarter campaign that allowed her to move forward sweets, especially during their popular own dessert shop, knew that the other with her mobile pie shop concept: an business lunch hours. savory trucks were doing more than Grace Boyle Airstream she plans to drive between Owner and cothree times the Boulder and Denver serving her delecfounder Shannon amount in sales as Aten knew they had they were with sweets. table pies, baked special in cast-iron to shift strategies a So she made the deci- pans, and made with recipes that have been passed down by her Midwestern bit. sion to focus on food. “In order to surSince desserts was family. vive and pay our bills, their original mainThe 26-foot Airstream (refurbished by her father, grandfather and herself ) we started offering a stay, they still offer a will actually host customers inside, limited savory menu variety of desserts, with room for six to eight to sit comour second year for especially for events fortably and enjoy their slice of pie. the lunch time hours like weddings or Although there will also be a to-go and then did a full rehearsal dinners, Circumference divided by diamwindow for those passing by, Lott dessert menu for our which, in part, has eter equals delicious. believes “pie is one of those relational evening and special kept them in business desserts,” noting that you don’t grab a events, where desserts these four years. pie on the go since it’s difficult to eat are more popular,” she says. Newer to the mobile dessert scene But Aten, who is now solo since in Boulder is The Long I Pie Shop. Its while you’re walking, so it’s something her business partner Nathan Miller founder, Shauna Lott, raised more than you share over a conversation.
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Pushing customers to slow down to chat over a slice is fine by Lott. “I’m building a business around the concept of home,” she says. “To me, pie is home and, for some reason, has this way of taking people back to whatever feels like ‘home’ in their mind. It takes me back to when I was a young girl growing up in Indiana on a crisp autumn evening, sitting around my Grandma Lott’s dining room table after dinner, eating pie and playing gin rummy.” Lott even sees pies as a way to build community and plans to partner with nonprofits and provide a platform for youth at risk of homelessness, incarceration and exploitation to turn their lives around through a social services employment program. She’s also preparing for the dessert-only challenge that faced The Tasterie Truck in the same fashion: sweet and savory pies. She’ll partner with local purveyors like Denver’s Western Daughters Butcher Shoppe for her meat pies, and she’ll have vegetarian pies too, like her coconut curry veggie pot pie. Once she’s open and running, which should be around the end of March, she will offer a glutenfree and vegan pie, three sweet and two savory pies. Those will rotate based on the season and her partnerships with local farms. In the future, she also wants to offer breakfast pies, like quiche, but with the thickness of a pie. When it comes to the barriers to entry for these mobile dessert trucks, it can be examined through the lens of see DESSERT Page 64
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Tickets are now on sale for the fifth annual A Taste of Pearl, which will take already posh downtown shops and galleries and further poshify them with fancy snacks. Participating restaurants include Aji Latin American Restaurant, The Bitter Bar, Brasserie Ten Ten, Centro Latin Kitchen, Flagstaff House, Food at the Riverside, Frasca Food and Wine, Jax Fish House, Leaf Vegetarian Restaurant, The Mediterranean, OAK at Fourteenth, Pizzeria Locale, Q’s Restaurant, Riff’s Urban Fare and SALT Bistro. Those eateries have had their eats paired with wine from Aspen Peak Cellars, Augustina’s Winery, Balistreri Vineyards, Bookcliff Food at the Riverside in Boulder Vineyards, Boulder Creek Winery, Garfield Estates Winery, Garrett Estate Cellars, Grande River Taste of Pearl is only $75. But don’t dally, orVineyards, Kingman Estates Winery, Redganizers are capping tickets at 500 to keep stone Meadery, Rocky Mountain Wild Cider, out the hoi-polloi. Settembre Cellars, Two Rivers Winery and A portion of the proceeds will go to BoulVerso Cellars. der’s Emergency Family Assistance AssociaAnd those pairings will be available at tion. Art + Soul Gallery, Art Source International, The event will go down from 2 to 6 p.m. Athleta, Barbara & Company, Boulder Book on Sunday, April 13. Store, Chelsea, Earthwood Gallery, Gaiam Get more information or purchase tickets Living, Island Farm, Oliverde, Patagonia, at www.TasteOfPearl.com. Pedestrian Shops, Savory Spice Shop, Starr’s Clothing & Weekends. A TASTE OF A TASTE OF BOULDER Fancy, right? Can’t wait until April? Don’t want to How much would you pay for this fancy spend $75? A little too hungry for just apfeast? $186,000? $186,000.79? No need. A petizers? No worries. The A Taste of Boulder
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food tour is going down this weekend for only $70, and in addition to your walking shoes, you might want to wear your fat pants. “This is a dining tour, not just a sampling tour,” it boasts. And what will happen on this tour? “Our tour will bring you to two of our favorite dining establishments for a nice meal, one or two foodie specialty shops for discount shopping, and dessert to satisfy your sweet tooth,” says the Local Table Tours website. Accommodations for those with food allergies are available if attendees contact the agency 24 hours in advance. The tour will go down at 3 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 28 and at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 1. More information and tour registration is available at www.localtabletours. com. If you can’t make it, don’t worry. A Taste of Boulder goes down most weekends. And it’s only the tip of the tastberg. Local Table Tours also offer tours for beer, cocktail tasting and more. Another happening this weekend is the Coffee and Chocolate Tasting Tours, which will focus on “coffee samples, locally baked pastries, fine chocolate and engaging conversation.” “Learn about differences in beans, roasts and brewing methods based on the bean’s origin, brewing at altitude, and dare to ask about the ‘chocolate’ in a Mocha-Java,” says the Local Table Tours website. That one starts at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, March 1, and costs $25 per person. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com
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laiming regional or ethnic credibility at a restaurant not located in that region can be a dubious prospect. Sometimes it’s a genuine transplant bringing the recipes of their youth and culture to the uninitiated hinterlands; sometimes it’s just run by someone who vacationed there once in eighth grade. If you need a barometer on exactly how Southern Leenie’s Southern Cafe in Lafayette is, it’s not the fact that you can order a green chile omelette. It’s a question put to this reporter by the server when I asked if there was some way to combine the chicken-fried chicken and pecan waffle plates. “A lot of people ask about that,” she said. “Is chicken and waffles a Southern thing?” A Southern thing? Madam, it may well be the Southern thing. But with true Southern hospitality, she called me “Sug” and gave it a shot. Sadly, it wasn’t to be. The waffle iron was broken that day, meaning there were no waffles to be had, chickenside or otherwise. But that’s not to say that Leenie’s isn’t hokey-pokeying it up with one foot solidly in Southern Cuisine. Their eggs florentine comes with oysters. I had grits instead of hash browns. Then there’s the fact that fried chicken is on the breakfast menu. It’s just that Leenie’s leans more toward being a Southern-influenced diner than it does a full-blown Southern cafe. Which is fine, because, if given the choice between a diner and a
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Southern diner, it would be a bush-league masochist who would choose the union hash browns. And the chicken was good. A thin slice of breast freshly battered and fried so the juices practically squirted with every bite. The gravy was thin, but flavorful. And with a couple of eggs and a healthy helping of grits on the side, it was a rich and gut-busting way to start the day. Especially with the order of bananas and creme that I started off with. Where things fell short, breakfast-wise, was the coffee, which was thin and weak like reused grounds or the tail-end of the third shift at a Denny’s. Some folks may like it that way, but I’m not one of them.
Give me a brew as savory as a fine steak and keep the refills coming. But that shortcoming was mitigated by the fine pair of housemade jams on every table. And if the biscuit that came with my breakfast had been warm and fresh instead of cold and starting to harden, I might have forgotten the coffee altogether, breathing in biscuit steam like some sort of Folger’s commercial. But it wasn’t. Sigh. In truth, that push and pull, that almost, was present throughout my visit to Leenie’s. I wanted to love it, to have something to shout about from the top of the Flatirons, but couldn’t quite get there. My companion went for the eggs beni, and what she discovered was an interesting diner twist on the Texas phrase “all hat, no cattle,” as her beni had a mountain of ham and a drizzle of sauce. Though “all ham, no hollandaise,” isn’t likely to catch on, it still has a nice ring to it because it so perfectly encapsulates the experience: the meat is there, the big solid building blocks that Southern food is built of. But the details, the subtlety, aren’t as much of a priority. That’s not necessarily a bad thing. The rich plantation opulence can easily become the height of toomuchery. The slightly dilapidated atmosphere, all comfortably worn booths and local art lining bright green walls, is anything but formal, and it is just the thing for the days when you want to eat something approachable and interesting, but not wearing your church pants. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com
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weather, narrowness of focus with just sweets, and the stifling food truck laws in Boulder. With four distinct seasons in Colorado, there’s no denying the weather sometimes thwarts business, especially since Aten and Lott both operate year-round. Aten takes a few weeks off over the holidays when their business park stops are slow, and, as to be expected, the occasional snow day
halts them entirely when it’s too dangerous to venture out. “It’s much slower during the winter because there are much less weekend and nighttime events as it gets dark early, and the weather is so up and down,” Aten says. But even with winter’s mood swings, Lott says the weather itself doesn’t concern her that much. “The beautiful thing about Colorado is that it’s February and could be 60 degrees,” she says. “But there are things I have to think about if it drops to -11 degrees, such as our plumbing.” Both Lott and Aten agree that Denver is more lenient in its food truck rules and stipulations, and they share frustrations in the rigidity of Boulder’s laws. They’re forced to operate in industrial zones that surround the city of Boulder, rather than in the busGrace Boyle tling hubs downtown or in commercial zones where people naturally flock. This also limits their hours and, subsequently, the dollars that can be Long I Pie serves pie a’la made. airstream. Aten, now a food truck veteran in this area, has made do by getting creative and going to surrounding cities like Louisville, Longmont, Denver and Broomfield. She has planned large food truck parties and widens her footprint through private events and catering, which Lott also agrees will also be strong business for her mobile pie shop. After examining those that deliver desserts on wheels, it seems in the end, the best way to survive in Boulder’s food truck ecosystem is to actually offer more than just sweets. Even Lott understands that offering sweet and savory pies will broaden her reach, while Aten was pushed through the food truck stipulations in Boulder to a different market, away from entirely sweet. Although there are sweet tooths everywhere, the diversified focus seems to be the dessert on wheels offering direction in Boulder. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com Boulder Weekly
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The battles you’ve been waging these last ten Go to RealAstrology.com to check out months have been worRob Brezsny’s EXPANDED WEEKLY AUDIO thy of you. They’ve tested HOROSCOPES and DAILY TEXT MESSAGE your mettle and grown your courage. But I susHOROSCOPES. The audio horoscopes LIBRA pect that your relationship are also available by phone at 1-877SEPT. 23-OCT. 22: with these battles is due 873-4888 or 1-900-950-7700. If you are the type of for a shift. In the future person who wears gloves they may not serve you as when you throw snowballs, well as they have up until Germans would call you now. At the very least, you Handschuhschneeballwerfer. They use the same word as slang will need to alter your strategy and tactics. It’s also possible to mean “coward.” I’m hoping that in the coming days you that now is the time to leave them behind entirely — to won’t display any behavior that would justify you being graduate from them and search for a new cause that will called Handschuhschneeballwerfer. You need to bring a raw, activate the next phase of your evolution as an enlightened direct, straightforward attitude to everything you do. You warrior. What do you think? shouldn’t rely on any buffers, surrogates, or intermediaries. Metaphorically speaking, make sure that nothing comes TAURUS between your bare hands and the pure snow.
APRIL 20-MAY 20:
“Life is like Sanskrit read to a pony,” said Lou Reed. That might be an accurate assessment for most people much of the time, but I don’t think it will be true for you in the coming days. On the contrary: You will have a special capacity to make contact and establish connection. You’ve heard of dog whisperers and ghost whisperers? You will be like an all-purpose, jack-of-all-trades whisperer — able to commune and communicate with nervous creatures and alien life forms and pretty much everything else. If anyone can get a pony to understand Sanskrit, it will be you.
GEMINI
MAY 21-JUNE 20:
Does Kim Kardashian tweak and groom her baby daughter’s eyebrows? They look pretty amazing, after all — elegant, neat, perfectly shaped. What do you think, Gemini? HA! I was just messing with you. I was checking to see if you’re susceptible to getting distracted by meaningless fluff like celebrity kids’ grooming habits. The cosmic truth of the matter is that you should be laser-focused on the epic possibilities that your destiny is bringing to your attention. It’s time to reframe your life story. How? Here’s my suggestion: See yourself as being on a mythic quest to discover and fully express your soul’s code.
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JUNE 21-JULY 22:
The 19th-century American folk hero known as Wild Bill Hickok was born James Butler Hickok. At various times in his life he was a scout for the army, a lawman for violent frontier towns, a professional gambler, and a performer in Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show. Women found him charismatic, and he once killed an attacking bear with a knife. He had a brother Lorenzo who came to be known as Tame Bill Hickok. In contrast to Wild Bill, Tame Bill was quiet, gentle, and cautious. He lived an uneventful life as a wagon master, and children loved him. Right now, Cancerian, I’m meditating on how I’d like to see your inner Wild Bill come out to play for a while, even as your inner Tame Bill takes some time off.
LEO
JULY 23-AUG. 22:
“If I was a love poet,” writes Rudy Francisco, addressing a lover, “I’d write about how you have the audacity to be beautiful even on days when everything around you is ugly.” I suspect you have that kind of audacity right now, Leo. In fact, I bet the ugliness you encounter will actually incite you to amplify the gorgeous charisma you’re radiating. The sheer volume of lyrical soulfulness that pours out of you will have so much healing power that you may even make the ugly stuff less ugly. I’m betting that you will lift up everything you touch, nudging it in the direction of grace and elegance and charm.
SCORPIO
OCT. 23-NOV. 21:
In his song “4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy),” Bruce Springsteen mentions a disappointing development. “That waitress I was seeing lost her desire for me,” he sings. “She said she won’t set herself on fire for me anymore.” I’m assuming nothing like that has happened to you recently, Scorpio. Just the opposite: I bet there are attractive creatures out there who would set themselves on fire for you. If for some reason this isn’t true, fix the problem! You have a cosmic mandate to be incomparably irresistible.
SAGITTARIUS NOV. 22-DEC. 21:
“Some people say home is where you come from,” says a character in Katie Kacvinsky’s novel Awaken. “But I think it’s a place you need to find, like it’s scattered and you pick pieces of it up along the way.” That’s an idea I invite you to act on in the coming weeks, Sagittarius. It will be an excellent time to discover more about where you belong and who you belong with. And the best way to do that is to be aggressive as you search far and wide for clues, even in seemingly unlikely places that maybe you would never guess contain scraps of home.
CAPRICORN
DEC. 22-JAN. 19:
What words bring the most points in the game of Scrabble? Expert Christopher Swenson says that among the top scorers are “piezoelectrical” and “ubiquitarianism” — assuming favorable placements on the board that bring double letter and triple word scores. The first word can potentially net 1,107 points, and the second 1,053. There are metaphorical clues here, Capricorn, for how you might achieve maximum success in the next phase of the game of life. You should be well-informed about the rules, including their unusual corollaries and loopholes. Be ready to call on expert help and specialized knowledge. Assume that your luck will be greatest if you are willing to plan nonstandard gambits and try bold tricks.
AQUARIUS
JAN. 20-FEB. 18:
Sorry to report that you won’t win the lottery this week. It’s also unlikely that you will score an unrecognized Rembrandt painting for a few dollars at a thrift store or discover that you have inherited a chinchilla farm in Peru or stumble upon a stash of gold coins half-buried in the woods. On the other hand, you may get provocative clues about how you could increase your cash flow. To ensure you will notice those clues when they arrive, drop your expectations about where they might come from.
VIRGO
PISCES
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Avery, a character in Anne Michaels’ novel The Winter Vault, has a unique way of seeing. When he arrives in a place for the first time, he “makes room for it in his heart.” He “lets himself be altered” by it. At one point in the story he visits an old Nubian city in Egypt and is overwhelmed by its exotic beauty. Its brightly colored houses are like “shouts of joy,” like “gardens springing up in the sand after a rainfall.” After drinking in the sights, he marvels, “It will take all my life to learn what I have seen today.” Everything I just described is akin to experiences you could have in the coming weeks, Pisces. Can you make room in your heart for the dazzle?
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Dear Dan: I’m a 25-year-old bi girl in the Southwest, and I’ve been with the same hetero guy for almost three years. I miss being with women. We made an attempt at being monogamish, but feelings were hurt and we went back to monogamy. He still parties like he’s in college and is a bit dependent on me — socially — whereas I crave independence and, quite frankly, pussy. I’ve started to withdraw and resent him, not just for the lack of sexual freedom but also because he drinks too much and acts like a slob. I want to move out when our lease ends. I’m willing to work on our issues, but I fear that when I have this conversation, it will break his heart and he will break up with me as a defensive approach, rather than seeing the breathing room as a way to work on our relationship. How can I express my need for other sexual partners and more space without sounding like I’m calling off the relationship? Is it even worth attempting dating, post–living together? —Insert Quirky Acronym Here Dear IQAH: Here’s what you should say to your boyfriend: “You’ve got some growing up to do, and I’ve got some eating pussy to do. I don’t want to end our relationship, but I’m moving out when our lease is up.” If your boyfriend breaks up with you, IQAH, it’s probably for the best — and it may not be forever. If he does dump you for purely defensive reasons, then he didn’t really want to dump you at all, right? So once the shock wears off and his anger subsides, your boyfriend may decide that having you in his life is more important than having you all to himself. Dear Dan: I am a heterosexual male. I was dating this girl for six months. We weren’t living together, but there were two toothbrushes at my place. We weren’t living together, but there were tampons and birth control pills in my medicine cabinet. We weren’t living together, but there was yogurt in my fridge. You get the picture. Anyway, things were going well until she told me about a friend-of-a-friend who was building a website for a local “swingers club.” I didn’t get outraged, and this outraged her. A four-hour discussion followed, during which I held my “good for them” ground, and at the end of it, I no longer had yogurt, tampons and birth control pills at my place — and I no longer had a girlfriend. All I did was not get outraged, and it cost me a girlfriend. Does this seem a little extreme? Am I crazy? Boulder Weekly
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Dear HELP: No, HELP, you’re not crazy. You’re lucky. Send that friend-of-a-friend a thank-you note. Because if he weren’t building a website for a swingers club, HELP, you might still have tampons, yogurt and scented soaps in your apartment — along with the crazy, controlling, insecure nutjob who came with ’em. Dear Dan: During my last relationship, I finally got to explore the kinkier side of my libido. My partner and I went to pro doms and sex clubs, and I got to watch my buddy fuck her. While the relationship was ill-fated, sex was not the problem. One year and some heartache later, I’m ready to date. But I don’t want a vanilla sexual relationship again. My problem is, I don’t know how to integrate this into my dating life. People ask to set me up, and I keep turning them down ’cause I feel like I don’t want to get involved with someone unless I know that we’re sexually compatible. And yet, I feel some internal angst about using Fetlife or similar sites for dating, as if somehow I’m making sex paramount. —Nervously Avoiding Intriguing Vanilla Entanglements
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t might not have been as big a a space in south Boulder, where he moment as the day retail sales opened the first Terrapin Station began in Denver on Jan. 1. medical dispensary in June 2010. There were no national media “I paid the landlord at the time a gawking or television cameras premium for the space. It was small, rolling last Friday at 8:30 a.m. About but it met the requirements for verti50 or 60 people, some from the cal integration,” he says. Terrapin Amendment 64 movement, a city quickly became popular because of its councilman, one photographer, a low prices and customer loyalty. reporter and a dog with a tooth “We were a little late to the game, appointment were crowded into the but it was one of the first businesses old Dunkin Donuts building at to be able to capitalize on the effiFolsom and Canyon. ciency of vertical integration and pass There were a few short speeches that savings on to the consumer.” about the historicity of the moment Encouraged that Amendment 64 before city councilmember Macon was going to pass, he began looking City councilmember Macon Cowles (left) cuts Cowles, saying he had waited more for a downtown location in the ribbon with owner Chris Woods at the grand opening of the Terrapin Station, the city’s first retail September 2012 and signed the lease than 40 years for this moment, cut cannabis shop, on Feb. 21. the ribbon with owner Chris Woods for the Folsom store in June last year that officially opened Terrapin and began operating as a medical Station, Boulder’s first retail cannabis “I had some business experience in facility. He converted the shop to retail shop. running a development company,” with a soft opening after he got his state After that, it was just adults finally Woods says. “People were starting to get license on Tuesday, just a few hours after purchasing a legal product long (and licenses and start companies, and we Karing Kind, which is north of Boulder still, by many) regarded as the spawn of started talking to landlords in Boulder on U.S. 36, became the first retail operathe devil. about leasing commercial real estate to tion to open in the county. But for Boulder businessman Woods, run grow operations.” Woods’ background in engineering it was a major moment. Woods is indicInitially the idea was just to be on and mathematics and easy-going temative of the many people I have been the production end. But in June 2010 perament proved perfect for running a meeting with in the cannabis business Colorado HB 10-1284 was passed, business whose rules change frequently, the last few months. Hardly the offwhich, besides requiring dispensaries to who isn’t allowed to work with financial spring of the aforementioned Satan, he’s get state and local licensing and to be in institutions and whose product is still bright, young, curious, amiable, unascompliance with local zoning codes, also considered illegal under federal law. suming and intimately involved in makmandated vertical integration of the sup“It’s a dream job — despite its stress ing Terrapin Station succeed. ply chain, which required dispensaries to and heartache and aging I’ve endured,” For Woods, the opening of the retail grow 70 percent of what they sold. Woods admits. store is the beginning of a new chapter in “At the time we had at least 5,000 Amendment 64 dictated strict dates a story that continues to unfold. He stud- square feet of commercial real estate, and for creating rules and regulations for ied engineering and graduated from the we had built out a grow operation,” retail sales, which put pressure on state University of Colorado Boulder in 2009 Woods explains. “But we didn’t have a and local governments to write them. In with a degree in applied mathematics and front end as mandated to vertically inteBoulder the September flood pushed was heading out to Telluride to ski for a grate the supply chain.” back deliberations in Boulder. The proyear when a sequence of events brought At the time, Boulder was awash in cess was contentious at times, but him into the cannabis business here. medical shops, and Woods finally found Woods is encouraged by what’s happen-
ing now between state and city officials and cannabis businesses. “I do feel with this most recent sweep of rules and regs and what not, that there’s going to be a more stable foundation, and we won’t have to worry about the getting-shut-down piece,” he says. Overall, he says, he’s been impressed with how easily things have gone. His worst moments came last year when his Denver grow operation had to wait for a license during a state audit of the Department of Revenue. “There was a backlog, and we couldn’t open until we got a local license,” he says. “We were delayed about a month, paying bills and employees and not being able to open.” Having seen many entrepreneurs collapse over debt or finance issues in the last few years, he’s rightfully cautious. “This whole business is still in its adolescence in terms of where it’s going,” Woods says. “It’s a great business, but it requires diligence, ingenuity, and blood, sweat and tears. I have to be very careful with my resources. But I played sports in college, and I love being part of a team.” Right now, business is brisk and the team is busy working out logistics for smoother customer flow. He’s already adding two more cash registers and is looking to add to his 34-employee staff. Terrapin opens its retail outlet with lower prices than most Denver locations so far, with eighths of an ounce priced at $25, $35 and $45. “The fact that we have a store open and that you can buy this in Boulder,” Woods says, “we’re changing the world.” Tips, suggestions and criticisms to weed@boulderweekly.com. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com
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