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Actually, three council seats and the mayor position are opening up.

Show restraint in Libya Oh, lord! I see that Paul Danish, Boulder’s own barstool bombardier, is at it again. (“Bomb Gaddafi’s runways,” Danish Plan, March 10.)

This time he wants the U.S. to attack a sovereign nation (Libya) without providing a shred of evidence that this nation has attacked, or is even a threat to, the USA. Nor does Danish provide any justification whatsoever for the U.S. to involve itself in the internal affairs of another nation.

He is obviously unaware that only Congress can authorize a declaration of war against a sovereign state, as stipulated by the U.S. Constitution. Bombing another nation’s airfields and infrastructure is an act of war, regardless of the euphemisms and specious arguments used to obfuscate that fact. Additionally, he is blissfully ignorant of the fact that Article VI of the Constitution states unequivocally that “all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land.” The U.S. is signatory to the United Nations Charter, and as such, must conform to and obey all laws and provisions of said Charter.

NATO is a military alliance and would be operating out-of-theatre, thus

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violating its own charter. Why NATO is conducting military operations in landlocked Afghanistan, thousands of miles from the Atlantic Ocean, is another matter that might intrigue the curious.

Danish doesn’t even have the decency to invoke the War Powers Resolution of 1973, which was designed in part to curtail executive privilege in conducting military operations without Congressional approval.

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he popular perception is that bank robbers wear ski masks when doing their jobs, but a lot of modern-day bank robbers are wearing Armani suits and Gucci loafers.

The New York Times recently ran a story on such hold-up men, including showing mug shots of five who’ve been making big hauls. The photos looked as though they were taken at a police lineup, except for one significant difference: All five of these robbers had big smiles on their faces. That’s because they are the chief executives of some of America’s biggest banks, and they’ve just pulled off a major job that’ll put more sacks of riches in their private stashes.

These inside men were involved in the bank crash of 2008-09 that resulted in: (1) them engineering multi-billion-dollar bailouts of their failed

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His column also dredges up the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. Before passing judgment on Libya in this matter, best read “Lockerbie Doubts,” by Lisa Pease, available on Commondreams.org, dated Aug. 23, 2009. In particular, pay attention to those parts regarding the four CIA agents found in the wreckage, along with approximately $500,000 in cash, an additional $547,000 in travelers

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by Jim Hightower financial empires by us taxpayers; (2) them being allowed to skate free of any punishment, keeping their prestigious positions rather than being fired or going to jail; (3) them returning almost immediately to the same old speculative banking capers that caused the crash, rather than being compelled to invest our bailout funds in job-creating businesses; and (4) them continuing to make off with fat salaries and bonuses.

Now, the Federal Reserve is allowing these heis-

checks, and ... heroin.

Danish’s war mongering has no substantive basis in either U.S. or international law. According to his worldview, Americans need not adhere to nor concern themselves with international law, much less their own laws and Constitution.

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ters to raise the value of their banks’ stock dividends. Since the CEOs happen to be among the biggest stockholders, the dividend hike will be a windfall for them. For example, Jamie Dimon, the boss banker of JPMorgan Chase, was a major backroom plotter in the bailout scheme, and his bank took $25 billion from us. Far from being punished, last year he hauled off $18.4 million in personal pay. And now he’s set to grab another $6 million from the dividend heist.

Shouldn’t these guys at least have to wear ski masks when they go to work? Maybe they can get a nice one from Gucci.

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community in which snowboarders were demonized as rude, dangerous and disrespectful hoodlums who threatened the safety, quality and sanctity of the slopes that skiers felt they had a right to call their own.

Despite the vitriol that was being discharged by the skiing establishment, the snowboarding revolution continued.

Once relegated to backcountry terrain, there are now some 6 million snowboarders shredding at virtually every ski resort in the world, and some 80 percent of the younger generation who engage in winter sports choose snowboarding over skiing.

Most relevantly, over the past two decades the feud between skiers and snowboarders has done a fade to black.

Despite their differences — expressed in terms of demographics, speed, style and attitude — both groups share an enjoyment of the beauty of nature and their own version of the exhilaration of outdoor winter sports. Skiers and snowboarders peacefully co-exist in the mountains and have learned to share the trails they love, while respecting and even admiring each other.

During recent decades, the sport of mountain biking has boomed in the same way snowboarding has, and over that same period the Boulder mountain biking community has grown to numbers almost equal to the hiking community. And due to the timing of the West TSA segment of the very admirable work being done by the City of Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks (OSMP) division, a pivotal moment has arrived with respect to the use of the open space areas our community supports for the benefit of all.

But here in our peaceful little village we are fomenting a feud between hikers and mountain bikers almost identical to that in which skiers and snowboarders once engaged. During recent weeks, mountain bikers have been characterized as “a narrow-minded band of selfish vigilantes,” “a small, inconsiderate bunch of arrogant kids,” “20-something, Lycra-clad adrenaline junkies who are ready to mow people down,” “adrena-

line-fueled, meat-headed, irresponsible young people,” and “a greedy subset of people who see nature as something to use and conquer.”

These comments are deceitful, untruthful and shameful, and they should be seen for what they are: a desperate and ill-conceived concerted effort on the part of the NIMBY component of our community to demonize mountain bikers and hoard trails for their own private use, at the exclusion of their fellow citizens. This unseemly tactic didn’t work with snowboarders, and we must prevent its success with mountain bikers.

The fact is that mountain biking is here to stay, just as was the case with snowboarding when the NIMBY ski community embarked on its similarly propagandized and ill-fated campaign.

As Boulder City Council members, you have the duty and the opportunity to put an end to this manner of partisan politics and demonstrate outstanding leadership by refraining from relegating Boulder citizens who wish to enjoy our open space areas by mountain bike to the very limited terrain that currently exists.

Just as skiers and snowboarders now peacefully co-exist the world over, hikers and mountain bikers can share our mountain trails harmoniously for the benefit of us all. Our community is an ever-changing place, and the needs of Boulder citizens have changed as more of us have discovered the extraordinary sport of mountain biking. As the good servants of the community that elected you, we trust you to set aside the reactionary pleas of those who desperately cling to a world that no longer exists, so that the current needs of the Boulder community of the present, and the future, can best be met.

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that. The prospect of that happening probably verges on the unthinkable for both the Sunni Arab world and Europe with its 20 million strong Muslim minority, which may explain why both the Arab League and the Euros endorsed a no-fly zone.

But just as there are downsides to letting Gaddafi stay, there are upsides to getting rid of him.

Getting Europe to man up and take the lead in de-Gaddafizing Libya means America can again look at its NATO allies as allies instead of codependents.

Getting rid of Gaddafi puts the Arab and Muslim world’s remaining kings, godfathers and presidents-for-life on notice that there is only so far they can go in putting down popular revolution. To be sure, the international community may not be able to do in Iran what it is doing in Libya — not immediately at any rate — but the precedent has been set that democratic nations will intervene in the internal affairs of tyrannies on behalf of democratic revolutionaries, especially when it looks like the revolutionaries are in imminent danger of being massacred. That will serve to give the popular uprisings that have been sweeping the Arab and Islamic worlds an enormous infusion of

energy and credibility.

And getting rid of Gaddafi holds a big upside for Obama politically. That’s because the ones who will really be left reeling by this are the Republicans. Up until now the Republicans have been having great success in defining Obama as a doctrinaire liberal with no understanding of how to handle money, conduct diplomacy, or use force, who in the name of internationalism is endlessly apologizing to America’s enemies, denigrating American exceptionalism, and betraying America’s friends.

But if Obama takes down Gaddafi, he will have made his bones, and that dog will no longer hunt. The Libyan affair will have shown that Obama can competently do diplomacy, and do it on his own terms at that. It will have shown he can build coalitions and use force prudently and successfully.

It would also show he’s a lot more engaged, and a lot tougher, than the GOP would have you believe, and that in turn just might re-energize his ability to move his domestic agenda. It would leave a lot of Republican talking points looking more than a little threadbare. All-in-all not a bad place to be going into a tough election.

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Once again our president has ordered military operations without Congressional authorization against an Islamic oil-producing sovereign nation.

Apparently established patterns are not subject to change and undeclared wars and military aggression remain the political norm. If our military budget is factored in, the realistic “price” of gasoline has to be well over $10 a gallon to the average American and, all the while, transnational oil company tax subsidies and evasions continue and profits rise. “Socialize the costs and risks and privatize the profits” is clearly the oil business model.

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Danish and gas I read with interest Paul Danish’s “Open letter to the members of the 112th Congress” on Feb. 10 (Danish Plan).

I wonder if he knows that PetroChina is investing big in American natural gas through Encana Corp. China’s CNOOC already did the same, through Chesapeake Energy. Last November, Cheniere Energy of Houston struck a deal with a Chinese trading company to export American Liquefied Natural Gas (Cheniere owns the only American LNG import terminal).

It’s not only the Chinese. An Australian banking group is helping Freeport LNG Development LP to

obtain an LNG export license. The USA is self-sufficient in natural gas, a “green” fuel, for at least 40 years, according to HSBC Bank. Prices at the wellhead are very low now. In overseas markets, contracts for natural gas are linked to crude oil, the price of which seems headed skyward. U.S. companies are falling all over themselves to drill for more shale oil, even in the face of low prices. Current “plays” in dense rock use hydraulic fracturing, a technology that, whatever its environmental costs, increases the rate of field depletion. And a rare-earth strategic reserve, resembling the petroleum reserve, has been proposed to help counter tightening Chinese export quotas.

Why not also natural gas? Or is it more “opportune” to sell one of our best energy assets to the PRC, and the consequences for energy independence be damned?

Greg Iwan/Longmont

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Wilson the opportunist Boulder Deputy Mayor Ken Wilson raised some good suggestions this week in his memo to fellow city council members in response to the March 18 shooting death on the Hill.

For instance, reviewing the effects of recent police department budget cuts seems reasonable.

But in some ways, Wilson seems to be using this tragedy as an excuse to pursue his own agenda as a Hill resident.

Charging fees to bars and restaurants that stay open past 11 p.m., to fund additional police officers needed in the area during the wee hours?

Come on. It’s a bit of a stretch to say that this shooting would have been prevented if only we had more cops standing outside bars and restaurants at closing time. This attempted robbery/homicide happened at 10th and Pennsylvania, not in front of a bar, and it is still not clear what factor alcohol played in the incident, much less where that alcohol was consumed. To suggest that bars and restaurants should be assessed a special police fee because some unstable, troubled kid thought it would be a good idea to rob someone at gunpoint and then pulled the trigger while standing several blocks away from their businesses is a reach.

If, indeed, alcohol contributed to this incident, why punish cash-strapped bars and restaurants alone? Why not punish liquor stores, too, if you’re going down that road? And why punish businesses?

Why not hold people responsible for their own behavior?

And we understand that Wilson wants to have his neighborhood look nice, so he’s also taking this opportunity to call for bringing back Hill cleanups.

What the hell does litter have to do with the shooting death?

Here’s his explanation, from his memo: “While violence can happen anywhere in a city, there is good evidence from studies in other cities that violence is more likely in neighborhoods where properties are run down and streets and yards are littered and unkempt.”

Tell that to JonBenét Ramsey.

Cleaning up neighborhoods is fine and all, but council members should weed out the Wilson ideas that are not relevant to the incident at hand and not let him use this as an excuse to push through changes that only serve his own agenda, which seems to be taking “university” out of University Hill.

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hoped would bring as much as $700,000 into city coffers. Indeed, some area hotels and restaurants benefited from the influx of visitors. Despite dire predictions that festival goers would trash the sensitive landscape near Union Reservoir, leaving garbage and

harassing wildlife, the organization that sponsored the event used an army of volunteers to pick up trash over a period of days, leaving the area cleaner than they’d found it.

So they didn’t trash the place. And they brought revenue to local business-

es. Why, then, are some people smirking over the fact that Heaven Fest has chosen to rock out in Larimer County instead of Longmont? It can’t be an aversion to money, so it must be the Christian nature of the event.

Yes, having a “baptismal area” at a rock concert can seem a bit bizarre if you don’t swing on the evangelical side of things. But there’s more to respect about an organization that cleans up after itself than there is in the blatant bigotry of those who talk trash about the event simply because it’s Christian.

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God-apalooza goes to Larimer County This summer, some 50,000 Christians will not be rocking out to Christian music at Longmont’s Union Reservoir. The news is making some locals say, “Thank God!” Last year, the reservoir was the site of Heaven Fest, a one-day Christian music festival that Longmont officials Boulder Weekly

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local food revolution is quietly unfolding in our midst right here in Boulder County.

It’s a revolution aimed at rebuilding this region’s capacity to feed its own people, to ensure food security and food sovereignty

for all.

Anyone living in the area could scarcely have escaped noticing some of the obvious first signs of this revolution: Farmers’ markets are popping up around the county, along with roadside farmstands.

More restaurants are sourcing their ingredients from local farmers and ranchers. Municipalities have been compelled to change laws to accommodate the rapidly rising citizen demand to raise chickens, goats and bees in residential backyards.

Backyard and frontyard gardens seem to be proliferating everywhere, and local fresh produce is now even being offered in many Boulder County school lunchrooms. Dozens of family farms are now offering CSAs (community supported agriculture), essentially prepaid subscriptions to a share in a season’s bounty. And plastic-covered “hoop houses” are springing up on farms and in yards as gardeners struggle to meet the challenge of extending the Front Range’s famously short growing season.

But some of the signs of this revolution are far less visible. For instance, hundreds of people have been signing up for “reskilling” classes on forest gardening, food canning and preservation, composting, vermiculture (worm ranching), seed-saving, food fermentation, greenhouse construction, aquaponics (combining aquaculture with hydroponic plant production), along with rainwater harvesting. Even more have been taking instruction in seasonal eating and cooking, as well as basic nutrition.

In addition, over the past four years more than 300 people in the area have graduated from an intense 72-hour permaculture design certification course, and about 50 have gone on to become certified permaculture instructors.

Nonprofit organizations — including Everybody Eats!, Growing Gardens, ¡Cultiva!, and Transition Louisville — have been working to stimulate demand for local food, as well as increasing local food production capacity. In 2007, Transition 12 March 24, 2011

Colorado launched an ongoing countywide EAT LOCAL! Campaign, which now includes a 10 percent Local Food Shift Challenge and Pledge. The organization also publishes Boulder County’s EAT LOCAL! Resource Guide & Directory, and has hosted numerous films and high-profile speakers, conferences and an EAT LOCAL! Week.

County government is also involved. In 2008, the Boulder County Commissioners formed a Food & Agriculture Policy Council, with a mandate to convert 10 percent of the 17,000 acres of countyowned open space agricultural land to food production for local consumption by 2012.

Why local food?

Why the growing interest in local food? The answers lie in understanding our “food predicament,” particularly our dependence on a fragile and increasingly unwieldy global food system.

For perspective, it’s useful to know that the latest USDA data shows that Boulder County residents spent $947 million on food in 2010 (up from $662 million in 2007). But how much of this goes to Boulder County producers?

Not much. While definitive numbers are still unavailable, it’s safe to say that no more than 1 to 2 percent of the food we consume in Boulder County is produced within the county. For an agricultural county with more than 137,000 acres of productive ag land, that’s surprising. This situation is roughly in line with the state as a whole — Colorado residents spend $12 billion annually on food, 97 percent of which is imported from outside the state.

As in most places, since World War II agriculture has become primarily focused on producing exports. Conventional farmers have been told that their mission is “to feed the world.” Thus, 95 percent of all agricultural production in the county is exported.

At the heart of the local food revolution is the realization that our ability to meet our basic food needs locally has been thoroughly undermined by big agribusiness, including the “value-added” food processors whose products have added considerable heft to our waistlines and contributed directly to a

national health crisis of obesity, Type II diabetes and a host of food-related diseases. The real cost of this arrangement has been very high.

Local food advocates are also acutely aware that the globalized food system is highly dependent on fossil fuels for inputs (synthetic fertilizers and pesticides), processing, storage, cooling and transportation. They see increasing signs that dependence on foreign oil — inevitably increasing in price as global oil production peaks — puts big agribusiness and “conventional” agriculture in a no-win situation, and that the misnamed “Green Revolution” (it was a coup!) is exhibiting signs of failure in the face of already devastating impacts of climate change.

They also claim that widespread application of synthetic chemicals is jeopardizing long-term soil fertility.

“The soil is a living thing, and we are murdering it,” says Carlo Petrini, founder of the Slow Food movement. “Industrial agriculture has embraced the idea of farming without farmers, but at this rate one day we’ll be forced to farm without land.”

To complicate matters, as author Anna Lappé concludes in Diet for a Hot Planet: The Climate Crisis at the End of Your Fork and What You Can Do About It, the way we currently grow, process, ship, market and cook our food may be contributing more than 30 percent of all greenhouse gas emissions.

All these factors have combined to make food one of the most unsustainable spheres of human activity.

Feed the world, or feed our own?

Meanwhile, the world population is apparently on the way to 9 billion people by mid-century, necessitating at least a doubling of current food production — at a time when a global food crisis looms on the horizon.

While big agribusiness insists that the only way to continue to feed the world is to greatly increase the efficiency of industrialized agriculture (and towards that end to genetically engineer virtually all crops), a growing number of people are seeing this technological approach as not only unsustainable but a clear threat to human freedom and sovereignty.

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With the likely total deregulation of genetically modified organisms and the absence of appropriate food labeling, consumers and growers alike feel that their ability to exercise choice has been taken away. Meanwhile, even “natural” grocers like Vitamin Cottage admit that the majority of the products on their shelves probably contain GMOs. While GMO labeling is mandated in most EU nations, industry has mobilized to successfully prevent such practices in the United States.

A U.N. report released in early March claims that support of smallscale farming using “agro-ecological” methods — i.e., mostly local and organic — could easily double food production in 10 years in critical regions. This study confirms what local food advocates have known for years, that we must begin making the shift to growing most of our own food locally, with bio-intensive methods that restore soil, rekindle connection with the land and rebuild community.

Recent studies indicate that the benefits of food localization can be farreaching. Returning to a fresh, seasonal, mostly organic local diet will significantly improve the health of our communities, especially our children, and dramatically reduce health care costs.

Shrinking our foodshed will not only reduce food-miles, but bio-intensive cultivation methods will also sequester carbon in the soil, making food localization one of the most effective approaches to reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Surprisingly, rebuilding our local food system might also be the most important thing we can do to strengthen our local economies — to create new jobs and stem the leakage of dollars.

Economist and food system researcher Michael Shuman recently completed a study for the greater Cleveland area that shows that moving to 25 percent food localization in that area by 2020 could produce 27,000 new jobs, generate $4.2 billion of economic activity each year, and produce $126 million in new local and state tax revenues.

Shuman, who is director of research and economic development for BALLE (Business Alliance for Local Living Economies), is now conducting a similar study to quantify the potential economic upside for food localization in the Boulder County area.

Commissioned by Transition Colorado, the study will identify gaps, challenges and opportunities, and will map the business initiatives, public policy shifts, and nonprofit programs to make 25 percent food localization achievable by 2020.

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tion of food has been the gradual erosion of the network of enterprises that once supported a robust local food and farming economy. According to retired Boulder attorney and former Food & Agriculture Policy Council member-atlarge Jim England, at the turn of the 20th century Boulder County had six flour mills (three of them in or near the Boulder city limits), canning factories and other processing plants, commercially successful berry and small fruit operations, and thousands of fruit trees (Boulder’s Grove Street is named after the commercial apple and other fruit groves that grew there). There were butchers on Pearl Street, malt houses, a cheese factory in Hygiene and a number of working dairies.

“A hundred years ago this was something of a locavore’s paradise,” says England. “And if it once was thus, my hope is it can again be that.”

But crucial to achieving any significant level of food localization will be the rebuilding of Boulder County’s local food infrastructure — production, processing, distribution and storage — which will require an infusion of financial investments to underwrite the entrepreneurs and farmers who wish to be part of the local food revolution.

In an era of shrinking budgets, where will that money come from?

Woody Tasch, a frequent visitor to Boulder County, has an answer: “Slow Money,” which Entrepreneur Magazine dubbed “one of the top five trends in finance for 2011.”

Weaving economic savvy with a poet’s penchant for language, Tasch explains that Slow Money represents “the creation of new forms of intermediation that catalyze the transition from a commerce of extraction and consumption to a commerce of preservation and restoration.” It’s a reversal of dependence on Wall Street markets and traditional investment vehicles, which parallels the shift from big agribusiness to local food economies.

Tasch says that the recent economic crisis is exactly what one can expect when the relationships between money, community and the land are broken.

The most appropriate way to begin building a restorative economy, he says, is to invest locally in sustainable, smallscale food enterprises. The Slow Money approach (www.SlowMoney.org) aims to bring together key stakeholders, investors and entrepreneurs, along with leaders in local food and progressive finance.

Slow Money is just now beginning to take hold in Boulder County, with an commitment of $1.5 million from an anonymous donor to seed what promises to become a critical source of capital for local food and farming enterprises.

That fund is currently under the stew-

ardship of Transition Colorado, but will soon be established as an independent Slow Money entity.

Catalyzing a local network Rebuilding production capacity and increasing consumer demand simultaneously is something of a chicken-andegg challenge. Some farmers remain skeptical that the demand for locally produced food will continue to follow a supposed hockey-stick trajectory. They wonder: “If we are able to dramatically ramp up production, where will the infrastructure come from that can get our products processed and onto the tables of consumers?”

One bright spot may be the recent emergence of a “foodshed alliance” known as the Boulder County Local Food Network, conceived as a cooperative membership organization joining farmers, food and agricultural leaders, local businesses, local governments and community residents in a united effort to stimulate and support the local food economy and to foster increasing localization of the regional food system. The group’s informal motto is “thinking like a foodshed.”

Organized as a member of the national Business Alliance for Local Living Economies, the Local Food Network was first announced on Feb. 27 at the “Our Local Economy in Transition” conference, and the group is now recruiting charter members.

Founding members include Everybody Eats!, Ollin Farms, Center for ReSource Conservation and Transition Colorado.

The group hopes to grow to 200 members over the next two years, including farmers, ranchers, restaurants, retailers, food processors, distributors, food-related businesses, nonprofit and community organizations, county and municipal governments, as well as other local businesses that support the goals and values of the network.

Making the transition to local food and farming In 2006, a food working group calculated that the then-current state of agriculture in Boulder County could only feed about 20,000 — less than 7 percent of the total population of 300,000. They then looked at the upside, estimating that with greatly expanded individual and community garden plots, greatly increased farming for food using bio-intensive methods, with reduced calorie intake and a simplified diet, this maybe could be increased to about 185,000 people — a daunting realization, but a useful benchmark of our vulnerability here.

The group also learned that there were already about 34,000 food-insecure people — those without secure, reliable

access to food — in Boulder County, and those numbers have been increasing dramatically with the recent economic turmoil.

Boulder County is proud of its farmers’ markets, and more of them are coming up every year. Boulder’s own market is widely regarded as one of the top 10 in the country, and an estimated 14,000 people show up at the Boulder market on a Saturday. Yet, an entire season’s sales at the Boulder County Farmers’ Markets — Boulder and Longmont together — would meet Boulder County’s food needs for less than a day and a half.

Given all this, it’s clear that one of the most important things we can all do together is to completely rebuild our local foodshed — from multiplying backyard and frontyard gardens, to raising chickens and keeping bees, to committing to only buying food that is local and organic, to converting our local agricultural lands to growing food for local consumption, to rebuilding local food storage and distribution systems, to demanding that our supermarkets stop importing food we could produce here ourselves, to training young people to learn farming as a wise and essential — and even sustainable — career choice.

Of course, the transition to a relocalized, non-fossil-fuel food and farming system will take some time — because nearly every aspect of the process by which we feed ourselves must be redesigned and rebuilt. But if we do this right, we have an opportunity to build a localized food and farming system that is economically robust, environmentally sustainable, resilient and self-reliant, one that ensures food security and sovereignty for all, one that contributes to the health and happiness of our citizens, and that revitalizes our communities.

If we do this right, not only can we reverse the destruction that industrial agriculture causes, but we can replace it with something far better, a way of growing and preparing food that heals our connection with the land and with each other. In the process, we may also find that we’re restoring the kind of democracy envisioned by Thomas Jefferson for his fledgling nation.

Brownlee is co-founder of Boulderbased Transition Colorado (www.

TransitionColorado.org), the first officially recognized Transition Initiative in North America, now focused on rebuilding the local food system. He is publisher of Boulder County’s EAT LOCAL! Resource Guide and Directory (www.

EatLocalGuide.com), co-founder of the Boulder County Local Food Network, and former member of the Boulder County Food & Agriculture Policy Council.

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ew vegetation is starting to poke out of the tundra, and upcoming events in Boulder County are heralding a spring full of green interests.

There’s a boatload of ways to recycle stuff that might otherwise wind up in a landfill, but one of the most fun has got to be creating a human-powered entry for the annual Longmont Kinetics Sculpture Challenge at Union Reservoir.

Besides being a zero-waste event, the Challenge encourages using recycled items to create human-powered vehicles — the wackier the better. There is actual science involved, too, as any viable craft has to be able to travel on both land and water.

Participants can go solo or act in teams, which makes it a great opportunity for youth groups, families, clubs and office buddies to get their eco-creative groove on.

The Challenge will be held as part of Longmont’s Festival on Main celebration on Aug. 26-27. If you’re interested in testing your skills of invention, there are workshops scheduled that will take you from planning to testing: • Workshop #1, the basic background and brainstorming kick-off, will be held Saturday, April 30, at the Longmont Recreation Center.

• Workshop #2 is literally focused on the nuts and bolts, and it will be held on Saturday, May 21, at the ReSource Tool Library in Boulder.

• Workshop #3 is all about vehicle-tuning and polishing your theme at Union Reservoir on Saturday, June 25.

All three will be held from 9 to 11:30 a.m.

There are also volunteer opportunities for those who would like to participate without a craft. More information is available at http:// kineticists.org. Those interested in volunteering should include what their specific interest is.

GreenFrontier Fest In other green news, GreenFrontier Fest 2011, featuring the 5th Annual Product and Service Fair — all about the newest in green technologies and products — is coming Sunday, May 1.

The City of Boulder, Boulder Green Building Guild, ReDirect Guide and the Center for ReSource Conservation are putting on this event in downtown Boulder’s Central Park area. Business-level BGBG members who commit to a booth before April 1 can get the space for $350, on a first-come, first-served basis. More information is available at http://bit.ly/bgbgevent.

EnergySmart kickoff Also coming up is the EnergySmart Kickoff Party on Thursday, April 7, from 5 to 7 p.m., at Oskar Blues in Longmont, just to get people jazzed about Boulder County’s new EnergySmart program. Nibble free appetizers while learning about this service for finding the most hassle-free options for affordable energy efficiency. More information is available at www. energysmartyes.com/

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Flea market The I Love to Grow garden nursery and neighborhood-sustainability hub is holding a monthly Community Flea Market until October on weekends, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. The next one is April 9-10.

The daily cover charge is $15, with a $15 refundable deposit. It is located at 4715 Broadway. For more information, see www.ilovetogrow. com or call 303-736-9508.

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Class for drips Boulder’s ReSource Tool Library is starting its new Tool School with a class on drip irrigation on April 16, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Call 303-419-8534 or check the website for registration and other classes offered through October: www.conservationcenter. org/ToolLibrary.htm.

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6. V-Moda Headphones give Dr. Dre a run for his money 7. Astrology (3/17) 8. Turbulence The ongoing battle about

whether to extend the runway at the Vance Brand Municipal Airport in Longmont is poised to take off again. A local group of activists, primarily composed of those who live near the airport, has raised concerns in the past about possible effects of an expanded runway, including noise, environmental impacts, decreased home values, even effects on schoolchildren in the area.

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Portrait Photography — It’s harder than it looks. 6 p.m. Boulder Digital Arts, 1600 Range St., Boulder, 303-875-0276.

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Adam Bodine — Dig some very adept jazz piano while you sip wine. 7 p.m. Cuvée, 946 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-0475.

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hat a difference a year makes. Twelve months ago, Mark Foster was trying not to embarrass himself as he played alongside his bandmates in Foster the People at South by Southwest. This year, they’re ready to tour the world after playing the famed Austin music festival eight times in four days.

That’s the sort of year the Los Angeles indie rock band has enjoyed, as the sheer fun and energy of hipster tracks like “Pumped Up Kicks” resonates on playlists coast to coast.

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The Indulgers — It’s worth it to see this local Irish rock group at least once. 10 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922.

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Elizabeth Gilbert — Author of Eat, Pray, Love. 3 p.m. Macky Auditorium, CU campus, 303786-7030.

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

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

Wednesday, March 30 Tea, Talks, Transformation — With Linda Lawson. 6:30 p.m.

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“Last year, we were still trying to figure things out,” says Foster, the band’s vocalist, keyboardist and guitar player. “We were trying to figure out our live show and who we were. We’d only been a band for a couple of months. All of a sudden, we were on the map because ‘Pumped Up Kicks’ went viral a month earlier or started to go viral, so there were people there to check us out.”

“On the map” is one way to put it. The band’s planned a tour of Europe later this year and plans to head back to Australia after several dates in January. Foster says the highlight of this year’s SXSW festival featured playing to 2,000 fans at Stubb’s, and the aforementioned soldout crowds will only build the brand.

The most amazing part of the hype is that they’ve done it all on one threesong EP, a self-titled release that finally dropped after the first of the year.

Torches is the official full-length debut being released in May, so expect the momentum to stay the upward course. While Foster says the entire ride has been surreal and difficult to process given the fun and focus they’re trying to maintain in the moment, he also believes the band’s success is due

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to a rigid rehearsal schedule and strong We’re all super-focused on this, so I work ethic. think all of the work we’ve put in this “I’ve always been confident in the last year has started to pay off.” band,” says Foster.

The recent “Ever since our first slew of gigs in On the Bill: show, I’ve known Austin is an Foster the People play the Walnut Room on Wednesday, March 30. that we have what example of the Doors at 7 p.m. Grouplove and it takes. Even when hard work Foster Le Sands also appearing. Tickets we were first startthe People is are $10 in advance, $12 at the door. 3131 Walnut St., Denver, ing, I knew it was willing to put in.

303-292-0529. possible but that it Our interview would take a lot of comes between work. We work really hard all of the quick set-ups and teardowns in hopes time. Things are constantly changing of reaching as many fans as possible. and we’re constantly rehearsing. We’re Then again, that’s also a part of the always trying to make things better. reality of the frenzied week.

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“If you’ve never been to South by and nobody ever warns you what South by is like, you come into it as a band thinking you’re going to go through the motions like any other show — you get a sound check and that people go through the typical routine,” Foster says. “But you quickly realize when you get here that there’s no sound check and you probably don’t even have all of the cords that you need. You have about five minutes to live check your instruments, and then you play and put on the best show that you possibly can.”

While the band takes its craft seriously, Foster’s also quick to admit that the primary reason the trio has enjoyed such buzz is the fun factor associated with their music.

Foster the People is largely about having a good time, and the singer realizes they can’t lose sight of that vibe for the fans or for themselves.

“I think all of this is about making these people happy,” he says. “I think it’s joyful music, and we’re not pretentious. We’re up there having fun, and I think we create the type of environment for other people to have fun. I think people gravitate toward things like that and hope they’ll continue to do so.”

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hen God of War 3 came out last year, it took advantage of every piece of technology embedded in the Playstation 3, making it one of the best games to ever grace the system. Now comes Killzone 3, a first-person shooter exclusively for PS3, which takes place right after the events of Killzone 2 on the planet Helghan.

The game just continues the war between the humans, known as the ISA (Interplanetary Strategic Alliance), and the Helghast, who are essentially space Nazis intent on destroying the ISA and taking over the universe … of course. The story isn’t very interesting and is very clichéd. For gamers who are motivated by story, you may find yourself questioning what the purpose of all this is.

But even with the weak story, the game is action-packed and high-paced. Even though the characters may be one-dimensional, you find yourself immersed in the throes of battle, trying to complete missions and rescue comrades injured in the field.

You have a great range of weapons, including a selection of assault rifles, machine guns, pistols and sniper rifles, each with its own unique signature. There are also rocket launchers, grenade launchers and mini-guns to take out crowds of enemies, tanks and stationary gunners.

But the game isn’t just walking through the trenches blasting enemies. You get to hop on the back of vehicles and control some turrets while trying to escape enemies as well as take control of a mech to clear the way for your fellow soldiers. All of this shown in one of the PS3’s most impressive graphics outputs yet. From the action of the soldiers and tanks to the ships flying in the background, all the explosions and the post-apocalyptic environment, there haven’t been many games on the PS3 that look better.

To enhance the game play, the game also has 3-D capabilities for 3-D televisions and is also compatible with the Playstation Move motion control system. A peripheral that works with the Move system is the Sharp Shooter, a gun controller that you drop a Move controller and navigation controller into and start blasting away at your TV. It’s very reminiscent of being back in the arcade playing Area 51 or Time Crisis.

Overall, the game, which includes an addictive online multi-player mode, is a must-have for PS3 owners jonesing to go to virtual war.

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Dead Space 2 takes place three years after the original game, with players once again taking the role of Isaac Clarke. At the start of the game, he wakes up in a hospital, apparently having been in a coma the past three years with no memory of what happened in the first game. From the moment Isaac wakes up, the nail-biting action and horror begin with virus-infected zombie-like humans, “Necromorphs,” trying to kill you. They jump out of empty rooms, crash through walls, drop down out of the ceiling and continually chase you and block your path in darkened and dimly lit areas of a space station called Sprawl.

While you’re trying to survive and escape, you’re also trying to find the source of the spread of the virus and end it once and for all, at the same time getting creepy flashbacks of your girlfriend, who died in the first game. Despite the fast-paced action and violence, the story throughout the game is rich and in-depth, dealing with human emotion and the guilt of bad choices. But don’t worry, it isn’t necessary to play the first game to enjoy the sequel; its story can stand alone.

The graphics are top-notch, giving the environment a souped-up haunted house feel with smooth and fluid animations. Monsters jump in and out of the view and the eerie sounds throughout the chapters will keep you on your toes. You really have no idea when you’re going to have to fight.

The limited edition version of the PS3 game comes with a prequel to the series, Dead Space: Extraction, previously released on the Wii. The game is compatible with Playstation Move and adds a bit more depth to the story. Everything with Dead Space 2 is worth the price of admission. Just don’t let the kiddos get a hold of it.

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hen I was in third grade, my best friend’s parents took me to the Big Apple Circus in Manchester, N.H. At the time, it was like nothing I had ever seen — all spectacle and showmanship, full of the sheer elation of putting on a show just for the sake of putting on a show. Years later, after reading an article on the slow death of the traveling circus, I was surprised at how nostalgic I got when thinking about my trip to the big top. Here was a group of talented individuals whose main talent was spreading joy. They weren’t trying to make their audience think, they were just trying to get them up out of their seats, make them laugh and make them smile.

The traveling circus may no longer be stitched into the fabric of American culture, but thankfully, we still have bands like the MarchFourth Marching Band to carry the torch and keep that carnival spirit alive. Mixing Sousa with ska (and everything in between), the rotating band of more than 35 musicians, dancers, stilt-walkers, fire-breathers and flag-wavers offers entertainment in its purest form.

They are just here to make you happy.

“I think our biggest appeal is that we bring spontaneous joy to people,” says dancer and stilt-walker Nayana Jennings, a founding member of the band.

“Everybody likes to be happy. We encourage everybody to cut loose and dance and boogie and celebrate with their fellow humans.”

The band has been spreading spontaneous joy since its conception in 2003 as a one-off for, fittingly enough, a Mardi Gras party. After the success of that show, the group decided to take the carnival on the road.

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“We were just going to play this party. John [Averill, bassist and bandleader] thought we would just play the one night,” Jennings recalls, “but me, I had always hoped for it to have a much longer life than that. We played the party, and everybody had such a great time, we just kind of kept on going. I’d say half the people that were there that first night still play with the band.”

In a sense, the MarchFourth Marching Band has become the party that never ended. It helps that the group isn’t dominated by oversized egos. There is no one main songwriter in the group, which contributes to the wide range of genres and styles that the band covers.

If someone in the group writes a song, chances are pretty good that the band will at least try to make it work.

That same openness extends to the group’s policy on letting new members into the fray. While they often stay within their own network in recruiting new

members, the band isn’t above taking new performers in simply because they saw a MarchFourth Marching Band show and wanted to join in on the fun.

“We get a lot of emails saying ‘I love what you guys are doing. I want to play with you guys,’” Jennings says. “In the early days especially, we would have people come up to us and say, ‘I play trumpet, can I join your band?’ And a lot of times, it has worked out perfectly, and it’s amazing, because we were looking for a trumpet player and they would just come in and join the band.”

It’s a refreshing way to run a band, and the idea that someone could stumble across a MarchFourth performance on their campus quad and then be touring with them shortly after (as was the story behind one horn player’s entrance into the band) has the same feeling of the old cliché of restless, wayward youths running off to join the circus. It’s also refreshing to see a band where every member is there because they love making music. Seeing the group march down the street before a show in their patented “amoeba formation,” wearing mismatched marching band outfits, and playing some twisted take on jazz or swing or New Orleans Zydeco is an uplifting and exuberant experience, one that cuts across generational barriers.

Whether you are 9, 29 or 59, there is no room for cynicism when you see the MarchFourth Marching Band’s merry procession.

“I think we’re fun and we’re easy and we’re accessible,” Jennings says. “People really like going to a show where they are going to enjoy the music and also their 5-year-old is going to enjoy the music.”

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Helmet plays the Summit Music Hall as part of the Metalliance Tour on Tuesday, March 29. Show starts at 6 p.m. Saint Vitus, Crowbar, Kylesa, Redfang, Howl and more also play.

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fter Page Hamilton broke up his band, Helmet, in 1998, he thought not only might he never bring back Helmet, he might even set aside his signature instrument.

But a conversation with famed guitarist/ songwriter Danny Kortchmar (known for his work with Don Henley and Jackson Browne, among others) changed those thoughts.

“I was exhausted after almost 10 years of a run, the same dudes. I went down to New Orleans, and Trent [Reznor of Nine Inch Nails] had this great studio down there and they put me up and taught me how to use the computers,” Hamilton says. “I said, ‘Yeah, I don’t need the guitar. I did that.’ And Danny Kortchmar is like ‘What are you talking about? You created a whole vocabulary that is now absorbed. You’re a guitar player. You’ve got to play guitar. You’re going to keep expanding on what you do.’

“And so I was like, ‘Yes, Mr. Kortchmar,’” Hamilton says. “When somebody of that stature tells you that, you listen.”

Fans of Helmet — and Hamilton’s guitar playing — are happy that Kortchmar intervened. Hamilton indeed re-started Helmet in 2004, albeit with what so far has been a shifting lineup of other musicians. And on the 2010 CD, Seeing Eye Dog, Helmet has arguably reached a new musical peak.

The CD opens on a high note with the zig-zagging riffing of “So Long,” and pretty much maintains the quality from there. On “White City,” “Welcome To Algiers” and the title track, Helmet gets plenty combustible, wrapping surging riffs and some strong melodies into a thick but very listenable package.

That’s not to suggest Hamilton’s time away from band life and touring wasn’t important. In fact, he used the time to venture into several different areas of music, including working on soundtracks by composer Elliot

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Goldenthal, producing records by other bands, working with a side band called Gandhi and even doing a stint as guitarist in David Bowie’s band.

All of these experiences were valuable — and Hamilton is continuing to produce records for bands and work on soundtracks. And he said working with Bowie was more than just a touring gig.

“There are so many great memories from that, and it can’t help but rub off on you,” Hamilton says. “He gave me great confidence, too. …When I had to go learn 30 years’ worth of Bowie material — I learned 30 songs in two weeks — it was kind of overwhelming for me. I told him I’m more of a sculptor than a guitarist.

He laughed, ‘You’ll do fine.’ The first live gig was at Wembley Stadium. Thank you very much. But it was a great experience. It’s good for me to learn that.”

But today he has a new appreciation for Helmet — and feels he improved as a songwriter and guitarist by broadening his horizons with the various projects he tackled.

“I kind of expanded my palette, so to speak,” Hamilton says. “I had created the Helmet vocabulary,

the minimalist kind of riffs, with 3/4 over 4/4, 7/4 over 4/4, that kind of flow where you develop an idea, like a classical musician would, only in the pop song context. Then I started expanding harmonically what I was doing, the voicing and things, and messing with keyboards and samples and just having a blast.”

Seeing Eye Dog marks a new chapter for Helmet, as the band is self-releasing the CD. For most of the band’s career, it had been on major label Interscope Records. But Hamilton said the major label experience wasn’t what got him thinking of staying away from a record company for the new CD. “This last record [the 2006 CD, Monochrome], I signed to a smaller label, thinking we needed more attention than Interscope was capable of giving us, and it turned out to be a nightmare,” he says. “They were in the studio with a computer, showing me video directors. I was in New York, and I got sick. … It was just a lot of stress, and they [Warcon] were wanting me to do things I didn’t want to do.”

Unlike Monochrome, Hamilton felt the full freedom that comes with having one’s own record label in the making of Seeing Eye Dog. What also had Hamilton enthused was the involvement of two musicians that have joined Helmet over the past four years — guitarist Dan Beeman and drummer Kyle Stevenson. A new bassist, Dave Case, has also recently joined the line-up.

“I got really lucky that I found these musicians, Kyle and Dan,” he said. “They’re so enthusiastic and talented.

I got really lucky and it kind of re-charged the batteries.”

Hamilton is feeling good about how the band is sounding on the concert stage as well.

“It’s going to be nice to get to play these [new] songs,” he said. “They’re challenging, that’s for sure.”

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music Acoustic Open Mic Night. 9:30 p.m.

Waterloo, 809 S. Main St., Louisville, 303-9932094.

Bluegrass Pick — With Martin Gilmore. 9 p.m.

D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-4636683.

Bret Mosley. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Rd., Longmont, 303-4859400.

Eric Wiggs. 7 p.m. Cuvée, 946 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-0475.

The Jack Hadley Band. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel and Suites, 800 28th St., Boulder, 303-443-3322.

Janine Gastineau & Her Rhythm. 7 p.m.

Caffè Sole, 637R S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-4992985.

Lindsay Meredith,The Mile Markers. 8 p.m.

The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303440-4628.

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

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

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

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

March Fourth Marching Band. 9 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-3399.

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

Open Mic at Folsom St. Coffee 5-7 p.m.

Folsom St. Coffee Co. 1795 Folsom St. 303-4408808.

Open Stage — With KC Groves. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-8236685.

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

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

Rogue Sound. 10 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922

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The singer and harpist left Celtic Woman in 2008 and has been steadily amassing a loyal following. She sings beautifully, but there’s not a lot of crossover if you’re not into Celtic music. 3 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030.

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

Shel, Reed Foehl. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 N. Park Dr., Lafayette, 303-665-2757.

Thursday Night Bluegrass Pick. 9:30 p.m.

First Street Pub, 35 E. First St., Nederland, 303258-0782.

events Avery Tap Room — For tours and tastings.

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

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

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

Beginning/Intermediate Hoopdance. 9 a.m.

Boulder Circus Center, 4747 26th St., Boulder,

303-918-6617.

Geeks Who Drink Pub Quiz. 6:30 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-4636683.

Healing Space With Alan McAllister. 11 a.m. Whole Being Explorations, 1800 30th St., Suite 307, Boulder, 303-545-5562.

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

Portrait Photography. 6 p.m. Boulder Digital Arts, 1600 Range St., Boulder, 303875-0276.

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Bloodlines — Paintings by Hermann Nitsch. MCA Denver, 1485 Delgany St., Denver, 303-298-7554. Through May 29.

Western Horizons: Landscapes from the Contemporary Realism Collection — By various artists.

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

My Life Unbottoned — Artwork by Brette Petway. Saxy’s Cafe, 2018 10th

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NCAR Community Art Program Gallery I — Paintings by Peggy Morgan Stenmark. NCAR Mesa Laboratory, 1850 Table Mesa Dr., Boulder, 303-497-2408. Through March 31.

NCAR Community Art Program Gallery II — Art by Paula Gillen.

NCAR Mesa Laboratory, 1850 Table Mesa Dr., Boulder, 303-497-2408.

Through March 31.

Notes from a Quiet Life — Photographs by Robert Benjamin.

Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave., Denver, 720-865-5000. Through May 29.

Orphan Paintings — Russian avantgarde paintings by various artists. MCA Denver, 1485 Delgany St., Denver, 303298-7554.

Piece Work — Sculptures by Allison Smith. MCA Denver, 1485 Delgany St., Denver, 303-298-7554. Through May 29.

Running the Numbers: Portraits of Mass Consumption — Photographs by Chris Jordan.

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music Adam Bodine. 7 p.m. Cuvée, 946 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-0475.

Angie Stevens, Aunt Martha. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-4404628.

Big Bill Morganfield. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel and Suites, 800 28th St., Boulder, 303-443-3322.

Bluegrass Pick. 12 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Rd., Longmont, 303-485-9400.

Brad Upton Quartet. 7 p.m. Caffè Sole, 637R S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-499-2985.

The Congress. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Rd., Longmont, 303-485-9400.

Cracker Unplugged. 8 p.m. Swallow Hill, 71 E.Yale Ave., Denver, 303-777-1003.

Glowing House,Tyler Fortier. 8 p.m. Swallow Hill, 71 E.Yale Ave., Denver, 303-777-1003.

Hot Congress Label Night. 9 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-3399.

The Immortal Blues Ambasadors. 8 p.m.

The Rib House, 1801 13th St., Boulder, 303-442RIBS. John Prine. 7 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030.

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

Music on the Mezz — With String Theory. 5 p.m. Hotel Boulderado, 2115 13th St., Boulder, 303-442-4344.

Musketeer Gripweed. 10 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922.

Selasee and the Fa Fa Family. 7 p.m. St. Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696.

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

Tempa and the Trantrums. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685.

Thomas Hine. 5 p.m. Folsom Street Coffee, 1795 Folsom St., Boulder, 303-440-8808.

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

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events Avery Tap Room — For tours and tastings.

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

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

Comida Mobile Mexi-Feast. 4:30-7 p.m.

Asher Brewing Co., 4699 Nautilus Court, Boulder, 303-530-1381.

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

Single Digits — Tech-geek singles mixer. 8 p.m.

Boulder Digital Arts, 1600 Range St., Boulder, 303-875-0276.

Upslope Brewing Co.Tap Room and Tours.

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

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Annie. Boulder’s Dinner Theatre, 5501 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303449-6000. Through March 31.

Mr. Spacky, the Man Who Was Continuously Followed by Wolves. Presented by Catamounts.

Wesley Chapel, 1290 Folsom St., 720468-0487. Through April 9.

Camelot. The Jesters Dinner Theatre, 224 Main St., Longmont, 303-682-9980. Through April 17.

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Tuesday Night Poetry Reading. 7 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Book Store, 1203 13th St., Suite A, Boulder, 303-579-1644.

Wednesday, March 30 Megan Smolenyak’s Who Do You Think You Are?: The Essential Guide to Tracing Your Family History. 7:30 p.m. Tattered Cover Bookstore, 2526 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, 303-322-7727.

Crimes of the Heart. Longmont Theater Co., 513 Main St., Longmont, 303-772-5200. Through April 2.

Swing! Boulder’s Dinner Theatre, 5501 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303449-6000. Through May 8.

Bingo! The Musical. Presented by Woof Theatre Productions. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. Through April 2.

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

Acoustic Open Mic. 2-4 p.m. The Stone Cup, 442 High St., Lyons, 303-823-2345.

Andy Hackbarth, Wadirum. 8 p.m. Swallow Hill, 71 E.Yale Ave., Denver, 303-777-1003.

Bluegrass Pick. 12 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Rd., Longmont, 303-485-9400.

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

Danny Shafer and Still Run. 7:30 p.m. Caffè Sole, 637R S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-499-2985.

Don Edwards. 8 p.m. Swallow Hill, 71 E.Yale Ave., Denver, 303-777-1003.

Doug Yager Jazz Trio. 7 p.m. Cuvée, 946 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-0475.

Halden Wofford and the Hi-Beams. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-8236685.

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

John-Alex Mason. 7 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel and Suites, 800 28th St., Boulder, 303-4433322.

John Common & Blinding Flashes of Light.

8 p.m. Chautauqua Community House, 900 Baseline Rd., Boulder, 303-442-3282.

The Long Run. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 N. Park Dr., Lafayette, 303-665-2757.

Music on the Mezz — With Dexter Payne Trio. 5 p.m. Hotel Boulderado, 2115 13th St., Boulder, 303-442-4344.

Night Beats,Three Octaves. 8:30 p.m.

Astroland, 4415 N. Broadway, Boulder, www. myspace.com/astrolandd.

Onda. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Rd., Longmont, 303-4859400.

Orla Fallon. 3 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030.

Random Rab and the Infinidroid Band. 9 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303443-3399.

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a.m. Kakes Studio, 2115 Pearl St., Boulder, 303918-6617.

Tango Among Friends — Social drop-in tango class. 1 p.m. Pearl Street Studio, 2126 Pearl St., Boulder. www.Tango AmongFriends.net.

Sunday, March 27

music Asher Bluegrass Pick. 4-6 p.m. Asher Brewing Co., 4699 Nautilus Court., Boulder, 303-530-1381.

Benefit for Baby Bodo K.Turner — With Johnny Long and others. 4-10 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel and Suites, 800 28th St., Boulder, 303-443-3322.

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

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

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

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

Felonius Smith. 6 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Rd., Longmont, 303-485-9400.

Irish Session. 7 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922.

John Runnels, Esther Sparks, Emma Back.

8:15 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.

Magnolia Row. 10 p.m. Mountain Sun Pub, 1535 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-546-0886.

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

Open Stage. 9 p.m. Pearl Street Pub, 1108 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-939-9900.

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Avery Tap Room — For tours and tastings.

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

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

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

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

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

Elizabeth Gilbert — Author Of Eat, Pray, Love. 3 p.m. Macky Auditorium, CU campus, 303786-7030.

Final Cut Pro Hands-On Intensive. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Boulder Digital Arts, 1600 Range St., Boulder, 303-875-0276.

Free Open House. 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Boulder Shambhala Meditation Center, 1345 Spruce St., Boulder, 303-444-0190.

Monday, March 28

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

Nadia Shpachenko — Piano. Chamber Hall, CU campus, 303-492-8008.

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

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Free Open Class — Meditation instruction.

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

Geeks Who Drink Pub Quiz. 9 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922.

How to Really Make It in Voice Overs. 7-9 p.m. Boulder Digital Arts, 1600 Range St., Boulder, 303-875-0276.

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

Twisted Pine Brewing and Tap Room — One dollar of each pint sold goes to Kiwanis Club. 3-9 p.m. Twisted Pine Tap Room, 3201 Walnut St., #A, Boulder, 303-786-9270.

Tuesday, March 29

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

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

Blues Jam. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel and Suites, 800 28th St., Boulder, 303-443-3322.

Clusterpluck — 9 p.m. Open jam. George’s Food & Drink, 2028 14th St., Boulder, 303-9989350.

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

Faculty Tuesday Series — CU voice faculty.

7:30 p.m. Grusin Music Hall, CU campus, 303492-8008.

Guest Master Class — With Marilyn McDonald, violin. 4 p.m. Chamber Hall, CU campus, 303-492-8008.

The Next Stage. 7 p.m. Caffè Sole, 637R S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-499-2985.

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

Open Mic. First Street Pub, 35 E. First St., Nederland, 303-258-0782.

Salsa Night — Every Tuesday night. 7:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. The Absinthe House, 1109 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-443-8600.

Super Sessions with Supercollider. 8:30 p.m.

The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder. 303440-4628.

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City City. 10 p.m. Southern Sun Pub, 627 S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-543-0886.

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

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

Boulder Improv Jam Association — Public dance jam every Tuesday. 7:30-10:30 p.m.The Avalon Ballroom, 6185 Arapahoe Rd., Boulder, 720-934-2028.

Flamenco Dance Technique. 5:50 p.m. Kakes Studios, 2115 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-786-7050, www.flamenco-boulder.com.

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

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Dubskin, Abstract Rude, Jus Goodie. 9 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303443-3399.

George Nelson. 7 p.m. Cuvée, 946 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-0475.

Goat Ropers Guild, Fresh Cut Memory. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.

Michelle McAffee. 7:30 p.m. Rock N Soul Cafe, 5290 Arapahoe Ave., Ste. I, Boulder, 303443-5108.

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

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

Pendulum New Music Series — With CU Wind Symphony and University Choir. Grusin Music Hall, CU campus, 303-492-8008.

Singer/Songwriters Night. 7 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Rd., Longmont, 303-485-9400.

The White Buffalo. 8 p.m. Club 156, CU campus, 303-492-7704.

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Art for Lunch. 12:15-12:45 p.m. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-2122.

Getting Started with Podcasting. 6-9 p.m.

Boulder Digital Arts, 1600 Range St., Boulder, 303-875-0276.

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

Producing the Documentary. 6-9 p.m.

Boulder Digital Arts, 1600 Range St., Boulder, 303-875-0276.

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

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

Vajrayana Buddhist Meditation. 7 p.m.

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

Kids’ Calendar Thursday, March 24 So Rim Kung Fu for Children. 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. A Place to B Studio, 1750 30th St., Boulder, 303-440-8007.

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

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Saturday, March 26 Children’s Storytime. 10:15 a.m. Boulder

Public Library, 1000 Canyon Blvd., Boulder, 303441-3100.

Sunday, March 27 Baby Boogie — Bring kids to dance. 2 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-4636683.

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

The Family Pick — All-ages bluegrass jam every Sunday. 3-6 p.m. The Stage Stop, 60 Main St., Rollinsville, 303-258-0649.

Monday, March 28 Children’s Storytime. 10:15 p.m. Boulder Public Library, 1000 Canyon Blvd., Boulder, 303441-3100.

Nature Kids: Critters, Crafts, Songs and Fun for Kids Who Love the Great Outdoors. 10 a.m. Chautauqua Auditorium, 900 Baseline Rd., Boulder, 303-442-3282.

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

Twinkle Babies. 10:15 a.m. Erie Community Library, 400 Powers St., Erie, 720-685-5200.

Tuesday, March 29 Children’s Storytime. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1000 Canyon Blvd., Boulder, 303441-3100.

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

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

Tactile Tuesday. 9-11 a.m. WOW! Children’s Museum, 110 N. Harrison Ave., Lafayette, 303604-2424.

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

Wednesday, March 30 Drop-in Storytime. 11 a.m. Erie Community Library, 400 Powers St., Erie, 720-685-5200.

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

Toddler Hour. 9 a.m. WOW! Children’s Museum, 110 N. Harrison Ave., Lafayette, 303604-2424.

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Corduroy aficionados are served daily grooming reports and buffed acres of grooved schussing, and if there is a lift system in Colorado that gets you more vert in a hurry, I’m not aware of it — and I am so aware of this important issue.

For beginners and never-evers, the ski school, described by SKI magazine as “the Ivy League of Ski Schools,” is staffed by more than 500 instructors. Despite my fears that it might take the concerted efforts of several hundred of them to get my 4-year-old son to “pizza pie” turn (snowplow), another smiling 20-something named Kersten was able to motivate him to safely get with the program in a half day. I even saw a little of the fabled “French fries” (parallel). And whoever dreamed up a dedicated kid’s gondola to the ever-popular Haymaker tubing hill, with parents able to enjoy food/drinks while “supervising” from The Ranch lodge, should be sainted. The family program is rounded out by glow-stick night parades with fireworks, on-hill story times, ice skating, disco nights, rail jams, family snowshoe tours and, most vitally to the kid sugar-centric world view — fresh-baked chocolate chip cookies at every turn.

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running, with all-world menu items such as chili-encrusted elk tenderloin and grilled lobster with lemon truffle butter. Yum. Zach’s is also tres child friendly, with a self-serve kids hot station, vital when you have little ones to feed posthaste. The mountaintop location in a pristine aspen grove is accessed via sleigh ride, and the night we visited coincided with the recent brilliant supermoon. The shining stars and snow covered pines are not something our family will forget soon.

The day we left we shared a chair with a couple of fairly giddy older gentlemen from Long Island, thrilled to be on vacation in Colorado. As we chatted, they summed the joy of it all up in a sentence: “You don’t stop skiing because you get old. You get old because you stop skiing.” Check out www.beavercreek.com for details the resort, spring events and deals and more.

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Accommodations The recently opened Westin Beaver Creek is the place to stay at the resort. Linked by its own dedicated gondola to BC, the AAA Four Diamond resort was named “Top Resort, Mainland U.S.” by Conde Nast for 2010, and each of the 230 units features gorgeous custom kitchens, five-piece bathrooms and cozy gas fireplaces. The location on the Eagle River affords spectacular views of the mountain, and the riverside hot tubs and swimming pool ought to be a destination by themselves. Addictive. The resort is the only Silver LEED-certified resort in Colorado, and Spa Anjali offers a full range of treatments and therapies rooted in mountain healing traditions — fantastic après ski. The Westin was also awarded “10 Best” from Parents magazine, and from the moment we stepped into the elegant soaring lobby, our clan was treated as family by the attentive staff.

The onsite Avondale restaurant is not to be missed, with signature cocktails such as the rosemaryinfused Purkisset, a house-made charcuterie board complete with foie gras sausage and entrees such as chorizo-crusted Chatham cod. The resort is running a special through May 31 with rooms starting at $119. www.westinriverfrontbeavercreek. com.

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ost modern comedies end up being so stupid that it’s painful to watch the actors embarrass themselves on the big screen. That’s why it’s a pleasure to see comic team Simon Pegg and Nick Frost skewer the alien conspiracy genre in the consistently funny Paul.

Graeme (Pegg) and Clive (Frost) are comic-book geeks who have flown from their home in England to San Diego for ComicCon. What better way for two geeks to enjoy their first visit to the United States than renting an RV and going on a cross-country UFO road trip?

Just outside of Area 51, Graeme and Clive have a close encounter with a mysterious car that races ahead of them, then flips and rolls.

They stop and are shocked to find Paul (voiced by Seth Rogen), a smart-ass alien on the lam. Reluctantly, they give Paul a ride and are quickly taken by his good spirits, snarky comments and bonhomie.

But there are bad men on their trail. The mysterious Men In Black, led by the hilariously deadpan Agent Zoil ( Jason Bateman), with his incompetent twit associates Haggard (Bill Hader) and O’Reilly ( Joe Lo Truglio), and directed by the even more mysterious Big Guy (a delightfully geeky bit of surprise

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casting I won’t ruin here).

I love when films have references to other films, to famous scenes, music or even exterior locales famous from other movies. Paul does all of this, with many nods to Spielberg films, particularly Close Encounters of the Third Kind. In fact, there’s one scene out of Raiders

Falling through plot holes

imitless is about a drug that rewires your brain so that instead of having access to the usual 20 percent, you can utilize it all.

Every memory is eidetic; everything you’ve ever seen, heard, learned, touched, tasted can instantly be integrated into your experiences. As Eddie Morra (Bradley Cooper) learns, you can master foreign languages and become an accomplished pianist in just a few days. Who wouldn’t revel in a drug that offered that capability?

Problem is, Limitless can’t decide if it’s a morality play about Morra gaining these abilities at the price of his humanity or if he’s just a protagonist overcoming a variety of increasingly ridiculous obstacles.

The least coherent character in the film is his on-again, off-again girlfriend Lindy, (Abbie Cornish) who dumps Eddie for being a do-nothing slacker then finds him attractive once he starts taking NZT48 (the mystery drug), then dumps him when she finds his newfound attitude is drug-based. A distinctly post-modern conscience.

There are an astonishing number of plot holes in Limitless too. Eddie’s former brother-in-law Vernon ( Johnny Whitworth) offers him a new miracle drug “that costs $800 a pill.” When he finds Vernon murdered (by whom?) Eddie calls the cops, then frantically flips Vernon’s luxury apartment to find his stash.

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of the Lost Ark that’s just a brilliant juxtaposition, and when they end up at the Devil’s Tower for the climactic scene of the film, well, I was delighted.

Graeme’s love interest is Ruth Buggs (Kristen Wiig), who starts out as a Biblethumping fundamentalist wearing an “Evolve This!” t-shirt that depicts Jesus shooting Darwin, under the overprotective wing of her father Moses ( John Carroll Lynch). The argument she has with Paul about intelligent design versus evolution is brilliant, and when she has to face that her beliefs don’t allow for non-human intelligent life, she transforms from meek fundamentalist to a comically free spirit.

We’ve come to expect weakness from the parody genre. Fortunately, that’s not Paul, and the script is well woven, with ideas started early in the film and punchlines delivered later, few loose threads left dangling, and an ending that both makes things clear and revels in its own self-referential snark. The performances are uniformly excellent, there’s a never-ending stream of pop culture references and an alien I’d like to hang out with.

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spawns at least two bags more during the film. At $800 a pill.

Then there’s the ultimate in stupid storylines with Eddie realizing that his newfound cognitive abilities would let him quickly profit through stocks. But his $2,000 isn’t enough, so he goes to thuggish Slavic loan-shark Gennady (Andrew Howard) to borrow $100,000. Um, what? Why on Earth would Eddie do that? When he quickly turns the borrowed money into a portfolio worth $2.5 million, why wouldn’t he promptly withdraw $100,000 plus interest and pay Gennady back?

The worst misuse of an actor in a leading role, how-

ever, goes to Robert De Niro, who plays the high-powered Wall Street investment expert Carl Van Loon. Van Loon is feared by everyone because of his tough business approach. The perfect foil for genius slacker Eddie Morra? In fact, it’s inexplicable why Van Loon would be interested in Morra at all, even with his newly found excellent analytic skills. In fact, at one point Van Loon has a scathing warning for Eddie in which he explains that it’s time, it’s experience, it’s being in the trenches that makes someone a real player.

One more kvetch: The central scene where Gennady and his thugs attack Morra in his $8.5 million secure apartment is ludicrous. If you paid that much for an apartment with steel doors and a safe room, wouldn’t it also have security at the front door and security personnel who would prevent such obvious street toughs from showing up?

Limitless had a lot of potential, and Bradley Cooper has an everyman charisma that made him a pleasure to see on screen. I can’t say the same about Abbie Cornish, who turned in a terrible performance as Lindy. What really ruined the film, however, wasn’t the acting but the endless stream of implausible plot twists and ultimately unsatisfying ending. This might be a good popcorn thriller at home, but I’d recommend you save the price of a theater ticket.

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127 Hours

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127 Hours tells the real-life story of Aron Ralston (James Franco), a brash young Coloradan who got his arm pinned by a boulder while taking a solo hike in Utah. Isolated in a narrow canyon and facing death, Ralston struggled to find ways to free himself. Ralston’s story owes its prominence — then and now — to the radical way in which he saved his life. When all else failed, Ralston freed himself by cutting off his lower right arm with a dull knife. At Muenzinger Auditorium. — IFS

Aaron Eckhart, Michelle Rodriguez and Bridget Moynahan are among the U.S. Marines squaring off against alien invaders in this special-effects extravaganza. Rated PG-13. — Rene Rodriguez Beastly

Alex Pettyfer stars as the handsome, winning young man who is transformed into a hideous monster so he can understand the true meaning of love. At Flatiron, Colony Square and Twin Peaks.

— Rene Rodriguez

ABBA: The Movie Radio DJ Ashley Wallace (Robert Hughes) pursues Swedish pop sensations ABBA across Australia in hopes of landing an exclusive interview in this 1977 cult classic, released in conjunction with the group’s wildly successful ABBA: The Album. Directed by future Oscar nominee Lasse Hallström, the film captures Anni-Frid, Benny, Björn and Agnetha performing “Waterloo,” “Mamma Mia” and other hits as they tour the country. At Denver FilmCenter/ Colfax. — Denver Film Society The Adjustment Bureau In this adaptation of Philip K. Dick’s short story, a politician (Matt Damon) falls hard for a ballerina (Emily Blunt), then discovers that a sinister government agency that relishes controlling people’s

AMC Flatiron Crossing, 61 W. Flatiron Cir., Broomfield, 303-790-4262 The Adjustment Bureau Thu-Wed: 11:40, 2:15, 4:45, 7:10, 9:45 Battle: Los Angeles Thu: 10:20, 1, 3:45, 6:30, 9:20 Fri-Wed: 10:40, 1:25, 4:15, 7:10, 10 Beastly Thu: 5:35, 7:50, 10:15 Fri-Wed: 1:10, 6:10, 11 Black Swan Thu: 11:50, 2:35, 5:25, 8:20, 11 FriWed: 10:30, 3:20, 8:20 Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules FriWed: 11, 1:35, 4:20, 7, 9:30 The King’s Speech Thu: 11:10, 2:05, 5:15, 8, 10:50 Fri-Wed: 10:50, 1:55, 4:55, 7:50, 10:40 Limitless Thu-Wed: 11:45, 2:25, 5:05, 7:40, 10:20 The Lincoln Lawyer Thu: 11:25, 2:30, 5:20, 8:10, 10:55 Fri-Wed: 11:10, 2:15, 5:15, 8:05, 10:55 Mars Needs Moms Thu: 11:20, 12:20, 2:45, 4:20, 5, 7:20, 9:40 Fri-Wed: 11:20, 1:45, 4:25, 6:50, 9:10 Paul Thu: 10:25, 12:55, 3:25, 5:55, 8:30, 10:55 Fri-Wed: 11:50, 2:20, 5, 7:40, 10:15 Rango Thu: 10:45, 1:25, 4:05, 6:45, 9:25 FriWed: 10:45, 1:20, 4:05, 6:40, 9:20 Red Riding Hood Thu: 11:55, 2:20, 5:10, 7:45, 10:20 Fri-Wed: 11:30, 2, 4:40, 7:15, 9:40 Sucker Punch Fri-Wed: 10:30, 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, 10:30 Century Boulder, 1700 29th St., Boulder, 303442-1815 The Adjustment Bureau Thu: 1:40, 2:55, 4:25, 7:10, 8:35, 10:15 Fri-Wed: 11:30, 2:15, 5, 7:40, 10:20 Battle: Los Angeles Thu: 12:55, 3:40, 6:25, 7:50, 9:20 Fri-Wed: 12:05, 3:25, 7, 9:45 Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2: Rodrick Rules Fri-Wed: 1:15, 3:45, 6:15, 8:40 Of Gods and Men Fri-Wed: 12:50, 4:25, 7:15, 10:05 The King’s Speech Thu: 11:05, 1:50, 4:35, 7:25, 10:10 Fri-Wed: 12:45, 3:35, 6:25, 9:10 Limitless Thu: 11:30, 12:50, 2:10, 3:30, 4:45, 6:05, 7:20, 8:45, 10 Fri-Wed: 12:25, 1:45, 3, 4:20, 5:35, 6:55, 8:10, 9:30, 10:45

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Biutiful

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War is hell. Derivative, cliche-ridden war movies are more like limbo: dull, endless and not too exciting. futures has decided the two don’t belong together.

At Twin Peaks, Colony Square, Century and Flatiron. — Rene Rodriguez Barney’s Version

novel, Barney’s Version is the warm, wise and witty story of Barney Panofsky (Paul Giamatti), a seemingly ordinary man who lives an extraordinary life.

At Esquire and Denver FilmCenter/Colfax. — Landmark Theatres

This is the journey of Uxbal (Academy Award winner Javier Bardem), a conflicted man who struggles to reconcile fatherhood, love, spirituality, crime, guilt and mortality amidst the dangerous underworld of modern Barcelona. His livelihood is earned out of bounds, his sacrifices for his children know no bounds. Like life itself, this is a circular tale that ends where it begins. As fate encircles him and thresholds are crossed, a dim, redemptive road brightens, illuminating the inheritances bestowed from father to child, and the paternal guiding hand that navigates life’s corridors, whether bright, bad — or biutiful. At Denver FilmCenter/Colfax. — Denver Film Society

Based on Mordecai Richler’s prize-winning comic

local theaters The Lincoln Lawyer Thu-Wed: 11:10, 12:35, 2, 3:25, 4:50, 6:15, 7:40, 9,10:25 Paul Thu: 11:15, 12:30, 1:45, 3, 5:30, 6:45, 8, 9:15, 10:35 Fri-Wed: 11, 1:30, 4, 6:30, 9 Rango Thu: 11, 12, 1:35, 4:10, 5:45, 7, 9:35 FriWed: 11, 1:35, 4:10, 6:45, 9:20 Red Riding Hood Thu: 11:45, 2:35, 5, 7:30, 9:55 Fri-Wed: 11:40, 2:10, 4:35, 7:10 Sucker Punch Fri-Wed: 1, 3:50, 6:40, 9:15 Colony Square, 1164 Dillon Rd., Louisville, 303-604-2641 The Adjustment Bureau Thu: 1:20, 4:20, 7:20, 10 Fri-Wed: 1:15, 4:20, 7:30, 10 Battle: Los Angeles Thu-Wed: 1:10, 4:10, 7:10, 10:10 Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2: Rodrick Rules Fri-Wed: 1, 3:50, 7, 9:40 Gnomeo & Juliet Thu-Wed: 1:45, 4:15, 6:50, 9:30 Just Go With It Thu: 12:50, 4:10, 7:10, 9:50 Fri-Wed: 2, 8 The King’s Speech Thu-Wed: 12:40, 3:40, 7:25, 10:15 Limitless Fri-Wed: 1:50, 4:50, 7:50, 10:35 The Lincoln Lawyer Fri-Wed: 1:05, 4:05, 7:15, 10:05 Mars Needs Moms Thu: 1:30, 3:50, 7, 9:20 Fri-Wed: 1:25, 4, 6:50, 9:20 Paul Fri-Wed: 1:35, 4:40, 7:40, 10:20 Rango Thu: 1, 3:55, 6:55 Fri-Wed: 12:50, 3:55, 7:05, 9:50 Red Riding Hood Thu: 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, 10:30 Fri-Wed: 5, 10:40 Sucker Punch Fri-Wed: 1:20, 4:30, 7:20, 10:10 Landmark Chez Artiste, 2800 S. Colorado Blvd., Denver, 303-352-1992 Even the Rain Thu-Wed: 4:30, 7, 9:30 Of Gods and Men Thu: 4:15, 7:15, 9:50

Poetry Thu: 5, 8:15 Landmark Esquire, 590 Downing St., Denver, 303-352-1992 Jane Eyre Fri-Wed: 4, 7, 9:45 The King’s Speech Thu: 4:15, 7, 9:35 Fri-Wed: 4:15, 7, 9:50 The Last Lions Thu-Wed: 4:30, 7:15, 9:45 Landmark Mayan, 110 Broadway, Denver, 303-352-1992 Black Swan Thu: 4:15, 7:15, 9:45 Fri-Wed: 4, 7, 9:30 Cedar Rapids Thu-Wed: 4:30, 7:30, 10 I Saw the Devil Thu: 1, 4, 7, 10 A Somewhat Gentle Man Fri-Wed: 4:15, 7:15, 9:45 Denver FilmCenter, 2510 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, 303-820-3456 ABBA:The Movie Fri: 10 p.m.

Barney’s Version Thu: 1:10, 4:15 Biutiful Thu: 1, 7:40 Fri-Wed: 1, 4:15, 7:30 Cold Weather Thu: 2 p.m.

I Saw the Devil Fri-Wed: 1:15, 4:20, 7:40 Kaboom Thu: 4:45, 9:45 Make Believe Thu: 7 p.m.

Making the Boys Fri-Wed: 1:45, 4:30, 7:15 Mile-Hi Sci-Fi Presents: Swimfan Fri-Sat: 8 p.m.

Monogomy Thu: 4:30, 7:30, 9:50 UA Twin Peaks, 1250 S. Hover Rd., Longmont, 303-651-2434 The Adjustment Bureau Thu: 1:25, 4:25, 7:25, 10 Fri-Wed: 7:05, 9:50 Battle: Los Angeles Thu: 1, 4, 7, 9:40 Fri-Wed: 1, 3:50, 7, 9:45 Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2: Rodrick Rules Fri-Wed: 11, 1:20, 4, 7;15, 9:35

Gnomeo & Juliet Thu: 1:15, 4:15, 7:15, 9:45 Fri-Wed: 11:20, 1:45, 4:25 Limitless Thu: 1:40, 4:40, 7:40, 10:10 Fri-Wed: 11:30, 2, 4:40, 7:40, 10:15 The Lincoln Lawyer Thu: 1:10, 4:10, 7:10, 9:55 Fri-Wed: 10:50, 1:30, 4:10, 7:10, 9:55 Mars Needs Moms Thu: 1:20, 4:20,7:20, 9:45 Fri-Wed: 11:25, 1:35, 4:35, 7:20, 9:40 Paul Fri-Wed: 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, 10:05 Fri-Wed: 1:10, 4:15, 7:35, 10:05 Rango Thu: 12:30, 4:05, 6:50, 9:50 Fri-Wed: 11:10, 1:40, 4:20, 6:50, 9:30 Red Riding Hood Thu: 1:45, 4:45, 7:45, 10:10 Fri-Wed: 11:40, 2:10, 4:50, 7:50, 10:20 Sucker Punch Fri-Wed: 11, 1:50, 4:30, 7:30, 10:10 Boulder Public Library Film Program, Boulder Public Library, 1000 Canyon Blvd., Boulder, 303-441-3197 Stingray Sam Mon: 7 p.m.

Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826 The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest Wed: 4 p.m.

The Girl Who Played with Fire Fri: 9:30 p.m.

Sat-Sun: 6:30 p.m.

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Fri: 4 p.m.

LIVE Ballet: Coppelia- The Paris Opera Ballet Mon: 11:30 a.m.

LIVE OPERA: The Magic Flute from La Scala, Italy Thu: 1 p.m.

OPERA (Encore):The Magic Flute Thu: 6:30 p.m.

Romeo and Juliet: The Globe Theatre Sun: 1 p.m.

You Will Meet a Tall, Dark Stranger Fri: 4 p.m. Sat: 4, 9:30 As times are always subject to change, we request that you verify all movie listings beforehand. Daily updated information can be viewed on our website, www.boulderweekly.com.

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Black Swan Mainlining Tchaikovsky’s “Swan Lake” ballet score like a drug addict, this film pushes Nina (Natalie Portman), a Manhattan ballerina devoted to her craft, to the brink of insanity and then a couple of subway stops beyond. Rated R. At Mayan, Colony Square, Century and Flatiron. — Michael Phillips Cedar Rapids Tim Lippe was the guy people always thought would go places, but then he just didn’t. He’s been living in sleepy Brown Valley, Wis., his whole life, selling insurance to protect other people’s dreams.

But Tim’s life is about to get a kick-start because, for the first time in his 34 years, he’s headed to a major metropolis — Cedar Rapids, Iowa — where he must try to save his company at a do-or-die insurance convention that, for him, will be nonconventional. At Century. — Landmark Theatres Cold Weather After abandoning a promising academic career in forensic science, a self-styled Sherlock Holmes, Doug, returns to Portland to live with his more responsible big sister, Gail. He lands a job working in an ice factory, but soon finds an opportunity to use his passion and skill in detective work when his ex-girlfriend, Rachel, goes missing. Enlisting a team of ramshackle slacker-sleuths, Doug leads his team down a complex trail of clues. At Denver FilmCenter/Colfax. — Denver Film Society Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules Zachary Gordon returns as Greg Heffley, the prepubescent, set-upon hero of Jeff Kinney’s books, for more adventures among the grade-school set.

Rated PG. At Flatiron, Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks. — Rene Rodriguez Even the Rain A Spanish film crew arrives in Bolivia to make a film about Columbus in the New World. Idealistic director Sebastian wants to denounce the injustices of the past, focusing on exploitation of the indigenous people. Practical producer Costa has chosen Bolivia, one of Latin America’s poorest countries, to stand in for Santo Domingo because extras will work for only $2 a day. After an open casting call almost degenerates into a riot, Sebastian hires outspoken Daniel to play the rebel Indian leader. But when the locals begin demonstrations against a multinational’s plans to privatize water — even the rain — Daniel is in the thick of them, endangering the film’s shooting schedule. At Chez Artiste. — Landmark Theatres Gnomeo & Juliet Shakespeare’s best-known tragedy gets a kidfriendly, computer-animated reimagining, with a pair of star-cross’d garden gnomes trying to live happily ever after despite the ongoing feud between their respective families. Rated G. — Rene Rodgriguez I Saw the Devil I Saw the Devil is a shockingly violent and stunningly accomplished tale of murder and revenge from Korean genre master Kim Jee-woon (The Good, The Bad, The Weird and A Tale of Two Sisters).

Oldboy’s Choi Min-sik plays Kyung-chul, a dangerous psychopath who kills for pleasure. The embodiment of pure evil, he has committed horrifying and senselessly cruel serial murders on defenseless victims, successfully eluding capture by the police. On a freezing, snowy night, his latest victim is the beautiful Ju-yeon, daughter of a retired police chief and pregnant fiancée of elite special agent Dae-hoon. Obsessed with revenge, Dae-hoon decides to track down the murderer,

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even if doing so means becoming a monster himself. At Mayan and Denver FilmCenter/Colfax. — Landmark Theatres Jane Eyre Jane Eyre (Mia Wasikowska) suddenly flees Thornfield Hall, the vast and isolated estate where she works as a governess for Adèle Varens, a child under the custody of Thornfield’s brooding master, Edward Rochester (Michael Fassbender). The imposing residence and Rochester’s own imposing nature have sorely tested her resilience. With nowhere else to go, she is extended a helping hand by clergyman St. John Rivers (Jamie Bell) and his family. As she recuperates in the Rivers’ Moor House and looks back upon the tumultuous events that led to her escape, Jane wonders if the past is ever truly past. At Esquire. — Landmark Theatres Just Go With It In order to convince the girl of his dreams that he’s a family-oriented guy, a man (Adam Sandler) enlists the help of a single mother (Jennifer Aniston) and her kids. At Colony Square. Rated PG-13. — Rene Rodriguez Kaboom Kaboom is a wild, witty, sex-drenched horror-comedy thriller, the latest film from iconoclastic independent filmmaker Gregg Araki. Featuring a gorgeous young cast, this hyper-stylized Twin Peaks for the Coachella generation tells the story of Smith, an ambisexual 18-year-old college freshman who stumbles upon a monstrous conspiracy in a seemingly idyllic Southern California seaside town. At Mayan. — Landmark Theatres The King’s Speech Colin Firth and Geoffrey Rush are both Oscarworthy in this heartfelt, funny, gripping story. Firth plays Bertie, the second son of King George V, afflicted with a stammer and overshadowed by his confident older brother. Bertie’s loving wife Elizabeth finally discovers something that works: maverick Australian speech therapist Lionel Logue.

At Chez Artiste, Esquire, Colony Square and Flatiron. ­— Landmark Theatres The Last Lions From the lush wetlands of Botswana’s Okavango Delta comes the suspense-filled story of a determined lioness ready to try anything and willing to risk everything to keep her family alive. At Esquire.

— Landmark Theatres Limitless Bradley Cooper is a novelist suffering from writer’s block whose life is slowly falling apart — until he starts popping illegal pills that allow him to make full use of his brain’s abilities and turn him into a super-genius. But the drug has unforeseen side effects, and the proverbial hell soon breaks loose and a Wall Street tycoon takes an interest in the new Brainiac who seems to know everything about everything. Rated PG-13. — Rene Rodriguez The Lincoln Lawyer Matthew McConaughey enters the courtroom for the first time since 1996’s A Time to Kill in this adaptation of Michael Connelly’s novel about a lawyer who conducts his business from his Lincoln town car. Rated PG-13. — Rene Rodriguez Make Believe Armed with great skill and a dazzling array of illusions, six teenagers embark from their hometowns to attend the annual World Magic Seminar in Las Vegas, where they each hope to be named Teen World Champion by master magician Lance

Burton. At Denver FilmCenter/Colfax. — Denver Film Society Making the Boys A year before the politically charged landscape of the 1960s erupted with the Stonewall Riots, Mart Crowley’s groundbreaking play The Boys in the Band premiered off-Broadway. Heralded as the first instance of gay theater, it became a resounding overnight smash: Finally there was an unflinching depiction of gay life onstage. Through interviews, filmmaker Crayton Robey illustrates the impact Mart Crowley’s opus had on the activism of the gay community, whose reaction to its success was mixed: Some suggest the play’s stereotypical portrayals hurt rather than helped their chances to find real acceptance in the straight mainstream. None deny, however, that The Boys in the Band marked a tipping point in the struggle for gay rights. At Denver FilmCenter/Colfax. — Denver Film Society Mars Needs Moms Disney goes 1950s sci-fi with its latest animated feature about a boy fighting to rescue his mom after she’s kidnapped by Martians. Rated PG. — Rene Rodriguez Mile-Hi Sci-Fi Presents: Swimfan Mile-Hi Sci-Fi brings you Swimfan, “starring” Erika Christensen. She can’t swim but she falls for the captain of the swim team. Thanks, E-Harmony. But he doesn’t love her back so she totally goes off the deep end (get it?!). Don’t want to spoil the ending, but let’s just say that hell hath no fury like a psychotic, homicidal teenage girl scorned. It is your typical “boy meets girl, boy screws girl in a pool, girl murders people” story. Think Fatal Attraction but with teenagers having sex in a pool.

Or The Hand that Rocks the Cradle but with teenagers having sex in a pool. Or kinda like Single White Female but with teenagers having sex in a pool. You get the idea. The bottom line is this: The movie sucks, which means the show will be HILARIOUS. With teenagers having sex in a pool.

At Denver FilmCenter/Colfax. — Denver Film Society Monogomy Theo and Nat are engaged. He’s a wedding photographer, she’s an aspiring singer/songwriter, and together they live a picturesque life in New York.

To supplement his modest income, Theo hatches a service bound to appeal to exhibitionists: He takes candid shots of his clients on the sly. He names it Gumshoot, creating a role for himself as a kind of private detective, stalking his clients to give them an outsider’s view of their own lives. At Denver FilmCenter/Colfax. — Denver Film Society Of Gods and Men Eight French, Christian monks live in harmony with their Muslim brothers in a monastery perched in the mountains of North Africa in the 1990s. When a crew of foreign workers is massacred by an Islamic fundamentalist group, fear sweeps through the region. The army offers them protection, but the monks refuse. Should they leave? Despite the growing menace in their midst, they slowly realize that they have no choice but to stay. This historical drama is loosely based on the life of the Cistercian monks of Tibhirine in Algeria, from 1993 until their kidnapping in 1996. At Chez Artiste. — Landmark Theatres Poetry Mija is a beautiful woman in her 60s who moves gracefully through life, contemplating a daily routine that is ill-suited to her refined persona. On a whim, Mija enrolls in a poetry class at the local cultural center and begins a personal quest to find

the perfect words to describe her feelings. When her world is turned upside down by the discovery of a monstrous crime, it is Mija’s unique and touching poetry that allows her to continue to embrace life. At Chez Artiste. — Landmark Theatres Red Riding Hood

In Catherine Hardwicke’s (Twilight, Thirteen) romantic fantasy thriller Red Riding Hood, Valerie (Amanda Seyfried) is a beautiful young woman torn between two men. She is in love with a brooding outsider Peter (Shiloh Fernandez), but her parents have arranged for her to marry the wealthy Henry (Max Irons). Unwilling to lose each other, Valerie and Peter are planning to run away together when they learn that Valerie’s older sister has been killed by the werewolf that prowls the dark forest surrounding their village. For years, the people have maintained an uneasy truce with the beast, offering the creature a monthly animal sacrifice. But under a blood red moon, the wolf has upped the stakes by taking a human life.

Hungry for revenge, the people call on famed werewolf hunter, Father Solomon (Gary Oldman), to help them kill the wolf. But Solomon’s arrival brings unintended consequences as he warns that the wolf, who takes human form by day, could be any one of them. As the death toll rises with each moon, Valerie begins to suspect that the werewolf could be someone she loves. As panic grips the town, Valerie discovers that she has a unique connection to the beast — one that inexorably draws them together, making her both suspect — and bait. Rated PG-13. — Landmark Theatres A Somewhat Gentle Man Laced with black humor, this unexpectedly heartwarming crime comedy from Norway stars Stellan Skarsgård as Ulrik, a somewhat gentle man. Just released from 12 years of prison, Ulrik has no plans. He’d like to go straight, but the only contact he has, his former boss the crime lord Jensen (Bjørn Floberg), is strangely determined that Ulrik should revenge himself on the snitch who sent him to prison. Ulrik would rather not. He takes the job Jensen gets him fixing cars, where the lovely but surly Merete catches his eye; he takes the room arranged for him, a grim basement in the house of Jensen’s battle-axe of a sister, who welcomes recreational sex. Gradually, approaching his hostile ex-wife and his stranger son, Ulrik comes more alive and starts to take charge of his new life with surprising results. At Mayan. — Landmark Theatres Stingray Sam

Unlike Cory McAbee’s previous feature, The American Astronaut, a one-of-a-kind sci-fi, western and musical shot on 35mm film, Stringray Sam was shot digitally and conceived as six webisodes for screens of all sizes. Despite the different formats and conceptual approaches, these two works are still cut from the same cloth and highlight great music and a wonderful sense of fun and adventure.

At Boulder Public Library. — BPL Sucker Punch Director Zack Snyder (Watchmen, 300) returns with another action-heavy fantasy — this one is a lot more estrogen-friendly than his previous work.

Five young women (Emily Browning, Abbie Cornish, Jena Malone, Vanessa Hudgens and Jamie Chung) institutionalized in a mental hospital turn to an alternate reality filled with dragons, monsters and peril as a means of escape. At TK. — Rene Rodriguez You Will Meet a Tall, Dark Stranger Once again, Woody Allen’s wry humor shows how easy it is for our illusions to make fools of us all.

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he way you prepare your food can be just as important as what food you eat.

Is there any point in eating broccoli, for example, if you cook the life out of its natural carcinogen killers?

On the other hand, some foods, such as tomatoes, may offer more benefits when they’re cooked.

Fortunately, nutrition experts know a few tricks to help you get the most nutrients out of your food.

shown HCAs can cause genetic mutations in our cells that lead to the development of cancer.

Scorching high-fat meat carries another risk. As the smoke rises, another class of carcinogenic compounds called polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) is deposited on meat, according to the American Institute of Cancer Research.

The fix: Avoid flare-ups. Also, microwave your meat for a few minutes and pour off the juices before cooking it on the grill, says Kristin Anderson, associate professor at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health. Baked or stewed meat has fewer carcinogens. Though it’s important to cook meat thoroughly to kill bacteria, turning down the heat or cutting off burned portions when it’s finished can considerably reduce HCAs. Marinating meat in some spices and herbs, such as rosemary, may also reduce the compounds, according to researchers at Kansas State University and the Food Science Institute, but research is mixed. If you really want to avoid carcinogens, grill tofu, vegetables or fruit.

Eggs The process: Scrambling your eggs activates avidin, a protein that binds to biotin and renders it useless, says registered dietitian Robert Wildman.

“Biotin is an important B vitamin that helps with energy support and thick, lustrous hair,” he says.

The fix: Try poaching or boiling. But omelet lovers should know it’s better to beat your eggs than to forgo them altogether. Eggs are a perfect source of protein and contain all nine essential amino acids.

The yolk, by the way, is an important part of the package; it contains choline, a nutrient considered essential for cardiovascular and brain function as well as the health of cell membranes, nutrition expert Jonny Bowden wrote in The 150 Healthiest Foods on Earth (Fair Winds Press, $24.99).

Garlic The process: Penn State University researchers have shown that microwave heating or roasting garlic can diminish or destroy its anti-cancer activity. If garlic is processed or dried, meanwhile, it loses its ability to form hydrogen sulfide, a substance that relaxes blood

vessels and may be good for the heart, according to a study in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.

The fix: Eating garlic raw is best, but if you do need to cook your garlic, chop or crush it beforehand and allow it to stand for at least 10 minutes, say the Penn State researchers. This allows it to create hydrogen sulfide and helps create the compound allicin, which is thought to be responsible for many of garlic’s health benefits.

Meat The process: Frying, grilling or barbecuing meats at high temperatures can form carcinogens known as HCAs, or heterocyclic amines. Some research has

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Tomatoes The process: While raw tomatoes are certainly nutritious, it’s difficult for the body to absorb their lycopene, a powerful antioxidant linked to prostate health.

The fix: Cooking tomatoes or breaking up and mashing them and combining them with some type of fat or oil may enhance absorption, says registered dietitian Susan Mitchell.

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bout a year ago, I was dismayed to learn that Longmont’s Ichiban was suspending its sushi and sashimi service, as this was perhaps my favorite spot for variations on the raw fish theme. I was out of sorts until learning that a retooled version of Ichiban reopened late last fall with sushi Sensei John back at the helm. Ichiban’s new iteration features updated décor and an expanded menu, although ala carte faves like rice bowls are still available, under a new name, Sushi Kaiten.

What’s in a name? In Japan, Kaiten refers to an establishment offering sushi served on a conveyor belt.

Diners at the bar simply pluck off what they want from the belt, and at the end of the meal, the waitstaff tallies up the color-coded plates to calculate the tab.

Unfortunately, this service method can lead to hijinks, like when a friend and I didn’t let a single piece of salmon elude our grasp, much to other diners’ consternation.

At dinner with friend Amy, we staked out prime real estate at the front of the sushi bar. The $4 poke on cucumber slices was the first thing off the belt.

Poke is Hawaiian sashimi, tuna lightly marinated in oil and seaweed, with a smattering of pepper. While decidedly spicy, the seasonings permitted the sparkling taste of fish to shine through. Next up was a $4 variation on a California roll differentiated by the addition of seared tuna. While I enjoyed this roll, I’m still partial to simpler, made-to-order preparations.

For example, one of the finest sushi creations I’ve ever experienced is Kaiten’s $4 spicy salmon handroll.

The savory counterpart of an ice cream cone, this treat consists of textbook crisp nori wrapped around luscious salmon chunks lightly drizzled in creamy yet peppery sauce. A couple of these creations and a cup of sencha tea would make for a perfect Japanese meal.

Another can’t-miss is the $5 house-smoked salmon

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t’s impossible to think of Japanese cuisine without contemplating how one can help in the aftermath of the recent disasters that have befallen the Asian island nation. Local bluesman, friend and dining companion Jack Hadley has teamed up with fellow musician Doug Yoshimura to put on a benefit performance supporting Red Cross relief efforts for Japan. Blues for Japan takes place from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, March 26. The venue is the Edgewater Coffee Company, located in Edgewater at 5224 W. 25th Ave., near the intersection of Sheridan and W. 25th Ave. The phone number for the venue is 303-2374383.

dusted with green tea powder. Possessing a meatier texture than lox, this preparation masterfully balanced salt, smoke and a whisper of sweet. Salmon, in any form here, is of uncannily consistent high quality.

Timing is crucial at Kaiten, and one is best served by getting the tempura-fried calamari and scallops as soon as they hit the belt. Missing my opportunity for these seafood morsels, I asked gracious John for a $7 platter of fried smelt. A marked improvement over the Chinatown deli product of my youth, this fish was covered by a gossamer-thin tempura crust. Inside, the fish was moist with a subtle flavor resembling soft shell crab.

The evening’s piece de resistance was the $10 toro

with jalapeno slices and a sprinkling of yuzu and wasabi dressing. This fatty tuna had a decadent flavor profile more akin to prime-grade steak than anything from the sea. In lesser hands, the pungent and citrusy dressing and pepper would overwhelm the fish; in this case it provided a finely balanced complement.

Sushi Kaiten is the rare restaurant where I can’t recall having tasted a single item that I’ve regretted ordering. This strip-mall establishment is one of the few restaurants that I’ve actually thought about not writing about so that I can keep it all to myself. But that would be selfish, and unfair to the legions of sushi aficionados.

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ell, if butter was a city, I certainly would be the mayor.

Don’t go rolling your eyes just yet, this recipe isn’t that bad.

We are making Glazed Lemon Berry Poundcake. See, not so bad, and so delicious you just might vote for me, if in fact Butter City really popped up on a map one day (fingers crossed).

This isn’t the old-school, pound of butter, pound of sugar, pound of eggs, pound of flour recipe that your Grandma used to make. Although delicious, that recipe could fill up an army, and unless your household has great portion control, you will want to make this recipe instead.

Does this mean I should call it quarter-or-less-of-a-pound cake? I don’t know, hopefully the false advertising police won’t be chiming in.

While it is less than a pound, I have to say less is definitely more. It has a rich, buttery, moist inside and a lovely golden brown crust on top. It is scented with a bit of lemon juice and, of course, lemon zest, which makes this the perfect dessert to welcome spring.

I top it with a lemon glaze and a helping of fresh berries. Wowsa, spring has really sprung with this little recipe.

Notice how I said “berries” instead of naming an actual fruit. I am an equal-berry opportunist, and I suggest just using your favorite or what looks good at the market on that particular day. I used blackberries, which were a big hit. You could really shake things up and top with a couple types of berries. That will show them who’s boss of Berryville.

As long as I get Butter Town, you can have Berryville, just in case you wondered.

So with Old Man Winter slowly fading away, Young Sister Spring (she’s a hottie) is making her entrance.

Please welcome her with this Dessert Diva treat, and maybe she will stick around for awhile.

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Glazed Lemon Berry Poundcake 2 cups flour 1/4 tsp. salt 1 tsp. baking powder 1/2 tsp. baking soda 1/2 cup unsalted softened butter 1 cup sugar 2 eggs (room temp.)

1 tsp. vanilla Zest from one lemon Juice from one lemon (about 2 tbsp.)

1 cup sour cream Powdered sugar for dusting 1 6-ounce container blackberries Glaze (see recipe below) Preheat oven to 350. Grease a 9by-5-inch loaf pan. In small bowl, whisk together flour, salt and baking powder, baking soda. Set aside.

In large bowl, cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy.

Add in eggs one at a time, beating well after each one. Stir in vanilla, lemon zest and lemon juice until batter is well combined. Slowly add in flour mixture. Stir until almost incorporated. Stir in sour cream and continue to mix until poundcake batter is smooth. Pour batter into prepared pan.

Bake for 45-50 minutes, until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Place on wire rack for 15 minutes. Take cake out of pan, set right side up and let cool completely.

When cooled, make glaze. Set cake on serving platter and drizzle glaze on top, garnish with blackberries over top of cake. Let glaze set. Cut into slices and dust with powdered sugar. Enjoy.

Lemon Glaze 3/4 cup powdered sugar Juice from one lemon (about 2 tbsp.)

1-2 tbsp. milk Stir ingredients together until smooth (if too thick, add more milk; if too thin, add powdered sugar).

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TIDBITES Food happenings around town Sushi sales benefit Japan Eggloo Delights, a recently remodeled Asian restaurant at 3033 28th St. in Boulder, is holding a benefit for the victims of the earthquake/ tsunami disaster in Japan.

Until April 30, Eggloo is donating all proceeds from the sale of its California sushi rolls to the Red Cross’s relief fund for Japan. For more information, call 303-444-3133.

Frasca nominated for Beard award Frasca Food and Wine in Boulder has been nominated for the Outstanding Wine Service Award from the James Beard Foundation, given to “a restaurant that displays and encourages excellence in wine service through a well-presented wine list, a knowledgeable staff and efforts to educate customers about wine.”

Frasca’s wine director is Bobby Stuckey, a master sommelier. Winners

of the awards will be announced May 6.

Villa Fresh comes to Broomfield Villa Fresh Italian Kitchen has opened a new restaurant location in Broomfield at Flatiron Crossing.

The restaurant celebrated its grand opening March 19. It is the sixth Villa Fresh Italian Kitchen location in Colorado.

“Villa Fresh Italian Kitchen has been committed to using authentic old-world recipes and only the freshest ingredients since the opening of its first pizzeria in 1964 next to the Ed Sullivan Theater on Broadway,” says Villa Enterprises Management Senior Vice President of Business Development Adam Torine.

Villa Enterprises Management operates more than 225 Villa Fresh Italian Kitchen concept locations across 38 U.S. states and internationally in five countries.

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vitamin C, beta and alpha carotene, potassium, folate, as well as super-low in sodium and one gram of fiber per medium plum tomato,” she says. And when tomatoes are cooked, they lose some vitamin C. “The ideal would be a combination in the diet of both fresh and cooked,” says Mitchell.

Potatoes The process: When high-carbohydrate or starchy foods are cooked at high temperatures — think crispy potato chips or fries — it creates the chemical acrylamide, which has been linked to cancer and neurological problems in lab rats.

Acrylamide is also found in coffee and cereal grain-based foods such as cookies, crackers, breakfast cereals and toast.

The fix: Boil or microwave potatoes.

Frying causes the greatest acrylamide formation, followed by roasting and baking. Acrylamide starts forming at temperatures above 248 degrees Fahrenheit; boiling, microwaving or steaming doesn’t cause it to form. Pre-soak your potatoes in water. It can reduce levels of acrylamide, but only if the potatoes are fried to a light color, according to research in the Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture. Soak them for 15 to 30 minutes, then drain and blot dry before cooking to prevent splattering or fires.

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Broccoli The process: Overcooking broccoli by boiling or microwaving can destroy the important enzyme myrosinase, which is needed to release a key nutrient called sulforaphane. Sulforphane binds to sugar and is very heat-sensitive.

“Myrosinase has to be present to get broccoli’s benefit; if it’s not there, sulforaphane, broccoli’s cancer-preventive and anti-inflammatory component, doesn’t form,” says University of Illinois nutrition professor Elizabeth Jeffery. Her research has shown that myrosinase is also destroyed in powdered broccoli products.

The fix: Steaming broccoli for two to four minutes makes it easier to get the nutrients, says Jeffery. If you’re taking a powdered broccoli supplement, combine it with myrosinase-rich fresh broccoli sprouts at the same meal. Jeffery’s study showed the powder and sprouts seem to have a synergistic effect, sharing the myrosinase. Other foods that contain sulforaphane and can be teamed with broccoli to boost its benefits include mustard, radishes, arugula and wasabi.

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udaka Healthy Latin Food dishes out meatless South American fare, with a particular focus on Venezuelan and Columbian cuisine. The healthy and freshtasting offerings include bean and rice bowls served with salsa and smooth Venezuelan guacamole, as well as fried yucca root appetizers. Arepa, a stuffed cornmeal cake, is a signature offering here.

The namesake Zudaka version, filled with meatless ground beef, salsa, Venezuelan guacamole and cheese, is especially appealing.

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hile the menu here consists of straightforward Italian fare, this isn’t just another spaghetti and meatballs joint.

The most expensive entrée is the Steak Florentine, a $25 number consisting of a half-pound filet mignon melded with mushrooms and Alaskan crab. More modest — but equally satisfying — choices include simple angel hair pasta with tomato, basil, garlic and olive oil. There are also calzones, pizza, cioppino seafood stew and kids’ menu pastas.

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un Rose Café’s rugged brick interior hosts a successful hybrid of hospitable country café and sophisticated bistro in the heart of downtown Longmont. The menu ranges from omelets in the morning to panini and soups during the day, and concludes with such dinnertime entrees as portabella mushroom ravioli. The lavenderscented lemonade here is addictive and perfectly paired with a traditional Italian cold cut sandwich. Basted eggs with particularly moist and flavorful chicken sausage are a top a.m. choice.

Pizzeria Locale 1730 Pearl St. Boulder 303-442-3003

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izzeria Locale is the eagerly anticipated Naples-influenced establishment from the same folks who brought you the celebrated Frasca. The menu includes salads, contorni (side dishes), desserts and pizzas ranging in price from $9 for a Marinara to $18 for a deluxe version featuring prosciutto and arugula. Standout selections include the traditional Margherita, with fresh basil, tomato and mozzarella, as well as the Cassata, chocolate cake freighted with sweet ricotta and candied fruit.

Pho 79

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standout among the area’s purveyors of Vietnamese soup, Broomfield’s Pho 79 serves up a noteworthy and affordable version of this beef noodle specialty. The broth is wonderfully rich, the product of a long, slow simmer of beef bones, onion and herbs.

Thin rice noodles possess perfect texture, and the garnishes of lime, bean sprouts, chile peppers and basil are fresh and abundant.

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The Savory Café 20 Lakeview Drive, #207 Nederland 303-258-7329

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erving dinner, lunch and weekend brunch, Nederland’s Savory Cafe offers everything from lemon ricotta beignets to seared duck breast to $1 tacos each Wednesday.

The setting is simple mountain town café, and the humble ambience fails to prepare the diner for the high quality of the food.

Highlights include the hanger steak sandwiches with blue cheese and arugula, and the crispy rock shrimp salad.

The Pinyon 1710 Pearl St., Boulder 720-306-8248

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he Pinyon is an inviting and airy venue on Pearl Street specializing in new takes on old classics, ranging from catfish po’ boys to hot fudge sundaes. But there’s more than a whiff of culinary sophistication here, demonstrated by such offerings as cola-braised kobe beef and wild prawns with grits. Yet it’s an old favorite, fried chicken, that steals the show. The Pinyon’s version may be the best you’ve tasted.

Gindi Café 3601 Arapahoe Ave., #181 Boulder, 720-242-8961

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indi Cafe offers up a slate of such lightmeal standbys as soup, salads and sandwiches. Dinner is available from Thursday to Saturday night with a reasonably priced menu in the $9.50-and-up range, featuring burgers, stuffed squash and ahi tuna.

Breakfast features a three-egg special, and lunch highlights include soups (the rosemary chicken is tasty) and the tuna salad sandwich.

he key to Café Aion’s success is in its ability to take the familiar and make it seem new, primarily through top-notch prep and ingredients. Serving all three meals, its offerings include tapas like chicken liver pâté sourced locally and continental standards like paella and grilled hanger steak. Breakfast standouts include fresh-baked croissants and donuts, and a highlight is the distinctive house-cured ham, bacon or sausage.

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Erhard’s European Café and Bakery 4800 Baseline Rd., Suite A109 Boulder, 303-494-3635

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rhard’s European Café and Bakery is a low-key yet elegant cash-only business situated near the intersection of Baseline and Foothills in Boulder. Sandwiches, soups and sausage meals with potato salad make up the lunch choices, but the baked goods are perhaps the most distinctive items offered. Fruit turnovers, cookies and Linzer and marzipan tarts are just some of the tempting choices.

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he modernistic locavore philosophy that influences most local restaurants is also readily apparent at Salt. But this establishment parts company from the others by way of a heavy emphasis on comfort foods, albeit prepared with artisan ingredients. Menu highlights include ahi nicoise salad featuring local green beans, lamb meatballs, chicken pot pie and can’t-miss salted caramel chocolate tart.

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Were you under the impression that the sky is completely mapped? It’s not. Advances in technology are unveiling a nonstop flow of new mysteries. In a recent lecture, astronomer Joshua Bloom of the University of California described the explosion of wonder. One particular telescope, for example, detects 1.5 million transient phenomena every night, and an average of 10 of those turn out to be previously undiscovered. Reporting on Bloom’s work, Space.com compared astronomers’ task to “finding a few needles in a giant haystack night after night.” I see this challenge as resembling your imminent future, Aries. Mixed in with all the chatter and hubbub, there are some scattered gems out there — rich revelations and zesty potentials. Will you have the patience to pinpoint them?

TAURUS

April 20-May 20:

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GEMINI

May 21-June 20:

From an astrological point of view, it’s a favorable time for people to give you gifts and perks and blessings. You have my permission to convey that message to your friends and associates. Let them know it’s in their interest to be generous toward you. The truth, as I see it, is that they will attract rewards for themselves, some unexpected, if they help you.

So what’s your role in this dynamic? Be modest. Be grateful.

Be gracious. At the same time, rake it all in with supreme confidence that you deserve such an outpouring.

CANCER June 21-July 22:

Nobel Prizes are awarded to geniuses in a variety of fields for work they’ve done to elevate science and culture. But have you heard of Ig Nobel Prizes? The Annals of Improbable Research hands them out to eccentrics whose work it deems useless but amusing. For instance, one recipient was honored for investigating how impotency drugs help hamsters recover quickly from jet lag. Another award went to engineers who developed a remote-control helicopter to collect whale snot. In 2000, physicist Andre Geim won an Ig Nobel Prize for using magnetism to levitate a frog. Unlike all of his fellow honorees, however, Geim later won a Nobel Prize for his research on a remarkable substance called graphene (tinyurl.com/NobelGraphene). I think you’ll soon have a resemblance to him, Cancerian. Some of your efforts will be odd and others spectacular; some will be dismissed or derided and others will be loved and lauded.

LEO

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If you have ever fantasized about setting up a booth at the foot of an active volcano and creating balloon animals for tourists’ kids, now is an excellent time to get started on making that happen. Same is true if you’ve ever thought you’d like to be a rodeo clown in Brazil or a stand-up comedian at a gambling casino or a mentor who teaches card tricks and stage magic to juvenile delinquents. The astrological omens suggest that playfulness and risk-taking would synergize well right now. There’s even a chance that if you found a way to blend them, it would lead to financial gain.

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Aug. 23-Sept. 22:

You’ve arrived at a phase in your cycle when you’ll have the opportunity to scope out new competitors, inspirational rivals and allies who challenge you to grow. Choose wisely!

Keep in mind that you will be giving them a lot of power to shape you; they will be conditioning your thoughts about yourself and about the goals you regard as worthy of your passions. If you pick people of low character or weak values, they’ll bring you down. If you opt for hard workers with high ideals, they’ll raise you up.

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SCORPIO Oct. 23-Nov. 21:

When you travel to Mozambique, the Ministry of Fish and Wildlife gives you a warning about the frequency of human encounters with lions out in nature. “Wear little noisy bells so as to give advanced warning to any lions that might be close by so you don’t take them by surprise,” reads the notice you’re handed. I’m certain, Scorpio, that no matter where you are in the coming week — whether it’s Mozambique or elsewhere — you won’t have to tangle with beasts as long as you observe similar precautions. So please take measures to avoid startling goblins, rascals and rogues. If you visit a dragon’s domain, keep your spirit light and jingly. If you use a shortcut that requires you to pass through the wasteland, sing your favorite nonsense songs as you hippety-hop along.

SAGITTARIUS Nov. 22-Dec. 21:

Few things make me more excited than being able to predict good tidings headed your way. That’s why, as I meditated on your upcoming astrological aspects, I found myself teetering on the edge of ecstasy. Here’s what I foresee: a renaissance of pleasure … an outbreak of feeling really fine, both physically and emotionally … and an awakening of your deeper capacity to experience joy. Here’s your mantra for the week, generated by my friend Rana Satori Stewart: yum yum yum yum yum / yum yum yum yum yummy yum / yum yum yum yum yummy yummy yum yum.

CAPRICORN Dec. 22-Jan. 19:

CNN reported on two neo-Nazi skinheads from Poland, a married couple, who discovered they were actually Jews.

It turned out that during World War II, the truth about their origins had been hidden by their parents for fear of persecution. Years later, when the Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw informed them that they were members of the group they had hated for so long, they were shocked. Since then, they have become observant Jews who worship at an orthodox synagogue. The new perspective you’ll be getting about your own roots may not be as dramatic as theirs, Capricorn. But I bet it will lead to a shift in your self-image.

Are you ready to revise your history? (More info: tinyurl. com/Ex-skinheads.)

AQUARIUS Jan. 20-Feb. 18:

My astrological colleague Antero Alli says that a lot of good ideas occur to him while he’s taking a shower. He also finds frequent inspiration while riding his bike. Why, then, does he not enjoy biking in the rain? He doesn’t know. I bring this up, Aquarius, because you’re entering a phase of your cycle when flashes of insight and intuition are likely to erupt at a higher rate than usual. I suggest you aggressively put yourself in every kind of situation that tends to provoke such eruptions — including ones, like maybe riding your bike in the rain, that you haven’t tried before.

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My friend Allan told me he was driving in suburbia the other day when two white cats bolted across the road right in front of him. And yet as lucky as all that might sound, it pales in comparison to the good fortune that’s headed your way, Pisces. Unlike their luck, which was flashy but ultimately meaningless, yours will be down-to-earth and

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