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Is Bernie a commie, a socialist or just a New Deal liberal? by Dave Anderson
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ack in 2016, it seemed unlikely that Bernie Sanders would win the Democratic nomination, much less the presidency. So there wasn’t as much of a discussion about his self-identification as a democratic socialist. Now that he might actually become the nominee, the “s” word is a major topic. Bernie has won what The Nation calls “the ideas primary.” His agenda of 2016 has shaped the debate in the Democratic Party. However, many progressives whose views are similar to Bernie’s have been fretting that the socialist label will doom his candidacy. Quite a few of those to his right in both parties have become overwrought and demagogic about his growing popularity. However, Jackson Diehl, a liberal centrist who disagrees with Sanders’ politics, came to his defense in a recent op-ed. Diehl is the Washington Post’s deputy editorial page editor who focuses on international affairs. He analyzed Sanders’ speeches I
and statements over the years and here is what he has to say about them: “What emerges is a politician strongly shaped by his opposition to U.S. military interventions abroad, but also by a conviction that the United States should do what it can to support democracy and resist authoritarianism. That distinguishes him sharply not only from Trump but also from some of the Democratic candidates cast as moderates.” Diehl has an interesting conclusion: “...Above all, if his speeches are to be believed, Sanders would put the United States back on the side of global democracy and human rights at a time when those causes desperately need bolstering. Would other Democrats do as much? Not all of them have made it clear.” There was a recent little-noticed news item in Newsweek. After Bernie won the New Hampshire primary, Alexei Navalny — Russia’s leading opposition figure — tweeted in Russian, “So nice to wake up and find out that Bernie won! I am rooting for him.” A fervent anti-corruption and pro-democracy voice, Navalny is a big thorn in Putin’s side. Denied airtime on state see THE ANDERSON FILES Page 8
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he fake president in the White House is a traitor, a liar, a braggart and a tool. Trump is violating the Constitution every chance he gets, profiting from his office, which is illegal. He sells rooms in his hotels to government employees, such as Secret Service, for higher than retail rates. He diverts military maneuvers to force personnel to land sort of near his resorts and then compels them to travel to rent rooms from him. These sorts of violations of the emoluments clause seem minor, and perhaps they are in some sense, but they reveal Trump’s bottomless greed and corruption and spoiled brat entitlement. Trump actually told those at a rally of his that he should be the Man of the Year every year, even as he mocked Swedish teenage climate chaos resistance leader Greta Thunberg, who was, in fact, declared Person of the Year by Time magazine. Some of Trump’s behavior is illegal and impeachable, much is simply disgusting. That is Trump’s daily regimen, to commit a few revolting acts every day. The world understands, and the intelligence community verifies, that Putin’s Russia is once again manipulating social media and doing so to attempt to reelect Trump. Trump cannot handle such honesty; he fires the U.S. intelligence official who warns us about that. Traitor Trump. That is his new nickname. From interfering in the justice department on behalf of his criminal friends, and falsely claiming that he is the “chief law enforcement” officer in the U.S., to his petty attacks on anyone who isn’t fawning over him, this is a morally challenged man (really not a man, just an aged, big, fat adolescent if we consider his soul and emotional maturity). The real question for America is: How many continue to support this bozo? He is a criminal from dawn to dusk, from dusk to dawn, and yet there are those — certainly virtually all elected Republicans who value their lives and livelihoods — who continue to lick his boots. I am so ashamed of anyone who supports Trump. I cannot believe they 8
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call themselves Americans. This is way past partisan disagreement; this is support for a gangster, a thug boss. I guess their only excuse is they are hardworking folk who only have time for one news source and it’s easiest and fastest to choose Fox News, a rabidly pro-Trump, anti-truth, fact-free source if there ever was one. Oh, well, we shouldn’t blame folks for not having the time to check it all out. Yes. We should. In the 1960s, ’70s and ’80s those of us who were working for peace, justice and sustainability were frequently labeled commies and “Russian dupes.” Yeah. We rejected that. We were activists against Soviet domination of other countries, we opposed Soviet violations of human rights. We were the ones speaking out and acting in resistance. I personally went, in the winter of 1987, to the Soviet embassy in Washington, D.C. and was arrested for resisting their nuclear weapons pointed at everyone I loved. I was cuffed and stuffed and went to jail for my opposition to Soviet violations of democracy. I haven’t seen any Trump-type people doing anything like that. As someone who opposed all nuclear weapons, I could not simply resist those of my own government, in good conscience. But we see a different and far more dichotomous voter now. Trumpees will vote for him no matter how dictatorial he becomes. It’s shameful. It is proven that Putin is trying to influence U.S. voters to reelect Trump. Anyone who votes for that tool is empowering a traitor. Democracy requires patriots. Trump and Putin require stooges. This is looking like a jump ball. Those who support Trump are anti-democratic and if they vote for him they support an end to the experiment the founders began. We either get involved or we lose more than 240 years of this American experiment. Trump’s acolytes are rolling us toward some sort of monarchy or fascist dictatorship. Will there be enough of us to stop them? We shall see. Dr. Tom H. Hastings is PeaceVoice Director and on occasion an expert witness for the defense in court. MARCH 5, 2020
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television, he exposes graft by Russia’s elite to millions of followers on YouTube. Here’s why Navalny is supporting Bernie: Sanders’ anti-corruption reforms would endanger Putin. Russia today has a kleptocratic political system propelled by kickbacks, bribes and stolen public money for oligarchs loyal to the regime. Sanders advocates a program of “corporate accountability” which would shut down tax havens, eliminate anonymous shell companies and strictly regulate the Wall Street banks that have helped oligarchs circulate their dark money through a gigantic and murky international financial system. Bernie has proposed a big Green New Deal that would move us beyond fossil fuels. This endangers Putin. Russia is a petro-state. Putin has denounced Greta Thunberg as a foolish puppet of “green energy imperialists” who will keep people in poverty. Last November at a Moscow investment conference, Putin freaked out at European plans to reduce the use of natural gas. He said, according to Euractiv, “in my view, disdaining such a clean hydrocarbon as gas is absolutely strange.” Putin was alarmed at European plans to reduce the use of all fossil fuels by 2022. He said, “When people suggest such ideas, I think that mankind could end up back in caves again.” So Putin will intervene in the 2020 elections to re-elect the climatechange denier. In the United States and Europe, his strategy is to support the far right and divide the progressives. Sanders spoke of the challenge we face in a 2018 speech. He said, “There is currently a struggle of enormous consequence taking place in the United I
States and throughout the world. In it we see two competing visions. On one hand, we see a growing worldwide movement toward authoritarianism, oligarchy and kleptocracy. On the other side, we see a movement toward strengthening democracy, egalitarianism and economic, social, racial and environmental justice.” Bernie’s vision is hopeful and inspiring. Will his many opponents in powerful positions stir up a fevered Red Scare, which will destroy him? MSNBC commentator Chris Matthews browned his trousers and yelped about Bernie Bros shooting him in Central Park. He mewed and wondered darkly what Bernie meant by the word “socialist.” His fellow commentator Chris Hayes responded, saying Bernie’s vision is clearly a mix of FDR’s New Deal and Denmark. Robert Kuttner, writing for The American Prospect claims that Bernie “is about as socialist as the sainted Franklin Roosevelt.” He explains: “Roosevelt tried and failed to get national health insurance. Public universities in FDR’s era were free. The income tax, beginning with World War II, was steeply progressive. We invested in massive public works. Sounds pretty much like Bernie (and like Elizabeth Warren if she somehow rallies and stays viable). “That picture of America was — and is — mainstream,” he continues. “And Roosevelt did two other big things that made everything else possible. He put government on the side of the labor movement. And he drastically regulated and limited the toxic potential and political power of the big banks.” This opinion column does not necessarily reflect the views of Boulder Weekly. BOULDER COUNTY’S INDEPENDENT VOICE
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Dave Anderson is right when he describes the choices for anti-Trump voters as being “Big change or stability� (Re: The Anderson Files, Feb. 20, 2020), though I’d describe it as center-right versus center-left. Likewise for Coloradans in our 2020 senatorial race: center-rightist John Hickenlooper versus center-leftist Andrew Romanoff. For many, former two-time governor John Hickenlooper seems the safe, “responsible� choice. But “Hick� hardly got reelected, winning by only 3.35 points. His short-lived presidential campaign flopped and made Hickenlooper seem less than honest with his claims of being responsible for Colorado’s landmark legalization of cannabis. Hickenlooper is a bought-andsold politician with a background in the oil industry. America and the world need to eschew fossil fuels — anyone with foresight and intelligence realizes this. Hickenlooper apparently doesn’t, and like most enablers of fossil-fuel addiction, he advocates a “balanced� approach to energy — in practice, continuing to use and develop fossil fuels indefinitely. That’s the policy of both Republicans and establishment Democrats. It’s their only way to create jobs, and as a matter of principle, they ignore the possibility of using the public sector to nurture the economy; Hickenlooper has actually compared the Green New Deal to Stalinism. No inexperienced amateur, no mere protest vote, Andrew Romanoff is highly electable. He won four terms in the Colorado House and spent two of them as Speaker. His campaign isn’t beholden to Big Oil, the fracking industry or the very rich in general. He’s a people’s candidate with great positions on the issues: for Medicare for All; strongly for the Green New Deal and serious about protecting the environment; for fighting tax breaks for the super-rich and a fair economic system; against unnecessary wars; pro-choice, for sexual equality and against domestic violence; for social equality in general; for an assault-weapons ban; for fully I
funding public education. The problem with business-asusual establishment Democrats is that they fail to inspire; Americans have become so cynical about them that they often fail to vote. Andrew Romanoff does inspire. John Hickenlooper may not beat reactionary Cory Gardner, but with our support, Andrew Romanoff can and will. He’ll be a senator of whom Colorado can be proud. Paul Dougan/Boulder
Thank you, Joaquin Phoenix In case you missed it, Joaquin Phoenix accepted the Oscars award for best male actor and used this platform and his voice to say this. “We go into the natural world and we plunder it for its resources. We feel entitled to artificially inseminate a cow and when she gives birth, we steal her baby. Even though her cries of anguish are unmistakable. Then we take her milk that’s intended for her calf and we put it in our coffee and our cereal.� A cow’s milk, just like any other mammal, is intended for their young and not for humans. The “World Health Organization recommends mothers worldwide to exclusively breastfeed infants for the child’s first six months to achieve optimal growth, development and health. Thereafter, they should be given nutritious complementary foods and continue breastfeeding up to the age of two years or beyond.� After this age of growth, humans should discontinue their intake of breast milk from humans or non-human animals. There are now over 30 plant based milks available and various plant-based cheeses and ice cream flavors. Next time you’re in the grocery store try reaching for the plant based milk or cheese and spare the mother cow the pain of having her babies stolen. Additionally, reducing your dairy consumption significantly reduces your carbon footprint at the same time as cows are the no. 2 source of methane emissions in the United States. Thanks to Joaquin Phoenix for using his voice and platform to share some truth. Joshua Smith/Boulder BOULDER WEEKLY
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t’s 2040. You take the light rail from Longmont to Boulder Junction. Maybe you hop on a shuttle to work downtown. Or maybe you ride on the multi-use path and buffered bike lane to the Space Force recruitment center, inspired by President Eric Trump’s fireside chat the night before. (In 2040, all presidential addresses are technically next to a fire. There’s fire everywhere.) Or maybe the changes aren’t so monumental. Maybe you drive — in a car you own and still operate — from Weld County and take an overpass at IBM instead of waiting at the light for 20 minutes. Maybe you just take a good oldfashioned bus from Lafayette to Longmont, and it’s free, and the ride takes less than 10 minutes. Either way, planning today for the transportation needs of tomorrow is not easy: You have to plan projects without knowing exactly how or if they’ll be funded. You have to coordinate with myriad agencies at the local, state and federal levels. And you have to account for exponential technological, societal and environmental changes. “What’s fascinating about transportation is there’s what we’re working with today and then there’s the forecasting of how are we going to travel in the future,” says Kathleen Bracke, Boulder County deputy director of transportation planning. “It seems that pace of change is accelerating. And so I don’t know what the technology will be. I don’t have that crystal ball.” But the County does have a plan, which it approved last month, for how to accommodate the extra 260,000 trips people will take 12
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come? And when can Boulder County residents and visitors expect improvements to happen? WHAT NEEDS TO BE IMPROVED? To address the sizeable increase in people traveling to, through and from Boulder County by 2040, County planners (in conjunction with local and state agencies) recognized a need to create a system that offers bus, rail, car, bike and pedestrian options. Applying that “multi-modal” system to five main corridors in Boulder County — east/west, north/south, U.S. 36, Highway 119 and the mountains — would provide the biggest bang for the buck (or, in this case, 2.5 billion bucks). Data that anticipated job and population growth around the region — for instance, development in south and west Longmont — was used to pinpoint and forecast areas of need. There is local precedent for planning and executing some of these big projects. The express lanes and MARCH 5, 2020
expanded service on U.S. 36, for instance, took 20 years of planning, fundraising and coordinating with multiple levels of government, says City of Boulder Senior Transportation Planner Randall K. Rutsch. But the result of that expedited bus service between Denver to Boulder consolidates travelers, which will be key to moving large numbers of people through the county in the future. “When you provide service that is faster than driving during the peak hours and is more reliable than driving because it has its own lane, you see a significant increase in ridership,” Rutsch says. That U.S. 36 expansion is being used as a de facto model for improvements to Diagonal Highway/119 between Boulder and Longmont. Bracke says the County has been working with Boulder, Longmont, Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) and Regional Transportation District (RTD) to create and fund express lanes, bus rapid transit in those lanes and a commuter bikeway. Combined, the organizing agencies have raised about $93 million for the project. Good, but not enough to cover the project’s $250 million tab. “No one agency or one community is going to come up with 100% of the money to make that happen, and we also recognize that it’s a long haul, “ Bracke says. “You have to get momentum going on projects, because they’re big and they’re complicated and they’re hard and they’re expensive. But if we can get the momentum going, it helps bring more resources.” (See the map on the next page for project details.) HOW ARE WE GOING TO PAY FOR THIS? Take the proposed Northwest Rail (see sidebar) and its $1.6 billion, I
currently unfunded price tag out of the equation, and you’re left with a $540 million deficit to accomplish the key regional transportation upgrades the County has outlined. That’s on top of $100 million needed to implement just the City of Boulder’s own transportation plan, and the money needed to fund Louisville’s and Longmont’s plans for more localized improvements. And funding for all those capitol projects are likely only to come after the millions of dollars of maintenance to the County’s roads, bridges and paths are made. Each city has maintenance projects to fund too, about $22 million in the City of Boulder, for instance. Funding “is a hide-and-seek game,” Rutsch says. Cost sharing has proven fruitful when agencies are aligned on a project — U.S. 36, as mentioned, but also the Hop, which provides bus service between the 29th Street Mall, CU and downtown Boulder. The City of Boulder, CU and RTD share the costs, and Via Mobility Services runs it. Another example is the Flex Express bus that runs between Fort Collins and Boulder and is funded by the cities (and Boulder County) it serves. With RTD cutting services, those models are likely the future for transportation. The City of Boulder’s recent transportation plan explicitly claimed RTD is “unable to provide the level of service needed to meet our goals.” “So over time, we need to negotiate and take over service from RTD. There is lots of negotiation and bridges that would need to be crossed to do that,” Rutsch says, but adds that other communities have taken similar steps to municipalize public transportation. Taking in the public transportation system might also allow local governments to offer fare-free travel, similar to what an EcoPass provides. “Long-term survey data shows if you have an EcoPass in your pocket, you’re five, six times more likely to ride the bus than somebody who doesn’t,” Rutsch says. That would mean far fewer cars see TRANSPORTATION Page 14
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on the road in the future. But Rutsch says every time the City and County have gone to RTD with proposals to implement a community-wide EcoPass, they haven’t been able to reach a deal — yet another reason communities are looking outside the agency (which did not respond to multiple requests to comment for this story) for its transit future. One final component in the funding discussion is the likely increase in taxes. Revenue typically spent on transportation projects garnered from a gas tax has dwindled in recent years as cars have become more fuel-efficient. And so there has been thought given to raising sales tax, but also charging drivers based on how much they travel and businesses on how much travel they spur. Rutsch says the City of Boulder might look at enacting a transportation utility fee, like Denver has done, that taxes businesses based on how much traffic they generate. For instance, a restaurant would be taxed per square foot at a tax rate that’s based on the average number of people that visit similar businesses. Bracke also suggests that mileage fees may be used to generate revenue. Technology already exists to track cars coming in and out of Boulder County (cell phone pings are used to determine how many trips were coming in and out of the county and from where). Automatically charging drivers per trip would be ideal, Bracke says, even if it does sound a little 1984. “A lot of the feedback we hear from people is, ‘Well, I don’t want you to track my vehicle,’ but if you have a phone, that’s already happening,” she says. Rutsch agrees: “A lot of people that are in the field would say ultimately that’s where we will go.” Even if it’s not your cell phone being tracked, your new car will likely be able to be tracked automatically. HOW LONG DO WE HAVE? The cost to complete these local and county-wide projects is likely to increase. Since 2012, the cost of construction in Colroado has gone up 72%, while the County’s transportation revenue has increased only 53%. In Boulder, a project that cost $10 million in 2012 would cost $14.5 million today. I
“That’s why we look at how can we accelerate implementation of these things,” Bracke says. “The more funding we can find sooner the better because we can implement these at a lower cost than what they might be in five or 10 years.” You have likely experienced an increase in traffic driving throughout Boulder County in the last five years. Rutsch says anecdotal evidence bears that out. When the City asked business owners in 2014 if travel and transportation was impacting their ability to hire and retain employees, by and large they said no. When they were asked last year, “We heard very strongly that they are having an issue.” Rutsch says the local transportation system “may have reached a breaking point,” and that businesses may now be willing to help fund projects like a takeover of the bus service, which would help them retain and accommodate employees. The impacts of inaction could spread even farther, Bracke says: Boulder County and its cities have climate and cultural goals and fixing the transportation system is a critical part of meeting so many of them. “We can’t just keep chipping away at this for the next 20, 30, 40 years,” Bracke says. “We need to figure out how to accelerate the pace of progress. Things need to happen sooner because we’re running out of time. And we know we have climate goals, we have air-quality goals, affordable-living goals... and we’re not going to get there if we don’t keep moving.” So when will these projects be complete, if at all? The untidy answer: Whenever there’s funding. And a collective desire across multiple government agencies and taxpayers to get it done. “You have to build local support,” Rutsch says. “You have to get agreement. You have to ask and be persistent and be united.” The U.S. 36 expansion, remember, took 20 years — the same timeframe we’re talking about for dozens of these projects. And in the grand scheme of things, adding an HOV lane did not fundamentally change our lives. Time will only tell how exactly we’ll get around Boulder County in the future. It helps to have a plan, though. BOULDER COUNTY’S INDEPENDENT VOICE
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reported spill information from the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission’s website, like it’s done every year since 2012. Since then, there have been 60% more spills across the state, largely concentrated in Weld County, with significant numbers out west in Rio Blanco and Garfield counties as well. Adams and Las Animas counties also reported between 16 and 25 spills each. Not only did the number of spills grow, but the volume of material released increased significantly: 55,000 barrels of produced water, oil, condensate and other materials in 2019. Also concerning, Prentice-Dunn says, is the proximity of these reported spills to occupied buildings and water sources. In 2019, a total of 98 spills happened less than 500 feet from an occupied building, while 63% of all spills were less than a mile from an occupied building. What’s more, 77% of the spills occurred within 5,000 feet of surface water and 70% within half a mile of a well. “[This report] shows a continued need for public health and environmental safeguards, and enforcing those well,� says Prentice-Dunn. “Colorado certainly has made strides in inspections and enforcement and that’s something other states can learn from. But I think the message is the job’s not done, that there’s a continued need for it.� I
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reclaimed ocean plastics, and plans to switch over entirely this year. PAQ’s cases are reusable and recyclable — but they were almost neither. They considered using hemp-bio plastic for its cases, but it became clear it was not quite the solution it’s often sold as. To start, most hemp plastic on the market only partially consists of hemp biomaterial — as little as 5% and usually no more than 30%. The rest is almost always a polypropylene “plasticizer� (aka regular old petroleum plastic), which, Zeiring says, is needed for rigidity. Hemp is biodegradable; hemp plastic with polypropylene is not. Notably, of the four hemp plastic options listed on THPC’s website, only one is “fully compostable bioplastic.� The other three all contain plasticizers, like ethylene, propylene and acrylonitrile butadiene styrene making them noncompostable. “We specialize in 25% fiber formulations,� Tubbs says, meaning that the main product is 75% polypropylene. When asked if THPC’s hemp plastics are biodegradable, Tubbs responds, “Some formulations may be biodegradable.� Sana Packaging, a sustainable cannabis packaging company, also produces 100% hemp and biobased plastic materials, but the company steers clear of marketing its products as biodegradable because there’s no domestic facilities that can compost it, according to Sana cofounder James Eichner. “If we were selling our same hemp plastic products in a country like Denmark or Sweden, it would absolutely be compostable,� Eichner says, “because their industrial composting infrastructure is light
years ahead of ours.� It’s why Sana intentionally uses the term “plantbased� instead. “That inevitably gets our customers to ask about biodegrade-ability or compost-ability. And that becomes an opportunity for us to educate them on the larger challenges we’re facing with our broken waste management system,� Eichner says. Domestic compostability is only part of the problem hemp bio-plastics present, though. According to both Zeiring and Eichner, hemp bioplastic products also cannot be recycled for the simple reason that they contain both hemp and petroleum-based plastic. “When you mix a biomaterial with a petroleumbased material to create a plastic, there’s nothing you can do with that material at the end of its useful life other than send it to landfill,� Eichner says. “You’re just creating an unsolvable problem.� That’s why both companies are moving toward reclaimed ocean plastic products. As Eichner puts it, “There’s absolutely no reason to be using virgin resins when there’s so much out there in the environment that needs to be cleaned up.� While hemp-based bio-plastics represent an alternative to traditional plastics, the U.S. waste system must adapt to make it truly sustainable. Eichner likens it to the recycling movement of the 1970s — companies started to produce more recyclable materials, which led to a demand for more and better recycling facilities. Tubbs with THPC notes that, “Hemp plastic is indeed a breakthrough,� but it is part of a far bigger solution, he says. “One that encompasses not just materials and process, but also public mindset and habit.� Eichner and Zeiring seem to agree. “Our goal is to normalize circular and sustainable packaging,� Eichner says. “But that really includes everyone doing it, not just us.�
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Wind is blowin’ in paradise
Paul DeHaven finds something better than answers on his new solo album
by Caitlin Rockett ON THE BILL: Paul DeHaven
album release — with Lake Mary. March 5, The Ubisububi Room (under The Thin Man), 2015 E. 17th Ave., Denver. OTHER SHOWS: April 1 at Lost Lake with The Senators, Lillian; April 24 at Broadway Roxy with David Birchfield, Erin Peet Lukes.
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Paul DeHaven’s first solo album, King of Gold, was a question, then his newest release, Echoes and Overtones, is an answer... of a sort. It’s been a little over two years since Denver’s indie darlings Paper Bird dis- banded — amicably on all six sides by all accounts — sending DeHaven and his five bandmates on their separate ways after eight albums and more than a decade of heavy touring. In the days since, DeHaven has stayed busy, making psych rock with Eye and the Arrow, ambient chillwave instrumentals with Saskatoon, all-American folk rock with Heavy Diamond Ring and lo-fi folk under his own name. But a decade-long relationship takes up sizable real estate in a person’s psyche, and in the echo of Paper Bird’s swan song DeHaven found himself sad, jaded... questioning. “I felt let down,” DeHaven says from his home in Evergreen, “not necessarily by other people but by myself and the expectations I placed on myself and by the music industry and the expectations that I thought that the music industry was offering me. “It’s like waking up from a dream,” he says of the dissolution of Paper Bird. “I definitely had a lot of my identity wrapped up in being a part of [Paper Bird]. I
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King of Gold was like, ‘What is my identity?’ And Echoes and Overtones is like, ‘Here’s what my identi- ty is now… or here’s what it could be.’” DeHaven’s second full-length release takes a step back from the existential crises of his debut and focuses on the bigger picture;; sure, he’s still question- ing his place in the world — how to carve out a sus- tainable life as a professional musician, what it means to be a 30-something in the hellscape of late-stage capitalism — but he stopped trying to trust himself and learned to trust the people around him. “My wife and some friends have been encourag- ing me to do something more on the folky-acoustic side and not shy away from the singer-songwriter- guy-with-a-guitar thing, which I’ve always kind of been like, well, that’s going to be so boring;; I really wanted to do it right.” DeHaven pauses. “Who knows if I did it right, but I did it.” By his account, DeHaven had spent too much time hiding behind “ideas,” whether that was clever production tricks or the fleshier weight of a full band arrangement. Echoes and Overtones was a product of self-acceptance, proof of DeHaven’s ability to let see DEHAVEN Page 20
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Deep Inspiration PAUL DEHAVEN’S INSPIRATIONS are as eclectic as his output. In 2018 he released an EP called “Three Songs I Didn’t Write,” present- ing folky renditions of “I Used To Be A King” by Graham Nash, “Good Name” by Nigerian funk master William Onyeabor and “This Will be Our Year” by The Zombies. DeHaven has a couple of handcrafted playlists on his Spotify channel that highlight some of his inspirations for both King of Gold and Echoes and Overtones. You can find gems here like the dark and dancy ’80s newwave of “Darkroom” by Paul McCartney, the rough-but-ele- gant post-colonial African jazz of Upper Volta, and the mini- malist pleasures of Brian Eno.
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his songs dictate their own destiny. The collection is raw, “B-A-R-E.” “The songs themselves have a lot more to do with the people that are around and the people that help make my life happen.” Lead single “Easy On My Mind” creates a sturdy bridge between the themes in DeHaven’s debut and his newest offering, finding poetry in humanity’s desperate need to always understand “why.” Wind is blowin’ in paradise / And it howls across the garden / Pulling the petals right off the petu- nias / And we can’t ascertain how it started / If we knew how it started / Then we might knew where it came from / If we knew where it came from / Then we might figure out ... how to stop it / After days like this / Spent picking up the pieces / Of the world you thought you belonged in / Gonna need something easy / Something easy on my mind In turns throughout the album, DeHaven conjures the laidback spirituality of George Harrison, the blue-collar honesty of Bruce Springsteen and the earthy appeal of Little Feat without ever tipping over into blatant pastiche. Echoes and Overtones is also much more than a “singer-song- writer-guy-with-a-guitar thing,” fea-
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turing vocals from Sarah Anderson (another former member of Paper Bird who now co-creates with DeHaven in Heavy Diamond Ring) and soundscapes his wife created during an artist residency outside of Tokyo. But there’s something to be said for the guy-with-a-guitar model. Dylan and Mitchell proved rock ‘n’ roll was a place for intel- lectual discourse, and they did it with little more than six strings and a voice. The singer-songwrit- er template is a conduit for humanity’s most powerful tool: words. DeHaven’s stripped-down tracks on Echoes and Overtones recognize the strength of not only his own voice, but of the human voice. As we hear DeHaven find self-acceptance across the album, we can ask ourselves where in our own lives we need to let go, to forgive, to move forward. “Innocent Row” explores the murky waters of guilt and inno- cence through the story of a person on their final day on death row. We don’t know if they’re guilty or not, but we know they’re facing the final hours of their life and in this way the listener is charged with facing the finite nature of their own life. The song has a reversible nature,
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in one form reading like a missive on justice in this country, in another form translating as an aide-mem- oire to take responsibility for our lives and, more accurately, our own happiness. The streets are poison / I was trying to belong / Trying for good but it all goes wrong / When dark- ness gets a hold / It seems to explode / Can break me down but I won’t let go Echoes and Overtones isn’t a definitive answer about Paul DeHaven’s identity, but that’s because there is no definitive answer about who any of us are. We are works in progress right up until the moment we die. The best we can hope to do in any given moment is be unflinchingly authen- tic. Every moment of our lives is just a snapshot of who we are right now, colored slightly by who we want to be. What DeHaven finds on Echoes and Overtones is better than answers — it’s the realization there are none. As for his next musical snap- shot, expect something “completely different.” “It’s going to be more of a spa- ghetti Western, highlife, Talking Heads kind of thing.” Who could question that?
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No boundaries
Sarah Jaffe breaks free in her latest work
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hile  there  have  been  times  when  singer-Âsong- writer  Sarah  Jaffe  has  been  able  to  let  go  and  give  her  songs  over  to  someone  else,  she  just  couldn’t  for  her  last  three  projects,  all  released  in  2019.  “Mentally,  the  times  that  I  have  written  and  pitched  to  other  artists  and  have  been  able  to  detach,  there’s  just  kind  of  like  a  mental  boundary  that  is  just  implemented,â€?  Jaffe  says.  “But  with  these  three  records,  everything  was  just  kind  of  like  bleeding  into  the  next  thing.  It  was  all  very  raw  and  real.  There  wasn’t  that  wall.â€? Jaffe  has  an  uncanny  ability  to  break  down  the  barriers  of  the  stu- dio,  to  interact  with  us  as  an  audience,  making  us  feel  like  we’re  in  the  room  at  the  moment  she’s  recording  each  track.  It’s  a  natural  part  of  her  personality  —  the  capacity  to  be  vulnerable,  humorous,  melancholy,  even  angry,  all  at  once,  with  any- one  she  comes  across.  “In  my  day-Âto-Âday  life,  I  don’t  like  pretenses,  I  pretty  much  show  you  who  I  am  right  away,â€?  Jaffe  says.  “I’m  also  an  extremely  self-Âaware  person,  which  has  worked  both  in  my  favor  and  against  me  at  times.  In  the  case  of  creating  music,  I  think  it’s  really  allowed  me  to  be  sen- timental  but  also  see  things  how  they  really  are.â€? Jaffe  says,  “it’s  been  a  decade  of  trial  and  errorâ€?  since  her  debut  album  was  released  in  2010  —  a  decade  of  trying  to  figure  out  what  mode  of  cre- ative  expression  fits  her  best.  After  her  second  album,  for  example,  she  toured  nonstop,  but  now  she  hasn’t  been  out  on  the  road  for  two  to  three  years.  She’s  spent  time  composing  movie  scores,  producing  and  toplining  —  the  process  of  writing  lyrics  and  melody  over  already  produced  tracks  (unlike  traditional  songwriting  when  the  two  are  done  in  conjunction  with  each  other.)  Among  all  the  projects  and  experi-Â
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ments,  she’s  released  10  albums  and  EPs  of  her  own  over  the  last  decade. For  her  most  recent  work,  she  was  in  the  studio  with  a  new  producer,  Aaron  Kelley  out  of  Dallas,  finishing  some  vocals  for  a  score,  when  creativi- ty  struck.  Kelley  asked  her  if  she’d  be  interested  in  toplining  for  some  other  projects  he  was  working  on,  but  the  pair  began  recording  what  would  even- tually  become  dual  EPs  This  is  Better  Part  1  and  2.  It  was  a  mechanism  of  catharsis  for  Jaffe  —  one  that  she  des- perately  needed  at  the  time,  an  outlet  for  her  to  process  the  pain  of  a  recent  divorce.   “There’s  something  that  happens  after  all  the  initial  hurt,â€?  Jaffe  says.  “You  dive  into  your  own  roots  and  you’re  feeling  yourself.  It  made  me  fearless  in  how  I  wrote  music  and  how  I  thought  about  music‌  and  just  not  tak- ing  that  whole  process  too  seriously.â€?  There  was  a  certain  urgency  to  the  work,  as  well,  making  it  apparent  these  songs  were  hers  to  release,  not  for  another  artist  to  record.  “Maybe  I  was  being  bratty,  but  I  wasn’t  ready  to  give  up  those  songs,â€?  she  says.  “A  topliner,  that’s  all  they  do,  that  is  their  job  to  give  up  the  songs  regardless  of  whether  they  are  relating  to  them  or  not.  It’s  just  something  that  at  the  time,  I  didn’t  want  to  sacrifice  one  for  the  other  and  I  felt  so  attached  to  them  that  they  just  felt  natural  to  per- I
form.â€? But  her  journey  didn’t  end  there,  and  by  the  time  she  was  releasing  the  EPs  she  had  already  moved  on. Whereas  This  is  Better  Part  1  and  Part  2  explored  the  pain  of  her  divorce  and  rediscovery,  Smut,  with  somber  yet  delicate  vocals,  lightens  the  mood,  allowing  Jaffe  to  reconnect  with  a  sense  of  self-Âassurance  and  even  levi- ty.  “To  me,  more  confidence  means  a  better  sense  of  humor,  honestly,â€?  she  says.  It’s  part  of  the  reason  she  chose  the  title,  which  comes  from  a  voicemail  left  for  a  friend  of  a  friend  where  an  unidentified  voice  says,  “Are  you  still  reading  smut?  Give  me  a  call,  I’ve  got  my  cell  phone,  I  love  you,  bye.â€?   Jaffe  sampled  the  voicemail  in  the  lead  track  of  the  album.  “It’s  a  word  that  slaps  that  not  a  lot  of  people  use,â€?  Jaffe  says.  “It’s  sup- posed  to  be  nasty  but  it’s  funny.  It  encompassed  where  I  was  at.â€?  And  who  knows  where  she’ll  go  next,  as  she  continues  to  break  free  of  genre  constraints.  Smut,  with  its  elec- tro-Âpop  sensibilities,  is  vastly  different  from  where  she  started  with  the  indie- rock  Suburban  Nature  in  2010.  Back  then,  “People  were  just  so  adamant  about  sticking  to  a  genre  or  sticking  to  a  style,â€?  she  says.  “That’s  the  opposite  of  what  art  is  about.  It’s  about  not  having  boundaries.â€?  MARCH 5, 2020
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onductor  Nick  Carthy  says  that  Mozart’s  The  Marriage  of  Figaro  is  “the  first  great  proto-Âfeminist  opera,  and  on  top  of  that  it’s  sub- versive,  it’s  seditious,  it’s  bawdy,  and  Mozart  wrote  it!â€? Widely  considered  one  of  the  great- est  operas  ever  written,  The  Marriage  of  Figaro  will  be  presented  by  the  University  of  Colorado  Eklund  Opera  Program  March  13-Â15.  Carthy  will  conduct  the  stu- dent  orchestra  and  cast,  and  Eklund  Opera  Program  director  Leigh  Holman  will  be  stage  director. Premiered  in  Vienna  in  1786,  Mozart’s  The  Marriage  of  Figaro  was  based  on  a  play  by  the  French  play- wright,  diplomat,  spy  and  satirist  Pierre  Beaumarchais.  Because  of  its  bitter  satire  of  the  aristocracy,  Beaumarchais’  The  Marriage  of  Figaro  was  banned  in  France  and  Austria.  Mozart  and  his  librettist,  Lorenzo  DaPonte,  had  to  soften  or  sup- press  overt  criticism  of  monarchy  or  aris- tocracy  to  pass  the  Austrian  censors,  but  as  Carthy  suggests,  there  is  more  than  enough  implied  criticism  to  make  the  story  subversive  in  itself. Figaro,  servant  to  the  Count  Almaviva,  is  about  to  marry  Susanna,  servant  to  the  Countess.  The  Count,  how- ever,  desires  Susanna  and  wants  to  re- instate  an  old  feudal  right  for  masters  to  sleep  with  servants  when  they  marry.  The  Countess  and  Susanna,  and  to  a  lesser  extent  Figaro,  plot  together  to  embarrass  BOULDER COUNTY’S INDEPENDENT VOICE
by Peter Alexander the  Count  and  force  him  to  abandon  his  plans. There  are  many  other  twists  involving  minor  characters,  but  those  revolve  around,  and  reinforce  the  main  themes  of,  the  plot:  Not  only  do  the  servants  thwart  their  master  —  a  common  basis  for  comedy  in  the  18th  century  —  but  the  women  foil  the  men.  That  is  especially  powerful,  and  is  one  of  the  things  —  with  Mozart’s  music  —  that  elevates  Figaro  above  other  operas  of  its  time. Placed  at  a  country  estate,  Figaro  is  very  much  in  the  18th  century,  but  those  underlying  themes  are  still  with  us  today.  “If  you  look  at  Parasite,  the  Korean  film  that  won  Best  Picture  this  year,  that’s  about  servants  getting  the  better  of  their  masters  and  mistresses,�  Carthy  says.  “There’s  always  been  that  clever  working- class  guy  who  gets  one  up  on  his  mas- ter.� As  for  the  women  who  take  down  powerful  men,  Holman  says  “If  you  read  the  newspaper  in  the  morning,  you  will  understand  Figaro  at  night.� Mozart  and  DaPonte  set  up  the  themes  of  opera  very  carefully.  At  the  out- set,  Figaro  is  being  a  traditional  male  — measuring  for  furniture  —  and  Susanna  is  being  a  traditional  female  —  admiring  hats.  But  within  moments  she  overshad- ows  him,  because  she  knows  what  the  Count  is  up  to  and  Figaro  doesn’t  —  “Because  I  am  Susanna  and  you  are  a  fool,�  she  says.  I
ON THE BILL: ‘The Marriage of Figaro’ by Mozart and Lorenzo DaPonte — presented by CU Eklund Opera Program. 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, March 13 and 14; 2 p.m. Sunday, March 15, Macky Auditorium. Tickets: 303-492-8008, cupresents.org
As  the  opera  continues,  it  is  the  Countess  who  dominates  the  action,  and  Figaro  himself  drops  into  the  background  and  ends  up  being  fooled,  along  with  the  count,  by  the  women.  The  Countess  “makes  the  journey  from  a  gilded  cage,  to  despair,  to  the  count  having  to  go  down  on  his  knees  —  in  front  of  everybody!  —  to  apologize,â€?  Carthy  says.  This  public  apology  may  be  the  most  subversive  moment  in  the  opera.  Considering  that  the  play  had  been  banned,  and  very  publicly  so,  Figaro  was  a  dangerous  subject  for  anyone  to  take  on  as  an  opera.  “Mozart  and  DaPonte  made  it  subversive,  but  they  did  it  in  a  dif- ferent  way,â€?  Carthy  says. While  the  plot  of  The  Marriage  of  Figaro  is  complex  and  based  on  the  social  conventions  of  18th-Âcentury  Europe,  you  need  not  study  up  to  under- stand  the  opera.  “Somebody  who  comes  to  the  The  Marriage  of  Figaro  for  the  first  time  does  not  need  to  know  about  the  French  Revolution,â€?  Carthy  says.  “The  three-Âdimensionality  of  Mozart’s  and  DaPonte’s  characters  really,  really  comes  forward.â€? Figaro  is  the  first  of  three  operas  that  Mozart  wrote  with  DaPonte,  followed  by  Don  Giovanni  and  CosĂŹ  fan  Tutte.  All  three  are  revered  by  opera  audiences,  but  Carthy  has  no  doubt  where  Figaro  stands  among  the  three.  “The  other  two  are  just  simple  works  of  genius,â€?  he  says.  “But  this  one,  Figaro,  is  unreachable.â€? MARCH 5, 2020
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ROSANNE CASH — WITH JOHN LEVENTHAL.
7 p.m. Tuesday, March 10, Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030.
Rosanne Cash is musical royalty, and she’s taken her position seriously over the past four decades, producing 15 fulllength records and earning four Grammys — three of them for her 2014 album ‘The River & the Thread.’ On her latest release, ‘She Remembers Everything,’ Cash takes listeners on a journey through the styles that have defined her career, from the twang and heartache that typified records like ‘Seven Year Ache’ and ‘Interiors,’ to the elegant jazz that surfaced in her residencies at Carnegie Hall and the San Francisco Jazz Center. At 64, Cash is more open than ever.
see EVENTS Page 30 BOULDER INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL SONGWRITER SHOWCASE.
KELLER WILLIAMS.
MAKERBOLDER With more than 100 indoor, hands-on activities, the seventh annual Rocky Mountain STEAM Fest has something for everyone. This two-day indoor festival is focused on science and arts activities. Learn about and see demonstrations of drones, combat robots, exploding things (seriously), gooey experiments, high-tech and fine arts. There will be food trucks to fill tummies, and hard beverages for those old enough to imbibe. It’s the perfect way to spend a weekend, no matter what weather Colorado throws at us. Tickets are $11-$60 at eventbrite.com.
TAYLOR CROTHERS Keller Williams released his first album in 1994, FREEK, and has since given each of his albums a single syllable title: Buzz, Spun, Breathe, Sans and Add. Each title serves as a concise summation of the concept guiding each project. Grass, for example, is a bluegrass recording cut with the husbandwife duo The Keels. Add is the follow up to his instrumental release Sans — just adding in lyrics, some of which Keller says, “came from micro daydreams while other songs simply wrote themselves.” Williams is a genre bender, no doubt about it, with a high-energy stage show that lends itself nicely to the intimate space of The Caribou Room.
March 7 and 8, Boulder County Fairgrounds, 9595 Nelson Road, Longmont, 303-651-8472.
7 p.m. Thursday, March 5, The Post, 2027 13th St., Boulder, 720-517-5859.
Boulder International Film Festival keeps its popular live music program going with the 2020 Singer-Songwriter Showcase. Festival-goers are invited to hang with their favorite filmmakers in the Filmmaker Lounge at The Post Brewing Co. while listening to great music and discovering great new local talent. Check out sets from Finn O’Sullivan, who channels the vibes of Regina Spektor, dodie and Phoebe Bridgers; former Boulderite Martín Better Longo’s project Fruta Brutal, which blends alt rock with jazz and Latin American stylings; the boundarypushing, powerhouse vocalist Courtney Noe and many more. See the lineup at biff1.com/music-in-festival-tent
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Jenn Cleary The Tune Up at Full Cycle Friday, March 6 6:30-8:30 PM - NO COVER Happy Hour till 7pm
1795 Pearl St., Boulder, Co 80302 www.tuneupboulder.com
arts Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art (BMoCA), 1750 13th St., Boulder: ‘Night  Reels:  The  Work  of  Stacey  Steers,’  through  May  25;Íž  Margaretta  Gilboy:  ‘Flying  in  the  Hands  of  Time:  A  Retrospective,’  through  May  25. BMoCA at Macky Auditorium, 1595 Pleasant St., University of Colorado Boulder: Paul  Gillis:  ‘When  Kingship  Ascends  to  Heaven,’  through  May  1. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder: ‘Maker  Made,’  Canyon  Gallery,  through  March  30;Íž  Bill  Vielehr:  The  Artist  Behind  “The  Vielehr,â€?  Arapahoe  Ramp,  through  March  22.  Bricolage Gallery, Art Parts Creative Reuse Center, 2860 Bluff St., Boulder: ‘The  Ties  That  Bind:  Demry  Frankenheimer,’  through  April  4. Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder: ‘Foreign  Born’:  Taiko  Chandler  [Hand-ÂRudy],  Erin  Hyunhee  Kang  [Polly  Addison],  Taiko  Chandler  [MacMillan],  Roberta  Restaino,  Danqi  Cai,  Eriko  Tsogo,  Hung  Liu,  Ana  Maria  Hernando,  Dianna  Frid  [McMahon],  opening  reception  on  Feb.  28  from  5-Â8  p.m.
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Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver: ‘Treasures  of  British  Art:  The  Berger  Collection,’  through  July;͞  ‘EYES  ON:  Anthony  McCall,’  through  May  31;͞  The  Light  Show,  through  Nov.  29.
Lyons Redstone Museum, 340 High St., Lyons: ‘40  years/40  artifacts’;Íž  ‘All  Aboard!  Railroads  in  Lyons’;Íž  ‘Lyons  Newspapers:  A  History’;Íž  ‘125  Years  of  Distinctive  Cameras’;Íž  ‘Tiny  Stories:  Art  of  the  Dollhouse’;Íž  ‘The  Flood  of  2013’;Íž  ‘Native  American  Artifacts,’  and  more,  lyonsredstonemuseum.com Museum of Boulder, 2205 Broadway, Boulder: ‘Archive  75:  Multilayered  Stories  Told  Through  a  Boulder  Lens,’  through  June  15;Íž  ‘Our  Living  Land- scape:  Exploring  Boulder’s  Watershed,’  through  March  30;Íž  ‘Leaving  a  Mark,’  through  March  14. Â
Firehouse Art Center, 667 Fourth Ave., Longmont: Chelsea  Gilmore,  artist  in  residence,  South  Gallery.
Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, 1485 Delgany St., Denver: ‘Francesca  Woodman:  Portrait  of  a  Reputation,’  through  April  5;Íž  ‘Teresa  Hubbard  /  Alexander  Birchler:  Flora,’  through  April  5;Íž  ‘Stacey  Steers:  Edge  of  Alchemy,’  through  April  5. Â
Longmont Museum, 400 Quail Road, Longmont: ‘Terry  Maker:  Because  the  World  is  Round,’  through  May  17;͞  ‘Front  Range  Rising,’  perma- nent  exhibit.
Naropa University Galleries: Nalanda Campus,6287 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder:  ‘Cathedral,’  by  Kevin  Sloan,  The  Cube  Gallery,  WKURXJK )HE Âľ+DYHQ Âś E\ .HOO\ 'XIÂżHOG 7KH Nalanda  Gallery,  through  Feb.  28. Â
INTERDISCIPLINARY ARTIST Shelby McAuliffe’s latest installation, ‘Urban Biophony, ‘at CU’s Museum of Natural History, is an auditory map of Boulder. This artistic rendition of a natural forest built within the walls of the exhibition directly correlates to the noises happening within the city. Walk through the exhibition and experience the sensations and sounds of transient wildlife, streams and rustling leaves, which directly connect to the decibel levels and actions occurring throughout the city. Each speaker is connected to a microphone which was placed throughout the city, and each noise played in the gallery is dictated by the sounds of the surrounding urban landscape.
Arapahoe Campus, 2130 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder:  ‘Mystery  and  Beauty,’  by  Mark  Bra- suell,  The  Lincoln  Gallery,  through  March  15.  NCAR/UCAR Community Art Program, National Center for Atmospheric Research Visitor Center, 1850 Table Mesa Drive: Acrylic  paintings  by  Lisa  Lynch;Íž  Glass  mosaic  by  Delcia  Litt  through  March  28.  University of Colorado Art Museum, 1085 18th St., Boulder: ‘Persuasive  Prints,’  through  March  21;Íž  ‘Body  Language:  Picturing  People,’  through  June;Íž  Mary  Mattingly:  ‘Last  Library,’  through  July  18;Íž  University of Colorado Museum of Natural History, University of Colorado Henderson Building,1035 Broadway, Boulder: ‘Ross  Sea;Íž  The  Last  Ocean;͞’  ‘Genomics:  Observing  Evolution;͞’  ‘Fossils:  Clues  to  the  Past,’  Paleontology  Hall,  ongoing  exhibit;Íž  ‘Ground  Level  Ozone,’  McKenna  Gallery,  ongoing  exhibit;Íž  ‘Life  in  Colorado’s  Freshwater,’  ongoing  traveling  exhibit;Íž  and  more. Â
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The Cody Sisters. 7:30  p.m.  Swallow  Hill  Music,  71  E.  Yale  Ave.,  Denver,  303-Â777-Â1003. Counterfit Band.  7:30  p.m.  Nissi’s,  2675  Northpark  Drive,  Lafayette,  303-Â665-Â2757. Finn O’Sullivan at Boulder International Film Festival Songwriter Showcase.  7  p.m.  The  Post,  2027  13th  St.,  Boulder,  720-Â517-Â5859. Guster Acoustic.  7  p.m.  Boulder  Theater,  2032  14th  St.,  Boulder,  303-Â786-Â7030. Hayley Kiyoko — I’m Too Sensitive For This X — North American Tour.  7  p.m.  Fillmore  Auditorium,  1510  Clarkson  St.,  Denver,   303-Â837-Â0360.
Fiske Planetarium - Regent Drive
The Lone Bellow with Early James and the Latest. 8  p.m.  The  Bluebird  Theater,  3317  E.  Colfax  Ave.,  Denver,  303-Â377-Â1666.
www.colorado.edu/fiske 303-492-5002
Mollie O’Brien & Rich Moore.  7:15  p.m.  Longmont  Museum,  400  Quail  Road,  Long- mont,  303-Â651-Â8374.
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Mountain to Sound Presents: Paul DeHaven ALBUM RELEASE SHOW w Lake Mary. 8  p.m.  Ubisububi  Room  (below  Thin  Man  Tavern),  2015  E.  17th  Ave.,  Denver. Multiscapes. 7:30  p.m.  Roser  ATLAS  Center,  ATLAS  Black  Box  Studio,  B2  Level,  Boulder,  303-Â735-Â4577. PUP with Screaming Females, The Drew Thompson Foundation.  8  p.m.  The  Ogden  Theatre,  935  E.  Colfax  Ave.,  Denver,   303-Â832-Â1874. Salsa Thursdays.  9:45  p.m.  Rosetta  Hall,  1109  Walnut  St.,  Boulder. Sarah Christine, Tara Rose, Lucas Wolf. 8  p.m.  The  Laughing  Goat,  1709  Pearl  St.,  Boulder,  720-Â201-Â3731. Silicon Flatirons Conference: The Future of Copyright Infringement Analysis in Music. 1  p.m.  Wolf  Law,  Wittemyer  Court  Room,  Boulder. Swing Night with Chez Coucou.  8  p.m.  Waterloo,  809  S.  Main  St.,  Louisville,   303-Â993-Â2094.
Ten Keys to Writing Memorable Song Lyrics. 6:30  p.m.  New  Vista  High  School,  700  20th  St.,  Boulder,  720-Â561-Â5968. Thompson Latin Jazz Ensemble: Spring 2020. 7:30  p.m.  Grusin  Music  Hall,  1020  18th  St.,  Boulder,  303-Â492-Â8008. Willy Porter. 8  p.m.  Soiled  Dove  Underground,  7401  E.  1st  Ave.,  Denver,   303-Â830-Â9214. ZZ Ward with Patrick Droney. 7:30  p.m.  Fox  Theatre,  1135  13th  St.,  Boulder,   303-Â447-Â0095. Events CGBG Energy Codes Brown Bag. 12  p.m.  El- evations  Credit  Union,  2960  Diagonal  Highway,  Boulder. Colorado RV, Sports, Boat & Travel Show. National  Western  Complex,  4655  Humboldt  St.,  at  intersection  of  I-Â25  and  I-Â70,  Denver. Dan Soder. 8  p.m.  Comedy  Works,  1226  15th  St.,  Denver,  303-Â595-Â3637.  Through  March  7. see EVENTS Page 32
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BOULDER:
Boulder  Theater,  2032  14th  St.,  303-Â786-Â7030: Boulder International Film Festival,  March  5-Â8. Century  Theatre,  1700  29th  St.,  303-Â444-Â0583: ‘1917’ ‘Burden’ ‘The Call of the Wild’ ‘Emma.’ ‘Greed’ ‘Harley Quinn: Birds of Prey’ ‘Impractical Jokers: The Movie’ ‘The Invisible Man’ ‘Little Women’ ‘My Hero Academia: Hero Rising,’ 2:30  p.m.  Saturday,  March  7.
‘Onward’ ‘Parasite’ ‘Portrait of a Lady on Fire’ ‘Sonic the Hedgehog’ ‘Tokyo Godfathers,’ March  9  and  11. ‘The Way Back’ Dairy  Arts  Center,  2590  Walnut  St.,  303-Â444-Â7328: Boulder Jewish Film Festival,  March  4-Â15. ‘Come to Daddy,’  8:45  p.m.  Friday,  March  6. Endo  Brewing  Company,  2755  Dagny  Way,  Suite  101,  Lafayette,  720-Â442-Â8052: Cycling Film Night with Pearl Izumi, 7  p.m.  Wednesday,  March  11. House  of  Motorrad,  3200  Pearl  St.,  Boulder: Winter Bike Maintenance and Film Series: ‘Ride Report: 10,000 Miles to Rio,’ 4  p.m.  Saturday,  March  7.  International  Film  Series,  University  of  Colorado  Boulder,  Muenzinger  Auditorium,  1905  Colorado  Ave.,  303-Â492-Â8662: ‘Filibus,’ 2  p.m.  Sunday,  March  8. ‘The Innocents,’ 7:30  p.m.  Tuesday,  March  10. ‘Leave Her to Heaven,’ 4  p.m.  Sunday,  March  8. ‘Young Ahmed,’ 7:30  p.m.  Wednesday,  March  11.
DENVER:
Denver  Museum  of  Nature  &  Science,  2001  Colorado  Blvd.,  303-Â744-Â9686: ‘Amazon Adventure 3D’ ‘Dinosaurs of Antarctica 3D’ Âś+LGGHQ 3DFLĂ€F '¡ ‘Into America’s Wild 3D’ Sie  Film  Center,  2510  E.  Colfax  Ave.,  303-Â595-Â3456: 35mm Film Day: ‘Swing Time,’ ‘Porco Ross,’ ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. The World,’ ‘Buffalo 66,’  Thursday,  March  5. ‘Anomalisa,’  7  p.m.  Wednesday,  March  10. Â
‘I Was at Home, But...’ ‘The Lodge’ ‘Parasite’ ‘Portrait of a Lady on Fire’ ‘Romantic Comedy,’ 7  p.m.  Monday,  March  9. ‘The VVitch,’ March  6  and  7.
LONGMONT:
Longmont  Public  Library,  409  Fourth  Ave.,   720-Â494-Â4673: Boulder International Film Festival,  March  6-Â8. Regal  Village  at  the  Peaks  12,  1230  S.  Hover  Road,  844-Â462-Â7342: ‘1917’ ‘Brahms: The Boy II’ ‘The Call of the Wild’ ‘Emma.’ ‘Greed’ ‘Harley Quinn: Birds of Prey’ ‘The Invisible Man’ ‘Onward’ ‘Sonic the Hedgehog’ ‘Tokyo Godfathers,’  March  9  and  11. ‘The Way Back’
LOUISVILLE:
Regal  Cinebarre  Boulder,  1164  W.  Dillon  Road,  844-Â462-Â7342: ‘1917’ ‘The Call of the Wild’ ‘The Gentlemen’ ‘Harley Quinn: Birds of Prey’ ‘Impractical Jokers: The Movie’ ‘Jojo Rabbit’ ‘Onward’ ‘Parasite’ ‘Sonic the Hedgehog’ ‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’ ‘The Way Back’
NEDERLAND:
Backdoor  Theater,  243  W.  Fourth  St.,   303-Â258-Â0188: ‘Harley Quinn: Birds of Prey’
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Dance For Parkinson’s Program. 11:30  a.m.  Dairy  Arts  Center,  2590  Walnut  St.,  Boulder,  303-Â506-Â3568.  Also  on  Thursdays  at  11:30  a.m. Front deRanged Improv Comedy 7th Anniversary Show!! 7:30  p.m.  Jesters  Dinner  Theatre,  224  Main  St.,  Longmont,   303-Â682-Â9980. Karaoke Night at The Connection. 7  p.m.  University  Memorial  Center  (UMC),  Boulder,  303-Â492-Â6161. Madame Gandhi. 9  p.m.  Ophelia’s  Electric  Soapbox,  1215  20th  St.,  Denver,  303-Â993-Â8023. My Dad Wrote A Porno World Tour 2020.  8  p.m.  Paramount  Denver,  1621  Glenarm  Place,  Denver,  303-Â623-Â0106. Out Boulder County Gender Support Group — Boulder. 7  p.m.  2132  14th  St.,  Boulder. Spirit Nia Dance Class. 9  a.m.  Unity  of  Boul- der  Spiritual  Center,  2855  Folsom  St.,  Boulder,  303-Â442-Â1411. Woven Wall Art. 4  p.m.  George  Reynolds  Branch  Library,  3595  Table  Mesa  Drive,  Boul- der,  303-Â441-Â3120.
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Cryptic Wisdom. 7  p.m.  Marquis  Theatre,  2009  Larimer  St.,  Denver,  303-Â487-Â0111.
Music Andrea Gibson.  8  p.m.  Mercury  Cafe,  2199  California  St.,  Denver,  303-Â294-Â9258. Ben Rector: The Old Friends Acoustic Tour.  8  p.m.  Paramount  Denver,  1621  Glenarm  Place,  Denver,  303-Â623-Â0106. Blues Night! Deborah Stafford & The State of Affairs and Peaches & The Rhythm Train.  7  p.m.  Dickens  Opera  House,  300  Main  St.,  Longmont,  720-Â297-Â6397. Brandywine and the Mighty Fines. 7  p.m.  VisionQuest  Brewery,  2510  47th  St.,  Suite  A2,  Boulder. Bunny Blake. 7:30  p.m.  Oskar  Blues  Tap  Room,  921  Pearl  St.,  Boulder,  303-Â776-Â1914. Christian French. 9  p.m.  Larimer  Lounge,  2721  Larimer  St.,  Denver,  303-Â291-Â1007. Concert – North Indian Classical Dance & Bluegrass Ensembles.  7:30  p.m.  Newman  Center  for  the  Performing  Arts,  2344  E.  Iliff  Ave.,  Denver,  303-Â871-Â7720.
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Fox & Kyle’s Birthday Party feat. Kyle Hollingsworth Band and Magic Beans.  9  p.m.  Fox  Theatre,  1135  13th  St.,  Boulder,   303-Â447-Â0095. Georgia Boys BBQ Music Series featuring Danny Shafer. 7  p.m.  Georgia  Boys  BBQ,  250  Third  Ave.,  Longmont,  720-Â999-Â4099. Guest Master Class: Andrew Zohn and Dieter Hennings, classical guitar.  3  p.m.  Grusin  Music  Hall,  1020  18th  St.,  Boulder,   303-Â492-Â8008.  Public  talks  follows  at  4:30  p.m.  Guest Master Class: Richard Aaron, cello. 7  p.m.  Grusin  Music  Hall,  1020  18th  St.,  Boul- der,  303-Â492-Â8008. Home Groove Band.  6  p.m.  Bootstrap  Brewing  Company,  142  Pratt  St.,  Longmont,  303-Â652- 4186. A Human Named David.  7  p.m.  Longtucky  Spirits,  350  Terry  St.,  Suite  120,  Longmont,  720-Â545-Â2017.
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Lower Dens / :3lon. 9 p.m. Globe Hall, 4483 Logan St., Denver, 303-296-1003. Multiscapes. 7:30 p.m. Roser ATLAS Center, ATLAS Black Box Studio, B2 Level, Boulder, 303-735-4577.
‘THE MONKEY MIND MEDITATION DECK’ by Carolyn Kanjuro explores the playful and powerful qualities of animals to inspire your child to discover the same qualities in themselves. The cards will help your child cultivate a safe inner space to handle life’s ups and downs, release tension and anxiety, and offer the emotional freedom to explore their unique gifts. Kanjuro will speak and sign her new book on Wednesday, March 11 at 5 p.m. at Boulder Book Store.
Naughty Professor & The Burroughs w/ Sarah Mount & The Rushmores. 9 p.m. Cer- vantes Masterpiece, 2637 Welton St., Denver, 303-297-1772. The Nth Power & Brother Maker (FEAT. Members of Turkuaz). 7:30 p.m. The Caribou Room, 55 Indian Peaks Drive, Nederland, 303-258-3637. Ramaya & The Troubadours. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-201-3731.
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TUESDAY, MARCH 10
Juleah del Rosario — Turtle Under Ice. 6:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder.
Open Poetry Reading. 7 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., Boulder.
FRIDAY, MARCH 6
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11
Strangebyrds. 5:30 p.m. The Tasty Weasel, 1800 Pike Road, Longmont, 303-776-1914.
Write Your Story Writing Class. 10 a.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder.
Three 6 Mafia. 7 p.m. Fillmore Auditorium, 1510 Clarkson St., Denver, 303-837-0360.
Jon Bassoff — The Lantern Man. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder.
Carolyn Kanjuro — Monkey Mind Medita- tion Deck. 5 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder.
Events
SUNDAY, MARCH 8
Colorado Ballet Presents Tour de Force. 7:30 p.m. Ellie Caulkins Opera House, 1101 13th St., Denver, 303-837-8888. Through March 8.
BAFS ‘Second Sundays’ Poetry Workshop. 2 p.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder.
Roots & Rhythm at Grossen Bart. 7 p.m. Großen Bart Brewery, 1025 Delaware Ave., Longmont, 214-770-9847. Soul School. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 Northpark Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757.
Write Your Life in Poetry. 6 p.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder.
First Friday Artwalk. 6 p.m. NoBo Art District, N. Broadway St., Boulder, 303-523-1117. First Friday Food Lab: Guacamole. 4 p.m. George Reynolds Branch Library, 3595 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, 303-441-3120.
Jeff & Paige. 4 p.m. Gunbarrel Brewing Company, 7088 Winchester Circle, Boulder, 800-803-5732.
Double Feature: We Are Stars/Laser Galactic Odyssey. 1 p.m. Fiske Planetarium, 2414 Regent Drive, Boulder, 303-492-5002.
Nevertheless She Persisted: A Burlesque Salute to Woman’s Herstory. 8 p.m. The Clocktower Cabaret, 1601 Arapahoe St., Den- ver, 303-293-0075.
Keller Williams. 9 p.m. The Caribou Room, 55 Indian Peaks Drive, Nederland, 303-258-3637.
First Saturday Yoga: Sideways. 11 a.m. George Reynolds Branch Library, 3595 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, 303-441-3120.
Kitchen Dwellers with Head For The Hills. 8:30 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-447-0095.
In Darkness- A Victorian Horror Themed Burlesque Show. 7 p.m. The Savoy at Curtis Park, 2700 Arapahoe St., Denver.
Krewe of Olympus Carnival Ball VI. 7 p.m. McNichols Building, 144 W. Colfax Ave., Denver, 720-515-6432.
Rocky Mountain STEAM Fest 2020 (Seventh Annual). 10 a.m. Boulder County Fairgrounds, 9595 Nelson Road, Longmont, 303-651-8472.
SATURDAY, MARCH 7 Music All My Friends Are Skeletons (ft. Members of In The Whale, Tickle Me Pink). 9 p.m. Globe Hall, 4483 Logan St., Denver, 303-296-1003. Amanda Miguel & Diego Verdaguer - En Concierto A La Carta. 8 p.m. Paramount Denver, 1621 Glenarm Pl., Denver, 303-623-0106. The Barhoppers Band. 6 p.m. Bootstrap Brewing Company, 142 Pratt St., Longmont, 303-652-4186.
Last Men On Earth is 10 Years Old! 8 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 720-297-6397. Mira Devi CD Release Kirtan. 7:30 p.m. Soul Tree Yoga, 1280 Centaur Village Drive, Lafayette, 720-352-2516. Natalie Tate. 8 p.m. Still Cellars, 1115 Colo- rado Ave., Longmont, 720-204-6064.
Best Coast with Mannequin Pussy. 9 p.m. The Ogden Theatre, 935 E. Colfax Ave., Den- ver, 303-832-1874.
Peace Through Music 2020. 7 p.m. Unity Columbine Spiritual Center, 8900 Arapahoe Road, Boulder, 916-873-4856.
Boulder International Film Festival. 10 a.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-746-7268.
Silent Disco at The Louisville Underground. 5 p.m. The Louisville Underground at Tilt Pinball, 640 Main St., Louisville.
Chamber Music Series. 3:30 p.m. CU Art Museum, Boulder, 303-492-8300.
Smokin. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 Northpark Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757.
Christian French. 9 p.m. Larimer Lounge, 2721 Larimer St., Denver, 303-291-1007.
Veronique Van Pelt presents: the Deep Cuts Showcase no.15. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-201-3731.
George Nelson. 5:30 p.m. The Tasty Weasel, 1800 Pike Road, Longmont, 303-776-1914. Guerrilla Fanfare. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Tap Room, 921 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-776-1914. Have Mercy. 6:30 p.m. Marquis Theatre, 2009 Larimer St., Denver, 303-487-0111.
BOULDER COUNTY’S INDEPENDENT VOICE
Events Andy Borowitz: Make America Not Embarrassing Again. 8 p.m. Paramount Denver, 1621 Glenarm Pl., Denver, 303-623-0106.
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SUNDAY, MARCH 8 Music Boulder Comedy Show. 7 p.m. and 9:15 p.m. Bohemian Biergarten, 2017 13th St., Boulder, 720-767-2863. International Woman’s Day Show! 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-201-3731. Joseph Huber. 8 p.m. Lost Lake, 3602 E. Colfax Ave., Denver. Kids ‘House of Joy’ Concert. 10:30 a.m. HB Woodsongs, 3101 28th St., Boulder, 303-449-0516. Music in the Galleries: 300 Days. 1 p.m. Clyfford Still Museum, 1250 Bannock St., Denver, 720-354-4880. see EVENTS Page 34
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THURSDAY MARCH 5 - DUAL VENUE
FRIDAY MARCH 6
RUSS LIQUID & MARVEL YEARS
NAUGHTY PROFESSOR & THE BURROUGHS
SATURDAY MARCH 7
THE NTH POWER & BROTHER MAKER
W/ FUNKSTATIK VISUALS BY ANDROID JONES
Z-TRIP & DJ QBERT
W/ THE DIRTY GEMS FEAT JORDAN POLOVINA
THURSDAY MARCH 12 - DUAL VENUE RE: SEARCH
JANTSEN & PROTOHYPE W/ G-SPACE & SPICYBOIS TAKEVOVER
FRIDAY MARCH 13 SOLD OUT
W/ SARAH MOUNT & THE RUSHMORES
SATURDAY MARCH 7
FEAT MEMBERS OF TURKUAZ W/ DIJON MUSTANG
WEDNESDAY MARCH 11
GROOVESAFE ALLSTARS FEAT MEMBERS OF LOTUS, DOPAPOD & MAGIC BEANS
FRIDAY MARCH 13
CON BRIO
PHAB4
W/ SIXTY MINUTE MEN & SMIRK
SATURDAY MARCH 14
W/ KESSEL RUN & DESMOND JONES
(PHOFFMAN & ANDERS BECK) FEAT WILLIAM APOSTOL & TODD HERRINGTON
MANIC FOCUS
W/ SUPERVISION, MIDICINAL, LWKY & FLATS STANLIE
WEDNESDAY MARCH 18
YOUNG M.A.
THURSDAY MARCH 19
SATURDAY MARCH 14
TOUBAB KREWE SUNDAY MARCH 15
THE IDES OF MARCH
THE GREAT CONTEMPT, IN PLAIN AIR, STAY GYPSY, TROUBLE BOUND & THE UDDER
TUESDAY MARCH 17 SOLD OUT
RE: SEARCH
BBNO$
W/ DATELESS (DIRTYBIRD/HOTTRAX), C.H.A.Y. (DIRTYBIRD/MAU5TRAP) - LATE SET & JORDAN POLOVINA
WEDNESDAY MARCH 18
CHRISTIAN MARTIN FRIDAY MARCH 20
ROBAG WRUHME & LEAFAR LEGOV SATURDAY MARCH 21
EVANOFF
W/ THE PARTY PEOPLE, FUTURE JOY & HU
WEDNESDAY MARCH 25
ROD WAVE
THURSDAY MARCH 26 RE: SEARCH
DAILY BREAD
W/ MEGAN HAMILTON, MOTIFV
FRIDAY MARCH 27
MAGIC BEANS
W/ SPACE BACON & DIZGO
SATURDAY MARCH 28
YULTRON - RAVE PROM TOUR THURSDAY APRIL 2 - DUAL VENUE RE: SEARCH
BREAK SCIENCE
W/ LENTRA
LORD BUFFALO
W/ BUFFALO COMMONS & TIFFANY CHRISTOPHER
THURSDAY MARCH 19
NEW ORLEANS SUSPECTS W/ ARMCHAIR BOOGIE
FRIDAY MARCH 20 SOLD OUT
CITY MORGUE
W/ TOKYO’S REVENGE & KAI
SATURDAY MARCH 21
TAY MONEY
MONDAY MARCH 23
SOB X RBE
WEDNESDAY MARCH 25
GRATEFUL BLUEGRASS BOYS
W/ RIVER VALLEY RANGERS & FOGGY MEMORY BOYS
THURSDAY MARCH 26 RE: SEARCH
DETROIT SWINDLE
W/ ROSS KISER & REID GOLDEN (LATE SET)
FRIDAY MARCH 27
PICKIN ON TALKING HEADS
BASS INFERNO
PERFORMED BY THAT DAMN SASQUATCH FEAT KYLE TUTTLE & ADAM GREUEL W/ TUTTLE-GREUEL EXPERIENCE FEAT SILAS HERMAN, JEAN-LUC DAVIS, SCOTT SLAY TRIO FEAT ALLEN COOK & EMMA ROSE
THURSDAY APRIL 9
MONOPHONICS
MILE HIGH SOUND MOVEMENT TAKEOVER
FRIDAY APRIL 3
FEAT VIRTUAL RIOT, SHIVERZ & AKEOS RE: SEARCH
PHUTUREPRIMITIVE SATURDAY APRIL 11
KYLE HOLLINGSWORTH BAND
W/ JOEL CUMMINS (UMPHREY’S MCGEE) & THE JAUNTEE
SUNDAY APRIL 19
LIVWELL PRESENTS METHOD MAN & REDMAN X ACTION BRONSON W/ AFROMAN, RDGLDGRN, LITTLE STRANGER & KOSHA DILLZ @ OTHER SIDE
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LIVWELL PRESENTS ICE CUBE X METHOD MAN & REDMAN W/ ACTION BRONSON
SATURDAY MARCH 28
WEDNESDAY APRIL 29 THURSDAY MAY 7
ANDROID RE: SEARCH
AMON TOBIN’S TWO FINGERS
SATURDAY APRIL 4
AMORAMORA & CHOMPERS STEELY DEAD
W/ LIL WEEN & MONK GYATSO
FRIDAY APRIL 10 - DUAL VENUE
THE DENVER PANCAKES & BOOZE ART SHOW SATURDAY APRIL 11
JESSE ROYAL THURSDAY APRIL 16 RE: SEARCH
MICHAL MENERT TRIO
W/ LAZY SYRUP ORCHESTRA, YAK ATTACK, JORDAN POLOVINA, ALIX PEREZ & TSURUDA
FRIDAY APRIL 17
(TALKING HEADS TRIBUTE) RE: SEARCH
FRIDAY & SATURDAY MAY 15-16
BLUEGRASS GENERALS
5/15: FEAT CHRIS PANDOLFI, ANDY HALL & PAUL HOFFMAN 5/16: FEAT CHRIS PANDOLFI & ANDY HALL
Spring  Awakening: A musical by Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik.  University  Theatre,  Boulder,  303-Â492-Â8181.  Through  March  15,  cupresents.org
The  Merchant  of  Mumbai.  The  BITSY  Stage,  1137  S.  Huron  St.,  Denver.  Through  March  29.  A  Midsummer  Night’s  Dream.  Arvada  Center  for  the  Performing  Arts,  6901  Wadsworth  Blvd.,  Arvada.  Through  May  16. Murder  on  the  Orient  Express.  Arvada  Center,  6901  Wadsworth  Blvd.,  Arvada.  Through  May  17.  Ragtime  The  Musical.  BDT  Stage,  5501  Arapa- hoe  Ave.,  Boulder.  March  7-ÂMay  30. The  Runner  Stumbles  —  presented  by  Coal  Creek  Theater  of  Louisville.  Louisville  Center Â
W/ BLAKE & TIFFANY BROWN
DANNY BARNES TRIO
FEAT NICK FORSTER (HOT RIZE) & ERIC THORIN W/ CHAIN STATION (LATE SET)
SATURDAY APRIL 25
FATHER
SUNDAY APRIL 26
AZIZI GIBSON FRIDAY MAY 8
SheBop Young Women in Jazz: International Women’s Day. 6:30  p.m.  Dazzle  at  Baur’s,  1512  Curtis  St.,  Denver,  303-Â839-Â5100.
Vagabond Grove.  8  p.m.  The  Laughing  Goat,  1709  Pearl  St.,  Boulder,  720-Â201-Â3731.
South To Cedars.  7  p.m.  Nissi’s,  2675  North- park  Drive,  Lafayette,  303-Â665-Â2757. TakĂĄcs Quartet. 4  p.m.  Grusin  Music  Hall,  1020  18th  St.,  303-Â492-Â8008. Events Comedy Works Entertainment Presents: Middleditch & Schwartz.  7  p.m.  Paramount  Denver,  1621  Glenarm  Place,  Denver,   303-Â623-Â0106.
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Wilder  Women  —  Stories  on  Stage.  1:30  p.m.  and  6:30  p.m.  Sunday,  March  8,  Su  Teatro  Cultural  and  Performing  Arts  Center,  721  Santa  Fe  Drive,  Denver,  303-Â494-Â0523.
Kush. 9  p.m.  The  Laughing  Goat,  1709  Pearl  St.,  Boulder,  720-Â201-Â3731.
FRIDAY MAY 22 FRIDAY MAY 29
Wilder  Women  —  Stories  on  Stage.  7:30  p.m.  Saturday,  March  7,  Nomad  Playhouse,  1410  Quince  Ave.,  Boulder,  303-Â494-Â0523.
Ravin Wolf.  3  p.m.  The  Tasty  Weasel,  1800  Pike  Road,  Longmont,  303-Â776-Â1914.
JEREMY PINNELL PSYMBIONIC & ZEBBLER ENCANTI EXPERIENCE
When  We  Were  Young  and  Unafraid  —  Fire- house  Theater  Company.  John  Hand  Theater,  7653  E.  First  Place,  Denver.  Through  March  14.
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Purim Carnival and Schpiel.  2:30  p.m.  Boulder  JCC,  6007  Oreg  Ave.,  Boulder,  303-Â998-Â1900.
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Marvin’s  Room.  Vintage  Theatre  Company,  1468  Dayton  St.,  Aurora.  Through  April  5. Â
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THURSDAY MAY 14
Shockheaded  Peter  —  presented  by  The  Catamounts.  Dairy  Arts  Center,  2590  Walnut  St.,  Boulder.  Through  March  7.
FRIDAY APRIL 3
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FREDDY TODD B2B MYSTIC GRIZZLY
Jekyll  and  Hyde.  Candlelight  Dinner  Play- house,  4747  Marketplace  Drive,  Johnstown.  Through  March  29. Â
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Seven  Brides  for  Seven  Brothers.  Jesters  Dinner  Theatre,  224  Main  St.,  Longmont.  Through  April  19.
FEAT JARROD WALKER
WEDNESDAY APRIL 15
LOUIS COLE BIG BAND
Invisible  Lines  —  presented  by  Motus  Theater  Company.  Dairy  Arts  Center,  2590  Walnut  St.,  Boulder.  Through  March  8. Â
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WEDNESDAY APRIL 1
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SATURDAY APRIL 25
Exit  Laughing.  Longmont  Theatre  Company,  513  Main  St.,  Longmont.  Through  March  8. Â
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THURSDAY APRIL 23
LATE NIGHT RADIO
‘Spring Awakening’ — winner of eight Tony Awards, including Best Musical — explores the sometimes perilous journey from adolescence to adulthood. Told through the lens of Germany in 1891, the electrifying stories of sex, sexuality and teenage rebellion are as modern as pop and rock ‘n’ roll. ‘Entertainment Weekly’ called it “the most gorgeous Broadway score this decade.� Showing at CU’s University Theatre March 6 - April 25.
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Music Blue Grass Mondays.  7:30  p.m.  12Degree  Brewing,  820  Main  St.,  Louisville,   720-Â638-Â1623. iyla. 8  p.m.  Larimer  Lounge,  2721  Larimer  St.,  Denver,  303-Â291-Â1007.
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Events All Ages Storytime. 10:15  a.m.  Meadows  Branch  Library,  4800  Baseline  Road,  Boulder,  303-Â441-Â3100. Babies and Board Books. 10:15  a.m.  George  Reynolds  Branch  Library,  3595  Table  Mesa  Drive,  Boulder,  303-Â441-Â3120. Chess Club. 6:30  p.m.  Boulder  Library,  1001  Arapahoe  Ave.,  Boulder,  303-Â441-Â3100. Citizenship Classes.  6  p.m.  Boulder  Library,  1001  Arapahoe  Ave.,  Boulder,  303-Â441-Â3100. Drop-In Aerial Foundations.  5:45  p.m.  Frequent   Flyers  Aerial  Dance,  3022  E.  Sterling  Circle,  Suite  150,  Boulder,  303-Â245-Â8272.
TUESDAY, MARCH 10 Music Collapsing Stars. 9  p.m.  The  Laughing  Goat,  1709  Pearl  St.,  Boulder,  720-Â201-Â3731.
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JAZZ SUPPER CLUB
Open Mic. 6 p.m. Bootstrap Brewing Company,
142 Pratt St., Longmont, 303-652-4186. Comedy Open Mic! 8 p.m. Longtucky Spirits, 350 Terry Street, Suite 120, Longmont, 720-545-2017.
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Open Mic Comedy. 9 p.m. Rock Steady, 2100
Curtis St., Denver, 716-998-5741.
FRIDAY, MARCH 6
Barley-ÂHar-ÂHar Comedy Open Mic Night. 7:30 p.m. 300 Suns Brewing, 335 First Ave., Unit C, Longmont, 720-442-8292.
MONDAY, MARCH 9
SATURDAY, MARCH 7
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11 Drop-in Acoustic Jam. 6 p.m. 300 Suns Brewing, 335 First Ave., Unit C, Longmont, 720-442-8292.
Comedy Open Mic Saturday Night. 6:30 p.m.
The Tune Up at Full Cycle, 1795 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-1002.
SUNDAY, MARCH 8 Loko Ukelele Jam. 2 p.m. Bootstrap Brewing Company, 142 Pratt St., Longmont, 303-652-4186.
Faculty Tuesdays: Geraldine Walther, viola. 7:30  p.m.  Grusin  Music  Hall,  1020  18th  St.,  Boulder,  303-Â492-Â8008. Finn O’Sullivan. 8  p.m.  The  Laughing  Goat,  1709  Pearl  St.,  Boulder,  720-Â201-Â3731. Generationals with Sarah Jaffe.  7:30  p.m.  Fox  Theatre,  1135  13th  St.,  Boulder,   303-Â447-Â0095. Microwave. 7  p.m.  Summit,  1902  Blake  St.,  Denver,  303-Â487-Â0111. Rosanne Cash with John Leventhal — She Remembers Everything. 7  p.m.  Boulder  Theater,  2032  14th  St.,  Boulder,  303-Â786-Â7030. Ukulele Club. 7  p.m.  Longmont  Public  Library,  409  Fourth  Ave.,  Longmont. While She Sleeps — with He Is Legend and Savage Hands. 6  p.m.  Marquis  Theatre,  2009  Larimer  St.,  Denver,  303-Â487-Â0111. Events Anime Club. 4:30  p.m.  Boulder  Library,  1001  Arapahoe  Ave.,  Boulder,  303-Â441-Â3100. Around the World Storytime.  10:15  a.m.  Boulder  Library,  1001  Arapahoe  Ave.,  Boulder,  303-Â441-Â3100. BoulderReads Reading Buddies.  4:30  p.m.  Boulder  Library,  1001  Arapahoe  Ave.,  Boulder,  303-Â441-Â3100. Lap Babies.  9:15  a.m.  Boulder  Library,  1001  Arapahoe  Ave.,  Boulder,  303-Â441-Â3100. Spirit Nia Dance. 9  a.m.  Unity  of  Boulder  Spiritual  Center,  2855  Folsom  St.,  Boulder,  303-Â442-Â1411. SWE Totally Tuesday.  6:30  p.m.  BOLD  Center,  ECCE  112,  Boulder. Youth Maker Hangout. 4  p.m.  Boulder  Library,  1001  Arapahoe  Ave.,  Boulder,   303-Â441-Â3100.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11
Open Mic with Denny Driscoll. 6 p.m. Bootstrap
Brewing, 142 Pratt St., Longmont, 303-652-4186.
Open Bluegrass Jam. 7 p.m. Grossen Bart Brewery, 1025 Delaware Ave., Longmont, 720438-2060.
David Coile.  7  p.m.  Rosalee’s,  461  Main  St.,  Longmont,  303-Â485-Â5020.
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The Growlers — Natural Affair Tour 2020.  7  p.m.  Boulder  Theater,  2032  14th  St.,  Boulder,  303-Â447-Â0095.
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Opera Brown Bag: First look at ‘The Marriage of Figaro.’ 12  p.m.  Imig  Music  Building,  1020  18th  St.,  303-Â492-Â6352. Pendulum New Music: Featuring B.A.D. Ensemble. 7:30  p.m.  Grusin  Music  Hall,  1020  18th  St.,  Boulder,  303-Â492-Â8008. Rabblefish. 8  p.m.  The  Laughing  Goat,  1709  Pearl  St.,  Boulder,  720-Â201-Â3731. Events BoulderReads Reading Buddies. 4:30  p.m.  Boulder  Library,  1001  Arapahoe  Ave.,  Boulder,  303-Â441-Â3100. Code for Boulder.  6  p.m.  Boulder  Library,  1001  Arapahoe  Ave.,  Boulder,  303-Â441-Â3100. Conversations in English Wednesdays.  10:30  a.m.  Boulder  Library,  1001  Arapahoe  Ave.,  Boulder,  303-Â441-Â3100.
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Cosmology and Modern Physics.  6  p.m.  Boulder  Library,  1001  Arapahoe  Ave.,  Boulder,  303-Â441-Â3100. Faith for Exiles.  6:30  p.m.  Mt.  Hope  Lutheran  Church,  1345  S.  Broadway,  Boulder,   303-Â499-Â9800. Musical Storytime. 10:15  a.m.  Boulder  Library,  1001  Arapahoe  Ave.,  Boulder,   303-Â441-Â3100. Pages and Paws. 3:45  p.m.  Meadows  Branch  Library,  4800  Baseline  Road,  Boulder,   303-Â441-Â3100.
Music
Spirit Nia Dance Class. 9  p.m.  Unity  of  Boul- der,  2855  Folsom  St.,  Boulder,  303-Â442-Â1411.
Bourbon & Blues with the Blue 88s. 7:30  p.m.  Nissi’s,  2675  Northpark  Drive,  Lafayette,  303-Â665-Â2757.
STEAM Storytime: Ice Archaeology. 4  p.m.  George  Reynolds  Branch  Library,  3595  Table  Mesa  Drive,  Boulder,  303-Â441-Â3120.
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Who  could  flex Into  any  pose, In  many  guises: A  housewife, A  vixen, A  splashing  Beach  bunny, A  female Tarzan  in Leopard  skin, A  fisherwoman On  a  boat  reeling  in Her  catch  in  the  raw, Decorating  a  small Christmas  tree  with  just A  Santa  hat  &  a  wink—
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Experience Naropa OPEN HOUSE
Divorce story
Familiar feelings in ‘Hope Gap’
by Michael J. Casey
Discover. Connect. Engage.
I have been here before, But when or how I cannot tell: I know the grass beyond the door, The sweet keen smell, The sighing sound, the lights around the shore.
ON THE BILL: ‘Hope Gap’ at the Boulder International Film Festival. 3 p.m. Saturday, March 7, Boulder High School, 1604 Arapahoe Ave. Opens in wide release on March 13.
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hose are the first lines of “Sudden Light,” a poem by Rossetti — a favorite of Grace (Annette Bening). She collects poems because they make her feel less iso- lated. Her husband of 29 years, Edward (Bill Nighy), collects history texts and updates wiki pages, because he needs to correct the mistakes of others. He speaks little;; she speaks mostly in barbs. Theirs is not a happy marriage, but it’s familiar. Grace and Edward have one adult son: Jamie (Josh O’Connor), a young man in a rapidly ending relationship. Grace’s relationship is also rapidly ending. Edward has found another, probably for the better. Grace feels betrayed. She’s always loved Edward. At least, she thought she did. Well, she said it anyway — that counts for something. Doesn’t it? Hope Gap, an English family drama from writer/director William Nicholson, is a quiet analysis of two SCREEN MEDIA FILMS people who never belonged together. The movie is told entirely in the present, and we see nothing of their early days: If they were happy together, or if they weren’t. Certainly, they had some happy days, but they were few and far between. And as life progressed, they grew further and further apart. Reality set in: Grace wanted something, and Edward was close enough. Edward didn’t know what he wanted and took direction easily. Somewhere along the way, they both found themselves. And they found that the person they wanted to be was not the person they had become. When Grace con- fronts Edward at the home of his girlfriend, she’s ready to make a scene. But then she looks around the living room and sees nothing resembling their life together. “This is what you wanted all this time?” she asks with condescension. And, in almost the same breath, she realizes that the man before her is nothing like the man she thought he was: “You must have been miserable.” Without Bening, Hope Gap wouldn’t work. Her accent is off-putting, but her perfor- mance is a tightrope act of shrill pettiness masking vulnerability. Nighy is equally good: Slender, slight and crumpled. His whole body looks like it’s weathered her storm. You kind of feel happy for him when he gets out. In later scenes, he even looks younger. Both characters feel fully realized, as does the son, Jamie. There must be a sliver of autobiography here;; otherwise, the whole thing would topple over into theatrics, hysterics and clear-cut winners and losers. Instead, Nicholson leaves all that crashing energy out along the white cliffs of Hope Gap, an overlook point the three of them fre- quent. There are no winners in a divorce. No losers, either. Just a narrowing sense of loneliness disconnecting you from all the good in the world. At first, it seems eternal. But, as Grace tells Jamie: “After a while, it stops being interesting.” The pain dulls, the grass greens and grows, poetic words once again fill the soul and life goes on. BOULDER COUNTY’S INDEPENDENT VOICE
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For more information and to RSVP visit: Naropa.edu/Experience
On March 21, Naropa University will throw open its doors to prospective graduate and undergraduate students from across the country and around the world at Experience Naropa—a whirlwind of activity designed to open minds, spark creativity, and begin to create the bonds of community. Tour campus, attend sample classes, and meet students and faculty who are changing the world for the better. Come for the answers to your questions, and stick around for an engaging afternoon full of lively activities and passionate people. For prospective students, family, and friends.
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Tickets for Blackbelly’s first Bites with Butchers event on April 17 are now on sale. A $90 ticket gets you access to a butchery and cooking demo with Head Butcher Isaac Sullenger and Chefs Hosea Rosenberg and Arun Astraelis;; hors d’oevres and a spread of food;; cocktails and local beer;; and more goodies. The April event’s theme is “CHARCbite: The Making of Charcuterie and Cured Meats.” Head to black- belly.com/upcoming-events for tickets and info on other Bites with Butchers events. BOULDER WEEKLY
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West End Tavern’s brunch menu is not limited to $3 mimosas and $5 bloody marys. No, the kitchen’s brunch plates — from chicken and waffles to huevos rancheros and brisket benedict — are exceptional upstylings of classic mid-morning staples. We tried the You Name It plate on a recent visit, a mish-mash of thick avocado toast, fried eggs, fresh greens and, the pièce de résistance, an irresistible smoked trout salad. Combine all the ele- ments into one smoky, earthy, creamy, fatty, palate-electrifying bite and the rest of your day will be made by the time you roll out onto Pearl Street.
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On Tuesday, Feb. 25, the Boulder County Commissioners announced the 2020 Sustainable Food and Agricultural Fund recipients, which will help local farms fund regenerative ag improvements and programs. Recipients are: Ollin Farms ($40,000 to build on-farm demonstration areas for sustainable farming techniques), McCauley Family Farms ($40,000 to build soil-regener- ation units), Cure Organic Farms (for cover crops, cre- ating a native pollinator habitat, decreasing erosion and more), Aspen Moon Farms ($55,000 for heritage grain production). Cottonwood Farm, Black Cat Farms and Skypilot Farms were also recipients. I
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Q DRINK OF THE WEEK Then and now: Longmont
Five iconic Longmont beers
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s far as the economists are con- cerned, Longmont’s beer scene is a “cluster:” a dense network of compa- nies and institutions concentrated within a specific geography. You’ve heard the aphorism: A rising tide lifts all boats? Clusters are the tide. Though it sounds desirable to operate without competition, lone businesses exist in a vacuum. They have little to no buying power, a small pool of candidates to hire from, and lack an edu- cated consumer base. Multiple businesses alleviate those problems. They can partner and acquire resources at a lower cost, can trade employees and information freely, even share customers. Longmont’s beer scene is one of the best examples of a cluster around. Thirty years ago, Longmont was home to 50,000 people but zero breweries. Today, the city is home to 95,000 and 11 breweries, two of which have extended the Colorado identity beyond American borders. You’ll find that story in this month’s Insider Longmont (in print in Longmont, online at boulderweekly.com/spe- cial-editions). And since any story about beer goes better with one, here are five that helped build the Longmont beer scene. Sawtooth Ale, Left Hand Brewing Company. The first beer Left Hand brewed was Sawtooth — an amber ale in the English bitter tradition. Because, as cofounder Eric Wallace explains, “Colorado was amber beer-driven. If you didn’t have an amber, you were nobody.” Featuring chewy malt, herbal hops and a balanced drinking experience that’s hard to beat, Sawtooth set the
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stage for future fla- vors. Nowadays, you can find it nitro- genized, which gives the brew an extra creaminess and highlights the dry, nutty flavor of the malts. It’s still one of their best sellers — number two behind another nitro offering (more on No. 1 to the right). Dale’s Pale Ale, Oskar Blues Brewery. Defiant, proud and volumi- nously hopped, Dale’s Pale Ale set the scene as Colorado’s original craft beer in a can. Caramel in color with a large pile of loose, rocky foam, Dale’s is citrusy and floral on the nose, slightly sweet and full-bodied in the mouth, and features a punch of bitterness for good measure. Lush Puppy Juicy IPA, Bootstrap Brewing Co. “Lush” is the perfect descriptor. Cloudy haze and a large pile of rocky foam in the glass, an aroma of vibrant tropi- cal fruit, the taste of fresh oranges and soft citrus in the mouth, and a coating finish that gives the feeling of a full meal. It’s like breakfast during happy hour and vice versa. Wibby IPL, Wibby Brewing. Bringing together the best of both worlds, IPL (India pale lager) is a bock beer (strong lager) with loads of late-addition American hops. It’s got a lovely candy apple red appearance, an aroma of hoppy pine and citrus, and a clean and malty finish. ShibbleShabble, Primitive Beer. This 2-year-old beer was spontaneously fermented, barrel-aged and then blended to produce a sparkling nose of citrus, resin and a whiff of black tea. The mouth is a symphony of stony min- erality, citrus, funky yeast and vinous complexity.
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eer fests are fun. If you’re an attendee. Working one is a differ- ent story. It involves a good deal of patience, and unflappable faith that the beer you’re pouring will resonate with hundreds of ticket buyers — many of whom are there for the atmosphere, not the beer. “Give me the least beer-y beer you got,” Left Hand’s cofounder Eric Wallace recounts. “And I say, ‘How about I give you something that’s totally different?’” He pours them Milk Stout — a dark, malty, slightly sweet concoction that catches most off guard. “People go, ‘I didn’t know beer could taste like this,’” Wallace says. Brewed with six stan- dard malts and two clas- sic hops, Milk Stout has a hit of lactose (unferment- ed milk sugar) to give the body an extra silkiness and a dollop of sweetness in the taste. It weighs in at 6% alcohol by volume and goes down without a fight. The nose is a little nutty with a hint of brown sugar. The roasted malts are subtle, the lactose is sweet, and the hops clean everything up. Solid stuff, but quaff it on nitro, and Milk Stout starts singing a bawdier tune. There’s a sexiness to the hiss and gurgle of the pour, the tight, tiny bubbles cascading up the glass, the thick collar of foam on top, the velvety mouthfeel... No wonder it bears the moniker “America’s Stout.”
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Chef and CU professor Carmen Pacheco-Borden on molé
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armen Pacheco-Borden is one of two things, and possibly both: She’s either not your average mechanical engineer- ing professor or she’s not your average molé maker. Six years ago, Pacheco-Borden left her full-time job lecturing on engi- neering at CU-Boulder (she’s still part- time) to follow a passion: molé. “I immigrated from Mexico when I was 13, so food is very important to me,” Pacheco-Borden says. “And every time I would go to the farmer’s market here in Boulder, I would be like, ‘Oh, I want to be there, you know?’ But it was crazy because, why — I’m not a farmer. But then I said, they could use a very good salsa, like what they serve in Mexico. And then I thought they didn’t have molés either.” Molé is much more than we’ve been conditioned to think in the U.S. “Molé” means “sauce” in the Nahuatl language and encompasses everything from that familiar, thick, brown, choco- latey stuff (molé negro from Oaxaca) to vibrant red chile (Sonora) to guacamo- le. Though rooted in centuries of culi- nary history, molé as we know it today is a product of an imperialized world, Pacheco-Borden says. “Molé is a fusion cuisine,” she says. “It could not exist as it is now without the Spaniards invading because they brought the spices.” Remembering the flavors of
jarred molé from around Mexico and the red molé of her native Sonora, Pacheco-Borden tried to recreate recipes in her kitch- en, with an eye toward bringing them, eventually, to the Boulder Farmers Market. But she couldn’t get the flavors quite right, so she went to molé mecca: Oaxaca. There, she rented an Airbnb and took classes on making a variety of tra- ditional molés. But there was one that inspired her most. “The one that touched my heart was the molé negro, because it was the most complex, and I like challeng- es,” she says. Famous for its ingredient list, with some varieties using more than 30 items, molé negro is notoriously time- consuming. Each ingredient requires tedious preparation, and everything, from the spices to the herbs to the veg- etables, are best when ground, chopped and/or roasted fresh. So after returning to Colorado, Pacheco-Borden developed a recipe and honed the tech- niques she learned on her pilgrimage. When the proof was in the molé, she brought a few varieties to the Farmers Market. As it turned out, the venue was the best, and maybe only, outlet for Pacheco-Borden’s molé. “I like to cook from scratch,” Pacheco-Borden says. “The system
right now is not designed for that. Like if you want to get into a grocery store, you have to delegate what you do to a co-packer, and then those folks do things simple so that they can be auto- mated. I mean, they’re not roast- ing tomatoes and making sure they’re all peeled.” That attention to detail has won her molés and salsas many loyal fans and growing regional acclaim. As a result of her work, Pacheco-Borden was recently elected as a Boulder County Farmers Markets board member. She says the position enables her to ensure people from far and wide, with ideas like bringing molé to the masses, get their chances at success. “I feel like we need to be repre- sented on the board because there could be other vendors like me that I would like to be part of decisions in the future for the Boulder market,” she says. And, Pacheco-Borden’s molés are finding their way into local restaurants. Centro is hosting a four-course molé dinner with Pacheco-Borden’s regional sauces on March 8, though that event is sold out. Fortunately, you can stop by Centro all month long to sample dishes with Pacheco-Borden’s molés. Visit carmenssalsa.com for more information.
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attempt your own version of Pacheco-Borden’s 30-ingredient molé negro, divide the ingredients into food groups: nuts and seeds;; spices and herbs;; vegetables;; peppers;; and other. For nuts and seeds, Pacheco-Borden uses pecans, almonds, sesame seeds and pumpkin seeds and roasts them to release their oils. They provide thickness when mac- erated, which allows Pacheco-Borden to forgo the traditional addition of bread. For the spices and herbs, buy whole spices and grind them fresh into your molé mixture. Restraint is advised on spices like cumin, cloves and anise — “Cumin is like a noisy aunt,” Pacheco-Borden says. “A little goes a long way.” Aromatic herbs like orega- no, thyme and marjoram provide fragrance. Vegetables like tomatoes, tomatillos onions and garlic are refined first — they must be caramelized, which is typically done on a flat, dry-roasting comal. For peppers, Pacheco-Borden uses three dried and then rehydrated varieties: ancho, pasilla negro and the chilhuacle, which is native to Oaxaca and tricky to find in the U.S. It helps gives molé negro a chocolate flavor. As does chocolate, of course, which Pacheco-Borden roasts and grinds from cacao beans herself. To balance the bitter- ness, raisins are added for sweetness. Thin your molé with water or chicken broth. Now, you go figure out the other dozen ingredients. Or, just get Pacheco-Borden’s version at the Farmers Market.
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eties, ranging from vanilla bean to chocolate crème, are crafted next-door at The Riverside event center by pastry chef Ethel Calderin. The small menu includes breakfast tacos, and Calderin’s Miami roots shine in a spot-on creamed cheese and guava paste hand pie. Another unlikely doughnut outpost is the Motorrad Cafe, an Airstream trailer in the parking lot for the dirt bike-focused House of Motorrad east of 30th St. and north of Pearl Parkway in Boulder. Erik Hotaling makes raditionally, after long and successful lives else- yeasty dense puffs of dough in simple varieties like cin- where in the U.S., doughnut shop chains come namon sugar, honey cider and powdered sugar. to Boulder County to die. Doughnuts are on the menu every day for lunch at Deep-fried dough — filled and topped with OAK at fourteenth, better known for fine dining. Only one sweetness — has always had a tough time flavor is made each day and only about 20 doughnuts, dovetailing with our local devotion to fitness, protein and each topped with a doughnut hole. “The idea was to make yoga pants. In the shadow of the Flatirons, doughnuts a dessert people could grab quickly,” says OAK chef equal guilt. Steve Redzikowski. “We’ll run out right away sometimes History is a sad parade of doughnut emporia that and people are so disappointed.” OAK’s changing flavors have gone under in these parts including the recent have included lemon meringue, hazelnut s’mores and Daylight Donuts, Tastefully Toasted, K’s Donuts, Dizzy’s creamsicle, with Colorado peach doughnuts every August. Donuts and Winchell’s. My friends on a Boulder history At Petite Fleur, the French bakery inside Boulder’s Facebook page reminded me of the city’s many inde- Rosetta Hall, pastry chef Julia Wirichs offers glazed and pendent spots over the last 50 years such as Dixie cinnamon sugar vegan doughnuts. Other daily doughnut Cream, Spudnuts, Norm’s Donuts, German’s Donuts and fixes include Stem Cider doughnuts at Acreage, beignets Rogers Donut Shop. at Lucile’s Creole Café and churros at Centro. It’s not like Boulder County is doughnut-free. A hand- The line at Blackbelly Market is getting longer now ful of chain doughnut operations survive in the area. A that pastry chef Lisa Balcom turns out a limited number few bakeries make them, and most supermarkets and of brioche doughnuts on Fridays. Flavors range from gas stations sell doughnuts. But genuinely great fresh Boston cream to a maple-frosted and coated in house- doughnuts are few and far between. smoked bacon bits. Into this doughnut void have stepped devoted chefs Meanwhile, the varieties change every week — and bakers. Whether you are a fan of yeast-raised we’re talking yeast-raised Boston cream, chai-frosted, bready doughnuts or denser cake versions and churros, espresso-glazed or sour cherry jam-filled — but the there are tucked-away places in Boulder County that result’s the same at Shamane’s Bake Shoppe. “They all traffic the scratch-made treats. disappear right away on doughnut Thursday,” says Freshly reopened, the Farmstand at Arapahoe and owner Shamane Simons. Broadway in Boulder is a coffee shop in the office of the former gas station opposite Alfalfa’s Market. The coffee is COLORADO GETS ITS FOOD GROOVE ON drip and there is no seating but the counter glows with I was a Boulder food editor in the early 1990s when trays of well-made yeasted and cake doughnuts. The vari- the James Beard Awards were created to honor chefs
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and food writers. Every year the organization would query me about my nominations for chefs and restau- rants and then promptly ignore Colorado in the nomina- tions and winners. It took years for a handful of eateries in Aspen, Denver and finally, Boulder, to be recognized by the Oscars of dining. That makes the recent list of semi-finalists for the 2020 James Beard Awards a vindication with 18 Colorado chefs, restaurant owners, eateries, bars and a distiller represented. Last year there were only eight. They even created a new award for Best Chef: THE FARM STAND Mountain instead of lumping on the corner of Colorado in with Texas. Arapahoe and Boulder’s perennial honoree Broadway in Boulder is one of Frasca Food and Wine is up for several places to Outstanding Restaurant and its get fresh doughDenver spinoff, Sunday Vinyl, is list- tnuts in Boulder County. ed for Best New Restaurant. Kelly Whitaker — of Boulder’s Basta and Dry Storage — is nominated for The Wolf’s Tailor in Denver. Denver eateries nominated include Bar Dough, Beckon, Hop Alley, Spuntino, Super Mega Bien and Annette. Colorado Springs offers Four by Brother Luck and the Penrose Room and Grand Junction has Bin 707 Foodbar. Other Colorado nominees include Element 47 (Aspen), Leopold Spirits, restaurateurs Jennifer Jasinski and Beth Gruitch, Sushi Den and Williams & Graham. Few will make the final ballot but use this list as a guide to the state’s stellar food and drink options. WORDS TO CHEW ON “There is no one healthy diet. We have a lot of lati- tude. That’s the lesson from studying diet cross-cultural- ly. You see that people have been healthy on a huge range of foods.” — Michael Pollan John Lehndorff hosts Radio Nibbles on KGNU (kgnu.org). BOULDER COUNTY’S INDEPENDENT VOICE
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SEPT. 23-OCT. 22: Certain  artists  are Â
BY ROB BREZSNY ARIES
MARCH 21-APRIL 19: Progress  rarely  unfolds  in  a  glori-Â
ous,  ever-Ârising  upward  arc.  The  more  usual  pattern  is  gradual  and  uneven.  Each  modest  ascent  is  followed  by  a  phase  of  retrenchment  and  integration.  In  the  best- case  scenario,  the  most  recent  ascent  reaches  a  higher  level  than  the  previous  ascent.  By  my  estimate,  you’re  in  one  of  those  periods  of  retrenchment  and  integration  right  now,  Aries.  It’s  understandable  if  you  feel  a  bit  unenthusiastic  about  it.  But  I’m  here  to  tell  you  that  it’s  crucial  to  your  next  ascent.  Let  it  work  its  subtle  magic.
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beyond  my  full  comprehension.  Maybe  I’m  not  smart  enough  to  understand  their  cre- ations  or  I’m  not  deep  enough  to  fathom  why  their  work  is  considered  important.  For  example,  I  don’t  enjoy  or  admire  the  operas  of  Wagner  or  the  art  of  Mark  Rothko.  Same  with  the  music  of  Drake  or  the  novels  of  Raymond  Carter  or  the  art  of  Andy  Warhol.  The  problem  is  with  me,  not  them.  I  don’t  try  to  claim  they’re  overrated  or  mediocre.  Now  I  urge  you  to  do  what  I  just  did,  Libra,  only  on  a  broader  scale.  Acknowledge  that  some  of  the  people  and  ideas  and  art  and  situations  you  can’t  appreciate  are  not  necessarily  faulty  or  wrong  or  inadequate.  Their  value  may  simply  be  impossible  for  you  to  recognize.  It’s  a  perfect  time  for  you  to  under- take  this  humble  work.  I  suspect  it  will  be  liberating.
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alignment  with  cosmic  rhythms  if  you  regard  the  next  three  weeks  as  a  time  of  graduation.  I  encourage  you  to  take  inventory  of  the  lessons  you’ve  been  studying  since  your  birthday  in  2019.  How  have  you  done  in  your  efforts  to  foster  interesting,  synergistic  intimacy?  Are  you  more  passionately  devoted  to  what  you  love?  Have  you  responded  brightly  as  life  has  pushed  you  to  upgrade  the  vigor  and  rigor  of  your  commitments?  Just  for  fun,  give  yourself  a  grade  for  those  “classes,â€?  as  well  as  any  others  that  have  been  important.  Then  —  again,  just  for  fun  —  draw  up  a  homemade  diploma  for  yourself  to  commemorate  and  honor  your  work. Â
animated  films  and  TV  shows  for  over  60  years.  His  work  has  been  influential.  “I’m  the  biggest  ripped-Âoff  cartoonist  in  the  history  of  the  world,â€?  he  says.  Milder  versions  of  his  experience  are  not  uncommon  for  many  Scorpios.  People  are  prone  to  copying  you  and  borrow- ing  from  you  and  even  stealing  from  you.  They  don’t  always  consciously  know  they’re  doing  it,  and  they  may  not  offer  you  proper  appreciation.  I’m  guessing  that  something  like  this  phenomenon  may  be  happening  for  you  right  now.  My  advice?  First,  be  pleased  about  how  much  clout  you’re  wielding.  Second,  if  anyone  is  borrowing  from  you  without  making  the  proper  acknowl- edgment,  speak  up  about  it.
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MAY 21-JUNE 20: Are  you  ready  to  seize  a  more  proactive Â
role  in  shaping  what  happens  in  the  environments  you  share  with  cohorts?  Do  you  have  any  interest  in  exert- ing  leadership  to  enhance  the  well-Âbeing  of  the  groups  that  are  important  to  you?  Now  is  an  excellent  time  to  take  brave  actions  that  will  raise  the  spirits  and  boost  the  fortunes  of  allies  whose  fates  are  intermingled  with  yours.  I  hope  you’ll  be  a  role  model  for  the  art  of  pleas- ing  oneself  while  being  of  service  others.
NOV. 22-DEC. 21: “Vainly  I  sought  nourishment  in  shadows  and  errors,â€?  wrote  author  Jorge  Luis  Borges.  We  have  all  been  guilty  of  miscalculations  like  those.  Each  of  us  has  sometimes  put  our  faith  in  people  and  ideas  that  weren’t  worthy  of  us.  None  of  us  is  so  wise  that  we  always  choose  influences  that  provide  the  healthiest  fuel.  That’s  the  bad  news,  Sagittarius.  The  good  news  is  that  you  now  have  excellent  instincts  about  where  to  find  the  best  long-Âterm  nourishment. Â
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(1905-Â1975)  was  an  influential  intellectual  and  liter- ary  critic.  One  of  his  heroes  was  another  influential  intellectual  and  literary  critic,  Edmund  Wilson.  On  one  occasion,  Trilling  was  using  a  urinal  in  a  men’s  room  at  the  New  School  for  Social  Research  in  New  York.  Imagine  how  excited  he  was  when  Wilson,  whom  he  had  never  met,  arrived  to  use  the  urinal  right  next  to  his.  Now  imagine  his  further  buoyancy  when  Wilson  not  only  spoke  to  Trilling  but  also  expressed  familiarity  with  his  work.  I  foresee  similar  luck  or  serendipity  com- ing  your  way  soon:  seemingly  unlikely  encounters  with  interesting  resources  and  happy  accidents  that  inspire  your  self-Âconfidence.
woman  tells  the  truth  she  is  creating  the  possibility  for  more  truth  around  her.â€?  I  believe  this  same  assertion  is  true  about  people  of  all  genders.  I  also  suspect  that  right  now  you  are  in  a  particularly  pivotal  position  to  be  a  candid  revealer:  to  enhance  and  refine  everyone’s  truth-Âtelling  by  being  a  paragon  of  honesty  yourself.  To  achieve  the  best  results,  I  encourage  you  to  think  creatively  about  what  exactly  it  means  for  you  to  tell  the  deep  and  entire  truth.
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JULY 23-AUG. 22: Poet  Conee  Berdera  delivered  a  poignant  message  to  her  most  valuable  possession:  the  flesh  and  blood  vehicle  that  serves  as  sanctuary  for  all  her  yearnings,  powers  and  actions.  “My  beloved  body,�  she  writes,  “I  am  so  sorry  I  did  not  love  you  enough.�  Near  the  poem’s  end  she  vows  “to  love  and  cherish�  her  body.  I  wish  she  would  have  been  even  more  forceful,  saying  something  like,  “From  now  on,  dear  body,  I  promise  to  always  know  exactly  what  you  need  and  give  it  to  you  with  all  my  ingenuity  and  panache.�  Would  you  consider  making  such  a  vow  to  your  own  most  valuable  possession,  Leo?  It’s  a  favorable  time  to  do  so.
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AUG. 23-SEPT. 22: Luckily,  the  turning  point  you  have  arrived  at  doesn’t  present  you  with  20  different  possible  futures.  You  don’t  have  to  choose  from  among  a  welter  of  paths  headed  in  disparate  directions.  There  are  only  a  few  viable  options  to  study  and  think  about.  Still,  I’d  like  to  see  you  further  narrow  down  the  alternatives.  I  hope  you’ll  use  the  process  of  elimination  as  you  get  even  clearer  about  what  you  don’t  want.  Let  your  fine  mind  gather  a  wealth  of  detailed  information  and  objec- tive  evidence,  then  hand  over  the  final  decision  to  your  intuition.
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Dear GEAR: First thought: If gay men col- lapsed into puddles every time someone assumed we were straight, GEAR, we’d have to be reclassified as a liquid. Dear Dan: I’m a straight man who Second thought: As a enjoys the erotic “mummification” gay man, I’m sometimes annoyed when experience. My wife finds the process people assume I’m straight. But it’s not of wrapping me in cling film and duct an unreasonable assumption, since most tape extremely tedious, as it takes people are straight. It’s also rarely a mali- more than an hour and she doesn’t cious assumption. Similarly, GEAR, since derive pleasure from it. So we decid- all of the men who’ve commissioned this ed to invest in a sleep Etsy artisan to make them sack, which will shorten ROMAN ROBINSON sleep sacks in the past the process consider- have been gay, the ably. I found a leather assumption he made about artisan on Etsy who you wasn’t unreasonable. makes them to order. And it’s hard to see malice During a video chat in it. The offense you’ve about sizing, the artisan taken, on the other hand, made a reference to the strikes me as both unrea- “lucky man” who would sonable and malicious;; it’s be putting me in my unreasonable in that you sleep sack. I informed would come crying to a him I am straight. He queer person about some- apologized, saying that thing like this, and it’s mali- in his experience, it is mostly gay men cious in that your reaction is so obviously who invest in this type of gear. I was rooted in homophobia (so what if some nevertheless offended by his assump- dude thought you might be gay?) and yet tion. Your thoughts? you came crying to a gay man about it. —Got Extremely Affronted Recently Final thought: Whereas a straight
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person who’s assumed to be gay can correct the record without fear, a gay per- son who’s assumed to be straight has to do a risk assessment first: Is this person going to freak out or get violent? Having to do those sorts of risk assessments all your life — starting in childhood with your own family — can take an emotional toll. So instead of being angry or offended by this experience, GEAR, you should be grateful that you can say, “Actually, I’m straight,” without having to worry about being punched in your stupid face or kicked out of your parents’ house. Dear Dan: Honest question: If you, being a homosexual, don’t die from HIV, will you have to wear a diaper before the age of 42? Optional question: What does a prolapsed rectum look like? I bet you can describe it without doing an image search. —Sickening Homosexuals Are Malignant Errors Dear SHAME: Honest answers: I know you meant this to be hate mail, SHAME, but I’m just thrilled someone out there thinks I’m not 42 yet. Also, I’m HIV-negative — last time I checked — but even if I were to seroconvert (go from HIV-negative to HIV-positive), a person with HIV who has access to
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meds can expect to live as long as a person without HIV. Also, a person with HIV who is on meds and has a zero viral load (no trace of the virus can be detect- ed in their blood) cannot infect another person. So even if I were to contract HIV after all these years, SHAME, I would likely live long enough to die of some- thing else, and, once I got on meds, I couldn’t pass HIV on to anyone else. And quickly: I’m way past 42 and not in a diaper yet, thank you very much. And while some people think a prolapsed rectum looks like a rosebud, I happen to think a prolapsed rectum looks like a ball of lean hamburger. And the first one I ever saw — and, no, I didn’t need to do an image search because it makes a real impression — was in straight porn, not gay porn. P.S. If you can’t think about gay men without thinking about our poops and the diapers you hope we’re wearing and our meaty prolapsed rectums, SHAME, that says a lot more about you than it does about gay people. On the Lovecast, get serious with comedian Cameron Esposito: savagel- ovecast.com. Send emails to mail@savagelove.net, follow Dan on Twitter @FakeDanSavage and visit ITMFA.org.
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he  number  of  seniors  who  are  using  mari- juana  just  keeps  going  up  —  in  fact,  the  number  nearly  doubled  between  2015  and  2018,  according  to  recently  released  research  out  of  New  York  University.  Led  by  Joseph  Palamar,  the  NYU  team  sur- veyed  more  than  15,000  older  folks  —  65  years Â
old  and  up  —  and  found  that  4.2%  reported  using  marijuana  in  some  form  (as  compared  to  2.4%  in  2015),  with  certain  groups  appearing  to  be  more  likely  to  use.  For  example,  men  were  nearly  twice  as  likely  to  use  marijuana  compared  to  women  (though  there  was  a  whopping  93%  increase  in  the  num- ber  of  female  seniors  who  reported  using  marijua- na).  College-Âeducated  seniors  were  more  likely  to  use  it  than  those  with  only  a  high  school  degree  or  less,  as  were  those  with  higher  incomes  and Â
those  who  were  married.  Palamar  has  been  researching  marijuana  use  among  American  seniors  for  the  last  decade  using  data  from  the  National  Survey  on  Drug  Use  and  Health.  The  number  of  seniors  who  admit  to  using  marijuana  has  risen  sharply  since  2006,  with  less  than  1%  (0.4%)  of  seniors  reporting  using  mari- juana  products  that  year.  “Marijuana  use  among  seniors  is  not  bouncing  up  and  down  like  with  other  drugs,â€?  Palamar  told  CNN  in  late  February.  “It’s  a  straight  line  up.â€? The  survey  asks  questions  about  “marijuana,  hashish,  pot,  grass  and  hash  oil  use  either  smoked  or  ingested,â€?  but  doesn’t  ask  directly  about  more  contempo- rary  methods  of  delivery  such  as  THC  or  CBD  topicals  or  pills.  While  the  survey  didn’t  directly  ask  seniors  if  they  were  using  mari- juana  specifically  for  medical  bene- fits,  Palamar  told  HealthDay  News  he  thinks  this  is  the  case. “From  what  I  see,  I  think  a  lot  of  older  people  are  using  weed  more  for  medical  reasons  rather  than  recreational  reasons,â€?  Palamar  said.  “I  know  someone  in  this  age  group  who  [thought]  never  in  a  million  years  [would  they] use  marijuana.  She  eats  a  marijuana  gummy  every  night  to  help  her  sleep,  because  she  feels  it  helps  better  than  anything  else.  I  think  this  is  becoming  more  common.â€? But  Palamar  stresses  that  seniors  —  even  though  they  may  have  used  pot  heavily  in  their  youth  —  need  to  be  careful. Â
“If  you’re  in  your  late  60s  or  70s  and  you  haven’t  smoked  weed  in  decades  and  you  reiniti- ate  weed  one  day,  you  might  not  know  what  to  expect,â€?  Palamar  told  HealthDay  News.  “Your  body  is  much  different  in  your  60s  than  it  was  when  you  were  a  teenager.  You  might  not  be  able  to  handle  it,  especially  considering  that  weed  appears  to  be  getting  more  potent.â€? Tracy  Mahaven,  an  associate  professor  of  pharmacy  practice  of  the  University  of  Wyoming,  told  CNN  that  seniors  need  to  consider  the  pre- scription  medication  they  are  taking  when  they  decide  to  use  marijuana.  She  specifically  pointed  to  the  the  blood  thinner  warfarin.  “Marijuana  may  increase  the  serum  concen- trations  of  warfarin  and  increase  the  risk  for  bleeds,â€?  Mahvan  said.  Then  there  are  concerns  about  dizziness,  falls  and  short-Âterm  memory  loss  (which  can  lead  to  forgetting  to  take  important  medications).  “Cannabis  use  was  very  stigmatized  in  the  past  but  now  we  have  all  these  new  laws  passing  about  medical  use  of  cannabis,  so  people  are  curious  to  see  if  it  is  something  that  can  be  used  to  treat  their  chronic  disease,â€?  NYU  study  co- author  Benjamin  Han  told  STAT. Han  stressed  how  important  it  is  for  health  care  providers  to  be  aware  of  growing  marijuana  use  among  seniors,  and  be  prepared  to  talk  about  the  potential  benefits  and  side  effects.  “As  health  care  providers,  we  don’t  do  a  very  good  job  of  screening  older  patients  for  substance  use,â€?  Han  said.  “This  is  something  we  need  to  be  asking,  and  be  prepared  to  answer  any  questions  about.â€?  The  study  was  published  Feb.  24  in  JAMA  Internal  Medicine. Â
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week before Israelis went to the polls for the third time in less than a year — the previous two elections failed to produce a coalition of parties with enough seats to form a govern- ment — incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s views on marijuana legalization “evolved.” According to Jacob Sullum writing in Reason, a lib- ertarian magazine, Netanyahu announced that his caretaker government was studying legaliza- tion of marijuana for recreational use, following a model similar to Canada’s. Netanyahu tweeted in Hebrew that Amir Ohana, Israel’s Justice Minister, “has begun work on the issue, and he will head a commit- tee including professionals and Oren Leibovich, chairman of the Green Leaf Party, that will investigate importing the Canadian model for regulation of a legal market in Israel.” The tweet also called for expunging tens of thousands of criminal records of marijuana possession convictions. The inclusion of the Green Leaf Party’s Leibovich on the study committee is notable. The Green Leaf Party is a splinter party whose raison d’être was marijuana legalization, although it subsequently broadened its interests to include other libertarian and green issues. The party has been around in one form or another since the 1990s, but has never won a seat in Israel’s 120- seat parliament, the Knesset. However, in each of two previous elections it attracted more than 45,000 votes. Heading into the latest election, which was held last Monday, Netanyahu’s Likud Party was engaged in a torrid, nasty campaign against the Blue and White Party, a recently formed party headed by Benny Gantz, a former Israeli army chief of staff, which left the two parties scrambling for every vote.
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Following Netanyahu’s tweet, Green Leaf Party leader Leibovich said he believed “that this week we made a significant step on the path to a legal cannabis market in Israel.” “I think this is something that should have been done a long time ago, and I appreciate the prime min- ister who paid attention, met with me, heard me and made the right decision,” he added.
Leibovich also said that he made overtures to every party (there were more than two dozen compet- ing in the election) but that Netanyahu was the only politician that showed any interest. The Green Leaf Party didn’t run candidates in the latest election. So how did “evolution” on marijuana legalization work out for Netanyahu? Evolution is driven by the sur- vival of the fittest, and by that measure Netanyahu’s evolved view sure didn’t hurt him. With more than 99% of voting precincts reporting, his Likud Party was on track to win 36 seats, up from the 32 Likud won in September 2019. Moreover the coalition of right-wing
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parties led by Likud was on track to win 59 seats, two seats short of the 61 needed to form a government, but a seven-seat improvement from what the bloc won in the September 2019 election. As in the United States, recreational marijuana legalization isn’t an issue uppermost in very many voters’ minds when they decide how to cast their bal- lots. The Green Leaf Party’s 45,000-plus-vote hauls in earlier elections is probably a measure of the upper-number of “pot rights first” voters in Israel. But there is probably a larger pool of late deciding voters for whom marijuana legalization may have been a tie-breaking issue. It will be interesting to see if the post-elec- tion analysis will be able to sieve out the impact of Netanyahu’s marijuana evolution on the final outcome. But it’s already pretty obvi- ous it didn’t hurt. It will also be interesting to see if Trump chooses to take a page out of Netanyahu’s playbook when it comes to pot. Bernie Sanders has been making federal marijuana legalization on day one of a Sanders presiden- cy a major talking point of his campaign. The Controlled Substances Act explicitly gives the president the authority to remove a drug from regula- tion under the act by executive order. Sanders sees this as a way of mobilizing younger voters, who over- whelmingly favor legalization but who historically under-perform when it comes to voting. Trump could preempt him on the issue by doing it himself before the election. And since both Biden and Bloomberg want to keep marijuana illegal, promising to delist marijuana would be a way of appealing to disgruntled Sanders supporters if either managed to wrest the nomination from Bernie.
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Boulder – 1144 Pearl St. 303-443-PIPE Westminster – 3001 W. 74th Ave. 303-426-6343 Wheat Ridge –10601 W Interstate 70 Frontage Rd N. 303-284-1855 Highlands Ranch – 7130 E. County Line Rd. 303-740-5713 Denver – 2046 Arapahoe in LoDo 303-295-PIPE
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“Cannabis Corner” on page 53.
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SALE
2o-$25/GRAM
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Not too bad! b-grade Flower
8o Ounce* Specials
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2 half gram joints*
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