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THE BUZZ ABOUT BEES AND PESTICIDE / 6 Harvard study identifies possible cause of colony collapse disorder

by Pamela White ON THE COVER: NIPPING 4/20 IN THE BUD / 11 How far will CU administrators go to prevent the smoke-out?

by Amanda Moutinho ANATOMY OF A MISTAKE / 13 City’s August 2000 purchase of Valmont Butte was flawed on multiple levels Ghosts of Valmont Butte Series, Part 8

by Jefferson Dodge, Joel Dyer and Elizabeth Miller

buzz DANCE ROCK / 29 Ballet Nouveau Colorado presents an unlikely mix of ballet and rock ’n’ roll

by David Accomazzo Arts and Culture: Tribute to Johnny Cash hits all the right notes / 32 Arts & Culture: Winogrand photographs capture women as they were / 32 Overtones: Counting Crows cover songs for songwriters / 37 Panorama: What to do and where to go / 39 Reel 2 Reel: Pick your flick / 45 Screen: Titanic 3D / 46 Cuisine: Sweet or savory? Rhubarb offers endless possibilities / 48 Cooking with Cynicism: Fresh pasta and vegetarian Bolognese / 48 Cuisine Review: Tortugas / 49

departments Letters: Photo of black actor?; Advice for the disabled / 5 The Highroad: Paying for Perry-the-Pretender’s presidential run / 5 In Case You Missed It: A matter of perspective; Accountability, centered / 8 Boulderganic: Green pets / 21 Adventure: Professional at a higher level / 24 Free Will Astrology: by Rob Brezsny / 55 Boulder Marketplace: Your community resource / 58

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Photo of black actor?

(Re: “He came, he saw, he kvetched,” Arts and Culture, March 29.) I appreciate the good words for Byron Thompson, the lead “Sherry” in the play however, a picture including Mr. Thompson would have been appropriate.

I know that the play was advertised with just the picture of the family with the lead part as a surprise … why was it such a surprise that a black man could play the part? Anyway, this was Byron’s first play, he did absolutely fantastic and should have been recognized by a picture!

I saw this play in Long Beach, Calif., in the ’70s. The lead was James Whitmore … Byron was just as good as James, in my opinion. My friends and I enjoyed the play so much.

Thanks to Byron for a fantastic “night out,” and kudos to all actors.

Jeanne Weber/Frederick

Advice for the disabled

(Re: “Penny Wise,” cover story, March 29.) I was glad to see Boulder Weekly highlight the challenges facing those with disabilities, as well as the

people who have stepped up to care for them, in its recent “Penny Wise” story.

There are nearly 4,000 people in Boulder receiving Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits, and people like Mr. Celias, who is blind and was profiled in the article, are proof that those with disabilities need a strong support system.

While it was not addressed in the story, it’s important that people like Mr. Celias also access financial advocates to help them receive federal disability benefits if they can no longer work.

Far too many people in this situation face foreclosure on their homes

or bankruptcy because they aren’t able to earn an income and have mounting medical bills on top of their other expenses. According to an Allsup survey of pending SSDI claimants, 15 percent waiting for a decision are in or expect to be in foreclosure proceedings.

In addition, 5 percent faced bankruptcy.

If you or a loved one are facing a disability that prevents employment, don’t wait to apply. Since the qualifying process for SSDI can take months — sometimes years — it’s crucial not to waste any time.

Seek out the help of a friend or professional expert who can keep you

on track with securing the proper medical records, filling out paperwork (which can be time-consuming and complicated) and meeting deadlines, all of which are critical to receiving Social Security disability benefits.

It’s important to note free assistance is available to help determine if you are eligible for the benefits you have paid for in FICA tax dollars, especially during what could be your most challenging life experience yet.

Jim Allsup/via Internet Editor’s note: Allsup is founder and CEO of Allsup, a provider of Social Security Disability Insurance representation and Medicare plan selection services.

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alism. But — oops — Rick keeps failing to remember these principles when it comes to spending taxpayer’s money on his own individual desires.

For example, in his grandiose desire to be president, this tightfisted champion of taxpayers dipped liberally into the public till to have Texas taxpayers subsidize his failed run.

Perry essentially abandoned the state and his gubernatorial duties for about six months — but the no-show governor kept billing us for his $150,000-a-year paycheck. It turns out that he was also double-dipping, by taking another $90,000 a year in pension payments — even though he’s not retired. Two state checks a month for doing nothing — good work if you can get it!

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Paying for Perry-thePretender’s presidential run

by Jim Hightower

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This one is even stupider than Perry’s failure to remember his own lines in a presidential debate. It has to do with his fierce opposition to spending taxpayers’ money and his firm stand for rootie-toot-toot rugged individuBoulder Weekly

us for at least $3.6 million For more information on Jim Hightower’s to pay a covey of state work — and to subtroopers who traveled all scribe to his awardover the country with winning monthly newsletter, The Hightower him for his campaign and Lowdown — visit www. fundraising events. They jimhightower.com. helped arrange his trips, escorted him everywhere, did logistical errands, and gave him an aura of importance — all on the taxpayers’ dime, while he gave speeches ridiculing wasteful government spending.

Perry’s excuse for such gross hypocrisy is that it’s the law’s fault. State troopers are required to “protect” him wherever he travels, explained a spokeswoman. But — oops — how stupid is that? Anyone running for president who can’t make an easy executive decision to say “no” to such an unethical waste of taxpayers’ money is simply not up to the job — which, obviously, Perry-the-Pretender is not.

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uncensored The buzz about bees and pesticide

by Pamela White

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hen we can’t grow our own organic vegetables — in the middle of winter, for example — we buy organic.

Sometimes we get more than we paid for. Like the small green caterpillar that somehow made it into my son’s broccoli last week despite careful washing and rinsing.

But there are worse things than caterpillars in your food.

On April 5, the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) set off an uproar when it announced the findings of a

Some beekeepers report losing up to 90 percent of their hives — a staggering loss not just to them, but also to the farmers who depend on bees to pollinate their crops. new study linking a common pesticide with colony collapse disorder (CCD), which has been killing honey bees by the millions since it was identified in 2006.

Researchers have long suspected that pesticides known as neonicotinoids played some role in the demise of bee colonies, but the authors of this new study claim to have “convincing evidence” that imidacloprid, a specific neonicotinoid, is linked to CCD, in which adult bees abandon their hives and perish.

According to the study, bees are being exposed to imidacloprid in two different ways. The first is by drinking nectar from flowers on plants that have been treated with the pesticide. The second is by being fed high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) by beekeepers. Because most U.S.-grown corn is treated with imidacloprid, the bees ingest the pesticide when they eat HFCS. It helps to understand a little bit about bees. Bees collect nectar and pollen and bring both back to their hives, where the nectar is mixed with enzymes and stored. The nectar mixture gradually 6 April 12, 2012

thickens, a process brought about by the flapping of the bees’ tiny wings. When the enzymes have done their job and most of the moisture in the mixture has evaporated, the bees have made honey.

The pollen bees collect is also mixed with enzymes and creates a substance called “bee bread,” which, together with honey, serves as food for the busy little creatures.

Beehives constitute their own microecosystem that includes not only bees with different tasks, but also thousands of beneficial microorganisms. When raised naturally, bees are very good at maintaining the balance in their hives.

But during modern times, people have found lots of ways to upset that balance. While natural beekeepers leave enough honey after the fall honey harvest to sustain their colonies through the winter, many commercial operations harvest every drop of honey and feed their bees HFCS instead. No matter what the corn industry wants to tell you, honey and HFCS are not the same thing, particularly not when the corn syrup comes with imidacloprid.

Harvard researchers monitored bees in four different locations, each location home to four hives that were treated with different levels of imidacloprid. At first, the chemical didn’t seem to affect the bees. But after 23 weeks, 15 out of the 16 hives had died in a fashion consistent with CCD. The hives that received the highest doses of imidacloprid collapsed first.

While Chesheng Lu, an associate professor of environmental exposure biology and one of the authors of the study, thinks imidacloprid should be banned in an effort to see whether its absence reduces hive losses, the pesticide industry is doing what industry always does — attacking the messenger and assuring the public that we can go back to sleep now because everything is just fine.

But clearly everything isn’t fine.

Some beekeepers report losing up to 90 percent of their hives — a staggering loss not just to them, but also to the farmers who depend on the bees to pollinate their crops. How exactly imidacloprid hurts bees is uncertain. Does it damage bees directly or harm their larva? Is it cumulative or just one of many factors? Does it hurt hives by

leaving them more vulnerable to parasites, or does it destroy the beneficial microorganisms in hives?

Regardless of the mechanism, researchers are convinced there’s a connection between imidacloprid and CCD. But what about the implications for human health? Beyond the possibility of global calamity due to losing our main crop pollinator, there’s the possibility that we, too, are being harmed through constant and cumulative exposure to small amounts of pesticides, herbicides and other chemicals that make their way into food.

So what can we do? We can’t wait for industry to solve the problem.

People who make chemicals want to sell chemicals, not take them off the market.

Nor can we wait for some government

regulatory agency to step up and ban potentially dangerous toxins. Most regulatory agencies are heavily influenced by industry.

Instead, we need to demand that imidacloprid — along with known persistent bio-accumulative toxins, estrogenic chemicals and certain pesticides and herbicides — be banned.

In the meantime, it’s imperative to buy organic, not just organic honey, but organic produce, the cultivation of which does not contribute to harming bee colonies. Bees, so benevolent and essential to life on earth, may well be the proverbial canary in our ecological coal mine. We ignore their plight at our peril.

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Just as a matter of perspective, this is the same city that says it can’t afford to drill a $9,000 monitoring well below the primary tailings pond dike dam at its Valmont Butte property to make sure that the people north of the butte aren’t getting things like lead and arsenic in their drinking water. It’s the same city that says it can’t afford to spend a few hundred dollars to use ground-penetrating radar to find suspected grave sites of early pioneers at the Butte before the bulldozers move in. It’s the same city that won’t spend the money to dig a few holes and test for radium to confirm that it has found the true locations of its 1971 radium dump sites at the Butte.

Maybe if Turner would donate his buffalo to the Valmont Butte site, the city would suddenly be willing to spend the few thousand dollars it would take to do the cleanup job right. It’s a perfect solution. By making sure the buffalo are safe and happy in their new Boulder home, the people living around the site, as well as the cultural resources at the site, would finally be protected. Only problem is that we wouldn’t be able to eat our new buffalo after grazing them at the butte, there would be too much lead in their system.

ACCOUNTABILITY, CENTERED We were shocked, nay, floored, to see that on March 29, the CU president’s office launched an “Accountability Data Center” to provide figures about, oh, in no particular order, tuition, salaries, academic rigor and teaching loads.

Hmmm. Defensive much? Why would any organization volunteer this information? Unless maybe it had faced literally a decade of scrutiny about things like football sex scandals, professors saying unpopular things about Sept. 11, questions about CU Foundation money and millions paid to departing pigskin coaches. Oh, and mix into that cocktail two right-wing presidents who know more about business and politics than they do about the higher ed environment.

We hate to be making this point during one of CU’s crowning intellectual achievements, the Conference on World Affairs, but this so-called “data center” is simply a charade to stanch the blood flow from recent local media coverage about the university using tuition money to boost already-inflated administrator salaries and sweetheart deals with retired muckety-mucks.

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A Dubai restaurant outlet has created a refrigerator magnet that orders your favorite pizza with the push of a button. You peek in the fridge, and if you see nothing you like in the way of leftovers, simply lift a lid on the magnet, press the button, and a built-in Bluetooth device sends a message to the delivery boy to bring your preset Italian disk of joy.

The restaurant, Red Tomato Pizza, asks you to set your pie preference online, and once you press the button, it sends you a confirmation text so that you have the option to cancel. This is one of those fridge magnets that you need to keep up high, out of your kids’ reach.

What’s next? A push-button order for milk?

Flowers? Hookers?

If we aren’t there already, there will be no reason to leave the house — or bother picking up the phone.

Might as well fast-forward us to the scenes in the movie Wall-E, where we all just sit in our recliners and have entertainment and sustenance brought to us without ever leaving our prone position.

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very year during April, the University of Colorado administration warns students about the potential consequences surrounding the annual 4/20 gathering on Norlin Quad. This year, the university is upping its efforts to end the unwelcome smoke-out. But it remains to be seen how far administrators and police are willing to go, or if their measures will eliminate the event.

In previous years, CU has tried methods such as turning on the sprinklers or asking students to identify their peers in photos taken at the event. But most often, CU has just monitored the gathering for safety and wasn’t concerned with major ticketing. With this year’s event, the university has rolled out several new courses of action to discourage attendance.

“It’s not going to be a ‘crackdown’ — that’s not the word I would use,” says CU spokesperson Bronson Hilliard. “We’re pushing for more enforcement because we don’t want this event on our campus. It happens in the academic heart of the campus where research and teaching are going on, and that’s not an appropriate place for this to take place.”

Last year, the University of Colorado Police Department (CUPD) issued 23 tickets and made five arrests, most of which were marijuana-related, says CUPD spokesperson Ryan Huff. This year the CUPD is bringing in more police and issuing more tickets, he adds.

Possessing two ounces or less of marijuana is a class two petty offense punishable by a fine of $100, says Jeff Gard, an attorney at Gard & Bond LLC. That is also the punishment for consumption of marijuana and possessing any drug paraphernalia, including pipes.

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eral other offenses with the university could face suspension.

In accordance with the federal Clery Act, the university will also post the names of those ticketed on the CU-Boulder police website’s daily crime log.

Another way the university is deterring people is by stressing the likelihood of high traffic along the Broadway Street construction area and limited parking for guests. The measures are meant to dissuade people from coming to campus. By making it hard for people to attend the event, Hilliard says, he hopes people won’t show up.

“We’re not trying to give people something to grind against, we’re trying to say, ‘Don’t come to CU-Boulder to do this,’” Hilliard says. “‘It’s not going to be worth your time, it’s not going to be fun,’ that’s the message we’re trying to send.”

CUPD will also be partnering with regional agencies, including the Colorado State Patrol, which will monitor U.S. 36, Hwy. 93, and the Diagonal Highway to check for people driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol. Plus, the Colorado Department of Revenue’s Medical Marijuana Enforcement Division will be on hand to make sure medical marijuana centers don’t violate their license regulations, and the Department of Health will screen all of those ticketed and arrested to see if there’s a need to revoke medical marijuana cards, if the person was caught smoking in public.

To provide alternative options for students, CU Student Government (CUSG) and Program Council are co-sponsoring a free concert with rapper Wyclef Jean. The concert runs from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m., but doors close at 4 p.m. to keep out people coming from the Norlin gathering.

With the exception of the concert, Huff says that this protocol is not that different from any other 4/20 event. Last year’s security for the event cost more than $50,000, and even though he can’t pinpoint this year’s sum, he says it will be more, based on the extra

officers they’re bringing in.

Huff wouldn’t say how many police officers will be there or what tactics they will use to prevent the smoke-out, but he says that CUPD is going to avoid violence.

“We are not looking for confrontation,” Huff says.

“We’re looking to work with the community on this event, but we are going to be clear in enforcing the laws.”

What could go wrong?

While Huff won’t say how many extra police they’re using, he did say that anyone who is on campus will notice a difference from previous years.

Hilliard recognizes the potential for extra police enforcement to end badly, but says he’s not worried.

“There’s always risks and downsides to any course of action that any institution takes against anything popular,” Hilliard says.

Edward Celias A single confrontation between one protester and one officer has the potential of rippling into the crowd, causing mass chaos. In sociology, the term is deinviduation, the concept of people in a large group forgetting their self-awareness, causing individuals to lose their inhibitions and go along with the crowd.

Some experts are skeptical of the phenomena, like Tom Stafford and Matt Webb, who wrote the 2004 book Mind Hacks. The duo writes about riot psychology and explains the dynamics of the “Elaborated Social Identity Model.”

“People don’t become irrational, and they do keep thinking for themselves, but that doesn’t mean that the influence of the crowd has no effect,” Webb and Stafford write. “In terms of policing, one of the clearest effects to emerge from studies of riots and crowd control is that an indiscriminate kicking from riot police can massively increase the number of people in the crowd who become violent. This is probably See 4/20 Page 12

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because the social identi“I can see some unreasonable ty of people in a group is fluid and changes accordpeople arguing for their right ing to the relationship to civil disobedience — making with other groups.” the situation bigger than it is They argue that if roused, a group can work — and then arguing with the together to fight for a cops and the situation common goal. The congetting out of hand.” sequence becomes an “us vs. them” mentality, ­— ­Patrick Mullholland which can result in disastrous effects.

Senior CU student Patrick Mullholland is familiar with the idea, calling it mob mentality, and he’s curious to see what will happen on 4/20. Because of the increased security, Mullholland is planning to get some pictures if anything bad happens.

“That’s why I’m going with my camera,” he says.

“I can see some unreasonable people arguing for their right to civil disobedience — making the situation bigger than it is — and then people — you can use a carrot or a arguing with the cops and the situation stick, a treat or a punishment,” Yoder says. “The administration always uses getting out of hand.”

With the uncertainty around police punishments, saying, ‘Don’t come, you’ll get tickets.’ But we haven’t given numbers and the strategies they will [the students] any other opportunities use, it’s unclear if the situation will or options.” turn violent, or if the 4/20 gathering CUSG partnered with Program will proceed as it has previously.

Some students believe that even the Council, which selected Jean, a rapper added security won’t rid the event from who has supported legalization of marijuana and whose lyrics reference the campus. CU sophomore Pearl Shyr drug in songs like “Something about doesn’t support 4/20 and applauds the university’s efforts, but says she is skep- Mary.” The overall concert will cost $150,000. tical that the higher enforcement will “The idea was to pull in an artist be effective.

“It’s been here for so long, and it’s so that was big enough that they would have name recognition,” Yoder says. big. There’s only so much that CU can “And would be a good enough incendo,” Shyr says. “There’s only so many cops that can be on campus, and I think tive for students to go elsewhere and see the concert.” the crowd will outnumber them. This Senior CU psychology major year it won’t happen, but they’re taking Danny Sanfilippo believes the concert the first steps to remove it.” is just a way to bribe students away from protest.

Positive motivation “I think having a concert to prevent The idea for the free Wyclef Jean people from attending 4/20 is stupid,” concert came about last year after stuSanfilippo says. “[4/20] is about people dents were surveyed about whether speaking their voice. People are smokthey had partaken in the 4/20 gathering, says CUSG President Andrew ing in public to show that they support Yoder. Depending on the question, the the legalization of marijuana. It’s nonsurvey received between 3,500 and violent and peaceful.”

3,800 responses.

Yoder says CUSG found out that a Protecting an image lot of CU students didn’t participate. In Hilliard and Huff both say the ultia unanimous vote, CUSG created a mate goal of ending the event will be a resolution to try to remove the event multi-year effort. Yoder hopes ridding from campus. After brainstorming 4/20 from campus will reclaim CU’s some ways to distract students from the reputation.

Norlin crowd, Yoder came up with the “It’s an image thing. There’s a yearidea for a concert. round image that we can’t shake. While “You’ve heard the ways to motivate it only happens one day, it stays with us

all year,” Yoder says. “Those are big motivations. You got to ask how many students are not considering coming to CU because of this reputation.“ As far as dollars and cents, Hilliard says he hasn’t heard of donors or lawmakers pulling funding based on 4/20, but he knows the event reflects negatively on the CU campus. His main concerns are the size and negative representation of the school.

“We’re not making a statement about drug policy or drug laws, we’re making a statement about a gigantic party in the middle of campus that we can’t afford to have anymore,” Hilliard says. “People think there’s some secret reason that we don’t like 4/20, but we’ve been really honest and open about the reasons. One, it’s hugely disruptive to the campus. Number two is it sends a message about our student body or our campus that amounts to a stereotype. People do not spend all of their time at CU getting high.”

Along with the annual email the administrators sent to students, this year the university sent an email to parents, asking for their support of ending this unwanted event.

National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) Executive Director Allen St. Pierre says 4/20 is important for students because it allows them to speak out against laws that they disagree with. He says that young people are the ones mostly affected by these laws, and that of the 850,000 marijuana-related arrests each year, almost half of those arrested are between the ages of 15 and 25.

St. Pierre supports the protests, having attended CU’s gathering several years in the past, and says he doesn’t understand why the administration believes it reflects negatively upon CU. “Some of these administrators increasingly over the years keep citing CU’s stellar reputation and stellar academics. OK, all that might be true, but none of that is divorced from the fact that students have been coming out to support the lamenting of this law,” St. Pierre says.

“And if the University of Colorado is a stellar university, that enjoys a reputation, it didn’t get sullied in the last year or two.

It’s hard to imagine what they’re concerned about, because in 1995 [4/20] didn’t ruin the school, in 2000 it didn’t ruin the school, and in 2010 its reputation didn’t get ruined.”

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Series: Part 8

Anatomy of a mistake

City’s August 2000 purchase of Valmont Butte was flawed on multiple levels

by Jefferson Dodge, Joel Dyer and Elizabeth Miller

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he circumstances surrounding the city of Boulder’s purchase of Valmont Butte are suspect, at best. At worst, fraudulent.

The purchase was supported by information that was either intentionally misleading or woefully incomplete. Not only was the deal brokered by a private third party, which is rare itself, but the full, sordid history of the contaminated property appears to have been hidden from city council, and perhaps certain city staff members.

Piecing together the truth about who knew what, and when, is a challenge, especially considering that the past 12 years have left gaps: faded memories and shoddy record-keeping.

We do know that the Valmont Butte Corporation paid $700,000 for the 103-acre property in 1994, then turned around and sold it to the city six years later for more than $2.5 million.

We have also demonstrated in this series that the condition of the property, as represented to city and state officials by that corporation, turned out to be either inaccurate or based on assumptions that proved false. For one thing, it turned out that there was groundwater at the site, despite the Environmental Protection Agency’s mishandled attempts to dig monitoring wells in the mid-1980s. And contamination had, indeed, left the property, in the form of polluted tailings pond water being Boulder Weekly

pumped for decades into adjacent Public Service Company lakes (which drain into Boulder Creek), airborne contaminants blown both north and south by the wind and, by all appearances and according to statements by property owners and even a belated confession by a state official, groundwater migrated northward into residential drinking water wells.

Longtime mill operator Tom Hendricks says the Valmont Butte Corporation used a front-loader to cover over a couple of lead pits, of which there seems to be no written record. In fact, it appears that neither the EPA or the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment were even aware that Allied Chemical’s Valmont Butte site was not only a fluorspar mill, but also a lead and zinc operation which has, to this day, never been addressed or remediated.

Even one of the city’s own attorneys acknowledges that the Valmont Butte Corporation did not do an adequate job of capping the primary tailings pond at the site.

Still, the Valmont Butte Corp. convinced the CDPHE that it had done enough remediation to warrant the termination of the radioactive materials license that had been active at the property for nearly 30 years.

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**** Boulder Weekly asked city council members who were serving at the time of the purchase to reflect on the decision. Their responses ranged from spotty recollections to realizations that buying the property was a mistake, and that the council wasn’t given all of the material it needed to make an informed decision.

Several say they don’t recall much, if any, discussion about the acquisition.

“I would have probably been relying on the agenda packets for information,” says Don Mock, who served on the council in 2000.

If that’s the case, he and other council members who said the same thing didn’t know much about the site’s contamination history. The five-page memo that apparently served as the council’s only background on the property primarily discusses the need for a biosolids treatment facility and new firefighter training center, and the desire to preserve a small portion of Valmont Butte as open space. It goes into detail about why the site would be ideal for the aforementioned purposes, why it was a good deal (75 cents per square foot for the “usable” portion of the property) and how the purchase would be funded.

The only section that even mentions possible contamination simply outlines development restrictions placed on the property by the state and Valmont Butte Corporation, including the need to keep radon gas levels from exceeding EPA guidelines. There is a brief description of the property’s milling history, a passing acknowledgment that there were “tailings containing naturally occurring radioactive materials” and an assertion that the primary tailings pond had been “capped and stabilized.”

No mention of the city dumping truckloads of radium-contaminated soil at the site in 1971. No mention that this act most likely had put the city on the hook for at least a portion of the ultimate cleanup cost of the site, whether it owned the property or not. No mention of contaminated drinking wells north of the property. No mention of millions and possibly billions of gallons of polluted tailings water having been pumped into Public Service Company’s lakes over a 30-year period. Not a word about how the property had missed being added to the EPA’s Superfund National Priority List by less than a point. In fact, the council wasn’t even told that at the time it was asked to buy the property, the Valmont Butte site was listed in the EPA CERCLIS Superfund database, meaning that the agency could reassess the site at any time and demand millions or even tens of millions of dollars worth of remediation.

Surely the council was told at least some of this critical information that was known to staff prior to the purchase. Unfortunately, the city’s records department was unable to find any mention of Valmont Butte during the months leading up to the purchase in any agendas or minutes from council study sessions, advisory groups, boards or commissions.

And the first three of the four audio cassettes used to record the Aug. 15, 2000, city council meeting where the purchase was approved are mysteriously missing from the records department.

Not that they would have contained any discussion of the decision, since the Valmont Butte purchase was listed on the “consent agenda,” which is a collection of items that the council votes to approve as a package because they are perceived to be of little or no consequence, requiring only a quick rubber stamp by council.

Finally, a Boulder Weekly search of the city’s computer files turned up a passing reference to a proposed biosolids composting operation in the April 17, 2000, minutes of the city’s Water Resources Advisory Board. And there was a short discussion of the purchase by the Open Space Board of Trustees at a meeting held six days before the council vote. According to minutes from that meeting, Wally Cameron, real estate manager for Open Space and Boulder Weekly

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Mountain Parks (OSMP), didn’t mention contamination at the site. Board member Chris Mueller asked about public use of the area, and Cameron replied that “it does not lend itself to much use, and no trail is planned,” according to the minutes.

Most citizens who spoke during the comment period that followed expressed concerns about the fire/public works uses proposed for the land. One speaker, fourth-generation Valmont resident Leann McGinty, told the board she was “concerned about using Valmont as a dumping ground,” adding that “the water has been contaminated over the years, and is no longer drinkable.”

Cameron assured the speakers that there would be a public process to properly vet the proposed uses.

And that was it. All pertinent information concerning the contamination at Valmont as known at the time and contained in the public records of the county, state and EPA appear to have been withheld from council. **** Aside from the lack of public discussion about the purchase, and the lack of information provided to council, there are other irregularities about the property’s purchase: City officials didn’t have an appraisal done on the property, and they had a third party, Western Disposal, negotiate the deal with Valmont Butte Corporation.

Former city staff members involved in the transaction say it was common to not have an appraisal done before buying property, because the open space department had an entire division devoted to real estate acquisition and assessing the value of parcels of land.

As for having a third party like Western negotiate the Valmont purchase, former city attorney Joe de Raismes denied that it ever happened.

“That would not be right,” he said.

“Western never helped us with an acquisition in my 24 years as city attorney. They may well have held an option and assigned it to us. But we do not negotiate through private entities. It was not our practice.”

But Boulder Weekly obtained a copy of an April 6, 2000, letter of intent between the city and Western. It is not an assignment of an option, it is an agreement directing Western to “undertake reasonably diligent efforts to obtain a contract for the purchase of the Valmont Property with Valmont Butte Corporation.” According to the Boulder Weekly

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The agreement also refers to a 1998 letter of intent between the two parties to acquire a nearby Public Service prop-

erty. In yet another curious turn, the city records department was unable to find a copy of that agreement.

Perhaps the most unusual aspect to the April 6, 2000, agreement is that it says if both the Public Service and Valmont properties are contracted for purchase, the city can choose which of

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agreements. In the late 1990s, Horton explains, his company and the city were both looking for land. Western needed open areas to store materials such as downed tree branches, and the city was looking for a new home for Eco-Cycle. He says Western took the lead in pursuing deals for the Public Service and Valmont properties because of a feeling that Western could negotiate a lower purchase price. (After all, Western is a private entity, not a city with a large budget.) According to Horton, the tactic may have saved Boulder some money when it came to Valmont.

“I think we bought that property for a million less than he was asking for,” Horton says, referring to the late Tim Smith of the Valmont Butte Corporation. (His brother, Tony Smith, did not return calls from Boulder Weekly.)

When it was time to choose between Valmont Butte and the Public Service parcel at 2655 63rd St., the city selected Valmont, and Western took the Public Service land, giving up its claim to the eastern part of the butte.

According to Horton, the fact that the city was potentially liable for dumping radioactive soil at Valmont Butte in 1971 was widely known at the time.

“If I knew it, it was pretty common knowledge,” he says.

In fact, the covenants attached to the property in 1999 describe the 1971 dumping, even though it says the pit was placed in the primary tailings pond and capped, one of several inaccuracies in the document.

But the knowledge of that contamination may have played a role in why the city chose the Valmont site. After all, if it was already responsible for some of the pollution, the city “didn’t worsen their position by buying it,” Horton explains, adding that city officials were under the impression that the property had been properly remediated.

“They had a letter from the state saying they had done what they needed to do.”

He adds, “About the decision about who got which piece of land, I think the city chose the butte, and they did so because of their previous contributions Boulder Weekly

The members of Boulder City Council in 2000. Seated, from left, are Don Mock, Tom Eldridge, Lisa Morzel, Spense Havlick and Francoise Poinsatte.

Standing, from left, are Gordon Riggle, Will Toor, Rich Lopez and Dan Corson.

to the tailings on the site.”

De Raismes has a different version.

He says he had no knowledge of the city’s 1971 contribution to the site’s contamination.

“I don’t personally recall anything about the city dumping radioactive soil,” he tells Boulder Weekly. “Why would you even have radioactive soil?

We don’t have any radioactive things. I don’t know anything about it.”

When informed of Horton’s recollection, de Raismes continues, “That’s his perception. I don’t have that perception, or not, I just don’t know. I don’t actually share Gary’s view about that, but that’s just my personal view.”

When asked about city officials’ knowledge of the extent of contamination at the site, de Raismes says, “I do remember discussion on the necessities of remediation. … I remember that somebody, not me, studied and decided, obviously, in retrospect, in error, that it was not a significant risk because it had already been remediated. Certainly liability was one of the issues considered.”

He says city officials knew that the city would be at least partially liable for cleanup at the site, solely due to the fact that it was buying the property, not because of any past dumping there.

“Everybody knew we would be on the hook for future remediation,” de Raismes says. “That’s just the way the law is. You can’t fix that. When you buy land, you take on a portion of the liability, as a potential liable party. And so, a judgment had to be made about how significant that danger was, compared

to our desire for the land.”

He acknowledges, however, that city officials were under the mistaken impression that the primary tailings pond had been properly capped. De Raismes says he recalls discussing “that there was radioactive soil from the mill which was covered over by an impermeable clay cap, and therefore had been found to be fully remediated by the state. Obviously, that was not true, because later this prairie dog infiltration was discovered. I know that the city worked hard at it. Whether they did enough work is easy to question, in hindsight.”

When asked why the city council would be asked to approve the purchase more than a month before an environmental assessment was completed, de Raismes says that more important than the timing of the council vote would have been to ensure that the assessment was done before the closing.

“It would be crazy to do it any other way, frankly,” he says.

According to the city’s own timeline, the purchase of the site was completed on Aug. 28, 13 days after the council’s vote. The county assessor’s office shows deeds for the property dated Sept. 5 and Sept. 6.

The environmental site assessment was not completed until Sept. 18. **** When asked whether it was common to use a third party like Western to purchase property, former open space director Jim Crain says, “I’m really not

going to comment about that particular thing, because I really don’t recall enough about it.”

He also says he doesn’t remember knowing that the property was contaminated, and declines to comment further.

Cameron, the OSMP real estate manager, maintains that city officials did sufficient due diligence before the purchase.

When asked about using Western to negotiate the deal, “we didn’t do that very often,” Cameron acknowledges. “We were worried about what it was worth, as I recall, and one of the best ways to determine the value is if a knowledgeable seller and buyer come together on a price, so that’s why we used Western.”

He adds that there was “nothing under the table or anything like that,” city officials just thought it would be best to use a third party so that they wouldn’t be accused of “sweet-hearting the deal for anybody.”

Cameron adds that city officials thought that the Valmont Butte Corp. had “capped the nasty stuff. What the city could use it for was perfect, as long as we could be convinced that it was no longer a danger. As I recall, we were convinced of that.”

He says he doesn’t recall knowing about the city’s 1971 dumping at the site, either.

“The city attorney’s office was very aware of what was going on there,” Cameron says. “We were under their guidance the whole time, to make sure we did this in a proper manner. Joe de Raismes was very aware of what was occurring there, why we were buying it, what the problems were, and what we had to do to make sure we weren’t buying a problem.

“In my opinion, we did a good job for the city users in getting that property ready to go, and it was unfortunate that it didn’t work out for those purposes,” he adds. “I remember that at the time, we were pretty certain, for what we were going to use it for, it was perfectly OK. … We investigated it, as I see VALMONT Page 18

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recall, and everyone was comfortable that what we were going to use it for was perfectly safe.”

Indeed, maybe if the city had stuck with its original plans, the primary tailings pond would have a semblance of a cap today. Plans called for constructing a building there, with much of the remainder covered in concrete for a driver training area. Some say pavement would have kept water out more effectively than the layer of various-sized rocks currently planned as a prairie dog deterrent.

Longtime Boulder Fire Chief Larry Donner, who was involved in the discussions at the time, still thinks the property would have been well-suited for a fire training center — and that project might have actually saved the city some money.

“My perspective is, had we continued with the original plan, the cost would not have spiraled, and it would’ve been a good location,” he says. “And that didn’t happen. The original plan would’ve addressed the concerns in a less costly manner.”

(The covenants on the property may have precluded the fire training center, since no water infiltration or accumulations were permitted at the site.)

Donner adds that city officials were well aware of all the contamination there, including the city’s own radioactive soils from 1971.

“We had a complete report on what was in there,” he says. **** Several former city council members contacted by Boulder Weekly now say they would have voted differently, knowing what they know now.

“I have to say, I don’t believe we were given a lot of the information about the contamination,” says Francoise Poinsatte, who was on council at the time and wonders if she missed the meeting where the deal was discussed.

But according to city records, there wasn’t one.

She says her reaction later was, “Oh my gosh, what did we do?”

“I can tell you right now, I would not have voted for that purchase,” Poinsatte says. “I don’t think we had a notion … that it was even contaminated. I don’t think we would have bought something that we thought was going to be a huge headache for us down the 18 April 12, 2012

line.”

“I really don’t remember that we were told it was a contaminated site,” says longtime councilmember Lisa Morzel, adding that she probably would have voted against the purchase if she had to do it over again, given the funds that the city is spending on the property. She also says any issues not being addressed by the city’s current remediation plan warrant further attention.

“There are some problems with groundwater contamination, and those do need to be addressed,” says Morzel, a professional geologist. “We’re discouraged to micromanage too much on the city council level. … But it doesn’t matter whose poop it is, it needs to get cleaned up properly. So I think not to do so is not being responsible.

“I think, if the thing is affecting properties off site, that’s a real issue,” she continues. “It’s like if you drop a piece of paper or come across a can, do you pick it up, or do you walk over it?”

Former councilmember Rich Lopez explains, “If there’s a claim that the contamination has never left the property, and you subsequently discover that, in fact, it has, and you can trace it, obviously that assertion is not correct.

Had we known that at the time, our actions might have been different. …

We work with the information we have at the time.”

Some suggest that city staff could have done more homework on the property.

“It’s kind of beyond the purview of council to go do that kind of due diligence, that ‘let-the-buyer-beware’ due diligence,” Poinsatte says, adding that there seemed to be some urgency about jumping on the deal, like “we have to grab it now or somebody else will get it.”

“This is one of those things that’s bothered me over the years, I have to tell you,” she continues. “Like, oh, God, we should have avoided that, and I would accept responsibility. Probably it’s a lesson that you should not get all optimistic, you have to still sit back and ask the right questions.

“It’s pretty obvious this was a case of the city not doing due diligence,” Poinsatte says, calling it a “horrible learning lesson.”

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ward information that’s accurate,” available now and Lopez adds. “As a council member, you seeing whether there was can’t go out there and dig around yourinformation that should have been availself, because A, you don’t have the able that we didn’t get. We clearly were knowledge, and B, you wouldn’t know not anticipating having to do that type what you were looking at when you saw of remediation, and I think if we had it. You rely on your staff and the experts understood that we would have to put to bring forward information with that type of investment into remediation, which to make a decision.” we would have been unlikely to acquire He stopped short of suggesting that the property.” city staff didn’t do an adequate job in **** this case.

In 2009, when the EPA was “The council relies on staff to gather attempting to determine who was the information and present it and take responsible for contamination at the questions,” says former councilmember site, it sent a list of questions to interroDan Corson. “Knowing what you know gate each party that may have had a today, it was fraught with problems, and hand in polluting the property.

I think that the vote probably would In their response to the EPA, city of have been different.”

Boulder officials opened with a long list Corson, like of objections, even the others, was to the agency’s definition of simhazy about whethple terms like er council knew “Knowing what you “identify” and about the 1971 “document” that dumping at the know today, it was were used in the site. questionnaire.

“I don’t know fraught with probAmong the what I was aware lems, and I think questions the EPA of,” he says. “I asked the city was don’t think so, but the vote probably I can’t tell you. I to “describe all mean, I would’ve investigations of would have been thought that it the Site you underwould’ve prompttook prior to different.” ed questions if we acquiring the Site.”

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As they did with “I’m guessing virtually every member Dan Corson it didn’t look like question, city offia risky purchase,” cials began their Lopez says. “It didn’t seem like we were response by reiterating their various going in and buying a land mine.” objections, fighting tooth and nail to And knowing then what he knows avoid liability for the problem they now? bought. Their response to that question, “I think we would’ve probably taken in part, was, “Without waiving its objeca longer, harder look at it, probably had tions, the City states that a good deal of some hearings and try to determine information about the Site and its history whether the benefits of acquiring it, is publicly available and was known to albeit with all these risks and concerns, the City prior to its acquisition of the outweighed just passing on it,” Lopez Site.” says. “The problem doesn’t go away. If So here, when pressed, city staff we contributed to the problem, we have acknowledge that they did know more an obligation to remediate.” than they revealed to council. “l know we had discussions about the Today, perhaps city officials should contamination history, and there was reassess their denial-based approach information presented that suggested it and acknowledge that mistakes were was unlikely to be a significant problem,” made, and that contamination could says County Commissioner Will Toor, indeed be spreading off the site today who was Boulder mayor at the time. and in the future, as it has in the past.

“Whether the information we got at that And perhaps the lesson of Valmont time covered everything we needed to Butte should serve as a model of how know, it would be hard for me to answer not to acquire public property. without looking at all the information Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com Boulder Weekly

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— Carol Kuzdek of Whole Pets

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n Boulder, it isn’t all that surprising to see a girl walking by with her cat sitting on her shoulder or a guy riding a scooter with his golden retriever perched in a backpack behind him. So it seems only natural that the eco-friendly movement would carry over to furry friends.

Though pets have a much smaller carbon footprint than humans, making a few changes in a pet’s diet, shampoo and toys does make a difference in the environment, and the market for environmentally friendly pet products is growing, says Carol Kuzdek, owner of Whole Pets in Boulder.

“Environmentally friendly pet products are becoming more common,” Kuzdek says. “There are hemp and organic cotton toys, soy leashes that are compostable and West Paw beds that are made out of recycled material.”

Changing the food and environment surrounding your pets can also help with their health, Kuzdek says.

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by Blair Madole probably genetic, but I think there is a lot that a natural diet can do in terms of promoting health and longevity,” Kuzdek says. “Environmental things that are out there like pesticides and fertilizers also cause a lot of illnesses and disease. Being cautious about where you take your animal is very important.”

Marti Matsch of Eco-Cycle says she agrees with Kuzdek’s beliefs.

“There are so many ways your pet is both affecting the environment and being affected by it,” Matsch says.

“They’re closer to the ground than we are, of course, so that means they’re susceptible to toxins like pesticides in

the grass and toxins in your carpet and floors. So in addition to just considering things like their shampoos, their food and how to manage pests like fleas, it’s important to consider how you care for the environment around them, since that can have a direct effect on their health.”

A recently published article by Eco-Cycle outlines a few ways you can make your pet more environmentally friendly, including natural alternatives for flea and tick control like flea combs and brewer’s yeast tablets, avoiding toys made from PVC, an unrecyclable plastic, and yes, picking up the poop to prevent water contamination and

harmful weed growth.

Environmentally friendly grooming options are also becoming more readily available. Whole Pets and Only Natural Pet Store both offer several natural shampoos and conditioners for dogs and cats, as well as natural flea and tick preventatives and remedies.

Green Dog Wash, located in The Village shopping center on Arapahoe and Folsom, offers self-service and fullservice grooming with natural products and sells natural treats and toys.

Though changing your pet to a more natural and sustainable regimen may cost more, it is worth it, Kuzdek says.

“Natural toys and food and other things are definitely more expensive, but there are two reasons for doing it,” Kuzdek says. “One is you are helping the environment and your pet’s health, and two, you are helping economically, because a lot of these products are made here in the U.S.” Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com

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— Pamela A. Matson, Ecologist, Dean, School of Earth Sciences and Goldman Professor of Environmental Studies, Stanford University. Signer on the Endangered Species Act

Biological Diversity attorney and biologist Collette Adkins Giese, who, according to the press release, is the world’s only attorney focused solely on protecting endangered amphibians and reptiles, said, “By addressing threats like destruction of wetland habitat we can still save these rare amphibians. But the window of opportunity is closing fast.”

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Earlier this week, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced what is called a 90-day finding regarding the Boreal Toad. What this means is that a full review of the toad’s status will now be conducted and a final decision as to whether or not the toad will be placed under Endangered Species Act protection must be made within one year.

“The boreal toad is the region’s only alpine, forest-dwelling toad,” said conservation biologist Megan Mueller of Rocky Mountain Wild in a press release. “This unique toad is an indicator of the environmental health of our mountain streams and wetlands.

Protections offered by the Endangered Species Act are the only certain means to safeguard the toad from extinction.”

The Boreal toad, which lives in the southern Rocky Mountains as well as in Utah, Idaho and Nevada, has seen its numbers decline rapidly in recent years due to loss of habitat and the spread of a deadly disease known as chytrid. Center for

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yan Waters is crossing through a wet valley high in central Nepal, en route to his next objective — climbing Dhaulagiri, the world’s seventh-highest peak. Between five-minute intervals on his satellite phone, Waters talked with Boulder Weekly about his record-setting Antarctic crossing with his Norwegian expedition partner Cecelie Skog, shared how he manages a local career as director of Mountain Professionals LLC and teased a glimpse of which direction he’s heading next. Things are looking up.

Waters talks about this season’s challenge with the familiarity and perspective of a pro walking off the links at the Masters. He’s not priming a fairway shot or reading the green, but his view shares the absorption of technical details and evaluation of risk often seen with toptier performers in their field. To summit the Dhaulagiri massif (Dhaulagiri I rises to 26,795 feet above sea level), climbers will capitalize on a relatively small window of

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by Ross Fraser opportunity during April and May before monsoon season sets in during the first week of June.

This week, Waters, again teamed with Skog, will launch his six-day trek to the Dhaulagiri base camp and begin moving gear and setting fixed lines up their route.

“We’ll start climbing pretty quick,” Waters says. “It’ll take a couple weeks to climb the route and carry stuff up to higher camps. We’ll probably have three camps above base. A little bit of up and down. And then hopefully sometime mid-May, if the weather turns out to be good, that will be the time where we hope to do a summit attempt.”

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adventure Originally from Atlanta, Waters’ of their trip with the Landsat Image career as a professional mountain guide Mosaic of Antarctica, developed by started with joining Boulder’s rock NASA. The United States fits neatly gyms and immersing himself in the within the swath of Antarctica, and local climbing communities. Once there’s even enough room left over to tapped in to the local pulse of climbing, add an area the size of Mexico. his progression led to a professional Needless to say, it’s big. career as a tenured mountain guide.

Starting from Burkner Island, Waters’ direction and experience steered Waters and Skog cross-country skied, him towards the Andes, where he hauling 300-pound expedition sleds, to worked as a Patagonia Outward Bound the South Pole and returned via the Photo c instructor. He Ross Ice Shelf. Through the trip, the ourtesy of R yan Waters marched on to lead two teammates shushed 12 expeditions to over 1,117 the Himalayan miles of crusty, mountains, includsastrugi snow, ing Cho Oyu, K2, navigated littleBroad Peak, known passes Gasherbrum II, through the Lhotse, Manaslu, Pensacola the Southeast Mountains and, Ridge of Pumo for a strong finish, topped off the Ri and three expedition with an trips to Mt. 18-hour push Everest, tackthrough a maze of ling routes crevasses called the from both Devil’s Dance Floor.

Nepal and Taking a rest day Tibet.

Waters during the holidays, Eleven s on Ac etting pac Waters and Skog celeyears of proArgen oncagua, e tina brated by opening fessional presents under a guiding and outdoor development took Waters to some of the Christmas tree drawn coldest and tallest places on earth. with black marker on the inside of their Another step forward would bring tent wall. Soon after, they were back to Waters to some of the furthest reaches nine-hour days skiing in temperatures of winter extremes: Waters expanded that made it too cold to stop. his scope of expeditions to the polar Off the ice shelves, Waters balances theatre. management of the locally owned and The change in scenery from familiar operated Mountain Professionals. glaciated precipices to likewise cold and “It can be a little challenging doing austere, but flat, polar deserts was a both,” he says. “That’s one of the big welcome change, he says. He and Skog difficulties of running a guide service, planned the first unassisted and unsupbut also, we do a lot of personal trips. ported ski traverse of Antarctica and set So I have help from other people that the record in 78 days. work for the company, that manage When he tells the story to a crowd, Waters demonstrates the size and scale see MOUNTAIN GUIDE Page 26

Dropping weight The long distance hikers’ way

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by Elizabeth Miller

n 2008, Alan Carpenter decided to try his first long distance hike. He picked the manageable John Muir trail, a 218-mile walk through the Sierra Nevada mountains, as he says.

“I’d never hiked that far before and I wasn’t really sure what I was doing, but I went on that hike and had a terrific time — it was a life event for me, partly because it was something I didn’t know I could do, but I ended up successfully accomplishing it,” says Carpenter, a 24-year Boulder resident. “I got bitten by the bug so I decided I wanted to do more long distance hiking.”

The next year he hiked the Colorado Trail, a 486-mile path from Denver to Durango. Then, having acquired a light-weight pack and cut his “pack weight,” the weight of his pack, gear and clothes, in half from about 30 pounds to 15 pounds, he went back to do the John Muir Trail again.

“It was interesting to do the same trail again with lightweight gear. It was a much more enjoyable experience,” he says.

Then, last year, he repeated the Colorado Trail. The Pacific Crest Trail, a 2,600-mile hike from the Mexican to Canadian borders of the United States, is high on his list, but he’s still recovering from a tendon he tore on the Colorado Trail.

Eight months ago, still 105 miles from Denver, he woke up with a sore, swollen ankle.

“I thought, ‘Man, I don’t know if I can hike anymore. Could I make it four miles back to the highway, much less 105 miles to Denver?’” he recounts.

On the advice of another hiker, he hobbled his way to a stream and sat with his foot in the water until it was numbed and took it slowly that day.

“Then the next day, I got up, thought, ‘Well, if I go slowly at first, after an hour or two the pain will diminish to the point that I can continue hiking,’ so I finished the trail,” he says. “Maybe that wasn’t the smartest thing to do, but I did it anyway.”

It’s that determination that he says makes the biggest difference in finishing a long distance hike.

“I think it depends upon their mental state, frankly, more than anything else. I think most people walking around could do something like that if they wanted to, but I think the want is largely see LONG DISTANCE HIKER Page 26

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dependent on their mental attitude. If they’re willing to sort of suspend disbelief and try it,” he says. “I would recommend people starting with something they can imagine doing. I don’t think I could have imagined hiking the Colorado Trail in 2008, but I could imagine hiking the much shorter John Muir Trail.”

The photographic bait provided by other hikers on the trail didn’t hurt, either.

He plans to chase the lure of the Pacific Crest Trail this time next year.

“Everything I’ve heard about it — it’s a life-changing experience for people who do it,” he says. “They come back from that experience being more grateful for the opportunity to do it, plus just being more grateful for all the people they meet along the way and the scenery and the experience.”

All that gratitude builds up through the contributions that come from “trail angels,” people who show up along the trail to help hikers with a ride into town, a bed to sleep in overnight, a little food or a cold beer along the road.

“If that happens to you for five months, apparently it really changes your outlook on things and people just say, ‘My life is different now,’” he says.

In the meantime, he might do a long hike late in the summer. Or take a consolation prize like biking from Canada to Mexico. His wife, who also hiked part of the Colorado Trail with him, and his son may come along for part of that ride.

He’s also sharing more of what he’s learned along the way, from packing light to how to hitch-hike (Carpenter got his lesson in this at the top of Kenosha Pass, 70 miles into his first Colorado Trail tour). At 6:30 p.m. on Friday, April 13, he’ll give a talk at Boulder’s REI that distills some of the wisdom racked up in all those miles.

“Basically, the purpose of that is to encourage people who show up to at least give it a try,” he says. The goal is to help them get over their fears of what they don’t know about the gear or being too young or too old, says Carpenter, who completed all of these trails over the age of 60.

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Long distance trips with limited channels for communication can often put strain on teams and an organization. Waters vouches for Mountain Professionals’ fluid work and support for smooth transitions.

“They’re all senior guides, so they don’t need a lot of management,” he says. “They can pretty much run the trips how they have for a long time. It’s pretty seamless, actually.”

Waters uses his time well, placing

calls in local towns when traveling abroad, and communicates electronically via satellite in remote areas.

“It just takes a lot of planning,” he says. “I can receive email on satellite phone, and I can call into the office.

What I do is a lot of upfront work when I know I’m going to be gone.”

Expeditions through Antarctica on skis and new vertical challenges in Nepal are keeping the alpine fresh for Waters. Still, he says “there’s always plans for a North Pole trip sometime.” But for Waters, Skog and their team, they might need a bigger frozen continent.

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n a dance studio in an industrial section of Broomfield, the dancers of Ballet Nouveau Colorado, decked in casual athletic clothes, are performing to the wall-length mirror inside the studio. The music of David Bowie blares through speakers, and the room is as much filled with glam rock as it is with the breathing of the winded dancers.

“Great job, everyone,” Artistic Director Garrett Ammon says as the program ends.

He sits facing the dancers with his back against the mirror, the floor around him filled with handwritten notes. Dawn Fay, associate artistic director and Ammon’s wife, sits a few feet to his right. Ammon rises as he gives his notes on the performance.

“Don’t do a big cutesy smile. Be more orgasmic about it,” he tells Meredith Strathmeyer, who dances the role of God in the performance, over the laughter of the other dancers. She laughs and sheepishly does the move again, this time toning down the Broadway stage smile. Ammon looks satisfied.

“Good,” he says, as he moves onto other critiques.

The company is rehearsing for Garrett Ammon’s Rock Ballets, one ballet each for the music of David Bowie, INXS and Queen, which closes out the company’s 10th season. First performed in 2008, it’s one of the ballet’s most popular performances, and two of the three shows April 13-15 are already sold out — there will be an encore performance June 8 at the Arvada Center Outdoor Amphitheatre. Visit bncdance.com for tickets.

Setting ballets to a series of four-minute rock songs is a risky choice that requires a different approach than choreographing to a symphonic piece written in the 1800s. Yet though both are now couched in an aura of privilege and ivory tower stuffiness, ballet and modern dance have more in com-

Ballet Nouveau Colorado presents an unlikely mix of ballet and rock ’n’ roll

by David Accomazzo mon with rock ’n’ roll than you’d think. As dance tries to express the pain, joy, suffering and ecstasy of life, so does rock music. Boulder Weekly explored the similarities with Ammon during the company’s lunch break.

How’s it different creating a ballet with rock music compared to classical music?

I think the thing I love about rock music is that it kind of parallels the way I approach my work. Rock music is taking traditional music forms and so forth and manipulating those into trying to express a more raw experience of humanity, right? I try to do the same thing with movement. The dancers are all classically trained ballet dancers, so that’s the place where we start off in our conversation.

I guess what I’m really interested in is stripping away all those traditions of the elegance of classical dance and getting down into the nitty-gritty of what it really is like to exist and struggle and try to find a way through life and find meaning within that and overcome our personal obstacles and our obstacles as communities. That’s what I love about rock music.

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Rock music has a certain vocabulary to it, musically. Tension is built in a certain way and tension is released in a certain way. Does that structure provide a different challenge than when writing to different types of music, and also, do you find that the audience can maybe relate to the music a little more, and maybe the connection between the music and the movement is a little more apparent to the people in the audience?

Yeah, on the first half of your question, I think the interesting challenge with rock music is that it’s a very specific form — you’ve got your chorus and your bridge and your verses, and it’s usually only built in this particular way where there’s a buildup to a climax and a resolution. Those verses, musically, are generally the same. So what you have to do is build the arc of that story in a different way.

In classical music, you’ll have a much longer piece of music, and that process of building to that particular moment is very clear and delineated. So from a choreographic standpoint, that’s a very convenient thing to be able to create to.

So with rock music, you have to able to build that yourself with how you put all that music together. So I think that’s an interesting and fun challenge to figure out how to do that.

I think the other aspect is, yes.

Absolutely. A lot of audiences aren’t used to seeing dance, and ballet seems like something that’s not meant for them.

And that’s what we’re trying to do is say, no. Dance is meant for everyone. Dance evolved out of community. It didn’t always exist in this rarified form for people of privilege. It came out of the people. That’s where dance came from, and that’s where we’re trying to get back to, and say, “No. Dance belongs to everyone, and everyone can enjoy it.”

Why David Bowie, Queen and INXS? I guess going back and looking at how the first one came about, that kind of drove into the others. “Mediate” [featuring INXS] was created [when I was with] Ballet Memphis in 2007, and the performance was happening at the Gibson Guitar Factory, which is a great space in Memphis. They decided they wanted the themes around that entire show to be music created by artists who play Gibson instruments. That doesn’t really narrow the field much. (Laughs) I had created a major work called Walk the Line to Johnny Cash, I had done a work to R.L. Burnside, these really important figures in music, so I was kind of looking for a way to avoid going down that Memphis track again, and I landed on INXS. It was funny. … During the summer before I created the work, one of the

other dancers had their iPod plugged in, and we were just listening to music on our day off, and “Never Tear Us Apart” came on. “Never Tear Us Apart” is this phenomenal song, but really, musically, over the top. But I was listening to it and was like, “This could totally work.

This could be a lot of fun.”

It was kind of this high-risk thing.

It’s like, well, I’ll go there and I’ll see what happens to creating to Queen. It was daunting, because for one, people know that music so well. They have personal relationships to that music, and they have images in their head to that music, whether it be films and music videos or whether it be Wayne’s World.

So I said, let’s do it. Let’s see what happens. And I was really thrilled with the outcome of it. And people’s reactions to it were really wonderful.

I needed to flesh out the evening with one more ballet. Then it was a struggle.

INXS, Queen, — what is the third artist that goes with that collection? I looked at a lot of different things, I looked at Led Zeppelin. I looked at Pink Floyd. It needed to be on that level, right, in order to go with those two other works. And as I spent a lot of time listening to all this music, album after album after album, I just kept on gravitating back to David Bowie. I think it really came from the imagery he creates in his music and in his lyrics, and the oddity.

Could you talk about why collaborations appeal to you?

Collaboration has become really important to me. Since we’ve been here we’ve collaborated with visual artists; with jazz musicians; with folk musicians, Paper Bird; as well as Jesse Manley, singer-songwriter; poets.

For me, that is what art is all about, about sharing and creating and discovering new possibilities through working with other people. How is this artist, who works in a medium that is completely not like what I do — their perspective on the world and their perspective on their art and their passion for what they do — how is that going to evolve my perception of the world, and how is that going to change the perception of the people in the audience as well?

So often people will create these decisions about whether they like it or don’t like it, whether they’ve ever experienced it before. That can be with music — they’ve heard some country music before, and they decide, I don’t like country music, even though within country music, there’s an endless array of things.

And people do that with dance too. They say, “Oh, I don’t like dance.” But they’ve only seen one kind of dance, maybe. It’s kind of like saying, “I don’t like music.” I think it’s a rare person in the world that you could ever possibly find that would say, “I don’t like music.”

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hough they were incredibly gifted performers whose music still resonates and whose influences remain readily apparent today, you don’t see bumper stickers reading, “God Bless Janis Joplin.” Or Jimi Hendrix. Or Frank Sinatra. Or Dean Martin.

The only such bumper sticker you ever see is, “God Bless Johnny Cash,” and you don’t just see it on beat-up, old pickup trucks. You also see it on BMWs, Nissans and the occasional Prius. And there’s a goddamned good reason for that.

Johnny Cash transcended music, and even fame, to become a true icon of modern American history. Born dirt-poor during the Great Depression (the first one, not the second one on whose edge we now teeter), Johnny Cash came from nothing and wound up with everything. In this way, he typified the American Dream. Unlike most of today’s famous musicians, he came across as a real person, warts and all, rather than a focus-grouped, marketing-approved, sanitized product. As an old-timer might say, they just don’t make ’em like that anymore.

Cash’s music, like the legend of the man himself, lives on with as much vibrancy today as when it was first produced. The opening notes of “Folsom Prison Blues” are unmistakable. Most men — and some women — reflexively sing along every time the titular line in “Daddy Sang Bass” comes around. A significant portion of the population only knows the stories of John Henry and Ira Hayes because of J.C.’s songs.

And everyone still hoots and hollers when that angry

Lisenby, Brent Moyer, John Marshall, Walter Hartman and John Foley play all the instruments, sing all the songs, tell all the stories and muddle through the minimal choreography like champs. They spend Left to right: Troy Burgess, Trenna the majority of the show on or Barnes and John Marshall around the front porch of an old farmhouse styled after the one in which Cash grew up.

Burgess, who plays the younger incarnation of J.C., emulates without aping, and his rendition of “A Boy Named Sue” brought down the house. As the older Cash, Edwards brings the necessary gravitas to Johnny’s later life. boy named Sue finally confronts his mean old dad Though they don’t perform the song in its entirewith the timeless greeting, “My name is Sue. How do ty, strains of the Cash version of Nine Inch Nails’ you do? Now you gonna die!”

“Hurt” are heard throughout the show, and those After Cash passed away in 2003, it was only a notes, combined with the image of Edwards in matter of time before someone created a stage show tribute to the Man in Black. That someone turned out Cash’s signature black coat, will send shivers down your spine. to be Bill Meade, who obtained the stage rights to Provart and Barnes play all of the women in Cash’s most of the core Cash songs just before Johnny died.

How, though, does one honor and celebrate the life of life. Both are talented, but Provart bowled me over a man like Johnny Cash without crossing the line into more than once with her power and range. I would not the maudlin or melodramatic? How does one perform be at all surprised to see her on stage or on TV again his songs without Cash’s own signature voice? The in the near future. In addition to these principal players, I got a huge kick out of Kearns’ ace comic timing, task must have been daunting, but Meade and and Marshall worked miracles on the upright bass.

Richard Maltby, Jr. were up to it. The fruit of their If you don’t know much about Johnny Cash, Ring labor is Ring of Fire — The Music of Johnny Cash. of Fire — as much or more than the 2005 biopic Walk The Denver Center Theatre Company’s Ring of the Line — will serve as an excellent introduction to Fire tells Cash’s story from beginning to end in a this singular man. If you’re already a fan, Ring of Fire heartfelt, homespun and moving way. A 10-person will be a night you won’t soon forget. ensemble consisting of Trenna Barnes, Troy Burgess, Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com Jason Edwards, Kelli Provart, Brantley Kearns, Jeff

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hrough the decades in which women marched for liberation from secretarial jobs, sexual monogamy and bras, Garry Winogrand walked the streets, his palm-sized camera in hand, photographing women. He caught them with their guard down, their knees too high for their too short skirts, their necklines gaping open to bare nearly too much cleavage. But scandal and paparazzi zing were far from the motives of a man who said over and over that he just liked the way women moved.

The Denver Art Museum (DAM) has assembled 50 photos from its permanent collection of

Winogrand images — about half of what it has in its archives and a fraction of the photos Winogrand took on the subject — for the exhibit Garry Winogrand: Women are Beautiful. There are no studio lights and no makeup. It’s real women in real clothes, “just honest photos of people going about their daily lives,” says Eric Paddock, DAM curator of photography.

Winogrand, born 1928 in the Bronx, shot photos up until his death in 1984, primarily in city streets and parks. He made thousands and thousee WINOGRAND Page 33

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sands of images — the Center for her head thrown back.

Creative Photography, which houses a The bulk of the photos in Women large portion of his collection, estimates Are Beautiful are drawn from the era it has more than 20,000 Winogrand when the women’s movement was prints. New York City was his backdrop becoming more militant. They include for most of his lifetime. And women, the “Summer of Love” and document for decades, were his preoccupation. So changes in the way women dress. much so that he stacked up enough “Let’s face it, he’s a middle-aged work on women to publish the book male responding to that in a fairly preWomen Are Beautiful in 1975. dictable way,” Paddock says, “but he’s making photo“Whenever Courtesy of Denver Art Museum graphs that aren’t I’ve seen an predictable at attractive woman, all.”

I’ve done my best The best to photograph expression of her,” Winogrand Winogrand’s wrote in the motives for phobook’s introductographing the tion. “I don’t everyday lives of know if all the American women in the women comes photographs are from his applicabeautiful, but I do tion for a John know that the Simon women are beauGuggenheim tiful in the phoMemorial tographs.”

Fellowship for He shot with creative arts, wide-angle lenses which he on a small Leica Gary Winogrand, received in 1964. camera used so “Woman Riding “I look at the heavily that the Bicycle,” 1975 pictures I have metal plating is done up to now, worn, and he and they make me filled his pockets feel that who we after a day on the ON THE BILL: Gary Winogrand: are and how we streets with rolls Women Are Beautiful runs at the Denver Art Museum through Sept. feel and what is to of black and white 30.

For more information, visit www. become of us just film. At his death, denverartmuseum.org. 100 W. 14th doesn’t matter,” he he left thousands Ave. Parkway, 720-865-5000. stated. “Our aspiof images underations and sucveloped and cesses have been cheap and petty. I read unprinted. Winogrand called the label the newspapers, the columnists, some “street photographer” stupid, but postbooks, I look at some magazines (our humously, that’s how he’s often characpress).

They all deal in illusions and terized. fantasies. I can only conclude that we “He tended to work really fast,” have lost ourselves, and that the bomb Paddock says. “He’d raise the camera may finish the job permanently, and it and take a picture and it looked like he just doesn’t matter, we have not loved was just swatting a fly. It was that fast.” life. ... I cannot accept my conclusions, The term “voyeur” almost has to come into play in photos of this nature: and so I must continue this photographic investigation further and deepwomen lost in thought on buses, carryer. This is my project.” ing their bags through crowded streets, He traveled for five months to 17 pedaling a bicycle barefoot down a states on that grant. street or origami-folded into a phone “These aren’t pictures of vanity. booth. He’s peeking in on private lives These are pictures of self-absorption and private moments. and really being who they are,” Paddock In most cases, the women in his says of Women Are Beautiful.

“They’re photos probably didn’t know they were just in themselves and they’re not perbeing photographed. In some, they stare forming for the camera.” directly into the camera. In one, Winogrand’s photographs reaffirm “Laughing woman with ice cream cone” that women really are beautiful, on (Winogrand’s titles were almost always accident and on purpose, when they pedantic descriptors), his reflection is know someone is looking and when visible in the storefront glass just they believe no one is. behind her, and it’s possible he prodded out that laugh she’s in the middle of, Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com Boulder Weekly

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Def Leppard’s 2006 CD, Yeah!, is a good example. Featuring covers of early 1970s glam/hard rock tunes, it was meant to show that the band was rooted in rock and not heavy metal.

The Counting Crows’ new CD of cover tunes, Underwater Sunshine (Or What We Did On Our Summer Vacation) is not that kind of album. The songs the band covers don’t come from any certain genre or era. So it isn’t about helping fans understand the musical influences that shaped the Bay-area group.

But Underwater Sunshine offers something that might make it more valid as a covers album than most such releases. It helps tell a story about two groups that preceded and helped connect the members of Counting Crows. Just as importantly, the band accomplishes something that many acts don’t achieve in making covers albums — the Counting Crows make the songs on Underwater Sunshine sound like their own.

Without knowing this was an album of songs by other artists, one would probably assume some of the tracks are Counting Crows originals. That’s because the band stayed away, for the most part, from doing songs that are well-known.

Only “Ooh La La” (by the Faces), “Amie” (by Pure Prairie League) and “You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere” (by Bob Dylan and the Band) — and possibly “Return of the Grievous Angel” (by Gram Parsons) — qualify as widely known tunes.

Otherwise, the Counting Crows bring their rootsy pop sound to songs as wide-ranging as Fairport Convention’s “Meet On The Ledge,” Teenage Fanclub’s “Start Again,” the fairly obscure Dawes song “All My Failures” and “Coming Around,” by the British group Travis.

The thread that ties together the songs, in the view of guitarist Dan Vickrey, is they are all songwriters’ songs.

“I would say every one of these songs is a good songwriting song,” he says. “It tells a story, has a narrative, and therefore has an emotion that that listen-

“This was kind of where Adam’s head was at, and Adam feels these songs as a singer,” Vickrey says.

“I think the real key was making it our own,” he adds. “Songs on their own sound good, but I think, my personal opinion is we bettered all of them. But why do them if you’re not going to better all of them?”

The band has certainly had its share of experience with cover tunes. (It even had a hit when it covered Joni Mitchell’s “Big Yellow Taxi” in 2002.) While its albums have otherwise generally contained all original material, cover tunes have made frequent appearances during the band’s concerts over the years.

“I think Adam’s point, even in covering the songs early on in that first tour, is that there are a lot of great songwriters ON THE BILL: Counting out there in America that Crows play the Paramount you never will be able to Theatre on Thursday, April 19.

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On the current Counting Crows tour, Vickrey said, the group is playing about five songs from the new CD, which of course, leaves plenty of time to perform material from August And Everything After and the band’s subsequent studio albums – Recovering the Satellites (1996), This Desert Life (1999), Hard Candy (2002) and Saturday er can put themselves into.”

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The idea of doing a covers album began to surThe band, he says, feels rejuvenated after its time face soon after the Counting Crows — Adam Duritz off. (vocals), Jim Boglos (drums), David Bryson (guitar), “It has been refreshing to get back and play the Charlie Gillingham (keyboards), David Immergluck shows,” Vickrey says. “It’s always fun to get back to (guitar), Millard Powers (bass), and Vickrey — playing. You realize how much you missed that. So I reconvened after a two-year hiatus that followed the think that energy will be brought with this tour and tour in support of the band’s 2008 CD, Saturday the ones beyond. I think it’s all good. It can only Nights, Sunday Mornings. help recharge the battery and bring a certain freshVickrey says there was no grand plan to return to ness to it.” action with this kind of CD. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com

Songs for songwriters

How the Counting Crows decided which tunes to put on their new album of covers

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Thursday, April 12 music Adam Bodine Trio. 6:30 p.m. St Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696.

Blues Ambassadors. 8 p.m. The Jamestown Mercantile Cafe, 108 Main St., Jamestown, 303-442-5847.

TOP 10 STORIES

Branden Sipes. 5:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Rd., Longmont, 303485-9400.

Week of April 5April 11

1. Chasing the White Horse Micah True was a man to be run after.

When Christopher McDougall chased him down to write Born to Run, he followed an elusive trail of clues through desert canyons. Time and again he heard that True, the man called Caballo Blanco, the White Horse, had just been there.

2. In case you missed it: Gone but not forgotten 3. Take it to the tap 4. An insider’s look at the CWA

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

Dexter Payne Quartet. 7:30 p.m. Caffè Sole, 637R S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-499-2985.

Dr Phil Good. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922.

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

Holly DeHoog. 7 p.m. Cuvée, 946 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-0475.

Mackelmore X Ryan Lewis –– With Xperience and Shelton Harris. 8:30 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-3399.

Rorey Carroll — With David DiGioia. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder. 303-440-4628.

6. A reasonably priced lunch at a high-end place

events

8. Borgore ruined dubstep before anyone else 9. Bypassing voter approval for public debt backfires 10. USGS: Recent earthquakes ‘almost certainly manmade’

POLL Last Week Are you going to the Conference on World Affairs?

• Yes! I go every year. 33% • Um. No, I have job, dude. 33% • Maybe. Any celebs there? 17% • Never heard of it. 17% This Week Is CU taking the right approach in dealing with 4/20 on campus?

• Yes! A Wyclef show will work!

• No. The cops need riot gear!

• Maybe. If they leave people alone.

• Don’t care. Smoking weed is This Week corny.

Should at-will CU instructors be given five-year contracts?

BOULDERGANIC • Yes. Protect academic freedom!

SPRING 2012 • No. Keep them on their In some ways, thistoes! issue is a beginners’ • Maybeguide to to the world of Got gard keep the good ening on the SPRING 2012

Bringing self-suffi ciency and susta inability home

brain? gardening and sustainable living. But we’re also delving into why these issues matter and how our government and policies can support the food and energy systems we’d prefer. We’ve taken on some weightier issues in this spring’s Boulderganic, not to trouble an otherwise sunny and light season with the burden of politics, but in the hope that at the time of new beginnings, planning and digging into the dirt, you’ll take a turn at digging into the way we live and plan our lives.

Planning an eco-friendly wedding

How munic could affectipalization clean energ y Natural reme dies for seasonal allergies

Boulder Weekly

Frequent Frequent Flyers sail into into Flyers sail the Dairy Dairy Center Center the for the Arts for the Arts April 13-15 13-15 and and April April 20-22 April 20-22

Night of the Dead — A tribute to the Grateful Dead.

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

5. Panorama (4/5)

7. The Yawpers change drummers

Cirque de Minuit

A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose — Weekly Study Group. 5 p.m. The Caritas Spiritist Center, 5723 Arapahoe Ave., Suite 1A, Boulder, 303-499-3066.

Burlesque Show — With Madame Mercy Chaos and the Sexy Sinners. 7:30 p.m. Shine, 2027 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-0120.

Edible Xeriscape. 6 p.m. Center for ReSource Conservation, 2639 Spruce St., Boulder, conservationcenter.org.

Fly Fishing Film Tour –– Adventure film tour showcases global locales. 6 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030.

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

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

The Gut String Band. 9:30 p.m. Waterloo, 809 S. Main St., Louisville, 303-993-2094.

Kate Jaworski, Paul Kimbiris, A4 Animal. 9 p.m.

Shine, 2027 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-0120.

Papa Juke. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel, 800 28th St., Boulder, 303-443-3322.

Getting Started with Adobe Illustrator. 6 p.m.

Boulder Digital Arts, 1600 Range St., Boulder, 303-8750276.

Reed Foehl — Album preview of Color Me In, with The Good Lovelies. 8 p.m. Swallow Hill, 71 E.Yale Ave., Denver, 303-777-1003.

Green Party Meeting — Candidate announcements.

6:30 p.m. Asher Brewing Company, 4699 Nautilus Court South #104, Boulder, 303-530-1381.

Romano Paoletti. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685.

The Law Students for the Performing Arts: Glamorous Law School, The Musical. 8 p.m. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826.

The Power of Meditation for a Peaceful Mind and Compassionate Heart. 7 p.m. Marmalade at Smokebrush, 219 W. Colorado Ave., Colorado Springs, www.bodhimindcenter.org.

Project Yes Open House. 5-8 p.m. Project Yes Headquarters, Justice High School, 805 Excalibur Dr., Lafayette, 303-926-0306.

Slow Food Boulder County Annual Meeting. 7 p.m. Altona Grange Hall #127, 9386 N. 39th St., Longmont, slowfoodboulder.com.

Stephen Thurston. 7 p.m. Cuvée, 946 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-0475.

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Friday, April 13 music 8th ElemEnt Entertainment presents Nancy Hubanks CD Release. 8:30 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683.

Adam Revell and Essence Rider — With Naropa Afropop Ensemble. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder. 303-440-4628.

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

Chris Kroger Trio. 8 p.m. The Rib House, 1801 13th St., Boulder, 303-442-RIBS. Cults — With Spectrals and Mrs. Magician. 8:30 p.m.

Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-3399.

Dave Boylan Band. 7 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683.

Erik the Viking. 6 p.m. The Jamestown Mercantile

Tommy and the Tangerines. 7 p.m. St Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696.

quent Flyers Productions. 7:45 p.m. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826.

Garret Ammon’s Rock Ballets — With music by Queen, INXS and David Bowie. 8 p.m. Performing Arts Complex at Pinnacle Charter School, 1001 W. 84th Ave., Denver, 303-466-5685.

The Law Students for the Performing Arts: Glamorous Law School, The Musical. 8 p.m. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826.

Murder Mystery Dinners. 6:45 p.m. Hotel Boulderado, 2115 13th St., Boulder, 303-442-4344.

Phamaly Theatre presents disLabeled — An original sketch comedy about living with a visual impairment or other differently abled condition. 7:30 p.m. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-4407826.

Rhythm of the Dance — National Dance Company of Ireland. 7:30 p.m. Lincoln Center Performance Hall, 417 West Magnolia, Fort Collins, 970-221-6730.

Run, meet and greet CU’s Triathlon Team. 5:30 p.m. run. 6:15 p.m. Meet and greet. BOOM Yogurt Bar, 3303 30th St., Boulder, cutriathlon.com.

Saturday, April 14 music Adam Bodine. 7 p.m. Cuvée, 946 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-0475.

Another Kind of Magick. 8 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel, 800 28th St., Boulder, 303-443-3322.

Be Always Coming Home — Resonance Women’s Chorus. 2 p.m. & 7 p.m. First United Methodist Church, 1421 Spruce St., Boulder, 303-473-8337.

The Black Seeds & Rubblebucket. 8:30 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-3399.

The Travelin’ McCourys & Keller Williams –– With Head for the Hills. 8 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030.

Bonnie & The Clydes. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685.

World Music Night — With Roshan Bhartiya and Andy Skellenger, Indian Classical, Sitar and Tabla. 8 p.m. Swallow Hill, 71 E.Yale Ave., Denver, 303-777-1003.

Bonnie & Taylor Sims. 4:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Tasty Weasel Tap Room, 1800 Pike Rd., Unit B, Longmont, 303-776-1914.

The Zydecoasters. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922.

Cedar Avenue Blues Band. 7 p.m. Notchtop Cafe, 459 E. Wonder View Ave., Estes Park, 970-596-0272.

events

Colter Harper. 6 p.m. Shine, 2027 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-0120.

Black and White Gala — 7th annual auction & casino night to fundraise for WOW! Children’s Museum. 6:30 p.m. A Spice of Life Event Center, 5706 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-604-2424.

Cirque de Minuit — The Midnight Circus, with Fre-

Daniel Ondaro. 7:30 p.m. Caffè Sole, 637R S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-499-2985.

The Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind — 4 p.m. Colorado Chamber Players. Boulder Library 1001

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From Residue of Process by Craig Wright

Above the Ashes — Student work from ArtLAB. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-2122. Through April 15.

The Art of Spring. Boulder Arts and Crafts Gallery, 1421 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-443-3683.

The Bird Show — Feat. Linda Gleitz’s Capistrano: Return of the Fock. Rabid Rabits Galeria, 530 Kimbark St., Longmont, 303-774-8338.

Through April 29.

Black and White — Juried exhibit. Center for Fine Art Photography, 400 North College Ave., Fort Collins, 970-224-1010. Through May 19.

John Perreault and Mark Van Wagner’s Drawings from Sand. Naropa University,

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

Glen Phillips — With John Common. 8 p.m. Swallow Hill, 71 E.Yale Ave., Denver, 303-777-1003.

Harmonious Junk. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Rd., Longmont, 303485-9400.

Hello Dollface — With The Outside Alliance. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder. 303-440-4628.

Holden Young & 8 Foot Orphan. 9 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 303-834-9384.

Kort McCumber. 9:30 p.m. Waterloo, 809 S. Main St., Louisville, 303-993-2094.

Mezzo Mestizo. 7 p.m. St Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696.

Monocle. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303449-1922.

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

theater

Pendulum New Music — Jack Quartet: “In the Dark.”

8 p.m. ATLAS Black Box Theatre, 1125 18th St., Boulder, 303-735-4577 or newmantix.com.

Julia Lunk, Judith Trager. NCAR Mesa Laboratory, 1850 Table Mesa Dr., Boulder, 303-497-2408.

Through May 31.

EcoCreations — An exhibit of art from recycled materials. The Muse Gallery, 356 Main St., Longmont, 303-678-7869. Through April 21.

Leon Loughridge. Mary Williams Fine Arts, 5311 Western Ave., Unit 112, Boulder, 303-9381588. Through April 30.

No Longer in My Hands — by Terry Campbell.

Macky Auditorium, University of Colorado at Boulder, 17th Street & University Avenue, Boulder, 303-492-8423. Through May 27.

Residue of Process — Craig Wright, Jefferson County Teacher Solo Exhibition. Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada, 720-898-7200.

Ravish Momin’s Tarana — With Trina Basu and Aakash Mittal. 8:30 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683.

Rocktin Grove. 10:30 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683.

Steve Flowers. 6 p.m. Smokin’ Dave’s BBQ and Taphouse, 228 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-0993.

events The 2012 NPC Axis Labs Bodybuilding, Fitness, Figure, Bikini and Physique Championships. 3:30 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-7867030.

A. Raven Cruz — Circles and Wrecktangles art exhibition opening and artist meet and greet. 5:30 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder. 303-440-4628.

Beer Brewing Class. 3 p.m. The Lyons Farmette, 4121 Ute Highway, Lyons, 303-746-6266.

Cirque de Minuit — The Midnight Circus, with Frequent Flyers Productions. 7:45 p.m. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826.

Garret Ammons Rock Ballets — With music by Queen, INXS and David Bowie. 8 p.m. Performing Arts

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5 Lesbians Eating a Quiche. Square Product Theatre, The Wesley Chapel, 1290 Folsom St., Boulder, squareproducttheatre.org. Through April 28.

Chess. The Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada, 720-898-7200.

Through April 15.

The Drowsy Chaperone. Boulder’s Dinner

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Lincoln Gallery, 2130 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-875-6879. Through May 15.

Theater, 5501 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-449-6000. Through May 13.

Godspell. The We’re House, 5763 Arapahoe Ave., Unit P, Boulder, brownpapertickets.com/ event/238381. April 13-15.

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Thursday, April 12 Linda Whittenberg — Poetry reading. 7 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore, 1203 13th St., Ste. A, Boulder, 303-579-1644.

Imagine: How Creativity Works — by Jonah Lehrer.

7:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303447-2074.

Friday, April 13

2013: Raising the Earth to the Next Vibration — by Richard Grossinger. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-2074.

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ing and Fundraiser for Safehouse. 1 p.m.

Innisfree Poetry Bookstore, 1203 13th St., Ste. A, Boulder, 303-579-1644.

Monday, April 16 “So, You’re a Poet” — open poetry reading featuring Tim Z. Hernandez & Luis Humberto Valadez. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder. 303-440-4628.

World Book Night Reception. 7 p.m.

Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-2074.

Tuesday, April 17 Chautauqua Author Forum. 5:30 p.m.

Chautauqua Community House, 900 Baseline Road, Boulder, chautauqua.com.

Travel Writing Workshop — with Jayme Moye. 2 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-2074.

The Official ‘High Times’ Cannabis Cookbook — by Elise McDonough. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-2074.

Sunday, April 15

Wednesday, April 18

“The Poet Is In” — With Poet-in-residence Jack Collom. 2 p.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.

Organic Gardener’s Companion: Growing Vegetables in the West — by Jane Shellenberger. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-4472074.

Strong Voices, Strong Women — Read-

Complex at Pinnacle Charter School, 1001 W. 84th Ave., Denver, 303-466-5685.

endorf. 6 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030.

Intro to Gardening II. 9 a.m. Growing Gardens, 1630 Hawthorn Ave., Boulder, 303-443-9952.

Felonius Smith. 6 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685.

The Law Students for the Performing Arts: Glamorous Law School, The Musical. 8 p.m. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826.

Moonshiner. 10 p.m. Mountain Sun, 1535 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-546-0886.

Phamaly Theatre presents disLabeled — An original sketch comedy about living with a visual impairment or other differently abled condition. 7:30 p.m. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-4407826.

Rhythm of the Dance — National Dance Company of Ireland. 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. Lincoln Center Performance Hall, 417 West Magnolia, Fort Collins, 970-221-6730.

Spring Football Game. 5 p.m. Folsom Field, Boulder, cubuffs.com/springgame.

Stories on Stage — April Fools. 1:30 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.

Su Teatro @ the Denver Civic Theatre, 721 Santa Fe Drive, Denver, 303-494-0523.

Titanic Remembrance — Afternoon tea. 4:30 p.m.

Scarlett Rose, 101 E. Chester St., Lafayette, 303-6655660.

WaterWise Irrigation — Free seminar with David Bailey, Urban Oasis Design. 10 a.m. Center for ReSource Conservation, 2639 Spruce St., Boulder, conservationcenter.org.

Writing Workshop — Self-editing from the Base Up: A Builder’s Approach to Editing, with Karen Lin. 10 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Tipi Summer Writing Workshop Series, 1907 24th Ave., Longmont, 303-518-6740.

Sunday, April 15 music Bone Orchard Revival. 6:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Rd., Longmont, 303-485-9400. eTown: The Infamous Stringdusters & Zach Heck-

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Ostevetto. 6 p.m. Cuvée, 946 Pearl St., Boulder, 303447-0475.

The Roseline — With Two Guitars Telling a Story. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder. 303440-4628.

Wendy Woo — Blue Sky Bridge Benefit. 5 p.m. Nissi’s.

2675 North Park Drive, Lafayette, blueskybridge.org.

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events Athena Project’s Dine + Drink = Donate — Fundraiser for Plays in Progress Series and Girls’ Write Program. 3-7 p.m. Highland Tap and Burger, 2219 W. 32nd Ave., Denver, athenaprojectfestival.org.

Cirque de Minuit — The Midnight Circus, with Frequent Flyers Productions. 1:45 p.m. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826.

Phamaly Theatre presents disLabeled — An original sketch comedy about living with a visual impairment or other differently-abled condition. 2 p.m. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826.

Principles and Practices of Biodynamic Agriculture. 3 p.m. The Lyons Farmette, 4121 Ute Highway, Lyons, 303-746-6266.

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Sausage Making Class. 11 a.m. The Lyons Farmette, 4121 Ute Highway, Lyons, 303-746-6266.

Monday, April 16 music Brad Goode Jazz Quartet. 7 p.m. Caffè Sole, 637R S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-499-2985.

DAYUM. Southern Sun, 627 S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-543-0886.

Erik the Viking. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303

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Children’s Storytime. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303441-3100.

Go Club for Kids & Teens. 2 p.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303441-3100.

Friday, April 13 Children’s Storytime. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303441-3100.

Saturday, April 14 Children’s Storytime 10:15 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303441-3100.

Cool Moves! — World Dance Party for Young Children and their Families. 11 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.

Kite Festival. 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Robby Ferrufino Park, 74th Ave. & Carr Drive, Arvada, 720-8987400.

Nature for Kids and Parents — A Day to Celebrate Trees. 1 p.m.

Chautauqua Ranger Cottage, 900 Baseline Rd., Boulder, 303-4413440.

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

Open Stage –– With Turtle. 6:30 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683.

events Climbtalk — With K2 Summiter Chris Warner and musical guest Ben Walburn. 8 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel and Suites, 800 28th St., 303-443-3322.

Garret Ammons Rock Ballets — With music by Queen, INXS and David Bowie. 2 p.m. Performing Arts Complex at Pinnacle Charter School, 1001 W. 84th Ave., Denver, 303-466-5685.

Polities, Spirituality and Authenticity: An Election Year Dialogue — With Mark Gerzon. 7 p.m. Nalanda Campus Events Center, 6287 Arapahoe Road, Boulder, 303-444-0202.

Public Meeting on Oil and Gas Development — Boulder County Commissioners. 4 p.m. Boulder County Courthouse, 1325 Pearl St., Boulder, bouldercounty.org.

“So, You’re a Poet” — Reading by Jim Cohn & Randy Roark. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder. 303-440-4628.

Xeriscape for Pollinators. 6 p.m. Longmont Public Library, Meeting Room, 409 4th Ave., Longmont, conservationcenter.org.

Tuesday, April 17 music Katey Laurel. 6:30 p.m. St Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696.

Kort McCumber. 8 p.m. West End Tavern, 926 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-444-3535.

Open Stage. 7:15 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922.

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Monday, April 16 Children’s Storytime. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.

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

Tuesday, April 17 Discovery Days — Our Animal Friends. 10 a.m. WOW! Children’s Museum, 110 N. Harrison Ave., Lafayette, 303-604-2424.

Reading Buddies. 4:30 p.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303441-3100.

Wednesday, April 18 Discovery Days — Our Animal Friends. 10 a.m. WOW! Children’s Museum, 110 N. Harrison Ave., Lafayette, 303-604-2424.

French with Veronique. 10 a.m. WOW! Children’s Museum, 110 N. Harrison Ave., Lafayette, 303-604-2424.

Storytime with Judy Volc. 10 a.m. Barnes & Noble, 2999 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-444-0349.

Feather. 7 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683.

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

events Bee Gardens — With insect collections manager Virginia Scott. 6:30 p.m. University of Colorado Museum of Natural History, Henderson Building, CU campus, Boulder, 303-492-6892.

Walk Out Walk On — A Learning Journey Into Communities Daring to Live the Future Now. 5:30 p.m.

Chautauqua Community House, 900 Baseline Rd., Boulder, 303-441-3440.

Wednesday, April 18 music Clamdaddys Transcendental Blues Jam. 7:30 p.m.

D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683.

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

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

Ingrid Michaelson –– With Harper Blynn. 8 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030.

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

Tribute to Tom Waits. 7:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685.

events Boulder Improv Collaborative. 7 p.m. Shine, 2027 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-0120.

Marketing with Social Media. 9 a.m. Boulder Digital Arts, 1600 Range St., Boulder, 303-875-0276.

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21 JUMP STREET Two young police officers and ex-classmates go undercover at a local high school to investigate a dangerous drug ring. Rated R. At Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks. — Los Angeles Times/ MCT

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A decade after their teen adventures in American Pie, a group of lifelong friends return to their hometown for a high school reunion. Rated R. At Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks. — Los Angeles Times/MCT THE ARTIST

BALLET: MEDITERRANEA At La Scala. Set to music ranging from popular Turkish to Ligeti and Mozart, this choreography focuses on the gestures and spirit of the Mediterranean in a balance between lyricism and pure energy. At Boedecker Theater. — Boedecker Theater BULLY More than 13 million American kids will be bullied this year, making it the most common form of violence experienced by young people in the nation. The new film Bully, directed by Sundance and Emmy award-winning filmmaker Lee Hirsch, brings human scale to this startling statistic, offering an intimate, unflinching look at how bullying has touched five kids and their families. At Century and Mayan. — Landmark Theatres THE CABIN IN THE WOODS Bad things happen when a group of friends visit a remote cabin in the woods.

Rated R. At Twin Peaks, Century and Colony Square. — Los Angeles Times/ MCT CONNECTED Have you ever faked a restroom trip to check your email? Or become so overwhelmed that you just unplugged from it all? This funny, eye-opening and inspiring film takes audiences on an exhilarating roller coaster ride to discover what it means to be connected in the 21st century. At Boedecker Theater. — Boedecker Theater CORIOLANUS Caius Martius “Coriolanus” (director Ralph Fiennes), a revered and feared Roman general, is at odds with the city of Rome and his fellow citizens. Pushed by his controlling and ambitious mother Volumnia (Vanessa Redgrave) to seek the exalted and powerful position of Consul, he is loath to ingratiate himself with the masses whose votes he needs in order to Boulder Weekly

JIRO DREAMS OF SUSHI For most of his 85 years, Jiro Ono, the most famous sushi chef in Tokyo, has been perfecting the art of making sushi.

He works from sunrise to well beyond sunset to taste every piece of fish; meticulously train his employees; and carefully mold and finesse the impeccable presentation of each sushi creation.

Rated PG. At Mayan. — Landmark Theatres For a list of local movie times, visit JOHN CARTER boulderweekly.com/ A former military captain is movie-times.html mysteriously transported to Mars, where he becomes involved in an epic conflict among the planet’s inhabitants. Rated PG-13. At Colony Square. — Los Angeles Times/MCT

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Hollywood 1927. Silent movie matinee idol George Valentin (Jean Dujardin) is enjoying the good life, although he seems fonder of his faithful dog than of his trophy wife (Penelope Ann Miller). He meets funny, sexy young extra Peppy Miller (Bérénice Bejo), a dancer set for a big break, and sparks fly. Chez Artiste, Colony Square and Denver FilmCenter/ Colfax. — Landmark Theatres

winds up on an adventure with his brother. Rated R. At Century, Chez Artiste and Mayan. — Los Angeles Times/MCT

The Raid: Redemption

Just a few years ago, the Indonesian martial art Pencak Silat was a carefully kept secret. Now, it’s mainstream cinema. Ah, progress.

secure the office. At Chez Artiste and Denver FilmCenter/Colfax. — Landmark Theatres

from her first husband, Nick Arnstein. At Denver FilmCenter/Colfax. — Denver Film Society

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Scott Freiman combines his love of The Beatles with experience as a composer, producer and engineer to deliver unique lectures about The Beatles. He moves past the personalities of the four Beatles to uncover the reasons why their music continues to be loved by millions. At Denver FilmCenter/Colfax and International Film Series. — IFS

From writers Jay Baruchel and Evan Goldberg (Superbad) and Canadian cult director Michael Dowse (Fubar I and II) comes this hilarious tale that just may knock Slap Shot off its skates as the best comedy ever to tackle the topic of hockey. At Denver FilmCenter/Colfax. — Denver Film Society HOW TO START A REVOLUTION

THE KID WITH A BIKE Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival, the deeply moving new film by brothers Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne (L’Enfant, Rosetta) delves into the emotional life of troubled 11-year-old Cyril. When his father abandons him, Cyril at first refuses to admit it, claiming his father just forgot to say where he was going. At Chez Artiste. — Landmark Theatres LOCKOUT A wrongly convicted ex-government agent can regain his freedom by saving the president’s daughter from rioting inmates at an outer-space prison. Rated PG-13. At Twin Peaks, Century and Colony Square.

— Los Angeles Times/MCT LOOKING THROUGH A GLASS ONION: DECONSTRUCTING THE WHITE ALBUM In Looking Through A Glass Onion: Deconstructing The White Album, composer/producer Scott Freiman takes Beatles fans young and old into the studio with the Beatles as they create their bestselling album — The Beatles (commonly referred to as the White Album). At Denver FilmCenter/Colfax and International Film Series. — Denver Film Society

In this animated film, a 12-year-old boy searching for the key to winning over his dream girl must confront a mysterious grumpy creature who is protective of his homeland. Rated PG. At Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks. — Los Angeles Times/MCT

A story of modern revolution, the power of people to change their world and the man behind it all. Unassuming, soft-spoken and barely known to the wider world, 83-year-old Professor Gene Sharp has written the standard textbook for revolutionary leaders. At Denver FilmCenter/Colfax. — Denver Film Society

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Footnote is the tale of a great rivalry between a father and son. Eliezer and Uriel Shkolnik are both eccentric professors who have dedicated their lives to their work in Talmudic Studies. The father, Eliezer, is a stubborn purist who fears the establishment and has never been recognized for his work. Meanwhile his son, Uriel, is an up-and-coming star in the field who appears to feed on accolades. At Chez Artiste. — Landmark Theatres

In 1930s Paris, an orphan living in a train station tries to unlock a mystery left behind by his late father. Rated PG. At Colony Square and Denver FilmCenter/ Colfax. — Los Angeles Times/MCT

An exiled princess enlists the help of a group of diminutive bandits to take back her usurped throne from an evil queen in this retelling of the Snow White fairy tale.

Rated PG. At Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks. — Los Angeles Times/ MCT

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In the post-apocalyptic ruins of North America, a teenage girl competes in a nationally televised battle to the death against 23 of her peers. Rated PG-13. At Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks.

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Devoted Christian housewife Linda White (Rachael Harris, The Hangover) leads a childless existence in suburban Texas. Her world is irrevocably altered when her husband Abe (John Diehl) suffers a tragic stroke at a sperm clinic. Abe had been making “donations” for the duration of their marriage and has produced numerous offspring, unknown to Linda, who has never been able to conceive. At Chez Artiste. — Landmark Theatres

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T

he RMS Titanic has resurfaced from the icy depths of the Atlantic only to be subjected to a second dunking, this time with a 3-D upcharge, under the stewardship of Capt.

James Cameron, master and commander.

Cameron’s 1997 film — perhaps you’ve heard of it? — has returned to theaters as Titanic 3D on both regular and IMAX-sized screens, just in time for this month’s 100th anniversary of the doomed vessel’s maiden and farewell 1912 voyage. How’s the 3-D? It’s fine. It’s pretty good.

But it must be said: This is still a straightup postproduction 3-D conversion job, the sort of thing Cameron himself badmouthed (deservedly) after his own Avatar, which was shot in ground-up and genuinely immersive 3-D, made such a splash.

When the panic-on-the-Titanic romance starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet first came out, I caught it twice, thereby qualifying me for permanent 14-year-old girlhood.

The picture remains the worst-written blockbuster I happily paid to see a second time.

Now. Why is this? Given the banality of so much of what is actually spoken on screen during the 194 minutes of Titanic, why does it work so well?

Two reasons, I think.

One: Cameron is a genius at instilling narrative dread and designing a hokum-drenched fairy tale of a certain size. Line to line, his scripts are laden with eye-rollers. But he knows how to sustain an audience’s interest in the terrible things to come, be it a mass watery grave or genocidal slaughter on another planet.

Two: He knows when to shut up, or rather, shut his characters up, and simply dive into images. In Titanic, the first dissolve from the underwater wreckage to the great ship’s white-linen and polished brass finery remains a remarkable and potent transition.

Sequences such as these go a long way

toward making up for every single moment Billy Zane is on screen, elevating his terrible plutocratic-bully dialogue to stratospherically lousy heights of excess.

For those who have never seen Titanic, it’s about a Wisconsin lad (DiCaprio), short on funds but long on moxie, who saves the Zane character’s fiancée (Winslet) from a suicide attempt and, ultimately, a life of suffocating riches. The poor boy and the rich girl fall in love. They consummate their love in the back seat of an automobile on board the boat. The boat hits the ice. And every time your eyes reset to rolling position, Cameron gives you another majestic panorama of wonder, or mass suffering, or nerve-racking, death-defying triumph amid desolation.

For me, the reason Titanic works has everything to do with the scene in which Winslet’s Rose, floating among the corpses and the remains of the ship’s furnishings, finally gets breath enough in her lungs to blow that warning whistle to attract the attention of a lifeboat. It’s the hokiest brand of suspense, yet Winslet’s suffering somehow never becomes risible.

The 3-D you can take or leave, frankly. Wearing those glasses cuts out a dubious percentage of the brightness and vibrancy of the picture’s imagery.

As Cameron recently said: “Postconversion should be used for one thing and one thing only — which is to take library titles that are favorites that are proven and convert them into 3-D — whether it’s Jaws or E.T. or Indiana Jones, Close Encounters ... or Titanic.

Unless you have a time machine to go back and shoot it in 3-D, you have no other choice. The best alternative is if you want to release a movie in 3-D — make it in 3-D.” That is the best alternative. But I’d be more interested in Cameron inventing that time machine.

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for divorce. Rated PG-13. At Mayan. — Landmark Theatres

For the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic on April 15, 1912, Boedecker will present this meticulous re-creation of the event, adapted from the best-selling book by Walter Lord. It preceded the blockbuster Titanic by almost 40 years and is a much more subtle, human and dignified portrayal of this monumental 20th century catastrophe. The early screening is in cooperation with The Boulder History Museum’s Titanic-themed Gala. At Boedecker Theater. — Boedecker Theater

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Jafar Panahi, under house-arrest and awaiting a verdict by the appeals court, depicts a day in his life with this smuggled movie. Working within great constraints can have extraordinary results; Panahi proves that here and triumphs over a regime trying to silence him. At International Film Series. — IFS

Verdi’s classic is justly one of the bestknown of all great chorus operas, and The Royal Opera’s revival brings it back with a wonderful international cast under a renowned conductor of Italian opera Daniel Oren. At Boedecker Theater. — Boedecker Theater PINA “Dance, dance, or we are lost.” Pina Bausch’s final words summarize her life and provide the inspiration for acclaimed director Wim Wenders’ breathtaking tribute to the legendary choreographer.

Bausch and her Tanztheater in Wuppertal elevated dance into brilliantly subversive new expressive realms. In this exhilarating film Wenders captures the raw, heartstopping intensity of the movement and transforms it into a transcendent cinematic experience. At Boedecker Theater. — Boedecker Theater THE RAID: REDEMPTION One ruthless crime lord. Twenty elite cops. Thirty floors of chaos. Showcasing the jaw-dropping Indonesian martial art of Pencak Silat, the crime thriller The Raid: Redemption has been described as “mindbogglingly stunning” and “a slam-bang, knock-your-socks-off action bonanza with some of the most peerlessly shot, performed and choreographed fight sequences you’re likely to see on screen” (Los Angeles Times). At Century and Mayan.

— Landmark Theatres REBIRTH OF A NATION There is no doubt that D.W. Griffith’s Birth of a Nation is racist. It is an important and difficult piece of film history, and it is hard to praise it without being soiled by its themes. DJ Spooky offers an alternative “remix,” with the core of the film intact and commentary at the most egregious moments. At Boedecker Theater.

— Boedecker Theater SALMON FISHING IN THE YEMEN Salmon Fishing in the Yemen stars Ewan McGregor as Dr. Alfred Jones, a fisheries scientist who one day receives an unusual request. A businesswoman named Harriet Chetwode-Talbot (Emily Blunt, The Adjustment Bureau) wants his help in fulfilling a wealthy sheikh’s (Amr Waked) desire to bring sport fishing to Yemen. At Century and Esquire. — Landmark Theatres A SEPARATION Simin wants to leave Iran to provide better opportunities for her daughter. When her husband refuses to leave behind his Alzheimer’s-suffering father, Simin sues Boulder Weekly

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— Los Angeles Times/MCT THE TROUBLE WITH BLISS Morris Bliss is clamped in the jaws of New York City inertia: he wants to travel but has no money; he needs a job but has no prospects; he still shares an apartment with his widowed father. At Denver FilmCenter/Colfax. — Denver Film Society THE THREE STOOGES Three infants left on a nun’s doorstep grow up to be knuckleheads who get embroiled in a strange murder plot and stumble into a reality TV show. Rated PG. At Twin Peaks, Century and Colony Square. — Los Angeles Times/MCT WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN

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should have known better. My stalk’s pale green interior. “Take a cousin’s seemingly casual invitabite,” she said again. tion was too intent on success, I suspect that we were not unobthe gleam in her eye a bit too served — that the grownups were bright. “Take a bite,” she said, looking out from the kitchen at holding out the stalk of rhubarb. the ancient drama being She spoke as if she were postponenacted. For surely, generation ing her own pleasure, as if her bite of upon generation has tempted the scarlet stalk could wait if it meant its younger members with her own dear young cousin could be happy. The rhubarb looked tasty. The The initial crunch is quickpale green stalk looked like celery, but better, ly replaced by the sensawith brilliant red striation of every pore in your tions that caught the sunlight. The bottom mouth constricting. knob of the stalk, where it had been pulled from the plant with a firm tug, appeared as polished as marble. the suggestion that biting into a stalk This knob was pink, as pink as the of rhubarb is a delight. I mean, my hollyhocks against my Grandma cousin wasn’t that original. Nor was I Torkelson’s house. It was a shade of when, in later summers, I would pink that, yet today, makes me smile. extend a stalk of rhubarb toward some But it was the other end, where the unsuspecting cousin, friend, neighbor great leaf had been lopped off by my kid — whoever had not experienced beguiling cousin, that revealed the the stop-action surprise of a bite.

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by Kim Ode To a child’s fairly untested taste buds, rhubarb is a shock. The initial crunch is quickly replaced by the sensation of every pore in your mouth constricting. It’s not so much of a taste that is sour — although your brain is screaming “Sour!” — as in the realization that spitting out the rhubarb risks releasing even more of its barbarity.

While ridding yourself of this morsel now is more important than anything you’ve ever done, the specter of tasting more rhubarb, even on its way out, is akin to realizing that someone’s nails are only halfway down the blackboard.

In short, this drama is great good fun for the profferers of rhubarb and an unforgettable experience for those who, against all of their instincts, finally take a bite.

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talian Americans are always talking about how they are Italian, bragging about their mother’s marinara, and mispronouncing Italian words in cheesy accents.

As if that wasn’t embarrassing enough, I’ve noticed that most of the ones I’ve met, or am related to, don’t actually cook Italian food, never make their own pasta, and wouldn’t know a good marinara if it was keying their Camaro right in front of their Staten Island duplex.

Being a fourth-generation Italian, I grew up loving Italian food, but not knowing what Italian food necessarily tasted like. Sure, my parents cooked, and they were both very good at it, but we never had what I would consider country Italian fare, and it’s a shame, because making a nice dish of fresh pasta and sauce in 30 minutes is easy and delicious, and who knows? You might just impress one of your ItalianAmerican friends by feeding them their first Italian meal. see ITALIAN Page 51

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Returning to a Longmont seafood favorite by Clay Fong

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’m not entirely sure why I hadn’t paid a visit to Longmont’s Tortugas in the last few years — in the late ’90s, I thought it was one of the best restaurants in the county. Combining a hospitable, homey, Key West feel with a menu of fresh seafood, prepared in the manner of the Caribbean, Mexico and New Orleans, it was an easy winner.

On a recent dinner outing with friends Janet and Keith, I was pleased to see the menu hadn’t changed too much.

Those desiring something other than seafood can opt for voodoo chicken with spicy etouffee sauce, jerk pork chops or vegetarian curry. Many catches of the day, chicken and pork dishes are also available as gluten-free preparations.

We began with an $8.50 Asianinfluenced appetizer of smoked salmon and avocado perched atop fried wonton skins. Fiery wasabi and citrusy ponzu complemented the clean taste of fish, and the crispness of the wonton neatly balanced out the toppings’ silky texture.

Adding bacon to a dish rarely does harm, and this was certainly the case with our other starter, $9 Creole BBQ shrimp. On their own, the generous portion of shrimp was plump and fresh, and

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ating Caribbean fare always makes me think about pirates, and interestingly enough, there is a link between this island cuisine and a common appellation for these seafaring scoundrels. In the Caribbean, a buccan is a device for smoking meat, and somehow the name of this apparatus became synonymous with hunters, and then area pirates, or buccaneers. In contrast, another term associated with pirates, corsairs, refers specifically to French privateers, sanctioned by the Crown. Privateers were essentially government-sanctioned pirates with a legal status allowing them to be considered prisoners of war, rather than common criminals, if captured by an enemy.

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Keith opted for the $18 shrimp mojo, prepared with a Cuban sauce of garlic, fresh sage, olive oil and lime. The bright sauce was distinctive and flavorful, without detracting from the quality of the seafood. Keith confessed he typically didn’t care for beans, although he dubbed the side of black beans and rice “incredible.”

My entree was the $17 jambalaya.

This oversized bowl included shrimp, crawfish, chicken and andouille sausage in spicy tomato sauce over rice. The strength of this dish is that each ingredient retained its individual flavor — some seafood stews can get a touch muddied. The sausage was fine, although it wasn’t quite as pungent as that found in New Orleans.

For dessert, Keith had the $6 coconut tart, which was fine, although it had the misfortune of being compared to the like-priced chocolate bourbon bread pudding. This exquisite dessert, with its velvety mouthfeel, smooth chocolate and praline-like taste, is among my top three local desserts.

While it’s been too many years between visits to Tortugas, I was pleased to see it was as good as I remembered. For the quality, prices are hard to beat, and dinners become even more reasonable on Wednesdays, when Tortugas offers a free bottle of wine with the purchase of two entrees.

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moist, ably assisted by the pork wrap.

An apple mustard sauce made for a surprisingly nuanced condiment, with subtle hints of sweet and hot. Sides of sweet potato fries and asparagus rounded out this preparation.

For a buck extra, each of us received a refreshing, if not slightly soupy, sliced cucumber salad dotted with roasted red pepper. Janet noted that this version was less sweet than what she had grown up with in the Midwest, although the sugar level effectively balanced out the heartiness of the entrees.

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Slow Food Boulder County is holding its annual meeting on Thursday, April 12, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

The meeting is intended to allow people in the local food industry to gather under one roof to share ideas and wishes for how they can pull together this year to “further the cause of good, clean and fair food for all.”

The meeting will be held at the Altona Grange in Longmont, and attendees will learn about the grange system, hear what Slow Food Boulder County is all about, help elect officers, have the chance to join a committee and contribute ideas for the coming year. The meeting is free and open to all. For more information visit http://slowfoodboulder.com.

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“With Tax Day approaching, it seems only appropriate to take a little time to indulge the Blues inside,” the restaurant declares in its announcement for the class.

From mild blue cheddar to classic English Stilton to the overly sharp Spanish Cabrales, the class will explore the world of molds, innocuation and aging that is responsible for the most loved and loathed category of cheese out there.

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The Boulder Wine Merchant is marking its 32nd birthday with a sale during April.

The shop, located at 2690 Broadway, is offering 20 percent off a variety of featured wines throughout the month. The wines comprise a collection of rare Burgundy, German, Austrian and Italian wines that the shop is focusing on to make room for new offerings.

During the last week of the month, the sale will include all wine in the entire store.

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RHUBARB from Page 48

The good news is that we know now that kids’ taste buds are especially sensitive to bitter or sour flavors and that maturity brings the joy of realizing that rhubarb is one of the great delights of horticulture — although even that took several centuries to discover.

Rhubarb’s first primary use was not as food but as medicine in China and Tibet, with records dating back to 2700 B.C. Its eventual appearance in European countries was due to its medicinal properties, but cooks also were intrigued enough by its tart flavor that they began growing it around 1600. Trade routes continued to shrink the globe, and by the late 1700s imported sugar became plentiful and affordable, which pretty much lit the fuse on rhubarb’s becoming more commonly referred to as “pie plant.”

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While we tend to think of it as a fruit, rhubarb actually is a vegetable, which helps move our brains in the direction of using it in more savory dishes, such as a Yorkshire-style pudding side dish, or in a kale salad. Nor is it necessary that rhubarb desserts rely on strawberries. Trust me. It’s far more interesting to pair its tart flavor with tropical mangoes, chewy figs, fresh raspberries or ripe bananas.

Or, you can follow one of the simplest recipes ever devised: Take one small bowl of sugar into the garden. Pull a stalk of rhubarb from the plant. Lop off the leaf. Dip one end of the stalk into the sugar. Take a bite. Continue dipping as desired.

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Add remaining ingredients to the well and mix them together with a fork. The flour sides of the well will incorporate bit by bit.

Once you can no longer mix with the fork, start adding flour to the dough from the sides of the bowl until it starts to come together.

You do not want a hard dough, so remove it from the bowl immediately after it starts coming together and transfer it to a cutting board. Knead by folding the dough onto itself. If it’s too sticky, add a touch of flour.

When the dough is a smooth ball, tightly wrap in cling film and pop into the fridge. It needs to rest for at least 30 minutes.

Might as well start a large pot of water with 1 tbsp. oil and 1 tsp. salt now. It will be boiling when the pasta is ready to roll.

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In a small saucepan, combine olive oil, garlic cloves (no need to peel them), basil and pepper flakes. Set this to low.

While the oil infusion is slowly cooking, put the tomatoes in a blender (or crush with your hands if you want a rustic sauce). Add the tomato mixture to a sauté pan with the wine and start cooking on medium.

Let both pans cook for about 20 minutes, then turn the heat off the oil, add the mushrooms and salt to the tomatoes, and cook for an additional 10 minutes.

Finally, pour oil mixture through a strainer into the tomatoes, mix to combine, and set burner on low.

Your pasta is now ready to roll.

If you have a pasta roller, then this process will be a breeze. If not, roll your sleeves up, tear off a handful of dough from the ball, and flatten on a floured cutting board. Roll it out into a long rectangle. You have to roll, flip, roll, wait for it to shrink, and roll some more.

You want the pasta sheet to be thin enough so that you can see the shadows of your fingers behind it when you hold it up.

Cut pasta into long strips about 1.5 – 2 inches wide and let them dry for about 1 minute before you throw them into boiling water.

Fresh pasta cooks in about 2 minutes, so don’t leave the room.

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owntown Boulder’s Salt Bistro, one of the newest entrants in the affordable midday meal sweepstakes, now serves a “farm-to-table” lunch for $9. Favored choices include the Reuben, made with pork belly instead of corned beef. The meatless eater will likely favor the quinoa and chickpea fritters. Preferred sides include the tomato soup garnished with a tiny grilled cheese wedge and the beet or apple salads, available for $2 more.

agyu steak is a pricey delicacy, and the Pearl Street Steak Room is a coolly retro venue where people can indulge their taste for this artisan beef.

Richly marbled, sweet and tender, the Wagyu filet’s a good way to go, especially after one of their smooth martinis. The adventurous can start their meal with chicken-fried sweetbreads, but more sedate choices like duck confit also tempt.

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808 Main St., Louisville 303-666-6499 ocated smack dab in the middle of downtown Louisville, Zucca Italian Ristorante boasts an inviting ambience balancing the rustic with a subtle but unmistakable European flair. The same can also be said of the menu, which ranges from old standbys like comforting spaghetti and meatballs to more elevated selections like seafood cannelloni and rack of lamb. Can’t-miss items include the fried calamari starter, garnished with piquant pickled peppers and fresh tomato, and the arugula salad, a winning combination of greens, gorgonzola and apple.

hile Laudisio is best known for its Italian-influenced lunches and dinners, it certainly satisfies with its solidly constructed brunch menu on the weekends.

Offerings include egg-based dishes such as a Hazel Dell mushroom frittata, sweet choices like a perfectly balanced lemon ricotta pancake, and breakfast pizzas topped with prosciutto. Other noteworthy items include the hearty steak and eggs sided with homefries, and the piping hot Italian-style donut holes.

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he expanded food court at the Pearl Street Whole Foods quite literally has everything from soup to nuts. Available items range from a crisp, anise-scented fennel salad to a surprisingly flavorful interpretation of Chinese barbecued pork. Made-to-order fare includes taqueria-style Mexican street food and Asian noodles, highlighted by the Vietnamese-influenced pho ga, a chicken and rice noodle soup.

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ongmont’s Santa Fe Coffee & Burrito Co. certainly lives up to its name. This welcoming breakfast and lunch spot features caffeine ranging from classic diner coffee to espresso drinks and hearty, New Mexicoinfluenced meals. Morning highlights include anything with the green chile; piping hot skillets such as the Santa Fe, featuring bacon, chorizo, potato, bell pepper and onion; and the compelling enchiladas and eggs.

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5a Bistro and Sushi is a wor thwhile addition to the East County dining scene. It provides an oppor tunity for a reasonably priced lunch prepared with care, an intriguing small plate meal, or a dinner combining comfor ting home cooking with gourmet flair. Winning small plate choices, none of which cost more than $7, include clams and chorizo, braised pork over potato, and chile pepper and avocado tempura.

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he Big Red F Restaurant Group’s foray into the world of ar tisan cocktails, The Bitter Bar, has taken over the former Happy Noodle venue.

Drinks here range from original awardwinning concoctions such as the Gone Fishin’, featuring naval-strength rum and ginger liqueur, to Irish coffee. But the focus on libations doesn’t detract from the food, which includes a freshtasting lobster risotto and the unique gingerbread cake garnished with bacon caramel popcorn.

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hef Radek Czerny’s L’Atelier, deeply influenced by classic French cuisine, builds upon a traditional foundation. At dinner, starters range from Thai-spiced mussels to traditional escargot and shrimp Louis.

Classicism marks the entrée menu, which includes filet mignon and rack of lamb. The lunch menu features lighter options like a tuna nicoise salad and a salmon, lettuce and tomato panini, and both meals feature the can’t-miss lobster ravioli.

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MARCH 21-APRIL 19:

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Some people misunderstand the do-it-now fervor of the Aries tribe, thinking it must inevitably lead to carelessness. Please prove them wrong in the coming weeks. Launch into the interesting new possibilities with all your exuberance unfurled. Refuse to allow the natural energy to get hemmed in by theories and concepts. But also be sure not to mistake rash impatience for intuitive guidance. Consider the likelihood that your original vision of the future might need to be tinkered with a bit as you translate it into the concrete details.

TAURUS

APRIL 20-MAY 20:

There is a possibility that a pot of gold sits at the end of the rainbow. The likelihood is small, true, but it’s not zero. On the other hand, the rainbow is definitely here and available for you to enjoy. Of course, you would have to do some more work on yourself in order to gather in the fullness of that enjoyment. Here’s the potential problem: You may be under the impression that the rainbow is less valuable than the pot of gold. So let me ask you: What if the rainbow’s the real prize?

GEMINI

MAY 21-JUNE 20:

“It’s eternity in a person that turns the crank handle,” said Franz Kafka. At least that should be the case, I would add.

The unfortunate fact of the matter is that a lot of people let other, lesser things turn the crank handle — like the compulsive yearning for money, power, and love, for example. I challenge you to check in with yourself sometime soon and determine what exactly has been turning your crank handle.

If it ain’t eternity, or whatever serves as eternity in your world view, get yourself adjusted. In the coming months, it’s crucial that you’re running on the cleanest, purest fuel.

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JUNE 21-JULY 22:

For a white guy from 19th-century England, David Livingstone was unusually egalitarian. As he traveled in Africa, he referred to what were then called “witch doctors” as “my professional colleagues.” In the coming weeks, Cancerian, I encourage you to be inspired by Livingstone as you expand your notion of who your allies are. For example, consider people to be your colleagues if they simply try to influence the world in the same ways you do, even if they work in different jobs or spheres. What might be your version of Livingstone’s witch doctors? Go outside of your usual network as you scout around for confederates who might connect you to exotic new perspectives and resources you never imagined you could use.

LEO

JULY 23-AUG. 22:

The flag of California features the image of a grizzly bear, and the huge carnivore is the state’s official animal. And yet grizzly bears have been extinct in California since 1922, when the last one was shot and killed. Is there any discrepancy like that in your own life, Leo? Do you continue to act as if a particular symbol or icon is important to you even though it has no practical presence in your life? If so, this would be a good time to update your attitude.

VIRGO

AUG. 23-SEPT. 22:

The cartoon character Felix the Cat made his debut in 1919.

He was a movie star in the era of silent films, and eventually appeared in his own comic strip and TV show. But it wasn’t until 1953, when he was 34 years old, that he first got his Magic Bag of Tricks, which allowed him to do many things he wasn’t able to do before. I bring this up, Virgo, because I believe you’re close to acquiring a magic bag of tricks that wasn’t on your radar until you had matured to the point where you are now. To ensure that you get that bag, though, you will have to ripen even a bit more.

LIBRA

SEPT. 23-OCT. 22:

I have one child, a daughter, and raising her conscientiously has been one of the great privileges and joys of my life.

Bonus: She has turned out to be a stellar human being.

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an acquaintance of mine, a man with six kids, how he had managed to pull off that difficult feat. He told me quite candidly, “My secret is that I’m not a good father; I’m very neglectful.” I offer up this story as a way to encourage you, at this juncture in your development, to favor quality over quantity.

SCORPIO

OCT. 23-NOV. 21:

I expect there’ll be some curious goings-on this week. A seemingly uninspired idea could save you from a dumb decision, for example. An obvious secret may be the key to defeating a covert enemy. And a messy inconvenience might show up just in time to help you do the slightly uncool but eminently right thing. Can you deal with this much irony, Scorpio? Can you handle such big doses of the old flippetyflop and oopsie-loopsie? For extra credit, here are two additional odd blessings you could capitalize on: a humble teaching from an unlikely expert and a surge of motivation from an embarrassing excitement.

SAGITTARIUS NOV. 22-DEC. 21:

Some of our pagan forbears imagined they had a duty to assist with nature’s revival every spring by performing fertility rituals. And wouldn’t it be fun if it were even slightly true that you could help the crops germinate and bloom by making sweet love in the fields? At the very least, carrying out such a ceremony might stimulate your own personal creativity. In accordance with the astrological omens, I invite you to slip away to a secluded outdoor spot, either by yourself or with a romantic companion. On a piece of paper, write down a project you’d like to make thrive in the coming months. Bury the note in the good earth, then enjoy an act of love right on top of it.

CAPRICORN

DEC. 22-JAN. 19:

Once upon a time, I fell in love with a brilliant businesswoman named Loreen. I pursued her with all my wiles, hoping to win her amorous affection. After playing hard to get for two months, she shocked me with a brazen invitation: Would I like to accompany her on a whirlwind vacation to Paris? “I think I can swing it,” I told her. But there was a problem: I was flat broke. What to do? I decided to raise the funds by selling off a precious heirloom from childhood, my collection of 6,000 vintage baseball cards. Maybe this story will inspire you to do something comparable, Capricorn: Sacrifice an outmoded attachment or juvenile treasure or youthful fantasy so as to empower the future of love.

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We all know that spiders are talented little creatures.

Spiders’ silk is as strong as steel, and their precisely geometric webs are engineering marvels. But even though they have admirable qualities I admire, I don’t expect to have an intimate connection with a spider any time soon. A similar situation is at work in the human realm. I know certain people who are amazing creators and leaders but don’t have the personal integrity or relationship skills that would make them trustworthy enough to seek out as close allies. Their beauty is best appreciated from afar. Consider the possibility that the ideas I’m articulating here would be good for you to meditate on right now, Aquarius.

PISCES

FEB. 19-MARCH 20:

Have you ever had the wind knocked out of you? It feels weird for a short time, but leaves no lasting damage. I’m expecting that you will experience a form of that phenomenon sometime soon. Metaphorically speaking, the wind will get knocked out of you. But wait — before you jump to conclusions and curse me out for predicting this, listen to the rest of my message. The wind that will get knocked out of you will be a wind that needed to be knocked out — a wind that was causing confusion in your gut-level intuition.

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