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news & views Got compassion? / 6 Boulder residents challenged to donate to nonprofit

by Pamela White On the cover: Culinary evolution / 13 How Boulder became the foodiest town in America

by Clay Fong

buzz Scratching as an art / 18 Colorado DJs compete for a chance to turn the tables on the world

by Quibian Salazar-Moreno Arts & Culture: BETC: Bull fights, beef Wellington and buckets of laughs / 23 Overtones: Elephant Revival plays the Buffalo Heart Concert / 24 Overtones: Macklemore brings introspective raps to Boulder / 25 Panorama: What to do and where to go / 27 Sophisticated Sex: Sexpressing yourself / 33 Elevation: Hiking off the grief with hospice / 34 Screen: Water for Elephants; Rio / 37 Reel 2 Reel: Pick your flick / 38 Cuisine: Ordering your food online in Boulder / 42 Cuisine Review: Caffè / 43 Dessert Diva: Strawberry Macadamia Nut Bread / 44

departments Letters: Elephants, donkeys and buffs, oh my; Inflation, defined / 5 The Highroad: Punishing the innocent, enriching the guilty / 5 In Case You Missed It: 4/20 is a waste of money?; GOP hits new low / 9 News Briefs: Yogathon for foster care; Raising funds for autism / 11 Boulderganic: A new place for old waste / 17 Classifieds: Your community resource / 48 Puzzles: Crossword and sudoku / 49 Free Will Astrology: by Rob Brezsny / 53

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Elephants, donkeys and buffs, oh my In response to the article “Elephant in the classroom” (cover story, April 21), I am frustrated that the “liberal” vs. “conservative” argument has been breached regarding CU student elections. National discourse has led to this Hatfield vs. McCoy polarization, and our political effectiveness seems to have come to a screeching halt. While tickets have traditionally been formed for CUSG elections, the broad scope of candidates on these tickets does allow for different opinions from both sides, rallying around a few common themes that can change ticket to ticket or year to year.

I am a caucusing Democrat and, in fact, a block captain for the 2008 campaign. I supported the INVEST ticket this spring. I was also at this Leadership Institute meeting and can give you honest feedback as opposed to conjecture about the content of this meeting. To be honest, it was underwhelming. There was a lot of information packed into a small amount of time, and little to none of it seemed to influence the strategy the executives of INVEST had for the election before or after the meeting. As people said afterwards, one of the best elements of that evening was the chance for the whole ticket to come together and talk to each other, taking a moment to really get to know everyone else involved. I don’t see how that could be considered a bad

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Lastly, to the continued reference to the expectation of cutting programs and mentioning CoPIRG and ITP, I feel it’s appropriate to make a Bill Maher “New Rule” and state that any further journalistic reference to this needs to include further background on why these two programs were cut, both sides of the story if you will. First, I find

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recent email to me pretty well sums up the big budget hullaballoo being pushed by tea party Republicans. As the writer put it: “Remember when teachers, public employees, Planned Parenthood, NPR and PBS crashed the stock market, wiped out half of our 401ks, took trillions in bailout money, spilled oil in the Gulf of Mexico, gave themselves billions in bonuses, and paid no taxes?” Then he added, “Yeah, me neither.”

Yet, it’s teachers, the middle class, the poor, the elderly, the environment and the idea of public service that GOP Congress critters and governors want to punish for the destructive deeds of Wall Street banksters and corporate elites. For example, the GOP’s widely ballyhooed budget plan doesn’t just “end Medicare as we know it” — it ends it, period.

Instead of extending this efficient and effective

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issue with conjecture about Republican influence in campus elections without paying regard to the influence CoPIRG has held in campus issues for years.

While I agree with what CoPIRG stands for, their events and influence on campus would certainly make a Republican uncomfortable and feel under-represented. Is this acceptable because Boulder is a “liberal” town?

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Punishing the innocent, enriching the guilty

by Jim Hightower health care program, they would toss the elderly under the bus of insurance profiteers. Goodbye and good luck.

How’s this for bitter irony? Last year, tea party Republicans got elected to Congress by falsely claiming that Obama’s universal health care program would require “massive Medicare cuts.” And now, those same tea partiers are not merely voting to cut Medicare, they’re killing it.

Secondly, the ITP project had stipulations behind its initial funding stating specifically that it should not rely or become accustomed to student fee funding, and that they needed to reach fundraising benchmarks to warrant continued allocations. When the time came for them to have $100,000 in see LETTERS Page 6

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They’re also trying to gut Medicaid, taking three-quarters of a trillion dollars out of this essential health care program for poor families.

Would this “savings” help reduce the deficit, as they claim? No. It would merely be redistributed to the super-rich in the form of a trillion dollars in new tax giveaways.

The GOP budget plan shows who they are and whom they serve. As one observer says, “it’s a measure of just how far off the deep end Republicans have gone.” That’s former President Ronald Reagan’s budget director speaking. And we all remember what a leftie Reagan was.

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funding and they brought only $7,500 to the table, I can’t see that as a valid effort to stand on their own as they initially agreed. I don’t agree that the word “liberal” should be substituted for “throwing money at the problem” in lieu of other responsible action, and this issue of ITP or student fee funding shouldn’t be drawn to party lines. Any additional reference in this way is irresponsible and is not helping to evolve the conversation.

There were hundreds of students from all sides who worked hard for what they believed in during this election. It is worth remembering that everyone involved with student government is volunteering their time and considerable effort to try and make the campus and CU as a whole a better place, and they deserve recognition for it. While one party did win, the most effective leadership will recognize that each of these student perspectives has merit and should be considered.

Personally, I am very confident that the newly elected tri-executives will do exactly that.

That being said, even those not elected should continue working for what they feel is important to students and to the campus. Just because one team wins doesn’t mean we can afford for the other side to stop playing.

Regardless if you might be an elephant or a donkey, we’re all buffaloes.

Bill Shrum/Boulder

What Adam and Eve ate According to last week’s journal Clinical Infectious Diseases, half of the meat and poultry sold in U.S. supermarkets may be tainted with the deadly pathogen Staphylococcus aureus. The study tested 136 samples of beef, chicken, pork and turkey in five cities. Half of the bacteria were resistant to antibiotics. One organism — MRSA — is a leading cause of fatal infections in schools and hospitals.

The authors suggest that feeding antibiotics to animals in factory farms may contribute to this resistance.

Indeed, two-thirds of all antibiotics in the U.S. are used to promote the growth of farmed animals and contain infectious diseases induced by their extreme crowding and stress.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration should ban the routine use of antibiotics in factory farms. The European Union adopted such a ban in 2006. The World Health Organization has recommended a worldwide phaseout.

In the meantime, each of us should replace animal products in our diet with vegetables, fresh fruits, legumes and grains. These foods contain all the nutrients we require, without deadly 6 April 28, 2011

pathogens, antibiotics, pesticides, carcinogens, cholesterol and saturated fats.

They are touted by every major health advocacy organization and were the recommended fare in the Garden of Eden.

Rudolph Helman/Boulder

Inflation, defined Inflation: noun — An increase in money and credit which results in a rise in prices. Inflate — verb — ex. to inflate the currency is to destroy its value The value of money, and therefore a measure of its stability, is measured in constant. That constant in this world is the price of that currency in relation to precious metals, in most cases gold.

Destruction of the currency is one of, if not the most, heinous acts a government can impose upon its people. It is done to perpetuate those in power and make the economy look good for a short time at the expense of the people’s future.

In April 2001, the dollar’s value stood at $261.41 per ounce of gold. At the end of the Bush presidency and the massive spending, war and government expansion that went with it, at the start of the 2008 election cycle, the value was $963.46. A 2001 dollar was worth 27 cents. During the campaign the value climbed to $750.54. The dollar gained to a value of 34 cents. However, from November 2008, with the election of Obama and the Democrats to complete control, to today, the dollar has gone to $1,500 per ounce of gold. The dollar has lost half its value in just two years of Democrat rule, to 17 cents of its 2001 value. This is exactly what destroyed Argentina, Germany and many others in the last century. Now it seems to be our turn. Think about it.

David Cook/Loveland

On the road to plutocracy

In case you missed it, legislators and lobbyists for the wealthiest 1 percent of Americans have effectively declared war on the rest of us. It is difficult to process, much less believe, amid the vast numbers, misleading rhetoric and information overload of the past few months, but based upon the following information, this is real.

Let’s quickly review the crucial points: Currently, the top 1 percent of Americans are taking in nearly 25 percent of the nation’s income every year, which means that the top 1 percent control 40 percent of the total national wealth. Since the Supreme Court voted in January 2010 to allow unlimited corporate spending, and the U.S. Code of Judicial Conduct does not apply to the Supreme Court, we are very clearly on see LETTERS Page 8

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Last December, I asked romance That was December. readers who follow my blog to put Fast forward to Monday evening, together a donation to International when I got home to discover a card in Midwife Assistance my mailbox and (IMA), a local noninside another profit that provides check — this one Can thousands free comprehensive more than double of people in care to women and the amount of the their children in first. Made out to liberal Boulder Soroti, Uganda. I IMA, it was my told them how local readers’ gift to me live up to the women, motivated in honor of the kindness of just by writer/activist release of my Jennifer Heath, had 10th book. They a dozen responded to the criwanted to help sis facing women in me celebrate this romance Afghanistan and milestone, and readers? how that had led to they know how the creation of IMA. important IMA I told them how and its work in IMA helped establish a midwifery Uganda is to me. More than that, they school in Bamiyan, Afghanistan, and care. was then forced by the resurgence of Most of them are mothers, and the the Taliban to leave Afghanistan. And I idea of a woman dying in childbirth — told them how IMA saves lives every no epidurals, just agony until you’re dead — horrifies them as much as it day, helping women to give birth safely does me. They also can’t imagine the and providing vaccines and treatment grief of repeated stillbirths. But that is for malaria, tuberculosis and other illreality in Uganda. nesses.

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the route to becoming, if not already quite obviously, a plutocracy. Money rules. Not surprisingly then, we find that 261 of the 535 members of Congress are millionaires. The ongoing budget battle that threatened to shut down the government hinges on whether the most affluent will see their taxes lowered beyond what are already historically low rates while the masses see crucial domestic programs not only reformed but entirely dismantled. This is all within the context that, as indicated by the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Adm. Mike Mullen, the nation’s debt is our biggest threat to U.S. national security.

As a patriot seeking the proverbial conciliatory “Middle Path,” it pains me to realize that the Republicans have become the party for the rich and those who would be essentially their serfs out of identification with bizarre, radical social ideologies and a weak understanding of the math. The Democrats, left with serving the rest of us, have been weak to articulate but are finally mobilizing in the face of such an unprecedented onslaught. My personal ax to grind is that there is an obvious, systematic movement to cut the American people off at our knees and lie to our faces. Over the past three months, Republican elites have simultaneously sought enormous benefits for the wealthy while attacking programs and policies that are crucial to nearly everyone else in America (collective bargaining rights, NPR, PBS, Medicare, Medicaid and, most nefariously, our much-valued Planned Parenthood), all under the premise of austerity and shared sacrifice.

Many will counter, “Well!? What’s wrong with that? We have to cut the deficit. According to the marginal-productivity theory, higher incomes correspond to higher productivity, and these Type A personalities make a greater contribution to society via the ‘trickledown’ phenomenon that promotes growth and creates jobs for the common man; they shouldn’t be punished for their success. And the common man can stand on his own without wasteful government spending.” Well, not quite.

We, the commoners, need these basic things that we all pay taxes for: education, military protection, medical research, roads, just to name a few, and it’s important to recognize that over 60 percent of our taxes go to fund such controversial but necessary behemoths as national security, Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security — The Big Four that need massive reforms.

Trickle-down economics has been shown to be an elusive fiction spoonfed to the masses to keep us pacified.

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the wealthy are reduced, the three measures of how life is for the average working American (annual median income growth, annual average hourly wage growth and job creation) do not always improve, and often become worse. And the supposedly über-productive, hard-working, effective multitaskers are not being punished for their success by a long shot — even Warren Buffet warns that he, along with many of the most affluent in America, are not (but should be) paying their fair share of taxes, and that the wealthy have never had it so good.

Now, what’s left of the average American’s meager pocket book will be going straight to the heavily subsidized, highly lucrative financial, agricultural and energy corporations, as gas hits $4 per gallon. This isn’t just a regular supply and demand issue when 1) ExxonMobil, the largest American oil company, reported a 53 percent increase in its fourth-quarter profit in January, 2) it can actually be a criminal offense to criticize such agribusiness monstrosities as Monsanto and Cargill, and 3) our specially appointed consumer advocate, Elizabeth Warren, has been demonized for building accountability and balance into the new Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection.

So what can we do? Read. Read everything. Read Paul Krugman’s blog.

Read President Obama’s April 13 speech, “The Country We Believe In,” and decide what you believe. Notice how the same event is spun and distorted by various media outlets — it’s a bit more pervasive than just Fox News. Join groups seeking to get us off of oil, out of debt and providing our own localized food supply. Find out why no one is suggesting debt forgiveness for the middle class as an economic stimulus strategy. And what exactly have your congressional leaders been doing over the past two weeks that you need to catch up on? Demand that they share ideas and articulate how to stop our descent into plutocracy. Pay an enormous amount of attention to the budget debate over the coming months, because it truly represents a divergence of values not seen in this country since the Civil War. Most of all, remember what it really means to be an American.

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There, tens of thousands of women and children continue to live in IDP camps — camps for internally displaced persons — having fled violence at the hands of the Lord’s Resistance Army (which is currently devastating the Congo) and the Karamojong Cattle Warriors. They arrived with little more than the clothes on their backs, some of the women pregnant by rape, many bereaved over the loss of children to the LRA, which, in addition to raping women and killing people, enslaves young boys as child soldiers and little girls as sex slaves.

IMA is hosting a fundraiser on May 5 to help fund its Teso Safe Motherhood Project, which now includes a family planning clinic that enables these desperately poor women to choose whether or not they want to space their pregnancies and limit the number of children they bear. (IMA has nothing whatsoever to do with abortion.)

So here’s my challenge to readers

of this column — meet or beat my fans’ contribution of $475 to IMA by May 6 and show this locally based nonprofit that Boulder cares.

The amount is hardly overwhelming for an affluent community like Boulder. That’s 50 donations of $10 each or 25 checks of $20 — chump change to the average SUV driver.

Here’s how to do it: Go to www. midwifeassist.org, read about their work and follow the links to donate online. In the comment box, write “Boulder Weekly challenge.” Or mail a check with the words “Boulder Weekly challenge” written on it to International Midwife Assistance, PO Box 916, Boulder, CO 803060916.

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Think 4/20 is a waste of money? Try the war on drugs In the wake of another successful 4/20 smoke-out on the University of Colorado Boulder’s campus, some folks are whining about the $50,000 CU spent on law enforcement to ensure the event, which CU unwillingly hosts each year, remains safe. Think of everything that money could go toward if it weren’t being wasted on police keeping an eye on a bunch potheads, they say.

Apart from traffic and crowd control, it is stupid to bring law enforcement in to watch over the smoke-out. These are pot smokers, not crackheads. The worst thing they’ll do is eat the hell out of a bag of Cheetos and litter.

Still, having more than 10,000 people gather in a single spot might create traffic and crowd-control issues. Perhaps there’s a role for law enforcement there.

But when it comes to wasting money, 4/20 isn’t even a blip on the monetary radar compared to the failed war on drugs. Already this year, the federal government has spent almost $5 billion on the war on drugs. Last year it spent $15 billion.

If $50,000 could be spent to better benefit CU students, imagine what we could do with the money we’d save if marijuana were decriminalized.

This isn’t popular with federal and local law enforcement, however, because the money we wouldn’t be spending would come out of their budgets. The war on drugs is job security to everyone from the beat cop to the correctional officer to the parole officer.

Land of the free? Not quite.

Colorado GOP hits new low This week, 11 Republican state senators introduced a last-minute bill that would require any elected official to provide proof of citizenship before taking office. Yes, they introduced a “birther” bill. WTF? Apparently, Colorado’s GOP is trying to compete with Arizona’s when it comes for rampant insanity. By introducing this bill, they’re lending credence to the racist conspiracy theories that swirl around President Barack Obama.

So who are the Stupidest of the Stupid, the 11 Republican senators who introduced this bill? They are Sens. Kent Lambert, Bill Cadman, Scott Renfroe, Mark Scheffel, Keith and Steve King, Nancy Spence, Kevin Grantham, Ted Harvey, Mike Kopp and Kevin Lundberg. Do they really believe in what they’ve done, or were they just seeking publicity?

Or maybe they’re secretly campaigning for Donald Trump.

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Why not count the current campaign tally starting from 2003, when the last one ended? And is CU counting in these totals the gifts that, um, never fully materialized, like the much-ballyhooed $250 million commitment from Claudia and Bill Coleman in 2001, or the $92.7 million pledge to the dental school from Gasper Lazzara in 2003?

As of press time, we were still waiting for the CU president’s PR apparatus to produce answers to these and other questions. We’ll let you know. In the meantime, just give, people, give.

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The university needs every penny, given the pathetic level of state funding our legislators have seen fit to toss CU’s way over the past decade.

But the donation business is whacked. The campaign actually began in secret in 2006 and has already raised $900 million. Even more curious are reports that the previous campaign raised $1 billion from 1997 to 2003.

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Hotel in Boulder. The wine and cheese tasting will occur between 6 and 7:30 p.m., with the silent auction from 6:30 to 8 p.m.

KBCO morning DJ Bret Saunders will emcee the fundraiser.

The “Through My Eyes” art show, featuring work by young artists with autism spectrum disorders (ASD), will be on display.

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Boulder County is celebrating its 150th anniversary and has commissioned the sculpture to help commemorate the milestone.

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Yogathon for foster care On Saturday, April 30, the Boulder County Department of Housing and Human Services is hosting the firstever Yogathon for Foster Care, a community event designed to raise support for children in foster care.

In the event, which will begin at 10:30 a.m. at the Boulder County Recycling Center at 1901 63rd St. in Boulder, participants register either as a Yogi (a yoga practitioner in the event) or a Sponsor (supporter-atlarge of event participants). Yogis set a goal for the day and gather pledges.

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E THE FOODIEST M A TO EC B WN R E IN D L A U “Looking

back, it was totally ridiculous behavior for a business decision,” says Frasca co-owner Bobby Stuckey of com-

ing to Boulder in 2004 to open a restaurant.

Stuckey and partner Chef Lachlan MackinnonPatterson had built sterling reputations at Napa’s storied French Laundry, one of the best restaurants on the planet.

“It would have been easier to open in San Francisco,” Stuckey explains between sips of locally roasted Boxcar espresso at his new Caffè. Also, rent in Boulder was 20 percent more than in San Francisco’s Marina District.

As culinary scenes go, Boulder’s lagged. Stuckey’s early conversations with Farmers’ Market growers revealed few chefs relied on local fruits and vegetables. “Back-breaking and hard,” is how Chef Bradford Heap of Salt Bistro and Colterra describes his past efforts to get local produce.

Back then, he was shopper, loader and delivery driver, dealing with farmers and ranchers leery of supplying restaurants.

Fast-forward to today, and Boulder has successfully morphed from culinary naïf to Bon

Appetit magazine’s “America’s Foodiest Town.”

Communities smaller than 250,000 are eligible for this honor, which is based on quality of restaurants, farms and farmers markets, food media, local food products and consumers. But the magazine’s criteria do not adequately explain why Boulder earned this accolade.

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* * * * Quality of life, an open-minded, adventurous and well-informed population, as well as a collaborative community of farmers and restaurateurs are Boulder’s main strengths in establishing a town of foodies.

Social and environmental awareness have also always permeated Boulder’s collective consciousness, and these will significantly shape things to come.

“I sometimes have to grind it out and work a month or two with one day off,” Stuckey reveals, adding that the fact that he can easily go out for a run or a bike ride here takes the edge off significantly. “That’s not something you can do in [San Francisco’s] Noe Valley.”

While Boulder may not be blessed with the geography or diversity of New York or New Orleans, it does possess sophisticated palates willing to try new things. Stuckey pegs Boulder as an openminded place: “It’s a community of people who enjoy reading and travel.”

Dana Derichsweiler, owner of the Walnut Café, says resident loyalty is also critical.

“One thing I know is this town really supports locally owned restau-

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rants,” she says, pointing out that local them master the intricacies of the diners like taking chances. “We have an wood-burning grill. The Cures, who edgy, adventurous soul.” also supply Flagstaff House, The Paul Cure, a self-described “farmer’s Kitchen and Frasca, also offered advice. husband,” operates Cure Organic Farm Paul Cure asks, “How can you have with his wife, Anne. He believes a competition with only 100,000 people Boulder has become increasingly savvy and a 10-acre farm?” when it comes to food. He says terms Mike Munson of Munson Farms, like community-supported agriculture whose clients include Jax, Radda, (CSA) and the concept of local farmFlagstaff House and the Cork, concurs to-table dining are now more prevalent that local farming is collegial. in mainstream culture. Citing the popu“It’s not cutthroat; if there’s compelarity of Internet farm games, Cure also tition, it’s about who has the best points to an increasing interest in agrisquash,” he says. cultural lifestyles.

Derichsweiler also has a cooperative “It’s a return to hands-on living in a vision for the latest venture with her virtual world,” he says. partners, the Walnut-a-gogo food truck Heap notices that diners now ask that serves breakfast and lunch items. more questions.

Of course, this vision will have to wait “People want to know where their until city government finalizes the regfood is coming from,” he says. “They ulations for these mobile eateries. care about what they put in their Derichsweiler hopes to create cooperamouth.” tive “food pods” of vehicles Carol Carlson chairs with Rayme Rossello, the Boulder chapter who operates the of Slow Food Comida truck.

USA, which Food trucks ‘People want to works to are part of the know where their increase local trend to awareness make quality food is coming from,’ around food. victuals says Chef Bradford While some affordable Heap of Salt Bistro and operate and not something under the Colterra. ‘They care just for special misconception about what they put occasions. New that the Slow in their mouth.’ endeavors, such Food movement as Frasca’s Pizzeria is an elite supper Locale and neighborclub, Carlson clarifies ing Caffè, are also part of her organization’s role. this movement, promoting “It’s about education high quality and service at a reasonable through awareness; every Slow Food price. Diners can experiment at these event has an educational component to venues before moving on to pricier, it,” she says. more exotic fare. As Stuckey puts it, Carlson’s seen the organization “The new stuff lets people get their toes grow and become more activist, and its rise parallels the trend towards consum- wet.”

Wetting toes may well be part of ers wanting to better understand their Will Frischkorn’s plan for Cured, a food. She describes the organization as “waking people up through taste, meet- brick-walled East End Pearl Street food shop slated to open in late ing farmers, discussing political issues spring. A retired pro cyclist for the and promoting improved school lunchBoulder-based Garmin-Slipstream es.” The recent Honor Thy Farmer team, his credentials include a secondSlow Food event and chapter meeting place stage win in the 2008 Tour de is one example of a gathering where France. Now he’s shifting his focus to growers were able to hold dialogues selling wine, cheese and cured meats with consumers. with fiancée Coral Ferguson, a graphic designer. * * * * “Cured will feature great products Dialogue and collaboration among that aren’t expensive,” promises chefs and farmers is another strength Frischkorn. Although he’s coming off underlying Boulder’s foodie reputation. two years of living in Spain, most of the Veronica Volny, co-owner of Meadow products will come from the good old Lark Farm, credits one particular local USA. “It’s focused on America, the terchef with helping to get her farm dinroir that is home.” ners off the ground.

Consequently, many items will come “Hugo Matheson from The Kitchen from small local growers such as was a great mentor,” she says.

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chunks of cheese, salumi, bread and wine six nights a week.”

Salumi will come from Denver’s Mondo Vecchio, and Boulder’s Boxcar Coffee will be roasting beans on site.

He anticipates having the bulk of wine selections falling into a reasonable $8 to $30 range. The passion that propelled him to the front of the peloton is evident when he describes his vision.

“It’s about taking something you love and getting everyone excited about it,” he says. * * * * Some may attribute Boulder’s foodie stature to the influx of relative 21st-century newcomers such as Frischkorn, Matheson and Black Cat’s Eric Skokan. But long-term habitués, like Dave Query (whose Jax Fish House employed Top Chef Hosea Rosenberg), the Monettes of Flagstaff House and Radek Czerny of L’Atelier, have also played important roles.

Two other leaders in the local culinary scene are Heap and Mike Munson of Munson Farms. Both have deep roots here, and the parallels between their paths shed light on how Boulder got to be where it is today.

Heap moved to Table Mesa when he was 1 year old. He started cooking at the old Elephant Bar in 1986, before going on to the Boulder Country Club, and then the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, N.Y. “I left for culinary school,” he says, “with the goal of opening a place in Boulder.”

Munson’s parents started their namesake farm in 1976, and today he runs it with his brother Chris. Father Bob grew up as an Illinois farm boy who later worked as an engineer for Ball Aerospace. He was familiar with raising corn, which became one of the farm’s most sought-after crops. Mike left Boulder to see the world, including spending time living in Washington, D.C., and Japan.

Heap’s route back to Boulder was circuitous, with stops in San Francisco, Los Angeles and France, where he studied under such masters as Alain Ducasse. France gave him a fresh perspective on menu development. Rather than initially planning a meal before seeing what’s available for the day, explains Heap, “the French go to market and see what’s good, what’s fresh.”

Heap returned to Boulder in 1992, and eventually realized his dream of opening his own restaurant, Colterra.

Today some 15 different farms and ranches supply his restaurants, and fortunately for Heap, they now deliver.

He admits that embracing an ingredient-driven bill of fare presents challenges.

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with menu-writing,” he says. “But it’s worth it. The quality with local farmers is head and shoulders above the rest.”

Munson came back to Colorado, and he’s seen significant changes since his return. In the past six years, he’s witnessed how area restaurants have embraced the farm-to-table movement, promoting local consumption of produce to promote sustainability.

Restaurant needs also drive decisions about what to grow.

“We go out of our way to get heirloom pumpkin and squash,” he says, explaining that Colorado has a good climate for these items, and that they are popular with restaurants, as they have a longer growing season. “They like it in the fall. It’s hearty and decorative produce.”

Heap’s desire for putting healthier food on the table is driven by an eye on the future. His work includes collaborating with Chef Ann Cooper of the Boulder Valley School District to improve school lunches, including giving cooking demonstrations at Southern Hills Middle School. He also wants his family to understand that “Daddy supports organic farmers, not factory farmers,” he says, “and I’m teaching kids how to eat healthy.” * * * * Boulderites are never content to rest on their laurels, and the question remains: What’s next for this food-crazy town? Munson is optimistic about the future, saying, “I can’t see how Boulder can’t keep doing well.”

Meadow Lark’s Volny identifies a vital concern: “We need to continue to grow support for farmers in the community.”

According to Cure, healthy food shouldn’t be a luxury. “We need to make it accessible to young and old, the affluent and less fortunate,” he says.

His farm works towards this goal by offering such programs as a kids’ camp, an elder produce-share program and school tours.

Carlson’s perspective mirrors Cure’s, and her future vision revolves around distribution. Her ongoing concerns include getting food to economically disadvantaged residents through mechanisms such as a low-income CSA and teaching young parents how to cook fresh ingredients.

Stuckey’s closing thoughts on Boulder’s food future apply equally to restaurant owners, farmers and informed diners.

“Operators need to look at ourselves and ask how we can improve,” says Stuckey. “We don’t want this to be the pinnacle.”

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fter 15 years of planning oline. Even fluorescent bulbs, including and three years of compilCFLs, contain mercury and need to be dising surplus furniture from posed of properly. other county offices, the “Even though a lot of these products new Boulder County you think, ‘Oh, it’s just paint and oil.

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We actually get some quite hazardous The hazardous materials management products,” Collins says. facility takes unused or unwanted hazardThey’ve built the facility with exploous household products for recycling or sion-proof walls in one room, and a segproper disposal, and in some cases, offers regated storm drain system for the parkthem free for others to pick up and use. ing lot to protect the nearby wetlands in “It’s a state-of-the-art facility,” says the event of a spill.

David Nightingale, principal at Special “We want everybody to be safe, the Wastes Association in Olympia, Wash., customers and the staff,” Collins says.

Jennifer Shriver, senior hazardous materials specialist with Boulder author of the HHW Collection Facility About 5 percent of the materials County’s Hazardous Materials Management Program Design Guide and a consultant to the brought to the facility — barely used cans Boulder County project. “It’s efficient in of paint or pesticides, for example — are its operations, it’s safe for workers in that environShe’s worked with the hazardous waste manrecycled for reuse. The new facility has shelves to ment, and therefore it’s going to be a reasonable agement facility in Boulder since 1992, a year display these free products, and Collins says she cost solution for the county.” after the previous facility opened. Just a few years hopes the percentage of products they see getting The $2.4 million facility is equipped with an later, she began planning this new facility. For used up instead of thrown away will increase. energy-conserving heatyears, she’s collected surplus The new facility replaces the Household ing and cooling system, a office furniture from other Hazardous Waste Facility on Butte Mill Road, More info tank-less hot water syscounty facilities and agencies, which operated from 1992 until it closed in Boulder County Hazardous Materials Management Facility tem and low-flow plumband equipped the new facility December of 2010. That facility was open only half 1901 63rd St., Boulder, 303-441-4800 ing. Even on the cloudy with surplus cabinets, shelvas many hours as the new facility, and, because it www.BoulderCountyRecycles.org Open Wednesday through opening day, the facility ing, tables, chairs and pallet was mostly outdoors, had to close during bad Saturday, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. was well-lit by natural racks used to store oil drums. weather. light. It’s quiet, too. The An average household, Construction costs were carried by local compredominant sound is the whoosh of the air circu- according to the per-pound use tracked by the munities, which also pay per pound for facility use lation system, which keeps down air pollution and facility’s managers, contains between three and by their residents. odors. eight gallons of hazardous materials. These materiThe management facility sends waste to a “We’re surprised at how nice it is,” says Hilary als are marked with labels that include terms like company called Clean Harbors, which deals with Collins, project manager for the new facility. “toxic,” “corrosive,” “flammable” or “explosive.” They that waste in a combination of landfills, incinera“We’re really pleased with the amount of daylight can include auto products, cleaning supplies, paint, tion and recycling.

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COLORADO DJS COMPETE FOR A CHANCE TO TURN THE TABLES ON THE WORLD BY QUIBIAN SALAZAR-MORENO

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he DJ is the foundation and backbone of hip-hop music and culture.

During hip-hop’s infancy in the mid-1970s, the DJ was the star attraction of the show. And the DJ did more than just “play records,” like the disc jockeys of broadcast radio. They mixed songs seamlessly into each other using two turntables and a mixer to keep a consistent flow of music and dancing.

But one of the most influential techniques that set the hip-hop DJ apart from everyone else came at the hands of DJ Kool Herc. During a DJ’s set in the early days of hip-hop, the most popular part of a song was the “break” in the middle of a song. It was usually no more than 30 seconds, so Herc wanted to find a way to extend it.

In Dan Charnas’ book, The Big Payback: The History of the Business of Hip-Hop, Herc’s solution was explained: “He needed two copies of the same record. Placing one copy on each turntable, as soon as the break section ended on the first, he’d start the second. Back and forth he’d go, turning a 15- or 30-second 18 April 28, 2011

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Saturday, April 30 breakdown into a three-, five- or 10-minute beat-down, before moving onto the next break, and the next.”

Songs like “Apache,” by the Incredible Bongo Band, “It’s Just Begun,”

by Jimmy Castor Bunch, or any James Brown record with funky, up-tempo drum beats were the most popular. Kids would later make their own breaks using drum machines, spawning the hip-hop of today. Later on in hip-hop’s infancy, scratching and cutting records would be added to a DJ’s performance as a percussive element. The quickest and most creative DJs would get the most attention.

Techniques evolved that made use of pitch manipulation, volume control, needle handling, body tricks and other skills, all the while keeping in time with the beat and tempo. These skills are displayed each year at the DMC World Mixing Championships, where DJs from around the world compete against one another.

Thirty-some years after DJ Kool Herc did his thing, Denver resident Francisco Chacon was one of the newest apprentices learning how to carry on one

of hip-hop’s most storied traditions.

Known as DJ Cysko Rokwel when behind the turntables, Chacon started DJing in the late ’90s, rocking house parties and developing DJ skills. After a few years of competing, losing and going back to the drawing board, Chacon went on to become one of Colorado’s (and the nation’s) elite DJs. “In 2001, I went to [Los Angeles] to compete in the DMCs, because I thought I’d be good enough, but I got my ass kicked,” says Chacon, now the DJ for Prime Element. “They all had their own style, and everyone had their tricks.

Here in Denver, there were only a couple kids really doing stuff. Plus in L.A. there were a lot of DJs who already won battles before, and it was just overwhelming. But it opened my eyes and showed me what a real battle scene is like.”

Since then, it’s expected that Chacon will make DMC’s U.S. Finals every year.

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that No. 1 spot to go to the world finals.

Last year’s U.S. Finals in New York seemed like it’d be the year that Colorado, now a hotbed for DJs, would finally take on the world, since five of the 12 competing DJs were from Colorado, with Chacon leading the pack.

Unfortunately, none of the Colorado DJs placed in the top three, with Chacon getting fourth.

“The judges were basically looking for a certain thing, like the flow of the routine,” Chacon says. “The thing with battles — it always comes down to the judging. You never know what those judges are feeling or what they’re thinking.

That’s the thing when you’re in a competition. There isn’t a certain amount of points you can earn when you’re in a DJ battle or emcee battle. It’s all opinion.”

Alex Gardner was in New York for the 2010 U.S. Finals. He was one of the Colorado DJs competing. Spinning under the moniker Skip Ripken, Gardner performed a solid set, finishing second out of the Colorado DJs. The competition is available on the 2010 DMC USA Finals DVD (available at www.dmcworld.com), along with some clips of Colorado hip-hop group The ReMINDers, who performed at the New York regionals.

Gardner also came of age in the mid1990s making pause mixtapes and watching DJs, hoping to get his hands

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on his own pair of turntables. It wasn’t until he was 19 that he finally got to take a shot at what he’d been dreaming about since he was a tween.

“It was through a friend who had a cheap turntable, another friend who had a cheap Radio Shack mixer and another friend who had an old-school Technics turntable,” Gardner says. “So everybody kind of got their stuff together, and we went over to my friend’s apartment, hooked it up, and the setup stayed there for a few months.

And after that first night of trying it out, it felt so good. It was something that I wanted to do for several years, so I just kept going over there every chance I could to keep practicing. It just took off from there.”

Gardner paid his dues DJing underground hip-hop parties, competing in smaller events and being the DJ for Colorado hip-hop group Fresh Breath Committee. Last year was his first time competing in the DMCs, scoring a second-place finish at the Denver regional competition, which gave him a shot at the U.S. title. That’s pretty good, considering he only came up with a routine a few days before the competition. But the reception in New York wasn’t all daps and smiles when it came to the Colorado DJs, which Gardner thinks may have contributed to none of them placing in the top three.

“They were kind of hating a little bit

because Colorado had such a strong presence out there in New York,” Gardner says. “I also think custom vinyl helped out [the winners] too, because two of the top three guys had custom vinyl. The previous year’s winner had custom vinyl, too.”

Custom vinyl is a recent trend among DJs, at least the ones who can afford it.

Thanks in part to the lack of vinyl production in recent years, DJs will put sounds, songs and samples on a vinyl record they have pressed themselves. The custom vinyl allows for a more seamless performance, lessening the need to lift up the needle and switch out records.

“You basically produce your own record,” Chacon says. “They go through one trick, and the next trick is already lined up. The last 10 years, most of the U.S. champions won using custom records.”

This year, however, DMC organizers are allowing the use of Scratch Live, a vinyl emulation software developed by Serato Audio Research that allows DJs to play back audio files, like MP3s, on special timecode vinyl records. DJs mostly refer to the technology and software as “Serato.” This addition makes a DJ’s music library endless and is a big step up for the tournament.

“Lots of top battle DJs campaigned for DMC to allow Serato/Scratch Live and other DVS [digital vinyl system] programs over the years,” says Christie

Z-Pabon, DJ battle coordinator for DMC USA. “Some of the arguments for not allowing DVS programs came from the traditional purist hip-hop heads, which I understand. But then I have to ask, are the purists actually entering the battles? If not, we need to accommodate the present-day battle DJs, because if they stop entering, we won’t have any battles. From day one, DJs have always embraced new technology. DJs should now have better music selection, better disses, etc. This should really challenge their creativity. They can no longer use the excuse that they can’t find anything on vinyl.”

Chacon couldn’t be more excited.

“I’m glad this year that they’ve opened up the competition to use Serato, just that the people who can’t afford custom records that have Serato can actually do something,” he says.

“Since that announcement, I’ve heard of at least four past champions who are competing again. It’s hard to find dope records nowadays. Serato allows people to be more creative, which is what I think is bringing a lot of people out of the woodwork.”

Still though, for most DJs, there’s nothing like slipping on that new record and dropping that needle.

“Vinyl is off the chain,” says Gardner.

“There’s nothing like the real thing.”

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Heavens to BETC

Bull fights, beef Wellington and buckets of laughs

by Gary Zeidner

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he Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company — aka BETC, which is pronounced “Betsy” for those of you still puzzling out the headline above — concludes its fifth season with the regional premiere of Michael Hollinger’s An Empty Plate in the Café du Grand Boeuf. A scrumptious tale filled end to end with laughter at things and people that should rightly induce tears, or at least a sense of melancholy, An Empty Plate makes good on BETC’s promise to produce wonderful stories wonderfully told.

Were it not for a friend of mine who is both a professional cook (don’t call him a “chef ”) and a selfavowed foodie of the highest order, I might not have seen An Empty Plate in the Café du Grand Boeuf. For him, and for all other acolytes of Bourdain, Batali, Oliver and the rest, the descriptions of the various Bob Buckley, John Arp and Josh Hartwell star in the Boulder Ensemble Theater Company production of An Empty Plate in courses contemplated and served during the course the Cafe du Grand Boeuf. of this play might be enough to qualify An Empty Plate as a success. The talk of truffles, tarragon and thyme alone will give any gourmand a serious case of rants in the world, caters to Victor and his privileged tent pants or swamp panties. guests alone. It is not open to the public, and though For those of us who possess palates less worldly Victor might be absent for weeks or months at a time and demanding — those who draw as much pleasure while he globe trots around the world, its staff from a bowl of Cap’n Crunch’s Crunch Berries or a remains always at the ready for the next time he walks fluffernutter sandwich as from a lobster Thermidor or through the door. a curried quinoa — An Empty Plate in the Café du The aforementioned maitre d’, Claude ( Josh Grand Boeuf also proffers a memorably lunatic passel Hartwell), lives for Victor’s visits to the café, and he is of characters each more entertaining than the last. the most affected when Victor makes an unexpected These chefs, waiters, maîtres d’s, millionaires, wives announcement at the beginning of the play. Claude’s and lovers are all finely drawn and expertly acted, and wife, Mimi (Crystal Verdon Eisele), acts as his right they are a true pleasure to behold. hand at work even while their marriage faces souffléThe premise of An Empty Plate in the Café du like collapse. The chef, Gaston (Bob Buckley), stands Grand Boeuf is somewhat fantastical yet immediately ready to whip up any dish Victor could possibly imagaccepted as commonplace by actors and audience ine, and the newly hired replacement waiter, Antoine alike. In Paris in 1961, a millionaire newspaper mag(Michael Bouchard), works admirably to manage his nate, Victor ( John Arp), owns the Café du Grand stammer while trying to learn the ropes during Boeuf. This café, considered one of the best restauVictor’s most unusual visit to the café.

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Playwright Michael Hollinger is apparently an aesthete. How else would you describe a writer who so effortlessly coaxes humor from the rarified worlds of classical music as he did in Opus or gourmet dining as he does in An Empty Plate in the Café du Grand Boeuf? With his great material, BETC once again proves itself to be one of Boulder’s most talented and exciting theater companies.

Director Rebecca Remaly uses the simple, static set of the café to frame the action in a cozy yet unrestrained fashion. All of the actors give enjoyable performances, with John Arp and Bob Buckley standing out. Arp’s Victor, whether bemoaning lost love or quoting Hemingway, commands his staff and the entire production, and Arp displays a tremendous emotional range along with excellent comic timing. Working with a much more one-dimensional role, Buckley gets the loudest and longest laughs with his slightly crazed but entirely well-meaning Gaston.

My only quibble with An Empty Plate in the Café du Grand Boeuf is that the action and reactions between the Big Reveal and the Big Twist (which is one of the more unexpected and hilarious Big Twists I’ve seen in a while) seem somewhat forced. In a play that flows so smoothly before and after, I was jarred by this. I don’t know if it’s due to the way Hollinger wrote the play or the way in which Remaly directs it, but perhaps the addition of a few more moments — with or without dialogue — between the reveal and the twist might facilitate the transition and give both more impact.

That one, small hiccup aside, I, and my food-ophile friend, loved An Empty Plate in the Café du Grand Boeuf. If you see one gastronomically focused tragicomedy over the course of the next few weeks, this should be it.

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Music with heart

For Elephant Revival, playing the Buffalo Heart Concert is an occupational benefit

by Cory O’Brien

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here is something wholly refreshing about the way Nederland acoustic folk quintet Elephant Revival approaches their art. In an industry full of cynicism and bloated egos, Elephant Revival is the wide-eyed idealist in a room full of cynics.

Folk music started as a communal celebration of the best that the human spirit has to offer. There were no heroes in early folk music, no stars and no separation between the performer and the audience.

It was music created organically, where everyone contributed however their talent would allow them to — with a drumbeat or a dance or an off-key harmonization or just a pair of appreciative ears.

Elephant Revival has based their whole philosophy on that idea, embracing music not just as a display of individual talent, but as a communal event and the ultimate unifier.

“We are writing from our hearts and our experiences and hopefully creating an experience that is beyond ourselves,” says Dango Rose, who plays double bass, mandolin and banjo, and occasionally sings for the group. “Our music is an expression of our experience and our love, with qualities that hopefully go beyond the limited constructs of the self, where we can all join together.”

Given the feel-good humanism that drives Elephant Revival’s music, as well as their obvious respect for the history of folk music, it should come as no surprise that the group is continuing another longstanding tradition of the genre — social activism. The band is again teaming with the Boulder nonprofit Conscious Alliance to headline the second annual Buffalo Heart Concert on April 30, with all proceeds going towards keeping Conscious Alliance’s emergency food storage facility on South Dakota’s Pine Ridge Reservation stocked, as well as funding summer Lakota youth programs.

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For Rose, the ability to help some of the nation’s most impoverished people is an occupational benefit.

“It just feels really good to give back,” Rose says.

“Humanism is a really good word for it, because I think our band has a lot of qualities that can bring people together and support those who maybe don’t have the resources we have.”

Elephant Revival clearly still believes in the power of music to bring people together for the force of good. It would all be a little wishy-washy if it didn’t feel so authentic. In addition to social causes like the Buffalo Heart Concert, Elephant Revival reinforces their commitment to communal music-making in the day-to-day operations of the band. Each of the five members takes turns writing songs, each of them sing and they all swap instruments. There is no frontman (or woman) in the group, no one member that dominates the limelight while the other four fade off into the background. This approach, says Rose, was present from the formation of the band.

“It was certainly an original vision of the band to have us all contribute,” Rose says. “It’s a really nice feeling to know that we all have our own artistic quality to add to the group.”

On their 2010 release Break in the Clouds, Elephant Revival proved that despite music writers’ quickness to label the group as the torchbearers of a new musical genre — “transcendental folk” — they still have an ear for the past. The album serves as a healthy primer on the last century of folk music, navigating from the plaintive sea dirges and foot-stomping Celtic instrumentals of the early 20th century to the contemporary sounds of world-weary singersongwriter folk and coffeehouse pop. The 14 tracks on Break in the Clouds pull in 14 different directions, yet somehow snap back together to create an album as timeless and lovely as a group of friends sitting around a campfire swapping songs.

One of the highlights of the album, and a prime example of the band’s contribute-how-you-can mentality is fiddle player/vocalist Bridget Law’s track “Rhythm of the Road.” Law lacks the vocal range of singer-percussionist Bonnie Paine, but her singing is as charming and comforting as anything else on the record. When her voice wavers towards the end of the song, it doesn’t detract from the track, but rather underscores the beauty and humanity of the entire album. This is comfort music, played by excellent musicians who aren’t afraid to stray a little bit out of their range.

Last year’s Buffalo Heart Concert kicked off a banner year for the band. Break in the Clouds, released on Ruff Shod Records, debuted at No. 2 on the iTunes Singer-Songwriter chart and has been getting rave reviews from critics across the country. Rose says that the band’s growing exposure has led to a different vibe on their current tour.

“Everywhere we go, more people are coming out.

There is a real excitement in the air and a real positive vibe. It’s been a great year, and we think that it’s only going to get better.”

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Being honest with yourself

Macklemore brings introspective raps to Boulder

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put as much energy and love into the craft as I possibly could,” says Seattle hip-hop MC Ben Haggardy, summarizing the last few years, “to redevelop a relationship I had lost with the art.”

He’s otherwise known as Macklemore, a deft storyteller who recently has seen a decade-long career finally start to emerge from the underground. The Language of My World, his 20-song 2005 album filled with potential energy, revealed an animated and razorsharp lyricist raised in the tradition of Irish storytelling and b-boy lyrical acrobatics. The album revealed Haggardy flaunting an observant ego one minute and gathering himself in meditation the next, painting crystal-clear narratives on each subject he tackled.

Though the album created short-term success and fame was imminent, the MC began to stray from his own mindful advice and found himself writing songs about staying in the moment without a sense of selfreality. His personal drug and alcohol use left the ensuing years after Language without any new material; even worse, Haggardy felt increasingly disassociated from his audiences.

“That’s a huge part of my live show,” he says, “being able to be in the present moment, and look into the crowd and connect with them and connect with the words that I’m speaking.”

Haggardy is considered a “conscious” rapper, but he also has a bling fascination, a shoe addiction and an Irish liver that eventually forced him to turn inward to reconcile. After years without writing any new material, he sought treatment for substance abuse in 2008, then checked into his parents’ basement to record The V.S. EP in 2009 with DJ/producer Ryan Lewis. The shift in lifestyles and the successful move to sobriety cost him a few years of momentum but refocused his observational lens to show more of himself.

“It’s one thing to just say the words you write on a piece of paper, it’s another thing to actually embody those words,” Haggardy says. “Every single word has an emotion, every single word has an inflection, every single word really has a personality. It’s not just the entire verse — each and every word is different, and that’s what I go for.”

The art of speaking to a crowd — looking at them in the eye, enunciating your words, commanding an audience, whether large or small — Macklemore learned from his Irish family and gave it an application that his grandfather never anticipated. His raps almost sound like stories, but as his style progresses and he moves to less subject-oriented rhymes, it becomes more evident that it’s clarity that engages the listener instead of a thorough lyrical dissection.

Whether it’s his most recent single “Wings,” which begins with the MC’s first pair of Air Jordans

and ends as a meditation on the joys and perils of consumerism, or any number of his verses that paint the human experience vividly and honestly, Haggardy views his increasing influence in hip-hop as a responsibility to open up his world for others.

“We’re documenting a piece of history and giving it to the next generation, and that’s why to me it’s important, that’s what MC’ing is,” Haggardy says.

“We are storytellers passing on oral tradition to the next generation, and there’s a responsibility to do it in a way that is real.”

Macklemore’s stance in any social or moral debate has always been less soapbox and more “just sayin’,” leaving a legacy that is more substantive than the weed anthems and buzz-hungry mixtapes pervasive in today’s hip-hop scene.

Recently, especially after working with Lewis, Haggardy says he finds himself rhyming less about “over-generalized” social issues and more about documenting the process of becoming a better individual.

He considers it a smarter and calculated move toward any meaningful change, even if it requires him to be the primary agent of that change.

“That is the way I think is the most effective for change right now, and it’s the most real to my life,” Haggardy says. “I’m not a super-political dude, I’m more somebody that is working on himself as a holistic person, and I believe that’s where change needs to start.”

He wouldn’t go into detail about the subject matter he will be tackling next but assured that inspiration is easier to come by nowadays. “The stories are always there; the stories are constantly around us. I think of them probably … on a daily basis. Whether or not they actually get written, or if they’re a good idea, is a different story. But I’m constantly thinking of ways to capture it.”

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Thursday, April 28

music Annie Booth. 7 p.m. Cuvée, 946 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-0475.

Benefit for Project Angel Heart — With Nelson Rangell. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 N. Park Dr., Lafayette, 303-665-2757.

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

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

Dan Treanor & African Wind. 7:30 p.m.

Boulder Outlook Hotel and Suites, 800 28th St., Boulder, 303-443-3322.

James and the Devil. 10 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922.

Jubal & Monica. 5:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Rd., Longmont, 303-485-9400.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Rocky Seahorse, Still Run. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-4404628.

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

Tayyib Ali and Chris Young the Rapper. 9 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303443-3399.

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

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

events Avery Tap Room — For tours and tastings.

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

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

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

Beginning/Intermediate Hoopdance. 9 a.m.

Boulder Circus Center, 4747 26th St., Boulder, 303-918-6617.

Colorado Skies: Celestial Navigation. 7:30 p.m. Fiske Planetarium, CU campus, 303-4925001.

Fly Fishing Film Tour. 6 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030.

Getting Started with Adobe Dreamweaver. 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Boulder Digital Arts, 1600 Range St., Boulder, 303875-0276.

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

Mobile Marketing Basics. 6-9 p.m. Boulder Digital Arts, 1600 Range St., Boulder, 303875-0276.

Wershed School’s Boulder Expedition: Celebrating Our Roots. 6 p.m. Rembrandt Yard, 1301 Spruce St., Boulder, 303-440-7520.

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Boulder/Denver Area An Instinct Toward Life — Sculptures by Dario Robleto. MCA Denver, 1485 Delgany St., Denver, 303298-7554. Through May 15.

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

Exhibition by Henrique Oliveira.

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

NCAR Community Art Program Gallery I — Art by Susan Brooks.

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NCAR Community Art Program Gallery II — Paintings by Jane Whittlesey. NCAR Mesa Laboratory, 1850 Table Mesa Dr., Boulder, 303-4972408. Through May 31.

Notes from a Quiet Life — Photographs by Robert Benjamin.

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

Ourrubberos — By Jessica Moon Bernstein. Boulder Museum of Contemporay Art, 1750 13th St.,

Boulder, 303-443-2122.

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

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

BioLounge, CU Museum, 1035 Broadway, Boulder, 303-492-6892.

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

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

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music Benefit for HIV Care Link — With Austin Collins. 7 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683.

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

Bonnie and the Clydes. 10 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922.

George Nelson. 7 p.m. Caffè Sole, 637R S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-499-2985.

A Good Day in a Bad Town. 7:30 p.m. Rock N Soul Cafe, 5290 Arapahoe Ave., Ste. I, Boulder, 303-443-5108.

Halden Wofford and the Hi-Beams, Spring Creek. 8 p.m. Swallow Hill, 71 E.Yale Ave., Denver, 303-777-1003.

Keoni Coelho. 8 p.m. The Rib House, 1801 13th St., Boulder, 303-442-RIBS. Lea Holz. 7 p.m. Cuvée, 946 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-0475.

Leslie Brown Band. 8 p.m. Swallow Hill, 71 E.Yale Ave., Denver, 303-777-1003.

Mr. Anonymous. 8:30 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-3399.

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

Otis Taylor. 9 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel and Suites, 800 28th St., Boulder, 303-443-3322.

Peter Dethlefs,Tim Yunker and the Sound Junkies. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.

Quemando Salsa Fiesta. 8 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030.

Rap in the 303. 8 p.m. Club 156, CU campus, 303-492-7704.

Stonebraker. 9 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683.

StoneScape. 7:30 p.m. Nomad Theatre, 1410 Quince Ave., Boulder, 303-443-7510.

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

Wendy Woo Band. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685.

Wonderlic. 11 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683.

events 8th Annual “Wines from Around the World” Wine Tasting & Silent Auction Fundraiser — To benefit Autism Society of Boulder County. 6-8:30 p.m. St. Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696.

Avery Tap Room — For tours and tastings.

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

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

Carnivals and Snowstorms — Multimedia theater production. 7 p.m. ATLAS Black Box Theater, CU campus, 303-492-6511.

HDR Nirvana — High Dynamic Range Photography. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Boulder Digital Arts, 1600 Range St., Boulder, 303-8750276.

Laser Nirvana. 9:30 p.m. Fiske Planetarium, CU campus, 303-492-5001.

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Through May 7.

An Empty Plate at the Cafe du Grand Boeuf — Presented by Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company.

Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., 303-440-7826. Through May 7.

Moon. 10:45 p.m. Fiske Planetarium, CU campus, 303-492-5001.

Many Faces of Hubble. 7:30 p.m. Fiske Planetarium, CU campus, 303-492-5001.

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

Upslope Brewing Co.Tap Room and Tours.

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

Saturday, April 30

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

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

Benefit for The Denver Voice — With Coyote Poets and The Skeleton Key Orchestra. 8 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303463-6683.

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

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

Elephant Revival. 7 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030.

Emma Back, House to Home. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-4404628.

Erica Brown and Friends. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 N. Park Dr., Lafayette, 303-665-2757.

FaceMan’s Camp Crowd. 8 p.m. Swallow Hill, 71 E.Yale Ave., Denver, 303-777-1003.

Jake Loggins Band. 8 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel and Suites, 800 28th St., Boulder, 303-4433322.

Macklemore, Ryan Lewis. 9 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-3399.

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

Max Davies Band. 7:30 p.m. Caffè Sole, 637R S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-499-2985.

Meryl Romer. 7 p.m. Cuvée, 946 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-0475.

Our Heros End, Above Timberline,The Cease Fire. 7:30 p.m. Rock N Soul Cafe, 5290

Howl — Presented by Square Product Theatre, The Wesley Chapel, 1290 Folsom St., Boulder, 303-4420234. Through May 7.

Stories on Stage: Crazy in Love.

Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., 303-440-7826. April 30.

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

Arapahoe Ave., Ste. I, Boulder, 303-443-5108.

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

Serenade in Blue. 4 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683.

Stephanie Bettman & Luke Halpin. 8 p.m.

Swallow Hill, 71 E.Yale Ave., Denver, 303-7771003.

The ZydeCoasters. 9 p.m. Quixote’s True Blue, 2151, Lawrence St., Denver, 303-366-6492.

events Afternoon Tea. 2 p.m. Jill’s Restaurant at St. Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-4069696.

Avery Tap Room — For tours and tastings.

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

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

Beginning/Intermediate Hoopdance. 10 a.m. Kakes Studio, 2115 Pearl St., Boulder, 303918-6617.

Carnivals and Snowstorms — Multimedia theater production. 7 p.m. & 9 p.m. ATLAS Black Box Theater, CU campus, 303-492-6511.

Introduction to Aperture Part 1. 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Boulder Digital Arts, 1600 Range St., Boulder, 303-875-0276.

Introduction to Aperture Part 1I. 1-4 p.m.

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

MmmmmBoulder!: Music, Movies, Modern Art, Munchies and Marvelous Refreshments. 6 p.m. Nomad Theatre, 1410 Quince Ave., Boulder, 303-443-7510.

Whose Life is This Anyway? — Staying Balanced in an Unsettled World. 1-3 p.m. Front Range Community College, 2121 Miller St., Longmont, 303-776-3611.

Sunday, May 1

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

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

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

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

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

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

James Frye, Fred Dawson, Lauren Stovall.

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

Lisa Oxnard & Gogo Lab. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 N. Park Dr., Lafayette, 303-665-2757.

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

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

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

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

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

COMBO Showcase — With Vanessa Spear and others. 7 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683.

Danzig. 7 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030.

Open Mic — With Danny Shafer. 8 p.m./7:15 p.m. sign-up. Conor O’Neills, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Green Frontier Fest — Featuring the 5th Annual BGBG Product and Service Fair. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Boulder Central Park, Boulder, www. bgbg.org.

Monday, May 2

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

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

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

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

Boulder County Alcoholics Anonymous — Happy hour group. 5:30 p.m. 5375 Western Ave., Boulder, www.BoulderCountyAA.org.

Free Open Class — Meditation instruction.

7-9 p.m. Boulder Shambhala Meditation Center, 1345 Spruce St., Boulder, 303-444-0190. iPhoto Step by Step. 6-9 p.m. Boulder Digital Arts, 1600 Range St., Boulder, 303-875-0276.

Philip Connors’ Fire Season — To benefit Fourmile Canyon Fire Department. 7:30 p.m.

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

Tuesday, May 3

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Sunday, May 1 Christopher McDougall and Marshall Ulrich’s Naked Extravaganza — Various activities. 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Boulder Bookstore, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-2074.

poetry. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.

Tuesday, May 3 Tuesday Night Poetry Reading. 7 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Book Store, 1203 13th St., Suite A, Boulder, 303-579-1644.

Wednesday, May 4 Carolyn Baker & Margaret Emerson Book Siging. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Bookstore, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303447-2074.

Monday, May 2 “So You’re a Poet” — Open mic

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Google Docs: What Can They Do for You? 7 p.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-900-3387.

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

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

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The Clamdaddys Transcendental Blues Jam. 7:30 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683.

Janine Gastineau & Her Rhythm. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 N. Park Dr., Lafayette, 303665-2757.

Michael Zeligs, Daniel Cooper & Beth Preston. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.

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

Robotic Pirate Monkey. 9 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-3399.

Adobe Photoshop for the Web. 6-9 p.m.

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

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

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

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

Monday, May 2 Children’s Storytime. 10:15 p.m. Boulder Public Library, 1000 Canyon Blvd., Boulder, 303441-3100.

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

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

Tuesday, May 3 Children’s Storytime. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1000 Canyon Blvd., Boulder, 303441-3100.

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

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

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

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

Wednesday, May 4 Children’s Storytime. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1000 Canyon Blvd., Boulder, 303-441-3100.

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

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

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

Kids’ Calendar Thursday, April 28 So Rim Kung Fu for Children. 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. A Place to B Studio, 1750 30th St., Boulder, 303-440-8007.

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

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by Dr. Jenni Skyler Dear Dr. Jenni, However, what label you choose is only I am a biological man with a penis. for you to determine. Find one that fits I’ve been in the process of transitioning for you both, and continue to rejoice in to a woman for a few years now. I take the evolution of your relationship. many hormones and pass as a woman, and plan to get surgery soon for breast Dear Dr. Jenni, implants and a neovagina. The catch is I’ve been in a relationship with my that I am married. My wife loves me girlfriend for almost three years, but and supports me in my process, but can’t ejaculate inside of her. She keeps recently, some friends have challenged urging me to ejaculate inside her and I her about being forced into a lesbian feel like I’m letting her down. She is relationship. If we stay married, does starting to get really angry about this. I this make my wife a lesbian? can cum when I’m alone, but don’t know what to do —All Mixed when I’m with her.

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Our gender is Dear Pressured, an entirely differIt sounds like ent construct from you are struggling our sexual orientation and whom we are with a very tall order. Both orgasm and attracted to. Here’s the skinny on sexual ejaculation require an individual to surorientation. Rather than thinking about render. However, the constant urging this as a binary of straight or gay, conand anger make your girlfriend’s request sider it a continuum from zero to six. come across as a demand.

Zero is exclusively heterosexual, six is We respond to demands by either exclusively homosexual, three is bisexu- forgoing our freedom and acquiescing al, and numbers one through five symto the other, or with defiant resistance. bolize the gray zone where most human In this case, it seems like your body beings actually find themselves. wants to resist relinquishing that freeOnly your wife can determine her dom — and understandably so. It’s sexual orientation, just as much as only never fun, or fair, to feel pressured by you can determine your gender. another person, especially when it While gender is separate from sexu- comes to sex. al orientation, it is not binary either, This is a good opportunity for you nor is it necessarily congruent with both to re-learn how sex can be about what the doctor assigned at birth based pleasure, rather than performance. on our genitals. Gender is based on To role-model how you want to be whether we can feel and identify as treated, invite (without demanding) your girlfriend to have a “pleasure date.” masculine, feminine, androgynous or Take turns arousing one another nonother. genitally, and then later genitally. The Sexual orientation is based on goal is not to focus on orgasm for either whether we feel attracted to another party, but rather experience what the person who is male, female, androgyjourney of pleasure can be like. nous or other. Thus, if your wife was Ultimately, an orgasm can only attracted to you when you previously operated in the world as a man, and is appear if there is space to be safe and still attracted to you as you operate in vulnerable with one another. the world as a woman, then she may Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com have a more bisexual orientation, or she Send questions for Jenni Skyler, PhD, is simply attracted to you as a person, to drjenni@theintimacyinstitute.org. and that’s what matters most anyhow.

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Neptune Mountaineering, 633 S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-499-8866.

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Hiking off the grief with hospice

Saturday, April 30 Boulder Cycling Club Saturday Morning Road Bike Ride. 10:30 a.m. Bicycle Village, 2100 28th St., # B-C, Boulder, 303-875-2241.

Geology: Just the Story! 9:30 p.m.

NCAR, 1800 Table Mesa Dr., Boulder, 303-441-3440.

Sunday, May 1 Boulder Road Runners Sunday Group Run. 9 a.m. Meet at First National Bank, 3033 Iris Ave., Boulder, www.boulderroadrunners.org.

Monday, May 2 Ladies Bike Mechanics 101. 5:306:30 a.m. Community Cycles, 2805 Wilderness Pl., Ste. 1000, Boulder, 720565-6019.

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hen Gretchen Miller found out that her father, 82, had leukemia — and at most three months to live — she reached out to hospice for help.

“Someone recommended I call hospice, so I called [them] and said, ‘I kind of feel like I need some support,’” Miller recalls. And for her, one of the main ways she found that support was through weekly guided hiking

groups.

Each year, from May through October, HospiceCare of Boulder and Broomfield Counties offers drop-in hikes in south Boulder and a walking group in Longmont. Two HospiceCare volunteers lead each session, and participants can talk with other hikers about their emotions, or “they can just walk,” Jewel Lauer says.

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Lauer, who helped organize the first hiking group six years ago, says the idea for organizing the hikes came when she realized that “nature heals,” and that for some people, participating in a traditional support group, especially immediately after a loss, can be too difficult.

“At first, their grief is so overpowering that the thought of going into a room and talking about it is overwhelming,” Lauer says, and even meeting in an outdoor, non-threatening setting can be a struggle for some people.

“It [sometimes] happens that people show up, and they look like they’re going to run,” Lauer says. “People can show up in a very vulnerable place.”

When she first heard about the idea, Julie Thomas, grief services coordinator at HospiceCare, welcomed the idea of a hike for people who were grieving.

“One size doesn’t fit all for how people get through the grief process, and this is just one avenue,” she says.

And even within one group, there can be different needs, which is why the hikes have a mostly free structure — the route, pace and duration are all flexible, depending on who shows up on a given evening, the weather and the season. Groups range in number from two or three to as many as 10, and all that is required to participate is that hikers show up at the right place at the right time and fill out a brief information form and release form.

“We allow whatever is happening to happen,” says Lauer, who also leads hikes.

“It’s completely low-pressure,” says Miller, who participated regularly throughout 2008 and occasionally since. “Whoever you happen to be standing next to, that’s who you end up talking to.”

Making connections with fellow hikers, especially those who have shared similar losses, can be the greatest comfort.

“For me, it was really helpful to be able to go somewhere and say this is happening in my life … to say, ‘My dad is dying,’” Miller says. “It’s comforting to hear that other people are feeling the same things you are, to know you’re not alone.”

The physical component is also a benefit not found in many other support groups, and apart from the physiological effects of exercise — lower blood pressure, reduced stress — it also helps the words to come.

“It seems helpful while you’re talking to keep moving,” she says. “It just kind of fosters talk.”

Lauer, Thomas and Darryl all emphasize that the HospiceCare hiking group is open to anyone dealing with grief or going through a difficult period in their lives, regardless of whether they have been involved with HospiceCare or received HospiceCare services. The group is generally adultfocused, but teens and children with a parent or guardian are welcome as well.

Darryl Dargitz, who has been the hiking director for five years, encourages people who, like Miller, are anticipating a loss to participate in the hikes as well. Caregivers especially stand to benefit, both from the emotional support and the respite that the outings provide.

The Boulder hiking group meets at the Boulder Montessori School, 3300 Redstone Rd., every Wednesday from May 4 through Oct. 26. The hikes, which are “easy” to “moderate” in difficulty, begin at 5:30 p.m. and are approximately one hour to one and a half hours long. The Longmont walking group meets at the Pella Crossing Trailhead on Wednesdays at 5 p.m.

Walks last approximately one hour.

For more information about the HospiceCare hiking program in Boulder, or the walking group in Longmont, visit www.hospicecareonline.org, or call 303-449-7740.

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Power up your workouts

Some high-tech suggestions

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by Eric Gwinn

ooking to energize your workouts with some high-tech-gear? We’re here to help.

Swimmers have more choices than ever for underwater music players, but two of the best options out there are the Waterproof iPod Shuffle from H2OFriendly ($139.99; h2ofriendly.com) and the Finis SwiMP3.1G ($149.99; www. finisinc.com, click on “Equipment”).

The Waterproof iPod Shuffle is what it says it is: a 2-gigabyte iPod Shuffle that holds about 500 songs and has been made waterproof.

The lightweight gadget clips onto your swimwear and, like the 4thgeneration iPod Shuffle, you can use the free VoiceOver Kit that lets you speak your request to search for your next song, so you can pause in the water after your second lap and call for a power tune to get you through your next three laps. Comes with a one-year waterproof guarantee. A kit with waterproof earphones and strap is available for $169.99.

The Finis SwimP3.1G is a 1 gigabyte music player that holds about 250 songs and clips onto your goggles. Unlike most underwater music players, it has earphones built in. But the earphones don’t slip into your ear; they rest on the side of your head. As a result, the music sounds louder and clearer underwa-

ter to me than music through in-ear earphones, and there’s no ear fatigue.

Here are some other ideas: Motion Traxx Radio app for Android phones ($2.99; Android App Market). Get a nonstop highenergy soundtrack for your workouts that keeps you motivated and moving. You get a selection of music podcasts that you can download to your phone’s microSD card.

Nike + GPS for iOS4 devices the iPhone and iPod Touch ($1.99; iTunes App Store). Use your phone’s GPS receiver to track the distance of your workout, and when you need an extra kick, dial up your favorite PowerSong to motivate you. And it’s fun sharing your results with friends at nikeplusactive.com.

Heart-rate monitoring apps (Free; Android and iPhone). These free apps work in the same way; while the app is running, press your finger to the phone’s camera. It will gauge your pulse by reading the amount of light coming through your finger (afterward, wipe your camera lenses with a dry, soft, lintfree cloth — or the hem of your T-shirt, if that’s all that’s handy).

Now when you’re walking the dog or working in the yard, you’ll know your pulse rate and whether you should pick up the pace.

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Robert Pattinson plays Jacob

by Michael Phillips

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ike The Notebook, but with an elephant, the unexpectedly good film version of Water for Elephants elevates pure corn to a completely satisfying realm of romantic melodrama. This adaptation of the Sara Gruen bestseller, set in a storybook edition of Depression-era 1931, stars Robert Pattinson of the Twilight franchise as Jacob, the earnest son of Polish immigrants. A tragic off-screen accident renders him an orphan not long into the picture.

Broke and distraught, the Cornell student hops a freight train one evening that turns out to carry a most unusual form of freight.

It’s a circus train, and with his animal skills, along with his animal magnetism, our hero finds a place for himself in the cash-strapped Benzini Bros. company. Much of Water for Elephants unfolds in one train car or another, or in the open fields nearby, where the big top rises and falls and the striptease artistes do their thing not far from the aerialists, before it’s on to the next town. The Benzini crew’s mercurial, sadistic ringleader, played by Christoph Waltz of Inglourious Basterds, is married to star attraction Marlena, played by Reese Witherspoon, whose horse act is soon replaced by an elephant act. Her co-star is the pachyderm who wins Jacob’s heart while enduring the cruelties inflicted by Waltz’s August (not easy to watch, even if you know the American Humane Association was all over this one).

The elephant also wraps up the plot, which canvasses

everything from a tastefully smoldering romance between Jacob and Marlena to a climactic stampede.

The ringer here is screenwriter Richard LaGravenese, who helped make a very good film out of the world’s worst romance novel (The Bridges of Madison County).

With Water for Elephants he has compressed the events very shrewdly without turning them into a manic Perils of Marlena serial. The female protagonist remains somewhat passive, as she was on the page, which can be frustrating.

Waltz’s archetypal villain cannot help but steal focus when he’s on-screen, partly because of the abuse of which the character is capable, partly because Waltz is just so damned interesting to watch.

That’s more than can be said for Pattinson, who is

easy to take without having yet made a single surprising or provocative choice as an actor. Yet he, too, is at least in there working his two or three notes hard, and often effectively. The director, Francis Lawrence (I Am Legend), relies mainly on his artistic collaborators, notably production designer Jack Fisk and cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto, to create and sustain the atmosphere. The digital effects never overwhelm things. Moving both the camera and the bodies within the frame, Lawrence is more efficient than inspired at this point in his career, but he does show solid instincts in letting actors interact within the frame. With his fierce emotional zigzags, Waltz keeps Pattinson and Witherspoon (who retains immense audience appeal) on their toes. Hal Holbrook appears in the bookend sequences, where we see old Jacob remembering back to the events of ’31.

The scenes recall The Notebook, Madison County and a hundred other bars of soap.

It’s a testament to the general effectiveness of Water for Elephants that you don’t watch it and mentally check-mark these precedents. I went with it. I was happy to go with it. The movie works, and it’s only unexpectedly good because 20th Century Fox waited until the last minute to screen it for review.

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Thank god for Mendes

by Michael Phillips

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idway through one in a manic string of chase sequences in the animated Rio, the uptight macaw voiced by Jesse Eisenberg says, “I would love to go five minutes without almost getting killed.” This is the movie’s strategy: near-perpetual peril, dialogue that’s almost funny and an extremely bright color palette, plus the musical supervision of the great Sergio Mendes, whose LPs I still have in the house somewhere, my tastes not having changed much since 1966.

Re-hearing the best of the Mendes-sanctioned soundtrack tunes, new and old, is a happier prospect than the movie itself. Rio has been playing in theaters overseas and in Latin America and South America for a couple of weeks now, and as its pre-U.S. box office tally flies toward $75 million, it seems entirely possible we’ll be seeing Rio 2: Blame It on the Bossa Nova by early 2013. The director, Carlos Saldanha, collaborated on the Ice Age trilogy. What he has developed here has tons of atmosphere and, less helpfully, tons of overplotted chaos disguised as a story.

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various birds and creatures are singing, dancing, getting us in the mood for — the abrupt arrival of smugglers.

Shrieks, cries, running, scrambling and suddenly everybody’s in cages, including little Blu, the macaw. Off to Moose Lake, Minn., he goes, where he’s adopted by a nice single gal (voiced by Leslie Mann) who runs an independent bookstore (good thing it wasn’t a Borders).

Linda and Blu are visited one snowy day by a Rio scientist (voiced by Rodrigo Santoro). Blu, you see, is one of two remaining macaws in his subspecies. The other (Anne Hathaway, doing what she can with lamely sarcastic rejoinders such as “Ya think?”) needs a mate to propagate. So Blu and his human, Linda, do like Fred

and Ginger and fly down to Rio, Rio by the sea-o, where they run afoul of some City of God-inspired thieves and their murderous cockatoo henchman ( Jemaine Clement) and spend most of the picture searching for each other.

Too many supporting characters of too little comic distinction compete for our attention in Rio, including a pack of martial-arts-trained marmosets designed to give the penguins of Madagascar some spin-off competition. The movie isn’t dull, exactly; the problem lies in the other, antsy direction.

Culminating in a melee that takes place during the annual celebration of Carnaval, the movie makes it difficult to enjoy its party vibe. Serial kidnappings have a way of harshing the tropical mellow. If it weren’t for a few of Eisenberg’s drier line readings, a couple of the 3-D-friendly flying sequences and the new version of “Mas Que Nada” on the soundtrack ... well, let’s just say I’m grateful for those elements.

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African Cats

This documentary follows three big cats on the African savanna. Narrated by Samuel L. Jackson. At Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks. — Rene Rodriguez

Cedar Rapids Tim Lippe was the guy people always thought would go places, but then he just didn’t. He’s been living in sleepy Brown Valley, Wis., his whole life, selling insurance to protect other people’s dreams.

But Tim’s life is about to get a kick-start because, for the first time in his 34 years, he’s headed to a major metropolis — Cedar Rapids, Iowa — where he must try to save his company at a do-or-die insurance convention that, for him, will be nonconventional. At Denver FilmCenter/Colfax. — Landmark Theatres

Arthur

British comic Russell Brand takes over for the late Dudley Moore in this remake of the 1981 smash hit about an alcoholic playboy who may lose his inheritance if he pursues a woman (Greta Gerwig) his snooty relatives don’t like. Rated PG-13. At Flatiron and Century. — Rene Rodriguez As You Like It

Thea Sharrock’s irresistible new production of Shakespeare’s popular romantic comedy stirs wit, sentiment, intrigue and love into a charming confection that challenges the traditional rules of romance. At its heart, a feisty but feminine Rosalind, in love with the endearingly naïve Orlando, uses her disguise as Ganymede to counsel him playfully in the art of wooing. Distraction is provided by Dominic Rowan, a remarkably funny Touchstone, and Tim McMullan, whose sonorous tones are perfectly suited to the lugubrious wit of Jaques. At Boedecker Theater. — Boedecker Theater Atlas Shrugged Part I

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Catch a wave for Christ!

Soul Surfer tells the true story of a girl who surfs, gets her arm bitten off by a shark, prays, then surfs some more. adaptation of the first part of Ayn Rand’s 1957 novel. Rated PG-13. At Century. — Los Angeles Times/MCT Bill Cunningham New York

Bill Cunningham is obsessively interested in only one thing: the pictures he takes that document the way people dress. For decades, this Schwinn-riding

AMC Flatiron Crossing, 61 W. Flatiron Cir., Broomfield, 303-790-4262 Arthur Thu-Wed: 11:50, 2:40, 5:15, 7:50, 10;25 The Conspirator Thu-Wed: 10:30, 1:35, 4:45, 7:45, 10:40 Hanna Thu-Wed: 11:10, 2:20, 5, 7:35, 10:20 Hoodwinked Too Fri-Wed: 10:10, 12:30, 2:50, 5:10, 7:30, 9:45 Hop Thu-Wed: 11:20, 1:55, 4:20, 6:45, 9:10 Insidious Thu-Wed: 9:55, 12:20, 3, 5:45, 8:20, 10:50 Limitless Thu-Wed: 1:10, 7:05 The Lincoln Lawyer Thu: 11:15, 2:05, 5:10, 8:05, 10:55 Fri-Wed: 11:40, 2:30, 5:20, 8, 10:45 Rio Thu-Wed: 11:30, 2:10, 4:40, 7:10, 9:40 Soul Surfer Thu-Wed: 10:50, 1:25, 4:35, 7:15, 9:50 Source Code Thu-Wed: 10:20, 12:45, 3:10, 5:35, 8, 10:30 Water for Elephants Thu-Wed: 10:40, 2, 4:50, 7:40, 10:35 Your Highness Thu-Wed: 10, 4:10, 10:10 Century Boulder, 1700 29th St., Boulder, 303-442-1815 African Cats Thu-Wed: 10, 12:30, 2:45, 5, 7:15, 9:30 Arthur Thu: 12:20, 3:15, 6:10, 8:45 FriWed: 12:10, 5:25, 10:35 Atlas Shrugged Part 1 Thu: 12:15, 2:55 The Conspirator Thu: 12:55, 3:45, 6:45, 9:35 Fri-Wed: 11, 1:55, 4:45, 7:35, 10:25 Fast Five Fri-Wed: 12, 3, 6, 9 Hanna Thu: 10, 12:45, 3:30, 6:25, 9:15 FriWed: 12:25, 1, 3:45, 6:25, 9:10 Hoodwinked Too 12:15, 2:25, 4:35, 6:45, 8:55 Jane Eyre Thu: 10:10, 1, 4, 7, 9:50 Fri-

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cultural anthropologist has been obsessively and inventively chronicling fashion trends and high society charity soirées for the New York Times style section in his columns “On the Street” and “Evening Hours.” Bill has lived in the same small studio above Carnegie Hall for 50 years, never eats in restaurants and gets around on a worn-out bicycle. The contradiction of his monk-like existence and the extravagance of his photographic subject

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Sam Davis convinces his former best friend to spend a weekend with him to rekindle their friendship at an elegant beachside estate owned by a famous documentary filmmaker. But it soon becomes clear that Sam is secretly infatuated with the filmmaker’s fiancée, Zoe, and that his true intention is to thwart their impending nuptials. As Sam’s plan begins to unravel, he is forced to realize how complicated love and friendship can be. At Denver FilmCenter/Colfax. — Denver Film Society The Conspirator On April 17, 1865, three days after John Wilkes Booth assassinated Abraham Lincoln, boarding house owner Mary Surratt, along with seven others, was arrested on charges of conspiracy to

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kill the president. In the film version, Robert Redford directs an impressive cast through a disappointingly dull courtroom drama deciding the fate of Surratt (Robin Wright). The movie seems to focus on the wrong character, following the white male prosecutor (James McAvoy) instead of the more interesting and complex Surratt.

Heartbreakingly average. Rated PG-13. At Flatiron and Century. — Michael Phillips Fast Five

The stars of all previous installments in the surprisingly successful franchise about drag racers reunite to break once again the speed limit the world over.

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson joins the cast as the federal agent on the speedsters’ trail. Good luck with that, pal. Rated R. At Flatiron, Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks. — Rene Rodriguez GasLand

The Halliburton-developed drilling technology of “fracking” has unlocked a “Saudia Arabia of natural gas” just beneath us. But is fracking safe? When filmmaker Josh Fox was asked to lease his land for drilling, he embarked on a cross-country odyssey, uncovering a trail of secrets, lies and contamination.

Residents in Pennsylvania report that they’re able to light their drinking water on fire, just one of the many absurd and astonishing revelations in GasLand. Part verite travelogue, part expose, part mystery, part bluegrass banjo meltdown, part showdown. At Boedecker Theater. — Boedecker Theater

friendship is tested and lives are put in danger.

Ultimately, their parents are left to help them come to terms with the complexity of human emotions, pain and empathy. At Mayan. — Landmark Theatres

and Hui He. At Boedecker Theater. — Boedecker Theater

Insidious

A 60-something woman, faced with a crippling medical diagnosis and the discovery of a heinous family crime, finds strength and purpose when she enrolls in a poetry class. Lee Chang-dong’s followup to his acclaimed Secret Sunshine is a masterful study of the subtle empowerment — and moral compass — of an elderly woman. At Boedecker Theater. — Boedecker Theater

Writer Leigh Wannell and director James Wan try their hands at atmospheric horror with this tale of a married couple trying to protect their comatose son from evil spirits. At Flatiron, Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks. – Rene Rodriguez Jane Eyre Jane Eyre suddenly flees Thornfield Hall, the vast, isolated estate where she worked as a governess for Thornfield’s brooding master, Edward Rochester. With nowhere else to go, she is extended a helping hand by clergyman St. John Rivers and his family. As she recuperates in the Rivers’ Moor House and looks back upon the tumultuous events that led to her escape, Jane wonders if the past is ever truly past. At Esquire and Century. — Landmark Theatres Kill the Irishman

In the summer of 1976, 36 bombs detonated in the heart of Cleveland while a turf war raged between Irish mobster Danny Greene and the Italian mafia.

Based on a true story, Kill the Irishman chronicles Greene’s rise from a tough Cleveland neighborhood to become an enforcer in the local mob. At Denver FilmCenter/Colfax. — Denver Film Society

Hanna

Limitless

A teenaged girl raised by her father to be the perfect assassin is sent on her first mission. Cate Blanchett is the intelligence agent hot on her trail.

Rated PG-13. At Flatiron, Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks. — Rene Rodriguez

Bradley Cooper is a novelist suffering from writer’s block whose life is slowly falling apart — until he starts popping illegal pills that allow him to make full use of his brain’s abilities and turn him into a super-genius. Rated PG-13. — Rene Rodriguez

Hoodwinked Too: Hood Vs. Evil

The Lincoln Lawyer

Not one but two puns, in a single title! Hayden Panettiere, Glenn Close, Joan Cusack, Bill Hader, Amy Poehler and David Alan Grier provide the voices for this animated tale about the further adventures of Little Red Riding Hood, now training with a mysterious agency known as the Sisters of the Hood. At Flatiron, Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks. — Rene Rodriguez

Matthew McConaughey enters the courtroom for the first time since 1996’s A Time to Kill in this adaptation of Michael Connelly’s novel about a lawyer who conducts his business from his Lincoln Town Car. Rated PG-13. — Rene Rodriguez

Hop Live-action and animation blend in this comedy about a man who accidentally hits the Easter Bunny with his car, then must take over the rabbit’s annual duties until he recuperates. Rated PG. At Flatiron, Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks. — Rene Rodriguez

Madea’s Big Happy Family

The headstrong, wisecracking grandmother Madea tries to bring her family together with tough love, laughter and the revelation of a long-held secret.

Rated PG-13. At Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks. — Rene Rodriguez My Perestroika

I AM, a prismatic and probing exploration of our world, what’s wrong with it and what we can do to make it better, represents writer/director Tom Shadyac’s first foray into nonfiction following a career as one of Hollywood’s leading comedy practitioners. At Muenzinger Auditorium, Chez Artiste.

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When the USSR broke apart in 1991, a generation of young people faced a new realm of possibilities.

An intimate epic about the extraordinary lives of this last Soviet generation, Robin Hessman’s feature documentary debut tells the stories of five Moscow schoolmates who were brought up behind the Iron Curtain, witnessed the joy and confusion of glasnost, and reached adulthood right as the world changed around them. At Denver FilmCenter/ Colfax. — Denver Film Society

In a Better World

Of Gods and Men

Anton is a doctor who commutes between his home in an idyllic town in Denmark and work at an African refugee camp. In these two very different worlds, he and his family are faced with conflicts that lead them to difficult choices ranging from revenge to forgiveness. Anton and his wife Marianne have two young sons, are separated and are struggling with the possibility of divorce. Their 10-yearold son Elias is being bullied at school, until he is defended by Christian, a new boy who has just moved from London with his father, Claus. Elias and Christian quickly form a strong bond, but when Christian involves Elias in a dangerous act of revenge with potentially tragic consequences, their

Eight French Christian monks live in harmony with their Muslim brothers in a monastery in the mountains of North Africa in the 1990s. When a crew of foreign workers is massacred by an Islamic fundamentalist group, fear sweeps through the region.

The army offers them protection, but the monks refuse. Despite the growing menace, they slowly realize that they have no choice but to stay. At Chez Artiste. — Landmark Theatres

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In this Disney family comedy, the stories of various high-school couples intersect as they frantically prepare for the biggest night of their lives so far. At Flatiron, Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks. — Rene Rodriguez The Promise: The Making of Darkness on the Edge of Town

Special fundraiser screenings! All ticket proceeds benefit The Dairy Center for the Arts. Take advantage of their generosity and support the Boedecker Theater. The Promise combines never-before-seen footage of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band shot between 1976 and 1978 (including home rehearsals and studio sessions) with new interviews with Springsteen, E Street Band members, manager Jon Landau, former manager Mike Appel and others closely involved in the making of the record. At Boedecker Theater. — Boedecker Theater

documentary, Shoah, considered one of the greatest films ever made, will be re-released in the United States. Twelve years in the making, Shoah is his monumental epic on the Holocaust, featuring interviews with survivors, bystanders and perpetrators in 14 countries. Growing out of Lanzmann’s concern that the genocide perpetrated only 40 years earlier was already retreating into the mists of time and that the atrocity was becoming sanitized as “history,” his massive achievement — at once epic and intimate, immediate and definitive — is a triumph of form and content that reveals hidden truths while rewriting the rules of documentary filmmaking. At Denver FilmCenter/Colfax. — Denver Film Society Soul Surfer AnnaSophia Robb stars in this fact-based drama about a teenage girl who musters up the courage to climb back on her surfboard after losing an arm in a shark attack. Rated PG. At Twin Peaks. — Rene Rodriguez Source Code Jake Gyllenhaal stars as a man who wakes up on a passenger train eight minutes before a terrorist bomb goes off, killing everyone aboard. Through the use of new anti-terrorist government technology, he must relive those eight minutes again and again, until he can stop the attack. At Flatiron, Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks. — Rene Rodriguez Super

At a neighborhood karaoke bar, friends and family gather to remember a young man who passed away.

Knowing little about his final days, they attempt to reconstruct his life. In the process, they offer a window into their own lives, an evocative picture of working-class America, dislocated from the progress and mobility around them, but united in pursuit of a shared dream. At Denver FilmCenter/ Colfax. — Denver Film Society

When sad-sack loser Frank sees his ex-addict wife willingly snatched by a seductive drug dealer, he finds himself bereft and wholly unable to cope. But soon he decides to fight back under the guise of a DIY superhero called Crimson Bolt. With a handmade suit, a wrench and a crazed sidekick named Boltie, the Crimson Bolt beats his way through the mean streets of crime in hopes of saving his wife.

The rules were written a long time ago: You are not supposed to molest children, cut lines or key cars; if you do, prepare to face the wrath of the Crimson Bolt! At Mayan and Boedecker Theater. — Landmark Theatres

Rio

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Jessie Eisenberg, Anne Hathaway, Jane Lynch and Wanda Sykes provide the voices for this animated tale about a domesticated macaw who travels around the world to chase down the love of his life. Rated PG. At Twin Peaks, Flatiron, Colony Square and Century. ­— Rene Rodriguez

Waste Land follows renowned artist Vik Muniz as he journeys from his home base in Brooklyn to his native Brazil and the world’s largest garbage dump, Jardim Gramacho, located on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro. There he photographs an eclectic band of “catadores” — or self-designated pickers of recyclable materials. Muniz’s initial objective was to “paint” the catadores with garbage. However, his collaboration with these inspiring characters as they recreate photographic images of themselves out of garbage reveals both the dignity and despair of the catadores as they begin to re-imagine their lives. At Boedecker Theater. — Boedecker Theater

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Rubber is the story of Robert, an inanimate tire that has been abandoned in the desert but suddenly and inexplicably comes to life. As Robert roams the bleak landscape, he discovers that he possesses terrifying telepathic powers that give him the ability to destroy anything he wishes without having to move.

At first content to prey on small desert creatures and various discarded objects, his attention soon turns to humans, especially a beautiful and mysterious woman who crosses his path. Leaving a swath of destruction across the desert landscape, Robert becomes a chaotic force to be reckoned with, and truly a movie villain for the ages. At Mayan. — Landmark Theatre Scream 4 Remember when Scream 3 hit theaters, how everyone involved in the project swore up and down there would never be another? Well, they lied. Eleven years after the events of the last film, surviving cast members Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox and David Arquette reunite, along with a few new faces. Rated R. At Flatiron, Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks. ­— Rene Rodriguez Shoah Part I & 2

Claude Lanzmann’s nine-and-a-half hour landmark

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Disheartened attorney Mike Flaherty, who moonlights as a high school wrestling coach, stumbles across a star athlete through some questionable business dealings while trying to support his family. Just as it looks like he will get a double payday, the boy’s mother shows up fresh from rehab and flat broke, threatening to derail everything. At Mayan and Century. — Landmark Theatres Your Highness

The shiftless younger brother of a dragon-slaying knight has a chance to be a hero by helping to save his sibling’s bride-to-be and his homeland. Rated R. At Flatiron, Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks.

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Ordering your food online in Boulder

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or any student at the University of Colorado, or anyone in Boulder, for that matter, eating out is a bit easier than it used to be.

Daniel Rolland started an online food-ordering site called HungryBuffs. com based on an online service at another university.

“I had some family friends who were running a similar website at Penn State called lionmenus.com,” he says. “I thought they were doing a very good job, and I like their website design.

However, I thought they … lacked presence on campus, so I started Hungrybuffs.com in January 2007 with the same technology platform as the Penn State kids.”

Rolland’s first steps were getting local restaurants involved.

“I developed a sales pitch in order to convince restaurants to sign up for online ordering, which revolved around convincing restaurants I would bring them incremental business, and change the market for the better,” Rolland says.

After he was able to convince restaurants to get involved, Rolland collected menus as well as general information about each business to post on his website for the convenience of the buyer.

“When I first started, I had to collect every menu in town,” he says. “Afterwards, I called all the restaurants to get all their information. This included their hours of operation and whether or not they delivered.

Then I uploaded all the information on the website.”

The website was so successful right after its launch that more and more restaurants began to join, realizing it was a great opportunity to expand business.

“When I first started, only a handful of restaurants

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participated in the online ordering,” he says “However, it was still a very marketable website, since I had the menus and hours of operation of every restaurant in town, broken down by category. I received positive feedback from the initial handful of restaurants that were on the website, which led to more restaurants signing up.”

But there are still holdouts. Some restaurants prefer to handle online ordering themselves. Jimmy John’s, a popular sandwich store, does not use HungryBuffs.com, despite its high volume of online orders.

“Jimmy John’s does offer online ordering through their own website, and we had a fair amount of orders that way,” says Garrett Henry, a former Jimmy John’s employee. “During the lunch rush we received mostly call-in orders, but still 10 percent to 15 percent were online orders, and at dinner it was up to about 25 percent.”

Henry explains that some restaurants simply want every aspect of their business to stay within the company.

“I can see how HungryBuffs.com would be bene-

ficial,” he says, “but I do know, however, that Jimmy John’s likes to work almost everything within the company, so I’m not surprised that they don’t advertise on HungryBuffs.com, and kept their online orders to their own website.”

A majority of the restaurants that participate in online ordering purchase advertisements.

“I have advertising packages that I sell to restaurants on a yearly basis,” Rolland says. “The ad packages are based on exposure, and range in price from $1,100 for the smallest to $11,000 for the biggest, depending on how much exposure the restaurant wants. There are also a few non-restaurant establishments that advertise, such as law firms and dispensaries.”

He adds that hungrybuffs.com does generate a considerable amount of profit.

“We get a commission of every online order that goes though our website,” Rolland says. “The commission ranges from 6 percent to 8 percent, depending on the agreement we have. The website generates 60 percent of its revenue from ad sales, and 40 percent from online order sales.”

Students at CU seem to have had a great response to the website.

“I literally use it every time I want to order out,” says Rebecca Davis, a junior at CU. “Even if I don’t order online, I go on the website for the menus, phone numbers and to find out whether or not they deliver.”

“The website is brilliant. I just wish I had thought of the idea,” says Michael Aranda, a senior at CU. “It is the most convenient website. I don’t know what I would do without it.”

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couple of years back, Fiat, panini on pressed foccacia-style bread. The Ferrari’s parent company, fillings were the classic mix of prosciutto, introduced a diminutive salami, mortadella, provolone and pickled vehicle, the Abarth 695 vegetables. Cami was particularly impressed Tributo Ferrari. Poised to by the pickled carrot, which contributed compete with the Mini Cooper, this subcontrasting zing to the salt of the cured compact isn’t a Ferrari per se (auto enthusimeats. I was enamored with my $7.65 asts can insert the Fiat joke of their choice Crudo sandwich, a cold selection with here), although it comes decked out in ingredients reflecting the Italian tricolor Italian racing red, and runs a paddle shifting flag. These included my beloved prosciutto system similar to a Formula One race car. atop a bright bed of arugula, accented with According to Fiat, the target customer for the milky tang of parmigiano cheese. This this car is the Ferrari owner who needs a was a simple sandwich, with a darn near second, more practical and affordable vehiperfect balance of flavor and textures and cle for errands around town. color, set off by appealing heirloom tomaCaffè, the newest pony in the Frasca toes. stable, shares more than a few positive attriWe ended with a pair of winning pasbutes with this downsized sports car. First, tries. The $2.75 almond croissant is the both act as stylish standard bearers for longfinest I’ve had outside of Europe, with standing Italian traditions, be they automosubtle marzipan flavoring, flaky texture and tive or culinary. Secondly, they are both uring the late fifties and early sixties, a wealthy Ferrarirelentlessly buttery texture. Like the croisphysically diminutive. It’s not an exaggeraowning Italian tractor company owner started getting sant, Cami’s $2.50 Gubana, a sticky bun tion to say there may be as many staff at fed up with his cars’ constant need for service, lousy with walnuts and raisins, appealed by not Caffè behind the counter as there are seats clutches and other concerns. The legend goes that the being overly sugary. Instead, a delicate for customers up front. tractor executive shared his concerns with the notoriously wafting of maple enhanced the flavor proThe conscientious staff here explain that prickly Enzo Ferrari, who essentially told him to bug off. In file.

Caffè is a place for meals rather than a cofresponse, the tractor executive decided to start his own Ferrari’s been accused of watering down fee shop, especially after customers ask sports car company. In case anyone missed the point, his its brand by sticking its legendary name on about the relatively late 9:30 a.m. opening logo would be a raging bull, a much more potent symbol everything from bicycles to, um, Fiats. time. The non-coffee emphasis is underthan Ferrari’s prancing horse. What was this tractor execuHappily, Caffè doesn’t suffer from this scored by how the coffee drinks, ranging tive’s name? Ferruccio Elio Arturo Lamborghini, of course. problem. Of course, the prices and menu from $2 espressos and Americanos to $3 scope are an order of magnitude less than mochas, come in paper cups instead of that of Frasca, but the service is top-notch proper mugs. But the “not a coffee shop” argument is interpretation of this picnic standby. The secret weap- for a spot where one orders at the counter. Food qualundermined by the remarkably smooth yet robust flaons in this side were rich and salty pancetta, bacon’s ity is also top-tier, although instead of a pricey and vor of the locally roasted Boxcar beans used in their Italian cousin, and tangy mustard, contributing a complex entrée, diners here can enjoy a sandwich, brews. measure of heat. The spuds’ texture was above soup, salad or pastry prepared in a first-rate and reaFor lunch, friend Cami and I shared a premade reproach, with nearly al dente qualities. sonably priced manner.

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What really floats my unsinkable boat is quick bread. It sounds so boring, calling it quick bread, but to quote the most over-used statement in the universe, “It is what it is.”

And this is delicious, moist, slightly sweet, crunchy and, this particular one, very pretty. It better be good after all those adjectives.

Strawberry Macadamia Nut Bread. How’s that for a delicious start to your morning? Is it a dessert, is it a breakfast food? You be the judge. I like it in the morning, as I feel I can indulge and burn the sucker off during the day. As I’ve told you before, I have to figure out ways to slow down this Dessert Diva Express Train to Chubbyville (only downfall of the job), so I eat my dessert for breakfast — better than drinking my breakfast (that’s only for special occasions).

This bread is full of fresh strawberries, bursting with flavor and reminding us that summer is just around the corner. Luckily, strawberries are available all year ’round, so you can break out this recipe all year.

I’m using macadamia nuts in this bread. They are slightly sweet, creamy and loaded with protein and calcium. They are just the thing you need to make this your favorite treat morning, noon and night. Who needs boring old banana bread when you can make this little beauty just as easy? (I heart you banana bread, just trying to drive my point home.)

I brush a bit of glaze over the top, right out of the oven, just to make sure this is the best darn breakfast/dessert/snack you ever laid your lips on. A lot of pressure on this little recipe, but it told me it

works better that way. Yes, I talk to my food. The best part? It answers.

Blast, maybe I am drinking my breakfast.

Now, follow the directions, put some love into it and invite me over when it’s done.

Strawberry Macademia Nut Bread 2 cups flour (plus 1 tsp.)

1/4 tsp. salt 1 tsp. baking powder 1/2 tsp. baking soda 1/2 cup unsalted butter (softened) 1 cup granulated sugar 2 eggs 1/2 tsp. almond extract 1/4 cup sour cream 1 cup chopped strawberries (approx.

10-12 strawberries) 1/2 cup chopped macadamia nuts

Preheat oven to 325. Grease a 9-by-5 loaf pan. In small bowl, toss chopped strawberries with 1 tsp. flour. Set aside.

In another small bowl, combine 2 cups flour, salt, baking powder and baking soda. In large bowl, cream together butter and sugar. Add in eggs, almond extract and sour cream. Stir until smooth. Fold in strawberries and 1/4 cup macadamia nuts.

Pour into prepared pan. Top with remaining 1/4 cup macadamia nuts. Bake for 55-60 minutes, until toothpick inserted in middle comes out clean.

Cool in pan for 10-15 minutes, invert onto wire rack or parchment paper to cool completely. Slice and serve. Enjoy!

Note: If desired, when bread comes out of oven, poke holes in bread with skewer. Combine 1/4 cup sugar and 2 tbsp. lemon juice, pour over hot bread. It is good either way.

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TIDBITES Food happenings around town End of Bookend Signs posted at the Bookend Café, at 1115 Pearl St., announce that the coffee shop will close on May 1.

“The BookEnd Café will be closing its doors on Sunday evening, May 1,” the sign says. “Thank you for 20 wonderful years of downtown Boulder memories. Look for us to reopen in several months with our next incarnation.”

An employee inside said ownership of the café would remain the same, but that those in charge wanted to take the store in a different direction. The employee could not elaborate on what those plans would be.

“Partners-in-life” Philip Shull and Christine Kimura opened the cafe nearly 20 years ago.

Shull, president of Deneuve Construction Services, is still listed as registered agent of the LLC document held with the Colorado secretary of state.

Shull could not be reached for comment.

Get cured Opening in mid-May, Boulder’s Cured, at 1825 B. Pearl St., seeks to offer a more personal grocery-shopping experience.

The small shop, inspired by neighborhood markets in Europe, will be stocked with a selection of cheeses, cured meats, table wines and other groceries.

Owners Coral Ferguson and Will Frischkorn have traveled the world and are looking to bring their experience and passion for food to Boulder.

Store hours will be 10:30 a.m. to 7 p.m., Tuesday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Saturday, and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday.

For more information about Cured, visit www.curedboulder.com.

Giovanni’s offers Italian fun Giovanni’s, a family-owned Italian restaurant that originated in Santa Barbara, Calif., has brought its taste of family fun to Boulder.

Daniel Babai, manager at Giovanni’s, is a University of Colorado graduate who decided to return to Colorado with the family business — started by his father in 1979. He says that Giovanni’s does Boulder Weekly

things the old-fashioned way, preparing food from scratch rather than with pre-made ingredients.

Opened on April 1, Giovanni’s took over the space formally occupied

by Ajuua!! Mexican Restaurant, at 627 S. Broadway, near the intersection of Table Mesa Drive and Broadway. Babai says that the restaurant hopes to appeal to families with its comfortable atmosphere and a game room for kids.

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Thirty-three locations, including Boulder Baked, The Tasterie Truck, Tee & Cakes and other Boulder cupcake confectioners, will be making pink cupcakes that raise 50 cents each for the cause. This is the fourth year of the charity event, and the goal this year is to raise $10,000.

Visit www.cupcakesforthecure.net for more information and to find a full list of the participating bakeries.

Pop a cap of this beer This Cinco de Mayo brings with it the re-release of Twisted Pine Brewing Company’s Ghost Face Killah.

Brewed with six different peppers, including Anaheim, Fresno, jalapeño, serrano, habanero and the infamous ghost chili, the wheat-based Ghost Face takes pride in calling itself “the hottest beer this side of hell.”

Although chili beer is not new to Twisted Pine — as the brewery has been producing Billy’s Chilies, a light wheat beer, for several years — Ghost Face takes the concept to a higher level.

Made with the hottest chili in the world, this brew challenges beer-lovers to beat the heat and survive a beer hot enough to have been submitted to the Guinness Book of World Records.

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acco Trattoria and Mozzarella Bar lives up to its Italian moniker by virtue of being a hospitable neighborhood restaurant. Blending Italian-American and more authentic Old World influences, the menu includes pizza, lasagna and more unique offerings such as grilled chicken flattened by a brick. The wild boar pappardelle is especially memorable, with a satisfying cacciatore-like flavor and tender pork.

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ndia’s Clay Oven offers straightforward subcontinental fare at affordable prices, including an $8.99 lunch buffet. This noontime offering affords an opportunity to sample some of their standout dishes, including a moist, tender and flavorful tandoori chicken and a smoothly rich butter chicken. Service is discreet and friendly and contributes to a lowkey and affordable dining experience.

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ormerly known as Ichiban, Longmont’s Sushi Kaiten brings conveyor-belt Japanese cuisine to Boulder County. Items are available both made-to-order and off the belt, and can’t-miss selections include the heavenly spicy salmon handroll and house-smoked salmon dusted with green tea powder. Other attractions include the surprisingly creamy white tuna and the aficionado’s choice, uni, or sea urchin roe.

Zudaka Healthy Latin Food 4457 N. Broadway, Boulder 303-442-2717

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udaka Healthy Latin Food dishes out meatless South American fare, with a particular focus on Venezuelan and Columbian cuisine.

The healthy and fresh-tasting offerings include bean and rice bowls served with salsa and smooth Venezuelan guacamole, as well as fried yucca root appetizers. Arepa, a stuffed cornmeal cake, is a signature offering here. The namesake Zudaka version, filled with meatless ground beef, salsa, Venezuelan guacamole and cheese, is especially appealing.

Sun Rose Café 379 Main St., Longmont 303-651-3533

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

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

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

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café and sophisticated bistro in the heart of downtown Longmont. The menu ranges from omelets in the morning to panini and soups during the day, and concludes with such dinnertime entrees as portabella mushroom ravioli. The lavender-scented lemonade is addictive and perfectly paired with an Italian cold cut sandwich. Basted eggs with moist and flavorful chicken sausage are a top a.m. choice.

he Pinyon is an inviting and airy venue on Pearl Street specializing in new takes on old classics, ranging from catfish po’ boys to hot fudge sundaes.

But there’s more than a whiff of culinary sophistication here, demonstrated by such offerings as cola-braised kobe beef and wild prawns with grits. Yet it’s an old favorite, fried chicken, that steals the show. The Pinyon’s version may be the best you’ve tasted.

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

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

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

Pho 79 6650 W. 120th Ave., #A5 Broomfield 303-439-0028

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standout among the area’s purveyors of Vietnamese soup, Pho 79 serves up a noteworthy and affordable version of this beef noodle specialty. The broth is wonderfully rich, the product of a long, slow simmer of beef bones, onion and herbs. Thin rice noodles possess perfect texture, and garnishes of lime, bean sprouts, chile peppers and

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

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

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

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

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To convey my vision of how best to proceed in the coming week, I’ll offer the following metaphorical scenario: Imagine that you are not a professional chef, but you do have a modicum of cooking skills. Your task is to create a hearty, tasty soup from scratch without the benefit of a recipe. You will need a variety of ingredients, but on the other hand you don’t want to just throw in a welter of mismatched ingredients without regard for how they will all work together. To some degree you will have to use a trial-and-error approach, sampling the concoction as it brews. You will also want to keep an open mind about the possibility of adding new ingredients in the latter stages of the process. One more thing: The final product must not just appeal to you. You should keep in mind what others would like, too.

It’s time for the Big Squeeze. All the contradictions in your life are coming up for review. You will be asked to deal more forthrightly with enigmas you’ve been avoiding, and you will be invited to try, try again to unravel riddles you’ve been unable to solve. Does all that sound a bit daunting? It could be. But the end result should be evocative, highly educational and maybe even exhilarating. The scintillating play of opposites may caress you with such intensity that you’ll experience what we could refer to as a metaphysical orgasm.

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April 20-May 20:

Many artists want “to aim for the biggest, most obvious target, and hit it smack in the bull’s eye,” says Brian Eno, a Taurus genius renowned for his innovative music. He prefers a different approach. He’d rather “shoot his arrow” wherever his creative spirit feels called to shoot it, then paint the target around the place where it lands. That’s why his compositions don’t resemble anyone else’s or fit into any traditional genre — it’s Brian Eno-like music. Can I talk you into trying a similar strategy in the coming weeks and months, Taurus? I’d love to see you create a niche for yourself that’s tailored to your specific talents and needs.

GEMINI

May 21-June 20:

When World War I ended in 1918, the victorious nations demanded crushing financial reparations from the loser, Germany. It took 92 years, but the remaining $94 million of the debt was finally paid last October. I hope this story serves as an inspiration to you, Gemini. If entities as notoriously inflexible as governments can resolve their moldering karma, so can you. In the next few weeks, I’d love to see you finally clean up any messes left over from your old personal conflicts.

CANCER June 21-July 22:

I know how secretive you Cancerians can be because I’m one of your tribe. Sometimes the secrecy is a bit neurotic, but more often it serves the purpose of sheltering your vulnerable areas. I’m also aware of how important it is for you to be self-protective. No one is better than you at guarding your goodies, ensuring your safety, and taking care of your well-being. I would never shame you for expressing these talents and I would never ask you to downplay them.

Having said that, though, I want to make sure that in the coming weeks they don’t interfere with you getting the blessings you deserve. It’s crucial that you allow yourself to be loved to the hilt. You simply must let people in far enough so they can do that.

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With a fortune of $27 billion, business tycoon Larry Ellison is the sixth richest person in the world. His monumental sense of self-importance is legendary. One of his colleagues says, “The difference between God and Larry is that God does not believe he is Larry.” Ellison seems to be what astrologers call an unevolved Leo — an immature soul whose ego is a greedy, monstrous thing.

Evolved Leos, on the other hand, are very different. Are you one? If so, you do a lot of hard work on your ego. You make sure that in addition to it being strong, it’s beautiful and elegant. It’s not just forceful; it’s warm and generous.

It gets things done, but in ways that bless those who come in contact with it. For you evolved Leos, this is Celebrate Your Ego Week.

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Seventy-five percent of all adults confess they would like to have sex in the woods at least once in their lives, and yet only 16 percent say they have actually enjoyed that thrill. If you’re one of the 59 percent who would like to but haven’t, the coming weeks will be an excellent time to make it happen. Your capacity for pleasure in wild places will be at a peak, as will your courage for exotic adventures. In fact, I suggest that between now and May 21 you consider carrying out three fantasies that have been marinating in your imagination for many moons.

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In the coming weeks, I would love to see you get excited about many different people, places, animals and experiences. And I hope you will shower them with your smartest, most interesting blessings. Do you think you can handle that big an outpouring of well-crafted passion? Are you up for the possibility that you might blow your cover, lose your dignity and show how much you care? In my opinion, the answer is yes. You are definitely ready to go further than ever before in plumbing the depths of your adoration for the privilege of being alive.

SAGITTARIUS Nov. 22-Dec. 21:

Here’s poet James Schuyler: “It’s time again. Tear up the violets and plant something more difficult to grow.” In my opinion, that’s almost the right advice for you. I’d prefer it if you didn’t actually rip out the violets to make room for the harder-to-grow blooms. Would it be possible to find a new planting area that will allow you to keep what you already have in the original planting area? One way or another, you really should give yourself a challenging new assignment.

CAPRICORN Dec. 22-Jan. 19:

“Dear Dr. Brezsny: For five years my wife and I have been married but still have made no children. We have consulted uncountable physicians with no satisfying result. Please predict a happy outcome for our troubles. When will the stars align with her womb and my manhood? She: born December 31, 1983, in Chakdaha, India. Me: born January 7, 1984, in Mathabhanga, India. — Desperate for Babies.”

Dear Desperate: I’m happy to report that you Capricorns have entered a highly fertile period. It’s already going strong, and will culminate between May 16 to May 23. I suggest you jump on this sexy opportunity. You couldn’t ask for a better time to germinate, burgeon and multiply.

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AQUARIUS Jan. 20-Feb. 18:

“Welcome home, beautiful!” I hope you hear those words or at least experience those feelings very soon. In my astrological opinion, you need to intensify your sense of belonging to a special place or community. You’ve got to grow deeper roots or build a stronger foundation or surround yourself with more nurturing — or all of the above. And that’s not all. As you bask and thrive in your enhanced support system, you also deserve to feel better appreciated for the wonderful qualities you’re working so hard to develop in yourself. Ask and you shall receive.

PISCES

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Whatever you’ve been trying to say, it’s time to say it stronger and clearer. You can no longer afford to hope people will read your mind or guess what you mean. Your communications must be impeccable and irresistible. A similar principle holds true for the connections and alliances you’ve been working to ripen. It’s time to raise your intensity level — to do everything you can to activate their full potentials.

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