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NEWS:
Colorado’s role in ending the infamous war on drugs by Sarah Haas
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Break Free from Fossil Fuels events come to Colorado by Angela K. Evans
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New book ‘Run, Spot, Run’ explores the ethics of owning pets by Amanda Moutinho
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The Conservation Hawks combat climate change with ‘Chrome’ by Michael J. Casey
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‘Crossing Borders’ showcases immigration stories past and present by Angela K. Evans
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Shakedown Street is sticking around by Dave Kirby
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When it comes to making great tomato sauce, fresh isn’t necesssarily best by John Lehndorff
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5 THE HIGHROAD: How do coal barons get away with murder? 6 DANISH PLAN: Goodbye to the fiveyear ‘timeout’ 8 GUEST COLUMN: Lessons from neighboring municipal utilities 9 LETTERS: Signed, sealed, delivered, your views 31 ARTS & CULTURE: Trashing trash TV for big laughs BOULDER COUNTY EVENTS: What to do and where to go POETRY: by Mark Vinz SCREEN: ‘Captain America: Civil War’ brings it all together FILM: Climbing that crummy social ladder in ‘High-Rise’ FOOD NEWS: Chef Nick Swanson offers new dishes at Under the Sun DRINK: Colorado beer takes the world by storm ASTROLOGY: by Rob Brezsny S AVAGE LOVE: Sex life dud; Bi guy woes WEED BETWEEN THE LINES: A hit and a miss for Colorado legislation CANNABIS CORNER: A cautionary tale for ‘unKind’ towns IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: An irreverent view of the world
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Highroad How do coal barons get away with murder? by Jim Hightower
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oal mining is a filthy business. Literally. Miners not only get covered in the soot of their trade, but also suffer the suffocating death called “black lung.” The industry explodes mountaintops, contaminates mountain streams and drinking water, and causes both acid rain and climate change. Then there are the murders. Oh, they’re not called murders, but, intentionally sending workers 1,000 feet
underground into poorly-ventilated tunnels filled with explosive methane gas and coal dust, without providing proven safety equipment, amounts to signing a murder contract with the Lord of the Underground. That’s what Don Blankenship did as CEO of Massey Energy. Recklessly pushing profits over safety, he oversaw the corporate murder of 29 West Virginia miners in the predictable horror of an enormously violent detonation deep inside Massey’s Upper Big Branch mine in 2010. Now, at long last, Boss Blankenship has been convicted and sentenced in federal court. Not for murder, though. Under our nations’ feeble Mine Safety Act, killing 29 workers is a misdemeanor, and the “punishment” handed down to this multimillionaire corporate crime boss was merely one year in jail and a $250,000 fine! Such soft-on-crime leniency is not the fault of the jury or judge. They did
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the most with what the law allows for punishing industrial criminals. In fact, Blankenship is the first mining CEO ever convicted of conspiring to violate safety protections for miners. Rather, our corrupt, corporate-serving congress critters are to blame. Key lawmakers have taken millions of dollars in campaign donations from barons like Blankenship in exchange for reducing corporate murder to a misdemeanor. The filthiest thing about Big Coal is its immoral use of filthy political money to let its bosses literally get away with murder. This opinion column does not necessarily reflect the views of Boulder Weekly. May 12, 2016 5
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n what must be the most predictable court decision of the decade, the Colorado Supreme Court last week struck down Longmont’s ban on fracking and Fort Collins’ five-year anti-fracking moratorium. Both were the product of ballot initiatives produced by antifracking activists and passed by votes of the people in 2012 and 2013 respectively. And both were in obvious conflict with state law — the Oil and Gas Conservation Act (or Title 34, Article 60 of the Colorado Revised Statutes, 2015 version). The act explicitly gives the Colorado state government primacy when it comes to regulating oil and gas production in Colorado, and it provides that state law preempts local ordinances and charter amendments. Local governments can use their zoning powers and land use regulations to regulate the industry only when they don’t conflict with state law. The statute’s legislative declaration
explicitly asserts the state’s overriding interest stems from the fact that oil and gas deposits don’t respect city and county lines, and rules governing oil and gas production in one jurisdiction can affect its production in adjoining ones in ways that can have adverse impacts on public health, wildlife, the environment and (wait for it) property rights. It’s a pretty simple principle to understand. Legally it’s not even very interesting. More interesting is what the court had to say about the Fort Collins’ moratorium — beyond the finding that it conflicted with the Oil and Gas Conservation Act in terms of the preemption issue. Historically, local governments have been allowed to impose moratoriums to deal with emergency situations, to study newly-emergent problems and to write regulations to deal with them.
A FIVE-YEAR MORATORIUM COMES WITH A SERIOUS SMELL TEST PROBLEM, AND THE COURT SAID FORT COLLINS’ FLUNKED IT.
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A city might declare a moratorium on issuing new water taps until it completed the expansion of its water treatment plant, or a moratorium on the approval of new subdivisions until it completed a revision of its land use regulations, for instance. Also historically, such moratoriums were allowed only if they were of limited duration — 60 to 120 days were typical — six months was pushing the envelope. In other words, they are viewed as relatively brief “timeouts” taken in response to a compelling issue. A five-year moratorium comes with a serious smell test problem, and the court said Fort Collins’ flunked it. Fort Collins’ moratorium “is not merely a regulation; it is a prohibition,” it ruled. Like Fort Collins, both the City of Boulder and Boulder County adopted moratoriums rather than outright bans on fracking. Chances are, Boulder County’s is now on even shakier legal ground than the one in Fort Collins was. That’s because Boulder County first adopted a moratorium in 2012 — and over the next 10 months wrote and adopted new oil and gas permitting regulations. By adopting them the commissioners eliminated the need for continuing the moratorium. Then, with the new regulations in place, they extended their moratorium until July 1, 2018. But since the regulations were a done deal they needed a new reason for the extension, and the only one they could find was pretty lame — the fact that the National Science Foundation had a study underway, led by University of Colorado Boulder and with participation from NOAA, NREL, UCAR and other state universities and federal research institutions, that was focused on all aspects of oil and gas development in the Rocky Mountain region. Conveniently, the study won’t be completed until 2017 — after which the County will need some time to evaluate it. Good luck with that one. A fiveyear study not focused on a clear and present problem may be many things, but grounds for calling a “timeout” isn’t one of them. Let alone grounds for cancelling the season. And the next four. The anti-frackers real beef is with oil and gas production, which they want to stop. The Colorado legislature thinks it should not only be allowed but encouraged, and has written that view into the law. The Supremes are just following the law, not making it up Boulder Weekly
as they go along. Ninety-five percent of the oil and gas wells drilled in the United States are fracked. Opposition to fracking is not just opposition to a particular industrial process, it’s opposition to American domestic oil and natural gas production — and a deliberate attempt to destroy it before alternatives to replace it can be put in place. I think that is a direct threat to
both American national security and to the American economy. It is also, to put it charitably, irrationally selfdestructive. It is not saving the planet. It is saving Saudi Arabia’s market share. However, if you have your heart set on preventing fracking, there is one way to do it that will not get laughed out of court. If you want to stop fracking and
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leave the oil and gas in the ground, do it the way tens of thousands of acres of Boulder County open space has been saved over the last 50 years: Start an underground open space program. Buy the mineral rights and leases in areas where you don’t want oil and natural gas production to take place. This opinion column does not reflect the views of Boulder Weekly.
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oday the Fort Collins municipal utility is a role model for other utilities. It operates and maintains one of the most reliable electric distribution systems in the country (over 99.99 percent system reliability) and is recognized for its pioneering work in undergrounding (with a patent on an underground vault design and a system that is over 99 percent underground) and for piloting sustainable energy solutions. But it wasn’t always this way. The Fort Collins system used to be owned and operated by Public Service Company (PSCo), now part of Xcel Energy. In 1932 Fort Collins citizens, wanting to reduce indebtedness and lower taxes, voted to create a municipal electric system and to issue bonds to finance it. The City attempted to negotiate a purchase from PSCo but after several months, the attempt fell flat because PSCo said “that it had nothing to sell.” About this same time, the federal Public Works Administration (PWA) issued a favorable report about the proposed purchase and was willing to give Fort Collins a loan and grant to help with the purchase. But PSCo was unwilling to sell, so Fort Collins had to go to court. PSCo’s various legal tactics took the case to the state Supreme Court, which sent it back to the Fort Collins court, where the jury found in favor of the City and fixed the purchase price at about 62 percent of what PSCo had claimed the system was worth. Then, at the last minute, PSCo came up with a new rate reduction offer. PSCo notified the PWA of its rate reduction plan and the PWA told the City that it had to offer customers rates that were at least 15 percent below what PSCo was offering. So in 1935 citizens were again asked to make an important decision in the voting booths. Voters turned down PSCo’s offer and continued to support the municipal utility. After this defeat, PSCo went to U.S. District Court and asked that the City be enjoined from selling its bonds. The District Court and eventually the State Supreme Court denied PSCo’s request. When the purchase was finally completed in April 1935 and the city’s crews went out to read meters for the first time, they discovered that PSCo employees had removed some meters and transformers.
So the City had to go back to the district court to get an order to bar PSCo employees from removing equipment that now belonged to the City. Some 20 years earlier Longmont had to go through a similar struggle. In the early 1900s Longmont’s system was owned and operated by Northern Colorado Power Company (NCP), a predecessor of Public Service/Xcel Energy. But citizens weren’t satisfied with existing rates and service. In April 1911, a proposal to form a city-owned utility in Longmont was put to a vote and passed by an overwhelming majority. The Longmont Ledger summarized the election tactics of NCP (March 31, 1911, page 1): “The Northern Colorado Power Co. has been doing a good business in Longmont, and don’t (sic) want to lose its grip. The manager of that company, through his circulars is trying to befuddle the voters into believing that the engineer of our city don’t (sic) know what he is doing and that the figures that have been received are pure guesswork. Don’t accept any such nonsense. Vote for the bonds. It will be the best investment the city every made.” NCP next obtained a temporary injunction to keep Longmont from issuing bonds. A grassroots movement to protest NCP began. As part of this movement, many citizens stopped using NCP electricity and used only kerosene lights until the connection to their municipal utility became available. NCP continued efforts to stop Longmont until March 7, 1912, when Longmont won a final district court injunction suit and was allowed to provide service. The early struggles of the Fort Collins and Longmont municipal utilities have since paid off for both communities. As the former Fort Collins Utilities General Manager says: “It was not easy for those visionaries in 1935 to convince the population that the creation of a municipal electric utility held the key to many of the successes gained in the community in the years that followed. There was a struggle at first. The advocates won out in that struggle, but only with the help of all the citizens. After all, that is what public power is all about — the citizens having control of their own destiny.” Take heart, Boulder. We can do this. This opinion column does not necessarily reflect the views of Boulder Weekly. Boulder Weekly
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I’d like to thank Mr. Dyer for his excellent column on our State Supreme Court’s decision to overturn several citizen initiatives to limit fracking within city limits [Re: “What Now?” May 5]. I already knew that Governor Frackenlooper was in the pocket of big oil. Now the high court has shown its true colors as well. The Justices write, “The State’s goals are to optimize oil and gas recovery...” Really? When did “we the people” decide this was our state goal? Yes to oil and gas profiteering, says the Colorado Supreme Court, the people and the environment be damned. I hope you will join in the effort to continue the fight for our right to clean water and to gain some control over big oil and gas development. Sign a petition, better yet, circulate one — we need to change the current Colorado laws regarding fossil fuel extraction. Call or write your state representatives and demand they listen to YOUR voice or lose your vote. Oil and gas has money, but only WE have the numbers to determine an election’s outcome. To quote the DyerTimes opinion, “Keep the political revolution alive!” Yemaya Thayer/Lafayette
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It’s frightening to contemplate that our Boulder County Commissioners and City Councilmembers might choose to fund the building of the Rocky Mountain Greenway through the Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge. Such an action would be contrary to the precautionary principle and therefore not one based on concern for public health and safety. The precautionary principle states that actions or policies should not be taken if they have even a suspected risk of causing harm to the public or the environment. In fact, this principle implies that, as policy makers, our elected officials have a social responsibility to protect the public from exposure to harm when scientific investigation has found a plausible risk. Since the science is clear regarding the lethal dangers of airborne Plutonium 239, I urge them to act on behalf of the health and safety of all of us and not fund this project. Marti Hopper/Boulder
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Boulder almost two years ago, I was bothered by the construction on U.S. 36. Little did I know that this construction would lead to a project like none other, the U.S. 36 Express Lane. At first, I wondered if that highway needed an express lane. Alas, someone told me that highway was one of the only ones that operated at almost full capacity most of the time. What I found out later was all of the details about the express lane, which involved the story of the light rail that might have been — the light rail from Denver to Longmont. What I learned was a nightmare. Millions and millions of tax dollars were collected over a decade for a commuter rail from Denver to Boulder that is now estimated to be completed in 2040. And evidently those funds were used (at least in part) to pay for an express lane that seems to have become a passing lane for impatient Colorado drivers. I’m judging slightly, but I see it all the time. If you’re going to use it, don’t cross the double white lines! I digress. In my research, I learned these facts. People of Denver: mildly angry. People of Boulder: angry. People of Longmont: downright LIVID. Now I’m not here to point fingers at whose fault it is that this project is becoming a perpetual cycle of letdown and disappointment. The RTD website says this commuter rail will be built to Boulder “when funding becomes available.” That’s awesome. I wish RTD nothing but the best of luck in their business endeavors, especially when it comes to dealing with the people of Longmont who seem to feel thoroughly cheated. However, it is my job to say that this project timeline seems to be totally arbitrary. Why 2040? Is something special happening then? Additionally, wasn’t funding already made available in the millions and millions of dollars in taxes collected over the past 10 years? Finally, speaking of that funding, if you were going to use the money to build an express lane couldn’t you have at least put in a couple of street lights so we don’t have to drive down U.S. 36 in total blinding darkness at night? One street light can’t be THAT expensive. Anyway, I just think the people of Boulder County deserve a more direct explanation than what they are getting now. I don’t think that’s too much to ask. Meanwhile, we can all enjoy our Flatiron Flyers and the new express bus to Longmont. That’s basically the same as a commuter rail, right? Jessica Scott/Denver
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Colorado’s role in ending the infamous war on drugs by Sarah Haas
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ust outside of the main entrance to the experiments in Washington and Colorado, United Nations General Assembly especially since blacks are arrested for the drug building in New York City stand a at a far greater rate than whites. number of large sculptures. Most tower His statement followed the release of the above the passersby, offering them a Cole Memo by the Attorney General’s Office. chance to pause and contemplate the evolving The memo makes it clear that the Obama history, purpose and character of our global administration reserves every right to step in government. and enforce federal prohibition. But the memo But perched down low is “Sphere within a also suggests that such intervention would only Sphere” by Italian sculptor Arnaldo Pomodoro, occur if the states were unable to maintain a giant golden globe hovering just above the what could be called the spirit of federal and ground. On one arc of the otherwise flawless international law, namely suppressing criminal surface is a rupture, or wound, exposing the activity, protecting public health and preventing interior of the globe with a smaller sphere diversion of potentially dangerous drugs to the within. criminal market. The inside sphere, made visible only The legal adult-use markets within the because of the wound, is made of an orderly U.S., now found in Colorado, Washington, yet complex mechanized system, seemingly Alaska, Oregon and the District of Columbia, stuck in the moment between rupture and are functioning despite federal prohibition repair, a symbolic gesture to the lifeblood of because the U.S. government is taking a stance the U.N.’s global political system. of non-interference. This willingness to look On Nov. 6th, 2012 voters in Colorado and the other way has not gone unnoticed by the Washington tore open a new wound — or rest of the world. began repair on an old one, depending on your As countries like Uruguay and Jamaica look perspective — in the global political system. to do the same as these states, their new sysThey did this by way of voting to legalize the tems of regulation will depend on a similar adult use of cannabis. The far-reaching effects “Sphere within a Sphere” by Italian sculptor Arnaldo Pomodoro, outside of look-the-other-way arrangement with regard the U.N. General Assembly building in New York. of these votes have been, and continue to be, to the international drug treaty system. extraordinarily profound, releasing long-standThis puts U.S. and international prohibiing tensions in international law that threaten steady and immovable, an Archimedean point upon tions in an awkward position and raises the to break down not just drug policy, but the global treaty which a new and sturdy system can be built. But it is obvious question as to how long and to what degree system at its root. still rife with structural vulnerabilities over which neiboth systems — legalized and prohibited — can withNo one, not even international policy experts, prether the state nor federal government has total control. stand such breaches without one system ultimately dicted the global impact of these two statewide votes in It could be argued the international treaty system has eliminating the other. the U.S. the potential to wreak havoc on the legalized industry Walsh says the United States was a, if not the, key Denver-based lawyer Christian Sederberg, whose in Colorado, but the reality may be just the opposite. protagonist in developing the 1961, 1971 and 1988 firm played a crucial role in creating Colorado cannabis In order to be effective, the international treaty sys- U.N. Single Conventions on Narcotic Drugs that creatregulation and policy, says while there was much contem recognizes the sovereignty of each member state ed international drug prohibition and the requirements versation about amending Colorado’s constitution to go and relies on each to implement policy in line with that offenders be criminalized and subject to punitive against federal law, international law rarely came up international agreements. But to deal with problems measures. For decades, he says, the United States has and did not play a significant role in the ballot initiative that extend beyond national borders, it must also be been widely and correctly viewed as the treaties’ chief that amended the Colorado Constitution. flexible, both to accommodate the diversity of global champion and defender on the international scene. While these international implications may have cultures, and to ensure that policy can evolve in a In the past, countries played with the legal line in a been of little concern to the boots-on-the-ground effort changing world. variety of ways, from tolerating consumption, like in in Colorado — a state within a federal system with no Historically, international drug law takes a hard, Amsterdam, to allowing for legal and regulated medical authority in global politics — they have been directly prohibitionist stance to the illicit drugs cannabis, cannabis markets in the United States (which is arguresponsible for inciting debate about the greater context cocaine and opium because of the perception that they ably accommodated by international legal language), of the U.N. drug treaties that regulate relationships are toxic and harmful to the human body, addictive and but these forms of soft defection were work-arounds of between sovereign states. cause dependence. This position also has strong moral international law that didn’t threaten the integrity of “It’s fascinating to me because if any exit polls had roots that have led to the tough punitive requirements international drug treaties. asked Colorado voters what impact they thought this for drug offenders that are written into international Hard defection from international law did not law. would have on the global drug control system when occur until 2012 when Colorado and Washington The consensus is changing, however, as states and they voted, I don’t think they could have imagined,” legalized marijuana. These state-level legalizations hit a countries decriminalize or legalize marijuana. Even says John Walsh, senior associate for Drug Policy at the global nerve and unleashed a deluge of long-held, but President Obama has expressed his doubt with regard Washington Office on Latin America. “It has had an rarely discussed criticisms of international drug law. to the inclusion of cannabis on the list of illicit subenormous impact ... it is hard to overstate the impact Citing outdated drug policies around the world, the stances. In a 2014 interview with the New Yorker he on how [international treaties] are interpreted.” governments of Colombia, Mexico and Guatemala said he considered marijuana less dangerous than alcoFrom Colorado’s vantage point, now three years called for an early convening of the United Nations into a legalized market, the industry appears almost hol and stressed the importance of the legalization General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS), which 10 May 12, 2016
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news was originally scheduled to be held in 2019. made that argument have serious doubts about it as a During the so-called war on drugs, these countries legal question, but this is the political position that the found themselves on the front line of the fight to U.S. is occupying.” reduce the global drug supply. This effort resulted in While most of civil society seems opposed to this soaring drug-related violence, overstretched criminal sidestepping maneuver by the United States, Walsh is justice systems, runaway corruption and mangled demsympathetic with the federal government as it moves ocratic institutions. For the first time since the ’61 U.N. from a position of rigidity to flexibility. Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, the countries “Let’s put it this way,” he says. “If the states didn’t joined together to publicly decry the drug treaties and move and were awaiting Washington [D.C.] and call for immediate reform. Congress to act, nothing would have changed, but big The human-rights and public-health-based appeal things did change because of voters in Colorado and from the three governments gained support from the Washington and the government let that change hapinternational community. Co-sponsored by 95 other pen.” countries, UNGASS was called to session in New York In August 2014, just a year after the Cole Memo in April 2016, three years ahead of schedule. was first issued, Uruguay became the first government The concomitance of the state and nation-state to legalize cannabis at a national level. Walsh believes confrontations to interna- Sarah Haas that the timing was at least in part tional drug law created a due to the clear signal of nonstrong and united chalinterference sent by the Memo. lenge to prohibitionist With the U.S. no longer in a posipolicies, but also exposed tion to act as watchdog on intera biting irony. While the national drug treaties, Uruguay is now willing to acknowledge the United States was breaktensions its policies have created ing the very laws it once with international law. championed — and is Recognizing that it put itself allowing states like in a delicate position, Uruguay has Colorado to collect milbeen clear in all of its statements lions of dollars in tax revand preparations leading up to enue in the process — the UNGASS that if there is a concountries most directly involved with continuing flict between the nation’s legalizathe war on drugs found tion and international law, then themselves suffering there is no question its human severe losses in human rights and public health approach lives and financial capital. takes precedent over the prohibi“How does one tion requirements of the drug explain to a Colombian treaties. peasant in a rural commuUruguayan lawyer and Social nity in the south-west of Democratic Political Party politithe country that he will cian Diego Cánepa, said at the be prosecuted under crim- The United Nations General Assembly met for a 2013 Commission on Narcotic special session on drug policy in April in New inal charges for growing Drugs that “today more than ever York, three years ahead of schedule, to respond to the failures of the war on drugs. marijuana plants, while a we need the leadership and couryoung entrepreneur in age to discuss if a revision and Colorado finds his or her modernization is required of the legal recreational marijuana business booming,” wrote international instruments adopted over the last 50 then president of Colombia Juan Manuel Santos in a years.” Guardian op-ed in 2012. The World Health Organization (WHO) agrees, In preparation for UNGASS and in response to acknowledging the role of prohibitionist policies in creinternational scrutiny, the United States began a series ating a mounting public health crisis. According to its of legal maneuvers in an effort to preserve existing trea- data, there are more than 27 million drug-use disorders ties and maintain global agreement, however tenuous. across the globe and approximately 400,000 drug-relatIn 2014, Assistant Secretary for International ed deaths in the world each year. Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs William Meanwhile, WHO estimates 80 percent of the Brownfield outlined a plan to allow for the flexible world has insufficient access to pain relieving medicainterpretation of the drug treaties by providing a position and is firm in encouraging the U.N. to allow for tion explaining why the U.S. considers itself to be in more scientific and medical research exploring the compliance with the drug treaties. In particular, they potential role cannabis and opium might play as effecoffer “substantial” discretion to member states as to the tive and inexpensive solutions. best means of carrying out the treaties’ objectives. There are also social justice issues that have led “This argument buffers against the kind of debate countries to object to the war on drugs for its aberrance that some countries don’t want or feel prepared for,” to the U.N.’s own Declaration of Human Rights. In Walsh says. “It allows Russia and other countries that 2014, in the U.S. alone, $51 billion was spent enforcing want to impose the death penalty for drug offenses to drug laws. More than 1.5 million people were incarcercontinue to do so, they say ‘flexibility is great, just butt ated for drug violations, of which 700,000 were for out of our business and we will butt out of yours.’ But I marijuana violations. suspect that the U.S. officials who have themselves In light of the increasing data and political pressure Boulder Weekly
to move away from prohibitionist policies, 2016’s UNGASS meeting had the potential to be an historic event launching a new era of evidence-based discussion about the immediate reformation of drug policies to replace the ideologically driven laws now in place. But in the months prior to UNGASS, 53 member countries met in Vienna in order to discuss, negotiate and write a draft resolution that would be introduced for vote by the General Assembly at UNGASS in New York. But many of the countries that find themselves most affected by the drug treaties didn’t have permanent representation at the Austrian meeting. And without such representation, many Caribbean and South American countries had no way of making sure that their interests were taken into account as the closed session drafted the resolution. “Unfortunately, what was supposed to be an open, honest and data-driven debate about drug policies has turned into a narrowly conceived closed-door affair,” wrote the former presidents of Mexico, Guatemala and Colombia in a March Los Angeles Times op-ed. On April 19, no more than an hour into the convening of UNGASS, the draft resolution was introduced for a vote and quickly accepted, leaving little room for debate, objection or discussion. With no opportunity for changing the resolution, the remaining three days of the session was dedicated to the airing of grievances by states and to follow-up discussion in round table and side events. Two UNGASS side events were dedicated to the issue of cannabis in international drug policy and fostered conversations directly confronting the tensions arising from legalization efforts. One such event, “Cannabis and the Conventions, the UNGASS and Beyond,” moderated by Walsh, deemed cannabis the “elephant in the room.” The ensuing conversation made it clear the agreement the General Assembly so quickly arrived at is tenuous at best. At the side event, panelist Martin Jelsma of the Transnational Institute, an international research and advocacy organization that does work exploring cannabis prohibition, said international consensus on cannabis policy is no longer a viable option. “If we are to really negotiate a new treaty, it is [unlikely] that something useful could come out of it, which is why people shy away,” Jelsma said. “We cannot continue waving away treaty tension by resorting to dubious legal moves. This is more a disrespect of international law. It is better to explore options than to ignore them entirely.” Jelsma exhibited patience for the process of making international law, recognizing that making a resolution agreeable to 193 countries takes time. But, in light of the existing and imminent breaches of the international treaty system, he also expressed a fear that the treaty system itself is in danger of breaking down in what Walsh calls a “stress test.” The drug regime was built, by design, to be resistant to change, Walsh explains. He says its structure doesn’t include any review mechanisms, like the ones found in other treaties designed to ensure that the laws are keeping up with the changing world. “Can countries find a way to help the treaty regime adapt to these changes or will it be so brittle and resistant to change that it breaks and countries just move See THRESHOLD Page 15
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n April 22, over 170 May 11, stopping in front of the countries signed the presidential palace demanding the COP21 climate agreegovernment rethink the country’s ment at the United energy program, currently heavily Nations in New York, dependent on coal. pledging to limit the global tem“It’s wonderful to be part of perature rise to less than 2 degrees something in your own community Celsius from pre-industrial levels. and then to know that it’s part of And while some say the deal is a something bigger, is pretty inspirhistoric step in the fight against cliing,” Parkin says. mate change, others feel it doesn’t On May 12, Greenpeace, go nearly far enough to curb greenRainforest Action Network and house gas emissions that are warm350 Colorado plan to demonstrate ing the planet. at the BLM auction in Lakewood. Break Free from Fossil Fuels is The protest is part of a large a global grassroots action campaign national campaign, “Keep it in the Activists protest outside of a BLM oil and gas lease auction on Nov. 12, 2015 in Lakewood. Another calling on world leaders to transiGround,” which is asking the demonstration is set to take place on May 12 as part of the global Break Free from Fossil Fuels movement. tion to 100 percent renewable Obama Administration to put a energy and events are currently moratorium on oil and gas develhappening in a dozen countries on opment on public lands around the six continents. country. Climate activists around the “Public lands should be used world are organizing in protest at for the public good and not for coal mines, oil wells, fossil fuel things that are harmful to the pubinvestment banks and various other lic and we know that climate locations, some using acts of civil change is extremely harmful to us,” disobedience and risking arrest based on a public trust in Thornton. The goal is to draw 1,000 people to the Parkin says. “It seems completely out of touch with the doctrine that argues it is the people’s duty to protect upcoming events and Parkin says they have already had times and what we know about climate change and the earth’s climate. 800 people sign up to take part in one or both actions. how urgently we need to be transitioning off of fossil “The right that corporations have to [extract fossil In addition to the two Colorado events, there are fuels and focusing on renewable energy.” fuels] does not usurp our most basic rights to an atmoplanned actions in Washington state, New York, Los Protesters will meet at 11:30 a.m. at the W. sphere that can sustain life as we know it,” says Micah Angeles and Washington D.C. as well as in Germany, Hampden Park-n-Ride before marching over to the Parkin, executive director of 350 Colorado, a state-affil- Turkey, New Zealand, Brazil and Nigeria. Several auction. iate of the global grassroots movement 350.org. “The Break Free actions have also already taken place around With the recent Colorado Supreme Court decision idea behind Break Free is that it’s time for the people the world. On May 3, 300 protestors in Wales shut overturning Longmont’s fracking ban and Fort Collins’ to step up and escalate and really create more of a glob- down the region’s largest opencast coal mine for an moratorium on the same practice, Parkin agrees with al wave of resistance to keep fossil fuels in the ground.” entire day. A reported 10,000 people gathered in other activists and even a few newspaper editors that Parkin and other local environmental partners are Batangas City in the Philippines on May 4, demanding peaceful civil disobedience is now one of the two planning two Denver-area events as part of the global the cancellation of a proposed coal plant in the city as options left to climate activists who oppose further oil Break Free movement. On May 12, protesters plan to well as 27 other planned facilities throughout the coun- and gas development in the state. demonstrate outside the Holiday Inn in Lakewood as a try. “We feel like we’ve done all of the things that you Bureau of Land Management (BLM) auction of oil In Australia on May 8, over 1,000 protesters in kay- do in a society to protect yourself,” she says. “[But] if and gas leases in Northwestern Colorado takes place aks and on railroad tracks shut down the world’s leadyou look at any movements in history, eventually to get inside. And on May 14, 350 Colorado is planning a day ing coal export port in Newcastle Harbor for six hours changes in society that we knew had to happen, most of speeches, live music and activities protesting oil and and 65 people were arrested. Over 3,000 protestors in See BREAK FREE Page 14 gas developments close to neighborhoods and schools Indonesia marched through the streets of Jakarta on
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movements have had to resort to civil disobedience to bring public attention to injustices ON THE BILL: Colorado Break Free events: BLM: Keep it in society.” in the Ground. 11:30 a.m., Apart from civil disobedience, the other Thursday, May 12, Meet/park at option is passing two state-wide ballot initiathe W. Hampden Park-n-Ride 3599 S. Wadsworth Blvd., Denver, tives that would give communities local control and march over to Holiday Inn of where oil and gas development occurs within Denver Lakewood, 7390 W. city limits and require a 2,500 foot setback from Hampden Ave., Lakewood. Frontline Fracking Defense. homes, schools and other occupied structures. Meet/Park at the Wagon Road These two initiatives are currently gathering Park-n-Ride 600 W. 120th Ave., signatures in order to place them on the Westminster, for transportation to the event site. For more info visit November ballot. co.breakfree.org A large part of the May 14 event is focused on drawing support for these initiatives. The organizers of the Saturday action in Thornton are asking people to meet at the Wagon Wheel Park-n-Ride where transportation to the actual protest site will be provided throughout the day. Organizers will also post the exact location on their website on Saturday morning. Parkin says there are four sites in the area set to start drilling operations in June. “We really want to bring the public’s attention to this frack site and how completely inappropriate it would be in this neighborhood,” she says. “In an ideal world we’re hoping that the attention we are bringing to this facility would shut it down and other ones like it until the November elections where we can actually see [what people think].” The event begins at 6 a.m. but lasts all day and is a family-friendly affair, with art activities, solutions booths highlighting possible pathways to transition off of fossil fuels, live music and speakers including Bill Mckibbon, 350.org founder, prominent environmentalist and author. “Colorado has lots of oil and gas development, but also a strong environmental consciousness — it’s a real microcosm of the struggle playing out around the world,” McKibbon writes in an email to Boulder Weekly. He’s coming, he says, to support communities throughout Colorado, like the residents of Thornton, who are resisting encroaching fracking developments in their neighborhoods. “They deserve the right to protect themselves from the devastating local impacts of fracking — but they also deserve to hear from the rest of us our gratitude for the role they’re playing in the climate fight,” he writes. “Fracking, and the methane it releases straight to the atmosphere, have become a huge part of the global warming mess.” Mckibben is scheduled to speak between 7:30 and 8 a.m. on Saturday before catching a flight to join protesters in California as they march through downtown Los Angeles demanding local leaders put a stop to oil and gas development within the vast urban area. “I think his presence is helping to validate how serious the issue is here [in Colorado] and how people need to pay attention to it,” Parkin says. “It’s really important right now that people stand up and be seen and be heard. Standing in solidarity with this community is also standing up for ourselves and our communities because what they’re experiencing we’re all going to be experiencing before too long.” Boulder Weekly
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ahead without it?” Walsh asks. “I think that, from the point of view of broader international law, upholding treaty obligations as a principle is important. There is a chance for reforms to be made that would help the treaty system itself modernize, almost against its will.” Both Jelsma and Walsh argue the path forward should be one of principled noncompliance in which a country legalizing a drug openly acknowledges that they are in breach of international law while arguing why, in detail, full compliance is no longer the principal option. In that respect, Colorado and Washington, now joined by Uruguay and Jamaica, are serving as the new global model for how to move forward. It’s likely that the tide of legalization will continue to rise in the next few years, with bigger and more powerful governments coming on board. It is expected that voters in California, the world’s 7th largest economy, will approve legislation in 2016 and Canada, a G8 nation, is firm in its plans to legalize in 2017. “This is speculation on my part, but there is probably some sense of relief among U.S. officials that legalization efforts in other countries takes the U.S. off the hook,” Walsh says. “Other countries could deal with it in a way that the U.S. can sort of take a backseat or, at the very least, it has company in the way that Uruguay already is.” While the draft resolution approved at UNGASS didn’t accomplish much of substance, it does reframe drug use from “an enemy on which to declare a war” to a human rights and public health issue. In strategizing how to make such a transition, the draft resolution steers clear of committing to any specific path, forfeiting harm reduction language for a more vague “evidence-based approach.” How that evidence is collected will require establishing new metrics that can evaluate the drug problem, not in terms of supply and demand, but in terms of the harms to users, environment and society. Colorado will, once again, take center stage in this phase of evidence collection as one of the only places in the world that can provide actual data to connect the actions of legalization to its effects on a number of vectors. But Colorado officials, aware of the immense scrutiny placed on their state, are wary of relying on that data too much or too soon. “It is just too soon to not talk about this as an ongoing experiment,” says Andrew Freeman, Colorado’s director of marijuana coordination. “I think it is going to take a lot longer for us to draw lines of causation from what we have done to what the impact has been on Colorado. So, in some ways that experiment rhetoric has to continue.” As long-established institutions falter, the international community is in a time when policy reform is all about the language and so the terminology of the “experiment” does not go unnoticed. Denver lawyer Sederberg rejects that characterization, saying that the failed “experiment” is not legalization, but prohibition and most of the world seems to agree. There is a time when the language of an old era cannot describe the new. Now is the time to forge a new path forward, but what that looks like, or what to call it, we just don’t know yet. “As the consensus around the treaties breaks down, as breaches and ruptures open up the regime for reform discussion, countries ought to move forward with these reforms,” Walsh says. “We are in a moment of transition.” Change doesn’t always happen the way it is supposed to. How we handle global legalization that threatens to end the war on drugs will ultimately determine if we are on the verge of a “rupture” or a “repair” of the global political system. Either way, Colorado voters will have played a key role in the outcome. Boulder Weekly
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t the beginning of May, the elephants in Ends of Their Lives. But for her latest book, she turns the Ringling Brothers’ Circus performed in to the lives of animals in her own home. their last show. This comes on the back of As an avid lover of animals, Pierce grew up with SeaWorld announcing orca shows will end pets. She kept the tradition going with her daughter, in San Diego in 2017, and San Antonio filling the house with cats, dogs, horses, geckos, rats, and Orlando in 2019. mice, salamanders, newts, snakes, tarantulas and fish. As people rally around the rights of high profile “Our house was the neighborhood zoo,” she says. animals, local writer Jessica But during this time, Courtesy of Jessica Pierce Pierce asks: What about the Pierce was reading scientific animals closer to home? It’s literature about animals’ feelthe life of pets that Pierce ings and what they need to analyzes in her new book be happy. A disconnect startRun, Spot, Run: The Ethics of ed to form as she began Keeping Pets. empathizing with her ani“[Pets] get so much less mals, especially those in capattention than food animals, tivity like small mammals and research animals and cirand fish. cus animals, who we know are “It’s a pretty barren life for an animal, just to spend in trouble,” Pierce says. their entire existence in a “I think there’s this percage in someone’s house,” she ception of pets as having this says. “The only entertainlife of leisure — all they have ment they have is when the to do is sit in a cage and we child or owner takes them feed them. But that doesn’t do out of the cage. And to be the animals any favors. honest, that’s pretty stressful, Animals, like us, suffer from especially for something like boredom and frustration. It’s a gecko that doesn’t like be rather a hard life for many Pierce with her dog Maya. creatures that we keep as pets, handled. ... I had this naga life of leisure is not really ging sense it’s all about us, what it is or what they necessarily want either.” and that’s kind of exploitative.” Pierce is a biomedical ethicist, with a Ph.D. in Pierce spent two years writing and researching religious studies. She’s taught ethics classes in medical Run Spot Run. At times, it was difficult for her, she schools, and 14 years ago she moved to Boulder, says, to read the endless list of abuses animals went where she spent two years teaching religion and phithrough from shelter life to the consumerism of the losophy at the University of Colorado Boulder. pet industry to the frequency of sexual abuse. About a decade ago, Pierce started researching But while her book touches on the dark end of the animals and morality. She went on to co-write Wild spectrum, it focuses more on the average pet owner. Justice: The Moral Lives of Animals with Marc Bekoff Pierce — an owner of two dogs herself — isn’t advoand author The Last Walk: Reflections on Our Pets at the cating for the removal of all pets from homes but for a
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more conscious-minded pet keeping. Aside from raising an elephant in your studio apartment, pet ownership isn’t necessarily black and white. Cats and dogs are suitable options, as long as they’re given plenty of room to roam around. Owning small mammals can be in the gray zone, but they can thrive as long as they’re given plenty of space and time out of their cage. Research shows amphibians and reptiles don’t do well in captivity. Pierce also wants people to reconsider how they treat fish. A goldfish can live about 25 years, and it grows along with its environment. Pierce adopted out her two goldfish to a friend with a pond when they got too big for their 20-gallon tank, and says she’ll never get fish again because it isn’t fair to them. “We don’t think fish lives matter that much but to them they matter,” she says. Run, Spot, Run also deals in detail with the struggles of the average pet owner: what to feed your pet, how much to leave them alone, the proper size of cages or tanks and the like. Pierce says no one is the perfect pet owner, including herself, but it’s all about effort to improve conditions. “The typical pet owner is really loving and responsible and wants to do the best for their animal. It’s like being a parent. There’s no such thing as perfect, and there’s no single model of the perfect pet owner,” she says. “There’s a lot of variability with the way we’ve done things and the way we could do things, and I’d like to see it move toward doing it better.” Pierce hopes people inform themselves fully before committing to a new pet. She encourages people to adopt from shelters as opposed to breeders or pet stores, which can encourage impulse buying. But the biggest takeaway she wants people to get from her new book is to see conditions from a pet’s perspective. “[We need to] put ourselves in their paws and see how it looks from the inside,” Pierce says. “Is it beneficial for them? Do they have a good life?”
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BY BOULDER WEEKLY STAFF OCEAN’S OXYGEN LEVELS CONTINUE TO DECLINE
Researchers at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) recently discovered that lower levels of oxygen in water could become prevalent by 2030 due to rising sea temperatures. As the globe warms, so does the ocean, and with every one-degree increase in sea temperature, oxygen concentration falls by 2 percent. Oxygen supply for the entire ocean is absorbed at the surface, but warmer water absorbs less oxygen from the atmosphere. Plus, the less-dense warmer water takes longer to spread the oxygen throughout the rest of the ocean. For marine life, the oxygen depletion could lead to species extinction. Less deep-sea United Nations Food and Agriculoxygen will force marine animals ture Organization/ Danilo Cedrone to condense their habitats and move to find oxygen-rich areas. Less oxygen can also stunt growth and reproduction. For species like blue marlin and tuna, populations may be forced closer to the ocean surface, making them easier prey for fishermen, increasing the overfishing epidemic that already threatens the species. However, jellyfish populations and bacteria that don’t need oxygen could see an increase. Certain groups of these microbes have been found to produce nitrogen compounds among the most harmful current greenhouses gases, which could lead to faster-paced climate change. The NCAR study will provide a better way of modeling and predicting these oxygen minimization zones, giving scientists a better way to combat the effects. —Alexandria Kade
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Wind energy research, and especially the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in Golden, will see continued funding for fiscal year 2017 from the U.S. government after the Senate approved an amendment to the Energy and Water Appropriations Bill in April. The Merkley-Grassley amendment added an additional $15.4 million to be redirected to wind energy research from other efficiency and renewable energy programs. Supporters argue that although wind energy supplied just 4.7 percent of the total electricity generated in the United States in 2015, by 2050 wind energy could fulfill 35 percent of the U.S. electricity demand as predicted in the Department of Energy’s Wind Vision report. The report shows that a continued investment in wind energy has huge potential ecoWarren Gretz/NREL nomic impacts. For Colorado specifically, the bill included $30 million for the National Wind Technology Center at NREL. “Wind energy is an important piece of Colorado’s diverse energy portfolio,” Colorado Senator Michael Bennet said in a press release. “Colorado’s booming wind energy industry is strengthening our economy, reducing our dependence on foreign oil, and helping decrease our carbon footprint. This funding will encourage continued research and development in Colorado and around the country to help boost the use of wind energy.” According to the American Wind Energy Association, Colorado ranks 10th in the nation for installed wind capacity, generating 14.2 percent of its in-state electricity using wind turbines. It also provides almost 7,000 jobs for Colorado residents. —Alexandria Kade
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Bringing the fight to them The Conservation Hawks combat climate change with ‘Chrome’ by Michael J. Casey
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In “Chrome,” a short film produced by Montanabased nonprofit Conservation Hawks, six anglers take a trip to British Columbia to fly-fish for steelhead trout while talking candidly about how climate change has altered their favorite sport.
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For the hunters and anglers of Conservation Hawks, climate change is the message that trumps all others. It is the problem that unites people across oceans and cultures, one that threatens to destroy the environments in which they recreate, and there’s no time to waste in spreading the message. “Climate change is really the only thing that impacts both hunters and anglers,” Conservation Hawks president Todd Tanner tells Boulder Weekly. “[It] will have a negative effect on sportsmen regardless of where they live.” Tanner has been writing about fly fishing for 20 years. The sport is near and dear to his heart, but it is in serious danger due to warming water patterns from climate change. Tanner knows that to stop climate change he must first educate the people it will affect, which is what Conservation Hawks is all about. The Montana-based nonprofit organization uses outdoor magazines, social media and short films to educate hunters and see CHROME Page 24
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‘Chrome’ addresses climate change in a subtle way, not with statistics, but rather with a message that focuses on preserving an outdoor heritage that sportsmen enjoy.
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anglers on major threats to the environment. In 2013, Conservation Hawks made climate change a main focus for the year, but then it became clear that climate change was the root problem that could prevent future generations from ever knowing the joy of hunting and fishing. For many, discussion of climate change can seem ubiquitous, even redundant, but that is not something Tanner found to be true with his target audience. “We’ve found that sportsmen just haven’t focused on it that much,” Tanner says. “Our mandate as an organization is to spend time looking around and figuring out what’s the single biggest threat to hunters and anglers. And that’s sort of across the board. Regardless if someone is in Montana or Colorado or California or New York or Florida or Texas.” The complication, however, is how best to represent and visualize a threat so existential. Writing for Forbes.com in 2013, Tanner suggested that a solitary polar bear standing on a rapidly melting iceberg was the worst possible symbol to represent climate change — how many Americans had ever seen a polar bear?
How could they connect with something so distant and foreign? Hence Tanner’s motivation to produce short films that would illustrate how climate change affects people on a much more personal level. Conservation Hawk’s first short was 2014’s “Cold Water.” The organization is back with a follow-up, “Chrome.” “Chrome” follows six notable anglers — Tom Rosenbauer of Orvis, Dylan Tomine of Patagonia, Hanna Belford of Damdochax River Lodge, Kate Taylor of Frigate Travel, Boulder-native and professional photographer Tim Romano and Tanner — as they fish, or in some cases attempt to fish, for steelhead trout in British Columbia. “Chrome” observes the anglers in their element as they talk candidly to the camera about fishing, their love for it and how fishing has changed noticeably in the past few years. “Chrome” is a brisk 11 minutes, and it doesn’t bludgeon viewers with statistics, slide shows or politically charged arguments about climate change. Instead, Chrome quietly observes an idyllic and poetic scene, one that will be lost if these anglers don’t take
ADVENTURE strides to change things. Tanner feels the film’s quiet approach is necessary to disarm an audience that may become hostile toward him. “The idea is to show people, first off, that [Conservation Hawks] have a tremendous amount in common with [anglers],” Tanner explains. If you want someone to listen, then who says it is just as important as what they say. “It doesn’t matter if the message is spot on if it’s coming from a group the target demographic doesn’t identify with, then they’re not going to pay any attention to it,” Tanner continues. “So the first thing we’re trying to do is show people, yeah, we are sportsmen. We’re hunters and anglers. In this case we’re fishermen.” He adds it’s important to talk in a language that most sportsmen understand. “And that tends to be focused on protecting our landscapes and our waters and our outdoor heritage. And to pass on something decent to our kids and our grandkids.” Though Tanner’s audience is focused, it is by no means small. According to Tanner’s previously mentioned Forbes article, there are 37 million sportsmen and women in the U.S. When “Cold Water” played at the 2015 Fly Fishing Film Tour, an estimated 60-70,000 attendees saw the short. The same will be true of “Chrome” when it plays this year’s festival. “We don’t have an awful lot of time to get this right,” Tanner insists. “Evidenced by any number of things: the fact that we’ve had several years now, in a row, where we’ve broken the existing global temperature records. Everything from heat waves to droughts to this horrific fire up in Alberta right now — all of this stuff is related to climate change.” Outdoors writer and humorist Patrick F. McManus once claimed that, “The two best times to go fishing are when it’s raining and when it ain’t.” But, rain or not, there won’t be much fishing to be had if anglers don’t start doing something about climate change. “We’re just trying to get the word out. We’re trying to create activism,” Tanner says. “But, more importantly than anything else, we just want to get sportsmen focused on a huge threat to the things they care about.”
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American experience and has been for generations. “There’s a lot of different stories being told,” says Rebecca Cuscaden, curator of the show. “We didn’t limit the call to just people that have immigrated themselves, it was [open to] anyone who wanted to explore and embrace the topic.” Samuel Ronquillo’s work, for example, depicts his story crossing the U.S./ Mexican border, being captured by border patrol and then deported before eventually making it to the U.S. and becoming a citizen. Ronquillo is now an immigration attorney as well as an artist, and his pieces are full of the vibrant emotion — hope, despair and gratitude — indicative of such an immigration journey. But not all the pieces in Crossing Borders deal with migrants crossing the southern border. Artworks in the show also chronicle paths from Italy, Japan, China, India, Eastern Europe and Norway, among others. Some pieces tell immigrant stories of generations past, while others look at the families their relatives left behind. In Ileana Barbu’s piece “Unseen Restrictions” depicts the lives of Romanians living behind the Iron Curtain, a world that severely limited the basic freedoms of speech and assembly, among others. But after immigrating to the U.S. in 1992, the artist realized the average American had no idea of the restrictions people living in Eastern Europe experienced at the time. The works in Crossing Borders reflect not only the artists’ personal migration journeys, but also broaden our understanding of the topic in a world that increasingly attempts to polarize it. “There’s not only the black and white,” says artist Ana Maria Hernando, whose installation “Pond” is featured in Crossing Borders. “It’s so easy to fall into the dualistic conversation [but] I think there is a loss for this society to say ‘no’ to immigration and make things so difficult.” Originally from Buenos Aires, Hernando has been in the states for 30 years, living in Berkeley and Boston before moving to Boulder 20 years ago. When she Boulder Weekly
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y old buddy Len from Virginia anyone keeping score, that would place the called me on Derby Day last band, now long since without any of its week. Len’s not really a horse original members, at a tenure extending racing enthusiast, but he calls almost as long as the principal. me out of the blue from time to “It’s kind of nice about the band that, time to talk music and work and gaming and while it’s a Grateful Dead tribute band, everywhatnot... and on Derby Day, reflect on our body does have a voice that they bring to it,” mutually enduring appreciation for Hurwitz says. Secretariat, the great red mare of Triple “It’s a band that’s evolved over the years, Crown legend. We used to hang out on a and I think that someone who saw the band video game forum in the early aughts, and he in 1990 or 1995, they’d see the continuity but recalls a Derby Day post he claims I threw also see it as a different band.” out there: a snap of Secretariat in impossibly The Fox show will feature Arthur Lee extended workout stride, the fence posts Land from Taxi’s current lineup sitting in on blurred behind him, captioned simply: “God rhythm guitar, meaning the band will sound in a horse suit.” different from even their last Boulder show. A I don’t remember posting that, but it revolving collective, if you will. As a Grateful Dead tribute band, Shakedown Street is a revolving collective of sounded like me; either way, it’s a small but But it’s not necessarily a glorified jam. I musicians. Arthur Lee Land will join them for their upcoming show at The Fox. good thing to be remembered for. ask Hurwitz where the outfit, which has We got to talking about music and I mentioned that I East Coast in the late ’80s, a founding member of the largely abandoned out-of-state touring these days, resides was going to interview Shakedown Street, knowing that Boston-based Shockra (Motet majordomo Dave Watts, on the discipline/loose jam continuum. Len was a semi-retired Deadhead, and he perked up. “I who preceded Hurwitz westward by about a year, was also “Well, that’s a good question. I’d say there definitely is saw those guys once, can’t remember when... They were in Shockra). Hurwitz would also count himself as a ’70s[a musical discipline at work], in the sense that we play good.” era Dead enthusiast, not excessively elitist about his Dead- five or six times a month. So it’s not something that sort I told him I wouldn’t know how to rate Dead tribute era preference, but an informed and thoughtful observer of of pops up while people scramble to figure out what it is bands, preferring to leave the finer points of interpretative the Dead scene. that they remember about it,” he says. nuance to those better versed in the canon and topology He echoes Len’s observation about the generational “We have our own arrangements and our own of Dead music, but I did say Shakedown Street was an timeline. approaches to the material we’ve developed as a band. At enduring and gently treasured institution around here. “It’s funny that you bring that up,” he says. “My wife one point, it was a touring band. I guess you could say it’s Colorado is fertile ground for the slow generational proand I have been together for 26 years and she’s 10 years a hobby, but it’s really more than that.” cession of the Deadhead gestalt. younger than me. She saw a couple of Dead shows back Plus, just like the Dead, the band has cemented itself In some ways, I got the feeling that Len appreciated in the ’80s, while most of the shows I saw were in the ’70s, into its fans lives. the trib outfits — Shakedown Street or Dark Star and I had friends with older brothers and sisters who said “And I think it’s more than that for the people who Orchestra — more than the lingering offspring bands that by 1972, the whole thing was over. come see us. I hesitate to use the phrase ‘community serstaffed by the surviving originals. “So there was a bunch of different generations that vice’, but y’know, there’s still a lot of hunger for that scene, “I dunno, man,” he said. “I’ve been out of the scene for came along and had their experience of it, and then it that music and a place for people to get together and have awhile. This whole... what is it, Dead and Company or changed, and then they were like, ‘Oh well, everybody that experience. ... I think people in Colorado feel a cerwhatever it is, the kids going to these shows weren’t there behind me kind of missed it.’” tain ownership of the band.” for the real thing.” He drew a breath, as if lamenting. While it isn’t entirely clear, depending on what you “We keep running into people who say, like, ‘You guys I related this exchange to Edwin Hurwitz a day or so read about Shakedown Street, the locally sourced outfit played at our parent,s wedding 20 years ago...’” later. Hurwitz is Shakedown’s bassist and a longtime (which got its start from impromptu jam sessions in We laugh. And I suggest, “Hey, I was conceived after a Manitou Springs) actually began while the Dead were Boulder scene player, most recently as Great American Shakedown Street show”? still an ongoing franchise, somewhere around 1987. For Taxi’s first incarnation bassist. Hurwitz migrated from the “Don’t laugh; we’ve heard that one, too.”
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Music Alchemia. 4:15 p.m. Free Motion Dance Studio, 2126 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-379-8299. Bill Smith. 10 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922. Boulder Swing Collective. 9 p.m. Waterloo, 809 Main St., Louisville, 303-993-2094. The Custom Shop. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 Northpark Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757. David Booker. 7:30 p.m. Por Wine House, 836 1/2 Main St., Louisville, 970-259-3555. Erik The Viking. 5 p.m. Oskar Blues Tasty Weasel Tap Room, 1800 Pike Road, Unit B, Longmont, 303-776-1914. Open Mic. 7 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 720-297-6397. Open Mic. 7 p.m. Very Nice Brewing Company, 20 Lakeview Drive, Unit 112, Nederland, 303-258-3770.
Open Mic with Foxfeather. 6 p.m. Vindication Brewing Company, 6880 Winchester Circle, Suite F, Boulder, 303-530-0642. Open Stage. 7:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Brewery, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685. Peter & Will Anderson play Benny Goodman. 7:30 p.m. Chautauqua Community House, 301 Morning Glory Drive, Boulder, 303-442-3282. Purple Squirrel. 6:30 p.m. St Julien Hotel & Spa, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696. Sean Flynn. 7:30 p.m. Samples World Bistro, 370 Main St., Longmont, 303-327-9318. Sophie Nevill, Double Sun. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat Coffeehouse, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303440-4628. Them Raggedy Bones. 8 p.m. Jamestown Mercantile Cafe, 108 Main St., Jamestown, 303-442-5847. Tyler Grant. 6 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids and Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303-485-9400.
Under The Willow. 10 p.m. The Lazy Dog, 1346 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-3355. Events
Ecstatic Dance. 7 p.m. The StarHouse, 3476 Sunshine Canyon, Boulder, 303-245-8452. Frhlingsfest 2016. 11 a.m. Samples World Bistro, 370 Main St., Longmont, 303-327-9318. Louder Than Bombs. 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. The Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303440-7826. Newcomers’ Hike to a Flatiron. 9 a.m. Chautauqua Ranger Cottage, Boulder, 303-442-3282. A Space Program. 4:30 p.m. The Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. Friday, May 13 Music AJ Fullerton. 10 p.m. Waterloo, 809 Main St.,
8 p.m. Saturday, May 14, 1543 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-468-0487.
8 p.m. and 11 p.m. May 13-14. Lannie’s Clocktower Cabaret, 1601 Arapahoe St., Denver, 303-293-0075.
Boulder is lucky to have a thriving local theater scene. With myriad groups to choose from, there’s no lack of shows and diversity to watch. To keep the scene alive and thriving, it’s essential to show our support. So start by stopping by The Catamounts annual fundraiser, “A Golden Ticket to Adventure.” There will be food and drink, a silent auction, a drawing, dancing, photos and costumes, plus a prize for best creative outfit. With money raised at these events, The Catamounts are able to put on their own productions, to perform arts education programs at elementary schools locally and give scholarships to Camp Catamounts.
The basement of the Clocktower on 16th Courtesy of The Fierce Street Mall is typically filled with circus acts, magicians and its fair share of burlesque dancers. This weekend, that number of dancers will increase tenfold with The Fierce — International Queer Burlesque Festival. This two-day festival celebrates burlesque performers from around the world who identify as queer. Featured dancers include Faux Pas, Butch Sassidy, Cherry Pop Poppins, Jeez Loueez, Aurorara North and Denver’s The Brotherhood of Boylesque. Fierce will be hosted by Lannie’s Clocktower Cabaret staple Naughty Pierre. Drop in for a fabulous weekend.
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Algorhythm Trio. 6 p.m. Upslope Brewing Company (Lee Hill), 1501 Lee Hill Road, Suite 20, Boulder, 508-873-9185. All Chiefs No Indians. 10 p.m. The Lazy Dog, 1346 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-3355. Andy Epplr and Tim Ostdiek. 7 p.m. Skeye Brewing, 900 S. Hover St., Unit D, Longmont, 303-774-7698. Bonnie & The Clydes. 9 p.m. Gold Hill Inn, 401 Main St., Boulder, 303-443-6461. Bourbon Street Jazz. 6 p.m. Bourbon Street, 328 McCaslin Blvd., Louisville, 303-955-0845. Brian Rezac. 5 p.m. Oskar Blues Tasty Weasel Tap Room, 1800 Pike Road, Unit B, Longmont, 303-776-1914. see EVENTS Page 34
MediaLive 2016 Festival May 16-22. Hosted by Boulder Museum of Contemporary Arts, events Courtesy of BMoCA at various locations around Boulder. This week, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art is hosting the 2016 version of MediaLive with the theme “Corruption.” The schedule is packed with events from May 16-22 with more than a dozen international artists, who will display a variety of different art practices and disciplines. They include exhibitions, performances, digital installations and panel discussions on several topics like the history of computing, misunderstandings of the internet, cyber feminism and more. The list of artists has some familiar faces like former child-star turned “artist” Shia LeBeouf, joined by Nastja Säde Rönkkö and Luke Turner, to discuss their recent works. Check out bmoca.org for a full schedule of events.
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Burn It Blue. 8 p.m. Stage Stop, 60 Main St., Rollinsville, 303-258-0649. CD Release featuring Tina Phillips, Art Lande, Jill Fredericksen. 7 p.m. Caffe Sole, 637R S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-499-2985. The Clarks. 7 p.m. East Simpson Coffee, 414 E. Simpson St., Lafayette, 720-502-7010. Derek Weiman & The Farmer Sisters. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat Coffeehouse, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.
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ALL HAT NO HORSE 8PM TILIA AMERICANA 9PM SUNDAY MAY 15
STOMPIN GEORGE ELDON SYMPATHY AND THE LION
Doc Haze. 7:30 p.m. Por Wine House, 836 1/2 Main St., Louisville, 970-259-3555. Dueling Ukes. 7:30 p.m. Oskar Blues CyclHOPS, 600 S. Airport Road, Longmont, 303-776-BIKE. Eric Stone. 6 p.m. Very Nice Brewing Company, 20 Lakeview Drive, Unit 112, Nederland, 303-258-3770.
The Headhunters feat. Dominic Lalli, Mike Clark. 9 p.m. The Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 720-645-2467. High Index. 7:30 p.m. Cannon Mine Coffee, 210 S. Public Road, Lafayette, 303-665-0625.
Mountain Standard Clay. Foothills Art Center, 809 15th St., Golden, 303-279-3922. Through June 12. Crossing Borders explores immigration through art; learn more about the exhibit on page 26.
Jack Hadley Band with Delores. 8:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids and Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303-485-9400. Katie Glassman and Snapshot. 8:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Brewery, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685. Keith Summers. 5 p.m. Pearl Street Pub, 1108 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-777-6768.
Mass Hipsteria. 9 p.m. Breaker’s Grill, 380 Main St., Longmont, 303-772-3839. The Mighty Twisters Dance Party. 8 p.m. Tandoori Next Doori, 623 S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-931-2653. Mojo Medicine Show. 8:30 p.m. The Roost, 526 Main St., Longmont, 303-827-3380.
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Paul Kimbris. 6 p.m. Jamestown Mercantile Cafe, 108 Main St., Jamestown, 303-442-5847.
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RealTalk. 10 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922.
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Life and Afterlife: Selections from the King Collection of Ancient Chinese Art. CU Art Museum, 1085 18th St., Boulder. 303-492-8300. Through June 25.
Martha Russo: coalescere. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., 303-443-2122. Through June 12.
The Lionel Young Trio. 9 p.m. License No. 1, 2115 13th St., Boulder, 303-442-4344.
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Glass Mosaics by Delcia Litt. Community Art Program Gallery, NCAR, 1850 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, 303-497-1174. Through May 28.
Guerrilla Fanfare Brass Band. 10 p.m. Bohemian Biergarten, 2017 13th St., Boulder, 720-328-8328.
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Crossing Borders. The Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-444-7328. Through May 27.
Make Your Own Friends — by Brian Bress. Museum of Contemporary Art, 1485 Delgany St., Denver, 303-298-7554. Through July 3.
Lightly Toasted. 7 p.m. Wibby Brewing, 209 Emery St., Longmont, 303-776-4594.
“So, You’re a Poet,” presents
Critical Focus: Lanny DeVuono — by Laura Shill. Museum of Contemporary Art, 1485 Delgany St., Denver, 303-298-7554. Through June 5.
Grandpas Gun. 8 p.m. Shine Restaurant & Gathering Place, 2027 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-0120.
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Acrylic Painting by Lori Mattina. Community Art Program Gallery, NCAR, 1850 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, 303-497-1174. Through May 28.
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Kendall James Band. 6:30 p.m. 300 Suns Brewing, 335 First Ave., Longmont, 720-442-8292.
MONDAY MAY 16 8PM
A Rotation of Six Video Works by Six International Artists from Collection (Anonymous). Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., 303-443-2122. Through June 12.
Quemando. 6:30 p.m. St Julien Hotel & Spa, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696.
Second Friday Events. 6 p.m. Downtown Longmont, Main Street and Fourth Ave., Longmont. StrangeByrds. 6 p.m. Grossen Bart Brewery, 1025 Delaware Ave., Longmont, 214-770-9847. That Eighties Band. 8 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 Northpark Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757. Wash Park. 7 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 720-297-6397. Events Frhlingsfest 2016. 11 a.m. Samples World Bistro, 370 Main St., Longmont, 303-327-9318. High-Rise. 8:30 p.m. The Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. Louder Than Bombs. 4:30 p.m. The Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. A Space Program. 2:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. The Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. Saturday, May 14
The Neighbors — by Arne Svenson. Museum of Contemporary Art, 1485 Delgany St., Denver, 303-298-7554. Through June 5. Phantom Touch — by Laura Shill. Museum of Contemporary Art, 1485 Delgany St., Denver, 303-298-7554. Through July 3.
Robert Therrien. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000. Through Aug. 7. Samurai. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000. Through June 5. Sangeeta Reddy: Fractured Landscapes of the West. BMoCA at Macy, 285, University Ave., Boulder, 303-492-8423. Through May 29. Stone Mosaics by Susan A. Judy. Community Art Program Gallery, NCAR, 1850 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, 303-497-1174. Through May 28. Tim Schwartz: CryptoTherapy. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., 303-4432122. Through May 22.
Music Alchemia. 9 a.m. Free Motion Dance Studio, 2126 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-379-8299. Bass and Drum Clinic. 1 p.m. Mojo’s Music Academy, 1350 Ken Pratt Blvd., Longmont, 303776-3373. Ben Knighten, Brokedown Shack. 10 a.m. The Stone Cup, 442 High St., Lyons, 303-823-2345. Billy Shaddox. 8:30 p.m. The Roost, 526 Main St., Longmont, 303-827-3380. Blues on the Lamb. 7 p.m. East Simpson Coffee, 414 E. Simpson St., Lafayette, 720-502-7010. Blues on Tap. 6 p.m. Bourbon Street, 328 McCaslin Blvd., Louisville, 303-955-0845. Bluez House. 8 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 Northpark Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757. Brews For Bernie with The Tympos. 2 p.m. Owsley’s Golden Road, 1301 Broadway St., Boulder, 720-849-8458. Chain Station. 8:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Brewery, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685. David Booker Trio. 7:30 p.m. Oskar Blues CyclHOPS, 600 S. Airport Road, Longmont, 303-776BIKE. David Coile. 1 p.m. La Vita Bella Coffeehouse, 475 Main St., Longmont, 720-204-6298. The Delta Sonics. 4:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Tasty Weasel Tap Room, 1800 Pike Road, Unit B, Longmont, 303-776-1914. Denny Driscoll & The Left Hand Market Boys. 8:30 p.m. Samples World Bistro, 370 Main St., Longmont, 303-327-9318. DJ Dirty Shanchez. 9 p.m. Breaker’s Grill, 380 Main St., Longmont, 303-772-3839. Erik The Viking. 8 p.m. Ax and Oar, 160 E. Main St., Lyons, 303-747-3795.
Franny & The Jets. 6:30 p.m. St Julien Hotel & Spa, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696. Gasoline Lollipops. 8:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids and Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303-485-9400. Gypsy Whiskey. 7:30 p.m. Cannon Mine Coffee, 210 S. Public Road, Lafayette, 303-665-0625. Happy Hour Live Jazz. 5:30 p.m. Tandoori Grill South, 619 S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-543-7339. Lee Johnson. 7 p.m. Longs Peak Pub & Taphopuse, 600 Longs Peak Ave., Longmont, 303-651-7886. Live Music by the McPhersons. 6:30 p.m. BIN 46 Wine Bar & Restaurant, 600 Longs Peak Ave., Longmont, 720-438-7410. Magpie Zero. 4 p.m. Spirit Hound Distillery, 4196 Ute Highway, Lyons, 303-823-5696. Marcus Lucas Show. 9 p.m. Bohemian Biergarten, 2017 13th St., Boulder, 720-328-8328. Mumbouli. 10 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922. Next 2 the Tracks. 8:30 p.m. Left Hand Brewing Company, 1265 Boston Ave., Longmont, 303-7720258. Pamlico Sound. 10 p.m. The Lazy Dog, 1346 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-3355. Quickdraw Homegrown Music. 7:30 p.m. Por Wine House, 836 1/2 Main St., Louisville, 970-2593555. Ravin’wolf Live. 10 a.m. Boulder Farmers’ Market, 1301 Canyon Blvd., Boulder, 303-910-2236. REMember Band with GetUrGoat. 8 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 720-2976397. Shakedown Street. 9 p.m. The Fox Theatre, 1135 see EVENTS Page 36
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Thursday, May 12 Centennial Middle School Poetry Reading. 7:30 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., Boulder, 303-495-3303. Stephen Graham Jones and Richard Kadrey — Mongrels and The Everything Box . 7:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-2074.
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The Symbols. 8 p.m. Liquid Mechanics Brewing Company, 297 U.S. 287, Lafayette, 720-550-7813.
Milla van der Have. 3 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., Boulder, 303-495-3303.
Teresa Carroll. 7 p.m. Caffe Sole, 637R S. Broadway St., Boulder, 303-499-2985. Them Raggedy Bones. 9 p.m. The Dark Horse, 2922 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-442-8162. Tilia Americana. 9 p.m. The Laughing Goat Coffeehouse, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.
The Third Wave Book Release Party with Steve Case. 6 p.m. Revo Physiotheraphy/Black Lab Sports, 3550 Frontier Ave., Unit D, Boulder. Sunday, May 15
Johanna Garton and Tom LaMarr: Two Fresh Perspectives on Adoption. 2 p.m. Barbed Wire Books. 504 Main St., Longmont, 303-837-3620. Monday, May 16 Jessica Pierce stops by the Boulder Book Store on May 18 to talk about her new book Run, Spot, Run: The Ethics of Keeping Pets. Read more about Pierce on page 19.
Two Bit Ramblers. 6:30 p.m. Front Range Brewing Company, 400 W. South Boulder Road, Lafayette, 303-339-0767.
Wash Park. 8 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 720-297-6397. Events 2016 Spring Dual Slalom Series. 1 p.m. Valmont Bike Park, 3160 Airport Road, Boulder, 303-413-7200. Belle and Sebastian. 2 p.m. The Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. Dancing Beyond. 5:30 p.m. Free Motion Dance Studio, 2126 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-379-8299. Hippieman and Friends. 9 p.m. The Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-444-7328. Longmont Celebrates Cinco de Mayo. 11 a.m. Roosevelt Park, 700 Longs Peak Ave., Longmont, 303-774-4756. Louder Than Bombs. 6:30 p.m. The Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. Official Launch Party of The Blissful Sisters Debut Cookbook Eat Drink Shine. 7 p.m. Shine Restaurant & Gathering Place, 2027 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-0120. Oil Pastel Plein Air Painting Workshop. 9 a.m. Centennial Park Trailhead, south side of Sunshine Canyon, just west of the Sanitas access point, Boulder, 303-441-3440. Saturday Morning Groove. 10:30 a.m. Free Motion Dance Studio, 2126 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-379-8299. A Space Program. 4:30 p.m. The Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. Wildflower Hike. 10 a.m. Rabbit Mountain Open Space Park, 14950 N. 55th St., Longmont, 303-678-6200. Sunday, May 15 Music Acoustic Jam. 3 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922. Arthur Lee Land. 10 p.m. Mountain Sun Pub, 1535 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-546-0886.
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Billy Shaddox. 10 a.m. The Stone Cup, 442 High St., Lyons, 303-823-2345. Bluegrass Jam. 2 p.m. Black Canyon Distillery, 13710 Deere Court, Unit B, Longmont, 720-209-9701. Boulder Bach Festival — Romanticism Unveiled. 5 p.m. Stewart Auditorium, 400 Quail Road, Longmont, 303-651-8374. Chris Romero. 1 p.m. The Post Brewing Company, 105 W. Emma St., Lafayette, 303-593-2066.
“So, You’re a Poet” Open Poetry Reading. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628. Tuesday, May 17
Blake Lee Pate and Laylor Jacob Pate. 7 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., Boulder, 303-495-3303. Daniel Klein — Every Time I Find the Meaning of Life They Change It. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-2074. Innisfree Weekly Open Poetry Reading. 8:30 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., Boulder, 303-495-3303. Wednesday, May 18 Jessica Pierce — Run, Spot, Run: The Ethics of Keeping Pets. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-2074.
Open Bluegrass Pick with Pat Fiddle and New Grass. 1 p.m. Owsley’s Golden Road, 1301 Broadway St., Boulder, 720-849-8458.
Liquids and Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303-485-9400. Eric Adrian. 5 p.m. 300 Suns Brewing, 335 First Ave., Longmont, 720-442-8292.
Red Hot Rhythm Featuring Janine Gastineau & Teri Jo Jenkins. 7 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 Northpark Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757.
Family Dog. 5 p.m. Gold Hill Inn, 401 Main St., Boulder, 303-443-6461.
Sandra Jean MacDougall. 12 p.m. Georgia Boys BBQ The Shack, 237 Collyer St., Longmont, 720999-4099.
Flash Mountain Flood. 4 p.m. Very Nice Brewing Company, 20 Lakeview Drive, Unit 112, Nederland, 303-258-3770. Hotfoot Duo. 3 p.m. Oskar Blues Tasty Weasel Tap Room, 1800 Pike Road, Unit B, Longmont, 303-7761914. Laser Bunny. 5 p.m. Oskar Blues Brewery, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685. Modernly Ancient. Chant. Guitar. Poetry. 7:30 p.m. Wesley Chapel, 1290 Folsom St., Boulder, 303-443-3934.
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Sound Circle: Again. 3 p.m. Columbine Unity Church, 8900 Arapahoe Road, Boulder, 303-5460114. Stompin’ George Eldon. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat Coffeehouse, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-4404628. see EVENTS Page 38
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Cabaret. Longmont Theatre Company. 513 Main St., Longmont, 303-772-5200. Through May 21. Dancing at Lughnasa — presented by Coal Creek Theater. Louisville Center for the Arts, 801 Grant Ave., Louisville, 303-345-4013. Through May 21. Peter and the Star Catcher. BDT Stage, 5501 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-449-6000. Through May 14. Sweeney Todd. Denver Performing Arts Complex, 1345 Champa St., Denver, 720-865-4239. Through May 15.
Whether you’re a fan of reality TV or theater, stop by the DCPA for The Realish Housewives of Cherry Creek, playing through May 22. Check out BW’s review on page 31.
The Realish Housewives of Cherry Creek. Denver Performing Arts Complex, 1345 Champa St., Denver, 720-865-4239. Through May 22. Time of My Life. Theater Company of Lafayette, 300 E. Simpson St., Lafayette, 720-209-2154. Through June 4.
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Open Mic Hosted by Danny Shafer. 8 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922.
Traditional Irish Session. 7 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922.
Open Mic with The Prairie Scholars. 6 p.m. Skeye Brewing, 900 S. Hover St., Unit D, Longmont, 303-774-7698.
Events Blazing Saddles. 4:30 p.m. The Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. A Glimpse In To Geometric Configuration Technique. 1 p.m. Free Motion Dance Studio, 2126 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-379-8299. Hamlet. 1 p.m. The Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. Nurturing Your Connection to Yourself and Others. 2 p.m. Bodywork Bistro Living Arts Center, 3825 Iris Ave., Suite 300, Boulder, 510-379-4057. Monday, May 16 Music Bluegrass Jam. 7:30 p.m. 12Degree Brewing, 820 Main St., Louisville, 720-638-1623. Brother Wild. 10 p.m. Bohemian Biergarten, 2017 13th St., Boulder, 720-328-8328. Jon Pickett Duo. 9 p.m. Pearl Street Pub, 1108 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-777-6768. Malai Llama. 9:30 p.m. Southern Sun Pub & Brewery, 627 South Broadway, Boulder, 303-543-0886. Open Stage. 6 p.m. Oskar Blues Tasty Weasel Tap Room, 1800 Pike Road, Unit B, Longmont, 303-776-1914. Events Movement Mondays. 7 p.m. Free Motion Dance Studio, 2126 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-379-8299. Tuesday, May 17 Music The Boulder Brass. 12 p.m. Boulder Public Library Canyon Theater, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100. Boureas. 6 p.m. Upslope Brewing Company, 1898 S. Flatiron Court, Boulder, 508-873-9185. The Gasoline Lollipops. 8:30 p.m. Waterloo, 809 Main St., Louisville, 303-993-2094. Greg Harris Vibe Quintet. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat Coffeehouse, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628. House of Joy. 6:30 p.m. St Julien Hotel & Spa, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696. Jalbatross. 9 p.m. Owsley’s Golden Road, 1301 Broadway St., Boulder, 720-849-8458. Larry Clyman & Nancy Walker. 6:30 p.m. East Simpson Coffee, 414 E. Simpson St., Lafayette, 720-502-7010. Open Mic. 9 p.m. Pioneer Inn, 15 E. First St., Nederland, 303-258-7733. Open Mic Hosted By Brian Rezac. 8 p.m. The Speakeasy, 301 Main St., Longmont, 720-684-4728.
Potluck Bluegrass. 7 p.m. La Vita Bella Coffeehouse, 475 Main St., Longmont. STWO, Ill-Esha. 9 p.m. The Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 720-645-2467. Events Shamanic Journeying Gathering. 6:30 p.m. Free Motion Dance Studio, 2126 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-379-8299. Wednesday, May 18 Music Blues Night. 10 p.m. Pioneer Inn, 15 E. First St., Nederland, 303-258-7733. Colorado MahlerFest XXIX — Chamber / Vocal Concert. 7:30 p.m. The Academy, 970 Aurora Ave., Boulder. The Heavy Sets. 5:30 p.m. Vindication Brewing Company, 6880 Winchester Circle, Suite F, Boulder, 303-530-0642. Jack Hadley and Deloras Scott. 8 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 Northpark Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757. Live Music. 8:30 p.m. 12Degree Brewing, 820 Main St., Louisville, 720-638-1623. Misti Bernard. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat Coffeehouse, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628. Night Blues. 7:30 a.m. Nissi’s, 2675 Northpark Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757. Open Bluegrass Pick Hosted by Kyle Ussery. 8:30 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922. Open Mic. 6:30 p.m. Cannon Mine Coffee, 210 S. Public Road, Lafayette, 303-665-0625. The Prairie Scholars. 5 p.m. East Moon Bistro, 2144 Main St., Suite 1, Longmont, 303-684-8383. Ravin’wolf Live. 6 p.m. Espresso Vino by Brewing Market, 2770 Dagny Way, Lafayette, 720-890-3993. Shamanic Happy Dance! 5:30 p.m. Free Motion Dance Studio, 2126 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-379-8299. Strange Byrds. 6:30 p.m. St Julien Hotel & Spa, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696. Tony Saccamanno. 7 p.m. Rosalee’s Pizzeria, 461 Main St., Longmont, 303-485-5020. Events Francofonia. 4:30 p.m. The Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. Hamlet. 1 p.m. The Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. Mustang. 7 p.m. The Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826.
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American Life in Poetry: Column 578 by Mark Vinz
I can’t help wishing that dogs lived as long as we do. I have buried a number of them, and it doesn’t get any easier. In fact, it gets harder. Here’s Mark Vinz, a Minnesota poet, from his book Permanent Record and Other Poems, from Red Dragonfly Press. — Ted Kooser, U.S. Poet Laureate The Way We Said Goodbye So many years later, the old dog still circles, head lowered, crippled by arthritis, nearly blind, incontinent. We repeat the litany, as if we need convincing that the end is right. I’ll get her an ice cream cone if you’ll drive her to the vet, my wife says. So there we sit on the front steps with our friend, and in the car, as always, when she senses the doctor’s office drawing near, she moans and tries to burrow underneath the seats. What remains, the memory of how she taught us all the way we need to learn to live with wasting. There we sit, together, one last time as all that sweetness slowly disappears. We do not accept unsolicited submissions. American Life in Poetry is made possible by The Poetry Foundation (www.poetryfoundation.org), publisher of Poetry magazine. It is also supported by the Department of English at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Poem copyright ©2015 by Mark Vinz, “The Way We Said Goodbye,” from Permanent Record & Other Poems, (Red Dragonfly Press, 2015). Poem reprinted by permission of Mark Vinz and the publisher. Introduction copyright © 2015 by The Poetry Foundation. The introduction’s author, Ted Kooser, served as United States Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 2004-2006.
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t the end of the first Iron Man, when Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) popped up to mention “The Avengers Initiative,” it launched what can only be described as the most massive collective nerdgasm in this or any quantum parallel reality. Since then, there have been minor nerdquake aftershocks (seeing the team together for the first time, hearing Captain America [Chris Evans] first bark out orders, the insane side-scrolling action shot in Age of Ultron). But twice during Captain America: Civil War, I thought the audience was going to have the first recorded joyous nerdshart. We’ll get to them, just wait for it. Unlike Batman v. Superman: I Told You That Was Going to Suck, which was allegedly a sequel to Man of Steel but was really two hours of hilariously overwrought dude brooding, Civil War is honestly a sequel to Captain America: Winter Soldier. Hell, it harkens all the way back to the first solo Captain America movie in a meaningful way. Cap is looking for The Winter Soldier (Sebastian Stan), who everyone sees as a terrorist menace who needs to be put down, except Cap, who wants his friend back. This leads into a bigger divide when government agents decide that superheroes need more supervision. Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.) agrees, admitting that even he deserved oversight that would have possibly prevented the deaths of thousands when he accidentally invented Ultron. When The Winter Soldier, under brainwashed duress, is involved in another act of mass terror, the battle lines get drawn explicitly. Team Cap boasts Hawkeye ( Jeremy Renner), The Winter Soldier, Falcon (Anthony Mackie), Ant-Man (Paul Rudd) and the Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen). Team Iron Man is War Machine (Don Cheadle), Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson), Vision (Paul Bettany) and, most nerdshartly, Black Panther (Chadwick Boseman) and Spider-man (Tom Holland). Then everybody fights and, for anyone who has ever before loved a comic book, we see the face of God. To say that Boseman and Holland “reinvigorated” the franchise is a horrifyingly irresponsible understatement. The Rock was once called “franchise Viagra,” injected as an actor into sequels to give some more pep. Boseman and Holland are like giving Viagra some Viagra. From squeal-inducing moments like watching Spidey web up Captain America to hilarious asides like Iron Man macking on Aunt May (Marisa Tomei) to the Black Panther shrugging off .50 caliber bullets fired from a helicopter and being treated as, inarguably, the most important supporting character in terms of plot and consequence, everything works. Everything. This is the true culmination of the grand Marvel experiment. It’s not over, as the ending still leaves wounds and unanswered questions. But two major missing elements (Spider-Man and a superpowered person of color) helped finished the mythical mosaic they’ve been slowly, artfully and playfully crafting for a decade. It’s perfectly acceptable to not like Captain America: Civil War. It simply means you care not for this particular genre, because in any way I can think to analyze, it represents its zenith. This review first appeared in The Reader of Omaha, Nebraska.
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Climbing that crummy social ladder in ‘High-Rise’ by Michael J. Casey
High-Rise mirrors the socioeconomic systems of today, with the rich on top and the poor on the bottom, and the smell of revolt in the air.
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he tower itself is a pinnacle of ON THE BILL: High-Rise. 8:30 engineering. Rising 40 stories p.m. Friday, May 13, Boedecker into the air, it curves slightly Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, inward, like a finger curling 303-440-7825, thedairy.org. Landmark Theatres Esquire, 590 towards the palm, as do the other Downing St., Denver, 303-733four towers currently being erected — like 0148, landmarktheatres.com. the concrete hand of a god. The tower contains all of the world’s amenities for the residents: a supermarket, a recreational pool, a gym, a squash court and so on. At the top, in the penthouse suite — which includes a large and expansive English garden, complete with a riding horse — lives the architect, Anthony Royal ( Jeremy Irons), the man who designed these towers and the man who will never escape their fate. Into this high-rise apartment complex enters Dr. Laing (Tom Hiddleston), a physiologist in a gray suit with a fixation on gray paint. Laing stumbles into this insulated world with a Lazarus-like daze. He has no wife, no child and no friends to speak of. He just wants his own place, halfway up the high-rise, and will do whatever is necessary to acquire it. The tower is divided economically with the wealthy at the top, and the poor down below. Yet, the high-rise is comprised mainly of tenants from the middle class — social climbers on their way up, but always teetering on the brink of falling back down. Fall they can, and fall they do when the building’s construct force the tenants into apocalyptic roles. Overnight the bottom levels of the tower turn into Mad Max, while Sodom and Gomorrah rage on at the top. Laing is smack-dab in the middle and must choose between the two. British director Ben Wheatley uses High-Rise as an allegory for the evils of unchecked capitalism and the strain it forces upon society. It is an apt movie for 2016, but the source material — J.G. Ballard’s 1975 sci-fi novel of the same name — invokes Thatcher-era England, almost to its own detriment. Regardless, some concepts are timeless, and Wheatley uses Ballard’s conceit to construct a world that is retro-futuristic. The dress, the color palate, the music, the exposed concrete, the shag carpeting, the heaps of trash — all of it is intrinsically 1970s. Yet, the tone is strictly post-apocalyptic. But what does it say about a society when a 40-year-old allegory still rings true? The décor has changed, slightly, but the players are the same. The game is still rigged and the collapse is imminent. In a way, High-Rise shares the same morbid curiosity that Mad Men invoked. The setting may be the past, but what we see is as relevant as the nightly news. There is an old saying that nothing ages quicker than the past’s prediction of the future. While this is true, in the 21st century we are learning that nothing is more consistent than the past’s view of the present. High-Rise in 2016 is as macabre and repugnant, and in some ways enchanting, as it might have been in 1976. The only real difference is that there is no difference. The more things change... Boulder Weekly
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LASER: NIRVANA SATURDAY MAY 14 1:00 PM
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DIY performance art trip to Mars May 12 - 4:30 May 13 - 2:30 & 7:00 | May 14 - 4:30
FRIDAY NIGHT WEIRD: HIGH-RISE based on the JG Ballard novel May 13 - 8:30
BELLE AND SEBASTIAN based on the children’s book May 14, 21, & 28 - 2:00
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fish tacos; there really was ike most Colorado transno clear direction with it. I plants, Under wanted to take those things the Sun’s execuoff and try to gear it in one tive chef Nick direction a little bit more.” Swanson came to the Folks at Under the Sun Centennial State to ski — warned Swanson he would well, he came to go to get “kick back” for pulling University of Colorado menu items, but the chef Boulder, but as we all held his ground. know, skiing is more fun. “I kept saying, ‘I’m not taking it off After his first year at school, the just because — I want to put something Massachusetts native did the smart better in its place.’ That’s been my menthing to do when you’re not that into tality. Not changing just to change.” Chef Nick Swanson (right) has given the lunch and brunch menus at Under the Sun something: he took some time off After nearly a year of constant an overhaul, gearing the new offerings toward seasonal offerings. from college. Swanson “ski bummed tweaking, Under the Sun has a fresh for a little bit.” He worked at Sports dinner and brunch menu, both of which Authority for a while (and met the are geared toward seasonal offerings. woman he would eventually marry), The spring dinner menu rolled out in but when he needed some extra early May with noshes like grilled asparmoney, he took a job as a bus boy at agus with roasted Hazel Dell mushthe now-closed Bácaro Venetian rooms, a poached egg, Grana Padano Taverna on Pearl Street. cheese and lemon zest. Swanson That’s when Swanson realized what retained staple entrée items like roasted he wanted to do with his life. chicken, but infused them with seasonal Working his way up from bus boy to prep cook He notes the ease of living in Boulder, the laidvegetables to give the dishes updated flavors that can to sous chef, Swanson had found his calling. His back life style, the slower pace, the mountains at our change with the weather. talent and passion for cooking were so evident that doorstep. But there are things that make Colorado Served only on weekends, Under the Sun’s brunch the chef of Bácaro sponsored the 20-something specifically appealing to a chef. includes classics like chicken and waffles, eggs Swanson on an internship (called “staging” in the “Colorado has become a great place for artisanal Benedict and the wacky sounding Cap’n Crunch culinary world) in Italy at the Michelin-starred food,” Swanson says. “We have people right down the French toast — “The Cap’n” as Swanson says they call Relais Villa d’Amelia. road raising pigs, sheep, goats, chicken. The farmers’ it in the kitchen. After three-and-a-half years at Bácaro, Swanson made market has absolutely blown up. From a chef ’s per“That was one, when I first read it on the menu, I his way to the French Culinary Institute in New York. spective it’s pretty awesome. We have pretty much said, ‘This sounds insane. I need to take it off right He honed his skills, built relationships and contin- everything at our disposal,” he takes a quick pause. away.’ The staff was like, ‘People love it. Wait and see.’ ued to work at upscale restaurants in New York after “Minus seafood. The ocean is still far away and there’s And they do. Every week we sell tons and tons of that graduation. He earned such a name for himself that nothing we can do about that.” French toast.” he was preparing meals for Hugh Jackman, Nicole Swanson worked for a little more than two years It’s this kind of faith in his team’s judgment that Kidman, Jim Carrey and Calvin Klein on his days off. as the kitchen manager at Mountain Sun on Pearl seems to make Swanson — and Under The Sun — so But the Boulder Valley has a way of calling folks Street, but made the move to south Boulder’s Under successful. back — for a variety of reasons. In Sawnson’s case it the Sun last June. He’s since worked slowly to revamp “I can’t take credit for our menu, I opened it up to was family. the pizzeria’s menu. the team,” he says. “I’m very open with them and their “But if I wasn’t going to live on the East Coast, “Our menu was all over the place when I started,” ideas. It’s definitely all of us and I’m definitely really Colorado is my second home,” he says. Swanson says. “We had a pulled pork sandwich, we had proud of all of them and I’m proud of this.”
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ghetti sauce can be fundamentally upgraded. 1. First, except for a few times during the peak summer garden tomato season, canned tomatoes are always better than fresh, but even they need to be tweaked a little. Start with a large or small can of diced tomatoes — plain, with basil or with green chilies, and spread the contents, juice and all, in a brownie pan, pie plate or cookie sheet with sides. You want a thin layer of tomatoes. Add some chopped fresh garlic and put the pan in a 290 degree oven and leave it there for at least an hour. The purpose is to roast, dry and concentrate the tomatoes’ flavor and sweetness. 2. Since the oven is on anyway, I roast a whole red or yellow bell pepper at the same time on a pie plate. When it’s wilted and browned a bit, I remove it, let it cool and chop it in small pieces. It will add depth but not heat to the sauce. 3. I also almost always roast an onion: peel a yellow or sweet onion, cut it in halves, drizzle generously with olive oil plus salt and pepper and wrap tightly in aluminum foil. Put it on the pie plate with the pepper and roast at least an hour, until onions are translucent and lightly browned. I chop the onions finely or put them in the blender with broth and add to the sauce. 4. To make sauce, add bottled marinara sauce or store-brand crushed tomatoes into a saucepan and simmer. Add the roasted onions and pepper. Stir in the oven roasted tomato and if it needs to be thinned, add flavor by thinning with broth or tomato juice. Add a measure of merlot or red zinfandel, and if it needs thickening add a little tomato paste. Simmer on low for about 45 minutes. Season to taste with oregano, basil, fennel seeds, red pepper flakes, salt, garlic and other herbs. At the last second, add half a stick of unsalted butter and stir — trust me on this. But good olive oil works, too. 5. At this point you have a sauce suitable for spaghetti, over eggplant parmesan or in lasagna. In lieu of simmering chicken parts in sauce for hours, I add meatiness with some chopped roasted boneless skinless chicken thighs. A little bacon or other smoked meat adds another flavor layer. To give the sauce deep oomph and extra umami, add powdered dried exotic mushrooms found at the Hazel Dell mushroom booth at the Boulder County Farmers’ Market. It’s quite amazing stuff and a case where dried is better than fresh. I put this batch of cacciatore over al dente penne macaroni with a grating of Parmesan in a baking dish and put it in the oven until bubbly. The dish has been a see NIBBLES Page 48
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When I eventually donate my excessive Colorado cookbook collection to a willing historical society, Really Rotten Recipes will be among them. The thin paperback volume was published in Longmont in 1986 by the remarkable Norma Ewalt whose passions included strange, old cookbooks. It features Monty Python-esque illustrations for such favorite recipes as peanut butter and macaroni salad, buttermilk prune float and festive hot dog souffle, plus the questionable “Recipe for Domestic Bliss” (circa 1880). The chocolate gravy actually looked tasty.
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MARCH 21-APRIL 19: Russian writer Anton Chekhov
was renowned for the crisp, succinct style of his short stories and plays. As he evolved, his pithiness grew. “I now have a mania for shortness,” he wrote. “Whatever I read — my own work, or other people’s — it all seems to me not short enough.” I propose that we make Chekhov your patron saint for a while. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, you are in a phase when your personal power feeds on terse efficiency. You thrive on being vigorously concise and deftly focused and cheerfully devoted to the crux of every matter.
TAURUS
APRIL 20-MAY 20: “Creativity is intelligence having
fun.” Approximately 30,000 sites on the Internet attribute that quote to iconic genius Albert Einstein. But my research strongly suggests that he did not actually say that. Who did? It doesn’t matter. For the purposes of this horoscope, there are just two essential points to concentrate on. First, for the foreseeable future, your supreme law of life should be “creativity is intelligence having fun.” Second, it’s not enough to cavort and play and improvise, and it’s not enough to be discerning and shrewd and observant. Be all those things.
GEMINI
MAY 21-JUNE 20: In Western culture, the peacock is a
symbol of vanity. When we see the bird display its stunning array of iridescent feathers, we might think it’s lovely, but may also mutter, “What a show-off.” But other traditions have treated the peacock as a more purely positive emblem: an embodiment of hard-won and triumphant radiance. In Tibetan Buddhist myths, for example, its glorious plumage is said to be derived from its transmutation of the poisons it absorbs when it devours dangerous serpents. This version of the peacock is your power animal for now, Gemini. Take full advantage of your ability to convert noxious situations and fractious emotions into beautiful assets.
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JUNE 21-JULY 22: “Clear moments are so short,”
opines poet Adam Zagajewski. “There is much more dark-
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ness. More ocean than that are cracked, but posterra firma. More shadow sible to repair and worthy than form.” Here’s what of your diligent love? I have to say about that: Make a plan to revive or Even if it does indeed reinvent them. Go to RealAstrology.com to check out describe the course of ordiRob Brezsny’s EXPANDED WEEKLY AUDIO nary life for most people, LIBRA HOROSCOPES and DAILY TEXT MESSAGE it does not currently apply SEPT. 23-OCT. 22: HOROSCOPES. The audio horoscopes to you. On the contrary. Once every year, it is are also available by phone at You’re in a phase that will healthy and wise to make 1-877-873-4888 or 1-900-950-7700. bring an unusually high an ultimate confession — percentage of lucidity. The to express everything you light shining from your regret and bemoan in one eyes and the thoughts coalescing in your brain will be extra cathartic swoop, and then be free of its subliminal nagging pure and bright. In the world around you, there may be for another year. The coming days will be a perfect time occasional patches of chaos and confusion, but your lumito do this. For inspiration, read an excerpt from Jeanann nosity will guide you through them. Vernee’s Genetics of Regret: “I’m sorry I lied. Sorry I drew the picture of the dead cat. I’m sorry about the stolen LEO tampons and the nest of mice in the stove. I’m sorry about the slashed window screens. I’m sorry it took 36 years to JULY 23-AUG. 22: “Dear Smart Operator: My name is say this. Sorry that all I can do is worry what happens next. Captain Jonathan Orances. I presently serve in the United Sorry for the weevils and the dead grass. Sorry I vomited Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan. I am asking in the wash drain. Sorry I left. Sorry I came back. I’m sorry for your help with the safekeeping of a trunk containit comes like this. Flood and undertow.” ing funds in the amount of $7.9 million, which I secured during our team’s raid of a poppy farmer in Kandahar Province. The plan is to ship this box to Luxembourg, and SCORPIO from there a diplomat will deliver it to your designated OCT. 23-NOV. 21: According to the British podcast location. When I return home on leave, I will take posseries No Such Thing as a Fish, there were only a few satissession of the trunk. You will be rewarded handsomely for fying connubial relationships in late 18th-century England. your assistance. If you can be trusted, send me your details. One publication at that time declared that of the country’s Best regards, Captain Jonathan Orances.” You may receive 872,564 married couples, just nine were truly happy. I a tempting but risky offer like this in the near future, Leo. wonder if the percentage is higher for modern twosomes. I suggest you turn it down. If you do, I bet a somewhat less Whether it is or not, I have good news: My reading of the interesting but far less risky offer will come your way. astrological omens suggests that you Scorpios will have an unusually good chance of cultivating vibrant intimacy VIRGO in the coming weeks. Take advantage of this grace period, please! AUG. 23-SEPT. 22: “Some things need to be fixed, others to be left broken,” writes poet James Richardson. The coming weeks will be an ideal time for you to make SAGITTARIUS final decisions about which are which in your own life. NOV. 22-DEC. 21: “Some days I feel like playing it Are there relationships and dreams and structures that are smooth,” says a character in Raymond Chandler’s short either too damaged to salvage or undeserving of your hard story Trouble Is My Business, “and some days I feel like labor? Consider the possibility that you will abandon them playing it like a waffle iron.” I suspect that you Sagittarians for good. Are there relationships and dreams and structures will be in the latter phase until at least May 24. It won’t
be prime time for silky strategies and glossy gambits and velvety victories. You’ll be better able to take advantage of fate’s fabulous farces if you’re geared up for edgy lessons and checkered challenges and intricate motifs.
CAPRICORN
DEC. 22-JAN. 19: Author Rebecca Solnit says that
when she pictures herself as she was at age 15, “I see flames shooting up, see myself falling off the edge of the world, and am amazed I survived not the outside world but the inside one.” Let that serve as an inspiration, Capricorn. Now is an excellent time for you to celebrate the heroic, messy, improbable victories of your past. You are ready and ripe to honor the crazy intelligence and dumb luck that guided you as you fought to overcome seemingly insurmountable obstacles. You have a right and a duty to congratulate yourself for the suffering you have escaped and inner demons you have vanquished.
AQUARIUS
JAN. 20-FEB. 18: “To regain patience, learn to love
the sour, the bitter, the salty, the clear.” The poet James Richardson wrote that wry advice, and now I’m passing it on to you. Why now? Because if you enhance your appreciation for the sour, the bitter, the salty, and the clear, you will not only regain patience, but also generate unexpected opportunities. You will tonify your mood, beautify your attitude, and deepen your gravitas. So I hope you will invite and welcome the lumpy and the dappled, my dear. I hope you’ll seek out the tangy, the smoldering, the soggy, the spunky, the chirpy, the gritty, and an array of other experiences you may have previously kept at a distance.
PISCES
FEB. 19-MARCH 20: “A thousand half-loves must be
forsaken to take one whole heart home.” That’s from a Coleman Barks’ translation of a poem by the 13th-century Islamic scholar and mystic known as Rumi. I regard this epigram as a key theme for you during the next 12 months. You will be invited to shed a host of wishy-washy wishes so as to become strong and smart enough to go in quest of a very few burning, churning yearnings. Are you ready to sacrifice the mediocre in service to the sublime?
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Dear Dan: Straight male, 48, married 14 years, three kids under age 10. Needless to say, life is busy at our house. My wife and I have stopped having sex. It was my decision. I get the obligation vibe combined with a vanilla sex life, and it just turns me off. We’ve had many conversations about it and we want to find a balance. But it always defaults back to infrequent and dull, making me frustrated and cranky. For the past two months, I’ve tried to just push sex out of my mind. We live mostly as parenting roommates. We used to be pretty kinky — dirty talk, foursomes, toys, porn, etc. — but all those things wear her out now, and her interest has disappeared. My guess is that she was just playing along with my kinks to keep me happy and is now over it. Is this just life as a 48-year-old married father of three? Am I being selfish for wanting more in my sex life than my wife is willing to offer? — Hard Up Husband Dear HUH: Is sex wearing your wife out, HUH, or is raising three kids wearing your wife out? I suspect it’s the latter. But in answer to your question: Infrequent and underwhelming sex, sometimes with an obligatory vibe, is not only the sex life a 48-year-old married father of three can expect, it’s the sex life he signed up for. There’s nothing
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selfish about wanting more sex or wanting it to be more like it was. Kids, however, are a logistical impediment — but a temporarily one, provided you don’t go nuclear. A couple’s sex life can come roaring back so long as they don’t succumb to bitterness, recrimination, and sexlessness. To avoid all three, HUH, it might help to ask yourself which is the likelier scenario: for years your wife faked an interest in dirty talk, foursomes, toys, porn, etc., in order to trap you, or your wife is currently too exhausted to take an interest in dirty talk, foursomes, toys, porn, etc. Again, I suspect it’s the latter. My advice: masturbate more, masturbate together more, lower your expectations so you’ll be pleasantly surprised when a joint masturbation session blows up into something bigger and better, carve out enough time for quality sex (weekends away, if possible, with pot and wine and Viagra), discuss other accommodations/contingencies as needed, and take turns reminding each other that small kids aren’t small forever. Dear Dan: I’m one of those bi guys. I
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had trouble dating girls in high school and at 18 found guys so much darn easier. And as sexual promiscuity in the gay world goes, I got around there easily. Fast-forward a few years. I’m in college now and desiring women and stability more. But women find me weird and awkward — I admit I am — something I was never judged for in the gay world. This has been going on for a few years now, and it just gets worse when I’m supposed to be parading around presenting as a horny straight guy. I’d love to find a bisexual woman to start a family with who is up for mutually agreed upon swing-and-fun sessions with others. But from what I’ve experienced with girls so far — always on the watch for a “player,” zero understanding of male bisexuality — that seems far from possible. Lately I’ve just been sitting on my hands in social situations, afraid to even interact with women. Is this therapy worthy? — Upset Pittsburgher In Troubling Times Dear UPITT: Therapy couldn’t hurt… unless you get a terrible therapist… in which case it could. Start your
therapist hunt at the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors, and Therapists (aasect.org), and you’re likelier to find a good/sexpositive one. As for why your “weird and awkward” first impression seemed to be less of an impediment when you were sleeping with men: Men aren’t subjected to male sexual violence at the same rates that women are. Women have a lot more to fear than men do, UPITT, and a weird-and-awkward first impression is far likelier to turn off a woman into dudes than it is to turn off a man into dudes. The man you flirt with at a party might think, “Dude’s weird and awkward but he’s hot,” and jump into bed with you. But the woman you flirt with at a party is likely to think, “Dude’s weird and awkward and he’s hot, but he’s just too weird to risk it.” Something else that couldn’t hurt: getting on a site like OkCupid and approaching bisexual women there. You may have better luck with women if your initial interactions are over e-mail. And finally, UPITT, there are gay and bi men out there who desire stability, too — and stability and “promiscuity” aren’t mutually exclusive. Send questions to mail@savagelove.net and follow @fakedansavage on Twitter.
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n the week leading up to the end of the against the bill from anti-marijuana groups and the last year to allow school districts to establish medical Second Regular Session of the State conventional agriculture industry — a combination marijuana policy. When school districts hesitated with Legislature, two major pieces of marijuana legthat Representative Jonathan Singer from House unfounded fears of putting their federal funding at islation met their fates. District 11 remarks make “strange but effective bedrisk, it became clear legislation was needed to get In the first week of May, a proposal to certifellows.” things moving. fy organic marijuana at the state level was rejected “Unfortunately [the death of the bill] is going to The bill was carried by a conservative republican, in a Senate committee by a Senator Chris Holbert, who Wikimedia Commons/ Greg O’Beirne vote of 4-3, while Jack’s Law, did not support marijuana a bill requiring Colorado legalization. Jack came from schools to accommodate the his district and when Holbert use of non-smokeable mediheard his story, he adopted cal marijuana by students, the issue wholeheartedly, passed both the House and arguing that cancer and seiSenate. zures are not partisan issues, These bills are small, but instead framing them as significant pieces of legislahuman issues. tion. They were necessitated “This is just a real case of by conflicts between state people understanding that and federal laws concerning your right to an education the rights of cannabis should never be turned patients and consumers. around for your right to medThe measure concerning ication and visa versa,” says Two important marijuana bills made it to the State Legislature this session, one passed and one failed. organic certification for mariSinger, who is also a sponsor juana, HB16-1079, was introon the bill. “There was not a duced in the midst of a long line of recalls for marimean that we will go another year without any sort of dry eye in the room, and it just shows how people’s juana grown with unapproved and potentially hazindependent, verified organic designation,” says stories can really change policy and law in the state of ardous pesticides in an attempt to protect consumer Singer, who is one of the bill’s two sponsors. Colorado. It may be one of the biggest highlights for the session. I don’t think I have ever seen another bill rights and public health. “Consumers have a right to know what they are putBecause cannabis is federally illegal it cannot be ting in their body and people won’t have access to that get so much broad bipartisan support so quickly.” certified by the existing U.S. Food and Drug information.” Governor Hickenlooper is expected to sign the bill Administration Organic program, but claims about The second, piece of legislation, HB16-1373, next month. organic, pesticide-free and naturally grown are comFor once, Colorado isn’t breaking new ground requires school districts to adopt a policy permitting mon product nomenclature in the industry. It is illegal students with authorization to use medical marijuana with this piece of marijuana legislation. Rather, the to use the term without FDA approval, but so far, at school. The bill quickly passed both the House and bill is based on successful measures that already passed neither the state nor federal government have interin other states. There is a power in joining that comSenate with broad bipartisan support, passing the vened, although The Denver Post recently reported munity, though, as states come together to effectively Senate unanimously with a rare standing vote as the that might be changing. send a message to the federal government that they chamber applauded those who came to testify in supThe bill failed under concerns that a state-run need to be able to take care of sick kids and sick peoport of the measure. organics program would signify the government’s ple, without fear of losing federal funding. The bill is named Jack’s Law after Jack Splitt, a endorsement of the substance as “healthy.” This opinion column does not necessarily reflect the views of 15-year-old diagnosed with spastic quadriplegic cereThese sentiments echo the hard lobbying efforts Boulder Weekly. bral palsy and dystonia, who worked with his mother
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f Colorado towns like Longmont that have banned pot shops want to know what the long-term consequences might be, they should consider Boulder’s experience with banning demon rum a century ago. Boulder was an early adopter of prohibition. The town elected a “reform” (prohibitionist) city council in 1907, which promptly voted the town dry. And for good measure, Boulder wrote a clause into its first city charter, adopted in 1917, that stated, “No license shall ever be granted for the manufacture or sale of intoxicating liquor within the city limits of Boulder.” National prohibition didn’t start until 1919. National prohibition was repealed in December 1933, but Boulder didn’t follow suit until 1967, when the voters finally repealed the prohibitionist charter amendment — after six previous attempts at the ballot box failed. (From 1933 to 1967 it was possible to buy 3.2 beer in Boulder. That’s because on March 22, 1933, less than three weeks after Franklin Roosevelt took office, Congress passed the Beer and Wine Revenue Act, which defined beer and wine with an alcohol content of 3.2 percent as “non-alcoholic.” Since 3.2 beer was made non-intoxicating by an act of Congress, it was no longer covered by Boulder antialcohol charter Amendment, and a number of local bars sprang up to sell it.) But when prohibition finally ended in Boulder in 1967, the full extent of the economic and land use damage it had caused became evident. There were no liquor stores in the city, but it was surrounded by a necklace of them just outside city limits in unincorporated Boulder County or in county islands surrounded by the city. All the better restaurants were beyond city limits, including The Lamp Post in the Village
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Shopping Center, and the Harvest House Hotel next to Arapahoe Village across the street. Other fine dining venues included the Flagstaff House, the Red Lion Inn and the Gold Hill Inn, all of which had liquor licenses and all of which were safely outside of Boulder. Downtown Boulder was economically stagnant. Only a few of the restaurants on Pearl Street — and there weren’t many — bothered staying open in the evening. The Boulderado Hotel had one foot in the grave. Most of the town’s night-life was out east of town in the shopping centers and along 28th Street. As was most of its new commercial growth. Nobody wanted to be located in a dying downtown. Boulder wasn’t just losing tax revenue from liquor sales. The commercial property tax base was draining out of the city as well. A real measure of the economic havoc caused by Boulder’s refusal to end prohibition was seen in what happened after it voted wet. Within 90 days the city council annexed a number of the liquorselling island and border properties, including the Harvest House, the Lamp Post, and their shopping centers. This immediately added property worth $16
million to the city’s property tax base. In 1967 dollars. Or $114 million in today’s dollars. All of this should be a cautionary tale for towns whose immediate reaction to the passage of Amendment 64 in 2012 was to ban dispensaries in their communities. Longmont was one of them, and within a year or two a couple of dispensaries opened up on unincorporated Boulder County islands in Longmont. They seem to be doing pretty well, and Longmont is missing out on the tax dollars. For now, that’s most of the downside, but eventually pot prohibition will likely lead the town down a road like the one Boulder traveled with alcohol prohibition. The pattern won’t be identical, of course — as Mark Twain said history doesn’t repeat, but it rhymes — but prohibitions of all kinds produce similar syndromes, and the first signs of them are starting to appear. Over time, dry towns did real damage to their economies, development patterns, and social fabric. So will unKind ones.
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AMURICA THE BEAUTIMOUS Well folks, get ready for the “Most Patriotic Summer Ever.” The self-proclaimed “King of Beers” (insert snarky, snooty, yet accurate “microbrew-is-superior” comment here) now has a new title: “America.” To be read as “Amurica” of course. That’s right, Budwieser brewer Anheuser Busch announced this week that starting May 23 and continuing through the November presidential election, it will replace the large Budweiser logo with one simple word: “America.” It will also “emblazon” its 12 oz. cans and bottles with quotes from “The Star Spangled Banner” and “America the Beautiful.” Promotional Photo The rebranding, the company says in its press release, is part of its summer “America is in Your Hands” ad campaign aimed at reminding citizens of this fair land of the “optimism” our country was founded on. “Budweiser has always strived to embody America in a bottle, and we’re honored to salute this great nation where our beer has been passionately brewed for the past 140 years,” said Ricardo Marques, vice president of Budweiser, in the release. But if that’s true and the watery, bland and dare we say vapid Budweiser is America in a bottle, we’re not sure we want to be part of it. Good thinking, AB. Now all the red-neck, bigoted, gun-loving patriots among us can spend their summers getting wasted on cheap-ass beer before decimating the word “America” as they take out their shot-guns and target practice on unsuspecting beer cans. Way to make America great again by annihilating it all together.
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Ever since the Colorado Supreme Court ruled that the Longmont fracking ban and Fort Collins fracking moratorium were overturned, we’ve been inundated by guest columns from industry hacks and political operatives working for industry hacks and industry lobbyists claiming that the Supreme Court ruled that only the State has a right to regulate fracking and other aspects of oil and gas extraction. But fortunately, wishful thinking and legal findings aren’t the same thing. What the “Supreme” court found was nothing like that. If that is what the court had determined from its examination of the law they would still have been wrong, but at least the ruling would not have been nonsensical. No, COGA and the COGCC asked the court to find that state regs trump community regs when it comes to land use and zoning ordinances as they pertain to oil and gas extraction. But on this issue the court found that these industry-lobbying groups — yep, that’s exactly what the COGCC is — was wrong in its assumption. The court actually found that local governments can use their land use and zoning regs to control oil and gas extraction but only — and here comes the nonsensical part — if local regs accomplish the “state’s goal” of increasing production and leaving nothing in the ground. While this bizarre finding exposes the court as just another level of industry controlled government oversight. It also leaves the door open for many new and creative ways to stop oil and gas extraction within city limits. Just watch and see. 62 May 12, 2016
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