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More endorse Deron Dempsey as coroner

It was significant to me when I began hearing complaints from people I had known for years about our current coroner. As the former sheriff of Boulder County, I am very familiar with what can go well in the Coroner’s Office and what can go badly. I believe that change in the Coroner’s Office is

necessary. I am supporting Deron Dempsey because he has the experience, knowledge, sensitivity and education to bring back to the Boulder County Coroner’s Office improvements that were made nearly 30 years ago when we elected John Meyer as the first Democratic County Coroner in a century. Deron understands the coroner’s

job is not only to determine the cause and manner of death that is critical in cases involving criminal action, but to do no further harm in the vast majority of cases that do not involve any crime. Deron will bring an understanding and respect for the grief that family mem-

ing “whether such misdeeds are not the work of a few bad actors, but rather a flaw that runs through the fabric of the banking industry… Regulators are starting to ask: Is there something rotten in bank culture?” Really. Where’ve they been? Millions of everyday Americans sniffed out that rot back in 2007 at the start of the Wall Street collapse and nauseating bailout. Imagine how pleased they are that it took only seven years for the stench of bank rot to reach the tender nostrils of authorities. Still, even sloooww progress is progress. Both the head of the New York Fed and the Comptroller of the Currency are at least grasping one basic reality, namely that the tightened regulations enacted to deal with the “too big to fail” issue do nothing about the fundamental ethical collapse among America’s big bankers. The problem is that, again and again, Wall Street’s culture of greed is rewarded — bank bosses preside over

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et’s review the rap sheet of Wall Street banks: Defrauding investors, cheating homeowners, money laundering, rigging markets, tax evasion, credit card ripoffs… and so sickeningly-much more. At last, though, some of the cops on the bank beat seem to be having regulatory epiphanies. The New York Times reports that some financial overseers are question-

gross illegalities, are not punished, pocket multimillion-dollar bonuses despite their shoddy ethics, and blithely proceed to the next scandal. More restraint on bank processes miss a core fact: Banks don’t engage in wrongdoing, bankers do. As Comptroller Tom Curry says, the approach to this problem is not to call in more lawyers, “It is more like a priest-penitent relationship.” Public shaming can be useful, but it should include actual punishment of the top bosses — take away their bonuses, fire them and prosecute them! Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com This opinion column does not necessarily reflect the views of Boulder Weekly. May 22, 2014 7

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n 2011, the Arab Spring came to Syria. It was non-violent for the first six to eight months and involved people of diverse political, ethnic and religious backgrounds. Like the other uprisings in North Africa and the Middle East, the protesters’ ideals were political freedom, social justice and dignity. From the beginning, the response of the Assad regime was uniquely horrific. By the first anniversary of the revolution, the leading human rights organizations — Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and the United Nations Human Rights Council’s Syria Commission of Inquiry — unanimously and unambiguously charged the Syrian regime with a statesanctioned policy of “war crimes” and “crimes against humanity.” Assad has targeted schools and hospitals and “all of those things which make life livable,” said Kenneth Roth of Human Rights Watch. In April, a respected human rights group in Syria, the Violations Documentation Center, put the approximate death count at more than 150,000. Most of them are civilians and about 100,000 were killed by regime forces. Last fall, President Obama was talking about bombing Syria but backed down under pressure. The American peace movement celebrated. Danny Postel, co-director of the Center for Middle East Studies (CMES) at the University of Denver, told me he had

mixed feelings. He was against the proposed military strike on Syria but “didn’t share the jubilation.” Postel says he has “spent the last quarter century on the radical left as an anti-war, anti-imperialist and labor activist,” but feels too many American progressives have become “U.S.-centric” with positions similar to “libertarian isolationists like Rand Paul, paleocon America-Firsters like Pat Buchanan, and Realpolitik Tories of the sort who long dominated the Republican Party’s foreign policy apparatus.” He says the U.S. peace movement and left has lost “the spirit of internationalism” and been silent about “the bloodiest conflict on planet Earth,” citing U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s statement that “Syria is now the biggest humanitarian and peace and security crisis facing the world.” In January, three former war crimes prosecutors released 55,000 photos provided by a Syrian military police photographer showing the systematic torture and killing of about 11,000 detainees. As one prosecutor put it, this is “industrialscale killing” reminiscent of the World War II concentration camps of Belsen and Auschwitz. In February, The New York Times published an opinion piece by Postel and Nader Hashemi, director of CMES, titled “Use Force to Save Starving Syrians.” They said that, according to the see SYRIA Page 9

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bers experience when they lose a loved one. He knows how to obtain the information needed to do the job without compounding the emotional wounds felt by those who have lost a loved one. Deron also has the experience to understand the role the coroner plays in maintaining a level playing field between the county’s funeral directors. Deron has been endorsed overwhelmingly by many who deal profes-

sionally with the Coroner’s Office. As an example, the Lion’s Eye Bank has made their first ever political endorsement, based on their frustration with our current coroner and belief that Deron will restore the working relationship with this outstanding organization that has given sight to thousands. Mail ballots for the Democratic primary go out June 2. Please join me in voting for Deron Dempsey for

Boulder County Coroner. George Epp/Boulder Deron Dempsey was the investigator from the Boulder County coroner’s office when my mom died in her Boulder home back in May of 2005. He was very professional and always responded to my calls in a timely manner. What really made him shine was his kindness, patience and caring with me the night of her death.

After we completed all of the paper work and legal stuff and it was time to go, I requested to see my mom. He laid her out with care and gave me all the time I needed to feel complete. Then he made sure I was okay before leaving. His perfect balance of business and compassion in one of the hardest time of my life made the process much more bearable. Teresa Armijo Larson/Trinidad

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U.N., about 800,000 civilians were under siege in Homs, Aleppo, Deir Ezzor and parts of Damascus. No food, medical supplies or humanitarian aid could get in and people couldn’t get out. “This is not a famine. Food is abundant just a few miles away from these besieged areas,” they said. Military forces — mainly Assad’s army “but in some cases extremist anti-Assad militias” — were preventing food and medicine from reaching trapped civilians. They said, “This moral obscenity demands action by the international community. Any armed group that prevents humanitarian access — whether the Syrian regime’s forces or rebel militias — should be subject to coercive measures.” Postel and Hashemi called for a multinational force to intervene for the specific purpose of delivering food and medicine. This op-ed provoked vigorous debate on the left. However, Postel says he is hopeful because there is “a small but growing group of progressives who embrace the goals of the Syrian revolution. There are several shades within this camp — it includes Marxists, pacifists, feminists, Third Worldists and leftists of various sorts. Some support the armed struggle in Syria, others do not, standing instead with the nonviolence activists in Syria. But what unites this camp is its solidarity with the Syrian struggle for dignity, justice and self-determination.” Recently the Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center and the Unitarians sponsored a talk in Boulder by Syrian civil society activist Qusai Zakarya, recognized internationally for his hunger strike during the Assad regime’s starvation siege of his hometown, Moadamiya. Zakarya spoke of how he survived a poison gas attack by Assad’s military. He denounced Russia and Iran for giving “unlimited” military aid to Assad. Now growing allegations of poison gas attacks by Assad portend a crisis. Is a peaceful resolution possible? Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com This opinion column does not necessarily reflect the views of Boulder Weekly. Boulder Weekly

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f you were going to suggest a cast for a reality show about life in the suburbs, you might pick Nick Ortega and his family. His house in Loveland is the stereotypic American dream: two-car garage, neatly trimmed lawn and family pictures in every corner of the living room. Downstairs, in the basement, you’ll find Ortega’s “man cave,” a couch facing a big screen TV, a foosball table and a couple of guitars from Ortega’s rock band days in the 1990s. There are pictures of Ortega when he was a kid on a baseball team, and photos of his son’s team with Ortega standing to one Nick Ortega was dismissed from his job after he discovered he is not a U.S. citizen. side as coach. Beyond this slice of Americana is the “living nightmare” that Ortega has yet to tell his neighbors about. After more than four decades in Colorado, Ortega was shocked to learn that he’s not an American citizen, as his parents had always told house. One day, he set his sights on a him. nobody had ever told him. job that would provide a more secure “I still wake up and can’t believe it,” “My parents just never talked much foundation for his family — driving a he says. about the past,” he says. “It was very truck for UPS. He began as a seasonal He’s worked for decades in the difficult to get answers out of them.” driver, but worked constantly, punching United States without any problem. Eventually, he did. Ortega discovthe overtime clock every time his manHe’s filed income taxes since 1983. He ered that he was born in Mexico in agers said there were extra hours to fill. has a driver’s license. He bought a November of 1966. That made him a “I knew there were a lot of drivers house. For two decades he has lived year older than he’d always been told. who wanted to go full time, so I made with his common-law wife, a multigen- He learned that he migrated from myself stand out by working the harderational U.S. citizen from Montana. Chihuahua, Mexico to the United est,” he says. Both of his children are citizens. States with his mother and siblings in It paid off. He was hired as a reguOrtega may have never found out 1972 around the age of five. They travlar driver with benefits, joined the he wasn’t a citizen if United Parcel eled on a bus that was waved through a Teamsters Union and over the years Service, his employer of more than a U.S. border checkpoint in El Paso. steadily inched his way up to a payday decade, had not in 2010 run his name From there, the family traveled to of about $90,000 a year. He shows a and the names of his coworkers through Colorado to be with Ortega’s father, a stack of honors he received from UPS, E-verify, the Department of Homeland Texas-born U.S. citizen from a family including nearly a decade of safe drivSecurity’s internet-based system for with a long tradition of farm laboring. ing awards and honors for “Total determining whether employees are eli- Ortega has been in the United States Quality Service.” gible to work in the United States. UPS ever since. When the news came that UPS was told Ortega that his Social Security His upbringing in Greeley, Colo., letting him go, Ortega was devastated. number identified him as someone born was modest. His family was poor, work“It was like my whole world was ing hard for subsistence wages. After he outside the country. crumbling around me,” he says. graduated from high school, Ortega did “‘That’s strange,’ I said,” says Only a handful of states require some construction as well as gigs with Ortega. E-verify checks as mandatory for all his rock band. He settled into a job at a So began a frustrating and emotionemployers. Colorado is not one of rent-to-own store and later worked seval journey where Ortega, now 47 years them. In Colorado, only contractors for eral years for a furniture sales wareold, began to unravel family secrets that

A man without a country

Nick Ortega is having a rude awakening: He isn’t who he always thought he was by Michael de Yoanna

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the state and the city of Denver are required to undergo the checks that critics say may unfairly target workers and can be open to fraud. A Homeland Security Department study found that about half the undocumented workers checked by E-verify were deemed eligible for work. The Teamsters Union Local 705 in the Chicago area chided UPS for using E-verify to check 340,000 workers around the time Ortega was let go. In the Chicago area, at least 280 employees, including possible U.S. citizens, were reportedly dismissed, according to a statement by the union. UPS failed to return a request for comment by deadline. After his dismissal, though Ortega is unclear about whether he can work in the country, he launched his own business. “I had to do something to keep the bills paid,” he says. “This is about my family.” Yet the money from a startup isn’t as good as his old job. The family piggy bank is dwindling, Ortega says. “When I lost my job, it was like the government took away everything I worked for,” he says. “They took away the foundation for my life and family.” For his wife, Stacy Hicks, Ortega’s dismissal from UPS means she can’t be a stay-at-home mom anymore. “I feel like my son’s life has been robbed,” Hicks says. She has taken employment in the catering department of a hospital and has had to say no to her son’s requests too often lately — on holidays, on birthdays, regarding participating in sports teams. Adding to the struggle, Hicks has been diagnosed with cancer. Last winter, Hicks’ gall bladder and thyroid were removed. Amid all the medications and blood draws, Hicks feels tired often, but works at least part time in an effort to help the family make ends meet. She cries when she speaks about how hard See WITHOUT A COUNTRY Page 14

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Nick Ortega’s all-American family is hopeful that his documentation problems can be resolved. WITHOUT A COUNTRY from Page 13 Courtesy Nick Ortega

life has become for her and Ortega a citizen. Yet Ortega her family. was denied a passport. “I really think all the Now McShiras is taking stress is starting to eat away another approach, arguing in at my body,” she says. the U.S. District Court for Initially, Hicks expected Colorado that Ortega has Ortega’s legal troubles would derived citizenship based on be resolved quickly and that the fact that his father is a her family would return to natural-born American citithe lifestyle they had worked zen. That fact alone hasn’t hard for decades to establish. been enough to sway immiWith a sigh, Hicks notes gration officials who demand that her husband’s legal that Ortega also prove that his troubles began when their father resided in the United son was in Kindergarten. States for many years before Now the boy is in the fifth Ortega was born. grade. Strangely, it is easier for Nick Ortega with siblings and cousins as kids in Greeley in the “And we’re still waiting,” 1970s. Ortega to show that he has she says. resided continually in the Cases like Ortega’s United States than it is for his These cases come against a contenappear to be isolated, but not unheard of. tious political backdrop where efforts to father. Ortega’s father didn’t keep good Last week, The New York Times report- reform immigration laws have stalled for track of personal records over the years, ed the story of Mario Hernandez of prompting McShiras to turn to a priyears, mainly in the Republican-led Tallahassee, Fla., a Cuban refugee who House. Critics argue current immigration vate investigator for help. Through an came to the United States in 1965. extensive search, McShiras and Ortega laws are piecemeal, confusing and unfair Hernandez, who married and raised a while opponents of reform claim that too produced a handful of documents family as a longtime worker for the fedshowing Ortega’s father’s connections many people enter the country, settle in eral government, learned that he was not and work without respect for the law. to the nation he was born in. Many of a citizen as he had long thought after he Alex McShiras, an attorney with the those records were from Ortega’s was unable to provide the right docufather’s childhood in Texas, including a Denver-based Chan Law Firm, is trymentation for a U.S. passport. Boulder birth certificate, a baptismal record ing to get Ortega declared a citizen. Weekly has also identified a third case from 1945, an elementary school proOrtega has no criminal record and an with a similar theme — a man who was motion certificate from 1953 and an impeccable work history, McShiras adopted abroad by Americans as a child immunization form from 1962. Because notes. One strategy: to have Ortega who always thought he was a citizen but apply for a passport. The Office of U.S. his father was a laborer who often worked for cash or even for no pay at was told by officials he is not and is now Secretary of State John Kerry, which all just to contribute to the family, there working with an attorney to stay in the oversees passports, has the power to country. grant such a request, essentially making were no tax records to be found. The Boulder Weekly

news only thing that was found was a copy of an Internal Revenue Service notice that was sent to Ortega’s parents in the tax year ending in 1973. “We did what we could to piece the past together,” McShiras says. “All the people who employed his father and who could vouch for his presence in the United States have been dead now for many years. The government is saying that what we provided wasn’t enough.” On Dec. 23, 2013, Ortega received a letter denying his request for citizenship from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. “The documents you submitted are insufficient to establish that before your birth, your father, Marcelo Ortega Beltran, was physically present in the United States or its outlying possessions for a period or periods totaling not less than ten (10) years, at least five (5) of which were after attaining the age of fourteen,” Denver Field Office Director Andrew Lambrecht wrote in that letter. Ortega recalls a meeting with officials in the immigration office in Denver at the time of the denial. He had brought his father with him, but officials would not agree to meet with his father. “I worked hard on my notes, researching and putting things together,” Ortega says. “I waited three years for that interview. I thought they were going to work with me to sort this out, but they said I didn’t provide enough. I broke down crying in the office and the woman with immigration was like, ‘Didn’t you know?’ I was like, ‘What do you think I’m doing here.’ I feel like I’m just a number in a file to them. They don’t care. There’s no sympathy. It’s all about getting rid of people.” It’s not fair, McShiras adds, for immigration officials to require Ortega to submit documents on behalf of his father that likely don’t exist. McShiras is appealing the Denver immigration office’s decision in district court, leaving Ortega’s wife feeling anxious. On one hand, the family has waited so long that it seems that “it is cruel and unusual punishment” to her family, Hicks says. On the other hand, Hicks doesn’t know what might happen in court. Though there’s no indication her husband could be deported, she “worries about that every day.” If deported to Mexico, Ortega would be at a loss for what to do. He doesn’t have strong ties to the country. He speaks some Spanish, but he doesn’t read or write in the language. “It’s like I’m a man without a country,” he says. “What am I going to do? Roam around?” Ortega also fears he could be denied Boulder Weekly

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“Blending in would be like saying someone did this on purpose or was sneaking around. I hate when they say that.” Ortega voices his concerns in a typical Colorado working-class accent surrounded by the mementos in his man cave — Denver Broncos helmets, a poster of his favorite player, New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, and a weathered New York Yankees baseball. Outside his house, a brown UPS

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Two Boulder-based explorers, Eric Larsen (shown skiing, above top, and swimming, right) and Ryan Waters (above, skiing) skied and swam to the North Pole over the unconsolidated Arctic ice.

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ICE MEN from Page 21 Eric Larsen

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Waters, above, says conditions were so challenging that he wasn’t sure the expedition would successfully reach the North Pole until the day they made it there.

Larsen has dedicated years to telling stories about the Arctic, trying to help people better understand the conditions travelers there face.

Eric Larsen, who’s crossed to the North Pole twice before. This spring, Larsen went for a third trip, traveling by skis, snowshoes and the occasional swim through slush in an unsupported 500-mile expedition to the North Pole. He was accompanied by fellow explorer Ryan Waters. In the last four years, no one has successfully made the journey overland to the pole. Between storms at the start and broken sea ice at the finish, there’s an ever-shortening window in which to do it and ever-worsening conditions each step along the way. But in 53 days, from March 15 to May 8, Waters and Larsen did the seemingly impossible. “One of the things I like about polar travel, especially travel on the Arctic Ocean, is it’s unrelenting, so you always have to be on top of your game,” Larsen says. “It’s like a chess game and decisions that you make on day one or day 10 — what you eat, what you don’t eat, how you use your gear, how you step on your foot — like for me, I had a blister on the ball of my foot and I kind of let it go a little bit, and that affected me a couple days really badly. All these things have this really cumulative effect, so you always have to be assessing and reassessing. … So that’s a real challenge to be constantly on. Not just for a day or a week, but for months.” The trip was a constant push, a constant counting of the miles ahead and the hours required to cross them. There were no rest days like there are climbing mountains. They regimented their sleep, at first basing their days around building enough time for eight hours of sleep, just to stand a chance of maintaining their energy throughout the time and distance of the trip. Then they pared down to just four and a half hours a night as they pushed the last 22 May 22, 2014

180 nautical miles in 10 days. The pair tried to minimize their time in the tent resting and the time they spent cooking meals, because the drift of the sea ice would push them southward each moment they were still. At the same time they were getting less food and sleep, they went up from 10 hours a day in skis to 12, alternating each hour so each spent six a day as the one responsible for watching the horizon line, keeping track of their progress and breaking trail while the other could turn gaze to the ground and relax, a little, through an hour of just moving skis over snow and ice. Not that it was ever easy. The two men successfully crossed to the North Pole without aid in a harrowing journey across a landscape that up to the bitter end refused to show them an inch of kindness. The last three and a half miles to the pole took them eight hours to cover because of the number of stretches of open water they had to cross — a task that requires gearing up in dry suits and towing a raft of gear that occasionally was topped with a human partner. In that amount of time, they could lose two-tenths of a mile as the ice drifted. On top of it all, they started to see polar bear tracks in those last few miles and were hit with a frigid 30 mile-perhour headwind that made them feel like they were skiing uphill. Just in the time they stopped to check the GPS, they could watch the distance move backwards. “I was talking to my brother on the phone and he was asking me like, ‘When did you know you were going to get there?’ and I was like, ‘Right when we got there,’” Waters says. “To the last three, four days it wasn’t like a trip where you can say, ‘OK, just keep

going and we’re going to get there.’ I actually didn’t know if we were going to make it to the Pole, and we had done all these days and all these miles.” Larsen agrees that in the last few miles, as they repeatedly swam across open water and lost mileage in the time taken to do that, he was thinking, “We’re not going to make it, we’re going to have to stop and camp and we’re going to lose three and a half miles just in that time that we’re camping.” The expedition ended with the two facing a deadline for the last flight out of the North Pole for the season just 10 days ahead while they were still 180 miles from the pole — almost a third of the total distance of the expedition to cover in 10 days, while the previous 320 miles took them 40 to cover. “When we got to that push, and you’re like, ‘Holy shit, we have 180 miles to go and this many days,’ in my mind, I’m like, ‘I don’t think we actually can do that,’” Waters says. “Not having that real confidence that you can even do it, it’s hard to wake up in the morning and put your boots on and be like, ‘OK, I know we can get there if we just keep doing this.’ You wake up and get your boots on every morning and go, ‘I may be doing this for nothing.’” “I kind of came up with a philosophy near the end of the trip that it’s just putting in your time, and we just focus on that. The mileage will happen if we put in enough time,” Larsen says. Larsen knew what he was in for. The long time polar explorer, who now lives in Boulder, has been to the North Pole multiple times, as well as the South Pole and the summit of Mt. Everest. “For me the Arctic Ocean has

always been this really unique environment that few people understand, and it also represents one of the hardest expeditions on the planet and an expedition that few people even know about what it’s like there,” Larsen says. “So my goal has always been to tell stories of places and connect people to places, but also on a more selfish level to push and challenge myself and since that expedition is so incredibly hard and so few people have ever completed it in history, I was looking for that challenge personally but I also wanted to go back to create a documentary. That was really a big impetus for me to document that place and a style of travel that are fairly unique and I think a lot of people thought I was crazy, because they were like, ‘Why would you go back to the same place three times?’” “Especially that place,” Waters adds. “Especially that place.” Larsen agrees, and laughs. “But that’s the thing about passion, you don’t necessarily know where it comes from and when it calls, I guess I’ve always been someone who’s listened to that voice.” This would be Larsen’s first unsupported expedition — no food drops, no one to bring extra gear if something broke, no help along the way. Just the two of them carrying everything they needed, from food to fuel to a spare ski, for the duration of the trip. Waters has summitted Everest three times and skied across Antarctica, but wanted to explore the polar north. Teaming up rather than going solo meant they approached the task with double the skill sets — expeditions like these, Larsen says, aren’t won by the strongest, they require strength, fundraising skills (just their flight home from the North Pole cost more than Boulder Weekly

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so it breaks up more easily and is rougher, presenting unusual conditions that didn’t exist 10 years ago. The weather patterns are shifting, delaying departures with bad storms in early March, typically when teams set off for the poles. Waters and Larsen were delayed so many days if their flight had been pushed one more day, they’d have had to cancel the trip, knowing there wasn’t enough time to complete it. And flights out rely on large pans of ice as landing strips, and those are getting harder to find and don’t last as late in the season — at one point, planes could land in June. Now, it’s early May. Expeditions in the mid-2000s took almost 70 days on the ice. Larsen and Waters finished in 53, in part because they had to. “As much as I don’t want to be see ICE MEN Page 24

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they lost time in bad ice, but that they gained it in good ice. And on bad days, each tried to buoy the other. They talked little, except to offer a few reassurances and confirm their plans — which were always to take it in increments, to see how crossing just to the next latitude line went. “You have temper tantrums out there. You’re frustrated. When you’re cold and you’re tired and you’re hungry and you’re scared, it’s not your best foot that always goes forward, and that’s how it goes. I don’t think either one of us think any less of each other because we cried or we threw our poles or swore,” Larsen says. “Just knowing that somebody’s got your back, it helps.” A big part of Larsen’s mission with this particular expedition was getting other people involved and invested in the place and the journey. He blogged and posted to social media, trying to record in real time what was happening and get other people involved. Among the feedback he heard: “I never realized how interesting following a dot on a map would be.” He’s motivated to share the stories of these places in part because the stories he collected in his two decades of traveling in the world’s most extreme regions show that it’s getting warmer there. His start date, just 11 days later this year than his 2010 North Pole trip, began with weather 20 degrees warmer, up from minus 55 to minus 35, and the entire month of April was warmer than Boulder Weekly

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it had been four years previous. He realized in the early 2000s, as he began to explore the Arctic, just how little people know about the poles. He’s been asked questions like, how much will sea levels rise if the Arctic melts? (Answer: It won’t rise. The Arctic floats on water. It’s like asking if your glass of water will overflow when the ice cubes in it melt.) “I think people are just unaware and disconnected, and so having that kind of story unfold of people and human experience there is much more powerful,” Larsen says. “So my goal has always been to get that story out to the biggest audience possible.” To that end, they filmed the trip for a pending program on Animal Planet. Both Waters and Larsen have a long-time commitment to environmental efforts, specifically conservation and climate change issues. The message Larsen has spent years focused on is one of saving the winters and protecting the poles from climate change. Now, he’s applying the lessons from this expedition to that task. “We always kind of had this attitude, like, there will be a solution at some point, and that was, I do think, one of the reasons we were able to get through. It wasn’t that everything went perfectly, it was that we were able to deal with the adversity and the issues that arose and at some point come up with solutions that would work,” Larsen says. “Personally, I think that’s a good lesson for climate change. … Boulder Weekly

We get so bogged down that this may not work, or that this energy solution isn’t the right thing, I think the key from this trip and that lesson is, the right solution doesn’t always come, but if you keep trying, you can find a solution. And equally as important, we had our long-term goal of getting to the North Pole. To think about that goal on day one, you would go crazy. It’s impossible. It’s literally impossible and there’s nothing on day one that you have that will allow you to achieve that goal. The only reason we were able to achieve that goal is that we achieved the short-term goals, and the shortterm goals along the way helped us have the ability to reach the long-term goal — and again, the same thing with climate change. You think about, like, how are we going to get our global carbon emissions down? It’s impossible. Yeah it is, but that’s because we’re not setting these short-term goals as well. ... Let’s take the lessons here and apply that to this really important issue. … You’ve go to realize that the knowledge you need only comes through this process and you just have to be willing to accept that this process is going to be able to teach you the skills and provide the building blocks to get there.” To read more about the Last North expedition by Eric Larsen and Ryan Waters, visit http://ericlarsenexplore.com/ expedition/lastnorth. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com

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wenty-seven years ago, a handful of Boulderites decided to go a good deed: to pitch in and clean up the creek and the downtown parks surrounding it. To make it fun, they added a couple booths. Then they added a couple more. Before long, that cleanup fell by the wayside and the booths took over. The Boulder Creek Festival was born. Almost three decades later, The Boulder Creek Festival is a reverse-Godzilla, a monster that emerges from the water annually to wage fun on Boulder. From Saturday, May 24 to Monday, May 26, (Memorial Day weekend) it will transform Boulder’s downtown park blocks all the way from Ninth to Fourteenth streets into a cornucopia of games, performances, food, art, music and so much more. And while the festival has continued to grow every year, this year being no different, Communications Director Meg Denby says that organizers are careful to make those changes incremental so as not to affect the spirit or character of the annual event. “We walk the fine line of making it similar every year, because this is a beloved festival,” says Denby. And the reason Denby says it’s so beloved is that it’s so quintessentially Boulder. “It’s so, so unique,” she says. “It’s unlike anywhere else in the country. You get people from so many walks of life. There’s people on roller skates. You have people walking their parrots. Who goes to a festival with a see CREEK FESTIVAL Page 28

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parrot? People in Boulder.” The big thing perennial attendees might notice is that this year’s Boulder Creek Festival will feature more carnival rides than ever before. Denby says that the primary carnival zone at the festival’s east end will remain relatively unchanged, but that rides and games will also be interspersed throughout the rest of the grounds. “Any place we have spare space, it’s going to be some sort of ride or attraction so the lines won’t be so crazy,” says Denby. Denby says organizers also increased the number of WOW Bubbles (a sort of aquatic hamster ball for children) due to their popularity. Another change is the festival has continued down the path it started five years ago toward zero waste. That’s why if you look on the map, the two food courts aren’t just food courts, but “THE EXPERIMENTAL FOOD COURT OF TOMORROW!” a name Denby says is a play on Epcot Center at Walt Disney World in Florida. “Really, it’s a zero-waste zone,” she says. “Everything is recyclable and compostable.” No small feat for the 50 food vendors that will be at the Boulder Creek Festival. Another change from previous years has to do with flood damage. The annual Kids Fishing Derby had to be moved because the downtown fishing pond hasn’t yet been repaired. Instead, the derby will take place at Viele Lake in South Boulder. Of course, it’s a bittersweet fate that Memorial Day commemorates such voluminous tragedy, while also serving as the official kick-off for three months of camping, barbecues, lounging in hammocks, hiking, picnics, stargazing and countless other things that make one glad to be alive. That’s why a consistent part of the Boulder Creek Festival is a Salute to Veterans Program as part of its festivities over Memorial Day weekend. “There’s so much going on during Memorial Day weekend that we don’t want to distract from what the day is all about,” says Denby. The program will recognize Boulder’s veterans throughout history, offer information for new veterans

looking to connect with one another or cope with being back home, and feature a performance from the Boulder Concert Band. But as with all beautiful summer days, it’s hard to feel sad for too long, and the memorial part of Memorial Day will quickly be overshadowed by the unmitigated joy of summer fun. And if you’re looking to overdose on fun, one way to do so is the enormous line up of live music that is part of the Boulder Creek Festival. There will be a launch party performance at the Central Park Bandshell from U2 tribute act Under a Blood Red Sky and then starting Saturday as soon as the gates open, there will be dozens of bands playing on four stages. Everything from the lounge blues of The Delta Sonics, to the African marimbas of Kutandara to the experimental hip hop of Wheelchair Sports Camp, a band fronted by the 3-foot-6-inch, 53-pound, wheelchair-bound and foul-mouthed MC Kalyn “T-Minus Katlyn” Heffernan that is one of Colorado’s best and most unusual music acts. The full schedule of music and events can be found on page 29. If you’re looking for something a bit more unusual to keep you entertained, then be sure to check out one of the Boulder Creek Festival’s marquis events: the Expand Duck Race, in which thousands of rubber ducks will race down Boulder Creek from the 9th Street bridge to the finish line at the Peace Garden. Anyone who wants to sponsor a duck can do so for a $5 donation that will go to benefit the Boulder Parks & Recreation Expand Program, which provides recreational and cultural opportunities for people with disabilities. The Expand Duck Race will go down Monday, May 26 at 4 p.m. But you don’t need to sponsor a duck to enjoy the race. In fact, according to Denby, you don’t really need to spend anything to have fun at the festival as so many of the events are free, including tons of free samples from various food booths. Morning Star Farms will even be giving out halfsized veggie burgers for free. “You’ll practically be able to get a free meal out of samples,” says Denby. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com Boulder Weekly

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overtones Colorado’s favorite band

The Naked and Famous don’t do anything half-assed by Josh Gross

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few months back, a link was circulating around the internet as links are wont to do. It was a data-map of the U.S. that used streaming data from Spotify to assess which musicians had the most unique listeners in each state — its “favorite band.” Some listings were obvious based on regional origins. Phish took Vermont. Springsteen ruled New Jersey. Folk wunderkinds The Head and the Heart took their home state of Washington. And in a comedic twist, Alabama’s favorite act was The Civil Wars. But in Colorado, the results were The Naked and Famous, fully-clothed and still lesser-known less predictable. Instead of any of the Americana, jam or EDM acts that thrive in the region, the most uniquely watching One Temporary Escape, The government sponsored arts programs, streamed band was New Zealand synNaked and the Famous’ live concert New Zealand’s music scene is only thpop act The Naked and Famous. film on YouTube, to see what Powers financially viable for those doing corpo“We had no idea. That was just out means when he says it’s difficult. The rate gigs, a system that becomes a trap of the blue,” says The Naked and film is a sonic and visual assault, with a for bands focused on the local industry, Famous singer and guitarist Thom complex dance of lights and video proas it’s a shock for them once they reach Powers. “It’s not like we go to Colorado jections to highlight the indietronica abroad and discover how small their and have exponentially large shows, so vibe of songs that take the sonic palworld is and how unprepared they are it’s pretty crazy.” ettes of Radiohead’s Kid A and infuse to navigate outside it. Powers isn’t just being modest. them with a punch of punk energy. Until earlier this month, the band When the band swings through the Powers says that in many ways, the hadn’t been back to New Zealand since region for its only in-state show this insistence on playing live is not a good 2010, doing hundreds of dates on the week, it will play not at Red Rocks or decision. In addition to the increased road and settling in Los Angeles to the Pepsi Center or any of the other difficulty of precisely performing all work on an album. After that absense, mega-venues you’d expect “Colorado’s that technical electronic minutiae Powers didn’t know what to expect. favorite band” to fill, but at the much onstage, even in smaller venues like The “That’s an indication of how small more modestly sized Boulder Theater, it is,” Powers says. “The moment you Boulder Theater. the audience is leave it, you don’t know what’s going on ON THE BILL: The Naked But that’s probatoo far away to there anymore.” and Famous. 8 p.m. Tuesday, bly better for a band know what chords But not knowing what New May 27. All ages. $25. The like The Naked and he’s playing on the Zealand, or the future in general, holds, Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030. the Famous anyhow. guitar, or to be is something Powers and company are While similar-soundable to see just growing more comfortable with. ing uptempo, synthwhat tiny little “It’s really hard to see where you’re based and dance-rock buttons the band’s going to end up,” he says. “I think I’ve acts are making heavier use of backing resident synth-wizard, Aaron Short, is given up on trying to predict. I think I tracks and computer synchronization, pressing. But Powers says that at the used to, because I was young and stupid the sort of technology that is now end of the day, the fully-live execution and arrogant. Each year, I’m more almost requisite to coordinate perforisn’t really for the audience. uncertain about what the future is and mances at a venue larger than a club, “That whole side of things is really I’m learning to be more momentary.” The Naked and the Famous insist on for our mental satisfaction,” he says. That means he doesn’t know what doing their shows old school: by actual- “To know we’re mastering our craft.” The Naked and Famous will sound like ly performing the music live. “At no point are we ever trying to in a decade, or even what it’s next “Nowadays, it’s just a given that half-ass anything,” he adds. album will sound like. there’s backing tracks,” says Powers. “I And that work ethic is something But if there is one thing to be sure think there’s laziness on behalf of the Powers credits to the band’s formative of, it’s that the band won’t hold anymusicians or the people producing the years in New Zealand. thing back when it plays at the live show on figuring out how to per“It wasn’t an easy place to leave. Boulder Theater. After all, The Naked form. I sympathize, because it’s difficult And it wasn’t an easy place to succeed and the Famous are “Colorado’s favorto figure out how to do it.” in,” he says. ite band.” It only takes a few minutes of Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com Powers says with the exception of Boulder Weekly

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Wiktor Górka’s poster for Cat Ballou

Witold Janowki’s poster for Oklahoma!

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Uncensored posters from Communist Poland recast traditional western imagery by Elizabeth Miller

hen the tight squeeze of Communist regime censorship applied itself to art in Poland, trained artists turned their hands to the unmonitored medium of poster production. Communist leaders believed that posters for cultural events, like film, opera, theatre and the circus, couldn’t threaten their rule. So from the late 1940s until the June 1989 elections that turned the tide on the Communist party in Poland — in a landslide election fueled by a poster featuring Gary Cooper in High Noon — posters were one of few forms of individual artistic expression available in the country. As a result, they became intensely creative works, loaded with personal expression and, at times, political commentary delivered through coded metaphors that recast traditional Western images — a cowboy, a horse, a gun.

“This kind of iconography immediately relates to the viewer that this is a film about the West and the American West in particular, but ... these images in some way speak to different issues or there can be a subversive nature to the use of the images, depending on the particular artist,” says Darrin Alfred, associate curator of architecture, design and graphics at the Denver Art Museum, which has 28 original lithographs from the Autry National Center of the American West on display for Rebranded: Polish Film Posters for the American Western. The exhibit, staged in an all-too-easily-overlooked gallery, presents a foreign commentary on scenes more classically depicted in the neighboring galleries of contemporary Western American art. It’s a rollicking exploration of subversion through subtext and visual metaphor that occasionally turns outright explicit

Tomasz Sarnecki’s “Solidarnoxc,” Polish election poster based on the film High Noon

in its rebellion against an oppressive government that responded to labor strikes and student protests by killing strikers and detaining tens of thousands of political prisoners. In the hands of these Polish artists, the ever-vigilant cowboy at times serves as a symbol of independence and solitary strength, but could also connote the watchful eyes of the procommunist officials and the secret police. In posters for Major Dundee, The Missouri Breaks and Bad Day at Black Rock, white eyes beam forward in contrast to figures painted in dark shades of blue and brown. People literally chomping at the bit for freedom find a metaphor in wild horses, who rear up in posters for The Rounders and The Misfits. For The Misfits, the artist zeroed in on the moment in the film the mustangs too small to ride are rounded up to be made into dog food. Eyes wide and nostrils flared, the horses strain against invisible hands and the reach of death to those too weak to work and a life of servitude for those strong enough to live it. While these posters may have made subtle jabs at the Communist government, Alfred says, “it wasn’t necessarily meant to be this image or this product

Marian Terechowicz’s poster for Tom Horn

that was going to turn people’s minds in Poland about the Communist regime. ... I don’t think they ever felt this was a true political art form.” In fact, when he created the poster that would be emblematic for the democratic movement for decades to follow, Tomasz Sarnecki was just a graduate student at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts. Thirty years of economic difficulty and social unrest had followed after Russian forces, which came in to wipe out Nazi rule, left a Communist regime in Poland as they retreated. When Polish workers founded the first independent trade union in the Soviet Bloc, the Solidarity party, in 1980, nearly a third of the nation joined. Communist leaders, pressured by Mikhail Gorbachev (hoping to share power with a movement he couldn’t seem to squelch), the West and continued social unrest, allowed Solidarity party leaders to participate in the 1989 parliamentary elections. For the Solidarity party, a get-out-the-vote movement was key, and they used posters for High Noon — a 1952 film from America, to do just that. Sarnecki, the grad student, had cresee POSTERS Page 34

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Jerzy Jaworowski’s poster for the film The Misfits

Maciej Hibner’s poster for the film Bad Day at Black Rock

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ated the poster, and his professor gave it only his imprisoned future in the poster to a Solidarity activist. for Tom Horn, which shows a monoRed lettering at the top proclaims not chromatic brown cowboy with jail bars the name of the film, but the name of where his eyes would be and a red sun the Solidarity party. Gary Cooper, as the shining through them, about to set. sheriff who rose alone to defend his town “They were a creative output for against a paralyzing fear, strides toward these Polish artists, but also these images the viewer with not a gun, but a ballot in and these posters were sort of represenhis hand and wears a Solidarity badge on tations or a distillation of a particular his vest near his silver star. moment or an idea within the film, and The slogan at his feet reads: “It’s you really didn’t get that in the High Noon, June 4, 1989,” the date of American marketing and posters,” those first semi-free elections. The postAlfred says. er covered fences, kiosks and walls the Pressure from government censors days before the election. (By the time can be partially credited for creating Cooper’s face was covering the streets of these artworks — had artists been able Poland, he’d been dead 28 years.) to choose other art forms, they might The Solidary party won victories in not have built what would become that election that are credited as pivotal known as the Polish Poster School. for democratic movements throughout “It was a viable career opportunity at central and eastern Europe. the time for these artists to be able to do Set aside the this work, get paid gravitas granted by well, and have their ON THE BILL: Rebranded: the historical signifiwork out in the street Polish Film Posters for the cance of these postfor people to see,” American Western is on view at ers and they still Alfred says. “There the Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, through June shine as brilliantly wasn’t a gallery sys1. Details and ticket information creative and bold in tem then. … Many are available at www. their graphic choices. of these artists were denverartmuseum.org. Take Witold that, they were artJanowski’s poster for ists, they weren’t Oklahoma!, in which trained as graphic a barely outlined human form is drawn designers. This was one of the only ways in with a hat and a silhouetted hand over of them to be able to show their work to a larger audience.” a guitar and a wide open mouth formed With the end of Communist rule by the letter O at the start of the title, came the end of the era of poster art, evocative of Curly bellowing that long Alfred says, “Which is kind of ironic “O” at the start of “Ooooooklahoma.” because you think about this instance They’re innovative in their use of symbolism — for Jerry Flisak’s poster for where things are so controlled and edited and censored and you’ve got this great art El Dorado, the drunken sheriff fills the form that comes out of it. And then as frame in bright, comic-book colors, soon as that ends and the borders of the clutching a crutch instead of a rifle and country are opened, Hollywood obviouswearing a whisky bottle at the peak of ly came back into play in the country, the his Stetson. Man and machine become films weren’t being distributed by the synonymous in the poster for Support government any longer, and so there realYour Local Sheriff!, which shows a hand ly was less of an interest in having these cocked like a gun, the single finger that points away from the fist turned into the artists do that type of work.” Respond:letters@boulderweekly.com barrel of a gun. A cowboy seems to see 34 May 22, 2014

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Thursday, May 22 Music Andy Palmer. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628. Arthur Lee Land & gogoLab. 7:30 p.m. Ferg’s Inn, 349 Main St., Lyons, 703-4052481. Bluegrass Pick. 6 p.m. Twisted Pine Brewing Company, 3201 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-786-9270. Cassie Taylor Band. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel & Home of the Blues, 800 28th St., Boulder, 303-443-3322. David Booker. 5:30 p.m. Kettle & Stone Brewing Company, 6880 Winchester Circle, Boulder, 303-530-0642. The Dukes of Winter. 5:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Homemade Liquids and Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303-485-9400. Jababa. 6:30 p.m. St Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696. Jill Cohn. 7:30 p.m. Larry’s Guitar Shop, 508 5th Ave., Longmont, 720-340-4169. Matty Graziano and the River Session Concord. 8 p.m. Jamestown Mercantile Cafe, 108 Main St., Jamestown, 303-442-5847. Pete Kartsounes. 8 p.m. Shine Restaurant & Gathering Place, 2027 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-0120. The Prairie Scholars: Brews & Tunes. 5 p.m. Sanitas Brewing Company, 3550 Frontier Ave., Boulder, 303-442-4130. The Railsplitters. 6 p.m. Upslope Brewing Co. (Flatiron Park), 1898 S. Flatiron Ct, Ste. 110, Boulder, 303-396-1898. Stephen Thurston Band. 8 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-4491922. Swollen Members. 9 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1128 13th St., Boulder, 303-447-0095. Third Stream. 10 p.m. Pioneer Inn, 15 E. First St., Nederland, 303-258-7733. Thursday Open Mic. 7 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 720297-6397. Watersong. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 North Park Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757.

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Friday, May 23: BETC presents a staged reading of Full Code by David Valdes Greenwood, Shine Restaurant, 2027 13th St., Boulder. 7 p.m.

Sunday, May 25: Thai Rivera at Comedy Works, 1226 15th St., Denver. 7 p.m.

Wednesday, May 28: Rick Reilly’s Tiger, Meet My Sister, Tattered Cover Book Store, 2526 E. Colfax Ave., Denver. 7:30 p.m.

Los Angeles-based Thai Rivera is the current titleholder at the World Series of Comedy competition in Las Vegas and has performed in comedy shows all over the nation, on Comedy Central and abroad, pushing a personal brand of mildly grumpy, anti-PC blunt honesty that almost everyone can begrudgingly agree with. He’ll be performing in Denver for one night only.

Eleven-time national sportswriter of the year, Rick Reilly will be reading from and signing his new book Tiger, Meet My Sister... And Other Things I Probably Shouldn’t Have Said, a collection of the best of his columns while working with ESPN for the last five years as a front page columnist. This book is the latest of Reilly’s 10 books, including New York Times best sellers Hate Mail from Cheerleaders, Missing Links and Who’s Your Caddy?

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Arvada Fine Guild Annual Spring Membership Exhibition. Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities. 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada. 720-898-7200. Through June 1. The Art of Data. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art. 1750 13th St., Boulder, 303-4432122.Through July 6. PAPER/PRODUCT: Portfolios from the Polly and Mark Addison Collection. CU Art Museum, 1085 18th St., Boulder, 303492-8300. Through June 21.

sity Avenue, Boulder, 303-447-1633. Through June 1. Language of the Forest. Artist Linda Everson. Muse Gallery, 356 Main St., Longmont, 303678-7869. Through June 28.

Photography — Features the work of Kate Zari Roberts. NCAR, Addie Wagenknecht, Net Blink, 2014 3090 Center Green Drive, Boulder, 303497-1000. Through May 31.

American West: Selections from the CU Art Museum’s permanent Collection. CU Art Museum, 1085 18th St., Boulder, 303-492-8300. Through June 14. Epic — Artist Joseph Stashkevetch. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-8655000. Through July 13.

Pastels and Digital Art — Artists Terrihammer. NCAR, 3090 Center Green Drive, Boulder, 303497-1000. Through May 31. The Material Body — Segna Nengudi. MCA Denver, 1485 Delgany St., Denver, 303-298-7554. Through July 13 A Recognizable Disguise — Artists Adam Milner, Laura Chill and Joel Swanson. Firehouse Art Center, 667 Fourth Ave., Longmont, 303651-2787. Through June 13.

Modern Masters: The exhibition The Art of Data will 20th Century Icons be on display at the Boulder Museum from the Albrightof Contemporary Art until July 6. Knox Art Gallery — Features works Rebranded: Polish collected by Vincent Film Posters for the van Gogh, Pablo American Western. Denver Art Museum, 100 Picasso, and more. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000. W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000. Through June 1. Through June 8. Seen in Passing — Artist Chuck Forsman. New Growth — Artist Rashid Johnson. MCA Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 1485 Delgany St., Denver, 303-298Denver, 720-865-5000. Through May 25. 7554. Through June 15. One Thing Leads to Another — Artist Gayle Crites. BMoCA at Macky, 17th Street and Univer-

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Events Boulder Salsa Social plus Blues & WCS. 6:30 p.m. Village Arts Coalition, 6185 Arapahoe Road, Boulder, 303-440-8303.

Great American Taxi. 9 p.m. Gold Hill Inn, 401 Main St., Boulder, 303-443-6461.

Demystifying UX Design. 6 p.m. Boulder Digital Arts, 1600 Range St., Suite 100, Boulder, 303-800-4647.

HoneyTree. 6 p.m. Espresso Vino by Brewing Market, 2770 Dagny Way, Lafayette, 720-890-3993.

Friday, May 23

Hornbuckle. 7 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 720-297-6397.

Americana Highway. 10 p.m. West Flanders Brewery, 1125 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-BREW. Bear. 6 p.m. Red Frog Coffee, 15 Ken Pratt Blvd., Suite 200, Longmont, 303-772-7209.

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Goonies. 10 p.m. Bohemian Biergarten, 2017 13th St., Boulder, 720-328-8328.

Dancelympics. Bohemian Biergarten, 2017 13th St., Boulder, 720-328-8328.

Music

Monday - Friday: 10:00AM - 7:00PM Saturday: 10:00AM - 4:00PM Sunday: 10:00AM - 4:00PM

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

Bonnie Lowdermilk. 6 p.m. Sun Rose Cafe, 379 Main St., Longmont, 303-651-3533.

The Indulgers. 8 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922. Jon McCartan. 8 p.m. Whistler’s Cafe, 121 S. Jefferson St., Nederland, 303-258-0614. Late Nights Launch Party. 9 p.m. Illegal Pete’s Boulder, 1447 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-3955.

Danny Shafer. 6 p.m. CHUBurger, 1225 Ken Pratt Blvd., Longmont, 303-485-2482.

Lionel Young Band. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Homemade Liquids and Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303485-9400.

DJ Bedz. 8 p.m. Press Play, 1005 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-442-2176.

The Nice Work Jazz Combo. 7 p.m. Caffe Sole, 637R S. Broadway St., Boulder, 303-499-2985.

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

The No-Brainers (Galloway, Grant & Ramsey). 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-8236685.

Fly Paper. 8 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel & Home of the Blues, 800 28th St., Boulder, 303-443-3322. Gilmore Boys. 9 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.

The Pamlico Sound. 9 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1128 13th St., Boulder, 303-447-0095. The Prairie Scholars: Tacos & Tequila. 8:30 p.m.

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Talmadge Clay. 5:30 p.m. Kettle & Stone Brewing Company, 6880 Winchester Circle, Boulder, 303-530-0642. Todd Adelman & the Country Mile. 9 p.m. Waterloo, 809 Main St., Louisville, 303-993-2094. Whiskey Tango. 10 p.m. The Lazy Dog Sports Bar & Grill, 1346 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-3355. Wonderlic. 10 p.m. Pioneer Inn, 15 E. First St., Nederland, 303-258-7733.

Events Boulder International Folk Dance. 7:30 p.m. Village Arts Coalition, 6185 Arapahoe Road, Boulder, 303-4408303. CFOOTMAD — Denver Community Contra Dance. 8 p.m. Village Arts Coalition, 6185 Arapahoe Road, Boulder, 303-440-8303. Conversaciones en espa�ol at Immigrant Legal Center. 4 p.m. Boulder Library Main Branch, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100. Faculty Night at Crystal Springs Brewing Company. 4 p.m. Crystal Springs Brewing Company, 657 S. Taylor Ave., Unit E, Louisville, 303-665-8888. Tango Practica at BTS. 8 p.m. Village Arts Coalition, 6185 Arapahoe Road, Boulder, 303-440-8303.

Saturday, May 24 Music

BodyMantra. 10:30 a.m. Village Arts Coalition, 6185 Arapahoe Road, Boulder, 303-440-8303. Boulder Folders: Learn Origami. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Library Reynolds Branch, 3595 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, 303-441-3120. Calico and Boots. 7 p.m. Village Arts Coalition, 6185 Arapahoe Road, Boulder, 303-440-8303. Conversations in English at Alfalfa’s. 4 p.m. Boulder Library Main Branch, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303441-3100. Radiate Unified Dance Party. 8:30 p.m. Shine Restaurant & Gathering Place, 2027 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-0120. School of Rock. 12 p.m. Bohemian Biergarten, 2017 13th St., Boulder, 720-328-8328.

Tango Nigth at BTS. 9 p.m. Village Arts Coalition, 6185 Arapahoe Road, Boulder, 303-440-8303.

Ash Ganley. 6 p.m. Gravity Brewing, 1150 Pine St., Unit B, Louisville, 303-544-0746.

WOW — Women of Wisdom at Meadows. 2:30 p.m. Boulder Library Meadows Branch, 4800 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-441-4390.

Derek Sensale. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628. DJ Bedz. 8 p.m. Press Play, 1005 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-442-2176. Doctor Robert — Beatles tribute band. 7 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 720-297-6397. Dr. Doctor. 6:30 p.m. Bittersweet Cafe & Confections, 836 Main St., Louisville, 303-317-5522.

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Acoustic Jam. 4 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922. Anniversary Party. 7 p.m. Stage Stop, Main Street, Rollinsville, 303-258-0649. Blackdog & Son. 10 a.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685. Bluegrass Explosion. 9 p.m. Mountain Sun Pub, 1535 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-546-0886. Bluegrass Pick. 12 p.m. Oskar Blues Homemade Liquids and Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303-4859400. Blues Jam with The Heavy Cats. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel & Home of the Blues, 800 28th St., Boulder, 303-443-3322.

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

Country Dog. 5 p.m. Gold Hill Inn, 401 Main St., Boulder, 303-443-6461.

FoxFeather. 5:30 p.m. Kettle & Stone Brewing Company, 6880 Winchester Circle, Boulder, 303-530-0642.

David Booker. 5 p.m. CHUBurger, 1225 Ken Pratt Blvd., Longmont, 303-485-2482.

Jababa. 10 p.m. The Lazy Dog Sports Bar & Grill, 1346 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-3355.

The Drifter Band. 9 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.

Jake Loggins Band. 8 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel & Home of the Blues, 800 28th St., Boulder, 303-443-3322.

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

King Cardinal. 9 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.

Hobo Swagger. 9 p.m. Left Hand Brewing Company, 1265 Boston Ave., Longmont, 303-772-0258.

Late Nights Launch Party with The Gin Doctors. 9 p.m. Illegal Pete’s Boulder, 1447 Pearl St., Boulder, 303440-3955.

Marcelo Moxy. 5 p.m. Shine Restaurant & Gathering Place, 2027 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-0120.

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Dustin Moran. 9 p.m. Waterloo, 809 Main St., Louisville, 303-993-2094.

New Ancient Music: Theory and Practice. 7 p.m. The Caritas Spiritist Center, 5723 Arapahoe Ave., Suite 1A, Boulder, 303-449-3066.

Events

Andy Sydow. 8 p.m. CyclHOPS, 600 S. Airport Road, Longmont, 303-776-BIKE.

Danny Shafer. 6 p.m. Oskar Blues Tasty Weasel Tap Room, 1800 Pike Road, Unit B, Longmont, 303-7761914.

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Trio Con Brio. 6:30 p.m. St Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696.

Settembre Cellars Tasting Room Grand Opening. 1 p.m. Settembre Cellars, 1501 Lee Hill Road, #16, Boulder, 303-532-1892.

Dames. 8 p.m. Jamestown Mercantile Cafe, 108 Main St., Jamestown, 303-442-5847.

Shogun Mojo. 10 p.m. Attic Bar & Bistro, 949 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-415-1300.

All Breed Open Horse Show. 7 a.m. Boulder County Fairgrounds, 9595 Nelson Road, Longmont, 720-8646460.

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Sherefe-Arabic Mediterranean Fusion. 7 p.m. Caffe Sole, 637R S. Broadway St., Boulder, 303-499-2985.

The 14ers. 5 p.m. Left Hand Brewing Company, 1265 Boston Ave., Longmont, 303-772-0258.

Caribou Mountain Collective. 8 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922.

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Soul School. 7 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 North Park Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757.

The Prairie Scholars: Dinner Music. 6 p.m. Fresh Thymes Eatery, 2500 30th St. #101, Boulder, 303-9557988.

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Sam Barnhill. 7 p.m. Bittersweet Cafe & Confections, 836 Main St., Louisville, 303-317-5522.

Paul Sullivan. 7 p.m. Odd 13 Brewing, 301 E. Simpson St., Lafayette, 303-997-4164.

Rob Roper. 6 p.m. Jamestown Mercantile Cafe, 108 Main St., Jamestown, 303-442-5847.

The Nom de guerres. 10 p.m. Pioneer Inn, 15 E. First St., Nederland, 303-258-7733.

Psychodillo. 6 p.m. Upslope Brewing Company, 1501 Lee Hill Road, Unit #20, Boulder, 303-449-2911.

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Przybyszewski 7:30 p.m. Tattered Cover Book Store. 2510 East Colfax Ave., Denver, 303-322-7727.

Justin Petropoulos, Aby Kaupang and Matt Cooperman. 7:30 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe, 1203 13th St., Suite A, Boulder, 303-495-3303.

From Our Shelves Fiction Bookclub Meeting — Americanah. 7 p.m. Boulder Book Store. 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303447-2074.

Is that Me Yelling? — by Rora Renner. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store. 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303447-2074.

Original Mind — by Dee Joy Coulter. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store. 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303447-2074.

All the Light We Cannot See — by Anthony Doerr 7:30 p.m. Tattered Cover Book Store. 2510 East Colfax Ave., Denver, 303322-7727. Sunday, May 25 Pace Goodman. 1:30 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe. 1203 13th St., Suite A, Boulder, 303-495-3303.

Anthony Doerr will be signing and talking about his book All the Lights We Cannot See at the The Tattered Cover on Thursday, May 22.

Tuesday, May 27 Active Minds Lecture: The Mayans. 5:30 p.m. Tattered Cover Book Store. 2510 East Colfax Ave., Denver, 303-322-7727. The Lost Art of the Dress — by Linda

Weekly Open Poetry Reading. 7 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe. 1203 13th St., Suite A, Boulder, 303-495-3303. Wednesday, May 28

What Are You Waiting For? — by Kristen Moeller. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-2074. Tiger, Meet My Sister — by Rick Reiley 7:30 p.m. Tattered Cover Book Store. 2526 East Colfax Ave., Denver, 303-322-7727.

EVENTS from Page 39 Pete Kartsounes. 2 p.m. Dickens Tavern, 300 Main St., Longmont, 303-834-9384. PicturePlane, DJ Dog Dick. 9 p.m. Madelife, 2000 21st St., Boulder, 303-927-0802. Scott Von. 5 p.m. Left Hand Brewing Company, 1265 Boston Ave., Longmont, 303-772-0258. Singer Songwriter Showcase. 12 p.m. Cannon Mine Coffee, 210 S. Public Road, Lafayette, 303-665-0625. Steve Manshel. 5:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Homemade Liquids and Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303485-9400. Taylor Radio. 8 p.m. Lyons Fork, 450 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-5014. Traditional Irish Music Open Session. 7 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922. Trio Soles de Mexico. 8 p.m. CyclHOPS, 600 S. Airport Road, Longmont, 303-776-BIKE.

Events Boulder Israeli Dance. 7 p.m. Village Arts Coalition, 6185 Arapahoe Road, Boulder, 303-440-8303. Comedy Night. 7 p.m. Bohemian Biergarten, 2017 13th St., Boulder, 720-328-8328.

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SW@G (Sunday Wii @ GRB). 2 p.m. Boulder Library Reynolds Branch, 3595 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, 303441-3120.

Monday, May 26 Music Bluegrass Jam. 7:30 p.m. Twelve Degree Brewery, 820 Main St., Louisville, 720-638-1623. Electric Blues Jam. 7:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Homemade Liquids and Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303485-9400. Left Coast Country. 9 p.m. Southern Sun, 627 S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-543-0886. Open Mic. 7:30 p.m. Johnny’s Cigar Bar, 1801 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-0884. Pick ‘n’ Brew. 8 p.m. West Flanders Brewery, 1125 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-BREW.

Events BolderBoulder 10k Race. 7 a.m. Boulder. Citizenship classes at Immigrant Legal Center. 6:30 p.m. Boulder Library Main Branch, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.

Jess’s Tango Lesson. 6 p.m. Village Arts Coalition, 6185 Arapahoe Road, Boulder, 303-440-8303.

Conversations in English Literary Discussions. 3 p.m. Boulder Library Main Branch, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.

Memorial Day Mountain Music Fest & Barbecue. 12 p.m. Gold Hill Inn, 401 Main St., Boulder, 303-443-6461.

Geeks Who Drink. 7 p.m. Twisted Pine Brewing Company, 3201 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-786-9270.

Movement Mass. 10:45 a.m. Village Arts Coalition, 6185 Arapahoe Road, Boulder, 303-440-8303.

Memorial Day Mountain Music Fest & Barbecue. 12 p.m. Gold Hill Inn, 401 Main St., Boulder, 303-443-6461.

School of Rock. 12 p.m. Bohemian Biergarten, 2017 13th St., Boulder, 720-328-8328.

Scandinavian Weekly Dance. 7:30 a.m. Village Arts Coalition, 6185 Arapahoe Road, Boulder, 303-440-8303.

Scottish Country Dancers of Colorado. 4:30 p.m. Village Arts Coalition, 6185 Arapahoe Road, Boulder, 303-440-8303.

Scottish Country Dancers of Colorado. 7 p.m. Village Arts Coalition, 6185 Arapahoe Road, Boulder, 303-4408303.

Silent Film Screening. 3 p.m. Boulder Library Meadows Branch, 4800 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-441-4390.

Spillover Milonga. 6:30 p.m. Village Arts Coalition, 6185 Arapahoe Road, Boulder, 303-440-8303.

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events Trivia Night. 9 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922.

Tuesday, May 27 Music Bluegrass Pick. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685.

6185 Arapahoe Road, Boulder, 303-440-8303. Understanding Modern Politics: A Conservative View. 6:30 p.m. ATLAS Building, Room 100, University of Colorado, Boulder.

Wednesday, May 28 Music

Gasoline Lollipops. 9 p.m. Waterloo, 809 Main St., Louisville, 303-993-2094.

Andrew Wynne. 7 p.m. Dickens Tavern, 300 Main St., Longmont, 303-834-9384.

The Heavy Cats. 10 p.m. Attic Bar & Bistro, 949 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-415-1300.

Blues Jam. 10 p.m. Pioneer Inn, 15 E. First St., Nederland, 303-258-7733.

The Naked And Famous. 9 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030.

Grant Farm. 9 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1128 13th St., Boulder, 303-447-0095.

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

Liz Longley. 8 p.m. Shine Restaurant & Gathering Place, 2027 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-0120.

Open Mic. 10 p.m. Pioneer Inn, 15 E. First St., Nederland, 303-258-7733.

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

Open Mic Night. 8 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922.

Nelson Rangell. 7 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 North Park Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757.

Open Mic Night. 6 p.m. Twisted Pine Brewing Company, 3201 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-786-9270.

Open Bluegrass Pick. 9 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922.

The Prairie Scholars: Dinner Music. 6 p.m. Dicken’s Tavern, 300 Main St., Longmont, 303-834-9384.

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

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

Wednesday Night Blues. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 North Park Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757.

Tuesday Open Mic. 7 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 720-297-6397.

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Events Boulder World Affairs Discussion Group at Meadows. 10 a.m. Boulder Library Meadows Branch, 4800 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-441-4390. Das Boot Trivia. 8 p.m. Bohemian Biergarten, 2017 13th St., Boulder, 720-328-8328. French Table. 6:30 p.m. Bohemian Biergarten, 2017 13th St., Boulder, 720-328-8328. Geeks Who Drink Trivia. 7 p.m. Oskar Blues Homemade Liquids and Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303-485-9400. Tuesday Fiction Writers. 6:30 p.m. Boulder Library Meadows Branch, 4800 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303441-4390.

ATLAS Performing Arts Showcase. 7:30 p.m. Black Box Theater, Roser ATLAS building, University of Colorado, Boulder, 303-492-6511. Boulder Folders: Learn Origami. 1 p.m. Boulder Library Reynolds Branch, 3595 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, 303441-3120. Cosmology and Modern Physics. 7 p.m. Boulder Library Meadows Branch, 4800 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-441-4390. Karaoke Night. 9 p.m. Attic Bar & Bistro, 949 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-415-1300. Open Mic. 6:30 p.m. Cannon Mine Coffee, 210 S. Public Road, Lafayette, 303-665-0625. Single Dating Night with Marcus Lucas. 7 p.m. Bohemian Biergarten, 2017 13th St., Boulder, 720-328-8328.

Tuesday Night Swing. 7:30 p.m. Village Arts Coalition,

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Shrek the Musical. Boulder’s Dinner Theatre, 5501 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-4496000. Through Sept. 6. The Great Gatsby — Regional Premiere. Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities. 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada. 720-898-7200. Through May 25. The Sound of Music. Jesters Dinner Theatre. 224 Main St., Longmont, 303-682-9980.

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film A perfect gentleman

‘Fading Gigolo’ revisits the world’s oldest profession by Michael J. Casey

ading Gigolo, which opened The Boulder International Film Festival in February and is now enjoying a theatrical run, begins in a truly unexpected fashion: a pimp and his hoe discussing business while packing up a used bookstore. The pimp, Murray (Woody Allen), offhandedly mentions that his dermatoloMrs. Robinson, are you trying to pay me for sex? gist, Dr. Parker (Sharon Stone), and her friend, Selima (Sofía Vergara), are looking for a guy to have a ménage-aMurray suggests that Fioravante take on trois. Murray is a bit old for the task, a third client, Avigal (Vanessa Paradis), but he offers the services of his hoe, a young widow leading a lonely exisFioravante ( John Turturro). A logical tence raising her children. Their first proposition, if Fioravante was a male meeting tenderly shatters her world. No prostitute, but he’s not. At least, not yet. money is exchanged, no sex is involved, Fioravante takes the gig, and the Fioravante simply caresses her bare back role of gigolo fits him like a glove. Dr. and for the first time, she realizes that Parker soon falls under his spell, as does she has never been touched. All three Selima. With this success under his belt, women want one thing: to be appreciat-

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BIG MEN On May 28, 7 p.m., join a Skype Q&A with director Rachel Boynton. The film’s central story follows a small group of American explorers at Dallas-based oil company Kosmos Energy. Between 2007 and 2011, with unprecedented, independent access, Big Men’s two-person crew filmed inside the oil company as Kosmos and its partners discovered and developed the first commercial oil field in Ghana’s history. Simultaneously, the crew filmed in the swamps of Nigeria’s Niger Delta, following the exploits of a militant gang to reveal another side of the economy of oil: people trying to profit in any way possible, because they’ve given up on waiting for the money to trickle down. So what happens when a group of hungry people discover a massive and exquisitely rare pot of gold in one of the poorest places on earth? At Boedecker. — Boedecker Theater

LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON Ryota Nonomiya is a successful businessman driven by money. When he learns that his biological son was switched with another child after birth, he must make a life-changing decision and choose his true son or the boy he

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ed. Their existence and sexual desires have become habit. Fioravante changes all that by simply looking at them and touching them. The premise of Fading Gigolo is utterly preposterous — in what world would a woman pay John Turturro for sex? Sofía Vergara and Sharon Stone want to have a three-way, but they can’t find a man to join in? They are willing to pay? All movies require the audience to suspend some amount of disbelief, but Fading Gigolo almost goes too far. Almost. It manages to remain plausible by existing in a world where husbands are indifferent to their wives, so the wives must take matters into their own hands. Dr. Parker explains that her husband is rarely home because he is a mountain climber. I’m inclined to believe that “mountain climbing” is

raised as his own. “A tender poem about the ebb and flow of paternal love.” — The Telegraph. At Boedecker. — Boedecker Theater

LOVE IS IN THE AIR (AMOUR & TURBULENSES) In this delightful French romantic comedy, soon-to-be-married Julie and continent-hopping playboy Antoine find themselves seated next to each other on a first class flight to Paris — but it isn’t a welcome arrangement. He broke her heart three years prior, and they haven’t spoken since. Over the course of the flight, their verbal sparring catches the attention of the other passengers, who are amused by the live soap opera happening in front of them. Alternating between real time and flashbacks from their love affair, this big-budget French affair is a breezy, glossy and sexy alternative to the typical Hollywood romantic comedy. At Boedecker. —Boedecker Theater

ON THE OTHER HAND MOVIE SERIES: FRACKNATION Panel discussion after screening includes: Jon Caldara, president of the Independence Institute; John Ashby, geological engineer; Neshama Abraham, Environmental Services and Marketing; and Wes Wilson, EPA whistleblower. This rebuttal to Gasland and exploration of hydraulic fracturing is bound to spark discussion. When journalist Phelim McAleer is put off by Gasland’s Josh Fox during a press conference, he uses Kickstarter to fund a documentary that casts doubt on environmentalist claims about the effects of fracking. At

innuendo for a mistress. Selima is starved for attention and Avigal is lonely and has always been. The answer to all three of their problems is Fioravante. He is funny, but not too much. He is well read and well cultured, but not in a snobbish manner. He can cook, but he doesn’t make a big deal about it. By trade he is a florist, a man used to getting his hands dirty, while maintaining a delicate touch. He may not be a matinee idol, but he is attractive to these women in a much more desirable way. He may not look like Don Draper, but Don Draper is an asshole. Fioravante is a perfect gentleman. Fading Gigolo plays like a Woody Allen movie that just happens to be written, directed and starring John Turturro. The characters are well developed, the community is fully realized, there are plenty of good jokes and very little is wasted. Jazz music keeps the pace moving and most importantly, a touch of the absurd keeps the story interesting. The premise of a man taking on a second phase in life as a gigolo is preposterous, but what it reveals is honest. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com

Boedecker. — Boedecker Theater

THEATER ON SCREEN: CAESAR AND CLEOPATRA Christopher Plummer and Nikki James star in George Bernard Shaw’s celebrated comedy about a Roman political strategist and a teenage Egyptian queen. At Boedecker. —Boedecker Theater

TIM’S VERMEER Tim Jenison, a Texas-based inventor, (Video Toaster, LightWave, TriCaster) attempts to solve one of the greatest mysteries in all art: How did 17th century Dutch master Johannes Vermeer (“Girl with a Pearl Earring”) manage to paint so photo-realistically — 150 years before the invention of photography? The epic research project Jenison embarks on to test his theory is as extraordinary as what he discovers. Spanning a decade, Jenison’s adventure takes him to Delft, Holland, where Vermeer painted his masterpieces, on a pilgrimage to the North coast of Yorkshire to meet artist David Hockney and eventually to Buckingham Palace, to see the Queen’s Vermeer. At Boedecker. — Boedecker Theater

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epent! The end is nigh! For unto them shall come a lizard with a beer belly, barfing atomic breath and bringing despair and sadness to Heisenberg from Breaking Bad! It’s safe to say that the ad campaign for director Gareth Edwards’ Godzilla reboot sold an apocalyptic product that seemed to be in line with the grim n’ gritty, death n’ destruction blockbusters that are en vogue these days. From the previews, you’d expect an origin story in which we see Godzilla’s parents murdered by an evil skyscraper, giving him grounds for revenge against said architecture. Nope. In a sign that Edwards did more than simply browse through a toy catalogue, Godzilla truly honors the optimistic, fun nature of the franchise. Without giving too much away, considering you’d never get the impression from the trailers, you actually get to cheer for the portly King of the Monsters before all is said and done. The humans, however, earn little more than a polite golf clap. The film opens in the late ’90s. Joe Brody (Bryan Cranston) and his wife Sandra (Juliette Binoche) are investigating bizarre seismic readings at the nuclear reactor where they work. Things do not go well. The nuclear station goes kablooey, Sandra is killed and Joe spends the next 15 years trying to get to the bottom of what really happened. Cut to the present day and Joe’s son, Ford (Aaron Taylor-Johnson), returns home to San Francisco from serving overseas and immediately has to head to Japan to spring his father from jail. He leaves his wife, Elle (Elizabeth Olsen) behind, but then again, so does Boulder Weekly

the script. Joe and Ford meet up with a pair of scientists, Vivienne (Sally Hawkins) and Dr. Ichiro Serizawa (Ken Watanabe), who reveal that the source of the disaster was actually a giant spider/bat/crustacean monster who feeds off of radioactivity, swilling nuclear waste like fine whisky. Dr. Ichiro is optimistic though; he’s pretty sure a giant, spiny, lizardy “alpha predator” is gonna restore “the balance of nature.” It’s a fancy way of saying, “Never fear, Godzilla is here!” If you don’t enjoy the second half of Godzilla, why did you go see Godzilla? It’s nothing but monster-on-monster mayhem in which Godzilla uses some kind of kaiju krav maga against the Massive Unidentified Terrestrial Organism (or M.U.T.O.S.). It’s the rest of the movie that has issues. Most notably, the film has earned the dreaded “failure to appropriately use Elizabeth Olsen” award, which comes with an automatic loss of a full letter grade. Taylor-Johnson is fine, but when the rest of the cast is nothing but ubergood actors and actresses, he looks second rate. This is to say, good luck developing a bond with any of these nondescript, ambiguous non-characters. If it was Edwards’ intent to have Godzilla, a creature that doesn’t speak, be the most interesting character in the film, he pulls it off. In the end, Godzilla gives us Godzilla as Godzilla should be: it’s grand, goofy entertainment that compensates for crappy characters with optimism and sizzling summertime spectacle. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com

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Sustainability tax

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n a poll conducted by Talmey-Drake Research and Strategy, Inc., in February and March of this year, 58 percent of voters indicated that theyâ€™d likely vote for a sustainability tax if money was spent on assisting local organic farmers. Susie Strife, sustainability coordinator for Boulder County, says that county officials have also surveyed residents multiple times on environmental issues and have found that increasing the amount of food grown locally and organically, preserving agricultural land and increasing the number of farmerâ€™s markets have been a priority. â€œLocal food not only protects our natural landscape, but there are more consumers seeking locally grown produce and more people who are trying to create relationships with producers of locally grown food,â€? says Strife. NM Thatâ€™s why countyVol commissioners 22 #4 are currently working to put a sustainability tax, the details of Date: 4/22/14 which are still being drafted, to voters in November. TZ Elise Jones says that a big County Commissioner reason county commissioners proposing the tax is Mails are Out: 5/14/14 to explore ways to provide for the Bookongoing Exp: funding 6/21/14 countyâ€™s sustainability programs, many of which were funded through temporary federal stimulus grants and programs for which the money is now running out. Other programs that will benefit under the proposed sustainability tax are the low-income weatherization and EnergySmart efficiency programs. The EnergySmart programâ€™s federal funding was only for three years and it ran out last fall. In 2009, funding

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local food systems,â€? says Strife. Land use policies and planning set in place in the 1970s means that there is a large amount of agricultural land being preserved in open spaces owned by the county, notes Jones. Boulder County protects 100,000 acres, of which 25,000 acres are under agricultural development. for the weatherization program could cover 450 One of the county goals is increasing the number of homes, but that number decreased this year to support acres being farmed organically to 20 percent by 160 homes. Boulder residents have also indicated in 2020, says David Bell, agricultural resources manager several surveys that they favor recycling and other with Parks and Open Space. waste disposal services and programs for alternative ! transportation. An initiative that did not rank highly Most of the food grown on open space â€” whether in the Talmey-Drake survey was building more elecit is vegetables or grain â€” is processed and distributed

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Courtesy of Centro Latin Kitchen and Refreshment Palace ou’re lucky I got through,” my server at Centro Latin Kitchen says as he squeezed through the crowded patio and put a chili relleno platter down in front of me. “Everyone I passed wanted this for themselves.” On visuals alone, it was easy to understand. It was easily the most visually appealing chili relleno I’ve ever seen, with a large pepper fried not in a sprawling, soggy blanket of egg, but a light, crisp looking batter, and perched atop roasted, cubed sweet potatoes and plantains and drizzled with a ranchero sauce. It wasn’t hard to imagine myself scooping it up and running for the hills like a relleno version of the Hamburglar, had I ordered something else. For some that might seem, well, let’s say, kooky. But I take my chili rellenos seriously. More than just a delish dish, a chili relleno is a barometer for a restaurant’s quality as a whole. Fried until soggy? Expect heartLatin menu at Centro was that it was burn. Drowning in mysterious red also stuffed with spinach and mushsauce? Check to see how many cats still rooms. They didn’t really pop in the flalive in the neighborhood. Is it filled vor as much as I’d hope for, overridden with queso instead of cojita? Then run by the light bitterness of the pepper, but for the hills like Iron Maiden is in a it was still a solid relleno that spoke of pace car egging you on. But when done other delights to come. proper, with a frothy batter and a good For example, the sweet potato and pepper, there’s nothing finer. banana hash on the side. Had the relleno Part of what made the chili relleno actually been a rock fried in poop batter, ($14) stand out to me from the Panit still would have been worth it for that

A chopped banana is served fried in light coconut batter with a side of Centro Latin Kitchen vanilla anglaise for a & Refreshment Palace hot, sweet and 950 Pearl St., Boulder crunchy mouth 303-442-7771 orgasm. Another item on the brunch menu fills the same barometrical role as the chili relleno: the Benedicto. Eggs Benedict is a universally available but mildly tweakable dish that is the perfect opportunity for a chef to strut their stuff. Centro’s benedict has a chipotle hollandaise, swaps the ham for chopped bacon, and the English muffin for one made from pressed masa corn flour. Served with a side of home fries and pico, it’s a tasty benny, but not as tasty as I’d hoped. The hollandaise could have been a bit more chipotleey, and the masa muffin did a truly stellar job of not tasting very distinctly like masa. On the whole, Centro’s menu is a little more flash than substance. But that doesn’t mean it lacks subhash. Sweet and savory and tangy and stance, just its flash is a little flashier yum. With an added portion of chicken than its substance is substantial. on top, it was practically a meal on its But that’s still plenty of substance to own, and is available from the side menu go around, and served in the brightlyas a standalone item for $7, or on the colored and bustling atmosphere of weekend brunch menu for $5 dressed up Centro’s central location, anything that’s with green chili and an egg. broke and in need of fixing can easily be Another banana delight on the repaired with an order of coconut fried brunch menu is the coconut fried bananas. Just make sure no one snags bananas ($3) from the brunch happy them from the server mid-delivery. hour menu, served from 9:30-11:30 a.m. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com

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Food happenings

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around Boulder County FLAGSTAFF HOUSE GETS A NIP-TUCK

Just in case Boulder’s premiere fine-dining locale Flagstaff House isn’t your every day casual dining lunch spot and you haven’t been by recently, you might want to move it up on your “to-eat” list. The mountaintop class-fest took the opportunity to overhaul the restaurant’s interior during its annual winter closure, updating its wood and glass vibe for a more modern feel and updating the restaurant’s impressive wine display in the entranceway with cut stone and a glow as heavenly as the wine itself. The closure was also an opportunity for Flagstaff House owners to send Chef de Cuisine Chris Royster to Europe on an eating tour. Based on the menu at a press junket on May 14, Royster picked up some moves whilst abroad: Alaskan halibut in a lemon and thyme emulsion, grilled watermelon, spicy duck foie gras sauté, Avery stout ice cream and more. Suddenly, you’re looking at your dress pants and saying, “hmmm… I haven’t worn those in a while now. Maybe it’s time.” The answer is yes. Get in there now, before the scheduled roadwork to repair flood damage closes Flagstaff Road to all traffic from 8:30 a.m.3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday for five months beginning in June. Yikes.

SAY GOOD NIGHT RADDA

If you like Radda Trattoria in North Boulder, better eat there quick, as it will be closing on Monday, May 26. Owner Edwin Zoe, who also owns downtown noodle mecca Zoe Ma Ma, will be closing down Radda Trattoria and replacing it with a new “fine diner” joint called Ella.

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“This will be elevated diner fare, and the finecasual setting will encourage people to linger and enjoy themselves,” Zoe said in a press release. The menu will include breakfast, lunch and dinner items as well as a full bar, featuring spiked milkshakes and more. Zoe also said in the press release that Radda was a phenomenal restaurant, but he felt that given the neighborhood and space, North Boulder was in need of something different. Ella will open in early June.

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Flagstaff House: for those nights when you just need a 5-gallon jug of Cristal.

YOUR GLUTEN-HOLE IS LYING TO YOU

In 2011, gastroenterologist Peter Gibson published a study showing that people without celiac disease still got stomach problems from gluten, that devilish protein that is part of grains in many breads and is a culinary pariah for the diet-conscious. Gibson’s study is a bible for the anti-gluten crowd. Well, it turns out that Gibson’s study was dead wrong, according to no other than noted gastroenterologist Peter Gibson. Gibson repeated his experiment, controlling for more factors to be sure there wasn’t some other unseen, external factor causing the tummy trouble and letting gluten take the fall. The results? ‘Twas all in their heads. Those being told they were on a glutenfree diet reported better stomach health even if they were on a placebo diet and those that were told they were on a gluten diet reported things being worse, even if they weren’t actually eating gluten. “In contrast to our first study… we could find absolutely no specific response to gluten.” Gibson wrote in in Gastroenterology,

the journal of the American Gastroenterological Association. Though Gibson’s study countering his original study was published in 2013, it found its way back into the news this week with a series of articles in pop-science readers like Real Clear Science, i09, and I Fucking Love Science.

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The Dairy Center for the Arts recently announced that it will be hosting a food and arts festival in June: “A Taste of Art.” According to a press release, the festival will offer “events, workshops, seminars, movies, performances, and interactive experiences centered on food and a national food photography exhibit.” Specific events include Barbeque, Blues & Brews in the parking lot of McGuckins Hardware, food documentaries at the Boedecker Theater and an Iron Chef competition to be held in the Sterling Rice Group Downtown and more. A Taste of Art will go down June 12-15. Get more information and tickets at www. TheDairy.org. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com

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Dear Dan: I am a genetic male with recurrent questions about my gender identity. Straddling desires to maintain my stature in the professional world, keep my wife at my side, and become who I feel like I am, I have experimented with crossdressing, chastity, antiandrogens, and, prior to all that, steroids. While the matrimonial veto has been enacted for some feminine expressions, my wife and I have reached a middle ground where I can pursue sexual and aesthetic androgyny. I have started wearing unisex clothes, stepped up cardio to sculpt a more feminine shape, and am getting hair removal done. My question: I want to keep my sex drive and sexual organs intact, but I want to urinate like a woman with no choice but to sit. There are body-modification communities out there that showcase this type of procedure (urethral reroute/ relocation), but I don’t know where to start when it comes to tracking down someone to do it for me. Ideally, a legitimate urologist should do this type of work, but even with my gender-amorphous desires in play, I’m not sure I can put together a justification strong enough for a doctor. Any advice? Do you know any piercers who have done this kind of work? Seeking Insights That Take Erotic Rerouting Seriously Dear SITTERS: “Most urologists aren’t qualified to do this, let alone piercers — although I know that there are aggressive ‘body modifiers’ out there. I wind up cleaning up their messes,” said Dr. Keith D. Newman, a urologist and a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. “So my main piece of advice for SITTERS is to have a urologist do this, preferably someone who has experience with this surgery.” The procedure you’re curious about — creating a new pee hole on your taint, behind your balls, which would leave you with no choice but to sit when you pee — is known as a perineal urethrostomy. “It’s one of the numerous steps involved in total gender-reassignment surgery, should the full male-to-female conversion ever be opted for,” said Dr. Newman. “As such, doing this one thing probably won’t preclude further anatomical reassignment in the future. On the other hand, SITTERS has to consider that there are potential complications and consequences that will arise from this altered anatomy.” And the biggest consequence is a heightened risk of urinary tract infections due to your shortened Boulder Weekly

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I believe your persuasive powers will be stronger than usual in the weeks ahead. The words coming out of your mouth will sound especially interesting. I also suspect that your intelligence will get at least a temporary upgrade. The clarity of your thoughts will intensify. You will see truths you have been blind to in the past. Innovative solutions to long-running dilemmas are likely to occur to you. The only potential snag is that you might neglect to nurture your emotional riches. You could become a bit too dry and hard. But now that I’ve warned you of that possibility, let’s hope you will take steps to ensure it won’t happen.

TAURUS

APRIL 20-MAY 20:

If there was a Hall of Fame for scientists, physicist Isaac Newton (1642-1727) would have been the charter member. He was like Elvis Presley and Chuck Berry were to rock and roll, like Babe Ruth was to baseball. The theory of gravity and the three laws of motion were his gifts to the world. He made major contributions to mathematics and optics, and was a central figure in defining modern science. There is also a legend that he invented the cat door, inspired by his pet felines. Whether or not that’s true, it serves as an excellent metaphor for this horoscope. It’s an excellent time for you to apply your finest talents and highest intelligence to dream up small, mundane, but practical innovations.

GEMINI

MAY 21-JUNE 20:

During the next 12 months you will have exceptional opportunities to soak up knowledge, add to your skill set, and get the training you need to pursue interesting kinds of success in the coming six to eight years. What’s the best way to prepare? Develop an exciting new plan for your future education. To get in the mood, try the following: make a list of your most promising but still unripe potentials; meditate on the subjects that evoke your greatest curiosity; brainstorm about what kinds of experiences would give you more control over your destiny; and study three people you know who have improved their lives by taking aggressive steps to enhance their proficiency.

CANCER

JUNE 21-JULY 22:

The moon shows us a different phase every 24 hours, which makes it seem changeable. But in fact, not much actually happens on the moon. It has no atmosphere, no weather, no wind, no plant life, no seasons. There is some water, but it’s all frozen. Is there anything like this in your own life, Cancerian? Something that on the surface of things seems to be in constant motion, but whose underlying state never actually shifts or develops? According to my analysis, now would be an excellent time for you to revise the way you understand this part of your world, and then update your relationship with it.

LEO

JULY 23-AUG. 22:

Have you thought of organizing a crowdfunding campaign to boost your pet project or labor of love? I suggest you get serious about it in the next four weeks. This coming phase of your cycle will be a favorable time to expand your audience, attract new allies, and build a buzz. You will have a sixth sense about how to wield your personal charm to serve your long-term goals. More than usual, your selfish interests will dovetail with the greater good — perhaps in unexpected ways.

VIRGO

AUG. 23-SEPT. 22:

Years ago I had a Virgo friend who was a talented singer. She had technical skill, stylistic flair, and animal magnetism, making her worthy of being a lead vocalist in almost any great band. And yet when she was asleep and had dreams of performing, she often found herself standing in the shadows, barely visible and singing tentatively, while her back-up singers hogged the spotlight at center stage. Moral of the story: Some of you Virgos are shy about claiming your full authority. It doesn’t always come easy for you to shine your light and radiate your power. And yet you can most definitely learn to do so. The coming weeks will be an excellent time to make progress in this direction.

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SEPT. 23-OCT. 22:

“There is always an enormous temptation in all of life,” writes Annie Dillard, “to diddle around making itsy-bitsy friends and meals and journeys for itsy-bitsy years on end ... won’t have it. The world is wider than that in all directions, more dangerous and bitter, more extravagant and bright.” Your assignment in the coming weeks, Libra, is to transcend whatever is itsy-bitsy about your life. The alternative? Head toward the frontier and drum up experiences that will thrill your heart and blow your mind.

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OCT. 23-NOV. 21:

“We are all searching for someone whose demons play well with ours,” writes novelist Heidi R. Kling. That’s good advice for you to keep in mind these days, Scorpio. Those little imps and rascals that live within you may get you into bad trouble if they feel bored. But if you arrange for them to have play dates with the imps and rascals of people you trust, they are far more likely to get you into good trouble. They may even provide you with bits of gritty inspiration. What’s that you say? You don’t have any demons? Not true. Everyone has them.

SAGITTARIUS NOV. 22-DEC. 21:

“When people tell you who they are, believe them,” writes blogger Maria Popova (Brainpickings.org). “Just as importantly, however, when people try to tell you who you are, don’t believe them.” Those suggestions are especially crucial for you to keep in mind these days. You are entering a phase when your best relationships will be up for review and revision and revitalization. To foster an environment in which intimacy will thrive, you’ve got to be extra receptive, curious, tolerant, and tender. That’s all! Not hard, right? A good place to start is to proceed as if your allies know who they are better than you do — even as you ask them to return the favor.

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AQUARIUS

JAN. 20-FEB. 18:

I hesitate to compare you to your fellow Aquarian Kim Jong-il. When he was alive and ruling North Korea, he was an egomaniacal tyrant. You’re definitely not that. But there are certain descriptions of him in his official biography that remind me of the kinds of powers you may soon exhibit. He was called The Great Sun of Life and Highest Incarnation of Revolutionary Comradely Love, for instance. Titles like that might suit you. It is said that he invented the hamburger. He could command rain to fall from the sky. He once shot eleven holes-in-one in a single round of golf, was a master of gliding down waterslides, and never had to use a toilet because he produced no waste. You may be able to express comparable feats in the coming weeks. (Do it without falling prey to excessive pride, OK?)

PISCES

FEB. 19-MARCH 20:

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oulder attorney Andrew Reid of the law state Constitution, because marijuana is illegal firm Springer & Steinberg, on behalf of under federal law. Nederland area resident Kathleen Chippi The Coats’ case highlights the doctrine of “federal and the Patient and Caregiver Rights preemption,” which means that federal law usually Litigation Project (PCRLP), has filed an overrides or “preempts” state law. Federal preemption amicus curiae (“friend of the court”) brief to the is at the heart of thousands of cases throughout the Colorado Supreme Court concountry where the federLaura Kriho taining arguments that might al government has prosefinally end the doctrine that that cuted medical marijuana federal law overrides state medipatients for activity that cal marijuana laws. In a bold is legal under their own contention, Reid claims that state laws. medical marijuana is not covered In his amicus brief, by the federal Controlled Reid attacks the issue of Substances Act (CSA), because federal preemption at its Congress never intended it to be. core by presenting a The Colorado Supreme novel legal theory. He Court’s review of this issue, in the argues that the U.S. Congress never intended case of Coats v. Dish Network, to ban medical marijuana should bring much-needed clarity to the rights of medical marijua- Kathleen Chippi and Andrew Reid are out to prove when they listed marithat federal laws do not pre-empt state MMJ regujuana in the federal na patients in Colorado. If suclations. CSA. When the CSA cessful, Reid and Chippi claim was enacted in 1970, that their arguments could have a Congress listed marijuana as a Schedule 1 drug, national impact by stopping the federal Drug meaning it has a “high potential for abuse” and “no Enforcement Administration (DEA) from prosecuting currently accepted medical use in treatment in the medical marijuana use and distribution in all states United States.” However, its listing was supposed to where these activities are protected by local law. be only temporary, until the Nixon administration’s Brandon Coats, a paralyzed medical marijuana patient, was fired from his job at Dish Network after National Commission on Marihuana and Drug Abuse testing positive for THC on a random drug screen(also known as the Shafer Commission) could coming. Coats, through his attorney Michael Evans, plete its investigation into the harm and benefits of argued that since he was a legal medical marijuana marijuana. patient under the Colorado Constitution, his offWhen the Commission released its final report duty use of medical marijuana was covered under on marijuana in 1972, they found that marijuana the “Colorado Lawful Off-Duty Activities Statute” was safe and recommended that it be decriminal(CLODAS). Therefore Dish Network could not legally ized altogether. Nixon, of course, chose to ignore fire him. those findings and instead officially started the War The Colorado Court of Appeals ruled that Coats’ on Drugs (which Chippi calls “the longest-running use of medical marijuana is not covered by CLODAS, war in U.S. history”.) even though medical marijuana is protected in the According to Reid, the issue of whether medical

marijuana should be included in the CSA along with nonmedical use of marijuana was never properly decided. Reid writes: “A decision upon the temporary scheduling of cannabis in Schedule I has never been made by the Attorney General as required by the CSA, although over 40 years have passed since it was first listed.” Constitutional law is Reid’s specialty, and he has been studying the issue of federal preemption as it relates to medical marijuana for years. Although other cases have argued federal preemption with regards to medical marijuana, Reid claims that his arguments are unique and that this is a case of “first impression” for the Colorado Supreme Court. Reid writes, “Neither the United States Supreme Court, this Court, nor any other high court has as yet engaged in a proper and full Preemption Doctrine analysis to determine whether the Congress, the drafters of the federal CSA, ever intended to include state recognized medical uses of marijuana in the CSA’s Schedule 1 listing of marijuana, or whether the listing was intended to be limited to non-medical uses.” Reid contends that patients will be harmed if the Court of Appeals ruling in the Coats case “that federal CSA criminalization of marijuana covers the lawful use and possession of medical marijuana under state law” is allowed to stand. Reid maintains that dozens of “occupations, occupational licenses, permits, and state benefits” will be denied to thousands of legal medical marijuana patients because “their possession and consumption of their medication” would be considered illegal. Reid says that it is only because of the “largesse” of President Obama that thousands of patients and medical marijuana providers are not being prosecuted for federal marijuana crimes. “In two years when we have a new president, the current federal leniency on medical marijuana could easily end,” he says. The Colorado Supreme Court is expected to rule by July. The amicus brief can be found online at www. CannabisLawsuits.com — Laura Kriho is a member of the Cannabis Press Association.

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