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I confidently recommend Emma Hall for Boulder County Coroner. In the last few years working with Emma and her staff, I have been very pleased by the turnaround in the coroner’s office. Emma has overcome many obstacles in the short time she has held office. I have been very impressed to see

the amount of time, dedication and enthusiasm Emma has put into serving the people of Boulder County, as well as what she has accomplished. Over the last 25 years in working with the coroner’s office, I have never seen a more competent, thorough and dedicated staff — all thanks to Emma. In the last three see LETTERS Page 8

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Highroad What job creation numbers don’t tell us

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Fire chief endorses Hall as thorough, dedicated

ave you noticed that The Powers That Be employ an entirely different standard for measuring the health of America’s job market than they use for the stock market? They’re currently telling us that, “The job market is improving.” What do they mean? Simply that the economy is generating an increase in the number of jobs available for workers. But when

they say, “The stock market is improving,” they don’t mean that the number of stocks available to investors is on the rise. Instead, they’re measuring the price, the value of the stocks. And isn’t value what really counts in both cases? As a worker, you don’t merely want to know that 200,000 new jobs are on the market, but what they’re worth — do they pay living wages, do they come with benefits, are they just part-time and temporary, do they include union rights, what are the working conditions, etc.? In other words, are these jobs, or scams? So, it’s interesting that the recent news of job market “improvement” doesn’t mention that of the 10 occupation categories projecting the greatest growth in the next eight years, only one pays a middleclass wage. Four pay barely above poverty level, and five pay beneath it, including fast food workers, retail sales staff, health aids and janitors. The job expected to have the highest number of openings is

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“Personal Care Aide” — taking care of aging baby boomers in their houses or in nursing homes. The median salary of an aid is under $20,000. They enjoy no benefits, and about 40 percent of them must rely on food stamps and Medicaid to make ends meet, plus many are in the “shadow economy,” vulnerable to being cheated on the already miserly wages. To measure the job market by quantity — with no regard for quality — is to devalue workers themselves. Creating 200,000 new jobs is not a sign of economic health if each worker needs two or three of those jobs to patch together a barebones living. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com This opinion column does not necessarily reflect the views of Boulder Weekly. June 19, 2014 7

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Workers at Walmart cite poor conditions by Dave Anderson

his month, something quite remarkable happened in America. Hundreds of Walmart workers who don’t have a union stood up to the company, knowing that it has a long history of illegally retaliating against its employees. In a high unemployment economy, they went on strike for a short time and protested at the firm’s annual shareholder meeting. They are members of the employee group Organization United for Respect at Walmart (OUR Walmart). In Boulder, the Coalition for Social and Environmental Responsibility in Boulder (CSERB) supports OUR Walmart by picketing the Walmart at 28th and Iris every second Saturday of each month. CSERB leader Matt Nicodemus points out that this strike was “not the same as a unionized worker joining a company-wide work stoppage. Though she is part of a widespread collective action and therefore within her rights to strike, the associate may be the only one protesting within her own store and managers have all sorts of ways of intimidating and punishing ‘troublemakers.’ It takes real bravery to step out and publicly challenge the company in that way.” There were three Colorado strikers: Barb Gertz (Aurora store), Lashanda Myrick and Jasmine Dixon (Commerce City store). Barb and Lashanda spoke at a CSERB meeting at Boulder’s Unity Spiritual Center before the strike. Gertz and Myrick work the night shift because they can get more hours and pay that way. Most Walmart associates are part-time. Barb’s store cut 70 employees and now she has tendonitis and “the constant pressure of doing the work of two people.” Myrick says, “the work is hard on your body... lifting heavy boxes and climbing up and down ladders.” Gertz went on strike last year and was interviewed by local and national reporters. When she came back to her store, fellow workers “were mad at me. They deliberately avoided me.” Later, she was arrested for trying to talk with a Walmart board member in New York City. When she returned to her store that time, workers came up to her and asked why she did it. She said she did it for all of them. Her act of

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nonviolent civil disobedience changed their attitude. “I got respect,” she says. Myrick is a single mom with a 12-year-old daughter and a son who just graduated from high school. On average, she makes $375 every two weeks and receives food stamps. She says, “Recently I picked up more hours at Walmart, but it forces me to work the night shift. So every night before I go to work, I have to take my daughter to my mother’s house. It’s hard not being there for your child in the middle of the night. It’s hard not to be able to tuck her in. And when she wakes up in the middle of the night looking for me, there is nothing I can do. “We don’t live above our means. My daughter wears hand-me-downs and it is very difficult trying to put clothes on a teenage boy. Many times, I have to choose between buying shoes for either my daughter or my son. That is no choice any parent should have to make.” On June 3, about 80 people rallied for the strikers at a park across the street from the Commerce City Walmart. Ten CSERB members came from Boulder. Pregnant Walmart striker Jasmine Dixon told us the company refused her request for “light duty” and threatened to fire her if she followed orders by her doctor for bed rest. She is confined to a wheelchair due to pregnancy complications. Recently, the bullying giant got in a little trouble with the feds. In January, the National Labor Relations Board filed a formal complaint against Walmart, alleging that the company violated the rights of nearly 70 workers rallying over workplace conditions in 14 states. The complaint, the largest ever against Walmart, refers to charges made in November 2012 during the Black Friday actions by associates speaking out for respect on the job and for Walmart to publicly commit to provide regular hours and a living wage of $25,000 a year. The complaint alleges Walmart illegally fired and disciplined nearly 70 workers in 34 stores. Is this America? Shouldn’t the Bill of Rights apply to the workplace? Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com This opinion column does not necessarily reflect the views of Boulder Weekly.

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years, I have witnessed a dramatic change on scenes and after incidents. The current procedures in place at the coroner’s office have proven that there is now a much more thorough approach to the way the office handles their cases; there is more follow up and commitment from staff members, and much more collaboration between agencies. The office is dedicated to completing investigations in order to benefit the families and the community. I have had the opportunity to witness first-hand the professionalism and passion that Emma and her staff put into the task at hand on many of these scenes. Emma has taken the opportunity to reach out to emergency service professionals like myself and my staff in education and proper procedures at a death scene, something I have never experienced prior to her holding this office. She has a strong vision that I support; and I personally know that she is the right candidate for Boulder County Coroner. Please join me in supporting the reelection of Emma Hall for our coroner. J.J. Hoffman/Lyons Fire Chief

Nurse endorses Dempsey as compassionate, caring

As a recently retired hospice nurse, many of you allowed me into your homes during your most vulnerable hours, and I hope I earned your trust. I am asking you now to trust my judgment and cast your vote for Deron Dempsey for Boulder County Coroner. During my years with a local hospice, I was stunned and baffled by the policy changes that Hall implemented. Although I am sure Ms. Hall’s inten-

tions were noble, the results, from my perspective, were bad for families and bad for the community. She demonstrated an adversarial, heavy-handed, suspicious approach. The tone she set was more appropriate for a TV crime drama than the homes and care centers tending to real families. The methods she implemented disrupted the flow of the grieving process for many families. She also disrupted the good work we were trying to do for our patients. Instead of working with the community, she alienated many trusted agencies such as hospice and Victims Advocates. Why would anyone work against the community and its people? Why not collaborate? I believe Deron Dempsey has a genuine understanding of his role as a servant of the community. He would strive to work with families, caregivers and community agencies. Mr. Dempsey has a more appropriate background and compassionate approach. He understands the complexities and nuances of the dying process. He recognizes the delicate state of the recently bereaved, and the need for caring and listening. Mr. Dempsey is open to a dialogue with community agencies to work together for the good of Boulder County. Let’s not waste a vote on the candidate with more yard signs, we need a coroner with more compassion. Ives Gentry/Longmont

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A note on word choice for ‘carbon tax’

Thank you for Steven Kreimendal’s fine article dealing with the different reactions the public tends to have when hearing the term “climate change” versus the term “global warming.” But it is not too surprising that simple word choices can trigger positive or negative reactions. For example, the phrase “carbon tax” is typically met with anger about government overreach, or fear about rising energy prices. However, imagine if instead it were called a “carbon stimulus package.” The public, businesses and the unemployed would probably listen to a carbon stimulus proposal, and support it. Whereas if we call it a carbon tax they would reject it without listening to the details. How can a carbon tax be a stimulus package? Because a study released this week by REMI (Regional Economic

Models Inc) indicates that a national carbon tax that is paid by fossil fuel companies and fully rebated to the public via pro rata checks to households would stimulate the economy. It would create more than 2 million jobs within 10 years. To top it off, it would improve our health and stabilize the climate. Readers should please urge Senators Mark Udall and Michael Bennet and Rep. Jared Polis to review REMI’s study and support a carbon stimulus package. That way we’ll stimulate the economy while we fight climate change or global warming, or whatever you call it. Judy Weiss/Brookline, Mass.

Unincorporated Boulder County against municipalization of electric service Dear City Council Members: We are writing as concerned residents of unincorporated Boulder County who are being included in the Boulder Municipal Electric Utility without our consent and without giving us any opportunity to participate in the process. We did not get a vote in 2011 when you first submitted a proposal to the voters of the City of Boulder. You did not give us a vote again in 2013 when two other ballot issues were presented to voters of the City of Boulder. Only after the election in 2011 did the City of Boulder announce that 7,000 residents of unincorporated Boulder County would be included in your utility. We followed closely the proceedings at the Public Utilities Commission, which resulted in a rebuke of Boulder and a requirement that the PUC determine whether we should be included in your utility and that the PUC determine which assets should be included in the condemnation proceedings. We understand that Boulder would like to give county customers an individual option to choose between Xcel and the municipal utility. Our understanding is that such individual choice is not allowed under state law. We have also been told that Boulder will consider appointing a county resident to the advisory board of the municipal utility. Such an appointment is meaningless for several reasons: the advisory board has no power; and the City Council is the board of the municipal utility and since we can’t vote in City elections, we have no influence over their actions. This is to notify the Boulder City Council that we are actively exploring options, including legal proceedings, to provide us with a way to meaningfully affect this matter. You have disenfranchised 7,000

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Latino history ignores indigenous

This is in response to the article, “Los Seis de Boulder” [cover story, May 29], written by Joel Dyer and Jefferson Dodge. OK, I really cringed when my eyes repeatedly came across the “Latino” and the “Latino History Project.” What is Latino history? The only Latino I know of is a town located in Italy.

This project or movement and article is doing the indigenous people, yes Native Americans, a great disservice by falsely identifying a people who has ancestral roots in this continent dating back thousands of years. They are not the minority as they have been lead to believe. These people were not called Latinos or Hispanics in the 1930s. The term was given by the U.S. Government in the 1970s to divide

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A crash course in GOP gubernatorial candidates and where they fall when it comes to fracking by Elizabeth Miller

he Democratic party in Colorado seems to be banking on an optical illusion — that their incumbent governor will be faced with Republican opponents who are so radically far right that while Governor John Hickenlooper leans right, his positions will still look like they’re at the center. It’s a game of politicking Former Congressman Secretary of State Scott that fails to address the kind of Bob Beauprez Gessler discontent within the Democratic party that led to Hickenlooper getting heckled at the with two pieces of news: he was asking Democractic Assembly by an anti-frack- his long-time girlfriend, Claudia, to ing contingent, and may leave the gover- marry him, and wanted a job on the nor’s office open to the forays coming family farm. The business career he built from a wide field of Republican candifrom there saw him leading the family dates. Colorado’s registered Republican dairy ranch to host a breeding stock that voters will make their choice from four saw their cows shipped around the candidates in the June 24 primary: forworld. When the time came for his mer Congressman Bob Beauprez, who’s father to slow down a bit, it coincided got the hallmarks of Western charm with an interest from the city to annex that’s worked for previous cowboy bootthe ranch. It’s now the Indian Peaks golf wearing politicians; current Secretary of course subdivision, a development State Scott Gessler, running on the mer- Beauprez helped steer to completion. its of his achievements in that office and The sale from the dairy farm fueled his a demonstrable ability to get done what next business venture into community he says he’s setting out to do; former banking. state senator Mike Kopp; and former “To bank the hair salons and liquor Congressman and state legislator Tom stores and the restaurants and the Tancredo. Tancredo, for one, favors local mechanics and the small contractors, the control, even when it comes to fracking. plumbers, I mean everybody in town, It’s on the oil and gas industry to make you get to know them at their kitchen the case to communities that their devel- table, their place of work and you get to know their struggles and successes and opments are safe, he says, and if they you partner with them,” Beauprez says. can’t do it and they get voted out of “Couldn’t have been better training for town, well, that falls, in principle, in line when I was asked to go to Congress, with the local control he supports. which I did in 2002.” He became Republican party chairob Beauprez earned his cowboy man for Boulder County in the 1990s at boots working on his family’s dairy ranch in Lafayette as his first job after the invitation of the GOP at a time they graduating from the University of were looking for someone to reunite the Colorado Boulder. They’re getting dirty party — “seems like we do that a lot,” he again now as he’s opened a ranch near jokes now — won a seat in the U.S. the Continental Divide that one of his House of Representatives in 2002 and sons manages — this time, they’re raisserved in Congress from 2003-2007. In ing buffalo and selling the meat all over that race in 2002, he says, he won a the country. For Beauprez, Boulder crowded primary as the last to enter the County is and will always be home — race and went on to win the closest eleche was born on a ranch in what’s now tion in the country that year. He’s hopSuperior and has already purchased a ing that’s the way things will go this cemetery plot in the county. year. He was a semester away from finish“Thoroughly enjoyed my time in the ing college when he came to his parents House, but as I looked around I was also

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apparently don’t trust in you. They’ve got to make all the decisions for you, everything from the light bulbs we buy to the toilets we flush, the health care we have to buy. I grew up witnessing the goodness, the genius, the decency of people, the inventiveness of people, that people figure things out pretty good and take Former State Senator Mike Former Congressman Tom care of the environment Kopp Tancredo and build up not just tear down.” When it comes to the governor tellfrustrated that Congress moved so slowing communities whether they can or ly and in my life I’d been a little less patient than Congress requires one to be, cannot ban fracking, though, he says, and wanted to make a big difference,” he “This isn’t about safe or efficient development of resources, it’s about chasing says. Colleagues in Congress told him, them away. … There is zero evidence of to make a difference, run for governor. any fracked well ever contaminating So he did, in 2006. groundwater. Zero. Now do we want to “I ran in a very difficult year — ’06 keep looking, do we want to make sure? was a tough time to have an R behind Absolutely. But out and out bans, or your name,” he says. “The wind was effectively regulation that tells an indusblowing straight in our face, and you try that you’re not wanted here, I think know how that one turned out.” He lost to Democratic candidate Bill that’s a mistake.” Ritter. om Tancredo admits he should prob“You learn from once in a while ably be doing more politicking in bruising your toe and busting your nose,” these last days before the Republican he says. primary, but he’s having a lot more fun He’s running again this year out of at his grandchildren’s baseball games, so the belief that a different political environment — one in which people are less that’s where he’s spending his time. The former Congressman, a enchanted with the possibilities of a Colorado native, ran for governor in Democratic governor — will lead to a 2010. more favorable outcome. And what makes this the right year “I just saw some poll the other day for him to run again? that 63 percent of millenials say the “I don’t know if it’s the right year, I American dream is not likely going to be just know it is the right thing for me to there for them,” he says. “I’ve lived it, do in terms of how I feel about the state I’ve seen it work, my dad saw it work, and how I feel about my own ability to his immigrant dad came here with less actually create some sort of change here than nothing, borrowed the money to that I think is desperately necessary,” he get here on a boat, that’s what’s always says. “It’s like real estate — real estate is been here for people in Colorado.” The governor is essentially the CEO location, location, location, and in poliof the state, he says, and he’s got practice tics it’s timing, timing, timing, and it seems like the right time.” with that job from having run the dairy The state’s a little more right of cenfarm and the bank before running for ter than the political profiles seem to office. He knows how to manage the paint it, he says, and it’s time for a business end of things — like the state realignment of the leftward tilt in both of Colorado. “I believe and trust in the genius and the governor’s office and the state legislature — that would mean more transthe goodness of people,” Beauprez says. “Right now, we live in an era where See GOVERNOR Page 14 leaders, especially government leaders,

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parency, for one thing, in something like a deal with a private company to build a road, he says, alluding to the contract that’s put Highway 36 in the hands of a private company for 50 years. Asked what in his background has prepared him to be governor, he says, “I always only half-jokingly say that it’s the fact that I owned a Jani-King janitorial franchise. I was a hands-on owner and I had to clean up the crap all the time, and that’s pretty much what prepared me to clean up the junk, the crap that’s here. It’s only half joking, the fact is that the best thing I do, frankly, is put really good people into places of authority. … I don’t really pay a lot of attention to party hacks or patronage type of stuff. It’s just people who have really served me well in the past or have shown an ability to tackle problems and get results.” Tancredo first worked bagging groceries at a Safeway store in Denver for $.65 an hour. He moved up from there to sweep the grounds for $.85 an hour at Elitch Gardens, where he went on to become rides boss and summer manager, a job he kept while teaching school in Jefferson County. He’s also run the U.S. Department of Education’s regional office and served in the state legislature, which included time on the joint budget committee. As he sees it, Colorado’s governor has few options for unilateral decisions, and leads by using a bully pulpit and appointing people to run state agencies well. Looking over the annual audits of those agencies, he says, “I get the impression that there’s nobody really in charge here in Colorado, that the state agencies are really running amok, no oversight except the audit committees.” They need leadership, he says, and a management style that tells the people running those agencies that the governor is paying attention to what they do. “I’ve been called by the oil and gas guys and they want me to make a statement on these anti-fracking local initiatives, and I keep telling them, ‘Go get your buddy. Why me? Go get the guy that brought you to the dance. You supported him. You fund him. Now trot him out there, let him make his will known. Let him provide some leadership on this issue,’” Tancredo says, referencing Hickenlooper. He supported Amendment 64 to legalize marijuana because it gave communities local control. He takes the same principle to the question of fracking. “I happen to think fracking is OK … and depending on the issue, depending on the way it’s phrased, I would probably say that fracking should be able to continue in my community. But who has to make the case of that, is it supposed to

be me or is it supposed to be the industry itself?” he says. “I keep telling them, you have to make the case to those communities, to those constituents, it’s really not up to me to do so. I mean, I think it’s an important part of the economy in Colorado, and I think it can be done in a way that minimizes the footprint and protects the environment, but if the industry can’t make that case, then whose fault is it? … “I think generally the concept of local control is something I agree with, now, every one of these has a different sort of characteristic to it, some may be acceptable, and some may not. But the concept of local control is one that I buy into, and as I say, if you can’t make the case for it.” Scott Gessler’s tactics have earned him the nickname “honey badger,” and asked to respond to those who have characterized him as driven, he says, “Yeah, I think that’s fair. I’m focused on getting stuff done. I believe we’re all put on Earth to do things and I try to do things right.” He’s increased the speed and efficiency with which that office gets its primary task done — overseeing elections — by creating an online voter registration system and a central hub for elections reporting from all counties on elections night. He says the 2012 elections saw higher turnout, particularly from military voters overseas, and had better elections integrity than ever before. He’s empowered his staff to spot and address issues, he says, using as an example the reforms in the system for nonprofits, who were asked what the Secretary of State’s office could do better for them to help prevent their applications from being denied. “Our mission statement is ‘We serve the American dream,’” Gessler says. “When we look at what we do, elements of the American dream are political freedom and expression, and that’s us. Whether it’s voting and running for office, speaking out on issues, which implicates campaign finance, and the other part of the American dream is one day running your own destiny, having your own business, and we’re the gateway to business in the state of Colorado.” Gessler grew up in Chicago, attended college at Yale University, completed a law degree from the University of Michigan Law School and an MBA from Northwestern University. He did construction for his father’s company, took an auto-mechanics class so he could fix his own car, served in the Army Reserve in Bosnia, biked around the Midwest and western U.S., including nearly every mile of Highway 1, and has Boulder Weekly

news worked in the U.S. Department of Justice. Of his varied career, Gessler says, “I think it’s given me a lot of tools, a lot of tools in the tool chest.” He moved to Colorado in 1997 and got back into practicing law before running for Secretary of State in 2010. He tries to run his office based on the philosophy that the vast majority of people want to do the right thing the vast majority of the time. “I’m very much a limited type guy, you know, I’m a conservative Republican and I think government is not the answer to everyone’s problems, but government has a role to play and that role is to serve people,” he says. “Unfortunately, sometimes people in government lose sight of that.” He argues that Colorado is leading the way nationwide for openness of data and governance in part because of the things he’s done in the Secretary of State’s office, and that’s the kind of transparency that seems to be missing when the governor allows a state agency to make a deal like the public-private partnership that’s locked up control of Highway 36 for the next 50 years. “We got a back door deal, and it doesn’t smell good,” Gessler says. As for the question of allowing municipalities to pass their own fracking bans, he says, “Sometimes local control is good and sometimes it’s not optimal. I think it’s best for the state to be regulating most of this stuff. The state’s going to have better expertise and knowledge of this stuff rather than having every municipality try to create their own expertise, because it’s a highly technical area.”

to come.” Gessler had raised the most money for two reporting periods in a row before the latest reports were filed on June 16. Those numbers show Beauprez had received $47,649 in monetary contributions between May 29 to June 11, while Gessler raised $43,667.55, Tancredo raised $42,356.16 and Kopp raised $22,059.40 in the same period. Tancredo had out-fundraised the field, claiming a total $792,778 in contribu-

tions. Gessler is behind him with $534,812, Beauprez at $306,499 and Kopp at $266,347. At the end of his conversation with Boulder Weekly, Tancredo offered some broad predictions for the race: “For Republicans anyway, in a primary, when they’re looking at this, they better realize that the only way we will ever, ever win a statewide election, especially one against an incumbent governor, which we haven’t actually tossed out in something

like 40 years, if you want to win an election in statewide, you better understand that you need every Republican vote and a majority of those folks who identify themselves as independents. I’m the only candidate that can get that, and I just warn all my Republican friends, if you want a traditional candidate and a traditional campaign, you will get a traditional outcome, and that tradition has been that we lose.” Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com

ike Kopp’s office did not respond to requests for an interview. He was the Republican leader of the Colorado Senate and author of the bill that would have allowed Colorado to “opt out of Obamacare.” He characterizes himself as a taxpayer watchdog and cites efforts to overall state government to cut spending, reduce taxes and end job-killing regulations. At the Republican state assembly in April, Kopp received the most votes. In his response to Hickenlooper’s State of the State speech in January, Kopp said, “He has not defended Coloradans against the Obamacare machine, he is a champion of tax increases, he ignored the pleas of the sheriffs and gun owners everywhere, and presided over a continued expansion of the regulatory state which makes it harder for people to get back to work. In short, he has chosen to empower government; I would rather empower individuals to make Colorado a land brimming with opportunity for generations Boulder Weekly

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news An inside job

Even with five officers convicted for various crimes over the past two years, Boulder city officials avoided seeking an external candidate when it came time to hire a new police chief by Caitlin Rockett

n Monday, Boulder City gation into the murder of JonBenét Manager Jane Brautigam Ramsey. At that time, acting City named Deputy Police Manager Dave Rhodes made the deciChief Greg Testa the city’s sion to promote a new police chief new chief of police. Testa from within the department’s ranks. had served as interim chief since April Beckner, the lead on the Ramsey 1 when Mark Beckner retired after 16 investigation, was one of only four canyears as the city’s lead officer. didates considered as a replacement for City officials have said that Testa’s Koby, who had served as chief for 27-year career with the Boulder police seven years. In contrast, Koby was gives him an intimate understanding of hired from a pool of 170 candidates not only the police from around the force, but commu- Boulder Police Department country. Reports at nity values as well. the time say that However, the past some of Beckner’s two years have fellow officers refused given rise to a spate to discuss his promoof egregious behavtion with reporters, ior among suggesting that not Boulder’s law everyone in the enforcement, from department agreed officers with multiwith the internal hire. ple DUIs to As with any attempted murder choice, there are pros to the now infaand cons associated mous killing of the with internal and Mapleton elk. Even external recruiting, former Chief but human resource Beckner was critimanagement research cized early this year Greg Testa was named police chief shows that external from a pool of four internal candifor neglecting to hires can provide new dates despite a recent wave of misinform city resiideas and fresh perconduct in the department. dents that surveilspectives, initiate a lance cameras had turnaround, avoid been installed on the municipal campus internal politics and increase diversity. between the municipal building and But Boulder city officials seem to the public library on Arapahoe Avenue. believe it’s more important for the new While city officials told Boulder chief to know the community than to Weekly they believe that the actions of a bring fresh ideas to a department that few “bad actors” shouldn’t result in seems fraught with misconduct. punishment for the entire police force The hiring process for the police by looking outside the department for chief is handled by the city manager, a new chief, an external candidate Jane Brautigam. In March, when Testa could have provided new perspectives was slated to be the city’s interim chief, that avoid perpetuating a police culture Brautigam said the search would be that may be turning a blind eye to way- internal, and the city again selected ward behavior and misuse of power. four candidates to choose from. For background, this is the second “Brautigam said it was essential consecutive time that Boulder has prothat Boulder’s next police chief undermoted an internal officer to police stand this community’s values, mainchief. Former Chief Beckner spent 20 tain strong department leadership, and years with the Boulder Police partner with residents to address public Department before being named chief safety,” said a City of Boulder press in 1998 after Tom Koby stepped down release Monday naming Testa as top amid sharp criticism for the way the cop. “Chief Testa is well prepared to Boulder PD was handling the investifoster these values and commitment to 16 June 19, 2014

the community.” While Brautigam didn’t personally return BW’s calls, city spokesperson Sarah Huntley responded on Brautigam’s behalf. “It was the city manager’s feeling that we have a very strong police department with a tradition of training future leaders,” says Huntley. “In addition to the leadership of Mark Beckner, Deputy Chief Dave Hayes was just made the Louisville police chief. So we feel like we have people in-house that are well prepared.” When asked if the number of incidents of misconduct over the past two years might suggest cultural problems within the department that could benefit from the perspective of a chief from outside the city, Huntley said she understood that perspective. “But I think given the quality of the four candidates that we have, I think the city manager feels very comfortable with her decision,” says Huntley. Huntley adds that in a department of this size — a total of 282 personnel in Boulder’s police department — it’s not unusual to have problems from time to time with individuals and their judgment. Since April 2012, five officers from Boulder’s police department have been convicted of crimes: Eric Shunglik Lee plead guilty in federal court to possessing an unregistered firearm; Christian McCracken was sentenced to 90 days in jail and a decade of intensive supervised probation for stalking his ex-girlfriend and plotting to kill her new boyfriend; Scott Morris had been pulled over more than 40 times before he was finally pulled over for speeding and arrested for driving drunk while having a loaded hand gun within his reach; Elizabeth Ward was charged with a DUI in May 2013; and most recently, Sam Carter was convicted on nine counts, including four felonies, for the shooting of the Mapleton elk. Allegations of “serious misconduct,” such as the high profile elk killing or incidents involving officers driving drunk, are subject to “Class 1 Professional Standards Investigations”

by the city’s police department. For comparison, class 2 reviews can involve on-duty traffic accidents and speeding. But annual professional standards reports show that class 2 reviews can also include incidents such as misplacing a firearm, neglecting to appropriately sign out a weapon, accidentally discharging a weapon or speaking disrespectfully to a citizen. A “Professional Standards Review Panel,” comprised of 12 members — six police department members and six volunteer community members — reviews class 1 complaints. In a recent email exchange on Boulder’s City Council Hotline (beginning on June 5), then-Interim Chief Testa explained, “Panel members review administrative investigations in addition to a review by the subject employee’s supervisory chain of command. During the panel’s review, they make written recommendations on whether the investigation was conducted fairly, completely, and reported accurately. They also make a recommendation on disposition based on the material contained in the case file.” Testa clarified that panel decisions are advisory only, as are recommendations made by supervisors, leaving the ultimate decision to the police chief. Incidents involving criminal behavior will undergo criminal investigations and, if appropriate, go to trial. According to annual reports from the Boulder Police Department, in 2011 there were four class 1 investigations and 23 class 2 reviews. In 2012 there were eight class 1 investigations and 24 class 2 reviews. In the recent hotline email exchange, Testa told City Council members that the panel met 13 times in 2013 and will meet in the “next several weeks to review one investigation.” A panel of people from the police department and the city manager’s office interview candidates for available community positions on the professional standards review panel. The city manager makes the final selection. The chief of police, with input from the Boulder Police Officers Association and Boulder Municipal Employees Boulder Weekly

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“ESPECIALLY THE EVIDENCE THAT CAME FORTH IN THE ELK CASE SHOWS THAT A LOT OF MISCONDUCTS

Association, selects and it was a circle-thethe department panel wagons, protect-our-own members. attitude until things got WERE JUST SORT OF WINKED AT AND IT WAS A Department represo extreme that it CIRCLE-THE-WAGONS, PROTECT-OUR-OWN sentation on the became public,” Golden panel consists of says. ATTITUDE UNTIL THINGS GOT SO EXTREME THAT three commissioned He adds that while officers, one commisthe choice to hire interIT BECAME PUBLIC.” — JUDD GOLDEN, BOULsioned sergeant and nally or externally really DER-BASED LAWYER two BMEA employdepends on the situation, ees. the city council and city Judd Golden, a manager have “glossed Boulder-based lawyer over” the instances of and former long-time misconduct within the chair of Boulder department. County’s American Civil Liberties side of the department for hire, it’s to “The concern I think the public Union, says the current method for have oversight of the department that should rightfully have is: Is there a culappointing community members means involves citizens and officers themture within people in the department that all of the panel members are selves that keeps the culture strong,” that protects their own and winks and essentially appointed by the police. says Weaver. nods at anything that isn’t a profound “At the minimum those [communiWeaver adds that he thought the deviation from good conduct? Will ty] panel members should be appointed review panel was more important to [these candidates] support a change in by an entity that’s not the police force, maintaining an ethical culture within that culture? Again, just putting people whether that’s the city council or one the police department than whether on trial and getting them convicted and of the [other city] boards,” says the police chief is hired internally or having them quit when they get Golden. externally. caught, that’s good. But what about all While Barry Satlow, the current “It’s not about the chief, per se, but those others who are going about their chair of Boulder County’s ACLU about oversight. That’s my perspective. ways? I’m not sure if they are getting chapter, says that the ACLU has no Culturally, we need to make sure we any different message from their peers.” opinion on the city manager’s decision have the right tools in place to manage Council members Young and to keep the search for a new police the department,” says Weaver. Weaver, as well as Boulder spokesperchief internal, he did say that the group Council member Mary Young says son Huntley all say they are unaware of believes that the city council should that no member of council expressed any citizen concern about the decision appoint the citizen member of the pro- any concern about the decision to hire to hire a new chief internally. fessional standards review panel just as internally. “We haven’t gotten any emails on they do for dozens of other city boards. “There’s a real strong culture of the matter at all. Not one,” says Young. Satlow says Boulder County’s ACLU is succession planning within the police Golden says a lack of public comdepartment. Chief Beckner especially in the beginning stages of analyzing plaint doesn’t matter. was a meticulous planner and so we’re and reporting on similar professional “That is not at all how governreview panels in other municipalities to certain he, throughout his planning, ment should operate. As someone came up with some good candidates,” see how they operate. who has been involved in this issue Boulder City Council member Sam says Young. and with the ACLU in the past, pubYoung says all misconduct by Weaver says that he thinks, “in princilic outcry is not how governance ple there could be a council appointBoulder police officers has been invesshould work,” Golden says. “The ment” for community members on the tigated by the professional standards police chief and such, that’s all interreview panel, but as a new member of review panel and showed no evidence nally done. The public doesn’t get to council he wants to gather information of “any systemic problem.” vote on any of these people. So the first to better understand the process. Golden disagrees. idea of asking for an outcry, what do As for his thoughts on the decision “So it seems as though, in reviewthey want? Do they want five emails, to hire a new chief from an internal ing those cases, that much of what or 10 people to show up at City pool, Weaver says from his understand- those people were engaged in weren’t Council and complain about it? Do ing, “there were four excellent comisolated instances, but seemed to be we need to have some awful thing manders in the force who are qualified occurring in a recurring fashion, espehappen to motivate this? That’s exactto be chief.” cially the evidence that came forth dur- ly the wrong way to make good public “From my perspective, you ing the elk case shows that a lot of policy.” shouldn’t punish people by going outRespond: letters@boulderweekly.com misconducts were just sort of winked at Boulder Weekly

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potentially carcinogenic form of the element chromium is in Boulder’s drinking water and there are no plans to remove it anytime soon. Hexavalent chromium, or chromium-6, has been linked to cancers of the liver, stomach, small intestine and more when it is consumed through water sources. It is unclear just how much chromium-6 must be consumed — and for how long — before any carcinogenic effects occur; research to date has been inconclusive and incomplete. Because of the lack of data, there is no standard for chromium-6 levels in drinking water in Boulder, the state of Colorado and the rest of the country, besides California. What does exist is a standard for total chromium, (which includes chromium-6 and the benign trivalent chromium, chromium-3), a nascent wave of research and a lot of unanswered questions.

Think before you drink

Are newly discovered chromium-6 levels in Boulder’s drinking water dangerous? by Matt Cortina

f hexavalent chromium sounds familiar, it’s likely for its co-starring role opposite Julia Roberts in the 2000 film Erin Brockovich. The true story on which the movie was based featured a legal clerk (Brockovich) who, from 1993 to 1996, built and won a classaction settlement against the utility company Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) that had contaminated the town of Hinkley, California’s water supply with chromium-6 between 1952 and 1966. The case was built on the correlation between the drinking water’s chromium-6 levels and an increase in tumor and cancer cases. The $333 million settlement was the largest settlement in U.S. history, and PG&E has since paid $315 million more in claims to victims. The groundwater in Hinkley was found to have chromium-6 concentrations between .2 to 2.69 parts per billion (ppb), according to a PG&E survey, with higher contamination from the PG&E plant in pockets around town. Chromium-6 levels in Boulder’s water currently range from .03 to .34 ppb, according to Boulder’s 2014 Water Quality Report. By comparison, the height of that range is more than five times higher than a .06 ppb public health goal set by California for chromium-6 in drinking water. For some reason, Boulder’s chromi18 June 19, 2014

um-6 level is higher than nearby communities. Longmont sites registered from .035 and .061 ppb in 2013. Lafayette measured chromium-6 levels at .00026 ppb last year. Louisville reported “nondetect,” or zero, levels of the contaminant. Out of 2,100 samples across Colorado taken since 2011, 78 percent were “non-detect” for total chromium, according to the Water Quality Control Division of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE). The CDPHE does not keep a database of chromium-6 levels, but said the highest recorded total chromium reading in its database in Boulder was 10 ppb. Until this year, Boulder did not track chromium-6 levels and only tested previously for the contaminant’s presence in wastewater. Boulder now tracks for chromium-6 to comply with the EPA’s Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule, which surveys communities around the country and collects data on certain contaminants. In a 2010 Environmental Working

Group study, 31 of 35 cities tested positive for chromium-6 in their drinking water. Norman, Okla. registered 12.9 ppb of chromium-6 in their water; a distant second was Honolulu at 2 ppb. Neither Boulder nor Denver were tested for the study, but Boulder’s .18 average would have tied it for 18th on the list with Chicago and Milwaukee. Despite the widespread monitoring for chromium-6, there is no national chromium-6 standard and California’s public health goal (PHG) of .02 ppb and, later, .06 ppb on chromium-6 in drinking water supplies is the only state initiative. Culminating that initiative, California will enact the nation’s first chromium-6 standard on July 1 at 10 ppb, nearly 500 times larger than the original PHG of .02 ppb. Environmental groups like EWG questioned the motives behind putting the standard at such a high level and said “24 million Californians would be exposed to potentially dangerous levels of hexavalent chromium” with the 10 ppb standard. “Ideally you want nothing,” says

Renée Sharp, Environmental Working Group director of research. “Chromium is known to be a carcinogen and creates a host of other health effects.” Sharp says a realistic goal, given financial burdens and corporate realities, was 1 ppb of chromium-6 in the drinking water. Given that Boulder’s chromium-6 levels were above California’s initial PHGs, but below the 1 ppb recommendation, Sharp says, “I’m not going to be raising a crazy amount of alarm for those levels, but I also don’t want to say that they’re completely safe.” Indeed, that’s the crux of the issue. With few standards in place, few carcinogenicity studies and zero comprehensive, long-term studies on chromium-6, it’s hard for lawmakers, communities and advocacy groups to know what danger, if any, chromium-6 levels in drinking water presents. “There isn’t any direct drinking water quality standard [for chromium-6] we can compare it to right now,” says Michelle Wind, Boulder Drinking Water Program supervisor. “Our standards are set by the EPA and state public health department, so we’ll go by direction from them.” That EPA standard is a 100 ppb limit on total chromium, which includes both chromium-3 and chromium-6. The EPA combines them because chromium can change between chromium-3 and chromium-6 depending on its environment. Both chromium-3 and chromium-6 can be naturally occurring; chromium-3 is an essential nutrient found in soil and food, while chromium-6 found in water supplies is typically the byproduct of industrial processes that use it to rustproof and finish metal machinery, and also tan leather. So because chromium-6 can become the benign chromium-3 in certain environments, and because one such environment is the human stomach, regulators treat both chromium states together when it comes to drinking water. However, studies including a 2011 study by the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA), which ultimately determined the .02 PHG, have shown that although the majority of chromium-6 introduced to the human body by drinking water is likely reduced to chromium-3 in the digestive process, “it does not occur at a fast enough rate to prevent Boulder Weekly

[chromium-6] from reaching and being taken up by tissues.” Furthermore, the study found that there were genotoxic — or DNA-damaging — effects in rodent organs that were given water containing chromium-6 levels “not likely to overwhelm the reductive capacities of the stomach, intestines and blood.” When DNA is damaged within cells, the cells can mutate and cause cancers. The OEHHA study — in addition to others — even says gulping contaminated water too fast or having a full belly could determine how the human body processes ingested chromium-6. Certain populations are likely more susceptible to chromium-6 toxicity than others. According to the EPA, “hexavalent forms can persist under conditions where there is a low concentration of reducing materials.” These forms include people with high pH levels in their stomachs, such as newborns and those who regularly take antacids. The 2011 OEHHA California study found that mice with a stomach pH of 4 or higher — typical of antacid users and newborns — showed a significant increase in tumors when given chromium-6 orally. The EPA will meet in July to determine how it will “update its hazard identification and dose-response assessment of hexavalent chromium carcinogenicity by ingestion” in light of research done since a 1998 EPA study that couldn’t determine if ingested chromium-6 was carcinogenic.

ne thing we know is that chromium-6 causes cancer when it’s inhaled. The EPA classifies chromium-6 as a “known human carcinogen by the inhalation route of exposure.” What’s not clear is if it’s carcinogenic when ingested, as in drinking water. “I think it’s important to note that there’s no conclusive evidence right now of chromium-6 being a carcinogen,” said Nicole Graziano of the Water Quality Control Division of the CDPHE. “That’s one of the reasons why we evaluate total chromium in the drinking water, as opposed to one or the other of those chromium elements.” The best resource available, then, to determine oral chromium-6 toxicity in humans is to look at past cases, like Hinkley, and studies recently finished or currently being done. Zhang and Li (1987): A village in China reported increases in stomach cancer. Concurrently, there was a contamination of chromium-6 in the drinking water from a chromium ore processing facility. Initial reports finding no correlation were flawed and the case is now unsettled. Issues include that cancer rates Boulder Weekly

were only tracked for 14 years, not all villagers were exposed to the contaminated water, and the initial report failed to note that although overall cancer rates were down, cancers in certain organs (in this case, the stomach) were elevated. Nebraska (1986-87): Total chromium was measured against mortality rates for certain Nebraska counties. After tracking data for only two years, there was no correlation found between chromium-6 levels and cancer. Leon Valley, Mexico (1995): Measurements of chromium in groundwater, soil and human urine were taken near a chromate composition facility; however, no cancer data was taken. Researchers did note that residents stopped drinking the water at 500 ppb of total chromium because it was yellow in color. Hinkley, California (1996-2008): Water wells in Hinkley, California were contaminated with chromium-6 released by the Pacific Gas & Electric plant. According to the OEHHA, at least 46 people were exposed to chromium-6 via eight drinking water wells. Even though subsequent studies have found Hinkley had lower relative cancer rates than other communities at the time, the types of cancers were not recorded. Nearly a thousand people were ultimately affected. Oinofito, Greece (2011): A chromium-6 concentration as high as 54 ppb was found in Oinofito. Cancer rates were monitored and a “statistically significant rate ratio for primary liver cancer mortality” was found, according to the OEHHA. In sum, only two cases tracked organspecific cancers with relation to chromium-6: one found a link to liver cancer mortality and the other to stomach cancer mortality. The other cases lacked critical data to make meaningful determinations. Researchers have also done lab tests — mainly with rodents — to try to determine chromium-6 human carcinogenicity via drinking water. In an April 2014 EPA toxicological review, researchers noted that previous studies couldn’t determine if oral ingestion of chromium-6 was carcinogenic but noted five studies since then — by the EPA and National Toxicology Program among others — that found small intestine tumors in rodents given chromium-6 orally. But do chromium-6 experiments on rodents transfer to human physiology? Though there are small differences, “the human physiologically based pharmacokinetic model (i.e. essentially a diagram of human digestion and nutrient absorption) for chromium shares nearly the

same structure as that developed for rats and mice,” according to a 2013 study published in the scientific journal Elsevier. Chromium-6 has also been linked to other health effects. In fact, Graziano pointed out the EPA set its chromium-6 water limit at 100 ppb “assuming at the time that the most risk was due to dermatitis — as an allergic reaction to skin.” Water highly concentrated with chromium-6 can even lead to problems from “inhalation of aerosol droplets generated during showering,” according to the OEHHA. Ingestion of chromium-6 can lead to liver failure, oral ulcers, diarrhea, indigestion, vomiting, anemia, sperm count decrease and developmental issues, according the EPA’s 2014 toxicological review. Chromium-6 combined with other contaminants may cause health risks for some people. “Not only do we know that if you ingest chromium that you’ll have a higher risk of cancer, it’s not the only chemical you’re being exposed to,” says Sharp (of the EWG.) “One of the major problems with our drinking water standards are that they consider one single chemical alone when we know we are exposed to many, many chemicals, that combinations of chemicals do have additives, [that] these chemicals have a synergistic effect, and that some people are more sensitive to certain chemicals than others.” Chemical combinations, studies on mice, case studies with missing data — it all leads to one question: at what level is chromium-6 in drinking water dangerous? On Boulder’s water, Wind says, “I would classify it as at the current level and with the current standards in place it’s not a concern for us in terms of priority for changing treatment process.” Cal Youngberg, environmental services manager for the public works department in Longmont, says, “We don’t have any information to say [that it’s not safe]. We don’t know what the effect of longterm exposure is. We don’t have any info on that. The work [to date] hasn’t been scientifically validated or peer-reviewed.” Graziano, of the CDPHE, says, “For total chromium it’s at a safe level,” but could not comment on the safety of the chromium-6 levels. That is, the lack of data and of clear case results limits the ability of local regulators to determine if current chromium-6 levels in drinking water are safe.

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nother issue is that it’s not clear from where chromium contamination comes. Graziano, of the CDPHE, says, “Because we regulate for total chromium, we aren’t analyzing for the source of where those particular chromium elements came from.” “It’s hard to say where chromium comes from,” Longmont’s Youngberg says. “It looks like a lot of this is in the soil formation, or coming from the atmosphere in general.” Wind suggests chromium-6 could be created during the treatment process. “I would assume that [the chromium-6 in our water is naturally occurring],” Wind says. “It could be a combination of natural and [man-made]. We have seen some information that it could be something that forms in the treatment process. I can’t really say which portion it might be changing form in. It may be changing form to hexavalent chromium in the treatment process.” Although chromium-3 can be converted to chromium-6 (through a process called oxidation), this conversion is typically only done to then remove chromium from the water if other methods of removal are not available. Boulder gets its water from four water sources: Barker Reservoir, Lakewood Reservoir, Boulder Reservoir and Carter Lake. From there it is treated at one of two water treatment facilities: the Betasso Water Treatment Plant and the Boulder Reservoir Water Treatment Plant. Neither Wind nor Youngberg says last September’s flood had any impact on the chromium-6 levels in the water.

he cost of removing chromium-6 — at whatever concentration — certainly impacts how decisions are made to remove it. “I do know a major reason why the California level was not lower [than 10 ppb] is because chromium is not an inexpensive chemical to remove,” Sharp says. “Because of that, unfortunately, it means that most water utilities are not going to remove something unless they are required to by law because it’s quite expensive.” Much of the studies done to determine cost, including a 2014 Water Research Foundation study, found that capital costs for a new treatment plant in an area where the water is heavily saturated with chromium-6 (more than 20 ppb) could cost anywhere between $1 million and $10 million, depending on capacity, efficiency and demand. Though large-scale operations to remove the contaminant may be expensive, there are options to inexpensively remove low levels of chromium-6 from the water supply in towns with sufficient

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water treatment facilities, according to a 2004 American Water Works Association study. That study recommended two technologies for municipalities looking to remove low levels of chromium-6 from their water supply to adopt: anion exchange and reverse osmosis. Both, the study said, are “highly effective, mature technolog[ies]” that interested municipalities could feasibly implement. In anion exchange, contaminated water is sent through a specialized metal vessel and passed through a resin that exchanges the chromium-6 ions for other, harmless ions in the resin. In reverse osmosis treatment, water is forced through a membrane that separates the chromium from the water. According to the American Water Works Association study, both methods are effective but large amounts of water are lost through reverse osmosis, rendering it less efficient. Water Research Foundation Senior Research Manager Alice Fulmer says, however, that the low-level technologies researched are only proven to remove chromium-6 from water down to 1 ppb. Given that Boulder’s chromium-6 levels fall below the 1 ppb threshold, Fulmer says, “I don’t see any of these technologies feasible or even necessary for Boulder’s water treatment facility yet.” However, both reverse osmosis and anion exchange processes have the added benefit of shutting out other contaminants. Says Sharp: “What’s really interesting is that they’re looking at how much it would cost to treat chromium down to a particular level and the benefits. But, if you install some sort of new treatment technology, you’re going to remove things other than [chromium-6], not everything, but you’re going to be cleaning up other chemicals and so there are other benefits. As far as I can tell, it’s a huge oversight.” Boulder currently uses a coagulation and filtration method to treat water. Wind says Boulder will defer action on chromium-6 levels until they get higher or a new standard is put in place. “We don’t have a threshold right now [for too much chromium-6]. Our main go-by is the total chromium drinking water standard. Right now we’re a couple of orders of magnitudes below that. If we looked at California levels and we got in at something around that, we’d look into it a bit more, particularly if [the chromium-6 level] was increasing.” Wind adds, “We haven’t even looked at what that [the cost of removing chromium-6 from drinking water] would be.” Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com Boulder Weekly

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espite the City of Boulder’s ongoing efforts to install charging stations, zero-emissions vehicles still have a long way to go to catch up with their gas-fueled competitors on the highway of American automobiles. But last year, the Electric Drive Transportation Association reported a 330 percent sales increase in zero-emissions vehicles. Though that’s a boom, we’re still looking at a decade before zero-emissions vehicles make up a significant portion of the cars on the road. Zero-emissions vehicles are battery electric, plug-in hybrid and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. “For last year — in 2013 — [zero-emissions vehicles] sales represented 0.6 percent of all sales nationwide,” says Wade Newton, from the Alliance of Automobile Manufactures. Emissions from vehicles are a significant contributor to the greenhouse gases that lead to climate change. In Colorado, transportation accounts for 23 percent of the emissions according to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. As part of the push for more zero-emissions vehicles on the road, Boulder has built 12 electric vehicle charging stations and has seven more to come. “People need to see electric charging stations out there to buy the vehicles,” Newton says. “But, at the same time, people that put the electric charging stations out there want to see users. We like to refer to it as ‘things need to develop in harmony.’” In 2010, Boulder secured a $500,000 federal grant with the help of U.S. Representative Jared Polis (D-Boulder) to become a member of Project Get Ready — a Rocky Mountain Institute collaborative initiative with other U.S. cities that aimed at ramping up the electric vehicle market. At the time there were very few other related programs. And at the federal level there was very little current funding for programs like this.

IBM worked with staff to provide specific recommendations for use of the award: $130,000 went to battery-to-grid vehicle storage systems, $205,000 went to 12 finished electric vehicle charging stations, $59,000 went to integrate Smart Grid and building charging systems and lastly $100,000 went to purchase and test three electric vehicles. According to the city, $3,000 went to an outreach campaign for eGo CarShare. With eGo, the public can rent a zero-emissions vehicle to drive around and it helps promote the Smart Grid program. “Boulder has a Smart Grid/Plug-In and Electric Hybrid Vehicles Project, which is the only one of its kind in the nation,” says Nick Grossman, communications specialist with the City of Boulder. Implementing zero emissions vehicles and their charging stations requires initiatives, action plans, money and promises. Zero-emissions vehicles have just begun their introduction to the market in the last few years, so the prices are steep. “There are really creative ways to mobilize the consumer that states can do like allowing zero-emissions vehicles access to the HOV express lanes, priority parking or free charging. It really requires all stake holders to come together,” says Grossman. It’s expensive to mobilize a movement. On average in Boulder a charging station costs $15,800 dollars to completely implement. According to the city, there are seven more planned electric vehicle charging stations. Some of the notable existing charging stations are located at the Broadway and Spruce Street parking lot and the South Boulder

Recreation Center. These locations host two of the first-of-its-kind solar charging stations that were designed in part by IBM. Other locations include East Boulder Community Center, North Boulder Recreation Center, University of Colorado at Kittredge Loop, Alfalfa’s, Rocky Mountain Institute, Boulder Nissan and Walgreens on 28th Street. The more zero emission vehicles on the road the more funding there will be for infrastructure. In Boulder County, there are 7,849 registered zero-emission vehicles, according to Jane Culkin from the Boulder Country Clerk’s Office. That is 3.3 percent of registered drivers in Boulder County. “The city’s committed to promoting electric vehicle use and expanding the capacity of the amount of charging stations,” says Grossman. “We also encourage Boulder residents and businesses that do install electric vehicle charging stations to apply for federal tax credits. They can get up to $1,000 for the purchase and instalSee ECO VEHICLES Page 24

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out the day. The event is coordinated by Community Cycles, a nonprofit that educates and advocates for the safe use of bicycles as an affordable, viable and sustainable means of transportation and personal enjoyment. Walk & Bike Month is also sponsored by GO Boulder, a segment of the city transportation department focused on reducing single car usage. — Steven Kreimendahl

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The Thwaites Glacier in the West Antarctic Ice Sheet is melting away from sides, and if it fully melts, that could cause an increase of global sea levels between one and two meters. A recent study from the Institute for Geophysics at The University of Texas at Austin reveals that geothermal heat is melting the glacier from below. This heat under the glacier might be a key factor in the ice sheet’s ability to slide, which impacts the glacier’s stability as a whole.

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lation of a charging station for personal use.” One way Colorado has further increased zero-emissions vehicles sales is through incentives. “Colorado has among one of the best tax incentive credits in the country for electric vehicles,” Nate Watters from the Colorado Energy Office says. “Up to $6,000 for passenger cars and $20,000 for a heavy duty truck.” Colorado also has a program called Charge Ahead, which is funded through the state, the Colorado Energy Office and the Regional Air Quality Council. “The program has committed to fund 93 charging stations this year,” Watters says. “Many of them have already been implemented and there are close to 16 more that will be online by the end of the

month.” Charge Ahead is funded by the Expand Electric Vehicle Charging Station Grants bill, which expands who’s eligible to receive electric vehicle grants to implement more charging stations. In Colorado there are only 150 charging stations, according to the U.S. Department of Energy. Throughout the country there are other programs that plan to increase the numbers of charging stations and zeroemissions vehicles but say it will take quite a few years to do so. Even President Obama is late to deliver on his green vehicle market promise. He first announced in his 2011 State of the Union address that there would be 1 million electric vehicles on the road by 2015. In fact there are only 215,000 plug-

in electric cars that have been sold in the United States since 2008, according to hybridcars.com, a green vehicles consumer information website. The push for zero-emissions vehicles has picked up in other states around the country. Eight states, comprising 28 percent of the national automobile market, recently announced a plan to put 3.3 million zero-emissions vehicles on their roads by 2025. There are also programs to lower carbon emissions, such as one that includes 11 Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states that have been working since June 2012 on the Transportation and Climate Initiative, which focuses on freight efficiency, sustainable communities, alternative vehicles and renewable fuels. The amount of charging stations still

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our ski mountaineers (well, three skiers and one snowboarder) seem to have set a record in Alaska this season. It’s tough to know what, exactly, and from the audible shrug and laugh when he talks about it, it’s clear that Anton Sponar doesn’t much care. Sponar, Anton Sponar Aaron Diamond, Evan Pletcher and Jordan White went to the northern reaches of the United States and skied the “Alaska Family,” — Mt. McKinley, or Denali, the tallest peak in North America, and the neighboring summits of Mount Foraker and Mount Hunter — in a single expedition, a single season, and reached the third summit in just 31 days. “We know for sure they’ve never been skied in one season, because only Andrew [McLean] had skied them,” Sponar says. “I can only imagine that if they haven’t been climbed all in one season, it would take someone getting even luckier than we did to have done it that fast, because we essentially didn’t stop. We had four rest days total during the whole thing.” The only other person to have skied all three completed the project in nine weeks’ of expeditions, which included a repeat try at one of the summits, spread over 14 years. These four were giving themselves six weeks — 45 days of food. They flew out after 33 days on the glacier. They’ve set a speed record for ski mountaineering

these three peaks, and Diamond was the first to snowboard all three peaks. But they may have also set a speed record for climbing the three peaks. Asked how that feels, Sponar says, “Not totally sure, really. We knew we were trying to do something in the ski mountaineering world. We had no idea — if that’s even the case — that we were doing something in the alpinism world, which to us is a very proud thing because ski mountaineers are kind of a different sort of group of people in the whole alpine world, just

think about it, really.” The Denali National Park and Preserve’s Walter Harper Talkeenta Ranger Station tracks Denali and Foraker climbers, who have to register with the office, but records for Hunter are less complete. Marueen Gualtieri, with the park service, says at least one other person has summitted all three peaks in one season — almost definitely in more than 31 days. “But even though we don’t compile a running list of the triple crown, I’m confident in saying it would be an extremely short list — like only a handful,” Gualtieri said via email. “Particularly in 31 days...” Asked about the endeavor in February, when Boulder Weekly reported on the upcoming “Ski the Big Three” expedition, McLean said, “They would have to get perfect conditions for it, and that’s hard to do. And I suppose there would have to be some strategy involved as far as skiing maybe the lower peaks earlier and the higher peaks later.” That’s just what they got, and what they did — starting with Hunter before moving up to Foraker and finishing on Denali. “I think the story of the Evan Pletcher on the Mt. Hunter climb, the first of the three Alaskan peaks he would whole trip is the weather — climb, along with Anton Sponar, Aaron Diawe just got super lucky,” mond and Jordan White. Sponar says. “It really was as if when we needed a good because we don’t usually climb like climbers, we have weather window, we got it, and when it snowed it was different goals, different ideas, we look at the mounwhen we were on rest days anyway, so it didn’t even tain differently, so things are different. As a ski moun- matter. It was pretty incredible. It was almost as if we taineer, you’re not pushing the limits in the alpine asked for that forecast for the whole month. As far as world. So having done something that might have I’m concerned, that’s how we got it done. That’s the pushed or progressed something in the alpine climbmain reason. We were prepared and ready for anying world is pretty amazing. We never set out to do thing and it just kind of happened. It was kind of that, but if that’s the case, we don’t even know what to amazing.”

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It wasn’t a great snow year on the Alaska Range, he says. The routes they’d hoped to ski on Denali were blown off to blue ice. The only route on Hunter was nothing but black ice on the top of the one skiable line, a south facing route that was likely in its last skiable days of the season and already showing bare rock in places. Both Hunter and Foraker are down the Kahlitna Glacier from the main base camp that flights come into, which abuts against the north face of Hunter. Their route, however, was on the south side, so they began their expedition by hiking across the Kahlitna Glacier around the base of Hunter and then up an icefall to the route. They banked left around the icefall, a place Sponar described as like “the jaws of the glacier,” in his Wildsnow.com blog written during the expedition. “Hunter was definitely the most technically demanding in every aspect, the ski and the climb, quite a bit more than Foraker and Denali,” Sponar says. They climbed up the route they’d chosen to ski, the Ramen Route, some 3,300 feet of a 50-degree slope, to see it before they skied it. They began up it at 9 p.m., hoping for more solid, more easily climbable conditions on a route typically only used by climbers bailing on rappel from the ridge above. “The climb on that was pretty tough — you encounter a lot of different snow, a lot of super unconsolidated crap that we were swimming through,” Sponar says. “Then when we got to the top, it was all black ice that we were actually having to swing our ice tools and do almost real ice climbing to get through.” From there, they crossed a ridge spotted in glaciated areas and crevasses, a summit plateau they had to wrap all the way around from the West Ridge to their ski route and summitted the 14,573-foot peak at 9 p.m. Though Alaska was moving toward 24 hours of

Aaron Diamon and Jordan Whiite move through the icefall on Mt. Hunter

daylight, and the only time Sponar would use his headlamp was on the climb up Hunter, it was still too dark to ski down after the summit. The four dug a pit into a wall of snow, covered it in their ski poles, a tarp and snow, squeezed in together, replacing their ski boots with down mittens, and rested for the few dark hours. “It’s not comfortable, but you get through the night,” Sponar says. “I don’t know how much anybody actually slept.” When the light increased, they skied down toward the camp they’d left 41 hours before. By the time they got back within reach of their camp, they were out of food and water, and immediately boiled snow and drank from the pot. The ascent of Foraker, 17,400 feet in elevation, came next. A narrow weather window forced them to make the decision to do the climb alpine style, going base camp to base camp in seven days — a project that most guided trips give 21 days over to completing. They squeezed four people into one tent and packed just enough food for

four days. “We knew if we tried to do it full expedition style, which a lot of people do, which is carrying a bunch of stuff up but having to do carries, there was a good chance the weather window would slip by us while we were still messing around on the lower mountain, and we didn’t really have that time to let that happen, so we just went for it,” Sponar says. One storm caught them on the Sultana Ridge, and they hunkered down for a day of white-out that caught them at the top of a four or five-mile ridge before the broader ridge that leads to the summit. “Nothing really was super technical, but you’re just exposed to weather for a really long time,” Sponar says. “Foraker is basically the first thing that any storm hits, so if a storm was coming, we could see it for a long time before it got to us.” They saved Denali for last. It took four days of hiking to get to a camp at 14,000 feet in elevation — the height of the tallest summits in Colorado — to stage for the summit of Denali. That

camp sits on a plateau, set back from the main face of Denali to leave room for avalanches, at what’s called the Edge of the World, where the plateau drops off and the views pick up. A tent city pops up every year during Denali’s climbing season, where aspiring climbers gather and socialize and wait for their weather window. When theirs arrived, as with Foraker, it was short enough that they prioritized speed and set off to climb from the camp at 14,000 feet to the summit at 20,322 feet in a single day. Given almost 24 hours of daylight, Sponar says, they were able to sleep in until 8:30 a.m. and start for the summit at 10 a.m. After pushing through strong winds that often drove them to the snow, crouched down to wait the gusts out, they reached it at 9 p.m. then were able to ski back down the route they’d just ascended, the Phantom Headwall, which cuts straight up from the Autobahn traverse on the main route. They summitted Denali 31 days after being dropped off at the airstrip base camp. Eager to sleep somewhere other than on the snow, and eat something that hadn’t been freeze-dried, they skied down to their camp, rested just a little, and then headed all the way down to the base camp, hoping to catch the last flight out of the day and missing it on a technicality. They made camp and planned to fly out the next morning, only to find themselves stuck in a snowstorm that day, Sponar recounts, “which was fine, because we had a lot of whisky.” The skiing conditions themselves had varied from bad to worse — high altitude snow is just never good, Sponar says, and they saw glaciated to almostcorn snow to snow with a consistency like hard chalk. In the lower section of Foraker, Sponar says, they encounted see ALASKA Page 28

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“some of the worst possible skiing I could ever imagine.” The snow had formed penitentes — towers of snow left standing after dirt blown onto the snow around them sped up the melting of the surrounding snow — that looked ready to impale an unwitting skier. “It was pretty desperate skiing. It wasn’t scary or anything because it’s not that steep, but it was just like, ‘This is impossible,’ it was so much work,” Sponar says. “But we left our skis on the whole way and made it all the way down. It varied, we got some decent turns in there and then some were just like that, where you’re like, ‘I don’t even know how to do this.’” Acclimatization days allowed for some good powder skiing, peak days did not. But then, if good skiing were the point, Sponar says, they’d have gone somewhere else. “It’s not really just about the skiing, it’s about the whole process for me,” Sponar says. “Your skis just become another tool, much like your ice ax is. It’s a faster way to get down, so if you’re confident on your skis, it actually could be a lot safer as well. So it was just a great way to be out in the mountains and doing a little bit differently than just climbing up and walking back down. It’s a little bit more exciting.” The crossover between alpine climbing accomplishments and ski mountaineering is thin. The pursuit of

one or the other leaves one looking for aesthetic lines running opposite directions — not clear, rocky ridges upward but an obvious snow line from summit to bottom. But ski mountaineering is a way to do something new in a peak that’s been climbed before — and the push is for new methods, faster methods. While they were there, Sponar says, they watched Killian Jornet training for the speed record he just set on Denali, finishing the peak in 11 hours and 48 minutes. The “Ski the Big Three” kind of expedition is a mission in “enchainment,” Sponar says, a term he credits Lou Dawson of Wildsnow.com with providing. “So taking either big peaks or a few different peaks in a range that are significant within that range, just going in and doing each one of them using the idea of alpine climbing alpine style where you’re moving fast in the mountains, and making it faster with skis,” Sponar explains. “Obviously, you’re not necessarily going to ski the gnarliest thing on the mountain by doing that, but you’re out there doing a lot. … So many things have been climbed — there’s still so much out there that hasn’t been — but these bigger mountains, these iconic ones, it’s like something else that you can do on them that’s new and a pretty incredible thing, so people are really getting into it.” Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com Boulder Weekly

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ohn Fayhee’s always had dogs, es himself on dog life — his previous he says, in part because it’s book, Smoke Signals, includes two essays behavior for a good citizen — on dogs he’s owned, one on when he rescue a mutt that might othhad to put down his last dog, and one erwise have a grim future at on his current dog, “and how she had the end of the line in a shelter and give the unenviable task of replacing the it a life that includes lots of time in the world’s most perfect dog,” he says — mountains and it’s giving that dog a along with some wisdom on owning, winning ticket for the dog lottery. But naming and photographing your dog. there’s also a question of what having a Colorado Mountain Dogs is a collection dog around adds to your perspective. of those writings and photos to the best “I like being out in the world and in the submissions from Colorado for seeing what the dog is curious about, loosely grouped categories from water because that usually dogs to class clowns. courtesy of Graphic Arts Books means I should be Submitted essays curious about it include one from too,” Fayhee says. Boulder resident Matt “The other end of it Samet, who writes of course is, you about an improbable can’t be slack when mountain dog: a basyou have a dog, you set hound. can’t say ‘Oh screw “When you see a it, I’m not going to basset hound go for a hike today,’ galumphing through or ‘I’m going to go grass, his belly dragout and have a beer ging the high-reachinstead,’ because ing blades and his you’ve got this 50 ears tipped in brackpounds of quadruen, your first thought ped staring at you, probably isn’t, ‘There’s M. John Fayhee assembed Colorado looking at you like the mountain dog for Mountain Dogs from 2,500 photos submitted for the Mountain Gazette’s you’re the biggest me,’” Samet’s essay annual dogs issue. piece of shit on begins before detailearth if you don’t go ing the impressive out. So especially, I’m 58 now, so I don’t summit list of this most unlikely of wilhave the energy levels that I used to derness-going canines. have, and then having a 4-year-old dog Fayhee contacted all the photogralooking at you like, ‘What do you mean phers for permission to reprint their we’re not going for a hike?’ so I go out photos and cutlines to go with them — six or seven days a week. Probably one a tedious project alleviated by, what else, or two of those times, I probably the company of the dogs in the photos. wouldn’t go out of either laziness or “When you’re sitting there staring tiredness or whatever, except I’ve got at a stupid damn dog with a stick in its these brown eyes staring at me.” mouth out in the lake, it’s hard not to When the Mountain Gazette, the be lightened,” he says. “It just lightens much-beloved now online-only magamy day when I look at it, and I hope zine on mountain life Fayhee was editor that people get that too.” for in its last years in print, came upon Fayhee will be speaking about and the idea to do a photo issue dedicated signing his book, Colorado Mountain to mountain dogs, he thought it would Dogs, at the Boulder Book Store at be a one-time deal, Fayhee says. But the 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 19. At issue was so well received, they did it each stop on this book tour, he’s partfor four additional years. In that time, nering with a local rescue group. In he acquired some 2,500 photo submisBoulder, that group is Summit Dog sions of mountain dogs. As his book, Rescue, an all-breed rescue that focuses The Colorado Mountain Companion, was on mid-size active dogs, but works to wrapping up, the publisher asked that save dogs from Colorado’s kill shelters standard publisher question: what next? whatever their breed or size, in hopes Fayhee mentioned the photos and the they may all have a chance to grow to idea took off. have happy lives that include walks in He rounded up some Mountain the woods. Gazette writers, put together a few piecRespond: letters@boulderweekly.com Boulder Weekly

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s I journeyed through the 216 pages of photos, poster art, past musical lineups and essays that make up Telluride Bluegrass Festival; Forty Years of Festivation, it struck me that the Galapagos Islands and the Telluride Bluegrass Festival have a lot in common. Both are perfect incubators for illustrating Darwin’s theory. Hold that thought. The book, which was just released on June 18, is a collector’s edition with only a 5,000-copy press run. It’s also the first foray into the book-publishing world by Planet Bluegrass, but you’d never know it. The book is a beautiful thing to behold. It’s hardbound in Spanish leather (nod to Bob D.) with an “animated lenticular image” of Sam Bush right in the center of the cover. That’s the technical way of saying if you stare Boulder Weekly

at the book’s cover photo of Sam and you move your head around, he appears to come to life and starts doing his signature Mandolin chop which is, of course, the universal bluegrass signal for “buckle up, we’re about to have some serious fun.” The book is clearly intended to be a celebration of the ongoing success of the Telluride Bluegrass Festival, one of America’s greatest annual musical events. But as I explored the rich historical photos, read the essays and revisited the musical lineups from every year since the festival kicked off in 1974, I realized the book is much more than that. It is a lens focused on the evolutionary trail of not only the festival, but the people who attend, the musicians who perform and the mountain town that has played host for four decades. For example, as I turned the pages I watched mandolin virtuoso Chris Thile

grow up before my eyes. The photos of Thile start when he was just a boy dressed in costume playing music in the festival’s children’s tent. Later we see his appearance on the main stage as a part of Nickel Creek and eventually he’s transformed into a solo festival headliner. It dawned on me as I read along that the TBF and this book document Thile’s evolution in much the same way as the marks on a doorframe in an old house show a child’s progression of height over the years. The book contains 350 photos in all and they take the viewer from the festival’s earliest days when naked people carrying tarps and wearing headbands couldn’t garner a second look from anybody in the crowd, the very small crowds back in those days. “Telluride was the goldilocks zone for championship craziness. We were not too old, not too stupid, not too jaded, not too judgmental, not too ugly, not too overcommitted, not too tired — just right,” writes Reverend Mustard in his description of those early years. And he would know. Festivalgoers, at least those who attended prior to 2006, will remember Reverend Mustard as the always unpredictable, sometimes offensive (political correctness eludes him) and most times hysterical emcee of the fest. Mustard’s real name is Dan

Sadowsky and he was the man on stage cracking jokes and introducing acts from 1978 until 2006. Because of his sense of humor and historical perspective on the festival — he played the fest as a musician from 1975 through 1978 — it was only fitting that Sadowsky was tapped to write the individual essays for each of the festival’s 40 years. He does a great job of sharing the insider’s tales of each year’s backstage antics, creative collaborations and the festival’s joys and struggles. That’s right, struggles. The TBF wasn’t always the sold-out-months-inadvance juggernaut that we know today. It was a pretty iffy proposition to pull off for the first 15 years or so. I found the book to be very candid about the business end of the festival. The TBF was started in 1974 by a band of musicians that called themselves Fall Creek. And even though the whole group was involved in pulling off that first year’s fest, it was Fall Creek member Fred Shellman who emerged as the festival’s godfather. For the next 14 years Shellman managed to grow the festival over the outcry of the town’s TELLURIDE from Page 32

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bureaucrats and what Telluride is so imporseemed to be a nevertant. A quick scan of ending shortage of lineups and photos funds. from years past turns Shellman did it up names like Doc not by being wealthy Watson, Johnny Cash, or a good businessLevon Helm, Vasar man, but by creating Clements, Bill something special. He Monroe, Earl Scruggs, built an amazing Michael Hedges, Kate community around Wolf, Jesse the TBF, a communiWinchester, Steve ty of musicians, blueGoodman, John grass festival fans and Hartford and others Music legends like Emmylou Harris and James Taylor are among those in the volunteers as commit- industry who have fallen in love with playing at the TBF. And Johnny Cash is just that will no doubt one of many who are no longer with us who have graced the stage at Telluride. spark bittersweet ted to keeping the festival alive as he memories for those was. fortunate enough to start to see musicians who met or He used local volunteers to do as have seen their sets at Telluride while maybe played a song or two together at much of the work as possible, from the festival who then wound up making they were still with us. making sandwiches for the musicians Another nice feature of the book is records together or even forming new backstage to providing security at night its collection of the festival posters from bands together, bands that, of course, to taking tickets and marketing the show up in the TBF lineups a couple of every year. They are truly works of art event. and the artist behind the Telluride postyears later. But more than anything, that early ers since 1984, watercolorist William eTown’s Nick Forester, who played success relied on the musicians who Matthews, also pens one of the essays. the TBF for years as a member of Hot played the TBF to tell their friends in The guest essays in the book proRize, writes one of the essays by musithe industry what a great time was to vide a clear window into the festival. cians that are featured in the book. be had at this little festival in the They help to explain the speColorado mountains. It worked. cial bond that the musicians Once a picker hit the stage in feel for the Telluride audience Telluride they were sure to return and vice versa. While many are written by musicians who confor years to come. sider the festival a home away Yet despite all this, from home like Sam Bush, Shellman was struggling with Emmylou Harris, Chris Thile, the financial aspects of the Bela Fleck and many others, business. I won’t play spoiler, the book also has essays by but just as things were looking locals who have watched the like they might come to an end festival grow from its humble for the storied festival in 1988, beginnings, festival volunteers Craig Ferguson, then a board At the height of its insanity in 1991, the TBF drew a and family members of those member and legal council for crowd of 16,000. Since then, the festival has capped its who helped launch TBF 40 the festival and today the head attendance at 10,000 fun-seekers. years ago on nothing but a of Planet Bluegrass, stepped in desire for fun and prayer. and kept it going. As the book says, Forester describes the festival as “comYes, the festival has evolved, the fans it wasn’t pretty, but it was necessary. plicated.” have evolved, the town has evolved and Obviously, it worked out well because “It’s a tribal reunion, musical the musicians have evolved. And if you Planet Bluegrass has taken the TBF Thanksgiving, wedding, funeral, bachread the essays and look at the phototo new heights that no one could elor party and music school all graphs contained in Telluride Bluegrass have imagined in 1974 or 1988. wrapped up in a festival and depositFestival; Forty Years of Festivation careIt was evolution in action and you ed in one of the most beautiful valleys fully, you will surely see that it is a book can see it in the crowds of festivarians in the world,” he writes. “It’s a tangled that is only going to get thicker with who attend TBF as well. There are a revisiting of the past — ex girlfriends time because this evolutionary process is surprising number of people who have or spouses or bandmates or roomstill going strong as the TBF gene is driven, flown, hitchhiked, walked or mates. It’s a rapid-fire glimpse of the passed from generation to generation. crawled to nearly all of the 40 festifuture — new bands and musicians, Perhaps Bela Fleck said it best vals to date or who have made it to at new collaborations that turn into when he wrote, “TBF is the only festileast a couple of dozen. Many have bands or records, new girlfriends or val I’ve been to every year for more raised their families around the festispouses.” than 30 years. I measure my progress val and made the annual event an Forester should know. He met his by it. I revisit my tribe at it. And I hope important part of their lives and even wife and fellow eTown host, Helen, to grow old at it.” their values. backstage at Telluride. Not many music festivals can boast For the musicians, Telluride is The backstage stories and each year’s such loyalty, and not many books can equally influential. It is an incubator. If lineup that are in the book also serve as capture such devotion so well. you read through the lineups over the a reminder of why seeing a great live Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com years, a funny pattern emerges. You performance in a special place like Boulder Weekly

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DJ Chive performed at the debut of The Alphabet Club, Boulder’s new queer hosted dance night at Absynthe House.

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Boulder gets new queer hosted dance night by Josh Gross

oulder likes to think of itself as a tolerant community. Local musician DJ Chive would — respectfully — disagree. “I don’t think there’s a place in Boulder you could go out in drag, comfortably,” Chive says. “I don’t think there’s a place you could go out and make out with your girlfriend [as a queer person] and feel comfortable.” It’s enough of an issue that Chive, who is transgender, asked to be identified by his stage name. “I would love to have my name on it,” Chive says. “But the world we live in, although it feels safe, hate crimes do exist and being trans-identified, I am a target.” That’s a big part of why Chive is spearheading a new all-inclusive but queer hosted dance night that launched this week, The Alphabet Club. And in what might be the biggest surprise for all those tolerant Boulderites, it’s the 34 June 19, 2014

city’s only dedicated queer night in a fixed location. “What we do have is Prop Gay, but it’s not really a space of our own,” Chive says of the flashmob-style gettogether that has been held monthly since 2009. “Part of what their message is, ‘we’re here, and we’re going to prove that we’re here and that we can take your space,’” says Chive. “This is slightly different in that we are hosting a space for the world to come embrace.” Boulder has been without a dedicated gay bar since 2006, when The Yard of Ale closed after 19 years in business. Another gay-owned but not gay-dedicated bar, the b.side Lounge, had doors open from 2008 to 2009. But Chive says even if either were still open, it doesn’t really address the gap. “If you have a bar that’s open seven days a week, it’s hard to get people in because we’re not just gay,” says Chive. “We want to go to other bars.”

And Chive says that’s a part of the appeal of The Alphabet Club’s location: downtown Boulder’s biggest celebration of alcohol-fueled heteronormativity, Absinthe House. The cavernous, multilevel dance space can fit more than 700, and has a demographic best marketed to with the rally cry of, “Spring break!” “We [at Absinthe House] were definitely cognizant of [the demographic],” says Petey Helm, with Absinthe House, and a DJ who has been organizing club nights in Boulder for 15 years and is mentoring Chive through the process. “I wouldn’t say it was something we were actively trying to correct.” But Chive started regularly bringing in his demo-tape right about the same time that Helm was given the task of filling Tuesday nights at Absynthe House. They got to talking, and Helm, ever the tolerant Boulderite, was a bit shocked to learn that Boulder didn’t have a dedicated queer night. Helm says he definitely saw it as a potential Boulder Weekly

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new customer base on a typically slow night, but also something worth doing. Helm, Chive and other members of the queer community, including Out Boulder, spent the next month planning for the launch on June 17. Like so many first nights, June 17 was not a line-out-the-door success. But it was enough that Helm felt good about the turnout. Around 200 people danced to hip hop and dance tunes spun by DJ Chive and socialized on the rooftop patio. Part of Chive’s goal was accomplished in that at least two attendees were in drag. “Part of the reason I wanted to do this night is because I felt there was the need for an alternative space,” says Chive. “It happens to be queer, because that’s how I experience the world, but it doesn’t necessarily have to be queer or gay, just different.” Both Helm and Chive also told BW that the lack of a queer night was, to some degree, an extension of Boulder’s lack of diversity in its music scene. “I think there’s not a lot of, I don’t want to say, niche, but varying different nights,” says Helm. Boulder’s homogenous musical culture is a failing repeatedly attributed to the lack of an appropriate or dedicated — and above-ground — alternative or “spaghetti” venue in which all manner Boulder Weekly

of strange, noisy, terrifyingly new and different acts are thrown at the wall to see what sticks, but Chive is pretty excited about The Alphabet Club’s setting none the less. “The other reason that Absinthe House worked for us is that I want this night to attempt to pay homage to the gay nights of the ’80s and the ’90s,” he says. “House music came from the gay scene.” The Alphabet Club’s debut night was centered around the music of DJ Chive, who got his start working the party circuit of Smith College in Massachusetts. He started out just mixing pop songs, but has been working in his own material over the course of five years. Still, he is as hesitant to pin down his musical style as he is to pin down gender. “Do we want this night to be about defining people?” he says. “I’d say open format is the best way to describe this night in total.” When pressed, Chive calls it computer music, and says he’s fine with mixing up jams like The Verve’s “Bittersweet Symphony,” with Kanye. For future events, DJs Chive and Petey say they will seek out DJs from the queer community to perform at The Alphabet Club, but it’s not required. “The idea is that we’re also trying to

present something new and different,” says Chive. “So if you’re a DJ that plays UK house, you might not be gay, but UK house is not something you can currently experience in Boulder.” And Chive thinks that bringing people together for those new experiences, showing them there’s nothing to be afraid of, and mixing in the communal experience of dancing is how you break down barriers to shift culture. “While Boulder is very open-minded, I think that what’s happened is that everybody has been open-minded in their own self-centric way,” says Chive. “And what’s happened is it’s disjointed the community a bit. The goal is to bring people together and expose them to other ways of experiencing identity.” Maybe that’s a long shot. Maybe The Alphabet Club won’t change Boulder’s outlook enough that DJ Chive would feel safe enough to use his name in an interview or for the Pearl Street Mall to become a comfortable place to go for a stroll in drag. Maybe it’s idealistic to cast The Alphabet Club as anything more than a fun thing that’s happening on Tuesday nights. But to put it in a musical language Boulder is more acquainted with: “some may say DJ Chive is a dreamer, but he’s not the only one.” Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com

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female vocals. About a $14,000 or $15,000 mic, but it really brings out the female vocals. It just does mirafinally got the album submitted to cles.” CD Baby. Everything is secured Kronen returns to the friendly stage and ready to go now.” of the Fox this Friday night (the band Caleb Kronen may be a bit more will be giving 299 free copies of the EP prone to second-guessing the final mix away at the Fox as well as at a pre-parthan most guitarists. A hearing science ty CD signing from 7-9 p.m. at the major at the Vapor House before Courtesy of Kronen University of the show) but we Colorado, he is leadwondered about the ing an honors thesis band’s longer term research project this goal. Band member summer at the CU logistics, including Hearing Research Caleb’s last semester Laboratory and freely at CU, present chaladmits that thinking lenges for the outfit about sound, how it to devote extended gets created and captime on the road, but tured, how people he says the band is hear it, is a vital commaking some moves ponent to the band’s into soundtrack craft. work: TV placement, Fans of the outfit film, etc. A logical may hear the results move, we thought, on the band’s new for a band whose Kronen will release its self-titled EP at the Fox Theatre on Friday, June 20 self-titled EP. music is so visual. Drummer Kato “Yes, I’m glad Kronen’s shuffling, you mentioned that,” cat-like percussion figure yields to lot to work with for my lead guitarist said Caleb Kronen. “I recently had a swelling and colliding guitar tones on [Eddie Nerney] and the piano player meeting with the manager of the “Have It All,” sounding a bit like a ret[Dan Herman] I brought in on one Preservation Hall Jazz Band. He lives ro-pop song slowed to two-thirds and song, and just thinking about instruin Hollywood, and he has gotten their laced with distant, half-heard voices mentation in a classical sense. We songs in a lot of films. ... Once [our] and reverb soaked were working on our EP is released on June 20th, he’s going shrouds of grey bass player’s SSL, and to try to get it placed in film, TV ads or ON THE BILL: Kronen CD noise. “Leaves Will there’s so many chan- shows, and try to get us some exposure Release Show with Yovth, Poor Fall” skitters on a nels we could use, we in that realm of media.” Man’s Vacation and Injury to Illness. 8:30 p.m. Friday, June 20 stick figure mid-temdecided ‘Let’s have 25 Kronen and his sister, native Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., po pony ride beneath tracks channels on Boulderites, represent a kind of left Boulder all ages / $11 advance vaguely menacing each song.’” brain/right brain creative enterprise, with / $13 day of guitarist Caleb working the mechanics harmonized lead It doesn’t take and minutiae of the band’s recorded outvocals shared long to realize that between the siblings, and the chill Caleb Kronen is evolving into a record- put, and Kato creating the visuals and overseeing the band’s fashion line (yes, instrumental “Sapience” drifts along ing studio mad scientist — knob-twidlike a murmur on the wind, lush and dling a rocket-science mixing board like Kronen is a band and a clothing logo). “We’ve been playing music together diffident. Drifting amidst dark confecan SSL will do that — and the guitarist our entire lives. The fact that my sister tion or shoegazer ambience, Kronen can wax on studio esoterica like comhas a degree from CU in art, and I’ve evokes as effectively as it narrates. pression levels with diabolical zeal. been taking all the music classes I can In some ways, this EP may reveal a “At one point, we ended up reband who has grown into their material doing all the vocal tracks, because we [as a non-major] and my work in the hearing sciences, it’s a really unique sufficiently that they need be less parodidn’t like the sound of the approach to he whole band thing. She chial in how it gets assembled in the [Neumann] U47 mic that we were studio. using, and even though it’s a $20,000 really focuses on our fashion line and our album covers and our music videos, “The catalyst in that change was mic, it’s known for male vocals. So and I can really focus on the recordings that I took music theory and music we actually went online and grabbed composition classes at CU the last few an ELA-M 251 vintage tube mic [we and that side of things. It’s really been quite fun.” semesters before this album,” explains went in on it with a couple of other Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com Caleb Kronen. “And what helped me studios here in town] that’s meant for Boulder Weekly

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We be culture jamming

Longmont’s Left Hand Brewing Company hosts second annual summer music festival featuring Ozomatli by Maalikah Hartley

Photo courtesy of Intercambio

couple years ago, after Joshua Goldberg, the community and events manager of Longmont’s Left Hand Brewing Company, donated free cases of beer to an event for Intercambio — an immigrant advocacy organization that promotes understanding across cultures through educational and cultural classes — he got an itch to do something bigger and crazier to break down all the barriers in the community. Enter Culture Jam. “Culture Jam is all about bringing together the different communities, the different cultures of Colorado and having them rock out and get sweaty and dance for a bunch of hours together at our brewery in Longmont,” Goldberg says. “Culture Jam is all about family, it’s all about music, it’s all about great food and a ton of great beer.” It was a huge success, so they’re doing it all again this year. And fittingly enough, three-time Grammy Awardwinning Los Angeles-based band Ozomatli will headline the music festival for the second year in a row. The wide-ranged musical group has served as cultural ambassadors for the U.S. State Department overseas, and for good reason. Their music has been described as driving down Sunset Boulevard with the windows rolled down, blending all the different sounds that you hear from people’s cars: salsa, cumbia, hip-hop, rock and funk. Goldberg didn’t hold back his enthusiasm for the group’s return, and calls last year’s family-oriented music festival “the perfect night.”

way,” Pacheco says. “It could even be looking at our show and seeing what we can do different. I think ON THE BILL: Culture Jam, Left Hand Brewing Company, 1265 it’s important to kind of examine Boston Ave., Longmont, 5 p.m.-10 yourself and to make changes in p.m (Doors open at 4 p.m.) on an attempt to make it better, yes?” Saturday, June 21. $10-$32, children under 5 get in free. Visit Human rights is also an added www.lefthandbrewing.com for passion of Ozomatli. The band tickets and more information. first came together in an abandoned building in 1995 where they would work to raise funds for worker’s rights and fair wages. Culture Jam’s main beneficiaries will be Longmont’s YMCA and Intercambio. “There’s kind of this extra deeper motivation to do a great job and have a great experience for everyone,” Pacheco Ozomatli performing at last year’s Culture Jam at the Left Hand Brewing Company in Longmont. says. “I think the biggest thing that has been on our minds lately has been immigration reform. It’s a humane issue; it’s a human rights issue. When Raul Pacheco, guitarist in Ozomatli, cumbia,” from the catchy chorus of “Cumbia de los Muertos,” or jamming they’re not afforded opportunities I recently spoke with Boulder Weekly and out to the “Saturday Night” party think people need to survive and do says their job has always been to rock anthem, Pacheco says, the goal of the whatever they need to do in order to do the party — something they’ve been that — with dignity. We support the band is to bring a high energy show doing for nearly 20 years. positive aspects of that.” and make the audience feel pure joy. “I think people like music that This year’s festival will also feature Their new album, Place in the Sun, moves them,” he says. “Rhythm has a dance group Fiesta Colorado, Brazilian released March 11, shows the progreslot to do with that and we’re a very drum group Bateria Alegria, reggae sion of how far the band has come in rhythmic band. We’ve never felt creating their own individual niches and band Na’an Stop, Panamanian group shunned or like people didn’t like us. Making Movies and more. We’ve always loved Colorado. It’s one is about finding where you are happy, Children can be dropped off at the of the first places that embraced us out- according to band members. It contains side of Los Angeles when we first start- uplifting songs like “Brighter” and YMCA’s “kid zone” and food and drink ed touring. We like [Longmont]. It’s an funky hip-shakers like elder homage will be provided by Guacamole’s, Abo’s incredible town. We had a great time song “Tus Ojos.” Some of Pacheco’s Pizza, Georgia Boys BBQ and, of the last time we came there. We’re just favorite tracks from the new album mix course, Left Hand Craft Beer. looking forward to reconnecting with modern electronic sounds and computPacheco couldn’t quite put his finger old friends and making new ones.” erized production with live instruments. on the different sounds and music that Ozomatli’s music incorporates tra“I think it is important to undercome out of the streets in Colorado, but ditional instruments and throws in stand what younger people are listening he says he would like to be in the mounto. You know, styles change and I think horns, tamblas, marimbas and more. tains to “just listen to the wind.” And whether singing out loud “cumbia, it’s important to stay connected in some Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com

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Obscene Courageous Theatre present’s ‘The Who’s Tommy’ by Gregory Thorson

That deaf, dumb and blind kid will be playing mean pinball for one more weekend at Obscene Courageous Theatre.

sually, The Who’s Tommy is thought of as a large-scale musical filled with special effects and flashy design. Interestingly, Obscene Courageous Theatre Company, a relatively young company in Denver, chose a low-tech angle for its current production of the play, running through Sunday, June 22 at Denver’s Dangerous Theatre. For the uninitiated, The Who’s Tommy is a rock musical by Pete Townsend and Des McAnuff based on The Who’s concept album, Tommy from

the late 1960s. It premiered on Broadway in 1993 and ran for more than two years thanks to clever repurposing of classic Who songs such as “Pinball Wizard,” “Tommy Can You Hear Me” and “We’re Not Gonna Take It.” The plot is focused on Tommy, a young boy who is accidentally left deaf, dumb and blind after a confrontation between his mother’s lover and his father. He is very much alive on the inside, but cannot express himself to others. Eventually, through sex, drugs and pinball, Tommy begins to find out how to express himself,

and eventually (and unexpectedly) becomes a rock star. It should be easy to imagine why the show lends itself to a large-scale production. Director Sarah Crockarell’s direction reminds me of “poor theatre” — a type of experimental theatre popular in the 1960s that stripped the stage of basically everything. This may seem like an odd choice for a production of Tommy, and see TOMMY Page 40

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while some James Miller aspects of this turns in a terconcept work, rific perforothers do not. mance. The role The audiputs many limience enters to a tations on the bare stage feaactor — for turing only a most of the lone keyboardist. musical he can’t The lighting is speak — so minimal and is Miller is left to left on in the communicate audience for his thoughts, much of the frustrations and show. Crockarell emotional pain makes good use through body of a curtain that language and the actors are lit facial expresObscene Courageous Theatre took a strippedin shadow sion. Miller has down, “no-sleeves” approach to The Who’s behind. She also Tommy. good range; places some of he’s capable of the action on playing the the side of the audience, adding to the doe-eyed child and he can also tap into production’s “environmental theatre” a manic energy he uses in some of the feel. The space is very intimate and the more distressing scenes. Another great audience sits at tables. Crockarell has production choice is to have Miller even prepared a Tommy drinking game play keyboard on a couple of songs and and the audience is encouraged to interact with keyboardist Pieter bring their own alcohol. Reimaging the Orlandini. traditional theatre space was a good Musically, the choice to go minimal production choice and added to the leaves a lot to be desired. Orlandini is a excitement of the production. competent keyboardist, but the orchesThis scaled-down approach really trations and rhythm of the music are hard to recreate with just a keyboard. puts the focus on the story and the The cast works to overcome this, using cast, and those directorial choices do a some acoustic guitars and slapping the good job of telling a difficult, non-literal story in which much of the focus is floor for syncopation, but a lot of the depth of the show’s score is lost. on Tommy’s mental experiences. Though it’s daring to take on such a The cast of the production is hit technically complex musical on a small and miss. All of the actors work very scale, much of The Who’s Tommy’s suchard and are engaged in the performance, but some are in over their heads cess comes from it being big, provocamusically and, being a younger compa- tive, theatrical entertainment, and scaling it down so far ultimately creates ny, some of the casting choices did not more problems than it solves. work. For example, casting actors But if you are looking for an edgy younger than Tommy to play his parmusical theatre experience this weekents. Crockarell makes the interesting end, Tommy is the way to go. Obscene choice to cast Cousin Kevin, a bully Courageous and Denver’s Dangerous and tormenter of Tommy, usually Theatre went to great lengths to make played by a male, as a female and this production an interesting experiSarah-Rose DiGiovanni attacks this ence for the audience. It’s great to see a role with devilish glee. Alexa Frank young theatre company willing to take shows off a gorgeous singing voice as risks, and I look forward to seeing their Tommy’s mother. Andrew Nelson future work. throws himself very capably into many Respond:letters@boulderweekly.com various and different roles. As Tommy, Boulder Weekly

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Gypsy Lumberjacks. 10 p.m. Pioneer Inn, 15 E. First St., Nederland, 303-2587733.

Music Americana Highway. 6:30 p.m. St Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696. Arthur Lee Land & gogoLab. 7:30 p.m. Ferg’s Inn, 349 Main St., Lyons, 703-405-2481.

Nick Moss & The Flip Tops. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel & Home of the Blues, 800 28th St., Boulder, 303-4433322.

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

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

Bluegrass Pick. 6 p.m. Twisted Pine Brewing Company, 3201 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-786-9270.

Vocal Journeys Showcase and Misadventure. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 North Park Drive, Lafayette, 303-6652757.

Bluegrass Pick. 8:30 p.m. Under the Sun, 627 S. Broadway, Boulder, 303927-6921. Brazil Night. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628. Bret Mosley. 5:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Homemade Liquids and Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303-485-9400. Claude Bourbon. 7:30 p.m. Larry’s Guitar Shop, 508 5th Ave., Longmont, 720-340-4169.

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Danny Bastos Collective. 10:30 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922.

The story of the greatest science fiction film never made, and how even in nonexistence it still managed to influence everything that came afterwards. Wednesday, June 25: ‘Jodorowsky’s Dune’ 7 p.m. The Dairy Center for The Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826

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Thursday, June 26: Summer Concerts in the Park presents The Carbone Family. 7 p.m. Louisville Community Park, 955 Bella Vista Road, Louisville, 303-335-4535

Wednesday, June 25: Mavis Staples & Marc Cohn perform live. 8 p.m. Chautauqua Auditorium, 900 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-4407666 Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Mavis Staples takes the stage at the Chautauqua Auditorium on Wednesday. Staples was listed as one of Rolling Stone’s 100 Greatest Singers of all Time. Accompanying Staples will be Grammy Award winning Marc Cohn, notoriously known for his soulful ballads.

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Whiskey and Water — Feat. Sara Farmer. 8 p.m. Jamestown Mercantile, 108 Main St., Jamestown, 303-4425847.

Events Arts & Ales. 5 p.m. Left Hand Brewing Company, 1265 Boston Ave., Longmont, 303-772-0258. Boulder Salsa Social plus Blues & WCS. 6:30 p.m. Village Arts Coalition, 6185 Arapahoe Road, Boulder, 303-4408303. Business Research 101. 2 p.m. Boulder Chamber of Commerce, 2440 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-441-3194. Dancelympics 4: Electroswing Party. 9 p.m. Bohemian Biergarten, 2017 13th St., Boulder, 720-328-8328. A Practical Introduction to UX Design. 6 p.m. Boulder Digital Arts, 1600 see EVENTS Page 44

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Friday, June 20 Andrew Bird and The Hands of Glory — with Tift Merritt. 8 p.m. Chautauqua Auditorium, 900 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-442-3282.

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

Colorado Floyd ‘A Pink Floyd Jam’. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 North Park Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757. Concert for a Cure. 7 p.m. Shine Restaurant & Gathering Place, 2027 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-0120. Delores Scott & the Jack Hadley Band. 8:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303823-6685. Dogs’ Got Flavor. 10 p.m. West Flanders Brewery, 1125 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-BREW. Dueling Pianos. 8:30 p.m. Bohemian Biergarten, 2017 13th St., Boulder, 720-328-8328.

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Goodwater and The Symbols. 8 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 720-297-6397. Honey Tree. 7:30 p.m. Oskar Blues CyclHOPS, 600 S. Airport Road, Longmont, 303-776-BIKE.

Caribou Mountain Collective. 9 p.m. Gold Hill Inn, 401 Main St., Boulder, 303-443-6461.

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Drawn to Action: Posters from the AIGA Design Archives — by various artists. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-8655000. Through January 18.

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

Janine Gastineau. 7 p.m. Caffe Sole, 637R S. Broadway St., Boulder, 303-499-2985. Jon McCartan. 8 p.m. Whistler’s Cafe, 121 S. Jefferson St., Nederland, 303-258-0614. Juba Juba. 9 p.m. Stage Stop, Main St., Rollinsville, 303-258-0649. Kevin Dooley. 6 p.m. Jamestown Mercantile, 108 Main St., Jamestown, 303-442-5847. Lindsay Saunders. 8 p.m. Cannon Mine Coffee, 210 S. Public Road, Lafayette, 303-665-0625. Megafauna. 9 p.m. Illegal Pete’s Boulder, 1447 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-3955. Potcheen. 10 p.m. Pioneer Inn, 15 E. First St., Nederland, 303-258-7733. The Prairie Scholars: Brews & Tunes. 5 p.m. Kettle & Stone Brewing Company, 6880 Winchester Circle, Boulder, 303-530-0642. Sambadende. 6 p.m. St Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696. Sweet Wednesday. 6 p.m. Upslope Brewing Company, 1501 Lee Hill Road, Unit #20, Boulder, 303-449-2911.

Eric Richard Stone. 7 p.m. Espresso Vino by Brewing Market, 2770 Dagny Way, Lafayette, 720-890-3993.

The Symbols CD Release — with Good Water. 8:30 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 720-297-6397.

Fast Eddy. 6 p.m. Oskar Blues CHUBurger, 1225 Ken Pratt Blvd., Longmont, 303-485-2482.

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

Gasoline Lollipops. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Homemade Liquids and Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303-485-9400.

Zyzzyx Road. 9 p.m. Bittersweet Cafe & Confections, 836 Main St., Louisville, 303-317-5522.

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The Main Squeeze. 9 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1128 13th St., Boulder, 303-447-0095. MaryLynn Gillaspie. 7 p.m. Caffe Sole, 637R S. Broadway St., Boulder, 303-499-2985. The McKay Brothers. 4:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Tasty Weasel Tap Room, 1800 Pike Road, Unit B, Longmont, 303-776-1914.

Mente Clara. 9 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628. My Blue Sky. 7 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 720-297-6397.

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New Family Dog. 10 p.m. Pioneer Inn, 15 E. First St., Nederland, 303-258-7733.

Alice Wallace. 6 p.m. Twisted Pine Brewing Company, 3201 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-786-9270.

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

Alise Of View. 8 p.m. Stage Stop, Main St., Rollinsville, 303-258-0649.

Sandflower. 7:30 p.m. Cannon Mine Coffee, 210 S. Public Road, Lafayette, 303-665-0625.

Blair Crimmins & The Hookers. 8:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685.

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

Chimney Choir featuring Taylor Ross and Clouds and Mountains. 8 p.m. Jamestown Mercantile, 108 Main St., Jamestown, 303-442-5847.

Soul School. 7 p.m. 29th Street Mall, 1710 29th St., Boulder, 303-444-0722.

Connally & Ramey. 7:30 p.m. Oskar Blues CyclHOPS, 600 S. Airport Road, Longmont, 303-776-BIKE.

Southern California’s Alice Wallace. 7 p.m. Twisted Pine Brewing Company, 3201 Walnut St., Boulder, 303786-9270.

David Potter. 6 p.m. Front Range Brewing Co., 400 W. South Boulder Road, #1650, Lafayette, 303-339-0767.

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

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

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Derek Weiman and Nathan Folsom. 7 p.m. Espresso Vino by Brewing Market, 2770 Dagny Way, Lafayette, 720-890-3993. DJ Mos Funk. 8 p.m. Press Play, 1005 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-442-2176. Ethan Bortnick: The Power Of Music. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-7867030. Holly y Los Esposos Malos. 5 p.m. Restaurante 100% Mexicano, 2850 Iris Ave., Suite H, Boulder, 303-4404141. The Indulgers. 10:30 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922. Los Funbags. 9 p.m. Stage Stop, Main St., Rollinsville, 303-258-0649.

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More Than Honey Screening. 7 p.m. Louisville Middle School, 1341 Main St., Louisville, 805-722-5800. BodyMantra. 10:30 a.m. Village Arts Coalition, 6185 Arapahoe Road, Boulder, 303-440-8303. Boulder County Parks & Open Space Painting Project. 9 a.m. Carolyn Holmberg Preserve at Rock Creek Farm, 2009 S. 112th St., Boulder, 303-678-6216. Longmont Farmers’ Market. 8 a.m. Boulder County Fairgrounds, 9595 Nelson Road, Longmont, 720-8646460. Marcus Lucas Show. 9 p.m. Bohemian Biergarten, 2017 13th St., Boulder, 720-328-8328. The Science of Ice Cream. 11 a.m. George Reynolds Branch Library, 3595 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, 303see EVENTS Page 46

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Colorado Mountain Dogs — by M. John Fayhee 7:30 p.m. Boulder Bookstore. 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-2074.

Eating Dangerously — by Michael Booth and Jennifer Brown. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Bookstore, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-4472074.

Jonah Bornstein and Janice Gould. 7 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe, 1203 13th St., Suite A, Boulder, 303-495-3303. Saturday, June 21 21 Day SuperStar Cleanse — by Rainbeau Mars. 5 p.m. Boulder Bookstore, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-4472074. Sunday, June 22

M. John Fayhee will be signing and talking about his book Colorado Mountain Dogs at the Boulder Bookstore at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 19.

Anne Waldman, Laura Wright and Eleni Sikelianos. 3 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe, 1203 13th St., Suite A, Boulder, 303-495-3303. Monday, June 23 Hillary Rodham Clinton signing Hard Choices. 11:30 a.m. Tattered Cover Book Store, 2526 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, 303-322-7727. Tuesday, June 24 From Our Shelves Fiction Bookclub Meeting

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441-3120. The Science of Ice Cream. 3 p.m. Meadows Branch Library, 4800 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-441-4390. The Seven Deadly Sins Burlesque Show. 8 p.m. The Nomad Theater, 1410 Quince Ave., Boulder, 303-4437510.

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Wednesday, June 25 Forgive and Be Free — by Ana Holub. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Bookstore, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-2074.

Fresh Hops. 8:30 p.m. Mountain Sun Pub, 1535 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-546-0886. The Green Boys. 9:30 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628. Laurie Dameron. 5 p.m. Gold Hill Inn, 401 Main St., Boulder, 303-443-6461. Marcelo Moxy. 5 p.m. Shine Restaurant & Gathering Place, 2027 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-0120.

Weekend Workshop with Paul Selig. 10 a.m. Boulder Marriott, 2660 Canyon Blvd., Boulder, 303-440-8877.

The Prairie Scholars. 5 p.m. Oskar Blues CHUBurger, 1225 Ken Pratt Blvd., Longmont, 303-485-2482.

Sunday, June 22

Roy Bookbinder. 10 a.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685.

Music Acoustic Jam. 3 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922. Ashlee K. Thomas. 4:30 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. Traditional Irish Music Open Session. 7 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922. Trio Soles de Mexico. 12 p.m. Oskar Blues CyclHOPS, 600 S. Airport Road, Longmont, 303-776-BIKE.

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Bluegrass Pick. 12 p.m. Oskar Blues Homemade Liquids and Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303-485-9400.

Art Gallery Open House. 12 p.m. Uplifting Art Gallery of Boulder, 1520 Eisenhower Drive, #132, Boulder, 314-363-5091.

The Blues Doctors Band. 4 p.m. Stage Stop, Main St., Rollinsville, 303-258-0649.

Art on the Farm Summer Art Show. 10 a.m. Three Leaf Farm, 445 S. 112th St., Lafayette.

Blues Jam with The Heavy Cats. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel & Home of the Blues, 800 28th St., Boulder, 303-443-3322.

Barnyard Critter Day. 10 a.m. Agricultural Heritage Center, 8348 Highway 66, Longmont, 303-776-8688.

Danny Shafer. 10 a.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685.

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

Swing Dance with Live Music. 7 p.m. Village Arts Coalition, 6185 Arapahoe Road, Boulder, 303-440-8303.

Big Jim Adam. 6 p.m. Oskar Blues Homemade Liquids and Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303-4859400.

The Ways of the Dead — by Neely Tucker. 7 p.m. Tattered Cover Book Store, 2526 E. Colfax Ave., Denver,

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Active Minds Lecture: Ukraine at a Tipping Point. 5:30 p.m. Tattered Cover Book Store, 2526 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, 303-3227727.

Dave Honig’s New Standards Project. 2 p.m. Post Brewing, 105 W. Emma St., Lafayette, 720-252-4864.

Comedy Night. 7 p.m. Bohemian Biergarten, 2017 13th St., Boulder, 720-328-8328. Opera: Don Carlo, Salzburg Festival. 1 p.m. Boedecker Theater, The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826.

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Tuesday Night Swing. 7:30 p.m. Village Arts Coalition, 6185 Arapahoe Road, Boulder, 303-440-8303.

Denny Driscoll. 6 p.m. Dickens Tavern, 300 Main St., Longmont, 303-834-9384.

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

Boulder Folders — Learn Origami. 1 p.m. George Reynolds Branch Library, 3595 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, 303-441-3120.

Bluegrass Jam. 7:30 p.m. Twelve Degree Brewery, 820 Main St., Louisville, 720-638-1623.

Bands on the Bricks — Mountain Standard Time. 5:30 p.m. Downtown Boulder, 1300 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-449-3774.

Nelson Rangell. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 North Park Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757.

Karaoke Night. 9 p.m. Attic Bar & Bistro, 949 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-415-1300.

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

Open Mic. 6:30 p.m. Cannon Mine Coffee, 210 S. Public Road, Lafayette, 303-665-0625.

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

Seniors on Bikes Bike to Work Day Ride. 9 a.m. Whole Foods, 2584 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-4432823.

Gypsy Lumberjacks. 9 p.m. Southern Sun, 627 S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-543-0886. The Prairie Scholars: Open Mic. 6 p.m. Oskar Blues Tasty Weasel Tap Room, 1800 Pike Road, Unit B, Longmont, 303-776-1914.

Events “What Can I Do?” Multimedia Environmental Presentation. 1:30 p.m. Atria Senior Living, 2310 W 9th St., Longmont.

Blues Jam. 10 p.m. Pioneer Inn, 15 E. First St., Nederland, 303-258-7733. Colcannon. 6:30 p.m. Longmont Museum & Cultural Center, 400 Quail Road, Longmont, 303-651-8374. Connolly-Ramey duo. 6 p.m. Twisted Pine Brewing Company, 3201 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-786-9270.

Events Alan Partridge. 4:30 p.m. Boedecker Theater, The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder,

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Single Dating Night with Marcus Lucas. 7 p.m. Bohemian Biergarten, 2017 13th St., Boulder, 720-3288328.

Cinema Program free screening of Chimes at Midnight. 6:30 p.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100. Citizenship Classes. 6:30 p.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100. Geeks Who Drink. 7 p.m. Twisted Pine Brewing Company, 3201 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-786-9270. Trivia. 8 p.m. Pizza Bar 66, 430 Main St., Lyons, 303823-6262. Trivia Night. 9 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922.

Tuesday, June 24 Music Andy T & Nick Nixon. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel & Home of the Blues, 800 28th St., Boulder, 303-4433322. Bluegrass Pick. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685. The Boulder Jam. 9 p.m. The Lazy Dog Sports Bar & Grill, 1346 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-3355. Mirco Altenbach. 6:30 p.m. St Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696. Open Mic feat Lucas Swafford. 8 p.m. Pioneer Inn, 15 E. First St., Nederland, 303-258-7733. Open Mic Night. 8 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922. Open Mic Night. 6 p.m. Twisted Pine Brewing Company, 3201 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-786-9270. The Prairie Scholars. 6 p.m. Dickens Tavern, 300 Main St., Longmont, 303-834-9384. Soul Explosion. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628. Tuesday Open Mic. 7 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 720-297-6397.

Events Boulder World Affairs Discussion Group at Meadows. 10 a.m. Meadows Branch Library, 4800 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-441-4390. Conversations in English. 6 p.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100. Das Boot Trivia. 8 p.m. Bohemian Biergarten, 2017 13th St., Boulder, 720-328-8328. French Speaking 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. Getting Started with Adobe Illustrator. 6 p.m. Boulder Digital Arts, 1600 Range St., Suite 100, Boulder, 303-800-4647. H2O Olympics!. 12:30 p.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100. Out Boulder Happy Hour. 3 p.m. Lazy Dog, 1346 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-3355. Tuesday Fiction Writers. 6:30 p.m. Meadows Branch Library, 4800 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-441-4390. Tuesday Hikers. 8 a.m. North Boulder Park, 9th St., Boulder.

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Century Theatre to screen ‘The Godfather’ Part I and Part II by Michael J. Casey

ome movies never a performance grow old. They exist that has haunted outside of time and every gangster space, always there, film since. Even always waiting for us though Michael to return. The Godfather and rejected his famiThe Godfather: Part II are two ly’s business and such movies and they return to Vito claims that the big screen Sunday, June 22 he wanted more at Century Theatre in Boulder. for his son, it is Francis Ford Coppola’s saga apparent that tells the story of the Corleone ancient forces Crime family, whose evolution have conspired to and expansion is mirrored in force Michael the true history of 20th century Century Theatre brings the timeless ‘Godfather’ films to the big screen into the role of again. Godfather, a role America. The patriarch, Vito he wears all too (played by Marlon Brando in well. Part I and Robert De Niro in the flashPhotography Gordon Willis. This conTaken as singular entities, the two backs of Part II), flees Sicily for trasts the extremely dark visuals of Part Godfather movies are complete stories, as America and quickly learns that the law I, which takes place in the present tense good as anything made by human is not designed to protect the tired and (1946). At this point, the Corleone famhands. Placed side-by-side, they elevate the poor. Instead, the New York borily is a business in itself and it is yet to to the status of masterpiece; a story as oughs are ruled by the mob and rather be decided who will take over the role viable as anything crafted by Homer or than paying out graft, Vito becomes the of Godfather. The eldest son, Sonny Shakespeare. Screened alone, they show mob. He is wiser than most and quickly ( James Caan) is a hot-headed brute, rises to the level of Don in his neighand most likely to succeed. The middle the rise and fall of the Corleone family. borhood. child Fredo ( Jim Cazale) is not clinical- Viewed together, the two become one as These scenes comprise half of Part ly slow, but certainly not smart — the creation and destruction of Michael II and are lovingly shot in a warm despite his pleas to the youngest brother, Corleone. Just watch the final scene between Michael and Vito: Vito feels romantic sepia tone by Master of Michael, who is played by Al Pacino in AI WEIWEI: THE FAKE CASE Following the startling Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry, this documentary reflects the artist’s battle against the lawsuit thrust upon him by the Chinese government in an effort to silence him. After 81 days of solitary detention, under house arrest with 18 cameras monitoring his studio and home, police agents following his every move, he is shaken, but still finds new ways to provoke and challenge authorities. At Boedecker. — Boedecker Theater ALAN PARTRIDGE When famous DJ Alan Partridge’s radio station is taken over by a new media conglomerate, it sets in motion a chain of events which see Alan having to work with the police to defuse a potentially violent siege. Steve Coogan’s comedy is clever and ridiculous and delightfully devoid of a sharp edge. At Boedecker. — Boedecker Theater CYRANO DE BERGERAC (1925) This silent film features live musical accompaniment by Hank Troy, piano. 48 June 19, 2014

One of the greatest love stories ever told. Cyrano is a man of great wit and intelligence who is an equally adept swordsman. He deeply loves his cousin Roxanne but believes he is ineligible for her love because he considers himself deformed. His nose is large. He employs his dull-witted friend Christian to be his mouthpiece of love to court Roxanne. Cyrano learns that his wit and intelligence can indeed win her over but Roxanne and handsome Christian fall in love even though the catalyst is Cyrano’s words. The film’s story comes from the 1897 play by Edmond Rostand. This French print has been brought back from the “dead” by preserver, restorer and archivist David Shepard who located the original hand-colored nitrate print. At Chautauqua Auditorium. — Chautauqua

guilty, Michael was meant for more, “Senator Corleone. Governor Corleone...” but here he is, taking over the family business. Michael nods, “We’ll get there, pop.” And then... Vito’s demeanor shifts entirely and gives him advice about a traitor. Vito may have wanted something better for Michael, but Michael was the smart one all along. “We’ll get there, pop” is Michael accepting his fate. Coppola then baptizes Michael in one of the greatest scenes in all of cinema, Michael becomes the symbolic Godfather to his niece and the literal Godfather to the business in one fell swoop. Famed director Howard Hawks once described a good movie as, “Three good scenes and no bad scenes.” The Godfather saga has many more than three good scenes and amazingly, no bad scenes. We are well into the summer season and there are quite a few good movies playing, but on June 22 at 2 p.m., The Godfather will return to the Century, and even decades after their release, neither film ever makes a misstep, gets tired or grows old. They are, in a word, perfect. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com

JODOROWSKY’S DUNE In 1975, Chilean director Alejandro Jodorowsky, whose films El Topo and The Holy Mountain launched and ultimately defined the midnight movie phenomenon, began work on his most ambitious project yet. Recruiting Orson Welles, Mick Jagger, David Carradine and Salvador Dali, featuring music by Pink Floyd and art by some of the most provocative talents of the era, including HR Giger and Jean “Moebius” Giraud, Jodorowsky’s adaptation of Frank Herbert’s classic sci-fi novel Dune was poised to change cinema forever. At Boedecker. OPERA: DON CARLO — SALZBURG FESTIVAL

THE DOUBLE Based on a story by Dostoyevsky, Jesse Eisenberg plays a timid, isolated man who’s overlooked at work, scorned by his mother, and ignored by the woman of his dreams. The arrival of a new co-worker, his exact physical double and his opposite (also played by Eisenberg) causes problems, as the confident and charismatic doppelgänger slowly starts taking over his life. This is absurdist comedy with a sharp edge. At Boedecker. — Boedecker Theater

A stellar cast and the Vienna Philharmonic under the baton of Antonio Pappano made this drama of love and freedom into a triumph acclaimed by ecstatic applause. Starring Jonas Kaufmann, Anja Harteros and Thomas Hampson. At Boedecker. — Boedecker Theater Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com

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‘22 Jump Street’ cures sequelitis by Ryan Syrek

retend you were excited for the big screen version of 21 Jump Street. Yeah, nobody believes you. Writers Michael Bacall and Jonah Hill teamed up with directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller for the most hilarious, self-aware adaptation of a Richard Greico television show ever attempted. A sequel was inevitable. Yet somehow this sequel is far better than we deserve. As promised at the end of the first film by their boss, Captain Dickson (Ice Cube), Schmidt (Hill) and Jenko (Channing Tatum) have returned to go undercover as college students. Their mission is to do, literally, the same thing they did in the first movie and chase down the makers/distributors of a new drug. Deputy Chief Hardy (Nick Offerman) makes this clear in the film’s first of many explicitly metasequences; he explains that because Jenko and Schmidt’s first effort was an unexpected success, they have invested a great deal of money in a new venture, with the expectation that repeating what worked last time will lead to bigger results. Somewhere the guy who greenlit The Hangover Part II is nodding in approval. So Schmidt and Jenko head to M.C. State University. Schmidt gets entangled with the smoking-hot and way-out-of-his-league Maya (Amber Stevens), Jenko has an epic bromance with a college quarterback named Zook (Wyatt Russell) and pretty much everything that happened in the first film happens again, with a twist! The sight gags are bigger, the chemistry is better and the laughs are in excess of anything Boulder Weekly

that could have been predicted given the schlocky pedigree of the source material. Lord and Miller not only squeeze the increasingly dry rag that is Jonah Hill to release what remains of his quality comedy liquid, but they have turned Channing Tatum into something of a deft comedian. And yet, it’s Jillian Bell who steals the show. As the unrestrained, mean-spirited Mercedes, Bell gets the most laughs per minutes of screen time, which is the only comedy metric that matters. Her verbal abuse of Jonah Hill is so savage, so unrepentant, that it feels like the release America has desperately needed. Really, everyone in the film is great, with the exception of the luminous-but-vacant Stevens. It’s not her fault really, as the script uses her as nothing more than an attractive plot device, albeit one that leads to the biggest laugh in the film. The self-awareness that elevated the first film is turned up full blast here, with seemingly endless acknowledgments of stunt casting and an overreliance on improvisation. But Lord and Miller aren’t content to simply put lazy action movies on blast; they dispatch comedy justice upon sequels of all kinds and mock the latent homophobia that lingers in bro-comedies. At the end of the day, comedies are judged by one thing and one thing only: laughs. If there’s a funnier comedy sequel than 22 Jump Street, it probably didn’t suggest the studio should market an at-home children’s shooting game with phalluses as the targets. So, 22 Jump Street wins.

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Where to eat your way across Colorado this summer by Bob Berwyn

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une 21 marks the official first day of summer, and that means the season of road trips is officially here. It’s time for fresh vistas, new trails and trying some new eateries along the way, because food, like adventure, nourishes not only the body, but the soul. Sure, it’s possible to survive on granola bars, squishy sandwiches and string cheese, but why do that when you can eat your way across the state in style, and you can learn as much from the landmarks you eat at as the ones you see.

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The eastern plains of A burger from Vicco’s Colorado don’t get much glory, in Glenwood Springs will fulfill that roadtrip but they are rich in frontier craving. history that predates the Gold Rush era. South of Limon, the plains crumple to a ragged edge, grasslands meeting scruffy juniper, near the Arkansas and Purgatoire rivers. Bent’s Old Fort stands preserved as a thriving historic outpost of multicultural trade along the Santa Fe Trail. Native Americans had used the trails into the southern Rockies for centuries before European traders in 1833 set up shop at what was then the border with Mexico.

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Every summer road trip has to include the mythically perfect burger joint, and for that we head west on I-70, zooming past the strip-mall resorts in Summit County, down the Western Slope and deep into the guts of the Upper Colorado in Glenwood Canyon, squirting out of the chasm inwith downtown Connect us Glenwood Springs. Just a couple of miles down the frontage road is Vicco’s Charcoalburger DriveToday, the National Park Service maintains the fort In. I can’t take credit for disas a treasured historic site, complete with summer recovering Connect with this us place; that goes to former Denver Post enactments of trade fairs and old-school pioneer cook- mountain reporter Steve Lipsher. But when you shelter ing. On several weekends throughout the summer, from a thunderstorm under Vicco’s awning on a hot guests join in, peeling apples and baking luscious pies summer night, you’ll know you’re in ’Merica, baby! Sit in a big clay wood oven. back, slurp up some of your peanut butter-chocolate The fertile floodplains of the Arkansas River are see DRIVE THRU Page 52 perfect for melons, and you are not far from Rocky

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Keep those windows rolled up the next 75 miles as you speed through the oil patch. There’s probably benzene being emitted from pipelines, wells and storage facilities right next to the freeway, and that stuff will corrode nose hairs and kill your sense of smell, which is essential rolling into the Grand Valley at Palisade, where sandstone ramparts guard fine crops of stone fruits and some of the finest grapes in the West. In the spring, look and sniff for the thousands of blossoming peach and apricot trees gloriously showering fragrant petals into the air — it’s no wonder a Samurai warrior’s last conscious thought before death was often of the plum tree blooms in his backyard garden. Once again, a pocketknife and bandanna will come in handy for enjoying ripe peaches straight off the tree. Be sure to support some of the area’s organic producers, like Aloha Organic Fruit, or Morton’s Orchards, which also supplies fruit to farmers’ markets around the Western Slope. Since driving a fossil-fuel powered SUV through the gas patch may induce pangs of guilt, why not switch to a bicycle for a leisurely tour of the vineyards and orchards? Special fruitand wine-themed events are held throughout the summer, but don’t be afraid to get a little lost on the county roads that lace the sun-kissed mesas. Bring a picnic — perhaps some local goat cheese and fresh bread from the venerable Slice O Life Bakery in Palisade, and stop in at one of the wineries to sample the goods under the cool shade of a giant willow. From the Grand Valley, cross over the Grand Mesa, by some measures the biggest flattop mountain in the world. After crossing sun-splashed spruce groves and wending past the crystalclear fissure lakes, look for the cherry orchards on the south side of the mesa where cherries grow like nobody’s business around Hotchkiss. This year’s Cherry Days festival is scheduled for the July 4th weekend.

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Here on the southern flank of Colorado’s slice of the Rockies, mild microclimates have nurtured agriculture since the early settlement days, and lately, a new breed of farmers are combining that historic tradition with modern cultural sensibilities. The result is that Paonia and the North Fork Valley have become the epicenter of West Slope locavore slow food movement, with an emphasis on the connections between people, places and regionally grown foods. The growers in the area are also taking on bigger issues. Faced with the threat of fracking, they banded together to form the core of an energized grassroots movement aiming to make sure that fossil fuel companies don’t foul the hay fields and burgeoning organic vegetable farms.

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After all that slow food, try the slow route back to the Front Range, touring off the beaten path along Colorado Highway 131 and the Trough Road. Turn off the freeway at Wolcott onto Highway 131 and head to State Bridge Lodge, a classic roadhouse with deep roots in Colorado history. Archaeologists say Paleoamericans used the area along the Colorado River bend as long as 8,000 years ago. During Colorado’s go-go settlement years, a ferry crossed the river, but in 1890, the state of Colorado made the first-ever grant of public money to build a bridge — hence the name. The historic State Bridge Lodge buildings sadly burned down a few years ago, but the ambitious owners immediately set about reviving the place, and this summer there’s a full lineup of concerts scheduled. Enjoy one of Colorado’s best Bloody Marys on the deck with views of the Colorado River and the historic railroad tracks hugging the shore, and stay late to enjoy the live music while kayakers and rafters do the same from their shoreline anchorage. There’s no need to backtrack from here. Just continue up the Trough Road from State Bridge through the sweeping valley of the Upper Colorado and impressive Gore Canyon before dropping back to State Highway 9 near Kremmling, where you can curve back south to I-70 for the short trip back to the Front Range. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com Boulder Weekly

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where customers can pick up 8-ounce packages of popular items like the Beet Hummus, The American food system Yam Butter, Trout Salad and Shine’s dairy-free makes people largely detached arugula pesto. from what they eat. But thanks to a These items join the to-go bottles of Shine announced series of farm dinners “potions” (juice at Three Leaf Courtesy of Three Leaf Farm blends) that hit Farms in the cold case Lafayette, folks earlier this year. will be able to The thirsty and in eat a carrot a hurry can pick within sight of its up a bottle of ancestral home “Owl Eyes,” for — its, ahem, clarity, contain“roots.” ing herbs and The schedule flower essences will kick off with priced at $5.99 the “Summer for an 8-ounce Solstice Wild Food bottle or $23.45 Dinner” on June Old McDonald had a vegetarian farm dinner at for the 32-ounce. 21 from 6-9 p.m. Three Leaf Farm, ee-eye-ee-eye-oh. Growlers of Shine Executive Chef Rachel beer sell for $12. Best of Leaf Vegetarian For more information visit Shineboulder.com Restaurant is collaborating with local wild forag— Maalikah Hartley ing guru, Wendy “Butter” Petty, to create an allvegetarian menu including wild foods from the WE’RE NUMBER SEVEN! WE’RE NUMBER SEVEN! Colorado spring like dandelion, alfalfa, wild curBecause Boulderites take pride in knowing rants and more. Space is limited and the cost will where their food comes from, put an emphasis be $85. on locally grown ingredients, and get just as The farm dinner series will run until mid-September with the “Summer’s Bounty Farm Dinner” excited about the opening of ski season as they do the opening weekend of the farmers’ on Monday, July 14, “Vegetarian Harvest Farm market, Boulder has been named number Dinner” on Saturday, Aug. 16 and “Harvest seven in Livability’s Top 10 Foodie Cities for Equinox Farm Dinner” Saturday, Sept. 20. 2014. For more info or to register visit threeleaffarm.com. According to the online magazine, Boulder — Maalikah Hartley showcases regional cuisine and provides residents with bountiful opportunities to discover SHINE ON THE GO new flavors, textures and cooking techniques. Just in time for the picnic and barbecue Critically acclaimed restaurants include The season, Shine Restaurant and Gathering Place Boulder Dushanbe Teahouse, which provides will now be offering “Grab and Go” deli items, international cuisine from the Caribbean and to join their growlers of house-made beer, and North Africa in a house that was originally conShine Potions. structed in Tajikistan, while Brasserie Ten Ten The gluten-free restaurant now has a provides diners with handcrafted cocktails and stocked refrigerator at the front of the store a true taste of France. The “Outstanding Wine

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Program” winner for the 2013 James Beard Foundation Award, Frasca Food and Wine, also highlights 200 varieties of European wines and smaller winemakers. Editors of Livability also analyzed the accessibility city residents have to quality meat and healthy foods like fruits and vegetables — for eating in — and how much the average resident spends eating out — proving their love for their cities’ restaurants. Topping the list was New Haven, CT. For a full analysis on criteria and other Boulder restaurants to “sniff out,” visit livability. com. — Maalikah Hartley

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently issued an updated draft advice for fish consumption which encourages pregnant women and breastfeeding mothers to eat more fish that are lower in mercury — consistent with recommendations in the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans. “For years many women have limited or avoided eating fish during pregnancy or feeding fish to their young children,” said Stephen Ostroff, M.D., the FDA’s acting chief scientist. The updated draft advice recommends pregnant women eat at least 8 ounces and up to 12 ounces (2-3 servings) per week of a variety of fish that are lower in mercury — like shrimp, salmon, tilapia and cod — to support fetal growth and development. Some highmercury containing fish that are recommended to be avoided are tilefish from the Gulf of Mexico, shark, swordfish and king mackerel. Before issuing final advice, the agencies will consider public input. For more information visit fda.gov. — Maalikah Hartley Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com

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here I was, sandwiched in between some of my worst restaurant pet peeves (parents at the next table encouraging their child to stop screaming by encouraging it to watch a video on a laptop, and the dull ambiance killing roar of an overlySun Rose Café loud refrigeration unit) 379 Main St., Longmont silently cursing my 303-651-3533 editor Joel Dyer for suggesting The Sun Rose Café in downtown Longmont. It was making me crazy, because the café was perched on the edge of wonderful. The long, highceilinged space had a lovely skylight and walls lined with local art, but half of it was filled with the distracting clangs and whirrs of a deli counter cold case and kitchen prep areas. The ceilings had a lovely patterned tile, and the menu descriptions read nicely: “Stuffed Dates with Gorgonzola Cream – Organic Medjool dates stuffed with Marcona almonds are wrapped in bacon, grilled and served with our Gorgonzola cream sauce - 7.95” it cooed. But with entrée prices on the dinner menu ranging $12$18, it’s a hard sell to enjoy a dinner that also doubles as a tinnitus simulator. Then the food came, and everything

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changed. Why? It was enormous. The beef short rib ($17.95) was nearly a foot long, seated atop so many mashed Yukon gold potatoes that the seasonal vegetable on the side required a side plate. I’m all about Boulder’s approach to foodieism, but being a cycle-commuter, I’m American as McDonald’s Apple Pie when it comes to portion-sizes, and the sight of a well-

prepared meal that I wouldn’t desire two of for only twice the price was fantastic. My dining companion’s chicken and spinach alfredo, ($14.95) — a dish she insisted on ordering despite lactose intolerance because she is “a consenting adult” — was also of the Walmart school of plating. And as a special bonus, unlike most large portions, both were also quite

tasty. The beef short rib was a rich and tender delight drizzled with a veal demi glaze, and its accompanying green beans were crispy and flavorful. The chicken and spinach alfredo had a rich, lightly smoky flavor, and the romano cheese sauce really popped with the inclusion of spinach and diced tomatoes. To drink, we had a “chocolate banana,” ($9) a black and tan made with a bottle of Young’s Double Chocolate Stout and a second of Well’s Banana Bread Beer, because at the Sun Rose Café, even one beer is actually two. The menu also has a variety of soups, sandwiches and salads, as well as a breakfast menu packed with omelettes, benedicts and egg panini that is available until 11 a.m. on weekdays and noon on Saturdays. The Sun Rose Café is closed on Sundays. Though the ambiance was one of light disorientation caused by ambient sound, The Sun Rose Café delivered on the food end, making the experience a pleasant one on the whole. But oh how much more pleasant it could be with a quieter fridge. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com

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If you were alive 150 years ago and needed to get a tooth extracted, you might have called on a barber or blacksmith or wigmaker to do the job. (Dentistry didn’t become a formal occupation until the latter part of the 19th century.) Today you wouldn’t dream of seeking anyone but a specialist to attend to the health of your mouth. But I’m wondering if you are being less particular about certain other matters concerning your welfare. Have you been seeking financial advice from your massage therapist? Spiritual counsel from your car repair person? Nutritional guidance from a fast-food addict? I suggest you avoid such behavior. It’s time to ask for specific help from those who can actually provide it.

TAURUS

APRIL 20-MAY 20:

“My music is best understood by children and animals,” said composer Igor Stravinsky. A similar statement could be made about you Tauruses in the coming weeks: You will be best understood by children and animals -- and by all others who have a capacity for dynamic innocence and a buoyant curiosity rooted in emotional intelligence. In fact, those are the types I advise you to surround yourself with. For now, it’s best to avoid sophisticates who overthink everything and know-it-all cynics whose default mode is criticism. Take control of what influences you absorb. You need to be in the presence of those who help activate your vitality and enthusiasm.

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SEPT. 23-OCT. 22:

In accordance with the astrological omens, you are hereby granted a brief, one-time-only license to commit the Seven Deadly Sins. You heard me correctly, Libra. As long as you don’t go to extremes, feel free to express healthy amounts of pride, greed, laziness, gluttony, anger, envy, and lust. At least for now, there will be relatively little hell to pay for these indulgences. Just one caveat: If I were you, I wouldn’t invest a lot of energy in anger and envy. Technically, they are permitted, but they aren’t really much fun. On the other hand, greed, gluttony, and lust could be quite pleasurable, especially if you don’t take yourself too seriously. Pride and laziness may also be enjoyable in moderate, artful amounts.

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OCT. 23-NOV. 21:

Scorpio novelist Kurt Vonnegut rebelled against literary traditions. His stories were often hybrids of science fiction and autobiography. Free-form philosophizing blended with satirical moral commentary. He could be cynical yet playful, and he told a lot of jokes. “I want to stand as close to the edge as I can without going over,” he testified. “Out on the edge you see all the kinds of things you can’t see from the center.” He’s your role model for the next four weeks, Scorpio. Your challenge will be to wander as far as you can into the frontier without getting hopelessly lost.

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Nikhedonia is an obscure English word that refers to the pleasure that comes from anticipating success or good fortune. There’s nothing wrong with indulging in this emotion as long as it doesn’t interfere with you actually doing the work that will lead to success or good fortune. But the problem is, nikhedonia makes some people lazy. Having experienced the thrill of imagining their victory, they find it hard to buckle down and slog through the gritty details necessary to manifest their victory. Don’t be like that. Enjoy your nikhedonia, then go and complete the accomplishment that will bring a second, even stronger wave of gratification.

“Make a name for the dark parts of you,” writes Lisa Marie Basile in her poem “Paz.” I think that’s good advice for you, Sagittarius. The imminent future will be an excellent time to fully acknowledge the shadowy aspects of your nature. More than that, it will be a perfect moment to converse with them, get to know them better, and identify their redeeming features. I suspect you will find that just because they are dark doesn’t mean they are bad or shameful. If you approach them with love and tenderness, they may even reveal their secret genius.

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JUNE 21-JULY 22:

Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts has a collection of Japanese art that is never on display. It consists of 6,600 wood-block prints created by artists of the ukiyo-e school, also known as “pictures of the floating world.” Some are over 300 years old. They are tucked away in drawers and hidden from the light, ensuring that their vibrant colors won’t fade. So they are well-preserved but rarely seen by anyone. Is there anything about you that resembles these pictures of the floating world, Cancerian? Do you keep parts of you secret, protecting them from what might happen if you show them to the world? It may be time to revise that policy. (Thanks to Molly Oldfield’s The Secret Museum for the info referred to here.)

LEO

JULY 23-AUG. 22:

In the next two weeks, I hope you don’t fall prey to the craze that has been sweeping Japan. Over 40,000 people have bought books that feature the photos of hamuketsu, or hamster bottoms. Even if you do manage to avoid being consumed by that particular madness, I’m afraid you might get caught up in trifles and distractions that are equally irrelevant to your long-term dreams. Here’s what I suggest: To counteract any tendency you might have to neglect what’s truly important, vow to focus intensely on what’s truly important.

VIRGO

AUG. 23-SEPT. 22:

Writing at FastCompany.com, Himanshu Saxena suggests that businesses create a new position: Chief Paradox Officer, or CPXO. This person would be responsible for making good use of the conflicts and contradictions that normally arise, treating them as opportunities for growth rather than as distractions. From my astrological perspective, you Virgos are currently prime candidates to serve in this capacity. You will continue to have special powers to do this type of work for months to come.

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Pet mice that are kept in cages need to move more than their enclosed space allows, so their owners often provide them with exercise wheels. If the rodents want to exert their natural instinct to run around, they’ve got to do it on this device. But here’s a curious twist: a team of Dutch researchers has discovered that wild mice also enjoy using exercise wheels. The creatures have all the room to roam they need, but when they come upon the wheels in the middle of the forest, they hop on and go for prolonged spins. I suggest you avoid behavior like that, Capricorn. Sometime soon you will find yourself rambling through more spacious places. When that happens, don’t act like you do when your freedom is more limited.

AQUARIUS

JAN. 20-FEB. 18:

It’s transition time. We will soon see how skilled you are at following through. The innovations you have launched in recent weeks need to be fleshed out. The creativity you unleashed must get the full backing of your practical action. You will be asked to make good on the promises you made or even implied. I want to urge you not to get your feelings hurt if some pruning and editing are required. In fact, I suggest you relish the opportunity to translate fuzzy ideals into tidy structures. Practicing the art of ingenious limitation will make everything better.

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SAVAGE by Dan Savage

Dear Dan: I’m a 27-year-old straight guy, and I’ve been in a monogamous relationship with an awesome girl for four years. Our sex life is pretty open and healthy, although it has lost some steam since the first couple of years — but that’s normal, right? For the last year or so, every time we have sex, I find myself fantasizing that I’m with someone else. A cute barista, an old fling, that MILF on the bus — in my mind, I’m fucking all kinds of people but never my girlfriend. Am I cheating on my partner? Is this a bad sign for our relationship? Should I admit this to my girlfriend? Should we try an open relationship? Mind Fucking Other Women Dear MFOW: If fantasizing about fucking someone else while you’re fucking your partner is cheating, MFOW, then we’re all adulterers. It’s not a great sign that you’re doing it every time — you might wanna will yourself to focus on her at least every other time. As for telling her, well, that depends on how secure she is. If she’s realistic about the fact that you’re both attracted to other people, perhaps you can broach the subject — you may even be able to share your fantasies about others during sex. But that means you’ll have to hear about the baristas, flings, and DILFs who turn her on, too, MFOW. Which raises another question: How secure are you? Dear Dan: In the wake of the killings at Isla Vista, and all the #YesAllWomen and #NotAllMen hashtag campaigns, I want a change in the dialogue. I want to hear the story of the man who warned a woman after he found out a friend was planning on drugging her, the story of the man who dropped a friend when he found out that his friend had assaulted his girlfriend, the story of the man who blamed the vindictive ex for posting private naked photos and not his female partner who was being victimized. I want to hear those stories. Can you ask your readers to send in stories that will give us women hope that the men who say they are on our side understand and are standing up for us in their everyday lives? One Sad Woman Dear OSW: The #YesAllWomen and #NotAllMen were not concurrent, complementary Twitter hashtag campaigns, OSW. After Elliot Rodger decided to murder the women who had rejected him — women he felt entitled to, per his deranged and misogynistic “manifesto” — millions of women began tweeting Boulder Weekly

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under #YesAllWomen about the sexism, sexual violence, and misogyny they experience on a daily basis. When some men — but not all men (sorry) — began responding to those tweets with variations on “We’re not all like that!” the #NotAllMen hashtag was born, OSW, and it was a critique. As Phil Plait wrote at Slate: “Why is it not helpful to say ‘Not all men are like that’? For lots of reasons. For one, women know this. They already know not every man is a rapist, or a murderer, or violent. They don’t need you to tell them… Instead of being defensive and distracting from the topic at hand [misogyny, sexism, violence], try staying quiet for a while and actually listening to what the thousands upon thousands of women discussing this are saying.” So I’m a little hesitant to invite men to share their not-all-like-that stories, OSW, because I agree with Plait: Maybe men should shut up and listen? And then there’s this: It’s also entirely possible for a guy to do the right thing on one occasion — dropping a male friend who did something shitty to a female friend — and then immediately turn around and do something deeply shitty himself. Men shouldn’t be encouraged to think that one noble act frees them — frees all of us — from our collective responsibility as men to fight sexism and misogyny. (A quick note to my fellow faggots: What’s in fighting sexism and misogyny for us? Well, homophobes hate us because they perceive us to be like women — we’re effeminate, we’re cocksuckers, we’re penetrated. Homophobia is misogyny’s little brother, and a less misogynistic world is going to be a less homophobic world. So if you won’t fight sexism and misogyny for the sake of your moms, sisters, nieces, and female friends — and there’s something wrong with you if you won’t do it for them — then do it for yourselves, boys.) But I’m running your letter, OSW, and inviting women — stick a cork in it, menz — to jump into the comment thread and share your stories about men who’ve done the right thing. This is not meant to exonerate men of their responsibility to fight sexism and misogyny, or to minimize the problem because “not all men are like that,” but to give men who are reading concrete examples of what it looks like when a dude fights sexism and misogyny. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com mail@savagelove.net @fakedansavage on Twitter

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want to make. That’s not such a good idea, either. Another new study, this one from the Drug Policy Alliance and the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies, looks at the history of the DEA and offers insights into some of the reasons why prohibition has been such an utter failure. The title kind of says it all: “The DEA: Four Decades of Impeding And Rejecting Science.” What the researchers found is that the DEA, which turns 41 years old on July 1, was given a mandate to use only rigorous science to create and administer drug policy. Yet the agency has routinely shunned its own studies, advisors and recommendations all the way back to Richard Nixon, who ignored a study mandated by the Controlled Substances Act that called for legalizing cannabis, and instead made it a Schedule I drug. The agency has systematically slowed attempts to reschedule cannabis. “The DEA took 16 years to issue a final decision rejecting the first marijuana rescheduling petition, five years for the second, and nine years for the third,” the authors write. “In two of the three cases, it took multiple lawsuits to force the agency to act.” While maintaining that there are no legitimate medical uses for cannabis, the DEA also controls the cannabis that can be used for testing that might show or prove otherwise, thereby keeping responsible science away from the process and stonewalling any effort to reschedule cannabis for medical purposes. The agency has been funded no matter who is president or which party controls Congress. One hopes that the recent vote in the House of Representatives that would stop the DEA from raiding or otherwise interfering in states which have legalized medical cannabis, would be at least a warning shot that even Congress is beginning to pay attention to its misdeeds and failures. Meanwhile, there are encouraging signs that teenage use of cannabis is holding steady or going down. Legalization is finally giving us a chance to keep it that way. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com

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