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Highroad If Trump is so great, why is his approval rating so puny? by Jim Hightower

pparently President Trump wonders why he’s getting the lowest job-approval ratings from the public in modern presidential history. Maybe he should actually look at the godawful policies he’s pushing. For example, the GOP’s draconian health care scheme is so ugly that only 17 percent of Americans support it — and even Trump, who originally said he was “100 percent behind this,” now

calls the bill “mean.” Then there’s his promise to invest a trillion dollars in hiring people to repair America’s collapsing infrastructure. That turns out to have been a Trump scam. His actual plan is to give an $800 million tax break to high-roller Wall Street investors, hoping they’ll put some of it into infrastructure projects. It’s like promising to feed the sparrows by putting oats in the feeding trough of horses, hoping they’ll pass through some seeds for the birds to peck out. Also, remember his promise to crack down on Wall Street greedheads? No go. Now, he and Congress are pushing a bill to coddle the banksters by removing existing consumer protections that restrict Wall Street greed. But he is creating new jobs for

4,000 lucky Americans... in Afghanistan. The 16-year war there has been an unequivocal disaster for the U.S. and our troops. But rather than being a commander-in-chief, Trump has washed his hands of that presidential responsibility, becoming a wimpy delegator-in-chief by handing off responsibility to the military brass. They’re now shipping 4,000 more troops into a hellish war the American people do not support. Trump’s overriding failure, however, is that he has no vision, no big ideas, no moxie — just a slogan. Any gasbag can say “Make America Great” over and over again. But doing it takes real leadership, and he and his White House gang of incompetents clearly don’t have that in them. Sad. This opinion column does not necessarily reflect the views of Boulder Weekly. June 29 , 2017 5

dyertimes Patriotism on life support by Joel Dyer

Warning: I wrote this at 4 a.m. while feeling pretty angry and cynical, so read on at your own peril.

really do love my country, but it’s getting harder to do so everyday. Frankly, I’m embarrassed by our political and moral ineptitude. And no, this isn’t an anti-Trump rant though he and all he stands for are certainly part of the problem. I’ll go a step further; if you are feeling pretty good about our country as we approach this Fourth of July holiday... there’s something wrong with you. I warned you. A lot of things are wearing on me as I’m sure they are on you. The racism in our country is appalling. Yes, it’s always been there, and for much of our history it’s been worse than it is today. But here we are in 2017 with young black men still being gunned down in our streets by law enforcement at an alarming rate, and juries are still unwilling to convict the shooters in these crimes even when confronted with indisputable evidence. And racism is the only explanation for why we are rounding up undocumented mothers and fathers and deporting them with no consideration of the impact it’s having on the families we are tearing apart. It is truly cruel and unusual punishment for the crime of dreaming of a better life where your family doesn’t have to live in horrific poverty and go hungry. Which of us wouldn’t cross an invisible border to feed or otherwise save our children? If you raised your hand, you are a liar or a despicable human being. Remember, I warned you. And then there’s the way we are treating our Muslim neighbors. I can’t imagine how I’d feel if I was in their shoes. I can tell you I’d be as angry as I would be scared. We talk about these folks as if they are an invasive species akin to fire ants and killer bees, a problem to be eradicated. It’s an old story. In every war we dehumanize the enemy in order to allow our minds to cope with the horror of killing other human beings. But we are not at war with Muslims, an important fact that seems to have escaped tens of millions of our fellow U.S. citizens. And lets not forget the new, almost daily assaults on the hard-won rights of the LGBTQ community. 6 June 29 , 2017

In short, our ugliness as a nation is showing. We’ve gone mad. That said, it’s health care that’s keeping me awake this night. Not because it’s more important than all the other problems confronting our country, it’s just the one hitting my life the hardest right now. You know what pisses me off? It’s watching all the people who are fighting for their very lives due to illness telling their elected representatives and the TV cameras how thankful they are for the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and how they would likely be dead without it and may well die if Republicans repeal it and replace it with a tax cut for the richest among us. The reason that angers me is because it’s true. I know it’s true because it is true for my family. We are living under the shadow of cancer everyday. But good Lord, let’s put the ACA into perspective. If the Republicans weren’t literally proposing a draconian plan that will result in the deaths of a quarter of a million people while causing 22 million of us to lose our coverage, would we be praising Obamacare? The ACA did nothing more than give the United States the most expensive, least comprehensive health care system in the industrialized world. It only looks good when compared to the murderous alternative being offered to replace it. Let me selfishly complain for a moment. My current insurance for my three-member family costs $18,000 per year and that is for the privilege of having a plan with a $6,500 deductible for each of us. In addition, we spend many thousands more for lifesaving drugs every year on top of that, drugs that literally keep us alive on a daily basis. Add it all together and my family’s annual health care bill, under the current ACA, is almost identical to my after-tax, annual take-home pay. By the grace of God we can actually afford to pay our bills and live comfortably. In that sense we are far better off than millions of other Americans. Don’t get me wrong, we are thankful for the ACA in that we can’t be dropped because of preexisting conditions. But come on, people. Stop acting like the Democrats did something noble when they gave us the ACA. They controlled both houses of

Congress and the White House. The reason we didn’t get a single-payer system like the rest of the world has is because the Democrats are just as owned by Big Pharma and the health care industry as their Republican counterparts. Just check out the campaign contributions to your Colorado members of Congress. It doesn’t matter if it’s super-progressive Diana DeGette or the M-16-toting Ken Buck, the drug and health care money are what fills the campaign coffers. And did I mention that the same year my health care premiums doubled, the CEO of the insurance company who jacked up the price was paid $83 million in annual compensation for all his hard work? Wouldn’t want to leave that out. And now Democrats, in light of this horrific Republican attempt to roll back health care to the dark ages, have the audacity to expect me to sing the praises of the ACA. Well I won’t do it. It’s still the second worst plan ever proposed, and it does not treat health care as the right of every person that it is. So why can’t I sleep? Because if the Republicans are successful at repealing the ACA it is estimated that my health care plan — due to our age and preexisting conditions — could cost as much as $135,000 per year, which is to say far more than my family’s combined after-tax income. Our alternatives are few and far between should that happen. We can either stay here in the U.S. and likely die in poverty or we can move to a civilized nation. No, that’s not an exaggeration. Those are our choices if Republicans succeed at replacing our horrible, immoral ACA coverage with a tax break for billionaires. We have already been researching the countries where we can either invest in or start a business that hires a few local employees, a process that would thereby qualify us to immediately be covered by another country’s

universal health care. Our current best alternatives seem to be Canada, New Zealand, Ireland and Slovenia. The good news is we have a little time no matter what happens because of the spineless nature of those in Congress who simply don’t have the guts to make their health care changes immediate. They always phase things out over four years or so in order to aid in their reelection by allowing time to distance themselves from their selfish, in this case, murderous actions. Perhaps this lack of a spine will buy enough time to allow voters to demand universal health care by 2020. But I won’t hold my breath. After all, I live in a country filled with so many politically ignorant people that corporations and billionaires can generally convince people to vote against their own interests simply by spending a few million bucks on 30-second TV ads that lie. Oh, and the media folks won’t tell you they are lying because then they wouldn’t get the millions of bucks for the ads. Great system of checks and balances, right? Remember I warned you about the cynicism. Just do me one favor: don’t be duped. Health care is not a Democrat versus Republican problem. It is an us versus a corrupt two-party system wherein both sides of the aisle are being funded by billionaires and corporations in exchange for maintaining a broken system that puts profits ahead of our right to health care. So you tell me; just how patriotic should I be feeling this Independence Day? How proud should I be to live in a country that would kill members of my family to increase corporate profits or at best exile me to another country in order to get the health care we need to stay alive? (Please feel free to mentally insert every foul word you know at this point.) Yep, it’s getting really hard to recognize this place. Boulder Weekly

the anderson files Paul Ryan wants all of us to live in Kansas by Dave Anderson

ouse Speaker Paul Ryan wants his trickle-down tax “reform” passed this year. Speaking before the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) annual convention recently, he said, “there is an opportunity to do something transformational — something that will have a truly lasting impact long after we are gone.” About 99.6 percent of Ryan’s tax cuts would go to the top 1 percent of taxpayers, according to an analysis by the Tax Policy Center. On average, the richest Americans would see an 11 percent increase in their after-tax incomes. Meanwhile, the middle fifth of households would receive just $60. Ryan told the NAM audience that he wants to make the tax cuts permanent in order to avoid the experience of the Bush-era tax cuts, which expired after a decade. “Businesses need to have confidence that we won’t pull the rug out from under them,” he said. Ryan trotted out the old argument that cutting the taxes of the rich spurs job growth. He wants to do what Governor Sam Brownback did to Kansas with his big tax cuts of 2012. Ryan and Brownback were a team in the mid-1990s when Newt Gingrich tried to revive Reagan-era policies. Brownback was a U.S. Senator and Ryan was his legislative director. As governor, Brownback claimed his Kansas plan would “create tens of thousands of new jobs and help make Kansas the best place in America to start and grow a small business.” That didn’t work out. Justin Miller reports in The American Prospect: “Five years in, Kansas’s economy has lagged behind its neighboring states, failed to create a jobs boom, and led to a revenue shortfall that brought the state to the brink of fiscal catastrophe. Spending on schools, infrastructure, and social services was continually cut, even as Brownback tried to further ratchet down tax rates.” For a number of years, Brownback was rated as the least popular governor in the country. Recently, he became the second least popular governor, losing out to Chris Christie of New Jersey. Then this month, the Republicancontrolled state legislature dealt Boulder Weekly

Brownback a huge defeat. The headline in the Los Angeles Times said, “It’s the end of the road for the GOP’s big tax experiment in Kansas.” Brownback’s massive tax cuts were demolished as legislators voted for a

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ACA repeal threatens small business

I am a small business owner and I’m scared. If the ACA is replaced, our family’s health insurance is likely to become even less affordable. My wife and I each own a small business. Provisions in the replacement bills may force either my wife or me to shut our

business and find employment with less costly large-group health insurance. Our family earns just enough that we are ineligible for subsidies. About one-third of our income goes to pay for health insurance and related costs. The proposed ACA replacements will allow insurers to raise premiums for older workers like me, which could make the cost unbearable. But I fear that it could get much worse. Despite arguments from the opposition, the ACA was very well thought out. It imposed an individual mandate so that everyone, especially the young and healthy, would pay into the system so they could have affordable coverage when they become older or less healthy. The proposed legislation eliminates the mandate. Folks may then put off purchasing insurance until they are more likely to need it, which will increase premium costs for those with coverage. Because “more affordable” health insurance is tied to larger-group employment, the ability to grow my small business is severely limited. A few years back, I was in discussions with someone who I considered a potential dream business partner. He was familsee LETTERS Page 9

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Sykes was one of the Republicans who voted to override. She told the New York Times that people in her district were outraged at the damage being done to Kansas. “Email after email after email I get from constituents saying, ‘Please, let’s stop this experiment,’” she said. The state had faced a budget crisis every six months from November 2014 onward. State programs were continually slashed under Brownback. At one point, The state Supreme Court intervened and said the budget didn’t provide enough funding for the state’s public school system. The state’s credit rating got downgraded twice. Then the voters responded. Brian Lowry, political reporter for the Kansas City Star, notes: “While a lot of the country swung to the right in 2016, Kansas swung back toward the center. Moderate Republicans ousted conservative incumbents in the August primary last year, and Democrats also made gains in the November general election — even though the state went for Trump by double digits. These candidates won

their elections specifically by campaigning on a promise to repeal Gov. Sam Brownback’s 2012 tax cuts.” Despite this, the Trump administration and the House GOP are determined to nationalize this experiment. The fight against tax cuts for the rich will be more difficult than many progressives might think. There’s a lot of ignorance and misinformation out there. This April, NPR reported on a poll that found that 44 percent of Americans mistakenly believe that rich people pay more now than they did in 1980, when the top marginal income tax rate was 70 percent. The wealthy actually pay 39.6 percent today. Among Republicans, 52 percent believe this false picture, compared to just 28 percent who don’t. Democrats were almost evenly split, 39 percent to 43 percent. However, a majority of Americans reject the Ryan/Trump notion that tax cuts for the rich spur faster growth by 63 percent to 37 percent. That’s a good start. This opinion column does not necessarily reflect the views of Boulder Weekly. Boulder Weekly

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iar with my business, had perfectly matched management experience, and a vision to grow my company. His salary requirements were flexible, but there was no way that my small business could afford to find coverage to match what he received from his current (larger) employer. And so I lost this opportunity. As a business owner, I understand the power of the free market. My business is engaged in a constant struggle against larger mail-order companies that aggressively compete on price. But the current repeal measures do nothing to harness market power. There is nothing in the repeal effort to increase price transparency and no new mechanisms to empower health consumers to seek out less costly providers. What the repeal effort does accomplish is to provide huge tax cuts to the very wealthy. Once the tax cuts are fully implemented, 40 percent of the tax savings are expected to go to the top 1 percent! I constantly ask myself: Do my customers get a good value for their hardearned money? Based on what they tell me, I believe that they do. Can I say that about my family’s health care expenditures? Not even close. I’m paying into a system that consumes roughly 17 percent of our nation’s GDP. But in Japan, which has a relatively older population, the share is about 10 percent. I hope for the day when a health care system emerges in our country that takes care of everyone. Currently we pay too much and we get too little. And many folks have no access to care at all. I dream of a single-payer system focused on providing health care rather than creating profits. In the meantime, I hope that our legislators preserve the ACA and the gains we’ve made so far. My family, my community and my business depend on it. Michael Kone/President of Boulder Bicycle

League of Women Voters: Nice job, Hick

The League of Women Voters of Boulder County applauds Gov. John Hickenlooper’s statement addressing President Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Paris Accord: “It is a serious mistake to back out of the Paris Accord. This is a historic global agreement between almost every nation on earth to address the single most pressing issue facing humanity.” The League urges Colorado to join a coalition of states led by California, Washington and New York working to reduce carbon emissions.

History informs that reform in the U.S. often originates from state and local activism. A coalition of states representing a significant share of the country’s population and economic activity can and should take the role the federal government has abandoned and seek official status with the countries of the world that have signed the Paris agreement. This is an opportunity for Colorado to lead in addressing this pressing issue. Ruth Stemler/President of the League of Women Voters of Boulder County

Third party provides opportunity

Informed Colorado people care about issues such as climate change, continued proliferation of weapons and war, sustainable energy, higher education debt, public healthcare and fair economics. One way to work on these issues is to support organizations and officials who do not accept funding from foreign countries or corporations. The Green Party is the political party, which does not accept foreign funding or corporate donations for favor. Candidates sponsored by the Green Party care about the health of the earth. Without funding from special interests, the Green Party candidates stand in a good position to vote for supporting regulations and provisions for sustainable energy sources. Green Party candidates can say no to providing billions of dollars to foreign countries to promote the violent and destructive policies. It is important to watch news sources such as Democracy Now, follow online sources like Truthout, and Boulder Weekly, and it’s imperative to go beyond officials’ words to see how they vote, which can be done at thomas.gov ot leg.colorado.gov. Certainly many Democrats have been disturbed at President Trump’s weapons deals to the Saudis, the continued sending of U.S. soldiers into Iraq and Afghanistan, and a boastful proclamation of the power to leave the Guantanamo Concentration camp open. The support of violence in Asia has caused its communities, which are mostly Muslim, to flee from their homes because safety, clean water and food have become insufficient for human survival. Few people acknowledge that the President Obama was also complicit in the same expensive, violent actions and did not support the best options for the earth and its people. Obama had to be pressured to speak with doctors representing public health care. Susan Hall/Broomfield

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NEWS The City of Broomfield and the Woman Creek Reservoir Authority (WCRA), a political subdivision and public corporation of the State of Colorado, are opposed to a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) plan to breach a dam on a pond collecting surface water flowing from Rocky Flats, the former nuclear weapons facility site 10 miles south of Boulder. DOE has contended that the dam on Pond C-2 is “no longer necessary to site operations” and wants to remove it sometime between 2018-2020 to return surface water flow to Woman Creek, thereby enhancing streamside wildlife habitat and encouraging wetlands. Removal would cause “no significant impact,” as determined by an environmental assessment conducted under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). Getting rid of the dam would also cut DOE costs related to inspection, reporting and upkeep, which WCRA estimates to be around $17,000 per year. Yet according to a 2016 document prepared for WCRA by Boulder-based Hydros Consulting Inc., removal of the dam would “represent an irreversible loss of an effective contingency to protect downstream water quality” in Standley Lake, the drinking water supply for Westminster, Northglenn and Thornton, also used for irrigation, fishing, boating and water skiing. Alan King, director of public works for the City and County of Broomfield, wrote in his June 2010 correspondence with DOE that the breach would “clearly increase the potential for uncontrolled releases of contaminated surface water off-site that would negatively impact downstream watersheds and expose downstream communities to additional risks.” Pond C-2 is located on the border of the former Rocky Flats facility site 1.25 miles upstream of the Woman Creek Reservoir, the latter of which was built in 1996 to capture Rocky Flats runoff and keep it from reaching Standley Lake. The pond is currently operated in “batch-and-release mode,” where it is allowed to fill to roughly half capacity, and then discharged up to two times per year, according to DOE’s Environmental Assessment. “Significant [plutonium] and [americium] contamination remains in surface soils on the DOEretained land in the Woman Creek drainage, particularly on the 903Pad Hillside, with [radioactive] mass loading to Pond C-2 comparable to pre-closure conditions,” Hydros Consulting documented. The 903Pad is an area of Rocky Flats where more than 5,000 buried barrels of liquid radioactive waste leaked, contaminating an estimated 261,000 square feet of soil before they were removed, according to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE). GS51 is a surface water sampling location within the former facility site just south of the 903Pad and Boulder Weekly

upstream of a ditch which DOE says flows “quite infrequently” into Pond C-2. On October 4, 2013, a month after the flood of 2013, GS51 “recorded elevated levels of plutonium in excess of the applicable standard,” according to a September 2015 memo from the Town of Superior Trustees to the Rocky Flats Stewardship Council. King noted that Pond C-2 also receives runoff from several other areas that have “residual contamination.” “Elevated readings for uranium have been recorded in this pond, and DOE-LM acknowledges that it is not 100 percent natural uranium,” wrote King. On April 4, 2016, water samples collected on Woman Creek reached 0.313pCi/L (picocuries per liter) for plutonium and 0.17pCi/L for americium, “the first sample over 0.15pCi/L in more than 20 years of sampling...” according to Hydros Consulting. Surface water samples “indicate that solids transported in runoff … have, at times, been above the Site closure cleanup target for surface soils” of 50pCi/g (picocuries per gram), occurring “in four out of five of the most recent years,” mostly attributed to plutonium.

Playing with fire Typical events aside, the City of Broomfield and WCRA fear that a wildfire or landslide in contaminated areas within Rocky Flats may result in further downstream contamination. According to Hydros Consulting, removal of the dam will “eliminate the option to utilize the demonstrated [plutonium, americium and uranium] removal mechanisms of the ponds in the event of significant unanticipated upstream mobilization.” In 2014, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, which oversees the Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge — 4,000 acres of grassland prairie surrounding the former facility site — proposed a prescribed burn to control weeds and reduce vegetation. Yet the proposal was canceled following opposition from local governments and concerned citizens. Fire return intervals for this type of grassland range from 10-35 years, and a lack of fire and grazing has built up fuel levels that may create more intense fires, according to the Department of Energy’s 2013 Wildland Fire Management Plan for the Rocky Flats, Colorado Site. Some of these higher fuel levels are within the

former facility site containing the highest levels of contamination, though DOE found that much of the area “consists of reclaimed grassland areas that often still have sparse vegetation that would probably not carry a fire.” Erosion in grasslands “increases dramatically” by 350 to 500 percent after a fire, according to a 2011 study from the University of Arizona. However, a 2001 study out of Colorado State University found only “small increases” in erosion after grassland wildfires, attributed to the fact that such low-intensity fires usually burn out rapidly. Rainfall experiments conducted on post-fire semiarid grasslands in Arizona for a 2003 U.S. Department of Agriculture study found a 5 to 74 percent increase in runoff in comparison to unburned areas, though the University of Arizona study found no significant increase in runoff. Hydros Consulting listed 11 wildfires at Rocky Flats since 1993. Further, Hydros pointed out that the uptick of visitors expected after the 2018 opening of the Refuge and proposed connection to the Rocky Mountain Greenway is likely to increase the risk of accidental fire. In terms of erosion, “soil movement and slumping occur regularly at the Site, generally on a relatively small scale but occasionally on a larger scale.” Hydros also noted “major hillside failures/rotational slumping events” at a landfill that DOE has documented contains depleted uranium.

Standley Lake WCRA’s main concern is contaminated runoff flowing into Standley Lake. However, Standley Lake is already contaminated with “low but measurable concentrations of contamination from 5-10 inches deep in the sediments” in the form of plutonium, due to contaminated wastewater released from Rocky Flats operations into Woman Creek, according to the CDPHE. A 2014 memo from Hydros Consulting to the City of Westminster noted that core sampling of Standley Lake sediment found a maximum concentration of plutonium of 0.61 pCi/g (picocuries per gram) in 1983 and 1984. Still, CDPHE explained that the water is safe for drinking since “most of the plutonium from Rocky Flats was in a form that does not readily dissolve in water.” A joint statement from the Cities of Westminster, Thornton and Northglenn says the municipalities have been “monitoring Standley Lake for radioactivity since 1988, and all sample results have met drinking water standards.” Hydros found that the maximum plutonium concentration in Standley Lake drinking water was 0.009 pCi/L, with the maximum americium concentration at 0.026 pCi/L, both far below the 15pCi/L CDPHE and National Drinking Water for radiation. Whether a potential release of contaminated runoff from Rocky Flats following the breach of the Pond C-2 dam would increase those levels is uncertain. However, WCRA and the City of Broomfield urge the DOE to err on the side of caution. June 29, 2017 11

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olorado Department of Parks and Wildlife’s (CPW) $4.6 million predator control plans, which mandate the killing of hundreds of mountain lions and black bears in an attempt to boost mule deer populations on the Western Slope, are presently the subject of two lawsuits filed by WildEarth Guardians and the Center for Biological Diversity. The lawsuits claim the management plan, which is being implemented by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services (WS) branch, is ineffective and doesn’t factor in the oil and gas industry’s effect on mule deer populations in the Piceance Basin and Upper Arkansas River. Now, new research indicates that oil and gas activity has had a greater impact on mule deer populations than attacks from mountain lions and bears, and that the overall impact of oil and gas on deer populations is greater than previously thought. A new study, “Mule deer and energy development — long-term trends of habituation and abundance,” published in the journal Global Change Biology, indicates the impacts of oil and gas activity can last long past the initial development stage. And according to the study’s authors, this finding contradicts many National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) documents that guide federal land use on millions of acres in the West and which to date, have described oil and gas activities as having a short-term impact on wildlife. Instead, the researchers found over the course of their 15-year study that deer didn’t adapt to oil and gas activities, and the avoidance of oil and gas infrastructure by deer, along with the loss of their habitat as a result of such activities, are long-term effects that can be associated with significant declines in deer populations. Boulder Weekly

Researchers of the new study found mule deer populations declined by 36 percent during the oil and gas development period, despite aggressive onsite mitigation efforts. They also noted a 45 percent reduction in deer harvest by hunters. According to Barry Noon, a professor in the Colorado State University Department of Fish, Wildlife and Conservation Biology, these findings could safely be extrapolated to mule deer populations in both the southern and northern Rocky Mountain ecosystems. The study’s authors further note oil and gas impacts on deer populations are concerning because some of the largest gas fields in the U.S., such as Colorado’s Piceance Basin, overlap critical winter ranges for the animals. Furthermore, the study states oil and gas impacts weren’t fully offset through mitigation or best management practices, and that given the limitations of such mitigation, “strategically foregoing oil and gas leasing or reducing the intensity of development on critical habitats” is likely the most effective approach to averting the oil and gas industry’s impacts on deer populations.

The researchers also claim that because the NEPA process is based on full disclosure of the potential impacts from a proposed action, future impact assessments should disclose that oil and gas activity impacts to mule deer might well be long-term and perhaps irremediable. It would appear, based on the results of this new 15-year study, that a significant re-evaluation in the way oil and gas impacts on deer are regulated under NEPA is needed. If that’s the case, it would have significant regional consequences. Counter to the claims of CPW and WS, Rep. Steve Lebsock (D-Northglenn) told Boulder Weekly that CPW officials have more than once conceded to him that the survival rates for mule deer fawn up to 6 months old have actually been increasing in the Piceance Basin over the past year. CPW claims this is not true, and denied BW’s open records request for documents detailing the information. Lebsock says he questions “what exactly is driving this policy decision to kill mountain lions and bears without peer review from leading wildlife biologists from [Colorado State University] or national wildlife organizations.” June 29, 2017 13

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long Morrison Road, in west Denver, there’s a 40-foot shipping container that houses 15,000 crickets, give or take — they aren’t the easiest insects to count. They are one of the easiest insects to eat, however. As Wendy McGill, the crickets’ farmer, says, “On the lexicon of snack foods, they aren’t bad and [are] legitimately tasty.” McGill is raising crickets in this shipping container, alongside thousands of wax worms and mealworms, too. She’s the CEO and founder of the Rocky Mountain Micro Ranch, Colorado’s only edible insect farm, which launched in 2015. “Edible insects,” she claims, “are just one of the many solutions that we need to help feed the world.” For McGill, edible insects play a critical role in the future of worldwide sustainability. “We’re living in a time where we’re going to feed more people and we have less resources to do that,” she says. “Weather and access to water is changing, further impeding our ability to raise food.” According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), raising insects — which compares to chicken and salmon in nutritional quality — uses less resources, takes up less space and overall costs less than raising traditional Western livestock. For example, to produce one kilogram of beef, a farmer needs at least 200 square meters of arable land. Alternatively, producing a kilogram of adult crickets only takes up 15 square meters of space, inside or out. This minimal footprint translates to the potential for more food for more people. Giving a nod to the shipping container, McGill says, “This just shows how appropriate insect farming is in urban areas.”

Insects can thrive in nearly any environment and require minimal water, so they are a good fit for an arid, dry climate. As Colorado’s Water Plan, a state-sanctioned water sustainability plan, states, “Colorado does not have enough water to meet historic and future uses in a balanced manner without a collaborative plan of action.” What if such a plan promoted edible insects? One kilogram of crickets requires one liter of water; one kilogram of beef takes 22,000. Since the ’90s, the agriculture industry has been a notorious greenhouse gas contributor, emitting more than automobiles, according to the FAO. A kilogram of beef can produce 2,850 grams of greenhouse gasses, whereas a kilogram of crickets will contribute just one gram. While a transition from traditional animal proteins to more environmentally-friendly insect protein could help the move toward a more sustainable future, there’s still one problem: what McGill calls the “ick factor.” “There’s a whole aisle in the grocery store devoted to killing what I’m trying to sell and eat,” she says. “That’s a big mental hurdle for most people.” This aversion, though, seems only present in North America and Europe. The rest of the globe has been munching on black soldier flies, scorpions and beetles for thousands of years. Dr. Darna Dufour, a biological anthropology professor at the University of Colorado Boulder, has spent years studying and writ-

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ADVENTURE

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The day he turned 33, Jim Harris underwent surgery to decompress two of 10 fractured vertebrae.

t 8:30 a.m. on the day Jim Harris turned 33, he was still lying in bed. It wasn’t how he imagined spending his birthday. Had things gone according to plan, he would have been skiing across the Patagonian ice cap, documenting a 30-day expedition. Instead, he was about to undergo surgery to decompress two of 10 fractured vertebrae. For years, Harris had been making his living as an adventure photographer and writer, publishing photos of Mongolian reindeer warriors, rock towers in Antarctica, and France’s glaciers among the pages of National Geographic, POWDER Magazine and SKI Magazine. Now, still paralyzed three weeks after the freak accident in Patagonia, his life had been saved, but his livelihood — his future — was still up in the air with the ski-kite that had picked him up and slammed him back down, broken on the ground. The day following his surgery, unable to do anything but stare up at

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the textured foam ceiling, Harris pondered how the rest of his life might unfold. For someone who could no longer shoo a fly off his shin with a twitch of his ankle, walking or living independently again might have been substantial recovery goals. Harris envisioned those feats as no more than stepping stones. On Facebook that day, he wrote: “I bet it will be a beautiful, frustrating process to relearn how to edge skis or bike tires

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through a turn.” The wild mountain’s elements had beaten his body, but Harris’ adventurous spirit survived unscathed. Brody Leven, a professional ski mountaineer and friend who helped in Harris’ recovery, says, “People like him and I, we are, or have become, mountain people. ... For us, you get hurt in the mountains, and what do you do when you get better? You go back.” Harris knew a lifetime of discipline and effort laid in the space between starting over and going back. Hours of pain and mounds of bills stood between him and the next summit of his life: finding a sense of purpose without the skill set that had previously given him all his pride and joy. The seed for Harris’ identity as an outdoorsman was planted while growing up in Ohio, and nurtured at the University of Montana in Missoula. But it didn’t fully bloom until his post-college gig as an Outward Bound instructor in Colorado. It was learning to read maps, he says, that oriented the rest of his life toward the mountains. “Early on I had the realization that I could go anywhere in the world as long as I had a map, and I’d be able to stay found.” His plans never included becoming a national magazine photographer, but when some photos he’d taken with a simple point-and-shoot and then again when Harris was Harris has taken camera on a trip to Alaska went viral, he realized he had transferred to Craig Hospital’s up mountain nothing to lose by giving it a real shot. “I had no idea I could exercise-based neuro-rehabilitation biking since a kite-skiing capture people’s imagination and attention that way.” center in Denver. Once the swellaccident left His mountaineering and glacier experience made him a ing had gone down along his spine, him temporarily paralyzed twoprime candidate for adventure expeditions in need of photog- his neurotransmitters once again and-a-half years raphers and videographers to document trips. Soon he was began to fire. Harris slowly ago. flying to South America, Asia and all over North America to regained feeling and then movecapture, preserve and share the moments for which he was ment in his legs. He started intense living: humans dancing among mammoth formations, deliphysical therapy that, over the course of months, would gradcately riding the edge of their element, tickling the sublime. ually allow him to walk. “I don’t know if I ever was an adrenaline junkie, but I was But early on, even with his premium medical insurance, and am a flow-state junkie, which incurs a lot Harris knew he’d run out of his therapy quota of other brain neurotransmitters besides just within a month. The High Fives foundation, a MORE ON JIM endorphins and adrenaline,” he says. California-based nonprofit that provides resourcHARRIS’ ART: Visit perpetualweekend. It was a series of successful outings that led es to action-sports athletes who have suffered com Harris to dream up a trip like the one he’d life-altering injuries, took immediate interest in planned in Patagonia. “When everything goes Harris’ case. They not only saw his potential as well on an expedition, you come back and think: an artist, but also as a future athlete, too. They’ve Well that was really hard… can we do harder?” he says. “I was continued to sponsor his recovery progression to this day, more always looking further toward the edge of the map.” than two-and-a-half years later. “Jim has resilience,” Roy Tuscany, executive director of In mountaineering, there’s a fine line between maximizHigh Fives says. “I think a really good way to describe Jim is ing one’s potential and pushing the envelope too far. Aside he’s a powerful soul.” from factors like fitness and technical skills such as map Without a clear map to recovering the high-adventure reading or proficient use of protection, myriad elements outlife he once had, Harris, at first, felt lost. “So much of my side of direct human control play into the safety of an expeunderstanding of who I am as a person was based on my dition. For many, the mountains are as equal a source of anguish as they are inspiration. Harris has lost more than one accomplishments and skills,” he says. “It felt like I’d already friend to the wrath of nature, thanks to unpredictable weath- peaked in life — and that’s not a very satisfying way to go er and freak accidents. about the rest.” Yet, akin to the rolling thunder clouds and hurricaneAs Harris’ recovery progressed, he graduated to walking force wind gusts that can appear without warning, the drive with help of trekking poles. Leven, who watched Harris’ to constantly seek new perspectives in the mountains, Leven dogged determination shine while simply trying to walk says, “Is not something we can control.” see HARRIS Page 20 Leven visited Harris in the hospital, first in Cincinnati, Boulder Weekly

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t’s been almost 30 years since Dita Von Teese first strut out on stage. In that time, Von Teese has performed all over the world, written a book, starred in music videos, modeled for the likes of Jean Paul Gaultier and earned herself the title Queen of Burlesque. But if you told her three decades ago she’d still be on stage today, she would’ve been shocked.

The Queen of Burlesque comes to Denver by Amanda Moutinho “When I was 22 and just starting out, you could have never told me that I’d be 40 and still performing, I would have never believed it,” she says. “I wouldn’t have even believed I’d be 30 and performing!” At 44, Von Teese isn’t slowing down anytime soon, embarking on her new tour, “The Art of the Teese.” She comes to Denver on July 20 with Boulder Weekly

buzz the full-length review, featuring performances by Von Teese and burlesque dancers from around the globe. “My real heart is in building beautiful costumes and props and staging really high-glamour burlesque shows with rhinestones and feathers and really that old-school glamour in a modern way,” she says. Von Teese’s interest in the world of burlesque started as a young girl. Her mother loved old movies, and so Von Teese grew up appreciating the golden age of Hollywood. The women of that time enticed Von Teese more than the women she was seeing in magazines. “As I grew older, as an ordinary blonde girl from a farming town in Michigan, I felt like I didn’t have any role models of beauty that were exciting or who I felt like I could relate to,” Von Teese says. “I didn’t think I could relate to Sports Illustrated swimsuit models or Victoria’s Secret models. I wanted to feel like that. I wanted to feel sexy and powerful, but I didn’t look like a supermodel.” From a young age, she also dreamed of being on stage. She started in ballet, but realized quickly in her teens she wasn’t good enough to be a professional ballerina. “What happened was out of necessity, a desire to still perform, but not really knowing what to do because I couldn’t be a ballerina or a showgirl in Vegas because I wasn’t tall enough,” she says. “Burlesque was born out of my desire to be a performer but to do it on my own terms.” So Von Teese looked to the past for inspiration in pin-up models like Bettie Page and burlesque icons Gypsy Lee Rose and Lili St. Cyr. “I created my look. I got involved with how to harness the power of glamour in my own life, and that’s how I started creating burlesque shows,” she says. “I wanted to feel like a sex goddess, so that’s why I started dressing in vintage clothes, wearing red lipstick and wearing stockings and garter belts, and ultimately creating a striptease show.” But despite a nod to the past in her look, Von Teese is a pioneer for the modern burlesque show, which has changed significantly since its inception. “Now, the audience is predominately female, and there’s a big LGBTQ following,” she says. “It’s a very different show from what one might have seen in the 1930s and ’40s, where the audience was mainly male. In its resurgence, burlesque has definitely captured the attention of women, which we are Boulder Weekly

very grateful for.” Von Teese credits the shift in audience to the same reason she was drawn to burlesque: the glamour. And Von Teese is not shy when talking about how she created her image. It’s the process of creation that also attracts her fans. “I wrote a 400-page beauty book (Your Beauty Mark: The Ultimate Guide

to Eccentric Beauty) about how I turned myself from modest beauty to glamour girl,” she says. “So I think that’s what a lot of my followers relate to. They can see if I can do it, then [they] can do it.” On top of the DIY aspect, burlesque is a world open to all, celebrating diversity in body sizes, ethnicity and age. By having a variety of dancers, she says it shows that beauty is not one-

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audience is women.” She recognizes that her approach to sexuality can be polarizing, and her method of expression is not for everyone. She says she’s never one to preach that everyone should find her show inspiring and uplifting. It’s about finding whatever feels true to yourself and not letting the criticism get you down. “Like I always say, you can be a juicy, ripe peach and there’s still going to be someone who doesn’t like peaches,” she says. “No matter what you do, you’ll never please everyone all the time. So you really only have one life, you might as well make the most of it. Set your boundaries for yourself for what you feel good about. Feel confident about it, feel proud.” And it’s hearing from her fans that continues to encourage Von Teese. “It gave me more purpose in life and in what I was doing to hear stories from other women who were inspired to wear red lipstick and feminine Boulder Weekly

clothes and to embrace their pin-up selves,” she says. “It gave them confidence the same way it gave me confidence.” After three decades of performing, she’s run into her own barriers, almost falling to an ageist mentality that told her it was maybe time to hang up the corset and stockings. “I remember I almost retired myself. Then one day I looked up and I was like, well, JLo and Gwen Stefani are still dancing around, singing, showing a lot of body and being sexual people, and they’re like five years older than me,” she says. “We shouldn’t have to put ourselves on the shelf just because we’re aging.” Just as she looked to others for guidance, she hopes to be a role model. “We need more examples of sensuality and sexuality in all phases of life,” she says. “It’s important to have examples, and I think there are people who are looking to me to see what mine is going to be.”

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Something Corporate, with strong harmonies and expressive lyrics. (They originally called themselves The Wildlife before realizing a Google search for that name provided more images of koalas and lions Rowan Daly than pictures of the band.) Soft, personal acoustic rock from two decidedly alternative men — one with a chest-length beard and both blanketed in tattoos — isn’t expected, but there’s a reason the cliché about not judging books by their covers holds up. “As songwriters, and as people as a whole, we have completely different strengths and weaknesses,” Jordan says about Del Grosso in a phone interview with Boulder Weekly. “[Del Grosso] as a guitarist is a pretty prolific songwriter. He’s really good at writing riffs and ideas.” Jordan says Del Grosso falls short on being a complete solo artist when it comes to structure and chord variance. However, for the band, this works because Jordan needs Del Grosso’s riffs and ideas to write a song.“I can sit there with a guitar and just have a hard time finding a jumping off point,” Jordan admits. “But if [Del Grosso] sends me an idea, I can structure a whole Boulder Weekly

song around it within an hour or so. But I really need a canvas to get started.” Together, Jordan and Del Grosso have composed four full-length albums since 2011, the last two being released on the legendary rock label Epitaph Records. Their latest LP, Low Tides, was released last September and solidified This Wild Life’s style. With teases of their pop-punk past and production help from Aaron Marsh of indie-rock band Copeland, the record is patient and personal, presenting a range of emotions and tones. Furthermore, Low Tides adds fresh material to the artists’ tried and true live set-list. “It’s cool, once you’ve had a couple records out, for having options into what you’re going to play in this set and trying to dig into some of the deeper tracks that you haven’t played before,” Jordan says. Earlier this month, This Wild Life released “Break Me,” a powerful and energetic track that couldn’t find a comfortable spot on Low Tides, but serves well as a stand-alone single to hype up fans coming off a previous album, Clouded, which had more uptempo songs. “[‘Break Me’] felt like it could have been like a single that we would release in between Clouded and Low Tides,” Jordan explains. “We felt like it was a real up-tempo track with a belted chorus, but the songs ... on Low Tides were more mid-tempo and slower. We were focused more on falsetto and beautiful harmonies.” Being an acoustic band makes This Wild Life performances unorthodox in the pop-punk scene they call home. During their almost non-stop performances on Warped Tour from 2011 to 2014, the band had to stand out. Instead of highenergy tracks that surge through the crowd, This Wild Life shows are mellow and intimate, but engaging nonetheless. “We try to make the shows about storytelling,” Jordan says. “It’s such soft music that people can hear all of the words. We’ve always taken advantage of that for people to know what these songs are all about.” As the band heads out to promote Low Tides with an appropriately themed aquatic tour — including a stop at the Bluebird Theater in Denver on July 7 — the duo is focused on refining their act to include more interactivity and character, something they say their past shows have lacked. Boulder Weekly

“The vibe of This formance. We’re letON THE BILL: This Wild Wild Life shows in ting go of that balLife — with Dryjacket, A Will the past ... have been ance.” Away. 7 p.m. Friday, July 7, Bluebird Theater, 3317 E. pretty somber and To switch it up Colfax Ave., Denver, 303-377emotional. On this even further, the open1666. Tickets $15.75-$18. tour we’re trying to ing acts on the tour are flip that on its head Dryjacket and A Will and make the shows a Away, both of which little more enjoyable,” Jordan says. deliver sincere and emotional lyrical “There have been times when we sacri- content with a lighthearted sound. ficed personality from the band in “We kind of handpicked them. We order to do a more ‘professional’ perjust love their music,” Jordan says. “Our

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SITTING IN THE corner of the Dairy Arts Center’s McMahon Gallery, the band is set to play. The all-women ensemble features a diverse set of instruments: a cello, guitar, bass, didgeridoo, an African ngoni and drums. They’re led by a singer who stretches her arm in the middle of a powerful note. Sculpted in clay, each member of the group depicts a moment of passion, but stays silent. “Can you imagine what this cacophony would sound like?” artist Leona Lazar asks with a laugh. “It would be very creative.” Through July 30, Divas showcases a variety of Lazar’s sculptures, featuring characters from a ragtag group of musicians to dancers to a Chinese empress. Lazar approaches her figures with abstraction, emphasizing emotion or expression to create sculptures full of movement. With an interest in art from an early age, Lazar’s own creations took a backseat as she pursued a career in producing museum exhibits. But on the side she continued to attend workshops and learn about sculpture. When she retired five years ago, she became a full-time artist. Her chosen medium is paper clay, which, as its name suggests, is clay infused with paper. Lazar calls the medium forgivable and less temperamental than normal clay. It makes the clay stronger and adds an element of plasticity, letting her craft detail and create walls that can be as thin as paper. She’s attracted to the “pulse” the material gives the work. “If you notice my figures, there’s a great deal of motion and energy, and that’s because of the Boulder Weekly

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strength of the clay,” she says. “And so when I’m building, it has a lot of latitude and flexibility to it.” Lazar has always been intrigued by the human figure. But instead of creating a perfect replica, she focuses on a feeling and then experiments with how to personify it with exaggerated body gestures. Always working organically, Lazar follows her intuition to create something conceptual. “I abstract down to what I think is Diva #7. the essence of the piece or the emotion of what I want to communicate. I use distortion, and I take a huge amount of license,” she says. “You never see people standing [straight and stiff ], nothing is static. There’s vitality to everything. ... “What is it that captures the essence of a human being — that’s what I’m trying to get to,” she continues. “So then you as the viewer can relate to the piece on a personal level.” Lazar’s source work touches on varied subjects, from politics to mythology to history to her personal life. She works with themes that are meaningful to her, connecting to them through her art. Though her inspiration changes, Lazar sculpts mainly women. “I think it’s because I can relate to a woman not only physically but emotionally. I know what it is to be a woman,” she says. “All of my women are vulnerable but very, very strong.” She’s explored women in power such as the “The Dowager Empress,” who ruled over China in the late Qing Dynasty, and she’s worked with the myth of the phoenix in “Whistling Messenger,” both of which are featured in the Dairy show. Also included is Lazar’s series on immigration. Moved by the stories she saw on the news, Lazar began wondering what strict immigration policy does to women and their children. She wanted to see LAZAR Page 30

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music from around the world, as seen from her sculptures featuring a didgeridoo and ngoni, an African string instrument made from a gourd. With serene, passionate faces, the sculptures capture the spirit of music. “With these figures, I didn’t want them to be in cement,” she says. “I wanted them to have this fluid Bass Woman #12. sense.” It was also important for Lazar to do an all-women’s ensemble, which she says is not very common at most concerts. Furthermore, she wanted a blend of various cultures to highlight the joy of music and its vitality in every culture. Art has the power to transcend boundaries, and Lazar’s work serves as a reminder. “We need to communicate, and we need to be recognizing each other,” she says. “One of the beauties of art is that it brings people together. Visual, music, literature, theater — art is that universal voice.” Boulder Weekly

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The folks down at Full Cycle are celebrating Wikimedia Commons the Fourth of July weekend with the grand opening of their very own taproom. No longer will you be inconvenienced by having to buy a bike Scott McCormick and a beer in two different stores. The celebration will be jam-packed with door prizes, complimentary food and a “super top secret sale.” Nothing says Boulder like beer and bikes, so don’t miss out.

What happens when a person owes you $5,000 and doesn’t want to pay you back? Simple: Lock him in a closet until the debt is paid. This is the best answer college buddies Joseph and Oliver came up with. There are only three rules to go by: No money. No food. No bathroom. Jordan Kenneth Kamp and Alex Hardaway star in the 2016 film My Friend’s Rubber Ducky. Head over to Trident Booksellers and Café to catch this honest and spiritual stoner comedy.

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Paper.Works. Arvada Center, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada, 720-898-7200. Through Aug. 20. Rituals — Mark Alan Francis. The Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. Through July 30. Ryan McGinley: The Kids Were Alright. Museum of Contemporary Art, 1485 Delgany St., Denver, 303-298-7554. Through Aug. 20. Seriously Audacious Situational Surrealism — Hone Williams. The Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. Through July 30. Stan Meyer: Poetic Presence. Arvada Center, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada, 720-898-7200. Through Aug. 6.

Divas — Leona Lazar. The Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. Through July 30.

Shade. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000. Through July 16.

Enhanced Photography by Marc Bernardi. Community Art Program Gallery, NCAR, 1850 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, 303-497-1174. Through July 29. Home: American photography at the CU Art Museum. CU Art Museum, 1085 18th St., Boulder, 303-492-8300. Through July 15. Illustration, Design, Art & Photraphy by Michael Hamers. Community Art Program Gallery, NCAR, 1850 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, 303-497-1174. Through July 29.

Then, Now, Next. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000. Through Aug. 31. Walk the Distance and Slow Down: Selections from the Collection of JoAnne Gonzalez Hickey. Boulder Museum of Contempoarary Art, 1750 13th St., 303-443-2122. Through Sept. 10. The Western: An Epic in Art and Film. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000. Through Sept. 10.

Jenny Morgan: SKINDEEP. Museum of Contemporary Art, 1485 Delgany St., Denver, 303-298-7554. Through Aug. 27. Mauro Giaconi: Cae a plomo/falls to lead. Boulder Museum of Contempoarary Art, 1750 13th St., 303-443-2122. Through Sept. 10. Mi Tierra. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000. Through Oct. 22.

Leona Lazar explores the common language of visual art and music in Divas, on display at the Dairy Arts Center through July 30. See more about Lazar’s work on page 29.

Modern America. Firehouse Art Center, 667, Fourth Ave., Longmont, 303-651-2787. Through July 30. Paper on Paper: The Art of Chine-Collé. Arvada Center, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada, 720-898-7200. Through Aug. 20.

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Thursday, June 29 Music First Annual MetalJuana Riot, featuring Murkocet. 6:30 p.m. Herman’s Hideaway, 1578 S. Broadway, Denver, 303-777-5840. Azizi Gibson’s Protein Shake Tour. 8 p.m. Cervantes Masterpiece, 2637 Welton St., Denver, 303-297-1772. Bluegrass Pickers. 7 p.m. West Flanders Brewing, 1125 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-BREW. Boulder Swing Collective. 8:30 p.m. Waterloo, 809 S. Main St., Louisville, 303-993-2094.

words In July 1878, a total solar eclipse darkened skies from Montana Territory to Texas. It prompted some scientists to engage in a grueling race to the Rocky Mountains to find answers to questions about our solar system. David Baron’s “American Eclipse” recounts this story and the insight it provides about the trajectory of a nascent nation. Catch him at Boulder Book Store on June 29.

Dash Berlin. 9 p.m. Beta Nightclub, 1909 Blake St., Denver, 303-383-1909. Dead Set: A Tribute to The Grateful Dead. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 Northpark Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757. An Evening with Joel Cummins of Umphrey’s McGee. 6 p.m. Arcana, 909 Walnut St., Boulder,

Lincoln St., Denver, 303-934-5644. Live Music: Neil and Chloe An INTUIT Duo. 7 p.m. Por Wine House, 836 1/2 Main St., Louisville, 720-666-1386. Olga Kern Plays Rachmaninoff. 7:30 p.m. Chautauqua Auditorium, 900 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-442-3282.

Thursday, June 29 David Baron — American Eclipse. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303447-2074. Tuesday, July 4 Innisfree Weekly Open Poetry Reading. 7 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., Boulder, 303-495-3303.

The Builders and the Butchers. 9:30 p.m. Hi-Dive, 7 S. Broadway, Denver, 303-733-0230. Crystalline Collective: Jem and Crystal Music Gathering. 1 p.m. Vali Soul Sanctuary, 6717 Valmont Road, Boulder, 720-393-0434.

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720-406-7871. Flaural — with The Velveteers, Ned Garthe Explosion. 8 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-447-0095. Goldroom. 8 p.m. The Bluebird Theater, 3317 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, 303-337-1666. Keith A. Rea. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat Coffeehouse, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628. Live from Nashville. 7 p.m. The Church, 1160

Open Mic Night hosted by Brian Rezac. 6:30 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 720-297-6397. Outback Saloon Open Mic Night. 9 p.m. Outback Saloon, 3141 28th St., Boulder, 573-569-0370. The Planets & Mozart’s Jupiter with the Colorado Symphony. 7 p.m. Boettcher Concert Hall, 1000 14th St., Denver, 720-865-4220.

Quemondo. 6:30 p.m. Longmont Museum & Cultural Center, 400 Quail Road, Longmont, 303-651-8374. Rico Jones Trio. 6 p.m. Großen Bart Brewery, 1025 Delaware Ave., Longmont, 214-770-9847. Signal Test. 10 p.m. Pioneer Inn, 15 E. First St., Nederland, 303-258-7733. see EVENTS Page 36

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Styx. 7 p.m. Pepsi Center, 1000 Chopper Circle, Denver, 303-405-1100. Summer Concerts in the Park: Eufórquestra. 7 p.m. Louisville Community Park, 955 Bella Vista Drive, Louisville.

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Ravin Wolf. 10 p.m. Pioneer Inn, 15 E. First St., Nederland, 303-258-7733. Razzvio. 6 p.m. Bootstrap Brewing Company, 142 Pratt St., Longmont, 303-652-4186. The Rocky Horror Show. 7:30 p.m. The Bug Theatre, 3654 Navajo St., Denver, 303-477-9984.

Colorado Music Festival Mile High Gala. 5:30 p.m. The Boulder JCC, 6007 Oreg Ave., Boulder, Lafayette, 303-998-1900.

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

Conor Oberst. 9 p.m. The Ogden Theatre, 935 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, 303-832-1874.

Rotten Reputation CD Release Show. 7 p.m. The Marquis Theatre, 2009 Larimer St., Denver, 303-487-0111.

World’s Finest — with Sage Fire & The Damn Sasquatch. 7 p.m. Cervantes, 2637 Welton St., Denver, 303-297-1772.

The Dream Tour X2. 8 p.m. The Roxy Theatre, 2549 Welton St., Denver, 720-242-9782.

Silent Disco Street Party: Groovy VIP. 8 p.m. The Square on 21st, 2062 Larimer St., Denver.

Fable Heist. 7 p.m. Herman’s Hideaway, 1578 S. Broadway, Denver, 303-777-5840.

Terminal Bar’s Summer Concert Series. 5 p.m. Union Station Terminal Bar, 1701 Wynkoop St., Denver, 720-460-3701.

Brad Williams. 7:30 p.m. Comedy Works, 1226 15th St., Denver, 303-595-3637. Dale’s Pale Ale 16 oz. Can Launch Party. 6 p.m. Stoney’s Bar and Grill, 1111 Lincoln St., Denver, 303-830-6839. Damon Williams. 7:30 p.m. Denver Improv, 8246 Northfield Ave., Denver, 303-307-1777. Through July 2.

Flamenco Fusion Concert with Steve Mullins, Sandra Wong, Doug Walter and Brett Bowen. 7:30 p.m. Willow Farm, 11898 N. 75th St., Long-

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Dan Soder. 8 p.m. Comedy Works, 1226 15th St., Denver, 303-595-3637. Through July 1.

theater Disney’s Beauty & the Beast. Jester’s Dinner Theatre, 224 Main St., Longmont, 303-682-9980. Through July 2.

Hike for Seniors. 10 a.m. Betasso Preserve, Boulder, 303-678-6214.

Hamlet. Mary Rippon Outdoor Theatre, University of Colorado, 303-492-8008. Through Aug. 13.

Locals Appreciation Night. 5 p.m. Hotel Boulderado, 2115 13th St., Boulder, 303-440-2880. Magnolia Trails Project Video Premiere. 6:30 p.m. Roadhouse Boulder Depot, 2366 Junction Place, Boulder, 303-443-2167.

Visuality, featuring Etc!Etc!, K Theory, Vaski, BARE. 9 p.m. Cervantes’ and The Other Side, 2637

Baby Boomer Baby — presented by Playhouse Productions. The Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. Begins June 30. Through July 23.

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. BDT Stage, 5501 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-449-6000. Through Aug. 19. Ring of Fire: The Music of Johnny Cash. Vintage Theatre, 1468 Dayton St., Aurora, 303-856-7830. Through Aug. 6. National Lampoon’s Tommy Koenig takes audiences through a hilarious, nostalgic, and insightful flashback in Baby Boomer Baby.

The Taming of the Shrew. Mary Rippon Outdoor Theatre, University of Colorado, 303-492-8008. Through Aug. 13.

Naughty Pierre’s Burlesque & Comedy Show. 8 p.m. The Clocktower Cabaret, 1601 Arapahoe St., Denver, 303-293-0075.

Pretty Little Fight Club: The Em and Jo Sketch Show. 7 p.m. Firehouse Art Center, 667 Fourth Ave., Longmont, 303-651-2787.

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Welton St., Denver, 303-297-1772.

Gasoline Lollipops. 9 p.m. The Gold Hill Inn, 401 Main St. Gold Hill, Boulder, 303-443-6461.

VooDoo Julia. 8 p.m. SKEYE Brewing, 900 S. Hover St., Suite D, Longmont, 303-774-7698.

Summer Festival. 5 p.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.

Gypsy Swing Review. 7 p.m. Caffè Sole, 637 S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-499-2985.

Trivia & Comedy. 7 p.m. Johnny’s Cigar Bar, 1801 13th St., Boulder, 970-302-7130.

James Lee Baker. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat Coffeehouse, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.

The Well Intentioned. 7 p.m. Großen Bart Brewery, 1025 Delaware Ave., Longmont, 214-770-9847.

We Used Facebook Live To Name This Sketch Show. 8 p.m. Bovine Metropolis Theater, 1527 Champa St., Denver, 303-758-4722.

King Lil G. 8:30 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-555-5555.

Adult Gymnastics. 5:30 p.m. Airborne Dance, 1816 Boston Ave., Longmont, 303-684-3717.

Kyle Donovan Live Music. 7 p.m. 300 Suns Brewing, 335 First Ave., Unit C, Longmont, 720-442-8292.

Cherry Creek Arts Festival Artist Preview Event. 7 p.m. Cherry Creek North, Clayton St. between Second and Third Avenues, Denver, 303-355-2787.

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Cloudhouse: Greg Tanner Harris and Friends. 6:30 and 9 p.m. Dazzle, 1512 Curtis St., Denver, 303-839-5102.

Tim Mooney CD Release Show. 8 p.m. Walnut Room, 3131 Walnut St., Denver, 303-295-1868.

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Music The Alcapones & Foxfeather Music. 7:30 p.m. The Caribou Room, 55 Indian Peaks Drive, Nederland, 303-258-3637. Anna Shoemaker & High Plains Honky: B-Side Music Fridays. 5 p.m. Museum Of Contemporary Art Denver, 1485 Delgany St., Denver, 303-298-7554. Badlands: A Denver All-Star Tribute to Bruce Springsteen. 8 p.m. Oriental Theater, 4335 W. 44th Ave., Denver, 720-420-0030. Bluegrass Pick. 6 p.m. Cellar West Artisan Ales, 1001 Lee Hill Drive, Suite 10, Boulder, 262-719-8795. Boom! 6 p.m. Vali Soul Sanctuary, 6717 Valmont Road, Boulder, 720-393-0434. The Builders and the Butchers. 9:30 p.m. HiDive, 7 S. Broadway, Denver, 303-733-0230. Choroloco. 9 p.m. The Laughing Goat Coffee-

The Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses. 7:30 p.m. Boettcher Concert Hall, 1000 14th St., Denver, 720-865-4220. Through July 1.

Events

Cherry Creek Arts Festival Artist Preview Event. 7 p.m. 210 Clayton St., Denver.

Live Music. 6 p.m. Upslope Brewing Company, 1501 Lee Hill Drive, Suite 20, Boulder, 303-449-2911.

Cherry Creek Arts Festival Opening Gala. 5 p.m. JW Marriott Denver Cherry Creek, 150 Clayton Lane, Denver, 303-316-2700.

Live Music: Ginga — Street Faire no. 4. 9:30 p.m. Por Wine House, 836 1/2 Main St., Louisville, 720-666-1386.

Club Cosplay Denver: Comic Con After Party. 8 p.m. Summit Music Hall, 1902 Blake St., Denver, 303-487-0111.

Live Patio Music: Eryn Bent. 5:30 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 720-297-6397.

Dance Nia. 6 p.m. Longmont Recreation Center, 310 Quail Road, Longmont, 303-774-4800.

Louisville Street Faire. 5 p.m. Steinbaugh Pavilion, 824 Front St., Louisville, 720-236-5206. Ookay. 9 p.m. Beta Nightclub, 1909 Blake St., Denver, 303-383-1909. Peak2Peak —with The Max Mackey Band. 8 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 303-834-9384.

Denver Comic Con! 11 a.m. Colorado Convention Center, 700 14th St., Denver, 303-228-8000. George Lopez. 7:15 p.m. Comedy Works, 1226 15th St., Denver, 303-595-3637. Last Friday. Midnight. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-2122. EVENTS from Page 38

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My Friend’s Rubber Ducky. 8:30 p.m. Trident Booksellers and Café, 940 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-443-3133. McNichols Project Event #2: The Wild West. 7:30 p.m. McNichols Building, 144 W. Colfax Ave., Denver, 720-865-4220. Nerdlesque. 8 p.m. The Clocktower Cabaret, 1601 Arapahoe St., Denver, 303-293-0075. Official After-Party for 2017 Comic Con. 7 p.m. Paramount Theatre, 1621 Glenarm Place, Denver, 303-893-2000. Password: Comedy. 7 p.m. The Speakeasy, 301 Main St., Longmont, 720-412-8604. Tea Time and Joan of Sn’arc. 8 p.m. Community Dance Collective, 2020 1/2 21st St., Boulder, 720-383-1030. Video Production Certificate Program. 9 a.m. Boulder Digital Arts, 1600 Range St., Boulder, 303-800-4647. Saturday, July 1 Music

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The Brazilian Masters Series. 7 p.m. Caffè Sole, 637 S. Broadway St., Boulder, 303-499-2985. The Builders and The Butchers. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat Coffeehouse, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628. Conor Oberst. 8 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030. The Constellation Collective — with Farmer and Friends. 7 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 720-297-6397. Defunkt Railroad. 10 p.m. The Dark Horse, 2922 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-442-8162. Desert Chariot. 7 p.m. Herman’s Hideaway, 1578 S. Broadway, Denver, 303-777-5840. Deux. 9 p.m. Beta Nightclub, 1909 Blake St., Denver, 303-383-1909. Devin Patrick Hughes of the Boulder Symphony: Workshop for Singers. 12 p.m. Boulder Piano Gallery, 3111 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-449-3177.

Works, 1226 15th St., Denver, 303-595-3637.

Menagerie Two-Year Anniversary, featuring Wabakinoset, Theoretically, Moonlight Bloom, High Voltage Silent. 9 p.m. Cervantes, 2637 Welton St., Denver, 303-776-6050.

George Lopez. 7:15 p.m. Comedy Works, 1226 15th St., Denver, 303-595-3637.

MisterWives. 8 p.m. The Ogden Theatre, 935 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, 303-832-1874. Musicians United for Venezuela. 4 p.m. The Nomad Playhouse, 1410 Quince Ave., Boulder, 303-443-7510. Old’s Cool Rock. 10 a.m. Boulder Farmers’ Market, 1770 13th St., Boulder, 303-910-2236. Olga Kern Recital. 7:30 p.m. Chautauqua Auditorium, 900 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-442-3282.

Independence Celebration. 5 p.m. Four Mile Historic Park, 715 South Forest St., Denver, 720865-0800. Louisville Farmer’s Market. 9 a.m. Downtown Louisville, 916 Main St., Louisville, 303-902-2451. Official After-Party for 2017 Comic Con. 12 a.m. Paramount Theatre, 1621 Glenarm Place, Denver, 303-893-2000. Official Denver Comic Con After Party. 9 p.m. Hard Rock Cafe, 500 16th St., Denver, 303-623-3191.

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Louisville: Fourth of July Celebration and Fireworks. 6 p.m. Tuesday, July 4, Coal Creek Golf Course, 585 W. Dillon Road, Louisville, 303-335-4581. There is no parking available at Coal Creek Golf Course. A shuttle will be available from the parking lots of Home Depot and Louisville Recreation Center. Lafayette: Celebrate Fourth of

July 2017. 4 p.m. Tuesday, July 4, Waneka Lake Park, 1600 Caria Drive, Lafayette, 303-666-9555. Only service animals are allowed at this event — no pets.

Longmont: Longmont Fourth of July Fireworks Display. 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 4, Boulder County

Blues and BBQ with Silent Bear. 2 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 720-297-6397. Fairgrounds, 9595 Nelson Road, Longmont, 303-682-6762. No pets are allowed at this event. No parking on the fairgrounds.

Boulder Friends of Jazz Jam Session. 1 p.m. Avalon Ballroom, 6185 Arapahoe Road, Boulder, 303-440-8303.

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Chronologue. 6 p.m. Dazzle, 1512 Curtis St., Denver, 303-839-5102.

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Extravaganza. 5 p.m. Monday, July 3, Colorado National Golf Club, 2700 Vista Parkway, Erie, 303-926-1723.

For King & Country. 8 p.m. Elitch Gardens, 2000 Elitch Circle, Denver, 303-595-4386.

Rebirth Brass Band. 7:30 p.m. The Caribou Room, 55 Indian Peaks Drive, Nederland, 303-258-3637.

The HeartBeat Block Party — with Bvggz, Maria Loreto, RM3, YGAM. 4 p.m. Larimer Street and 31st Street, Denver. High Fiction presents Variety Night. 7 p.m. Still Cellars, 1115 Colorado Ave., Longmont, 720-204-6064. Jamming on the Jetty — with Dyrty Byrds. 4 p.m. Sloan Lake, Denver. Keith A. Rea. 7 p.m. Großen Bart Brewery, 1025 Delaware Ave., Longmont, 214-770-9847. Live Music: Seventh Heaven. 7:30 p.m. Dannik’s Gunbarrel Corner Bar, 6525 Gunpark Drive, Boulder, 303-530-7423. Live Patio Music: Collins & Peterson. 5:30 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 720-297-6397.

Wolfpack Ninja Tour. 12 p.m. Village at the Peaks, 1250 S. Hover St., Longmont, 720-438-2500.

Barrel of Blues. 1 p.m. The Post Brewing Co., 105 W. Emma St., Lafayette, 720-398-8172.

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

Happy Hour Live Jazz. 5:30 p.m. Tandoori Grill South, 619 S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-543-7339.

Saturday Morning Groove. 10:30 a.m. Free Motion Dance Studio, 2126 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-379-8299.

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Gasoline Lollipops. 10:30 a.m. Ophelia’s Electric Soapbox, 1215 20th St., Denver, 303-993-8023.

Proclaiming Basic Goodness: An Introduction to Shambhala Meditation (Part One). 9 a.m. Boulder Shambhala Center, 1345 Spruce St., Boulder, 303-444-0190.

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Craig Towler Freedom Run. 8 a.m. Tuesday, July 4, Boulder Reservoir, 5565 51st St., Boulder, 303-441-3461.

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Red Rock Ramblers: Lyons Square Dancing. 7:30 p.m. Lyons Elementary School Gymnasium, 338 High St., Lyons, 303-823-5925. A Revival! Sunnyside Music Fest Fundraising Concert to Reopen the Historic Elitch Theatre. 7 p.m. Historic Elitch Theatre, 4655 W. 37th Ave., Denver, 720-319-6623. Rubedo’s Independence Day III. 8 p.m. The Bluebird Theater, 3317 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, 303-337-1666. Events Cherry Creek Arts Festival Bubbles & Bites. 8:30 a.m. Cherry Creek Arts District, 210 Clayton St., Denver. Cherry Creek Arts Festival VIP Club. 7 p.m. JW Marriott Denver Cherry Creek, 150 Clayton Lane, Denver, 303-316-2700. Damon Williams. 9:45 p.m. Denver Improv, 8246 Northfield Ave., Denver, 303-307-1777. Dan Soder. 7:30 p.m. and 9:45 p.m. Comedy

City Park Jazz. 6 p.m. City Park Pavilion, 1700 N. York St., Denver, 303-744-1004. Espresso! 9:30 a.m. Spruce Confections, 767 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-875-7514. Gasoline Lollipops. 10:30 a.m. Ophelia’s Electric Soapbox, 1215 20th St., Denver, 303-993-8023.

Lee Johnson. 5 p.m. The Gold Hill Inn, 401 Main St. Gold Hill, Boulder, 303-443-6461. Mozart with CMF Founder Giora Bernstein. 9:30 p.m. Chautauqua Auditorium, 900 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-442-3282. Prok & Fitch (Patio Party). 3 p.m. Beta Nightclub, 1909 Blake St., Denver, 303-383-1909. Rebirth Brass Band Concert for Art Education at the Cherry Creek Arts Festival. 8 p.m. Janus Henderson Investors Main Stage and Blue Moon Beer Garden, Second Avenue and Detroit Street, Denver. Tree Machines. 7 p.m. Herman’s Hideaway, 1578 S. Broadway, Denver, 303-777-5840. Vinyl Sundays with the Denver Kush Club. 12 p.m. Spangalang Brewery, 2736 Welton St., Denver, 303-297-1276. The Wildwoods. 10 a.m. The Stone Cup, 442 High St., Lyons, 303-823-2345. The Wildwoods. 3 p.m. The Monkey Barrel, 4401 Tejon St., Denver, 720-638-3655. Zed’s Dead. 8 p.m. The Ogden Theatre, 935 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, 303-832-1874. Events Cherry Creek Arts Festival VIP CLUB. 7 p.m. JW Marriott Denver Cherry Creek, 150 Clayton Lane,

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events Denver, 303-316-2700. Dance Nia. 11 a.m. Longmont Recreation Center, 310 Quail Road, Longmont, 303-774-4800. Hawaiian Hula Classes. 5 p.m. A Place to B, 1750 30th St., Unit 64, Boulder, 303-440-8007. Nerdlesque. 8 p.m. The Clocktower Cabaret, 1601 Arapahoe St., Denver, 303-293-0075. Proclaiming Basic Goodness: An Introduction to Shambhala Meditation (Part 2). 9 a.m. Boulder Shambhala Center, 1345 Spruce St., Boulder, 303-444-0190. Wolfpack Ninja Tour. 12 p.m. Village at the Peaks, 1250 S. Hover St., Longmont. Monday, July 3 Music

Ill Faded and Guilla Present: The Smoked Out and Spaced Out Tour. 9 p.m. Lion’s Lair Lounge, 2022 East Colfax Ave., Denver, 303-320-9200. Patriotic Songs from the Longmont Chorale. 12:30 p.m. Thompson Park, 420 Bross St., Longmont. Product Of Hate/IKILLYA Annihilation Tour. 4 p.m. Herman’s Hideaway, 1578 S. Broadway, Denver, 303-777-5840. Stars & Stripes Express Fest. 4 p.m. Union Station, 1701 Wynkoop St., Denver. TinkerMill Fourth of July Carnival. 4 p.m. TinkerMill, 1840 Delaware Place, Unit A, Longmont, 720-204-3090. Tuesday Tapping and Live Music. 6 p.m.

Upslope Brewing Company (Flatiron Park), 1898 South Flatiron Court, Boulder, 303-396-1898. Events Adult Gymnastics. 7:30 p.m. Airborne Dance, 1816 Boston Ave., Longmont, 303-684-3717. After the Fireworks FASOR Pop Up no. 5. 7 p.m. Lion’s Lair Lounge, 2022 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, 303-320-9200. Celebrate Fourth of July 2017. 4 p.m. Waneka Lake Park, 1600 Caria Drive, Lafayette, 303-666-9555. Doppelgängers! Improv Showcase. 8 p.m. Voodoo Comedy Playhouse, 1260 22nd St., Denver, 970-481-7918.

Farm-to-Table Dinner with Mozzarella Demonstration, Fireworks and Baby Animals. 5:30 p.m. The Art of Cheese, 505 Weaver Park Road, Suite E, Longmont, 303-579-9537. Folk Dancing on the Plaza. 7 p.m. Plaza beside Dushanbe Teahouse, 1770 13th St., Boulder, 303-499-6363. Fourth of July Twang-Fest and Barbecue. 12 p.m. The Gold Hill Inn, 401 Main St. Gold Hill, 303-443-6461. Fourth of July Pre-Fireworks Party. 4 p.m. The Post Brewing Company, 105 W. Emma St., Lafayette, 303-593-2066. see EVENTS Page 40

Bandshell Boogie — Boulder’s Largest Outdoor Dance Gathering! 7 p.m. Boulder Bandshell, Central Park, 1212 Canyon Blvd., Boulder, 720-971-1972. Bluegrass Pickers. 7 p.m. West Flanders Brewing, 1125 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-BREW. Concert in the Park — Boulder Concert Band. 7 p.m. Salberg Park, 3045 19th St., Boulder. Concerts in the Park. 7 p.m. Central Park, 1739 Broadway, Boulder. Dueling Pianos and Fireworks. 5 p.m. The Square on 21st, 2062 Larimer St., Denver. Independence Eve 2017. 8 p.m. Civic Center Conservancy, 1560 Broadway, Suite 2250, Denver, 303-861-4633. Music on Pine Street. 5 p.m. Hotel Boulderado, 2115 13th St., Boulder, 303-440-2880. Noches de Verano: Tango at the Teahouse. 6 p.m. Plaza beside the Dushanbe Teahouse, 1770 13th St., Boulder, 303-718-4798. Prospect Sound Bites Presents Tunisia. 5 p.m. Prospect Park, 700 Tenacity Drive, Longmont, 303-249-4492. Red, White and Blow: BlowUpDollz with The Whiskey Masons. 7 p.m. Herman’s Hideaway, 1578 S. Broadway, Denver, 303-777-5840. Events Second Annual Bud Bronson & the Good Timers’ Independence Day Blowout Bash. 7 p.m. Hi-Dive Denver, 7 S. Broadway, Denver, 303-733-0230. Black & Blu: Comedy/Variety Show. 7 p.m. Tennyson’s Tap, 4335 W. 38th Ave., Denver. Cherry Creek Arts Festival VIP Club. 7 p.m. JW Marriott Denver Cherry Creek, 150 Clayton Lane, Denver. Josh Blue. 6 p.m. Comedy Works, 1226 15th St., Denver, 720-274-6800. Movement Mondays. 7 p.m. Free Motion Dance Studio, 2126 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-379-8299. Movie Mondays! 7 p.m. Still Cellars, 1115 Colorado Ave., Longmont, 720-204-6064. Open Mic Night. 8 p.m. Johnny’s Cigar Bar, 1801 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-0884. Stars & Stripes Express Fest. 4 p.m. Union Station, 1701 Wynkoop St., Denver, 303-592-6712. Tap Dance Lessons. 7:15 p.m. Viriditas Studio, 4939 N. Broadway, Suite 65, Boulder, 303-444-7888. Tuesday, July 4 Music Fourth of July Concert in the Park. 11:30 a.m. Thompson Park, 420 Bross St., Longmont, 303-772-5796. Denver Brass. 1:45 p.m. Evergreen Music Festival, Denver. Dueling Pianos & Fireworks - VIP. 5 p.m. The Square on 21st, 2062 Larimer St., Denver.

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events Boulder Weekly staf f pick The Alcapones and Foxfeather Music at The Caribou Room 7:30 p.m. Friday, June 30, The Caribou Room, 55 Indian Peaks Drive, Nederland, 303-258-3637. Local Colorado bands The Alcapones and Foxfeather Music will grace the stage at The Caribou Room this Friday, June 30. The zero-waste and solar-powered Caribou Room is Courtesy of Foxfeather Music located 25 minutes from Boulder and features a dance floor and balcony, a premium sound system, professional kitchen and two fullystocked bars. For The Alcapones and Foxfeather Music, The Caribou Room is right up their alley. Both bands trace their roots to the Centennial State, with The Alcapones lead guitarist and singer, Shaun Garin, living in Nederland for more than eight years. The Alcapones are a ska/jam band and have recently played at Frozen Dead Guy Days and released Mountropolis earlier this year. With a distinct and energetic sound, prepare to get sweaty. Foxfeather Music originated in Boulder in 2013 and has made a name for itself in the area ever since. The band released their latest, self-titled LP last year. The band plays warmhearted and personal music, making their performances deep and distinctive experiences. Tickets $10-$12 — Alvaro Sanchez

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Fourth of July Aqua Zumba. 9 a.m. Sunset Pool, 1900 Longs Peak Ave., Longmont, 303-774-4752. Fourth of July Pancake Breakfast and Parade. 8:30 a.m. Gold Hill Elementary School, 890 Main St., Boulder, 720-561-5940.

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Drop-In Acoustic Jam. 6 p.m. 300 Suns Brewing, 335 First Ave., Unit C, Longmont, 720-442-8292. Guitar Wolf. 7 p.m. Summit Music Hall, 1902 Blake St., Denver, 303-487-0111. Keith Rea: Wednesday Night Whimsy. 6:30 p.m. Still Cellars, 1115 Colorado Ave., Longmont, 720-204-6064. Michele Castro Band. 6:30 p.m. Swallow Hill Music, Daniels Hall, 71 East Yale Ave., Denver, 303-777-1003.

Mixed Taste: Wild West Mail Delivery & PostConceptual Art. 6:30 p.m. Denver Center for the Performing Arts, 1101 13th St., Denver, 303-893-4100. Mixed Taste: Wild West Mail Delivery & PostConceptual Art. 6:30 p.m. Museum Of Contemporary Art Denver, 1485 Delgany St., Denver, 303-298-7554. Purple Squirrel. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat Coffeehouse, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-555-1212. RE:Search: Bondax — with Natural Selectah, Mikey Thunder, Jubee. 8:30 p.m. Cervantes Masterpiece, 2637 Welton St., Denver, 303-7766050. Reggae Night. 9 p.m. Boulder House, 1109 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-997-4108. Salaam/Shalom: A Celebration of Arabic & Jewish Music. 7 p.m. Dazzle, 1512 Curtis St., Denver, 303-839-5102. Willie Waldman Project. 7 p.m. Owsley’s Golden Road, 1301 Broadway St., Boulder, 720-849-8458. Events Charlie Chaplin Comedy Night — with Hank Troy. 7:30 p.m. Chautauqua Auditorium, 900 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-442-3282. Comedy at Tandoori. 8 p.m. Tandoori Bar, 619 S. Broadway, Boulder, 970-302-7130. Family Summer Reading: Movie Matinée. 1 p.m. Louisville Public Library, 951 Spruce St., Louisville, 303-335-4821. Swing Dance Lessons. 6:30 p.m. SKEYE Brewing, 900 S. Hover St., Suite D, Longmont, 303-774-7698. Swing Dancing. 7 p.m. SKEYE Brewing, 900 S. Hover St., Suite D, Longmont, 303-774-7698. Tap Dance Lessons. 7:15 p.m. Viriditas Studio, 4939 N. Broadway, Suite 65, Boulder, 303-444-7888.

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ot good enough!” director Michael Bay exclaimed from atop his throne made of melted wires taken from support bras, flames vomiting from repurposed Megadeth pyrotechnic displays on either side of him. “Some fools still believe in the goodness of things.” “But what more can we take from them?” a former Victoria Secret model forced into Bay’s subservience reluctantly asked. Bay tittered. “We shall annihilate their faith in the concept of storytelling by constructing an entire movie without a plot or semblance of coherent thought!” Bay declared, stroking the mullet he kept despite Michael Bolton breaking their “Cool Michaels With Mullets” pact years prior. “And you know Sir Anthony Hopkins? Ruin. Him. Forever.” Thus, in the fires of testosterone and foreign box office returns was Transformers: The Last Knight forged. Bay watched closely, ensuring that nothing made sense. A frightened studio executive asked, “I’m confused. If Cade Yeager (Mark Wahlberg) was chosen as ‘The Last Knight’ to save humanity as good robots fight bad robots, why does he need a busty British triple-professor (Laura Haddock) to use a magic staff in order to stop the Transformers’ planet from destroying earth? And what is John Turturro doing in Cuba? Wait, was that Stanley Tucci as Merlin?” Bay cackled, rubbing his impossibly soft and perpetually lotioned hands together, as he proclaimed, “In film, writing was God. God is dead, baby. God is dead.” Not satisfied, Bay dumped in still more nonsense. “Here’s an overacting young girl (Isabella Moner) who will be called Izabella with a Z, and she will make a point of telling people that’s how it is spelled! Here is a blatant rip-off of BB8 from Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens, but he’s violently unlikable! Here’s a robot butler that may be Sir Anthony Hopkins’ lover!” Soon, none of the four writers of the film remembered why they wanted to tell stories in the first place; two completely forgot the English language. “Longer! Even longer!” Bay bellowed, “I know everyone is always running and yelling while robots with swords fight alongside a three-headed metal dragon, but it must somehow be boring enough for people to forget the escapist power and inherent imagination of cinema!” The first few audiences who watched the test screening went home and deleted all of their downloaded music, explaining they no longer felt the need to hear sounds after so many had been used without purpose. “For if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you!” Bay triumphantly laughed before inserting a credit cookie that would forever strip the joy of anticipating any in other films. As a dump truck vomited money on his mansion’s lawn, Bay knew his work was done. “Let them try to find hope or meaning now.” Yeah, so, I didn’t like Transformers: The Last Knight very much... This review previously appeared in The Reader of Omaha, Nebraska.

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‘Harold and Lillian’ and the talent behind the magic by Michael J. Casey

It’s only a paper moon. Sailing over a cardboard sea. But it wouldn’t be make believe if you believe in me. — Billy Rose and Yip Harburg “Paper Moon”

he names Harold and Lillian Michelson are not synonymous with cinema, but they ought to be. Spanning six decades in Tinsel Town, Harold and Lillian worked on hundreds of movies from The Ten Commandments to The Graduate; The Birds to Dick Tracy; Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf to Spaceballs — all without credit, all without acclaim. But as director Daniel Raim’s lovely documentary Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story suggests, the Michelsons didn’t really seem to mind. Movies were their passion, and what mattered most to them was getting the work on the screen. Take, for example, the image of Dustin Hoffman seen under the crook of Anne Bancroft’s bent knee in The Graduate; you know the one: “Mrs. Robinson, you’re trying to seduce me.” Easily the signature image of the movie, and the sexual revolution coming around the bend, but that image belonged neither to director Mike Nichols (who won an Oscar for his work) nor cinematographer Robert Surtees (who was nominated) but to Harold’s storyboards. And he wasn’t even listed in the movie’s credits. Nowadays, storyboard artists — illustrators who make comic-book-like sketches the camera department and director use as guides while ON THE BILL: Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story. shooting — receive proper credit, but that was July 5–8, The Boedecker not the case back in the day. The same goes for Theater, Dairy Arts Center, 2590 the research department that informs décor and Walnut St., Boulder, 303-4407825. thedairy.org costuming, even government protocol. That was Lillian’s department and she was the best around, stopping at nothing to get the most for every movie. While working on the drug kingpin movie Scarface, Lillian was in contact with a South American drug dealer — a “nice Jewish boy” as she recalls — gathering information on how drugs are brought up from the border. But she also wanted to know how the Drug Enforcement Agency goes about tracking down and prosecuting these people, so she called them too. In one surreal moment, Lillian was having the drug lord over for tea when her DEA informant dropped by with a tip. As Lillian recounts, all three sat there drinking tea with neither of her guests suspecting who the other was. These two anecdotes cannot begin to plunder the depths of the Michelsons’ contributions to Hollywood, nor do they speak to their 50-plus-year marriage, one that weathered some stormy seas. Lillian speaks for the both of them — Harold died in 2008 — with a candor that can only come from age. At a certain point, you just stop trying to project a perfect life and Lillian lays it out, warts and all. Lillian couldn’t have done it without Harold, and he certainly couldn’t have done it without her; some people are just meant to be. But the real beauty behind Harold and Lillian is the sense that every trial and tribulation they faced and overcame informed their work and found a way into the movies we hold dearest in our hearts. Boulder Weekly

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ith absinthe fountains, artisan cheese and bread, and interior design to make the ghost of Oscar Wilde feel at home, the Bistrot des Artistes inside Longmont’s Cheese Importers certainly effects the feeling of gay Paris. The menu of French and continental European staples places an emphasis on robust ingredients. Such is the case with the apple brie panino. Sharp French brie, perfumed apples and peppery arugula are sandwiched between two hulking slices of walnut-raisin bread. The sandwich’s components are well-balanced — spicy arugula, funky brie, dusty walnut and tart apples harmonize, and the delicateness of the flavors belie the panino’s substantial presence. It makes for a good meal served alongside dry white table wine and capped off with an Armagnac-infused and chocolate-covered cherry. $8.50

afé Aion’s menu brings the varied and electric foods of Spain and Morocco to The Hill, so you might overlook the humble $2 fried doughnut. That would be a mistake. The doughnut (and doughnut hole) is thick-crusted and topped with sugar and cinnamon. The inside is moist and sweet. It’s just not constituted like most doughnuts — it’s more of a sugarcoated popover. Turns out it doesn’t need coffee either, as it goes well with the house vermouth, served with an orange and olive, and slightly effervescent. $2

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inger Pig’s mapo tofu is an example of how vegan food can be both clean and indulgent. On one hand, the dish (or box, as it were) contains ho-hum staples of rice, black beans, mushrooms and tofu. On the other hand, Ginger Pig redefines these ingredients by braising shiitake and crimini mushrooms in beer and fermenting the black beans, whose umami is then imbued into silky organic tofu chunks and laid atop pillowy jasmine rice. Fresh scallions and cilantro clear open the Eustachian tube, and the house chili oil slowly builds body heat. $10

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Besides, isn’t wheat just another cheap commodity Andy Clark pours like soy beans, vegetable oil and frozen orange juice organic heirloom wheat through his futures? hands. Not to a devoted band of Boulder County bakers, farmers and chefs who are promoting older heirloom grain varieties for reasons of flavor, health and sustainability. They want to change your attitude toward flour and encourage more farmers to start planting ancient grains. At Louisville’s Moxie Bread Co., Andy Clark has committed to using only organic heirloom wheat in its artisan baked goods. The change of grains has come neither fast nor easy. “Everything we do here is a pain in the ass. I want to know the wheat farmer just like I know the farmers who grow the vegetables. People think I’m nuts for using heirloom wheat and doing a long, slow fermentation,” Clark says. Moxie’s first challenge was sourcing enough organic heirloom wheat that wasn’t also thousands of miles away. “There are a couple of farmers in southwest Kansas growing maybe 1,000 acres of wheat. That’s nothing, in terms of acreage” Clark says. While some wheat berries are milled at Moxie, he also had to locate mills to grind the high quality heirloom flour. These wheat varieties behave differently so the bakers have to tweak the process on a daily basis because the grains ferment faster or the humidity changes. This is frustrating for bakers who are into exact, reproducible formulas. Clark’s conversion to using organic heirloom flour to make his loaves and pastries stems from his training. “I do it because I was taught to do it as a baker. Heirloom and organic grains taste better. The flavor is tremendous — malty, sweet and nutty, and they are more digestible. I can suggest to customers that avoid gluten that they might give it a try,” he says. Wheat isn’t sexy like Colorado cherries and peaches, yet there it is on sale at the Boulder County Farmers Market. Chef Eric Skokan of Black Cat Bistro and Bramble & Hare grows farro, emer and wheat at his 130-acre farm in Niwot to use in baking and other menu items for the eateries. Skokan is so committed he even bought an antique 1958 combine for harvesting. At Boulder’s Basta, the staff mills and grinds red wheat, einkorn and wheat berries daily for the eatery’s wood-fired pizza and piada flatbread. Chef Kelly Whitaker has also founded the nonprofit Noble Grain Alliance to foster the growing and distribution of locally grown ancient and heirloom grains between farmers, restaurateurs and bakers. Farmers Market icon “Farmer” John Ellis has a 76-acre farm near Niwot where he grows wheat as well as vegetables. The freshly ground flour is on sale at his market stand and is used at several Boulder restaurants. Hygiene’s Aspen Moon Farm has planted a field split between organic heritage turkey red hard winter wheat and red fife spring wheat it hopes to harvest in the fall. Plan ahead: Mills for grinding grains into flour at home as needed for breads, etc. will be the hot home kitchen gift for the holidays.

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By the numbers: 50 pounds

According to Mother Earth News, a 20-by-50-foot backyard garden planted with 6 pounds of wheat could potentially yield 50 pounds of grain. This yield is based on ideal soil, water and sun conditions, an absence of large grazing animals and minus floods and other acts by a vengeful deity. Fun fact: Growing wheat at home used to be illegal though rarely enforced because the crops might have destabilized national wheat prices.

Backpacking fare upgraded

Camping food has come a long way since I attempted to make dehydrated chicken à la king in a metal skillet over a fire that was either boiling over or simply smoldering at Boy Scout camp. While the range of choices has improved, the flavor of packaged dry meals hasn’t, according to Boulder’s Tania and Rob McCormack. They recently launched a new company, FishSki Provisions, to produce carbs with class for active foodies. The couple’s mutual love of Kraft Dinner and roasted green chilies inspired their first comfort dehydrated entrée: FishSki Provisions Macaroni and Cheese with Cheddar, green chilies and garlic. I tested the product in my kitchen, and not a campsite. I boiled 2 cups of water, added pasta elbows and dehydrated roasted green chili strips and cooked until the pasta was done but not soggy. Without draining them, I added the envelope of Cheddar cheese powder and spices, stirred and let it simmer for a while. The result is a relatively thin cheese sauce à la Kraft but absent the garish orange hue and chemistry-set flavor enhancers. The finished al dente mac had a nice green chili and Cheddar flavor with a hint of heat. It’s not for me to say whether this is the “World’s 50 June 29 , 2017

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Local grains are being brewed, distilled and served as rum and moonshine at Longtucky Spirits, the newly opened distillery at 350 Terry St. in Longmont. The tasting room’s next door neighbor is St. Vrain Cidery. … Coming soon: Emmerson will open at 1600 Pearl St., former home of LYFE Kitchen and the Gondolier. The name of the breakfastto-dinner “neo-bistro” is a reference to the ancient grain “emer” and the menu will include breads, pastries, porridges and fresh pasta. … Lucky Pie Pizza and Tap House is open at 7916 Niwot Road in Niwot. … Eddie Ermoian, longtime sole proprietor of Fast Eddie’s World Famous Chicago Hot Dogs on the Pearl Street Mall, died recently in Arizona. Eddie ruled downtown Boulder from his cart on the 1300 block and never once put ketchup on a Chicago-style hot dog.

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“I’m in something of a crisis because I heard something about combining certain foods and their chemical reactions. Now I really don’t know what to eat anymore because everything I eat is wrong.’ — Film director David Lynch John Lehndorff hosts Radio Nibbles at 8:25 a.m. Thursdays on KGNU, 88.5 FM. Podcasts: news.kgnu.org/category/ radio-nibbles. Boulder Weekly

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et’s face it; food allergies and dietary restrictions are ubiquitous nowadays. Everybody seems to be sensitive to something or other but nobody really knows what. Maybe because we don’t really know what’s in the food we eat and the beverages Bridgett Royer, cowe drink? Nutritional owner, Beer Goddess of labels come with Vindication Brewing Co. entire paragraphs of hard to understand, and harder to pronounce, ingredients, and an “understanding” of exactly how genetically modified organisms (GMOs) affect our digestion varies from person to person. The only way to combat these seismic shifts in food production is for the consumer to adopt Mad Eye Moody’s declaration of “Constant vigilance!” Not an easy task, but one Vindication Brewing Co. is helping out with. That’s because Vindication Brewing believes in Brewtegrity® — complete and total transparency of what’s in the glass. As their manifesto reads, Vindication brewers will not use antifoam agents (dimethyl polysiloxane for you science types) in their beers, nor do they indulge in any yeast washing, isinglass or artificial process agents to control fermentation. Just cereal grains, hops, yeast, water, a little fruit peel here and there, carbon dioxide and Irish Moss make it into their beers. Yep, Irish Moss. To get crystal clear beer in the glass, brewers have to filter the sediment out. Vindication uses Irish Moss to do the trick while the rest use isinglass (fish air bladders). Similar to gelatin, isinglass clumps to the solid particles left over from the brewing process, after which brewers can easily remove the clumps. Though there’s hardly any isinglass in an average beer, the fact remains that isinglass is used in the beer-making process but isn’t talked about or printed on the label like other ingredients. It’s enough to make you wonder what else might be in your brew. Should that suspicion get the better of you, a trip to Vindication will set you right and restore your confidence in quaffing. Take Vindication’s flagship brew: American Bold Ale (7.5 percent alcohol by volume and made with water, caramel malts, loads of hops, yeast, Irish Moss and CO2), a beer with the color of single-malt Scotch whisky, the sniff of caramel candy and a beautiful balance of sweet and bitter. Maybe it’s the power of suggestion, but each sip seems to highlight the individual ingredients Vindication lists on their tasting menu. The same goes for their Hops on Spring (7.9 percent and made with water, barley, rye, hops, yeast, Irish Moss and CO2). This unfiltered, hoppy red ale hasn’t many, if any, traces of sweetness, but plenty of bite and bark to match. With eight brews on tap, ranging from the floral and refreshing Winchester Wheat Ale (6.1 percent and made with water, barley, wheat, hops, yeast, lemon and orange peel, Irish Moss and CO2) to the beastly and boozy Devil’s Helper Imperial Stout (10.8 percent and made with water, barley, wheat, oats, rice hulls, hops, yeast, Irish Moss and CO2), Vindication offers plenty for every drinker, including the comfort of knowing exactly what’s in their glasses. Brewtegrity indeed. Boulder Weekly

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Wired magazine how crucial it is to learn from failures. As an example, he described the invention of the bicycle. “There were thousands of weird models built and tried before they found the one that really worked,” he said. “You could never design a bicycle theoretically. Even now, it’s difficult to understand why a bicycle works. But just by trial and error, we found out how to do it, and the error was essential.” I hope you will keep that in mind, Taurus. It’s the Success-through-Failure Phase of your astrological cycle.

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MAY 21-JUNE 20: According to my analysis of the

astrological omens, you should lease a chauffeured stretch limousine with nine TVs and a hot tub inside. You’d also be smart to accessorize your smooth ride with a $5,000-bottle of Château Le Pin Pomerol Red Bordeaux wine and servings of the Golden Opulence Sundae, which features a topping of 24-karat edible gold and sprinkles of Amedei Porcelana, the most expensive chocolate in the world. If none of that is possible, do the next best thing, which is to mastermind a long-term plan to bring more money into your life. From an astrological perspective, wealth-building activities will be favored in the coming weeks.

CANCER

JUNE 21-JULY 22: When Leos rise above their habit

selves and seize the authority to be rigorously authentic, I refer to them as Sun Queens or Sun Kings. When you Cancerians do the same — triumph over your conditioning and become masters of your own destiny — I call you Moon Queens or Moon Kings. In the coming weeks, I suspect that many of you will make big strides towards earning this title. Why? Because you’re on the verge of claiming more of the “soft power,” the potent sensitivity, that enables you to feel at home no matter what you’re doing or where you are on this planet.

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JULY 23-AUG. 22: You may not realize it, but you now

have a remarkable power to perform magic tricks. I’m not talking about Houdini-style hocus-pocus. I’m referring to practical wizardry that will enable you to make relatively efficient transformations in your daily life. Here are some of the possibilities: wiggling out of a tight spot without offending anyone; conjuring up a new opportunity for yourself out of thin air; doing well on a test even though you don’t feel prepared for it; converting a seemingly tough twist of fate into a fertile date with destiny. How else would you like to use your magic?

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AUG. 23-SEPT. 22: Feminist pioneer and author Gloria

Steinem said, “Writing is the only thing that, when I do it, I don’t feel I should be doing something else.” Is there such an activity for you, Virgo? If not, now is a favorable time to identify what it is. And if there is indeed such a passionate pursuit, you should do it as much as possible in the coming weeks. You’re primed for a breakthrough in your relationship with this life-giving joy. To evolve to the next phase of its power to inspire you, it needs as much of your love and intelligence as you can spare.

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1485, but his burial site had long been a mystery. It wasn’t an archaeologist who tracked down his remains, but a screenwriter named Philippa Langley. She did extensive historical research, narrowing down the possibilities to a car park in Leicester. As she wandered around there, she got a psychic impression at one point that she was walking directly over Richard’s grave. Her feeling later turned out to be right. I suspect your near future will have resemblances to her adventure. You’ll have success in a mode that’s not your official area of expertise. Sharp analytical thinking will lead you to the brink, and a less rational twist of intelligence will take you the rest of the way.

SCORPIO

OCT. 23-NOV. 21: The tides of destiny are no longer just whispering their message for you. They are shouting. And what they are shouting is that your brave quest must begin soon. There can be no further excuses for postponement. What’s that you say? You don’t have the luxury of embarking on a brave quest? You’re too bogged down in the thousand and one details of managing the day-to-day hubbub? Well, in case you need reminding, the tides of destiny are not in the habit of making things convenient. And if you don’t cooperate willingly, they will ultimately compel you to do so. But now here’s the really good news, Scorpio: The tides of destiny will make available at least one burst of assistance that you can’t imagine right now.

SAGITTARIUS

NOV. 22-DEC. 21: In my dream, I used the non-itchy

wool of the queen’s special Merino sheep to weave an enchanted blanket for you. I wanted this blanket to be a good luck charm you could use in your crusade to achieve deeper levels of romantic intimacy. In its tapestry I spun scenes depicting the most love-filled events from your past. It was beautiful and perfect. But after I finished it, I had second thoughts about giving it to you. Wasn’t it a mistake to make it so flawless? Shouldn’t it also embody the messier aspects of togetherness? To turn it into a better symbol and therefore a more dynamic talisman, I spilled wine on one corner of it and unraveled some threads in another corner. Now here’s my interpretation of my dream: You’re ready to regard messiness as an essential ingredient in your quest for deeper intimacy.

CAPRICORN

DEC. 22-JAN. 19: Your word of power is “supplication”

— the act of asking earnestly and humbly for what you want. When practiced correctly, “supplication” is indeed a sign of potency, not of weakness. It means you are totally united with your desire, feel no guilt or shyness about it, and intend to express it with liberated abandon. Supplication makes you supple, poised to be flexible as you do what’s necessary to get the blessing you yearn for. Being a supplicant also makes you smarter, because it helps you realize that you can’t get what you want on the strength of your willful ego alone. You need grace, luck, and help from sources beyond your control.

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I had a great time at the live taping of the Savage Lovecast at Chicago’s Music Box Theatre. Audience members submitted questions on cards, and I tackled as many questions as I could over two hours — with the welcome and hilarious assistance of comedian Kristen Toomey. Here are some of the questions we didn’t get to before they gave us the hook... Q: If your partner’s social media makes you uncomfortable — whether it’s the overly friendly comments they get on their photos or vice versa (their overly friendly comments on other people’s photos) — do you have the right to say something? A: You have the right to say something — the First Amendment applies to relationships, too — but you have two additional rights and one responsibility: the right to refrain from reading the comments, the right to unfollow your partner’s social-media accounts, and the responsibility to get over your jealousy. Q: A couple invited me to go on a trip as their third and to have threesomes. I am friends with the guy, and there is chemistry. But I have not met the girl. I’m worried that there may not be chemistry with her. Is there anything I can do to build chemistry or at least get us all comfortable enough to jump into it? A: Get this woman’s phone number, exchange a few photos and flirty texts, and relax. Remember: You’re the very special guest star here — it’s their job to seduce you, not the other way around. Q: Incest porn — what is the reason behind why it’s so hot? A: I reject the premise of your question. There’s nothing hot about incest porn. Q: My partner really wants an open relationship; I really don’t. He isn’t the jealous type; I am. We compromised, and I agreed to a threesome. I want to meet him in the middle, but I really hate the idea of even a threesome and can’t stop stressing about it. What should I do? A: You should end this relationship yourself or you can let an ill-advised, sure-to-be-disastrous threesome end it for you. Q: Any dating advice for people who are gay and disabled? A: Move on all fronts: Go places and do things — as much as your disability and budget allow — join gay dating sites, be open about your disability, be open to dating other disabled people. And take the advice of an amputee I interviewed for a column a long, long time ago: “So long as they don’t see me as a fetish object, I’m willing to date people who may be attracted to me initially because of my disability, not despite it.” Q: Why do I say yes to dates if I love being alone? Boulder Weekly

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t is nothing new for Coloradobased cannabis businesses to secure licenses in other states with legal medical or recreational markets. In fact, it is rather commonplace. Some of Colorado’s biggest companies, like Denver-based LivWell, have been open about their plans to ride the wave of legalization all the way to a national brand. Others, like Boulder’s Terrapin Station, are more selective, finding one-off opportunities that make sense on their own terms. Large or small, as more and more companies set up shop in other states, Colorado is amassing a presence across the nation, influencing policy and business from coast-to-coast. Where once the state was viewed as an outlaw rebelling against entrenched federal prohibition, now its players are courted as guides into uncharted territory. Just last week, three Colorado businesses (including Terrapin) won licenses to operate in Philadelphia’s burgeoning medical market in a decision that didn’t come as a surprise to anyone, especially considering Pennsylvania was up-front in using the Colorado regulatory structure as a basis for its own version of cannabis policy. Terrapin CEO Chris Wood wasn’t looking to expand to the East Coast,

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but when Pennsylvania made an open call for applications for 12 grower/processors and 28 dispensaries, he couldn’t resist. Hailing from Bucks County just outside of Philadelphia, Wood is eager to bring his business to his home state

because of what medical marijuana can stand for — a way to improve the quality of life for people with serious medical conditions. Beyond the direct impact Terrapin will have in the consumer market, the

company is also seizing a political opportunity, positioning itself as a leader in the industry as it spreads from state to state. Uniquely situated in the space between industry and politics is Terrapin Station Director of Government Affairs Shawn Coleman. Now 10 years into his work as a lobbyist of sorts in the Colorado cannabis industry, Coleman knows all too well what it was like to be on the front lines when cannabis was still young and untested; which is to say he knows what Pennsylvania is facing as their new market takes shape. “Creating cannabis policy is an iterative process, right? I mean, you pass your legalization bill, whatever it is, then you implement it, whatever it is, and then you spend the next 10 years fixing it, or unfixing it depending on what perspective you occupy,” he says with the knowing laugh of a lobbyist practiced enough not to claim wins or losses. “It’s all a part of the process, and other states like Pennsylvania can learn a lot from how Colorado has gone through it all.” It’s hard to imagine that Coleman doesn’t feel the pangs of purgatory, stuck where he is, in the chasm between legalization and prohibition, but he treats it like a minor occupational hazard. For a lobbyist, Coleman is oddly empathetic

to oppositional forces like Big Pharma and stuck-in-the-mud legislators. That’s because he’s learned the hard way that frustration is a dead end. The only way to meaningful policy-making, he says, isn’t to prove people wrong. It’s to inspire curiosity. “If you are a lawmaker, you didn’t get elected because you are an expert in marijuana, nor do you know all its intricacies, particularly if you are a new lawmaker because it probably passed before you got there,” Coleman says. “The only way to facilitate the conversation with the lawmakers is to put them at ease, to get them curious about what they don’t know, to get them to ask the right questions to lead to the right answers.” He looks at the expansion of companies across state lines as an indicator of the emergence of a national curiosity — one that could create the beginnings of a coherent national infrastructure. One that could even pave the way for an end to federal prohibition. “A national brand has the potential to facilitate and expedite the development of that crucial curiosity,” Coleman says. “In cannabis, national brand recognition is a big deal because it brings a certain level of credibility that makes conversations with lawmakers easier. If they’ve heard of a company like Terrapin before, it puts us on something like equal footing with those that habitually oppose us, like police departments or Big Pharma, for example. It means they might listen to us enough to start asking questions about what they thought they knew.”

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The 1,200 names of marijuana: Name your kine kind

K, time for a short quiz. Please list all the names for marijuana that you can think of… Time’s up. If you listed 1,200, go to the head of the class. That’s how many British slang lexicographer (aka dictionary guy) Jonathon Green has collected so far. In addition to being an authority on English language slang — he’s published a three-volume dictionary of it — Green is evidently something of a pot afficianado: He’s written three books on it. He refers to drugs generally and marijuana in particular as one of slang’s “best sellers.” “The terminology doesn’t really emphasize illegality,” he says. “It is the illegality that created the need for the terminology.” Here are some of the common and not-so-common names for pot from his collection, along with their possible origins from Green and others. Start with the most common of all: Marijuana Marijuana is the Spanish name for the plant; that’s pretty well known. Less well-known is the origin of pot. According to Green, it comes from the Spanish word for marijuana leaves, potiguaya. Ganja comes from the Hindi word for the hemp plant. Grass and weed are pretty self-evident, although

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weed may have a back story. Prior to World War II, most of the U.S. hemp supply (used for rope) had been grown in the Philippines, which was over-run by the Japanese in the first few months of the war. So Uncle Sam encouraged mid-western farmers to plant “Hemp for Victory.” Seeds from the hemp crops spread into ditches and were still growing as weeds in the ’50s and ’60s. Hippies would go out in the country and pounce on the “ditch weed,” which was more likely to give you a headache than a high, but the name stuck. In some venues marijuana was referred to as asparagus, according to Green, as well as broccoli, parsley, sassafras and turnip greens. Who knew? Green thinks reefer is derived from the Spanish word grifo, which is Mexican slang to describe someone under the influence of marijuana, because grifo can also refer to tangled, fuzzy hair and thus a similar mental state. Grifo became greefo and morphed into reefer, he says. Then there’s “the kind,” which refers to primo weed, but is probably a mis-pronounciation of a Hawaiian pidgin English term da kine. (Sort of like duct tape became duck tape.) In Hawaiian pidgin, da kine can refer to anything for which a speaker forgets the precise name (sort of like thingamajig in English). Spliff, according to Green, may come from the

made up word splificate, which may be a combination of stifle and suffocate. He thinks spliff describes confusing or confounding someone. However, here Green would get an argument. According to the Urban Dictionary, spliff refers to a combination of marijuana and tobacco in the same cigarette (as in split the difference, maybe). A joint on the other hand, is an all marijuana cigarette. However, according to website Leafy, in Europe the term spliff often refers to all-pot cigarettes, while the term joint is used for a joint tobacco-pot combo. As for joint, one on-line source speculated that the term derived from the fact that marijuana cigarettes were generally shared jointly. It’s as good a guess as any. If the kind refers to top-tier dope, there are other terms that refer to junk weed. Catnip is slang for inferior or fake marijuana, for example. This should not be confused with dank, which started out describing nasty, swamp-like things, but came to describe good things, like marijuana of the highest quality. Just like bad morphed into a slang term for good. And here’s a real blast from the past: Nixon. Nixon refers to poor quality pot sold as high quality pot. The term is clearly dated. An obvious update would be to rebrand such weed Sessions. The emergent legal marijuana industry doesn’t like any of these terms, because they all evoke the illegal drug culture. It prefers to call its product cannabis, which has the virtue of being pot’s formal name in the taxonomy and of coming from the classical Greek word kannabis, the earliest name for it. Personally, I prefer the slang names. Cannabis is all well and fine, but it’s like adopting a coat-and-tie name for a tie-dyed T-shirt. Hey, during World War II the U.S. Army discovered it had a Sgt. Hitler in its ranks and asked him to change his name. “Let the other guy change his,” he snorted.

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A study by the Banfield Pet Hospital released not this week shows that more American dogs and cats are overweight than ever. About 22 percent of American cats are overweight, while 18 percent of dogs are, the study found. It also broke out the data into states, Wikimedia Commons/Tripp which show that Minnesota and Nebraska dogs and cats are the biggest. However, independent research conducted by the Boulder Weekly found that Boulder dogs and cats are the fittest animals in the country; nay, the world. Thanks to active lifestyles and gluten-, soy-, dairy- and kibblefree, vegan diets, BoCo’s Fidos and Felixes are feeling good and looking great. Services such as doggie bikram yoga, Take Your Pet to Base Camp Tuesdays and feline class 4 whitewater rafting, local dogs and cats are enjoying the fruits of Boulder’s outdoor offerings as much as their human counterparts. Twizzlers, a local tabby, told BW that she moved to Boulder for its craft beer, its 300 days of sunshine and “just the collective embrace of the outdoors that I really need in my life right meow.”

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THE DARK SIDE OF TRUMP’S IDIOCRACY We are as guilty as anyone — well, actually, we’re likely way guiltier than most people — at laughing at the stupid idiot who now dwells in the White House. Wait, this is the Trump administration, so that description may not narrow it down all that much. In this instance we are talking about the president. I mean, when the news breaks that our narcissistic, mentally ill leader actually had fake Time magazine covers created and hung in clubhouses at his golf courses — at the same time the moron is claiming that every news outlet that reports on his lies, ignorance and, let’s just call it a real apparent lack of

smarts, is disseminating fake news — we get right in line to laugh about it. But then on the same day the White House issues a statement threatening to go to war in Syria if Assad dares use chemical weapons again, which the statement claims he is on verge of doing. Is the Syria story true or is it just another Time magazine cover designed to fill the president’s unquenchable need for attention, which he perceives as adoration despite the impossibility for anyone with an IQ over 60 to admire anything about him? Who knows, but we better not laugh. The last time Trump needed attention we launched a few million dollars worth of missiles and killed nine Syrians. We run the risk of training the president that international military conflict is the only thing that can distract us from the Trump/ Russia investigation or cause cable-news commentators to suggest he has done something not stupid or deceptive by making America look strong. If we know anything about this president it is that he is a creature of habit lacking imagination. If he thinks something works to his benefit he will do it over and over and over again. Hell, he’s still holding campaign rallies and talking about winning the election even though he is already an eighth of the way through his term. If he decides that he is better liked when launching missiles, we should all be very afraid. This is the dark side of all the otherwise hysterically stupid things the president does daily.

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