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Flame retardant-free homes possible now It was very good to read this article [Re: “The couch cleanse,” News, Aug. 28], but it didn’t mention any options other than the typical flame retardant furniture that seems to dominate the market. There are other options, though — wool is great for a bunch of things (not

just being flame retardant), and there are natural foams made with castor oil as a flame retardant, and all sorts of options.The article concludes with a quote that ends the article in kind of a “giving up” way: “ . . . if they want to reduce the flame retardants in their house by buying new furniture, they should probably wait a little while.”

There’s no need to wait! Could you run a follow-up article explaining how consumers don’t need to wait? I think that would be a great idea, because why should consumers wait when there are far better solutions that are already available, now? If these other, more progressive businesses grow to domisee LETTERS Page 8

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Highroad Mitch’s minimumwage glitch by Jim Hightower

en. Minority Leader Mitch McConnell wanted to share his long-repressed feelings about a traumatic event. “It was,” Mitch confided, grim-faced, “the worst day of my political life.” Was it the day of the 9/11 attacks on America? No, much worse. It was the day 12 years ago when the McCain-Feingold law was approved by the Senate, imposing some limits on campaign donations by super-rich corporate interests. While the vast majority of Americans enthusias-

tically support such restrictions, Mitch is not one to be swayed by what The People want, so this June, he shared the shame he felt that fateful day at a group meeting in Southern California. It was a very sympathetic group — more than a hundred right-wing billionaires convened by the Koch brothers to fund a plutocratic takeover of this year’s Congressional elections. McConnell was the featured act at the three-day Koch-a-palooza, held at the posh St. Regis Monarch Bay resort in Dana Point, and he titillated the elites with the changes that would result from a GOP takeover of the Senate. For one thing, he exulted, “we’re not going to be debating all these gosh darn proposals.” Like what, you ask? “Like raising the minimum wage,” explained the senator from Kentucky, a state with tens of thousands of minimumwage workers desperately needing a raise. Poor Mitch. For once, he was being

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honest, thinking his candor would not be heard outside this closed-door enclave of Koch-heads. But — oops — a recording was leaked to The Nation magazine, and now the voters of Kentucky are learning how put-upon their nearly $200,000-a-year senator feels for just having to talk about those “gosh darn proposals” to lift the roughly $15,000-a-year poverty pay of his minimum-wage constituents. Keep talking, Mitch — such stuff is what makes politics the Greatest Show on Earth. Or is it the funniest? Or saddest? You choose. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com This opinion column does not necessarily reflect the views of Boulder Weekly. September 11, 2014 7

commentary Battle brews on living wages by Dave Anderson

n Sept. 4, fast food workbehind in recent years through no fault ers went on strike in 159 of their own.” American cities. Hundreds The report found that: were arrested for acts of Colorado ranks among the top 20 non-violent civil disobedistates in the nation with the highest ence. It was the latest escalation in a levels of income inequality. campaign for a $15 minimum wage and Nearly half of the $1.6 trillion in the right to form a union without retal- income earned in Colorado in 2012 iation. went to the top 20 percent of houseBoulder didn’t have a strike. The holds. night before, there was an event entitled Since 2007, median income in “Living Wage: A Community Colorado has declined by $4,400 to Dialogue” at the Boulder Chamber of $56,765. Commerce, which was sponsored by At all levels of education and nearly city’s Human Relations Commission, all occupations, women earn less than the chamber, the men. county Latino The 2007 receschamber and the sion disproportioncounty League of ately impacted Women Voters. black and Native , The sponsors American housedidn’t want a holds in Colorado. LEGISLATORS FROM 31 debate, but Black household STATES HAVE INTRODUCED University of income has 105 BILLS AIMING TO Colorado Boulder declined nearly 16 economics profespercent since 2007; REPEAL OR WEAKEN CORE sor Jeffrey Zax American Indian/ WAGE STANDARDS AT THE made a presentaAlaska Native STATE AND LOCAL LEVEL. tion on why a livhousehold income ing wage law is a declined 18.5 perbad idea and he cent. made many conThis report troversial assertions. could inspire people to fight for a living wage in Colorado The evening’s format made it cities. However, there is an obstacle. difficult for the other speakers to counMany years ago, a Republicanter his arguments. dominated Colorado state legislature CU Boulder sociology professor passed a law prohibiting cities from Don Grant spoke of his experience passing minimum wage increases for with the Tucson living wage campaign. Noting that many cities have been pass- the general population. The law could be overturned if a ing increases in the minimum wage, he law is passed undoing this prohibition. said Boulder is being “being left way But there would be a fight. You can behind” in this movement expect pushback from the business Former state representative Claire community and conservatives. In fact, Levy spoke of how she had urged the the National Employment Law Project Boulder city council in June to adopt a recently released a report on a campaign living wage for city contract employees for “wage suppression” carried out in after she learned that the city is using the last few years by the rightwing contractors that pay low wages and often limit their employees to part-time American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) and its corporate hours so they don’t have to provide funders. The National Employment them health benefits. Law Project has documented that “since Levy, a Boulderite, was elected four January 2011, legislators from 31 states times to represent the city in the Colorado House of Representatives and have introduced 105 bills aiming to repeal or weaken core wage standards at is now the executive director of the the state and local level, and 67 of these Colorado Center on Law and Policy, 105 bills were directly sponsored or cowhich released a report in August that shows, in Levy’s words, that “too many see WAGES Page 10 hard-working Coloradans have fallen

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nate the market, the toxic retardant issue will become null and void! With the excellent help and customer service of Verlo Mattress Factory in Boulder, I have already eliminated this issue in my own home — problem solved — done! Therefore, could you interview someone from Verlo Mattress Factory in Boulder, in order to spread this crucial information to consumers?

It’s about caution, not corpses

Feeling it’s important to be exposed to differing opinions, I read Paul Danish’s column each week, but stop once he uses a proven falsehood or misbelief to bolster his argument; then I enjoy the rest of the issue and the wellresearched articles the Boulder Weekly has become known for. This week, however, I couldn’t even get past Paul’s headline [Re: “Ban GMOs? First show us the victims,” Danish Plan, Sept. 4]. Asking to see victims of GMO crops before considering a ban on their production, processing, or consumption takes current FDA policy to its illogical and most-harmful extreme. What we really need to demand in this time of corporate-centered agriculture is a statutory requirement that’s becoming more common in World Charters, the United Nations, the European Union, but sadly, only San Francisco here in the U.S. The Precautionary Principle asserts that when an action or policy carries a risk of harm to the environment or to the health of the public, the burden of

proof rests with those proposing the action that no harm will result from it. In addition to replacing our current profit-prioritization with a centuriesold do-no-harm ethic, this precautionary approach would eliminate the “tobacco effect” inherent in Mr. Danish’s no-blood-no-foul guidelines. How many years did it take to see tobacco victims, how many more before a connection to the maladies was made, and then how many decades until it could be proved that tobacco was the confirmed cause? How many billions of dollars did Philip Morris and R. J. Reynolds make during that time? How much will Archer Daniels Midland and Monsanto make while we try to convince “Dr. Paul” some as-yet unnamed sensitivity, illness, or disease was caused by any specific set of spliced and diced plant and animal genomes? How many lives could be affected by then? And who will have paid to produce this proof? The food, pharmaceutical, and chemical companies already making millions (and expecting to make billions) on GMO technology should be forced to prove it’s safe. Let’s hope that the Precautionary Principal spreads across this country before rashes and growths spread across its citizens — including Mr. Danish. Andy Lutsch/Longmont

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Pending approval by the Colorado Department of State of the petitions circulated over the past four months, the voters of Colorado will have the opportunity to vote in November for regulations requiring food labels to state the presence of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in foods containing them. I strongly support these proposed regulations. For more information about the ballot initiative, contact righttoknowcolorado.org; and for facts about GMOs, contact responsibletechnolgy. org. Rather than describe the perverse and largely corrupt 20-year history that has led the FDA, the USDA, and Big Ag, principally Monsanto Company, to shove GMOs down our throats (consult the above cited websites), I will tell the

history of how I applied my instincts and common sense to decisions concerning food and my health; this journey concludes with my thoughts about GMOs. I am now 58 years old and in good health. I hold a bachelor’s degree in environmental science and, in 2012, earned a certificate in nutrition. My purpose here is to encourage others to trust their decision-making abilities and to take charge of their health. My food odyssey began in the 1970s: 1) In the 1970s, people with the authority to do so told me to eat margarine. Butter was bad for me because of fat that would clog my arteries and raise my cholesterol. Recognizing that margarine is a highly processed food, I ignored this advice, and to this day eat butter (organic) sometimes and no margarine, which has since been vilified because it contains trans fats. My arteries are fine. 2) Also in the 1970s, the media kept warning me about eggs. Eggs are high in cholesterol and therefore bad for me. I ignored this, purchased freerange eggs exclusively, and to this day enjoy eggs a couple of times a week. All things in moderation. My cholesterol is fine. 3) Sometime in the 1980s, I was told that fat, particularly from animals, was bad for me and would wreck my health. I ignored this and ate fat freely from a variety of plant and animal sources (while avoiding fried foods and processed meats). No problems. 4) In the early 1980s, I noticed that as fat was removed from processed and packaged foods (“Low in Fat!”), it was being replaced with sugar. All kinds of sugar, but increasingly over time, it was high fructose corn syrup (HFCS). By see LETTERS Page 11

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sponsored by legislators affiliated with ALEC.” National Employment Law Project says ALEC legislators have worked to weaken wage standards at the state level by repealing state minimum wage laws, reducing minimum wage rates for youth and tipped workers, weakening overtime compensation policies, and preventing the establishment of local living wage and prevailing wage ordinances. In the 2010 elections, Republicans won governorships and control of state legislatures in many states. Attacks on working people and unions followed almost immediately in those states. In

the November elections in Colorado, the state legislature and the governorship (currently controlled by the Democrats) are up for grabs. We can expect more attacks on working people in Colorado if the balance of power changes. We face a clash between two different philosophies, which economist Jared Bernstein characterizes as “You’re On Your Own” and “We’re In This Together.” Do we want to privatize and de-regulate everything, or use the tools of government to build a more just society? What kind of Boulder do we want? Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com Boulder Weekly

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the way, HFCS is derived from GMO corn. I decided to avoid all food products that contained HFCS and control my sugar intake. It is now accepted by orthodox medicine and the government that the rise in obesity and diabetes among Americans is due to the consuming of too much sugar and other forms of processed carbohydrates. 5) Beginning around 1986, I began eating organic fruits, vegetables, and dairy products. I reasoned that pesticide residues on plants and hormones injected into cows and antibiotics mixed into their otherwise unnatural diets were not good for me. I believe this decision paid off by rewarding me with good health through the years. 6) In 1994, a GMO tomato, called the Flavr Savr, was introduced by Calgene (acquired by Monsanto) and licensed by the federal government for countrywide distribution. There were problems with the Flavr Savr, one of which was that consumers didn’t like its flavor! Also, we didn’t trust it. I never tried one. The idea revolted me. 7) Since the demise of the Flavr Savr tomato, our farmland has been planted with 170 million acres of GMO crops, the majority being corn and soy. Most GMO corn and soy are fed to livestock. I ignore the advice of the FDA and the USDA concerning GMOs — I will not eat GMO foods of any kind, including the flesh of animals that has been affected by genetically engineered foods. I believe that people and animals (also insects as well as nonGMO plants via cross-fertilization with GMO seeds and soil degradation) are experiencing breakdowns in metabolic functioning and generally being altered in myriad detrimental ways due to GMO foods, their derivatives, and the agricultural practices that produce them. What has been done to determine the long-term impacts of GMO foods on human health? Fundamentally, nothing: there have been no human clinical studies chronicling the effects of GMO foods on health. We do know, however, that since the introduction of GMO foods, there have been significant increases (by orders of magnitude in many cases) in food allergies, especially in children, autism (also children), and inflammatory bowel disease. We are statistics of the industry’s and government’s risk assessment strategies. I’m very glad that I trusted my instincts over 30 years of what I call dietary insanity. I will continue to trust it and seek the facts from those I believe are trustworthy. What does your intuition and common sense tell you about GMO foods? Boulder Weekly

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he note with a subject line “The Q – Summer Prison Baseball” came out of, shall we say, left field, right after New Year’s. Guys, Each year we play a doubleheader at The Q and I’m organizing the trip this year. We usually fly in Friday night, play a doubleheader of real baseball on Saturday and head home Sunday morning. You must pass an FBI background check to enter the prison. We’ve had guys late on child support, DUIs, etc., and the warden denied their entrance to play ball. It’s an experience you’ll never forget. Let me know. Regards, Aron Levinson

Members of the visiting “Dodgers” and resident home team, San Quentin Giants, share a moment of unity after a hard-fought game, won by the Giants, 5-4.

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Courtesy of San Quentin State Prison Aron is a distant cousin of mine from L.A. The biggest with whom I had recently question of the become acquainted. It turns out we share a love day was: Is there of baseball, and when he a fundamental was in Boulder recently I difference invited him to play a game on my fast-pitch between the guys softball team. Little did I in the drab Dodger know that when Aron grays and the guys and I executed a perfect 8-6-2 (centerfield to in the colorful shortstop to catcher) relay Giants home play to nail a runner at uniforms? the plate that evening, I had laid the groundwork for one of the most profound experiences of my life. As Aron predicted, it was, indeed, unforgettable. child, Conner, in 2002), and among former prisoners “The Q” is code for California’s notorious San are such recognizable names as Neal Cassady, Quentin State Prison. Located just north of the Eldridge Cleaver, Henry Cowell, Merle Haggard, Golden Gate Bridge in Marin County, San Quentin Sirhan Sirhan and Charles Manson. is the oldest prison in California, having opened in During recent years, San Quentin has also become 1852. The inmate population of more than 4,000 known for its unique and controversial baseball proincludes all of California’s 700-some death row congram. Inmates have been allowed to play baseball at victs, making it the largest death row facility in the the prison since the 1920s, and an aerial view of the United States. facility shows just how prominent a feature the ball San Quentin has the dubious distinction of being field is. For the past 20 years, teams from the outside the location of all prison executions of men in have been invited to enter the prison and play semiCalifornia, and more than 400 executions have taken pro-quality baseball games against the two prison place there over the years by hanging, asphyxiation teams, the San Quentin Giants and the San Quentin (gas chamber) and, most recently, by lethal injection. A’s. The two prison teams are comprised of first-rate Current notable inmates include David Carpenter ballplayers who must meet eligibility requirements (the “Trailside Killer”) and Scott Peterson (convicted and try out for one of the teams. Inmates who make of killing his pregnant wife, Laci, and their unborn the teams are outfitted in genuine Giants or A’s uni-

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forms, donated by the major league teams, and play two games a week during the four-month season against teams who are willing to spend an afternoon sharing a baseball diamond with convicted felons, about half of whom are serving life sentences for serious crimes, often murder. During the interminable six-month lead-up to our July 20 date at The Q, the 15 players who comprised our team engaged in a steady stream of email correspondence that ranged from purely logistical to deeply existential. Throughout it all was an undercurrent of one-liners that suggested the need to diminish anxiety through the use of humor. Given that our opponents would be donning Giants and A’s uniforms, and out of deference to the fact that most of our team was from the L.A. area, we would be the Dodgers, replete with Dodger caps and gray jerseys and pants to distinguish ourselves as the visiting team. “We will wear our Dodger grays because if you wear your whites, you might stay the night for eggs on Sunday,” quipped our leader, Aron. Adding to my anxiety were the frequent allusions to the issue of race, which plays a very significant role on the other side of the ubiquitous barbed wire-topped dingy white walls that surround San Quentin. We would learn during our time in the prison yard that inmates stick to one of four groups: White, Black, Hispanic or Asian. Indeed, it was reported to us by one of the numerous friendly prisoners we freely conversed with that day that a white pitcher we faced had gotten into a heap of trouble by choosing an Asian lover. He was consequently “pressured” to switch teams from the Giants to the A’s. “I suggest you get yourself a Dodger jersey with no name on the back or an old one on clearance,” advised Coach Levinson. “It’s creepy when they call you by name, considering there are plenty that don’t like us for simply being Jewish.” Boulder Weekly

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The next day I went online and with the widespread feeling of nerordered a Dodger gray jersey with the vousness, caused a shiver beneath our name “Gonzalez” on the back. Dodger grays. After the initial slew of anxietyWe had all passed FBI backreducing emails had ended, the first ground checks and were instructed to existential thread began with a note bring nothing into the prison with us, from our shortstop, Ricardo (Rico) except our gloves, baseballs, batting Rodriguez. Rico grew up in one of the helmets, four wood bats, water and worst neighborhoods of East L.A. — our drivers licenses, which were The Maravilla Projects — and, shown repeatedly to the guards at the although he never joined a gang, many checkpoints leading in and out of the of his friends were gang members, and prison. Finally, the heavy metal gate he twice witnessed a friend being slammed behind us and we found killed by a gang-directed bullet. ourselves walking down a ramp and An aerial shot of the 162-year-old San Quentin State Prison facility shows the prominence of Despite the odds that were stacked into the prison yard, arriving at the its baseball field. against him, Rico managed to escape ball field where the home team was from the projects and go to college, “It is an unparalleled opportunity that we all have to already engaged in their warm-ups. ultimately becoming an architect and starting his own broaden our perspectives and to enjoy the benefits that will But this was no ordinary ball field, and this was no architectural firm. One of his accomplishments as an inevitably accompany such a unique experience. And when ordinary home team. We were meeting convicted felarchitect was to develop innovative designs to make all’s said and done you have a day that will prove to be ons — some rapists and murderers — to play ball on a the projects of his youth more livable and less subject not only memorable and transformative but that we can field immediately adjacent to the blocks of 6-foot by to crime. Against that backdrop, Rico was having sec- all feel really proud to have been a part of.” 8-foot cells where many of them will live for the rest ond thoughts about playing ball at The Q, which “I do not believe we are committing an error by proof their lives! A wave of conflicting emotions washed speak to the central controversy surrounding the San viding an enjoyable diversion for them on a single over me. The same feelings of empathy and compasQuentin baseball program: Saturday afternoon. Rather, we are engaging in an act of sion that enabled Rico to be our shortstop that day “I’ve participated in tournaments where we go out of charity, much like rolling down our car window and were doing battle inside of me with the sense of outstate and help out kids and the less fortunate by providing handing a five-dollar bill to someone who is homeless and rage at what these men masquerading as ball players a clinic and playing hungry, or like holding the had done to be living out their lives, day by day in Courtesy of San Quentin State Prison against other teams, but for door for someone in a this, this place. the first time I am playing wheelchair who is strugHow was a guy like me — a guy who had flown with convicted criminals gling to get around.” here from Colorado, stayed in a $250-a-night hotel who have killed innocent “I know at least one and driven to the prison in a rented Kia Soul that was families and destroyed peoperson who I have helped waiting for me safely outside the metal gates and put in that prison. My ple’s lives. Why would I barbed wire — to focus on playing a game of baseball? heart does not bleed for Suddenly, the game seemed inconsequential. I had give them the pleasure of any of those guys. Do I some big questions to answer. And yet, over the something that is so dear to me [as] playing the game believe that some of the course of the hours to come, a prison baseball field of baseball? They are in men at San Quentin have would become a “Petri dish” in which the conflicting found redemption? That prison for doing something thoughts and emotions would grow and reach a resothey are sorry for the lution that can only occur when we remove ourselves so very wrong and have crimes they committed? from the dream we live in during our daily lives and been cut off from the world Yes, I do. My hope would place ourselves in a position to taste, to really taste, and deserve to be where always be that those who the way life can be for those who have not been simithey are at with no outside commit a crime would be larly blessed. benefits. So why are we rehabilitated by the sysDespite the emotional trappings, my Dodger doing this?” teammates and I are pretty damn comfortable on a Rico received a numtem.” ber of thoughtful replies, “If I help bring joy to baseball field, even this baseball field, and as we went ranging from selfish to a criminal for a few through our own warm-up drills — stretching, runaltruistic in nature: moments, I can live with ning, playing catch, infield practice — the differences “It’s an opportunity to that. If I bring joy to a between this ball field and every other ball field I have play real ball in a unique ever played on during my five-decade “career” as a guy that made a mistake, Members of the “Dodgers,” including author Stewart Sallo (at right), in the visitors dugout. setting that will spark snapped, lost it for the first ballplayer began to melt away. There were two dugevery emotion you have time, and has admitted his outs, two foul lines, a diamond with bases 90 feet from excitement to fear.” apart surrounded by a grassy outfield, and a mound on sins, I’m glad.” “Between the lines it’s competitive baseball and you’ll which a pitcher stands in the role of the instigator of After receiving this input from his teammates, forget where you are until the siren goes off and you have the ultimate one-on-one confrontation in all of sports. Rico decided to play. to go to the ground or risk getting shot from the guard There was no fundamental difference between this “After reading all your emails, two words come to tower.” ball field and the one I first played on at the age of 7 mind: empathy and compassion. Thanks to you, these “It will be a part of your baseball resume that most when the ball was placed on a rubber stand, a “tee,” words can be my guides. I love this sport; it has taught me people can’t fathom. I tell the ‘Q Story’ at client meetings, and a strike was assessed if the bat struck the tee a lot of life’s lessons and I don’t want to cheat myself.” family dinners, airports, etc., and it’s an amazing iceinstead of the ball. Anyone who has lived in the San Francisco Bay breaker.” But the biggest question lingered throughout the area knows that “summer” has a different definition “I had a heated debate in the office and at home about day and took both games of our doubleheader to there, and the morning of July 20 was a classic examthis trip and baseball won out.” answer: Is there a fundamental difference between the ple. As “Gonzalez” and the rest of the team gathered “My sister is a victim’s advocate in Orange [County] guys in the drab Dodger grays and the guys in the in the lower parking lot just outside San Quentin and she’s all for the baseball adventure because of what I State Prison, we were greeted with a chilly wind rollSee BASEBALL Page 16 get out of it.” ing off a foggy San Francisco Bay, which, combined Boulder Weekly

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colorful Giants home uniforms? Or, put (which, by the way, the Giants won 5-4 another way: If the 15 of us had been in the bottom of the ninth). There were born into and lived the life circumhugs all around and a general sense of stances of the 15 of them, would we camaraderie among all of us that was (any of us) be the ones living in a prisinescapably heartwarming and deeply on, and would they (any of them) be emotional (I literally cried behind my the ones driving off in their rented cars sunglasses as the two teams gathered to to have beers and burgers at the Marin take photos). “We understand that you Brewing Co. at the end of the day? all traveled long distances to play ball This question was answered gradual- with us today, and we want you to ly but unquestionably Courtesy of San Quentin State Prison know how much we as we got to know appreciate it,” offered some of the inmates a member of the during the course of Giants. what turned out to be Those that comas much a day-long mit crimes are not visit to The Q’s prison “evil people.” Rather, yard as a doubleheader they are people who of baseball. We sat, have had such a rough side-by-side with congo in this life that victed criminals, heard they did “evil things.” their stories and At their core they are shared philosophies in human beings that a way that none of us are, on an essential had ever experienced level, no different than Ricardo (Rico) Rodriguez takes a in a baseball context the rest of us. Now, let knee on the pitcher’s mound as before. I spoke at me quickly add that I inmates respond to the sounding of the prison siren. length to a man who believe that people had served 17 years of who do bad things are a life sentence for being part of a robresponsible for their actions and should bery gone bad that left a victim murexperience the consequences, even condered (he wasn’t the one who pulled the sequences as horrible as those being trigger). He will be eligible for parole in endured by the inmates we faced on the San Quentin baseball diamond. Still, I six years and dreams of the day when he do not believe we committed an error by has paid the price for his mistake and is providing an enjoyable diversion for a free man again. Another prisoner who these men on a single Saturday afteris doing time for identity theft shared noon. Rather, we engaged in an exercise with me that he had enrolled in an that models well the way that we habitonline Shakespeare course and planned ually engage in “us and them” thinking to become an actor upon his release. and can, indeed must, transform that Listening to the deep, rich tones of his thinking if we are to discover the truth voice, I could better imagine him on of the human experience. Whether it be stage in a Shakespearean role than tucked away for the night in his tiny cell. differences in religion, gender, race, Among all of the inmates I spoke to color, political party, sexual preference or whether the kinds of mistakes we have that day, there wasn’t one who failed to made in our lives are considered serious impress me with the humanity we enough to get us locked up for a while, shared. There wasn’t one who failed to we are all fundamentally the same. express a sense of remorse for the misPlaying baseball for a day at The Q takes he has made in his life, just as I was a profoundly unifying experience do. And that was really the turning that shed a bright light on the common point for me. Because who among us ground we all share. The visiting has not erred? Who has not spoken Dodgers were fortunate to have an expeangrily to his children, failed to inform rience that few have had. But unifying the cashier that too much change was fields of dreams can be found in every given, stolen a place in line when nobody was looking, lied to an employ- walk of life, and one never knows when such an opportunity might present itself. er about being sick to get a day off We all need to commit to search for our work, looked the other way while witown “baseball” and our personal “San nessing an injustice? If there was any remaining doubt in Quentin,” so that we can escape from the prison of judgment that we all live in. For my mind that there is no fundamental difference between the players, the men, whether we realize it or not, we are all imprisoned to one degree or another, that comprised the teams that played individually and collectively, by shackles baseball at San Quentin State Prison just as binding as the ones that hold my that day, it was erased when the fellow ballplayers at San Quentin. Dodgers and the Giants met on the Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com mound once the game had ended Boulder Weekly

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A year after the flood, a local photographer helps Jamestown continue to heal through an interactive photography project by Caitlin Rockett

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few years ago, photograthat while the organizapher Peggy Dyer had tion isn’t in the busiwhat she says in “yoga ness of funding art terms” — Dyer herself projects, this is much is a yogi — one might more about building call “a spiritual awakening.” emotional resiliency “Some would call it a devastatthan creating art. ingly heart-crushing lawsuit,” she “When you talk to adds with a laugh, but there was Peggy, you can see it in little funny about the situation. the way she presents it Dyer was also going through a — it’s about the interdivorce. But she says at the time connectedness of she felt confident about the case. human beings and … And then she lost. I don’t know … espe“I was devastated, just seriouscially now at the one year mark, you realize ly flattened. I couldn’t leave my people are still strughouse,” Dyer says, recalling her gling and people still depression. But when she did aren’t back in their finally leave her Boulder home homes and people after a few days to get some food, do forget that floods she says she’ll never forget what still happen,” Steffens happened. Standing in line at Photographer Peggy Dyer will lead an interactive photography activity as part of the “Rebuilding Jamestown” says. Noodles and Company, blearyflood commemoration event Sept. 12-13. Steffens, who eyed and still shaken to her core, works on flood recovshe heard a small voice calling out most importantly, bringing communicollective narrative of how the flooding her name. ties closer together through laughter of September 2013 forever changed ery efforts around Boulder County, “And it was this little five-year-old and interactive art. She’s been all over their town of less than 300 people. says she kept hearing about Dyer’s boy. He had been at a fundraiser I did the country, photographing soldiers While Friday’s event will be open to art project with the Lyons for an elementary school about two leaving for tours of duty and people liv- the public, Saturday’s commemorative Elementary students. The two got the weeks before the lawsuit,” says Dyer. ing with Parkinson’s disease, but she’s event will be private. chance to meet when both were nom“He remembered my name because I also played a role in the post-flood “There’s a very somber mourning inated by Lyons’ students as communihad asked him [at the fundraiser] if he healing process for many people in process that some people are still work- ty heroes this past May. liked ice cream, and in that moment I Boulder County. It all started with ing through,” says Erika Archer, assis“It was really moving to see the realized this is who I get to be in this Dyer photographing children from tant to Jamestown’s mayor and the impact that the work she did had on world, and no one Lyons Elementary town’s flood project manager. “This is a these kids even six months later,” says gets to take that on their first day community that’s been put in the eyes Steffens. “I was talking to some little ON THE BILL: “One Million from me.” back at their school of the media quite a bit. So this event is girls [at the Hometown Heroes event] Faces” interactive flood recovery art project, 3-8 p.m. Friday, Sept. Despite other after last a release for people to remember and they were really excited to show 12 (open to public and media); [their art]. My colleagues and I started obstacles to conSeptember’s histortogether and… if there is a celebration, Saturday, Sept. 13 (private event), thinking, how could we bring that out quer — Dyer was ic flooding forced it’s that the community has survived, Jamestown Town Hall, 118 Main St., Jamestown, CO. homeless for a the students to but [healing and rebuilding] is a private of the elementary school to tell stories of residents and even volunteer groups while, living out of relocate to process for a lot of people.” a camper with $50 Longmont Archer reminds that there is still involved in recovery to capture different to her name after Elementary. This much healing and rebuilding to be done faces that have been [in Jamestown] paying all the fees weekend she’ll help in Jamestown. She says that somewhere and helping in the movement going associated with the lawsuit — she just the residents of Jamestown continue around 80 percent of the residents are forward?” kept “being Peggy.” their healing process through her sigback on town water, but that water isn’t And Dyer was more than happy to Driving into Boulder one February nature style of photography at the drinkable, leaving folks reliant on water help. evening in 2009, Dyer had a flash of town’s “Rebuilding Jamestown” flood brought in from organizations like the “You know, I don’t like to call what inspiration (motivated, she says, by a commemoration event. Red Cross. The remaining 20 or so per- I do art therapy, but there’s something lyric from Bon Jovi’s song “Dead or The process is pretty simple — grab cent of residents are still using cisterns. really therapeutic about being seen and Alive”). It was at that moment that she a white board, write a message about The Red Cross is responsible for being heard,” Dyer says. formed the concept for the One your flood story, have your picture funding Dyer’s art project in The commemorative event in Million Faces project, Dyer’s personal made. On Sept. 12 and 13, residents of Jamestown. Mary Steffens, a Red Cross Jamestown will actually be Dyer’s mission to photograph a million people Jamestown will get the opportunity to flood recovery specialist who’s worked fourth Boulder County flood-related art while raising money for charities and, use their individual stories to tell the in Jamestown since last September, says project, following her work with Lyons 18 September 11, 2014

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physicality of the work and the result of the art that Peggy creates. If we tried to do the same project without Peggy, if we tried to replicate without her, it wouldn’t be the same.” At the heart of this project, Archer says Dyer is helping the communities she works with develop something they will be able to look back on for years to come. Dyer knows there’s something special about every face she photographs, every story her subjects share.

“The only way we can do things in the One Million Faces project is through magic — the magic of believing,” says Dyer. “Believing that something as audacious as: yes, we’re gonna photograph one million people and yes, we’re gonna shout these simple, powerful things from white boards that connect humanity and yes, we’re going to make these messages count,” says Dyer. “That’s just magic.” “In it’s most simple terms, those floods — whether it’s literal water

washing down a mountain, washing away your town, whether it’s divorce, a pet dying, a parent dying, a car accident — those traumas are going to keep happening and all we get to do is choose how we respond,” she says. “Sometimes we respond and we’re like, this is really scary and it’s awful, but you get to this place where you can say, ‘I’m going to stand here and look at this journey and I’m going to keep moving forward.’” Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com

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t’s not news that there’s valuable information hidden within the noise of social media. There’s the obvious use for business marketing, but social media offers bigger gains for society at large. The world watched in late 2009 as Iranians used social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook to begin speaking out against the election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and again in 2011 when volunteers used social media to direct emergency rescue efforts after a tornado devastated Joplin, Mo. It’s this relationship between social media and disaster that fascinates computational scientist Leysia Palen, a professor at the University of Colorado Boulder and director of Project EPIC (Empowering the Public with Information in Crisis), a multi-disciplinary research endeavor that analyzes social media data to provide information during times of mass emergency. Palen says her interest in social media’s role in disaster response began in 2005, about six months before Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans. Flood damage to the County Road in Louisville. “I had long studied human-computer interaction … how people interact with machines and how [peoof Project EPIC to learn how the built ple] interact with each other through environment — bridges, roads, tunnels machines,” says Palen. “So the advent of and the like — respond during disasmobile computing … Computing has ters. moved out of the desktop, outside of “The problem is in many cases we the homes and certainly out of the lose information if we wait for highschools. It affords the opportunity for quality reconnaissance [on the thinking about massive forms of interground],” says Dashti, who explains action and collaboration. Where might that this information can be lost due to we see that kind of action take place? ... rapid efforts to clean up, and when My thinking was that it was in massive communities are closed off because disruptions in social order where you roads and bridges have washed away, it see people engaged in intensified infor- only aggravates the problem. “Social mation searches.” media happens in an organic way, And natural disasters — whether immediately. It’s not wise to lose that. it’s an earthquake, hurricane, tornado or So the goal of this research wasn’t to flood — create these “massive disrupmove past [ground reconnaissance], but tions” in social order. Much of the [to use] social media [to] increase the research that’s been done on social resolution of that data.” media’s role in disaster has revolved With people using Twitter to post around emergency response, but anoth- pictures and videos of what was going er CU professor, civil engineer Shideh on around them during last September’s Dashti, saw an opportunity to use social flooding, a virtual library of information about damaged structures accumulated. media and the computational resources Boulder Weekly

At the onset of the flooding, Dashti quickly worked to create keywords to help the team at Project EPIC sift through tweets to find usable data. In all, Project EPIC collected around 200,000 tweets generated by about 57,000 unique Twitter users from Sept. 11 to Sept. 20. “In disaster what we see is there is a lot of signal in that noise. People talk about what they see, where they are and what they are doing, and even if it’s fairly mundane you’ll see, ‘Oh gosh, there’s water on my street,’” says Palen. “You aggregate all that information from across multiple sources and across the geography and then it becomes newly interesting in the aggregation.” Coming up with keywords to filter through tweets is more complex than it seems, according to Dashti and Palen. Their ultimate goal was to use the social media to create maps that can better direct engineers to problem areas in future disasters, and to help them collect data about how well certain infrastructures withstood the extreme conditions of a disaster. But not everyone using social media is a civil engineer, so part of Dashti and Palen’s job was to translate lay terminology into engineering terms. “[Engineers] talk about things like ‘scour.’ … Do you know what scour is? I didn’t,” says Palen. “People [on Twitter] aren’t saying, ‘I see scour on the road’ — it’s like debris or gravel.

We take these engineering terms and see how people talk about them in real life, so a lot of our work is translation between what an engineer says and what people say. We have to deploy those solutions computationally to search over large amounts of data to figure out how people talk about gravel on the road.” Beyond filtering the tweets for content related to flooding in Boulder County, the researchers also had to filter the tweets by location. Twitter users can turn on geo-tagging within the application, adding a latitude and longitude to their tweet that allowed Dashti and Palen to immediately map damages in those areas. And while only about 1 percent of the 200,000 tweets were geotagged, it was enough to create reliable maps of the locations and evolution of structural damages. Dashti says that the map of geo-tagged tweets compared well to a map of damages created by the city of Boulder. Dashti adds that tweets without geo-tags were still usable because they mentioned specific places or contained pictures or videos with familiar landmarks that were easily mapped. The study was presented earlier this year at the International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management. Both Dashti and Palen say it was only a first step in using social media to help mitigate structural damage in future disasters. “We were able to develop some internal methods and algorithms to create the kind of reports that people doing reconnaissance work, in this case engineers, would need to go out in the field and figure out where to go,” says Palen. “It’s a case study. It’s kind of an engineering proof-of-concept case study. It was less about doing an experiment and more of a proof-of-concept about how you could use these technologies to support very rapid assessment of an area, which we already do for emergency managers, but we could think about it for emergency reconnaissance. It was a very practical experience that teaches us how to do it again for larger events.” Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com September 11, 2014 21

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that might be open to the ntil the day construction ends public. (and probably Councilwoman Mary long after), a Young, who serves on the small plot of Civic Use Task Force, sums land in downtown Boulder up the civic benefits of the reserved for a civic center proposal saying there will be will continue to serve only as “some public community the city’s center of controverbenefits that would come in sy. That day, after more than the form of reduced rates to 25 years, is about to be realuse meeting spaces in the ized. new buildings and also access The civic use plot near to a rooftop area.” the St Julien Hotel at Ninth If you think that’s sort of and Canyon will likely have a lousy compromise from the its fate determined in the original ideas for the spot coming weeks by City (museums, theaters and arts Council. If approved, develcenters) that doesn’t live up opment will include a multito the spirit of the original layer addition to the hotel as decree, the task force actually well as a ground-floor civic agrees. They found that there use center and a rooftop now needs to be “a redefiniCurrent plans, which could be adopted in the coming weeks, call for the civic use pad at 9th and Canyon to lounge. tion of ‘civic use’ as a specific be turned into a four-story St Julien Hotel expansion with an event space and three floors of hotel rooms. Development will culmibuilding or portion of a nate years of failed proposals building to ‘civic benefit’ and task forces, and a sizable amount of purposes — and so, the civic use pad was Molly Winter, director of downtown within the context of a public private public protest. But how can finalized born. and University Hill management and partnership. The expectation of a standplans that include a civic space still stir Meanwhile, City Council codified parking services for the City of Boulder, alone facility is not realistic for civic and controversy? When you charge nonprof- rules that stipulated that anyone who says finding a group able to develop non-profit entities within our communiits to use the civic space and allow the develops the civic use pad must be able something to achieve civic goals was ty.” hotel to rent the space (to for-profit and to afford to do so, and any development always an uphill battle. Thus, City Council is now planning private groups) at their discretion withmust meet the civic requirements and “It costs more to be downtown,” to vote within the next few weeks to out kicking anything back to the city. enhance the “vitality of the downtown Winter says. “It’s very difficult in this change those original tenets of the That’s how. by generating interest in coming downcommunity to come up with organizaUrban Renewal Plan that codified The story begins in 1988, when the town.” tions that can afford to do something like everything about the civic use area. city of Boulder laid out plans to renovate Many proposals and three task forces that. So the Civic Use Task Force went “It just gives council the flex to do the area at Ninth and Canyon. They to analyze those proposals ultimately through years to try to figure it out.” something different than what was designated this area to be used for a failed. The first proposal was for a chilNow this most recent push to build imagined. Twenty years is kind of a long hotel, restaurants, entertainment, transdren’s museum, which was approved by something on the civic use pad seems time and things have changed,” says likely to bear fruit. In January, the fourth Winter. portation or parking services. In 1995, City Council but abandoned in 2002 with nothing built yet, City Council due to financial reasons. Civic Use Task Force briefed City If the proposal passes, there is still released an updated version of the “9th In 2003 and 2004, the Boulder Council on a plan to build a the question of who gets to use the “civic 37,000-square-foot structure attached to area,” when, and for how much. A and Canyon Urban Renewal Plan,” Odeum and Village Arts Coalition tried the St Julien Hotel. This task force is which designated that “civic uses (such to work out a proposal to build and “Letter of Intent” from the city, St Julien comprised of council members, local as recreation center, museum, cultural share a 37,000-square-foot building, but and the Central Area General business directors (including those at the Improvement District (CAGID) was center, City office space, and transit City Council rejected their application St Julien) and leaders in local arts. facilities … ), will occupy a minimum of because the groups didn’t have enough presented to Council and is the best money to build and manage the site. The task force said the lot is too big 20 percent of the gross floor area develindication of how the civic space will be And in 2008, the Boulder History and too expensive for any one entity to oped in the project area.” managed. 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albeit “below market rates, with no profit margin” for St Julien. That leaves some people wondering if civic groups should have to pay to use what is supposed to be a civic space — especially because St Julien will retain all revenue from use of the space. Winter says the hotel should be compensated for its investment but that nonprofit groups should be given aid to use the space. “We would need to come up with a way to work on providing funds for groups to have greater access to that space,” Winter says. Young rejected the notion of subsidizing civic groups who want to use the civic space and says that Council never heard or agreed to any subsidies. “Personally I don’t think that the City should be subsidizing. The subsidy, quote unquote, should come in the form of a reduced rate,” Young says. Councilman Sam Weaver agrees, writing in an email to Council members last month, “The management agreement will be the document that really makes or breaks the civic usefulness of this space. While I do believe it should be cost-neutral to the St Julien, it should also not be a major profit center.” (Evidently, no one on the task force or city council believes that three additional floors of hotel rooms would provide enough revenue to compensate St Julien for making the civic space free to civic groups.) Indeed, how the space is managed will greatly impact its civic usefulness — and its economic benefit to St Julien. As it stands, the coalition of the hotel, the city and the improvement district will determine who gets to use the space, though Bruce Porcelli, St Julien Partners managing member, says there will only be “a degree of municipal over-

sight.” “St Julien will manage the space as it already has management, administration, sales, maintenance and event staff, on site,” says Porcelli. “The concept is nonprofit civic groups will have first right of refusal to book the space a year in advance. St Julien will then have the right to book available space within the one-year timeframe.” That includes booking the civic space to for-profit and private groups at market rate. St Julien has actually already been doing that for several years on the vacant pad (a concrete floor and tent were constructed) without obligation to pay the city of Boulder or to use it for civic purposes. “As the civic pad is owned by St Julien, it can manage events as a private hotel in the normal course of its business without coordination with any other party including the City,” says Porcelli. “While there is no building on the pad currently, there is no payment or other obligation to the City.” The St Julien has held company gatherings, weddings, seminars and other events on the pad and, in fact, Porcelli says, “the civic pad is not [currently] available for rent separate from an event organized with St Julien.” Young says management rules for the space can still be altered to fit what council determines benefits civic use. “As long as I’m part of the process, I’m going to make sure that we get the community benefit that we want,” Young says. If a plan for development isn’t in place by 2020, the civic use requirement is dropped and the plot reverts to St Julien — you might start wondering how much different those plans would look from these. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com Boulder Weekly

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ity planners across the world are About 20,000 people will reclaim roughly struggling to imagine a new para- two miles of car-less streets for biking, walkdigm where city streets are not ing and playing for the free event. From the just avenues for gas-guzzlers, but Pearl Street Mall to the North Boulder places where people gather, where Recreation Center, there will be a string of community is fostered and where the use of stations and venues where Ciclovians can cars is actually minimal. cycle, learn new crafts like cheese-making Called “placemaking,” or sometimes “recand imagine a city where people take precelamation,” the movement dence over cars. to reimagine what city Ciclovia happens in streets can be is a quiet cities across the world, one in Boulder. especially in the Latino The average pedesworld where the biggest CYCLE, LEARN trian might not realize Ciclovia in Bogota, NEW CRAFTS LIKE how wide Boulder’s sideColombia shuts down walks tend to be, and roughly 75 miles of CHEESE-MAKING AND drivers might be annoyed roads every Sunday and IMAGINE A CITY WHERE at the barriers in the draws as many as 1.5 PEOPLE TAKE PRECEGoss Grove neighbormillion people. While hood that make 21st that scale is exceptional, DENCE OVER CARS FOR Street an impassable Boulder City Planner STRANGERS (WHO MAY shortcut from Arapahoe Sam Assefa says small TURN OUT TO BE THEIR Avenue to Canyon U.S. cities like Boulder Boulevard. Yet pedestrishould not stop looking NEIGHBORS). ans risk accidents in internationally for examplaces with narrow or ples of city reclamation nonexistent sidewalks, and placemaking. and neighborhoods “People like Hillary without barriers may deal with speeding cars, who introduced Ciclovia [to Boulder] are constant traffic noise and decreased walkabil- looking to open our streets up as places to ity. celebrate culture, rather than looking at On Sunday, Sept. 14, the placemaking streets only for vehicular transportation,” says movement in Boulder is going to be a bit Assefa. “Having this discussion will eventuallouder than normal when Boulder Green ly get people to change how they think about Streets hosts its fifth annual Ciclovia, which streets.” Boulder City Councilman Macon Cowles Founder and Director Hillary Griffith equates to a “large-scale pattern interrupt” for See OPEN STREETS Page 28 the entire city.

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says he thinks change needs “I got excited by the kind of She says she hopes Boulder’s Ciclovia can help to happen. innovation used in Colombia,” non-cyclists come out of the woodwork and embrace “We have too much she says and references former cycling. expensive infrastructure dedBogota mayor Antanas Mockus On the cultural diversity front, Assefa says it is icated to cars,” he says. and how, in 1993, he instituted likely Ciclovia could help diversify Boulder and give “Roads, bridges, ramps, the use of mimes as traffic con- the city what it currently lacks: a public space where parking spaces and the very trollers. They made fun of traf- different cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds can spacing between buildings. fic violators and, meet as equals. All this infrastructure incents over time, were “Where we haven’t done well is in most people to take the car credited with havmaking the use of public space affordON THE BILL: most of the time.” ing a significant able,” he says. “How do we make a place Boulder Green Streets and the Cowles says the key to impact on the where diverse groups and incomes feel Ciclovia takes place change is for Boulder to reduction of trafcomfortable? For example, we have a Sunday, Sept. 14, on streets between cross the “15 percent threshfic accidents and large number of Latinos who live here, Pearl Street and the old.” In Europe, the experimaking the city but you don’t normally see them at North Boulder Recreation Center. ence is that once 15 percent safer for pedestrithings like Ciclovia.” The event is free. of all trips are taken by bicyans. Boulder Green Streets has partnered The cle, then bicycle travel this year with the Americas Latino EcoThe famous book by Charles Landry, The Art International expands rapidly from there, Festival, the Latino-hosted festival for of City Making, usually sits on the bookshelf at he says. Boulder is currently Boulder City Planner Sam Assefa’s home. Assefa, Review of Cycling environmental leaders in Boulder geared toward Interventions claims that at 12 percent bike commut- like Landry, says he believes, “City planners increasing the presence of the Latino population in must think like artists.” Ciclovia events are “associated ing for all trips, according to the environmental movement, and there will be a with more utilitarian cycling” Cowles. Zona Latina. and the American Journal of Assefa reminds us, Griffith says her goal is to foster that space where Public Health claims that “Ciclovias have been shown though, that change is slow. people from different ethnic and socioeconomic back“There was a lot of debate and resistance when the to be programmatic interventions that can promote grounds meet as equals. Subsequent gradual changes cycling across a population.” Pearl Street Mall was going to be closed to cars,” he might make Boulder’s Ciclovia something a bit revolu“As advanced as Boulder is, we are still not there. says. tionary — like free public health clinics — where differWe are still behind most places,” says Assefa. “If we Business owners especially worried that they ent cultures, ages and pocketbooks can mingle, she adds. would see a decline in revenue. These days, the Pearl compare ourselves to U.S. cities, we are pretty much at She encourages people to help out by being vocal. Street Mall is one of the highest valued properties in the top.” “How we run this event is not coming from the the city. Yet Boulder is behind international cities not just top down,” she says. “If enough people advocate for it, Cowles says the only reason takeovers like Ciclovia for biking (in Copenhagen, 37 percent of commuters we can go to City Council with that, and say, ‘This is aren’t happening more often in Boulder is that “not use bikes to get to work or school) but for inclusion, what people want.’” enough of us are working to make it happen.” Assefa concurs. He says, “We can learn from other placas well. Griffith says she sees people every year at For her part, Griffith seems to work tirelessly, see- Ciclovia who have never ridden a bicycle, but in es, but it is also more important to have our own unique ing value in impermanent and quirky placemaking approach grounded in the values of our citizens.” Boulder they get overlooked because everyone strategies. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com assumes everyone is a cyclist.

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ot familiar with cyclocross? Let’s introduce you to your new addiction. Hour-long cyclocross races are held on technical, hilly circuits and demand a high level of bike handling skill and physical fitness. A course circuit, no more than a mile or two in length, may include paved and unpaved surfaces, natural obstacles perhaps the most iconic of which is mud, but streams, bales of straw, wood barriers The Boulder Cup course includes the “5280 steps” among the crowdand staircases can also come pleasers and competitor punishinto play. It’s designed to be ments at the Valmont Bike Park. mostly rideable. Mostly. The rest of it, you run while carprising places over the two decades — perhaps the rying your bicycle. most unlikely of host locations the Flatiron Crossing Sounds a bit like lapping on a torture course, but Mall. it’s also exactly the kind of short, intense, challenging “I think people were blown away by the course we fun that whets the appetites of the weekend warriors were able to create using this massive hillside,” who abound in Boulder. Grealish says of that course, which also made use of “It’s the largest growing type of bicycle racing and part of the parking lot. has been for probably the last five years,” says Chris In 2013, 3,500 spectators came out to watch the Grealish, who has been organizing cyclocross races in Boulder Cup. Organizers say only the USA Pro the Boulder area for 20 years and is race promoter for Challenge stage race that circuits through the state the Boulder Cup cyclocross race, which will see comhas drawn more spectators. petitors riding and running their way around Valmont Racers who might have ridden 20 years ago now Bike Park on Sunday, Sept. 14. have kids of their own coming out — and those as “There’s so much strong community support here young as 4 years old can participate in events this in Boulder for the sport, starting with us putting races weekend, including a strider race for kids not quite on in the late ’80s, but also bike shops and coaching ready for clipless pedals, to say the least. Or, just companies and other cycling industry-related busibounce in the jumpy castle and get some face painting nesses are so psyched and so excited for the sport that and a balloon animal. everybody’s just really gotten behind it,” Grealish says. “One of our primary goals is to provide enough The Boulder Cup course at Valmont Bike Park ancillary entertainment for young families that is distinguishes itself with a hilly profile, a number of essentially all free, and really trying to market heavily twisting descents and, of course, that long, wide stairto young families in Boulder County that this is a case, called the “5280 steps,” situated so the view of great way to spend an afternoon with their kids,” the steps from the beer garden is against the backdrop Grealish says. of the Flatirons — “an amazing setting and beautiful Parental entertainment includes a beer garden scenery to watch people struggle up the staircase,” stocked with Boulder Beer — and 100 percent of the Grealish says. proceeds from that beer garden go to benefit the local Racers complete multiple laps on the 1.9-mile kids club Boulder Junior Cycling. course. “I think that’s one of the great things about cyclo“It’s kind of funny because, left to the naked eye, if cross is that for spectators, it’s so easy to watch. Often you go by the park or into the park, unless we delintimes, you can stand in one spot and see them come eate the park using all the equipment we have — by four different times on any given lap,” Grealish 7,000 feet of steel fence and hundreds of push says. stakes that we tape everything together with — it’s The cyclocross crowd in Boulder, fueled by the really difficult to see a cyclocross course at Valmont Boulder Cup, was part of the reason the National for a lot of folks because the mountain bike parts are Cyclocross Championships were held in Boulder in so visible. But once we set everything up, it’s really an January, Grealish says. amazing course,” Grealish says. “The number one reason we got Nationals was the But he’s seen race designers build courses in surfact that we demonstrated that the sport was really Boulder Weekly

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strong here and with a facility like Valmont Bike Park it became a much easier sell to the national governing body,” he says. Want to do more than watch? “There’s various age-graded categories, 27 different categories, starting at 8 in the morning with some of the masters and age-graded women’s categories. We have racing for basically anyone over 4 years old up to 70 — it’s kind of nuts actually,” Grealish says. Riders from all over the world are coming to Boulder to participate. Competitors include Jonathan Page, winner of first place at the 2013 Cyclocross Nationals and four other CX Nationals titles; Olympian Michael van den Ham, fourth place finisher in the 2012 Canadian Cyclocross National Championships and 31st place finisher in the 2013 UCI Cyclocross World Championships; and Helen Wyman, two-time European cyclocross champion and seven-time U.K. national champion. “Racing in the USA has always been an adventure as well as a challenge in terms of performance,” Wyman said in a submitted statement. “I’m always looking for new events to try and I’ve heard such good things about the Boulder Cup event that I wanted to give it a go for myself.” This is the fourth year the Boulder Cup has been held at Valmont Bike Park, and it may be the last. “We’re probably going to move it out of Valmont because it’s so expensive with the city,” Grealish says. Other locations might come at half the price. “The application process with the City of Boulder is 32 pages long, some of these other towns, it’s two pages, so the degree of difficulty that exists with trying to make an event of this scale happen in Boulder exceeds the return in any way, shape or form. This year has been the toughest ever, by far,” Grealish says. “Before the city got a hold of the sport, which we introduced them to and hand-held them through the process the entire way, all you really needed was a field, a little paved strip and permission, and now it’s just become this 900-pound gorilla. I never intended to make it extremely difficult to make the races happen here, but that’s been a byproduct of the bureaucracy of working with a city like Boulder.” After more than 20 years, he says, it’s frustrating to still feel pulled under the microscope and scrutinized each year, in addition to regularly having to educate new city staff on what cyclocross is and what role the Boulder Cup has played in establishing the sport in Boulder. “Normally I’m a pretty humble guy, I swear, but in this case I feel extremely confident, we’ve done tremendous things for cyclocross and for Boulder and the city, and there’s no way they can take that away from us,” Grealish says. He plans to continue to work on growing the sport and keeping it fresh. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com September 11 , 2014 31

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or a Coloradan, it’s a very says Scott Bradfield, head of production familiar sight: skiers perched for Red Bull Media House. life, healing, and unity. Out from the mud, a celebratory festival has been created to atop the mountain, staring The film is one long meditation on honor and unite the Colorado community, allowing patrons to learn about health, down the crest, ready to what compels a person to ski at the nutrition, tai chi, martial arts and more. launch into the abyss. What highest levels, to risk life and limb and Paul Pitchford goes through their mind? Are they plunge down the mountain. There is no best-selling author of Healing with Whole Foods studying the mountain, addressing real story or plot to be found, but there curves and paths, considering their is a climax and plenty of reflection. descent? Do they foresee victory and This is not a narrative designed to Michael Tierra Paul Pitchford Lesley Tierra best-selling author of Healing with Whole Foods triumph? Or, are they blinded by the entice the public at large into the sport. world renowned herbalist world renowned herbalist possibility of failure and crippling No, this is a movie made for and by Michael Tierra Lesley Tierra disaster? For that matter, what goes skiers. Dr. David B. Axelrod Taoist Priest Master Tseng (Chen) through an actor’s mind as they stride die-hard world renowned herbalist world renowned herbalist Days of my Youth employs the frampoet/writer/speaker Tai Chi Master the boards during that everlasting ing device of former skier Bobbie Burns Dr. David B. Axelrod Taoist Priest Master Tseng (Chen) moment of silence before speaking (now 82), the so-called “Father of Free poet/writer/speakerKung Fu performances Tai Chi Master their first line? Or a quarterback, starSkiing,” puttering about his cabin, lookby Wudang Martial Artists ing down eleven men all ready to tear ing at pictures and reflecting on his past Kung Fu performances his head off, just one split second while various skiers tackle and conquer bySeptember Wudang before calling “Hike!”? These are not a myriad of mountain ranges. Concert held on Saturday 13, Martial 2014 at the Artists Estes Park Events Complex moments cluttered by words, but by This dreamy association not only Concert held on Saturday September 13, 2014 Concert held on Saturday September 13, 2014 at the Estes Park Events Complex raw emotions. connects Burn’s at Estes Park Events Complex Days of my Youth, groundbreaking INFO BOX: Days of my which will hold its world approach to the Youth world premiere at the Boulder Theater. Shows premiere at the Boulder sport with the presat 7 p.m., and 21+ show at Theater on Friday, Sept. ent, but it also func9:30 p.m. Sept. 12. Tickets $15 general admission. 12, is a skiing documentions as Burns’s www.skimovie.com Grammy nominated Native tary that lives inside memory. He rememAmerican player R.Native Carlos these moments. It was a bers the days of his Grammy ﬂute nominated Nakai withﬂute William Eaton Will co-production from youth while famed American player R.&Carlos MSP (Matchstick philosopher Alan Clipman a summitEaton meeting of Nakai withinWilliam & Will Production) Films and Red Bull Media Watts tosses off motivational one-linmaster musicians. With meeting an opening Clipman in a summit of House. ers on the soundtrack. These audio master musicians. With and an opening Lion Dance performance Taoist This documentary “examines skiing snippets are charges to the youth in LionMaster Dance performance Taoist Kung Fu show in aand unique the audience, charges that Burns once as a way of life, offering a glimpse into Masterblend Kung Fu show in a unique of native cultures. heeded. The most poignant one, “If the journey of self-discovery that blend of native cultures. you can dream it, you can do it.” every skier takes,” the press release by: Photography by: Photograph Robert Doyle/Canyon Records We see the skiers doing it. Their from Red Bull states. Photography by: Robert Doyle/Canyon Records Robert Doyle/Canyon Records Shot over the course of two winters, dreams seem boundless. Who are these skiers, these masked Days of my Youth takes place in the Formore more information, information, registration, andand tickets pleaseplease For registration, tickets men and women of the mountain? mountains of British Columbia, Peru, or visit visit www.universalconsciousnessfestival.org all 970-586-8133 or 970-586-8133 www.universalconsciousnessfestival.org Titles with their names flash on the For more information, registration, and tickets please Alaska, Utah and Colorado. 000400597 screen briefly: Richard Permin, Mark “The result is a film that truly capcall 970-586-8133 Abma, James Heim, Michelle Parker, tures the feeling of being a skier and or visit www.universalconsciousnessfestival.org Cody Townsend, Markus Eder, Bobby why people dedicate their lives to it in a Brown and Sam Anthamatten. We way no other movie has done to date,” FC-0000400597

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Boulder International Fringe Festival to take over The Dairy Center for the Arts by Josh Gross

ow that summer has ended and school is back in session, the calendar has rolled back around to one of Boulder’s most cherished shenanigans: The Boulder International Courtesy of Gabrielle Orcha

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comic and tragic locusts, taking over everything that can possibly be interpreted as a performance space, from stages to the back seats of cabs. A complete schedule can be seen at www.boulderfringe.com, or in the insert printed in Boulder Weekly, but know that it includes everything from burlesque to puppets to zombies to MTV. Gabrielle Orcha And for this, its 10th will be staging her one-woman iteration, Boulder Fringe show, How to Festival Executive Director Cornucopia, as part of the David Ortolano says Boulder they’re doing things a little International Fringe Festival. differently. “All the front of house is being handled by The Dairy [Center for the Arts] this year,” he says. “So we have all the central activity happening there.” The Dairy will be showcasing acts on seven stages as well as making use of the center’s amenities from 12 p.m. to 2 a.m. daily for all 12 days of the festival. It’s fringe central. Ortolano says that he and fellow organizers have wanted to run the festival in this manner for a while, but this year was the first viable opportunity. “They’ve gone through a lot of management changes over the years,” he says. “And that made it Fringe Festival, in which dozens difficult to work with The Dairy upon dozens of unusual, avantbecause the pricing structures go garde and independent theatrical up and down and with manageperformances descend upon the ment changes, some understand city like a swarm of alternately what fringe is, and some don’t.”

But Ortolano says The Dairy’s team and board currently in place don’t just get it, they’re actually running The Dairy somewhat in the manner of a fringe festival by focusing on independent and selfproduced acts in its multiple performance spaces. Because of a potential interior overhaul, Ortolano can’t say whether or not Fringe Fest will continue at The Dairy next year, but it’s there for now, and it’s not holding back on the goods. The festival will pack in more than 300 events at 10 venues between Wednesday, Sept. 17 and Sunday, Sept. 28, including music, dance, film, workshops, parties and all the theater you can shake the cutting edge of a stick at. There are acts coming from as far away as South Africa, Australia and Israel, as well as from all over the U.S. and Canada. Attendees can learn how to swordfight, do African dance, make a book, build a puppet and more. And then there are the performances covering everything from Hawaiian “bat cave cabaret,” to former President Lyndon B. Johnson. “There’s some really oddball things that are happening this year,” says Ortolano. One of them is Wanda and the Wave, a new piece from Public Works Theater Company that is adapted from the children’s book The Old Woman and the Wave, by Shelley Jackson. “The story is about a wave that hovers over this woman’s house for see FRINGE FEST Page 36

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her whole life of mine who and the wave wanted me to holds the direct him in a promise of seepiece,” he says. ing the whole “He’s in world, and she UNESCO, on doesn’t underthe United stand that,” Nations theater says Sondra and perforBlanchard, the mance complaywright of mittee. And he the piece and calls me and artistic director says he wants of Public to come do a Works Theater Company won a $3,000 grant from The Henson Foundation for its first Works Theater Public fringe festival, attempt at pupptry, Wanda and the Wave, which will be part of the fringe fest. Company. to do this “And the first piece about an thing I thought about was scale. How old washed-up actor in New York who’s but in terms of being qualified to do we get a chance to show this entire had to resort to doing fringe festivals. I receive the grant, it’s prestigious,” she wave?” asked, ‘Are you serious? Do you want to says. “They hold a high standard for The conclusion Blanchard came to do this? ’Cause it will make you look puppetry.” was to make everything small, to use Another act that Ortolano is partic- like that guy.’” puppets. But as this was the first piece The friend, Peter Goldfarb, was ularly interested in is the “tiny cinema” of puppetry Blanchard had ever serious. And Ortolano is more than that will be parked in front of The attempted, she didn’t realize just how pleased with how the play came out. Dairy. difficult that would be. “In the middle of the show, he men“It’s basically a mobile home that’s “All the elements of the world need tions, ‘Can you believe it? I have to been converted into a cinema,” says to be created,” she says. “It took awhile stoop down and do a fringe festival,’” Ortolano. to learn what materials to use for what.” It will show a series of super-8 mm says Ortolano. Beyond just creating everything in But meta as it may be, Ortolano film and digital shorts on a loop that the show by hand, Blanchard needed to anyone can pop in and see — if there’s says that’s the point. make sure it was lightweight and porta- room, anyhow. “The fringe was designed and made ble as she has plans to tour the show to be a place where artists can find their Ortolano also admits that he’s a bit through Greece. But she took to it like biased about the performance he’s most voice, but also produce in their work unjuried, uncensored, to ask what does a champ, and the production even won excited about, An Evening With the a $3,000 grant from the Henson World’s Greatest Actor, by Michael Perrie it mean to have your own voice in the world,” he says. Foundation. Jr. See, Ortolano directed it. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com “It’s not a huge amount of money, “I was called by this director friend 36 September 11, 2014

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overtones Boulder Phil launches ‘Legends’ season with a bang by Peter Alexander

ON THE BILL: Boulder Philharmonic Opening Night Michael Butterman, music director 7 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 14 in Macky Auditorium. World Premiere of Gates of the Arctic by Stephen Lias, Piano Concerto No. 2 by Camille Saint-Saëns, with Gabriela Martinez on piano, Scheherazade by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. With Charles Wetherbee, concertmaster/soloist. http://boulderphil.org/concerts/opening-night

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pening night for the Boulder Philharmonic offers a real

study at Juilliard and collaborations with major conductors and musicians — including Boulder’s Takács Quartet — her career tratriple threat. jectory has been meteoric. The concert under “I’ve been interested in music director Michael her for a while,” Butterman Butterman, at 7 p.m. says. “She’s a very elegant Sunday, Sept. 24, in Macky player, but also she’s got lots Auditorium, launches the of great technique and 2014-15 season with three that’s why I thought the pieces that would each be Saint-Saëns [Second noteworthy on any proConcerto] would be a good gram (http://boulderphil. piece.” The Boulder Philharmonic introduces its ‘Legends’-themed season with the org/concerts/openingThe concerto gives the world premiere of Stephen Lias’ Gates of the Arctic. Above: Lias hiking in Gates of the Arctic National Park in 2012. night). The very opening soloist opportunities to dispiece will be the world play different levels of premiere of Gates of the Arctic, an “This is center-of-the-bullseye program musicianship, from the introspective to avowedly pictorial work portraying the the brilliant. music. I’m telling the story through Gates of the Arctic National Park, writ- sound.” “It’s kind of a schizophrenic work in a way,” Butterman says. “The first ten by composer Stephen Lias, who The story is Lias’ 2012 residency in movement is a Bach Toccata kind of describes himself as an “adventurer/ Gates of the Arctic National Park — thing and gives you lots of opportunity composer.” one of several such residencies he has to be expressive, almost on your own If that doesn’t capture your imagiheld in national parks. nation, next on the program will be the “My residency consisted of going on without the orchestra, and the last movement is one of those barn-burner Second Piano Concerto by Camille a 10-day backcountry backpacking five minutes of music that you get Saint-Saëns. That performance will patrol with a park ranger,” Lias worked up to a frenzy by the end of it.” introduce Gabriela Martinez, an emerg- explains. It was “just me and him, and To top off a program that already ing pianist from Venezuela whose we migrated with the caribou.” offers lots of interest, the Boulder Phil career has been boosted by Gustavo The structure of the piece reflects will introduce new concertmaster Dudamel, the young conductor who Lias’ day-to-day experience during the Charles Wetherbee, giving him the created a sensation when he moved backpacking trip. opportunity to play the lavish and opufrom Venezuela’s Simon Bolivar Youth “When you look back on it, the lent solos in Scheherazade. The first Orchestra to the podium of the Los experience is inevitably a series of permanent concertmaster in a couple of Angeles Philharmonic. intense momentary things: when you years, Wetherbee has built a career playAnd third will be Rimskyencountered a herd of caribou, when ing orchestral, solo and chamber music, Korsakov’s brilliant Scheherazade, you saw this waterfall or that bear, and and has recently been appointed to the which is not only a crowd-pleaser but in between, it’s all connected with University of Colorado music faculty. also an opportunity to introduce the walking,” he says. “I’m using a similar “Everyone is thrilled to have him orchestra’s new concertmaster, Charles structure to Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an join our orchestra family,” Butterman Wetherbee, who will play the promiExhibition. There’s a walking theme, says. “He brings so much experience as nent violin solos throughout the score. and then individual snapshots of an orchestral musician, so much skill as It’s also one of the pieces that have moments.” a violinist, and a way of working in a given the season it’s theme, “Legends.” The audience will always know what “We humans are storytellers by the “snapshots” are about, he says, because really efficient manner that allows us to get to the heart of our rehearsal chalnature,” Butterman says about the the performance will be accompanied by lenges as quickly and effectively as postheme. “As we put the programs projected photos from the national park, together, there was this idea of stories, about a quarter of them pictures that Lias sible. He’s somebody that everyone respects and he’s going to help lift legends and myths that was apparent in took during his residency. everyone’s game, frankly.” all of the concerts, so that was a very On most programs, the These three pieces add up to an obvious unifying thread.” Philharmonic debut of a pianist of intriguing season opener for the Phil. The opening piece, Lias’ Gates of Gabriela Martinez’s qualities would So much more could be said — but the Arctic, bridges last season, focused grab the headlines. Accomplished, taleven better is to hear them for youron nature, with the current theme. The ented, youthful and glamorous, she is self. subject is obviously nature and wilderclearly headed for a major career. From Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com ness, but at the same time, Lias says, an orchestral debut at the age of 7, to

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Michael Butterman, Music Director LIAS Gates of the Arctic World premiere complemented by stunning visual images, in honor of the 50th Anniversary of America’s Wilderness Act SAINT-SAËNS Piano Concerto No. 2 GABRIELA MARTINEZ, PIANO RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Scheherazade CHARLES WETHERBEE, CONCERTMASTER/SOLOIST

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GABRIELA MARTINEZ GATES OF THE ARCTIC NATIONAL PARK

A feast for the senses! Gorgeous photos complement a world premiere by “adventurer-composer” Stephen Lias inspired by the Gates of the Arctic National Park in Alaska. Venezuelan sensation Gabriela Martinez joins the Phil for a blazing concerto by Saint-Saëns, and we celebrate the arrival of new concertmaster Charles Wetherbee, as he leads us into the sensual sound world of Scheherazade. 6 PM—Free Pre-Concert Talk at Macky A preview performance on Sept. 13 at St. Luke’s Methodist Church in Highlands Ranch features Young Artist winner Aris Doike in place of guest artist Gabriela Martinez.

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Crazy About You 8 pm Rogers Hall

A stunning tapestry of classical, flamenco, jazz, folk, and original music with guitarist Alfredo Muro, flutist Emma Shubin, singer Shannon Johnson, and flamenco duo Mark Herzog & Natalie Pérez del Villar.

Saturday 9/13 Life True

8 pm Rogers Hall

Four short documentary films by Jem Moore about a coffee grower, a Buddhist caligrapher chef, a Hakka singer-songwriter, and an immigrant massage therapist, interwoven with sublime movements from Beethoven String Quartets opus 59, 130 & 132 .

Sunday 9/14

Celebrating Lyons II free concert 3 pm Sandstone Park

Join Taarka, The Songbirds, Granias, Mayama Movement Studio, Sara Hart, B.A.M.M. children and the Lyons community to commemorate the anniversary of the 2013 Flood as we express, reflect, heal, and celebrate.

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Goldberg Variations & 32 Sleepless Nights 8 pm Lyons Community Church

Bach’s Goldberg Variations, with thoughts/essays on experiencing sleepless nights. Performed by the Sage Trio, MinTze Wu, Michael Graham, and ChiehFan Yiu.

Tickets $15 available at The Stone Cup Cafe and Lyons ReRuns and online.

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arts & culture Scientifically funny

Local authors travel the world searching for a unified theory of comedy by Josh Gross

or their book, The Humor Code, journalist Joel Warner and University of Colorado Boulder Professor Peter McGraw spent a year travelling the world in search of funny. They searched Africa for its infamous laughing disease, strolled through the South American jungle dressed as clowns with Patch Adams, and even braved a Denver standup comedy open mic whilst wearing a sweatervest. Peter McGraw’s “benign violation” theory says that humor arises when something seems wrong or threatening, but is And a whole lot more. simultaneously OK or safe. But the duo were not just in search of comedy itself, they were doing research on McGraw’s theoCostello are having a six-minute arguwith a low-level cafeteria worker who ry of why things are funny, something he ment. But what makes the conflict OK doesn’t know who Darth Vader is. calls the “benign violation” theory, simply for the audience is that we’re in on the described as “the idea that humor arises joke — we understand that “who,” So, let’s stick with this “wrong yet when something seems wrong or threat- “what,” and “I don’t know” are also the OK” concept. On one hand, what’s ening, but is simultaneously OK or safe.” names of the ballplayers. So to us, happening to Darth Vader in Eddie It was McGraw’s quest, and the book’s Costello’s answers to Abbott’s questions Izzard’s routine is clearly wrong. Vader narrative, to prove the are both wrong is the master of the dark side of the theory enough (Abbott doesn’t think Force, the right hand of the Sith through the research he’s getting the inforemperor, the cold, black evil at the ON THE BILL: Joel Warner and Peter McGraw speak to polish his standup mation he’s looking heart of the Galactic Empire. You don’t about The Humor Code, routine. for) and not wrong (he tell him to get a cafeteria tray or cut 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 16, Warner and actually is getting the him in line. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447McGraw will be info he’s looking for; On the other hand, the situation 2074 speaking about their he just doesn’t realize does kind of make sense. A place like book and McGraw’s it). If we didn’t under- the Death Star is going to have a drab theory at the Boulder stand the dual meancafeteria filled with peons who’ve never Book Store on Tuesday, Sept. 16, along ing of terms “who” and “what” in the met upper management and are just with Denver comics Kristin Rand and bit, nothing about the conversation trying to do their jobs and get through Troy Walker. To give an idea of what to would be OK — it would all just be their day, thank you very much. It expect, Boulder Weekly sent the authors frustrating and confusing gobbledywouldn’t be funny if the story simply links to a couple famous comedy bits on gook. involved some random galactic denizen Plus, as [McGraw] likes to point YouTube and asked them to dissect the yelling at Darth Vader — that would funny using the benign violation theory. out, famous bits like this help poke just be stupid. But we all recognize and holes in one of the other major humor Their answers are below. understand the world of dreary corpotheories — incongruity theory, the idea rate cafeterias, so these slights against that unexpectedness leads to comedy. Who’s On First, by Abbott Vader, however absurd, follow certain Nothing about “Who’s on First” was and Costello rules that make them logically okay. Bud Abbott and Lou Costello have a unexpected to us — we’re both very There’s lots of humor to be found in discussion about the lineup for a baseball familiar with the bit — but that didn’t concepts like this — having fantastic team in which the player’s names are all stop [McGraw] from guffawing like a individuals face the familiar, humdrum questions, leading Abbott to grow more madman while watching it. ups and downs of daily life. It reminds frustrated as he continuously asks “who is [Warner] of one of his favorite comedy on first,” to which Costello says, “exactly.” The Death Star Canteen, by routines: Bill Cosby’s “Noah” bit, in Eddie Izzard which Noah hears the voice of God and In the “Who’s On First” bit, what’s While trying to get his lunch in the thinks he’s on Candid Camera. wrong is very clear: Abbott and Death Star, Darth Vader has an argument Respond:letters@boulderweekly.com Boulder Weekly

Events Naropa Week 9/12 | 7 p.m. "Adapting Compassion Training from Tibet" with John Makransky Nalanda Events Center, Cente 6287 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder In this lecture, John Makransky will introduce "Innate Compassion Training," which he adapted from Tibetan practices that take a more relational view of persons, and will explain how this compassion training undercuts common modern impediments to compassion.

10/10–10/12 [Dis]embodied Poetics Conference A three-day conference that explores intersections between innovative forms of creative and critical writing that are experientially rooted in contemplative practice.

10/16–10/19 Radical Compassion Symposium Join the Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche, Dan Siegel, Vandana Shiva, Joanna Macy, Bernie Glassman, Lama Tsultrim Allione, Noah Levine, and others for a dynamic gathering to explore how we can live with an open heart, cultivate compassion in action, and contribute to a kinder world.

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“Red Rocks on a High Note,” an end-of-summer celebration on Saturday, September 13, presented by Bhang Chocolate. Follow the orchestra on a journey through the most powerful music of all time, from traditional to contemporary. You’ve never heard Red Rocks like this before. With more than eighty musicians on stage, this unforgettable night is not to be missed.

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arts & culture Forgiving the unforgivable A one-man exploration of anger by Gary Zeidner

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own, this young man was imprisoned and suffered horrendous torture at the hands of the local junta until he escaped Shawshank-style through a drainage pipe. He was then forced to leave his wife and child behind to an uncertain fate in order to flee to America and the hope of a better life for both him and them. Through it all, the refugee maintains a quiet hopefulness and a sincere appreciation for the opportunities available in the U.S. Moran, like most of us, wonders at the man’s resilience and goes so far as to question him about it. The man replies simply that though he carries his wife and child with him in his heart, he cannot grieve for their absence perpetually for to do so would be to drown in sorrow. And if he drowns in

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belting out a few bars from Spamalot (it makes sense in context), you can’t take your eyes off of him and you can’t wait to hear what he’ll say next. The material he’s written and the way in which he conveys it are so engaging, so engrossing, that ON THE BILL: All he even gets a big laugh The Rage, Curious Theatre, 1080 Acoma when he recycles the old St., Denver, www. joke, “Jesus is coming. curioustheatre.org, Look busy!” $18-$44. Through Oct. 5. The only criticism I have of All The Rage is that it sometimes comes dangerously close to committing the cardinal sin of any autobiographical one-man show, the sin of self-aggrandizement. Moran admits to actually having felt anger only a few times during the play, and with a single exception he finds a way, Christlike, to turn the other cheek. The one time that he doesn’t it’s not as if he loses himself in a fit of rage; he sorrow, he will surely never see them merely yells at a cabbie who nearly ran again. him over. The Incredible Hulk he is Moran presents All The Rage using a not. mixed-gen multimedia format that, If Moran were to own his anger thankfully, enhances rather than more — even just once during the detracts from the material. When the show — I believe it would greatly play is at its most travelogue, he increase the play’s already significant employs a globe as well as paper maps impact. Alternately, if he discussed in of Africa and New York City to orient more detail the ways in which he has the audience. When he wishes to learned to let go of his rage and to emphasize a certain point or illustrate a embrace a more compassionate worldparticular reference, he uses an overview, perhaps that would pull him back head projector not reliant on transparfrom the brink of self-appointed saintencies. hood that he sometimes seems to be The bells and whistles are well and teetering on. good, but as with any one-man show With that said, All The Rage is a All The Rage lives or dies on Moran’s tour de force, and as an added bonus, performance, and he holds the audiduring its run Moran will also perform ence’s rapt attention with ease. The Tricky Part a handful of times. Whether he’s dropping a punchline or Respond:letters@boulderweekly.com TM

he trickiest part about The Tricky Part, Martin Moran’s 2004 Obie Award-winning play, was for Moran to tell the true story of the years of sexual abuse he endured as a child in a way that was both honest and accessible. Moran succeeded in that and, amazingly, also managed to make The Tricky Part a remarkably warm, often humorous production. Ten years later, the Denver native has returned to his hometown to perform his new one-man show, All The Rage, which is a companion piece, a sequel of sorts, to The Tricky Part. But where The Tricky Part had as its focus the abuse itself and its direct impact on Moran’s life, All The Rage takes a broader, funnier look at the nature of anger and the value of empathy. The play is certainly informed by the violations that occurred to Moran in his youth, but it refuses to dwell on them. Instead, it uses them as a springboard to an explication of some very universal issues. He begins All The Rage by introducing the audience to his father’s wife — Moran could never quite find his way to calling her his stepmother. In just a few highly descriptive sentences, Moran brings the woman to full, red-haired, makeup-encrusted, chain-smoking life. Though the two shared a mutual, carefully cultivated antipathy, when the moment comes for Moran to release all the years of pent up frustration and hidden hostility, he’s moved to reach out in love rather than in wrath. Later, Moran recounts his experience acting as an interpreter for a young African man seeking asylum in the United States. Through no fault of his

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John Bunzli. 6 p.m. Upslope Brewing Co. (Flatiron Park), 1898 S. Flatiron Ct, Ste. 110, Boulder, 303-396-1898.

Butch Hancock. 8 p.m. Waterloo, 809 Main St., Louisville, 303993-2094. Dexter Payne Quartet. 7 p.m. Caffe Sole, 637R S Broadway St., Boulder, 303-499-2985. Dukes of Winter. 5:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Homemade Liquids and Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303-485-9400. Esther Sparks, Whiskey Remedy. 8 p.m. Jamestown Mercantile Cafe, 108 Main St., Jamestown, 303-442-5847. George Nelson. 6:30 p.m. St Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder,

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Boulder Ensemble Theater Company at the Avenue Theater, 417 E. 17th Ave., Denver, 303-3215925. Through Sept. 28. Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company is kicking off its 2014 season with George Brant’s play Grounded, a one-woman show that takes place in a windowless trailer outside of Las Vegas, where an exfighter pilot hunts terrorists with drones by day, and is a mother at night. The play was ranked by The Guardian as one of the Top 10 London Plays of 2013. BETC’s production is the regional premiere of the drama.

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Lyons Sounds of Lyons. Sept. 12-14. Lyons, 303249-7135 For the past six years, Sounds of Lyons has been complementing the rich folk music mecca at Lyons with an annual classical music Courtesy of Alfredo Muro festival. This year that tradition will continue with performances of Brazillian flamenco guitar, Beethoven string quartets, pieces by Bach, Celtic and jazz. The small mountain town will host the affair over three days featuring evening concerts, outdoor events and children’s workshops. This year, the festival is dedicating special events in commemoration of the 2013 flood. Get more information and a full lineup at www.soundsoflyons.com.

Kitchen Dwellers. 10 p.m. The Lazy Dog Sports Bar & Grill, 1346 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-3355. Magnolia Trio. 7:30 p.m. Larry’s Guitar Shop, 508 Fifth Ave., Longmont, 720-340-4169. Monte Selbe and Larry Clyman. 6:30 p.m. Bittersweet Cafe & Confections, 836 Main St., Louisville, 303-317-5522. Mother Earth Concert. 7 p.m. Macky Auditorium, 285 University see EVENTS Page 46

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arts Mototsugu Sugiyama, Sumida River, Late Autumn

Denver Art Museum Collection. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000. Through March 22, 2015.

At The Mirror — Reflections of Japan in 20th Century Prints. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000. Through Sept. 21. Buy — Sharon Feder. Macky Auditorium, 285 University Ave., Boulder, 303-492-8423. Through Nov. 16.

At The Mirror: Reflections of Japan in 20th Century Prints, will be on display at the Denver Art Museum through Sept. 21.

Chinn Wang. Firehouse Arts Center, 667 Fourth Ave., Longmont, 303-6512787. Through Oct. 5. Raw Emotion — Kari Knapp.Muse Gallery, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000. Through Sept. 14. Beyond Pop Art — Tom Wesselmann. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000. Through Sept. 14. Bubble Garden — Architect Paul Andersen. MCA Denver, 1485 Delgany St., Denver, 303298-7554. Drawn to Action: Posters from the AIGA Design Archives — Various artists. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000. Through January 18, 2015. Elegant Simplicity — by Michael Gabridge. The Dairy Center for The Arts, 2590 Walnut Street, Boulder, 303-440-7826. Through fall. Fictions: Recent Works — Artist Daniel Sprick. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000. Through Nov. 2.

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The Fresh A.I.R. Series — Various Artists. Community Art Program gallery, NCAR, 1850 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, 303-497-1174. Through Sep. 20. First Glance/Second Look: Quilts from the

Films and Works — by Paul Sietsema. MCA Denver, 1485 Delgany St., Denver, 303298-7554. Through Oct. 12.

Game Changer — Various artists. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-2122. Through Sept. 14. Photography and Vision: The Influence of Joyce and Ted Strauss — Various artists. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000.Through January 25, 2015. Summer in 3D — Various artists. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000. Through Sept. 21. The Language of Water — by Buff Elting. The Dairy Center for The Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. Through Oct. 10. A Table (Somewhat): Conversations Between Objects — by various artists. University of Colorado Art Museum, 1085 18th St., Boulder. 303-492-8300. Through Dec. 20. ART/TEKNE: Part 3 “Metaphorming Nature: Connecting Human/Nature’s Creative Potential” — Todd Siler. CU Art Museum, 1085 18th St., Boulder, 303-492-8300. Through Dec. 20. Unbound: Sculpture in the Fields — Various artists. Outdoor Gallery, Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada, 720-898-7255. Through Sept. 30, 2015.

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EVENTS from Page 45 Ave., Boulder, 303-492-8423. Mother’s Day Invention. 5 p.m. Boulder Beer Company, 2880 Wilderness Place, Boulder, 303-444-8448. The New LPs. 10 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922. Purple Squirrel. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.

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Silent Bear. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel & Home of the Blues, 800 28th St., Boulder, 303-443-3322. Wellington Bullings. 8 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 North Park Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757.

Events America’s Latino Eco Festival. All day. Various locations. www.americaslatinoecofestival.org. The Great Indian Novel. 4:30 p.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.

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Butch Hancock. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685. Chris Daniels & The Kings. 8 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 720-297-6397. Cloud Cult. 7 p.m. eTown Hall, 1535 Spruce St., Boulder, 303-443-8696. David & Enion Tiller. 7:30 p.m. Oskar Blues CyclHOPS, 600 S. Airport Road, Longmont, 303-776-BIKE. Full Belly. 8 p.m. Waterloo, 809 Main St., Louisville, 303-993-2094. The Go Rounds. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628. Home for the Bewidered. 6:30 p.m. Still Cellars, 1115 Colorado Ave., Longmont, 720-204-6064. Maynard Mills Band. 8 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel & Home of the Blues, 800 28th St., Boulder, 303-4433322.

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Papa Juke. 8 p.m. Bittersweet Cafe & Confections, 836 Main St., Louisville, 303-317-5522.

B.L.A.M. 5 p.m. Sanitas Brewing Company, 3550 Frontier Ave., Boulder, 303-442-4130.

Ragged Union. 8 p.m. Harmony Music House, 2525 Broadway, Boulder, 303-444-7444.

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

Rebecca Folsom and Cari Minor. 8 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 North Park Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757.

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Saturday, Sept 13 Innisfree: Richard Vargas. 4 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe, 1203 13th St., Suite A, Boulder, 303-495-3303. Sunday, Sept 14 Max & Ruby at the Warthog’s Wedding — by Rosemary Wells. 11 a.m. Boulder Book Store,

Sambadende. 7 p.m. St Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696. The Symbols. 10 p.m. Pioneer Inn, 15 E. First St., Nederland, 303-258-7733. Taylor Radio. 9:30 p.m. LOCAL eat + drink, 432 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-2472. Teknoboss. 9 p.m. Shine Restaurant & Gathering Place, 2027 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-0120. Trout Steak Revival. 9 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1128 13th St., Boulder, 303-447-0095. Tyler Thompson. 6 p.m. Oskar Blues CHUBurger, 1225 Ken Pratt Blvd., Longmont, 303-485-2482.

Events America’s Latino Eco Festival. All day. Various locations. www.americaslatinoecofestival.org. Boulder International Folk Dance. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Dance Coalition, 6185 Araphoe Road, Boulder, 303440-8303.

Innisfree: Weekly Open Poetry Reading. 7 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe, 1203 13th St., Suite A, Boulder, 303495-3303.

The Opportunity Equation — by Eric Schwarz. 7 p.m. Tattered Cover Book Store, 2526 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, 303-322-7727.

GAMB. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Homemade Liquids and Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303-485-9400. Hindsight. 7 p.m. Odd 13 Brewing, 301 E. Simpson St., Lafayette, 303-997-4164. John McKay Band. 8 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 720-297-6397. Pride Week: Queer Showcase at the Farmer’s Market. 10 a.m. Boulder Farmers’ Market, 13th St., Boulder, 303-910-2236. Psychodillo. 10 p.m. Pioneer Inn, 15 E. First St., Nederland, 303-258-7733. Sweet Lillies. 10 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922.

Birch Street. 10 p.m. The Lazy Dog Sports Bar & Grill, 1346 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-3355. Blue Gramma Bluegrass. 5 p.m. Left Hand Brewing Co., 1265 Boston Ave., Longmont, 303-772-0258. Boulder Bassoon Quartet: From the Opposite Shore. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Piano Gallery, 3111 Walnut

Zach Holcomb Duo. 8 p.m. 2020 Food + Wine Bar, 2020 Ionosphere St., Longmont, 720-491-3578. Zeppephilia. 8 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 North Park Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757.

Minecrafternoons* at Meadows. 3:30 p.m. Meadows Branch Library, 4800 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-4414390.

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America’s Latino Eco Festival. All day. Various locations. www.americaslatinoecofestival.org. Calico and Boots. 7 p.m. Glenns Den, 10178 Empire Drive, Lafayette, 303-4408303. The Lafayette Brew Fest. 1 p.m. Lafayette Marketplace, S. Boulder

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Theater Company. At Avenue Theater, 417 E. 17th Ave., Denver, 303-321-5925. Through Sept. 28.

Arsenic and Old Lace — Presented by the Upstart Crow Theatre Company. At The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder. 303-440-7826. Through Sept. 13.

A Second Helping: The Church Basement Ladies Sequel. Boulder’s Dinner Theatre, 5501 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-4496000. Through Nov. 8.

Death By Design. Spark Theater, 3190 Wadsworth Blvd., Denver, 303-58-6761. Through Sept. 27.

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Bye Bye Birdie — Presented by Center Stage Theatre Company. The Nomad Theatre, 1410 Quince Ave., Boulder, 303-673-0744. Through Sept. 13.

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Pride Week: Cruiser Pride Ride. 11 a.m. Boulder Farmers’ Market, 13th St., Boulder, 303-910-2236. Pride Week: Trans* and Ally Bike Ride. 9 a.m. Eben G. Fine Park Shelter, 101 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3388. “Skylight: A Window to Understanding Light” — Presented by the Boulder Arts Association. 11 a.m. George Reynolds Branch Library, 3595 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, 303-441-3120. “Skylight: A Window to Understanding Light” — Presented by the Boulder Arts Association. 3 p.m. Meadows Branch Library, 4800 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-441-4390. Tango Night at BTS. 9 p.m. Boulder Dance Coalition, 6185 Araphoe Road, Boulder, 303-440-8303. Three Tales of Poe Presented by Theatre-Hikes

Colorado. 1 p.m. Chautauqua Park, 900 Baseline Road, Boulder.

Sunday, September 14 Music Blame it on Hoboken, Live! 2:30 p.m. Still Cellars, 1115 Colorado Avenue Suite C, Longmont, 720-2046064. Boulder Phil: Opening Night. 7 p.m. Macky Auditorium, 285 University Ave., Boulder, 303-492-8423. Constant Tourists. 6 p.m. Oskar Blues Homemade Liquids and Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303-485-9400. David Williams. 5 p.m. Gold Hill Inn, 401 Main St., Boulder, 303-443-6461. Glenn Roth. 9:30 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.

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An Evening with Steven Wright. 8 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 13, Chautauqua Auditorium, 900 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-440-7666. $32.50-$50. A lot of comedians start with elements of their basic personality, and then work to amplify them for comic effect. That’s not the case with Steven Wright’s legendarily flat delivery. “It’s just how I talk,” he says. “Being on stage, it’s a pretty empty place. There’s nothing really for me to get excited about. I’ll be yelling watching a baseball game if someone hits a grand slam, but basically, that’s just how I talk.” Wright will be showing off that total lack of enthusiasm at Chautauqua Auditorium on Saturday, Sept. 13. And whether Wright gets excited about delivering his abstract one-liners and off-kilter musings or not, the best sign of the impending funny is that Wright says the reason he has only released two albums and three specials in his 30-year comedy career is that he prefers to focus on his live show. Most likely because it’s so relaxing for him onstage. —Josh Gross

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Ian McFeron and Alisa Milner. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628. The Prairie Scholars: Dinner Music. 8 p.m. Lyons Fork, 450 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-5014. Scott Von. 4:30 p.m. Left Hand Brewing Co., 1265 Boston Ave., Longmont, 303-772-0258.

Meadows Creative Writing Club. 4 p.m. Meadows Branch Library, 4800 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-4414390. Tango class for Beginners. 6 p.m. Boulder Dance Coalition, 6185 Araphoe Road, Boulder, 303-440-8303.

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eTown Live Radio Show Taping. 7 p.m. eTown Hall, 1535 Spruce St., Boulder, 303-443-8696.

Great Books Discussion Group. 7:30 p.m. Meadows Branch Library, 4800 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-4414390.

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

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

Seth Phillips. 6 p.m. The Dickens Tavern, 300 Main St., Longmont, 303-834-9384.

11th Annual Boulder Pridefest. 11 a.m. Central Park Boulder, 13th Street, Boulder.

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

Symphonic Band. 7:30 p.m. Macky Auditorium, 1595 Pleasant St., Boulder, 303-492-8423.

America’s Latino Eco Festival. All day. Various locations. www.americaslatinoecofestival.org.

Dave Tamkin. 6:30 p.m. Twisted Pine Brewing Company, 3201 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-786-9270.

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Comedy Night. 7 p.m. Bohemian Biergarten, 2017 13th St., Boulder, 720-328-8328.

David Booker Band. 8 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 North Park

Steve Manshel. 12 p.m. Oskar Blues CyclHOPS, 600 S. Airport Road, Longmont, 303-776-BIKE.

Open Studio | All Ages Art Class. 3 p.m. Tinker Art Studio, 1300 Yellow Pine Ave. #B, Boulder, 303-5031902. Palmer Park Run. 5:30 p.m. Boulder Running Company, 28th St. and Pearl St., Boulder, 800-807-6179. Socrates Cafe. 2 p.m. Meadows Branch Library, 4800 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-441-4390. Wednesday Fun Run. 6 p.m. Boulder Running Company, 28th and Pearl streets, Boulder, 800-807-6179.

Cinema Program free screening of Christo’s Valley Curtain. 6:30 p.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe

Three Tales of Poe Presented by Theatre-Hikes Colorado. 1 p.m. Chautauqua Park, 900 Baseline Road, Boulder. Welcome Back Potluck. 11:45 a.m. Boulder Dance Coalition, 6185 Araphoe Road, Boulder, 303-440-8303. Yoga in the Park @ Pridefest. 11:30 a.m. Central Park Boulder, 13th St., Boulder.

Monday, September 15 Music Monday Night Blues Jam. 7:30 p.m. Agora at the Riverside, 1724 Broadway St., Boulder, 720-477-4164. Open Javan. 6 p.m. Jamestown Mercantile Cafe, 108 Main St., Jamestown, 303-442-5847. Open Mic. 7:30 p.m. Johnny’s Cigar Bar, 1801 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-0884.

Events America’s Latino Eco Festival. All day. Various locations. www.americaslatinoecofestival.org. Bad or Good: A Public Art Slideshow. 7 p.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100. Citizenship Classes. 6:30 p.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100. German Speaking Table. All Day. Bohemian Biergarten, 2017 13th St., Boulder, 720-328-8328. Trivia Night. 8:30 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922.

Tuesday, September 16 Music Bill McKay. 6:30 p.m. St Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696. Blake Aaron Russell. 7 p.m. Bittersweet Cafe & Confections, 836 Main St., Louisville, 303-317-5522. Boulder Timberliners Barbershop Chorus. 7 p.m. Mt. Zion Lutheran Church, 1680 Balsam Ave., Boulder, 303-443-4151. Denny Driscoll. 6 p.m. The Dickens Tavern, 300 Main St., Longmont, 303-834-9384. Greg Harris Vibe Quintet. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628. Live Jazz Music Duos on the Patio. 6 p.m. Agora at the Riverside, 1724 Broadway St., Boulder, 720-4774164. Mark Diamond presents: The Heavy Cats. 9 p.m. Attic Bar & Bistro, 949 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-415-1300. Mathias and The Crooked Streets. 8 p.m. Waterloo, 809 Main St., Louisville, 303-993-2094. Tab Benoit. 8 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1128 13th St., Boulder, 303-447-0095.

Events Boulder World Affairs Discussion Group. 10 a.m. Meadows Branch Library, 4800 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-441-4390. Das Boot Trivia. 8 p.m. Bohemian Biergarten, 2017 13th St., Boulder, 720-328-8328. Jayme Stone & The Other Side of the Air. 12 p.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-4413100.

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A feast for the eyes

Masterpieces of Polish Cinema, 35mm and more

by Michael J. Casey

Jerzy Kawalerowicz

ummer is over, school is back in “the impertinent freedom of creativity in session and that can only mean the cinema.” one thing: the glorious return of The series was hand picked and personthe University of Colorado ally curated by Scorsese, who, in the press Boulder’s own International Film release, states, “These are films that have Series (IFS). great emotional and visual power — they’re Now in his 17th season as IFS Director, ‘serious’ films that, with their depth, stand Pablo Kjølseth is extremely excited with the up to repeated viewings. The subtext of picks and guests he has lined up for the fall great conflict and cultural identity is universlate. Kjølseth has been watching movies at sal, even if you don’t know the history of IFS since 1980, and programming them Poland, the themes in these films will resosince 1997. He is a man on a mission to nate, as they did profoundly for me.” make sure that quality cinema does not go Masterpieces of Polish Cinema is a travgently into that good night. Valuing repereling program that started making the tory picks alongside current offerings, rounds across U.S. arthouse theaters and Mother Joan of Angels, screening as part of the Masterpieces of Polish CinKjølseth models IFS after his favorite film museums earlier this year. In August, the ema, features haunting imagery on par with The Exorcist. festivals and aims for a very diverse, very program held a weeklong residency at the high level of selection. Sie Film Center in Denver with great sucMaking up the backbone of IFS are the British director and CU’s own Alex Cox) will be cess. Now, Masterpieces of Polish Cinema weekend screenings, which collect excellence in covered in greater detail in future issues. But it is makes its way to Boulder, where IFS will screen 10 independent cinema, many of which received critical the program that started on Sept. 10 and continues of the program’s 21 movies over the course of 10 acclaim — titles like Mood Indigo, Frank and every Wednesday night until Nov. 12 that is sure to weeks. IFS’s schedule was already jam-packed when Boyhood. On Tuesdays, the intrepid viewer is treated light a fire in the mind of every moviegoer — to some of the best documentaries from 2014: Martin Scorsese Presents: Masterpieces of Polish Milestone Films, the company in charge of distribJodorowsky’s Dune, Life Itself and Fifi Hollows From Cinema. uting the program, offered Kjølseth his pick of the Happiness. Thursdays, movies will be presented in Anyone who confines their study of European litter. Kjølseth turned to a colleague of his, CU the Visual Arts Complex (VAC) Basement cinema to five or six French directors, two or three Professor Suranjan Ganguly, for assistance in selectAuditorium on beautiful 35mm. This series kicks off Italians and one Swede will have that narrow thinking which movies should play at IFS. Thursday, Sept. 11, with Fear and Loathing in Las ing shattered by Masterpieces of Polish Cinema. “I basically said, ‘All right Suranjan, just tell me Vegas and a “can’t-miss” special guest introduction. The series provides a giant sweep of a culture and which ones you think we should bring,’” Kjølseth IFS’s weekly series of Film on 35mm, as well as art spanning four decades, seven directors and says. “I told him, ‘We got 10 weeks of programming, the world premiere of Bill the Galactic Hero (from exhibits what Polish director Andrezj Wajda called, so select 10 titles.’ And then, basically, I arranged

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The ALEF film forum is taking place at Boedecker Theater from September 11 through September 14. The following films and documentaries will be showing: Waste Land: filmmaker Q&A via Skype Extreme Realities The Condor’s Shadow Angel Azul: Q&A with filmmaker Marcelina Cravat at one of the two showings Why in My Backyard - Hidroaysen: Q&A with filmmakers Go For Sisters: Q&A with Edward James Olmos A Fierce Green Fire: Q&A with filmmaker Mark Kitchell BBoy for Life: filmmaker Q&A with Coury Deeb Children of the Amazon: Q&A with filmmaker Denise Zmekhol For the Next 7 Generations Who Is Dayani Cristal?: filmmaker Q&A via Skype Elena Antarctica: A Year on Ice: Filmmaker Q&A with Anthony Powell

This is a fact-filled, acid-inspired fiction film starring Johhny Depp as journalist Raoul Duke, and Benicio Del Toro as his sidekick attorney as they head to Vegas to not cover a motorcycle race while doing copious amounts of drugs. IFS. September 11, 7:30 p.m. only. At VAC Basement Auditorium (1B20)

EROICA

This two-part film by Polish director Andrzej Munk examines the Warsaw Uprising and the attempt by Polish citizens to resist their German occupiers. IFS. September 17, 7:30 p.m. only, Muenzinger Auditorium. 50 September 11, 2014

THE FISHER KING

These live, national, in-theater screenings events are moderated by Peter Travers, film critic for Rolling Stone magazine. Watch a live via-internet interview with actor Simon Pegg and director Peter Chelsom after the preview screening of their new comedy, Hector and the Search for Happiness. At Boedecker. — Boedecker Theater

NIGHT MOVES

An imaginative and touching film about a narcissistic talk radio host (Jeff Bridges) and a wacked homeless man (Robin Williams) who go on a quest in New York City that just might save them both. IFS. September 12, 7:30 p.m. only. At Muenzinger Auditorium.

Jesse Eisenberg, Dakota Fanning and Peter Sarsgaard star in this tense drama that pitches personal committment to a cause against personal trust as three radical environmentalists look to execute the protest of their lives: the explosion of a hydroelectric dam. At Boedecker. — Boedecker Theater

FRANK

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An offbeat comedy about a young wannabe musician who finds himself out of his depth when he joins an avant-garde pop band led by the mysterious and enigmatic Frank and his terrifying bandmate Clara. At Boedecker. — Boedecker Theater

George Takei played Sulu in the original Star Trek series and he is also a gayrights activist. He is as at home testifying before Congress as he is signing autographs at Comic Con. Bottom line, his life makes for a great doc. IFS. September 16, 7:30 only, Muenzinger Auditorium.

GOD HELP THE GIRL Set in Glasgow, Scotland, this pop-musical is about a girl called Eve who deals with her emotional problems through songwriting. She finds herself in the city, where she meets James and Cassie, two musicians each at crossroads of their own. What follows is a story of renaissance over the course of a long, dream-like summer. Written, directed and scored by the lead singer/ songwriter of Belle and Sebastian. At Boedecker. —Boedecker Theater

THE NEW YORK FILM CRITICS SERIES: HECTOR AND THE SEARCH FOR HAPPINESS

WE ARE THE BEST Lukas Moodysson’s breakout 2002 film Lilya 4-ever was a grim portrait of a teenager descending into prostitution and slavery. With We Are the Best! Moodysson returns to teenaged protagonists. His protagonists this time are treated with the perfect blend of love and freedom both by their parents and by their director. IFS. September 14, 7:30 p.m. only. At Muenzinger Auditorium. — IFS Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com

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them chronologically. That made my job pretty easy.” The one exception to the chronological ordering was the opening night movie, Wojciech Has’s The Saragossa Manuscript from 1964, which opened the series on September 10th. This puzzle box of a story was a personal favorite of Grateful Dead guitarist, Jerry Garcia, as well as being one of the world’s first “midnight movies.” If you missed The Saragossa Manuscript, don’t worry, because Has’s other movie in the series, The Hourglass Sanatorium, from 1973, plays Oct. 29 and is one of the most off-the-wall movies I have ever seen. Taking place in a sanatorium/decaying manor, The Hourglass Sanatorium is an odd cocktail of magic, dream and death. If you’ve ever wondered what a mashup of Inception, Hammer Horror and Sigmund Freud might look like, then this is one that you won’t want to miss. For Kjølseth, it is the film in the series that he is most excited to see on the big screen. And a big screen is exactly what these films deserve. Each paints on a large canvas, and the bigger the screen, the darker the theater, the more you will enjoy them. Andrzej Wajda’s Ashes and Diamonds — playing Oct. 1 with an introduction from Ganguly, the professor who assisted with curating the film series — is a movie loaded with giant images that consume the characters. The most notable of them is of an inverted Christ statue that literally and figuratively hangs over the characters and their every action. When seen on a computer screen, it looks well-composed and artistic. When experienced on the big screen, that Boulder Weekly

statue fills the screen and takes on a whole range of emotions and meanings. Noted film critic Manny Faber said, “Every movie transmits the DNA of its time” and Ashes and Diamonds is no exception. The movie is set on the last day of WWII, the day when the Nazi Occupation ended and the Communist rule began. In fact, all of the movies included in this series were made under Communist rule, and that suffocating regime is felt most powerfully in Krysztof Zanussi’s The Constant Factor, which will close the series on Nov. 12. In it, Zanussi perfectly details the thousands of little indignations that slowly drive a man mad. If madness is your cup of tea, then Mother Joan of Angels from Jerzy Kawalerowicz (Oct. 15) — a haunting horror story on par with The Exorcist — will suit you just fine. Other notables include Andrzej Munk’s Eroica (Sept. 17), two heroic vignettes set during the Nazi Occupation and tied together with humor and realism. Zanussi’s The Illumination (Nov. 5), a movie about a scientist, will delight any viewer who has grown weary of conventional storytelling. And one of my personal favorite’s, Tadeusz Konwicki’s austere and dreamy, Last Day of Summer (Sept. 24) centers on two strangers who try to communicate, but simply can’t. I could go on, but movies are meant to be watched, not described. Visit IFS’s website, www.internationalfilmseries.com, for dates, times and screening locations, as well as specialty information about the movies and guest introductions. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com

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ay goodbye to the steaks. Forget the foie gras. Put that pork chop away (assuming you can afford any of them). UK-based scientists say eating less meat is a vital part of tackling climate change.

A study published in Nature Climate Change says that on present trends, food production on its own will reach — and perhaps exceed — the global targets for total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in 2050. Healthier diets — defined as meaning lower meat and dairy consumption — and reduced food waste are among the solutions needed to ensure food security and avoid dangerous climate change, the study says. More people, with more of us wanting meat-heavy Western diets, mean increasing farm yields will not meet the demands of an expected 9.6 billion humans. So we shall have to cultivate more land. This, the authors say, will mean more deforestation, more carbon emissions and further biodiversity loss, while extra livestock will raise methane levels.

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Without radical changes, the report’s authors expect cropland to expand by 42 percent by 2050 and fertiliser use by 45 percent (over 2009 levels). A further tenth of the world’s pristine tropical forests would disappear by mid-century. All this would cause GHG emissions from food production to increase by almost 80 percent by 2050 — roughly equal to 2050’s target GHG emissions for the entire global economy. They think halving food waste and managing demand for envi-

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2011-2013, food insecurity ranged from levels of of 8.7 percent in North Dakota to 21.2 percent in Arkansas. During the three-year period, the prevalence of food insecurity in Colorado is recorded as “near U.S. average.” Only 13 states recorded the prevalence of food insecurity below the U.S. average. Eight states recorded food insecurity above the U.S. average. Get more information or read the full report at http://www.ers.usda. gov/. – Nadia Mishkin

Cured, “Boulder’s premiere cheese, charcuterie, wine and artisanal provisions market,” is teaming up with local companies to create a Colorado super-sandwich. And while the merits of the Colorado super-sandwich are self-evident, there’s more to it than just location and superior ingredients: a good cause. The sandwich will benefit local farmers by raising FAST FOOD PROTESTS awareness and money for Fast food workers protested en those impacted by last masse last week, with demonstrations September’s flood. in approximately 150 cities across Cured searched Colorado far the nation. Their demand? A $15/ and wide to create a sandwich they hour minimum wage, which they say call the “PLT,” made of 100 percent homegrown ingredients — Tender Belly This sandwich, while it may alleviate your hunger, will not benefit local is what they would require to meet their financial needs. Ham in a house made Porchetta, Cure farmer’s impacted by last year’s flooding. You’ll need to grab a PLT from Cured for that. The demonstrations led to dozens Farm Egg Aioli, Avalanche Cheese of arrests, including three in DenCompany’s Cabra Blanca Cheese, proportion of American households classified ver, where college student Tucker BonaVida Growers’ Tomatoes, and Oxford as “food insecure” has declined to the lowest Plumlee, Rev. Patrick Demmer of the Graham Gardens Summer Lettuce mix. level since 2007, 14.3 percent. Memorial Community Church of God in Christ This special sandwich is being sold at the However, those numbers vary greatly from and McDonald’s employee Christian Median special price of $10 and 10 percent of each state to state. There are many states that were demonstrating in front of a McDonald’s, one purchased will be returned to Oxford deviate significantly from the ration of food and then forcibly removed by police from Gardens and BonaVida Growers, who were stamp participation to reported food insecua crosswalk on Colfax Avenue where they hit especially hard by the 2013 floods. rity. States such as Mississippi, Arkansas and staged a sit-in. – Nadia Mishkin New Mexico have higher rates of reported The protests were part of the now year-old food insecurity, but lower rates of food stamp Fight for 15 campaign. participation, because of variations in how The Denver Post reported that the NationFOOD SECURITY NOT CONSISTENT ACROSS states define eligibility and administer enrollal Restaurant Association wrote the protests STATES ment in the program. off as “an attempt by unions to boost their A report released by the U.S. DepartAccording to a recently-released study dwindling membership.” ment of Agriculture last week shows that the on the prevalence of food insecurity from – Josh Gross

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here’s no limits!” the staffer at Project Pie barked out to me, like he was cheering a sports team. “That’s what sets us apart.” His enthusiasm was surprising for a wage-earner in a chain pizza joint in a college district like the Hill, but it was understandable from the other side of the register. The thing that wasn’t limited Project Pie 1155 13th St., was the Boulder amount 720-550-8271 of toppings that could be piled onto the $7.85 “build-your-own” pizza I’d just ordered. If I wanted a suicide buffet of all 30-odd toppings laid out on the assembly line, then by Jove, I could have it. No. Limits. But I didn’t. Because that would be icky. However, rolling down the line, making it up as you go like a Subway sandwich without getting nickel and dimed for every dash of basil or sea salt, is pizza assembly worth believing in. My pizza artist rolled and brushed the dough, slapped my dream team on top and threw it in the oven to bake. The final product ended up with roasted Brussels sprouts, prosciutto, mushrooms, caramelized onions, peppers and red sauce on top of the fresh-baked and tasty thin-style crust.

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My pizza, like all on the menu, was personalsized; small enough for one, but big enough to be satisfying at the same time. And thanks to the thin crust, it wasn’t all dough and no toppings. For the non-pizza innovators out there, the menu has a selection of pre-curated pizzas to choose from. Most stuck to tried and true themes like meat-lovers or veggie, or the white-style pizza with chicken, gorgonzola and red onion. But a few let their freak flag fly, working in the Brussels sprouts and barbecue sauce. But with the no-limits pick-your-own sitting

there, looking scrumptious, going straight menu seemed silly. My dining companion and I took a seat and scrolled through the large list of quotations tagged on one wall, which as far as wall-based reading material goes, was top-notch. Between the high ceilings and large windows, it was a generally pleasant atmosphere to wait in, though definitely low-key in its vibe, something that is a nice split from the modern pizza movement, which involves classing up both the pie and the digs, jacking up the price and dress code. The pizza only took a few minutes, making Project Pie a nice combination of fresh- and rapid-made. On the side I had chopped kale salad. Unlike the pizza, it didn’t specifically have limits, but it was pre-made according to the house recipe, and one that paired well with the pizza. The sugar-water to drink came courtesy of Boylan’s, whose cane sugar soda is better than the corn syrup sludge of other pizza chains, but is still soda. Pizza ain’t for everyone. Especially not in Boulder, where carbs are viewed like Nazi collaborators. Similarly, the Hill in all its “woo-hoooery” isn’t for everyone. But Project Pie is fast, affordable, fresh and custom-made. It don’t get much better than that. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com

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versity remains. Food waste occurs at all stages in the food chain, caused in developing countries by poor storage and transport and in wealthier nations by wasteful consumption. This squanders resources, especially energy, the authors say. “As well as encouraging sustainable agriculture, we need to re-think what we eat.” Yield gap closure alone still shows a GHG increase of just over 40 percent by 2050. Closing yield gaps and halving food waste shows emissions increasing by 2 percent. But with healthy diets added too, the model suggests that agricultural GHG levels could fall by 48 percent from their 2009 level. The team says replacing diets containing too much food, especially emission-intensive meat and dairy products, with an average balanced diet avoiding excessive consumption of sugars, fats, and meat products, significantly reduces pressures on the environment even further. It says this “average” balanced diet is “a relatively achievable goal for most. For example, the figures included two 85g portions of red meat and five eggs per week, as well as a portion of poultry a day.” Co-author Professor Pete Smith from the University of Aberdeen says, “Unless we make some serious changes in food consumption trends, we would have to completely decarbonise the energy and industry sectors to stay within emissions budgets that avoid dangerous climate change. “That is practically impossible – so, as well as encouraging sustainable agriculture, we need to re-think what we eat.” Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com Boulder Weekly

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In the 2000 film Cast Away, Tom Hanks plays an American FedEx executive who is stranded alone on a remote Pacific island after he survives a plane crash. A few items from the plane wash up on shore, including a volleyball. He draws a face on it and names it “Wilson,” creating a companion who becomes his confidant for the next four years. I’d love to see you enlist an ally like Wilson in the coming week, Aries. There are some deep, messy, beautiful mysteries you need to talk about. At least for now, the only listener capable of drawing them out of you in the proper spirit might be a compassionate inanimate object that won’t judge you or interrupt you.

TAURUS

APRIL 20-MAY 20:

As far as I know, there has been only one battleship in history that was named after a poet. A hundred years ago, the Italian navy manufactured a dreadnought with triple-gun turrets and called it Dante Alighieri, after the medieval genius who wrote the Divine Comedy. Other than that, most warships have been more likely to receive names like Invincible, Vengeance, Hercules, or Colossus. But it would be fine if you drew some inspiration from the battleship Dante Alighieri in the coming weeks. I think you will benefit from bringing a lyrical spirit and soulful passion to your expression of the warrior archetype.

GEMINI

MAY 21-JUNE 20:

If you go to a 7-Eleven convenience store and order a Double Big Gulp drink, you must be prepared to absorb 40 teaspoons of sugar. But what will be an even greater challenge to your body is the sheer amount of fluid you will have to digest: 50 ounces. The fact is, your stomach can’t easily accommodate more than 32 ounces at a time. It’s true that if you sip the Double Big Gulp very slowly — like for a period of three and a half hours — the strain on your system will be less. But after the first half hour, as the beverage warms up, its taste will decline steeply. Everything I’ve just said should serve as a useful metaphor for you in the coming week. Even if you are very sure that the stuff you want to introduce into your life is healthier for you than a Double Big Gulp, don’t get more of it than you can comfortably hold.

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JUNE 21-JULY 22:

If you surrender to the passive part of your personality, you will be whipped around by mood swings in the coming days. You will hem and haw, snivel and procrastinate, communicate ineptly, and be confused about what you really feel. If, on the other hand, you animate the proactive side of your personality, you are likely to correct sloppy arrangements that have kept you off-balance. You will heal rifts and come up with bright ideas about how to get the help you need. It’s also quite possible you will strike a blow for justice and equality, and finally get the fair share you were cheated out of in the past.

LEO

JULY 23-AUG. 22:

In his 1982 martial arts film Dragon Lord, Jackie Chan experimented with more complex stunts than he had tried in his previous films. The choreography was elaborate and intricate. In one famous sequence, he had to do 2,900 takes of a single fight sequence to get the footage he wanted. That’s the kind of focused attention and commitment to detail I recommend to you in the coming weeks, Leo — especially if you are learning new tricks and attempting novel approaches.

VIRGO

AUG. 23-SEPT. 22:

In 1786, Jacques Balmat and Michel Paccard were the first explorers to reach the top of 15,781-foot Mont Blanc on the French-Italian border. They were hailed as heroes. One observer wrote that the ascent was “an astounding achievement of courage and determination, one of the greatest in the annals of mountaineering. It was accomplished by men who were not only on unexplored ground but on a route that all the guides believed impossible.” And yet today, 228 years later, the climb is considered relatively easy for anyone who’s reasonably prepared. In a typical year, 20,000 people make it

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to the summit. Why am I bringing this to your attention? Because I suspect that you are beginning to master a skill that will initially require you to be like Balmat and Paccard, but will eventually be almost routine.

LIBRA

SEPT. 23-OCT. 22:

Those who invoke the old metaphor about the caterpillar that transforms into the butterfly often omit an important detail: the graceful winged creature is helpless and weak when it first wriggles free of its chrysalis. For a while it’s not ready to take up its full destiny. As you get ready for your own metamorphosis, Libra, keep that in mind. Have plans to lay low and be self-protective in the days following your emergence into your new form. Don’t try to do loop-theloops right away.

SCORPIO

OCT. 23-NOV. 21:

According to my analysis of the astrological omens, you Scorpios are currently the sign of the zodiac that is least likely to be clumsy, vulgar, awkward, or prone to dumb mistakes. On the other hand, you are the most likely to derisively accuse others of being clumsy, vulgar, awkward, or prone to dumb mistakes. I recommend that you resist that temptation, however. In the coming week, it is in your selfish interests to be especially tactful and diplomatic. Forgive and quietly adjust for everyone’s mistakes. Don’t call undue attention to them or make them worse. Continue to build your likeability and fine-tune your support system.

SAGITTARIUS NOV. 22-DEC. 21:

You have cosmic permission to be bigger than life and wilder than sin. You have a poetic license to be more wise than clever. And you should feel free to laugh longer than might seem polite and make no apologies as you spill drinks while telling your brash stories. This phase of your astrological cycle does not require you to rein yourself in or tone yourself down or be a well-behaved model citizen. In fact, I think it will be best for everyone concerned if you experiment with benevolent mischief and unpredictable healing and ingenious gambles.

CAPRICORN

DEC. 22-JAN. 19:

For over 2,000 years, Chinese astronomers have understood the science of eclipses. And yet as late as the 1800s, sailors in the Chinese navy shot cannonballs in the direction of lunar eclipses, hoping to chase away the dragons they imagined were devouring the moon. I have a theory that there’s a similar discrepancy in your psyche, Capricorn. A fearful part of you has an irrational fantasy that a wiser part of you knows is a delusion. So how can we arrange for the wiser part to gain ascendancy? There’s an urgent need for you to stop wasting time and energy by indulging in that mistaken perspective.

AQUARIUS

JAN. 20-FEB. 18:

Squirrels don’t have a perfect memory of where they bury their nuts. They mean to go back and dig them all up later, but they lose track of many. Sometimes trees sprout from those forgotten nuts. It’s conceivable that on occasion a squirrel may climb a tree it planted years earlier. I see this as a useful metaphor for you to meditate on in the coming weeks. You are on the verge of encountering grown-up versions of seeds you sowed once upon a time and then forgot about.

PISCES

FEB. 19-MARCH 20:

On a German TV show, martial artist Jackie Chan performed a tough trick. While holding a raw egg in his right hand, he used that hand to smash through three separate sets of four concrete blocks. When he was finished, the egg was still intact. I see your next task as having some resemblances to that feat, Pisces. You must remain relaxed, protective, and even tender as you destroy an obstruction that has been holding you back. Can you maintain this dual perspective long enough to complete the job? I think you can.

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Dear Dan: I am a man who tends to ejaculate prematurely. Not all the time — but at least 50 percent of the time, I’m good for two to three minutes and then I REALLY have to be careful. I’ve learned to manage it and work around it (like, stop if I’m too close and eat her out to give me some time to relax, etc.), but it’s still a pain in the ass. I have a theory about this: I am not circumcised. I know that circumcised cocks are more desensitized, as they tend to rub on everything all the time. Could my problem be related to the fact that for the first 20 years of my life, the head of my cock had never been in direct contact with anything? And if not, are there tricks that exist to help me with this problem? — Unexposed Nub Could Upset Timing

just want to cuckold my husband! Why can’t there be an app for that? — Non-Experienced Wife Begs You Dear NEWBY: You’re in luck: There is an app for married people who want to cheat on their partners — with or without their partners’ permission — and I’m pretty sure you’re already familiar with this particular app, NEWBY, as it’s been around for a while. It’s called “The Internet.” This app can direct you to websites for cheaters (Ashley Madison), websites for kinksters (FetLife), and regular dating websites where married people in open relationships are free to advertise for new partners (OkCupid).

Dear UNCUT: You’re already doing everything premature ejaculators are urged to do, UNCUT: You’re paying close attention to your arousal levels, you’re being careful not to rush past the point of no return (or past the point of “orgasmic inevitability”), you’re taking fuck breaks as needed and eating a little pussy (not recommended for gay premature ejaculators). Those are the “tricks that exist” to help guys like you, and it sounds like you’ve mastered them. And while the heads of circumcised cocks tend to be less sensitive, UNCUT, studies of men circumcised in adulthood have found no link between circumcision and premature ejaculation. Uncut guys are no more likely to have problems with premature ejaculation, and cut guys are no less likely.

Dear Dan: I am 62 years old, fit, handsome, and intelligent. I’m also as horny as a 17-year-old. My committed boyfriend/partner/husband-to-be of 10 years is 41. I met him at a men’s club when he was wearing nothing but a towel, and we had great sex. We haven’t had sex since that first date. I have loved this man from that moment in the club. He is beautiful: Asian with a bit of Spanish, perfectly proportioned, athletic, smart, ambitious, creative, playful — my little brown prince. He has the most beautiful ass I have ever seen. He is from a culture that is very private and puts on a happy face — always. It’s hard for me to get inside and crack that stubborn nut. I would love nothing more than to make love to him. Some things are impossible to put into words, and lovemaking expresses so much. — Nine Outta Ten

Dear Dan: I’m a straight, vanilla 29-year-old woman, happily married to a kinky bi guy for six years, together for 13. He is free to sleep with other men, and I consider myself GGG — turning him on turns me on. You can do the math: I married my high-school sweetheart. (It wasn’t planned that way — we’re not religious — we just happened to get super lucky on the first try.) My husband has a cuckold fetish, and we role-play all the time. I would really love to make this fantasy a reality! My question is: How/where the fuck do I find someone? I don’t want to pick up some random, since I want to be as safe as possible, and I haven’t dated since I was 16. I feel completely lost. I

Dear NOT: A gay dude who fucks you once and refuses to fuck ever again isn’t that into fucking, isn’t that into you, or isn’t turned on by men he actually knows. Some gay men are aroused only by anonymous sex — you know, the kind of sex you two had on your first “date.” Some gay men overcome that sexual handicap, others don’t. If your “little brown prince” (erm) hasn’t managed to overcome it 10 years into this relationship, NOT, I doubt he ever will. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com Send questions to Dan Savage at mail@savagelove.net and follow him on Twitter @fakedansavage.

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television audience? “Experts” on the other side are regularly listed as members of pro-cannabis organizations. Dr. Herbert Kleber, for instance, is listed as a psychiatrist from Columbia University (which he is) and a substance-abuse expert. He’s an influential prohibitionist voice, all over the internet and television, speaking at conferences and writing columns for mainstream publications. But his “credentials” never mention that he is a paid consultant to Alkermes, which makes Zohydro, a powerful new opioid pain reliever, and Purdue Pharma, which makes OxyContin, an opioid that has a high rate of abuse in the U.S. Now those connections might not be significant, and it’s entirely possible that the “consultancy” money Dr. Kleber and others receive from those companies never influences anything they say or write about cannabis. Perhaps they believe everything they say. And I understand that prescription drugs are a multi-billion-dollar cutthroat industry — drug companies spend far more today to advertise their products than they do on research. But really, academics on television vilifying another product at the behest of corporate profits? Could medical companies, or the professors spewing the corporate line for the dough, sink any lower? Surely the academics, since they know so much about cannabis, recognize the significant problems with opioids. Ah, but they never mention that. You can hear Leland discuss his most recent column and Colorado cannabis issues each Thursday morning on KGNU. http:// news.kgnu/category/features/weedbetweenthe-lines/ Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com

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he numbers are compelling. American Medical Association, looked at ering the chances of people abusing preAs Americans seek more death rates for opioid use in states where scription drugs. relief from pain and compamedical cannabis laws were in place durFor some corporate medicine companies come up with ever-stron- ing the time of the study (1999-2010). nies, the possibility of using cannabis for ger drugs to ease discomfort, The researchers found that states that pain also creates the possibility that their so do mortality rates rise for the growing allowed medical cannabis had 25 percent bottom lines could be negatively affectnumber of patients who use opioid Congress THS (Substance abuse, hepatitis, AIDS) ed. In a recent report, Vice found pain relievers. The Centers for that some leading prohibitionDisease Control and Prevention ists who toe the line against estimates that 46 people a day die medical cannabis on television from opioid overdoses. More peoand in print as “leading scientifple — 16,000 or so — die from ic voices” are also paid consulopioid misuse than from any illetants for leading pharmaceutical gal drugs in any given year. companies, many which make Opioids, psychoactive chemiopioid-based pain relievers. cals that resemble morphine or Who should really be surother opiates in their pharmacoprised? The prohibitionist logical effects, are among the oldmovement, though losing est medicines mankind has used. ground quickly, is still alive and Their benefit in dealing with well and stigmatizing cannabis, severe and chronic pain is unquesand corporations protect their tionable, and when they are used interests whenever threatened. Columbia Professor Herb Kleber, a major cannabis prohicorrectly and under supervision, But when supposedly credible bitionist, is also a paid “consultant” for opioid drug makers. they are certainly valuable, lifespokespeople are being paid by saving medications. But as the figdrug companies, it leads you to ures above illustrate, they can be easily less deaths from opioid painkillers than wonder what else are they lying about. misused and abused. states that didn’t. This is hardly the first time that There hasn’t been a lot of research on Am I saying that access to cannabis medical corporations have been caught the relationship between cannabis and lowered death rates from opioids? Of putting profits ahead of healing. “Big opioids and pain relief. But studies sugcourse not. The authors of the latest Pharma and Health Care: Unsolvable gest that cannabis might help combat study state up-front that their concluConflict of Interests Between Private some discomfort and aid in stress relief sions beg for more intensive research Enterprise and Public Health,” a 2008 in conjunction with opioids. beyond parsing numbers. “Further inves- study of pharmaceutical company prac“Impact of Cannabis Use During tigation is required to determine how tices, found all kinds of problems, Stabilization on Methadone medical cannabis laws may interact with including sophisticated but questionable Maintenance Treatment,” published last policies aimed at preventing opioid anal- marketing techniques, companies conyear by The American Journal on gesic overdose,” they write. ducting their own clinical trials, pervaAddictions, concluded that addicts who The risk for opioid abuse is much sive lobbying, political ties that limit the use cannabis during withdrawal have less higher than the risk of abuse for cannaindependence of regulatory bodies and severe symptoms than those who don’t. bis, and withdrawal symptoms are much manipulating media. Another, “Medical Cannabis Laws and worse for opioids than for cannabis. So if Why can’t, at the very least, these Opioid Analgesic Overdose Mortality in studies show cannabis could help, it “experts’” ties to drug companies be listthe United States, 1999-2010,” pubwould seem to be a win-win for everyed alongside their academic credentials lished Aug. 25 in the Journal of the one: Another tool for doctors while low- when they speak in front of a national

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