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d e k c a r C BRINGING COURT OUTDOORS P. 6

FINDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING P. 10

Egg-flation hits Boulder County P. 27

GREETING THE GOAT BROS P. 20

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10 NEWS Boulder County’s newest affordable housing neighborhood still has open units BY KAYLEE HARTER

15 MUSIC Boulder Bach Festival ensemble rebrands with program of music by baroque women composers BY KELLY DEAN HANSEN

27 COVER

Egg sticker shock continues as bird flu decimates flocks and plagues local cafes and bakeries

BY JOHN LEHNDORFF

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DEPARTMENTS

06 OPINION

14 MUSIC

24 ASTROLOGY

07 LETTERS

19 FILM

25 SAVAGE LOVE

11 BOCO, BRIEFLY

20 EVENTS

Mercy and justice shake hands at Community Court

Pearl Street parking pains

Candidates seek vacant SD17 seat

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John Ross of Wild Pink still hasn’t found what he’s looking for

Two first-time nominees to root for at this year’s Oscars

West Pearl Art Walk, Goat Bros meet and greet

Be like the beaver, Taurus

Friends, foes and fruit fuckers

30 ON DRUGS

What to do if your local pharmacy shutters

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COMMENTARY FEBRUARY 27, 2025 Volume 32, Number 28 PUBLISHER: Stewart Sallo

EDITORIAL EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: Shay Castle ARTS EDITOR: Jezy J. Gray REPORTERS: Kaylee Harter, Tyler Hickman FOOD EDITOR: John Lehndorff CONTRIBUTING WRITERS: Rob Brezsny, Lucas A. Berenbrok, Michael J. Casey, Tony Glaros, Kelly Dean Hansen, Sophia Herbert, Michael Murphy, Dan Savage

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OPINION

WARMTH L IN THE WINTER Mercy and justice shake hands at Boulder’s Community Court

BY TONY GLAROS 6

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ocation, location, location. This epithet fits in a swath of meditations beyond the estimated value of real estate.

In similar fashion, it also describes the mission of Boulder Community Court. Among the city’s unhoused population, there is a percentage that find themselves facing low-level criminal charges. Offenses range from illegal camping to trespassing and drinking and smoking weed in public.

For many participants, the thought of being ordered to appear in a brick-and-mortar courtroom can churn waves of anxiety. Matters only get more complicated upon learning that personal belongings and dogs — often their most loyal companions — are not permitted in the building.

Rather than subjecting these participants to what they perceive as a hostile atmosphere, Community Court meets people where they are. It convenes every Thursday morning, rain or shine, on the backside of the Penfield Tate Municipal building at Canyon and Broadway.

There, along the cascading water of nearby Boulder Creek, esteemed Municipal Court Judge Jeff Cahn hears cases via Zoom. You didn’t have to score straight As in criminal procedure to sense the wisdom and affinity oozing from the screen. Could this be a snapshot of a hoped-for American criminal justice system? Or did I die in prison and wake up in Norway, where the emphasis is on the inherent dignity of each soul, the overarching need for rehabilitation, not punishment?

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OPINION After regaining the Oval “We take the court to them Office, President Trump didn’t rather than take them to the waste time in signing a flurry Boulder Municipal Building,” of executive orders and craftsaid De’Von Kissick Kelly, the ing bills that pledge other court administrator. While other reforms. On the campaign cities like Austin and Spokane trail, he said the homeless feature similar alternatives, cannot continue to block parks “we’re the only one I’m aware of and sidewalks. He proposes a that is mobile and outside.” nationwide ban on urban Boulder Community Court’s camping, while directing peoenterprising roots go back to ple to programs that treat drug 2020. A $400,000 grant from addiction and mental health. the Justice Department’s Homeless advocates claim Bureau of Justice Assistance that’s not the answer. The opened the door for the court to Michele Rodriguez (center) waits to distribute winter hats to particithreat of ordering treatment gather the basic tools that pants at Community Court on Feb. 13, 2025. Courtesy: City of Boulder and arrests only complicates shaped a more grassroots, the issue of finding apartments and jobs.

Reynolds, the court’s supervisory city benevolent approach.

However the issue plays out over the attorney. Reynolds, tall and athletic, “When an individual becomes next four years, I will always remember belies the TV version of a legal eagle housed,” explained Kissick Kelly, “the the gracious and good-hearted people who pads the buffed halls with a sober number of citations that individual of Boulder’s Community Court. They receives falls dramatically, a direct reflec- gaze and briefcase stuffed with relevant provide a penetrable fortress against documents. Flashing the boyish exubertion of that individual’s improved stabilimany of society’s ills and some muchance of a camp counselor I once knew, ty.” needed social nourishment for a time Reynolds, 40, strikes a calm and relaxed Walking across the grounds over sevsuch as this. pose. His ease, much to my delight, was eral visits, I was impressed at how If the allegorical Lady Justice would as contagious as the common cold. smoothly the operation flowed. One man pull off her blindfold long enough to see “I believe people aren’t just defenI met was busy browsing through the the acts of loving forbearance showdants,” he said, as participants huddle racks of gently worn clothing, collected cased within this branch of government, I with support staff to review the next by faith-based Deacons’ Closet. If he bet she would begin wildly clapping her steps involved in securing housing and stays “out of trouble,” he said, “the scales together. charges will be dismissed.” Staying clean jobs beyond serving as day laborers.

“People are people. We have an adverwill also improve his chances of regainTony Glaros, originally from Washington, sarial criminal justice system. We’ve got ing custody of his daughter, who lives a lot of work to do to change the system. DC, is a longtime reporter and teacher. with her aunt in Longmont.

He writes a weekly column for the I feel we can do our part and lead by As the overnight frost melted from the Times-Call in Longmont. example.” tangle of pathways, I spoke with Chris

LETTER TO THE EDITOR PARKING IS KEY TO PEARL STREET STRUGGLE

Your story in the Feb. 13 issue about the health of Pearl Street Mall (“Don’t call it a comeback”) seemed accurate. I was sad to read that the financial health of many good restaurants is precarious. It seems to me the city should be trying to get more visitors to the mall.

However, the story did not mention parking. Especially for visitors who drive there, this has not only been hard, but relatively recent changes have made it even harder.

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I really believe that many visiCourtesy: City of Boulder tors, especially if they are in a especially for infrequent tourists. These rental car, do NOT feel like adding an are the people who support restaurants, app to their phone just for a one-time especially in summer. visit! And having to read through the Also, the city indoor lots are still free on signs in the parking lots and/or looking up weekends (yay!), except the parking app the long information on the website is a charges you a fee and then removes it. I turn off. can easily see this going haywire for The old-fashioned way of just taking a some. Why can’t free simply be free??? ticket and then paying a human being at – Steve Levin, Niwot the end of your stay is so MUCH easier,

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BOCO’S NEWEST AFFORDABLE HOUSING STILL HAS OPEN UNITS ‘People make an assumption they won’t qualify’

BY KAYLEE HARTER

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t’s been three months since the first tenants moved into Lafayette’s Willoughby Corner. The county’s newest affordable development offers one-, two- and three-bedroom units and boasts a community garden, dog park, playground, orchards, pickleball courts and easy access to bike trails.

All the units are below market-rate with utilities included and no pet fees.

But for a county with over 28,000 costburdened households — each spending more than a third of their income on rent — it might be surprising to learn that the Boulder County Housing Authority (BCHA) is still working to fill about half of the 192 affordable units, including 51 units that aren’t up for lease yet and will be available beginning this spring.

It’s still early, and BCHA’s director of operations Amanda Guthrie says she doesn’t have any doubt they’ll be leased by this summer, but the housing authority is trying to get the word out about the homes.

“I think sometimes people self-screen and maybe screen themselves out,” she said. “We don’t want people to do that.

We want them to apply no matter what, and let us help with that.”

A TRICKY MATCH

Guthrie says people often worry “they’re taking a spot away from someone who might need it more than them.”

In actuality, the units that are left can’t go to those with the highest level of financial need (in most cases, at least).

That’s because Willoughby Corner and other affordable developments offer staggered pricing based on income; a certain number of apartments need to be leased 10

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at the higher rates in order for the building to stay financially afloat.

At Willoughby Corner, only 16 of the multifamily units and 14 of the units for adults 55 and older — about 15% percent of the total available apartments — can go to people with 30-40% of area median income (AMI). That’s about $30,700-40,900 for an individual or $43,800-58,400 for a family of four.

And Guthrie says those get snapped up quickly.

“It demonstrates the need that exists in the community for those lower area median rents and just how critical they are in terms of reaching people and serving the population,” she said.

The remaining units at Willoughby Corner can only go to those in the 60% AMI range.

In Boulder County, that’s $61,320 annual income for a household of one, $70,080 for a household of two, or $87,600 for a household of four. (The exception is

Willoughby Corner is offering open house tours and application assistance M-F from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Visit 928 Canterbury Drive, Lafayette.

writing process, basically, they’re evaluating what low rents can be offered,” Guthrie said.

A one-bedroom unit in Willoughby Corner, for example, can range from $820 for someone with 30% AMI to $1640 for someone with 60% AMI. “We’re trying to meet the needs of the community, but then we also need to make sure that we’re structuring the finances in a way that the property remains viable for the duration of the project.”

It’s a frustrating reality of financing affordable developments that can make for a tricky balancing act.

vacancies — two developments in Longmont are in a similar boat.

The Spoke on Coffman has one-bedroom units the county is working to fill at 60% AMI. Casa de la Esperanza has three-bedroom units available; that development uses the USDA definition of low-income, which for Boulder is $72,350 for a one-person household and $82,700 for a two-person household.

Casa de la Esperanza was originally only open to households with agricultural workers as their head, but as Longmont’s landscape has shifted “BCHA has found it difficult to fill vacancies,” Guthrie said.

As a result, through a USDA waiver granted last year, units at Casa de la Esperanza are now open to other households too, though ag workers are still prioritized.

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for affordable housing for folks with housing choice vouchers, a U.S. Department in Boulder County. of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) program “Sometimes I think housing, leasing that allows households to spend 30% of and connecting people with the right their income on rent with HUD covering units is a little bit like hitting a shot from the remainder — but waitlist times for half court,” Jim Williams, a BCHA the program are often five to 10 years, spokesperson, said. “It has to be really in according to the county.) just the right AMI range, and so some“When you’re proposing an affordable times that can be a bit of a challenge.” housing deal, you need to get financing Willoughby Corner isn’t alone in its and get the tax credits … In that under-

The initial pre-application form is a “pretty quick and easy, low-risk way” to find out if you qualify for any of the available units at Willoughby Corner or elsewhere.

“You don’t have to do a bunch of paperwork to get that initial phone call,” she said. “There’s just a handful of questions. That early tech commitment is minimal.”

Guthrie and Williams suspect a stigma associated with affordable housing might be holding folks back from applying. But the stigma, they say, isn’t the reality.

“Some folks may have visions of public housing, and in Boulder County, those just don’t apply,” Williams said. “Boulder County Housing Authority’s affordable housing is literally some of the best-looking homes you’ll see in a community.”

Williams sees affordable developments as a key part of keeping Boulder County’s communities strong.

“It’s teachers, it’s firefighters, it’s the person who brings your food to you in the restaurant you love to go to, it’s the coffee shop that you go to.

“We’re losing housing affordability every day as housing prices continue to go up and stay up,” he said. “We see our role as an affordable housing provider is central there, and all of our partners that provide affordable housing, in offsetting what is really just getting more and more challenging for the people who are trying to live in this community and serve this community.”

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BOCO, BRIEFLY Your local news at a glance

BY TYLER HICKMAN CANDIDATES SEEK VACANT SD17 SEAT AFTER SEN. JAQUEZ LEWIS’ ABRUPT RESIGNATION

Democrats are lining up to announce their candidacy for Senate District 17, which includes Longmont, Lafayette, Erie and parts of Broomfield, after former Sen. Sonya Jaquez Lewis abruptly resigned Feb. 18 amid an ongoing ethics investigation.

A senate vacancy committee will convene March 18 at 6 p.m. to fill the seat. Until then, SD17 residents will be without representation.

As of Feb. 25, 10 candidates have filed a letter of intent to fill the office. This amount of candidates “is more than I’ve ever had,” said Karin Asensio, Colorado Democrats executive director. Because of how large the field is, the party plans to hold a town hall on March 13 for community members to ask candidates questions, according to Asensio.

Among the candidates are Erie Town Council member Anil Pesaramelli, Longmont City Council member Shiquita Yarbrough and long-time community advocate and former BVSD board member Peter Salas.

The seat became vacant last week when Sen. Jaquez Lewis announced her resignation hours before a Senate Ethics Committee meeting. During the meeting, the committee was set to reveal the senator had fabricated a support letter from a former aide, submitted in a response to an ethics complaint filed against her in January by several of her former aides.

The formal complaint, filed by the Political Workers Guild of Colorado on behalf of a group of Sen. Jaquez Lewis’ BOULDER WEEKLY

former staffers, included allegations of wage theft, misuse and underreporting of campaign funds and abuse of power dynamics, among other claims.

In December, senate leaders barred the senator from having state-paid legislative aides in response to a series of complaints from former staffers, detailing instances of withholding wages, and using campaign funds to pay an aide for yard work and bartending for a party at her home, as reported by the Colorado Sun. “One of my responsibilities would be to look at what’s been worked on at this point at the state, and to offer whatever support I can add, relative to the efforts that are currently being made,” Salas said in a phone interview with Boulder Weekly.

“Whoever’s selected, I think the primary responsibility would be to look at the leadership,” Salas said. “Leadership is very

While previous state government experience can flatten the learning curve for those seeking office, Longmont Council member Yarbrough sees the vacancy as an opportunity to bring in an outside perspective.

“I understand that some committee members, maybe most of them, really want to get someone in who already knows about how the state is run,” Yarbrough said. But if the committee is looking for an elected official who is already engaging residents, “then they need someone who is actually already doing the work within [the] local community.”

In November, Sen. Jaquez Lewis was elected to her second four-year term.

Whoever is selected as her replacement will serve until at least the January 2026 election.

cognizant of what’s going on, and it’s taking actions.”

The new SD17 representative will have a narrow window to make an impact during this legislative session. The final of several deadlines to introduce senate bills for this legislative session was Jan. 31, and the current session is scheduled to adjourn May 7.

The candidate field also includes former policy advisors and aides, like Katie Wallace, a past policy advisor for U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse, and Andrew Barton, a former legislative aide for SD15 Sen. Janice Marchman.

IN OTHER NEWS…

• Naropa University plans to sell its main

campus to Chicago-based housing developer Core Spaces for an undisclosed amount, The Daily Camera reported.

The university announced in August it would be selling the campus at 2130 Arapahoe Ave. While the university cannot specify the dollar amount, the number agreed upon is “significant,” Naropa President Chuck Lief told Boulder Weekly in August 2024.

Core Spaces also developed the ōLiv Boulder apartments at 1750 15th

St. and the Hub on Campus complex at 770 28th St. coming in 2026. The sale is likely to be finalized in January 2027.

• Boulder County doesn’t think employees of Boulder County Housing Authority (BCHA) and Boulder County Public Health (BCPH) should be included in the recently formed collective bargaining unit — and plans to challenge the decision in court.

The complaint “is not about challenging the union itself” but rather seeking clarity on whether BCHA and BCPH employees are subject to the Collective Bargaining by County Employees Act (COBCA), Senior Assistant County Attorney Olivia Lucas wrote in a Feb. 25 memo to commissioners. COBCA, passed in 2022, grants county employees collective bargaining rights.

• Boulder County is eyeing a $1.6 million purchase of land for open space, using funds awarded in a 2021 settlement with Denver Water to mitigate environmental impacts from the expansion of Gross Dam. The Bearberry property, located near the intersection of Coal Creek Canyon Drive and Peak to Peak Highway, sits at roughly 80 acres, 20 of which lie in Gilpin County. The $12.5 million settlement with Denver Water provides $5.1 million for the purchase of property, conservation easements and trail corridors. Members of the public can weigh in on the purchase in-person or virtually during the Feb. 27 Parks and Open Space Advisory Committee meeting.

• Longmont will roll out speed and red light cameras throughout the city starting on March 16. The cameras are an initial step in the city’s Vision Zero program, which launched last fall. Cameras will be installed in residential neighborhoods, construction zones, school zones and on corridors the city has identified as high-risk areas due to frequent crashes and complaints from residents.

Using an automated vehicle identification system approved by city council in 2024, the cameras will enforce speed limits and traffic light infractions. Drivers will be fined $40 for speeding, $80 for speeding in construction zones and $75 for running red lights.

Kaylee Harter contributed reporting.

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‘MY STUPID ASS IS ALWAYS SEARCHING’ John Ross of Wild Pink still hasn’t found what he’s looking for

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‘A BIG RESET’

So goes the promise of Dulling the Horns: the miraculous and the mundane, contemplated with a shrug. Coupled with the record’s stripped-down brand of electric, arena-ready folk rock, recorded in Western Massachusetts with acclaimed engineer Justin Pizzoferrato, it adds up to the most direct statement of Wild Pink’s 10-year career — even if the takeaway is a moving target.

“These songs don’t set out to have a beginning, middle and end,” Ross tells Boulder Weekly ahead of his upcoming four-night run of Colorado shows with slacker-rock wunderkind MJ Lenderman, Feb. 26 through March 1. “I was chasing inspiration without second guessing so much.”

“It was a big reset for me,” he continues. “I feel like I started over a little bit on this record. [My previous album] ILYSM was hard for me to listen to, for a couple reasons, and it was very hard to play. I wanted material that worked with the band I had on tour — songs that were fun, with lyrics that were a little more real, or literal, or something. It’s more of a departure than a continuation.”

eople who have visited the ancient and mysterious rock structures of Stonehenge sometimes compare it to a religious experience, a sacred conversation with our human ancestors echoing across millennia. But for John Ross, a few thousand miles from his Brooklyn home on a U.K. tour with his band Wild Pink, finding the awe took some doing.

Wild Pink takes the stage for a four-night run of Colorado shows with MJ Lenderman: Aggie Theatre in “It’s very expensive, so we parked far Fort Collins (Feb. 26), Fox Theatre in Boulder (Feb. 27), Bluebird Theater in Denver (Feb. 28) and The away across these meadows past a miliBlack Sheep in Colorado Springs (March 1). Credit: Nathan Poppe tary training base or something. It was a One reason the last Wild Pink freezing day in November, and we I flipped / I flipped a switch and then the LP was a tough listen for Ross were wandering through these fields thing just don’t exist,” he sings with a has to do with a cancer diagnosis with cowshit everywhere and cannon scattered urgency. “But my stupid ass is OOPS! ALL OPENERS. and lymphatic surgery that cast a fire in the distance,” the 38-year-old always searching / Hoping for a pearl Check out more supporting pall over the proceedings.

On the frontman recalls. “We eventually when I open up my fist.” acts coming to the Front other side of that life-changing made it, and it was incredible. But it That sense of searching doesn’t just Range, before they become health scare, he’s celebrating a was crazy how many fences there show up in the wry turns of phrase illuminext year’s next big thing. clean bill of health after welcoming nating the many offshoots and alleyways were around the park.” his first child into the world. Much This experience gave rise to “The of Dulling the Horns — you can hear it, like the vibrant patchwork of his Fences of Stonehenge,” the rollicktoo. Where predecessor ILYSM washed songs, the sour and the sweet sit ing, wide-eyed first track on Wild its open-hearted sentimentality with an side by side.

Pink’s fifth studio album, Dulling the ocean of digital sounds, the pared-back “I very much wanted to move on approach on Wild Pink’s latest collection Horns. Raising the curtain with a from that time,” Ross says bluntly warm simmer of studio chatter and rhymes with a broader effort to meet the of those uncertain days. “Now I tape hiss, the song quickly works magic of the world on its own terms. want to have more fun with what itself into a lather of broad-shoul“This record was about starting over I’m doing.” dered heartland rock with loud-asand not having any answers. I am searchhell guitars and a thundering drum ing,” Ross says. “It’s strange to still feel kit that socks you square in the ster‘NOW MORE THAN EVER’ that way 10 years in, but I probably feel it num. now more than ever.”

With a new lease on life, Ross is Amid all this fist-pumping triumph, leaning into the uncertainty that Ross finds himself in the mindset of comes with a future of branching that freezing trek to see a pile of possibilities — for himself, his band ON THE BILL: rocks in the English countryside, and his growing family. It’s part and MJ Lenderman with Wild once again let down by the sublime: parcel for an artist whose creative Pink. 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. “There’s a light that no one else can restlessness has been a guiding 27, Fox Theatre, 1135 13th touch,” he sings on the opening bar. star since Wild Pink crashed onto St., Boulder. Sold out.

“When I saw it in your face, I thought Dulling the Horns by Wild Pink was released Oct. 4, 2024. Courthe scene a decade ago.

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tinual variations over a constantly repeatthe official name of the nonprofit as of this ed ground bass or harmony. year. The festival itself will return to its “It is a stunning piece that features surroots as an annual week-long event, preprising leaps across the fingerboard,” sented by CORE, with its first iteration Boulder Bach Festival ensemble rebrands with program Gajić says. McCahan sings a dramatic, coming in March 2026. charismatic Caccini aria with “fiery vocal The March 8 concert was originally of music by baroque women composers ornamentation.” billed as the third event of the BBF seaIsabella Leonarda went a differson before the rebrand was official. What

BY KELLY DEAN HANSEN ent route for a woman composer. is now the CORE season concludes April “She joined a convent at age 16 6 and features the full string ensemble. and, sheltered by the church, she Another baroque woman composer is o be a composer as a woman was able to write without concerns included on that program: the Milanese in the 17th and early 18th cenof supporting herself,” Gajić says, Maria Teresa Agnesi. “Her social standing turies, one had to fit a unique noting that she was the first allowed her an extraordinary education,” paradigm. woman to write sonatas for violin, Gajić says. “She wrote at least four “They were either nuns, courteusing a strikingly modern style of operas, and her portrait hangs at La sans or nobility,” says Mina Gajić, instrumental writing for the time.

Scala.” artistic and executive director of Carrettin and Morse play one of CU alum Mara Riley, both a soprano COmpass REsonance (CORE), the these. and flutist, sings the first known Colorado former ensemble-in-residence of the Finally, the French court of Louis performance of an Agnesi aria in a new Boulder Bach Festival.

XIV is represented by Élisabeth edition produced by CORE. Riley will also Presenting its first event as an indeJacquet de La Guerre, who was sing an aria by Vivaldi. pendent organization at the Dairy Arts known as a virtuoso harpsichordist The diverse program begins with the Center on March 8, The Feminine and prodigy, prolific in both vocal first live performance of Overture for a Divine celebrates these undersung and instrumental music.

Changing World, composed by Carrettin artists with music by women compos“We are doing a full harpsichord during the COVID pandemic. Gajić perers of the baroque era.

Mina Gajić, artistic and executive director of COmpass suite that will show Tami’s incrediforms as piano soloist in Ernest Bloch’s “Our program includes four of the REsonance (CORE), the former ensemble-in-residence of the ble skills and an aria, sung by 1925 baroque-inspired Concerto Grosso most prominent such women from Boulder Bach Festival. Courtesy: COmpass REsonance No. 1 and J.S. Bach’s Italy and France,” Gajić Brandenburg Concerto says.

No. 5. In the Bach work, Five CORE musicians she is joined by Riley on will present the repertoire, flute, showcasing her anchored by Minnesota“double threat” musicianbased harpsichordist Tami ship.

Morse, along with Denver Gajić says March 8 soprano Sarah Moyer and was always one of the CU-Boulder alum, mezzoorganization’s concert soprano Claire McCahan. dates and it was always Cellist Joseph Howe and going to be a program of CORE music director baroque women composZachary Carrettin on violin ers, but she and her huscomplete the small Left to right: Barbara Strozzi, Francesca Caccini, Isabella Leonarda and Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre. Courtesy: Wikimedia Commons band and musical partner ensemble.

Carrettin then realized the date was Claire (McCahan), that shows Jacquet de “We are opening with the famous pre“She did all this without the patronage International Women’s Day. La Guerre’s dedication to the dramatic lude from J.S. Bach’s first cello suite,” of the church or a noble house,” Gajić “It was truly serendipitous, an hues of the French language,” Gajić says.

Gajić says. “The most significant source says. “Her father hired composers to unplanned perfect combination of things for these suites is a manuscript by his teach her, essentially creating a school for coming together.” wife Anna Magdalena Bach, and there a single student.”

‘TRULY SERENDIPITOUS’ has always been speculation that she Strozzi was a controversial figure and CORE made its debut as the Boulder may have written them.” was accused of being a courtesan. The Bach Festival (BBF) ensemble-in-resivast majority of her work consists of secu- dence in 2019, growing out of the organiON THE BILL: COmpass FROM VENICE TO VERSAILLES lar vocal pieces, three of which are on the zation’s fellowship artist initiative. Since REsonance presents program: two arias and a duet sung by then, the scope and vision of the conducBarbara Strozzi, one of the four composThe Feminine Divine.

Moyer and McCahan. torless, baroque-focused string orchestra ers featured in the upcoming CORE pro4 p.m. Saturday, March 8.

Francesca Caccini was employed by has outgrown the original concept of the gram, was born in Venice in 1619 to a Dairy Arts Center - Gordon the Medici court in Florence. Carrettin Bach Festival. famous poet father. She was extremely Gamm Theater, 2590 Walnut plays her only instrumental work, a Though it will still organize the Boulder prolific, known for both her singing and St., Boulder. $35-$65 chaconne for solo violin, a form with conBach Festival, COmpass REsonance is composition.

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Two first-time nominees to Flow provides little context as to when and where we are, root for at this year’s Oscars but that isn’t the point. No humans appear in the movie

BY MICHAEL J. CASEY — only the left-behind artifacts and structures are evidence of their existence as the waters ou might not believe it, but the rise and recede. That just Academy Awards mean a lot. leaves us with a handful of Sure, it’s nice to be nominated, animals to watch as nature but winning that 8.5-pound golden statue navigates Earth’s next step.

— designed by the great MGM art direcZilbalodis wisely avoids tor Cedric Gibbons and, allegedly, modThe aftermath of a police shooting in the Oscar-nominated Incident. Courtesy: Hypnotic Pictures. anthropomorphizing the anieled after a nude sketch of the Mexican ances evaporate once basic instincts mals. But that doesn’t mean they are free explore how quickly and harmfully narrafilmmaker Emilio Fernández — opens a take over. from personality. There’s a bossy stork, a tives are constructed to explain away a lot of doors. Particularly doors closed to Flow is Zilbalodis’ second feature — his split-second decision that shouldn’t have helpful capybara, a narcissistic ringtail filmmakers who’ve been on the scene but first, Away, is equally outstanding. Pay lemur and an earnest but troublesome happened. are still gaining recognition and acclaim. attention to the end credits to see just labrador retriever. Fascinatingly, the cat is After the screening at Telluride, Yes, it’s exciting to see all those big how much of a one-man band he is. the only one who resists any kind of simMorrison said he always wanted to tell a names and follow which top-line movies They’ve already erected a statue of the Rashômon-like story invoking the 1950 walk with the hardware, but it’s always the plistic description — fitting for a feline. cat in Latvia’s capital city of Riga. Imagine Japanese film where multiple eyewitness Animated with the open-source prodown-ballot categories that catch my eye. how happy they’ll be when Zilbalodis gram Blender, Zilbalodis’ images are accounts don’t corroborate an incident but And on March 2, I’ll be rooting extra hard brings home a statue or two of his own. simultaneously basic and beautiful. And confound it. for two to win at the 97th Academy with no dialogue to get hung up on, your That opportunity presented itself when Awards: Flow and Incident. friend and journalist, Jamie Kalven, Flow, from filmmaker Gints Zilbalodis, is mind is free to wander this world and SHOTS FIRED marvel along with the cat. Dig a little reported on the killing of Augustus and the first Latvian production to receive an I first saw Bill Morrison’s Incident at the deeper and you’ll find a story of commugathered hours upon hours of footage Academy Award nomination. And since Telluride Film Festival in 2023 and immenity in how the animals band together to from the Chicago Police Department. it’s a twofer, nominated in the Animated diately fell under its spell. But where does stay alive. And how those tentative alliUsing split screens and overlapping panFeature Film and International Feature a 30-minute documentary, composed els, Morrison reconstructs the moments entirely from preexisting leading up to the shooting and deconsurveillance footage — structs the post-shooting narrative the police body cams, closed police create to justify the killing while the circuit cameras and smartcommunity gathers to play the role of phones — live after its festijudgmental consciousness. val life? I had no idea then, Incident is Morrison’s first Oscar nominabut I knew it was strong enough that I had to include tion, a long time coming for an archival documentarian who has been innovating it on my top 10 of 2023, with found footage for more than a quartereven if most couldn’t see it. century now. Should he hoist the statue on Now, it’s available to all Sunday, it will be a welcome sight. thanks to The New Yorker’s documentary video series and has received a significant boost in attention ON SCREEN: The 97th thanks to its nomination for Academy Awards are Documentary Short Film.

Sunday, March 2, on ABC. With Incident, Morrison Flow is playing in limited compiles footage from a release and streaming on 2018 Chicago police shootMax. Incident is available to ing of a Black man, Harith watch at thenewyorker.com.

“Snoop” Augustus, to A community forms amid a biblical flood in Latvia’s Oscar-nominated Flow. Courtesy: Slideshow and Janus Films

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4-7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 27, West Pearl Street, Boulder. Free Take in a little culture on your next Pearl Street stroll during this inaugural art crawl. Stops include The New Local, Smithklein Gallery and Tad Kline Photography, along with pop-up exhibitions by Noelle Miller and Allyson McDuffie at Wonder and Gemini (offering happy-hour drink prices from 4 p.m. to close).

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5-8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 28, Niwot Hall, 195 2nd Ave. Free Join Niwot Hall artist-in-residence Bill Enyart for a live-painting demo at the town’s historic event space. You’ll get up close and personal with the creative process as Enyart takes you inside the brush strokes with a freewheeling discussion about his inspirations and techniques.

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7-9 p.m. Friday, Feb. 28, Superior Community Center, 1500 Coalton Road. Free This ain’t your grammy’s bingo — at this riff on the game, you can forget the numbers. Instead, you’ll hear a clip of a song and find it on your bingo card.

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6-8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 28, Coal Creek Park, 575 Kattell St., Erie. Free “Children are the living messages we send to a time we will not see.” Let the elementary and middle school kids of Erie bring a little light to the dark with handwritten messages of hope and gratitude on paper lanterns. This event, now in its fifth year, is sponsored by Soaring Heights PTO and the Town of Erie.

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11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, March 1, Community Park, 1350 Coalton Road, Superior. Free You may have noticed some new “neigh-baas” in town (good one, Town of Superior!) and this weekend is your chance to say hi. The 300 goats have been hard at work on fuel mitigation this winter, but they’re taking the day off Saturday to meet the community. Come ask questions or feed these furry laborers — it’s your one and only chance, as “all other days, the goats are busy working and not to be disturbed.”

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WHISKEY WENCHES SPIRIT SOCIETY

10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, March 1, Spirit Hound Lyons Tasting Room, 4196 Ute Hwy, Lyons. Free Join the gals to craft a batch of Eleanor Gin — named for the 91-year-old local icon who has foraged juniper berries along the banks of the St. Vrain River for Spirit Hound since 2011. Distill on March 1, bottle on March 6 and then enjoy the fruits of your labor at a private March 9 tasting. Book your shift at bit. ly/SpiritHoundBW.

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4-10 p.m. Saturday, March 1, Abbott & Wallace Distilling, 350 Terry St., Longmont. Free Dress up and get down with a New Orleans jazz marching band at this pintsized parade. From Abbott & Wallace and the St. Vrain Cidery’s taprooms, march down the alleyway and up 4th Avenue in costume or atop a float — prizes for the best of each. Postparade, enjoy the Otone Brass Band, King Cake, gumbo and hurricane drink specials.

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1-3 p.m. Saturday, March 1, Louisville Public Library, 951 Spruce St. Free Get ready for gardening season with this seed swap in Louisville. Bring your unopened packets, or seeds from your own homegrown cultivars, to share with your neighbors and build connections with your green thumb community. Be sure to peruse the native plant table for the perfect varieties to sow in your backyard bed.

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OPEN SPACE STARGAZERS 6-8 p.m. Sunday, March 2, Aquarius Trailhead, 10000 Empire Road, Louisville. Free

Mercury, Venus and Mars take center stage during this “planets on parade” open space stargazing event for ages 10 and up at Aquarius Trailhead in Louisville. Organizers recommend bringing binoculars or a telescope, along with warm layers and a red astronomy flashlight if you’ve got one — but please leave the pups at home.

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1-3 p.m. Sunday, March 2, The Art of Cheese, 505 Weaver Park Road, Suite E, Longmont. $75 Grocery prices drying up your cheese budget? Start your journey to self-sufficient cheese mongering with this beginner’s feta-making class. Along with a tour of their goat farm, the class covers three cheese types: dry-salted, marinated and brined. The best part? You’ll head home with a jar of marinated feta and a love for the art of cheesemaking.

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6-9 p.m. Monday, March 3, Wild Provisions Beer Project, 2209 Central Ave., Boulder. Free Hang that gone fishin’ sign and head to Wild Provisions for a night of learning to tie your own flies. All skill levels are welcome and all supplies (plus one pint) are provided. The night will be capped off with a “loosely” judged competition with prizes for the best, worst and everything in between.

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ONNIKA & THE OBSESSION. 6 p.m.

Bricks on Main, 471 Main St., Longmont.

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2037 13th St., Boulder. $19

NU BASS THEORY. 6 p.m. Trident

Cafe, 940 Pearl St., Boulder. Free

REBECCA FOLSOM’S ‘THANKFUL THURSDAY BIRTHDAY BASH.’ 7 p.m.

Roots Music Project, 4747 Pearl St., Suite V3A, Boulder. $22

ZOE BERMAN WITH NINA DE FREITAS. 7 p.m. The Times

Collaborative, 338 Main St., Longmont. $18

UNAUTHORIZED ABSENCE. 7:30 p.m.

Nissi’s, 1455 Coal Creek Drive, Unit T, Lafayette. Free THE LANGAN BAND WITH TONEWOOD STRING BAND.

8 p.m. Velvet Elk Lounge, 2037 13th St., Boulder. $19

DANIEL DONATO’S COSMIC COUNTRY. 8 p.m. Boulder Theater,

2032 14th St. Sold out (resale $150+)

MJ LENDERMAN & THE WIND WITH WILD PINK. 8 p.m. Fox

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Chautauqua Community House, 301 Morning Glory Drive, Boulder. $25

MATT FLAHERTY. 9 p.m. Mountain Sun Pub, 1535 Pearl St., Boulder. Free

S ATURDAY, M A RC H 1 GROOVE HOLIDAY. 5:30 p.m. Left Hand Brewing, 1265 Boston Ave., Longmont. Free JENN CLEARY. 6 p.m. Zeal, 3101 Pearl Parkway, Boulder. Free PLAYBACK. 6 p.m. Bricks on Main, 471 Main St., Longmont. Free LIZ LONGLEY. 6 p.m. Stone Cottage Studios, 1928 Pearl St., Boulder. $15 MUD & MARROW. 6 p.m. Trident Cafe, 940 Pearl St., Boulder. Free

LACK LAZULI. 6:30 p.m. Front Range Birding and Optics, 2425 Canyon Blvd., Suite B, Boulder. $5+ ATOMGA WITH B-LOVE EXPERIENCE. 7 p.m. Caribou Room,

55 Indian Peaks Drive, Nederland. $20

ROB MULLINS. 7 p.m. Muse Performance Space, 200 E. South Boulder Road, Lafayette. $20

TROUBLES BRAIDS. 6 p.m. Bricks on

THE CALIFORNIA HONEYDROPS WITH SPECIAL GUESTS (TBA).

Main, 471 Main St., Longmont. Free

THIRD TURN. 6 p.m. Trident Cafe, 940 Pearl St., Boulder. Free HUNTER JAMES & THE TITANIC. 6:30 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont. $18

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Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont. $18 THE ELOVATERS WITH MOON TAXI AND SURFER GIRL. 7 p.m. Mission

7 p.m. eTown Hall, 1535 Spruce St., Boulder. $25

Ballroom, 4242 Wynkoop St., Denver. $49

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TRACE BUNDY. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 1455 Coal Creek Drive, Unit T, Lafayette. $35

7:30 p.m. Macky Auditorium, 1595 Pleasant St., Boulder. $20

THE BROTHERS COMATOSE WITH TWO RUNNER. 8 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder. $36

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LUKE HAHN-ZOLLO & FRIENDS.

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THE JAUNTEE WITH SIMPLE SYRUP. 8 p.m. Globe Hall, 4483 Logan St., Denver. $24

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BUFF FEST 2025 WITH RNGY, HAMI, LØU AND CHEETAH PRINT. 9 p.m.

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ROB PATE & FRIENDS. 3 p.m. Spirit

Hound, 4196 Ute Hwy., Lyons. Free

POWER OF R (R3). 5 p.m. Bricks on Main, 471 Main St., Longmont. Free LETTUCE WITH THE COLORADO SYMPHONY. 7 p.m. Mission Ballroom,

4242 Wynkoop St., Denver. $66

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Boulder-based punk outfit Diva Cup share the stage with fellow locals The Galentines and Lina Corrales at Roots Music Project on March 1. Describing themselves as “a band that goes with the flow, period,” this high-energy, homegrown act performs on the heels of their debut EP, Sassy, out now on major streaming services via Boys Who Scissor. See listing for details.

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TUE SDAY, M ARC H 4 FAT TUESDAY BEER AND BRASS. 5 p.m. Wild Provisions Beer Project, 2209 Central Ave., Boulder. Free

THE SAINTS. 6 p.m. Bricks on Main, 471 Main St., Longmont. Free ZIGGY ALBERTS. 8 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St. $32

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ASTROLOGY

BY ROB BREZSNY ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19): Aries author Anne Lamott articulated a thought that’s perfect for you to hear right now: “Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you.” I might amend her wisdom a bit to say “for a few hours” or “a couple of days.” Now is a rare time when a purposeful disconnection can lead you to deeper synchronization.

A project or relationship will improve after a gentle reset. Your power mantra: “Renew yourself with quiet inaction.”

TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20): Beavers are the engineers of the natural world.

The dams they fabricate not only create shelters, but also benefit their entire ecosystem. The ponds and marshes they help shape provide rich habitats for many other species. Boosting biodiversity is their specialty. Their constructions also serve as natural filters, enhancing water quality downstream.

Let’s make beavers your inspirational symbol for the coming weeks, Taurus. In their spirit, build what’s good for you with the intention of making it good for everyone whose life you touch. Ensure that your efforts will generate ripples that nourish your tribe and community.

GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20): I predict you will soon have reason to celebrate a resounding success. You will claim a well-deserved reward. You may even shiver with amazement and gratification as you marvel at how many challenges you overcame to emerge triumphant. In my view, you will have every right to exude extra pride and radiance.

I won’t complain if you flirt with a burst of egotism. In accordance with my spirituality, I will tell you, “Remember that this wonder you have spawned will live for a very long time.”

CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22): When you see the stars in the night sky, you’re looking at the ancient past. Light from those heavenly bodies may have taken as long as 4,000 years to reach us. So we are beholding them as they used to be, not as they are now. With that as your inspiration, I invite you to spend quality time gazing into your own personal past. Meditate on how your history is alive in you today, making its imprint on all you do and say. Say prayers and write messages to yourself in which you express your awe and appreciation for the epic myth that is your destiny.

LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22): I mourn the growing climate calamity that is heating up our beloved planet. Among many other distortions, it has triggered yellow forsythias and blue gentians to blossom during winters in the Austrian Alps — an unprecedented event. At the same time, I am also able to marvel at the strange beauty of gorgeous flowers growing on the winter hills of ski resorts. My feelings are mixed — paradoxical and confusing — and that’s fine with me. I regard it as a sign of soulfulness. May you be so blessed, Leo: full of appreciation for your capacity to hold conflicting ideas, perspectives and feelings.

VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22): The quietest place on earth is a room at Microsoft’s headquarters near Seattle.

It’s made of six layers of steel and concrete, and its foundation includes vibration-dampening springs. Within it, you can hear your heartbeat, the swishing of your clothes and the hum of air molecules colliding. The silence is so eerily profound that many people become flummoxed while visiting. Here’s the moral of the story: While you Virgos are naturally inclined to favor order and precision, a modicum of noise and commotion in your life is often beneficial. Like background sounds that keep you oriented, minor wriggles and perturbations ensure you remain grounded. This will be extra important for you to acknowledge in the coming weeks.

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LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22): To make a Mobius strip, you give a half twist to a strip of paper and attach the ends. You have then created a surface with just one side and one edge. It’s a fun curiosity, but it also has practical applications. Using Mobius strips, engineers can design more efficient gears. Machinists make mechanical belts that are Mobius strips because they wear out less quickly.

There are at least eight other concrete functions, as well. Let’s extrapolate from this to suggest that a similar theme might be arising in your life. What may seem like an interesting but impractical element could reveal its real-world value. You may find unexpected uses for playful features. One of your capacities has dimensions you have not yet explored, but are ready to.

SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21): Sandra Cisneros is a visionary writer with Sun and Mercury in Sagittarius. She is always in quest of the next big lesson and the next exciting adventure. But she also has the Moon, Venus and Saturn in Scorpio. Her sensitive attunement to the hidden and secret aspects of reality is substantial.

She thrives on cultivating a profound understanding of her inner world. It took her years to master the art of fully expressing both these sides of her character. I bring this to your attention, Scorpio, because you’re primed to go in quest of experiences that will open your heart to novel amazements — even as you connect with previously unknown aspects of your deep self that resonate with those experiences.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21): The Moeraki Boulders are spread along a beach in New Zealand. Many of the 50 big rocks are nearly perfect spheres and up to six feet in diameter, so they provide a stunning visual feast. Scientists know that they have steadily grown for the last 4 million years, accumulating ever-new layers of minerals. I propose we make them your symbols of power until July 1. In my astrological estimation, you are in a phase of laying long-term groundwork.

What may seem to be a tedious accumulation of small, gradual victories is part of a grander undertaking. Like the Moeraki Boulders, your efforts will crystallize into an enduring foundation.

CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19): A Japanese proverb says, “The bamboo that bends with the wind is stronger and more resilient than the oak tree that resists.” That’s true. When storms bluster, oak branches get broken and blown away.

Bamboo may look delicate, but it is actually strong and capable of withstanding high winds. It flourishes by being flexible instead of rigid. That’s the approach I recommend to you, Capricorn.

Challenges may emerge that inspire you to stay grounded by adapting. Your plans will become optimal as you adjust them. By trusting your natural resilience, you could find unexpected chances for interesting transformation. Your potency will lie in your ability to bend without breaking.

AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18): Seattle’s Space Needle serves as an observation tower. It’s 605 feet high. For years, there was a restaurant with a rotating floor at the top. In its early days, the movement was so brisk that some visitors got dizzy and nauseous. Engineers had to recalibrate the equipment so it was sufficiently leisurely to keep everyone comfortable. Your current situation resembles this story. The right elements are in place, but you need to adjust the timing and rhythm. If there are frustrating glitches, they are clues to the fine-tuning that needs to be done.

PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20): Octopuses have three hearts, each with a different function.

Every one of their eight limbs contains a mini-brain, giving them nine in total. Is there any doubt, then, that they are the patron creature for you Pisceans? No other zodiac sign is more multifaceted than you. No other can operate with grace on so many different levels. I celebrate your complexity, dear Pisces, which enables you to draw such rich experiences into your life and manage such diverse challenges. These qualities will be working at a peak in the coming weeks. For inspiration, consider putting an image of an octopus in your environment.

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SAVAGE LOVE

BY DAN SAVAGE

Q: I was in bed with a woman. She

asked me — a straight man — what my kinks were. I answered. I asked her the same question. She said: “I want to watch a guy fuck fruit.”

I posted a note to my guy friends group chat and said, “This woman wants me to fuck a cantaloupe or something. Weird, right?” Instead of support, I got recipes and suggestions. Not one of them said, “We know you wouldn’t do something like that.” Why do my friends think I’d do that?

A: Because your friends — none of whom you’ve fucked — somehow got the impression that you’re a more generous and indulgent fuck than you actually are.

Q: Vanilla straight 25-year-old cis

woman here whose boyfriend of almost six months just confessed that he’s into being peed on. I’m not doing it for him, and I don’t want anyone else peeing on him either. He’s agreed to give this up for me. Will that work?

A: Your boyfriend did not confess — kinks are not sins and consensual kink is not a crime — he disclosed his kinks before things got too serious, which was the right thing to do. If you’re repulsed by his kink and require monogamy, choosing to be with you means your boyfriend won’t get to act on his kink. But if being with you means being made to feel terrible about himself — if you’re going to heap disgust and shame on him — your boyfriend is eventually gonna choose being single (and not being made to feel terrible about himself all the time) over being with you.

P.S. We don’t choose our kinks, our kinks choose us — and after a pitcher of beer, piss is just hot water.

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Q: Do cis men — gay or not — ever use a Hitachi-style “wand” vibrator on the prostate, or is it too intense?

A: I’ve seen them do it with my very own eyes.

Q: If my boyfriend’s husband isn’t

my type, should I feel OK declining a threesome request?

A: If your boyfriend and his husband were “we only play together” types, you would’ve had a threesome with them already. If fucking boyfriend’s husband wasn’t a requirement at the start, I don’t think you’re obligated to start fucking your boyfriend’s husband now.

Q: My wife and I are about to have our first threesome. It’s going to be me and her and this guy we found on Feeld who seems perfect. We’re taking all obvious precautions — everyone has tested, we’ve agreed that anyone can call a timeout, and we know (per your advice) that threesomes can briefly become twosomes and we’re OK with that.

Anything else I should brace myself for?

A: Brace yourself for watching your wife kiss another man the way she kissed you when you first met. If that sounds traumatizing, you might not be ready for a threesome. If that sounds hot — if that sounds like it might inspire you and your wife to kiss each other the way you did when you first met — then you’re not just ready for your first threesome, you’re overdue.

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IT AIN’T WOKE YOLKS, FOLKS Breakfast is getting pricey as bird flu decimates flocks and plagues local cafes and bakeries

BY JOHN LEHNDORFF

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crisis comes on top of escalating prices or devoted egg heads, these are for chocolate, coffee and labor. brutal times.

“Only about 30% of what we make at Empty shelves now sometimes Lucky’s Bakehouse doesn’t contain any greet them at Trader Joe’s, Costco, eggs,” says Jennifer Mesinger, chef and Whole Foods, King Soopers, Natural founder of Lucky’s Bakehouse and Grocers and other Boulder County superLucky’s Bakehouse Cafe. markets.

“The ongoing impact of avian flu has When eggs are available, the prices made eggs harder to find, and the costs can fluctuate wildly, sometimes doubling have skyrocketed,” she says. “But as bakper dozen compared to what they were a ers and cooks, we adapt.” year ago. Some retailers are limiting egg purchases per visit.

Meanwhile, breakfast prices are rising CAGE-FREE across the country. The Georgia-based ISN’T THE CULPRIT Waffle House chain added a 50-cent per If you are looking to hard boil a villain, egg surcharge to its menu in response to blame it on Highly Pathogenic Avian the “unprecedented rise in egg prices,” Influenza (HPAI), according to Bill kill a million hens,” he says. “Once the the company announced recently.

Scebbi. His Brighton-based Colorado farm gets this disease, it’s very virulent In Boulder County, omelet, quiche and Egg Producers does not represent every and the entire flock is slaughtered to help eggs benedict fans are suffering sticker farm in the state, but it has a lot of eggs limit the spread.” shock. in its basket.

Despite a wave of social media comAccording to owner and chef Alec “We represent five, large commercial ments, the crisis has nothing to do with Schuler, eggs are part of 90% of the farms in the state which produce about a HB20-1343, Colorado’s cage-free egg menu items at Tangerine, his brunch resbillion eggs per year,” Scebbi says. “One law, which went into effect in January. taurants in Boulder, Longmont and farm alone is home to more than 2.3 mil“All of our farms met cage-free stanLafayette. lion hens.” dards in 2024,” Scebbi says. “This prob“We use about 450 dozen eggs a That was before the avian influenza lem is entirely caused by the avian flu.” week. Each dozen cost $6 more than it epidemic wiped out whole flocks.

And don’t blame the farmers for the did a year ago. That’s about $2,500 extra “Farms have lost all their birds. And high prices, either. a week,” Schuler says. “That’s why I’ve when we say ‘lost,’ we mean they had to “Eggs are a commodity,” he says. “Once added an Egg Supply Fee — 4% the eggs are out there, farmers to every bill at Tangerine. I’ll be have no control over the pricing.” happy to remove or reduce it “The egg industry is very comwhen things improve.” plex,” Scebbi continues. “What you Moxie Bread Co. in Boulder, see in stores depends on suppliLouisville and Lyons relies on ers, not farmers. The eggs you buy organic eggs for its baked goods may be from Colorado, California, and menu items, according to Utah or Idaho.” owner Pippa Clark.

“It’s very challenging. It is getHOW TO BEAT ting harder to source organic EGG-FLATION eggs, particularly at this time of Egg demand will rise as Easter year,” Clark says. “Egg prices are approaches, and the U.S. fluctuating incessantly, making it Department of Agriculture prehard to manage food costs.” dicts prices will soar another For the owners of Boulder 20% this year. But it’s not all Empty egg shelves seen recently at a local supermarket. Credit: County’s cafes and bakeries, this doom and gloom.

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In a pandemic-era flashback, shoppers are rediscovering eggs from local farmers, including Black Cat Farm and Cure Organic Farm in Boulder, 7th Generation Farm in Louisville and Rocky Mountain Milkhouse in Mead.

While we may not see $2-a-dozen eggs soon, Scebbi says he expects egg supplies to be back to normal by late summer, barring further calamities.

He has some simple consumer advice until then.

“Don’t run out. When you see eggs, buy them,” he says. “I’ve had eggs in my refrigerator 30 days. They do last a long time.”

Even when whole eggs aren’t available, hard-boiled eggs, liquid eggs and liquid egg whites are often on the shelf.

“Everyone should try to be a little bit understanding in the short term,” he says.

“They’ll get their yolks soon enough.”

Who needs eggs?

Scan the QR code for substitution tips from pastry chef Jennifer Mesinger of Lucky’s Bakeshop.

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CULINARY CALENDAR: PINTS AWAY

The 10th annual Colorado Pint Day on March 5 offers a special glass filled with your favorite brew at more than 215 breweries including local stops like Bearded Brewer, Beyond the Mountain, Gravity Brewing, Left Hand Brewing and Liquid Mechanics. One dollar of each pint glass sold goes back to the Colorado Brewers Guild, a nonprofit group helping craft breweries survive challenging times.

Rich Byers (Jill’s), Alex DeBernardis (Basta), Kevin Grossi (River and Woods), Hosea Rosenberg (Blackbelly) and Edwin Zoe (Zoe Ma Ma) are among the chefs offering film-centric fare at the 10th annual CineCHEF event March 13 in Boulder. Tickets: biff1.com/cinechef

WORDS TO CHEW ON: FINDING TRUE EGGS-TACY

“Oh, God above, if heaven has a taste, it must be an egg with butter and salt, and after the egg is there anything in the world lovelier than fresh warm bread and a mug of sweet golden tea?”

– From the novel Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt

John Lehndorff is the Museum Historian for ‘Boulder Eats!: Food Traditions Along the Front Range,’ opening Nov. 24 at the Museum of Boulder.

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BY SOPHIA HERBERT, LUCAS A. BERENBROK AND MICHAEL MURPHY THE CONVERSATION

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eighborhood pharmacies are rapidly shuttering.

Not long ago, Walgreens, one of the nation’s biggest pharmacy chains, announced plans to close 1,200 stores over the next three years. That’s part of a larger trend that has seen nearly 7,000 pharmacy locations close since 2019, with more expected in the coming years.

Many community pharmacies are struggling to stay open due to an overburdened workforce, shrinking reimbursement rates for prescription drugs and limited opportunities to bill insurers for services beyond dispensing medications.

REIMBURSEMENT RATE CUTS TO BLAME

There are many reasons for the closures, but the most important is reduced reimbursement for prescription drugs. Most community pharmacies operate under a business model centered on dispensing medications that relies on insurer reimbursements and cash payments from patients. Minor revenue comes from frontend sales of over-the-counter products and other items.

However, pharmacy benefit managers — companies that manage prescription drug benefits for insurers and employers

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— have aggressively cut reimbursement rates in an effort to lower drug costs in recent years. As a result, pharmacists often have to dispense prescription drugs at very low margins or even at a loss. In some cases, pharmacists are forced to transfer prescriptions to other pharmacies willing to absorb the financial hit. Other times, pharmacists choose not to stock these drugs at all.

And it’s not just mom-and-pop operations feeling the pinch. Over the past four years, the three largest pharmacy chains have announced plans to close hundreds of stores nationwide. CVS kicked off the trend in 2021 by announcing plans to close 900 pharmacy locations. In late 2023, Rite Aid said that thousands of its stores would be at risk for closure due to bankruptcy. And late in 2024, Walgreens announced its plans to close 1,200 stores over the next three years.

To make matters worse, pharmacists, like many other health care providers, have been facing burnout due to high stress and the lasting effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. At the same time, pharmacy school enrollment has declined, worsening the workforce shortage just as an impending shortfall of primary care physicians looms.

WHAT TO ASK IF YOUR PHARMACY CLOSES

If your preferred pharmacy closes and you need to find another one, keep the following questions in mind: What will happen to your old prescriptions? When a pharmacy closes, another pharmacy may buy its prescriptions. Ask your pharmacist if your prescriptions will be automatically transferred to a nearby pharmacy, and when this will occur.

What’s the staffing situation like at other pharmacies? This is an important factor in choosing a new pharmacy.

What are the wait times? Can the team accommodate special situations like emergency refills or early refills before vacations? Does the pharmacist have a relationship with your primary care physician and your other prescribers?

Which pharmacies accept your insurance? A simple call to your insurer can help you understand where your prescriptions are covered at the lowest cost. And if you take a medication that’s not covered by insurance, or if you’re uninsured, you should ask if the pharmacy can help you by offering member pric-

ing or manufacturer coupons and discounts.

What are your accessibility needs?

Pharmacies often offer services to make your care more accessible and convenient. These may include medication packaging services, drive-thru windows and home delivery. And if you’re considering switching to a mail-order pharmacy, you should ask if it has a pharmacist to answer questions by phone or during telehealth visits.

It’s best to have all your prescriptions filled at the same pharmacy chain or location so that your pharmacist can perform a safety check with your complete medication list. Drug interactions can be dangerous.

Community pharmacies have been staples of neighborhoods for more than a century. Unfortunately, current trends in pharmacy closures pose real threats to public health. We hope lawmakers address the underlying systemic issues so more Americans don’t lose access to their medications, health services and pharmacists.

Sophia Herbert and Lucas A. Berenbrok are professors of pharmacy at the University of Pittsburgh. Michael Murphy is an assistant professor of pharmacy practice and science at The Ohio State University.

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