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Sanders, Warren and the art of media distraction

By Dave Anderson

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f you follow politics regularly, you have reason to be angry about something every day. Trump deliberately provokes liberal outrage constantly with petty and stupid personal insults. It is called “trolling” and “triggering the libs.” It gets tiresome.

We definitely need a vigorous debate over the issues. However, the recent media-provoked spat between Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren hasn’t been very constructive.

At the last Democratic presidential debate, CNN moderator Abby Phillip asked Sanders: “Sen. Sanders, CNN reported yesterday, and Sen. Warren I

confirmed in a statement, that in 2018 you told her that you did not believe that a woman could win the election. Why did you say that?”

Sanders denied that he had said that, adding that he had been prepared to stand aside for Warren to run in 2016. Philip ignored his denial and forcefully asked Warren, “What did you think when Sen. Sanders told you a woman could not win the election?”

This elicited laughter by Sanders and many in the audience.

Incidentally, an article in The Hill on Nov. 18, 2013 quoted Sanders as saying he was pondering a presidential run in 2016 if no one else challenged the “establishment politicians.” He specifically said that Warren would be a JANUARY 23, 2020

great candidate and that he would support her if she chose to run. Of course she didn’t, but she also didn’t support either Sanders or Hillary Clinton in the primaries. All of the other female Democratic senators supported Clinton in the primaries.

Both Warren and Sanders vigorously campaigned for Clinton in the general election.

New York columnist Eric Levitz writes: “...Given limited publicly available information, Warren and Sanders’s dueling accounts of the latter’s private punditry, and the anonymous sourcing of every news article on the matter, the question of what Bernie Sanders told Elizabeth Warren over dinner in 2018, and how that conversation came to be a national news story today, is at least partly a Rorschach test...” see THE ANDERSON FILES Page 6

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The “establishment” or legacy media has had trouble adjusting to today’s politics. Trump is a pathological liar and bullshitter but you run the risk of sounding horribly biased if you point out his falsehoods. Both the far right and democratic socialism have sort of entered the mainstream. That is a challenge to the legacy media as well.

Recently, MSNBC host Katy Tur had a fascinating short interview with Time editor at large Anand Giridharadas who is the author of Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World. He talked about wealth, power, institutional change, populism versus oligarchy.

He said that for decades Americans were playing in a FDR-launched New Deal “ideological stadium,” but in the 1980s Ronald Reagan launched a new “ideological stadium” in which we still exist. There has developed “a bipartisan consensus on the acceptability of extreme income inequality.” He stressed that there is a “left side of the field” in the current “ideological stadium” which is critical of capitalism’s extremes. That would be the Clinton and Obama administrations.

The election campaign of 2016 changed things. A democratic socialist ran for president and won 22 states in the Democratic primaries. Donald Trump mimicked Sanders’ economic message but wrapped it up into a tribal racist nationalism. Giridharadas told Tur that Trump, as president, has proved that he isn’t a “populist” but “an oligarch working for oligarchs.”

Giridharadas described his experiences when he was writing a Time cover story in the spring about the current Sanders campaign. He argued that there is a thirst for the transformational change offered by Sanders and Warren.

He carefully observed the audiences at Sanders’ rallies and discovered a wide variety of people of all colors and backgrounds. There were a lot of older white working class guys who might

get stereotyped as Trump supporters.

The crowds didn’t fit the media stereotype of Bernie supporters who are all “green haired socialists under the age of 19.”

Tur told Giridharadas that he “blew up the network” then quickly added she was joking. MSNBC is supposed to be the liberal network but usually is most friendly toward a more moderate liberalism than Giridharadas.

Giridharadas wrote another Time cover story last December entitled “How the Elites Lost Their Grip: In 2019 America’s 1% behaved badly — and helped bring about a reckoning with capitalism.” He deals with New York City’s rebellion against huge tax breaks to Amazon for their second headquarters, with the college bribery scandal and with the backlash against Facebook for its huge market power and its problematic behavior in the face of psychological warfare by Russian intelligence.

He says, “History is the story of conditions that long seem reasonable until they begin to seem ridiculous. So it is with America’s present manic hypercapitalism.” Many years of “economic precariousness, stalled mobility and gaping social divides” have created a backlash.

Giridharadas writes about the “Great Plute Freakout of 2019.” Many plutocrats (or “plutes”) have expressed growing alarm at a possible Sanders or Warren presidency. But he assures us that the old Gilded Age led to an age of reform, not the end of capitalism.

He also says that today “many very rich people are not satisfied with the general advantage of hyperprivilege.”

This year is likely to be chaotic, confusing and more than a little scary.

Our democracy is being tested and we need journalists to help inform us and interpret what is going on.

This opinion column does not necessarily reflect the views of Boulder Weekly.

“History is the story of conditions that long seem reasonable until they begin to seem ridiculous.

So it is with America’s present manic hypercapitalism.”

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JANUARY 23, 2020

A more perfect union

by Wim Laven

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urrent partisan politics frequently returns to questions and debates about the supreme law of the land — The Constitution — as it should, because two articles of impeachment against Donald Trump passed on Dec. 18, 2019. This affirmed an ugly truth about Trump’s illegitimate use of the office of the White House. Trump will go down in history for his transgressions.

Forget the bizarre Republicans like Barry Loudermilk who defended the crimes by comparing Trump with Jesus. The greater offense is the near instantaneous promises from Republican gargoyles like Mitch McConnell, who has publicly declared that he will work as a member of Trump’s defense team and forgo his oath as a juror to perform an impartial Senate trial based upon evidence and facts.

Lines from Trump loyalists that keep being repeated ad nauseam assert that the goal of impeachment is to annul the votes of 63 million Americans because the left hates the right.

However, the key principles of the Constitution could not be more clear.

Impeachment is not an effort to annul a vote, because it is clearly written as the means to respond to presidential unconstitutional offenses.

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Allowing Trump to cheat in elections is blatantly in violation of our Constitution.

But if there were even a shred of honesty in the fake claim of a desire to protect the right to vote then Republicans would stop taking steps to discourage, limit and restrict access to voting. They would stop justifying disenfranchisement on fraudulent claims on abuses happening domestically and they would take strong action to limit the well documented and systematic efforts of foreign states to interfere with our democratic processes. They would stop calling me a “hater” for insisting that we safeguard our institutions and honor our esteemed principle that we are all equal under the law.

‘Establish justice’ Current events are frustrating absurdity. Removing Trump from office is a process clearly defined and instituted for responding to high crimes and misdemeanors; abusing the office of the White House and obstructing Congress qualify. These crimes are treated seriously because the power of people — through their vote — is of paramount importance to the function of a democratic republic. I have a deep concern for the continued dereliction of the oaths sworn by elected officials who refuse BOULDER COUNTY’S INDEPENDENT VOICE

to serve the American public, honor the Constitution, or serve in the impartial and fair roles assigned to them to prevent any president from acting outside the law, to prevent Trump from being above the law.

‘Insure domestic tranquility’ Trump’s puppets assert that the 63 million people who voted for him have a right for their voices to be heard, but what about the people who voted for the candidate who won the popular vote? Where has the recognition of the mandate of the almost 66 million people who present different values, needs and desires been reflected? Trump is bound to serve all Americans, but he only serves himself by rewarding those who are loyal to him and punishing opposition — even if it means bullying children. A deeper look presents an ugly betrayal of American elections and the right to vote. But even before he was impeached — the entirety of his tenure in office — has all been an effort to divide the country one bigoted lie after another.

‘Provide for the common defense’ Trump never matured into the role of serving all Americans, and he never tried to. His xenophobic rants and juvenile bullying have inspired increases in hate crimes and threatened the security of all Americans.

Trump treatment has no moral bottom, his condemnation is nonpartisan, he has insults for everyone: POWs, Gold Star families, those with physical and mental disabilities. His defenders ignore their obligation to put the country first; the only defense is the one provided to the master they fear. He does not understand common good; he only sees personal gain. He can betray any ally for the right price, no matter how grotesque, and each time he gets away with it he sinks to a new low and brings us along. Compromise and collaboration are absent from his toolbox, but these are the very skills required to hold civilized society together.

‘Promote the general welfare’ Republicans continue to block measure after measure to protect the integrity of elections. They do nothing to rebuke the ongoing requests Trump makes that foreign states should interfere in U.S. elections. It is not just the core of the articles of impeachment, it is the single most important protection of American democracy as whole — it is clear winning is what they are BOULDER COUNTY’S INDEPENDENT VOICE

concerned with — national security does not even register as an afterthought to such a hypocrisy.

Meanwhile national and international epidemics are only getting worse.

Global climate change is only a joke to a man who does not understand much beyond fiscal quarter profiteering at any cost, but the consequences are real and indisputable to those with any knowledge of science.

‘Secure the blessings of liberty’ It is not hate to affirm that the president is not above the law. It is a love for my country that causes me to continue to demand action in the Russian campaign to interfere with the 2016 Presidential election — and the impeachable intention to do so again in 2020. It is moral courage that compels me to continue to join with millions of fellow Americans in protesting the urgent needs of the day, like public safety, national security, human rights, etc., which are being categorically ignored by an increasingly fascist leader and his spineless sycophants.

Do not obfuscate, opposition to Trump is not the cause of the push to remove him from office; his crimes are the cause, and there has been no challenge to the evidence or facts. The only recourse at this point is removing everyone who fails to put the country — the Constitution — ahead of party from office.

The tools available to the public are clear. Trump’s defenders must be voted out. Trump, however, has stated that he is not sure he’ll voluntarily give up the power he wields. All citizens must be united in the common goal of holding Donald Trump accountable to the law. We can resist his efforts to divide us; we can be civilized though he refuses to. We can take care of those impacted most significantly by his bigoted and failing policies. We can take heed of the wisdom of our heroes like Martin Luther King Jr.: “The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” Our institutions are weakened now by Trump and his coterie, but we must stay strong, our democracy depends on us.

Wim Laven, Ph.D., syndicated by PeaceVoice, teaches courses in political science and conflict resolution.

This opinion column does not necessarily reflect the views of Boulder Weekly.

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Danish wrong on Iran

I found the article in the Jan. 15, 2020 by Paul Danish (Re: “Trump puts a horse head in the Ayatollah’s bed,” Danish Plan) to be a new low in what has been a continuing erosion of what used to be a very intelligent man. He should no longer have a column.

The assassination of another country’s main leaders is irresponsible and dangerous and only enhances the position of the hard liners in Iran. But I don’t need to tell either one of you that.

Another old white man gets to macho up in his best Clint Eastwood copy with phrases like “greasing Iranian General Qasem Soleimani” or “Trump offed him.” It exposes Danish’s underlying racism towards people from the Middle East. That is the same kind of language white supremacists used after the killing of Martin Luther King, Jr. Somehow you want the world to change, yet you keep doing the same old thing.

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Danish and Iran, cont’d

So now Danish is telling us that the POTUS thinks and behaves like an unhinged, out of control and amoral sociopath gangster; not, in fact, a great deal unlike General Soleimani himself. OK sure, I can see the similarities. But tell me again, Paul, why it is that, as an American, this is something for which I should feel pride?

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Fair trial

The Constitution states that the Senate must judge the conduct of the president once he has been impeached by the House. President Trump has been impeached by the House; and now the Senate must decide whether he should be removed from office.

Colorado’s senators must do all they can to ensure that the trial is a fair one. They must examine all the evidence (and that includes hearing from witnesses); and they must be impartial. I know that will be difficult.

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Boulder since 2008, I know about the deep partisan divisions in our state. The best of our leaders have risen above self and party and have done what is best for the country.

Senators Bennet and Gardner must follow their example. Voters such as myself are paying attention; and after the senate’s decision, we will vote only for those who judged wisely and fairly.

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Great perspective

Fascinating insight into how our country robbed former slaves in the South of their rights as U.S. citizens for 100 years (Re: “History is in the telling,” Anderson Files, Dec. 26, 2019). Who won the war? Those who wrote the history.

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Americans don’t want another war

Trump’s actions have led us to the brink of war with Iran. From withdrawing from the Iran nuclear deal to extrajudicially assassinating Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani, and keeping up a campaign of maximum pressure, Trump and his cabinet are beating the drums of war.

The Trump Administration did NOT inform Congress of this strike.

House Representatives and Senators are all putting forth bills to limit the president’s ability to start a war, and it’s critical we support these bills.

Bills like Rep. Slotkin and Sen. Kaine’s, which has passed in the House, and reasserts Congress’s oversight responsibilities by mandating the administration’s hostility against Iran cease within 30 days. Sen. Sanders and Rep. Khanna have also introduced the No War Against Iran Act, which prohibits funding for the Pentagon to launch any use of force against Iran.

Trump keeps saying Iran will never have a nuclear weapon... but he withdrew from the Iran deal. The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action was a multilateral agreement that limited Iran’s ability to produce a nuclear weapon and allowed multiple countries to verify they were playing by the rules. Trump backed out of this agreement, and Iran is starting to increase their capabilities now.

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However, most experts agree Iran is many months to years away from a nuclear weapon.

The American people do not want to be dragged into another decadeslong, costly war. The cost of war with Iran could easily cover Medicare for all, universal pre-K, or free college educations. We don’t want another bloody and expensive war, we want people and peace to be put first.

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Bernie is a sure loser

The Indian Peaks and James Peak Wilderness Areas are two of the most popular wilderness areas in Colorado because of the spectacular scenery and proximity to the Denver area.

They are visited by tens of thousands of people every year. The serenity of the wilderness has been severely impacted by a radical decision by the Federal Aviation Administration to reroute thousands of flights over these areas. They decided to dramatically change flight paths from Denver International Airport; they say to save fuel and reduce the carbon footprint.

They did this with inadequate analysis and public input. Their own data in the Environmental Impact Statement shows no significant savings of fuel, carbon or time. The previous flight paths were fine.

The new low flight paths have caused severe noise pollution in the Indian Peaks and James Peak Wilderness Areas that are now subject to dozens of low flying jet aircraft all day everyday. The altitude of these areas, 12,000 to 13,000 feet, the noise pollution is severe. The low planes have also impact Boulder and Gilpin County towns. This decision is not the best alternative; by definition wilderness is supposed to stay untrammeled by man. It took decades for citizens and Congress to designate this wilderness for everyone. The previous dispersed flight paths were fair and were working.

The number of planes makes the jet noise constant throughout the day in both the wilderness. It is critical that the FAA re-evaluate this radical impact and dramatically increase the elevation of the planes to least 20,000 feet or reroute them to their original flight paths. United and Southwest Airlines were part of this backroom decision and should be contacted about their part in violat-

Bernie Sanders has no realistic chance of being elected president. If you actually want to see Medicare for All implemented, vote for Elizabeth Warren. Sen. Warren can win, whereas Sanders is a sure loser.

Until these myopic, naive Bernie Bros can satisfactorily explain how Sanders would be able to successfully defend his anti-American political activities during the first half of his life (which would certainly be highlighted and scrutinized by the GOP in a general election), non-Democrat Sanders should end his doomed presidential candidacy now.

For instance, Sanders is on the record repeatedly having unreservedly and uncritically lauded lavish public praise on anti-American communist dictators like Daniel Ortega and Fidel Castro. (Have you ever watched Bernie’s infamous videotaped interviews on these subjects from Aug. 8, 1985 and from June 13, 1988? You should.)

Then of course there was Bernie Sanders’ still inadequately explained 1988 marital honeymoon in the Soviet Union, where upon returning to Vermont the Marxist socialist Sanders predictably and pathetically voiced his unabashed praise for the Soviet system.

Less well known is the fact that in 1963 Sanders lived and worked for several months on a Stalinist commune near Haifa in Northern Israel that explicitly saw the Soviet Union as its political role model.

And then there’s that bizarre, incredibly disturbing “rape fantasy” article that Sanders wrote which was published in 1972 when Sanders was a 30-year-old far-Left Marxist gubernatorial candidate in Vermont.

Get a clue, Bernie Bros, Sen. Sanders is a sure loser in a general election, which is why (in addition to the 78-year-old’s recent heart attack) Sanders should drop out of the presidential race immediately.

Losing in 2020 is not an option.

Democrats must nominate a candidate who can actually win.

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s the first month of 2020 comes to an end, primary politics in this election year are just heating up.

While the Democratic presidential primary takes the national spotlight, here in Colorado eight Democratic candidates are vying to replace Republican Senator Cory Gardner, part of a national effort by Democrats to regain control of the Senate, after winning back the House in the 2018 midterms.

The breadth and number of candidates has fluctuated over the last year and there still could be additions (and possibly drop-outs), as the deadline to file with the Secretary of State’s office isn’t until March 17. However, all eight current contenders for the Democratic nomination in the Senate race are set to convene in Longmont on Jan. 26 at a town hall event presented by Longmont Latinx Voice, a recently formed organization with a mission to increase Latinx voter registration and engagement, while helping to resolve Latinx issues in the Longmont community.

“We don’t really get many opportunities, if any, to be able to hear from every single candidate running for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate on these particular issues,” says event moderator Nick Lopez. “And so this certainly will give folks a platform who maybe are first-time candidates or who haven’t traditionally had to reach out to the Latinx community to build the bridge with our community and allow us to better understand how they will serve our needs and be the best representative for us in the United States Senate.”

Lopez grew up in Longmont, and went on to study law and work for the Colorado Attorney General’s Office. He now works for the state of Vermont, but still has deep ties to the Latinx community in Longmont and often returns to visit family and friends.

The event is especially pertinent right now, Lopez says, considering the growing influence of Latinx voters across the country and here in Colorado. Voter turnout in the 2018 midterm elec-

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tion hit a record high overall, with the number of Latinx voters almost doubling compared to the 2014 midterms, according to the Pew Research Center. What’s more, Pew expects Hispanic voters to be the second largest voting contingency in the 2020 election, surpassing the number of eligible black voters. All together, Pew expects about a third of the voters in 2020 to be nonwhite, up from about a quarter at the turn of the century.

“Latinos now hold a significant amount of electoral and voting power in this country. And all evidence suggests that over the next 20 to 30 years, the Latino population will continue to grow,” Lopez says. “And the power dynamics that Latinos have in electoral races and in politics is going to continue to shift.”

In Colorado, members of the Latinx community make up about 20% of the overall state population, with the majority having been born here, according to the University of Denver’s Latino Leadership Institute and the Latino Data Project.

When it comes to registered voters, the Latinx community comprises approximately 13% of those filling out ballots in Colorado. Overall, Latinx voters in the state narrowly favor Democratic candidates, with an increasing percentage registering Independent, especially millennials.

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These voters could significantly alter the Democratic primary this year, as a 2016 law now allows unaffiliated voters to choose whether or not they want to vote in a primary for a specific party without officially registering with that party.

Given that no one is challenging incumbent Sen. Gardner on the Republican side, it’s likely a large percentage of unaffiliated voters will cast ballots in the Democratic primary scheduled for June 30.

“It’s clear from the large field that there is excitement in the Democratic Party,” said Longmont Latnix Voice founder Victor Vela in a press release. “But the candidates will need to go through the Latino community here in Colorado in order to secure a primary

victory.”

The Democratic candidates (see sidebar for more info) are competing to challenge current Colorado Sen. Gardner, who is up for reelection after narrowly winning the seat in 2014 by some 50,000 votes. Currently, Gardner is considered by many to be the most vulnerable Republican senator in the country, seeking to win in a state that Hilary Clinton won by five points in 2016. What’s more, Democrats swept statewide elections in the 2018 midterms. They also flipped one congressional district — the election of Jason Crow over incumbent Mike Coffman — contributing to the national effort to win back the House.

Meanwhile Gardner has been catching flack for his lack of public appearances, scheduling no town hall event in the last two years, a move that many see as a way to avoid answering questions about his allegiance to Trump. Although Gardner didn’t endorse Trump in 2016, he’s increasingly aligned himself with the president, if not directly at least with his policies.

According to a voting record tracker at FiveThirtyEight, Gardner has voted in accordance with Trump’s policies 89.3% of the time.

He’s confirmed the majority of Trump’s nominees, including controversial figures like Supreme BOULDER COUNTY’S INDEPENDENT VOICE

Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh and Secretary of A TOWN HALL WITH the Interior David Bernhardt. He voted to repeal the Democratic the Affordable Care Act and roll back the EPA’s Candidates for the U.S. methane emissions standards, as well as blocked an Senate, presented by Longmont Latinx Voice. 2 attempt to quash Trump’s emergency funding of p.m. Saturday, Jan. 26, the border wall. Gardner differed from the presiLongmont Museum, 400 dent when it came to providing disaster aid to Quail Road, Longmont.

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Russia, Iran and North Korea, and a bipartisan immigration proposal back in 2018.

As the impeachment trial starts in the Senate, many have criticized his refusal to answer questions or comment about the president’s behavior or how he’s inclined to vote as the process plays out. Meanwhile back home, Gardner has not been known for his voter engagement across the state.

“There is frustration that Senator Gardner has not been as accessible to the community at large and specifically the Latinx population,” Lopez says.

However, the Longmont Latinx Voice event won’t significantly focus on Gardner, he says. Rather, Lopez will be asking questions centered around policies more than politics.

“Now certainly I expect that the candidates will indicate how their policy positions will be distinct from Senator Gardner,” he says, “but given that this is a Democratic primary, we really want to get a sense as to how each of these candidates stack up against each other and how their policies fit into the larger picture.”

Lopez says his questions are designed to draw attention to the issues the Latinx community cares most about — national issues that have local impact as well as local issues that have national reach, all of which leave many living in an environment of uncertainty. But don’t expect a conversation only revolving around immigration reform, he says.

“Fair or not, many national politicians and political pundits think that the only issues that the Latinx community cares about are immigration and crime,” Lopez says. “Those are obviously very important issues to us, but there are so many other issues that impact us too.”

The forum will cover wide-ranging topics such as affordable housing, disparity in terms of both wages and wealth, K-12 education as well as higher ed, affordability and access to health care, transportation and policing.

“All these issues are not only important for the broader public at large, which is why we hope everybody will be interested in attending this event, but are specifically impacting the lives of Latinos at the local and national level,” Lopez says.

Climate change and energy development will also be topics of discussion, as the Latinx community is often left out of the conversation with politicians and environmental groups alike, despite the fact that “our communities are feeling and will feel the effects of climate change in many times disproportionately or more quickly than others,” Lopez says.

“We also intend to discuss discrimination generally, whether it’s the tremendous wage disparity that exists for Latinas working and living in Colorado to overt and passive discrimination that still resides in many of our communities, due in large part to the discourse we see at the national level.”

The forum will be conducted in English with simultaneous interpretation in Spanish via headsets.

Regardless of how the candidates answer, a large component of the event is increasing voter engagement within the Latinx community. Using the mantra, “Su voto es su voz,” or, “Your vote is your voice,” the hope is that come June, and then November, more of the Latinx community than ever turn out to vote.

As Lopez says, “The one way that we can make sure that Latinx issues are addressed and people have the opportunity to make sure their voice is heard is by going to the ballot box.”

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Meet the Candidates: DIANA BRAY: Mother of four Diana Bray has been a climate justice activist since 2006, protesting against increased oil and gas development in Colorado and Australia. She is also a clinical psychologist. dianaforcolorado.com LORENA GARCIA: A seventh-generation Colorado native, Lorena Garcia is a veteran activist and organizer with a career in nonprofit administration. She currently is executive director at the Colorado Statewide Parent Coalition. lorenaforsenate.com DAVID GOLDFISCHER Joining the race at the end of 2019, David Goldfischer is an associate professor at the University of Denver’s Josef Korbel School for International Studies, specializing in national and international security. goldfisher2020.com JOHN HICKENLOOPER The former mayor of Denver and two-term governor of Colorado. He joined the Colorado Senate race after suspending his presidential campaign. hickenlooper. com ANDREW ROMANOFF: Former speaker of the state House of Representatives Andrew Romanoff was previously elected to four terms in District 6, representing East Denver. Most recently, he was the president and CEO JANUARY 23, 2020

of Mental Health Colorado. andrewromanoff.com STEPHANY ROSE SPAULDING A Baptist pastor and professor of women’s and ethnic studies at University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, Stephany Rose Spaulding was inspired to enter politics by the 2017 Women’s March.

She also ran for Colorado’s 5th Congressional District in 2018. stephanyforco.com MICHELLE FERRINGO WARREN A longtime immigration and community advocate, Warren is the advocacy and strategic engagement director for Christian Community Development Association and a consultant with the National Immigration Forum. Her book, The Power of Proximity, Moving Beyond Awareness to Action, was published in 2017. michelleforcolorado.com TRISH ZORNIO Currently a lecturer at the University of Colorado Denver, Zornio is a former lead researcher and program director at the Stanford Center for Undiagnosed Diseases.

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What Boulder County climate activists say the media missed about State of the State protest

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ichael Denslow is a scientist who lives in unincorporated East Boulder County.

For years, he thought his work in biodiversity was helping move the needle forward on addressing the climate crisis.

But, as scientific research implored immediate action, he became frustrated with the lack of progress from policy makers, specifically in Colorado, with its booming oil and gas industries and talkbut-no-action Democratic governors.

Then Extraction Oil & Gas sent him a letter asking to lease the mineral rights under his property.

“You worry about what’s happening in your backyard, but at the end of the day you think about the world we want to live in,” Denslow says. “Sure, I don’t want a new fracking site in my backyard, but I recognize what we need to do is transition away from fossils fuels.”

So Denslow joined the Boulder chapter of Extinction Rebellion (XR), and on Jan. 9 was arrested alongside 37 other activists after a demonstration in the state house before Governor Jared Polis’ annual State of the State address. Several protestors unfurled a banner calling attention to the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission’s (COGCC) decision to allow drilling next to Bella Romero Academy, a school of 90% non-white students; a decision made worse in the eyes of social and environmental activists by the fact that the drilling was originally intended to be done near another school with a mostly white student body.

“Bella Romero is the world in a raindrop,” says fellow XR member and Boulder resident Devon Reynolds. “You can look at this one case and see the way climate across the globe is impacting people of color, people who don’t have a lot of money or people who are excluded by power systems.”

Both Reynolds and Denslow say the demonstration was meant to call attention to action that can be taken, right now, on a local level. Protestors tried to communicate three demands: 1) Shut down drilling at Bella Romero; 2) Declare a state BOULDER COUNTY’S INDEPENDENT VOICE

of emergency with regards to the climate crisis; and 3) End fossil fuel extraction in 2025.

“We were trying to speak directly to the governor,” Denslow says. “This seems to be missed by the press. … This was not directed at the legislature; these were things we felt [Polis] could do something about.”

“I think Governor Polis talks a great game that is friendly to everyone, but I don’t think we have that option anymore,” Reynolds adds.

“Governor Polis would like to solve climate change by mostly providing subsidies for renewable energy and making sure infrastructure exists for electric cars. That’s amazing and necessary, but market solutions are not going to solve inequality.

COURTESY OF EXTINCTION REBELLION ... You have to have regulations with teeth to make sure there are consequences for polluting the general resources, like air, water and climate.”

Fellow activist Deborah Kay Kelly, who helped make arrangements for those arrested and who, like Reynolds, spent almost 24 hours in custody, agrees: For all the positive talk of addressing the climate crisis, Colorado can, and needs to, do more.

“I think Polis’ climate plan has a lot of merit but we don’t have enough inspections and we don’t have broad enough setbacks and we don’t have a moratorium on more drilling, and perhaps he was unable to achieve that, but we would like him to be standing up for it a lot more,” Kelly says.

It is politically convenient to talk about addressing the climate crisis in broad terms or to provide timelines that new administrations can push back or that begin after it’s too late to make necessary adjustments, Denslow adds. Objectively good news like Tri-State closing its Colorado and New Mexico coal plants should not distract from what XR sees is an immediate need to ban fossil fuel extraction in the state.

“We’re a huge producer [of fossil fuels in Colorado], and we’ve had record production under Hickenlooper, Polis, under these Democratic polticians,” Denslow says. “So the question really I

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becomes, what are we doing now, and our concern is that politicians are always trying to do something that doesn’t put too much on them — talking about 2040, 2050, that’s something far enough in the future they don’t have to take immediate consequences for that, and our corner is asking you to do something immediately that can help propel us and be a model.”

Reynolds adds that addressing fossil fuel extraction is one thing, but there needs to be a holistic social change in order to ensure future communities aren’t abused.

“If we solve sustainability or energy sustainability without figuring out the unjust ways that these systems affect people, then we’re just going to end up with some other problem, some other issue, whether it’s food scarcity, these things just keep revolving,” Reynolds says.

“All these politicians [showed up] to Martin Luther King Day events… how do you think Martin Luther King would see the situation at Bella Romero?” Denslow asks. “Climate change and civil rights are different issues, but think about someone like him and what he stood for, which is what we’re supposed to be celebrating. I wonder what he would say about what’s happening there. I wonder what he would ask them to do.”

The protest gained national attention when Bernie Sanders tweeted his support for XR and Sunshine Movement (a youth climate-advocacy group) on Jan. 10. Wrote Sanders, who stumped for Polis in 2018: “Young people are showing the courage to lead the fight against a climate disaster when many of our leaders won’t lift a finger. They do not deserve to be arrested — they deserve to be applauded and heard.”

Reynolds says the positive attention that comes with Sanders’ support outweighs any cynical concerns it’s a politically expedient time for the candidate to push progressive values.

“It matters for this to be a national conversation,” Reynolds says of the tweet. “It matters that people understand what’s happening in Colorado.”

“I think its mostly another step toward making people more aware,” Kelly adds. “To me personally it feels like some kind of a validation or a victory.”

Many of the 38 activists were charged with trespassing, disruption of a public assembly and/or obstructing a peace officer. Denslow says the group can’t divulge when the next act of civil disobedience may occur, but their focus will be on forcing change in Colorado and in Boulder County, where, as he knows well, efforts to frack are already underway.

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The Venn diagram between climate and human health CU study connects warming temperatures to future increases in violent crimes

by Caitlin Rockett

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hen Ryan Harp started his double major in atmospheric and oceanic sciences and psychology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, he didn’t know for sure if he’d be able to combine his two interests into a viable career.

But a class in criminal psychology planted a seed that laid dormant until Harp began his graduate program in atmospheric and oceanic sciences at CU Boulder.

“At some point, [the instructor] talked about how temperature ties into crime rates and I happened to remember that my first year here,” Harp says. “And I mentioned it to Kris, who was pretty skeptical at first.”

Kris Karnauskas, Harp’s graduate advisor, wasn’t skeptical for long. The two have now authored their second paper on how global warming will increase violent crime in the United States. Their newest research, published on Jan. 15 in Environmental Research Letters, suggests that rising temperatures could account for as many as 3.2 million additional violent crimes between 2020 and the end of the century.

Karnauskas’ “healthy skepticism,” as Harp labels it, came from a concern that the research was, essentially, ahead of its time.

“The Venn diagram between climate change and health is huge,” Karnauskas says. “The overlap is enormous. But the Venn diagram of where it’s being worked on is tiny. Ryan is one of the few people working in that little space. I think they’re moving closer together. … But part of my job is to see him through his degree and then hopefully he gets a job. Maybe a part of me was worried: Would this true interdisciplinary research really be valued or is it too early?”

But Harp wasn’t going into his research blind or alone. While the literature was scant, there were other scientists out there studying these types of

indirect health impacts of climate change, like Craig Anderson from Iowa State University who did some of the first research on climate change and human aggression, or Marshall Burke’s team who found that higher temperatures increase suicide rates in the United States and Mexico. Just a few days before Harp and Karnauskas released their second paper, Robbie Parks at Imperial College London published peer-reviewed research that found climate change-related injuries could kill thousands in the U.S. To begin their research, Harp and Karnauskas requested raw data on violent crime in the U.S. from the Federal Bureau of Investigations; Harp spent the better part of a year sorting the data into readable spreadsheets that made sense.

Then Harp and Karnauskas split the U.S. into five different regions that experience similar climate patterns. Philadelphia and New York City may have different weather on a given day, but “if it’s a whopper of a summer, it’s the same in both cities,” Karnauskas says.

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climate scenarios, including the much-cited 2-degree Celsius increase the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has said world governments must prevent to avoid runaway climate change.

The use of numerous climate models is a common practice in climate forecasting. The various models take different computational approaches or use different data points, and the sum of their findings can be averaged to provide the best possible overall picture.

Harp and Karnauskas were then able to “mesh” this data, finding that warmer winters could lead to increased crime, particularly in the Northeast.

“It’s a pretty simple theory, but basically having more pleasant weather leads to an increase in the number of interpersonal interactions and greater victim availability,” Harp says.

“Two degrees has been viewed as this magic threshold, but it’s somewhat arbitrary,” Harp says.

“We’re going to blow past it,” Karnauskas interjects.

That’s why they projected scenarios for 3 and 4 degrees Celsius, coming to an estimated worst-case scenario of 3.2 million additional violent crimes over the next 80 years.

Harp plans to continue his research into more direct health impacts of climate change — malaria’s relationship to climate systems like El Niño and La Niña, for example. Karnauskas sees much more to be done on how climate indirectly impacts health by way of things like crime and poverty.

“We realized we really had something special with this paper by taking the toolbox of a climate scientist who works with large data sets and ... applying those basic analytical tools in our world to these adjacent and complementary fields that study what the impacts are,” Karnauskas says.

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‘Hey! That’s a nice Melly!’

A love affair with the reclusive Leadville company that shirks capitalism and makes products that last

By Laurenz Busch

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was 26 when I received my Melly from my coworker, Connor, an eclectic van-dweller. I’d recently moved to Utah to work as a field guide for a Wilderness Therapy program and had just gotten off my first shift. (We worked eight days on, six days off.)

I nervously stood there, in the parking lot of the program’s basecamp, staring over at Connor’s home.

The van looked beat and bleak, covered in muck and stickers, sitting there sunken and weary as though on the verge of collapse. The rear doors were open wide and Connor was leaning up against his makeshift wooden platform bed.

It was vanlife if I’d ever seen it: no hashtag, no perfection, no fleeting sense of admiration. His untended-to fingernails combed through his greasy blonde mullet. His shirt was spotted in tofu-bacon grease and his pants were the only ones he owned. He wasn’t wearing any shoes. Neil Young 16

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blessed the scene from the busted dashboard speakers.

Most of us were living out of vans or at least living in houses with four or five others, so Connor wasn’t much of a surprise to us and, besides, we hadn’t gathered there because of him or his van. We’d come for the micro-fiber goodness carefully stacked underneath his arm: the Mellys.

A Melly is a seemingly ordinary hoodie with a whole lot of hype.

They’re made by the reclusive Leadville company Melanzana, and officially named the “Micro-Grid Hoodie,” though everyone knows them as “Mellys.” Its marsupial pouch, checkered texture and neckgaitered hood has become a cult symbol of exclusivity among outdoors-people, an undeniably righteous possession that signals insider knowledge, often surrounded with quasi-satirical hype that sanctifies the company’s products with JANUARY 23, 2020

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immortal capabilities.

Mellys aren’t just something you own and wear, but something that makes you one of the cool kids. From dirtbags to ski bums, guides, thruhikers, wanderers and explorers of the unknown — people take them from crammed Subarus in Yosemite Valley, to towering slickrock in Indian Creek, to rocky Atlantic outcrops, and all the rest stops, pit toilets, gas stations, diners, valleys and rivers inbetween.

You begin to see life in terms of before Melly and after Melly as the two of you become one, all the while beckoning the attention and admiration from those around you, pulling you aside or shout from mountain peaks up high: “Hey! That’s a nice Melly!” Trust me, it’s happened.

Getting a Melly, however, is no easy feat — it’s become a right of passage in the outdoor community.

Connor had recently returned from what was once known as a “Melly run.” A Melly run was when one or several people would drive — in this case from Salt Lake City — all the way to Leadville just to buy Melanzana products.

They would buy whatever had been “ordered” — in our case, eight Micro-Grid Hoodies — and then bring them back to eager friends

LEADVILLE-BASED and coworkclothing company ers. People Melanzana’s signature would do so hoodies are hard to get. because the company doesn’t sell their products online, at any other stores or over the phone. Unless you want to pay two- to three-times as much on eBay, you’ll have to drive to Leadville, cross your fingers that what you want is in stock, and then wait in line at the cash register. New company policies, however, have made Melly runs a thing of the past.

At its core, the Melly hype goes beyond mere exclusivity. The founding principles of this cottage company are something many in the outdoor scene believe to be worth standing for. The image that Melanzana gives off is pride: pride in local and sustainable production, in values beyond for-profit capitalism, in highquality goods and in economic growth in small mountain towns. It’s admirable, to say the least, and it’s the exact reason why a thru-hiker would carry a 12.5-ounce Melly for five months when there are so many lighter-weight options.

Trouble is, Melanzana can’t keep up with the outdoors-people’s demand. But, radical as it is, they

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limiting a company’s growth for the sake of maintaining sustainable production levels. When Howard arrived in Leadville and slept his first two winters in a hand-sewn tipi, Melanzana grew from his conviction to stay humble and produce highquality, simple and affordable outdoor gear. So far, despite the continually increasing demand, the company has kept with their mission and continues to include sustainability and ethically sourced fabrics as a part of their business.

As the future unfolds and Colorado’s outdoor industry continues its economic boom, Melanzana’s biggest challenge will be navigating unwanted popularity. Its products are good — but to stay relevant, the character of the company will continue to set them apart.

Despite the hype, the day I got my Melly nothing within me changed substantially. Sparks didn’t fly, emotions didn’t run high, and I definitely didn’t become a better climber, skier or writer. However, my Melly comes with me wherever I go. It’s been there for 250 trail days. I’ve burned it, melted it, cooked in it, fell in love while wearing it, changed in it. I’ve used it as a pillow, as a hip cushion and as sun protection. My Melly has been there for me, and my appreciation for its quality has never ceased.

Sure, I’m biased (I’m even wearing it as I write this), but Mellys are so much more than the Americanmade fabric and its hand-sewn stitches. People truly believe in Melanzana and its cottage company operational principles. They stand by the notion that if we produce good product, and we make that product last, and we don’t mess up the environment, that maybe, just maybe, we’re actually taking our capitalistic overlords for a run, exerting the notion that growth for growth is the ideology of a cancer cell.

By wearing Melanzanas, we’re saying, “Hey, we value affordable and sustainable high quality over cheap unethical quantity.” We’re saying, “Hey, we value companies that do too and not just as some marketing scheme.” And for now, we’re saying, “Hey! That’s a nice Melly!

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don’t want to keep up with the outdoors-people’s demands.

Melanzana is a self-proclaimed “rare beast of a company.” Started in 1994 by Fritz Howard and initially named Eggplant, the company is rooted in its mission to be a local, simple and affordable outdoor clothing company in a real mountain town. Far enough from the tourist hubs of Vail and Summit County, Eggplant found home in Leadville, America’s highest town. Soon after, due to a trademark conflict, Eggplant became Melanzana — still “Eggplant,” only in Italian.

The company grew and moved, moved again and grew some more, eventually settling down in its current location — a 7,500-square-foot building where they hand-make every product in-house from Tennessee-based Polartec fabrics, operate 100% on solar power, and reportedly pay and treat employees well.

In recent years, Melanzana has seen exponential growth and has doubled its production since 2018 to a point where they can barely keep their shelves stocked. Hence, the death of “Melly runs” and the new one-customer-two-Melly purchasing policy.

Although the opportunities for expansion couldn’t be clearer, the company puts up a staunch fight against any publicity in order to subdue the still-increasing popularity.

They’re known to refuse interviews — as they did for this article — and when asked to comment, Melanzana responded via email that it’s trying to avoid promotional opportunities due to the high demand. (Reader: use your discretion when considering buying a Melly.)

Over the phone, an employee mentioned customers are often disappointed when they drive to Leadville only to realize that their size (let alone desired color) is unavailable.

When asked to verify the current inventory, the employee was reluctant to do so due to the constant flux. The company has added “traffic lights” to its website that depict inventory levels, and at the time of writing this, all lights were either red or yellow, with a single green light for the MicroGrid Dress.

It’s a fairly revolutionary concept,

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Marcus King lowers the mic into the depths of his soul

23-year-old Marcus King dropped his first solo record this year, ‘El Dorado,’ produced by Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys.

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fans can expect one thing for certain when they see King and his band live on tour behind the guitarist’s new album, El Dorado: This won’t be a rehash of what’s on the record.

“My least favorite thing is to hear someone basically put a cassette player on when they get on stage,” King says. “That’s no fun.”

Some of the songs on El Dorado have forced King and his band to divert from their studio versions. On ballads such as “Break” and “One Day She’s Gone,” King prominently incorporates strings, while thick retro-styled backing vocals are a big part of the song “Beautiful Stranger.” These elements are not in the instrumental/vocal arsenal of the Marcus King Band, which includes singer/guitarist King, drummer Jack Ryan, bassist Stephen Campbell, trumpet/trombone player Justin Johnson, sax player Dean Mitchell and keyboardist Dane Farnsworth.

It hasn’t taken long for the El Dorado songs to transition into their own entities live, King says.

“We’ve been test driving them for awhile, and they’re just becoming different songs out here, staying true to what they are, but obviously, we don’t have a string section out here and we don’t have as many vocals and we don’t have a full horn section,” King says. “So it’s a lot different out here, man, and I think anybody that comes to see the live show would agree.”

The ballads on El Dorado have a lushness not brought to the three previous Marcus King Band records.

Meanwhile, other songs, like “The Well” (a full-on bluesy rocker), “Turn It Up” (whose percolating textures and driving tempo create a welcome tension) and “Young Man’s Dream” (which shifts from a gentle acoustic opening to a fullbodied country-tinged tune), bring a nice musical range to the album.

The latter song is one of several on which King sings in falsetto — something he had never done before. King discovered his falsetto range quite accidentally during the recording session for El Dorado.

“I was just a little tired one night, and the concept of the microphone, think about it: They can turn it up as loud as you want to go,” King explains.

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their [vocal] tracks pretty much. It doesn’t sound like that [on the new album]. So I did that (falsetto) just because I was a little tired one night and I just took that approach. I’m sure as hell glad I did.”

Along with introducing strings, horns, backing vocals and his newly discovered range into his sound, something else makes El Dorado dif-

ferent for King.

It’s the first Marcus King solo album. Although the Marcus King Band is very much intact, circumstances led King to step away from his group to make the new album.

“The opportunity availed itself to be able to work with some legends, like (drummer) Gene Chrisman and (keyboardist) Bobby Wood,” King says,

mentioning two musicians who were original members of the Memphis Boys, the house band at Chips Moman’s famed American Sound Studio (they played on Dusty Springfield’s “Son of a Preacher Man” and Elvis Presley’s “Suspicious Minds” and many other famous songs). see KING Page 20

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Marcus King grew “I had to make a decision, and I’m glad that I did it,” he up around blues, adds. “I feel it’s important to step away from the norm every soul and rock now and then. It refreshes you in all senses of the word.” music, picking up his first guitar at 4 It makes sense that King would have been well aware of and forming his Chrisman, Wood and the production work of Moman. first band at 14.

Growing up in Greenville, South Carolina, King’s father and grandfather were musicians who introduced King to a wide range of blues, soul, country and rock ‘n’ roll at a young. He paid attention and build a deep knowledge of those genres and the pioneering musicians at their helms. By age 4, King had his first guitar and was learning to play. He did his first performance at age 8, and by age 10 or so, King had joined his father’s soul-rooted band, which taught him key lessons about music, performing and running a band.

King didn’t waste time striking out on his own, forming his first band at age 14.

But it wasn’t until 2014 that he got his big break. That’s when he met Warren Haynes, guitarist/singer in Gov’t Mule (and previously the Allman Brothers Band), who was impressed enough by King to sign him to his Evil Twin Records label.

That label re-released the first Marcus King Band album, Soul Insight, in 2015.

That album, originally self-released the year prior, featured a substantially different lineup than the present Marcus King Band.

The current edition of the group came on board in time to make 2016’s selftitled Marcus King Band — the group’s first release on Fantasy Records. Produced

by Haynes, the album reached No. 2 on Billboard’s Top Blues Albums.

Then for 2018’s Carolina Confessions, King worked with in-demand producer Dave Cobb (Chris Stapleton, Sturgill Simpson and Jason Isbell, to name just a few), who helped the Marcus King Band create a more song-focused album that flowed smoothly between blues-tinged rockers, songs with some Memphis soul and more acoustic fair with a country flair.

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of the Black Keys.

ON THE BILL: Marcus King “Well, we started writing together a couple of years ago,” Band — with Dee King says. “He (Auerbach) called me out of the blue, or his White. 8 p.m. manager called me out of the blue, and said, ‘Dan wants you Friday, Feb. 14, to come to Nashville and do some writing.’ That really Boulder Theater, sparked a good friendship and a good writing partnership. I 2032 14th St., Boulder. ended up moving to [Nashville] about a year later (in late 7 p.m. Saturday, 2018).”

Feb. 15, Ogden Despite the wide range of instrumentation, El Dorado Theatre, 935 E. came together quickly. King’s writing sessions with several Colfax Ave., respected tunesmiths (Paul Overstreet, Ronnie Bowman and Denver.

Pat McLaughlin) took only about a week and a half, and recording was finished in three days. Auerbach, it turns out, is anything but fussy in the studio.

“Dan’s very similar to me as far as he likes to get in there early in the morning and work until late at night. So you’re getting a lot of hours in,” King says. “There’s not a lot of thought to what else can we add to this track. ‘The Well’ is a prime example of the way this album came to be because what you hear on the record is what we cut that night. The only thing we added to it was the handclaps, which we did that night, and when we left the studio we had a finished track that night...

That’s the nature of Auerbach. There’s no need to overthink something. Just let it be what it wants to be.”

The presence of so many ballads on El Dorado (a half dozen in all) wasn’t premeditated, either.

“I’ve never sat down with a kind of song in mind. I like to allow the song to be whatever it needs to be, however I need to say it. That’s been the way for all of my writing,” King says. “The soul ballads were just what I like to do, man, I like to take a microphone and lower it down into my soul, into the depths of it. Whatever’s jangling around in there, that’s what you hear.”

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Blues is the route

Well-traveled friends Mollie O’Brien, Mary Flower and Rich Moore reunite for new songs and old stories

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kinds of music,” she says. “I had a great time. I remember opening for Tom Rush at Tulagi’s and going to see the Ophelia Swing Band with Mollie’s brother Tim.” Flower now lives in Portland where she teaches, performs and runs guitar camps.

“I was having a potluck at my house in Wash Park,” Flower remembers. “I invited Rich Moore. I’ve always considered him to

Beatles’ “Oh! Darling.” She culls songs to possess from the great writers ranging from Tom Waits and Jesse Winchester to Gillian Welch and Memphis Minnie. Her recordings include duets with her brother, bluesy solo albums and recent collaborations with Moore.

Besides singing on the Grammywinning True Life Blues: The Songs of Bill Monroe, the West Virginia JOHN LEYBA native was a member of the Hopeful Gospel Quartet on A Prairie Home Companion.

Flower was a finalist at the National Fingerpicking Guitar Championship and is wellknown among guitar geeks for both her fingerpicking and slide guitar skills. She breaks out her 1949 Gibson “square neck” lap guitar for the bluesier numbers.

Women who play slide guitar are still very much a rarity in folk and blues circles.

“I remember when I saw Bonnie Raitt in Denver and I just decided I wanted to be a be a great guitar player. I had heard really good guitarist. That’s the stuff!” rumors about Mollie and she came, too.”

Flower says. “All these years later I’m After hearing O’Brien sing, Flower disappointed at how few women players says she had the same reaction most lis- there are. I’ll have a guitar camp and teners have: there will be 35 guys and three women.”

“I thought, ‘What a voice!’ It’s been Flower has recorded 12 albums amazing to listen to her change and including Misery Loves Company on adapt to soul, and big bands and now Memphis’ Yellow Dog Records and the working as a duo with Rich,” Flower says. recent Livin’ With the Blues Again, proAs a vocalist, O’Brien is known to duced by the Little Village Foundation. ignore the walls between folk, jazz, blues Her encyclopedic knowledge of blues, and soul and to occasionally blow the ragtime and swing comes out in her origiroof off a club or concert hall. Just give a nal songs that sound like they were writlisten to her electrifying version of the ten 75 years ago.

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he music started about 40 years ago at a party at Mary Flower’s house in Denver. Singer Mollie O’Brien recalls the gathering in 1980 very clearly.

“I had heard about Mary’s guitar playing right away when I got to town. That was the first time I met Rich Moore,” O’Brien says.

O’Brien and Flower went on to play in a few groups together including the Velvet Torpedoes. O’Brien and guitarist Moore were eventually married and now tour as a duo, and Flower is a celebrated blues and folk guitarist. All three have remained friends and enjoyed long careers mining the well of American roots music.

They have sat in on each other’s sets over the decades but until this month O’Brien, Moore and Flower haven’t played a concert together.

This convergence of talent is ideal since O’Brien and Flower were among the 21 women musicians inducted in 2019 the Colorado Music Hall of Fame as part of The Mother Folkers, the self-described “most carefully pronounced group in folk music.” The ground-breaking collective performed locally starting in the mid-’70s.

“It was great to get together again.

We’re all a little more seasoned now than we were in 1979,” O’Brien says with a laugh.

“Those were formative years when you could gig all over town playing all

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Moore says he’s eager for any opportunity to play guitar with Flower.

“We’re both fingerstyle guitarists and both have an appreciation for the blues,” he says. “We just have that musical communication that isn’t that common. We lock in right away when we play.”

Flower says Moore’s talents include being a stellar arranger and accompanist to O’Brien’s singing, as well as a skilled emcee and storyteller.

“I hired Rich to teach at one of my guitar camps,” Flower says. “He has so much knowledge about guitar licks and techniques, but he also has this wacky sense of humor that is wonderful. It lightened everything up at the camp.”

While Flower is in the neighborhood, she and Moore will lead a guitar workshop Jan. 26 at Swallow Hill in Denver.

When O’Brien and Moore perform, she sings and he mainly accompanies while lending an occasional vocal harmony. O’Brien is looking forward to blending bluesy voices with Flowers.

“Mary has such a thread running through her work connecting to swing and early blues. I love singing with her.

It’s like singing with a sibling,” O’Brien says.

For their Colorado shows, the trio is working up songs they can do together including guitar duets and even three-part harmonies, a prospect that Moore finds “challenging,” he says.

O’Brien and Moore have released two albums and continue searching for just the right tunes to add to their wideranging repertoire.

As he says, “The music still calls to us and we still want to get out and perform.”

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Boulder Phil’s ‘Mozart and More’ features Anderson & Roe Piano Duo

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usic director Michael pianos on stage,” Butterman says. That “Haffner” Symphony, is not as familiar as Butterman will be both conmight be especially true on the relatively his other later symphonies, but it seems ductor and soloist at the small Macky stage, but he is confident perfect for this concert: “It definitely bubBoulder Philharmonic’s next everything will fit. For the concerto, “the bles with energy,” Butterman says. “It fits concert, Saturday (Jan. 25) in pianos will be in a fan-like array, pointing with the rest of the pieces in that it’s kind Macky Auditorium. toward the orchestra, so I can stand up of energetic and bright.”

His solo turn will be in Mozart’s and wave my arms every now and then,” The focus of the concert will be the Concerto for three pianos and orchestra, he says. performances by Anderson and Roe. which he will perform with the Anderson The 20-year-old Mozart wrote the They are such a well practiced ensemble & Roe Piano Duo — Greg Anderson and Concerto for a Viennese countess to that performing with a third pianist can Elizabeth Joy Roe. Anderson and Roe play with her two daughters. As a result, be tricky. are very much the featured artists on the the three parts are not equally difficult.

“Throwing in a third pianist is a risk,” program, which includes three of their “It’s not the most substantial piece that Anderson says. “But isn’t that the fun of it?” own adaptations for two pianos and Mozart ever wrote,” Butterman says, “but “Playing on stage there is always this orchestra: Ragtime alla Turca, LISA MARIE MAZZUCCO element of risk,” Roe says. based on Mozart’s Rondo alla “So we’re all about that eleTurca from his piano sonata in ment of risk. It’s not even A major, K331; Danse macarisk because [Butterman’s] bre bacchanale, based on such a wonderful colleague, and so it’s all in good fun.”

Saint-Saëns’ Danse macabre; The arrangements are and Carmen Fantasy, based what Anderson and Roe on themes from Bizet’s opera. are best known for.

They have played the “Every adaptation that Ragtime alla Turca in a twowe create, we amplify some piano version, but this will be element of the original spirthe first performance anywhere it,” Anderson says. “We of the orchestral version, never want to create somewhich Anderson created spething that feels like a pale cifically for the performance version of the original. with the Boulder Philharmonic.

“We want to make “We have found that presomething that surprises mieres are so flooded with and delights the audience. energy and excitement, that is In the case of Danse one of the most magical Macabre, we’ve taken that moments you have onstage.” sinister undertone and The orchestra alone will ON THE BILL: Mozart brought it to the foreground. open the concert with and More — by the The new version is very demonic. In Masques et Bergamasques by it’s still Mozart.

Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra, with Greg French composer Gabriel It’s got a beautiful Carmen Fantasy, we figured the two of Anderson and Elizabeth us could enact the Romantic spirit of the Fauré, a neo-classical work that second moveJoy Roe, pianists. 7:30 fits with the stated theme of the ment, and it’s just original opera.” p.m. Saturday, Jan. 25, Macky Auditorium, 1595 For Roe, it is the variety of the proconcert, “Mozart and More.” fun.

Pleasant St., Boulder, boulThe second half will open with The countess gram that she relishes. derphil.org/event/mozart“We like to honor variety in artistic Mozart’s Symphony in D major, “must have been and-more expression and ultimately the variety of K385 (“Haffner”). a good pianist,” life,” she says. For this program, “the audiThe whole program has a decidedly he adds, “and her older daughter was ence is going to experience a whole range bright and cheerful vibe. also evidently a pretty good pianist. Her “There’s an energy about [Anderson younger daughter I think was a good pia- of emotions. We have the mischief of the Ragtime all Turca, the spooky and terrifying and Roe] that makes everything they do nist but younger. That’s the part I’m takplayful and fun,” Butterman says. “That’s ing — I’m very much the junior colleague intensity of the Danse Macabre, and finally the romance and passion of Carmen. the way I feel about this concert in general.” in this piece.”

“What’s wonderful in an orchestral The Mozart Concerto is not heard Fauré’s Masques et Bergamasques often in concert halls, due to both the Butterman characterizes as “lighthearted setting is that everything feels ampliunusual requirement for thee soloists, and bubbly in some movements, passive fied. The orchestral forces add an epic element. It’s this kind of dynamic and the unusual requirement for three and gentle in others. It’s a lovely way to that will make this performance super pianos. open a program.” exciting.”

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4 and 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 25, Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut St., bowwowfilmfest.com MICHAEL UY This year marks the fifth annual Bow Wow Film Festival, an innovative, traveling dogthemed film festival that celebrates the human-canine bond.

Bow Wow partners with animal welfare organizations, such as pet food pantries, humane societies and service dog organizations across the country to raise money and awareness. Over five years, Bow Wow has raised more than $300,000 for animal welfare groups.

Tickets are $15 general admission and $10 for kids 12 and under. At the door, tickets will be $20 and $10 for kids. For a full schedule visit bowwowfilmfest.com.

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Dylan Streight The Tune Up at Full Cycle Friday, January 24 6:30-8:30 PM - NO COVER Happy Hour till 7pm

1795 Pearl St., Boulder, Co 80302 www.tuneupboulder.com

arts Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art (BMoCA), 1750 13th St., Boulder: Paul Gillis: ‘When Kingship Ascends to Heaven,’ through May 1.

TERRY MAKER, (CLOCKWISE) ‘COWGIRL HAT BALL,’ 2019; ‘TRIGGER,’ 2018; ‘MARKS (YELLOW)’ AND ‘MARKS (RED)’, 2014 AND ‘SELF PORTRAIT IN A TOOTSIE ROLL POP,’ 2013. PHOTOS BY CHRIS ROGERS

Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder: ‘Build a Better Book: Stories for Your Senses,’ Canyon Gallery, through Feb. 2.

Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder: ‘Brutal Realities,’ Jan. 17-Feb. 23.

Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver: ‘Claude Monet: The Truth of Nature,’ through Feb. 2; ‘Shantell Martin: Words and Lines,’ through Jan. 31; ‘The Light Show,’ through May 2020; ‘Treasures of British Art: The Berger Collection,’ through January 2020.

TERRY MAKER HAS CREATED a unique exhibit especially for the Longmont Museum: Because the World is Round. Maker mines commonplace materials, cutting and re-combining them into dense and tactile wall reliefs and large-scale freestanding sculptures. For this show, she is focusing on a recurring theme in her work — the circle. Circles have a host of symbolic meanings, and Terry wants to invoke them all — cosmic, cyclical, universal, sacred. On display Jan. 25-May 17.

Firehouse Art Center, 667 Fourth Ave., Longmont: ‘Locavore’: Katie Thompson, Paula Fitzgerald and Megan Morgan, through Feb. 2.

Longmont Museum, 400 Quail Road, Longmont: ‘Terry Maker: Because the World is Round,’ Jan 25-May 17; ‘Front Range Rising,’ permanent exhibit.

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Lyons Redstone Museum, 340 High St., Lyons: ‘40 years/40 artifacts’; ‘All Aboard! Railroads in Lyons’; ‘Lyons Newspapers: A History,’; ‘125 Years of Distinctive Cameras’; ‘Tiny Stories: Art of the Dollhouse’; ‘The Flood of 2013’; ‘Native American Artifacts,’ and more, lyonsredstonemuseum.com MONUMENTAL — coproduced by Black Cube and the Denver Theatre District. Through Jan. 31, 2020. For times and locations, denvertheatredistrict.com/event/monumental.

Museum of Boulder, 2205 Broadway, Boulder: ‘Archive 75: Multilayered Stories Told Through a Boulder Lens,’ through January; ‘Drawing a (Blank) in Boulder,’ through Jan. 27.

Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, 1485 Delgany St., Denver: ‘Francesca Woodman: Portrait of a Reputation,’ through April 5; ‘Teresa Hubbard / Alexander Birchler: Flora,’ through April 5; ‘Stacey Steers: Edge of Alchemy,’ through April 5.

ters,’ fiber art by six artists, through Jan. 25.

University of Colorado Art Museum, 1085 18th St., Boulder: ‘Body Language: Picturing People,’ through June 2020.

NCAR/UCAR Community Art Program, National Center for Atmospheric Research Visitor Center, 1850 Table Mesa Drive: Acrylic on canvas by Monica Tymcio and ‘Chap-

University of Colorado Museum of Natural History, University of Colorado Henderson Building,1035 Broadway, Boulder: ‘Feathers and Flora,’ Henderson Building, through Jan. 31; ‘Fossils: Clues to the Past,’ Paleontology Hall, ongoing exhibit; ‘Ground Level Ozone,’ McKenna Gallery, ongoing exhibit; ‘Life in Colorado’s Freshwater,’ ongoing traveling exhibit; and more.

Portrayal of Guilt, Street Sects, Euth, Cau5er. 8:30 p.m. Hi-Dive Denver, 7 S. Broadway, Denver, 303-733-0230.

Craft Storytime. 10:15 a.m. Meadows Branch Library, 4800 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-441-3100.

Ranky Tanky. 7:30 p.m. Newman Center for the Performing Arts, 2344 E. Iliff Ave., Denver, 303-871-7720.

Dance For Parkinson’s Program. 11:30 a.m. Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-506-3568. Also on Thursdays at 11:30 a.m. Cost is $5.

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Music

LASER FLOYD DARK SIDE OF THE MOON

Brazilian music night — with Jambu & Blenji. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-201-3731.

11:30 PM

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CAPCOM GO! THE APOLLO STORY WEDNESDAY JANUARY 29 7:00 PM

LIVE TALK: SCIENCE OF SCI-FI - NAVIGATING ON MARS: LEARNING FROM ANCIENT MARINERS

Fiske Planetarium - Regent Drive

(Next to Coors Event Center, main campus CU Boulder)

Colter Wall. 7 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-447-0095. Second performance on Friday, Jan. 24.

DAB Records Presents: Colorado’s Finest Underground Hip-Hop. 8 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-447-0095.

The Sugar Britches. 5:30 p.m. The Tasty Weasel, 1800 Pike Road, Longmont, 303-776-1914.

Yacht. 8 p.m. Larimer Lounge, 2721 Larimer St., Denver, 303-291-1007.

Events

Gunbarrel Monthly Blues Jam. 7 p.m.

Gunbarrel Brewing Company, 7088 Winchester Circle, Boulder, 800-803-5732.

Adopt a Tribble. 4 p.m. George Reynolds Branch Library, 3595 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, 303-441-3120.

Mag. 8 p.m. Lost Lake, 3602 E. Colfax Ave., Denver.

Collective Speakers Series: Dessa presents ‘Senseless Love: Torch Songs and Brain Science.’ 7 p.m. Chautauqua Community House, 900 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-440-7666.

Midnight Hour. 7 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 Northpark Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757.

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Discovery Days: Art - Big Kid Friendly.

9 a.m. Longmont Museum, 400 Quail Road, Longmont, 303-651-8374.

An Evening of Dancing Horses presented by 9NEWS. 7 p.m. National Western Stock Show, 4655 Humboldt St., Denver, 303-296-6977.

Draft Horse, Mule & Donkey Show. 9 a.m. National Western Stock Show, 4655 Humboldt St., Denver, 303-296-6977.

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Duncan Trussell. 8 p.m. Comedy Works, 1226 15th St., Denver, 303-595-3637.

Through Jan. 25.

Opening Reception for Paul Gillis: ‘When Kingship Ascends to Heaven.’ 6 p.m. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-2122.

SANDRA DALLAS’ NOVEL ‘Westering Women’ is an inspiring, feminist twist on the epic westerns Dallas watched growing up in the 1950s. A celebration of sisterhood on the perilous Overland Trail, this new novel is not to be missed.

Dallas will speak about her book at 7 p.m. at Inkberry Books in Niwot on Friday, Jan. 24, and then again at 7:30 p.m. at Boulder Book Store on Wednesday, Jan. 29.

Out Boulder County Gender Support Group. 7 p.m. 2132 14th St., Boulder.; 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 29, Out Boulder County, 630 Main St., Longmont, 303-4995777.

Spirit Nia Dance Class. 9 a.m. Unity of Boulder Spiritual Center, 2855 Folsom St., Boulder, 303-442-1411.

STEAM for TOTS. 9:15 a.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.

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GOLDEN on Route 93 303.279.1481 BOULDER at Meadows Shopping Center 303.554.0193

Arlo McKinley & The Lonesome Sound — with Special Guests. 9 p.m. Cervantes’ Other Side, 2637 Welton St., Denver, 303-297-1772.

Barbara Sim. 7 p.m. pôr/ wine house, 836 1/2 Main St., Louisville, 720-666-1386.

Black Sheep Friday: Hibachi Mariachi. 6 p.m. Denver Museum Of Contemporary Art, 1485 Delgany St., Denver, 303-298-7554.

Bonnie and the Clydes + Bowregard, Chandler Holt. 9 p.m. Globe Hall, 4483 Logan St., Denver, 303-296-1003.

Bunny Blake aka Lindsey Saunders. 5 p.m. The Tasty Weasel, 1800 Pike Road, Longmont, 303-776-1914.

Chadwick Stokes & The Pintos with Daniel Rodriguez. 7 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-447-0095.

THURSDAY, JAN. 23 World’s Best Books Bookclub — The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter. 7 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder.

FRIDAY, JAN. 24 Sandra Dallas — Westering Women. 7 p.m.

Inkberry Books, 7960 Niwot Road, Niwot.

Clark Strand & Perdita Finn — The Way of the Rose. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder.

SATURDAY, JAN. 25

Christomo, The Moonlit Wild. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-201-3731.

Boulder Writing Dates. 9 a.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., Boulder.

Dearling presents a tribute to Fleetwood Mac. 8 p.m. Soiled Dove Underground, 7401 E. First Ave., Denver, 303-830-9214.

MONDAY, JAN. 27

Discovery Days: Art - Big Kid Friendly.

9 a.m. Longmont Museum, 400 Quail Road, Longmont, 303-651-8374.

DU Lamont Faculty Recital: Steven Mayer, piano & Igor Pikayzen, violin. 7:30 p.m. Newman Center for the Performing Arts, 2344 E. Iliff Ave., Denver, 303-871-7720.

El Javi and Spinphony. 8 p.m. Swallow Hill Music, 71 E. Yale Ave., Denver, 303-777-1003.

An Evening Of ’70s Tribute Rock. 8 p.m.

Oriental Theater, 4335 W. 44th Ave., Denver, 720-420-0030.

Everyone’s Dead — with Flower in the Sun: A Tribute to Janis Joplin. 9 p.m.

Cervantes Masterpiece, 2637 Welton St., Denver, 303-297-1772.

Fareed Haque & Goran Ivanovic: Guitar Virtuoso. 6 p.m. Caffè Sole, 637 S. Broadway St., Boulder, 303-499-2985.

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World Literature Series — N.K. Jemisin.

7 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder.

TUESDAY, JAN. 28 Jacob Severn. 6:30 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., Boulder.

Open Poetry Reading. 7 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., Boulder.

Tracy Ferrell — Migrating for Medical Marijuana. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder.

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 29 Sandra Dallas — Westering Women. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder.

The Foggy Tops Bluegrass Band. 7 p.m.

Großen Bart Brewery, 1025 Delaware Ave., Longmont, 214-770-9847.

Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3.

7:30 p.m. Boettcher Concert Hall, 1000 14th St., Denver, 720-865-4220.

Lil Eazy. 7 p.m. The Roxy Theater, 2549 Walton St., Denver, 720-242-9782.

The Radio Band. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 Northpark Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757.

Live Music. 5 p.m. BOCO Cider, 1501 Lee Hill Drive, Unit 14, Boulder, 720-938-7285.

Rex Orange County — The Pony Tour. 7 p.m. Fillmore Auditorium, 1510 Clarkson St., Denver, 303-837-0360.

Live Music Fridays. 7 p.m. The Tune Up at Full Cycle, 1795 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-1002.

Minnesota. 8 p.m. Summit, 1902 Blake St., Denver, 303-487-0111.

Molly Kollier. 6:30 p.m. Still Cellars, 1115 Colorado Ave., Longmont, 720-204-6064.

Music & Movement. 10 a.m. Louisville Public Library, 951 Spruce St., Louisville, 303-335-4849.

Pierce Pettis. 8 p.m. Swallow Hill Music, 71 E. Yale Ave., Denver, 303-777-1003.

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Testify: Rage Against The Machine Tribute. 7 p.m. Marquis Theatre, 2009 Larimer St., Denver, 303-487-0111.

Walker Shellist Duo. 7:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Tap Room, 921 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-776-1914.

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FILMS The sages call it by many names: yagé, ambiwaska, aioasca, but most know it as ayahuasca: a hallucinogenic brew drunk during a spiritual ceremony. That’s why the Spanish conquistadors outlawed it, and the U.S. government classified it Schedule 1. But renewed interest in ayahuasca lies less in the trip and more in the hopes of reversing climate change and healing our spiritual and social discord. People are turning to plants for answers, and, as ‘The Medicine’ shows, ayahuasca might hold many. Combining animation, time-lapse photography, and interviews with historians and botanists, ‘The Medicine’ presents the ceremonial brew as something old and something new. For one participant, ayahuasca is a miracle cure. It unlocks the mind and teaches the body to be present. For another, it is a painful way to race through emotional maturity. Both are understandable, but, as shaman Taita says, you have to drink the brew for 45-50 years before you “get it.” —MJC

BOULDER:

Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., 303-441-3011: ‘Akeelah & the Bee,’ 5 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 23.

Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., 303-786-7030: ‘Napoleon Dynamite’ with Jon Heder and Efren Ramirez in person, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 25.

Century Theatre, 1700 29th St., 303-444-0583: ‘1917’ ‘Bad Boys For Life’ ‘Bombshell’ ‘Dolittle’ ‘Ford v Ferrari’ ‘Frozen 2’ ‘The Gentlemen’ ‘Jojo Rabbit’ ‘Jumanji: The Next Level’ ‘Just Mercy’ ‘Knives Out’ ‘The Last Full Measure’ ‘Like a Boss’ ‘Little Women’ ‘Parasite’

‘The Rescue’ ‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’ ‘The Turning ‘Uncut Gems’ Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut St., 303-444-7328: Bow Wow Film Fest, 4 & 7 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 25 ‘Cunnigham,’ Jan. 29-Feb. 1.

‘The Day Shall Come,’ Jan. 22-25.

‘In Search of Mozart,’ Jan. 26-27.

‘Mickey and the Bear,’ Jan. 29Feb. 1.

New York International Children’s Film Festival Shorts, Jan. 11-25.

‘The Wave,’ 8:45 p.m. Friday, Jan. 24.

‘The Woman Who Loves Giraffes,’ Jan. 22-25.

International Film Series, University of Colorado Boulder, Muenzinger Auditorium, 1905 Colorado Ave., 303-492-8662: ‘63 Up,’ 2 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 26.

‘The Lighthouse,’ 7:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 24.

‘Varda by Agnès,’ 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 23.

‘Without Pity,’ 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 25.

Naropa University - Performing Arts Center, 2130 Arapahoe Ave: ‘The Medicine,’ 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 23.

DENVER:

Denver Museum of Nature & Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd., 303-744-9686: ‘Amazon Adventure 3D’ ‘Apollo 11: First Steps’ ‘Hidden Pacific 3D’ ‘Turtle Odyssey’ Mayan, 110 Broadway, 303-744-6799: ‘Clemency’ ‘Harriet’ ‘Honey Boy’ Wild & Scenic Film Festival, 6 p.m., Thurday, Jan. 23

Sie Film Center, 2510 E. Colfax Ave., 303-595-3456: ‘Casque d’or,’ 4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 26.

‘Color Out of Space’ ‘The Grand Illusion,’ 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 24.

‘La poison,’ 7 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 26.

‘L’Atlante,’ 4 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 25.

‘Le jour se leve,’ 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 25.

‘Little Women’ ‘A Man Escaped,’ 1 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 26.

‘Parasite’ ‘Un carnet de bal,’ 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 25.

‘Uncut Gems’ ‘Varda By Agnès’

LONGMONT:

Regal Village at the Peaks 12, 1230 S. Hover Road, 844-462-7342: ‘1917’ ‘Bad Boys For Life’ ‘Dolittle’ ‘The Gentlemen’ ‘Jumanji: The Next Level’ ‘Just Mercy’ ‘Knives Out’ ‘Little Women’ ‘Parasite’ ‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’ ‘The Turning’ ‘Underwater’ ‘Weathering With You’

LOUISVILLE:

Regal Cinebarre Boulder, 1164 W. Dillon Road, 844-462-7342: ‘1917’ ‘Bad Boys For Life’ ‘Dolittle’ ‘Ford v Ferrari’ ‘Jojo Rabbit’ ‘Jumanji: The Next Level’ ‘Just Mercy’ ‘Knives Out’ ‘Little Women’ ‘Parasite’ ‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’

NEDERLAND:

Backdoor Theater, 243 W. Fourth St., 303-258-0188: ‘Jumanji: The Next Level’

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Whiskey Starship — with Hobo Swagger. 8 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 720-297-6397.

Events Boulder Magic Show With Ben Young.

7:30 p.m. Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826.

CU Night at the National Western Stock Show. 7:30 a.m. NWSS Coliseum, Boulder, 303-296-6977.

Dangerous Talk: Sex, Drugs & Comedy.

11 p.m. Dangerous Theatre, 2620 W. Second Ave., Unit 1, Denver, 720-989-1764.

An Evening with Buntport Theater by Stories on Stage: ‘Crushes.’ 7:30 p.m.

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Fourth Friday Fandom. 4 p.m. Meadows Branch Library, 4800 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-441-3100.

SATURDAY, JANUARY 25 Music Alex Tocco, DJ Blue & DJ Godlazer. 1 p.m. Eldora Mountain, 2861 Eldora Ski Road, Nederland, 303-440-8700.

All About The Brass — with The Well Intentioned. 8 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 720-297-6397.

Billy Shaddox. Still Cellars, 1115 Colorado Ave., Longmont, 720-204-6064.

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Cass Clayton Band & Kerry Pastine and the Crime Scene. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 Northpark Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757.

Colcannon. 7 p.m. First Unitarian Society of Denver, 1400 N. Lafayette St., Denver, 303-831-7113.

Colorado Wind Ensemble. 7:30 p.m. The King Center, 855 Lawrence Way, Denver, 303-556-2179.

Dave Watts’ Bday Bash featuring Jason Hann, Ian Neville and more — with Tangled Senses. 9 p.m. Cervantes’ Other Side, 2637 Welton St., Denver, 303-297-1772. see EVENTS Page 32

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Dead Phish Orchestra, Mark Grundhoefer of The Big Wu and Brenticus Brown. 9 p.m. Be On Key Psychedelic Ripple, 1700 Logan St., Denver, 303-861-7070.

Emily Barnes, Finn O’Sullivan, Lucas Wolf. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-201-3731.

Eric Johnson Classics: Present And Past. 7:30 p.m. Paramount Denver, 1621 Glenarm Place, Denver, 303-623-0106.

Everyone Orchestra – with The Elegant Plums. 9 p.m. Cervantes Masterpiece, 2637 Welton St., Denver, 303-297-1772.

IN 1828, 17-year-old Ann Harvey saved 160 Irish people from a wreck off of Newfoundland’s Shipwreck Coast, making her an instant hero. Almost 200 years later, the Harvey family homestead has become the Shipwreck Inn, where presentday proprietress Ann Harvey attempts to leave her own mark (and get some new customers) with a tourist blog. Her nephew Joe-L, on the other hand, would do anything to leave his hometown and start a new life somewhere else. ‘You Lost Me’ is a poetic, wistful and bright new drama that reminds us that every moment holds the opportunity to change everything. Now through Feb. 23 at the Denver Center for Performing Arts.

Fareed Haque & Goran Ivanovic: Guitar Virtuoso. 6 p.m. Caffè Sole, 637 S. Broadway St., Boulder, 303-499-2985.

Funkiphino. 8 p.m. The Wild Game Entertainment Experience, 2251 Ken Pratt Blvd., Longmont, 720-600-4875.

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

A Human Named David. 6 p.m. Very Nice Brewing Company, 20 Lakeview Drive, Nederland, 303-258-3770.

Ivalas Quartet. 7:30 p.m. Louisville Center for the Arts, 801 Grant Ave., Louisville, 303-666-4361.

Lucero Block Party West — with Orville Peck, Nikki Lane, Brody Danger. 6:15 p.m. The Mission Ballroom, 4242 Wynkoop St., Denver, 720-577-6884.

The Addams Family. Jesters Dinner Theater, 224 Main St., Longmont. Through Jan. 26.

Bubble Boy The Musical. The Bug Theatre, 3654 Navajo St., Denver. Through Feb. 15.

Disney’s Beauty & the Beast (youth production). Jesters Dinner Theatre, 224 Main St., Longmont. Through Feb. 16.

Frost/Nixon. Vintage Theatre Company, 1468 Dayton St., Aurora. Through Feb. 9.

Mamma Mia! BDT Stage, 5501 Arapahoe Ave, Boulder. Through Feb. 22.

The Secretary. Curious Theatre, 1080 Acoma St., Denver. Through Feb. 22.

Summer: The Donna Summer Musical.

7:30 p.m. Buell Theatre, 1350 Curtis St., Denver. Jan. 28-Feb. 9.

You Lost Me. Denver Center for Performing Arts, 1101 13th St., Denver, Through Feb. 23.

Mass Relay. 9 p.m. Larimer Lounge, 2721 Larimer St., Denver, 303-291-1007.

Midge Ure. 8 p.m. Soiled Dove Underground, 7401 E. First Ave., Denver, 303-830-9214.

Milquetoast and Co. 9 p.m. Lost Lake, 3602 E. Colfax Ave., Denver.

Minnesota. 8 p.m. Summit, 1902 Blake St., Denver, 303-487-0111.

Mollie O’Brien, Rich Moore and Mary Flower. 8 p.m. Swallow Hill Music, 71 E. Yale Ave., Denver, 303-777-1003.

Moody Good’s Sunny Side Up Tour with Gravitrax, EXO. 8:30 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-447-0095.

Mozart & More! 7:30 p.m. Macky Auditorium, 1595 Pleasant St., Boulder, 303-492-8423.

Mr. Majestyk’s 8-track Revival - A Musical Tribute to the 70’s. 8 p.m.

Oriental Theater, 4335 W. 44th Ave., Denver, 720-420-0030.

Neil Haverstick. 8 p.m. Swallow Hill Music, 71 E. Yale Ave., Denver, 303-777-1003.

Qauttro De Dead. 4:30 p.m. The Tasty Weasel, 1800 Pike Road, Longmont, 303-776-1914.

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Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3.

7:30 p.m. Boettcher Concert Hall, 1000 14th St., Denver, 720-865-4220.

Seeing Stars Band. 6 p.m. Bootstrap Brewing Company, 142 Pratt St., Longmont, 303-652-4186.

Library, 3595 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, 303-441-3120.

‘Napoleon Dynamite’: A Conversation with Jon Heder and Efren Ramirez. 6:30 p.m. Comedy Works, 1226 15th St., Denver, 303-595-3637.

Events

Podcast Workshop with Local Podcaster, Dave Gonzales: Audio Fiction and Radio Drama Podcasts. 3:30 p.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303441-3100.

Artistic Plating for All Ages. 2 p.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.

Saturday Morning Groove. 10:30 a.m.

Free Motion Dance Studio, 2126 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-379-8299.

Boulder Magic Show With Ben Young!

7:30 p.m. Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826.

Saturday Storytime. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.

Dairy Comedy in the Boe featuring Stephen Agyei. 8:30 p.m. Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-444-7328.

Spanish/English Storytime: Read and Play in Spanish. 10:15 a.m. NoBo Corner Library, 4600 Broadway, Boulder, 303-441-4250.

Sleazy Grease. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Tap Room, 921 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-776-1914.

LEGO Boat Racers — with Play-Well TEKnologies. 3 p.m. Meadows Branch Library, 4800 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303441-3100; 11 a.m. George Reynolds Branch I

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OPEN MIC

Friday January 24

EvEryonE’s dEad

Thursday January 23

univErsal sigh

w/ FlowEr in ThE sun : TribuTE To Janis Joplin

w/ moonradish & ThE soul crushErs

saTurday January 25

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Open Stage. 7 p.m. Swallow Hill Music, 71 E. Yale Ave., Denver, 303-777-1003.

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Thunderthief with Blossomn and Kaji.

8 p.m. Marquis Theatre, 2009 Larimer St., Denver, 303-487-0111.

Tween Time. 11 a.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.

SUNDAY, JANUARY 26 Music Bootstrap LOCO Ukulele Jam. 2 p.m.

Bootstrap Brewing Company, 142 Pratt St., Longmont, 303-652-4186.

Charmed Rendezvous: Parisian Music for Two Pianos. 2 p.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100. culture and hawai’i. 5 p.m. A Place to B, 1570 30th St., Unit 64, Boulder, 720-771-9772.

Dolly Day Denver. 3 p.m. Oriental Theater, 4335 W. 44th Ave., Denver, 720-231-4002.

DolphinHawk & Purple Lightning Bolts, Ethan Mindlin Jones. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-201-3731.

The Grateful Dawg Sessions. 3 p.m. The Tasty Weasel, 1800 Pike Road, Longmont, 303-776-1914.

Keola Beamer & Henry Kapono. 7 p.m.

Swallow Hill Music, 71 E. Yale Ave., Denver, 303-777-1003.

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Allen Stone & More. 7 p.m. eTown Hall, 1535 Spruce St., Boulder, 303-443-8696.

Maya Bennett. 10 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-201-3731.

Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3.

7:30 p.m. Boettcher Concert Hall, 1000 14th St., Denver, 720-865-4220.

Sean McConnell. 8 p.m. Globe Hall, 4483 Logan St., Denver, 303-296-1003.

Soundbridge Music Artist Mixer. 2 p.m.

300 Suns Brewing, 335 First Ave., Unit C, Longmont, 720-442-8292.

Weekend Coffee Shop Jazz Jam. Noon.

3305 30th St., Boulder.

Events Boulder Comedy Show. 7 p.m. Bohemian Biergarten, 2017 13th St., Boulder, 720-767-2863.

Double Feature: We Are Stars / Laser Galactic Odyssey. Noon. Fiske Planetarium, 2414 Regent Drive, Boulder, 303-492-5002.

Go Club for Kids & Teens. 2 p.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.

Hawaiian Hula Classes. 5 p.m. A Place to B, 1750 30th St., Unit 64, Boulder, 303-440-8007.

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Wheel Braided Bracelets. 2 p.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.

Asa Wake, The Barefoot Family Caravan. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-201-3731.

MONDAY, JANUARY 27

Faculty Tuesday: David Korevaar, piano.

7:30 p.m. Grusin Music Hall, 1020 18th St., Boulder, 303-492-8008.

Music Blue Grass Mondays. 7:30 p.m. 12Degree Brewing, 820 Main St., Louisville, 720-638-1623.

Grupo Chegando Lá and Francisco Marques. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-201-3731.

Yumi Hwang-Williams Plays Beethoven: Presented by Colorado Symphony. 6:30 p.m. Dazzle at Baur’s, 1512 Curtis St., Denver, 303-839-5100.

Events ‘Mis Pininos’/Spanish Conversation for Kids. 4:15 p.m. NoBo Corner Library, 4600 Broadway, Boulder, 303-441-4250.

All Ages Storytime. 10:15 a.m. Meadows Branch Library, 4800 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-441-3100.

Babies and Board Books. 10:15 a.m.

George Reynolds Branch Library, 3595 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, 303-441-3120.

Chess Club. 6:30 p.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.

Citizenship Classes. 6 p.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.

Conversations in English Mondays.

10:30 a.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.

Drop-In Aerial Foundations. 5:45 p.m. Frequent Flyers Aerial Dance, 3022 E. Sterling Circle, Suite. 150, Boulder, 303-245-8272.

Legit Knits. 4:30 p.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.

Line Dancing for Adventurous Beginners and Beyond. 6:30 p.m. Manhattan School of the Arts, 290 Manhattan Drive, Boulder, 720-561-5968.

Midday Music Meditations @ Meadows.

Noon. Meadows Branch Library, 4800 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-441-3100.

Movement Mondays. 7 p.m. Free Motion Dance Studio, 2126 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-379-8299.

OSIRIS-REx Mission Update. 7 p.m. Chautauqua Community House, 900 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-440-7666.

Rob Schneider. 9:45 p.m. Comedy Works, 1226 15th St., Denver, 303-595-3637.

Through Jan. 28.

Spanish/English Storytime: Read and Play in Spanish. 10:15 a.m. NoBo Corner Library, 4600 Broadway, Boulder, 303-441-4250.

Women of the West and Beyond. 11:30 a.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.

TUESDAY, JANUARY 28 Music 2019/20 Youth Concerts: Beethoven’s Birthday. Boettcher Concert Hall, 1000 14th St., Denver, 720-865-4220. Through Jan. 29, coloradosymphony.org.

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Gost. 8 p.m. Larimer Lounge, 2721 Larimer St., Denver, 303-291-1007.

Mike Gordon. 8:30 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030.

Saint Motel. 8 p.m. The Ogden Theatre, 935 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, 303-832-1874.

Thrice. 5:30 p.m. Summit, 1902 Blake St., Denver, 303-487-0111.

Events Around the World Storytime. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100; 10:15 a.m. NoBo Corner Library, 4600 Broadway, Boulder, 303-441-4250.

GED Preparation Class. 10 a.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.

Spirit Nia Dance. 9 a.m. Unity of Boulder Spiritual Center, 2855 Folsom St., Boulder, 303-442-1411.

Teen Creations: Valentine’s Pinatas. 4 p.m. Louisville Public Library, 951 Spruce St., Louisville, 303-335-4849.

Youth Maker Hangout. 4 p.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29 Music The Dougan Smith & Jack Harrington Quartet. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-201-3731.

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

Pendulum New Music: With Nois saxophone quartet. 7:30 p.m. Grusin Music Hall, 1020 18th St., Boulder, 303-492-8008.

RE:Search featuring Borahm Lee, Kevin Donohue & Colby Buckler — with Lapa, Nadasound. 8:30 p.m. Cervantes Masterpiece, 2637 Welton St., Denver, 303-297-1772.

Sons Of Apollo — with Tony MacAlpine.

8 p.m. Oriental Theater, 4335 W. 44th Ave., Denver, 720-420-0030.

Unplugged Drop-In Acoustic Jam. 6 p.m.

300 Suns Brewing, 335 First Ave., Unit C, Longmont, 720-442-8292.

Events Code for Boulder. 6 p.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.

Jon Dore. 8 p.m. Comedy Works, 1226 15th St., Denver, 303-595-3637. Through Feb. 1.

Mad Scientist Day: Zipline Challenge. 4 p.m. George Reynolds Branch Library, 3595 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, 303-441-3120.

REI Presents: Winter Mountaineering in the Rockies. 6:30 p.m. 1789 28th St, Boulder, 303-583-9970.

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In memoriam: Anna Karina Criterion’s ‘Le petit soldat’ restoration a fitting farewell

by Michael J. Casey

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ON THE BILL: Criterion’s o one face embodied the French New Wave high-definition restoration more than that of Anna Karina. Born Hanne of ‘Le petit soldat’ is now Karin Bayer in Denmark in 1940, Karina made available on Blu-ray/DVD, and streaming at The her way to Paris as a model when she was 17, Criterion Channel. starring in advertisements for Coca-Cola, Pepsodent and Palmolive soap. It was the latter, of Karina in a bathtub filled with bubbles, that caught the eye of Jean-Luc Godard, an iconoclastic film critic on the verge of making his debut feature.

Godard auditioned Karina for that movie, Breathless (1960), but the model turned the director down when she learned the part required nudity. Godard persisted: But, you were naked in the tub.

No, Karina replied coyly, you just thought I was.

Godard was smitten. He could barely put the finishing touches on Breathless before starting work on his second film, Le petit soldat (1963) — a story of espionage in the Algerian War — feaTHE CRITERION COLLECTION turing Karina in her debut role. The two married in 1961 and went on to make eight films together, arguably one of the most fruitful collaborations in all of cinema.

On Dec. 14, 2019, Karina died in a Paris hospital. The cause of death was cancer. She was 79.

Of all their collaborations, Le petit soldat (The Little Soldier) might be the least well known. Partly because the film was banned in France for three years for depictions of torture, and partly because a good quality transfer was hard to come by in the states. Le petit soldat’s legacy waned as Godard and Karina’s stature rose throughout the years. Movies like Vivre sa vie and Band of Outsiders were restored, made the repertory rounds, and were extensively written about and taught in film classes. Le petit soldat, on the other hand, slipped further into cinematic obscurity.

Thankfully, The Criterion Collection has put together a gorgeous high-definition restoration of the film — approved by cinematographer Raoul Coutard — so a new generation can discover Karina with fresh eyes. From her inauspicious entrance at the two-minute mark to the lengthy bedroom scenes where you can practically feel Godard fall in love. He can’t help himself, dropping references to both Karina and Coutard into the dialogue: “When you photograph a face, you photograph the soul behind it.”

There were many faces of the French New Wave, but none as effervescent as Karina’s. As Godard became obsessed with philosophical aesthetics and political conflicts, Karina’s playful demeanor grounded his films. As the two fought and eventually divorced, she provided the tonic to his ego. The two separated for good in 1967.

Karina continued to act, making 30-plus films — including two of her own direction — and penning four novels. Godard also continued to work, but that’s a story for another day. For now, Karina’s visage continues to burn bright as the cinema flickers on. And despite the grim subject matter, and Godard’s paradoxical approach to it, Le petit soldat is a wonderful film, full of life and romance, captured in Coutard’s phenomenal black and white cinematography. Coutard died too, by the way: In 2016, at the age of 92. C’est la vie.

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outh Boulder watering hole Caffè Sole is known for its great coffee, live jazz shows and community atmosphere. But it also serves an extensive menu full of surprises. On a recent lunch we opted for the Harissa Chicken Sandwich. Harissa hails from North Africa where it is generally a combination of smoked hot peppers and other spices such as garlic, coriander, cumin and caraway. At Caffè Sole, chicken confit is smothered with a bright harissa sauce that definitely gives off some heat. It is then topped with tzatziki along with grape tomatoes, red onion, feta cheese and arugula, all enveloped in a thick slice of pita bread. The creaminess of the tzatziki and feta neutralizes some, but not all, of the heat from the Harissa.

The fresh vegetables gives the entire dish a bit of a crunch. $10.50

rcana’s happy hour is hard to beat: served 4-6 p.m. every day of the week (yes, that includes weekends), and featuring some of the restaurant’s signature dishes like the Farmers Cheese Toast. The staples — house-made anadama bread and soft farmer’s cheese — stay the same, but the toppings vary often from visit to visit. The evening we went, thick, fluffy bread was spread with cheese and topped with an ample serving of chocolate ganache, pickled radishes, pomegranate arils and chili flakes.

The bite of the chili and radish balanced out the sweetness of the ganache and pomegranate, creating a well-balanced cacophony of flavor in every bite. The dish is well-worth it, even if you arrive after happy hour. $11 ($8 for Happy Hour)

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Umami: The Next Level

The essential fifth taste is your mouth’s best friend

By JOHN LEHNDORFF

UMAMI IS SUDDENLY on the tips of every-

one’s tongues because of the fuss being made about plant-based meat substitutes. Food alchemists are struggling to make beans and fungi taste like prime rib, pork ribs and sautéed scallops.

“Isn’t it interesting that we want our diet to more plant-based, so we say: ‘Let’s make the plants taste like a burger?’” says David Delcourt, co-owner of Boulder’s Seed Ranch Flavor Co. and a vegan.

Translated from Japanese, umami means “pleasant savory flavor” and that fifth taste — along sweet, sour, salty and bitter — is present in every cuisine worldwide from marinara to mole sauces. Cooking techniques such as smoking, roasting, grilling, toast-

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ing and caramelizing amplify that mouth-filling flavor.

“Why is a grilled steak so good? Why do slowcooked tomatoes taste so much better than fresh chopped tomatoes? It’s umami. Take that first bite of aged Parmesan cheese. That first sensation after salt is umami,” Delcourt says.

His aha moment occurred while sipping soup. “The first time I understood what umami was, I was at a Japanese restaurant and I loved the miso soup. I asked the chef and he said, ‘It’s umami, from the miso and the seaweed,’” Delcourt says.

A few years ago, he and his business partner in their hot sauce company wondered if they could compose a plant-based product that would add that satisfying flavor to everything. The result is Seed Ranch Flavor Co.’s bottled Umami Sauce which combines some of the most umami-packed natural ingredients on the planet including kelp, porcini mushrooms, red miso, tamari, tomato paste, sesame oil and chipotle.

One big flavor component is dried Kalamata olives which lose their tart pungency and become meaty in the oven. Because he couldn’t find a good source of organic dried Kalamatas, Delcourt regularly dries 100 pounds of olives at a time.

The company also bottles a Reserve Umami Sauce, amped up with chocolate habanero peppers, and dry Umami Seasoning that can be sprinkled in soups, sauces, salads and roasted vegetables.

The emphasis on umami has revived a lingering controversy about monosodium glutamate (MSG), a chemically derived source of umami popularly used in variety of cuisines. It occurs naturally in things like celery seeds. Decades ago there were reports of symptoms combining numbness in the extremities, dizziness and palpitations and physicians and reporters labeled it “Chinese restaurant syndrome.” It was blamed on excessive use of MSG. Mainly, it was just plain racist.

The syndrome was scientifically debunked long ago, but many sources, including the Merriam-Webster dictionary, still include references to “Chinese restaurant syndrome.” This persistent slur prompted Eddie Huang and Jeannie Mai to team-up with Japanese MSG maker Ajinomoto recently to petition the publisher to update the language.

Ironically, MSG has been used to enhance the craveability of everything from Cheetos to fast food all this time with the name camouflaged among “natural flavor-

ings.” I was surprised to see a news item noting that McDonald’s is testing out a new chicken sandwich and openly noting that it is using the same ingredient that makes the buzz-worthy chicken sandwiches at Chickfil-A and Popeyes so popular: MSG. FIBER FOCUS IS NOTHING NEW From out of my archives I pulled a reprint of 1932’s A New Way of Living. It was published by Kellogg’s, the people who now market Sugar Cookie Toast Crunch Cereal. With evangelical fervor, it castigates the reader about his or her lifestyle. “We stay indoors too much. … We eat a hurried luncheon of highly refined foods that are lacking in bulk.”

As a result, the pamphlet notes: “Perhaps one of the most common diseases in all the world is constipation.” You can tell who is constipated because their “…eyes may lose their sparkle, become dull and uninteresting.”

A week of “Menus for Correction” are prescribed including this lunch suggestion: “Italian spaghetti with All-Bran, Crisp Bacon, Bread, Cole Slaw, Butter, Prune Upside Down Cake, Milk.”

LOCAL FOOD NEWS Jan. 23 is National Pie Day, one of the few STANLEY CHEN, observed national holimanager of Spice days that originated in China, standing Boulder. It was dreamed next to their new Ginza Teppanyaki up by Charlie Papazian, hibachi grills. best known as the godfather of American homebrewing. As a school class project years ago, he told his Boulder students he would declare January 23 as National Pie Day because he liked pie, not cake, on his birthday. The rest is history ... Ginza Teppanyaki (featuring chefs cooking at hibachi grills) is now open inside Louisville’s Spice China. ... Bone marrow and apple doughnuts are on the menu weekends at the

Inventing Room Dessert Shop in Denver. ... We lift a glass of pinot noir as a toast to the owners and staff of Liquor Mart, which closed recently in downtown Boulder. Open since 1973 at the same location, the store supported many community efforts including the Taste of the Nation and Community Food Share.

Boulder is now known as a wine-savvy city and an ale epicenter. Liquor Mart introduced Boulder to wine appreciation and sold ales from the first few little local breweries that helped launched the American craft beer revival.

TASTE OF THE WEEK Surprisingly, I also write for a golf publication, which is how I came to enjoy a jumbo pretzel board at Top Golf in Thornton. This three-story, high-tech driving SUSAN FRANCE range on steroids has heated hitting bays and surprisingly good food and drink.

This charcuterie platter constructed inside a huge, hot soft pretzel bulges with good salami, sausage, prosciutto, cheeses, fruits and nuts with PBR cheese sauce for dipping. The place also dishes noteworthy grilled chicken wings and fresh doughnut holes with cool filling injectors.

For the record, my drives looked more like putts, but I did no harm to myself, others or nearby wildlife.

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by Matt Cortina ORGANIC SANDWICH company celebrates five years and is expanding its menu. But don’t worry, popular dishes like the Beetnik aren’t going anywhere.

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seed of what would become Organic Sandwich Company was sewn in the wilds of Michigan, where Marcy Miller and her three sibling spent their days pulling root vegetables from the family garden, drinking water from hoses, and pretty much rolling around in nature. It was dirty business.

“My sister and I learned to cook from my mom by helping her, and eventually we took over the duties,” Miller says. “We would do a lot of entertaining. It was always fun to flip through cookbooks, dog-earing pages, picking what you’re going to make, going to the store to get ingredients for what you’re going to make. It was fun to see how people enjoyed our cooking.”

But there was a hiccup: Miller became a vegetarian. She didn’t quite know it then, but that decision would help her become familiar with the organic ingredients now on the menu and in the sandwiches at Organic Sandwich Company in Boulder and Louisville.

“While my mom cooked plenty of vegetables, it was very meat and potatoes growing up in Michigan,” she says. “So I branched out in order to try different and new fun vegetarian recipes.”

What her family also gave her was an entrepreneurial spirit, one that is certainly heartened this week as Organic Sandwich Company celebrates five years. Miller and her sister knew they wanted to start a business, and even zoned in on a sandwich shop concept, but 15 years ago, it was hard to make the financials work.

But when Miller moved to Boulder with her own family, she saw an opportunity. see COMMUNITY TABLE Page 44

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“The world had kind of progressed in terms of organic food and pricing,” she says. “Boulder’s a very farmer-centric county and I started putting the numbers together and I said, ‘I think this could work.’”

Working on a business plan at Trident with a cup of coffee was not only “a reprive from the kids” but valuable in setting the mission for Organic Sandwich Company: serve sandwiches made of high-quality, organic ingredients (local whenever possible) that don’t cost an arm and a leg. She applied to the food business incubator that is the Boulder Farmers Market, got a spot, served a menu of three sandwiches and, realizing the potential, made plans to open a brick-and-mortar spot, which she eventually did on Pearl Street.

Developing the enlarged menu was a process of trial and error, building connections with local farmers and asking her meat-eating friends for feedback.

“I had dinner party after dinner party asking them how does this taste, trying different recipes,” she says.

People would tell her, “You’re a brand new entrepreneur, you have no idea what’s going to happen.” To which she’d respond, at least in her head: “I don’t think it’s easy. I’m not afraid of hard work. I’d rather try my lifelong dream and fail then never have tried and look back on my life and go, ah, I wish I had done that. You gotta do it otherwise you’re going to have regrets, and I don’t have any regrets.”

There were a few other options to open that first shop, but the City-owned 940-square-foot shop on Pearl with high ceilings ended up being fortuitous: it’s manageable, highly trafficked, with affordable rent and is bright, airy and spacious.

In order to keep the costs low — you can’t charge $15 for a sandwich, Miller says dryly — the early Organic Sandwich Company team put in hours of sweat equity without compromising the premise on which the shop was built.

“I mean if people can’t afford your sandwiches you’re not going to survive,” Miller says. “Our food costs are higher than most companies. I’m incredibly frugal everywhere else to try to make up for that. My first year I was bringing towels home and washing them, washing our own windows and so when we hired a towel service I was like, ‘We really arrived!’ When we hired window-cleaning service, I was like, ‘Things are really looking good.’ Everything I was afforded [as an excuse] to give up... It just makes you appreciate it that much more.”

The Farmers Market, in addition to giving Miller her business sea legs, also helped foster connections to local farms like Buckner Family Ranch, which provides beef and pork products, and a number of farmers and producers who supply the shop with produce and other foodstuffs — Altan Alma Farm, Haystack Mountain, Aspen Moon Farm, Kilt Farm and many more. The Organic Sandwich Company outposts also sell a number of products from local food businesses — Rowdy Mermaid, Upstart Kombucha, Savory Spice Shop, Breadwords and others.

“I am a huge fan of supporting the local entrepreneurs. I’m the easiest sale in town,” Miller says. “Is it local? Is it organic? Sure.”

Even with its expansion to Louisville, Organic Sandwich Company is keeping costs low and quality high.

“We haven’t raised our prices in five years. Our prices are similar to places that don’t serve near the quality food we do. They same farmers that are dropping food off at Organic Sandwich Company, they’re dropping it at Salt and Frasca. Why does a sandwich need to be made of crappy ingredients? I don’t think that needs to be the case.”

And it’s those quality ingredients that have driven a menu of familiar sub shop staples like ham and cheese (local cured ham, gruyère and honey mustard on a pretzel loaf) and roast beef (local grass-fed beef with aged white cheddar and fresh horseradish aioli) as well as unique, satisfying vegetarian and vegan options like the Beetnik (roasted gold and red beets and housemade almond feta on a pretzel loaf) and a chickpea salad sandwich.

There are also weekly specials developed by the staff and, to celebrate five years in business, they’ll be adding some of the most liked specials to the permanent menu and putting out a call to the community to help develop new offerings.

“I have to say, it’s so humbling and amazing to be a part of this Boulder [County] community as a business owner because people understand the importance of supporting small local businesses, and I’m so appreciative of that fact,” Miller says.

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In memoriam: Boulder Beer Co. Last call for Colorado’s oldest craft brewery

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t was standing room only at Boulder Beer’s pub on Wilderness Place. Those seated at tables and along the bar had been there a while, and it didn’t look like they planned on relinquishing those spots any time soon. The bartender poured drinks with efficiency while the kitchen staff milled about with little to do. Even though it was lunch, few wanted food. Everyone here came for beer. One final pour before the curtain fell on Colorado’s oldest craft brewery.

The atmosphere was genial, but somberness hung in the air. The place looked bare; anything within arm’s reach had already been removed from the walls, lest grabbing hands grab all they can. Behind the bar, a few glass mugs belonging to the regulars hung — the rest had been collected and taken home. By the front door, Boulder Beer’s marketing director Tess McFadden had placed a stack of stickers, magnets and posters with a sign marked, “Free.” Patrons took turns rooting through the basket, looking for something to remember the place by. Nearby, a well-picked rack of merchandise was equally attended to. One stainless steel to-go cup with lid traded hands several times before a MICHAEL J. CASEY disgruntled regular snagged it for himself — visually upset that his local watering hole was going the way of the dodo. But, the day was still young, and emotions were still in check. Soon the sun would slip behind the Flatirons, eulogies would give way to wake, and the old-timers would goad each other into kicking the keg and shutting the place down. Once more, for old time sake.

Then, as the clock neared 10 p.m. on Jan. 18, 2020, they too would make their way home as staff turned the key and locked the door. Boulder Beer’s Pub on Wilderness would be no more.

Few breweries are as storied as Boulder Beer. The first start-up craft brewery in a post-Prohibition Colorado, Boulder Beer dodged bullet after bullet throughout the years. Started by Randolph ‘Stick’ Ware and David Hummer in 1979, Boulder Beer was born in a goat shed 20 miles northeast on Alvin Nelson’s farm. In 1983/4, Boulder Beer relocated to the newly constructed facility on Wilderness Place, where it remained through ups and downs, ownership changes, booms and busts.

Last summer, Boulder Beer celebrated its 40th anniversary — the first craft brewery in the U.S. to do so. Three months later, it announced it would cease distribution, reduce production and focus on the pub. Two months after that, Sleeping Giant Brewing Company (a contract brewery based in Denver) announced it would take over production and distribution of Boulder Beer’s six core brands: Buffalo Gold golden ale, Due East New England-style IPA, Hazed and Infused pale ale, Mojo IPA, Spaceman double IPA and Shake chocolate porter. Then, on Jan. 6, 2020, owner Gina Day announced the Pub on Wilderness would close, and the building would be sold. The end of an era had come.

Watching the bones get picked clean is not an easy thing, and nothing said it better than that look on the man’s face as he snagged the stainless steel to-go cup: To you, it’s strictly business; for us, it’s personal.

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MARCH 21-APRIL 19: German writer Johann Wolfgang von

Goethe (1749-1832) declared that English writer Lord Byron (1788-1824) was the greatest genius of the 19th century. Here’s an interesting coincidence: Byron regarded Goethe as the greatest genius of the 19th century. I bring this to your attention, Aries, in the hope that it will inspire you to create a similar dynamic in your own life during the coming months. As much as possible, surround yourself with people whom you think are wonderful and interesting and enlivening — and who think you are wonderful and interesting and enlivening.

TAURUS

APRIL 20-MAY 20: Taurus-born Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) was a renowned German composer who lived most of his life is Germany and Austria. He became so famous and well-respected that England’s Cambridge University offered him an honorary degree if he would visit the campus. But Brahms was too timid to risk crossing the English Channel by boat. (There were no airplanes or Chunnel in those days.) He declined the award. I beg you not to do anything even remotely like that in the coming weeks, Taurus. Please summon the gumption necessary to claim and gather in all you deserve.

GEMINI

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

cal omens, the coming weeks will be one of those rare times when you can safely engage with influences that might normally rattle you. You’ll be protected as you wander into the unknown and explore edgy mysteries. Your intuition will be highly reliable if you make bold attempts to solve dilemmas that have previously confounded and frustrated you. If you’ve been waiting for the perfect moment to get a bit wild and exploratory, this is it.

CANCER

JUNE 21-JULY 22: J.M.W. Turner (1775-1851) is regarded as one of England’s greatest painters. He’s best known for his luminous and imaginative landscapes.

His experimental use of light and color influenced the Impressionist painters who came after him. But the weird thing is that after his death, many of his works were lost for decades. In 1939, a famed art historian found over a hundred of them rolled up like tarpaulins in the basement of an art museum. Let’s apply this event as a metaphor for what’s ahead in your life, Cancerian. I suspect that buried or lost elements of your past will soon be rediscovered and restored. I bet it will be fun and illuminating!

LEO

JULY 23-AUG. 22: In my early adult life, I lived below the poverty line for many years. How did that impact me?

Here’s one example: I didn’t own a mattress from ages 23 to 39, but rather slept on a two-inch thick foam pad that lay directly on the floor. I’m doing better now, thank you. But my early experiences ensured that I would forever have profound empathy for people who don’t have much money. I hope this will serve as inspiration for you, Leo. The next seven weeks will be the Empathy Building Season for you. The cosmos will reward you if you build your ability to appreciate and understand the pains and joys of other humans. Your compassion will be tonic for both your mental and physical health.

LIBRA

SEPT. 23-OCT. 22: “Learning to love is difficult, and we pay dearly for it,” wrote the serious and somber author Fyodor Dostoevsky. “It takes hard work and a long apprenticeship,” he added. All that’s true, I think. To hone our ability to express tenderness and warmth, even when we’re not at our best, is the most demanding task on earth. It requires more courage than that of a soldier in the frenzy of battle, as much imagination as a poet, and diligence equal to that of an architect supervising the construction of a massive suspension bridge. And yet on the other hand — contrary to what Dostoevsky believed — sometimes love is mostly fun and inspiring and entertaining and educational. I suspect that the coming weeks will be one of those phases for you.

SCORPIO

OCT. 23-NOV. 21: How well do you nurture yourself, dear Scorpio? How diligent are you in providing yourself with the sustenance that ensures your body, mind, and soul will thrive? Are you imaginative in the ways that you keep yourself excited about life? Do you take strong measures to avoid getting attached to mediocre pleasures, even as you consistently hone your focus on the desires that lead you to joy and deep satisfaction?

The coming weeks will be an excellent time for you to meditate on these questions.

SAGITTARIUS

NOV. 22-DEC. 21: Seven books of the Bible’s Old Testament refer to a magical place called Ophir. It was a source of exotic finery and soulful treasures like gold, peacocks, jewels, frankincense and precious sandalwood. One problem: No one, not even a Biblical scholar, has ever figured out where it was. Zimbabwe? India? Tunisia?

Its location is still unknown. I am bringing this to your attention because I suspect that in 2020 there’ll be a good chance you’ll discover and gain access to your own metaphorical Ophir: a fount of interesting, evocative resources. For best results, be primed and eager to offer your own skills and riches in exchange for what this fount can provide to you.

CAPRICORN

DEC. 22-JAN. 19: Capricorn filmmaker Steven Soderbergh

says it’s crucial for us to have a well-developed story about who we are and what we’re doing with our lives.

It’s so important, he feels, that it should be the trigger that flings us out of bed every morning. We’ve got to make our story so vivid and interesting that it continually motivates us in every little thing we do. Soderbergh’s counsel is always good to keep in mind, of course, but it will be even more so for you in the coming months.

Why? Because your story will be expanding and deepening, and you’ll need to make the necessary adjustments in how you tell your story to yourself.

AQUARIUS

JAN. 20-FEB. 18: I’m a big fan of self-editing. For example,

every horoscope I write evolves over the course of at least three drafts. For each book I’ve published, I have written but then thrown away hundreds of pages that I ultimately deemed weren’t good enough to be a part of the finished text. And yet now and then, I have created a poem or song in one rapid swoop. My artistic artifact is exactly right the first time it flows out of me, with no further tinkering needed. I suspect you’re now entering a phase like that, Aquarius. I’m reminded of poet Allen Ginsberg’s operative principle: “first thought, best thought.”

VIRGO

PISCES

a scientist before the concept of “scientist” existed.

His writings on botany were influential for hundreds of years after his death. But some of his ideas would be considered unscientific today. For example, he believed that flute music could heal sciatica and epilepsy. No modern research suggests that the charms of the flute can literally cure physical ailments like those. But there is a great deal of evidence that music can help relieve pain, reduce anxiety, reduce the side effects of drugs, assist in physical therapy, and even make you smarter.

And my reading of the current astrological omens sug-

Who don’t you want to be, Pisces? Where don’t you want to go? What experiences are not necessary in your drive to become the person you were born to be?

I encourage you to ask yourself questions like those in the coming weeks. You’re entering a phase when you can create long-term good fortune for yourself by knowing what you don’t like and don’t need and don’t require. Explore the positive effects of refusal. Wield the power of saying NO so as to liberate yourself from all that’s irrelevant, uninteresting, trivial and unhealthy.

AUG. 23-SEPT. 22: Ancient Greek author Theophrastus was

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plans. Sex and experimentation were set aside. Once we got married, we started… looking for a house.

Sex again took a back seat. Life has settled down Dear Dan: I’m a 30-year-old bi now, and when I bring up my desire to male. I’ve been with my wife for five see her with other men, she tells me years, married nine months. A month she’s willing, but the conversation into our relationship, I let her know that quickly ends.

I have suggested making watching partners with other men has profiles on various websites, but it always been something I wanted and that sharing this had doesn’t happen. Am I ROMAN ROBINSON doing something wrong? I caused all my previous fear that saying, “Let’s relationships to collapse. make a profile right now,” Her reaction was the is pushy, and I absolutely opposite of what I was do NOT want to be the used to. She said she whiny and pushy husband. respected my kink, and Any advice you might we both agreed we wanthave would be amazing. ed to solidify our relation—Wannabe Cuckold ship before venturing Growing Frustrated down the cuckold road.

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not yours; she’s the one who’s going to potentially be meeting up with strangers for sex, not you; she’s the one who is risking exposure to STIs, not you.

(Although you could wind up exposed, too, of course. But just because you’re comfortable with that risk doesn’t mean she is.) She also might worry that you’re going to want her to fuck other guys way more often than she’s comfortable with. There are a lot of solid reasons why she might have developed cold feet, and by addressing her concerns constructively — no face pics, no strangers, no cream pies, it can be a very occasional thing — you might make some progress.

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somes/go to BDSM parties/try cuckolding once our relationship is solid.” But some people don’t mean it. They tell their kinky and/or nonmonogamous partner what they want to hear in the hopes that after the wedding and the house and the kids, their husband and the father of their children (or their wife and the mother of their children) isn’t going to leave them over something as “trivial” as a threesome, a public spanking or cuckolding. Complicating matters further, some people say it and mean it and then change their mind.

To figure out what’s going on (and to figure out whether you’re doing something wrong), you’re going to have to risk being a little pushy — not about putting up a profile, but about having a conversation. You’re ready for this to happen, she tells you she is willing, but nothing ever happens. If she does want it to happen, what steps can you take together to make it happen? If she doesn’t want it to happen — if she never wanted it to happen — you need her to level with you.

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Michigan’s Reefer Madness-style mythology

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ere’s an idea: What if we trusted young folks and talked to them like the capable human beings they are? What if, instead of telling them a bunch of Reefer Madness-era lies about marijuana to keep them from consuming as adolescents, we just told them the truth?

Radical, I know, but hear me out. What if we said something like this: “Marijuana is a psychoactive substance that can temporarily inhibit motor skills; distort sense of time; reduce depth perception; increase or decrease heart rate; cause mild hallucinations and panic; exacerbate mental health conditions; change blood pressure; cause headaches, dizziness, drowsiness, dry mouth, nausea and paranoid thinking. Taken appropriately, marijuana can also be used to treat a number of serious health issues, from glaucoma to anxiety to chronic pain to cancer. That’s why marijuana is a controlled substance meant for adult-use only. Be responsible: Wait until you’re an adult to try marijuana.”

That’s it. That’s all it takes: bold-faced honesty.

But the specter of the war on drugs still haunts much of America, producing brain-dead anti-marijuana campaigns like the one the state of Michigan — a state that just regulated recreational marijuana last year — put out in December.

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services used about $300,000 of federal grant funding to produce a series of internet ads to, according to a statement given to the Lansing City Pulse, warn about the “health risks and dangers” of adolescent marijuana use.

That’s cool. It’s a psychoactive substance, so yeah, young folks should steer clear of it.

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vaguely like a bong on the coffee table — that’s how we know he’s stoned.

Suddenly, a middle-aged, fatter (super judgemental and highly misinformed) version of himself appears (you know this because they are both wearing the same band t-shirt and scruffy beard).

“Are you high?” Future Stoner asks his younger self, who is so lethargic and confused he can’t participate in this conversation, despite a complete stranger having teleported into his home — he’s so frickin’ high even the most basic of emotional responses such as shock and fear evade him.

“You smokin’ weed,” the middle aged stranger who claims to be from the future confirms by looking around at the truly scandalous scene in front of him, all those carbs in that pizza and what not. “I’m you in 10 years. No career. No friends. No money.”

The young man — now somehow able to access emotions — asks, “What happened to us, man?”

“Marijuana messed with our brain,” the middleaged home invader says. “We can’t focus.”

In a second ad, the middle-aged version admonishes the youngster’s singular devotion to video games.

“This is a problem,” he says to the unaware teen.

“Marijuana affects brain development in teens. Even if we could see this is a problem we wouldn’t be able to focus long enough to get out of the problem.”

The teen, suddenly aware someone else is in the room with him, replies sleepily, “I’m sorry. Did you say something?”

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helped sell back in the ’80s is alive and well in 2020.

Let’s tackle those hackneyed stereotypes in the Michigan commercial first: I think history’s big stoners — Carl Sagan, Steve Jobs, Michael Phelps, literally anyone who’s ever made an album you love and many of the world’s most celebrated beautiful people — can attest to the fact that you can have a career, friends, money and waistline as a marijuana user.

With that out of the way, let’s talk about the important part: what pot does or doesn’t do to young brains.

The Michigan commercial is likely referring to 2012 research out of Duke University which claimed persistent, heavy marijuana use through adolescence and young adulthood was associated with declines in IQ. This research has been roundly criticized for its methods, which failed to account for a number of other factors that are known to affect cognitive development, such as cigarette and alcohol use, childhood trauma, mental illness and socioeconomic status.

Two separate, peer-reviewed research studies in 2016 — one on American twins and the other on British teenagers — found no evidence that adolescent marijuana use leads to a decline in intelligence.

The twin study is a pretty big deal, considering they share identical DNA and their home lives are consistent.

All that being said, kids shouldn’t use pot. It’s a psychoactive substance, and should only be used by adults and/or with medical guidance.

Why do we insist on treating young folks as though they are incapable of making good decisions when given cold, hard facts? We tell them the truth about cigarettes and alcohol — why do we continue to sell them myths about pot?

Because too many adults still believe myths about pot, and those myths often help to keep marginalized communities down. Plain and simple.

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Cannabis and cancer study: Bad news or fake news?

By Paul Danish

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here have been a number of studies that indicate marijuana’s active ingredients may block cancer. So what are we to make of a new one that indicates the opposite?

The contrarian study was done by Dr. Joseph Califano, a researcher at the University of California San Diego who focused on cancers of the head and neck.

“We now have convincing scientific evidence that daily marijuana use can drive tumor growth in HPVrelated (human papilloma virus-related) head and neck COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA COMMONS, TRITONS RISING

cancer,” he said in a statement.

“HPV-related head and neck cancer is one of the fastest growing cancers in the United States,” he said.

“While at the same time, exposure to marijuana is accelerating. This is a huge public health problem.”

“Marijuana and other cannabis products are often considered benign, but it is important to note that all drugs that have benefits can also have drawbacks.

This is a cautionary tale,” he said.

According to a UCSD press release, previous stud-

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ies have linked daily marijuana use to an increased prevalence of HPV-related throat cancer, but a chemical/biological mechanism was unknown.

Califano’s team treated animal and human cell lines with THC and found it interferes with a genetically-controlled “celluar pathway,” evocatively called p38 MAPK. The pathway regulates cell death; when its normal function is disrupted, cancer cells can grow unchecked.

When p38 MAPK is turned on, it stops apoptosis (normal death of old or damaged cells) from occurring.

Califano’s team found that THC turns p38 MAPK on, and that they were able to stop the growth of HPV-positive head and neck cancer by turning off the pathway.

The work looks pretty solid. Still, I’m skeptical for two reasons.

First, during the LSD scare in the late ’60s and early ’70s someone exposed human cells in a Petri dish to LSD and found the LSD caused genetic damage. The press reaction was predictably hysterical, until someone produced similar genetic damage with aspirin.

In the case of Dr. Califano’s study, the question is what else might turn on p38 MAPK besides pot. Dr. Califano’s team looked at blood samples from 32 head and neck cancer patients. It found THC in the bloodstreams of 5 of them, and that their p38 MAPK pathways were disrupted.

None of the press reports about the study that I found said anything about the 27 other head and neck cancer patients in the study who didn’t have THC in their blood. Were their p38 MAPK pathways disrupted?

If so, by what? And was the putative non-THC disrupter also present in the blood of the pot smokers? If it was, then Doc Califano’s “convincing scientific evidence” that daily marijuana use can drive tumor growth is at the least somewhat nuanced.

Second, Dr. Califano is the son of Joseph A.

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Califano Jr., who was the Secretary of Health and Human Services in the Carter Administration — and the founder and chairman of Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University. The elder Califano was an out-spoken war-on-drugs supporter, and CASA has provided a lot of intellectual cover for keeping marijuana illegal and for drug prohibition generally over the years.

It would be useful to know to what extent Dr. Califano shares his father’s and CASA’s prohibitionist worldview and whether they might influence not the rigor of his lab work, but how he interprets his results.

That said, he may still be on to something important. This is a case where more research really is necessary. And urgent.

• • • • Back in the ’50s, the Denver Post dutifully reported every traffic death in the state under an ominous standing headline that read “Speed Kills.” (MPH, not meth, that is.)

Uh, it turns out that today we have a solution for deadly MPH. It’s called cannabis.

According to marijuana journo Johnny Green, researchers in Toronto, Canada, analyzed data from a group of young adults who had participated in simulated driving performance tests while high. (All of the participants self-identified as being regular stoners.)

Each subject’s driving performance was analyzed 30 minutes after consumption, and than again 24 and 48 hours after consumption.

Among other things, the researchers found that “cannabis caused decreased speed, increased heart rate, and increases in VAS drug effect (whatever that means) and drug high (well, duh).”

More important, they found “there was no evidence of residual effects” on these metrics over the two days.

Pot may make you do a lot of things in a car that can be hazardous to your health (a lot of them involving distracted driving). But automatically pressing pedal to the metal may not be one of them.

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