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Trump and the deep state

By Dave Anderson

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rump and his defenders have claimed that he is the victim of a gigantic conspiracy by the CIA, the FBI, the NSA, President Obama and Hillary Clinton to fabricate a fictional event called Russiagate in order to undermine his administra-

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This sort of controversy is not new. In the 1950s, the witch-hunting Senator Joe McCarthy and his chief counsel Roy Cohn charged that the CIA and the U.S. Army had been subverted by communists. (Cohn would later become Trump’s lawyer and mentor). In the 1970s, President Richard Nixon asked the CIA to block the FBI’s investigation of the Watergate break-in.

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George W. Bush and Dick Cheney, neoconservative author Laurie Mylroie wrote a book entitled Bush vs.

The Beltway: How the CIA and the State Department Tried to Stop the War on Terror. In it, according to her publishers, Mylroie described, “how forces within the CIA and the State Department have conspired to discredit crucial intelligence about Saddam Hussein’s regime, from his links to al-Qaeda to his development of chemical, biological, and nuclear weaponry [and] potential Iraq involvement in the fall 2001 anthrax attacks.” Mylroie also chargd that Saddam was behind both the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center and the 1995 bombing in Oklahoma City.

All of those charges against Saddam were false, according to investigative reporters as well as U.S. law enforcement and intelligence agencies. However, she was correct in her allegation that the CIA tried to discredit Bush’s and Cheney’s claims that Saddam was developing nuclear weapons. Trump’s defenders claim the cabal trysee THE ANDERSON FILES Page 6

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ing to overthrow him is the “deep state.” It is an old term used by writers across the political spectrum but it has previously been discussed in marginal circles.

Perhaps the most intelligent analysis of the subject is an article by historian Greg Grandin in The Nation entitled “What is the deep state?” (thenation.com/article/whatis-the-deep-state).

In the current context, Grandin notes that the term has “three overlapping understandings”: 1) the military-industrial complex and the intelligence agencies, 2) private corporate power (especially finance, fossil fuels and the arms trade) and 3) civil service employees of the federal government’s many administrative agencies.

However, he argues that “...even if we take the ‘deep state’ as a valid concept, surely it’s not useful to think of the competing interests it represents as monolithic... Big Oil and Wall Street might want deregulation and an opening to Russia.

The euphemistically titled ‘intelligence community’ wants a rampedup war footing. High-tech wants increased trade. Trump, who presents as pure id wrapped in ambition motivated by appetite, wants it all — which makes him both potentially useful and inherently unstable, simultaneously a product and target of the deep state. In 1956, C. Wright Mills wrote ‘the conception of the power elite and of its unity rests upon the corresponding developments and the coincidence of interests among economic, political, and military organizations.’ If nothing else, the ‘Trump v. Deep State’ framings show that unity is long gone.”

Jefferson Morley, a longtime Washington investigative reporter, defines the “deep state” as “the realm of politics and war shaped by secret intelligence agencies that act beyond the reach of democratic institutions.”

He has a rather cynical view of the right-wing outrage about the Trump investigations. He says, “The president’s embattled defenders demonize the CIA as a secretive law-breaking organization, but seem unconcerned about the verifiable harm it actually does in the world (such as torture, arms trafficking, drone warfare and regime change).

Nor do Trump stalwarts commend the intelligence community for the good things it does (counterintelligence, counterterrorism and counterproliferation). No, the CIA is the enemy because of its intellectual sophistication and lack of slavish loyalty to the president.”

Morley edits a news blog called The Deep State (deepstateblog. org). Recently there have been stories about CIA-backed Afghan paramilitaries committing war crimes, former spies urging CIA Director Gina Haspel to protect the Ukraine whistleblower and Turkish intelligence having a “discreet relationship” with the Islamic State. Morley also provides a guide to the “Top World Intelligence Agencies.”

There are some articles on Erik Prince, the founder of the notorious mercenary firm called Blackwater. During the Iraq War in 2007, he was disgraced when trigger-happy Blackwater mercenaries opened fire on a group of civilians in downtown Baghdad and 17 people were killed.

Now Prince has experienced an unexpected comeback with the rise of Trump. Prince wants to replace U.S. troops in Afghanistan with mercenaries. He is obsessed with the privatization of government security operations. For years, Dick Cheney has supported him in this endeavor.

This spring, the House Intelligence Committee sent a criminal referral to the Justice Department for Prince. House Democrats are accusing Prince of lying to Congress during his November 2017 testimony before the Committee, when he described a meeting in the Seychelles with a Putin-linked Russian banker before Trump’s inauguration as just a chance encounter.

According to the Mueller Report, this meeting was an attempt to establish a back channel between the incoming Trump administration and Russia, and may have been arranged by the Trump team.

Trump is almost certainly the most dangerous and lawless president in our history. The impeachment hearings are beginning but Congress doesn’t have the time to fully investigate him.

This opinion does not necessarily represent the views of Boulder Weekly.

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get accused of “being over-thetop” and using hyperbole by conservative friends and acquaintances with increasing frequency.

This is caused, in large part, by me being a vocal and active contributor to the public discourse about issues of peace and justice. I am called a “snowflake” for responding to those who support — or even promote — rape culture. My conservative friends say they cannot take me seriously, which is frustrating, but at least it is honest. The question is: How seriously should we consider the statements others make?

I went to high school in a fairly run-of-the-mill metro area in the ’90s.

It happened to be a conservative area, and I did my best to fit in — though I admittedly struggled with that. Racist, sexist and homophobic jokes were common, and I confess my own guilt in being a “just joking” racist in my misguided efforts to fit in. It was much easier than being threatened as a “race traitor” for sticking up for minorities. I use my experience as an example regularly in these discussions; old friends who didn’t really change and who are still conservatives tell me “our high school wasn’t racist” and at the same time friends of color thank me for speaking up.

Friends from back in the day are buying weapons and saying things like, “getting ready in case there is a civil war after impeachment...” It made headlines when Major League Baseball umpire Rob Drake tweeted (then deleted): “I will be buying an AR-15 tomorrow, because if you impeach MY PRESIDENT this way, YOU WILL HAVE ANOTHER CIVAL WAR!!! #MAGA2020” and while he has since apologized, he is the only one I know of who has.

When someone says, “You better hope there isn’t a war because we’ve got all the guns,” I don’t hear a joke.

I have studied violence and hate for more than a decade. Rhetoric like this is both cause and consequence of serious violence and division. Mass shootings have already been committed in the name of these nefarious antagonisms. Hate crimes have been on the rise as well. There is not perfect information, not everyone who “jokes” will act, but there is strong evidence of a serious threat. There is the story of Brennan Walker, 14, a black kid who missed the bus to school and tried on foot to trace the bus route. He ended up lost and knocked on doors for directions. White man Jeffery Zeigler, 53, shot at Walker, who ran away, hid

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Let me be explicit. Research shows people are stockpiling guns, white men in particular. They are less educated, worried about their ability to protect their families, insecure about work, and have racial anxiety.

Stockpiling sometimes fills a void in their lives and can accompany hero fantasies. One study found that “for each 1 point increase in symbolic racism there was a 50% increase in the odds of having a gun at home.” The upshot here: Trump’s menacing threats in the form of tweets and re-tweets are very serious. Expect more talk of a civil war as the impeachment inquiry digs deeper and pressure on Trump’s removal increases.

The problem with the question, however, is that not all communities are equal, and the threats and violence target some groups more than others. In November 2016, NBC reported that gun store owners say, “that since Nov. 8 they’re seeing up to four times as many black and minority customers — and black gun groups are reporting double the normal number of attendees at their meetings since the election.” In 2019, the trend of gun ownership as a way to protect themselves and others in some communities continues. Violent fascists, like the Proud Boys and the Three Percenters militia, travel to carry out violence and deliver threats. There is growing distrust over the efficacy of the policing of far-right groups.

There are about 393 million firearms in the United States, and 328 I

million people, and I do not want to be alarmist, yet we also must be realists. Most guns and most people will never kill or injure another person.

The problem is that there are people who are committed — loyal — to a president who is calling for violence, and we are increasingly finding evidence that the provocations are working. All Americans need to be cognizant of this recipe for disaster.

See something, say something.

Statements about a new civil war, armed defense of Trump, and the dehumanization of Americans for political reasons are all warning signs that should be taken seriously. Be careful of the fascists in your community — if the far-right Oath Keepers militia takes Trump’s tweets seriously, “We ARE on the verge of a HOT civil war. Like in 1859. That’s where we are. And the Right has ZERO trust or respect for anything the left is doing. We see THEM as illegitimate too,” then you should too. Not because there will be a civil war, but because those most susceptible to the rhetoric are falling for it — armed ideologues will continue to carry out terrorist violence until order is restored to the White House. Like President Obama said: “the ills of a nation that has the capacity to unify, but not always the will.”

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

This opinion does not necessarily represent the views of Boulder Weekly.

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Build on open space?

About a year ago I was attending a Boulder Chamber event in Glenn Miller Ballroom and was in a break-out session discussing how to make Boulder more affordable. Ideas were being thrown out, like offering RTD passes to various groups and trying to prevent businesses from moving to Boulder. Hearing nothing practical or of any real consequence, I commented that we were just nibbling around the edges of the problem and that if we were truly interested in making a difference we’d have to consider two things: 1) Our restrictive building regulations; and 2) Building on open space.

You would have thought I had just uttered heresy.

Building regulations are a subject for another day. Today I’d like to suggest that we use open space to help make Boulder more affordable to our friends and neighbors, and, brace yourself, newcomers and strangers.

Many in Boulder profess to care about affordability. But to care means to be willing to make a sacrifice. And of course sacrificing means to give up something of value. The question is: In addressing affordability, what are we willing to give up?

Discussing this topic with locals, I rarely hear someone say they realize that adopting our building restrictions and buying up all of the open space makes living here unaffordable for many, and they’re at peace with that fact. Rather, we convince ourselves that we’re virtuous if we enact affordability programs, never admitting that these programs only benefit a select few.

The City of Boulder owns over 45,000 acres of open space, and the County has 105,000 acres of open space and restricted lands, totaling over 150,000 acres. I bet we could part with just a half-percent of it, dedicate it to housing, and life as we know it would not end. That’s right, just a half-percent.

That is, if we really cared about affordability as much as we say we do.

In her lecture series, Catherine Austin Fitts tells a story about when she was giving a talk on eliminating corruption from the world. She was presenting to a group of intelligent, spiritually evolved people who had gathered, seeking spiritual evolution.

Catherine asked how many were dedicated to a better civilization, and all responded in the affirmative. Then she

asked who would want to stop corruption if it meant their investment portfolios would take a big hit. Only one person out of the hundred responded.

I sense a similar sentiment here in Boulder. Everyone claims to want to address affordability. Indeed, many call it our number-one concern. But hardly anybody really wants to do anything that’d negatively impact their utopia.

Jan Burton’s recent excellent column in the Daily Camera explains how a less restrictive mindset can help the middle class, and that we should favor such.

But even Jan wouldn’t dare recommend open space as part of the solution. The down-payment assistance program recently approved in Ballot Issue 2I can also help a select few. But this too, in reality, is largely a feel-good measure, bound to have very limited effect. And by the way, why should we respond with more government regulation and introduce another marketplace distortion — as the deed restriction and appreciation cap would be — when we can address the issue at its root cause?

If we really care about inclusivity and affordability, why not share the wealth? Surely we’re not so idealistic that we wouldn’t dare repurpose just a half-percent of our open space land so that others could join us here in paradise. I’m assuming that we’re not just mouthing the affordability mantra, with no sincere intent of anything ever coming from it. And surely open space is not more important than affordability.

Will dedicating a little bit of open space completely solve our affordability challenges? Of course not. But, whenever you find yourself in a hole, the first rule is to stop digging. And doing things like buying open space acreage that’s perfectly suitable for housing, such as the Hogan-Pancost parcel, is the exact wrong thing to do. No surprise, some claim that Hogan-Pancost has water drainage issues. To that I’d respond, if you’re opposed to any development that would compromise your utopia, and you aren’t really that committed to affordability, then any excuse will do.

As Yates and Weaver stated in their recent Camera piece promoting 2I, referencing Winston Churchill, a pessimist sees a difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees an opportunity in every difficulty. We can make a difference in other people’s lives, if we would dare to.

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hen Boulder County Deputy District Attorney Christina Rinke found out that Jose Lopez-Gutierrez had been deported by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), she petitioned the district court in Boulder to revoke his bond and issue a warrant for his arrest should he return to the U.S. The DA’s office then started asking questions as to why it had not gotten prior notice regarding the deportation.

Lopez-Gutierrez, who had been living in Longmont, was arrested in May and charged with sexual assault of a child, after which he was released on a $20,000 bond. He showed up for a preliminary hearing on Sept. 12, with an arraignment scheduled for Nov. 1. But, as court documents filed by Rinke show, ICE arrested LopezGutierrez on Sept. 23 and deported him on Sept.

30. Rinke and the DA’s office didn’t find out about the deportation until nine days after the fact.

“For the victim and the community, but also for the accused, the criminal justice system should be able to run its course before he was subjected to deportation,” says Boulder County DA Michael Dougherty. “Victims, witnesses and defendants should be able to come to the courthouse and ensure that justice is done in their cases. And here, this is a glaring failure to allow us to accomplish that goal for anyone, mostly because ICE failed to notify us.”

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This is not the first time people facing criminal charges have been detained and/or deported before their cases are prosecuted. In fiscal year 2018 (October 2017-September 2018), ICE removed almost 23,000 immigrants with pending criminal charges, according to the agency’s data.

The number of people with pending criminal charges arrested by ICE is even higher.

Deportations prior to trial have been increasing around the country as a result of changing enforcement priorities under the Trump administration. This practice is causing problems for local criminal justice systems.

According to the Boston Herald, at the end of October 2019, the chief justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court wrote a formal letter to the area acting director of ICE requesting that the agency stop deporting people facing criminal charges, at least without alerting the courts and prosecutors first, “in the interest of justice.”

The judge wrote, “Removal of state criminal defendants pending trial severely, and often irreparably, interferes with the state criminal process.”

John Fabbricatore, the acting field office director of ICE’s Denver Area of Responsibility, which includes Colorado and Wyoming, says that other law enforcement agencies can request custody of anyone ICE is holding who has pending criminal charges. But obviously such a request can I

only occur if local law enforcement is aware that ICE has the person in custody.

According to Fabbricatore, ICE follows a specific process when it comes to removing someone from the country, one that involves alerting local law enforcement agencies. First, the agency has to work with foreign governments to confirm a detainee’s country of origin and arrange for proper travel documents. Then, Fabbricatore says, ICE checks with local and federal law enforcement agencies to ensure that there aren’t any wants and warrants filed against the detainee. “After we clear through all that, we ask if anyone wants them back for criminal conviction and would you like to writ them out?” he says.

ICE also claims it checks with other federal agencies like U.S. Citizen and Immigration Services and Department of Homeland Investigations before removing someone.

If ICE clears all those hurdles, then the person can be deported, Fabbricatore says.

“I’d rather people go to court and I’d rather us know that this person actually did this or that, so that we have a clear cut criminal history when a person re-enters the United States, which a lot of them do,” he says. “Unfortunately, many of the jails release people on PR bonds and other bonds and they abscond before the end of their sentence.

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But it appears this process was not followed in the Lopez-Gutierrez case.

Boulder Weekly spoke with the acting director before learning the details of Lopez-Gutierrez’s case. In response to follow-up questions from BW, ICE provided a statement that defends the procedures it followed, stating that Lopez-Gutierrez had a final order of removal from an immigration judge and “he was removed from Colorado streets to prevent him from committing more crimes.”

Furthermore, the statement points out that Boulder County law enforcement, including the DA’s office, doesn’t cooperate with ICE, and “the DA now has the audacity to publicly complain that ICE did not cooperate with it by notifying the county of Lopez-Gutierrez’s removal to Mexico.”

ICE did not address specific questions regarding why they failed to follow the process Fabbricatore laid out, including alerting the DA’s office. Also, it should be pointed out that Lopez-Gutierrez has not been convicted of the crime since he was deported before his arraignment.

Dougherty says ICE has not responded to requests from the DA’s office for an explanation as to why it failed to notify them that LopezGutierrez had been arrested and was slated for removal.

ICE has used the case of LopezGutierrez as a national success story, an example of ICE arresting and deporting immigrants in the interest of public safety, despite local law enforcement agencies that don’t cooperate with the federal agency.

But Dougherty contests that assessment, arguing that in many ways, public safety, which is contingent on prosecuting the case, is what was lost.

“This isn’t so much my saying that he should never be deported as much as public safety should be the top priority,” Dougherty says. “And here they (ICE) failed to give appropriate consideration to the victim and to community safety.”

Dougherty admits he’s seen it go both ways in his career: sometimes ICE lets prosecutors know, allowing them to request the person be brought to the Boulder County Jail, and subsequently to the courthouse so the case can proceed. But every once in awhile, ICE deports someBOULDER COUNTY’S INDEPENDENT VOICE

one without notifying the DA’s office first, which is “completely unacceptable,” he says.

If the DA’s office had been notified, “we would have taken steps to secure his appearance in order to complete the prosecution of this serious case,” he says.

Regardless of what process was or was not followed in the case of Lopez-Gutierrez, there is no legal issue with removing someone with pending criminal charges from the country.

“The law in place is that ICE can take enforcement action against anyone they want to,” says Hans Meyer, a prominent Colorado immigration attorney. “And then the question becomes whether and to what extent they (ICE) choose or not choose to cooperate on a local level with a local prosecutor.”

As it stands now, if LopezGutierrez ever does return to the U.S. and gets picked up due to the warrant, then the Boulder DA will have to recontact the victim, the victim’s family, any witnesses and effectively restart the prosecution all over again. Likewise, it could be difficult for the accused to remount a defense if too much time has passed, Dougherty says.

“Public safety definitely necessitated him being allowed to go through the entire prosecution,” he says.

If Lopez-Gutierrez had been found guilty, he would have served a mandatory sentence of eight to 24 years in Colorado before being subject to deportation, Dougherty says.

“So that means, in my mind, whether it’s the United States or his home country, the people in both countries would have been kept safe for that period of incarceration,” he says. “What they actually did was completely thwart any opportunity we had to secure justice and preserve public safety.”

Meyer takes it one step further: “It’s sort of the quintessential example of ICE trying to deflect responsibility and basically use it for cheap political purposes when realistically the decision to do this, and the result of the fact that there’s both no ongoing prosecution and no opportunity for this gentleman to defend himself, that ultimately lays at ICE’s feet.”

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hen a huge space-rock fell from the sky 66 million years ago, it quickly brought an end to the age of the dinosaurs. Rat-like mammals had been living side by side with the giant reptiles for millions of years. Somehow the rats survived the calamity, gradually filling the niches left by their extinct predecessors, and ultimately evolving to dominate the planet. Last month, researchers from the Denver Museum of Nature and Science (DMNS) filled in the details of this amazing story with a spectacular fossil discovery just outside of Colorado Springs.

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Gulf of Mexico near the tip of the Yucatán Peninsula, a crater from the event that killed the dinosaurs was discovered in 1978. Spanning more than 90 miles across and 12 miles deep, the crater was formed when an asteroid at least 7 miles wide struck the Earth with 100 million times the energy of the most powerful nuclear bomb ever detonated. Within minutes, an ejected curtain of molten rock rained down on the planet and set the land on fire. A few hours later, a 300-foot tsunami extinguished the surrounding shorelines.

Debris clouded the global atmosphere, blocking the sunlight for years afterwards, and three-quarters of all known species disappeared.

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for life on Earth, some things survived, including some of our earliest ancestors,” said Tyler Lyson, curator of vertebrate paleontology at DMNS and lead author of a paper published in Science magazine last month.

Lyson grew up in North Dakota near the Hell Creek geological formation, which is littered with fossils ranging from 65 to 67 million years old. While still in high school, he discovered a rare duck-billed dinosaur fossil on his uncle’s ranch with preserved skin and other soft tissues.

He studied biology at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania, and went on to receive a Ph.D. in paleontology from Yale University. After doing some postdoctoral research at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington D.C., Lyson came to Colorado in 2014 to be a curator at DMNS. Two years later, he made a stunning disI

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Twenty miles east of Colorado Springs, Corral Bluffs Open Space has been a favorite site for fossil hunters since the 1930s. Like the Hell Creek formation where Lyson spent his early years, Corral Bluffs has layers of rock that span a million years before and after the global catastrophe that wiped out the dinosaurs. Lyson and his colleagues from DMNS had been searching unsuccessfully for mammal bones at the site for months. Before the asteroid impact, mammals were so small that their fossilized teeth and bones were extremely hard to find. Higher up the bluffs, in the layers deposited after the extinction event, they found nothing.

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encased in a strange-looking rock called a concretion. When he returned to the site in September 2016, he stopped sifting through the dirt for bone fragments and instead looked for these odd-shaped rocks.

Almost immediately, a pale blob caught his eye.

“I picked it up, cracked it with my rock hammer, and broke it in two,” said Lyson at a news conference last month. “I could see the cross-section of a mammal skull staring back at me.”

By the end of the day, Lyson and his colleagues found three more mammal skulls encased in similar concretions, a bigger haul than most paleontologists encounter in their entire careers. Over the subsequent months, the scientists patiently scoured the bluffs not only for additional mammal bones, but also for fossilized plants and pollen in the immediate surroundings. This allowed them to piece together a picture of the slow recovery that took place during the several hundred thousand years after the asteroid impact.

To establish a solid timeline for the recovery, the scientists relied on a unique clock hidden inside the rocks of the bluff. The Earth currently enjoys a stable magnetic field that makes your compass point north, but this field has periodic flips, swapping north and south. Certain rocks that are rich in iron can record the orientation of the Earth’s magnetic field at the time they formed, allowing geologists to stitch together a timeline with the dates of all such reversals in history. At the bottom of Corral Bluffs, the team found iron-rich rocks that preserved a flip that happened 67 million years ago.

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IT TOOK HUNDREDS of thousands of years for life to flourish again on Earth after an asteroid struck, killing the dinosaurs.

Rocks at the top showed another flip from 65 million years in the past. Now the locations of their fossil discoveries up and down the bluff could be mapped onto dates in history.

The story that emerged from Corral Bluffs is fascinating. In the layer of rock laid down 100,000 years after the asteroid impact, fern spores were everywhere and the largest mammal was no bigger than a rat. After 200,000 years, palms dominated the landscape and some mammals had grown to the size of raccoons. By 300,000 years after the impact, planet and animal diversity was exploding. Walnuts and legumes appear in the fossil record, and some mammals reached the size of pigs weighing up to 50 pounds.

“We speculate that the introduction of these more caloric-dense food sources may have helped drive mammal body mass,” Lyson said.

The slice of history that is preserved at Corral Bluffs has provided the most detailed record yet of how mammals survived the dinosaur apocalypse and flourished as the environment slowly recovered. In addition to the article published in Science, Lyson and his team are featured in “Rise of the Mammals,” a recent Nova special on PBS that you can now stream online. Better yet, visit the Denver Museum of Nature and Science for a sneak preview of their latest discoveries.

Travis Metcalfe, Ph.D., is a researcher and science communicator based in Boulder. The Lab Notes series is made possible in part by a research grant from the National Science Foundation.

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On Tuesday, Nov. 20, eTown will host its second installment of the Green Screens series: Wasted! The Story of Food Waste. From executive producer Anthony Bourdain, Wasted! explores the dark side of our food system, exposing the negligent amount of food waste that our society produces.

The panel afterwards will feature Lindsey Loberg, the program director of Boulder Food Rescue, and Arlan Preblud, the founder and executive director of We Don’t Waste, a food recovery organization based in Denver.

“Any time you have a documentary like Wasted! it really does a lot to convey a message to the public,” Preblud says. “It serves a very useful purpose. Because, sometimes, it can be hard to get people to take action.”

For the nearly-Thanksgiving screening, eTown is also co-organizing a food drive in partnership with Community Food Share to spread some holiday love. They are looking for donated nut butters, canned tuna and chicken, canned fruits and vegetables, cereal and oatmeal, pasta and canned sauce, baby food and formula, soup, stew, and beans (canned or dry).

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The hope is not only going to inspire people to do something about climate change, but introduce them with the resources to action.

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A 4-YEAR-OLD KID JUST SKIED EVERY MONTH FOR A YEAR

Can parents learn from his adventure?

By Tom Winter

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CHARLIE harlie Leckonby is a skier. And, like LECKONBY skied most hardcore skiers, he’s always up for every month for the a trip to the hill to make some turns. So last 12 months — and he’s only 4 much so, he recently wrapped up 12 years old. consecutive months of skiing, starting in November 2018 and ending on Nov. 9, 2019.

Given the fact that multiple ski areas have already opened for the 2019-20 season in Colorado, it’s likely he’s going to keep his streak alive.

But Charlie isn’t your average snow shredder. He’s a kid, just 4 years old, and his passion and journey to ski every month for a year has impacted his parents in profound and meaningful ways — ways in which they never imagined when they put him on the snow with skis for the first time.

Charlie made his first “turns” strapped to his mom Tiffany’s chest when he was just 5 weeks old. This marked the start of something big, but Tiffany and Charlie’s dad, Roy, didn’t realize it at the time.

“I just wanted to expose him to new opportunities,” Roy says.

“He’ll love what he wants to love, but he won’t know what he will like unless we give him the opportunity to like things.” He pauses and shrugs, “Charlie loves skiing.”

Charlie’s 12-month streak, Roy says, “happened by accident. We had a great snow year, and Arapahoe Basin stayed open really, really late. We skied on July 4, and from that date on it’s not hard to ski two more months. It happened organically with the season and a sense of adventure.”

The Leckonbys’ approach to Charlie’s skiing — focusing on the adventure and if Charlie is having fun, then rolling with it — seems commonsense. But, as most professional observers of parenting would point out, it’s at odds with current trends of “helicopter parenting,” where adults carefully chart controlled paths for their children — paths which probably don’t include letting a kid decide that they want to ski the ragged snow of Saint Mary’s glacier in the waning days of September, where a fall could prove fatal. And then facilitating that decision.

But with a kid like Charlie, who puts his skis on in the yard in the heat of July and tromps across the grass, those dicey turns in September are a way to stoke the fun and fuel of adventure. Along with the fun for Charlie, however, comes the responsibilities of Roy and Tiffany. They’d be the first to tell you navigating the challenges see CHARLIE Page 20

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of raising a kid as first-time parents isn’t always easy.

“Trustful parents are those who trust their children to play and explore on their own, to make their own decisions,” writes Dr. Peter Gray in Psychology Today, noting how this ethos contrasts with current parenting fashions, where parents direct their children’s activities and limit their freedom because they fear for their safety and/or futures. Many parents think they can make better decisions for their children than their children can for themselves and rather than viewing children as resilient and competent, they believe children develop best when following a path that’s been carefully laid out for them by adults.

Roy admits that a big lesson for him over the past four years has been learning the importance of letting Charlie build resiliency and competency for himself. Skiing happened to serve as the perfect medium.

“One purpose of the adventure is just trying to teach him to have some grit,” Roy says. “We’ll be hiking or it will be cold and he’ll not be into it so much, and I’ll have to remind him that he’s here because he wanted to be here, so we need to get through the tough moments and he needs to remember that he’s going to end up having fun.”

Tiffany agrees: up to St. Mary’s Glacier in “I think it is September... and important to skied down. encourage a lot of different things, but especially with skiing, you have to make the effort to do it, which can be challenging, and it can be tough out on the mountain.

But you also, as parents, want to set him up for success. You want to make sure he has a good time so he will want to go back.”

“That’s the value of St. Mary’s Glacier!” Roy laughs. “The hike up there, the effort, it instills that you have to work through things. Charlie has to own his decision to want go skiing up there.”

That this approach to adventure (and life) is positive and empowering for children is corroborated by experts.

“Overcoming obstacles is a great self-esteem booster for children,” says Meaghan Roberts, author of Sticks & Stones and My Rock, a pair of guidebooks for parents of teenagers.

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Roy and Tiffany believe in this to a great degree, saying that their decisions to facilitate this year-round snow quest was about letting Charlie chase his passion for skiing, but also about making him own and face the consequences of that passion: the cold, the hikes into remote snowfields in the middle of summer, and the wrangling of gear that comes along with it.

“It’s pretty obvious that he’s proud of what he’s done when he comes back from one of these ski adventures,” Tiffany says. “You can tell it is important for his self-esteem and important to him.”

But ultimately, what does Charlie think about skiing and his streak?

Over pizza at Under the Sun, I ply him with questions.

Is he a good skier? “No, I keep falling down,” Charlie says.

His favorite part of skiing?

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things to do than promote his yearlong skiing streak to a Boulder Weekly journalist. And it allows me time for a couple more questions for Roy. How will he feel if Charlie becomes better than him? Or what happens if Charlie decides in a few years to quit skiing?

Roy hesitates, saying, “I’ll be saddened if Charlie decides that skiing isn’t for him.” But then he laughs. “I look forward to skiing being something we can do to together, and I look forward to the day he out-skis me.”

Roy’s tips for skiing with kids: 1) Let them decide if they like skiing or snowboarding and, if they do, nurture their passion.

2) Don’t worry if they fall.

“Charlie is made of rubber,” Roy says.

3) Go when or where it isn’t crowded. “I’m most concerned of someone hitting him,” Roy says. “I’ll ski backwards in front of him to watch for people flying down the mountain at us. Weekdays are definitely the best.”

4) Hot chocolate is good.

Especially with whipped cream on top. “We stop for hot chocolate when he is cold or tired,” Roy says.

5) Powder days are for dad.

“Powder days aren’t good for him. I pick the days that will be good for him.”

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Her research-based process has taken her from her home in Texas to present-day refugee camps and former concentration camps in Germany and Poland.

When she returned to the U.S. and discussed her findings with her father, he told her about a troubling piece of history right in their home state that she’d never known.

In 1942, the U.S. federal government worked with Mexico to establish the Bracero Program — “bracero” translating, literally, to “one who works with his arms” — to bring skilled Mexican workers to the States to fill labor shortages during World War II. The program processed more than 5 million workers, making it one of the largest foreign-worker programs in American history, and it continued to operate well after the war was over. The Rio Vista Farm processed roughly 80,000 workers each year from 1951 to 1964. The program guaranteed decent living conditions and a minimum wage of 30 cents an hour, but the mostly male workers were not met with friendly conditions. The National Trust for Historic Preservation refers to the program as a time of “legalized slavery.”

“Men were stripped and then fumigated, as were their clothes and luggage, with the toxic chemical DDT upon entry in the United States, where they toiled under difficult and unsanitary conditions on farms and railroads,” Corral says in an email.

In 2018, in partnership with Denver-based nomadic art museum Black Cube, Corral installed a 60-foot flagpole at the still-standing Rio Vista Farm to acknowledge and memorialize all that took place there. The cotton flag she created features a bald eagle and a golden eagle, emblems for America and Mexico respectively, talon to talon, almost as if in battle. The flag was placed

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in the same spot where the processing center had previously flown a U.S. and Mexican flag side by side, representing unification, Corral says.

Now on display at the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art (BMoCA), Unearthed: Desenterrado features Corral’s flag and other corresponding pieces about Rio Vista Farms and human rights. The exhibit presents a blueprint of the processing center and imprints from the soil, framed by Corral’s chilling interpretation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

“The architecture at Rio Vista has a haunting, historical presence, and I felt compelled to address its unacknowledged history,” Corral says. “Unearthed: Desenterrado emphasizes the importance of recognizing and confronting the voids within our American history.”

The Bracero Program is just one example in an endless list of inequalities that have plagued the U.S. and the world. Laborers worked under grueling conditions and were given a wage that was one-third of the country’s standard. Cortney Lane Stell, curator for the show and executive director of Black Cube, acknowledges the stigma and misinformation that led to workers being sprayed with hazardous chemicals in order to stop the spreading of disease.

“It’s an important part of American history that really

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speaks to this legacy and understanding of people from the south needing to be purified or cleansed or sterilized in some way,” Stell says.

Yet the contributions of the braceros were vital to building the backbone of America. They worked on farms and railroads throughout the U.S. It’s this contribution that Corral strives to highlight. She chose cotton for the material of the flag to represent the cotton fields around the Rio Vista Center.

“By using this material, it directly referred to [Rio Vista] and other [bracero processing sites] across America, and is an acknowledgment to immigrant laborers who support the infrastructure of this country,” she says. “The many individuals who work to provide clothing and fabrics in the textile industry, food on the dinner tables, construct our cities, serve in our militaries, work in our factories and serve as nannies raising American children.

Mexican [laborers] have been, and continue to be, a part of the very fabric of this country, along with others unrecognized.”

Even the construction of the flag leads back to these marginalized laborers.

“I worked with an amazing seamstress to create the flag, Lucy Rodriguez,” Corral says. “She has worked on many large projects, but what I found most compelling was learning that she had sewed the (2016) inaugural flags for the White House. It makes me wonder, do the American people know that a fierce Latina woman is responsible for sewing our American flags? And not only her, but a whole team of Latina women?”

Materials and who made them are important factors in Corral’s work. As a minimalist artist, the materials themselves are just as essential and meaningful as the finished product. While most flags today are made of durable vinyl, Corral’s cotton flag is much more vulneraBOULDER COUNTY’S INDEPENDENT VOICE

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ADRIANA CORRAL’S tattered white-on-white cotton flag symbolizes the vulnerability of the immigrant body, so often subjected to hard manual labor.

ble to the elements. In BMoCA, the flag sits on a pillar, discolored, tattered and worn. The choice was intentional, Stell says, to symbolize the deterioration of the human body.

Soil is another element in Unearthed. Sculptures capture imprints of the soil collected at Rio Vista Farm. Corral’s large-scale drawing of the center’s blueprint is also drawn using pastels made from the soil.

“These workers were working with the earth mainly, whether it was building railroads or cultivating farms. They were working directly with their body and the elements and improving our earth, the United States’ land,” Stell says. “Also, I think earth is a metaphor in her art for where the body returns when it’s dead. …

The material shows the fragility of the human body. We are from the earth, taking care of the earth.”

Corral’s minimalist approach gives her work a quiet stoicism. A lack of stimuli creates mental space where the audience can meditate on the greater implications of her themes. She says that while her work is visually minimal, it is maximal in content, capturing the density of the subject matter with a slower, subtler approach.

Showcasing the absence of voices is a major theme in Corral’s work, Stell says. The artist plays with the balance between presence and absence in how she presents her art.

“It’s important to acknowledge she’s dealing with this in a poetic way,” Stell says. “Even though she’s dealing with history that she could speak about with facts that would be overwhelming and interesting for us to look at, I think what she’s doing is providing a sensory experience and allowing us to struggle with reading the work, BOULDER COUNTY’S INDEPENDENT VOICE

to try to understand it, to make inferences of our own.”

One of the most striking pieces in Unearthed is “Latitudes.” The artwork is made up of a series of frames containing white pieces of paper. From far away, the pages look blank, but upon closer inspection you can read the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) debossed on the paper in both English and Spanish.

The white on white speaks volumes about the impact of the document — it’s there but it takes effort and persistence to read, let alone to implement.

Corral uses the UDHR as a core text in her research. The document was created by the United Nations in 1948, in the shadow of the Holocaust and World War II, guaranteeing fundamental freedoms.

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Through “Latitudes,” Corral demonstrates the failure of diplomatic language and the consequences of violence that still plagues the world.

“In the UDHR I find myself questioning the rule of law — how it mitigates justice and often fails us,” Corral says. “If the letter of the law was created to protect us, why do we find ourselves in a cycle, again and again fighting for the basic right to life? What mentality perpetuates such cyclical complexity? When we are left with the body’s traces, how does one decipher its tangible or ephemeral quality?”

It’s impossible to see Unearthed and not consider present-day discrimination in the U.S. and abroad.

The Bracero Program is a long-forgotten example of mistreatment. A half-century later, we bear witness to new forms of the same old bigotry as immigrant children are separated from their parents at the border and asylum seekers die in overcrowded detention facilities.

And yet, Stell sees hope in Corral’s work. While her art forces us to reckon with the reality of discrimination, it also alludes to a more humane future.

“By acknowledging these violations or atrocities — it’s not about blame,” Stell says. “It’s about acknowledging it all, a sense that we can all be better. She sees the function in memorialization as positive in our community and for the health of our society.”

When we unceremoniously bury history — no eulogy, no acknowledgement — we’re doomed to be haunted by its specter. Corral unearths what we’ve tried to forget and forces us to ask ourselves us why we buried it in the first place... and why so little has changed.

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A beloved staple of the holiday season in a new medium

Eklund Opera brings ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ to the Macky stage

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t’s a Wonderful Life, a new opera by composer Jake Heggie and librettist Gene Scheer, started its performance life with a workshop at CU Boulder in 2016, then went to its world premiere in Houston, followed by performances in Indiana and San Francisco, and now it returns to Boulder.

Based on the much loved film of the same title, the opera will be presented in a completely new production by the CU Eklund Opera Program. The student orchestra will be conducted by Nick Carthy. Leigh Holman, head of Eklund Opera, will direct the student cast.

“To take it home to Boulder is special, because we workshopped it there, and made so many artistic decisions in the process of creating it there,” Scheer says.

It’s a Wonderful Life was commissioned by the Houston Grand Opera, Indiana University and San Francisco Opera. Essentially the same production was used in all three locations. After Houston, Scheer and Heggie trimmed, streamlined and improved the opera in various ways. Eklund Opera will therefore present only the second physical production in the latest version of the opera.

The opera follows the basic story of the film, which tells of George Bailey’s despair and thoughts of suicide on Christmas Eve. He is rescued by an angel who shows him all the people he has touched in his life, and what his hometown

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of Bedford Falls would have been without him. The 1946 film, directed by Frank Capra, has become a beloved staple of the holiday season.

But if you know the film, you should know that there have been a few changes for the opera. Heggie, Scheer and the CU team point out that opera is a very different medium than film. It has different needs and different strengths.

In some ways, the story has to be condensed for the stage, with fewer characters and limited locations.

For example, George doesn’t crash his car in the opera.

But there is a trade-off. “In operas you can delve into the emotions of the characters more, with the music,” Holman says.

“In the opera we really get to know who Mary Hatch, George’s wife, is.

Through her music we really get to know what a spunky, deep human being she is — something we don’t get as much in the movie.”

The operatic version also provides “a much better view of Mr. Potter, and just how persuasive his sociopathy can be,” Carthy notes, referring to the banker who wants to control the town of Bedford Falls and tries to lure George into working for him.

“You get a wonderful duet between George and Mr. Potter, where Potter tries

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to seduce George to work for him. [It is] so smoothly done and so avuncular, this gentle pecking at somebody’s weakness without them knowing it.”

Heggie also singles out Mary and Mr. Potter as crucial to the story. “There are two characters who know exactly what they want,” he says. “Mary, who wants to be with George. She’s actually one of the heroes of that story. She’s so strong, the way she holds things together. And Mr. Potter, who wants to run the town. He knows George better than George knows himself. He’s been observing George his whole life.”

Unlike the film, the opera opens in George Bailey’s attic, which becomes a portal to all the events leading up to his Christmas Eve rescue. Another notable change for the opera is that the angel Clarence has become Clara, providing a

female voice to partner musically with George and other characters.

After the performances in Houston, Heggie and Scheer made several additional changes to streamline the opera. “We cut a good 20 minutes out of the opera and then rewrote another 10 or 15 minutes of music,” Scheer says.

Heggie uses music throughout to link one part of the story to another, and to underline the characters’ emotions. One example is music from a duet between George and Mary that comes back at other points in the opera to show how their love ties them together. Other themes recur strategically as well.

One especially striking moment musically comes when Clara shows George what the town would be without him. This one you will have to experience in the theater, and it is one that Carthy particularly loves. “That whole scene is really, really touching,” he says. “Quite difficult to get through, really.”

But you don’t have to know these musical details to enjoy the opera, Holman says. “It’s just brilliant because there’s dance, there’s humor, there’s dark sides, there’s romance,” she says.

“You get it all in this piece.”

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Anomie of the state

BETC brings fear and loathing to suburbia with ‘The Realistic Joneses’

By Gary Zeidner

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hen it comes to orgies, swap meets and many of life’s other adventures, what one brings to the experience often determines what one gets out of it. That’s certainly the case with most live theater. A confirmed curmudgeon is far less apt to weep at Romeo and Juliet than someone whose lover died in their arms a month earlier. A teen might scoff at the archness of Chicago only to be transported by the show a decade later.

Make no mistake, the Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company’s latest, The Realistic Joneses, is exactly that kind of play. It’s fear and loathing in suburbia, an existential tone poem comprised of linear vignettes that take on the semblance of a story in the decided absence of an actual plot.

Emotionally, it’s a lazy river of despair and desperation. Intellectually, it mines biting humor from the mundane.

In the backyard of a jagged house, surrounded by a jagged fence, in the early part of a jagged evening (thank you set designer Ron Mueller and lighting designer Sean Mallary), middleaged Bob and Jennifer Jones (Michael Morgan and Emily Paton Davies) sit uneasily around their fire pit.

Something isn’t right between them.

Jennifer seems to want to talk about it while Bob numbly dodges her efforts to engage. The Jones’s awkward semisilence becomes somewhat less silent, if no less awkward, with the unheralded arrival of the Joneses. Other Joneses.

No relation. The new Joneses, John

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and Pony Jones (Casey Andree and Kate Parkin), are a younger couple who have just moved in a few doors down.

They come bearing wine and a hipster vibe.

On the surface, the two couples interact in various combinations. These episodes feature little activity, instead

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preferring to assemble themselves into a sort of ongoing, spiral conversation occurring in succeeding locations.

Jennifer and John talk in a supermarket parking lot. Bob and John verbally joust standing outside under the stars. Bob and Pony kibbutz in John and Pony’s kitchen.

All four characters are poster children for neurosis, some perhaps with more reason than others. Neither couple seems particularly happy, which informs the will-they-won’t-they swinger/adultery undercurrent that, thankfully, culminates in the single most interesting development, even if that turn of events, as well as its aftermath, strains credulity and goes unexplained and unexplored.

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is ripe for interpretation. Did playwright Will Eno name both couples Jones simply as a play on the old “keeping up with the Joneses” saw? Is there more to it? Is the shared name a signpost pointing to the younger Joneses and the older Joneses being metaphorically the same couple at different times in their lives? That MICHAEL ENSMINGER seems fairly apparent, but what if, despite their differing first names, the two couples are actually the same couple with the younger version existing as a history lesson to and about the older one?

All four actors commit commendably to their roles.

Davies’ Jennifer is a loving but frustrated wife and a woman wrestling with eternal concerns.

Morgan’s Bob shies away from life, until he doesn’t, and he’s as funny as he is flawed. Parkin really sinks her teeth into a rather lightly written Pony, shining particularly during Pony’s more unhinged scenes. Andree rides John like a wave, paddling out snarky and assured before shooting a curl of fragility and fear.

For the record, though, Mr. Morgan, you need to update your headshot. I know it ain’t cheap, but when I don’t recognize you from your program pic and only realize that I’ve watched you act in multiple other plays when I see you on stage, it’s time, my friend.

If you’re a Sartre fan, a reformed Goth, or otherwise hanker for some what’s-the-point-of-it-all ennui, The Realistic Joneses may just be your cup of early 21st century, suburban, middleclass hemlock.

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ike Fight Club, entertainment has rules, and the first one is so fundamentally important it deserves to be the first two. The first rule of entertainment is be entertaining. The creators, producers and performers can have any number of agendas, schemes, plots and plans for the impact of the piece of entertainment on display, but the minute they forget the first rule of entertainment, they’re more lost than Moses in the desert.

Denver’s Curious Theatre Company celebrates its 22nd season this year. For much of its existence, Curious was as sure a thing as one can get in this life. If you bought a ticket to a Curious play, you knew without any doubt that you were going to be entertained. You might also have your thoughts provoked, your preconceptions challenged or your heartstrings plucked, but first and foremost you would be entertained.

Over the past few years, Curious has become a self-proclaimed bearer of the social justice torch. During the welcome/thanks/turn-your-damn-cellphones-off introduction to The Thanksgiving Play, the presiding company member explained that Curious is “fiercely committed to inclusion” and went on to demonstrate that fierce commitment by thanking the Ute, Cheyenne and Arapahoe peoples for their stewardship of the land on which the Curious Theatre stands today. It seems as though that comically white-guilt-smothered ritual is one that Curious intends to perform prior to every play, not just those written, like The Thanksgiving Play, by a Native American, and it is exactly the kind of self-consciously “woke” decision — delivered in this case BOULDER COUNTY’S INDEPENDENT VOICE

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unironically — that, ironically, the play that was being introduced skewers over and over again.

Logan (Emily Ebertz) has been commissioned by an elementary school to write and direct a play about the first Thanksgiving. Logan enlists her friend and lover, Jaxton (Jon Jurcheck), an

mind as a response to the difficulty she had finding theater companies willing to produce her earlier plays, which included Native American characters, due to the difficulty of finding Native American actors to play the roles.

Many of the sketches that comprise The Thanksgiving Play — from the opening ThanksgivingMICHAEL ENSMINGER themed version of “The 12 Days of Christmas,” which blessedly ends on the eighth day, to an avant-garde attempt at a woke Thanksgiving play that looks exactly like the PC police contrived “non-denominational, non-offensive Christmas play” in a first-season episode of South Park — are real-world examples of unintentionally racist and/or I’m-morewoke-than-you misfires that FastHorse aspiring actor, activist and “yoga dude,” to assist her. Both Logan and Jaxton are found out in the wilds of the interwebs. parodies of caricatures of politically cor- When those are the most resonant parts of your play, perhaps some more workrect, hyper-liberal, social justice warshopping is in order? riors. Logan brings on one of the I didn’t not like The Thanksgiving school’s history teachers, Caden Play — a sentence the characters in (Matthew Schneck), who also happens the play could spend hours parsing to be a frustrated would-be playwright, into both a celebration and condemnato ensure the historical accuracy of the tion while entirely missing its prima play. Logan’s biggest get, though, is an facie meaning — but I certainly didn’t actual, honest-to-goodness Native love it. More than anything, it made American actress, Alicia (Adriane Leigh me pine for The Lieutenant of Robinson), from Los Angeles.

Inishmore. Back in 2008, before Logan and Jaxton consider themCurious became the arbiter of wokeselves “enlightened white allies” of any and all minorities or marginalized groups ness that it is today, it understood and honored the first rule of entertainment. (a label that could be applied to the It performed plays like the stupendous Curious Theatre Company these days). black comedy The Lieutenant of Caden is a nerd. Alicia is a hot, dumb Inishmore. Plays that had no PC chick. Their characterizations are made agenda, that didn’t have to contort or up entirely of low-hanging fruit. While shortchange themselves in order to some of what the four do on stage is scream at the audience, “Racism/sexgenuinely funny, the most interesting ism/etc. are bad!” Plays that enterthing about them is that they sprang tained. from playwright Larissa FastHorse’s I

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BLUE CANYON BOYS. 8 P.M. SATURDAY, NOV. 16, CHAUTAUQUA COMMUNITY HOUSE, 900 BASELINE ROAD, BOULDER, 303-440-7666.

KIRK HUBBARD

The Blue Canyon Boys carry the torch of traditional bluegrass with haunting standards while reimagining convention with genreblending arrangements and footstomping original material. After winning first place in the 2008 Telluride Bluegrass Festival band contest, the Blue Canyon Blues charmed the country one venerable venue at a time. After more than a decade together, the magic they create on stage together has only intensified.

see EVENTS Page 30 BOULDER OPERA — SCENES FROM BIZET’S ‘CARMEN.’

7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 15 and Saturday, Nov. 16, Caffè Sole, 637 S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-499-2985.

DOMAIN VIA ‘CARMEN’ is one of the PUBLIC WIKIMEDIA COMMONS world’s most popular operas, and you have two chances to see it in the intimate space at Caffè Sole. Boulder Opera’s Phoenix Gayles directs Georges Bizet’s masterpiece about a soldier’s illfated obsession with Seville’s favorite gypsy.

Gayles reinvents the production with new dialogue to thread scenes together, in collaboration with pianist Bradley Haag.

Dinner service is from 6-9 p.m., with several new vegetarian, vegan and carnivorous options on the menu. The show starts at 7 p.m. Tickets are $20 online, $25 day at the door, boulderoperacompany.com.

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1940S CARNIVAL AND FREAKSHOW FEATURING BANSHEE TREE.

PODCAST WORKSHOP WITH DAVE GONZALES: EVERYONE SHOULD PODCAST.

THE TRAVELING PUBLIC DOMAIN VIA WIKIMEDIA COMMONS CARNIVAL has roots in the medieval agricultural fairs and festivals of Europe, but its contemporary origins can be traced back to the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago. Half a century later, there were hundreds of carnivals taking place across the U.S., where people could see live music, Wild West shows, freak shows, magic lantern shows, movies and technological innovations of the day.

The Caribou Room is hosting a 1940s-style carnival on Nov. 16, complete with games, prizes, freaks and more. Dress to impress and you could win the costume contest. Dinner service begins at 7:30 p.m. for those interested, while local band Banshee Tree will dish out hot swing and deep trance grooves starting at 9 p.m. Tickets are $18 in advance, $20 day-of-show at The Caribou Room, Blue Owl Books or eventbrite.com.

IF YOU HAVE AN COURTESY DAVE GONZALES ambitious teenager in your house who’s itching to share their deepest thoughts on the Billie Eilish oeuvre with the world, sign them up for a podcasting workshop with local podcaster extrordinaire Dave Gonzales. Gonzales co-hosts ‘The Storm’ (which dissects classic TV shows of the modern era) and ‘Fighting in the War Room’ (a film and pop culture discussion podcast). In this Boulder Public Library workshop, Gonzales will cover: microphones, recording equipment, recording a multi-track podcast over the internet, editing and adding music, then finalizing for upload to an RSS feed for publication. Register at calendar.boulderlibrary.org/event/5836621

7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 16, The Caribou Room, 55 Indian Peaks Drive, Nederland, 303-258-3637.

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ALTER EAGLES “Classic Rock”

Wednesday November 20 & Thursday November 21

MRS. EDA BAGEL “ONCE MORE, WITH FEELING” “Cabaret”

Friday November 22

LAST MEN ON EARTH “Arena Rock”

Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada: ‘Colorado Abstract +10: A History and a Survey,’ through Nov. 17.

CLAUDE MONET, ‘PATH IN THE WHEAT FIELDS AT POURVILLE,’ 1882. OIL ON CANVAS; 23 X 30-1/2 IN (58.4 X 77.5 CM). DENVER ART MUSEUM: FREDERIC C. HAMILTON COLLECTION, 2016.365.

Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art (BMoCA), 1750 13th St., Boulder: Adriana Corral: ‘Unearthed/Desenterrado;’ Gretchen Marie Schaefer: ‘Folding and Thrusting,’ through Jan. 19.

BMoCA at Macky Auditorium, 1595 Pleasant St., University of Colorado Boulder: ‘Helen Zughaib: Stories My Father Told Me,’ through Nov. 24; Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder: ‘Street Wise,’ Canyon Gallery, through Dec. 1; NCAR Traveling Climate Exhibit: ‘Real People, Real Climate, Real Changes,’ through Nov. 14; ‘Design Trail,’ Arapahoe Ramp, through Dec. 15.

Bricolage Gallery, Art Parts Creative Reuse Center, 2860 Bluff St., Boulder: ‘Found In Translation: Assemblages by Grace Kisa,’ through Nov. 23.

Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder: ‘Grounded’ featuring: Sonja Hinrichsen, Kathleen Probst, and ReCalling Re/Call, through Dec. 1.

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; ‘Eyes On: Erika Harrsch,’ Hamilton Building, through Nov. 17; ‘Eyes On: Jonathan Saiz,’ through Nov. 17; ‘The Light Show,’ through May 2020; ‘Treasures of British Art: The Berger Collection,’ through January 2020.

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Tuesday November 26

BOURBON & BLUES RANDALL DUBIS BAND “Blues”

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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.

Paper Moonshine. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-201-3731.

7 p.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.

Quix. 8:30 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-447-0095.

Discovery Days: Art. 9 a.m. Longmont Museum, 400 Quail Road, Longmont, 303-651-8374.

Silicon Flatirons — Entrepreneurs Unplugged: Scott Drake, ViewRay, Inc. 5:30 p.m. Wolf Law, Wittemyer Courtroom, Boulder.

Gender, Identity, & Philosophy — Pop Culture & Philosophy. 6 p.m. Longmont Senior Center, 910 Longs Peak Ave., Longmont, 303-651-8411.

Jazz Combo Performance. 6 p.m. Harmony Music House, 2525 Broadway St., Boulder, 303-444-7444.

The Songwriter Hour. 7:30 p.m. Still Cellars, 1115 Colorado Ave., Longmont, 720-204-6064.

Going Beyond — with Psychic Medium Cindy Kaza. 7:30 p.m. Bohemian Biergarten, 2017 13th St., Boulder, 720-328-8328.

JP Harris. 8:30 p.m. Hi-Dive Denver, 7 S. Broadway, Denver, 303-733-0230.

Stoop Kids. 9 p.m. Lost Lake, 3602 E. Colfax Ave., Denver.

Kenwood Dennard, Joe Anderies Collaboration Project. 7 p.m. Caffè Sole, 637 S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-499-2985.

Youth Original Recording Studio. 4 p.m.

1050 Lashley St., Longmont, 303-774-3756.

Guardian Storage Winter Coat and Sock Drive. 8 a.m. Guardian Storage in your area, Longmont. Through Nov. 30.

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Oliver Francis — with Smrtdeath, Marco XO. 9 p.m. Cervantes’ Other Side, 2637 Welton St., Denver, 303-297-1772.

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University of Colorado Art Museum, 1085 18th St., Boulder: ‘Body Language: Picturing People,’ through June 2020; ‘Art Elements: Materials, Motive and Meaning,’ through Dec. 21.

Honky Tonk Happy Hour — with Adam Lopez. 5:30 p.m. The Tasty Weasel, 1800 Pike Road, Longmont, 303-776-1914.

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

Milk Carton Kids. The Bluebird Theater, 3317 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, 303-377-1666.

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MONUMENTAL — coproduced by Black Cube and the Denver Theatre District.

Through Jan. 31, 2020. For times and locations, denvertheatredistrict.com/event/ monumental.

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.

Ecstatic Dance. 7 p.m. The StarHouse, 3476 Sunshine Canyon, Boulder, 303-245-8452.

Give the Gift of a Great Night Out! Nissi’s Gift Cards available @ nissis.com (SE Corner of 95th & Arapahoe)

Lyons Redstone Museum, 340 High St., Lyons: ‘40 years/40 artifacts’; ‘All Aboard! Railroads in Lyons’; ‘Lyons Newspapers: A History,’ Swift/Smith/Bohn Family’; ‘125 Years of Distinctive Cameras’; ‘Tiny Stories: Art of the Dollhouse’; ‘The Flood of 2013’; ‘Native American Artifacts,’ and more.

a Boulder Lens,’ through January 2020; ‘Boulder Through the Decades,’ through Dec. 2.

Secret Garden: Boulder Bach Festival and Compass Resonance Ensemble. 7:30 p.m. eTown Hall, 1535 Spruce St., Boulder, 720-507-5052.

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

CHRIS DANIELS & THE KINGS

Longmont Museum, 400 Quail Road, Longmont: ‘Front Range Rising,’ permanent exhibit; ‘Ruckus Rodeo: Pop Art & Cowboy Culture,’ through Jan. 5.

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The Bones of J.R. Jones. 8 p.m. Globe Hall, 4483 Logan St., Denver, 303-296-1003.

Saturday November 23

THE DENVER ART MUSEUM is currently home to the most comprehensive U.S. exhibition of Claude Monet paintings in more than two decades. The exhibition, ‘The Truth of Nature,’ features more than 120 paintings spanning Monet’s entire career and focuses on the celebrated French impressionist artist’s enduring relationship with nature and his response to the varied and distinct places in which he worked. Through Feb 2.

Old Man Saxon. 7 p.m. Marquis Theatre, 2009 Larimer St., Denver, 303-487-0111.

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Events Dance For Parkinson’s Program. 11:30 a.m. Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-506-3568. Tuesdays (Gordon Gamm Theater) and Thursdays (Boulder Ballet Studio 3), $5.

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720-749-2531.

Sick In The Head. 7 p.m. The Speakeasy, 301 Main St., Longmont, 720-684-4728.

Tabletop Gaming Club. 4 p.m. George Reynolds Branch Library, 3595 Table Mesa see EVENTS Page 32

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jazz legend Kenwood Dennard with the Joe Anderies Quintet $15 Suggested Cover Charge

Dinner Service: 6-9 • All Showtimes: 7-10 637R South Broadway, Boulder, Co. 80305

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TAM Information Session. 10 a.m. Roser ATLAS Center, Boulder, 303-735-4577.

Using Archaeology for Conservation in the Peruvian Andes. 7 p.m. Chautauqua Community House, 900 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-440-7666.

PUBLIC DOMAIN

READY FOR A HEART-OPENING night of stories where you or the person next to you could take home the prize for best story? Then show up to Boulder’s Story Slam at the Dairy Arts Center on Nov. 17. Audience members are invited to drop their name in a hat to share a five-minute story centered around the topic of BAGS. The audience votes for the best story. Local singer/songwriter Shanna in a Dress will round out the night with musical interludes.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15 Music 300 Days. 2:30 p.m. Longmont Museum, 400 Quail Road, Longmont, 303-651-8374.

Live Entertainment Nightly at our 1709 Pearl St location

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

Bluegrass Ensemble 101 & 102 Class Performance. 6 p.m. Harmony Music House, 2525 Broadway, Boulder, 303-444-7444.

THURSDAY, NOV. 14

Boulder Opera — Scenes from Bizet’s ‘Carmen.’ 7 p.m. Caffè Sole, 637 S. Broadway St., Boulder, 303-499-2985. Second performance on Nov. 16.

Lora Cheadle — Flaunt!: Drop Your Cover and Reveal Your Smart, Sexy & Spiritual Self. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder.

VOZ E VIOLA: A NIGHT OF BRAZILIAN SONGS W/ MICHELE CASTRO AND FRANCISCO MARQUES 8PM

Bowregard & The Charlie Rose Band (of Elephant Revival). 9 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-447-0095.

The Denver Moth StorySLAM. 7:30 p.m.

Swallow Hill Music, 71 E. Yale Ave., Denver.

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Brittany Howard of Alabama Shakes. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030.

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PAPER MOONSHINE 8PM FRIDAY NOVEMBER 15

WOMEN IN SONG HOSTED

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HAYLEY REARDON 8PM GREG KAVNA 9PM CHARLIE WHITE 10PM MONDAY NOVEMBER 18

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NICHOLAS PENN / DEREK DEMUTH 8PM WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 20

JAZZETRY NIGHT! FEAT. VON DISCO 8PM THURSDAY NOVEMBER 21

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The Brightness of Light featuring Renée Fleming — Colorado Premiere. 7:30 p.m. Boettcher Concert Hall, 1000 14th St., Denver, 720-865-4220.

Chris Dismuke Band. 7:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Tap Room, 921 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-776-1914.

DAX: It’s Different Now Tour — with CalenRaps and Special Guests. 8:15 p.m.

Cervantes’ Other Side, 2637 Welton St., Denver, 303-297-1772.

Deborah Stafford & the State of Affairs.

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

Finn O’Sullivan. 6:30 p.m. The Tune Up at Full Cycle, 1795 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-1002.

How the Grouch Stole Christmas Final Tour plus special guest Murs, DJ Abilities. 9 p.m. Cervantes Masterpiece, 2637 Welton St., Denver, 303-297-1772.

Joey Harkum, A-Mac. 9 p.m. Larimer Lounge, 2721 Larimer St., Denver, 303-291-1007.

Jyemo Club and Pink Hawks — with Green Buddha and Special Guests. 9 p.m.

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

Kid Astronaut: Alchemy EP Release Show. 7 p.m. Soiled Dove Underground, 7401 E. First Ave., Denver, 303-830-9214.

The Kinky Fingers, Serpentfoot, TOOMUCHBLOND, Funk Hunk. 9 p.m. HiDive Denver, 7 S. Broadway, Denver, 303-733-0230.

Liptruce — with Amanda Hawkins, Bailey Elora and Mawule. 7 p.m. Marquis Theatre, 2009 Larimer St., Denver, 303-487-0111.

Maddog Blues Duo. 7 p.m. Großen Bart Brewery, 1025 Delaware Ave., Longmont, 214-770-9847.

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FRIDAY, NOV. 15 Special Writers’ Workshop — with winter artist-in-residence Chelsea Gilmore. 6 p.m. Firehouse Art Center, 667 Fourth Ave., Longmont.

SATURDAY, NOV. 16 Nutcracker Storytime with the Boulder Ballet. 11 a.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder.

Murs. 8:30 p.m. The Mission Ballroom, 4242 Wynkoop St., Denver, 720-577-6884.

Writer’s Workshop. 7 p.m. Firehouse Art Center, 667 Fourth Ave., Longmont, 303-651-2787.

SUNDAY, NOV. 17 Boulder’s Story Slam. 7 p.m. Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder.

TUESDAY, NOV. 19 Finn O’Sullivan. 6 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., Boulder.

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

WEDNESDAY, NOV. 20 Charissa Sims — Change Your Energy, Change Your Life. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder.

Unit C, Longmont, 720-442-8292.

Quix. The Bluebird Theater, 3317 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, 303-377-1666.

Fireside Elementary Silent Disco Fundraiser. 8 p.m. Tilt Pinball, 640 Main St., Louisville, 303-997-9548.

Rachel Ann and the Toymasters. 6:30 p.m.

Still Cellars, 1115 Colorado Ave., Longmont, 720-204-2064.

Holiday Food and Gift Festival. National Western Complex-Hall of Education & Expo, Denver. Through Nov. 17.

Silent Bear Trio. 9:30 p.m. Licence No. 1, 2115 13th St., Boulder.

Lavell Crawford. 7:30 and 9:45 p.m. Comedy Works, 1226 15th St., Denver, 303-595-3637. Through Nov. 17.

Specific Ocean, Panther Martin, Amazing Adventures. 9 p.m. Lost Lake, 3602 E. Colfax Ave., Denver.

Take the ‘A’ Train at Colorado for Musical Arts! 6 p.m. Location, 200 E. South Boulder Road, Lafayette.

The Only Way Out Is Through: A DanceBased Art Show Using Choreography, Digital Projection, Music and Audio. 6:43 p.m. The Armory Denver, 2565 Curtis St., Denver. Through Nov. 16.

The Vipers. 8 p.m. Bluff Street Bar & Billiards, 2690 28th St., Boulder, 303-931-5856.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16

Voz e Viola: A Night of Brazilian Songs — with Michele Castro and Francisco Marques. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-201-3731.

17th Annual CANiversary. 5 p.m. The Tasty Weasel, 1800 Pike Road, Longmont, 303-776-1914.

Wash Park — with Sisters of Rock. 7 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 720-297-6397.

Winter Music Series. 7 p.m. Georgia Boys BBQ, 250 Third Ave., Longmont, 720-999-4099.

Events Arthur Secunda Retrospective. 5:30 p.m.

Bohemia Art Space, 4919 N. Broadway, Unit 7, Boulder, 303-589-8975.

Barley-Har-Har Comedy Open Mic Night.

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Arena Rock All-Stars. 8 p.m. The Wild Game Entertainment Experience, 2251 Ken Pratt Blvd., Longmont, 720-600-4875.

‘Bella Gaia: Beautiful Earth.’ 8:30 p.m.

Fiske Planetarium, 2414 Regent Drive, Boulder, 303-492-5002. see EVENTS Page 34

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Blue Canyon Boys. 8 p.m. Chautauqua Community House, 900 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-440-7666.

Bluegrass Class Performances. 6 p.m.

Harmony Music House, 2525 Broadway, Boulder, 303-444-7444.

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Briston Maroney. 9 p.m. Lost Lake, 3602 E. Colfax Ave., Denver.

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MARIKA ANTHONYSHAW [FORMERLY OF ARCADE FIRE]: ACCOUNTABLE ACTIVISM: A NEW FORM OF POWER

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ELLEN KINGMAN FISHER: HILL’S GOLD

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Chamber Music Showcase. 2 p.m. St. Aidan’s Episcopal Church, 2425 Colorado Ave., Boulder, 303-492-8008.

CHON & Between The Buried And Me w/ Intervals. 6 p.m. Fillmore Auditorium, 1510 Clarkson St., Denver, 303-837-1482.

Collie Buddz: Hybrid Tour — with Keznamdi and special guests. 9 p.m. Cervantes Masterpiece, 2637 Welton St., Denver, 303-297-1772.

The Delta Sonics. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Tap Room, 921 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-776-1914.

The Drunken Hearts, Tenth Mountain Division. 8:30 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-447-0095.

DU Lamont North Indian Classical Dance and Bluegrass Ensembles. 7:30 p.m. Newman Center for the Performing Arts, 2344 E. Iliff Ave., Denver, 303-871-7720.

Eric Darius. 7 p.m. Soiled Dove Underground, 7401 E. First Ave., Denver, 303-830-9214.

Fit For An Autopsy. 8 p.m. The Bluebird Theater, 3317 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, 303-377-1666.

Head for the Hills — with Vince and Silas Herman. 9 p.m. Cervantes’ Other Side, 2637 Welton St., Denver, 303-297-1772.

High Plains Tradition and The Badly Bent. 7 p.m. Broomfield Auditorium, 3 Community Park Road, Broomfield.303-888-4627.

Hunter Stone — Live Music. 6 p.m. 300 Suns Brewing, 335 First Ave, Unit C, Longmont, 720-442-8292.

The Last American Trio. 7 p.m. Großen Bart Brewery, 1025 Delaware Ave., Longmont, 214-770-9847.

HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT that a Christmas Carol could be vastly improved if Ebenezer Scrooge sang show tunes or danced a jig? Charles Dickens’ famous festive tale is whipped into a holidaze confection, peppered with hilarious parodies of dozens of your favorite Broadway songs. Bud Coleman directs a cast of CU Theatre & Dance’s talented student performers in the elegant University Theatre in A Broadway Christmas Carol, Nov. 14 through Dec. 8.

The Addams Family. Jesters Dinner Theater, 224 Main St., Longmont. Through Dec. 1 and Jan. 3-26.

A Broadway Christmas Carol — presented

by CU Theatre & Dance. University Theatre, CU Boulder Campus. Opens Nov. 14. Through Dec. 8.

A Doll’s House/A Doll’s House Part 2. Denver Center for Performing Arts, Ricketson Theatre, 14th and Curtis streets, Denver. Through Nov. 24.

Feeding The Dragon. 1:30 and 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 16, Su Teatro Cultural and Performing Arts Center, 721 Santa Fe Drive, Denver.

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

Flame Broiled (or the ugly play). — presented by Local Theater Company. Dairy Arts Center, Carsen Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder. Through Nov. 17.

Peak2Peak. 4:30 p.m. The Tasty Weasel, 1800 Pike Road, Longmont, 303-776-1914.

Heathers the Musical. The Spark, 4847 Pearl St., Suite B4, Boulder, Through Nov. 16.

The Renaissance Project Presents ‘Saints and Sinners: Contrasts Within the English Renaissance.’ 7 p.m. First Evangelical Lutheran Church, 803 Third Ave., Longmont.

The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Candlelight Dinner Playhouse, 4747 Marketplace Drive, Johnstown. Through Nov. 17.

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

The Necromancer’s Stone. The BITSY Stage.

1137 S. Huron St., Denver. Through Nov. 23.

The Realistic Joneses — presented by Boulder Ensemble Theater Company. Diary Arts Center, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder. Through Nov. 17.

Looped. Vintage Theatre Productions, 1468 Dayton St., Aurora. Through Dec. 15.

The Phantom Of The Opera. Denver Center for the Performing Arts, Buell Theatre, 1350 Curtis St., Denver. Through Nov. 17.

The Thanksgiving Play. Curious Theatre, 1080 Acoma St., Denver. Through Dec. 15.

Twelfth Night. Denver Center for Performing Arts, Space Theatre, 14th and Curtis streets, Denver. Nov. 15 through Dec. 22.

The Phantom of the Opera. Denver Center for Performing Arts, Buell Theater, 14th and Curtis streets, Denver. Through Nov. 17.

It’s a Wonderful Life: An opera by Jake Heggie and Gene Scheer. Macky Auditorium, 1595 Pleasant St., Boulder. Through Nov. 17.

Role Model. 7 p.m. Marquis Theatre, 2009 Larimer St., Denver, 303-487-0111.

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The Steel Wheels. 8 p.m. Swallow Hill Music, 71 E. Yale Ave., Denver, 303-777-1003.

Strings & Stories — with the Elephant Collective. 7:30 p.m. Firehouse Art Center, 667 Fourth Ave., Longmont, 303-651-2787.

Thank You Scientist, Bent Knee, The Tea Club. 8 p.m. Globe Hall, 4483 Logan St., Denver, 303-296-1003.

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

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Trans-Siberian Orchestra. 3 and 8 p.m.

Pepsi Center, 1000 Chopper Circle, Denver.

Tribute Night! Guerrilla Radio — with American Idiot. 8 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 720-297-6397.

Women in Song hosted by Shanna in a Dress. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-201-3731.

Events Comedy Open Mic Saturday Night. 6:30 p.m. The Tune Up at Full Cycle, 1795 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-1002.

CU Boulder Diwali Celebration. 5 p.m.

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Escape Room. 5:30 p.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.

Graffiti Calligraphy. 11 a.m. George Reynolds Branch Library, 3595 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, 303-441-3120.

Holiday Craft Bazaar. 9 a.m. Tri-City Elks, 525 Main St., Louisville, 303-666-6314.

Through Nov. 17.

Holiday Market at the Sanctuary. 2 p.m.

Good Life Refuge, 13759 N. 95th St., Longmont, 303-261-2726.

Inclusipedia Edit-a-Thon. 10 a.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.

ISA’s Boulder Diwali Festival 2019. 5 p.m.

University of Colorado Boulder, Regent Drive at Broadway, Boulder.

Performance & Politics: The Rise and Fall of the Brazilian Left. 1 p.m. Jennie Smoly Caruthers Biotec Building, JSCBB Patio and A108, Boulder.

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

Spanish/English Storytime: Día de Muertos Celebration. 10:15 a.m. NoBo Corner Library, 4600 Broadway, Boulder, 303-441-3100.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 17 Music Autumn Overtures. 4 p.m. Newman Center for the Performing Arts, 2344 E. Iliff Ave., Denver, 303-871-7720.

Bruce Cockburn. 8 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030.

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

G. Perico. 8 p.m. Moon Room, 1902 Blake St., Denver, 303-487-0111.

Greg Kavna, Hayley Reardon. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-201-3731.

Hilltop Hoods — with Adrian Eagle and special guests. 8 p.m. Cervantes Masterpiece, 2637 Welton St., Denver, 303-297-1772.

Japanese Ensemble: Fall 2019. 7:30 p.m.

Grusin Music Hall, 1020 18th St., Boulder, 303-492-8008.

LOCO Ukulele Jam. 2 p.m. Bootstrap Brewing Company, 142 Pratt St., Longmont, 303-652-4186.

Melanie Martinez: The K-12 Tour. 8 p.m.

Paramount Denver, 1621 Glenarm Place, Denver, 303-623-0106.

The Music of Widespread Panic for Kids.

11:30 a.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030.

Pigeons Playing Ping Pong. 8 p.m. Globe Hall, 4483 Logan St., Denver, 303-296-1003.

Portland Cello Project Performs Radiohead’s ‘OK Computer.’ 8 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-447-0095.

The Renaissance Project Presents ‘Saints and Sinners: Contrasts Within the English Renaissance.’ 4 p.m. Grace Lutheran Church, 1001 13th St., Boulder.

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FILMS JANUS FILMS November is the great food month, so it only makes sense that the Trojan Movie House and Art Cinema is screening the great food movie: ‘Babette’s Feast.’

Released in 1987, this sweet and touching Danish film centers on a religious community who welcomes the refugee Babette — a former French chef — into their small and austere village. Babette learns their ways and their habits and grows to love them. And when she comes into a large sum of money, Babette repays their kindness with a feast unlike any other. The story is heart-warming, the acting is impeccable, and the photography is so sumptuous, you can practically taste Babette’s titular meal. Don’t go in on an empty stomach. —MJC

BOULDER:

Boedecker Theatre, Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut St., 303-444-7328: ‘Aquarela,’ Nov. 13-16.

‘Desert Utopia,’ 7 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 17.

‘Earth,’ Nov. 20-23.

‘Greener Grass,’ Nov. 20-23.

‘Loro,’ Nov. 13-16.

‘The Portal,’ 7 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 19.

‘Tammy and the T-Rex,’ 8:45 p.m., Friday, Nov. 15.

Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., 303-441-3011: ‘Design Process of Charles A. Haertling,’ 7 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 14.

Century Theatre, 1700 29th St., 303-444-0583: ‘Charlie’s Angels’ ‘The Current War’ ‘Doctor Sleep’ ‘Ford v Ferrari’ ‘The Good Liar’ ‘Harriet’ ‘Joker’ ‘Jojo Rabbit’ ‘Last Christmas’ ‘The Lighthouse’ ‘Lionel Richie at Glastonbury,’ 7 p.m., Nov. 20.

‘Midway’ ‘Motherless Brooklyn’ ‘Parasite’ ‘Playing With Fire’

‘Princess Mononoke,’ Nov. 17-18, 20.

‘Terminator: Dark Fate’ ‘Zombieland: Double Tap’ International Film Series, University of Colorado Boulder, Muenzinger Auditorium, 1905 Colorado Ave., 303-492-8662: ‘The Phantom Carriage,’ 2 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 17.

‘Unshaken: The Road to Woo,’ w/live performance from Wendy Woo, 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 16.

DENVER:

Denver Public Library, Smiley Branch, 4501 W. 46th Ave., 720-865-0260: Guerrilla Film School: ‘Bicycles Thieves,’ 1:30 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 16.

Oriental Theater, 4335 W. 44th Ave., 720-420-0030: ‘Isle of Dogs,’ 7 p.m., Monday, Nov. 18.

‘This is Moto,’ 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 19.

Reel Rock, Nov. 14-15.

LONGMONT:

Longmont Public Library, 409 Fourth Ave., 720-494-4673: ‘Brokeback Mountain,’ 7:15 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 14.

Regal Village at the Peaks 12, 1230 S. Hover Road, 844-462-7342: ‘Charlie’s Angels’ ‘Doctor Sleep’ ‘Ford v Ferrari’ ‘Good Liar’ ‘Harriet’ ‘Jojo Rabbit’ ‘Joker’ ‘Last Christmas’ ‘Maleficent: Mistress of Evil’ ‘Midway’ ‘Playing With Fire’ ‘Princess Mononoke,’ Nov. 17-18, 20.

‘Terminator: Dark Fate’ Trojan Movie House and Art Cinema, 513 Main St., 303-720-5200: ‘Babette’s Feast,’ Nov. 15-16.

NEDERLAND:

Backdoor Theater, 243 W. Fourth St., 303-258-0188.

‘Joker’

Ryan Dart Duo. 3 p.m. The Tasty Weasel, 1800 Pike Road, Longmont, 303-776-1914.

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18

Sensory Friendly Concert: ‘The Joy of Living.’ 3 p.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.

A$AP Ferg: Yedi Tour — with Murda Beatz and MadeinTYO. The Mission Ballroom, 4242 Wynkoop St., Denver, 720-577-6884.

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

Events Boulder Comedy Show. 7 and 9:15 p.m.

Bohemian Biergarten, 2017 13th St., Boulder, 720-328-8328.

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Ben Dixon, Racket Man. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-201-3731.

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

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Circle Singing — with Mmmwhah! and Roy Willey. 6 p.m. Boulder Circus Center, 4747 N. 26th St., Boulder, 303-444-8110.

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

Out Boulder County Gender Support Group — Longmont. 6:30 a.m. Out Boulder County, 630 Main St., Longmont, 303-499-5777.

GriefShare Course. 6:30 p.m. Longs Peak United Methodist Church, 1421 Elmhurst Drive, Longmont, 303-776-0399.

Around the World Storytime. 10:15 a.m.

Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.

Guest Lecture-Recital: Pierre-Laurent Aimard, ‘Rhythm in Piano Repertoire since 1900.’ 9 a.m. Grusin Music Hall, 1020 18th St., Boulder, 303-492-8008.

Boulder World Affairs Discussion Group.

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

Podcast Workshop with Dave Gonzales: Everyone Should Podcast. 4:30 p.m.

Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.

Open Mic. 6 p.m. Bootstrap Brewing Company, 142 Pratt St., Longmont, 303-652-4186.

Dancing, Movement, Music, Community and Chocolate. 7:30 p.m. Alchemy of Movement, 2436 30th St., Boulder, 608-332-4355.

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

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20 Music

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

Elderbrook. 8:30 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-447-0095.

Jazzetry Night! feat. Von Disco. 8 p.m.

The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-201-3731.

Events Boulder Arts Commission Meeting. 6 p.m.

Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.

T-Pain — with LevyGrey. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-447-0095.

Thompson Jazz Combos. 7:30 p.m. Old Main, Chapel, Boulder.

Vocal Jazz and Madrigal Singers. 7:30 p.m. University of Colorado Boulder, Regent Drive at Broadway, Boulder.

Events 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.

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.

Family Improv Class (Ages 9+). 6:15 p.m.

Meadows Branch Library, 4800 Baseline Road, Boulder, 908-232-5167.

Modern Physics Book Discussions. 6 p.m.

Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19 Music Asian Doll: The UFC Tour. 7 p.m. Marquis Theatre, 2009 Larimer St., Denver, 303-487-0111.

Cantabile Singers ‘A Place to Return To.’ Noon. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.

The Chainsmokers, 5 Seconds of Summer, Lennon Stella: World War Joy Tour.

7 p.m. Pepsi Center, 1000 Chopper Circle, Denver.

Nicholas Penn, Derek DeMuth. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-201-3731.

Open Mic. 9 p.m. Pioneer Inn, 15 E. First St., Nederland, 303-258-7733.

Open Mic — with Andy Eppler. 6 p.m.

Großen Bart Brewery, 1025 Delaware Ave., Longmont, 720-438-2060.

Public Talk: Music Education Colloquium with Jeanne Bamberger. 3:30 p.m. Imig Music Building, 1020 18th St., Boulder, 303-492-6352.

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by Lester Eugene Mayers i am sho my armz will fall wit fat & my chin will double wit a smile & my hair will turn gold befoe it turns grey lyke da women in my village

i can guarantee i will quit try again & blame everyone else & wen no-one iz lookin ill accept responsibility & want nuffin mo dan ta be a prevision of substance lyke da men in my village

i know my chest will stay perched out & i will fall wen tryin ta move & in movin & fallin i will laugh tryin not ta cry imaginin da imagine of wha could be wen i grow in ta wha will be next lyfe time lyke da chilren in my village i will make da mistake of trustin someone datll burn me so badly despisin dem till next lyfe a monsta strong enuf ta shape shift inta a lova bright enuf ta blind my instincts slick enuf ta cut me while i sleep & sweet enuf ta make me say “i love you” first lyke everyone in my village

block how great i wuz & how if i wuz still alive certain folks would not be doin da thangs dey doin & damn sho wouldnt be gettin away wit certain thangs wen i die i hope you learn dat although i am wif god i never wuz god wen i die do not feel da need ta argue & dont be ashamed ta agree wit da Black man dat swore i wuz ruinin da Black family wit my unusual demands of account ability pleaze let dat young Dark Black Gay Man dat you call Crusty & Faggy who calls me hiz Muva go round preservin every piece ive ever written & internalizin it severely wen im dead dont ax Da Poetry Foundation Button Poetry Or Da Library of Congress why it took till i wuz gone ta arrive in deir archives which seems ta be da norm wit dead mutha fuckas lyke me

but wen i die

wen i die please dont read any of my poemz dont quote me in memory & dont botha tellin da folks down da

da biggest fight ova my lyfe will take place wen i die not ova who i wuz but da thangs i used ta own & da money will be da greatest gift known ta dem & fo dat ill be happy wit death cuz i know wha its lyke not ta have so ta give wen im gone will bind me ta dem til i run out

Lester Eugene Mayers is the author of 100 Poems for 100 Voices and is currently a MFA candidate at the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics. “livea humble” is from his forthcoming work of poetry African Boot Scratcha lovin da ashy-blaq fat chall wif yella teef, which will be available on Amazon starting Nov. 29.

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Parris and performed by The Five Satins. Fittingly, the song’s title has a parenthetical: (I’ll Remember), and what follows is memory and mourning from one of the nursing home’s residents: Frank Sheeran (Robert De Niro), the titular Irishman.

Based on Charles Brandt’s 2004 nonfiction novel, I Heard You Paint Houses, The Irishman is filmmaker Martin Scorsese’s 25th feature film. Hopefully, it’s not his last, though it feels like it could be for its entire 210-minute runtime.

Back on familiar ground, The Irishman finds Scorsese with gangsters — the same who brought him fame with Mean Streets, Goodfellas and Casino. Like those three, The Irishman shows how easily people come to believe they control things. And how hard reality hits when they realize they don’t. Labor union leader Jimmy Hoffa (Al Pacino) thinks he runs the world, but he’s still small potatoes next to Russell Bufalino (Joe Pesci). But even Bufalino has to answer to someone.

Sheeran isn’t smart — a little slow on the uptake, stutters when nervous, and squints hard when trying to understand above his pay grade — but he’s wise enough to know who to hitch your cart to and when.

Like Scorsese’s previous pictures, details give the story texture, and rituals provide access to a world of codes. What elevates The Irishman from those other movies is an acceptance of finality. Not a fear of death, but a realization: When you play this game, you rarely play for long.

Mean Streets shows how easy it is to fall into this world, Goodfellas makes it look fun, and Casino makes it extravagant. There is nothing easy, fun or extravagant about The Irishman. Yes, there are fun moments — Pacino’s Hoffa is inspired — and there is a good bit of humor, but The Irishman is not here to glorify the past. It’s here to lament it, eulogize it and, most importantly, atone for it. It’s a ghost story populated by characters who don’t know they’re dead: Freeze frames and title cards tell who someone is, how they were killed, and on what date. It’s harsh. And fitting. Running with these guys comes with an expiration date.

It’s a technique Scorsese could have used in any of his films, but it works best here, and it works best now. The camera is stiller, the music quieter. It’s not as intoxicating as his earlier movies, and it doesn’t want to be. Those were the movies of a young man intoxicated by the 20th century. That’s not the case here, and the final 30 minutes of The Irishman is a denouement decades in the making. It works on every possible level. And it’s unbelievably moving.

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enver’s Maine Shack recently dispatched a food truck to deliver lobster rolls and other New England specialties along the Front Range. We caught them at Rayback Collective one recent evening and ordered up a Maine Shack lobster roll — knuckle and claw meat, mayonnaise and drizzled butter on the classic lobster roll bun. The key to a great lobster roll is freshness, and you can taste it in this roll — Maine Shack gets four shipments of fresh, wild-caught lobster from the coast of Maine every week. $22.

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ie crust has a bad reputation. It may be tasty, but it’s impossible to make. Popular culture has transformed simple dough into this magical, monumental skill that scares the cinnamon out of otherwise good cooks. As a result, fewer and fewer attempt to make pie.

That’s a sad loss because a homebaked pie with all its idiosyncrasies will always taste better than one of those goofilled abominations in your grocer’s freezer case.

Some bakers will try to freak you out by insisting that the secret is adding vodka or vinegar or using a particular flour brand or oven. Forget all that noise.

Leave pastry perfection to those retentive British baking nerds.

You really can make a great pie. Trust me, I’m a pie expert. For decades I’ve written about pie, judged pie contests, taught pie classes and even ran a national pie organization in Boulder. Here are the most important things I’ve learned about how to turn flour, butter, salt and water into flaky tastiness.

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1/2 cups all-purpose flour, 1 tablespoon sugar, 3/4 teaspoon kosher salt, 2 sticks chilled unsalted butter, and about 1/2 cup ice-cold water. Always use European (high butterfat) butter that is very chilled. Buy some fresh flour, please. (For a great sweet/savory effect, mix in 1/2 cup finely grated extra sharp cheddar cheese.)

To make the dough, combine flour, sugar and salt in big bowl. Add butter in random chunks and blend into flour until crumbly with a fork or your fingers.

Some describe it as pea-sized clumps or a clumpy, sandy appearance, but here’s the key takeaway: Do not overmix.

Ice water does it: Slowly sprinkle on ice water, just enough to make the mix pull together and create a pliable dough. Again, do not overwork the dough.

There can be little visible butter pieces in it. Work the dough gently until it forms a ball. Divide into two equal, flattened discs, wrap and chill. It’s important to refrigerate three or more hours.

Rolling a fat one: Don’t get your apron in a knot over this part. Yes, you can cover the rolling surface, the rolling pin and your hands with flour to potentially roll a perfectly even crust. It’s messy and doesn’t always work. Instead, place each dough disc in a large plastic bag and work it with a rolling pin or wine bottle, whatever’s available. Gradually press and roll the dough until it’s a roughly even circle. Wider than need-

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ed is always better than narrower, because dough shrinks as it bakes into crust.

Moving is the hardest part: You may be able to move your rolled-out crust in one piece and press it into the pie pan easily. That doesn’t happen easily or often. Instead, I take pieces of dough and press it into the pan with my fingers until it’s even. The big thing is to work fast so the butter doesn’t melt.

Looking at its bottom: The best choice is a deepdish glass pie pan because it bakes evenly and you can tell if the bottom crust is brown. Once you put in the filling, add the top crust. Coat the surface of the two crust edges with milk before pressing them together in a crimp. Always cut a few vents in the top crust to let the steam get out. Many recipes recommend baking pies at 325 degrees and will give you a certain baking time. Reality check: Thermometers on most home ovens are not accurate. You have to check the pie and see whether it is actually baked. Unless it’s burning, leave your pie in the oven an extra 15 minutes. I can’t tell you how many pies I’ve judged where the bottom crust is doughy and half-baked. If you are worried about burning the crimp, lower the oven temperature to 300 and shield the edge with aluminum foil.

Pre-rolled is OK, too: Finally, if you’ve never made a pie, start by baking one in a refrigerated, ready-made crust that you just roll out, fill and bake. I use them all the time. Trader Joe’s makes a great pie crust.

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MISS AMERICAN POLITICAL PIE In 1915, The Suffrage Cook Book was first published by The Equal Franchise Federation of Western Pennsylvania. The cover showed Uncle Sam weighing men and women on his scales. Most are practical recipes, but this one was political: “Pie for a Suffragist’s Doubting Husband” 1 qt. milk human kindness 8 reasons War White Slavery Child Labor 8,000,000 Working Women Bad Roads Poisonous Water Impure Food

WORDS TO CHEW ON “I spent three months on the couch eating pie, and then I woke up one morning and went, ‘Damn, that was fun!’” — Linda Hamilton, on the time after she finished portraying Sarah Connor again in Terminator: Dark Fate.

John Lehndorff will be talking about making great gluten-free pizza pie crust at 8:25 a.m. Nov. 14 on Radio Nibbles on KGNU (88.5 FM, 1390 AM, streaming at kgnu.org).

Mix the crust with tact and velvet gloves, using no sarcasm, especially with the upper crust. Upper crusts must be handled with extreme care for they quickly sour if manipulated roughly.

LOCAL FOOD NEWS eTown Hall hosts a Nov. 20 showing and discussion of acclaimed documentary, Wasted! The Story of Food Waste. etown.org … Learn to make empanadas Nov. 25 at Boulder’s Food Lab: foodlabboulder.com … Lafayette’s The Post canned a fresh batch of ciabatta-infused Penny Loafer Pale Ale made with leftover bread from Louisville’s Izzio Artisan Bakery and designed to provide ongoing support to Denver Food Rescue and Metro Caring. … More than one-third of Americans report cutting spending on healthy food and utilities in order to afford housing, according to a recent Freddie Mac study. More than 42% of renters report cutting food spending to cover housing costs.

TASTE OF THE WEEK If I hadn’t been invited, I never would have known there was a comfy coffee shop tucked inside Due South, a women’s clothing and gift store at 802 S. Public Road in Lafayette. Brew Tea & Coffee House serves elixirs and espresso along with baked goods including some stellar personal pies from Denver’s Hinman Bakery. An all-butter crust wraps handpies filled with apple or cherry and savory ones with spinach and artichoke or pork green chile and cheese. The cafe is in the same building as Ras Kassa’s Ethiopian Restaurant, On Point Distillery and Deli-cious Z’s.

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The holiday spirit Longmont’s Dry Land Distillers share their unique, local spirits in the ’Nog Off

by Matt Cortina

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he folks at Dry Land Distillers in Longmont know how to buck a trend.

Nels Wroe, Aaron Main and Marc Staats had long entertained the idea of taking their homebrewing hobby and opening a brewery.

Life got in the way, but when Wroe started working on a project to document the burgeoning craft distilling scene in Colorado and Wyoming, he brought the idea of opening a distillery to his partners. They subsequently left their brewing forays in their garages, and set a new path toward distilling commercially.

Unlike other distillers in the state, though, Wroe et al. wanted the spirits at what would become Dry Land Distillers to all be sourced locally and all be native to Colorado. That commitment resulted in an heirloom wheat whiskey, made with 2,500-year-old grain and aged for up to a year and a half in lightto medium-charred American oak barrels. It also resulted in another whiskey made with Antero wheat, a grain developed at Colorado State, designed to grow well in Northern Colorado.

And it resulted in Dry Land’s Cactus Spirit, a smoky, mezcal-like liquor made from native prickly pear cacti.

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spirits,” Wroe says. “The mountains in Colorado get a lot of attention but there are some gorgeous parts of Colorado in the plains and in the prairie, and we felt it was time to bring those native ingredients into spirits.”

Dry Land is the only distiller that makes a spirit from Antero wheat, and its Cactus Spirit is certainly unique. Creating these local spirits was done through trial and error — the heirloom wheat whiskey took seven iterations before they could develop a yeast strain that worked to bring out the proper elements in the distilling process.

And the idea for the Cactus Spirit was born out of a desire to make bacanora, a tequila-adjacent spirit made from the agave plant. When they couldn’t find agave grown in Colorado — and couldn’t find anyone to grow it — they turned to local cacti.

“I was hiking up Rabbit Mountain … pulling cactus thorns out of my dog’s paws,” Wroe remembers. He called a fellow distiller and asked if he could make a spirit “using something like cactus, and he said, ‘You’re crazy, so you might as well try it.’”

After sourcing the cacti, actually turning the prickly, fibrous pads into liquor proved to be a challenge, Wroe says.

“We had to learn how to smoke cactus at the right temperatures but also how to actually process them. They’re pricey. They’re painful. We were going through everything from burning up blenders and food processors to chopping them up with knives.

Then we brought in a woodchopper.”

That did the trick, and they cooked the cactus pads into a mash, which released the sugars from the cactus pads so it could ferment into alcohol.

Since, Dry Land has released a gin — there were 22 failed recipes using local, native botanicals before a winning formula was found. Because gin needs some citric element, and because Colorado doesn’t really produce citrus well, the Dry Land team got creative and found enough acid in crabapples and rose hips to balance the herbal elements — spruce tips and juniper, among many others — in the gin.

One thing you can certainly can’t grow in Colorado is sugarcane, but Wroe says last year the team got the itch to make eggnog, which is classically composed of milk, cream, eggs, spices and spirits. Brandy (Cognac) is the traditional spirit to mix in, but rum is a close second. (Mixing in both is pretty darn good, too.)

So Dry Land made a rum, nixing their local-only credo by sourcing sugarcane from family growers in Louisiana and Florida. The rum has a vegetal, slightly earthy flavor because the distillers crush the sugarcane itself and incorporate it into the fermenting process.

Last year, Dry Land held a low-key eggnog contest — Wroe says he, Marc and Aaron had a friendly bet over who could make the best nog — and the response from patrons who happened to stop by and taste the entries was so immense that they decided to make a formal competition this year. The distillers at Dry Land will each produce an entry, as will guest mixologists Sean Gafner (chef/owner at The Roost) and Wes Isbutt (chef/proprietor at West Side Tavern). Guests can order an eggnog flight and vote for their favorite between Dec. 5 and 7 at the taproom (471 Main St., Unit B, Longmont).

Wroe shares some hints as to what made his the winner last year — farm-fresh, pasteurized eggs, with Dry Land wheat whiskey that imparts cinnamon and vanilla that was leached out of the oak in which it was aged. Wroe doesn’t add much sugar, relying on the sweetness of the rum and wheat whiskey to provide enough.

And if you think eggnog can’t vary much, leave it to Dry Land to provide variability.

Some entries will be creamy and silky, other frothy and light, depending on how the eggs are separated (or not), how they’re whisked (or not), and how much cream is added. And Wroe notes that last year’s runner-up had espresso in it and that this year just might include an entry with caramel and chocolate.

“People are missing out on a great drink when they get the mainstream, pre-packaged eggnog,” Wroe says.

And if all this talk of eggnog has you inspired to make a batch at home (it’s easy, and you can even age it in your refrigerator for months to deepen the flavors), the ’Nog Off, as its been billed, includes the option to buy a package for $110, which includes Dry Land Wheat Whiskey, Holiday (aged) Cane Rum, whipping cream and whole milk from Longmont Dairy, vanilla beans and nutmeg from Savory Spice Shop, and more, so you can make your own concoctions, all with ingredients from local shops.

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Tour de brew: Hogshead Brewery Classic English cask ales worth the trip

by Michael J. Casey

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That’s why a trip south to Hogshead Brewery in Denver is an invigorating endeavor. Here you will find a cozy taproom of wooden tables packed with rowdy drinkers downing “proper” (20ounce) pints of classic English ales while they watch the ball game, host chili cookoffs or just try to chat over the roar of the crowd. Sports bars aren’t this lively.

Located in the West Highlands, a stone’s throw from Sloan Lake, Hogshead is a proper watering hole thanks to owner and brewer, Stephen Kirby — a Brit who brought his brewing experience with him, specifically, cask ales.

Traditionally British, cask ale (also called “real ale”) is unfiltered beer served fresh from a secondary fermenting vessel — which often contains unfermented wort or priming sugar so the yeast can continue to ferment and MICHAEL J. CASEY condition the beer. The beer is uncarbonated, stored and served at 55 degrees Fahrenheit, and is a living product with a short shelf life.

It is neither flat nor warm, but it won’t bloat your belly with gas or turn the mountains blue.

The result is a brew that is creamy in texture, nuanced and subtle in flavor. Thanks to the serving temperature, the hops and malt show beautifully and need not fight for attention. The name of the game here is drinkability and balance — and Hogshead passes with flying colors.

They have three flagships: Chin Wag, an herbaceous and snappy Extra Special Bitter; Gilpin Black Gold, a London porter loaded with chocolate and roast; and Lake Lightning, a soft and supple English Pale Ale. A few of those you can even find in the County — Backcountry Pizza & Tap House almost always has a firkin or two on tap — but you must make the trip south for a pour of 4 For the Floor, Hogshead’s fall seasonal ale that highlights soft sweet malt, tangy hops and a pleasant pop of black pepper. You can almost smell the leaves rustling by in every glass.

Should 4 For the Floor trip your trigger, dive into a proper of Downtown Julie Brown, which exhibits flavors of milk chocolate and roasted nuts. Need a bit more body? Extra Stout is espresso dark with a mocha head, coffee beans on the nose and heavy roast and toast in the mouth. It’s phenomenal.

Like all good cask ale, all of the above weigh in under 6% alcohol by volume, so you can indulge while you chat, cheer or chili. And should you find yourself craving bubbles, Hogshead has many of their cask offerings also carbonated and kegged. Hell, try them side-by-side and get the full experience. Just make sure you leave a little room for the Old Burton Extra.

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LIBRA

or leaders or saviors out there, the coming weeks will be a favorable time for you to fully bloom and assert your practical magnificence. The lessons you have learned while improvising workable solutions for yourself are ripe to be applied to the riddles that are puzzling your tribe or group or gang. I want to let you know, however, that to achieve maximum effectiveness, you should be willing to do good deeds for people who may not be able to pay you back.

to shed your polite, tactful personas and express the angst you sometimes feel but usually hide. That’s now!

To egg you on, read this mischievous rant by Libran blogger Clary Gay (claryfightwood.tumblr.com): “We Libras are constantly thinking about how to make everyone else comfortable and happy. There’s not a minute going by when we’re not worrying about radiating a soothing and comforting aura so everyone can have a good time. If a Libra is cranky, it’s because they snapped! Because of some non-Libra who doesn’t appreciate them! If a Libra is mean to people, it’s their own damn fault!”

MARCH 21-APRIL 19: If there are any potential Aries heroes

TAURUS

APRIL 20-MAY 20: You’re entering a phase of your astrologi-

SEPT. 23-OCT. 22: Every now and then I authorize you Libras

cal cycle when it’s crucial that your receptivity be as robust as possible. To guide you in this delightful but perhaps challenging work, here are good questions for you to pose. 1. Do you know what help and support you need most, and are you brave and forthright enough to ask for it? 2. Is there any part of you, perhaps unconscious, that believes you don’t deserve gifts and blessings? 3. Do you diligently cultivate your capacity to be refreshed and restored? 4. Are you eagerly responsive when life surprises you with learning experiences and inspirations?

OCT. 23-NOV. 21: Poet Robert Bly tells us that the door to the soul is unlocked. You don’t have to struggle through any special machinations to open it or go through it.

Furthermore, the realm of the soul is always ready for you.

Always! It harbors the precise treasure you need in order to be replenished and empowered. I bring this to your attention, Scorpio, because I think that during the next two weeks, you should abide as much as possible in the soul’s realm — the cornucopia of holy truths and ever-fresh riches.

GEMINI

SAGITTARIUS

MAY 21-JUNE 20: “Many people will not be honest because they fear loss of intimacy and togetherness,” writes self-help author Henry Cloud. But the truth, he adds, is that “honesty brings people closer together,” because it “strengthens their identities.” Therein lies the tender paradox: “The more you realize your separate identities, the closer you can become.” Living according to this principle may not be as easy or convenient as being deceptive and covert, but it’s ultimately more gratifying. Henry Cloud concludes, “Telling loved ones what is really on your mind and telling others what you really think is the foundation of love.”

CANCER

JUNE 21-JULY 22: “Maturity is having the ability to escape

categorization,” said poet Kenneth Rexroth. That’s the opposite of the conventional wisdom. For many people, the process of growing up and becoming a seasoned adult means trying to fit in, to find one’s category, to be serious and steady and stable. Rexroth, on the other hand, suggested that when you fully ripen into your potentials, you transcend standard definitions; you don’t adhere to others’ expectations; you are uniquely yourself, outside and beyond all pigeonholes and classifications. The coming weeks will be an excellent time for you to practice and cultivate this sacred art.

LEO

JULY 23-AUG. 22: Is there an event from your past that

would be empowering for you to remember in detail?

Is there a neglected but still viable dream you could resurrect, thereby energizing your enthusiasm for the future? Are there old allies you’ve lost touch with but who, if you called on them, could provide you with just the boost you need? Is there a familiar pleasure you’ve grown numb to but could reinvigorate by visualizing the original reasons you loved it? The coming weeks will be a favorable time to meditate on these questions.

VIRGO

AUG. 23-SEPT. 22: Catholic saint St. Francis (1181–1226) loved animals and the natural world. According to one folkloric tale, he was once traveling on foot with several companions when they came upon a place where the trees were filled with birds. Francis said, “Wait for me while I go preach to my sisters the birds.” He proceeded to do just that. The birds were an attentive audience for the duration of his sermon, apparently captivated by his tender tones.

Seven centuries later, author Rebecca West offered a critique of the bird-whisperer. “Did St. Francis preach to the birds?” she asked. “Whatever for? If he really liked birds he would have done better to preach to the cats.” In the coming weeks, Virgo, I encourage you to do the metaphorical equivalent of preaching to both the birds and the cats.

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SCORPIO

NOV. 22-DEC. 21: In my estimation, what you’ve experienced lately has been akin to a fermentation process.

It’s as if you’re undergoing a transformation with resemblances to the way that grapes turn into wine or milk becomes yogurt or dough rises before being baked into bread. You may have had to endure some discomfort, which is the case for anything in the midst of substantial change. But I think you’ll ultimately be quite pleased with the results, which I expect will be ready no later than ten days after your birthday — and quite possibly sooner.

CAPRICORN

DEC. 22-JAN. 19: Many books have been written about

Joan of Arc, a 15 century teenage peasant girl whose improbable ascent to military leadership, under the guidance of her divine visions, was crucial in France’s victory over the English. Among the many miraculous elements of her story was the fact that less than a year before she led troops into battle on horseback, she didn’t know how to ride a horse. She learned by riding around her father’s farm astride his cows. I foresee an equivalent marvel in your future, Capricorn. By this time next year, you will have developed an aptitude that might seem unimaginable now. (P.S. There’s evidence Joan was a Capricorn.)

AQUARIUS

JAN. 20-FEB. 18: The Divine Comedy is one of history’s

greatest literary works. Its author, Dante Alighieri, was 43 when he began writing the Inferno, the first part of his three-part masterpiece. Up until that time, he had published just one book and a few poems, and had also abandoned work on two unfinished books. Early on in the Inferno, the not-yet-renowned author presents a fictional scene in which he meets with the spirits of antiquity’s most famous authors: Virgil, Homer, Horace, Ovid and Lucan. Those illustrious five tell Dante he is such an important writer that he ranks sixth, after them, in his excellence. I’m going to encourage you to dare indulging in behavior like Dante’s: to visualize and extol — and yes, even brag about — the virtues and skills that will ultimately be your signature contribution to this world.

PISCES

FEB. 19-MARCH 20: The Latin word for sea is mare. Flustra

is the calm sea. Undisonus means “resounding with waves.” Caeruleus is the sea’s deep shade of blue, aestus is the tide, and aequoreus means “connected with the sea.” My hope is that as you meditate on these lyrical terms, you’ll be moved to remember the first lakes, rivers and oceans you ever swam in. You’ll recall your time floating in your mother’s womb and your most joyous immersions in warm baths and hotsprings.

Why? It’s a favorable time to seek the healing and rejuvenating powers of primal waters — both metaphorically and literally.

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would preclude the possibility of their sexual connection reviving later.

(Although we shouldn’t assume that sex has to be part of a marriage for it to be loving and valid.

Dear Dan: I’m a single straight man.

Companionate marriages are valid marA friend recently told me her 20-year marriages.)

That said, your friend is free to riage hasn’t included sex for the past six fuck some other guy if she doesn’t like years. Kids, stress, etc. I offered to have your terms. Finally, MARITAL, unless sex with her, but only if her husband you’re brainstorming names for a My approves. If I were her Chemical Romance cover husband, I would want to ROMAN ROBINSON band, there’s really no reaknow. But I think it’s unlikeson to use the phrase “our ly her husband would coital encounter.” approve our coital encoun-

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—Married Asshole Refuses Intercourse To Affectionate Lady

Dear MARITAL: If discreetly getting sex outside her marriage allows your friend to stay married and stay sane, and if she doesn’t get caught, and if the sexual connection with her husband should revive after their kids are older — a lot of ifs, I realize — then the condition you set could result in your friend and her husband getting divorced now, which

Dear Dan: Straight woman here with a penis question: My current partner is uncircumcised, which I am completely fine with.

However, his foreskin is so tight that it can’t be pulled back over the head of his penis. I did my research and discovered the issue is phimosis. I asked him about it, and he said it’s always been this way and that sometimes it is painful. None of his doctors have seemed to notice it during exams, and he’s never brought it up. Oddly enough,

this is something that I’ve come across with two different partners — and in both situations, they had issues with maintaining an erection. Is this a thing?

—My Boyfriend’s Penis

agreed to have a threesome to spice things up, and we bought condoms.

When we got down with another woman, he decided to have sex with her after me and he also decided to go down on her. You know, the thing he never does for me. I’m so upset now, I can’t even have sex with him. I feel like it was a betrayal of my trust for him to eat out a woman he barely knows when he won’t do that for me. He also didn’t use the condoms — he says he “didn’t have time.” He said it meant nothing.

But it’s really got me upset.

—Now Overlooking My Need Of Munching

Dear MBP: Phimosis is definitely a thing, MBP, and when it makes erections a painful thing, as it often does, then erections are going to be harder to obtain and sustain. And unless a doctor was examining your boyfriend’s erect penis, it’s not something a doctor would notice.

A good doctor will ask their patients about their sexual health and function, but — based on the mail I get — it seems very few people have good doctors. Looking on the bright side: Phimosis is easily treated, if you can persuade your boyfriend to ask his doctor about it. Smearing a steroid cream on his cock could stretch and loosen the foreskin. And if the cream doesn’t work, then a full or partial circumcision will do the trick.

Dear NOMNOM: Not only would I have been upset during that threesome, NOMNOM, I would have been single very shortly after it. Dude doesn’t eat pussy — dude doesn’t eat your pussy — and can’t find the time to put a condom on when he wants to (gets to!) have sex with another woman in front of you? DTMFA.

Dear Dan: I love my boyfriend, and he knows I like women, too. Our sex life was OK, a little boring and routine and always “doggy style.” And he hardly ever goes down on me — like, at all.

I can count on one hand the number of times he’s done it in four years! So I

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Can the marijuana industry lead the way on a living wage?

by Seymour

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hile partisan politics have kept Congress from passing legislation that would increase the federal minimum wage to $15, cities across the country have taken matters into their own hands as best they can. Boulder recently implemented a $15.67 minimum wage for City employees, and Denver City Council is currently mulling over whether to raise the citywide minimum wage to nearly $16 over the next three years.

But what about right now? The rent is too damn high right now, let alone three years from now. And we don’t all have City jobs.

So the forward-thinking folks at Boulder-based Terrapin Care Station created a companywide $15 minimum wage, effective immediately.

“Terrapin wants to lead by example, which is why we are doing this on our own,” Chris Woods, owner and chief executive of Terrapin Care Station, said in a Nov. 12 statement. “We know that this is the right thing to do to retain employees and provide a living wage as the cost of living continues to spike.”

The new policy applies to Terrapin employees in Colorado and in Pennsylvania, where it operates a medical cannabis grower/processor facility. Terrapin operates six retail stores along the Front Range in Colorado, as well as four cultivation facilities and a processing laboratory. All departments will see raises, including retail, production and some management.

Terrapin’s press release addresses the reality of the situation: a $15/hour minimum wage “is just a start” as “more needs to be done to address systemic issues.”

According to salary.com, the cost of living in Boulder is about 10% higher than the national average and area prices are up 2.3% from a year ago, with the largest increases found in transportation, food and housing…

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you know, just the essentials in life. The median sales price of a single-family home in the Denver metro area is now higher than New York or Washington, D.C. (by about $20,000).

But you don’t need me to tell you it’s expensive to live on the Front Range.

Still, marijuana is the hottest industry in the country right now, you say. Well, yeah, it is, and salaries within the marijuana industry, according to Vangst (a cannabis industry recruiting platform), increased 16% between 2017 and 2018, with no decrease in the foreseeable future. Heads of cultivation (sometimes called grow masters or botanical specialists… the people responsible for making sure every clone of Grandaddy Purp has textbook oversize, compact, deep purple buds) can make six-figure salaries, as can extraction technicians (skilled laboratory work), COOs and CFOs. However, the lowest level positions at marijuana businesses are trimmers and budtenders. Indeed.com claims that the average salary for a budtender is $12.63 per

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hour in Colorado, which exceeds the state minimum wage of $11.10. With more experience, budtenders can make upwards of $16 and $17 an hour. A recent report by The Columbian in Washington state found that the average bud trimmer earns a starting wage between $12 and $15 per hour.

Not bad, but these aren’t six-figure jobs.

“Raising the minimum wage companywide isn’t going to solve all of the problems associated with the skyrocketing cost of living we’re seeing, but it’s an important tool to provide some comfort for people as they struggle to make ends meet,” Terrapin owner Woods said in the press release.

“We value our employees, but more importantly, we understand the uphill battle that many of them face every day. We hope to inspire other business leaders to create a level playing field for all as the living wage debate builds nationwide.”

Woods is touching on the meat and potatoes of the issue. As the marijuana boom sweeps across the country, we have to keep our eyes on the real prize: equality.

Yeah, it’s cool that we get to go to the store and buy pre-rolled doobies now, but legalization offers America the chance to right the countless wrongs (imposed mostly on black and brown individuals) created by the war on drugs. As this industry grows from the ground up, leaders can create an environment where employees really can start from the bottom and make their way to the top, where employees can earn decent wages from the beginning.

Marijuana is a symbol for the counterculture. In these early days, the marijuana industry can take a stand against unfair wages and place people before profits. It can rail against the corporate culture that’s run rampant in this country.

A $15 minimum wage is just a start, but it’s a good start.

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Vaper’s lung: The plot thickens...

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he plot thickens. Or thins, as the case may be.

When cases of lung damage and death associated with vaping started to turn up earlier this year, it didn’t take investigators at the federal Centers for Disease Control long to finger Vitamin E acetate as a, uh, “compound of

interest.”

Vitamin E is a nutrient, and taking it orally and in food has health benefits. But inhaling it in vapor form can cause lung damage.

The CDC initially found that Vitamin E acetate was being used as a thickening agent in some vapes, especially in some being made and sold illicitly. That put the compound on the suspect list, but didn’t make the case.

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patients affected in 10 different states (about 40 of whom had died). It says all of those samples — 100% — contained Vitamin E acetate.

CDC’s James Pirkle said that the mechanism by which Vitamin E acetate damages the lung tissue remains unclear, but that the compound is “enormously sticky” and could easily contribute to the sort of damage associated with the vaping malady.

The CDC also reported that 82% of the vaping products tested since the outbreak of the illness contained THC, while 62% contained nicotine — in other words, some of the vapes contained both.

Just guessing, but I wouldn’t be surprised if some of the illicitly produced THCcontaining vaping products were repurposed nicotine-vaping products in which THC in an E-acetate oil was added or substituted. At any rate, the investigation is continuing.

Oh, the CDC has also put out a name — and an acronym — for the vaping-related illness. It is “e-cigarette, or vaping, product use associated lung injury” or “EVALI”.

• • • • South Dakota isn’t the only state where marijuana reform activists are trying to petition recreational marijuana legalization onto the ballot.

Three different groups of Florida activists are trying as well, but all of them are facing a really heavy lift.

Under Florida law, a petition seeking to amend the state constitution has to clear hurdles. First, the petitioners have to submit more than 76,000 verified signatures.

Once this is done, a state-level judicial and financial impact review takes place. After that, the petitioners need to have a total of 766,200 signatures certified by the state elections office by Feb. 1, 2020.

So far, only one of the three groups has passed the 76,000 signature milestone. The group, Regulate Florida, has collected 92,562 signatures and qualified its petition for the judicial and financial impact review step.

The Regulate Florida petition seeks to establish 21 as the legal age at which someone can grow and use marijuana. The initiative also directs the state to adopt regulations for licensing marijuana grows, marijuana product manufacturing operations and dispensaries. The initiative would also allow Floridians to grow pot at home.

A second group, Make It Legal Florida, has collected 69,080 signatures for a separate proposal, while a third group, Floridians for Freedom, has 21,430 signatures on a third proposal.

All three groups would seem to have an impossibly daunting task ahead of them, except for one thing: It is possible for Floridians to sign an initiative petition on-line, which means they will not have to recruit the thousands of signature gatherers it would take to collect more than three-quarters of a million certified signatures by Feb. 1. Still, it is going to take a major effort to get a recreational marijuana legalization initiative on the ballot in the Sunshine State for 2020.

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