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news & views Sex, race and abortion / 6 New legislation aimed at doctors, fetuses is a brain fart

by Pamela White On the cover: Bad seed / 11 The hidden costs of allowing genetically modified crops on open space

by Joel Dyer County staff: Allow GMOs / 13 Commissioners set aside Dec. 15, Dec. 20 for decision time

by Jefferson Dodge Local ‘Occupy’ participant: Crackdown coordinated / 15 Boulder mother reflects on politics, precedent of the movement

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buzz The firmament in 4/4 / 18 Mickey Hart makes music with a big bang

by Dave Kirby Arts & Culture: Local performance artist honored / 23 Overtones: Professor turns virtuoso / 26 Overtones: Boulder all-stars / 26 Panorama: What to do and where to go / 29 Arts & Culture: A year of poetry / 35 Screen: My Week With Marilyn; Arthur Christmas / 37 Reel 2 Reel: Pick your flick / 38 Cuisine: Rio Grande plans to improve food, reputation / 40 Cuisine Review: Tossa Pizza / 41 Dessert Diva: Spiced Eggnog Cake with Eggnog Frosting / 42 Elevation: After 14 years on mass-made skis, upgrade worth it / 47

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departments Letters: Evil GMOs / 4 The Highroad: Rewarding hubris, stupidity, hypocrisy and cynicism / 4 In Case You Missed It: Drugs, driving and Denver / 8 Boulderganic: Drifting towards answers on lost crops / 17 Classifieds: Your community resource / 50 Free Will Astrology: by Rob Brezsny / 53

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Publisher, Stewart Sallo Editor, Joel Dyer Director of Sales & Marketing, Dave Grimsland Director of Operations/Controller, Benecia Beyer Circulation Manager, Cal Winn Editorial Managing Editor, Jefferson Dodge Arts & Entertainment Editor, David Accomazzo Special Editions/Calendar Editor, Elizabeth Miller Online Editor, Quibian Salazar-Moreno Contributing Editor, Pamela White Editorial Interns, Blair Madole, Christie Sounart, Steve Weishampel Contributing Writers, Peter Alexander, Krystal Baugher, Rob Brezsny, Chris Callaway, Paul Danish, James Dziezynski, Clay Fong, Jim Hightower, Dave Kirby, Jessie Lucier, P.J. Nutting, Brian Palmer, Chris Parker, Adam Perry, Danette Randall, Theo Romeo, Alan Sculley, Isaac Woods Stokes, Tom Winter, Tate Zandstra, Gary Zeidner Sales Retail Sales Manager, Allen Carmichael Inside Sales Manager, Jason Wing Account Executives, David Hasson, Amber Hayes, Don Patterson Production Production Manager, Dave Kirby Art Director, Susan France Graphic Designer, Mark Goodman Marketing Manager & Heiress, Julia Sallo Office Manager/Advertising Assistant, Francie Swidler Circulation Team Dave Hastie, Dan Hill, George LaRoe, Jeffrey Lohrius, Elizabeth Ouslie, Rick Slama 11-Year-Old, Mia Rose Sallo December 8, 2011 Volume XIX, Number 18 As Boulder County's only independently owned newspaper, Boulder Weekly is dedicated to illuminating truth, advancing justice and protecting the First Amendment through ethical, no-holds-barred journalism and thought-provoking opinion writing. Free every Thursday since 1993, the Weekly also offers the county's most comprehensive arts and entertainment coverage. Read the print version, or visit www.boulderweekly.com. Boulder Weekly does not accept unsolicited editorial submissions. If you're interested in writing for the paper, please send queries to: editorial@boulderweekly.com. Any materials sent to Boulder Weekly become the property of the newspaper.

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Evil GMOs (Re: “Anti-GMO activism is evil,” Nov. 17, Danish Plan). I really love how Mr. Danish opened his piece. First, he rightly points out the incredible percentage of crops in America that are genetically modified and then he asks an incredibly important question: “Why are we even having this conversation?” I was hoping I could answer that for him.

But there’s one thing you need to understand first. Evil is good. And good is evil. I know! These are tough concepts.

Perhaps I can amplify their meaning by nesting them in the context of the arguments he put forth. Let’s take the USDA and American Agricultural Apparatus’ adoption of GM crops and related science first. If someone has 88 percent to 94 percent of something, which in this case, is GM’s share of the food crop, what do we call that? It’s not a paucity. It’s a monopoly. More importantly, it’s a monopoly over the one thing that we all need. But I’m sure we can trust the USDA with shepherding this one vital resource. After all, it was their incredible visionary powers that saved us from the latent effects of DDT! Yes, American Agriculture has embraced GMOs. And we all know Americans are amongst the healthiest eaters on the planet and paragons of moral virtue.

That’s why we’re spreading our view all over the world. Because it’s good.

Which brings me to his next point.

The world is starving, and if it weren’t for GMOs, everyone would be dead.

This does include, of course, the 10,000

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Haitian farmers who burned Monsanto’s generous contribution of “aid seeds” after their devastating earthquake. Why would they do such a thing, though?

Isn’t Haiti amongst the most impoverished nations? Don’t they need this food? What can possibly explain this illogical behavior? I know. It’s because they’re evil.

Really though, how do farmers survive without GMOs? Don’t ask the thousands of generations of farmers that

The Highroad

ouble-dippin’ Joe is back in the news.

Double-dip is not some soda jerk working in an ice cream shop, but that’s not too far off. He’s a state legislator working in Texas to jerk taxpayers around for his own financial gain.

For years, Rep. Joe Driver was just another obscure, do-little, Texas rightwinger. He kept getting elected in his solidly Republican district by ranting ceaselessly against the bugaboo of excessive government spending. But late last year, Joe flared for a brief moment into national notoriety as a blue-ribbon example of legislative hubris-stupidity-hypocrisy-cynicism on a stick.

He got caught double-billing for some $60,000 in travel expenses, getting reimbursed by both his campaign fund and Texas taxpayers. In defense, the 20-year legislative veteran (who, by the way, serves on the appropriations committee) entered a plea of 4 December 8, 2011

didn’t get to use them; they’re evil too, and dishonest. So are the organic farmers. In fact, these are all just fringe-case luddites hell-bent on “trashing” the livelihoods of Boulder’s GMO farm families. They’re just like the lunatics in the 30 other countries around the world who have banned GMOs from their food supply. And where are these countries’ GMO farmers now? Surely, rotting in a ditch somewhere. I think the questions Mr. Danish meant to ask were:

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Rewarding hubris, stupidity, hypocrisy and cynicism

by Jim Hightower stupidity: “If I knew it was wrong,” he said, “I wouldn’t have done it that way.”

Imagine a common robber trying that defense — but, then, robbers have ethics, whereas lawmakers just have power.

Joe has now cut a deal with prosecutors: a $5,000 fine, repay what he stole, plead guilty to the felony, and get five years probation. That’s it. No jail time.

Why can’t these people shut up and ignore the science that shows GMOs sterilizing lab rats within three generations? Why can’t these unruly citizens subordinate their interest in the land they paid for to the benefit of a couple dozen GMO farmers? Why can’t they turn a blind eye from the beltway traffic between Monsanto and federal regulatory positions? Why, oh why, can’t they see LETTERS Page 6

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Plus, he gets to serve out the remaining year of his legislative term (yes, Texas law allows convicted felons to stay in office), and at the end of his probation his conviction gets wiped off the books.

Wait, there’s more. Driver, who piously assails government spending on other people, gets to keep his state pension! So the taxpayers he ripped off will be sending $57,000 a year to Doubledippin’ Joe for the rest of his life. You see, crime does pay — if you’re one of the powerful elite.

And legislators like Driver wonder why common robbers are held in higher public esteem than they are.

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just stop caring, lay down and die? As it turns out, Mr. Danish would receive the same answer that you did to your original question. Because they’re evil. So. Evil.

Sky Winston/Denver The Danish Plan piece is frankly infuriating. Paul says the horse is out of the barn with GMOs, so let’s just ignore any of the concerns and let the same companies fix the problems. Nuclear energy must be good, so anyone against it is evil. Paul, have you heard of Fukushima?

Paul starts with the old saw that GMOs are needed to feed the world and the Green Revolution was all good. If GMOs could feed the world, we would have no hunger today. We produce enough calories for each man, woman and child on the planet to eat 2,700 calories per day, yet there is hunger, with even 14 percent of the population here in the U.S. now relying on food stamps.

Food production is just one issue in feeding the world. More important issues are food waste, lack of distribution, corrupt governments and general poverty. The Food and Agriculture

Organization of the World Health Organization is betting on intensive agro-ecological farming for the future, not GMOs. The Green Revolution left poor soils, pesticide residues and debtor nations in its wake. Doing more of the same doesn’t solve the hunger problem.

If GMOs produce weed resistance, Paul says just wait for the same companies to solve the problem by incorporating more herbicide resistance in the plant. They have already engineered 2,4D resistance into plants to be released in the next year or so. I thought GMOs were supposed to reduce toxic pesticide use. Due to the rise of weed resistance, these toxic pesticides are now being used again and total pesticide use is up.

GMOs are not the only crops that may be grown on open space. The land should be used for local food production, and there are plenty of crops that can grow in Boulder County besides corn and sugar beets. We need more local food, and the public overwhelmingly supports the idea (read the latest polls). I would rather rely on local food than agriculture based on seeds single-sourced see LETTERS Page 9

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—Esther Perry, an unemployed worker in Bedford, Mass. The recent decrease in the U.S. unemployment rate is being attributed to not just more workers getting jobs, but to the 315,000 workers who dropped out of the labor force “Today I am voting against the party of thieves and swindlers.”

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epublicans in the U.S. House of Representatives took a long walk off the short pier of stupid this week when they introduced the Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act. This act, the brain fart of Rep. Trent Franks, R-Ariz., would leave doctors subject to lawsuits and prison time if they were to abort fetuses based on the fetuses’ sex or race.

Franks says he’s concerned because minority babies and girl babies are aborted at higher rates than white, male babies.

“Can we not agree that aborting a child based on a child’s race or sex is wrong?” he asked.

What he hasn’t managed to show is any proof whatsoever that this occurs in the United States.

It is true that minority babies are aborted at higher rates than white babies. Although whites make up roughly 72 percent of the U.S. population, white women account for only 36 percent of abortions, while non-Hispanic black women account for 30 percent, Hispanic women for 25 percent and women of other races for 9 percent.

What accounts for the higher rate of abortion among minority women?

Based on Franks’ bill, you’d think that black, Hispanic, Asian and American Indian women seek abortions because they’re holding out for white babies. Well, that’s just stupid. It’s not happening. The abortions Franks’ bill would prevent are only in his head.

The reasons minority women opt for abortion are complex and intermingled, but don’t include race or sex.

According to a 2005 study, “Reasons U.S. women have abortions: quantitative and qualitative perspectives,” published in Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, three-quarters of women say they cannot afford a child and that having a baby would interfere with work, school or the ability to care for dependents.

About half say they do not want to be a single parent or are having problems with their husband or partner.

Interestingly, about 61 percent of women who choose abortion are already mothers. They know what it means to be pregnant, to give birth to a baby and to

raise that baby. And what they’re saying when they have an abortion is, “I can’t do this again—at least not now.”

As for sex selection, the vast majority of fetuses are aborted without the woman and her husband or partner knowing what sex they are. Very few are aborted after sex can be determined with any accuracy via ultrasound. The sex ratio of the United States is not shifting toward males, as it is in some places where sex-selective abortion and newborn femicide actually do take place— China, Korea, Taiwan, Pakistan, India.

What Franks’ bill does is apply a non-solution to a complex racial issue and a non-existent gender issue.

If Franks wants to see fewer abortions among minority women, he could start with legislation establishing universal access to contraception. The connection between unwanted pregnancy and lack of money or lack of access to reliable birth control is very real.

He could fight the religious nuts for open, honest comprehensive sex education.

He could also pass a bill establishing paid medical leave for new parents. The United States is the only developed nation in the world that doesn’t guarantee new mothers paid maternity leave.

Franks could also look at the ridiculous cost of daycare, which is so high that, for many working mothers, it cancels out the paycheck.

And, of course, he could provide genuine health-care reform so that women know they won’t have to choose between feeding their kids and buying antibiotics for the baby’s ear infection.

If he did these things, there would be fewer unwanted pregnancies, and more women would be saying, “I think I can make this work,” rather than, “Not now.”

But, of course, he won’t consider this approach. He’s a Republican, and that means he has to pander to GOP’s religious wingnut base by making pro-life gestures, even meaningless ones. And he has to do it without suggesting that government should do anything to help these women.

Because helping them would constitute government interference in their lives, whereas forcing them to remain pregnant is … what, exactly?

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Drugs, driving and Denver We were just tickled pink to see that the Daily Beast and Newsweek recently named CU-Boulder the druggiest school in America.

Hey, it’s better than number one party school, right?

And this came in the same week that CU’s Denver campus released results of a study showing lowered alcohol consumption and fewer traffic deaths in states that have legalized marijuana.

It shouldn’t be news to anyone that drivers who are high on pot are much less dangerous than drunks behind the wheel.

They just tend to drive slower, for one thing.

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Since the Denver campus seems to have seen the light when it comes to marijuana, and since CU-Boulder student leaders are suddenly itching to rid their campus of the annual 4/20 smokeout, let’s send that cannabistic cacophony down to CU-Denver!

Dumb deputy (allegedly) Yep, yet another case of alleged sexual misconduct by an authority figure with an underage person, or persons. This time, though, it isn’t a college coach out in New York or Pennsylvania. Nope, this time it is a cop, and in our own backyard.

Deputy Rick Ferguson, a 30-year veteran of the Boulder County Sheriff ’s Office, was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of using the Internet for the sexual exploitation of a child. What does this mean? Basically, Liv was allegedly talking dirty to some underage Ferguson ea hecomputer. females on his al The real kickert hisi ethat were raised r lifsuspicions e because of the computer assigned to Ferguson’s patrol vehicle. Really, Deputy Ferguson? You are surrounded by a bunch of people whose job is to catch criminals, and you are allegedly conducting criminal activity on an office-assigned computer? Either Ferguson doesn’t have much respect for his fellow officers’ abilities, or he was thinking with another part of his anatomy, if you know what we mean.

Police officers are the ones we are supposed to trust with our safety. Plus, they have incredible authority over us mere civilians. With that combination, it doesn’t look so good when one of them allegedly commits such a disgusting and stupid act.

Oh, did we mention that Ferguson is 53? By now you would think he would realize Internet activity can be traced. Innocent before proven guilty and all, but really, man, pick on someone your own age.

You get what you pay for The U.S. Postal Service isn’t doing so well financially these days, but it isn’t for lack of effort. Consider that the post office delivers more items to Americans every single day than FedEx delivers in an entire year. Even Brown is no match. The post office drops off more stuff every week than UPS delivers annually. So why does the post office have so much trouble making money?

It all starts at the top.

FedEx’s CEO wants to move more stuff faster.

He makes $7.4 million a year.

The UPS CEO wants to move more stuff faster. He makes $9.4 million a year.

The CEO of the post office makes a paltry $800K annually. His plan for the future is to deliver less mail at a slower speed on less days of the week. Good idea.

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from agribusiness giants such as Monsanto, Syngenta and DuPont.

Lastly: Paul, really? Peace activists are evil? Have you read any of Amory Lovins’ work that points out that nuclear power is expensive, risky and inefficient?

There are other forms of power far better and more cost-efficient, yet let’s demonize peace activists as evil rather than considering the big picture.

I thought since you describe yourself as a libertarian you’d understand that everyone has a right to freedom of expression and activism. Apparently, those traits really are evil in your mind.

Mary C. Mulry/via Internet Your writer Paul Danish opines that “tampering with the world’s ability to feed itself for political gain” is “malignantly evil.” As an active Christian, I agree strongly. That is one reason I work hard for legal controls on gene-tampering (also called genetic “engineering,” genetic manipulation, GM). Mr. Danish is precisely wrong in his slogan “AntiGMO activism is evil.”

Danish says that, given the pervasiveness of GM crops in the USA, “there should be hundreds of thousands of human cases of GMO-induced human illness and tens of millions of sick chickens, pigs and cows.” He implies that no such epidemics have occurred. I convened a team of experts to investigate one type of harm apparently caused by a GM food. Our “pop” summary (www. connectotel.com/gmfood/trypto.html) points out briefly why that logic “what you’ve not noticed won’t hurt you” is fallacious.

Anyhow, the evidence for harm from GM food is many and varied, as set forth in the book Genetic Roulette.

Such gambling might begin to find some justification if GM food could increase “the world’s ability to feed itself.” But so far, GM crops have not yielded higher than good organic agriculture. The profits have gone to Monsanto, which sells the patented seeds and supplies the Roundup.

Further reasons for containing GM experiments include potential new pathogens for mammals such as humans, and other hazards which can be studied at www.psrast.org.

New Zealand has, wisely, not permitted any open-field GM plants or GM trees, and indeed most countries still ban them. The USA, Argentina, Brazil and a few others account for nearly all the GM crops so far. Similarly, the USA and several other countries built some 400 nuclear power stations while most of the world prohibits such hazards. The gene-jockeys make the nuclear enthusiasts look scrupulously candid and honest, so please disregard the wild PR operatives like Danish. Gene-jiggering is, in some versions, the most dangerous Boulder Weekly

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Robert Mann, senior lecturer in environmental studies, University of Auckland/ New Zealand

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The hidden costs of allowing genetically modified crops on county open space by Joel Dyer

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never easy being a Boulder County commissioner. In the best of times it’s a cross between housekeeping and playing referee. And then there are times like we’re having now when an emotional issue — in this case the expanded use of genetically modified crops on open space lands — has turned once-routine meetings into something more akin to cage fighting. It’s not an exaggeration.

The fear and anger being expressed regarding this issue are very real. And the frustrations are only growing as the commissioners close in on their final decision. But why has this issue become so volatile? In part, the answer lies in a difference of opinion about what the commissioners are actually deciding.

For many of those opposed to GM crops on open space, this issue is no less important than the health of their children and the future of our planet. Opponents of GM crops have long expressed their concern that these crops resulting from genetic tinkering are the cause of many rapidly expanding health issues such as allergies, autism, Alzheimer’s and cancer, to name a few. The food industry’s aversion to labeling products with GM ingredients is viewed by opponents as an acknowledgment that people wouldn’t buy such products if they knew they had been genetically modified, an assumption that has proven true in Europe, where labeling is required and people for the most part won’t touch the stuff. And for those who want less, not more, GM crops in Boulder County, the fact that the vast majority of the research stating that GM products are just as safe as their non-GM counterparts has been funded

by Monsanto and other companies that

stand to profit from the increasing use of GM crops renders such analysis questionable at best, sinister at worst.

For the opposition, the commissioners’ decision has quite literally become a choice of whether the need for six farmers to make a little more money trumps the health of the county’s 64,000 children and its exploding organics industry. But how are the commissioners approaching their decision?

First of all, the commissioners aren’t talking until after the county’s final

are county residents themselves and probably mean no harm to the greater population.

But even so, such beliefs regarding safety indicate that any commissioner voting for the use of GM crops on our open space is accepting that Monsanto’s science regarding the safety of its GM products is accurate. After all, the FDA has taken the same position. It should be noted, however, that many if not most of the world’s governments disagree with the FDA, and apparently our commissioners, with regard to the safety of GM crops and GM food products. From Europe to South America, GM products are either banned or required to be labeled as such so that consumers wishing to avoid them can do so, and most do. Few European shops want to carry GM products because the population simply won’t buy them due to health concerns.

That said, it seems that for our commissioners, this decision is about something far less than it is for those opposed to GM crops. In fact, the only reasons to move forward and allow GM sugar beets on our 960 acres are a very small to nonexistent amount of money for the county, a little bit more profit for six farmers, and to fulfill a desire to encourage an ongoing farming presence on Boulder County open space (see page 13 for the economics of this decision). These aren’t bad reasons, but they hardly provide an emotional balance to our children’s health and the future of the world’s food supply. As noted at the beginning of this piece, it seems that the anti-GM crowd and our commissioners have a difference of opinion about what exactly is being decided.

But what if there were a third consideration? What if the price for allowing GM crops on open space land could

Message to commissioners: It doesn’t matter if opponents are right or wrong about GM crops. When it comes to branding, perception is reality.

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cropland policy public hearing scheduled for tonight in Longmont (see page 13 for time and location). So speculating about their decision-making process is just that, speculation. We do know that staff is recommending that the six farmers in question be allowed to grow GM sugar beets, on a case-by-case basis, as opposed to the non-GM type they have been growing on the 960 acres of county open space they currently farm. We know that the commissioners are giving this recommendation strong consideration, which tells us that they believe that the GM sugar beets pose no immediate harm to the public.

Despite what many anti-GM opponents believe, our three commissioners

be measured in millions of dollars in lost revenue to the people of Boulder County? What would be the responsible action for the commissioners to take if that were the case? This is far more than a hypothetical question. There are many already existing and potentially many more hidden costs to the citizens of our county resulting from the ongoing use of GM crops, particularly those on public open space, that represent a de facto endorsement of GM products by our county government.

In 1993 Boulder Weekly did an interview with an executive of the Schwinn Bicycle Company. After a century headquartered in Chicago, the company was relocating to Boulder, and we were curious why. The answer was simple.

Schwinn had hired a research and consulting firm which had determined that a Boulder address in the bicycle industry, aka the Boulder brand, would be worth between $1.5 million and $2 million a year to the company. The Boulder brand is still a powerful revenue force for bicycle and other sporting goods companies, but it is equally powerful in other areas as well.

Including the natural and organic products industry.

In Boulder County alone, the natural and organic products industry has used the Boulder brand to grow itself into an estimated $1.5 billion (with a b) sector made up of more than 325 local companies employing 7,000 people. As a group, these businesses oppose the use of genetically modified crops on publicly owned lands because they believe it weakens the very Boulder brand that has brought so much success, prosperity and employment to the county.

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natural/organic business leaves Boulder over this issue, or if one natural/organic business chooses not to relocate to Boulder because of the perception that the county government, due to its support for the proliferation of GMOs, is unsupportive of the natural/organics sector, then the costs, which could be in the millions for just one company, have far outweighed the benefits of six farmers and 960 acres of GM sugar beets.

This is not an unrealistic possibility.

The Independent Natural Food Retailers Association has called GM foods the most important issue facing the natural food industry. The organization points out that non-GM food products represent one of the fastestgrowing trends among food manufacturers, with more than 3,000 products and 70 brands.

These are just the kinds of businesses and jobs that the Boulder brand can bring to our citizenry.

Because GM crops tend to contaminate nearby nonGM crops — pollen blows on the wind or is carried by bees, insects and birds — it is becoming difficult for non-GM food manufacturers to find enough uncontaminated raw product. It is now estimated that 93 percent of all soy and 86 percent of all corn is GM. If Boulder County government is actively helping to increase the amount of GM crops here, why would a company whose business depends on clean, non-GM raw materials want to relocate to our area? Which brings up another hidden cost.

Because of the proliferation of GMO contamination, the natural/ organics industry and its non-GMO farmers are being forced to spend millions of dollars on testing to prove their products are indeed GMO-free. It is required for farmers to keep their organic certification and to prove to manufacturers that their crops aren’t contaminated. Every dollar that Boulder’s natural/organic industry spends on testing to prevent GMO contamination is another dollar that is taken out of the local economy and tax base.

In addition, all across America organic farmers are being financially devastated

by GMO contamination. An organic corn farmer anticipating $4 plus for a bushel of his corn finds out it has been ruined by a nearby GMO crop. Now he has to settle for less than two dollars a bushel because he can no longer claim his

corn is organic. Again, such crop losses can add up to millions of dollars and, as one might expect, lead to yet another source of hidden costs: lawsuits.

GM seeds are actually patented by Monsanto or some other company that developed them. When the wind blows and the non-GMO field across the way gets contaminated, Monsanto and its peers actually sue the contaminated farmer for possession of their patented crops. Again, when this occurs it is a hidden cost. In addition, the farmer whose crops have been contaminated can also sue the company and landowner responsible for their loss. One suit involving rice crops being contaminated

by GMOs resulted in a payout of more than $700 million.

Some county officials don’t believe that the county (read as you and me) can be sued for contamination as a result of approving GM crop production on open space. It is a gray area at best, and with lawsuits reaching into the millions of dollars, I can’t imaging any self-respecting lawyer failing to include the county in a suit.

Even if the county were to prevail, the cost of defending itself from one lawsuit would far outweigh the economic benefits of voting in favor of GM sugar beets on 960 acres. And this is the point.

The list of hidden costs goes on and on, from GMO contamination insurance (now being proposed for those who plant GM crops) to the cost incurred for labeling by the natural/ organic foods industry, which knows it must unfairly bear this expense because, unlike the rest of the world, the U.S. government won’t force the food industry to tell us that a product contains GMOs. The current decision being pondered by the Boulder County commissioners should not be a complicated one. The commissioners are tasked with making decisions based on what is best for the most people in Boulder County.

When it comes to increasing the amount and variety of GM crops allowed to be grown on public open space — our open space — the answer should be no.

To vote otherwise would be a dereliction of responsibility to the majority of citizens and our long-term economic wellbeing.

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County staff: Allow GMOs

by Jefferson Dodge

If

the Boulder County commissioners follow the recommendations of their own staff, the planting of additional genetically modified organisms (GMOs) will be allowed on publicly funded open space.

David Bell, agricultural resource manager for Boulder County Parks and Open Space, told Boulder Weekly that his department is advising the county commissioners to approve a “co-existence” scenario in which genetically modified plants would, pending a case-by-case evaluation, be allowed to be grown on county lands.

The recommendation is consistent with the wishes of a commissioner-appointed committee, the Cropland Policy Advisory Group (CPAG), even though two other standing advisory commissions — and the majority of those giving testimony at recent public hearings — have urged the board to phase out, if not end immediately, the use of GMOs. The commissioners are set to hear public comment on the issue tonight, Dec. 8, in Longmont, about two and a half years after a controversial request from six farmers to add genetically modified sugar beets to the list of GMOs permitted on open space, in addition to genetically modified corn. A meeting for the board to decide the issue has been tentatively scheduled for Dec. 15 or Dec. 20, according to Commissioner Will Toor.

Bell told Boulder Weekly that the CPAG recommendation carries more weight than those of the Parks and Open Space Advisory Commission and the Food and Agricultural Policy Council, which both recommended a phase-out.

“As a staff, we feel [CPAG] has put the most time into this issue,” he says, adding that CPAG had several experts from around the country weigh in on the topic.

Bell pointed out that a county survey of public sentiment about GMOs was split more evenly than a similar survey conducted by the group GMO Free, which showed that a majority are opposed to growing genetically modified crops on taxpayer-funded lands.

When asked about the economic impact of the decision, he says that the six farmers could make an additional $392,697 annually if they were allowed to grow GM sugar beets, and the county open space department could collect an additional $111,000 a year as a result of agreements with those farmers. But he downplayed the idea that county staff have a vested interest in GMOs because of that, saying it is simply a possible revenue stream that could keep open space officials from asking the commissioners for more funding from an already strapped budget.

“It’s not really a vested interest, I think it’s just nice to have a program that’s self-sustaining, where we don’t have to compete with other county projects,” he says, adding that nearly all county profits from agricultural land are poured back into helping farmers pay for things like infrastructure, water, seeds and fertilizer.

He also said the county attorney has determined that Boulder County would not be held liable if companies such as GMO giant Monsanto saw its products “drift” onto farmland owned by Boulder County or adjacent properties. It would be the farmers, not the county, held responsible, Bell says. He acknowledged that lawsuits against the county are possible, but “we don’t think it would go very far.”

And if all 12,000 of the county’s irrigated acres were forced to go organic, for example, Bell says there would probably be enough farmers — and market demand — to lease only about half of that land, leaving the county holding the bag for the other 6,000 acres, for which it would have to pay $1.5 million a year to maintain or $3.6 million to reseed with native grasses. Presumably, keeping the status quo of conventional, non-GMO crops on county open space would be cost-neutral.

The hearing will begin at 6 p.m. at the Longmont Conference Center, at 1850 Industrial Circle.

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Local ‘Occupy’ participant: Crackdown coordinated

by Jefferson Dodge

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Boulder mother who has been active in the local “Occupy” movement says the recent crackdowns on similar demonstrations in cities across the country are likely part of a federally coordinated attack on the movement.

Fiore Grey, who, like other Occupy participants, shies away from labels such as “spokesperson” or even “member,” describes herself as being active on several Occupy Boulder working groups. She says crackdowns in cities like Philadelphia, Oakland, Los Angeles, New York and even Denver are connected.

“Definitely,” Grey says when asked about the possibility. “Yes, that seems pretty clear. Mayor Jean Quan in Oakland basically admitted that.”

In response to a question about who is behind the attacks, she says, “I have some suspicions, but really how far do we want to go down the rabbit hole of all of that?” Grey says one Occupy activist in Riverside, Calif., saw Homeland Security officials show up at one protest.

“And personally, I don’t think that this defense bill … is a coincidence,” she adds. “At a time you have a major outcry of public anger and frustration with the status quo and people speaking out against it, it doesn’t seem like coincidence that they’d also be trying to pass this bill that basically allows them to infringe on people’s fundamental rights to peaceably assemble, freedom of speech and not be held without charge.

“As far as who’s behind it, I’m not sure,” Grey adds.

“I wouldn’t be surprised if it was the FBI or NSA or any of those groups, but I don’t know.”

Friday, Dec. 9 3 to 9 p.m. — “What Is Occupy?” A series of eight professors from CU will discuss the Occupy movement, University Memorial Center Glenn Miller Ballroom, CU campus Saturday, Dec. 10 11 a.m. — General Assembly, Boulder County Courthouse, 1300 block of Pearl Street 1 p.m. — Rally, Boulder County Courthouse, 1300 block of Pearl Street 1:30 p.m. — March and direct action, leaving from Boulder County Courthouse, 1300 block of Pearl Street Tuesday, Dec. 13 6 p.m. — City Council Study Session: “Housing First Programs & Related Homeless Issues,” Municipal Boulder Weekly

She says the 10 to 20 people who continue to brave cold temperatures occupying a spot on the Pearl Street Mall overnight are taking shifts sleeping so that someone is always on watch for cops and other threats.

“If you’re found sleeping, you can be ticketed,” Grey says, referring to the city’s anti-camping ordinance, which has been added to Occupy Boulder’s shit list.

While Occupy Boulder’s general assembly initially wanted to take a break over the winter, a small group vehemently insisted on camping through the season.

Grey acknowledges, “How can we call ourselves Occupy Boulder without having an occupation?”

She downplays the role of left-wing leaders in the Occupy movement nationally, saying that the action enjoys a broad base of support that crosses all political lines and includes Libertarians and Tea Partiers.

“I think the partisan issue is a distraction to what is going on, and an attempt to divide and conquer, and it’s not going to work,” Grey says, calling it an ethical, not partisan, movement. “Anyone who wants to co-opt the movement should feel free to co-opt it. … I would say it’s left, right or whatever. You have people who have been systematically segregated who are talking to each other now.”

She agrees that there is definitely a communal nature to the movement, but she stops short of calling it communist. Still, she acknowledges that the Occupy theme of equally distributing wealth is a noble one.

“The system makes people feel like they’re alone, and they’re not,” Grey says.

And when asked about the historical precedents for the movement, she replies, “Every struggle for freedom

An Occupy rally in downtown Boulder on Oct. 14

underlines this. Look at history as a teacher of what works and what doesn’t.”

Specifically, Grey cites the end of the 19th century, when, like today, the largest corporation was an oil company (Standard Oil) and there was unprecedented labor organizing around issues like the 40-hour work week and child labor. She even goes back to the American Revolution as an example, saying that the colonists were sick of oppression and corruption by a monarchy and corporate interests.

As for the media’s portrayal of the Occupy movement as scattered and unfocused, Grey says that was likely prompted by financial donations from the likes of Republican hedge fund manager Paul Singer.

“The media can’t not cover it at this point,” she says, adding that the movement may seem scattered because it’s about a broad array of issues.

“That’s how real discussion ceases, when you pick one issue,” Grey explains. “We have been occupied from every angle, and now we’re going to occupy them.

They’re profiting off us at every angle. They’re banking on our apathy.”

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Occupy Boulder Week of Action “Christmas on Wall Street” Dec. 9-17

Building, 1777 Broadway Occupy Boulder will wear black in mourning for the homeless people who have died in Boulder in the last year as well as for those living in poverty.

Thursday, Dec. 15 6:30 p.m. — film The Corporation, followed by discussion, Left Hand Books, 1200 Pearl St. #10 (Pearl at Broadway, downstairs)

Friday, Dec. 16 5 p.m. — Candlelight vigil for the first day of whistleblower Bradley Manning’s pre-trial and for all unjustly detained political prisoners, Boulder County Courthouse, 1300 block of Pearl Street Saturday, Dec. 17 This day marks the culmination of the

Week of Action, in honor of the threemonth anniversary of Occupy Wall Street, the one-year anniversary of Mohammad Bouazzizi’s self-immolation (beginning of the “Arab Spring”), and whistleblower Bradley Manning’s birthday 11 a.m. — Rally, in front of the Boulder County Courthouse, 1300 block of Pearl Street Noon — March leaves from Boulder County Courthouse, 1300 block of Pearl Street 12:30 p.m. — Street Theatre Presentation: “Miracle on Wall Street: The People vs. Wells Fargo,” Wells Fargo at 13th and Pearl 1 p.m. — General Assembly, “What’s Our Vision for the Future of Occupy Wall Street?” Boulder County Courthouse, 1300 block of Pearl Street.

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GMO SEEDS ARE SAFE. MONSANTO PROMISES THAT THEIR PATENTED SAFE. IS THISGMO THESEEDS SAMEAREKIND THAT IS OF THIS“SAFE” THE SAME KINDTHEY OF “SAFE” THAT THEY PROMISED DDT? PROMISED WITHWITH DDT? GMO FACTS: • GMOs ARE PATENTED PRODUCTS. THEIR APPROVAL ESSENTIALLY GIVES AGRO-CHEMICAL COMPANIES OWNERSHIP OF OUR FOOD SUPPLY. • A GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM (GMO) IS THE RESULT OF A LABORATORY PROCESS OF TAKING GENES FROM ONE SPECIES AND INSERTING THEM INTO ANOTHER IN AN ATTEMPT TO OBTAIN A DESIRED TRAIT OR CHARACTERISTIC. • GMOs HAVE ONLY EXISTED IN THE FOOD SUPPLY SINCE THE MID-90’s.

They convinced an entire generation that DDT was perfectly safe. They did the same with Agent Orange.

They were wrong. Is it really so inconceivable they have it wrong again with GMOs?

Americans trusted Monsanto when they said DDT was perfectly safe. But it turned out that they only hoped it was safe. NO HUMAN HEALTH STUDIES WERE DONE. Later they assured us that Agent Orange was safe, and once again we believed them. Oops.

Sorry. NO HUMAN HEALTH STUDIES WERE DONE. Too bad we didn’t demand that they produce the human safety studies to prove their assurances. Back then, we might have been able to head off a lot of human and environmental suffering.

Now Monsanto is suggesting their GMOs are safe. “Trust us”, they say. “We got it right this time.” It’s been said that insanity is doing the same thing over and over again but expecting different results. Our County Commissioners still trust Monsanto. And we can, too. As soon as Monsanto and other biotech firms SHOW US THE HUMAN HEALTH STUDIES THAT PROVE GMOs ARE SAFE. But alas, there are no safety studies. Why not? In large part because Monsanto owns the patent on the seed and tighly controls any and all research. So why haven’t they given that permission to all of the researchers who are asking? Nobody knows for sure. Perhaps because their perspective is distorted by enormous profits from the patenting and selling of life.

On Dec. 8th please show up at the Longmont Conference Center and ask the Boulder Commission to share with us all the peer-reviewed studies regarding human health that they are using to justifiy a policy that allows GMOs on Boulder County land and if they can’t (and they can’t because the studies don’t exist) then they must vote to ban GMOs until such time that they are proven safe. If you can’t make it to the meeting, an email expressing your concerns is the next best thing. commissioners@bouldercounty.org

• SEEDLESS GRAPES AND SEEDLESS WATERMELONS ARE NOT GMOs. THEY ARE THE RESULT OF CROSS-POLLINATION AND SELECTIVE BREEDING. THEY ARE AWESOME. • GMOs ARE NOT TRULY “TRADITIONAL” AGRICULTURE. THEY HAVE ONLY EXISTED A SHORT TIME AND MANY “TRADITIONAL” NON-ORGANIC FARMERS REJECT GMOs IN FAVOR OF TRADITIONAL SEED. • GMOs ARE BANNED OR RESTRICTED IN OVER 30 COUNTRIES BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT CONSIDERED SAFE. • GMOs HAVE NO CONSUMER BENEFIT. • GMOs HAVE NOT BEEN PROVEN SAFE TO EAT. • NO LABELING IS REQUIRED ON GMO FOOD IN THE U.S. DESPITE POLLS THAT SHOW THAT 93% OF THE U.S. PUBLIC FAVORS LABELING. • 71% OF BOULDER RESIDENTS POLLED WANT GMOs OFF OF PUBLIC LAND. • COME TO A PUBLIC HEARING ON GMO POLICY AT LONGMONT CONFERENCE CENTER DEC. 8

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Drifting toward answers on lost crops

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f you shop with any regularity at the Abbondanza stall at the farmers’ market, you might have noticed some gaps in their inventory this fall. Dried beans and winter squash are mostly what Shanan Olson, co-owner, says people have commented on missing. They ask why, and she’s not sure how to reply. Pesticide drift on their organic-certified farm in 2010 cost most of their fall harvest, a $250,000 loss. At least, that’s what they can piece together. What really happened to their crop has been a complicated puzzle to solve.

Rich Pecoraro, co-owner of Abbondanza, can recall the details of that string of days in late September 2010 down to the phase of the moon, the direction of the breeze and the overnight temperature.

The elements and the geography of their farm, which lays in a bit of a bowl, formed what Olson describes as a perfect storm. And somehow, it seems those elements conspired to carry a cloud of pesticide over most of the 40 acres of the Abbondanza farm. After a Friday aerial spraying at a neighboring farm, Pecoraro went out to his fields on Monday, and Olson recalls him coming back in and declaring, “I’ve ruined all the greens.”

“I laughed and said, ‘Well, it’s the first time you’ve done that,’” she says. “Then it got really serious.”

Pecoraro, a farmer with 35 years of experience and one of the founding members of Seeds of Change, had never seen the spots that were plaguing his spinach, lettuce, beets, cucumbers, squash, Chinese cabbages, arugula and Asian vegetables.

“It was everywhere. It was all over,” he says. “It was right up to the front door, on the house plants.”

Even the lilac bushes outside showed spots, Olson says.

At first, Pecoraro thought it was his fault. He called the Colorado State University extension agent and friends and fellow farmers to come look and tell him what he did wrong. One of the friends who came to

look quickly asked, “Where are the sunflowers?”

About the same time, samples the CSU extension agent had taken came back from the plant pathology lab.

The technicians said the substance affecting the plants wasn’t even biological. The substance was an aerosol.

On Friday, a busy day at the farm spent collecting vegetables for the weekend farmers markets, Olson and Pecoraro had noticed a plane flying over neighboring fields. A late-season plane in late morning stuck out, they say.

They suspect that the substance that wiped out their harvest and nearly cost the family their farm is a drying

“We lost our whole crop.

Everything was deemed unsellable,” – Rich Pecoraro, Abbondanza farms

herbicide called Sharpen that is sprayed on sunflower crops to kill back the plants, deterring birds and making harvest of the seeds easier. It’s a quickly evaporating substance designed to be used in a lethal dose within a week of when people will be in the field harvesting the sunflowers. Because of how quickly it dries, it’s mostly gone within 24 hours, and several days had passed before samples were taken from the Abbondanza fields.

Possibly as a result of this delay, lab test results didn’t

show Sharpen, just the much more common glyphosate, or Roundup.

“We lost our whole crop. Everything was deemed unsellable,” Pecoraro says. “Our organic certification was jeopardized.”

They’ve spent much of the last 14 months trying to find answers, and failing to get any.

Olson says she’s heard a lot of rumors about what happened to Abbondanza, including one that the county paid them off to keep quiet. It’s just not true, she says.

No answer has been reached, and no restitution has been paid. They took out a $75,000 loan last December to pay off bills as they went seven months without an income. If the drift could be pinned to a farm, that farmer’s insurance would be required to cover the lost revenue. But that’s looking unlikely.

Boulder County filed a claim with the Colorado Department of Agriculture, but their investigation has not been able to prove that pesticide drift occured.

“I genuinely don’t believe anybody intentionally did harm to us,” Olson says. “However, where I come from, if you do something that harms your neighbor, you figure it out.”

Just getting the answer of what was in the tank of the aerial plane that sprayed near their organic farm was a struggle, and it took days to get anyone from the farm using the desiccant, who would know what its effects on plants look like, to come to the farm.

“I just want answers. I think we’re starting to feel victimized that the truth isn’t out there,” Olson says. “I don’t think the state of Colorado has my back. I don’t think the county has my back. I don’t think anybody has my back.”

The problem, she says, is systematic of a larger issue.

“I don’t believe they meant it,” Olson says of the farmer who laid down whatever chemical killed their crops. “I believe it’s a nasty consequence of the way we choose to grow food.”

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Can’t-miss events for the upcoming week

Native American Rights Fund Executive Director John Echohawk speaks at the Chautauqua Community House on Tuesday, Dec. 13.

Thursday, Dec. 8

Fritz Anders — Watch as Anders demonstrates his wood-burning artistic techniques. 1-4 p.m.

Boulder Arts & Crafts Gallery, 1421 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-4433683.

Friday, Dec. 9

The Nutcracker — Presented by Ballet Nouveau Colorado. 7:30 p.m. Performing Arts Complex at PCS, 1001 W. 84th Ave., Denver, 303-450-3985.

Saturday, Dec. 10

Stories on Stage — Making Merry.

Holiday stories told on stage. 2 p.m. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826.

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Evan Cantor — Relaxing and pleasant folk from a longtime local. 5 p.m. Gold Hill Inn, 401 Main St., Boulder, 303-443-6461.

Monday, Dec. 12

Boulder Folders Origami Workshop — Learn the fine Japanese art of folding shit. 6:30 p.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-4413100.

Tuesday, Dec. 13

Conversations with Extraordinary People — John Echohawk. 5:30 p.m. Chautauqua Community House, 900 Baseline Rd., Boulder, 303-442-3282.

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Talia Segal, Delilah’s Revenge — Feeling a hankering for Irish music? Try Delilah’s Revenge.

Shots of Jameson not included. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder. 303-440-4628.

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Hart’s latest enterprise, in collaboration with scientists at Lawrence Livermore Labs and engineers at Meyer Sound Laboratory in Berkeley, revolves around tapping the sounds of space — literally — and converting them into musical compositions, both in an electronic and standard rock band context.

When you consider it, and find a way to wrap your head around it, it’s a logical step for a guy who’s been deeply invested in promoting global music for much of his professional life. Call this exo-global.

Even with a better-than-pedestrian fluency in the concepts of Big Bang background radiation mapping and radio astronomy, we had difficulty understanding the mechanics of all this. Hart was happy to oblige with a dissertation from a tour stop in Seattle last week, early in the winter leg of his band’s tour. extension of the work “I’ve been working on translating light waves done several years ago by astronofrom radio telescopes into sound waves,” Hart mer Mark Whittle at the University of Virginia, who explained. “One of the avenues we’re pursuing is havdevised a way to translate background Big Bang ing a conversation with the cosmos, starting at 13.7 microwave radiation into sound, expanding on the billion years ago. The Big Bang. Which, we now discoveries of Arno Penzias and know what it sounds like.

Robert Wilson of Bell Labs in “We take the signal in waveOn the Bill: form and put it into a very serious 1963.

The Mickey Hart Band plays algorithm, in a computer, usually “It’s interesting. I mean, it the Fox Theatre on Friday, slowing it down because of the tells our story,” Hart says. “I’ve Dec. 9. Doors at 8:30 p.m.

Tickets are $25, $30 day of speed of the waveform. When it been doing global music my show, with a $2 fee for comes to us, it’s pretty inharmonwhole life, but this now extends those under 21. 1135 13th ic. Space is pretty noisy — lots of the horizon into the universe.

St., Boulder, 303-443-3399. collisions, whirling, a lot of chirpWhich has always fascinated me, ing, bump-’n’-grinding. When it my book’s about that. Y’know, as gets to me, I sound-design it. I take some piece of it, a rhythmist, I’ve written about the beginning of time elongate it, do this or do that, arpeggiate it, add some and space. The ‘seed sound.’ But until recently, there reverb to it. Put the screws to it and put it into the was no way for us to actually hear it and sample it.” music. Have some fun with it. That’s the art of it.”

This current project, which first took to the road Hart’s experiments with cosmic noise are an last August and is built around a band featuring Dave

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Hart is pleased with the band’s progress, and equally happy to keep this tour a small-venue proposition, something he appreciates acutely after so many years on the enormo-dome circuit.

“Oh yeah, much more fun,” Hart explains.

“Y’know, in the old days, you never even got to see anybody. It was limo to the coliseum and back, and to the plane and then to the coliseum again. … It was always a shell, and you really couldn’t move around in it or have a good time, other than playing the performance.

“But this is a lifestyle. I like the bus; you get to see what’s going on out there. Today I went and visited a high school, gave a little talk there. It was cool to see the kids and listen to what was on their minds.

“And the clubs are good. You can see audience, they can see you, you can see their eyeballs. You can feel them. You can’t do that in a stadium.

Sometimes playing those stages, you don’t know if there are people out there, you can’t see anything from up there.”

Before we turned Hart loose to finish up sound check, we couldn’t help but note that this was Grammy nomination week, and that it had been 20 years since Hart released Planet Drum, his global percussion tour de force, the recipient of the first Grammy for World Music, and a watershed for Hart’s passion for global percussion that had extended back to his teen years.

“Oh indeed,” Hart agreed. “It was a milestone on many levels. It was the first percussion band that ever charted, for one thing. They had to create a whole new category for it, ‘world music.’

“It took drums to a whole new place where it could compete with melodic and harmonic instruments. … It elevated percussion to a place of equality in the world orchestra.”

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t’s unclear exactly what stood out in duct ritualistic sacrifices of hamburgers,” Michelle Ellsworth’s repertoire.

Czaplinski says of one of Ellsworth’s pieces, There’s a lot to choose from. an ode and dance to a McDonald’s burger.

United States Artists (USA) “She’s got such a big brain,” calls Ellsworth a “dancer, choreogra- Czaplinski says. “I think the performancpher, video maker, writer, cartoonist and es are a showcase for this big funny web designer,” to which one could add brain.” Ellsworth’s work tackles serious professor and co-director of CU Boulder’s issues — Czaplinski names mortality, theater and dance program. faith, philosophy and technology as prevWhatever the reason — and the Los alent themes — but usually includes a “Objectification Cabbage,” courtesy of Michelle Ellsworth Angeles nonprofit didn’t say — Ellsworth has been selected to receive a 2011 grant for her work, USA announced Dec. 5. The Boulder artist, performer and CU professor is among 50 artists who will receive an unrestricted fellowship of $50,000.

Even months after learning she’d won — she found out in September — Ellsworth seems bewildered by the award.

“I feel very humbled and grateful,” she says. “I’m very shocked.”

Those who know her work aren’t as surprised. To Lane Czaplinski, artistic director of the Seattle contemporary performing arts center On the Boards, Ellsworth’s versatility should not be understated. “If you call her a dance artist, it doesn’t begin to show the complexity of what she does,” Czaplinski says. “I really think she’s unique because she’s a crossmedia artist. Legitimately so.” wry, sarcastic twist.

Czaplinski calls Ellsworth “one of the That shows even in her application riskiest performance artists” in the U.S. for the USA grant.

Ellsworth will return to On the “When they send you a letter telling Boards in March to perform for the third you you’ve been nominated, they say, time, presenting a “mini-retrospective” of ‘We’ll give you a hundred bucks to her work over the last several years, apply,’” she says. “If they didn’t say that, I Czaplinski says. never would have applied, because I The dance and performance project, thought there’s no way I’ll ever get this. I called “Phone Homer,” will also include a thought I was in this for the hundred strong dose of Ellsworth’s signature sense bucks.” of humor.

Even when she was told she’d won “There aren’t many people who conthe award, Ellsworth had her doubts.

“When the president of US Artists called me … I asked repeatedly if they were sure that it was me that they wanted,” she says.

“I said I’d be psyched about $5,000 and she said, ‘You can be 10 times happier.’”

Czaplinski says he’s happy to see Ellsworth honored for her years of effort.

“When I think about important artists who work outside the mainstream,” he says, “Michelle’s definitely at the top of

the list.”

Czaplinski also applauded Ellsworth’s focus on teaching, which he’s witnessed as a guest lecturer in her classroom. “I wish I had had somebody like Michelle teaching me,” he says. “She’s a great teacher and you could see her students mirroring her passion and her intelligence.”

The money isn’t the only reason Ellsworth appreciates the award, she says.

“It’s not just about the money,” she says. “Someone’s saying, ‘I like what you’re doing. Do more.’”

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Doing more might be difficult. “If I could buy sleep units with the money, that’s what I would do,” Ellsworth says — with a laugh, yes, but that doesn’t mean she’s kidding. She’s doing quite a lot already.

“A couple years ago, I committed myself to doing whatever the piece wanted,” she says. “At the end of the day, I could look myself in the mirror and say I did everything it asked. I try to be very devout about my pieces.”

This dedication means lots of late nights — remember, she’d trade the money for sleep if she could — but it also means producing art she’s proud of.

“I finally finished at 5 o’clock in the morning,” she says of a recent performance, “because it took so much time to keep responding to what it wanted. … I feel like my endurance is one of my best attributes.”

Since sleep units are still in research and development, Ellsworth does have backup plans for her award. “I’d like to help my son go to college,” she says. “And maybe put some into a retirement account.” She also intends to reward two forms of media she calls “standard collaborators for me:” public radio program Radiolab and The New York Times.

She did admit to treating herself to a rare extravagance. But it’s not exactly a new car — or even a used one.

“Oh, yeah, I spent a little money and got a haircut,” she says. “I’ve been cutting my own hair for five years.”

Ellsworth can relax. The home haircutting can stop now. But unless her next piece paradoxically calls for her to take her foot off the gas, she won’t be letting up anytime soon.

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etting a touring musician on the cell phone for a few minutes isn’t exactly rocket science these days, unless their GPS has taken a dive rolling through Sasquatch country or the van has blown a sidewall in a granite-lined mountain pass tunnel someplace, but it seemed like a flourish of cosmic improbability that we cornered Trace Bundy a few weeks ago, not only in his home ZIP code but actually on his way back from the studio — maybe the one place Bundy actually spends less time in than his own house.

There were plenty of other places we could have caught Bundy this past year: Budapest, Paris, London, Montreal, Nashville.

Greybull, Wyo. Wait … where?

“Well,” he laughed, “one my goals is to play [at least one gig] in every state.

And, y’know, there’s not a lot of opportunity to play in Wyoming. Somehow, these private promoters in this tiny, tiny town of Greybull got really excited On the Bill by my music and spreading it Trace Bundy plays the Boulder around town, and started saying, ‘I Theater on Saturday, Dec. 10. wonder what it would take to get Doors at 7 p.m. The Jaden Carlson Trio opens. Tickets are this guy to come up here.’ They $31 for reserved seating, $23.50 had this little municipal airport for general admission. nearby, and I just thought, ‘It would be kind of cool to go up there and do a show.’ So I did. It was fun.”

What’s taken Bundy through the great cities and dusty outposts of civilization is the genre-bending alchemy of his solo acoustic guitar gig, an international extension of the rapturously received capo-slinging, fretboard-tapping, soundholemugging live shows he used to play around Boulder and Fort Collins.

Bundy is a former doctoral student and engineering professor from CU, and his approach to the instrument is unsurprisingly tactile. More or less a standard fingerstylist until the early part of the last decade, Bundy happened across a few tapping figures messing around in his living room one evening and decided on a lark to tear off a number built on that technique called “Dueling Ninjas” for an encore one night.

Shortly thereafter, clips from his 2004 Boulder Theater DVD Adapt started appearing on YouTube, and Bundy became an Internet sensation, initially with his lithe and touching read of Pachelbel’s iconic Canon in D, and most notably in Taiwan and South Korea, where legions of flummoxed teenagers, certainly unaware that players like Pierre Bensusan and Michael Hedges had exploited some of these techniques a generation earlier (Bundy himself hadn’t heard of either until he was already deeply invested in his own career), went absolutely berserk, getting Bundy fired from his homepage Internet provider, a post-millennial equivalent to shelving general admission arena seating out of fear of fan-crushing, seat-grabbing riots.

One may speculate whether Bundy’s wider world reputation would have sloped so radically had his audience merely heard these pieces — genuine guitar aficionados can immediately hear Bundy’s true gift for deeply nurtured musicality — but it all does present Bundy with a challenge. The knocks, the accidental overtones, the sheer joy of spontaneous harmonic consonance — isn’t getting this all down on

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rtists work their whole lives to develop and maintain an identity. It’s important externally — it helps form a following.

It’s important internally — gotta know what you want to produce before you produce it.

So how is it the veteran musicians of Danny Shafer and the 21st Century don’t seem to care about theirs? And what is the band? Is it a supergroup? A side project? A garage band? Are they Americana, rock, folk, country, funk?

The correct answer seems to be F, all of the above. The band’s lineup reads like a month-long binge on Boulder coffee shop music: Shafer, known for solo work and the Red Glory Ramblers, takes guitar and vocal duties; gospel/soul singer Dechen Hawk plays the organ; on bass is Jubal of The Rude Boys; Chris Ramey, formerly of Joint Chiefs, is on pedal steel guitar; and on drums is Todd May of Hot Soup.

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tape a matter of choosing what to leave in and what to scrub away into oblivion?

“Yes,” Bundy agrees. “That’s exactly it.”

“Playing these tunes live, there is always a little bit of room for that bad note here and there.

But recording them, capturing the song near perfectly — like when you’re moving the capo around and the guitar goes a little bit out of tune — it’s so hard to capture that on a two-dimensional disc.

“Like, the noise a capo makes when you move it a couple of frets down. Some of that stuff is great, but when you’re moving it up it moves the strings around and makes everything a little bit sharp, and you don’t really want that. So I have to be really creative — I’ll record one part of the song, then move the capo and record another part.

Trace Bundy, right

“But I have some tricks I use. I wear basically a sock over my forearm, so when it’s rubbing against the guitar it’s a little bit quieter. I put baby powder on my hands when I’m doing percussion on the guitar, or else you hear this kind of [nearly inaudible] noise. Just little stuff like that.”

Bundy concedes a bit of studio truancy, with no new material since 2008’s The Missile Bell, but promises a new CD in the early spring.

“I do drag my feet a little when it comes to the studio,” he says. “But the stuff I write is really hard to play, and getting it just right takes a lot of work.”

And with that, Bundy signed off to start packing for his upcoming tour.

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21st Century is most definitely a side developed a folk-rock sound well-tuned bouncing pace offset by Shafer’s effortproject. Hawk says the low commitment for Boulder’s cafes and bars. Hawk, less croon. What could be by-the-numand music-first attitude have made the meanwhile, is better versed in soul, gosbers folk tunes are livened up by the music fun rather than strictly businesspel and even electronic music than blue- group’s tight rhythm, which provides a like. grass or folk, and Ramey’s background little more punch and intensity than a The band started, Hawk says, like brings the funk — and the reggae. typical bluegrass-folk band. just about any band does. If you’re in It’s as if Bob Dylan formed a band The use of pedal steel guitar and high school. with Stevie Wonder and Jerry Garcia, organ also takes the music in a different “This was really outside of a job,” he just to name a few. Fans of Adult Swim’s direction. says. “This was really “It’s really nice,” just to play music, which Hawk says. “There’s a is something I miss that lot of space.” we all did when we were He says playing What could be by-the-number folk in high school. Just alongside Ramey has tunes are livened up by the group’s playing to play.” given him an opportuShafer says he invitnity to develop his tight rhythm, which provides a little ed musicians to his abilities as an organist more punch and intensity than a home to play with no and focus on expressparticular goal in mind. ing himself through typical bluegrass-folk band.

The idea was to explore the instrument. “All music they’d enjoy, not the assisting jobs,” he prep for a show or make says, “they stretch me a an album. lot. There’s a lot of “We were just enjoying playing Frisky Dingo might recognize the sound growth there.” together and sitting around exploring of the genre-mixing alert.

Shafer says so too — for the band as stuff,” Shafer says. “That’s been one of Hawk says that’s been a positive a whole. the joys of this band, that we rehearsed thing for the band. “There’s just a neat “We’re still doing a lot of experimenit for a long time before we brought it blend of these genres coming together,” tation. This band’s going to grow and out.” he says. “It makes his music sound really change even in the next few months,” he “It was just sort of an excuse to get hip and current.” says. together, play some music, see what hapThe band’s unique membership creToo many cooks spoil the broth, the pens,” Hawk says. “He just thought of ates a unique sound, Shafer says. “I cliché says, but the 21st Century’s not who he’d like to hang out with and was haven’t heard anything like this band risking that. Hawk and Shafer say that curious what it would sound like.” around here,” he says of the 21st as the organizer and primary songwriter, It’s an unlikely mix. Shafer’s a staple Century’s brand of folk Americana.

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Thursday, Dec. 8 music

Acoustic Open Mic Night. 9:30 p.m. Waterloo, 809 S. Main St., Louisville, 303-993-2094.

Ash Ganley Trio. 6:30 p.m. St. Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696.

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Crow Agency. 9 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683.

CU-Boulder Jazz Ensemble — Duke Ellington’s “Nutcracker Suite.” Dazzle Restaurant, 930 Lincoln St., Denver, www.dazzlejazz.com.

David Booker. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel and Suites, 800 28th St., 303-443-3322.

Is Borgore killing dubstep? Is that a bad thing? Whether his jams make you want to dance or make you want to slap him for being a jerk, if you listen to Borgore and feel nothing, you might be dead. 8:30 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303443-3399.

Detour Ahead. 7 p.m. Cuvée, 946 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-0475.

Godkey — Feat. Brian Ellison, Paul Kemp, and Mirco Altenbach. 8 p.m. Johnny’s Cigar Bar, 1 Boulder Plaza, Boulder, 303-449-0884.

Holden Young Trio. 10 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922.

Hot Club of Pearl Street. 8:30 p.m. Shug’s Low Country Cuisine, 2017 13th St., Boulder, 720-398-9036.

Signal Path & Octopus Nebula. 9 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-3399.

Beginning Flamenco Dance. 6:15-7:30 p.m.

Kakes Studios, 2115 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-786-7050, www.flamenco-boulder.com.

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

Caritas Holiday Party & Silent Auction. 5 p.m. The Caritas Spiritist Center, 5723 Arapahoe Ave., Ste. 1A, Boulder, 303-449-3066.

Trevor Hall — With Paper Bird. 7 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030.

Comedy Works — Office Party Night. 7:30 p.m.

Nissi’s, 2675 N. Park Dr., Lafayette, 303-665-2757.

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Fine Art Market Show & Sale — Opening reception. 5 – 9 p.m. Arvada Center for Arts and Humanities, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada, 720-898-7200.

10 for Change Holiday Happy Hour. 5:30 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel, 800 28th St., Boulder, www.boulderindependentbusiness.org.

Auditions — Vox Familia: Boulder Edition. 7:30 p.m.

Physically Handicapped Actors & Musical Artists League, Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, auditions@phamaly.org.

Fritz Anders — Artist demonstration. 1 – 4 p.m. Boulder Arts & Crafts Gallery, 1421 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-443-3683.

Boulder B-Cycle Happy Hour Celebration.

5-8 p.m. Design Within Reach, 2049 N. Broadway St., Boulder, 720-564-1234.

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Boulder/Denver Area Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art — Zach Reini’s Suburban Lawns, Thomas Scharfenberg’s Obvious Invisible, Amanda Marie Ploegsma’s Purity & Credence. 1750 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-2122. Through Jan. 29.

Burning Issues — The Fourmile Canyon Fire.

University of Colorado Museum of Natural History, Henderson Building 218, Boulder, 303492-6892. Through Jan. 26.

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Dexter Payne Quartet. 7:30 p.m. Caffè Sole, 637R S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-499-2985.

James Moors. 5:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Rd., Longmont, 303-485-9400.

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CU Art Museum — Points of View: Selections from Colorado Collections; The Anxiety of Influence: from CU’s ceramics collection. CU Art Museum, 1085 18th St., Boulder, 303-492-1320.

Through Dec. 17.

From Hippie to Hip — 40 Years of Artists Growing. Boulder Arts & Crafts Gallery at The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-520-4931. Through Jan. 6.

NCAR Community Art Program — Ken Schmeelk and Erin King. NCAR Mesa Labora-

Salsa Social. 6:30 p.m. Avalon Ballroom, 6185 Arapahoe Rd., Boulder, 303-440-8303.

The Women’s Yoga Lab. 5 p.m. Kelly’s Blue Barn, 1360 Sumac Ave., Boulder, www.saraavant. com.

Friday, Dec. 9 music

Chain Station. 9 p.m. Rock Inn Mountain Tavern, 1675 Highway 66, Estes Park, 970-586-4116.

Dale Cisek. 9:30 p.m. Waterloo, 809 S. Main St., Louisville, 303-993-2094.

Daniel Ondaro and Kristina Stamatis — Brazilian Jazz Duo. 7:30 p.m. Caffè Sole, 637R S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-499-2985.

Danny Shafer and the 21st Century. 9 p.m.

Gold Hill Inn, 401 Main St., Boulder, 303-443-

Street Cred at the Longmont Museum tory, 1850 Table Mesa Dr., Boulder, 303-4972408. Through Nov. 30.

25th Annual Fine Art Market Show and Sale and Arvada Center Educational Studios. Arvada Center for Arts and Humanities, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada, 720-898-7200. Through Dec. 18.

Street Cred — Graffiti Art from Concrete to Canvas. Longmont Museum, 400 Quail Rd., Longmont, 303-651-8374. Through Jan. 22.

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Dustin Edge, Navidad Flamenca. 8:30 p.m.

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Flexigrass. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685.

Hazel Miller. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 N. Park Dr., Lafayette, 303-665-2757.

Hindsight. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Rd., Longmont, 303-485-9400.

In Loving Memory — A John Lennon Tribute Night open stage. 7:30 p.m. Rock N Soul Cafe, 5290 Arapahoe Ave., Ste. I, Boulder, 303-443-5108.

Jababa. 10 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922.

Jack Hadley. 8 p.m. The Rib House, 1801 13th St., Boulder, 303-442-7427.

The Longest Day of the Year CD Release — With Trout Steak Revival. 9 p.m. Shug’s Low Country Cuisine, 2017 13th St., Boulder, 720-3989036.

The Mickey Hart Band. 9 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-3399.

Mojomama. 8 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel, 800 28th St., Boulder, www.boulderindependentbusiness.org.

A New Orleans Christmas. 7:30 p.m. Macky Auditorium, CU campus, 303-492-8008.

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7:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-2074.

Innisfree’s One Year Birthday. 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore, 1203 13th St., Ste. A, Boulder, 303-579-1644.

Poetry Reading — With Bonnie Singman. 7 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore, 1203 13th St., Ste. A, Boulder, 303-5791644.

Monday, December 12

Firefly Handmade Holiday Market at BMoCA. 6-10 p.m. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-2122.

Flamenco Show. 9:30 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder. 303-440-4628.

Selassee. 7 p.m. St. Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696.

Ghosts of Christmas Past. 7 p.m. Historic Callahan House, 312 Terry St., Longmont, 303776-3611.

Sherrie Scott. 7 p.m. Cuvée, 946 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-0475.

Longmont Lights Holiday Festivities. 5 – 8 p.m.Various locations, Longmont, 303-776-6050.

Sound Circle Solstice Concert. 7 p.m. Columbine Unity Church, 8900 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 1-800-838-3006.

Royal Madrigal Feast. 6:30 p.m. Silver Creek High School, 4901 Nelson Rd., Longmont, scopanews.org.

Strangebyrds. 5 p.m. The Pearl Street Pub, 1108 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-939-9900.

The Nutcracker — Presented by Ballet Nouveau Colorado. 7:30 p.m. Performing Arts Complex at PCS, 1001 W. 84th Ave., Denver, 303-450-3985.

Yardog Keeter, Botas Rodeo,The Atomic Americans, Circle Number Dot. 9 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-4636683.

Mile High Business Alliance Party — With The Big Little and Danielle Ate the Sandwich. 7 p.m. Swallow Hill, 71 E.Yale Ave., Denver, 303-7771003.

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Saturday, Dec. 10 music

Amahl and the Night Visitors — One-act American opera. 2 p.m. First United Methodist Church, 1421 Spruce St., Boulder, 303-442-3770.

Big Band Christmas Ball. 7 p.m. Boulder Elks Lodge, 2975 28th St., Boulder, www.1940sball.org.

Bluezhouse. 8 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel and Suites, 800 28th St., Boulder, 303-443-3322.

Bonnie and the Clydes. 10 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922.

The Buck Fifty 9:30 p.m. Waterloo, 809 S. Main St., Louisville, 303-993-2094.

Clockwork Crew. 9 p.m. Shug’s Low Country Cuisine, 2017 13th St., Boulder, 720-398-9036.

December Vistas — Christmas with Ars Nova.

7:30 p.m. St. John’s Episcopal Church, 1419 Pine St., Boulder, 303-499-3165.

Felonius Smith Trio. 5 p.m. Left Hand Brewery Tasting Room, 1265 Boston Ave., Longmont, 303772-0258.

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7:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-2074.

theater The 1940s Radio Hour. Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada, 720-8987200. Through Dec. 23.

Hansel & Gretel. Arts Coalition of Erie, 600 Briggs St., Erie, 303-839-2349.

Through Dec. 16.

It’s a Wonderful Life. Presented by Colorado Shakespeare Festival. 7 p.m.

University Theatre, CU campus, 303492-0554. Through Dec. 24.

The Man Who Rented Christmas.

The Festival Playhouse, 5665 Olde Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada, 303-422-4090.

Through Dec. 11.

Harmonius Junk. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Rd., Longmont, 303-485-9400.

James Frye, Saint Anyway. 9 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder. 303-440-4628.

The Merchant of Venice. Upstart Crow Theatre, The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2390 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-442-1415. Through Dec. 3.

Phantom. Boulder’s Dinner Theatre, 5501 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-4496000 x4. Through Feb. 18.

The Ride With Santa. Longmont Theatre Company, 513 Main St., Longmont, 303-772-5200.

A Rocky Mountain Holiday. Miners Alley Playhouse, 1224 Washington Ave., Golden, 303-935-3044. Through Dec. 22.

Lisa Bell Holiday House Concert. 7 p.m.

Private home. Brownpapertickets.com for details.

The SantaLand Diaries. 7:30 p.m.

Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-6651841. Through Dec. 24.

Rhythm All Stars. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685.

Mark’s Midnight Carnival Show. 7 p.m. St. Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696.

Michael Fitzpatrick — Dalai Lama cellist, fundraiser for Tuning the Planet film. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Quest Center, 1501 Lee Hill Rd., #18, Boulder, 303-440-3647.

Notes & Oats. 10 a.m. Rock N Soul Cafe, 5290 Arapahoe Ave., Ste. I, Boulder, 303-443-5108.

Reel Big Fish & Streetlight Manifesto. 9 p.m.

Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-4433399.

Sound Circle Solstice Concert. 7 p.m. Columbine Unity Church, 8900 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 1-800-838-3006.

Trace Bundy’s 3rd Annual Acoustic Holiday

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

Tyler Farr Jazz Duo. 7 p.m. Cuvée, 946 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-0475.

Tyler Grant. 4:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Tasty Weasel Tap Room, 1800 Pike Rd., Unit B, Longmont, 303776-1914.

Zeut,Velcro Records Showcase. 8 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-4636683.

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Evan Cantor. 5 p.m. Gold Hill Inn, 401 Main St., Boulder, 303-443-6461

Artist demonstration. 1 p.m., Dec. 8, Boulder Arts and Crafts Gallery, 1421 Pearl St., Boulder

Gadzueks! 6 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Rd., Longmont, 303-485-9400.

George Nelson. 7 p.m. Cuvée, 946 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-0475.

events African Dance. 4 p.m. Community Dance Collective, 2020 21st St., 303-586-1763.

Beginning Hoopdance. 10 a.m. Kakes Studio, 2115 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-918-6617.

Business Bash — 2nd Annual Holiday Office Party. 7 p.m. Century Casino, 102 Main St., Central City, 866-464-2626.

Denver Art Tour. 10 a.m. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., Boulder, 303443-2122.

Gingerbread Teas. 12 p.m. St. Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696.

Historic Home Tour & Annual Open House.

10 a.m. Lafayette Miners Museum, 108 E. Simpson, Lafayette, 303-579-1865.

Holiday Bazaar Teas — Local artisan and crafter showcase. 12 – 1:30 p.m. Hotel Boulderado, 2115 13th St., Boulder, 303-442-4344.

Holiday Open House. 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Colorado Horse Rescue, 10386 N 65th St., Longmont, 720-494-1414.

Longmont Lights Holiday Parade. 5 – 8 p.m.

Main St., Longmont, 303-776-6050.

Lyudmila Agrich — Artist demonstration. 2 – 4 p.m. Smithklein Gallery, 1116 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-444-7200.

The Nutcracker — Presented by Ballet Nouveau Colorado. 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. Performing Arts Complex at PCS, 1001 W. 84th Ave., Denver, 303450-3985.

Playback Theatre. 7:30 p.m. Rock N Soul Cafe, 5290 Arapahoe Ave., Ste. I, Boulder, 303-443-5108.

Royal Madrigal Feast. 2 p.m. & 6:30 p.m. Silver Creek High School, Longmont, scopanews.org.

Santa & Carolers. 11 a.m. Festival Plaza, 311 S. Public Rd., Lafayette.

Stories on Stage — Making Merry. 2 p.m. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826.

Valmont Bird Walk — Bird walk at Xcel’s Valmont Steam Electric Generating Station with Bill Kaempfer and Elena Klaver. 8:30 – 10:30 a.m.

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Sunday, Dec. 11 music

Blues Jam — With Heavy Cats. 7:30 p.m.

Boulder Outlook Hotel and Suites, 800 28th St., 303-443-3322.

Bluegrass Pick. 12 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685.

The Christmas Revels — 11th Anniversary Production, with Rocky Mountain Revels. 1 p.m. & 6 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030.

Christy Wessler’s Christmas Sing-a-Long.

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Mary Russell & Larry Worster. 7:30 p.m. Gold Hill Inn, 401 Main St., Boulder, 303-443-6461.

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John Adams — A Tribute to John Denver. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 N. Park Dr., Lafayette, 303-6652757.

Sound Circle Solstice Concert. 2 p.m. Columbine Unity Church, 8900 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 1-800-838-3006.

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Boulder Ballet Studio, The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-447-9772.

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Physically Handicapped Actors & Musical Artists League, Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, auditions@phamaly.org.

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Gingerbread Teas. 12 p.m. St. Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696.

Outdoor Boot Camp. 10 a.m. Take It Out Fitness and Play Boulder Foundation, Boulder City Park, 13th and Arapahoe, Boulder, 573-424-7168.

The Nutcracker — Presented by Ballet Nouveau Colorado. 2 p.m. Performing Arts Complex at PCS, 1001 W. 84th Ave., Denver, 303-450-3985.

Nutcracker Tea — A benefit for the Boulder Ballet. Hotel Boulderado, 2115 13th St., Boulder, 303-442-4344.

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Colorado Spirit Chorus — Weekly rehearsals and auditions. 6:30 p.m. Boulder Valley Christian Church, 7100 South Boulder Rd. For more information, contact Nicci at 303-460-8651 or Joy at 303-641-4122.

Electric Blues Jam. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Rd., Longmont, 303-485-9400.

George Nelson Quartet. 5 p.m. The Pearl Street Pub, 1108 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-939-9900.

Jay Ryan’s Big Top Open Stage. 7 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-4636683.

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“So,You’re a Poet” — Open poetry reading.

8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder.

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Bilbao. 6:30 p.m. St. Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696.

Brian McGuirk. 6 p.m. Rock N Soul Cafe, 5290 Arapahoe Ave., Ste. I, Boulder, 303-443-5108.

Bluegrass Pick. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685.

David Booker Band. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 N. Park Dr., Lafayette, 303-665-2757.

Blues Jam — With Dan Treanor. 7:30 p.m.

Boulder Outlook Hotel and Suites, 800 28th St., 303-443-3322.

Damn the Well. 5 p.m. The Pearl Street Pub, 1108 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-939-9900.

Forrest Kelly and the Bob Schlesinger Trio.

7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 N. Park Dr., Lafayette, 303665-2757.

Gasoline Lollipops. 9:30 p.m. Waterloo, 809 S. Main St., Louisville, 303-993-2094.

Jay Ryan’s Acoustic Showcase. 7 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683.

Open Mic Night. 10 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922.

events Boulder Improv Jam Association — Public dance jam every Tuesday. 7:30-10:30 p.m.The Avalon Ballroom, 6185 Arapahoe Rd., Boulder, 720-934-2028.

Douglass Shaw and Friends. 7 p.m. Cuvée, 946 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-0475.

Face Holiday Show. 6:30 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030.

Lyons High School Jazz Band. 7 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-8236685.

Open Bluegrass Pick. 8:30 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922.

Quantum Jazz. 6:30 p.m. St. Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696.

Talia Segal, Delilah’s Revenge. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder. 303-4404628.

Voices of the Knight — Fairview High School holiday concert. 7 p.m. Fairview High School Auditorium, 1515 Greenbriar Blvd., Boulder, www. fairviewhs.org/sites/choir.

Conversations with Extraordinary People — John Echohawk. 5:30 p.m. Chautauqua Community House, 900 Baseline Rd., Boulder, 303442-3282.

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Flamenco Dance Technique. 5:50-7 p.m.

Kakes Studios, 2115 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-7867050, www.flamenco-boulder.com.

Compulsive Eaters Anonymous-HOW. 6 p.m. Community United Church of Christ, 2650 Table Mesa Dr., Boulder, 970-556-4740.

Folk Dancing. 7-10 p.m. Boulder Civic Plaza, Boulder, 303-499-6363.

Just Sit. 7 to 9 p.m. Boulder Shambhala Meditation Center, 1345 Spruce St., Boulder, 303-444-0190.

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Wednesday Waltz Etcetera. 7 p.m. Avalon Ballroom, 6185 Arapahoe Rd., Boulder, 303-4495962.

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Thursday, December 8 Children’s Storytime. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303441-3100.

Story Time. 11 a.m. WOW! Children’s Museum, 110 N. Harrison Ave., Lafayette, 303-604-2424.

Friday, December 9 Children’s Storytime. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303441-3100.

Our Best Stories — With Imagination Makers Theater Company. 7 p.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.

Saturday, December 10 Children’s Storytime. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303441-3100.

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Sunday, December 11 Go Club. 2 p.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.

Monday, December 12 Children’s Storytime. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303441-3100.

Kid’s Hula Dance. 5 p.m. Community Dance Collective, 2020B 21st. St., Boulder, 303-447-2566.

Reading Buddies. 4:30 p.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.

Tuesday, December 13 Children’s Storytime. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303441-3100.

Drop-in Storytime. 10:15 a.m. Erie Community Library, 400 Powers St., Erie, 720-685-5200.

Kindermusik. 10 a.m. WOW! Children’s Museum, 110 N. Harrison Ave., Lafayette, 303-6042424.

Wednesday, December 14 Children’s Storytime. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303441-3100.

Watercolor Wednesday. 10 a.m. WOW! Children’s Museum, 110 N. Harrison Ave., Lafayette, 303-604-2424.

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ne year ago, AJ (Andrew) Carrillo was there waiting for Innisfree Poetry to open its doors. He had watched the storefronts at 13th and Pennsylvania avenues rotate over the years while he studied humanities at the University of Colorado. When newspaper went over the windows and a sign said “coming soon” for a poetry store, he was ready for it, and when Innisfree Poetry opened on Dec. 10, 2010, he was the first customer.

He and other local poets say they’ve enjoyed watching the all-poetry bookstore flourish over the past year, filling its shelves with equal parts staff choices and commuEyelashes to nity recommendations, increasing the number of employees from two to seven, adding Accent Your Eyes open mic nights, and opening an expansion in April.

“It’s nice that there’s been a community that’s been able to develop there around Burlesque Look to poetry,” Carrillo says. “It’s just kind of grown and we’ve all kind of grown with it.”

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“It’s daunting, but it was Brian Buckey and Kate Hunter with daughters exciting to do a double underdog Norah and Clare thing,” Buckley says. “It’s a good reason to wake up with new ideas every morning.”

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The open mics have been drawing larger crowds over the last few months, a fact that both Carrillo and Suben connect, loosely, to the Occupy movement.

“When you have things like Occupy Wall Street going on and you have a lot of people who don’t necessarily have a cohesive message, you want people who are going to paint that experience and communicate in a potent way,” Carrillo says. “I think that’s one of the major aspects of value of poetry in society — we help people solidify their own ideas.”

For Innisfree’s one-year birthday party celebration on Dec. 10, the microphone will be turned on at 7 a.m. The day will include a children’s poetry hour, music by On the Fence and open readings of “Poems that Matter,” before switching to a fundraiser for the Normalizing Homebirth Project.

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n 1956, not long after she married Death of a Salesman playwright Arthur Miller, Marilyn Monroe made a movie with director and star Laurence Olivier at England’s Pinewood Studios. The film, The Prince and the Showgirl, came from Terence Rattigan’s drawing-room comedy The Sleeping Prince, which Olivier had performed on the London stage opposite his wife, Vivien Leigh.

Fresh out of Oxford, an aspiring young filmmaker named Colin Clark was hired by Olivier to serve as an assistant on the film adaptation. With Miller temporarily back in the States, Clark became Monroe’s guide, confidant, sounding board and almost-lover.

Later Clark wrote two books about the contentious, prolonged shoot: The Prince, the Showgirl and Me and, focusing on his special week in close proximity to the alluring icon, My Week With Marilyn.

Now comes the film version of this genteel backstage gossip item. It’s not much. But Michelle Williams and Kenneth Branagh are pretty wonderful in it — the problem, of course, being that actors can’t do anything about the way they’re being filmed, or the script they’re handed.

Amid pedestrian staging and direction, Williams valiantly presents a woman who is equal parts calculation and guilelessness, and whose crippling insecurities and chronic lateness drove Olivier to distraction.

Was Monroe a great actress? More accurate to say

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Cross-cultural animation

ive years ago, the Bristol, England-based Aardman animation folks — who created the stop-motion legends Wallace and Gromit and Shaun the Sheep and therefore are eligible for sainthood — made the digitally animated British/American co-production Flushed Away. Jam-packed with peril, if not with charm, the film had both eyes on a crossover American audience that never materialized.

Now comes happier news: a much better film.

The company’s second digitally animated feature, billed as “an Aardman production for Sony Pictures Animation,” carries the name Arthur Christmas. It’s good. Frantic, yes, sometimes aggressively so. There’s some padding in the airborne sequences built to exploit the 3-D format.

But a tender and upbeat spirit informs the writing and the execution.

You just wouldn’t know it from the maniacal first 10 minutes. Directed and co-written, with Peter Baynham, by Sarah Smith, Arthur Christmas rips the lid off the secret of how Santa manages to deliver presents to every child in the world in one night. The latest in a long ancestral line of Santas, voiced by Jim Broadbent, nears retirement and is due to hand the job over to one of his sons. Sporting a fir-tree-shaped goatee, firstborn Steve (Hugh Laurie) runs the annual assault like a military operation, overseeing the mighty “S-1,” a 2-mileBoulder Weekly

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long spaceship (vaguely sleigh-shaped) from which a million present-delivering elves descend and deliver.

Typical of the throwaway details, we hear a computer voice announce in passing: “Converting milk and cookies into biofuel.”

The film’s heart belongs to the younger son, Arthur, voiced sweetly by James McAvoy. This fellow, eager to impress his distracted father, cherishes the Christmas holiday and corresponds warmly with “Dear Santa” letter writers around the globe. Crisis: This year a little girl in

she was a fearsomely popular star with flashes of greatness in her, though part of the frustration with My Week With Marilyn lies in the quality of the original film. First-time feature film director Simon Curtis has made a minor picture about a minor picture, major talents notwithstanding.

Branagh slyly keeps his Olivier just this side of parody, even with such details as Olivier’s pigeontoed walk, his sibilant “s” and his lazily purring speaking voice. Adapted by screenwriter Adrian Hodges, the story hinges on what we see through the innocent eyes of Clark, played — dully — by Eddie Redmayne. Such stalwarts as Judi Dench, Julia Ormond, Toby Jones and Dominic Cooper spice things up as characters of various degrees of familiarity. “All I can say is: Give me vulgarity!” Monroe’s Showgirl character, Elsie, says in the 1911-set movie, taking in the garish finery of her newfound surroundings. My Week With Marilyn could’ve used some of that vulgarity to go with the celebrity fawning.

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Cornwall astonishingly has been overlooked. It’s up to Arthur, his 136-year-old “Grandsanta” (Bill Nighy, funnier than his material), and their longmothballed traditional sleigh and reindeer to place a pink bicycle under the girl’s tree in time for Christmas.

In its espionage and secret-mission trappings, Arthur Christmas occasionally recalls Cars 2, which for me is not a warm memory. But only occasionally. There’s a wonderful supporting character along for Arthur’s magic dust-fueled ride: a “wrapping operative,” with an eyebrow piercing, named Bryony (Ashley Jensen). This elf lives to gift-wrap, and the way she takes care of present-packaging and taping duties under extreme duress and time constraints becomes a lesson in sustaining a onejoke character. Even when its storyline focuses on sibling rivalry or competing methods of yuletide maintenance, Arthur Christmas has the class not to devolve into constant bickering. Who knows? Perhaps the target audience will pick up a subliminal lesson or two in civility and kindness while trying to keep up with the onslaught of visual and verbal details.

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Raised and trained in the rigorous Tibetan monastic tradition, Trungpa came to the West and shattered preconceived notions about how an enlightened teacher should behave. He openly smoked, drank and had intimate relations with students — yet his teachings are recognized as authentic, vast and influential. At Boedecker Theater. — Boedecker Theater

Melancholia In this beautiful movie about the end of the world, Justine (Kirsten Dunst) and Michael (Alexander Skarsgård) celebrate their marriage at the home of her sister Claire (Charlotte Gainsbourg) and brother-in-law John (Kiefer Sutherland). Despite Claire’s best efforts, the wedding is a fiasco, with family tensions mounting and relationships fraying. Meanwhile, a planet called Melancholia is heading directly towards Earth. At Mayan. — Landmark Theatres

The Descendants From Alexander Payne, creator of Sideways, comes a sometimes humorous, sometimes tragic journey for Matt King (George Clooney), a distracted husband and back-up parent to two girls who is forced to reexamine his past and embrace his future when his wife suffers a life-threatening boating accident off of Waikiki. At Century and Esquire. — Landmark Theatres

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Drive Breakout Danish director Nicolas Winding Refn (Bronson, the Pusher trilogy) throttles into the fast lane with the precision-crafted action caper Drive. At Denver FilmCenter/ Colfax. — Denver Film Society Elite Squad: The Enemy Within The sprawling slum that towers over Rio de Janeiro is one of the most dangerous places on Earth, and the head of Rio’s BOPE (Special Police Operations Battalion), Captain Nascimento (Wagner Moura), has seen his share of intense situations. When a mission to stop a jail riot ends in violence, Nascimento finds his job on the line — and BOPE is accused of a massacre. At Denver FilmCenter/Colfax. — Denver Film Society Happy Feet Two In this sequel to the 2006 animated film, a dancing penguin must help his young son find his rhythm while also setting things right in Antarctica. Rated PG. At Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks. — Los Angeles Times/MCT Hugo To write off this dreamy, overwhelmingly beautiful movie as mere kids’ stuff would be an injustice. This adaptation of Brian Selznick’s children’s book The Invention of Hugo Cabret (screenplay by John Logan) is as much of a personal Scorsese picture as Raging Bull or Taxi Driver. Rated PG. At Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks. — Rene Rodriguez/MCT 38 December 8, 2011

A young woman rapidly unravels amidst her attempt to reclaim a normal life after fleeing from a cult and its charismatic leader. At Chez Artiste. — Landmark Theatres

The Ides of March In the hectic days before an Ohio presidential primary, an up-and-coming campaign press secretary becomes embroiled in a political scandal that threatens his candidate’s shot at the presidency. Rated R. At Century. — Los Angeles Times/MCT

hands here. Rated R. At Century and Colony Square. — Michael Phillips/TMS Jack and Jill A successful advertising executive with a beautiful wife and kids dreads the annual Thanksgiving visit of his passive-aggressive twin sister. Rated PG. At Colony Square and Twin Peaks. — Los Angeles Times/MCT

Immortals When a power-hungry king rampages across ancient Greece in search of a legendary weapon, a brave young stonemason assembles a band to stop him. Rated R. At Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks. — Los Angeles Times/MCT J. Edgar Director Clint Eastwood’s film, featuring a valiant performance from Leonardo DiCaprio (J. Edgar), is a subtle and muted portrayal of one of American history’s most mysterious figures. Molded by his smothering mother (Judi Dench), Hoover ran the FBI from 1935 until his death in 1972.

Between Eastwood’s objective stance and DiCaprio’s bold acting, you’re in capable

Le Havre A young African refugee is thrown into the path of a well-read Bohemian working as a shoe-shiner, who, with innate optimism and the unwavering solidarity of his community, stands up to the officials pursuing the boy for deportation. Received the FIPRESCI Critics’ prize at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival. At Boedecker Theater and Chez Artiste. — Boedecker Theater Like Crazy A love story is both a physical and emotional tale, one that can be deeply personal and heartbreaking for an audience to experience. At Century and Mayan. — Landmark Theatres

A romantic comedy from writer/director Woody Allen tells the story of a family that travels to the French capital on business.

Rated PG-13. At Century and Mayan. — Landmark Theatres Mozart’s Sister A re-imagined account of the early life of Maria Anna “Nannerl” Mozart, five years older than Wolfgang and a musical prodigy in her own right, this story documents how she had to give way to Wolfgang as the main attraction, as their strict but loving father Leopold tours his talented offspring in front of the royal courts of pre-French Revolution Europe. At Boedecker Theater. — Boedecker Theater The Muppets The oddest, sweetest movie you’re likely to see this season is The Muppets, a quirky little musical fantasy about plush frogs, diva pigs, friendship and dreams. Those who fondly remember The Muppet Show will get a kick out of seeing old friends again; those who don’t just might realize what they missed.

Rated PG. At Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks. — Moira Macdonald/MCT My Week With Marilyn

See full review Page 37. Rated R. At Century.

New Year’s Eve The lives of people searching for love, hope, forgiveness and second chances intertwine in New York City. Rated PG-13. At Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks. — Los Angeles Times/MCT NYICFF Kid Flix Mix A kaleidoscopic showcase of the best short film and animation from around the world, for ages 3 to 6. At Boedecker Theater. — Boulder Weekly

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As the fictional romance of the stars of Once blurred with reality, they fell in love, recorded an album, and embarked on a world tour. Fueled by two years of exhilaration, performance and turmoil, The Swell Season is a volatile and intimate portrait of a romance that fractures from life on the road and personal tragedy. At Denver FilmCenter/Colfax. — Denver Film Society

A selection of the most entertaining, thought-provoking and visually stunning short films for ages 7 to 14. Program includes films from around the world. At Boedecker Theater. — Boedecker Theater Opera: Don Giovanni Mozart’s ultimate bad boy meets his match in Anna Netrebko. At Boedecker Theater. — Boedecker Theater Opera: Falstaff Falstaff, the bumbling, portly knight who has a habit of stealing the show in various Shakespeare plays, takes center stage in Verdi’s final opera. At Boedecker Theater. — Boedecker Theater The Other F Word This film follows Jim Lindberg’s moving, humorous journey from belting out the Pennywise anthem “F**k Authority” to embracing his ultimate authoritarian role in mid-life fatherhood. At Chez Artiste. — Landmark Theatres Puss in Boots

This is no mere Shrek sequel. There is sex appeal in every syllable, swagger in every line. And even kids get the joke of a voice that sensual and grand coming out of a kitty so small. Rated PG. At Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks. — Roger Moore/TMS The Sitter An unlikely babysitter takes three out-ofcontrol kids on a wild adventure through the streets of New York City. Rated PG-13.

At Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks.

— Los Angeles Times/MCT The Skin I Live In Since his wife was burned in a car crash, Dr. Robert Ledgard (Antonio Banderas), an eminent plastic surgeon, has been obsessed with creating a new skin with which he could have saved her. At Denver Film Center/Colfax. — Landmark Theatres

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io Grande Mexican Restaurant is best known for its margaritas, while its food always seems to fall short of memorable.

Changing a long-standing reputation is difficult, says Jason Barrett, Rio Grande’s CEO. However, the company is determined to change the public’s view of its food, and has taken many steps to try to improve its overall customer satisfaction.

“Ever since I’ve known the company, it’s been a frustration and curiosity as to why the Rio’s food reputation is the way it is,” Barrett says.

The Rio Grande opened its first restaurant in Fort Collins in 1986, serving a “Tex-Mex” style of food resonating from its three Texan founders. The restaurant has since expanded into six locations across Colorado, with Boulder’s Rio opening in 1989.

“The company was widely successful in its first five to 10 years largely because of its luster of the margarita,” Barrett says. “From that came this reputation of ‘great margs, bad food or average food.’”

In August, Barrett gathered all of the general managers and kitchen managers from each location. He gave a presentation to them on his research of all the online peer-reviewed websites about the Rio Grande from the previous three years. Customers were consistently not impressed with the food, he found.

“When I got done with the presentation, I asked, ‘Are you OK with this?

Is this what we are?’” he says.

The foundation at the Rio Grande is strong, Barrett says, but the restau-

Rio Grande plans to improve its food and reputation

by Christie Sounart rants seem to have trouble with execution. As a result, the Rio Grande has implemented many changes at each location. A new menu rolled out in May, and there have been changes in personnel, ingredients, training, kitchen materials and overall food presentation.

“We want to make our offerings and the look more contemporary,” he says.

He also notes that the things that are working for the restaurant will not change. The margaritas will stay the same, and the best-selling dishes will

remain the same except for some of the sourcing of the ingredients. For instance, the steak burrito, the Rio Grande’s number one seller, did not change, but the steak was upgraded to locally sourced meat.

“We’re trying to find local providers for each restaurant,” he says.

People are more food-aware in today’s society, Barrett says, which makes the restaurant industry more challenging.

“We want to keep each of our Rios unique and special to each of their

communities,” he says. “Yet we need to standardize our processes to provide a consistent experience. It’s an interesting dilemma.”

The Rio Grande is launching a campaign in January to test its efforts to provide better and higher quality food to customers. The company plans to use social media, secret shoppers, peer-reviewed websites and email to gauge whether their customers are satisfied. “[The campaign] offers an opportunity for a new and better relationship with our customers,” Barrett says.

There were no overall complaints about the food from customer Geoff Penley the first time he dined at the restaurant. Nevertheless, he has since returned to the Rio Grande solely for its margaritas.

“I would say for a Mexican chain, it’s good food,” he says. “I personally know them for their margaritas because they are tasty and potent.”

The food is less than impressive for Analiese Hock, however. In the few times she has dined at the restaurant, she found that the food displayed no special or creative aspects.

“It is really just your average, generic Mexican food,” she says. “If you go to a lot of other restaurants with the same price point, you’ll get something more than an enchilada or a taco.”

At Boulder’s location of the Rio Grande, the food has never been a blatant problem, says Rob Trenz, the general manager. Trenz — who has worked for the company for 24 years — says that management doesn’t often get see RIO Page 43

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or some odd reason, when I Sicilian orange salad, a visually appealing and first heard of Boulder’s new fresh-tasting mélange of basil, greens, citrus and eatery, Tossa Pizza, my mind goat cheese. swiftly visualized Luigi However, the side of Tuscan vinaigrette Risotto reciting this restaudidn’t live up to the quality of the rest of the rant’s name in a comical Italian accent. dish, as it possessed an overpoweringly sharp Risotto is, of course, the blatantly stetaste. A simple, subtler blend of olive oil and reotypical chef character from The fruit-infused vinegar might have been a better Simpsons. Comparatively speaking, he alternative. However, the relatively mild goat makes the Mario brothers seem like the cheese possessed an appealing understated qualprotagonists of a Henry James novel. ity, as did the gentle scent of basil leaves.

Fortunately, few negative stereotypes Pastas are available in both lunch and larger apply to Tossa, which is staking out the dinner portions all day, and we opted for the middle ground between fast casual (the smaller servings. folks here helped launch Smashburger) Cynthia enjoyed the unfussy, comforting and higher-priced artisan pizzerias. heft of her top-notch $5 macaroni and cheese, Located at Folsom and Arapahoe in which actually blended five cheeses, and found Boulder, Tossa functions as a typical her portion more than enough for two meals. fast casual order-at-the-counter joint My $6 corkscrew pasta augmented by tender during lunch. Come late afternoon, it chicken, lemon slices and mushroom was a sigswitches to table service throughout nificantly lighter alternative featuring perfectly dinner and until closing. Décor here is al dente noodles in a delicate, citrus-perfumed he meal at Tossa concluded with a $3 helping of bright and modern, with blown up vinbroth. Alone, this dish would also make for an spumoni gelato, which was one of the better vertage photos juxtaposed against a cheery adequate meal. sions of this multi-flavored ice cream that I’ve had in paint scheme and window adornments Our last savory course was a large $18 Colorado. Neapolitan ice cream, consisting of the that obscure the outside traffic. The mushroom and arugula pizza, sprinkled with standard combo of vanilla, chocolate and strawberry menu spotlights affordable salads, truffle oil and what appeared to be parmigiano flavors, is likely an American invention that’s a watered down relative of the more authentically Italian spumopasta, panini and pizza, as well as sugshavings. Large pies here can easily feed four, ni. Spumoni differs in that it swaps out the strawberry for gested wine pairings that clock in at $5 and it seemed there was nearly an entire bale of pistachio or cherry ice cream and adds in nuts and a glass. rocket greens on this pizza. Yet the peppy arucandied fruit. True Italian spumoni isn’t scooped either, Friend Cynthia and I came for gula and aromatic truffle oil were deftly baland is instead molded and then sliced like an ice Sunday dinner, and we started off with anced by the grounded tones of quality cheese, cream layer cake. a $6 mushroom fondue consisting of mushroom and a hand-shaped rustic crust. As such slimming ingredients as melted much as I enjoy carnivore-friendly pizza, this is cheese and Alfredo sauce. Served pipa meatless pie I’d return for. ing hot with fingers of foccacia bread, I had unknowingly been targeted by Peter Parker.

This particular dish, like the pastas, shows the luxurious richness of the cheese, cream and I’m not saying this was necessarily a bad thing. It off Tossa’s non-stereotypical strengths, namely ingrehearty mushroom made for a decadent yet messy was important to eat this fondue while it was hot, as dient quality and care of preparation that are a pleastreat. Multiple strings of hot dairy extended from cooling temperatures did few favors for the texture. ant surprise when you consider the price.

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he season to indulge, smile, shake hands and kiss babies is upon us.

And, of course, ’tis the season to enjoy a libation or two (or four) each and every night. At least that’s how I enjoy the season. Yes, I’m sentimental that way. Champagne, hot buttered rum, spiked — I mean spiced — apple cider, sniff sniff, I’m tearing up as we speak. Brings back family memories of tipsy aunts and sneaking egg nog under the table — memories that really make the holiday season special.

Along those lines is the treat this week.

Spiced Eggnog Cake with Eggnog Frosting.

Now, it says spiced in the title, and it will be nice and spicy, but it also will be spiked — this isn’t volleyball lingo, people. I’m talking pry the rum out of Aunt Bessie’s hands, it is going in the cake. Yum! I guess eggnog treats aren’t that new of an idea, but I do know a lot of people who are always surprised by my use of the delectable liquid. If you love it right out of the glass, then think of how delicious it is baked up with butter, sugar, cinnamon and rum, baby, rum.

It’s just the kick your holiday needs. It flavors this cake so well, and of course the alcohol burns off, so you will have to drink a touch while you make it if you want to get a good buzz going while you bake.

This is a moist, butter-type cake. I love the color the eggnog provides. A pretty hint of yellow in the cake and frosting, with just a dusting of cinnamon or nutmeg to add that extra touch of love. This cake will look awesome at any gathering you are having or attending.

So go purchase your favorite eggnog, grab a bottle of your favorite rum, and if you don’t have a favorite, swing

by Pettyjohns Liquor — they will suggest one for you. And make this humdinger of a cake. Your holidays (and Aunt Bessie’s) just got happier.

Now, follow the directions, put some love into it, and invite me over

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Spiced Eggnog Cake with Eggnog Frosting

1/2 cup unsalted butter (softened) 1 cup brown sugar 3 eggs 1 tbsp. rum 1/2 tsp. vanilla 2 1/4 cups flour 1 1/2 tsp. baking powder 1/2 tsp. salt 1 tsp. cinnamon 1/2 tsp. cloves 1 cup eggnog

Preheat oven to 350. Grease two 9-inch round pans.

In large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.

Beat in eggs one at a time. Mix in rum and vanilla. Add flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon and cloves, and beat until batter is smooth. Stir in eggnog until well incorporated.

Pour into greased pans. Bake for 30-35 minutes, until toothpick inserted in middle comes out clean. Take out and let cool in pans for half hour.

Gently run a knife around edges to loosen. Turn cake out onto serving platter, let cool completely.

Place one round on serving platter and frost top (see frosting recipe below).

Place second cake on top of that. Frost entire cake. Dust with cinnamon. Cut into slices and serve.

Eggnog frosting 1 1/2 cups softened butter 2 tbsp. vanilla (can use rum, or rum extract) 4 cups powdered sugar 1 tsp. cinnamon 1/2 cup eggnog

In large bowl, beat butter until smooth. Add in vanilla. Gradually add in powdered sugar and beat well. Add in cinnamon. Slowly beat in eggnog, you might need less, beat until desired consistency.

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TIDBITES Food happenings around town Healthy BVSD vending machines Revolution Foods has announced that it is expanding its business with the launch of healthy vending machines in schools.

After a successful pilot program at approximately seven schools in Denver and Colorado Springs, Revolution Foods has been awarded the contract for the Boulder Valley School District Healthy Vending Program.

In addition to providing students with access to healthier vending machine options, Revolution Foods will donate a percentage of the proceeds from all sales back to the schools.

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Falafel King creates new brand A local café and natural foods company, Falafel King, Inc., has launched “Life is … SABABA ,” a brand of low-calorie dips.

SABABA is a kosher and vegan line of seven varieties of hummus, dips and salsas, each with no added oils or artificial ingredients. All are low in fat and cholesterol.

The SABABA line is sold at regional Whole Foods Markets and Alfalfa’s Market.

Boulder Granola gets organic certification Boulder Granola has been awarded organic certification from California Certified Organic Farmers, a USDA National Organic Program.

Boulder Granola is one of the only companies to offer USDA-certified organic granola, and every ingredient in its products is organic.

Amaro and Tangerine gift certificates Amaro and Tangerine restaurants are offering instant gift certificates on their websites. A gift certificate can be printed out at home when purchased on arugularistorante.com or tangerineboulder.com.

Both restaurants offer private event spaces for holiday parties. Call 720-244-1467 or email info@ arugularistorante.com to find out more or to arrange an event.

In other Amaro news, the restaurant has announced an earlier closing time. It will close at 9:30 p.m. on Wednesdays and Thursdays and will close at 10 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays.

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only on Saturday 4:30-8:45pm complaints that the food isn’t good.

Instead, the restaurant sees many regulars who come in every week, he says.

Nevertheless, the restaurant has implemented its own changes in ingredients, food sourcing and presentation.

“We’ve always been a scratch kitchen,” Trenz says. “We’ve always tried to locally outsource food. We try to maximize the likelihood that people will come back.”

In addition, the restaurant hired a new kitchen manager to oversee the cooking, and implemented significant staff training to teach them “knowledge-based service,” he says. As a result, Boulder Weekly

the servers will know more about the dishes themselves, and can better relate that to customers.

“The more people know about our food, the more people tend to appreciate it,” Trenz says. “If somebody’s interested, we want our servers to talk about it.”

The new steps to improve the food are a way to help change people’s overall perspective, Trenz explains.

“I think it’s a subtle thing,” he adds.

“We’re not trying to become overly solicitous. We’re not going to push anything too hard at anybody.”

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nooze, a self-described “a.m. eatery” that originated in Denver, now has a Pearl Street outpost. The menu includes a variety of Eggs Benedict interpretations, like the delightful Upstream, featuring a hunk of delicately honeyed smoked salmon. There are also several $7.50 pancakes, which include the usual suspects, like blueberry, as well as more unique selections like a dessert-like pineapple upside-down version. Of course, a full complement of egg dishes, ranging from omelets to huevos rancheros, are available, as are oatmeal, granola and French toast.

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iffs Urban Fare occupies the former site of Boulder’s Bookends Café. Featuring small plates, Riffs also offers larger dishes like short rib ravioli and lobster risotto appropriate for an entrée or sharing. Soups, salads and sandwiches are also on tap, including a Colorado’s Best Beef Burger and a Kentucky Hot Brown, featuring cheese sauce over turkey. Top choices here include the tangy house-made pickles and a perfectly prepared duck confit worthy of a Parisian bistro.

Tiffin’s 2416 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder 303-442-2500

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oulder’s new Tiffin’s showcases vegetarian Southern Indian street food at reasonable prices. What it lacks in ambience it makes up for with friendly service and unique, fresh flavors. Start with the dosa, a rice crepe served up with a pair of chutneys. The samosa chat features a potato and vegetable-stuffed turnover smothered with onion, cilantro and curry, and is a more than satisfying choice. The Bhel Puri, a puffed rice, noodle and vegetable “trail mix,” is a citrusy counterpoint.

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Saxy’s Cafe 2018 10th St., Boulder 303-786-8585

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owntown Boulder’s tranquil Saxy’s Café is both coffee house and light-meal venue, serving up bagels, pastries and breakfast pressed sandwiches like the Fast Start, featuring egg and smoked salmon. Additional offerings include vegetarian as well as prosciutto panini and entrée salads, featuring such ingredients as turkey, goat cheese and intriguing dressings exemplified by the maple balsamic vinaigrette. The tuna panini features albacore, capers and arugula, resembling a salad Nicoise on toasted foccacia.

(503) Cafe 103 1/2 N. Public Rd., Lafayette 720-583-2596

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y its own description, Lafayette’s (503) Cafe highlights reasonably priced international cuisine, with a variety of American, Salvadoran, Thai and Italian options. For lunch, choices include prime rib sandwiches, pad thai and jicama root topped with lemon and salt. Dinner choices include the rib eye with pan sauce over garlic mashed potatoes, and a chicken Marsala atop Parmesan risotto.

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tavern also surprises with unexpected selections such as edamame and a hot clam dip loaded with cheese. Notable entrees include the hearty beef Stroganoff and shitakeencrusted ahi sided with compelling Asianstyle noodles and carrots scented with garlic.

American starters of coconut shrimp and crab Rangoon.

LuLu’s 701 B Main St., Louisville 720-583-1789

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uLu’s is the latest local entrant in the barbecue sweepstakes, serving up Texasstyle meats smoked over oak for 18 hours.

This inviting Louisville spot even features a few meatless options, including smoked tofu and veggie kabobs. But the star attraction is the meat, and highlights include the moist beer-can chicken and the tender and flavorful slabs of ribs. Delectable side dishes at this establishment include a creamy macaroni and cheese and reliable beans.

Alfalfa’s Market 1651 Broadway St., Boulder 720-420-8400

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onsider trying the traditional Japanese breakfast available at the Alfalfa’s Market food court. The Obaa-Chan option is the Asian equivalent of a grand slam, serving up steamed rice, a salmon filet, miso soup and a variety of vegetables. Lighter appetites may go for rice in a green tea broth, enhanced by seaweed and flaked salmon. The menu also has healthy alternatives to the standard eggand-bacon breakfast.

Backcountry Pizza and Tap House 2319 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder 303-449-4285

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oulder’s Backcountry Pizza and Tap House ably builds on the foundation of its Nederland parent. The menu spotlights buildyour-own (with a gluten-free crust option) and specialty pizzas, ranging from the all-encompassing Meat Grinder to the Vegan Love. One satisfying option is The Works, a classic combo of mushrooms, sausage, ground beef, banana peppers, black olives and feta. There are also burger, sandwich, salad and entrée options.

Georgia boys BBQ 237 Collyer St., Longmont 720-999-4099

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ongmont’s Georgia boys BBQ has the feel of an old-school barbecue, right down to its location in an old house nestled among warehouses a stone’s throw from downtown.

Available meats include pulled pork, pulled chicken and brisket. Both the pork and brisket are outstanding preparations, adroitly balancing spice, smoke and meatiness, while even a typically mundane side like BBQ beans becomes noteworthy once the Georgia boys have laid their hands on it.

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lassic Chinese-American cookery is one of the stars of the show at Moongate Asian Bistro, with such venerable chestnuts as Kung Pao chicken and broccoli beef on tap.

Moongate also offers several Thai, Japanese and Vietnamese selections, including pad thai, sushi and Saigon soft-shell crab. Don’t-miss items include the udon noodles, with a hearty mushroom-infused broth, and the classic Chinese-

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Thursday, December 8 100 Years Up High. 8 p.m.

Neptune Mountaineering, 633 South Broadway, Boulder, 303-499-8866.

Plants in Arapaho Traditional Culture — With Colorado Native Plant Society. 6:30 p.m. ­REI Store, 1789 28th St., Boulder, 303-583-9970.

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Saturday, December 10 Bicycle Fit, Position and Technique. 9 a.m. Community Cycles, 2805 Wilderness Pl., Ste. 1000, Boulder, 720-565-6019.

Boulder Cycling Club Saturday Morning Ride. 9:30 a.m. Meet at Bicycle Village, 2100 28th St., Boulder, 303-875-2241.

Neptune’s Paradox “What’s Hot for the Cold” Fashion Show — Benefit for Paradox Sports. 6 p.m. Neptune Mountaineering, 633 South Broadway, Boulder, 303-499-8866.

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Monday, December 12 Snowshoe Routes — with Alan Apt, author of Snowshoe Routes, Colorado’s Front Range. 6:30 p.m. REI Store, 1789 28th St., Boulder, 303583-9970.

Standing atop

Spillway, an intermediate groomer at Loveland Ski Area, I visualized my descent on the crowded ribbon of manmade hard pack tending towards icy. Sticking to a line was critical, and this task was daunting, as I had just strapped on my first new pair of alpine skis in 14 years. These were Folsom Custom Blue Note Carves, a semi-custom, all-mountain ski hand built in Boulder and optimized for quick turning. I inhaled, and pivoted down the fall line.

My Loveland journey began last spring, when my quest for new skis led me to Folsom. Seeing friends ski down runs while exerting themselves far less than I was, I realized it was time to retire my long, heavy 188-centimeter slalom boards. I considered all-mountain skis in the $700 range as well as the newest iteration of my old skis, which now retailed for over a thousand dollars. Folsom had a spring special of an $850 semi-custom ski offering fewer options than a full custom, and this was an intriguing choice from a

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price and performance standpoint.

Like any other gear purchase, I factored in the cost of time spent doing online and magazine research, visiting ski shops and demoing skis. Folsom’s build process could help reduce this time drain, although I was concerned about buying skis without trying them out first. Rolling the dice, I made an appointment with Mike McCabe, Folsom’s head builder. McCabe’s background includes fabricating carbon fiber spindles for aerobatic aircraft and competitive freeskiing.

“Designing skis, it’s good to have a background in what works and what doesn’t work,” he says.

Fortunately, a similar knowledge base isn’t required of Folsom’s customers. McCabe began our discussion by noting my height and weight, and then asking about my skiing ability. I mostly ski Eldora and Arapahoe Basin, starting out with fast, short-radius turns on groomers, before playing in see SKIS Page 48

Tuesday, December 13 NCAR Repeats — With Boulder Cycling Club. 12 p.m. Meet at King Soopers parking lot, 3600 Table Mesa Dr., Boulder, www.bouldercyclingclub.org.

Snowshoeing Basics. 6:30 p.m.

REI Store, 1789 28th St., Boulder, 303-583-9970.

Sailing in the British Virgin Islands. 7 p.m. Changes in Latitude Travel Store, 2525 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-786-8406.

Wednesday, December 14 Avalanche Clinic — Presented by the Colorado Mountain School.

7 p.m. Neptune Mountaineering, 633 South Broadway, Boulder, 303-4998866.

Beacon Practice — Presented by the Colorado Mountain School.

6 p.m. Neptune Mountaineering, 633 South Broadway, Boulder, 303-4998866.

Snowboard Technology. 6:30 p.m. REI Store, 1789 28th St., Boulder, 303-583-9970.

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bumps, steeps and trees, and I’m a oneski quiver person. McCabe suggested the Blue Note Carve.

For short turns, he recommended a standard flex pattern over a stiffer option better suited for wide radius work. As an old schooler, I chose a half height tail over a twin-tip setup. Length was 170 centimeters (from past experience, 160s felt too squirrelly), and McCabe suggested a “mellow rise” in the tip coupled with a traditional camber. This profile would help turning and stability off hard pack without compromising groomer performance.

This conversation took a half hour, the same amount of time I would have spent in a ski shop. It was a thoroughly unintimidating experience, which is a good thing for a late ’90s Rip Van Winkle regarding ski technology.

“You don’t have to be a knowledgeable skier. We can help you figure it out,” McCabe says. “One major misconception is this is a hard process.”

Founder Jordan Grano began laying out the groundwork for Folsom in 2004, but in a few short years, this company’s reputation became such that it now builds skis for such demanding clients as Freeskier magazine editors and Aspen Highlands ski patrollers. McCabe says the skis are also appealing to performance-minded recreational skiers who want “a ski better than mass market.”

Grano was inspired by custom builders of mountain bike frames and surfboards, as these craftspeople build personalized gear for not much more than mass production competitors. For 2011, a full custom setup costs around $1,200 to $1,300. Output is around 250 pairs a year, with each ski taking eight to 10 hours to build. Quality control is easier to track in the Boulder shop than it is in an overseas plant. As McCabe points out, “Everything’s done here.”

Why go custom? Any given length of an off-the-rack ski accommodates significant variables in skier height and

weight — in other words, they are a design compromise. Both semi-custom and custom builds enable a skier to have a ski dialed in to their needs. Customers can choose from numerous shapes for applications ranging from powder to racing, and can specify length, tail shape, flex, camber and rocker, and graphics.

McCabe used to have skis give out after 20 to 30 days of competition. But Folsom skis come with a two-year warranty. McCabe says that one of his custom-built pairs lasted 300 days, while still retaining its performance characteristics. Folsom’s goal, he explains, is to “make a ski that would last much longer than mass-produced.”

More than 90 percent of Folsom materials come from the U.S., with one notable exception being the Italian top sheets that feature nearly non-toxic dyes.

A 99 percent non-toxic resin is another component of construction, and cores are made from laminates of bamboo and poplar, a sustainably harvested domestic wood. McCabe describes this wood as vital to performance and environmental sustainability.

“It’s light, responsive, predictable and high abundance,” he says.

Skiing the Folsoms, they were markedly easier to maneuver than my old skis.

Stability in giant, slalom type turns was rail-like and I easily absorbed any terrain irregularities without losing my balance.

The technology has gotten better since the late ’90s, and I was struck by the skis’ light weight and easy turn-initiation.

Earlier season groomer runs may not make for a comprehensive test, but the responsiveness and stability make me unconcerned about hitting hard bumps, steeps and trees.

My fears of buying skis without trying them out were put to rest. These are a pair of versatile skis that retain the strengths of my old boards while minimizing, if not eliminating, their weaknesses.

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What’s the most beautiful thing you’ve ever seen in your life? To answer that question is your first assignment. It’s OK if you can’t decide between the three or four most beautiful things. What’s important is to keep visions of those amazements dancing in the back of your mind for the next few days. Play with them in your imagination. Feel the feelings they rouse in you as you muse about the delights they have given you. Regard them as beacons that will attract other ravishing marvels into your sphere. Now here’s your second assignment: Be alert for and go hunting for a new “most beautiful thing.”

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Researchers at the University of Oregon claim that in certain circumstances, they can make water flow uphill (tinyurl. com/UphillFlow). I’m not qualified to evaluate their evidence, but I do know that in the coming week you will have the power to accomplish the metaphorical equivalent of what they say they did. Don’t squander this magic on trivial matters, please, Gemini. Use it to facilitate a transformation that’s important to your long-term well-being.

CANCER June 21-July 22:

“Dear Rob: Is there any way to access your horoscope archives going back to 1943? I’m writing a novel about World War II and need to see your astrological writings from back then. — Creative Cancerian.” Dear Creative: To be honest, I wasn’t writing horoscopes back in 1943, since I wasn’t anywhere near being born yet. On the other hand, I give you permission to make stuff up for your novel and say I wrote it back in 1943. Most of you Cancerians have good imaginations about the past, and you’re currently going through a phase when that talent is amplified. While you’re tinkering with my history, have fun with yours, too. This is an excellent time for members of your tribe to breathe new life and fresh spin into a whole slew of your own personal memories.

LEO

July 23-Aug. 22:

At Chow.com, food critic L. Nightshade gathered “The 78 Most Annoying Words to Read in a Restaurant Review.”

Among the worst offenders: “meltingly tender,” “yummilicious,” “crazy delicious,” “orgasmic,” “I have seen God,” “symphony of flavors,” and “party in your mouth.” I understand the reluctance of any serious wordsmith to resort to such predictable language in crafting an appraisal of restaurant fare, but I don’t mind borrowing it to hint at your immediate future. What you experience may be more like a “party in your head” than a “party in your mouth,” and “crazy delicious” may describe events and adventures rather than flavors, per se. But I think you’re in for a yummilicious time.

VIRGO

Aug. 23-Sept. 22:

In “Nan You’re a Window Shopper,” British recording artist Lily Allen sings, “The bottom feels so much better than the top.” She means it ironically; the person she’s describing in the song is neurotic and insecure. But in using that declaration as a theme for your horoscope this week — the bottom feels so much better than the top — I mean it sincerely. What you have imagined as being high, superior, or uppermost may turn out to be mediocre, illusory, or undesirable. Conversely, a state of affairs that you once considered to be low, beneath your notice, or not valuable could become rather interesting. And if you truly open your mind to the possibilities, it may even evolve into something that’s quite useful.

LIBRA

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SCORPIO Oct. 23-Nov. 21:

Mickey Mouse is a Scorpio, born Nov. 18, 1928. Bugs Bunny is a Leo, coming into the world on July 27, 1940.

In their long and storied careers, these two iconic cartoon heroes have made only one joint appearance. It was in the film Who Framed Roger Rabbit. They got equal billing and spoke the same number of words. I’m predicting that a comparable event will soon take place in your world, Scorpio: a conjunction of two stars, a blend of two strong flavors, or a coming together of iconic elements that have never before mixed. Sounds like you’re in for a splashy time.

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Harvey Ball was a commercial artist who dreamed up the iconic image of the smiley face. He whipped it out in 10 minutes one day in 1963. Unfortunately for him, he didn’t trademark or copyright his creation, and as a result made only $45 from it, even as it became an archetypal image used millions of times all over the world. Keep his story in the back of your mind during the coming weeks, Sagittarius.

I have a feeling you will be coming up with some innovative moves or original stuff, and I would be sad if you didn’t get proper credit and recognition for your work.

CAPRICORN Dec. 22-Jan. 19:

There are 501 possible solutions to your current dilemma.

At least 10 of them would bring you a modicum of peace, a bit of relief and a touch of satisfaction. Most of the rest wouldn’t feel fantastic, but would at least allow you to mostly put the angst behind you and move on with your life. But only one of those potential fixes can generate a purgative and purifying success that will extract the greatest possible learning from the situation and give you access to all of the motivational energy it has to offer. Be very choosy.

AQUARIUS Jan. 20-Feb. 18:

The quality of your consciousness is the single most influential thing about you. It’s the source of the primary impact you make on other human beings. It changes every situation you interact with, sometimes subtly and other times dramatically. So here’s my first question: How would you characterize the quality of your consciousness? The answer is complicated, of course. But there must be eight to 10 words that capture the essence of the vibes you beam out wherever you go. Now comes my second question: Are you satisfied with the way you contribute to life on earth with the quality of your consciousness? It’s an excellent time to contemplate these primal matters.

PISCES

Feb. 19-March 20:

Some martial artists unleash a sharp percussive shout as they strike a blow or make a dramatic move — a battle cry that helps channel their will into an explosive, concise expression of force. The Japanese term for this is kiai. A few women’s tennis players invoke a similar sound as they smack the ball with their racquet. Maria Sharapova holds the record for loudest shriek, at 105 decibels. The coming weeks would be an excellent time for you to call on your own version of kiai, Pisces. As you raise your game to the next level, it would make perfect sense for you to get your entire body involved in exerting some powerful, highly focused master strokes.

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