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news & views We can do better / 8 Inmates should be able to bond with their newborn babies by Pamela White On the cover: Sparking a tradition / 13 An exclusive interview with two ‘founders’ of the 4/20 smoke-out by Jefferson Dodge Xcel feels the burn / 15 A Q&A with Jeremy Nichols of WildEarth Guardians by Pamela White
buzz Electronic mayhem / 29 Communikey offers interactive electronic music experience by P.J. Nutting Overtones: Dr. Dog helps resurrect lo-fi rock, not that they’ll admit it / 33 Overtones: Citizen Cope now has his own label / 35 Arts & Culture: Classical music and classic musical madness / 37 Panorama: What to do and where to go / 38 Elevation: The meaning of risk / 49 Screen: Date Night; After.Life / 53 Reel 2 Reel: Pick your flick / 54 Cuisine: Women in the kitchen: nurture or necessity? / 57 Cuisine review: Jill’s / 59 Dessert Diva: Vanilla Bean Pound Cake Cupcakes / 62
departments Letters: Danish off on Tea Party; It’s about compassion / 4 The Highroad: The corporate fee game / 4 Police Blotter: Searched and rescued; Pooch vs. postman / 18 News Briefs: Auction benefits Autism Society; Boulder 3rd for bikes / 22 In Case You Missed It: Very funny; Hide the crack; Death tax / 27 Sophisticated Sex: Safe and SexE-dating / 47 Classifieds: Your community resource / 65 Free Will Astrology: by Rob Brezsny / 69
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Danish off on Tea Party (Re: “The Democrats don’t get the Tea Party,” Danish Plan, April 8.) Paul Danish’s take on the Tea Party opens with a straw man: Anyone who has counted faces in more than one Tea Party picture knows that the majority are women, though they aren’t the majority of women. The fact is they are fighting against their own best interests to the duping march beat provided by the Megacorporate Oligarchy. The pre-vetting of all laws to prove they are authorized by the Constitution is a distracting tactic: such a law would itself be unconstitutional, with the powers of judging the constitutionality of laws being imbued by the Constitution upon the judicial branch of government, not the legislative. Rejecting climate change legislation enacted under a president who is proposing to restart offshore drilling shows the complete mind-numbness of the “Tea Party” activist movement: the entire ecosystem has already begun to collapse beyond the point of no return, and only the mega-rich can realize any rational benefit for their family’s futures in allowing this unremitted downhill slide to proceed full-tilt. The budget was last balanced by Clinton, back in the days before the ultra-rich concentrated wealth into their own hands even more egregiously than before, then removed most taxes on that wealth, greatly reducing the available tax base. The result is that government is
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effectively stripped to the bone already, and basic government infrastructure is the only place left to reduce expenditure. Meanwhile, the banks and health care industry get bailouts. Don’t buy that the “reform” was anything other than a cleverly disguised way of moving yet more money from havenots to have-a-lots! The budget now would be balanced firmly on the backs of the disappearing middle class, unless the
In reference to Paul Danish’s April 8 column: First, “teabagger” is not gay
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he golden goose is flying high! That’s not some sort of nonsensical code used by spies, but an exultation by airline executives who’re thrilled by the surging success of their main line of business. Flying is, of course, what airlines are supposed to do, but that’s no longer their core profit center. Instead, they’re in the fee business! Fees R Us, they squeal as they squeeze their own customers with as many extra charges as their little sadistic minds can invent. Whether booking your flight by phone, requesting a pillow, or simply checking your bag — you’ve gotta pay more. It’s somewhere between irritating and infuriating for passengers, but these add-ons add up, and they’ve become the golden goose of revenue for the industry. “Take a look at bag fees,” says the
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wealthy allowed the portion they’ve removed from taxable assets in the last 15 years to be taxed fairly again. They don’t mind redistribution of the wealth from the hands of the many to the few, but the opposite direction rankles them to no end! Vennie Thompson/Denver
The corporate fee game happy CEO of Continental. “We expect bag fees to generate $350 million for us this year.” That’s extra cash for them, taken right out of your pocket. The industry calls it “unbundling” — taking apart the services that previously were included in the ticket and charging you extra for each part. It’s such a fun game that other industries are now playing it. Some hotel chains, for example, not only sock you for five bucks to take a beer out of the mini-bar, but they also slip a $5 “restocking fee” onto
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slang; as long as there’s a man involved, it can be used. It may or may not have originated in gay circles, but most usages of the term now are among straight people, e.g. in online gaming. Second, Tea Partiers themselves used the term first (“Teabag the Democrats before they teabag you”), due to a particular campaign involving tea bags, combined with
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your final bill. “Well,” huff these highway robbers, “unbundling is just an example of corporate efficiency applied to consumer pricing. Get used to it.” Since these same executives are always demanding that government be run like a business, I suppose they’d be happy if the public services that they enjoy were unbundled. A lawmaker’s salary, for example, is covered by us general taxpayers, but why not assess an extra fee-for-service on corporate chieftains and lobbyists who use our Congress critters to do favors for them? Let’s charge them for each favor! Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com Boulder Weekly
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a lack of knowledge of slang. Many conservatives in the Tea Party movement have also used the term “teabaggers” as a self-description. If the Tea Party folks didn’t want to be called “teabaggers,” perhaps they should have made use of the Internet before they started using the term so blithely. Seriously, I don’t watch porn or play war games, and I had heard of it. This lack of paying attention to the sequence of events if it doesn’t fit his preconceived point seems to be characteristic of Mr. Danish’s column. Come on, you guys just print it because it generates mail, don’t you? Melissa Barton/Westminster Regarding “Democrats don’t get the Tea Party,” I’m an independent, and I have to say that you have certainly given me a great deal of food for thought. I appreciate your deft and subtle approach, exposing the little-known fact that women are equally capable of being idiots. Kudos to you for your bravery! Don’t worry. Nobody could possibly construe your article as sexist. Not unless you start using women as human shields or pawns in the political shill game. Oh wait ... ! Jon Baron/Boulder Hats off to Paul again for a clear, concise and fair assessment of the tea parties — good insight and a heads up for everyone. Joel Ripmaster/via Internet
It’s about compassion (Re: “Your tax dollars at work,” ICUMI, April 8.) When humanity can simultaneously hold compassion for both the killed and the killers, soldiers will be able to hold compassion in their hearts while pulling the trigger. Lori Buss/Fort Collins
Don’t play race card There is an element in the mainstream media that is trying to take away our constitutional rights to free speech! It is still a free country, and we still have a right to protest the corrupted, strongarmed and “terrifying process” — quoted by writer and commentator Ben Stein — that this administration used to pass the health care bill. This bill will require an additional 16,000 IRS agents to 6 April 15, 2010
enforce it! Many businesses will suffer because of the additional regulations and high costs. It is forcing many of the states to sue the government because they are already pressured more than they can handle, and this will force them into insolvency. This is not about health care, but all about power and control. When the media quotes comments by people like Heidi Beirich claiming that those opposed to the government taking over our banks, auto industry, student loans and health care is because they are against an “African-American in the White House” is very offensive and trying to intimidate people! It is beneath the media to publish such statements. Lorraine Moulton/Longmont
Obama is a Marxist
“These are the times that try men’s souls.” –Thomas Paine There can now be no doubt that Obama is a totally committed Marxist working to convert the United States to a Communist Marxist nation. From his upbringing to his associations to his training to his associates to his appointments, they are all now exposed and of record, for us all to judge. All have had one common thread — deep Marxist, Communist radicalism. Even his pastor for 20 years spewed the party line, modified for black radicalism. His assurances and speeches are textbook Saul Alinsky Rules for Radicals ear candy without truth. There can also be no doubt now that the Democrat party is right in there with him. It is common knowledge that the workings of the health takeover alone will bankrupt the states and the country, and will take our citizens into penury and slavery, and make the federal government the enemy and master of every one of us. The Constitution has been disdained and discarded, for that is a must for a Marxist State that Obama, his administration and the Democratic party are building. The evidence and record is now clear as day for anyone willing to look at it. Our freedom and liberty is now forfeit if we do not rise up and do what is necessary to save them, and do it now. From this time forward each of us will be part of the solution, or part of the problem. There is no longer see LETTERS Page 7
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any middle ground. Reagan called it “the evil empire.” It is now upon us. “If ever a time should come when vain and aspiring men shall possess the highest seats in government, our country will stand in need of its experienced patriots to prevent its ruin.” –Sam Adams David Cook/Loveland
Go to hell Freedom-loving Americans will not stand down against socialist health care legislation ... our fight escalates against a corrupt, unconscionable federal government. The political apparatus in America has become an incestuous, power-hungry, greedy, corrupt, tyrannical entity that threatens the liberty, freedom and very existence of our nation as our Founding Fathers envisioned. “We the people” are being pushed to the breaking point by a Congress that violates the U.S. Constitution and cites, “we make the rules as we go along.” Americans can only be bent over backwards so far until we break, which is dangerously close. The breaking point that despicable politicians, betrayers of the U.S. Constitution, haters of our Republic, are pushing for, is our “surrender.” I say “go to hell” to the political whores who sell their souls for a few pieces of silver. ... We will not surrender! There are at least 36 states that are already in various phases of legislation rejecting the Congressional socialist health care mandates, and more than 12 state adjutant generals and numerous public movements that are preparing legal action against the United States, citing the health care legislation as unconstitutional. This fight will not end until we restore constitutional government and rid ourselves of the vermin that are destroying liberty and freedom in America. God help us reverse the destruction of our beloved America. Harry Riley/Crestview, Fla.
cies, colleges, nonprofit organizations and entitlement programs. These programs will generate annual deficits of $1 trillion to $1.5 trillion for years to come. Our government has squandered our financial resources on failed economic programs, and the American work force continues to suffer. The domestic priority should be creating millions of new jobs, and other domestic initiatives, including health care reform, should wait until the economy improves. The administration and Congress have to reduce the size of government,
cut business taxes and give U.S. companies incentives to operate in this country and disincentives to move operations and jobs overseas. Donald Moskowitz/Londonderry, N.H.
See how it feels? To “conservatives” and their puppets who are unhappy with passage of health-care reform, now you have some idea how many of the rest of us ordinary folk felt when the GOP only a few years ago blindly rubber-stamped a misrepresented (and very expensive)
war in Iraq, and also not one but two huge tax cuts favoring the very rich. Walk a light-year in our shoes. Gregory Iwan/Longmont
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Keep jobs in U.S. President Obama is promoting a new $300 billion economic stimulus program. When he took office in January 2009, he said the $787 billion stimulus program will create 3.5 million jobs by the end of 2010, and unemployment will remain below 8 percent. Unemployment is hovering around 10 percent, and the jobs promised by Obama might hit 1.5 million by the end of 2010, but during the last 13 months we lost 5 million jobs. The stimulus saved the jobs of municipal workers and provided additional unemployment benefits, but it has not provided jobs in the private sector. The money went to government agenBoulder Weekly
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t’s easy to look at Jeremiah Sosa’s their babies, and then the babies are short life and conclude that he taken away from them — an experience never had a chance. After all, he that every incarcerated mother I’ve spowas born to two parents who are ken with over more than a decade of in prison. His mother, Georgina covering women in prison has described Alaniz, 25, gave birth while serving a as traumatic. sentence for robbery, forgery and escape. These women have few choices. After holding her newborn son for a They can give their babies up to the syscouple of hours, she was forced to relin- tem, which often means losing their quish him, entrusting him to her sister, parental rights forever. They can hand Andromeda Sosa. their babies over for relatives to raise, as But her sister, it seems, wasn’t preGeorgina Alaniz did. But this often isn’t pared for the responsibility of caring for an ideal solution either, as many women an infant. In February, Andromeda in prison come from dysfunctional famicalled 911 to report that the baby, then lies. Or they can enroll in the New 10 months old, had drowned in the Horizons program. bathtub, where she’d New Horizons, left him when she’d operated by answered the phone. Learning to care Mennonites, proPolice later arrested vides loving homes Andromeda, who was for a helpless to the children of charged on April 8 women in prison. with child abuse resultbaby brings out The babies are raised ing in death and posas part of the family, session of a schedule II the best in but rather than seekcontrolled substance. ing permanent cusFor most who read inmates, motivattody, Mennonite fosabout little Jeremiah’s ter parents do all tragic and needless ing them to get they can to facilitate death, anger comes bonding between first, along with judgtheir act together. mother and child, ment. bringing the children “What do you to prison each week to visit their mothexpect when women in ers, sending photos of the babies to their prison have babies?” mothers and helping the mothers learn “The baby should have been taken parenting and job skills on their release from his mom and placed in foster care from prison. so he could be raised by fit parents.” Clearly, New Horizons is a special “Some people shouldn’t be allowed program, one that has justly earned to reproduce.” The anger and the rush to judgment praise from mothers, prison staff and the community alike. However, New are understandable, particularly in a society like ours that tends to view those Horizons doesn’t work for everyone; not every expectant inmate can enroll. in prison as failed human beings. And But other states have started explorthere’s no doubt that Jeremiah’s mother ing an option that at least at first seems is no one’s idea of the ideal mother. shocking: sending newborns back to Robbery, forgery, escape — those aren’t prison with their mothers. small crimes. Nebraska, Washington and New But writing Jeremiah off as doomed York have pioneered programs that is taking the easy way out. It’s lazy and allow babies to room with their mothers cynical. Far more challenging and in special, supervised prison wards worthwhile is searching for ways to where mentors work with mothers to make our criminal justice system better. teach them parenting skills and help And the first step is understanding how them bond with their babies. the system works in Colorado. Women who give birth while incarcerated are given a few hours to hold see BABIES IN PRISON Page 10
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Joanie Shoemaker, deputy director of corrections with the Colorado Department of Corrections (DOC), says that the addition of infants to the prison environment transforms not only the mothers, who find a powerful incentive for improving themselves in their babies’ smiles, but benefits other inmates as well. “What other states talk about is the benefits to the whole population,” Shoemaker told me in an interview earlier this year. “Because they’re women and women tend to be caregivers, there is interest in helping mold these young babies. The whole culture of the facility in some ways changes because they act different around the kids. They want to be presenting that positive image. There are a lot of benefits to it. Obviously, there are great dynamics between the baby and the mother and what that might do long-term, where you can have them in a controlled environment and do parenting and [behavior] modeling and those kinds of things.” In other words, learning to care for a
helpless baby brings out the best in inmates, motivating them to get their act together and speeding, or at least supporting, their rehabilitation. In Colorado, Denver Women’s Correctional Facility has a few apartments in the prison complex that are set aside for women to have overnight visits with older children. The program is offered as an incentive to women, enabling them to re-connect with older children if they’re in compliance with prison rules and their own goals. But there’s no program that lets women bond with their newborns in a safe, supervised environment. Shoemaker says it’s something DOC has discussed, but no action has been taken. That needs to change. We’ll never know whether Jeremiah Sosa would still be alive if such a program had been in place, but we do know that both babies and mothers would benefit greatly from rooming in. To delay creating this program is to deny mothers and children a chance at a better life — together. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com
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here are lots of theories about the origins of the April 20 marijuana smoke-out that enjoys such a strong turnout at 4:20 p.m. on the University of Colorado’s Boulder campus every year. Some have claimed that 420 was police or penal code for marijuana possession in California, while others maintain it refers to the number of chemical compounds in cannabis. It’s been rumored that 420 was the number of a bill to legalize pot, or that 4:20 p.m. was the time to get high if you wanted to peak when the Grateful Dead came on stage. Some assert that it dates back to tea time in Europe, others point to 420 references in popular song and verse. April 20 was Hitler’s birthday. But perhaps the most plausible tale of how it got started is a story that has been given credence by High Times magazine and the likes of ABC News and cable television channel G4. It is repeated across the Internet, even on mainstream sites like wikipedia.com and about.com. It is the story of the Waldos, a group of students in San Rafael, Calif., who reportedly used the term “420” in the early 1970s as a reference to the time they would meet at a statue of Louis Pasteur on the campus of San Rafael High School to smoke pot. The Waldos, who got their name because they used to hang out at a particular wall on campus, claim that the 420 term was used as a secret code in the presence of parents and teachers. Alan Kaplan of Boulder, who just launched GrowYour420.org, referred Boulder Weekly to a man who purports to be a Waldo, and seems to have the goods to prove it. The man prefers to go by Waldo Steve, to protect his identity. He says most of the Waldos have wives and children now and are hesitant to publicize their connection to the prominent marijuana event. “People have mortgages and jobs,” Steve says. While there were as many as a dozen people in the extended family of Waldos, the core members (in addition to Steve) were Waldo Dave, Waldo Jeff, Waldo Larry and Waldo Mark. They even have their own website, waldo420. com. Steve told Boulder Weekly that when he was a senior in high school, a
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The Waldos visit the Louis Pasteur statue in San Rafael, Calif., where the ‘420’ code reportedly started.
friend’s brother who was serving at the Coast Guard station at Point Reyes was worried his commanding officer was going to find out about the patch of marijuana he was growing on the peninsula, and he offered to turn its care over to the Waldos. He gave them a “treasure map” depicting the location of the pot field, Steve says, and the Waldos began meeting at 4:20 p.m. every day at the Louis Pasteur statue, where they’d pile into Steve’s ’66 Impala, spark up some weed and drive out to the peninsula to look for the cannabis cache. He says they picked 4:20 p.m. simply because some of the Waldos played football and other sports. School got out at 3:10 p.m., Steve says, athletic practices lasted an hour, and “we needed 10 minutes to get from the gym to the statue.” They never found the marijuana patch, but the group continued using the term as secret code. Their siblings and friends picked up on it and started using it, Steve says, and as they all went off to college around California, it spread to various campuses. In addition, according to Steve, Waldo Mark’s father handled real estate matters for the Grateful Dead, and Mark did some housesitting for members of the band. Waldo Dave’s brother managed Dead guitarist Phil Lesh’s side band, Too Loose to Truck. So Steve says the Waldos regularly interacted with the members of the band, their staff and their fans, many of whom began using the term “420” as code for marijuana. In fact, in one of the 1975 postmarked letters that Steve provided Boulder Weekly as proof that the Waldos were using the term “420” at that time, Waldo Dave writes about getting high with Lesh and David Crosby while working as a backstage
doorman at a concert. The letter ends, “P.S., a little 420 enclosed for your weekend.” Another letter sent to Steve by a friend visiting Israel in 1975 concludes, “P.S., no 420 here.” Steve says those who are still skeptical of the claim that the Waldos started the “420” reference could perform an analysis of the dyes and fabric of a flag that was made by a friend in the mid1970s, a flag that bears the term “420.” “Nobody is going to have any documentation of the use of 420 before that,” he says. High Times Creative Director Steve Hager, the magazine’s former editor-in-chief, is credited with being the first to attribute the 420 term to the Waldos, only after flying out to California to visit them and see the proof firsthand. “The Waldos are real, there’s no doubt about it,” Hager tells Boulder Weekly. “They’ve got letters from 1972. No one can come close to that. … There’s no question in my mind that they started it.” Hager calls the 4:20 on 4/20 smokefest “the counter-cultural equivalent to Easter or Passover.” The term took off when it got to the Dead, he says, because the band was “the chorus of the counter-culture movement.” Hager says the Waldos contacted him about a decade ago to claim credit for starting the term. But he first heard the phrase in the early 1990s, when the magazine received a flier for a 4:20 on 4/20 event at the summit of Mt. Tamalpais in California, which he says was the first — and is the biggest — of the annual gatherings. But he says the one at CU is not far behind in terms of attendance. He believes the CU event got so big because of efforts by the campus police
to quash it. Over the years, those efforts have ranged from turning sprinklers on the crowd to publicizing photos of the pot smokers. “That’s how Boulder’s got so big. They tried to repress it,” Hager says. “When you mess around with spiritual matters like this, it’s going to raise a hornet’s nest.” (CU police spokesperson Molly Bosley declined to disclose to Boulder Weekly what specific tactics will be used this year, but she says the priority will not be on making arrests but simply monitoring and providing enough security to ensure a safe event.) As for the Waldos, Hager says they unwittingly sparked a tradition. “They never tried to make it happen or capitalize on it,” he says. “We were never Dead Heads, none of us,” Waldo Steve adds. “It was never anything but a private joke, and none of us ever made a penny off it. You can’t trademark a number.” He says that in the 1980s, the Waldos began to realize the scope of what they had started when they started noticing “420” scrawled as graffiti on park benches and tables. The Waldos still live in California, and they get together at least a couple of times a year. The obvious question is whether they still smoke marijuana. “Some of the guys still do, occasionally,” Waldo Steve says. Boulder Weekly recently reached two of the Waldos, Steve and Dave, by cell phone as they were headed up to the mountains for a ski weekend. Dave jokes that he just lit up. They share stories from the good old days, like narrowly avoiding arrest after smoking pot and getting pulled over by the cops because a girlfriend looked like the kidnapped Patty Hearst, or sneaking into the “painted desert” at a Disneyland ride to get high behind some big rocks, only to have a geyser go off next to them. “We’re just a bunch of goofballs,” Dave says. Steve suggests that the five friends have a reunion at CU-Boulder’s 4/20 event next year, the 40th anniversary of the term’s birth. “They’d probably like to see the original Waldos,” he says with a laugh. Dave concludes, “We never thought it would get so huge.” Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com April 15, 2010 13
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hen it comes to protecting the environment, sometimes you need to work with what you have. No one knows this better than Jeremy Nichols, the climate and energy program director with the WildEarth Guardians. While folks in Washington, D.C., argue over global climate change and the merits and drawbacks of “cap and trade,” Nichols sifts through hundreds of pages of fine print and legalese, looking for ways to decrease pollution and combat global warming with laws that are already on the books. Nichols is spearheading the effort to retire three of Xcel’s coal-fired power plants in Colorado, having filed petitions calling on the Environmental Protection Agency to overturn the operating permits of Xcel’s Valmont, Cherokee and Hayden power plants — among the biggest producers of greenhouse gases in the state. Although permits are issued by the state’s Department of Public Health and Environment, they must be approved by the EPA because the issues they address are matters of federal law. Citizens have the right to appeal EPA rulings. Making the most of that right, Nichols has pieced together a persuasive argument that cobbles a new EPA approach to carbon dioxide together with state law, as well as Executive Order D 004-08, issued by Gov. Bill Ritter in 2008, to assert that the reduction of carbon dioxide must be considered during the permit renewal process. On the federal side is a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that greenhouse gases fall within the Clean Air Act’s definition of a pollutant and EPA Director Lisa Jackson’s memo stating that the EPA would reconsider a Bushera policy of not regulating carbon dioxide. In Colorado, Gov. Ritter’s executive order set a goal of reducing greenhouse gases statewide 20 percent below 2005 levels by 2020 and 80 percent by 2050 — proof, Nichols argues in an online blog, that the governor intended for carbon dioxide to be reduced and regulated. Further, he has pointed to a state definition of “pollution” that clearly seems to include carbon dioxide. Boulder Weekly
veto the permit. We’re trying to keep that pressure exerted against Xcel until they finally do the right thing. This isn’t frivolous. There are genuine issues here. We’re either going to get those issues dealt with through the law and regulations that we have on the books now, or Xcel can decide to deal with it. Either way, we’re going to get the change that we want. BW: Tell us about your latest petitions against Xcel’s three coal-fired plants. JN: [They are] a continuation of our effort to challenge their permit, to overturn it, to hold them accountable to addressing carbon dioxide emissions and other harmful air pollutants. This fits into the story that has helped House Bill 1365 pass — these things are filthy, they need to be cleaned up, and one way to do that is to give Xcel some incentive to convert it to natural gas. Nichols, 30, isn’t just playing a game of semantics; he means business. Just ask the folks at Cemex, the cement company outside Lyons. The EPA sided with him in part in a lawsuit he filed in 2008, calling on the EPA to overturn the state-issued air permit for Cemex because the state had not taken the necessary steps to make sure the aging plant had up-to-date pollution controls. Cemex has a long history of air-quality control problems and has faced opposition from its neighbors for more than a decade. The petitions against Xcel’s permits are only the latest salvo by Nicholas and others to retire the plants or require Xcel to transition to clean renewable energy, like wind and solar. Last summer, more than 300 people gathered at the Boulder County Courthouse asking the state’s Air Quality Control Commission to not renew Xcel’s permit. In November, protesters dressed as clowns visited Gov. Ritter’s office asking him to “stop clowning around” when it comes to global climate change and greenhouse gases. Now, as Boulder’s City Council eyes renewing its 20-year franchise agreement with Xcel — the current agreement expires in August — many
local residents, including citizens serving on the Decarbonization Tech Team, are urging council members to take a hard line with Xcel over renewable energy, even if that means refusing to sign a new franchise agreement. Boulder Weekly caught up with Nichols to ask him about the petitions against Xcel and the apparent seachange taking place in the public’s mind with regard to coal-fired energy. Boulder Weekly: Is it our imagination, or are times getting harder for Xcel? Jeremy Nichols: There’s been this convergence lately with House Bill 1365. As you know there’s been a groundswell of public concern over Valmont [power plant], not just in terms of climate impacts, but also in terms of air quality impacts — mercury, ozone, haze. Nobody likes a filthy smokestack in their neighborhood. People have been pushing over the past year for changes — for transition away from coal and toward a cleaner energy source. We have a right under the Clean Air Act to challenge that decision, and so we’ve done that. We’ve asked the administrator of the EPA to step in and
BW: Speaking of HB 1365, there’s been some debate over whether it truly accomplishes anything. What are your thoughts? JN: HB 1365 doesn’t mandate a result. … HB 1365 was a big step forward, but it doesn’t solve the problem entirely — it’s converting the Valmont plant to natural gas on Xcel’s terms. We have a massive environmental liability here that’s mounting against Xcel. I don’t know why we have to address these coal-fired power plants on Xcel’s terms. Nevertheless, this is what we have, and so how do we make the best of it? From our standpoint, we continue to keep the pressure on the plant. The petitions are the latest volley in that effort. We’re trying to do everything we can to scrutinize their emissions, to strengthen their permit to force them to spend more time and money reducing emissions so that it looks more attractive for them to transition away from coal. We’re anxiously awaiting getting involved in the PUC process and the clean air processes to make sure this works out to everybody’s benefit, not just Xcel’s. see COAL Page 16
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BW: There seems to be a groundswell of activism with regard to Xcel. Where is that coming from? JN: It developed over 2009, but it really started at the end of 2008. There was growing concern over Valmont and its impact on Boulder’s ability to meet its greenhouse gas reduction goals, and people seeing opportunities to exert pressure on Xcel through the franchise agreement that is being negotiated between Boulder and Xcel, and their permit coming up for renewal. These opportunities kind of coalesced around this time period and emboldened people to become more concerned and to say, “Oh, yeah, we can argue that this plant should be shut down because we have all these points of leverage, and we just need to work them to the fullest extent possible.” Two years ago, people were not talking about shutting down coal-fired power plants, and Xcel was not facing the pressure it’s facing right now to move away from coal. BW: Denver has faced some challenges with regard to ozone in particular. How does that fit in with Xcel and coal-fired electricity? JN: EPA is going to be strengthening the ozone standards, but to meet those standards it’s going to require moving away from coal. There are no ifs, ands or buts about it. If you break down the sources of these emissions, the smokestacks of Xcel’s coal-fired power plants are some of the biggest sources of NOX emissions in the Denver metro area. That’s true nationwide, too. To meet our ozone challenges, we have to reduce NOX emissions, and to reduce NOX emissions we have to get rid of these coal-fired power plants. BW: Will HB 1365 have an impact on ozone problems in the Denver metro area? JN: Shifting to natural gas will reduce NOX, but it’s not going to be the long-term solution. This isn’t a benign gas. It’s still nasty. It still produces NOX emissions. Natural gas is a better choice in the short term, but that’s like saying that light cigarettes are healthier than regular cigarettes. It’s true in some ways, but you have to look at the bigger picture. Do we want to stake our future on fossil fuels in the long term? I think most people would say no. And there are costs associated with drilling for natural gas. It’s groundwater contamination. It’s air pollution. Western Colorado is experiencing air pollution levels that are similar to those that we experience on the Front Range, and it’s because of this massive increase 16 April 15, 2010
in industrial development tied to oil and gas drilling. It’s a zero-sum game no matter what, but it’s a matter of what trade-offs you are comfortable with. I think folks see natural gas as a comfortable trade in the short term. BW: Recently, the state’s renewable energy goal was increased to 30 percent. Together, these changes seem like a big deal. JN: This is a big change. This is watershed moment. And I think it’s because of all the various efforts that have been going on to put pressure on Valmont and on elected officials and on Xcel, too. When you get down to it, Xcel has an image to protect. When they keep talking about how they’re the greenest utility and yet they’re burning more coal than ever, I think the public stops believing that. They’ve gotten away with greenwashing for far too long. They’ve got Commanche III coming on line, and that’s going to offset all their greenhouse gas reductions and actually lead to an increase in greenhouse gas emissions. That’s not green. That’s the opposite of green. The important thing is going to be making sure our renewable energy standard continues to get higher. Bumping it up to 30 percent was a big step, but we’re not going to be getting where we want to go until it’s 60 percent or 70 or 80 percent. Ultimately our goal is a 100-percent renewable future. Doing everything we can to leverage our current environmental laws and regulation to force Xcel to realize that clean energy is the only viable solution here. BW: What is your goal with regard to Xcel’s Valmont plant? JN: We would rather see it shut down than burning natural gas. What we want to see is not Xcel investing in another fossil fuel. We’re going to keep pushing for Xcel to shutter the plant. But retiring Valmont doesn’t mean turning the switch off and calling it good. What it means is getting the renewable energy sources on line to shut down Valmont and have a reliable clean source of energy there to offset it. In the near term, they can flip the switch and convert it to natural gas tomorrow. In the short term, I think why the hell shouldn’t we do that? It’s time to quit coal cold turkey, and if that means that for a while we have to rely on some natural gas to get to where we want to get to, that’s what we have to do. But, ultimately, we need to get away from fossil fuels entirely. For more information on WildEarth Guardians, go to www.wildearthguardians.org. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com
Earth Day turns 40
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he first Earth Day was celebrated on April 22, 1970. The event was the brainchild of one man, Sen. Gaylord Nelson, who had been searching for a way to bring political attention and public concern to environmental issues. Inspired by the “teach-ins” of the anti-Vietnam era, the event was more successful than Nelson, who was awarded the Medal of Freedom for his vision and work, could have imagined. He passed away in June 2005, but the day he created lives on. This year, we observe the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, and the need for grassroots action has never been more critical. Here are ways you can get involved:
Earth Week Events Thursday, April 15 American Experience: Earth Days — Film screening and discussion. 7 p.m. Visual Arts Complex Auditorium, University of Colorado at Boulder campus, 303-492-8308. Free Screening of Planet Earth. 4 p.m. Fiske Planetarium, CU campus, 303-492-8308. Lover’s Guide to the American West: Living with Energy. 7:30 p.m. Rocky Mountain PBS channel, www. rmpbs.org. Friday, April 16 Free Screening of Planet Earth. 4 p.m. Fiske Planetarium, CU campus, 303-492-8308. Saturday, April 17 Earth Day/Arbor Day. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thompson Park, 400 Bross St., Longmont, 303-6518379. Introduction to Restorative Activism. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Kelly’s Barn, 1360 Sumac Ave., Boulder, 720-565-9388. I Volunteer! Day: Boulder Creek Clean-up. 8 a.m. Scott Carpenter Park, 1505 30th St., 303-444-0190 ext. 125. Wild Earth Saturday — For
families. Wild Bear Center for Nature Discovery. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. NCAR Mesa Lab, 1850 Table Mesa Dr., Boulder, 303258-0495. Rainwater Harvesting at Home — Workshop. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Contrast Ranch, Arapahoe Avenue and 63rd Street, Boulder, 303-258-7982. Through April 18. Tuesday, April 20 Save My Oceans College Tour. infiltrate, an art installation by Julie B of Pretty in Plastic. Through April 22, location TBA. An advance screening of Disney’s new film Oceans. 7:30 doors/8 p.m. screening, Chem 140, CU campus. Wednesday, April 21 SALT Bistro Earth Day Benefit Dinner — with Paul Dolan Vineyards. 6:30 p.m. 1047 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-444-7258. Thursday, April 22 Save My Oceans College Tour. Concert with Trevor Hall, Passafire and special guests. Free. 5 to 10 p.m., University Memorial Center South Terrace/Glenn Miller Ballroom, CU campus. Earth Day Dinner at The Kitchen. From 5:30 p.m. 1039 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-544-5973. Friday, April 23 Lost Film Festival — with Scott Beiben. 5 p.m. Duane Physics Building, CU campus, 303-492-8303. Saturday, April 24 Inaugural Dandelion Festival. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Bandshell, Canyon Boulevard and Broadway Avenue, Boulder, 303-444-6981. Sunday, April 25 8th Annual Earth Day 5K Run/Walk. 10 a.m. Potts Field at CU Research Park, 4001 Discovery Dr., Boulder, 303-9993820. Register by April 24. Earthfest Boulder. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Downtown Boulder, www. earthfestboulder.net.
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Searched and rescued Deputies from the Boulder County Sheriff ’s Office were dispatched to Flagstaff Road in Boulder County about a search and rescue case at approximately 2:30 p.m. on April 8, responding to the report of a suicidal female. The 19-year-old woman was located by the Rocky Mountain Rescue, Boulder Fire Department, Boulder County Emergency Services and Pridemark Paramedics off of the trail in the area of the 3.5-mile marker on Flagstaff Road. The victim, a resident of the Boulder area, was found to be in good health and willingly assisted the rescuers with the evacuation. She was immediately transported to Boulder Community Hospital for further evaluation. Boulder Reservoir drowning At approximately 6:25 a.m. on April 6, Boulder police officers responded to a report of a drowning at the Boulder Reservoir. The victim has been identified as Mark H. Heffron, age 46, of Boulder. The body was found face down in the water by the rowing team from the University of Colorado at Boulder. There was no foul play suspected, and according to Boulder police, the body had likely been in the water for up to two days and showed signs indicative of drowning. Too drunk to find the right bed On Sunday, April 4, Boulder police arrested a 20-year-old man on charges of obstructing the peace and minor in possession of alcohol after officers responded to a report that the suspect had walked naked into a woman’s room and climbed into her bed. The female victim did not know the suspect. After further investigation, they found the male suspect had been staying with another person in the same residence in the 1000 block of 12th Street and had mistakenly entered the wrong room. The suspect did not comply with the orders of the officers first on the scene, but once the officers pulled out Tasers and indicated they were going to use them, the suspect cooperated, according to the report. Sorority informal The Kappa Alpha Theta sorority housemother shut down the sorority’s formal scheduled at Folsom Stadium on April 2 as a result of alcohol-related concerns. Police were helping load sorority members onto buses to Folsom Stadium when they became aware of underage drinking. Eventually, the officers took two underage University of Colorado students to the hospital for treatment for alcohol poisoning. The officers also issued a number of minor in possession of alcohol tickets preceding the formal event. Pooch vs. postman Deputies of the Boulder County Sheriff ’s Office found that the cartoons must be true when they responded to a report of a vicious dog at large that attacked a mail carrier. The small, white, mixed breed was at large for a short period of time on April 3 at around 12:47 p.m. and grasped a hold of a postal carrier’s leg. The bite did not puncture the skin, the report stated. — By Katelyn Feldhaus Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com
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Environmental Center marks 40th Among the Earth Day events at the University of Colorado at Boulder, the campus will celebrate the 40th anniversary of its Environmental Center, founded by students as the “Eco-Center” on the inaugural Earth Day in 1970. An art installation at the southwest corner of the University Memorial Center fountain area commemorating CU-Boulder’s commitment to the environment and sustainability will be dedicated at noon on Earth Day, April 22. The work, commissioned by the CU-Boulder student government and created by local artist Bruce Campbell, uses material salvaged from the 2008 demolition of the Sibell Wolle Fine Arts Building. The CU Environmental Center was the first of its kind in the nation and helped shape CU-Boulder as a “green” leader among U.S. colleges and universities. For four decades it has provided education on environmental issues, leadership opportunities for students and the development of many sustainable campus operations, such as the nation’s first student-led recycling program, started in 1976. With the support of the Environmental Center, in 1991 CU-Boulder students became the nation’s first to negotiate prepaid bus passes for all students. In 2000, students also were the nation’s first to vote for the purchase of wind energy credits. Students have been key in planning and staffing a number of environmental events and programs such as the annual Bioneers conference, the Bike Station and Ralphie’s Green Stampede zero-waste program at Folsom Field. CU lands smart grid funds The University of Colorado at Boulder has received $2.4 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funding from the U.S. Department of Energy to build a smart grid work force training program. CU plans to use the funds to build a sustainable graduate engineering program with a focus on networking, wireless communications and cybersecurity within electric power systems. The academic program is designed for students seeking a full master of science degree or a shorter certificate and can be flexibly completed on campus 20 April 15, 2010
or from any other location online. The award was among nearly $100 million announced for 54 smart grid work force training programs that will help prepare the next generation of workers in the utility and electrical manufacturing industries. The projects will leverage more than $95 million in funding from community colleges, universities, utilities and manufacturers to develop and implement training programs. The programs will train an estimated 30,000 Americans to help modernize the nation’s electrical grid and implement smart grid technologies in communities across the country. At least $6.7 billion in ARRA funds is expected to come to Colorado through more than 100 different programs. For more information about the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act in Colorado, visit www.colorado.gov/recovery. CU involved in big smash A group of 17 University of Colorado at Boulder faculty and students involved in the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) project in Europe recently helped carry out the most powerful smashing of subatomic particles ever, in the quest to discover the physical conditions immediately following the Big Bang. In the experiments conducted on March 30 at the 17-mile underground loop facility in Geneva, scientists crashed proton beams together at three and a half times the highest energy levels previously recorded, said CU Professor William Ford, one of the physics department faculty involved in the project. The combined energy level of the collisions was 7 trillion electron volts, Ford said. Recreating conditions following the Big Bang using the LHC is expected to provide new information about mysterious dark matter, dark energy, gravity and the fundamental laws of physics. The experiments may even shed light on the possibility that other dimensions exist, physicists say. Sixteen years in the making, the $3.8 billion LHC project involves an estimated 10,000 people and staff from 60 countries. The United States is providing about $530 million, primarily for the LHC detectors, and CU researchers have been involved in the LHC project for the past five years, Ford said. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com Boulder Weekly
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Auction benefits Autism Society The St. Julien Hotel will host the 7th Annual Wine & Cheese Tasting and Silent Auction benefiting the Autism Society of Boulder County on Friday, April 16, from 6 to 8 p.m. The wine and cheese tasting will be held from 6 to 7:30 p.m., and the silent auction will be held from 6:30 to 8 p.m. KBCO’s Bret Saunders will serve as guest emcee. Tickets are $30 and are available online at www.autismboulder.org/ winetasting.html. Boulder 3rd for bikes Bicycling magazine has named Boulder as the third-most bikefriendly city in the nation. Minneapolis and Portland were ranked first and second, respectively. Boulder was ranked above Seattle and Eugene, Ore., which rounded out the top five. The magazine notes that 95 percent of Boulder’s major streets are bike-friendly, that there are 120 miles of trails surrounding the city and that it is home to many top professional racers. To compile the list, Bicycling editors strove for geographical diversity and considered cities with populations of at least 100,000. They weighed factors like numbers of bike routes, bike racks, bike commuters, cycling clubs and events, and renowned bike shops. They also used the Bicycling and Walking in the United States 2010 Benchmarking Report from the Alliance for Biking and Walking, the League of American Bicyclists; Bicycle Friendly America project, and interviews. Boulder was also nominated for a “Best City for Cyclists” distinction as part of Treehugger’s Best of Green 2010 Readers Choice Awards. Commuters of the year GO Boulder/City of Boulder has announced the winners of the 14th Annual Commuter of the Year awards. The 2010 All Around Commuters are the Paddock Family ( Julie, Randy, Christine, Rachel and Tim). The Bicycling Commuter of the Year is Dave Metge, and the Transit Commuter of the year is Tamara Crandall. The Paddocks commute all around Boulder County by bus, bike, 22 April 15, 2010
foot and carpool (and car, when necessary). Julie Paddock was encouraged to nominate her family for this award after the Paddocks successfully completed the second summer of their family’s personal challenge to bus, bike, walk and carpool — and to not fill their family mini-van with gas for eight weeks. Metge, a microbiologist with the U.S. Geological Survey, has been commuting to and from work by bike for 20 years. His commute from his home in Lafayette to the USGS in Boulder is a 23-mile round trip. Crandall, a University of Colorado payroll and benefits counselor, uses the Eco Pass provided by her employer to take the bus to work from her home in Westminster. Tamara has also volunteered to work at the university’s Anschutz Medical Center one day a week because she can easily take the bus there as well. Dandelion Fest blooms Instead of battling persistent dandelions this year, why not harvest them, toss them in a salad, or knot them in a chain and wear them to the Dandelion Festival on Saturday, April 24? The event, which will be held at the bandshell on Broadway and Canyon from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., is sponsored by the Citizens for Pesticide Reform, a branch of the Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center, to celebrate the dandelion as a symbol of a healthy and safe environment. There will be talks and classes on a variety of topics, from gardening without chemicals to the uses of local plants. The festival sponsors and vendors will be offering dandelion treats, samples and door prizes. Musical entertainment will be provided by Kimmerjae Johnson, Harper Phillips and the duo Choosing June. More information is available at www.pesticideboulder.com. Senior fishing derby Boulder and Broomfield County seniors (64 years and older) are invited to participate in Boulder County’s annual fishing derby on Saturday, April 24, from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. at Wally Toevs Pond (at Walden Ponds on 75th Street between Jay Road and Valmont). After the fishing derby, awards will be given for the heaviest trout, the most experienced (oldest) Boulder Weekly
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angler and the best hat. There will also be a fish-fry picnic following the derby. The pond is stocked with rainbow trout. Both artificial and live bait are permitted at the Wally Toevs Pond. Participants must have a valid Colorado fishing license. For more information, contact Michael Bauer at 303-678-6219. County seeks volunteers The Boulder County Parks & Open Space Department is looking for volunteer park patrollers and volunteers for the Walker Ranch Homestead. Park patrollers provide park visitors with information about the cultural and natural history of parks, recreational opportunities, facilities and regulations. Volunteers who are anglers can support the parks they enjoy while fishing, being a uniformed presence and answering questions from visitors about bait and bag limits. Park patrollers keep visitors updated about current resource management issues and answer visitor’s questions about the parks. They are invited to special events and trainings. Free training will be held on two Saturdays, May 16 and May 23, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The application deadline for upcoming sessions is May 2. To find out more, contact Michael Bauer at mbauer@bouldercounty.org or 303-678-6219. At the Walker Ranch Homestead, volunteers dress in clothing styles of the late 1800s and demonstrate daily chores of a working Western ranch, including cooking on a wood-burning stove, churning butter, making roof shingles and doing laundry with a scrub board, wringer & tub. Historical interpreters participate in special public events at the homestead several times a year. There are also opportunities to help with special presentations for school groups that visit the ranch on field trips. The next training will take place on Saturday and Sunday, May 1–2, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Applications are due April 23. For an application or more information, call 303-776-8848. ‘Recycle the Runway’ A “Recycle the Runway” competition will be held on Macy’s Plaza at Twenty Ninth Street Mall in Boulder at 1 p.m. on April 24. Boulder Weekly
Three local eco-designers will attempt to win the eco-competition using just old newspapers, soda can rings and a variety of other items typically found in the recycling bin. The three contestants will set out to transform flotsam into high fashion in just one hour. The first-prize winner will receive a $500 gift card to Twenty Ninth Street and have his/her work on display at the center for at least one week following the contest. Runner-ups will each receive a $50 gift card. King to sign book Lawrence J. King will be signing his new book, Hate and Discrimination in America, at Saxy’s Café in Boulder on April 24 from 2 p.m. until 5 p.m. King’s message in the book is tolerance, co-existence and compassion towards others, for the sake of a better world. He shows how various groups and individuals are being discriminated against because of a label that some people in society are putting on others, causing them to fall short of the American Dream. In addition to his new book, King was recently cast in a minor role with GraceMar Entertainment’s new feature film, Niwot’s Curse. Saxy’s is located at 2018 10th St.
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is Holiness Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, recognized internationally for his philanthropic work and spiritual teachings, will be making two appearances in Colorado this month. He will hold his first session on April 20 at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts, followed by an April 21 session at Naropa University’s Nalanda Event Center. A spiritual leader and social activist, Shankar established the Art of Living Foundation in 1981 to share his teachings, which focus on the importance of individual development and tranquility in creating a peaceful society. Since 1996, the foundation has worked with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations as a consulting agency. The foundation estimates that its humanitarian projects and educational courses have affected 25 million people worldwide. In the United States, the foundation’s programs focus on helping youth in inner cities stay clear of violence, drugs and alcohol. Internationally, Shankar is working in Kashmir and Sri Lanka to promote peaceful dialogue between opposing parties, and volunteers from the Art of Living Foundation are working with survivors of the Jan. 12 earthquake in Haiti to provide immediate and long-term rehabilitation. According to Johann Berlin, an entrepreneur who volunteers with the foundation, volunteers were already in the country working to plant trees and help Haitians empower themselves when the disaster struck. The foundation says its members have a presence in roughly 150 countries.
A recognized figure in human development and social transformation, Shankar travels to more than 40 countries each year, sharing his message that all the major spiritual traditions share common goals and values. Shankar’s scheduled Colorado presentations will focus on the importance of personal peace in achieving world peace and will include meditation, music, a video about the foundation’s work in Haiti and a talk by Shankar. His history of philanthropic work and spiritual leadership, Berlin says, are reason enough to hear Shankar speak. “We listen to people who don’t do anything for anyone else,” Berlin says. “He’s a world-renowned humanitarian. He’s qualified to be listened to.” For more information about Shankar’s Colorado visit, call 303355-6952, or go to www.artofliving. org. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com Boulder Weekly
EarthTalk boulderweekly.com/earthtalk Responsible weeding Dear EarthTalk: I pruned back an overgrown bush in my back yard last fall and now the soil around it is covered in dandelions and other weeds. Is there any way to get rid of these weeds without resorting to RoundUp and other chemical herbicides? — Max S., Seattle, Wash.
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eeds are nothing if not opportunistic. While you may not have bargained for getting one form of eyesore (weeds) by clearing another (an overgrown bush), dandelions and other fast-growing, quickly spreading plants know no bounds when some new territory opens up. They will colonize and spread out given the slightest opening — after all, that’s what defines them as weeds. Of course, conventional herbicides such as Monsanto’s RoundUp will take down the weeds in a jiffy, but the negative effects on people, animals and the environment may be both profound and long-lasting. Independent studies of RoundUp have implicated its primary ingredient, glyphosphate, as well as some of its “inert” ingredients, in liver damage, reproductive disorders and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, as well as in cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, nerve and respiratory damage. California’s Department of Pesticide Regulation reports that, year after year, RoundUp is the number one cause of pesticide/herbicide-induced illness and injury around that state. RoundUp is also blamed for poisoning groundwater across the U.S. and beyond, as well as for contributing to a 70 percent decrease in amphibian biodiversity and a 90 percent decrease in tadpole numbers in regions where it is used heavily. Given that you’ll have to manually remove dead weeds from your yard after applying RoundUp (or any other “post-emergent” herbicide), why not just pull them up by hand in the first place? No doubt, the most eco-friendly way to get rid of weeds is to yank them Boulder Weekly
out without the aid of poisons. Unfortunately, many weeds have long, deep roots which need to be pulled completely if you don’t want them to grow back; if need be, use a metal weed puller with a hooked end or a mechanical grabber — available at any local garden supply or hardware store — if you don’t want to have to pull those very same weeds next year. Garden expert Dean Novosat of the Garden Doctor website suggests giving the weed beds a good watering the night before you pull weeds: “… the soil will be softened and will yield the entire weed plant, root and all,” he says. Another way to kill weeds, he says, is by pouring boiling hot water over them. Of course, once you’ve killed or pulled up all those weeds — and make sure you’re thorough or else it’s a waste of time — you’ll want to make sure new ones don’t start showing up in their place. Planting regionally appropriate (and ideally native) plants in place of the removed weeds would be a good first step — check with a local nursery about what some good choices might be for your neck of the woods. Once the area is cleared (and replanted), cover it with three to six inches of mulch. Mulch forms a barrier between the soil and the sun, depriving any new germinating weeds of the sunlight they need to photosynthesize. Mulch is composed of large chunky material such as wood chips and bark nuggets, and works well for weed control also because it is low in nutrients and thus won’t fertilize plant starts below. CONTACTS: California Department of Pesticide Regulation, www.cdpr.ca.gov; The Garden Doctor, www.the-garden-doctor.com. SEND YOUR ENVIRONMENTAL QUESTIONS TO: EarthTalk®, c/o E – The Environmental Magazine, P.O. Box 5098, Westport, CT 06881; earthtalk@ emagazine.com. E is a nonprofit publication. Subscribe: www.emagazine. com/subscribe; Request a Free Trial Issue: www.emagazine.com/trial.
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of such amounts of marijuana necessary to address the debilitating medical condition. The State-issued Medical Marijuana Registry card is optional. The third prong generates the controversy. The Constitution contains non-binding guideline amounts of six plants, three of which are flowering, and two ounces of useable medical marijuana per patient, but provides for greater amounts if medically necessary. Even a novice marijuana grower knows that the plants vs. ounce guidelines are internally inconsistent with each other; i.e., three flowering plants will nearly always produce more than two ounces, so it is impossible to follow the guidelines. In Jason’s case, he had the previous diagnosis and physician’s advice, and the prosecution had zero evidence that Jason possessed more than was medically necessary. In every criminal case, the prosecution has the burden of proof beyond a reasonable doubt. Boulder County voters, suffering from a bad economy, will not long tolerate taking police off the streets to pursue many more of these wasteful victimless medical marijuana prosecutions, so the acquittal may stand as precedent indefinitely. The jury foreman stated that Jason could have legally possessed “a ton” of medical marijuana. In light of the new District Attorney’s policy of increasing jury trials to discern “community standards,” in Boulder County possession of any amount of medical marijuana is legal, absent any specific evidence that the amount is excessive.
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Hide the crack May 2 may be World Laughter Day, but April 25 is National Plumber’s Day, and the Duluth Trading Company is celebrating by promoting its Longtail T shirt. You guessed it, this shirt protects against the dreaded affliction known as … plumber’s butt! This company is hitting the streets of Chicago on April 16 armed with the “Exposure Meter,” which seems to be some sort of an “apparatus designed to check for plumber’s butt on average guys,” according to the company’s news release. “Willing participants will be asked to bend over to measure their risk of overexposure, based on when their shirt un-tucks,” it says. “The Longtail T isn’t just for plumbers, but it wouldn’t exist without them,” cracks Suz Harms, Duluth director of marketing. “That’s why we’re setting out to help fix plumber’s butt. It’s a universal problem, and we’ve got the solution.” On April 25, plumbers are invited to visit www.duluthtrading.com/ plumbers to register to win one of 350 “limited edition commemorative Plumber’s Day Longtail Ts.” Next they should come up with a “Longnose” model to protect against the other hazard of the trade — hanging gut! Death tax In addition to the aforementioned laugh-fest, the Pearl Street Mall is where you’d find another type of actBoulder Weekly
ing out — refusing to pay your taxes. Apparently, the local War Tax Information Project was setting up a table on the Mall at midday on April 15 to encourage people to not pay their taxes — as a way to protest the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Turns out, something called the National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee was founded in 1982 to support conscientious objectors who don’t want their taxes to be used for war. According to a news release, this is a national movement, and on tax day people were planning on handing out fliers at post offices to lastminute filers, holding “penny polls” to gauge how the public wants tax dollars spent, sitting in at congressional offices and showing the NWTRCC’s film Death and Taxes. So if you forgot to do your taxes and you want a good excuse, check out www.nwtrcc.org/deathandtaxes. htm. Of bread and sheep This was a pretty good one. Carly Fiorina, a California Republican who is running for the Senate, apparently tried to woo Jewish voters by sending them a message on Passover. The thing is, part of the message said, “This week, as we break bread and spend time with our families and friends, I hope we also take a moment to say a word of thanks for our freedom and for those who have given their lives in freedom’s name.” Uh, what was that first part again? Break bread? Thanks, but the one thing Jews do not do on Passover is eat bread. She tried backpedaling as fast as she could, claiming she meant all types of bread, leavened and unleavened. Yeah. Right. For additional insight into this candidate’s character, check out the freaky red-eyed demon sheep man at the end of one of her TV ads. Search for “Carly Fiorina’s demon sheep ad” on YouTube, and it should come right up. Do not watch while drinking chocolate milk. You’ll get it all over your keyboard. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com
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Top 10 Stories Week of April 8 -14 1. Panorama (4/8) 2. Environmental impacts of the Haiti earthquake 3. O’Brien gives up on Fox, signs deal with TBS 4. The Democrats don’t get the Tea Party 5. The science of Signtology Dan Ericson,
also known as the Signtologist, makes art out of your run of the mill streets signs.
6. With legalization a possibility, Cali. marijuana enclave ponders future 7. Michelle Obama makes first solo trip to Mexico 8. Astrology (4/8) 9. Tim Leifield raised HIV/AIDS awareness in Boulder County 10. Safe is the new sexy
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Very funny Hey, don’t forget that on the first Sunday in May, hundreds or maybe even thousands of people around the world get together to, um, laugh. At 2 p.m. on May 2, they’ll be hanging out in front of the Boulder County Courthouse on the Pearl Street Mall again, just chuckling and guffawing in honor of World Laughter Day. Don’t make fun of them; it’s supposed to be good for you. Laugh with them, not at them. Local laughter yoga instructor Ellen Brown instructs us to tell both our friends and our enemies about this hilarious peace movement, so that we can “put some positive vibes out there!”
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Do you agree with Boulder Farmers’ Market’s decision to require vendors to meet minimum sales thresholds? • Yes, they need to pull their weight. 7% • No, it’s not fair to the little guy. 55% • Don’t care, don’t shop there. 17% • Give a grace period to newbies. 21%
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What do you think about Boulder’s Annual 4/20 Smokeout? • A great display of civil disobedience • A shameful misrepresentation of Boulder • Best way to get high in front of cops • Smoke what? Who? Where?
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Can’t-miss events for the upcoming week
Learn about Machu Picchu and everything else Peru has to offer on Tuesday.
Xavier will spin records at the Communikey festival Saturday evening.
Thursday, April 15
Communikey offers interactive electronic music experience by P.J. Nutting
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rown organically from a decade of electronic music, this week’s Communikey Festival of Electronic Arts will build cultural bridges between audiences, performers and continents with more ambition than ever before. Electronic music is inseparable from technology, and therefore it is constantly pushed to the cutting edge. Communikey’s [CMKY] third installment will aim to reveal that ever-changing boundary by weaving diverse artists together from around the world. It is community nurturing, after all, that helps new musical movements ascend from the chatroom and enter the real world. “Right now, scenes are developed in bedrooms through the Internet, but they can be fleeting,” says Mexican DJ and festival opener Ejival. “I see more strength in community-based initiatives like the one coming from Communikey, especially with the eco-mindset that powers it, which is something unheard of in the rest of the world.” “This is not 2-D,” says Creative Director Kate Lesta. “This is experiential. We’re much more interested in
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presenting work that’s pushing our buttons and putting artists in situations that are challenging for them. That way, we can all grow together.” Lesta is indebted to the international scene that convinced her and the CMKY team that a festival in Boulder was even possible. “[Montreal electronic music festival] MUTEK was kind of a beacon for us,” Lesta says. “When we first started, there wasn’t a lot of this happening in the region. We went to MUTEK after we had Communikey started, and it was like a light to us. We thought, ‘This could happen in North America. It’s really possible.’ They’ve been great mentors.” “We’re fairly focused on having a continental presence,” Lesta says. “There’s such innovation and such forward-thinking movements here, but the links to the rest of the world are hard to find in this city.” The festival also traded notes with its sister festival Dis-Patch, out of Belgrade, Serbia. CMKY will provide a launching point for Dis-Patch’s ViceVerse North American tour, and in return will adopt its innovative kids program. Developed in Belgrade in 2008 and currently spreading through
Europe and the U.S., kids ages 5 to 12 can participate in Kids-Patch and experiment with visual art, animation and music tools. The program is 100 percent participatory and will culminate in a concert during the April 18 park party at Civic Plaza. But many events are not for the little ones. Kicked off at Bombay Bistro on April 14, the festival peaks on April 17 with a New York-style rave in Denver. The brainchild of Brooklyn DJ Bryan Kasenic (aka Spinoza), The Bunker is a monthly, raw, techno dance party, and Spinoza will get a chance to show Colorado how they do it on the East Coast until the sun comes up. Transportation to Denver is provided by The Basics Fund, a safe and biofueled alternative to designated driving. For the scientifically curious, Artificiel (Alexandre Burton and Julien Roy of Montreal) will display their newest creation — a two-foottall copper tesla coil that has been converted into an acoustic musical instrument. Their “POWEr” performance will synthesize small lightning bolts that create sound without the see COMMUNIKEY Page 30
Beginning Flamenco Dance — Learn how to shake it like a traditional Spanish dancer. 6:15-7:30 p.m. Kakes Studios, 2115 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-786-7050, www.flamenco-boulder.com.
Friday, April 16
Rent — Come see the once-controversial musical about changes in a world with AIDS. 7:30 p.m. King Performing Arts Center, 855 Lawrence Way, Denver, 303-5562296.
Saturday, April 17
Afternoon Tea — Bring your monocle and relax — English style. 2 p.m. Jill’s Restaurant at St. Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696.
Sunday, April 18
“Somewhere in America, vol. 1” — Nothing like ballet to make you think about the state of the nation. 2 p.m. 470 S. Allison Parkway, Lakewood, 303-9877845.
Monday, April 19
Magical Mexican Mondays — Discover the joys of tacos. With live magic. Juanita’s Mexican Food, 1043 Pearl St., Boulder, 303449-5273.
Tuesday, April 20
Peru: A Scenic and Cultural Exploration — In a few words, Peru is all kinds of awesome. 7 p.m. Changes in Latitude Travel Store, 2525 Arapahoe Rd., Boulder, 303-786-8406.
Wednesday, April 22
Twisted Pine Brewing and Tap Room — Taste the latest tasty brews from Twisted Pine. 3-9 p.m. Twisted Pine Tap Room, 3201 Walnut St., #A, Boulder, 303-7869270. April 15, 2010 29
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need for amplification; Burton and Roy are able to adjust the frequency and density of each bolt to create distinct pitches and volumes through a controller unit they created for the project. The coil is paired with a camera that will capture each bolt and visually associate it with its sound on a projector screen. “My personal view is that it’s important to understand the instruments you’re using beyond the external interface,” Burton says. “If you’re using already-made devices, you can miss an opportunity to exploit those devices.” Other events require audience participation. On Thursday, Lucky Dragons will show off a homemade system that alters sound through the skin contact of multiple people. By using conductive fabric sensors, they will pick up carrier signals from the circle of interlocked participants and create biofeedback that changes as participants interact and experience audio and visual representations of themselves. On Friday, Peter Kirn of createdigitalmusic.com will host a workshop on the basics of using code to think about structure and pattern, assigning sonic and visual elements together. D Numbers will also host a free-for-all jam session, where no instrument, voice, mixing board or piece of hardware will be turned away, and participants can get hands-on experience with live signal processing. And the popular Ableton workshop is expected to be a hit once again. “There’s such a demand for it,” Lesta says. “We did our first Ableton workshop last year, and so many people participated in it we had to close enrollment.” For a more relaxed approach to doit-yourself audio capture, the Listen: Head Room event will combine the field recordings of festival-goers into a reflective soundscape of the past week’s events. For the reminiscing type, it is a perfect chance to recollect the sounds and experiences of the festival. The Future Folk concert at the Fox Theatre presents the point where tradition and innovation intersect. Ready to
show that electronic music is no one’s enemy, The Books and AU will perform with help from Laura Goldhamer and Denver instrumental collective The Long Spoon. And if you can’t make it to the nightlife events, check out the daytime concert at Civic Plaza near the Dushanbe Teahouse, which is free and open to all ages. The Communikey sustainability team has worked to set up zero-waste programs at all the venues, arrange biofueled buses and outdoor events with CU Biodiesel and The Basics Fund, secure the festival’s first free bike rental program, and collaborate with the Colorado Carbon Fund and the GreenPass programs to help offset the festival’s carbon footprint, as well as provide transportation. It is all part of an effort to raise awareness about the electricity that makes electronic music possible. “We’d really like to bridge the gap between art, ecology and technology,” Sustainability Director Laura Higgins says of her team. “It’s our feeling that having the fest doesn’t give us the right to waste resources. It makes perfect sense, but you might also be surprised at how many people haven’t considered that simple fact. “How are you going to plug in? In a world where energy is as unstable as it is, if we’re facing peak oil or energy instability as a nation or a hemisphere in general, how will this subculture continue if you can’t plug in?” Higgins says. “I’m a violinist, so I can play all night in the dark, but if they can’t turn on their computer, they just can’t play. It sparked an amazing discussion that really called me to do the work I’ve been doing for the past three years, and my team all feels very rewarded by that.” “The ‘know-how’ generated at Communikey is what sets it apart from the rest of electronic music festivals around the world,” Ejival says. “Communikey is creating a paradigm in how electronic music festivals should be from now on.” Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com
Communikey events Thursday, April 16 Make A Baby — Workshops with Lucky Dragons, ATLAS Institute, 1125 18th St., 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. DJ Boutique: Spellbound CMKY HQ, 1825 Pearl St. 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. With Ejay Opening Gala: Dispatch Night Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., 7 p.m. to 11:59 p.m. With DJ Moodswinger, WoO, Incredible Bob, Piece of Shh..., Alala.One, and Technic9. Friday, April 16 InterACT workshop with Peter Kirn ATLAS Institute, 1125 18th St., 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. D Numbers workshop with Sonic Chop Shop DJ Boutique: Plastic Sound Supply CMKY HQ, 1825 Pearl St., 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. With Scaffolding, c.db.sn, and CacheFlowe DIY Headcase ATLAS Institute, 1125 18th St., 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. With White
Rainbow and Lucky Dragons Future Folk Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., 8:30 p.m. to 1 a.m. With Crix Madine, The Books, and AU with the Dovekins The Basics Fund Techno Bus CMKY HQ, 1825 Pearl St., 8:30 p.m. to 6 a.m. With Grave Ravers Saturday, April 17 Kids-patch, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Featuring Kids-patch Orchestra, mr NANA, Lucky Dragons, and Kidspatch Ableton Workshop CMKY HQ, 1825 Pearl St., 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Ableton Intermediate Workshop with Piece of Shh... Listen: Soundwalk CMKY HQ, 1825 Pearl St., 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. With Robert Fitzgerald and Jess Webb DJ Boutique: Mother Earth Sound System CMKY HQ, 1825 Pearl St., 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. With Scott Everett,
and Trip Coffin MUTEK A/Visions: High Voltage ATLAS Institute, 1125 18th St., 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. With lissom, Artificiel, and Xavier Van Wersch The Bunker Cluster Studios, 3881 N. Steele St., Denver, 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. With Spinoza, Akufen, Cheap and Deep, Derek Plaslaiko, Attentat, Movax, and waterandbeats Sunday, April 18 Play Date Boulder Civic Plaza, 1750 13th St., 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. With Kids-patch Orchestra, Mi, Everybody Does It, Stephen Beaupre, Dave Aju Finale: Dub Galaxies Fiske Planetarium, Regent Drive, 8 p.m. to 11:59 p.m. With Stephen Hitchell, Clark Warner and Luke Hess Listen: Head Room Fiske Planetarium, Regent Drive, 8 p.m. to 11:59 p.m. With Jess Webb and Robert Fitzgerald
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Reluctant lo-fi heroes Dr. Dog is helping resurrect lo-fi rock, not like they’ll admit it by Adam Perry
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wo years ago, Philadelphia’s Dr. Dog — a quirky, loveable indie-soul band that released its so-so sixth album Shame, Shame on April 6 — packed Denver’s Hi-Dive, a tiny bar on South Broadway that holds about 200 people when the fire department isn’t looking. Last year, Dr. Dog electrified an over-capacity crowd of singing-along college kids at the 400-seat Fox Theatre in Boulder, and this spring the endearing, addicting throwbacks are filling 999-person halls like the Gothic Theatre in Denver. But getting bigger certainly hasn’t gone to their heads. “We never expected or yearned for instant success, because it can be fleeting and it seems like it’s difficult to sustain,” keyboardist Zach Miller says. “I’m sure we wouldn’t have tried to sabotage it had we broken [earlier] but in the meantime we worked hard and were fortunate to get a lot of great opportunities along the way. Our level of success has made our lives more comfortable and stable but we’re definitely not ‘rolling in it.’ We have steady jobs doing what we love and we live modestly.” Like Ween and the Flaming Lips before them, getting noticed by the jam-band scene when their music really doesn’t come close to fitting into that category helped expand Dr. Dog’s fan base. Formed in Philly back in 1999, Dr. Dog saw a pretty immediate boost in recognition when featured on the cover of Relix in 2008, around the time the quintet’s breakout LP Fate was released. There’s nothing particularly jammy about Dr. Dog’s music. However, a few minutes into one of their highenergy shows, it’s easy to realize, between the contagious onstage calisthenics of the band’s two disparate front men — Scott McMicken and Toby Leaman — and the immediately intense connection the group and their lyrics have with their audience, why fans of the
Grateful Dead and Phish would be interested in following these guys around the country. Similar to the aforementioned jam-band titans, Dr. Dog’s records have common threads musically and lyrically that could probably be seen as monotonous to the uninitiated but make fans feel like the band’s songs are as close as family. On Shame, Shame, Leaman again offers songs (see: “Later” and “Someday”) that, with more stripped-down arrangements, could easily be mistaken for Bruce Springsteen circa Greetings From Asbury Park. But in truth, Dr. Dog’s new material is actually much less produced than their previous recorded work. Through the years, on tracks like “Oh No” and “The Way The Lazy Do,” Dr. Dog has successfully indulged in Let It Be-esque rock ’n’ roll suites that warm the soul on headphones and can nearly manifest collective ecstasy in front of an engrossed audience. The McMicken-led “Jackie Wants a Black Eye,” the new album’s standout track, functions well as a Dr. Dog mission statement with the chorus, “We’re all in it together now as we all fall apart / swapping little pieces
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of our broken little hearts.” But the succinctly beautiful track, with its Magical Mystery Tour harmonies and bouncy tenderness, also reveals why Dr. Dog plays a key part in the ongoing lo-fi rock resurrection, which Miller downplays. “We know and have played with My Morning Jacket and Fleet Foxes; we definitely feel a kinship with them, but I don’t think we’re part of some kind of lo-fi revolution, per se. I don’t think we can take credit [when] Guided by Voices, Pavement, and Silver Jews were doing this 10 years before us.” “I guess you can look at the evolution of our sound as parallel to some of those bands,” he continues, “but I think it’s only because we recorded ourselves. It’s more about home recording than any specific
aesthetic.” Thankfully, signing with a bigger label (Anti-, home of Tom Waits, Devotchka and Islands) hasn’t made Dr. Dog’s music go mainstream or made the tight-knit group want to do something crazy like leave Southeastern Pennsylvania for Los Angeles. “Philly is just a cool, laid back place [and] I don’t think we ever looked at it as a stepping stone to some other ‘cooler’ city,” Miller says. Miller sounded a little disappointed when asked whether signing with Anti- meant befriending Waits, whose music has been a substantial Dr. Dog influence. “Tom didn’t send any flowers,” he jokes.“For a second we thought, ‘Oh if we’re on Anti-, we might get a chance to meet Tom Waits,’ but then quickly realized we’re not going to see him walking around the office or anything like that. We’re only marginally more likely to have any interaction with him. But it’s been a great experience working with them and they’ve been very supportive of whatever kind of record we wanted to make.” Respond: letters@boulderweekly
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Down the winding road
Citizen Cope has flitted from label to label and now has his own by Alan Sculley
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itizen Cope has never been an artist that has enjoyed much radio play or even a big push from his record companies, even though he has spent his entire career up to now on major labels. Yet, he is in the enviable position of being an artist that can tour large clubs and theaters and, as his current tour attests, sell out multiple nights in cities like Boston and Philadelphia. To Cope, his ever-expanding popularity is largely the result of having created a sound that is uniquely his with a message that feels authentic and honest. “You don’t want to try and make a record like somebody else makes it,” Cope says. “You just want to take the good stuff that you like or you enjoy as a listener, and if it works in your stuff, you want to [give] something from your own soul that’s original. I think that’s what people identify with in the long term. A lot of these songs that I’ve done are going to stand the test of time. It’s amazing that The Clarence Greenwood Recordings still sells a thousand copies a week, and it is six years old. The Karma Kid had its best year last year, and that’s eight years old.” While he isn’t a platinum-selling star, Cope built a very respectable level of success despite going against the conventional wisdom that suggests that to achieve major popularity, an artist should create a focused sound that fits a popular musical format. His four records have brought together a varied range of influences that include pop, blues, hip-hop, laid-back rock, reggae and folk. This probably hasn’t
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done Cope any favors with radio, where he hasn’t fit the medium’s more narrowly defined formats. The eclecticism has probably even confused some potential fans. But now, as he releases his fourth CD, The Rainwater LP, Cope (real name Clarence Greenwood) said he was able to bring the various strengths of his three previous albums all into play on the new CD. “Like some of the [songs] off of the first album, like ‘Salvation’ and ‘If There’s Love,’ I think, are some of my best actual songs. Clarence Greenwood, I think, is a great record as a whole. [The 2006 CD] Every Waking Moment, to me, has some of the best production that I’ve done. And I think this record kind of hopefully took something that I’ve learned from every record and kind of applied it. … I’m really excited about this record.” In some significant ways, though, The Rainwater LP is very much its own animal. For one thing, it is arguably Cope’s most acousticcentric album and also perhaps his most laid back collection of songs. In fact, the relaxed vibe of the CD makes The Rainwater LP feel a bit undercooked upon initial listening. But subsequent plays reveal that there is actually a good deal of nuanced production and instrumentation within the CD’s seemingly simple and pared back sound. And the restraint Cope shows in his sonic treatments allows the seemingly simple melodies of songs like “Keep Askin’” (with its striking descending piano line), “Off The Ground” (an especially melodic reg-
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gae-rooted track) and “Jericho” (a grooving electrotinged tune) to really shine. The Rainwater LP may not be Cope’s most musically immediate effort, but it is a sign that his songwriting and production skills continue to grow more developed as he goes further into what is now about a 15-year career. A native of Memphis, who spent time growing up in Texas, Mississippi and Washington, D.C., Cope went solo in the mid-1990s after a stint as turntable player in the critically acclaimed, but commercially ignored, hip-hop/rock group Basehead. He signed with Capitol Records, only to be dropped by the label after it shelved his 1997 debut CD, Shotguns. He’s had other record label misadventures since, moving from DreamWorks Records after his 2002 self-titled CD to Arista, only to see that label fold and his next CD, The Clarence Greenwood Recordings, get transferred to RCA. The label retained Cope for one more CD, Every Waking Moment, after which Cope was able to get his release. He chose to start his own record label, Rainwater Recording, and release his new CD himself. While he wasn’t having as much commercial success as he would have liked, Cope was able to tour extensively following Every Waking Moment, and that even dictated the way the new CD was recorded. “I just was doing the record and then I’d go on tour, then I’d come back and finish some more of it,” Cope said of the recording, which stretched out through much of 2009. Now he’s back on the road again. Cope should be able to do justice to the songs on new CD on tour, as he tours with two keyboardists, a bassist and drummer. He’ll also play a decent selection of his earlier songs, he said. “Everyone has their favorites, so I try to cover the array of what we’ve done over the years,” Cope said. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com
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Classical music and classic musical madness
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by Gary Zeidner Michael Ensminger
or years now, the Curious Theatre Company has impressed me. Always serious but never pretentious, Curious pushes envelopes while never forgetting that the first rule of theater is — and no, it’s not that you do not talk about theater — that theater must entertain. Some companies produce only one type of show, the lighthearted musical comedy, for example, and thereby never flex all of their dramatic muscles. Other companies’ raison d’être is to shock and goad, which certainly has its place but quickly wears thin when their productions fail to bring even a tiny bit of pleasure to the audience. Like thespian Flying Wallendas, the Curious Theatre Company walks the tightrope between these extremes without so much as a bobble. Over the past few seasons alone, Curious’ shows have played to an incredibly wide audience. For devotees of modern American history who also enjoy subversive humor, there was Trumbo: Red, White and Blacklisted. For ailurophiles with a Tarantino-like taste for bloody hyper-violence, Curious put on a roaringly successful version of The Lieutenant of Inishmore. And for the high school square pegs (insert tangential preHollywood Jami Gertz or Sarah Jessica Parker reference here) and either closeted or here-and-clear homosexuals, there was Speech and Debate. The latest play to grace the Curious stage is OPUS, Michael Hollinger’s capitalization-challenged but otherwise quite engaging slice-of-life musing on relationships. Hollinger’s status as a former violinist explains why OPUS concerns itself with a famous quartet of classical musicians and uses the quartet —
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even as it sheds old members and acquires new ones — to explore how different people with wildly different personalities can work together in the pursuit of beautiful music. Those of you who have never been in a band — rock, blues, marching or otherwise — will still enjoy OPUS, but this show speaks most deeply to those who have been. There is something uniquely demented that happens when two or more people decide to play music together. An instant, almost invariably dysfunctional family forms with all the same pre-defined roles that make your trip home every Thanksgiving so often-hideously memorable. What’s really amazing is that the style of music has little to no impact on the composition and dynamics of the band. The front man, be it the lead singer or the first chair violin, is always the leader. Conflict between this leader and the second-in-com-
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mand, who could as easily be a guitarist as a second chair violin, is inevitable. The bass guitar or viola player is probably in it mostly for the sex, and the drummer, or his analogue, the cellist, tries his best to keep everyone from killing each other as this would force him into giving music lessons to bored suburb-o-spawn in order to make the rent. In OPUS, Elliot ( Josh Robinson) and Dorian (William Hahn) vie for the all-important leadership position. With equal love for the music but differing levels of talent, their jockeying for dominance within the group, and the effect it has on the other musicians, fuels the entire play. Alan (David Russell) is the serious musician equally serious about getting laid. Carl (Erik Sandvold) is the slightly older, slightly more grounded one who must balance realities beyond the band with the needs of it. Grace (Kari Delany), the Cinderella story out of left field, is a uniquely talented but as yet unknown variable. OPUS is a casting coup for Curious. All five actors give ovation-worthy performances, but William Hahn and Erik Sandvold show once again why they are two of my all-time favorite Denver actors. Though their characters are miles apart in temperament and motivation, both men give powerful, assured, playful and compelling performances. The curtain closes on this play about musicians — that is more truly a play about relationships — in just a few days. Whether for Hahn, Sandvold, Curious, music or simply to be entertained, lend OPUS your ear. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com
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music The B Foundation, Pigeon John — With Tatanka. 9 p.m. Bluebird Theater, 3317 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, 303-377-1666. Choosing June. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 North Park Dr., Lafayette, 303-665-2757. Citizen Cope — With Gin Wigmore. 9 p.m Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-4433399. El Duet. 6:30 p.m. St. Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696. Josh Blackburn. Baker St. Pub & Grill, 1729 28th St., 720-974-9490. Laurie Dameron. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel and Suites, 800 28th St., Boulder, 303-4433322. Open Bluegrass Pick. 7 p.m. The Rock Inn, 1675 Hwy. 66, Estes Park, 970-586-4116. Open Stage with Romano Paoletti. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685. Perpetual Groove — With Yamn, Supercollider. 9 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030. The Thom Sandrock Quintet. 9 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder. 303-4404628. Tony Rosario. 6 p.m. Q’s Restaurant, Hotel Boulderado, 2115 13th St., Boulder, 303-4424344. Willie Hammond. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder. 303-440-4628. The Youngbergs. 7:30 p.m. Swallow Hill Cafe, 71 E.Yale Ave., Denver, 303-777-1003.
events Aboriginal Skies. 7:30 p.m. Fiske Planetarium, CU campus, 303-492-5002. American Experience: Earth Days — Film screening and discussion. 7 p.m.Visual Arts Complex Auditorium, CU campus, 303-4928303. Argentine Tango. 7 p.m. Pearl Street Studio, 2126 Pearl St., Boulder, www.tangocolorado.org. Avery Tap Room — For tours and tastings. 12-8 p.m. Avery Brewing Co., 5757 Arapahoe
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Making perpetual jams all the way from Athens, Ga. With Yamn, Supercollider. 9 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030.
Ave., Unit B1, Boulder, www.averybrewing.com. Beginning Flamenco Dance. 6:15-7:30 p.m. Kakes Studios, 2115 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-7867050, www.flamenco-boulder.com. Cabaret. 7:30 p.m. University Theatre, CU campus, 303-492-8181. Chicago. 6:15 p.m. Boulder’s Dinner Theatre, 5501 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-449-6000. Communikey Festival 2010: Opening Gala. 7 p.m. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., Boulder, 303443-2122. Events through April 18. For full schedule, see Page 30. Dance Home’s Barefoot Boogie — Freeform dancing. 8:30-11:30 p.m. The Solstice Center, 302 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-443-2074. Women’s Empowerment and Crosscultural Understanding — with Her Majesty Queen Noor. 7:30 p.m. Macky Auditorium, CU
campus, www.culturaleventsboard.org. Geeks Who Drink Pub Quiz. 6:30 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-4636683. Healing Meditation — With Alan McAllister. 7 p.m. Whole Being Explorations, 1800 30th St., Boulder, 303-545-5562. Intermediate to Advanced Flamenco Dance. 7:15-8:30 p.m. Kakes Studios, 2115 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-786-7050. www.flamencoboulder.com. International Film Series — Terribly Happy. 7 p.m. & 9 p.m. Muenzinger Auditorium, CU campus, www.internationalfilmseries.com. Rent. 7:30 p.m. King Performing Arts Center, 855 Lawrence Way, Denver, 303-556-2296.
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music Alive on Arrival. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 North Park Dr., Lafayette, 303-665-2757. Bill McKay CD Release Party. 10 p.m. Boulder Draft House, 2027 13th St., Boulder, 303-440-5858. The Books. 9 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-3399. The Bronx — With Violent Soho and others. 9 p.m. Bluebird Theater, 3317 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, 303-377-1666. Caper’s House Band — Traditional jazz. 7-10 p.m. Caper’s Italian Bistro & Tap, 600 Airport Rd., Longmont, 303-776-7667. Citizen Cope — With Gin Wigmore. 9 p.m. Ogden Theatre, 835 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, 303832-1874. Cosy Sheridan — With T.R. Ritchie. 8 p.m. Tuft Theatre, Swallow Hill, 71 E.Yale Ave., Denver, 303-777-1003. Dechen Hawk and a Murder of Prose. 9:30 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder. 303-440-4628. The Ericksons. 8:30 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder. 303-440-4628. Head for the Hills — Colorado bluegrass. With Town Mountain. 8 p.m. Wildflower Pavilion on Planet Bluegrass, 500 W. Main St., Lyons, 800624-2422. Interstate Stash Express. 9 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Rd., Longmont, 303-485-9400. Janis Kelly, Ibby Cline. 7:30 p.m. Rock N Soul Cafe. 5290 Arapahoe Ave., Ste I, Boulder, 303443-5108. Liebermonster. Baker St. Pub & Grill, 1729 28th St., 720-974-9490. Lionel Young Band — With Erica Brown. 9 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685. Lotus — With Beats Antique. 9 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030. Michelle Shocked: Arkansas Traveler 20th Anniversary Tour. 8 p.m. Daniels Hall, Swallow Hill, 71 E.Yale Ave., Denver, 303-777-1003. Moe — With Hot Buttered Rum. 7 p.m. The
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Boulder/Denver Area EcoCreations — Various artists. Muse Gallery, 356 Main St., Longmont, 303678-7869. Through April 30. Extraordinary Images of Ordinary Things — By Brad Hatch. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-2122, through May 23. Face to Face — By Beverly McIver. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-2122, through May 23. Landscapes — Navajo weaving and textiles. Colorado Museum of Natural History,
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1030 North Broadway, Denver, 303-4926892, through May 30. Naropa University Annual Student Exhibition. Nalanda Gallery, 6287 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-862-1131. Through April 15. NCAR Community Art Gallery — Artwork by Aura Liesveld and Elisabeth Wonnacott. NCAR Mesa Laboratory, 1850 Mesa Dr., Boulder, 303-497-2408. Through May 1. The Photography of Jim Post. The Cannon Mine Coffee Shop, S. Public Rd., Lafayette, 303-665-0625. Through April 30.
Reduce, Reuse, Up-Cycle. Harris Park Art Cooperative, 3915 W. 73rd Ave., Westminster, harrisparkart@gmail.com. Through May 2. Relational Fabric in Space & Other Works for the Dark — By Steve Steele. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-2122, through May 23. Ropes — Pattie Lee Becker. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-2122, through May 23. Spring into Reading — Papier-mache by Lisa Michot. Boulder Public Library, 1000
Canyon Blvd., Boulder, 303-441-3100. Through April 30. Spring MFA 2010 Thesis Exhibition — Various artists. Visual Arts Complex, CU campus, 303-492-8300. Through April 15. Weaving Memories — Prints by Melanie Yazzie. CU Museum, 1035 Broadway Ave., Boulder, 303-492-6892. Through May 30. Works from the CU College of Architecture and Planning — Various artists. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. Through April 16.
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Bluegrass done Colorado style. With Town Mountain. 8 p.m. Wildflower Pavilion on Planet Bluegrass, 500 W. Main St., Lyons, 800-624-2422.
Fillmore Auditorium, 1510 Clarkson St.,Denver, 303-837-0360. No Fair Fights. 8 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683. Open Mic Night — For poets, comedians and musicians. 7 p.m. 8 Port Coffee & Tea House, 1727 15th St., Boulder, 303-955-2221. The Reformers. 10 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683. She Groovez. 8 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel and Suites, 800 28th St., Boulder, 303-443-3322. Zivanai Masango & Pachedu Africa. 6:30 p.m. St. Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696.
events Aboriginal Skies. 7:30 p.m. Fiske Planetarium, CU campus, 303-492-5002. Astrology: Its Basis in Physics and Biology — With Steven Forrest. 7:15 p.m. Naropa Paramita Campus, 3285 30th St., Boulder, 303828-5445. Autism Society of Boulder County’s 7th
Annual Fundraiser — Wine tasting and silent auction. 6 p.m. St. Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696. Avery Tap Room — For tours and tastings. 12-8 p.m. Avery Brewing Co., 5757 Arapahoe Ave., Unit B1, Boulder, www.averybrewing.com. BMoCA After Dark — Presented by Boulder 2140. 7 p.m. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., Boulder, 303-938-2070. Cabaret. 7:30 p.m. University Theatre, CU campus, 303-492-8181. Chicago. 6:15 p.m. Boulder’s Dinner Theatre, 5501 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-449-6000. Dance Etoile Ballet: Impressions. 7:30 p.m. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. International Film Series — Terribly Happy. 7 p.m. & 9 p.m. Muenzinger Auditorium, CU campus, www.internationalfilmseries.com. Laser Daft Punk. 9:30 p.m. Fiske Planetarium, CU campus, 303-492-5002. Laser Pink Floyd. 10:45 p.m. Fiske Planetarium, CU campus, 303-492-5002. Let’s Retake Our Plates Film Screening
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words Thursday, April 8 The Nervous Breakdown Literary Experience. 7 p.m. Meadowlark, 2701 Larimer St., Denver, 303-293-0251. Poetry Month Open Mic Night. 7 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-2074.
Friday, April 9 Peter Conners’ Growing Up Dead — With music by 18 Switchbacks. Boulder Draft House, 2027 13th St., Boulder, 303-440-5858.
Saturday, April 11 Helen Thorpe’s Just Like Us. 3 p.m. Barnes & Noble, 2999 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-
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Sunday, April 11 Tenth Annual Storytelling Festival. 10:30 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1000 Canyon Blvd., Boulder, 303-441-3100.
Monday, April 12 Open Mic Poetry — “So You’re a Poet.” The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-4404628.
Tuesday, April 13 Adriana Lisboa’s Symphony in White. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-2074.
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panorama boulderweekly.com/panorama — Food, Inc. Sponsored by Whole Foods Markets. 7 p.m.YMCA, 2850 Mapleton Ave., Boulder, www.letsretakeourplates.com. Rent. 7:30 p.m. King Performing Arts Center, 855 Lawrence Way, Denver, 303-556-2296. Salsa Dancing. 10:30 p.m. Trattoria on Pearl, 1430 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-544-0008. “Somewhere in America, vol. 1” — Presented by Ballet Nouveau Colorado. 8 p.m. 470 S. Allison Parkway, Lakewood, 303-9877845. The Trampolines. 9 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683. Twisted Pine Brewing and Tap Room. 12-9 p.m. Twisted Pine Tap Room, 3201 Walnut St., #A, Boulder, 303-786-9270.
Saturday, April 17
music Acoustic Brunch. 10 a.m. Rock N Soul Cafe, 5290 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-443-5108. Bonobo. 9 p.m. Ogden Theatre, 835 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, 303-832-1874. Boulder Cannabis & Music Festival — With Ego vs. Id, Jus Goodies and others. 5:30 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303443-3399. Caper’s House Band — Traditional jazz. 7-10 p.m. Caper’s Italian Bistro & Tap, 600 Airport Rd., Longmont, 303-776-7667. Dedbyrd. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder. 303-440-4628. Delta Sonics. 8 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel and Suites, 800 28th St., Boulder, 303-443-3322. Good Gravy. 9 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made
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Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Rd., Longmont, 303-485-9400. Greg Greer & Friends. 6 p.m. Q’s Restaurant, Hotel Boulderado, 2115 13th St., Boulder, 303442-4344. Guest Artist Concert. 7:30 p.m. Rocky Mountain Center for Musical Arts, 200 E. Baseline Rd., Lafayette, 303-665-0599, ext. 100. Halden Wofford and the Hi-Beams. 9 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685. Impromptu. 8:30 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder. 303-440-4628. John Oates — With Sweet Talk Radio. 8 p.m Daniels Hall, Swallow Hill, 71 E.Yale Ave., Denver, 303-777-1003. Ken Masarie. 7:30 p.m. Rock N Soul Cafe. 5290 Arapahoe Ave., Ste. I, Boulder, 303-4435108. Kort McCumber. 4:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Tasty Weasel Tap Room, 1800 Pike Rd., Unit B, Longmont, 303-776-1914. Lotus — With Woodhands. 9 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030. Mestizo. 7 p.m. St. Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696. Mitch Lehn Folk Trio, Jake-Leg Shakers, Fried Grease. 7 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683. Moe — With Kyle Hollingsworth. 7 p.m The Fillmore Auditorium, 1510 Clarkson St.,Denver, 303-837-0360. Politic — With Sofo and others. 9 p.m. Bluebird Theater, 3317 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, 303-377-1666. Resonance Women’s Choir Presents “Strange Thing.” 7 p.m. First United
Methodist Church, 1421 Spruce St., Boulder, 303-473-8337. Rogue Sound. 10 p.m. Boulder Draft House, 2027 13th St., Boulder, 303-440-5858.
events Afternoon Tea. 2 p.m. Jill’s Restaurant at St. Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-4069696. Avery Tap Room — For tours and tastings. 12-8 p.m. Avery Brewing Co., 5757 Arapahoe Ave., Unit B1, Boulder, www.averybrewing.com. Beginning/Intermediate Hoopdance. 10 a.m. O Dance Studio, 1501 Lee Hill Rd., #4, Boulder, 303-415-1877. Cabaret. 7:30 p.m. University Theatre, CU campus, 303-492-8181. Chicago. 6:15 p.m. Boulder’s Dinner Theatre, 5501 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-449-6000. Dance Etoile Ballet: Impressions. 7:30 p.m. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. Dinner Detective Murder Mystery Dinner Show. Millennium Harvest House Hotel, 1345 28th St., Boulder, 888-575-3884. International Film Series — Araya 7 p.m. & 9 p.m. Muenzinger Auditorium, CU campus, www.internationalfilmseries.com. Introduction to the Basic Principles of Evolutionary Astrology — With Steven Forrest. 10 a.m. Boulder Best Western Inn, 770 28th St., Boulder, 303-828-5445. Jack and Jill: A Romance. 2:30 p.m & 7:30 p.m. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. Music and Mimosas — Every Saturday 9-11 a.m. The Curious Cup Café, 1377 Forest Park
Cir., Lafayette, 720-890-4665. Rent. 7:30 p.m. King Performing Arts Center, 855 Lawrence Way, Denver, 303-556-2296. “Somewhere in America, vol. 1” — Presented by Ballet Nouveau Colorado. 8 p.m. 470 S. Allison Parkway, Lakewood, 303-9877845. 10th Annual Highlife Ensemble. 7:30 p.m. Macky Auditorium, CU campus, 303-492-8008. Twisted Pine Brewing and Tap Room. 12-6 p.m. Twisted Pine Tap Room, 3201 Walnut St., #A, Boulder, 303-786-9270.
Sunday, April 18
music Acoustic Jam — With Jax Delaguerre. 11:30 a.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683. Acoustic Mining Co. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685. Ben Hanna. 8:15 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder. 303-440-4628. Bluegrass Pick — All levels welcome. 12-3 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids and Solids, 1555 S. Hover St., Longmont, 303-4859400. Jazz Jam with Mark Diamond — Players welcome. 7:30-10 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel and Suites, 800 28th St., Boulder, 303-443-3322. Jennifer Knapp, Derek Webb. 9 p.m. Bluebird Theater, 3317 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, 303-377-1666. John Adams. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 North Park Dr., Lafayette, 303-665-2757. Felonius Smith. 6 p.m. Oskar Blues Home
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Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Rd., Longmont, 303-485-9400. Irish Session. Conor O’Neills, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922. Liebermonster. 10 p.m. Mountain Sun Pub, 1535 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-546-0886. Open Mic — Hosted by Hotfoot. 2:30 p.m. Avery Brewing Co., 5763 Arapahoe Ave., Unit E, Boulder, 303-440-4324. Paul Alexios Kimbiris. 9 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder. 303-440-4628. Spencer Pendleton. 9:45 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder. 303-440-4628.
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DIERKS BENTLEY & THE TRAVELIN’ MCCOURYS “UP ON THE RIDGE TOUR”
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18TH ANNUAL
MICROBREWERIES FOR THE ENVIRONMENT W/ ONDA LATIN BRASS ALL STARS & MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME SAT, APRIL 24 RADIO 1990’S BASEMENTALISM
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Cabaret. 2 p.m. University Theatre, CU campus, 303-492-8181. Chicago. 12 p.m. & 6:15 p.m. Boulder’s Dinner Theatre, 5501 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-4496000. Free Open House. 10:30 a.m. to noon. Boulder Shambhala Meditation Center, 1345 Spruce St., Boulder, 303-444-0190. Hawaiian Chant Class. 5:30-6:15 p.m. Boulder Ballet Studio, The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-447-9772. Hot Standup — Comedy with Bobby Crane and others. 10 p.m.Vine Street Pub, 1700 Vine St., Denver, 303-388-2337. MahlerFest Film Screening — What the Universe Tells Me. 3 p.m. Rocky Mountain Center for Musical Arts, 200 E. Baseline Rd., Lafayette, 303-665-0599, ext. 100. The Occasional Un-broadcasted Radio Show — With host Harry Tuft. 2 p.m. Swallow Hill Cafe, 71 E.Yale Ave., Denver, 303-777-1003. Rent. 7:30 p.m. King Performing Arts Center, 855 Lawrence Way, Denver, 303-556-2296. “Somewhere in America, vol. 1” — Presented by Ballet Nouveau Colorado. 2 p.m. 470 S. Allison Parkway, Lakewood, 303-9877845. Sunday Afternoon Tea — Live traditional Japanese music with tea and traditional tea snacks. 2:30-3:30 p.m. Ku Cha House of Tea, 2015 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-3612.
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Them Crooked Vultures —
The awesomeness of this band cannot be overstated. A supergroup power trio containing one unarguable rock legend — Led Zepplin’s John Paul Jones — and two very arguable ones, Them Crooked Vultures make you realize that rock music is still very much alive. 8 p.m. The Fillmore Auditorium, 1510 Clarkson St., Denver, 303-837-0360.
Monday, April 19
music Acoustic Plug-In. 7:30 p.m. Oskar Blues, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685. Electric Blues Jam — Hosted by Boa & the Constrictors. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Rd., Longmont, 303-485-9400. Finntroll — With Moonsorrow and others. Bluebird Theater, 3317 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, 303-377-1666. Jay Ryan’s Big Top. 7 p.m./6:30 p.m. sign-up, D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-4636683. Open Bluegrass Pick. 5-7 p.m. Boulder Draft House, 2027 13th St., Boulder, 303-440-5858. Open Mic. 7 p.m. Rock N Soul Cafe. 5290 Arapahoe Ave., Ste. I, Boulder, 303-443-5108. Them Crooked Vultures. 8 p.m. The Fillmore Auditorium, 1510 Clarkson St., Denver, 303-837-
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0360. U.S. Air Guitar. 9 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-3399.
events Geeks Who Drink Pub Quiz. 9 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922. Meditation Instruction — Introductory talk and refreshments. 7-9 p.m. Boulder Shambhala Meditation Center, 1345 Spruce St., Boulder, 303-444-0190. Magical Mexican Mondays — With live magic by Erica Sodos. Juanita’s Mexican Food, 1043 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-449-5273. “So,You’re a Poet.” 8 p.m. Laughing Goat Coffeehouse, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-4404628. Twisted Pine Brewing and Tap Room. 3-9 p.m. Twisted Pine Tap Room, 3201 Walnut St., #A, Boulder, 303-786-9270.
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theater Boulder/Denver Cabaret. University Theatre, CU campus, 303-492-8181. Through April 14. Chicago. 6:15 p.m. Boulder’s Dinner Theatre, 5501 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-449-6000. Through May 9. The Clean House. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. Through April 15. Grace & Glorie. Miner’s Alley Playhouse. 1224 Washington Ave., Golden, 303-935-3044. Through April 25. Is He Dead? Lincoln Center, 417 W.
Magnolia St., Fort Collins. Through May 1. Mama Hated Diesels. Denver Center for the Performing Arts, 1101 13th St., Denver, 303-8934100. Through May 9. Othello. Denver Center for the Performing Arts, 1101 13th St., Denver, 303-893-4100. Through May 1. Schoolhouse Rock Live! Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities. 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada, 720898-7201, through May 15.
music The Atomic Pablo Band. 7 p.m. Rock N Soul Café, 5290 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303443-5108. Clusterpluck — 9 p.m. Open jam. George’s Food & Drink, 2028 14th St., Boulder, 303-9989350. High on Fire — With Black Cobra. 7:30 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-4433399. Jazz Night — With Supercollider. 8:30 p.m. Laughing Goat Coffeehouse, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628. Longmont Christian School Jazz Band. 7:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Rd., Longmont, 303-4859400. Open Mic — With Danny Shafer. 8 p.m./7 p.m. sign-up. Conor O’Neills, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922. Silent Bear. 6:30 p.m. St. Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696. U.S. Air Guitar Championships. 9 p.m. Bluebird Theater, 3317 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, 303-377-1666. Weekly Bluegrass Pick — All levels welcome. 8-11 p.m. Oskar Blues, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685. Boulder Weekly
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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. Flamenco Dance Technique. 5:50 p.m. Kakes Studios, 2115 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-786-7050, www.flamenco-boulder.com. Geeks Who Drink Pub Quiz. 7:30 p.m. Harpo’s Sports Bar, 2860 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-444-9464. Peru: A Scenic and Cultural Exploration. 7 p.m. Free Traveler’s Tuesday program. Changes in Latitude Travel Store, 2525 Arapahoe Rd., Boulder, 303-786-8406. Salsa Night — Lessons and open dance. 7 p.m. Boulder Draft House, 2027 13th St., Boulder, 303-440-5858.
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music Bilbao. 6:30 p.m. St. Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696. Brad Goode Trio. 6:30 p.m. The Blending Cellar, 946 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-0475. The Clamdaddys Transcendental Blues Jam. 7:30 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683. Five Point Triangle. 8:30 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder. 303-440-4628. Fresh Cut Memory. 9:30 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder. 303-440-4628. Julias Casablancas. 8 p.m. Ogden Theatre, 835 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, 303-832-1874. Kamikazee Karaoke Gong Show. 9 p.m. Juanita’s Mexican Food, 1043 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-449-5273. Taína Asili y La Banda Rebelde. 7:30 p.m. Rock N Soul Cafe. 5290 Arapahoe Ave., Ste. I, Boulder, 303-443-5108. Reggae Wednesday — JUS Goodie. 10 p.m. Boulder Draft House, 2027 13th St., Boulder, 303-440-5858. Tribute to British Invasion Bands. 7 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685. White Rabbits — With Here We Go Magic. 9 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303443-3399. Wild Mountain Celts. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 North Park Dr., Lafayette, 303-665-2757.
events Arvada Business Connection. 5:30 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-4636683. Canadian College Fair. 7-9 p.m., The Inn at Cherry Creek, 233 Clayton St., Denver, 202448-6218. Through April 22. Chautauqua Silent Film Series — The General. 7:30 p.m. 900 Baseline Rd., Boulder, 303-442-3282. Geeks Who Drink Pub Quiz. 8 p.m. George’s Food & Drink, 2028 14th St., Boulder, 303-998-9350. Healing Space — With Alan McAllister. 12-2 p.m. Whole Being Explorations, 1800 30th St., Boulder, 303-545-5562.
Kids’ Calendar Thursday, April 15 Drop-in Storytime. 10:15 a.m. Erie Community Library, 400 Powers St., Erie, 720685-5200.
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A multi-genre infusion from Puerto Rico, Taína Asili will play tracks from her debut album, War Cry. 7:30 p.m. Rock N Soul Cafe. 5290 Arapahoe Ave., Ste. I, Boulder, 303-443-5108.
So Rim Kung Fu for Children. 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. A Place to B Studio, 1750 30th St., Boulder, 303-440-8007.
Friday, April 16 Children’s Storytime. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1000 Canyon Blvd., Boulder, 303-441-3100. Pajamarama Storytime. 7 p.m. Barnes & Noble. Crossroads Commons, 2915 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-442-1665. Preschool Storytime. 10:15 a.m. Erie Community Library, 400 Powers St., Erie, 720685-5200. Saturday, April 17 Children’s Storytime. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1000 Canyon Blvd., Boulder, 303-441-3100. Moons and Lasers. 2 p.m. Fiske Planetarium, CU campus, 303-492-5002. Laser: Perseus and Andromeda. 3:15 p.m. Fiske Planetarium, CU campus, 303-492-5002. 2nd Annual SuperKids Expo. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. YMCA, 2800 Dagny Way, Boulder, 303-6645455. Sunday, April 18 Baby Boogie — Bring kids to dance. 2 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-4636683. Children’s Storytime. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1000 Canyon Blvd., Boulder, 303-441-3100. Go Club — Learn to play the ancient and mysterious board game known as Go. 2 p.m. Boulder Public Library, 1000 Canyon Blvd., Boulder, 303-441-3100.
Monday, April 19 Children’s Storytime. 10:15 p.m. Boulder Public Library, 1000 Canyon Blvd., Boulder, 303-441-3100. Rise & Shine Storytime. 9:30 a.m. Barnes &
Noble, Crossroads Commons, 2999 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-444-0349. Tuesday, April 20 Children’s Storytime. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1000 Canyon Blvd., Boulder, 303-441-3100. Drop-in Storytime. 4 p.m. Erie Community Library, 400 Powers St., Erie, 720-685-5200. Storytime for Children. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Public Library, George Reynolds Branch, 3595 Table Mesa Dr., Boulder, 303-441-3120. Teen Game Night. 3 p.m. Boulder Public Library, 1000 Canyon Blvd., Boulder, 303-4413100.
Wednesday, April 21 Children’s Storytime. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1000 Canyon Blvd., Boulder, 303-441-3100. So Rim Kung Fu for Children. 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. A Place to B Studio, 1750 30th St., Boulder, 303-440-8007.
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ince the dawn of the electronic age, online dating was regarded, fairly or not, as being unsexy, unsafe and for the socially awkward. But as more aspects of our everyday life migrate to the online world, the stigma has faded. As e-mail, texting, Twitter and Facebook have become nouns and verbs in our daily dictionaries, online dating has become tremendously prevalent and popular. Online dating is practical for urban professionals looking to economize their time, valuable for those bored with the bar scene and trendy for people looking for more casual commitments. However, executing online dating in both a safe and sexy manner is a skilled art. It can be daunting to wade through pages of pictures, and even more difficult to develop a smart, stylish profile. Then comes the internal conversation where you hyper-analyze what you want to say in that first e-mail. How can I be interesting and individualistic without being desperate or grammatically incorrect? Sixty years ago, this question would never have existed. Dating was for marriage, and marriage was for forever. But intimacy involved in dating and courtship has evolved exponentially. We now live in an era of staunchly independent, instantly gratified commitment-phobes. We’ve all window-shopped for love at least once, whether e-dating or in bars. And in America, where capitalism prevails, intimacy has become a liquid and loose commodity, and dating is a game rife with rules that are constantly changing. How many e-mails before you call? How many calls before you get together? Once you set the first date, how many days before you dial digits again? How many hours before you text? (The answer is zero; never text before making that call. I don’t care how old you are!) The answers are so subjective we could write a book on all the possible scenarios. However, the real question is whether e-dating is even safe and sexy enough to employ advantageously. The anonymity of online dating has pros and perils. The barrier of the screen allows a person to play with different aspects of their identity. Without the anxiety of face-to-face rejection, some people toy with being extra coy and saucy or lay on a thick layer of wit. Pushing boundaries you might safeguard in person can help take you out of your shell and into a sexier and stronger skinsuit. No matter gender or age, confidence is the sexiest characteristic a person can possess, and e-dating can be a terrific training ground to develop a deeper level of confidence. Numerically, e-dating has an inflated level of judgment and rejection, but it feels far less harsh in comparison to the rebuff felt from that one person in the bar. Online environments can tempt individuals to expose too much too soon. You may Boulder Weekly
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Safe and SexEdating! by Dr. Jenni Skyler regret telling the stranger on the other side of the screen all about your awkward adolescence or how all your partners in your 20s broke your heart because they
couldn’t commit. Coffee the next day with this person may feel uncomfortable. To establish a safer and sexier experience dating online, think of a buzz-cut —
keep it clean, keep it short. Less is more when creating mystery in courtship. The less you know, the more you crave to see more of — and learn more about — the other person. Part two is the transition from screen to seen. To preserve your time and protect your bodily integrity, meet for short coffee or happy-hour dates in public spaces. And remember to pre-pack your condoms and lube, just in case the connection is infectiously electric. Jenni Skyler, PhD, is a sex therapist and board-certified sexologist. She runs The Intimacy Institute in Boulder, www.theintimacyinstitute.org.
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Thursday, April 15 Climbing Cochise Stronghold — presented by Lukas Hill, Casey McTaggart. 8 p.m. Neptune Mountaineering, 633 S. Broadway, Ste. A, Boulder, 303-499-8866.
Friday, April 16 Climbing Kilimanjaro — With Cameron Martindell. 7 p.m. REI Store, 1789 28th St., 303-583-9970. Saturday, April 17 Boulder Cycling Club Saturday Morning Road Bike Ride. 10:30 a.m. Bicycle Village, 2100 28th St., # B-C, Boulder, 303-875-2241. Sunday, April 18 Boulder Road Runners Sunday Group Run. 9 a.m. Meet at First National Bank, 3033 Iris Ave., Boulder, www.boulderroadrunners.org.
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Monday, April 19 Ladies Bike Mechanics 101. 5:30-6:30 a.m. Community Cycles, 2805 Wilderness Pl., Ste. 1000, Boulder, 720-565-6019.
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ver since Aron Ralston went and cut his hand off in a lost canyon in Utah, I’ve been thinking about risk.
As a journalist, I’ve specialized in covering extreme athletes and the world of action sports for more than a decade. For most of the individuals I write about and photograph, hiking alone in a remote canyon, even if it involved a couple of rappels, wouldn’t give them a second thought. The level of perceived risk for these folks, even traveling solo and without leaving an itinerary, is negligible.
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I’ve also examined my own experiences: travel to risky spots in the third world; ski mountaineering on high peaks in remote places; and, even, the inevitability of injury to the athletes at freestyle motocross events such as the Gravity and X Games. As I’ve considered these things — what drives the athletes I’ve covered, my own actions and the experiences of fellow journalists — I’ve become more intrigued with risk. What exactly is risk? And why are risky activities so much a part of mainstream American culture? Where’s the joy in cutting off your own hand? There is, interestingly enough, a gene that is associated with taking risks. Called D4DR, it’s been identified by scientists as being longer in people who are prone to risky behavior. Furthermore, other studies, including work done by Dr. Stefan Brene and published in the academic journal
Tuesday, April 20 Peru: A Scenic and Cultural Exploration. 7 p.m. Free Traveler’s Tuesday program. Changes in Latitude Travel Store, 2525 Arapahoe Rd., Boulder, 303-786-8406. Tuesday Hiking. 9 a.m. North Boulder Park, 7th and Bellwood streets, Boulder, 303-494-9735. Youth “Earn-a-Bike” Program. 5:307:30 p.m. Community Cycles, 2805 Wilderness Pl., Boulder, 720-565-6019. Wednesday, April 21 Pearl Street Runners. Meet at 6:15 p.m. for 5k run. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder. www.pearlstreetrunners.com. To list your event, send information to: editorial@boulderweekly.com. attn:“Elevation.”
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Behavioral Brain Research, has shown that there is an addictive quality to adrenaline and endorphins, two substances produced by the body in greater quantities during times of stress and excitement. The fact that a predilection for risk is ingrained in some people and that adrenaline is addictive will come as no surprise to many who live in Boulder. After all, the climbing, skiing, backpacking and other outdoor pursuits that involve risk are the reasons that many of us moved here in the first place. Activities like climbing or snowboarding are all risky activities with big time payoffs for adrenaline junkies. Risk and the type of personalities that seek it out are part of the fabric of Boulder. So, while the verdict is still out on the ultimate effect of having a D4DR gene or the real impact of an addiction to adrenaline and endorphins, it’s probably safe to say that most of the active types who live here are cursed with both the gene and the addiction. We can also probably assume that Ralston is similar in his biological makeup to many of us and that many of his actions prior to his accident were, in part, governed or influenced in some way by this. But in addition to the genetic and chemical influences that contribute to a propensity for risk taking in humans, there are cultural forces at work as well. The fabric of American life has been shaped by risk takers. As Anthony Brandt, a columnist for National Geographic has noted, “adventure has become deeply embedded in the culture.” America’s cultural icons, from Lewis and Clark to Jake Burton, the father of the snowboarding industry, have been gamblers, heading into the unknown or creating new sports out of nothing. Two Americans, William Howard and Jeremiah van Rensselaer were the first to climb one of Europe’s highest peaks, Mont Blanc, merely for the thrill of getting to the top, rather than to make scientific observations. Americans reinvented skiing twice — first in the 1970s with the introduction of hotdogging (now freestyle skiing) and then again in this decade with the park and pipe skiing featured so prominently in the Winter X Games held in Aspen. Skateboarding was invented in America, and that sport’s modern form was shaped by a bunch of punks in California like Tony Alva, whose progressive pool riding laid the groundwork for modern day hero and skateboarding legend Tony Hawk. (As an aside, it is interesting to note that in polls among teens, Hawk is consistently one of the most recognizable athletes of this era, beating out pro football and baseball players easily, matching the 50 April 15, 2010
exposure of NBA luminaries like Michael Jordan). What does all this mean to the average Joe on the street? It means that taking chances has always been an accepted part of living in this country and that Americans view risk, particularly when it comes to sports and recreation with less fear and suspicion than people from other countries. (If you’ve ever skied in Europe, you’ll notice that it’s your American buddies who are heading off of the groomed trails, not the Euros.) It’s the reason why automobile manufacturers sell so many SUVs and hype them with advertisements depicting extreme behavior. It’s why we drink Mountain Dew for breakfast and do stupid things like going hiking alone in the desert. But it’s also why we invented snowboarding, have a TV network, ESPN, that hosts the only credible international winter games outside the Olympics in Aspen (no ice dancing here, thank you very much) and have one of the most dynamic societies in the world. After all, no risk, no reward. Take chances, have fun Want to taste a bit of adrenaline? These folks can help. Climb a cliff Boulder’s Colorado Mountain School offers a variety of rock, ice and mountain climbing courses. With classes for kids, adults and families, there’s something for everyone, including folks who want to test themselves on big peaks in the Andes or who just want to get off the couch and up on the Flatirons. totalclimbing.com Fly like an eagle Based in North Boulder, Parasoft Paragliding can get you off the ground quickly. Classes start with tandem flights with an instructor doing the flying and move on to obtaining advanced flying licenses. parasoftparagliding.com Fall like a rock For those addicted to adrenaline, there’s nothing quite like jumping out of a plane. Maximize the rush and minimize the risk with skydiving lessons, tandem jumps and other instruction at Mile-Hi Skydiving in Longmont. mile-hi-skydiving.com Shred the gnar It doesn’t get much more American than the sport of snowboarding. Learn to ride at Eldora ski area. The closest mountain to Boulder, you can be on the chair at Eldora within 45 minutes of getting into your car. The ski area offers lessons for all abilities, including a firsttimers lesson for $99. eldora.com Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com Boulder Weekly
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iking into the Grand Canyon can be a rewarding adventure, but it can also be a strenuous undertaking. The altitude, dry conditions and intense inner canyon heat can test even the best-conditioned and heartiest souls. Visitors intent on making the descent and steep return climb out of the Grand Canyon should consider several important physical and material factors before the hike, and take steps along the way to ensure the experience gets completed in a satisfying fashion. The National Park Service offers these guidelines for hiking at the Grand Canyon during the summer months: —Hike plan: Choose a hike suited to your physical limitations and health considerations. Take a conservative approach if you’re heading into the canyon for the first time. If you have a medical condition, such as asthma, a heart condition, or knee or back problems, limit your exertion and exposure to the heat. —Time: Plan on taking twice as long to hike up as it took to hike down. Allow 1/3 of your time to descend and 2/3 of your time to ascend. —Gear: Travel light. The heaviest items in your pack should be food and water. Use a hiking stick to take stress off your legs. Wear well-fitting and broken-in hiking boots. Bring a small lightweight flashlight and a change of batteries and bulb. Use sunscreen and wear sunglasses and a hat. Also, bring a map, compass, signal mirror or whistle, first aid kit and water purification tablets. And remember, carry out all your trash from the hike. —Food and drink: Eat before you are hungry. Drink before you become thirsty. No matter what the temperature, you need water and energy to keep going. Drink 1/2 to 1 quart (liter) of water or sports drink for every hour you hike in the canyon. Salty snacks and water or sports drinks should be consumed on any hike lasting longer than 30 minutes. You need to eat about twice as much as you normally would to meet your energy and electrolyte needs while hiking in the Grand Canyon. —Pace: Walk at a tempo that allows you to walk and talk at the same time. This is an indication that your legs and your body are getting the oxygen needed to function efficiently. Don’t rush the hike. Even taking baby steps in steep areas allows you to conserve energy and last longer on the trail. —Breaks: Taking 10-minute Boulder Weekly
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Plan now to hike smart in the summer at the Grand Canyon by Chuck Myers breaks during the hike helps remove the metabolic waste products that build up in your legs. Pull up for a rest at least every hour, and sit down and prop up your legs. Use this time to eat
and drink. And don’t forget to spend a few moments during brief respites to enjoy the magnificent view. —Get Wet: Whenever you are near water, make sure that you soak
yourself down. This will help decrease your core body temperature. If you hike while soaking wet you will stay reasonably cool. —Shade: Avoid hiking in direct sunlight during the hottest part of the day. Keep in mind, the deeper you go into the canyon, the hotter the environment becomes. Plan your day so you do not hike between the hours of 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Take a break near shade and water to avoid the worst heat of day. Enjoy a predawn start and a late afternoon finish. Use a flashlight if you hike out after dark. Source: National Park Service
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Why, Steve and Tina, why? by Michael Phillips
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n a recent Entertainment Weekly interview, Steve Carell recalls costar Tina Fey telling him: “I just want to go and do a movie and hang off the end of a car.” This, of course, is the problem with being associated with successful, classy, verbally driven television series such as 30 Rock or The Office: You so rarely get to hang off the end of a car. Like the abrasive big-screen Get Smart (starring Carell) and the synthetic-formula Baby Mama (starring Fey), Date Night is a product substantially inferior to the material routinely finessed by Carell and Fey, on their respective hit shows, into comic gold. And yet Date Night gets by, almost despite itself, on the durability and wiles of its stars. And because of one particular scene that belongs to two other performers, whom we’ll get to in a bit. Director Shawn Levy’s film is a self-proclaimed “action comedy.” Entrenched in their domestic New Jersey routine, Phil and Claire Foster leave the kids with a sitter and hit Manhattan for dinner. Stuck without a reservation at a trendy restaurant they decide to live a little. When Phil hears the hostess call out the name “Tripplehorn,” he claims the name for his own, and faster than you can say “North By
Northwest,” two thugs mistake the Fosters for the noshow Tripplehorns, who are apparently in oodles of criminal trouble. Levy shoots much of Date Night like an ‘80s cop thriller of the Running Scared variety, which is hard on the comic mood. As Date Night revels in how danger and near-death experiences can reignite a marriage, it revels equally in how Carell and Fey can make a formulaic movie seem fresh, simply by virtue of their respective comic chops.
Comedy is more subjective than subjectivity itself. I mean, look: I liked Dan in Real Life (a recommendation I’m still hearing about, from angry total strangers). I liked it largely because Carell has range and shrewd instincts about how large or small a given moment needs to be. Fey, similarly, is a spectacular wit with stiletto timing, though like most writerperformers, she’s at the mercy of her scripts. (The end credits feature Carell and Fey riffing on outtakes that are funnier than screenwriter Josh Klausner’s lines.) The people on-screen keep saving this one, none more so than James Franco and Mila Kunis. As lowlifes mixed up in the Tripplehorn saga, they give Date Night a shot in the arm, simply for the way Franco says the line, “Like I wanna spend the rest of my life selling stolen wheelchairs!” Their one scene lasts maybe five minutes, but they are crucial minutes. Their interplay with the stars of this vehicle makes up for a lot of backfiring elsewhere. —MCT, Tribune Newspapers
Death or psychosis by Michael Phillips
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ou have to let go of the living,” says the funeral director played by Liam Neeson to Anna, the dead schoolteacher in the red slip, played by Christina Ricci, in the new thriller After.Life. He sounds like the stage manager in a particularly grim production of Our Town. Anna, on the other hand, resembles the poor soul in Monty Python and the Holy Grail, the one who’s not dead yet but is being treated as such. The film’s guessing game is simple. Either the tense schoolteacher played by Ricci, who is a victim of a (fatal?) car accident, has expired and is being prepped for the afterlife by Neeson, or she’s alive but about to become this calmly sinister authority figure’s latest prey. Clean, precise and terribly sullen, After.Life is like its female protagonist. It feels stuck between worlds, or genres. Debut feature film director Agnieszka WojtowiczVosloo, who also worked on the screenplay, asks the big philosophical questions, including: Are the living Boulder Weekly
cognizant of life as they’re drifting through en route to the grave? On the other hand, there’s enough skin to provoke the following headline on the Web site bloody-disgusting.com: “A New Thriller Starring a Nude Christina Ricci!” Ricci can be an effective actress, though with her
eerie-teen years behind her, she too seems to be eternally on the cusp of whatever she’s turning into. That moon-face sits rather uneasily on the starlet’s body, and her voice seems to waver on its own accord. Still, she’s fearless, and After. Life presents her with a leading role, albeit a decorative and passive one. We spend a lot of time in the sleek, severely art-directed confines of the funeral home, as Anna debates her situation with her captor while he sews up her wounds and moralizes ad nauseam and gets her open-casket-ready. Anna’s grieving boyfriend ( Justin Long) senses that Anna may still be among the living. Composer Paul Haslinger sprays the dullest sort of scare music across every scene, and only Celia Weston — as the bitter mother of the schoolteacher — suggests a human pulse inside the games. —MCT, Tribune Newspapers Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com
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For a list of local movie times visit boulderweekly.com Raymond De Felitta’s screwball farce “City Island” introduces us to the Rizzos, a boisterous party of four living in the tradition-steeped, seaside spit of Bronx real estate of the movie’s title. The Rizzos don’t talk to one another much, and when they do the neighbors undoubtedly hear every word. But deep down, we’re meant to understand, they shout because they care. The movie’s setup would barely pass muster on “Three’s Company,” and there’s little doubt that the whole thing is going to end in a group hug. But City Island scrapes by and delivers a smile or two because it does contain a fundamental understanding of the rot that sets in when people hide their true selves from the ones they love. Rated PG-13. At Chez Artiste. — Glenn Whipp
Ajami Co-directed by an Israeli Arab and an Israeli Jew, this potent, whirling film, set in Jaffa’s tense and sprawling multiethnic community, depicts a melting pot about to boil over. A 2010 foreign-language best picture Oscar nominee. Not rated (violence, profanity, drugs, adult themes). At Chez Artiste. — Steven Rea Alice in Wonderland Director Tim Burton’s new extravaganza, the second Disney-backed Alice and a bookend to the cheerily benign 1951 animated version, won’t be for everyone. It’s a little rough for preteens, and it doesn’t throw many laughs the audience’s way, but along with Sweeney Todd, this is Burton’s most interesting project in a decade. Wonderfully wellchosen Australian actress Mia Wasikowska plays Alice, and Johnny Depp continues his fruitfully nervy collaboration with Burton by playing the Mad Hatter. PG (fantasy action/violence involving scary images and situations, and a smoking caterpillar). At Flatiron, Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks. — Michael Phillips
voice in the history of cinema. At International Film Series. — Denver Film Society
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The Bounty Hunter
Although it shared the Cannes International Critics Prize with Alain Resnais’s Hiroshima, Mon Amour, Araya was never picked up for widespread distribution. Rarely shown, this masterpiece was largely forgotten by the film world. Milestone’s North American theatrical premiere and worldwide release in 2009 will give audiences the chance to rediscover Benacerraf — a powerful and distinctive
Three films into his romantic comedy career, Gerard Butler has finally reached “watchable.” With The Bounty Hunter, the bemused Scots comes closer to setting off sparks with his newest leading lady, Jennifer Aniston. Butler plays Milo Boyd, a bounty hunter, tracking down crooks who skip out on bail, handcuffing them even if he has to chase them, on stilts, through the middle of a July 4th parade. When Nicole
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Aaron Johnson stars as a lovelorn teen who takes up crimefighting in his spare time in the action comedy.
(Aniston) misses a court date and her bail bondsman is out $50,000, Milo takes the gig. Aniston doesn’t bring her old A-game to this. But at least she’s not quiet and no-energy, her approach to too many roles of late. Director Andy Tennant makes sure the whole shooting match devolves into a shooting match, which only makes one appreciate Butler’s romantic comedy efforts more. If he’s co-starring with Jen, at least he’s not making another Gamer. Rated PG-13. At Century, Twin Peaks and Flatiron. — Roger Moore. City Island
Clash of the Titans could be the first film to actually be made worse by being in 3-D. The third dimension, especially in the action scenes, is more of a distraction than an enhancement. This remake of the creaky 1981 original is also hampered by a numbskull plot and plodding dialogue. Sam Worthington of Avatar stars as Perseus, the demigod who leads a group of warriors an entire Noah’s ark of inhuman adversaries, including the dreaded Kraken.Rated PG-13. At Century, Flatiron, Colony Square and Twin Peaks. — Kenneth Turan Date Night Comedy is hard. Farce is harder. The momentum and lunacy need to keep building. The characters’ cluelessness needs to be endearing, but they can’t come off as imbeciles — the audience will turn against them entirely. The outrageous hijinks can’t be pushed too hard or the whole delicate conceit is apt to collapse into desperate chaos. Wonder of
local theaters AMC Flatiron Crossing, 61 W. Flatiron Cir., Broomfield, 303-7904262 Alice in Wonderland Fri-Wed: 1:40, 4:35, 7:40, 10:20 The Bounty Hunter Fri-Wed: 1:25, 4:05, 7:05, 9:45 Clash of the Titans Fri-Wed 1:30, 2:20, 4:10, 5:10, 7:05, 7:55, 9:40, 10:25 Diary of a Wimpy Kid FriWed: 12:40, 2:55, 5:05, 7:20, 9:35 Hot Tub Time Machine FriWed: 12:50, 3:10, 5:30, 7:50, 10:10 How to Train Your Dragon FriSun: 1:10, 2, 3:45, 4:30 7, 7:30, 8:45, 9:20 Kick-Ass Fri-Wed: 10:30, 1:20, 4:10, 7, 9:50 The Last Song Fri-Wed: 1:50, 5, 7:30, 10:05 Letters to God Fri-Wed: 2, 4:50, 7:45, 10:15 Shutter Island Fri-Wed: 1:20, 4:25
1:15 Clash of the Titans Fri-Wed: 11:40, 12:35, 2:25, 3:40, 5, 6:10, 7:20, 8:25 9:45, 10:40 Date Night Fri-Wed: 12:20, 1:15, 2:40, 3:40, 5, 6:10, 7:20, 8:25, 9:40, 10:45 Death at a Funeral FriWed:12:05, 2:50, 5:15, 7:40, 10:10 The Ghostwriter Fri-Wed: 8:50 p.m. Hot Tub Time Machine FriWed: 11:45, 2:20, 4:45, 7:15, 10:05 How to Train Your Dragon FriWed: 12:55, 2:10, 3:25, 4:40, 5:50, 8:35, 9:55 The Joneses Fri-Wed: 11:50, 2:15, 4:50, 7:25, 10 Kick-Ass Fri-Wed: 11:30, 12:30, 1:30, 2:30, 3:30, 4:30, 5:30, 6:30, 7:30, 8:30, 9:30, 10:30 The Last Song Fri-Wed: 11:25, 2, 4:55, 7:35, 10:15 The Runaways Fri-Wed: 1:45, 5:05, 7:45, 10:25
Century Boulder, 1700 29th St., Boulder, 303-442-1815 Alice in Wonderland Fri-Wed: 1:05, 4, 6:40, 9:20 The Bounty Hunter Fri-Wed:
Colony Square, 1164 Dillon Rd., Louisville, 303-604-2641 Alice in Wonderland Fri-Wed: 1:30, 4:50, 7:50 Clash of the Titans Fri-Wed:
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Ajami Fri-Wed: 4, 6:45, 9:30 City Island Fri-Wed: 4:15, 7, 9:35 Dancing Across Borders FriWed: 4:30, 7:15, 9:40
The Secret of Kells Fri-Thu: 5:15, 7:30 Walt & El Grupo Fri: 7 p.m. Sat-Sun: 2, 4:30, 7
Landmark Esquire, 590 Downing St., Denver, 303-3521992 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Fri-Sun: 1, 4:30 , 8 MonWed: 4:30, 8 Greenberg Fri-Wed: 4:15, 7, 9:30
UA Twin Peaks, 1250 S. Hover Rd., Longmont, 303-651-2434 Alice in Wonderland Fri-Wed: 1:40, The Bounty Hunter Fri-Wed: 7:30, 10 Clash of the Titans Fri-Wed 1:20, 1:50, 4:10, 4:40, 7:10, 7:40, 9:40, 10:10 Date Night Fri-Wed: 1:25, 4:50, 7:45, 10:10 Diary of a Wimpy Kid FriWed: 1:35, 4:25, 7:15, 9:50 How to Train Your Dragon FriSun: 1:30, 2, 4, 4:30 6:50, 7:20, 9:30, 10 The Last Song Fri-Wed: 1:45, 4:20, 7:05, 9:55
Landmark Mayan, 110 Broadway, Denver, 303-352-1992 The Joneses Fri-Wed: 4:40, 7:40, 10 Mother Fri-Wed: 4, 7, 9:40 The Runaways Fri-Wed: 4:20, 7:15, 9:45 Starz Film Center, 900 Auraria Pkwy., Denver, 303-820-3456 The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers Thu-Fri: 4:55, 7:30 Night of the Comet Fri-Sat: 10 p.m.
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wonders, then, that Shawn Levy, the director of such middle-of-the-road fare as Cheaper by the Dozen and The Pink Panther, and Josh Klausner, one of twelve credited screenwriters who worked on Shrek the 3rd, should turn out to be such gifted practitioners of this very tricky genre in Date Night. That there is a beating heart at the center of all this makes it all the more appealing. Rated PG-13. At Twin Peaks, Century and Colony Square — Christopher Kelly
(Cheech Marin). Rated PG. At Colony Square. — Roger Moore The Secret of Kells
Death at a Funeral Neil LaBute directs this remake of the British comedy about quarreling family members (including Loretta Devine, Peter Dinklage, Martin Lawrence, Chris Rock and Tracy Morgan) who get together for the funeral of their patriarch. Rated R. At Century. — Rene Rodriguez Diary of a Wimpy Kid Why Diary of a Wimpy Kid? Because you’re never too old for a good booger joke. Jeff Kinney’s irreverent illustrated diary about one tween’s nightmare middle-school experience comes to the big screen with all its boogers, bullies, bad decisions and maybe a few more trips to the toilet than you’ll remember. Crass, gross and juvenile in all the best (and worst) ways, Diary is aimed squarely at a tween “don’t touch the cheese” demographic. And if you don’t get it, maybe you’re just too old for a good booger joke. Rated PG. At Colony Square, Flatiron and Twin Peaks. — Roger Moore. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo A violent, exhilarating and faithful adaptation of Stieg Larsson’s international bestseller, with Swedish actress Noomi Rapace in the role of Lisbeth Salander, the punky, pierced, perturbed, cyber-hacking heroine. Not rated. (violence, sexual violence, nudity, profanity, adult themes) At Esquire. and Interntaional Film Series — Steven Rea Hot Tub Time Machine Hot Tub Time Machine’s title may say it all. But just in case it doesn’t, here’s an alternative: “Back to The Hangover.” A sloppy, raucous, time travel farce in the grown-men-gone-wild Hangover style, it’s a surprisingly satisfying, if not exactly LMAO riot. There are some big laughs, a few great running gags and the Back to the Future sweet moments of reflection mostly work. It’s not The Hangover, but at least this Hot Tub won’t have you hating yourself in the morning. Rated R. At Flatiron, Century and Colony Square. — Roger Moore. How to Train Your Dragon The swoops and dives of this exuberant animated feature, in which the teen hero befriends the winged enemy, should prove as addicting to its target audience as similar scenes have in Avatar. On the Island of Berk, the Vikings have been putting up with dragon attacks for 300 years. Hiccup (voice of Jay Baruchel) meets one of the dreaded beasts and learns dragons are a misjudged species, which puts him at odds with his father (Gerard Butler) and the rest of the village. The flying scenes are fantastic, so seeing Dragon in 3-D really is a must. PG (language and sexual content).. At Flatiron, Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks. The Joneses There’s something about The Joneses. Their twoparent, two-teenager nuclear-family perfection, complete with shiny teeth and sexy, toned bodies, would be intimidating, if they weren’t so cool, so casual. It’s as if they’re designed to fit in, to succeed, to become role models. Are they Coneheads? Vampires from Forks? Worse. They’re marketers, cunning “plants” cast for their ability to earn envy and show off Lacoste or Yves Saint Laurent fashions, Audi sports cars, Ethan Allen furnishings and every manner of flatscreen TV, golf accessory, perfume, earring or beer known to American capitalBoulder Weekly
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Chris Rock and Martin Lawrence team up for this remake of a recent British comedy.
ism. Their “cell” sells, and looks darned attractive doing it. “If people want you,” their handler (Lauren Hutton, commanding) explains, “they’ll want what you’ve got.” And soon, through the “ripple effect” of stealth-viral marketing, everybody in their new town is racing to keep up with The Joneses. Borte’s film sets us up for a fairly predictable payoff. For a satire that could have been a “scathing satire,” this is a pretty low-wattage affair. Still, as cautionary tales about consumerism go, The Joneses manages a deft blend of the sexy, the sad and the silly. And Borte doles out his secrets and surprises in ways that make it easy to keep up with these Joneses. Rated R. At Century. — Roger Moore Kick-Ass It could be self-mocking or it could be mocking the very people who keep comic book stores and movies in business. The tone of this latest comic-book adaptation to reach the big screen never settles that argument and never finds its sweet spot. An awkward blend of ultra-realistic violence, boundaries-bending satire and low comedy, Mark Millar’s comic becomes a movie in which not everybody in the cast is on the same page or even the right page. It’s about a nerdy, bored teen (the bland Aaron Johnson), “the perfect combination of optimism and naivete” who decides, since he doesn’t have a girlfriend, to spend his free time fighting crime in greater New York. There are explosively funny scenes and moments — often involving an unexpected beat-down — followed by many more moments that make you wince. Some jokes don’t land and most of the cast isn’t “out there” enough to make this work. Crude, bloody and moody, KickAss embraces, at arm’s length, its fanboy origins. But maybe they should have decided if they loved these stereotypes, or wanted to ridicule them to death before rolling the camera. Rated R. At Flatiron, Century and Colony Square. —Roger Moore The Last Song Any film based on a novel by Nicholas Sparks is going to be sentimental. It’s how the actors wade through the emotional bogs that make or break the film. Miley Cyrus throws off the blond wig of Hannah Montana to play rebellious teen Ronnie, who does nothing to hide her contempt when she and her little brother (Bobby Coleman) are sent from New York City to a beach town in Georgia to spend the summer with their father, Steve (Greg Kinnear). The role of Ronnie is a huge stretch for Cyrus, and at this point in her acting career, the role is just beyond her reach. Only Cyrus’ scenes with Kinnear have a spark of truth. Kinnear has a knack for playing characters with heavy hearts who are more complex than they seem. That ability is what makes The Last Song more sentimental than melodramatic. And while the film doesn’t hit any major sour notes, it’s just a familiar tune that could
have used some better supporting voices for Kinnear. Rated PG. At Century, Flatiron and Twin Peaks. — Rick Bentley Letters to God A little boy with cancer puts his fears, hopes and prayers into letters written to God. A troubled, cynical postman inherits the job of dealing with those letters, and taking that duty seriously changes his life. But even though lip service is paid to cynicism and even skepticism in Letters to God, that’s not what this indie drama is about. It’s about how a child’s faith spreads to those around him and softens their hearts. A good-looking but slow and bland, faith-based tear-jerker, Letters is a depressingly unemotional affair, with writing and some of the acting so flat that even its emotionally loaded situations can’t inspire waterworks. Rated PG. At Flatiron. — Roger Moore Night of the Comet When a comet hits Earth, nearly everyone is outside to witness the spectacle and celebrate its arrival. Unfortunately, the comet possesses deadly rays that turn all the onlookers to dust. However, teenager Regina and her Valley Girl sister Samantha survive, having been indoors when the comet struck. But the world has become a dangerous place, populated by monstrous zombies, created by the comet’s rays. The girls try to escape the creatures and find safety. They seek refuge at a radio station, having been lured there by a (taped) radio transmission. There they meet Hector, another survivor. Meanwhile, scientists from an underground compound find they’ve been affected by the comet, and need the blood of healthy humans to create a vaccine. They kidnap Samantha to use her for their cure, forcing Regina and Hector to set out and save her -- for the sisters are Earth’s only hope for re-populating the planet. At Starz. — Denver Film Society The Perfect Game The characters in The Perfect Game speak old school “Hollywood Mexican.” In other words, they speak English with accents that we haven’t heard since the golden Age of Speedy Gonzalez. The many (too many) Little League baseball games packed into the overlong film were shot and cut in such haste that you just know the little boys cast from Hannah Montana and Wizards of Waverly Place didn’t get much beyond “you throw like a girl” in rehearsals. But for all that and its interminably slow start, The Perfect Game still has its charms. A fictionalized account of the first Mexican team to win the Little League World Series, it’s a classic underdog tale: poor kids from Monterrey who don’t have real gear and have never played on real grass molded into a winning squad by a frustrated former big league coach with the help of the kindly local parish priest
Young Brendan lives in a remote medieval outpost under siege from barbarian raids. But a new life of adventure beckons when a celebrated master illuminator arrives from foreign lands carrying an ancient but unfinished book, brimming with secret wisdom and powers. To help complete the magical book, Brendan has to overcome his deepest fears on a dangerous quest that takes him into the enchanted forest where mythical creatures hide. It is here that he meets the fairy Aisling, a mysterious young wolfgirl, who helps him along the way. But with the barbarians closing in, will Brendan’s determination and artistic vision illuminate the darkness and show that enlightenment is the best fortification against evil? Animated. At Starz. — Denver Film Society Terribly Happy Robert (Jakob Cedergren) is an uptight cop whose poor judgment and questionable stability have led to his temporary reassignment from Copenhagen to a remote outpost in rural Denmark. At first work seems like a snap, but it becomes much more challenging—even scary—as Robert comes up against the locals’ predilection for cowboy justice, especially in light of their attitude toward strangers: Go along or go away (and not necessarily by leaving town). Complicating things further is the arrival of yet another newcomer, Ingelise (Lene Maria Christensen), who is fleeing her abusive husband Jørgen (Kim Bodnia) and who uses her womanly wiles to try to lure Robert into helping her. At Starz. — Denver Film Society Walt & El Grupo The year was 1941, and the world was on the brink of war. In an effort to improve relations between the Americas, the Roosevelt administration called upon one of Hollywood’s most influential filmmakers to embark on a special goodwill tour. This documentary chronicles the amazing ten-week trip that Walt Disney and his hand-picked group of artists and filmmaking talent (later known as “El Grupo”) took to South America. Just three years after the phenomenal success of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the Walt Disney Studios experienced a chain of financial challenges that ultimately led to the infamous animators strike. Meanwhile, the Roosevelt administration had growing concerns about Nazi and Fascist influence in Latin America. In stark contrast to these trying times, Disney and his colorful group of artists found themselves on a lively trip full of hope and discovery. While gathering story material, immersing themselves in the culture, befriending local artists and meeting political leaders, their journey was also a de facto diplomatic mission, and as a result, the studio produced the classic films Saludos Amigos and The Three Caballeros. Walt & El Grupo time travels in Walt Disney’s footsteps through the use of personal letters and stunning artwork from the trip, remembrances by descendants and survivors, and extraordinary never-before-seen footage. The film brings together an intertwined story of art and politics, the poignancy of a bygone age, and a legendary artist during one of his most trying times. At Starz. — Denver Film Society The Young Victoria Starring Emily Blunt as the 18-year-old queen of England circa 1837, this delicious historical romance is a rich pastiche of first love, teen empowerment, fabulous fashion and fate. Filmmaker Jean-Marc Vallee has captured that hot blush of pure emotion that comes before kisses, sex and heartbreak. Credit also goes to Blunt and to Rupert Friend, who plays the equally young Belgian Prince Albert. Rated PG (some mild sensuality, a scene of violence and brief incidental language and smoking). At Starz. — Betsy Sharkey
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Women in the kitchen: nurture or necessity?
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ulia Child’s cooking show, The French Chef, first aired on television in 1963, with her demonstration of how to cook an omelet. The show pioneered complex home cooking at a time in the United States when many women did just that. Nearly 50 years later, in a world of female CEOs and full-time mothers, women’s roles surrounding food and cooking have changed drastically. The days of Julia Child’s 12-hour pot roasts and intricate soufflés have in large part vanished, at least on television. More popular cooking shows today include Rachael Ray’s 30-Minute Meals and Giada De Laurentiis’ Everyday Italian, both of which emphasize timely preparation for a busy individual. Shelly Miller, a full-time engineering Sheila Lucero of Jax Fish House works in fastprofessor at University of Colorado at paced restaurant kitchBoulder and mother of two, says her ens, the venue for an often taxing career path. options are limited in terms of dinner preparation. “I usually get home at 5:30 and then the kids really need to eat by 6 or 6:30,” she says. “I make really simple things. for women to be able to stay home, which had been There are recipes I want to make, but I just can’t make the privilege of just a small percentage of the women them because I can’t deal with more than three ingrein most societies.” dients at a time.” When the women’s movement gave more women While a popular movement in the food world permission to work, the extra income contributed to today is the Slow Food movement, which encourages increased consumption among households. It also went long meals and local ingredients obtained from the toward paying for services that the women had previousfarm down the road, such a lifestyle is difficult for ly done themselves, such as cooking or cleaning. many of today’s women to uphold. “Now it’s changing, and real wages have stagnated in Robert Buffington, a CU-Boulder professor in the the U.S. as Americans increased their consumption,” women’s studies department, explains that the stay-atBuffington says. “What would have been a living wage home wife is a rare, privileged arrangement. for a family in 1960 may not support a contemporary “When the U.S. was on top of things and the American lifestyle.” This means that many women today economy was expanding at an amazing rate, that credon’t just want to work — they have to. ated opportunities for men to make a living wage “So these days, when everybody’s working all the which meant they could pay for their wives to stay time, it’s hard to decide who’s going to do what,” home,” Buffington says. “It became more common Buffington says. “It usually falls on women.”
Miller says she feels lucky that her husband, Ken, who also works full time, prepares meals during the week as well. “It helps that we take turns,” she says. “I think I’m pretty fortunate that Ken is willing to [cook]; I’m not sure there are so many families that are like that.” Indeed, Buffington explains that women throughout history have traditionally been associated with nurture, and that feeding people is part of that nurture. He says that in most societies, women also have to manage other work in addition to food preparation. For example, in Latin America, where corn tortillas are the staple food, women historically spent six to eight hours a day just grinding corn, but they’d also have to do other work. “It’s fairly recent and still very rare that women don’t have to do other work,” he says. Which is why the “50s housewife” scenario, where women stayed home and were able to focus primarily on the preparation of that night’s dinner, is quite rare. “The idea [of the Slow Food movement] will either be the people with incredible drive to accomplish all those things, or it will be the people who have the privilege,” Buffington says. “It sort of holds up this idea of the good life to which most people have no way to obtain — not necessarily in Boulder, but for most people out there in the world.”
A different ballgame If women have traditionally been the primary preparers of food, why are there a higher percentage of men in restaurant kitchens? According to the annual Salary Survey by www.starchefs.com, men dominate the culinary profession. Seventy-eight percent of the survey’s participants in 2008 were men, and only 18 percent of the women that responded held the executive chef title. see KITCHENS Page 60
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A Diva brunch at Jill’s by Clay Fong
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ecently, Dessert Diva well. Danette Randall noted in While I skipped the made-to-order her column that I ought omelets, I generally enjoyed Jill’s take to have her tag along on a on the classic eggs Benedict, made review outing. Class act more vegetarian-friendly with the subthat I am, I thought it only right to stitution of a ripe tomato slice for invite her to a spot where a guy ought Canadian bacon. The poached egg’s to wear a sports coat. So I asked her to texture was velvety soft, with an agreejoin me for Sunday brunch at Jill’s at ably liquid yolk. Sadly, the accompanythe St. Julien Hotel & Spa. ing Hollandaise was on the blah side, The $34.95 brunch tariff here inilacking the decadent depth typically tially seems steep, but once you factor in associated with this sensual topping. that the price includes limited beveragHappily, the high quality bowl of es, including mimosas and Bloody peel-and-eat shrimp and king crab legs Marys, it’s not so compensated bad. Consistent for the weak Jill’s with the price, sauce. I’m a Jill’s provides a serious shell900 Walnut Street modern high-end fish snob, and Boulder while the legs decor that still 720-406-7399 weren’t the retains a sense of large-diameter warmth through specimens copious use of seen on Deadliest Catch, they had a surwood panels and muted color. As a matprisingly fresh and delicate flavor. This ter of fact, Jill’s is vaguely reminiscent of clean taste was attributable to the fact a compact Kate Mantilini’s, the Beverly that Jill’s legs didn’t suffer from the perHills hotspot where Al Pacino confrontsistent overbrining that’s too common ed Robert DeNiro in the film Heat. in crab leg processing. The shrimp were Fortunately, confrontation was not on the menu between Danette and equally good, with a clean taste and a myself, as we discovered common pleasingly meaty consistency. ground at the buffet. Both of us were Seafood also took center stage in pleased to see the mini-bagels that the paella, which included acceptable accompanied fine smoked salmon and calamari, clams and mussels. This the requisite garnishes, although capers attractive Mediterranean specialty was a were nowhere to be seen. A fine selecsolid entry, although it could have bention of breakfast meats, including a efited from additional seasoning. Both moist and flavorful chicken link sauDanette and I favored the polenta cups sage, also contributed to our enjoyment. stuffed with saucy braised beef. This An excellent slab of carved-to-order hearty selection featured full-bodied prime rib, served hot, juicy and textgravy with melt-in-your-mouth chunks book medium rare, was fulfilling as of beef.
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The Dessert Diva didn’t disappoint in offering her expert analysis of the available sweets. She approved of the dark chocolate fondue, which she estimated to have a 62 percent cocoa content. Chunks of white cake and fresh fruit were ideal dipping accompaniments, although Danette feared that some undisciplined child might be tempted to dunk their hand in the viscous chocolate. Other notable desserts
included a smooth and creamy chocolate mousse and a charmingly tart lemon pudding. Happily devouring the formidable toffee bread pudding, it became clear to us that Jill’s is one of the more satisfying brunch buffets around. While the price precludes it from being a regular experience for most, it’s worth it for the special occasion splurge. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com
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TIDBITES Food happenings around town Salt, Dolan host Earth Week dinner Chef Bradford Heap of Salt Boulder Bistro has partnered with organic winemaker Paul Dolan to present an organic and locally sourced dinner in honor of Earth Day. The dinner will be held on Wednesday, April 21, at 6:30 p.m., and will feature seven courses designed to complement Paul Dolan’s wines. The dinner menu features dishes such as sevenhour-braised Meyer Ranch short ribs with creamy polenta and wood-roasted Hazel Dell mushroom tartlets. The dinner is $75 per person, including wine, and a suggested additional donation of $25 will go to the Boulder Valley School Food Project. Only 64 seats are available; for reservations, call 303-444-7258. ‘Art After Dark’ Boulder 2140 has partnered with the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art to present “Art After Dark” at the museum on Friday, April 16, from 7 to 11 p.m. The event will feature a tasting tour of local restaurants, cocktails, conversations with museum Executive Director David Dadone and featured artist Pattie Lee Becker, and music by the Patrice LeBlanc Duo and DJ CJ. Tickets are $45 and include a oneyear BMoCA membership, eco-conscious swag bag, two drinks, and a tasting tour of Boulder restaurants. Membership offers free unlimited exhibit admission, invitations to
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Peer inside any restaurant kitchen and it will likely be testosterone-driven. Bobby Stuckey, co-owner of awardwinning Frasca Food & Wine in Boulder, says that the industry’s hours are what make restaurant work the most grueling. “It’s really hard on people, it’s like an athletic career,” he says. “And then you throw in having a family; the average of having the responsibility of motherhood tips the scales.” One of Frasca’s male employees, a father for two-and-a-half years, is leaving the restaurant because working five nights a week is too hard on his family. Stuckey also recalls a server who left the industry six months after giving birth; the work was too much as a new mother. Stuckey, who has spent 26 years in the restaurant industry, does not have children of his own, and says that probably makes it easier for him and his wife to work harder. 60 April 15, 2010
“The business’ hours, when you’re having children, eliminate the one who is raising the child [quickly],” he says. According to Sheila Lucero, executive chef at Jax Fish House in Boulder and Denver, having children would be a challenge in her position. “I’ve considered having kids, and I don’t know how I’d squeeze it in,” she says. “A lot of the women in this field don’t have kids, and this is just what they do.” Even if she were to take several months off for maternity leave, Lucero says her career would fall behind. Time constraints aside, Lucero adds that restaurant kitchens do have a considerable “boys club” element, which may by nature exclude some females. “When you get four or five men in an environment that’s 110 degrees, it can be interesting, it can be funny,” she says. “It’s very testosterone-driven.” Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com Boulder Weekly
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Dessert Diva A local chef shares her sweet secrets by Danette Randall
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Wild Mountain Smokehouse & Brewery 70 East First St. Nederland 303-258-WILD
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The Boulder Draft House 2027 13th St. Boulder 303-440-5858
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Elephant Hut 2500 30th St. #101, Boulder 303-284-0308
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lephant Hut is a swank Thai eatery serving staples such as curries, entrée salads freighted with fresh papaya, noodle plates and spicy, citrusy soups. While some dishes, such as the pad see ew, wide rice noodles stir-fried in soy sauce, are traditionally served with meat, vegan and vegetarian versions of most items are available. The duck noodle soup comes with a full-bodied broth, expertly cooked noodles and flavorful morsels of waterfowl.
Beau Jo’s Pizza 2690 Baseline Rd. Boulder 303-554-5312
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Le Peep 2525 Arapahoe Ave. Boulder 303-444-5119
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Snarf’s 2128 Pearl St. Boulder 303-444-7766
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he offerings at Snarf’s, which is indisputably a Boulder institution, are classic sandwiches, with the addition of entrée salads, such as the venerable Cobb; soups; and a multitude of specialty sandwich offerings. The latter includes the prime rib and provolone, rotisserie chicken and, for the vegetarian, a portobello and provolone combo. Standouts include the tangy eggplant parmesan and a winning French dip.
uki Thai Noodle House carries on the proud Asian tradition of serving noodle soup as a satisfying and economical one-dish meal. Their noodle bowls come with steak, chicken, tofu or pork, either in the form of meatballs or in honey-glazed red roasted form. For a dollar more, one can add calamari, shrimp, or both. Select a broth according to spice level, and the addition of fresh vegetables and rice noodles makes for a fine entrée soup.
Thunderbird Burgers & BBQ 3117 28th St. Boulder 303-449-2229
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hunderbird Burgers & BBQ offers a surprisingly varied menu, with reasonably priced items such as a $4.99 hamburger. That’s not bad, considering that Thunderbird’s beef is of the fresh, never frozen variety. The priciest burger is the $12.99 “4x4,” which features four one-third-pound patties accompanied by four cheese slices. Healthier options include chicken sandwiches, veggie burgers and salads for all appetites. The barbecue menu offers ribs, chicken, brisket, pork shoulder and hot links.
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hile the contemporary ambience and Guernica-sized mural of Chinese village life suggest the potential for high prices, meals here are reasonable. Most lunches are priced well under $10, and there’s plenty to choose from off the predominantly Chinese-American menu. There are old chestnuts like broccoli beef and a winning chow fun, as well as more traditional tripe dishes, Shanghai-style cold
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March 21-April 19:
Photons work hard to get from the heart of the sun to the surface. They can take up to 160,000 years to complete the 400,000-plus-mile journey. And yet once Earth-bound photons get topside, they travel the 93 million-mile distance to our planet in just over eight minutes. I foresee a metaphorically similar situation unfolding in your life in the coming weeks. A development that has been a long time in the making will accelerate tremendously in its last phase of ripening.
TAURUS
April 20-May 20:
Taurus genius Irving Berlin (1888-1989) has been called the greatest songwriter who ever lived. Among his 1,500 compositions were iconic tunes like “God Bless America” and “White Christmas,” as well as scores for 18 Hollywood movies and 19 Broadway shows. And yet he never learned to read or write music. Was he embarrassed about his handicap? Not at all. He even bragged about it. He felt that having such a minimal grasp of the conventions of songwriting was an advantage, giving him the freedom to be extraordinarily original. Is there any way in which you’re like Irving Berlin, Taurus? Do you have a seeming limitation that is actually an aid to your creativity and uniqueness? Celebrate it this week.
GEMINI
May 21-June 20:
“Every changed circumstance contains opportunities, which accrue to the first people to recognize them,” wrote poet Charles Potts. “Since circumstances are in constant flux, there is a steady stream of opportunities. Learn to spot them and make them your own.” I offer you this advice, Gemini, because you’ll soon be in a prime position to derive great benefit from it. If you tweak your attitude just right — aligning your novelty receptors to be on high alert — the clattering commotion of metamorphosis that’s headed your way will bring with it a bustling welter of unforeseen openings.
CANCER June 21-July 22:
First the negatives: Don’t be a martyr to what you’ve won. Don’t let your success oppress you. Don’t become a slave to the useful role you’ve earned. Don’t neglect your own needs as you serve the needs of those who admire you for what you give. Now let’s try a more positive way to frame the challenges ahead of you: Keep questioning whether the fruits of your victories are still enjoyable and fulfilling to you. Make sure the triumphs of the past don’t get in the way of the potential triumphs of the future. Find out how your success may need to evolve. Push beyond what’s good and head in the direction of what’s great.
LEO
July 23-Aug. 22:
My rage against the machine began early. I joined my first protest march at age 15, led a boycott at 17, and was teargassed by cops at a demonstration when I was 18. In the intervening years, my anger at injustice has broadened and deepened. I’ve lent my rebel yells to hundreds of righteous causes. But in 2006, I decided to shift my approach. Instead of fighting every single abuse that incited my ire, I chose three to concentrate on: the obscene militarism of the American government, the extreme financial disparities between the rich and poor, and the environmental degradations caused by corporations and corporate culture. Since then, my crusading energy has been more focused and effective, and my general mood has brightened. I recommend you consider a similar change, Leo. It’s an excellent time for you to give more of your passion to fewer causes.
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won’t forget. Reveal the sides of you that are too mysteriously interesting to show the general public, or too intimate to reveal to anyone you don’t trust, or so potent they might intimidate those who don’t have a lot of self-possession.
SCORPIO Oct. 23-Nov. 21:
In North America, California Condors are the biggest flying birds that live on land. Their wingspans are up to ten feet. Once sacred to certain Native Americans, these members of the vulture family can live for 60 years and soar as high as 15,000 feet. But they came close to extinction in the 20th century, mostly because of human activity. In 1987, conservationists intervened. In the hope of replenishing the population in captivity, they captured every last one of the 22 remaining wild condors. Painstaking efforts gradually yielded results, and today there are 348 birds, including 187 in the wild. I bring this to your attention, Scorpio, because I believe now is an excellent time to begin a project to save your own metaphorical version of an “endangered species.”
SAGITTARIUS Nov. 22-Dec. 21:
According to Us Weekly, baseball star Alex Rodriguez owns two paintings of himself in which he’s portrayed as half-man, half-horse. This is an excellent time for you to be inspired by his example. Gazing at a picture of a mythical centaur that looks like you would speak to your subconscious mind in just the right way. Bypassing your rational ego, that stirring icon would animate and cultivate the wise animal in you. It would stimulate the sweet spot where your physical vitality overlaps your visionary intelligence. Do you know anyone who could Photoshop this powerful image for you?
CAPRICORN Dec. 22-Jan. 19:
Here’s my startling prediction: More Capricorn spiritual seekers will become enlightened in the next five weeks than in any comparable period of history. Hell, there’ll be so much infinity mixed with eternity available for your tribe that even a lot of you non-seekers could get a lightning bolt of illumination or two. That’s not to say that you have to accept the uplifting revelations, or even tune in to them, for that matter. If you’d prefer to ignore the sacred hubbub and go about your practical business without having to hassle with the consequences of a divine download, that’s fine.
AQUARIUS Jan. 20-Feb. 18:
Can you imagine what it would be like to venture into the opposite of the Bermuda Triangle? You know, a zone where wonderfully odd things occur rather than bad strange things? I think that such a place exists, and I think you’ll soon find it. The luck that unfolds for you will be a blend of dumb and brilliant. The discoveries you make may be useless on the outside but valuable on the inside. Lost keys may reappear and missing links will materialize out of nowhere. Here’s the piece de resistance: An apparent memory of the future could provide a secret passageway to a previously hidden enclave that contains “magic garbage.”
PISCES
Feb. 19-March 20:
In honor of the new identity you’re evolving into, I hereby give you the nickname of “Miracle Player,” or else — if you like one of these better — “Sleek Cat” or “Giant Step” or “Fate Whisperer.” You may hereafter also use any of the following titles to refer to yourself: “CEO of My Own Life” or “SelfTeacher of Jubilance and Serenity” or “Fertile Blur of Supple Strength.” Feel free to anoint your head with pure organic virgin olive oil, fashion a crown for yourself out of roses and shredded masks, and come up with a wordless sound that is a secret sign you’ll give to yourself whenever you need to remember the marvelous creature you’re on your way to becoming.
Aug. 23-Sept. 22:
Do you remember the monster that sometimes lived under your bed when you were a kid? Recently it found its way back to you, and has been spending time in your closet. It’s not as frightening as it used to be, and I’m not alarmed by its return. In fact, I think it has an important message for you that would be valuable to discover. I encourage you to invite it out for a conversation. As you might suspect, as soon as it delivers its crazy wisdom, it will leave you in peace.
LIBRA
Sept. 23-Oct. 22:
Present the following dare to a person or persons with whom you would like to go deeper: “You think you know me, but you really know just a tantalizing fraction. Would you like to experience the rest of the story?” And if anyone expresses interest, take him or her on a magical tour they
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