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Props to Bootsy (Re: “It’s Bootsy, baby,” Buzz, June 2.) Hi. My name is, aw, call me Triple A. First, I’d like to congratulate Bootsy [Collins] on not becoming a statistic as far as the drug scene. Whether you know him personally or just as a fan, like myself, it says a lot to be in that genre and not be one that dies from drug overdose. Again, congrats!

Now about this mouth-eating, for those who don’t want to partake, for whatever the reason, oh, well. If you have any knowledge of the cleanliness of it, go for it, LOL! It sure won’t hurt you. Matter of fact, it probably will do a body good. It sure hasn’t hurt me all these years, and I’m 51.

To keep it real, I don’t know if it was the eating of mouth that leveled him out from James [Brown] and his strictness, but 19 is a time in a young man’s life where, if it hasn’t happened, it’s about to blow up all over, any way you look at it. A strict father from the start would have probably kept him in church, in the Word of God and on the straight and narrow! But how many in that genre do you know keep it godly?

They may thank God, but without pointing any fingers, are they really praising Him? Let me get off of that. Bootsy, I can’t follow you like I’d like to, but I just want you to know, you have a fan for life, and I mean that from my heart. I’ve been following you and George [Clinton] since at least ’73. It might have been longer, but I really can’t

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David [Accomazzo], I’d like to thank you for bringing me Bootsy and this writing. Bootsy, I’d like to thank you for all the years of your muzak and being yourself! Ya know, most bands try to be like other bands, but with their own twist. You, you hit the scene and never could anyone say he’s trying to be like anyone else. Please, don’t stop being yourself. Twinkle twinkle baba ... keep shining.

Ted’s has gluten-free menu (Re: “The bison house that Ted built,” cuisine review, June 9.) I am a local and also a hipster and I love Ted’s.

I love bison. You also forgot to mention in your article that Ted’s has a glutenfree menu.

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f some predator was stalking fourth graders in your community, there’d be a mighty uproar to make the predator get away and stay away from your schools.

But what if the stalker is the coal industry, dressed in an academic outfit in a gambit to brainwash fourth-grade school kids? Unbeknownst to most Americans, grade-schoolers are being targeted by the American Coal Foundation with a propaganda package stealthily titled, “The United States Of Energy.”

It’s not mentioned in the materials, but Big Coal paid big bucks to Scholastic Inc. to develop this shamelessly distorted promotion of the dirtiest fuel on Earth. The package fills little minds with the joys of having 600 friendly, coal-fueled utilities generating electricity 24 hours a day. Not a peep is made about the toxic waste, air and water pollution, mine 4 June 16, 2011

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by Jim Hightower explosions, black lung deaths, mountaintop destruction, greenhouse gas emissions, political corruption and other decidedly unfriendly aspects of what industry propagandists simply tout as “black gold.”

This “educational package” has been distributed to 150,000 fourth-grade teachers, potentially putting its perverted view into the heads of more than a million children. Of course, the coal giants could not have entered so many schools on their own, so

Being a gluten-free, healthy omnivore, I find Ted’s to be more than just a chain. You may, however, be right that it caters to out-of-town folk, and I might just be in the nary of hipster category.

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they bought access to our kids through Scholastic, a $2 billion-ayear corporation that places its materials in 90 percent of U.S. classrooms.

Indeed, Scholastic’s InSchool Marketing division brags of its ability to “promote client objectives” by targeting teachers and students with classroom packages that “make a difference by influencing attitudes and behavior.”

How sweet. To help stop this kind of predatory marketing, contact The Campaign For A Commercial-Free Childhood: www.commercialfreechildhood.org.

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Union Bank [Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group], Pacific Life, Antique Gallery, Toyota, the Sawaya law firm, Franklin Templeton Investments and Rochebobois of Paris all have in common?

They provide just a few of the blatant advertisements that appear on our two local PBS television channels.

Throw in the infomercials disguised as fundraisers, such as those featuring Age of Aquarius guru Wayne Dyer, snake oil pitchman Gary Null and the ubiquitous Suze Orman. Combine these with the entertainment anthology fundraisers — John Denver, Celtic Thunder, Victor Borge and the interminable Les Miserable reruns come to mind. Add a handful of entertainment promos, and make no mistake about it, if station management receives just one dollar in kickbacks from the products these programs hustle, they are infomercials, plain and simple. Only the most specious reasoning could argue otherwise.

Next, add the scores upon scores of product spots disguised as “Product X supports this program,” “Product Y is a proud sponsor of,” “A portion of the proceeds supports,” “Funding for this program comes from,” or “This program is made possible by,” and stations KBDI and KRMA appear only superficially different from the commercial network programming that pollutes our broadcast and cable channels 24/7. The stations also utilize the euphemisms “underwriters” or “enhanced underwriting” to deceive viewers about the true commercial intent of many promotional messages.

The question is, how did this miserable state of affairs come about? The original federal legislation and regulations that established public TV were written to exclude the influence of business interests, corporate or otherwise, and to make accessible on a local and national basis

programming that Establishment commercial media would not produce nor air for reasons of their own.

This trend in public broadcasting is not new. For example, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) was a longtime major sponsor of the former MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour. ADM was also the most fined American corporation during the 1990s. Figure that one out.

But in past months there has been a major PBS public relations effort to gussy up public TV to make palatable to viewers the insidious commercial influences it was designed to avoid and counteract.

Destroy public TV? An emphatic no, on my part. But the financing and management must be solely taxpayerfunded. I suggest a cooperative arrangement where the federal government guarantees 75 percent of the money, states contribute 20 percent, and local governments 5 percent. Station management must be local, under public sector management, and renewable on a yearly basis.

Keep the foundations (aka tax refuges) and private sector monies out of the loop.

All federally regulated electronic media ultimately are owned by the citizens of the USA. It’s time to assert public control over these media, PBS television and radio included.

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—Trey Parker, acknowledging Mormon founder Joseph Smith after winning a Tony Award for best musical for The Book of Mormon, which he co-created “The magic flute is broken. After 20 years, Italians have stopped following Berlusconi’s music.”

—Italian newspaper La Repubblica, in an editorial on the recent defeat of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and several pro-Berlusconi initiatives at the polls “I want to announce tonight President Obama is a one-term president.”

—Presidential candidate and U.S. Rep. Michelle Bachmann, R-Minn., during the GOP’s first major debate of the 2012 campaign on June 13.

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was just kicking back with my second piece of Alice B. Toklas fudge when there was a knock on the door. It was Richard Nixon.

“I thought you were in Purgatory,” I said. “Bill Safire used to say you were there for sticking the country with wage and price controls in 1971.”

“I’m out on a pass,” he said.

“Tomorrow [ June 17] is the 39th anniversary of the Watergate burglary, and we’re having a reunion.”

“Far out,” I said. “Tomorrow is also the 40th anniversary of the war on drugs, which you declared on June 17, 1971. Why aren’t you having a war on drugs reunion instead of a Watergate reunion?”

“The war on drugs is still going on,” he said. “Having a war on drugs reunion would be like having a high school reunion before you graduated.

Besides, I prefer to celebrate success, not failure.”

“Watergate wasn’t exactly one of your bigger successes,” I said.

“Compared to the war on drugs it was a howling, screaming, foot-stomping success,” he said. “At least the Watergate break-in had a real chance of success. It was just happenstance and bad luck that we got caught. The drug war was a loser from day one. I

knew it was going to fail.”

“You knew it was going to fail?’ I asked incredulously.

“Of course I knew it was going to fail,” he said impatiently. “I grew up doing the prohibition, and I knew how that ended. It didn’t take a genius to see the parallels. I may be an (expletive deleted), but I am not a fool.”

“Well, if you knew the drug war was going to fail, why did you start it in the first place?” I asked.

“To stick it to the people who were attacking my administration — specifically the young, the poor and blacks,” he said.

“Let me make one thing perfectly clear — that’s not new news,” he continued. “A few years before he died, John Ehrlichman was interviewed by a former Wall Street Journal reporter named Dan Baum, who was writing a book on the drug war. John told him, and I quote: ‘Look, we understood we couldn’t make it illegal to be young or poor or black in the United States, but we could criminalize their common pleasure. We understood that drugs were not the health problem we were making them out to be, but it was such a perfect issue for the Nixon White House we couldn’t resist it.’ see DRUG WAR Page 8

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“And we didn’t,” he concluded triumphantly.

“Wow,” I said. “Criminalizing people’s pleasures as a way to get at them politically — you guys really were a bunch of flaming (expletives deleted).”

“Politics ain’t bean-ball, bubby,” he retorted. “You should know that much from your own modest career.”

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into account — that federal, state and local governments poured down the drug war rat-hole with nothing to show for it. The money could have gone for a lot of things, including a tax cut.

“And I regret the mess the drug war made internationally. It’s not just the drug cartels that are turning Mexico into a failed state, although that’s bad enough. By making drugs illegal, we unintentionally created an endless, readily available, independent funding source for every revolutionary movement on the planet that chooses to use it. Like the Taliban in Afghanistan, the Shining Path in Peru, the FARC in Colombia, the Contras in Nicaragua, and now al Qaida all did.

“But most of all, I regret what the drug war did to trust in America. I know you think old Tricky Dick is the last person on earth or under it who should be lecturing you on trust, but, as Reagan said, facts are stubborn things. Urine testing in the workplace, sniffer dogs in the schools, kids turning in their parents — the drug war has been poisoning human relationships in America for a generation. I didn’t anticipate that, but I should have.

“But I don’t regret frog marching a couple million Democratic voters into jail,” he added. “I hated them as much as they hated me. Screw them. But it’s surprising the Democratic Party has never raised a stink about it. Go figure.”

“So what should Obama do about the drug war?” I asked.

“If I were Obama, I’d go to China — metaphorically, that is.” he said.

“I would break with the past and proclaim the drug war a failure and a luxury we can no longer afford. Then I would cut its funding and introduce legislation ending federal drug prohibition and leaving drug control to the states — in effect giving them permission to legalize and regulate drugs as they see fit. At least I would do that with marijuana, which represents 80 percent of drug use and isn’t any more harmful than beer. That’s how we got out of prohibition.”

“Wouldn’t that be political suicide for Obama?” I asked.

“Not at all,” he said. “The country is currently split down the middle on legalizing pot, and most of the people who are strongly against it would never vote for Obama anyway. He wouldn’t lose many votes that he hasn’t already lost. Chances are he would energize his base. If he made legalization an issue, it’s the Republicans who would be on the spot; it could easily split off their libertarian wing.”

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Ode to the cassette It was with great sadness that those of us who grew up with cassettes in the ’70s and ’80s learned that the Boulder Public Library will be phasing out its adult tape collection by mid-July.

Of course, our first reaction upon reading the press release was, “Wow, the library has a collection of adult tapes? Damn, wish I’d taken advantage of that for some background music between the sheets.”

Turns out that what they mean is that they will still have children’s books on cassette, since they remain popular.

Books on tape for grown-ups, not so much.

Getting rid of them will free up more space for “higher-circulating CDs, DVDs and other media,” according to the release. They phased out music cassettes about 10 years ago.

They’ll be selling what’s left of the “adult tapes” June 17-18 for a buck each at the main and Meadows branches.

Ah, it seems like just yesterday we were recording “One Night in Bangkok” onto cassette from our favorite FM radio station, then using a pencil to spool that thin film back into the cassette case when it got eaten by the player. The best was when we had to use Scotch tape to splice that thin, brown ribbon when it got mangled.

Once, we saved up for a dual-cassette player so that we could — gasp — record from tape to tape and make our own mixes from record or cassette.

Yeah, playlists are fine and all, and you can still make a mix on CD, but we wish someone would make us a tape mix again. Some of us still have cassette players in our cars to accommodate our iPod converter, dammit.

Maybe, someday, there will be a resurgence of the cassette tape, just like there has been with vinyl.

And, by God, we’re saving our boxes of eight-tracks and VHS tapes as well.

Homophobes turned on by gay sex Sigmund Freud was dead wrong about penis envy, but it seems he was right on when he suggested that men who hate gays might actually be gay themselves.

A recent study from the Department of Psychology at University of Georgia at Athens found that homophobic men are aroused by watching gay porn, while non-homophobic men are not. The study quizzed men about their attitudes toward homosexuality. Based on those answers, the men were divided into two groups — those who were homophobic and those who were not.

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al arousal — specifically penis circumference — and were shown short clips of people having sex. One video clip showed a heterosexual couple having sex, another a lesbian pair. Not surprisingly, all of the men in the study demonstrated sexual arousal while watching

those clips. But when they were shown a short clip of two men having sex, only the homophobic men demonstrated sexual arousal.

Does that mean all homophobes are gay? Probably not. Human sexuality is too complex for sweeping generaliza-

tions. However, it does seem to prove that homophobic men do experience homosexual arousal.

Apparently, their homophobia stems from their response to the little secret they’re carrying inside — that a little man-on-man action turns them on.

Too bad they waste their energy on fear and self-loathing rather than fighting for same-sex equality. The very movement they fight is the one that has the potential to set them free.

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Medical marijuana advocates set to file constitutional challenge

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t least one Boulder County resident is planning to challenge state laws regulating the medical marijuana industry in court this month, and dispensaries are being asked to chip in to fund the effort.

Kathleen Chippi, a Nederland resident and former dispensary owner, says that within the next week, she plans to file a constitutional challenge to legislation such as HB 1284, which sets up strict regulations and surveillance systems for dispensaries and other medical marijuana operations in the state. Chippi and other advocates say the new laws go too far and violate patients’ rights secured under Amendment 20 of the Colorado Constitution, which was passed by the state’s voters in 2000.

“I’m just asking that we abide by the Constitution,” Chippi says. “That’s not radical.”

Chippi says that she still needs to raise about $10,000 to cover her legal costs, but she is determined to file the legal challenge through her attorney, Andrew Reid, even if she doesn’t have the funds before the July 1 deadline.

“There’s no way we’re not filing,” she says. “There’s no way we’ve worked on this for a year and not going to file. … It’s on behalf of everyone in the state.”

Chippi and Laura Kriho of the Cannabis Therapy Institute, which is helping support the legal challenge, say they have grown tired of medical marijuana attorneys like Rob Corry who they say have been dragging their feet after pledging to file similar lawsuits.

“He’s been telling us this for over a year now,” Kriho says of Corry. “We don’t need more talk. We need action.”

Corry told Boulder Weekly that he plans to file his own challenge soon, but has been hoping to put together a legal team to do so.

“It would be preferable if all lawyers working on a legal challenge to this legislation could combine forces,” Corry says, “and I have reached out to Andrew Reid in this regard and hope to meet with him shortly.”

Kriho says she has been getting an increasing number of calls from dispen-

sary owners who are frustrated in their attempts to adhere to the stringent and costly monitoring and security systems they must set up by July 1 under the new state laws and regulations.

“They’re trying to jump through the hoops and are now at the end of their ropes,” she says.

Jason Lauve, the medical marijuana patient who was acquitted by a jury in a high-profile August 2009 case after being prosecuted for possessing more marijuana than allowed under Amendment 20, has been circulating an email raising funds for a constitutional challenge to the state’s medical marijuana laws as well. It is unclear whether he is raising funds for Chippi’s lawsuit or his own, but in the email he discusses retaining Reid. Lauve says in the email that his challenge will be narrowly focused on a few specific areas, including patient privacy, allowing doctors into medical marijuana centers, the fivepatient-per-caregiver limit, caregiver registration and local bans/regulations.

He did not return calls by press time.

Among Kriho’s concerns are the radio frequency identification (RFID) tags that will be used to track medical marijuana from seed to sale, using readers similar to those used to inventory merchandise in stores. Kriho says she is concerned that if the signal from those RFID tags is not encrypted, someone could buy a reader and scan for marijuana outside warehouses or patients’ homes and “see what RFID tags you have in your medicine cabinet.”

Reid, who represented Chippi in her unsuccessful attempt in January to convince the Colorado Supreme Court to review the constitutionality of the state’s medical marijuana laws, told Boulder Weekly that he has not been retained by Lauve. Reid, who describes himself as a constitutional lawyer — not a medical marijuana attorney or legalization crusader — confirmed that he still represents Chippi and has another active lawsuit involving Douglas County dispensaries in which he is challenging the constitutionality of the state’s laws and regulations.

For more information on Chippi’s effort, see CannabisLawsuits.com.

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une 17 will mark 40 years since President Richard Nixon, citing drug abuse as “public enemy No. 1,” officially declared a “war on drugs.” Activists say that a trillion dollars and millions of ruined lives later, the war on drugs shows no signs of ending — or of succeeding.

Drug policy reform advocates across the country will mark the date with a day of action to raise awareness about the failure of drug prohibition and call for an exit strategy to what they call a failed war.

To commemorate the 40th anniversary, drug policy reform organizations will hold a national day of action.

Colorado joins 15 other states in holding events in major cities like New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco and New Orleans. The day of action will be highlighted with a large-scale event with elected officials in Washington, D.C. In Denver, a rally will be hosted by the Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition and Drug Policy Alliance. A bipartisan group of speakers and concerned citizens, including Mike Krause of the Independence Institute, Mason Tvert from SAFER and Dr. Vincent Harding from the Iliff School of Theology, will discuss the impact of 40 years of drug prohibition.

“Since the declaration of this war, millions of people have been incarcerated for low-level drug violations, and trillions of dollars have been spent, but addiction, overdose and incarceration are more prevalent than ever,” says Pam Clifton, communications coordinator for the Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition. “Hundreds of thousands of lives have been lost in the United States due to drug overdose, Hepatitis C and AIDS because life-saving interventions were not readily available.”

According to the Office of National Drug Control Policy, the federal government spent more than $15 billion in 2010 on the war on drugs, at a rate of about $500 per second. Individual states spent an estimated additional $25 billion.

In 2009, 1,663,582 people were arrested across the country on drug charges. Since Dec. 31, 1995, the U.S. prison population has grown an average of 43,266 inmates per year, and about 25 percent of new inmates are sentenced for drug law violations. The U.S. incarcerates more people for drug offenses than the nations of the European Union lock up for all offenses combined. About 501 million people live in the E.U, and the U.S. population is about 309 million.

“Some anniversaries provide an occasion for celebration, others a time for reflection, still others a time for action,” says Ethan Nadelmann, executive director of the Drug Policy Alliance. “Forty years after President Nixon declared his Boulder Weekly

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by Boulder Weekly staff war on drugs, we’re seizing upon this anniversary to prompt both reflection and action. And we’re asking everyone who harbors reservations about the war

on drugs to join us in this enterprise.”

In Colorado, 90 percent of incarcerated women were found to be in need of substance abuse treatment, and 69 per-

cent of people in Colorado prisons for drug offenses are people of color.

“The War on Drugs has created an environment in which police abuse civilians before asking questions,” says Art Way, Colorado manager of the Drug Policy Alliance. “The militarization and subsequent dehumanizing of law enforcement is a direct result of the political cover, equipment and resources provided by the war on drugs.”

For more information, see www.ccjrc. org.

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heila Murphy wades into Fourmile Creek, her waist-high beige waders keeping her submerged legs dry. She rinses a plastic container out in the creek, then takes a sample. At the creek bed, she tests the water’s pH and temperature, baseline measures for the health of the stream. Her colleague, Jeff Writer, pulls another testing device out of the water downstream and checks conductivity — the total amount of dissolved ions in the water.

Murphy and Writer, both hydrologists with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), have been studying Fourmile Creek since the first rainfall after the Fourmile Fire, working to better understand the fire’s effects on the stream ecology.

Researchers, public health officials and managers of downstream watersheds have been monitoring the water quality of streams throughout the burn area and how they might be affected by an increase in sediment, plant matter and even heavy minerals.

On Oct. 10, just a month after the fire, a multidisciplinary, multi-agency team filed the Fourmile Emergency Stabilization Burned Area Report, which declared the area a watershed emergency because of the threats to human life and safety, roads and downstream water supplies. While officials and researchers say the risk is low to moderate, they also admit there are a lot of unknowns at this point and that a severe rainstorm could have a major effect on water quality.

“The interesting thing about the Fourmile Creek watershed is historically it was a major mining area,” Murphy says. “So there are quite a number of mine tailings piles and waste rock in the watershed that, without the trees around and grass and shrubs to

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protect those piles, there’s a concern that if there was a really big rainstorm or something it could wash a lot of metals that are typically in higher amounts in tailings pilings into the creek, which would also be a problem for drinking water issues and for aquatic life in the stream.”

When she and Writer checked water quality during the first rainstorm after the fire, it showed a pulse in conductants — dissolved matter in the water including organic carbon, or plant matter, and nitrates. They try to sample during every storm.

“The stream hasn’t run black, and we haven’t seen really major things, but by the same token, the weather patterns this winter and spring have been pretty benign,” Writer says. “So what we’re hoping to do is be able to continue to look at it, because things could totally change.”

Murphy worked on mine site impacts before joining the USGS and visited the burn area before the fire. The first thing on her mind when the fire happened were the mines, she says. The focus of her research now is on the metals that might appear in the drinking water.

As the Burned Area Report suggests, the issues facing recovery from the fire are layered — one of the bridges Writer draws samples near is at risk of washing out if the area gets more than an inch of rainfall. The emergency stabilization that the plan proposes includes mulching steeper slopes that were moderately or severely burned, seeding and clearing pathways and establishing warning systems for flash floods.

The report was used in an application to the state of Colorado that prompted Gov. Bill Ritter to reappropriate half a million dollars for Boulder

County to take emergency steps to protect water quality.

Ritter’s executive order drew from a remaining balance in the Water Quality Improvement Fund, which is typically given out in small grants to help communities improve water quality.

“We were operating under an emergency, and there was this fund balance sitting there,” says Donna Davis, operations program manager for the Water Quality Control Division for the Department of Public Health and Environment.

“We’re going to be very close to spending all $500,000, and the majority of it is from the aerial mulching,” says Claire DeLeo, senior plant ecologist with Boulder County Parks and Open Space and team leader for Fourmile Canyon rehabilitation, which led the aerial mulching and seeding projects.

The mulch acts like vegetation, covering the ground from rainfall and helping it absorb moisture.

DeLeo estimates that as much as $450,000 of the state grant went to aerial mulching. In total, the two-week project cost about $2.3 million and covered 1,960 acres. That comes to about $1,143 per acre. The total cost of suppressing the fire on all 6,179 acres was $9.5 million.

“The aerial mulching was a big project. We spent a lot of money,” DeLeo says. “Now we have to see if it worked. We won’t really know until we get a thunderstorm.”

A volunteer crew raked in seed on about 450 acres, mostly along roadsides and driveways, to control noxious weeds. The spring rains have helped the seeded areas to sprout, though they won’t provide good erosion control for at least another year.

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ity, it’s the whole erosion aspect, so everything we’re Mining debris, particularly in sites like Ingram doing with erosion is going to help with downstream Gulch, where there is mine debris in the drainage, water quality,” DeLeo says. could affect water quality if a heavy rain started to “We targeted the high- and medium-burn severimove the waste and debris down the drainage. The ties, and so that meant that there were some areas that aerial mulching is expected to help prevent those did not get mulched,” DeLeo says. “They might build-ups of debris and sediment. erode, but they are not high-risk.”

“A lot of these sites actually have pretty hard crust If a mine happened to be in an area targeted for on them,” Martino says, which makes them less likely mulching, it was mulched over, she says, but mines to erode. were not specifically targeted.

But with vegetation gone and erosion expected to “It wasn’t specifically in our funding for the fire increase, it’s unclear how much that hard crust will rehabilitation, mostly because the risk was really hold up. unknown. It was really not known what kind of risk Downstream, the community of Pine Brook Hills would be possible from these mines,” DeLeo Elizabeth Miller says.

The mines are old, and the tailings are considered stable. But the county was one of the most densely mined in the state, and abandoned mine hazards are located throughout the burn area.

“We have a lot more features we didn’t even know were there before,” says Bruce Stover of the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety. “So we’re trying to inventory those so we can go back in and do maintenance on closures we did before, or do new closures on mines that we weren’t aware of before.”

Miners in the area were digging after the northeastern extension of the Colorado Mineral Belt, the same belt that caused gold rushes near Central City, Idaho Springs and Leadville. Precious metals like gold and silver were the main attractions, Stover says, but miners also extracted tungsten, copper and zinc. They started in the late 1860s, before Colorado was even a state and more than a century before Colorado had any laws about mine reclamation.

“In Boulder County, there’s mostly the physical hazards,” Stover says. “You can be walking along, and either the ground gives way, or the stope has breached the surface and it’s open. A lot of those that we found would be hundreds and hundreds of feet Hydrologist Sheila Murphy tests water quality in Lefthand Creek. deep.” draws its water from Fourmile Creek. Bob de Haas, Open shafts, portals and stope openings, where a miner followed an ore vein upwards and mined it all manager of the Pine Brook Water District, also the way to the surface, are occasionally unmarked. applied for and received a grant from the state to alleThere have been reports of pets falling into these viate concerns with the possible changes in water from shafts.

Fourmile Creek.

The survey is progressing, and Stover says the sites “One of the big specific areas is the total organic they’ve surveyed this year should be secured by the carbons in the area,” de Haas says. (Organic carbons end of 2012. But the process is an ongoing one. are burnt plant matter.)

“You’ll never get them all because you just don’t “When you treat that water with the type of sysknow where they all are,” he says. tem we have, it doesn’t remove the soluable organic Historically, Colorado law did not require miners carbons. Then when we disinfect the water, it can creto close shafts or clean up pollutants after ceasing ate what we call disinfection byproducts,” he says. “If operations, which has left the hillsides near Fourmile these byproducts are too high and you’re exposed to Canyon spotted with a few orange tailings piles. them for a long time — many, many years — then it “Water can run through these old mine shafts or may increase the odds that you would get cancer.” run over and through tailings, [and] that can contribHe’s spent $64,491 of the $192,000 grant the disute to some water quality problems,” says Susan trict received so far to add parts to the filtration sysMartino, an environmental health specialist with tem to change the treatment process and will spend Boulder County Public Health. another $80,000 to pay for a treatment system that She participated in the initial survey of the burned will assist in removing the plant matter. He’s also area for the Burned Area Report. installed aerators to help oxidize metals to bring them “Mostly what we found was the impact from the out of the water, and plans to continue monitoring the mine and the mine waste tailings was going to be low quality to see if an issue arises with heavy metals. to moderate as far as impact to the water quality,” she “That one is the hardest one to really nail down as says. to how much will we or won’t we see,” he says. “So far, Boulder Weekly

we’re not seeing anything that really indicates that that is an issue yet.”

This spring’s wet weather may actually be helping.

“There’s more fresh water being mixed with it, so it’s keeping the levels down, but at the same time it’s steadily washing that stuff away. So we’re not seeing a big increase in concentration so far, because there’s a lot of water flowing down there right now,” he says.

“We’re all sort of crossing our fingers and watching.”

Water collected from the creek is added to a reservoir, which also helps dilute any metal-heavy water.

The concern is a big thunderstorm.

“You get a big flood over there, and who knows [about the] damages and how it’s going to change things,” he says.

He has the option of shutting off intakes from the stream and relying on the reservoir if the stream water reaches unacceptable levels of contamination. Raw water is tested weekly, or twice weekly during rainy weather.

The Pine Brook is not the only water district in Boulder County dealing with heavy metals in the water.

Boulder County’s mining history has put the Left Hand Water District downstream from a Superfund site, the Captain Jack Mill.

In the early ’90s, the creek ran milky gray about six miles downstream from the site, and sampling found high levels of zinc, cadmium, copper and lead, according to an Environmental Protection Agency report.

The Left Hand Water District shut off its drinking water intake 15 miles downstream of the site, and the Colorado Department of Minerals and Geology filed a restraining order to stop operations at the mill. A task force was formed to evaluate the mines in the area, resulting in establishment of the Left Hand Watershed Oversight Group, which continues to monitor the water quality.

“It was just a cumulative sort of issue, recognizing the issues and, of course, the major player was also the Left Hand Water District, the drinking water provider that had some concerns about their source water,” says Mark Williams, water quality program coordinator for Boulder County Public Health, which was instrumental in organizing the task force that studied the abandoned mine issues facing Lefthand Creek.

“For decades we’ve known that there have been impaired waters from the Lefthand.”

Zinc, copper, lead and cadmium are still present at measurable levels in Lefthand Creek and its tributary James Creek, but the input isn’t large enough to cause concern at the Left Hand Water District, says Joseph Ryan, a University of Colorado professor in the civil, environmental and architectural engineering department who focuses his research on what happens to contaminants when they get into natural waters. He has served as the technical advisor for the Lefthand Creek TAG (Technical Assistance Grant) Coalition.

“The big sources of contamination are on the order of 15 to 20 miles upstream of where Left Hand Water District has their intakes in Left Hand Creek, and any of the metals that are coming in from the mines are attenuated,” Ryan says. “They’re removed by the time they get that far downstream. So the risk to drinking water is really quite small.”

“We’ve never had poor water quality by the time it gets downstream to us,” says Kathy Peterson, general manager of the Left Hand Water District. “There’s no June 16, 2011 13

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With the initial assessment of the area and the resources available, the task force pursued both voluntary cleanups and Superfund status. But the Safe Drinking Water Act requires that even a voluntary or “good Samaritan” cleanup meet the standards for safe drinking water. To avoid being held responsible long term for meeting water quality standards, some voluntary projects focused on recontouring the land — “everything short of really trying to treat the water quality head on,” Williams says.

“Some of these other good efforts make the site more aesthetically pleasing, but the jury is still out on whether they actually help water quality,” he says.

Design for subsurface remediation at the Captain Jack site, where water is building up in a tunnel, is expected to be completed in 2012, according to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.

The 2002 report from the task force required ongoing monitoring, which has occurred in the Lefthand Watershed Oversight Group. Glenn Patterson is coordinator of that group.

While the water is meeting drinking water quality standards — which are actually lower than the standards for aquatic life, according to Patterson — the upstream areas are still a hard environment for water organisms.

Water samples collected by the EPA have shown levels of aluminum, cadmium, copper, lead, manganese and zinc where the water from the Big 5 Adit, part of the Captain Jack Site, enters Lefthand Creek.

“The metals definitely impact fish and the invertebrate populations in the stream,” says Joy Jenkins, remedial project manager for the Superfund Remedial Program at the Environmental Protection Agency.

Prior to joining the EPA, Jenkins was a consultant at Mine Water Treatment.

After a wildfire, movable minerals become a concern.

“From a general sense, you are concerned about transport of metal-laden sediments into the creek when you have that combination of a forest fire and then torrential flooding, which will wash particles down into the creek that may be metal-laden,” Jenkins says.

“Then there will be physical transport of those metals downstream, which may or may not be an issue — it depends on the particular chemistry of the metals, whether they’re going to solubilize in the creek or not, or whether they would just sit at the creek bottom and cause the same sort of problems sediment does in general.”

Relatively low concentrations of copper can affect fish. Concentrations

of lead can impact the invertebrate community. But what those impacts are depends on a particular situation, including what was mined and how it was mined. And because it’s hard to even know where the mines in this area are, identifying what the hazards are becomes even more difficult.

“There’s potential for the hazard to increase if you’re washing metal-laden sediments down, but it will depend on a lot of factors as to what the real risks to your stream communities are going to be,” Jenkins says.

“The typical afternoon thunderstorms, if it parks over one of these areas and dumps a lot of rain and we get a lot of erosion, that will definitely make a difference for Boulder Creek water quality,” Ryan says. “In some ways, that’s not a big deal because Boulder Creek water quality doesn’t affect water in Boulder.”

But private wells in the area may also see impacts.

“If there’s movement of sediment, shallow wells especially are easily contaminated by anything that occurs on the surface,” Williams says. “Even some of the 200-, 300-foot-deep wells, even in a typical spring you can see increased murkiness, turbidity, which indicates some quicker connection to what’s going on at the surface with the melting snow.”

While no reservoirs serving Boulder County have been directly impacted by the fires — the Fourmile Canyon Fire or any of the smaller fires last summer — much of Boulder County is at high risk for wildfire, Williams says.

Much of Writer and Murphy’s research is intended to provide information to help after future fires that might have more direct impacts on watersheds that feed into large municipalities.

For instance, the Track Fire burning this week is expected to affect the watershed for the town of Raton, N.M. “If you look at a map of historic fires in Boulder County, it’s only a matter of time before your watershed will burn,” Murphy says.

The city of Boulder has been interested in their research, she says, because they want to know what to prepare for.

Boulder, Lefthand, Jamestown and Ward all share the same headwaters, so a fire in that one area could lead to water quality concerns throughout the county.

“I think wildland fire is becoming one of our key critical issues of concern,” he says. “Typically you worry about industry or other impacts. We’re fortunate that we have a pretty pristine watershed, but we still have the wildland/urban interface, and a lot of dead and dying forest. So yeah, it’s a big concern.”

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by Elizabeth Miller stewardship gives them a financial incentive to make products easier to manage when they’re no longer being used.

“We want these products to be properly managed. We don’t want them to just go in a landfill,” Collins says.

But without support from the manufacturers, public dollars are paying for the disposal of products that manufacturers and retailers made profits on.

Two bills were introduced in the state legislature this year, one on disposal of sharps, or needles, and one on electronics. Neither bill passed.

The sharps bill, Collins says, was promoted by waste management as a way of protecting their employees, who get stuck by potentially contaminated needles when they’re disposed of improperly, and when the containers used for disposal are crushed in trash compaction trucks or run through a recycling plant.

“It’s an expensive and stressing process for the person, because you don’t know what the puncture wound might be infected with,” Collins said.

“There are 24 states now that have a product stewardship electronics takeback program, meaning the manufacturer is at least in some regard responsible for participating in the recycling of their products at the end of their life,” says Dan Matsch, manager for the Center for Hard to Recycle Materials (CHaRM) at Eco-Cycle.

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The proposed law for Colorado, which Matsch says has been watered down over the years, was basically an effort to monitor how much manufacturers were collecting in electronics to be recycled. The law asked manufacturers to show they had collected two pounds per capita. Well-established programs in other states collect as much as five pounds per capita.

“Almost all the major manufacturers have voluntary take-back programs,” he says. “But we don’t know how much they’re collecting, how much electronics are going into the landfill, so we’re kind of groping around in the dark.”

The bill passed the state Senate, but not the House of Representatives.

Legislators rejected the bill, Matsch says, after it lost the support of manufacturers.

But the mood at the Colorado recycling conference was that it would be worth trying again, Matsch says.

“It’s understood that it’s a multiyear project,” he says.

The goal is to have recycling programs, even on tough-to-recycle items, be free or at a low cost for consumers.

“Hopefully, Colorado’s going to be one of the next states to have some action on this,” Collins says. “Then, hopefully, it may eventually get to a point where we have more national action on it.”

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2. Catastrophe: Boulder County It’s been one hell of a spring. An earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis in Japan.

Deadly tornadoes in Arkansas, Missouri and Massachusetts.

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“Product stewardship, in reallocating financial responsibility, helps to put a message back up the product development chain that can effect changes in products to make them more recyclable or less toxic or less packaged or easier to dispose of,” says Hilary Collins, chair of Colorado’s Product Stewardship Council and assistant manager of the Resource Conservation Division of Boulder County.

Movements tend to focus on products that are tough to recycle or not being recycled, like electronics, carpet, household waste, packaging or needles.

The idea is often not to eliminate county programs that deal with these items, but to get the producers to help pay for the costs of disposal through those programs.

“It’s more of a shared responsibility for end of life management with the major responsibility for financing it coming from manufacturers,” Collins says. “Consumers have a part to play.

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Felonius Smith Trio — Music so good it should be illegal. 9:30 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922.

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onnas Abraham, backbone and spirit of Denver hip-hop band The Pirate Signal, is starting over yet again. Over the years, his band has lost and gained members, had masters of an entire album stolen by a former collaborator, moved to New York City only to move back to Denver, and has also toured the nation extensively with Boulder pop band 3OH!3, legendary rapper Kool Keith and the Warped Tour. They’ve been named Denver’s and Colorado’s best hip-hop group by local publications so many times it’s easy to lose count. The band has gone through so many ups and downs that it’s deserving of its own episode of VH1’s Behind the Music.

Last year, The Pirate Signal released No Weak Heart Shall Prosper, their dark and gritty, riot-inducing sophomore

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album (not counting an EP and a mixtape they released between albums). So everything should have been moving right along, right?

“I was kind of dissatisfied with the performance aspect,” says Abraham, who up until a year ago did two-man shows, him on the vocals and DJ Awhat on the turntables. “So I started talking with this dude DJ Soup, who was really good at this program called Ableton Live, and we started talking about my ambitions with The Pirate Signal.

So he became a DJ for us in that context. As I began to kind of explore this new thing, I guess Awhat kind of felt left out and he wasn’t vibing anymore, so he left.”

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Beginning Hawaiian Hula Class — Dance like you’re on vacation. 7:15 p.m. Boulder Ballet Studio, The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-447-9772.

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ly produced song to be played individually through a MIDI keyboard or instrument during a live performance. With DJ Soup now The Pirate Signal’s fulltime DJ, the pair started doing shows using the new software and discovering new ways to play the band’s music live.

“At one show, I ended up meeting this girl Chez [Sheree Strong], who played guitar, keyboard and could sing,” Abraham says. “She was this really beautiful girl with this fascinating look that was alluring and unique. She was like a unicorn. I couldn’t believe it. I really thought she was full of shit. I couldn’t process her being physically talented, per se, and also being musically talented. So I called her bluff and invited her over. She came over with all this gear and shit and I still didn’t believe it until I gave her a piece of music to play and she nailed it.

She’s an incredible guitar player and an incredible keyboard player. It was a genuine moment of shock and excitement.”

Chez joined the band, and for the next five or six months, the trio were presenting an entire new experience for fans who would follow them from show to show. But in the midst of this musically successful run, there was a bit of tension between Soup and Chez — the kind of tension that put strain on great bands like Fleetwood Mac and The Fugees.

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“What happened three to four shows is that Soup fell in together, but more The Pirate Signal plays the Brick love with Chez,” are slated for this House at the Lazy Dog on Thursday, June 23. Show starts at Abraham says. “I summer, including 10 p.m. Must be 21 to enter. noticed that they the Westword 1346 Pearl St., Boulder, began to spend a lot Showcase this 303-440-3355. of time together. And weekend and the they got along and she liked him as a per- Brick House in Boulder next week. The son, but he started to catch feelings. It was band is currently still in the “getting to apparent on our last tour that something know each other” stages, so there isn’t was bubbling, but I definitely didn’t want going to be any new music soon, says to deal with it then. It eventually blew up Abraham, who also has another group in my face where it was like, ‘I’m never called BLKHRTS with Denver rappers gonna date you, never in your life.’ Once it F.O.E. and Karma (with whom he’s in got past that point … the tension was the midst of recording). But even though thick. There were other issues, too, with this is yet another “starting over” phase Soup fitting in, but this is the first time I for The Pirate Signal, he couldn’t be can honestly say that it wasn’t my fault more excited for what’s to come. that someone left the band!”

“This [current lineup] is what I’ve “There are definitely other reasons always wanted for The Pirate Signal,” than just that,” Soup says, who currently Abraham says. “When I was doing music DJs at Denver spots like Funky Buddah, before, I was always doing much more Shag Lounge, Sushi Hai and Vinyl. “It than the context I was given. Now, it’s was more financial on my end. I DJ for a basically a situation where it’s a new living and being in a band just doesn’t group of people, but I think it’s the right really pay the bills the way DJing does. context of people to play songs from No But yeah, I did fall in love with Chez, it Weak Heart Shall Prosper. This is the band did make it hard, but I probably could that was intended to play those songs.” have handled being in the group had I Abraham has always been the drivmade enough money to pay bills.” ing force behind the sound of The Pirate Soup was replaced with Chez Signal — loud, uptempo, neck-snapping, acquaintance DJ 5am, and the band also mosh pit-type beats — but with more added a drummer named Hogans. Thus creators of music now in the band, he’s far, the current lineup has only done looking forward to what they can cook

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up for the next album. They’ve been experimenting with new sounds, new ideas and new instruments.

“I’ve always made music by taking other people’s music and fucking around with it,” Abraham says. “Now what I feel like is the source material is going to be the stuff these guys make. They’ll be the samples that I sample. They all want to be contributors and I want them to be too. I’m kind of tired of writing all the music by myself in a room. So I tell everyone to bring ideas, not full, finished songs, but [to] make stuff. The band is now like a production team, and that’s how we’re going to write songs. This is exactly what I wanted to happen, and it happened.”

But even if Abraham is feeling good about this new group of people he’s creating with, history has shown that with The Pirate Signal (whose logo and name are tattoed on Abraham’s neck down to his chest), it’s not really guaranteed that everyone is in this for the long haul, which is now close to a decade. Right?

“I don’t know, man,” he says. “But I do know this group of people that I have met, that I’m working with, I don’t ever want to not work with them. I could not have lucked out more in the collection of human beings that ended up being The Pirate Signal.”

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Busking on the boards A street performance comes indoors

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remember the first time I saw full-on street performers plying their trade. I’m talking about jugglers, unicyclists, closeup magicians and the like — not just some shaggy hippie sitting Indian-style and strumming listlessly on a poorly tuned guitar. It was summer in Harvard Square, and I was enthralled by the audaciousness and courage of these Mass. Ave. miracle workers. From that day on, I’ve had a soft spot in my heart for the buskers and mummers of the world.

You can imagine my joy, then, when I moved to Boulder and found that Pearl Street had its own set of street performers folding themselves into little boxes, flicking playing cards onto the roofs of nearby buildings and wrestling enormous grizzly bears to the death. OK, so I’ve never actually seen a bear wrestler on the walking mall, but juggling, acrobatics and the rest of the flashier street arts abound.

Up In The Air is what happens when a talented street performer is given the green light to move inside and take center stage in an actual theater. Peter Davison, a one-time street performer, National Juggling Champion and Co-Artistic Director of Boulder Ballet, took the opportunity and created a piece of street theater styled for the stage. Though he utters not a syllable during the course of the show, Davison speaks volumes with his movements, expressions and choices of musical accompaniment.

For anyone who has never experienced a truly talented “juggler, dancer, actor and poet,” as Davison describes himself, doing the things such a person does best, Up In The Air is a must-see. Again and again, audience members gasped in awe of Davison’s balancing acts and juggling prowess. To be sure, attendance skewed young, with many children and tweens in the seats, but their amazement was echoed by the oohs

and ahhs of the adults on numerous occasions.

After a Chaplin-esque entrance and opening segment, complete with cane and signature penguin steps, Davison exhibits excellent timing as he syncs his routines to segments of classical music from the likes of Chopin, Schumann and Strauss. Each piece of music, even if it only plays for a minute or two, sculpts the emotion of the moment. It is the music as much as Davison’s movements to it that define the energy of the show.

From time to time, the music is interrupted by eerie, unintelligible whispering that has Davison craning his neck to find its source. This sound effect reminded me of the unseen Others on the first few

seasons of Lost, and from the way Davison reacted to it, I expected it to figure in thematically at some point. Alas, whether it was only ever meant as a quasi-dramatic device or because Davison chose not to inject a darker note into what is an overwhelmingly upbeat and airy show, nothing became of the vaguely sinister susurrations.

Davison’s background in dance is apparent throughout Up In The Air. Even when he’s not engaged in active dancing, he moves balletically, with confidence and grace. He uses a table and chair more effectively than many actors use an entire prop department. A plain, black stocking cap and the juxtaposition of Nirvana and “Carmina Burana” are all he needs to bring two very different characters to life, then ping-pong between them. He even gets good mileage out of the many permutations one can make of a newspaper, an orange and an empty wine bottle sitting atop a table.

When Davison and Up In The Air are at their best, however, is when Davison is juggling. It is no wonder that he was National Juggling Champion. With the ease that only comes from years and years of training, Davison pulls off juggling legerdemain that is breathtaking. I’ve seen a lot of jugglers in my time, and Davison brought forth a few tricks that I don’t believe I’ve ever encountered before. If I had one gripe with Up In The Air it would be that it should go heavier on the juggling, even if it had to be at the expense of some of the other bits.

As well crafted as Up In The Air is, I will caution those of you who have more familiarity with street performance that — outside of one or two of the more amazing juggling feats — this show will likely not hold any surprises for you. It is a professional, polished production, but notably innovative it is not.

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lack Lips make often chaotic, always entertaining, never-heard-on-the-radio, “flower punk” garage rock.

British super-producer Mark Ronson has made records for Amy Winehouse, Adele, Q-Tip, Nas, Robbie Williams, Duran Duran and Christina Aguilera.

And now, he’s made one with Black Lips.

So, Black Lips bassist Jared Swilley, how did that surprising, off-the-wall producer-band hook-up happen? And how did it work?

“He liked our band and said he wanted to do it,” Swilley explains. “That was it. I loved it. It was an awesome experience. The great thing about him is he knew our songs were totally there. He was very good about not overstepping and trying to change things.

“He understood what we were doing. He just added really cool elements. He just made [the songs] better. We meshed very well. It was kind of like having another member of the band.”

It may be impractical to go into specifics about what Ronson added to the songs Lips brought into his Brooklyn studio, where the record was cut over nine months to fit into the producer’s schedule. But his pro polish certainly helped the Black Lips create what might be the garage rock record of 2011 with Arabia Mountain.

The 16-song slab-o-wax echoes real rock ’n’ roll past while fitting in perfectly with Black Lips’ fully up-to-date fun.

The saxophone, driving guitars and ah-ah vocals on “Mad Dog” and “Noc-a-Homa” (about the baseball mascot) bring to mind The Sonics, the legendary early ’60s pioneering garage rockers, while “Time” and “New Direction” revive the swinging British Invasion sound.

The Ramones get a hint on “Raw Meat,” and “The Lie” is classic-she-done-me-wrong agro-guitar pop.

Swilley is justifiably proud of Arabia Mountain, the band’s sixth studio album.

“I will say it’s the most satisfied I’ve ever been with a record after we’re done,” he says. “I think it’s probably our most accessible record and maybe our best.

We’ll see.”

Those who turn up for the shows are likely to get a good dose of Arabia Mountain songs. Or at least that will be the plan going in most nights.

“We’ll have a set list,” Swilley says. “But will we follow it? Who knows. It just depends.”

It depends because Black Lips shows are, to be understated, chaotic, over-the-top, crazily entertaining affairs that are far from the same night after night.

Instead of the usual nightly repetition, Swilley says, the band surveys the crowd at each venue and, depending on what they sense, gears up the show.

“It really depends on the room and the feeling,” Swilley says. “If the feeling’s insane, we’re going to go insane.”

The Black Lips have been known to take insane to the breaking point.

Two years ago, they got booted out of India after guitarists Cole Alexander and Ian Saint Pe kissed on

stage, committing a “homosexual act” that was punishable by imprisonment.

That’s tame compared to some of the legendary Lips acts over the years that have involved public nudity, bodily fluids, explosions, fire and a general disregard for personal safety — especially for the band members.

“The real drawback is when you get hurt on stage,” Swilley says. “But we’ve never killed a child on stage or hurt anyone who’s not in the band.”

Though they’ve gotten notice in the last few years, Black Lips have been together since 1999, when Dunwoody, Ga., teenagers Swilley and Alexander hooked up with guitarist Ben Eberbaugh.

A few months later, drummer Joe Bradley joined up, and the Black Lips were born.

The band put out its first 7-inch on its own label in 2002, the same year that Eberbaugh was killed by a drunk driver in an automobile accident. Black Lips carried on, Swilley said, because the band believed Eberbaugh would have wanted them to keep rocking.

Black Lips! the band’s debut album, was released on Bomp! Records in 2003, and by 2007, Black Lips had signed with Vice, released first a live album, then Good, Bad, Not Evil, and took the South By Southwest music conference by storm.

“It’s been slow progress,” Swilley says of the group’s career. “It’s hard to take stock of it. I don’t think we’ve developed much at all. The only huge thing for the band was the day we discovered we didn’t have to do day jobs. That was the thing that did it for us.”

That day happened six years ago. Black Lips haven’t slowed down since.

“We’re in a really lucky place,” he says. “Some bands don’t like touring a lot and think it’s a grinding thing. A lot of bands don’t really like each other, either.

We all get along really well and enjoy what we do.

We’re thankful we get to do this as our job.”

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rtists work in solitude.

This is why a view into the artist’s workshop may be as fascinating as the artwork itself. We hope to learn what happens there, how the solitary artist manages to bring forth a work of great beauty, imagination and creativity.

Next week, the University of Colorado gives a glimpse into this creative process with workshop productions of scenes from two operas in progress, Pride and Prejudice by Kirke Mechem and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead by Herschel Garfein (performances Wednesday through Saturday; details at http://cupresents.org).

The performances are part of CU New Opera Works (CU NOW), a program started last year by CU Opera Director Leigh Holman and voice professor Patrick Mason. They will be staged, presented in costumes taken from the CU Opera’s stock, and performed before projected scenery in one of the university’s newest high-tech facilities, the ATLAS Black Box Theatre. Performed by students in the CU opera program, the scenes will be accompanied by piano.

Early performances of a work still not finished are obviously beneficial to composers. They serve much the same purpose as out-of-town tryouts for Broadway shows: a chance to evaluate the opera’s effectiveness and make any necessary changes before it is considered finished.

“We know that this is providing something very special for composers,” Holman says. “They say, ‘This doesn’t work,’ ‘I don’t like the way I wrote this,’ ‘I want to make some changes,’ and that’s what we do.”

Last year, Holman recalls, one composer said, “‘You know, I just don’t like the way it’s coming out,’ and he asked for my advice about the way he could move things faster, and we worked with his librettist in making changes, gave those to the students, they learned

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Herschel Garfein, right, sits with composers and performers during last year’s CU New Opera Works.

the changes overnight, we came back and fixed things.”

This can be very valuable for the composer, but Holman is quick to explain that is not the main reason she started CU NOW. “From a composer’s standpoint, I’m sure it’s about getting his work up,” she explains. “But from our standpoint it’s really more about the singers. As a trainer of young artists, it was more important [to me] to give the singers an opportunity to sing new music and work with composers who were writing music for them and for their voice.

“We’re not here to teach composers, we’re here to teach the singers how to work with composers.”

The student singers in this year’s program underline this goal. In fact, Lukas Graf, who sings Rosenkrantz, and Nicole Vogel, who sings Elizabeth in

Pride and Prejudice, say nearly the same thing.

“It’s beneficial to understand what the composer is going through,” Graf says. “I wish we could go back to Mozart and Puccini and pick their brains.”

And Vogel says, “The best thing is getting to work with the composer and get into their process. It’s so nice to pick their brains, and ask questions like, ‘Why did you pick the mezzo-soprano for this role?’”

James Baumgardner, who, as both Hamlet and the assistant director of Rosenkrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, is in the interesting position of staging his own death, gets to work directly with the composer.

“I’ve been talking to Garfein on the phone and getting ideas of what he wants,” he explains. “I can look at the music and think, ‘Is this what the composer is going for?’ and find out, yes, that’s right, or maybe it’s not exactly what he had in mind.”

As much as the students are learning, many in the audience will remain fascinated by what the composer is going through.

“I’m seeing something a little bit different from anyone else in the audience,” Garfein says. “What I’m looking for is how some of the new material I’ve written can work over the long-term flow of the opera.

For example, I’m doing a couple of key scenes that begin Act II, so in my own head I’m thinking ahead to everything that’s to come, and I’m looking for how the scenes will set up the rest of the act. They have to be entertaining and work in their own right, but I’m also comparing what I’m seeing with a lot of other things that I know to be written.”

What Garfein seems to be saying is this: “The door to the workshop is open; come and see how I work. But at the same time, the door to the workshop is closed; the real work is going on in my head.”

And so the creative process is open, and as mysterious as ever.

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Thursday, June 16

music Back to the Woods. 7 p.m. Caffè Sole, 637R S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-499-2985.

Bluegrass Pick — With Martin Gilmore. 9 p.m.

D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-4636683.

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

Dechen Hawk & A Murder of Prose. 6:30 p.m. St. Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720406-9696.

Dovekins Album Release. Astroland, 4415 N. Broadway, Boulder, www.astro-land.org Eugene Sings The Blues. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel and Suites, 800 28th St., Boulder, 303-443-3322.

Felonius Smith Trio. 9:30 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922.

Jayla, Kari Jorgensen, Jim Herlihy. 7 p.m.

Rock N Soul Cafe, 5290 Arapahoe Ave., Ste. I, Boulder, 303-443-5108.

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

Thursday Night Bluegrass Pick. 9 p.m. First Street Pub, 35 E. First St., Nederland, 303-2580782.

Tina Collins & Her Pony, Dave McGraw and Mandy Ferrarini. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.

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

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

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

Beginning/Intermediate Hoopdance. 9 a.m.

Boulder Circus Center, 4747 26th St., Boulder, 303-918-6617.

Found Footage Festival. 8 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030.

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Intermediate to Advanced Flamenco Dance. 7:15-8:30 p.m. Kakes Studios, 2115 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-786-7050, www. flamenco-boulder.com.

Lafayette Farmers’ Market. 4-8 p.m. Festival Plaza, 311 S. Public Rd., Lafayette, 303-499-2494.

Friday, June 17

music Angie Stevens & Haley E. Rydell w/Sarah Slaton. 8 p.m. Swallow Hill, 71 E.Yale Ave., Denver, 303-777-1003.

Bluegrass Pick. 12 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Rd., Longmont, 303-485-9400.

Chordzilla and Guitarasaurus. 5 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-4636683.

Chris Kroger Jazz. 7 p.m. Cuvée, 946 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-0475.

Friday Night Fever & DJ MLE. 9 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-3399.

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

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

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Boulder/Denver Area Cities of Splendor: A Journey Through Renaissance Italy. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave., Denver, 720-865-5000. Through July 31.

Confluence Project. MCA Denver, 1485 Delgany St., Denver, 303-298-7554.

Through June 26.

Exhibition by Henrique Oliveira.

Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-2122.

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NCAR Community Art Program Gallery II — Paintings by Kevin Singleton. NCAR Mesa Laboratory, 1850 Table Mesa Dr., Boulder, 303-4972408. Through July 31.

Ourrubberos — By Jessica Moon Bernstein. Boulder Museum of Contemporay Art, 1750 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-2122.

Running the Numbers: Portraits of Mass Consumption —

Photographs by Chris Jordan.

BioLounge, CU Museum, 1035 Broadway, Boulder, 303-492-6892.

Watching Me Watching You — Drawings by Joe Zucker. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave., Denver, 720865-5000. Through Aug. 28.

Western Horizons: Landscapes from the Contemporary Realism Collection — Paintings by various artists. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave., Denver, 720-865-5000. Through Oct. 23.

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Jack Hadley Band. 7 p.m. St. Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696.

Jon Boland,Treehouse Sanctum. 7 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-4636683.

Kenny Perkins Band. 8:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Rd., Longmont, 303-485-9400.

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

Los Fear of Shrimp. 7:30 p.m. The Stone Cup, 442 High St., Lyons, 303-823-2345.

MC Yogi, Donna De Lory, Gary Stroutsos.

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

Music on the Mezz — With the Meryl Romer Trio. 6:30 p.m. Hotel Boulderado, 2115 13th St., Boulder, 303-442-4344.

Peace Through Music. 7:30 p.m. Rock N Soul Cafe, 5290 Arapahoe Ave., Ste. I, Boulder, 303443-5108.

Power Lung Rangers. First Street Pub, 35 E. First St., Nederland, 303-258-0782.

Ray LaMontagne. 7:30 p.m. Red Rocks Amphitheatre, 18300 W. Alameda Pkwy., Morrison, 720-865-2494.

Russ Chapman, Dreams Are for Rookies. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.

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

events Beer Garden. 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. The Rib House, 1801 13th St., Boulder, 303-442-7427.

Comida Mobile Mexi-Feast. 4:30-7 p.m.

Asher Brewing Co., 4699 Nautilus Court, Boulder, 303-530-1381.

Upslope Brewing Co.Tap Room and Tours.

4-8 p.m. Upslope Brewing Co., 1501 Lee Hill Rd., No. 20, Boulder, www.upslopebrewing.com.

Saturday, June 18

music Bassnectar. 7:30 p.m. Red Rocks Amphitheatre, 18300 W. Alameda Pkwy., Morrison, 720-8652494.

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theater The Awakening of Angel DeLuna. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., 303-440-7826.

Through July 10.

Boulder Improv Collaborative’s Improv Sampler. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., 303-440-7826.

June 18.

Elevation Celebration Dance Party — Fundraiser for Off the Mat and Into the World. 8 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030.

Hellen Highwater. 8 p.m. The Rib House, 1801 13th St., Boulder, 303-442-RIBS. Hymn for Her. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685.

Johnny Barber and the Living Deads. 10 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303463-6683.

Jon Kohne. 7 p.m. Cuvée, 946 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-0475.

Katelyn Benton,The Constant Tourists. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.

Laughing Hands. 7 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683.

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

Mr.Tim. 8 p.m. Swallow Hill, 71 E.Yale Ave., Denver, 303-777-1003.

No One Care, Bonnie and the Clydes. 9:30 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-

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Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-2074.

Thursday Night Poetry Reading. 7 p.m.

Innisfree Poetry Bookstore, 1203 13th St., Suite A, Boulder, 303-579-1644.

Monday, June 20 Michael D. Brown’s Deadly Indifference. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-4472074.

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“So You’re a Poet” ­— Open mic poetry. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.

Tuesday, June 21 Tuesday Night Poetry Reading. 7 p.m.

Innisfree Poetry Bookstore, 1203 13th St., Suite A, Boulder, 303-579-1644.

Wednesday, June 22 Bryan Welch’s Beautiful & Abundant.

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

Carousel. Jesters Dinner Theatre, 224 Main St., Longmont, 303-6829980. Through July 10.

Cats. Boulder’s Dinner Theatre, 5501 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303449-6000. Through Sept. 24.

Up in the Air. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., 303-4407826. Through June 19.

449-1922.

Octopus Nebula, Hathbanger, Candyman.

10 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303443-3399.

Olive Street Rehab. 9 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683.

Rene Heredia. 8 p.m. Swallow Hill, 71 E.Yale Ave., Denver, 303-777-1003.

RNSC Singer/Songwriter Showcase. 7:30 p.m. Rock N Soul Cafe, 5290 Arapahoe Ave., Ste. I, Boulder, 303-443-5108.

Young Blood Blues Band,Velvet Voiced Vixens. 6 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel and Suites, 800 28th St., Boulder, 303-443-3322.

events 1st Annual G’Knight Ride sponsored by Oskar Blues — To benefit Kids Holiday bike program 4-11 p.m. Prospect Park, Longmont, www.gknightride.org.

The Caritas Spiritist Center Grand Re-opening and Open House. 2-8 p.m. 5723 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder., 303-449-3066.

LUSH Cosmetics Kissing Campaign — To support same-sex marriage. 11:38 a.m. LUSH Cosmetics, 1312 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-444-5874.

Tango Among Friends — Social drop-in tango class. 1 p.m. Pearl Street Studio, 2126 Pearl St., Boulder. www.Tango AmongFriends.net.

Sunday, June 19

music Cowboy Dave Band. 6 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685.

Emma Aural Elixir. 8:30 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.

Heatherlyn. 8 p.m. Wesley Chapel, 1290 Folsom St., Boulder, 303-443-3934.

Jazz Jam — With Mark Diamond. 7:30 p.m Boulder Outlook Hotel and Suites, 800 28th St., Boulder, 303-443-3322.

Jet Edison. 10 p.m. Mountain Sun Pub, 1535 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-546-0886.

The Legendary Hitchhikers. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 N. Park Dr., Lafayette, 303-665-2757.

Lyle Lovett and John Hiatt. 8 p.m.

Chautauqua Auditorium, 900 Baseline Rd., Boulder, 303-442-3282.

Open Stage. 9 p.m. Pearl Street Pub, 1108 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-939-9900.

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Ostevetto. 6 p.m. Cuvée, 946 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-0475.

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

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American Indian Art Show. 10 a.m. Red Rocks Amphitheatre, 18300 W. Alameda Pkwy., Morrison, 720-865-2494.

Continuing Hawaiian Hula Class. 5:30 p.m.

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

Dog Wash Benefit for Longmont Humane Society. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Left Hand Brewery, 1265 Boston Ave., Longmont, 303-7721232, ext. 264.

How Do You Know? 8 p.m. St. Julien Hotel,

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Monday, June 20

music Brad Goode Jazz Quartet. 7 p.m. Caffè Sole, 637R S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-499-2985.

Fish Out of Water. 10 p.m. Southern Sun Pub, 627 S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-543-0886.

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

Performances in the Parks — With Boulder

Concert Band. 7 p.m. Keewaydin Park, Boulder, 303-413-7200.

events Cornhole League. 6 p.m. Asher Brewing Co., 4699 Nautilus Court, Boulder, 303-530-1381.

Free Open Class — Meditation instruction.

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

Twisted Pine Brewing and Tap Room — One dollar of each pint sold goes to Kiwanis Club. 3-9 p.m. Twisted Pine Tap Room, 3201

Walnut St., #A, Boulder, 303-786-9270.

Tuesday, June 21

music Aaron and Alex. 6 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Rd., Longmont, 303-485-9400.

Afrobeat Jam. 8 p.m. to midnight. First Street Pub, 35 E. First St., Nederland, 303-258-0782.

Avey Brothers. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel and Suites, 800 28th St., Boulder, 303-4433322.

Bluegrass Pick and Open Stage. 8 p.m.

Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685.

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

Clusterpluck — 9 p.m. Open jam. George’s Food & Drink, 2028 14th St., Boulder, 303-9989350.

Dinner at the Thompsons. 7:30 p.m. Rock N Soul Cafe, 5290 Arapahoe Ave., Ste. I, Boulder, 303-443-5108.

Dogs Without Tails. 9 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683.

Felonius Smith Trio. 12 p.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.

Super Sessions with Super Collider. 8:30 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.

Trio Con Brio. 7 p.m. St. Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696.

Weekly Bluegrass Pick — All levels welcome.

8-11 p.m. Oskar Blues, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303823-6685.

Willie Nelson’s Country Throwdown Tour 2011. 3 p.m. Red Rocks Amphitheatre, 18300 W. Alameda Pkwy., Morrison, 720-865-2494.

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.

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

Gustavo Artigas: Relay (Endless). 7 p.m.

Chautauqua Auditorium, 900 Baseline Rd., Boulder, 303-442-3282.

Healing Space With Alan McAllister. 4-6 p.m. Whole Being Explorations, 1800 30th St., Boulder, 303-545-5562.

Open Mic Poetry and Music — Hosted by Rob Geisen and Olatundji Akpo-Sani. 8 p.m. The No-Name Bar, 1325 Broadway, Boulder.

Twisted Pine Brewing and Tap Room. 3-9 p.m. Twisted Pine Tap Room, 3201 Walnut St., #A, Boulder, 303-786-9270.

Wednesday, June 22

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

Annie Booth. 7 p.m. Cuvée, 946 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-0475.

Bands on the Bricks — With Wendy Woo. 1300 block of Pearl Street Mall, Boulder, 303449-3774.

The Clamdaddys Transcendental Blues Jam. 7:30 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683.

Felonius Smith Trio. 7 p.m. Mary’s Lake Lodge, 2625 Marys Lake Rd., Estes Park, 970586-5958.

Harry Tuft & Dick Weissman. Four Mile Historic Park, 715 S. Forest St., Denver, 303777-1003.

Katey Laurel, Esther Parks. 7:30 p.m.

Nissi’s, 2675 N. Park Dr., Lafayette, 303-6652757.

Pete Kartsounes. 8:30 p.m. The Laughing

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Goat Coffeehouse, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.

Rob Roper, Patty Jackson. 7:30 p.m. Rock N Soul Cafe, 5290 Arapahoe Ave., Ste. I, Boulder, 303-443-5108.

events Art for Lunch. 12:15-12:45 p.m. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-2122.

A Fish Called Wanda. 6:30 p.m. Red Rocks Amphitheatre, 18300 W. Alameda Pkwy., Morrison, 720-865-2494.

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

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Twisted Pine Brewing and Tap Room. 3-9 p.m. Twisted Pine Tap Room, 3201 Walnut St., #A, Boulder, 303-786-9270.

Upslope Brewing — 4-8 p.m. Upslope Brewing Co., 1501 Lee Hill Rd., No. 20, Boulder, www. upslopebrewing.com.

Vajrayana Buddhist Meditation. 7 p.m.

Mipham Shedra, 2860 Bluff St., Boulder, 303-4490319.

Kids’ Calendar Thursday, June 16 Kids in Space. 10 a.m. Fiske Planetarium, CU campus, 303-492-5001.

Laser: Perseus and Andromeda. 1 p.m. Fiske Planetarium, CU campus, 303-492-5001.

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, June 17 Children’s Storytime. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1000 Canyon Blvd., Boulder, 303441-3100.

Saturday, June 18 Children’s Storytime. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1000 Canyon Blvd., Boulder, 303441-3100.

Sunday, June 19 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, 303441-3100.

Go Club — Learn to play the game known as Go. 2 p.m. Boulder Public Library, 1000 Canyon Blvd., Boulder, 303-441-3100.

The Family Pick — All-ages bluegrass jam every Sunday. 3-6 p.m. The Stage Stop, 60 Main St., Rollinsville, 303-258-0649.

Monday, June 20 Children’s Storytime. 10:15 p.m. Boulder Public Library, 1000 Canyon Blvd., Boulder, 303441-3100.

Rise & Shine Storytime. 9:30 a.m. Barnes & Noble, Crossroads Commons, 2999 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-444-0349.

Twinkle Babies. 10:15 a.m. Erie Community Library, 400 Powers St., Erie, 720-685-5200.

Tuesday, June 21 Children’s Storytime. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1000 Canyon Blvd., Boulder, 303441-3100.

Drop-in Storytime. 4 p.m. Erie Community Library, 400 Powers St., Erie, 720-685-5200.

Folk Dancing for Children. 6:15-7 p.m.

Boulder Civic Plaza, Boulder, 303-499-6363.

Storytime for Children. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Public Library, George Reynolds Branch, 3595 Table Mesa Dr., Boulder, 303-441-3120.

Tactile Tuesday. 9-11 a.m. WOW! Children’s Museum, 110 N. Harrison Ave., Lafayette, 303604-2424.

Wednesday, June 22 Cinderella Stories from Around the World. 11:30 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3099.

Drop-in Storytime. 11 a.m. Erie Community Library, 400 Powers St., Erie, 720-685-5200.

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.

Toddler Hour. 9 a.m. WOW! Children’s Museum, 110 N. Harrison Ave., Lafayette, 303604-2424.

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Plus, we have a son. But I’m scared shitless because I don’t want to be untrue to myself.

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tionally considerate. But he just doesn’t fill me up when it comes to sex. I really don’t want to leave him over this because it feels too superficial and ridiculous, but I’m lacking sexual pleasure and don’t know what to do.

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Remember, you have one life to Those with “shortcomings” make live, and living it as authentically as long strides in other areas. possible will offer you the most happiSend questions for Jenni Skyler, ness.

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teven Spielberg and J.J. Abrams know how to craft a splendid story, and Super 8 was a joy to watch. There were great special effects, but the characters were also delightful and the story unfolded slowly and intriguingly.

Super 8 is set in the small steel town of Lillian, Ohio, in 1979 and revolves around pre-teen pals Joe Lamb ( Joel Courtney), Charles (Riley Griffiths), Preston (Zach Mills), Cary (Ryan Lee), Martin (Gabriel Basso) and Alice (Elle Fanning). Joe’s mother has died in a mill accident as the film opens, leaving him and his father, Deputy Sheriff Jackson Lamb (Kyle Chandler), to grieve in awkward dysfunctional silence.

Led by budding filmmaker Charles, the boys are busy making a zombie film called “The Case” when they sneak out at midnight to shoot some footage at the train station. As they watch in horror, there’s a tremendous train wreck and they barely escape with their lives.

Super 8 pays homage to the great kid adventure films of the ’80s, including The Goonies (co-written by Spielberg), along with much of Spielberg’s amazing oeuvre of films, including E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial and Close Encounters of the Third Kind. In fact, there are entire scenes that are almost lifted intact from these earlier films.

There are a few narrative hiccups, which makes me wonder if the director’s cut will add footage to better explain what’s happening and to improve the pacing. At one point, for example, Deputy Lamb is arrested and vanishes from the story for such a long time that I wondered if they forgot about him. There’s also a striking scene when Joe realizes that his dog is one of dozens that have mysteriously vanished from town; when they show up miles away, it’s hard to understand its significance.

I was a teen — albeit older than the characters in Super 8 — when the film was set, 1979, and was delight-

ed by the extraordinary attention to detail that Abrams and his set decoration and production team put towards the era. From “Keep on Truckin’” posters juxtaposed with a cutaway illustration of the space shuttle to magazines and TV personalities glimpsed as boys run through living rooms, the set design is awardworthy in its verisimilitude.

One of the central conceits of the movie is a favorite theme of mine: a film about making movies. Watch the brilliant Rear Window and you’ll see Hitchcock exploring the difference between an observer and a participant, and Super 8 offers the same fascinating duality in a more modern setting.

When Alice and Joe are reading lines from “The Case,” is it for their benefit, or ours?

Both Spielberg and Abrams are masters of their craft, as demonstrated by the popular and critical hits in their past (including the terrific Star Trek reboot, the TV series Lost, Saving Private Ryan, Jurassic Park, and the Indiana Jones series), and Super 8 is a splendid addition. Manipulative of the audience at times, trite with its “kids are good, adults are bad” sensibility, it was still a satisfying story with a group of terrific young actors and a completely expected and nonetheless touching finale. Highly recommended.

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Seduced by Paris

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feel like the Parisians kind of get me,” says Gil Pender in Woody Allen’s Midnight in Paris, an early clue to this character’s cluelessness.

But do Parisians “get” anyone? Let alone an American?

The French are certainly fond of Allen, who opened the Cannes Film Festival with this deceptively light, offhandedly profound comedy. And Allen certainly gets Paris, capturing it in a wonderful, wordless opening montage of streetscapes.

The city has clearly seduced the filmmaker as well as his alter-ego protagonist. Gil (the ever-sincere Owen Wilson) is a struggling writer vacationing with his prosaic fiancée, Inez (Rachel McAdams).

“You’re living in a fantasy,” she says, raining on his mental parade of Parisian expatriates in the 1920s.

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“Nostalgia is denial,” adds her insufferable professor friend, Paul (Michael Sheen).

When those two go dancing one night, Gil goes for a walk that leads him suddenly backward in time.

The ensuing wild evening includes F. Scott and

Zelda, Chez Bricktop and the Polidor, a belligerent Hemingway (Corey Stoll, very funny) and, of course, a captivating model, Adriana (Marion Cotillard). By day they don’t exist, but with each subsequent midnight Gil delves deeper into their magical world. It’s a variation on an Allen theme — the powerful pull of fantasy — that stretches through 1985’s The Purple Rose of Cairo and back to the 1978 short story “The Kugelmass Episode” (about a professor who steps into Madame Bovary).

Following a gentle ironic twist, Gil acknowledges experiencing a “minor” epiphany, but that’s Allen’s voice, feigning modesty. There’s really no such thing. (c) 2011, Newsday —MCT Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com

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tively chronicling fashion trends and high society charity soirées for the Times Style section in his columns “On the Street” and “Evening Hours.” Documenting uptown fixtures, downtown eccentrics and everyone in between, Cunningham’s enormous body of work is more reliable than any catwalk as an expression of time, place and individual flair. At Boedecker Theater. — Boedecker Theater

George, a lonely and fatalistic teen who’s made it all the way to his senior year without ever having done a real day of work, is befriended by Sally, a popular but complicated girl who recognizes in him a kindred spirit. At Flatiron and Century.

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Babies are free to cry, fuss and coo! Admission is free and all baby-tolerant adults are welcome. At Boulder Public Library. — BPL

As maid of honor, a single woman leads her best friend and a colorful group of bridesmaids on a wild ride. At Flatiron, Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks. — Los Angeles Times/MCT

Ballet: Swan Lake

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The battle between white and black swan unfolds with savage grace in Swan Lake.

Tchaikovsky’s haunting music traces the steps of prima ballerina Mariya Aleksandrova as she dances both Odette and Odile in this definitive production from the Bolshoi Ballet. At Boedecker Theater. — Boedecker Theater Beginners Beginners imaginatively explores the hilarity, confusion and surprises of love through the evolving consciousness of Oliver. Oliver meets the irreverent and unpredictable Anna only

AMC Flatiron Crossing, 61 W. Flatiron Cir., Broomfield, 303-790-4262 The Art of Getting By Fri-Wed: 9:55, 12, 2:20, 4:40, 7, 9:10, 11:15 Bridesmaids Thu: 10:40, 1:50, 4:55, 10:45 FriWed: 10:50 2, 5:05, 8, 10:55 Green Lantern Fri-Wed: 10:40, 1:40, 4:30, 7:15, 10 The Hangover Part II Thu: 11:20, 2, 4:35, 7:10, 9:40 Fri-Wed: 09:50, 12:15, 3:10, 5:40, 8:10, 10:40 Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer Thu: 11:30, 2:10, 4:50, 7:20, 9:50 FriWed: 10:15, 12:30, 2:55, 5:25, 7:55, 10:20 Kung Fu Panda 2 Thu: 9:55, 12:10, 2:40, 5:10, 7:45, 10:20 Fri-Wed: 10:10, 12:20, 2:50, 5:15, 7:40, 10:05 Midnight in Paris Thu: 10, 12:15, 2:30, 5, 7:40, 10:10 Fri-Wed: 10:25, 12:40, 3, 5:20, 7:45, 10:10 Mr. Popper’s Penguins Fri-Wed: 11, 1:50, 4:20, 7:10, 9:40 Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides Thu: 10:20, 1:25, 4:45, 8 Fri-Wed: 09:50, 1, 4:05, 7:20, 10:30 Super 8 Thu: 10:15, 1:10, 4:05, 7, 9:55 FriWed: 10:05, 12:50, 3:45, 6:30, 9:20 Thor Thu: 11:50, 2:50, 5:30, 8:20, 10:55 FriWed: 6:45, 9:30 X-Men: First Class Thu: 12:20, 3:30, 6:45, 10 Fri-Wed: 10, 1:10, 4:15, 7:30, 10:45 Century Boulder, 1700 29th St., Boulder, 303-442-1815 The Art of Getting By Fri-Wed: 10:05, 12:15, 2:40, 4:55, 7:20, 9:30, 11:40 Bridesmaids Thu:11:10, 2, 3:25, 4:50, 7:40, 9:05, 10:30, 11:55 Fri-Wed: 11, 1:50, 4:40, 6:20, 7:35, 9:10, 10:30, 12:01 Green Lantern Fri-Wed: 10, 12:40, 3:25, 6:10, 8:50, 11:30 The Hangover Part II Thu: 10:30, 1:15, 4, 6:40, 9:30, 12:01 Fri-Wed: 11:05, 1:40, 4:10, 6:45, 9:15, 11:45 Judy Mood and the Not Bummer Summer Thu: 11:20, 2:10, 4:35, 6:55, 9:15, 11:35 Fri-Wed: 10:30, 1, 3:35 Kung Fu Panda 2 Thu: 11:30, 1:45, 4:10, 6:30,

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Supposedly this is Beast, aka Dr. Hank McCoy, but it looks more like the Grinch is about to fire bomb Whoville. (As if we needed another reason to see this one.) months after his father, Hal, has passed away.

This new love floods Oliver with memories of his father who — following 44 years of marriage — came out of the closet at age 75 to live a full, energized, and wonderfully tumultuous gay life. The upheavals of Hal’s new honesty, by turns funny and moving, brought father

and son closer than they’d ever been able to be. At Chez Artiste. — Landmark Theatres Bill Cunningham New York For decades, this Schwinn-riding cultural anthropologist has been obsessively and inven-

local theaters 8:45, 11 Fri-Wed: 11:30, 2, 4:45, 7:15, 9:35, 11:50 Midnight in Paris Fri-Wed: 10:15, 12:30, 3, 5:30, 7:50, 10:25 Mr. Popper’s Penguins Fri-Wed: 9:50, 11:10, 12:20, 1:35, 2:45, 4, 5:15, 6:30, 7:45, 9, 10:15, 11:25 Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides Thu: 10:35, 1:50, 5, 8:15, 11:20 Fri-Wed: 12:05, 3:30, 6:35, 9:40 Super 8 Thu: 10:45, 11:40, 12:35, 1:30, 2:25, 3:20, 4:15, 5:10, 6:05, 7, 7:55, 8:50, 9:45, 10:40 Fri-Wed: 9:55, 10:50, 11:40, 12:35, 1:30, 2:20, 3:15, 4:15, 5:10, 6:05, 7:05, 8, 8:45, 9:45, 10:40 Tree of Life Fri-Wed: 9:45, 12:50, 3:55, 7, 10:05 X-Men: First Class Thu: 10:15, 1:25, 4:30, 7:30, 10:35 Fri-Wed: 9:45, 12:45, 3:50, 6:50, 9:50 Colony Square, 1164 Dillon Rd., Louisville, 303-604-2641 Bridesmaids Thu-Wed: 11, 1:50, 4:40, 7:50, 10:40 Green Lantern Fri-Wed: 10:20, 1:05, 4:55, 8, 10:40 The Hangover Part II Thu: 10:35, 11:20, 1:25, 2:10, 4:35, 5:10, 7:15, 8, 10:20, 10:45 FriWed: 10:35, 1:10, 4:35, 7:15, 10:20 Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer Thu-Wed: 10:40, 1:15, 3:40,6:50, 9:30 Kung Fu Panda 2 Thu: 10:10, 2:30, 5, 7:20, 9:50 Fri-Wed: 11:05, 1:20, 4:10, 6:40, 9:20 Mr. Popper’s Penguins Fri-Wed: 11:10, 1:35, 3:55, 7:05, 9:40 Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides Thu-Wed: 9:50, 12:50, 3:50, 7:05, 10:10 Super 8 Thu-Wed: 10:45, 1:45, 4:45, 7:30, 10:15 Water for Elephants Thu: 11:10, 2, 4:50, 7:45, 10:30

X-Men: First Class Thu-Wed: 10, 10:30, 1, 1:30, 4, 4:30,7, 7:30, 10, 10:30 Landmark Chez Artiste, 2800 S. Colorado Blvd., Denver, 303-352-1992 Beginners Fri-Wed: 12:30, 1:45, 3:15, 4:15, 6, 7:15, 8:30, 9:45 City of Life and Death Fri-Wed: 2, 5, 8:15 The Double Hour Thu: 4:15, 7:15, 9:35 The First Grader Thu: 4, 7, 9:25 I Am Thu: 4:30 p.m.

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Landmark Esquire, 590 Downing St., Denver, 303-352-1992 Some Like It Hot Tue: 7, 9:30 The Tree of Life Thu: 1, 1:30, 4, 4:45, 7, 8, 10 Landmark Mayan, 110 Broadway, Denver, 303-352-1992 L’Amour Fou Thu: 1, 4, 7:20, 9:45 Midnight in Paris Thu-Wed: 1:40, 2:20, 4:20, 5, 7:05, 7:45, 9:30, 10 The Trip Fri-Wed: 1, 4, 7:20, 9:40 Denver FilmCenter, 2510 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, 303-820-3456 The Double Hour Fri-Wed: 2:15, 4:45, 7:25 Fargo Tue: 7:30, 10 Found Footage Festival Fri-Wed: 7:45, 10 Hesher Fri-Wed: 2, 4:40, 9:45 I AM Fri-Wed: 2:30, 5 The Jerk Wed: 9:30 p.m.

Meek’s Cutoff Thu: 2:10, 4:30, 7:10, 9:40 The People vs. George Lucas Fri-Wed: 2, 4:30, 7:15, 9:45 Speed Racer Thu-Sat: 9:30 p.m.

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In December 1937, the Imperial Japanese Army laid siege to the Chinese capital of Nanking, killing as many as 300,000 citizens during a six-week reign of terror, the details of which Japan and China dispute to this day.

Abandoned by the outside world and with no resources or defenses, the people of Nanking were subjected to torture, rape and death by a chaotic army that had little experience operating in a foreign country. Chinese filmmaker Lu Chuan’s bold re-creation of these events is told with startling humanism through the eyes of both victims and occupiers. At Chez Artiste.

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Bill Cunningham New York Thu: 4 p.m. Fri: 6:30 p.m. Sat: 4, 9 Of Gods and Men Wed: 7 p.m.

Queen to Play Thu: 6:30 p.m. Fri: 4, 9 Sat: 6:30 p.m.

Stephen Sondheim’s Company Wed: 4 Vertigo Sun: 4, 7 Boulder Public Library Film Program, Boulder Public Library, 1000 Canyon Blvd., Boulder, 303-441-3197 Babies & Blockbusters: Little Fockers Wed: 12:30 p.m.

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The Double Hour Sonia and Guido might be the two loneliest people in the Italian city of Turin. A penniless maid and a chilly ex-cop, they each go about their daily routines like ghosts, both tormented by mistakes and loss from their individual pasts, unable to truly move forward with their lives in any meaningful way. But when the two meet for the first time in the grimmest of settings — a schmaltzy speed-dating event — wary flirtation blooms into desperate passion.

Only a single, shocking incident, an ill-timed robbery, threatens to destroy the salvation that Sonia and Guido so quickly find in each other. The Double Hour is at once a stark romance, a touching, psychological thriller and a story about possibilities. At Chez Artiste and Denver FilmCenter/Colfax. — Landmark Theatres Fargo Frances McDormand won an Oscar for her turn as pregnant police chief Marge Gunderson — a serious sleuth who’s sharper than her folksy accent suggests — in this Coen brothers black comedy that also earned the siblings a nod for Best Screenplay. William H. Macy co-stars as a car dealer who conspires with hotheaded kidnappers (Steve Buscemi and Peter Stormare) to kidnap his wife (Kristin Rudrüd) so he can pocket part of the hefty ransom. At Denver Film Center/ Colfax.— Denver Film Society The First Grader In a small, remote mountain-top primary school in the Kenyan bush, hundreds of children are jostling for a chance for the free education newly promised by the Kenyan government. One new applicant causes astonishment when he knocks on the door of the school. He is Maruge, a Mau Mau veteran in his 80s, who is desperate to learn to read at this late stage of his life. He fought for the liberation of his country and now feels he must have the chance of an education so long denied — even if it means sitting in a classroom alongside 6-year-olds. At Chez Artiste.

— Landmark Theatres Found Footage Festival This one-of-a-kind event compiles more than an hour’s worth of footage from videos that were found at garage sales and thrift stores and in warehouses and dumpsters throughout the country. Curators Pickett and Prueher host each screening in-person and provide their unique observations and commentary on these found video obscurities. From the curiously produced industrial training video to the forsaken home movie donated to Goodwill, the Found Footage Festival resurrects these forgotten treasures and serves them up in a lively celebration of all things found. Denver FilmCenter/Colfax. — Denver Film Society Green Lantern Not all superheroes were meant for the big screen. This adaptation of the DC Comics series about a human (Ryan Reynolds) recruited by aliens to wield a ring that gives him superpowers looks ... well, a little ridiculous.

Then again, Thor didn’t seem all that promising either, and look how that one turned out.

Rated PG-13. At Flatiron, Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks. — Rene Rodriguez The Hangover Part II On the heels of their wild Las Vegas bachelor party, four pals get into more trouble en route to a pre-wedding brunch in Thailand. At Flatiron, Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks. — Los Angeles Times/MCT Hesher Loud music. Pornography. Burning stuff to the

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ground. These are a few of Hesher’s favorite things. And they are what Hesher (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) brings into the lives of TJ (Devin Brochu) and his father Paul (Rainn Wilson) when he takes up residence in their garage uninvited. Grief-stricken by the loss of TJ’s mother in a car accident, Paul can’t muster the strength to evict the strange squatter, and soon the long-haired, tattooed Hesher becomes a fixture in the household. Like a force of nature, Hesher’s anarchy shakes the family out of their grief and helps them embrace life once more. At Denver FilmCenter/Colfax. — Denver Film Society I AM I AM, a prismatic and probing exploration of our world, what’s wrong with it and what we can do to make it better, represents writer/ director Tom Shadyac’s first foray into nonfiction following a career as one of Hollywood’s leading comedy practitioners. At Chez Artiste and Denver FilmCenter/Colfax. — Landmark Theatres The Jerk After discovering he’s not really black like the rest of his family, likable dimwit Navin Johnson (Steve Martin) runs off on a hilarious misadventure in this comedy classic that takes him from rags to riches and back to rags again. At Denver FilmCenter/Colfax. — Denver Film Society Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer When her carefully laid summer plans go awry, an imaginative young girl gets creative about her vacation adventures. With Jordana Beatty, Heather Graham and Parris Mosteller.

Rated PG. At Flatiron, Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks. — Los Angeles Times/MCT Kung Fu Panda 2 The martial artist panda Po and his friends must once again protect the Valley of Peace from a formidable villain. At Flatiron, Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks. — Los Angeles Times/MCT L’Amour Fou The public life of Yves Saint Laurent was as extravagant as it was decadent. As a design prodigy and then the grand couturier of a fashion empire, he influenced 50 years of style — but few are familiar with the private life of the legend. Pierre Bergé, the man with whom YSL shared four decades of his life and love, reflects on the equally extravagant history of their personal relationship. At Mayan. — Landmark Theatres

PG. At Flatiron, Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks. — Rene Rodriguez

Artiste and Boedecker Theater. — Landmark Theatres

Of Gods and Men

Super 8

Eight French Christian monks live in harmony with their Muslim brothers in a monastery perched in the mountains of North Africa in the 1990s. When a crew of foreign workers is massacred by an Islamic fundamentalist group, fear sweeps though the region. The army offers them protection, but the monks refuse.

Should they leave? Despite the growing menace in their midst, they slowly realize that they have no choice but to stay. At Boedecker Theater. — Boedecker Theater

See full review on Page 37. Rated PG-13. At Flatiron, Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks.

The People Vs. George Lucas The passion the original Star Wars trilogy inspires in its fans is unparalleled; but when it comes to George Lucas himself — one of the most passionately debated filmmakers of all time — many have found their ardor has cooled into a complicated love-hate relationship. This hilarious, heartfelt documentary delves deep into Lucas’s cultural legacy, asking all the tough questions. Has Lucas betrayed his masterwork? Should he have left the original trilogy alone? Will he ever redeem himself in their eyes, and more importantly, does he have any obligation to do so? At Denver FilmCenter/Colfax. — Denver Film Society Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides Captain Jack Sparrow returns for another swashbuckling adventure, this time searching for the Fountain of Youth and tangling with the pirate Blackbeard. At Flatiron, Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks. — Los Angeles Times/ MCT

The Tree of Life

The Trip

When Chicago musicians Joe (Tony Curtis) and Jerry (Jack Lemmon) accidentally witness a gangland shooting, they quickly board a southbound train to Florida, disguised as Josephine and Daphne, the two newest — and homeliest — members of an all-girl jazz band.

At Mayan. — Landmark Theatrea

When Steve Coogan is asked by The Observer to tour the country’s finest restaurants, he envisions it as the perfect getaway with his beautiful girlfriend. But when she backs out on him, he has no one to accompany him but his best friend and source of eternal aggravation, Rob Brydon. As the brilliant comic duo, freestyling with flair, drive each other mad with constant competition and showdowns of competing celebrity impressions, the ultimate odd couple realize a rich amount about not only good food, but the nature of fame, relationships and their own lives. At Chez Artiste. — Landmark Theatres

Emile Hirsch stars as Speed in this big-screen adaptation of the popular 1960s-era Japanese animated series from directors Larry and Andy Wachowski, the minds behind the blockbuster Matrix trilogy. With the support of his parents, his girlfriend, Trixie, and his onetime rival Racer X, Speed sets out to conquer a cross-country race known as the Crucible. At Denver FilmCenter/Colfax. — Denver Film Center

Jim Carrey stars in this adaptation of the 1939 Newbery Award-winning children’s book about a house painter who starts breeding trained penguins and takes his animal act on the road, creating a national sensation. Rated

The launch of the summer movie season with a big-budget, big-profile comic-book adaptation has become a tradition, and this year, the arrogant god of thunder is kicked out of Asgard and sent to live among the lowly humans on our planet, including Natalie Portman. Kenneth Branagh handled the directorial duties. At Flatiron. — Rene Rodriguez

Some Like It Hot

The year is 1845 and a wagon team of three families has hired the mountain man Stephen Meek to guide them over the Cascade Mountains. Claiming to know a short cut, Meek leads the group on an unmarked path across the high-plains desert, only to become lost in the dry rock and sage. Over the coming days, the emigrants must face the scourges of hunger, thirst and their own lack of faith in each other’s instincts for survival. At Denver FilmCenter/Colfax. — Denver Film Society

Mr. Popper’s Penguin

Thor

Lovely, repressed and quietly intelligent, French chambermaid Hélène discovers her love for chess when, one day, she comes upon a couple engaged in an intense match. This obsession with the game, much to the chagrin of her husband and teenaged daughter, leads her to seek the clandestine tutelage of a reclusive American doctor — a liaison that radically transforms both of their lackluster lives. At Boedecker Theater. — Landmark Theatres

Queen to Play

Speed Racer

See full review on Page 37. At Flatiron, Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks

A Swiss family is fleeing the forces of Napoleon headed toward the South Seas on a passenger boat. The ship is chased by pirates and pounded by rough waters. The crew abandons the vessel and the ship crashes on island rocks, damaged, but only half submerged. The family is able to recover the food stuffs and gear. They build and live in an elaborate tree house and a variety of weapons, booby traps, a pirate alarm and fortifications. When they blow up the wreck and build their own boat to survey the island various encounters occur with pirates and their prisoners culminating in the pirates storming the island only to be met with a tiger in a camouflaged pit, hair-trigger rock and log pile defenses on inclines and coconut bombs. At Boulder Public Library. — BPL

The Tree of Life is the impressionistic story of a Midwestern family in the 1950s. The film follows the life journey of the eldest son, Jack, through the innocence of childhood to his disillusioned adult years as he tries to reconcile a complicated relationship with his father. Jack finds himself a lost soul in the modern world, seeking answers to the origins and meaning of life while questioning the existence of faith.

Through Malick’s signature imagery, we see how both brute nature and spiritual grace shape not only our lives as individuals and families, but all life. At Esquire. — Landmark Theatres

Meek’s Cutoff

Midnight in Paris

Swiss Family Robinson

Stephen Sondheim’s Company Neil Patrick Harris leads an all-star cast which included Patti LuPone, Stephen Colbert, Jon Cryer, Christina Hendricks, Craig Bierko and Martha Plimpton. Company’s plot revolves around Bobby (a single man unable to commit fully to a steady relationship, let alone marriage), the five married couples who are his best friends and his three girlfriends. It’s a concept musical composed of short vignettes linked by a celebration for Bobby’s 35th birthday. At Chez

Vertigo Vertigo creates a dizzying web of mistaken identity, passion and murder after an acrophobic detective rescues a mysterious blonde from the bay. At Boedecker Theater. — Boedecker Theater Water for Elephants Steamy and sexy with a smack of sadism, this atmospheric adaptation of the Sara Gruen novel is a throwback to old-school Hollywood action/romance. Robert Pattinson, Reese Witherspoon and Christoph Waltz co-star as a veterinarian, trick rider and unstable ringmaster struggling to save a financially ailing circus during the Depression. Rated PG-13. At Colony Square. — Rene Rodriguez

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ou just finished eating dinner and now you’re about to throw watermelon rinds, lettuce and a coffee filter into the

garbage.

But wait! There are critters that will feast off those kitchen scraps. They live in your food, gut and your backyard — that is, if you have a compost pile.

They’re microbes, and they’re what help break down your organic material should you choose to create a compost pile in your backyard.

And if you have the time and space and want to add more nutrients to your soil while cutting down the amount of greenhouse gases produced in landfills, why not create a compost pile in your own backyard?

“Composting is assisted biodegradation,” says Dan Matsch, Eco-Cycle’s compost expert. “It’s manipulating what would normally happen in nature anyway. You’re just doing it in a focused and sped-up way.”

Boulder County has been encouraging citizens to compost organic materials since 2005, when a resolution was passed that outlined the steps to institute a “zero waste” plan throughout the county.

Creating a backyard compost pile is just one way that Boulder citizens can reuse organic materials, says Susan Meissner of the Boulder County Resource Conservation Division.

“When things break down anaerobically — without air — like they do in a landfill, that’s when methane gas and harmful greenhouse gases are produced,” Meissner says. “But when you compost, it’s actually introducing air and water to the system, so it’s much less gas-producing.”

So if you want be more eco-friendly and create a compost pile, the first step is to start collecting kitchen scraps in a bucket that you’ll empty in your backyard once a week, along with any yard waste. While guides

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on backyard composting typically suggest that your pile be made up of one part green, nitrogen-rich materials and one part brown, carbon-rich materials, Matsch says not to worry about getting the perfect mix. Green materials you can add to your pile include fruit and vegetable scraps, and you can throw in dried leaves for the brown part of your mix, according to Boulder County’s backyard composting brochure, which can be found at http://bit.ly/inUOfe. Before emptying your kitchen bin full of organic materials out in your backyard for the first time, Matsch recommends that you make sure your pile is set up on soil and, if possible, under a deciduous tree. By positioning your pile on earth instead of concrete, microbes can make their way into the soil, live there, and repopulate, while the tree provides your compost with shade to stay cool in the summer and allows the sun in to warm it up in the winter, he says.

Meissner also suggests that you keep your pile close to the kitchen so that you don’t have to go far to empty your scraps, and even consider adding an enclosure like one of the bins Boulder County is selling wholesale on June 21. To maintain your pile, Meissner says to keep it as moist as a wrung-out

sponge. Add oxygen by using a three-pronged hand rake to mix up the first few inches of the top of the pile, Matsch says. Ideally, your pile should be between 90 and 140 degrees Fahrenheit, according to Boulder County’s backyard composting brochure, but Matsch says not to worry too much about monitoring the temperature.

“There are some [microbes] that exist at low temperatures, like below freezing; there are some that live in a temperate environment,” Matsch says. “I rely on the critters in the temperate range and retention time.”

If you want to speed up the composting process, Meissner says you can cut kitchen scraps up into one- to two-inch-sized pieces so that microbes can cover more surface area at a quicker rate. And if there’s room in your freezer, you can also put your organic waste in there one day before adding it to your pile; this process bursts the cells, breaking the organic material down into a pile of slop, Matsch says.

Your compost is ready when your organic materials are unrecognizable and the mixture is dark brown and falling apart, according to the backyard composting brochure. Once it’s ready, you can add the compost mixture to your soil or use it as potting soil for plants.

For those living in Boulder or unincorporated south Boulder County who don’t have time to maintain a backyard compost pile, Western Disposal will pick up your food and yard waste curbside every other week.

“Every homeowner in Boulder and unincorporated Boulder County South has compost service built into their service by regulation,” says Bryce Isaacson, vice president of sales and marketing at Western Disposal. see COMPOST Page 43

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oulder’s Naraya Thai and Sushi, ly hot and crisp egg roll, with a pleasantly thin formerly known as Siamese Plate, wrapper and fresh-tasting cabbage filling. Her offers an affordably priced main course was an $8.45 shrimp Pad Thai, the Southeast Asian and Japanese classic noodle dish that combines pungent fish menu, similar to its predecessor. sauce, creamy egg and peanut. While Lisa felt Happily, it’s also under new ownership. The the dish was a little on the sweet side, and the previous proprietor, who was indicted on tax skinnier noodles might require an adjustment and employment charges, is long gone. What for those accustomed to thicker ones, this was a hasn’t changed much is the colorful décor in fine interpretation. The shrimp were reasonably this second-floor venue, which still affords a ample, and possessed quality flavor, a pleasant picture-window perspective of Folsom Street surprise at this price point. She had plenty of below. leftovers, and she later reported they were There were few customers around during a greatly appreciated by others at home. late lunch with friend Lisa, and we sat on I’m a bit of a sucker for good Thai curries, upholstered seating bolstered by triangularand I happily consumed my $7.25 red curry shaped cushions that brought Dr. Seuss’ surrewith chicken. The flavors were balanced with al drawings to mind. We ordered off the lunch an appropriate hint of sweet mingling with special menu, which features Thai specialties earthy, peppery tones. One endearing aspect of ranging in the seven- and eight-dollar range, this curry was that the included vegetables, depending on choice of protein. These include including eggplant, zucchini and corn, were tofu, chicken, beef and shrimp, starring in ossessing salty and sweet flavors, fish sauce is an cooked crisp-tender, and retained appealing such dishes as Jungle Curry and Prig Pow, a essential staple seasoning of Thai and other Southeast texture and their own flavors. I’d probably roasted chile-based entrée. Other available Asian cuisines. It’s amusing to note that marketing folks order it at a higher spice level next time, but menu items include happy hour sushi specials, apply such terms as “first press” and “extra virgin” to this I’ve taken to ordering Thai dishes at a more tempura and teriyaki plates, as well as a compungent sauce, which is made from extracts resulting mild heat level on initial visits. Too often, lessprehensive array of Thai soups, salads, curries from pressing salted anchovies. Fish sauce can also be skilled Thai restaurants use sugar and spice to and stir-fries. used as a non-vegetarian soy sauce substitute, as it mask otherwise indifferent flavors, and happiA miso soup starter, available for a modshares much of this condiment’s saltiness and complexily, this culinary camouflaging wasn’t the case est $1.50 upcharge at lunch, tended more ty. The ancient Romans had a similar condiment, garum, here. towards clear broth than more typical opaque made from fermented fish innards. Garum is the ancesWhile it may not be the fanciest place in versions clouded with soy sediment. tor of Asian fish sauce’s cousin, Worcestershire sauce, town, Naraya offers an economical, quick and satisfying alternative to similarly priced Asian Nevertheless, this bowl was more than which counts anchovy as a key ingredient. offerings consisting of more pedestrian fare acceptable, loaded up with plenty of nori, such as fried rice and sesame chicken. It’s a although there wasn’t much tofu to speak of. decidedly low-key spot, which can be just the ticket I also enjoyed a $1.95 Thai ice tea, which possessed flavor, making for a textbook version of this confecfor those seeking out unfussy but balanced Thai flaa subtle floral perfume alongside an almost smoky tion-like refresher. vors in a quiet setting. tea flavor, characteristics indicative of high quality. A Lisa and I both opted for traditional, if not preRespond: letters@boulderweekly.com tad more cream would have fully rounded out the dictably safe, Thai choices. Each came with a perfect-

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I don’t like to be left hanging, so I just answer my own questions.

Chocolate worshippers are in for a treat this sweeter-than-sweet, come-to-mama week. I am making a dessert with delicious chocolate from my friends at Green and Black’s Organic. They are a main sponsor for the Aspen Food and Wine Classic this year, and I’m baking up something that tastes spectacular on its own, or pairs perfect with a nice glass of vino.

So this week’s dessert extravaganza is Maya Gold’s Chocolate Tart. What is Maya Gold, you ask? Some of the best chocolate you will ever eat. It’s Green and Black’s dark chocolate infused with spices and a twist of orange. It has a 55 percent cocoa content.

Their selection is amazing, so feel free to choose a bar you love for this recipe. I’m using this one because I can never get enough of the dark chocolate and orange combo. Throw in some spices, and I’m as chocolate-happy as Willy Wonka. I love their ethics as well as their product, which makes for a winwin situation for this dessert diva.

Now, I still love my local peeps at Chocolove — they rock my world with their bars. They always have a booth at the Food and Wine Classic, to which, of course, I make a bee-line. Can’t wait to see them and sample their goods while sipping a nice glass of Rioja.

I’m making a mellow, slightly sweet crust, with a chocolate, orange-infused ganache center. Top this delectable tart with a bit of homemade orange whipped cream and Green and Black’s Organic 85 percent chocolate shaved on top.

So, get your booty on up to the 29th Aspen Food and Wine Classic ( June 17-19) and you, too, can savor some chocolate while sipping some wine in the beautiful setting that is Aspen.

Now, follow the directions, put some love into it, and invite me over when it’s done.

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1/8 tsp. salt 1/2 cup butter (cut in pieces) 2-3 tbsp. cold water 1-1/4 cups heavy whipping cream 3.5-ounce Maya Gold Chocolate bar 3.5-ounce dark 70 percent chocolate bar 2 eggs 1/2 tsp. vanilla Pinch of salt Zest from one orange

For the crust: In large bowl, combine flour, sugar and salt. Cut in butter with pastry blender or large fork. Blend until dough resembles coarse crumbs. Slowly add water, gather dough up and form ball. Place in plastic wrap and flatten into disc. Let sit in refrigerator for at least a half hour.

Preheat oven to 350. Take out dough, place in nine-inch tart pan with removable bottom. Press dough down and up the sides of tart pan. Place tart pan on baking sheet. Add pie weights or glass pie plate on top of dough to keep from puffing up. Bake for 15-20 minutes until starting to turn golden brown. Take out, set aside.

In medium sauce pan, over mediumhigh heat, bring heavy whipping cream to a simmer. Take off heat. Break up chocolate bars, and place in hot cream.

Crack eggs into small bowl, and gently beat. Add vanilla and salt to eggs. Stir chocolate and cream mixture until smooth. Pour a little bit of hot mixture into eggs, and stir. Add egg/chocolate mixture back into pan. Zest one full orange into chocolate, stir until smooth.

Pour into tart crust. Bake for 15-20 minutes until top is set. Take out and let cool. Refrigerate for at least two hours.

To serve, remove tart from ring. Place on serving platter, cut and top with orange whipping cream (recipe below).

Orange Whipped Cream 1 cup heavy whipping cream 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract Juice from 1/2 orange (approx. 2-3 tbsp.)

3 tbsp. powdered sugar

In large bowl, blend whipping cream, vanilla and orange juice until it just starts to thicken. Add in sugar, and beat until soft peaks form.

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TIDBITES Food happenings around town Snooze coming to Boulder Chic Denver breakfast eatery Snooze will soon be opening on Pearl Street.

Established in Denver in 2006, Snooze now has two locations in Denver, one in Fort Collins, one in Southglenn, and is anticipating the opening of two new locations: in San Diego and Boulder.

All menu items are made from scratch and include, whenever possible, local, free-range and natural ingredients.

Snooze’s Boulder site will be located at 1617 Pearl St. and is expected to open in September.

Verde joins food-truck scene Boulder will see another addition to its growing array of mobile food trucks with the introduction of the Verde Food Truck.

Expected to be fully operational in the Boulder area by the end of June, the Verde Food Truck focuses on serving authentic Sonora-style Mexican food — food inspired by the Sonoran deserts of southern California, southern Arizona and northern Mexico.

The menu includes various kinds

of burritos, tacos and quesadillas, with most prices ranging from $2 to $6.

Verde will keep updates on its locations posted on its Twitter page and website. More information can be found at verdefoodtruck.com Pinyon has Father’s Day menu Rocky Mountain artisanal bistro The Pinyon is offering a special price-fixed (prix fixe) menu on June 19 in honor of Father’s Day. The Father’s Day menu features a three-course meal of a half-dozen oysters with accoutrements and saltines or a Caesar salad, Sous-Vide Prime Rib or fried chicken and mashed potatoes and green beans, and an ice cream sundae or doughnuts and coffee.

The bistro uses local produce to create a “unique rendition of American cuisine with an innovative take on traditional cooking methods.”

The meal will cost $40.

Reservations can be made by calling 720-306-8248.

The Pinyon is located at 1710 Pearl St. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com

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COMPOST from Page 40

“Every hauler that collects waste in the City of Boulder and unincorporated Boulder County South has to provide three services to the homeowner in one rate and a pay-as-you-throw pricing system. So if you have a 32-, 64- or 92-gallon trash container, the hauler has to provide single-stream recycling and compostable pick up no less than every other week.”

Another use for your kitchen scraps and yard waste is compost tea, a solution containing microbes that you can add to your garden to “repopulate the existing populations of good critters you have in the soil,” Matsch says.

To make compost tea, start by soaking your freshly harvested compost pile in a five-gallon bucket of water with an aquarium pump running in it. Matsch says the aquarium bubbler provides the solution with oxygen while separating the microbes out from the pile. If your solution is bubbling vigorously, let it brew for 24 hours while making sure it remains at around 70 degrees Fahrenheit. If it’s more of a light bubbling, let it brew for six to seven days.

Next, strain the liquid into another Boulder Weekly

bucket. If the compost tea smells sweet and like soil, use it within 24 hours, as the microbes die once their oxygen source is cut off. Matsch says you can also refrigerate your compost tea for up to 14 days without the microbes dying.

Matsch discourages people from adding manure to compost piles because it has to be exposed to high temperatures to kill harmful bacteria and then tested to ensure that it can be used on crops, otherwise fecal bacteria can contaminate produce and make those who consume it sick.

Compost tea can be applied in two ways: to soil and to leaves. If it’s applied to soil, microbes will repopulate and add nutrients, whereas if compost tea is applied to leaves once a month, it will help the plant fight against diseases like mildew, Matsch says.

When done correctly, composting is not just a method for getting rid of those dinner scraps in an environmentally friendly way, but a way to ensure that your future home-cooked dinners are made with ingredients you’ve grown in rich, safe soil.

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Ted’s Montana Grill 1701 Pearl St., Boulder 303-449-5546

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pecializing in bison-based selections, Ted’s Montana Grill is a culinary endeavor spearheaded by billionaire Ted Turner. The menu straddles the line between straightforward bar food and traditional steakhouse, with such unique offerings as bison nachos and a plethora of burgers and steaks. While not inexpensive, the bison burgers, such as the Blue Creek with blue cheese and bacon, are generously sized and are both lean and flavorful.

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Radda Trattoria 1265 Alpine Ave., Boulder 303-442-6100

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The brick-pressed chicken here is a standout version of this ancient preparation, and the pancetta-laden carbonara is a must-try for lovers of this pasta dish.

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Sophisticated starters include winter squash puree and tapenade, and although you’ll find archetypical Italian grinder sandwiches here, there are also roasted veggie selections adorned with smoked mozzarella. The roasted beet salad, which comes with goat cheese and candied pecans, is first rate, as is the Hazel Dell Wild Mushroom pizza, topped with fresh arugula and a whisper of truffle oil.

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Arabesque 1634 Walnut St., Boulder 720-242-8623

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rabesque, open for breakfast and lunch, is the place for some of the most authentic Middle Eastern fare in Boulder. The baba ghanoush is without peer, a suave melding of roasted eggplant, citrus and olive oil, perfectly paired with warm, rustic pita bread.

Arabesque’s chicken shawarma features whitemeat poultry with a pleasantly tangy taste.

And the cups of thick and potent Arabic coffee make for a fine conclusion to a meal here, especially with the housemade baklava.

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pen from 4 p.m. until midnight, Boulder Baked is a no-frills joint with at-the-counter ordering and a slightly funky feel. It’s also one of the best places to enjoy comfort foods such as chili and grilled cheese sandwiches, though baked goods are the star attraction. Can’t-miss selections include the strawberry shortcake cupcake and decadently creamy cheesecake.

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affè, the newest entry in the Frasca stable, is an affordable spot of top-flight

light meals, including sandwiches, salads and soup. Coffee drinks made with locally roasted Boxcar beans are above reproach, and beer and wine are also on offer. Highlights include an almond croissant that rivals the finest European examples, and the Crudo, a winning cold sandwich that reflects the shades of the Italian tricolor with its mix of prosciutto, parmigiano, arugula and heirloom tomatoes.

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ome climbers are content with reaching one summit. Others aren’t satisfied until they’ve been atop them all. Those veteran climbers remain an elite group.

And they have stories to tell:

8-year-old kicks off his shoes “Mount Elbert was my first fourteener, when I was 8. I don’t remember it very well but remember enjoying it. As a kid I hated wearing shoes and only did when I had to. My shoes were hurting me on Mount Elbert, so I hiked part of the time barefoot.” — Rob Lucas

BY NATHAN VAN DYNE Injury couldn’t stop this couple “Cindy and I met climbing the most remote fourteeners in Colorado — the rest is history. But on one of our first climbs together (we weren’t even dating yet), at the very start of Pyramid Peak, Cindy was putting on her day pack, slipped on a wet tree root, which caused her to trip over a rock, and she flew forward, doing a headplant on a bigger rock. I see CLIMBERS Page 48

Monday, June 20 Ladies Bike Mechanics 101.

5:30-6:30 a.m. Community Cycles, 2805 Wilderness Pl., Ste. 1000, Boulder, 720565-6019.

Tuesday, June 21 Magical Morocco. 7 p.m. Changes in Latitude Travel Store, 2525 Arapahoe Ave., 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.

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Wednesday, June 22 Pearl Street Runners. Meet at 6:15 p.m. for 5k run. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder. www.pearlstreetrunners.com.

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bandaged her up; she then proceeded to climb and summit, getting five to six stitches in her head later that evening at the local hospital.” — Robert Gillette Miscalculation causes scare “Doing clock math at 14,000 feet is not my strong suit. We did a winter climb of Humboldt. It involved a long snowshoe in and a climb up the windswept south face. We got to the top at about 1400 hours (I keep my watch on military time). My partner asked me the time, I looked and said, ‘Four o’clock.’ This worried both of us because the sun would be going down shortly. I was definitely oxygen-depleted. We started to think about a survival camp, then we looked up, then at our watches again, it was only 2 o’clock. In those two hours we got down off the talus, glissaded down a snow chute and into the trees, where headlamps give a lot of depth to your vision. We were safe. But I made the same mistake three years later on Aconcagua. Some people never learn.” — Al Coxe Looking down on a fly-by “In August of 2002, I had summited Mount Sneffels with my friend Bill. There were about 20 of us on top lounging in the sun when we heard a distant rumble, like thunder. But there were no clouds. It was gradually getting louder. Suddenly, a guy screamed,

‘Look, over there!’ as he pointed to the south. Coming up the valley, straight at us at eye level, were three F-16 fighters. When they were about a half-mile away, they split and went by us on either side, just below eye level.

I could see the pilot’s face! It was soooo coooool!! As they flew away, Bill commented, ‘When was the last time you looked down on a fly-by?’” — Bud Gerathy

Words of advice “The weather can change extremely quickly, so it’s important to be prepared with warm layers and rain gear no matter how it looks at the start or what’s forecast. I’ve been snowed on every month of the year while mountain climbing in Colorado.” — Rob Lucas “Take a look at all the literature that is available so you know the character of the mountain and have a good safe trip.” — Conrad Lapp “They are all hard; it’s just some are harder than others.” — Gay Hatcher “Be patient! The mountains have been there a long time and won’t be going anywhere soon. Be safe, be prepared, turn back when things aren’t going your way, regardless of how high or how close you are to the summit. Enjoy the journey and the accomplishment.”

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“Start with the easy ones.” — Fred Baxter “Be prepared with enough gear — water, food, proper clothing, flashlight or headlamp and first-aid kit; heed the signs of bad weather moving in; and climb for aesthetic reasons (beautiful scenery, being outdoors, etc.) rather than just for another summit count.” — Bob and Cindy Gillette “Don’t take yourself too seriously, and don’t fail to take the mountain serious enough.” — Josh Friesema “Get some basic rock climbing training. Your confidence when facing the Capitol knife edge, the green rock on Pyramid, the summit block on Sunlight will get you past the pucker factor.” — Al Coxe “Route finding is much better now with GPS. Even so, you have to accept a wrong turn or a missed trail as part of the deal. Everybody does it. Don’t get upset, just get back on track and keep going.” — Bud Gerathy “Respect the exposures, pray a lot and give thanks to God for fellow climbers and for each climb — even the aborts.” — Jim Strub “Start early, take lots of pictures and take classes through the Colorado Mountain Club.” — Mike Silvestro (c) 2011, The Gazette (Colorado Springs) —MCT Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com

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March 21-April 19:

The film Tuck Everlasting tells the story of a family that becomes immortal after drinking from a magical spring.

The two parents and their two sons hide their gift from the world, but eventually a mysterious man in a yellow suit finds out about their secret and stalks them. At one point in his search, this man has a conversation with a young pastor. “What if you could be eternal?” he asks the priest.

“Without having to face the uncertainty of death. Invincible to disease. Forever young.” The priest is rattled. “You speak blasphemy, sir,” he protests. “Fluently,” replies the man in the yellow suit. You have that mandate right now Aries: to speak blasphemy fluently, as well as any other rebellious diction. It’s time to rise up and express the unspeakable, the controversial, the revolutionary.

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April 20-May 20:

There’s substantial evidence that the Amazon River used to flow in the opposite direction from what it does now. Ages ago, its currents traveled westward from the Atlantic Ocean toward the Pacific (tinyurl.com/AmazonReversal). I’d like you to hold that image firmly in mind as you contemplate a monumental shift of course in your own life. Let it serve as a surprising symbol of what’s possible — as a promise that you could actually manage to reverse a current that may seem immutable.

GEMINI

May 21-June 20:

In Mark Harris’ novel Bang the Drum Slowly, professional baseball players cheat their fans out of money by engaging them in a card game called TEGWAR, which is an acronym for The Exciting Game Without Any Rules. Judging from your current astrological omens, Gemini, I’d say it’s prime time for you to play a more ethical version of this game.

Strictly speaking, the game can have rules, but they may be changed at any time, and new ones may be added as needed.

The object of your brand of TEGWAR is to have as much smart fun as possible without anyone getting hurt.

CANCER June 21-July 22:

“The only way to let your dreams come true is to wake up,” said poet Paul Valery. Here’s how I think that applies to you right now. You’ve become too engrossed in the mythic, phantasmagorical feelings of your fantasies, and that’s interfering with your ability to muster all of the kick-ass pragmatism and supercharged willpower you will need to actually make your fantasies come to life. In other words, Cancerian, I advise you to snap out of your creamy dreamy haze with a self-induced wake-up call. Stop floating, and start grunting.

LEO

July 23-Aug. 22:

As we began our first session, the 79-year-old Jungian psychotherapist looked at me with mischief in her eyes and said, “Go ahead — surprise me! What have you got?” I was torn. Part of me felt like rising to her challenge, meeting her dare: I fantasized about telling her such wild versions of my adventures that they would outstrip any tales she’d heard in her long service as a deep listener. But in the end I chose to tell the truth. I felt it was more important to explore my life’s actual mysteries than to entertain her. And that was the first healing she helped me achieve. I suspect a similar test is ahead for you, Leo. Would you rather be honest or impress people?

VIRGO

Aug. 23-Sept. 22:

I predict that at no time in the coming weeks will anyone be justified in saying to you, “Your ego has been writing checks that your body can’t cash.” Nor will anyone have any reason to tell you, “You’d better start running if you hope to catch up with your dreams,” or “You may be an old soul but you’ve been acting like a naive punk.” No, Virgo, I firmly believe that none of those accusations will be hurled at you. Why? Because from what I can tell, all of the various parts of your psyche will be in a greater state of collaborative unity than they’ve been in for a long time. Your alienation from yourself will be at an all-time low, as will your levels of hypocrisy.

LIBRA

Sept. 23-Oct. 22:

I’m brave in some ways, cowardly in others. I’ve gone parasailing, performed on big stages in front of thousands of people, assisted in the birth of two children and explored the abyss of my own unconscious. On the other hand, I’m scared of confined spaces, can’t bring myself to shoot a gun

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and am a sissy when it comes time to be around people who are dying. I imagine that you, too, have areas of courage and timidity, Libra. And I suspect that in the coming weeks you will be called to a challenge in both areas. See if you can transfer some of the nervy power you’re able to summon in one sphere to bolster you in the place where you’re a wimp.

SCORPIO Oct. 23-Nov. 21:

The Kinky Dream and Funky Paradise chapter of your astrological cycle has arrived — a phase when you’ll have poetic license to let your imagination run wilder than usual.

In fact, it’ll be prime time to escape into fantasyland and try on a new identity or two, complete with a host of outlandish nicknames. Your new hip-hop name could be Extasy TrixxMaster. Your pro wrestler name could be Velvet Soul Pandora. Your mystic superhero name could be Mountain Wind Storm. Your Irish prostitute name could be Luscious X. Mahoney. Your rock star from the future name could be Destiny Acrobat.

SAGITTARIUS Nov. 22-Dec. 21:

The coming weeks could be a Golden Age for your perceptiveness. If you’re even moderately aligned with the cosmic rhythms, you will be able to discern hidden agendas that no one else has spotted, catch clues that have been hidden and be able to recognize and register interesting sights you’ve previously been blind to. To maximize your ability to cash in on this fantastic opportunity, say this affirmation frequently: “My eyes are working twice as well as usual. I can see things I don’t normally notice.”

CAPRICORN Dec. 22-Jan. 19:

If you were the star of a fairy tale in which a spell had been placed on you, you would find a way to break that spell sometime in the next seven months. If you were the hero of a myth about a royal child abandoned in the wasteland by your evil nurse and raised by emotionally clumsy but wellmeaning gnomes, your exile would soon end; your real parents, the king and queen, would find you after a long search, and your birthright would be restored. Now translate these themes into the actual circumstances of your life, Capricorn.

Are you ready to do what it takes to achieve a healing and restoration that have been a long time coming?

AQUARIUS Jan. 20-Feb. 18:

What is sacred? The philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche said it was anything that you cannot or will not laugh at. But I have the exact opposite view. If I’m unable to crack a joke about what I regard as holy, then it’s not holy. For me, part of what makes an idea or person or object holy is its power to animate my sense of humor and put me in the mood to play. Where do you stand on this issue, Aquarius? If you’re aligned with my view, you will have some wonderful opportunities to commune with the sacred in the coming days.

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