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Nice fracking article

(Re: “Fracking lessons,” cover story, May 31.) I wish to commend the Boulder Weekly for publishing this truly fantastic article on fracking. I hope it gets through the thick skulls of the masses in my current hometown of Longmont. I had my house on the market, but after one buyer backed out of a full-offer contract, and with two more with two other houses in my neighborhood backing out of contracts, I realized we need to stand our ground and make people aware of what’s coming. We are willing to stay and fight this monster at our doorsteps. Thank [BW Editor] Joel [Dyer] for taking the time and reporting the news as it needs to be done. Gary Andreozzi/Longmont

Crying wolf

(Re: “Who’s afraid?” cover story, May 24.) Shame on Wyoming, shame on Wisconsin, shame on those “managers” who believe in killing wolves because someone’s bottom line or pet was part of the food chain. Aren’t we part of that food chain? Do the cows and pigs and chickens shoot us? How come it is we cannot shoot the individuals who rape? How come it is we cannot shoot the pedophiles? Aren’t there

too many of them causing harm to our bottom line on health care? It’s always about someone’s pocket book and greed. Colleen Ostlund/Boulder For over 15 years, I daily struggled in the trenches of the battle to restore wolves as an ecological force in the Southern Rockies. During that time, I consistently fought the urge to tell ranchers to go piss up a rope, believing that it was important to take the high road, to behave in a reasonable manner, in order to win over hearts and minds. In hindsight, I wasted my time coddling them. Most ranchers, and a certain segment of hunters, steadfastly refuse to accept wolves back on the

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landscape. That shouldn’t be the end of the story. Instead of using the Endangered Species Act to negotiate little fragments for wolves, we should designate wolves as an ecological treasure, to be forever protected and allowed to expand wherever there is prey. Despite assertions by my colleague Doug Smith to the contrary, there is plenty of room and prey for wolves in the Southern Rockies. Colorado still hosts the largest elk population in North America, and more than 60 percent of the Western Slope is public land. Moreover, wolves are not wilderness dependent; they live in much of alpine rural Italy and even in parts of the Gaza strip. Humans can never replace wolves as

an ecological dynamic — unless they are willing to lay down their guns, get off their ATVs and begin running through the elk herds, working to single out the weak and infirm. Marching around in camouflage, stealthily picking off any worthy elk or deer within range is not even a minor substitute for the action of a wolf pack. Let’s not pretend that it is. Rob Edward/Louisville

Made his day

(Re: “A test for ‘Make My Day’,” Uncensored, May 31.) Excellent article by Pamela [White]. So refreshing to see this type of article espousing that there are see LETTERS Page 6

bank — and in Dimon’s reputation. Poor ers of both political parties, had aggressively pushed Jamie — why didn’t someone tell him? against having regulators hovering around his hot They tried. As early as 2009, investment profit center, assuring the overseers that JPMorgan’s own internothing was happening in there nal risk managers raised worth watching. For more information on Jim concerns that this outDimon had extra clout, for not Hightower’s work — and to of-control division was only is he a Wall Street star, but subscribe to his award-winpouring billions of dol— get this — he also has a seat on ning monthly newsletter, The Hightower Lowdown — visit lars into speculative the board of the New York branch www.jimhightower.com. trades that were too of the Federal Reserve, which has large and too complex regulatory authority over Wall even to understand, Street. Indeed, the New York Fed much less manage. But their caution was will now conduct the inquiry into JPMorgan’s disastrous risk-taking. Yes, Jamie the Fed official will dismissed, and Dimon himself pushed for more of investigate Jamie the banker. these wondrous schemes. This is proof again that these banks are simply OK, but where were the federal regulators, who’re supposed to dog banker excess? Shoved too big — too big for managers, regulators and aside by Dimon. While more than 100 government the public interest. We don’t need yet another regulatory Band-Aid, we need Teddy Roosevelt to inspectors were imbedded in JPMorgan — none were in the reckless investment division. The bank’s bust ’em up. big-shot boss, who is tightly wired to the top leadRespond: letters@boulderweekly.com

Big shot banker proves big banks are too big by Jim Hightower

n April, Jamie Dimon — the swaggering chief of JPMorgan Chase — scoffed at critics who warned that his bank’s high-flying investment division was dangerously overextended and risking collapse: “A complete tempest in a teapot,” scoffed Dimon. A month later, however, Jamie’s teapot exploded, blowing a $3 billion hole in the nation’s largest

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private property rights, that we have a natural, moral and legal right to self defense in protecting our loved ones and property. I was genuinely surprised, and relieved, that the district attorney didn’t file some kind of absurd charge against the homeowner. Hats off to the rule of law and to Boulder Weekly for publishing this article. I just may have to read the BW more often. Tom Bolt/via Internet

The Heartless Institute

(Re: “Another Koch-funded stealth campaign,” The Highroad, May 17.) Regarding your recent article by Jim Hightower, the situation with Heartland Institute is far worse than you or he might imagine. Heartless Institute’s Jay Lehr has been a

major player in the campaign to silence media reporting about the Fukushima disaster. (Please see the links later in this article.) Ever since I first saw Mr. Lehr (who is not even a nuclear engineer or scientist, but rather a hydraulics expert) softballing the Japan disaster on CNN and Faux News, I wondered what Heartless Institute was really all about (http:// crooksandliars.com/david-neiwert/foxnuclear-experts-sound-just-j-fra, http:// blog.heartland.org/2011/03/heartlandinstitutes-jay-lehr-talks-japan-nuclearplant-crisis-with-hannity-liddy/, http:// prfamerica.org/biography/BiographyLehr-Jay.html) Thanks to you and Mr. Hightower the truth has been revealed that it is a front for the usual corporate vultures and purveyors of death, disinformation and destruction. Michael Korn/via Internet

quotes “I kissed them for luck and love, that’s all.” —Former Family Feud host Richard Dawson, in an interview from 1985. Dawson died on June 2. During his time as host, he kissed an estimated 20,000 female contestants on the show “They were quite good at torturing. You would get medical treatment in the midst of torture. They tried not to kill people in torture. ... If someone died, it was a mistake.” —Researcher Heba Morayef of Human Rights Watch in Egypt, describing the torture of political prisoners under former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak

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f a group of Longmont citizens has its way, Longmont will become the first city in Colorado to ban hydraulic fracturing, aka “fracking,” within the city limits. The group, which calls itself Our Health, Our Future, Our Longmont is gathering signatures to put a charter amendment on the November ballot that would ban fracking in Longmont and prohibit the extraction industry from storing fracking waste in open pits or disposing of it in the city. The proposed charter amendment was approved by the city clerk this week, clearing the way for the group to gather the nearly 6,000 signatures required to get the measure on the ballot. Let’s hope they succeed. Though the Colorado Oil and Gas Association (COGA) whines that extraction regulations in Colorado are the toughest and most onerous in the nation, the truth is that fracking is a dirty industry that has put money in the pockets of oil and gas moguls while cluttering our landscape with unsightly fracking rigs and demonstrating little regard for homes, wildlife or communities. It has compromised our air quality and injected pollutants into our earth. It has encroached on our neighborhoods to a degree most of us could not have foreseen, destroying many residents’ peaceful enjoyment of their homes and putting our health at risk. Our “tough” regulations require fracking operations to be set back a mere 350 feet from developed residential areas — i.e., neighborhoods — and 150 feet from rural residential areas. That’s less than the length of a football field on both accounts. Our harsh regulations have been demonstrated to allow certain air pollutants to reach five times the level deemed safe by the EPA within a half mile of fracking operations, as a threeyear air pollution study conducted by the University of Colorado Denver School of Public Health revealed. If you have frackers for neighbors, chances are your air quality is compromised. As this measure moves forward, expect the oil and gas industry to squeal like a stuck pig. They will tell us this is about employment and threaten us with statewide economic catastrophe if this measure passes. But jobs that contribute

to the destruction of the environment and which depend on an exhaustible resource aren’t jobs in which Colorado should invest. They will tell us this is about freeing America from dependence on foreign oil. Except that no amount of fracking in Longmont will accomplish that worthy goal. They will tell us that gas prices will go up (which is inevitable anyway), and they’ll threaten to take their toys and go to another state (could we get so lucky?). What they won’t admit is how much they like making money off our state’s resources. The resource extraction industry has always operated on a “take what you can, as fast as you can” basis, often with little regard to the environment and people affected by their operations. Its CEOs are among the most richly paid in the nation. The Wall Street Journal reports that the CEOs of oil and gas companies have “the highest median value of total direct compensation,” which stood at $13.7 million in 2010. What the oil and gas industry desires is corporate profit and personal gain, and, apparently, they don’t care what price we pay to make them richer. What we want are regulations that truly prevent damage to our land, water and air, and which protect our health. Which is the nobler goal? This proposed change to Longmont’s charter is a no-brainer. If the charter amendment doesn’t pass, TOP Operating will move forward with constructing multi-well pad drilling sites next to Union Reservoir, city neighborhoods and between Trail Ridge Middle School and Fall River Elementary School. Fracking next to our neighborhoods and schools? It’s time to stand up to the oil and gas bullies. Where do I sign? For more information on the proposed charter amendment, go to ourlongmont. org/charter-amendment. A petition drive kick-off event will be held on Thursday, June 7, from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. in the Community Room at Front Range Community College, 2190 Miller Dr., Longmont. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com This opinion column does not necessarily reflect the views of Boulder Weekly. Boulder Weekly

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he good news is this: Boulder County residents have two good candidates for filling the open District 1 county commissioner seat. Both Elise Jones and Gary Sanfaçon bring strong commitments to protecting our environment. Both have expressed great concern over the growing threats posed to county residents by this election cycle’s hot-button issues of hydraulic fracturing of oil and gas wells (fracking) and the planting of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) on the county’s open space lands. But while these two issues are important, and will no doubt be the deciding factor for many primary-voting Democrats this month, they should not be the only considerations. When the election is over, one of these candidates will be faced with having to run a good-sized bureaucracy with a $300 million budget. Issues as diverse as land use and child poverty, employee morale and infrastructure must be handled as deftly as fracking and GMOs. That said, the following are some of the strengths, weaknesses and personal qualities that we noted in the District 1 candidates during recent interviews. Elise Jones can govern. You can’t sit down and have a conversation with her without recognizing that all of the requisite qualities for a political career are present in ample supply. She’s smart, decisive and communicates well. You could almost say she has been built for elected office. It is clear that her past experiences in the political arena as both the head of a significant statewide environmental organization and as a staffer for Rep. Elizabeth Furse (D-Ore.) for about four years in Washington, D.C., have left their mark. Whether this is viewed as a positive or negative quality by county voters likely depends on their sense of what is right or wrong with our current political system. Jones is a consensus-builder, and she is proud of that fact. She says she gets things done, and her record is full of accomplishments in the political world as well as on the environmental front. She enters the room looking to get the best deal she can and then move on to the next fight. It’s practical. It’s how governing works in the grown-up world, and it is a quality that would, no doubt, allow Boulder County to keep right on functioning without missing a beat should she get elected. Jones is safe, which is both her strength and, potentially, her weakness if she isn’t extremely careful. The ability to be pragmatic and always look for a way Boulder Weekly

Our take on the District 1 commissioner race by Boulder Weekly staff

When the election is over, one of these candidates will be faced with having to run a good-sized bureaucracy with a $300 million budget. Issues as diverse as land use and child poverty, employee morale and infrastructure must be handled as deftly as fracking and GMOs.

to bring folks together and compromise can also be an Achilles’ heel. Oil and gas industry attorneys and giant ag busineses like Monsanto and the like love to work with consensusbuilders and “get the best deal you can” elected leaders. The outcome of such match-ups usually finds industry giving in on two or three small points that don’t prevent them from conducting business as usual, and this allows those negotiating against them to declare victory with the tired old “it’s not enough, but it was the best we could do right now” refrain. As an example, we hear how Colorado has the toughest oil and gas drilling regulations in the country, a model for other states. But in reality the industry is nearly free to drill where it wants, how it wants and when it wants, and if some county or city tries to do anything to change that in a significant fashion, the state will sue them to protect industry interests. The oil and gas drilling regulations that Colorado has in place today are the type of inadequate laws that get passed to protect public health and property when consensusbuilding environmental groups sit down with their friends and acquaintances in state government to get the best deal they can with industry. When the compromising is over, the drillers go back to doing pretty much the same thing they were doing before and the environmentalists and politicians say “at least the laws are better than they were.” It’s past time to acknowledge that this type of approach to certain problem industries isn’t creating change fast

enough to keep up with the destruction they are heaping on the population and environment. It’s time for our political leaders at the county level to get creative in a hurry without becoming reckless. We’re not saying that Jones will compromise the county into oblivion if elected; she may prove a very effective adversary to those corporations that wish to exploit our county. She has the skills, and the knowledge. The question is, has she spent so much time in the organized political/environmental world that she now sees avoiding fights you can’t win and compromising as the starting point instead of the last resort? A good compromise is a necessary and effective tool of governing, unless, that is, everyone knows its coming before negotiations start. Jones is well liked, really well liked. We have never seen a candidate running for county office who received so many endorsements from politicians at every level of government, from city to state to federal. The pro-business/development faction on Boulder City Council seems as happy to endorse her as the not-sopro-business/development sect on council. Again, how these endorsements are viewed likely depends on your impression of the current state of the way governments do business. For some, these endorsements will be seen as a stamp that says the county will be in good hands if Jones is elected. For others, they will be interpreted as Jones being another handpicked insider who isn’t likely to rock the boat for her many powerful friends and acquaintances.

When it’s all said and done, we believe that Elise Jones would make a fine county commissioner. She is extremely capable and we feel that she can provide solid leadership and oversight of county affairs. Unlike his opponent, Garry Sanfaçon seems to be outspoken in calling for immediate actions to ban fracking and GMOs in Boulder County. He doesn’t seem as willing as Jones to play by the rules, to work within the system to get what you can get. Again, that could prove to be costly or immensely beneficial. He’s not the Democratic Party’s anointed one, he’s a bit of a maverick, and judging from the number of letters we’ve received from the activist community, he’s won over a lot of hearts. Sanfaçon’s also got a strong background. While he doesn’t have the professional environmentalist street cred that Jones possesses, he points out that he has not wavered from his anti-GMO stance since he last ran for county commissioner in 2004. He has experience serving on the county planning commission and working as a county employee, most recently as an effective Fourmile Fire recovery manager. He is already familiar with the dynamics and politics of county government, and he comes across as a personable, soft-spoken, intelligent guy who, fittingly, has a background in facilitation. One question being raised is whether his hard-line stance on fracking and, to a lesser extent, GMOs, will have negative consequences for the county. If, somehow, he were able to convince a second commissioner (recall that there are only three total) to ban fracking, the county would undoubtedly be sued by the state and would likely lose, possibly costing taxpayers big money. Is his stance naïve and foolhardy? Political rhetoric to get elected? On the other hand, someone who is willing to take a strong stand against powerful oil and gas interests is refreshing. It certainly hasn’t happened at the state level. On the topic of GMOs, Jones talks about needing several years to make the transition to county lands that don’t have genetically modified crops. The reality of the situation is that the county has twoyear contracts with farmers, so it may be more pragmatic to acknowledge that this shift won’t happen overnight, and there is general agreement that the county should support conventional farmers in making the transition. Would Sanfaçon’s absolutist approach alienate farmers, see COMMISSIONER Page 13

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group of Boulder activists has joined a statewide effort to rein in bank foreclosure shenanigans blamed for the national housing market crash over the past several years. Corrine Fowler, economic justice campaign director for the Colorado Progressive Coalition, is a leader in the movement to get enough petition signatures to put Initiative 84 up for a vote this fall in Colorado. The measure would require banks to actually prove they hold oldtown lafayettemortgages coloradobefore foreclosing on properoldtown lafayetteties, colorado ending a provision of Colorado law nlafayette lafayettecolorado colorado that allows banks to foreclose with what initiative proponents say is the mere formality of an attorney’s signed oldtown lafayette lafayette colorado oldtown colorado statement — instead of a deed of trust. The Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center (RMPJC) in Boulder is one of six signaturegathering hubs for the measure around the state, and they’re looking not just for more people to sign petitions, but to collect enough signatures before the Aug. First to finish gets ice cream for a year! 6 deadline to get it on the ballot. “The same standards that rst to finish creamgets for a ice year ! Firstgets to ice finish cream ! apply to for regularapeople should First to finish gets ice cream for a ! apply to banks,” says Carolyn ets icecream creamfor foraa ts ice ! ! Bninski of the RMPJC, who, along with Mary Beth Kern, is coordinating the local effort. June 9th Guest There have been scores of horror nt ta es nt y 1-3:30pm CoB stories in recent years of illegitimate Famil ob Burg Fun er foreclosures in which banks were unable — or unwilling — to produce proper paperwork for a mortgage, in many cases because the loans had been sold and resold to speculators and other investors ht to you by: lafayette colorado in what is called the “secondary market.” twooldtown race divisions: In November 2010, for instance, kids race 13 and under Boulder Weekly reported that one big kids race 14 and up Colorado resident, Bruce McDonald of Crestone, had filed suit over claims that Fun starts at 1pm Brought to you by: the bank foreclosing on his property was Brought to you by: Free Jumping Castle not actually the holder of the loan by Front Range Inflatables because it had been transferred from one bank to another and sold to Freddie Skateboard Demo First to finish gets ice cream for a year! Mac. by the Public Eye Skate Team Similarly, in spring 2011, Jewl Performance Petteway, owner of Sensorielle Spa in by The Peanut Butter Players Boulder, claimed that JPMorgan Chase not only didn’t hold proper title to her Meet Bob L. Burger Nederland home, but attempted to foreformer Mayor of Lafayette close on her property in spite of the fact that she was undergoing a loan modifi401 S. Public Rd., Oldtown Lafayette 303-665-3287 cation. And Fowler shares the story of an upper-middle class family’s house in Colorado Springs that underwent fore-

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closure despite the fact that the family had not missed a payment. It cost the family $40,000 in legal costs to get their home back, and they are the fortunate ones, Fowler notes. “They were lucky to have the means and resources to go through this,” she says. “But what about the family who doesn’t, who lives paycheck to paycheck?” The scores of cases in which banks didn’t produce necessary paperwork, or were involved in robo-signing and other fraudulent foreclosure practices, have been one of several key issues providing fuel to the Occupy movement in Boulder and nationally. The basic princi-

As much as 80 percent of foreclosures have been found to be fraudulent in some states.

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ple is that the bank foreclosing on the loan should demonstrate that it is actually the aggrieved party, the holder of the promissory note or deed of trust. But in 2006, Colorado lawmakers passed legislation that Fowler says was pitched as an administrative “cleanup” to “streamline” the process by allowing a bank attorney to simply attest in writing that the bank has the right to foreclose — instead of requiring proof. Initiative 84 would close that loophole by prohibiting banks from foreclosing on properties unless they file “competent evidence of its right to enforce a valid security interest” with a public trustee. In other words, the ballot measure would change state law to require banks to present a deed of trust, for example, to the county clerk and recorder before foreclosure proceedings could begin. Fowler told Boulder Weekly that as much as 80 percent of foreclosures have been found to be fraudulent in some states, and that the shifty paperwork pushing makes it hard to track chains of title. State Rep. Beth McCann (D-Denver) tried to rectify the situation this spring with HB 1156, which would

have reversed the lax 2006 standards, but despite hours of testimony from homeowners who claimed that they had been wronged by banks, her bill died in its first hearing, before the House Economic and Business Development Committee. So Fowler, joined by homeowners’ rights attorneys Stephen Brunette and Debra Fortenberry of Colorado Springs, launched the campaign to restore “fundamental rights of due process,” she says. The only opposition to the measure thus far has come from the Colorado Bankers Association, which has claimed that the initiative will create a credit crisis in the state. Don Childears, president and CEO of that group, told Boulder Weekly that if Initiative 84 passes, its language would severely limit banks’ ability to lend, which would have serious trickle-down effects on the economy, the construction industry, jobs, tax collection and even existing mortgage holders. “We think it’s unfair to the 98 percent who pay their loans and will have to pay for this new system,” Childears says. He explains that the secondary market relies on the ability to transfer and sell loans freely, or without assignment — kind of like currency, or leaving the “payment to” line on a check blank. Initiative 84 would require those assignments to be recorded, which precludes such loans from being sold in the secondary market. Childears also says there has been only one documented court case in recent years of a bank improperly foreclosing on a property in Colorado, which has been seeing 20,000 to 30,000 foreclosures a year of late. He lays the majority of the blame for the housing market crash at the feet of unethical non-bank lenders, which don’t have to comply with the same standards as banks. Childears says his association blew the whistle on unethical mortgage brokers about a decade ago, and he points out that while non-bank lenders account for about 42 percent of mortgage loans in Colorado, they account for 82 percent of the foreclosures. He also maintains that Colorado’s current system is superior to those in other states. Colorado is not a “judicial” state, in which foreclosures get bogged down in a court system, lengthening the see FORECLOSURES Page 12

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time a house stays vacant and hurting the market and the economy, Childears says. It is also not a “private trustee” state, he explains, in which the lender designates who holds the deed of trust and handles the foreclosure. In Colorado’s “public trustee” system, a theoretically objective third party, the clerk and recorder, is required by law to protect both the buyer and lender, he says. The disputed attorney’s certification, according to Childears, is simply a way to attest that the copy (often digital) of the promissory note or deed of trust proCOMMISSIONER from Page 11

would it force them out, leaving empty county lands that would require millions in taxpayer money for weed control? That’s not to say that Sanfaçon does not acknowledge changes like these take time. But unlike Jones, he has stood up and declared the decisive things he would like to do during his first day in office, and even if they end up being symbolic statements, at least he’s not conceding to the powers of the system at the outset. The question is, how realistic is he being, and at what potential cost to taxpayers? We really like both of these candidates; their strengths outweigh their flaws. The question for the voters will likely come down to who they trust, whose management style they identify with, who strikes them as being a better leader, or who is the safest bet. Check out their websites at www. G4BC.org and www.EliseJones.org. Do your homework. Make an educated decision. The winner of this primary will likely win the general election, given that no Republican is running. We should acknowlege that Libertarian Shane Hampton will also be on the November ballot, and that there is always the chance of a powerful write-in campaign, but for all intents and purposes, it appears that this is the election. The commissioner position is a powerful one in Boulder County, and with pressing, high-profile issues like GMOs and fracking at the forefront of the public’s mind, we need to choose a leader who will best represent our interests. It is Boulder Weekly’s policy not to make endorsements in a primary, but we considered it in this case, given the gravity of the issues of the day and the lack of a Republican contender in the fall. However, in the end, we decided that with two strong and capable candidates from which to choose, we should refrain from endorsing and allow the party to conduct its business as it sees fit. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com Boulder Weekly

vided to the clerk and recorder is true and accurate. “There’s not a problem now,” he says, adding that Initiative 84 only adds “duplicative red tape” and “will not stop a single foreclosure.” His organization plans a campaign to fight the initiative, but first, it has filed a challenge with the state Supreme Court claiming that the measure is ambiguous and would affect both foreclosures and lending, thus violating the state’s single-subject rule for ballot initiatives.

where millions of loans are transferred, multiple times, we must make sure that our property records are secure.” “We don’t need a secondary market to have a strong real estate market,” Fowler told Boulder Weekly. “In fact, it was the secondary market that caused the crash.” To get involved with the local proponents, contact Bninski at 303-444-6981, ext. 2, or at carolyn@rmpjc.org. More information about the Colorado Bankers Association can be found at www.coloradobankers.org. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com

But initiative proponents characterize the Colorado Bankers Association’s allegations as scare tactics. “Initiative 84 does not create onerous, new, or unique responsibilities for lenders,” Fowler wrote in a prepared statement responding to the CBA’s concerns. “Colorado provides no place in our foreclosure system for a borrower to raise a defense to fraud. As it stands now, individual homeowners must challenge lender misconduct in a separate court case. This can take years, and cost tens of thousands of dollars. In an era

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providers, and therefore do not require large data centers or the huge amounts of energy necessary to power them. However, these businesses, SolidFire, Standing Cloud and Symplified, all work directly with the cloud computing providers, and therefore have an interest in their energy practices. “Our direct environmental impact itself is fairly small,” says David Jilk, CEO at Standing Cloud. “But because we support different cloud providers, we are enthusiastic when we get to work with a cloud provider that is green, so to speak.” Standing Cloud provides cloud application management services,

allowing customers to install and manage software in the cloud with ease. The company currently works with around 16 cloud providers, only some of which use renewable energy sources. “Unfortunately, right now there really aren’t that many options for a green cloud,” Jilk says. “Especially with some of the bigger players, that’s not really their emphasis. They’ll just do whatever it is they need to do, and then go back and find any green thing they can to say about it.” Though many companies are not yet focused on using renewable energy to power their data centers, there are other ways that they could reduce their

energy consumption. Another company on Pearl Street, SolidFire, provides the data storage systems that cloud computing providers use. SolidFire’s technology, known as solid-state drive (SSD) helps reduce the energy that cloud computing providers require to store their data. “Part of the reason why a lot of these data centers consume so much electricity is they are using older technology,” says Jay Prassl, vice president of marketing at SolidFire. “Older technology, especially for data storage, is based on spinning disks. To spin those disks around all day, everyday, takes a lot of energy.” By employing SSD technology, SolidFire reduces both the amount of energy needed to power the disks and the amount of heat they produce, thereby lowering the energy necessary to cool the systems, Prassl says. SolidFire’s technology also works to reduce the footprint of the actual data by removing any duplicate data. “Obviously, our company can’t choose where the cloud computing providers are getting their energy from,” Prassl says. “But we can help them conSee CLOUD COMPUTING Page 16

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“God has cared for these trees, saved them from drought, disease, avalanches, and a thousand tempests and floods. But he cannot save them from fools.” — John Muir

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Nothing makes an anti-environmental politician in the House of Representatives look worse than a bunch of pesky facts that fly in the face of a bold statement like the one recently uttered by Doc Hastings, chairman of the Committee on Natural Resources. According to Forbes, Hastings claims the Endangered Species Act (ESA) is a failure. The magazine goes on to quote Rep. Hastings as saying, “The purpose of the ESA is to recover endangered species — yet this is where the current law is failing — and failing badly. Of the species listed under the ESA in the past 38 years, only 20 have been declared recovered. That’s a 1 percent recovery rate.” But hold that thought. The Center for Biological Diversity was

published in a report this month titled “On Time, On Target: How the Endangered Species Act is Saving America’s Wildlife.” According to the report’s authors, “To objectively test whether the Endangered Species Act is recovering species at a sufficient rate, we compared the actual recovery rate of 110 species with the projected recovery rate in their federal recovery plans. The species range over all 50 states, include all major taxonomic groups, and have a diversity of listing lengths. We found that the Endangered Species Act has a remarkably successful recovery rate: 90 percent of species are recovering at the rate specified by their federal recovery plan. On average, species recovered in 25 years, while their recovery plan predicted 23 years — a 91 percent timeli-

ness accomplishment.” So it’s not that the act isn’t working, Rep. Hastings. It is simply that many species on the list haven’t yet had time to recover after being pushed to the brink of extinction. Some things like species recovery just don’t work on a two-year election cycle. Have a little patience.

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Eco-cycle’s new annual magazine that tells us how to do good things for the planet and our local community has arrived. You can pick up a printed copy of Eco-Cycle Guide: Your Resource to Living an EcoLifestyle or check out its helpful content online at www.ecocycle.org/ecocycleguide. The magazine explains what zero waste is, why it’s so important and how Boulder can achieve this important goal. The magazine also provides guidelines for recycling and composting by making sure we know what items to avoid, and it’s filled with handy tips on green cleaning and tools to make it all easier.

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sume less of it by being more efficient and using storage technology that doesn’t create a lot of heat.” Thankfully, not all cloud computing providers are shackled to dirty energy sources. Green House Data, a company based in Cheyenne, Wyo., powers its data center entirely with renewable wind energy, and also focuses on efficiency in its practices. “When we were first looking into building a data center, we realized that there was so much waste associated

with some of the data centers that already existed,” Burns says, “We decided that we could do things with less waste, reduce our energy consumption and pass along the savings we recognized to the customers.” Though Green House Data pays more for its wind energy than it would pay for coal energy, this cost is offset by the fact that the company’s efficient practices reduce the total amount of energy it must use, Burns says. So why aren’t the bigger cloud com-

puting companies following Green House Data’s lead? “Everyone is looking at the bottom line,” Burns says. “And I think when you pay more for your power in the data center industry, people look you at you like you’re an idiot. Some companies are moving now to more efficient practices within their facilities, but as far as actually accessing clean power sources from the utility companies, that’s a big challenge that many of them aren’t willing to take on.”

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El Gaucho plays at Chautauqua Auditorium on Wednesday, June 13.

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Logan Ernstthal (left) and Stephen Weitz in Twelfth Night.

fter months of deliberation, the final plays have been chosen for this year’s Colorado Shakespeare Festival, bringing together top theater directors to put on shows that will last throughout the summer months. Philip C. Sneed, producing artistic director for the festival and director of this year’s production of Twelfth Night, says the festival rotates the Shakespeare plays annually to keep the material fresh. “We haven’t done Twelfth Night in seven years, so it was 18 June 7, 2012

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simply time to do it again,” Sneed says. “Plus we all love the play. It’s a much more rich and layered comedy, unlike Taming of the Shrew or Comedy of Errors, which audiences love and which we like too, but Twelfth Night is a much deeper and richer play.” Along with Twelfth Night and Richard III, the festival will also include non-Shakespearian plays, including Treasure Island, Noises Off and Women of Will. “That’s a fairly new thing,” Sneed says. “When I came in ’06 we had been going for 49 years, and in that time we’d only done eight plays that weren’t by

Shakespeare.” Sneed says the decision to include more plays by other writers has helped open up the theater company to a broader audience. In 2008, the festival saw the best attendance in more than a decade, which may have been in part due to a larger variety of plays being performed. “We made the decision to consistently do plays by other writers. In that, we’re simply doing what our peers around the country do virtually every Shakespeare festival — exploring plays by other writers,” he says. Tina Packer, a veteran theater director and playwright who founded Shakespeare and Company based in Lenox, Mass., has been working in the theater business for what she describes as “a hell of a long time.” This year, Packer will be see BARD Page 20

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directing Richard III and putting on a performance of Women of Will, a fivepart play she has written about the way women are portrayed in Shakespeare’s plays and how his views on women changed over time. “There’s definitely a progression in what Shakespeare’s writing about,” Packer says. “He starts using the women as the truth tellers, so you start seeing things in the plays about the power structures that you don’t often see just from the men’s point of view.” Women of Will includes monologues from the Bard’s plays followed by commentary from Packer and her partner, Nigel Gore, who will help provide banter between the two. “I talk and then Nigel challenges me so we have fights all the time, going back and forth, and he says loads of rubbish,” Packer says with a laugh. While the play has five parts, Packer says they can be seen in any order and will be broken up throughout the months of July and August. Eric Tucker, director of Women of Will, says he’s excited about showing this new play to a fresh audience. “Nigel, Tina and I are all collaborators on the script, so we’re all very much involved in the creation of the script and moving things around,” Tucker says, adding that the script continues to change and evolve even as they come close to performing it for an audience. “We completely changed the script for part two, and so that needed a lot of work. We spent a lot of days just working on that script, reordering and reformatting it.” While Packer has been working on the script off and on for more than a decade, Tucker has been helping with the completion of it for the last four years along with Gore. He says the close connection he has with his fellow playwrights and actors provides for an 20 June 7, 2012

easier rehearsal period. “Tina and Nigel have worked together for the last six to eight years, so in rehearsal it makes for a good shortcut because they aren’t inhibited around each other and can just do the work,” Tucker says. “At the same time, when you know someone that well it’s hard to hold back. It can be dramatic, but it’s all in the name of doing the work.” With a short rehearsal period for all the actors and directors involved in the production of this year’s festival, preparedness is key. “Once we get to Colorado we really don’t have but a day to rehearse five parts and a couple tech days,” Tucker says. “It’s so much material. It’s kind of amazing Tina and Nigel can remember it all.” Sparse time to rehearse hardly has Tucker worried though. “I feel really good about it. I know that as actors, Tina and Nigel get more anxious and get up there and worry,” he says. “Luckily, we get to just take one part of the play at a time, one each week, and I think that’s going to be great. It’ll be great to see them in front of an audience and get that audience response. When we open Women of Will in New York, they’re going to run it for six months minimum.” Tucker says his biggest challenge in directing Women of Will will be making the scenes as fluid as possible. “My goal all along has been to make it as theatrical as possible and less like a lecture series,” he says. “So what we’ve managed to do is sort of turn it into a very theatrical evening. Each part of the play is very theatrical and different, and each one stands on its own. The play is really a discussion between Tina, Nigel and the audience.” Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com Boulder Weekly

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ad publicity may be an oxymoron, but there’s certainly no joy in being painted black. Particularly out of nowhere. It’s something the Dandy Warhols are familiar with after being cast as the evil half of Ondi Timoner’s Sundancewinning 2004 documentary/ morality play, Dig! If Kim Kardashian and The Hills taught us anything it’s that if you have enough video you can tell any story you like (even one about nothing), and Timoner shot the Warhols for eight years. In formulating a simplistic enough story on art and commerce to convey in 105 minutes, Timoner pulled footage of the Warhols at their most decadent and superficial over the years and pitted it against 10 months of footage of volatile “artiste” Anton Newcombe and his band Brian Jonestown Massacre. Overnight the Dandy Warhols came to epitomize bloated indie rock sellouts. It was a strange role for a Portland band that could hardly play their instruments when they started and never sold a ton of records. “It’s not a documentary — or it shouldn’t be titled one because it uses footage that happened and footage that was re-enacted to tell a story the director wanted to tell. One that ultimately is a successful story, but is not true. And we’ve suffered from it,” says guitarist Peter Holmström. “It’s nice to have a movie out about you, but I guess I wish it was a little bit more about the music, because that’s what we were all in it for.” The band has blended garage, psych and hook-laden indie rock since getting its start in the mid-’90s when Holmström finally hooked up with Courtney Taylor-Taylor. (Born Courtney Taylor, at some point in the late-’90s he passed through a supernatural tunnel, Being John Malkovich-style, and wound up Taylor-Taylor.) Holmström had first spotted TaylorTaylor at a summer music camp and noted that “he was pretty much the coolest guy there.” From then on Holmström kept track of the suave, lanky singer-guitarist’s doings. (At the time Taylor-Taylor was a drummer.)

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“Eventually he got kicked out of his band and I was there at the right time to help him start this one,” he recalls. “Our sound came out of the fact that we didn’t really know how to play very well.” As a result, the songs were simple and straightforward in the beginning. An obvious and frequent touchstone is the Velvet Underground, blending both their hypnotic thrum and their gift for a catchy hook. The songs were cheeky and clever — from the distortiondrenched “Hard On For Jesus” and caustic “Not If You Were The Last Junkie On Earth” to mesmerizing philosophical odes to “Nietzsche.” It wasn’t exactly Limp Bizkit. Their 2000 release Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia boasted an infectious little kiss-off to bandwagon jumpers, “Bohemian Like You,” which in the tradition of Nirvana became a huge hit among those they sought to piss off. They released two major label discs sandwiched around Dig! and then found themselves without a label in 2007. “It was a little bit of a blow when we got dropped by Capitol, but then about a week later we realized we’d been trying to get off Capitol for years,” Holmström says. “We’ve definitely had our low points. A few years back we got a new manager, and the best thing he did for us was get us talking again. It was like a year after he came on and got

us talking that we got dropped. Who knows what would’ve happened if we weren’t talking back then. Odds are we would’ve fallen apart.” Instead they’ve forged on. In 2008 they released …Earth to the Dandy Warhols…, which found them indulging all the tricks available in their huge studio/rehearsal/living space, the Odditorium. For their new album, This Machine, they’ve stripped away the layers and returned to a live garage-psych sound harking back to their first album. “The way we approached the record was as a back-to-our-roots kind of thing, stripped down. Since Pro Tools came into the music world you can do so many tracks that you get carried away,” he says. “I think we did go crazy with it. Now we know that we need to set some limits on ourselves.” Though they’re still pretty popular in Europe, America remains a hard hoe, especially now that they’re back on an indie. But at least enough time has passed that Dig!’s pretty firmly in the rear view mirror, and they’re back to being spunky underdogs. “We’ve always felt like we were the underdogs. It always felt like we were struggling against the record labels and radio,” Holmström says. “But you know, whatever. It’s good to have something to fight against.” Or to be around to fight at all. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com June 7, 2012 21

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or more than 25 years, Amy Ray and Emily Saliers have toured the world and built an impressive audience as the Indigo Girls. Yet to hear Ray speak of her career, it’s clear she hasn’t forgotten where she’s come from. Perhaps that’s because she finds even physical ways to stay humble. When the Indigo Girls come through Boulder this Sunday, June 10, Ray will still be healing after dislocating her shoulder while prepping to go on stage for a solo show. Yet she laughs when retelling the story and insists these things happen when you’re in front of people night after night. “I did it a week ago. I was getting ready to go on stage and tripped over some cabling and just fell wrong and dislocated it,” she says. “I couldn’t play that show. Then a few days after that, I had rehearsal with Emily, so I just worked with the doctor on what I could and could not do. It’s actually not a bad position, the strumming position. I kind of lucked out in that way.” Ray laughs after the last line and she quickly recalls her most embarrassing moment when asked for her favorite example. “We played a really big show opening for Neil Young years ago, maybe 12 years ago, and I fell running across the stage playing some guitar thing trying

to be cool,” she says. “That was embarrassing. I just fell with my guitar and everything. I was fine, but I was mortified.” Ray will, of course, hope to avoid any such calamity at the Chautauqua Auditorium on Sunday, but she’ll have plenty of company on stage to help if the need arises. The Girls are touring with a full band these days, backed by the Atlanta rock act The Shadowboxers, who both open the show and provide full electric support through most of the show. “They’re a rock band, but they’re really influenced by soul,” Ray says of The Shadowboxers. “They have that poppy soul thing, yet they are also influenced by the Beatles and Led Zeppelin and Steely Dan. They sing amazing three-part harmonies, so we asked them to be our backup band for this tour. We haven’t played with a full band in about six years, and these guys are just so much fun to play with.” Fans of the Indigo Girls will see them perform in their typical duet arrangement about 25 percent of the show, but even Ray says she can’t predict what will happen. The Girls change the set list every night, so there’s no way of knowing how things will turn out. But hits like “Closer to Fine” or “Galileo” are bound to show up. Ray says she and Saliers are focused

on “giving the best live experience we can,” so they try to avoid being too selfindulgent. Yet they also change it up to keep themselves interested night after night. The balance that keeps everyone happy is something that has served the duo well for so many years. “Some of the artists that I’m a fan of, I’ll watch three or four different shows on YouTube or something and you realize they say the same single thing every night right before the song,” Ray says. “They shouldn’t do that because now everyone knows it. But we’ve never been that kind of band, so it doesn’t really matter. We’ve never been professional about what we do, and that’s actually helped us.” The full band sound should provide fans with a new, fresh glimpse of familiar Indigo Girls sounds, and Ray describes the collaboration with The Shadowboxers as “magical.” Even if it doesn’t seem like it should work. “They could be my kids. They’re so young, but it feels like a peer-to-peer relationship, I’m sure, to them. These are fresh-out-of-college guys and we’re two older dykes, basically,” says Ray with a laugh. “It doesn’t seem like it would be a good combination, but it really works. We all really get along. Musically, it feels really magical to me.” Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com Boulder Weekly

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still visible in the lightly fired clay, and make a cup of herbal tea using the herbs growing around them. And when finished, you throw the cup against the wall, as delicately or as violently as you please, adding to a growing pile of shards on the ground. The disposable clay cups were inspired by a similar practice Le Courtois encountered in India, and the act of throwing is supposed to represent returning the clay to the Earth, according to BMoCA Associate Curator Petra Sertic. But the cups are also wafer-thin and disposable, and the violent destruction of those cups encouraged by the artist becomes unsettling once you venture into BMoCA’s back room, which houses the Cheeto as well as a host of multi-colored, candy-based pieces from Le Courtois’ “junk food phase.” Because as fragile and destructible as the cups are, there is a perturbing immortality to the Life Savers, gummy worms and licorice sticks Le Courtois uses for curtains to section off the back room, and the juxtaposition of the biodegradable organics next to the processed candy is a disturbing reminder of what many of us consider to be food. The back also contains the crown jewel of the exhibition, which, like the other works on display, draws you in for a closer look while making the hair on your arms stand up straight. It is the “Venus of Consumption,” which takes the archetypical image of the reclining female nude and gives it a junk food twist. Instead of a beautiful woman there is a bright-orange, bloated human female form, with cartoonishly fat cheeks and swollen fingers. Instead of resting delicately on a bed, Le Courtois’ Venus lies on a too-small pedestal, and the figure’s enormously fat belly and limbs spill over the sides of her resting place.

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eep in the back room of the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art (BMoCA), an enormous Cheeto, roughly four feet long and made up of thousands of real Cheetos, dangles from the ceiling like dead flesh in a Susan France meat locker. Up close, the individual Cheetos have a sticky glaze on them, as if someone put them in her mouth in order to stick them on the form beneath, and loud crunching noises coming from speakers inside the oversized snack echo throughout the room. Just to the right, a monitor shows a video of a chubby-cheeked claymation face sucking down gummy worms and soft candies on infinite repeat. It’s an unsettling combination. The pieces are part of Edible?, one of BMoCA’s two spring exhibitions, which close June 17. The oversized Cheeto and the claymation loop are hardly the only discomforting part of the exhibit, which is a mid-career retrospective of Denver artist Viviane Le Courtois’ food-based work. But Edible? is two-pronged and features a somewhat misleading opener. “The Garden of Earthy Delights,” which takes up the museum’s entire front room and is the first thing you see as you enter, is a greenhouse and a tea room combined. Fresh herbs and sprouts grow underneath various lamps throughout the room, and visitors are encouraged to take a thin, clay cup, fingerprints and marks Boulder Weekly

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It’s the small details like that that make the exhibit truly unsettling. The Venus is made from crocheted yarn, and Le Courtois has smeared a silicone-based substance over the Venus’ body. Whereas silicone is often used to make the female body more closely resemble our society’s ideal of femiON THE BILL: nine beauty, Edible? and SP4CECR4FT will be on here it lends a display at the Boulder sweat-like Museum of sheen to the Contemporary Art’s Spring Exhibitions 2012 figure, and the until June 17. 1750 13th result is hardly Street, Boulder, 303-443attractive. 2122. Venus faces an eerily beautiful yet disturbing pair of bookshelves filled with jars in which everything under the sun is pickled: pretzels, marbles, troll dolls, Peeps, Barbie dolls and more. The jars are placed on shelves that light the jars up from the bottom, and the results are sometimes beautiful but often disgusting. The small jar of marbles filled with a blue liquid possesses an ethereal beauty, but the candy fingers, swollen with pickling liquid and slightly deteriorated, look like something from a serial killer’s baseHannah Mintek ment. Whatever the source of Le Courtois’ fascination with food, it’s clear she is unafraid of working with saliva as a tool. One of the pieces is a wall display of chewed-up licorice sticks, teeth marks and all. Other smaller pieces from the exhibit are beautifully wrought cast-iron apple cores — trash made into art. And a final piece features eaten artichoke leaves displayed in baskets hanging from the ceiling. Le Courtois’ works displayed at BMoCA have a way of taking the mundane — food, candy, clay cups — and making us reexamine them with a degree of horror or revulsion. The other spring exhibition at Jason Rogenes’ the museum, Brooklyn artSP4C3CR4FT ist Jason Rogenes’ SP4C3CR4FT, does the opposite, by repurposing the mundane for beauty. Rogenes uses cardboard and Styrofoam to create an enormous spacecraft which hangs from the ceiling of BMoCA’s second floor. The craft is made out of Styrofoam packing blocks, and Rogenes uses cardboard to create conical stalagmites that protrude from the wall. It’s joyful, like a child’s doodles constructed in three dimensions. Both exhibitions stand strongly on their own, but seeing how the two artists mine such disparate, passionate emotions from objects that usually inspire none is doubly impressive. The juxtapostion shows how wonder — be it astonishing or spine-tingling — can be found anywhere around us, should we look hard enough. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com Boulder Weekly

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Brundibar (The Bumblebee): What does it mean to you and me? — A multi-media examination of the unique production of Brundibar. 7 p.m. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-447-9772.

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Allegory — photos by S. Gayle Stevens. The Center for Fine Art Photography, Art Center of Fort Collins, 400 N. College Ave., 970-224-1010. Through June 30.

Alternative Processes & The Child is the Father of the Man. The Center for Fine Art Photography, Art Center of Fort Collins, 400 N. College Ave., 970-224-1010. Through June 23 and Aug. 4. Chief Niwot: Legend & Legacy. Boulder History Museum, 1206 Euclid Ave., Boulder, 303-449-3464. Through Nov. 25.

Birth Control Emergency Contraception Annual Exams STD Testing & Treatment Boulder: 2525 Arapahoe Ave, C-200 303.447.1040 Longmont: 195 S Main, #8 303.772.3600 www.pprm.org

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Gone Fishing — An interactive, digital media installation created by University of Colorado music, art and computer science students. University of Colorado Museum of Natural History, Henderson Building, 15th and Broadway, Boulder, 303-492-6892. Kevin Singleton, Richard Greening. NCAR Mesa Laboratory, 1850 Table Mesa Dr., Boulder, 303-497-2408. Viviane Le Courtois’ Edible? and Jason Rogenes’ Sp4c3cr4ft. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-2122. Through June 17.

Music of 812. 7:30 p.m. Caffè Sole, 637R S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-499-2985.

Indigo Girls. 7:30 p.m. Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities Amphitheater, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada, 720-898-7200.

My Old School. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s Bistro, 2675 N. Park Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757.

Jet Edison band. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Rd., Longmont, 303-485-9400. Jon Ridnell aka Blackdog. 4:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Tasty Weasel Tap Room, 1800 Pike Rd., Unit B, Longmont, 303776-1914 x313. Matt Flaherty Band. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922.

Ophelia Swing Band. 1 p.m. Gold Hill Inn, 401 Main St., Boulder, 303-443-6461. Chase N’ The Dream — Twenty Ninth Street Live! Summer Concert Series. 6:15 p.m. Twenty Ninth Street Mall, 1710 29th St., Boulder, 303-444-0722. Perpetual Motion Band. 8 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel, 800 28th St., Boulder, 303-443-3322. Ramaya & Dechen Hawk. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat,

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Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative — by Austin Kleon. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303447-2074.

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Aimee Herman and j/j hastain. 7 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore, 1203 13th St., Ste. A, Boulder, 303-579-1644. Saturday, June 9

Padma Thornlyre. 7 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore, 1203 13th St., Ste. A, Boulder, 303579-1644. Sunday, June 10 Local Authors Afternoon — with Julie Golden, Lilia Sophia and David Tresemer. 2 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-2074. Monday, June 11

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“Brainwashed” in the News. Manifest ART Gallery, 108 2nd Ave., Niwot, 303-652-0952. Through July 7.

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

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Got to Get It Out of My Head — Work by Bill Amundson. Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd. Arvada, 720-898-7200. Opens June 7.

The Anxiety of Influence. University of Colorado Art Museum, 1085 18th St., Boulder, 303-492-8300. Through June 25.

“So, You’re a Poet.” 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat,

Dakota Darkhorse. 6:30 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore, 1203 13th St., Ste. A, Boulder, 303579-1644. Living Poets Society Poetry Bookclub Meeting — On The Best American Poetry 2011. 7 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-2074. Occupy the Economy: Challenging Capitalism — by David Barsamian. 7 p.m. Left Hand Books, 1200 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-443-8252. Ready Player One — by Ernest Cline. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-2074. Weekly Open Poetry Reading. 7 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore, 1203 13th St., Ste. A, Boulder, 303-579-1644. Wednesday, June 13 When Women Were Birds — by Terry Tempest Williams. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-2074.

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Cinderella. Boulder’s Dinner Theater, 5501 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303449-6000. Through Sept. 1. Circle Mirror Transformation. Theatre Company of Lafayette, Mary Miller Theater, 300 E. Simpson Street, Lafayette, 720-209-2154. Through June 9.

Into the Woods. Jesters Dinner Theatre, 224 Main St., Longmont, 303682-9980. Through July 8. Sweet Storm. Miners Alley Playhouse, 1224 Washington Ave., Golden, 303935-3044. Through July 8.

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

Blues & BBQ — Feat. Eef. 2-5 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 303-834-9384.

Squids Beard. 8 p.m. Jamestown Mercantile, 108 Main St., Jamestown, 303-442-5847.

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

Strange Americans. 8 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 303-834-9384.

Constant Tourists. 6 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685.

Tom Worrell & 66 ventura band. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685.

“Dancing For Life” — Feat. The BandAids, fundraiser for Second Wind Fund. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s Bistro, 2675 N. Park Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757.

Zzyzzyx Road. 7 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683.

events An Evening with Guru Dass — Chanting and meditation with Yogi Bhajan’s former personal musician, accompanied by table player Steve Bross. 7-9 p.m. Adi Shakti Kundalini Yoga Center, 2014 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-252-3962. A Moveable Feast — 5-10:45 p.m. Benefit for Blue Sky Bridge, Children’s Advocacy Center. 13 homes in Boulder open for dinner. www.blueskybridge.org. Bark in the Park. 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. Coal Creek Park, Erie, www.erieco.gov/specialevents. Belmont Stakes Hermit Crab Races. 4 p.m., West End Tavern, 926 Pearl Street, Boulder, 303-444-3535. Born & Raised — Boulder-based director/editor/producer Joshua Dragge’s film at the Breckenridge Festival of Film. 6 p.m. Breckenridge Theatre, www.breckfilmfest.com. Hanuman Festival — A community-oriented yoga and music festival. St. Julien Hotel & Spa, 900 Walnut St., Boulder. http://hanumanfestival.com. Mother Goose Welcome and Dedication Ceremony. 2 p.m. Lafayette Public Library, 775 W. Baseline Road, Lafayette, 303-665-5200. PSP Presents R.I.P by Amy Kaplan — A 90-minute new play reading. 7:30 p.m. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-447-9772. The Quick Lick — Ice cream eating contest, music by the Peanut Butter Players, demo by The Public Eye Skate Team. Eats & Sweets, 401 S. Public Road, Lafayette, 303-665-3287. The Schiff Dance Collective Training Company: Catch Me — Through motion, Catch Me explores our motives and feelings in connection with supporting loved ones and community members. 8 p.m. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-447-9772. Triple Crown of Hermit Crab Racing. 3:35 p.m. The West End Tavern, 926 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-444-3535. Whittier Mapleton Hill Garden Tour — A self-guided walking tour of private gardens in the Mapleton Hill Historic District to benefit the Whittier International Elementary School. 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. 437 Pine St., Boulder, www. whittiergardentour.com. Zombie Apocalypse Ride. 9-11 a.m. Community Cycles, 2805 Wilderness Place, Suite 1000, Boulder, www.communitycycles.org.

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Mary Russell & Larry Worster. 8 p.m. Gold Hill Inn, 401 Main St., Boulder, 303-443-6461. Miles Driften, James Osel Thorpe. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder. 303-440-4628. NuMundo world music. 6 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Rd., Longmont, 303-485-9400. Stephen Thurstno. 6 p.m. Cuvée, 946 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-0475.

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Bolder Nights. An evening of local and original theatre, art and music. 7 p.m., Nomad Theatre, 1410 Quince Ave., Boulder, 303-443-7510. Boulder Jewish Festival. 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. Courthouse Lawn & Pearl Street Mall, Boulder, www.boulderjewishfestival.org. Hanuman Festival — A community-oriented yoga and music festival. St. Julien Hotel & Spa, 900 Walnut Street, Boulder. http://hanumanfestival.com. Ice Cream Social & Melodrama. 2 p.m. Gold Hill Inn, 401 Main St., Boulder, 303-443-6461. Wildflower Hikes. 10 a.m. Register for location, boulderwalkingtours.com or 720-243-1376.

Monday, June 11 music Brad Goode Jazz Jam. 7 p.m. Caffè Sole, 637R S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-499-2985. Romano Paoletti open stage. 6 p.m. Oskar Blues Tasty Weasel Tap Room, 1800 Pike Rd., Unit B, Longmont, 303776-1914 x313.

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private courses start including Western Civilization and Classical English. REMIX: Rethink Education to Maximize Individual Excellence, home of Desiderata School Inc., 333 1st Ave., Longmont, 303-678-9335.

Film on the Rocks — Iron Man, with The McRae and Force Publique. 7 p.m. Red Rocks Amphitheatre, 18300 W. Alameda Pkwy., Morrison, 720-865-2494.

Tuesday, June 12

If It’s Tuesday It Must Be Belgium — Boulder Public Library Cinema Program. 6:30 p.m. Canyon Theater, Boulder Public Library, 1000 Canyon Blvd., Boulder, 303441-3100.

Blues Jam — With Randall Dubis. 7 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel and Suites, 800 28th St., 303-443-3322.

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

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

Kayla Hruby Band. 7 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683. Sodium Bride. 8:30 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave.,

Arvada, 303-463-6683. The Thurston Group. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.

events Folk Dancing on the Plaza! — Free participatory dance program, includes instruction, no experience needed. 7-10 p.m. Outside on the Boulder Municipal Plaza beside the Dushanbe Teahouse, 1770 13th St., Boulder, 303 499-6363. LOHAS (Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability) 2012 Forum — Speakers include Tom Laforge with Coca-Cola Company, Chip Conley of Joie de Vivre Hospitality, Toni J. Bellafiore of American Honda Motor Company, Gopi Kallayil of Google. Various locations, Boulder, lohas.com. Opening Reception for Searching for Midwifery: Cambodia — Film and photography exhibition by Henna

Taylor. 6-9 p.m. Jet’s Espressoria, 2116 Pearl St., Boulder, searchingformidwifery.com. A Visit from Molly Brown — Progressive Women of Colorado Forum. 5:30 p.m. Unity Church of Denver, 3021 S. University Blvd., Denver, 303-587-6139.

Wednesday, June 13 music Bands on the Bricks — With Selasee. 5:30 p.m. 1300 block of Pearl Street, Boulder, 303-449-3774. Kort McCumber Duo. 6:30 p.m. St Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696. Peter Wernick & Flexigrass. 7:30 p.m., Nissi’s Bistro, 2675 N. Park Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757. Songs from the Silo — With Clay McClinton band. 7:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685. Marlo & Farm Jazz. 8 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683.

events 2013 Land through the Lens — Photography of Boulder County Parks and Open Space. 6:30 p.m. Boulder County Parks and Open Space Building, 5201 St. Vrain Road, Longmont, 303-678-6268. The Gaucho — Chautauqua Silent Film Series. 7:30 p.m. Chautauqua Community House. 900 Baseline Rd., Boulder, 303-442-3282. LOHAS (Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability) 2012 Forum — Speakers include Tom Laforge with Coca-Cola Company, Chip Conley of Joie de Vivre Hospitality, Toni J. Bellafiore of American Honda Motor Company, Gopi Kallayil of Google. Various locations, Boulder, lohas.com.

KIDS CALENDAR Thursday, June 7 SunSational Exhibit Activities. 10 a.m. WOW! Children’s Museum, 110 N. Harrison Ave., 303-604-2424.

Friday, June 8 Game Day Friday. 10:30 a.m. WOW! Children’s Museum, 110 N. Harrison Ave., 303-604-2424. Family Movie Friday — Toy Story. 3:30 p.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-4413100.

Saturday, June 9 Art Stop. 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-2122. How the West Was Drawn: Frederic Remington’s Art — With author Linda Osmundson. 1 p.m. Barnes & Noble, 2999 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-444-0349.

Sunday, June 10 Story Sharing Circle. 3:30 p.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.

Monday, June 11 Born to be Wild ... in Colorado — With W. Perry Conway. 11 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100. Little Storytellers — Week-long camp begins. 9 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. Boulder Writing Studio, 2229 Broadway, Boulder, 303-883-0462. Meadow Music — Children’s music and nature education. 5:30 p.m. Chautauqua Green, 900 Baseline Road, Boulder, naturehikes.org. Young Artists at Work — Drawing FUNdamentals and Airbrush Painting start. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-2122. Through June 15.

Tuesday, June 12 Dance program for children — Participatory dance program for kids. 6:15-7 p.m. Boulder Municipal Plaza beside the Dushanbe Teahouse, 1770 13th St., Boulder, 303 499-6363.

Wednesday, June 13 Art Stop. 4-8 p.m. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-2122. Family Garden Story and Song Time — With Kristen from Family Garden. 1 p.m. Barnes & Noble, 2999 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-444-0349.

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cott Jurek lopes down the road before taking a seat at a table outside Boxcar Coffee on Pearl Street. He sips water while talking about what he eats, how he runs ultramarathons and his new book about both. When we’re done talking, he takes off with those long strides on down the street — as if our conversation was just a brief stopover, an aid station break on the ongoing marathon that’s his schedule right now. The ultrarunner who has set record times in 100-mile runs and record distances for 24-hour runs is currently juggling his training commitments with those of a book tour to accompany the release of his book, Eat & Run. His parting words are, “Are we going to get you to do an ultramarathon? … So we’ll see you out there.” His enthusiasm is infectious, and his solid belief that anyone can run for 50 or 100 miles is convincing. And that’s exactly what he says he hopes will come from his book — that people will be inspired to get out there and change their lives in ways they might not have considered. “I hope they realize that we all have the capacity to change our life, to do something that we thought was impossible,” he says. “Ultramarathons are all about going beyond the impossible in our own mind and breaking those barriers.” It’s not preaching from a lofty pulpit. Before he became famous for winning long mountain races

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and doing it all on a vegan diet, he hated running and hated vegetables. Jurek grew up in the Minnesota woods, where dinner was hunted or fished from the forest behind the house and a workout was stacking firewood. Running eventually became a way of staying in shape for the Nordic ski team he competed with in high school and college. His first 50-mile race was someone else’s idea: His friend Dusty Olson had run the Minnesota Voyageur before, and said he had to do it. So he did. He finished second place his first year. “Never in a million years would I have thought I’d become a vegan or run ultramarathons,” he says. “I think that’s the lesson there — that we’re always learning and can evolve.” Jurek has set the U.S. record for 24-hour distance on all surfaces, and won the Hardrock Hundred Mile Endurance Run and the Badwater Ultramarathon, setting new record times in both races. He won the Western States Endurance Run, which climbs 18,000 feet and descends 22,970 through the mountains of northern California, seven consecutive times. Those victories often came with that high school friend at his side as his pacer. People had been asking him for a book for years — a book about running and a book that would reveal the secrets of the meat- and dairy-free diet that has fueled him throughout his career. “There are two pivotal things that transformed my life: food and running, and I thought, ‘Why not put them together and then intersperse recipes so that I could satisfy everybody?’ So it’s got a little bit of everything, including some running tips,’” Jurek says. He knows the power books have to inspire, both from watching the success of Born to Run, which features him, and from his own life, in which what he read played a key role in changing what he ate. He cites Spontaneous Healing: How to Discover and Enhance Your Body’s Natural Ability to Maintain and Heal

Jurek in the 2005 Badwater Ultramarathon

THURSDAY, JUNE 7 Girls Wilderness Program Informational Slideshow — Women only. 6:30 p.m. REI Store, 1789 28th St., Boulder, 303-583-9970. Tales and Adventures of the Pullharder Alpine Club — with Gil Weiss. 8 p.m. Neptune Mountaineering, 633 South Broadway, Boulder, 303-4998866.

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he Boulder release of Eat & Run will be celebrated June 14 with a 5-mile run starting at 6 p.m. from the Boulder Running Company, followed by a short film, presentation and Q&A starting at the Dairy Center for the Arts at 7:30 p.m. Tickets to the event are $8, and proceeds benefit the Micah True Memorial. • • • •

ant to put Scott Jurek’s tips and tricks (and runner-friendly recipes) to the test? Check out some of these ultraruns:

24 Hours of Boulder — Team relay, solo, six-hour nighttime fun runs and 12-hour categories Oct. 13-14 in Boulder. www.Geminiadventures.com. The Bear Chase — 50 miles, 50K, half marathon or Baby Bear 10K trail races at Bear Creek Lake Park in Lakewood on Sept. 30. www.bear-

Itself, by Dr. Andrew Weil, and Mad Cowboy: Plain Truth from the Cattle Rancher Who Won’t Eat Meat, by Howard Lyman, as transformative. But the books he read, as well as the people he met who inspired him, found a capable foundation in a young man who had been a hard-working boy. Jurek was still a child when his mother was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. He

chaserace.com. Boulder 100 — Fast and flat on trails around the Boulder Reservoir. Runners have 30 hours to complete 7.14-mile laps. www.Geminiadventures. com Desert R.A.T.S. — For the Desert Race Across the Sand, run from Grand Junction, Colo., to Moab, Utah, along the Kokopelli trail, covering 148 miles in six stages, June 17 to 23. www.Geminiadventures.com. Goblin Valley Ultra Marathon — A 50K, 25K or 10K rolling course through the Goblin Valley State Park’s canyons and mesas in Utah on Oct. 20. www.Goblinvalleyultra.com Grand Mesa 100 — 100-mile trail race through Grand Mesa National Forest on July 28-29. www. Grandmesa100.com. Run Rabbit Run — 50 or 100 miles near Steamboat Springs. Sept. 14 and 15. www.runrabbitrunsteamboat. com.

took care of her and of his younger siblings, managing an increasing number of chores around a household that didn’t do TV dinners or take-out. The book has put some of those experiences in perspective, he says. “The early part of the book is about my childhood and about my family life

FRIDAY, JUNE 8 New to Colorado. 6:30 p.m. REI Store, 1789 28th St., Boulder, 303-583-9970. SATURDAY, JUNE 9 Bicycling and the Zombie Apocalypse. 9-11 a.m. Community Cycles, 2805 Wilderness Pl., Ste. 1000, Boulder, 720-565-6019. Fire and Flowers Hike. 9:30-11:30 a.m. Bald Mountain Scenic Area, Sunshine Canyon Drive, Boulder, 303-678-6214. Flagstaff Mountain — The Path Less Traveled. 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. Chautauqua Ranger Cottage, 900 Baseline Road, Boulder, naturehikes.org. National Get Outdoors Day Service Project — Mediterranean sage removal project. 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Register at www.wlrv.org. SUNDAY, JUNE 10 Destination: Ice Age — Explore hidden pockets of Boulder’s ancient forests. Call for location, 303-441-3440. MONDAY, JUNE 11 Lightpackers Meeting. 6:30 p.m. REI Store, 1789 28th St., Boulder, 303-5839970. TUESDAY, JUNE 12 Climbing 14ers and High Altitude Hikes. 6:30 p.m. REI Store, 1789 28th St., Boulder, 303-583-9970. The World by Road. 7 p.m. Changes in Latitude Travel Store, 2525 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-786-8406. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13 Wednesday Fun Run. 6 p.m. Boulder Running Company, 2775 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-786-9255. To list your event, send information to: editorial@boulderweekly.com. attn: “Adventure.”

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and how struggle has enhanced my life despite it being, you know, difficult, and it’s hard to put a positive twist on that at the time,” he says. “Writing this book, I realized those things made me who I am today. Life experiences allow us to do the impossible, to go beyond what we think.” Eat & Run makes for a gripping read, many of the chapters paced with the pulse of the question of if he will finish a race and the ongoing wonder at how he does, time and again, get up off the ground and run to the finish line ahead of everyone else. “Ultramarathons are a mental game,” Jurek says. “You’ve got to eat and drink, you’ve got to do all these physical things, but when it comes down to it, as I mention in the book, it’s about that drive, that will to survive, to get through obstacles, and it’s a lot like life.” The lessons from his childhood run through the races he won. His father’s response to every question about chores, “Sometimes you just do things,” plays on repeat. What sets people off running ultramarathons, himself included, is a little bit of everything, he says. “I think life is about these triggers, these moments and experiences and people that we interact with,” he says. “It’s just little triggers, people, experiences, ideas that we kind of shape into something that resonates with us, and for whatever reason it creates a fire.” Sometimes you just pick a certain path, he says. Sometimes, you just do things. Of course, one of those people who became a trigger in changing his life is Micah True, or Caballo Blanco, founder of the Copper Canyon Ultramarathon and pivotal character in Christopher McDougall’s book Born to Run. Jurek’s book was finished just a few months before True’s death earlier this year. The portrait of True shows him as passionate to the point of coming across as “really out there” at times. But the lesson the Tarahumara brought to running — this idea of running in synchronicity with the earth, running as the thing human bodies were made to do — is one Jurek still echoes. Perhaps Eat & Run will go out into the world and birth a new population of vegan runners, like Born to Run brought so many barefoot and minimalist runners. But Jurek says he’s not bent on converting people. “My approach with the book is to take this middle road within two extreme activities, and just expose people to different personalities, different ways of thinking, and however they engage in that is their own journey, so to speak,” he says. “I think people who love the book

adventure Born to Run hopefully will love this, but it just will be a little different twist and something new. But you can’t repeat good art.” His book launched June 5 with a 50K run that circumnavigated Manhattan. He’ll be running with other book events, including one in Boulder on June 14, and training on top of that for the 24-Hour World Championships in Poland in September. “I know it seems weird for a guy who loves to be in the mountains, but it’s a different twist and it’s the ultimate psychological challenge I’ve found,” he says. “I still love training in the mountains, and I still run in the mountains getting ready for things like that, but there’s something about that 24-hour event.” The man who has spent decades running right on the edge of breaking down is still out there pushing that line. Why? “I think it’s getting glimpses of that kind of state of flow zone where nothing else matters. It’s like tapping into this unconscious state; running is just that vehicle for me right now. But there are times when I’m like, you know, maybe it would be good for me to learn how to play a musical instrument or get that through another form,” he says and laughs. “But there’s something, too, that just resonates with the body, and I think it’s instinctual roots that there’s nothing like running up in the mountains and just having to adapt to situations, not knowing what the weather is going to throw at you, not knowing what the course is going to throw at you, not knowing what the competition is like. It kind of taps into a more primal, instinctual way of being. And then from the meditative standpoint, it gets me away from all the craziness of modern life and just focusing on the present moment. … I get glimpses of it when everything is clicking, those are the times when like, the Tarahumara Indians say, when you run on the earth and with the earth you can run forever, and that’s kind of what happens. You just feel like you can go. And then sometimes, poof, it’s gone.” But it’s there for anyone to taste. Jurek points to his own scoliosis, a lack of perfect form and a slow marathon time as obstacles that could have set him on the couch for life. “I think anybody can run and anybody really can run an ultramarathon,” Jurek says. “Sure, if you want to win a race and want to be the best, that might be a different story. … But in terms of finishing and putting yourself out there — I think life is so short that we all need to do that. We all need to put our self out there and ultramarathoning is just one vehicle for that.” Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com Boulder Weekly

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A realistic, funny and, at times, heartbreaking look at dating, love and friendship told from the point of view of Tyler, a perpetual bachelor. Tyler follows a set of rules specifically designed to help him avoid emotional attachment. His most important rule is that he can get over anyone in less than six months. At Denver FilmCenter/Colfax. — Denver Film Society

HEADHUNTERS Headhunters is an intense action thriller, as well as a provocative investigation into questions of betrayal, revenge and deadly ambition. At Chez Artiste. — Landmark Theatres

THE AVENGERS 3D A team of superheroes including Iron Man, Captain America, the Hulk and Thor unite to save the world. Rated PG-13. At Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks. — Los Angeles Times/MCT BATTLESHIP The classic naval combat game brought to life with plenty of visual effects and slowmotion action sequences. Rated PG-13. At Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks.

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tion on the cruelest, stupidest, most intolerant people he can imagine. Franks finds an unusual accomplice in a high school student named Roxy (Tara Lynne Barr), and together they embark on a nationwide assault on our country’s dumbest, most irritating celebrities. Playing at Denver FilmCenter/Colfax — Denver Film Society

ly abused by her boyfriend, was sentenced to 25 years-to-life for her connection to his murder. Twenty years later, as she languished in prison, a California law allowing incarcerated domestic-violence survivors to reopen their cases was passed. Enter a pair of rookie land-use attorneys convinced that with the incontrovertible evidence that existed, they could free Deborah in a manner of months. At Denver FilmCenter/Colfax — Denver Film Society DARK SHADOWS A vampire is freed from his tomb after two centuries and set loose in the world of 1972. Rated PG-13. At Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks. DETACHMENT

Back by popular demand. Oscar-winner Adrian Brody plays a substitute teacher who conveniently avoids emotional connections by drifting from classroom to classroom. At Boedecker Theater. — Boedecker Theater THE DICTATOR Sacha Baron Cohen is back with a character that sports a funny accent and antagonizes others. Shock! But unlike Borat, Admiral General Aladeen is neither revealing nor inherently hilarious. In what could have been a powerful and insightful statement in the wake of the Arab Spring is mostly a tired retread of moderately funny vulgar jokes. Rated PG-13. At Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks — The Reader of Omaha, Neb. UNDER FIRE - JOURNALISTS IN COMBAT

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for the men and women who face constant threats to their lives and psyches. With the death toll skyrocketing from only two reporters killed in World War I to almost a journalist a week being killed in the last two decades, Under Fire weaves together portraits, battlefield accounts and combat footage to reveal what the reporters see, think and feel. At Denver FilmCenter/Colfax. — Denver Film Society THE FAIRY

Starting with the premise of an everydaylooking fairy and three wishes, these talented writers-directors-actors show circus-performer virtuosity in the magic balance between the deceptively simple and delightfully complex. At Boedecker Theater and Mayan. — Boedecker Theater FIRST POSITION Every year, thousands of aspiring dancers enter one of the world’s most prestigious ballet competitions, the Youth America Grand Prix, where lifelong dreams are at stake. Bess Kargman’s award-winning documentary and feature film debut, First Position, follows six young dancers as they prepare for a chance to enter the world of professional ballet. At Denver FilmCenter/Colfax. — Denver Film Society GOD BLESS AMERICA

Frank (Joel Murray) has had enough of the downward spiral of American culture, which he sees as overrun with cruelty, stupidity and intolerance. Divorced, recently fired, and possibly terminally ill, Frank truly has nothing left to live for. But instead of taking his own life, he buys a gun and decides to take out his frustra-

In the post-apocalyptic ruins of North America, a teenage girl competes in a nationally televised battle to the death against 23 of her peers. Rated PG-13. At Colony Square. — Los Angeles Times/ MCT THE INTOUCHABLES The Intouchables, by French writer/directors Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano, is the inspiring true story of two men who should never have met — a quadriplegic aristocrat who was injured in a paragliding accident and a young man from the projects. After Driss (Omar Sy, César Award winner for Best Actor) is hired as caretaker for Philippe (François Cluzet, Tell No One), they learn that sometimes you have to reach into someone else’s world to find what’s missing in your own. At Mayan. — Landmark Theatres MADAGASCAR 3: EUROPE’S MOST WANTED 3D

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By 1939, 30,000 Jewish intellectuals and radicals were exiled from Europe by the Third Reich. Scores of émigrés fled to Los

Angeles and Hollywood, briefly transforming Southern California into one of the capitals of world culture, altering the horizons of American music, literature and the arts. At Boedecker Theater. — Boedecker Theater SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN When Snow White (Kristen Stewart) escapes imprisonment by the wicked queen (Charlize Theron), she is chased down by the Huntsman (Chris Hemsworth), which turns out to be a pretty good thing. Featuring most of the same characters and general plot points as the beloved classic story, this retelling slaps a coat of gritty seriousness on the whole affair, resulting in a visually thrilling if overly simple experience. Rated PG-13. At Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks. — The Reader of Omaha, Neb. WE HAVE A POPE

Nanni Moretti (The Son’s Room, Caro Diario) joins forces with the great French actor Michel Piccoli (Contempt, Belle de Jour) to tell the story of Melville, a cardinal who suddenly finds himself elected as the next Pope. Never the front runner and completely caught off guard, he panics as he’s presented to the faithful in St. Peter’s Sqare. To prevent a worldwide crisis, the Vatican’s spokesman calls in an unlikely psychiatrist. Playing at Chez Artiste. — Landmark Theatres WHALEDREAMERS

Julian Lennon co-produced this chronicle of tribal elders from around the world gathering in Australia to celebrate their spiritual relationships with nature, especially the Mirning people’s relationship with whales. At Boedecker Theater. — Boedecker Theater WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU’RE EXPECTING The book What to Expect When You’re Expecting is approaching 30 — about time to start bearing its own offspring, though the disjointed high drama of this film may not exactly make a parent proud. The ensemble cast that includes every available face from Jennifer Lopez to Chris Rock leads to heavy-handed dramatics panning in an overall sitcommy film. Rated PG-13. At Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks. WHERE DO WE GO NOW? Set in a remote village where a Christian church and Muslim mosque stand side by side, director/co-writer/actress Nadine Labaki’s (Caramel) ironically humorous drama follows the antics of the town’s women to keep their blowhard men from starting a religious war. At Chez Artiste. — Landmark Theatres WHERE THE YELLOWSTONE GOES

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skar Blues signs a letter of intent to build a restaurant in Boulder’s Depot Square development, while at the same time announcing plans to build a new facility across the country in North Carolina. Dry Dock Brewing announces expansion to a new building in Aurora that will increase production to try to keep up with demand. Odell Brewing Company in Fort Collins announces plans for a $7 million expansion to more than double output. Drown away memories of any Great Recession and lift a glass to the craft brewing industry, a taste of success against the backdrop of a floundering economy. By all accounts, the craft beer industry is growing — with no signs of slowing down soon. For a state like Colorado at the creative epicenter of the craft-brewing universe, see BEER Page 42

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that can only mean more of a good thing for consumers and brewers alike. Most of those currently involved in the craft brewing industry agree that more heady times are to come, if brewers can evolve while avoiding some of the mistakes of their larger predecessors, who may have slowly sacrificed taste for profits and siphoned capital away from the very communities where their products were consumed. “I really believe this is the tip of the iceberg,” says Steve Kurowski, marketing director for the Colorado Brewers Guild. “Once people buy into craft beer, it’s so hard for them to go back to a domestic or imported beer. There’s so much more behind the craft beer. There’s community in that beer.” Like the television broadcasting world, where the slow breakup of the big three television networks allowed for incredible nuance and specificity to become injected into the standard programming palette, the American beer industry is finally emerging from more than a century of uniformity of taste. Driven by independent, consciousminded brewers, the future of the industry now seems to rely on giving individual consumers a breadth of locally made concoctions to lubricate neighborhood conversations that contribute to the overall health of the community. Kurowski likens it to the concept of coffee shops, a nascent idea two decades ago. “These breweries really become a place of commune. They know who brews their beer, they know who serves their beer,” Kurowski says. “The coffee shop concept was nearly unknown 15-20 years ago. Coffee shops are popular in the morning; I see those same community conversations carrying over to the afternoon brewpub.” Craft beer has been a jobs creator in the state and an economic engine within an entire domestic beer industry that has remained relatively stagnant during the recent recession.

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According to statistics compiled by the Colorado Brewers Guild, the Brewers Association and the Colorado Liquor Enforcement Division, as of early May 2012 Colorado had 139 licensed craft breweries, with 75 more in the planning stages. Colorado ranks second in the most breweries by state, and third in breweries per capita, robust numbers that indicate we have an insatiable thirst for independently made suds. “The beer industry is booming in the state of Colorado,” says Courtney Cobb, co-producer of the documentary Beer Culture, a film that follows the craft industry’s rise in Colorado. As such, Cobb has worked with local brewers as well as those strengthening their presence on the national scene to gain insight into the longevity the craft market is capable of carving out. Despite an industry that grew 13 percent nationwide by volume in 2011 and pumped an estimated $446 million into the Colorado economy, insiders still see the glass as half-full. “Curiosity right now is helping to drive the industry. There are so many more potential craft beer drinkers out there — 90 percent of the population who can be turned on to craft beer,” Cobb says. “The way the beer industry looks at it, if more people are making good beer, there’s a higher chance that people will turn to craft beer.” Some of that good beer was on hand at the 3rd Annual Boulder SourFest, held June 2 at Avery Brewing Company, where brewers from around the country showed off their best sour beer offerings — a niche within a niche that is growing exponentially in its own right. Sour beers are named for their pucker effect, brought on from a barrel-aging process that might incorporate a host of different flavors, including fruits such as sour pie cherries, peaches or even the lychee fruit native to Southeast Asia. The enthusiasm for this style of craft beer showed in ticket sales, as the event

sold out in a matter of minutes. Attendee Ron Gansberg, head brewer at Cascade Brewing in Portland, where he is parked on the leading edge of that region’s burgeoning beer scene, conveyed his feelings about Colorado’s role in the community of craft brewers. “Colorado is the crossroads of craft beer in America. The [Front Range], with events like this and the Great American Beer Festival — where the latest and greatest in brewing can crosspollinate ideas — is like having the Silk Road and the Spice Route converging within the state,” Gansberg says. Colorado has favorable state laws regarding breweries, with our independent liquor store network and ability for brewers to sell directly to their consumers, creating a host of possibilities for those plying their brewed wares. Despite high taxes and strict regulation, a creative spark seems to flow among those in the craft-beer industry. There appears to be more of a willingness to support rather than intensely compete. Brewers have been known to share equipment, ingredients and, at times, expertise to help out their fellow brethren in need. Other states are following Colorado’s creative lead to forge ahead with their own community of brewers. Charles Stanley, marketing manager at Upland Brewing Co. in Bloomington, Ind., says that sense of independence, hard work and family-like camaraderie is what makes him upbeat about the future of the industry. Also at Avery for SourFest, Stanley described the benefits of competing for a large segment of the beer-drinking population that hasn’t been turned on to the merits of craftbrewed creations. “People are recognizing that it’s a real area of innovation and job development, so we’re getting a lot of popular support,” says Stanley, adding that he welcomes the entry of more entrepreneurs to the brewing scene. “We’re all working to build the market share of craft beer. With each new brewery that

opens we’re converting more people to craft beer and growing the market.” When will these heady times begin to give way to a feeling that the froth may fall flat? Looking at the data and listening to those in the industry, any thoughts of a bubble are beyond the horizon for contemporary craft brewers. “Right now, craft beer is growing so much we can accommodate additional craft breweries,” Stanley says. “One day perhaps we’ll reach a point of market saturation and there will be some competition. But for now, we’re a pretty happy family.” For Cascade’s Gansberg, keeping a separation between the artisans and the corporatists is a key to further growth and creativity. “As long as brewers can maintain a level of economy away from the financial and sales aspect then I think this camaraderie will continue,” Gansberg says. Despite the number of brewers continuing to grow at such a rapid pace, Kurowski and the Brewers Guild see a market large enough for all to thrive. “If our industry can grow from 5 to 6 percent, or from 6 to 7 percent, that’s a lot of business, that’s a lot of jobs, that’s a lot of beer. And if we someday can get to 10 percent of market share nationwide, we will have done amazing things as far as job creation and economic stimulation,” Kurowski says, giving no hint of doubt that current trends will continue to push the industry upward. “If you can brew a good beer, you can make a living as a brewer in Colorado.” If you don’t believe the current crop of craft brewers, listen to a former brewpub owner give a politician’s view. As Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper states in the opening of the Beer Culture film, “Craft beer is the perfect metaphor for the American Dream.” Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com

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or my money, the key predictor of the success of a brunch outing comes with the first sip of house java. My bleary-eyed pal Cyn and I had just blown into Lyons, ensconced ourselves in a corner table at the Lyons Fork, and requested coffee first thing out of the gate. The joe on our tongues was telling — it was an assertive, hearty brew made from Silver Canyon beans, swiftly delivered by our friendly but not overly familiar server. Individual pitchers of cream placed in front of us were evidence of this spot’s eye for detail. The feel here is unquestionably hospitable, accented by vibrant folk art and a cheerfully rustic feel. The sturdy historic building exudes a mountain town by way of the Wild West vibe. We observed a mix of customers that included couples, families with young children, and an adult son taking Mom out for a Sunday jaunt. Unsurprisingly, the weekend-only brunch menu features standards like egg breakfasts and a smoked salmon plate with a toasted English muffin rather than a bagel. Lunch-centered options include a Colorado beef burger and a red leaf lettuce salad adorned with pickled fennel and goat cheese. The family-friendly vibe is reinforced by the fact that children under 10 have the option of ordering a $4 breakfast plate or a $3 grilled cheese with sauteed vegetables. We started by sharing a bowl of $6 curried shrimp and sweet potato bisque. When this thick soup arrived, it was heralded by a tantalizing aroma and attractively presented in a squarish bowl. While it could have been a tad hotter, this course nicely mingled the

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scents of curry and coconut against the canvas of sweet potato. The shrimp was more of a flavoring agent, as we didn’t detect any large shellfish morsels. We had a hard time deciding between the apple fritters and their savory cousin, anchored by zucchini and Haystack chevre. We went with the $7 veggie and cheese selection sided with a spunky lemon truffle aioli. Like the soup, this dish was a darn-near perfect balance of flavors, with the tangy cheese completing the mellower vegetable flavor. Garlic-freighted aioli added just the right measure of bite, and fresh-from-the-fryer crispness made for textural enjoyment, especially when contrasted with the subtly melted

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cheese. Cyn’s $9 griddled French toast came garnished with plenty of toasted almonds. An apple compote topping was surprisingly complex, with hints of honeyed but not too sweet vanilla play-

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Roman toast

hile it seems reasonable to assume that French toast originated in France, the first historic mentions of this dish originate with the Romans. The Apicius, a forerunner of the modern cookbook

produced either in the late 4th or early 5th century, contains a recipe for bread soaked in milk. This text also suggests the addition of eggs, and the name of this preparation translates to “another sweet dish.” Other

early recipes hail from England and Germany, and one guesses this was a common European preparation. Bread wasn’t available daily, and many dishes made use of this staple soaked in liquid.

ing off tart fruit. The hefty baguette slices were endearingly eggy, with sour cream providing an edgy counterpoint. The portion was ample, with enough for Cyn to take home. The $9 veggie omelet with Haystack cheese, mushrooms, green onion and sun-dried tomato also pulled off a winning melding of tastes. Granted, omelets are hard to screw up, but this one reminded me how most places don’t pay attention to the eggs’ consistency. Lyons Fork’s interpretation had a remarkably fluffy texture that made me suspect someone in the kitchen had a more than passing familiarity with classic French culinary techniques. Lyons Fork successfully combines all the right ingredients for a top-notch brunch experience. Fare that’s more gourmet than that of the diner, reasonable pricing, and a welcoming atmosphere all make for an experience worthy of a weekend jaunt to Lyons. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com

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Sommelier Melanie Kaman has been named wine director at Flagstaff House. Flagstaff’s new sommelier brings years of experience in the restaurant business and was certified by the International Wine Center in New York as a Specialist of Wine. At more than 12,000 bottles, the Flagstaff wine cellar would seem teeming with enough choices to go around, yet Kaman has set out immediately to put her stamp on the operation. “Right now, I’m expanding their Burgundy, Bordeaux and Italian selections, adding some excellent new rosés for summer and have just finished creating a new cocktail program,” Kaman says of the Flagstaff Mountain eatery. For more information, contact the Flagstaff House at 303-442-4640 or visit www.flagstaffhouse.com.

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Pica’s Mexican Taqueria is offering a special three-course dinner on Thursday, June 7, to unveil the flavor of a new menu item adapted from another region and tailored to lovers of swine and spice. El Milagro del Cerdo, or the Miracle of The Pig dinner, begins at 7 p.m., costs $40, and offers a glimpse into the slow-roasted and caramelized version of pork shoulder known in Korea as bo ssam. Executive Chef and owner Trent Davol has taken his love of New York City bo ssam miracle worker, Chef David Chang, and melded the goodness of the other white meat with Pica’s own Mexican offerings. Pica’s pig shoulder comes in a heap for everyone at the table to pick at, served alongside fresh condiments such as avocado corn relish, marinated cabbage and four different salsas. For a non-fussy way to indulge your porcine fantasies, check out Pica’s Mexican Taqueria at 5360 Arapahoe Avenue, #F. Call 303-444-2391 for more details.

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dhering to the ’50s eatery theme, the StarLite Diner and Lounge features burgers, sandwiches and pizza, as well as breakfast faves like French toast and Denver omelets. There’s also an assortment of ice cream treats, including milkshakes and hot fudge sundaes. New York pizza adherents will enjoy the thin-crusted pies, and burger fans will appreciate the reasonably priced grass-fed offering.

Udon Kaisha

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idden in a Lafayette strip mall, Udon Kaisha offers Japanese noodles and sushi of high quality at exceptional prices. Noodle items include thick udon, as well as more svelte ramen, available in a variety of broths. Sushi selections are simple, eschewing such exotica as sea urchin roe in favor of crowdpleasing staples like salmon and tuna. Can’tmiss selections include the $5 yellowtail and scallion sushi roll, as well as the shoyu (soy sauce) broth udon noodles.

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Comida Cantina

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ongmont’s Comida Cantina, the bricks-and-mortar spinoff of its namesake Mexican food truck, is a vibrant destination for South of the Border street food. Diners can choose from a number of gorditas, tostadas and tacos served in the traditional street style. Top choices include the pork, slowcooked in Stella Artois beer; toothsome arrachera, a take on carne asada; and the hefty chorizo gordita.

The Louisville Rex 817 Main St., Louisville 303-666-6224

ne of the main attractions of The Louisville Rex is its expansive yet comfortable rooftop deck. This spot is reminiscent of a warm-weather resort spot and makes for either a fine staycation venue or just a place to knock back a few with friends after work. The bar food classics are another strong suit, and these include Buffalo chicken wings and a decidedly guilty pleasure, fried pickles.

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ation that originated in Alabama. It spotlights sandwiches and platters featuring such classic choices as brisket, pulled pork, hot links and fried catfish. One of the top choices is a platter of falling-off-the-bone ribs with bright fried green tomatoes and creamy banana pudding to finish.

Royal Clay Oven

5290 Arapahoe Road, Unit B, Boulder 303-444-1626

ocated in East Boulder on Arapahoe, the Royal Clay Oven dishes out a reasonably priced lunch buffet with an emphasis on freshness and service. The lime-marinated tandoori chicken has a lively citrus undertone, and vindi masala, spiced okra, has a pleasant crisp-tender consistency. The staff constantly replenishes such items as the hearty potato-filled samosa, ensuring that diners enjoy fare fresh from the oven.

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218 Coffman St., Longmont 303-772-6954

ombining a hospitable, homey, Key West feel with a menu of fresh seafood prepared in the manner of the Caribbean, Mexico and New Orleans, Longmont’s Tortugas is an easy winner. Noteworthy dishes include the Creole BBQ shrimp appetizer wrapped in bacon, and the bright-tasting shrimp Mojo, with a Cuban citrus, garlic and olive oil sauce. Chocolate bourbon bread pudding is an exquisite dessert, among the best endings available locally.

SALT Bistro

1047 Pearl St., Boulder 303-444-SALT

owntown Boulder’s SALT Bistro, one of the newest entrants in the affordable midday meal sweepstakes, now serves a “farm-to-table” lunch for $9. Favored choices include the Reuben, made with pork belly instead of corned beef. The meatless eater will favor the quinoa and chickpea fritters. Preferred sides include

Jai Ho Indian Kitchen, Bar and Lounge 1915 28th St. Boulder 303-444-5151

ai Ho, the Boulder spinoff of a popular Aurora restaurant, offers an intriguing blend of Northern and Southern Indian food, ranging from street-style eats to the ubiquitous lunchtime buffet. The buffet offers a fine opportunity to appreciate the skilled spicing of such dishes as the creamy chicken Tikka Masala and its fiery chile-based relation, Vindaloo. The dosa, a crisp, cylindrical crepe, is also a winner, featuring hefty veggie stuffing and subtle sourdough tang.

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808 Main St. Louisville 303-666-6499 Outdoor patio ocated smack dab in the middle of downtown Louisville, Zucca Italian Ristorante boasts an inviting ambience balancing the rustic with a subtle but unmistakable European flair. The same can also be said of the menu, which ranges from old standbys like comforting spaghetti and meatballs to more elevated selections like seafood cannelloni and rack of lamb. Can’t-miss items include the fried calamari starter, garnished with pickled peppers and fresh tomato, and the arugula salad, a combination of greens, gorgonzola and apple.

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an’s Chinese Cuisine, situated in a Niwot strip mall near a sheriff ’s office substation, serves up dishes free of MSG, as well as gluten-free choices. Outside of that, the reasonably priced lunch bill of fare is a ChineseAmerican hall of fame, spotlighting classic, time-tested chestnuts like chow mein, Szechuan beef and vegetarian Buddha’s Delight. Top menu choices include flavorful Mongolian beef garnished with expertly stir-fried pepper and onion, as well as the fresh-tasting Grand Marnier shrimp.

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Diamonds are symbols of elegant beauty, which is why they’re often used in jewelry. But 80 percent of the world’s diamonds have a more utilitarian function. Because they’re so hard and have such high thermal conductivity, they are used extensively as cutting, grinding, and polishing tools, and have several other industrial applications. Now let’s apply this 20/80 proportion to you, Taurus. Of your talents and abilities, no more than 20 percent need be on display. The rest is consumed in the diligent detail work that goes on in the background — the cutting, grinding, and polishing you do to make yourself as valuable as a diamond. In the coming week, this will be a good meditation for you.

GEMINI

MAY 21-JUNE 20:

The pain you will feel in the coming week will be in direct proportion to the love you suppress and withhold. So if you let your love flow as freely as a mountain spring in a rainstorm, you may not have to deal with any pain at all. What’s that you say? You claim that being strategic about how you express your affection gives you strength and protection? Maybe that’s true on other occasions, but it’s not applicable now. “Unconditional” and “uninhibited” are your words of power.

CANCER

JUNE 21-JULY 22:

What actions best embody the virtue of courage? Fighting on the battlefield as a soldier? Speaking out against corruption and injustice? Climbing a treacherous peak or riding a raft through rough river water? Certainly all those qualify. But French architect Fernand Pouillon had another perspective. He said, “Courage lies in being oneself, in showing complete independence, in loving what one loves, in discovering the deep roots of one’s feelings.” That’s exactly the nature of the bravery you are best able to draw on right now, Cancerian. So please do draw on it in abundance.

LEO

JULY 23-AUG. 22:

In his book The Four Insights, author Alberto Villoldo tells the following story: “A traveler comes across two stonecutters. He asks the first, ‘What are you doing?’ and receives the reply, ‘Squaring the stone.’ He then walks over to the second stonecutter and asks, ‘What are you doing?’ and receives the reply, ‘I am building a cathedral.’ In other words, both men are performing the same task, but one of them is aware that he has the choice to be part of a greater dream.” By my astrological reckoning, Leo, it’s quite important for you to be like that second stonecutter in the months ahead. I suggest you start now to ensure that outcome.

VIRGO

Harpo Marx was part of the famous Marx Brothers comedy team that made 13 movies. He was known as the silent one. While in his character’s persona, he never spoke, but only communicated through pantomime and by whistling, blowing a horn, or playing the harp. In real life, he could talk just fine. He traced the origin of his shtick to an early theatrical performance he had done. A review of the show said that he “performed beautiful pantomime which was ruined whenever he spoke.” So in other words, Harpo’s successful career was shaped in part by the inspiration he drew from a critic. I invite you to make a similar move, Virgo: Capitalize on some negative feedback or odd mirroring you’ve received.

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In addition to being an accomplished astrophysicist and philosopher, Arthur Eddington (1882-1944) possessed mad math skills. Legend has it that he was one of only three people on the planet who actually comprehended Einstein’s Theory of Relativity. That’s a small level of appreciation for such an important set of ideas, isn’t it? On the other hand, most people I know would be happy if there were as many as three humans in the world who truly understood them. In accordance with the astrological omens, I suggest you make that one of your projects in the next 12 months: to do whatever you can to ensure there are at least three people who have a detailed comprehension of and appreciation for who you really are.

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Yesterday the sun was shining at the same time it was raining, and my mind turned to you. Today I felt a surge of tenderness for a friend who has been making me angry, and again I thought of you. Tomorrow maybe I will sing sad songs when I’m cheerful, and go for a long walk when I’m feeling profoundly lazy. Those events, too, would remind me of you. Why? Because you’ve been experimenting with the magic of contradictions lately. You’ve been mixing and matching with abandon, going up and down at the same time, and exploring the pleasures of changing your mind. I’m even tempted to speculate that you’ve been increasing your ability to abide with paradox. Keep up the good work. I’m sure it’s a bit weird at times, but it’ll ultimately make you even smarter than you already are.

CAPRICORN

DEC. 22-JAN. 19:

Be on the alert for valuable mistakes you could capitalize on. Keep scanning the peripheries for evidence that seems out of place; it might be useful. Do you see what I’m driving at, Capricorn? Accidental revelations could spark good ideas. Garbled communication might show you the way to desirable detours. Chance meetings might initiate conversations that will last a long time. Are you catching my drift? Follow any lead that seems witchy or itchy. Be ready to muscle your way in through doors that are suddenly open just a crack.

AQUARIUS

JAN. 20-FEB. 18:

An article in the Weekly World News reported on tourists who toast marshmallows while sitting on the rims of active volcanoes. As fun as this practice might be, however, it can expose those who do it to molten lava, suffocating ash, and showers of burning rocks. So I wouldn’t recommend it to you, Aquarius. But I do encourage you to try some equally boisterous but less hazardous adventures. The coming months will be prime time for you to get highly imaginative in your approach to exploration, amusement, and pushing beyond your previous limits. Why not get started now?

PISCES

FEB. 19-MARCH 20:

According to my reading of the astrological omens, you would be smart to get yourself a new fertility symbol. Not because I think you should encourage or seek out a literal pregnancy. Rather, I’d like to see you cultivate a more aggressively playful relationship with your creativity — energize it on deep unconscious levels so it will spill out into your daily routine and tincture everything you do. If you suspect my proposal has some merit, be on the lookout for a talisman, totem, or toy that fecundates your imagination.

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