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news & views You work too hard / 6 The U.S. lags behind when it comes to paid vacation time

by Pamela White The silent jobless / 6 A glimpse of who the unemployed are and why they have no power

by Robert B. Reich On the cover: Catastrophe Boulder County / 14 What natural disasters might we face?

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Arts & Culture: Comedians review reels of forgotten treasure / 27 Overtones: From desert soirees to swanksville / 28 Overtones: Raging the Cajun back where it all started / 29 Panorama: What to do and where to go / 31 Sophisticated Sex: The intricacies of intimacy / 41 Elevation: Boulder’s cutting-edge bike park set to open / 43 Cuisine: Boulder gets fresh take on vending / 46 Cuisine Review: Ted’s Montana Grill / 47 Dessert Diva: Strawberry Walnut Pie / 48 Screen: X-Men: First Class; Hesher / 53 Reel 2 Reel: Pick your flick / 54

departments Letters: Protect dispensaries; Rent control isn’t the answer / 5 The Highroad: Alec’s legislative bawdy house / 5 In Case You Missed It: No dog for you; Xcel’s end run; Loss of a Ledger / 10 News Briefs: Sleep with the homeless; Creek Fest up for bid / 11 Boulderganic: Degrading biodegradable products / 19 Classifieds: Your community resource / 58 Free Will Astrology: by Rob Brezsny / 61

staff Publisher, Stewart Sallo Editor, Pamela White Director of Sales & Marketing, Dave Grimsland Director of Operations/Controller, Benecia Beyer Circulation Manager, Cal Winn Editorial Managing Editor, Jefferson Dodge Arts & Entertainment Editor, David Accomazzo Special Editions/Calendar Editor, Katherine Creel Online Editor, Quibian Salazar-Moreno Editorial Interns, Eli BooninVail, Sara Kassabian, Mindy Rappoport, Sarah Simmons Contributing Writers, Peter Alexander, Rob Brezsny, Chris Callaway, Paul Danish, James Dziezynski, Clay Fong, Jim Hightower, Dave Kirby, Elizabeth Miller, P.J. Nutting, Brian Palmer, Adam Perry, Danette Randall, Alan Sculley, Isaac Woods Stokes, Marisa Aragón Ware, Tom Winter, Gary Zeidner Sales Retail Sales Manager, Allen Carmichael Inside Sales Manager, Jay Jacoby Account Executives, Andrea Craven, Mike Cutler, David Hasson Production Production Manager, Dave Kirby Art Director, Susan France Graphic Designer, Mark Goodman Marketing Manager & Heiress, Julia Sallo Office Manager/Advertising Assistant, David Hamlin Circulation Team Dave Hastie, Dan Hill, George LaRoe, Jeffrey Lohrius, Elizabeth Ouslie, Rick Slama 11-Year-Old, Mia Rose Sallo June 9, 2011 Volume XVIII, Number 44 As Boulder County's only independently owned newspaper, Boulder Weekly is dedicated to illuminating truth, advancing justice and protecting the First Amendment through ethical, no-holds-barred journalism and thought-provoking opinion writing. Free every Thursday since 1993, the Weekly also offers the county's most comprehensive arts and entertainment coverage. Read the print version, or visit www.boulderweekly.com. Boulder Weekly does not accept unsolicited editorial submissions. If you're interested in writing for the paper, please send queries to: editorial@boulderweekly.com. Any materials sent to Boulder Weekly become the property of the newspaper.

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Fight to protect dispensaries (Re: “Seed-to-sale surveillance,” cover story, June 2.) Hopefully, everyone who saw the barcode on the picture of a cannabis leaf on the front of the Boulder Weekly realized that something has gone terribly wrong in Colorado. The purpose of Colorado’s medical marijuana amendment was to allow sick and dying people the opportunity to use cannabis without fear of law enforcement reprisal.

However, it seems the opposite is becoming true, and patients have become targets for barcodes tracked by law enforcement.

The Colorado Department of Revenue will indeed be tracking every gram and seed through their massive Patient and Medicine Tracking Database and Surveillance System. The PMTDSS requires surveillance cameras in every MMC that law enforcement, including the DEA, can have direct access to through the Internet in real time on demand. Additionally, law enforcement is allowed to search MMCs at any time, without a warrant or probable cause.

HB 1043, which was just signed by the governor, explicitly removes all constitutional protection from MMCs. The state is creating an entirely new database of patient purchases in the PMTDSS, forcing patients to surrender their confidentiality to shop at an MMC. Patients’ rights to use a private caregiver instead of an MMC have also been destroyed by the

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legislature, leaving patients no options that don’t involve the police.

Attorney Jeff Gard is wrong that Colorado’s medical marijuana amendment did not “grant the right to sell.” The Constitution clearly states that “acquisition, possession, manufacture, production,

The Highroad

o you know Alec? You probably do, even though you never heard of it.

Yes, “it.” Not a person, ALEC is the acronym for a secretive, corporate-funded, state policy front group: American Legislative Exchange Council. ALEC’s “exchange” is very straightforward — it takes about $6 million a year from corporate powers in exchange for linking them directly to hundreds of right-wing state legislators. Like a speed-dating service, ALEC convenes two- to three-dozen private confabs each year, putting corporate executives face to face with lawmakers. In these closed-door sessions, the special needs of corporations are matched with eager-toplease legislators who go back home to push the corporate agenda into state law.

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use, sale, distribution, dispensing, or transportation” of marijuana for medical purposes are legal. Dozens of dispensaries operated here legally since at least 2005 without a single prosecution. Attorney General John Suthers actually issued a memo in 2009 saying dispensaries had to

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by Jim Hightower against abusive corporations, privatize public schools, reduce corporate income taxes while raising taxes on retirees, and otherwise advance extremist, specialinterest notions that go against the public will and the common good — chances are you have lawmakers who’re carrying bills handed to them in one of ALEC’s backroom tête-á-têtes.

The organization brags that it has some 2,000 state legislators on its membership rolls and that

pay sales tax. If these businesses were illegal in 2009, why didn’t he have them shut down? Instead, he told them to pay taxes.

But Gard and many others have fallen for the law enforcement trickery that see LETTERS Page 9

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members introduce about 1,000 ALEC bills each legislative session, passing about 200 of them a year.

ALEC’s insidious agenda is driven by a “private enterprise board” made up of such giants as AT&T, ExxonMobil, Koch Industries, Pfizer and Walmart.

Meanwhile, don’t bother asking ALEC for a list of the legislators who play in its corporate bawdy house. That’s a secret, it says. But it’s only kept secret from you. The corporate powers know all of ALEC’s members intimately. Is your own legislator one of them? Ask him or her — and see if they have the integrity to blush.

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by Pamela White

f you’re lucky enough to be born in a developed country, you’re looking at an average life expectancy of roughly 75 years. What are you going to do with those

years?

If you’re an American, chances are you’re going to spend most of them working. From flipping burgers as a teenager to greeting customers at Walmart past retirement age, you’re going to spend about 52 years of your life as an employee, reporting to work at an appointed time, doing what you’re instructed to do and living for the weekend — if you’re lucky enough to have weekends off.

Many of you will have benefits associated with your job — the result of gains made by the labor movement many years ago. A standard benefits package in the United States might include two weeks of paid vacation a year. So, if you work full time, you’re going to spend roughly 2,000 hours a year at work. That’s about 100,000 working hours in the course of your lifetime — if you don’t work overtime.

That’s significantly more hours than the average European spends at work.

In Europe, five to seven weeks of paid vacation each year is not unusual. My sister, now a Swedish citizen, gets seven weeks of paid vacation.

Unlike Americans, who seem to live to work, Europeans work to live.

That’s the finding of the Parisbased Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, which studied the work-life balance achieved in 34 countries around the world. Using indicators such as time devoted to personal activities, the employment rate of mothers with children ages 6 to 14, and the number of employees working more than 50 hours per week, the OECD tried to gauge the well-being of workers as part of its Better Life Initiative.

According to the OECD, Americans work more hours and longer days than the average, enjoying less time for personal activities and self-care — and significantly fewer days off. The United States didn’t even make the top 10 when it comes to work-life balance.

Here are the nations that did, in order: Denmark, Norway, Netherlands, Finland, Belgium, Switzerland, Sweden, Germany, Portugal and France.

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recently rated No. 1 worldwide in terms of the happiness of its people. And in Denmark, work-life balance is an important part of the political discussion. While Americans waste time fighting about medieval social issues — abortion rights, gay rights, health care rights — Denmark has taken the discussion to a much higher level, working to ensure that people get a chance to live their lives. But what do you expect from a country that has a ministry for gender equality, not to mention a ministry for families?

Work-life balance falls to the Families Ministry, headed at the moment by Carina Christensen, who recently spoke with the BBC about the social shift under way designed to accommodate “B-people” — those who function better late in the day and not in the morning. Companies and schools are developing options for employees and students who just can’t wake up in the morning in an effort to ensure that working and going to school are userfriendly.

“Some people might think you’re lazy,” Christensen told the BBC. “But it’s more than that. It’s a 24/7 society.

Our institutions have got to move with the times.”

Not coincidentally, Danes were rated the happiest people in the world by a separate survey.

Try to imagine the losers in Congress pausing between fundraising, extramarital affairs and sexting to debate quality-of-life issues like a mandatory minimum of four weeks of vacation per year for full-time workers or 24-hour workdays divided between A-people teams and B-people teams.

We can’t even agree that health care is a right, much less vacation time.

It took forever just to convince the Boulder Valley School District that teenagers shouldn’t start school at 7:30 a.m., despite overwhelming scientific evidence showing that teenage brains just don’t function at that time of day.

Fighting for more vacation time might seem petty to Americans in this economy. Many workers feel lucky just to have jobs. But the benefits of balancing life and work are enormous — decreased stress, better health, lower obesity rates and a better overall sense see WORK Page 8

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The silent jobless

by Robert B. Reich

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obs are slowly coming back, but that’s small comfort to more than 13 million Americans who remain unemployed. For every current job opening, four people are still looking for a job. Many others have given up even trying to find work.

The American economy is trapped in a vicious cycle. Those who are unemployed can’t afford to buy much more than bare necessities, while people who are working are getting skimpier paychecks. This means consumers don’t have much purchasing power, which has made companies reluctant to hire more employees or raise the wages of those they have. (Big companies are enjoying high profits these days, but the profits are coming largely from their foreign sales.)

You’d think the American public would be demanding government action: a new WPA for the long-term unemployed, a second stimulus to make up for the shortfall in purchasing power, stronger safety nets. But we’re not hearing much clamor for any of this. One reason is that those who remain unemployed have little or no political clout.

Who are they?

Women who lost their jobs are having a harder time getting back to work than men. Men took a bigger hit during the recession because industries that employ lots of men — manufacturing, transportation and construction — got whacked early in the downturn.

Construction is still in the doldrums, but manufacturing and transportation have picked up, so men are starting to be rehired.

But women who fill the ranks of teachers, public health professionals and

social workers are in bad shape. These jobs continue to be slashed by state and local governments. Public schools alone accounted for nearly 40 percent of the nation’s total public sector job losses in the last year. From March 2010 to March 2011, women lost 214,000 public sector jobs, compared with a loss of 115,000 public jobs by men. Women also tend to be real estate agents, appraisers and home decorators. Because the housing market is still in the dumps and home sales continue to drop across the country, these jobs are also in short supply and are unlikely to come back anytime soon.

Unmarried mothers are having a particularly difficult time getting back jobs because their work was heavily concentrated in the retail, restaurant and hotel sectors. Many of these jobs disappeared when consumers reduced their discretionary spending, and they won’t come back in force until consumers start spending more again. According to a new report by the California Budget Project, the recession erased more than half the jobs single mothers in California had gained from 1992 to 2002. The result has been a drop in the share of unmarried mothers in jobs, from 69.2 percent in 2007 to 58.8 percent in 2010.

Unmarried mothers who still have jobs are working fewer hours per week than before.

In California, as elsewhere in the country, blacks continue to be hard-hit.

Their unemployment rate in the state reached 20 percent in March, up 5 percent from the year before. That’s more than double their rate before the downsee JOBLESS Page 8

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turn. Some of this is because of the comparatively low education levels of many blacks and their weak connections to the labor market. Some is due to employer discrimination. Blacks were among the last hired before the recession and therefore among the first to be let go in the downturn. That means they’ll be among the last hired as the economy recovers.

The ranks of the unemployed also include many young people who have never been in the job market and are unable to land a first job. Employers who have their pick of applicants see no reason to hire someone without a track record, particularly those without much education. Unemployment among high school dropouts is hovering around 30 percent. Even recent college graduates are having a much harder time than usual finding a job. Many are settling for jobs that don’t ordinarily require college degrees, which pushes those with less education even further back in the line.

Another group in trouble are those who have been out of work for six months or longer. Employers seem to assume they aren’t as qualified or reliable as those who have been working more recently. Some employers will only consider applicants currently employed else-

where. Older workers who have lost their jobs are at the greatest risk of continued unemployment. According to research by the Urban Institute, once you’re laid off, your chance of finding another job within a year is 36 percent if you’re under the age of 34. But your odds drop the older you get. If you’re jobless and in your 50s, your chance of landing another job within the year is only 24 percent. Over 62, you’ve got only an 18 percent chance.

What do those who are jobless have in common? They lack the political connections and organizations that would otherwise demand policies to spur job growth. There’s no National Association of Unemployed People with a platoon of Washington lobbyists and a war chest of potential campaign contributions to get the attention of politicians.

As a result, too many are likely to remain unemployed for months, if not years. That’s bad news, not only for them but for America.

Robert B. Reich is a professor of public policy at UC Berkeley and former U.S. secretary of labor. His most recent book is Aftershock: The Next Economy and America’s Future. He wrote this for the Los Angeles Times. (c) 2011, Los Angeles Times.

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recognizes that you’re a person with a life, not just an employee with a job.

How we spend the precious hours of our lives ought to be of primary concern to each and every one of us, because, in the end, the days of our lives are the only thing we truly own.

How many of us will lie on our deathbeds thinking, “I wish I’d spent more time at the office”?

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“I will regret for the rest of my life the pain and the harm that I’ve caused to others. But I did not break the law.”

—Former Sen. John Edwards, who pleaded not guilty to charges of violating campaign-finance laws and denies using campaign funds to keep an extramarital affair secret in 2008 “Our demand was to overthrow the regime. We haven’t reached that yet, but we have decapitated it.”

—Yemeni protester Waheed Ahmed, hailing Yemen President Ali Abdullah Saleh’s departure from the country after being injured in a June 3 rocket attack “Unfortunately, even today there are still many Muslim women who are ignorant of their rights or culturally inhibited to exercise their rights in full.”

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convinced dispensaries that they “needed” regulation to become “legitimate.” The truth is that the state needed to create these new regulations so they could shut down the dispensaries that were legal under the Constitution.

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Rent control isn’t the answer (Re: “Rent control revisited,” In Case You Missed It, June 2.) Seriously? Rent control as a solution to the high cost of housing? That’s akin to taxing doctors to cure cancer. Why are landlords responsible for the high cost of housing? The Weekly is presuming that the landlords are gouging their tenants. Does it occur to the Weekly that those landlords paid dearly for their assets because of the higher rent levels they command? The fact is that in Boulder County housing development is constrained, and demand has exceeded the supply since the mid1970s. That’s when Boulder passed its greenbelt zoning designation constraining growth and then instituted the Danish Plan, severely limiting the number of annual residential building permits available. Unfortunately, there weren’t constraints on commercial development, so Boulder now has more jobs than residents. More than 60,000 commuters travel in and out of Boulder every day largely because they either cannot find adequate housing or cannot afford to live there. Boulder is an embarrassment to thoughtful and inclusive land planning.

Colorado grew by approximately 55,000 people from 2009 to 2010.

Boulder has doubled its population since the advent of the Danish Plan 35 years ago. Simple math indicates that it has grown approximately 2 to 3 percent per year. Rent control is a knee-jerk reaction to a supply problem. How does rent control deal with basic population growth?

Boulder and Boulder County are full of NIMBYs, and anti-growth sentiment is overwhelming. Their perspective is that it was OK for them to move here. Their mantra is “last in, shut the door behind you.” This attitude is the major element contributing to the high housing costs — not greedy landlords. Your publication seems more sophisticated than to buy into a bogus and unsustainable concept like rent control to address a serious issue like adequate, affordable housing.

If you want to solve the affordable housing problem, promote an across-theboard 1 percent transfer tax on all real estate sales (including commercial, because employers are actually the culprits in the problem) throughout Colorado, and then turn over the proBoulder Weekly

ceeds to the Housing Authorities to build more affordable housing. Now that’s a real solution to a very real social problem.

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Mountain biking? No dog for you If you wonder why many locals are opposed to unleashed dogs on trails, dog owners themselves often demonstrate why.

Take, for instance, the two douche bags who were riding mountain bikes on U.S. Forest Service Trail 925A this weekend with their unleashed springer spaniel.

The dog, which got ahead of its owner, jumped up on a horse and went after the horse’s legs, causing the frightened animal to buck off its rider.

The rider, a woman from Erie, was injured in the fall.

The dog’s irresponsible owner, who was riding with a buddy, went into CYA mode and not only failed to help the injured woman, but also refused to give her his name, leaving her to fend for herself on the trail.

It’s a canine hit-and-run — and that’s exactly how it should be treated.

Wherever these two men are, one should face criminal and civil penalties for failing to keep his animal under sight and voice control, as required by law, and for running away rather than staying at the scene of the accident.

The other should face penalties for being an accessory.

In the meantime, we should tweak our ordinances to ban mountain bikers from bringing dogs with them on their rides. There’s no way someone whose attention is on his ride can also pay sufficient heed to the behavior of his dog.

This much is certain: people who let dogs run off-leash are absolutely 100 percent responsible for the actions of their animals — and the painful consequences.

Ending Xcel’s end run Kudos to certain Boulder City Council members, like Macon Cowles and Lisa Morzel, who led the outcry this week against the idea of keeping negotiations and proposed agreements with Xcel confidential.

As they correctly assert, discussions about a deal on how Boulder is going to get its energy for the next two decades deserves full, thorough and open public airing, not a back-room pact made by staff and trotted out at the last minute for city council’s rubber stamp.

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in the private sector when business deals are being discussed. But when one of the parties is a public entity, it should become the public’s business, unless it meets one of the exceptions to the state’s public meetings and open records laws.

Yes, Xcel broke down and did the right thing a day or two later, releasing some of the details of its proposal in a press release, but its initial reaction was to meet privately with council members instead of speaking openly in a public meeting.

The concept of clean and renewable energy is near and dear to this community’s heart, and thankfully some of our elected representatives blew the whistle on this attempt at subterfuge.

Loss of a Ledger We were cruising Longmont recently and realized we couldn’t find the good ol’ Longmont Ledger. So we poked around a bit and found that — shocker — it had been discontinued.

This weekly newspaper was launched in 2009 by the Daily Camera as a way to insert itself into the territory of the Longmont Times-Call — and its advertisers. The word is that the Camera appropriated the Ledger name (from a previous newspaper that served Longmont for many years) after it was discovered that the Camera’s original choice, the Longmont Weekly, was already taken by, ahem, the Times-Call. As any good newspaper would, the Times-Call defended its turf with its own weekly rag, and an old-fashioned weekly newspaper war was on.

But now that the Camera and its corporate master, MediaNews Group, have swallowed up the Times-Call and its holdings, there was no need for both weeklies. So — poof! — they decided to axe the Ledger and keep the Longmont Weekly, where you can increasingly expect to find a lot of the same “shared” content that you read in the Denver Post, Daily Camera, Colorado Daily, Times-Call, Colorado Hometown News … shall we go on?

Don’t worry, you can still find original, distinctive content about your county in the independent publication you are now holding — or scrolling through online.

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Sleep with the homeless Saturday Local homeless advocacy group HOME (Homeless Organize for More Equality) is sponsoring its second public sleep-in on Saturday, June 11, to protest the city ordinance that bans public camping.

The public is invited to join with homeless people to sleep along Boulder Creek at Canyon and Broadway, west of the Municipal Building.

The group held a similar event in May 2010, and police did not ticket or disturb sleepers.

A potluck gathering is planned for 6 p.m., followed by a speakers circle at 7:30 p.m., and the sleepers bivouac at 8:30 p.m.

City puts Creek Fest up for bid The city of Boulder has put the management of the Boulder Creek Festival up for bid, as expected.

City officials had originally planned to issue a request for proposals (RFP) last fall, but awarded the contract for the 2011 Memorial Day weekend event to Boulder Creek Events, which has run the festival for more than a dozen years.

Boulder Creek Events and the city have been in a dispute for years about who actually owns the festival and its name. Chris Dailey, CEO of Boulder Creek Events, told Boulder Weekly last October that he was considering legal action against the city.

Meg Denbow, director of communications for Boulder Creek Events, declined to comment this week other than saying that the organization is still weighing its options.

Plan for old Camera site unveiled Karlin Real Estate has announced preliminary concept plans for EleventhandPearl, the former Daily Camera site located at the southwest corner of 11th and Pearl streets in Boulder.

According to a news release, the proposed development will be centered on the concept of “Wilderness City” — an idea that recognizes the importance of the relationship between Boulder’s undeveloped open space (wilderness) and the developed urban area (city), “a place where the totally wild meets the thoroughly urbanized.”

The proposed development will consist of 160,650 square feet of commercial space; 21,600 square feet of retail, and 139,000 square feet of office space. Building features include stateof-the-art automated parking and environmentally sustainable elements such as rooftop gardens and recycled and repurposed materials, according to the announcement.

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flybys, military vehicles, re-enactors and The Hot Tomatoes, a nine-piece 1940s big band that will be playing under the nose of a WWII Bomber.

The event will also feature an “Authentic Attire” costume contest, the crowning of the King and Queen of the Ball with Fox 31’s Dan Daru, a WWII parachute jump and re-enactment, Boulder Swing Dance, swing dancing lessons, plane rides and aerialists.

There will be a wine, champagne, beer and cocktail bar, and food will be available for purchase. KUNC’s Wendy

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For project updates and more information on the concept for the building, visit www.eleventhandpearl.com.

WWII Era Ball returns The third annual 1940s WWII Era Ball will be held at 6 p.m. on Saturday,

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Return of the road work Boulder’s infrastructure is getting a facelift this summer with construction projects to improve utilities infrastructure, resurface city roads and improve transit.

About 50 city streets will be undergoing routine resurfacing and maintenance. The projects are expected to affect daytime traffic, including some lane and road closures, as well as parking restrictions. Repairs to damaged sidewalks began this week, requiring occasional daytime lane closures, as well as limited impacts to sidewalks and bike lanes. Broadway, between Euclid and 18th Street, will have one lane in each direction for about two months due to improvements being made to the intersection. Water lines will be replaced on some main streets, causing traffic delays until November, and sanitary sewer improvements are scheduled through mid-July.

Check out the Cone Zones website (www.boulderconezones.net) to find out when specific roads and paths are closed for maintenance.

Film tour for Community Cycles New Belgium Brewery is putting a twist on Boulder Walk & Bike Month with its Clips of Faith Film Tour, happening June 24 from 7:30 to 11 p.m. in Central Park. Beer sales will benefit Community Cycles.

New Belgium is inviting the community to create films about anything, but brownie points will be given for footage that includes craft beer, sustainability and whimsy.

Visit www.clipsoffaith.com for more details. For more information about Walk & Bike Month, contact Sue Prant at 303-564-9681 or bikesue@gmail. com.

Sounds of summer The City of Boulder Parks and Recreation Department is bringing the Boulder Concert Band to city parks for free live music every Monday evening at 7 p.m from June 13 to Aug. 8. The first concert will be held at the Central Park Bandshell near Canyon and Broadway.

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In case of inclement weather, rain dates are the Tuesdays following the scheduled concert dates.

Boulder arts festival returns The fourth annual Boulder Festival of Arts will be showcasing local crafting talent at the 29th Street Mall June 25-26.

The fair’s hours are 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on that Saturday and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sunday. The free festival will feature a variety of mediums, including paintings, sculptures, glass, wood, jewelry, ceramics and photography. The artists are selected from hundreds of applicants based on the quality of the work and the originality of the method. All artwork will be for sale.

For more information, see www.artfestival.com or call 561-746-6615 Yoga and music event on tap The Hanuman Festival, a four-day yoga and music festival, will return to Boulder June 16-19.

The event brings together yoga communities from across the country for a celebration of Boulder’s commitment to healthy and sustainable eating and living, inspiring musical talent and exceptional yoga instruction.

A Saturday night benefit concert will support Off the Mat and Into the World (www.offthematintotheworld. org).

Festival tickets for yoga range from $35 to $1,499. Tickets for musical acts range from free to $40.

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Homeless forum set PLAN Boulder County will hold its June 10 Friday Forum on the topic, “Should Something Different Be Done in Boulder for the Homeless?”

Speaking at the event, which begins at noon in the Boulder Creek Room of the Boulder Public Library, will be City Attorney Tom Carr, former sheriff and Carriage House Community Table board member George Epp and Boulder Shelter for the Homeless Director Greg Harms.

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he plague outbreak in Boulder’s Mapleton Hill area reported last week seems to have run its course, according to county

officials.

But two confirmed cases of rabies in bats rolled in this week to take its place.

On June 3, Boulder County Public Health (BCPH) announced that a domestic cat and a dead squirrel tested positive for plague. The cat lived in the 2500 block of 6th Street, and the squirrel was found at 8th Street and Maxwell Avenue. Health officials posted signs around the neighborhood advising residents of the danger and listing precautionary measures to take.

Joe Malinowski, manager of the BCPH Environmental Health Division, said this week that a second dead squirrel tested positive for plague, but the cat was successfully treated for the disease.

There have been no other confirmed cases, he said, adding that he knows of no humans who have reported contracting symptoms of the plague, which include high fever, extreme fatigue and painful, swollen lymph nodes.

His office has, however, received a few calls from area residents reporting additional dead squirrels. But Malinowski said officials won’t test another squirrel unless two or more are found in the same location.

The same area got hit with a similar plague infestation in 2005, he said, but usually the disease targets prairie dogs, not squirrels. Malinowski added that the plague typically runs its course within a few days.

“It goes through the population pretty quickly,” he said.

Usually prairie dogs return to the empty burrows of a colony that has been wiped out, and the squirrel population on Mapleton Hill is expected to bounce back as well, he explained.

This is the first confirmed case of plague identified this season, but Boulder Weekly

Malinowski said it is common to have outbreaks each year.

Residents were advised to keep cats indoors, since they seem to be more susceptible to plague than dogs.

Officials suggest protecting pets with flea powder and keeping them on a leash and out of wild rodent habitats.

People entering wild rodent habitats should wear insect repellent and tuck their pants into socks to prevent flea bites. Long-handed shovels should be used to remove dead rodents, and they should be sealed in garbage bags and placed in garbage cans.

Asked what symptoms sick animals exhibit outwardly, Malinowski said plague is not like distemper, which can leave animals like raccoons acting lethargic and wobbly. Typically, he said, the plague acts so quickly that death comes fast.

“Usually, you don’t see them sick,” he said. “Usually, you find them dead.”

The two bats that tested positive for rabies prompted officials to remind Boulder residents to avoid any contact with the animals.

The first bat was found on June 2 in an entryway outside of Unit 1 at 845 20th St., and the second was found on June 3 outside the entrance to Clutter Consignment at 1909 9th St., according to a news release.

Rabies is a viral disease that targets the nervous system and is fatal unless it is caught and treated in time. Treatment for rabies exposure includes a regimen of five injections given in the arm over a period of 28 days.

Officials are urging Boulder residents to avoid touching any bat, and to seek medical care immediately if a pet or person has contact with a bat.

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WHAT NATURAL DISASTERS MIGHT WE FACE?

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been one hell of a spring. An earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis in Japan. Deadly tornadoes in Arkansas, Missouri and Massachusetts. Raging wildfires in Arizona and Texas. Floods from upstate New York to the Atchafalaya River Basin. And last month, The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) issued its 2011 hurricane season forecast, predicting an above-average season of storms.

These events seem far away to most of us living on the Front Range. But what kind of danger might we face? And what can we do to be prepared?

Boulder Weekly took up this issue, and what we found might contain a few surprises.

FLOODS

Likelihood: High

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ith annual precipitation averaging about 15 inches, Boulder seems more likely to suffer from drought than deluge. In 1894, however, a massive storm stalled over the foothills, dumping 60 hours of steady rain into an already swollen Boulder Creek. Parts of the town were transformed into islands. Present-day Canyon Boulevard was under 14 June 9, 2011

eight feet of water, and residents were cut off from the outside world for five days. (The city even suffered a temporary “beer famine” as water cut the town in half, leaving the local brewery on the wrong side.)

This was the infamous “100-year flood,” so far the only one on record for the city. And while no one died in that flood, if a similar event happened today, the outcome could be quite different. Extensive development — a large portion of it on the Boulder Creek flood plain — combined with a much larger population means that a flood of that magnitude today could cause not only millions of dollars in damage, but also great loss of life.

The term “100-year flood” is more accurately described as a “1 percent flood,” meaning that in any given year, there is a 1 percent chance of it occurring.

(The term 100-year flood comes from the fact that over a period of one hundred years, you would — statistically speaking — expect to see one such flood) And the conditions would have to be just right: unusually high runoff from the mountains, caused by high temperatures melting a deeper-than-average snowpack, combined with a heavy storm system over the foothills. That scenario is far from impossible.

But even if Boulder County dodges the bullet again on a 100-year flood, residents still face an everpresent risk this flood season. According to Merrie Leach, emergency management coordinator at the Boulder Office of Emergency Management, as little as six inches of water can knock an adult down, and 12 to 18 inches is enough to float a vehicle.

An added risk to this year’s flood outlook is the burn area left by the Fourmile fire. According to Leach, because there is little to no vegetation in this area, as few as 1.7 inches of rain in an hour could cause rapid flooding.

Given that flooding is a matter of when, not if, the best thing you can do to keep yourself safe is be aware. If you notice unusually heavy rainfall or rising creek levels, get inside and seek information, either from the radio or websites like Boulder OEM. In addition, know your way to higher ground and get there on foot — not in your car. In the 1976 Big Thompson flood, of the 143 people who died, many were trapped in their vehicles. see CATASTROPHE Page 15

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DROUGHT

Likelihood: High

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rought is no stranger to Boulder County, in part because the term can apply to so many different conditions. A drought can be as short as a few months or as long as a decade, and there are a variety of drought types, depending on what it affects. For example, according to Matt Kelsch, a hydrologist with the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, a “hydrologic drought” is one that affects residential, human consumption of water, while an “agricultural drought” is one that harms our local farms’ ability to grow crops. It’s also possible to have a human-induced drought, Kelsch says, “if we use more water than nature gives us.” And we could have overflowing mountain reservoirs and heavy snowpack to provide our Front Range cities with plenty of water, as we do this year, but still experience an agricultural drought on flatland farms after only a couple months of dry weather.

Climatologist Klaus Wolter of the University of Colorado and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says the last severe drought we had in parts of Colorado was between 1999 and 2002, a period that was followed by the devastating Hayman Fire. But that doesn’t necessarily mean drought always causes high fire danger, he adds.

“In the middle of a drought you could have low fire danger, if the humidity is high enough,” Wolter says.

One of the most severe droughts Colorado has seen was the Dust Bowl in the 1930s, which lasted about eight

years. Kelsch says that while tree-ring data shows periods of 10-year droughts, those are rare.

He adds that while storm tracks play a major role in causing droughts, they can be self-inflicted by humans, who have built cities, planted trees and lawns, raised livestock and started farms, all of which combine to absorb vast amounts of water. About 80 percent of the West’s water is used for agriculture, he says.

“We like to create environments that are moist,” he says. “But I think people don’t take it seriously that we don’t have enough water for a long dry spell.”

Many local residents might equate drought with lawn-watering restrictions, but if we had a series of dry years, Kelsch says, we’d see strict water rationing, we would have to get our H2O piped or trucked in, and the price of it would go way up.

TORNADOES

Likelihood: Moderate

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his spring there have been quite a number of tornadoes ripping through the area dubbed “tornado alley,” which includes Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas and parts of Colorado, Missouri and as far southeast as Alabama.

“Every time you have cold air coming from the north and you have warm and moist air coming from the Gulf of Mexico, and if the jet stream is at least five kilometers above sea level, these are conditions that are very favorable for tornado outbreaks,” says Katja Friedrich, an assistant professor in the University of Colorado’s atmospheric and oceanic sciences department. “This weather situation is very common from May until

the end of June. That’s usually when most tornadoes will occur. Locally, the Front Range is where that usually happens.”

Friedrich says they chase tornadoes with mobile radar and use temperature measurements to calculate atmospheric conditions. But that doesn’t enable science to prevent the destruction and loss of life we’ve recently seen in Arkansas, Massachusetts and Missouri.

“We still do not have any predictors of when a tornado will form or if that tornado will be an F3, F4 or F5 tornado and how long it will last,” she says.

The largest tornado in the Boulder area occurred in 2008. It was an F3 tornado that touched down in Windsor, causing 78 injuries and one death.

Although Weld County, where Windsor is situated, gets more tornadoes than any other county in the state, twisters are relatively rare in neighboring Boulder County. But that doesn’t mean a tornado couldn’t hit the county, particularly the eastern parts of the county, such as Longmont. (In fact, the Windsor tornado caused damage in Longmont, part of which was designated a FEMA zone.)

“Usually there aren’t any tornadoes in the mountains because you have very steep topography, so it’s very unlikely,” Friedrich says. “You have a lot of flow that gets disturbed. So it’s very unlikely to have tornadoes in the mountains, but they can actually occur in the foothills.

So the further you go east, the more likely you will see a tornado. That’s why Boulder County is relatively safer than Denver.”

Friedrich and her colleagues continually study tornadoes to determine the atmospheric conditions around a tornado and what specific elements are necessary

for a tornado to form. Scientists are still trying to solve mysteries around these twisters.

NUCLEAR CRISIS Likelihood: Low

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n March 11, a 9.0 undersea megathrust earthquake occurred off the east coast of Japan, causing widespread damage. One of the five most powerful earthquakes to occur during recorded history, it triggered a tsunami with waves that reached as high as 128 feet. The combined disasters brought about a third: an ongoing level 7 event at the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant, one of three nuclear reactors in Japan to suffer explosions due to hydrogen gas build-up caused by loss of power.

Radioactive material was released into the air, reaching California in small but measurable amounts.

Attention quickly shifted from Japan to California, which is also prone to catastrophic quakes and tsunamis and which has nuclear power plants similar to those in Japan. Could an earthquake in California result in a nuclear catastrophe that affects us here in Colorado?

According to Jerry Peterson, a nuclear physicist at the University of Colorado at Boulder, the likelihood of any such thing happening are low.

“Our hazard is low for two reasons,” Peterson says. “One is containment. The U.S. reactors are all within very secure containment vessels. It turns out they weren’t designed this way, but they are even capable of withstanding aircraft collision.”

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PREPARE FOR THE WORST

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e can’t prevent natural disasters, but we can be prepared. Here’s what FEMA recommends we keep on hand: Water — one gallon of water per person per day for at least three days for drinking and sanitation.

Food ­— at least a three-day supply of non-perishable food Battery-powered or hand-crank radio and a NOAA Weather Radio with tone alert and extra batteries for both Flashlight and extra batteries First aid kit Whistle to signal for help Dust mask, to help filter contaminated air Plastic sheeting and duct tape to shelter-inplace Moist towelettes, garbage bags and plastic ties for personal sanitation

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Wrench or pliers to turn off utilities Can opener for food (if kit contains canned food) Local maps Cell phone with chargers, inverter or solar charger Prescription medications and glasses Infant formula and diapers Pet food and extra water for your pet Important family documents such as copies of insurance policies, identification and bank account records in a waterproof, portable container Cash or traveler’s checks and change Emergency reference material such as a first aid book.

Sleeping bag or warm blanket for each person.

Consider additional bedding if you live in a coldweather climate.

Complete change of clothing, including a long-

sleeved shirt, long pants and sturdy shoes. Consider additional clothing if you live in a cold-weather climate.

Household chlorine bleach and medicine dropper — When diluted nine parts water to one part bleach, bleach can be used as a disinfectant. Or in an emergency, you can use it to treat water by using 16 drops of regular household liquid bleach per gallon of water. Do not use scented, color-safe or bleaches with added cleaners.

Fire extinguisher Matches in a waterproof container Feminine supplies and personal hygiene items Mess kits, paper cups, plates and plastic utensils, paper towels Paper and pencil Books, games, puzzles or other activities for children For more information, go to www.ready.gov.

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plants are like those in Japan, Petersen says our procedures are different.

“One of the biggest problems in Japan is that the spent fuel, which is much, much more radioactive than original fuel, is stored in open pools,” he says.

“After five years, all of our power plants take it out and put into steel and concrete vessels. It’s much more protected.”

Japan’s current nuclear crisis was brought about by a compound electricity failure. The grid was down from the earthquake, and the tsunami knocked out the plant’s backup system, he says.

“As far as I know, our backup power is more reliable than theirs,” he says. “It’s safer from tsunamis. And we have a containment vessel even if the cooling fails.”

What about a nuclear meltdown such as that which occurred in Chernobyl?

Peterson says that disaster was brought about by human error.

“It was a whole bunch of things that were unique to the U.S.S.R.,” he says.

However, we should never assume we’re safe from everything.

“I could imagine a catastrophe that could do anything,” Peterson says. “You can never design a facility to withstand the absolute, ultimate disaster. … One of the very small prices we pay for the enormous convenience of electricity is that things can happen.”

EARTHQUAKES

Likelihood: Moderate

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art of what make natural disasters so dangerous is our inability to prepare for them. Most catastrophes are unlikely events — until they occur.

If any natural disaster has the potential to be Colorado’s equivalent of Hurricane Katrina, it’s a 6.5 to 7.25 earthquake centered beneath the Denver metro area.

According to the Colorado Geological Survey (CGS), more than 500 earthquakes have occurred in Colorado since 1867, the biggest of which happened on Nov. 7, 1882.

Centered west of Fort Collins, the quake had an estimated magnitude of 6.6.

There are about 90 faults in Colorado that could be considered “potentially active,” according to the CGS. Although seismic activity in Colorado is low to moderate, the CGS warns that it is “prudent” to expect future quakes between 6.0 and 7.25 in magnitude here in our state. If a quake of that magnitude were to strike the Denver area, where a series of small quakes occurred in the 1960s and ’70s, damages are estimated to reach $10 billion.

“Scientists are unable to accurately predict when the next major earthquake will occur in Colorado, only that one will occur,” states the CGS. Though the idea that Colorado might be hit by a major quake surprises most people, a glimpse at the Rocky Mountains, formed about 65 million years ago, is all it takes to remember that our landscape was shaped by seismic activity.

But at the moment, Colorado is quiet, seismically speaking, says Anne Sheehan, a geologist with the University of Colorado at Boulder.

GPS sensors are in place across the state monitoring the movement of the ground at our feet, and Sheehan says that movement, though detectable, is very small.

“Things are not pushing together in Colorado anymore,” Sheehan says.

“Things are spreading apart very slowly.

It’s less than a millimeter per year of extension. It’s on the order of 0.1 millimeters per year of extension.”

Sheehan says some of the quakes we’ve experienced in the state are the

result of human activity. The 2.5-magnitude quakes that shivered through Denver in the 1960s and ’70s were centered around Rocky Mountain Arsenal.

“That was a chemical weapons plant that disposed of its waste underground using high pressure,” Sheehan says.

When the plant ceased doing that, the quakes stopped.

“There are a bunch [of small quakes] down near Trinidad, and they’re controversial — whether they’re related to coal-bed methane resource extraction or the disposal of water related to that or whether they’re natural,” she says.

CGS recommends incorporating “seismic safety provisions” in structures built in Colorado, as well as “earthquake monitoring, geological and geophysical research, and mitigation planning.”

VOLCANOES

Likelihood: Miniscule

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short time ago, geologically speaking, Colorado was a hotbed of some of the most spectacular and violent volcanic activity in the world, says G. Lang Farmer, geology professor at the University of Colorado Boulder. The most active region was found in southwestern Colorado around what is now the La Garita Caldera Complex.

“But that was 30 million years ago,” Lang says. “The party’s over now.”

And judging by the absolute lack of significant volcanic activity around the state, Coloradans can put to rest their fears of dying Pompei-style under a cloud of flaming ash. Volcanoes pose almost no threat to the state.

“You can never say [the risk is] zero,” Lang says. “But it’s pretty close.”

The most recent evidence of volcanic activity in Colorado is a dormant cinder cone volcano in Dotsero, Lang says. The cone is some 10,000 years old.

“You can’t really argue that it’s active, just that it’s really young,” Lang says. “If that thing exploded, people would come around and [watch] it. … It’s not dangerous.”

Of course, the closest, significant active geothermal feature to Boulder is the supervolcano under Yellowstone National Park, some 600 miles north.

Four to six miles beneath the complex, ever-changing surface of our nation’s first national park lies a giant reservoir of magma, which is responsible for all the thermal features that make Yellowstone so popular.

Scientists at the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory closely monitor the thermal activity in the park, and Boulder geoscience consortium UNAVCO provides the observatory with GPS instruments for that purpose.

“The Yellowstone volcanic system produces a range of hazards, with severity increasing with rarity,” Christine Puskas, a data analysis with UNAVCO, said via email.

The Yellowstone supervolcano erupts one or two times per million years, Puskas said, and the last time it erupted, some 640,000 years ago, the cinder cone flung ash all over the western United States, from California to Texas. Boulder got about six inches of ash.

But never fear, for the odds are in our favor.

“Yellowstone is not currently considered to be building toward an eruption,” Puskas said.

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re you a homeowner? A renter? Even if you have insurance, your policy might not cover everything you think it does. Check out these important tips from the Colorado Division of Insurance to make sure you have the right coverage, and know what to do after disaster hits: 1. The Colorado Division of Insurance provides a free “home inventory list” that you can use to record what you own. Send a copy of this list to yourself in an email, along with photos and any receipts, serial numbers or other information you would need to file a claim. Download a copy here: www.dora.state.co.us/insurance/consumer/homemain.htm.

2. Remember: Traditional homeowner’s policies do not cover flood damage. If your home is built

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on a flood plain, it’s a good idea to purchase flood insurance and is required if you have a mortgage.

Also, flood insurance doesn’t go into effect until 30 days after it is purchased, so don’t wait until you see the water rising to call an agent.

3. It is recommended that you purchase replacement cost coverage for your home rather than actual cash value. In most cases, the cost difference between policies is small and the benfits large. Additionally, request a recalculation of the replacement cost value once a year because the automatic increases provided by a policy might not be enough to maintain adequate coverage amounts.

4. Do an annual check-up with your insurance company to be sure you cover any increases in cost of labor and materials, additions to the home and

any special purchases, such as art and jewelry, that may need to be insured separately.

5. If you have any special items like art, jewelry or collections (such as stamps or coins), be sure these are covered. Photos and/or proof of their value, such as receipts or professional appraisals will streamline the claims process.

6. When it comes to the deductible — the amount you have to pay if there is a loss — usually the higher it is, the lower the premium. It’s normal to consider raising a deductible to save on premium, but remember, the bill will be that much more following a claim.

For more information, visit the Division of Insurance online at www.dora.state.co.us/insurance.

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make some sort of plan. We all pick a place to hold out and rattle off a list of weapons we would want within arm’s reach in case the city, state or nation is overrun with zombies.

Whether they’re the slow-moving zombies from Night of the Living Dead or AMC’s The Walking Dead or the super-fast moving zombies from 28 Days Later, we somehow have a plot of escape and defense. We have to survive for the sake of the human race.

But this is all fantasy, right? There’s no such thing as zombies, and there’s no virus that would make humans go crazy and want to eat each other’s brains. That’s what we thought — until the Center for Disease Control (CDC) posted a blog on its website for steps on how to prepare for a zombie apocalypse. The CDC announced that its Zombie Task Force is fully operational and ready.

“The Zombie Task Force is actually three members of the communications staff of CDC’s Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response,” says Maggie Silver, one of the three staff members. “So we’re charged with trying to educate the public on various preparedness methods, which was the purpose of the blog that we did.”

But when pressed for info on any past or recent zombie outbreaks that have been hidden from the public or any threats on the horizon, Silver came clean.

“To the CDC’s knowledge, there’s nothing out there that would actually turn someone into a zombie,” she says.

“Hurricane season is about to get under way, and we’re really trying to come up with a way to raise more awareness for personal preparedness in general. We decided to take a different approach to what we normally do and spice up our message and use zombies as a metaphor for real disasters.”

We guess the CDC doesn’t really turn into an impenetrable fortress, either.

What a disappointment. Still, it doesn’t hurt to be prepared, so check out the CDC’s website to see how to prepare to battle the undead: http://1.usa.gov/ iwrJtF.

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was followed by several other conflagrations.

The dry March and April we had in Boulder County had officials worrying that we would be a tinderbox again, but the wet month of May helped address that fear.

Still, even a wet spring and early summer do not necessarily lead to decreased fire danger — in fact, the outcome can be the opposite.

“People shouldn’t overestimate how wet it’s been,” says NOAA’s Wolter. “It will only take a week or two to have high fire danger again. This is not a permanent recovery.”

Wolter says moist months in the spring and early summer give rise to lots of tall grasses, which can then dry out later in the year and become prime fire fuel, especially when the wind kicks up.

He attributes the spate of wildfires that we’ve seen locally in the past year to that very phenomenon: lots of “fine fuel” caused by a wet spring and early summer.

“We’re sort of setting ourselves up again for a good crop of grasses,” he says.

Wolter adds that downed power lines are responsible for more wildfires than people may realize.

“Not all are started by lightning or by someone throwing away a cigarette,” he says.

When one thinks of preparing for a wildfire, the obvious precautions include replacing those old-fashioned wood shingles and trimming trees and bushes around one’s home. But cutting grass and weeds is just as important, Wolter says, noting that they dry out much more quickly than trees. If a fire is approaching one’s house, he says, one should hose down the entire structure with water if there is time.

The effects of wildfire, which we are experiencing now in the Fourmile area, include increased risk of flooding and erosion, since the vegetation and ground cover is no longer serving as soil stabilizer and sponge. As we have learned firsthand in the past year, in addition to short-term symptoms like the health problems caused by ash and smoke, wildfires can damage water quality, the local economy and property, not to mention the possible loss of life.

Still, naturally caused wildfires are part of earth’s biological cycle, and too much in the way of fire suppression can actually harm the health of a forest.

Experts say fire can actually have advantages for plants and animals, in part because fires convert organic matter to mineral nutrients.

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or compostable cups, plates, silverware and to-go containers to biodegrade in a way that reduces greenhouse gases, they must be disposed of in commercial composting facilities — a backyard pile won’t do the job. When those products get dumped in landfills, they release methane gas, which has greater heattrapping ability than carbon dioxide gas.

“There’s sort of this misperception that when you put organic materials in the landfill … that they will break down as they would in a compost bin or as they would in nature,” says Marti Matsch, communications director for Eco-Cycle. “That’s actually not true.”

Landfills are dry, oxygen-poor environments, better designed to mummify their contents than allow them to decay.

According to the Environment and Plastics Industry Council, a Canadian plastics industry association, more than two-thirds of the garbage in a landfill is biodegradable, but once there, it becomes frighteningly well preserved.

The cores of 10-year-old carrots are still orange. Twenty-year-old steak bones still have meat clinging to them.

Newspapers discarded 40 years before are still legible.

Modern landfills are designed to function that way because biodegradation can create unstable sub-soil conditions, contaminate groundwater and emit methane gas, according to the Biodegradable Products Institute.

“Methane is a greenhouse gas that, in the short term, is actually 72 times more powerful at trapping heat than carbon dioxide,” Matsch says.

Landfills produce so much methane that the Environmental Protection Agency runs a program to help recover that gas from landfills for use as a fuel source. The Denver Arapahoe Disposal Site and the North Denver Regional Landfill were both tapped for electricity as part of this program.

“Composting is critical in the fight against climate change. It’s not just about having too much stuff in a landfill,” Matsch says. “The real issue with this material is that it does produce a greenhouse gas.”

When a business buys food products meant to biodegrade in the hands of consumers, but those cups, plates, and silverware get thrown away with the rest of the trash, she says, that turns the good of buying a compostable product into the bad of greenhouse gases.

“If you don’t have compost service, but you are providing these compostable materials, do really let the customer know those are intended to be composted at home, in their curbside compost containers,” Matsch advises.

There’s no alternative for composting those products because only commercial facilities reach the temperatures necessary to biodegrade the products.

“In a perfect world, every compostable product would end up in a commercial compost facility and break down to dirt,” says Mary Hubbard, customer care manager at the Boulder-based Eco-Products, which makes compostable and recyclable products from materials including corn, sugar cane and bamboo. “In a perfect world, everyone would have a curbside compost pickup […] but we’re not in that world.”

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a corn cup can break down to dirt in 90 days and a sugar cane plate in 40 days.

“If it ends up in a traditional landfill, what happens and how long it takes for that product to break down completely is a whole other story,” she says.

“You need heat, moisture, and microbes to break down compostable products, which typically you wouldn’t find in a landfill.”

“Our paper products, should they go into a landfill and unfortunately some of them do, they will make methane.

That’s just what happens to paper in a landfill,” says Claudia Capitini, sustainability maven for Eco-Products.

Eco-Products relies on the messaging in their catalogs and on their website to inform their purchasers, most of whom are food service providers, about the proper disposal of their products.

“I think that we are stating a really clear message on our website, that for the composting standard to be met it needs to be a commercial composting facility,” Hubbard says. “I speak to countless, countless restaurant owners, and the people we speak to are really well-versed in compostable products.”

Captini also emphasizes the importance of education and communication.

Their business, she says, is selling the products and providing the information and services to help their purchasers make the best use of them.

“To get a cup into the compost, you’ve got to connect a lot of links in the chain, and not all of the [connections] in those links can really happen at all times,” she says. “We’re doing our best to change that, but really it’s a matter of a system that needs a lot of work.”

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The Clamdaddys Transcendental Blues Jam plays at the D Note in Arvada on Weds., June 15.

Thursday, June 9

Teresa Storch, The ChatRoulette Show — This is one you won’t want to next. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.

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Beer Garden — It’s the hoppiest garden in town. 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. The Rib House, 1801 13th St., Boulder, 303-442-7427.

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A colleague teased Ryan Everson about his recent birthday this past Sunday. Having just turned 24, University of Colorado Master of Fine Arts candidate Ryan Everson has been the center of plenty of youth-driven wisecracks. But his portfolio of work is nothing to laugh about.

Sunday, June 12

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He’s been creating charged, yet pop culturally driven, art for more than six years. His most recent work will be showcased this Friday, June 10, at Installation Shoe Gallery in Boulder. The installation, called Rocket 88, is part of the store’s Fresh Fridays series that occurs at various

Open Mic Poetry and Music — Drinks must be ordered in iambic pentameter. Hosted by Rob Geisen and Olatundji AkpoSani. 8 p.m. The No-Name Bar, 1325 Broadway, Boulder.

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times throughout the year.

“I want to put art in people’s hands,” Raul Pinto, owner of Installation, says. “I want art to be accessible to everyone.”

Everson shares a similar opinion on his own work.

“I think that for the most part, my work is easily approachable to all, and I really aim to make that so, “ he says.

“That is why a lot of my work involves replication of real objects and easy to identify materials.”

His work consists of hyper-masculinized items, such as cars and guns, deconstructed. The pieces are made from foam, OSB boards, recycled twoby-fours and other similar building materials. Most of his work is an attempt to reinterpret pop culture iconography.

“I’m interested in the hands-on things, such as auto-mechanics, technical maintenance,” Everson says.

“Currently my work is a direct correlation between the two.”

The pieces become no longer about the function but about the symbol and, maybe more importantly, about lines.

What is beautiful about the frame of a car? What most people are drawn to is the body, the curves, the color. Everson forces us to engage with familiar objects whose references have been

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[ removed, focusing our perception on isolated parts. What is left is just the basic building block. But it’s also the most vital part; it’s what holds it all together. The car frame becomes a metaphor for getting back to our most basic selves. Or maybe it is Everson’s attempt to re-build a symbol, to strip it of its meaning, in hopes of eventually layering new connotations onto the frame.

Everson has lived in Oregon most of his young life; he moved to Boulder for graduate school last fall. And though Oregon doesn’t have an immediate parallel in his work, it has influenced his sensibilities. His greatest influence, though, is illustrator/designer Jamie Hewlett (Tank Girl and

Gorillaz). Hewlett’s brilliant styling peaked Everson’s interest in comics and graphic design, but somewhere down the line, he felt eager to experiment with different mediums.

“I like being able to move fluidly through lots of materials and ways of working,” he says. “It’s important for me to be able to use the most suitable material for my ideas and I don’t want to limit my ideas because I am not comfortable. I don’t want to trap myself with a limited skill set and end up making the same work forever.”

It’s a good fit for Installation, too, as they are ever-changing, creating new vibes with each Fresh Friday. Pinto and his partner JG Mazzato started these events six years ago. They’ve had every-

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thing from CD release parties to promotional signings, DJ events and art shows. The shoes are a catalyst for allowing the creative space to exist.

“The shoes keep the art happening,” Pinto says.

Most gallery spaces can’t keep up with the financial strains of rent and end up folding early on, but being a shoe store plus gallery space allows for more fluidity and for the space to stay afloat.

But there is something youthful about the store itself; many of the shoes are neon, bright-colored hip-hop fashion, which balances well with Everson’s own youthful exuberance. And also balances the monochromatic, subtle styling of Everson’s work.

Together they’re creating a vibe of clean aesthetics, fresh lines, and uncommon experimentation.

The show, which also features a DJ and free refreshments, will be up for just one night, so don’t miss it.

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Comedians review reels of forgotten treasure Touring Found Footage Festival makes a stop in Boulder

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ick Prueher would never wish his career on anyone.

“It’s soul crushing,” Prueher says. “It’s awful. It’s mind-numbing boredom for most of the time. We wade through a lot of garbage before you find something that’s just right.”

Prueher does not collect trash or mine for gold, at least not literally. He is the co-founder of the touring Found Footage Festival, a comedy event that showcases a montage of unintentionally entertaining footage. The festival comes to the Boulder Theater on Thursday, June 16, and is hosted by Prueher and his longtime friend and comedic co-pilot, Joe Pickett.

Nick Prueher, left, and Joe Pickett Prueher says their interest in Found Footage started with none other than high school boredom in Stoughton, Wis., their tiny hometown.

“We’ve developed a pretty high tolerance over the “There wasn’t much going on in our small town, so years for boring material,” he says. “We are somewhat we would go thrift-storing to try to find interesting of masochists, I think.” things to entertain ourselves,” he says. “Making fun of The “Rent-a-Friend” video is one of the few diathese videos was our source of entertainment.” monds in the rough.

Prueher and Pickett maintained their collection of “Rent-a-Friend” is a VHS tape, released in 1986, oddball videos from high school through college and designed for lonely people. Sam is the viewer’s rentable into the working world. friend. He is polite and inquisitive, complete with his “We had enough tapes from 15 years at that point Mr. Roger’s sweater and sympathetic gaze. that we decided we could take our little hobby out of “It’s just sad,” Prueher says. our living room and into a theater,” Prueher says.

He says about 100 people wrote letters to Rent-aBeing on the road nine months out of the year Friend after inviting him into their lives, a fact he required them to quit their day jobs and dedicate their learned after tracking down the actual Rent-a-Friend time to finding footage. And the touring element of for an interview that is available for purchase on their the show helps them add to their collection. website, www.foundfootagefest.com.

“When we get to a city we go thrift storing all day The real Rent-a-Friend was a creative director at and usually end up taking two or three boxes home, the production company who thought conversational and that’s how [the show] has been able to sustain video might be the next big thing in home video. itself,” Prueher says.

“He was pretty honest about it,” Prueher says. “He Scouring hours of found footage is a task that is knew it was goofy.” often menial and dull, but finding a clip that is perfectThe “Rent-a-Friend” video is in good eccentric ly ironic makes what can be weeks of disappointment company at this year’s Found Footage Festival.

While some humorous clips are available on the worthwhile.

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Found Footage website, the festival will feature theme-oriented montages and commentary that puts each clip into context.

After stumbling upon a bunch of self-hypnosis videos, Prueher says a montage was created of clips that claim to help the viewer become better at everything from seducing women to playing sports.

While the apparel, eccentric themes and guest stars featured in the festival’s footage represent the goofy days of the ’80s and ’90s, Prueher says a clip needs more than just generational silliness to be something special.

“It has to have a little something extra to it beyond just nostalgia,” he says.

When the festival began in 2004, Prueher says it was difficult to put the ironic nature of the clips into context. But after YouTube became a host for eccentric video, it became easier to host the show for an audience that understands this brand of humor.

The festival has continued to capture audiences’ attention around the world. Prueher says they’ve held shows everywhere from Las Vegas to downtown Paris, and that he finds laughs in the same places.

“You’ve all collectively agreed to watch stuff that’s not particularly good, that’s part of the fun of it,” he says.

Prueher says that he initially expected the festival’s audience to be a post-collegiate sort with a good sense of irony. But he says he sees older couples sitting alongside tattooed people and NPR listeners.

His general conception of the audience describes much of the Boulder community, and Prueher says the plethora of eccentric minds that can be found locally makes this a highly anticipated stop.

“I feel like there’s a local weirdo in town that had a bunch of weird footage,” Prueher says. “One of Boulder’s resident weirdos, and for some reason, we tend to attract those type of people.”

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From desert soirees to swanksville Woodsman reveals the forest for the trees

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o our great disappointment, Denver post-rock group Woodsman aren’t whittling sticks in a log cabin when Boulder Weekly reaches guitarist Trevor Peterson by phone. At the first stop of their current tour, the group finds themselves in the rather plush Hotel Congress in Tuscon, Ariz., a combination hotel/club that Peterson describes on Twitter as “swanksville.”

“We like to camp a lot, too,” Peterson tells us. “Last night, on our way down here from Colorado, we camped in New Mexico in the desert in the middle of nowhere. It was real rad, completely silent, beautiful.”

As the name suggests, Woodsman is used to DIY accommodations while on tour, often camping on the carpeted floors of new friends in new towns. They aren’t thick-bearded survivalists, but in Brooklyn-indie fashion, they hold down jobs parking cars, selling liquor and running deliveries that are hopefully still available when they return from their travels.

“This tour stop has been pretty strange, but in a nice, easy way,” Peterson says, inadvertently describing much of the Woodsman aesthetic. The group began their collage-influenced jams when Peterson met guitarist/vocalist Mark Demolar at their first day in film school and found a mutual reverence for the works of the late filmmaker and CU professor Stan Brakhage.

“Right now [Tucson] actually kinda reminds me of Inland Empire, it’s more [David] Lynch than Brakhage right now,” Peterson says. “There’s an eerie … Tucson is just a weird town, kind of a vortex-type town, a hotbed for alien activity, et cetera, et cetera.

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Any Colorado band named after bucolic mountain imagery is expected to play bluegrass, but Woodsman is more Animal Collective than Yonder Mountain String Band. Peterson, who grew up in Colorado, said his family reunions were actually full of bluegrass players.

“I was immersed in it as a kid, but it never connected with me,” he said. “I was listening to Sonic Youth and Flaming Lips in my room as opposed to digging on the bluegrass thing.”

In terms of sound, the group found common ground in “old German ’70s psych stuff ” — bands such as Can, Amon Düül II, Peterson says. But as film students, Brakhage is a predominant influence on the greater concept of Woodsman’s artistic goals.

“We’re not as academic about it, I don’t think,”

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Peterson says. “We just kind of ‘do,’ if you will, and that was Stan’s whole thing, he just ‘did,’ and whatever happened, happened, and you deal with that. You have an idea; you run with it. The idea is over, and you have a finished product. It’s like gathering ideas in a natural way and thinking about those ideas after they’re created, whether it’s visual or musical, and then you compose them into a structure that makes sense to you at the time.”

Their track “Beached,” from the Mystery Tape EP, is a great example of the cloudy, semi-conscious visual world of Woodsmen that glows in and out of sight like fields of drunken fireflies stumbling to their homes in the desert. As Woodsman’s discography grows, soon to include a new EP this fall, these textural jams become increasingly concise and glimmer in and out of existence within minutes. However, these ideas are brought to the stage to be stretched and smoothed by the two guitarists and two drummers until the disparate threads become taut. That’s part of the excitement of any type of experimental art, which is built around the suspense of watching a knot become a string.

“The recording of ‘Beached’ is four or five minutes, but it’s transformed into this whole new monster.

It’s pretty rehearsed and everything, but it’s now a 10-minute song,” Peterson says. “It’s still the same riff, the same chords and everything, but on the record it’s kind of like a mellow kraut jam, and when we play it live we’ve inserted a new vibe into it, it’s more uptempo, more exciting song. We like to do that sort of thing, take a mellow jam off a record and kind of rework it into something that’s more exciting, more movable.”

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What It Is” and the redemptive “Let the Rain Fall Down,” balance the mood with gratitude toward reality unvarnished.

And some of the others, Conn suggests, really aren’t what they seem. “It’s Just Not The Same,” for example, is merely about how the world looked a little different while his wife was away traveling, not really a pillow-tears breakup song.

“But the most brutal breakup song,” he concedes, “is ‘I’m Losing You.’ “That’s from personal experience. The story I’ve told many times during shows is, when I started it out, God’s truth, I was writing about how much I loved my wife. The working title was ‘That’s How Strong My Love Is,’ which I couldn’t really use, but that was the general theme. Then things started get-

ting weird around the house. It morphed into ‘Don’t Give Up On Me,’ and then … she left. And that’s what the song became.”

This isn’t the stuff that makes it into someone else’s liner notes. The guys who need a gently fermented organ fill, or the perfect melody, or the understated piano line, reach out to Conn for his relentlessly humane and deft musical touch. Conn is at a place now where he accepts it, but remains mindful of the miles on the clock.

“The truth is … I didn’t set out to be a sideman. I never really enjoyed that very much, so I really stopped well over a decade ago. Really, I guess, when most of these songs were written.

“So the lament is not so much about that, but about not being able to find peace in my life.”

But it’s there now, to whatever extent it can be for anyone, and part of that grounding comes from Conn’s lengthy relationship with slide guitarist (and fellow son of Louisiana) Sonny Landreth.

The guitarist was just making a name for himself in and around the Fort Collins/Boulder area when he and Conn struck up a friendship that is still bearing fruit three decades down the road, although Landreth himself wasn’t actually a member of Gris Gris, but rather a frequent collaborator.

Conn returns for his nearly annual pilgrimage back to the Front Range for a Friday night gig at Nissi’s, a mini-Gris Gris reunion with old bandmates Steve Ivey, Chris Engleman and Bob Rebholz, with a set list likely to be long on this collection of alternately melancholy and comfortably resigned testimonials.

“In the past, Bones [ Jones] has done it several times, Fly [McClard] has done it several times, but this year we’re goin’ lean and mean,” Conn says. “And those guys, man, they’re as good as ever. Better than ever. They just play so great.”

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hese things must be approached delicately, but the lead-off track from Steve Conn’s elegant new CD Beautiful Dream, an unraveled lament to gazing back over the years and pondering what-ifs called “Easier Said Than Done,” resonates a little as an apology self-accepted, something like a reminder that dreams unfulfilled and promises negotiated away are probably not worth the effort of examining too closely.

“If I had another chance, I wonder what I would do / Would I be better man, or would I just keep stumbling through?” Conn sings on the track.

It would align with what we know about Conn — the former bandleader of Boulder’s Cajun barburner franchise Gris Gris from the early ’80s who left Boulder to seek brighter lights and bigger stages in L.A., and who then moved to Nashville, where he’s made a long career as a sideman (usually keyboards) and songwriter of rare repute among the musical cognoscenti, picking up nine Grammy nominations along the way. Being a guy with a résumé is surely something to be proud of, unless being the guy everybody’s heard of was the original design.

Conn cops to it, but just a little bit, reminding us that most of the album’s songs are from the archive basket, leftover tunes stretching back as far as 30 years, highlighting the journey and not the destination. Conn admits to being a grindingly slow writer, so staying close to his past is a matter of necessity.

From that same song, a few stanzas later: “This is not a battlefield, no one wins, no one loses / Maybe all I really need is to just shut up and serve someone.”

“That one hit me when I was just coming around and sayin’, ‘Yeah, maybe I should just shut up and realize that it’s not all about me,’” Conn says.

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Waterloo, 809 S. Main St., Louisville, 303-9932094.

Bluegrass Pick — With Martin Gilmore. 9 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683.

The Boulder Blues Mafia. 7 p.m. Cuvée, 946 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-0475.

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

James Justin & Co. 10 p.m.The Lazy Dog, 1346 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-3355.

Music on the Mezz — With Katey Laurel.

6:30 p.m. Hotel Boulderado, 2115 13th St., Boulder, 303-442-4344.

Open Bluegrass Pick. 7 p.m.The Rock Inn, 1675 Hwy. 66, Estes Park, 970-586-4116.

Open Mic at Folsom St. Coffee. 5-7 p.m. Folsom St. Coffee Co. 1795 Folsom St. 303-440-8808.

Open Stage — With KC Groves. 8 p.m.

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

Paul Söderman & Bluezhouse. 7:30 p.m.

Boulder Outlook Ho–tel and Suites, 800 28th St., Boulder, 303-443-3322.

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

Thursday Night Bluegrass Pick. 9 p.m.

First Street Pub, 35 E. First St., Nederland, 303258-0782.

Teresa Storch,The ChatRoulette Show. 8 p.m.The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.

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

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

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Paul Söderman & BluezHouse — Paul Söderman’s band makes classic sound to contrast with the Boulder Outlook Hotel’s progressive interior — such is Boulder. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel and Suites, 800 28th St., Boulder, 303443-3322.

events Avery Tap Room — For tours and tastings.

12-8 p.m. Avery Brewing Co., 5757 Arapahoe Ave., Unit B1, Boulder, www.averybrewing.com.

Beginning Flamenco Dance. 6:15-7:30 p.m. Kakes Studios, 2115 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-786-7050, www.flamenco-boulder.com.

Beginning/Intermediate Hoopdance. 9 a.m. Boulder Circus Center, 4747 26th St., Boulder, 303-918-6617.

Colorado Skies: ET Life. 8 p.m. Fiske Planetarium, CU campus, 303-492-5001.

Geeks Who Drink Pub Quiz. 6:30 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303463-6683.

Healing Space With Alan McAllister.

11 a.m. Whole Being Explorations, 1800 30th St., Suite 307, Boulder, 303-545-5562.

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

Lafayette Farmers’ Market. 4-8 p.m.

Festival Plaza, 311 S. Public Rd., Lafayette, 303499-2494.

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

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

Through June 26.

Exhibition by Henrique Oliveira.

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

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Greening. NCAR Mesa Laboratory, 1850 Table Mesa Dr., Boulder, 303-4972408. Through July 31.

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

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

Running the Numbers: Portraits of Mass Consumption —

Photographs by Chris Jordan.

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

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

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

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Ash Ganley Band. 8 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683.

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

Bonnie Lowdermilk. 7 p.m. Cuvée, 946 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-0475.

Boom Chicken. First Street Pub, 35 E. First St., Nederland, 303-258-0782.

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

Brett Sloan. 7 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683.

Broken Everlys. 8 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel and Suites, 800 28th St., Boulder, 303443-3322.

David Lindley, Peter Case & Steve Poltz.

8 p.m. Swallow Hill, 71 E.Yale Ave., Denver, 303777-1003.

Hot Soup. 10 p.m.The Lazy Dog, 1346 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-3355.

Hummingbirds. 5 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683.

Jake Melnyk,The ChatRoulette Show. 8 p.m.The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.

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

Naomi Tobias Maddux, Sharon Docherty.

7:30 p.m. Rock N Soul Cafe, 5290 Arapahoe Ave., Suite 1, Boulder, 303-443-5108.

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

Rocky Mountain Grateful Dead Revue. 9 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030.

Steve Conn. 7 p.m. Nissi’s Bistro, 2675 N. Park Dr., Lafayette, 303-665-2757.

Tropical Latin Night. 9 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683.

Truth & Salvage Co. 9 p.m. Fox Theatre,

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

Peter Davison’s Up in the Air. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., 303-440-7826. Through June 18.

1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-3399.

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

Ultimate Thriller — Michael Jackson Tribute Concert. 8 p.m. Red Rocks Amphitheatre, 18300 W. Alameda Pkwy., Morrison, 720-8652494.

events Avery Tap Room — For tours and tastings. 12-8 p.m. Avery Brewing Co., 5757 Arapahoe Ave., Unit B1, Boulder, www.averybrewing.com.

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

City of Stars. 8 p.m. Fiske Planetarium, CU campus, 303-492-5001.

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

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

First Friday Art Walk. 6 p.m. Downtown Louisville, 236-5206 Laser Pink Floyd: Welcome to the Machine. 10 p.m. Fiske Planetarium, CU campus, 303-492-5001.

Salsa Dancing. 10:30 p.m.Trattoria on Pearl, 1430 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-544-0008.

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

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music Acoustic Brunch. 10 a.m. Rock N Soul Cafe, 5290 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-443-5108.

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

Big Head Todd and the Monsters. 7:30 p.m. Red Rocks Amphitheatre, 18300 W. Alameda Pkwy., Morrison, 720-865-2494.

Blues Torch. 7 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683.

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Rhythm on the Rails: June 9th – August 18th Whistle Stop Park in Niwot, 5:45-8:45pm THIS WEEK, june 9th: Girls on Top! Award-winning summer concert series held every Thursday at Whistle Stop Park in Niwot. Featuring the Lionel Young Band, Rebecca Folsom, Something Underground, and 8 more weeks of great performances!

Twenty Ninth Street LIVE!: June 11th – August 13th The Plaza on the 29th St. Mall, 6-9PM THIS WEEK, June 11th : Funkiphino Saturday night concert series at Twenty Ninth Street Mall in the heart of downtown Boulder. A summer of great music with the likes of: Face, Hot Lunch and Under a Blood Red Sky.

Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303823-6685.

Dinner With a Pack of Hungry Cannibals. 8:30 p.m.The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.

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

Holly DeHoog. 7 p.m. Cuvée, 946 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-0475.

Lounge Eater, Postal Holiday, Cougar Pants. 9:30 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683.

Music on the Mezz — With Rosh & One Eye-glass Broken. 6:30 p.m. Hotel Boulderado, 2115 13th St., Boulder, 303-442-4344.

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

Notes & Oats with BUG. 10 a.m. Rock N Soul Café, 5290 Arapahoe Ave., Suite 1, Boulder, 303-443-5108.

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

Shayne Bradley. 7 p.m. Nissi’s Bistro, 2675 N. Park Dr., Lafayette, 303-665-2757.

Toots & The Maytals. 9 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-3399.

West Water Outlaws. 10 p.m.The Lazy Dog, 1346 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-3355.

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

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

events Afternoon Tea. 2 p.m. Jill’s Restaurant at St. Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-4069696.

Avery Tap Room — For tours and tastings.

12-8 p.m. Avery Brewing Co., 5757 Arapahoe Ave., Unit B1, Boulder, www.averybrewing.com.

Ballet Nouveau Colorado with Paper Bird. 7:30 p.m. Arvada Center for the Arts and

Humanities, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada, 720-898-7200.

Beach Palooza — Obstacle run, concert and festival. 11 a.m. Boulder Reservoir, 5565 51st St., Boulder, 312-623-7501.

Beginning/Intermediate Hoopdance. 10 a.m. Kakes Studio, 2115 Pearl St., Boulder, 303918-6617.

Chautauqua Silent Film Series — The General. Chautauqua Auditorium, 900 Baseline Rd., Boulder, 303-442-3282.

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

Sunday, June 12

music Aakash Mittal Trio. 6 p.m. Cuvée, 946 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-0475.

Acoustic Eidolon. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s Bistro, 2675 N. Park Dr., Lafayette, 303-665-2757.

Bluegrass Pick — All levels welcome. 12-3 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids and Solids, 1555 S. Hover St., Longmont, 303-4859400.

Cameron Powers — With others. 7 p.m.

Caffè Sole, 637R S. Broadway, Boulder, 303499-2985.

Irish Session. 7 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922.

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

Mellow Cello Sunday Brunch. 11 a.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-4636683.

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

Colorado Goat Ropers Guild. 6 p.m.

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

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Stephen Singular’s The Wichita Divide. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-2074.

Thursday Night Poetry Reading. 7 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore, 1203 13th St., Suite A, Boulder, 303-579-1644.

Sunday, June 12 Local Authors Afternoon. 2 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303447-2074.

Monday, June 13 Jordan LaRousse and Samantha Sade’s Nice Girls Naughty Sex. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-2074.

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

Tuesday, June 14 Tuesday Night Poetry Reading. 7 p.m.

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

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2590 Walnut Street, Boulder

$26.00 : general admission $18.00 : children under 12 Suitable for ages 8 and above Call for group discount

June 17th through July 10th Fridays & Saturdays at 7:30 pm Sunday matinee at 2:00 pm

Dairy Center Box Office: Phone: (303) 444-7328 www.TheDairy.org www.AngelDeLuna.com

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Small Dream Ada. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.

Tom Adelman & The Lovehandles. 6 p.m.

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

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Avery Tap Room — For tours and tastings.

12-8 p.m. Avery Brewing Co., 5757 Arapahoe Ave., Unit B1, Boulder, www.averybrewing.com.

Beginning Hawaiian Hula Class. 7:15 p.m. Boulder Ballet Studio,The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-4479772.

Boulder Jewish Festival. 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Pearl Street Mall and Boulder Courthouse, Boulder, www.boulderjewishfestival.org.

Colorado Ride for Kids Guided Motorcycle Tour — To benefit the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation. 8 a.m. registration/10 a.m. ride. Jefferson County Human Services Building, 900 Jefferson County Pkwy., Golden, 949-554-3799.

Continuing Hawaiian Hula Class. 5:30 p.m. Boulder Ballet Studio,The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-4479772.

Free Open House. 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Boulder Shambhala Meditation Center, 1345 Spruce St., Boulder, 303-444-0190.

LIVE MUSIC every Sun, Mon, & Wed @10pm & Fridays @ 5pm EVERY TUESDAY! $3 Premium Drafts all day $4.50 Cheeseburger & Fries after 4pm

Fri., June 10th

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Monday, June 13

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

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

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

Open Mic. 7 p.m. Rock N Soul Cafe, 5290

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MojoMama keeps its family of funk lovers happy with a fusion of old-school R&B and groove-ready rhythm.

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

Arapahoe Ave., Suite 1, Boulder, 303-443-5108.

Performance in the Parks — With Boulder Concert Band. 7 p.m. Boulder, 303413-7200.

Peter Gabriel. 8 p.m. Red Rocks Amphitheatre, 18300 W. Alameda Pkwy., Morrison, 720-865-2494.

events Boulder County Alcoholics Anonymous — Happy hour group. 5:30 p.m. 5375 Western Ave., Boulder, www.

BoulderCountyAA.org.

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

Free Open Class — Meditation instruction.

7-9 p.m. Boulder Shambhala Meditation Center,

Sun., June 12th

Open Stage

West Water Outlaws

9pm, sign up at 8:30

Mon., June 13th

George Nelson Quartet Wed., June 15th

Rogue Sound

Friday, June 17th - TBA Sunday, June 19th - Open Stage, 9pm Monday, June 20th - The Heavy Cats Wed., June 22nd - Smack Thompson Friday, June 24th - Troy Clayton, 5pm Sunday, June 26th - Open Stage, 9pm Monday, June 27th - George Nelson Quartet Wed., June 26th - The Stereofedelics

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West Water Outlaws mix up their rock and roll with some bluesy melodies and charismatic vocals that can satisfy music lovers looking to dance, or just groove along in the back with drink in hand. 10 p.m. The Lazy Dog, 1346 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-4403355.

1345 Spruce St., Boulder, 303-444-0190.

Geeks Who Drink Pub Quiz. 9 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922.

“So,You’re a Poet” — Open mic poetry. 8 p.m.The Laughing Goat Coffeehouse, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.

Twisted Pine Brewing and Tap Room — One dollar of each pint sold goes to the Kiwanis Club. 3-9 p.m.Twisted Pine Tap Room, 3201 Walnut St., #A, Boulder, 303-786-9270.

Tuesday, June 14

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

Bluegrass Pick and Open Stage. 8 p.m.

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

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

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

Communified Sounds Music Benefit — With The Gypsy Lumberjacks. 6 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683.

Emma Back. 6 p.m. Caffè Sole, 637R S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-499-2985.

Open Mic — With Danny Shafer. 8 p.m./7:15 p.m. sign-up. Conor O’Neills, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922.

Open Mic. First Street Pub, 35 E. First St., Nederland, 303-258-0782.

Open Mic Night. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 N. Park Dr., Lafayette, 303-665-2757.

CU Opera Guest Artist — Ashraf Sewailam. 7:30 p.m. ATLAS Black Box Theatre, CU campus, 303-492-8008.

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

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Open Mic Night — Hosted by Paul Söderman. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s Bistro, 2675 N. Park Dr., Lafayette, 303-665-2757.

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

Salsa Night — Every Tuesday night. 7:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m.The Absinthe House, 1109 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-443-8600.

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

Weekly Bluegrass Pick — All levels welcome. 8-11 p.m. Oskar Blues, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685.

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

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

Tea,Talks,Transformation — With Linda Lawson. 6:30 p.m. Boulder. For location, call 720-301-3993.

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

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

Vajrayana Buddhist Meditation. 7 p.m.

Mipham Shedra, 2860 Bluff St., Boulder, 303449-0319.

Kids’ Calendar

Thursday, June 9 Kids in Space. 10 a.m. Fiske Planetarium, CU campus, 303-492-5001.

Laser: Symphony of the Stars. 1 p.m. Fiske Planetarium, CU campus, 303-492-5001.

So Rim Kung Fu for Children. 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. A Place to B Studio, 1750 30th St., Boulder, 303-440-8007.

Friday, June 10 Children’s Storytime. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1000 Canyon Blvd., Boulder,

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

Flamenco Dance Technique. 5:50 p.m.

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

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

Geeks Who Drink Pub Quiz. 7:30 p.m.

Harpo’s Sports Bar, 2860 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-444-9464.

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

I AM. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030.

Open Mic Poetry and Music — Hosted by Rob Geisen and Olatundji Akpo-Sani. 8 p.m.

The No-Name Bar, 1325 Broadway, Boulder.

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

Wednesday, June 15 Bluegrass Pick. 6:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Tasty Weasel Tap Room, 1800 Pike Rd., Unit B, Longmont, 303-776-1914.

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

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

Combo Showcase. 7 p.m. Rock N Soul Café, 5290 Arapahoe Ave., Suite 1, Boulder, 303-4435108.

Eric Wiggs. 7 p.m. Cuvée, 946 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-0475.

Lesley Kernochan and the Bitchin’ Boulder Band. 8:30 p.m.The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.

Mary Chapin Carpenter and Shawn Colvin. 7:30 p.m. Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada, 720-898-7200.

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

Open Bluegrass Pick. 8:30 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-4491922.

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

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Carpenter, a five-time Grammy winner, plays at both Chautauqua and Arvada this week. Country music fans, get ready. 7:30 p.m. Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada, 720898-7200.

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Saturday, June 11 Children’s Storytime. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1000 Canyon Blvd., Boulder, 303-441-3100.

Sunday, June 12 Baby Boogie — Bring kids to dance. 2 p.m.

D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303463-6683.

Children’s Storytime. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1000 Canyon Blvd., Boulder, 303-441-3100.

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

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

Monday, June 13 Children’s Storytime. 10:15 p.m. Boulder Public Library, 1000 Canyon Blvd., Boulder, 303-441-3100.

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

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

Tuesday, June 14 Children’s Storytime. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1000 Canyon Blvd., Boulder, 303-441-3100.

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

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

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

Laser: History of Flight. 1 p.m. Fiske Planetarium, CU campus, 303-492-5001.

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

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

Teen Game Night. 3 p.m. Boulder Public Library, 1000 Canyon Blvd., Boulder, 303-441-3100.

Wednesday, June 15 Children’s Storytime. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1000 Canyon Blvd., Boulder, 303-441-3100.

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

So Rim Kung Fu for Children. 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. A Place to B Studio, 1750 30th St., Boulder, 303-440-8007.

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

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The intricacies of intimacy

by Dr. Jenni Skyler Dear Dr. Jenni, My girlfriend has had a lot of past sexual partners. I’ve only had a handful.

This really pushes my buttons, and I don’t understand why! I’m actually not a jealous person. I don’t mind if she flirts in public and don’t fear that she will cheat or leave me. But every time we talk about a past partner or experience, I feel super-agitated. I think she’s starting to withhold (maybe unconsciously) information for fear of triggering me. Any tips?

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own sexual script. Focus on the present and you may be able to let go of the past.

Dear Dr. Jenni, I have a huge crush on my boss. He is over 15 years older than me and recently divorced. I sense that he has a fond spot for me, but hasn’t made a move or disclosed any feelings. I really like him because he’s smart, powerful and accomplished. The men I date my age seem like little boys. Should I make a move?

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Send questions for Jenni Dear Put-Off, You might be Dear Crushing, Skyler to drjenni@ struggling with In short, no. theintimacyinstitute.org. fears of inadequacy While there is noth— afraid you ing wrong with havmight not measure up to people she’s ing a crush, the disparity in power crebeen with in the past. Since you claim ates a huge conflict of interest for you you are not an outwardly jealous perboth. If you engage in a relationship, son, you may not be cognizant that the way you are treated will forever be these feelings exist. biased because you are no longer an You might be carrying around a employee, but rather your boss’s sex toy. social script that states: Nice girls don’t When you get a review, he might pass sleep around. This idea stems from a you up for a promotion for fear of looksocial construction whereby women are ing biased; or give you the promotion not sexual beings. It’s understandable because of your personal relationship — how this message may have been passed which jeopardizes your professional onto you from religion, family and/or integrity. If the relationship doesn’t media. You may want to explore wheth- work out, then you are both left with er you buy into this. tension in the air, and the possibility of If you think she is withholding being pushed out of your job. There information, then tell her you want to might also be legal ramifications relathave an honest conversation about her ing to sexual harassment. experiences. I wouldn’t ask for the Psychologically, there will never be equality because he will always have the whole history all at once, as that might upper hand. make you come unglued. Rather, ask If you are that into him, leave your for different pieces, one at time, and job, then make your move. If he’s not keep checking in with how your body worth leaving your job, then take this naturally responds. If you feel agitated, crush as a lesson. If you feel that the try to deconstruct together what about men you date are too young and immaher story feels uncomfortable. Put all possible explanations for your discomture, consider switching your approach fort on the table, even if you feel some and dating men who are more powerdon’t necessarily apply to you. You may ful, mature and accomplished. find yourself surprised by how many Send questions for Jenni Skyler, Ph.D., sexual scripts lie dormant until they are to drjenni@theintimacyinstitute.org. pushed to re-emerge in relationships.

Skyler is a sex therapist and board-certiLastly, brainstorm together what fied sexologist who runs The Intimacy sexual things you’d like to experience Institute in Boulder, www.theintimacyintogether. It’s fun to start from scratch stitute.org. with one another and compose your Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com Boulder Weekly

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Thursday, June 9 Great Gear Pioneers of Boulder. 8 p.m. Neptune Mountaineering, 633 S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-499-8866.

Saturday, June 11 Boulder Cycling Club Saturday Morning Road Bike Ride. 10:30 a.m. Bicycle Village, 2100 28th St., # B-C, Boulder, 303-875-2241.

Sunday, June 12 Boulder Road Runners Sunday Group Run. 9 a.m. Meet at First National Bank, 3033 Iris Ave., Boulder, www.boulderroadrunners.org.

Tropical Birds of Boulder. 7:30 a.m. Bear Canyon Trail Access Point, 1520 Bear Mountain Dr., Boulder, 303441-3440.

Monday, June 13 Ladies Bike Mechanics 101.

5:30-6:30 a.m. Community Cycles, 2805 Wilderness Pl., Ste. 1000, Boulder, 720-565-6019.

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1996, mountain biking was ponents were pushing the limits of cycling finally beginning to hit its

technology.

stride, evolving from a rag-

It was around this time that the city of Boulder and the Boulder Offroad Alliance (now known as the Boulder Mountainbike Alliance, or BMA) began to toy with the idea of a free, public bike park. When the Valmont Bike Park officially opens on Saturday, June 11, it will be the culmination of almost 15 years of planning, hard work and dedication on behalf of the biking community and the City of Boulder Parks and Recreation Department.

It wasn’t just the raw logistics that prolonged the process; there was also a dedication to the vision of making Boulder’s bike park the very best it could be. Keeping up with trends in the cycling world offered another challenge.

tag group of California hill bombers to a full-fledged Olympic sport in the Atlanta summer games. Quality bikes were becoming more affordable, and elements such as full-suspension frames, super-light carbon-fiber materials and high-end com-

see BIKE PARK Page 44

Tuesday, June 14 Carry-On Packing for CareFree Travel. 7 p.m. Changes in Latitude Travel Store, 2525 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-786-8406.

Tuesday Hiking. 9 a.m. North Boulder Park, 7th and Bellwood streets, Boulder, 303-494-9735.

Youth “Earn-a-Bike” Program.

5:30-7:30 p.m. Community Cycles, 2805 Wilderness Pl., Boulder, 720-5656019.

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

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BIKE PARK from Page 43 Megan Emmett

For example, cyclo-cross was barely a blip on the radar in the 1990s despite being introduced in the USA in the early 1970s. After an explosion of popularity shortly after 2000, the revived sport was vital enough to be included in the final plans for the Valmont Bike Park.

Because of the dynamic nature of cycling, the city of Boulder has hired four full-time employees to maintain the park and keep it up to date. Top designers, engineers and planners all contributed to the construction of the 40-acre park. Former world cup racer Judd de Vall, principal of Alpine Bike Parks LLC, was at the forefront of the modern design and cutting-edge features, such as ideal hard-pack soil, reinforced features and sustainable grasses to absorb water and prevent erosion. Mike Lamb, parks project manager, sold his home and moved his family from Seattle specifically to come to Boulder and be part of the Valmont Bike Park project. Countless other volunteers have spent more than two years physically bringing the park to life. And the BMA contributed signficantly.

“BMA has helped in every step of the process since 1996, and we are thrilled to continue to help long into the future,” says Botsy Phillips, vice president of the BMA. “There are some key people who need to be thanked for their volunteer time and energy. Bobby Noyes has been integral in the development, construction and overall support the park has received.

BMA and the parks department worked together in a partnership to raise $500,000 for the park, and BMA and other volunteers have completed more than 12,000 hours of volunteer time to this project.”

Kirk Kincannon, director of the Boulder Parks and Recreation Department, gives insight into what the park offers for the community.

“With feedback from the cycling community, our partner, Boulder Mountainbike Alliance, and others, we developed Valmont Bike Park to offer natural-surface features and elements for a range of ages, abilities and riding styles,” he says. “From a children’s play area and trike lot to advanced-level slopestyle, dirt jump and cyclo-cross elements, the park offers amenities for all off-road riders. This skill progression design allows riders to develop their cycling abilities in a fun, non-intimidating environment and take on new challenges as their skills develop.”

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Kincannon says building the park did not come without its share of challenges.

“This park is on the cutting edge of public facilities of its kind,” he says. “It offers so many styles of riding and terrain, features a range of elements from mild to wild, and sets a new standard for urban bike parks. So virtually every aspect of building this park involved breaking new ground. Moving 220,000 tons of soil, moving a building, constructing more than

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three-dozen various riding features and miles of inter-connecting trails — that was relatively easy. Ultimately, the overwhelming support and involvement of the community — who tirelessly participated in public and city council meetings, assisted with design input, raised funds and helped develop programmatic and maintenance guidelines for the park — made all these challenges seem manageable.”

Boulder Weekly was invited to preview the park prior to the public unveiling, and we are happy to say it lives up to the hype. The first things that grab your attention are the terrain parks, including huge dirt jumps, a slope-style course with wild amusement-park like features and a dual slalom course. A pair of pump parks along with smaller and intermediate dirt jumps round out the more extreme features. Cross country mountain bikers will dig the beginner and intermediate singletrack trails that hone trail skills with twisty turns, log rides and rolling bridges. These tracks offer ride-arounds for most obstacles, so riders can progress at their own pace. And the aforementioned cyclo-cross track has a flight of stairs that complements the longer course.

The term “family-friendly” often translates to watered-down fun, but the Valmont Bike Park achieves the rare balance of great terrain for all levels without dumbing down the trails for more experienced riders. Oh, did we mention the scenery? Two shady creeks run through the park, while the mesa at the north side offers gorgeous vistas of the hallmark Flatirons to the south and the summits of the Indian Peaks and Long’s Peak to the west.

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Valmont Bike Park sets a new standard in urban bike facilities and does so in a sustainable and affordable way. The park is free to the public and is open from dawn to dusk starting June 11. From free riders to cross-country enthusiasts, BMXers to kids just taking off the training wheels, there’s a wealth of riding waiting right in town.

The city of Boulder, the BMA and all the volunteers and who brought the dream to life and took the time to do it right deserve a lot of credit and thanks.

Enjoy, and ride hard.

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t’s an all-too-familiar scenario: You’re taking a break at work, lingering in a waiting room or maybe even fresh off a workout at the gym, and a vending machine is calling your name. You stand, dollar in hand, contemplating your choices. The Cheetos or the Kit Kat bar?

While the ease and convenience of these traditional vending machines is what many find so tempting, not to mention the landscape of sugary treats, a niche has recently emerged in the snacking world — one that provides natural and organic snacks in Eric Hübler vending machines.

Fresh Healthy Vending, a vending machine company based out of San Diego, is franchisees can share tips and tricks of the trade. attempting to take hold of this market with its dualSuch a supportive framework and the notion of climate vending machines that offer snacks such as being a business owner is what Eric Hübler of yogurt, vitaminwater, Mix1 protein shakes, Clif Bars, Denver says interested him in becoming the first Silk Soymilk and more.

Denver territory franchisee with Fresh Healthy However, what makes Fresh Healthy Vending Vending. unique in the healthy snacks industry is its franchise “The concreteness of it, the simplicity of the conbusiness model, says Alex Kennedy, a Fresh Healthy cept [is what I found appealing],” Hübler says. “And Vending franchise development manager. The comthe fact that I’m still doing something for the social pany, established in 2010, now has a total of 63 frangood.” chises throughout the United States and Canada.

Hübler signed a contract with Fresh Healthy “We’re the only franchise in healthy vending, and Vending in December 2010, and his franchise we’ve got a unique infrastructure,” Kennedy says. includes nine Denver locations and one Boulder loca“Most [franchisees] have never been in vending tion, at The Spot Bouldering Gym. before; they have a lot of questions and need a lot of Dan Howley, owner of The Spot Bouldering answers. That infrastructure is there to support our Gym, says using Fresh Healthy Vending for the gym’s franchisees — we’re definitely here to make sure they first vending machine was a good fit. have all the support they need.”

“We try to keep a pretty healthy offering,” This infrastructure includes location departments Howley says. “It seems like a decent vending offering that work to scout sites for machines, subcontracted for this demographic, for this local community, so I movers who both deliver the machines from warewould expect to see more [in the future].” houses and work with franchisees to help with mainDespite Boulder’s familiarity with many of the tenance information, and even an online forum where products offered in the machines, Howley says there

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were some factors to consider before agreeing to have the machine in his gym, which already sells some of the same items.

“Certainly there were a couple things that were considerations: Complications with other products that we sell here, what the return for our business would be with the machine,” he says.

The machine has been in the gym since March and Howley says so far, the response has been positive.

Although Hübler’s franchise includes the one Boulder location, there is no established Boulder franchisee yet.

“I’m hopeful that there will be a proper Boulder franchisee soon,” he says. “I just spoke with a woman and encouraged her very strongly to go for it, it’s possibly the best location in the country.”

Hübler says one of the things he enjoys most about being a part of the company is working to provide consumers with better alternatives for snacks.

“You can have a snack break and not harm your health, and I know that I’m doing something beneficial,” he says. “I have an opportunity and obligation to encourage people to try something new. For some people, soymilk is a better choice for their health. I would like people to know that the soymilk is a good option.”

Hübler says trying to provide these healthier alternatives can present a challenge because once consumers approach a vending machine, they tend to default on a choice that they are comfortable with, especially for older consumers in a corporate setting.

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ypically I resist reviewing steak or burger. Which is ironic, since Ted’s chains, although a combination prides itself on possessing a degree of enviof curiosity and coincidence ronmental consciousness and pursues green compelled me to check out practices. This ethos is demonstrated by an Ted’s Montana Grill, cable emphasis on serving bison, a critter that has magnate turned environmentalist/land significantly lower environmental impact baron Ted Turner’s culinary endeavor. than cattle, and such touches as providing When it comes to outspoken American bilpaper versus plastic drinking straws. lionaires, I’ve always preferred Turner’s Andrew had an $11 bison meatloaf vaguely crazed bravado, such as when he sandwich, topped with jack cheese and won America’s Cup in the ’70s, to Donald grilled onions on a ciabatta roll. The roll Trump’s cranky hyperbole. was a touch doughy, but the filling meatloaf Additionally, I took it as a sign to visit was tender and moist, which was somewhat Ted’s for lunch when my brother lent me an surprising given the meat’s leanness. The enjoyably pulpy thriller novel. In this work, bison was ably complemented by an undervarious and sundry miscreants wreak havoc stated sweet barbecue sauce. with high-powered rifles in the orbit of a My choice was a pricey, medium-rare, thinly disguised Turner character with an $16 Blue Creek bison burger with blue even more thinly disguised Jane Fondacheese and bacon. The burger was amply esque wife. No mention of a restaurant sized, although the saltiness of the cheese chain in this tome, though. and bacon made it difficult to fully appreFriend Andrew (who himself sometimes ciate the rich, clean flavor of the meat. I goes by Ted — the coincidences keep stacktook a bite of the buffalo without any of ed Turner holds his own as a land baron, possessing nearing up) joined me for lunch at this East the garnishes, and found that it possessed ly two million acres of land in the U.S., including the nearPearl Street eatery. Ted’s menu occupies a an enjoyably hearty but not fatty taste. ly 600,000-acre Vermejo Park Ranch. This spread straddles unique niche between straight-up bar food Next time I would order a bison burger both Colorado and New Mexico and is the largest privately and traditional American steakhouse, which with less assertive condiments, so as to owned contiguous piece of land in the country. Turner is likely makes it a good stop for corporate fully enjoy the bison taste. Like Andrew’s the second-largest owner of American lands, surpassed by middle managers with expense accounts. side of fries, my accompanying onion rings fellow cable magnate John Malone, who owns roughly 2.1 On one hand, there’s happy-hour nachos. were acceptably crisp, but otherwise not million acres. But both look like small potatoes compared to On the other, one can drop $29 on a bison memorable.

Thomas B. Catron, a notorious 19th-century attorney who filet entrée and, of course, there’s a full bar.

Like most chain restaurants, I’m ambivwas the largest land owner in New Mexico, with interests in some three million acres.

The ambience is much what you’d alent about Ted’s Montana Grill. Sixteen expect — it’s a subtle American-Westdollars for a burger, even one made from meets-steakhouse design scheme with plenbison, seems high to me, although it tasted ty of dark, masculine woods. The clientele tended ry dill pickles that were crisp with an appropriately fine. Ted’s isn’t the optimum spot for the Boulder towards middle-aged business people, with nary a mild brine underscoring fresh cucumber flavor. foodie, and this may well be the intention. One sushipster to be seen. The servers were friendly but not I suspect this would be a popular spot with outpects it’s best suited for the out-of-town visitor rather intrusive and seemed uniformly clean-cut. One nice of-town visitors who might be intimidated by than the local.

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asy as pie?

I always believed that wasn’t a completely accurate statement. I mean, easy as fruit salad, easy as brownies, maybe. But pies, well, they can be tricky sometimes, especially if you aren’t down with making your own pie crust.

My friends, I am here to give you a delicious, simple recipe that will have you shouting from the mountaintops, “This hike was easy as pie!” Strawberry Walnut Pie that is!

You see those red, juicy, plump berries looking at you in your favorite grocery aisle, or better yet, the farmers’ market? Good to eat on their own, absolutely, but make a pie out of them and kitchen magic happens.

Not that there isn’t always magic happening in my kitchen — a little (a lot of ) champagne when creating my recipes makes for a show I should be charging admission to. My lucky husband gets it for free, but as he says, “Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing.” Perhaps it was Einstein that said that, but either way, looks like I should start charging him for my pie.

The walnuts combined with the strawberries leave a wonderful taste in your mouth. At times, walnuts can have a slightly bitter taste, but mixing with the flaky crust and strawberries really brings out the best of their flavor. I use them on the bottom of the pie to cover the crust. It makes for a nice bit of crunch. Strawberry pie sometimes can have a soggy bottom, so the walnuts help to keep it at a perfect texture.

I’m including an easy pie-crust recipe that I always use, but don’t feel bad if you just purchase the pie crust. No one will judge, and if they do, don’t share the pie or your kitchen-magic champagne with them.

As always, topping with some homemade whipping cream is just the finishing touch you need, not to mention making it look darn pretty. Now whipping cream, that’s as easy as pie. I’m off to charge admission for my kitchen show, tickets available at the door.

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

Strawberry Walnut Pie 1 pre-baked 9-inch pie crust (recipe below) 1/4 cup chopped walnuts 1-pound container of strawberries (approx. 18-20) 3/4 cup granulated sugar 2/3 cup water 3 tbsp. cornstarch 1/2 tsp. cinnamon Whipped cream

Cover bottom of baked pie crust with walnuts. In small bowl, combine water and cornstarch. Set aside for later use.

Cut strawberries into quarters.

Arrange half of cut-up strawberries over top of walnuts.

In medium saucepan, combine remaining berries and sugar. Mash up strawberries with fork. Bring to boil over medium-high heat. Slowly stir in cornstarch/water mixture. Add cinnamon. Let boil for 2-3 minutes, until thickened.

Pour mixture over strawberries and walnuts. Let cool 30-40 minutes. Set in refrigerator at least two hours. Cut into slices, and serve with whipped cream.

Enjoy!

Pie Crust

1 1/4 cups flour 1/4 tsp. salt 1 tsp. sugar 1/2 cup unsalted butter 3 tbsp. ice water

Combine flour, salt and sugar in large bowl. Cut in butter with fingers or pastry blender until dough resembles coarse crumbs. Drizzle cold water slowly over dough. Toss until mixture is moistened. Add a bit more water if necessary. Bring together and roll in ball. Cover with Saran Wrap, and place in refrigerator for 30 minutes.

Roll out dough on floured surface with floured rolling pin. Gently pick up and place into 9-inch pie plate. Crimp edges. Prick sides and bottom of crust with fork (or place foil on inside of crust and fill with pie weights or beans). Bake at 400 for 10-15 minutes, until crust is turning golden brown.

Let cool before filling.

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TIDBITES Food happenings around town Cuban cafe opens on Arapahoe Denver’s Cuba Cuba Café & Bar is opening a sister site, Cuba Cuba Sandwicheria, in Boulder at 2525 Arapahoe Ave. in The Village shopping center. The “fast-casual” eatery will offer Cuban sandwiches, Cuban food bowls, desserts and more.

A “soft opening” will be held on Thursday, June 9, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.

using organic ingredients from Old World recipes, such as organic lemons, oranges and mint. Happy hour happens daily from 4 to 6:30 p.m.

Colorado Winefest uncorked Colorado citizens will get a chance to celebrate the first annual Colorado Winefest at The Shops at Northfield Stapleton in Denver June 9-11.

The festival falls at the end of Colorado Wine Week, which began on June 5. Festivalgoers will have the opportunity to sample wines from nearly 100 different wineries and local restaurants as well as attend wine seminars, dinners and chef demos.

Boulder native and Top Chef winner Hosea Rosenberg will join four other professional chefs in cooking signature dishes for a five-course VIP dinner on Friday, June 10, at 7 p.m.

Like Palisade’s Colorado Mountain Winefest, proceeds from the Colorado Winefest will be donated to the Colorado Association for Viticulture and Enology for education, research, seminars and equipment to further grape-growing and winemaking in Colorado.

Ticket prices vary by event and run from $35 to $200. For more information about individual events or to buy tickets, visit www.coloradowinefest.com.

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Pita goes extreme The first ever National Pita Day is Saturday, June 18, and the new Extreme Pita restaurant in Boulder is offering half-price pitas all day.

The discount does not apply to flat baked pitas or salads.

Extreme Pita is located in The Village shopping center, at 2525 Arapahoe Ave. It is the first location that the national chain has opened in Colorado.

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Schools, hospitals and fitness facilities make the ideal location for one of the machines, Kennedy says, because the atmosphere is one that is already geared toward making healthier decisions.

Boulder Valley School District Director of Nutrition Services Ann Cooper says that before making a recommendation to a principal about whether or not to bring one of the machines into a BVSD school, she would need more information about both the snacks and the business. Regardless, she says, the goal of machines offering healthier alternatives is in sync with the various health initiatives already in Boulder Weekly

place in BVSD. “I don’t know where their machines would be, but I think if we’re going to have vending in workplaces or potentially even in schools, healthy vending is better than non-healthy vending machines,” Cooper says.

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chises soon.

“The way to look at it is, once people saw that the Prius wasn’t a fluke, that you could actually get places in it, they did well,” he says. “It’s the same thing. I think Fresh [Healthy Vending] is kind of leading the way.”

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

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self-proclaimed Tuscan-style neighborhood restaurant, North Boulder’s Radda Trattoria dishes out substantial fare that retains rustic roots while keeping a sophisticated flair in preparation and ingredient choice. The piccolo fritto appetizer is a triumphant blend of fried zucchini, onion, rock shrimp and citrus, with an appealing preparation style equaling that of the best tempura.

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

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

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acco Trattoria and Mozzarella Bar lives up to its Italian moniker by virtue of being a hospitable neighborhood restaurant. Blending Italian-American with Old World influences, the menu includes pizza, lasagna and more unique offerings such as brick-pressed grilled chicken. The wild boar pappardelle is especially memorable, with a satisfying cacciatore-like flavor and tender pork.

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ormerly known as Ichiban, Longmont’s Sushi Kaiten brings conveyor-belt Japanese cuisine to Boulder County. Items are available both made-to-order and off the belt, and can’t-miss selections include the heavenly spicy salmon handroll and house-smoked salmon dusted with green tea powder. Other attractions include the surprisingly creamy white tuna and the aficionado’s choice, uni, or sea urchin roe.

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udaka Healthy Latin Food dishes out meatless South American fare, with a particular focus on Venezuelan and Colombian cuisine.

The healthy and fresh-tasting offerings include bean and rice bowls served with salsa and smooth Venezuelan guacamole, as well as fried yucca root appetizers. Arepa, a stuffed cornmeal cake, is a signature offering here. The namesake Zudaka version, filled with meatless ground beef, salsa, Venezuelan guacamole and cheese, is especially appealing.

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rimarily for dues-paying “X-Men” club members in good standing, rather than anyone wandering by a multiplex wondering if the prequel stands on its own, X-Men: First Class settles for moderately engrossing second-class mutant superheroism. Plus it includes January Jones as Emma Frost, here depicted as Austin Powers’ dream shag, and Rose Byrne as a perpetually aghast CIA operative.

Mainly, though, the film features Michael Fassbender in a pivotal role. That’s enough to lift it above the mechanics of the routine.

If you don’t know the name, you may know the face. Recognizable from Hunger, Inglourious Basterds and the recent Jane Eyre, the Germanborn, Irish-bred Fassbender brings a dash of authority and brio to every assignment. In X-Men: First Class there’s a moment when his character — Erik Lehnsherr, survivor of the Warsaw Ghetto, a so-called mutant who can bend metal at will — tests out his long-distance ability to rotate, counterclockwise, a massive satellite tower. Fassbender’s required to strike “the pose,” i.e., fingers on both hands spread out in Zap Position, ready to perform the magnetizing feat of wonder, furrowed brow in full furrow, gaze intent.

It’s the kind of bit that can make even a skilled actor look like an idiot. Yet Fassbender does not look like an idiot. He looks as if he has been bending hunks of metal with his mind regularly, just for practice.

Directed with bland efficiency by Matthew Vaughn (Kick-Ass), X-Men: First Class juggles a mas-

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sively full roster of mutants as it heads toward the finish line and the answer to the question: What really happened to provoke, and then narrowly avert, the 1962 Cuban missile crisis? When Fassbender, in the role played by Ian McKellen in earlier X-Men outings, is allowed some elbow room, you notice and appreciate what’s at stake. And when the many-hands screenplay lets him match wits with future nemesis Charles Xavier, played by James McAvoy, the film snaps into focus.

The story, cooked up by Bryan Singer, exploits both the Holocaust and the Cold War for its own

Mary Poppins meets Charles Bukowski

.J. needs a friend. His mom has just died in a traffic accident. His dad, Paul, has withdrawn into a haze of tranquilizers and group-therapy blather. His grandma is kind but housebound.

The school bully likes pushing him facedown onto urinal cakes. The woman in his life, Nicole, a nice 20-something grocery clerk with self-esteem issues, can’t fathom that a 13-year-old could have a life-and-death crush on her.

T.J. needs a friend. But what he gets is a dirtbag heavy-metal nihilist named Hesher. It’s his lucky day, sort of.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt is riveting as Hesher’s title character, an ambiguous, intriguing mentor/ menace. We never learn a thing about this lankhaired, hot-tempered force of nature. He shows up whenever T.J. is feeling especially stressed, like Charlie Manson’s notion of a guardian angel.

From Hesher’s first scene, when he is being rousted out of the abandoned housing project where he squats and casually throws a homemade bomb at the security guard in retaliation, his don’t-give-a-damn credentials are indisputable.

He’s not T.J.’s bodyguard. When the boy gets roughed up in the school lavatory, Hesher just looks on, disgusted that T.J. won’t stick up for himself. He’s not a source of street-smart advice; his ramblings Boulder Weekly

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ends, as did the Marvel Comics originals. The evil mastermind behind the Cuban missile gambit starts out, a generation earlier, as a Mengele-like Nazi doctor introduced by the movie in a 1944 concentration camp prologue. Both iterations of the character are played by Kevin Bacon in full ferret mode. How does this material square with the funsy 1962-set training sequences, where we see the proto-X-Men and -Women testing out their various transformational and destructive abilities? Not very easily.

First under CIA tutelage (Oliver Platt plays their overseer) and then in the confines of Xavier’s remote mansion, the mutants must learn to marshal their abilities. I confess I find it hard to keep everybody’s superpowers straight with this franchise. It’s like learning the names of every one of your child’s classmates. The good mutants include cobalt-blue Mystique ( Jennifer Lawrence), the boy-man with hands for feet known as Beast (Nicholas Hoult) and many others. The story hops and skips from Moscow to Vegas to England to Cuba. The film improves on the heavy-spirited X-Men Origins: Wolverine of two years ago. Still, the deadliest single element in this film can be traced not to Bacon’s character, but to composer Henry Jackson, whose music seems determined to kill us all with waves of dramatic nothingness.

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sound as if they’re going to resolve into parables, then they turn out to be stoner shaggy dog yarns. Still, for T.J., floundering in a swamp of loss at the beginning of adolescence, a blast of rebellious male energy is what the doctor ordered. Hugs can’t teach you everything.

Writer/director Spencer Susser deserves credit for pushing the coming-of-age story in the direction of black comedy. Like a long-lost big brother who just made parole, Hesher is as likely to maul T.J., taunt

him or smack him for smarting off as stand up for him. But it isn’t child abuse; it’s a variant of the rough play you see in wildlife documentaries. In the process of toughening up T.J., Hesher scars the kid a bit but leaves him more healed than he found him.

You can read the story as a psychological fable, with T.J. as the questing ego, Hesher as the uninhibited id and Paul as the disapproving, controlling superego, all learning to cooperate. Or you can just kick back and take it on the level of a wild, gritty, slyly funny Los Angeles fable: Mary Poppins meets Charles Bukowski.

The cast is noteworthy. Rainn Wilson plays Paul straight and sad; Natalie Portman (who produced the film) is touching as geeky cashier Nicole; John Carroll Lynch is gruff but human as the autojunkyard owner who becomes T.J.’s adversary; and Piper Laurie is a gust of pure, weary love as the boy’s grandmother. Devin Brochu gives the muchbattered T.J. the right mix of stubborn pride and wounded self-pity.

And Gordon-Levitt is stellar as the anarchic, tattooed metalhead. His character will stick with you, leaving an impression as raw and visceral as a cigarette burn.

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friend and a colorful group of bridesmaids on a wild ride. At Flatiron, Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks. — Los Angeles Times/MCT

The year is 1844. A young lord rapes and kills with impunity by virtue of his political connections.

Though the era of the samurai is fading, an honest government official covertly enlists 13 swordsmen to assassinate this sadistic lord before he can seize more power. With the clock ticking, the assassins lay a deadly trap for the lord and his army of bodyguards, culminating in one of the bloodiest swordfights ever put to film. At Denver FilmCenter/ Colfax. — Denver Film Society

Cave of Forgotten Dreams Werner Herzog ventures into southern France’s Chauvet caves, sealed for eons by a rock fall and only discovered in 1994, where the glistening rockfaces turn out to house humankind’s first art gallery: paintings of horses and mammoths, lions and reindeer, put there some 32,000 years ago by a budding Picasso or two. Amazing. At Century. — Steven Rea

2011 J’Adore! Focus on French-Language Cinema J’Adore! Focus on French-Language Cinema brings more than a dozen new films from France, Canada, Quebec, Belgium and Switzerland to the Denver FilmCenter/Colfax for four days of screenings, receptions and special events. Visit www.denverfilm.org for full listings. At Denver FilmCenter/Colfax. — Denver Film Society American: The Bill Hicks Story Three years in the making, American: The Bill Hicks Story brings the tale of one of modern culture’s most iconic heroes to the big screen. Much more than a comedian, Hicks was and still is an inspiration to millions. His timeless comedy tackled the contradictions of America and modern life head on.

His unique gift was to tease apart the essence of religion, the dangers of unbridled government power and the double standards inherent in much of modern society, using nothing but his hilarious ideas and uncompromising observational style. At

AMC Flatiron Crossing, 61 W. Flatiron Cir., Broomfield, 303-790-4262 Bridesmaids Thu: 10:55, 1:40, 4:30, 7:25, 10:20 Fri-Wed: 10:40, 1:50, 4:55, 10:45 Fast Five Thu: 1:20, 7:05 The Hangover Part II Thu: 12:10, 2:40, 5:20, 7:55, 10:30 Fri-Wed: 11:20, 2, 4:35, 7:10, 9:40 Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer Fri-Wed: 11:30, 2:10, 4:50, 7:20, 9:50 Kung Fu Panda 2 Thu: 11:10, 1:35, 4, 6:30, 9 Fri-Wed: 9:55, 12:10, 2:40, 5:10, 7:45, 10:20 Midnight in Paris Fri-Wed: 10, 12:15, 2:30, 5, 7:40, 10:10 Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides Thu: 10:45, 11:50, 1:50, 2:55, 4:55, 6, 8:10, 9:05 Fri-Wed: 10:20, 1:25, 4:45, 8 Rio Thu: 11:40, 2:15, 4:40 Super 8 Fri-Wed: 10:15, 1:10, 4:05, 7, 9:55 Thor Thu: 11:20, 2:05, 4:50, 7:35, 10:25 FriWed: 11:50, 2:50, 5:30, 8:20, 10:55 Water for Elephants Thu: 7:15,10:10 X-Men: First Class Thu: 11:15, 1:05, 4:05, 7:10, 10:15 Fri-Wed: 12:20, 3:30, 6:45, 10 Century Boulder, 1700 29th St., Boulder, 303-442-1815 Bridesmaids Thu:10,11:20, 12:50, 2:10, 3:40, 5, 6:35, 7:55, 9:25, 10:45 Fri-Wed: 11:10, 2, 3:25, 4:50, 7:40, 9:05, 10:30, 11:55 Cave of Forgotten Dreams Thu: 10:20, 12:35, 2:50, 5:10, 7:40, 10:10 Fri-Wed: 10, 12:20, 2:35, 4:55, 7:10, 9:55 The Hangover Part II Thu: 10, 10:45, 12:15, 1, 1:45, 3:15, 4, 4:45, 6:15, 7, 7:45, 9:15, 10, 10:45 Fri-Wed: 10:30, 1:15, 4, 6:40, 9:30, 12:01 Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer Fri-Wed: 11:20, 2:10, 4:35, 6:55, 9:15, 11:35 Kung Fu Panda 2 Thu: 11:40, 1:55, 4:25, 6:45, 9, 11:20 Fri-Wed: 11:30, 1:45, 4:10, 6:30, 8:45, 11 Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides Thu: 11, 12:05, 2:05, 3:10, 5:15, 6:25, 8:20, 9:30, 11:25 Fri-Wed: 10:35, 1:50, 5, 8:15, 11:20

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The Birds

Babies & Blockbusters: Eat Pray Love

The Birds is one of Hitchcock’s most psychologically complicated scenarios, a tense study of violence, loneliness and complacency. At Boedecker Theater. — Boedecker Theater

Sonia and Guido might be the two loneliest people in the Italian city of Turin. A penniless maid and a chilly ex-cop, they each go about their daily routines like ghosts, both tormented by mistakes and loss from their individual pasts, unable to truly move forward with their lives in any meaningful way. But when the two meet for the first time in the grimmest of settings — a schmaltzy speed-dating event — wary flirtation blooms into desperate passion. Only a single, shocking incident, an illtimed robbery, threatens to destroy the salvation that Sonia and Guido so quickly find in each other.

The Double Hour is at once a stark romance, a touching, psychological thriller and a story about possibilities. At Chez Artiste and Esquire. — Landmark Theatres

Bridesmaids

Everything Must Go

As maid of honor, a single woman leads her best

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Super 8

Otherwise known as, “Wow, they finally made an E.T. sequel.” Yep, Steven Spielberg takes on another project about small-town kids tangling with alien visitors.

A free baby-friendly outing for grown-ups! See popular recent-release movies in the Canyon Theater with your little one in tow. Babies are free to cry, fuss and coo! Admission is free and all baby-tolerant adults are welcome. At Boulder Public Library. — BPL

local theaters Super 8 Fri-Wed: 10:45, 11:40, 12:35, 1:30, 2:25, 3:20, 4:15, 5:10, 6:05, 7, 7:55, 8:50, 9:45, 10:40, 11:45 Thor Thu: 10:40, 1:20, 4:10, 6:55, 9:45 X-Men: First Class Thu: 10:30, 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, 10:30 Fri-Wed: 10:15, 1:25, 4:30, 7:30, 10:35 Colony Square, 1164 Dillon Rd., Louisville, 303-604-2641 Bridesmaids Thu-Wed: 11, 1:50, 4:40, 7:50, 10:40 The Hangover Part II Thu-Wed: 10:35, 11:20, 1:25, 2:10, 4:35, 5:10, 7:15, 8, 10:20, 10:45 Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer Fri-Wed: 10:40, 1:15, 3:40, 6:50, 9:30 Kung Fu Panda 2 Thu: 10:50, 1:10, 4:10, 6:40, 9:20 Fri-Wed: 10:10, 2:30, 5, 7:20, 9:50 Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides Thu-Wed: 9:50, 12:50, 3:50, 7:05, 10:10 Super 8 Fri-Wed: 10:45, 1:45, 4:45, 7:30, 10:15 Thor Thu-Wed: 10:15, 1:40, 4:25, 7:10, 9:55 Water for Elephants Thu-Wed: 11:10, 2, 4:50, 7:45, 10:30 X-Men: First Class Thu-Wed: 10, 10:30, 1, 1:30, 4, 4:30, 7, 7:30, 10, 10:30 Landmark Chez Artiste, 2800 S. Colorado Blvd., Denver, 303-352-1992 The Double Hour Fri-Wed: 1:45, 4:15, 7:15, 9:35 The First Grader Fri-Wed: 1:30, 4, 7, 9:45 Forks Over Knives Thu: 4:15, 9:25 I Am Thu: 4:30, 7:15, 9:15 Fri-Wed: 2, 4:30, 7:30, 9:45 Meek’s Cutoff Thu: 6:45 p.m.

The Robber Thu: 4, 7, 9:35

Landmark Esquire, 590 Downing St., Denver, 303-352-1992 The Double Hour Thu-Wed: 4:30, 7, 9:30 Everything Must Go Thu-Wed: 4:45, 9:40 The Tree of Life Fri-Wed: 1, 1:30, 4, 4:45, 7, 8, 10 Landmark Mayan, 110 Broadway, Denver, 303-352-1992 Hesher Thu: 4, 9:45 L’Amour Fou Fri-Wed: 1, 4, 7:20, 9:45 Midnight in Paris Thu-Wed: 1:40, 2:20, 4:20, 5, 7:05, 7:45, 9:30, 10 Queen to Play Thu: 1:30, 7:30 Denver FilmCenter, 2510 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, 303-820-3456 13 Assassins Thu: 2, 7:10 2011 J’adore! Focus on French-Language Cinema Fri-Sun (see www.denverfilm.org for full listings) American:The Bill Hicks Story Thu: 2:30, 5, 7:20, 9:45 Hesher Fri-Wed: 4:40, 7:15 Hobo With a Shotgun Thu: 10 p.m.

Irma Vep Fri: 10 p.m.

Meek’s Cutoff Fri-Mon: 2:10, 7:10 Tue-Wed: 2:10, 4:30 Mia and the Migoo Thu: 2:15, 4:30 Miral Thu: 9:45 p.m.

Raising Arizona Tue: 7:30, 10 The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls FriWed: 2:30, 5 UA Twin Peaks, 1250 S. Hover Rd., Longmont, 303-651-2434

Bridesmaids Thu: 10:15, 1:05, 4:05, 7:05, 10:10 Fri-Wed: 1:10, 4:05, 7:05, 10:05 The Hangover Part II Thu: 10:50,11:20, 1:15, 1:50, 4:15, 4:50, 7:15, 7:50, 9:45, 10:15 Fri-Wed: 11:40, 2:05, 4:40, 7:50, 10:20 Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer Fri-Wed: 11:30, 1:40, 4:15, 7:15, 9:40 Kung Fu Panda 2 Thu: 11, 1:30, 4, 6:50, 9:20 Fri-Wed: 11:20, 1:30, 4, 6:50, 9:20 Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides Thu-Wed: 12:50, 3:50, 7, 9:55 Super 8 Fri-Wed: 11:15, 1:50, 4:35, 7:35, 10:10 X-Men: First Class Thu: 10:30, 1:10, 1:40, 4:10, 4:40, 7:10, 7:40, 10, 10:30 Fri-Wed: 11:10, 1, 2, 4:10, 4:50, 7:10, 7:40, 10, 10:30 Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826 The Birds Sun: 4, 7 Harvest Thu: 4 p.m. Sat: 4, 9 In a Better World Thu: 6:30 p.m. Fri: 4, 9:30 Sat: 6:30 p.m.

Opera: Macbeth Mon: 12:30 p.m.

Queen to Play Wed: 4 p.m.

Shakespeare: Love’s Labor Lost Sun: 1 p.m.

Waiting for Superman Fri: 6:30 p.m. Wed: 6:30 p.m.

Boulder Public Library Film Program, Boulder Public Library, 1000 Canyon Blvd., Boulder, 303-441-3197 Babies & Blockbusters: Eat Pray Love Tue: 12:30 p.m.

Screening of Vacation Home Movies Thu: 6:30 p.m.

Teen Outdoor Movie Night Sat: 6 p.m.

Thunderbirds Are Go Mon: 6:30 p.m.

As times are always subject to change, we request that you verify all movie listings beforehand. Daily updated information can be viewed on our website, www.boulderweekly.com.

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holds a yard sale and tries to start over. At Esquire.

— Los Angeles Times/MCT Fast Five The stars of all previous installments in the surprisingly successful franchise about drag racers reunite to break once again the speed limit the world over. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson joins the cast as the federal agent on the speedsters’ trail.

Good luck with that, pal. Rated R. At Flatiron. — Rene Rodriguez The First Grader In a small, remote mountain-top primary school in the Kenyan bush, hundreds of children are jostling for a chance for the free education newly promised by the Kenyan government. One new applicant causes astonishment when he knocks on the door of the school.

He is Maruge, a Mau Mau veteran in his eighties, who is desperate to learn to read at this late stage of his life. He fought for the liberation of his country and now feels he must have the chance of an education so long denied — even if it means sitting in a classroom alongside 6-year-olds. At Chez Artiste. — Landmark Theatres Forks Over Knives Forks Over Knives examines the profound claim that most, if not all, of the degenerative diseases that afflict us can be controlled, or even reversed, by rejecting our present menu of animal-based and processed foods. At Chez Artiste. — Landmark Theatres The Hangover Part II On the heels of their wild Las Vegas bachelor party, four pals get into more trouble en route to a prewedding brunch in Thailand. At Flatiron, Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks. — Los Angeles Times/MCT Harvest Gathered one summer in a beautiful shoreline town, three generations are drawn together by their patriarch. With endearing moments of humor and uplifting spirit, Harvest is a portrait of a family awkwardly yet delicately hanging on to what was, what now is, and to one another. At Boedecker Theater. — Boedecker Theater Hesher See full review on Page 53. At Mayan and Century.

Hobo With a Shotgun A train pulls into the station. A hobo jumps from a freight car, hoping for a fresh start in a new city.

Instead, he finds himself trapped in an urban hell.

Criminals rule the streets and Drake, the city’s crime boss, reigns supreme alongside his sadistic, murderous sons, Slick and Ivan. Amid the chaos, the hobo comes across a pawn shop window displaying a second-hand lawn mower. He dreams of making the city a beautiful place and starting a new life for himself. But as the brutality continues to rage around him, he notices a shotgun hanging above the lawn mower. Quickly, he realizes the only way to make a difference in this town is with that gun in his hand and two shells in its chamber. At Denver FilmCenter/Colfax. — Denver Film Society

Irma Vep Maggie Cheung, acting out her own role as one of the greatest stars of Asian cinema, comes to Paris to portray Irma Vep (the character created by silent-film actress Musidora) in a remake of the famous series Vampires directed by Louis Feuillade between 1915 and 1916. She does not speak a word of French, and therefore everyone is forced to speak to her in broken English — especially her somewhat incomprehensible, has-been director, Rene Vidal, who sees Maggie as the unique incarnation of a modern Irma Vep. At Denver FilmCenter/Colfax. — Denver Film Society Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer When her carefully laid summer plans go awry, an imaginative young girl gets creative about her vacation adventures. With Jordana Beatty, Heather Graham and Parris Mosteller. Rated PG. At Flatiron, Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks. — Los Angeles Times/ MCT Kung Fu Panda 2 The martial artist panda Po and his friends must once again protect the Valley of Peace from a formidable villain. At Flatiron, Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks. — Los Angeles Times/MCT L’Amour Fou The public life of Yves Saint Laurent was as extravagant as it was decadent. As a design prodigy and then the grand couturier of a fashion empire, he influenced 50 years of style — but few are familiar with the private life of the legend. Pierre Bergé, the man with whom YSL shared four decades of his life and love, reflects on the equally extravagant history of their personal relationship. At Mayan. — Landmark Theatres Meek’s Cutoff The year is 1845 and a wagon team of three families has hired the mountain man Stephen Meek to guide them over the Cascade Mountains. Claiming to know a short cut, Meek leads the group on an unmarked path across the high-plains desert, only to become lost in the dry rock and sage. Over the coming days, the emigrants must face the scourges of hunger, thirst and their own lack of faith in each other’s instincts for survival. At Denver FilmCenter/Colfax. — Denver Film Society Mia and the Migoo Created from an astounding 500,000 hand-painted frames of animation, Mia and the Migoo is a work of art, breathtaking to behold. The film is a fablelike journey of a young girl who must overcome her fears on a quest to find her father and save the world from destruction. One night Mia has a premonition. So, after saying a few words of parting at her mother’s grave, she sets out on a cross-continent journey, through mountains and jungles in search of her father, who has been trapped in a landslide at a construction site on a remote tropical lake. At Denver FilmCenter/Colfax. — Denver Film Society

and the increased role for the “ugly and evil” Lady Macbeth. At Boedecker Theater. — Boedecker Theater Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides Captain Jack Sparrow returns for another swashbuckling adventure, this time searching for the Fountain of Youth and tangling with the pirate Blackbeard. At Flatiron, Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks. — Los Angeles Times/MCT Queen to Play Lovely, repressed and quietly intelligent, French chambermaid Hélène discovers her love for chess when, one day, she comes upon a couple engaged in an intense match. This obsession with the game, much to the chagrin of her husband and teenaged daughter, leads her to seek the clandestine tutelage of a reclusive American doctor — a liaison that radically transforms both of their lackluster lives.

At Mayan and Boedecker Theater. — Landmark Theatres Raising Arizona Ex-cop Edwina “Ed” McDonnough and her ex-con husband, H.I., are devastated when they learn they can’t have children. Not to worry: They reckon they’ll just “borrow” one of furniture magnate Nathan Arizona’s new quintuplets. At Denver FilmCenter/ Colfax. — Denver Film Society Rio Jessie Eisenberg, Anne Hathaway, Jane Lynch and Wanda Sykes provide the voices for this animated tale about a domesticated macaw who travels around the world to chase down the love of his life. Rated PG. At Twin Peaks. ­— Rene Rodriguez The Robber A champion marathon runner leads a double life as a serial bank robber, sprinting between heists as many as three times a day. Based on the real-life story of Johann Kastenberger, Austria’s most-wanted bank robber of the 1980s, Benjamin Heisenberg’s thriller is a lean, visceral study of pathological compulsion, featuring a riveting central performance by Andreas Lust. Known as “Pumpgun Ronnie” because of his weapon and the Ronald Reagan mask he slips on during stickups, Rettenberger is portrayed here as an obsessive loner, more concerned with his lap times than other human beings. At Chez Artiste. — Landmark Theatres Screening of Vacation Home Movies This is a program of found vacation home movies from the collections of Jeanne Liotta, Stan Lohmann and Joel Haertling. Trips include New York City, Hawaii and Disneyland. Presented in 8 and 16 mm. At Boulder Public Library. — BPL Service Entrance

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I AM, a prismatic and probing exploration of our world, what’s wrong with it and what we can do to make it better, represents writer/director Tom Shadyac’s first foray into nonfiction following a career as one of Hollywood’s leading comedy practitioners. At Chez Artiste. — Landmark Theatres

Miral is the visceral, first-person diary of a young girl growing up in East Jerusalem as she confronts the effects of occupation and war in every corner of her life. At Denver FilmCenter/Colfax. — Denver Film Society

Philippe Le Guay’s Service Entrance is a charming and breezy 1960s-set tale of an uptight, conservative stockbroker, Jean-Louis Joubert, who is unhappily married to Suzanne, a neurotic Parisian socialite. Enter a group of buoyant Spanish maids, refugees of the Franco regime, who live in the servants’ quarters on the sixth floor of their building in a fashionable Paris suburb. Among them are Concepcion and her niece Maria. When the family maid suddenly walks out, Suzanne and Jean-Louis hire Maria as their new helper.

After a nasty fight with Suzanne, Jean-Louis, in an inverted upstairs-downstairs turn, moves up to the sixth floor, where his life and his values are turned upside down. At Denver FilmCenter/Colfax. — Denver Film Center

Opera: Macbeth

Shakespeare’s Love’s Labor Lost

Verdi’s lifelong love affair with Shakespeare first took wing with Macbeth in 1847. The composer thought the play “one of the greatest creations of man,” and, along with his librettist Piave, set out to make of it “something out of the ordinary” on the operatic stage.

Musically, Verdi’s masterstrokes were the macabre choruses for the witches, the evocative orchestral colors

Shakespeare’s most intellectual comedy is brought to hilarious life in Dominic Dromgoole’s highly entertaining production, rich in visual humour and sexual innuendo. Jonathan Fensom’s knot garden and original music by Claire van Kampen create the framework for an engaging performance by an excellent cast. At

In a Better World Academy Award winner for Best Foreign Film. The lives of two Danish families cross each other, and an extraordinary but risky friendship comes into bud.

But loneliness, frailty and sorrow lie in wait. At Boedecker Theater. — Boedecker Theater

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Midnight in Paris A family travels to Paris on business; among them are an engaged couple who have life-changing experiences.

At Flatiron, Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks. — Los Angeles Times/MCT

Boedecker Theater. — Boedecker Theater Something Borrowed Ginnifer Goodwin is a wallflower lawyer, Kate Hudson is her domineering alpha-blonde best friend, and Colin Egglesfield is the only available man in New York City. He and Goodwin were study partners in law school and on their way to being something more when her smooth, confident pal swooped in and snatched him like a hawk seizing a rabbit. Now the couple is about to marry, while Goodwin smiles bravely from the sidelines with aching, unrequited longing and holds back tears. The film is a two-hour pity party, as her hopes for Egglesfield to snap out of it and realize he loves her are raised and dashed. At Flatiron, Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks. — Colin Covert Soul Surfer AnnaSophia Robb stars in this fact-based drama about a teenage girl who musters up the courage to climb back on her surfboard after losing an arm in a shark attack. Rated PG. At Twin Peaks. — Rene Rodriguez Super 8 A group of kids making a movie in a small Ohio town in 1979 witness a disastrous train derailment and begin to notice unusual disappearances and inexplicable events. At Flatiron, Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks. Rated PG-13.— Los Angeles Times/MCT Teen Outdoor Movie Night

Teens participating in You Are Here (our teen summer reading program) vote and choose a movie to show outdoors. We will show three movies, every other week, starting June 11. Movie will show under the library, on the north side by the creek.

Pizza and pop will be served. At Boulder Public Library.

— BPL Thor The launch of the summer movie season with a big-budget, big-profile comic-book adaptation has become a tradition, and this year, the arrogant god of thunder is kicked out of Asgard and sent to live among the lowly humans on our planet, including Natalie Portman. Kenneth Branagh handled the directorial duties. At Flatiron, Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks. — Rene Rodriguez Thunderbirds Are Go Thunderbirds Are Go is a 1966 British science-fiction movie based on Thunderbirds, a 1960s television series featuring marionette puppets and scale-model effects in a filming process dubbed “Supermarionation.”

Thunderbirds Are Go develops the franchise with a plot focusing on the futuristic spacecraft Zero-X and its manned mission to Mars. When Zero-X suffers a mechanical failure during reentry, it is up to International Rescue, with the aid of the Thunderbird machines, to save the astronauts on board before the spacecraft is obliterated in a crash landing. At Boulder Public Library. — BPL Waiting for Superman As he follows a handful of promising kids through a system that inhibits, rather than encourages, academic growth, Guggenheim undertakes an exhaustive review of public education, surveying “drop-out factories” and “academic sinkholes,” methodically dissecting the system and its seemingly intractable problems. At Boedecker Theater. — Boedecker Theater Water for Elephants Steamy and sexy with a smack of sadism, this atmospheric adaptation of the Sara Gruen novel is a throwback to old-school Hollywood action/ romance. Robert Pattinson, Reese Witherspoon and Christoph Waltz co-star as a veterinarian, trick rider and unstable ringmaster struggling to save a financially ailing circus during the Depression.

Rated PG-13. At Flatiron, Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks. — Rene Rodriguez

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You have a poetic license, as well as astrological permission, to be extra cute in the coming week. I mean you have a divine mandate to exceed the usual levels of being adorable and charming and delectable. Here’s the potential problem with that, though: Trying to be cute doesn’t usually result in becoming cuter; often it leads to being smarmy and pretentious. So how can you take advantage of the cosmic imperative to be wildly, extravagantly, sublimely cute — without getting all self-conscious about it? That’s your riddle of the week.

TAURUS

April 20-May 20:

It would be an excellent week for you to declare war on everything that wastes your time. Well, maybe “declaring war” is not quite the right spirit to adopt; after all, we don’t want you to go around constantly enraged and hostile. How about if we phrase it this way: It’s prime time for you to ingeniously and relentlessly elude all activities, invitations, temptations, trains of thought and habits that offer you nothing in return for the precious energy you give to them.

Of course this is always a worthy project, but it so happens that you’re likely to achieve far more progress than usual if you do it now.

GEMINI

May 21-June 20:

Primatologist Jane Goodall, who lived for years among chimpanzees in Tanzania, is one of the world’s top experts on the creatures. Can you guess what her favorite toy was when she was young? A stuffed monkey, of course. There were no doubt foreshadowings like that in your own childhood or adolescence, Gemini. Right? Signs of the magic you would eventually seek to ripen? Seeds of destiny that had just begun to sprout? Now would be a good time to reflect on those early hints. You’ll benefit from updating your understanding of and commitment to the capacities they revealed.

CANCER June 21-July 22:

After all these years, the American presidential election of 2000 still makes me cringe. Because of the archaic laws governing the process, the candidate who “lost” the election actually got 543,895 more votes than the guy who “won.”

How could anyone in good conscience, even those who supported the less-popular “winner,” have sanctioned such a result? It was perverse. It was pathological. I’d say the same thing if the roles had been reversed, and Gore had become president with a half-million fewer votes than Bush. You must not let something comparable to this anomaly happen in your personal life in the coming weeks, Cancerian. It is crucial that every winner be the one who deserves to be.

Don’t sacrifice what’s right in order to serve corrupt protocol or outmoded conventions.

LEO

July 23-Aug. 22:

I dreamed you had been tending an unusual garden for months. Your crops weren’t herbs or flowers or vegetables, but rather miniature volcanoes. Each was now ripe and stood about waist-high. They erupted with a steady flow of liquid blue fire that you were harvesting in large, gold, Grail-like cups. Apparently this stuff was not only safe to drink, but profoundly energizing. You sipped some of the potion yourself and distributed the rest to a large gathering of enthusiastic people who had come to imbibe your tasty medicine. The mood was festive, and you were radiant. This dream of mine is a good metaphor for your life in the immediate future.

VIRGO

Aug. 23-Sept. 22:

Darryl Dawkins played professional basketball from 1975 to 1996. One of the sport’s more colorful personalities, he said he lived part-time on the planet Lovetron, a place where he perfected his interplanetary funkmanship. He also liked to give names to his slam dunks. The “Turbo Sexophonic Delight” was a favorite, but the best was his “Chocolate-Thunder-Flying, Teeth-Shaking, GlassBreaking, Rump-Roasting, Bun-Toasting, Wham-Bam-IAm Jam.” I encourage you to try some Darryl Dawkins-like behavior in your own chosen field, Virgo. Give a name to your signature move or your special play. With playful flair, let people know how much you love what you do and how good you are at what you do.

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SCORPIO Oct. 23-Nov. 21:

An uncanny stretching sensation will soon be upon you if it’s not already. Whether you’re prepared or not, you will be asked, prodded and maybe even compelled to expand. It could feel stressful or exhilarating or both. And it will probably force you to rethink your fascination with anyone or anything you love to hate. For best results, I suggest that you don’t resist the elongation and enlargement. In fact, it would be a very good idea to cooperate. As the odd magic unfolds, it will increase your capacity for taking advantage of paradox. It may also give you a surprising power to harness the energy released by the friction between oppositional forces.

SAGITTARIUS Nov. 22-Dec. 21:

You’re in a phase of your astrological cycle when you’re likely to be as attractive and endearing and in demand as it’s possible for you to be. I am not making any absurdly extravagant claims here — am not implying you’ll be as charismatic as a rock star and as lovable as a kitten — but you will be pushing the limits of your innate allure. I bet your physical appearance will be extra appealing, and you’ll have an instinct for highlighting the most winsome aspects of your personality. To help you take advantage of the potential that’s now available, please add the following word to your vocabulary: “concupiscible,” which means “worthy of being desired.”

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AQUARIUS Jan. 20-Feb. 18:

My divinations suggest that you’d be wise to assign yourself an errand in the wilderness. The precise nature of the errand has not been revealed to me, but I suspect it involves you going to an untamed place whose provocative magic will tangibly alter your consciousness, awakening you to some truth about your destiny that you’ve been unable to decipher.

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