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DRUNK ON POWER / 8 Boulder City Council’s attempts to control alcohol are idiotic

by Pamela White THE TOXIC HELL OF FRACKING (CHILDREN WELCOME) / 8 If activists think oil/gas wells are dangerous, why bring the kids to protest?

by Paul Danish NIWOT FRACKING PROTEST ONLY THE BEGINNING / 13 Coalition plans to visit well site every Saturday

by Jefferson Dodge ON THE COVER: A ROAD TOO FAR / 19 Colorado’s wilderness is at stake in November’s election

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buzz NEDFEST REBOOTS / 29 One-time volunteers split up Mike Torpie’s job among six people and move on

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Another Danish fan

Mr. Danish does readers and himself a disservice (“Fracking out of a recession,” July 12) when he claims pervasive, orbital, oracular knowledge after reading one bullet point in an international economics magazine. Like an infinite number of monkeys, a 10-year-old can collect diverse data that seem impressive and pawn them off as authoritative.

State unemployment rates say nothing. North Dakota’s labor force was very small before “fracking;” immigration of even a few hundred workers who already claim jobs will move the needle.

Montana is similarly tiny. Pennsylvania has plenty of manufacturing, agriculture, finance and, yes, mining (coal and limestone). Colorado attracts people regardless of employment. Danish grasps at straws, inferring an association between unemployment stats and gas drilling. I was an economist long enough to know that unemployment data are only slightly more credible than inflation metrics.

I was also a land agent for two oil majors. Hearing Anadarko is “investing $1 billion a year in leases” shows Danish has never been anywhere near a royalty accountant. Many leases are canceled — title failure, lack of access, budget changes and landowner “problems” can mean

the bank draft isn’t honored. Not all expenditures go to the landowner, in any event. Danish, true to top-leasing form, fails to disclose whether those expenditures are advance royalties, rentals or production sharing. I doubt he knows the difference, which is material to the timing and durability of income to the land.

Gas drilling jobs aren’t durable. Gas wells do not require periodic visits by a collection truck. When the drillers move down the road, fewer eggs are cracked at the local truck stop. Did Danish say fracked wells have shorter production

lives than “old-fashioned” wells? No. Today’s wells have economic lifetimes measured in months, not years. Then what? Drill some more? Probably, unfortunately. This exploitation is similar to the boom-and-bust endured by Nevada’s Virginia City and around Sutter’s Mill, in California. Ask the people of Parachute and Rifle what their bust was like. The end result? The rich become richer. I have sufficient “pathological” progressive blood to think enough is enough. In how many Aspen homes can one family live at a time, anyway?

Danish must know even those who do not live in glass houses are subject to the same derisive offal he sends to those who with sound reason disagree with him. What goes around really does come around. I keep hoping Danish reaches a level of understanding so what the facts mean might register. Alas, he remains lost somewhere in the refutable, sketchy and disreputable bits of disinformation that pepper his writing. Such statements as Danish offers are beyond shameful.

No discount is sufficient to them.

Gregory Iwan/Longmont

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xxonMobil, Halliburton and other giants of the hydraulic fracturing industry not only are fracking deep gas wells all over our country, they’re also trying to frack our heads.

“Fracking is perfectly safe,” they insist. “Trust us!” Excuse me, but no. Your “trust us” ploys have exploded in our faces again and again. This is why we need independent assessments of the impacts

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that such profiteers have on our Earth, lives and $1.6 million worth of the corporation’s stock. None livelihoods. But “independent” has to mean, at min- of this had been revealed to the university — or to imum, not tarnished by financial or other ties to the the readers of his “independent” report. industry.

At first, university officials rushed to this Yet this fairly straightforward guy’s defense, declaring that a ethical concept seems beyond the professor of his stature wouldn’t grasp of some academics and be influenced by having a couple For more information on Jim administrators at the University of of million bucks invested in the Hightower’s work — and to subscribe to his award-winTexas — an appendage of which success of fracking. That didn’t ning monthly newsletter, The recently published a report assertwash, of course, so now UT has Hightower Lowdown — visit ing that fracking does not contamassembled a high-priced panel of www.jimhightower.com. national establishment figures to inate people’s groundwater. Good assess the credibility of his news, screeched the big frackers — report. see, we told you to trust us.

Hold it, slick. It turns out that the principal Credibility? You don’t need a Ph.D. to know investigator and author of this assessment has a bit that its credibility is zilch. Why is this ethical slackof an untidy conflict of interest. For years, he has sat er being coddled, rather than sacked? on the board of a gas fracking corporation. Last year Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com alone, that fracker paid him $413,900 — more than This opinion column does not necessarily reflect the double his university paycheck! Moreover, he holds views of Boulder Weekly.

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uncensored Drunk on power

by Pamela White

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efore Boulder City Council convenes again, its members should ask themselves this question: To what degree should government burden local businesses in order to manipulate the behavior of adults?

On Tuesday, Aug. 21, City Council was asked to consider making life more difficult for business owners whose establishments serve alcohol to achieve uncertain gains in preventing adults from “binge drinking.”

Among the ideas they considered are: creating new zoning for businesses that serve booze; making businesses renew their liquor licenses every three years; and allowing no additional liquor licenses within 500 feet of the University of Colorado campus.

Implied in these changes is an increased intensity of law enforcement wherein the city does everything it can to trick wait staff into serving alcohol to underage informants or to people who appear to be drunk. After all, there’s no point in forcing people to renew their liquor licenses more frequently unless you plan to use it as an opportunity to shut them down.

The end result would be fewer new restaurants and bars, and business owners facing the burden of more frequent liquor license renewals — not good for the local food and drink industry and the people who rely on it for jobs.

The push — which has council member Ken Wilson and City Attorney Tom Carr written all over it — ostensibly comes from worries about alcohol abuse among CU students, who apparently engage in excessive drinking at a rate higher than the national average.

Even though it’s a minority of CU students who do this, the suits downtown are alarmed by these statistics and want to do something to curb students’ behavior.

Well, good luck with that. It’s hard to believe this slate of suggested regulations will accomplish what alcohol education, arrests and tough university discipline for underage drinkers have not.

City staff have even admitted they’re not sure these changes will be effective in coercing young adults to drink less, but they seem willing to give it a try.

The most idiotic of the suggested changes is arguably the proposed ban on new liquor licenses within 500 feet of CU campus. Believe it or not, col8 August 23, 2012

lege students do know how to call cabs, take buses and get rides from friends.

How could this possibly be effective?

It won’t be. But it might channel drinkers away from University Hill, which would please Wilson. The council member has been flogging an antialcohol agenda for the Hill ever since he moved there, apparently unaware that University Hill was a student neighborhood. But I digress.

So let’s stop for a moment and unpack this. City staff are considering burdening businesses that serve alcohol with additional regulations, rules that have the potential to hurt our local economy, in order to prevent adults from “binge drinking” — a behavior that is not in itself illegal.

“Binge drinking” — periodic bouts of heavy drinking, i.e., more than four drinks for a woman or five for a man — is a problem identified and defined by people who like to identify and define problems that were previously not necessarily considered problems.

While it’s true that binge drinking can be harmful if done frequently, it’s also common at most wedding receptions, wakes and summer barbecues.

It’s not that I don’t take alcoholism and alcohol abuse seriously. I do.

Alcohol is involved in a high percentage of sexual assaults, partner assaults, fights, auto fatalities, cancers, liver problems and other social and health problems. When an irresponsible person drinks heavily, it can lead to tragedy that bleeds into other lives. But is every bout of “binge drinking” cause for alarm and government intervention? Of course not!

I question both the fairness and effectiveness of going after restaurants and bars to prevent unhealthy drinking by individuals who are in charge of their own lives, their own choices.

Statistics aren’t the issue. It’s the principle that matters.

We already have laws that prohibit someone who is intoxicated from being served alcohol. We already have laws that ban the sale of booze to people under age 21. We have laws against drunk driving.

The city should focus on enforcing those laws instead of getting drunk on its own power to regulate.

Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com This opinion column does not necessarily reflect the views of Boulder Weekly.

quotes “The good people of Missouri nominated me, and I’m not a quitter. To quote my old friend John Paul Jones, I have not yet begun to fight.”

—Republican Rep. Todd Akin, attempting to save his Senate campaign earlier this week after his own party turned on him over his comments that women’s bodies can prevent pregnancies in cases of rape “I did go back and look at my taxes, and over the past 10 years I never paid less than 13 percent. I think the most recent year is 13.6 or something like that. So I paid taxes every single year.”

—Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, who still refuses to release additional tax returns beyond the two years he has already provided “I ask President Obama to do the right thing. The United States must renounce its witch hunt against WikiLeaks. The United States must vow that it will not seek to prosecute our staff or our supporters.”

—Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, speaking from the balcony of the Ecuadorian embassy in London, where he is avoiding extradition to face sexual assault charges

danish plan The toxic hell of fracking (children welcome)

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he anti-fracking activists a single pad — the well-heads will be who demonstrated at an oil 10 feet apart — and fracked. The actual rig on Boulder County open drill site, which has an existing well on space last Saturday obvious- it, covers about three acres. ly don’t The demonstrathink fracking is tors were the usual very dangerous. suspects. Participants I suspect the How else do you came from Colorado explain the fact that Frack Attack, protesters’ core they brought their Boulder County concern was not kids to the demonCitizens for public health stration?

Community Rights, The demonstraThe Mothers’ or environment tion was staged at Project, East Boulder protection, but the 140-acre County Citizens anti-corporatism Wambsganss Open United, Occupy Space property, and anti-capitalism. Boulder and the which is south of Rocky Mountain Niwot Road and Peace & Justice northeast of Panama Center.

Reservoir No.1, less According to the than a mile from the Camera, about 30 Boulder-Weld county line. people showed up to demonstrate on Encana Oil and Gas Inc. is drilling Saturday morning. At least 10 children five wells on the site. The wells will be directionally or horizontally drilled from see DANISH PLAN Page 11 Boulder Weekly

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IT’S NOT MY FAULT, THE FONT SIZE MADE ME DO IT The City of Boulder has taken a first step in trying to make it easier for council members to tell the truth on their financial disclosure forms. City Attorney Tom Carr and City Clerk Alisa Lewis presented several suggested changes to the forms that were then approved by council. First, the forms should make it clear that council members are supposed to disclose all of the requested information for the previous 12 months preceding the deadline for the annual filing of the forms. Apparently some members of council must have thought that an “annual disclosure form” was only asking for information concerning a couple of arbitrary months here and there, not the whole year.

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TODD’S ACHING Speaking of idiots, how about Congressman Todd Akin’s recent comment about women’s bodies being able to naturally resist pregnancy in cases of “legitimate rape”?

What constitutes “legitimate rape”? Like when women are completely sober, wearing long sleeves, pants, a burka and are sitting in a well-lit and heavily populated library when they are accosted by a stranger?

Could he be implying what other dim-witted numbskulls have dared utter in the past, that rape is somehow deserved when women are walking outside after 1 a.m., are dressed scantily or are inebriated with a companion?

“She shouldn’t have been in that dark alley so late.”

“She shouldn’t have been wearing that low-cut blouse.”

“She shouldn’t have gotten so drunk.”

“She knew the guy, so she must have said yes.”

Enough.

It’s time to nip this blame-the-woman mindset in the bud by an even larger public outcry than has occurred already.

Here’s hoping Akin’s inexcusable gaffe costs the Republicans control over Congress when the November election rolls around.

POT SHOT MISFIRES? Gosh, apparently that extra $230,000 spent by CU leaders to snuff out the annual 4/20 pot-smoking protest didn’t pay off.

Our own Boulder campus rocketed from number four to the top of Princeton Review’s “Reefer Madness” list.

Aw, maybe there were a lot more pot smokers on campus, thanks to Colorado’s medical marijuana law.

Or maybe it was because on April 20, just before 4:20, an intrepid group of several hundred pot and political activists marched up University Hill, across campus, had a face-off with rent-a-cops at the traditional Norlin Quad meeting place, and then proceeded to the lawn south of the Duane Physics building to exercise their right to free speech and assembly.

Maybe the headlines and social media reports made such a splash that the Princeton Review took notice.

As has become custom when CU tops such lists, university officials downplayed the ranking. But maybe, just maybe, their crackdown backfired in this case.

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were present, including a 1-year-old.

“We’re trying to get the word out to people to alert them to the dangers of fracking,” said Karen Conduff, one of the demonstrators.

“We feel that it [fracking] causes harm to our health,” said Diana Caile, a member of The Mothers Project. “It causes water contamination, air pollution, contaminates the soil … and that this is a heavy industrial, toxic process that does not belong in our community.”

Cliff Willmeng, a member of East Boulder County United, characterized Encana’s project as “drilling five holes into the earth and injecting it with 50 million gallons of industrial waste.”

Cyndi Nusbaum, another one of the demonstrators, said she was “worried about the wildlife, worried about the water issue. Quite a bit of it is going to be turned into toxic waste never to be returned to the cycle of life again. It’s really upsetting, and a lot of people are going to get sick. I really think they will.”

Wow. Given that laundry list of supposed eco-evils, you would have to be nuts to allow your kids to get anywhere near the well site.

But one couple brought their 1-year-old infant and another brought their 2- and 3-year olds.

In addition, seven school children from Earth Guardians Youth for Global Sustainability participated in the demonstration (one was aged 12; the rest looked 10 or younger, judging from a news photo).

It should come as no surprise to anyone who has been reading my stuff for the last couple of years that I don’t have much respect for anti-fracking activists. And I’ve never been much impressed by folks who use their kids as political props — not withstanding the fact that that there is a long tradition of doing it in Boulder County, from liberals and conservatives alike.

But that said, I don’t believe for a second that any of the folks at that demonstration would have brought their kids to the Encana well site if they had the slightest misgiving about their children’s safety.

And as a result, I don’t think the demonstrators really believe their own hyper-ventilating rhetoric.

Drilling for oil is not a pollutionfree undertaking, but as industrial processes go, it is a lot more benign than many — like making the paper bags that are used at Whole Foods, for example. Properly drilled wells — and most wells are — may not be kid-friendly, but they are not the toxic menace the activists are trying to make them out to be.

And while the activists may not admit it, even to themselves, at some level they intuitively know that. Otherwise they Boulder Weekly

would have left their kids at home.

I suspect the protesters’ core concern was not public health or environment protection, but anti-corporatism and anti-capitalism, which has always been an integral part of the peace and justice/ Occupy Wall Street activists’ agenda.

One of the child activists gave the game away. Xiuhtezcatl Martinez, a 12-year-old member of Earth Guardians Youth for Global Sustainability, said, “I think it is really, really sad that people would line their

pockets” with the sales of oil and gas produced by such wells (as the ones Encana is drilling) “at the cost of our future.”

Personally, I don’t think there is anything wrong with people lining their pockets by producing and selling oil and gas, which are indispensible to the continued functioning of what passes for civilization on this planet — even if their customers include a bunch of selfrighteous fools who (according to the Camera) drove their cars to a demon-

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I do think it is really, really sad that a young girl has been taught to parrot a Marxist blood libel of an industry that is providing the products — oil and natural gas — that are absolutely essential to maintaining both the lifestyle and the health, safety and welfare of 300 million Americans, including her own and her family’s — now and in the future.

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T

he local coalition that recently came together to protest the new oil/gas drilling site east of Niwot is not done yet.

The group, which includes Occupy Boulder, MoveOn.org of Boulder, East Boulder County United, The Mothers Project and Colorado Frack Attack, is planning additional events to raise awareness about hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” and other oil and gas extraction processes that decrease property values and are suspected of posing health threats.

For one, they plan to spend upcoming Saturdays as they did on Aug. 18,

protesting at Encana’s drilling operation on Niwot Road just west of County Line Road.

“One of the biggest things we’re going for is educating the public,” says co-organizer Tom “Grandpa Tom” Cummins, a member of Occupy Boulder.

He says the starting time of future Saturday gatherings will be posted on the events page at occupyboulder.org, and participants are hoping to expand their numbers.

“The goal is, every time we go back, everybody brings another person with them, to make the event larger,” he says.

Cummins says that acts of civil dis-

CU conducts survey on football stadium upgrades

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obedience, like lying down in the road to block Encana’s trucks from entering the site, are possible but unlikely, since only he and a couple of others are willing to take the protest to such extreme measures. Others, he says, are too afraid of the government and what increasingly militaristic police might do.

“I wouldn’t rule it out, but at this point, I don’t think it’s our main goal,” he says of civil disobedience. “This current site is basically a done deal. … We may not stop this one, but maybe we’ll stop ones in the future. We don’t want Boulder County taken over like Weld County. If we don’t stop it, that’s what’s going to happen. If you look at Weld

t’s been less than a decade since the University of Colorado Boulder erected a controversial and costly expansion of its football stadium, but despite being in debt with the campus and president’s office, the athletics department is conducting a survey about what improvements it wants to make next.

The CU-Boulder athletics department has retained outside consultant Pursuant Sports to conduct an online survey asking constituents questions like whether the renovation of Folsom Stadium should be the department’s top priority, and whether they would be willing to donate to such a project.

An email with a link to the survey was sent to supporters and others on Aug. 17. Athletics Director Mike Bohn told Boulder Weekly that he doesn’t

County, it’s a pin cushion.”

The coalition is planning other awareness-raising events. For example, as part of the international “Global Frackdown” being spearheaded by Food and Water Watch on Sept. 22, the group will hold an event in Longmont.

While details haven’t been finalized yet, information will be posted on the aforementioned occupyboulder.org events page, Cummins says.

In response to Boulder Weekly columnist Paul Danish’s column this week (see page 8) questioning why protesters allowed their children near the site if see FRACKING PROTEST Page 15

know how much the survey is costing, but he said the expense is being covered by the CU Foundation.

Similarly, CU officials are quick to point out that any improvements to athletics facilities will not be funded by tuition or other state or campus revenues; they will be completely paid for by the athletics department and its independent revenue streams.

It’s understandable that they want this message out, given past projects of this kind. Questions about who might end up paying for the possible renovation and expansion arise because of projects like the 2003 addition to Folsom Stadium, which not only elicited the ire of prominent faculty at the see CU STADIUM Page 14

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time but prompted a financial bailout of $3.5 million to balance its budget. the department.

According to reports, a portion of that Not to mention the poor timing was dedicated to the stadium expansion surrounding the project’s completion bonds, in part because only about 35 and the 2004 publicity about the sexpercent of the club seats had been sold related football recruiting scandal that that year. rocked the university and reportedly The Camera has subsequently contributed to the firing or resignation reported that the amount the campus of the head coach, athletics director, loaned the department in 2006 was $8 chancellor million, and presireflecting the dent. amount it “I think it’s about our The $42 had to pay to million former coach effort to be aligned with expansion Gary Barnett our key constituents that of the stain the finanare vital not only to the dium in cial settle2003 ment related athletics program, but involved the to his departhe institution.” addition of ture follow— Mike Bohn 41 luxury ing the scanboxes and dal.

1,863 club In addiseats, which tion, accordwere ing to expected to bring in enough money to Camera reports this past spring, the pay for the project in the long run. campus and president’s office loaned But the athletics department has the athletics department a total of $10 periodically required bailouts from the million to help cover expenses associatuniversity ever since. ed with moving to the Pac-12 In 2006, after one faculty leader Conference in 2011, not including a referred to the project as a “stadium related $6 million from those two entimonstrosity,” and after CU Nobel Prize ties that doesn’t need to be repaid.

So, given the background, it’s winner Carl Wieman ripped the campus publicly for being more beholden to understandable that Bohn, the athletic director, doesn’t want to say much about athletics issues than its academic mission, the university agreed to provide the athletics department an additional See CU STADIUM Page 15 14 August 23, 2012

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the proposed renovation and expansion.

Much less the survey.

“Any time you have the opportunity to engage a broad-based number of constituents — so that’s alumni, donors, faculty, staff, season ticket holders — to give you a read on the progress you’re making and the opportunities maybe that exist, it’s a wonderful tool to help us strategize additional initiatives or opportunities for improvement,” Bohn told BW when asked about the survey. “I think it’s about our effort to be aligned with our key constituents that are vital to not only the athletics program, but the institution.”

Despite the fact that public Board of Regents documents about ideas for the expansion and renovation — from a covered north endzone with additional seating and an underground parking area to an indoor practice facility and an expanded Dal Ward Center — have been reported by the Camera, Bohn declines to utter their names, for fear of blowback.

“I’m not at liberty to talk about our different concepts,” he says. “It’s premature at this time to reveal those plans or concepts because they’re simply that, at this point.”

Bohn describes the proposed improvements only generally, saying they are about enhancing the fan and student-athlete experience.

When asked how he plans to bal-

ance proposed improvements with the current debt situation, he says, “Obviously, the increased revenue associated with the move to the Pac-12 Conference is a part of it, but that’s also why this study is important for us to gauge the viability of potentially increased support from donors and alumni, and for fans to support the program, to help us get a gauge of where the intensity of interest is.”

He says he expects the results of the survey by the end of September, but

that there is no timeline for when proposals for the project would go forward.

“I would think the next steps are really undefined at this point, and we have a lot of different pieces moving in unison that we have work to do with yet,” he says.

He was similarly non-committal about what kind of balancing act he’s going to have to do to sell this political football to disparate groups like the regents, faculty, football boosters and alumni.

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fracking is so dangerous, Cummins says the drilling process, which is currently under way, is less hazardous than fracking and other procedures, and only one child, age 12, accompanied activists on their tour of the drilling pad.

“It boggles my mind that the community of Niwot is not rising up about this,” he says, alluding to the possibility of property values going down. “There are some big homes out there.”

He adds that citizens — and elected officials — need to wake up.

“I think people in Louisville, Gunbarrel and even the city of Boulder are naïve enough to think it’s not going to happen here,” Cummins says.

“Frankly, everybody’s on the take on this … I just don’t buy the argument that there’s nothing we can do, that it’s all in the hands of the state. This is Boulder County. We should have some commissioners willing to stand up and say, ‘No, we’re going to fight this.’”

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“I think that’s yet to be seen, and that’s part of the process we’re going through at this point,” Bohn says.

He was sure about one thing, though: Unlike the last expansion project, no funds from the state, tuition or campus administration will ever be used to pay for the improvements.

“There’s no question that’s the directive from the chancellor, and I believe he’s stated that publicly and made it very clear to all of us.”

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New study: Fluids from Marcellus Shale likely seeping into Pennsylvania drinking water

by Abrahm Lustgarten

ew research has concluded that salty, mineral-rich fluids deep beneath Pennsylvania’s natural gas fields are likely seeping upward thousands of feet into drinking water supplies.

Though the fluids were natural and not the byproduct of drilling or hydraulic fracturing, the finding further stokes the red-hot controversy over fracking in the Marcellus Shale, suggesting that drilling waste and chemicals could migrate in ways previously thought to be impossible.

The study, conducted by scientists at Duke University and California State Polytechnic University at Pomona and released in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, tested drinking water wells and aquifers across Northeastern Pennsylvania. Researchers found that, in some cases, the water had mixed with brine that closely matched brine thought to be from the Marcellus Shale or areas close to it.

No drilling chemicals were detected in the water, and there was no correlation between where the natural brine was detected and where drilling takes place.

Still, the brine’s presence — and the finding that it moved over thousands of vertical feet — contradicts the oft-repeated notion that deeply buried rock layers will always seal in material injected underground through drilling, mining or underground disposal.

“The biggest implication is the apparent presence of connections from deep underground to the surface,” said Robert Jackson, a biology professor at the Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke University and one of the study’s authors. “It’s a suggestion based on good evidence that there are places that may be more at risk.”

The study is the second in recent months to find that the geology surrounding the Marcellus Shale could allow contaminants to move more freely than expected. A paper published by the journal Ground Water in April used modeling to predict that contaminants could reach the surface within 100 years — or fewer if the ground is fracked.

Last year, some of the same Duke researchers found that methane gas was far more likely to leak into water supplies in places adjacent to drilling.

Today’s research swiftly drew criticism from both the oil and gas industry and a scientist on the National Academy of Science’s peer review panel. They called the science flawed, in part because the researchers do not know how long it may have taken for the brine to leak. The National Academy of Sciences should not have published the article without an accompanying rebuttal, they said.

“What you have here is another case of a paper whose actual findings are pretty benign, but one that, in the current environment, may be vulnerable to distortion among those who oppose this industry,” said Chris Tucker, a spokesman for the gas industry trade group Energy In Depth. “What’s controversial is attempting to argue that these migrations occur as a result of industry activities, and on a time scale that actually matters to humanity.”

Another critic, Penn State University geologist Terry Engelder, took the unusual step of disclosing details of his review of the paper for the National Academy of Sciences, normally a private process.

In a letter written to the researchers and provided to ProPublica, Engelder said the study had the appearance of “science-based advocacy” and said it was “unwittingly written to enflame the anti-drilling crowd.”

In emails, Engelder told ProPublica that he did not dispute the basic premise of the article — that fluids seemed to have migrated thousands of feet upward. But he said that they had likely come from even deeper than the Marcellus — a layer 15,000 feet below the surface — and that there was no research to determine what pathways the fluids travelled or how long they took to migrate. He also said the Marcellus was an unlikely source of the brine because it does not contain much water.

“There is a question of time scale and what length of time matters,” Engelder wrote in his review. In a subsequent letter to the Academy’s editors protesting the study, he wrote that “the implication is that the Marcellus is leaking now, naturally, without any human assistance, and that if water-based fluid is injected into these cross-formational pathways, that leakage, which is already ‘contaminating’ the aquifers with salt, could be made much worse.”

Indeed, while the study did not explicitly focus on fracking, the article acknowledged the implications. “The coincidence of elevated salinity in shallow groundwater ... suggests that these areas could be at greater risk of contamination from shale gas development because of a preexisting network of cross-formational pathways that has enhanced hydraulic connectivity to deeper geological formations,” the paper states.

For their research, the scientists collected 426 recent and historical water samples — combining their own testing with government records from the 1980s — from shallow water wells and analyzed them for brine, comparing their chemical makeup to that of 83 brine samples unearthed as waste water from drilling sites in the Marcellus Shale.

Nearly one out of six recent water samples contained brine near-identical to Marcellus-layer brine water.

Nevertheless, Jackson, one of the study’s authors, said he still considers it unlikely that frack fluids and injected man-made waste are migrating into drinking water supplies. If that were happening, those contaminants would be more likely to appear in his groundwater samples, he said.

His group is continuing its research into how the natural brine might have travelled, and how long it took to rise to the surface.

“There is a real time uncertainty,” he said. “We don’t know if this happens over a couple of years, or over millennia.”

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he November election presents plenty of hotbutton issues. But amid the fuss about the economy and health care and other social issues, questions of how to handle our public lands and how to protect our environment also hang in the balance.

This week, Boulder Weekly begins a series that will examine legislation Republican members of Congress have proposed. In some cases, these bills are loaded and ready, waiting in House committees for a Republican-dominated Senate that would look favorably on what Democratic representatives and a former secretary of the interior have declared to be some of the most radical assaults on the environment in decades.

Environment America, a federation of state-based environmental advocacy organizations that includes a Colorado division, released a report called “Trashing our Treasures: Congressional Assault on the Best of America” that highlights some of the threats to conservation around the country.

“Trashing our Treasures” argues that wilderness areas support the function of natural ecosystems, protect watersheds and aid in climate regulation by sequestering carbon, in addition to contributing to the economy nationwide to the tune of $646 billion and 388,000 jobs.

During the 112th Congress, Republicans repeatedly voted to weaken environmental protections and open pristine areas to threats of development, mining, drilling and logging, the report argues. These votes would undermine legislation that dates back half a century, including the Clean Water Act, Clean Air Act, Endangered Species Act, National Park Service Organic Act, Wilderness Act, National Environmental Policy Act and Federal Water Pollution Control Act. According to the Environment America report, Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA) said, “In bill after bill, for one industry after another, the House has been See WILDERNESS Page 20

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voting to roll back environmental laws and endanger public health. The Republican anti-environment agenda is completely outof-touch with what the American public wants.”

Waxman and Rep. Howard Berman (D-CA) released a report in January detailing the environmental track record of this congress and suggesting that Republican representatives have placed the priorities of polluters over those of constituents. An interim update to the report released in June

by Waxman and Rep. Edward Markey (D-MA) pegs the numbers at 247 anti-environment votes.

Among the legislation repeatedly attacked is the Wilderness Act of 1964, which provides for maintaining designated portions of national forest land as wilderness areas — without visible traces of man. The “Roadless Rule” bans commercial logging and road building from 58.5 million acres of national forest land.

In April 2011, Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) introduced House Resolution 1581, the “Wilderness and Roadless Area Release Act of 2011.” The bill was co-sponsored by Colorado’s Republican Representatives Mike Coffman, Scott Tipton and Doug Lamborn.

The bill declares that areas of land that have already been “adequately studied for wilderness designation” should no longer be managed in a way that protects them from roads and other development that could prevent them from being designated as wilderness in the future.

H.R. 1581 was a rebuttal to Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar’s “Wild Lands” order, which designated appropriate areas with wilderness characteristics as “wild lands” and declared they were to be managed to protect their wilderness values. The Bureau of Land Management manages more land than any other federal agency, and has not had any comprehensive wilderness policy since a 2003 out-of-court settlement between then-Secretary of the Interior Gale Norton and the state of Utah, among others. The settlement undermined the 1976 Federal Land Policy and Management Act.

While it didn’t call for a re-inventory of the land managed by the BLM, Salazar’s order created a new designation, “Lands with Wilderness Characteristics.”

According to BLM materials, “Under the new policy, the BLM will consider wilderness values among the broad range of other potential resource values and uses for the public lands in accordance with its multiple-use mission, and make a decision about whether, and to what extent, to protect those wilderness characteristics.”

Salazar issued his order in December 2010.

McCarthy’s H.R. 1581 was introduced in April and promptly passed into a committee.

The bill (H.R. 1581) calls for the termination of Salazar’s order for all public lands that have been studied for wilderness designation.

Environment America argues that the bill would strip protections from roadless and wilderness areas where road-building is forbidden, turning a portion of those lands over to logging.

Former Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbit called the bill “the most radical, overreaching attempt to dismantle the architecture of our public land laws that has been proposed in [his] lifetime,” according to the report.

In Colorado alone, were that bill to become law, it would open 3,700,148 acres of wilderness to development, allowing roads, motorized vehicles and logging.

At a press conference where the report was released, Colorado Sen. Mark Udall told the audience, “Colorado is blessed with some of our nation’s best outdoor recreational spaces and breathtaking landscapes. Not only is it important that we maintain and improve these lands for future generations to enjoy, but also for the jobs they create and the essential role they have in sustaining many of our state’s local economies.

Protecting our land, water and air should be a bipartisan national priority — and a priority for all Coloradans.”

Two months after H.R. 1581’s introduction and after House Republicans passed fiscal bills that blocked funding for the secretary’s order and prohibited implementation of it, Salazar scaled back his “Wild Lands” program in an effort to find more bipartisan support.

H.R. 1581 is not the only radical legislation proposed, and the threat of roads in potential wilderness areas is not the only risk to Colorado’s forests. As this “Wilderness on the Ballot” series moves forward, we’ll continue to explore Republican-proposed legislation and how it could possibly affect Colorado’s wild lands if the Senate or White House were to change hands in the coming election.

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Men will be on the bike courses, too, but not cycling.

These gentlemen, many of them hardcore cyclists and athletes, will be supporting the efforts of their female counterparts, all while dressed in drag.

The event promises to be inspiring, uplifting and a lot of fun.

Venus de Miles returns to the Front Range for the fifth year to celebrate cycling, sisterhood and to fundraise for Greenhouse Scholars, a Boulder-based nonprofit that offers financial assistance, mentorship and internship opportunities to highachieving students from underresourced families.

“This event really does support the feeling of sisterhood, which is something that I really wanted to bring to

Boulder,” says Teresa Robbins, the event director and founder of Venus de Miles. “But it also supports a great cause and hopefully speaks to what everyday riders like me find inspiring.”

More than 1,200 female cyclists will tackle one of four courses, all created to appeal to the level and interest of the rider — from novice to advanced. The courses are described as the rolling 100-mile century ride, the calf-crunching 67-mile ride, the heartpounding 51-mile ride and the 33-mile jaunt through scenic countryside.

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The cycling portion of the event culminates in Prospect Park in Longmont for a post-ride celebration that will include gourmet food from local food trucks, live music, spa services, bike demos and wine, beer and cocktails. Some of the above services are complimentary only to the riders, but friends and families are welcome to join the festivities, says Hennessey.

The concept for Venus de Miles began in 2007 when founder Robbins met students involved in Greenhouse Scholars and was impressed and inspired by their achievements. She wanted to create a fundraising event that would help further the work of the organization, while also strengthening the community of local women cyclists. She’d enjoyed that kind of community at events and with clubs

while living in the Bay Area, and said she was surprised it didn’t seem to exist in Boulder. In five years, the event has gained widespread popularity, and 100 percent of the $225,000 that the organizers expect to raise will go to Greenhouse Scholars.

This year, in addition to a registration fee, all participants were required to donate an additional $75 directly to Greenhouse Scholars, which many raised by organizing bake sales for the cause or asking their employers to sponsor them. The idea for the donation was developed last year after only about half of the riders appeared to know what they were riding for, says Robbins.

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heidippides, the courier who ran 26 miles from Marathon to Athens spreading word of the Greek victory over the Persians, became famous not only for his proclamation but also for dying on the spot. Ultrarunner Micah True, known as Caballo Blanco (White Horse), was found dead earlier this year after a training run in New Mexico. Alberto Salazar, three-time winner of the New York City Marathon in the early ’80s, suffered a massive heart attack at age 48. Jim Fixx, author of The Complete Book of Running and father of the jogging movement in the United States, died at 52 from a heart attack after his daily training run.

Endurance athletes are revered for their fitness, but when anecdotes emerge about supremely conditioned athletes felled by heart problems, it becomes natural to ask what may have caused such unforeseen events. One question seems to generate different opinions in the medical community: Is there such a thing as too much exercise?

Some researchers are now looking for answers to that question. While more evidence will be necessary to establish a firm response, doctors have begun weighing in on the evidence about how the heart responds to chronic endurance exercise. For now, no one is advocating that you skip your training run.

A recent review published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings, “Cardiovascular Damage Resulting from Chronic Excessive Endurance Exercise,” hypothesizes

that in veteran extreme endurance athletes such as marathoners, Iron Man competitors and long-distance bike racers, recurrent and sustained activity may be detrimental over many years. “[The heart] is a mechanical pump,” says Dr. James O’Keefe of the Mid America Heart Institute of St. Luke’s Hospital in Kansas City and one of the review’s authors. “There is probably something to the idea that you can wear it out. As people get older, we see wear-and-tear changes in the heart. The heart stiffens up, the valves thicken up, the arteries can get diseased and the vessels can stiffen up.”

Then you add excessive endurance activity to the mix.

“Now you are starting to talk about excess beats, excess mileage on the heart so to speak,” O’Keefe says.

“So that potentially could accelerate aging of the heart.”

As bodies age, the heart can become scarred and worn from the tax of constant use. Many things can accelerate that aging, including diabetes and untreated high blood pressure, or drug abuse and excess stress.

O’Keefe’s study outlines similarities between those stressors and the stress of high-volume chronic exercisers, such as elevated biomarker levels and stretching and scarring in areas of the heart. He recommends a

change of heart for those obsessed with long, intense cardio workouts on a daily basis.

“We have to understand that once you get to be sort of middleaged, you are probably better off to refocus your goals towards long-term health, vigor and longevity. And to that end, more is not necessarily better,” O’Keefe says.

Others aren’t so sure.

While acknowledging that exploring the questions posed by O’Keefe and similar studies is admirable, Dr. Benjamin Levine, a cardiologist at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, says he thinks the research behind links to exercise and heart problems is weak.

“The evidence is that athletes’ hearts are bigger and they function better, not that they fail,” Levine says. “Regardless of what a few anecdotal things have shown, the bottom line is, athletes have shown their hearts are big, compliant, they pump a lot of blood, and they have fewer heart attacks and they die less frequently.”

Regarding elevated biomarkers noted in the O’Keefe review, such as elevated troponin levels that may appear after prolonged intense bouts of exercise or after a heart attack, Levine says tying those signals together is like comparing apples and oranges.

“When troponin goes up in a heart attack, it’s because heart cells are dying. Just because there’s a see HEART HEALTH Page 27

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Georgia Gould, who recently won the bronze medal in the women’s mountain bike cross-country race, and local pro mountain biker Heather Irmiger will participate to help support the cause.

“I am very excited to be part of the Venus de Miles,” Irmiger says. “For me, this event is a perfect mix of my passion for cycling, socializing, having fun with the girls, and supporting educational opportunity for the students who make up Greenhouse Scholars. I feel so fortunate that this event takes place in my backyard.”

Online registration has closed, but women who still wish to participate can

register at the event on Sunday.

“I would encourage women to come out and join us on Aug. 26th to celebrate the spirit of sisterhood and to give back to the community,” says Robbins.

“And then to finish the ride with a mojito, music and a massage.”

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small rise in biomarkers during intensive exercise doesn’t mean that the heart’s being damaged, it may just mean that the heart is leaking some enzymes,” Levine says.

He adds that coronary disease affects the vast majority of Western society, which may contribute to these signals showing up in the cross-section of athletes.

Levine also rejects the notion that prolonged intense cardiovascular exercise causes the heart to become stiffer and weaker over time.

“The heart is a very plastic organ, and it responds to the demand that’s placed on it. People who have a lifelong pattern of prolonged and intensive exercise have hearts that are 40 to 45 years younger than their actual age. Their hearts are soft, compliant, flexible. The muscle gets bigger or smaller depending on how much work you do, and there’s no intrinsic damage or injury to it [from exercise],” Levine says. “All the evidence points to a reduction in cardiovascular disease and cardiac events and mortality with people who do endurance training.

“Everybody dies,” he says. “Five minutes before that, they were breathing. Does breathing cause death?”

Despite being such a strong advocate that exercise and heart maladies are not congruent, Levine says that, if nothing else, O’Keefe’s study posits an interesting thesis.

“If you ask me, is it possible that an extraordinary endurance activity is possible to injure the heart, I’d say sure, I guess that’s possible,” he says. “But it’s not the usual. The usual common response to training is a bigger, stronger heart.”

From his experience, Dr. Peter Hackett, executive director of the Institute for Altitude Medicine in Telluride, says he doesn’t see cardiovascular damage due to exercise as an issue.

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Heart rate cannot rise as high at altitude as it might at sea level, he says, suggesting that high altitude may actually work as a sort of buffer from potential heart damage because athletes are forced to work at a lower intensity.

But that doesn’t mean he is convinced that exercise-induced cardiovascular problems don’t exist.

“It makes sense that you think of exercise as like a medication or a physiological stress applied to the body to produce wanted changes,” Hackett says.

“There’s the concept of dose response.

For a given amount of cardiovascular exercise, you gain certain benefits, and that beyond that you might do some damage. Certainly, within a physiological sense, it is plausible.”

O’Keefe rings the same bell, but even more assuredly.

“If we had a pill that did what exercise did, most cardiologists would be out of business. It’s more powerful than the most powerful drug we have,” he says. “Just like any drug, there is a dose at which too little doesn’t do you any good, and too much it starts taking away some of the benefits. Exercise is the same way. You need the right dose.”

If you are averse to working out, the concept of dying from too much activity may seem like validation for a sedentary lifestyle. Yet despite the headline-grabbing nature of hypothesizing about heart damage from chronic excessive endurance exercise, it is important to note that the overwhelming majority of scientific study has nothing but good things to say about cardiovascular fitness.

“The last thing we want to get across is people shouldn’t be exercising.

That’s not the point,” O’Keefe says.

“The average American couch potato is looking for yet one more excuse to justify their sedentary lifestyle. This is not it.”

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risten McFarland, acting event coordinator for this year’s NedFest up in Nederland, has spent the last nine months keeping the festival alive, on schedule and, with some help at the box office, on budget. But despite the fact that she was one of Michigan Mike Torpie’s volunteer assistants in shows past and got to watch Torpie in action (and help, as much as he would let her), whipping the show together over the years, she is still astonished at the festival founder’s year-to-year success despite his maddeningly haphazard organizational ethic.

“The longer it goes, the more amazed I am,” she says.

“I’ve gained so much respect for Mike. Now, at this point, I kind of feel like a heel for giving him so much shit over the

years. It’s really incredible what he managed to accomplish.

“Out of everybody involved here, there’s six of us really doing a ton of work. And he didn’t really delegate that well. We all helped a little in the past, but not nearly as much as we’re doing now.”

In most of the real world, festivals are typically mini-businesses pieced together by committee, often by promotion companies farming out the various competencies involved (booking talent, coordinating with local agencies, crowd control, vendor relations, etc.), but NedFest was always Michigan Mike’s baby. Most of us in the local music press recall Torpie in the weeks leading up to NedFest as a study in pure Newtonian inertia; a phone in each ear, lists of lists, sparks dancing off loose ends, a Jackson Pollock portrait of divine chaos, with Torpie running on autopilot and jousting with exhaustion, sprinting toward festival day when he could zigzag across the festival grounds like a crazed free radical, his fingerprints imprinted deep into the back of his clipboard.

It might have made sense, then, to sunset the event after Torpie’s death late last year. But NedFest had quietly grown from a Mike Torpie enterprise, an extension of the various club shows and late-night jams he hosted in and around Nederland in the 1990s, into a genuine community event. A group of volunteers, mostly friends who lent Torpie a hand see NEDFEST Page 30

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with the show over the years, founded the nonprofit Peak to Peak Music Education Association (PPMEA) to keep the festival running and channel any extra proceeds to local schools’ music education programs.

Torpie’s personality, of course, still lingers over the proceedings — several of the acts climbing the stage are returning from earlier years, and pretty much everyone associated with the festival has a Michigan Mike story that circumscribes the energy of an impassioned, and sometimes tortured, spirit.

But we couldn’t help asking McFarland if she thought that music festivals are better executed by committee or, in Torpie’s case, the blurred baton of a 30 August 23, 2012

single conductor.

“That’s a difficult question to answer,” McFarland says. “I’d say we’re getting a few of the things done … less ‘last minute.’ … I only work half-time, so I’m able to devote the rest of the time to NedFest. But none of us are doing it full time. Mike’s parents and family are coming out to the show this year, and I’m looking forward to seeing them, because I want to tell them how hard he worked at this. We all thought he was a slacker, but boy were we wrong.”

Apart from losing its founding light, this year’s NedFest has also faced a couple of scheduling challenges. The USA Pro Cycling Challenge bicycle Boulder Weekly

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race drops its sixth stage right at NedFest’s front door on Saturday, with the riders climbing Boulder Canyon on their way north along the Peak to Peak toward Lyons.

McFarland says that the NedFest folks are providing a little incentive to minimize the potential supernova of tie-dye Los Lobos and French-labeled spandex.

“The bike race is only going to affect us for one hour of one day, Saturday. But we’re running a promotion called ‘Beat The Bike Race’ — everyone who arrives the first hour on Saturday gets a free gift. … Our gates open at 11:30 [a.m.], and the last we heard from the bike race people, the canyon will be closed from noon to 1 p.m., during which time they’ll be directing people up Coal Creek. So we’re encouraging people to come up early.”

The scheduling of Yonder Mountain’s Kinfolk Celebration at Planet Bluegrass in Lyons on the same Friday and Saturday raised a few eyebrows in the local music scene as well, but McFarland says the NedFest folks got very early notice on that.

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even a few months before they announced Kinfolk — emailed me and gave me the head’s up. So we kind of backed off from having bluegrass headliners. We have some bluegrass during the day … but mostly this is more of a jam band show.

“Mike, over the years, usually had both, but I just leaned a little more toward the jam band thing this year, so as not to compete with Kinfolk. And Kinfolk isn’t on Sunday; I’ve heard a lot of the Ned folks tell me that if they are going to Kinfolk, they’ll be at NedFest on Sunday.”

And when asked, on the record, if NedFest is confirmed for next year, McFarland was unequivocal.

“Yes. We’re confirmed for next year.”

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And it was a damn sight better than just “good.”

The Book of Mormon, which garnered nine Tony Awards, numerous Best Musical awards from the likes of the Drama League and the New York Drama Critics Circle, and a Grammy during its initial run on Broadway, opened its first national tour in Denver Aug. 19. For a show this lauded and this anticipated, the fact that Stone and Parker chose to debut the traveling version in Denver speaks volumes about their love of and allegiance to Colorado.

Stone and Parker are the minds behind the hilariously profane, longrunning cartoon South Park. Lopez is co-creator of another Broadway behemoth, Avenue Q, that brought Sesame Street-style puppets into the raunchy,

real world. Is it any wonder, then, that The Book of Mormon is — from cover to cover, so to speak — an over-the-top laugh fest that joyfully embraces nonpolitically correct humor at every turn?

More surprising than its equalopportunity irreverence is that The Book of Mormon devoutly celebrates classic, big-budget Broadway musicals in an almost slavish manner. Strip away the AIDS and baby rape jokes and you’re left with the simple story, catchy tunes, crisp choreography (courtesy of Casey Nicholaw and including a tap dance number), bright smiles and happy ending of a Golden Era offering. Stone, Parker and Lopez have written a love letter to the Great White Way. It just happens to be a love letter stuffed to overflowing with four-letter words and fart jokes.

At the beginning of The Book of Mormon, Elder Price (Gavin Creel) and Elder Cunningham ( Jared Gertner) are paired up as a team for their missionary assignment in Uganda. Price is a Mormon golden boy expected to do great things, while Cunningham is a misfit with a penchant for creative truth telling. Neither was expecting to be sent to Uganda, but the news hits Price harder. He had his heart set on spreading the Mormon word in sunny

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Orlando, Fla. Immediately upon their arrival, the would-be proselytizers discover that the Ugandans have far bigger problems than the white boys from Utah might have imagined. In the show’s most toe-tappingly outlandish and audacious musical number, “Hasa Diga Eebowai,” the Ugandans enumerate their woes, including forced female circumcision, starvation, poverty and the tyranny of a local warlord whose name is too side-splittingly funny to spoil here. I can relate, as a barometer for how badly The Book of Mormon will offend you, that “hasa diga eebowai” translates into “Fuck you, God!” Despite their Odd Couple dynamic and the utter uselessness of the other missionaries in their group — which is led by Elder McKinley (Grey Henson in, unbelievably, his first professional performance and doing his best to carry on the proud legacy of Stephen Stucker in the Airplane! movies) — Price and Cunningham manage to pique the interest of the locals. Once de facto leader Mafala (Kevin Mambo) and his comely daughter, Nabulungi (Samantha Marie Ware), start asking about Joseph Smith and Salt Lake City, the boys are sure they’ll convert the whole village.

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Of course, trouble soon enters paradise.

Price’s ego, Cunningham’s lies, the blood lust of the local warlord and an unexpected visit from the BMOC (that’s Big Mormon in Charge) conspire to turn the mission into a total clusterfuck. Will the Mormons convert any new followers? Will the ghost of Joseph Smith, or perhaps Jesus himself, appear to save the day? Will Elder Cunningham ever learn Nabulungi’s name?

It is a testament to the craftsmanship of The Book of Mormon that it makes hamburger out of so many sacred cows yet never feels mean-spirited.

Because no topic is safe and no one is innocent, Stone, Parker and Lopez can lampoon everyone without truly offending anyone. And to top that astounding feat off, their creation is possibly the funniest piece of Broadway zaniness I have ever seen. At intermission, the woman in front of me commented that her cheeks were literally hurting from laughing so hard for so long. I guarantee you that there will be a lot of sore cheeks coming out of The Book of Mormon for years to come.

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ourteen years ago, Yonder Mountain String Band formed over a Guinness in a bar in Nederland, according to a tale spun by guitarist Adam Aijala. The members were young, recently relocated to Colorado and looking for musical companions.

Now, almost a decadeand-a-half later, after the band established itself as behemoths in the progressive bluegrass world, the band is likely more apt to spend time in a tour bus together than in a pub, and when the band isn’t on the road, they aren’t as geographically close as they used to be, as bassist Ben Kaufman moved to Northern California last year.

So compared to the old days, things are very different for the guys in Yonder Mountain String Band, which includes banjo player Dave Johnston and mandolinist Jeff Austin in addition to Kaufman and Aijala, than when the band first started playing gigs in Nederland coffee shops and bars.

The band now headlines festivals and sells out concerts nationwide. The world has been very good to Yonder Mountain, the drummer-less four-piece string band that could, and the band will bring its Kinfolk Celebration festival back to the state where it all started Aug. 24-25.

Along with the Harvest Music Festival, The Kinfolk Celebration is one of two festivals Yonder Mountain throws annually. It’s basically a big

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Yonder Mountain String Band’s festival appeals to the loyalists

by David Accomazzo thank-you to the band’s loyal fans, Kaufman and Johnston say, and the band likes to throw the festival in a different location every year. So when Craig Ferguson, the founder and director of Lyons’ Planet Bluegrass, offered the outdoor venue to the band, the group jumped on the opportunity.

Johnston and Kaufman got on the phone with Boulder Weekly recently to talk about the festival, the possibility that Yonder would never release another album, and that awful slide guitar solo during the outro of Derek and the Dominos’ “Layla.”

At what point in your career would you say that you realized you had the

sort of dedicated following that could justify throwing your own festival?

Dave Johnston: I’d be hard-pressed to put a date on it or anything like that, but I can only answer for myself. I recognized that we had that sort of following when people who are special to me and people whose opinion matters to me a lot — maybe I had just come back from a gig and was feeling downtrodden or something, or frustrated, kind of going through the things a musician was going through like anyone else will, sometimes you don’t see what you’re doing quite the way that it’s going down. Anyways, over the course of a year people will just say, “Holy cow, I can’t believe how cool the scene is and

how good the vibe is or how good the band sounds or how cool that song is.”

When you hear that, it’s a very powerful thing. … It helps me realize that in a present-day situation, and it helped me get through that sort of thing in the past as well.

How did you guys decide which other bands would play?

DJ: We have a Rolodex filled with our friends, and we spun the Rolodex and we were like, “Yeah, we haven’t heard from him in awhile, let’s give him a call.”

Ben Kaufman: To me, I identified a common spirit.

When we’re getting together to make a bill like Kinfolk, the thing that for me has to ring home the most is do these guys really, do I feel what it is that they’re doing, do I feel what they’re going for, and is it inspiring?

And if the answer is yes, then you can come play at the show.

And there are a bunch of bands that are like that, but there are a bunch of bands that are not, and we wouldn’t necessarily invite them to the party, because it won’t be the best party.

DJ: Absolutely. I think that if you want to be our friend, you have to have that energy. Otherwise we’ll just repel you. It’ll be like two magnets, you know? Each side is useful, but you won’t be able to make them [stick]. see YONDER Page 36

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overtones Movement towards collaboration Dechen Hawk on the singer-songwriter’s tendencies towards solitude

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he creative process of a singer-songwriter can be a lonesome one. You write songs alone, rehearse alone, often perform alone. A byproduct of that solitude is total control over the final product, but when it comes time to start working with bands, the reality of having to collaborate and rely on others can seem quite different.

Changes in local soul crooner Dechen Hawk’s life have led to changes in his music. In the past few years he has swapped the solo guitar act of his earlier years for a thicker, fuller soul sound backed by a multi-piece band. He credits this in part to his job booking gigs at The Laughing Goat and Caffè Sole.

He started sitting in with local jazz group Supercollider when the group did its weekly gig at the Goat, and something about the new sound struck a chord within him. That led to members of Supercollider backing him for his first few shows at the Fox Theatre, and now some of its members are backing him on his forthcoming EP, Soul Sessions.

“When you try to do everything yourself, unless you’re a master of all of it, something’s going to suffer,” Hawk says.

The tracks on Soul Sessions are rife with horns, soulful backup vocals, delicate electric piano fills, and simple guitar parts over funk-infused drums and bass. Every part is meticulously placed and calculated for maximum effectiveness.

“I’m a less-is-more type of guy,” Hawk notes.

No one instrument ever dominates or plays a stray note.

He’s aiming for the fullness of classic soul records achieved by the simplicity of bands backing famous soul singers, and the effect is a rich, enveloping wall of sound.

Hawk will bring the full band approach he used in the studio to the Fox Aug. 25 as he opens for local group Legitimate Front, which is releasing its own CD on the same night. Backing him will be Mirco Altenbach on tenor sax, Jon Gray on trumpet, Kip Kuepper on bass, Brian McRae on drums, Erin Jo Harris and Devon Parker on backup vocals, and Jerred Menard on guitar.

Given his position booking two smaller venues that host mostly local acts, Hawk has a bird’s-eye view of the Boulder see HAWK Page 45

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BK: The thing about Yonder is and always has been that experience of coming to the show. It’s so much more than the notes being played. The whole is greater than the sum of the parts. It’s very true in the sense of Yonder. …

Everybody working together creates something that you couldn’t possibly create on your own.

Other times you go to see a band and you’re like, “That’s a good guitar player.” I really think Yngwie Malmsteen is a super-shredder from Sweden, and I’m watching fireworks and pyrotechnics and that’s awesome, but it speaks to my brain but not necessarily to my heart or my gut.

I recently read a list of the so-called “best guitar solos” of all time, and one thing they all had in common was that none of them was by any of those super-technical guitar players.

BK: Yeah, totally. You know what I heard the other day? This is off-topic, but I want to get your guys’ opinion. I listened to “Layla,” and the end of it has that weird piano part, that outro epic thing, but there’s a slide guitar. It sounds like they’re playing the slide way, way up by the neck by the pickups, and it is so out of tune and horrible it sounds like a cat’s throwing up. I couldn’t listen to it. But I went, “Wait a second, but this is one of the classic 36 August 23, 2012

songs of all time. But the outro is so dead. I won’t tell him what you said. out of tune, and I’m talking like slide BK: Yeah, if you get a chance to see guitar out of tune and horrible.” I’m him, hopefully you think of something like, “This is one of the worst things better to talk about. ever. How did it release, because it’s Around this time last year, Dave, I sickening!” I forced myself to listen to talked to you and Adam, and you guys it, but I couldn’t believe it! were recording a new album. So what’s If you isolate that slide guitar thing, the status of that? it really sucks. But when I don’t focus DJ: Well, still recording. Let’s see, a on that and let it go, it’s “Layla.” But I year ago. Well, we haven’t, we’ve gone was taken aback that in with some songs, I had never noticed it we’ve recorded some before, how out of songs, but we were ON THE BILL: The Kinfolk tune and awful it is. I like, eh, we weren’t Celebration, starring Yonder didn’t turn it off, but really feeling the Mountain String Band, Larry that inside voice was whole album vibe like Keel & Natural Bridge, Split Lip Rayfield, Todd Snider, Greensky screaming. So if you we thought we could.

Bluegrass and special guest guys get a chance to We ended up just Andy Hall, takes place on listen to that again, I having some recorded Friday, Aug. 24, and Saturday, Aug. 25. Both shows are at just wanted confirsongs instead, which Planet Bluegrass. A two-day mation that I’m hearis alright, too. Any pass is $90, one-day tickets are ing that thing. Is it in more traditional $50. Visit bluegrass.com for more info. tune and my ears are album formats are out of tune? highly suspect for Right, it almost being the most costsounds like a Theremin. effective way to make money.

BK: Yeah maybe it is. But no, it BK: I think that if we can change can’t be a Theremin, could it? our approach too, we’ll be releasing BK: Is that Duane Allman? content more than every four years.

Yeah ... I think that’s Duane Which you have to, you have to in Allman. this day and age. People want to know BK: Well if you run into Duane, what you were doing three minutes don’t tell him I said so. ago, and they want to know what DJ: That would be running into the you’re going to be doing and sounding Boulder Weekly

overtones like in a month. And you gotta just go in and make stuff, release stuff and put it out there. You’re going to sell more tracks at 99 cents if you released 12 a year but spaced out over every month or whatever. You probably do better business than making a record.

Everything’s changing, I swear it.

Are you saying we might be looking at the end of an era of Yonder Mountain albums?

BK: No, no, because it’s always nice to put them together. It’s nostalgia, isn’t it? It will never die. We know someone that just started out a cassette tape label, which is awesome, but it is very niche, at the very least. Eventually CD players will disappear, so then what is an album? It’s just a bunch of ones and zeroes. It’s an image, a .jpg or a .pdf of an album cover for art.

“Album cover.” These words don’t even make sense anymore.

With you, Ben, now living out of state, how often do you guys get together when you’re not in that mode of being on tour? How often do you guys just get together to just play songs and figure out new stuff?

BK: The four of us, we don’t.

Individually, Dave and Adam get together. … We do all of our playing on the road together, whether that’s in hours before the show when you have an open sound check, but backstage Adam and Dave are always playing together. … They are really always picking.

So has the way you guys practiced and rehearsed changed since you guys first started out?

DJ: I think so.

BK: Sort of a facet of tons of gigs, no free time, and no gigs, tons of free time. Certainly living next door to each other helped.

DJ: Me and Adam do play a lot of things backstage. … It seems like the vibe is one that is, ‘Well, if you want to participate, please do so, but don’t think you have to.’ And if we all hit upon something that we all can’t stand to not share, then holy cow. You better come check it out.

BK: It’s often in the jamming or playing music together freely, not on stage, that some of the best ideas for jams or improvisational sections come from that place. For me anyway.

In that sense, by spending all your time touring, are you possibly missing out on some of that creative time?

DJ: Me and Ben have talked about this. We just kind of started the conversation a couple months ago. I was reading a book by a guy named Jonah Lehrer, and Ben was referencing a speech on creativity by John Cleese.

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And it’s really weird because I really believe that if you’re telling yourself, “I don’t have the time to be creative,” you’re kind of saying, “I don’t want to be creative.” Because if you just make the time, you can do it.

On the road, it’s really easy to get complacent and get into [a habit] where you’re just going to the show and going to the lounge and so forth, or you’re going to your hotel room, and those places it’s incredibly easy to be bored,

but it’s a sort of boredom that you don’t want to bail out of. You’re OK with it.

It’s the worst kind of boredom. You’re cool with it.

BK: It’s brain-dead, is how I always described it. Getting into brain-dead time.

DJ: It’s really crazy because if you can just kind of psych yourself into, “I’m going to spend 10 minutes and come up with the shittiest song lyric I can write. That’s my goal, to just hit a

major clam.” You might be pretty satisfied with what you come up with.

BK: It’s really such a fascinating topic to me. Like Dave said, we only just broached the topic, coincidentally, I think, a couple months ago.

There’s some big huge answer within the topic for me. I can see it coming, sort of a realization. It’s lurking. I haven’t quite punched it in the stomach.

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Thursday, August 23 music Acoustic Night. 9:30 p.m. Waterloo, 809 S. Main St., Louisville, 303-993-2094.

Felonius Smith Trio. 6:30 p.m. Town of Lyons Summer Concert Series, Sandstone Park, Broadway between 3rd and 4th avenues, Lyons, www.feloniussmith.com.

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

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

The Goonies. 8 p.m. Shine, 2027 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-0120.

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

"Jessica Gabriel plays with Snap." 6:30 p.m. St Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696.

The Magic Beans — With Whitewater Ramble. 8:30 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-7867030.

Norah Jones. 7:30 p.m. Red Rocks Amphitheatre, 18300 West Alameda Parkway, Morrison, 720-8652494.

Open Mic. 7 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 303-834-9384.

Pete Kartsounes — With Brian Ernst. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder. 303-440-4628.

Rebecca Folsom. Niwot Rock N Rails Concert Series.

Whistle Stop Park, 1st & Murray, Niwot, www.niwotcolorado.com/events.

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

SIN Night — DJ. 9:30 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683.

Theophilus London. 8:30 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-3399.

Weird Al. 7:30 p.m. The Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada, 720-898-7200.

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Marc Perreault — With Brent Crane. 8 p.m.

The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder.

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The Mile Markers, Ashleigh Flynn Band. 9 p.m. Gold Hill Inn, 401 Main St., Boulder, 303443-6461.

NedFest. 12-10 p.m. Jeff Guercio Memorial Baseball Park, Nederland, www.nedfest.org.

Willie Houston. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel, 800 28th St., Boulder, 303-443-3322.

2 Hearted Jones — With Kristina Murray. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685.

Paa Kows By All Means Band. 7 p.m. St Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696.

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1964 — The Beatles Anniversary Concert Tribute.

8 p.m. Red Rocks Amphitheatre, 18300 West Alameda Parkway, Morrison, 720-865-2494.

Quemando — Outdoor salsa dance party. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Rd., Longmont, 303-485-9400.

Dreamstaurant Contest Kick Off Party — A contest for food service entrepreneurs, aspiring restauranteurs and serious home chefs. 5-7 p.m. Tundra Restaurant Supply, 3825 Walnut St., Boulder, www.etundra.com/ dreamstaurant.

Another Kind of Magick. 8 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel, 800 28th St., Boulder, 303-443-3322.

Romeo Delight — With Eclipse, Van Halen and Journey Tributes. 8 p.m. Nissi’s Bistro, 2675 N. Park Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757.

Healing Space — 15-minute mini-healings by donation with Alan McAllister. 11a.m. – 1 p.m. Whole Being Explorations, 1800 30th St., Suite 307, Boulder, 303-545-5562.

Brad Upton. 7:30 p.m. Caffè Sole, 637R S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-499-2985.

Someone’s in for an Explosion!. 6 p.m. Jamestown Mercantile, 108 Main St., Jamestown, 303-442-5847.

Dallask, Pierce, Fulton & Popeska. 8:30 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-3399.

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

Dikki Du and The Zydeco Crew. 9:30 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683.

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Boulder International Fringe Festival. Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut, Boulder, 303-444-7328.

Mystery Trek. 8 p.m. Chautauqua Auditorium, 900 Baseline Rd., Boulder, 303-442-3282.

Spend Less, Live Better — Money-saving strategy for local thriftaholics. 6:30 p.m. Alfalfa’s Community Room, 1631 Broadway, Boulder, 303-442-7709.

Big Bill Morganfield — With The Delta Sonics featuring Clay Kirkland. 8 p.m. Swallow Hill, 77 E. Yale Ave., Denver, 303-777-1003 x2.

Face. 6:15 p.m. Twenty Ninth Street mall, 29th St. & Canyon, Boulder.

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Highway 50. 8 p.m. Waterloo, 809 S. Main St., Louisville, 303-993-2094.

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Kort McCumber and Uncle Daddy. 8 p.m. Shine,

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

The Art of Ekphrasis — BMoCA’s exhibit Visual Rhythm interpreted through writing by Lighthouse Writers. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-2122. see PANORAMA Page 40

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“Against the Storm” by Emma Powell was a juror’s selection in Illusion at the Center for Fine Art Photography.

Chief Niwot: Legend & Legacy. Boulder History Museum, 1206 Euclid Ave., Boulder, 303-449-3464.

Through Nov. 25.

Carol Walker, Wendy Rochman. NCAR Mesa Laboratory, 1850 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, 303-497-1000. Through Sept. 30.

Elsewhere — Photos

by Kevin Van Aelst.

The Center for Fine Art Photography, Art Center of Fort Collins, 400 N. College Ave., 970-2241010. Through Aug. 25.

Feeling the Heat. The Muse Gallery, 356 Main St., Longmont, 303-678-7869. Through Aug. 25.

Illusion. The Center for Fine Art Photography, Art Center of Fort Collins, 400 N. College Ave.,

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In the Courtyard, by Aliza Lelah; Industrial Heirloom, by Anne Mondro; Infotainment,

by Evan Colbert; Past Lives, by Hilary DePolo Collective. Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826.

Karen Barnett, painter, and Cheryl Pennington, hand-colored black and white photographs. The Old Gallery, 14863 Hwy. 7, Allenspark, 303-747-2089.

Open for Design — A Denver Art Museum Community Challenge. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave., Denver, 720-865-5000.

Through Sept. 2.

Visual Rhythm. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., Boulder, 303-4432122. Through Sept. 9.

PANORAMA from Page 39 Boulder County Democrats Truman Dinner — With Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley. 5 p.m. cocktails, 6:30 p.m. dinner. Plaza Hotel, 1900 Ken Pratt Blvd., Longmont, 303-442-3423.

Boulder International Fringe Festival. Various locations, Boulder, boulderfringe.com.

CU Convocation. 11 a.m. Coors Events Center, CU campus, www.colorado.edu.

Festival on Main. 6-9 p.m. Third Avenue to Longs Peak Avenue, Longmont, www.downtownlongmont.com.

Saturday, August 25 music Alexis & Stephen. 6:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Tasty Weasel Tap Room, 1800 Pike Rd., Unit B, Longmont, 303-7761914 x313.

Big Bill Morganfield — With Delta Sonics. 8 p.m.

Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 303834-9384.

Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757.

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

Mushroom Mountain Band Reunion. 12 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683.

NedFest. 12-10 p.m. Jeff Guercio Memorial Baseball Park, Nederland, www.nedfest.org.

New Time Ensemble. 7 p.m. Broomfield Auditorium, 3 Community Park Road, Broomfield, 303-464-5835.

Reggae on the Rocks — 25th anniversary. 7:30 p.m. Red Rocks Amphitheatre, 18300 West Alameda Parkway, Morrison, 720-865-2494.

Rhythm Allstars. 8 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel, 800 28th St., Boulder, 303-443-3322.

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

Sentimental Sounds Big Band. 4 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683.

Current Youth. 7 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683.

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

Durty Disco — Dance party to fundraise for Waldo Canyon Fire victims. 9 p.m. Shine, 2027 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-0120.

SoundRabbit — With Sofia Talvik. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder. 303-440-4628.

Eleven Foot Tall. 5 p.m. Jamestown Mercantile, 108 Main St., Jamestown, 303-442-5847.

Grant Farm Band. 9 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685.

Great American Taxi — With Gora Gora Orkestar.

6:15 p.m. Twenty Ninth Street mall, 29th St. & Canyon, Boulder.

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Steve Langemo Duo. 7:30 p.m. Caffè Sole, 637R S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-499-2985.

events Apprentice Series — An interactive education series on how to make a homemade mason jar chandelier. 1-4 p.m. McGuckin Hardware, 2525 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-443-1822.

Jazzebel Vocal & Piano Duo. 6:30-8:30 p.m. Cafe de Paris, 908 Main St., Louisville, 303-665-9761.

Bark and Splash — Doors open to dogs at the Duncan YMCA pool 3-4:30 p.m. Susan M. Duncan Family YMCA, 6350 Eldridge St., Arvada, 303-422-4977.

Legitimate Front — With Dechen Hawk. 8 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-3399.

Boulder International Fringe Festival. Various locations, Boulder, boulderfringe.com.

Les Amis. 9 p.m. Waterloo, 809 S. Main St., Louisville, 303-993-2094.

The Boulder Market. 10:30 a.m. – 6 p.m. 1421 Spruce St., Boulder, www.coloradoevents.net.

M. Ward — With Princess Music. 8 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030.

Colorado Horse Rescue’s Buckaroo Bash — A fundraiser for Colorado Horse Rescue. 6 p.m. Plaza Hotel Conference Center, 1900 Ken Pratt Blvd., Longmont,

Mojomama. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s Bistro, 2675 N. Park

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Bruce Kawin talks about the fables of human nature as told in horror films at the Boulder Book Store at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 28.

Thursday, August 23

Longmont: 195 S. Main #8 303.772.3600 www.pprm.org

Pulling Up Stakes: Stepping into Freedom — by Harriet Kimble Wrye. 7 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-2074.

Say Nice Things About Detroit — Summer bookclub night, featuring Scott Lasser. 7 p.m.

Love Re-Evolution — A workshop on the new art of quantum level relating. 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Columbine Unity Center, 8900 Arapahoe Road, Boulder, 303-546-0114.

Sunday Music School. 11:30 a.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683.

USA Pro Challenge. 10 a.m. St Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696.

Sunday, August 26 music Acoustic Jam. 3 p.m., Traditional Irish Session at 7:30 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-4491922.

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

Bonnie Raitt. 7:30 p.m. Red Rocks Amphitheatre, 18300 West Alameda Parkway, Morrison, 720-8652494.

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Weekly Open Poetry Reading. 7 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore, 1203 13th St., Ste. A, Boulder, 303-579-1644.

Steve Manshel duo. 6 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Rd., Longmont, 303485-9400.

Bluegrass Pick. 12 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Rd., Longmont, 303485-9400.

303-546-9151

The Night Circus — Fiction bookclub meeting. 7 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-2074.

Lafayette, 303-665-2757.

Barbershop Harmony Festival. 7 p.m. Chautauqua Auditorium, 900 Baseline Rd., Boulder, 303-442-3282.

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Horror and the Horror Film — With Bruce Kawin. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-4472074.

Hands-On Digital Photography Introduction. 9 a.m.

Boulder Digital Arts, 1600 Range St., Boulder, 303-8750276.

Open House at the Rocky Mountain Raptor Program. 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. RMRP, 720 East Vine Dr., Fort Collins, 970-484-7756.

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Lunch and USA Pro Challenge Viewing Party — To benefit Davis Phinney Foundation. 11 a.m. Flagstaff House, 1138 Flagstaff Road, Boulder, 303-442-4640.

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

8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder. 303-4404628.

Kathleen Willard — Poetry reading.

7 p.m.

Innisfree Poetry Bookstore, 1203 13th St., Ste. A, Boulder, 303-5791644.

Monday, August 27

Boulder: 2525 Arapahoe Ave, Suite C-200 303.447.1040

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

Heavy Cats. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel, 800 28th St., Boulder, 303-443-3322.

NedFest. 12-10 p.m. Jeff Guercio Memorial Baseball Park, Nederland, www.nedfest.org.

Sarah Kelton — CD release. 9 p.m. Shine, 2027 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-0120.

Signel Z. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s Bistro, 2675 N. Park Drive,

Tour de Coops. 2-5 p.m. Boulder, www.tourdecoopsboulder.com Women’s Songwriter Showcase. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder. 303-440-4628.

events Boulder International Fringe Festival. Various locations, Boulder, boulderfringe.com.

Salsa Dancing. 8 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683.

Monday, August 27 music Brad Goode Jazz Jam. 7 p.m. Caffè Sole, 637R S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-499-2985.

Electric Blues Jam. 7:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Rd., Longmont, 303-485-9400.

Open Mic. 5 p.m. Jamestown Mercantile, 108 Main St., Jamestown, 303-442-5847.

Open Stage — With Turtle. 8 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683.

events The Business Side of Filmmaking. 6 p.m. Boulder Digital Arts, 1600 Range St., Boulder, 303-875-0276.

“So, You’re a Poet,” presents an open poetry reading. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder.

303-440-4628.

Tuesday, August 28 music Gasoline Lollipops. 9:30 p.m. Waterloo, 809 S. Main

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panorama Fiddler on the Roof plays at the Candlelight Dinner Playhouse in Johnstown through Oct. 28.

The Belle of Amherst. Miners Alley Playhouse, 1224 Washington Ave., Golden, 303-935-3044.

Through Aug. 26.

Charmed, I’m Sure! — A one-woman play.

Wesley Chapel, 1290 Folsom St., Boulder, www.boulderfringe.com. Through Aug. 24.

Cinderella. Boulder’s Dinner Theater, 5501 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-449-6000. Through Sept. 1.

Comic Con con Comedy.

Theater Company of Lafayette, Mary Miller Theater, 300 E. Simpson Street, Lafayette, www.tclstage.org.

Fiddler on the Roof. Candlelight Dinner Playhouse, 4747 Marketplace Dr., Johnstown, 970-744-3747. Through Oct. 28.

Pi: The Physical Comedy Troupe. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826.

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Gretchen Troop. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel, 800 28th St., Boulder, 303-443-3322.

“2012: Approaching The Galactic Equator: Is Boulder Above The New Waterline?” — A multimedia presentation by Marco. 7 p.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-264-9895.

Kort McCumber Duo. 7 p.m. St Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696.

Mumford and Sons — With Dawes and Slow Club.

7:30 p.m. Red Rocks Amphitheatre, 18300 West Alameda Parkway, Morrison, 720-865-2494.

The Embodied Athlete: Guidance in Reaching Your Fullest Potential. 7 p.m. Shine, 2027 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-0120.

Fundamentals of Web Design. 9 a.m. Boulder Digital Arts, 1600 Range St., Boulder, 303-875-0276.

Sunset Photo Session. 5-8 p.m. Agricultural Heritage Center, 8348 Ute Highway, Longmont, 303-776-8688.

Open Stage. 7:15 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922.

Wednesday Waltz Etcetera. 7 p.m. Avalon Ballroom, 6185 Arapahoe Road, Boulder, 303-449-5962.

Singer/Songwriter Open Stage. 7 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Rd., Longmont, 303-485-9400.

KIDS CALENDAR

Trevor Christiensen — With Discount Cinema. 8 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-4636683.

Storytime. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.

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Children’s Storytime. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.

Getting Started with Final Cut Pro X. 9 a.m. Boulder Digital Arts, 1600 Range St., Boulder, 303-875-0276.

Healing Space — 15-minute mini-healings by donation with Alan McAllister. 4-6 p.m. Whole Being Explorations, 1800 30th St., Suite 307, Boulder, 303545-5562.

Wednesday, August 29 music Bonnie Lowdermilk. 7 p.m. St Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696.

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

John Hiatt & the Combo. 7:30 p.m. The Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada, 720-898-7200.

Marlo & Farm Jazz. 8 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683.

Mumford and Sons — With Dawes and Nathaniel Rateliff. 7:30 p.m. Red Rocks Amphitheatre, 18300 West Alameda Parkway, Morrison, 720-865-2494.

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Friday, August 24

Ollin Farms Garden Program. 12:30 p.m. WOW! Children’s Museum, 110 N. Harrison Ave., 303-604-2424.

Saturday, August 25 Art Stop. 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-2122.

Sunday, August 26 Go Club for Kids & Teens. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.

Monday, August 27 Storytime. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.

Tuesday, August 28 Tactile Tuesday. 9 a.m. WOW! Children’s Museum, 110 N. Harrison Ave., 303-604-2424.

Wednesday, August 29 Storytime with Judy Volc. 10 a.m. Barnes & Noble, 2999 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-444-0349.

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

Storytime. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.

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

Watercolor Wednesday. 10:30 a.m. WOW! Children’s Museum, 110 N. Harrison Ave., 303-604-2424.

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Faculty Tuesdays Series — American “Roots” with John Gunther. 7:30 p.m. Grusin Music Hall, Imig Music Building, 18th Street and Euclid Avenue, Boulder, www. music.colorado.edu.

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‘ParaNorman’ is a socially responsible, animated ‘Sixth Sense’

by Ryan Syrek

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efore Pixar flexed its artistic muscle (a muscle they could stand to exercise more frequently these days), the message in American animated films ranged from “always be true to yourself ” to “always be true to yourself and also get heterosexually married.”

ParaNorman isn’t about self-confidence or individual expression. It’s about how people can be huge, cruel dicks.

Specifically, when confronted by those with unique attributes, uneducated mobs often become terrified to the point of violence. That this point is driven home via stop-motion zombies and a witch is utterly fantastic.

Norman Babcock (Kodi SmitMcPhee) is a spiky-haired pre-teen with a hormonal cheerleader sister (Anna Kendrick), dismissive father ( Jeff Garlin), concerned mother (Leslie Mann) and dead grandmother (Elaine Stritch), who Norman still sees and talks to. His ability to communicate with the deceased has not gone unnoticed at school by thugs like Alvin (Christopher Mintz-Plasse), leaving Norman friend-

less until he meets fellow bully-target and poster child for juvenile obesity Neil (Tucker Albrizzi).

When his uncle, Mr. Prenderghast ( John Goodman), reveals he too has this supernatural gift, it is in a warning that only Norman can stop a witch burned at the stake 300 years ago from raining destruction on the town.

First things first, ParaNorman is funny. Not “funny for a kid’s movie funny,” but legitimately clever and hilarious. Fart jokes and sly sexual references for the adults are what pass for comedic bait in most animated fare, but writer/ director Chris Butler is more gifted than that. Hell, each and every supporting character in the film is duly motivated and more fully realized than most roles inhabited by flesh-and-blood humans elsewhere.

For example, Neil’s observation regarding the abuse he receives at school for his weight is remarkable. He tells Norman that bullying is simply a part of

“human nature,” and that Norman himself would likely be a bully if he were “bigger and stupider.” Younger audiences are usually spared that degree of genuine insight, mostly because they aren’t trusted to receive it. Here is a film that does just that. Similarly, the climax doesn’t involve convincing the rampaging witch she is wrong; it hinges on getting the pitchfork-and-torch bearers to realize this mess is pretty much their fault.

ParaNorman admittedly depends on other conceits (The Sixth Sense, every afterschool special ever). It also occupies a weird position, in that it’s too intense and scary for the youngest kids and slightly too-kiddy for older children.

That said, the humor, warmth and message are likely worth the risk of accidentally warping or boring a child.

It’s worth noting that a character in

the film is gay, not implicitly but explicitly. It’s easy to infer as much if you’re paying attention, but when it was outright confirmed, it induced gasps from several audience members. This revelation merely underscored the flick’s existing and obvious theme of brutality and isolation created by the dominant groups in society. Still … it was a pretty badass move on Butler’s part.

ParaNorman is funnier than most comedies, more sophisticated than most ensemble films and a sure-fire challenger to Brave, not just for being the best animated film of the year, but for best film of the year. Full stop.

—This review first appeared in The Reader of Omaha, Neb. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com

gression towards collaboration, and he says he has never really worked with a producer on his music.

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laborative nature too,” he says of working with others with an open mind. “I can learn from other people.”

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music scene. He wants the scene to be much more into healthier, but he says it’s a crapshoot to the finished prodgauge local interest in shows. The reauct than the techson why is a mystery. nique,” he says).

“I think it’s hit or miss,” he says. “It’s hard to say whether people will come out.”

ON THE BILL: Dechen One of the problems in Hawk opens for Legitimate Front at the Fox Theatre on Boulder is that people expect live Saturday, Aug. 25. Must be 21 music to be free, he says, which to enter. Doors at 8 p.m. suggests that the expectation of Tickets are $12.95. 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-3399. getting recorded music at zero cost through downloading might be bleeding over to live music.

“Even though there is a lot of He is already music here, it’s not expected to pay looking beyond money [at shows] here,” Hawk says. “I the release of Soul put a $5 suggested donation box at the Sessions, when he door at the Laughing Goat, just so says he will work people get used to seeing it. … It’s with producer tricky. I don’t know exactly what the Elliot Hunt to answer is.” retool some of his Hawk makes his living playing as work into somemany shows as he can, booking venues thing he can sell to studios for music and teaching private lessons (in various soundtracks and the like. He sees that instruments, he says, noting he teaches as the next step forward in his music musicianship more than anything. “I’m career. It’s another part of his slow proBoulder Weekly

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reel to reel THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 3D Peter Parker gets a new look (and origin story) in this Marvel remake of everyone’s favorite web slinger. Unlike Toby Maguire’s emo-esque rendition of the wall-crawler, actor Andrew Garfield’s portrayal hopes to bring Spidey back to his roots with more wit and fewer tears. Rated PG-13. At Colony Square.

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Documentary meets film noir in the riveting jaw-dropper The Imposter, a true story that has the twists and turns of a thriller. In 1994 a 13-year-old boy disappears without a trace from San Antonio, Texas. Three and a half years later he is found alive, thousands of miles away in a village in southern Spain with a story of kidnap and torture. His family is overjoyed to bring him home. But all is not quite as it seems. At Chez Artiste — Landmark Theatres

THE APPARITION A presence unleashed during a university parapsychology experiment haunts a young couple. At Century.

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A legendary and fantastical Persia provides the backdrop for the thwarted loves of hunter Djemil, beautiful Nouredda and spirit of the spring Naila. At Boedecker. — Boedecker Theater BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD

Forget concerns about star power and familiarity. Fight to see this movie and to let it be seen. We have never needed a coming-of-age fable set against environmental and poverty concerns as much as we need this. And it is more than up to the challenge. At Century and Mayan. — The Reader of Omaha, Neb. BILL W.

This film tells the story of William G. Wilson, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, a man included in TIME Magazine’s 100 Persons of the 20th Century. A hopeless drunk near death from his alcoholism, Bill found a way out of his own addiction and then forged a path for countless others to follow. At Boedecker. — Boedecker Theater THE BOURNE LEGACY

As the Bourne series continues minus its star, Matt Damon, we find out about another super-secret spy program that produced super-secret super spies. Jeremy Renner stars as one of the program’s experimental subjects who, after the program is terminated, becomes the subject of a global manhunt, with Rachel Weisz starring as Renner’s doctor friend/sidekick/love interest. Rated PG-13.

At Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks.

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Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis play dueling politicians who are only slightly more addled and alarming than our real ones.Vulgar but hilarious, unrealistic but not without its own point, this is consistently funny, which is all you can ask for in a genre like this. Rated R. At Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks.

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In the Whisper of the Heart sequel, a quiet suburban schoolgirl, Haru, is pitched into a fantastical feline world and must find her inner strength to make her way back home.

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beautiful, exciting and infrequently screened films. A young girl with a mysterious crystal pendant falls out of the sky and into the arms and life of young Pazu. Together they search for a floating island in the sky, site of a longdead civilization. At Denver FilmCenter/ Colfax — Denver Film Society CELESTE AND JESSE FOREVER Celeste (Rashida Jones) and Jesse (Andy Samberg) met in high school and are a young married couple who are growing apart. Now 30, Celeste is the driven owner of her own media consulting firm, while Jesse is once again unemployed and in no particular rush to do anything with his life. Celeste is convinced that divorcing Jesse is the right thing to do — she is on her way up, he is on his way nowhere. At Esquire. — Landmark Theatres COSMOPOLIS New York City, not-too-distant-future: Eric Packer (Robert Pattinson), a 28-year-old finance golden boy dreaming of living in a civilization ahead of this one, watches a dark shadow cast over Wall Street. As he is chauffeured across midtown Manhattan to get a haircut at his father’s old barber, his anxious eyes are glued to the yuan’s exchange rate: It is mounting against all expectations, destroying Eric’s bet against it. Based on the novel by Don DeLillo. At Century and Denver Film Center. — Denver Film Society THE DARK KNIGHT RISES

Director Christopher Nolan’s D.C. superhero legacy comes to an end as unwelcome and reluctant hero Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) dons his cape and deepens his voice once more. Batman battles for the future of Gotham against ruthless criminal Bane (Tom Hardy) with the help of the “catty” Selina Kyle (Anne Hathaway). Rated PG-13. At Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks.

DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: DOG DAYS

The latest installment in this series based on the popular books sends the wimpy kid off on appropriately wimpy summer misadventures.

Rated PG. At Colony Square and Twin Peaks.

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The Expendables reunite for a bloody film bulked up with a cast that includes Sylvester Stallone, Jet Li, Chuck Norris, Jason Statham, Dolph Lundgren and Mickey Rourke. Rated R. At Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks.

FAREWELL, MY QUEEN

A glimpse at the opulent debauchery that was the cake-addled court of Marie Antoinette shortly before that ugly incident with the guillotine. Rated R. At Chez Artiste.

THE GREEN WAVE Green is the color of hope. Green is the color of Islam. And green was the symbol of recognition among the supporters of presidential candidate Mir-Hossein Mousavi, who became the symbolic figure of the Green Revolution in Iran last year. At Denver FilmCenter/Colfax — Denver Film Society HIT AND RUN

Like a road novel, this film tells the story of a young couple that sets off on the classic road trip meant to change their lives forever. Only instead of the profound moments a road novel often delivers, they get a rag-tag band of misfits that includes Bradley Cooper.

Rated R. At Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks.

The Intouchables, by French writer/directors Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano, is the inspiring true story of two men who should never have met — a quadriplegic aristocrat who was injured in a paragliding accident and a young man from the projects. At Esquire.

— Landmark Theatres KIKI’S DELIVERY SERVICE From the legendary Hayao Miyazaki comes the beloved story of a resourceful young witch who uses her broom to create a delivery service, only to lose her gift of flight in a moment of self-doubt. At Denver FilmCenter/Colfax — Denver Film Society MOONRISE KINGDOM Once more, writer/director Wes Anderson dips his stylish pen into murky, melancholy tales of whimsy. This time out, the Royal Tenenbaums auteur follows a young “Khaki Scout” who flees from his troop and troop leader (Edward Norton) while camping on an island to unite with his prepubescent and troubled gal pal. Her parents, played by Bill Murray and Frances McDormand, and the island cop (Bruce Willis) give chase in this Instagram fairy tale. At Century and Mayan. ­— The Reader of Omaha, Neb. JAWS Yes, the 1975 Jaws. Decide now if you’re going to scream or sing along to that legendary soundtrack. Rated PG. At Century.

MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO

A film that Roger Ebert called “one of the five best movies” ever made for children, My Neighbor Totoro is a tale of two girls, Satsuki and Mei, who move with their father to a new house in the countryside. They soon discover that the surrounding forests are home to a family of Totoros, gentle but powerful creatures who live in a huge and ancient camphor tree and are seen only by children. At Denver FilmCenter/Colfax — Denver Film Society

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Meryl Streep and Tommy Lee Jones play a married couple seeking to rekindle a big romance in the hands of a couples counselor (Steve Carell) in a small town. Tommy Lee at his most endearingly gruff and Meryl at her most blushingly flustered. Rated PG-13. At Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks.

Never Give Up explores the inspiration and activities of His Holiness the 17th Karmapa and three women inspired by his teachings to put their compassion in action in Bodhgaya, India. At Boedecker. — Boedecker Theater

ICE AGE: CONTINENTAL DRIFT 3D The endless chase for that acorn has continental ramifications. Rated PG. At Colony Square.

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artist who reminded them of a Chicano Bob Dylan, perhaps even greater. They believed the album they subsequently produced with Rodriguez — Cold Fact — was the masterpiece of their producing careers. In fact, the album bombed and the singer disappeared into obscurity amid rumors of a gruesome on-stage suicide. But a bootleg recording found its way into apartheid South Africa and became a phenomenon. At Mayan. — Landmark Theatres

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A young couple learns to expect the unexpected when it comes to children in this frolicky romp of a story that purposefully comes off with too much shine to be taken seriously.

Rated PG. At Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks.

PHANTOM OF THE OPERA

Andrew Lloyd Webber and Cameron Mackintosh’s Phantom of the Opera, Broadway’s longest running show, comes again to the big screen for its 25th anniversary. Set in Royal Albert Hall, this special event features more than 200 cast members, orchestra musicians and luminaries involved with the production over the past 25 years. At Boedecker. — Boedecker Theater PREMIUM RUSH A mainstream film that glorifies hipsters and their fixies and the promising career of bike messengers. As if all the normal folks weren’t already irritated enough at hipsters, fixed gear bikes and bike messengers. At Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks.

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As a rookie member of an elite special-forces team, Rama is instructed to hang back during a covert mission involving the extraction of a brutal crime lord from a rundown apartment block. But when a spotter blows their cover, the stakes are raised. At Boedecker. — Boedecker Theater RUBY SPARKS

Calvin (Paul Dano) is a young novelist who achieved phenomenal success early in his career but is now struggling with his writing — as well as his romantic life. Finally, he makes a breakthrough and creates a character named Ruby who inspires him. When Calvin finds Ruby (Zoe Kazan), in the flesh, sitting on his couch about a week later, he is completely flabbergasted that his words have turned into a living, breathing person. At Esquire and Century. — Landmark Theatres SAFETY NOT GUARANTEED

In this scrappy romantic comedy, an unusual classified ad inspires three cynical Seattle Magazine employees (Aubrey Plaza, Jake Johnson and Karan Soni) to look for the story behind it. They discover a mysterious eccentric named Kenneth (Mark Duplass), a likable but paranoid supermarket clerk, who believes he’s solved the riddle of time travel and intends to depart again soon. At Denver FilmCenter/Colfax. — Denver Film Society SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN

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First, pause and consider that we’ve now seen more than 11 seasons of American Idol go by. OK, now. Jordin Sparks, American Idol #6, stars in a movie that is, predictably, about a talented young singer struggling to get her big break as a star. Rated PG-13. At Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks.

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While Rome is a city abundant with romance and comedy, To Rome With Love is about people having adventures that will change their lives forever. Directed by Woody Allen. At Century. — Landmark Theaters TOTAL RECALL

Because the premise of implanted memories doesn’t sound problematic enough, this remake of the Schwarzenegger classic trips over its own action sequences in ways likely to make it totally forgettable. Rated PG-13.

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When he meets model-turned-real-estateagent Judith, he is instantly infatuated. Francis and Judith eventually marry and move to a remote house on Torcello Island, but Francis’ newfound happiness hinders his writing.

Obsessing over what Judith does while at work, he hires a young ex-convict to investigate. At Chez Artiste — Landmark Theatres

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ike a freight train running downhill, the Colorado craft beer scene keeps gaining momentum. And as long as beer lovers continue chugging, our state will keep churning out new places for locals to savor their quaff. It’s time to say hello to one of your newest breweries — Niwot’s Bootstrap Brewing.

Steve and Leslie Kaczeus are longtime Boulder County residents who, like many of our state’s craft brewers, decided to leave their previous careers behind and follow their dream of tasting success making good beer. Longtime home brewers, Steve and Leslie took nearly five years to gain enough industry knowledge and

confidence before opening their own establishment.

As their search for a location to serve their beer ended up with a building two blocks away from their home, the Kaczeuses realized the serendipity.

“We live here in downtown Niwot, and we were always hoping that we could find a location near here,” Leslie Kaczeus says.

“We tried a few different things, but none of those seemed to work out. As soon as this space became available we just jumped on it.”

“We always wanted to be the neighborhood brewery, and when

this came up we were like, ‘Oh my gosh. It’s perfect,’” Steve Kaczeus says of their building at 6778 79th St. With the help of brew guru Dave Mentus — a 15-year veteran of the local brew scene, including stints at Mountain Sun on Pearl Street and The Pumphouse in Longmont — Bootstrap Brewery opened June 20 at the Cottonwood Square shopping center near the Diagonal Highway and Niwot Road.

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Before you settle in to watch the USA Pro Challenge bike race Aug. 25, head over to Cured for a special tour day lunch bag.

Cured owner Will Frishkorn, a former pro cyclist himself, will be offering up lunch served in a special GarminSharp-Barracuda musette bag. Replete with sandwich, sparkling beverage, chips and an apple, energy should be no problem as you observe the sixth stage of the race downtown.

There are only 100 lunches available, so they won’t last all day. Call 720-389-8096 or visit Cured at 1825 B Pearl Street to reserve your lunch bag.

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ecently a pal oth beignets and insistently Pondering pastries cream puffs genextolled the erally start with the virtues of same base, known Brasserie Ten as choux pastry.

Ten’s weekend brunch, but Typically baked, this simple dough consists of nothing more than flour, water, egg and butI remained skeptical. ter. However, Cafe Du Monde, the New Orleans institution that has However, I have been hapessentially defined the beignet in America, takes a different pily satisfied with this approach. First of all, its beignets are deep-fried, hewing closer to the French-influenced eatery’s American donut. Secondly, their pastry is not choux, but a yeastfine happy hour and have based dough that imparts a cakey, as opposed to puffy, texture. In any event, it’s hard to find flaws in either preparation, as each is quite splurged on its seafood appealing. platters. So friend Wayne and I decided to investigate and found ourselves exploring the Sunday offerings at this elegantly appointed downtown Boulder locale.

Seated at a sunny outdoor table a luxurious brunch is the inclusion of more than content with the densely so as to best emulate a Parisian side- starter courses. We shared a $3.95 packed mix of custardy eggs, fine walk experience, we began with full- half order of beignets, which didn’t herbs and appealingly crumbly herb bodied cups of $2.50 coffee. Our biscuit. The mellow richness of this resemble the pillow-shaped New server Will was professional without Orleans specialty as much as it did a dish was counterbalanced by bright being intrusive, and provided a level arugula tossed with lemon, somefine French pastry. These piped pasof attention well above average. The try balls had texture reminiscent of thing Wayne admitted he never early menu is surprisingly expansive prepared at home. cream puffs. While these beignets for a restaurant best known for Until a few months ago, I hadn’t lacked a creamy filling (as it should lunch and dinner. Proclaimed be), a liberal dollop of accompanying eaten a pork chop in years, and I’ve Wayne, “There are a lot of breakfast lemon cream was a highly satisfying since returned to enjoying this choices.” meaty favorite. The $11.95 Porc et stand-in.

Belgian waffle selections ranged pommes fulfilled my desires by preA $3.95 special of organic senting a 10-ounce pork porterfrom basic versions to a chickencucumber and honeydew gazpacho laden interpretation invoking arrived dotted with fresh blackberry house paired with tempura-fried Granny Smith apples. The thick American Southern cuisine. Egg and creme fraiche. Subtly sweet dishes include your basic oeuvres melon was tempered by the refresh- steak and mildly tart fruit was perfectly cooked, as were the over-easy and Long Farm bacon all the way ing cuke, which made for a terrifieggs. Yet the crowning touch was up to more complicated scrambles cally balanced flavor. Yet there was the soy-seasoned onions and jalapeand omelets, such as an incongrustill room for improvement, as this ño garnish, which imparted a ous Huevos Rancheros. Savory soup’s cooling qualities would have unique and winning Asian savor. crepes are also available. benefited from being served at a Impressively, Ten Ten ably comLunch options include shellfish lower temperature. petes with just about every other and entree salads like a de rigueur “There’s a lid for every pot, as brunch in town on the basis of serNicoise. There’s also a trio of my grandmother used to say,” vice, price and quality. When we first American sandwiches, consisting of Wayne said of his $8.95 Bordeaux a burger, a Reuben and a French Scramble, which arrived in a minia- arrived, this brasserie was half full, Dip, which likely originated not in ture Dutch Oven, its superfluous lid and when we departed the place was packed. One suspects the secret of Paris, but L.A. sitting off to one side. While One of the characteristics distin- Wayne initially thought the portion Ten Ten’s brunch is getting out.

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Around noon, race enthusiasts will have a front row seat to the race, as cyclists pass the corner of Arapahoe and Folsom. Enjoy specialty pizzas made with race riders’ favorite toppings, and reap a discount on all signature pizzas. They will also be raffling off a professional-grade road bike valued at $3,000.

Check out the bike and fill out an entry form at Tossa, located at 2400 Arapahoe Ave. Call 720-2143254 for information.

FINISH UP AT Q’S

Head over to Q’s Restaurant after the bike race and treat yourself to a special five-course meal cooked up special for its Shore Dinner & Chardonnay Tour, at 6:30 p.m. on Aug. 25.

Chef John of Q’s will roll out a menu of Atlantic favorites, as a tribute to a recent Cape Cod vacation. Local produce and carefully chosen Chardonnays will accompany traditional ocean favorites such as Wellfleet oysters, scallops, Maine lobster and swordfish.

Call 303-442-4880 for reservations. The Shore Dinner costs $65 per person.

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Mateo Restaurant Provençal will double up the fun when it serves another Volio Vino “Farm Fresh” Wine Dinner on Tuesday, Aug. 28.

The eatery heavily influenced by Europe’s Provence region will pair special selections with each of the four courses served. Melon salad, Colorado beef skewers, Colorado striped bass and poached Palisade peaches will be featured during the dinner, which begins at 6 p.m.

The cost of dinner is $50 per person. Mateo is located at 1837 Pearl St. Call 303-443-7766 for details and reservations.

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Oskar Blues, It’s definitely a and our IPA lot of hard was gone in work, but to like two start somehours,” Steve thing from the says. “Next ground up is thing you pretty rewardknow, West ing,” Mentus End Tavern is says. looking for a “We’re in a line of different locaBootstrap. tion than most Now we’re in production the Kitchen in breweries, in Boulder and Steve and Leslie Kaczeus that we are Denver. We’re around so up to six resmany great restaurants,” Leslie says. taurant accounts.”

Speaking of the modest digs that “There are so many people that work in house their brewing equipment and Boulder and live in Longmont, and a lot of them ride their bike. We’re exact- tasting room, Steve seems surprised yet ly halfway home on the path.” content that business has taken off.

Their recipes have been a labor of “We’re OK being this small, and love borne from 20 years of basement supporting the local community and brewing. After refining their taste by them supporting us,” he says. “It’s just trial and error, Bootstrap became coninteresting we’ve gotten so much pull vinced they had a good product once a from other people and it’s causing us to focus group of their friends gave its grow. And we’re OK with that.” approval. The result has been a revolvBootstrap is benefiting from the ing cast of good beers that will culmiquick word-of-mouth marketing due to nate in Bootstrap’s entry into this year’s patrons stopping by for its 1956 Golden Great American Beer Festival.

Ale or Insane Rush IPA. Many swing “It’s fun playing around with the by after work to indulge in a pint and a making of the beers and inventing and bite to eat from one of the neighboring just introducing new things for people restaurants. to try,” Steve says. “It’s turned out Most of all, the Kacszeuses feel uncannily, amazingly well. The feedlucky that their beer is good enough to back we got from our first set of beers be embraced by those who know their has just been incredible. It’s kinda been craft. rolling like this.”

“I think the best referral we’ve gotIllustrating the fervor our state has ten has been from the other breweries,” for craft beer, Boulder County’s latest Leslie says. foray into the brew industry has grown “It’s great to see them here because faster than planned as it tries to satiate it gives us confirmation that our beers thirsty locals. are good. They wouldn’t be coming in if “We weren’t going to be doing any not,” Steve says. kegging or distribution to restaurants Despite the bubbly comments, both for six months to a year down the line, owners know there is more work to be and we’ve had people come in from done. other restaurants, drink our beers and But having discovered the family want to get them on tap,” Steve that is craft brewing in Colorado, Steve Kaczeus says. says there is no place they’d rather be.

The harmony between Colorado “Every day has been a new experibreweries is evident, as Bootstrap’s first ence for us. It’s been stressful; there’s restaurant customer was a company that been a lot of anxiety,” Steve says. “But might not need to expand its selection, it’s been fun, rewarding, it’s been a realbut is willing to do so for a good craft ly cool journey so far. We are hoping product. that it keeps going.”

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The usual suspects of grilled cheese and BLTs with avocado share space on the lunch bill of fare alongside meatless specialties like Gardenburgers and a tempeh Reuben. The abovementioned huevos are adorned with particularly flavorful red and green chiles, and the Monte Cristo sandwich serves up sweet and savory satisfaction.

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espite Thai Avenue Rice & Noodle’s humble appearance, quick service setup and rock-bottom prices, it unquestionably stands as one of Boulder’s top choices for Thai. Located in a basement food court on University Hill, this order-at-the-counter spot dishes out heaping portions of topnotch Pad Thai, with subtle hints of tamarind and egg. The red curry stands out for its winning complexity of flavor, punctuated by the perfume of fresh basil.

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he fundamental strength of this self-proclaimed “urban taqueria” is its strong respect for the original source cuisine, which is basic street-influenced Mexican. The guacamole here is impeccably fresh and epitomizes balanced flavor. Amongst the tacos, clear winners are the decadent braised pork belly and the snapper, which evokes all the best qualities of this Baja California staple.

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riginating in Palm Springs, Native Foods Cafe is a fastcasual chain restaurant featuring vegan fare, where various forms of meatless protein stand in for such items as chicken wings and gyros meat. This hospitable spot in Boulder’s Twenty Ninth Street features everything from meatless nacho starters to dairy-free cupcakes. The seitanbased meatball sub is a winner, as is the Soul Bowl, a surprisingly compelling take on Southern fried chicken sans poultry.

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

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Do you know what a controlled burn is? Firefighters start small, manageable fires on purpose so as to eradicate brush that has accumulated too close to wooded areas. With less fuel around, bigger fires are not as likely to ignite accidentally and turn into conflagrations. I encourage you to use this as a metaphor for your own life, Aries. How? First, identify a big potential problem that may be looming on the horizon.

Then, in the coming weeks, get rid of all the small messes that might tend to feed that big problem. Make sure it’ll never happen.

TAURUS

APRIL 20-MAY 20

Jungian storyteller Clarissa Pinkola Estes advises us to take good care of the untamed aspects of our nature. “The wild life must be kept ordered on a regular basis,” she writes. One way to do this is to keep our uncommon and unruly ideas clear and organized. It’s also important to give them respect, and understand that they’re crucial to our spiritual and psychological health. How are you doing in this regard, Taurus?

What’s your relationship with the untamed aspects of your nature? According to my reading of the omens, now is prime time for you to honor and nurture and cultivate them.

GEMINI

MAY 21-JUNE 20:

By my astrological reckoning, you’re not nearly wet enough right now. I recommend that you take immediate and intensive steps to remedy the situation. There should not be anything about you that is high and dry; you need to soak up the benefits that come from being slippery and dripping. If you’re suffering from even a hint of emotional dehydration, you should submerse yourself in the nearest pool of primal feelings. For extra credit, drink deeply from the sacred cup that never empties.

CANCER

JUNE 21-JULY 22:

In the 16th century, Holy Roman Emperor Charles V ruled over a vast swath of land that included 12 modern European nations. According to some historians, he once said, “I speak Spanish to God, Italian to women, French to men, and German to my horse.” This is the kind of attitude I recommend that you adopt in the coming weeks, Cancerian. Tailor your language to the people and creatures you’re speaking to.

Address them on their own level of consciousness, respecting their limitations and appealing to their particular kind of intelligence. Of course this is always a good policy, but it’s especially important for you to observe now. Fluency and flexibility will be rewarded in ways you can’t imagine.

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JULY 23-AUG. 22:

Would you like to enhance your relationship with money?

If so, do you have any specific ideas about how to do it?

The coming weeks will be an excellent time to identify and implement those ideas. Let me make an initial suggestion: Keep your magical thinking to a minimum, but don’t stamp it out entirely; a small amount of frisky fantasizing will actually boost the likelihood that your more practical intentions will achieve critical mass. Here’s another tip: Imagine the presents you’d get for people if you had some extra cash.

Stimulating your generous urges may help motivate the universe to be generous to you.

VIRGO

AUG. 23-SEPT. 22:

A guy I know was invited to hang one of his paintings in a New York gallery — on one condition. It had to be a piece he created on the spot, in the gallery, on the day the show opened. That would be way too much pressure for me to handle. I need to spend a long time on the stuff I make, whether it’s music or writing. I’ve got to fuss over every little detail as I constantly edit and refine and add layers.

What about you, Virgo? Could you quickly come up with some new wrinkle or fresh creation that would show the world who you really are? I’m guessing we will soon find out.

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the supreme formula for success. On the contrary. I think it’s quite possible to enjoy tremendous growth spurts when you’re happy and healthy. Pleasurable events can be great learning experiences. Joy and freedom may activate potentials that would otherwise remain dormant. Having said that, I want to make a suggestion that may seem at odds with my usual approach, even though it’s not. For the next two weeks, I encourage you to explore the necessary power of decay. Harness the archetypes of breakdown and dissolution as you put an end to things whose time is up. This work is key to your future rejuvenation and renaissance.

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I’m going to ignore the Urban Dictionary’s more modern definitions of the word “yeast,” and stick to the original meaning: an agent of fermentation that brews alcoholic drinks and makes bread dough rise. Metaphorically speaking, Scorpio, you should be like that for your gang or crew or tribe. I urge you to stir up group morale. Provoke deeper thought and stronger feelings. Instigate some bubbly new trends and effervescent interactions. Be yeasty!

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There’s power in announcing to the world that you’re not going to allow anyone to manipulate you or bully you. But I’d like to see you come up with a more robust battle cry for yourself, Sagittarius — one that doesn’t focus on what you won’t do, but rather on what you will do. It’s an ideal astrological moment to articulate your driving purpose in a pithy formula that will give you strength whenever you invoke it.

CAPRICORN

DEC. 22-JAN. 19:

“Most people consider global warming somewhat of a mixed blessing,” wrote Aaron Sankin on Huffington Post. “On one hand, there’s ocean acidification, deserts gobbling up wide swaths of farmland and the massive die-off of the innumerable species unable to cope with the effects of the world’s rapidly rising temperature. But, on the other hand, you’ll be able to wear shorts for literally the entire year.” Sankin is being deeply sarcastic, of course. Let’s make his satire a jumping-off point as we consider some sincerely worthwhile trade-offs you might want to implement in your own sphere.

Would you be willing to sacrifice a trivial comfort for a new privilege? Would you shed a small pleasure to gain a much bigger pleasure? Might you divest yourself of a pocket of resentment if in doing so you’d attract a cleansing epiphany?

AQUARIUS

JAN. 20-FEB. 18:

I don’t expect your travels in the coming weeks to be like a smooth luxury cruise in a stretch limousine. Your route is not likely to be a straight shot through breathtaking scenery with expansive views. No, my dear Aquarius, your journeys will be more complicated than that, more snakey and labyrinthine. Some of the narrow passages and weedy detours you’ll need to navigate may not even resemble paths, let alone highways. And your metaphorical vehicle may resemble a funky old 1967 Chevy pick-up truck or a forklift bedecked with flowers. It should be pretty fun, though. Keep in mind that your maps may only be partially useful.

PISCES

FEB. 19-MARCH 20:

In medieval times, you didn’t need a priest to get married, nor did you have to be in a church or recite a set of vows. You didn’t even have to round up witnesses. All that was required was that the two people who wanted to be wed said “I marry you” to each other. Those three words had great power! In the coming days, Pisces, I’d love to see you draw inspiration from that lost tradition. Your assignment is to dream up three potent declarations that, while not legally binding, express the deepest and most loving intentions you promise to be faithful to in the coming years.

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